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Only users with Autopatrol rights may now overwrite files uploaded by other users. You may request autopatrol rights here. If you are currently ineligible for autopatrol rights, you may request an exception for a particular file on this page. This page is only for requests on the technical permission; proposals for file improvements should be made on the file talk page.

Make sure that your planned overwriting complies with the file overwriting guidelines.

The template that allows overwriting a file ({{Allow Overwriting}}) may be placed by any user with patrol rights.

Allow overwriting of File:Flag of Haiti.svg

I'd like to fix the dimensions of the central panel of File:Flag of Haiti.svg. While the flag doesn't seem to have the central panel's dimensions defined in law, the chosen dimensions of the current image are vastly different to those used for any official flags I've seen. Would like to amend the central panel to match that shown on the Haitian Embassy's official page here: https://www.haiti.org/flag-and-coat-of-arms/ Also apply a slight fix to remove the white bar that appears to have snuck in at the bottom of the green Theadept (talk) 22:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I've opened a discussion on the talk page to make sure this change isn't contentious. Abzeronow (talk) 17:52, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, how long should I wait for any comments? Theadept (talk) 22:01, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

@Fry1989: for their thoughts. Abzeronow (talk) 21:49, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

I have no objections. Fry1989 ^eh? 17:49, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done @Theadept: you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I've uploaded the replacement. I've also made the red and blue colours consistent across the flag (and with the colour codes on the page). Theadept (talk) 01:07, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:DenkmalWaffenSS1.jpg

I want to make an update: Because of poor quality, I colour corrected, straightened, descreened and cropped the picture. Ziegelbrenner (talk) 13:03, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Did I something wrong, that I get no answer at all? Ziegelbrenner (talk) 16:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

I feel like as described the changes may be more than minimal. It could use some improvements though. Why does it need to be cropped? Abzeronow (talk) 00:41, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

It is crooked (see gravestone), when I straighten the whole picture (2 degrees anti-clockwise), white areas appear at the edges, so I had to crop it. Ziegelbrenner (talk) 09:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@GPSLeo: for their opinion. Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

I would say that is this case the change should be fine. It is not a historical photo and there is no user to ask. GPSLeo (talk) 20:29, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done @Ziegelbrenner: You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

File:USS Lexington (CV-2) on building ways, 1925.jpg

Higher res from https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/our-collections/photography/images/80-CF/80-CF-21126-7 JayCubby (talk) 02:30, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

also File:Curtiss F6C and Martin T3m on deck of USS Lexington (CV-2), 1928.jpg https://www.history.navy.mil/bin/imageDownload?image=/content/dam/nhhc/our-collections/photography/images/NH 51000/NH 51380&rendition=original JayCubby (talk) 02:38, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

and File:Aircraft sit on the smoldering flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-2) during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942 (80-G-16802).jpg JayCubby (talk) 02:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:00, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Kristen Stewart at Berlinale 2024-1 Ausschnitt.jpg

Minor color correction needed as this photograph is being used for Kristen Stewart's infobox.

File: File:Kristen Stewart at Berlinale 2024-1 Ausschnitt.jpg. Filmgoer (talk) 03:19, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Elena Ternovaja: since they're active and it's their photo. Abzeronow (talk) 17:03, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Map of IKEA stores.svg and File:Diplomatic relations of Sovereign Military Order of Malta.svg

This is yet another request but a minor one. It's the issue with Phú Quốc island as most svg files label it as part of Cambodia instead of Vietnam. I'd like to fix both files above. Thank you in advance. Underdwarf58 (talk) 06:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg

Code reduction SVG flag maker (talk) 07:19, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Please explain what "code reduction" means. Abzeronow (talk) 17:15, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Acorn TV logo 2024.svg

Minor color correction needed as this logo.--NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 07:46, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Please elaborate. Abzeronow (talk) 17:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

I want to change the color for "Acorn" NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 17:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

To what color? Abzeronow (talk) 17:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Henry VIII's wives, circle of R.Burchett (1854–1860, Parliamentary Art Collection).jpg

The resolution of the image is better in the original website. - George6VI (talk) 08:03, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Full image doesn't appear accessible in either. Abzeronow (talk) 17:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow: I updated the source of each images in the file description, and the current one seems to be them put together, and I have similar one but higher resolution (360px → c. 1200px). - George6VI (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:45, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Visa policy of Benin.svg and File:Visa policy of Cape Verde.svg

The maps are currently outdated and I would like to update it to the latest version. Please allow me the permissions required to complete it. Thank you for the help involved. Cheers. GermanyEUDeutsch2021 (talk) 11:37, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you and much appreciated!! GermanyEUDeutsch2021 (talk) 07:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Boulder dedicated to Jonathan Baldwin Turner's speech at the 1851 Granville Convention.jpg

The resolution of the image is better in the original website. In numbers term, this is just 3 MB vs 2 MB, but in readability term, the text is currently a pain to read, while it should be pleasant to read. Kenneth Kho (talk) 13:44, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:2024 Washington attorney general election results map by county.svg

Some of the counties have the wrong results and I would like to fix that. Coolxsearcher1414 (talk) 17:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:28, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Johann von Charpentier.jpg

I want to replace the current upscaled poor quality image with the original image [1] SteakSaignant (talk) 17:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, the upscale is bad (too much grain removal). You'd need to crop though. Abzeronow (talk) 17:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

File:VisualEditor - Editing references 5-ar.png

Just like File:VisualEditor - Editing references 5.png and (other files in many languages) this file need update but i can't overwrite. — أيوب ^{(Talk 📧)} 19:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:20, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow i did overwrite it, but the old file still show in pages like here. i don't know what i did wrong. — أيوب ^{(Talk 📧)} 20:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bruno_Frey_2010b_crop.jpg

An enhanced version of the original. Wiki-vr.mp (talk) 20:44, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

How would it be enhanced? Abzeronow (talk) 21:05, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

lighter, colors more natural Wiki-vr.mp (talk) 00:40, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 01:01, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

File:Detroit Photographic Company (0619).jpg

Better from https://loc.gov/item/2016794143/

It is beyond me why the LoC doesn't give full-res JPEGs. First-world problems I guess. JayCubby (talk) 22:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

File:Novorossijsk Kiev-class 1986.jpg

Fixed the rather awful saturation. JayCubby (talk) 05:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Redirect File:HCMC Metro logo.svg to File:Logo of HCMC Metro.svg

File:HCMC Metro logo.svg contains white background and its spacing between elements in its icon is a bit different from the original bitmap image (File:HCMC Metro Logo.png). File:Logo of HCMC Metro.svg would solve that (sorry for the deliberate uploading of the file).

If possible though then I think File:HCMC Metro icon-symbol.svg should also be overwritten with the icon from the new file. HungKhanh0106 (talk) 06:32, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I have now edited the title to make it more clear HungKhanh0106 (talk) 07:34, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:2024 U.S. Presidential Election by Congressional District.svg

I want to fix a few districts GatewayPolitics (talk) 08:15, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:03, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg

Current version is unsourced, I would like to replace it with a sourced version of this flag. HetmanTheResearcher (talk) 17:19, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

OK, link? Abzeronow (talk) 18:04, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

File:Flag of the Wassoulou Empire (Improved).svg. The source is in the file description (Lux-Wurm, P. C., & Zaragoza, Martha. (2001). Les drapeaux de l’islam : de Mahomet à nos jours. Buchet-Chastel. P.113) HetmanTheResearcher (talk) 18:23, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Ideally I would have asked for overwrite back when I uploaded this file, but I had only recently started using Wikipedia and did not know this discussion page existed. HetmanTheResearcher (talk) 18:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:27, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Blackbody.svg

I managed to put all the separate files' texts in all their languages into the one main file. Now I want to update the file to have this and make it supersede or even delete the older ones.

Can you please allow me to overwrite this file in order to do that? Kxeo (talk) 23:07, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:47, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Coat of arms of Syria (2024–present).svg

I want to upload the version of the coat of arms with right shade of gold per source. The file's source: https://pministry.gov.sy/ Dylam X (talk) 06:28, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Allo Bank logo.png

Let me overwriting files just want to increase the image resolution. Astrinko (talk) 14:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:51, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:The political balance of the Globe (1830).jpg

Let me overwriting this file to increase the image resolution. Ориенталист (talk) 15:32, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Logo Haceb.jpg

Let me overwriting this file to change slogan of the imagee. --Light AB (talk) 19:55, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

I feel like a slogan change should be uploaded as a variant. Abzeronow (talk) 20:54, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

it's not variant. it's the same. I just want to remove the slogan on it. Light AB (talk) 22:54, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Love Actually (2003) Interconnections.svg

The relationship between Billy and Joe is described as 'friendship'. I would like to overwrite the file to change their relationship to 'professional' (since Joe is Billy's manager) as well as 'romance' (since Billy is confessing to Joe that he's the 'love of his life'). Clrsprnger (talk) 22:01, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

File still has overwriting enabled. Abzeronow (talk) 01:03, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Alquería.webp

Let me overwriting this file to best resolution of the imagen. --Light AB (talk) 19:55, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 01:06, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

File:2 milligrams of fentanyl on pencil tip. A lethal dose for most people. US Drug Enforcement Administration.jpg

Removed watermark JayCubby (talk) 23:55, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 01:08, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Logo Cotecmar.jpg

Let me overwriting this file to best resolution of the imagen. --Light AB (talk) 01:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 02:09, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Volcan CM.gif

To remove description on image Click1master (talk) 01:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

You can always upload a new file with just the logo. Abzeronow (talk) 02:10, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Colombina.png

Let me overwriting this file to best resolution of the imagen. --Light AB (talk) 02:21, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Logo lap.jpg

Let me overwriting this file to best resolution of the imagen. Click1master (talk) 02:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC)