King of Hearts

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Welcome to the Commons, King of Hearts!

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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2023 voting is open!

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File:Tems in 2023.jpg

Hi King of Hearts. Would you mind taking a look at File:Tems in 2023.jpg? A slightly cropped version of the same photo can be found here on Instagram and it seems it was uploaded in July 2023; so, the dates given in the file's description don't mesh with Instagram. There have been several images uploaded for use in en:Tems and pretty much all of them have had questionable licensing or claims of "own work", and this could be another case of that; however, I just want another opinion before proceeding further. Do you think this latest one needs VRT verification? -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:14, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I think it makes sense to start a batch DR on all the uploader's uploads, citing the Instagram evidence for documentation purposes. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:41, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at this. I started Commons:Deletion requests/Uploads by Seano2235. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:56, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States 2024

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Mountain View October 2024 001.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality. --Cayambe 09:51, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Mountain View October 2024 002.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Unique photo, imo quality good enough for QI --Michielverbeek 05:42, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

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Bangkok BTS icons and map

Hi King of Hearts. What you do you think about the licensing of File:Bangkok BRT B12.svg and File:Sukhumvit Line and Silom Line Map.svg? The station icon seems too simple to be eligible for copyright protection even it is the own work of the uploader, but I'm not sure about the map. A number of station icons have been uploaded by this user and their licensing can be tweaked; the map, however, could come from an en:BTS Skytrain official website or be closely based on an official map. Do you think the map should be VRT verified? -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:23, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

NASA FIRMS Deletion Request

Hello King of Hearts,

Two days ago you closed this NASA FIRMS speedy deletion request, allowing the Deletion Request to continue. I believe I have collected information to conclusively show that this Deletion Request is a misunderstanding. Since you already looked once at these data, I thought I would suggest you to look at them again, here: Commons:Deletion requests/NASA FIRMS. Thanks either way. Lklundin (talk) 07:46, 30 October 2024 (UTC)