I am taking a part-time wikibreak from the following topics:
1) Princess Meridia uploads (including uploading -wm versions)
2) deleting any files (listing for future RfD is ok).

I am allowed to edit five Princess Meridia files per day.

If found violating this break I should be slapped firmly in the head with Roger's sizely salmon.
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Archived user talk -2011 2012-2013

TUSC token edit

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Hi Pitke, I was wondering wat cateogry-bot does. Thank you for your time.Lotje (talk) 13:46, 16 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Category-bot used to imagine categories such as "1982 animal births" were for humans, resulting in all kinds of miscategorisations. It's been a while though. --Pitke (talk) 15:13, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, it adamantly added "people by name" categories to animal categories with animal birth/death year cats. See here. --Pitke (talk) 15:16, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Category:Maps of fictional Earth edit

Unfortunately, this name is somewhat equivocal or ambiguous in wording... AnonMoos (talk) 00:03, 16 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Wanted roses edit

I added all rose cultivar articles missing a picture I noticed on your list - hope that's fine with you...
just thinking... perhaps I/we should create a 'puplic' subpage of Rosa cultivars, where people could add rose pictures they are looking for - and hopefully also see which ones we'd really like pictures of... what do you think?
All the best, Anna reg (talk) 10:50, 4 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for expanding the page, that really saved me a lot of work :3 As for a public list, I suppose we should just use the existing alphabetical galleries and add an noinclude section for links to missing cultivar galleries with breeder + year info as available. --Pitke (talk) 12:00, 4 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Category:Amber_Shadai edit

 

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   FDMS  4    12:39, 5 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

File:A Close-Up of Sunny Lane's Ass at AEE.jpg edit

How do you explain this out of process deletion? This image is in scope of Sunny Lane, Red clothing, Close-ups of female human buttocks and Adult Entertainment Expo, was posted by joanna8555 at http://flickr.com/photos/36162362@N03/4412280199. It was uploaded by Electroguv to Commons in 18:28, 30 May 2011 and reviewed on 30 May 2011 by the FlickreviewR robot and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. So undelete this file and if you think this file is out of scope nominate it to DR as out of scope is not a reason to speedy deletion. Tm (talk) 23:41, 3 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

As a low-quality buttocks-only close-up of a person of whom we have a better quality, wider shot in the exact same clothing (and pose, even) to take up whatever use (none) it was doing in any of its scopes, I liken it to similarly low-quality close-ups of any other highly sexualised body parts. If you don't find this reason satisfactory, please let me know and I'll restore the file to DR it properly. --Pitke (talk) 00:55, 4 June 2014 (UTC)Reply


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Geagea (talk) 00:58, 19 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Before you get slapped with edit

another salmon: Could you have a look at File:Icon agouti.gif and such in Category:Dog icons? Seems the source got lost in transit and now your icons show up in Category:Images without source. Thanks a bunch! :-)) --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 01:52, 29 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done! Thanks for the heads-up. --Pitke (talk) 11:26, 29 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
No problem. Sorry to disturb you, I found a few more here: [1], starting with a horse. --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 00:33, 30 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Cavies edit

Hallo Pitke,

you created Category:Tortoiseshell cavies and Category:Tortoiseshell variant cavies. Is the last one really necessary?

To get an overview over American and European breeds I recently created:

Maybe you can help with a riddle: Teddy cavies. The EE knows the "US Teddy" and the "Swiss Teddy". The ACBA the "Teddy" and the "Teddy Satin". Category:Teddy cavies could be a disambiguation, but there are 3 to 4 breeds... How'd you handle that?

{{disambig}}
'''Teddy cavies''' might refer to:
* [[:Category:Teddy (US cavy)]], US "Teddy" breed in Europe
** [[:Category:Teddy (cavy)]], US "Teddy" breed
** [[:Category:Teddy Satin]], US "Teddy" breed
* [[:Category:Swiss (cavy)]], Swiss "Teddy" breed

For others I planed this scheme: European: Category:Peruvian cavies with {{cat see also|Peruvian (cavy)|Peruvian Satin}} --PigeonIP (talk) 13:17, 20 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Well the other issues are more complicated and I'll need to think about them more, but as for the tortoiseshell variant cat, yes I think it is necessary or at least user-friendly. AFAIK the only cavies that are "actually" tortoiseshell (i.e. get to be called that) are those with pure red and black pigments. Any others, although genetically variants of the tortoiseshell, are called simply "bicolor" or "tricolor" depending on whether they have white or not, and sorted by whatever colours their patches are. (We really have quite a small collection of cavy photos, I might go Flickr-mining today.) --Pitke (talk) 09:23, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thank you.
Bicolor and Tricolor may be Category:Bi-colour cavies and Category:Tricolour cavies.
I asked the EE per mail, if they donate some photos. It got forwarded to Evelyne van Vliet. p.14–95 --PigeonIP (talk) 10:32, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply
Bicolor and tricolor cats should follow the form and spelling that are used for virtually every other cat with those words. Here's hoping the EE greenlight some nice piggy pics! -Pitke (talk) 17:35, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

gallery mode edit

Hallo Pitke,
I saw that you are changing the gallery mode of some rose cultivar offspring galleries. I think that it's better if all galleries on a page have the same mode (but not necessarily the same size). What do you think of 'Ophelia' and 'Condesa de Sástago'? In the latter I made a separate gallery for upright pictures to have them as prominently featured as the ones in landscape format. Anna reg (talk) 10:14, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

My only qualm about having the same mode for all galleries on the same page is that when browsing short (1-3 images) with a larger screen, the centered alignment of the otherwise superior packed mode looks weird. -Pitke (talk) 17:31, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply
I know what you mean - the smaller === headlines === look especially weird. And I just tried, align="left" doesn't work. Another thing I really don't like, is that to have the pictures reach both borders without changing the gap width (much), the rows have a different height, making it difficult to choose a good height, as the results will vary - and you get a strange effect, if you narrow or broaden your browser window. Anna reg (talk) 22:35, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Luokittelu edit

Moi, ja kiitos erittäin ahkerasta luokittelusta. Lisäsit Halikonlahden luokkaan Birdwatching in Finland. Halikonlahti on varsin laaja alue ja pääasiassa vain sen perukka, Viurilanlahti, on alue jossa käy lintuharrastajia ja siellä on lintutorneja. Suurin osa Halikonlahden luokastahan on aivan muita kuvia kuin lintuharrastukseen liittyviä. Täten en pidä tämänkaltaista luokittelua mielekkäänä, mutta ymmärrän kyllä pointtisi tässä. Tarkoituksenani on luoda tänne luokka Important Bird Areas (IBA) ja siitä edelleen maittain. Toinen erillinen luokitus on Finnish Important Bird Areas Suomen tärkeät lintualueet (FINIBA). Ne voisi ehkä lisätä sitten myös luokkaan Birdwatching in Finland. Lisäsin Birdwatching in Finland luokkaan Birdwatching towers in Finland. tässä tullut joku väärä koodi. –Makele-90 (talk) 19:52, 27 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Joo monet näistä luokista on vielä "vaiheessa" koska sisältöä ei oikein ole tarpeeksi että tarkempi luokittelu olis järkevää tai siitä jaksaisi. Siksi "Birdwatching in Finland" käsittää lähinnä parin lintulahden luokat just nyt. Pitihän mun joskus tehä joku tommonen IBA-luokitusrakenne tänne mut jäi tekemäti. Katotaan jos tulis tehtyä tällä kertaa kun on nyt täälläkin tullut juttua aiheesta, saattais jopa muistaa. --Pitke (talk) 20:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Lajit Suomessa edit

[Species in Finland categories]

Taidat olla luomassa kattavaa luokkapuuta Suomen lajeista. Jos projekti onnistuu, eli luokkiin saadaan edustavasti sisältöä, siitä on varmasti hyvinkin paljon hyötyä. Minua kuitenkin askarruttaa miten välivaihe toimii.

Olen monasti muissa yhteyksissä löytänyt tarvitsemani luokan Commonsissa, mutta vain vähän kuvia. Eihän kaikesta ole vielä kattavasti kuvia täällä. Mutta sitten, toisessa yhteydessä, löydän kuvan jota olin ollut etsimässä. Kuva on ehkä luokiteltu, mutta toisessa hierarkiassa (esim. toinen käsittelee talvea ja toinen lunta ja Suomesta sitten on "talviset maisemat" ja "lumiset maisemat", ilman kytköstä ja ilman järkevää työnjakoa). Kun kohtaan tällaisia, yritän luoda puuttuvat kytkökset, vähintään {{Cat see also}}-mallineella.

Luokka Kuuset Suomessa sisältää nyt kolme kuvaa, joista mikään ei ole kovin edustava. Suomea tuntematon ei välttämättä hoksaa, että sadoista muista luokista löytyy kuusia joka toisessa kuvassa (vastaava tilanne on Suomen puutalojen kohdalla: vain tusina taloa on luokiteltu puutaloksi).

Jos kestää ennen kuin luokka itsessään saa kattavasti sisältöä, mielestäni on kohtuullista antaa vinkki luokkaan törmäävälle siitä, mistä kuvia kannattaa etsiä. Meillä on huomattavasti paremmat edellitykset antaa vinkkejä kuin mitä ulkomaisella Commonsia tuntemattomalla käyttäjällä on etsiä kuvia omillaan. "Nature of Finland" on tietenkin turhan laaja luokka, mutta en äkkiseltään keksinyt parempaa - ja kuusia varmaankin löytyy suurimmasta osasta alaluokkia.

Onko muuten missään ohjeistusta siitä, miten näitä luomiasi luokkia pitäisi käyttää? Käyn melko usein läpi luontokuvia Suomesta ja lajiluokkien lisääminen kävisi sillöin tällöin luontevasti siinä sivussa. Yritätkö saada luokkiin rajoitetun määrän hyviä kuvia vai pitäisikö jokainen kuusimetsän (ja ehkä sekametsän?) kuva liittää kuusi-luokkaan? Miten mustikat, kanervat ja poronjäkälät?

--LPfi (talk) 17:05, 10 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Mjoo kyllä, näin on. Pyrin siihen että kaikkiin luomiini luokkiin tulee kohtalainen sisältö. Jotkin luokat ovat niin keskeisiä (esim. Picea abies in Finland) että uskallan luoda ne jo ennen kuin olen kerännyt "tarpeeksi" sisältöä mukaan koska sisältöä on ihan takuulla tulossa aikanaan. Muita luokkia seuloessani sitten valikoin en suinkaan kaikkia kuvia joissa kuusia vilahtaa, vaan hyvälaatuisia tai muuten edustavia esim. vaihtelevine kuusibiomeineen, -muotoineen, sellaisia joissa näkyy Suomelle tyypillistä ympäristöä tai muuta lajistoa, jne. Kuusikuvia kuitenkin on niin perhanasti. Samaan tapaan toimivat pitkälti muutkin lajiluokitukset. Kaikkien kuvien ei suinkaan tarvitse olla lähikuvia, joissa koko yksilö näkyy selkeästi. Esimerkiksi miljöökuva on ihan ok, jos esiintymispaikka on tyypillinen ja kuvassa kuitenkin esiintyy lajitunnistettu yksilö. Jos yksilön sijainti ei ole ihan selkeä, niin Note-toiminnolla voi osoittaa sen paikan.
Siihen, että luokka löytyy mutta sisältöä ei, en oikein voi sanoa muuta kuin että tervetuloa talkoisiin. Luokittelu on sellainen puuha, joka ei täällä lopu. Monet luokat syntyvät niin, että joku luo ne omaan tarpeeseen, muttei jää seulomaan ylempiä luokkatasoja erotellakseen sieltä loppuja aihepiirin tiedostoja tarkempaan luokitteluun. Esimerkki: siirrän luokasta "Trees of Finland" tiedostoja luokkaan "Tilia cordata in Finland". Piipahdan luokassa "Tilia cordata" siirtämässä suomeksi nimetyt tiedostot ja muut ilmiselvät tapaukset uuteen alaluokkaan. En kuitenkaan jää selaamaan kaikkia kuvia, joita luokassa on lajista riippuen kymmenistä satoihin. Tunnen omantunnonpistoksen, koska en saman tien kopioinut maakohtaiseen luokkaan siirtämiäni kuvia asianmukaisiin aiheluokkiin kuten "Tilia cordata - plants", "Tilia cordata - saplings". En edes viitsi aloittaa moista luokittelua, koska muista luokkanimikäytänteistä eroava tapa nimetä luokkia tyyliin "Laji - aihepiiri" turhauttaa ja hämmentää sisäistä insinööriäni.
"Katso myös" -linkit on hyvä idea, koetan muistaa lisäillä niitä milloin kytkös lähiaiheisiin ei ole luokan oma yläluokka tai alaluokka.
Lisäyksenä vielä tuohon mainitsemaasi tapaukseen Lumi Suomessa, Talvi Suomessa -- täydellisemmässä luokkarakenteessa ongelmaa ei olisi, koska suurin osa lumikuvista löytyisi molempien luokkien alla olevasta luokasta Lumi talvella Suomessa. Tai sitten ei-talviset lumet olisi erotettu omaansa ja lumiluokka olisi talviluokan alla koska lumi kuitenkin on ennen kaikkea talvi-ilmiö täällä. Luokittelusta on paljon näkemyksiä. --Pitke (talk) 21:34, 10 December 2014 (UTC)Reply
Juu, talkoita riittää. Luokkien luomisessa vain on se, että ne voivat lisätä työmäärää olematta hyödyllisiä ennen kuin joku on tehnyt työn. Ajatuksesi näistä luokista kuulostavat kuitenkin hyviltä, eikä minulle liene huomauttamista, kunhan aika tietyn luokan luomisesta edes jonkinlaisen sisällön varmistamiseen ei veny liikaa.
Minulla on ollut vastaavaa omantunnontutkiskelua, kun olen joitakin luokkia yrittänyt selventää. Oman haasteensa tuo kieli (mitkä reet, kelkat, ahkiot tai pulkat ovat sledgejä ja mitkä sleightejä?) ja ennestään sekavat hierarkiat (eläinjälkien suhteen luovutin, en uskaltanut ryhtyä suursiivoukseen ilman keskustelua, enkä keksinyt missä keskustella).
Lumi ja talvi Suomessa ovat ongelma, koska emme elä täydellisessä maailmassa. Kahden luokan lisääminen melkein jokaiseen Suomen talvikuvaan on työlästä ja jäisi useimmilta tekemättä. Siksi luokat pitäisi jotenkin yhdistää (ehkä ehdottomallasi tavalla), mutta se taas tuo ongelmia kansainväliseen symmetriaan. Helpoin tapa on tuo "katso myös", jonka avulla kuvat löytyvät vaikka luokkarakenne olisi hiukan sekava ja kuvat vain osassa luokkia.
Kuusille kannattaisi varmaankin luoda galleria (Picea abies in Finland tms.). Hyvä lajitelma hukkuu nopeasti, kun muut alkavat käyttää luokkaa, mutta galleriassa se säilyy ainakin kohtalaisesti, koska siihen ei lisätä kuvia sattumanvaraisesti. Toki luokastakin pitää huolehtia, mutta ainakin galleriaan "pelastetut" kuvat löytyvät helposti.
--LPfi (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Category:Geochelone_carbonaria_in_zoos edit

 

Geochelone carbonaria in zoos has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category.

In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!


FakirNL (talk) 16:38, 17 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year edit

Happy new yeaaar, a 2015 of good things, wishes happy holidays --Pava (talk) 14:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Notification about possible deletion edit

 
Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

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Martin H. (talk) 13:24, 23 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your updated colors on {{By color}} edit

Thanks for your updated colors on {{By color}}, Pitke. They do look better than the standard web colors. If it isn't too much to ask, though, would you mind updating the colors in {{Bicolor}} and {{Tricolor}} accordingly? It would be great to keep the colors consistent across all three universal templates. Thanks for considering it, at least. Michael Barera (talk) 01:13, 28 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

No problem at all. --Pitke (talk) 10:35, 28 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thanks so much for your quick response and color-related improvements. The templates all look much better, thanks to you. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 21:08, 28 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
^__^ --Pitke (talk) 10:23, 29 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

wanting to help, but...? edit

Hi Pitke, got your message at en.wiki that a lot of the files I uploaded from Flickr didn't transfer over with the best tags (I used the default flickr tagging, mostly) I'd like to help, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to refine a search here to, for example, "files uploaded by Montanabw in category "horse"" If you can help with that, I have recently figured out how to use cat-a-lot and would be glad to fix. Can you ping me at my talk page here on commons with any advice or suggestions? Thanks! Montanabw (talk) 01:51, 12 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

INeverCry Blocked - Serious or Joking? edit

I noticed that the account of User:INeverCry has been blocked for "abuse of admin tools, baseless accusations, disruptive editing." If I'm not mistaken, this admin has already announced his/her retirement from Wikipedia, although that may be a joke in itself. Perhaps you are participating in some sort of inside joke by blocking the user? Please help me understand what's going on here! Thanks, --BDS2006 (talk) 07:49, 17 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I would never block a user as a joke. One block reason I did not remember to enter while blocking was pointiness: admins mustn't block users for sockpuppetry based on no disclosed proof. The block I issued is temporary and rather short, unlike the infinite block INC had placed on themselves on grounds of "Intimidation/harassment". In light of recent discussion on Russavia's sockpuppets and so on, I think this indefinite self-block was not a genuine "leaving forever" autoblock (AFAIK, Commons does not grant users blocks on their own request even if they want to abandon an account forever). Rather, it seems to me the autoblock was a part of a pointy demonstration that went something like this: 1) "these users are Russavia's sockpuppets or cronies, no one else is going to block them so I will" 2) "and here's the block the Secret Cabal will give me when they catch me so I'll save them the trouble and block myself". The edit summary ICN left as they deleted their user page supports this assumption rather heftily. I hope that in a month's time they will have calmed down and will be able to discuss the situation in a constructive way. However my experience on Wikipedia is that users who start acting out or being pointy due to beliefs of a Secret Cabal do not have a favourable prognosis.
I personally view my block action not only as a block but as an amendment of an overly long block made based on wrong reasons. I'll copy this comment on their talk page for clarity. --Pitke (talk) 12:24, 17 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Poistetun kuvan palautus edit

Moi, voitko palauttaa kuvan File:pauli_vahtera_wikipedia.jpg. Olen käsitellyt kyseisen kuvan OTRS-luvan. –Makele-90 (talk) 14:37, 19 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Tehty. --Pitke (talk) 15:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
Hienoa, kiitos! –Makele-90 (talk) 16:18, 19 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Revert edit

I only meant to revert the bot's archiving of the AN/U regarding Magog the Ogre. The other one is still on the archive page. Fry1989 eh? 21:08, 25 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Oh okay. I didn't see a corresponding edit in your history or an edit summary so I hastily assumed. --Pitke (talk) 07:56, 26 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Please complete template edit

Hiya Pitke: If you're going to keep an image, like Commons:Deletion requests/File:(north) Ballachulish Church 1829.JPG, please be sure that you provide a source for the image, otherwise it ends right back up in image without a source and the problem is not solved. I'd point out there is no proof to any of the following "Photo taken circa 1890. Photographer unknown. We don't know when the creator of this image died." If we do not know the photographer or the source, we cannot confirm and 1890 photograph. This looks in much too good quality to be pre 1900. Would you please take another look at this totally unused file and see if you can complete the information, else perhaps consider reclosing this "not kept". Thanks! Ellin Beltz (talk) 02:23, 29 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your vigilance. That was a serious oversight by me. --Pitke (talk) 07:29, 29 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the change. Cheers!! Ellin Beltz (talk) 15:02, 29 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Must these files be deleted? edit

Hi Pitke, I'm just sending you this message cause you just archived this DR. Could you say me, from your if the following files are in the scope of Commons : Paula (2).jpg and Beba (5).png? I'm in doubt, and think, especially, the second file may be deleted, because of it is an explicit file. Thank you, regards --Hannah ma bestah (talk) 09:21, 30 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Well the film has articles in the Italian and Lithuanian wikis so it would seem the screenshots are within the project scope even if explicit. The film is erotic after all so erotic stills are natural. --Pitke (talk) 11:02, 30 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
OK, thank you <wiki>{{</wiki>:D<wiki>}}</wiki> --Hannah ma bestah (talk) 19:56, 30 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Vandalism warning edit

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You have vandalized the content of Wikimedia Commons. Please stop. If you continue making inappropriate edits you may be blocked from editing Commons. You may test freely in the sandbox.

Stop editwarring. In case of dispute, ask a third party. Thanks, Yann (talk) 20:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC) Yann (talk) 20:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for reminding me of my manners, but I feel compelled to mention that you could have simply typed your custom text with a "knock it off" and saved yourself from the entire template application hassle. yes I'm being a brat --Pitke (talk) 20:33, 20 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Category:Personal_defense edit

 

Personal defense has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!


Sanandros (talk) 12:55, 24 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Reply:Thanks but edit

Hello.I am working on some Media needing categories.I want to empty and delete some sub-categories.The files are always located.And any shareholder can re-review it.Thank you --ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2 (talk) 07:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Please be civil edit

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You are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain civil and don't resort to making personal attacks or instigate edit wars. If your behaviour is not moderated, you may be blocked from further editing.

-- George Chernilevsky talk 17:12, 25 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Pardon me but where have I been uncivil? --Pitke (talk) 09:45, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
The editwarring. You has twice vandalized this file. You can ask me for more information, but not revert edits with my comments. B.t.w., all fungi identification was confirmed in dispute few years ago. You can find this dispute at QI promotion archive page with this picture (really huge page).
With best regards, very friendly and without any sarcasm -- George Chernilevsky talk 17:24, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Expressing valid concern (in this case, lack of labelling to pair specimen with species info) is not vandalism. --Pitke (talk) 18:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
(Just a passerby comment) Category:Unidentified organisms and its subcategories are maintenance categories to attract expert eyes so that they get identified. So if a work is already identified to the lowest level maximum possible by viewing a photo (can be a genus or family for small subjects), there is not much meaning in adding it to "unidentified ...". See similar expert opinions here. It is a pity we don't have a good mechanism to identify organisms so far. We're working on it. Any suggestion, help, and participation is highly appreciated. (BTW, I think this edit war is due to a small misunderstanding as many people here believe all organisms here need to identified to species level or added to "unidentified". It can be discussed. So I don't like the edit-war; nor the bold accuse like he vandalized. Personally I don't like admins fight for a small topic hurting each other. Be friendly and help to make a positive environment. Have a nice day to all.) Jee 02:18, 27 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Category:Pink roses edit

Hi, look this correction[2].--6AND5 (talk) 11:37, 31 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you! edit

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Personal attacks by INeverCry edit

Hi Pitke,

You may have noticed INeverCry has retired and there are some personal attacks which have been revdelled on his talk page:

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It is plain to see that he has "retired" to avoid the consequences of this disgraceful behaviour. I would suggest that you take it to COM:AN/U to have it dealt with it so that he can't simply return as if nothing happened.

On a sidenote, you might like to contact WMFOffice as well given that calling an editor a "cunt" is now grounds for being globally banned by the WMF. 101.186.144.122 18:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

  • My apologies Pitke. My behavior a few days ago certainly was crappy and embarrassing to say the least. It won't happen again. I ask you to give me one last chance to put this behind me and get back to doing helpful work. I agree that a block would definitely be warranted as a preventative measure if I run my mouth again, but I really don't think that will be a problem going forward.

    I'd also like to address Russavia: Scott, I don't know why I've been such a hardass toward you. I think I took the whole "sock-hunter" idea of adminship and carried it way too far. We never had any problems and got along fine. I wish it was 2014 again, and you and me were still fellow admins. As I say at my talk, I won't be interfering with you or your activity here in any way going forward. I wish you both a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. INeverCry 21:22, 16 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Please undelete edit

These are all linked to from other editor's userpages. Move them if need be, but they should be undeleted please. Sr71a2015 (talk) 00:32, 23 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Kuvan poistopyyntö edit

Pystytkö poistamaan File:Samsung Xcover 2 back open.JPG kuvan aiemmat versiot, koska niissä näkyy sarjanumero? --Zunter (talk) 10:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Piilotin ne. --Pitke (talk) 18:13, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply
Kiitän. --Zunter (talk) 21:02, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Types of Red? edit

I see you added Category:Types of red to File:Great tit side-on.jpg on 21 January 2015‎. I see no reason why that image should be in that category. Sure, it has a reddish background but that seems super tenuous. Was it a mistake or is there a reason I'm not realizing. Have you added more images of birds to categories of color? Jason Quinn (talk) 12:42, 16 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

It was for the curious shade of red in the background. It's not my habit to add images like these but for a few I've done it for the same reason. --Pitke (talk) 13:30, 16 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Chaperones edit

Hi, Pitke, I created the category:Chaperones an now I come across the category:Chaperons (people).   Sorry for that. What to you suggest? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 13:43, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Well, the thing to do is figure out which is the dominantly used form and move the media from the other name under that name, and make the other name a category redirect. It's not an easy question, but I think we could go with the Oxford English Dictionary, which says that "chaperone" is a common misspelling. Chaperons (people) is also clearer for people who aren't fluent in English. If you agree we can merge these categories without further ado. --Pitke (talk) 15:54, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
That's fine by me. Thank you.   Lotje (talk) 05:46, 17 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
Mark Cavendish and chaperone, this says it all... Lotje (talk) 05:49, 17 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
I don't quite follow.... --Pitke (talk) 20:10, 17 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
Me again, why can't I just explain in a proper whay what I want to say  , I mean: if I would have paid more attention to that image before creating the category Chaperone , I would have known, it clearly says: "chaperon" Lotje (talk) 08:48, 18 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Note to self and to anyone it may concern; I have dealt with this. --Pitke (talk) 09:06, 14 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Are these colours correct? edit

Hello,

As you are specialized into animal colours, I wanted to ask you whether these colour categories are correct (especially in black&tan dogs there are some that are not completely black in their "black" region): Suomenlapinkoira --Canarian (talk) 15:02, 26 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll take a look. --Pitke (talk) 23:32, 27 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
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Happy New Year, Pitke! edit

Category:Plants damaged by pests edit

Terve Pitke,

we should define a clear border between Category:Insect damage and Category:Plants damaged by pests. I'm not sure, how to categorize damages from insects to plants in the moment.--Kémite (talk) 19:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Well, plants have pests that are not insects, and insect damage can occur on things that are not plants, also plants can be damaged by insects that are not pests; it would be good to have a common subcategory of Plants damaged by pest insects (or similar) for these. --Pitke (talk) 14:54, 22 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Käypä neuvomassa fiwikiläistä tässä jutussa. --Pxos (talk) 11:36, 9 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Apua ryhmäviestiin edit

Moi!

Koordinoin WLM:ää Suomessa Wikimedia Suomen kautta ja lähestyin Romainea jotta voitaisiin lähettää osallistujille viesti palkintojenjakotilaisuudesta. Tämä ei ole vielä edistynyt, oletettavasti koska hänellä on kiire, joten minulle ehdotettiin että lähestyisin sinua :). Pystyisitkö laittamaan viestin eteenpäin? Täällä on aiempi viestini.

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Robbing the dead edit

Hello.
You had to supply some explanation with Revision of File:Quarter_Horse(REFON).jpg, far beyond an automatic HotCat’s summary. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 13:07, 13 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Idk 'bout robbing or the silent majority, but thanks for catching that. I have uploaded an edited version and confused this one for that. --Pitke (talk) 16:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Rename edit

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  Done --Pitke (talk) 10:23, 31 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Category:Damaged automobiles by type of damage edit

Hello, thanks for the new categories. Could you make a note on Category:Automobiles with major crash damage, Category:Automobiles with moderate crash damage, and Category:Automobiles with minor crash damage, so that the average person would know how to categorize an image of an automobile with crash damage? I am not sure what criteria to use in this type of category. Thanks for your help Ruff tuff cream puff (talk) 06:44, 6 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Done --Pitke (talk) 21:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Category:Fiakers edit

@Pitke: Hi Pitke. I know from reading something you wrote some long time ago that you too are interested in untangling the images of horse-drawn vehicles. Just over seven years ago you placed this note (below) on category Fiakers. I don't think it is correct. Do you know the source of your information? Please can we talk this through properly seeing we share the interest.

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@Eddaido: I'm sorry to say, but even though I'm interested in keeping all equestrian categories sorted, in some subareas my expertise falls very short, and fine driving is one of those. It's been a very long time, but it's most likely I looked at either the English WP article or the interwiki links. --Pitke (talk) 07:43, 22 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
Thanks but I really do need to discuss these things with somebody and even if you just checked from time to time that you agreed / disagreed with amendments (which I will continue to make for, I am afraid, a long time still to come) I'd be grateful. Not entirely comfortable with your link to fiacres or the see also Victorias. Eddaido (talk) 10:47, 22 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Filter edit

Hi Pitke! The filter error was my mistake. Frankly, I have no idea why you weren't excluded.   Anyway, sorry for the mess!   --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 07:41, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) There were multiple reports about stupid filter, such as here. Is Hedwig in Washington qualified enough to make live changes to a software serving thousands regulars? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:14, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Yes I am. --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 23:38, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Or as GAndy just put it: "Не ошибается тот, кто ничего не делает." --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 23:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Categories "Caricatures of fashion" and "Cartoons about fashion" edit

The word "cartoon" had a very different meaning before the mid 19th-century, and is not always applied to things before that time. In particular, classic caricatures -- such as stand-alone single-sheet humorous images, each printed from a metal plate engraved by people like George Cruikshank and James Gillray, then hand-watercolored after printing -- are rarely called "cartoons" by knowledgeable people. Churchh (talk) 07:47, 20 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

I'm very open to hearing your suggestion for "humorous illustration, with or without visual exaggerations". --Pitke (talk) 16:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
If you consulted an abridged pocket dictionary which only gives one definition of caricature, then that can't override the terminology used by scholars who study people like Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray. It would have been better if you had consulted someone or something other than an abridged pocket dictionary, since you've now created inconsistencies in category names (such as "Caricatures of crinolines", as well as others). Churchh (talk) 22:23, 5 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
You have made an incorrect assumption about the reason behind my previous category naming, and repeated your suggestion of having some expertise in the topic at hand. This does not increase my understanding of the terms of art, or propose a solution or an approach to the problem of inconsistent category naming. How do you find my suggestion of "humorous illustrations"? Luckily, the category structure here on Commons only has to serve a largely international, English-non-native-speaking crowd of widely different levels of education--one can only imagine the hassle if the user base extended across history as well. --Pitke (talk) 04:48, 6 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
I am not a professional scholar in this area, but I have a certain amount of practical experience (as you could see from my upload and edit history going back to about 2006) and am very familiar with the terminology used by professional scholars. You should have consulted a suitable area-specific reference work, since whatever one you did consult was obviously inadequate. It would also be a good if you could display a little less arrogance in laying down the law about a language which you are not a native speaker. I don't tell you what correct Finnish is, so maybe things will go more smoothly if you refrain from trying to tutor me in correct English. Churchh (talk) 18:00, 13 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Plié category in Squats one? edit

Hello!
If I'm not mistaken, your addition of "Squats" as parent category for the "Plié" one is just an error / a mistyping? Can it be cancelled without problem?
Regards. -- BarnCas (talk) 21:13, 20 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Ps: maybe did you mean the exercise? But the corresponding WP page talks about "strength training and fitness" and doesn't mention ballet steps. Should the Plié then be really classified in this category? -- BarnCas (talk) 21:49, 20 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hi @BarnCas: , you're quite correct. I'm not a native English speaker, and was under the impression that "squat" is the generic term for a position where a person stands, while deeply bending at the knees. I've fixed the Plié categorising. --Pitke (talk) 15:47, 21 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your intervention. To be honest, as non-native speaker too, I didn't even know this sportive meaning of squat until I saw it thanks to your categorization. So I thank you also for your contribution to my vocabulary improvement  
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Girls of Mexico edit

Any basis for [3] referring to these as "girls of Mexico"? I agree that presumably their heritage includes Mexican ancestry, but unless you know them personally (I don't) I would not presume that two young people in a parade in Seattle are not from the United States. - Jmabel ! talk 22:07, 12 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

For what it's worth, this was a Fiestas Patrias celebration in a majority Spanish-speaking neighborhood, but I'd be pretty comfortable asserting that the majority of young people there are U.S.-born. I don't think we would presume a 7-year-old redhead at the St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC was from Ireland. - Jmabel ! talk 22:10, 12 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I was tagging a lot and thought this was an event in northern Mexico. --Pitke (talk) 14:45, 13 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
People have said that about South Park, part of why I like the place, but we're about 200km from Canada! - Jmabel ! talk 16:37, 13 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
I cannot recognise US locations from photos beyond the rusty hills of California, the swamps of Florida, the Great Plains, and the southwestern desert. --Pitke (talk) 22:19, 13 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Yes, pretty near impossible to know by "the look of it" unless you just plain know the place. E.g. all of the following are in the smallish city of Tacoma, Washington, and I don't think any of them are even obviously America:
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Image Name Removal edit

Hei, @Pitke: , you helped me a while back with removing my full legal name from an image I had uploaded to Commons about 10 years ago...you did it with this file — I tried to do it with another file (Piusxtomb.jpg), but as you can see, I botched the attempt and my full legal name is still in the file history. I am not sure how you did this originally; could you outline the steps you used in that first image for me? 🇫🇮Kiitos!🇫🇮 --MosheA (talk) 21:14, 22 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

I have now hidden the original file version and early page revisions to hide your private name. Sorry for the outrageous delay! For future reference, only admins are able to hide file/page revisions and edit summaries, so if you have other cases in mind, just ask an admin or on the admin notice board. --Pitke (talk) 18:59, 2 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Category:Mon_shaped_like_paulownia edit

 

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Josh (talk) 21:21, 22 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

De-adminship warning (Feb 2020) edit

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Funny, I was almost certain I'd removed some unneeded redirects/misnamed cats fairly recently. --Pitke (talk) 18:14, 11 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
 
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Túrelio (talk) 07:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Category:Birds_nesting edit

 

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Reseletti (talk) 14:09, 23 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with marco verch edit

Hi! You have deleted the files but you have not written your rationale. Could you have a look? --MGA73 (talk) 19:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I also made a notice on Category:Images by Marco Verch about the ban of the Flickr user. Feel free to add a better reason for the ban. --MGA73 (talk) 19:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
And here too Category:Flickr images from bad authors. No spamming from me today :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello again. The DR is a principal one so I think it is important that you write down your rationale. --MGA73 (talk) 19:33, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sure, but where? Edit summaries are uneditable AFAIK. --Pitke (talk) 21:13, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sorry it took so long. You can close this DR Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with marco verch and add the rationale there. --MGA73 (talk) 14:42, 25 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Done. Turns out I encountered these files via the category and was not aware there were open DRs concerning them at the time. --Pitke (talk) 10:46, 5 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Category:Dogs_rolling edit

 

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Estopedist1 (talk) 05:33, 29 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Category:Unidentified_Protista_in_Finland edit

 

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Estopedist1 (talk) 12:12, 11 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Tack edit

Hello, thanks to your corrections to among other files, File:COA family sv Gedda.png, I have now started a renovation of my uploaded files, where I will collect the corrected versions I changed with Commons:AWB in Category:CoA_Lab-sv, which is presently my end station for corrected files, both considering recommended tincture hexadecimal colors, as well as proper descriptions. All further input from you very much appreciated. I think the Heraldry project pages should be updated, and more informative, so active contributors save time, and I think it could be a very active section, if taken care of better. Again, thanks, and if you have time to check how I work, please considerate giving more advice. It seems many people worked a lot to improve heraldry on commons before, lately I have not seen many... Talar du svenska? Dan Koehl (talk) 13:46, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

W12 founder edit

Hi, I saw you mentioned Painting The Sky as a potential founder for W12. I'm wondering, what did you base that off of? I've heard from here that the founder was a colt, and from here that he was born in 2010 and died in 2010. Were they related maybe? Iamnotabunny (talk) 18:15, 29 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Iamnotabunny: Thanks for the heads-up on this, it must have been a brainfart on my part. --Pitke (talk) 19:33, 29 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks edit

Thanks Pitke for cleaning up Categories concerning some of my files. And also glad you removed "Category:Indigenous animals of Namibia". I actually wanted to ask for it a long time ago ;-) Regards --Olga Ernst (talk) 09:24, 4 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

File:Finskhesten Viri.jpg edit

Hi there, and a Happy New Year! I noticed that you deleted this image and listed it for undeletion in 2021. I have, however, removed it from the undeletion list because it was published some time after 1970 with a copyright notice attached to it. So while it is now out of copyright in Finland, it is still copyrighted in the US, and we can't host it. De728631 (talk) 13:49, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Category:Coats of arms by artist edit

Hi - last September you moved this cat from "artist" to "designer". As reason you stated: "Misleading name; coats of arms are designed as blazons (descriptions)." But what we have here is that the images are created by heraldists over the centuries in various versions following the identical blazon. The main issue of this cat is the painter/artist, not the designer/texter. Please revert your move. -- MaxxL - talk 19:20, 1 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Please participate in the Universal Code of Conduct consultation on Wikimedia Commons! edit

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Please take a short survey regarding UCoC edit

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Category:Dog_breeds_recognized_by_United_Kennel_Club edit

 

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Cavalryman (talk) 01:48, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello Pitke, I am unsure if the ping worked, but I have replied to your comment at the above discussion. Kind regards, Cavalryman (talk) 05:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC).Reply
Yeah I saw it, I'm just exhausted. --Pitke (talk) 11:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

File:Helsinki ilmakuva kallionkirkko blacked out.png edit

 
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JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 09:24, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Report edit

Hello, please take a look at this report: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Files named with meaningless/disruptive names (motivated renaming was reverted without any valid reason) as these are serious everyday violations of the Commons rules and protection of meaningless names (in this case, Kalumny which translates as Columns). User Kazimier Lachnovič with filemover rights constantly performs violations of the Commons rules, creates instability issues and protects meaningless names, thus creates confusion. His Commons admin rights previously were lifted, but it is clear that it is not enough. -- Pofka (talk) 17:24, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

De-adminship warning edit

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Thank you! edit

Thank you so much Pitke!!!!! I'm so grateful for the help :)

-Heather Moreton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abounaderphoto (talk • contribs) 14:25, 23 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Notification about possible deletion edit

 
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Yours sincerely, Pitke (talk) 20:31, 23 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

File:CowDefecating.jpg edit

 
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Category:Blue_sky_background edit

 

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Category:Domesticated_chickens_in_zoos edit

 

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How we will see unregistered users edit

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edit

Hello,

I am messaging you because a contest for a sound logo for Wikimedia is being developed and your opinion as a Wikimedia Commons admin is appreciated. My team would like to know if it is possible for the top finalist sound logos in the contest to have attribution temporarily hidden from public view until all the votes are final? The idea is to let the public judge the sound logo contestants based on the merit of the logo, not the person or people who made it. Again, any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you,

VGrigas (WMF) (talk) 18:02, 17 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

De-adminship warning edit

Dear Pitke. I am writing to inform you that you are in danger of losing your admin rights on Commons because of inactivity.

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Category:People_photographing edit

 

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JopkeB (talk) 13:47, 15 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Category:Gray_impressions edit

 

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JopkeB (talk) 05:36, 30 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Categories "by faculty" edit

Why is this category called "Tigers by faculty?" I don't think the physical characteristics in this category (color, gender, etc.) are "faculties." Jarble (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply