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Edit request

Hi Shyamal - Merops cyanophrys has now been split from Merops orientalis; could you edit File:MeropsOrientalis.svg accordingly please, to split out the top image to a new file. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 01:31, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Have removed cyanophrys, I don't suppose it is really needed. Can be recovered from the older version if ever needed. Shyamal L. (talk) 11:28, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 00:17, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image 1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! -- A. C. Santacruz (talk) 21:41, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Gracula map

Hi Shyamal - I've uploaded a .png version of your map File:Gracula.svg, with clearer range mapping and a few small corrections - you're welcome to incorporate my changes in your original if you wish - MPF (talk) 18:10, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I need a bit of time, wish I could just have enabled you to make the changes directly to the SVG! Shyamal L. 00:19, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have any svg-editing software! - MPF (talk) 14:49, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@MPF: https://inkscape.org/ Shyamal L. 15:09, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

I know; the problem is my computer gives me warning notices that it could damage my computer if downloaded... MPF (talk) 15:38, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@MPF: If you are downloading from any of the main websites, you can confidently ignore the warning. Shyamal L. 13:21, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I really ought to give it a try :-) MPF (talk) 15:05, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

@MPF: have made some changes. Shyamal L. 07:15, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/FPCBot (talk) 13:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Music

Shyamal 2401:4900:33C1:8A17:C57A:4DCC:4D8F:ABFB 09:07, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

?? Shyamal L. 07:37, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

River plate new logo

Hi, can you upload the new river plate logo in svg format please?link Ahmed Mohammed Salem Alleswas (talk) 18:14, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/brandbook Ahmed Mohammed Salem Alleswas (talk) 18:15, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I was only trying to fix some technical SVG issues there. Shyamal L. 02:09, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Hi. Can you please correct your map. This bird can be found in Sri Lanka. Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:45, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Charlesjsharp:  Done Shyamal L. 01:57, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

The Modern Review

Hello Shyamal, hope you're doing well. While browsing images for D. P. Roy Chowdhury, I reached the category The Modern Review to which you've contributed. Thanks for uploading the wonderful images! I'm interested to know more about a few people. Do you have the access to the text articles as well that goes along with the images? Let me know about it. DesiBoy101 (talk) 02:32, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

@DesiBoy101: you can find the content at this place and if you want OCR-ed and searchable versions of the same, they are added to the Internet Archive and you can search the OCR text with the lens icon on the left at this page or run google searches with "site:archive.org" to help. Shyamal L. 02:49, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

PS: that university of calcutta site may ask for a password, just note the url - right click and copy the URL and use only the amazon content link portion - Shyamal L. 02:54, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing the info. This is exactly what I was looking for. The Internet Archive serves my purpose well. Appreciate your help. DesiBoy101 (talk) 03:12, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

File:Jerdon Cleghorn Bourne.jpg

Hello Shyamal, wondering if it could be confirmed the person on the right (sitting in the chair) is William Jameson (botanist, born 1815), if positive a (cropped) file could be added to the article. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 13:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

@Lotje: - yes that would be the same William Jameson. Shyamal L. 10:46, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much Shyamal, you just made my day I'll make a crop and add it to the article. Lotje (talk) 10:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

@Lotje: - sorry, I did not read your post carefully, the people are exactly as captioned in the file description from left to right (I have just added that now) "Photograph of John Lindsay Stewart Conservator of Forests, Punjab William Jameson (Suptd. Tea plantations), Thomas Jerdon, John Lindsay Stewart William Jameson (Suptd. Tea plantations) (standing) and Hugh Cleghorn" - so the crop you have made is of Hugh Cleghorn. Sorry, I did not read carefully enough. I thought you were copying from the image caption and asking me for confirmation... Shyamal L. 14:24, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I moved the file now and replaced the file at wikidata. Lotje (talk) 14:38, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, there was an error - but does not affect you. Shyamal L. 12:10, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

commons app: I get a "failed" message for every image even though it successfully uploads to commons.

I often feel that way too (not always). I suspect the following: if file name and description are identical, it comes to the problem described by you Molgreen (talk) 05:12, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Molgreen: It seems that it is now a known bug - see https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/5037 Shyamal L. 10:28, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. I have uploaded an example File:20221014_xl_0705-Commons-App-Error.png and also linked there at github --Molgreen (talk) 05:16, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Another map edit request

Hi Shyamal - on File:Egretta gularis map.svg, could you remove the green mapped in the Americas (species does not occur there), and the pink in Africa and the orange in south Asia (Egretta dimorpha and E. sacra are both now treated as separate species). Thanks! - MPF (talk) 23:12, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@MPF: , I had a look and recollected the original context - see en.wiki - apparently there are records of gularis vagrants across the Americas - see cited sources and this was to show other similar-looking taxa on the map. Shyamal L. 03:16, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks! Odd, I didn't get the ping notification so I have only seen your reply just now. I appreciate your looking into this, but I still think the map is confusing, as I (and I would suspect most others) would read it as showing E. gularis to be a widespread, regular, ± breeding species in the Americas, rather than a handful of vagrants. Could it be changed to a few dots, like it is for the Spanish and French occurrences? The dots don't need to show the exact locations of individual records if the details are not easily available, just something proportional to the number of records in each country concerned. Thanks again! - MPF (talk) 22:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

That's a good suggestion, would need me to examine the records more carefully and adding perhaps some x marks. Will try to do that. Shyamal L. 02:56, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! - MPF (talk) 17:54, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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!

Affected:

• File:Ornithological Congress Oxford.jpg

And also:

• File:Erwin Stresemann 1934.jpg
• File:Ornithological Congress Oxford.tif
• File:Percy Lowe 1934.jpg

Yours sincerely, Rosenzweig τ 17:25, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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Affected:

• File:Halvorsen Oslo.jpg

Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 08:03, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

File:Raghavendra Rao botanist.jpg

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Hello, Shyamal!

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Larryasou (talk) 14:24, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Since it was connected to Wikidata, it should only have been a bot task to add categories. In fact the future search system will likely make manual categories obsolete. Shyamal L. 15:09, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

File:Common Hawk Cuckoo I Picture 154.jpg

Hi, Is the species of cuckoo identified correctly? Hunu (talk) 07:56, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, looks correct! Shyamal L. 08:06, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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!

Affected:

• File:Smuts 1 20180718.jpg

And also:

• File:Smuts 2 20180718.jpg
• File:Smuts 3 20180718.jpg

Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 03:01, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Science Competition 2023

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