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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:Kiva.org logo 2016.svg

I'd like to replace the logo with a copy directly from the Kiva homepage that has whitespace trimmed. Thanks! Bsoyka (talk) 02:54, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 15:37, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:World Metro systems.svg

Currently showing the wrong colour for MN and SA that should be yellow, according to en:List of metro systems, unless the article is outdated and needs updating.

I have in the past contributed and helped making sure this map is up to date, if that is reasonable. Liggliluff (talk) 10:19, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 15:39, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Time zones of the Greater Europe.svg

Request permission to update "Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg" for the following changes: Adjust time zones for Astrakhan, Saratov, and Ulyanovsk Oblasts in Russia to GMT+4. Change Ukraine to year-round UTC+2. Si Vonne (talk) 13:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 15:41, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting

The blue parts of File:BSicon hKRXWae.svg and File:BSicon hKRXWaeq.svg don't align with other icons. Squishyawaylittle6 (talk) 20:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Could also do:

• File:BSicon exhKRXWae.svg
• File:BSicon uhKRXWae.svg
• File:BSicon uexhKRXWae.svg
• File:BSicon exhKRXWaeq.svg
• File:BSicon uhKRXWaeq.svg
• File:BSicon uexhKRXWaeq.svg

Squishyawaylittle6 (talk) 15:42, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can overwrite these files now. Abzeronow (talk) 16:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign logo.svg

Hello, @Abzeronow: Could you please grant me a request to overwrite File:Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign logo.svg, because the original uploader of this image Fer1997 has uploaded the SVG file with too much large file size (391 KB), while in the actual source of the image (https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/plugins/custom-popup/img/HFP-Logo-Blue-3-Red.svg), the file size is only 5 KB or 6 KB (more than 95% smaller). There's already request deletion regarding it (see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign logo.svg). Yayan550 (talk) 02:46, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Someone uploaded a smaller file in the meantime. Abzeronow (talk) 16:55, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Abzeronow. OK, this request has no longer needed. Yayan550 (talk) 18:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Chinese meridians.JPG

point corrections according to many sources, e.g. https://acupuncture.com/education/points/liver/liv11.htm, https://www.acupuncture.com/education/points/lung/lu5.htm

time corrections according to table https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(TCM)#Hauptmeridiane_(Jing_Mai)

Text der Überschrift

Coordinates	Before	After — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yogsoup (talk • contribs) 09:50, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
+100+1048	QUCHI-LI11	GUISHOU-LU5
+2400+1080	-	QUCHI-LI11
+100+2950	LV: LIVER MERIDIAN 1 - 3 AM	PE: PERICARDIUM MERIDIAN 7 - 9 PM
+700+2950	PE: PERICARDIUM MERIDIAN 7 - 9 PM	LV: LIVER MERIDIAN 1 - 3 AM
+1800+3170	HT / LI	HT / SI (As edited by Dudy001)

Yogsoup (talk) 09:50, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:57, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

File:1917-1923 Revolutions.png

I have added Greece and Luxembourg as requested by members. Рагин1987 (talk) 13:36, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:59, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Nau Nossa Senhora das Brotas.jpg

Higher quality version of the same painting, from [1] Saguescabe (talk) 21:08, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:10, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:John Peter Russell - c 1888.jpg

Higher quality version at this link SkywalkerEccleston (talk) 03:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Should be uploaded as a new file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:11, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting...

Improved resolution and map quality for:

File:Baja California locator map (Rosarito Beach, Tecate, Tijuana municipalities highlighted).png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 1983.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 1989.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 1995.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 2001.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 2004.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 2007.png

File:Baja California Ayuntamientos 2010.png

 Done You can now overwrite the files above. Abzeronow (talk) 22:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Updated map:

File:Area codes (San Diego–Tijuana).png (Note: Although there is already an updated map, I really consider it necessary to delete it, since it was an unnecessary duplicate when I didn't know how to request for an exception to overwrite, thus ending up duplicating files; If it isn't able for overwrite, then ignore it).

Working on the first list.  Not done on the area codes one. File:Area codes–Codigos de área (San Diego–Tijuana).png appears to be the updated version, and the other should be kept as is since it's a historic file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:18, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks XIC123 (talk) 03:54, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

OK, then just the first list. XIC123 (talk) 00:11, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Śmierć ułana Kajetan Stefanowicz.png

I would like to replace this file with a similarly cropped file from the original source as thee uploaded file seems to have been edited and uploaded with a lower resolution from the source url (since this image just recently appeared of a painting that was just recently recovered an alternative source cannot be named for this artwork). ADTkocz (talk) 12:09, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:25, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of 3 files

Allow overwriting of:

• File:Witold-Conti-1932-rok1914.jpg
• File:Witold-Conti-1934-sluby-ulanskie2.jpg
• File:Witold-Conti-1934-sluby-ulanskie.jpg

These files are low-quality images resized to a higher resolution, and the National Digital Archives has these images uncropped and in much higher quality. (image 1, image 2, image 3; Sources: 1, 2, 3). nicolas _{talkpage★★★} 13:09, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done on 1st, too visually different in color.  Done on 2nd and 3rd. 2nd should match existing crop. Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of three Ashford local election maps.

I would like to change the colour of the Ashford Independents to yellow-green on the following files:

File:Ashford UK local election 2003 map.svg

File:Ashford UK local election 2007 map.svg

File:Ashford Borough Council election 2011 map.svg Infinite Hydra (talk) 14:01, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Gaemi 2024 path.png

I want to update this for today. OhHaiMark (talk) 14:44, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:35, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Comparison of cartography surface development.svg

I'd like to add a Portuguese translation using the switch tags. Vinickw‍✉ 18:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

I'll wait until it's off the main page of Portuguese Wikipedia. Abzeronow (talk) 22:27, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of several UK local election maps

I would like to change the colours used for local parties on the following maps, so that they match the colours used across Wikipedia:

File:Swale UK ward map 2019.svg

File:Kent UK division map 2021.svg

File:Lincolnshire UK local election 2021 map.svg

File:Castle Point UK local election 2022 map.svg Infinite Hydra (talk) 18:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 22:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bandeira_SantaBarbaradOeste_SaoPaulo_Brasil.svg

File:Bandeira SantaBarbaradOeste SaoPaulo Brasil.svg Is smaller than its page, thus shows up with a transparent border on two sides. A simple rescaling of the file solves that. Just need permission to overwrite the current file. MMichkov (talk) 20:03, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:31, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting for File:Icon-flag-cd.png

It's the wrong flag icon... I'm pretty sure this time, they actually do have the current flag in the famfamfam flag pack, and I want to overwrite this file to replace it with that. Kxeon (talk) 21:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:33, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting for File:GEEKOM_BookFun_11.jpg

This picture has copyrighted Windows 11 user interface on the laptop's screen and I have edited blurred laptop screen version of this. Todonite (talk) 03:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting for File:Viatges_llull-ca_nofrontera.svg

There is confusion between Cyprus and Crete in the names on the map. Vatekor (talk) 07:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)