User talk:Yann

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God is busy, may I help you? / Dieu est occupé, puis-je vous aider?

You can leave me a message in English or French, at the bottom. Click here. Yann 22:13, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

File:Satyagraha House 2.jpg

Its a ridiculous nomination its over a decade ago IMO. A consensus of Wikipedians worked on a project called Joburgpedia in a collaboration over three countries. These images were used widely and seen by lots of Wikimedians. QRpedia was an established Wikiproject. Raising questions now puts our project procedures in disrespect. At some point there must be a presumption that we knew what we doing at the time. There is no one who has evidence of a copyright concern. Consensus should be respected. Please advise if you have no discretion as it would be a matter of some regret. Victuallers (talk) 23:21, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

@Victuallers: OK. License reviewed. Yann (talk) 08:44, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Yann. It worries me that if I wasn't still active then this image would have been deleted. Is it likely that other over-a-decade-old photos are being nominated? Maybe commons need a statute of limitations? Commons has a lot of people checking licences... at some point surely we should assume that old media has been checked by others who had better information to hand. I know that I have loaded 100s of images with similar evidence and there must be many others who are now not active. Still we saved this one. thanks again and happy new year. Victuallers (talk) 10:09, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Victuallers: Images like these should be license reviewed. Yann (talk) 10:20, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

I have thousands of images and I load maybe a thousand every year. They are all supported by evidence. In some cases its a website that looks as if it will be there forever .... but they rarely are. I'm surprised that someone wants to overcheck images that are a decade old and that will have been checked by others with less formality. Is there a way to batch up a lot of images for a license review? For instance Category:Media_donated_by_the_Scotland_Malawi_Partnership? In a decade's time the evidence will no doubt be unavailable and you and I may not be here. I assumed that commons was a safe place to leave images and the community would look after them. I'm disappointed to find that the bar appears to rise even on very old images. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 10:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Victuallers: We still discover copyright violations from 10 years ago. Also we may be stricter now that we were. Internet Archive helps to preserve history, but it is not always sufficient. Yann (talk) 10:43, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm sure you do.... and even after they have been checked... there will still be copyright violations. The old images however were checked. If commons continues to raise the bar, (and it never has a statue of limitations) then the number that need to be rechecked will be exponential. A license review is now considered adequate but in a decade will that be thought insufficient? Still that's your area of interest. Mine is in creating a large body of free to use images that are safely kept for all time. So should I ask for a license review of large batchs of images such as Category:Media_donated_by_the_Scotland_Malawi_Partnership? Cheers Victuallers (talk) 10:55, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Can you do changed block settings for Ayakln with an expiration time of indefinite pls

Ayakln (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Can you do changed block settings for Ayakln with an expiration time of indefinite pls กระทิงแดง (talk) 02:35, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Already done Already globally blocked. Yann (talk) 08:42, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Copyvio with trademark

Hi

This file is a copyvio with a trademark at the top left. Panam2014 (talk) 20:18, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Bonne Année!

Grace à toi je viens de terminer cette page : (Barcelona) Retrat del pintor Joaquim Sunyer - Manolo Hugué - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.jpg que j'avais oublié!

Merci pour ton travail, bonne année 2026! Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 16:55, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

File segnalato per Copyright

Mi scusi, ma non capisco ciò che devo fare, siccome ha segnalato, per Copyright, 2 file. Poiché autore e fonte sono già espliciti, lei intende quello della nuova versione dell'immagine? Drue 2010 (talk) 09:54, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@Drue 201: Hi, Which source did you use for these maps? Yann (talk) 09:59, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I drew these maps using IbisPaint X, which is a drawing-app. But I copied the roads from OpenStreetMap. Drue 2010 (talk) 10:00, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm so sorry that I wrote in italian, I didn't knew you were foreign. Drue 2010 (talk) 10:02, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@Drue 201: Then you should credit OpenStreetMap. I removed the warnings. Yann (talk) 11:36, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Ok, thank you very much. Drue 2010 (talk) 15:39, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

You've got mail

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Request to allow talk page use

Hello, Yann, and Happy New Year.

User ArionStar to reached out through my talk Page asking how to request for an unblock here on Commons. I don’t have details of the process, but as I could read, there were many discussions, and on decision of blocking it is clearly mentioned by some that access to talk page should be disallowed. The blocking admin is not admin anymore. So, I am asking you if you agree with letting the user edit talk page with the single purpose of requesting unblock. The reason I am asking you is that you participated of the discussion that lead to the block.

I don’t see any issue on allowing access; the user seems to have changed. But I understand your decision whatever it will be. Thanks in advance. —Teles «Talk to me ˱_{C L @ S}˲» 23:25, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@Teles: Hi, Yes, I know that ArionStar would like to be unblocked. He requested so to me on the English Wikipedia. Talk page access could be allowed, but I don't think ArionStar should be unblocked. His behavior on English Wikipedia is nearly the same to what led to his block here. Yann (talk) 09:24, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I have changed the block in order to allow talk page editing. Thanks! —Teles «Talk to me ˱_{C L @ S}˲» 16:14, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Acknowledgement

Hello. Thanks for rightfully removing a Manuel Noriega picture that I had uploaded. Although I had mentioned the source (The Guardian, via Getty Images), I had not checked about copyright terms of Getty. I just found out that they do not provide any of their pictures, without a fee, so my upload was done in a quite reckless manner. The.shahab (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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suppression images

Bonjours vous avez supprimé plusieurs des images que j'avais téléchargé sur Wikimedia Commons dont notamment F*ile:Vieux-Vesoul.jpg. Pourquoi ces agissements sans avertissements et surtout comment puis+e la remettre. Bhuoc9 (talk) 19:14, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bhuoc9: Bonjour, Qui est le photographe ? Yann (talk) 19:15, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Je sais que je suis l'auteur de plusieurs de ces photos, mais les televersements ont eu lieu il y a presqu'une dizaine d'années donc je ne sais plus exactement (dans le sens où je n'ai pas en tête pour chaque photo)

et ça ne répond toujours pas a ma question de pourquoi elles ont été supprimées. Bhuoc9 (talk) 20:09, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bhuoc9: La raison est : no exif, no full resolution, user banned from French Wikipedia for lot of copyright violations. Ce n'est pas le cas ? Yann (talk) 20:11, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Excusez moi mais je ne vois pas où est écrit cette phrase.

Non je ne suis pas bannis de Wikipedia et n'ai violé aucune regle.

Edit : je crois que je viens de comprendre ce qu'il s'est passé. J'avais teléversé ces photos il y a une dizaine d'annees. Et il n'y avait aucun problème. Cependant il y a quelques jours, je l'ai ai uploadé avec de nouvelles photos (les mêmes, mais en amélioré) car un ami m'a parlé d'un logiciel d'intelligence artificielle pour améliorer sensiblement la qualité et le netteté des photos, sans en changer le contenu. J'ai donc utilisé ce logiciel pour les améliorer légèrement, est ce la raison de la suppression de ces images ? Je n'avais pas le droit ? Bhuoc9 (talk) 20:46, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

re-edit: si c'est le cas, alors pourquoi les images originales n'ont pas été conservée ? Bhuoc9 (talk) 20:49, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bhuoc9: Bon, j'ai restauré les images. Mais 1. Bien que les images apparaissent plus nettes, c'est entre autre un effet trompeur car elles sont réduites. 2. Les données EXIF ont été supprimées. Comment avez-vous pris ces photos ? Par avion ou hélicoptère ? Avec un drone ? Il serait utile de le mentionner dans la description. Yann (talk) 21:03, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Merci dans ce cas. Ni l'un ni l'autre, c'était en montgolfière, et j'ai par ailleurs un nouveau vol de prévu ces prochaines semaines et je comptais en profiter pour refaire des photos et les re-teléverser afin d'apporter de nouvelle photos à jour- sur Commons. Bhuoc9 (talk) 21:10, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bhuoc9 : Bien sur que si vous avez été banni de Wikipédia est vous avez crées plusieurs dizaines de faux-nez !

@Yann : je vous invite à lire fr:Wikipédia:Faux-nez/PiedgauchedeZidane et fr:Discussion utilisateur:PiedgauchedeZidane. Cet utilisateur est un spécialiste du copier-coller de textes qu'il copiait tel quel sur l'encyclopédie. Même méthode pour les photos, les seuls photos qui sont de lui possède des exifs et ont été prises avec des téléphones et des APN compactes entrée de gamme. Toutes les photos sans exif ne sont pas de lui elles ont souvent été glanées sur internet. On voit qu'elle n'ont aucune cohérences dans la techniques, la qualité et le point de vue. Les photos aériennes ont souvent des images imprimées dans des livres ou affichées sur les mur en mairie de Vesoul, dans les bibliothèques de la villes, les lycées, les hôpitaux etc. Aucune image aérienne n'est de lui, c'est aussi un grand menteur qui n'as jamais modifier ses méthodes malgré les bannissements. A.BourgeoisP (talk) 21:14, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@A.BourgeoisP: Bonjour, Le compte Bhuoc9 n'est pas mentionné dans la liste ci-dessus. L'explication donnée par Bhuoc9 sur l'origine des photos est plausible. Les photos originales ont été effectivement prises avec un Samsung, et retouchées avec un logiciel d'IA. Si vous contestez cela, il faudrait faire une demande de suppression (pas une demande de suppression immédiate), et une seule pour toutes les images et pour ne pas disperser la discussion. Yann (talk) 21:21, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bhuoc9: Il y a quand même un souci pour les images de cartes postales anciennes que vous avez importées. Les informations sont incorrectes, et la licence probablement fausse. Il faudrait corriger cela. Yann (talk) 21:26, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Un dernier mot quand même : je vous invite à observer l'image d'origine en plein définition : [1] et vous verrez en zoomant que l'on peut voire des petits points qui sont en fait des point d'impressions d'ancres, rien à voir avec du bruit numérique, c'est eux qui formes l'image. Ces photos n'on absolument pas été prises d'une montgolfière mais au dessus d'un papier imprimé. Vous noterez aussi que plusieurs de ses faux nez se termines par le chiffre 9... bref il y aura d'autres procédures ! A.BourgeoisP (talk) 21:38, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@A.BourgeoisP: Bonsoir également. J'ai un peu de mal a comprendre ce que vous me reprochez et suis convaincu que vous vous trompez de personnage. Je m'y perd un peu devant toutes ces accusations mais un conseil à l'avenir : si vous accusez a tort quelqu'un, faites le de manière cohérente, ex : me reprocher d'utiliser un appareil photos, je cite "bas de gamme", et en même temps me reprocher que les photos que je fais sont de mauvaise qualité (bin un peu logique non ?). J'ai aussi un peu de mal a comprendre sur quoi vous basez vous pour avancez tout ça ? Pour la raison que j'ai un 9 dans le nom de mon utilisateur ? Bhuoc9 (talk) 22:07, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Requests_for_checkuser#PiedgauchedeZidane --Lewisiscrazy (talk) 21:04, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Copyvio

Hi

Almost or all the files seems to be copyrighted. Panam2014 (talk) 22:19, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

This photo need an OTRS checking. Panam2014 (talk) 22:42, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

For:

• File:061pg20241111 1.jpg
• File:005pg20241111 1.jpg

I have added a tag for evidence of permission about declaration of consent. Are you agree? Panam2014 (talk) 16:24, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

The files need a permission, but you should not remove the license. Yann (talk) 17:04, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Your Most Memorable Shot Submission!

Hello Yann!

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As we step into a new year, we’re happy to invite you to take part in “Your Most Memorable Shot 2025.”

Since 2018, photographers from across the Wikimedia community have come together at the beginning of each year to share the photographs that meant the most to them over the past twelve months. Now in its eighth iteration, this tradition continues to be a space for reflection, storytelling, and celebrating meaningful moments through photography.

Whether you are a member of the Commons Photographers User Group or not, you are warmly welcome to participate and invite others too. Every image carries a story, and your perspective helps enrich this collective showcase.

Whenever you’re ready, please select your most cherished photograph from 2025 and share it on the designated page.

The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2026, so we hope you’ll join us before then.

We look forward to discovering the moments that made your year memorable and to continuing this wonderful tradition together.

Warm regards, -- Suyash Dwivedi (💬) 22:36, 4 January 2026 (UTC) (CPUG)

Continued copyright violations

Hi Yann, hope you are well.

A user called "Editor penguin" has uploaded the same image of podcaster Chris Van Vliet and claimed they took it, when in fact it was screenshotted off of his podcast, and even if the user did there is no evidence or permission from Van Vliet given. They have reinstated the image that was deleted after I tagged it for speedy deletion and was deleted. Is there anything you can do to prevent the user from keep uploading non-free images to Commons? If not, could you point in the direction of someone who can do something? Thank you. Lemonademan22 (talk) 09:07, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Nice to see you featured on this scientific op-ed

Dibble on The Conversation. Happy New year !! --SJ+ 12:45, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

A quick look

Hi @Yann, if you could take a quick look at COM:ANV and maybe take a call if noone has when you visit. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 16:09, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

@Yann, thanks for attending the request. One development. Aditto Atikx is blocked on simplewiki for (b)lock evasion, the previous account being Aditto Atik. I've amended the request per this. If you can please see if I've made some mistake on meta. This is my first time. The link is in COM:ANV thread. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 06:42, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails (noirlab2512ae).jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails (noirlab2512ae).jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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File:Logan-ScottBowden 2825603b.jpg.

Hi Yann. Thank you for your message on my talk page concerning this image. I'm afraid I'm rather new to this but believe the image falls under non-free usage rationale. I did provide a source address for the image. I'd really appreciate some help, if you can spare the time, to make the image compliant with the Wiki. Leitrim Lad (talk) 14:11, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

@Leitrim Lad: Hi, OK, but fair use is not allowed on Commons. It should be uploaded locally on the English Wikipedia (or any other project which accepts fair use). Yann (talk) 14:20, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

ah, ok - than k you. I'll try to suss that out. Leitrim Lad (talk) 16:28, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Protection for Category:Other speedy deletions

Hello Yann, I think the edit and move protection for Category:Other speedy deletions was removed when you deleted and undeleted the page. Can you please add them back to the page? Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:18, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done Semi-protected again. Yann (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Copyvios

Hi

Episodes from Super Bigote here, seems to be a licence washing, because the YT account is not the TV or the producer. And files from Category:Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar are all copyrighted. Panam2014 (talk) 19:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

@Panam2014: Hi, Please create deletion requests. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:35, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Okay. Is it possible to ask for a speedy deletion while the proofs are enough? Panam2014 (talk) 19:36, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

@Panam2014: I think a regular DR is better here. Yann (talk) 19:41, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Done. Panam2014 (talk) 20:19, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Unblock User:Gaty3000

It's been two weeks since Gaty was blocked. Maybe we can consider unblocking them now? 0x0a (talk) 09:40, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, done. Yann (talk) 10:03, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

@Yann just for clarification, per this thread at COM:ANU, Artur2077 was the new account of Gaty3000. So are we allowing a person to use two (illegitimate, since the second creation would be block evasion) accounts simultaneously? Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:14, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, I blocked the sock. Yann (talk) 10:12, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Drone show images by PIB

Hi @Yann, can you plz help me with whether I can upload the drone show images released by PIB here. Although the event was sponsored by the govt and the images are clicked by a govt photographer, this particular show was maybe performed by some private agency. Images on PIB website are generally under GODL but there is the third party clause. The permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to any third-party material. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments/copyright holders concerned. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:31, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: Hi, I don't know more than you, but your analysis shows that these drone images are probably not OK. Yann (talk) 10:13, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Exactly how I thought, bcoz the drone show is probably considered an artistic work of that agency and therefore the images are under GODL but not the drone show visuals. Thank you so much for your help. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 10:59, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg

File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, 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!

cyrfaw (talk) 18:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Covered board sidewalk in Tombstone, Arizona - May 1940 (cropped).jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Covered board sidewalk in Tombstone, Arizona - May 1940 (cropped).jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	Thank you for the recent messages regarding AI on the file that I nominated for deletion last night. I will take these into account before thinking twice. cyrfaw (talk) 11:15, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Files by Leyna Amly

Bonsoir Yann,

merci d'avoir restauré les fichiers et d'avoir aussi pensé à la notoriété. Restaurer et demander tout de suite la suppression, c'est la bonne façon de faire. J'ai ajouté le module de permission et j'ai écrit à la photographe qu'elle pouvait présenter son argument dans la discussion sur la suppression. Dans un autre cas il y a quelques semaines, la personne concernée a pu prouver sa notoriété.

On verra bien. ;-)

Bonne soirée, bien cordialement du nord de l'Allemagne, Mussklprozz (talk) 19:53, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cat facing viewer 3.jpg

Hey! Can you please explain your decision? Thanks Lukas Beck (talk) 21:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@L. Beck: I deleted it as CSD F10 (personal photos of or by non-contributors) (as it was tagged by Alachuckthebuck). Additionally, this is of poor quality, and has no EXIF data. Yann (talk) 22:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Where is a picture of a cat a personal photo? The image can certainly be deleted due to poor quality, but not via speedy deletion, rather through a regular deletion request. Lukas Beck (talk) 05:46, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

OK. Yann (talk) 08:37, 13 January 2026 (UTC)