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This page is for editors who are not administrators to request for categories to be renamed and for files to be replaced by other files across all Wikimedia projects. To request for a category to be renamed, go to the "Category moves" and follow the instructions. To request for a file to be replaced by another file, for example, because the original file has been deleted or renamed, go to the appropriate sub-section of the "Image replacement requests" section and type the following command at the bottom of the relevant list: "{{universal replace|[OLD NAME.jpg]|[NEW NAME OR ANOTHER FILE.jpg]|reason=STATE THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST HERE.}}". Requests relating to renamed files is for requesting occurrences of an old file name to be replaced with the new file name it has been renamed to. Click on the link in the sub-section. Other requests is for listing other requests such as replacing one file with a different one. Manual replacements is for listing files that must be handled manually. This sub-section is for experienced editors. Please read the warnings below carefully before making any requests. Thanks.

Warnings Please note: No controversial name changes. All moves have to follow the language policy. Please do not request name changes that you know may be controversial (this includes, for example, renaming locations into a different local language—even if "that is the official name used there"). Do check file talk pages for objections before requesting a change here. If you wish to request such moves, please add the {{Move}} template to the category pages, or use the Categories for discussion procedure. This allows discussion on the issue to take place and objections—if any—to be made. You may wish to alert other editors to the discussion by leaving a message at the Village Pump. If you challenge a request added here, please simply remove it and re-paste it below the "Category moves to be discussed" header down this page and add your reason for challenging it. It would also be kind to inform the requester (if signed) and invite them to discuss the requested name change. Adding interwikis. Please include as many interlanguage links (interwikis) as possible in categories to be moved. No replacement of images in other formats with SVGs. To avoid World War III, CommonsDelinker will ignore a command to replace an image if the new image is in an SVG format and the original is not. Updating references to the new category name. It is the duty of the requester of a category move to update all references to the new category name where needed. This part of the task is not automated. (Use the "What links here" tab to find out which categories or pages are still linked to the old category name.) MediaWiki limitation. If you add hundreds of requests at the same time, note that the MediaWiki software isn't able to process thousands of templates correctly for display. Thus, the statement "0 entries moved, 0 to go" may be inaccurate. Bot problem. If the CommonsDelinker bot that carries out the tasks on this page is stuck for too long or you encounter other technical problems, please contact Magnus Manske.

Image replacement requests

To request for a file to be replaced by another file while fulfilling your work as a filemover (that is, if you moved a file, not if you feel that a file should be replaced with a better-looking one), use the "Click here to add a request relating only to a renamed file" link below, and add your request to the bottom of the page that loads using the following command: {{universal replace|OLD NAME.jpg|NEW NAME OR ANOTHER FILE.jpg|reason=STATE THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST HERE}}. Don't add any wikitext markup or sign with "~~~~" inside the template. If you are not a filemover or the replacement is not part of your work as a filemover, please add requests to the "Other requests" queue. If a request is potentially controversial, make sure you have sought consensus for it first on the file talk page or at "User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands/talk".

To request for a file to be renamed, do not list it here. Instead, tag it with {{Rename}} or use the "Move" function in the toolbar at the top of the file description page.

Requests relating to renamed files

Click here to add a request relating only to a renamed file (filemovers only)
Table below is transcluded from User:CommonsDelinker/commands/filemovers.

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CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Marché de Noël d'Amiens.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Marché de Noël d'Amiens, 2013.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed:

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:First Computer Bug, 1945.jpg (LU,GU) with File:First Computer Bug, 1947.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3 (obvious error) · As explained in the description, the log entry being shown is from 1947, not 1945.

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Barletta2.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Alejandro Barletta.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Yoshihiko Noda voice 20100902.ogg (LU,GU) with File:Yoshihiko Noda voice 20110902.oga (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 1 (original uploader’s request) · wrong date

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:BeIN-Sports-Logo.svg (LU,GU) with File:BeIN Sports logo (vertical version).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 4 (harmonizing names of file set)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Bein Sports Logo.svg (LU,GU) with File:BeIN Sports logo (horizontal version).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 4 (harmonizing names of file set)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:20250519 𨐌𠅆秋保路死事紀念碑.jpg (LU,GU) with File:20250519 辛亥秋保路死事紀念碑.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 1 (original uploader’s request)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:20240130 蘭𠅘.jpg (LU,GU) with File:20240130 蘭亭.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 1 (original uploader’s request)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Blason famille fr Rochebousseau.svg (LU,GU) with File:Blason famille fr Randon de La Tour-Randon.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: obvious error

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Gray38.png (LU,GU) with File:Gray38 – Illustration of a fetus in utero between the fifth and sixth months.png (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: ambiguous (& undescriptive)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:NewMexico.ogg (LU,GU) with File:Johnny Cash – New Mexico.oga (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:RaggedButRight3.ogg (LU,GU) with File:George Jones sings 'I'm Ragged But I'm Right'.oga (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:41467 2019 13985 Fig1 HTML.webp (LU,GU) with File:Map of the Yarrabubba impact structure within the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia.webp (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:12915 2022 1394 Fig2 HTML.webp (LU,GU) with File:Overall morphoanatomy of Protocodium sinense from the Dengying Formation of South China.webp (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:01D55302D553TO01.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Moncenisio - Cenischia.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2 (meaningless or ambiguous name)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:SchäfferJ.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Julius Schäffer (1823-1902).jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: this is not Julius Schäffer (1882-1944)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Chauffeur-driven Amsterdam glee.png (LU,GU) with File:Chauffeur-driven Amsterdam glee, through Damstraat, 2010.png (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3, name of street and year

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Pand met aangebracht dak, gevelbepleistering en -bekroning.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Pand met aangebracht dak, gevelbepleistering en -bekroning, Damstraat 42 +44, Amsterdam.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3, streetname + city

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Pand met gepleisterde en van vensteromlijstingen en afsluitende rechte lijst voorziene gevel.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Amsterdam, Damstraat 36-42, monument(s), pand met gepleisterde en van vensteromlijstingen en afsluitende rechte lijst voorziene gevel.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3, street + housenumbers, monuments + city

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Pand met gevel onder triglyfenlijst met getoogde verhoging in het midden.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Damstraat 12, Amsterdam, 6 november 2018, pand met gevel onder triglyfenlijst met getoogde verhoging in het midden.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3, City + streetname/housenumber + date

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Bolivia - Potosì - Plaza 10 de Noviembre e la cattedrale.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Bolivia - Potosí - Plaza 10 de Noviembre e la cattedrale.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3 (obvious error)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Sherbourne TTC Station 2024-11-15 01.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Sherbourne TTC Station, November 15 2024.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 1 (original uploader’s request)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:WooCommerce logo.svg (LU,GU) with File:WooCommerce logo (2015).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 4 (harmonizing names of file set) · This is an effort to update the naming of historical versions and the current version.

Other requests

List here requests not relating to renamed files here, such as requests for one file to be replaced with a different file. Please give a good reason why the replacement should be undertaken. Any of these requests may be declined by any administrator. If a request is potentially controversial, please discuss it first on the file talk page or at "User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands/talk".

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Itu sdkm.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Cultural Center of Suleiman Demirel.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: the old photo is not good quality enough

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Louis De Geer 1818-1896 from Hildebrand Sveriges historia.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Louis de Geer.png (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: Significantly higher quality.

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Map and flag of ASEAN countries.png (LU,GU) with File:Map and flag of ASEAN countries 2025.png (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: The current map is outdated as Timor-Leste has joined ASEAN

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:ASEAN Enlargement 1967-1999.svg (LU,GU) with File:ASEAN Enlargement 1967-2025.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: The current map is outdated as Timor-Leste has joined ASEAN

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:ASEAN member states.png (LU,GU) with File:ASEAN member states.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: Replace with updated vector version

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:ASEAN countries capitals.svg (LU,GU) with File:ASEAN countries capitals 2.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: Malaysia is incorrectly labelled as Myanmar

— Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-36873-18 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Category moves

Request for a non controversial name change of a category: All moves/name changes have to follow Commons policy. Please do not request changes that may be controversial. You are fully responsible for the requested category move. Please remember to include an explanation and your username to new requests. This makes it easier for admins to process them. If requesting multiple moves for the same reason, please copy-and-paste the reason in. Good explanations are short, clear, and concise, such as "typo", "full name", "consistency with related categories", and so on. Longer explanations are useful in complicated issues. Use the following command template (please fill out all fields and stick on the exact format): {{move cat|Old cat name|New cat name|3=Explanation|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} Example {{move cat|Nice, Palais de Nice|Palais de Nice|3=The first word "Nice" is unnecessary.|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} Updating references to the new category name is the duty of the requester. Update all references to the new category name where needed. This part of the task is not automated. (Use the "What links here" tab to find out which categories or pages are still linked to the old category name.)

This page has a backlog that requires the attention of experienced admins. (recount)

Requests without sections

Rename Category:Coats of arms of the Latin Empire to Category:Attributed coats of arms of the Latin Empire (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by Qbli2mHd) Coats of arms of the Latin Empire;Attributed coats of arms of the Latin Empire;r; Reason provided: Includes arms of Philip of Courtenay, titular Latin emperor after Byzantium retook Constantinople; these were later attributed to previous Latin emperors. – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Flags of the Latin Empire to Category:Attributed flags of the Latin Empire (0 entries moved, 9 to go) (Requested by Qbli2mHd) Flags of the Latin Empire;Attributed flags of the Latin Empire;r; Reason provided: Designs based on the arms of Philip of Courtenay. – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Boogie Board (Note-taking device) to Category:Boogie Board (0 entries moved, 7 to go) (Requested by Belbury) Boogie Board (Note-taking device);Boogie Board;r; Reason provided: No need for the disambiguation – Admin: Approve

@Belbury: I think the disambiguation is needed. There is something else commonly called boogie board. --Auntof6 (talk) 00:34, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Comment: I'm not sure about this category move, because: If Gerhard Richter did not accept the photos here (he is 93 years old and a well-known German artist), they have to be deleted, because there is no FOP in Germany inside churches or other buildings. --176.1.13.166 22:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Rename Category:Stykkisholmúr Rear Range Light to Category:Súgandiseyjarviti (0 entries moved, 27 to go) (Requested by Steinninn) Stykkisholmúr Rear Range Light;Súgandiseyjarviti;r; Reason provided: Obvious error – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities to Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba (0 entries moved, 15 to go) (Requested by 176.1.10.36) Category navigational templates for municipalities;Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba ;r; Reason provided: All templates in the category are for municipalities in Cuba now, see Category:Category navigational templates for Cuba. A Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba is better than 2 categories with the same 15 subcategories. – Admin: Approve

Other idea for this move: Only the content of the category should be moved to the new name. The templates have the category directly in the template, so the bot can move them.

Therefore I created Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba, then the bot can't move the category, but only all templates in the category.

Afterwards, the old category can and should be refilled with 3 subcategories and 3 templates that are now in Category:Category navigational templates for country subdivision. —176.1.10.36 17:43, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Rename Category:Narre Warren railway station to Category:Narre Warren railway station, Melbourne (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by Numbermaniac) Narre Warren railway station;Narre Warren railway station, Melbourne ;r; Reason provided: Consistency with rest of Category:Pakenham railway line – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí (2024) to Category:Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí (0 entries moved, 1,705 to go) (Requested by Osidor) Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí (2024);Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí;r; Reason provided: Correct name is without the year. – Admin: Approve

I don’t understand any Czech, but please read the editnotice above the edit window or read the beginning of this page: no controversial moves here.

Looking at the two version histories of the category now and of the target name of the category, I see some kind of edit war since yesterday about the name of the category, a revert after the move and the category not being anymore on the name, where the older category versions since 2024 were. These are on the target name now, therefore I think, the redirect shouldn’t be deleted now with those old category versions. Is it possible to get the old category versions until yesterday back to the actual category name which has been edited very much since yesterday by merging all those versions there? I’ve rarely seen a Commons category which has been edited so much on one day by so many different users. Another category move now has to be discussed between those users. —176.1.17.247 19:32, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

And please note that there are 1,291 files in that category, so that every move is a big workload for bot and servers. There really has to be a consensus first for a category name, where it can stay without further moves. But it would be a very good idea to create subcategories for those many files. —176.1.16.30 22:10, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Rename Category:Kommandeure Drag.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.25 to Category:Commanders of Dragoner-Regiment „Königin Olga“ (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 25 (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by 176.1.5.73) Kommandeure Drag.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.25;Commanders of Dragoner-Regiment „Königin Olga“ (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 25;r; Reason provided: proper name as parent category:Dragoner-Regiment „Königin Olga“ (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 25, and "Commanders" in English – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Kommandeure Ul.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.20 to Category:Commanders of Ulanen-Regiment „König Wilhelm I.“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 20 (0 entries moved, 21 to go) (Requested by 176.1.5.73) Kommandeure Ul.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.20;Commanders of Ulanen-Regiment „König Wilhelm I.“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 20;r; Reason provided: proper name as parent category:Ulanen-Regiment „König Wilhelm I.“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 20, and "Commanders" in English – Admin: Approve

2 categories for Gâteau Basque:

Rename Category:Gâteau basque to Category:Gâteau Basque (0 entries moved, 33 to go) (Requested by 176.1.8.78) Gâteau basque;Gâteau Basque;r; Reason provided: as en:Gâteau Basque; the redirect should stay because of fr:gâteau basque – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Gâteau basque (recipe) to Category:Gâteau Basque (recipe) (0 entries moved, 14 to go) (Requested by 176.1.8.78) Gâteau basque (recipe);Gâteau Basque (recipe);r; Reason provided: as en:Gâteau Basque; the redirect should stay because of fr:gâteau basque – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Friedrich Loeffler Denkmal (Frankfurt (Oder)-Markendorf) to Category:Memorial stone for Friedrich Loeffler by Walter Kreisel in Markendorf (0 entries moved, 16 to go) (Requested by 176.1.9.28) Friedrich Loeffler Denkmal (Frankfurt (Oder)-Markendorf);Memorial stone for Friedrich Loeffler by Walter Kreisel in Markendorf;r; Reason provided: misspelling without hyphens or comma between "Friedrich Loeffler" and "Denkmal", it’s better to take the English name at Wikidata d:Q121286615 with creator and location and without 2 pairs of brackets – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Paddock Viaduct to Category:Paddock Viaduct (Fort Worth) (0 entries moved, 10 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67) Paddock Viaduct;Paddock Viaduct (Fort Worth);r; Reason provided: For uniqueness. There is a bridge with the same name in Huddersfield, England for which a category exists. – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Bierstadter Straße (Wiesbaden) to Category:Bierstädter Straße (Wiesbaden) (0 entries moved, 24 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701) Bierstadter Straße (Wiesbaden);Bierstädter Straße (Wiesbaden);r; Reason provided: Missing umlaut – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Rheinstrasse (Rüdesheim am Rhein) to Category:Rheinstraße (Rüdesheim am Rhein) (0 entries moved, 38 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701) Rheinstrasse (Rüdesheim am Rhein);Rheinstraße (Rüdesheim am Rhein);r; Reason provided: Missing eszet – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Streets in Landkreis Groß-Gerau to Category:Streets in Kreis Groß-Gerau (0 entries moved, 10 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701) Streets in Landkreis Groß-Gerau;Streets in Kreis Groß-Gerau;r; Reason provided: Standardisation with other categories of Category:Kreis Groß-Gerau (e.g. Category:Buildings in Kreis Groß-Gerau) and fixing navigation. – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Ancient Egyptian papyri in the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin to Category:Berlin Papyrus Collection (26 entries moved, 63 to go) (Requested by WatkynBassett) Ancient Egyptian papyri in the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin;Berlin Papyrus Collection ;r; Reason provided: The content is duplicated; there is only one papyrus collection of the Berlin State Museums. After two weeks no objections have been filed. – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Abai Kunanbaev to Category:Abay Kunanbaiuly (0 entries moved, 44 to go) (Requested by Nurtenge) Abai Kunanbaev;Abay Kunanbaiuly;r; Reason provided: English wikis use the transliteration of the name from Kazakh, not Russian (Wikipedia, Wikisource). – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:CEE Youth Group in CEE Meeting 2025 to Category:CEE Youth Group at Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 (0 entries moved, 195 to go) (Requested by Nurtenge) CEE Youth Group in CEE Meeting 2025;CEE Youth Group at Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025;r; Reason provided: Change the name to a consistent name format (see the same categories for 2023 and 2024). – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Wormser Strasse (Oppenheim) to Category:Wormser Straße (Oppenheim) (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701) Wormser Strasse (Oppenheim);Wormser Straße (Oppenheim);r; Reason provided: Missing eszet – Admin: Approve

Requests with sections

Categories: animals with other animals

Link to old version of this page as of 10 September 2025 with correct displayed templates

Rename Category:Comparison of Elephas and Loxodonta to Category:Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Comparison of Elephas and Loxodonta;Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Elephants with lions to Category:Loxodonta africana and Panthera leo (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Elephants with lions;Loxodonta africana and Panthera leo;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

@Ellicrum: There is at least one image of a lion with an Indian elephant in that category, making your proposed name inaccurate. The common names are fine here. The same goes for Category:Leopards with other animals, Category:Lions with other animals, and Category:Giraffes with lions. —Zacwill (talk) 12:56, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Zacwill:

I had also noticed the presence of that illustration of a lion with an Asian elephant in a circus setting. My initial plan was simply to move that file to the more general categories "Panthera leo with other species" and "Elephas maximus with other species". So the category in question here should indeed be reserved for the two African mammals, where there are still a few dozen uncategorized files in savanna environments.

That said, I can understand your hesitation regarding the renaming of this specific category. However, we are not dealing with the same situation for the other categories listed here. Vernacular names can certainly work (and of course, we can keep the redirect), but the idea remains to standardize the titling with all other similar categories, which mostly rely on the scientific names. As for "Giraffes with lions" specifically, I don’t see why we would use the preposition in this case. --Ellicrum _{{bablute [...]}} 21:26, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Rename Category:Connochaetes taurinus with Equus quagga to Category:Connochaetes taurinus and Equus quagga (0 entries moved, 60 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Connochaetes taurinus with Equus quagga;Connochaetes taurinus and Equus quagga;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Phacochoerus africanus with Equus quagga to Category:Equus quagga and Phacochoerus africanus (0 entries moved, 10 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Phacochoerus africanus with Equus quagga;Equus quagga and Phacochoerus africanus;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Leopards with other animals to Category:Panthera pardus with other species (0 entries moved, 14 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Leopards with other animals;Panthera pardus with other species;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Lions with other animals to Category:Panthera leo with other species (0 entries moved, 46 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Lions with other animals;Panthera leo with other species;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Giraffes with lions to Category:Giraffa and Panthera leo (0 entries moved, 47 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Giraffes with lions;Giraffa and Panthera leo;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Buphagus erythrorhynchus on Giraffa to Category:Buphagus erythrorynchus and Giraffa (0 entries moved, 39 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum) Buphagus erythrorhynchus on Giraffa;Buphagus erythrorynchus and Giraffa;r; Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories. Furthermore, the spelling Buphagus erythrorynchus seems to be the most preferred. – Admin: Approve

Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding)

Please move Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) and its subcategories to the name "Pfarrkirche Eferding" as in German Wikipedia.
"Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Stained glass windows" => "Category:Stained-glass windows of Pfarrkirche Eferding" has been done already in the section for stained-glass windows below, the others should follow.

Link to old version of this page with correct displayed templates

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) to Category:Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding);Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Epitaphs to Category:Epitaphs of Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 21 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Epitaphs;Epitaphs of Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and normal form with "of" instead of the wrong character "-" inbetween – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Portals to Category:Portals of Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Portals;Portals of Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and normal form with "of" instead of the wrong character "-" inbetween – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Interior to Category:Interior of Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 27 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Interior;Interior of Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and normal form with "of" instead of the wrong character "-" inbetween – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Altars to Category:Altars of Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 11 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Altars;Altars of Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and normal form with "of" instead of the wrong character "-" inbetween – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - High altar to Category:High altar of Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 10 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - High altar;High altar of Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and normal form with "of" instead of the wrong character "-" inbetween – Admin: Approve

Rename Category:Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Grave monument for Wolfgang II von Schaunberg to Category:Grave monument for Wolfgang II von Schaunberg in Pfarrkirche Eferding (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by 176.1.15.123) Sankt Hippolyt (Eferding) - Grave monument for Wolfgang II von Schaunberg;Grave monument for Wolfgang II von Schaunberg in Pfarrkirche Eferding;r; Reason provided: as de:Pfarrkirche Eferding, and form – Admin: Approve

Categories: "stained glass windows" => "stained-glass windows"

There are too many bot templates on this page without any of these stained-glass windows request now, therefore I put them onto a subpage now, then all of those template will be shown correctly again. Perhaps that’s better, because there are still so many of them left. That page can be archieved later. —176.1.1.46 05:38, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

• subpage for requests to rename stained-glass windows categories (especially without the hyphen)

Notification of failed moves

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Map AP dist all shaded.png (LU,GU) with File:Ap-districts.png (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: Updated based on changes to borders in 2015.

--Arjunaraoc (talk) 11:13, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

• @Arjunaraoc: I would think that such a signficant change of image should be performed manually, rather than by the bot.  — billinghurst sDrewth 04:10, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Weltkarte tropen.png (LU,GU) with File:Koppen-Geiger Map A present.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File:Weltkarte tropen.png is outdated (1992) and the equator is placed wrong. File:Koppen-Geiger Map A present.svg uses current data (2016) and has the correct equator. Can some bot please change all uses of the old one for the new please? TIA --User:H-stt 14:29, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

• File:Weltkarte tropen.png depicts the position of tropical rainforests, not climate areas. --Achim (talk) 13:36, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Manual replacements

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List here requests that cannot be undertaken by CommonsDelinker.

Non-SVG to SVG replacement

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Wikipedia Autoconfirmed.png (LU,GU) with File:Wikipedia Autoconfirmed.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects.

Used on too many pages

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg (LU,GU) with File:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed:

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg (LU,GU) with File:Flag of the United States (DDD-F-416E specifications).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 4 (harmonizing names of file set)

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:North America (orthographic projection).svg (LU,GU) with File:Northern America including Mexico (orthographic projection).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 2 (meaningless or ambiguous name) · With current name, people keep overwriting the file to add Central America or to remove Mexico. But those are other maps we already have in other files. We also need this one and it must stay as it is.

Other

Not appropriate for batch move, as some usages are for Mars, and others for male + used on too many pages

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Mars symbol.svg (LU,GU) with File:Male symbol.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: 50:50 ratio is male

Will need to ensure sizing is correct + used on too many pages + Non-SVG to SVG replacement

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Blank.jpg (LU,GU) with File:3by2white.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: better svg image

This must be done manually, as some language versions include both variants in their articles.

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia.svg (LU,GU) with File:Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia (obverse).svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: This file and wiki pages should contain the commonly depicted obverse side of the flag, not the reverse. After the universal replacement, that file should be renamed to File:Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia (reverse).svg.

Uncategorized

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:IFIS Vertical normal.svg (LU,GU) with File:FIAV Vertical normal.svg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Harmonisation of names of FIAV icons.

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Gaylord Perry in 1997.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Gaylord Perry in 1977.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: fixed typo in date

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:শ্রীশ্রীপদ-কল্প-তরু (তৃতীয় খণ্ড) - সতীশচন্দ্র রায়.pdf (LU,GU) with File:শ্রীশ্রীপদ-কল্প-তরু (তৃতীয় খণ্ড) - সতীশচন্দ্র রায় (১৮৯৭).pdf (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed:

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Fiel-Wallendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur 2011 (1), Bodenmarke.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Wallendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur 2011 (1), Bodenmarke.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3 (obvious error) · Sorry, das file ist mir einfach durchgerutscht.

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Erfurt - Thüringer Zoopark - Trachylepis margaritifer 01.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Erfurt - Thüringer Zoopark - Trachylepis margaritifera 01.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Criterion 3 (obvious error) · Wrong spelling

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:Bahnhof Lichte (Thür.) Ost.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Bahnhof Lichte (Thür.) Ost 2008.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: File renamed: Ctiterium 4

CommonsDelinker: Replace File:ThomasHoward4HerzogvonNorfolk.jpg (LU,GU) with File:Hans Eworth Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.jpg (LU,GU) across all Wikimedia projects. Reason: Better quality image

Replace images with .svg version

I am active in the SVG project, converting raster graphics into scalable vector graphics (mainly coat of arms). The new images have a better quality but I always need to replace all occurrences of the old image in all articles, templates and in all language wikis by hand which sometimes takes longer than creating the new .svg image. I know that the bot currently will not replace raster graphics with a .svg file. This rule was made 15 years ago (in 2007 maybe .svg were not that popular), has the opinion about this rule changed or is there room for a new discussion?

As I am creating .svgs from raster graphics I need to replaces the old image manually on all sites in all MediaWiki occurrences (Wikipedia (all languages), Wikidata,...). Maxwxyz (talk) 08:52, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

i agree that the file replacement with (verified) svg should be permitted. GioviPen ^{GP msg} 15:05, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

@Krd, You were around during that time, Do you remember the main reason(s) why that rule was created? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Mostly, because a few svg enthusiasts did very bad conversions to svg, guessing colors etc. and communities got pissed off because we were replacing correct pngs with incorrect svg interpretations of those pngs. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

I cannot find any evidence. PNG by PNG, SVG by SVG, GIF by PNG, no PNG by SVG ever. Were all the piss-bad replacements done manually? Taylor 49 (talk) 21:57, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

 Support I strongly plead for allowing CommonsDelinker to replace PNG with SVG files because in most cases the SVG is much better and should be used instead. ChemSim (talk) 21:22, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

 Strong support for allowing CommonsDelinker to replace non-SVG with SVG. Maybe we need a rule of type "do NOT request more than 3 such replacements during one day". PS: CommonsDelinker is currently on strike NOT doing ANY global replacements at all. Taylor 49 (talk) 10:34, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

 Comment Upgraded to RFC and listed at Template:Centralized discussion. My proposal is now:

• remove the technical restriction from CommonsDelinker making it refuse PNG to SVG replacements
• make a rule "a user may request maximally 3 PNG to SVG replacements per 24 hours, requests moved by a sysop from an accessible page to a protected page where CommonsDelinker picks them from do NOT count to the limit"

Taylor 49 (talk) 19:44, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

 Support.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:54, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

 Support do we have consensus now? —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 10:01, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

 Support makes sense. Prototyperspective (talk) 11:30, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

 Support -- Wolfy13399 (talk) 21:14, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Sint S...

It appear the bot has changed "Ofbyld:Sint-Anne vlag.svg" into "Sint_Annaparochie_vlag.svg", claiming "Criterion 3 (obvious error) · The village is called S".

Indeed, the village is called 'S...', thus a slightly more elaborate reason would be in order. As it is, it goes against your "No controversial name changes." (I am not sure why one would need to enforce 1 name in a multilingual area, but at the least it should not identify the issue as "obvious error".) Mysha (talk) Mysha (talk) 10:19, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Command to move category, `Category:Computer mice with RS-232 conncetor`

Rename Category:Computer mice with RS-232 conncetor to Category:Computer mice with RS-232 connector (16 entries moved, 0 to go) (Requested by CompuHacker) Computer mice with RS-232 conncetor;Computer mice with RS-232 connector ;r; Reason provided: Fixing typo in "conncetor" → "connector" CompuHacker (talk) 01:31, 11 September 2025 (UTC) – Admin: Approve

Requested move (October 2025)

Rename Category:Indian Space Research Organisation (talk) to Category:ISRO (0 entries moved, 34 to go) (Requested by Akshadev) Indian Space Research Organisation;ISRO;r; Reason provided: To match English Wikipedia article title ISRO – Admin: Approve

– 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 06:46, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move (October 2025)

Rename Category:People associated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (talk) to Category:People associated with ISRO (0 entries moved, 28 to go) (Requested by Akshadev) People associated with the Indian Space Research Organisation;People associated with ISRO;r; Reason provided: To match English Wikipedia article title ISRO – Admin: Approve

– 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 06:48, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Request: Correct misspelled category name “Chaoge Jilatu”

Hello,

The category “Chaoge Jilatu” was created due to a spelling mistake. My official mononym is **“CHAOGEJILATU”**, which is a single-word personal name with no family name and no given name.

I kindly request that the category be corrected to the accurate form “CHAOGEJILATU” and that further incorrect changes be prevented.

Thank you very much for your assistance. CHAOGEJILATU (talk) 05:48, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Undo name change of Brussels municipality that went against community guidelines

Rename Category:Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe to Category:Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (0 entries moved, 22 to go) (Requested by Caramelia14) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe;Woluwe-Saint-Lambert ;r; Reason provided: Like the other municipalities in Brussels-Capital Region – Admin: Approve

Caramelia14 (talk) 00:02, 30 November 2025 (UTC)