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Overwrite a file with another existing file

Hello, last month I uploaded this YT video File:President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2025.webm. This was back when v2c isn’t working for YT so I had to manually upload it, but the initial version didn’t had the highest quality possible. Later, I wanted to upload a better quality version but I didn’t know how to overwrite using v2c, so I just tried first to upload it as another file, seen here: File:President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2025 (ajxSWocbye8).webm.

I then put it aside when I couldn’t figure how to overwrite, I was only reminded of it recently when it got tagged as duplicate. This version only has a slight quality improvement, so it will be fine if it was deleted, but still I wanted to ask is it possible to overwrite the current version with the slightly better version? Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:38, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  1. using v2c, you cant overwrite; you cant even upload to a filename that was once used but then deleted.
  2. User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js.--RoyZuo (talk) 21:46, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. I will try chunked upload and see if it works. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
@Tvpuppy right now with your new intended version already uploaded, the usual approach is let a sysop move the new to the old covering the old, or as you mentioned, "tag as duplicate" and the sysop will do just that. RoyZuo (talk) 22:35, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
I have just successfully reuploaded and overwritten the file using chunked upload, so it worked out as I intended. Thank you for the advice above. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:44, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Tvpuppy (talk) 22:44, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

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--RoyZuo (talk) 06:38, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Sadly it seems v2c just broke for youtube again in the wee hours today. RoyZuo (talk) 11:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
It still works. Sometimes one needs to retry (and also refresh page if it just keeps loading). Also it seems like YT (and by extension DuckDuckGo Videos) now also shows nonCCBY videos in the results (for one search I tried at least) even filtering by CCBY but maybe that's just a rare bug. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:52, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Maybe it wasn’t working earlier in the day, but it is still working for me now. I just tried and successfully uploaded couple YT videos using v2c. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:01, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?tagfilter=OAuth+CID%3A+394&title=Special:RecentChanges
i see indeed you imported more just now, but i retried mine and it still failed with the bug "Sign in to confirm you\xe2\x80\x99re not a bot..." :/ RoyZuo (talk) 13:22, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

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Foreign and non-latin cat name

Hello, I was working on some categories listed in Special:UncategorizedCategories, but I don't know what to do with Category:"Зручне Передмістя @patokovyna". Do we even accept non-English categories? If yes, should the name be romanized? I need an advice. Mikinisk (talk) 10:14, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@Mikinisk: Invented cat names should be in English. Whatever the name, this should be a user cat. Pinging @Ratskui as sole editor.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:39, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
Yeah, I should romanized it either way I guess. Thank you for your ping. Ratskui (talk) 15:30, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
If they are redirects or text, e.g. Category:Жизнь (text), then we certainly do accept them. I've also seen categories for books being written in native script, but I don't know whether that's acceptable (though it might be for old books that have never been translated). For subjects that might not have an English name (e.g. a church in a small village), I tend to either translate the name (if possible) or romanize it. Nakonana (talk) 15:04, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Diff post, 1 April 2025, How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

I think that this could be interesting here too. WMF just posted a Diff post on how after early 2024 Wikimedia has experienced a 50% increase in bandwidth usage primarily from AI scraper bots collecting training data from their image repositories, with at least 65% of resource-intensive traffic coming from bots. This is not from the WMF posts but i think that situation could be helped if there would be least pre-scaled image repository where to download images instead of hammering the main servers.

--Zache (talk) 12:21, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

See also m:Community_Wishlist/Wishes/Physical Wikimedia Commons media dumps (for backups, AI models, more metadata). Prototyperspective (talk) 13:05, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
I've been getting random loading errors here and there for at least the last couple of months. I wonder if the load from AI bots has something to do with it. Hopefully they come up with a way to keep the load from effecting the user experince regardless. Off-site backups and hosting of popular files would certainly help. --Adamant1 (talk) 19:53, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Notification of DMCA takedown demand — Stoned Fox

In compliance with the provisions of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and at the instruction of the Wikimedia Foundation's legal counsel, one or more files have been deleted from Commons. Please note that this is an official action of the Wikimedia Foundation office which should not be undone. If you have valid grounds for a counter-claim under the DMCA, please contact me.

The takedown can be read here.

Affected file(s):

To discuss this DMCA takedown, please go to COM:DMCA#Stoned Fox. Thank you! Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 18:56, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Category search by

Over the months i've developed a couple more Template:Category search by: Special:Prefixindex/Template:Category_search_by, by hour, month, number of direct cats.... you can test them out at for example Category:NASA files uploaded by OptimusPrimeBot. (i will update the older doc later.)

you can add the subtemplates directly to categories for use, so you have many customisation options and can choose what works best for the categories you use. RoyZuo (talk) 19:40, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

How did I edit a cascading protected page?

How did I edit the Picture of the Day, when it clearly says "This page is currently protected, and can be edited only by administrators."? Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 20:26, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

I think it only prevents the image being overwritten, it doesn’t prevents edits to the file description. See Commons:Village pump/Archive/2025/02#Cascade protection and bullet point 3 on Commons:Village pump/Technical/Archive/2025/03#Tech News: 2025-10. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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