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File:Anne C, Agungsn, Aesthetic of Me 5-5-2026.png has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anne C, Agungsn, Aesthetic of Me 5-5-2026.png 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!

Hi Jeff G.. I noticed that a deletion request you made was not done correctly.

This is not an unusual mistake, but I'm leaving you this message to help you get this right in the future.

There are several steps to making a deletion request (DR) correctly; among other things you must transclude the deletion into the correct daily DR list, and to notify the page creator and optionally other human (non-bot) editors of the page. By far the easiest way to do all of this correctly is to use the automatic Nominate for deletion or Nominate category for discussion tool in the Tools menu on the sidebar per COM:DR#Starting requests and COM:CFD#Starting requests, which takes care of all that using vetted Javascript. If you prefer to add the {{Delete}} template or {{Category for discussion}} template manually, you are required to follow the instructions in the template, including the "Click here to show further instructions" portion (or Commons:Deletion requests/Listing a request manually policy or the "By hand" portion of COM:CFD#Starting requests, normally collapsed). Again, though, there is no need to follow complex instructions if you use the automatic tools.

Also worth knowing: on Commons, {{Delete}} is not a "speedy delete" request like it is on many other projects; instead, it starts a discussion of whether the file should be deleted. If you think a particular media file really obviously does not belong on Commons, see the instructions at Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion. Common cases that are better handled with a speedy delete than a DR include:

• own work within 7 days (COM:CSD#G7)
• empty category never likely to be used (COM:CSD#C2).

Common bad reasons people have for making DRs in the first place include:

• after renaming a category, trying to delete the resulting redirect in violation of policy COM:CATRED
• making a DR for a file where there is already a current DR
• trying to delete one's own work within 7 days (use {{G7}} instead)
• placing {{Delete}} on the deletion subpage itself, or on a talk page.

Also, please don't use {{Ffd}} (that's an English Wikipedia thing).

If you have further questions about the deletion process, you can ask them at COM:Help desk or COM:Village pump.  Andy Dingley (talk) 21:28, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

If you're going to make pointless and unproductive edits like this, then at least don't leave them broken afterwards. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:28, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Andy Dingley: Sorry, I was fighting with my laptop to make it work when TheImaCow deleted it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:52, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Clarification regarding "File copyright status" notice

@Jeff G.: Hi Jeff, I replied at the notice on my talk page, but the notice does not identify any file. Could you please specify which file or files you meant, and exactly what source or copyright information you consider missing or incorrect? I want to review and correct any specific issue. Thank you. Smaxims (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

@Smaxims: One I found was File:ЦДІАК 1167-1-255 Метрична книга єврейської громади м-ка Коростишів про народження 1876.pdf.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:11, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I have completed the audit and repair and replied in detail at User talk:Smaxims#File copyright status. In short, an independent final census confirmed that all 72,258 audited live pages in the deterministic pre-October 2025 repair set now have the appropriate license tags. The specific 1167/1/255 issue is resolved by the correct Korostyshiv births register already available under its former archival number at File:ЦДІАК 663-1-31. 1876. Метрична книга синагоги м. Коростишів. Народження.pdf. Thank you. Smaxims (talk) 08:18, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Question about mixed-period archival PDFs spanning 1917–1918

@Jeff G.: During the cleanup, I found 1,359 scanned archival PDFs whose date ranges span 1917–1918. A single PDF can contain official records from both before and after 7 November 1917. Would it be acceptable to use both {{PD-scan|PD-RusEmpire}} and {{PD-scan|PD-UA-exempt}} with an explicit component/page-range explanation, or should every such PDF remain subject to individual review? I have not bulk-edited this cohort. I posted the full question and examples at Commons:Village pump/Copyright#License tags for mixed-period Ukrainian archival PDFs spanning 1917–1918. Your guidance there or here would be appreciated. Thank you. Smaxims (talk) 09:22, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@Smaxims: I think we should wait for an answer there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:45, 19 August 2026 (UTC)