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My formal name is James L. Woodward, but I prefer to be called "Jim" .

Deltatation

why are you nominitaing these files for deletation ? Davidbt2000 (talk) 16:17, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

It is polite when you ask a question to link the file or action you are asking about. In this case, I assume it is Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Davidbt2000.

As I noted in the DR, they are all copyrighted signs. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:12, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

It is also polite to tell me why do you want to delete it because i dont grant you permission to delte something that i put on my page i already warn other users to not do that and it is writen on my main page. Davidbt2000 (talk) 19:57, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

and the DR sign can be copyrighted i made them from photos Davidbt2000 (talk) 20:00, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

can't* Davidbt2000 (talk) 20:40, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

If you put a copyright violation anywhere, including your User:page, it will be deleted. I suggest you read COM:L and COM:DW. You need to understand that a photo of a copyrighted work is a derivative work and infringes on the copyright, so it cannot be kept here. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:31, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

you also deleted photos of a priest from 1940 because it "didn't have camera exgif data". You are a wildly disingenuous actor and I pray for every unfortunate soul that has to deal with you. ~2026-17083-12 (talk) 08:55, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

I have made almost a quarter of a million deletions over the last 18 years, so unless you link the file in question, I cannot possibly respond. I note that very few of those deletions have come to Com:Undeletion requests and even fewer are restored there, so my actions are almost always correct.

talking to me ? Because i have no idea what are you talking about Davidbt2000 (talk) 10:30, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

If you don't understand what I'm talking about, perhaps you shouldn't be wasting your time and ours on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:24, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

i was talking to the other User Davidbt2000 (talk) 15:20, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Undeletion request for Gallery: Peter Oloche David

Hello there, I noticed you delete the gallery for Peter Oloche David. Please take a cross-examination once again. Not all the images on the gallery are nominate for deletion. At least two images in the gallery are not nominate for deletion. Even those images that were nominated for deletion, since the time have been modified to meet and address the No-use, notability and verifiability policy concern raised by the editor that nominated. In further review you will realize that I contest the nomination and since don't receive any response from an administrator. All the images on the category:Peter Oloche David with a stable wikidata item successful linked. The wikidata item contains verifiable independent Identifiers, independent news mentioned, government registration and other valuable reference sources that prove the subject to be notable but academical and business setting.

I demand you take a diligent review and consider restoring the gallery and remove the DR tag.

Thank you for your corporation. NatHaddan (talk) 18:28, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

I did not open the DR, so I cannot close it before one week. Since I agree with it, I won't do that. If the DR succeeds, the gallery will not remain, so there is nothing to do now except see if our colleagues agree with the DR. That will be several months from now, since the DR backlog is large. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 09:56, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Redeletion of Galery Cypronia and MEDIEVAL

Dear James, I would like to ask you for redeletion of galleries:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cypronia
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MEDIEVAL

As whole content of galeries (6 screenshots) is now cleared by VRT team under VRT Ticket:2026032810006405 as CC-BY 4.0 license

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_uploaded_by_Stefanpavelka

Stefanpavelka (talk) 10:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:18, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Timmylegend

Hi. Can you please remove the DR request from the file pages if the files are kept? See also: User:Krdbot/lost deletion requests Thank you! --Krd 06:05, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Krd, as you probably know, Mass Process sometimes glitches and doesn't do what it is supposed to. It is easy to see when it fails to delete files -- they remain blue -- but you can't see those that it failed to save properly. I think we need to accept that -- otherwise I for one will never close a DR such as the one you cite, that requires a Mass Process save. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:43, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I cannot follow, what is your suggestion, to keep the DR in the files forever? Krd 05:01, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I know it is far from perfect, but I can't see any of us going through a long list -- hundreds, sometimes thousands -- of files to check to see that Mass Process has done its job correctly. If we insist on that, then big DRs that ought to be kept will simply stay open forever, which has the same result. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:36, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Khartoum Place2.JPG

Given you closed this one would you like to close the related Commons:Deletion requests/File:NZ AK Womens Suffrage Memorial (1).jpg? Thank you. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:50, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:05, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh and File:NZ AK Womens Suffrage Memorial (2).jpg wasn't properly nominated itself but the same reasoning applies. Thank you. Traumnovelle (talk) 20:14, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

? I don't see anything to do there. ?? .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:02, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

What do you mean? Its the same work in question as the other two deletion requests. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:38, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Sorry -- slipped a brain cell. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:31, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Reuploads?

Hello Jim, I came across a number of uploads by this user today, none of which seemed to have a proper permission or even name the copyright holder (which would have to be a natural person, not a political party). Just now I saw that you had deleted a whole bunch of uploads by this user in 2025, and I wondered if the current ones might simply be reuploads. Would you mind checking? Thanks, --~2026-21567-91 (talk) 21:46, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Violation of policy

At Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rappresentanti degli "Otto delle Condotte" della Repubblica di Siena In Consiglio.png you wrote "In Use" does not apply when the uploader wrote the article and placed the image. This is objectively false. You have violated COM:INUSE with this deletion.

It's a matter of opinion but personally I value and respect and consider the use of a file more, not less, if the person who wrote the article placed the image there since the person probably has some expertise/knowledge in that particular area/topic.

Additionally the person has volunteered their time and effort to benefit the open knowledge and Wikimedia ecosystem so instead of editorializing their work from another project due to an arbitrary taste judgement, it would be good to give positive feedback to those who do that. Thanks for creating the image and article, Roberto.Amerighi don't hang your head and keep up the good work! Prototyperspective (talk) 21:49, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

However, it's unclear if AIIP also applies to this and if it can overrule in which case it would not necessarily be a policy violation but you didn't name that. Prototyperspective (talk) 21:55, 10 April 2026 (UTC)