User talk:ReneeWrites

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Your recent speedy deletion noms

A handful of the files that you nominated for speedy deletion as being empty or corrupt now have content in them, such as File:Meccano Magazine 1929-03.pdf. I'm assuming they were empty when you nominated them for deletion and whatever bug was keeping them empty got resolved. I know there was another bug with .djvu files undeleted on the 1st not rendering, too. If they still need to be deleted for some reason, go ahead and put them in a regular DR and tag me. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:58, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey The Squirrel Conspiracy, I'd tagged these files as F7 because they're not generating a thumbnail. It's a minor glitch that doesn't render them unusable, but it's a glitch nonetheless. If you don't mind, I'd like to have the remaining files speedily deleted too. The files are eligible for that and the process is faster and less involved. I did see that you deleted a few files I'd tagged despite your reservations, and I appreciate that. They're back on Commons now and working properly (e.g. File:Meccano Magazine 1929-07.pdf). ReneeWrites (talk) 11:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I was able to reupload a few more files, but it seems as if a number of PDF's I'd uploaded that were fine before lose their thumbnails later, for instance File:McCall's Magazine 1922-09.pdf and File:Meccano Magazine 1929-09.pdf (two files I know beyond a doubt were fine before). I'll hold off on tagging more files for deletion for now, in case it's a bug and it's being worked on. Hopefully a few months from now I'll have a better idea of which files are glitchy, and I'll file a regular deletion request for those. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

About edits on File:Ganoderma applanatum fungus in Nuevo Laredo.jpg

Hello, I hope everything is good. I noticed your edits on File:Ganoderma applanatum fungus in Nuevo Laredo.jpg and wanted to ask you for your reasoning -- especially with deleting it from the cat of Funga of Nuevo Laredo. And concerning its identification, do you have a more correct ID on this particular fungus. Thanks in advance, and wish you a Happy New Year. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 00:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas: "Funga of Nuevo Laredo" was an incorrectly named category, I renamed and moved it to "Fungi of Nuevo Laredo". I removed the other categories because they were parent categories of a subcategory that was already on the file. "Fungi of Nuevo Laredo" is a subcategory of "Nuevo Laredo Municipality", so it can be removed from the parent category. Likewise Tamaulipas is a parent category of Nuevo Laredo. I hope my explanation is clear, but in case it isn't, they go a bit more in-depth about this at COM:OVERCAT. ReneeWrites (talk) 02:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

No, I was talking about the file, not the category. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 02:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas: I was talking a bit about both, but mostly about the file. Which part of my reply was unclear? ReneeWrites (talk) 02:09, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Also, shouldn't by this same reasoning all categories containing the words "Flora of" or "Fauna of" be deleted to have instead "Plants of" and "Animals of"? Thanks Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 02:09, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

That's a different discussion. I think COM:CfD or the Village Pump is a better place to ask that question. ReneeWrites (talk) 02:11, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Good news!

Hi, User:ReneeWrites. I've got good news to tell. I've uploaded File:Flag of Kakeya, Shimane (1913–2004).svg and File:Emblem of Kakeya, Shimane (1913–2004).svg which are vector versions I made for File:Flag of Kakeya Shimane.png and File:Kakeya Shimane chapter.gif. I know that sounds ordinary, but let me explain. I wanted File:Flag of Kakeya Shimane.png to be vectorized for a long time, and, as a result, I tried to vectorize the file and File:Flag of Kakeya, Shimane (1913–2004).svg is the result of it.

Also, File:Flag of Kakeya Shimane.png is (or was, to be real) the only file in Category:Simple symbol of municipalities in Japan images that should use vector graphics, and, to be honest, I thought that category is unnecessary and needs to be deleted. Maybe, you need to say what you think about Category:Simple symbol of municipalities in Japan images that should use vector graphics and if you still think it's useful. Anyway, it's a big feat for me that I vectorized File:Flag of Kakeya Shimane.png and File:Kakeya Shimane chapter.gif.

Besides that, I hope you're doing well. Before I go, I'd like you to take a look at some of the amazing images I got here in Commons which I think you'll like: ①, ②, ③, ④, ⑤, ⑥. Also, not to forget, I'd like to hear if you like my new cool signature. Anyway, see you next time. Bye. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 10:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

OperationSakura6144 You did a great job vectorizing that flag and emblem :)

I think it's okay to have the category deleted now that it's served it's purpose. I don't think there are currently any simple emblems left to be vectorized, the designs that are left are all a bit more complicated.

I like your new signature, it's flashy. Did you get into Balatro (so many of my friends are playing it) or is the card suit theme a coincidence? ReneeWrites (talk) 11:09, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, again. The card suit theme is just a good design. Also, did you check out the links with circled numbers in the main message? I think you'll like it. :) Anyway, bye. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 17:50, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

I did, the images are pretty funny :p ReneeWrites (talk) 18:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Which images did you like the best? ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 18:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

The 3rd and 4th ones. The 6th pic is also very pretty. ReneeWrites (talk) 18:57, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Anyway, good night. See you next time. Bye. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 19:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

But there are still other uploaded flags that needs correcting. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

I know, and I plan on returning to that soon. ReneeWrites (talk) 22:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:01, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Removing (Overwriting) tag at File:Walmart Spark.svg

Could you please remove (Allow overwriting) on File:Walmart Spark.svg, because this file has already overwritten and cropped. 120.188.4.63 01:57, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done. You did a great job with the crop, it turned out very precise. ReneeWrites (talk) 02:08, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 Has Launched – Join Us!

Hello ReneeWrites,

Greetings from the Wiki Loves Folklore International Team! We are excited to announce Wiki Loves Folklore 2025, an international contest on Wikimedia Commons dedicated to capturing the beauty of folklore and intangible cultural heritage from around the world. Whether it’s vibrant folk festivals, traditional dances, soulful music, time-honoured culinary practices, unique attire, oral storytelling, or other cultural treasures, this is your chance to document and share the living heritage that unites us all.

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It’s simple! Grab your camera, smartphone, or recording device, and start capturing photos, videos, or audio that tell the story of your local folklore. Once you’ve collected your media, head over to the Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 page and click on the Upload Now icon to submit your entry. For complete rules and guidelines, please visit our project page on Wikimedia Commons.

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• 1st Audio Prize (Overall Best): 150 USD
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• 1st Top Uploader Prize: 250 USD
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-MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:19, 08 February 2025 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day.

Hi, ReneeWrites, and happy Valentine's Day. We've been working here, together and individually. I'm not asking you to be my Valentine though, but I thought it'd be great to have a friendly talk with you for a moment. Ironically, as a Valentine's gift, I've got to mention some of the greatest channels I watch that I missed or forgot to add to my Christmas message.

Here they are: BriTheMathGuy, Mathologer, Zach Star, Mathematical Visual Proofs, JaDropping Science, Random Hands, Knives Project, Leandro Goretta, Alexandre Bigunas, Black Beard Projects, TWCDesign, WILDERNESS COOKING, Sacramento History Museum, JaiPhone, Restore Urphone, CrazyRussianHacker, Magnetic Games, J Perm, CubeHead, EDM Tips, and last but not the least, Doctor Mike, which I don't get to watch so often, but I do with my sister if so. I think this is it for the moment, I guess.

Also, not to forget, I've got two pretty pictures from 500px that I think you love them. Maybe, we'll talk about that later, won't we? Anyway, that's it for me now. I hope you do well and share love with others around you, including me, your friend. I'll see you next time. Good night and bye. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 16:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Wish you've replied me.

Hi, @ReneeWrites. I hope you're doing well. Did you see my Valentine's Day message? I wish you've replied me, we could've have a friendly chat and be happy together yesterday. Anyway, what do you think about the message? Did you like it? I think we should start chatting together. I can't wait to see your reply. :) ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 10:45, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @OperationSakura6144: I saw your message, and I thought it was really sweet, thank you! Yesterday was quite busy for me and I only just got home, so I wasn't able to reply properly sooner. I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day as well! I'd love to hear more about the images you mentioned in your first message. Also, I'd prefer to keep our conversations on Commons, as that works best for me. ReneeWrites (talk) 12:12, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: Hi, there. I'm glad you replied me. :) Speaking of images, I've got: ① and ②. The first one seems familiar, doesn't it? And, what do you think about the second one? The girls in the images had so much fun with the balloons, hadn't they? When I see these images, I see how fun balloons are and how the girls enjoyed playing with them. I'd like to know if you ever played with balloons in your life. One thing I love about balloons the most is when you rub them on your hair or your clothes, they end up sticking because of static electricity and you can do crazy stuff with it. Have you ever experienced that and did you also play with it like doing what I said before? Balloons are fun to say the least, right? :) I'd like to know your thoughts and experiences. I bet they must be cooler than the images. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 13:30, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Also, have you checked out the YouTube channels I've mentioned in my first message? I bet they are the coolest I've found. I'd like you to check them out, if you haven't. Besides that, I'd like to know how you like balloons and what your experiences about them are. :) Love you so much. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 13:42, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: Have you seen my replies? Please answer me. :) ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 18:33, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@OperationSakura6144: I would really, really prefer it if messages on my talk page were kept to Commons-related matters only. I know you mean well but this is all getting way too personal. ReneeWrites (talk) 19:36, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry, @ReneeWrites. I didn't mean to be indecent or intrude on your personal matters. I was really just excited to share my thoughts about the images and my experiences with balloons, and I thought it'd be great to hear what you think about them. But, after your reply, I realized I should've been cautious when I wanted to message you personally. So, I'd like to know your suggestions for personal messaging and the special app we can use for that. I hope you're not offended by my messages.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on balloons? Did you have any fun experiences with them at some point in your life? I'm curious, but I hope I'm not being too personal. :) Also, have you checked out the YouTube channels I mentioned in my first Valentine's Day message? I think you'd love to do that. I've watched those channels and I think they are the coolest. I forgot to add them to my Christmas message, but, luckily, I've mentioned them in my Valentine's Day message. I hope you take a look at them. I'm sure you'd love watching those. :) Love you so much. ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 15:52, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

I hope you reply, @ReneeWrites. :) ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 16:36, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

I haven't looked at all of them yet, but I recognize a few names of channels I already follow. Balloons are cool but I just consider it decoration for parties. I don't really feel like exchanging personal info so we can talk in private messages, but I'm not offended that you asked. I hope we can just stay friends as we are now. ReneeWrites (talk) 18:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: I get what you're saying. Your reply sounds kinda reasonable to me. It's so sad you couldn't share your balloon experiences with me, which I thought would've been fun, but, maybe, we can talk about our balloon stories privately someday. It'd be great if you suggest an app for private messaging so that we can share personal things, plus balloons stories ;), without any worries. By the way, did you take a look at the images I've linked before? If you haven't, here they are: ① and ②. I think you'll really enjoy them. They're just so lovely. Anyway, I hope you're doing well, having fun with balloons or staying busy in Commons. I'd bless you with my heartfelt Valentine's Day afterwishes. See you next time and love you so much. :* :) ;) :) ★♚★♛★ 🅾🅿🅴🆁🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽𝒮𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶⁶¹⁴⁴ ★♛★♚★ 《♦ talk • ♥ contributions • ♠ global • ♣ rights》 16:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

This is all deeply weird, I'm sorry. Please don't message me again. Don't message me to apologize, either, I'm not hurt or angry but I don't want to speak to you again. ReneeWrites (talk) 22:39, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Just as a heads up, @OperationSakura6144 is indefinitely blocked for intimidation/harassment. Have a good day. Bedivere (talk) 22:40, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Trade (talk) 18:01, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

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Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Sakiko Miki

I’m documenting the deletion requests for the Sakurako Miki and Sakiko Miki categories. I was not involved in the second Sakurako deletion request, nor the Sakiko deletion request started at around the same time.

At the Sakiko deletion request, you wrote:

I think it makes more sense to delete the entire collection (there's more than 600 images in here and the vast majority of them are out of scope), and then carefully choose the images we can realisticly use on one of the Wikiprojects. That's how it should have been done in the first place, in my opinion.

But you never got to clarify that comment, because you left the discussion after getting weirdly aggro responses.

I am hoping that you can clarify that comment for me. As you should know, once an image is deleted, it is no longer visible to non-admins. That’s kind of the point of deletion. If the community cannot see the images, how are they supposed to choose the images we can realisticly use? Brianjd (talk) 11:05, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

They would only be deleted from Commons, not the Flickr album they were originally transferred from. But instead of transferring hundreds of files at once and having other people sort through the mess that creates, I would prefer people think about whether images are in-scope before they're uploaded to Commons. They still look like a textbook case of COM:PERSONAL to me, though I do understand Commons' scope to be more broad than I thought it to be when this discussion was held originally, almost two years ago. ReneeWrites (talk) 13:40, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

It’s good that your understanding of Commons’ scope has developed since then. I would also point out that Commons should not be dependent on Flickr (or any other source) (hence templates like {{Flickr change of license}}). Brianjd (talk) 13:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Which is why we should not transfer files indiscriminately from there, I'm glad you agree. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:42, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I do agree that, in general, we should not transfer files indiscriminately from Flickr, but that is not what I said earlier, and does not necessarily apply to specific collections of files (where some value has been documented). Brianjd (talk) 04:51, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

I happen to think that COM:PERSONAL is a useless policy section, and I intend to start a discussion about that in the proper place. Brianjd (talk) 04:52, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

This wasn't about my opinion and it certainly isn't about yours, it was about my interpretation of Commons policy two years ago, but me trying to explain that was apparently taken as an invitation to debate. It was not. Please do take this to the more appropriate venue, which is not my talk page. ReneeWrites (talk) 10:47, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Flag of Chicago, Illinois (1933–1939).svg

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Jarekt (talk) 15:20, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, This file still does not have a license. If you are the creator than you need to add a license.

--Jarekt (talk) 17:32, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jarekt: It has the PD-shape license tag. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:48, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have 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 them, 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!

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Request for Comment by OperationSakura6144

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Remove overwrite tag of File:Meet the Press 2023.svg

The overwriting of File:Meet the Press 2023.svg is done. Should could you please remove overwrite tag for this file?

Thank you for sincerely. Yayan550 (talk) 22:00, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Thank you for being polite and I’m sorry I overreacted and reported you to ANU over a minor disagreement Dronebogus (talk) 18:38, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, the situation thankfully resolved itself. Apology accepted, and thank you for the barnstar! That was a pleasant surprise. ReneeWrites (talk) 21:08, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Working on categories

I'll be going through this page: Commons:Database reports/Category cycles to break up cyclical category structures. If you landed on my talk page because you saw me busy in this space and you have questions or comments, feel free to put them here :) ReneeWrites (talk) 13:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

What is the reason for removal?

Why are you nominating all (these) (these) etc. categories for deletion!? Antoine.01_overleg(Antoine) 14:54, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Antoine.01: These categories appeared on the list of circular category trees I'm working on (you can find the full list here, on page 16 you can find the ones you're asking about). The structure looked like this: Artist > Artist's songs > Song > Artist. After breaking these up, I tagged the empty categories for deletion, but not the rest. ReneeWrites (talk) 15:32, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I still don't understand why all this is being removed! Antoine.01_overleg(Antoine) 16:19, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I’ve an example for you. Please click on Category:Sam Feldt songs. After the category will have been loaded, click on the arrow on the left side of the subcategory "Show Me Love (Robin S)", then the subcategory shows its subcategory "Robin S". Then again click on the arrow of that subcategory and on the arrow of its subcategory "Robin S songs" and of its subcategory "Show Me Love (Robin S)". It’s a perfect category circle, and it’s neverending. In this example, "Robin S" should not be a subcategory of his own song "Show Me Love (Robin S)". This is part of his songs and they are part of his work and life, not the other way around. It’s the same with albums, musicals, films and characters in films of actors and so on. There are so many category circles because of this, that I find them constantly when clicking on subcategory arrows. This is no good. Category trees must have one direction, but not in neverending circles. —176.1.10.97 18:08, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

If Category:Robin S will be removed from the Category:Show Me Love (Robin S) for his own song to break this circle up, then the song category will be empty and can be speedily deleted because of its emptiness. After that deletion, also Category:Sam Feldt songs, Category:Robin S songs and Category:1997 singles will all be empty and can be speedily deleted and Category:Numbers from Sam Feldt and Category:Numbers from Robin S will be broken redirects after deletion of Category:Sam Feldt songs and Category:Robin S songs. All categories should have at least one file or subcategory which does not lead to a new category circle, then there have to be no deletions of empty categories. —176.1.10.97 18:34, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Antoine.01: I think the above commenter brings up a few good examples that hopefully help illustrate what we're talking about, but let me know if you have any more questions. ReneeWrites (talk) 23:06, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

It has become clear to me what you mean. But I would have appreciated it if this had been mentioned beforehand why all these categories had to go! Antoine.01_overleg(Antoine) 22:24, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

I think this categorization should be correct, am I right?: artist > artist’s songs > song or: artist > artist’s album or: artist > artist’s musical, but not artists as subcategory of their song or album or a musical with their songs, right? Because artists are not part of their own work, but the songs and albums are part of the artist’s work and life.

And I think that actors shouldn’t be part of their characters in films or of the films they’ve acted in. And normally, films shouldn’t be part of the characters of those films. Or how do you break those circles up?

As I found these kind of circles with actors, I was a bit confused. There are some systematic categorizations the other way round and more difficult cases. Then I just let the circles as they are. I find them perpetually in lots of category trees here everywhere, not only over the lists. Those circles can really be confusing. I’ve found some difficult circles, especially with films and series of films, characters and actors. If those categories will become more systematic, I would appreciate that. Those circles can be very annoying. —176.1.10.97 17:31, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, that's how I've been doing it; the creator is the parent (category) of the creation. With films this is a bit more tricky, if for no other reason than that those category trees are so damn big, so there needs to be a consensus first before any changes can be made to it. I'm personally fine with axing all of them and only keeping categories for media that depicts actors in a specific role/movie/advert; not categorizing actors and films as a whole as parent or child of each other. ReneeWrites (talk) 22:58, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Please do not leave categories as orphans (without higher-tier categories)

When removing the category "Actresses who have played Hamlet" and deleting it, you unfortunately left a lot of categories as orphans, without any higher-tier categories at all. In this case, you could at least have left this set with the higher-tier category "Actresses". I accept that you had good intentions, but if you go around creating orphan categories, you are not improving Commons, you are introducing chaos. I am currently trying to track the orphans that you have created, so as to give them higher-tier categories, but I cannot be sure that I have covered them all, because my watchlist is now huge. Please would you kindly go over the whole list of categories from which you have removed "Actresses who have played Hamlet" and check that none have been left as orphans. If you do not know what categories to use in certain cases, please ask me. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 16:49, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Storye book: Contents of that category were moved to Category:Actresses depicting Hamlet. As far as I can tell no orphans were created. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:22, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Sorry but I'm afraid that orphans were created, in the categories titled with the actress name (not so much in the individual image files with the actresses in doublet and hose). I have been going around replacing the emptinesses with categories, but I cannot be sure that I have found them all (due to my huge watchlist which is overflowing after I cam back from holiday (vacation)). Storye book (talk) 17:32, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Update. I see that you have now given some assistance in this matter. Thank you for that. Much appreciated. Storye book (talk) 18:12, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Storye book: No problem, and I apologize for the misunderstanding earlier, as well as for not adding more appropriate parent categories in the first place. When the discussion at CfD was held about these role-specific categories for actors/actresses, the vast majority of them pertained to roles for modern actors in modern films. These were already extensively categorized in almost all cases, but I did not think to pay closer attention to historical categories where that may not have been the case. Thankfully it only affected a few categories, as far as I can tell. And I appreciate you bringing it to my attention. ReneeWrites (talk) 18:18, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Cheers. Thank you for your assistance and patience with this. Some of these 19th-century actresses are a nightmare to track down, because they are working under stage names quite different from their birth names and married names. But I've discovered a few more birth names (and therefore birth dates) today. Hooray! Storye book (talk) 18:36, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Category:Yellow Submarine

Do you understand the difference between Category:Yellow Submarine (which has the Wikidata infobox of the song) and Category:Yellow Submarine (song) with the same infobox? Both are in Category:Songs of the Beatles where you can look at the category tree of those, and "Category:Yellow Submarine" is also in "Category:Yellow Submarine (song)", it seems to be a category for a song, a film and many other things at once, there are many things named after the song in it. In "Category:Yellow Submarine (song)" are "Category:Yellow Submarine" and Category:Yellow Submarine (film) which only has "Category:Yellow Submarine" as subcategory and two files. This is somehow confusing, my head is spinning now. I don’t understand these categories, they are too much mixed altogether.

Looking at Wikidata, the item d:Q832799 (28 WP articles) links to both of them, the one with "(song)" at "multilingual sites", the other one at "Commons category" above. There also is a disambig item d:Q225470 without Commons category link. Should Category:Yellow Submarine maybe get the infobox of the disambig item d:Q225470 (22 WP disambig pages) instead? Then most or all of the subcategories of the disambig category should be moved to the song category. A disambig category should have no subcategories and also no other parent categories. Or am I misunderstanding something? Do you think you can repair that chaos? —176.1.7.203 20:40, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

"Yellow Submarine" appears to be a disambiguation category of sorts, with a bunch of subcategories that relate to the yellow submarine but aren't the song (like the film or music school named after it). Both categories could do with a bit of clean-up, though. ReneeWrites (talk) 22:52, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Cast member categories

Are you planning to do much more work on these right now? I've been working my way through them, but I'm starting to see some of them get emptied before I get to them. I'd rather not see speedy deletion requests put on them when they're really getting deleted because of the CFD. Could I get you to stop doing speedy deletions, and coordinate what you're emptying with what I've been working on? Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: Apologies, I thought emptying the categories would help expedite matters, but seeing as that's not the case I'll stop and let you do your thing first. There were a few parent categories that were empty without the cast/supporting cast/etc. categories, I added a regular SD tag to those without referencing the CfD. ReneeWrites (talk) 10:29, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

If you want to empty the ones in Category:Cast members but not put speedy deletions on them, that would help. I was actually working mostly on the ones in Category:Performing artists by production first, so that shouldn't conflict.

The one thing I came across is that where there are individual files in the categories, they need to be looked at before being removed. Some of them have no other category, so I've been adding something like "Male actors" or the equivalent just to make sure they're categorized. So if you want to keep that in mind and work in Category:Cast members, that would be great. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:36, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Just to be clear: still don't put the speedy delete on them -- I'll watch it and delete the ones I see empty. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:37, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I'll keep both those things in mind, thank you! ReneeWrites (talk) 10:38, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

I've been working on this for almost 6 hours, so I'm going to stop for now. I'll pick it back up later. Thanks for your help. :) -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:32, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: You're very welcome. I noticed that another admin had deleted the empty categories in Category:Cast members, but not those in Category:Performing artists by production. I haven't applied the speedy deletion tag to the empty categories there, in case you'd prefer them without. And thank you for your help, as well :) ReneeWrites (talk) 18:23, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you want to work on any more of these? It turns out that there are a lot more that weren't in the parent category. Let me know if you want to work on them and we'll figure it out, but it's fine if you don't. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:53, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I'd like that. What's the most convenient way for you to tag these for deletion now that the original parent category we used to track these is gone? Would a regular speedy deletion (referencing the CfD) suffice? ReneeWrites (talk) 07:29, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Actually, I found a way to do that. What I did was put the ones I want to work on in a temporary category and work on them from there. I took care of the "special appearances" categories, and I'm working on the "supporting cast" ones now. I figured out a way to use AWB to load the actor categories that need the category removed and I'm using AWB to do that quicker than using Cat-a-lot like I was doing.

How about if I set up a temporary category for the "cast members" categories and you can work on those? There are hundreds of them, but this isn't a race and there's no deadline. Even if you don't use AWB, it would group the categories for you to find.

You could do a speedy delete, but if you just leave the empty ones in the temporary category, I can find them and delete them easier than processing individual speedy requests.

How does that sound? -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:41, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: That sounds perfect. Let me know where the temporary category is located once you've set it up. ReneeWrites (talk) 07:50, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Will do. I'll do it right now. It will take me a few minutes -- stand by. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:52, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, the category is Category:Auntof6 temp cast members. Yes, it's redlinked. There's no need to actually create it, so I didn't. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:57, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

By the way, when you empty one of the cast member categories, are you checking to see if the parent category (for a film or TV show, for example) is also empty? If you are, then you could put a speedy delete on those when they're empty. The process I had in mind for doing the deletes wouldn't check for that. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:02, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

I did think of that! I already tagged several empty parent categories for deletion, after removing the empty cast categories from it. ReneeWrites (talk) 08:16, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Sounds perfect! -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:18, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm stopping for now. Have fun! --Auntof6 (talk) 10:19, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

I've pretty much finished all the ones I was going to work on. Do you want me to leave the ones in Category:Auntof6 temp cast members for you, or shall I work on some of those? --Auntof6 (talk) 05:10, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I'll continue working on those, and leave the empty categories for you to delete later. I also noticed on some actor categories that they were subcategorized under movies (rather than movie cast), seeing as those function the same as the movie cast categories, is it okay to remove those as well? ReneeWrites (talk) 09:47, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, sounds good. If it looks like I'm forgetting to check for empty ones, feel free to leave me a message.

I saw people categories directly under films and TV shows, too. I think as long as the only reason the person is there is that they were an actor in the production, then it's okay to remove them. But if they were also a producer or director or had some other connection, then they should be left because the CfD we're working under is only for cast. So I guess a little research is needed before removing these.

I also saw individual files of cast members, which could be removed 1) with the save caveat I mentioned for categories and 2) as long as the image isn't specific to the film or TV show. For example, if the actors are shown as part of a convention panel or doing publicity for the production, it's OK to leave them. It's too bad the ones directly in the film or TV categories aren't as easy to find. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:18, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Supporting cast

Hi, Renee. Please don't add things to my supporting cast temporary category. I actually have a list of other phrases that I'm going to check when I finish the supporting cast ones, including cameo appearances, guest cast, guest appearances, etc., so I'll find them then. I want to work through one thing at a time. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:16, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Members categories

Hi, Renee. I noticed this edit you made where you removed Category:Members of Baby V.O.X.. I don't think that category should have been removed. It was for members of a musical group, not cast members. Please undo that and recheck any other edits where you might have done something similar. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:01, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done Restored the categories. ReneeWrites (talk) 13:07, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I found another one and took care of it myself. Please check others you've done.

Also, would you mind explaining why you emptied some press conference categories and location categories? I think those are valid categories. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:10, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Category:The Liar and His Lover is a category with only two files and Category:Taejo Wang Geon (TV series) only has one. Diffusing these into subcategories seems excessive and unnecessary, though if you feel that these subcategories should be kept, I won't argue with that. These subcategories are at least valid in that they contained relevant media. ReneeWrites (talk) 13:20, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

The only issue would be that doing that might stop the files from getting into Category:Film locations or Category:Film crews or their subcats. Thanks for the explanation. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:29, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

That's understandable, I added the subcats to the files that were moved. ReneeWrites (talk) 13:35, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:41, 6 June 2025 (UTC)