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Edit request: "write a note on the item's talk page"

{{Edit protected}} Currently, this page in the "Participating" tile has this suggested task:

Identifying?
Have a browse through Category:Unidentified subjects. If you find something you can identify, write a note on the item's talk page.

Assuming this is kept there (rather than just on a page that is linked), could you please change write a note on the item's talk page to e.g. adjust the file's categories. If people just write on the talk page it's quite likely nothing will be done (which is demotivating and boring), rather they should change the category of the file accordingly. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:22, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

I'd personally agree with this. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

100% agree. For the less brave, maybe we could suggest writing at the village pump or some other frequented place (but the emphasis should be on “fix it yourself”, to make the process more efficient and avoid flooding the village pump). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 18:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

I third this. Phương Linh (talk) 10:42, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Prototyperspective  Done --Jarekt (talk) 14:47, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Could you wikilink the file's categories to Commons:Categories? This would help people new to categories. Ideally, the header or section "Quick guide" would be highlighted somehow because users certainly don't need to read that long page to do any categorization or learn its basics – that doesn't seem possible currently and isn't important. For probably more or less the same reasons the meta page about structured data Commons:Structured data is also linked in that sentence. I wouldn't have added and depicts statements in structured data there but it makes sense. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:26, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Edit request

{{Edit protected}} Per the opening of Commons:Permission requests after the consensus here, please change:

"To fulfill the free license requirements, please read our Reuse guide. You can also request a file."

to "To fulfill the free license requirements, please read our Reuse guide. You can also request a file or request permission for a file already on the internet. Zanahary (talk) 14:15, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 16:21, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Prototyperspective (talk) 16:39, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Media of the day mistake

“Talk by the”? Talk by who? _{Note: not an edit request as I genuinely don’t know} ANOTHERWꞮKꞮPEDꞮAN wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo 20:24, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying. That's been my fault, sorry. I meant to write by the LibreOffice Foundation but then wasn't so sure if the talk is by them and apparently forgot to remove the "by the". Just noticed it now and can't edit the caption. An admin like @Aafi: would have to remove the "by the". I'll make sure to recheck the captions more often. Too bad it's only been noticed now. Prototyperspective (talk) 21:13, 14 October 2025 (UTC)