Wikipedia:Files for discussion

This page is only for listing images which are duplicates or otherwise unneeded. For copyright infringements, use Wikipedia:Copyright problems. For licensing issues that are not copyright infringements, use Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images.

Articles that have been listed for more than one week are eligible for deletion if either a consensus to do so has been reached or no objections to its deletion have been raised. Such images should be dealt with as soon as possible.

As per the speedy deletion policy, administrators can delete on sight "[a]n image which is a redundant (all bits the same or scaled-down) copy of something else, and as long as all inward links have been changed to the image being retained." This does not include visually similar pictures, such as PNG versions of JPEG images. Such images should be listed here instead.

Listing instructions -- Instructions for administrators
Deletion guidelines for administrators -- deletion log -- List of empty images

Listing instructions

To list an image on this page, simply add it to the bottom. If it is an obsoleted image, please also list the image that it is obsoleted by, in the format "[[:Image:Foo.jpg]] - obsoleted by [[:Image:Bar.jpg]]".

If you remove an image from an article, you should list the article from which you removed it, so there can be effective community review of whether or not the image should be deleted. This is necessary because image pages do not remember the articles the images used to be used on.

Add the following message to the top of any image page listed on this page: {{ifd}}, which shows up as:

The purpose of this file is currently being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's image use policy. The outcome of the discussion may result in the file's usage or license being changed, or possibly its deletion.

Please share your thoughts on the matter at this file's entry on the Files for discussion page.

Feel free to edit the file description page, but the page must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed.

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How to list a file for discussion:
1. Add {{ffd|log=2024 December 26}} to the file description page.
2. Add {{subst:Ffd2|1=Files for discussion|uploader= |reason= }} ~~~~ to add a line to today's FfD.
3. Add {{ffdc|1=Files for discussion|log=2024 December 26}} in the caption on each page in the file links.
4. Please consider notifying the uploader by placing {{subst:ffd notice|1=Files for discussion}} on their talk page(s).

Please sign any listing or vote you add, by adding this after your comment: ~~~~

Instructions for administrators

Before deleting an image, please make sure of the following:

• That the image has been listed on this page for one week or longer
• That no objections to its deletion have been raised, or that a consensus to delete has been reached
• That the image is not used in any articles (note that "What links here" is not currently reliable)
• That the image is not currently being processed as a copyright violation

To delete an image, open the image page and click the link, "Delete all revisions of this image" -- not the usual "delete" tab at the top of the page. Using the delete tab only deletes the image description, not the actual image.

Also, please specify the reason for deletion in your deletion summary. Examples:

Orphaned and obsoleted, listed on IfD since (date)

Orphaned copyright violation, listed on IfD since (date)

If you delete an image listed on this page, please remove the listing and note your removal in your edit summary.

What links here is not reliable!

The "What links here" tool is broken for images. Do not rely on what links here to determine whether an image is unused! You must use the Wikipedia internal search engine, with all namespaces selected, to confirm that an image is unused in the English-language Wikipedia. You should also be alert for signs that the image is used in other languages, some of which use external links to include images from en. See BUG 85 for the current status of this issue.

Listings less than one week old

October 14

• Image:Friedenreich.jpg -- Carl 14:50, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  Oppose. This image looks fine and is still in use in Arthur_Friedenreich. Do you have a replacement in mind? Derrick Coetzee 21:19, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

October 16

• Image:PepComics - unneeded, reuploaded as Image:PepComics1.jpeg. Gamaliel 05:48, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:11, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:Arabidopsis_thaliana2.jpg unfree image replaced by GFDL'ed Image:Arabidopsis_thaliana.jpg. Brona 23:31, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Support this replacement. Derrick Coetzee 20:41, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Image:Projectlibertytshiplogo.gif. -- Incorrect image - wrong name User:Oldfarm
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:11, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

October 18

• Image:Krifast.jpg
• Image:Burney Falls 300x239.JPG
  • old thumbnails Bryan 01:47, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Image:Faneuil hall front.jpg - obsoleted (somewhat) by Image:Faneuil Hall East Elevation Perspective.jpg - KeithTyler

October 19

• Image:Ducal.png - replaced by Image:Royal Ducal.png - [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]]
  • Already deleted by someone else. Thue | talk 13:16, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:Serif sample ABC in Arial, Times, Times with serifs highlighted.png has been made redundant by Image:Serif_and_sans-serif_01.png, 02, 03. — David Remahl 21:04, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image: Veerappan.jpg, low-resolution, low-quality photo replaced by Image:Koose Muniswamy Veerappan.jpg, used on Veerappan. Derrick Coetzee 21:50, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • _Both_ already deleted for copyright, see Talk:Veerappan. Thue | talk 13:16, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image: Boston_Red_Sox.jpg, small JPEG replaced by larger, cleaner PNG file of 55% less bytes Image: Boston_Red_Sox.png (I wish people wouldn't convert GIFs to JPEGs.)
  • Already deleted by someone else. Thue | talk 13:16, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

22 October

• please delete the misspelled file Image:Torkopp.jpg which I have uploaded. Thanx Torfkopp 15:08, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:08, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:Battleship Musashi.jpg — duplicate of Image:Japanese battleship Musashi.jpg. Gdr 16:45, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
  • I agree. My mistake. Rama 08:14, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:08, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:Usjack.png — typo for Image:Usnjack.png. Gdr 20:06, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:08, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:Tortoise-Hatchling.jpg — was supposed to overlay Image:Tortoise-Hatchling.JPG, but apparently the capitalisation makes a difference. -- Solipsist 20:33, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Deleted. Thue | talk 13:08, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• image:Music_For_Airports.jpg obsoleted by image:Music_for_Airports.jpg. Justin Foote 20:47, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:0les_Elev.Irma.,ZF.BB.jpg
• Image:Cover.jpg is obsoleted by Image:Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9.jpg. Chameleon 09:44, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Image:2004OlympicsOpeningCeremony.jpg is copyrighted and claimed as fair use, but replaced by very similiar public domain image Image:Opening Ceremony Athens 2004 Fire rings.jpg -- Chris 73 Talk 09:45, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
• Image:DevilsTowerNatMonumentWY.jpg: Copyright status unknown, replaced with better PD image Image:Devils Tower National Monument.jpg -- Chris 73 Talk 14:54, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
• Image:MuteSwan.jpg - Rather small, unused and we have plenty of other swan pictures now. Saving grace is its a PD image. -- Solipsist 17:48, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

23 October

• Image:IIH.png - Says "Insert Image Here." Useless, and ugly. --Tothebarricades.tk 18:26, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  I support it being deleted...but first somebody's gotta do something about all the pages that link to it. -[[User:Frazzydee|Frazzydee|✍]] 19:12, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  Support, after it's orphaned. Derrick Coetzee 19:39, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)