Wikipedia talk:Files for upload

Image for update

Shouldn't the wizard have another choice besides "image exists on wikipedia" / "image does not exist on wikipedia" ? Some images need to be updated. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 08:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I added an 'I'm updating an image that already exists on Wikipedia' option. Matt (Talk) 04:30, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Currently, the "I'm updating an image" path just takes you to the same screen as if you were requesting a totally new image. Is this necessary? To update an image that's already here, why does the requester have to worry about the license and all that? Shouldn't we just direct them straight to the final part? Sure, their request won't have any licensing information and such, but is that necessary when all of that is already in order? Just a thought. Hope this shakes some watchlists up. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 03:49, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

It's useful having it as an option. It's definitely a viable possibility (an unregistered editor did pose the question, after all) and, while rare, I'd sooner keep it open rather than turn away a few people who may not see their desire fit into the binary opposite of the other options. An updated image (especially those made by users) could have a different license, and we should allow for that option however uncommon, especially because there's no harm in having it as an image. All that being said, however, the "The image I want uploaded already exists on Wikipedia" option isn't particularly helpful. It seems to me that maybe a third option would be to refactor that page to give the option for replacing an image, as those are in fact "already on Wikipedia." ~ Amory (user • talk • contribs) 19:12, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Submitted a request to upload a picture, and...

Hi, a few days ago I submitted a request to upload a picture of August Dillmann which I scanned from an old book of his; I waited patiently for confirmation, only to find out that the whole request disappeared from this page. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.234.191 (talk) 10:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, it seems we overlooked your request. It was automatically archived by a bot after seven days - thanks for bringing it to our attention. The image is now uploaded at File:August Dillman-1894.jpg. AJCham 12:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

-Great, many thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.234.191 (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I submitted logos for several professional wrestling promotions two months ago, but two of them were apparently overlooked. Looking though the archives, you might want to mark those with unreviewed submissions like WP:AFC does. There seems to be a pretty big backlog from as far back as July 2008. 71.184.42.179 (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Archiving

In view of the above issue, does anyone know if it would be possible to have the bot only archive threads which have responses? AJCham 12:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, the bots for archiving run on a time based system. It could be a good idea to recommend that people who request an image leave a message after six days, notifying us that it still hasn't gotten a response. That way it doesn't get lost. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 14:43, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

There are archived unresponded requests back till May, when also the templates must have had a different format or use as we have boxes nested inside each other. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

old request

I submitted a request on november 11 for William Kreutzer, Jr. and it seems to have been archived without action. Does anyone look at such old requests, or should I submit it again? 69.228.171.150 (talk) 04:03, 20 November 2009 (UTC)