User talk:Rimshot

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Hi and welcome to my talk page. I prefer to have discussions in one place. If you start a topic here, I will answer here. If I ask something on your page, I will expect an answer there. Just click here to start a new topic. Hallo und Willkommen auf meiner Diskussionsseite. Ich bevorzuge Diskussionen an einer Stelle, also werde ich hier antworten, wenn du hier fragst. Stelle ich auf deiner Seite eine Frage, erwarte ich die Antwort auch dort. Klicke hier, um eine neue Diskussion zu beginnen.

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18:11, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

wrong borders

Hey

An editor conflated 1812 with 1912 and added Morocco as a satellite state of the First French empire in 1812 which is totally unhistocal. Morocco was made a protectorate of France in 1912. Can you change it? The file is File:French_Empire_on_World_1812.png.197.153.44.161 08:37, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

I've added a disputed map template, for starters. The situation seems similar for File:Colonisation 1812.png. The map for ten years later, File:Colonisation 1822.png, seems correct in that regard. @M.Bitton: it is quite usual for map files to be overwritten with corrected versions (much more usual than for other types of images). Would you consider it edit warring if I reverted to the more correct state? --rimshot^talk 22:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

There is a difference between removing the green colour from Morocco and reverting to a made-up map that has nothing to do with reality. M.Bitton (talk) 22:29, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't see the huge border change. I suppose the best solution would be to just remove the green colour from Morocco? --rimshot^talk 22:42, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Indeed. They have now opened a request on the map workshop. M.Bitton (talk) 00:54, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Sound Logo

Hello,

I am messaging you because a contest for a sound logo for Wikimedia is being developed and your opinion as a Wikimedia Commons admin is appreciated. My team would like to know if it is possible for the top finalist sound logos in the contest to have attribution temporarily hidden from public view until all the votes are final? The idea is to let the public judge the sound logo contestants based on the merit of the logo, not the person or people who made it. Again, any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you,

VGrigas (WMF) (talk) 18:12, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

De-admin warning

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Thank you! -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:35, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

... for your recent edit on Commons:Help desk. I also knew what had to be said, but my German isn't good enough to express it. - Jmabel ! talk 01:13, 26 February 2023 (UTC)