Commons:Requested updates to protected images

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This page can be used to request an update to a file that has been protected. Some files are protected due to high visibility, which makes them targets for vandalism. To request an update, please follow these steps:

1. Upload your updated file under a different name.
2. On the talk page of the protected file, add a section describing and justifying your proposed change. Do this even if the talk page is empty.
3. At the bottom of this page, add the following: {{Request update protected|name of protected file|name of updated version}} ~~~~

Instructions for administrators:

1. Click on the links to look at the current and updated versions and the discussion on the talk page.
2. Give contributors watching the protected file at least one day to respond on the talk page, particularly if the talk page has existing previous discussion.
3. If there is no ongoing discussion about the change, and the change seems reasonable, go ahead and upload the update; be sure to note the user who created it in the edit summary. Don't worry too much about the performance impact. Then delete the updated image under its previous name.
4. If the change seems unreasonable, it might still be useful to keep it under the alternate name. If so, leave it; if not, delete it.
5. Remove the entry from this list.

Archive

Requests

• File:Dorian Geostationary VIS-IR 2019.jpg: Updated file | Discussion Rainclaw7 (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

• File:India location map.svg: Updated file | Discussion --RaviC (talk) 23:07, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
• File:Francis Willughby by Soest2.png: Updated file | Discussion Jim Evans (talk) 21:20, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
• File:Vaasa.vaakuna.svg: Updated file | Discussion Fenn-O-maniC (talk) 07:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Sweden.svg: Updated file | Discussion Tcfc2349 (talk) 05:13, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Madeira.svg: Updated file | Discussion Tcfc2349 (talk) 05:13, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Denmark.svg: Updated file | Discussion Tcfc2349 (talk) 08:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Norway.svg: Updated file | Discussion Tcfc2349 (talk) 08:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• File:Meinhard Michael Moser.jpg: Updated file | Discussion Dicklyon (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
• File:Meinhard Michael Moser.jpg: Updated file | Discussion Pratyeka ( talk) 00:22, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
• File:Instagram logo 2016.svg: Updated file | Discussion Dan Leonard (talk) 22:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Singapore.svg: Updated file | Discussion Seloloving (talk) 14:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
• File:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg: Updated file | Discussion —Locke Cole • t • c 15:29, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Spain.svg: Updated file | Discussion Tcfc2349 (talk) 23:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
• File:Flag of India.svg: Updated file | Discussion Editor8220 (talk) 16:58, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
• File:United States Department of Defense Seal.svg: Updated file | Discussion Corky 10:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
• File:Flag of the United States.svg: Updated file | Discussion TheTaraStark (talk) 06:25, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
• File:X logo 2023.svg: Updated file | Discussion QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 23:20, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
• File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg: Updated file | Discussion Yue🌙 19:23, 23 September 2023 (UTC)