The user in question (User:Sporti) found that the criteria for speedy
deletion on Commons may offer a solution here:

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#F8>
"The generally accepted rule is to delete the newer duplicate, but that may
not always be the case, such as when comparing between a user uploaded
file, and a bot uploaded file.

Do you think that this exception could be reconstituted with the
international competition rules? If not, eligibility in the national
competition may be a good compromise; although, I see now that the pictures
in question have already been deleted, and it will require some effort to
have them restored.

Jernej

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 7:24 AM effe iets anders <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Jernej,
>
> Based on what you describe, this is a complex issue indeed, and an
> unfortunate intersection of circumstances. I don't think there is a perfect
> solution.
>
> I don't see a good reasoning to accept the new image unless somehow you
> can argue that the newer version is better because of either metadata or
> resolution. You could also check if they have a slightly different
> angle/version that they maybe did not yet upload to Flickr. These are all
> imperfect solutions though.
>
> You could discuss among yourselves whether to accept these submissions
> anyway in the national competition; you have some leeway there - but I
> should warn you that most likely these images would not be accepted as
> 'new' in the international competition. The international jury has to stick
> to their rules, I'm afraid, and I think the definition is pretty clear
> here, however unfortunate this is for the photographer.
>
> I'm sorry that I don't have a better solution.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 8:25 AM Jernej Polajnar <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> we came across an interesting issue. Apparently, the Slovene campain
>> attracted an author whose freely licensed pictures were transferred from
>> Flickr almost a year ago by a long-time user. Naturally, I'd like to
>> keep the new pictures which were uploaded in good faith, so that the
>> author wouldn't be offended by deletions, and that the campaign results
>> would be better. You think that Commons admins could be persuaded to
>> delete the older instances instead?
>>
>> Here's one example:
>> <
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spodnje_Gorenjce_hamlet_in_Semi%C4%8D_(43519825290).jpg>
>>
>> (old) and
>> <
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Podru%C5%BEni%C4%8Dna_cerkev_Sv._Jo%C5%BEef.jpg>
>>
>> (new). There's a couple more.
>>
>> What do you think can be done?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jernej
>>
>>
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