I think that user-submitted image field should probably be semi-protected as a security measure, at least for the top 3 images. Maybe you could inherit your user rights from English or another language Wikipedia.
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| R3977 tool-wikinewsie | |||
| R3977:d8555aec2542 Require auto-confirmed status to manage article images | |||
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Done in https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/wikinewsie/-/commit/d8555aec25427cd9cb30ba026d29fbe419a5f082; users are required to be auto-confirmed on either enwiki or whatever target wiki they're editing on to set an image.