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Valenzuela400 uploads

Regarding the uploads conducted by Judge w:en:Florentino Floro through his newest sock account, Valenzuela400 (talk · contribs), there has been a decision at enwiki to nuke out all of his remaining uploads there. Perhaps it is reasonable to nuke all of his uploads here on Commons too. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 02:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's a consensus either way for what happens with sock accounts' otherwise fine uploads once they're uncovered. I've seen it go both ways. We should probably have a discussion and put it into policy. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:49, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@The Squirrel Conspiracy: I would have them deleted (Floro is still socking and abusing Commons as a free webhost). FYI, Florentino Velasquez Floro and Ramon FVelasquez remain unblocked. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:18, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the vast majority of his uploads are not in use in other WMF projects. What about mass deleting those, while the few remaining ones are subject to an individual review? --Leyo 21:42, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with a mass deletion. Some of these photos (e.g. Category:Udders (ice cream)) aren't in use but are of subjects we don't have many images for. I would say quite a lot of these images pass COM:EDUSE as well. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 21:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I too disagree with nuking the images. Bedivere (talk) 22:08, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Leyo: The vast majority of my uploads are not in use on other WMF projects. Do you view that as a problem, and if so why? - Jmabel ! talk 22:44, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Same, and I don't have any expectation that a majority of my uploads will ever be used (but I'm always pleasantly surprised when someone else decides to use one of my uploads.) Abzeronow (talk) 23:06, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think this discussion went to an irrelevant reason to nuke Judge Florentino Floro sock's uploads. It's not that his images may need to be nuked because of not being in use, but because of being a long-term abusive user who has used sockpuppets to evade prior blocks. The discussion on enwiki is now at w:en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive368#Another chapter in the never-ending saga of Florentino Floro. But yes, The Squirrel Conspiracy is right that COM:CSD does not contain a rule for eliminating contributions by banned/seriously-sanctioned users. Enwiki currently has that rule under w:en:WP:G5. Still, some files were successfully deleted using that enwiki rule, like the case of Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bertrand101 see also the note I just added at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Robinsons Woodcity Under Construction.jpg. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 08:52, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, en.wiki has their own rules and take their own decisions. You suggested we delete their contributions just like they did there, but we are not a mirror of such decisions. Bedivere (talk) 04:29, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bedivere: So you condone him still abusing Commons as a free webhost? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not condoning anyone, I'm saying that these should not be mass-deleted just because they were uploaded by them. And there seems to be an agreement about that. Bedivere (talk) 04:37, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KonokRAYSEOExpert (talk · contribs)/KonokRaySEOExpertPro (talk · contribs)

Sockpuppeting--Trade (talk) 21:28, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:17, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pippettes

Some doubt whether uploads by Emicropipette are own work. Is there a way to search for similar images? IIRC Google used to have such but I can't find it anymore. No luck with DuckDuckGo either. Taylor 49 (talk) 18:38, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Taylor 49: Hi, and welcome. You may use our Reverse Image Search Gadget, which you can find under "Maintenance tools" on Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ... the link format is File:Drugo izdanje romana Zavodnik.jpg -> upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Drugo_izdanje_romana_Zavodnik.jpg -> [1] -> "lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=https" ... -- Taylor 49 (talk) 19:23, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for deletion

Hi. Could you delete these files quickly? Thank you.

Sofia (talk) 18:51, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The files are already nominated for deletion. Why the hurry? Nakonana (talk) 19:04, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There’s a mix-up in the files submitted, so the user is gonna upload a better one. Sofia (talk) 19:24, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I saw the deletion rationale on the deletion request page. I'm just confused why the issue is posted on the administrator's noticeboard in addition to the deletion request page. There doesn't seem to be anything problematic about the images that would require quick admin intervention, unless I'm missing something? Nakonana (talk) 20:35, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Those files are described as "own work" and copyright is claimed.

@Sofia: When you say "the user" is going to upload a better one, who do you mean by "the user"? - Jmabel ! talk 20:20, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The user who uploaded those files isn’t too experienced and reached out on my talk page asking for them to be deleted. Sofia (talk) 20:42, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sofia: if it's the same user, they can just overwrite. Have them click on "Upload a new version of this file." Nothing here calls for deletion, let alone speedy deletion. - Jmabel ! talk 00:56, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming an entry

How to request the renaming of a file? Cvmontuy (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cvmontuy: Use Template:Rename. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:21, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]