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User:Tubby3

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Please see edit summaries at Category:Sabores regionales de la Provincia de Misiones and related issues. Thanks. 186.175.244.116 22:31, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tubby3: can you please explain yourself here? Antisemitism is a pretty severe charge, and I don't see any evidence of it in the edit you reverted, nor do I see any good reason for your delinking the CfD. - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've now addressed this with a remark to User:Tubby3 on the CfD. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I too responded the user. Chile had nothing to do in the original Tubby3 response, so I told them not to repeat that again, and explained the point of conflict is that the category is named in Spanish but would preferably be in English. Bedivere (talk) 21:58, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elinaxxx

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  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:25, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see that as wildly inappropriate. It amounts to a request for a courtesy deletion of their own upload, even if not well worded. - Jmabel ! talk 18:57, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. I declined all 3 requests and semi-protected the files. Taivo (talk) 11:27, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Akasahe28

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Has uploaded File:2025 ST Open logo.png and File:2024–25 PVL AFC Logo Ad.jpg since having been reported in September with {{End of copyvios}}. Jonteemil (talk) 11:38, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week. Yann (talk) 12:00, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ydlp19

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Keeps uploading blatant copyvios despite several warnings and one prior block for it. See the upload history. Jonteemil (talk) 11:52, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for 3 months, obvious copyright violations deleted. Yann (talk) 11:58, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. I deleted speedily multiple copyrighted logos and nominated one for regular deletion. Taivo (talk) 11:40, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NiseEdits

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Keeps uploading copyvios after several warnings and blocks. I tagged three files as copyvios but more might be as well. Jonteemil (talk) 12:27, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for 6 months (3rd block). Most files deleted, or nominated. Yann (talk) 13:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Kouroukoto,Mali

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Please also revert the user's edits. Thank you! Prototyperspective (talk) 13:32, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. --A.Savin 13:54, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonanza1981

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Uploaded several copyvio files as "own work" and then removed the copyvio templates (added by Skazi). Bonanza1981 is already blocked indefinitely in ruwiki after some personal attacks. — 2A00:1370:8186:2EDD:A863:1F0A:6F9D:22C3 19:05, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Files deleted, user warned. Bedivere (talk) 01:39, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New sockpuppets of globally locked User:Wave of Pandas

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DESKTOP-424GOAL-3005 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) has started uploading today, with the same useless night photos of Hong Kong as Wave of Pandas and socks. Krok6kola (talk) 21:09, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked by Ratekreel. Bedivere (talk) 21:49, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get the files deleted again, as they were for the last round of socks? --Belbury (talk) 09:17, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. I mass deleted them due to missing educational value. Taivo (talk) 11:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flag LTA

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Uploads (fake "historical" flags) seem similar to what I recall from other flag-focused LTAs I've seen in the past, e.g. User:Nv7801, but I can't look up those uploads to confirm. Does this need a CU or is it obvious enough to block outright? Omphalographer (talk) 05:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Achim99

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Seems to be a (recently created) vandalism account. (The deletion requests seems to be nonsense)

--PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So a block would be useful --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Thanks to Achim55 :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:38, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ferry tsang

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I recently noticed this user uploading passenger ferry images with clearly visible and obstructive timestamp watermarks. After I gave him a message last week urging this user not to intentionally add watermarks to its own uploads, it completely ignored but continued to do so. I clearly stated in the message that if the user continue to do so on this repository, actions will be performed to delete all of your photos uploaded that includes timestamp watermarks in the photos themselves, so I requested multiple speedy deletion request for those images, and ended up with a vandalism warning.

I am not sure how this user contributes here but the most basic thing is that the user never responded in its talk page. As COM:WATERMARK is currently not a policy for Commons, I don't know how to acknowledge this problem. I proposed some of the following ways to make the user acknowledge the problem:

  1. someone help uploading a cropped version of the user's images,
  2. deleting all of the user's uploads that contain clearly visible timestamp watermarks (stated in COM:WATERMARK as destructive watermarks), and
  3. an immediate indef block/lock for this user.

I hope someone may address this problem as soon as possible, as the user would never have any communication and would continue this behavior on Commons. 興華街 (Hing Wah Street) - 💬 - 📝 11:07, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anak Sago

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  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. I blocked the user for a week and deleted a lot of uploads as copyvios. Taivo (talk) 13:44, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yutyo77764

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Re-upload images that were previously deleted in January because they either violated copyright or were not properly licensed. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:50, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. One week block. I deleted something. Taivo (talk) 16:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Lmngr34

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After some blocks, this user restarted uploading copyvio photo. File:モー娘。ライブ「マイナカード」で本人確認 ハロプロ発表 デジタル庁に協力 不正転売防止など検証.webp Netora (talk) 15:32, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a year (3rd block), all copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 15:39, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Zsfcsfcafsa4334534

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Zsfcsfcafsa4334534 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

This user is repeatedly recreating and uploading files not in the project scope Cyberwolf (talk) 16:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked indef., clearly NOT HERE. All files deleted, again. Yann (talk) 17:48, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Cyberwolf (talk) 20:04, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:36, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

A1Cafel upload restriction review

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See User talk:A1Cafel/Archive 14#F2C ban to familiarize yourselves with the context. In October 2024, I imposed a topic ban on A1Cafel from using Flickr2Commons due to issues raised on this board. A few days later, I discovered that he was using Flickypedia to transfer Flickr images just as before, the only difference being the choice of automated tool. To close this obvious loophole, I restricted him to only built-in MediaWiki upload tools and additionally imposed a limit of 10 uploads per day, since a major concern in that discussion was his indiscriminate upload of large quantities of images without due diligence. A month later, on appeal, I agreed to allow him to use automated tools again, but with the 10-upload limit in place. Recently he has asked me to increase the limit to 20 per day. To me there's not a huge difference but it just seems like kicking the can down the road. What does the community believe to be the best way of ensuring that A1Cafel handles large-scale uploads properly? (Note that I have previously banned him from F2C per an AN/U thread in April 2020, but agreed to lift it on appeal a few months later. Clearly that hasn't worked, so I'm trying to find something that does.) -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have there been problems with his uploads this last few months? If not, 20 is still far from bulk, and presumably still leaves him in the range where he will have good motivation to review what he's uploading instead of grabbing randomly. Again, intention should be to prevent trouble, not to punish. - Jmabel ! talk 17:11, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As long that there has been no evidence of any issues with uploads he has done, I do not see a problem with increasing it to 20. Bidgee (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support. I agree as well, 20 is allowable. Taivo (talk) 10:25, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Weak support A1Cafel is a tough case. They do a high volume of good work, but we have to build these fences around them because they also have a history of going off the rails (overzealously, not maliciously, I would add). I see A1Cafel as a net positive and want them to stick around, and am content to trust the people that have been managing those fences keep doing so. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:44, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support As the person who made the flickypedia discovery, 20 sounds well within the range that he can manually check. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 18:01, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oviedo64 keeps uploading images from public sources as his own

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Many of Oviedo64's uploads are obviously harvested from the Internet (newspaper sites, Instagram etc.) and then uploaded as "Own work", even submitted to WLx contests. Already checked the first four files and added copyvio template, but per his discussion pages, he has been doing that for years without ever responding to the notifications. Much likely there are still more copyrighted images in his uploads. Plozessor (talk) 05:16, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Indef-blocked. Not here to help. All uploads deleted. Bedivere (talk) 05:50, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bedivere Question, I can't speak for all the uploads made by the user. But weren't the files File:Herbert von Dirksen 1938.jpg and File:Embajador Herbert von Dirksen.jpg modified to mention a real source (linking to the National Digital Archives)? I remember asking for permission to overwrite these files and modifying their descriptions a while ago, if so could these uploads be undeleted or do I have to open a request for it? Franco Brignone • Talkpage 06:53, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Bedivere (talk) 12:41, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Finley2014xox

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Finley2014xox has repeatedly been creating massive "catchall" categories for content that is already properly categorised and diffused. For instance, today they were adding Category:List of NASA vehicles (which doesn't even exist, although they may have been planning on 'creating it at the end') to every NASA aircraft and spacecraft, that are all already categorised as NASA aircraft and spacecraft, and was adding both subcategories containing the images and the images themselves. They have now received four warnings for this and requests to stop, brushed off these warnings, and today when I asked them to stop with the NASA overcategorisation their repsonse, while they did stop, was to edit my comment [1], which is inexcusable. Requesting a block as 'not here to improve the Commons' and a rollback of the remaining ~150 additions of Category:List of NASA vehicles to images and categories. - The Bushranger (talk) 21:02, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Huntster blocked and I removed the bad category. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. He was very clearly warned, explained why it was wrong, and still chose a dismissive attitude and continued on their way. They are not here to collaborate. Please watch for any socks that may pop up. — Huntster (t @ c) 21:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. - The Bushranger (talk) 22:27, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:TrentBuchet

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Hello, I made a reply on a DR made by User:TrentBuchet, but I was called a “rat”, seen here [2]. It appears the user is a sockpuppet of User:VoidseekerNZ, the original uploader of the image nominated in the DR. I don’t understand why the user felt the need to insult me, when I didn’t say anything remotely provoking. After the insult, I decided it’s probably the best not to interact with this user, to prevent any further aggression. So could any admins help me warn this user of their behaviour? Thank you. Tvpuppy (talk) 03:17, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

interjection
ˈrats
—used to express disappointment or frustration TrentBuchet (talk) 03:23, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Already blocked at Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Vandalism#TrentBuchet. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:17, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Tvpuppy (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hmd5i (3rd report)

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Despite being warned twice to not personally attack me (being warned a third time after sending this personal attack), this user has persistently sent personal attacks, such as Calling me a dumb person, Falsely claiming that I vandalise with no evidence, and finally, telling me to "delete myself" off Wikimedia Commons here. I believe that this has gone way too far, as this is persistent, and since they have already been blocked once, I request that they be blocked indef. Thank you. 🗽Freedoxm🗽 (talk) 07:16, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. Of course, "delete yourself too" is not polite, the user was warned for that and after that (s)he has not edited – already over 2 weeks. The previous block was not for incivility, but for copyvios. In my opinion nothing more should be done. Taivo (talk) 10:34, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential block evasion by 24eeWikiUser

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24eeWikiUser is currently under a six-month block on Commons for repeated uploads of copyright violations. However, their en-wiki account has continued to create several pages. On 28 January, Nkunda102 (previously dormant since mid-2024) uploaded a high-quality portrait photo of Ghirmay Abraham. (The image, a professional-looking portrait photo with EXIF data stripped, is credited to "Protais", which 24eeWikiUser, whose account was previously known as MrTallBoy, has disclosed on Metawiki as his own name.) The next day, the IP address above added it to a en-wiki bio of Ghirmay Abraham created by 24eeWikiUser. Then, on 13 February, Puerta25 (previously dormant since September 2024) uploaded a dubious "own work" photo of Tsion Gurmu (it has visible signs of being a cell phone screen capture). Minutes later, Puerta25 added it to an en-wiki bio of Tsion Gurmu created by 24eeWikiUser. A checkuser query was inconclusive; I don't know if this is sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry but the apparent coordination and focus on images for 24eeWikiUser's en-wiki creations after long periods of inactivity suggests a connection, particularly since 24eeWikiUser cannot edit on Commons right now. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:36, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be block evasion.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:56, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Socks blocked. Yann (talk) 17:19, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New Boy666

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זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:44, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 19:48, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ali t7

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Has continued to upload copyvios since having been tagged with {{End of copyvios}}. Jonteemil (talk) 23:55, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a month. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:05, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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