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User has recently uploaded a large amount of images with "Wikipedia" as a source, in other words faking a large amount of uploads. An example is this one where the user also has proceeded to add the photo to all the Wikipdeia articles listed on the page. I can find no good faith in this, since I know of the same user's very problematic behavior on Swedish Wikipedia where h/s had been blocked several times for intentional mischief. Here, I recommend a firm block at once so as to prevent further damage. SergeWoodzing (talk) 20:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
- and don't forget to delete all their uploads, because any rights statement by this person can't be trusted. DS (talk) 01:56, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
Done. I blocked the user for a week, but mass deletion of the uploads is not correct, some of the uploads are good. Taivo (talk) 15:12, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
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Comment Please no nukes. It appears that the user was careless when it came to properly citing sources, but in terms of image rights, there is no problem with the images I have now evaluated. --Msb (talk) 22:02, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- What images have you evaluated as OK? SergeWoodzing (talk) 20:32, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging @Mosbatho, since SergeWoodzing did not ping. Jmabel ! talk 00:29, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- I cannot tell you anymore they got all nuked, just one did survive. It was an image that was obviously a cropped version of an existing one; that existing one was published under a free license. @SergeWoodzing, ping in future, please. Msb (talk) 16:33, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- I do not know how to "ping" - have never used that. Isn't this on your watchlist? I normally use the helpful (?) "Reply" function & believe that notifies the user I'm replying to. Wrong?
- Why would you be using the word "nuke" several times? All those images were uploaded with "Wikipedia" as their only source and then spread all over Wikimedia projects worldwide. Would be nice if you'd agree with us about how serious these infractions were. Having been logged in since 2008 I've never see anything so destructive, and by a user who did not reply and so obviously did not care about our allowed procedures. SergeWoodzing (talk) 16:19, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- @SergeWoodzing: "Nuked" in this context simply means "deleted," pretty common usage here.
- Pinging someone is not difficult. I did it with the {{ping|SergeWoodzing}} that starts this response. - Jmabel ! talk 19:39, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! And "Please no nukes" means? I assumed that meant "Please let's go easy on this guy", one of the most destructive users I've ever run across intentionally damaging hundreds of articles in at least 6 languages after unethical uploads to Commons en masse. Looks like I need (?) to catch up on current jargon. I was around during the Cuban Missile Crisis and have relatives in Hiroshima. Nuke? OK then.
- I also need to know why it's necessary to "ping" someone when we have watchlists and the "Reply" function. I'm not too fond of being pinged myself. Disturbs my train of thought, as soon as I log in and for no real reason I can think of. Right now, for example, I have no idea why I logged in. Maybe I'll remember. SergeWoodzing (talk) 20:34, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- Then I will assume that you will see this without my pinging you, but most users prefer to be pinged. Not everyone uses a watchlist on every project they are involved with (I only use one here, not on en-wiki, wikidata, or meta). The "reply" function does nothing to let the person know they were replied to, just indents your comment. - Jmabel ! talk 05:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
User contributions for Lk1155
[edit]Hi, request admin assistance with this editor please. They are editing at very high speed, overcategorising and adding code to category pages that causes categories not to display. I have visited their talk page twice with minimal acknowledgement. Link for contribs: [1]. I am au fait with aircraft engine categories and file naming, the mess would take me a few days to sort out. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- One edit per minute seems superhuman, is a bot or script being used perhaps? Nimbus227 (talk) 19:39, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- Strong warning sent to come here and discuss. I'd prefer that we give them a chance to answer here before we take any other action. - Jmabel ! talk 21:09, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- No, reverting the categories I added incorrectly is quick because I'm backtracking my own steps. I was using copy and paste to add a new category to photos of engines that only had a location category (e.g., the museum), but no specific category for the engine model.
- And yes, I misunderstood "categories" (both overlapping multiple categories and using a summary), so I ended up creating some entangled subtrees after adding multiple categories for the same photos, which is what I was reverting.
- Some categories are more hierarchical/granular than others, like the Tupolev SB (or the Ki-43) compared to the Tupolev Tu-2, so I can temporarily add a category to photos without a category.
- If that's too troublesome, I'll stop. Lk1155 (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- The category structure for aircraft and aero engines is very simple, as are the vast majority of categories on Commons. High speed editing was happening long before the self-reversions, no tools (i.e. Cat-a-lot) are noted in the edit summaries. If these are human edits then no thinking time exists and no checking that an edit has not broken the page (the purpose of the 'show preview' button) is being carried out. Nimbus227 (talk) 22:04, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- It's ambiguous for companies with a large variety of engines or joint ventures, ie: Eurojet EJ200, BMW, RR, Junkers. Talking about the aeroengines sub-trees, of course. I'm not intending to change the category structures, my intention was uploading more photos of japanese engines and adding some missing category tags to index the "orphan" galleries/pics. Lk1155 (talk) 22:20, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Nimbus227 and Lk1155: if it amenable to both of you, I'm going to suggest that (1) Lk1155 tries to slow down a little, and commits to trying to fix any messes they made; (2) Nimbus227 takes on a bit of a mentor role here; (3) we take this away from being an administrative matter. I imagine there could be a win there for all concerned and for the project, assuming (as I think is reasonable) that you both have good intentions.
- BTW, one side remark @Nimbus227: there are certainly times I'm going that fast, or faster, in an area I know well, and I don't think I'm being "superhuman" when I do that. But I do think I'm being two-decades-experienced. - Jmabel ! talk 05:26, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- I fear this user, like many others, is not open to mentoring or any suggestions. They ignored my first post linking to COM:CAT on their talk page, I gave up posting welcome messages on new user pages on Wikipedia as they were never acknowledged, it seems to be the modern way. Same applies on article talk pages, a new user asks a question, I answer and they don't reply, possibly don't even read it, no manners basically. I am willing to spend time mentoring if the advice is heeded. Let's see what happens in the next few days. Nimbus227 (talk) 09:12, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've corrected another 20 over-categorisations just now, I think I have caught up with the problem edits. I believe this user is not a native English speaker which could cause problems comprehending guidelines and policies (no racism, just an observation). Nimbus227 (talk) 09:44, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Lk1155: if there is some language you speak better than English, you can say you'd prefer a mentor who speaks that language, and I'll seek one. Or you can suggest some other accommodation, but you can't just ignore this situation. If you don't respond here, I probably will have to block you. - Jmabel ! talk 19:20, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- I hadn't read the part of over-categorization, that was my bad, yes, I already mentioned my misunderstanding.
- For some pics I added categories without checking if they were already at a lower level of the sub-tree (there're multiple categories with "to sort" files).
- For others the problem arose because I was too cautious in not deleting other categories causing the same problem. Lk1155 (talk) 19:28, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- More oddness today is multiple additions of a category then immediately removing it, such as here (we don't add engine categories to aircraft images unless it is a very clear full frame image of the engine, we would have to add Olympus 593 to every Concorde image). Newly uploaded files have been uploaded in to a category then the category is removed leaving the file uncategorised (but not marked as such). File renaming requests have been added with unfeasibly long file names being requested, this appears to be a desire to denote exactly what is depicted (excessive and unwieldy detail). I declined a few and renamed them to the parent category name (default for 'Mass renaming'). I really don't have a clue what is going on. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-46D_(91-1141)_P%26W_R-2800-75.jpg
- 2. Why did I add a photo of a Ki-46?
- Because it's incredibly hard to find KINSEI photos that aren't some low quality scan of a WW2 photo.
- Why did I remove the category just a few seconds after adding it?
- Because I changed my mind, the other pic was good enough and I considered that adding more wouldn't improve the category. Did that break anything?
- 3."have been added with unfeasibly long file names being requested"
- [name][origin][catalog number].jpg (ie: File:Kawanishi N1K2Ja, Shiden kai. Catalog -- 01 00081868. SDASM Archives.jpg)
- I don't see a problem with that rename, was it a different request? Lk1155 (talk) 19:50, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- More oddness today is multiple additions of a category then immediately removing it, such as here (we don't add engine categories to aircraft images unless it is a very clear full frame image of the engine, we would have to add Olympus 593 to every Concorde image). Newly uploaded files have been uploaded in to a category then the category is removed leaving the file uncategorised (but not marked as such). File renaming requests have been added with unfeasibly long file names being requested, this appears to be a desire to denote exactly what is depicted (excessive and unwieldy detail). I declined a few and renamed them to the parent category name (default for 'Mass renaming'). I really don't have a clue what is going on. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- I fear this user, like many others, is not open to mentoring or any suggestions. They ignored my first post linking to COM:CAT on their talk page, I gave up posting welcome messages on new user pages on Wikipedia as they were never acknowledged, it seems to be the modern way. Same applies on article talk pages, a new user asks a question, I answer and they don't reply, possibly don't even read it, no manners basically. I am willing to spend time mentoring if the advice is heeded. Let's see what happens in the next few days. Nimbus227 (talk) 09:12, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- It's ambiguous for companies with a large variety of engines or joint ventures, ie: Eurojet EJ200, BMW, RR, Junkers. Talking about the aeroengines sub-trees, of course. I'm not intending to change the category structures, my intention was uploading more photos of japanese engines and adding some missing category tags to index the "orphan" galleries/pics. Lk1155 (talk) 22:20, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
- The category structure for aircraft and aero engines is very simple, as are the vast majority of categories on Commons. High speed editing was happening long before the self-reversions, no tools (i.e. Cat-a-lot) are noted in the edit summaries. If these are human edits then no thinking time exists and no checking that an edit has not broken the page (the purpose of the 'show preview' button) is being carried out. Nimbus227 (talk) 22:04, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
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In this diff [2] the requested name was File:Kawanishi N1K2-Ja (s-n 5312) at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.jpg. That is ridiculously long, I declined the request. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:56, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
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- Ok, I'll avoid the descriptive titles (location, year, situation, origin) to avoid hyperbolic remarks related to filenames. Lk1155 (talk) 20:03, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- Labelling my comments hyperbolic is a personal attack. File naming guidance is at Commons:File naming. As I do not wish to get dragged into a debate about Commons guidelines I should leave this to the administrators to deal with. I will continue to correct problems unless edit warring occurs. Nimbus227 (talk) 20:14, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Lk1155:
I'll avoid the descriptive titles
(I'm sure you know that is the opposite of the rules about file naming) and no response from you about accepting a mentor. I'll give you one more chance either to say you are open to a mentor (from the tone of Nimbus227's last remark it clearly won't be them) and to retract that about deliberately avoiding descriptive titles. You can either do that or the only course of action I see is to block you. (If another admin wants to propose handling this a different way, I'm open to that.) - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 7 December 2025 (UTC)- I'm talking about this kind of titles:
- "Nakajima Ki-115, Tsurugi - 01 00086222 SDASM Archives.jpg"
- "Yokosuka P1Y Ginga bomber.jpg"
- I'll upload with that kind of titles and remove the default title that can be long or weird.
- And this "Kotobuki at the Aviation Museum of the UMMC Museum Complex.jpg" (because it's based on other's work).
- Mentor? As I said it was my mistake for not reading and misunderstanding categories. I don't think I've done anything wrong since then or engaging in escalation (like edit wars) that that are not of interest to me.
- I would like to see less open hostility. Lk1155 (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Lk1155:
- Labelling my comments hyperbolic is a personal attack. File naming guidance is at Commons:File naming. As I do not wish to get dragged into a debate about Commons guidelines I should leave this to the administrators to deal with. I will continue to correct problems unless edit warring occurs. Nimbus227 (talk) 20:14, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
On further thought: I'm still trying to avoid a block here. @Lk1155: will you at least agree to:
- Slow down. You clearly were trying to go at a speed faster than what you could do well, and so fast that it made it difficult for someone to clean up behind you.
- For at least a month or so, in this area, watchlist the files that you work on, look at what others do with them downstream of your work. When you see patterns of changes that are obviously good, learn from them in terms of what you do in the future. When you see changes that you don't understand, ask questions. If you disagree even after explanations, try to do so politely.
Jmabel ! talk 19:24, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
User:JennyWakeman2000 reuploading same file several times
[edit]They claimed this file is Ichika Hoshino Government logo but instead it is copyrighted anime poster, and they reuploading this deleted file several times. And they doesn’t reply the warning. 6D (talk) 11:45, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've already warned the user. If they upload it again they will be blocked by me. Herby talk thyme 12:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- ... and I declined their undeletion request a few hours ago. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:47, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
User:Realcosmixyt repeatedly uploading copyrighted files
[edit]Despite warnings on their talk page, this user has repeatedly uploaded copyrighted works as "own works" and made no attempt to remedy their behavior. Based5290 (talk) 12:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done. I nominated one file for deletion and blocked the uploader for a week. Taivo (talk) 12:18, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
User:Nerissa Lyra
[edit]Nerissa Lyra (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) For stealing pictures from various sites. 0x0a (talk) 19:20, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done. One week block. Taivo (talk) 12:28, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
Jmabel (self-report)
[edit]According to ~2025-39002-43, my reply at Commons:Help desk#A photographer is using creative commons to entrap_users was "nasty". I don't think it was, I think it was simply to the point, but I'd genuinely like to know if others think this was inappropriate of me. Bringing it here myself partly because I doubt this person with a temporary account would know where to bring a complaint (their post was partly about not knowing where to bring a different type of complaint).
I absolutely do not want a "boomerang" here against the temporary account, and I will refrain from further comment here myself unless someone directly addresses a question to me. Jmabel ! talk 21:58, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- I think that was a reasonable and not "nasty" response on your part, especially given their subsequent comments. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- I wonder if the TA misunderstood "terribly" (as in "this is terribly vague") to mean that their request was "terrible"? I don't see any other way that could have been seen as "nasty". Omphalographer (talk) 22:57, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- This is a great quote from the above ip user in that Help Desk discussion: "the points you make are valid, but irrelevant". Jmabel's responses were reasonable and polite. Geoffroi 23:14, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- There was nothing in the answer by Jmabel that deserves it to be labeled as "nasty". Jmabel was pointing out that we do not accept "overly harsh enforcement of licenses" and that we cannot act as long as the user remains unnamed and the respective web pages unreferenced. --AFBorchert (talk) 23:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- The original report was very vague. Jmabel did nothing wrong. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:25, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- Respectful and direct response by Jmabel, as usual. -- Ooligan (talk) 00:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
User:Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening (Aka User:Nefrit Lazurit, User:Tayuya Karin, User:Fandy Aprianto Rohman, User:Altair Netraphim)
[edit]- Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log)
For continuing to steal photos since the last block.
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- File:Stasiun Ceper (39).jpg
- File:Stasiun Ceper (40).jpg
- File:Stasiun Ceper (41).jpg
- File:Paviliun C Panti Asih.png
- File:Situs Cepet (1).jpg
- File:Situs Cepet (2).jpg
- File:Yoni I Situs Cepet.jpg
- File:Batu Candi di Situs Cepet.jpg
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And controlled a sock puppet(or meat puppet) Inkravtania (talk · contribs) to recreate deleted file. 0x0a (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
Previously on User:Altair Netraphim
[edit]- Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_123#h-User:Altair_Netraphim-20250606080300
- Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_122#h-User:Altair_Netraphim-20250513165100
0x0a (talk) 03:45, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
User:Ricardalovesmonuments
[edit]Die Beleidigung in [3] muss ich mir nicht gefallen lassen. Die Benutzerin hat die Aussage zwar nach einigen Minuten von sich aus wieder zurückgenommen, ihr war aber klar, dass ich das mitbekomme. Bitte administrativ ansprechen. Grüße Rufus46 (talk) 19:24, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done commented on talk page. GPSLeo (talk) 07:55, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
Xena4patas
[edit]Xena4patas (talk • contribs • block log • filter log) has uploaded copyright violations despite being warned. --Ovruni (talk) 20:56, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done. I blocked her for a week. Taivo (talk) 10:46, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
Jaredryandloneria
[edit]- User: Jaredryandloneria (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- Reasons for reporting: Continued copyvio uploading like File:Sony, Rx1, The full-frame sensor.jpg after final warning for doing so. Possible joint account.
— 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:28, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- uhhh... Quick question what is joint account Jaredryandloneria (talk) 14:34, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Jaredryandloneria: Multiple people potentially referred to by the ambiguous "and" in your username in violation of longstanding practice (one person one account) and possibly COM:UPOLICY#Confusing usernames. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:57, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- But that is a side issue here. @Jaredryandloneria, what (if anything) do you have to say about the repeated copyright violations? - Jmabel ! talk 19:43, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Jaredryandloneria: Multiple people potentially referred to by the ambiguous "and" in your username in violation of longstanding practice (one person one account) and possibly COM:UPOLICY#Confusing usernames. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:57, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- Per their block on English Wikipedia, they have at least one sock (which has also been active on Commons): ContextCube (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) . Sariel Xilo (talk) 21:57, 11 December 2025 (UTC) Another issue is that they're not receptive to tagging their AI upscales as such and when they upload these images, they're just copy-pasting the original image's summary instead making it clear this is an extracted/edited image (ex: I just added the AI upscale & extracted tags to File:Arden cho (chopped 2 and colour graded).jpg). Sariel Xilo (talk) 16:34, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hello I know I don't involve in this but I see his just use Adobe Lightroom mobile Cirmeson (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- You're also a sock of Jaredryandloneria... Sariel Xilo (talk) 23:41, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, dear. I was just coming here to say that despite socking issues elsewhere, we hadn't had anything really problematic here. But using one of your socks to comment on a matter about another of your socks? That crosses the line (running two different accounts for something about the same issue), and I think we have to block. - Jmabel ! talk 00:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- Im already block Cirmeson (talk) 00:28, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Jaredryandloneria, ContextCube, and Cirmeson: I see no reasonable alternative to indef-blocking all three accounts. If you stay off of Commons for at least 3 months, and you want to come back with one of these accounts, ask at that time to be unblocked. (If you edit under any other account in that time, including editing while not logged in, then this offer is void.) I will leave talk page access for one account (arbitrarily choosing Jaredryandloneria).
- When you find yourself too deep in a hole, stop digging. - Jmabel ! talk 00:55, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, dear. I was just coming here to say that despite socking issues elsewhere, we hadn't had anything really problematic here. But using one of your socks to comment on a matter about another of your socks? That crosses the line (running two different accounts for something about the same issue), and I think we have to block. - Jmabel ! talk 00:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- You're also a sock of Jaredryandloneria... Sariel Xilo (talk) 23:41, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hello I know I don't involve in this but I see his just use Adobe Lightroom mobile Cirmeson (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
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User:Haddad Maia fan
[edit]- Haddad Maia fan (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
Confirmed (still in 2023) sockpuppet of globally locked long-term abuser Rodrigovgm44 (talk · contribs), freely editing here. Pinging Conde Edmond Dantès. Yacàwotçã (talk) 06:37, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Contributions seem overall OK to me, leaving that to the administrators. Yacàwotçã (talk) 06:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi,
- I want to sincerely apologize for my past mistakes on Wikipedia. A few years ago, I didn’t follow the rules and even created multiple accounts after being blocked. I now fully understand that this was wrong and disruptive, and I take complete responsibility for it.
- Since then, I’ve reflected a lot on my behavior and spent time really understanding Wikipedia’s guidelines. I’m committed to sticking to this account only and contributing responsibly. Being part of Wikipedia matters a lot to me—I care about helping improve articles, sharing accurate information, and supporting the community in a positive way.
- I hope you can give me a chance to show that I’ve truly learned from my past mistakes. I promise to follow the rules, collaborate respectfully, and make meaningful contributions. Thank you for taking the time to read this—I really appreciate it.
- Sincerely, Haddad Maia fan (talk) 14:55, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Haddad Maia fan: You need to appeal your global lock by emailing stewards-appeals
wikimedia.org per instructions at m:Global locks. GMGtalk 15:10, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Haddad Maia fan: You need to appeal your global lock by emailing stewards-appeals
ToPSURJ4311 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) - uploading copyright violation after being warned and even blocked for the same - Jcb (talk) 16:51, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done 2nd block for 3 months. Lets see if they get the message
- Gbawden (talk) 17:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
User:Abo Yemen
[edit]Repeatedly reverting the file c:File:Yemeni Civil War.svg to an old, unreferenced revision, despite being told that the revision they are reverting to is not backed by sources. Ecrusized (talk) 17:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- I like how you never responded properly on that talk page, and how you were reverting my reverts with no edit summaries, and how you were ignoring COM:NOTWP. Ofc, this report is coming from the person who thinks that "If you say so" is a valid response. This report is clearly not in good faith 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:09, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- COM:NOTWP doesn't apply here, that file is used in over 40 separate Wikipedia's. You've already been told of this. Ecrusized (talk) 17:13, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- this is wikimedia commons. A commons policy applies on Wikimedia commons 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- So you're saying since this is Commons, you can add unsourced, or rather fabricated and imaginary content to war maps, and post these files all over Wikipedia. Got it. Ecrusized (talk) 17:24, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- except that it isn't unsourced and there is no reason for you to talk this way 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:28, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- So you're saying since this is Commons, you can add unsourced, or rather fabricated and imaginary content to war maps, and post these files all over Wikipedia. Got it. Ecrusized (talk) 17:24, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- this is wikimedia commons. A commons policy applies on Wikimedia commons 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- COM:NOTWP doesn't apply here, that file is used in over 40 separate Wikipedia's. You've already been told of this. Ecrusized (talk) 17:13, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
Done I've limited overwrites of File:Yemeni Civil War.svg to autopatrollers, so people will have to reach some sort of consensus on the talk page. Not attempting to work out who was at fault here, this should presumably end the edit war. I haven't checked everyone's privilege level, but if someone makes comparably contention overwrites without discussion, they will be in danger of losing autopatroller status. - Jmabel ! talk 21:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Consensus was already attempting to be reached before Ecrusized pulled out a completely reactionary noticeboard despite being objectively incorrect in the argument. This was literally only made because he got upset Abo Yemen told him he was wrong. NorthTension (talk) 15:53, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- No attempt was being made to reach a consensus at the talk page. It was just back and worth reverts between the latest cited version, versus the unsourced and outdated version. The reason the file was being reverted to the outdated and unsourced version, is because editors doing the reverts do not know how to edit vector (.svg) files. So its probably best to keep the editing access to editors who can perform requests on the file, otherwise contentious files like this one turn into a battle space between back and forth reverts. Same thing had previously happened in the Israel-Hamas war map file, before it was autopatrol protected. Ecrusized (talk) 17:38, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
This user made a strange and unconstructive edit in a DR here: [4], so I posted on his talk asking him not to do it again. His response on his talk [5] was another strange religious comment. I think this may be targeted harassment either by an LTA or because I'm LGBT with a pink signature. I also reported it to administrator Abzeronow who made this user autopatrolled a few days ago, but he brushed it off. I'm really concerned I'm being trolled because im LGBT. Geoffroi 17:40, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- I would think my harmless (albeit humorous) intentions here are completely clear to most people. Nevertheless, I am willing to abide by a self-imposed long term interaction ban with this user. Phillipedison1891 (talk) 17:49, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- So why did you double down on it with your response at your talk? Geoffroi 17:54, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- I don't want anything self-imposed. I want something administrator imposed that can't be abused without consequences. I don't believe this user had good intentions especially with the response on his talk. When I mentioned this to the admin above they didn't clearly know what this user was saying as he suggests everyone will at his talk. Geoffroi 17:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comments that involve religion, race, ethnicity, etc are unnecessary and inappropriate in public discussions like deletion requests. Talk pages maybe, but not where it could offend or disturb other users. Geoffroi 18:14, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Phillipedison1891: I don't care who we say "imposed" the ban, as long as we are clear that you cannot unilaterally choose to revoke it. @Geoffroi: you may want to permalink this so that if he breaks it you can cite this when reporting.
- I hope we can consider this resolved. I don't think there is a need to discuss further. - Jmabel ! talk 22:55, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- Works for me. I will not interact in any way with Geoffroi for at least one year, and even then not without notifying administrators here. Phillipedison1891 (talk) 23:09, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- That's alright with me. I would also suggest simple DR votes that give a clear keep or delete rationale in future. Geoffroi 23:51, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Geoffroi: I would suggest that if you do not want him to interact with you, do not address him, as you did in this latest remark. - Jmabel ! talk 01:12, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- Am I really asking to much for this person (and others) to just put in a clearly articulated vote that other users can understand and not feel targeted by? As an LGBT person, I don't feel comfortable with what this user did. If admins here are ok with his comments, who do I take it to next? Stewards or WMF? Geoffroi 19:23, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Geoffroi: Are you saying that an interaction ban does not suffice for you here? Because if so, you should not have agreed to it above. You cannot both have an interaction ban and a situation where you are free to continue publicly discussing his conduct. - Jmabel ! talk 23:44, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- Am I really asking to much for this person (and others) to just put in a clearly articulated vote that other users can understand and not feel targeted by? As an LGBT person, I don't feel comfortable with what this user did. If admins here are ok with his comments, who do I take it to next? Stewards or WMF? Geoffroi 19:23, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Geoffroi: I would suggest that if you do not want him to interact with you, do not address him, as you did in this latest remark. - Jmabel ! talk 01:12, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
MB-one (talk · contribs) is making thousands of edits on my files like this without botflag (not even marked as minor changes), with the result that my watchlist is now only showing these edits and any other recent changes are lost and I cannot filter anything. It is common consensus that such actions are not to be performed w/o botflag. Thanks --A.Savin 01:12, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- And they continue vandalising even after ANU notification. An ermergency block should be applied for sure. Any active sysop out there? --A.Savin 01:24, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- 1) I don't see how it's vandalism.
- 2) They're using QuickCategories, so it's not a bot.
- Marking them as minor changes would probably be a good idea if QuickCategories supports that, but I don't see this as a blockable issue.
- The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:02, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- "They're using QuickCategories, so it's not a bot", how nice. Never heard of Duck test? --A.Savin 10:30, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- You can see your watchlist without those by hiding edits with the tag "QuickCategories [1.1]". - Jmabel ! talk 06:26, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- I can't. --A.Savin 10:30, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- @A.Savin QuickCategories will currently not set the "minor edit" edit flag, if more than one category is changed. But you could make a feature request to Lucas.
- Apart from that, each edit is tagged as a QuickCategories edit, which makes it easy to filter them out on your watchlist.
- Hope I could help. MB-one (talk) 08:31, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- @A.Savin:
- "Gadgets" carry out specific instructions from arbitrary users are considered distinct from "bots". Bots edit under their own bot account and typically receive their orders only from one bot operator, who is held responsible for what their bot does.
- When you say, "I can't" do you mean you can't exclude any tags from your watchlist, you can't exclude that particular tag from your watchlist, you tried excluding that tag and it didn't work, or what?
- Jmabel ! talk 23:57, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- @A.Savin:
copyright violation by Hardeng
[edit]none of these files are own works of user. All taken from google image or websites. Please delete all.
Thanks[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 03:12, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
Five of them are manuscripts or officials orders which date back to 1903 or older[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 15:16, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- Done warned with {{End of copyvios}}. If this continues, it will be a block. - Jmabel ! talk 00:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
Persistent copyright violations by Dylam X; also socking
[edit]- Dylam X (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
- WalkingPie7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Dylam X has uploaded dozens of copyright violations in their brief time on the project, drawing two blocks. This pattern has continued despite final warnings and has escalated into SVG laundering and image modification to prevent easier reverse image searches. An English Wikipedia sockpuppet investigation clearly established that WalkingPie7 is a sockpuppet of Dylam X (technically, WalkingPie7 is the earlier account, but it has remained largely dormant on both EnWiki and the Commons). I think we have long passed the point of no return here. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:49, 14 December 2025 (UTC)