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User:Panwat07

Please consider blocking Panwat07 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) for being Category:Sockpuppets of Aommyabrina. Thank you so much. 🙏‍ -- Librovore (talk) 16:36, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. I blocked the user indefinitely and mass deleted all his/her creations. Taivo (talk) 10:07, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protect a few filenames

Hello, please protect File:Dante en 2024.png, File:DAMC 2024.png and File:Dante24.png from recreation because of repeates repload by LTA user(s). Jonteemil (talk) 08:31, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done All 3 semi-protected for a year. Yann (talk) 09:55, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KBHB1234

KBHB1234 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

This user has been blocked before for copyright violations, but directly at the end of the block starts uploading copyright violations. Dajasj (talk) 20:02, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Three months this time. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:14, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sovereign-state flags in 2023

Requesting semiprotection of the gallery page Sovereign-state flags in 2023. After having been semi-protected for a month in Dec '23, the disruptive activity from several IP editors without edit summaries was resumed shortly after the protection expired and have been repeated again and again. --TU-nor (talk) 10:08, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done for 3 months. Abzeronow (talk) 18:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kod B

Can we do something about Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Kod B? This user obviously doesn't understand the rules of Commons. Cryptic-waveform (talk) 13:16, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Revision #916430137. I'm curious to hear what @Kod B has to say about this. Cryptic-waveform (talk) 15:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Blocked indef., specially for Flickr license washing. Yann (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Somali Civil War (2009-present).svg

Requesting autopatrol protection to stop the edit warring on the file. Lots editors modifying the file and its citations back and forth. Ecrusized (talk) 15:05, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Autopatrol-protected indefinitely by Jmabel. -- CptViraj (talk) 06:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Garry's Mod logo.svg

Please semi-protect File:Garry's Mod logo.svg as a lot of different IP-addresses keep shuffling the captions around. // Sertion 21:51, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Semi-protected indef. This was already semi-protected twice. Yann (talk) 08:54, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Shazam icon.svg

Please semi-protect File:Shazam icon.svg, as a lot of IP addresses seem to be using the caption field to try to search for song lyrics. Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 22:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Semi-protected for 3 years as these edits seem unlikely to stop in the near future; will keep happening in gaps. -- CptViraj (talk) 06:31, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for User:Mycollegebuddy99

Mycollegebuddy99 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Username for spam or containing advertising purposes Waqar💬 08:27, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Blocked. -- CptViraj (talk) 08:37, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for User:Jerald Nepoleon grapes IDMR

Jerald Nepoleon grapes IDMR (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Username for spam or containing advertising purposes Waqar💬 08:33, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. Yann warned the user. Taivo (talk) 14:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove the autopatrol protection on File:Somali Civil War (2009-present).svg

Ecrusized only wants autopatrol protection so he can edit and change the file by himself, he recently lied about the file saying it never had a source when it did. Zabezt (talk) 16:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done No. You need to come to a consensus with other participants. Yann (talk) 17:06, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Believe me I’ve tried, but he won’t take me seriously due to my accounts age. Zabezt (talk) 17:07, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then do something else. There is enough work to do on Commons. Get some experience, and come back later if the issue is not solved. Yann (talk) 17:10, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ayratayrat

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:00, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh. I think the issue is en:Wikipedia:Competence is required. Mostly useless images, copyright violations, and diagrams without source or useful description, and failing to understand proper deletion procedures. This user was already blocked 3 times... Yann (talk) 20:29, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for User:RandomUserGuy1738

This User repeatedly uploads duplicate files as well as uploading 1,000's of files with meaningless names, despite a promise to not do that in response to a past block for these same reasons. In the last 24 hours, there were at least 52 duplicate files here: User talk:RandomUserGuy1738#5 more duplicate uploads tagged., here: User talk:RandomUserGuy1738#13 more duplicate uploads tagged. and here: User talk:RandomUserGuy1738#35 more duplicate uploads tagged.. They were warned here by @Cryptic-waveform User talk:RandomUserGuy1738/Archive 3#Duplicates and before that, blocked here:User talk:RandomUserGuy1738/Archive 2#Blocked for the same reason. They replied to the past block with this statement: "I will also stop doing mass uploads from the Flickr2Commons tool. I will also be careful when naming the files, so that they won't have ambiguous or unspecified names." -- Ooligan (talk) 07:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for 1 month. --A.Savin 07:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC) Unblocked now, as the duplicates were uploaded just a few minutes later than Ooligan's and so I don't think RandomUserGuy1738 had enough time to check for duplicates on Commons. --A.Savin 08:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protect two files

Please (delete and) protect two filenames because of persistant recreation:

Thanks! Jonteemil (talk) 10:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Some admins prefer to watch the file names instead of protecting and SALTing them. If we protect a filename all the users do is upload with a different file name Gbawden (talk) 10:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't there a way to stop already deleted files from being reuploaded, no matter under what filename they are reuploaded. Jonteemil (talk) 11:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
May be with the abuse filter. Yann (talk) 13:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Isougataghosh

Isougataghosh (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  is a clear sockpuppet of SougataGhosh (talk · contribs), blocked in Commons, enwiki, and Wikidata for self-promotion. The new user continues uploading the same selfies. Günther Frager (talk) 21:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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