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Block request for User:TSCKuwait

TSCKuwait (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Uploading photos solely for spamming on other wikis. Already blocked on enwiki, itwiki and Meta. I tagged all uploads for deletion. 〈興華街〉📅❓ 13:55, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment I disagree with your rationale. I took a brief look at 2 photos and they are good quality and potentially useful. Gbawden (talk) 14:13, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gbawden The user is currently nominated a lock on SRG. Other than that some photos are dups (File:World of Science TSCK.jpg and File:World of Science.jpg) and others are without metadata. I think those with metadata should be retained. 〈興華街〉📅❓ 14:25, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted speedily three photos: one as scaled-down duplicate and two due to no freedom of panorama in Kuwait. Taivo (talk) 16:18, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for User:AcornPond

AcornPond (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user User has been repeatedly engaged in edit warring over the past few months and has used uncivil language. In each instance, they have argued in the edit summary using data from a website called Dave Leips, even though the source of the file is the secretary of state, or claimed that they didn't like the colors cause they weren't the "proper ones". When discussions were initiated on the talk pages of the files, the user refused to participate and continued to revert the files, despite being pinged in most cases. This behavior can be seen in one of the Texas, Utlah, Colorado, and Georgia files. The issue was also raised on their user talk page, but they again refused to answer and continued reverting.

Also mentioned in that talk disscussion, which can be seen in many of their edit summaries, is the use of what I'd uncivil, what another user described as threatening, language usually along the lines of "Don’t ever undo this edit again" or "Stop reverting".

This pattern of behavior demonstrates that the user is not deserving of their revision rights and is likely to continue engaging in counter-productive edit warring in the future.

I'll also note that the user is indefinitly banned on english wikipedia.

Potentially concerned parties: @Abzeronow: , @Thomascampbell123: , @OutlawRun: Wowzers122 (talk) 15:35, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support If they're already banned on English Wikipedia, this should be a no-brainer. Their edits have been pretty exclusively disruptive. OutlawRun (talk) 16:13, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support This user hasn't even tried to find a consensus on which sources to use and therefore their edits are not productive. Dave Leip's Atlas also sometimes has data errors that cause some of their results to be incorrect. If there is an official results report from the state, that should be relied on over Dave Leip's Atlas in all cases.

Thomascampbell123 (talk) 17:35, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Blocked indefinitely as a precaution. I notice that the WP block was also linked to a sock investigation Gbawden (talk) 07:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looked into the SPI at enwiki. Sock master of that investigation is TylerKutschbach who is blocked here as LTA and AcornPond is confirmed to it. So the indefinite block is justified for block evasion. --Lymantria (talk) 10:40, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User "Anton77u" with an obvious lack of copyright understanding

Anton77u (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user - all of his uploads since his joining in 2023 were deleted. A few were apparently out of scope, the remainder, going by the talk page messages, were copyvios. The most recent one was uploaded today. Sadly, the conclusion that this user is en:WP:NOTHERE to do good stuff and to contribute in a helpful way is foregone, now. He's currently a net negative for the project. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 06:19, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I warned the user. Next time block. Taivo (talk) 10:03, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

suppression for copyrighted material

not urgent:

i believe these materials are copyrighted. and should be suppressed:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:K%C3%B6y_%C3%A7e%C5%9Fmesi&action=history

between 16.57, 30 Mayıs 2025 and 17.54, 30 Mayıs 2025 please suppress. thank you. modern_primat^ඞඞඞ^----TALK 15:27, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done By the way, Modern primat, when reporting things like this if you want to identify the material by timestamp, it would be very helpful to use UTC, or at least to indicate what time zone you are using if not UTC. - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated copyvio upload offender

Hello, Arseniy Filippov (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user has a talk page filled with missing-permission-templates. I took a look at the remainder of his live uploads (at the time of writing), none looks acceptable (being either proven NETCOPYVIOs or doubtful "own works", will nominate them for speedies afterwards). While he wasn't formally warned, I think that the sheer amount of notifying templates about impending deletions should have made him aware of the issues he produced. I feel that he's objectively en:WP:NOTHERE to enhance Commons. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:38, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Yann warned the user. Next time block. Taivo (talk) 09:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

assets for CentralNotice

move and upload protect please, through Noon UTC July 1.

Thank you! --Jeremyb (talk) 00:46, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Jmabel ! talk 03:27, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring by User:Porridge2022

Porridge2022 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

This user had been attempted to start an edit war. I removed the Uyghur language in the traditional Chinese timedtext subtitles (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Qurtulush_Yolida.webm.zh-hant.srt) because the file already had a Uyghur Latin timedtext subtitles (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Qurtulush_Yolida.webm.ug-latn.srt).

He or she or they reverted TWO TIMES without any explanation (1 and 2). This user really wanted to start an edit war. Despite my advice, this user ignore it. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 01:58, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: what is the reason these should not both exist? - Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What I mean by this is that I had removed the Uyghur Latin lyrics on the traditional Chinese timedtext subtitles because these lyrics are already on the Uyghur Latin timedtext subtitles. I acutally pointed it out in this summary of why I had removed it (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Qurtulush_Yolida.webm.zh-hant.srt&diff=prev&oldid=1038728764) SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:59, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Abidul Haque - Digital Marketing & SEO Specialist

User:Abidul Haque - Digital Marketing & SEO Specialist (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

per COM:UPOLICY, and the only edits were self-promotion on the user disk. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 12:59, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:04, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

About User:StryperGolf

I think that this account name is against the policy Commons:Username policy#Well-known names and names of organizations ("Use of the names of organizations is allowed on Commons only if you verify your account, proving that you are or represent the respective organization."), pending his verification through VRT. Dealing with the issue is IMHO quite urgent, as there's a freshly uploaded possible copyvio around: File:SwingMate Golf Trainer.png. The image is sourced from https://www.strypergolf.com.au/collections/shop , it could be OK, but only if the account owner is indeed entitled to operate under this name and able to provide a free license. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 02:40, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The message got through: Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard#Verification requested; also evidenced by the user page. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 04:41, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for User:AboFlah0

This user is likely a sock of @AboFlah23, see their contribs. Aboflah23 has been reverting files to incorrect versions despite sources, and Aboflah0 is seemingly doing the same. 🗽Freedoxm🗽 (talk) 08:25, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]