Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 111

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User:Greatjaipurupvc and User:Ravish80375

Both reuploading advertising PDFs almost simultaneously after previous deletions and warnings. Given the similarities in behavior, one's almost certainly a sockpuppet of the other. Omphalographer (talk) 07:35, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Both blocked. Yann (talk) 10:19, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Youhavemegabigc9ck

inappropriate username 💚Kelly The Angel (Talk to me)💚 09:26, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Yann (talk) 10:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Screenshots of Creative Commons videos by GMN TV

The photos in this category are from à YouTube chain (https://www.youtube.com/@socialmediagmntv) and I am wondering about their real copyright status. The uploader is claiming Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 but I cannot find this on the website. Pierre cb (talk) 15:22, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

@Pierre cb: could you be more clear about what you are claiming? Where in the chain is the problem, and can you indicate a particular file that raises concerns?
  1. Video is where the uploader says on YouTube
  2. Image is in video
  3. YouTube page offers the relevant license
  4. Owner of YouTube page appears to have the right to offer the license
For the first one I looked at (File:2022 Renilde Corte-Real da Silva.jpg, I have not checked #2, and have no idea for #4, but #1 and #3 are clearly fine, and I thought from what you wrote that you meant #3, so I'm circling back before I put more time into this.
Also: this page is normally for reporting users with behavioral problems. If that was your intent, I'm not sure how this is a behavioral problem, unless you are presuming (without spelling it out) that this is deliberate uploading of copyrighted images with no valid license. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
I do not understand what is the problem. The link to each video, which was used for screenshots is given. Below the video, you can find the license link in blue, which leads to CC BY 3.0 JPF (talk) 19:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
I did not know where else to report and I do not say that it was deliberate, maybe I am at the wrong place. All I said is I cannot find the permission text on the YouTube chain claiming its free copyright status (#3). If they are really CC BY 3.0, the link to the permission text should be clearly indicated in the Description at parameter "permission", as it is in {{PD-US-Gov}}, not only the link to the source. Pierre cb (talk) 01:10, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
I see the photo in the video and the license on the video. Does GMNTV have a license for the photo, since it appears to come from https://www.hatutan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Renilde.jpeg as displayed by https://www.hatutan.com/2022/09/20/falur-rate-laek-sei-nomeia-veteranu-ida-substitui-renilde-ba-xefe-kaza-militar/ ?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:33, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
I've now looked into File:2020-06-04 Angela Freitas - GMN TV.jpg, File:2020-06-14 Auszahlung 300 Dollar-Hilfe in Holsa.jpg, and File:2022-01-30 Anacleto Bento Ferreira.jpg. In all cases, #1 and #3 are fine. Again, I have not checked #2 or #4, because Pierre cb seems to be saying that the problem is #3. All four YouTube source pages I have now looked at say clearly "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)". That would be CC-BY. It is true that they don't specify a version number explicitly, but they link to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468, which links to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode, which specifies CC-BY 3.0. As far as I know, this is the normal way to indicate a CC-BY license on YouTube, so I don't think there is any need for a further explanation in "permissions".
@Pierre cb: admittedly, I've only looked at four of the files, but they were all fine. Is there one you can single out that you believe is problematic?
Jeff G. brings up a different issue, #4 above for the specific frame in question for one of the photos, File:2022 Renilde Corte-Real da Silva.jpg. I have no opinion on whether there might be something problematic about non-free use of third-party materials within a particular video, but if there is, that would be a copyright issue, certainly not a behavioral problem. Frankly, any user could be forgiven if they were to err because they failed to notice that a freely licensed video from a seemingly legitimate source had not, itself, correctly cleared its use of third-party copyrighted material. Yes, eventually people should learn to watch out for that, but it's not a conduct problem.
I am closing this discussion here because there is no admin issue involved. If anyone thinks particular images here have a problem because the source videos made use of non-free content, start a DR, or start a discussion at COM:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 03:54, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel: A DR was started at Commons:Deletion requests/File:2022 Renilde Corte-Real da Silva.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Jmabel ! talk 03:54, 17 February 2024 (UTC)


new account

please block Hamed Mirani singer (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) , this account belong to these two Hamed officiiali (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  / Hamed Mirani Media (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  and delete all uploads non of them is his works Luckie Luke (talk) 08:19, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I blocked him indefinitely and deleted all his contributions as copyvios. Taivo (talk) 12:07, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Fabrizio Romano

Can this be considered as sabotage? The DR close with "delete", and both files (this and the cropped version) have been reuploaded by the user. Still no evidence of authorship, and the reason given is... well, not very accurate IMHO, to say the least. Ganímedes (talk) 11:54, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

It looks like the DR was closed as "delete", but the file was not deleted. I don't see a "re-upload" on this file. This was uploaded 15 October 2021. Yes, the link to the DR was removed with a misleading comment. @Infrogmation: you closed the DR, so you are probably the best one to sort this out. I'm guessing "the cropped version" means File:Fabrizio Romano 2021 (cropped).jpg, and similar comments apply. - Jmabel ! talk 18:31, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, they were not reuploaded; I've requested undeletion to verify the ticket. My mistake. So now it's understandable the comment, even still is not accurate. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

User:神蔵蓮

The user has uploaded multiple copyright violations. Already reported at the jawiki administrators' noticeboard by User:Yfujisony (ja:Special:Diff/99308552). フランベ (talk) 09:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I warned the user. All uploads are nominated for deletion. Taivo (talk) 19:14, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Kumarguptanikhil

Kumarguptanikhil (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) Upload advertising files with phone number. メイド理世 (talk) 07:43, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Indef. Multiple warnings, spam only. Yann (talk) 09:01, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

user:70.68.168.129

This IP, which has already been blocked multiple times, is engaging in behavior that can only be described as showing a complete lack of competence, specifically:

Nonsensically claiming to be an admin (this is almost certainly not true because they seem to have absolutely no idea how Commons works):

Baffling vote argument that patently makes no sense in context:

I think they should probably be indeffed for obvious reasons. Dronebogus (talk) 08:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Yeah, right. Blocked for a year. Claiming to be an admin which is obviously not the case... Yann (talk) 08:57, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Technical Wishes

I have been active on Wikipedia Commons for several years. My activity mainly revolves around Category:Noble families of Poland and concerns taking care of the aesthetics of this category, appropriately placing files in subcategories, etc. Before I started dealing with this category, many names were written in a random form, so for aesthetic reasons I chose the form "XYZ family" in the category naming (example: Category:Ankwicz family).

After some time, I realized that it was my mistake and I shouldn't have named these categories that way. People notoriously confuse families of noble descent with regular families with the same surname and mix up files related to two types of families with the same surname.

Since changing these categories manually will take me a lot of time, I am writing here to ask someone to use a bot to change the names of these articles from the form "XYZ family" to the form "House of XYZ" (example: Category:Ankwicz family reduced to Category:House of Ankwicz).

Category:Noble families of Russia has been using the "House of XYZ" provisions for a long time and in my opinion this is the best possible option to achieve order and aesthetics.

Thank you for understanding and for help. Heroldicas (talk) 12:43, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

  • @Heroldicas: I'm trying to make sure I understand, because we don't have "articles" on Commons. You mean moving the content of the categories on Commons, right?
  • You can request category moves, typically with a CfD; in this case, where the issues are all parallel, you can request any number of theme with one CfD. Please don't just create the new category and get rid of the old one; it makes the history hard to follow, and it can also make the next step much trickier.
  • Once the category is moved, it is nearly trivial to move its contents with Cat-a-lot or VFC. - Jmabel ! talk 00:04, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
    Exactly this is what I meant, I'm talking about moving the categories and its content. Is there any place on Wiki Commons where I can apply to work with some bot on this subject? Heroldicas (talk) 10:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

own work

non of these files are own works of the uploader. all taken from google Images or social media such as twitter, Instagram. please delete all.Luckie Luke (talk) 17:19, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Use {{Speedydelete}} with the X/Twitter, Google images, Instagram URL/link to the violating works. Bidgee (talk) 19:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Last warning sent, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 20:23, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Forn Sior

Hello. For information I tagged all upload from this user as copyright violation. All pics are from the site https://fornsior.com/ which is uner copyright since 2019. Supertoff (talk) 08:05, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Last warning for copyvios, SCOPE and abuse of COM:WEBHOST. All files deleted. These were probably out of scope, just for promoting their own book. Yann (talk) 20:18, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Creampussy

@Achim55: Please ban, too? Based on edit history (100% of it) and maybe inappropriate username. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 14:21, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Blocked indef. Might be a sock of Headlkamp30 (talk · contribs · logs · block log). --Achim55 (talk) 17:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Βολταίρος Χέμσγουόρθ

Βολταίρος Χέμσγουόρθ (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) New batch of blatant copyvios after warnings and deletions. Quick1984 (talk) 18:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week, long overdue. All files deleted. Yann (talk) 20:14, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

User:IllyStar and User:Eron Lushaj

These two users are confirmed sockpuppets of one another - they're both blocked on enwiki for related activity. More concerningly to us, they have a pattern of uploading misattributed or entirely falsified content on topics involving the military of Kosovo; for instance:

I don't know enough about the military of Kosovo to fact-check all the uploads by these users, but something really fishy seems to be going on here. Can someone take a closer look? Omphalographer (talk) 10:14, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

It is understandable for you not to know much about the force as already many other admins of Wiki don’t. But it is not right to delete and remove anything that has to do with “Kosovo Air Force” without proving right or wrong, there are so many links of social medias that I can not use as a reference in Wikipedia unfortunately. About “Militrex Kosova Defense” of course you will not found info about this new company, that’s exacly why Wiki is being used to share the info for this company. Hope for understanding, Best regards! 185.179.31.72 10:26, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Both blocked, long overdue for massive copyvios, etc. Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by IllyStar and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Eron Lushaj. Yann (talk) 11:20, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Yann: Thanks for that, and for blocking the IP.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

User: Sangeethkumar07

Sangeethkumar07 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  repeatedly uploading deleted images. AntanO 12:38, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I am uploading the images that are my own work there is no copyright issues for my work.I Will ready to submit the raw working files. I can't understand what's the reason for this deletion can I know about that.explain that Sangeethkumar07 (talk) 12:46, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
We need to verify that you are the photographer or have permission from him Trade (talk) 19:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
what is the format for getting permission Sangeethkumar07 (talk) 04:28, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
If you are indeed the photographer, you should follow up with the process on COM:VRT. It will probably take some emails back-and-forth but, yes, if you can send them an example of a raw working file for a couple of these photos, that will probably satisfy them that you are who you say you are. - Jmabel ! talk 05:09, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Edit-warring to remove Cumbria from geographical categorization?

Fifty years ago, the English counties of Cumberland and Westmorland were merged to form Cumbria. Accordingly we now have a large category tree for Category:Cumbria, including topics like Category:Churches in Cumbria. Ambleside is an important town in Cumbria, so we have categories and children for it such as Category:Ambleside, Cumbria, Category:Buildings in Ambleside, Cumbria, Category:Houses in Ambleside, Cumbria, Category:Churches in Ambleside.

Commons uses categorization into Category:Westmorland as well. Some of this is historic, some is less clear. I've largely been against this, as many of them have been anachronistic. For some long-term examples, such as Category:Houses in Ambleside, Cumbria, there's obvious overlap. I wouldn't add this, but nor would I remove it.

@HwætGrimmalkin: is now removing the '<> in Cumbria' parent cats from children though. They did this in November, I raised this with them but got nowhere: User_talk:HwætGrimmalkin#Cumbria. Today though they're now 3RR edit-warring to remove Category:Churches in Ambleside from Category:Churches in Cumbria:

Removing Category:Churches in Cumbria in favour of Category:Churches in Westmorland is just wrong on many counts (as above, I wouldn't object to having both). Westmorland hasn't existed for 50 years, Cumbria does. Cumbria is the relevant county as a parent. It meets COMMONNAME, it's consistent with our other navigation and article structure, it is what our readers would expect to find, and where they would expect to find it.

Westmorland is wrong. The county has gone. There is now (since 2023) a unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness which represents local government within the ceremonial county of Cumbria. British county structure is convoluted and confusing, as there are multiple overlaid divisions for different purposes. We have the civil parishes too, such as Category:Lakes (civil parish) (These are almost unknown by anyone outside local government, but it's how Geograph content gets imported to Commons, so they're a huge issue for those working on categorization of UK geography). But do not make a pejorative judgment that a 'ceremonial county' is something meaningless. HwætGrimmalkin seems to be regarding this as justification for replacing Cumbria with Westmorland. However there are several problems to that:

  • This is not Westmorland. Category:Westmorland et al. refers to the pre-1974 county. They have not used Category:Westmorland and Furness.
  • Westmorland and Furness is not a replacement for Cumbria. It is a local government structure, not the county that is what our readers are expecting, per COMMONNAME. We need to support Cumbria as a navigational path, it's part of our core function.
  • There is no Category:Buildings within Westmorland and Furness structure. Commons has (rightly) used Cumbria for its structure instead.
Our nav bars are set up in terms of Cumbria, with Cumberland and Westmorland as historical counties. 'Westmorland and Furness' is not part of any such.
Ceremonial counties of England: Bedfordshire · Berkshire · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Cheshire · Cornwall · Cumbria · Derbyshire · Devon · Dorset · Durham · East Riding of Yorkshire · East Sussex · Essex · Gloucestershire · Greater London · Greater Manchester · Hampshire · Herefordshire · Hertfordshire · Isle of Wight · Kent · Lancashire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Merseyside · Norfolk · North Yorkshire · Northamptonshire · Northumberland · Nottinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Rutland · Shropshire · Somerset · South Yorkshire · Staffordshire · Suffolk · Surrey · Tyne and Wear · Warwickshire · West Midlands · West Sussex · West Yorkshire · Wiltshire · Worcestershire
City-counties: Bristol · City of London
Former historic counties: Cumberland · Huntingdonshire · Middlesex · Sussex · Westmorland · Yorkshire
Other former counties:

There should have been discussion of this, probably within a bigger group (although subject project teams have largely disappeared from WMF projects as editor numbers dwindle) and there's no obvious platform for that. But when their only talk: comment was "[Westmorland is] a historical county (from that angle, it never ceased to exist)." (this is just plain wrong), it's hard to get much further. And now they've just switched to edit-warring anyway. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:13, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

It is evident that a factual correction is required here: I never removed "Cumbria" from the items (or started "edit-warring" — nothing rude or protracted has come from my end thus far). For the nth time: the subcategories I was adding to and removing the parent category from were immediately under the Cumbria one — because both are districts of Cumbria. Allow me to repeat for the nth time (since Andy Dingley evidently has yet to understand what I am saying) — shifting a category or file to an immediate subcategory is not "deleting" or "removing". Insisting or keeping the parent categories causes over-crowding — refusing to allow the application of subcategories to a category as large as "Churches in Cumbria" causes exactly that over-crowding.
I'm not sure why they have only mentioned asides in their comments — it appears that over half of what I said somehow got cut off, given how they have been quoting me. However, even were that not the case, our exchanges (if you can even call them that) have been exceedingly brief. For the first "exchange," when I objected to their initial objection, I never got any response, until today, that is. That second "conversation" hadn't even gone that far when they "reported" me. Regardless of whether I've been right about which categories should be used for what, please recognize that no misconduct has occurred on my end. HwætGrimmalkin (talk) 15:48, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

User: Alone GTO $$$

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

Hello, The user Alone GTO $$$ came back and uploaded copyrighted material after being blocked. Could you please advise? CoffeeEngineer (talk) 20:03, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a month, all files deleted. @CoffeeEngineer: Your DR was badly formatted. Please check how to create DRs. Yann (talk) 20:22, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
It seemed strange to me that the template did not upload this time. I will pay more attention next time. CoffeeEngineer (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Ocantoral1996

Ocantoral1996 (talk • contribs • block log • filter log) has continued to upload non-free images after the warning. --Ovruni (talk) 20:36, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 22:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Marcelo Rodrigues da Silva Estêvão

Marcelo Rodrigues da Silva Estêvão (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) has a long history of copyvio. On Feb. 6, 2024, he was given a final warning. Today, they uploaded an image taken from Instagram. Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 20:47, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week, files deleted. Yann (talk) 22:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

J.Sekiya

Uploads photos of the same person Soman Chainani at a premiere, but they belong to photo agencies. Also, most of the uploads were deleted per DR discussions. Despite being notified about DR nominations, uploader continues to upload more of such images, including ones that I've nominated just now. George Ho (talk) 20:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Last warning sent, all files deleted. Only 4 uploads, so that should be sufficient for now. Yann (talk) 20:22, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Kynnap

Despite repeated requests, slowly escalating toward statements of exasperation, from User:Billinghurst and myself, User:Kynnap continues to upload images of relatively obscure Estonians and then leave it to others to do the categorization. His typical modus operandi is to create a category with no parents, which then shows up in Special:UncategorizedCategories, which leaves people like Billinghurst and myself to try to make sense of Estonian-language sources to work out who these people are and try to fill in parent categories. For the record: I'm good with languages, and Google Translate is often useful, but obviously it is tremendously more effort for me to work out who these people are than it would for the Estonian person who is photographing them, and presumably (1) already knows more or less who they are and (2) reads Estonian. It is absurd that the person who can easily do this task is leaving it for others for whom it is far more difficult. But, basically, we are left with a choice of cleaning up after Kynnap or leaving around a bunch of parentless categories, which get in the way of finding and fixing the ones that are created by inexperienced users who legitimately don't know better. - Jmabel ! talk 05:23, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I agree, but I asked them to {{Please link images}} anyway.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:25, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
From what I can tell, though, that is rarely the problem. The problem is the user adding nonexistent categories, then creating what is basically the illusion that those categories exist by creating an absolutely empty (blank) category page, with no parent categories. The result is that Special:UncategorizedCategories is the only place where this rings any alarm bells. - Jmabel ! talk 18:12, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 Comment I will also add that many of these people are not notable, and that there is little likelihood that the images will ever be used, so one has to challenge their addition to WikiCommons as their being educative. We are not a personal photo archive, there are many sites that can do that. There has been additional commentary added by some users reflecting the categories are for people who should not have Wikidata items as outside their scope. I am not seeing the value in >> 3 quarters of the uploads.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

 Comment The problem arose over category:Anu Saagim (en:Anu Saagim). She is notable in Estonia, just like Kim Kardashian in USA, being famous for ... being famous. I categorized the category. Generally please do not delete uploads of Kynnap, at least without regular deletion request. His photos, even if they depict non-notable persons, are often made in 20th century and have historical value. I'll write him in his talkpage. Taivo (talk) 11:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
@Taivo: would you be willing to take on adding parent categories to the many blank categories he creates? - Jmabel ! talk 20:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
I went through his 250 last edits and categorized all his categories. Taivo (talk) 19:38, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
@Taivo: So I take it Category:Alari Volf must be farther back than that. Also Category:Margus Lindmets. Also Category:Teet Veskus, Category:Toomas Kaasik, Category:Urve Kaaristu. (All of these are from Special:UncategorizedCategories, were obviously Estonian names and, unsurprisingly, are Kynnap's.) - Jmabel ! talk 21:08, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
OK, I'll do the rest ... During couple of next days. Taivo (talk) 09:56, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Saidibn

✓ Done Indef for cross-wiki vandalism (Wikidata). Files deleted. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:15, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

User:AKGman

AKGman does not stop uploading copyright violation even after being warned on the talk page.--Krorokeroro (talk) 19:35, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. One week block, uploads are deleted. Taivo (talk) 09:45, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Alexandrajtoth

Uploading a flood of nonsensical files, mostly plain text PDFs consisting of content copy/pasted from web pages. Omphalographer (talk) 22:45, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I warned the user about scope. All uploads are nominated for deletion. Taivo (talk) 10:10, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Bad faith from User:Stanley Gordon

File:United States Air Force AP Portrait - Aaron Bushnell.png: Not only they uploaded a copyrighted file (see here the original version of it), but also Photoshopped it in a way to bad-faithly use a free license template (see the first revision of the file). This was first noted on the English Wikipedia. By the way, the image should be speedily deleted. RodRabelo7 (talk) 15:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I don't see a reason of why i'm being accused of personally "tampering" with the image Stanley Gordon (talk) 16:09, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
You take a copyrighted image from LinkedIn, then you use a non-valid license to upload it on Commons, not without Photoshopping it in order to deceive users. RodRabelo7 (talk) 16:15, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Blocked for a week, long overdue. Yann (talk) 17:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Sriro

This user intentionally uploads a large number of duplicate images today.--Krorokeroro (talk) 09:30, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

For example, if you look at this file, you can see that the user intentionally uploaded existing images on Commons. Please look at File usage on Commons of this file. This user intentionally uploads a large number of duplicate images. As I noted again on the talk page, User:Sriro does not stop uploading.--Krorokeroro (talk) 09:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Something weird is going on. Most of the images are duplicates of pictures user:RitikaPahwa4444 uploaded in 2023. I've deleted the duplicates. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your prompt response and for removing the large number of images.--Krorokeroro (talk) 10:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks @Krorokeroro for flagging and @The Squirrel Conspiracy for checking and deleting the duplicates! We're investigating this, I raised an issue on the Commons app GitHub repository. RitikaPahwa4444 (talk) 06:43, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Apologies, Sriro and Ritika are developing a Wikimedia Commons tool with me and there was a hiccup. Thanks for deleting the duplicates! I am talking with Sriro so that duplication does not happen again. Syced (talk) 11:49, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
@Syced, Sriro, and Steinsplitter: Not sure if these incidents are related, but SteinsplitterBot was also having issues yesterday, including with File:Fukushō-ji 10.jpg, one of Sriro's uploads. See Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Blocks_and_protections#SteinsplitterBot. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up! Sriro's duplicates were not caused by a bot, just a human error. So SteinsplitterBot is not to blame here. :-) Syced (talk) 09:40, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 Not done No block needed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Yousifali777

Yousifali777 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Uploads copyvio material. Pierre cb (talk) 13:53, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done You already warned this user, and everything is already deleted. Unfortunately, they were not informed of the copyright violations, so I did it now. Yann (talk) 15:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
I apologize for uploading copyrighted content without permission I only wanted to help and contribute images to Wikipedia and admin Number 57 told me how and will abide with the forced block until it ends
and thanks for notifying me about my wrongdoings Yousifali777 (talk) 13:06, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
@Number 57: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:13, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: He's just uploaded this image, which is a copyrighted image taken from Getty Image's website... Number 57 (talk) 21:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Blocked for a week, file deleted. Yann (talk) 21:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Yann: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

User:RichelieuGVG

RichelieuGVG (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  special:diff/856135033 legal threat. --Well-Informed Optimist (talk) 18:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

в загруженных мною материалах стояла отметка о том, что авторские права ПОЛНОСТЬЮ принадлежат мне, и каждое изображение является моей собственной работой. поскольку вы не написали мне на почту, я заходить на сайт и проверять ваши закорючки я не обязан, вывод: ошибка полностью на вашей стороне, вы ОБЯЗАНЫ восстановить все то, что вы испортили. в противном случае я подаю жалобу на халатное исполнение ваших обязанностей как админа форума с требованием вашего разжалования. RichelieuGVG (talk) 18:44, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Ваша работа является производной и поэтому права не могут принадлежать полностью. —Well-Informed Optimist (talk) 19:02, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
прежде надо думать головой и связываться с правообладателем напрямую, а только потом стучать по кнопкам "бан" и "удалить". немедленно приступайте к исправлению своих же ошибок! RichelieuGVG (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Правообладателем является Центральный банк Ирана. —Well-Informed Optimist (talk) 19:01, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
центральный банк ирана НЕ может быть правообладателем тех изображений, которые сняты мною лично. RichelieuGVG (talk) 19:32, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Commons:Currency/ru 💚Kelly The Angel (Talk to me)💚 11:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
@RichelieuGVG 💚Kelly The Angel (Talk to me)💚 11:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
либо потрудитесь предоставить оригиналы загруженных мною изображений с не меньшим разрешением, с каким загружал я. (примечательный факт, что разрешение моих фотографий выше, чем у тех, которые загрузил цб ирана) RichelieuGVG (talk) 19:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
благодарю всех причастных, кто помог восторжествовать справедливости и восстановил мои файлы! RichelieuGVG (talk) 19:55, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Ну я восстановил файлы, только Вам от этого легче не станет. Я вынес файлы на обсуждаемое удаление и теперь с Вами будет разбираться другой администратор. —Well-Informed Optimist (talk) 20:02, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

@Well-Informed Optimist: at least based on Google Translate, I don't see a legal threat here. The statement of intent to demand someone's removal as an admin may be silly, especially given that there is no way that photographs of currency wouldn't constitute derivative work, but threatening a sanction internal to the project is not a "legal threat." Or am I missing something in translation? - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

I think the diff at the top is what‘s being referred to. I don’t trust Google to get the nuances right, but the gist of it seems to be Unless you can back it up, what you said is slanderous. So not an explicit threat, but probably verging into the “chilling” territory. In particular, how would any en-ru bilinguals here interpret “[…] ложной клеветы, является уголовно наказуемым”? (Do we have a local version of en:WP:NLT, or is that policy adopted here?)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:20, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Practically no Wikimedia projects allows legal threats, whether they have a project page about it or not Trade (talk) 23:36, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Sounds more like over-the-top bloviating than an actual legal threat. Not a very acceptable way to address another user, in any case. - Jmabel ! talk 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
@Trade: sure, and I believe the default practice here, where we don’t have our own P&G page, is to follow enWP’s. Use of legalistic language (libel, hate speech, stalking, criminal offence …) can be perceived as threatening, but that policy says nothing stronger than to refrain from doing so. OTOH explicit statements of intent (or even willingness) to contact authorities or to seek legal advice usually result in an immediate block there. As a multilingual project I think we need to be particularly careful about reading intentions from connotations of the words used, be they legalisms or profanities. Anyway, I was just curious as to whether we draw any ‘bright lines’ differently. (When it comes to permission-related notices, overreaction seems quite common; we say Please fix the documentation we need to accept your file and the recipient hears You stand accused of a heinous offence, so I think we should be—and usually are—tolerant of some venting. Less so, however, the more personal it gets.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Anyways, there are no legal treats in the above discussion (native speaker here). Ymblanter (talk) 10:31, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Though the diff is not nice, and a repetition can lead to a block. Ymblanter (talk) 10:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Rasbak

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:51, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done. User stopped creating DR-s after you warned him/her. Taivo (talk) 08:50, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

User:United States of America Republic

United States of America Republic (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  uploading personal photos and unknown source thumbs of bad quality for self promotion. I have marked them for deletion and an administrator should at least warn him. A block may be necessary. Pierre cb (talk) 04:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I warned the user. You could do that yourself as well. Taivo (talk) 08:53, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Jahn Smiith

No idea if Jahn Smiith (talk · contribs) is LTA or not, said something which doesn't look like useful at Commons talk:Abuse filter and Commons talk:Media help. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:31, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I blocked him indefinitely. Taivo (talk) 08:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Seol2004

Seol2004 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Persistent uploading of copyrighted materials despite multiple warnings on talk page. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 07:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I warned the user – (s)he was not properly warned previously. All contributions are deleted. Taivo (talk) 08:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Taras Myronyuk

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

most recent edit was spam, also blocked in several other wikis Denniss (talk) 09:46, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week. Yann (talk) 09:58, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Qawesc

Qawesc (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Uploading copyvios from time to time. Multiple warnings were ignored. 0x0a (talk) 18:46, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

copyright violation by Mohamadelectronic1

non of these uploads are own work of uploader. please delete all and gave final warning to user

there is a logo on right botton sides of all files

also first six uploads are not own work of uploader [[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 04:38, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Puppets of Pablo Milano

Please, consider to delete all files uploaded by the following accounts and block them. These are another puppet of Milanopablojavier24. See: all the identified puppets.

Best regards, Banfield - Amenazas aquí 22:56, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Bedivere, I also add:
Banfield - Amenazas aquí 20:19, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Bedivere (talk) 21:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Juancho Alcalá

Juancho Alcalá (talk • contribs • block log • filter log) has repeatedly uploaded images with copyright violations despite the warnings and two previous blocks. --Ovruni (talk) 07:05, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for 3 months, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Juancho Alcalá‎. Yann (talk) 08:47, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Həlimə

Həlimə (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) persistent copyvio uploading despite warnings and blocks. Quick1984 (talk) 13:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week. Yann (talk) 15:54, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

copyright violation by Mohamadelectronic1 (second time)

One day after receiving warning, user violated copyrights rules for second time.

Non of these uploads are own work of uploader. please delete all and gave final warning to user.

There is a logo on right botton sides of all files.

This time compare to previous time, user uploads more and more file one commons

please delete all files and block the accounts. [[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 15:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Blocked for a week, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Mohamadelectronic1‎. Yann (talk) 15:52, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Hamboning300

Hamboning300 (talk · contribs) Upload video game screenshot. メイド理世 (talk) 07:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Final warning sent by Yann. Uploads deleted. ─ Aafī (talk) 18:43, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Copyright violation

please delete all these files and gave warning non of them are free files all taken from google image [[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 10:35, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Last warning sent, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Uiorez300. Yann (talk) 10:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Cherryenglishpleiku

Cherryenglishpleiku (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) Upload advertising and selfie files. メイド理世 (talk) 17:21, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done files deleted, last warned user Bedivere (talk) 18:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

An ocean liner fan234

User talk:An ocean liner fan234 joined Commons in mid-January, and uploads historic images of merchant ships. The user routinely fails to provide reliable copyright information; does not provide links to online sources; and categorises files extremely vaguely. I and other contributors have tried messaging this user, but have received no constructive response. I welcome the uploading of historic ship images, but I seem unable to persuade An ocean liner fan234 to apply the appropriate templates, links, and categories. Motacilla (talk) 22:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

If this is about the images you’ve been applying on the deletion I didn’t know those where not public domain I had been using public domain for all my pervious images and used it out of habit after uploading over 60 images using the public domain thing. As for the categories I don’t know what else to add for categories. And for the links I have never been good with adding links I struggled when adding the links to the gallia 1879 and satellite Wikipedia pages on the Cunard ship list. An ocean liner fan234 (talk) 23:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Listen man I don’t want my hard work to be deleted I spent lots of time uploading on them pls don’t do this An ocean liner fan234 (talk) 00:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done. An ocean liner fan intimidated not only the beautiful bird, but also other users. All his/her uploads are now deleted and it seems to me, that (s)he does not understand, why. So I decided to block him/her indefinitely. Taivo (talk) 10:08, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Thankyou Taivo. I note that An ocean liner fan234 has asked to be unblocked. Outside of Commons I have a busy few days ahead, but I will try to follow the discussion if I get the opportunity. Motacilla (talk) 19:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
I have unblocked them but with their compromise to not upload copyright violations again, or files without insufficient information. They may be reblocked at sight if they incur again in such problematic behaviour that led to their original block Bedivere (talk) 19:23, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
I will keep track of the user contributions, too. Bedivere (talk) 19:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Are my new images okay I tried adding more categories the sources to the images An ocean liner fan234 (talk) 10:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Adding more categories isn't the solution. You have to create a detailed category instead of adding many categories. The rework of your uploads is really time consuming! Ein Dahmer (talk) 19:33, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Bot for Freedom

After the warning back in June 2023, the bot continues to upload files that infringe intact copyright. George Ho (talk) 20:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

  • I have not uploaded any files in copyright after June 2023. I only uploaded very old ancient books since then. I have only uploaded rare books from National Library in Taiwan, they are out of copyright without doubt.
  • In the end of 2022 and the start of 2023, I have uploaded Republic of China (1912–1949) era books for the purpose of the preservation of human civilization. A small porportion were in copyright and I support anyone finding such files deleting them, and restore after they enter public domain. That is why I voted support in such nominations. Count me  Support in every such nomiations.
  • I don't have more collections of Republic of China (1912–1949) era books so I have no plan to upload such kind anymore. I will only upload out of copyright without doubt in the future.--Upload for Freedom (talk) 11:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

User:64.189.18.17

Please delete all the contribution of User:64.189.18.17. Senseless changes on the summary templates in files. Thank you, DenghiùComm (talk) 06:42, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:18, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Thank you ! DenghiùComm (talk) 13:56, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Copyright violation

non of these uploads are own work of user. please delete all and gave warning to user.

Luckie Luke (talk) 02:52, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@Luckie Luke: You failed to mention or notify Hosseinnnnnpn (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) , as instructed above. I did it for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done Blocked 2 weeks, files deleted. Bedivere (talk) 18:59, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
@Bedivere: I don't think a block is appropriate in this situation, as the user wasn't warned. I think you should lift the block and provide a {{File copyright status}} warning. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 20:10, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Will do. For some reason I thought they had already been warned. My bad. Bedivere (talk) 20:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
You haven't been an admin for a week yet and I'm already thinking of drafting a recall... This is seriously unimpressive. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
In my defense I have not seen there's something of a guideline regarding the duration of blocks. I've seen some get one or two week blocks for repeated copyright violations. I was at fault at not warning them first and have ammended my error by unblocking Hossein and giving them a warning instead. Regarding Isurus88, I already responded that I considered all of their last removals of content as vandalism. Maybe I should not have reverted their user talk page removal, because anyway, the warnings are still there at the history. But calling that an abuse, I think it is too much. I think the two-week block is warranted, though, for their incivility and copyright violations despite warnings. I have to say I am always more than open to ammend my actions if needed, and will take your comments into account next time, for sure. Bedivere (talk) 20:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
It's an abuse of rollback. There's a thread in the last few days just above here: #Report of misuse of rollback permission, User:RodRabelo7 where that is made clear. Particularly as it's also accepted practice that editors (of any standing) may delete warnings from their user talk: pages. This is newbie stuff and for an admin to be questioning it is concerning. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:30, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
I did read that but there is not a content dispute here. You don't seem to understand that the user was removing content across several pages, which is the reason why I rollbacked that edit. Questionable? Yes. An abuse? I don't think so. I have since removed the warnings the user removed, for your information. Not to mention I will not revert such removals again. Finally, while it is of course the common practice here to allow removal of warnings, it isn't on the Spanish Wikipedia, where I started editing. Bedivere (talk) 21:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

copyright violation and fake license

please delete all these files and gave final warning to uploader for adding fake license Luckie Luke (talk) 05:38, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done First warning sent, don't think it's appropriate to send a final warning. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 17:10, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Self-promotion by User:Ethanplatt

Only edit has been to upload their headshot for their self-written article on en-wiki. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 04:26, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done File deleted. Bedivere (talk) 04:43, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt response! Alachuckthebuck (talk) 04:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
I've deleted two other files that were out of scope and are personal (COM:WEBHOST). Bedivere (talk) 04:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, would this be grounds for a block? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 04:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
@Alachuckthebuck: Not yet, I warned them for uploading oos content.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Bull-Doser

Blocked for uploading any content, as per discussion below. Yann (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Bull-Doser (talk · contribs)

Uploaded copyvio File:Billy Woods au Ritz PDB — 1.png after final warning. 172.59.211.202 00:19, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

That was actually MY photo! It ain't no copyvio! I used my iPhone X to do it! I used the screenshot subject to crop after my Ritz PDB photos! -- Bull-Doser (talk) 02:14, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
@Bull-Doser: You would have done well to say something at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Billy Woods au Ritz PDB — 1.png during the 12 days it was open. And you might want to make an undeletion request. - Jmabel ! talk 03:03, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
@Bull-Doser: What about File:Annika Chambers.jpg? 108.58.166.134 11:26, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I would like to have the administrators examine the user's work regarding c:Commons:Country specific consent requirements#Canada. Many pictures illustrating people show signs of having being taken surreptitiously, or were notably taken that way, while under Quebec law, a photographer can take photographs in public places but may not publish the picture unless permission has been obtained from the subject. Other examples of candid photos include File:Rachel Therrien au Bourgie.jpg, File:Marie-Lyne Joncas dehors les studios Bell Média radio Montréal.jpg, File:Jocelyne Robert (Salon du livre Montréal 2015).jpg, File:Suzie LeBlanc chez la salle Bourgie de la MBAM.jpg, File:Jean-Michel Anctil chez le Monte Carlo à Charlemagne.jpg, File:Isabelle Cyr chez la cabaret Lion D'Or.jpg, File:François Maranda dehors les studios de CIME-FM.JPG, File:Viviane Audet au La Sala Rossa.jpg, File:Yolande Cohen.jpg, File:Véronique Béliveau au SLM 2019.jpg, File:Solon McDade au café Résonance.jpg, File:Gilles Laporte au centre culturel Notre-Dame-de-Grâce -- 2.jpg, File:Monic Néron au Chez Roger.png, File:Patrick Lagacé au Chez Roger.png, File:Élise Guilbault au bar Chez Roger.png, File:Sophie Deraspe et Nahéma Ricci au LSEEJ.png and many, many more ― I picked these while browsing through user's upload at random dates. While these seem to be problematic on many levels regarding COM:SCOPE (especially regarding COM:EDUSE vs image quality), they strike me as lacking explicit consent. Candid photography of people seem to have taken roots in the users' modus operandi. Some subbjects or their representatives have explicitly asked for removal due to lack of consent on their behalf : Commons:Deletion requests/File:Christian Chamorel dehors la chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Samuel Archibald (SDLM '16).jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cynthia Girard-Renard au Stewart Hall.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flore laurentienne au festival Santa Teresa 2021.png and, once again, many, many more.
Considering the systematic nature of the problem. I think the situation is beyond recovery and that a simple warning would have little to no effect. Webfil (talk) 16:57, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I think a block is in order. 108.58.166.134 13:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
These people are individuals of public interest, photographed during public presentations/appearances, and permission is not required to publish photos of persons of public interest taken in public places, even in Québec.
However, it is true that a lot of these photos are of poor quality. D. Benjamin Miller (talk) 07:45, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
@D. Benjamin Miller: The subject user has been known to license for commercial use and misidentify illegally posted photos of regular people as being of persons of public interest. See also this advice from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa. 108.58.166.134 13:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
  1. Licensing for commercial use (in the sense of a copyright license like CC BY-SA) is not what is restricted by the law. It is the use of a person's likeness for certain commercial purposes which is restricted. That's a matter of personality rights; the copyright in the image belongs to the photographer alone. That's what we have the personality rights template for.
  2. If the people are misidentified, that's a different issue. I'm only talking about when the people depicted really are who they're supposed to be.
D. Benjamin Miller (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
@D. Benjamin Miller. I doubt taking pictures of a person driving their own car, dining at a restaurant or obviously trying to escape the photography/photographer (1, 2) is what the Supreme court justices had in mind in the Aubry case, when talking about the public interest. The decision defines the questions that must be asked in order to determine if the public interest prevails over the right to image :
  • Is the subject of the picture engaged in a public activity? e.g. an artistic event, politics, a matter within the public domain such as an important trial, a major economic activity having an impact on the use of public funds or an activity involving public safety;
  • If not, does the individual’s own action, albeit unwitting, accidentally places him or her in the photograph in an incidental manner? e.g. in a crowd at a sporting event or a demonstration.
  • If not, is the individual an anonymous element of the scenery, even if it is technically possible to identify individuals in the photograph? The observer’s attention would then normally be directed elsewhere than towards the individual.
These four pictures no doubt escape the exceptions to the right of privacy as ruled by the Supreme court : in these, the subjects engage in private activities, they remain the main subjects of the photographs, they are not anonymous elements of a "bigger picture". Webfil (talk) 16:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
You could request deletion of these pictures. I would at least support deletion of poor quality pictures when not used. Yann (talk) 17:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
FWIW, File:Jean-Michel Anctil chez le Monte Carlo à Charlemagne.jpg doesn't looks like dining at a restaurant; it looks like some sort of banquet event, because pretty much everyone seems to be looking the same direction. And the latter two don't look like trying to escape the photographer, they look like rapid snaps of someone walking past. - Jmabel ! talk 20:48, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
01:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC) the user uploaded File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png.
12:52, 24 May 2021 (UTC) Myloufa nominated that file for deletion in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png because "Subject barely recognizable. Out of COM:SCOPE as it has no educational use."
15:10, 24 May 2021 (UTC) the user reuploaded the file as File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM -- 2.png, probably because of the above.
02:37, 7 June 2021 (UTC) Missvain closed Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png and deleted File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png.
13:01, 16 June 2021 (UTC) Ytoyoda nominated File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM -- 2.png for deletion as one of three files in the seventh section of Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bull-Doser because they were "Low-quality images unsuitable for Wikipedia."
15:09, 17 June 2021 (UTC) Racconish closed Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bull-Doser and deleted File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM -- 2.png.
15:29, 4 July 2021 (UTC) the user reuploaded the file as File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM 107.3 Rouge.png, probably because of the above.
17:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC) Deletion Notification Bot 2 notified the user that Webfil had tagged File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM 107.3 Rouge.png for speedy deletion with "Reason: Repost of File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png, with added text at the end to make it through the filters."
19:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC) Túrelio deleted File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM 107.3 Rouge.png because "CSD G4 (recreation of content previously deleted per community consensus): Repost of File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM.png and/or File:Jay Du Temple CITE-FM -- 2.png, with added text at the end to make it through the filters."

108.58.166.134 20:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

I have to say that I do not understand why Commons's administrators keep not doing anything about this user. It has been brought up many times that this user is problematic. Not only the quality of his pictures is quite questionable, but the context in which he takes them is problematic too. We had a user (resident wikimedian) reporting on FRWiki that this user is oftenly agressive when taking pictures. I would also like to cite @Webfil: here : "On La soirée est encore jeune, the host referred to Bull-Doser as Ti-Monsieur Louche ("Creepy Lil' Guy") a couple of times (they even had their own jingle!), because the person was nabbed multiple times taking surreptitious pictures of guests from outside the venue, making the guests uncomfortable." I am pretty sure that it is not the kind of thing Commons and by extent Wikimedia wants or should be associated with. He also has been permanantly blocked on FRWiki (which is technically not a ban, but is a point of no return) for adding his poor quality images that Wiki's article despite having been warned not to. When looking at all of this, I cannot understand why Commons is in a hurry to do nothing about it, considering it is not the first time these issues are reported.
--Myloufa (talk) 23:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
@Myloufa: I don't understand it, either.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:52, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Likewise. Andy Dingley (talk) 02:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Ditto. He's not getting permissions of people to take their photos and the images are often terrible. Shawn à Montréal (talk) 14:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
He also made another malformed deletion request: not including a valid reason; not creating the subpage; not transcluding; and not notifying.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:22, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Wider opinion on these images (and their negative effects on the perception of Wikipedia)

While I was considering the deletion request for this extremely poor image, I noticed that it was also linked to on in a discussion on the page of French Wikipedia user Julinette. (*) In response to the question "[translated] can you clarify why you are removing all these article illustrations please?", she says:-
[ auto-translated, with all emphasis added by myself ]
Hello JohnNewton8, I remove the images which are really of poor quality. For years, many articles by personalities from Quebec have been illustrated by Bull-Doser images which are often of very poor quality. I do not remove those where, at least, we can recognize the personality.
This contributor, although in good faith, greatly harms the image of Wikipedia. It was during several Radio-Canada broadcasts that I heard the hosts and columnists express indignation at the images of Francis Leclerc, the great Albert Millaire, Marie-Louise Arsenault, Sylvie Legault, Nathalie Mallette, Petru Guelfucci, Fanny Leeb , etc. There are hundreds of examples like these.
It was, among other things, for having degraded Wikipedia that it was banned in the English version... I hope I didn't make a mistake? Kind regards, Juliette (talk) December 23, 2018 at 3:45 p.m. (CET)
I've no reason to believe that this isn't true and, if so, it suggests that these images are perceived very negatively and reflecting badly upon French Wikipedia.
Of course, fr.wikipedia and Commons are separate projects, so what the former does/doesn't consider usable or acceptable doesn't automatically apply to us. But that's pretty damning regardless.
(*) Note; Julinette is also apparently on Commons (as Julinette (talk · contribs)) but apparently inactive since 2018. However, if she wishes to comment on this, I'd certainly welcome that.
Ubcule (talk) 22:59, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Regarding the effects on the perception of Wikipedia : Wikimedia Canada (based in Montréal, the same city as Bull-Doser) has been funnelling some funding into the Red Carpets Project for the last years, aiming "to improve the quality of photos in the biographical articles of the Wikipedia encyclopedia" by providing "public figures the opportunity to be photographed by Wikipedians under optimal conditions." The project was set-up in 2017, while Wikimedia Canada received regular requests either to remove the photo taken by an amateur or to replace them with copyrighted photos. With an average of 4 files uploaded every day for the last 17 years (not counting his sockpuppet's work), this guy has photographed a broad array of celebrities and artists in Montreal. I do not see how this project tightly linked to the Foundation would not be a counter-Bull-Doser operation. The project's description is allusive, yet not very ambiguous for that matter, even when you follow loosely the dude's work. To this date, Red Carpets Project collected 232 photos ― a mere drop in the ocean of noisy, blurry, poorly framed, poorly lit and sometimes unethical, nay questionably legal pictures.
I've talked about the malaise in the star system regarding his surreptitiousness and ubiquity ― some radio show even baptized him Creepy Lil' Guy and made a jingle for when he appeared. The whole story surrounding this is available here (at 19:58). I've translated the essence of it. The host is cocky about it, but there is a clear discomfort with the situation among the co-hosts (my translation) :
Host: The Creepy Lil' Guy was a man we didn't really know, who was always outside the window Chez Roger with his phone and taking photos of us without ever talking to us. He was like a squirrel; as soon as we came near, he ran away. It's very funny because last week, maybe a fortnight ago... well, we're in a studio overlooking Avenue Papineau at the corner of René-Lévesque...
Co-host 1: Don't say where we are!
Co-host 2: Not too many details, please!
Host: By the way, [Co-host 1] is sitting on the right, if you want to know...
Co-host 1: Please...
Host: No, but it's bulletproof glass! It's not even a joke!
Co-host 1: And my neck, it's the shiny one, it's easily accessible from the window...
Host: A couple of weeks ago, that Creepy Lil' Guy came to see us and took some photos. So he knows where we are.
Co-Host 1: All of this is not going to end well...
Co-Host 2: He's all over the place because I'd already seen him on the other side...
Host: The other side where?
Co-Host 2: Isn't Radio Énergie across the street?
Host: Yes.
Co-Host 2: He was there too and he was waiting for people at the exit. And I've already seen him at the Gémeaux gala, at the Place des Arts. He chases after the stars.
Add that to the numerous open complaints about the quality of Wikipedia's illustrations reported by Julinette, we can say that the discontent about the quality, quantity and ethics of work produced by this user is widespread and indeed affects negatively the perception of the Foundation's projects such as Commons and Wikipedia. Webfil (talk) 00:22, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Following Webfil's comment, I thought it might be useful to place a notice on the Discussion page at Red Carpets Project about this discussion. Shawn à Montréal (talk) 14:41, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
@Shawn à Montréal : je ne pense pas que d'impliquer la Fondation dans une discussion à propos d'un projet soit vraiment approprié. Il y a généralement une cloison assez étanche entre la gestion de Wikimedia et l'administration des communautés qu'elle finance. Même si ça part d'une bonne intention, ce genre de geste peut être assez mal perçu de la part d'autres utilisateurs. Webfil (talk) 16:17, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh. That sort of thing is way beyond my ken... I have no idea about this sort of thing. Sorry, Shawn à Montréal (talk) 16:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
@Webfil:
Ouch.
I assume they said that knowing nothing about who that random person was. However, assuming that it *is* Bull-Doser they're talking about, seeing that reposted in the context of this discussion makes it uncomfortably personal, and I'm genuinely starting to feel sorry for him here.
For reasons of privacy, I don't want to go into the details, but I know for a fact there are mitigating circumstances that most likely explain Bull-Doser's idiosyncratic behaviour here (and the various problems surrounding his work in general) and why- personally- he shouldn't be judged too harshly for it.
(For all that I've been critical of much of his work, I've tried- I hope- to avoid going too far in that direction for that reason).
That said, English Wikipedia's take on issues like this most likely applies here too, and even though taking and uploading images like this is clearly Bull-Doser's "thing", I don't think it's doing any favours to us or him to continue accepting them if they're causing problems like this.
Having thought about this, I'm now inclined to agree with the suggestion below that a topic ban (for people only, i.e. *not* extending to his other obsessive subject of cars) would probably be for the best, even if Bull-Doser didn't see it that way.
Ubcule (talk) 15:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Can we establish the facts before !voting?

Adding this after !voting has started below, because as a newcomer to this discussion I don't think the facts are well spelled out. It seems like there are three issues raised: (1) photo quality, (2) legality of photos of people, and (3) ethical concerns about how the user takes photos of people.

To me, (1) is not an issue. As long as it's recognizably a notable person, it's going to be in scope. An exception, sometimes, if we already have a huge number of higher quality photos. There is a reference to a discussion among some notable people dismayed at the quality of photos on Wikipedia. That is a pervasive issue on Wikipedia, and one which we have generally decided is not actually a problem. After all, if you have an article and want a better photo displayed, just give us one. This information isn't visible on the page itself, but easily accessible to anyone who googles "upload a better picture of me to wikipedia" or the like. It's also clear that some of the user's photos are not terrible quality. Just browsing their recent uploads shows a variety of standard phone-quality pictures of cars, for example. (2) is the least clear to me. According to Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements#Canada, the photos are legal to take and legal to upload as long as the person is "of public interest", "implicated in a public manner", or "included incidentally". Photos of celebrities or politicians on red carpets or even walking down the street are going to be legal in those cases. People in private businesses or their cars taken through windows are less clear. (3) is concerning. We do not want our photographers to bring Wikimedia into disrepute. Presumably this is what's meant by "creepy" below, but with an unhelpful and sarcastic exception that makes the proposal totally unintelligible. To me, under no circumstances should we be hosting blurry photos of someone surreptitiously photographed while inside their car, or through a window while they're eating. How can we define such a restriction? — Rhododendrites talk |  15:40, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

There's a 4th reason too, which is the one that originally brought me here: they persistently malform uploads, such that other editors then have to clean them up (or go in circles with a deletion process which then goes nowhere). All for photos that just aren't worth having anyway. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:36, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Topic ban from uploading?

Community patience seems to have worn very thin. Is there support for a formal sanction here, such as a topic ban from further uploads? @Bull-Doser: [written as part of the below by] Andy Dingley (talk) 15:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Support topic ban from uploading any further images to Commons

  1.  Support As proposer Andy Dingley (talk) 15:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
{{support}} This is not a new user, or concern. The quality issues are ongoing, despite suggestions to Bull-Doser to get a better camera. I know that the torrent of images do include a lot that are of acceptable quality, so others may disagree. As far as consent, Quebec law seems to state that this user is not acting illegally even if he takes a picture without consent, as long as they are in some way "a person of public interest." So Bull-Doser reportedly behaving in a "creepy" way, as suggested above, may not be illegal but still harms the reputation of Wikimedia IMO as he is doing so on our behalf, whether we like it or not. Shawn à Montréal (talk) 16:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
  1.  Support The low quality is an ongoing issue, and the manner in which the user takes photographs is also a detriment to Wikimedia's reputation as mentioned above. Abzeronow (talk) 17:10, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
  2.  Support I think I've said enough on this thread. --Myloufa (talk) 23:05, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
  3.  Support Bedivere (talk) 00:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  4.  Support --Adamant1 (talk) 02:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  5.  Support. 108.58.166.134 03:01, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Please log in first. Yann (talk) 15:13, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  2.  Support   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
  3.  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 11:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Oppose topic ban from uploading any further images to Commons

  •  Oppose There are some obviously problematic uploads and behavior here, but I'm temporarily putting myself in the oppose column because I don't think the problems have been well defined. Furthermore, since the second proposal below is unintelligible and sarcastic, the only thing we have to vote on is whether to block someone from uploading who has uploaded about 25k photos, including many that nobody seems to have found problems with. Narrower restriction first, then a total ban, is what I generally prefer to see. — Rhododendrites talk |  15:43, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Support topic ban from uploading any further 'creepy' images 'of people' to Commons, unless they also include an out-of-focus blob of a vehicle, to be defined individually per upload by a multi-thread discussion per image.

 Comment - Just noticed this childishly sarcastic, verging-on-POINT section title added above as part of your response to an honest misunderstanding on my part.
I've already replied elsewhere. However, for the record, the vehicle images I was referring to are those where the vehicle is very obviously the intended subject, as opposed to those of his sub-paparazzo images of people which happened to feature them in or near cars.
Bull-Doser's images have always fallen very clearly into one or other of those distinct groups. (For comparison).
Many of the vehicle images still have some serious quality issues, but they're not problematic to the same extent as the paparazzo ones.
Whether it is, or isn't, worth our time letting him continue to upload the former is the question here. Ubcule (talk) 22:01, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  1.  Support per others. Enough is enough. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  2.  Support   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 Comment - Since there has been some confusion, I should make clearer what I was trying to say above:-
The wording of this section/proposal is not mine. It was added by Andy Dingley (talk · contribs) when he replied to a comment of mine and is very obviously sarcastic based on what he (wrongly) thought I was proposing:- "Support topic ban from uploading any further 'creepy' images 'of people' to Commons, unless they also include an out-of-focus blob of a vehicle, to be defined individually per upload by a multi-thread discussion per image". (In other words, a straw man mockery of my alleged position).
Can we please have this section- and the confusion caused as a result of its creation- struck out? Ubcule (talk) 14:30, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
So you don't like Bull-doser being simply and straightforwardly banned from uploading anything, because that would be nice and clear and simple. So you come here and argue that that wasn't what the very clearly worded proposal meant (it was), and encourage one of the supporters to withdraw their support. Then now after others have already expressed support for your other proposal, you want to withdraw that.
Just WTF is it that you want here? Why are you so keen to limit restrictions on Bull-doser? If you want to oppose these restrictions, there has always been a choice there for you to use. Just say "I oppose this" and maybe give us a reason why. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
The muddying of the waters is entirely your fault for creating a section with wording that was a blatantly sarcastic mockery of my (alleged) position.
  • "So you don't like Bull-doser being simply and straightforwardly banned from uploading anything, because that would be nice and clear and simple. "
This isn't really about the original subject (i.e. Bull-Doser) now though, is it? It's about the fact this discussion has grown so antagonistic that you take for granted that the other person is doing what they do purely for the sake of being difficult.
  • "and encourage one of the supporters to withdraw their support."
No, I didn't. That was your (incorrect) kneejerk assumption.
  • "Then now after others have already expressed support for your other proposal, you want to withdraw that."
I wanted them withdrawn because the wording (which was yours, not mine) was an obviously sarcastic- and loaded- misrepresentation of what you (wrongly) thought I was proposing. And because, as such, it was sowing confusion.
  • "Just WTF is it that you want here?"
I already explained my position. I'd be happy to clarify it for you if I thought it would get us anywhere, but I've enough experience to know that when discussions get this antagonistic and polarised it'll either be lost in the noise or misinterpreted and provide fodder for further argument.
Ubcule (talk) 15:55, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Oppose topic ban from uploading any further 'creepy' images 'of people' to Commons, unless they also include an out-of-focus blob of a vehicle, to be defined individually per upload by a multi-thread discussion per image.

  1.  Oppose It's not a topic ban if it leaves it open per upload to have to question whether their image is within the bounds of their TBAN or not. That's why an effective TBAN stays simple.
Nor have Bull-doser's vehicle images been of much value either. They're mostly common vehicles, badly framed, badly lit, out of focus and usually with no licence tag on them, such that other editors have to edit later to clean them up. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 Comment - The obviously sarcastic wording of this proposal is based on Andy's own wording and a strawman misrepresentation of my proposal which he added as part of the same edit where he posted a bad-tempered response to myself. Ubcule (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
  2.  Oppose based entirely on the nonsensical, sarcastic framing. — Rhododendrites talk |  15:40, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Other

 Comment Can it be clarified that the proposed "topic ban" refers specifically to Bull-Doser uploading images of people or celebrities, rather than all subjects in general?
(This would effectively restrict him to uploading images of vehicles, since those are the only other things he seems to be interested in photographing). Ubcule (talk) 16:08, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
A block-only-for-upload is possible now, so that's an easy solution. Otherwise, Bull-Doser's uploads have to monitored. Yann (talk) 16:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I see. That's too bad. A big part of the problem is that none of us have the energy or time to continually monitor his uploads. So there you go. Shawn à Montréal (talk) 16:39, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
@Yann: - I can't vouch for him or make any promises. However, my gut reaction is that if he was told bluntly and clearly that he was not allowed to upload images of people/celebrities at all or that he'd be blocked from uploading completely, he'd be capable of going along with that. And it would be fairly simple to completely drop the banhammer if he didn't.
Then again, would I (as someone who is normally a sporadic and intermittent contributor to Commons) be willing to police that personally? No. So probably what Shawn à Montréal (talk · contribs) said above applies. Ubcule (talk) 18:39, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
  • No, if I'd wanted that as a proposal, I'd have written that as a proposal. This is a proposal to stop uploads of "any further images". If you want to invalidate the vote on the basis that it was unclear, then submit an RfC and see if you can get a quorum of suitably validated users to vote there, then please do so. Or just say that you want to keep Bull-doser uploading more and more of his hugely valued car-shaped blobs.
I shall ping: @Shawn à Montréal: , @Abzeronow: , @Myloufa: , @Bedivere: , @Adamant1: , @108.58.166.134: just in case they'd like to change their expressed views. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I would be willing to monitor the users uploads if the topic ban only extended to people/celebrities. I'm here daily. Abzeronow (talk) 18:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I don't mind either way. Bedivere (talk) 18:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I don't mind either way too. --Myloufa (talk) 19:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I wouldn't be willing to help police this. But I've struck through my support !vote. I won't participate further in this discussion. I'm confident you'll come to the best solution, at this time. Shawn à Montréal (talk) 19:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
@Andy Dingley: - "if I'd wanted that as a proposal, I'd have written that as a proposal. This is a proposal to stop uploads of "any further images". [..] If you want to invalidate the vote on the basis that it was unclear [etc]"
No, that wasn't what I was suggesting at all, not sure where you got that out of it.
My assumption was that a "topic ban" would be one restricted to activity related to a specific "topic"- or subject- such as people, cars, etc.
Indeed, that does seem to be what's meant by "topic ban" at English Wikipedia, so IMO that- along with my assumption that the ban related to the "topic" under discussion (i.e. people/celebrities)- is an understandable misinterpretation.
Perhaps it means something different here at Commons? It seems confusing and misleading to describe something as a "topic ban" if it's not a ban related to a specific topic, but maybe that's just me, and I've no desire to get into a grumpy-tempered argument over it. Ubcule (talk) 19:27, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
I understood it to be a topic ban from uploading in general, not just in regards to people or celebrities. Images like this one aren't great either. It's not like we are hard up for images of GMC Sierra HDs. So Realistically what value does that add to the project, especially considering the other issues? --Adamant1 (talk) 02:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
I don't oppose a topic ban, but the topic should be clear and objective. IMO "out-of-focus blob of a vehicle" isn't. It is much too subject to interpretation, and therefore to conflict. Yann (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
@Ubcule and Yann: Would you be opposed to shortening "an out-of-focus blob of a vehicle" to "a vehicle"?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:22, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
I am OK with that wording, as long as there is a consensus. Topic ban for "vehicles" seems clear enough for me. Yann (talk) 13:36, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
@Yann and Jeff G.: - Just to be clear, the wording of that proposal...
"Support topic ban from uploading any further 'creepy' images 'of people' to Commons, unless they also include an out-of-focus blob of a vehicle, to be defined individually per upload by a multi-thread discussion per image."
is not mine and doesn't represent my position- quite the opposite.
It was added by Andy Dingley (talk · contribs) (here) as a response to one of my comments. The references to "out-of-focus blob of a vehicle" and suggestion that we have a "multi-thread discussion" for each and every one of Bull-Doser's uploads are very obviously sarcastic and a mockery of my alleged position.
The most charitable interpretation is that all this was in response to my misunderstanding of what Andy meant by a "topic" ban, and- I would assume- his misunderstanding what I was referring to regarding Bull-Doser's photos of vehicles (i.e. those with the vehicle very clearly as the primary focus, not the paparazzo-like ones that happened to feature a car somewhere).
Can we please have that POINT-like section (and the unnecessary confusion Andy caused when he created it) struck out? Thanks, Ubcule (talk) 14:51, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Can we please have you banned from this thread, or at least from popping up on any choice where other GF editors have already expressed their support for it, and you then telling them that that option doesn't exist and that you want to void their opinion because you don't agree with it. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
You added that obviously sarcastic section title in the same the same edit where you posted an equally sarcastic and bad-tempered response to myself.
Let's not rewrite history and pretend you cared about making it a serious response. You were annoyed and created it as a deliberate mockery of what you (wrongly) thought I was proposing.
Ubcule (talk) 15:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

copy right viloation by user:MahdiMa81080

all the files tagged for deletation. Please gave user final warning.


also Mahdi0765 is illegal Sockpuppet of MahdiMa81080. Please block this account.


[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 01:02, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Modern Sciences: Please make sure to notify all involved parties in question next time. In this case, it has already been handled but note this in the future. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

ShahsavareIran

non of these uploads are own work of user ShahsavareIran (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) . they are logos and some image taken from google image . please delete all and gave final warning to user.

[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 05:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@Modern Sciences: I notified the user of this discussion on their user talk page, as you should have done per the above.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
@Modern Sciences You could just tag the images that are infringing copyright instead of making generic requests. This would be more efficient for us to handle. Bedivere (talk) 05:29, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
@Bedivere all the information that uploader presentated in files are in Farsi language and all are fake information/ For example water mark and mentioned as own work or user here mentioned source as Website (وب سایت) this football club has only telegram page [1]

Yes, if there are specific cases i always tagining with explaplanation

[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 06:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Mention all of that (and as much detail as you can) in {{Copyvio}} if it's a copyvio. An admin will then handle it as appropriate. SHB2000 (talk) 09:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
@Modern Sciences: I can't find any copy of File:تصویر هوایی از روستای چالو.jpg on the Internet, so since the watermark is in Farsi, it is difficult to know where this comes from. If you nominate it for deletion, please provide details. I deleted some files. Thanks, Yann (talk) 10:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
@Yann: The watermark reads what the image depicts, and it is Chalu, Behshahr, a place in Iran. ─ Aafī (talk) 10:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Promotional/non-free content by User:Ingantmus

Uploading only promotional content for Sigva here , here and here doesn't seem to be promotional in nature, but definitely non-free. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 20:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Warned, files already tagged. Yann (talk) 23:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks! Alachuckthebuck (talk) 03:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

2405:4802:1CC0:D040:390E:9990:7336:43F3 and 2405:4802:1CFD:C5C0:7517:E250:D5B0:4504

The first IP came into my talk page exactly two weeks ago, taking issue at my work on a FakeSVG I fixed on December, immediately throwing personal insults at me (Direct quote: No offense, but your drawing really does look like a woman's pussy). I tried being civil, pointing out that my edit is based on the source and that the user is free to link a clear source that validates their claims, because the one the file is currently based on doesn't. I got back claims of not not knowing the history of Vietnam, trying to misrepresent it, and being told that if [I] like drawing pussy, then [I] should ask someone to reattach Venus's arms and rebuild the Colosseum and that [I] should delete [my] edits so they have nothing to do with [their] Vietnamese culture anymore.

They came back with a different IP, either using a different device or after DHCP, linking a video of military marching, which shows the flag in question (very limp and low-res, though, so I don't know if I can use it as a source). It came with being told that [I] have proven that [I am] conservative in [my] ignora-nce (not sure what this means) and more stuff about Venus' arm. What's important here is that they call it their drawing, which makes me believe this is the person behind User:Vietnam.Conghoa, who uploaded the original FakeSVG and which has been suspected of sockpuppetry. Rubýñ (Talk) 21:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

 Comment The whole range Special:Contributions/2405:4802:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 is concerned. Yann (talk) 22:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh, I didn't know this at all! I thought it was only these two IPs. What will happen? Rubýñ (Talk) 22:57, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Best would be to have a request for check user. Yann (talk) 23:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
I've made the request. I hope this goes well. Thank you for helping. Rubýñ (Talk) 06:20, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Hergueney

Hergueney (talk • contribs • block log • filter log) has continued uploading non-free images after the warning. --Ovruni (talk) 06:30, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Uploads deleted and last warning sent. ─ Aafī (talk) 07:02, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Report of misuse of rollback permission, User:RodRabelo7

Hi,
Please see the @RodRabelo7 misuse of their rollback permission detailed on their talk page.
Accordingly, I request a consideration of the permission removal, and maybe intervention in the edit war.
Thank you, · מקף Hyphen ෴ · 21:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

In my opinion, the move from incident to massacre was premature, and was obviously a contentious move so this should have been discussed first, then moved. Commons is not bound by NPOV, and we don't have to follow what English Wikipedia does. Wikidata uses the massacre wording, but this appears to have been changed by RodRabelo7. I also agree that rollback was unwarranted in this case as this was not a case of vandalism or a mistaken edit. Abzeronow (talk) 21:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
  • I wouldn't see this as reason to remove it, but certainly a warning. It is not a good idea to use any sort of elevated position (rollback isn't available to all) to impose any position in any content dispute where the editor using it is in any way engaged in that content question. It's (by convention, I would agree that it's a pretty feeble superpower) that it's only used in cases of 'obvious vandalism' (or reversing GF accidental damage) where any 'reasonable editor' would support the same conclusion as an outcome. If it's a questioned issue, then don't use it. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Thanks for writing. It is important for me to emphasize that I would not have turned here if I had not encountered the disregard and lack of understanding of the essence of my early application to them.
    Please note that they attacked me personally, contrary to the universal code of conduct, in order not to address my claim in my appeal to them. I'm afraid that this is a continuation of a pattern of behavior that was might also discovered before in sister projects (see centralauth).
    So, I suggest that their response to the warning will be required as to make sure that the warning has indeed achieved its purpose and can be satisfied. · מקף Hyphen ෴ · 10:43, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment Irregardless of the nitty-gritties of the specific solution, rollback shouldn't be used except in cases of vandalism or spam. This discussion should serve as a final warning to Rod about their use of rollback. --SHB2000 (talk) 11:30, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
    Final? What other warnings there been Trade (talk) 12:26, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
    In a perfect world, you shouldn't even receive a single warning because the tool is not supposed to be misused. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:47, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Kokenspun

Given recent uploads, this looks like a likely sockpuppet of User:Illystar / User:Eron Lushaj (cf. Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 111#User:IllyStar and User:Eron Lushaj). Omphalographer (talk) 23:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. I blocked the user indefinitely and mass deleted all his/her uploads. Taivo (talk) 09:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Mosbatho (remove file rename right)

Reported user should avoid making problematic renames again. They've acknowledged their error. Discussion was closed, reopened by request of the person who reported, and now it is closed again. I reiterate Matrix's former closing comment: "User has apologised for rename as pointed out by Bedivere, one-time mistake we can move on from". If they do continue to make problematic renames, please return and report again. --Bedivere (talk) 00:44, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Please remove the file renaming right from the above account following the user's incorrect application of our file renaming policy. Discussions at village pump and user's talk page didn't help.
At first, it seemed an issue trivial to address, but instead of solving it in a straightforward manner, the user leaves it to the requestor to justify (who restates reasons already given when I noticed the rename running across Wikipedia) and insists on it being correct. The user was given ample time to fix it. I conclude he'd do the same again and generate more stuff for others to fix. (moved here from Commons:Requests_for_rights#Mosbatho_(remove_right)).

Enhancing999 (talk) 08:49, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Permalink makes better sense. @Enhancing999 It is necessary to notify the concerned users about the discussion whenever initiated at AN, as guided at the top of this noticeboard. Please take care of this in future. I have done it for you this time. Best regards, ─ Aafī (talk) 13:21, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
The user asked me to not post on in his talk page. I respect that. Besides, he got a notification by my comment above. Enhancing999 (talk) 13:24, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
The user has committed and acknowledged their error. I don't think this warrants the removal of the right. Bedivere (talk) 18:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Did he? Enhancing999 (talk) 07:56, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
[2] Bedivere (talk) 13:06, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
He writes there "The file move suggested by User:Mpns was warranted with respect to the given criteria." which doesn't really read like they "acknowledged their error". I don't think anybody even shares this view (Mpns changed his mind). Enhancing999 (talk) 20:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Apart from the fact that Enhancing999 never considered it a trivial matter before whatsoever, I wonder at what point such a withdrawal of rights is due. 4,854 page moves have been done by me. Is there a threshold at which such a withdrawal of rights is to be applied, or is one subject to the efforts of an individual? Furthermore, I have never forbidden Enhancing999 to use my user page. --Msb (talk) 21:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm referring to this. What do you think went wrong in this case, how you plan to improve on that? How many "obvious error"-renames were similar to the one here? Enhancing999 (talk) 07:53, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Following a request on my talk page, I have re-opened this discussion. Any other admin can re-close it if they feel it is appropriate. I still think that this is a one-off mistake, and does not necessitate the removal of file mover rights, you can read my rationale and Enhancing999's arguments against it here. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 20:13, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

It seems to me like a personal dispute between these two users. One error is not enough for a removal of rights and despite what Enhancing says, I think the user has acknowledged their error and to me, that is enough. I think the discussion should be closed. Bedivere (talk) 22:15, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Do you have anything to support your view? Neither Mosbatho nor me have any recollection of such. However, it was noted on village pump that the problematic nature of such renames was identified in the past and Mosbatho did nothing to avoid the error. Enhancing999 (talk) 22:46, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Yes. Your own comment supports my view. You are acting like it's the end of the world. Mosbatho acknowledged the error and I'm sure that's enough for him to, at least, avoid making the same mistake again. Your request to remove the file renaming right is denied, this thread was closed, then reopened by your request, and now it is closed again. If Mosbatho does make problematic renames again, please return and actions will be taken. Not now. Bedivere (talk) 00:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

User:Sebano1999

Continues to upload copyright-problematic files after final warning. As I stated on November 23, 2023, the "main purpose of [this user's] uploads appears to be filling infoboxes on wikis that have disabled local uploads." JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm on the borderline. This user's last deleted contribs are from early February. The current live uploads seem to me, mostly (except, say, File:Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back logo.png) too simple to be copyrighted and fine enough to be kept. Bedivere (talk) 16:27, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Rodolfo Matias

Rodolfo Matias has made some comments that have been unfriendly, to say the least. Given that I'm the subject of them, I am not taking action and ask somebody to do so.

  • "Se nota que Bedivere no entiende de la legislación ecuatoriana." It is obvious Bedivere does not understand Ecuadorian legislation.
  • "Primero que todo si eso te parece un insulto entonces eres una persona muy frágil e inseguro". First of all, if that seems like an insult then you are a very fragile and insecure person.

These have been posted at the PD-EC-exempt talk page, linked above. Bedivere (talk) 20:39, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

  •  Question Have you communicated with them about their civility first? --SHB2000 (talk) 10:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
    I did ask them to retract their first statement as I told them it was not friendly. Then the second phrase came in. Bedivere (talk) 13:41, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
    Yeah, in that case Rodolfo Matias owes you an apology. That would be a good first step from their end. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
    @Rodolfo Matias anything to comment? Bedivere (talk) 16:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
    Decir que, aunque mi lenguaje fue inapropiado decir que fue un insulto es exagerado y sobredimensionado, por el supuesto insulto me puedo disculpar, pero la afirmación del desconocimiento de mi propio país y sus leyes no lo voy a retirar y más bien se debe revisar la actitud reprochable del usuario mencionado ya que el ignora el argumento de retroactividad que en este caso tiene mucho peso Rodolfo Matias (talk) 18:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
    >To say that, although my language was inappropriate to say that it was an insult is exaggerated and overstated, for the alleged insult I can apologise, but the claim of ignorance of my own country and its laws I will not withdraw it and rather the reprehensible attitude of the mentioned user should be reviewed as he ignores the argument of retroactivity which in this case has a lot of weight.
    English translation of Rodolfo's comment. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:14, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Decir que un extranjero no entiende nuestra ley ecuatoriana, no es ofensivo, es un comentario lógico. No obstante, Bedivere lo tomó muy personal, y de manera hostil, contestó a @Rodolfo Matias diciéndole: "la primera frase es insultante y te pido la retractes cuánto antes".[3] ¿Es que solo los administradores pueden tener ese comportamiento? Aquella obvia intimidación de parte del denunciante debe tomarse en cuenta para este caso. -- David C. S. 18:08, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
    @David C. S. Soy estudiante de derecho, y por sobre todo, puedo leer y entender un texto, especialmente uno de carácter legal. El comentario es insultante porque insinúa que soy incapaz de comprender una ley que se lee literalmente y en relación a sí misma. Lamento que, como si lo anterior fuera poco, el denunciado agregara por mis reclamos que soy "frágil e inseguro". Si ustedes dos son incapaces de comportarse y conversar de forma normal, sin llegar a degradar como lo han hecho, solo deben atenerse a las consecuencias. Mi mensaje que citas, por lo tanto, no tiene nada de malo. Una vez que entiendan que su actuar ha sido equivocado y que no solo no se arrepienten sino que lo reivindican, solo entonces podremos tratar de llegar a un acuerdo. Por ahora, me retiro de la discusión y esperaré paciente la resolución de mi denuncia, que por razones obvias no decido yo. Bedivere (talk) 21:25, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support per OP.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
It seems like a heat-of-the-moment situation. Though I don't agree with the half-done apology (although my language was inappropriate to say that it was an insult is exaggerated and overstated) it would be beneficial for Rodolfo to cool down and avoid making personal attacks and focus on the content and copyright discussion. Hence I am  neutral about any administrative action unless any further uncivil remarks are made by them, in which case that would be immediate grounds for a block. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 21:59, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
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