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• Personal photos/selfies: ~39
• Other speedy deletions: ~17
• Categories for discussion: 84 months
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• Undeletion requests: ~16

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Malttew9983

Malttew9983 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user The user insists on uploading logos and flags of political parties with false licenses (they exceed the COM:TOO in many cases), he has already been warned various times but does not seem to understand. Taichi (talk) 19:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Those under TOO should be relicensed too. A09 (talk) 21:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

•  Support 3-day block to start with. --SHB2000 (talk) 11:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

  @SHB2000: I was going to push a bigger button. They've been given plenty of warnings for copyright violations and I don't see them responding anywhere. I'm in favor of in indef-block, or at the least, something more than of a month. ─ Aafī (talk) 19:03, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

  I'm fine with a 1-month block, too. I mentioned 3-day block since they haven't received any block at the moment which is why I'm in favour of slowly escalating blocks, but a longer block works too. --SHB2000 (talk) 20:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

  They got a final warning 19:01, 16 March 2024 (UTC) and haven't uploaded since. They should really clean up their own mess.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

   Done I have issued them a one-month block for continuing to cause the same disruption. Next time, it would be a longer block if they don't learn from this. ─ Aafī (talk) 06:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

copyvios By User:AHMSAbdelwahab

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

This user's only uploads are copyvios of company logos from google. 46 of them. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 19:43, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I see some logos are too simple to be copyrighted, but the sourcing is troublesome. Some are obvious copyright violations. I will delete those that are obvious but I suggest you to nominate the others. I will add a warning. Bedivere (talk) 19:53, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for helping with the cleanup! Should we clean up the pd-text logos, or just go with deletion? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 19:57, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I think they should be cleaned up, but if there are superior versions (SVG for instance), these should just be deleted. Bedivere (talk) 20:27, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Based on the size of these companies, we definitely have better copies. All his uploads have been nominated for deletion as copyvios. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 20:29, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Deleted a couple more. Will leave the others (all PD-textlogo) for another admin to handle. Bedivere (talk) 20:53, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Have they been tagged already, or should I go and tag them? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 20:55, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

They are all tagged. I would prefer if you could nominate them for deletion instead of requesting speedy deletion as copyright violations, which isn't clear they are. Bedivere (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Whoops! Fixing, first time using VFC. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 21:09, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I've deleted a couple using the speedy deletion criteria F8. It's time consuming, though. The uploader @AHMSAdbdelwa should be fixing up the information, instead of us. But some of their uploads may be useful. I would not blame an admin deleting all of their uploads. Bedivere (talk) 21:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Still haven't done the move, and I'm going to keep the speedy tags for now, I need to add the ajax quickdelete (www) rationale to VFC. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 21:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Government of India (PO)

I'm concerned about the user name. Their user page says "Hi This GoI PO". And although it appears most of their uploads are ok, the latest one, which I've nominated for deletion, is from X. Thanks. Doug Weller (talk) 13:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked as per COM:IU. Yann (talk) 13:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Grimes5

Grimes5 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

This account has uploaded more than 300 svg files in the last 10 days, which are mostly circles or the same image of musical notes. Many also have nonsense file names. I'm not really sure what the purpose of these uploads are and I'm opening this discussion so that an admin can look into this account.

See also Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Grimes5, which nominated the first 10 uploads for deletion. Johnj1995 (talk) 18:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I deleted all the files (took a few minutes on VFC). As to what is going on your guess is as good as mine. Spambot? Botched batch upload? Coufused user? All I can say is the contributions aren't constructive and I've given a warning. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 19:17, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Looking at some of the files they edited they seem to be related to User:Grimes2 who was blocked on enwiki for random disruptive editing. Not sure what's going on here. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 19:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't think they're here to help. Blocked indefinitely. Bedivere (talk) 19:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done. I declined unblock request. I would unblock if normal acknowledgment of mistake and apology. Taivo (talk) 08:21, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Declined again. Yann (talk) 10:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Declined again and revoked talk page access. They are making poor excuses to justify their poor behavior. And since they had two unblock requests denied just today I've revoked talk page access. Bedivere (talk) 03:20, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Elie Mulenda

Elie Mulenda (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Continued to upload inappropriate files despite a 1-month block by Yann on Jan 29, 2024. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

 Comment The last deleted file (File:Etienne Kas.jpg) is not proved to be a copyright violation, as the FB picture is not the source, but rather a derivative work of this picture. However it may be out of scope. Yann (talk) 11:20, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Indeed, hence why I mentioned "inappropriate". --SHB2000 (talk) 02:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Ana Rodrigues Souza

Ana Rodrigues Souza (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) was blocked on March 11 for uploading unfree files after warnings. They returned from the block and uploaded new copyvios. Kacamata! ^Dimmi!!! 23:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked. An unblock may come only if they show repentance of their problematic behaviour. Bedivere (talk) 23:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Александр Рикун

Александр Рикун (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) Another batch of copyvios after multiple warnings including the 'last' one. Quick1984 (talk) 06:24, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 09:08, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Uploads of PuroSchmidt

PuroSchmidt (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) won't stop uploading fantasy/fake election apportionment diagrams. See : Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by PuroSchmidt. Tpe.g5.stan (talk) 08:40, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done No useful edit, blocked for 2 weeks, files deleted. Yann (talk) 09:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Ready Street

Ready Street (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user is doing mass uploading of photos from Nigeria with a multitude of categories not related or redundant like this. I have warned him on March 21st and he replied that he would be more selective but has continues to overcategorize since. An administrator should warn him further or maybe block him for a while. Pierre cb (talk) 11:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

User:KrakauKrakau

KrakauKrakau (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) After their fortnight block is expired, the user restarted harassment: [1] Quick1984 (talk) 13:36, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for 3 months. @Quick1984: However I suggest you stop interacting with this user. Yann (talk) 13:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

User:LoTrustin

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

1. From the log of his file uploads, we can see that he repeatedly uploads files with copyright issues, and re-uploads them after they have been deleted.
2. In order to avoid file deletion, he made many attempts, including removing/changing the template by himself. Many such records can be found in the filter log.

• While I was writing this report, I noticed that he was engaging in some activities that would not trigger the filter, which seemed like editing tests.(like [2] [3][4])

Rastinition (talk) 15:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Indef-blocked. Trying to game the system. Obviously not here to help. Bedivere (talk) 15:51, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

YTO Express

YTO Express (talk · contribs), username violation. Usernames indicate of a company or organization. Lemonaka (talk) 03:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done For adverts. Uploads deleted. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:04, 26 March 2024 (UTC)