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:This is very concerning, indeed. While it is possible that these files can be kept (if the base map is indeed self created, or if the grain coupons are government work), but none of that was mentioned in the DR or UDR. Wheel warring instead is absolutely unacceptable. I'd support a desysop at this poimt. [[User:Srittau|Sebari]] <span style="font-size: x-small">&ndash;&nbsp;aka Srittau</span> ([[User talk:Srittau|talk]]) 06:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
:This is very concerning, indeed. While it is possible that these files can be kept (if the base map is indeed self created, or if the grain coupons are government work), but none of that was mentioned in the DR or UDR. Wheel warring instead is absolutely unacceptable. I'd support a desysop at this poimt. [[User:Srittau|Sebari]] <span style="font-size: x-small">&ndash;&nbsp;aka Srittau</span> ([[User talk:Srittau|talk]]) 06:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)


:{{cmt}} I would like an answer from Fanghong. And there may be a language issue. Could someone speaking Chinese talk to s/he? Regards, [[User:Yann|Yann]] ([[User talk:Yann|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:22, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
* I am not a frequent user in coms and not seen UDR close reasons on time thought have to up again and make a mistake. sorry!--[[User:Fanghong|Fanghong]] ([[User talk:Fanghong|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:29, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
::Maybe {{ping|Zhuyifei1999}} or {{Ping|Jianhui67}}? [[User:Jcb|Jcb]] ([[User talk:Jcb|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

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Request to Merge two User Accounts

Hi I am user Hugh Mason here on Wikimedia Commons and on Wikipedia.

Originally my user name was Infilms and I thought that it had changed across the Wikipedia Foundation family but apparently not - please is it possible to merge in my old account with user name Infilms to Hugh Mason, keeping the user name Hugh Mason, so all my uploads are in one place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hugh Mason (talk • contribs) 11:05, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The bot will never archive something that is signed in this manner
There is no way to merge accounts. --Majora (talk) 04:09, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As Majora said that we can't merge accounts, but as you have 46 edits by Infilms account (and 10 edits by Hugh Mason), probably we can move Infilms name on commons only to Hugh Mason, and Hugh Mason name on commons only to Infilms. (i.e replacement) --Alaa :)..! 06:05, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Actions of Giorgi Balakhadze

Please pay attention on actions of user:Giorgi Balakhadze. He continues to push his own position on the files of maps of Georgia (see. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag-map of the controlled territories of Georgia.svg etc.). This time, he puts the template {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}} (for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed)

, although of course it's not there, but only a different view of the situation. So you can put this template on many maps of Russia, Abkhazia, Ukraine, Israel and other countries. --Insider (talk) 08:57, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is hard for me to understand for what you strive posting this case here. I've explained to you, you didn't respond. Also, as I see you try to mislead users, because as an argument you use 5-year old discussion (seriously?). And you call it "He continues to push"?! Is it a joke? Moreover I've added the note not only in the files about Georgia (just to mention).--Ⴂ. ႡႠႪႠႾႠႻႤ★ 09:42, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, those maps Violate NPOV rules because they contain national and political boundaries that are disputed and not currently recognised under international law. For that reason they should not be used on Wikipedia projects where NPOV applies. Where is a problem? or you think that this map File:Flag-map of Georgia without Abkhazia and South Osetia.svg‎ is neutral and it is okay to use it in Wikipedia, for example in Georgia-stub templates?--Ⴂ. ႡႠႪႠႾႠႻႤ★ 09:49, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Insider and Giorgi Balakhadze: NPOV isn't a policy on Commons in the same way as Wikipedia. It only applies to descriptions, and not to the files themselves. That's why we have templates such as {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}}. So just move on. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:19, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: , maybe I misunderstood the purpose of the template {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}}? The template for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed. I think this is for maps that can be fixed. I am wrong? These maps can not be fixed. There is no mistake in them, there is only another point of view. If I am mistaken, then this template can be put on any maps with disputed territories and borders? For example: File:Global European Union.svg (disputed status of Kosovo?), File:Flag-map of Georgia.svg (disputed status of Abkhazia?), etc. Then the category will be clogged, for files with obvious errors: Category:Disputed maps. Is it more appropriate to use the {{De facto boundaries}} template and similar in such cases? --Insider (talk) 08:04, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Insider: {{De facto boundaries}} may be used, but some people will find the statement is not strong enough. In most cases, maps which are disputed can't be fixed. The disagreement is inherently part of the conflict, and it can take a very long time... Regards, Yann (talk) 08:17, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: : I correctly understood that I can place this template on all maps with similar cases (disputed boundaries)? It will be right? --Insider (talk) 08:25, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this is fine for me. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:26, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, then if I do not have other opinions, I will do it. --Insider (talk) 08:57, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Insider: that reads like you are asking permission to disrupt Commons to make a point: please don't do that. The template should be used in cases where the map and its correspondence to the filename and/or description is potentially problematic. Don't put it on files that are not actually disputed. Storkk (talk) 09:12, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify, I think this is a clearly incorrect use of the template, whereas this one is possibly OK given there seems to be some disagreement on what the filename actually means. This usage is pretty clearly fine. Storkk (talk) 09:16, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Storkk: , thank you for your opinion! This is approximately what I'm talking about. And how do you consider the correctness of filling the "reason" field in this case ("This map violates NPOV rules because it contains national and political boundaries that are disputed and not currently recognised under international law. For that reason it should not be used on Wikipedia projects where NPOV applies.")? If it is only a name, what name would remove this template? Will the name File:Gruzie bez Abcházie a Jižní Osetie (proti EU).png fit? --Insider (talk) 13:56, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Insider: I believe I had imagined that the template would be used in cases when the map was unintentionally inaccurate, and correction was possible. I could also imagine in being used to indicate that the file description is misleading. It's intended to flag errors for discussion or requiring extensive explanation. Certainly, an image with a title like File:Flag map of Georgia, without Abkhazia and South Ossetia.png‎ is not inaccurate or misleading - that's what Georgia looks like (or would look like) without Abkhazia and South Ossetia. If the filename is more general, I would think an agreement could be made about the file description, possibly with a link to an alternate version. But the template is not especially useful in those cases, and its inclusion on many pages without a discussion page entry to address the issue is disruptive and unproductive. - Themightyquill (talk) 17:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your opinion! That's what I'm talking about. --Insider (talk) 13:56, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

personal attack

I am still a bit speechless in the face of the racism (or whatever) exhibited by FDRudd1984 (talk · contribs) in his post to my talkpage: Germans_leave_Jews_alone.
The plain facts:

  • FDRudd1984 had 3 uploads, of which 1 was deleted as spam by colleague De728631.
  • The 2 others were tagged by 4nn1l2 as copyvio, because they had been sourced by the uploader himself to the website (www.ezfixappliancerepairlasvegas.com) of a company for appliance repair, which has no indication of being under a free license.
  • In addition, the description of both uploads was clearly promotional: "Vintage refrigerators can be hard to repair given their age and scarcity of parts but, EZ Fix repair has it handled." and "Jenn Air is one of the best appliance brands and their stoves are second to none!"
  • Consequently, I've speedy-deleted the latter 2 files, only to find myself personally attacked.
  • In addition to this, FDRudd1984 made a post to COM:UR: I took these photos myself. Hackers are trying to take down my photos, which speaks for himself.

As I am kind of involved (resp. affected), I will not take action by myself. --Túrelio (talk) 20:42, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done The user seems to be trolling. I've blocked them one week. If they resume this nonsense, the next time can be indefinite. Guanaco (talk) 21:02, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Cartoongamer12

Cartoongamer12 is indef blocked on English Wikipedia as a sock of globally locked WhenDatHotlineBling. Today they have twice replaced the image at File:McD-Bacon-Egg-Cheese-McGriddle.jpg with one of human feces. I have now reverted the overwrite twice, but will not do so for third time. This needs immediate action. Voceditenore (talk) 09:40, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For obvious reasons, I have not notified the user of this report. Note that their talk page access on English Wikipedia has been revoked after repeated abuse [1]. Voceditenore (talk) 09:45, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
✓ indef'ed Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 09:49, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of images on Elizabeth Clark (author) [Ticket#2018051210005966]

On May 11 I received a message from administrator Дима Г‬ saying that among other things they needed permission for including an image. I duly sent that permission on May 15 to permissions-commons and have received no response. I have sent several other messages since and likewise received no response. I have made a request for it to be undeleted and again heard nothing.

One of the other images is a photograph of Elizabeth Clark that I hold in her archive as copyright holder. The third, a photograph used for dust/book cover I may well need to discuss with somebody.

The lack of response is extremely frustrating to say the least! Pogga D Pogga D (talk) 09:13, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pogga D,
while I understand your frustration, you need to be aware that such permissions are dealt with by specialized volunteers, not necessarily admins. This group is currently totally overworked and the waiting-queue is at 100 days. Though, if sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org you should have received an automated response-mail with a number.
You had, however, received a reply to your request at COM:UR: [2]]. --Túrelio (talk) 09:37, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Logos of Italian political parties tagged as screenshots of free software

These users have been uploading logos of Italian political parties tagged as screenshots of free software, just like Aless56. See also Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Aless56.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:41, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indeffed per SPI and some loud quacking. De728631 (talk) 14:51, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@De728631: Thank you. I guess the master's behavior is too old?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:34, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the account hasn't been active for half a year now so let's leave it at that. Once it gets reactivated we can still block it. De728631 (talk) 18:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:בר-כח

בר-כח (talk · contribs) Mass COM:LL from https://www.flickr.com/photos/142978182@N03/ from an user already blocked. Files are mostly out of SCOPE and shall be nuked. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 17:05, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

B dash

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

DexterPointy (talk) 18:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Observation 1: Filing inappropriate vandalism report.
Ref.: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Vandalism#DexterPointy
"B dash" has been on Wikimedia for over 4 years, and can thus hardly be assumed ignorant about what vandalism is.
Why "B dash" filed such a report, is a bit of a mystery, but it could be an attempt to eliminate users critical of Donald Trump.

Observation 2: Exercising censorship.
Look at these two revisions:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Trump_Baby_Balloon.jpg&oldid=311336889
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Trump_Baby_Balloon.jpg&oldid=311428268
User "B dash" removes (censors out) everything written by DexterPointy, without any notification to DexterPointy (me).
The presently most recent revision, is
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Trump_Baby_Balloon.jpg&oldid=311444187
Still nothing actually written by DexterPointy (me) there, and "B dash" is not found anywhere in content.
If it hadn't been for the revision trace (feature of the platform), then user "B dash" would have gotten away with the illegitimate censorship.
Again, "B dash" has been on Wikimedia for over 4 years, and can thus hardly be assumed ignorant about how things work.

-- DexterPointy (talk) 18:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment: One of the deleted contributions was: «who the fuck was ever the brain dead moron, whom decided that a platform intended for ordinary common people should allow identical filenames, only differing in casing. (Don't answer that, I could be tempted to commit a crime)». This should not be removed from the discussion, on principle, but who ever talks like this needs to be blocked till they grow up. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 18:28, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding observation 1, I'll advise everyone to use the correct noticeboards: Vandalism for blatant and intentional things such as page blanking, spamming, or overwriting random images with pornography. "Blocks and protections" can be used to report routine issues where blocks and protections are needed, such as persistent copyright violators. "User problems" is generally used when discussion is required rather than simply blocking.
Regarding observation 2, it appears that B dash did not remove your comments, but rather moved them to a different deletion request. There are three similarly named DRs now, and it's confusing. (DR/File:Trump Baby Balloon.jpg, DR/File:Trump baby balloon.jpg, and DR/File:Trump baby balloon.png. I don't think any harm or censorship was intended. I recommend copying your comments to all three DRs if they're relevant and appropriate to the discussion. Guanaco (talk) 18:34, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Right, so a failed cleanup attempt, opaque splitting and moving, without any obvious trace or notification, and that's "oh sorry". This is too inane for me to spend more time on, I'll just stay away from WikiMedia. --DexterPointy (talk) 20:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to be done here from administrators. Good faith, if misguided, edits. Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 22:13, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.


Advice?

Could an admin please take a look at this, this and this and offer me some advice. I'm disappointed by the complete lack of cross-wiki coordination.

I've also posted the above at Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Advice? nagualdesign 04:33, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So, can you please summarize the problem you have with that user here on Commons? Please cite specific instances. Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 06:52, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
An admin already started attending it; so I see no need of another discussion here. Jee 07:11, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Fanghong

User Fanghong is repeatedly abusing their admin buttons, but also seems to have no clue at all about copyright and seems unwilling/unable to gain sufficient understanding on copyright.

  • 29 april I nominated several of their problematic uploads for deletion: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Liaoning.png and Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Grain coupons of China. Although they have editted here when the DRs were open, they did not comment to the DRs.
  • 15 juni Srittau closed both DRs as delete.
  • 25 juni Fanghong undeleted the files with as much rationale as "used". This is a plural offence. Not only did they wheelwar with closing admin, they did so in order to restore their own copyvio uploads. The next day I left a message at their user talk page.
  • 29 juni Fanghong filed an UDR for the files, here and here. The UDRs was commented on by Guanaco and myself and subsequently closed as not done by Yann.
  • 16 july Fanghong undeleted the files again. This time I left a clear warning at their user talk page.
  • 17 july Fanghong decided to ignore the UDR outcome of two weeks ago and to repeat the UDRs. It's clear from these new UDRs that they either completely fail to understand or wilfully ignore the previous DRs and UDR discussions.

So now we have and admin who has no clue about copyright and who uses their buttons to wheelwar in order to protect their own copyvio uploads. I think we have a serious problem here. Jcb (talk) 04:53, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is very concerning, indeed. While it is possible that these files can be kept (if the base map is indeed self created, or if the grain coupons are government work), but none of that was mentioned in the DR or UDR. Wheel warring instead is absolutely unacceptable. I'd support a desysop at this poimt. Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 06:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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