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Hedidthistome

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

Alias Hitherexyz, alias Emma Stones. Same bad Flickr account used recently by Hitherexyz, same subject (Constance Wu). --Patrick Rogel (talk) 22:24, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Indefinitely blocked by Herbythyme. Uploads deleted. Taivo (talk) 06:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Ulises Márquez Catamarca

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

Recreated deleted content (logos) despite block. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 22:36, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done. Blocked by Herbythyme until end of May. Taivo (talk) 06:17, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Websteralive

I blocked Websteralive (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) for this edit. Impersonation while voting is not acceptable. This is obviously not a new user, but most probably a sock of Websterdead (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions), indef. blocked. Regards, Yann (talk) 06:02, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Agree with indef block. Several consecutive FPC noms all containing sexual imagery or graphics depiction of sexual acts, with more listed on their userpage for subsequent intended noms. This indicates a user who is here simply to offend and provoke. The comments made in those nominations also indicate a "trouble-making" mentality. Does indeed appear to be a sock. -- Colin (talk) 08:58, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

• +1. User also made a mess at QIC with usurping reviews by other users. Commons talk:Quality images candidates#Reviews of Websteralive. --Cart (talk) 09:10, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Question Why only 1 week and not indef? --A.Savin 10:27, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

• I am waiting for feedback. There is no urgency now. Yann (talk) 10:56, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
• You wrote "indef. blocked" above. I would support indef block. See no reason to place any time limit, as though someone who is here simply to cause trouble, will suddenly change with a week's break. -- Colin (talk) 11:58, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

• Reblocked indef., as per above comments. Yann (talk) 12:13, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Jaheen3alam

Jaheen3alam (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Continues copyvios out of block. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Third block. Indef'ed. --Majora (talk) 21:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Ttezaki

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

Uploading multiple copyright violations since 2016. Could someone delete the files and warn/block the user? Thanks, 153.229.39.184 03:20, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, You need to inform a user when you tag a file. Thanks, Yann (talk) 03:36, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Warned, files deleted. Yann (talk) 03:36, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

You also need to inform a user when you report them here.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:40, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Chinese copyvio

• Lawerencetse1983 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• is back as
• Martinfok1981 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• uploading same copyvio images and editing same pages at zh wiki, also username is same format.--BevinKacon (talk) 10:23, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

@BevinKacon: this is a clear-cut “upload copyvio after warnings” condition, that is, B&P noticeboard. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 10:50, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Uploads nuked, both accounts indefinitely blocked. --jdx ^Re: 11:03, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Tokota

• several warnins to stop uploading copyvios
• block for 1 week because of still going on with this by Sebari in June 2018
• block for 1 month because of still carry on by Taivo in July 2018
• after many deletions of logos uploaded by him he continued uploading protected logos with wrong declaration, such as File:Coleman-logo.png or File:Logo-sudameris.png
• new warning by Yann today - Tokota's reaction: "You are wrong."
• in defiance of telling him that the pic is not OK for commonsn here he uploaded it anyway
• message on his talk page for this today uploaded pic without permission - Tokota's reaction: "This is nonsense."

What else is necessary to block him infinite? --Stepro (talk) 16:49, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

@Stepro: Nothing, but the word we use here is "indefinitely".   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:52, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Done --Steinsplitter (talk) 16:55, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks, Yann (talk) 17:43, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

I can’t see the whole picture. From the user_talk, the user uploaded several out-of-scope pictures and duplicates (which are by now all deleted) and has seemingly somewhat poor understanding of copyright. But Tokota isn’t a typical forger and liar whom we hunt daily. I mean the ilk of liars uploading Internet copyvio as own works. IMHO indefinite block is overly harsh in these circumstances. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:24, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

I was just wondering when you would show up, to spread your usual nonsense... Yann (talk) 19:58, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

• Just wow. Regardless of context, it’s apparently acceptable for an admin to calmly dismiss another user’s concerns using words such as «your usual nonsense» — and this from one of the “acceptable” admins, not from one of the several who are permanently on the verge of being desysopped and yet never are because of reasons. This only raises my admiration for the few admins who manage not to behave like this (some of them contributing on this very page), but that’s scarce consolation and really not firm ground to tread on, let alone build anything of worth. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 07:25, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

This is third block. No improvement in behavior. I'll delete speedily some obvious copyvios with wrong license. Taivo (talk) 06:18, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Bioexalhum

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

Everything is copyvio. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 21:29, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Uploads deleted. Final warning given. Next time a block will be issued. --Majora (talk) 21:42, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

User:Hoang42006 (II)

• Hoang42006 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

The user was already blocked for a week in March, but continues to upload several obvious copyvios. I appreciate that there may be a language barrier, maybe a Vietnamese (?) speaking user could try a more detailed and clearer explanation for this user. The user seems to try in good faith, but the excessive amount of problems should be handled somehow. Most glaring problems leading to copyvios: doesn't understand copyright of derivative copyrighted works and doesn't provide truthful source and author information. GermanJoe (talk) 13:02, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Second block, 3 months. Yann (talk) 13:36, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

 Info Changed to indef: all what the user uploaded by now seems to be either already deleted, or about to be deleted. This really isn't going to get anything useful. en:WP:COMPETENCE etc., you know... --A.Savin 15:55, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Please undo a Category move

Hi. Can someone please undo THIS MOVE? It is not what I intended, and I really created a mess with that move. Thank you. (Please be sure that, after your undo, I will be able to manually create the Cat "Puerto Rico primary highway shields", the Cat that I did the move to. If this doesn't make sense, respond here or email me. thx.) Mercy11 (talk) 21:02, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Done ~riley (talk) 04:59, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

@~riley: My bad. Thanks a zillion! Mercy11 (talk) 11:10, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Lopezmarianap

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

Everything is copyvio. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 22:37, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Deleted and blocked. --Majora (talk) 01:08, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Abuse of noticeboard. Jcb (talk) 20:37, 28 April 2019 (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.

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Elisfkc massive edit

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

Revert the massive edits that Elisfkc recently performed. They didn't read the documentation Commons:500px licensing data, and performed a batch task including an unnecessary {{Licensereview}} template in, I don't know how many, files that the 500 px tool was used to upload. The 500px tool verifies the license, as we already extensively explained already.

A pretty bad usage of the bad of the batch tool. Some volunteers shouldn't have the access to this tool... -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 20:06, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

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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.