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Possible Commons sockpuppetry

Both editors seem remarkably interested in uploading (and reuploading when deleted) pictures relevant to the same individual. Certainly something worth explaining. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 13:46, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I only saw the photo on the Em Visão magazine website, which is free to use and upload. I don't know if another editor is doing the same, but the goal is to correct Davi Santiago de Souza's encyclopedia. Enzo Duart (talk) 14:07, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment @Enzo Duart If you believe that the the file File:Davi Santiago de Souza.jpg shoudl not be speedily deleted as a copyright violation you shoudl use the big grey button under the deletion notice on that page to challenge speedy deletion. However the source page clearly states "© Todos os direitos reservados" which is stating that the photo is not free to use.
This thread is simply asking administrators to check the relationship between both the named editors. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 14:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Enzo Duart is indeffed. MentorZero is blocked for a month. Uploads wiped as CSD G10 (spam). The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:48, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Slavic europe.svg

Constant and continuous slow-moving edit war between numerous accounts Zinderboff (talk) 04:48, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I take it that the differences are about (1) whether to recognize Kosovo as independent of Serbia, and therefore with a non-Slavic official language and (2) whether to mark some borders within Ukraine for de facto control (or perhaps Russian territorial claims, its hard to say which because there is almost no overt discussion.
It amuses me perversely that it seems that the party that wants the map to show the almost totally internationally unrecognized claims of separate status in Ukraine is the same one that wants to ignore the recognition of Kosovo by the majority of countries in the UN. (Also, assuming we should show Kosovo as a country: I'm pretty sure Serbian is co-official in Kosovo.)
At some point, if we cannot get agreement on one map, we probably need to split this, because not all Wikipedias should be forced to one or the other view of the sovereignty issues. I imagine we could come up with a form that somehow marks disputed sovereignty.
I'm guessing this is far from the only map where we have some question about showing these particularly places as separate states or not. Is there any solution that has been applied successfully elsewhere? - Jmabel ! talk 05:29, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think splitting the work into a new map is probably a good alternative rather than constant reverting. The arguments stated for not including Kosovo seem to be entirely based on international recognition, though as Jmabel stated the same parties are fine with showing completely unrecognised separatist claims in Ukraine. Zinderboff (talk) 05:38, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done I've split the file into File:Slavic europe (Kosovo unshaded).svg and File:Slavic europe (Kosovo shaded).svg, linked the two with one another as alternate versions, and put in a warning that further edit warring will result in a block. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:36, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can someone make a version where Kosovo is both shaded and bordered? As mentioned earlier, Serbian seems to be a co-official language in the country, meaning it could be included in a version of the map showing it as an independent country. Zinderboff (talk) 11:45, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is there one in the file history? I could split that out. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 11:57, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There's sort of a version from 21:30, 8 November 2014. It shows Kosovo bordered, but unshaded. This version also has the problem of thick borders and the unrecognised state of Transnistria, which is a whole other can of worms.
As for version which include Kosovo *both* shaded and bordered, there doesn't seem to be any in the file history. Zinderboff (talk) 12:03, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Belated remark: part of the problem on Kosovo is that the term "national language" isn't necessarily the same as "official language". I suspect we want a distinct shading (maybe diagonal stripes or such) for Kosovo, because while Serbian is co-official, if "national language" is supposed to be singular then that would certainly be Albanian.
FWIW, just to show how complicated this can get, the U.S. has no official language, and the many efforts to make English "official" have always failed; still, I don't think anyone would doubt that insofar as there is a "national language" there, it's English. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

privacy violation

Hi, can you please hide this two versions? I warned the user.

Thanks, - Inertia6084 (talk) (talk) 13:33, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done by Ratekreel --Bedivere (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additional sockpuppet of MentorZero

Uploaded File:Assinatura de Davi Santiago de Souza.png in November. SPA. I think that is the final one for the present, but time will tell.

Thank you The Squirrel Conspiracy for playing w:en:Whac-A-Mole with the others earlier. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 23:49, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. User is indefinitely blocked and tagged, the only upload deleted. Taivo (talk) 12:45, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:ILoveDrowningBunny

Vandal from the English Wikipedia now targeting me on here, as well. Trailblazer101 (talk) 06:04, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. Globally locked. Taivo (talk) 12:46, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request Indefinite full-protection for Commons:Copyright rules

Rationale: Privado CésarR818 (talk) 09:23, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. No vandalism during last couple of years, autopatroller-protection is enough. Taivo (talk) 12:47, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Commons sockpuppet of User:Xensheroizex

Both the Commons uploaders are interested in uploading pictures of the same Twitch streamer. User:SwerteBOOM seems to be used to reupload user:Automobili-KINGÖ's deleted copyvios. Significantly, pictures were immediately used to decorate en:User:Xensheroizex's user page. 0x0a (talk) 16:03, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done All 3 accounts blocked, all files deleted. Automobili-KINGÖ is the oldest account here, so Category:Sockpuppets of Automobili-KINGÖ. Also en:User:Xensheroizex nominated. Clearly not here to contribute. Yann (talk) 16:22, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Siberischer tiger de edit02.jpg

Dear Admins, the file Siberischer tiger de edit02.jpg is vandalized again and again by IPs who delete or damage the captions (see revision history). Please consider to protect the file against anonymous edits. Thank you very much! Best, – Aristeas (talk) 10:49, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. I semi-protected the file for 3 years. Taivo (talk) 16:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, Taivo! – Aristeas (talk) 19:16, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BotRobot251

✓ Done. I blocked the user indefinitely, mostly for inappropriate username, and deleted last remaining upload as copyvio (depicted person died in 1971, own work is unlikely). Taivo (talk) 16:38, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Harmanbajwaofficial

Their account is only being used for advertisement and they act like wikipedia is theirs. They've also uploaded three files (also for advertising) and have been deleted. Despite warning him twice and being warned two more times by @User:Yann, he has proceeded to upload a third file for advertisement. He has repeatedly recreated his user page, which is also for advertisement. As a result, he is blocked indef on the english wikipedia and I would appreciate it if he is blocked here too to stop this mayhem. Thanks. 🗽Freedoxm🗽 (talk) 06:40, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. One week block, all uploads and userpage are deleted. Taivo (talk) 12:08, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:HEROLD Business Data GmbH

Promotional username. 0x0a (talk) 16:14, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are several WMF wikis with a rule against business names as account names; Commons is not one of them, as long as they legitimately represent the business (it's OK to ask for verification if that is in question) and they otherwise abide by the rules, including that they are not making out-of-scope promotional uploads (or other promotional edits, but uploads are usually the issue). - Jmabel ! talk 19:34, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. I blocked the user indefinitely due to inappropriate username and deleted the only upload as copyvio. Taivo (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Sanctuary lamps

Would someone please protect Category:Sanctuary lamps? It's a target of the usual WMF-banned LTA. Please also revdel some of the deranged edit summaries. Thank you in advance - Antandrus (talk) 20:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:পালক ও অ ক.svg

Could someone protect this image for 16 days, please? It is being used in a CN banner. Thanks! —Yahya (talk • contribs.) 21:58, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Protected for 2 weeks. Yann (talk) 22:53, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mark Atwin

All of these user's contributions on Commons appear to be deletion requests of the same long since licensed files blocked user User:Mark Smithie previously requested deletion of (that account's user contributions), so this would appear to be a sockpuppet of a blocked user engaging in vandalism-adjacent time-wasting activity. I recommend an immediate block and speedy keep for all their seemingly baseless deletion requests. There's also a little overlap with User:IsaNguyen, who made one deletion request in 2019 and is inactive but bears watching. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:50, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked Mark Atwin. Closed DRs. Autoconfirm-protected files. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:51, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Return of globally banned sock - User:Pandas Harbour HK, User:Wave of Pandas and others

User:DESKTOP-424GOAL-4342[1] appears to be the same globally banned user who was recently uploading night shots of Hong Kong.This user is doing the same thing - uploading useless photos of Hong Kong at night starting February 13, 2025. Krok6kola (talk) 16:24, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

indef-blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 16:46, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, as someone who does a fair amount of night photography myself, I decided to check whether these photos are really all that useless. On the whole, they are, but a few might be salvageable. For example, I took the liberty of taking a minute or so to rework File:Full HK Island 02.jpg. Probably still not worth keeping, and this user/puppeteer seems to be uploading pretty useless stuff as everyone has thought, but more generally: the fact that a photo is very dark doesn't always mean it's unsalvageable. - Jmabel ! talk 16:55, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, this skyline is a popular photographic subject; there are tons of similar photos in Category:Hong Kong night skylines (Hong Kong Island). Omphalographer (talk) 18:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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