Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections

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This is a place where users can communicate with administrators, or administrators with one another. You can report vandalism, problematic users, or anything else that needs an administrator's intervention. Do not report child pornography or other potentially illegal content here; e-mail legal-reports@wikimedia.org instead. If reporting threatened harm to self or others also email emergency@wikimedia.org.

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Report users for clear cases of vandalism. Block requests for any other reason should be reported to the blocks and protections noticeboard.


Report disputes with users that require administrator assistance. Further steps are listed at resolve disputes.


Reports that do not suit the vandalism noticeboard may be reported here. Requests for page protection/unprotection could also be requested here.


Other reports that require administrator assistance which do not fit in any of the previous three noticeboards may be reported here. Requests for history merging or splitting should be filed at COM:HMS.

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  • For page protection requests, please state protection type, file name, and proposed protection time span. See also: Protection Policy.
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Swasthalaya

Advertising only account, no constructive uploads. Lord Belbury (talk) 10:27, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Lord Belbury: 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 10:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: Thanks Jeff. Is that necessary for even blatant spam-only accounts, where there's no possible counterargument that we should wait for and consider? And don't they get a ping anyway with the user3 template? --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:05, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Lord Belbury: Yes and yes (but only if they haven't turned off notification of pings). The no-notification-needed vandalism reporting board here is COM:ANV.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: Thanks. I have wondered about that before, is spam considered vandalism? COM:ANV gives no link to a vandalism definition and Commons:Vandalism's example is "an obscene file is uploaded over an existing one, or another malicious change is made", and "malice" seems strong for someone who just really wants to promote something and isn't listening. --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Lord Belbury: Yes. As a matter of fact, reports of spam to COM:ANV are routinely actioned.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:44, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Blocked indefinitely. not here to contribute constructively Gbawden (talk) 11:48, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gbawden: Thanks! Would you care to comment on my contention that Admins here treat spam as vandalism, and thus reporting via COM:ANV is appropriate for it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: Thats an interesting question. I don't consider it vandalism but I can see why it could be. I tend to view vandalism as disruptive editing done on purpose. Spamming like this could be a case of the user not understanding our rules and thinking they can upload what they feel like Gbawden (talk) 12:21, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gbawden: What about text advertising their website or promoting their name as a musical artist in violation of COM:CSD#G10?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:27, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've started a thread at Commons talk:Administrators' noticeboard/Vandalism to get a wider view on whether ANV accepting obvious spam reports would be useful. --Lord Belbury (talk) 14:38, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Laura quiles

Uploading COM:PACKAGING photos and either isn't seeing, can't understand or is ignoring the multiple talk page messages asking them to stop. Lord Belbury (talk) 16:36, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. One week block. Taivo (talk) 07:47, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Falselakesgod

Uploading copyrighted Taylor Swift album covers and press photos as CC Attribution after warnings, sometimes claiming fair use. Does not appear to understand Commons:Licensing, and either can't see or understand talk page messages asking them to stop.

Half their uploads are attempts to duplicate fair use English Wikipedia album covers on the Russian Wikipedia by uploading them to Commons as CC-Attribution, the other half are uploading press photos under the misunderstanding that saying which website you copied it from is enough to give it a CC-Attribution licence on Commons. Lord Belbury (talk) 17:28, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. One week block. All contributions are deleted. Taivo (talk) 07:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Editor1098765

User uploaded high amount of copivious files and also files clearly not him authorship but indicated as own. Andriy.v (talk) 19:15, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. One week block. I will review the remaining uploads. Taivo (talk) 07:55, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Akaruina (talk · contribs)

After receiving the warnings, this user still continues to upload the same non-free photo. Netora (talk) 14:09, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for 2 weeks Gbawden (talk) 14:28, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. Indefinitely blocked. Taivo (talk) 08:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

N1k1taKozhk1N233

  — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:20, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for one week. Jianhui67 T★C 14:04, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jianhui67: Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:06, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DavidEDZ

  — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:14, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is PD-textlogo to me. Yann (talk) 20:53, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Where did the alleged license come from?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:19, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This is only simple geometrical figures and 4 letters. I don't see anything with a copyright here. You may request a deletion if you disagree. Yann (talk) 21:22, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lektor45

Stepro (talk) 20:41, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Final warning sent, one file deleted. Yann (talk) 20:55, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yann: Please delete also the other one. --Stepro (talk) 21:08, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done A found an older source. Yann (talk) 21:11, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Abcdefghixx 's socks

Also, 124.217.189.122 and 138.19.24.64 are Cheng123xx 's socks as removing deletion request template in same files [1] [2].

SCP-2000 15:59, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done All blocked, including 138.19.24.64 for a year. All files deleted, as per DENY. Yann (talk) 18:08, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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