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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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To create a report please click on the button above and fill the fields. Alternatively you may copy the following template, replacing USER/IP and REASON with your content, and place it at the bottom of this page:

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122.171.20.30, 122.171.16.109[edit]

User: 122.171.20.30 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
User: 122.171.16.109 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: Repeatedly asserting that photograph taken by myself is "stolen" from Flickr with copled statements without any verifiable evidence. No links, no comparison. IP address 122.171.20.30 and 122.171.16.109 can easily be recognized as the same user given behavior and CIDR. Siyuwj (talk) 00:50, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Siyuwj: while I think the DR is totally bogus, and have said so on the DR:
  1. one or two bad (but not nonsense) DRs are not usually treated as "vandalism"
  2. there is very little we can do about a hit-and-run IP user; do feel very free to come back here if this continues from the same IP range
  3. You should not have done this. If someone DRs your photo, you are literally the last person who should unilaterally remove the DR notice from the photo.
In short, not much we can about this right now, and please try to do things right yourself if you are going to report other people for admin sanctions. - Jmabel ! talk 03:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Report a putative copyright violation indicating the source as «internet and Flickr» might not be vandalism, but it’s surely either trolling or lack of competence. If repeatedly done by a logged in user, the sanction would be a few days block, at least. But it was done by an IP so nothing can be done — because for some reason IPs are allowed to file DRs. And yet they shouldn’t. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 05:06, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Tuvalkin: are you suggesting we would accomplish something by blocking what appears to be a hit-and-run IP? Also "repeatedly" is the key word here: they did it exactly twice, for Siyuwj's photo and for a cropped version of the same photo. - Jmabel ! talk 07:10, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I’m not: Playing whack-a-mole with IP blocking would be indeed fruitless and affect negatively legitimate IP editing. I’m suggesting (again) that IPs should not be allowed to file Deletion Requests. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 08:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The IP appears again. Still no actions? Does that mean photograph takers can be LEGALLY slandered as thiefs while commons can virtually do nothing? hmmm...Siyuwj (talk) 01:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Responded on the DR - Jmabel ! talk 01:40, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done DR closed, IP warned. Yann (talk) 19:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2603:8000:6202:D0C3::/64[edit]

✓ Blocked for 6 months. -- CptViraj (talk) 09:28, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@CptViraj: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jungan1104[edit]

User: Jungan1104 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: The user repeatedly delete problem tag on File:Pakuwon Mall Surabaya (2020).jpg and other file. See his contributions. 0x0a (talk) 19:12, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, file deleted. Yann (talk) 19:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jejmoot[edit]

User: Jejmoot (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: Vandalism-only account; Persistantly vandalising Steamboat Willie. Maylingoed (talk) 00:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Given the boot as a VoA. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

197.161.127.128[edit]

User: 197.161.127.128 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: insults, reverts, vandalism Ehrlich91 (talk) 11:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Blocked for 3 days. -- CptViraj (talk) 13:42, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Pandey Kirana Store Auraiya[edit]

✓ Done Thanks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:31, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:21, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tephrapolymers123[edit]

User: Tephrapolymers123 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: Spam--MathXplore (talk) 08:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Thanks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:30, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

5.159.124.175[edit]

Nizam Alif[edit]

Autogeneratedpages[edit]

User: Autogeneratedpages (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
Reason for reporting: Vandalized Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Adv Sh Mishra. Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 05:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Doesn't seem exactly to be vandalism as a weird, clueless effort to turn a checkuser request into a vanity article. And no warnings. But it's clearly messed up behavior, and I'll block for a month; someone else is welcome to extend that further if they think it would be useful to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 05:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Confirmed to Ansh2512. Block revised accordingly. Эlcobbola talk 05:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2603:8081:5540:E9A::/64[edit]

2001:8003:B16F:FE00::/64[edit]

0x0a[edit]

User: 0x0a (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Minnerbot XD (talk • contribs) 07:47, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reason for reporting: Adding the "Copyvio" tag to photos is free to use on photos of File:Pakuwon Mall Surabaya (2020).jpg. The owner of the photo has allowed the photo to be shared freely and does not claim copyright, but he added the Copyvio tag carelessly.

(talk) 07:45, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please read COM:Bad sources#Pexels.com - pictures from Pexels.com published after 4 July 2018 are not allowed on Commons. This is because their license includes restrictions for commercial use — Commons does not allow non-commercial licences.--DJ EV (talk) 10:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Why can't photos from Pexels uploaded after July 4 2018 be posted on Wikimedia Commons?. As long as the owner or uploader of the photo allows the photo to be re-shared, that's fine. If you don't believe the copyright status of the photo, please visit the source website that uploaded the photo and read the copyright status again. Note, the status of the photo is free-to-use.
You sincerely... Minnerbot XD (talk) 10:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done - OP blocked as block evading sock. Spurious request. Эlcobbola talk 10:29, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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