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Hi all, this is the secound time that I requesting, I need to send a request for feedback to the participants of the WLE BR 25, can you guys help me?

Preferable via "wikimail", if not possible, via their talk pages

Olá tudo bem?!

Queríamos agradecer sua participação no Wiki Loves Earth 2025! Se possível, estamos realizando uma pesquisa sobre o concurso para podermos melhorar para o ano que vem! Ela pode ser respondida de forma completamente anônima nesse link: link para a pesquisa, se possível, responder até o dia 30 de novembro!

Caso tenham alguma dúvida, contatofoto.wiki.br

Muito obrigado novamente, equipe foto.wiki.br

{{Rodrigo.Argenton/test}}

• Source:https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/99174

Thank you. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 12:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Could you please make a separate page with a plain bulleted list of users (no table), then it would be much easier to send a mass message (which would land on the talk pages, I do not know how to mass-send e-mails). Also I guess the subject of the message is missing. Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 25 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Ymblanter: here the list, the subject can be "Obrigado pela sua participação no Wiki Loves Earth Brasil 2025!", thank you in advance. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 14:07, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The list also needs to be formatted in the format described here: mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage. To avoid accidental inclusion of parts not intended for the message text please put the the text and the subject on a separate page. GPSLeo (talk) 15:11, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Ymblanter: The list of user talk pages is User:Rodrigo.Argenton/test. If you need that without " talk", please instead see User:Jeff G./list.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Looking at it Ymblanter (talk) 18:25, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I sent the mass message to the queue, but it has not been delivered. I check in a few hours, and possibly send it again if needed, this happened in the past. Ymblanter (talk) 18:33, 26 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done. At the end, I had to reformat the list manually and spent about half an hour for that. Not sure it was a good investment of my time. Ymblanter (talk) 20:04, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I didn't get what was the problem, can you better clarify to avoid problems in the future? -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 09:10, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Please look how User:Rodrigo.Argenton/test is now formatted. The mass message tool did not recognize the old format (it thought I am sending a message to zero users). Ymblanter (talk) 11:36, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sorry to bother you, but we have a user named Taichi (User talk:Taichi) who decided to delete half of the maps on Commons, out of nowhere. This person is proposing to remove plain maps with no data whatsoever that have been here since 2018, maps drawn in Paintbrush, claiming they have no sources or are derivative works, as if anyone would sue Commons for that kind of thing (it will never happen). Stop him. ~2025-36846-72 (talk) 14:07, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I fixed your link, but your ping of User:Taichi will not have worked. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:17, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

1. I sincerely doubt that he "decided to delete half of the maps on Commons".
2. It is not a matter of whether we could be sued. It is a matter of whether they conform to Commons' policies.
3. Little is more problematic than having a blank base map that violates copyright, because people will use them to make labeled maps, and then all of those derivative works are "poisoned" by the unclean copyright status.

Jmabel ! talk 22:27, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Is this by any chance Rodowai, who I see already engaged Taichi about this? If so, it would be very helpful if you would be consistent about logging in while discussing this; while it is not necessarily sockpuppeting to address part of a matter while logged in and part while not, it's pretty close, and it makes it very hard to sort out exactly whom we should be discussing things with. - Jmabel ! talk 22:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Rodowai is now blocked. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:38, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Also FYI: Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Rodowai. Taichi (talk) 21:02, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I can't argue with the checkuser outcome, but I think the intimidation claim about [1] is a misunderstanding. Looks to me like he was not making a legal threat himself, just accusing someone of copyright paranoia. - Jmabel ! talk 06:06, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I agree: no legal threat there. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:46, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Violation of nudity images and copyright 0xEffaceCafe (talk) 19:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done Files deleted and user blocked. GPSLeo (talk) 19:51, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I can't help but notice the coordinates are in the EXIF despite the file being tagged with Category:Location withheld. Maybe someone should remove them? --Trade (talk) 13:20, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

EXIF data removed. Could someone please revdel the original? Omphalographer (talk) 17:49, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done - Jmabel ! talk 06:07, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Annaperfilova (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) has uploaded a number of photos, almost exclusively of sculptures in Russia (except for two photos). FoP issues aside, the uploads appear to not be their own work (as file sizes, lack of EXIF data, and file names like File:Изображение WhatsApp 2025-09-25 в 22.29.26 cd975e24.jpg indicate). They also have a noticeable focus on sculptures by Vadim Babak (who appears to be somewhat unknown, and makes — among others? — replicas of known sculptures, example) so that I'm wondering whether there's a conflict of interest going on. Their two uploads that are not depicting sculptures are photos of another also unknown artist. And maybe I'm jumping the gun here, but while I was trying to figure out the sculptor (Vadim Babak) to provide the information for this deletion request, I came across another user whose uploads are also all of sculptures by Vadim Babak (namely User:Willimbogo), however, this might be incidental because at least their uploaded files have files sizes in MB rather than kb (except for one), and they at least have some EXIF data. But I still wanted to mention it because it's a bit odd for two users to have a focus on a rather unknown sculptor. Nakonana (talk) 13:58, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I warned this user, deleted the WhatsApp files, and some files where I found copies on the Net. If you found more evidence, please tag the files. Thanks, Yann (talk) 15:25, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. The other files would need to be deleted due to the Russian FoP restrictions for sculptures. The sculptor Vadim Babak was born in 1973 and is still alive. His works are protected for 70 years after his death. Nakonana (talk) 17:04, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

See files in Category:Vadim Babak. Nakonana (talk) 17:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Nakonana: Please create a deletion request for files in this category with relevant information. Thanks, Yann (talk) 06:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The bot is trying to deletd my original picture because I don't have license which is lie File:Streets at Philippines.jpg Jaredryandloneria (talk) 06:17, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Jaredryandloneria: Hi, It is not a problem. It is normal that if you forget to add a license to your files, you get a warning. Now since you added a license to File:Street cat at Philippines at cavite.jpg, I removed to the warning to the file description. Yann (talk) 06:58, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 07:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/~2025-37140-59 m:Special:Redirect/userid/43267643 -WikiBayer (talk) 08:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Special:Contributions/Jörgin_die_Wikingin -WikiBayer (talk) 10:48, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Seems to be taken care of by some other admins. (Noting for other admins…) — regards, Revi 20:44, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Already done - Jmabel ! talk 07:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 07:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Per Commons:Village_pump#Video_and_audio_plays, I am hoping to collect audio and video plays on Commons. We have built the technical infrastructure and now just need a interface admin to install it.

One can see the output here for Basque WP https://commons-play-listener.toolforge.org/dashboard/?website=eu.wikipedia.org

If installed on Commons, it would basically collect data whenever the play button is activated for a video or an audio file and list how much of the file was played. Thoughts? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:19, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

There is someone who keeps adding permission not granted template in my images please check it out. And they mistook that i dont have permission. The permisson was granted at <redacted e-mail> Ternant 728228 (talk) 01:48, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

If and when permission is confirmed, a VRT member will add the permission template to files. You don't add those permission templates. Abzeronow (talk) 02:12, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The permission is confirmed at November 23 Ternant 728228 (talk) 04:54, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

This image, supposedly of Google Gemini, advocates for self harm. The uploader has been blocked with talk page access removed on en.wiki for edit warring and using the image as an attack. The uploader has now moved onto simple [2]. The image is up for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Google Gemini.jpg, but really needs a COM:GCSD#G3 now. Further, the account needs a global lock (though, I don't know how to go about getting that). --Hammersoft (talk) 03:46, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Hammersoft: To request a global lock, go to Meta:Steward requests/Global, but you will need to be confirmed there to edit that page I think. TornadoLGS (talk) 04:10, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Someone already did. Very slow response on this both there, here, and elsewhere. --Hammersoft (talk) 04:12, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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

Is there anyone who might be willing to take over from me on the interaction with BOKOBA veroly? Preferably this would be someone who has more than my minimal French, and ideally someone from Africa, since he has written, "It is easy for you, from the West, to make decisions about anything that deviates from the ordinary and comes from real Africa." I do not believe I am biased against him as an African, and I believe I would have blocked anyone for this level of copyright violations and failure to engage, but I would like to recuse myself based on the possibility that I was acting with cultural bias. - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I see that you did block this user for 6 months. It seems a bit harsh as a first block, specially because there are useful uploads. But I agree that at least a strong warning is needed. Yann (talk) 18:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Uploads that infringe copyright are generally not useful, but rather very harmful. Stepro (talk) 19:18, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Well, this comment is not useful. Did you check their uploads? Yann (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I think it is.

Of course, I checked his uploads, which is why I posted the matter on the administrators' noticeboard: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 126#User:BOKOBA veroly

And I'm still waiting for his response as to how he was able to take photos in Potsdam, Germany, from Africa: User talk:BOKOBA veroly#File:Présentation en.jpg and File:Excellent.jpg

I actually believe that the sheer number of his uploads deleted due to copyright infringements speaks for itself. Stepro (talk) 19:35, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I think you didn't understand what I wrote. Yes, there are copyright violations, but there are also useful uploads. So we usually do not apply a 6-month block the first time when the user is not a vandalism-only account. Yann (talk) 20:11, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The problem is that we can not trust any own work claims of this user. GPSLeo (talk) 20:32, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'll try to communicate with them. I'm able to use French (I'm European, not African, though, but that shouldn't matter, I hope). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:34, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I would reduce the block to one week. Hopefully that's sufficient to send the message through. Yann (talk) 16:18, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Yann: then will you take it upon yourself to do something about his continued effort to contact me outside of Commons [3] [4] (the last of which I am about to delete without reading, but this link will let you find out whatever it says)? There have also been emails. In response to one of the latter I told him (in English and French) that the only acceptable place for him to continue this during his block is his user talk page, to which he continues to have access. He ignored that.

I would strongly object to him being unblocked without being assigned a mentor, and I would strongly request a mutual no-contact with myself to be a condition of the unblock. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

OK, fine. I will give him these requirements for unblocking. Yann (talk) 17:03, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I would suggest to change to partial block for uploads until the status of all files clarified. GPSLeo (talk) 17:24, 1 December 2025 (UTC)Reply