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User:Ikeya hikaru
[edit]- Ikeya hikaru (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
This user was released from indef block by that request. But soon from releasing block, this user uploaded mass copyvio game logos and those files removed. In the releasing request oath,
活動の限定: 当面、記事の加筆と自身で撮影した写真（CC BY-SA 4.0で提供）のみに限定し、コモンズへのアップロード活動を再開します。
(Translated and highlighted by me) Activity Limitation: For the time being, the activity is limited in just editing article and uploading self-shooted photo with CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
But this user's activity since releasing is only uploading other source's files. There are no photos taking by this user. This gap is clearly contrary to the oath. Additionally, the oath is composed by highly sophisticated sentences and probably generated by LLM. [1]
Overall these points, the oath is a falsehood for our community to break the indef block at any cost. Regretfully we cannot trust again this user. Netora (talk) 03:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- We are very low on active admins who can read Japanese at this point, and I hesitate to act where I really cannot examine any of the evidence first-hand. @Taivo: you seem to be the one who made the decision to unblock, so could you have a look at this? - Jmabel ! talk 03:41, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Crappy. He appeared to use a sock puppet account 사랑이란 무엇인가 (talk · contribs) to blank out his talk page and highly likely to use LLM to assist with his initial request (detected with Gemini 3 Pro). --0x0a (talk) 08:25, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
Done? I reblocked the user indefinitely and deleted speedily one logo. I will look some other uploads for license review. Taivo (talk) 13:28, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
References
- ↑ File:The image of Ikeya hikaru.png shows that this user uses LLM.
Mass copyright violations by YJN-11
[edit]- YJN-11 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
As I was exploring this place a bit and going through Special:RecentChanges, I stumbled across File:CRONICAS DE NAVIDAD - PELICULA.webm which is obviously a copyright violaton. Looking at the user's upload list, it seems they have uploaded more than 90 files with dubious source and license tags. Since there are so many files, I'm not sure where to go with this, so I'm putting it here. ChildrenWillListen (talk) 06:20, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done. I warned the user. All his/her contributions are deleted. Taivo (talk) 13:30, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
Repeated upload of files out of project scope
[edit]- ZacharyBacharyy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Repeated upload of fantasy election diagrams. Tpe.g5.stan (talk) 09:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done 3 months, by colleague The Squirrel Conspiracy. --Túrelio (talk) 14:22, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
copyright violation by KianXBe
[edit]KianXBe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
none of these file user own world all are Iranian sports club official logo. Please delete all and block account because user 've already received warning. Thanks, [[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 07:58, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done. I warned the user and mass deleted all his/her uploads as copyvios. Taivo (talk) 13:34, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
Repeated talk page edits and reverts by DB SBRP 15
[edit]Over the past few days, @DB SBRP 15:
- edited another user’s talk page message (courtesy ping @Filker123), which I reverted with a warning in the edit summary;
- reverted my revert, i.e. restoring his edit to another user’s message;
- edited one of my talk page messages (by removing it and then restoring it in edited form, for some reason), whereupon I left a warning on his talk page; and finally,
- reverted that, i.e. removed my talk page message (and then restored it and then removed it again for some reason), before leaving a message on my talk page.
While this is all mildly amusing, I don’t think it’s an appropriate way to behave on Commons. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 22:24, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Lucas Werkmeister: When you report a user on this page, you are supposed to notify them on their talk page. I will do that for you this time. - Jmabel ! talk 05:10, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Okay, thank you! I guess it felt kinda pointless given what he’d done to my last talk page message just a few hours earlier ^^ but I pinged him, so I hope you’ll believe me I wasn’t maliciously trying to hide the report. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 12:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- (To clarify what I maybe phrased a bit confusingly above: The main reason I didn’t leave a talk page message was just that I missed the bullet point near the top of the page saying that I was supposed to do it; otherwise I still would’ve done it regardless of how pointless it felt. And I guess I also assumed that there was no “multi-step process” on the basis that there didn’t seem to be a gadget for facilitating it, unlike e.g. deletion request where I trust the gadget to update all the needed pages for me. But still, I should’ve followed the process, my bad.) Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 13:09, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done After a strange interference of a temporary account on their talk page, I did a CU check and found that this account is
Confirmed evading lock of Left page. Indeffed. --Lymantria (talk) 20:50, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Great, thank you :) Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 23:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- (To clarify what I maybe phrased a bit confusingly above: The main reason I didn’t leave a talk page message was just that I missed the bullet point near the top of the page saying that I was supposed to do it; otherwise I still would’ve done it regardless of how pointless it felt. And I guess I also assumed that there was no “multi-step process” on the basis that there didn’t seem to be a gadget for facilitating it, unlike e.g. deletion request where I trust the gadget to update all the needed pages for me. But still, I should’ve followed the process, my bad.) Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 13:09, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Okay, thank you! I guess it felt kinda pointless given what he’d done to my last talk page message just a few hours earlier ^^ but I pinged him, so I hope you’ll believe me I wasn’t maliciously trying to hide the report. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 12:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
User:"aritucal007"
[edit]- "aritucal007" (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
Hi ,please blocked indefinitely,this user is a sockpuppet in English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%22Articalwr%22) CambourAPPUSA3989 (talk) 14:15, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done as a precaution - only here to promote themselves. @CambourAPPUSA3989: You linked to a WP account - do you have any evidence of another Commons account?
- Gbawden (talk) 15:17, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
- This one: "ucb12" (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information). Yann (talk) 15:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
User:~2025-36580-27
[edit]- ~2025-36580-27 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
Please block. User not making constructive edits, just nomination things for deletion randomly. RAN (talk) 04:50, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
- Done Blocked the account, protected the files they've been nominating. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:12, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
User:~2025-36927-86
[edit]Block evasion. We should consider restrictions on what new accounts can do. I am sure there are more than below. Most already blocked. --RAN (talk) 21:17, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
- User:~2025-36927-86 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- User:~2025-36580-27 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- User:~2025-34613-24 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- User:~2025-32925-15 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- User:~2025-34392-70 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
- User:~2025-34477-45 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
@Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Gisella Marengo - 66th Venice International Film Festival, 2009.jpg you wrote that the nominator ~2025-36927-86 is blocked, but I see they are not. You say this is block evasion, but don't say here what is the account in question, and the action itself doesn't seem enough for a block. Who are you saying this is? (I realize I could probably do some sleuthing and work it out but I only have so much time for each thing that comes up.) - Jmabel ! talk 06:21, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
- I blocked-86 as a precaution Gbawden (talk) 14:50, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
~2025-34613-24 does indeed look like a vandal, I will block.
Someone else can look into the others. - Jmabel ! talk 06:21, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
- I added a missing digit for RAN. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:05, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
- I blocked ~2025-37392-02 and ~2025-37643-99 today. Whack a mole!
- Gbawden (talk) 14:37, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
Comment I created Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/~2025-36927-86 and I'll look into a range block when I get off work. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 15:35, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
He passes off other people's photos as his own. When asked, he claims to have permission to do so. Someone should take a look at all his uploads; they all look like copyright infringements to me. The origin of the photos is completely unclear; most of them are obviously selfies of the people depicted and contain no metadata whatsoever. I find this very suspicious. In addition, he has now repeatedly removed the copyvio template from his own photo: Special:Diff/1122781015.
I addressed this with him on his discussion page, but I am far from convinced by his response. Stepro (talk) 14:38, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Stepro: I just dropped a note on their page (under your exchange with them) suggesting strongly that they read COM:THIRD. As I'm sure you know, there are several tricky issues involved in uploading third-party materials, and I find it is usually best to aim people at that page for an overview. We'll see if they absorb it or not. Not sure if any further action is needed at this time. - Jmabel ! talk 05:12, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I really don't think this needs to be posted here. I'm only human, I can make mistakes. And I've already fixed the authorship, but I don't know how to do VTR properly. Schestos (talk) 10:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I wouldn't have a problem with mistakes, which is why I wrote to you on your discussion page first. Repeatedly removing the copyvio templates by yourself is already very borderline.
- But what I do have a big problem with, however, is lying to us here:
- Both of these statements cannot be true.
- And that is precisely why I opened this section here. Not because of possible mistakes, but because of the lack of credibility of your statements. Stepro (talk) 13:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Again, my bad. I was hastily trying to correct information that I obviously fucked up. Schestos (talk) 13:13, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- @User:Schestos, please do read COM:THIRD. You are headed the right direction, but you still haven't done what would be needed to retain these pictures. Read that, work out which ones you think are salvageable, start the process to salvage them, and on any that cannot be salvaged please if there is already a deletion request, indicate overtly that those particular files can be deleted, and if there are files that cannot be salvaged and aren't nominated for deletion, start that process yourself. Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 23:31, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- All can be saved. I don't see how they couldn't be. Schestos (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- @User:Schestos: so you believe you can get explicit licenses properly issued by all photographers involved? That is a much higher standard than I would have held you to, and I will be impressed if you achieve it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:07, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- I said CAN. That doesn't mean will be able to. Technically one could contact them via DMs, but chances are they may not see the message or might discard it as spam. Someone could try emailing Football Australia and maybe they know? Schestos (talk) 03:14, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- @User:Schestos: so you believe you can get explicit licenses properly issued by all photographers involved? That is a much higher standard than I would have held you to, and I will be impressed if you achieve it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:07, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- All can be saved. I don't see how they couldn't be. Schestos (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- @User:Schestos, please do read COM:THIRD. You are headed the right direction, but you still haven't done what would be needed to retain these pictures. Read that, work out which ones you think are salvageable, start the process to salvage them, and on any that cannot be salvaged please if there is already a deletion request, indicate overtly that those particular files can be deleted, and if there are files that cannot be salvaged and aren't nominated for deletion, start that process yourself. Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 23:31, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Again, my bad. I was hastily trying to correct information that I obviously fucked up. Schestos (talk) 13:13, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
Moonsun147258
[edit]Moonsun147258 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
The above-mentioned user keeps reverting changes to File:Europe-blocs-49-89x4.svg. Even though I have posted on the file's talk page and on their talk page in hopes of engaging in a discussion, but have not received a response. Assadzadeh (talk) 06:40, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- I have given them a 24hr block and warned them to address the issue Gbawden (talk) 07:15, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I don't think that's enough. If you refer to the user's talk page, you'll note that they never responded to any previous warnings that they received. Assadzadeh (talk) 13:04, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment One formal warning. Yann (talk) 17:48, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
User:6D bulk uploading Flickr accounts
[edit]- 6D (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)
This user seems to be bulk-uploading entire Flickr accounts to Commons, picking one account at a time and uploading every photo from it.
Many of these uploads have generic "DSCN1234.jpg" filenames and no description, and are given no category, so are a long way from ever being found or used for anything. 6D has had at least four talk page requests asking them to give the uploads meaningful names and/or categories, but hasn't acted on or responded to this. They may not be checking their talk page.
Randomly sampling 6D's upload history, their intention may be to find Flickr users who have useful photos of cars and airplanes, and then to indiscriminately import everything from those accounts to Commons - including blurry selfies (File:Charaka & Me (5811241710).jpg) and close-up photos of copyrighted packaging (File:SPAM 2009 (3221827762).jpg).
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To take one such Flickr account, https://www.flickr.com/photos/contri/ has 4045 photos on Flickr. A search for their Flickr username returns 4,011 photos on Commons. A lot of these were uploaded selectively in the past by other Commons users, but 6D uploaded at least a couple of thousand of them last month, including (as with SPAM 2009 above) photos that have been deleted from Commons before. Many of these have generic filenames and no description.
Is this kind of mass importing a net positive for Commons, for archiving Flickr photos that may otherwise end up lost? Or does the required cleanup by other Commons users, and the risk of copyvios, outweigh the benefit? Belbury (talk) 17:01, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- No, it's not a net positive. If they're uncategorised, they're basically useless. Especially if the filenames are bad. I'm interested to hear 6D's comments on this, before saying any more. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:19, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Sigh. Yet another flickr mass uploader who refuses to curate files. I see dozens of copyvio and scope warnings, and multiple requests from users to improve filenames and categorizations, yet no change in behavior. Unless they can come up with a truly stunning response here, I will partial-block from uploading. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:22, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
Copyvios
[edit]Someone, presumably the same user, regularly uploads copyright-infringing photos of centenarians, creating accounts with the names of supposed relatives of these people. I came across three such impostor accounts at the moment: Михайловна1, Мария Гадючкина, Lisa Caterham and there may be more. If the admins know how to combat such activity, I hope they will stop the violator. @Yann: , who kindly deleted those photos. Romano1981 (talk) 17:25, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment I warned the first user, and deleted one more file. I think there is enough ground for a request for check user. Then they could be blocked indef. for socking. Yann (talk) 17:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC)