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Adamant1

Consensus is this does not warrant administrative action. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 19:23, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

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• User: Adamant1 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: More incivility (and sweeping problems under the rug without linking to the archive page) here after block for similar conduct.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

As I understand it from discussion of similar issues about other people, there is no limit on a user blanking their own user talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 14:51, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

From what I understand people are free to revert comments on their talk if they feel like it. Plus Jeff G. added theirs to an existing section that had nothing to do with what they were messaging me about. I did take note of their complaint though, but there wasn't really anything to say about it and it's my prerogative if I want to remove off topic talk page comments. Although I am interested in where exactly @Jeff G.: claim that I was blocked for doing a similar thing in the past comes from. Since as far as I've never been blocked for reverting messages. Or conversely @Jeff G.: can admit this is a big nothing burger and we can move on. It's his choice. --Adamant1 (talk) 15:12, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

You're certainly free to revert. But "Take the concern trolling bullshit somewhere else and fix your own god damn problems next time." isn't helpful. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:08, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think this merits any administrative action, Jeff. But Adamant's revert message does underscore that as I've said previously, the user is a tad too argumentative for their own good. But this does appear to be as Adamant says a "nothing burger." I'll just say that we'd prefer users to archive their talk pages rather than blanking, but they're within their rights to blank. Abzeronow (talk) 17:09, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Just an FYI, but I actually reverted the comment instead of replying to it in order to avoid any potential arguing. You can't really win on here though. Regardless, I have no issue re-adding the comment and archiving it if Jeff prefers, I usually do that anyway. Although I do ask that he start a new section for it next time instead of writing an off-topic comment in a conversation that had already been resolved. Otherwise I'm just going to revert it as off-topic. Thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

•  No action needed. Bedivere (talk) 18:59, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

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FYI, when I posted this edit, I was responding about note 4 of the section last found at special:diff/883642987#Greetings and some notes. It was on-topic as far as I was concerned.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:16, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Newone

• Newone (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

This member has inserted website giaythucpham.vn (sale food wrapping paper) into many photos (more 250) uploaded from 24 February 2022 to present. A Viwiki mod said that it looked like advertising and advised this member to crop the photo but he/she refused. This member also uploaded many photos of theaters and communal houses. Per COM:FOP Vietnam all uploaded photographs of architectural and artistic works in public spaces from Vietnam, uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 1 January 2023 onwards are not accepted in Commons due to Law No. 07/2022/QH15. 2402:800:6172:83F7:C405:FB15:213C:5020 05:31, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Example: File:NewOne - food label.jpg. Yann (talk) 08:05, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think we really have a rule on Commons that bans that sort of watermark. Not actively welcomed, and it would make me give closer scrutiny to their uploads (lean more toward delete on borderline scope cases) but that's about it. At least that's how I see it.

Of course, if these images are against the policy of any given wiki, they can refuse to allow them to be used there. - Jmabel ! talk 14:42, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

POSSUM chowg

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Resolved by Bedivere. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:56, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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User:POSSUM chowg seems to be a troll account that's just uploading personal logos and selfies from other projects while posting nonsense on the Village Pump. Can someone please deal with them? Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 22:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Just a note that Adamant1 was blocked for trolling and edit warring, which amount to incivility.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Looking at User:POSSUM chowg's contributions [I had a broken ping here to Adamant1, but it was moot by the time I noticed that - Jmabel ! talk 06:45, 17 June 2024 (UTC)], some diffs would have been useful here), I see importing drama from another wiki, a series of basically silly edits to his own talk page. I'm close to blocking on this, but there is a lot of misc history here, there might be contributions that balance this, and I don't have the patience to look through to see if there is anything more egregious.

@Jeff G.: Adamant1 was blocked for a total of 16 days, none of it in the last 18 months. As far as I know, he is a contributor in good standing, including that he is a filemover. What exactly is your point? Are you saying that there is something wrong with his bringing this complaint, or are you just making an irrelevant ad hominem argument? If the latter it is not typical of you, so I'm giving the benefit of the doubt, but please explain. - Jmabel ! talk 23:25, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I am not a troll account. I am the creator of a page about a park in my hometown, although it is not a very good page... needs some improvement for sure. POSSUM chowg (talk) 23:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

P.S. I am talking on commons because I am unable to edit on Wikipedia, even on my own talk page. I was blocked without warning on English Wikipedia so I had to post here. Is there anything else I can do? POSSUM chowg (talk) 00:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

BTW I have never posted a selfie here, and I would never do that. However, I have uploaded a logo here. POSSUM chowg (talk) 00:14, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done Indefinitely blocked. Bedivere (talk) 00:40, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Now also globally locked. I blanked the user page on Meta. Yann (talk) 19:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 19:56, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Yann's unfair block against Adamant1

Following the above discussions, isn't Yann targeting the wrong target user for blocking? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

How is that? Yann blocked Adamant nearly two years ago. Bedivere (talk) 06:00, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Yann blocked me a super long time ago. I'm not currently blocked. Nor is he trying to block me again at this point. Jeff G could have been could have been clearer about it though. Or really just kept it to himself. --Adamant1 (talk) 06:03, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

That block was nearly two years ago. Adamant is not currently blocked and there's a resolved section above in which no action was taken against Adamant. Abzeronow (talk) 17:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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Billythekidgun

Please block. Billythekidgun (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) Cryptic-waveform (talk) 16:55, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cryptic-waveform I fail to see why. They have not even edited since February. Could you please elaborate? Bedivere (talk) 17:29, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done I've issued a final warning. If they resume editing only to continue uploading copyright violations, they may be blocked on sight. Bedivere (talk) 17:30, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Cryptic-waveform (talk) 17:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Prariwat Nuanma

Please block Prariwat Nuanma (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) for repeated and repeated copyright violations. Thank you so much. -- Librovore (talk) 09:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, last file deleted. Yann (talk) 10:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Simba16

Stale. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 17:16, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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Simba16 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions): Mass violations of COM:OW: uploading low quality self-made digital restorations: File:Khanpasha Nuradilov 140-190 for collage.jpg; File:Jean-Luc Rouge en 1976 (JO de Montreal), 'Montreal 76', Panini figurina n°236.jpg; File:Friedrich Tsander.jpg; File:Shataev Magomed.jpg; File:Valery Rozhdestvensky (cropped).jpg; File:Daton Fix.png and so on. Despite being warned, continues saying this is not the policy, but just a rubbish for him: [1]. 188.123.231.76 10:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Just looked through [2], the last upload of this nature was July 2023. Closing as stale. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 17:16, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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User is mad that I remixed his work

I have used one of images of User:Snake bgd (File:Yugoslavia-Army-OF-6 (1951–2006).svg) as a basis to create a new file (File:Yugoslavia-Army-OF-12 (1980-1992).svg). Author of OF-6 god mad, accused me of stealing, then uploaded their own version of OF-12 several hours later and put up my version for deletion. See more on Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Yugoslavia-Army-OF-12_(1980–1992).svg

There were two problems with my upload:

a) Name was not correct. That could have been solved with simple request for rename. b) I failed to include attribution for source (OF-6) image. I corrected it since. Again, simple request to add attribution would suffice.

I am trying to explain to user Snake that he gave explict permission for remixing his work when he published it on Commons, but he doesn't budge, and continue claiming that I "stole" his work. He used sneaky tactic of uploading of essentially same work and asking for deletion of my version to erase my contributions. Additionally, when he puts request for deletion, he deletes complete metadata of the file and erases it from categories where it is added.

I am asking for mediation in this dispute.

Ђидо (talk) 18:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Its not remixed work and i am not mad. You simple modify work as you wanna it without said who is copyright holder of original work and that stealing. Here are my works that are made in 2023. I didnt add epalettes of Memeber of Presednecy because i thought that i wasnt necesary. For uploading work in past i got banned and he should two. I think admins should consider this line: "Report freely. You are wrong. I can do whatever I want with CC 4.0 files. The license is clear." I think he cant do everything if violating rules on this platform. Snake bgd (talk) 18:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Snake bgd: while User:Ђидо should have linked and credited your work in the first place, they have now. I've further corrected the attribution. And, yes, people can do pretty much whatever they want with CC 4.0 files, limited only by issues like personality rights, trademarks, etc. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Jmabel, I was not aware of this syntax of {{Self}} template. I do not think that upload wizard is steering you in that direction, at least I do not remember asking whose work it is based on. It could probably improved in that aspect.

Regarding dispute, I am mostly surprised by @Snake bgd's reaction in bad faith. Instead of directly asking me to provide attribution, which I would gladly provide, he goes on stealth attempt to erase my contributions, by uploading essentially same image under different name, then asking to delete my (earlier) image as "copy" of newer image. Little bit of a good faith attempt to correct attribution (and title) would go a long way to resolve it in a civil manner. There was never intention to "steal" his work (even there is no such thing under CC 4.0 license), but simply a technical/knowledge problem. I will strive in future to provide correct attributions with derived works.

Ђидо (talk) 19:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Pinging @Sannita (WMF) on the remark here about the Upload Wizard. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Jmurphy042000

One of this user's first edits was to add a German nationalist slogan to the user talk page with no context [3]. I have asked them for clarification on their Talk page and have received no response. I cannot assume good faith – this user should be immediately blocked. If they ever choose to explain themselves, they can do so in an unblock request. Toadspike (talk) 12:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done This request is somewhat ridiculous, why should they be blocked for something they added in 2020 if they have made constructive contributions afterwards. Also you failed to notify the user which I have done for you. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 17:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Not to mention that the national anthem of Germany includes at its very beginning the phrase "Deutschland über alles". It is not a block-worthy offence, for sure. Bedivere (talk) 23:53, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

StarkWinter

• StarkWinter (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user was blocked at the end of may for two weeks for persistently uploading copyvios and today they decided to once again re-upload all the same files. Günther Frager (talk) 11:29, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

   Done blocked by EugeneZelensko Bedivere (talk) 15:59, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Georgia (country) photographs taken on 2024-05-04 and others

I've got a request for template editors: could someone fix Template:Georgia photographs taken on navbox, please. Someone tried to disambiguate between Geogria (US state) and Georgia (country), but something went wrong, I think. Thanks in advance Wieralee (talk) 14:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

At the moment, this is a category that redirect to itself, which is obviously wrong, but it is not obvious what is desired. - Jmabel ! talk 17:26, 22 June 2024 (UTC)