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Sockpuppets of دامر العمري

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These two users are re-uploading the deleted files previously uploaded by socks listed at Category:Sockpuppets of دامر العمري. Marbletan (talk) 14:18, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Marbletan: Please feel free to add that to COM:RFCU.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:14, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
Done: Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/دامر العمري. Marbletan (talk) 15:21, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Another sock today:

Marbletan (talk) 15:22, 9 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done --Lymantria (talk) 13:18, 11 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

User:TomSoj again

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TomSoj (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log

Uploaded over 20 speedy-deleted copyvios, received multiple warnings and a final warning. 8 days ago has uploaded 17 more copyrighted files, this time not marking their license possibly to avoid the files being deleted for fake licenses, as they were before. The uploaded files originated from the same source as those speedy-deleted.

This user clearly does not concern themselves with copyright or licensing, as they have in total uploaded about 40 files deleted either with reasoning of no license or blatant copyvio, ignoring multiple warnings. Jeż0216 (talk) 14:03, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

I uploaded files to Wikipedia Commons, courtesy of Ewa Grabowska.
Ewa Grabowska has filed a statement with Wikipedia stating that she is the author of the photos.
I don't know what else we can do to get the photos taken by Ewa Grabowska onto Wikipedia Commons.
Please help and advise.
Thank you. TomSoj (talk) 14:09, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@TomSoj: How was this statement provided by Ewa? GMGtalk 14:28, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
✓ Done. I blocked Tom for a week. For restoring the photos VRT-permission is needed. Tom, please open COM:VRT page (Polish version Commons:Volunteer Response Team/pl) and look, what kind of e-mail should be sent to our permissions department at permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. The permission e-mail must come from copyright holder (Ewa Grabowska), not from you. Taivo (talk) 14:31, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
✓ Done. But yesterday I unblocked Tom due to received and accepted VRT-permission from Grabowska. Taivo (talk) 12:18, 10 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Category:Views by angle, Category:Months, Category:Months by year

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Still have vandalism after the previous protect is expired. Nvdtn19 (talk) 13:56, 9 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done I gave these 6 more months of autoconfirmed-only. - Jmabel ! talk 15:31, 9 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

User:173mm

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173mm (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log

Continue uploading copyvio pictures after final warning. Sakurase (talk) 17:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done Blocked by GPSLeo. Yann (talk) 18:11, 10 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppet of w:WP:LTA/Wikinger

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Verdy ȹ (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log They are harassing on User talk:Verdy p with multiple accounts. LDM2003 (talk) 11:24, 11 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done Blocked. Yann (talk) 11:58, 11 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppeteer

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Random1919191 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log is a serial sockpuppteer (İsimsiz1234353 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) who has been pushing a very specific Turkish flag idea. Past images (File:War flag of Turkey.png) have been sourced to Reddit, they're now claiming own work (File:Regimental flag of the Turkish army.jpg) which is almost certainly bogus. @The Squirrel Conspiracy: who deleted their last attempt. - The Bushranger (talk) 19:48, 11 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done Blocked, file deleted. Yann (talk) 19:55, 11 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

User talk:Tvpuppy

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Hello, can an admin add protection to my talk page for a short while? It was vandalized multiple times since yesterday and it appears the LTA socks will continue doing so. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:09, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done. For 2 weeks blocked for non-registered users.--Túrelio (talk) 16:19, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Statistics about Slovak places (semi-protection)

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Request: Allow only template editors and administrators for actions move and rename.
Datasets:

Why: Because they are multi Wikipedia datasets. Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 18:40, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Is there any history of bad edits to these datasets which would make protection necessary? Omphalographer (talk) 01:11, 13 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Omphalographer No.
Example, datasets with title content "(some years).tab" are using on minimal 35k pages (see m:User:Dušan_Kreheľ/Project_SK_in_wikis#Implemented). Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 05:46, 13 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Dušan Kreheľ: I don't see how that answers what Omphalographer asked. - Jmabel ! talk 23:26, 13 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Jmabel: The direct simple answer was only "No.". Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 05:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Gyozalgurcu

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Gyozalgurcu (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log

Uploading attack files. Not here to contribute. Nemoralis (talk) 14:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done Blocked as VOA, files deleted. Yann (talk) 14:23, 14 October 2025 (UTC)Reply