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User:WIKIMEIDA COMMONS

COM:IU, misleading username. Belbury (talk) 18:01, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

 Comment See m:SRG § Global lock for WIKIMEIDA COMMONS. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 02:39, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
✓ Globally locked. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:10, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Category talk:CommonsRoot

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:40, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done Semi-protected indef. Yann (talk) 11:00, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Upload protection request

Hi Commons admins! There is a Commons-hosted video and set of translation videos which we are planning to add to a sensitive policy-namespace page on foundationwiki. To prevent vandalism, I'd ask that these files be upload-protected (and limited to sysops):

Thanks, RAdimer-WMF (talk) 02:04, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done Move and Upload both limited to administrators. - Jmabel ! talk 05:13, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg

Hello! I would like to request that this page be protected from further editing. I created the original version of the file, but I later realized that the flag's colors were incorrect because I had been using a display calibrated for nighttime viewing. I updated the file to match the colors of the historical poster and the modern flags used during ceremonies (see the photos below). However, some users keep reverting my edits, arguing that the original colors were correct, even though they were clearly the result of my calibration error.

Thank you!

— 12:19, 1 July 2026 (UTC) Ιγκόρ (talk) 12:19, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

A while ago I created Commons:Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License. For legal reasons, this page need to be applied indefinite full protection. T4NeGMp7P4en (talk) 13:37, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done ~TheImaCow (talk) 15:47, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ~TheImaCow (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

AbchyZa22

AbchyZa22 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Some of you will probably remember AbchyZa22, who has been blocked on Commons for about 7 months. I have recently had some (pretty reasonable) email correspondence with them in which they have asked for an unblock, and I have their permission to share that correspondence. However, when I went to copy some of that to their user talk page I discovered that, at least according to Special:GlobalBlockList/AbchyZa22, they are globally blocked. Despite that, they have been successfully messages (about the correspondence) on my talk page on meta. Before I post to their user page, I'd like to understand what this means about the current status of their account: if they are globally blocked, how can they be leaving messages on that page? (FWIW, the email correspondence was through meta.) - Jmabel ! talk 18:02, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

See m:Global blocks#Global account blocks, it seems globally-blocked accounts are only blocked on all projects except Meta, so they can still edit Meta if they are not blocked there. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:07, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
Got it. And a further remark from AbchyZa22 at User_talk:Jmabel#c-AbchyZa22-20260701204200-AbchyZa22-20260630075900: apparently (according to Count Count at meta:Steward_requests/Global/2026-w25#Global_Unblock_for_AbchyZa22) there is such a thing as a local exemption to a global block, news to me. Also there, Bedivere makes clear their opposition to AbchyZa22 being unblocked, including his having been unblocked on es-wiki.
I'll post the correspondence (in Spanish) on User talk:AbchyZa22. - Jmabel ! talk 21:00, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
I think their unblock would be detrimental to the project, but I would not mind if someone else would like and try to babysit this troublesome person. In other words, I disagree with their unblock but if there is consensus otherwise, I would accept it (as long as they stay well away from me, including not sending me emails, let alone talk page messages). Bedivere (talk) 22:49, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
 Oppose per Bedivere and TSC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:17, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
 Oppose per The Squirrel Conspiracy. Long-term sockpuppetry should be rewarded with TPA loss or global locks and not an unblock. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:21, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
 Not done. Community consensus seems clear. Taivo (talk) 15:32, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Hamilton36

Hamilton36 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
Removing speedy deletion templates (also AI, colorized and wrong licence templates) from their own upload after a warning. Also trying to speedy delete my user page in response to me restoring those templates, and insulting other users on their talk page. No other contributions apart from uploading two deleted images. Belbury (talk) 10:23, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

You can add blanking this report to that. Belbury (talk) 10:35, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
Fixed Harassment / Vandalism from Belbury Hamilton36 (talk) 10:37, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Harassment / Vandalism from USER:Belbury

This person keeps harassing me, can an Admin do something about him or her? The USER:Belbury keeps adding deletion requests for an image I'm using on MY TALK PAGE, The USER:Belbury keeps undoing speedy deletion templates from his talk page, Belbury needs a warning from Admin to stop him interfering with an image I'm using on my talkpage which is allowed!!! Hamilton36 (talk) 10:36, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The USER:Belbury CLAIMED I Removed a "speedy deletion template" from my own upload after a warning.
Wikipedia said I could do that and replace with a with a regular deletion request. Can an Admin do something about him or her harassing me??? The reason I don't contribute to Wikipedia commons is because of user like Belbury who harass new contributors Hamilton36 (talk) 11:01, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
You did remove a speedy deletion template from your upload after a warning. You didn't replace it with a regular deletion request.
There has also already been a regular deletion request on this image at Commons:Deletion requests/File:AI HamiltonPalace.png, which decided yesterday that it should be deleted. Belbury (talk) 11:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
The USER:Belbury CLAIMED I Removed a "speedy deletion template" from my own upload, The USER:Belbury keeps stopping me from using this picture on my Talk webpage, he also stops me from editing my own photo to add a regular deletion request. I do not wish this image deleted as I'm only using it on my talk page. The user Belbury needs to get a life other than harassing people on Wikipedia Hamilton36 (talk) 11:16, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
The USER:Belbury claims he is "not personally an admin, so can't delete files himself (or restore them), He can only tag them as being against policy." The USER:Belbury is just harrasing / Bulling people to powertrip not to help new users contribute. Hamilton36 (talk) 11:28, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
  • I have warned the user to be civil. Hamilton36 Belbury is not harassing you. Him and others are applying long standing policies and procedures. I urge you to understand these before insulting other users who have been on the project much longer than you have Gbawden (talk) 12:02, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Clearly, Belbury did nothing wrong here. @Hamilton36, if you don't understand and accept that, you can either leave the project peacefully or be blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
    ✓ Done blocked by The Squirrel Conspiracy for 2 weeks. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:51, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

بستن پیج

سلام من بلد نیستم به اشتباه پیجی با عنوان HASSAN.ZAMANIدرست کردم که میخوام ببندمش چطوری باید ببندم مییه حذفش کنید . ممنون Hassan.zamani (talk) 15:31, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Hassan.zamani: Hi, and welcome. I can't find it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:42, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
@Hassan.zamani I think you meant File:حسن.زمانی.jpg (the same name with another language). If it was so, You can nominate it for deletion. -- Karim (talk) 22:09, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
I just realized that the file meet COM:CSD#G7, so you can nominate it for speedy deletion by tagging it. -- Karim (talk) 22:16, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done (I considered the request here sufficient for deletion.) - Jmabel ! talk 22:25, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Protect Template:Exif-software-value

Please template-protect {{Exif-software-value}}, used by MediaWiki:Exif-software-value. (Similar to {{Exif-model-value}} / MediaWiki:Exif-model-value. CC @RoyZuo.) Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 17:47, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done. --Achim55 (talk) 18:26, 5 July 2026 (UTC)