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This is a place where users can communicate with administrators, or administrators with one another. You can report vandalism, problematic users, or anything else that needs an administrator's intervention. Do not report child pornography or other potentially illegal content here; e-mail legal-reports@wikimedia.org instead. If reporting threatened harm to self or others also email emergency@wikimedia.org.

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Report users for clear cases of vandalism. Block requests for any other reason should be reported to the blocks and protections noticeboard.

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User:Vanshu7002

Vanshu7002 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
I initially thought that warning and deletion nominations (See user TP) would be enough. But then I went to global account information to find out that the user is indeffed with TPA revoked on ENWIKI per this thread at WP:AN. The reason, same case as here (plus false license review while uploading), uploading images that either are falsely claimed as own work or can't be hosted here. So if anyone like me wants to avoid things like this (can also be seen here), we can end it now. (I am not informing the user on TP knowingly, if someone wants to, I won't object.) Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:01, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: I added to your warning. Since there are no violations downstream of your warning, I think a block would be inappropriate. If this continues, then a block is the only reasonable response. - Jmabel ! talk 00:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
I see that the offending account got globally locked during the tussle Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
I won't call it a tussle, anyways, thanks to Jeff G. for the report and Barras for the lock. We are Already done here. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:04, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
"tussle"
For the lolz Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Hfhtdjf

Hfhtdjf (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Any admin please block this user for 7 days as he had uploaded many covyvios despite the previous deletions. Junior Jumper (talk) 14:53, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

COM:IU violation, too.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:07, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
On that last, I don't think pseudo-random names of 8 "normal" characters or less are a problem. - Jmabel ! talk 00:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
@Jmabel: No, they are not a problem. Junior Jumper (talk) 11:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done @Junior Jumper, it looks to me like you gave them a warning to stop doing this 5 minutes and threatening that if they continue they will be blocked. Five minutes later, you reported them here and asked for a block. Please, in the future, don't do both! Think about it: "If you don't stop, you're going to be in trouble. [Person does nothing.] You are now in trouble." Just not an appropriate sequence.

Your warning stands, but it pretty much precludes me from blocking them until they upload another copyvio. - Jmabel ! talk 21:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: OK sir 🫡 Junior Jumper (talk) 18:17, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Shadow Portal

Shadow Portal (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Reporting for promotional username (already in the process of reporting on en-wiki for promotional editing + username). みんな空の下 (トーク) 00:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Commons doesn't have the firm ban on company names that en-wiki has. Their one contribution so far is questionable (their logo, and the permissions weren't handled correctly), but I think short of meriting a block at this time. - Jmabel ! talk 03:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Agree; I don't think anything is necessary unless they go onto Wikidata, spam even more images on Commons, or the like (they're already indeffed on English Wikipedia) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

User talk:修正俱楽部

w:ja:LTA:NRE Depend on this; because damage it, and an act occurred consecutively, I would like half protection. 修正俱楽部 (talk) 02:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

User:ほら倍の倍のバイのバイでもっと行こうよ has been blocked and the offending versions of the talk page have been revdel'd. I don't offhand see a good reason to do more. - Jmabel ! talk 02:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Hopeful2014 block evasion

Looks like a return of User:Hopeful2014, making the same mass category/postcode changes to East London images and category pages as past socks like User:Hackneyvibe94 from a few months ago (eg. /, /) and the same kind of "...is a place area in London..." alterations to category descriptions () that were recorded repeatedly in article leads on enwiki at en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Hopeful2014/Archive. Belbury (talk) 17:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  • ✓ Done indef-blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 23:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
  • & rolled back their edits. My apologies if some of these were good edits; there were over 1700, and I didn't have the patience to check more than a dozen or so (all bad or useless). - Jmabel ! talk 23:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
    Thanks. These edits have been disputed independently by many local editors on enwiki since 2019, and here they were removing some postcode categories added by a longstanding Commons user. If they're trying to avoid scrutiny on edits they know to be controversial, and are unwilling to discuss them (they never include edit summaries and they instantly stopped editing in response to this thread being opened), reverting it all seems fair. Belbury (talk) 08:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Nicolas Baldin

Nicolas Baldin (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Confirmed sockpuppet of globally locked account (see ptwiki block) Yacàwotçã (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

~2026-22136-85

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done. I blocked the user. This is also abuse of multiple accounts. Taivo (talk) 15:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Morethenfootball

Morethenfootball (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Uploading numerous copyright violations after previous warning and deletions. Geoffroi 20:26, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done blocked for a month - lets see if they get the message Gbawden (talk) 06:38, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

image protection

Hello,

due to vandalism my image on wikimedia was fully protected and I couldnt make any changes to it (referring to this map) I was advised to make a request here so that I would be able to edit and overwrite my file.

Thanks! Proper2oo (talk) 23:10, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

@Proper2oo: I'll lower the protection level on that, but given how much it's been vandalized, my guess is that it should be re-raised when you are done.
Also, the color for tributaries in your key doesn't match the one in your map, and you should probably get those in line with one another.

- Jmabel ! talk 23:11, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Sovtek

Sovtek (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Commons:Harassment#Perceived_legal_threats--Trade (talk) 16:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

~2026-27616-86 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RBL • • guc • stalktoy • block user • block log • Abuse filter log) too.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:05, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
 Not done see my resolution of Commons:Deletion requests/File:50caliberFA.jpg. I am choosing not to take any disciplinary action at this time, and strongly hope other admins will allow that to stand.
If the user continues further along these lines, then a block is inevitable, but I hope that what will happen is that they will pursue the DMCA route and, presumably, be told they do not have a leg to stand on. - Jmabel ! talk 23:50, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
 Support your decision. --Túrelio (talk) 08:17, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
Well, unless he pretends to be from the Australian government. Then it might work Trade (talk) 10:52, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

User talk:RuinDig

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:01, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

At the moment, the only solution I see is to protect the files in the Category:LOVOT. Either for a specific period of time, as already done by @Taivo: or as I have done. However, some files have been vandalized long before May 1st. Perhaps it would be worth considering blocking the files indefinitely for unregistered users. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:03, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
@Ziv: Thank you for your insight and actions. Indefinite semi-protection for those files would seem to be the most effective solution.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:00, 10 May 2026 (UTC)