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Democfest sock block request

I previously opened an RFCU case, but it was declined because CU requests from other wikis are permitted, which I was unaware of. I am requesting an admin to block all of the accounts mentioned per the enwiki SPI. Thank you. CutlassCiera 15:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

@Cutlass: just to clarify, is this the list?
and can you give some indication of what they have done that merits blocking? Just having multiple accounts on Commons is not usually an offense, unless the accounts are doing things like both chiming in on the same discussion, "supporting" each other, creating a false impression of conflicts, evading a block, harassing someone while trying not to involve the primary account, etc.
Given that Democfest has been active over a decade and certainly has some good contributions, it is likely that this would better be handled at COM:ANU. - Jmabel ! talk 17:21, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
 Support blocking the socks. Using several accounts is fine if disclosed, which is not the case here. Yann (talk) 18:34, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
The use of multiple accounts seems to be a failed attempt to avoid scrutiny. Each account serves a different interest of the sockmaster, with Seafoul being cities, GaryJAllen being cars, and DenWillBax and Shrubshire being trains. It's clearly a clever move that was intended to make it more difficult to block them as a sock on enwiki. CutlassCiera 19:04, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
@Yann: I'm fine with blocking the socks. - Jmabel ! talk 21:52, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done Sock accounts blocked. Yann (talk) 09:34, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

User:NotLessOrEqual socks

Some suspiciously linked hardware photos in Wikipedia's en:Micro-Star International article:

  • File:MSl Aegis X.jpg from single-upload Commons user Acmetaut (currently up for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:MSl Aegis X.jpg as "suspected Flickrwashing"). Acmetaut added the photo to enwiki themselves; they have since been blocked there as a sock of NotLessOrEqual.
  • File:ITX 4080S Expert.jpg from single-upload Commons user ChienShiEr, which has really bad upscaling (especially on the top grille) yet a noisy grain on top of that.
  • File:AeroITX.jpg from single-upload Commons user HyperrPoint (uploaded three minutes after ChienShiEr's image).
  • File:MSI GTX 1080ti cropped.jpg from single-upload Commons user Sashmark; it purports to be a derivative of two grainier images uploaded a few minutes prior by double-upload user Bogeywrap (File:1080tiMSI.jpg and File:1080tiMSI 2.jpg). The originals look AI upscaled (eg. the text on the jar in the second image) with a noisy grain on top. This grain disappears in Sashmark's version.

Sashmark added the second, third and fourth images to the Wikipedia article in a single edit, their only edit to Wikipedia. Acmetaut is still active on Commons, the other accounts were all abandoned.

This looks like of User:NotLessOrEqual, who has used single-upload throwaway accounts to upload AI-upscaled versions of other people's photos in the past, including MSI graphics cards. They've tried various washing routes over the years (DeviantArt, Flickr) to disguise their origin, I assume the "Commonswashing" of Bogeywrap is a variation on that. It's possible that their deleted 2024 file File:GTX1080tiMSI.jpg is even the same photo.

Suggest all uploads be deleted as likely copyright violations. Acmetaut should be blocked per the enwiki block; the others seem behaviourally obvious, I don't know if it's appropriate to request a checkuser sweep for any other single-upload accounts who've uploaded AI-upscaled photos of computer hardware or guns. Belbury (talk) 13:14, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Done a bit of tidying up but not got time to do some of the detail. However I strongly suspect you are correct. Thanks for the report. Herby talk thyme 13:34, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Propose unblocking ALi BOUBACAR

This one is a little tricky, and I just want to make sure there is something at least close to consensus. I'll give a brief summary here; you can get a pretty full picture at User talk:ALi BOUBACAR.

Relatively briefly: the account ALi BOUBACAR was used for unacceptable promotional purposes. It is quite possible that Ali Boubacar (the person, not the account) was only indirectly responsible for this. Basically, it looks to me like Mr. Bobacar delegated some tasks to the wrong person and they went about it very incorrectly, trying to publicize him with a mass of sock accounts. I believe he is most likely telling the truth that he was not hands-on with this and that he genuinely understands that the person who did this for him acted inappropriately on his behalf.

At this point, Mr. Boubacar does not even have control of the (blocked) account ALi BOUBACAR; he has ABB-NE and, other than a few efforts to notify us of the situation, has refrained from using the account because it would constitute block evasion while ALi BOUBACAR is blocked. At User talk:ALi BOUBACAR (which he has accessed with temporary accounts, and I don't really see what else he could do to discuss his block with no access to the account itself) he has been entirely civil in discussing this, has seemed to have a reasonable understanding of the situation and, in our most recent back-and-forth (see that talk page) has answered my questions to my satisfaction, including what he would like to do on Commons going forward and that he "strictly promise[s] that only [he] will have access to my account" and "fully understand[s] that any self-promotional material will lead to a permanent block without appeal." I don't really see what more he could say, and I'd like to unblock ALi BOUBACAR so that his use of ABB-NE will not constitute block evasion.

Pinging @GeorgR (de), Achim55, The Squirrel Conspiracy, Yann, Taivo, Matrix, Jameslwoodward, Josve05a, all of whom have at some point been involved in the situation. Unless I turn out to be firmly in a minority here, I would like to unblock. I'll give at least 24 hours before I take any action here. - Jmabel ! talk 05:07, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

OK for unblocking. Yann (talk) 07:50, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
I think that a short length of rope should do the trick.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:34, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
Assuming good faith, unblocking is okay, IMHO. GeorgR (de) (talk) 09:52, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
I'm OK with provided it that The Squirrel Conspiracy agrees. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
 Support --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 15:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
 Support unblock. Taivo (talk) 17:07, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done Unblocked. I hope this works out well. If you've been following this situation, you may want to read my remarks at User talk:ALi BOUBACAR. - Jmabel ! talk 19:08, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Look at the case of the user NCanny2

It seems that he uploads multiple copyright violations. Consider banning him from Wikimedia Commons forever. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 15:57, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Seconded. Please ban this user for repeated copyvio uploads. Wcam (talk) 18:29, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Already done blocked by Ziv. - Jmabel ! talk 05:05, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protection request for File:Peter-Magyar-portrait-2026.jpg

Template:Request for protection

Type of protection: Semi-protection (autoconfirmed-only)

Duration: Indefinite / Long-term

Reason: I am the author of this file. The image is currently under automatic cascading protection , but I am requesting manual semi-protection to take effect immediately after the automatic one expires. Historical Significance: This photograph has become the defining, iconic image of the 2026 government change in Hungary. It is a key historical document of the current political transformation.

High Risk of Vandalism: Due to the intense and polarized political climate in Hungary, this file is a primary target for politically motivated tampering and unauthorized edits.

Extreme Visibility: With over 41,000 transclusions across global projects, the impact of any vandalism would be massive and would affect the integrity of tens of thousands of pages simultaneously.

Semi-protection is necessary to ensure that only established, autoconfirmed editors can modify the file's metadata, preventing high-impact disruptive actions from anonymous or new accounts.

Thank you for your consideration in protecting this historically significant media. -- Bánhalmi Norbert (talk) 20:56, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Convenience link File:Peter-Magyar-portrait-2026.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 05:02, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done - Jmabel ! talk 05:04, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
Thank you! Bánhalmi Norbert (talk) 06:12, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
@Jmabel
I’ve just noticed that the other two crops of this image are also in use. I would like to request protection for those as well. Thank you very much!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter-Magyar-Budapest-15-03-2026_(cropped).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter-Magyar-Budapest-15-03-2026.jpg Bánhalmi Norbert (talk) 11:13, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done. Semi for 1 year.--Túrelio (talk)

User:~2026-18296-48

I suspect this temporary account is related to these 2 accounts, but cannot confirm as these have become stale:

and they are possibly block-evading since ~2025-34477-45 was indefinitely blocked. See previous report at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 126#User:~2025-32925-15.

Similar to the previous report, the temp account is creating many possibly inappropriate categories. For example, these over-specific categories for these celebrities:

Also, creating these possibly inappropiate categories below:

These categories contains two images: File:PREGNANCY GIRL - 2015.04.19 - P3 (cropped).jpg and File:Pregnant Girl 2014.jpg, which were previously categorized as "Pregnant women". There are no indication that the subjects depicted are "adolescent girls", but they were re-categorized by this user as "Pregnant adolescent girls".

So, I think this temp account should be blocked for possibly block-evading and continuing their problematic behavior. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 06:23, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

  • ✓ Done indef-blocked. Probably the same as ~2026-17603-16 and ~2026-16871-03 as well; neither of those has edited in the last 3 weeks, so not blocking them. - Jmabel ! talk 06:59, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • I'm at the end of my day here; it's after midnight where I live. There might be a lot of edits to roll back here (on the various accounts). Someone else will have to look into that. - Jmabel ! talk 07:16, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • I just spent over half an hour deleting empty categories, and User:User:Whyiseverythingalreadyused has reverted a ton of bad edits, but there is still a lot of cleanup work to be done here including, but probably not limited to, more empty and/or ill-conceived categories. - Jmabel ! talk 19:33, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
    Thank you very much for the cleanup work! Tvpuppy (talk) 19:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Apparent socks of Nv7801

These users are re-uploading the previously deleted files of users that are all listed as sockpuppets of Nv7801 (see Category:Sockpuppets of Nv7801). Marbletan (talk) 13:34, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

  • ✓ Done All indef-blocked, all uploads deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of it. However, another has showed up already: Albany Empire (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) . Marbletan (talk) 19:49, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done blocked, all uploads deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 23:55, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Users Aml-401 and Otingmasnglind2156dec

Verify if they're sockpuppets of one another. Aml-401 also uploads multiple copyvios. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 21:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

@Candidyeoman55: if you want technical verification, that would be Commons:Requests for checkuser, and you'd need to provide some evidence why you think they are the same user. - Jmabel ! talk 23:57, 16 April 2026 (UTC)