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A1Cafel upload restriction review

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See User talk:A1Cafel/Archive 14#F2C ban to familiarize yourselves with the context. In October 2024, I imposed a topic ban on A1Cafel from using Flickr2Commons due to issues raised on this board. A few days later, I discovered that he was using Flickypedia to transfer Flickr images just as before, the only difference being the choice of automated tool. To close this obvious loophole, I restricted him to only built-in MediaWiki upload tools and additionally imposed a limit of 10 uploads per day, since a major concern in that discussion was his indiscriminate upload of large quantities of images without due diligence. A month later, on appeal, I agreed to allow him to use automated tools again, but with the 10-upload limit in place. Recently he has asked me to increase the limit to 20 per day. To me there's not a huge difference but it just seems like kicking the can down the road. What does the community believe to be the best way of ensuring that A1Cafel handles large-scale uploads properly? (Note that I have previously banned him from F2C per an AN/U thread in April 2020, but agreed to lift it on appeal a few months later. Clearly that hasn't worked, so I'm trying to find something that does.) -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have there been problems with his uploads this last few months? If not, 20 is still far from bulk, and presumably still leaves him in the range where he will have good motivation to review what he's uploading instead of grabbing randomly. Again, intention should be to prevent trouble, not to punish. - Jmabel ! talk 17:11, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As long that there has been no evidence of any issues with uploads he has done, I do not see a problem with increasing it to 20. Bidgee (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support. I agree as well, 20 is allowable. Taivo (talk) 10:25, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Weak support A1Cafel is a tough case. They do a high volume of good work, but we have to build these fences around them because they also have a history of going off the rails (overzealously, not maliciously, I would add). I see A1Cafel as a net positive and want them to stick around, and am content to trust the people that have been managing those fences keep doing so. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:44, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support As the person who made the flickypedia discovery, 20 sounds well within the range that he can manually check. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 18:01, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support A1Cafel has done a lot of good work in the past and increasing it from 10 to 20 seems like a small enough change where it won't cause any concern. RandomUserGuy1738 (talk) 15:47, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@King of Hearts I think there's consensus to raise the limit. Bedivere (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@King of Hearts, Bidgee, Taivo, The Squirrel Conspiracy, Alachuckthebuck, and Bedivere: Marking this as resolved/done.
@A1Cafel: you can consider your limit now to be 20/day, with the usual reminder to be cautious about what files you bring over and not to "game the system." This is still probationary, but headed the right direction.
✓ Done - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

EF5

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Since late last year, EF5 (talk · contribs) (at the time, SirMeme God) has been aware of the copyright issues around third-party images hosted on the website of the US National Weather Service. They were certainly aware of (and participated in) the RfC that found that such third party images found there could not be presumed to be in the public domain or available under a free license.

However, last month, they uploaded a large number of images from an NWS page where they are clearly attributed to a third party (Dr. Keith Mountain). One of the images uploaded by EF5 comes from a position on the source page directly beneath the third party attribution. There is no credible way that EF5 believed these photos to be the work of the NWS as they claimed when uploading. The affected files are:

(Aside: I have previously been in correspondence with this photographer over other images from this set. He still owns the copyright. He was amenable to the idea of releasing them under a free license, but stopped responding to me without actually filling out Commons release documentation. My correspondence with him is captured in ticket:2024091210003958)

In another batch of images they uploaded around the same time (source), they acknowledge that the photos belong to a third party (Wayne Mahoney) but claim "Should be in the public domain as no copyright notice is given." After many months and many thousands of words of discussion, EF5 is well aware that no such notice is needed for images created in the United States after 1989. The affected files are:

EF5 is displaying an ongoing flagrant disregard for creators' copyrights. There are many others I can see that they have uploaded that are at least questionable and will also need checking. --Rlandmann (talk) 22:04, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To my eye, the source couldn't be much clearer about this. @EF5: did you somehow miss that or what? - Jmabel ! talk 02:24, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
With the New Pekin photos, I think I saw that other aerial shots (i.e. the Henryville aerials) were from storm damage surveys and I believe I mixed them up. Not sure why I uploaded the Henryville tornado photos, that was just a complete lapse in judgement. I've gone through my uploads and FfD'd some of my questionable files, but that obviously doesn't excuse my issue with uploading copyvios. EF5 ._. (talk - contribs) 02:27, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@EF5: I assume you understand that at the moment you are not skating on the thickest ice. I'm inclined to take what you said here at face value, but if you were to continue to make similar mistakes/"mistakes" in the near future, I couldn't give you the benefit of the doubt.
@Rlandmann: I hope that EF5's response and mine suffice for you and that you are willing to consider this resolved. If so, then I believe we can close this section. I would suggest that if you have concerns about files other than the ones above you communicate them to EF5.
Jmabel ! talk 02:34, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am satisfied for now and concur we can close this. I will point out though that there is a pattern of behaviour I am familiar with from this user, here and on en:w. If I see the pattern again, I'll go fishing for the specifics and present them in a new AN/U thread. --Rlandmann (talk) 11:59, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Jmabel ! talk 02:10, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Hjart

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Hjart (talk · contribs)

Once again deletion vandalism in edit-war modus on Category:Bornholm rundt. --A.Savin 13:26, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, you are describing a content dispute quite unwarrantedly as 'vandalism'. Our policies have long been quite clear that this is unacceptable. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:58, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please express yourself more clearly? Which policy are you talking about and what exactly are you referring to? Lukas Beck (talk) 18:43, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I followed the last Edit War and even if I am of the opinion that one side alone cannot be held responsible for it, I find the new Edit War started by Hjart and continued by Hjart without any discussion to be unacceptable. --Lukas Beck (talk) 18:50, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Category protected for one month, user blocked one week for edit warring. Bedivere (talk) 05:50, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Arslan7a7

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Arslan7a7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Persistent uploading of copyright materials, ignoring any warnings. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 16:50, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 17:03, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sohanur Rahman 2.0

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  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:00, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Already warned, no new uploads. Yann (talk) 17:19, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Per Special:Diff/1006494036, "the user again started doing same thing." CC আফতাবুজ্জামান, Moheen.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:53, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also informed him about this issue. The problem is that the user hasn't responded on his talk page, so it's hard to figure out what exactly the problem the user is facing. ~Moheen (keep talking) 15:45, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Moheen: Lack of respect for copyrights?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential copyvios from User:Dvp777

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Dvp777 (talk · contribs) As early as March 2024, many of user:Dvp777's uploads were deleted as copyvios, which lacked metadata and were previously posted on the Internet. Although user:Dvp777 claimed that the photos were his own works, he didn't contact VRT or upload the version with EXIF. And just now, I checked several of his later uploads and found that almost all of them are still missing metadata; some of them were previously published on social media. I suspect that there are still some copyvios in the remaining photos. I don't have the energy to reverse-search every image. @Dvp777: He must disclose which are his own works and which are not, and provide appropriate evidence. 0x0a (talk) 17:39, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week. Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Dvp777. Yann (talk) 18:02, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ToPSURJ4311

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ToPSURJ4311 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  - persistent copyvio uploader, removing copyvio nomination from own upload after warning and after explanation at their NL wiki talk page on how copyright works. Jcb (talk) 23:10, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No activity since the last time they were given a warning. I'd have no problem with a block if this continues any further, but it seems kind of weird to warn, have nothing occur, and then block. - Jmabel ! talk 04:58, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that warning was the result of this post I think. I will get back here if the behaviour continues. Jcb (talk) 06:49, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New sockpuppets of globally locked User:Wave of Pandas

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✓ Done Blocked. Yann (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dessplaywtf

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Uploads File:Budapesti Honvéd SE 1950-91.png which seems like a blatant copyvio and has been blocked before for copyright violation. Jonteemil (talk) 22:23, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Deleted and blocked as very likely sockpuppet. Bedivere (talk) 01:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel12121212

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Uploads File:Honved-se-budapest-logo.png after having been tagged with {{End of copyvios}} the day before.

Given the overlap at File:Honved-se-budapest-logo.png and the similar uploads I suspect this user and the one above are sock or meatpuppets. Jonteemil (talk) 22:27, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked, all files deleted. Bedivere (talk) 01:31, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Diamocasin

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Keeps uploading copyvios, all related to "Frikimalismo" podcast. Most of them are screenshots from the podcast, some of them are scans of posters advertising the podcast. Doesn't react to warnings on the talk page. ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 02:19, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. Blocked by Bedivere. --Ratekreel (talk) 10:51, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ToPSURJ4311 (again)

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ToPSURJ4311 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  - continued copyvio upload after multiple warnings - Jcb (talk) 10:28, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. Blocked for two weeks. --Ratekreel (talk) 10:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns about Grandmaster Huon

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Grandmaster Huon (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  has a weird obsession with nominating things for speedy deletion. Almost all of their recent edits are just nominating things for speedy deletion, One of these are the MOTHER boxarts, which this user repeatedly claims and nominates for deletion because of the earth used in these logos (despite it being in the public domain) . Despite commons "explicitly permits the hosting of photographs that carefully reproduce a two-dimensional public domain work", this user still tries to nominate these files for deletion. Again, just a concern. TzarN64 (talk) 17:03, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding onto this, This user has been asked many times to calm down on their mass deletion requests over a month ago, It seems like this has been happening for awhile, now. TzarN64 (talk) 17:07, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Most mass deletions have been successful though. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 20:52, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
and I perfer a strict interpretation of legal matters per COM:PCP. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 20:53, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy deletion should only be reserved for obvious cases. For example, Mother 2 image should have been a DR, not a speedy in my opinion. COM:PCP also requires significant doubt about the freedom of a file, not merely theoretical doubt. Abzeronow (talk) 20:56, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Steamlox

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  • User: Steamlox (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
  • Reasons for reporting: Vandalism. Continued copyvio uploading after warning for doing so (including marking as own work files which are evidently not own work). Recreating a file deleted due to consensus. Not responding on user talk page. Making nonsense and incomplete deletion requests.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:25, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With regards to the last - creating baseless deletion requests with rationales copied from other unrelated requests. Omphalographer (talk) 21:30, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Putting invalid no source since templates from User:Umbento

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The account seems to add the above templates to numerous files even though they have verifiable copyright status (like own work pictures with metadata or third party work with links). The account is also made just this day. HyperAnd (talk) 07:42, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-wiki uploads by User:Ng Huy Hoàng

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Ng Huy Hoàng was created on February 26, 2024, and remained unused for a few days before. On March 2, the account start cross-wiki uploading various files from other Wikipedia Commons, most of which seemed to have been tagged with {{Permission ticket}}, but also some which were tagged with {{Permission received}} and still in need of verification. Many of the early moves have " Ticket permission added by non-VRT member OTRS permission added by non-OTRS member" in their edit summaries. Ng Huy Hoàng has also created Template:OTRS chứng which could just be a Vietnamese translation Template:Permission ticket, but not sure. Ng Huy Hoàng is moving files at a fairly fast pace (sort seems like en:WP:MEATBOT) without anyone really checking on their work. Cross-wiki uploading is of course permitted by Commons policy, but it's also something that can be problematic because a fair number of files aren't properly vetted before being moved. Local files often get deleted by default once they've been moved to Commons regardless of whether they were OK to move in the first place; so, an inappropriate move could lead to two files being deleted. There have been several licensing related notifications already added to Ng Huy Hoàng's user talk page since the account was created, some of which have resulted in deletion. For sure, anyone can make mistakes, but these notifications indicate (at least to me) that maybe Ng Huy Hoàng is moving too quickly and probably should slow down. It might be a good idea for someone to take a look at all their moves to make sure they're OK. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: I'm having trouble following some of that, which may be related to why this has been sitting for 20 hours with no action. Could I ask you to please reread what you wrote & see if you can maybe make this clearer? - Jmabel ! talk 17:13, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WestSydPol

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Keeps uploading images taken from the web or screenshots from TikTok videos of (probably mostly non-notable) influencers. As their uploads have been repeatedly deleted for copyright violations, they seem to have switched strategy and are now uploading copyright violations in which they have replaced the background with a solid color, making the tracing of the copyright violation harder.

Examples:

ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 02:27, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked and all uploads deleted. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

user:Mahram3

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COM:NOTCENSORED violations, vexatious deletion nominations Dronebogus (talk) 03:30, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This seems a little excessive for one single DR. They've not done any other relevant DRs, and I don't see any other relevant edits.--Prosfilaes (talk) 04:27, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

user:Idriss755

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  • User: Idriss755 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 
  • Reasons for reporting: Continuous upload of copyvio material, also, the user never responding, which might be for the better, as the user is very generous on insults on the French Wikipédia, with death threats and other [1] (but his last contributions are nearly all as violent as this one). Would it be possible to act on his uploads, or at least to give him a firm reminder, please?

CoffeeEngineer (talk) 10:32, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done This user should be blocked indef. on the French Wikipedia for such a comment. Warned here, and probable copyvios tagged or deleted. Yann (talk) 10:41, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He's blocked. It's unacceptable, and I suspect he still continues to vandalize pages under an IP. CoffeeEngineer (talk) 11:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hi-s24

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After copyvio warning, this user didn't stop uploading copyvio logos. See also his log. Netora (talk) 12:09, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, obvious copyvios deleted. Other files may be PD-textlogo, but they have a wrong license. Yann (talk) 13:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tantofazz

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Keeps uploading screenshots from a likely copyrighted video game as well as full-length copyrighted movies. Examples: Back To The Future Part III, Ghostbusters. No valuable contributions, only copyright violations. ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 14:53, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AI0912J

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Keeps uploading promotional photographs tagged as "own work" despite them having been deleted and having been asked to stop tagging third-party images as own work. Note that after the last batch having been nominated for deletion they have already uploaded further images instead of engaging in discussion on the DR. ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 17:17, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Last warning sent, all files deleted. Should be blocked at the next problematic upload. Yann (talk) 19:03, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

user:Idriss755 #2

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CoffeeEngineer (talk) 23:30, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment User has received last warning and continued to upload problematic flags. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 00:50, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User Hua0316

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Only dick-uploading User:Hua0316 vandalises Deletion Requests when his files are proposed for deletion. 186.172.10.255 04:21, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Files deleted. No new uploads since final warning. Revisit if they return. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:00, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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