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David C. S. again
David C. S. (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) again uploading files with dubious license and origin, in special this file was deleted in July via COM:DR but he again uploaded with a different name, but I saw the irregularity. Despite the administrative actions, David is willing to the sabotage and ignore the messages he receives from patrollers and administrators. He's already a problematic user with previous sanctions. In addition, David has publicly decided to help with the blocked user Skulljujos to continue his dubious uploads. Taichi (talk) 01:47, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- Debo acotar que ni siquiera es la misma imagen. Además de que la versión actual cumple con toda regla. Léase COM:TOO Andean Community.[1]. Por otra parte, Taichi muestra que me encuentro en contacto con Skulljujos, y no lo niego; no obstante, no hay ningún archivo que él me haya solicitado subir. Mi trabajo en Wikimedia Commons ha sido siempre autónomo, además de la presunción, dime ¿qué archivo he subido que sea por petición de Skulljujos? Colaboro con Skulljujos únicamente en Wikipedia en español, puesto que ambos somos ecuatorianos y somos los editores más activos en política nacional ¿es eso un delito?. -- David C. S. 02:31, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- The file was deleted by the administrator Red-tailed hawk, should you have appealed to the administrator before reuploading the image against the administrative decision. For review purposes by Commons administrators, I will reply here in English and not in Spanish. Taichi (talk) 02:36, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
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Support administrative action: David C. S. was already warned that repeated copyright violations could result in a block last year ([2]), and said uploads have continued. Not only that, but he has re-uploaded deleted files, as stated by the original poster. --NoonIcarus (talk) 12:26, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Comment I just noticed, and it's worth pointing out, that David was already blocked in 2011 precisely for uploading unfree files, meaning that he's definitely not a stranger to copyright policy in Commons. --NoonIcarus (talk) 10:50, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- @NoonIcarus: Right. The user received a final warning for uploading copyvios 18:01, 11 March 2011 (UTC). They were blocked for uploading them 08:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC) (log). They uploaded copyvio File:Represión policial, Paro Nacional 2022.png 16:43, 20 June 2022 (UTC), and others before and after that. See also unactioned Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 99#User:David C. S. and Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 33#David C. S.. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:26, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Support administrative action. The user keeps reuploading the logo of Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano (a torch held by a fist using two colors (black and white) on a red background) despite the decision of AFBorchert in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano.png, after a block and many warnings. Such reuploads qualify for COM:CSD#G4. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:11, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Bumping this so it doesn't get archived, will probably take a look soon (but someone else should feel free to look into/action this instead!). —Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Still deciding whether other action is appropriate, but I'm revoking autopatrol per the concerns above. David may re-apply (or others may apply on their behalf) on COM:RFR to have the right returned at any time. —Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
User Manojkvanjara
Manojkvanjara (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) uploads selfies and use his user page in Commons for self-promotion, even after warning. Should be blocked. Pierre cb (talk) 12:38, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Done. One week block. I deleted last remaining uploads as copyvios and userpage as self-promotion. Taivo (talk) 13:49, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Lalchhanhima zote hmar aibawk
Lalchhanhima zote hmar aibawk is an obvious sock of Chhanchhana zote hmar. Block as sockpuppet trying to avoid block of main account. Jonteemil (talk) 13:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- Done. I blocked the user indefinitely. Taivo (talk) 13:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Taivo: How about their uploads? Main account's uploads were all deleted as copyvios and I recognize many of them. Jonteemil (talk) 14:02, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- I recognized 2 files as re-uploads and deleted them speedily, also I nominated 1 file for regular deletion. You are free to nominate the rest for deletion. Taivo (talk) 15:12, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Taivo: How about their uploads? Main account's uploads were all deleted as copyvios and I recognize many of them. Jonteemil (talk) 14:02, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Gilangsanjaya13 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) Copyright violations--Trade (talk) 16:02, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- Done. I warned the user. All uploads are deleted. Taivo (talk) 11:29, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
I had nominated one this users images for deletion in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Article Journal L'Algérois.jpg where voted keep under the belief that All old Colonial newspapers are public domain. Which led to us having a little conversation about it over an hour and multiple comments. They then proceeded to delete the original message and wrote that left out what we were discussing in preceding conversation, which makes it seem like I was responded to something they didn't say. So I reverted the edit and asked them to add an addendum to the comment or write a new one at the bottom of the DR instead of erasing the original message. They were unwilling to do it though and proceeded to revert me. I'm not sure if it's against the rules, but it's at least extremely bad faithed and inconsiderate of other participants to completely change the meaning of a message after it's already received multiple responses. Plus it just makes the conversation that much harder to follow. So can an administrator please revert their edit and tell them not to do it again? Adamant1 (talk) 23:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- He started a massive operation of nominations for about 22 pictures or more (old Algerian images) I couldn't check all of them, but in my case, which involves almost 20 images. I mentioned the source as the internet, which was fine for me as I didn't want to include commercial links from platforms like eBay or old forums or Facebook groups. I explained to him on his talk page that a note would be appreciated, but his tone started to be aggressive which honestly, I didn't like it. I'm not used to other contributors here telling me it's end of the story, period, and using very aggressive tones. He keeps repeating himself despite me agreeing with him multiple times.
- I wasn't the first to notice this, apparently, he didn't appreciate my attempt to explain. Poudou99 also tried to explain the concern to him before me. However, he assumed that even if he had noticed me, I wouldn't have made any changes. I don't know what makes him assume that, Which is clearly false. I'm open for discussion, and you can see my contributions. I try to fix old train stations' licenses and dates almost every day.
- By the way, I would like to express my gratitude and respect to Richard Arthur Norton (1958-) for helping in finding the sources and adding them, as well as providing his opinion. You can find some of our discussions on Commons:Deletion requests/File:Abdelkader Draris.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Abdelhafid Ihaddaden.png, and all other files, including Commons:Deletion requests/File:Gare de Mécheria - CPA1.jpg and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Enveloppe premier jour d'émission - Gorges d'El Kantara - 1977.jpg
- Since then, he has been trying to reply to every comment and try to block things and doesn't agree with anything I say no matter what. turning the discussion into a kind of forum and replying to every comment just to oppose.
- I can edit the page because there is no rule that obliges me not to, just as he can edit his comments since the original message is kept as "All old Algerian newspapers during the colonial period are available in PD." so my edit does not change anything. He is free to oppose Gallica, while a template already exists and has been used for years. I started a new talk to explain to him to stop reverting and to clarify that my edit does not change anything. However, he continues to oppose whatever I say Commons talk:Deletion requests/File:Article Journal L'Algérois.jpg
- Therefore, I kindly request an admin to consider all these matters and judge me. If I have made any problematic comportment against him, I am ready to accept the consequences.
- Regards. Riad Salih (talk) 00:26, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Just an FYI, but I said "end of the story, period" after Riad Salih refused to end the conversation after I asked him to multiple times. Regardless, notice that their comment has nothing to do with what I reported them for. Also, I never said you couldn't "edit the page." What I have a problem with is that you completely erased the message that I originally responded to and that the preceding discussion was about. It's fine to edit a comment, it's not OK to completely replace a message with a new one hours into the conversation and when there's been multiple replies to it. I'm sure you get the difference. --Adamant1 (talk) 00:33, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- You used an aggressive tone and always assume that I don't understand and won't change anything, even if you leave a note. Anyway, I will let the admin judge. Please read the conversation and see that I do agree with him. I simply explained the case, that's all. English isn't my native language, so sometimes I may use longer paragraphs to explain myself, especially when nominating 20 images at a time, which can be time-consuming. The way he is talking comes across as aggressive to me, not just because of the words he uses, but also the tone. Maybe he is used to using slang, but where I come from, we don't talk to people like that, especially when the conversation was polite and I was in agreement. He seemed intent on repeating himself, even though I wasn't disagreeing. For the last edit, the admin can compare my first and last comments and see that the context is the same. Alternatively, you could have added my original comment, as I mentioned it's fine to edit the page in my edit note. Regards to all, and again, if my behavior was problematic, I'm ready to accept sanctions. Otherwise, thanks for all your great work in maintaining the platform. Riad Salih (talk) 00:37, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, I'm not asking for sanctions. I just want the edit to be reverted by an administrator so the discussion doesn't seem disjointed or lack important context. Which I think is reasonable. I wouldn't have filed this to begin with though if Riad Salih had of been willing to just add their comment to the bottom of the DR instead of doing it by erasing one that had already been replied to multiple times. Everything else is clearly a distraction because they don't want to just admit it was a mistake. --Adamant1 (talk) 00:43, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- It wasn't a distraction , but rather a context. You keep replying to Richard Arthur Norton (1958-) with the same comment, "I'd appreciate if you were more clear that you changed the license and added a description instead of repeatedly acting like I nominated an image for deletion that had a valid license and description on it to begin with. Thanks," criticizing everyone's comments. If I am wrong, I will accept sanctions, but for my edit, which you are repeating it three times here, the context remains the same and doesn't change anything in your comments, and told you can add it yourself in the page. You cannot be aware of all the public domain rules worldwide which is fine, so please stop opposing without proper understanding. Anyway, that's all I have to say. I will leave the decisions to the admins here." Riad Salih (talk) 00:59, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hey I said thanks. What was it you said on my talk page, that you weren't being rude because you started comments with 'Hi' and ended with 'Regards'? But if I say thinks at the end of a message I'm criticizing people. OK. Again, just more deflection from why I reported you. This isn't about random comments I've made to other people or my knowledge of public domain rules. So stop trying to side track the complaint and let an administrator deal with it like I asked. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:07, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- No one said you're criticizing people, and the admins can read our conversations and judge for themselves. Riad Salih (talk) 11:33, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Jesus Christ. You literally said I was "criticizing everyone's comments" in your last message. --Adamant1 (talk) 15:45, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- I choose my words carefully; I said criticizing people's comments, not criticizing people; it's not the same. This is my last reply since it's already a forum-like discussion. Riad Salih (talk) 00:58, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
- Jesus Christ. You literally said I was "criticizing everyone's comments" in your last message. --Adamant1 (talk) 15:45, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- No one said you're criticizing people, and the admins can read our conversations and judge for themselves. Riad Salih (talk) 11:33, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hey I said thanks. What was it you said on my talk page, that you weren't being rude because you started comments with 'Hi' and ended with 'Regards'? But if I say thinks at the end of a message I'm criticizing people. OK. Again, just more deflection from why I reported you. This isn't about random comments I've made to other people or my knowledge of public domain rules. So stop trying to side track the complaint and let an administrator deal with it like I asked. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:07, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- It wasn't a distraction , but rather a context. You keep replying to Richard Arthur Norton (1958-) with the same comment, "I'd appreciate if you were more clear that you changed the license and added a description instead of repeatedly acting like I nominated an image for deletion that had a valid license and description on it to begin with. Thanks," criticizing everyone's comments. If I am wrong, I will accept sanctions, but for my edit, which you are repeating it three times here, the context remains the same and doesn't change anything in your comments, and told you can add it yourself in the page. You cannot be aware of all the public domain rules worldwide which is fine, so please stop opposing without proper understanding. Anyway, that's all I have to say. I will leave the decisions to the admins here." Riad Salih (talk) 00:59, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Just an FYI, but I said "end of the story, period" after Riad Salih refused to end the conversation after I asked him to multiple times. Regardless, notice that their comment has nothing to do with what I reported them for. Also, I never said you couldn't "edit the page." What I have a problem with is that you completely erased the message that I originally responded to and that the preceding discussion was about. It's fine to edit a comment, it's not OK to completely replace a message with a new one hours into the conversation and when there's been multiple replies to it. I'm sure you get the difference. --Adamant1 (talk) 00:33, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
Lalchhanhima zote hmar picture
Lalchhanhima zote hmar picture is yet another obvious sock of Chhanchhana zote hmar. Block as sockpuppet trying to avoid block of main account. Jonteemil (talk) 08:34, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Indefinitely blocked, all uploads deleted. Taivo (talk) 09:11, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
Mahlimi khiangte
Mahlimi khiangte seems to be yet another obvious sock of Chhanchhana zote hmar. Block as sockpuppet trying to avoid block of main account. Jonteemil (talk) 08:07, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
- Done Blocked, files deleted. Yann (talk) 10:19, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Juancho Alcalá
Juancho Alcalá (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) has continued uploading images with copyvio after the warnings. It has also been re-uploading previously deleted images. --Ovruni (talk) 01:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Done. I blocked him for a week and mass deleted recent uploads. Taivo (talk) 07:45, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
Photo_memories_1868
Photo_memories_1868 (talk · contribs) uploads lots of copyvio photos, need a nuke for their contributions. Lemonaka (talk) 13:24, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Tbh, it's not obvious that these are copyvios. All the linked examples of versions of the images available elsewhere on the Internet leads to lower resolution and/or inferior quality versions of the images. I would rather have tagged them with needing VRF verification. TommyG (talk) 13:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- This File:Takaoka koutaro 1.jpg, File:Takaoka koutaro 2.jpg, File:Baron Kuninaga Tsumori.jpg, File:itagakitaisukesensei_kenshohi.jpg, File:itagakitaisukesensei_kenshohi_ura.jpg, File:itagakitaisuke_sensei_dozo_yuraihi.jpg, is Copyright free images 板垣退助先生顕彰会. Photo memories 1868 (talk) 01:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Photo memories 1868: then why did you claim to hold the copyright and offer them under a free license? - Jmabel ! talk 03:10, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Because it is the same person as the copyright holder.Photo memories 1868 (talk) 03:22, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Photo memories 1868: That makes no sense. Who is the same person as the copyright holder? You specified yourself as the author and granted a license, now you are saying they are "copyright free" (which is not possible if the author is alive, which obviously you are). - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Jmabel: すいません。英語では言っておられる意味が分からないので、日本語でお答えします。1件目「File:Takaoka koutaro 1.jpg」は「著作権侵害理由：https://www.instagram.com/hyuga_takachiho/ 」となっていますが、その写真の撮影者は私「Photo memories 1868」です。私は著作権をフリー(Public domain)にしています。その事を「https://www.instagram.com/hyuga_takachiho/ 」に明記しました。ご確認ください。2件目「File:Takaoka koutaro 2.jpg」は「著作権侵害理由：http://itagakitaisuke.link/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/H290910_1.jpg」 であるとされました。これも私の撮影した写真です。その事を立証するために「http://itagakitaisuke.link/2017/09/10/282/」 に私が撮影者であることを明記しました。なおかつ、私はこの画像の著作権を自らフリーにしました。私が撮影者であり著作権を手離したことは「板垣退助先生顕彰会」のページに明記しました。ご確認ください。3件目、「File:Itagakitaisuke sensei dozo yuraihi.jpg」は「著作権侵害理由：http://itagakitaisuke.link/2021/07/16/itagaki-103kaiki/」 とされました。これも私が撮影したものですので「http://itagakitaisuke.link/2021/07/16/itagaki-103kaiki/」 のページに私「Photo memories 1868」が撮影者であることを明記しました。私が撮影者であり著作権を手離し、(Public domain)にしたことは「板垣退助先生顕彰会」 のページに同様に明記しました。4件目「File:Itagakitaisukesensei kenshohi.jpg」は、「https://senseki-kikou.net/?p=31876」 のページの画像の著作権を侵害したと記載されました。「https://senseki-kikou.net/?p=31876」 の画像は、私がupした写真とは異なるもので、私が撮影しupした写真は「板垣退助先生顕彰会」 のページにあるものです。当日、私は別の角度からも複数枚撮影しており、必要であればそれをご指定のmail先へ証拠としてお送りします。他の画像も同様です。以上よろしくお願いします。Photo memories 1868 (talk) 18:45, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Photo memories 1868: That makes no sense. Who is the same person as the copyright holder? You specified yourself as the author and granted a license, now you are saying they are "copyright free" (which is not possible if the author is alive, which obviously you are). - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Because it is the same person as the copyright holder.Photo memories 1868 (talk) 03:22, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Photo memories 1868: then why did you claim to hold the copyright and offer them under a free license? - Jmabel ! talk 03:10, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- This File:Takaoka koutaro 1.jpg, File:Takaoka koutaro 2.jpg, File:Baron Kuninaga Tsumori.jpg, File:itagakitaisukesensei_kenshohi.jpg, File:itagakitaisukesensei_kenshohi_ura.jpg, File:itagakitaisuke_sensei_dozo_yuraihi.jpg, is Copyright free images 板垣退助先生顕彰会. Photo memories 1868 (talk) 01:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
User Therecanbeonlyone111
Therecanbeonlyone111 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) the recent uploads of this users seems to be from a single obscure Kisak's Cinnamon Hill Farm collection of unknown copyright status and used in no articles. Furthermore, the categories seems unrelated. Could an administrator check the pertinence of those uploads? Pierre cb (talk) 03:26, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
User AR VLD
AR VLD (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) uploads are overcategorized, ost of them unrelated. All his uploads shopuld be trimmed for categories by an administrator or a bot. Pierre cb (talk) 03:41, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Pierre cb: Or by any other user. This is not an admin task. - Jmabel ! talk 17:43, 7 September 2023 (UTC)