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User:Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening

• Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (formerly User:Nefrit Lazurit, User:Tayuya Karin, User:Fandy Aprianto Rohman, User:Altair Netraphim)

For continuing to steal photos since the last block.

And controlled a sock puppet(or meat puppet) Inkravtania (talk · contribs) to recreate deleted file. 0x0a (talk) 03:47, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

More evidence of copyvios has surfaced on their user talk page since the above report.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:14, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

... and the hits keep coming.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:19, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Previously on User:Altair Netraphim

• Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_123#h-User:Altair_Netraphim-20250606080300
• Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_122#h-User:Altair_Netraphim-20250513165100

0x0a (talk) 03:45, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

@0x0a: please bring the socking to COM:CHECK. --Lymantria (talk) 18:49, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

This might not be helpful because they may argue that they use shared computers or networks to edit like before. 0x0a (talk) 02:54, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@0x0a: Evidently, they want to see your evidence.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:28, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

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My apologies, I don't really understand what is happening here, and I hesitate to make blocks when I'm confused.

• User:Nefrit Lazurit: on 26 April 2023, Neriah redirected this user's talk page to User talk:Altair Netraphim; on 19 June 2025, Revibot changed the redirect to point to User talk:Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening. (As is common, there never was a User page.) There is no indication that any account Nefrit Lazurit existed, but it may have had a global name change. This edit by Rachmat04 shows account name Altair Netraphim being changed to Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening. So I believe Nefrit Lazurit and Altair Netraphim are just earlier names for account Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening; neither of the former is an existing account.
• User:Tayuya Karin is also a redirect to Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening WTAF? an even earlier name change, so this is just another earlier name for exactly the same account.
• And similarly for Fandy Aprianto Rohman.

@0x0a: couldn't you just have said these were former names of this much-moved account? Usually when people say "Aka" in this context they mean sockpuppet aliases, and it becomes relevant to check if they were active in the same period, who might have had a block, etc. No wonder this has sat for 10 days with no admin taking action. We are not mind-readers. - Jmabel ! talk 22:25, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry for causing confusion. Mentioning the user's former names is to create an index in the Special:Search, in case the user make a clean start by changing their name. All in all, thank you for your reminder. I will update the headline. --0x0a (talk) 07:30, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Inkravtania hasn't edited since 9 October 2025 nor Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening since 12 November 2025 (and, yes, I checked deleted contributions as well), so @Jeff G.: what are the "hits" that keep on coming? Just more evidence of bad uploads in the past by an account that hasn't edited in 6 weeks? If so (or if not), you could have been a lot more specific.

That said, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_123#h-User:Altair_Netraphim-20250606080300 (which I remember finding confusing at the timeg) combined with what has followed certainly shows bad faith. I'm going to block Sekar Kinanthi Kidung Wening for 6 months, though I will admit that I fear they will just come back under a different name and wreak as much havoc. - Jmabel ! talk 22:43, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I meant Special:Diff/1131571444/1137911522.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:45, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done, and informed that any continuation of this upon their return will result in a permanent block. - Jmabel ! talk 22:49, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Fotos fälschlicherweise gemeldet!!

er/sie hat 2 meiner fotos gemeldet obwohl ICH selbst die fotos gemacht habe. Nadinesophia7 (talk) 14:50, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

der turelio Nadinesophia7 (talk) 14:51, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Nadinesophia7: Welche Fotos? Gemeldet wo? - Jmabel ! talk 20:25, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: the user seems to have misunderstood the meaning of free licensing and uploaded some game screenshots. Their communication patterns were like social network chatting, too. I engaged in communicating on their talk page. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 23:13, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

At least 2 files are already deleted, some more strange files under DR. Special:Contributions/Nadinesophia7 No contributions outside of commons so far. -- Taylor 49 (talk) 01:44, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

I've got the feeling that the user is a German female teenager who's behaving like being on some social network. Dunno if we can expect useful contributions, but there's nothing harmful visible. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 01:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Camilasdandelions

Camilasdandelions (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user - continues to upload copyright violations despite multiple warnings - removed the warnings from their talk page and continued the behaviour - Jcb (talk) 17:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done gave a final warning, spelled out what they need to do differently. If there are further problems, I will certainly block. They've been working in a difficult area, but that does not excuse making more mistakes than not, and ignoring what more experienced people tell them. - Jmabel ! talk 02:16, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

JC55impala6Fo3;DruNkC4icK3n-fre3hoLés

Special:Contributions/JC55impala6Fo3;DruNkC4icK3n-fre3hoLés shows that every edit that this user has made has been completely off-topic and pointless. I don't know what's going on with the user name, either.--Prosfilaes (talk) 08:31, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done blocked as spam account. GPSLeo (talk) 11:06, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Hanawhorenaughty

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

Inappropriate username Dronebogus (talk) 15:14, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked indef., all files deleted. Yann (talk) 16:39, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

User talk:Puritta

Still removing DRs from files (1, 2) without expressing their opinion on the DR in question after previously being warned on their talk page not to engage in this behavior. TansoShoshen (talk) 03:02, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@TansoShoshen: you seem not to have notified the user of this discussion on their talk page; I will do that for you this time. - Jmabel ! talk 04:11, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

My apologies, I forgot to save changes, will not happen again. TansoShoshen (talk) 15:04, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

I  Support administrative action. The original infraction was Special:Diff/561151299, with my warning at Special:Diff/569508461.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:30, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

User talk:Smyxhmcj

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

Four of the photos uploaded by this user have been found to be images from the internet, some of which have been cropped to remove watermarks. This suggests the user was intentionally uploading copyrighted photos. The other uploaded files have not yet been fully verified, but given their poor resolution and size, they are also likely to be infringing on copyright.--MspreilsCN (talk) 03:20, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@MspreilsCN: you seem not to have notified the user of this discussion on their talk page; I w ill do that for you this time. - Jmabel ! talk 04:14, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

They are a student taking a course taught by User:Hanyangprofessor2, aka User:Piotrus, who needs to know about this. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:33, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek Thanks, I'll issue a warning to the student; feel free to block them. I tell my students about copyright but for many it's "one ear in, one ear out", sigh. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 08:41, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

They're not your only student who's doing this. See this difference. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:59, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@Smyxhmcj Please explain what happened here? Stealing pictures from the Internet is not allowed. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 08:44, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this out.

This was my mistake. I used an image from the Internet without fully understanding the copyright requirements. As I have already returned to China, I am currently unable to access Wikipedia to remove the image myself. I will be more careful in the future and will only use images with proper licenses.

Sorry for the trouble caused. ~2025-42845-39 (talk) 09:16, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

You were able to post here. Do you lack the permission to delete images from Wikimedia Commons (not Wikipedia) as an IP user? Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:26, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek: that last comment makes no sense to me. Only an administrator can delete images from Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 19:52, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

I didn't know that, though I guess that makes sense because once you've licensed a photo, you can't unilaterally delete it. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:42, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@Smyxhmcj: I hope you understand what is going on here. Are any of the photos you uploaded that are actually your own work? If so, which? Please reply here; if I don't hear from you in the next 36 hours, I will have to delete them all on the basis that we can't trust your claims of "own work." - Jmabel ! talk 05:03, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@Piotrus: if this happens somewhat routinely with your students, could you please adopt some process that checks their work for copyvios, rather than have the burden of checking your students' work fall on the Commons community in general? Either some sort of peer review process, or you doing some checking yourself, or having this sort of thing affect their grade, or something? Or do you already have enough of a process in place that it is surprising that this slipped through? - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining.

To clarify, none of the photos I uploaded are my own work. I mistakenly used images from the Internet and marked them as "own work" due to my lack of understanding of the licensing rules.

I understand now, and I am fine with these images being deleted. I will not upload any images in the future unless they are genuinely my own work and properly licensed.

Sorry again for the trouble caused. ~2025-43034-31 (talk) 05:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I will delete these all then. - Jmabel ! talk 00:25, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel I will add a clarification to the syllabus that uploading copyvios will reduce the grade, good idea. Other than that, while I of course check for copyvios myself, please note that in Wikimedia community we all share the burden of both checking the works of new contributors, and recruiting them. Realistically, some do one more than the others. The organizers of wikithons, including teachers, tend to do more of the recruiting, for obvious reasons. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 12:36, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

It's a bit hard to check the uploads of the students if we dont even know which user accounts are a part of the course in the first place Trade (talk) 21:58, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done uploads all deleted, no other action at this time. @Piotrus: please give some thought to a process that will make this sort of problem less likely in the future. If the checking needs to come from the broader community, perhaps there ought to be a maintenance category applied to the user pages of the people whose work should be checked. - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel I like that idea (of a category) a lot. All my students are registered in the educational dashboard system (See https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/users/Piotrus ; for the sample picture uploads from my recent course, see https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Hanyang_University/Understanding_Small_and_Big_Data_with_Wikis_(2025)/uploads ). While the students are told to upload only free images / ones they took themselves (see https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Hanyangprofessor2/Student_assignments as well as my media module at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hanyangprofessor2/Instructions/6), some will inevitably ignore that requirement. I don't know if the % of bad uploads for students is higher than for an average new contributor (I've never seen any stats related to this), but we can certainly try to categorize educational uploads to get more data clarity. This would likely need to be done throgh reaching WikiEd which runs the dashboard (I've long supported the idea of flagging all student accounts and contributions somehow, but that doesn't seem to be a priority for the devs...). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 04:04, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Probably sockpuppetry

• Ironman33231 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
• AmyAA234 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

These two accounts are likely the same person. Evidence from User:SteinsplitterBot/Previously deleted files:

Jonteemil (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, we have no idea what are you talking about. Can you please publish the wiki page - Andrea Komljenovic - Scientist? AmyAA234 (talk) 17:12, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@AmyAA234 This is Wikimedia Commons, where there are no "wiki 'pages'". 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:25, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Who is "we"? And why did you upload those photos claiming that they are your own work when user Ironman3323 is the actual copyright holder per their statement here: [1]? Are you aware that you are committing a copyright violation if you are not Ironman3323 yet falsely claim that you are the one who took those photos? Nakonana (talk) 22:18, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

These two people are not same person, not sure what you are talking about, please put back these images. AmyAA234 (talk) 20:18, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@AmyAA234 The report has been made in good faith, to allow those with the particular rights to examine this matter and reach a conclusion. Please be patient. There either is a case to answer or there is not. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 20:23, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

It's not the same account, not the same e-mail and not the same person. I need these images to put back in Wikimedia Commons. AmyAA234 (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

For what purpose do you need the selfies of you on this platform? GPSLeo (talk) 21:36, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@GPSLeo Please see w:en:Draft:Andrea Komljenovic, which at present does not show notability, and is unlikely to proceed beyond Draft in its present form. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 23:30, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done I blocked AmyAA234 for socking, and deleted all files. Yann (talk) 08:37, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Elcobbola and the long-term abuse blocking problem

Hey, don't get me wrong. But every time whenever a user's account was created, Elcobbola decides to quickly block them for "long-term abuse" and revert the stuff they got from them and treat other users like they are nothing! I don't know what to do now at this point from them forward! ~2025-43267-12 (talk) 22:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

After taking a look at Special:Log/Elcobbola, the issue apparently doesn't lie with Elcobbola, but with the users blocked who most likely misunderstood the purpose of Commons (COM:SCOPE) and how to behave here (en:Wikipedia:Competence is required). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 23:06, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I checked and most of the recent accounts Elcobbola blocked for "long-term abuse" were flagged by the abuse filter for possibly being "LTA 257". Interestingly, this temporary account is also flagged by the abuse filter for possibly being "LTA 257". So, I think it is likely this temporary account is related to the accounts that were recently blocked. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 23:16, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Bro, Elcobbola is a threat! I didn't edit anything wrong. I was just trying to edit articles, duh. ~2025-43267-12 (talk) 23:44, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

We don't have articles, they are out of scope.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:51, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

But I'm trying to edit the pages. (That counts as editing articles) ~2025-43267-12 (talk) 23:53, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-43267-12: That's funny, both you[2] and Jackrabbituj[3], the last user Elcobbola blocked, have the same meaningless edit to Commons talk:Abuse filter.--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:41, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done I blocked ~2025-43267-12. Yann (talk) 08:32, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Esperantoemilio

• Esperantoemilio (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

After receiving the final copyvio warning, this user didn't stop uploading same unfree portrait; File:Princehisahito2508.jpg, File:Princehisahito2025.jpg, File:Princehisahitoofjapan.jpg and File:Princehisahito19yrs.jpg . Netora (talk) 08:40, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, all files tagged or deleted. Yann (talk) 08:46, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

• Uashim mia (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
• Mawlana Uashim mia (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Evidence from User:SteinsplitterBot/Previously deleted files:

Also both accounts uploads out of scope files. The sock reuploads deleted files by the master. Jonteemil (talk) 20:31, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

And then there's this effort to write a Wikipedia article about himself. Yes, this seems to be self-promotion. I don't think I'll do anything about the older account Uashim mia, but I'll delete the photos and block Mawlana Uashim mia as a sockpuppet. - Jmabel ! talk 07:53, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done - Jmabel ! talk 07:58, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

• MALAVAZHI MALAYALAM MOVIE (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
• MALAVAZHI MOVIE (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Evidence from User:SteinsplitterBot/Previously deleted files:

Also uploads clear copyvios and sock reuploads deleted copyvios uploaded by master. Jonteemil (talk) 20:50, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Sockpuppet is blocked indefinitely, master is warned. All uploads of both users are deleted. Taivo (talk) 11:30, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

@Taivo You must've forgotten to block the sock. Jonteemil (talk) 12:20, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

OK This is not the first time, when I say, that somebody is blocked, and it isn't :-( Taivo (talk) 13:47, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

778866f66~~1

• User: 778866f66~~1 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Continued copyvio uploading like File:IKCOLOGO2025.png after final warning for doing so. The user is also uncommunicative and malformed a DR.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:27, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. No bad uploads after April. No malformed DR-s after April. Next time block. Taivo (talk) 11:21, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

user:Jmhb8006

Not here to contribute constructively; porno user Dronebogus (talk) 04:30, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not blocked: No uploads since NOPENIS warning. All files deleted though. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:56, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Please ban "User:FuzzyBot"

and unsuperprotect pages such as Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n/en. The bot Special:Contributions/FuzzyBot is not doing its work, causing false complaints about template editors such as at Template_talk:YouTube_CC-BY#Change_text_to_reflect_dating_to_before_the_license_change:

> The requested change was not implemented. I do not know why you are saying "done."

When I try to edit the page myself I get either:

> The source language of this group is English. Please select another language to translate into.

or

> This page is an automatically generated mirror of the page Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n and cannot be updated manually.

• Special:ListUsers/translationadmin
• Commons:Translators'_noticeboard#Pages_not_marked_for_translation

How long is one supposed to wait until an edit is approved? An ordinary user has to wait several months until a template editor looks into the issue, and after the template editor has acted, does it have to take several more months? The system makes it essentially impossible to edit templates, because a change can never be tested. Also the idea of having an "/en" subpage that is just a perfect copy is strange and wasteful at least. The translation system should be dropped, unless someone is able and willing to fix it. Taylor 49 (talk) 20:26, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I don’t agree on unprotecting widely used templates. Bidgee (talk) 20:30, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

They are protected to the level template editor, and this is not questioned here. Unfortunately, template editors still cannot edit them (and possibly not even sysops can ...). Taylor 49 (talk) 20:48, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

That is because it is mirroring Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n. Bidgee (talk) 21:04, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I think you have realized it but FuzzyBot will only "do its work" after a translation admin (TA) has marked the changes at the source page. So, I don't see why FuzzyBot should be banned as it was just doing what it was designed to do. Also, the translation backlog (like many backlogs in Commons) are quite long, so if you are unable to wait for a long time, you should request it at Commons:Translators' noticeboard (which I see you have already done), and hopefully a TA will mark the changes. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:06, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I've temporarily granted myself Translation Admin rights and marked Taylor's changes for translation. Abzeronow (talk) 02:16, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Someone need to fix this wording because right now it makes it seem like Youtube does not let you use the Creative Commons license at all anymore and it has no information at all about the cutoff date or the new template that should be used for videos after July 2025

It should be the same like {{YouTube CC-BY 4.0}} but with "before August" instead of "after July" and contain the note "For videos uploaded after July 2025 use {{YouTube CC-BY 4.0}}"  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   19:06, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@999real: I've taken five minutes trying to understand, and cannot work out: fix what wording, where? Please either be more specific or ping someone who presumably knows what is going on. - Jmabel ! talk 22:26, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry it is Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   23:32, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@999real: And you want what wording changed to what wording? Please, lay it out, don't make me take a bunch of time to try to guess exactly what edit you have in mind. - Jmabel ! talk 01:05, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Here I have copied it with the changes User:999real/YT  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   01:11, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

User talk:SUN JIAYI's and User talk:LIUYIKANG

Same with User talk:Smyxhmcj, too many photos are from the internet. I saw these photos at https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Hanyang_University/Understanding_Small_and_Big_Data_with_Wikis_(2025)/uploads , and it looks like many of them are also from the internet. MspreilsCN (talk) 03:43, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

 Doing… I will review all files from these users. 0x0a (talk) 10:02, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Personal attacks by GreggreenX77

Perhaps an admin can take a look at GreggreenX77? Their last two posts (1 and 2) at the Commons Help Desk were clear personal attacks directed at another user that violate COM:NPA. The intial post was also not really related to Commmons per se, but that could be perhaps understood as a simple misunderstanding of Commons and what it's for. The two subsequent posts, however, go beyond the pale and indicate NOTHERE type of behavior. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:30, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Indef'd after user directly insulted 2 other users on Commons:Help desk; obviously not here to contribute. --Túrelio (talk) 11:45, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: You should have notified the user of this discussion on their user talk page, as per the above. Pings are not enough, and "no ping" is definitely unacceptable.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:50, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: You should've checked GreggreenX77's user talk page's history before posting because I did notify them, but they blanked their user talk page. I've got no problem with people pointing out any errors I make, but people jumping to conclusions without checking the facts is definitely unacceptable. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:28, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I see that now, but what I saw then was that you used {{No ping}} in Special:Diff/1138466960. Why?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:58, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

The best time to ask why someone did something is typically before you imply/accuse them of doing something wrong. The same user was making the same personal attacks on English Wikipedia, and they had already been blocked there (the user talk page access was subsequently removed); so, they seemed to be clearly NOTHERE. I decided not to ping them because I knew I was going to add a notifcation template to their user talk page, which I did within a few minutes of my first post here. The {{no ping}} template was just an easy way to link to their user account without double "notifying" them. I normally use Template:Userlinks for such a thing but occasionally will use "no ping" if I don't see the need for the extra links. Your apparent desire to be quick to judge me without fully understanding what really happened is more of a reflection on you than me. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

This seems reasonable. However, it might have been helpful if you had explained this beforehand. Admins on Commons don't know the ins and outs of personal attacks, it's not always as clear cut as this one has been. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 04:50, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

There was nothing to explain beforehand. I notified the user in question as is required, and they removed the notification. The Commons administrator who blocked the user obviously had no issue the way things played out. Jeff G., who I've interacted with before without any issues, isn't a Commons administrator but, for some reason, just decided to assume the worst about me this time around. Moreover, when it was pointed out they were wrong in their assumption, instead of just saying "my bad" and moving on, they decided to double down and switch the discussion to the use of a "no ping" template that had nothing to do with anything at all. Any admin who looked at the two diffs I included in my OP would've almost certainly had no problem understanding the ins and outs of this particular case. Many admins might've even blocked the user without warning or notification given the brazeness of the personal attacks if they had stumbled upon them without anyone reporting them. I notified the user in question and they subsequently blanked their user talk page, which means they were aware of this discussion. That's the end of the story, and there's nothing more than really needs to be said. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:19, 30 December 2025 (UTC); post copyedited for some minor changes. -- 09:13, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

I do agree you were blameless :-) It's rather unfortunately how this has turned out. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 07:30, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, I did not additionally notify the user after blocking, because I had already noticed that he had removed the previous notification. --Túrelio (talk) 09:23, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I'm sorry, I didn't see the notification and blanking at first glance.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:45, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Generally: Should we have a filter blocking such talk page blanking? I think we should. GPSLeo (talk) 10:51, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

• NEW POWER YOUTH CLUB KALUTHAVALAI (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
• KALUTHAVALA INEW POWER YOUTH CLUB (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Block evasion from blocks on other wikis. Evidence from User:SteinsplitterBot/Previously deleted files:

Jonteemil (talk) 23:23, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jonteemil: Can you explain what you mean by "Block evasion from blocks on other wikis"? How can an edit on Commons be evading a block on another wiki? (I'll block the latter account as a sock of the former because of the re-upload, but I don't understand whether anything here is a reason to block the former account, and if so for how long.) - Jmabel ! talk 01:17, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

I mean, the master was blocked on two other wikis so I would assume that the sock was created to evade those two blocks. But the sock's edits here I guess don't evade any blocks since the master wasn't blocked here, so you are not wrong. Jonteemil (talk) 02:22, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Btw, you now blocked the master, not the sock. You also tagged the master as a sock of themself. I could have boldly fixed the second one but I can't change any blocks so therefore commenting here. Jonteemil (talk) 02:27, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

I'll fix this between master and sock. - Jmabel ! talk 08:18, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Another Namest 2003 sock

• Zaragoza, La Ciudad De Las Dos Catedrales (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
• Category:Sockpuppets of Namest 2003

Seems quite blatant given the username. Further evidence from User:SteinsplitterBot/Previously deleted files below:

Jonteemil (talk) 23:38, 29 December 2025 (UTC)