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Viru96

• User: Viru96 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Only copyvio uploading and ineffective defense of same after personal warning by billinghurst in March.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:59, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done removed the uploaded files, blocked from further uploads for a month, and requested that they undertake conversations in Com:VPC  — billinghurst sDrewth 05:56, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Could you please elaborate the reason for this decision? The images I have uploaded are all free of copyrights and gave more insights for the particular pages. It feels that removing all of them is bit harsh without explaining reasonable facts.

I suggest to wikipedia team to re-consider the reporting strategy, before remove uploads or banning the user right away just because someone reported. Viru96 (talk) 05:11, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Let me know is there a way to recover the uploads if this reporting is invalid @Billinghurst @Jeff G. Viru96 (talk) 05:15, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Picking three more or less at random:

• File:MahamayaGirlsCollege crest.png: gives a source of https://mahamayagirlscollege.lk/school-crest/ (a link that doesn't work for me) and an unexplained date of 1932-01-14 (hard to say for what: it could be the date of a related design, but the graphic itself is clearly computer-generated so can't be from that era). Claims PD-US but gives no rationale, doesn't indicate anything about copyright status in Sri Lanka.
• File:Dharmaraja College War Heroes' Memorial.jpg: Photo of a memorial, apparently in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has no freedom of panorama, so if the memorial is still copyrighted it is certainly not OK. Says {{Cc-zero}} and "author unknown" (an unlikely but not impossible combination that would require some evidence). Source given is just a domain (dharmaraja.lk), no specific URL so there is no way to check it.
• File:Amarasiri Kalansuriya.jpg: photograph, dated 2023-04-01. Source is https://www.adaderana.lk/news/89496/veteran-actor-amarasiri-kalansuriya-passes-away. It's the first photo there. Described as PD-US (which frankly beggars belief, and no rationale is given). Why would this image be in the PD in the U.S. (or anywhere)? Source page says "Copyright ©2024 Ada Derana." No idea whether that is legit for the photo, but that's really neither here nor there: no reason to think it is PD or free-licensed.

So, I can't say that there is no possibility that any of Viru96's uploads are OK, but if I had been the one who sampled and saw this, I'd probably have said "just delete it all, and if there is something that's OK, or even some class of things that should be OK, the user can make a specific case for it in an undeletion request."

@Viru96: with all due respect, it looks like you are trying to upload a lot of different types of things, with a lot of different copyright issues. When your block expires, I strongly suggest that unless you want to undertake a "crash course" on copyright, public domain, valid licenses for Commons, etc. you confine yourself to some narrower area(s) for a while (giving you a chance to learn the rules about those areas), and maybe find a mentor who is willing to review your uploads for a while to see if you are getting it right. I strongly suggest that until you have a better grasp of this you not make assertions/guesses that things are in the public domain when the source says no such thing.

By the way, thank you for being generally clear about your sources, which made this much easier to sort out than it might otherwise have been. - Jmabel ! talk 06:28, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

 Comment @Viru96: When you have reputation for copyright violations, and I am not seeing metadata in images that indicates that they are yours, and I am seeing copyright violations; you are not going to have someone picking through your uploads on a case-by-case basis. As I asked, please take your conversations about your copyright problems, the deletions and your understandings to Com:VPC. That forum is the most likely to be able to support someone in repeated copyright problems.  — billinghurst sDrewth 12:06, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Aommyabrina

Please consider blocking Aommyabrina (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) for repeated copyright violations. The user keeps re-uploading files immediately after they were deleted. Thank you. -- Librovore (talk) 12:02, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Final warning given. Please note that you are supposed to notify them when you bring them here. Uploads nuked. If it persists a block is definitely merited Gbawden (talk) 12:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Socks of Viratvini11

• Haribhakta10 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

These two users are re-uploading the repeatedly-deleted files (copyvios) that were previously uploaded by blocked user Viratvini11 (talk · contribs) and prior sock(s). Marbletan (talk) 12:51, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

In addition, Ultimate seeker (talk · contribs) has been blocked on English Wikipedia as part of the same sockfarm and has also uploaded suspect files here. Marbletan (talk) 13:13, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

All 3 socks blocked. Yann (talk) 14:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Donald Trump is Super Villain

• Donald Trump is Super Villain (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Username. --Leonidlednev (talk) 03:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Account is globally locked, so nothing to do. - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

File:Paito-hk.png

persistent spam, either a semi-protection or a speedy deletion would be appreciated. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 04:05, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Made it editable only by autoconfirmed users. Let's see how that goes. - Jmabel ! talk 06:32, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

User:BiharPoliticalManch copyvios after {{Endofcopyvios}} warning

Multiple uploads since that date. Please get this editor's attention with an educational, preventative, time limited block 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 09:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Pattybenderadvisors

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

Spam-only account. Has been warned, but persists. Marbletan (talk) 15:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Indef. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:34, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Aommyabrina (2)

Please consider blocking Aommyabrina (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) for repeated copyright violations despite a final warning from an administrator. Thank you. -- Librovore (talk) 22:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done The derivative works are from Commons. They uploaded them without proper attribution (before I added it), thus making them copyright violations. I have blocked this user's account.

@Librovore: I realize we're understaffed, but if you have the time and patience, I'd recommend that you add attribution rather than just mark as copyright violation. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 14:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Seconded. - Jmabel ! talk 19:11, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Though looking at these now, they were pretty useless. Still, I'd probably have fixed the licensing & nominated for deletion. - Jmabel ! talk 19:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Yasarhossain07

• Yasarhossain07 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user repeated copyvios, recreates deleted content despite warnings.

0x0a (talk) 10:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 14:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Saul907

• Saul907 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

New sock of Malttew9983 (talk · contribs), again uploading copyvios of Panamanian politicians. Taichi (talk) 22:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done by Mdaniels5757. Yann (talk) 19:40, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Vinayvinyill's socks uploading images with dubious copyright on Commons

I, as an admin on enwiki, have been dealing with socks of Vinayvinyill (talk · contribs) (see sockpuppet investigation and list of blocked socks) many of whom have also been uploading images with dubious claims of "own work" on Commons. Most, possibly all, these images are of the Kannada actor Darshan. The currently known socks are:

• Jaidevram (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Brahmachintaka (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• D boss worshipper (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Dacchu Yogi (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Dboss trends (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Haribhakta10 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Ultimate seeker (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Viratvini11 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

although several new ones have been created almost everyday, recently. Bringing this to the attention of Commons admins so that they can deal with the copyright and socking issues as appropriate. If there is a better venue/process to report this, just let me know; would appreciate a ping since I don't check Commons too regularly. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 04:03, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

 Partially done I blocked all the ones that were active and that user:Yann hadn't already blocked earlier in the week. The remainder have never made edits on this project. It should be relatively easy to set up an edit filter to flag new uploads from socks of this person, but that's beyond my skill. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:37, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

@The Squirrel Conspiracy I'd say this account as well - Madhu Chakravarthy (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user -- DaxServer (talk) 19:41, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done All blocked. Yann (talk) 19:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

File:Sexy_girl.jpg

Please lock forever File:Sexy_girl.jpg to level "sysop only". Repeated upload of bullshit. Taylor 49 (talk) 21:47, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Done. --A.Savin 22:03, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Shanghaishift

• Shanghaishift (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reason: Spam-only account (See their userpage). They have been blocked on zhwiki.

SCP-2000 03:30, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

 Blocked. -- CptViraj (talk) 03:42, 22 July 2024 (UTC)