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You have been indefinitely blocked

You have been indefinitely blocked from editing Commons for the following reason: the user is clearly here not to create a free file depository; likely block evasion as well. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may add {{unblock|(enter your reason here) ~~~~}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. See also the block log. For more information, see Appealing a block.

w:NOTHERE--Ymblanter (talk) 17:17, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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Unblock request granted This blocked user asked to be unblocked, and one or more administrators has reviewed and granted this request. Request reason: "NOTHERE is not a Commons policy, and probably for good reason. Blocking someone after just three edits to an Admin noticeboard, as if that could possibly prove they have no intention of contributing to Commons, is a perfect example of how it can be absued. To that end, my posts were clearly constructive, and will hopefully help this community come to a consensus about what to do about Beeblebrox's harassment of Fae. Also, I deny the charge of block evasion, that appears to be at best, complete guesswork, bad faith at its worst. I am not blocked on Commons, and it is no crime to be familiar with Wikimedia projects and actors. It is no crime to even be a blocked user on another local project and register here. It looks to me like the blocking Administrator was just looking for any excuse to shut me up given the potentially serious consequences for English Wikipedia, if Beeblebrox is sanctioned here. I ask that my case be reviewed by an Administrator whose sole loyalties lie with Commons. Celtic Minded (talk) 17:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)" Unblock reason: "Unblocked per below and disc on COM:ANU.--Achim (talk) 18:32, 29 August 2021 (UTC)" This template should be archived normally.

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 Support unblock: Their edits/comments have IMO not been disruptive, and block evasion is a guess. Might be "abusing multiple accounts" but that's until now not sufficient for a CU request. --Achim (talk) 17:55, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

You may just unblock them if you think the block is not good. It is just pretty clear to me that the user registered here to flame, and not for anything else. They pass the duck test as far as I am concerned. But if anybody wants to unblock please do.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:59, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

 Support unblock, per COM:ANU discussion, this block was out of process and is controversial. Also, could the blocking sysop please repair the template as a courtesy? --Fæ (talk) 18:15, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks to Achim and others for a speedy resolution to an obviously poor block that had no standing in policy and whose reasoning clearly amounted to nothing more than because I can. I am quite sure a less experienced users would have not known how to extricate themselves and either got further blocked for getting angry or saying the wrong thing, if not just walked away in bemusement. English Wikipedia take note. Celtic Minded (talk) 18:40, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• Just to note for bystanders that this user was, not quite unsurprisingly, globally locked as a sockpuppet of a globally banned user.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:43, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

I presume the stewards did their job? Happy to support that work. --Fæ (talk) 09:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Ymblanter, stop making Commons look sane! Major anti-lulz. ElC (talk) 14:39, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Just as a bystander, my issue with the global lock is that it States "Globally banned user" but it doesn't say which one, are we just supposed to trust "the Stews" that whatever they do is correct and never make any mistakes? Sure, this user clearly wasn't here to contribute educational content to Wikimedia Commons, but I always find it bad practice when users with advanced rights use block notices like "Abusing multiple accounts" and "LTA" without ever specifying anything, being from a Communist dictatorship myself that likes to detain people without trial or accusation this just seems eerily familiar. I noticed a similar situation where a Sockpuppeteer was abusing Wikimedia Commons by posting anti-educational fantasy flags but no-one ever bothered to tag his socks so while a lot were blocked for "Abusing multiple accounts" it was never specified that it was his accounts so people didn't really think that the flags were fantasies until after others pointed it out. I know that admins have a lot of work, but it should be standard practice to write "Abusing multiple accounts - NAME" and "Globally banned user - NAME", Etc. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:05, 31 August 2021 (UTC)