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Block of User:Nairobi kenyatta market

• Nairobi kenyatta market (talk · contribs)

Seems promotional and a violation of COM:USERNAME, especially as their only upload was promotional. — Naomi Amethyst 06:47, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I feel, that warning against advertising is enough. Taivo (talk) 10:48, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

@NaomiAmethyst: Thanks for the report, but it was premature. Please report again if they spam again after warning.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:14, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Thanks for the advice! I'm more familiar with enwiki's practice of reporting username policy violations on first use. Had it been just the advertising content itself, I'd have waited to report until repeated offense. In the future, I'll wait longer before reporting violations of the username policy here on Commons. — Naomi Amethyst 15:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

@NaomiAmethyst: note that Commons:Username policy allows a lot of names that would not be allowed on en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 18:32, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Block of User:Victoryhomoeo

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

Promotional username. First upload linked to a website for Victory Homoeo at their username-dot-org. — Naomi Amethyst 07:05, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I feel, that warning against advertising is enough. Taivo (talk) 10:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Block of User:Aroohatours

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

Promotional username. First upload links to a website at their username-dot-com. — Naomi Amethyst 08:33, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I feel, that warning against advertising is enough. Taivo (talk) 10:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

File:20110425 German Shepherd Dog 8505.jpg

This image is used on several pages of the English Wikipedia, and regularly, someone comes from there and experiments on its description page or vandalizes it. Please set the editing protection to logged in only -- Jakubhal 08:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

• Probably due to use here: en:User:Immanuelle/Vandalize_this_subpage -- Jakubhal 09:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

• I nominated for deletion w:Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Immanuelle/Vandalize this subpage, but there is a consensus to keep it. Yann (talk) 16:39, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

•  Oppose and watchlist as a honeypot.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

•  Done All of the files linked to from that page are now protected. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 13:11, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Block of User:Studio marvel india

• Studio marvel india (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Promotional username. First uploads with promotional content for their website. — Naomi Amethyst 09:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. This case is worse than others. I blocked the studio indefinitely and mass deleted all uploads. Taivo (talk) 10:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

User:Socjolog Tomasz

Legal threat in the Commons:Deletion requests/File:Michal nowicki.jpg thread. Do you block users who make legal threats? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:07, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek: see my responses on the DR. I think there is nothing further to do until he either responds or ~48 hours goes by. - Jmabel ! talk 05:10, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

 Comment I added a strong warning about legal threats, and another warning about responsibility of proof. Yann (talk) 16:34, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I have now raised this to a final warning. I realize that en:Wikipedia:No legal threats has never formally been adopted as Commons policy, but I'll stake my admin-ship on applying it here (and I do think we should formally adopt either that or a close equivalent). - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I would  Support a block if they don't retract. Legal threats are not acceptable on Commons. Abzeronow (talk) 22:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done indef-blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 00:21, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I declined unblock request and reblocked the user without talkpage access. Taivo (talk) 10:36, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Template:Community tabs/end

It would be better to protect the page, apparently (see history). Quick1984 (talk) 15:32, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done There should be no need to edit this. Yann (talk) 16:37, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh thank god. I spent, like, half an hour trying to figure out what template that P was inserted into earlier today. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:17, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

陳宏祥

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

Continuously uploading images that are clearly not self-taken, and ignoring requests to send permission letters to VRT. GY Fan★ 18:34, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

spam. --GY Fan★ 20:55, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done Not really spam, abuse of COM:WEBHOST. Two warnings added, and all files deleted. Yann (talk) 21:48, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

土田幸治

土田幸治 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) he/she committed multiple copyright violation . --eien20 (talk) 13:48, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 15:54, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

sock of User:Yukitanooki

• BlackHood5 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

New sock puppet for block evasion. see evidence at en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yukitanooki. 0x0a (talk) 17:26, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

 Blocked. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

suppression

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Modern_primat&action=history please suppress last 2 edits. thank you. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 14:01, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

also descriptions please. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 14:11, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Modern primat: You need to declare User:Geleneksel primat as an alternate account.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:39, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

my god... modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 17:04, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Modern primat: what is actually to be suppressed? Always provide exact diffs. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:06, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Aafi this and this . modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 17:10, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Bedivere (talk) 19:42, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

m:User_talk:Modern_primat/Kukla_kullanmama_yemini @Jeff G.. i swear to not use or didnt use sock puppets... that user is LTA and impersonating me... modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 17:07, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Modern primat: Sorry.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:12, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. You can just remove the thread. Bedivere (talk) 19:42, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

So should that account be blocked, or what? - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel, @Aafi and @Bedivere: I indefinitely blocked the account. I know this troll from trwiki. Kadı Message 20:32, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Block of 陳宏祥

陳宏祥 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Further abused of COM:WEBHOST despite final warning. Sakurase (talk) 15:38, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked indef. NOT HERE. File deleted. Yann (talk) 15:58, 3 May 2025 (UTC)