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User:Fdinpa

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

Likely a sock of the indeffed Fdinpo (talk · contribs). Both of the accounts are reverting the version at File:Somaliland (orthographic projection).svg. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 09:50, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

You should have gone to ANV ngl Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:10, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused: "ngl"?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:59, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Is this a serious comment? $999$REAL 💬 ⬆ 18:00, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@999real: I seriously questioned what @Whyiseverythingalreadyused meant by "ngl".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

How is it possible to have been on the internet for 20 years and never heard of it? $999$REAL 💬 ⬆ 21:33, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@999real: You mean something like wikt:NGL#Phrase? I had heard "not gonna lie", but not "NGL" or "ngl". I am older than the World Wide Web.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:45, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

New to me, too, and while there are people who've been around the web longer than I have, a fair number of those are at CERN.

I think this sort of initialism is a lot more common among people who do a lot of texting. - Jmabel ! talk 23:58, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused You're right, I can see this user have repeated their problematic behavior after this report. Next time if I encounter other socks of this user, it's probably a better idea go to AN/V instead. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:06, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I blocked the user indefinitely. Taivo (talk) 20:45, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Protection request for Category:Art

Please semi-protect Category:Art. There are too many temporary account spams. Sakurase (talk) 07:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Support Shaan Sengupta^Talk 08:18, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done --Yann (talk) 18:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Priscila Lima Brandão

• User: Priscila Lima Brandão (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Tried to nominate a translation of this page for deletion. NOTHERE.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:47, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

That edit was over a year ago, and looks like it was related to File:W6A5177.jpg (which was deleted around the same time). Omphalographer (talk) 22:44, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done - Jmabel ! talk 17:32, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Protection request for Category:Milinko Vasiljević

I am the subject and creator of the media in this category (Milinko Vasiljević). As a professional journalist and voice actor since 2001 with a verified Google Knowledge Panel, I request protection for my category and the 33 audio files I have uploaded. I want to prevent unauthorized edits or the insertion of defamatory content to ensure my digital heritage remains accurate and professional. Thank you. Milevoiceover (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

@Milevoiceover: Hi, Unfortunately, Wikimedia Commons doesn't work that way. When you upload content here, you allow anyone to use and modify the content in any way for any purpose. Please read the license in which you have published your works here. Thanks, Yann (talk) 00:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Convenience link: Category:Milinko Vasiljević. - Jmabel ! talk 00:51, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done - Jmabel ! talk 17:31, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Request to Adjust Protection Level or Expiry Time - POTY 2025 Results Page

Regarding the page Commons:Picture of the Year/2025/Results/All, could a sysop please either change the protection level from administrator to template editor, or update the expiry time to 2 May 2026, 23:59:59 (UTC)? Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 11:15, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Revi C. pinging for attention. Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 14:38, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

 fixed. — regards, Revi 15:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 15:13, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Richard234z

• Richard234z (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: recreate file after warning. JaydenChao (talk) 17:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
•  Done blocked for a week, aimed them at COM:SCOPE and COM:VRT (which really no one had done other than through very verbose boilerplate). Obviously, if they ignore that, the next block will be longer. - Jmabel ! talk 17:27, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

User:MRWikiTankenTai

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

Still removing open DR templates from their files after being asked not to do this a few days ago. Belbury (talk) 11:59, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

They also vandalized and used incomplete or malformed DR syntax.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:53, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done I think a 1-week block suffices for now, we'll see how they behave after returning. - Jmabel ! talk 18:32, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Juangym

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

Copyvio--Trade (talk) 02:00, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done blocked for a week. Sadly, I suspect there will be more like this; if there is, then a longer block is in order. - Jmabel ! talk 03:14, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Not so much a week as a month Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:49, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

You're right, it was a month. "Short block" in any case. - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Vanshu7002

Vanshu7002 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
I initially thought that warning and deletion nominations (See user TP) would be enough. But then I went to global account information to find out that the user is indeffed with TPA revoked on ENWIKI per this thread at WP:AN. The reason, same case as here (plus false license review while uploading), uploading images that either are falsely claimed as own work or can't be hosted here. So if anyone like me wants to avoid things like this (can also be seen here), we can end it now. (I am not informing the user on TP knowingly, if someone wants to, I won't object.) Shaan Sengupta^Talk 13:01, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Hfhtdjf

Hfhtdjf (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Any admin please block this user for 7 days as he had uploaded many covyvios despite the previous deletions. Junior Jumper (talk) 14:53, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

COM:IU violation, too.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:07, 5 May 2026 (UTC)