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Administrators: Please make a note if a report is dealt with, to avoid unnecessary responses by other admins.

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Copyright:

• Copyright violations: ~88
• Unfree Flickr files: ~0
• Recent unfree Flickr images: ~0
• Media uploaded without a license as of 2025-09: ~133

Other:

• Duplicates: ~21
• Advertisements/spam: ~9
• Personal photos/selfies: ~14
• Other speedy deletions: ~161
• Categories for discussion: 84 months
• Media requiring a split up: ~0
• Requests for unblock: ~2
• Undeletion requests: ~13

Protected edit requests:

• Full protection: ~22
• Interface admin: ~14
• Technical: ~0
• Template protection: ~12
• Protection level: ~0

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User:WielkiJuchacz68

• WielkiJuchacz68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Uploading out of scope material after warnings. Also copyvios after warnings. Seawolf35 (talk) 19:49, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I blocked the user for a week. Taivo (talk) 12:55, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Warn or Block User:Arslan Mohammed

User continues to upload many copyrighted photos from the web and is claiming them as 'Own Work' PascalHD (talk) 19:50, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done. User is warned. Taivo (talk) 12:56, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Alan Sahed

• Alan sahed (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Alan sahed X (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Allen sahed (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Inappropriate cross-wiki self-promotion using multiple accounts. Repeatedly re-uploading deleted files. Marbletan (talk) 12:56, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I blocked and tagged them all. Taivo (talk) 13:02, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

User:Filixxxx

• Filixxxx (talk · contribs)

User has uploaded 5 copyvios in the last 48 hours, continuing to upload them after one of them being deleted and the user being warned about their copyright violation. Jeż0216 (talk) 11:40, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done Last warning sent, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 11:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Peter18879

• Peter18879 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• User continued to upload low quality nudity images despite warnings.

A1Cafel (talk) 13:29, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked indef., NOT HERE, was warned before, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 14:49, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Block request for User:NoEggs

• NoEggs (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user's edits involve reverting back to the edits of User:Bend465, who was blocked as another sock of User:TylerKutschbach. Wowzers122 (talk) 01:24, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

   Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 01:30, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I declined unblock request. Taivo (talk) 17:12, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Allgaeuer-Bodensee

• Allgaeuer-Bodensee (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• User continued to upload low quality nudity images despite warnings.

A1Cafel (talk) 02:33, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done NOTHERE, all files deleted The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:02, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.svg

should be protected due to edit warring 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:39, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Already done by The Squirrel Conspiracy —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Requesting template protection

Template:User Files and Template:User Files/layout see widespread use on Commons, both in and of themselves and as part of templates that make use of it such as Template:User QI or Template:User FP. The latter two are already protected, but the template (and layout page) they depend on aren't. ReneeWrites (talk) 18:55, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

I noticed another user attempted to implement dark mode colors to the template but did it incorrectly. So, I would like to try doing it correctly before the template gets protected. It shouldn’t take too long (should finish it by today), hopefully you (or admins) wouldn’t mind this. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 19:26, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

I have finished implementing the dark mode colors, it should now work correctly. Just to be sure, I have check all the templates that uses {{User Files}} and randomly picked userpages that uses this template. So far I haven’t seen any problems, but feel free to let me know if there is any. So both {{User Files}} and {{User Files/layout}} can be template protected now. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done I protected them at autopatroller level. In my opinion more strict protection is not needed. Taivo (talk) 18:37, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Category:Time in life, Category:Years

These categories usually be vandalized by a LTA recently, view the page history for more info. This LTA also vandalism in multiple categories that I can't list all, probably should check the contribs list of LTA's socks in these pages. I think it should be semi-protected. Nvdtn19 (talk) 01:56, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

• Those two categories now limited to autoconfirmed for a year. If someone wants to do more, great. - Jmabel ! talk 04:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)