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RPP

For my own page? See history. IrisChronomia (talk) 15:08, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

@IrisChronomia: Looks like one now-blocked user was hitting your user talk page. Unless they come back with a different account and do the same, I don't see a reason for protection. If another admin disagrees, though, I won't object. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

It's fine. I asked for the protection back when it was in progress; all was resolved now, and the disruptor became a number on my "user_page_vandalized_count".

Feel free to archive, and thanks. IrisChronomia (talk) 18:33, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Hey, looks like someone's aroused again; shall I get a pp-vandalism? IrisChronomia (talk) 13:13, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Blocked. @IrisChronomia: I can semi-protect your user talk page if you like, but keep in mind that the likely result here would have been that they would still have made a bunch of bogus deletion requests, and you would not have been notified. Is that what you want? - Jmabel ! talk 13:26, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Yep. I know the deletion requests won't go through, but the cross-wiki notifications are a buzzing mosquito. The best way to ignore LTAs are to not be aware of them. IrisChronomia (talk) 13:29, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

OK, I'll semi-protect your user talk page. Just be aware that if they continue, and you can't see it, they may do a lot more damage before they can be stopped. - Jmabel ! talk 13:33, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Request RPP

Requesting RPP for User talk:Sirfurboy. Some IP LTA with a grudge and poor google-fu. Sirfurboy (talk) 13:30, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked. All edits rev'deleted. I think you should send a report to [1]. Yann (talk) 15:19, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Sirfurboy (talk) 15:21, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

User:Xazyaqan

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

Block evasion by Blaine2020 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user (checkuser blocked earlier this year on enwiki), only contributions have been a string of invalid deletion requests. Belbury (talk) 19:17, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done Shaan Sengupta^Talk 04:11, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

The Template:PD-SO is confusing and I want to nominate it for deletion, but I can't because it is protected.

PD-SO is confusing and must be deleted. Unprotect it so I can nominate for deletion. Someone outside Portuguese speaking countries won't know it stands for "Domínio Público, Símbolos Oficiais". There is Template:PD-Brazil-Gov for that. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 17:21, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

The Template:PD-SO should not be deleted without mass replacing it with Template:PD-Brazil-Gov. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

 Not done PD-SO is a redirect to PD-Brazil-Gov and has been for a decade. There's no reason to delete the redirect. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:46, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

PD-SO would be confusing for people outside Portuguese-speaking countries, that's why I nominated the other redirect (DP-SO) for deletion... Candidyeoman55 (talk) 18:01, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Commons is an international project. I really don't see what the issue is here. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:29, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Lots of possible copyvio

Getistanbultours: 439 uploads (until now) of media files without proper attribution, even after warnings on the user's talk page. stanglavine ^msg 20:19, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done Indeffed for spamming. Files wiped. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:41, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

{{MONCopyright}}

While trying to crop File:Tomasz Siemoniak i generał bryg. Grzegorz Gielerak.jpg the spamblacklist detected "archive.is" in the license template Template:MONCopyright, preventing me from uploading the cropped version. Bastruk (talk) 11:44, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@Bastruk: Please try again per Special:Diff/1282777755.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:58, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. I think it's the "important notice" (here: Template:MONCopyright/i18n/en) that still prevents me from uploading. Bastruk (talk) 12:24, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@Bastruk: Ok, please try again per Special:Diff/1282804753.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:49, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Still blocked. For my language, the archiveis link is still displayed, so it seems to be related to the translations now ╯︿╰ Bastruk (talk) 14:07, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@Bastruk: Perhaps someone (not me) will have success translating it to Polish.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:19, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Copyvios by User:PayamAvarwand

I have just nominated two suspected copyvios uploaded by User:PayamAvarwand, they are File:Ahvaz - Students - 2536.jpg and File:Mitra Cabaret - Ahvaz - 2536.jpg. Meanwhile I have discovered one more: File:Iranian military women - 2536.jpg (compare https://www.instagram.com/p/DAHBJ2gsxAQ/ ). It seems that the user colorizes some historical photos, adds their watermark to them and uploads them to Commons as their "own" work. Having checked the history of the user's talk page I found out that the problems with copyright are longlasting. See also Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by PayamAvarwand. Having checked their global account I noticed that the user was indefblocked at fa.wikipedia. Thus it seems to me that the contributor's uploads cannot be trusted generally. -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 19:09, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, yes I have added my name to the images, so that it's clear, that there will be no problem with them, since I own the original images. And yes, many pages use my images.

About the history of my uploads, you found it well, I have uploaded many images of my friend (from Iran) and he had no problem with that, but I was informed, that I cannot upload the images of other people, even with agreement. That's why I didn't try again. My friend in Iran has no easy access to Internet. I accepted that deletions. PayamAvarwand (talk) 20:17, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@PayamAvarwand: Who snapped the photos?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:09, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

The removed photos in the past were not mine. He snapped themː https://www.instagram.com/mehrdad.misaghian/?hl=en PayamAvarwand (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@PayamAvarwand: Where are the free licenses?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:19, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Honestly, I have no problem releasing my photos, and neither does my father.

In wikipedia, every Photo with my name on it, is free to publish, which means, either I snapped the photo or my dad.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/PayamAvarwand

You see them also here on my pageː https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvCcj6HinGo PayamAvarwand (talk) 23:41, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

@PayamAvarwand: Where are the free licenses from mehrdad.misaghian?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:02, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

This topic is oldǃ There are no pictures of him in Wikimedia anymore, except this one "Kian_Abad_in_Pandemic.jpg". PayamAvarwand (talk) 14:14, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

副代表

• 副代表 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• User continued to upload copyvio images despite warnings. Recent report in June 2026.

A1Cafel (talk) 12:24, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Disruptive edits from temp IP despite warning

Special:Contributions/~2026-53422-48 --Don (talk) 21:55, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Already done blocked for a week by Túrelio - Jmabel ! talk 08:27, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Page protection request for File:Facebook logo (2023).svg

• Protection type: semi-protection
• File name: File:Facebook logo (2023).svg
• Proposed protection timespan: indefinite

There has been a lot of vandalism on File:Facebook logo (2023).svg spanning back several months and from several users (mainly from temporary accounts and newly registered users). The edits should all be reverted now, but given that the file is used across several Wikimedia sites, I think an indefinite semi-protection should be placed on the page to prevent future vandalism attempts. ForeverFlying (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done indefinitely semi-protected. - Jmabel ! talk 08:31, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Protection for Template:Cc-by-sa-4.0 Settimio Garritano

Please apply template protection to Template:Cc-by-sa-4.0 Settimio Garritano as a custom VRTS permission template to avoid future distortions. Thanks in advance Arrow303 (talk) 11:52, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done - Jmabel ! talk 15:45, 5 October 2026 (UTC)