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File:Magdeburg car attack.jpg

Add Category:Screenshots of security camera footage--Trade (talk) 13:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 13:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Add Category:2024 Magdeburg car attack--Trade (talk) 19:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Already done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Speedy delete topic pages which template cannot be added

Hi. These topic pages contains nothing but error. Since I cannot add Template:Speedydelete to the page, I have to nominate here:

• Topic:Smtpj8utllnryc3k
• Topic:Smtrcre7hhh81d4z
• Topic:Smtrd0oxngijcsq9
• Topic:Smtsy0wtqqml28ke
• Topic:Smtt99p7yp47d4wc
• Topic:Smy2af0luk1wz5es
• Topic:Sn6grtdjn70cisb7
• Topic:Sn6hmfa58460l238
• Topic:Sn8f3y8qir8oxzjb
• Topic:Sn8f417nuorxes8d
• Topic:So4juczs8f56jvp5
• Topic:Ssg1557c6pg1r8zg
• Topic:Tg8hmw5fl6cc5c35
• Topic:Ty0zgb6jtxsi07hk
• Topic:Ty2mpskkqgqx26k4
• Topic:Ty2ntvbvaj5ymdoj
• Topic:Ty36xz9nqpmqx36d
• Topic:Ty3afiw134mdwu6a
• Topic:U95qp9ct63emszgi

Thanks! Пусть от победы☆к победе ведёт! 09:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

This is all about Flow. I don't think deletion is appropriate. @阿南之人: Has this stuff been moved to archive? Fwiw, the use of Flow is deprecated. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 10:46, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi Here. Commons talk:Flow/tests Пусть от победы☆к победе ведёт! 10:48, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

As you have said, flow is deprecated. However, these error pages are left. So I it is appropriate to delete these to clear all flow pages. Пусть от победы☆к победе ведёт! 10:55, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I will leave this open for a while, and see what my fellow admins have to say. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 10:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

There's also other reason that I'd perhaps report on Phabricator. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 10:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Delete when there is no real content, i.e. Topic:Smtpj8utllnryc3k, but actually, I could not delete it. Yann (talk) 13:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I have raised this concern somewhere on Phabricator. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 13:09, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@AafiOnMobile Can you give us the link? Пусть от победы☆к победе ведёт! 13:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

This is on phab:T370722. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 13:48, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi It looks like there aren't any technicians reply us. I think it is better to set a new task for sooner response. Пусть от победы☆к победе ведёт! 04:38, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

What's the hurry? Let's keep this as is. This isn't damaging anything. I'm certain folks working on flow will take care of this anyway, at right time. As such I'm closing this as  Not done. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 14:23, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

File:Obese MBi.jpg

This file is repeatedly re-uploaded by a vandal, to be used for vandalisms. Please remove it and protect against uploading. Blocking the uploader may also be worth considering. Msz2001 (talk) 18:49, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Here was another instance of that file: File:Otyły MBi.jpg Msz2001 (talk) 18:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Full protected both deleted files. Abzeronow (talk) 19:06, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

The uploader and their sock are blocked indefinitely. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit request

Good day, kindly see edit request Template talk:Warning#Edit request on 25-12-2024. Waddie96 (talk) 10:35, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:00, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Blocking practice

Hi, I would like to know what should be the blocking practice, specially for out of scope content. Should we block spammers on sight, or should we give them first a warning? Should the block be indefinite? What about people uploading vanity pictures? Yann (talk) 11:40, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

My cent is to block indeff whenever they come around. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 14:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

My 2 cents:

• For spammers advertising a business that does not seem to be theirs (including w:en:SEO people), unless it's particularly spammy or they have already been warned on another project, I often warn, then indef on second offense.
• For pure spam (e.g. boner pill or casino adverts), I indef them immediately.
• For vanity pictures and self-promotion, it really depends on how spammy they seem to be, but sometimes a block for 1 week to 1 month on second or third offense, then indef.

My motivation for being more lenient there is that I view someone advertising someone else's business as unlikely to be a productive contributor (they're probably being paid to spam, why would they stop?), but a self-promoting person can become one. (On enwiki, I think it's not uncommon for people who created vanity articles about themselves to go on to become productive contributors.) —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Not an admin, but: I'd support a block-on-sight policy for accounts uploading blatantly promotional files related to high-risk spam topics (SEO and marketing services, online casinos and cryptocurrency services, pharmaceuticals, commercial pornography, etc). Users uploading these files practically never have any intent to contribute constructively; warning them after a first offense just delays the inevitable and risks letting further promotional uploads go unnoticed. Omphalographer (talk) 00:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Blocking policy makes it clear that warning is necessary when "disruptive behaviour, such as vandalism, repeated copyright violations and manual promotional activities" (emphasis mine) are involved by stating, "...ensure that the user has been appropriately warned, preferably using a block warning template." By saying manual promotional activities, I think it refers to promotional (self and otherwise) and advertising edits made by humans, otherwise there's an exception when spambots are in play, which are to be blocked outright.

Many users who create OOS content here often don't know what Commons is about. Blocking these accounts indefinitely upon sighting would be BITEy (in my opinion), unless they're not willing to listen and/or are continuing with creating OOS content even after warning(s) (where blocking is appropriate and the length of block would depend on the intensity of situation with the particular context to it and the discretion of the administrator). --Ratekreel (talk) 18:25, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

 Comment Good as a general policy, but note that there are extreme cases where it is clear that the user is deliberately intending to be a disruptive vandal, especially when they are in the midst of a spree of vandalism, when a block without warning may be warranted for the purpose of halting disruption in progress. (This is of course quite different from users editing inappropriately due to ignorance or unfamiliarity with practices.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Mass deletion request

All of the 20 images by User:Sermspec are copied from https://ptk-sp.ru/proizvodstvo-gibkoy-polimernoy-upakovki. I posted a template asking them to send proof of ownership to VRT, but they (presumably) never responded. Ca (talk) 16:07, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

These images in Brooklyn Museum

Dear Admins and experienced users,

The Brooklyn Museum Bot long ago uploaded these six 2D paintings of artists who died between 1960 to 1973 but no one wants to review them. Can WikiCommons keep these images? I think the PD-70 year rule may be a problem. Just asking for your opinions. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:17, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment: This image File:Brooklyn Museum - Portrait of Abraham Walkowitz - Max Weber - overall.jpg was created in 1907. Maybe PD-1922 applies? --Leoboudv (talk) 23:23, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
• The Francis Criss painting from 1934 might be a problem. The 1929 painting might be OK in less than a week. I don't see a reason to doubt the rest. Abzeronow (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment: Secondly, this painting File:Brooklyn Museum - City Landscape - Francis Criss.jpg has a credit line which says "Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, U.S. General Services Administration." Maybe that is why few people want to review such works with complex copyright. Who owns the copyright here or when did it start? Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC)