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User:Magnus Manske - Unauthorized bot

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This user probably makes automated edits with bot, even though he has a separate account User:File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), uploading images, which some are in poor quality and when better quality is accessible from source page. Example: File:Friedrich_Niethammer_-_niethammer_ankernder.jpg, 200 × 147 (12 KB), but when I download this image from source web page (https://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll00242lldbeYGFgpbo72CfDrCWvaHBOcpXYC/friedrich-niethammer-ankernder-kurenkahn.jpg) it is 637 x 470, 101 KB. Please check this. 87.205.173.49 21:34, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you discuss this with Magnus previously? Why not? Andy Dingley (talk) 21:43, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:Magnus Manske was not notified, and this particular issue could have been solved by discussing this with him. Abzeronow (talk) 21:57, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The user also let too many notices build up on his user talk page. It is rather difficult to navigate & edit, and includes too many templates such that MediaWiki can't handle displaying it, causing inclusion in Category:User talk pages where template include size is exceeded and a situation in which templates do not not work at the bottom. Some old browsers may have problems editing pages approaching or longer than 32kB. I noticed this while cleaning up Category:Incomplete deletion requests - missing subpage due to his edits - see the categories I referred to at the bottom. He also seems inattentive to such notices.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All I see from you is #invoke:Autotranslate on my talk page. The categories were accidental duplicates. I have been running a script that gets images from auction houses. This has been fine-tuned over time as initially it had many not-quite-sufficient-information files. The script has now run though, and I will only use it to "top up" occasionally (eg new yead, new public domain). --Magnus Manske (talk) 15:11, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Magnus Manske: Hopefully, those sections should be visible there tomorrow after ArchiverBot runs (starting 07:45 UTC).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:24, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... and they are, along with Special:Diff/974904386, in which you admitted to using a bot on your main account. Please stop that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:14, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CFA1877

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Category:Narrow gauge tracks in Catalonia CFA1877 This user is not complying with the criteria with speedy deletion. Keep deleting all the files second before to make the made-up case for the speedy deletion. Not to mention that the category Category:Narrow gauge tracks in Catalonia make all the sense to exist considering thah it give more especific information and follows the name criteria of the others categories on the same topic. After a warning in his talk page the user has no intention to change his procedure. It is not the first time that the user do not comply with the norms.

Crieria for speedy deletion: C2. Unuseful empty category If a category is empty and is obviously unusable, unlikely to be ever meaningfully used, it may be speedily deleted. Don't apply if the page is marked with an explanation of why it should be kept or if the deletion can be controversial, the category was recently unconsensually emptied, etc. Consider redirecting or renaming the category rather than deleting it.

9pm 00:42, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment This user has a bad habit of fragmenting categories into new one subcategories just to accommodate a couple of images. It creates a category that does not exist at other levels and ends up being unnecessary. This causes unnecessary overcategorization, when there are already other categories that fulfill the functions. The user is perfectly aware of what he is doing, as he has already had clashes over the issue of categories and it is the second time in a few weeks that it has caused this problem again. CFA1877 (talk) 00:23, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Every Category of Rail Tracks has his own of Narrow gauge tracks, so you would have to explain the reason to delete it. By now no convincing. This category has by now 6 images, and not a couple images as you trying to imply
(it had before you emptied all the category).
I guess you are trying to swift the topic. We can start talking how you did change official train station names erasing the local language only because it suited to you in spanish for political reasons. Your answer was: I do not understand english. So you have no credibility. We can see that with all the problem about the category. 9pm (talk) 00:41, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another example of double standard: In Category:Rail transport electrical substations in Spain the same user speedy deleted Category:Rail transport electrical substations in Catalonia with 3 files but the other subcategory with only 2 files was no problem. Even when the Category:Rail transport electrical substations in Catalonia matched with Category:Electrical substations in Catalonia. So you deleted useful information from another main category. I wait for any reasonable explanation 9pm (talk) 02:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mdaniels5757, if you tell me that's not the correct way for this kind of cases, I'm not going further that way. I take note. On the other hand, I have to say that the user 9pm has taken things to the extreme with this issue. I would be grateful if this person would stop creating problems by altering other users' categorization work to create his own 'space' when there are already other categories that fulfill the same functions. CFA1877 (talk) 02:34, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made the effort again to write on your talk page to make clear that how you are using the speedy deletion for your own benefit is not correct. 10 minuts later after replying in my talk page you apply again for the third time for speedy deletion.
Even if you try to swift the topic, here is the real issue: I'm still waiting for a response why the 2 categories were delete considering that every category of rail tracks has its own narrow gauge tracks and second the rail subelectrical stations in Catalonia was stick to electrical substations in Catalonia. Not only does not make the case for speedy deletion that you are also erasing proper categorization. 9pm (talk) 06:58, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:モトテツ

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Although repeatedly removing and warning in his talk page, this user didn't stop uploading unfree horse's statue picture; File:「讚ハイセイコ一号」像.jpg. Netora (talk) 03:15, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removing warnings is not an issue. Started a DR for the uploaded file (because the previously deleted file per DR is not the same). Else, I will leave for my fellows. Regards, Aafi (talk) 05:38, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Again User:Finoskov

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After the end of his first blocking he continued his behavior, to a greater extent than before. I think he has not recognized his mistakes. He wrote a comment with his signature in a template. See here.

Last weekend I spent many hours correcting errors which he made in the Mulhouse Museum categories. I only did the decades from 1870 to 1930. This week he ruined the work. Of course, he did not engage in any discussion on any of the points.

Now he obviously tried to solve one of the problems with "of the Musée" instead of "in the Musée". But he still put these categories under categories "in museum". That cannot be right!

Two points:

  1. 20 Reverts. Last weekend I had made changes (from wrong to right) and written edit comments. He made reverts (from right to wrong) without comments. That doesn't work! Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. With a closer look: Often I removed the category in this museum. Sometimes he made exact revert, ignoring that some pictures were not made in this museum. Sometimes he added the category of the museum, ignoring that (example) Category:1920s automobiles of the Musée National de l'Automobile cannot be a subcategory of Category:1920s automobiles in museums because some pictures were not made in museums. I don't know if it's okay to press the revert button to make a hidden change. It looks like an attempt at deception for me. This must be multiple misuse of revert.
  2. He didn't move categories properly. He created new ones, moved the content from the old ones to the new ones, and made quick deleting requests on the old ones. Example: old Category:Panhard & Levassor Type X29 Sport 20 torpedo (M.N.A.2213) 1920-30 (chassis 8 156) and new Category:Panhard & Levassor 20 CV Sport Type X29 Labourdette torpedo (M.N.A.2213) 1920-30. He also simply blanked the category discussion page, see here. This carries the risk that the discussion page will be deleted together with the category. This must be misuse of blanking talk page and misuse of Commons:Rename a category. Other examples: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s.

I request: A block for a longer period than the first time. If possible and usual on Commons: A ban for specific areas for a long time. Perhaps for the areas of creating categories, moving categories, renaming categories, emptying categories, suggesting for quick category deletions, changing main categories or subcategories, and reverts. Or generally for everything to do with vehicles or vehicle museums. Buch-t (talk) 07:49, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Buch-t: I am sympathetic, but not all of the above edits look at all obviously wrong. For example, at [1]: what exactly is wrong with adding each of the following to Category:Alfa-Romeo type 8C 2,9 B biplace course (M.N.A. 1118)? Please reply under the respective bullet points for any where you think I have it wrong.
So for this edit, I see one pretty obviously correct change, one other that looks correct, one other that is not a well-named category but looks otherwise correct, and one that is, indeed COM:OVERCAT. If that is typical, this does not suggest high competence on Finoskov's part, but is not usually the sort of thing over which someone gets blocked.
It is really hard to go through a laundry list like the one you posted above and try to work out whether someone's edits or good, bad, or (as it appears from this one) somewhere in between. This took me over 5 minutes just to evaluate on edit in an area where I don't normally work and it came up "not great, not awful." I would much rather see you take 3-5 specific edits of his that you think are wrong and break them down like I did above. In other words: if this is what you want us to look at, please do the heavy lifting yourself instead of making an admin spend an hour on working out whether you are correct.
As for the category moves: yes, that is very wrong, and might merit a block all on its own, especially if he won't promise to stop. - Jmabel ! talk 17:44, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I followed up on that last (about the category moves) at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Finoskov&diff=prev&oldid=973625389. - Jmabel ! talk 17:48, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will give more details of 3-5 specific edits tomorrow (European time). --Buch-t (talk) 19:13, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
More details to the first 5 reverts.
I have visited the museum in Mulhouse and also the 3-month-exhibition in the museum in Kassel, Germany.
Remember: I wrote edit comments when I deleted wrong categories. He wrote nothing when he reverted me. --Buch-t (talk) 08:42, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Finoskov: all of this looks very wrong on your part, especially putting way too broad categories under particular museums that might have an exemplar.
Blocks are intended to be preventive, rather than punitive. If you promise to stop this now, and you do stop, I see no need for a block. If you persist, I would advocate either a 3-month block now, to be turned into a year-long block if you come back and do this again, or a complete topic ban from anything about automobiles. - Jmabel ! talk 18:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:C.Suthorn

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This user uploaded a bunch of random photos and categorized them into Category:2024 Magdeburg Christmas market attack with them not being directly connected to the attack and therefore misleading possible viewers. I tried to contact him on his talk page about it but haven't received any answer so far. I have tried to edit the corresponding pictures, but the user keeps reverting my changes. (ongoing deletion request with redundant pictures at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by User:C.Suthorn)

Examples: File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 143.jpg, File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 149.jpg, File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 022.jpg, File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 107.jpg, File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 017.jpg, File:Magdeburg Impressionen 2024-12-21 142.jpg. VECTRONATOR (talk) 11:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ich bin gerade fertig geworden einige de-kategorisierungen zurückzusetzen. Begründungen dafür in den Edit-comments. Dass ich den DR für unsinnig halte, habe ich bereits dort geschrieben. Jetzt Wochenende. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 12:05, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dann sollten die Fotos aber in eine Unterkategorie Category:Magdeburg after 2024 Christmas market attack. Das erste komplette entfernen war ein Fehler, du hättest statt die alte Kategorie wieder hinzuzufügen aber die passende Unterkategorie anlegen können. GPSLeo (talk) 13:39, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes they should be recategorized, no this is not an administrative matter. - Jmabel ! talk 18:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel, what would be the best way if the user resets several times for some images that have nothing to do with the attack? I don't want to get caught up in an edit war, but some images can't stay in this category. Lukas Beck (talk) 20:18, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Probably a subcat along the lines of what Leo suggested above. For anything that doesn't show actual physical damage, I'd suggest a subcat Category:Aftermath of 2024 Magdeburg Christmas market attack. - Jmabel ! talk 00:42, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it's a bit clumsy, but: If I drive to a city where something significant happened the day before and I take a photo of some statue in that city that had nothing to do with that event, except that maybe there was a police car there the day before drove by, then this image should not be sorted into any category or subcategory of that event at all. Lukas Beck (talk) 08:29, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Giorgi Akhlouri

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Giorgi Akhlouri (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  is a new user uploading personal images (e.g. File:Giorgi Akhlouri.png) or copyrighted ones claiming they are his own just because he uses the same user name as the copyright visible. Furthermore, he uploads the same image in different format (e.g. File:KINGDOM OF IBERIA.png and File:Kingdom of Iberia.gif. He seems to reupload deleted images too, according to this and the list of his uploads. Finally, he seems to be doing the same kind of thing throughout all Wikis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Giorgi_Akhlouri) to propagate his uploads Pierre cb (talk) 04:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Last warning sent, should be blocked if continues, all files tagged or deleted. Yann (talk) 15:22, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tuyotuyotinpoman1

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Tuyotuyotinpoman1 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) This user has uploading copyright violation, Also the File:Arty Huang (Arty亚缇) cosplay Bocchi - Bocchi The Rock (26).jpg with patreon watermark. 茅野ふたば (talk) 03:42, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done No uploads since their initial warnings. Further copyvios will result in a block though. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:50, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Gullwing1

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Gullwing1 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

  • Numerous copyright violations. I'm not asking to block the user as they have not been previously warned before but rather delete the covers as there are too many files posted at once for me to reasonably add the templates. They are likely all copyright violations. Thank you.

Takipoint123 (💬) 05:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Special:diff/975308679. User claims there is permission but I am yet to see permissions. @Gullwing1: pinging. Takipoint123 (💬) 05:37, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Last warning sent, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 10:34, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:186.174.21.190

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Does nothing but make sloppy deletion requests that are either full of snitty jokes or flat-out incomprehensible. Usually “right but for the wrong reasons”. Not here in good faith IMO. Dronebogus (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Last and only edits were on 17 December 2024. There is no point to block it now. Yann (talk) 16:57, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mitte27

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This user is trying to enforce his POV regarding the naming of sports club categories by force (see also: User talk:Mitte27#Category:FC Bayern Munich and its subcategories, Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/12/Category:FC Bayern Munich, Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 98#Category:FC Bayern München/Category:FC Bayern Munich and its subcategories). The specific occasion for this report is that he started a category-move war by moving the category Category:Polonia Warszawa to the English name. This category, like all of our categories for sports clubs, was originally created under the original (in this case Polish) name Polonia Warszawa, but was moved to the English name Polonia Warsaw by Eksperto in 2019 without any discussion ([2]). I recently reverted this because using the English name is against our common practice (I already have written that several times and proven there that our common practice here on Commons is to use the original proper name for sports clubs categories, not the English translation). And such controversial category renaming should not happen without a CfD, anyway (Mitte27 nows that, Jmabel already has told him that in the above linked first report 2,5 weeks ago). On December 15, Mitte27 then moved the category back to the undiscussed title, with the deliberately misleading comment "renamed without discussion". This is clearly vandalism. His solo efforts in the sports clubs categories case are no longer acceptable. By this he causes a lot of extra work for other users and causes a lot of damage. Please strictly warn the user and explain him that this behaviour is not welcome on Commons and will result in serious consequences.
Furthermore, I ask for this cfd to be closed now: Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/12/Category:FC Bayern Munich.
Ping also to User:GPSLeo, User:Jeff G., User:Jmabel. -- Chaddy (talk) 01:12, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of the reported user: User talk:Mitte27#COM:AN/U. -- Chaddy (talk) 01:26, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To rename a controversial name, a discussion must first take place. You yourself insisted on this in the case of FC Bayern Munich. Mitte27 (talk) 02:08, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. Exactly that is what I have explained in my above report. If you want to move the category to the English title, you have to discuss it first. Please read my report first before commenting or even starting another edit-war. -- Chaddy (talk) 02:32, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Категория называлась так в течение 5 лет. Если вы хотите переименовать категорию, то вам нужно начать обсуждение. Mitte27 (talk) 02:41, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The renaming in 2019 also was undiscussed. That no one had noticed this for five years does not legitimate Eksperto's undiscussed renaming.
I really don't know why you try to spread as much chaos as possible in this case. That behaviour is very unconstructive. Why can't you just work together in a cooperative manner? It's really sad that we got into this deadlock. -- Chaddy (talk) 04:44, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Info Mitte27 has opened another construction site: Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/12/Category:Polonia Warszawa. It is getting annoying. -- Chaddy (talk) 04:44, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both of you are edit warring and blaming each other here. I am blocking both of you from moving pages for two weeks. If you are not able to find a solution during this time I will extend this. Bypassing the moving block will result in a complete block. GPSLeo (talk) 07:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just want to add that the block can be lifted anytime when you pledge not to make any controversial category moves including all category moves changing the language. GPSLeo (talk) 07:24, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:VNC200

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Hello everyone, this report is for @VNC200. He is once again back with false speedy deletion nominations. Previously too he has started DRs which were flase as can be seen here. Although both cases are not same but similar. There he was warned by @Jmabel not to do this. But he seems not to understand it. Please refer to their contribution history to see what I am talking about. Pinging @Yann who blocked them twice. First time for 1 week for Edit warring and then for 1 month for Vandalism. Thank you. ShaanSenguptaTalk 03:24, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With their reply to the TP notice of this discussion, it is clear that they have not understood what Jmabel told them at the DR. They were advised that if there is some issue with file name or description or anything, it can be sorted out and DR isn't required. Also tge second part of their reply You should remove it or a strict action can be taken against this file and you. I wonder if by strict action, fo they mean just it being deleted or is this a legal threat? ShaanSenguptaTalk 03:46, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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