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Protection Request

I would like to request indefinite Semi-protection for File:NID (Back).png, it seems to be a regular target of vandalism over the past year. --Stux (talk) 20:44, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

I'd like to add a similar request to: File:ChatGPT-Logo.svg. Thanks. --Stux (talk) 21:21, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

@Stux:

File:NID (Back).png -->  Done

File:ChatGPT-Logo.svg. -->  Not done Kadı Message 23:56, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Kadı! I was about to ask why the ChatGPT logo wasn't protected and then I realized there was less vandalism than I initially thought. Is it that semi-protection would prevent all the users with "red" usernames (typically newer) from making legitimate edits like the caption changes? --Stux (talk) 15:28, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@Stux, yes. Kadı Message 18:55, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Kadı, I keep that in mind for future requests. Also thank you for your help with these items and for taking the time to explain your rationale. --Stux (talk) 13:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Rafaeldecastrodalforno

Rafaeldecastrodalforno (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) This user have uploaded copyvio files multiple times after warning on last December. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 22:37, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. One week block. Taivo (talk) 10:39, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

User:ScullyFan1488

• ScullyFan1488 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Inappropriate username. Leonidlednev (talk) 23:55, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm missing the inappropriateness, would someone spell it out? - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

en:Fourteen Words 1488 in a username is a red flag, even if accidental. Acroterion (talk) 03:25, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I didn't think of that. But literally no edits on Commons. If someone wants to block preemptively as an inappropriate username, I won't object. Global contributions shows just 2 edits, on cs-wiki, both suppressed so only a cs-wiki admin can examine them. - Jmabel ! talk 19:52, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@Leonidlednev,@Acroterion, @Jmabel:  Done. Kadı Message 20:32, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

File:Google Play 2022 icon.svg

• File: File:Google Play 2022 icon.svg
• Reasons for requesting protection: I think it is time to revisit Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 36#File:Google Play 2022 icon.svg.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:52, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done Added auto-confirmed level protection for an indefinite period. - Jmabel ! talk 04:12, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Unblock WM France's servers

See also meta:User_talk:AmandaNP#Lingua Libre, User:57.128.108.213 [WMFR test server] and User:54.38.224.175 [WMFR prod server].

Hello Administrators, we may need your help. The IP addresses of WM France's Lingua Libre test and production servers are under global blocks. After digging and requests on meta and sending an email to stewards[0]wikimedia.org, I was told :

[We cannot unblock one IP globally]. However, if commonswiki would like to unblock these network IP's they may do so. Any of their administrators may action this by whitelisting the range locally, using the function here:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalBlockWhitelist

Then, if they wish they can locally block the nearby IP's if they do still want blocked. Their administrator noticeboard may be a good place to ask about this, with details. That page is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard

Also, may one of you unblock or add a local IP exemption to our IPs, User:57.128.108.213 and User:54.38.224.175 and let me know if how it goes ? Yug (talk) 12:28, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Tigres 9402

• Tigres 9042 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user only uploads copyvio Wracking (talk) 02:28, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. One week block, all contributions deleted. Taivo (talk) 10:50, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Commons:CropTool

• Page: Commons:CropTool
• Reasons for reporting: Ongoing vandalism. Please protect at confirmed level.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:06, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I agree. Multiple vandals attacked the page during last year, so indefinite semi-protection is needed. Taivo (talk) 10:44, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Liviu8287

• Liviu8287 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Obvious sock of Liviu828 (talk · contribs), both uploaded low quality penis photo.

A1Cafel (talk) 03:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

•  Comment Liviu828 (talk · contribs) was never blocked, so this isn't block evasion. But both accounts should probably be blocked. Nothing but now-deleted dick pics. - Jmabel ! talk 07:22, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Sock farm, washed uploads

• Colimarl (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Garbrears (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• BronwynOIiver (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• BochMargot (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Herixa (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Basrimati (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Oratewars (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Doersscans (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Meiriamni (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Nanakcoke (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Kudosoahu (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• QingJak (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• JacobMounsley (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Hughester (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• ConradGressner (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Verbasauce (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Cibam46 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Karmanieu (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

These accounts were all blocked on enwiki last week at en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/TrendingChina/Archive: Appears to be an attempt to evade scrutiny of replacement of images of weapons with ones of their own.

From their Commons contributions they generally uploaded one image each and added it to the English Wikipedia, then abandoned the account. Each image was washed through a single-upload Flickr or DeviantArt account. On a file like File:Hair Puyi.jpg (which is an uncredited perspective shift of a Reddit photo) the FlickrResourcesBot verified the image but the Flickr account no longer exists, so perhaps it was closed by the user after it had served its verification purpose.

The exception is User:Colimarl who has uploaded a lot of seemingly genuine PD military and nuclear bomb video content, and continues to do so. This suggests these socks may actually be User:NotLessOrEqual, who was uploading that kind of content before being blocked in 2024. They (and their sock farm) also uploaded lot of copyrighted, AI-upscaled weaponry images taken from websites, washed through DeviantArt (initially all through a single DeviantArt account, then switching to separate burner accounts when caught out on that). Belbury (talk) 11:06, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Useful work thanks. Made a start - top half of the list done but out of time at the moment. Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:22, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

OK - all bar Colimari  Done. Noting the en wp block of Colimari I guess they maybe should be blocked on here however others may very in their views. Likely a checkuser investigation would be worth considering. Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:34, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

If the same human is running both User:TrendingChina and User:Colimarl I assume it's better to match enwiki and regard the earliest TrendingChina account as the "main" one, blocking the others as socks. Otherwise we'll end up with mismatched "Sockpuppets of..." categories across the two sites.

If there's a view that this is User:NotLessOrEqual evading their block, they should all be blocked. It's probably too late to run a checkuser, though.

I've tagged some of Colimar's uploads as being AI upscaled without declaration, and replaced File:USAF GAU-5A XM177.jpg with the actual photograph from the museum.nps.gov website that it was claiming to be. Belbury (talk) 13:13, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

It's now been confirmed on enwiki (en:User:TrendingChina) that all these accounts were NotLessOrEqual evading their block. Belbury (talk) 16:53, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Request Indefinite full-protection for User:Balou46

Rationale: User deceased, see global account information. 浅村しき (talk) 13:49, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. --Achim55 (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Aslankosh official

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

Although it may be a bit late, I am reporting it here. Based on the image uploaded by this user, File:AliAslankosh.jpg, it appears that this user is likely a sockpuppet of AliAslankosh. 浅村しき (talk) 14:08, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done thanks Herby ^{talk thyme} 14:25, 8 March 2026 (UTC)