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

purge Admin backlog

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Copyright:

• Copyright violations: ~105
• Unfree Flickr files: ~0
• Recent unfree Flickr images: ~9
• No license since 14 May 2023: ~2
• No permission since 14 May 2023: ~9
• No source since 14 May 2023: ~3
• Media uploaded without a license as of 2023-05: ~760

Other:

• Duplicates: ~184
• Advertisements/spam: ~5
• Personal photos/selfies: ~0
• Other speedy deletions: ~22
• Categories for discussion: 84 months
• Media requiring a split up: ~0
• Requests for unblock: ~0
• Undeletion requests: ~9

Protected edit requests:

• Full protection: ~65
• Interface admin: ~21
• Technical: ~3
• Template protection: ~33
• Protection level: ~0

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Ayratayrat

• User: Ayratayrat (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Continuing to upload copyvios like File:Arguza.ogg after final warning and two blocks for doing so. Continuing to make malformed deletion requests like this and five others [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] despite repeated instructions and a warning. Not responding to concerns on talk page.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 12:37, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done. One year block (third block). But deletion requests are not necessarily bad, I do not want to close them speedily. Taivo (talk) 07:23, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@Taivo: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:21, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Xuanphuocle

• Xuanphuocle (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• User uploads problematic images after final warning.

A1Cafel (talk) 07:11, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done. One month block. A lot of copyvios are nominated for deletion. Taivo (talk) 08:27, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

User:Mohamad kamal hijazi

Mohamad kamal hijazi (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

• Adding out of scope content after warning. --Karim talk to me :)..! 11:07, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done. One week block. All uploads are deleted or nominated for speedy deletion. Taivo (talk) 11:28, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

B18IDH

• User: B18IDH (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Uploaded copyvio File:IMOB Buissness Tower.jpg after initiation of copyvio-related Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Gama Tower. Continued to make malformed deletion requests like this after warning for doing so.

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:42, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done. No copyvios after two last warnings. Instead, B18IDH nominated one own copyvio for deletion. Seems like B18IDH got the message. Taivo (talk) 12:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Phidien110

• User: Phidien110 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Continued SEO spam after warning--Trade (talk) 20:20, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done Blocked indef - not here to contribute meaningfully Gbawden (talk) 11:45, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

User:Timechampsnovasys

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

• Username violation. Promotional upload at File:Time Champ Logo.png.

Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 11:43, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done. I warned the user and will delete the only upload. Taivo (talk) 12:58, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

User:WNrapids

WNrapids (talk · contribs) tried to impersonate WMrapids (talk · contribs) by renaming. This is really a bad username and the trolling behaviour got themself blocked on English Wikipedia. w:User talk:WNrapids#WP:3RR

We may need to block this user unless they change to a appropriate username. Lemonaka (talk) 10:59, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week for abuse of COM:OVERWRITE for a start. Yann (talk) 11:52, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

User:Flagman97

Flagman97 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

• Copyright violations. Non-free content uploaded as “own work”.

Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 15:37, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for 3 months, copyvios deleted. Logos are PD-textlogo through. Yann (talk) 15:44, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

User:Japs 88

• Japs 88 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Inappropriate username. (See Wikipedia:Japs and Wikipedia:88 (number)#In neo-Nazism.)

Birdsinthewindow (talk) 01:59, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done The account has existed for over 10 years and made thousands of edits, so too late to block over username. Maybe try a nicely worded message on their talk page? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:13, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

B18IDH (2)

• B18IDH (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• @Jeff G. and Taivo: User still had problematic uploads after final warnings. Also potentially abusing multiple accounts as below.

A1Cafel (talk) 15:28, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

B18IDHK2

• B18IDHK2 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Obvious sock of User:B18IDH. The sock uploads File:Lithuania, June 2009 (4153124233) (Cropped).jpg and then nominated for deletion by the main account as useless file.

A1Cafel (talk) 15:31, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

•  Done Sock blocked. Yann (talk) 15:46, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

GrygoryZach2077

• GrygoryZach2077 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

• Posting pictures from the 2014 celebrity nude photo leak. --Trade (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done Last warning sent, copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Not sure if i could consider the posting of leaked non-consenting nudes a copyright issue. Trade (talk) 20:46, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Gridzy

• User: Gridzy (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Continued spam after warning- --Trade (talk) 21:14, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done Indef., all files deleted. Yann (talk) 21:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)