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[edit] Usernames to be checked

The usernames below have been recognised by the Welcome log bot as possibly against policy. Please block the user or put a message on the user's talk page. Please remove the entry after your check.

[edit] Download A .SVG File?

moved to Commons:Village pump#Download A .SVG File? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Editor at Large (talk • contribs) at 21:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mate Balota indiscriminately marks images as PD or PD-self

Hi, all

I believe User:Mate Balota takes images from the internet and marks them indiscriminately as {{PD}} or {{PD-self}}. On the right, You can see the ilustration of future looks of Zagreb Airport. How can a person draw a plan for airport redesign itself? This is just one example. There is also unusually high persentage number of aerial photograps in his works.

Can someone please check this user's contributions and talk to him?

--Veliki Kategorizator 06:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. This user has marked every single upload with PD-self, regardless of being the author or not, and has claimed permission to use many of them, often dubiously. S/he has also not responded well to comments about this on his/her talk page, where the uploader claimed the photos were from "friends", when it fact they were from a wiring service. I suggest a very stern warning from an administrator, if not outright blockage. Patstuart (talk) 07:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Laur2007 laur13 (talk • contribs)

Can someone take a look at this user(AKA: delete everything and block). Copyvio uploads also at english wikipedia as w:en:User:Laurentiu131313. His uploads was deleted at en per OTRS Ticket#: 2008032310008081. Rettetast 19:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely; will delete. 哦，是吗？(висчвын) 21:14, 30 April 2008 (GMT)

[edit] User:Setdominguez

Removes parts of description pages and licenses of his photos. --Jodo 22:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

There's already a note about this at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Vandalism#User:Setdominguez. Let's keep any discussion on the matter there, to keep it in one place. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok. I didn't know the structure of the noticeboard. --Jodo 12:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Mostly, there isn't one, and even when there is, there's a lot of overlap between the sections, so I can't blame you. :) —LX (talk, contribs) 13:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Themarsvoltafan2

Themarsvoltafan2 continues to upload copyrighted content after a last warning. Patstuart (talk) 19:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for a period of 1 month. Perhaps an indef block might be appropriate, I wasn't sure. Adambro 19:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Suggest an indef if it happens again after the block. giggy (:O) 01:04, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Carlosbenitez26

Continuing to upload questionable images, images without sources, and improperly marked images (e.g., Image:Raul Cubas.jpg) after final warning. Patstuart (talk) 00:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Blocked, one month. Some of his images appear legit at a glance, so I would suggest that you tag (yes, I know you'll be an admin soon, but tag! :) the bad ones for copyvio/deletion request/no source/whatever and let them filter out via the usual methods. giggy (:O) 01:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
In fact, I have already done so. I only feel bad tagging so many images as no source, when he will be blocked for a month without being able to give the source where he found all these paintings. Patstuart (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
People set on uploading copyright violations and unsourced images and who do not respond to messages on their user talk pages very, very, very rarely turn their behavior around to provide the information needed. If they do, they can always use their user talk page to provide the information, and if they show that kind of cooperation, they can be unblocked early. Don't feel bad for "not giving them a chance" though. They had plenty of chances and all the information they needed. —LX (talk, contribs) 08:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Chimpandolfo123

Continues to upload Britney Spears' albums, after warnings. Patstuart (talk) 03:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorted - thanks --Herby talk thyme 06:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppets of Funky Forever

A heads-up for other admins to keep an eye out for television screenshots and other copyright violations with the name "Kam" at the beginning of the file name. (See Special:DeletedContributions/Funky Forever and Special:DeletedContributions/Niceandcoolman for examples.)

Could any of our checkusers see if Nicoleandcoolman/Funky Forever is using any open proxies that need to be blocked? —LX (talk, contribs) 16:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Dramatique

This user is involved with stalking and/or attacking a user Gwib with uploaded pictures. This stems from Simple English wikipedia where Gwib and myself are administrators. I am unfamiliar with how things work here but this situation needs to be monitored closely. The Gwibble.jpg picture needs to be deleted as an attack page or attack image or whatever they are called around here. Thank you for your attention to this matter. EchoBravo 20:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Deleted and blocked for one week; thanks 哦，是吗？(висчвын) 21:42, 07 May 2008 (GMT)

Thank you. EchoBravo 21:53, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Eduardodesantacruz (talk • contribs)

This user should probably be blocked as all of his 5 contributions[1] so far have been clear copyvios and he is obviously not willing to learn as he re-uploaded Image:3solteras.jpg again after it was deleted twice previously. --Túrelio 08:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for one week, deleting. giggy (:O) 10:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Gorthaur -- repeated false claims of creation of images

This user has claimed creation of several images that he did not create, resulting in deletions for copyright violations. (See his Talk page). One image for which he claimed authorship, still in place, is actually a sketch by da Vinci (compare Melian with daVinci). It is not a copyright problem as such but reflects a certain indifference to accuracy. Another image, also still in place, bears indications of manipulation to conceal its origin (see lower right corner, initial upload and second upload). This is of course more troublesome. (I would propose its deletion but I am not sure how to demonstrate an actual violation without being able to point to an original.)

These repeated and indiscriminate claims of authorship of course call into question his claims concerning *all* the images he has uploaded, not just the ones where originals can be identified or which were plainly manipulated. What is the appropriate course of action here? JohnInDC 16:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

(I should add, since it can no longer be easily ascertained, that earlier today I obtained speedy deletion of another image that had been uploaded first in an original, and then in 'sterilized' form; in that case the original upload bore information that made it possible to locate the copyrighted original, and that was the basis for the deletion.) JohnInDC 16:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Just spent a while looking & cannot find where they have come from. However given the different styles it is extremely' unlikely that the one user created all of them in my mind. Other views? Thanks for the info --Herby talk thyme 16:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Also for what it is worth, this user (under the name Gorthaur03) has inserted these images onto several Tolkien-related pages on Wikipedia. A couple of the additions have been challenged as non-notable (that is what drew my original attention in fact) and in discussions the user has demonstrated a bit of irritation that his art is not being appropriately appreciated. Egs here and here. JohnInDC 16:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes - info appreciated. I've now deleted the two you drew attention to above. A manipulated image cleaned on the second upload & the derivative of the daVinci one. I think the other should go but we could do with finding where they are from (I tried the site which he appears to have used on his deleted ones before. --Herby talk thyme 18:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

The more I think about it the more I wonder why any of Gorthaur’s images remain at all. Consider the circumstances:

March 6 – Gorthaur uploads 10 images, claiming to have created them all.
March 7 – one is summarily deleted as infringing, see here. On that same day Gorthaur is notified of another infringement on his Talk page. He acknowledges that this second item is infringing and identifies a third as infringing as well. He explains the problem as a new user’s mistake, and represents the balance of his uploads to be “good”.
March 8-9 – On the heels of these three deletions, Gorthaur uploads four more files, for a total of 14. He again claims to have created them all. One of the images is in fact a sketch by Leonardo daVinci.
March 18 & 23 – Gorthaur uploads new versions of three of the March 6 images. Two revisions are specifically to conceal origin information showing on the first versions. The third image revision appears to be to a crop, to conform the image (of a mermaid) more closely to the character the user claims it represents (not a mermaid). See Talk.
May 8-9 – The original of one of the March 18 “sterilized” images is identified and the file speedily deleted. The daVinci and the other “sterilized” image are deleted as well. The original of a fourth image is identified and Gorthaur’s version is deleted. This brings the total deletions to seven.

To sum up – three of Gorthaur’s first images were removed within about 48 hours as infringing. No longer ignorant of Wikimedia’s requirements, Gorthaur not only represented that the remainder were “okay” but proceeded to 1) upload a sketch by daVinci and claim it as his own; and 2) upload new versions of two previously uploaded files specifically to conceal copyright / origin information on the images.

Seven of his 14 images have been removed as infringing or not improperly attributed. A quick review of the remaining seven shows very different styles; they were surely executed on different media originally to boot. It is inconceivable that the same individual created them all. Gorthaur claims he created them but we now know that he has claimed authorship of several images he knows he did not create, and that after becoming aware that copyrighted material would be removed, actively sought to conceal the origins of images he had previously uploaded. Given this history every one of the remaining images is legitimately suspect. It's hard to believe that it's really necessary to leave them in place until editors or administrators happen eventually to stumble upon the originals from which they were (almost surely) taken. I don't claim to know much about deletion requirements but it would not strike me as unjust to remove all the remaining images as potential infringements, subject to being uploaded again if accompanied by credible and convincing facts that Gorthaur is in fact the creator.

Thoughts? JohnInDC 16:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Jeffrey21300 (talk • contribs)

As I already explained here, new user Jeffrey21300 obviously wants to (ab)use Commons as a webspace provider for the commerce of Mr. Jafar Ershadi Fard. --Túrelio 20:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

blocked, deleted and made del-req made spamming of him nearly impossible abf /talk to me/ 20:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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