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Stella Karpouzis

(Not sure if this is the right place, on enwiki this would go in ANI rather than AN, but it seems Commons doesn't have an ANI.)

A spammer has been creating promotional pages on enwiki, see en:User:Stella Karpouzis/sandbox. As part of her efforts she has uploaded photos of herself to Commons. It seems she has several accounts:

• Stella Karpouzis (talk · contribs)
• Estrella,Karpouzis (talk · contribs)
• 2601:985:A01:6570:14EF:AC18:D07C:8BF (talk · contribs)

She appears to have accidentally nominated her own photo for deletion. Anyway, the photo should be speedily deleted and the various accounts blocked. Un assiolo (talk) 21:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

thats exatly what happens i accidentally delete it. im not very good at this. im just satarted. Thank you for the clrarification. Estrella,Karpouzis (talk) 22:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

And delete User:Estrella,Karpouzis, too. Un assiolo (talk) 21:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Estrella,Karpouzis warned. Stella Karpouzis has no edit on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Estrella,Karpouzis blocked for 2 weeks, for reuploading selfies after warning. Yann (talk) 07:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion spam request and AF adjustment req'd

Hi, please delete User:TriyamInc as spam. Also, please note thah tagging that page with {{speedy|spam}} triggers AF #245, please adjust so that tagging users' pages for deletion might be possible. Thanks, --M7 (talk) 10:43, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, {{Speedy}} should be added to the filter whitelist. --Geohakkeri (talk) 11:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Removal of file revisions

Hello, please remove the unblurred versions of these files per ticket:2024070510007935:

• File:ColognePride 2014 - Straßenparade-2368.jpg (hist • logs • abuse log)
• File:ColognePride 2014 - Straßenparade-2368 (cropped).jpg (hist • logs • abuse log)

Thank you in advance! Bencemac (talk) 18:16, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

• @Bencemac: Not being a member of the VRT, I don't have a way to read that ticket, and the original uploader of File:ColognePride 2014 - Straßenparade-2368.jpg seems to have reverted to the very version that you want deleted, so I am very hesitant to take action here without some clarity about the reason. - Jmabel ! talk 01:46, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
  •  Not done @Bencemac: I do have VRT access and I have absolutely no idea how you came to the conclusion that those two files needed to be changed, or that the change needed to be to the background. The change the VRT ticket requested has been made to the correct file, File:ColognePride 2014 - Straßenparade-2377.jpg. No further action is needed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

    @The Squirrel Conspiracy: sorry for the confusion, the first note in the ticket caused the problem as someone had tagged these files. Thanks for removing the first version, I will reply to the sender. Bencemac (talk) 07:48, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Suwanda Sitorus block evasion

• Mita taruni (talk · contribs)
• Jang Dong-hyuk (talk · contribs)

Looks like block evasion by User:Suwanda Sitorus, who was blocked for uploading personal photos in 2019 and has evaded that block a number of times since. These two users are uploading images of Sitorus, some of which are clearly selfies, such as File:Sun Yingsha and Suwanda Sitorus at Asian Games 2018 (2).jpg (which may be a reupload of File:Suwanda Sitorus, Sun Yingsha, Asian Games 2018 di Indonesia.jpg from a previous sock).

Category:Suwanda sitorus rests empty between deletions, so should be deleted. Belbury (talk) 14:20, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked by Elcobbola. Yann (talk) 07:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Hide information

Hi, could you please remove the edit summary as it contains personal information [1] Thank you --Mazbel (Talk) 00:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Edit summary hidden. Abzeronow (talk) 00:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Help needed from admins speaking javascript

I am working on a backlog of {{Edit request}}s. I can handle most file, template and Lua requests but I do not speak javascript. Can someone help with requests at Category:Commons_protected_edit_requests_for_interface_administrators? Jarekt (talk) 17:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Aircraft vs. airplanes

I'm categorizing De Havilland DH.106 Comet into 1940s airplanes to distinguish between airplanes and other aircraft. But @Uli Elch: is reverting my changes as "faulty deletions". I was trying to diffuse the large 1940s aircraft into different types. They claim that I'm doing a "pure vandalism" to remove some entries from 1940s aircraft and put them under smaller 1940s airplanes. They have added that it won't be possible to "find individual aircraft/airplane types which have been arbitrarily distributed between two cats". 1940s airplanes is a subcat of 1940s aircraft. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 17:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sbb1413: at least from your description, it sounds like you are in the right here. @Uli Elch: what do you have in mind?

(By the way, this does not seem like an admin issue, and might better have been brought to COM:VP.) - Jmabel ! talk 20:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@ Jmabel: What I " have in mind" can be clearly found here. --Uli Elch (talk) 08:29, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

agree with Jmabel, not yet a Admin issue and this isn’t the correct venue for this type of discussion. 21:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bidgee (talk • contribs)

• Yes, "airplanes" are properly a subcategory of "aircraft". "Aircraft" is a broader category including dirigibles etc in addition to airplanes. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Hide information

Hello, could you please remove the edit summary as it contains personal information [2] Thanks in advanced --Mazbel (Talk) 20:59, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Revision text hidden. Abzeronow (talk) 21:03, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

User:VNC200

Hello, This is a repprt for @VNC200. I will first provide 2 deletion discussions for reference.

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with Indian National Cricket Team 2024 T20 WC Winner.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:President Of The Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir Putin Confers Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi With The ‘Order Of Saint Andrew The Apostle’ At The Grand Kremlin Palace.jpg

Both the cases are nearly same. I uploaded a file, VNC200 a bit later uploads an exact copy of it. Nominates my upload for deletion under duplicate criteria. Despite him uploading after me. Now the first deletion discussion where my upload was deleted shows that the admin @Billinghurst clearly said that VNC200 did a bad faith editing and his actions were against the community guidelines. But my copy was deleted only bcoz his was in use on Wikipedia. Now the same thing is happening again. I uploaded a file. VNC uploaded exact copy some time later and has now nominated my version for deletion claiming it to be duplicate despite him being the one to upload later. Things don't stop here. I advised him against doing so at his talk page. But he doesn't seem to be listening to advises and adhering to rules. Also an example of edit warring/vandalism can be seen in revision history of the duplicate file where a bot tagged his file for Speedy deletion under duplicate criteria. But he keeps on removing it every time he logs in. I would request the community to please resolve this issue. I can't just let my legitimate uploads being deleted without fault. ShaanSengupta^Talk 11:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done I did a speedy keep for the current case, redirected VNC200's uploaded version to use ShaanSengupta's, and warned VNC200 to stop doing this. - Jmabel ! talk 18:16, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

User: Ruach Chayim

Hi,

This User talk:Ruach Chayim keeps overwriting University_of_Prishtina_logo_(1970-1999).svg with no link providing its source. I looked up and I couldn't find any evidence that the logo he's referring to exists back from the 70s. Apparently that logo popped up after the war in 1999 when the parallel university was established in North Mitrovica under the name "Univerzitet u Pristini". Also he has a history of edit warring on his talkpage. So I'm requesting a block on him. AceDouble (talk) 12:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Greetings. User talk:Savasampion gave the evidence. Ruach Chayim (talk) 13:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

 Comment I have reverted the last edit and protected for 24 hours. I see no discussion of these changes Gbawden (talk) 13:50, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

W

Sorry my network is breaking up constantly. Now I see it, thank you very much. AceDouble (talk) 14:02, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

In any case these files could coexist separately (i.e. not replacing each other) if the conflicting file (the black logo) is actually verifiable Bedivere (talk) 16:01, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Deletion request review

An admin action review requested here: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Grammar Nazi icons. cc: @Jameslwoodward, @MBH, @Draceane Nemoralis (talk) 22:29, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

and also: Special:PermanentLink/893357107#c-Jameslwoodward-20240703154700-A.Savin-20240703130900 Nemoralis (talk) 22:32, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

I already started Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Grammar_Nazi_icons and it even already summed up. MBH 00:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC)