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File:Forms of government.svg

Set the file to allow autoconfirmed users to overwrite for 24 hours. This is for me to upload a new version of the file to indicate a change in the form of government of Guinea-Bissau due to a coup d'état. KPOfficial26 (talk) 11:46, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

@KPOfficial26: that is exactly the setting it has had for some time: autoconfirmed users. (There is higher protection for moving the file, but presumably you don't need to do that.) Are you having trouble uploading? - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

It says I have autoconfirmed protections but that I cannot be able to overwrite the file. KPOfficial26 (talk) 18:54, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

@KPOfficial26: Do you have a "Upload a new version of this file" link above "File usage on Commons"?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:09, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

The text does not say that, it instead says "You cannot overwrite this file." KPOfficial26 (talk) 20:20, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: the file has Upload Protection of autopatroller. The Allow Overwriting template is there, but autoconfirmed users cannot upload a new file because of the upload protection. Abzeronow (talk) 23:36, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't notice that. I'll lower that upload protection.

@KPOfficial26: when you are done, can you please notify back here, so someone can revert that protection as soon as possible? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 23:59, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

I attempted to upload the new version, but when I clicked submit, it said that the filename is currently protected from re-uploading and can be used solely by administrators. I don't know how to get through this, especially since the protection settings are temporarily lowered for now. KPOfficial26 (talk) 00:10, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

@KPOfficial26: It looks to me like at 03:35, 29 November 2025 (UTC) you uploaded successfully, and the result also looks correct to me, so I will restore the higher level of protection. - Jmabel ! talk 06:42, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Fabe56

service links, GD Fabe56 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Hundreds of uploads are identified as copyright violation. See User talk:Fabe56/Archive/2025 ~2025-36998-15 (talk) 07:15, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, Fabe56 did indeed load hundreds of copyvios into Commons (and also a lot of files of dubious educational usability and surely even more with unsuitable filenames which make them hard to find. This is the most recent example from yesterday: File:Fish？ (1720158053).jpg - no meaningful name, sub-par quality and thus out of scope. But to put this criticism into relation with the total work: the XTools tell me the following numbers for Commons: live edits number 330,485 (96% of total) and deleted edits 13,733 (4% of total). Four percent deleted edits is not a large part.

That said, I would like them to curate their Flickr imports much more thoroughly, even if that would definitively entail to not reach such high scores of uploads anymore. In fact, I asked them previously exactly that: User talk:Fabe56/Archive/2025#Apparent laziness while importing from Flickr. I would support and perhaps even wish for administrative actions to enforce such a behavioural change. That could take the guise of a prohibition to use the Flickr importer or a selective upload blocking until 250 or 500 or 1000 or whatever number is deemed suitable images from the past upload batches are fully curated (including: copyright checks, Commons scope checks, quality checks, file names, descriptions, categories). Afterwards, only X new files (50? 100?) are permissible to get imported, then another curating batch could be mandatory. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:33, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, good suggestion. Fabe56 was not informed of this discussion. I did it now. Yann (talk) 08:39, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Block Stalker0002

Any admin please block User:Stalker0002. He is continuously uploading copyvios. Earlier also he was blocked for 7 days.--Junior Jumper (talk) 17:20, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done. 3 months block (second block). I will delete all his/her uploads as copyvios. Taivo (talk) 11:19, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Kam-ooo0

• Kam-ooo0 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Repeated uploads of linkspam PDFs. Omphalographer (talk) 03:25, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I warned the user. All contributions are deleted. Taivo (talk) 18:57, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

User:CSLeong

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

Sock of Carson Leong 0101 (talk · contribs) solely used to recreate File:Arnaldo Ho.jpg. 0x0a (talk) 16:43, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

VOA

Robotinator1994 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user VOA account. Likely GMatteoti. Geoffroi 21:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

 note I've gone and massrollbacked the whole account, Will continue to monitor until blocked/locked. Have you reported to SRG? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:11, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you and yes. Geoffroi 21:22, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with the case and I can't work out the nature of the supposed vandalism here, so I'm not comfortable doing a long-term block myslf. I've put on a 3-day precautionary block so Alachuckthebuck can at least catch up with the rollbacks and presumably some admin who is familiar with the GMatteoti case can change this to a long-term block. - Jmabel ! talk 05:28, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

File rename requests like this on widely used files is something I've seen a lot from GMatteotti. A rename request to File:File is vandalism that he knows a filemover or admin will notice. He usually does the rename requests after he's gotten a decent number of edits out of his sock. Geoffroi 05:52, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Not sure this is GMatteotti, but this account is indef blocked at en.wiki as well. Geoffroi 06:03, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, I've encountered that guy before, didn't recognize the name, and the few edits I checked looked innocent. I'll make this an indef block.

 Done - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Block request for User:M.i.n.o.r.a.x and Johannnes89

M.i.n.o.r.a.x and Johannnes89 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user An account solely for the purpose of vandalism SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:30, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Also LTA sock. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:31, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done by Cybularny. Also global locked. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)