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This is a place where users can communicate with administrators, or administrators with one another. You can report vandalism, problematic users, or anything else that needs an administrator's intervention. Do not report child pornography or other potentially illegal content here; e-mail legal-reports@wikimedia.org instead. If reporting threatened harm to self or others also email emergency@wikimedia.org.

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Report users for clear cases of vandalism. Block requests for any other reason should be reported to the blocks and protections noticeboard.


Report disputes with users that require administrator assistance. Further steps are listed at resolve disputes.


Reports that do not suit the vandalism noticeboard may be reported here. Requests for page protection/unprotection could also be requested here.


Other reports that require administrator assistance which do not fit in any of the previous three noticeboards may be reported here. Requests for history merging or splitting should be filed at COM:HMS.

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Changes to Special:Tags

Could an administrator please change the tag for "computer-aided-tagging-revert" such that it can also be "Applied manually by users and bots". Background is that I'm planning to use that tag for this: User:SchlurcherBot/Mass revert computer-aided tagging (further details are also availible on this page). Thanks Schlurcher (talk) 13:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would suggest to use a new tag for this for easier differentiation between manual and bot revert. GPSLeo (talk) 15:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That would of course work as well. Could you set this up and let me know the tag name? Schlurcher (talk) 16:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Could someone please generate a tag and set up the corresponding messages?
Thank you. --Schlurcher (talk) 21:35, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Multichill: Can you help, it seems we lack admins with experience generating tags? Thanks --Schlurcher (talk) 16:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Import blocked by spam disallow list

Hello, I'm trying to move w:File:LyricWiki Main Page.png over from wikipedia to commons. However, when I try that, I get

"Import failed

The text you wanted to publish was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a forbidden external site. The following text is what triggered our spam disallow list: lyricwiki.org."

Is this because there is "LyricWiki" in the title? I tried removing all "LyricWiki" mentions in the description and it still dosen't work. Can an admin move this over or help otherwise? Thanks. TheImaCow (talk) 20:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Try now, after this. It is because the url is still present in revisions which are imported, even if not present in the live version. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done @Josve05a and TheImaCow: I went ahead and migrated it. It worked. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@The Squirrel Conspiracy and TheImaCow: As far as I can see, the file was originally uploaded to enwiki as non-free under fair use. Do you have evidence that the content of this project is distributed under the free license you specified? --Komarof (talk) 07:22, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Almost all former Wikia/Gamepedia/now Fandom wikis are licenced under CC-BY-3.0 licence. Lyric wiki included. The Main page screenshot here dosen't include any potentially copyrighted lyrics. TheImaCow (talk) 07:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Squirrel Conspiracy Now I got the same problem again, this time with "corecommerce com", on w:File:WLOV27.png. Would appreciate help.
Is there a better place for such requests on Commons than here, on the admin's noticeboard? TheImaCow (talk) 20:38, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm note sure on the best practices, but I've added the domain to our whitelist as well so you can go ahead and import the file now. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 21:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Speedy deletion

Please speedy delete the files in Category:Temp - Andy Mabbett - speedy deltion, which I just uploaded in error as part of larger batch. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. Maybe for next time you can instead add Category:Other speedy deletions (I guess admins will understand it's G7) or better put {{SD|G7}} using VFC. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 18:15, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also: I created {{My bad upload}} to provide something easier to remember than {{SD|G7}}. - Jmabel ! talk 21:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rename file

Could someone please rename File:Lokrume helmet fragmant (GFB1683) 1.jpg to File:Lokrume helmet fragment (GFB1683) 1.jpg (typo of fragment)? I've added the {{Rename}} template and realize this isn't urgent, but I'm working in the article at the moment and it would be nice to get this sorted out quickly. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 22:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Usernameunique: I will do this, but this absolutely did not call for coming to the Administrators' noticeboard. It would have been fixed in the article when the file was moved, anyway. Unless you are dealing with things like slander, serious hoaxes, etc., please use the normal channels to request a file rename. - Jmabel ! talk 23:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • ✓ Done Looks like User:The Squirrel Conspiracy got there before me. - Jmabel ! talk 00:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:Copyright violations

Please advise that the number of files in the category is growing daily throughout the last week. Komarof (talk) 07:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Doing… Yann (talk) 11:52, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Apparently sock puppet account

The User:Dandanfox should be blocked from uploading as a suckpuppet of User:末路百花残. Reasons:

  1. They are same in uploading infringing pictures of Chinese politicians.
  2. Once User:Dandanfox has uploaded one picture, the picture will be quickly added to any Chinese politician page on zhwiki, by User:末路百花残.

Akishima Yuka (talk) 15:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Akishima Yuka: what is the problematic behavior here? (Not saying there isn't any, but what is it?) There is no rule against having more than one account as such, and certainly no rule against having one account on Commons and another on a different wiki. (There is a rule against double-voting, engaging deceptively in discussions with your other "self", using a sock to evade sanctions, etc.) - Jmabel ! talk 19:09, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also, it looks like you didn't notify either of these accounts about reporting them here. I will do so. - Jmabel ! talk 19:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I see now: User:末路百花残 was previously blocked for uploading unfree files, and it appears User:Dandanfox is doing the same. You didn't say that! - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done I blocked Dandanfox for socking. All files deleted. Next time, it is better to use COM:ANB. Yann (talk) 10:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/File:1H NMR Ethyl Acetate Coupling shown - 2.png

Can someone close / solve this old deletion request? — Chem Sim 2001 (talk) 21:06, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Chem Sim 2001: with what resolution? It looks like two of you are discussing what to do and never reached a clear consensus as to what you want done. - Jmabel ! talk 01:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: My suggestion was to merge the two files by overwriting the original file and since there are no votes against it I would prefer going that way! — Chem Sim 2001 (talk) 14:40, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I can work on it. Didn't realize there had been a followup comment to my merge and other-changes proposals. DMacks (talk) 14:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete overwritten file

Hi. I was testing the batchuploader sunflower (https://github.com/fastily/sunflower/) and it didn't check if a file existed so I have accidentally overwritten a file: File:Unidentified_butterfly.jpg. Could somebody delete it? thanks! Amada44  talk to me 10:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Yann (talk) 10:40, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Roman Ivanovych Kovalchuk 2

Multiple downloads of the delete file: 1, 2, 3, 4. After Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems/Archive_109#User:Roman_Ivanovych_Kovalchuk and after User_talk:Roman_Ivanovych_Kovalchuk#Copyright_violations user uploaded same file - File:Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку (Мухавка).jpg. Микола Василечко (talk) 16:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for uploading files. This user should be unblocked only when they fix their files. Yann (talk) 17:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete a bunch of MediaWiki namespace pages

Hi! I recently changed the central location of several tools I developed from Commons to MediaWiki.org. Therefore, I'd like to request the deletion of the following pages, per being no longer relevant:

I already took care to update all the calls and links to these pages. Thanks! Sophivorus (talk) 22:12, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Sophivorus: are you sure it wouldn't be better to do some sort of soft redirects to the analogous pages at www.mediawiki.org? - Jmabel ! talk 22:56, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel Yea you're probably right. I just replaced the content of the pages for comments with a link to the new pages. Thanks for the heads up, cheers! Sophivorus (talk) 12:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cleanup needed, mop and CU tool

Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Former pharma executive Richard Waygood, posing with swastika armband in Las Vegas.jpg. I left a note there on socking, and just now I confirmed that the "other" contributor on that page, Jolenko1, is now also confirmed and blocked on en-wiki. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Drmies: Please post evidence via COM:RFCU.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jeff G.: To what end? User:Jolenko1 is already globally indef-blocked as a sock. - Jmabel ! talk 18:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In fairness, Jolenko1 and NutcrackerMoench were not blocked on the Commons at the time Jeff G. made that comment. Jmabel's underlying concern, however, remains correct: both accounts were already blocked on en.wiki wiki (02:38, 9 January 2024 and 02:34, 9 January 2024, respectively) and indeed with rationales including "{{checkuserblock-account}}". This is exactly where Drmies should have posted (per COM:RFCU: "Checkuser is a last resort for difficult cases; pursue other options first, such as posting on the administrator's noticeboard" (link in original)). The (terse) referral to RFCU was not appropriate for this case. Эlcobbola talk 18:58, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Эlcobbola: Drmies asked for [use of the] "CU tool" and did not mention having already CU'd and blocked the users on enwiki. I'm sorry I took them at face value. Now, I see that their enwiki user page is categorized in en:Category:Wikipedians who should probably stop screwing around with categories, lest they draw unwanted attention from the Categories Police.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
And? You give more weight to a section header than COM:RFCU guidance? You give more weight to en.wiki user page categorization than user rights? (Drmies is a CU (!!!)) How do you reconcile "I confirmed that the 'other' contributor on that page, Jolenko1, is now also confirmed and blocked on en-wiki" (underline added) with your purport "Drmies [...] did not mention having already CU'd and blocked the users on enwiki"? Did you even read the comment, or just hastily and mechanically refer them to RFCU? 16:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by elcobbola (talk • contribs)
@Эlcobbola: I'm sorry, I didn't check their credentials on enwiki before making my initial reply. It looked like they were a regular enwiki user who had checked that two users we share with enwiki were blocked there and wanted Admins and Checkusers here to do something about it. They did not write that they had done the CU and blocking themselves. I read things literally and take things at face value until evidence convinces me otherwise.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Sorry, I don't see them as being "globally indef-blocked as a sock." (whatever that means), or locked, either.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:02, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Uploads by Crimsonalfred2022

Hello Commons admins. It looks like all the uploads of user:Crimsonalfred2022 need to be checked. Some of the images are correctly tagged as PD-Egypt, but many are obviously not public domain and will need to be removed. Sorry I don't have time to help with this; I am already very busy doing copyright cleanup at en.wiki.Thanks. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:23, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Comment I warned this user, and nominate several files for deletion. Their use of PD-Egypt is indeed abusive. Yann (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requesting closure on a CfD

Could someone please close Commons:Categories for discussion/2023/10/Category:YASHICA FX-7 SUPER? I'm too involved to close it. I've been fending off some incompetence/vandalism (probably the former, and I'd rather not call the person out) on the CfD and the affected category, and I'd like to see the thing closed so we can simply move the category to where it belongs and I stop having to deal with this. Thanks in advance. - Jmabel ! talk 18:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Abzeronow (talk) 19:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hiding history/File History edit

Hello there, as per request on my discussion at Slovak Wikipedia, I would like to ask, if it is possible to hide the original author's name on this file. This information is supposedly not correct and the author does not wish for their name to appear in there. (If necessary, I can ask the person to write it to us through OTRS.) The information appears correctly in the Summary, but lists the original author's name in the Comment in File History. Thank you for the response. (Also please if possible, @ me, just in case.) KormiSK (talk) 11:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@KormiSK: Do I understand correctly that what you are asking for is to suppress the early portion of the history, up to and including 8 October 2015‎? - Jmabel ! talk 18:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Precisely. Will this also disappear in the File History portion of the page? KormiSK (talk) 18:22, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@KormiSK: Not automatically, but I can suppress it there as well. Thanks for clarifying. - Jmabel ! talk 18:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Then yes, that is exactly what I am requesting. :) KormiSK (talk) 18:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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