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File:Human skeleton front en.svg

File:Human skeleton front en.svg is another image file which seems to attract nonsense edits and vandalism by IPs (see the history of the page). Please consider to protect the file description page against anonymous edits. Thank you! – Aristeas (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done for 1 yr —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 21:38, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Matrix(!)! – Aristeas (talk) 10:23, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Block request for User:游學寶寶台中南屯館

游學寶寶台中南屯館 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Username for spam or containing advertising purposes S8321414 (talk) 01:46, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Using a business name as your account name on Commons is not necessarily a violation of our account naming policy, though it would be on some sister projects. It's not obvious to me that there's anything wrong here. Their uploads appear to be exterior shots of their business, which are not obviously out of scope. I don't offhand see any particularly promotional content. - Jmabel ! talk 04:58, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

No idea…But they uploaded File:Official logo of 游學寶寶台中南屯館.png and deleted.--S8321414 (talk) 05:13, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Deleted as a logo above TOO, lacking VRT. Again, I think not a reason for any administrative sanction. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Huyukui

Huyukui (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user uploading copyvios (COM:FOP Japan) Qurren (talk) 00:32, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

We don't usually take administrative action against a user over FoP issues, especially if no one has explained the issues to the user on their talk page. I'm probably not familiar enough with the details of FoP in Japan to be the one to explain to them; probably best if someone who knows Japanese would reach out. - Jmabel ! talk 04:32, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Max-Up2568

User: Max-Up2568 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Reason for reporting: This user is a sockpuppet (Category:Sockpuppets of Saranphat chaiphet) created for block evasion, according to a sock investigation at the Thai Wikipedia. And the user has uploaded here a number of copyvio files related to Nan province, which are exactly the same files as those uploaded by the socks in the mentioned category. See also his global account information.

-- Miwako Sato (talk) 07:22, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done indef-blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Likely Vanderpumpstan socks

• Lizzy Littlejohn (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Andrew Lewis Littlejohn (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

These accounts are claiming in file descriptions to be the two children of actress Lesley Joseph, and have uploaded seven photos of Joseph and pictures of actresses' signatures. Four of the photos had previously been posted to Joseph's social media account, years ago, at the same or higher resolutions ([1] [2] [3] [4]); another, File:Lesley Joseph and her mother Rebecca 2001.webp, was deleted last month after it was found to have been taken from a news website.

These look like socks of User:Vanderpumpstan, who has uploaded signature images and copyvios of Lesley Joseph in the past as User:4lyferr, and shown interest in the actress's children. Other Vanderpumpstan socks like User:SallyJaneSpencer have claimed to be directly related to the depicted subjects, in file descriptions, when those images had in fact been taken from other sources. Belbury (talk) 13:12, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

• Simon Dwain Kalavazides (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

I'd also add User:Simon Dwain Kalavazides to this. This is an account created half an hour before User:Lizzy Littlejohn on 30 September that has reposted a lot of photos taken from https://instagram.com/simonmeets (Simon Kalavazides), claiming on Commons to have cropped themselves out of the photos. The Instagram user page has a message at the top saying Please ask my permission first before sharing my photos. The Commons user got started with some photos of Lesley Joseph and her co-stars, the same co-stars that Lizzy Littlejohn was uploading signatures of a few hours later.

One of Simon Dwain Kalavazides's uploads (File:Alun Lewis c. 1990s.jpg) has already been deleted as being a postcard image; I don't know if the user was claiming it to be a selfie they had cropped themselves out of?

The deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Lesley Joseph 2025.jpg, about the fact that one of their photos had been posted earlier on Instagram, received no response from User:Simon Dwain Kalavazides. They haven't edited Commons since October.

User:Simon Dwain Kalavazides has a message on their talk page from an IP visitor from last week that says:

This user is an imposter, pretending to be someone he is not. This person needs there profile deleted on here and blocked from downloading anymore images. And have current images deleted from commons.

This could be a message from the Instagram user. en:Talk:Linda_Robson#Linda Robson Picture also has a complaint about one of these uploads, File:Linda Robson 2024.jpg, being stolen, cropped and permission to use it is not granted. Belbury (talk) 16:19, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Three accounts blocked for COM:IU. I deleted all files uploaded by Lizzy Littlejohn and Andrew Lewis Littlejohn, and created Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Simon Dwain Kalavazides. A request for check user would be useful to confirm sockpupettry. Yann (talk) 19:55, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, request opened. Belbury (talk) 20:05, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Wow, 27 sockpuppeteers: Category:Sockpuppets of Vanderpumpstan! Yann (talk) 13:55, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

I found two more accounts who had uploaded photos of a deceased celebrity claiming to be a family member or partner who had taken the photo personally, where those images were crops or copies of photos that had been previously published in the press or social media. Again, ageing British sitcom stars.

• Lucy Lyndhurst (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Nethra Tilakumara (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Deletion discussion opened at Commons:Deletion requests/Photos of the Lyndhurst family. --Belbury (talk) 11:41, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Another to potentially block for impersonation under COM:IU: a single-use account claiming to be the daughter of deceased British actor Tony Selby, who uploaded a lot of low resolution versions of images of Selby that can be found elsewhere online, claiming to have taken the photos personally.

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

Files nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Sammyselbs. --Belbury (talk) 09:39, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Also a Vanderpump, uploading previously published 2017-era press and social media photos as their own work in 2025:

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

--Belbury (talk) 10:09, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Two accounts blocked, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 16:02, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Abir Dhar

Another account of User:Drabir Mondal, both of them uploading files without license, most probably copyvios, which they try to disseminate to other projects afterwards. -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 16:25, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Sock blocked, main account warned. Yann (talk) 19:39, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Sock of GMatteotti

Can someone block Ilevod? The rename request for File:Dal Piaz (Ombretta).jpg is his usual "correct title" rationale and the file is an original GMatteotti upload. Geoffroi 16:29, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked. Yann (talk) 19:36, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

@Yann: He's back with User:~2025-33243-00 (another questionable rename request of a GMatteotti upload). Geoffroi 21:23, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Already done Already globally blocked. Yann (talk) 13:52, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Fake requests from registered user

user:Tasfiqulalampabel - Fake requests, or unnecessary edits - Registered vandal. - Inertia6084 (talk) (talk) 20:49, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Tasfiqulalampabel (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) - Jmabel ! talk 22:51, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Excalibur

Excalibur (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

He's still attacking me on his talk page! Can you please take his talk away? He's abused his talk three times now! Will you please stop him from trolling Commons users? Geoffroi 02:12, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Blocked by The Squirrel Conspiracy and Huntster. Yann (talk) 08:14, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Ruiqiang

Ruiqiang (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Ruiqiang appears to be here solely to upload copyright-violating images of the Shenyang J-35; they have done this multiple times and (appear to, as I cannot see deleted contributions) have no other edits except to this subject. - The Bushranger (talk) 21:59, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Nexarito

Nexarito (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

This user is persistently uploading out-of-scope content after multiple warnings and a block for doing so. They appear to only be here to promote themselves. - Seawolf35 (talk) 01:48, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

nooo Nexarito (talk) 01:50, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:14, 18 November 2025 (UTC)