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FARDIN AHMED ABIR

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

User's upload history seems to be only uploading copyrighted logos with the claim of self produced. Some of the uploads are "okay" in the end because they're logos with text/geographic shapes so can't be copyrighted anyway, but they're still claiming them as own works dubiously. The talk page is littered with copyright and deletion notices, but no response or change in behavior. The account is also blocked on the English Wikipedia for edit warring. CountryANDWestern (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

 Comment And a bunch of re-uploads of the same copyvios after deletion.

A block is almost certainly in order, though I'm not sure whether or not it should be an indef-block, I leave that to some other admin to decide. And someone will need to go through their uploads to see what can be kept.

Really, though, I think this should have come to COM:AN/U, not here. And behavior on en-wiki is not particularly relevant. - Jmabel ! talk 20:06, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I deleted speedily most uploads as copyvios and closed one DR. Yann warned the user (first warning). No copyvios after the warning, so I currently do not block the user. Taivo (talk) 11:40, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

They have resumed. File:Colors Bangla Logo (2016).png and File:Star Jalsha Logo (2019).png have both been uploaded since the final warning as "own work" when they are clearly not. CountryANDWestern (talk) 13:19, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week. Yann (talk) 16:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

User:JohnAdams1800

Appears to be consistently uploading non-free images as his own work. I tagged several today but there are a several in his historical uploads. JohnAdams1800 has been banned from Wikipedia for OR and persistent socking, and he includes that OR in image descriptions and is using commons to sock edit (edits from these socks show him uploading images here and immediately socking on WP to get them on wiki). First notified about permissions issues in Aug 25. Seems to treat "own work" and "CC4" as arbitrary after repeated deletions.

Uploaded as own work Source: This presentation

Uploaded as own CC4 Source: No CC4 given

This and this are clearly using street map data without a source disclosed, and appear to be screenshots from a news site.

Just a screenshot from a news site uploaded as own work

Uploaded as CC4 Source: No CC4 license stated

Syllabus for a class Source: UT Dallas copyright notice requirements for syllabi ~2026-65219-2 (talk) 09:57, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

IMO File:Rising inequality and unequal access to education in the United States.pdf and File:Educational polarization in 2024.png are too simple to have a copyright. Yann (talk) 16:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

It's still not his own work, just as the other two above aren't CC4. A lot of his uploads are recreations of plots from others using their underlying data. I didn't flag those for that reason. ~2026-65219-2 (talk) 16:17, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Data do not have a copyright, and do not belong to someone. Sources should be provided through. Yann (talk) 16:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. I only raised a concern for plots that were actually made by someone else, directly taken from another source as screenshots, and uploaded as "own work" or with a license that doesn't exist for that plot. That's much less ambiguous, and he has a pattern of ignoring warnings about content and rights usage on Commons and his image summaries are being used as an end-run on his OR that got him banned from en-wp, where he's still trying to sock back in his commons uploads.

None of the concern raised here is about the use of underlying data. ~2026-65219-2 (talk) 06:47, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, but drawing a plot from these data doesn't automatically create a copyright. It depends of the complexity of the plot and the data. Yann (talk) 11:59, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

This entire line of reasoning only applies, if it does, to the first linked image. And it still isn't the uploader's own work. ~2026-65219-2 (talk) 12:38, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

PI-CNESST

PI-CNESST (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
Ironically, after demanding we take down their PD-textlogo we actually need to block the user as they haven't been verified by COM:VRT, and their username says they are an inspector for CNESST. The file is perfectly legal, but their username is an obvious trademark and username policy violation. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 16:44, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Remove protection from File:1792 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania by county.svg

I'm the original uploader of this file, I would like to upload a new version since the map's data is outdated, but it says I can't and that only people with auto patrol rights can change it. I don't know why this happened, but can someone remove its protection or remove its protection temporarily so I can update it? HistoricalRonan (talk) 17:20, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Ziv as protecting Admin.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:35, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@HistoricalRonan: protection removed. If you have any other files that were blocked back then due to incessant move requests, you can contact me directly on my disk. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 19:11, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of Ayakln

Globally blocked & locked user:

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

now has the following sockpuppets active on Commons, confirmed by CU results from other wikis:

• Poom2014 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions): blocked on thwiki based on CU result
• So Monggo (SVG Files) (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions): blocked on enwiki and thwiki based on CU result
• Tendoom (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions): confirmed sockpuppet on thwiki based on CU result
• Tendoomn (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions):  It looks like a duck to me
• Tendoonm (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions):  It looks like a duck to me
• Tendoori (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions):  It looks like a duck to me
• เต้าหู้ (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions): blocked on thwiki due to being a sockpuppet

I am pretty sure this is the same user:

• ~2026-11107-52 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

痛^Designism (talk) 05:34, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

I've taken the liberty to revert the two edits the TA made to your talk page Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:44, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@痛: Please give a link to "CU results from other wikis". Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:16, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Yann: th:special:diff/12844341#JordanGlass37 - Alyssa May.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:25, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! @Yann: -- please see above. Names not mentioned in the CU results can be identified {{Duck}} based on their contribution & registration pattern. 痛^Designism (talk) 17:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

 Doing… CU-check, quite messy, many socks, may take some time. Tagging to be socks of Levi Kambai (talk · contribs). --Lymantria (talk) 18:54, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Completed See Category:Sockpuppets of Levi Kambai. All blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Wow! Thank you. 痛^Designism (talk) 19:42, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Zara Larsson photo

For some reason, these files are attracting much vandalism by temporary accounts and new accounts:

• File:Zara Larsson Midnight Sun European Tour (cropped).jpg
• File:Zara Larsson Midnight Sun European Tour (cropped 2).jpg
• File:Zara Larsson Midnight Sun European Tour (cropped) (cropped).jpg

Semi-protection might be useful for some time. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:54, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done, protected for a month. This should be enough for now. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 15:02, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

User:Okaycastro

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

Uploading copyvios after previous block. Geoffroi 19:51, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done. One month block (second block). All his/her contributions are deleted. Taivo (talk) 09:17, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

File:Visa requirements for Russian citizens.svg

To avoid editing war, please revert this file to the version from 19:53, 20 February 2026 and protect to admin-only editing for a month – while the discussion of the changes to the map will be ongoing. This map is used on several Wikipedia pages in different languages therefore any major changes to the map must be carefully considered and carried out across multiple Wikipedias. Furthermore the map, if it is inaccurate or confusing, may affect travelers.

Despite lacking consensus, the user User:Everyonesvisa unilaterally introduces changes to color coding and composition of the map (removing several dependencies and islands, such as Faroe Islands). My suggestions (talk page) to first discuss the points and only then make the changes (per WP:BRD), are left ignored.

I therefore request that the file is temporarily protected at the stable, long-standing version while consensus is formed. Vinokurov Demis (talk) 22:50, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

The person who ignored the user's opinion was Vinokurov Demis.

I accepted his suggestion and maintained the same markings as the Faroe Islands,

and improved the visa system to make it more distinguishable.

I discussed this with him in the "talk room," and he was the one who ignored the other person's opinion and emphasized the framework of the "established order."

Compared to maps of other countries, when improvements are needed, many users change the map "without separate agreement."

However, in the case of the Russian map, Vinokurov Demis monopolizes it and forces agreement (on others). This is highly inappropriate behavior. Everyonesvisa (talk) 23:13, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

The corresponding talk page has been prepared for the subsequent discussion after the editing pause Vinokurov Demis (talk) 02:52, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Autopatroller protection for a month (since neither are autopatrolled). Abzeronow (talk) 03:46, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Edit war - File:Ethiopian Civil War (2020-present).svg

Can someone protect this image so the people reverting each other will have to argue it out on the talk page? Thanks. DS (talk) 23:12, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Ethiopian Civil War (2020-present).svg. - Jmabel ! talk 00:35, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Protected for one year. Yann (talk) 11:13, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Block request: User:Kostya-Artist2005

Sockpuppet of User:KostyaMasterpiece per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KostyaMasterpiece/Archive#28 October 2025. - Bᴏᴅʜı ***** Hᴀᴙᴩ** 00:05, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked indef., all files deleted. Please check for other edits. Yann (talk) 11:12, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

User:Nigar1972

Nigar1972 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Dozens of clear copyvio uploads after 1 month block. Quick1984 (talk) 14:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Quick1984, you beat me to it. They also ignored this big DR I started and uploaded some more copyvios instead. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 14:27, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for 6 months. Yann (talk) 16:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

User:RicardoChavesWiki

RicardoChavesWiki (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user Consistently uploading non-free images as his own work. Has been warned but keeps doing it, reuploading the same and/or new images. Dubstar (talk) 15:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, last file deleted. Yann (talk) 16:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)