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Sock of Crazyed1234

0x0a (talk) 19:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked. Yann (talk) 19:57, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another likely Nv7801 sock

Standard MO - unsourced SVG flags of American towns, mostly improbable geometric designs, some badly autotraced SVGs. Omphalographer (talk) 22:12, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Blocked indef, all uploads deleted. --Achim55 (talk) 06:47, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Real-world threat. Needs to be banned. I will post a link to this thread on their user talk page now. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:17, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment, the threat mentioned above was originally reverted but @Insomniac187 added it back. Tvpuppy (talk) 09:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He did it as like an April Fools joke. get it... April 1st?
There's this here for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools%27_Day_2025 Insomniac187 (talk) 09:38, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Tvpuppy If you want me to revert it. I'll do it. Insomniac187 (talk) 09:41, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ikan Kekek @Tvpuppy I reverted the edits as I was hacked. So I've fixed it. Sorry for the incidents that happened earlier. Insomniac187 (talk) 09:46, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. Although today is 1st of April, this was not funny. I blocked the user for a week and the IP for a month for harassment. Taivo (talk) 10:47, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for Chococo6968

Chococo6968 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Continue uploading copyright violated pictures despite final warning. Sakurase (talk) 14:47, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, all files deleted. Yann (talk) 14:54, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Block request for Gnocram5001

Gnocram5001 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Continue uploading copyright violated pictures despite final warning. Sakurase (talk) 07:53, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, files already deleted. Yann (talk) 09:01, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User Username4515 - copyvio

Username4515 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) systematically uploads non-free files. Needs to be blocked?.. -- Vd437 (talk) 11:50, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Blocked for a week, all files tagged or deleted. Yann (talk) 12:35, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another likely Nv7801 sock

More unsourced, implausible SVG flags, this time of cities of Nevada and Alaska. Omphalographer (talk) 03:49, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Bedivere (talk) 04:09, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Long term abuse, duck per [1]. Also please delete that hoax image. Aqurs1 (talk) 13:00, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]