Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections

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This page is for any user to discuss blocks and protections. Please feel free to add comments. Remember to sign and date all contributions, using "~~~~", which translates into a signature and a time stamp.

Admins: once you've dealt with a request, please make a note, so that other admins don't waste time responding to it.

Keeps uploading copyvio's after the warning. Maybe a block for a short time so he/she can read the policy. Sterkebaktalk 04:36, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I was about to upload a modified version of this file, but it is protected. Since the modification I wanted to apply can be performed by anyone with a text editor, can you make the following change to the picture? Thanks. Diti (talk to the penguin) 14:14, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done feel free to update it now. Best regards, --Kanonkas_(talk) 16:12, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reuploaded, thanks. Diti (talk to the penguin) 16:16, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

On this template the ru translation gives a red link. Can it be removed bij a admin? the template

Thanks, Sterkebaktalk 16:58, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe someone can just create the page and translate the text into Russian? Diti (84.101.180.144) 16:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keeps uploading copyvio's after the warnings. Maybe a short block so he/she can read our policy. Sterkebaktalk 04:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done deleted the remaining images. --Kanonkas_(talk) 04:56, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The user User talk:Njones133 is stil uploading copyvio's after a warning. Can the user be blockt so he can read the policy?

Cheers, Sterkebaktalk 16:57, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Handled by ABF. →Christian.И 19:21, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please protect this page from re-creation due to generic filename. It's been created numerous times. -Nard the Bard 19:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Wow that was fast. -Nard the Bard 19:15, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:o) →Christian.И 19:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I copied the code for this from template:vd. Could someone protect it, like it says? :P -Nard the Bard 23:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Hm, actually template:remover as well :) -Nard the Bard 00:34, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hm, both of these don't seem to have a lot of use. Is protection really needed? I'm not opposed but I am asking. ++Lar: t/c 03:26, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well I just started borrar :P Nevermind I'll just watchlist. -Nard the Bard 10:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • If they start to catch on just give a shout here, and they'll get protected. There's no hard and fast rule, I don't think. ++Lar: t/c 13:19, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, I am requesting full protection of Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.sv because after running a check usage on the Image I see that it is used on over 10578 pages across all WMF projects and as such I am requesting that it be protected as a highly used image across WMF projects. Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:08, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the indefinite semi protection is sufficient for now. Giggy (talk) 04:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

10000 usages seems to qualify for full protection to my way of thinking. I'd suggest we full protect this. ++Lar: t/c 17:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

10000? Then we should full protect just about everything on here w:Special:MostImages. I'm not sure if we should be that protective; that seems to me a broader shift in policy.--Nilfanion (talk) 17:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well maybe we should, I dunno. We I think tend to protect templates if they get to 1000 usages, but there are more ways to be mischievous with a template than an image. ++Lar: t/c 21:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah you can definitely be worse with a template. If a shock image is uploaded over one used only in a stub template, the effect isn't too serious as its only a tiny image at the bottom of the page in all uses. I think protection probably isn't needed for that sort of image, and changing to all 1000+ images being protected is a major change - which suggests it isn't a great idea.

I think how the image is used should be considered, not just the raw number. If the image is widely used on image description pages or in article space (including infoboxes, but not stub templates), or in the interface, I'd say its justified: All those uses are in prominent locations to readers, and as a fairly large image. I think we should protect a lot more, but I'd prefer a consensus to codify what we should protect before we protect thousands of images.--Nilfanion (talk) 06:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd actually asked before about these high volume flags, and protections on them before I was an admin. To pick one, this guy to my right has over 550,000+ uses today. While these images historically haven't gotten vandalized much that I can see, the possible damage if, say, this image became a penis could be broad for how many people may see it. The flip side is that--if we full protect these super high volume images--what if someone wants to edit them? That's the real trade off. How often do they get edited, versus what is the possible damage that can occur, should decide if we should protect these things... maybe. What do you all think? rootology (T) 20:25, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, iam requesting the desprotection of this image, because i have this image with a code optimization. This imagen is:Image:Sciences_exactes_optimized.svg --Victormoz (talk) 19:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done please post back when you're done. Best regards, --Kanonkas_(talk) 19:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Victormoz (talk) 20:43, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can PMFavre be blocked so he can read our policy. He keeps uploading copyvios. I already give him a warning. Sterkebaktalk 13:08, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PMFavre (talk · contribs) was blocked indefinitely by Rama.[1] Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:50, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would one of the fine admins over here please semi-protect the following 2 images: Image:Packerstock.png and Image:Bears v Packers 02.jpg. They are currently being used on this template over at en.wiki, which is being transcluded onto ~1300 pages. Thank you! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 17:07, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't seen any vandalism at all on any of the pictures. Maybe we should wait? --Kanonkas_(talk) 17:54, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I thought it was pretty common practice to pre-emptively semi-protect images that are highly used on other projects (like over at en.wiki, I protect templates and images that are highly used because they are very juicy targets). As I have seen it on many other images, and requested it here before, I figured it was common practice, but please do correct me if I am mistaken. Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:47, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I watchlisted them. We do protect some high use images, but by high use I mean flag of the USA style high use (sorry, the Packers aren't that important...!). If there is regular vandalism, you know where to find us. Giggy (talk) 01:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! Thanks Giggy for watchlisting them, and I'll just try and forget that comment of yours... :P « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 02:36, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hctr93 (talk · contribs)

Hi,

Can this user be blocked so he can read our policy. This user is uploading album cover from mrs Spears. I already warn him but he keeps uploading.

Cheers, Sterkebaktalk 06:33, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Being watched, seems like they've stopped. --Kanonkas_(talk) 08:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bonnie J Ott (talk · contribs) is a sock of the indefinitely banned en.wiki user Jetwave Dave, whose only edits on Commons has been to harass me. Compare with the list of confirmed socks. Please block this account indefinitely. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 12:28, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, a checkuser case has resulted in a block of the above account, as well as 3 other sleeper socks. Parsecboy (talk) 13:57, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I request a block for ShakataGaNai for insulting me here. Despite my actions, which are currently being discused, I do not deserve under any circunstamce to be insulted. This is a flagrant violation of Wikimedia's pillar of ettiquete. Cheers, Gizmo II ¿Eu? 22:55, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]