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To create a report please click on the button above and fill the fields. Alternatively you may copy the following template, replacing USER/IP and REASON with your content, and place it at the bottom of this page:

{{subst:Report vandal|USER/IP|REASON. ~~~~}}

• Administrators: Please make a note if a report is dealt with, to avoid unnecessary responses by other admins.

84.78.246.98

User: 84.78.246.98 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Same vandal as 90.167.6.243 above. Also 84.78.246.52 so another rangeblock may be in order Gnomingstuff (talk) 01:40, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 03:20, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Spambots

Users:

• ZRNHung6082 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• ShaileshBhadra007 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Reason for reporting: Spambots --Leonidlednev (talk) 06:40, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

+1 --Leonidlednev (talk) 06:53, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 Comment ZRNHung6082 is already globally locked. Yann (talk) 08:04, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

@Leonidlednev, blocked the second user. Thank you for the notification. Kadı Message 13:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

2001:8003:B1B8:BF00:6535:6F2:1ED4:FA1E

User: 2001:8003:B1B8:BF00:6535:6F2:1ED4:FA1E (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: (xwiki) vandalism
MathXplore (talk) 08:12, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done Kadı Message 08:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

AntiCompositeBot of the user RoySmith

User: AntiCompositeBot of the user RoySmith (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: The said bot intends to delete a photo which ist clearly licensed with CC BY-SA 4.0 and provided with the permission of the owner. It was uploaded today in the article about the Egyptologist Julia Budka. Please prevent the announced destruction and stop the vandalizing bot. Lolli2u (talk) 12:33, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

• @Lolli2u: (1) this may be error, but it isn't vandalism. (2) Would you please link the photo in question? I'm not going to search around and see if I can find out what you are talking about when you could simply provide a link. (3) You can always turn any sort of speedy-delete request into a full-blow deletion review (DR) if you object to it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Service: It is this file. mini --Karsten Schulze (talk) 16:03, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

• Karsten Schulze: thank you for the link.
• @Lolli2u: I have started a deletion review at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Julia Budka, Keramikanalytische Untersuchungen in Sai und Elephantine 2012-2018, LMU München, MUAFS Projekt.png. You can put your remarks there. However, I will point out:
  • You added a bunch of nonexistent categories to the image, and none that actually exist.
  • You say "CC BY-SA 4.0 mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Autorin Julia Budkaz", but (1) you don't provide an actual license tag (such as {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}), which is what triggered the bot and (2) you claim permission from a third party, but provide no evidence of permission. The page linked as a source does not indicate the license in question, so by default the author has to be presumed to retain her copyright (as the photographer, she has copyright implicitly under the law of every imaginably relevant country). Either she needs to indication the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license for the photo at https://www.sudansurvey.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/team/budka-julia/, or she needs to send email as described at COM:VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 18:36, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

AMIGOS DE RNH RADIO NACIONAL GOBIERNO SOCIALDEMÓCRATA DE HONDURAS

User: AMIGOS DE RNH RADIO NACIONAL GOBIERNO SOCIALDEMÓCRATA DE HONDURAS (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: w:WP:LTA/HOY --Leonidlednev (talk) 00:26, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done globally by Hasley. --Achim55 (talk) 07:53, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Antinewbie

User: Antinewbie (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: very unconstructive spamming [1] Icodense 06:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Reverted & final warning given. If they continue → indef per VOA. --Achim55 (talk) 07:51, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

2404:160:8150:DD21:1779:A791:9AE3:D5A9

User: 2404:160:8150:DD21:1779:A791:9AE3:D5A9 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: content removal on multiple pages & templates Cnbrb (talk) 08:58, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

• Already blocked. GMG^talk 10:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Antinewbie

User: Antinewbie
Reason for reporting: Unconstructive spam (Evidence) Xeonphosphor (talk) 15:36, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done Harassment-only account. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 15:43, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

174.213.144.94

User: 174.213.144.94 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: For vandalising bitcoin-related file pages File:Satoshi Nakamoto.jpg and other pages. The IP has been changing, and Special:Contributions/174.213.128.0/18 would cover 174.213.160.207 and other IPs which were used previously, presumably by the same person. whym (talk) 03:48, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done: I blocked mobile IP ranges Special:Contributions/174.213.144.0/20 and Special:Contributions/174.213.160.0/20 for 2 weeks each. Might perhaps be Nakamoto2. --Achim55 (talk) 07:45, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Nhà_cái_s666

User: Nhà_cái_s666 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Spam only account. Zaxxon0 (talk) 08:24, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done indef-blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 10 August 2023 (UTC)