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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. ~~~~}}

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69.178.195.99

User: 69.178.195.99 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Offensive vandalism on the Sean Combs category and pointless additions on others. Not sure of how long to block, etc. so I'm submitting it for admins more familiar with blocking policy. Bastique ^{☎ let's talk!} 03:32, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done I blocked the IP for a week and revision deleted three of the edits. A week is on the longer end for IP blocks, unless we think it's an open proxy. Those are typically indeffed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. For some peculiar reason I've got that Category in my watchlist, and I catch it. There were similar edits from a different IP address in the same /24. Now I know what's proper to do. 👍🏼 Bastique ^{☎ let's talk!} 04:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Just for the record: block log. --Achim55 (talk) 08:10, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

User:Gonesomewhere54

User: Gonesomewhere54 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: assorted nonsense edits Dronebogus (talk) 11:20, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Three days for a start for trolling. May be longer. Yann (talk) 11:26, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Tuugo.us

User: Tuugo.us (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Username issues (username is named after company) XReport --MathXplore (talk) 01:08, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Indef for spamming. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:06, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

115.166.41.200

User: 115.166.41.200 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism. Adding giberissh to catagories. Already have massrollbacked their contribs. XReport --All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 01:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

+1. Many (hundred ?) vandalized categories during the 2 last days, most of them not yet reverted -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:43, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Basile Morin, revert in progress. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 01:59, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Basile Morin, revert is done, block is still needed. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 02:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for 1 week. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:04, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Othmane604

User: Othmane604 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Uploading selfies with misleading titles (eg. File:American multinational automotive and clean energy company.jpg) after a warning. Belbury (talk) 12:33, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Also I deleted File:NET Framework.jpg as a copyvio. - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Quite possibly worthy of a block, but I don't see any vandalism as such, so they probably should be notified of this discussion. - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done. One week block, plus I deleted last remaining upload as out of scope. Taivo (talk) 12:17, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Sig ma rehan

User: Sig ma rehan (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Copyvios after final warning. Belbury (talk) 12:50, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

MP, from Murree

User: MP, from Murree (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: New account reuploading the same copyvios as Sig ma rehan (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user, indef blocked above. Belbury (talk) 09:47, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Indefinite block, uploads are deleted. Taivo (talk) 12:20, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

115.166.46.99

User: 115.166.46.99 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism XReport --Tmv (talk) 09:58, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done. One month block, everything is reverted. Taivo (talk) 12:21, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

AlkyzawyHsyen

User: AlkyzawyHsyen (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: I noticed that this user, whose vandalism I reported here in June, is at it again. He has again added references to terrorism to the captions of several files related to Syria, and has also swapped the Arabic captions of the Baath Party and Palestinian flags. You can check his edits since October (there are not many) to see this. I know that User:Jmabel has notified him that he will be blocked if he continues his vandalism. I think it is time to implement this warning. I contacted Jmabel but received no response. 5.142.178.40 05:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

The "response" was Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems#AlkyzawyHsyen. I cannot be the one to block someone for text in a language I cannot properly read. I think this is almost certainly worthy of a block, and I pinged the only two Arabic-speaking administrators there.

By the way, while I think this is almost certainly worthy of a block (but, again, I will not do that on the basis of a machine translation from a language I absoutely do not read), I do not think it qualifies as vandalism. - Jmabel ! talk 05:34, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

SliceAMelonTwice

User: SliceAMelonTwice (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism XReport --SHB2000 (talk) 02:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@SHB2000, They're globally locked. A local block is thus not required. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 02:41, 8 November 2024 (UTC)