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• Personal photos/selfies: ~107
• Other speedy deletions: ~10
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PrinceAzuka134

Add this template to PrinceAzuka134’s user page: Indefblocked-global PrinceAzuka132 (talk) 10:39, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done thanks for it, BTW, you could have done it by yourself. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 11:35, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: lol Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 22:27, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Atikur Rahman Mahi.jpg

Please create-protect the file when it's deleted; it recently got created for the umpteenth time by the same LTA Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 22:30, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done deleted and protected (auto-patroller level). - Jmabel ! talk 23:28, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

User:Duraisamy manivel

Duraisamy manivel (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
User continues with problematic uploads despite warnings. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 17:58, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, most files deleted. Yann (talk) 19:56, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

User:JWoup and socks

JWoup (talk · contribs) has repeatedly uploaded a number of blatant copyright violations (images from Getty, AP, etc.) in the last couple days and updated the subjects' Wikipedia articles, including File:Tank in 2001.jpg (enwp diff), File:Static Major in 2005.webp (enwp diff), and File:Lil Durk IMG 0398.jpg (enwp diff).

After a number of notices and warnings, this user switched to two different accounts (Jeffwoug (talk · contribs) and Xgxmez (talk · contribs)) to re-upload these copyright violations (File:Static Major IMG 0416.webp and File:Lil Durk IMG 0398.jpg under the former, File:Tank IMG 4286.jpg under the latter). Jeffwoug also left attacks on the English Wikipedia here and here regarding removal of the images, clearly connecting the account to JWoup.

Suggesting blocking all three accounts for persistent copyright violations and sockpuppetry. Thanks, ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 22:03, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Two accounts blocked indef. for socking and insult, and the oldest account blocked for 2 weeks. All files deleted. Yann (talk) 22:29, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Request semi-protection for User talk:Y-route

Due to severe vandalism (causing copyright problems) by cross-wiki LTA (ja:LTA:NRE), I request semi-protection for my talk page. --Y-route (talk) 16:03, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I semi-protected it for 3 years. Taivo (talk) 11:25, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

User:931man

931man (talk · contribs) continually uploading copyrighted media, despite warnings. Received final warning in August 2025. — Wracking ( talk / contribs / uploads ) 18:41, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Now blocked for a week. Taivo (talk) 11:23, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

User:Huthayfah Halabiyeh

Huthayfah Halabiyeh (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) Copyright violation-only account. Previous block for copyvios. New copyvios tagged for speedy deletion. Of all this user's contributions, only a handful of copyvios remain. Geoffroi 18:42, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for 3 months. Yann (talk) 17:16, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Block request for User:Afoyoas

Afoyoas (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user An account solely for advertising purposes on the File:Afoyo African Safaris.jpg page. Blocked on SR and EN Wikipedias. Ђидо (talk) 06:26, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Exactly one edit on Commons ever. - Jmabel ! talk 20:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Warned. Yann (talk) 17:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

@Ђидо: I reported them at m:srg#Global lock for Afoyoas for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:01, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

RomanZelnoki

Resolved

RomanZelnoki (talk · contribs) Lake Como vandal. Юрий Д.К. 13:35, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

@Юрий Д.К.: Reported to m:srg#Global lock for RomanZelnoki as lock evasion by special:ca/Alec Smithson.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:55, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

• Thank you, Jeff G. and M7 Юрий Д.К. 14:04, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  @Юрий Д.К.: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

User:Constrayevan

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

User was given a final warning regarding copyright violations in May. Their uploads since include screenshots of YouTube videos, TikTok videos, album covers from Soundcloud, and likely autobiographical spam. These are all claimed as CC 1.0 but none of them have any release as such on their sources. CountryANDWestern (talk) 18:17, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, all copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 17:13, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Data:Unicode data/images/033.tab

Please, a protection for new content Data:Unicode data/images/033.tab as it is for another datasets in category Category:Unicode_Module_Datasets. Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 19:30, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Jmabel ! talk 20:53, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Capanibrahim block evasion

• Capanibrahim (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Nokturnvr (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Capanibrahim was uploading AI-generated images of Turkish musicians a few days ago, and defending their deletion as fictional digital/virtual music artists (personae) created, produced, and managed by me while creating wikidata entries for them filed as an instance of "human". They were blocked for spamming.

Nokturnvr has uploaded an AI-generated image of a Turkish musician today, and has created a wikidata entry for it filed as "human". Belbury (talk) 15:47, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Sock blocked indef., file deleted. Yann (talk) 17:09, 24 June 2026 (UTC)