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BOKOBA veroly
[edit]BOKOBA veroly (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
Is there anyone who might be willing to take over from me on the interaction with BOKOBA veroly? Preferably this would be someone who has more than my minimal French, and ideally someone from Africa, since he has written, "It is easy for you, from the West, to make decisions about anything that deviates from the ordinary and comes from real Africa." I do not believe I am biased against him as an African, and I believe I would have blocked anyone for this level of copyright violations and failure to engage, but I would like to recuse myself based on the possibility that I was acting with cultural bias. - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, I see that you did block this user for 6 months. It seems a bit harsh as a first block, specially because there are useful uploads. But I agree that at least a strong warning is needed. Yann (talk) 18:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Uploads that infringe copyright are generally not useful, but rather very harmful. Stepro (talk) 19:18, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Well, this comment is not useful. Did you check their uploads? Yann (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I think it is.
- Of course, I checked his uploads, which is why I posted the matter on the administrators' noticeboard: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems/Archive 126#User:BOKOBA veroly
- And I'm still waiting for his response as to how he was able to take photos in Potsdam, Germany, from Africa: User talk:BOKOBA veroly#File:Présentation en.jpg and File:Excellent.jpg
- I actually believe that the sheer number of his uploads deleted due to copyright infringements speaks for itself. Stepro (talk) 19:35, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I think you didn't understand what I wrote. Yes, there are copyright violations, but there are also useful uploads. So we usually do not apply a 6-month block the first time when the user is not a vandalism-only account. Yann (talk) 20:11, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- The problem is that we can not trust any own work claims of this user. GPSLeo (talk) 20:32, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I think you didn't understand what I wrote. Yes, there are copyright violations, but there are also useful uploads. So we usually do not apply a 6-month block the first time when the user is not a vandalism-only account. Yann (talk) 20:11, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Well, this comment is not useful. Did you check their uploads? Yann (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Uploads that infringe copyright are generally not useful, but rather very harmful. Stepro (talk) 19:18, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- I'll try to communicate with them. I'm able to use French (I'm European, not African, though, but that shouldn't matter, I hope). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:34, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I would reduce the block to one week. Hopefully that's sufficient to send the message through. Yann (talk) 16:18, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Yann: then will you take it upon yourself to do something about his continued effort to contact me outside of Commons [1] [2] (the last of which I am about to delete without reading, but this link will let you find out whatever it says)? There have also been emails. In response to one of the latter I told him (in English and French) that the only acceptable place for him to continue this during his block is his user talk page, to which he continues to have access. He ignored that.
- I would strongly object to him being unblocked without being assigned a mentor, and I would strongly request a mutual no-contact with myself to be a condition of the unblock. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- OK, fine. I will give him these requirements for unblocking. Yann (talk) 17:03, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- I would suggest to change to partial block for uploads until the status of all files clarified. GPSLeo (talk) 17:24, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- To whom it may concern but who's not able to understand French well: The linked EN-WP messages to @Jmabel are basically only a fact-centric defence (I didn't see things amounting to personal attacks) and explanation on how he (BOKOBA veroly) claimed to have produced (the second one: "Les photos signalées comme potentiellement en infraction sont mes propres créations, réalisées en partie avec mon téléphone personnel."; some apparently have been processed with Leonardo AI) some of the files in jeopardy. Additionally, he indeed asks for a mentoring guidance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:58, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- OK, fine. I will give him these requirements for unblocking. Yann (talk) 17:03, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- I propose extending his ban indefinitely due to his continued lies today about the authorship of the photos he uploaded: User talk:BOKOBA veroly#File:Présentation en.jpg and File:Excellent.jpg
- He is lying to us completely brazenly, claiming to have taken the photos himself, even though he was demonstrably 4,700 km away from the scene. In my opinion, shortening the ban would be tantamount to supporting further copyright infringements. His statements in the above-mentioned discussion section also mean that this can no longer be considered a mistake, lack of knowledge, or other perhaps excusable behavior, but only willful and malicious deception. Stepro (talk) 17:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Stepro: in that response you linked, BV posted a text with a boilerplate feeling (he posted it 3 times: in your thread, on Joe's EN talk page and below my DR notice at the bottom of the page), without exact correlation to the Wikicon images. He said "
Mes images constituent en grande partie mon propre travail, certaines ayant été créées à l’aide de Leonardo AI.
" which translates toMy images [read:uploads] are mostly my own work, some having been created with the assistance of Leonardo AI.
". That's not a claim about the authorship of the Wikicon copyvios, only a general statement. With the other messages he posted, I don't think that he has any intent to lie or to deceive, that's more an impression of him being overwhelmed and confused but also willing to learn, if given the chance and assistance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:06, 1 December 2025 (UTC)- images I have taken =!= my own own images (that I have worked on myself, created with AI on my phone, downloaded to my phone). I still don't see a clear statement that he has taken the images, but only worked on them. This still lacks an understanding of what we want on Commons: own works or freely licensed images, and therefore I cannot support unblocking them for file upload. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 08:11, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- I cannot support unblocking someone who contacted someone after being requested to stop, especially when they aren't indeffed. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 16:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
- images I have taken =!= my own own images (that I have worked on myself, created with AI on my phone, downloaded to my phone). I still don't see a clear statement that he has taken the images, but only worked on them. This still lacks an understanding of what we want on Commons: own works or freely licensed images, and therefore I cannot support unblocking them for file upload. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 08:11, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Stepro: in that response you linked, BV posted a text with a boilerplate feeling (he posted it 3 times: in your thread, on Joe's EN talk page and below my DR notice at the bottom of the page), without exact correlation to the Wikicon images. He said "
- Thanks. I would reduce the block to one week. Hopefully that's sufficient to send the message through. Yann (talk) 16:18, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- What exactly is this that "deviates from the ordinary and comes from real Africa"? Some context? Trade (talk) 00:32, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
Request for review of mass deletion of my user project pages
[edit]Hello,
I would kindly like to request a community review of several deletions performed by administrator The Squirrel Conspiracy, who used Nuke to mass-delete multiple pages in my user space under the criterion U3 (Inappropriate use of user pages).
These pages contained documented artistic and long-term photography projects, not drafts, vandalism, spam, nor external promotion. The pages were used to present my works, describe the concepts, show credits, and link to the projects as part of my artistic portfolio.
Examples:
- User:Nikasandler/The World of Hedonia
- User:Nikasandler/My Nonhuman Friends
- User:Nikasandler/Plant and Human Pain
- User:Nikasandler/The Black Sun
- User:Nikasandler/Mycophilia
- User:Nikasandler/A History of Teeth
- User:Nikasandler/The Ancient Depths
- User:Nikasandler/Commission for Issue 3 of Sensored Magazine''
No warning or discussion was provided before the mass deletion.
I kindly request:
- a review of whether these deletions fall under U3,
- consideration for restoring the deleted pages,
- clarification on appropriate use of user space for artistic projects.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
— NikaSandler Nikasandler (talk) 23:31, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
- These were entirely appropriate deletions. Personal artistic projects and portfolios are outside the scope of commons. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
- User:Nikasandler/The World of Hedonia appears to have consisted entirely of a gallery of deleted images and some text about the context in which they were taken. That's pretty obviously out of scope, and does not encourage me to look at all the others. Can you point at any of these that are something more than that? - Jmabel ! talk 01:44, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
- My Nonhuman Friends seems to be a gallery of cat pictures, some should be in scope. AI paleoart was removed with request for deletions, but others were mass-deleted without any discussion? I think some cats could be undeleted if user stops presenting it as portfolio. MSDN.WhiteKnight (talk) 16:32, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
Rename request
[edit]Can an admin handle the rename request for File:GsgshsgafaD (1).png? The file is cascade protected. Thanks. Geoffroi 01:31, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
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This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Shaan SenguptaTalk 04:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC) User contributions for Lk1155
[edit]Moved to Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#User contributions for Lk1155 Nimbus227 (talk) 19:46, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Shaan SenguptaTalk 04:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC) Picture of the Day 2025-12-06 description
[edit]Current English description for the Picture of the Day 2025-12-06 contains factual mistake. Should be "Glotovo, Vladimir Oblast" instead of "Glotovo, Vologda Oblast". Someone please correct protected Template:Potd/2025-12-06 (en). Nyuhn (talk) 18:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
Done, thanks Ymblanter (talk) 18:17, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
Potential possibility of doxxing image
[edit]Coud the image File:Bordello 38a.jpg fall under doxxing? Apologies, but I don't have the capacity to email about this and I'm unsure whether this would fall under doxxing or not. The reason why I think it might be is because it appears to be a private home/residence labelled "Well known venue for adult entertainment in the East Midlands" of which the user who uploaded it also appeared to categorise it under "Brothels in the United Kingdom". Obviously, we don't know how true it is and regardless of whether it is or not the resident/residents may not wish for it to be publicly known to be associated with such activities. If other users do think this falls under doxxing it would very much be appreciated if they could report it to reports@wikimedia.org. I would also like to know admins thoughts on whether this would fall under doxxing or not. Helper201 (talk) 22:52, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- In any case, I've blocked and deleted. No productive contributions from that user. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:21, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- I must say calling the file advertisement was an... interesting choice of deletion reason Trade (talk) 19:43, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- Not sure why you didn't just reported it to reports@wikimedia.org to start with Trade (talk) 19:41, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
The message on the page says it’s semi-protected, but it’s not anymore. It’s now autopatrol-protected. ~2025-39075-80 (talk) 04:53, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
change "Allen Gilbert Cram" to "Allan Gilbert Cram"
[edit]I don't know how to change Allen Gilbert Cram to Allan Gilbert Cram' for commons and data
w:Mildred Cram is his sister
Creator:Allen Gilbert Cram should be Creator:Allan Gilbert Cram
Category:Allen Gilbert Cram should be Category:Allan Gilbert Cram
proof:
https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A83057
https://www.loc.gov/item/17028900/
https://archive.org/details/oldseaporttowns00cram
https://books.google.com/books?id=2-ZCAAAAIAAJ
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Cram%2C%20Allan%20Gilbert
Piñanana (talk) 19:20, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- I'll take this on. - Jmabel ! talk 23:13, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- All relevant changes should be complete but @Piñanana: please check. - Jmabel ! talk 23:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at the rename request for File:Pioneer Wharf, Chatham Waterfront.jpg? I hate to turn down uploader requested renames and requests from constructive editors, but this is starting to seem excessive to me. There are many more requests like this from OathOn and likely hundreds more after the current requests. I'm not sure how this should be handled. Thanks. Geoffroi 23:09, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- That seems excessive. A file name is not intended to be a full description text. It's OK if you use names like that to begin with, but I think not appropriate to ask other people to take on the work of doing a bunch of moves if you don't initially upload under names that you yourself like. - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- While I've asked this user to clean up their uploads - including nondescriptive filenames - before I lift their upload restriction, this rename seems unnecessary. It's much more important for them to focus on useless filenames like File:BIMG 2382 - Copy.jpg. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:35, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
