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User is adding user page to main content categories.

Atlas Þə Biologist (talk · contribs). —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:03, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done, reverted and warned. --A.Savin 08:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Hit-and-run annoying comments in CfDs and DRs

I suspect there is nothing we can do about it but someone, presumably someone sockpuppeting, keeps putting obnoxious comments in CfDs and DRs using throwaway IP addresses. Typical example, by no means the worst, just the one that had me think to come here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Categories_for_discussion/2024/08/Category:African_Women_Theologians&diff=prev&oldid=922675078. At least this one didn't call anyone an idiot.

I know there is no effective way to sanction a throwaway IP or throwaway account. Would it be permissible to delete remarks like this when I come across them, just so they don't have the gratification of these sticking around? - Jmabel ! talk 16:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, they don't contribute anything to the community. Actually it all seems to be under one range per Special:Contribs/86.172.31.142/18. Maybe we can just block the whole range. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 18:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

@Matrix: Do you mean Special:Contribs/186.172.31.142/18? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:01, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, sorry for my haste —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 19:02, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Edit request for {{Decade years navbox}}

Please copy the latest edition of {{Decade years navbox/sandbox2}} and make it the new edition of {{Decade years navbox}}. The rationale is here. I think it works fine. --トトト (talk) 01:11, 15 September 2024 (UTC) トトト (talk) 10:52, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

@トトト: Done. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:20, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you very much. --トトト (talk) 12:55, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Weird processing result of a DR

Hello,

what happened to File:Landtagswahl 2019.31.jpg that should have been deleted per Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Election posters for the Saxony state election 2019? There are no JPEG data left, but a file page is still there. I used two different browsers to check, where one is seldom if ever used to access Wikimedia sites (so, it's likely not a caching issue on my side). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:37, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

I deleted the file. I remember a similar case to this at w:File talk:Ignatyevo Airfield - NASA World Wind.jpg, w:Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_209#File:Ignatyevo.jpg_not_rendering. Usually this means the file's data has been lost for some or another reason. The thumbnail was still there though. This case is weird because the file is so recent. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 20:04, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

I think something is wrong, the file File:Άγιος Γεώργιος Φερών.jpeg which was uploaded 7 days ago is missing contents. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 20:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Prolific copyvio uploader

It looks like Siveohalloran12 (talk · contribs) has uploaded multiple copyright violating images - they all look like internet publicity material, not their own work. I have tagged a couple for speedy deletion but it might be quicker for an admin to go take a look and do a mass-nuke. --10mmsocket (talk)

There are no previously deleted contributions. New user so I nuked and warned Gbawden (talk) 11:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)