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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/TEMP ACCOUNT and REASON with your content, and place it at the bottom of this page:

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

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Aradicus77

User: Aradicus77 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Uploading low res musician photos from the web as own work after many past deletions and a 2023 final warning for this. Belbury (talk) 10:26, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a week, some files deleted. Yann (talk) 10:47, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I declined unblock request. Taivo (talk) 11:35, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

MrFlags2026

User: MrFlags2026 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Blocked on enwiki as a sock in a chain that ends in Nv7401. They are already locked, so don't actually need to be blocked. Is this the right way to ask for files to be deleted or should I file requests like this somewhere else? Emk9 (talk) 20:53, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Emk9, should all of their uploads be deleted? I cannot evaluate. --Achim55 (talk) 20:59, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Achim55: Based on the other recent socks (example, Flagvisioner2026) having all files deleted I assume so. I'm not super familiar with these socks but recently came across them looking for a different sock that edits similar pages. Emk9 (talk) 21:03, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done: All 11 uploads deleted. --Achim55 (talk) 21:09, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Achim55: IMO, we should wipe all uploads by all Nv7401 socks, even if they're in use, as CSD G3. Based on previous behavior, there is a significant risk that they're hoaxes. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:38, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Amazon.it Radio B.B.S.I Alexa

User: Amazon.it Radio B.B.S.I Alexa (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism. Cross-wiki vandalism. XReport --ShuQizhe (talk) 06:58, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Already done Globally locked The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:35, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

RahulMunirathinam

User: RahulMunirathinam (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Long-term abuse. Block evasion by Prabhuarumugam1985 and Deepak4444444. XReport --A09 (talk) 12:13, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done Blocked, file deleted. Yann (talk) 14:04, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Nassir 1998

User: Nassir 1998 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism. x-wiki vandalism. XReport --SHB2000 (talk) 04:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done blocked indefinitely. Jianhui67 ^T★C 04:16, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Drjillorg

User: Drjillorg (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: User continues with vandalism edits only, after being warned. Smooth O (talk) 10:12, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done No useful edit, indef. as VOA. Yann (talk) 11:28, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-52404-3

User: ~2026-52404-3 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism of captions Engineerchange (talk) 20:42, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done indef-blocked vandalism-only account. - Jmabel ! talk 00:04, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-57419-6

User: ~2026-57419-6 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism with multiple temporary accounts and with the IP-adresses (range) under it. Esp. on page File:Andrew Hall.jpg

Inertia6084 (talk) (talk) 16:47, 27 January 2026 (UTC) PS because it's all about the same file/person, a protection of the page can help too - Inertia6084 (talk) (talk) 16:50, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done: File page semi-protected for 1 year and underlying IPv4 /24 range blocked for 2 weeks. --Achim55 (talk) 17:03, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

PvtHudsonMD VI

User: PvtHudsonMD VI (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Long-term abuse. Angela Criss. XReport --C F A 23:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

I know nothing of the Angela Criss situation, but the account has been making massive edits. I just blocked them for 24 hours so that they can't do damage while we wait for someone familiar with the situation to sort this out. FWIW, I see nothing obviously bad about their edits, and there is no warning of any sort on their user talk page. I imagine CFA knows what they are talking about here (which is why I made the short-term block), but I do not feel appropriate indef-blocking in a situation where I'm close to clueless. - Jmabel ! talk 01:34, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: This is Foundation Global Ban evasion by Angela Criss, reported to m:srg by CFA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:37, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done Local indef (CU match to previous locked account) and SRG request already filed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:17, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Netizenpuppi

• User: Netizenpuppi (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
• Reasons for reporting: Vandalism only; admitted vandal, see Special:Diff/1154839984.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:41, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Indefinitely blocked. Taivo (talk) 10:04, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-59796-1

User: ~2026-59796-1 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Haphazardly nominating flag files for speedy deletion for supposedly being uploaded under fair use (it is not), threatening the deletion of validly uploaded public domain files. Similar behavior to ~2026-26452-8 Hariboneagle927 (talk) 08:27, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done: Blocked indef, proxy IPv4 /24 blocked for 6 months. Thanks @Ziv for reverting! --Achim55 (talk) 09:28, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

AzmanMasudi

User: AzmanMasudi (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Uploading yet another "Source Instagram, Author Unknown" probable copyvio after a talk page full of deletions and source requests for such content, and a final warning for copyvios. Belbury (talk) 09:23, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I blocked the user for 2 weeks. Taivo (talk) 10:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

LAW42000

User: LAW42000 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Vandalism. See also filterlog. X-wiki-abuse. XReport --NDG (talk) 10:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done: Indeffed LTA sock Category:Sockpuppets of DLOEI2536. --Achim55 (talk) 10:18, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Tamatakon01

User: Tamatakon01 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: user uploads religious fundamentalist audios and then adds them to MOTD; for example replacing the media of the day of today which now has a mismatching caption and file. Prototyperspective (talk) 10:46, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel and Yann: could an admin please quickly revert Special:Diff/1154850003 which replaces the MOTD of today with an inappropriate audio, possibly to censor an inconvenient video of Ukraine war effects/crimes footage? Prototyperspective (talk) 10:51, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done That's reverted. User warned. I deleted Template:Motd/2026-02-27 which was already shown earlier. Yann (talk) 11:11, 28 January 2026 (UTC)