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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:

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JEW

User: JEW (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Since 2022 als edits by this user are deletions of correct categories. Einsamer Schütze (talk) 19:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Weird. Slow-motion vandalism. Given that the account isn't used for anything else, I wouldn't have any problem with a block, but it looks like they were just given their first warning. I'd say that if they do this even once more after that warning, we should block, quite possibly indefinitely. - Jmabel ! talk 01:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Jeff warned the user. Currently that's enough. Taivo (talk) 08:04, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

45.234.116.122

User: 45.234.116.122 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: vandalism only FMSky (talk) 20:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

ChocolateLr18

User: ChocolateLr18 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Spam--MathXplore (talk) 11:39, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Already globally locked. Yann (talk) 11:44, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Smmohib42

• Smmohib42 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user

Spammer. Replacing a Flickr source URL with a poker website on File:Slot machine.jpg. Belbury (talk) 22:18, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Indefinitely blocked. Taivo (talk) 08:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

205.161.200.2

User: 205.161.200.2 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user
Reason for reporting: Appears to be making very strange additions to the structured data of several images. Sinigh (talk) 17:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

38.42.62.122 appears to have been doing the same thing recently. Sinigh (talk) 17:31, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

for convenience: 38.42.62.122 (talk · contribs) - Jmabel ! talk 21:14, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

The checksum stuff might be legit (not sure) but saying something depicts a checksum (as some of these edits do) is clearly wrong. I don't know enough about the SHA-1 checksum to say anything confidently, though. Can someone with a clue please look at these? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 21:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I blocked both for 3 days. Taivo (talk) 08:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)