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Where are we with the scope of computer algorithm or artificial intelligence generated works?

I will admit to not having paid much attention to computer algorithm or artificial intelligence generated works. Now I am starting to see them uploaded by those who are not contributors (and some as CoI and as spam), and some using them for articles. Have we had a discussion about how these fit within scope. I can understand if they are straight to the topic, however, in the cases I am seeing they are generated solely to colour an article so are more like personal artworks that people have created than what I consider truly educational. => Commons:Project scope

If we have discussed, can someone please point me to our consensus, or some good discussions that we have had to help managed deletion discussions. Thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 07:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will note that my nomination at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Meiteilon Ima — Divine Motherly Personification of Classical Meitei Language — AKA Maheigi Lairembi (Goddess of books, education, enlightenment, knowledge, learning, letters, mastery, philosophy, scholarship, science, skill, wi will require interpretation of scope, OR it may well require to purposefully narrow or expand our scope following the discussion.  — billinghurst sDrewth 07:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Noting the essay Com:AI-generated media.  — billinghurst sDrewth 08:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If a file is in use, then it is in scope. But I would strongly advise other projects against using AI-generated images, except in a few cases. Yann (talk) 08:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: AI-generated has come well after Commons inclusion policy and did not account for it, and we need to have our eyes wide open when we make that assessment and that determination. When does it become real vs fanasty about what is included? If the community thinks that it is that binary, then so be it.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About the copyright of uploaded files

I'm sorry that I was warned to block again due to copyright issues. Could you please let me know which file I uploaded had copyright issues? -- Sangjinhwa (talk) 14:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sangjinhwa: File:Eurovision Song Contest heart East Germany white.svg, for one.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The file was deleted regardless of the copyright issues. Please understand this. -- Sangjinhwa (talk) 14:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IPBE request for bot account

DaxBot (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Hi. I've IPBE on my account. Could it be attached to the bot account as well. I expect to operate the bot, in a couple of days, while I'm using the VPN. Thanks! -- DaxServer (talk) 16:49, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DaxServer: How long would you be on VPN? ─ Aafī (talk) 20:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Aafi During April, I don't expect to continue after that -- DaxServer (talk) 06:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Granted for one month. Bedivere (talk) 07:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Santosh Kumar Singh (Bihar)

Santosh Kumar Singh (Bihar) - appears to be a sock of globally blocked user Suyash Kumar Singh, or at least closely related. Only edits are self-advertising on user page. Voice of Clam 21:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Indeffed. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alachuckthebuck

Alachuckthebuck (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) User Alachuckthebuck locked in Enwiki indefinitly as sock: Special:CentralAuth/Alachuckthebuck. On Commons user Alachuckthebuck deals exclusively with copyright trolling, no own uploads Special:ListFiles/Alachuckthebuck. For example, he demands VRT-confirmations from user VladimirPF (I know VladimirPF IRL, he is real man with photocamera) on photos, which made by VladimirPF with their own camera and uploaded in full resolution with a saved EXIF: User_talk:VladimirPF#Статус_изображения_File:Soap_dish_of_Novogrudok_Metal_Products_Plant_(6)_03.jpg. + trolling after explanations.

Участник Alachuckthebuck бессрочно заблокирован в enwiki как кукла Special:CentralAuth/Alachuckthebuck. На Викискладе он занимается исключительно копирайт-троллингом, собственных загрузок 0: Special:ListFiles/Alachuckthebuck. Например, требует VRT-подтверждение, сделанных известным реальным участником Викисклада на свой собственный фотоаппарат, загруженных в полном разрешении с сохранённым EXIF: User_talk:VladimirPF#Статус_изображения_File:Soap_dish_of_Novogrudok_Metal_Products_Plant_(6)_03.jpg + троллинг в ответ на объяснения. Lesless (talk) 05:36, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lesless: Hi,
We don't block accounts on Commons solely because they were blocked on another project. As long as Alachuckthebuck uses only one account on Commons, and does that following Commons policies, we are fine. I don't see the name of another account of which Alachuckthebuck would be a sockpuppet. If there is any evidence, we can run a request for check user. Any idea? Yann (talk) 09:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can tell you right now, I have never made any edit to commons that wasn't on this account. This user removed the VRT tags from images I had tagged as no permission, so asked for the uploader to send an email to vrt verifying they were his. the rest of the story is on Vladimir's talk page.
All the best - Chuck Talk 15:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For what. Lesless (talk) 17:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 No action needed unless evidence that Alachuckthebuck has been socking here arises or is presented, which to date hasn't. Bedivere (talk) 17:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is illegal VRT demands not enough? Lesless (talk) 17:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Of course @Alachuckthebuck should be more careful when tagging files with permission needed. These are obviously files by Vladimir. EXIF shared with previous photos. Bedivere (talk) 17:16, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thx, and this was obvious from the very beginning. Nevertheless, Alachuckthebuck insisted (and now continues to insist) and has already reached the point of trolling. Lesless (talk) 17:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lesless, I don't see you bringing up this issue with them on their talk page. From my interactions with Alachuckthebuck, they seem to be acting in good faith, although some of their actions are clumsy. You should remember Hanlon's Razor (and COM:AGF). Abzeronow (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Everything would have been so if he had not continued to insist on illegal actions after all the explanations. Lesless (talk) 19:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lesless: you have now at least twice accused Alachuckthebuck of "illegal" action. Please either make a clear accusation of what law of what country has been broken, or withdraw that accusation. - Jmabel ! talk 16:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seeking VRT permissions where one has a doubt that an image has in it some "non-own-work elements", is not illegal. I don't see you trying to resolve this dispute on @Alachuckthebuck's talk-page and have directly raised an AN thread. I'd see this as a meritless request. ─ Aafī (talk) 17:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This had been discussed on VladimirPF's talk page in this thread.
All the best - Chuck Talk 18:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel, since I already made a point about AGF above, it's possible Lesless miscommunicated that they believe Alachuckthebuck to be breaking site rules rather than stating a belief that the user is breaking laws. I do agree they should retract the statement if it was a miscommunication though.Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel, I don't know the exact equivalent in English. In Russian these are неправомерные требования (что Гугл переводит как “illegal demands”), well, something like “demands that do not comply with the rules”. Lesless (talk) 18:47, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i think from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:VladimirPF&oldid=865755982#File_tagging_File:Soap_dish_of_Novogrudok_Metal_Products_Plant_(6)_03.jpg it's very clear that the reported user's action is problematic.
i dont understand why some users are nitpicking non-native english speakers' choice of words rather than the reported user, either. RZuo (talk) 18:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, Alachuckthebuck should be more judicious in using "no permission" since VladmirPF appears to me to be the photographer and sole copyright holder. The images have EXIF, there is no evidence of copyright violation as far as the photograph itself, and the brand logo looks too simple to me for copyright. The soap dishes are a little more questionable as the pattern may be complex enough to have a copyright of their own but a "no permission" tag was still not appropriate. Abzeronow (talk) 19:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flickr Review bot

The Flickr review bot stopped working at 9:05 Am on April 4 today. This is to let other Admins know as there are currently 100 images waiting for review. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Leoboudv: I am pinging Zhuyifei1999 in the vain hope that they might be able to help.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Leoboudv: User Stemoc has kindly helped twice recently by getting a developer on IRC to reboot the bot. Hello again, Stemoc. :) // sikander { talk } 🦖 14:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
yeah got him to reboot it again, hopefully we find a better solution like admins here having the access to delete its last action and reboot the bot in the future.... Stemoc 22:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
let me ping all the active maintainers of the bot for a long term solution, i won't be around anymore in a few months time @Zhuyifei1999, @Multichill, @Stang, @Steinsplitter and @WhitePhosphorus ....hopefully its fixed once and for all.... Stemoc 23:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Leoboudv: Flickr Review Bot appears to be working again now. Abzeronow (talk) 22:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Flag of Ākāśagarbha.svg

The original file name is Flag of Ratnasambhava.svg. This file is part of a series, the file name has been changed without the author's permission. Please change the file name back. Thyj (talk) 13:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted the move. However, you can request it in the page itself. Pinging @Mateus2019 to give an explanation for this move. Bedivere (talk) 15:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did it because of the category (have thought the category was correct). The proposal was done by Djampa ("It has been suggested by Djampa ... that this media object be renamed to “File:Flag of Ākāśagarbha.svg” or another more suitable name". [1] I know him since 2008 for c. 154,979 good edits. The proposal also matched with the category "Ākāśagarbha". I go through the file history before moving, if facts are doubious (red user name, strange name proposal). BTW: The uploader (not Thyj) is inactive sine 2009 (so "changed without the author's permission" is not really true. A person cannot give a permission when he terminated his activity years earlier). --Mateus2019 (talk) 17:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The uploader is actually alternate account of me, but it is no longer in use. Thyj (talk) 02:06, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Images of images which are not under a free license

There is a deletion request with the potential for escalation; maybe someone of the admins can check it up. Thanks--Alexander-93 (talk) 08:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let’s let it play out. I see nothing that needs the attention of an admin as of yet. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 08:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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