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Unprotect Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n

This template now uses the Translate extension, which means that any changes to the /i18n page only go live once a translation administrator accepts them. I think we can trust translation administrators that they won’t accept vandalism or legally incorrect edits. Could someone please remove the page protection so that anyone can propose changes by directly editing the page? Thanks in advance! (Note that Template:YouTube CC-BY is not protected by the Translate extension, so that should remain protected.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Still. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 20:17, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Is there really no admin who could fulfill or decline this request in two weeks? I put here a timestamp from the far future; feel free to remove it once it has been handled, but not before. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:29, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Not done: This could result in page history getting polluted by vandals. And the template will hardly need any editing, see history, talk page, only translation edit requests. This system would be okay in case minor changes but if someone makes a trival change, how will translation admins handle it? They will have to move to talk page to discuss it with others, puts unnecessary work and confusion on tadmins. Therefore the change should be discussed on talk first, will be implemented by template editor or admin only after consensus. -- CptViraj (talk) 04:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This could result in page history getting polluted by vandals.

And so what? The point of the wiki method is that it’s okay for the page history to get polluted by vandals if it also allows constructive edits to go through more quickly and easily.

And the template will hardly need any editing, see history, talk page, only translation edit requests.

The page history doesn’t mean much: it not being edited can also be because no one bothers with doing or fulfilling edit requests. For the talk page, the real one is at Template talk:YouTube CC-BY, which contains at least one topic that waits for someone to draft a change. Also, “hardly any” editing is more than what’s currently possible for regular users.

This system would be okay in case minor changes but if someone makes a trival change, how will translation admins handle it? They will have to move to talk page to discuss it with others, puts unnecessary work and confusion on tadmins. Therefore the change should be discussed on talk first, will be implemented by template editor or admin only after consensus.

Worst case, the edit needs to be reverted and brought up on the talk page. Even in this worst case, there is a concrete diff to be discussed rather than just some description of what one would like to see. Protection is appropriate in two cases:
  • If vandalism would become immediately very highly visible (main page, parts of templates used all over the place that directly affect the English-language output). Thanks to the Translate extension, this isn’t the case here.
  • To stop actual, demonstrable vandalism, using the lowest protection level that is enough to stop the vandalism. Since this template has been fully/template-protected since 2016, no vandalism can be demonstrated and thus we should assume good faith, i.e. that people won’t vandalize it.
Tacsipacsi (talk) 00:31, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
With respect, I disagree. We have template sandboxes for experiments, one can propose changes by linking to it, main template pages shouldn't be edited directly. Here, the page will have to be marked for translation everytime, even after reverting vandal edits. And it's not a job of translation administrators to decide what should be on a template, they work on making a template translatable, like putting translation tags, tweaking, etc... -- CptViraj (talk) 07:29, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Unprotecting the page doesn’t mean that any changes should be done directly there – they can, for example minor and uncontroversial ones. And if a translation admin is uncomfortable accepting the change, they don’t have to (or can decide to revert it, asking the user to discuss on the talk page). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:46, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Again, that's not a job of tadmins, their job is to prepare/maintain translation side, decide on translation tags, system, etc... If we start implementing this system on every translatable template, we'll see them popping up on Special:PageTranslation for every edit, even rollbacks, and tadmins will simply be overburden. -- CptViraj (talk) 18:34, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
If we start implementing this system on every translatable template – it is implemented on most translatable templates. As the default is (and should be) that pages are not protected, most translatable templates are not protected either. To be exact, out of the 628 translatable templates, only 51 (or 8%) are indefinitely protected at any level. 21 of these protections are semi-protections, and only the other 30 (or 5%) are template editor protections (there are no fully protected translatable templates). While I don’t think any protection is necessary – as the wiki principle is that it should be easy to fix mistakes, not hard to commit them –, changing the protection to semi would be an acceptable compromise for me. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for the list, as you can see, the unprotected ones are lower-transclusion templates, while those with medium number of transclusions are semi-protected, and those with higher transclusions like this one are template-protected. The wiki principal has exceptions, otherwise we wouldn't have protections in the first place. Here, the main thing is we have template sandboxes, talkpages, etc for proposing changes, you just don't edit a highly transcluded page directly for proposing changes, and as I said above, if we allow that, the authority will shift towards tadmins in these translatable templates, which is fundamentally wrong. I understand your position, and I know I might be sounding bureaucratic here, but trust me, I'm not bolstering up any bureaucracy, I'm just standing with the already running practices and what I believe is beneficial. You are free to ask any other admin(s) to decide if you want, but count me in oppose for unprotection and neutral (compromised) on downgrading. -- CptViraj (talk) 17:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Semi-protection is not effective enough on {{Image}}

{{Image}} is used in system messages such as Mediawiki:Protectedpagetext. To prevent vandalism on system messages, I feel like it should be fully protected. 64.114 etc (talk) 19:04, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your IP Special:Contributions/2604:3D08:9476:BE00:0:0:0:0/64 is blocked here and on wikidata. Your account is blocked on meta because of "making many bad translations" and I was planning to do the same here because of your poor translations as IP, see User talk:2604:3D08:9476:BE00:690A:57EB:30B8:D9. Your IP edits (5 edits within 2 days) of Template:Image just to make a point were vandalism. I'd be quiet if I were you... --Achim55 (talk) 19:31, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Do not disrupt Commons to illustrate a point.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:50, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Info: After User:CptViraj had blocked their IPv6 range and deleted their edits they started today again using 64.114.239.31. I blocked ns Translations for 1 month. --Achim55 (talk) 20:15, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Protection request

File:Młyńczyska - panorama (wiosna 2013).jpg

The file will be is used in CentralNotice campaign regarding Wikimania 2024 scholarships.

Please upload-protect the file from now until December 19, 12:00 UTC so that it's safe to display it inside the banner. Msz2001 (talk) 15:16, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Msz2001   Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sondouiche Pouli

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:43, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nothing to do. No edits after your notice on their TP. -- CptViraj (talk) 05:16, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Consensus Flowchart.svg

—MATRIX! {user - talk? - useless contributions} 15:43, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:40, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Kukurydziarz

A1Cafel (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I feel like I'd want a bit more confidence before blocking someone on the basis that they're blocked for "possible block evasion". @A1Cafel: I'd suggest you open up a request for checkuser that explains your case for why the two accounts are socks for one another, and gives evidence that the use of multiple accounts in the way that they did actually violates Commons' relevant policy. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 05:07, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Done by Elcobbola per results of the related checkuser investigation. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 02:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Jeepyear

I've been observing this user all morning. They're clearly another sock of Jurisdrew as per the duck test. They've uploaded a few historical revisions of SVG flag images. The harrassment on my talk page also shows that they have a previous grudge against myself despite having no previous interactions with this account, due to my involvement in initiating a checkuser request on 4 other sock accounts of Jurisdrew and nominating their files for deletion. I don't think another checkuser is required here. Fry1989 eh? 17:26, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Fry1989   Done. Please remember to notify subjects of posts here; you can use {{subst:Discussion-notice|noticeboard=COM:AN/B|thread=|reason=}} for this. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
My presumption was that with this being such a very obvious sock, it would not be neccessary as there is no real defence the user can provide. I'll be sure to do so in the future though. Fry1989 eh? 18:12, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Fry1989:   Globally locked as an LTA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:08, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Juancho Alcalá

Juancho Alcalá (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Make false "own work" claim. Upload historical photos with unknown copyright status and mark them as CC licenses. 0x0a (talk) 12:23, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done. One month block (second block). Taivo (talk) 15:13, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2600:387::/44

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked for 3 years. The block history is a novel here... Yann (talk) 10:43, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Angel Keleyan

Angel Keleyan (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Continue to upload copyvio images after warnings. 0x0a (talk) 13:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked for a week, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Angel Keleyan. Yann (talk) 13:50, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Alwataralwatar30

Alwataralwatar30 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Continue to upload copyrighted Internet images and claim them as own works. 0x0a (talk) 18:24, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked for a week, all obvious copyvios deleted. Remaining files need to be checked. Yann (talk) 19:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Conkoskip

Despite being warned several times, the user attempts to bypass rules through license laundering, adding bogus license reviews (see abuse filter log), and adding false information (diff). The user repeatedly also only uploads the same images. nicolas talkpage★★★ 19:21, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked for a week. All files deleted. License laundering is a NO-NO. Yann (talk) 19:29, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ashvin29

Ashvin29 (talk · contribs) has continued to upload non-free images, mainly movie posters, despite warnings. They asked about this on my user talk page and I pointed them to uploading them on EN as non-free files, but they've continued to upload basically the same file multiple times since. Ravensfire (talk) 14:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked for a week, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ashvin29. Other files uploaded by this user are also suspicious: he claims to have 3 high-end cameras within 4 different pictures. However I couldn't find copy elsewhere. Yann (talk) 16:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Острог Љиљана Петровић 20 07 2021.jpg

Please undo, protect and redact: [1]. --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 14:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done by Achim. Taivo (talk) 10:48, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Baildan

Another apparent sockpuppet of Jurisdrew, per the duck test. Newly created account uploading historical revisions of various flags. Fry1989 eh? 15:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done Blocked. All files already nominated. Yann (talk) 16:19, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Fry1989:   Globally reported as an LTA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:09, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Licensing tutorial hi.svg

Please unprotect it for a while; I'd like to reupload it with some translation fixes. ~ Saur (talk • contribs) 03:37, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

One 7 Graphics

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Blocked. -- CptViraj (talk) 08:59, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@CptViraj: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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