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I've opened a discussion about your newly-added subcategories. Your comments would be useful. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 02:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there hope you dont mind but I have put the files you moved back in both the original and new categories temporarily until we see how the discussion goes.RafikiSykes (talk) 23:28, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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As per Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/RafikiSykes, it would appear that you have yet to receive a warning. You may now consider this your only warning; the abandoning of your MMM account whilst leaving 10,000 photos in an absolute mess, and starting a new account to give us another 10,000 files which you obviously had no intention of fixing, is not on. Particularly as you were directed not to use the Flickr upload bot tool so long as the MMM uploads were still problematic. You are now being directed to only use this account, but you will not be giving us more problematic uploads. You have a lot to fix. If you decide to ignore this warning, any future use of that tool without fixing your current uploads, will result in the sock, as well as this account, being indef blocked, and all uploads being nuked. russavia (talk) 12:50, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Denniss (talk) 05:43, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May I ask - did this user create another account? Because the above made it clear that he should only use this account, and he hasn't made any edits since then on any of the three accounts I know about, so I can't see a reason for an indefinite block. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 11:36, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Me too - I'm rather unclear about what has happened here. If a bureaucrat were to tell me to stop poking, I'll happily do so, on the assumption that this user has decided to let this account go and there is some equitable solution agreed that avoids any personal issue. On the whole, it appears that admins have decided to be pretty hard-line, perhaps justifiably as I don't see everything, but it would be nice to think things have now been resolved in a mellow fashion that befits the nature of this project, rather than just uncompromisingly booting someone off for good without much of a fig-leaf available for reform. The offences here were not much worse than for some truly ghastly disruptive and distressing behaviours we have seen from users that are still contributing today. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 12:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why should we keep this sockmaster alive here? He has not shown any interest to clean up the upload mess he created with these puppet accounts. No edit from this master account since early September 2012. En wiki sock investigation has identified User:Nirame as another (old) sock. --Denniss (talk) 17:15, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just wondered, since the block contradicts what Russavia said. So what happens to all the "problem" uploads now? AnemoneProjectors (talk) 17:25, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Taking information about behaviour on en.wp against en.wp policies to impose an indef block here is more than a little dubious unless there is a global ban in place, particularly as the evidence of the old account shows a sum total of 7 images uploaded in April 2011, hardly a master criminal at work in terms of Commons expectations. I think this less than useful sock hunting is getting a bit out of hand as a reason for an indef block, could you please reconsider or produce some evidence a bit more substantial that fits with the statement/warning from Russavia? Thanks Fæ (talk) 17:42, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Does that "7 images" include any images uploaded via the Flickr upload bot? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 01:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The block will not be lifted as the user is a known socker, has damaged the project and has not shown any further interest to repair the damage. The only exception was with the Maybe account but only after Fae pointed out the vast amount of dupes he uploaded. --Denniss (talk) 05:42, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying Denniss. Your statement does not entirely stack up with the facts as I see them today.

It is entirely unfair to blame this user for failures in the upload tools to detect duplicates. I remain unsure of the technical reasons why this happened, however a failure in the expected functioning of the Commons system cannot be put on the shoulders of this user. All uploaders, including myself and Russavia have created many duplicates in the last twelve months because of this failure of the tools, and there is no suggestion that we should start blocking Magnus for supporting this project by creating these free tools. The duplicates were detected by me and categorized without massive disruption to the project community, indeed the vast majority of our contributors are unaware this was ever an issue and those of us interested in batch uploading have learned a valuable lesson. This does not fit the Blocking policy.
The single account you have highlighted as additionally problematic uploaded seven images in 2011. This does not fit the reasoned warning, that the bureaucrat Russavia gave this user, above, which was based on future disruptive behaviour, not behaviour from a year and a half ago for which there seems to be nothing disruptive, it was just an alternative account.
This user was indeed disruptive. It can also be seen that the vast majority of their uploads have not been problematic, and their "crime" has been to fail to put enough work into discriminating between problem free Flickr accounts and those that we would prefer not to trust, mainly due to doubtful copyright. However I have yet to seen deliberate disruption, and characterizing this user as unwilling to help repair the damage appears unfair to my eyes as the MMM account did attempt to help before it was blocked. It is not unreasonable for a user to walk away from positive help if they have their preferred account for that activity blocked and are then subject to an inter-project sock-hunting campaign.
It has not been established that having more than one alternative accounts is a blocking offence on Commons, although a handful of admins seem to want that to be the case, there has been no proposal to change policy. This of itself is not a rationale for an indef block and issues of this user's behaviour on en.wp where en.wp policies are far stronger, longer and meat for wikilawyering should not be a rationale, or a prompt, for admin action on this project.

Denniss, please reconsider your hard-line approach by reviewing this action again. I suggest you provide the evidence for the significant bad-faith disruption and lack of mellow behaviour, occurring after Russavia's line in that sand, that we would normally require to be presented before an admin chooses to indef block a user, and please spell out what commitment or behavioural change you require of RafikiSykes to be unblocked should they ever wish to appeal. I believe that we should always provide the opportunity to demonstrate reform. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 06:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your block, etc

The proper action here on your part would be to use {{Unblock}} and address the concerns that led to the indef block of this account, or, if the block itself is questioned, to challenge it. I don't see any reaction to the block from you here. What are your views on the issue/s and the block, and what are your intentions going forward? Creating new sock accounts isn't the answer. INeverCry 17:02, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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