ThePhotografer

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Happy editing! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:17, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you ToBeFree but it has been pointed out to me here[1] that it is not pleasant. Greetings. ThePhotografer (talk) 21:23, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

I do welcome you despite your disruptive editing, as I'm sure you can also add helpful contributions. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:26, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Mass image replacements

Hi ThePhotografer, replacements such as Special:Diff/1090821500, where a clear focused image (File:Monte Cassino abbey from cemetery.JPG) is replaced by one that shows the subject in a smaller percentage of the image area (File:Monte Cassino Abbey.jpg) are generally undesirable. The section MOS:IMAGEQUALITY of the Manual of Style's image guideline may help to understand common problems with such replacements.

Please note that, regarding the insertion worthiness and quality of your images, you have a conflict of interest: You are unlikely to neutrally evaluate whether your image is of higher quality than someone else's. For this reason, mass replacements of others' images by your own images, as you have done in least 20 other Wikipedias (Special:CentralAuth/ThePhotografer) and in most of your 50 edits here, are disruptive. You have been made aware of this by a block from editing at the Bavarian Wikipedia and a stern warning at the German Wikipedia, which you have acknowledged with an agreement to stop. If you now continue the same behavior here, you will be blocked without further warning. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:25, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

ToBeFree,I may agree but I have put dozens of photos, for goodness sake, some may not like it or follow the guidelines but it would also be nice, as you are doing, to warn the user and not be so disruptive. I have never restored a picture that had been taken down, and you will understand that asking 50 wikis if they like the picture is complicated. A warning would have sufficed while the guy blocked me directly without warning (as you can easily check). Thank you. --ThePhotografer (talk) 21:33, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

If you had only added them, I think the reaction would have been different. To me personally, it's the "replacing others' images en masse" aspect of your contributions, not the image addition, that prevents most sympathies from building up. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:35, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:Σπάρτακος per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Σπάρτακος. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 09:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)