Wikipédia:Esplanada/geral/Usuários de Angola para ca.wiki (28fev2017)

Usuários de Angola para ca.wiki (28fev2017)

Sorry for English. There is a flow in last months of newly registered users on ca.wiki that are Portuguese speakers from Angola. Oddly few of them log in pt.wiki after creating an account in ca.wiki. Random examples: 1, 2. Most of their contributions are test edits in Portuguese and upload of nonsense files: ca:Special:log/upload. Communication has proven impossible and they are just blocked. Do you know any campaign or any reason explaining why they are addressed to a wrong project? Você pode responder em Português, posso lê-lo. --Vriullop (discussão) 13h08min de 28 de fevereiro de 2017 (UTC)

@Vriullop, Teles: Maybe it is related to c:User:Teles/Angola Facebook Case? Helder 13h16min de 28 de fevereiro de 2017 (UTC)

Obrigado. It is a good point to start with, it makes sense. Apart from mass uploading there are a few good faith users and I expect these ones know how to reach pt.wiki. --Vriullop (discussão) 16h43min de 28 de fevereiro de 2017 (UTC)

He7d3r, provavelmente está. Vou tentar ver quais desses precisam ser verificados e bloqueados.—T_ele^s«fale comigo» 17h35min de 3 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Vriullop: If you would like to send them a warning message in Portuguese, I can translate for you a message from English to Portuguese. Regards. Oxe (discussão) 20h54min de 28 de fevereiro de 2017 (UTC)

@Oxe: Thanks for your offer. I'd appreciate if you can translate the two messages at Usuário(a):Vriullop/Testes. Feel free to reword it as you think it makes more sense. For the record, uploading on ca.wiki has been restricted for newcomers. --Vriullop (discussão) 07h53min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Vriullop: Hi! I've made some minor changes to your messages. Please, let me know if I made a mistake. Mr. Fulano, could you please review my European Portuguese writing? Regards. Oxe (discussão) 15h15min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Oxe e Vriullop: What do you prefer, formal or informal european portuguese? Mr. Fulano! ^{🔔Fale Comigo📩} 15h45min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Mr. Fulano: It is up to you to decide in accordance with common practice. It is intended primarily for users from Angola. --Vriullop (discussão) 16h08min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Vriullop: I think that is good and is possible to use and understand. Mr. Fulano! ^{🔔Fale Comigo📩} 16h14min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Mr. Fulano: Thanks! Oxe (discussão) 16h33min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

Thank you all for your help. --Vriullop (discussão) 21h34min de 1 de março de 2017 (UTC)

I have been checking many accounts that fit with the pattern we already know. The investigation shows that they are using ca.wiki to upload files and to add irrelevant text in Portuguese. They also used Wikimania2016, br.wikimedia, de.wikipedia, where some of them were logged here.

They were previously focused on Wikimedia Commons, but had to move to other projects due to this range block in January. If you would like to avoid them, you may consider blocking this range there. You should just pay attention to the possible collateral damage that any range block can cause. Unless those accounts are being really problematic and the collateral damage is not a bigger problem, you should refrain from blocking it. The collateral damage for Portuguese Wikipedia would be really big and that is why I would not recommend a range block here. However, projects in other languages may benefit from that.—T_ele^s«fale comigo» 14h28min de 6 de março de 2017 (UTC)

@Teles: An abuse filter based on user rights and imported from test.wiki is working fine on ca.wiki. All users that trigger the filter follow the same pattern and it does not affect fair use uploads only made by experimented users. Since the activation of the filter they are not causing major problems, only annoying. If necessary we will consider range block as a more drastic measure. --Vriullop (discussão) 21h04min de 6 de março de 2017 (UTC)