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Unlock request

Hi,

On November 4, my global lock was reduced to a global block, and I was told that I should contact the projects off-wiki to get unblocked on each, I've tried reaching out to two projects, I have not heard back from either.

My appeal request was the below:

For reference, here is the request, the points raised, and my responses:

1. Sockpuppetry (English Wikipedia). I do not deny that I was blocked for sockpuppetry on English Wikipedia.
2. Alleged meatpuppet. I had no knowledge of any meatpuppet. The person referred to is not my meatpuppet.
3. Alleged sockpuppet on Turkish Wikipedia. On Turkish Wikipedia there were no coordinated edits by that account and me to persuade editors, create the appearance of consensus, or anything similar. It was not a WP:BADSOCK. The cited edit concerned the “Süryaniler” page. The requester, Surayeproject3, asked that both of us be blocked on Turkish Wikipedia, but neither of us was banned because CheckUser did not find connections or overlapping contributions that would constitute WP:BADSOCK.
4. Swedish Wikipedia. I do not see how Swedish Wikipedia is relevant to a global block. It was the first project I edited and I was inexperienced. The much later English Wikipedia block was for unrelated reasons.
5. Commons duplicate uploads. It is true I uploaded the same image as Surayeproject3, but I was unaware it had already been uploaded. Several of my files were deleted as duplicates for this reason. I even asked Surayeproject3 on their talk page how to check whether an image had already been uploaded to Commons, writing: “How can I check if images have been uploaded prior?” I did not receive a response.
6. Request to delete his image on Commons. I requested deletion because I believed the copyright notice on the source page said “all rights reserved.” In my request I wrote: “Per the source it is taken from, all rights are reserved. Image is copyright protected.” I soon learned that a different public-domain license applied, and I acknowledged this. Uninvolved editors also noted my acknowledgment, stating: “As Wlaak has acknowledged the PD-Turkey tag applies to this image, so the image is out of copyright.”
7. Dutch Wikipedia talk-page issue. This was not a conflict. It was a discussion. I left after failing to establish consensus. Please see the full talk page for context.
8. Off-wiki evidence. This was reviewed by CheckUser in the SPI. The reviewer stated: “On top of that, ticket:2025091010000588 was particularly unhelpful, as it only linked off-wiki activity to 1 account.” In other words, it was not linked to me but to someone else on the list. My block appears to rely on being IP-pool confirmed to DavidKaf.

The requester of my block, Surayeproject3, filed it as part of his side of an ongoing POV dispute. He himself has been involved in multiple ANI discussions for POV pushing and edit warring, and has even received warnings not to continue this behavior.

I was not given the chance to defend myself on the Steward requests page, I am therefore asking for a appeal request to consider removing my block, since it's been months of no edits from me, globally.

Furthermore, the wrongdoing I was accused of is now being carried out by the same person who filed for my block. Since my block began, User:Surayeproject3 has made many changes to my work that mirror the very complaints made against me.

Category Removal: The user has removed the "Syriac-Aramean people" category from many images. This category was reduced from over 50 uploads to now completely deleted and a redirect to "Assyrian people."

Title Changes: Many of my images have had their titles changed from "Syriac-Aramean" to "Assyrian." This includes photos where the families in the pictures identify as Syriac-Aramean, who had sent the album image to me.

Inaccurate Translations: The user is translating the word "Süryani" as "Assyrian" instead of "Syriac" (the Turkish text literally says "Old Syriacs," the Turkish word for Syriac Orthodox). This is occurring even when the original sources clearly state "Aramean."

Deleting Comments: The user deleted my comments from their request for user rights, which removes my perspective from the discussion.

Systematic Targeting: Almost every one of my uploads has been targeted for renaming or category changes since my block started, not one prior.

It appears this user is taking advantage of my block to alter my work and remove the Aramean identity from these files while I am unable to correct them. These actions represent the same behavior (but with evidence) I was accused of, as addressed above.

Given the above, I believe the global block was issued in error. I respectfully request that the lock be lifted, or that the case be reconsidered in light of the clarifications provided.

Thank you for your time and review. Wlaak (talk) 22:04, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

@Wlaak (archived SRG request for the record): I don't see any statement by trwiki CU that they didn't find a connection, they said "The unsuspected user is globally blocked, there is no need to investigate" according to Google Translate. You've been blocked on multiple projects and you've been involved in crosswiki edit-wars in the Syriac-Aramean vs. Assyrian dispute. How do you see your future contributing to Wikimedia projects? Will you seek local unblocks, e.g. on English Wikipedia? Johannnes89 (talk) 14:55, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read through everything. @User:Johannnes89

Regarding the situation on the Turkish Wikipedia, the administrator replied to the initial request by stating: "Wlaak, I can already see that. The reason I'm neither approving nor rejecting the case is because you haven't 'yet' made a joint contribution here."

The admin made this comment in response to the first block request and therefore took no immediate action. I had already admitted that the CheckUser found a connection, which the administrator acknowledged.

The administrator eventually closed the request with the note, "The user was globally blocked without any further investigation." This was because the editor who filed the report updated the Turkish request to state that I had been globally blocked due to issues across Wikimedia. Consequently, the administrator closed the local request simply because you had already applied the global block.

Regarding my history, I acknowledge that I was involved in numerous edit wars on the English Wikipedia and the Swedish Wikipedia. However, I had no issues on the Dutch or Turkish versions.

I view my future contributions to Wikimedia projects as constructive. My community and I have many photographs that I wish to upload to Commons. I attempted to reach out to administrators on Commons to request an unblock and to address the fact that nearly all my contributions were erased or renamed by the filer of my block, but I received no response.

I have been in contact with the English Wikipedia project. They informed me that I may return to edit the project only after I satisfy the "Standard Offer," which concludes sometime in March.

I have no intent to continue the disruptive edits I engaged in previously. It has been more than half a year since I was first blocked on the English Wikipedia and nearly three months since I was globally blocked. Wlaak (talk) 15:15, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

To be honest I'm not fully convinced, but en:WP:Unblocks are cheap probably applies. I'll lift your global block to allow you dealing with your local blocks / continue editing on projects where you aren't blocked. Johannnes89 (talk) 15:23, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I'll stay out of trouble. I'll deal with the local blocks! Wlaak (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

@Johannnes89 I would like to point out to you that Wlaak continued to engage in meatpuppetry on English Wikipedia while he was globally blocked. In particular, this comment of this Arbitration case shows that he used two meatpuppets to continue to contest the same dispute, both of which have since been blocked/topic banned (namely 777network, who's language is oddly close to Wlaak's.)

Wlaak has already gone back to contesting the dispute after his block was lifted, namely on Commons. See file rename requests: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Surayeproject3 (talk) 14:04, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Firstly, I do not know anything about that Arbitration case, I am not involved with it. I already have a ticket open with the people at CheckUser on English Wikipedia to get back to editing in March, the Arbitration case has not impacted that whatsoever. I did not engage in any meatpuppetry, I can forward my email-conversation with CheckUser to Johannes if you'd like.

I am not contesting anything, I am not topic-banned on Commons, I am requesting to rename my own uploads back to how they were before you changed them. I have not interacted with you or any of your uploads.

It is not disruptive to request for renaming my own uploads. You're just targeting me, like you did on the Turkish Wikipedia. You do not have "ownership" of my uploads. For example, you are removing the rename request of this upload (my upload), even when the source says "Aramean." Or, when you just now removed my rename request, of my own upload, which did not even include any ethnic name (no dispute excuse!) to it, but the source did, and you still removed my request! It is one-sided, you are only disputing my uploads, I never dispute yours. @Johannnes89, is it possible to put a global interaction ban on us? I am tired of always being objected to by Surayeproject3, even when the edits I do are not disruptive or involve him, but he just has something against the "Aramean" term, which is shown in his (successful) hunt to delete any mention of it.

If Johannes does say that it is not permitted for me to request the renaming of my own uploads, I'll stop. I had already promised to not do anything disruptive, which is why I only touched my own uploads! And the first thing I even did back on Commons was reach out to a admin to see if he could solve this for me, to avoid being disruptive. Wlaak (talk) 14:09, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

It appears to me that c:Commons:Project scope/Neutral point of view might apply to your dispute about file names. But I'm not a Commons admin, therefore it's not up to me to decide about this. Johannnes89 (talk) 14:32, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Okay thanks, I already have a discussion open with an admin there - I will look for answers there.

But what about a global interaction ban? Is that something you can issue? I am not sure if you've ever heard it coming from an editor themselves, but I feel like it is needed. Wlaak (talk) 14:33, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

No that's not something Stewards can issue, unless they are implementing consensus from global RfC (which is unlikely to happen in a content dispute between two editors) The U4C might be able to issue a global interaction ban, but I doubt they would hear your case given how little attempts for local conflict resolution there were. Johannnes89 (talk) 14:41, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Okay thanks anyways Wlaak (talk) 14:43, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Johannnes89 The file names are not the biggest issue; for the record, Wlaak's statement that he has never objected my uploads is false, such as in this image [6]. My concern is that Wlaak continued to engage in meatpuppetry while he was globally blocked [7], and is continuing to argue this dispute again on a Wikimedia Project (Commons) after it was lifted. I was gonna write a whole paragraph explaining these issues but you commented. There are still obviously issues going on, and in the interest of avoiding an argument with this user on your talk page, this part needs to be addressed. Surayeproject3 (talk) 14:39, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

My objection to your upload was on September 29, I was referring to after my global block was lifted. I am not topic-banned on Commons, I am only discussing uploads that are uploaded by me, nor anyone else. I’m not connected to anything in that arbitration case, it even closed on non-meat-puppet grounds. Wlaak (talk) 14:42, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Stewards don't intervene in local issues, bring it up with enwiki admins / ArbCom if you believe Wlaak used sock- or meatpuppets. I've issued my global block because of crosswiki misconduct (edit-wars, multiple blocks...). I've lifted it on the promise, that this behaviour won't continue. If you believe there's something wrong with the actions on Commons, report it to Commons admins. On a content level (which I can't and won't judge) it feels to me that you might both have your own POV, no idea which one has a stronger standing and credible sources, that's also something you need to figure out in local discussions. Johannnes89 (talk) 14:48, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

ticket to check

Hello, would you please take a look at utrs:106845, if not actioning please leave any relevant notes for others to review. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:32, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I will take a look! Johannnes89 (talk) 07:09, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Closed the request. Johannnes89 (talk) 20:09, 6 February 2026 (UTC)