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Description The images and other media files listed on MediaWiki:Bad image list are prohibited by technical means from being displayed inline on pages, besides specified exceptions. Images on the list have normally been used for widespread vandalism where user blocks and page protections are impractical. Instructions Making requests Requests for additions, removals, or exceptions may be made on this page. Any administrator can make changes to the list. If there is no response after a reasonable time, consider repeating a request at the Administrators' noticeboard. If the file in question has no foreseeable good faith use, consider nominating it for deletion rather than requesting its addition to this list. Posting to the list The format is as follows: Only bulleted list items (lines starting with "*") are considered. The first link on a line must be the link to the high-risk image. It is recommended that you use an initial colon in this link, so people can view this page without seeing all the restricted images. Any subsequent links on the same line are exceptions, i.e. articles where that image is allowed to be displayed inline. Text outside of links is ignored and can be used for comments. Piped links cannot be used. Please check the spelling of potential duplicate images before removing. Image description page A bot will place {{Restricted use}} on the image description page. This will advise users how to request that the image to be allowed on articles (that is, to expand the except list for it). Removal from the list When removing deleted images from the list, please double-check that the relevant image talk page has been deleted as well.

This page was nominated for deletion on 2006-02-16. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Anti-vandalism tool with significant overlap

While it has been rarely maintained in the past few years, the page User:Lupin/badwords contains a list of images alongside potential vandalism words, and predates both this list and AbuseFilter. Some images on this list may be now deleted, relatively tame (such as old paintings) or not actively used to vandalise, but should some entries on that page that are not already on this list be added? Xeroctic (talk) 13:02, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May I get permission to use the Logo for Hezbollah in Hezbollah's sidebar?

For the logo of Hezbollah, could I get permission to use it in the sidebar? I don't mean to spread political extremism and only want to improve on Wikipedia in my eyes. GuesanLoyalist (talk) 11:15, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• No, sorry. The sidebar is a template and non-free images can only be used in article space. If it were added to the template, the non-free bot would simply remove it again. Black Kite (talk) 11:55, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I see then, thanks for talking with me

  but on a kinda related note: why is the Hezbollah logo in an SVG file? doesn't that ruin the point of non-free images being low resolution? GuesanLoyalist (talk) 21:22, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This has been discussed in the past and the consensus was they should be rendered in low resolution and that's enough. Stifle (talk) 16:45, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A male wearing fishnet underpants (cropped)

is blocked, but used in the penile erection page. Now unblock it on that page. Don't mistreat me, I'm just anonymous! 2001:9E8:E1E5:8800:AF22:AA5A:FB83:6449 (talk) 14:55, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 29 October 2025

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File:A Palestinian baby killed by the IDF.jpg was used for vandalism at Special:Diff/1319205498 and three other edits by the same user. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:07, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Happy‑melon 12:42, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Verbrennung eines Toten in einem Krematorium 2009-09-05.JPG

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Used for vandalism on many pages by an IP, including here. Entranced98 (talk) 14:21, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tagged as a protected edit request. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:01, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:48, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 5 November 2025

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Add File:Public nudity - Toronto Pride 01.jpg. Sugar Tax (talk) 17:48, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where has it been used for Vandalism?Naraht (talk) 17:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]