User talk:Materialscientist

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IPBE FYI

AJMLS has been non-profit since the law school building was sold in 2021 and AJMLS leased office space downtown, regardless of what any old list at US Dept of Education says, they have no oversight only make loans to students, not law schools. The accreditation is by the ABA at national level.

Hello! :) Just FYI I've pulled IPBE from Aman.kumar.goel (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) per the findings here. I pinged you in the SPI but forgot that you don't get those so am just flagging it here. firefly ( t · c ) 16:09, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Pulling IPBE is Ok with me. I couldn't see this coming when granting it. Materialscientist (talk) 21:11, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Zavier Cut Up The Water Heater Box

Hey! You! You dig my nose!

Te lauya te Speedy Gonzales mai deks water heater box!

Te Zavier Gonzales!

Water Heater box being cut up by Zavier! 2402:1980:82D4:2005:0:0:0:1 (talk) 06:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Chakswari

Please Chakswari page as you have locked it. It is incomplete.

I am from Kalyal Chakswari and can trace my last 7 generations back to Chakswari. 2A00:23C8:D48F:5301:DB55:5C59:EAD2:3A30 (talk) 00:11, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Requesting a range block

An IP editor on range 2603:8000:2A00:0:0:0:0:0/41 has persistently added unreferenced, poorly referenced, and highly POV material to articles. They also have a history of edit-warring to retain their unsourced additions going back at least to July (when I first encountered them). They generally refuse to use an edit summary, save for rare exceptions like today's name-calling of Low Protestant imbecile (which isn't even true). I would appreciate a range block, as the damage is spread across a wide variety of topics and this range appears to be used almost exclusively by the disruptive editor, so minimal collateral. You blocked at least one IP on this range within the last 24h. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:06, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 01:08, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Please let me know if I should come back if the same issues continue post-block. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:11, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Your revert

How exactly was this edit not constructive? I reverted the insertion of an unsourced claim. 62.73.69.121 (talk) 07:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Please do not revert without checking the cited source.

G-INFO shows that the aircraft in question is not currently airworthy.

By reverting my correction, you are perpetuating incorrect information. 146.200.131.19 (talk) 02:23, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

This guy apparently has nothing better to do. Worse than Everything2.com. Tuttt (talk) 03:01, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Shtreimel

Materialscientist, you reverted 2 of my edits. One of them clarified that the shtreimel was probably not Turkish/Anatolian as that suggests a Near Eastern/Mediterranean origin of a hat worn in cold climates (which is implausible). You additionally reverted an edit I made that claimed some scholars believe the shtreimel was of Central Asian origin. I did not link the publication, I apologize as I should have. 148.76.179.7 (talk) 07:44, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

separate article about women in bangladesh police should be kept

@Materialscientist:, A separate article should be kept about 'Women in Bangladesh Police', writings will be elaborated, please wait. নূর-এ-আলম সিদ্দিকী (talk) 11:25, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Range Block Request

There's an IP editor on the range 2601:408:C500:2000:0:0:0:0/64 who adds unnecessary info next to show names on award ceremony articles and/or a person's accolade page. Please block them for disruptive editing Scoophole2021 (talk). 11:56, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

FYI

Hello, Materialscientist. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Miss Charm

Contrary to your statement regarding my edit which was "unexplained", here's the link to that. Special:MobileDiff/1188407111

It would be kind and best for you to revert it. Thanks. 180.195.115.174 (talk) 06:33, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting it. Appreciated it. 180.195.115.174 (talk) 07:04, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Madison Hotel

Hey, I certainly hope this is how one gets in touch with you. My apologies if I got it wrong. Much appreciated that you followed up with the post on Madison Hotel, however I can assure you it is VERY closed. The best source I can offer is the updated street view as well as having been in front of the hotel myself last month. If I can provide any more information, let me know. But if you search the property itself it is gone and Google is in the process of updating the listing as well. I hope that helps. Thanks

Question

Hi there, there are several pages who's subjects are former NFL players who have been out of football for awhile now but their pages are still PC protected. These pages are:

• Bernard Pollard
• Chris Simms
• Montee Ball
• Ryan Nassib
• Da'Rick Rogers
• Cierre Wood
• Giovanni Carmazzi
• Roberto Aguayo
• Karan Higdon
• Dalton Crossan

Is PC really necessary for these pages anymore? And if not, can you please reset those settings for all the above pages? Ambertuck (talk) 23:37, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:44, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Erick Fedde

You didn’t make a mistake. Fedde’s deal is still pending a physical. Can you lock the article until the deal is official? Thank you. 174.228.65.107 (talk) 00:12, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I've seen you around erasing vandalism faster than I can blink, so I'm going to pile on your barnstar collection because you're amazing and you blocked the IP that vandalized my talk page. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 00:56, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Sophie

I added her real name as it appears on her marriage certificate. It’s not something I am particularly adamant needs to be on the article. She kept it private for a reason. Jamesington (talk) 01:30, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Correcting pages by the person being discussed like me Mike Kernell MikeKernell (talk) 03:07, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Bio

I like to correct the page about me and y’all won’t let me. Mike Kernell St. Rep.Tn 1974-2012 MikeKernell (talk) 03:09, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

What should I do in the future when encountering someone like AnonBlogs?

I gave them warnings on their talk page User_talk:AnonBlogs but is there something else I should do? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 07:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

email

I've emailed you about something that requires urgent attention. Please check at your earliest convenience. Thanks, — SamX [talk · contribs] 08:21, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 08:24, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Mike Kernell

I don’t know about pings or if this will get to you. My school was wrong, election year was wrong, David died in 2018,ect. The source is me- Mike Kernell Do I need to get a source to write a true bio? Mike Kernell

Constructive criticism

When [username:Person X] edits the article on [Person X], and claims to be making changes based on their personal knowledge, I think it's incumbent upon us to not just use one of the templated "I've reverted your edits" messages. They need something that's obviously a note from a human. DS (talk) 20:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, will try to talk to them next time. Virtually all such changes are replacing sourced information with unsourced one, thus the revert reason is obvious, and it is hard to add something meaningful to the template. Materialscientist (talk) 21:17, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Mr. Materialscientist,

Try adding:

"When reading Your post on Your page i felt like {insert Your personal feelings here} so i am reverting edit using [insert NAME OF TEMPLATE here]."

Then use the template as usual.

By my understanding Wikipedia has a rule against editing an article about ones self i.e. user: person X editing an article about person X, though they have let the rule slide when Jimbo edits his own article. If you want to play hardball about it without a reference, anything anywhere in wikipedia can be deleted and or reverted. that is not always the best, nor that most polite thing to do. If you lack confidence in your better judgment ask your better half, if you don't have a better half ask chat gpt dot openai dot com. Then read the cautions and check their answer!!!

Think:

neutral point of view

worldview

your view

what is best for wikipedia

etc.

Thank You for taking time to read this, one coworker of mine once said, "You talk too much."

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. GeorgeV73GT (talk) 12:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Block

Hello! I want to ask why my new IP address is blocked. I changed my internet provider today. How come this address is blocked? Gasforth-2021 (talk) 23:31, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Mark Brunnel Edits

Hi there, I've added reason for edits several times. The latest edits are well explained. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Ericlmitchell (talk) 23:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

User 24.224.240.102

User 24.224.240.102 is a school so there are meny people so you should probably permanently ban them from editing. NormalHuman1 (talk) 17:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. What school is it? Materialscientist (talk) 21:08, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Intermediate_Senior_High_School

The one in this wikipedia page NormalHuman1 (talk) 23:52, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 23:53, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

First National Lacrosse Assocation

Information on First Nations Lacrosse Association (FNLA) was moved and cited properly to Haudenosaunee men's national lacrosse team, Haudenosaunee men's national under-19 lacrosse team, Haudenosaunee women's national lacrosse team, Haudenosaunee women's national under-19 lacrosse team, and Haudenosaunee national indoor lacrosse team. The FNLA is a Lacrosse Canada Member organization, which was cited. Faaksee (talk) 00:40, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Neil Duff

There is no citation or reference I can find for this information, however I've watched him play in his last handful of tournaments and I personally throw the same dart. Given it's a winmau pro design barrel, it makes it a unique design and, from the two different grip levels and colour profile, unmistakeable. He's currently playing with them in the 2023 WDF World Championships, rather than his old 23g RedDragon darts as was listed on his wiki.

• I'm sure Materialscientist will be riveted. Drmies (talk) 03:05, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

An arrow to the heart of her/his psyche? BlueWren0123 (talk) 08:17, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Medidata

I'd be interested in learning why WP:NOTADIRECTORY is an "invalid rationale" Thanks. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 03:44, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

What you removed was not a loose list, but two sentences describing pertinent details, such as location of headquarters and geographical presence worldwide. This is definitely not what NOTADIRECTORY is about. Materialscientist (talk) 04:09, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 04:20, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

This link

was actually relevant, although it was formatted wrong. Just letting you know. Prezbo (talk) 14:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

IPv6 user removing refs

Hi there,

I first sought a recently-active admin (Muboshgu), but they said they didn't have the technical capabilities for to block an IPv6 user. Reaching out to you as you warned this user as well.

I noticed an IP user has been removing cites and adding unsourced content, mostly to firefighting-related articles, all without explanation. I've tried warning them ([1][2][3]), but they appear to have a moving(?) IP address and the actions haven't ceased. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Sorted 3 IPv6 addresses:

2603:9000:9900:510b:3973:b20d:3ffe:4b08

2603:9000:9900:510b:493d:765d:2c6b:cbbe

2603:9000:9900:510b:59bc:703d:ecf1:63a7

Total affected	Affected addresses	Given addresses	Range	Contribs
1 /64	1 /64	3	2603:9000:9900:510b::/64	contribs

Wracking ^talk! 19:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I've semiprotected Santa Clara County Fire Department. Blocking would cause too much collateral. Materialscientist (talk) 21:44, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Makes sense, thanks! Wracking ^talk! 00:14, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Liquid crystal

Liquid crystal has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:21, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Please Slow Down

I know I've mentioned this at least once before (though it was a while ago), but please slow down with the block button. There is no need to block without warning for this routine disruptive editing, and it is absolutely overkill to be indeffing a registered account after only one disruptive edit without any warnings (I was literally in the process of leaving a {{welcomevandal}} on their talk when you blocked them). Unless the vandalism/disruption is egregious (i.e. racist rants, etc.) or unless the user is flooding the filter log with attempted vandalism, please always issue at least one warning before blocking. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 22:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for feedback. Please look both at the edits and filter logs. Materialscientist (talk) 22:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

For the account in particular, unless something has been deleted, I see one single instance of vandalism (and a corresponding filter log hit). That's it. And the nature of the vandalism isn't particularly egregious either... run of the mill disruption. Not something that needs an immediate indef without warning. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 22:45, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I am always happy to unblock upon a reasonable unblock request. Vandalism is "not Ok", I daily see missed reverts, months or even years after the edit. Materialscientist (talk) 22:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Nobody said that vandalism is "ok". The issue here is that you are being too hasty with blocking for vandalism. In the vast majority of cases users need to receive at least three, generally four, warnings before AIV will take action on a vandalism report. Baring exceptional circumstances, if a report from a non-admin to AIV would be declined on the basis of "not enough warnings", you shouldn't block unilaterally either. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 22:51, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I know where this is coming from, but this advice is not a policy, and has long been abandoned. Please note that this is not my opinion, but a common WP:AIV practice. Further, you can find a similar message from Jimbo Wales (that obvious vandals should be blocked on sight) in his talk page archives. Materialscientist (talk) 22:56, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

As an admin who patrols AIV, as well as edit filters, I think most of what Taking Out The Trash has written is inaccurate.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:57, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I see reports to AIV declined on the basis of the user having not been given enough warnings all the time. The only cases when blocking without warning is appropriate is for egregious vandalism, like racism, or severe BLP issues, or other stuff like that. Routine run-of-the-mill disruption/blanking/whatever, should go through the warning series first. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Please understand, that what you are saying is not a policy or even a guideline, but is a matter of choice for a given admin. Materialscientist (talk) 23:01, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

All warnings are not on the vandal's talk page. They are often warned when they trip filters, explaining what the issue is with their edit. Admins will often review the logs in addition to the talk page. The idea that a vandal has to go through all stages of warnings 1 - 4 is outdated.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:04, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

They absolutely do not need four warnings but even in this day and age I don't think a lot of people realise that their changes will go live immediately so in general they should be told "yes, that worked, please don't do it again", then "that's disruptive and we'll block you if you carry on". I count the edit filter warnings towards this. Hate speech, libel, etc, should be met with an immediate block. I agree with TOTT that the block of the account was premature and would have been declined at AIV. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:26, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Many times you take the appropriate action. Many times you act so rapidly and without clear explanation. A few weeks ago there was a recommendation made to you to explain more when you revert. Recently you have criticized an editor for not explaining their edit, because you wrote, even editors of long standing do that.

The rapid aspect of your activity is what has been mentioned. Please Slow Down. BlueWren0123 (talk) 23:42, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

If you have substantive examples of a problem, present them. Otherwise, please gain some experience before waving your hands. Johnuniq (talk) 00:07, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Please quantify the level of experience required before I am permitted to express a view.

The fundamental principles of Wikipedia may be summarized in five "pillars":

WP:5P4 Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility.

Do I need your permission to 'wave my hands'. Are only Administrators who have been around for years allowed to speak? BlueWren0123 (talk) 00:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@Taking Out The Trash: There are at least two reasons reports at AIV are declined when the user has not been properly warned. First is the minor issue that patrolling a noticeboard like that is mind-numbing in that it goes on forever and ever. That means an admin might want to spend a minimum amount of time considering each report and if there are no warnings it is simplest to just reject the report. Second is the big point that Wikipedia relies on empowering everyone to at least some degree and dealing with bad edits by referring everything to an admin is not scalable. Non-admins should take on a fair bit of the burden and try to explain procedures to new editors in the hope that some of them are just trying things out and will settle down. So, an admin might decline an AIV report because not all the boxes have been ticked by the reporting editor because the burden needs to be shared. However, if that same admin encounters an obviously bad editor, the admin might just indef them without any fanfare because the admin has seen the story countless times and understands when warnings are a waste of time. For another example of how the times change, ten years ago editors were strongly discouraged from reverting misguided comments or edit requests on talk pages. Now, it is very common for those comments to be rolled back without thought because the incoming nonsense would otherwise be overwhelming. Johnuniq (talk) 00:07, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, we do block on sight obvious, and especially returning vandals/spammers, but we (at least I) do go through all 3-4 levels of warning when the editor does not mean to do harm, and does it per ignorance. Such editors are often not blocked at AIV, and even if blocked, the block duration is minimal. Materialscientist (talk) 00:12, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

None of this sufficiently explains why it was acceptable/appropriate to indef the user account linked above after one single non-egregious disruptive edit that didn't even trigger any filter warnings, let alone without any talk page warnings (as I noted, the account was blocked while I was in the middle of leaving a welcome-vandal template). Taking Out The Trash (talk) 00:54, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Because patrolling AIV requires thousands of judgment calls, and a block for vandalizing the name of a sports ball player is a reasonable judgement based on having seen hundreds of similar editors contribute that behavior. The purpose of blocking is to prevent disruption. There's no rule, or even common practice, to wait until a requisite amount of disruption has occurred.

They're have been times where I've left a warning as Materialscientist blocked, and also times where as I blocked they had left a warning. Each admin that patrols AIV, UAA, and filter logs makes these judgment calls thousands of times, and you've provided a couple examples of blocks you don't agree with due to lack of warnings, not because the edits in question were not disruptive. I don't see an issue here. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Could you please relate your views to wp:aiv where it states:

Important! Please remember the following:

2. Except for egregious cases, the user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior.

Is it possible that what you say is wp:or? BlueWren0123 (talk) 02:12, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

OR is a content policy and doesn't apply. My view is based on my experience of patrolling AIV and UAA and having made thousands of blocks based on the reports. Materialscientist has made degrees of magnitude more blocks than have, and you're concerned about how many? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi BlueWren0123. The AIV process guidelines tell non-administrators how to best file something that an administrator can action quickly. For the actual policy in play here: see WP:VAND. For example, the policy says "warnings are by no means a prerequisite for blocking a vandal (although administrators usually block only when multiple warnings have been issued)". WP:OR has no bearing here, as it applies to article content. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

There is a reason for existence of that green poster at AIV - many editors file a report there, while they should have used other means and venues. Materialscientist (talk) 02:26, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes I agree that or is directed to article content. I intended to show an approach being taken and just used it as an abbreviation. All of this is getting away from the original point which is

Please Slow Down.

Materialscientist does much that is valuable.

Taking Out The Trash is asking for Please Slow Down.

Both can be true. BlueWren0123 (talk) 02:32, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

For what it’s worth, I have also found myself feeling concerned before about blocks after a single (non-egregious) edit - mainly out of a worry for biting. I also appreciate, though, that administrators have a judgement call to make whenever they come across an account that’s made such an edit/such edits. I find myself wondering if this subject would benefit from a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy or somewhere similar. All the best, ^user:A smart kitten_meow 06:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Ok, I've unblocked the discussed user (Kotv22). Materialscientist (talk) 06:37, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I support and agree with your rationale for many of your blocks. I had/have not looked at your reasoning for Kotv22. Many editors do not require 4 warnings before a block. It depends. Life is complicated. An editor may just insert a random combination of characters and just demonstrate immaturity. Another may insert offensive edits. Another may threaten. In my opinion these should be responded to in a different manner. The experience of an admin to assess the appropriate response is invaluable. When the response appears almost automated, I am concerned. Are the barbarians at the gates? BlueWren0123 (talk) 23:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

There are barbarians at all the gates, halfway up the walls, tunneling under the ground, and catapulting over the parapets. Many are already inside the city. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:36, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Correct. And "many" likely means "many tens of thousands" (depending on degree of vandalism/spam). They (their edits that we missed) hide behind millions of our articles. Materialscientist (talk) 03:42, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

It may have been unwise of me to add the last sentence as I intended the rest of the comment to have more weight. In my mind the process of an admin considering their actions rather than an almost automated response is the more significant point. BlueWren0123 (talk) 09:35, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

The barbarians will always be at the gates. Vandalism is a fact of life. Just as there has been graffiti for as long as there have been surfaces to deface, there will be unhelpful edits for as long as anyone can edit Wikipedia. Most vandals aren't malicious, they're bored or they want to vent their opinion on something they read on the Internet. Many will go away if we tell them they're being disruptive. We shouldn't get into a siege mentality. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:51, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

I love those vandals who return and revert their edits. Most of them don't. And we don't (notice those edits). That's the problem .. Materialscientist (talk) 21:05, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Editing Chinese Canadians

Apologizes for the edit, but I made a slight error when making edits with that section in Chinese Canadians. Instead of removing portions that I deemed unfit for the section and then adding or rewording some portions I seemed to have removed portions I would've kept. Also you mentioned that they were not constructive, I don't seem to understand what you mean by that. The edits I made have made the section more neutral and also concise and clear. I also believed it need more imagery. But if you disagree, please let me know! Jut008 (talk) 23:21, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

template:surname

I see your edits like:

Ivashchenko‎ diff hist +8‎ Materialscientist talk contribs (clean up, replaced: {{surname → {{surname|2=nocat)

category:Surnames says "For convenience, all surnames should be included in this category. This includes all surnames that can also be found in the subcategories." I see it also says " However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by family name." But Ivashchenko is not a disambiguation page. So, what is your rationale for these edits? - Altenmann >talk 06:17, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Removal of unnecessary parent category (Category:Surnames). Plus occasional cleanup. Materialscientist (talk) 06:19, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Once again, the parent category explicitly says "all surnames should be included in this category. This includes all surnames that can also be found in the subcategories". What makes you think it is unnecessary? - Altenmann >talk 06:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Good point. I don't see the reason for that hatnote, and will try to find it out. Meanwhile, I'll terminate the AWB run. Materialscientist (talk) 06:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I have personally found the catch-it-all category useful for double-checking similarly spelt surnames. Also Wikimedia category browser is extremely unwieldy when, eg, I want to browse all villages in Belarus. I have to traverse all this tree of Region and District subcategories. Or, more recntly, I wanted to compare category:Massacres" with category:Mass murders for (mis)consistencies, but quickly gave up. - Altenmann >talk 06:27, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I know what you mean .. not from surnames, but from image categorization on Commons. Materialscientist (talk) 06:30, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I too find it convenient to have Category:Surnames fully populated. I run queries such as 'incategory:Surnames student' to find updates where a young person added their own name. Wire723 (talk) 18:12, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Socks?

See User:Patil megha already blocked.

New accounts:
User:Ashwini Balagi
User:PriyankaJadav
User:Bhavyashree hegde
User:Suman palled
User:Shwetasadhunavar
User:Mallu Telabakkanavar
User:Sukanya Mudhol
User:Baligar Sanjana
User:Vinayak S A
User:Bengerilakshmi
User:Nivedita Belagali
User:Saikiran R S Cahk (talk) 08:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@Cahk: I saw a few of these yesterday. My guess is a spambot. MS might be able to see if there's an easily blockable underlying IP/range. I've blocked all the accounts. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:31, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: In that case:

User:Veena chikkamath
User:Padmakurli
User:Rashmi yaliwal
User:Dhanya hegde
User:Vandana S K
User:Bharathgoudaa
User:Abhipanda1234
User:Apeksha anand hesarur
User:Tamim mangoli
User:Priyanaka patil05
User:Sahana C Shivabasayyanavar
User:Vidyacgouda
User:Bhushan.p.bhat
User:Ujwalangrampurohit
User:JssChaitra
--Cahk (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Blocked them as well. Interesting that some of these accounts have been around a while. It could be multiple people with off-wiki coordination but I suppose it doesn't really matter unless one of them appeals the block. Might it be worth pursuing blacklisting of the domain or do you think they'd just evade that? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:10, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: Blacklist could be a good starting point, but we both know Wiki's spam filtering capabilities leave something to be desired.--Cahk (talk) 10:23, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

The underlying ranges are notoriously spammy, huge and dynamic; they have been and remain an unsolved problem for admins and checkusers. Materialscientist (talk) 10:31, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Quelle surprise. Blacklisting and/or filters is probably the way to go. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:56, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Holiday Greetings

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Hope all is well in your corner of WikiWorld! ―Buster7 ☎

Legal threats

I have an angry IP user on my talk page making some vague threats of legal action. What's the best way to deal with this, in your opinion? A type of cabinet (talk) 21:46, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

This is not a legal threat, but just an editing dispute. You can decide how to handle it - stand your grounds, give up, etc. Materialscientist (talk) 21:49, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Never mind. Scottish gave them a temporary block right after you replied.

Taylor Swift fans... A type of cabinet (talk) 21:53, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorry

It is late and the sleeping pills are kicking in I am so sorry😅 Notsayingmyname (talk) 04:43, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Mtel (Montenegro)

I have added a source for the CEO change in this edit. The full company name is also visible on that website, as well as on its "About" page. Why are you reverting the edits now? 92.241.157.193 (talk) 05:35, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I have reverted myself. Materialscientist (talk) 05:37, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Eminem

why did you undo my edit on the Eminem article AwesomeJewishMan446 (talk) 07:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

I couldn't parse your replacement [4]. Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

in the quote, and you know something is a quote when it has " marks, the Eminem article used a quote where Eminem addressed misogyny in his songs by saying "my overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be." For some reason that's in the homophobic section of the Eminem article, even thought Eminem wasn't even talking about homophobia in that quote. So I changed the quote and removed the quotation marks to make it a regular sentence instead of a quote, and for some reason my edits get reverted. And other constructive edits on the Eminem article get reverted too. I honestly don't know what's so serious about changing a few sentences in a wiki article AwesomeJewishMan446 (talk) 08:14, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Riverbanks Zoo

May I ask why you reverted my edit to Riverbanks Zoo that added the street address? 204.116.251.194 (talk) 08:12, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

We usually don't add street address into infobox of any article, only location. Materialscientist (talk) 08:14, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Mont Aiguille in France

Are you a robot or AI? I identified a place in the movie. It is not some figures or opinion. So what source do you want? 45.64.243.230 (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Sockpuppets?

Can you check is these users are socks? User:Viishhaaal
User:Dashan Ghasan
User:AmNaTi200
User:Auhabeeb
User:Ijick . Juvalkjolly (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

David Lammy

2A00:23C6:2722:B01:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · block user · block log) Any chance of a week pblock from David Lammy for this IP? They started with[5] which asked them to discuss in an edit summary. They continued with[6][7], for which the were warned[8] and I also tried something less templatey[9]. They responded with[10] and the edit you reverted[11]. It could be, expanding a lot of good faith, that it's a case of 'they can't here you'. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 15:22, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 20:21, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Materialscientist. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 21:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Caños de Carmona

Sorry but there is no vandalism, I simply inserted the Template:Infobox_ancient_site Best regards

Nagorno-Karabakh

Hi there, I noticed that you reverted an edit on "Visa requirements for New Zealand citizens" regarding Nagorno-Karabakh. The user who changed it is correct though; this is no longer in place as Nagorno-Karabakh is now under Azeri control and subject to normal Azeri immigration control. As a consequence, visiting Nagorno-Karabakh could not make you persona non grata in Azerbaijan as it is now effectively Azerbaijan itself. Regardless of whether you agree with the politics, this is the situation from an immigration/visa point of view. I couldn't figure out how to revert it back and thought it would be rude and disrespectful to you just do that even if I knew how. Thanks Mike 219.89.209.87 (talk) 08:53, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Explanation

I found this explanation in the introduction of the article "Nagorno-Karabakh"

"On 19 September 2023, after a blockade lasting several months, Azerbaijan launched a fresh large-scale military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Artsakh forces collapsed rapidly, resulting in an Azerbaijani victory, the dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh, the exodus of almost the entire Armenian population from the region and the entry of Azerbaijani security forces into the former Artsakh capital, Stepanakert (Khankendi)."

Thanks

219.89.209.87 (talk) 08:58, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Grae Cleugh

Hi Please do not Remove Grae Cleugh. He won an Olivier award in 2002 while a student at RSAMD. A quick google search will confirm. 81.147.111.139 (talk) 12:02, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Could you please revert your removal. The page has been protected to prevent vandalism! check Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright, 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards, https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/cleugh-grae.php, and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/grae-cleugh/ 81.147.111.139 (talk) 12:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

It is permenantly logged in the edit history, and at Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright 81.147.111.139 (talk) 12:30, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Borana page

They keep making a Photo of a non Borana girl on the page. Check the photo it have no source whatsoever. 2A00:A040:198:F2D3:3C5C:3EFD:252C:4C33 (talk) 13:08, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Saxophone

I was going to add the C Melody saxophones, Mezzo-Soprano and Conn-o-sax to the table of saxophones along with their SPN ranges, but the page is semi-protected and I haven't edited 4+ articles. I see you decided not to include/removed the C Melodies, or maybe that was another editor/author, but has this page really seen so much vandalism that semi-protection is necessary until 2028?

Have a care, P. James Norris Pjamesnorris (talk) 23:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Overlap on your user page

You probably already know this, but using Vector-2022 your horizontal collection of Userboxes overlaps the Tools menu, on my fairly wide screen. I don't know if that could be considered a bug of the new skin or a call to shorten the list of boxes.

Screenshot here. David Brooks (talk) 18:50, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Fighting vandalism

December: story · music · places

Thank you for your quick eyes on symphonies redirected, and other vandalism! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

question about citation

Hi i made several edits to the Oddworld: abe's exoddus as i noticed several developers in the credits of the game weren't listed such as some artists, programmers, and a audio designer. I am unsure how i would cite that as its just in the game itself.

Please lock Bigg Boss 7 Telugu page

Hi Materialscientist, there are so many unknown users changing the context of Bigg Boss (Telugu season 7) page with unsourced data. Please lock the page for few hours until the grand finale Pawan Sparkle (talk) 07:22, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you!

Just wanted to thank you for your service, especially in reverting vandalism. Wikipedia owes you a great debt 😊 JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (correct me if I'm wrong) 05:55, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

why did you reverted all of my edits most of them where good accept for the alien one the images they need to put them back move them to wikipedia Bearcoolreal94 (talk) 06:03, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

fair use page Bearcoolreal94 (talk) 06:03, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Jack swing

hi there - thanks for your quick response. I actually tried to hyperlink Boy George, but re-entering, I got the "this has already been modified by another user" -message - which was obviously me, like 10 mins ago :) 181.176.117.154 (talk) 07:06, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Widen block of 2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:C89?

Hi! Just wanted to note that 2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:C89, which you blocked as a proxy, is back as 2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:1571. The entire /32 is a webhost, per WHOIS. — Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 21:46, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Indeed. Blocked, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:40, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

bruh

bruh 74.205.133.138 (talk) 05:48, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

This old edit

Hi. I just reverted a link substitution you made in the Bangkok article back in 2018. It's several years late, but if you remember whether it was suggested by a tool, it might still be worth filing a bug report? --Paul_012 (talk) 06:05, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Karen O's birthplace.

Reference #2 on the main wiki page of Karen O. "Phares, Heather. "Karen O". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2015." When you click the link:(https://www.allmusic.com/artist/karen-o-mn0000186401#biography)

On the second paragraph "Born in Busan, South Korea, to a Korean mother and Polish father, Karen O spent most of her childhood in Englewood, New Jersey. While attending Ohio's Oberlin College, she met drummer Brian Chase."

The person who wrote the article, Karen O, wrote Seoul instead of Busan for some reason even though the article he/she referenced states that she was born in Busan. Not Seoul. 104.172.38.254 (talk) 08:12, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Manly dam

Hello, I come from the manly dam page and am wondering about your deletion of the removal of the duck problem at manly dam. this was a true problem so why did you remove it.

(talk page stalker) Quite simply, and already explained to you - you need to quote a reliable source - see reliable source. David J Johnson (talk) 13:09, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Front Desk

Hello. I noticed you reverted an edit on Front Desk. An IP had changed the part where it said "4-part series" to "5-part series". However, I am not sure why you reverted this. Front Desk is a five-part series. It consists of Front Desk, Three Keys, Room to Dream, Key Player, and Top Story. Did you revert that edit because the IP didn't provide a source? JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (correct me if I'm wrong) 20:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

yes. Materialscientist (talk) 21:56, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for responding. JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (correct me if I'm wrong) 21:58, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	You deserve it Abo Yemen✉ 18:47, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

202.133.54.90 back at it with Indian film languages

• 202.133.54.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Less than an hour after the 31-hour block you applied to 202.133.54.90, they are back at disruptive editing (adding/re-ordering Indian languages) in India actors' biographies. FWIW: The Proxy IP Checker thinks this is a Proxy/VPN node [12].  — Archer (t·c) 23:43, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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Good article reassessment for Mercury (element)

Mercury (element) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:17, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

IP vandalism again

Hello Materialscientist. The vandal IP from here is back again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/185.70.52.0/22 (similar to previously blocked IP)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/85.117.48.0/20

The IPs always seem to start with 185.70, 85, and 91. Could you please block the range of each IP since this person keeps causing trouble with different addresses? KhndzorUtogh (talk) 00:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

The editor is already back with more slightly different IP addresses.[13][14] Is it possible to range all IPs beginning with 185, 85, and 91? Because this vandal seems able to easily return under a new address. --KhndzorUtogh (talk) 23:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

The vandal has returned.[15][16] Could you please extend these expired blocks for a longer period of time?[17][18] KhndzorUtogh (talk) 00:21, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Dotdotcomma

Hello @Materialscientist i am here for asking help to you. a editor @Dotdotcomma who is blocked in Sock Puppet Case in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/50mMidas is now actively live on Simple English Wikipedia and recreaing all promotional pages on Simple The Vach , Poybo Media, Justin Jin, Bayu Prihandito these are deleted in English Wikipedia but he recreates on Simple English Wikipedia and recently he creates another Sock account Anwi6644 and tried again to create these above articles on English Wikipedia . Both account Dotdotcomma and @Anwi6644 found guilty in same case of Sock puppetry En:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/50mMidas but still Dotdotcomma this user is unblocked. First Admin @Fr33kman blocked @Dotdotcomma and suddenly after some times he unblocked him this is really questionable. I want a proper Investigation aginst them now i doubt they are paid or not.Brandom Mc Thompson (talk) 09:03, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

We don't have tools to tell if a certain Wikimedia editor is paid for editing, only a wild guess based on editing pattern. Note that I don't have any administrative privileges on Simple English Wiki. Materialscientist (talk) 09:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

so sir who can help me better will you please suggest me >?Brandom Mc Thompson (talk) 09:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is 103.5.0.238. Thank you. Nobody (talk) 09:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Potassium requested to be unprotected

Protection imposed in 2019; unprotection requested at Talk:Potassium#I_think_this_article_should_be_not_protected.. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

The Preserve at Sharp Mountain, Georgia

Good morning Materalscientist, I am not an admin, but I think that you are (or may know one). You have helped me in the past to get several articles to "Good" status. I am writing to ask for help in dealing with an editor who persistently inserts "bare URLs" into a page that I created more than a decade ago. I, as well as various other editors have tried clean up the persistent edits of an editor known as "MountainHiker" who has reverted attempts to conform to good Wikipedia formatting standards and now is posting private URLs on the article, The Preserve at Sharp Mountain, Georgia. In particular, "MountainHiker" continues to insert a private bare URL that is "members only" and not accessible to Wikipedia community. Further, "MountainHiker" persists in including a redundant "frontend website" bare URL that is already referenced correctly in the External links section. After I (and several others) have tried to correct these edits, I give up and am passing it up the line (through you) to block this editor or protect the article as you see appropriate. Thanks.  ⁃ Firewall 15:32, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Please do explain this issue to MountainHiker on their talk, especially the inaccessibility of the links - this is important. As to formatting, usually experienced editors bear with it, because we have semi-automatic tools that improve bare urls, such as https://refill.toolforge.org/. Very often editors are much more understanding than we think, and quickly straighten up their attitude without admin intervention (which should be a last resort). Materialscientist (talk) 23:07, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

As you suggested, I left a note at User talk:MountainHiker explaining the various problems with recent edits by MountainHiker-- in particular the inclusion of a private bare URL that is "members only" and not accessible to Wikipedia community. I have not reverted MountainHiker's most recent edit, but instead encouraged MountainHiker to remove/fix the most recent edits without intervention by another editor. We'll see if MountainHiker takes the suggestions to heart. If after a week or so, there is not correction, I will revert MountainHiker's most recent edit as nothing will be lost in the article The Preserve at Sharp Mountain, Georgia since one of the bare URLs inserted by MountainHiker is already listed in the External links section and the other is a private URL which should not appear in the article.  ⁃ Firewall 21:22, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

FOLLOW UP TO ABOVE REPLY: Without reply/comment to my User talk:MountainHiker note (see context above), MountainHiker responded by making his/her bare URLs to be formatted correctly, but no action was taken to remove the private URL that is "members only" and not accessible to Wikipedia community... and less importantly, the redundant URL already listed in the External links remains. Apparently my exhortation about these matters is being ignored.  ⁃ Firewall 18:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

2A02:842A:1BF:1901:0:0:0:0/64

• 2A02:842A:1BF:1901:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial))

Back in November, you warned them twice: [19].

This range has a ton of unsourced edits. I see a bunch that are in filmography tables for Indian actors I watch. Ali filmography is a recent one where they've repeatedly added content that is reverted for not having sourcing. Dec. 13, Dec. 18, Dec. 21, Dec. 22

I have issued warnings to a few of the IPs: [20] [21] [22], but since they are IPv6, they hop around within the /64, so I am uncertain they are seeing the warnings.

They are a prolific editor, and it appears that some of the edits are good (or, at least, not bad). However, there are enough bad or questionable edits that it takes a fair amount of time and effort to assess and clean-up.  — Archer (t·c) 19:39, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

This issue is a pain, because there are reference sites like IMDb, etc., where we can quickly check if the actor was part of a movie, and because there are thousands of such good-faith editors who add movies without bothering about references (some of them mention their source in the edit summary, which is not sufficient). How to deal with such edits is a matter of personal choice. If the editor is repeatedly warned for unsourced, and especially dubious additions, then admins can intervene. Materialscientist (talk) 23:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Unblock request

Hello, Materialscientist. There's an unblock request at User talk:MrCrazyMan02, relating to a block which you imposed three years ago. I would like to unblock to give another chance, but do you have any opinion you would like to express? JBW (talk) 11:52, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Unblocking is Ok with me. Sorry for belated reply - I am traveling. Materialscientist (talk) 22:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. JBW (talk) 22:20, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Seasonal greetings!!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Materialscientist, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:56, 25 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

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Request CU and removal of TPA

After some gravedancing by another editor, Moglesby1999 announced here that they (they say we, but I'm reading that as the royal we) have "ghost" accounts. Would you mind revoking their TPA and checking to see if their threats have any merit? Best and happy holidays, ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:08, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

TPA is already removed. CU is of little use here, it seems they have access to a vast IP space. Materialscientist (talk) 02:33, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Joyous Season

I wish that you may have a very Happy Holiday! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Hogmanay, Festivus or your hemisphere's Solstice, this is a special time of year for almost everyone! May the New Year provide you joy and fulfillment! Thanks for everything you do here. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:13, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Coffee/Holidays}} to your fellow editors' talk pages.

CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 20:13, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Really?

See message attached to your templating on my talk page and kindly respond appropriately. Remember, some IP editors actually do know what they are doing. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 02:27, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

I know, which is why I have restored your edits and removed my warning from your talk with a summary "my bad". No need to be terse. Materialscientist (talk) 02:29, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

I was just going to comment about this, while I noticed. Tropicalkitty (talk) 02:30, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Looking further, I see why you might have a quick trigger regarding that article. I'll get back to re-rewriting now. Appreciate your restoration. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 02:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

thank you for contributing the wikipedia

OOF881 (talk) 04:00, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Materialscientist!

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Materialscientist,
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Hello Materialscientist: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:36, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Materialscientist!

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Materialscientist,
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108.82.130.140

108.82.130.140 is requesting, via UTRS, that this block be lifted. I have scanned the single IP address using nmap (nmap -v -Pn 108.82.130.140) and see no open proxies. CU data shows no immediately obvious problems for this single IP address and the spur report shows the address "is not being used by many devices". Any objection to me lifting the block, on the basis that reblocks are cheap? --Yamla (talk) 15:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Unblocked, thanks. I see no evidence of a proxy now. Materialscientist (talk) 21:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Wooo! It's so rare that I get to mark a UTRS request as accepted. Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 00:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

67.149.101.152

Greetings. You blocked this IP about a year ago for album vandalism. They're now continuing to do so on this IP. WHOIS gives an identical region. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Windows XP

Hi! Why this article’s protection is indefinite?! 1.46.146.16 (talk) 05:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Because of persistent disruptive editing. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Americans in the United Kingdom

On Americans in the United Kingdom, I added an image to convey the symbolic mix of American and British heritage that Americans in the United Kingdom have. An IP ( 91.192.81.61 ) keeps removing this image with no reason given on their revert. The image itself is usable under WP:IUP under the Adding images to articles section. Should I try to communicate with them further or request a block? Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition aka USI (talk) 12:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Multiple accounts?

The user you just blocked is the third account attempting the exact same kind of edits 1 after the other to the Jermaine Pennant page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle=Jermaine+Pennant . There's now a 4th one attempting it. – 2804:F14:80CF:A701:248F:447D:D657:FA24 (talk) 03:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :). – 2804:F14:80CF:A701:248F:447D:D657:FA24 (talk) 03:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Why you delete my article

why you delete and how can I testore Gudoomiye cali baa (talk) 06:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

User:KleinerRoterTraktorIstÜberallBekanntMitJanAmLenkradFährtErÜbersLandErIstKeinRiese!

Username is suspicious for LTA socks - for your awareness. Cahk (talk) 09:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

By my look of the name, I'd definitely say this user is Wikipedia:NOTHERE. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:30, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Pabi Cooper

Hello, you recently deleted an article here as it was a product of CSD G5, I have now seen Pabi Cooper and noticed that it is product of G5 too but it good although it needs a little clean up. My question is do I PROD it or just clean it and mark as reviewed? I'll be on the lookout for your response Thank you. dxneo (talk) 11:36, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Unclear, because of this discussion. If your cleanup will be substantial, then fine. Otherwise someone can nominate the page for speedy deletion under G5. Another option is to delete the page as G5, so that you recreate that page as you find it fit. Materialscientist (talk) 11:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Page of Jagdish Gandhi

Thank you protecting the page of Jagdish Gandhi from vandalism. Unscrupulous people are constantly editing the page claiming he is dead whereas he is not. One last thing, when you look up Jagdish Gandhi on wiki, it shows the years 1936-2024 below his name, meaning he lived till 2024. Can you also change that please. Thanks 🙏 Rishi05 (talk) 14:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done --BeLucky (talk) 14:53, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism at Still life

Hi, there is a case of obvious ip vandalism at Still life but I am struggling to revert it, because there is a backlisted site on there that I can't seem to find. I wonder if you could take a look at it. Thanks. Fieryninja (talk) 10:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 10:32, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Hey! I keep bumping into you through Huggle and just wanted to thank you for all your valiant efforts in protecting Wikipedia from all the vandals out there. Keep up the fantastic work! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 02:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

2016 United States presidential election in Iowa

Hi, regarding my content removal edit to 2016 United States presidential election in Iowa that you reverted, I clarified my reasoning on my talk page. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 05:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

A section on the article talk page expresses the same issue (when the content I removed was in its own section): Talk:2016 United States presidential election in Iowa#This background section doesn't belong Helpful Raccoon (talk) 05:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Merger of colleges in UP India

Hi, since you've asked for merger discussions of various colleges in UP to their parent university, could you start the discussions (on the talk pages of the target articles) as well? Thanks. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

I, asked, where? Materialscientist (talk) 08:29, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

On further research, it looks like you did some reverts, e.g. [23]. I think they are better off as redirects though. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, upon a second look I agree. Materialscientist (talk) 09:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

I came here to complain about the same thing. Can I revert all of these since they're still standing? ^Queenof_Hearts 22:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

I've reverted myself, correct me at will on this matter. Materialscientist (talk) 22:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Your username was all over Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Article alerts#MRG :-) -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

ZX Spectrum graphics revert

You reverted my revert to [24] so quickly, that I estimate you didn't have time to even read or consider my Edit Summary, which explained why I reverted the page.

That is not a very good way to act.

Anyway, I stand by my revert (i.e. the "under dispute" template should stay), and I repeat the Edit Summary here:

"The issues on the talk page have direct ramifications on the content of the article. While, technically, the issue was raised on the talk page, the data in the article is directly based on the disputed issues." 80.80.52.64 (talk) 08:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Netta

I think the article about Netta Barzilai needs protection from slander and antisemitism.BabbaQ (talk) 16:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment F

Why did you do that to me? I looked everywhere and I didn't find it. Mazeriboy(Minnesotaman) (talk) 23:49, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Requesting assist/intervention on WP:ANI

Hey there & good day. Could you help take a look on the issue Repeated content removal in the article Peranakans? User Visnu92 has repeatedly engaged in massive blanking of content in Peranakans & added some ridiculously-worded hatnote to the article.

It should be noted that said user has a history of edit-warring and was previously blocked for this exact same behaviour. Seeking your kind attention as this issue has been posted on ANI for more than 12 hours. Thanks. hundenvonPG (talk) 00:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi, could you please explain the reverts you made on today's portal? Did they breach any rule? If so, sorry. But they both said "Wednesday" on source. Appreciated. 190.246.97.81 (talk) 09:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

My bad, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 09:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh, no problems at all! I got scared because I have never had a single incident since I started editing. Thank you and sorry for bothering you. Have an excellent day. --190.246.97.81 (talk) 09:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

User talk:SyntaXenon

OK to unblock? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 11:27, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Materialscientist (talk) 11:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

article, Kavim

I made a change to an article, Kavim.

It is important for me to point out that I work for KAVIM company and the management asked me to edit the content in the English language because it is not updated. For example: Menchal has already changed twice since "Zion Fat" and there is a lot of data that is not relevant for today.

Attached is a link to the original Hebrew value of KAVIM: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9D

Etibenlish (talk) 11:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

It is very important to the company that I make the changes Etibenlish (talk) 08:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

List of stage names

Are you serious?. I updated the names based on the subjects' articles!!! 65.88.88.56 (talk) 22:05, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but we don't use their full names, and most people don't. Materialscientist (talk) 22:06, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps a hidden (or not) note at the top of the article will keep people from wasting their time. 65.88.88.56 (talk) 22:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Brandi Carlile page

Hello. I added a link to the Brandi Carlile interview on the Song Exploder Podcast because I believed it was pertinent to her biography. It is " accurate and on-target" as per the guidelines.

The episode breaks down her song "You and Me on the Rock," and how it was influenced by her wife, by their home, and by Joni Mitchell.

I'd look forward to your thoughts on why this information isn't useful. Williamchloe (talk) 01:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a collection of links. Every notable person has thousands of potential web links, we can't and won't list them, we just use some of them as reliable inline references. Materialscientist (talk) 01:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Westtown School Page

I currently a student at the school doing a project for the school to make it as up to date as possible. As such, all sources will promptly be cited. That being said it would be appreciated if I could get some help finding the many edits I made as all the work has been erased. — Preceding unsigned comment^<diff> added by Historymadeeasy (talk • contribs) 02:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Regarding this deletion..

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birjand_University_of_Medical_Sciences&diff=next&oldid=1195099899 I believe you made a mistake. Please see wp:burden. Thank you, and happy new year. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:5CB2:346A:EE59:60F3 (talk) 09:09, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

taken down information

you have said it was taken down due to lack of a reliable source even tho i have spoken to the 4 boys names which were included in the information i supported in the page Miss meardon (talk) 12:07, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) See WP:V and WP:NOR. --Yamla (talk) 12:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Bertram Fletcher Robinson

Thanks for your message in relation to this article. I am very happy to be guided by a more experienced Wikipedian and would welcome any constructive comments in relation to my attempts to improve the quality of this article. Best wishes. 82.38.214.91 (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Revert

Hello, could you please explain this edit? CometVolcano (talk) 11:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Likely sockpuppetry

Hi Materialscientist. Could you please do a CheckUser of Lictartarovk, mostly to check whether there are more accounts? Based on the edit history, the account looks like a sockpuppet of Luparh (banned for disruptive editing), Eauho (banned as sockpuppet), and Jonatanar (banned as sockpuppet). Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

They have access to a vast IP space, thus CU can't tell for sure whether there are additional accounts of this sockmaster. Materialscientist (talk) 22:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Your edit to St Martin's Church, Sherwood

Hi, I believe that your revert was made in error. This isn't my edit but I am planning on reverting your edit as it seemed like the original edit was a constructive edit. Maybe a small NPOV issue but I'll edit that. GoldMiner24 ^Talk 07:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

No fish in Xel-Ha

Hi there. I added a section to the Xel-Ha article because I've been many times. This time there were no fish. I'm a big fan of Wikipedia, and am confused as to why you wouldn't take my contribution seriously. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about Xel-Ha or my education background, or credentials that help inform my observations. 209.35.185.26 (talk) 09:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Adding Kirby & Friends

Hi there! Kirby & Friends is now release at now! You can help me to real important for our dictionary. So I have no time to create you can edit character for you can to interacting to encyclopedia. Thank you for Taqi Inalessa Sany Plus (talk) 10:03, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Arigato!

arigato! Thanks! Sometimes I work late at night and do not think. I have explained my changes now. It is important today, that we understand the new research going on. For me the biggest surprise was in the field of Japanese architecture (2023). The question of chō versus yomachi in the Jobo city block and the English misunderstanding. Even here, in a remote part of Japanese study do we find the need to go back to origins of hiragana, and what was Tale of Genji written in. 174.214.16.81 (talk) 11:3 DrBeck007 (talk) 11:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

USGROCKS

Hello! I saw that this user was blocked from editing, I saw his first instance blanking on the 2021 capital attack and I just warned him. Is blanking an automatic ban? LuxembourgLover (talk) 05:47, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

No. Materialscientist (talk) 05:48, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Your work reverting and removing vandalism is very admirable! Great work!! Professor Penguino (talk) 08:53, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Edits by Silver-coated cape

Hi, noticed you added a warning to this user's talk page for disruptive editing. Have reverted many of the edits with explanation but it does not really seem to help. Not sure if this is a well-meaning novice or not but the editing behavior is disruptive. Can you have another look? Thx. --Wolbo (talk) 15:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Caste Promotion socks

I suspect User:HölderlinRem1, User:FloridaFlower, and User:Jacob Matthew George are sock puppet accounts disrupting Zamorin articles with biased edits. Their editing patterns suggest coordinated caste promotion, violating Wikipedia's neutrality and sock puppetry policies. I recommend an looking into these accounts. 2600:4040:4527:3B00:7C68:B92C:9057:6057 (talk) 02:56, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to see if this editor can learn how to edit, I don't think they've had much help.

[25] Doug Weller talk 14:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Regarding Sino-Soviet border conflict

Hi! I saw you reverted this edit earlier by an IP user. They've continued editing & are now changing the infobox without obtaining consensus, which was in the infobox. If you're available, would you be able to help out here? I think it's a case of WP:ICANTHEARYOU. Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 05:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@Schrödinger's jellyfish

yes I AM LOCAL FROM GUNNAUR

TALK ME Hasan Ali gunnauri (talk) 15:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Link to Tandem Fundazioa material collection

Dear colleague,

I am Jürgen Wolff from Tandem Fundazioa (see history of the Tandem language learning ). We have decided to put our data base at the disposition of all wiki users. Pls do not delete the link again. Thank you. 212.231.117.130 (talk) 10:30, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

LTA-marked block

Hi Materialscientist, I saw the block log comment related to the disruption by User:80.117.95.200 today (in tandem with other IPs). However, I don't think that it is being correctly marked as abuse by the user you linked. Instead, it seems to be the IP-only editor I have been dealing with at places like Sankebetsu brown bear incident. I'm not a checkuser and I'm not going to ask you to identify any editors by their IPs, but I would appreciate it if you could reexamine the block and see whether you think it should be reattributed. Best, Dekimasuよ! 16:30, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

user:149.62.192.0/18

How sure are we about this? It appears to be one of the standard ranges for the mobile ISP Yettel Bulgaria.©Geni (talk) 13:37, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Unblocked, don't see a webhost anymore, but did see it at the time of the block, maybe reassigned. Materialscientist (talk) 21:33, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I am local guide

I CAN HELP YOU

Hasan Ali From GUNNAUR NEAR BY Syari Hub Hasan Ali gunnauri (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John D. White

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:John D. White - Brady Handy cropped.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 09:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

user talk:Ahurrell61418

OK to unblock? Their request was not in the unblock request queue. Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:48, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Materialscientist (talk) 07:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protect Lindsey Scherf page

Thanks for reverting the Lindsey Scherf page. There is someone using numerous different IPs to edit (aka vandalize) that page and they always need to be reverted. Is there a way to semi-protect that page from edits? I don't know where to start for that. Gravel for breakfast (talk) 15:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Nevermind, I found the protection request site. Gravel for breakfast (talk) 16:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Overly Speedy Perma-Banning...

[26] Seems a bit speedy of a block @Materialscientist... did they have tons of vandal contribs already or something? jayhawker6 (talk) 02:46, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, unblocked. Materialscientist (talk) 02:47, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Position and assembly

UPLOAD THE FILES 174.231.209.136 (talk) 09:58, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. Disregard! 174.231.209.136 (talk) 10:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

It happens sometimes ...

I think you just restored some uncited text, removed for that reason, by accident. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:88EF:A8E0:1CF:A878 (talk) 01:32, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Unblock request

OK to unblock? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:28, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Materialscientist (talk) 21:59, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

hanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

LGBT rights in EU

Hi, @materialscientist, you've twice reverted my edit here. On the first occasion it was because I had not referred to the talk page in the edit box. I accept this. On the second occasion, I had referred to it in both the edit both and at the talk page. I feel like your second intervention is automated and doesn't account for my references at the edit page and the talk page. I obviously do not want to get into an edit war in any way, so I will not revert again. Instead, I ask you to actually read the talk page, where I have made some effort over time to justify my edit. If you cannot then justify your second revert then can you please revert back? Thanks. Charlie Campbell 28 (talk) 09:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Stonestoneeee

I see that you blocked a bunch of socks, but not the master account. Did you intend to not block the master account? I'm asking because it was brought up at this ANI thread. MaterialsPsych (talk) 07:39, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

In short, I forgot to block them, thanks for bringing this up. Materialscientist (talk) 07:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Siboniso Mabona

Can you yank their TPA? They seem to be a spambot or something and are posting incoherent content/spam links on their talk page. Thanks! Thriftycat ^{Talk • Contribs} 18:09, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 20:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Saagaraludhaati

Hi, user:Saagaraludhaati is removing reliable sources and adding unreliable sources to articles Guntur Kaaram, List of Indian films of 2024 and List of Telugu films of 2024. Can you please do anything. Falimy (talk) 09:40, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Also take a look on users contributions, also doing the same in every edits. Thanks. Falimy (talk) 09:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

About Skibidirizzohio2

Skibidirizzohio2 is also a sockpuppet of Skibidirizzohio1. Refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Skibidirizzohio1 for more info. Brennan Everette (🗣️ | ⏳) 11:51, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Block conflict

I accidentally conflicted with your block of 122.161.67.67. I've restored your block of 31 hours and your block rationale. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 21:18, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Your block was better :-). Materialscientist (talk) 21:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Tadc

Michael kovaach is great, why'd you revert my edit about it? 108.191.120.148 (talk) 21:26, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

un ban him I agree 108.191.120.148 (talk) 21:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Album details

Does every new album name and release date need sources? The existing ones don't have any. Planner21 (talk) 00:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

I know, but this is not an excuse for adding unsourced info. Materialscientist (talk) 00:43, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

It wasn't an "excuse", it was a question. Never mind. Planner21 (talk) 01:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Please Lock the Page Bigg Boss 7 Telugu

Hi Materialscientist, there are so many unknown users changing the context of Bigg Boss (Telugu season 7) page with unsourced data. Please lock the page for few days or months. Pawan Sparkle Pawan Sparkle (talk) 06:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 06:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Talking

Assalamualaikum. My name is Nafis Fowzan. I am from Bangladesh.Can I talk with you please? Fuzeen (talk) 20:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

31st January 2024 for all users. 173.187.77.125 (talk) 09:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

According to chhota bheem character voice artist

do i have to provide citation for the change i have made becuase the artist i wrote about was voice actress of that particular character before the artist whose name is provided there rightnow. ZachAlexanderCarter (talk) 12:04, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Quick Question for you...

Hello Materialscientist! I was just going through some recent changes and stumbled upon this [[27]]. The explination seems legit, so I don't know what to do. Could you take a look for me please? Thanks!

Awilh37 ^{Talk | Contribs} 11:15, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

How to reuse an existing reference

I have been unable to satisfy your perfectly reasonable referencing requirements for the following reason.

I want to reuse an existing reference created by another user. I think it's unnamed.

When I select Cite, Reuse and click on the reference, a reference number is inserted which isn't the one I clicked on. What am I doing wrong?

HELP!!

Thanks SYDHIKER (talk) 12:56, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Your message concerning List of serial killers

hello, I have seen that you have reinstated the original typo, apparently without the slightes research. So I'll explain very extensively: Heidi is a children's book by Johanna Spyri, and Thomas Holst certainly did not kill the leading character of the book. OTOH, 'Heide' is the German word for a heath, and Holst was nicknamed the 'Heath Murderer' (Heidemörder) because his victims were found on or near the heath. So Heidi Mörder is clearly a typo. Let me suggest that, before reverting an edit on the German language, by a German contributor, you might possibly consult with the English and/or the German Wikipedia, or even with Google. Thomas Holst's nickname is told correctly in the English version. Greetz -Zerolevel (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Fine, thanks, I've reinstated your corrections, but note that together with that you've removed a block of the article [28]. Please preview your edits before saving them. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 21:40, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

okay, sorry, I had not seen that. Editing in a table can be trick (for me certainly). -Zerolevel (talk) 22:10, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

alleged vandalism

Approximately a week ago, my user was unfairly blocked for supposedly committing vandalism, but the only thing I did was write someone's exact date of birth and nothing more, I pray that this injustice is not repeated again Hola sectáreos32 (talk) 22:22, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Hola sectáreos32: To which blocked user do you refer? Hundreds get blocked every day. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Hola sectáreos32: Now you have two accounts ? - FlightTime (open channel) 22:33, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

I only have one account, the other times I log in it is with my IP, without logging in Hola sectáreos32 (talk) 22:42, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

(Redacted) Hola sectáreos32 (talk) 22:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

P._Rajagopal_(businessman)

P. Rajagopal (businessman) Is a convicted murderer, the sources are further down in the article (P._Rajagopal_(businessman)#Life sentence for murder). I made the same mistake you did just looking at the edit change Shaws username (talk) 07:19, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Sure, but what is the source for Pitchai? Materialscientist (talk) 07:23, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Oh I'm sorry, you're totally right. I got so fixated on the murderer part I didn't stop to consider the name, my bad. Shaws username (talk) 07:27, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

warning on pigs being stunned thru carbon dioxide video reverted

Atleast I found it disturbing to see pigs screaming. I believe many would as well. Why was the warning removed? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inert_gas_asphyxiation&diff=1202019319&oldid=1198867093

and how was it vandelism? 103.82.123.138 (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:South African writers by genre has been nominated for merging

Category:South African writers by genre has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 20:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

u changed my edit!! that was mine!! Dnaile mrbonez (talk) 05:46, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Checkuser Request

Hello, @Materialscientist. Thank you for protecting the page “Gary Allen (runner).” As you are aware, this article is a biography of a living person. I am the subject of the article. As you are also likely aware, this article has been recently subjected to presumed vandalism, sockpuppetry, and disruption. These presumed bad-faith edits seem to have been made by at least three different users — one anonymous, and two with usernames (“Mainewaynews” and “MaineDomesticViolence”). I am reaching out to you as a checkuser to try to determine if these two accounts are possibly related, both geographically and/or electronically, in your opinion? Is it possible for you to share the related IP address/es? Thank you for your time and assistance. Have a nice day. Garyallen262 (talk) 14:03, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Garyallen262: I saw your message here this morning and I think you've caught Materialscientist when they will be offline for a bit, so I had a look myself (I'm also a checkuser). Checkusers are not permitted to reveal details about any user's nonpublic technical info, so no I can't tell you where the accounts edit from nor their IP addresses, I can only tell you in vague terms we call "findings" whether the private info I see supports a connection. Mainewaynews and MaineDomesticViolence are  Likely - that means they're probably the same person. I'm going to start a sockpuppet investigation for this so we can keep track of their activity. When this link turns blue you can check it for more information. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 14:31, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ivanvector. Thank you very much for taking the time to look into this. I appreciate your time and assistance. Have a nice day. Thank you. Garyallen262 (talk) 14:37, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps revoke TPA on IP?

Hi, you may want to revoke talk page access for 207.172.119.199 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) based on their activity after you blocked the IP for 6 months. Skynxnex (talk) 15:12, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I got it.... - UtherSRG (talk) 15:17, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Please block IP 63.115.31.130

Hey Mateiralscientist. On Wikimedia Commons, I keep getting alerts from this IP and all of the accounts he creates on my Wikimedia Commons talk page doing personal attacks on me. Please block the IP and all accounts he creates on Wikimedia Commons. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 18:58, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. He got blocked for racist statements. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 19:28, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Materialscientist. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. TrottieTrue (talk) 02:27, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Toby Keith

His official website is reporting that he died February 5. I do not have the time to deal with the current flood of edits, but it is true. Cullen328 (talk) 08:52, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

My protection was not about the fact of his death, but about awkward and unsourced IP edits. Materialscientist (talk) 08:54, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Santadas Kathiababa Article Development

Santadas Kathiababa Article Development This article is the chief Indian cleric of followers of Nimbarka Sampradaya of Hinduism 58.145.184.246 (talk) 09:10, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

What template are you using on this User_talk page?

Hi! What template did you use on User_talk:Ender18686 ? I like the text that is there and would like to post the same thing on a user's talk page when I see an issue with original research. Thank you for the work you do. - Dyork (talk) 11:10, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

If you edit the template text, you will often find the template name as a hidden comment, {{uw-nor1}} in this case. Materialscientist (talk) 11:12, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Brigadier Gerard

Hi Materialscientist I have removed the items I believe where a source would be required while I gather the relevant source information and learn how to include it. I hope this helps? I will not add further items where a source would be required. Brigust (talk) 10:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply] If there are items where a source would be required but I have overlooked them would you please let me know what they are? Brigust (talk) 10:40, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply] I have all of the newspaper articles for the applicable races but do not know how to add them to the references section. Can you help and advise please? Brigust (talk) 10:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC) Brigust (talk) 11:26, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Is this the right place to ask?

Requesting sanctions against APTuviera Loser, which you just blocked began yelling in foreign language in their talk page and is repeating it for 10 minutes. I'm new to using gadgets, so I don't know where do I request talk page edit revokement. Thanks. AlphaBetaGammsh (talk) 11:55, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Done. Yes, it is the right place. Materialscientist (talk) 11:57, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

deletion of File:Chloe4carasVMFA, Richmond, VA.jpg

Dear Materialscientist:

I just noted that the 4 faces of Chloe composite I photographed with a Galaxy S7 and edited in Serif was deleted 19 Nov 23 upon a 12 Nov 23 recommendation. But I do not find the reason?

Thanks for your help.

GlennRayUSA 2600:4040:11E7:AD00:ADF8:35E7:62B0:2549 (talk) 18:11, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

See here. The reason hinges on the concept of "freedom of panorama", which in this case means that we need permission from the sculpture author to keep those photographs on Commons. Materialscientist (talk) 21:20, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Unsure what to do at a promotional edit

Hi! Saw you online and figured I'd poke my head in. A new user (likely with a COI) removed a redirect over at Wildlife Conservation International and has filled the article with blatantly promotional content.

Would it be appropriate to blank and restore the original redirect? Thanks! Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 05:07, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Please Lock Bigg Boss Kannada (Season 10) Pagr

Hi Materialscientist, there are so many unknown users changing the context of Bigg Boss Kannada (season 10) page with unsourced data. Please lock the page for few days or months. Pawan Sparkle Pawan Sparkle (talk) 12:29, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Pawan I have left you a message. Because there were many issues with the table before

first as bigg boss and big brother are the same franchise we don’t add re-entered and entered in bigg boss nomination table. 2A02:6B68:10:4E00:91B6:27FC:2DF4:DE83 (talk) 17:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

In housemates rows. 2A02:6B68:10:4E00:91B6:27FC:2DF4:DE83 (talk) 17:36, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

I corrected the spelling of someone's name FFS!!

Cosmonaut Titov's first name is spelled "Gherman" NOT "German".

Why TF did you revert that? Haven't you go better things to do?

Get a life! T. Tuttt (talk) 02:57, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:59, 8 February 2024 (UTC)