User talk:Materialscientist

• If you came here because I reverted your unsourced change, cite your references in the article you edited; there is no use bringing them here.
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Hey, please explain why you removed my edits, how do you know that Triotech didn't make The Ride 7D?

Freedom of speech

My edits were correct freedom means unlimited and a right is not unlimited 47.189.239.148 (talk) 21:47, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

I was not trying to vandalize anything I wrote a summary of why I edited it 47.189.239.148 (talk) 21:49, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Page on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

I noticed that you had reverted my changes to the page. It was based on a recent article- and is cited at the top of that section. Hope you've reapproved my changes 103.70.82.61 (talk) 07:07, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

User talk:John Chandler (Jr)

Blocked-user is now making (barely covered) legal threats. 10mmsocket (talk) 14:32, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

103.81.215.177

This user id named 103.81.215.177 is constantly vandalising many of my edits in wikipedia from differential calculus, history of botany, embryology, quadratic formula,atomism and sridhara pages.Please can you block him David dclork li (talk) 15:22, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

I know I'm not Materialscientist, but you should place a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism instead. Cheers! // 🌶️Jalapeño🌶️ Don't click this link! 07:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Syntax correction request

Hello Materialscientist, I'm correcting a tracked syntax error on Wikipedia called the Tidy Font bug*, and one of your protected pages has 7 of these errors, and some other WP:Lint issues. Would you be willing to make the following changes to User:Materialscientist/Awards?

Since there are multiple minor changes, I've done them in my sandbox here. Your current page copied in full on left, proposed changes on right.

These changes correct the tidy font bugs, obsolete tags, a few missing end tags within signatures, and some bogus/contradictory image options.

If these changes meet your approval, just edit the newer version, copy the full page and replace all on User:Materialscientist/Awards.

If you have any issues with the proposed change, we can talk.

(*Tidy font bug is when links are written in the <font>[[link]]</font> format with the color specified outside of the link. Browsers don't agree on how to display the colors for this with some browsers displaying with the specified colors, and others defaulting back to the standard link blue.)

Thank you, Zinnober9 (talk) 16:42, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Tidy font issues addressed, other, lower priority issues skipped for now. Zinnober9 (talk) 20:00, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Azaad (TV channel)

Please revert the edits of Azaad (TV channel) by user Nowtype.he added wrong information and changed the channel name 2405:204:5307:CCCB:0:0:133C:F0B0 (talk) 12:58, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Viva La Independencia De México

Hi Materialscientist. You just blocked User:Viva La Independencia De México. There's a sockpuppet account: User:Viva El Imperio Mexicano. Could you help them along as well? See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Viva La Independencia De México. Thanks, Grachester (talk) 05:38, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Grachester (talk) 06:21, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Will check. You wrote that 2 minutes before I've blocked them. Telepathy? Materialscientist (talk) 06:23, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

I think you made a mistake here ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noam%20Yacoov&diff=1155836024 2603:7000:2101:AA00:C0C7:5481:7577:454A (talk) 23:46, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Indeed, fixed. Materialscientist (talk) 23:49, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Can I trouble you to look at an issue impacting multiple articles, where conversation with an editor has failed? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vanished_user373257&action=edit&section=79 He just reverts, without a rational reason. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:C0C7:5481:7577:454A (talk) 23:52, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

• • For example in these ..

18:38, 4 May 2023 diff hist +306‎ Khakassian State University ‎ Undid revision 1153177598 by 2603:7000:2101:AA00:F856:8AC1:7D50:8371 (talk) Tags: Undo Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

18:37, 4 May 2023 diff hist +603‎ Kabardino-Balkarian State University ‎ Undid revision 1153177336 by 2603:7000:2101:AA00:F856:8AC1:7D50:8371 (talk) current Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

18:37, 4 May 2023 diff hist +3‎ Innopolis University ‎ Undid revision 1153176921 by 2603:7000:2101:AA00:F856:8AC1:7D50:8371 (talk) current Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

These edits of yours were reinstated. Yes, that user is sometimes clumsy with WP:RCP, but they seem to respond [1], and they haven't edited in a while. Materialscientist (talk) 00:36, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Courtesy notification

FYI following your recent revert at PowerWord - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iran0921. Thanks. 10mmsocket (talk) 11:58, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

IP hostility

Hi. I see you've reverted the hostile talk page edits of 72.234.109.219, which has been a vandalism-only account. The user has also just recently edited my talk page with hostility. I was going to report it for vandalism, but given the nature of the account and their harassment, please consider a block, which they themselves asked for. Lapadite (talk) 16:05, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Michael Bamberger image has broken sizing. Is your revert responsible

When I looked at the page, the image was clearly way too large and broke past the normal bounds (even into the outline on the left-hand side), with the only part of the giant image even visible being to the right of his face (and thus mostly consisting of the background). I was surprised nobody had fixed it. I looked at the history to see what edit might have mistakenly caused this and saw that someone had converted it to a thumb, but you reverted it. Is it possible it displays differently in your browser than others? The current state is clearly unsatisfactory. 208.59.185.238 (talk) 17:47, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Bigsuss

Holy goodness, that was a quick block. Cheers! // 🌶️Jalapeño🌶️ Don't click this link! 07:50, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Bailalbhatti221

I would just like to point out <this> talk page edit they did after your block, in case you think they should lose talk page perms. 2804:F14:80BB:A301:4DDD:2D5F:D96B:A800 (talk) 08:01, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

How to unprotect any article

I'm new comer i read lot's of articles to create articles and etc by love to start with problem solving so please suggest how to unprotect any article which is protected by editors. G20norms (talk) 19:45, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker), the easiest way is to request at Request for Page Protection and click Request Unprotection. From your Teahouse posts, I suspect you're talking about Ankit Kumar Pandey which was protected after being recreated over and over. There's a draft article, so unprotection of the main article is unlikely. Instead, you should work on improving the draft which is here- Draft:Ankit Kumar Pandey. Once it's been improved, it can be submitted for review. If it's accepted, they will work with an admin to get the protection removed so the draft can be moved over. The article right now has tone that's very much promotional that needs to go, plus sourcing issues. The image is a copyright violation. There's quite a bit of work needed. Ravensfire (talk) 20:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Sir,

Please help me out to improve it Please suggest what are the contents are seems promotional and sourcing issues Please help to improve it. G20norms (talk) 21:32, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Here's a cute kitten

You have contributed a lot and done so really well. 👌 Very cool!

Hello, I'm Xan! (talk) 00:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

TPA

Please revoke TPA from user:Pepperide. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 10:16, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

FYI, (70.95.77.186)

Thanks for that block. It seems like mass attacks with open proxy usage has been on the rise lately. There have been some prolific vandals that have resorted to utilizing proxies to mass attack articles all at once, so I've been checking the connections of some of them against VPNGate/SoftEther and ipqualityscore (although 70.95.77.186 was just a run-of the mill vandal that I just so happened to randomly check). Unfortunately, the server certificate expiration date isn't public information (you have to connect to the VPN yourself and then open the connection settings in order to see that information), so you'll just have to take my word for when it expires :-). Anyhow, just FYI... 73.67.145.30 (talk) 05:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

U. Rajesh

Can you semi-protect this page again for a much longer duration this time? IP socks of blocked User:Sreenivasanan are long-term edit warring at the article. Thanks. 73.67.145.30 (talk) 06:12, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Already protected for 3 years. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 11:39, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

First India News Rajasthan

Hello, Materialscientist,

Why do you delete articles like this as CSD G5, that have been around for years and had so many other contributors besides the page creator sockpuppet? It seems to go against our policy. We don't delete articles that have substantial contributions from editors other than the sockpuppet. There were a number of articles like this tonight. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:48, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Like Patrika TV. This had one edit by a sockpuppet and many, many other edits by regular contributors. There was no reason to delete this article along with all of its redirects. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:55, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for comments. Virtually all additions to First India News Rajasthan are from three sockpuppet accounts. Patrika TV was earlier deleted in AFD - it was turned into a redirect, which I have restored. Materialscientist (talk) 07:14, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Hey

why did you revert my edits? ScratJitZu (talk) 15:36, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

User:Kman8656

I'm requesting to block this username from editing for persistent vandalism. 46.8.172.178 (talk) 19:58, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Already indefinitely blocked by Ingenuity. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 16:27, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Unblock request of JalvinWiki

I'm reviewing an unblock request for this editor, who was (quite correctly) blocked last November for various forms of disruption. It looks like they actually have made some effort to understand what the problems were, so would you object to a "last chance" unblock here? Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 22:30, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Unblocking JalvinWiki is fine with me. Materialscientist (talk) 22:34, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about that

I didn't know this was possible. — SamX [talk · contribs] 06:29, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

About revert my remove

If you think I removed some content and need to revert my remove, then why didn't you add back the content I removed instead of removing even more content? I see you edition is to remove even more and did not add back anything I removed.=Lijing1989 (talk) 07:58, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Kodikaal Vellalars

kodikaal vellalars does not belong to chozhia vellalar. 27.5.140.225 (talk) 10:29, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

112.206.251.58

This IP Address is vandalising articles, and I'm requesting to block this IP Address. 46.8.172.178 (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

This IP Address was blocked for 48 hours by PhilKnight. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 11:38, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

83.137.6.232

83.137.6.232 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Could you block this open proxy? Thanks. 73.67.145.30 (talk) 17:01, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked for 1 year by ToBeFree. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 11:37, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

User talk:WacoBell

Could you please look at their block. They claim to have abandoned the previous/other account. Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:53, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

OK to unblock? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:34, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

No big deal, but. They have accumulated warnings and a 24 h block by Daniel Case as Sirhewlett, and created WacoBell without marking it as an alternate account. WacoBell kept the same editing style, got reported to AIV [2], and this is how I've blocked them. I don't see them discussing their editing behavior that resulted in the AIV report and two blocks. Materialscientist (talk) 21:54, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:06, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

hello.

Can you tell what Wikipedia was like in the early 2000s? Was it much less filled with editors back then? 97.124.236.235 (talk) 15:23, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

TjinHGek

I'm requesting to block this username from editing for unexplained content removal on X (2022 film). 46.8.172.178 (talk) 18:43, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked indefinitely. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 16:30, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

REMOVING CONTENTS

@Materialscientist Hi, user @Brlob (Central Auth) is heavily removing contents in pages about countries in the name of reference. Advised them to use maintainance templates such as "citation needed", etc but they won't listen and keeps on doing the same thing. Before I discovered, another user already warned them but won't listen. Would be good if you find a better way to advise them so that they stop or they should find a better way such as leaving templates behind. See their contributions here. Thanks. Tumbuka Arch^★_★^★ 07:57, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

User 78.169.246.5

Hi Materialscientist, can you hide the following diff links 1 2 3 and this edit summary please. That would be great. Regards --WikiUser1234945-- (talk) 09:10, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

@--WikiUser1234945--

yes Usmanmg01 (talk) 23:57, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism only account

Hi Materialscientist, could you give a token suspension to this nuisance? Sweetpool50 (talk) 10:10, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 10:34, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Message to Meterialscientist

Hello, that user that attacked you I've been telling you about is again attacking me with his "language" on discussion of Wikiproject Politics/Political parties. What should I do? Thank you ThecentreCZ (talk) 20:02, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Perhaps you can file a report at ANI. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 16:51, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

ReferenceExpander

Just a friendly heads-up in case you weren't already aware, since it's installed on your common.js: Careless use of ReferenceExpander has caused serious problems. It's currently at MFD, and a large cleanup project is underway to repair the citations damaged by the script. I and several other users have !voted that the script be deleted or disabled, and I wouldn't recommend using it at all unless you thoroughly check every reference it modifies against the previous revision. If you're interested in a more detailed explanation of the script's issues, Folly Mox has provided an excellent summary at the MFD. — SamX [talk · contribs] 05:06, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

TPA revoke for User:Prodraxis is homophobic

Please see page history, as they are abusing the unblock request template. Heart ^(talk) 11:58, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

It has already been done by another admin, thanks! Heart ^(talk) 12:23, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

TPA

Could you please revoke talk page access for the user Salebot14, whom you blocked in April 2023? Instead of appealing their block, they've been abusing their talk page with garbage posts. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:36, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) All set. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:40, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks very much, ScottishFinnishRadish. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:41, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

EgyptAir flight 804

aint no way you reverted my edits I really found out 94.128.157.172 (talk) 11:30, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

ANI notice

Re IP edits to radio station articles. [3]. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:23, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

The Carly Rae Jepsen vandalism

Hi, just wanted to warn you that there seems to be one earlier account, in March, doing a similar thing to what happened today (though I can't confirm since it's been revdelled). Just thought I'd let you know. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 01:29, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry for my misclick on a block. This goes earlier to Zaltano (talk · contribs), and maybe even earlier. Materialscientist (talk) 02:03, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Nah, it's a badge of honor to be blocked by you. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 02:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

69.115.104.232 (Unicorn Vandal)

you need to block this IP indefinitely. They THINK that Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is not an adult animation when it IS. Williams Street or no Williams Street, if it's on Adult Swim, it's technically adult animation. And now look whats happened, editing on that article has been disabled because of this vandal. I want them blocked immedaitely! Visokor (talk) 08:15, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Just a heads up, I have responded to a similar comment on my talk page at User talk:Aoidh#69.115.104.232 (Unicorn Vandal). I protected the page in lieu of blocking to hopefully encourage talk page discussions from both sides of that dispute, and also because it wouldn't have just been the IP that I would have blocked. - Aoidh (talk) 10:16, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

TPA

You blocked the IP 94.245.131.240 and they are doing all kinds of crazy stuff on their talk page. Probably need talk page access revoked... --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 12:39, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) All set. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:41, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 21:07, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

If the access to talk page was disabled, a blocked user would not be able to read it. Only the ability to edit the talk page has been disabled. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 07:03, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Makanpropertyseo

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:04, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Block evasion

Special:Contributions/222.99.77.65 and Special:Contributions/2001:2D8:215:1A19:0:0:2E57:E0A0 are both the same person evading your block of Special:Contributions/221.153.58.187. Same unsourced changes to train articles and reverts of your reverts. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:47, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Block this IP from editing his talk page

Please block 212.19.71.196 from editing his talk page due to personal attacks. Thank you. Timothytyy (talk) 08:33, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Al done, but his talk page is protected, meaning that ability to edit talk page after June 14 should also be disabled until block for this IP Address has been expired. 178.95.99.242 (talk) 11:35, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Frenchteck

They're still spamming on their talk page after you blocked them. You may want to revoke TPA. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 09:53, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Ayaz Sheikh

It's on my watch so I've been seeing you play whackamole for the last hour. Can't help but laugh, TBH... Best of luck! Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Also, thanks for the 86.98.24.99 block - a very annoying sock of a blocked user (Mind, I'd bet they'll be back in 31.1 hrs to start again)... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:02, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Aaaand here we go again... [geography redlinks & subdivisions from a new IP of Jad Krimeed] Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:57, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Temporary IP unban request for Edit-a-Thon

Hello,

I'm a librarian at the San Diego Public Library and we're doing an Edit-a-thon on [https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/wikipedia-edit-thon-summer-sessions-1 June 26th] and [https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/wikipedia-edit-thon-summer-sessions-0 July 31st] (links to web calendar page). We share our IPs with a university, high school, and have public access computers, so it's perfectly reasonable to have us blocked regularly. Because of that, I'm asking for a temporary lift of the IP [137.164.0.0/16]. (That's what comes up when I try and use the public computers here to create a new account.).

While I ask for our patrons to make new accounts before attending, some of our patrons lack computer access at home or drop in on the day of.

Hopefully this isn't too much of an inconvenience for you. I 100% understand why our IP is banned and why these requests are necessary.

Thank you for your time, --SDPLPauline (talk) 19:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

TrainingLaura

Hi MS. Please see.[4] Going by User talk:TrainingLaura, it seems more than likely legit. I'd be inclined to unblock. Over to you.. thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 11:55, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Unblocked, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 22:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Paleyerrs and their socks

From their behavior, I believe Paleyerrs, Modsdryad2 and Dumprebut are socks of Lithuaniaball2 (LTA case here). This edit is what tipped me off. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 10:12, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 10:31, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Meanwhile I've reported more socks at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lithuaniaball2. Can you take a look if possible? -- Prodraxis^talk_contribs 00:05, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Request for intervention at Havyaka Brahmins

As I wrote on User:Rodw's talk page, the above article was in a mess and I cleaned it up and Wikified it but as I stepped away, the user who was responsible for the article being in a bad shape in the first place (User:Bhavana 777) came back to undo my edits. I have undone that user's edits for now but unlike at Wiktionary, I don't have admin privileges here so I have no way to ensure that user won't come back for an edit war.

A closer look at the person's talk page shows that the user was warned and blocked by you in the past for bad edits to the very same article in question. I think further action is warranted. -- Pulimaiyi (talk) 11:10, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've indefinitely blocked them from that page, which is the only article they've ever edited. Almost went with a full nothere block. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:20, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, ScottishFinnishRadish, you've beaten me to it. Materialscientist (talk) 11:22, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Well, that page was vandalised again and judging by the content, there is no doubt about the fact that the user who did it (User:Pramod 666) is the same user in question. -- Pulimaiyi (talk) 13:14, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contribs/5.214.226.87

Hello. Thank you for blocking this vandal. Since the contents of his edits include blatant antisemitic incitements, I believe that hiding/deleting these revisions should be considered too. Regards, Guycn2 (talk) 01:42, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Why

Why are your blocks so long your not supposed to do that make them like a week please WONKAKlD (talk) 11:02, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

(Peeking over the fence) WONKAKlD - At Teahouse you accused Materialscientist of long blocks on a person you know who does not have an account, and you did not provide an IP address. You should be aware that an appropriate administrative response is often an indefinite block, meaning that the only recourse for the blocked person is to appeal the block with specifics on how their behaviour will be different going forward. It all depends on how grevious the offence was. M's blocks range from 31 hours to indefinite. David notMD (talk) 11:28, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Ok sorry but why block people for months I mean if it’s horrible I understand WONKAKlD (talk) 16:58, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) You have no right to edit here. Why should we, the established community, put up with vandals? Chris Troutman (talk) 17:08, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

what are you doing there? you want me to request your de-adminship?

why did you undo ALL of my edits? 2.86.206.211 (talk) 09:28, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Playboi Carti 24

Hi.

Last month you checkuser-blocked this account. Was this a sock of English Patriot Man?

Beyond My Ken (talk) 15:50, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

It is an LTA, but I don't know the master. They were editing from an open proxy. Materialscientist (talk) 21:36, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:03, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Long term BLP vandal (2601:40B:0:B470::/64) #2

Hello.
I had previously reported this long term vandal to you(<permalink>) and you blocked them for 1 month:

• 2601:40B:0:B470::/64 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · block user · block log)

Turns out, that wasn't enough to convince them to stop, as they have once again done the same "this person was in a relationship with <recurring name>" vandalism on the 17th (<diff>). I have unfortunately only noticed the edit today.

The IP range in question has only had that one edit since their block ran out on (presumably on the 1st of this month). Would this be sufficient to block them again?
– 2804:F14:80B3:CB01:9C5E:86B:78D9:3A49 (talk) 13:53, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Reblocked. Materialscientist (talk) 20:57, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Ty – 2804:F14:80B3:CB01:46F:2F3D:F472:D3C9 (talk) 21:52, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Fuel cell

An IP recently made this change. I don't know enough to be sure, but I am guessing that the text was previously implying that, although Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell in 1952, the first commercial use was actually the alkaline fuel cell, first used by NASA in the 1960s (more than a century after Grove's invention). Can you please take a look? -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:43, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Amaauto

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 09:18, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

File:Edwin McMillan Nobel.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Edwin McMillan Nobel.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Felix QW (talk) 07:05, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Why did you block me from editing?

Hello, Materialscientist.

I would like to know why you blocked me from editing. I did nothing but you STILL BLOCKED ME! I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DID THAT. XPLAYZGDFBG (talk) 15:14, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I can't find that you were blocked from editing because your block log doesn't say that you were blocked from editing. 2A02:2378:104D:6E72:0:0:0:1 (talk) 17:46, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Probably a sock of someone. I find it funny when socks go on checkusers' pages on alt accounts to ask why they were blocked. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 21:07, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Changed a caption

We have very good reference (page 74) that this was the second telescope Newton made, not the first. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 18:46, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I've missed that. I trusted the image source page from the Science Museum. Materialscientist (talk) 21:52, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

91.75.10.163

Sock of Jad Krimeed, could have sworn got a 31 hour block or somesuch but I can't find it for some reason. In any case, up to the same old geography stuff, creating redlinks all over the place, wholly unhelpful edits. Sorry to bother you with it... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:48, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Do you not think it would be common courtesy to at least tell people why you have blocked them.

When you are blocking new users, which I’m sure you spend a lot of your time doing, do you not think it would at least be common courtesy to say why you have blocked them? I understand that this may take a few seconds of your time, but it would be extremely helpful and kind. When I was blocked, I felt ignored and looked down upon, and it took me many days of navigating the lengthy pages of Wikipedia policy to find out the actual reason that I had been blocked. It also comes off as extremely blunt and oppressive when you block somebody with absolutely no explanation. I believe this sort of behaviour from moderators is responsible for the decline- or stagnation- in the number of Wikipedia editors. In fact, since my blocking I have barely edited Wikipedia at all.

After all, the police must tell you why you are being arrested, when they arrest you, so why should you not have to explain your decision to permanently end the editing career of a potentially helpful future Wikipedian. 222Boarbit78 (talk) 22:35, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @222Boarbit78: What do you call this ? Placed there almost 3 months ago. - FlightTime (open channel) 22:42, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Yet another case of banner blindness. It seems kids these days don't read. There's also the arrogant attitude coming from an unaccomplished n00b, pretending to be a "potentially helpful future Wikipedian". Wikipedia is a website having been run by volunteers for twenty years but you wouldn't know it from the internet denizens washing up upon our shores. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:45, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Chris, I am completely aware that the reason for my block was hidden within the banner, which I absolutely did read. However, it was not clearly stated and it was clearly copy and pasted, which is undeniably blunt and impersonal.

as someone who was devoted their life to Wikipedia, I am sure that you feel that you and the “established community” could run the entire site perfectly well by yourselves, and although you may not be completely wrong it is undeniable that the large number of less devoted users on the site contribute hugely to accuracy and information on Wikipedia.

Also, I fail to see how it is arrogant to suggest that I could potentially become a helpful future Wikipedian. In fact, I believe that it came off as pretty humble, and I also think that it’s time that you realised that any useful edit to Wikipedia, no matter how small, is undeniably helpful. So therefore I have already been helpful (even if I lack the devotion to spend thousands of hours of my life on this site).

All I was asking for is that established editors like yourself and material scientist could potentially be slightly kinder and more helpful in the future, rather than being blunt, rude dismissive and off-putting. 222Boarbit78 (talk) 23:03, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

@222Boarbit78, I'm sorry you found it blunt, rude, dismissive, and off-putting. It was created from a template, Template:Uw-ublock, which we use because it makes giving such notifications easier (as many such notifications are needed daily), but it can indeed feel a little impersonal. We do what we can to make them feel less so. You might want to go to Wikipedia talk:Template index/User talk namespace and discuss how to communicate it more kindly. Valereee (talk) 23:48, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You were provided with a very detailed reason for the soft username block, which included why you couldn't have "bot" in your username. All you had to do was to change the name, which you apparently did (unless Cabayi just changed the "o" to "i" - did you notice that?). What is the problem? If you're so interested in being a productive contributor, it's time to move on. Acroterion (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

I changed my own username. 222Boarbit78 (talk) 23:04, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

A block does not "permanently end the editing career" of anyone, otherwise you would not be posting now. 331dot (talk) 22:50, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

58.182.61.102

Hello, I know you are very diligent with these types of blocks, in the past few days this IP has vandalised 4-5 pages, and it's quite clear that they aren't here to build a Wikipedia. They are on their 4th and last warning, I think they may vandalise again, soon, so I just wanted to make you aware for a future block. 多多123 09:33, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Series of good-faith reverts in the field of systems science

Hi Materialscientist, this morning in good faith I made a series of reverts (see here) in line with two mayor earlier reverts (not by me), see here and here, where the removals of User:Carchasm where described as "Vandalism."

In the week before User:Carchasm made over 100 similar edits in the field of systems (see here (search the for term "system" gives 127 hits in 100+ edits), starting with his assumption/framing on 16 June 2023 see here, that the Systems theory article is a HOAX. In the mean time he prod-ed a series of articles and wanted the Wikiproject Systems to be deleted.

Most of those 100+ contributions have been reverted on dozens of places after several discussions, partly by himself. But a series of his earliest questionable edits remained. Now @Kvng: more or less asked for a listing, see here, and earlier offered to review them. With this series of revertes more or less such a list is created.

Now I am sorry for these indirect anom edits, of which I was aware that a Geolocate trace could have pointed into my direction anyway. These where made in this way due to a hard-needed Wikibreak, which I need to continue. In my opinion none of these reverted edits should have been made in the first place, without any consent.

Now I also struggled with the edit summary, because I wouldn't call those edits vandalism, but there seem to be a form of fundemental misunderstanding and serious misjudgement, see for example also here and here. Now my question here is if you could reconsider your assessment of this series of reverts as disruptive editing. Thanks, and again sorry for the inconvenience. -- Mdd (talk) 11:42, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm also willing to vouch that these IP reverts weren't disruptive editing. @Mdd: if you want to re-make them to re-establish the status quo, I don't have any objections at this time. - car chasm (talk) 17:10, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Open proxies

175.214.244.116 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
39.124.208.106 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Could you block these open proxies. All of their edits will need to be reverted en mass as well. Thanks. 2601:1C0:4401:F60:6827:5D38:B000:A130 (talk) 03:16, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Kindly check out what's happening on the Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah history page:

The history page[5] got systematically spammed by an account with endless unimportant 'tiny edits' making it difficult for other users to follow that section with such unnecessary spamming that could have been done in a far lesser steps, so what's the point of such spam other than corrupting the article's revision history section.

In the course of their mass-spamming, another user noticed their disruptive editing more than once and alerted them to their manipulation and misuse of "sources". [6] [7]

Yet they once again removed a far more reliable source that addressed the exact subject of the article [Islamic Politics, Rulers] and replaced it with a general unrelated source on Arts and Architecture.[8]

156.214.153.28 (talk) 05:20, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Distinguish tag

Is this a correct use of the Distinguish tag? I don't see how the book can be confused with the broader concept? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selp-Helf&diff=1163289081&oldid=1106349133 -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:48, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Edit requests

I see that you were the last person to edit the WikiProject page. Do you have any plans to reboot the project? voorts (talk/contributions) 18:37, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

No. My edit was a revert rather than a message to someone. Materialscientist (talk) 21:22, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

That's my bad for not looking at the edit history more closely. I guess this WikiProject should probably be marked inactive then since the main page hasn't had any substantive edits in the last 6 months. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:48, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for addressing the latest socks of Jinnifer on the horror film article. Just a heads up that they attempted to canvass me on my talk page as well after I reverted their two edits. The IP they used there is 50.93.179.174. Thanks! NJZombie (talk) 00:56, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Finally realized who that is

Just realized that 2607:FEA8:2900:E2E0::/64 == 2607:FEA8:2B20:C7A0::/64, aka CanadianHistorian(MMA & History)^SPI, who added the BLPvio to Soa Palelei in the first place last year and restored it on the latter /64 last month. Sleepy, so haven't checked for rangeblock viability, but thought I'd mention. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 10:35, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked. A proper rangeblock is unlikely, semiprotection should work better. Materialscientist (talk) 10:59, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Windows XP

Hello, dear Materialscientist! How are you today, and can you unprotect this article, please? 2403:6200:8871:789F:84A0:4AC3:7807:670F (talk) 14:38, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Materialscientist is a bot that goes around doxing people for cleaning articles up. 139.216.189.7 (talk) 13:22, 6 July 2023 (UTC)