User talk:Materialscientist

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Hi Materialscientist

The external link you just deleted contains images that much better explains jfet structure and pinch off. Why do you think that's improper?

http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/transistor/tran_5.html

A MSc in electronics

regards

Why won't you allow me to add contributions of Roger Boscovich to atomic theory? Filipz123 (talk) 06:03, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Tony McGuinness

The changes I made are already supported by links that are presently at the bottom of the page! And you can confirm it by going to Above & Beyond's page, or looking them up on iTunes or Google Play! Science Bird (talk) 23:54, 5 February 2016 (UTC)Science Bird

Good Day

Dear Editor,

It came to my attention that my revisions were removed from the Wikipedia page regarding steam locomotive #1225, an operating railroad engine that is based in mid-Michigan. I am sorry that I did not leave any citations, but given that ones currently on the page are questionable, I retyped the known history of the locomotive. This is because it is stated in the article, and is commonly believed by the public, that the construction of the engine was completed on December 6, 1941. This is simply not the case. Not only do I have photographic proof, which I cannot upload due to copyright infringement, but I know many of the people who have the documents that say otherwise. I also know this engine firsthand because I happen to work on it during most weekends! The history I have been handed down on the 1225 and its sister locomotives as well as the railway it worked for has been passed on through 3 generations before me. The fact that Wikipedia has posted the current falsehood of 1225's birth date upsets me in the least because it shows that Wikipedia really isn't for professional use despite the fact that many experts publish and edit on here. That is why I signed up. Specifically to right wrongs that may or may not have been intentional. As such, I will rewrite my entries, but will cite myself as one of the sources because some of the documentation is not published. You can't exactly publish train orders unless they specifically appear in a book. If that is not good enough for you, you can contact the Steam Railroading Institute (the owner of the locomotive) and ask for me directly. Don't feel bad about this mistake as some of our own members believe the rumors, too. Although this could also be from reading the Wikipedia page!

Regards, Nick DeClerg

About That IP You Just Blocked

The vandal IP you just blocked, 58.169.244.234 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) also uses 49.196.6.21 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)), as both IPs' edit summaries are identical, in addition to having identical edits.--Mr Fink (talk) 05:16, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 05:42, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

salute--Mr Fink (talk) 05:56, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

And the same vandal has returned on 1.127.49.85 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))--Mr Fink (talk) 15:21, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

nanotechnology/radiation therapy

theoretically we could manually bind or use nanobots to bind magnetically charged particles to human DNA molecules or even entire cell structures to then be moved and repaired or reshaped via a magnetic 3D-printer, or have the DNA/cells repaired/grown externally and implanted back into the body, this could even be used to erase/replace/add memories to the human brain or to entirely reverse the aging process all the way back to a sperm and egg, theres no limit. also if radiation damages DNA, radiation could also theoretically be harnessed to repair DNA using a radiation 3D-printer. EnergySplitter (talk) 08:10, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the edit

I'll compile list of websites that have references to the Lassa fever case and resubmit

Channar revolt

Hi, Material. I primarily edit Nadar articles. I am here to talk about the recent edits made by Rabtman to the Channar revolt. He has added refs to support his claims. However I doubt the validity of these refs. Rabtman is primarily here to glorify Nair relevant articles(please go through his history). He has inlcuded lines like the nadars were untouchacbles etc. Now this is a very complicated topic. According to Hardgrave and Templeman, leading anthropologists on this topic, the nadars were not untouchables. Some nadars were historically land lords. So the term Nadar today refers to all these different Nadars subcastes. The former status of all these Nadar subcastes were different from each other. So this is something we have to discuss. Most of the lines seem to glorify the Nair community(most of his edits to). I didnt revert his edits. I didnt do anything. Because I am tired of all this. My account is currently used by wife as I am very busy nowadays. Admins do not usually intervene to edit nadar pages. But I have done my best to keep the page as neutral as possible. I actually started editing because a long time ago the page was heavily attacked anti-nadar groups. I think that trend is coming back now. Please go through the recent made by rabtman to the chanar revolt article. He claims that the Nair women were allowed to cover their upper body. This topic has always baffled me. According to the Nair article, the nairs didnt cover their upper bodies(men and women). I would be obliged if you would go through the recent edits made by rabtman to the chanar revolt article. Most of the lines he included do not make sense. I am pretty thorough with this topic. I am willing to help you by providing you whatever info I can(I have the Hardgrave and Templeman book with me). If you are busy please recommend me some other editor who would be interested to edit these pages. I just want these articles to be maintained by neutral editors(Like the Nair article). Thank you for your time. Mayan302 (talk) 09:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Fairhead edit

Fairhead edit - regarding your message - I linked my changes to content containing freedom of information responses received from Department of Culture Media and Sport which are 100% accurate. Please restore edit.

Ban IP Permanently PLEASE

MS, Let's ban this one permanently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.189.227.217 Then we will only have the 10 mobile phone IPs left he uses to destroy articles. Enough is enough already. How can we improve our articles, when we are forced to patrol this guys shit every day? There is no time for idiots like this guy...please.-Thanks-Pocketthis (talk) 17:57, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• I'm sorry MS. I appreciate your help here, but a 30 day block with this sick bastard isn't going to do squat. We are too damn lenient with these vandals. He has NEVER made a contribution here. Everything he has ever typed, on any IP, has been vandalisum.

So what do they have to do to get kicked out of here......"Kill one of us"? There's too much damn time spent policing these repeat offenders. Since this la-de-da attitude toward vandals seems to be the norm here, I'm just never going to revert one again EVER. Count on it. Pocketthis (talk) 00:38, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

IPs are re-assigned, and people change their IPs at will, hence it is wrong to think that by indefblocking an IP we can eliminate a vandal for good - we'll likely hit the next user of that IP instead. And that user could be an organization with thousands of editors. Bottom line, we do not (better say, should not) indefblock IPs. Materialscientist (talk) 00:44, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

• • MS. Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your condolence, however, we are losing too many editors because they waste too much time chasing vandals. It's gotten out of hand. - All the best...Pocketthis (talk) 03:11, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

HELLO....WILL YOU HELP ME TO CREATE ARTICLE ON OUR VILLAGE?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dr._Knowbibek&action=edit&redlink=1

Yeah, scientist? This is a cry for help. Drmies (talk) 17:46, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Wrong time, wrong place - I'm recovering from a nasty flu and got tons of real-life stuff. Sorry, can't help everyone. Materialscientist (talk) 23:17, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Eat more garlic and green onions.--Mr Fink (talk) 23:37, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Its a really nasty one, so cookies work better :-). Materialscientist (talk) 00:10, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

I sympathize, but this village is languishing. Come on MS; don't make me sic ArbCom on you for dereliction of duty. Hope you feel better soon. Drmies (talk) 03:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I was going to sympathize and say Get Well Soon MS but after Mr Fink I am now worried it's vampirism not flu and I don't quite know where I stand on that. But best wishes anyway DBaK (talk) 08:09, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

This surely is a troublesome situation, and this conversation is quite a change from the usual all-business threads on MS's talk page. I wonder if he's doing alright. Do we have a medical professional in the house, one who does mental health as well? Drmies (talk) 16:12, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

tomb emergence snark redacted--Mr Fink (talk) 17:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Get well soon, Mlpearc (open channel) 18:02, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Here's his other IP to ban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/72.54.251.214 Then, after you are done banning this one, he will move to his mobile phones, but at least we can make it a bit more of an inconvenience for him. - Thanks- Pocketthis (talk) 22:23, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 22:27, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you sir....Pocketthis (talk) 00:24, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Question for you...

I've had User:Henrik's talk page on my watchlist for a while (mostly because I forget to clean the watchlist up occasionally). Henrik seems to have disappeared and the old pageview stats tool is out of order. People have posted info all over his talk page about the new tool and where to complain, but more come each day and do not bother to read any of it. User:js recently added another message to inform people, but I was wondering, is there some template or wiki-markup that would keep such a post at the bottom of the page, so that all other posts end up above it? I ask because it is more likely that people will read the bottom of the page, thus answering their questions automatically.

I don't know if such a thing is possible, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask in the hopes of efficiently directing users to the new stats tool.

Thanks. Zaereth (talk) 02:33, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Oh, it looks like js may have figured out a way. Sorry to bother you. Zaereth (talk) 02:42, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Version 2

Can you block version 2 also. Mlpearc (open channel) 02:49, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

 Already done Mlpearc (open channel) 03:01, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Chlorine

Hi Materialscientist, can you please write your opinion here too. Thanks, --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Iraqi man10 sockpuppet

You seem to be the user:Iraqi man10 specialist. Seven hours after you blocked his latest sockpuppet user:Bruskom, the account user:Kordestani was created. Take a look at his contributions. As his new name indicates (Kordestani = kurd), he continues to get involved in pro-kurd edit warring. I am willing to bet a duck that it is him. Tradedia^talk 06:25, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Laura wright (singer)

Hi 'material secuentist',

You changed my page back to the original unedited one yesterday at some point. I am that Laura Wright, I am the singer so I am pretty sure I know what's correct and what isn't. I spent time editing the page so if you could please revert back to the edits I made I would appreciate it. I'm just trying to keep my site updated. Most importantly, you have changed my management details back to the old ones which could be costing me precious time and work.ill check back later today, if you require citation or references that's fine but please ask before reverting or editing pages yourself. Thank you. Laura Laurawrighty (talk) 06:36, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Copy of user page

Hi, I noticed a new user, User:Psychohifi, copied your used page to theirs. I accidentally clicked the 'patrol page', to make things worse. I may report this issue elsewhere in a while if you aren't able to read this. Gap9551 (talk) 01:04, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

They changed their page while I was typing this. Gap9551 (talk) 01:05, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Salomeeaalexandru899

Hey. There's a user named Alexandru and do you mind blocking him to infinite? Because he keeps changing the TriStar Pictures logo on the TriStar Pictures article. --Rod14 (talk) 08:46, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Rod14 why would you do this? Looking at their contributions they do not appear to be blocked at the moment. DBaK (talk) 08:55, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) DBaK But he keeps changing the new TriStar Pictures logo to the 1993 logo saying it's re-current. Please keep an eye out. --Rod14 (talk) 09:26, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

DMX almost died

"Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 08:10, 10 February 2016 (UTC)"

This bitch almost died...why did you lock the page without looking it up http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/10/dmx-s-downfall-from-hip-hop-king-to-the-brink-of-death.html

Hip fracture page edits

Hello, thank you for your previous message. I have added references to our edits on the "Canadian Collaborative Study of Hip Fractures" section on the Hip Fracture page, do let me know if this is now ok.

Thank you!

Hello!

Passing by and saying hello! Mind if i ask, what university did you get your PhD from? Wintery Time on the Grassland (talk) 04:24, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

hi

Hi, Sorry if i disturbed you. I wanted to just inquire about the link which got removed from chromatography page. I value your feedback but the page was exactly related to chromatography hence i had linked to it.

I would appreciate your valuable feedback on the same.

Thank you.

A brief answer is this: there is no evidence that the page you linked brings reliable inormation. Materialscientist (talk) 12:45, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Dry ice

Hi, sorry for removing the "cardice" part, someone had inserted terrible "Encyclopedia Dramatica style" humor at the top of the article and I wanted to remove it, it seems my editing was a little too broad.

Weekender311's attempt to sanitize the Terry Bean article to remove references to his criminal conviction on charges of child molestation.

I am reverting edits made by editor Weekender311 which were intended to sanitize subject Terry Bean's criminal conviction for child molestation. Weekender311 didn't even bother to leave a comment explaining why he removed material from the article. Further, you didn't notice that the citations were already present in the article. Lurie2 (talk) 22:36, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I have also reversed your ham-handed attempt to back up Weekender311's efforts, in which you didn't bother to leave any sort of comment on the Talk page. Contrary to your action, I followed the policy WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, and Discuss). I actually began a discussion on the Talk page. The reality is, this article correctly referred to Terry Bean's criminal conviction, prior to Weekender311's reversion of references to that, also without leaving commentary. Lurie2 (talk) 22:43, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I am adding for the record a notation that Materialscientist is ignoring my challenge to him to actually defend his objections to my inclusion of well-sourced material identifying accused child molester Terry Bean of his crimes, in the article Terry Bean. Evidently, Materialscientist has an interest in watching that page to help people like Weekender311 remove embarrassing and incriminating text about Bean, even though that text is well-sourced and proper. I ask Materialscientist to stop defending child rapists, and people who do their bidding on WP. What interest do you have, Materialscientist, in this matter? Why do you not reply, here and now? Lurie2 (talk) 08:58, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Photosynthetic efficiency

So could you help to know how can a farmer increase the photosynthetic efficiency of a crop in the field???...And which practises can a farmer performe that will aid in increase carbon dioxide level in the field?? Thank you...am wait your reply

Mnofu Protas (talk) 05:08, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

User:Ab3951214

Looks like a spambot. Haven't seen any other "Brain Pills" spammers yet. INeverCry 05:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked, no sleepers on their IP. Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

suggestions for attitude
... you were recipient no. 12 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Bondurant edit

I changed the page to reflect the current city council. I am on the city council and was elected in November 2015. I am also aware of the special census and new population even though youth I could not find a link online for the update. Hawkeye50035 (talk) 15:13, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Question about barefoot

Hello i have a question about Barefoot and one question for you :)

Can you write me for my website http://shoesmonkey.com/ a lets say good article what is barefoot , how barefoot is reflects on health , what can you do about barefoot and how to choose best shoes for barefoot ? If you can i will make a page about that and also i will put link to this page of wikipedia and post big thanks to you as my guest and adviser for barefoot. I will also ask you to put link from my web site on your page of wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot of course when i finish the work on my webpage.

Hope you will answer me fast :)

IP back

Their category-adding IP 81.97.242.72 is back, undeterred. Bring the definition of sanity to mind. --Drmargi (talk) 19:06, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Garry Marshall Cameo Apperances

Garry makes a point to be in the movie, and not a talking character. In Pretty Women he is the street bum. In Runaway Bride he played the position of 1st base.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/you-probably-didnt-know-about-pretty-woman#.ojE583vR9

Guard1193 (talk) 22:57, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Choline

Please verify this information at USDA Nutrient Database. Link is found on Wikipedia page just below nutritional value for this product. Thank you.

Garry Marshall Cameo

Additional Reference For Valentine Days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817230/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Protection requests

Please protect Haman (biblical figure) and Charles Martin (boxer). 2602:306:3357:BA0:2C7C:DB86:7026:2A41 (talk) 23:59, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Both of these articles look like they're being vandalized pretty heavily. I'd submit these requests to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection so that there's visibility to all administrators. This will result in the requests being processed faster than leaving a request to only one person here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:11, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Already did that, but nobody is responding. 2602:306:3357:BA0:2C7C:DB86:7026:2A41 (talk) 00:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries then. Be patient; somebody will process your requests. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:14, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

your school block on 66.87.97.32

Immediately returned to one of the same articles and referenced my undos.[1] Meters (talk) 04:08, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked. It is a busy and mobile IP range, thus hopping is possible, but rangeblocking would cause much collateral. Materialscientist (talk) 04:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I suspect that he'll stop now. Meters (talk) 04:20, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for a tireless Administrator

		The Admin's Barnstar
		You've reached 700,000 total edits. You are an awesome, and dedicated Administrator! Cheers! Boomer VialHolla 04:22, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Keralafootpath

Revoke talk page access as well?--Cahk (talk) 10:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Another one

Hi, concerning this block, this is clearly another IP trying to add a certain "Glenn Quave" to some articles. Was active on Taekwondo too: 104.192.67.50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Cheers - DVdm (talk) 21:53, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

More malicious than you thought

1.136.97.0/24 that you blocked a few weeks ago as a simple anon/"likely school", and American Hi Fi OK Go that you level1 warned today, match all the signs of the LTV Dylan Florida. These keep coming up so often and so obvious and possibly not really curable according to some that I tend to RBI and forget to add to the SPI. Let me know if you want more information. DMacks (talk) 06:14, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

See Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Sevendust Nine Inch Nails - no clues for further action at the moment. Materialscientist (talk) 06:34, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

editor

Reply me Godfreee (talk) 12:01, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Reply me fast Godfreee (talk) 12:02, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

editor

Will plz help me about. How should I edit. Godfreee (talk) 12:03, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

My deconstructive change to N

I'll try to improve and thank you for the suggestion to experiment at the sandbox. Mcpemaestro (talk) 12:08, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Bolivia

Thanks. Regarding the comments about the predominance of Native American Ethnic Background in Bolivia respect to other American countries, info could be checked in the Wikipedia articles about: (Population) Genetics of (South) America, or by searching in: EntrezPubMed, or specialized magazines such as: 'American Journal of Human Genetics', or Nature's: 'European Journal of Human Genetics', or sites as National Geographic's Geno2.0, or FamilyTreeDNA. The information about the Potosi silver mine is a folk tradition in Spain, and size of Potosi town in the past was discussed in Spanish history publications such as: 'Historia16'. One of my relatives was in the same US Army course as Hugo Banzer, where a man who became later minister of war in South Viet-Nam, and an Argentinian officer named Torino were also present. I guess this is enough sourcing, can't tell more about date of this army course, but it was in the 60s or late 50s, I don't want to identify myself that clearly. You may like hearing the song: 'Luz de amanecer', in the album: 'El canto de los poetas revolucionarios', by the group: 'Los Calchakis', the existence of rustic statues in the Potosi mine, representing: 'El tio Jorge', -Uncle George-, identified as Satan, and of: 'Maximón', also known in other Spanish speaking American countries, identified to: 'Judas Iscariot', both statues being given food, tobacco, liquors, is reported in publications from church missionary societies: 'Mundo Negro', 'Misiones Salesianas', and in other non-religious sources. Regards, + salut--Jgrosay~enwiki (talk) 19:30, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Surface tension (Influence of temperature)

Hi, I am Znfrlj. Am only a beginner with editing, but I hope I can contribute my knowledge. The change I made was in my opinion justified . If Tc is critical temperature for water it is surely incorrect now. Please check again. It should be 374°C (674K) not 374K. Best regards

References

Sub Replacement fertility, Societal Collapse, Fermi Paradox

The overcrowding hypothesis is not original research. It can be validated by this official published NIMH article.

http://tomax7.com/HeyGod/misc/MousePopulationStudy.PDF

promet14Promet14 (talk) 04:29, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Andray Blatche

about the things I added recently that you deleted regarding his state and shape, and his stats during the 2015 tournament Source: <http://sports.inquirer.net/193371/blatche-working-hard-to-get-back-in-shape-for-fiba-asia-wars>, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIBA_Asia_Championship#Statistical_leaders>

and here's from the 2014 FIBA World regarding his stats that I added: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup#Statistics> and the results of the games of the said tournament: <http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2014/Philippines#tab=schedules_and_results>

Chechen mafia

Hi. Just noticed you wrote message to me regarding Chechen Mafia article. I deleted part which states alqaeda and mojahedins were allies of Chechen Mafia. Is there any reliable source to back this statement up? Besauri (talk) 17:59, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

NoDongMissileCompany

Dear Editor,

It came to my attention that my revisions were removed from the Wikipedia page regarding NUS, an operating treason group. I am sorry that I did not leave any citations, but given that ones currently on the page are questionable, I retyped the known history of the locomotive. This is because it is stated in the article, and is commonly believed by the public, that the construction of the engine was completed on December 6, 1941. This is simply not the case. Not only do I have photographic proof, which I cannot upload due to copyright infringement, but I know many of the people who have the documents that say otherwise. I also know this engine firsthand because I happen to work on it during most weekends! The history I have been handed down on the 1225 and its sister locomotives as well as the railway it worked for has been passed on through 3 generations before me. The fact that Wikipedia has posted the current falsehood of 1225's birth date upsets me in the least because it shows that Wikipedia really isn't for professional use despite the fact that many experts publish and edit on here. That is why I signed up. Specifically to right wrongs that may or may not have been intentional. As such, I will rewrite my entries, but will cite myself as one of the sources because some of the documentation is not published. You can't exactly publish train orders unless they specifically appear in a book. If that is not good enough for you, you can contact the Steam Railroading Institute (the owner of the locomotive) and ask for me directly. Don't feel bad about this mistake as some of our own members believe the rumors, too. Although this could also be from reading the Wikipedia page!

Regards, Nick DeClerg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.68.213 (talk • contribs)

(talk page stalker) IP, I'm afraid citing yourself will not pass muster - please read about what Wikipedia accepts as a reliable source, and our policy on verifiability. Thanks -- samtar ^whisper 13:29, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

An old block

It looks as if your block of 82.219.37.109 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) was intended to be temporary, not indef. Spotted by User:Zeke Essiestudy.[2]  —SMALLJIM  09:51, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Unblocked, thanks. Some admins indefinitely block some IPs - this is debatable, but there are good reasons in some cases.

Anyway, any indef. block of an IP from my account is a misclick. Materialscientist (talk) 10:17, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Block user:Febumatt. He is showing gross pictures of a butt. 2602:306:3357:BA0:E049:C35E:92D7:EED0 (talk) 21:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

AWB

That had occurred to me the other day when I started, but I'm not sure I agree with it. Largely because I don't see it as "fixing nothing" - I'm cementing a link to Commons in place that will remain when/if the article is moved. That may seem a remote possibility, but it's something I've already come across at least once while doing this, an article (which was moved) tied to a Commons category (which was not). So the article appeared tied to an empty Commons category, but a little digging revealed that not to be the case. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, yes, of course they can. My point is that, using the old template, when one or the other moves the link between them is broken, as long as it's only in use on the page. If the template in use is , then the move itself breaks nothing. And if the link does break then there's some kind of a road map to explain what happened. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:37, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Block user:70.124.133.228 for he is not explaining his changes. 2602:306:3357:BA0:35FE:4761:3FC0:A24A (talk) 01:31, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

PLEASE DO IT.

References

Removal of my edits on Dr Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Mujib Rahman Rahimi, and I am the official spokesperson of the Office of the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. I came across the section on Wikipedia related to the biography and life of His Excellency Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. That section has factual mistakes, and needs to be edited urgently. Please advise me on how to make the correction.

Best regards Dr Mujib Rahman Rahimi Director of Communication & Spokesperson Office of the Chief Executive Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mobile: +93702103333

              +93708400400

Email: mujibr2@hotmail.com

           mujib.rahimi@ceo.gov.af

Website: www.ceo.gov.af Faceebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFGHANCEO Sapedar Palace, Kabul-Afghanistan

Mrahimi1 (talk) 11:31, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

RE: Hello

Hi, I am Osman Erken, one of the digital supervisor of Murat Ülker. My sources come from the wikipedia page of Murat Ülker. So, they are reliable and you made a mistake. İn which way can we publish the knowledge again? Thank you!

Murat Ulker; http://linkedin.com/in/mulker http://twitter.com/Mu_ulker http://facebook.com/mu.ulker http://instagram.com/mu_ulker

User: 124.6.181.216

Hello Materialscientist, I see you have previously warned 124.6.181.216 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for their editing. This IP is again deleting information and altering date formats from various articles, notably today The Rockford Files amongst others. I have reverted these edits, but the IP is ignoring the reverts and giving no reason for their alterations. I will not edit war, but believe that the IP should be stopped in their disruptive behaviour. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 13:11, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Wrestling articles and a persistent SP

Not sure what to do here so, since you helped with an earlier manifestation, I ask you. Yesterday you helped delete a series of articles serially created by a series of confirmed sock puppets of one master. This morning sure enough we are back with Rapitade, Rapitoel and Paritocrabron. So far I've only speedied an article which duplicated one that already existed but that was of course deleted right away. I figure another SPI investigation would be useless since he just moves on - and I do wonder if a more global ban on that IP location would be in order. How does one start that process if indeed it is appropriate.Peter Rehse (talk) 15:18, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

User 195.14.156.21

I have just found several bits of misinformation inserted by user 195.14.156.21 two weeks ago and wondered if you would consider blocking him. He has had a final warning but these examples of vandalism preceded it. I think the insertion of false information into Wikipedia is more damaging than more blatant forms of vandalism. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 21:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 21:11, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Balhae and related

Hi Manchuria as a region now does not exist because it is divided into North East China and Far East Russia. It is useful to make the distinction? Juicebaby (talk) 10:10, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

If you look at the summary paragraph, it says "Manchuria and Primosky Krai". It should either be historical Manchuria, which is now made up of NE China AND Primosky Krai Juicebaby (talk) 10:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Eti_Mine_Works

I am new in Wikipedia editing. I make some changes on "Eti_Mine_Works" because I have been working in this company. Thus, I believe that my update should stay and you would undo.

WP:AIV

Hi, I just wanted to say 'thanks' for the good, quick work you're doing at AIV. I did have one question however; with this block here, is 31 hours mandatory? Or is it a judgement call? (and why "31" hours? It's an... odd number. Seems kinda' random) Cheers - ^theWOLFchild 12:20, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Judgment call; 31 hours because many vandals return in 24 hours, the increment is to shift daily hours. Materialscientist (talk) 20:16, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks again. - ^theWOLFchild 20:25, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

chess master Bwalya

His first name is Gillian not Gillan, FIDE is in error. Sources - player's own scoresheet, articles online http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2013/08/11/gillian-bwalya-at-world-cup/ http://www.chessdom.com/gillian-bwalya-wins-2015-zimbabwe-chess-open-championships/

IP adding (and re-adding) unsubstantiated allegation to Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 16)

Materialscientist, there's been an IP who has been adding text including the clearly inappropriate claim "The final results were said to be rigged." to the article. Each time, the IP comes back under a new address. There have been five attempts to add the information so far, all of them this month:

• Feb. 6, 180.190.67.186 (two edits): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_with_the_Stars_%28U.S._season_16%29&type=revision&diff=703578253&oldid=702932504
• Feb. 7, 180.190.66.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_16)&diff=703711237&oldid=703631710
• Feb. 18, 180.191.111.168: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_16)&diff=705556789&oldid=705154834
• Feb. 18, 180.191.114.16: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_16)&diff=705599149&oldid=705573818
• Feb. 23, 180.191.114.24: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_16)&diff=706458853&oldid=706404814

I've left warning on the respective talk pages of the most recent two IP addresses, and on my reversions of the past three I've made it clear that unsourced and unsupported additions of this nature are not appropriate. Is there some point where a block is appropriate? I guess it would have to be a range block, since the user comes in under a new address each time, and I rather doubt is even aware of my posts to the earlier IP addresses. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:42, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

The IP came back with a completely new address, 222.127.0.183, but the same text. Since it's presumably the same person each time, and it's only the one attempted edit, I doubt it would qualify for semi-protection. Or would it? What's the best approach in this circumstance? BlueMoonset (talk) 15:35, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

And again, but using one of the 180 series: 180.191.111.126. Would appreciate your thoughts on how to deal with this vandal. The article is for a past season, spring 2013, and is not actively being edited. BlueMoonset (talk) 08:46, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

98.183.200.178

please block user:98.183.200.178. 2602:306:3357:BA0:D535:E2BB:57E4:837D (talk) 03:08, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Re: Edit on Niwot High School

Yeah... not really sure what to do for a citation. They haven't bothered to put it on the website yet, but they made a bunch of t-shirts for the teachers and put it on a handful of banners. I bet most of the other students don't even know about it. Jkmartindale (talk) 12:18, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Quantum gravity

Hello,

You recently reverted a deletion I made to the "quantum gravity" article. The reasons for the deletion are explained in detail on that article's talk page, but essentially I deleted content that gave apparently equal weight to an obscure, self-published theory called "causal fermionic systems" as to the established programs of string theory and loop quantum gravity. Probably, reference to the theory ought to be deleted entirely, but it certainly should not be mentioned in the introduction. Would you please restore the deletion. (138.51.113.24 (talk) 17:03, 24 February 2016 (UTC))

User: FlorenceHenderson

I reported this user's name to ARV as being misleading because it is the name of one of the articles (Florence Henderson) that they edited/vandalized but they were blocked before the possible username issue was acted upon. Not sure if this is important enough to report again as they are still under their block. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 18:25, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi my friend

Hi, @Materialscientist sorry for my bad editing, I'm new in wikipedia. Kosovoslovenian (talk) 20:17, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Re. HTSC

Deleting new peer reviewed scientific discoveries is hardly conducive to a free and open society now is it.

Deleted Page

Hi There, I see you deleted the page I created: Binary_to_Base64_Examples. I am admittedly new to creating pages on here, but I think the content I posted was informative, as well as cited and linked. The Data_URI_scheme page has some examples, but I was hoping to expand the Binary_to_Base64_Examples to be a broader example set of Base64 encoding. In your opinion, was the information more suited to the Data_URI_scheme page?

It appeared as original research. Materialscientist (talk) 21:23, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there Enigmastrat, maybe I can interject. I don't remember ever seeing stand-alone "examples" articles on Wikipedia; instead, examples are sometimes included in the articles they are relevant to. In this case, why not simply Base64 (which already has an example)? Keep in mind that to exist as stand-alone articles, pages on Wikipedia generally need to assert and demonstrate notability as stand-alone subjects. Base64 is notable in itself, but its individual aspects, likely including random examples to demonstrate it, are quite conceivably not. Materialscientist may have further thoughts, but that's my take. LjL (talk) 21:24, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand now. I'd like to be able to convey an example of a larger image (as well as some other data) as encoded in Base64 format and didn't want to clutter the main pages. I'll model what I add after what's there and see if I can find some examples that fit the format a little better. Enigmastrat (talk) 21:28, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Change to Zinc article - Mining and Processing section

I re-read the section and I know understand the intent. You can disregard my assertion below; thank you for reverting the error.

I'll grant I don't have a reliable source to site on the subject but I'd like to point out that the formulas as shown don't make sense.

2 ZnO + C → 2 Zn + CO
₂

ZnO + CO → Zn + CO
₂

Where did the CO come from? If the intent is to show a series of reactions, as seems clear from the text, then this fails to do so. It is most likely that the original poster made a type on the original reactions, or that someone changed it eroneously since then. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the relevant reference #85 in the article, The Zinc Handbook. If you do, could you please look up the material and verify that the reactions are as intended?

Request to move an article from sandbox to live, without leaving back links

@Materialscientist: @Nvvchar and I have been working on Pashupatabrahma Upanishad draft. It is in decent shape to be made live. I would appreciate if you would please move it, without leaving links to Nvvchar/sandbox and incorrectly named original file therein. The first draft was created in sandbox with title spelling errors, which I fixed. The title of the sandbox article is okay now. Thank you. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Moved. Materialscientist (talk) 23:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your hard work dealing with vandalism! Marianna251TALK 00:02, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Taokaka's socks

Hey Materialscientist. I just wanted to let you know that this editor User:2602:306:3357:ba0:7d97:633a:1ea5:332f is most certainly a sock of User:Taokaka as well. I'm not sure if (s)he will be able to migrate back to this one, but just thought it'd might help. Boomer Vial^Holla 01:14, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Link spammers

A group of related accounts have been spamming external links to episode videos in several TV show articles over the past couple of hours. These accounts include the following:

• 36.72.53.168 (have now warned twice)
• 36.72.53.77
• 124.35.151.248 (link was corrected by 36.72.53.77)
• Melissa Pugh
• Neil C. Woodward (same article as Melissa Pugh; link was corrected by 36.72.53.77)

One of them replaced an mdy template at the top of the article with their external link.

If there's anything you can do here, it would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I've blocked 36.72.48.0/21 and 124.35.151.0/24, but there is a significant collateral damage on the 36.xxx range. Materialscientist (talk) 06:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. With any luck this will discourage them; I notice that 36.72.53.168 got in one more spam edit less than ten minutes before you did the blocks. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:27, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

They've turned up again today at List of Arrow episodes, this time just using account names: "Well sevanew" and "Kelvin M. Miller31", following up on an earlier attempt under 36.72.53.168 prior to your rangeblock. (I see that I also missed an IP who posted before 36.72.53.168: 216.169.108.200.) BlueMoonset (talk) 15:49, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Also "Patrick M. Ricketts25896", from about half an hour ago, on two of the other articles that were targeted in my first report. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:52, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked, but they used proxies and will keep coming. Materialscientist (talk) 22:46, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

For what it may be worth, watchtvshownow.ml, movietv.biz, touchhere.ml, viewhd.me, and tvhd.online have been added to the Wikipedia:Spam-blacklist. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 23:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, this may help. In the past, such spammers were sometimes adding redirects to their websites, to extend the range of domains and bypass our filters. We'll see. Materialscientist (talk) 23:23, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Brad Stephenson sock

• Realmccoy13 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Pretty obvious, really. Thanks for all your hard work. GAB^Hello! 20:21, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Obvious indeed, blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 22:32, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Butch Jones

I'm very confused by your message to me. You didn't like a change I posted because it wasn't cited specifically, and yet all media outlets have reported it. Additionally, I'm told to message you here with questions/comments but then you post at the top of your page that if someone is questioning s revert for uncited sources, not to bother. You can't have it both ways. Or, I suppose, you can because apparently you're the Wikipedia God. This is why Wikipedia still lacks credibility and why nobody I know contributes to "the cause" when you beg and plead for money. Luckily, my change was a PSA and having it on the Wikipedia entry is superfluous. Enjoy your day.

Do you use bots?

Hello! I was wondering if you use bots. I noticed you had some edits that look automated. Just wondering. Winterysteppe (talk) 22:13, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I never used bots, but I use some freely available java scripts written by wikipedia editors. Materialscientist (talk) 22:30, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Are you a pervert-lover?

You seem to be defending people who themselves defend perverts. Any particular reason why? 67.5.218.123 (talk) 05:02, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Don't assume when you don't know - my only interest in that article is to quench edit warring. Materialscientist (talk) 05:04, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

User talk:104.243.160.113

I noticed you blocked User talk:104.243.160.113.

I left a message yesterday about this editor at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#New sock of User:Dragonrap2. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:07, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Advice on IP

G'day Materialscientist. [72.245.246.219] came up on AIV, and I warned them for harassment of another user, but others are suggesting they are just WP:NOTHERE. There is some evidence of that, and nothing in article space to speak of. I'm still finding my way with the mop, and am not sure what the best approach is with this one. Would you mind having a quick look? I'd appreciate it. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:46, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

A quick answer is this: such cases should be reported to WP:ANI, for a community discussion, they are not suitable for WP:AIV. Some admins go ahead and block such IPs for harassment - this is a judgment call. Admins do have much freedom in making decisions, yet at their own risk. Materialscientist (talk) 02:25, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time. An editor has done that now, will see how it goes. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:29, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Two review requests, then if appropriate please move without leaving back links

@Materialscientist: @Nvvchar and I have been working on two more Upanishad articles. These articles are in decent shape, but lack more in-depth translation that I would prefer. They have reliable sources, and are a decent introduction to these notable texts. Requesting that you review these two drafts, see if they are worthy of being made live to wikipedia, or if they should be held back till new publications emerge as reliable sources. If you decide to move them, they need to moved without leaving back links. The two articles with appropriate titles:

• Saubhagyalakshmi Upanishad
• Bhavana Upanishad

Thank you, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 04:56, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I know almost nothing about this topic, and therefore recommend asking a review from someone else. Materialscientist (talk) 05:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

@Titodutta: What are your thoughts on the above two articles? Leave them in the sandbox, or are they now useful enough to make them live? Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 14:31, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

@Materialscientist: Per @Titodutta's review comment here, please go ahead and move the two articles. Thank you, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 21:53, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Changes in the Bahrain article

The changes I made were already supported by the links present on the page and i couldn't find any other reliable article or anything related to it. However I have added some citations and links related to it. I hope you wont remove it again. Thanks for pointing my mistakes out. good day.

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Difference between revisions

Hello, this page about Czech author is about me. Do you You know???

Changing c

Hi Materialscientist. I appreciate all of the work that you have been doing on the pages of Swedish Olympians, but I wanted to ask why many of your edits take sources that are cited properly using a citation template and reduce them to just a link with a simple description. This is most noticeable with the Sports Reference and Swedish Olympic Committee links, but it happens with others as well. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not really seeing the benefit of doing this.... could you clue me in? Thanks. Canadian Paul 04:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Why using templates where they are clearly not needed? This is not only the issue of code clutter; the templated refs typically contain accessdate, which is often misleading - while updating the article editors revisit the reference, but don't change the accessdates (time is precious). Both Sports Reference and Swedish Olympic Committee do change their pages. Materialscientist (talk) 05:14, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

I can't speak for other editors, but if I use a source, I update the accessdate. And even if I didn't, how does the situation improve by not including one at all? I disagree that the templates are not needed - they provide valuable information and are used widely throughout the project. I'm a lot less concerned about "code clutter" (applicable only to the limited amount of people who edit the pages) than I am about proper citation (useful theoretically to anyone who views the page). Canadian Paul 05:18, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

And now you are reverting edits while we are discussing the issue. Excellent job at collaboration there. Canadian Paul 05:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

I took it to WP:THIRD so that we can get a quick resolution. Whatever is agreed upon is fine by me. Canadian Paul 05:37, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Sigh. This is a nitpicking issue. More important is to go to those sources (say, Sports Reference, Stora Grabbar and Swedish Olympic Committee pages) and put their data into our articles. I find that nearly all our article creators don't do that, even though they create their few-line stubs from the very same sources I use, and this is frustrating. Materialscientist (talk) 05:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I'm here from 3O. When I first saw this filing, I thought it was someone going around and expanding small refs to large ones or converting one acceptable style to another. That's arguably unnecessary but also arguably good, someone volunteering to do a little behind-the-scenes busywork. But please, do not take fully formatted references and remove information that readers or other editors might find useful. If MS or anyone doesn't want to use the long form while adding new material themselves, that's their business, but don't undo other people's work. I have based this opinion solely on the information presented here. If there is anything I missed, feel free to cite a diff. Darkfrog24 (talk) 06:02, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you @Darkfrog24:. Materialscientist, as you can see above, the third opinion has asked that you not remove information from the citation templates, so please stop doing it. It could be construed as disruptive behavior at this point. As to your comment above, whenever I create an article, I pull out all the information I can from the sources and use it in the article, which is exactly the reason that I am concerned about the citations being done properly. You clearly pull out different things and that is fine - you'll note that for the most part I don't revert your prose edits. I never add the SR citation just for the sake of adding another link to the page. Canadian Paul 16:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

CSD Request

Can you please remove the page i created it is this redirect here Book:American Federal Goverment Agencies Thanks Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 21:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 22:10, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks @Materialscientist:, I can always count on you, Also someone needs to make a wikilove menu so i dont have to go find the templates over and over but if you want go choose yourself a wikilove template and feel free to slap my name on it you deserve it :) Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 22:27, 29 February 2016 (UTC) (forgot to sign again errg someone slap me...)

Lies

I think I beat you to it by a fraction of a second at User talk:JakeMcKenna1#March 2016. What a mess. Thanks for the help. Mkdw^talk 00:07, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Geelong Grammar School

If you would like to add the sources, you are welcome. 1. Letter from Stephen Meek, emailed to school community. 2. Comments by Geelong Grammar School lawyer, read Royal Commission transcripts, published online. 3. The school lawyer naming the witness and being warned by the Commission, Geelong Advertiser's coverage of the first day. 4. Tony Inkster's lawyer claiming he was unwell, Royal Commission transcript. 5. GBVR. Geelong Grammar School's magazine, The Corian - middle school section. 6. John Bugg's comments - or lack of them - Royal Commission transcripts. 7. See also comments on: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/geelong-grammar-fence-covered-in-ribbons-to-support-child-sexual-abuse-victims-as-part-of-global-loud-fence-movement/news-story/5b998cc6e7731b37e997e7d0cdb98c63

None of the comments made have ever been contested by the school. Just removing them is just trying to cover up what happened.

Follow-up: Thanks for your message but I am really sad for you if you would like to dismiss the transcripts of the Royal Commission and the school's magazine as 'hearsay'. You can continue trying to remove edts you disagree with - but the truth is emerging, however slowly, and however much people have been trying to cover it up. The source have been cited in squared brackets in the new posting which I see you also removed. Very sad.

(at a guess the above was written by GeelongNews)

Materialscientist - I must agree the removal of those insertions seems tendentious editing to me. Normal thing to do would be to put cn tags in, rather than removing the entire thing. Please explain your reasoning, preferably on the article talk page. Otherwise I'll revert your edits. Greglocock (talk) 07:36, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

"Normal" per what policy? The added material is not neutral and involves WP:BLP and legal issues; it is not properly referenced [3]. Materialscientist (talk) 07:46, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

now reffed Greglocock (talk) 19:05, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

I really like your photography there, where do you take pictures and how did you learn the skill of photography?

I've learned through past experience, but I've made very few photographs in the last 5 years. Materialscientist (talk) 04:33, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Middle name revert change

Hi, I added a middle name to Marquese Scott's wiki page, as it is common knowledge. Not sure why you reverted that change, I did read how we write the biographies of living persons, and it seemed an ok change that did not require a citation.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 IP vandal

Hello, A week ago you gave the IP editor 112.205.71.15 a temporary block for vandalizing Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. The block has now expired, and they're back to to repeating their same vandalism over and over again. Could you please issue them a permanent block? There are comments from 5 different users on their talk page regarding their vandalism, in addition to the temporary block from you, and they still haven't stopped, so it appears that a more drastic solution is necessary. Thanks, CurlyWi (talk) 12:19, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking 72.235.27.231 Elisfkc (talk) 21:30, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

i need to add contents in this article of haifa wehbe as she request with no sources ,

Dear sir,

this information has been requested by miss haifa personally and the current are incorrect so what you need to confirm this information with out sources .  ????????

Block evader

Hi Materialscientist! Not sure if it's really worthy of acting on, but I found a block evader. Back in Sept. 2015 you blocked 99.248.70.203 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). They've since edited on 216.191.38.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and 99.248.49.121 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Just FYI I guess. (For future reference, should I take issues like this to ANI?) EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 00:58, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Belarus

The page is far from being neutral Talk:Belarus#Soviet/Belarus POV and certainly not featured. When I have time, I'll read it, list more errors and ask for degradation. Xx236 (talk) 08:12, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Animal cruelty page

I made an edit to the [cruelty to animals] article under the "definition and viewpoints" heading. My intention was to remove some speculative and biased language. As it was, it read:

" the controversy over animal welfare was virtually non-existent. Renaissance thinker Leonardo da Vinci, however, who is widely considered one of the greatest geniuses in history, may once have written:

"I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."

Although this quote is not found in any of his collected works, da Vinci's regard for animal welfare is well-documented. "

This is neither objective, nor sourced information. I changed it to say:

" the controversy over animal welfare was virtually non-existent. However, there were those who found the poor treatment of animals disturbing. For example, Renaissance thinker Leonardo da Vinci's regard for animal welfare is well-documented. "

Issues with IP reverts on a page you helped edit

Hi there, there's a page of a musician (Rick Nowels) with COI, SPA & promotional issues. An IP editor with no other contributions repeatedly jumps in and reverts my edits with no explanation, and when you undid this once recently, they did the same thing again. It's been 4 times since Jan and this has all the hallmarks of a potential long-running battle with a stubborn 'editor' with an ulterior motive. What would you suggest to resolve this? thanks Rayman60 (talk) 11:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Invitation

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• The project would benefit from WikiGnomes such as yourself to patrol food and drink articles! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:12, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

K=L

KITTENS=LIFE

HI I SLR (talk) 22:51, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

YGM

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.

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Alinne Moraes article

Hi, that guy is vandalizing this article again, so when possible, please protect the page again. PMLF (talk) 21:51, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Yogurt

Just a heads-up this edit of yours actually reinstated vandalism. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 23:53, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks (I was in a rush at the time :-(). Materialscientist (talk) 00:06, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Material Scientists u are not responding

I was falsely accused of vandalisam on the kerbal space program article and u started fretting though u dont have any right to stop or block me. Please respond as soon as possible as I am developer of game and am sure it was case of misidentity or u are simply nuts(lol) ♥♥♥♦♦

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Ammendum- ANYWAY SRY IF I INSULTED U BUT PL REPLY OR I MAY HAVE TO TELL WIKI TO RELINQUISH U AND STRIPPING U OF YOUR RIGHTS.

Help on Ray Of Light page.

Hi, a user (IndianBio) has blocked me from editing the Ray of Light page (Madonna album) because I used the right date. He keeps on changing the date to Feb 22 but it wa released March 3, please resolve the situation Theladyisgaga (talk) 18:45, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, you apparently blocked a change I made. I don't recall making one. Can you please tell me what change, or to which entry I was supposed to have made it. Thank you

LARRY JAY LEVINE Page you edited.

You erroneously the references from the Larry Jay Levine page. Please see they are restored. I know he will be in touch with you soon personally! Have you read his page? Now he has taken a personal interest in this. I'm going to try and smooth things over for you with him! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MajorViolator1961 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 4 March 2016‎

Just a heads up Materialscientist, I have given this user a warning about attempting to intimidate people. HighInBC 23:26, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

He said for you to reach out to him. [redact]* to resolve this! Wants to get this wrapped up today!!

• Redacted - do not post personal contact information of others on Wikipedia.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Rasputin

You wrote my past edits work on your computer, but when push on Helen Rappaport or Gerard Shelley in the references, I am not redirected to the bibliography, as in all the other cases. Are you sure it works? By the way, on the references in three columns, you did a lot of work to keep the references is efficient as possible, only a name and a page number. I finally decided to change the left ones also. So, in my point of view three columns looks well organised and is ok. Regards, Taksen (talk) 10:48, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Shelley worked. I haven't checked Rappaport before, and indeed, it was broken, so I have fixed it after your post. Thanks for your work on that article - I only tried to improve its images once, but did nothing about the prose. Materialscientist (talk) 10:55, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Account, lack of

I didn't touch that article I suspect someone was using my account ????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.135.80.165 (talk • contribs)

Either you do not have an account, or you are not logging into it. Yes it's entirely likely that someone else made those edits in October 2015 with the same IP address that you now happen to have.

Like it says on the message left on your talk page, If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices. MPS1992 (talk) 14:43, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Hi Materialscientist, apparently the same sort of mass-attack is going on here. The 11-year olds have the controls tonight. Thank you and cheers, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:23, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Please protect this when you can. Thank you. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:33, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, many of the actors and writers on The 100 are also being vandalized (by people on tumblr), just letting you know. Thanks.

Page protection

I noticed you protected the requests immediately before and after the protection request for The 100 (TV series), but skipped this particular page, which is undergoing the exact same issue that Jason Rothenberg (television producer) was having. Could we get an immediate protection on The 100 (TV series), please? Thanks. Alex|The|Whovian^? 08:07, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, very much. Alex|The|Whovian^? 08:10, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, add my thank you, as well. Apparently they killed off a character in the show, which prompted a fusillade of angry reactions that spread across the internet. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:15, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

94.194.80.232 and Deltech

Deltech restarts his account 16 minutes after 94.194.80.232 gets blocked... I will keep and eye when on it when I can. Murry1975 (talk) 13:29, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Just found. Sorry. Murry1975 (talk) 13:34, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Yuriy Tarnawsky page

Dear, The updates I made yesterday were approved by Yuriy Tarnawsky himself. It includes such things as his legal name ( George Orest) and information about his latest publications. In addition a couple paragraphs were revised to facilitate reading. My name is Karina Zalewska. My MA in Ukrainian Philology from Jagiellon University in Crakow (1999) was on Dr. Tarnawsky's work so I feel competent to revise his page. I am also in contact with him and all the changes are approved by him. I am planning to add images and update the page on regular basis in the future. I hope I will be granted permission to do it. Thank you very much.

Best, Karina Karinaliterature (talk) 15:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Blocked user

Hello, although my "home" wiki is the Spanish one, I do contribute here mostly in articles on individuals, mostly nobles, from the Iberian Peninsula dating back to the Middle Ages; creating, correcting, expanding, and referencing existing ones. Try to do serious work with good secondary sources. Getting to the point: I see that you blocked Ruiz-Mariño for using multiple accounts. It's not that I suspect, but another user, Siredejoinville "confessed" at es.wiki that he was the same person as Ruiz-Mariño as you can see here (if you need me to translate, no problem). You can also check the contributions of both accounts in this wiki mostly in "Mariño"-related articles. I'm not sure how to go about having a checkuser here confirm this and would appreciate that you handle it. I also want to propose this article for deletion, but I'm not sure which of the Twinkle options would be most appropriate (PROD or XFD). I have about three short paragraphs explaining why it should be deleted (already deleted at es.wiki).Could you please suggest which would be the best option? Many thanks and regards, --Maragm (talk) 20:02, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. You can use WP:PROD, and if it is contested proceed to WP:AFD, but in this case (well-sourced article), I would go for AFD right away. As to socking, as I recall I could not run CU because CU data are stored for about 3 months only, which is why "suspected". The evidence of socking was reasonable, but I usually don't tag socks as "confirmed" unless I have a solid CU evidence as well. Materialscientist (talk) 22:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

May i ask

... why you undid my edit to the previous version of some obvious troll on Main Page talk? 91.49.81.97 (talk) 02:04, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Cooler Master

Hi Materialscientist :)

With regards to the recent contribution to Cooler Master on Wikipedia, we firmly standby our words.

Although indeed Cooler Master was founded in 1992 on the OEM basis, we saw the potential of what a powerful brand could bring and therefore split the company into two parts of operations in 2013. Since then the company has been operating the two business entities parallelly, as also proven/shown in our Chinese edition here - https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%8A%E5%87%B1%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B

We could make the copy a bit more descriptive/objective rather than coming from our perspective if that helps?

Thanks

Meera

@Materialscientist: Please check Meera article edits, where Rajnish kamal whom you have cautioned before, who has a history of uploading Cvio-later-deleted images. Rajnish kamal is now busy edit warring with random images and OR claims in its caption. See 1, 2 and 3. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 03:53, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

See also Talk:Meera, where I have invited this account several times to explain the edits, with no response. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 03:56, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

User Jaspreetsingh72002

Hi Materialscientist, sorry to bother you but I was hoping for a second opinion and perhaps some action on Jaspreetsingh72002 and his edit warring with me about his edits to the article Fijian Americans, While on Huggle I noticed this rather condescending edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fijian_Americans&diff=708568588&oldid=708568232 and reverted it as an editing test. It was then reverted and further edits were made like this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitle=Fijian_Americans&diff=708572325&oldid=708570374 and then a personal attack on the article talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fijian_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=708710333 and disturbing comments on my talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:David.moreno72&diff=prev&oldid=708711180. I then explained to him the issues with his edits, such as using a tourist and TV website as a reference https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jaspreetsingh72002&diff=708717997&oldid=708710742 I further explained the policies of Wikipedia, but he continues to revert while adding more disparaging remarks in the comments https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fijian_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=708780332 and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fijian_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=708885492 I have made repeated attempts to educate on Wikipedia policies on his talk page but the only response has been continual reverts and then finally this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jaspreetsingh72002&diff=prev&oldid=709027099

What should I do? Thank-you David.moreno72 (talk) 06:56, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Editing the Quartz page

Hi, I am an experienced mineralogist but a new Wikipedia user. The page on quartz is riddled with mistakes and I want to fix it, but it's locked. Can you help with this? Thanks. Djhalterman (talk) 17:17, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Djhalterman: I am not Materialscientist but I thought I would reply anyway. You are correct that the article Quartz has been "semi-protected" (as we call it) due to problems. If you make just a few more edits and wait several days, you will be able to edit it.

Alternatively, you could make a WP:Edit request on Talk:Quartz.

If Materialscientist or someone else chooses to un-semi-protect the page, neither of the above are necessary, because in that case you would be able to edit the article directly right away.

I would advise you to be cautious in editing, because unfortunately Wikipedia is sometimes hostile to experts who express too bluntly their opinions about other editors, their edits, and the sources they may have used. I have left some possibly useful links about editing on your talk page. MPS1992 (talk) 21:02, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

I believe there's an error

I did *not* make changes to wikipedia re SaberDAV. Not sure how I got to be the target. Sorry.

Also there's a second comment by a name Yamaguci re Haifa Wehbe, which I also believe is not by me.

I hope the reason that got me tangled with the mentioned changes is resolved.

Cheers.

It is. See above under User talk:Materialscientist#Account, lack of. MPS1992 (talk) 21:12, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Mistake?

Hi!

I have not tried to write/edit/contribute to anything in the article ... I hope that it is only some mistake by the Internet or whomever. :-)

Best regards, /Sabine

Stop Expurgating Wikipedia

Wikipedia was established as free content that everyone and anyone could use, edit and distribute. Who are you that you believe you have the right or authority to tell people what they can and can't contribute, or how it should be worded or presented. Thanks to people like yourself Wikipedia has become the most heavily censored media in the world. It is trolled continuously by people like yourself intent on expurgating everything and anything you disagree with or which doesn't fit your personal likes and dislikes.

I wrote the article [Survivors]. In the last week I have made a couple of minor edits and improvement to the article. On every occasion one of the self-appointed thought police - like yourself - have immediately jumped in and undone my contribution. As if the article - in its current form - is the definitive word on the subject! As if no improvement could possibly be made! If fact, the article will need ongoing improvement as people learn and discover more about the last survivors. For example, nothing has yet been said about the 11 children who came with the fleet, of the eleven children born on the voyage out, but it is possible one of these might well have lived beyond the 1860s. When I first contributed the article it was deleted several times by peopel like yourself - intend on trolling and interfering. And nearly every edit I have subsequently added has been aggressively undone. Those who volunteer to contribute articles like this do not need to deal with belligerent, hostile, aggressive and unhelpful expurgation. In the case of your recent interference - simply because YOU thought my addition needed referencing. If so why not simple ask - citation required - as is an acceptable practice on wikipedia. Why the aggression? All your aggression can achieve is to drive people away, stifle contribution and more than likely discourage people from supporting the Wikipedia project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.69.5.63 (talk) 15:28, 10 March 2016‎ (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's really very simple. The claim that "John McCarthy ... was a Cordwainer (Shoe maker) before he became a marine" requires a citation of a reliable source. You have been (courteously) advised of this. If you persistently try to insert this claim without a reliable source, it will be reverted and you will warned, and if you do this (or something like it) enough times you will blocked from editing. Wikipedia's policies about reliable sourcing of content are no mystery, and your attempt to turn this very trivial matter into an existential crisis for Wikipedia is misguided and a waste of your and our time. General Ization ^Talk 15:35, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Please read the comment here

Commons request

Hi MS. Can you please delete this file at Commons as an attack page. Thanks. Dr. K. 19:05, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 21:43, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Bad user name

This username [4] may not follow Wikiepdia's policy. 68.100.116.118 (talk) 02:02, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

68.100.116.118 - I just reported the username to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

This user [5] has a name same as the page he has edited. I am not sure what to do, so I have told you as you are an administrator.Abel Lawrence (talk) 03:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Is this article appropriate for Wikipedia?Yusuf hassan And how do I report possible inappropriate articles? Abel Lawrence (talk) 04:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

"Wilkipediaisbs"

Would that user's username be a violation of the username policy? It seems to clearly fall under the fourth case on this list. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 03:29, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, the name is inappropriate, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 03:37, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Dear Materialscientist, Why are you deleted my external link at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon? I proposed a link to SACADA project http://sacada.sctms.ru/index.php Did you look at this site? It contains ALL predicted 3-periodic carbon allotropes (more that 280 items). Also it contain geometrical and physical parameters of each allotrope. Finally, you can download .cif files of each allotrope at SACADA page.

Regards, Dr. Artem Kabanov.

re: woodrow wilson highschool addition

would a yearbook excerpt suffice as a source? It was not my intention to vandalize the page; I did know the individual when we were both attending the school, and thought it prudent that all notable persons be listed. A question: was his career a factor (alongside the lack of a citation) in the reversion of the page?

Help(?) with "new start" following Moaaus2 sock puppet incident.

Hello, Materialscientist. I'm looking for help regarding what steps I should take following a ban which occurred at this IP in early December of 2015. Now, I had made numerous accounts used for editing and/or creating articles (Usually within the Astronomy portal of English Wikipedia,) which turned out to be a clear violation of site rules: This, I do admit, was a poor course of action on my part. However, I do strongly believe that, aside from the usage of multiple internet handles, none of my edits or article creations were non-constructive. Indeed, my only intent for using Wikipedia is to help make it as reliable and vast in terms of its content. With that said, I hope that my positive contributions to the Astronomy portal could be considered as justification for me to use a single, new account for the use of continuing my work on here. Thank you. --45.49.146.61 (talk) 21:13, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to discuss a controversial article you edited previously

You are invited to comment on the article "List of expeditions ordered by Muhammad" in the Wikipedia Administrators Notice Board. Your input is highly valued as you edited this article previously.

Click here: Controversial Islamic Article-90% of page wiped out by Muslims, possible bias to comment--Misconceptions2 (talk) 03:33, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Anchovy citation

Hi,

can I use a page in wikipedia as citation? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchovies_as_food#Uses)

No, see WP:WPNOTRS. Materialscientist (talk) 04:08, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Repeated personal attacks

Hi, I have a current report at WP:AIV regarding Nuked and his persisten personal attacks that has been there for hours without any action so I wonder if you could have a word with him? The attacks include [6] (13 March 23:05), [7] (13 March 23:52) and [8] (14 March 11:21). I have tried the "ignore and they will go away" and not left any messages and warnings at their talkpage but that wont help. I am afraid it will only get worse if I talked to them so that is why I turn to you as an admin currently active. Qed237 (talk) 11:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Blocked by Coffee. Materialscientist (talk) 11:52, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

I entered the name of Arijit Sanyal as Poet from Kolkata since he has 38 poems in his credit so far. These are kept and archived in Facebook group named KOBITAR ARIJIT. His poems have been acknowledged and published by Washington Bangla Radio on Internet (WBRi Inc) in February 2016. His poems have also been published in bangla-kobita.com Hence, he is an upcoming Bengali poet whose creative poetry writing is highly acknowledged if you visit these sites as a proof. Please help me to include.

Vandalism on Anavryta Experimental Lyceum by 46.198.188.132

This anonymous IP has repeatedly been a vandal on the above page and I would like to let you know that even now it has done that once more. Could you revert that too? Also, on that IP's talk page you have posted a vandalism warning and this IP also faked my name, deleting your warning!!! Look at the IP's talk page... Please change that too... Jason1998 (talk) 17:39, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

MaterialScientist, the IP continues to "impersonate" me in its talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:46.198.188.132 having overwritten your message... Please do something. This is an insult for my name (and yours too). Also, I changed the Anavryta Experimental Lyceum page to the correct one (reverted edit), but I am sure the IP will change that again. Jason1998 (talk) 21:23, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your intervention regarding this matter! Jason1998 (talk) 21:23, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Paul Murphy (musician)

I created that page and thought I could edit anyway I chose to? I'm adding new and sometimes more relevant topics to it. I don't want to remove it.

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You are everywhere. have a barnstar. Cheers! Winterysteppe (talk) 21:52, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reminding me to to add a reference to the sentence I added on the Roblox Article

Thanks and note

Hi, thanks for this. FYI, I have made an edit filter request at Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested#Crosses for deceased people. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 09:55, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of first paragraph in Thermodynamics article

Why did you simply remove the first paragraph in Thermodynamics without properly structuring the rest of the article? I have given the source of my edit. I don't see a reason for the first para to be removed. Please explain.

Question about BeHappy2Day

Hello! My name is Marina, I am a representative of the service BeHappy2Day.com. The article about our service was deleted by you from Wikipedia, but we would like to place it here againg according to all requirements. Can you please help us with it?

Nathan Lyon

I added a reference backing my claim per your message on my talk page. Please let me know if there are issues. Thank you. 96.248.68.27 (talk) 22:12, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

AfD

I'm trying to nominate an article for deletion (Vietnam representatives at International pageants), but unable to figure out what went wrong in the second step: here. Thanks --Richie Campbell (talk) 02:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Rasputin

Hi Materialscientist, your input would be highly valuable here Thanks for your time. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 02:16, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Parm Gill Webpage

Good morning (EST)

As an avid user of wikipedia, thank you for monitoring changes to ensure accuracy and for making this system so great. I use it all the time.

I am a former government official who worked with Parm in Ottawa. I approached him yesterday after reading his existing article. The existing article is full of inaccuracies or misrepresentations, and has been written in the negative. I believe, though cannot prove, that this page was written by some of Parm's political opponents. In any event, I approached him to seek his permission to correct these errors/issues on his page. The changes I made yesterday are accurate, however I failed to properly source most of them (there are some changes that cannot be sourced. for example, parm's political opponents alleged that Elections Canada was conducting an investigation. the media wrote the story without confirming with elections canada. Turns out, no such investigation was ever launched, and, as one might expect, no correction was ever published).

I have republished the changes and tried to properly source them. For the sections I removed entirely, my rational is below. Welcome your thoughts.

REMOVED - "Shortly after his narrow defeat to Ruby Dhalla in the 2008 election, Gill accompanied Immigration Minister Jason Kenney on a trip to India. While in Punjab, he told reporters that the Conservatives would reduce the immigration rejection rate for Punjabi youths. Some speculated that this announcement had less to do with promoting skilled immigration than with garnering political support from Punjabi-Canadians, who often solicit assistance from their Members of Parliament with issues related to their relatives' Canadian visa applications.[3] During the 2011 election, Gill was accused by Dhalla of exploiting his close relationship with the immigration minister to win votes by expediting visa applications for her constituents and then calling the applicants with the news before Dhalla, the local MP was notified.[4] Gill and Kenney defended their relationship, saying that Gill was merely acting in a volunteer role as a private citizen.[4]"

I removed this section entirely because it is inaccurate. Couple of issues: The Don Martin article (citation 3) does not confirm the preceding statement. Furthermore, Parms comments go far beyond what the current wikipedia article states, and his full comments refute the allegation made by Don Martin. But without adding Parms original comments, the sentence incorrectly leaves the assumption that the allegation is true. Then the second premise of this paragraph, sourced 4, heavily favours one side of the allegations. In order to properly counter this section, a new sentence is needed to say: After parms close loss in 2008, by 800 votes (Elections Canada), Parm continued, as a volunteer, to support his community. In doing so, he continued to champion individual constituent cases to the Government....then continue with the existing sentence. As the entire paragraph is predicated on allegations, on both sides, I felt it was counter productive to keep it in or to add several new sections to counter the one-sided perspective.

Let me know how I should proceed/if you like the revised article.

cheers

Dave Research Bureau

Forgive a rude answer, but I don't want to keep you waiting. I have no slightest interest in the topic and can't make time to evaluate it as an administrator. You can try Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Materialscientist (talk) 22:19, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Retention of a 1961 based map in Tamil language page.

Hi Materialscientist, I hope you've seen the discussion page of Tamil language page. Nithin and me, we're discussing whether keep the picture or not. Can you please help us to make a decision or to give a contra resp. pro input? Luigi Boy ルアイヂ ボイ ^talk 22:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, no, same reason as above. Materialscientist (talk) 22:20, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay, anyway thanks. Luigi Boy ルアイヂ ボイ ^talk 22:40, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Page modifications at Assata Shakur

Sorry but you're wrong - it's not about your opinions, it's about simple crystal clear facts - she is a convicted fugitive terrorist, labelled as such by the US government who has put a bounty on her head - the sources for this fact are in that page itself. No amount of sjw whitewashing will ever change that. If you don't want to accept the facts , ok, that's your right, but you're supposed to watch that the truth is expressed on these pages, and you have completely failed at that task, you have let your feelings get in the way of your job. Maybe it's time to let others do it since you can no longer be objective.

User using a number of usernames

Hi MaterialScientist. Further to the edits on Rasputin, I have asked an admin here to look into Taksen's use of multiple usernames. I could have asked you, seeing that you have been helping him for some time, but I don't know if you deal with checkuser issues. Thanks and regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:59, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the info and recommendation. I've added sources to the article and have repost it.

I don't understand, I didn't edit anything. What article are you talking about?

Hi Materialscientist,i am sorry for what i did.The movie was new and the plot could be uploaded after some time.It is necessary to show some pity to the movie makers,let people enjoy the movie in the theater.If there is a problem then i am sorry.

Meatbodies

Hi. Any idea why the article on Meatbodies was deleted? They are a clearly notable band (and increasingly so with further releases down the road) and although I didn't contribute to the article, I recall it was well referenced. Odd to have an article for the lead singer, but not the actual band. And even odder, even if it was decided there shouldn't be an article on them - why wasn't it just re-directed to Chad Ubovich.

78.144.100.198 (talk) 18:27, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

User 75.145.73.1

User 75.145.73.1 had a final warning earlier this month and has been a nuisance again today. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:47, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Robert Williams page

Hello, looks like you changed my edit to Robert Williams page. Someone has changed his middle name to the incorrect name "Steven". I have changed it back to the correct "L." as stated in the body of the article I wrote and cited by his book Malicious Resplendence. Can you please change it back? Thanks Sketch V 18:56, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Page protection requested

I think you're already aware that, with the Philippine general election, 2016 currently underway, there is a heightened level of vandalism to BLPs about the major candidates (and other relevant articles). Please protect them. BushelCandle (talk) 20:54, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	because i can Winterysteppe (talk) 05:56, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

IPs change

How can you know you have stopped a person from wikipedia? IPs do change, even on the same computer Its the Router/network/modem that changes the IP C:\userpages\GameBoy232.html (C:\userpages\talkpage.html) 23:30, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/Because i beat up my little sister

You should come check out Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/Because i beat up my little sister. That user keeps coming back under different user names. 2602:306:3357:BA0:6C95:25B4:E6F:5BBF (talk) 00:44, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Mike Skinner edit

Thanks for you patient and polite note. I will try and make a valid edit that makes sense - it's a good learning process. I had put my reasons for the edit on the 'Talk' page, but I see that's not the right place.

Parvathy (actress)

The page is move protected, so what is the problem for inserting template. --DuplixD (talk) 12:55, 20 March 2016 (UTC)