User talk:Materialscientist

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Thoughts on an ANI section

You might be able to help us out here. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:33, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

If U don't mind…

June 21 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) June 22 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) June 28 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) October 6 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Those pages have been semi-protected more than a year ago, two of which were by you, with an indefinite expiration time. Can their settings be downgraded to indefinite WP:PCPP from now onwards and let's see how things go?197.19.166.10 (talk) 14:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC) NB: Whatever you do, please don't modify the move-protection settings.

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for all your help combatting that spammer just now. Gommeh 🎮 15:46, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Symbolic Depiction of Abbas ibn Ali in Removed Artwork

I’d like to respectfully clarify the rationale behind the faceless depiction of Abbas ibn Ali in the removed artwork. The image was intentionally designed without eyes or detailed facial features to align with Shia Islamic visual ethics, which generally discourage fully illustrating the faces of sacred figures—especially members of the Ahl al-Bayt. The artist, Muntadher Saleh (a Shia polymath and visual artist), follows this tradition, using symbolism over realism. The absence of facial details is not a flaw but a deliberate choice to reflect spiritual transcendence, inviting viewers to connect with the divine virtues Abbas represents—loyalty, courage, and sacrifice—rather than his physical traits. This style is commonly used in respectful religious art within Shia communities. It avoids anthropomorphizing revered figures while still honoring their memory. In this context, the facelessness is what adds reverence, not ambiguity. Therefore, I kindly suggest that the image be reconsidered for inclusion. It is culturally and religiously appropriate, and it adds a valuable visual and interpretive dimension to the article, especially from the Shia perspective. Thank you for your consideration. 004bvan (talk) 06:03, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Page Review

Draft:Farhan Ul Arshad Zona2 (talk) 08:30, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Problem IP

Coming from this, they restored their unsourced version and added similar in other articles. I've reverted one of their edits, POV-change of source quote [1]. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:02, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:Requests for page protection/Decrease§ Angry Birds Fight!

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:Requests for page protection/Decrease§ Angry Birds Fight!. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:51, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

I doubt you intended to indef template protect here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:51, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Akshay Nanavati

I reverted a no doubt COI vandalism attempt to your last edit. The IP is from AZ, so again likely it's vengeful wife. 2A00:F3C:1234:0:1D92:BDDE:C120:8258 (talk) 04:13, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

FBG Duck protection

Thanks for protecting the FBG Duck page, if you could also protect the talk page (is that possible or wanted?) because it is now getting the same treatment as the original page. It is less critical I suppose. Cheers, have a good week. Moritoriko (talk) 07:22, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Moritoriko (talk) 08:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

You didn't read

Read: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30035979

The US M9A1 rocket launcher is an example of the weapon type commonly known as the 'B'azooka'. The name was taken from a homemade musical instrument played by American comedian Bob Burns, which an experimental model of the launcher was said to resemble. The first 'B'azooka' to be adopted by the US Army was the M1, which entered service in 1942. The M9A1 is a later development with a two piece tube that permitted disassembly for ease of transportation. In common with German rocket-propelled anti-tank munitions, the 'Bazooka' employed hollow-charge warheads. Hollow charge munitions rely upon the generation of a jet of molten metal to penetrate their target. Their performance is therefore unaffected by range or velocity and they can be relatively light in weight. The M9A1 had a maximum range of 640m, and its rocket propelled munition could penetrate 120mm of armour.

It is NOT about instrument, it is NIT about colloquial "bazooka" as any handheld rocket launcher neither. 94.246.147.217 (talk) 17:09, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses its own conventions. See MOS:CAPS. Materialscientist (talk) 17:13, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

So why is there Challenger tank and not "challenger"? And any and evey other capitalized weapon name, including the German improved Bazooka copy Panzerschreck? 94.246.147.217 (talk) 17:16, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Because those are particular models rather than a collective term. Hence bazooka, but M20 Super Bazooka. Materialscientist (talk) 17:19, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

The Bazooka is the M1 and the M9A1 (improved Bazooka), the Super Bazooka is M20 (very different model, incompatible). Just like I linked you, I even quoted for you, still still didn't read. 94.246.147.217 (talk)

Here you have another example: https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/visit/exhibits/artifacts/m9a1-bazooka 94.246.147.217 (talk) 17:31, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

User you may want to peek at...

Might make sense to look at Xada23 in the CU context of Liamalexander444 (see Talk:Poodle). Thanks and let me know if there's an SPI or if I should handle it different in future. Skynxnex (talk) 20:59, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Seconded. Sopochil (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is also related and has created a draft page (although it has no content) Traumnovelle (talk) 22:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Repeated Vandalism

Dear user @Materialscientist, please have a look at the edit history of page named Anangpur, unlogged ip addresses are again and again doing unconstructive changes there, so i think this page must be locked for some time. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 17:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

RE: Charles Eymundson

You reverted my changes for the post Charles Eymundson. I am his granddaughter and have significant information and insight about this gentleman. I donated the families photos that were taken during his lifetime and my father's lifetime to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. These photos were not necessarily taken by Charles Eymundson and he was not "known" for photography as they were not released until 2012, after my father Romeo passed away. Charles worked for the Eau Claire lumber Company,(per Charles), but Charles, nor the PAA State that he was a lumberjack. I have not found any documentation to support this, however, in and it is not cited correctly on Wikepedia. Who ever uploaded the original, made assumptions. If you can cite the "lumberjack" job please and the citation to the article. If you read the biographical sketch and custodial history on the Provincial Archives of Alberta, that I wrote, you will understand that I did, cite the PAA Hermis. I would appreciate you re-posting the changes I made. If you require more information, please feel free to engage in a conversation with me. Skalar1872 (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Huggle

Are you having much trouble with Huggle? You appear to use Huggle extensively. I am having a fair number of issues with it. I left a message on wt:Huggle/Feedback#When will 3.4.14 be released?, but never got a response from the coders. Others have left similar messages. Any suggestions? Cheers Adakiko (talk) 21:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Date vandalism

Hi, can you please consider blocking user 213.7.203.250 (talk · contribs) as they are pesistently changing referenced dates to false dates as shown here diff which contradicts the referenced date. They have ignored a final warning, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 21:04, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

103.165.73.96

103.165.73.96 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Can you proxy block this IP address, similar to your block of 103.167.213.100 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Thanks. 71.59.186.230 (talk) 05:42, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Looks like Lofty abyss did it. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 06:44, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

SundostundBots

For obvious reasons, I believe that the creation of SundostundBots (talk · contribs) was directly inspired by my username, and I don't like that at all. I'm never happy when someone mocks me, especially when it comes to my username, status and work here. That particularly applies to newly-created accounts, obviously used for disruptive editing only. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 20:34, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Email

Hello, Materialscientist. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Thanks
Daniel (talk) 22:16, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi, hope its okay to DM for this but 62.4.36.182 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is back after their block expired. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:08, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Boron nitride

Boron nitride has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 19:01, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Pharaoh

Hi, can you please unprotect the page as it's no longer necessary? Thanks, cheers. Thepharoah17 (talk) 19:39, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Here is the source for your edit on TBVC (Tuberculosis verrucous cutis)rru

Septiafni, Kiki; Pamudji, Raden; Rusmawardiana, R; Argentina, Fifa. Tuberculosis Verrucous Cutis Mimicking Chromoblastomycosis: a Case Report and Diagnostic Challenges. International Journal of Mycobacteriology 11(2):p 208-210, Apr–Jun 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_57_22

TBVC is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. It is the one of the rarest forms of skin infection caused by M. tuberculosis.

There are few case reports of the causative organism being M. avium complex or other species in the same genus. I prefer not to include them as causative organism of TBVC, since it's a rare cause for a rare disease. In clinical practice, diagnosis of TBVC requires ruling out so many other conditions. 117.193.149.241 (talk) 06:44, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Gedo Somalia

Dear Wikipedia Administrators and Editors,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am reaching out in regard to a recent edit I made to the Wikipedia page about the Gedo region in Somalia. I changed the classification of Gedo from being a regional administrative division under Jubaland to a federal member state in formation. This edit was reverted, and I would like to respectfully appeal that decision by providing further context and justification based on recent political and administrative developments within Somalia.

### Background:

Gedo, while historically recognized as one of the regions within Jubaland, is currently at the center of a significant political realignment in Somalia. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has, in recent months, asserted direct administrative and military control over the region, particularly in the town of Beled-Xaawo. This move follows ongoing disputes between the federal authorities and the Jubaland administration regarding the legitimacy and governance of Gedo.

As of recent reports (mid-2025), the Somali federal government has:

- Dispatched federal security forces to Gedo, particularly Beled-Xaawo, removing regional Jubaland forces.

- Appointed new federal-level officials, including a regional NISA commander, without coordination with Jubaland.

- Publicly stated, through government channels and allied media, that it does not recognize Jubaland’s claim over Gedo.

- Actively explored the possibility of formalizing Gedo as a federal member state in its own right, in line with growing regional demands and the political climate.

### Why the Edit is Justified:

My edit reflects the **ongoing political transition** and current **factual control** of Gedo by the federal government. The status of Gedo as a "region under Jubaland" is no longer uncontested, and therefore the Wikipedia entry should reflect the **disputed and dynamic reality** rather than present it as a settled matter.

This change was not made as an act of personal opinion or original research, but rather based on:

- Official statements from the Federal Government of Somalia.

- Reliable news coverage from Somali media and international sources.

- Direct military and administrative actions by the Somali government on the ground.

I would be happy to provide citations and references from credible sources to support this update, including:

1. [Caasimada.net - Federal Government explores new Gedo strategy](https://www.caasimada.net/xog-df-oo-kala-dooraneysa-3-tallaabo-oo-kiiska-jubaland-ay-ku-wajihi-karto)

2. [Goobjooge.net - Federal forces take control of Beled-Xaawo](https://www.goobjooge.net/wararkii-ugu-danbeeyay-ee-gedo-c-rashiid-janan-oo-ka-laabtay-beled-xaawo-ciidamada-dowladda-oo-la-wareegay)

3. [Shabelle Media - Fighting erupts in Beled-Xaawo after NISA reshuffle](https://shabellemedia.com/dagaal-culus-oo-ka-dhacay-beled-xaawo-kadib-markii-la-keenay-taliyaha-cusub-ee-nisa-gedo)

### Request:

I respectfully request that the Wikipedia page on Gedo be updated to reflect the **current political status and federal presence**, acknowledging that Gedo is a **disputed region** and currently under **direct federal administration**, with **active efforts to establish it as a federal member state**.

Please advise me on any format requirements or additional references you may need to validate this change. I am committed to ensuring that the information on Wikipedia remains neutral, verifiable, and in line with Wikipedia's core content policies.

Thank you very much for your time and understanding.

Sincerely, Xaliimo123 (talk) 11:31, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Gedo

Hello @Materialscientist,

Thank you for your message and for your attention to the edit I made regarding the Gedo region.

I understand and respect Wikipedia’s policy on avoiding original research. Please note, however, that the changes I made were not based on personal opinion or unsourced speculation. They reflect a current and well-documented political reality in Somalia, where the Federal Government has publicly declared and enforced administrative control over the Gedo region, particularly in Beled-Xaawo, and has explicitly distanced itself from recognizing Jubaland’s authority over the area.

To avoid misunderstanding, I am gathering a list of reliable sources that directly address this federal position and the evolving status of Gedo. These include government statements and widely cited news outlets within Somalia. For example:

- [Caasimada.net – Federal Government exploring new Gedo administration strategy](https://www.caasimada.net/xog-df-oo-kala-dooraneysa-3-tallaabo-oo-kiiska-jubaland-ay-ku-wajihi-karto) - [Goobjooge.net – Federal forces take control of Beled-Xaawo](https://www.goobjooge.net/wararkii-ugu-danbeeyay-ee-gedo-c-rashiid-janan-oo-ka-laabtay-beled-xaawo-ciidamada-dowladda-oo-la-wareegay) - [Shabelle Media – Fighting after NISA reshuffle in Gedo](https://shabellemedia.com/dagaal-culus-oo-ka-dhacay-beled-xaawo-kadib-markii-la-keenay-taliyaha-cusub-ee-nisa-gedo)

These articles reflect concrete actions by the federal government and a shift in administrative control that should be acknowledged in the Gedo article, at minimum in a “Controversy” or “Dispute” section if full status change is not yet accepted.

I will revise the content to better reflect these sources and avoid synthesis or speculative language. I appreciate your guidance and remain committed to contributing constructively to Wikipedia.

Best regards,

Xaliimo123 (talk) 12:36, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Gedo

Dear Wikipedia Administrator,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am writing to respectfully appeal the reversion of my recent edits to the Gedo Region Wikipedia article, which were reverted on the grounds of containing “original research.” I understand and fully respect Wikipedia’s policies on verifiability and the prohibition of unpublished material.

However, I would like to clarify that my edits were based entirely on recent, verifiable, and reliable sources from July and August 2025, reflecting the ongoing political and military developments in the Gedo region—specifically the federal government’s control of Beled-Xaawo and related clashes with Jubbaland forces.

To ensure compliance with Wikipedia’s sourcing standards, I have included multiple citations from reputable media outlets that document the following:

The arrival of federal government-appointed security commanders in Beled-Xaawo.

Armed conflict between federal and Jubbaland-aligned forces.

Statements from the Somali federal cabinet confirming federal military presence in Gedo.

Confirmation of control shifts in Beled-Xaawo and the political significance of these actions.

Below are a few reliable sources supporting the edits:

1. Hiiraan Online (31 July 2025) – Somali Cabinet praises federal troops in Gedo region Link

2. AllAfrica / Shabelle Media (22 July 2025) – Heavy fighting erupts in Beled-Xaawo Link

3. Mustaqbal Media (31 July 2025) – Federal forces take control of Beled-Xaawo Link

4. Hiiraan Online (28 July 2025) – Clashes erupt in Gedo amid federal–Jubbaland struggle Link

These articles explicitly verify the claims made in the updated version of the Gedo article, particularly the shift in administrative and security control over Beled-Xaawo, a topic highly relevant to the article’s subject matter.

I respectfully request a review of the reversion and reconsideration of the content based on the verified sources provided above. I am also happy to revise any language or formatting issues to align with Wikipedia standards.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Kind regards, (Full Direct Links – July & August 2025):

1. Hiiraan Online (31 July 2025) 📰 "Somali cabinet praises federal troops in Gedo region amid clashes with Jubbaland forces" 🔗 https://hiiraan.com/news4/2025/July/202400/somali_cabinet_praises_federal_troops_in_gedo_region_amid_clashes_with_jubbaland_forces.aspx

2. AllAfrica / Shabelle Media (22 July 2025) 📰 "Heavy fighting erupts in Beled-Hawo between Somali govt forces and Jubbaland troops" 🔗 https://allafrica.com/stories/202507220507.html

3. Mustaqbal Media (31 July 2025) 📰 "Federal government forces take control of Beled-Hawo after fierce clashes with Jubaland troops" 🔗 https://mustaqbalmedia.net/en/federal-government-forces-take-control-of-beled-hawo-after-fierce-clashes-with-jubaland-troops

4. Hiiraan Online (28 July 2025) 📰 "Clashes erupt in Somalia's Gedo region amid federal–Jubbaland power struggle" 🔗 https://hiiraan.com/news4/2025/July/202355/clashes_erupt_in_somalia_s_gedo_region_amid_federal_jubbaland_power_struggle.aspx

Xaliimo123 (talk) 12:44, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

User talk:Eva UX

[2] @PhilKnight: You seemed to block an older account of User:Mushy Yank, but you did not take any action for their two other accounts User:Tchèque Point and User:Dolesbang [3]. I mean I interacted quite a bit with Mushy on their talk page and am confused similar to Liz. I can vouch that they do good edits (meaning that only their latest account shouldn't be blocked like PhilKnight said).

P. S. Not sure where your talk page archives are located. DareshMohan (talk) 18:18, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

@DareshMohan: - I have blocked the two accounts to enforce the 1 account restriction on Eva_UX. PhilKnight (talk) 22:18, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

IP pest

I see you blocked 1.39.21.10. It's almost surely Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dismant39, and they've been abusing a lot of 1.39.{16,18,21}.* over the past few months. Time for a rangeblock? DMacks (talk) 10:27, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes. Blocked /16 for 60 hours. It is tricky to block for longer due to collateral. Materialscientist (talk) 10:30, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

You've got better goggles than I do:) DMacks (talk) 12:00, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Citing s source knowledge

i tired hard to mention the reference but I couldn't. Javedalibinsajid (talk) 14:51, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Javedalibinsajid: Please review Help:Referencing for beginners. Cheers, - FlightTime (open channel) 14:53, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Question about Lokafy draft

Hi Materialscientist, I hope you're doing well. I'm got a notification that a previous draft for "Lokafy" was deleted by you back in June 2021 for being too promotional. I'd like to try creating a new page for it, and I want to make sure I'm doing it right this time. Would you be able to give me some insight into what the issues were with the last draft, so I can avoid making the same mistakes? Any advice you have would be a huge help. Thank you for your time!

ByChi (talk) 14:01, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

From the edit history, it was created by somebody (you I presume), using an account with the same name as the draft implying you are creating an advert and quite possibly work for the company. If that's true, you need to read WP:PAID first. MarcGarver (talk) 14:11, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Ammar

Why did you protect the page? It has improper sourcing. Is it forbidden to improve? Sources should be independent and not someons Cv. 27.170.83.211 (talk) 11:04, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure what beef this IP hopper has with the Ammar Siamwalla article, but they very much appear to be WP:NOTHERE, and intent only on disruptively removing content. Apparently they've also made a lot of edits to several Indian diaspora articles (e.g. Chindians, Indians in Japan, Indians in Korea, Indians in Thailand), but though almost all of the edits were removal of content, on the surface the edit summaries seemed reasonable. Given their behaviour in the Ammar article, though, perhaps further scrutiny is needed on their edits. --Paul_012 (talk) 14:44, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

I suspect the article was rewritten by AI since one reference is about a different person with same surname, one who is a music artist. Namely reference two. I suggest it should promptly be adjusted. 59.5.2.234 (talk) 10:02, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Apparently it appears that their contributions have some overlap with 58.99.101.165, which you ranged-blocked earlier. I've started an ANI thread, FYI since you have pings disabled. --Paul_012 (talk) 19:16, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Please keep the edits that one IP dude made in The Rare Occasions

I was looking at the edit hsitory and saw someone had added mentions of important pieces of the band's history and also included some collaborations they did, why I do undertsand removing stuff about that one song they mentioned, most of the info there should be available to the public instead of one small subreddit. 2600:1007:A012:5FA0:C0BD:8FEB:7412:F89 (talk) 21:08, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Pete Fejeran

The article Pete Fejeran has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. LibStar (talk) 00:34, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Hugo Land

Any objections to me unblocking Hugo Land? See User talk:Hugo Land. --Yamla (talk) 09:29, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

No objections. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 12:08, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 12:18, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Revert

Hello, I saw that you reverted some of the edits done in the Kevin Mwachiro, see the diff. I believe this must have been a mistake, as the edits you reverted fixed the format of many of the references on the page. Therefore, I restored the version with the proper format for the references. Good day! Nacaru 14:39, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, mistake, thanks for reverting me. Materialscientist (talk) 14:40, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Kamchatka

I didn't get it a bit. Would you like to see examples from Russian literature of the use of the expression "Kamchatka"? 95.25.19.129 (talk) 10:18, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

I know them myself. The issue is to establish widespread use rather than occasional mentioning. WP:Secondary sources are needed for that. Materialscientist (talk) 10:40, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Again, I don't quite understand. If you know about Kamchatka at school, then you are Russian. English-speaking people cannot know this. Isn't it? But the English wiki encyclopedia is written for them, not for Russian-speaking people. 95.25.19.129 (talk) 10:50, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

They surely can, but this is not the issue. See my previous message. Materialscientist (talk) 10:56, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Kamchatka will not lose much if English-speaking people do not find out this interesting fact about it. 95.25.19.129 (talk) 11:16, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Email

Hi MS, please check your email. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:37, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/147.161.225.90

Would you be able to change the block of the above IP to a proxy block? IPCheck analysis here Aydoh8^{[what have I done now?]} 14:26, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Done, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 15:07, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Block evading proxy-blocked IP

The proxy-blocked IP 218.250.114.83 (u t c m l) appears to be block-evading from several IP addresses on the 218.250.0.0/16 (u t c m l)-range, especially 218.250.200.1 (u t c m l). Concurrently, they are soking from the 124.217.188.00/24 (u t c m l)-range, and have also edited from 112.120.27.139 (u t c m l). All these IPs geo-locate to Hong Kong. They edit almost exclusively in a handful of articles in the area of the 2024 and 2025 Pacific typhoon seasons, where they repeatedly change date formats and spelling against consensus.

Evidence

Proxy-blocked IP 218.250.114.83 preferred British English and dmy over mdy date format:

• 2025-08-14 in Typhoon Co-may: ads {{engvarb}}, organization → organisation, canceled → cancelled etc. (diff)
• 2025-08-16 in Typhoon Podul: ads {{engvarb}} and makes sweeping spelling changes. Also changes {{use mdy dates}} to {{use dmy dates}} and changes all dates to dmy. (diff) EmperorChesser (talk) restored spelling and mdy format (diff), but within an hour, IP edit wars British English and dmy back again with a meaningless edit summary:
• 2025-08-17: Zhangpu county. (diff)
• 2025-08-18: boldly makes a few "-zed" → "-sed" spelling changes and, for a third time, changes all mdy dates to dmy dates in, despite the hidden note <!--As mentioned in talk page, do not insert British English or dmy dates here-->. (diff)
• 2025-08-22: for a fourth time in Typhoon Podul: changes {{use mdy dates}} to {{use dmy dates}} and changes all dates to dmy. (diff)
• 2025-08-22 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: multiple spelling changes to British English as well as mdy to dmy changes. (diff)
• 2025-08-22 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: changes the direct link National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to the British spelling redirect National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. (diff)
• more examples in diff, diff, diff (misleading edit summary), diff, diff, diff, diff, diff, diff, diff (misleading edit summary).

Similar editing by other IPs:

After you blocked 218.250.114.83 on 2025-08-22T15:26:40, IP jumped to 218.250.105.153 (u t c m l) 13 minutes later:

• Their second edit is to Typhoon Podul where, for a fifth time, they change {{use mdy dates}} to {{use dmy dates}} and all dates to dmy with the misleading edit summary Wikilinked ocean heat content. (diff)
• In another of their favo(u)rite articles, 2025 Pacific typhoon season, they make date format changes and/or spelling changes in diff, diff, diff, diff, diff. Last edit from this IP is 2025-08-23.

The next day, 2025-08-24, editing continues from 218.250.105.235 (u t c m l):

• Spelling changes as well as mdy to dmy changes in their first edit to Typhoon Podul.
• In 2025 Pacific typhoon season they change {{use mdy dates}} to {{use dmy dates}} and change all dates to dmy, as well as multiple spelling changes, and give a misleading edit summary. (diff)

On 2025-08-26, editing continues from 218.250.200.1 (u t c m l), by far the most active address. Non-exhaustive list of relevant diffs:

• Spelling and/or mdy to dmy changes in diff, diff (misleading edit summary), diff, diff (misleading edit summary), diff, diff, diff, diff, diff, diff,

Other IPs:

112.120.27.139 (u t c m l) makes sporadic edits in the same articles between 2025-08-18 and 2025-08-26, and is undoubtedly the same editor. Two good examples are diff and diff.

On the 124.217.188.00/24 (u t c m l)-range, three IP addresses have made similar edits, please see contribs. One of them on Talk:Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam#Tons (permalink) give "Kudos to 218.250.200.1 for ...".

A remarkable and peculiar commonality is the use of what I would call "fake undo edit summaries". The editor copy-pastes the default Mediawiki-generated edit summary in the format Undid revision ########## by User_name (User_talk) into the edit summary box for an edit that is not in fact undoing the edit that is being linked to in the summary. Since these edits technically are not undoing anything, they are notable by (a) an absence of the (Tag: Undo) tag, and (b) they do not generate a notification.

Examples:

• 218.250.114.83:

  2025-08-17 in Typhoon Podul: Undid revision 1306310548 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-17 in Typhoon Podul: Undid revision 1306310986 by EmperorChesser (talk). Names of countries (⊂ territories) in the lede. (diff)

  2025-08-22 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1307219217 by Panamauser (talk) (diff)

• 218.250.105.153:

  2025-08-22 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1307276297 by MAS0802 (talk) (diff) ... they sneak in a dmy date.

• 218.250.105.235:

  2025-08-24 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1307607344 by 218.250.105.235 (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-25 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1307717830 by 112.206.66.8 (talk) (diff)

• 218.250.200.1:

  2025-08-26 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1307925620 by Quake1234 (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Danas (2025): Undid revision 1308057773 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Danas (2025): Undid revision 1308057773 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Danas (2025): Undid revision 1308057773 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Danas (2025): Undid revision 1308057773 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Danas (2025): Undid revision 1306361637 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in Typhoon Podul: Undid revision 1308022787 by EmperorChesser (talk) (diff)

  2025-08-27 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: Undid revision 1308123679 by Sam Sailor (talk) (diff)

  ... the list goes on. Similar fake undo edits have been made on the 124.217.188.00/24 (u t c m l)-range as well.

Sam Sailor 19:45, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

2025-08-22 in 2025 Pacific typhoon season: changes the direct link National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to the British spelling redirect National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. (diff) One may think it isn't right to change the spelling of word "center/re" in the name of the NCHMF; but please take a look at the header banner at https://nchmf.gov.vn/KttvsiteE/en-US/2/index.html. The same is true for https://mod.gov.vn/en, for the spelling of "defense/ce" in the name of the ministry. Apparently Sam Sailor has presumed non-registered editors are always wrong and making wrong edits. 218.250.200.1 (talk) 21:03, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

And no I don't edit behind any proxy. And I edit only from IP addresses from the same ISP. The IP addresses are randomly assigned by the ISP which are reassigned randomly from time to time. I'm not aware of other users who may have edits in similar areas - except for the only instance that I was tagged at a talk page. 218.250.200.1 (talk) 21:04, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

The same editor continues the disruption on

• 116.48.91.116 (u t c m l)

  2025-09-03: diff (DMY), diff (DMY, fake undo edit summary)

  2025-09-04: diff (DMY, UBE), diff (DMY), diff (UBE)

  2025-09-05: diff (DMY)

Sam Sailor 06:08, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Albanian people’s army

dear material scientists I would like to discuss the Albanian people’s army pages that it does not reflect the full strength of the Albanian people’s army at that time for example in 1991 it was listed to have 48000 active troops However through some very extensive research I found out that the number should be around 61 000 and not to mention that article also does not state that the Albanians also produced the TIP 57 a Albanian copy of the Chinese copy of the RPG 7 and does not mention that Albania produced the Dshk M Unitedred star (talk) 01:19, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

I am just writing to ensure that if I make an edit I don’t get banned Unitedred star (talk) 01:20, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

I hope you get back to me as soon as possible thank you so much Unitedred star (talk) 01:24, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Death of Sibnath Banerjee

There is a mistake on this page regarding the death of Sibnath Banerjee. As a historian, I research about trade union leaders in colonial Calcutta and I noticed that you posted that Sibnath Banerjee died in 1937. This can't be true. He was alive for sure during the Calcutta Corporation Employees' strike in 1945. In the 1940s he was also a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. If you want I can forward you some documents attesting these. 203.115.108.70 (talk) 07:41, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Potential sockpuppet?

See [4] vs [5], and [6]. Since this is a generic {{checkuserblock-account}} with no linked master, I'm putting this here. Thanks! Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 23:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Other checkusers used the same generic summary - it is a prolific sock and I don't know the master. Blocked, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 09:16, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

It's apparently Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Prince Of Roblox. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 23:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Photography

You appear to be one of the top editors listed for the Wikipedia Photography article. I've recently looked at the B&W and Monochrome articles for Wikipedia and they did not look very well maintained. It seems that the Photography article also has multiple issues; do you have any interest or ideas for how to improve it or make it better. For example, I'm finding that the lede at Photography does not even match the article; it seems to end with a mention of the digital impact, which covers only about half the article. Any thought? ErnestKrause (talk) 19:06, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Possible sockpuppet?

I noticed that you blocked Shigeon12 but didnt link to any sockmaster, instead using the generic {{checkuserblock-account}}. I suspect that Adrian7790, Sugionaldo7, Greeners27, and Rakabuming Rakatokan may be socks, as all of them show the same editing interest on Persebaya Surabaya-related articles, with their edits limited only to that topic. Notably, Greeners27 was just created today and his first edit was to block my PROD on an article created by Shigeon12. How should I proceed to file an SPI in this case? Ckfasdf (talk) 14:31, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

See Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Shigeon12. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 16:52, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to ask again, but I just noticed a pattern in the editing behavior. Given the recent focus on Indonesian soccer–related articles, I suspect that Shigeon12 may be another sock of Jellywings19. Could you please look it up, and if confirmed, we can link all of the above socks to Jellywings19. Thank you. Ckfasdf (talk) 17:10, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

"Acta Orthopaedica" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Acta Orthopaedica has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 12 § Acta Orthopaedica until a consensus is reached. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:51, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

98.0.156.50

98.0.156.50 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Would you mind doing a school block here? Thanks. ConnerTT (talk) 18:00, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:MCQ § PD-MAGov

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:MCQ § PD-MAGov. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi Materialscientist. I'm notifying you of this discussion because you're an administrator on both Wikipedia and Commons and thought you might be able to provide some insight into how to best resolve things. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

58.96.128.0/19

Hello, some time ago you blocked this range for a year. Could you re-block it again, perhaps for longer this time? It's probably a school range; I lost count after quickly checking about 400 edits but pretty much 95% of this range's edits since the expiry of your block have been unconstructive. Thanks! Graham87 (talk) 10:36, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Reblocked. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 11:19, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

131.239.108.194

131.239.108.194 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Can you school-block this IP address again? (note: check filter log). Thanks. ConnerTT (talk) 18:30, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Mustafa Kruja

Hello. Mustafa Kruja was also Senator of Italian Kingdom. (See https://www.senato.it/web/senregno.nsf/ce54593f8f3ffc4bc125785e003c801c/997c980976566cb34125646f005d6e28?OpenDocument). 193.163.187.202 (talk) 17:20, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

IP 2600:4040:2dca:1e00:e671:a363:289:cf77

Hi Materialscientist. Could you take a look at Special:Contributions/2600:4040:2dca:1e00:e671:a363:289:cf77? For some reason, this IP account has redirected the articles Yellowbeard and Yellow Bear to Five Nights at Freddy's. I've reverted the redirects, but the IP also created Draft:Yellowbear and Draft talk:Yellowbear. It's possible the IP wants to try and create a new article about something (e.g. a character) that's part of the Five Night's at Freddy's gameverse, but just doesn't know how to go about doing so. I'm not sure if any additional cleanup is needed after undoing the redirects. The IP also changed the redirect of Golden FreddyGolden Freddy, but I don't know anything about that particular subject.

FWIW, I only came across this because the non-free file being used in the main infobox of the Yellowbeard article got flagged by a bot for violating WP:NFCC#9. I'm also asking you about this because you'd already reverted the IP once before at "Yellow Bear". -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:43, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at this abd deleting those two draft pages. Apparently, the same person has jumped to IP 2600:4040:2dca:1e00:d3a9:7a71:96ca:dc1a, but that account was blocked for 31 hours by Fathoms Below. What's the next step if they decide to come back and repeat the same behavior? -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:09, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly I checked the /64 range and it seems like the vandalism was mostly coming from that one range, and so I re-blocked it for a week since some other admins had previously blocked the range too. If you see vandalism like this that seems to be one person coming from a specific IP range, I would suggest doing an AIV report and list the edits that you see coming from that range and an admin will do a rangeblock. But if it seems like multiple IPs coming from different locations and are not just a single person on a limited /64 range, a report to WP:RFPP to protect the affected pages might work. I'm not the most technically inclined person, so maybe just asking for help at a relevant noticeboard might get you some better advice hopefully. Fathoms Below (talk) 22:30, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Oh and for reference, the /64 range that I blocked was here. Fathoms Below (talk) 22:31, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Fathoms Below. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:24, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina

Hello,

You have a reply about that. Look at the contents in the left. Twice "Match details". Only one please? Thank you

Mickaël.1079 Mickaël.1079 (talk) 14:21, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Hyphen-minus article

Hi Materialscientist! I just noticed continued disruption being made to the Hyphen-minus article and applied temporary semi-protection in order stop it. Looking at the page log for June 22, I noticed that you added semi-protection, then changed it to extended-confirmed protection, then changed it again to be template protection despite it not being a template. I was curious and wanted to ask why you set that particular protection level in the end. I see in the edit history that sock puppet disruption was happening during the time, so I understand the semi-protection followed by the change to extended-confirmed protection. I'm just scratching my head and wondering why you applied template protection. What made you apply this protection level? :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:54, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

I tried to protect against automated scripts that make any sleeper account autoconfirmed or extended-confirmed within seconds, automatically bypassing the editing limits. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 09:19, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

IP 27.114.165.3

Hi @Materialscientist! On September 14, you blocked the above IP for 3 months with "blocked proxy". Since then, the same IP editor has continued their disruption on a number of other IPs within the /24 range, just in case you want to expand the existing block? See contributions: 27.114.165.0/24. Cheers, Nil🥝 04:33, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

104.176.122.156

104.176.122.156 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Can we get another long block on this IP. Nothing but vandalism from here. Thanks. ConnerTT (talk) 06:06, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 10:11, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

I saw th efilm two days ago and was simply adding plot points that I thought filled out the review.I wrote no false information.Please restore. By t he way,you changed the codes and i can't find my list of edits I've made over the years.198.23.5.10 is drawing a blank,and that was the code last week.Could you find out what the new entry codes are?

85.98.23.90

Hi Materialscientist. Can I ask about the proxy block of 85.98.23.90 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)? IPInfo doesn't list any proxy activity, and it appears stable going back a month. Is there something I'm missing? Feel free to email if necessary. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 18:03, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

[7]. Materialscientist (talk) 05:56, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Is a simple Proxy/VPN checkmark from IPQualityScore really enough for a block under WP:NOP, when it's a residential IP with continuous editing for a month and no flags from Spur? That doesn't match the normal profile of a residential proxy, but rather of someone whose mobile IP was at some point in the past used by a bad actor. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 06:03, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, unblocked. Indeed, this might be a stuck shadow from a past proxy activity. Materialscientist (talk) 06:58, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Neutrality Issue

The recent comments made by SNY employee Gary Cohen should be on the page as this is a recent and controversial event. You removed the page because it was not a credible source. How is Yahoo news not a credible source? 64.233.215.115 (talk) 17:00, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

You display liberal bias which adds to the problem of people receiving information from wikipedia. 64.233.215.115 (talk) 17:01, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Reverted edit

You recently reverted an edit so that the page now says that the NSP won 1 seat in the 1918 UK general election and then lists two winners. All I was trying to do was provide a hint of an explanation as to why, but you decided that this would not be a positive thing to do. I have no intention of trying again: your decision to maintain the problem without any explanation means it falls to you to make sure that page is consistent in itself and with the various pages linked in the 1918 section (both the overall results and the individual pages on the constituencies and candidates, which were the sources for my edit). Good luck - I am sure you can find wording and sources that will satisfy you. 2A00:23C6:1492:7A01:93D:977A:8EC7:5E36 (talk) 20:36, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Reversed changes problem

Hi, the changes I made to Paul Emmanuel artist have been cited and so I’m unsure why the changes have been reversed. Also i tried to improve the page by removing dead links. PS I’m Paul Emmanuel the subject. I’ve not done this before but really do appreciate Wikipedia and everything you do to keep articles accurate and properly cited. 155.93.139.253 (talk) 09:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, I have restored your edits. Please use edit summaries when updating pages. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 09:41, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

First Trump Administration

Hello Materialscientist the First Trump Administration People ended there Jobs in 2021. We need to Update all the Pages to lightgray becuse they all left I look forward for your reply and discussing this with you so we can make the pages better for the common good. Thanks:2600:1004:A032:1E90:68FA:959A:91DB:1435 (talk) 2600:1004:A032:1E90:68FA:959A:91DB:1435 (talk) 17:14, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Why the block ?

Hello, Ive just learned you partially blocked my IP 2A0A:EF40:ECD:5C01:D154:EEEA:BBB8:2A63 . Could you please unblock it. I cant see why it has been done . I havent edited or read any of the pages you cited in the block notes. [[8]] Note I have since opened an account BlackSheep8128. TIA Blacksheep8128 (talk) 13:31, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Sourcing on recent edits of Meg Patterson

A new editor has added summaries from Frontiers in Psychiatry, one of the Frontiers Media publications, with peer review processes that appear to be less than rigorous. I'd appreciate your take on the reliability of the sourcing. Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 07:58, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Similar potential sockpuppet IP range

Hi Materialscientist, I hope you can respond to this message soon. Basically the IP address of 124.217.189.70 (talk | contribs) has relentlessly been moving drafts to different titles over and over again (in this case, Draft:Tropical Storm Matmo (2025) and Draft:Tropical Storm Matmo). The only thing that they did is repeatedly redirecting, changing the date format and spelling variations, even changing the short description though I had changed it before to match the normal desc conventions. Moreover, the range, 124.217.189.0, is similar to a marked potential sock in the above topic Block evading proxy-blocked IP, which included 124.217.188.0. This action is abusive and increasingly disruptive. You should block this IP address, or maybe the entire IP range if crucial, even though many people did not make any mistakes at all.

I know that you are busy, or possibly very busy, but try to respond as soon as possible. I will make sure I reply back to you once you have done that. Thank you! EmperorChesser 10:33, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Matmo

Hello Materialscientist. If in case you got time to investigate, you'll probably find that EmperorChesser was lying above. It was MAS0802 who moved the draft to a different title (and the rationale was a valid one), and that there has been no edit which involves the changing of all dates en masse in the article from dmy to mdy or the other way round. What happened was in fact the creation and maintenance of a fork of a draft, which is remarkably outdated and at one point contained wikilinks to disambiguation pages. 124.217.188.188 (talk) 19:04, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

[Retalk from topic above] Almost certain sockpuppet

Hi Materialscientist, I really need your help right now. You previously blocked 203.145.95.11 (talk | contribs) on September 29, an IP address in the range of Special:Contributions/203.145.95.0/24. Now I am almost certain that they have come back on 203.145.95.215 (talk | contribs) and have been causing so much chaos. Please, block this IP address or the entire IP range if necessary. EmperorChesser 02:08, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Blocking user

Hello there, I saw you had blocked User:24.72.76.177. I was reverting their blankings on Allah as a lunar deity and I was going to make a report on WP:AIV, but you'd already blocked the user and as far as I can tell, they hadn't been reported yet. Just for the purposes of me understanding better, how/where did you notice this happening? Is there anywhere I should or could keep an eye on? I feel like I'm often uncertain as to if a user is heading towards a block or has been reported somewhere that I'm not aware of. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 11:37, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Bots often report problematic editors/IPs [9], and this is how I noticed this one, but not always. Materialscientist (talk) 11:45, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Aha, I missed the bot report, that explains it. Thanks for explaining! --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

You have a fan!

I think Materioscientolog0 (talk · contribs) might be someone you've pissed off. 10mmsocket (talk) 16:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

103.222.20.0/24

103.222.20.0/24 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Would you mind blocking this IP range again? Based on their edits, I see little to no collateral damage here. Thanks. ConnerTT (talk) 01:06, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Nevermind, it looks like another admin already took care of it. ConnerTT (talk) 04:20, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

About Reverted Edits

Hello Mr. I appreciate your concern in wikipedia about efitings. But Mr. my last edits were from main sources and they were valid. So I think there was some misunderstanding about my edits.I will again rewrite the edits but if you have any evidence that my edits unsourced then please reply with evidence and I will be notified.

Thank you InstaArchiever (talk) 06:23, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

84.206.48.117 (talk · contribs)

Hello - you blocked this IP in June as a checkuser block. Is this User:Adam Tari? Cheers, Number 57 15:48, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Photo of Blessed Maria Troncatti

Hi can You ask an admin to upload a photo of Blessed Maria Troncatti based on the link below?

https://www.infoans.org/en/sections/news/item/22806-vatican-blessed-maria-troncatti-fma-to-be-declared-a-saint

TristanQuinn (talk) 04:30, 16 October 2025 (UTC)