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209.250.175.169 block

doesn't this qualify for a ban instead of block? UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 18:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean. If you mean Hellocat99 (talk · contribs) then my answer is block, certainly. Materialscientist (talk) 00:50, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I mean IP user 209.250.175.169,not Hellocat99,unless you suspect Hellocat99 to be the account of 209.250.175.169? UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 18:18, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BlockList?wpTarget=209.250.175.169&blockType=&limit=50&wpFormIdentifier=blocklist UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 19:54, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Same answer, unfortunately. Materialscientist (talk) 00:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

You mean 209.250.175.169 and Hellocat99 are the same person? UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 00:41, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

The IP and Hellocat99 are not the same user. The ip 209.250.175.169 operates on Oakville, Ontario. Hellocat99's IP is 135.26.120.92, which is based in Conroe, Texas. I know this because both the ip and accounts add racist, antisemitic, and homophobic slurs on multiple semi-protected pages since 8/3/23. See https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/135.26.120.92 for more information. 2603:8080:D03:89D4:5D63:1DB:6CFA:DC82 (talk) 23:53, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Why Did You ip Block christs college

What did We Ever do Leo7510 (talk) 06:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It would help if you gave us the article (we have several articles under "Christ College" and even more "Christ's College"). If you mean that Materialscientist blocked an IP from the college then give us the IP. Meters (talk) 06:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

he has blocked the school christs college in nz from editing wikipedia Leo7510 (talk) 21:07, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I believe it's User talk:114.23.26.225.

@Leo7510, the IP ban is listed as being issued for vandalism. This ban only applies to the IP address - not user accounts - and expires in 3 years. Synorem (talk) 20:50, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kaushal Kishore

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Good article reassessment for Boron

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Courtesy note for an unblocking of a very old block. Cheers. asilvering (talk) 18:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Unblocking is Ok with me. Materialscientist (talk) 13:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

If you have a moment...

could you perhaps look into what has gone on at the Enneagram of Personality page today, primarily in its History section? (Asking because in an earlier season, I was impressed by your work in various contexts.) We believe that the carte blanche reversion was too easy of a response, and threw baby out with the bath. We have no opinion on larger matters at that article—we simply found gross misuse of sources, and rampant WP:OR. We are now accused of editorialising, and of OR ourselves, which simply staggers us.

We won't further egage the reverting editor, as we see no point. But the article is not better for having been returned to its earlier state.

[To start, look for the quoted word "remedies" in the Wiltse citation (you will not find it, to aid that, here is a URL for that, which was lacking in the article), and then look to see if the citation of the "Brandon Medina" blog (actually by author = Medina, Brandon) does not point to a source that states the opposite of what the reverted article now again suggests. And the scholarly unraveling goes on from there.]

It is our view that the original edit, which was accepted by a registered editor—the article is protected, we do not know whom—should have been allowed to stand, and not reverted by a single editor objecting to the two of us. We suspect bias against us as a non-registered editor.

Surely, some editing of the product should follow. But reversion, so the errors that existed before our edit be returned—we suggest that pursuing that course was the poorest of options, for the sake of a quality article. The edits were not vandalism, were not editorial, and were not WP:OR (as claimed in the all too brief reverting edit summary). Cheers. 71.239.132.212 (talk) 05:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-Protection of Lil Dicky

You semi-protected Lil Dicky back in 2019. Now that five years have passed, would you consider lifting the semi-protection? 174.93.89.27 (talk) 17:45, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

I do not agree 2603:8080:D03:89D4:8017:75ED:C03C:6633 (talk) 19:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

IPv6 disruption at Talk:Datta dynasty

Hi, Material, merry Christmas! Could you maybe do a rangeblock that covers the IPv6's at Talk:Datta dynasty? It's getting ridiculous, and I started listing the /64's that would be needed to stop it (since that is the limit of my understanding of IPv6 ranges), but gave up. Perhaps a long page-block of a much bigger range would be the best? Bishonen | tålk 04:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC).

I have blocked a short range, ping me if they resume. That region is notorious for their vast floating IP ranges. Materialscientist (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Bishonen | tålk 03:08, 25 December 2024 (UTC).

Season's Greetings

Hello Materialscientist: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:19, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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Abishe (talk) 23:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Editor misusing dashes dismissive of requests to learn

Hello. I have been attempting to get Kencf0618 on board with our Manual of Style guidance regarding the use of dashes for 3 weeks now, and no matter how many times they tell me they're "chagrined" (1st and 2nd thread), they continue to misuse them and even replace good dashes with bad ones. I have asked nicely, asked less nicely and issued a direct warning that their continued misuse effectively constitutes vandalism (willfully editing contrary to consensus), but checking if the "sorry" in response to my final warning had meant anything useful, I found it had not. A week after first discussing this with them, and being told that they'd fix their previous errors, I regex searched for their most common pattern, and put a decent amount of time into correcting the many I found, but I was playing catch-up. I won't follow this editor around indefinitely fixing every case, so they need to be stopped, but I also recognise that this ignorance isn't blatantly malicious (they do enjoy inserting inappropriate flowery phrases here and there though, when plain English would have been obviously preferable) and they just need to be put straight by someone with some clout, since my efforts have fallen on deaf ears. Hopefully this is enough information for you to make sense of the situation, but please ask for clarification if needed. Thank you. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 09:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Shall learn regex. kencf0618 (talk) 15:41, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

2600:4809:7270:F800::/64 removing pronunciations

Hi, yesterday you warned 2600:4809:7270:F800:B974:A7C9:5E41:9A03 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) that they would be blocked the next time they removed content. They have ignored that warning and continue to remove pronunciations, some of them obviously necessary like Gervis. Today's batch of edits are under the IP 2600:4809:7270:F800:F083:671:4921:D5B8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Can you do something to stop this waste of time for other editors? Thanks! CodeTalker (talk) 21:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Old page move

Good day Materialscientist! Back in 2021, you moved Oshana Region to Oshana, undoing a 2009 page move. I cannot find any discussion about this. I would like to undo this, as a) all other regions of Namibia end in "Region", b) its name is so defined by the Government of Namibia, and c) "Oshana" means something on its own: it is a shallow flood plain after which the region is named. Please protest if you're not happy with this move. --Pgallert (talk) 07:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi -- just wanted to thank you for all your work being on the ball reverting junk/vandalism from talk pages, it's really helpful to prevent this stuff from being archived and sticking around forever. Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:31, 31 December 2024 (UTC)