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Happy editing! TheImaCow (talk) 16:46, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

August 2020

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. DMacks (talk) 15:43, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

@DMacks: I don't know if you know this, but you might want to take a closer look at Netflix's latest trailer for their abysmal movie "Cuties". DarkMatterMan4500 {talk} 16:24, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

That's quite possible. But as I said, it needs a clearly stated citation. Multiple of your edits have been undone by multiple editors because you have said things that might be true but haven't actually given a valid cite to a reliable source that lets others verify it in line with wikipedia policy. DMacks (talk) 16:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

My apology

Hi, DarkMatterMan4500. I am “NTM”, the user you blocked on “Awesome Games Wiki” and “Crappy Games Wiki”. I just wanted to apologize for the trouble I caused, I didn’t mean to be a troll. I was just so confused on the thought, “How can a game be good AND bad at the same time?” I understand why I got blocked, and when you decide to unblock me, I promise to never make that mistake ever again. Nate86824650 (talk) 23:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Nate86824650 That's okay. I'll unblock you right away. I just want you to never do this again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 11:55, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

And now, you've been unblocked from both wikis Nate86824650. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 11:58, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Re: edits on Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

Hello, this is regarding the edits made to the November 2020 section; I was actually merging the references into one cell for the cases between 21 Nov and 30 Nov, similar to how the refs for the cases for 1 -10 Nov and 11-20 Nov are grouped. I apologize if it came off as malicious removal of content. HzgiUU149377 (talk) 03:52, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

That's fine. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 20:34, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	For being a great admin on the Reception Wikis! (my miraheze account is locked because of GDPR) a gd fan (talk) 18:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I guess? DarkMatterMan4500 12:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Edits on the Van Jones page

I'm reaching out in response to your comment that my edits on Van Jones' page constitute vandalism. I'm distressed and confused by this accusation--the first section of Jones' page read before I edited it (and reads now) that he "led the fight" to pass a certain initiative. Language like this belongs in rousing campaign speeches and interviews about personal accomplishments. It hardly belongs on an individual's Wikipedia page meant to impartially describe the material facts of their life and record, especially in the case of a visible media figure like Jones.

I changed that language to read that Jones worked with the Trump administration and members of Congress of both parties to pass the First Step Act, a widely accepted truth which has been reported out extensively and acknowledged publicly by Jones himself, in a CNN article I linked.

Your determination that this correction was an "unconstructive edit" constituting "vandalism" is confusing. Could you explain, or restore my edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by U know the deal (talk • contribs) 01:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I've been more vigilant with vandalism lately. That's why at times I make mistakes. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk contribs) 15:41, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the kind response. I'll make the reversion and acknowledge this discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by U know the deal (talk • contribs) 18:29, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Your revert of my edit on Martha S. Pope

Hello,

Can you tell me the reasons why you believe that my recent edit on the article on Martha S. Pope is considered not constructive? She did served as the 31st Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate per Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate#List of the Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and the 26th Secretary of the United States Senate per Secretary of the United States Senate#Secretaries of the Senate. If you can tell me the errors, I will correct them. Thanks. -- 68.50.32.85 (talk) 03:05, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I apologize for that. You see, as I have explained to at least a couple of users, I have been very vigilant about vandalism these days.

No problems. Fighting vandalism is usually a good thing until you get to the point of being too tired to read the actual text on a tiny screen and start making mistakes. When you reach that point again, you need to take a break away from your screen so can at lease regain your sanity. Keep up the good work (when you are not tired). -- 68.50.32.85 (talk) 03:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Hello, I'm RolandR. I wanted to let you know that some of your recent contributions to Shpat Kasapi have been reverted or removed because they seem to be defamatory or libellous. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. RolandR (talk) 14:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I apologize for that, and that it won't occur again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Previous account

Hi DarkMatterMan4500,

thanks for the report; the user has been blocked. Regarding the clarification on your user page, may I ask which account you have used before?

If you prefer not to publish this information, please confirm that this is a genuine clean start by a user who has never been blocked from editing.

If this is not the case, please contact the arbitration committee privately with all details, and confirm that you have done so.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:42, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I used to use my Zangoose&SeviperMan4055 account, but of course, since I have 2 accounts on Wikipedia, I had to choose which account I should use, so I decided to go with this account instead. My old account won't really be used anymore. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:21, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Your revert of my edit on Tom Kirkwood

Hi DarkMatterMan4500,

can you tell me why your reverted my edit of Tom Kirkwood??

I did provide a summary to explain why I made the changes and I added many references to substantiate the information that I entered.

LexaDlawok (talk) 12:45, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

LexaDlawok That's because it didn't look sourced at first glance. If you believe that it was made in error, please, feel free to change it.

DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 12:58, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 20:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Just an FYI, I apologize for the mistake I've made on you. You see, I have a habit of making hasty and impulsive edits and reverts. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:11, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Considering my actions today:

I feel like an absolute fool to do something stupid like making a complete mistake, so can anyone please tell me what I should do to resolve this issue and to prevent something like this from happening again in the future? Any good advice will do. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

You know what?

From now on, I'll take a look at edits before reverting them, as what that user has pointed out to me, I had a habit of carelessly reverting edits without even looking. I'll keep an eye out for more editing vandalism from here on out. That IP editor really had a good point of my carelessness, and not to mention he was right, and I was WRONG when I did all of that.

SPI alerts

Hi DarkMatterMan4500, what is the reasoning behind your notification of various accounts of open SPI investigations? It seems you've notified five accounts in the past month. CMD (talk) 16:32, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Well, there was a couple that were argued, one confirmed, and one for any defense that they may have. As for the reason you are asking, I had suspected some were sockpuppets. There was 1 that I got right, and it was the one on I alive, so there you have it. That's my answer.

DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:37, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm not asking about investigations you opened, I'm asking about your decision to talk page notify suspected sockpuppets from other investigations, eg. [1]. CMD (talk) 16:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I was asking the user to come on into the investigation so the user can defend him/herself from those allegations. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:11, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

And what is the reasoning behind doing that? CMD (talk) 17:25, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

It wasn't to accuse him, but rather see his side of the story. I didn't really think he was a sock of Ineedtostopforgetting. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:16, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

The example I linked to was not an Ineedtostopforgetting sock. So far as I can tell, the previous four users you notified of SPI investigations have all been blocked as socks. CMD (talk) 01:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Way back when I first took part in sockpuppet investigations, probably about eleven or twelve years ago, I used to provide accused sockpuppets with information about the investigations, in the belief that doing so was only fair, to give them a chance to defend themselves. However, I found out the hard way that more often the effect was to alert them to what gave their sockpuppetry away, so that they could be better at hiding their future sockpuppets. Unfortunately, I eventually came to the conclusion that in most cases it is better not to inform them. I suggest that it is normally best to leave it up to the editors making reports to decide whether to notify or not, and if in a particular case you strongly think the editor making a report has made a mistake in choosing not to do so, it's usually better to raise the matter with them, rather than taking the matter out of their hands by unilaterallly overturning that decision. JBW (talk) 21:59, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

JBW So sorry for the late response. Alas, I was recently told something similar on Meta Wikimedia. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:53, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

1991 NFL season

Hi, you recently reverted my edit on 1991 NFL season and I was wondering on the grounds under which you considered it not to be constructive? As I said in the edit summary, the purpose of the edit was to remove the unnecessary prefix 'Template:' from a template and to fix a missing end italic. MulberryTwine (talk) 13:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

It was mostly because edit filter was triggered claiming sockpuppetry by you, so I wasn't so sure on what to say on the matter. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@DarkMatterMan4500 I'm not sure why that edit filter was triggered but I have reported it as a false flag. As such, unless you have any other issues concerning the edit I made I will revert it. - MulberryTwine (talk) 15:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh

You're on Wikipedia, too. Hello Qualitipedia friend! ChessPiece21 (talk) 16:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Yep, I'm here too. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:41, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Troll

If you want me to, I can semi-protect this page for a while, to stop silliness. I don't like protecting user talk pages, as it can cause inconvenience for legitimate editors, but sometimes it is the best option. A number of times I have protected my own talk page because of trolling and vandalism, and when I have done so I have made available a second talk page for editors who are prevented from editing my main talk page. There is nothing to stop the trolls and vandals from editing the second talk page, but I have found over the years that for some reason they almost never do. Maybe the fun in trolling isn't there if they think what they do won't be seen by many people. Anyway, if you would like me to protect the page then please let me know. JBW (talk) 21:49, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes, please do so right away. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:41, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

I have just seen your answer to my message. That was lucky, as I might never have seen it. If you post a message for a particular editor on a talk page, you should ping that editor. Perhaps you know how to do that, but in case you don't, here is one way to do it. (There are others.) Obviously, if you already know how, then ignore this. When you post to a talk page and want a particular editor to see your post, include in your post {{Ping|JBW}} (or, of course, whatever other editor you are aiming at). In the same post make sure you also sign with ~~~~. (It will not work if you use {{Ping|...}} in one post and then add ~~~~ in another one.) The editor will then be automatically notified of your message, unless they have disabled notifications, which as far as I know very few editors do.

I have semi-protected this page for a week, which is about the longest I am willing to protect a user talk page for without there being a backup page so that new or unregistered editors can post to you, and even then I'm not totally happy about doing it. If you want the protection to be for longer, I'll happily do it provided you first create such a backup talk page, with a message on this page directing non-autoconfirmed editors to that page. JBW (talk) 21:57, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

I've protected your talk page again (1 week); please do consider making a subpage, as JBW has suggested. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:24, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:25, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Protected again for a week. Enterprisey (talk!) 19:21, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Enterprisey Thanks again. I really can't stand the sight of them sending me threatening messages like that anymore. It makes me want to report them to SRG again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:52, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

It'd be a good idea to leave SRG alone and not involve yourself with LTAs further. Let others handle reporting and blocking them. -- ferret (talk) 21:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Ferret You think? I see them pop up targeting me, and what would you expect me to do if I can't bother with SRG? It's repetitive, and thus, I'm much better at reporting on a different MediaWiki project than here, as I have more experience there. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:40, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Suit yourself. At this point you have several sysops monitoring your talk page and ensuring appropriate measures are taken, though. -- ferret (talk) 21:48, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Ferret Well, do what must be done if that particular troll tries to come and invade my talk pages again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:01, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Regarding recent SPI case

Saw your comment on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rabt man saying you can see only massive disruption. Can you point out where it happened?. R.C^{Outlander07@talk} 13:38, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Outlander07 Gladly. The IP didn't provide any type of evidence that tied you in with Rabt man whatsoever, and was only wasting time. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:41, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Specifically, this example, which didn't help matters anyway. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:14, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

From the diffs provided by the apparent sock, I would like to make my part clear to you.

[2] Reverted unexplained sourced content removal by a sock puppet.

[3] Added citation.

[4] Reverted POV changes by sockpuppet.

[5] Linking with main articles.

[6] Linking with main article.

[7] Reverted sourced content removal.

[8] Reverted sourced content removal by the sock puppet.

[9] Corrected the statement with source.

[10] Restored the page to Sitush version.

[11] Restored content with reference that was removed by anon.

[12] Added content with proper citation.

[13] Talk page with Sitush.

[14] Provided a citation.

[15] Added content with citation and removed later by Sitush.

[16] Added citation also informing Sitush.

[17] I don't know what it mean.

[18] This too.

[19] Reverted content with fake sourcing.(Amazon.com).

Make your comment, what is wrong with these edits? Where did those massive disruptions happen? R.C^{Outlander07@talk} 17:03, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

For context, I was referring to the IP who reported you earlier. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Ouch... Sorry, had an error in my understanding. R.C^{Outlander07@talk} 07:03, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi

Hi,

I saw that you reverted my edit where I removed South African politician Sediane Danny Montsitsi off the COVID-19 death list. I did so because his article was deleted. As part of the rules, one must have an article in order to be included.

Respectfully, ~~Jazzhands90~~

Ah, I see. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 09:08, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Giubbotto non ortodosso

good evening. I saw that you had something to talk to me about on "Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Giubbotto non ortodosso". I do edit on urban and reggae articles like Drake's, Chris Brown's, Omarion's, Buju's. Whats's the deal about my edits?--Morce Library (talk) 14:31, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Well, I did leave a disclaimer to the admins who are checkusers to correct me if I was incorrect in the report. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:32, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Morce Library And by the way, some of your edit summaries did look like something that Giubbotto non ortodosso has said in the past, so I wasn't sure whether or not that was true. If I'm wrong, then I apologize. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:34, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

I read, but i don't understand what the report is about, you're suspecting me of using User: Giubbotto non ortodosso account? --Morce Library (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Meh, if it's wrong, then I'll let you continue what you're doing. On a side note, other socks of Giubbotto non ortodosso have edited pages relating to Chris Brown and his albums, so that's what got me suspicious. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:37, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

I'll let the CheckUsers make the determination. It's likely going to be wrong, but it will depend on the circumstances. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:38, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

What can i do to demonstrate you that I'm not using User: Giubbotto non ortodosso account? Another question, what will depend on the circumstances?--Morce Library (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

That I don't know. I'm not a checkuser, so I really can't make the determination myself. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

To answer your other question, it all boils down to the amount of evidence I've gathered. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:41, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand what did I do wrong, and what should I do, I'm asking you if you can give me a wider picture of what's going on. I've never been in this situation--Morce Library (talk) 14:43, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

This edit summary did bother me a bit, given that Giubbotto non ortodosso has said something similarly, so I was unsure if this was the case, like I said in the disclaimer. I do think it might either be (a.) declined, or (b.) the opposite of the first choice. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:49, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

You do have the right to defend yourself if you choose to. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:51, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Well Morce Library you're free to go. I apologize for the mistake on my part. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:44, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

A serious concern

I believe you are the same person as User:Dmehus. If that is correct, you evaded your 3 month block - almost immediately after it was imposed - in March 2020. It would also mean you are currently evading scrutiny and evading sanctions, because the Dmehus account is under active sanctions, including avoiding all WP space edits. Normally I would grudgingly consider socking that long ago to be water under the bridge, but I have concerns about your current editing, and they relate to your edits in WP space. By leaving the message you left at User talk:Dmehus recently, you are also currently actively pretending to be two different people. Before I open an SPI, I'd like to give you an opportunity to admit to this if I am right. Please think carefully before answering; I suspect, based on the unwise posting to your old user talk page, that you have edited in a way that will be obvious to a checkuser. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:37, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Floquenbeam Uhhh, what are you even talking about? The only accounts I own are Zangoose&SeviperMan4055 and Just some test account that needs to be locked anyway (which by the way, was a test account that I asked for it to be locked, and nothing else). I only asked Doug where he's been, and for the record, if I was socking, I wouldn't be making good-faith edits. I don't know why you are even trying to file a frivolous report against me without looking at my IP. My IP (which is what I'm using right now), is registered to Gloucester, Massachusetts, while he lives in British Columbia. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:45, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Can you point to where you've ever interacted with him before? --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:47, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I've interacted with him on a different project (Miraheze), and I am telling you I am not even related to him. Let me ask you this: Why are you even bothering trying to file a baseless accusation, and where's the proof I was pretending to be 2 different people? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:53, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

And besides that, you shouldn't even be casting aspersions. Oh, and about March 2020, I was only editing articles relating to Zoe Quinn and THQ, and I didn't even know who he was at the time until around July 2020 on another MediaWiki project, which is something I have said before. And why does it matter if I edit WP spaces anyways? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:02, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I said if you're actually the same person, then posting on the other account's talk page would be pretending to be two people. The reason I'm going to file this because, if you are the same person, your current disruption in WP space (in violation of the other account's sanction) will be handled differently than if you're different people (in which case it is a less critical problem). If I have to file an SPI, and it determines you are the same person, then my guess is both accounts will be indef blocked. If it determines you're likely two different people, I'll apologize for the distraction. You know, the way you apologized above for the distraction. No further response needed, I guess I'll get started on filing the SPI. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:07, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Floquenbeam I wouldn't mind being checked, given that you are making an absurd claim, which got me laughing. I've been falsely accused before, but I have never seen such a ridiculous accusation as this. And besides that, Doug hasn't been around for nearly 3 weeks. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:10, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure you saw it an WP:AN, but just noting here for posterity my comment at WP:AN. I no longer think you are Dmehus, and apologize for the hassle to you both. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:00, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I forgive you. Just try to be more careful next time with gathering evidence, even I should know. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:06, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

To be fair to me, I don't think there was any lack of care in gathering evidence. I don't see any on-wiki evidence that goes against my suspicion; it was off-wiki evidence that disproved it. I never look at off-wiki evidence. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:14, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Hmmm, sounds fair to me. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Countervandalism

Hi DarkMatterMan4500, I hate to do this because the post just above is so recent, but you need to be putting much more care into your countervandalism efforts. Two of your most recent four contributions have been incorrect reverts: restoring genres that shouldn't be there, and restoring an incorrect release year for a song. I didn't spot-check any further because 50% of a random sample is far too high. This is a final warning for all of your countervandalism efforts: not just RCP, but also SPI and anything else related to responding to vandalism or disruption. Please try editing in other areas instead for a while. If you continue making these mistakes, myself or another user will file a request for a topic ban from countervandalism or take some other administrative measure. Thank you. Enterprisey (talk!) 23:00, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Right. I'll take note of that. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:01, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Noting, for talk page watchers, onlookers, and future readers, that a large amount of discussion preceded and followed this pair of messages on Discord (mostly in the #meta channel), involving myself, DMM4500, and other admins. Enterprisey (talk!) 23:17, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I changed my mind about leaving Wikipedia for a while now. I'll focus on editing other places, and what have you. All this time, I've been avoiding and/or ignoring acknowledgment or warnings, and such. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 00:02, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

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Okay, thanks. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:43, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

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I thought I was receiving another troll comment on my talk page, but it looks like I didn't so far. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:12, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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Okay then, I guess? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:50, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Tulisa

Afternoon, might want to be careful about the above. If you could post something to point to the reason deny applies here you should be home and dry. But for now I cant see it (but I might not be looking in the right place). Amortias (T)(C) 14:36, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Got it. I wasn't about to let this continue, so I left it the way it was until an admin dealt with the issue. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Amortias Oh, and before I forget, there's a pending sockpuppet investigation against the user you just blocked on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky involving SWXVX. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Grand, that was the link I needed . Amortias (T)(C) 14:42, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, it's no problem at all. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:44, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

NPA

Not that I'm going to restore the edit, but this is not a personal attack.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:51, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I see. But in my view, it looked like a personal attack. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:52, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

There's an obnoxious use of caps and exclamation points, but saying "you guys only use stupid templates" is in no way a personal attack. It's speaking to an action (i.e. the use of templates they consider stupid) which is commenting on the edits, not the editor.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:48, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for clarifying for me. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:49, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

SPI

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Hello, I noticed that you have been trying to act as a clerk at SPI without being one, particularly requesting global locks for CUs who are perfectly capable of doing it themselves and archiving cases. Since you've already been told at SRG by Tks4Fish not to mess around in the back end of that project, I'm just going to go straight to telling you this: if you want to be involved in SPI, apply to be a clerk at the SPI clerk notice board. If a CU has time to train you, they will take you on. Until then, please do not take any actions that would normally be done by clerks or CUs. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:35, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, that action was made accidentally, so therefore, I have no intention of touching that again. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:37, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Easiest solution would be to uninstall any SPI scripts you have :) TonyBallioni (talk) 02:37, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

TonyBallioni I'll uninstall the SPIhelper script, as I'm not a clerk at the moment. I should've known not to have that installed unless stated otherwise. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:40, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks for the quick response. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:41, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:43, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

And about that warning Tks4Fish gave me, that was over me clerking global lock notices (which I've stopped doing so, after that final warning, which pretty much intimidated me at the time) and asking private questions, something that I have stopped doing as well. I would only file global lock requests for sockpuppets that have either been confirmed by a CheckUser or file lock requests on very obvious sockpuppet accounts that have been apparently created to troll someone. I've even made numerous requests against a particular user who kept creating sock accounts to target me and saying a bunch of nonsense like "You have been condemned to die!", and "What is my favorite movie?". Over the past 2 months, I was being tormented by that user, which I have identified as Abigblueworld, known for causing trouble on another MediaWiki project, calling me Darky for some strange reason, and sending me creepy messages with no end in site. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Your recent edits

Of your last four reverts:

• This unexplained revert appears to have re-introduced factual errors. I've reverted it.
• This reverts a purely cosmetic edit. ({{Reference list}} redirects to {{Reflist}}.)
• This reverts a three-year-old removal of a warning, which there's really no good reason to do, and arguably goes against WP:DENY.
• This edit, while as a matter of policy valid under WP:BANREVERT, did nonetheless re-introduce a factual error, and on that basis was reverted by User:Sro23.

Please consider this a warning for inappropriate use of Twinkle rollback and for factual errors.

Furthermore, you've made two edits [20] [21] dancing close to the line of actions that would normally be done by clerks or CUs (per TonyBallioni). Maybe not quite across that line, but I would not want to be taking chances in that regard if I were you.

And I don't want to come down too hard here, but I can't help but notice that, of the edits you made yesterday (UTC), you've also asked an admin to correct a trivial typo in a block summary of a user with 8 edits, and c-blanked the word "hello". The first edit serves to waste admin resources, and the second, like your third revert, is not particularly harmful but there's also no reason to make it.

That means that of the 11 edits you made outside your userspace on 1 January (UTC), 9 were either unnecessary or detrimental to the encyclopedia. Please be much more careful. Thank you. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 01:52, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm going to be a little more direct: Stop worrying about LTAs and sockpuppets, period. Just walk away from that entire space, both here and on Meta. -- ferret (talk) 02:42, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Sure, I have other things to do anyways, Tamzin and ferret. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:44, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

It'd be great to see you focus on them. We've had several discussions, and your talk page archive is full of similar here and on Meta. You need to really understand that at some point, you'll end up blocked if you continue to disrupt these spaces. -- ferret (talk) 02:52, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh, so you've finally noticed the archive I've set up, eh? Well, the issue was, I couldn't find a bot to automatically archive the sections I've added here. And let's be honest, I think I've been out of touch with what the true core of what this project is supposed to be. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I haven't finally noticed anything. There's a big archive box. I've watched your talk page for months, it's not like I'm unaware of the constant warnings and requests that you leave these areas alone, and the subsequent archiving of such. -- ferret (talk) 03:02, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Can one of you guys block my Honeyheliosk account? It was an account I made in 2014, even though I abandoned it, and I just don't want to use it for evasion if I ever get blocked? The user page can be confirmed just for recordkeeping. I could bring it here to confirm it to you guys, if you want. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 03:04, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) I'm likewise glad to hear you'll be switching focus. A note in that regard, if I may: I think there's often this assumption that "Focus on content" means "Go write an article". And if that's what works for you, great! But if it doesn't, we have a huge number of mainspace maintenance backlogs, some of which may appeal to similar things that anti-abuse work does for you. Personally, I enjoy working on CAT:CN, which has that same sort of concept of "Find something that might be bad, figure out if it is, do something about it." But there's many more, compiled at WP:BACKLOG. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 03:19, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

And here's my alt account that I've created in 2014. As you can see, my edits are pretty much overlapped with one another. Besides, a CheckUser result at this time between this account, and my current one will match anyways. I'd like my Honeyheliosk account (which is the one I'm using right now) to be blocked indefinitely, so I don't use it to evade if I'm ever blocked. --DarkMatterMan4500 (--Honeyheliosk (talk) 03:24, 2 January 2022 (UTC))

 Done Sro23 (talk) 15:38, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Sro23. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Tamzin I'll leave the SPIs aside, as I am currently working on the Kirby & The Forgotten Land article on this very wiki. And there's also another article that I'm creating on a different MediaWiki site, called Miraheze, which the article is on Craigslist, which I might create on a wiki called Rotten Websites Wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 03:48, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

January 2022

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  -- ferret (talk) 15:11, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

You've received numerous warnings to stay away from SPI clerking areas. Despite this, you've continued, creating an invalid category that a clerk had to request be deleted. -- ferret (talk) 15:16, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Ferret Hi there, I'm going to say something about my block. I don't particularly mind being blocked for 2 weeks. Seeing as Tamzin and you were concerned about me continuing this, despite me pledging not to do any pseudo-clerking on SPIs. I could take the 2 week block (given that I did go on a hiatus from editing from January 4th, 2022 to the 19th), I just couldn't help but notice that. I was going to respond to Tamzin's thread, but before I knew it, I was blocked. After that particular edit I made on that SPI category, I just moved on from it. But I'm going to say, I knew this was going to happen, and I apologize for all the mayhem I may have caused for you SPI clerks. (Although, I don't think anyone will believe this, but we'll see). DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:19, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

But, in any case, I will accept my 2-week block from editing Wikipedia. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:23, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Removing redlinks from articles

Hi DarkMatterMan4500,

In reference to the recently removed message by an IP, which you removed with this edit summary: Sorry, but please let an admin tell me that.

It's not admin's role to tell you about guidelines and unconstructive editing. Anyone can, and should, help explain guidelines to editors. That an IP said it rather than an admin makes it no less relevant or true. The IP's message was 100% correct.

Thanks, -- ferret (talk) 18:27, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes, but that message was in reference to my recent block, because all I'm doing now is trying to avoid trouble (or possibly any conflict for that matter). DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:39, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

I see no reference at all to your past block in that message. -- ferret (talk) 18:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you're entirely mistaken, I don't think I've ever interacted with you before. I saw someone deleting redlinks from articles quoting a commonly held mistaken belief (that red links are broken and need to be removed) and tried to politely explain policy to you and point out what you were doing wrong. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 18:45, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

That clears the air for me. I apologize for the inconvenience that I may have caused for both you and Ferret to come all this way to let me know what I was doing wrong. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Regarding the message you left on my talk page.

Hello again DarkMatterMan4500,

I just have a few comments regarding this message you left on my talk page. First of all this is a collaborative project: WP:Communication is required. You can't just decide that you're going to ignore all messages if they're not left by an admin. Secondly, one of our key policies for interaction with other editors is WP:Assume good faith, I assumed good faith about your edits and tried to politely explain policy to you, I ask that you extend the same courtesy to me. I have no idea why you decided to revert my message and speculate that I "might" be an LTA, but you should avoid making such comments unless you can back them up, or they are likely to be taken as a WP:Personal attack, (I am not an LTA by the way, I'm just a very long term IP editor). Finally, all the information I gave you was in the policy I linked, if you wanted to check that the guidance I was giving was correct it was all available to you there.

Thanks, 192.76.8.77 (talk) 18:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Agreed. -- ferret (talk) 18:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, but lately, I've been finding myself getting attacked left and right here on Wikipedia. While I DO assume good-faith that you haven't really attacked me, I just didn't want to cause confusion. My apologies for the note I left you, dangling down the wire like that. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:44, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

I do understand your frustration after all the harassment you've been getting, DMM. But try not to get a "jaundiced view". This is a good example of the pitfalls of such assumptions: 192.76 probably knows more about editing Wikipedia than a decent percentage of admins. They are correct in this matter (both as to redlinks and as to communication), as they are in most. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 11:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Tamzin: Alright. I won't try to let that get to me, and I should have done a better job at understanding the situation rather than to let my judgement go off the charts like that. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 12:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the apology you left on my talk page. You don't need to get worried and defensive if someone points out that your editing is contrary to policy or the manual of style, you aren't going to get blocked for that kind of stuff as long as you listen and change what you're doing when people point out mistakes. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 19:02, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll work on it. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 01:25, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Tamzin, you never know, one day I might register an account! 192.76.8.77 (talk) 19:02, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Changing section header formats

Please avoid edits like this. Section headers can be in either format and a bit similar to DATERET and ENGVAR, you should not go around changing section headers that are already consistent. I'd have to dig for it but I think the "non-spaced" version is actually preferred in a guideline somewhere. -- ferret (talk) 14:22, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I have a habit of doing that, even on another MediaWiki project. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Before anyone asks me, or leaves me a message regarding this move that I did:

The title Bowser's Fury didn't really make a lot of sense to me, so I did the page move to Super Mario 3D World: + Bowser's Fury to accurately reflect on the actual game title. You may revert the change if you'd like. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:42, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

DarkMatterMan4500: What exactly is it that you'd like to work on at Wikipedia? It's becoming concerning that you made so many mildly unnecessary and ever so slightly disruptive edits only to revert them. Perhaps some guidance towards what you'd like to work on would help. -- ferret (talk) 20:13, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

@Ferret: Yes, perhaps. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:40, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Do you have any ideas? What is it you want to contribute? -- ferret (talk) 21:31, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

That all depends, but it should be within the line of video-game related stuff, but I could figure something out once I come around to it. But for the time being, I'll focus on a different community and come back a bit later. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:34, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Why this move?

Hi, can you help me understand why you moved this talk page? Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:33, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, about that, Lutiness moved it elsewhere, then I moved it back. Sorry if I caused an inconvenience. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:35, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

It's been moved back and forth so many times I nearly lost count myself. But the article is now in the main space, as it's going through an AfD discussion, so I reckon the talk page should be also. Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:37, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

@DoubleGrazing: Looking at the page history itself, it's been moved about 10 times within a 4-month period prior to my move of that talk page in that draft. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:38, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

I've moved the talkpage back to be with the article. Please be more careful in the future, DMM. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 18:28, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

@Tamzin: Shouldn't it also be protected so there would be no more move-warring? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 09:19, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

It's already at AfD. The only people who'd be moving the article or talkpage right now would be experienced users going against AfD norms, and I don't think it needs protection from that. If the AfD ends in redraftification, ping me and I'll give it ECP move protection. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 19:24, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

@Tamzin: Yeah, fair enough. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:50, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

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Sorry for not responding here, as I was pretty much away at the time. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:32, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Apology!

Hi... I just learned that I reported you to AIV in error the other day. I hope it didn't cause you any problems. I meant to report a very similarly-named editor (who is now blocked). Sorry! Wikipelli ^Talk 20:23, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

I didn't realize you reported me by accident, but it's okay. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:53, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

You've got mail

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Thanks for the heads-up. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:52, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Glad to notice that has been taken care of now. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 13:10, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

NOTFORUM, regarding edit summaries

[22] [23] Edit summaries are not a place to make forum-y comments, any more than talkpages are. Yes, there's room for a little flexibility in edit summaries (I know I've stuck stray thoughts into ESes every now and then), and if it had just been the first diff I wouldn't be writing to you, but making a cosmetic edit with an edit summary that comments on a living person's appearance is not okay. Please don't do that again. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 19:37, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry about that. I just thought King Charles III looked a bit strange on the cover. As for the first one, yeah, I won't make comments like that again, or stupid shit like that in general. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:58, 10 September 2022 (UTC)