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Thanks for your edits on List of aircraft losses during the war in Donbas article. I would appreciate if you could help me keeping an eye on that article, because from time to time a Anon IP, previous Banned user Vnkd‎ tend to make disruptve edits.Mr.User200 (talk) 20:05, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr.User200: see this. Removed defence-blog (again!), but not too sure about what needs to be done with the rest of the edit. FDW777 (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quote from FOARP - "Roughly 2/3rds of the edits to this map appear to be based on Twitter accounts...of which @Suriyak is the most common". I think it speaks volumes what has been the general attitude of editors regarding his reliability/usage as a territorial changes source when almost 2/3 of all edits were based on him. I also think its not a proper consensus where only three editors were involved in the discussion about the reliability of a Wikipedia source that has been used for more than half a decade by dozens of editors. That editors who are familiar with the source's background, including those who actively updated Wikipedia's Syria or Iraq maps during the years, were not involved in the discussion or were not asked for their opinion, is improper in my opinion, making the presented consensus unbalanced. However, I am not that interested in arguing or edit warring over the issue, so happy editing! EkoGraf (talk) 11:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

PS During your revert [1] you also removed my addition regarding the events of March 27th, cited to the Kyiv Post media outlet who in turn was citing the Ukrainian military (not Suriyak). Please be a bit more careful. Thanks! EkoGraf (talk) 11:53, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, hadn't noticed your other change.

Regarding Suriyak, the small number of participants in the discussion doesn't matter in the slightest considering the nature of the reference. An anonymous Twitter account using unclear methodology is simply not reliable per WP:SPS, which cannot be ignored because a group of editors think it's reliable. FDW777 (talk) 17:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you find the edit of mine you erased isn't formatted correctly, would you just edit it to better format it to the page instead of wipe it completely? Or at least tell me what you were pointing out so I can go back and do so. ContributingHelperOnTheSide (talk) 07:31, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I never said anything about formatting. My objections are clear to understand, unreferenced and/or incorrect. FDW777 (talk) 07:58, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That was what I meant, my apologies for not wording that well. And for not realizing you didn't erase Sinaga from the list. I didn't look closely enough to see that. Thank you for not erasing Sinaga from the list, that was my biggest concern. ContributingHelperOnTheSide (talk) 08:20, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sinaga's page actually wasn't clear on exactly how many men Sinaga raped, that was my concern in listing several counts of people in the list. ContributingHelperOnTheSide (talk) 08:30, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think it may now be time to report them, given their latest whataboutism. Slatersteven (talk) 13:24, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll hopefully cobble something together in the next 24 hours. FDW777 (talk) 14:53, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Slatersteven: due to their most recent post on the talk page I'm prepared to hold off for now and see what happens. Obviously if we get more of the same I'll file the request. FDW777 (talk) 14:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came across a weird IP (91.184.107.33) that's been doing this to almost every major company in the world, even if blatantly false. Looking at the range (91.184.107.0/23), seems like they have been doing it for much longer, and you have reverted them as "WP:EVASION" as 91.184.107.253/91.184.106.135 on Spotify and Zoho Corporation. Has this been going on for a long time? Pardon me – but I'm not sure if you're an admin or not, but wouldn't it be wise to just block this range entirely to make it stop? Or would they just return with another IP range. 121.167.126.47 (talk) 19:25, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your messsage. I've been tracking this vandal for a while, any help is always appreciated. FDW777 (talk) 19:33, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear editor FDW777, given your aggressive tone in almost every response on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Patrisse_Cullors, and considering you went to my IP's Talk Page to place two repeated warnings given the politicized nature of the article I am suggesting RS on I kindly ask for you to not refer to me in those discussions and if you must, to do so in a direct, professional manner. It feels like your warnings are intended to chill my free speech, dissuade a new editor, and like virtual harassment. I might be mistaken in your intentions, but this is how your conduct has made me feel. You should not try and use your editor powers to invalidate me. Have a good day. 108.34.231.7 (talk) 01:13, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]