User talk:Cosmikdebris/Archive4

For doing grunt work
Thanks a lot for maintaining the grunt work around the wiki, particularly archive maintenance! 21:49, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi, did I do something wrong? How come you gave me autopatrolled then rolled it back? Scribbinus (talk) 20:15, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Checkuser
Are we running checkuser now? Because that has been a big no-no in the past with it failing every vote whenever put to the mob. AceModerator 01:30, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Dysk showed us a way to use checkuser. — Oxyaena Harass  01:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * So you run checkuser. AceModerator 01:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with that? — Oxyaena Harass  01:33, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * To the best of my knowledge we are not, but Oxy says there's a trick. I am ... disturbed by this. Cosmikdebris (talk) 01:34, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah - me too. AceModerator 01:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Tell me when you're done eloping with that serial harasser and then we can talk about being "disturbed." — Oxyaena Harass  01:44, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I told them to fuck off Oxy. But it's none of your fucking business who I talk to off-site. So fuck off. AceModerator 01:46, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Oxy, in all truthfulness and honesty I emphasize with your issue with certain serial abusers here, but that's not the point. Doing checkuser here is borderline abuse. Cosmikdebris (talk) 01:47, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I recognize that, and I`m sorry I brought it up in the first place, but I myself haven't used it. I know a way exists, not how to exploit that trick. — Oxyaena Harass  01:49, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmhmm now I remember being told that there is a way to get IP addresses without using CheckUser, and CheckUser actually was just an *easy* way to get IP addresses. 01:52, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It sounds to me Oxy uses it - his "It was just a joke" defence is pretty flimsy. AceModerator 01:53, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * "HER". 01:55, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Seriously, go back a ways in Oxyaena's block history and note how he has said things like "I'm going to harass your employers in Pensacola, Florida". And everytime anyome complains about him, they are labeled a sock of me or some troll. Look at Ox's interactions with EK and D, as well as how other sites have dealt with his ass. Notice how Ox admits to having mental problems. Ox and Co need to lose the toolset forever. 2607:FB90:9154:9555:0:1E:7304:FB01 (talk) 01:55, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, her. I get confused because Oxy's youtube videos are in a males voice but refers to herself as a female here so I get confused. But I'll keep trying to remember. AceModerator 01:56, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It's not that fucking hard to determine that the Pensacola troll crowd is active. You don't need checkuser for that. Cosmikdebris (talk) 01:59, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure nobody said CheckUser was necessary, sure, but it seems like Oxyaena wants better evidence than pattern detecting, which Ace hasn't been convinced by. 02:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Award
03:12, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Cosmikdebris
--Auri (talk) 06:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Unplanned article reversal
Why did you do this? Isn't it better to try to be truthful, instead of "jokes" that don't quite add up? There is a prominent scene in the movie with black women: two who are pro-life, and one with her daughter who is pro-abortion. There's also the Radiance Foundation, Alveda King and many others of many ethnicities supporting this movie. Lastly, let's not forget the many churches, composed of many ethnicities, who watched this filmed: white, black, Asian, etc. To claim that Unplanned is for whites only is misleading and makes the "RationalWiki" article come across as a hit piece. --LABcrab (talk) 03:49, 4 February 2020 (UTC)


 * A few things that flagged your edit. First, looking at your description, you refer to this article's contributors as racist, xenophobic liberals. That is a very good way to signify to your fellow editors that you have a seething disdain for this wiki and its contributors. You state that many people of color watched this film and that it was endorsed by Alveda King et.al. Nowhere is this referenced, nor is it mentioned in your edit summary. Next, I am not a fan of using strikeouts when they're not needed. Lastly, the use of the word "mainly" is wishy-washy and should be reconsidered. In summary, I recommend that first, don't insult the wiki and people who contribute to articles here with inflammatory language, and if you have evidence for your claims, back them up with solid references and bring them up on the article's talk page. Your contributions will then be less likely to be flagged as whitewashing and reverted. Cosmikdebris (talk) 17:33, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Block request
Please block my account for a week. I really need to take a break from this website. Thank you. Dino (contribs) 03:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The deed's done. 04:03, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Charles Coughlin
You don't want that in there? I think that's neat! --47.146.63.87 (talk) 01:11, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Ban
So, you banned me because you want to fit in? Or were you afraid because some editions you don't like were being made? Or maybe because it's easier to do an ad lapidem this way. Of course, you may have thought I was the troll on the Milton Friedman page yesterday, but as you can see, you banned the wrong guy. Not that I think you'll admit your mistake if that's the case, of course. 2804:14C:5B72:8664:31B6:EEAC:E5D7:F725 (talk) 20:15, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * What the fuck are you babbling about? Cosmikdebris (talk) 20:23, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Politic-Ed
Hello, please explain why you keep on stopping this from being an article? Is it too short? Not enough references? What? Please explain??--Barca119 (talk) 19:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, all of the above. Too short, not enough references. Please take a look at Help:Wikitext and RationalWiki:What_is_a_RationalWiki_article%3F. Cosmikdebris (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Slaphead
As you may be vaguely interested about the username you blocked - in the UK 'slaphead' is colloquial for 'bald': make of that what you will. (Creatively misinterpreting cod Freudianism can be useful.) Anna Livia (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Rtyhu456
My tendency is to block for the middling term by preference (rather than the longer terms often meted out as a follow-on) - sufficient to divert the fly-by-nuisances.

I could have been 'slightly more lurid and technical' in my comment but such persons #are not worth it.# Anna Livia (talk) 18:25, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

I
apologize, I was heated and I let my emotions get the better of me. — Oxyaena Harass  18:30, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * That's cool, it happens to all of us sometimes. Cosmikdebris (talk) 18:32, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah.... don't get me wrong capitalism is still the bane of my existence, but calling for genocide was uncalled for. Capitalism and birds, I fucking hate birds. — Oxyaena Harass  18:35, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Referencing book
Hey, could you demonstrate how to reference a book please? It would really help me. Thanks! Nebuchadnezzar7658 (talk) 02:16, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * See User:Nebuchadnezzar7658/sandbox. Hope this is useful for you. Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:31, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Blocking Ken and removing his talk page edits
This is not the RationalWiki way. You don't just remove people you dislike or disagree with-- "Shut up, Brx." 20:51, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * This was not an ideological block. Those posts were spam and the user in question engaged in repeated spamming and edit warring. Cosmikdebris (talk) 21:31, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * This isn't the RW of yesteryear. — Oxyaena Harass  21:31, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * If Ken agrees not to spam the same subject across multiple pages I'm fine with him coming back. However, RW does not exist for Ken to post SEO spam, and it does not exist as an extension of CP. Therefor it follows that he should adhere to a few basic guidelines if he is to edit here. Such as, again, keeping a subject on one page and not spamming it, not spamming his "red telephone" messages, and using actual sources rather than his screeds "essays". I don't think such restrictions are unreasonable, do you? 21:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Auto Revert
You seem to have autoreverted my edits to Sedona Method. Was it because I didn't create an identity or some deeper reason? I'm new here. Wanna explain or direct me to where I can read about what to do and not do? My edits are in the tone of the existing article and are intimately accurate. Alan Rasmussen of Tucson &mdash; Unsigned, by: 98.33.166.130 / talk
 * You should add references for your claims, especially when they relate to living persons. Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:03, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Vinnie Tortorich's page
Hi, I was hoping to update Vinnie Tortorich's page to make it more accurate and give it gravitas. It seem thought that you have blocked my changes. I am new to this and wonder if you can tell me what to do. Many thanks B


 * I suggest you visit the article's talk page and discuss your proposed changes there. Thanks, Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:28, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Reference Test
You gave me an example of how to reference a book. I was wondering, does this work? Test. Let me know if I can reference books this way. Thanks! Nebuchadnezzar7658 (talk) 02:42, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks like it works just fine. Cosmikdebris (talk) 13:49, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Help with the Leo Gura article?
Hi Cosmik,

First, thank you for the great work that you do all around the wiki.

I worked with one of the original authors of the article on Leo Gura. Our article has been brought up on Leo's forum among his followers and has been angrily derided. Right now I'm concerned that there is someone who is sympathetic to Gura who is currently editing and watching the page. The user in question, HairlessCat, has reworked the article to be much more sympathetic to Gura, calling some of his ideas "profound and resonating," to "epistimically sound," writing that Gura no longer believes some of the crazy things he says when there is no evidence this is the case, and deleting critical statements that others have written about Gura on the article.

Could you give me advice on how to proceed? Sampson (talk) 21:52, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Chris Ferguson
How come Chris Ferguson is listed under the race realist/alt-right who Bo Winegard retweets on his article https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bo_Winegard#RationalWiki and im curious what evidence do we have that Chris Ferguson is a race realist cause while he was opposed to Winegard's firirng he is seen refuting those claims here https://twitter.com/CJFerguson1111/status/1237096588411121664

Is there something im missing?
 * A cursory search for Ferguson reveals that he has authored articles for Quilette, a seamy alt-right website, including one that can be described as Gamergate apologetics. This puts him squarely in the alt-right camp, so the association in the article appears valid.
 * The single twitter reference you cite is insufficient evidence to remove Ferguson from this category. If you can provide a reference where Ferguson explicitly rejects race realism and alt-right ideology I'll be more than happy to remove reference of him from the Winegard article. Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:13, 31 May 2020 (UTC)


 * But writing for a website that has a history of those positions is not one in the same as supporting them is it?


 * People like Steven Pinker have written for quillette and hes not listed under alt right and racialist


 * On top of that he linked a study he did claiming something quite the opposite of race realism


 * http://christopherjferguson.com/DrameFerguson.pdf


 * Sorry about that. I removed the protection from the Bo Winegard talk page. I'd appreciate it if you could continue the discussion there. Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:30, 31 May 2020 (UTC)


 * And please, Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:30, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

archiving the bar
I just wanted to let you know that I have reinstated an archive bot in the bar, which means that it's on automatic Archiving again. Check User:Inferno Bot. The setup for the bar is threads older than 5 days being archived, with automatic rollover when the archive page reaches 250k bytes. That means there is no need to manually archive again. Posting this since I noticed you manually archived the coop last night. 09:08, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:56, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

do not be an asshole
I see you reverted some edits not nice bugger off &mdash; Unsigned, by: Raghavway / talk / contribs
 * Yes, but do you understand why they're reverted? 03:30, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Nice way to be civil. Are you nine years old? —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:44, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

well sometimes some people just understand the language they understand, no? 9:17, 3 July 2020 (IST)

For bad work
Edits to IQ why? 9:24, 3 July 2020 (IST)
 * What are you talking about? 03:55, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The edits in question were poor quality opinions and so I reverted them. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * How so sire? It was plain truth 9:35, 3 July 2020 (IST)
 * "The use of IQ as a measure for intelligence enjoys widespread white supramacists incels." Please provide a citation for this statement. "IQ is basically a shining example of 'Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth'" Your opinion which is not appropriate for the article. If you're going to make statements like that, for Bob's sake, please provide some context. Out of the blue opinions like this make the article (and you) look stupid. And please, if you're going to edit articles here, please use the preview button, use proper grammar, and fix simple mistakes like spelling errors and missing periods. I repeat, are you nine years old? —cosmikdebris talk stalk 04:14, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * for "Bob's sake" love being racist, right?
 * Sorry to be such a spoiler but IQ is a lie
 * well yeah grammatically they are incorrect just remove the first one but keep "IQ is basically a shining example of 'Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes :::::the truth" because it just is, or are you one those who believes that IQ is a measure of intelligence?
 * I am 14 btw User:Raghavway
 * "The use of IQ as a measure for intelligence enjoys widespread white supramacists incels." <- I don't know about the "incel" part but white supremacists do use IQ as a scientific-looking sheen to justify being a white supremacist. It's a really big part of the wiki: hereditarianism which is on our extensive coverage of racialism. Also, please try to keep the insults on stupidity and lack of proper grammar and spelling to a minimum, I suspect Raghavway doesn't have English as a first language, so please be extra patient with this user and fix any mistakes that are made. 04:45, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It's really hard to be civil when some random asshole leaves a note on my talk page calling me an asshole and telling me to "bugger off." —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:49, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, truth is a bit harder to digest,  please revert the edits —Raghavway 14:49, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Please stay away from my talk page. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 17:44, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I already told this person to be nice. If they do continue that behavior, then I'll take more action. 18:46, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay Sorry, I'll be nice but why are you reverting all my edits? I know I did some grammar mistakes and I'll be extra careful next time  9:10, 4 July 2020 (IST)
 * Don't be on this talk page. Thank you. 03:42, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Board of Trustees election
It would be great if you could be a returning officer / vote counter for the 2020 trustees election, it's STV same as the mod elections last year. 14:10, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll be happy to coordinate the foundation election. I have the tools set up and ready to go. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:19, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Epic. 17:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Nomination
— Bongolian (talk) 22:27, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi!
Hello Cosmikdebris, why did you revert my edit to Noah (film)? I like your name by the way! TheFonz (talk) 09:10, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Great Link
[The best, really &mdash; Unsigned, by: 2001:8003:59DB:4100:4AF:E5A6:91FB:D64E / talk
 * If 'KKK and BLM are the same' is your idea of thoughtful and well-informed, I think you should finish up school first. 02:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Can’t believe the Founders control the entire Dominion while living in a shitty JBP subreddit 14.200.71.173 (talk) 06:17, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for dealing with TheFonz
I was at work and there's only so much I can manage with my cell phone during coffee breaks, so I appreciate you taking care of it. Really don't want to deal with his nonsense anyway while I'm still learning the ropes.Coigreach (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the Face masks draft article...
Is it safe to be released from draft phase? If not, what should be added more? The Sqrt-1 talk stalk 12:29, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I think it's ready, so I'm going to move it over with some minor edits. Thanks, —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrollhood
Can I be Autopatrolled, please? Fowler (talk) 13:33, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 13:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Gee thanks! Fowler (talk) 13:37, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

RationalWeb Update
Hey! I heard you have perms to manage RationalWeb.org. RationalWeb announcements could use a new blogpost about the 2020 Board of Trustees election. Thanks! 19:09, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Here's the updated announcement. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 20:43, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! As an aside, would you like to be included in the RMF board meetings (since you have some technical power/expertise)? (Gonna be honest: They're boring and low-utility.) FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'd be glad to help in any way I can. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Great! If you [1] email me (talkpage or hairyfelinetuber [at] gmail [dot] com) or [2] DM me on Discord (fcp#1356), I can get your private contact details. Thanks! FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 23:36, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 23:45, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Block
Please indef block me. Thank you in advance. 02:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You got it. Sorry to see you go; I truly wish you could have become part of the community. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 02:21, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Appreciate the help on Austin Steinbart any suggestions on areas to expand/improve?
Open to any suggestions, thanks! TapTheForwardAssist (talk) 08:21, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

I must say...
As far as the trolling goes around here, that was surprisingly nice and funny. Annoying, but also good. Not like the usual crowd of fash/tankie/anti-vax folk who come to chat with us. Anyhow, thanks for cleaning the place pal. Mind yourself! - Rairyu75  ( Talk ) 17:38, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

on terfs
What do you mean the article is still associated with feminism>?? Terfs are not feminists they are hateful bigts and homophobes, NOT feminism. And it was even in the category "feminist moonbattery (which sould be deleted by the way, along with most "moonbattery" categories), implying that it IS feminism and that terfs are feminists. It is very inaccurate and false

Catgrrl37-0 (talk) 06:06, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I said "associated with feminism" which is indeed true. I never said "implying that it IS feminism and that terfs are feminists" and the inclusion of those categories does not make that inference, either. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 18:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Elections
Ariel31459 (talk) 17:39, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Votes
You're the returning officer, yes? Did you get the votes? - David Gerard (talk) 21:17, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did. Thank you very much! —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Why?
It's a circular link. 71.215.100.2 (talk) 00:48, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * You're right, thanks for pointing that out. I've fixed this. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:08, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. 71.215.100.2 (talk) 01:12, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Hey big dog
At the top of the mod talkpage: How do you propose a BoN does that if you protect the page? You might want to give the ol' trigger finger a break mate. 203.54.149.190 (talk) 00:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Moderator noticeboard
 * Welcome BoN
 * Use this talk page to contact the mods and report behavioral problems.
 * Hello IP, is it really worth your time to re-hash the whole debate about Oxy's behavior here? I thought that was settled months ago after much drama. Did you participate in that discussion then? And why now, out of the blue, when Oxy posts an innocuous comment on the mod page, do you feel that it's appropriate to start claiming abuse? —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:40, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * In order:
 * 1. Point taken - no.
 * 2. No - I only pop in and out, didn't see previous discussion.
 * 3. When is the right time to flag abuse? I flagged it at the time with Ace, but mod page was BoN locked so couldn't go there. I've been round these parts a long time, so getting banned is no biggy; but imagine if I was a real BoN looking to contribute. I get banned for completely innocuous comments, go to the page which is the mechanism to contest the ban, find it BoN locked so I can't even post; the only mod response I got was to create another account. The community has completely given up on growing, or reaching out of the ideological bubble. Swabbie levels of paranoia abound. 139.130.16.222 (talk) 04:10, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The community is very wary of anonymous users who appear to be socks of a handful of known pests here. Previous posts made from this IP address appear to be concentrated on racialism and related issues, so it's likely your patter of posting and language makes it appear that you are one of the banned individuals. If you feel that you've been unfairly treated you can contact the moderators directly. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 04:42, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Not a single post in or about Racialism in my entire career here at RW, including as a BoN; a glance at contributions would show that. I post about IQ because I'm a psychologist, used to do research in the field and the article is woefully incorrect.
 * I do love the hypocrisy of telling me to contact moderators after you have protected the mod talk page though. CPesque. 118.209.204.70 (talk) 22:23, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the help. I'm going to do some reading to figure out how to protect and delete pages on my own so I can do stuff like that myself. I appreciate you protecting my page. Twodots (talk) 00:21, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Ilhan Omar
You removed the link to Justice Democrats. Yes there's no such page, but she is/was connected to them, right? Shouldn't some kind of reference (such as wikipedia) remain? Dave Wise (talk) 18:17, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure. I added a mention to her article that she was endorsed by the Justice Democrats. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 21:05, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh right. Thanks.  Dave Wise (talk) 00:42, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Man
you're scared of me and my arguments which is why you never refute anything


 * Go away, you pesky little insect. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:29, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Again you're still scared why is why you resort to ad hominem attacks like everyone on this site buddy is in his 40s but is still editing on a FAKE wiki that spreads propaganda. --2607:FEA8:2BA0:1F6:1D1E:A682:7510:9D0C (talk) 19:31, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Danth's Law seems to apply here. 19:44, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * While being a salty jealous bully's law applies to you (pseudointellectual also). --2607:FEA8:2BA0:1F6:21CB:8C65:9E93:82CC (talk) 20:13, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, this dude's started getting into harassment territory. I'm giving em' a one hour block.Twodots (talk) 20:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh. Apparently, someone else had already done dang did it while I was writing something clever for the block. Woopsy-doo! Twodots (talk) 20:29, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * What were you gonna right for the block, also you're censoring my freedom of speech for no reason but just because you're scared and I destroyed all of your arguments and I love because I disagree with you I'm a troll, next I love how i'm "harassing" others when i've been nothing but polite and others have insulted me time after time. --2607:FEA8:2BA0:1F6:51EF:3B49:132:A6BD (talk) 22:35, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * You have a distorted and false idea of what free speech is, asshole. Now, begone. Please stay the fuck off my talk page. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 22:37, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Lol, he's back Twodots (talk) 22:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Why is everyone so mean to him he’s a bit hyper but you guys should apologize for antagonizing him and being rude.--2607:FEA8:2BA0:1F6:DC9E:31D5:88E9:86D1 (talk) 22:50, 20 December 2020 (UTC)Italic text
 * Wow, you're really stupid. We know it's you. Do you seriously think we've never dealt with this before? Twodots (talk) 23:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

MGTOW TV
You think I haven’t tried that already?
 * What? —cosmikdebris talk stalk 17:17, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

You Reverted my Edit on Frank Turek but I believe what I added was accurate
On Frank Turek's page, your wiki did a pretty good job except for two minor errors, 1 Frank Turek believes in Old Earth Creation, not Young Earth Creation, which is shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqMwqwb8Vn0. I can add the timestamps if you want but he claims here that science points to an Old Earth and that the Bible didn't mean six literal days. You also claim that John Lennox is a Creationist, he is not, he is a theistic-evolutionist. John Lennox does believe in Evolution in all forms which he talks about in his book Seven Days that Divide the World. I added Ravi Zacharias in that, as he was on the list for Cross Examined, and he is a Creationist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uMjLKNf4ic. --2607:FEA8:2BA0:1F6:B1F8:D661:241D:B956 (talk) 00:05, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm not gonna watch the vids, but I'll assume you're editing in good faith and cancel my revert. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

HairlessCat
It's odd timing that someone on Twitter was bragging about a vandalized page right after HairlessCat edited said page, and judging from your message to his talk page, he has an obsession with bad edits on said page. Have fun with that obvious troll account,cheers

https://twitter.com/Elliottelliot11/status/1303021254291738626 &mdash; Unsigned, by: 2001:67C:198C:906:1:0:0:166 / talk

18:13, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Female supremecy hypnosis
Hi. I'm new to Rationalwiki. I don't understand the process so bare with me. I have to start somewhere. You deleted my edits for only referencing youtube videos and porn sites. This is because I was discussing the concept as it appears on those sites. Did I do something wrong or is my counter argument necessarily invalid as a violation of the rules? Also are you asking me to abandon my edits or provide higher quality discussion of the topic. Thanks. &mdash; Unsigned, by: John Smith / talk / contribs
 * Some references to a discussion of the topic would be helpful. I searched for this topic on the internet and only found a few hits, mostly on youtube and spam sites. And linking explicitly to porn sites is generally frowned upon here. Perhaps you should ask about this on the article's talk page? —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:59, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Let's continue the discussion there. I might need to take a bit longer this time though. &mdash; Unsigned, by: John Smith / talk / contribs

My Article On Faux Centrism
What was wrong with my article. It appears that you don’t like me and are personally attacking my by reverting my edits and drafting my pages.




 * Oh, I dunno, maybe it was yet another of your stupid stubs that went off on a tangent and used "SJW" unironically and clearly demonstrates a lack of understanding of what centrism or CINOS (centrists in name only) even are. (I'm referring to it in the past-tense because I've just gone and nuked it, with nothing of value being lost.) -- Goatspeed. 03:02, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * First, please stop creating drafts in the main space. After trying this half a dozen times, one would think you've got the message. Second, your concept of the political term centrism is severely flawed by using truly incoherent and nonsensical examples. Third, please get over your persecution complex. I am not "personally attacking" you. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * you have personally attacked me on numerous occasions, you constantly 🎯 my articles.
 * Perhaps you ought to try making un-opinionated edits (grammar, spelling, etc.) before engaging in wiki-drama. You're not trusted by anyone here. If you legitimately want to improve this wiki, try working to gain trust. Be useful, stop pushing your POV, and you'll do more. Twodots (talk)

Revert on Fun:Dog
Why is that unacceptable? It’s the fun space for crying out loud! I’m just curious as to your reasoning.71.208.x.x (talk) 15:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I didn't think it was funny. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * You’re right, comparing politicians to dogs is an insult to canines. 71.208.x.x (talk) 15:08, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Some stuff that would be good to have your input on
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Neiltyson1fan#Permaban_for_GeeJayK, and section above that where you commented and https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation#GeeJayK_was.2Fis_a_ban_evasion_of_IPs_2804:214:81DB:72DF:1:2:CCA7:2F2C.2C_2804:14c:5b72:856c:e4a5:71f4:2df5:57fb.2C_and_2804:214:81de:615e:1:2:c299:18cc.2C_and_multiple_usernames

Thanks! :) Neiltyson1fan (talk) 02:43, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Article Criteria
Hello! Bongolia said to contact you to check if my current article for Brittany Dier Venti is good to go. Thank you.--Amerimutt (talk) 05:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

'Daft username' suggestion
As you are blocking a number of them - a fake RW is created to which such persons (and the automatic filter selection) are banished so they can annoy each other (and they realise there are only four of them). Anna Livia (talk) 20:55, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Nvm
But are only techs able to archive talk pages? Or are other users also able? Kevlarstar and his dog (Woof!) 10:14, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Recent filter change
Are you sure about it? Any persistent spammer would learn to count the characters (that particular filter is public, so it’s not hard to figure out what’s going on if you know where to look). If you look through the log, there’s the occasional seemingly legitimate user we’d end up scaring off. Any trolling this does prevent is easily cleaned up, and I don’t see it preventing that much.

If you do decide to stick with it, you’d need to change the current notice. Christopher (talk) 21:33, 1 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I intend for this change to be temporary, as I'm attempting to put the brakes on a persistent troll that has been doing the "register a whole bunch of offensive usernames" thing over the past several weeks. I'm actively monitoring the abuse filter log and will change the action back shortly. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:38, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with my Saloon bar thingy
Pointing out other instances of the similar hoaxes does make you realise how these things occur and are the more likely and logical, via Occam's razor, than a pseudoscientific one, thank you for that :)--WMS (talk) 23:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I've been fascinated by that particular subject since the mid-1980s when I had, through my employer at the time, access to a satellite television receiver and spent many hours scanning the sky for interesting signals. I was then, and am still, a student of the technology behind this stuff, especially the means that the content providers use to protect their signals from use by non-paying viewers, and the methods used to circumvent those controls. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Editnotices
Changing it from “page” to “group” means it’ll show up on all the subpages automatically, no need to create identical pages for each subpage. You might need to do it differently if you plan on having different ones for each page, but so far they all appear to be the same. Christopher (talk) 20:44, 15 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the tip. I'll go ninja shortly and clean up my mess. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 20:45, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, I got it wrong myself the first time and had to look it up. Christopher (talk) 20:51, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Awesome Award
For going through the RationalWiki:Websites page and pruning some of the examples in that list. I'd intended to get to examining it closer for a bit (it's honestly somewhat bloated up with people where I question the missionality for when I saw it), but I had completely forgotten of it's existence. 21:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Facilitated Communication
Thanks for fixing my formatting errors! I also noticed there was a change to the "reflist", from 90 to 80%. Sorry for being a newbie, but what does this mean? Has the article become less referenced than it was? Also, what should I do when several, separate, passages, make use of the same reference? Type in another ref with the same URL, or is that bad form? UninspiringNickname (talk) 19:06, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The reflist number simply specifies the scale at which it is rendered, i.e., 80 percent versus 90 percent.
 * To use a single citation in more than one place in an article, use the name parameter in the ref tag. For example do this for the first reference:
 * and for subsquent references do this:
 * In the reference list the two citations will appear on a single line.
 * My editor's guide shows this code in action. Hope this helps. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * In the reference list the two citations will appear on a single line.
 * My editor's guide shows this code in action. Hope this helps. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)


 * It has, thank you :-) UninspiringNickname (talk) 21:57, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I formally resign.
Go replace me with some delusional asshat or whatever. 18:56, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Should I edit the user rights, or give GC a day or two to mull everything over? 19:00, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm going to wait a while before making any action. Thanks. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:00, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

How stupid are you???
It says in the deletion log:

15:20, 11 April 2021 Cosmikdebris (talk | contribs) deleted page Category:Populist wingnuttery (unnecessary and empty category)

Since I'm vandal binned, I have to wait thirty minutes just to put one article in that category. And did you even read the edit summary for when I created that category????? Unclescrooge (talk) 15:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You’re right about the vandal bin, but there’s no need to jump to insults. I don’t think we need any more Category:Political insanity subcategories, in fact I don’t think we need any, I’ll nominate them for deletion at some point. Christopher (talk) 15:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Huh, I did not know you were in the vandal bin. Regardless, I consider all of the various "wingnuttery" and "moonbattery" categories as superfluous, opinionated, and subject to abuse by random internet slobs who just like to push their political opinions on the wiki. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:40, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The whole point I created the category is because of how increasingly relevant populism is becoming in current politics. Unclescrooge (talk) 16:05, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Populist wingnuttery would apply only to right wingers, populism or populists is a better category imo. Christopher (talk) 16:08, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unrelated, but I miss category batshit crazy]] and category insufferable assholes]]. A category about populism (not populist wingnuttery or moonbattery) would be good, but it's also dangerous because populism became a snarl word. We can have a discussion on that though. GeeJayK (talk) 16:18, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

As your name is "Cosmikdebris"
And sounding like a denizen of Spacejunk Galaxy. I expect you know a bit more about Super Mario Galaxy lore. and I hope my Mario references aren't anywhere near obnoxiousalso the only good Super Mario Wiki is Super Mario Wiki; it's my internet persona birthplace; at that wiki, you can even see posts where I was still a 14-year old teenager 03:51, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

For your greatest hits collection of RW
You might find this interesting. GeeJayK (talk) 17:06, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

2021 U.S. Capitol riot/Charges is up for deletion
You may care to vote. Bongolian (talk) 17:54, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 18:09, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Vote counting for the RWF board election
Can we count on you to do it? Asking since you were the counter last year too, along with Ze (who isn't with the wiki anymore). Techpriest (talk) 08:39, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I can support the election. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 10:20, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Excuse my Moronic fingers
Sorry! I keep accidentally tapping it when scrolling on the right side of the screen. Leucippus Salva veritate 16:51, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Can you stop?
Stop reverting my edits. It annoys me when people don't trust me to edit
 * Please see my comment on your talk page. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:34, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Heads up
Going over its history I noticed you edited Critics of the historicity of Jesus a while back and we have had something about it being on mission and a submission for deletion going to be filed in the talk page. Just wanted you to have a heads up.--BruceGrubb (talk) 01:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

"Harrassment"?
I take offense at that. Also if you're going to ban them, ban them indefinitely in case someone figures out the passwords, I only used sixteen characters. 23:38, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have never known you to use socks, or use them in this way. I assumed that they were someone else. I'm just trying to keep the crap level down to semi-normal levels here. The endless abuse of the coop is very disheartening. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 23:41, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I generally don't use them. It's like me and guns. I can, I just generally don't feel the need to. 23:42, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey when Ken makes a new account could you get him to direct to my talkpage?
I know he is a troll, but I would love to have a discussion with him. BeardOfZeus (talk) 00:07, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * He has been banned indefinitely from contributing here, and is banned on sight if he tries again. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Who you jivin'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp6LT2MdaPI

Sorry to barge in, but I recently discovered the significance of your username (I was browsing the archives of The Skeptic, as I sometimes do) and I must say, this is really good! If RatWiki was a country, this could be its anthem. I especially like the part at 4:40, where he just frickin' shreds the guitar for a solid two minutes. (Also, did everyone here but ME know about your name already? I mean, surely not, some of our sysops can't even buy alcohol yet, for Pete's sake, I couldn't have been the only one...) - Rairyu75  ( Talk ) 22:57, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Heh, it's an open secret, but probably only recognizable by the older ones here. Also, I have owned the domain zappahead.net since 1998 and I own over a hundred Zappa albums on vinyl. I first discovered Zappa's music around 1977 or so when I found a copy of in a friend's basement. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 23:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for using the template
But why does it exist though? BeardOfZeus (talk) 02:17, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

WIGO World protection
Any reason not to open it back up for editing by the general population? I think I understand why you protected it, but I don't see the page as a significant wandal magnet. I could be wrong about that, since I only drop by occasionally these days. Best regards, MaillardFillmore (talk) 16:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * As far as I understand, the protection in the WIGO World is similar to . If a drive by user wants to add something to the page, they just need to ask on the talk page. GeeJayK (talk) 16:13, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK. I should have checked the protection log. Last time I looked, it was sysop-only; now autopatrolled users can edit. Never mind, MaillardFillmore (talk) 16:28, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

It should be noted that
this was an excellent move - David Gerard (talk) 08:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

mod ballot reader
Can you do the ballot reading again for this election? I'm running for candidate this time, so you'll need to find a secondary ballot reader. -- Techpriest (talk) 14:11, 2 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll be happy to run the ballots. Good luck on your campaign. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:13, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks! -- Techpriest (talk) 15:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Sundry questions
(1) I’m surprised you’re not running for mod, you’ve got the right temperament. I would certainly vote for you, if you threw your hat in the ring?

(2) I see that you’re a Zappa fan, do you like Dylan? Leucippus Salva veritate 18:35, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the confidence vote, I really appreciate it. At this time I think I can better serve the community by maintaining my present tech role and backing up the mods in any way I can.
 * Yes, I am also a Dylan fan. I have many of his albums (including a few of the more obscure unofficial releases) in my wall of vinyl. My favorite Dylan tune is Tangled Up In Blue. I last saw him live in concert back around 2007 or so. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. That sounds like probably the better decision ftm. Happy hunting!
 * I’m a Dylan neophyte compared to you, what songs I do know of his, (mainly from his earlier period) I thoroughly enjoy. “In my wall of vinyl” a beautiful wall I’m sure it is—you simply can’t beat vinyl, be it mono or stereo, the original album covers, the crackle. With perhaps a few exceptions—(off the top of my head) Townes Van Zandt, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Jeff Buckley—, Dylan’s writing ability is truly peerless. “I last saw him live in concert back around 2007 or so” Wow, seeing Dylan live is … well, it must have been a treat!  Leucippus Salva veritate 01:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Speaking of Vinyl, do you have any early Rolling Stones albums? I for one, think that some of the early Stones songs are perfect in mono, atm my favourites are: “Tell me”, and the beautifully dark Play With Fire (Play with Fire is easily one of my favourite stones songs, period). Leucippus Salva veritate 01:04, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * December-mono.jpg Back when I was a starving college student, I discovered that someone had sold a bunch of Rolling Stones LPs to the local record store and they turned up in the bargain bin. Fortunately for me, they were all red-label monophonic originals and were priced very nicely. I agree that in many cases the mono mixes of classic early Rolling Stones material is often better than the stereo mixes. Over the years I managed to acquire both the stereo and mono versions of "Their Satanic Majesties Request" (the original release with the hologram pasted to the front cover). Both mixes are pretty good but I give the mono mix a slight edge. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:13, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow, what a stroke of good fortune! R.e. Your red label Stones LP: I love all the details, the old copyright notice, especially the bit about “Public Performance” being prohibited, the elegant engraving of “London”. Vinyl is to cds what film is to digital—just as film is the most beautiful medium for Cinema, so also is vinyl the most beautiful medium for sound. There’s just something about mono … I think it’s the rawness of the audio, as opposed to stereo which generally provides a smoother sound. I must confess that I’m less familiar with the Stones’ Satanic Majesties Request, although, of course, I’ve heard and love the classic “She’s a Rainbow”; it’s quite the fascinating album, considering its obscurity and of course its parallels with Sgt. Pepper’s lonely Hearts; how on-earth did you manage to acquire the original release!? Also, was this the last album Brian Jones was involved in? It’s a crying shame Jones died so young, I would’ve been interested to have seen which direction the stones later albums would’ve gone in, had he still been alive.


 * By the sounds of things you must have some collection. This is probably gonna sound quite clichéd: but it’s fascinating to hear how people came across the records they own, my dad used to on-occasion tell me where and when he was when he came across a particular vinyl i.e. what record shop it was, the guy who owned the store, the listening booths, the difference between his turntable and the stores, etc. Leucippus Salva veritate 01:55, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

In my opinion, as good as all of the above mentioned Stones songs are, they pale in comparison to the Beatles’s “A Day In The Life”—the involvement in particular of Lennon, Ringo, and George Martin, produces a song which is sublime tout court. Leucippus Salva veritate 02:59, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * As luck would have it, I also have the original mono mix of that album as well. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:26, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * To rephrase Eastwood: “Luck? Luck’s got nothin to do with it”.—No, but really, you’ve managed to score some absolute gems. Although, I don’t know if you’d agree with me, but I can’t imagine “A Day In The Life” in mono, it’s a song that demands stereo, imo.
 * I also really like Phil Spector’s production work (an appreciation, which I must confess, has been largely influenced by Scorsese’s work: Mean Streets and Goodfellas, in particular) on such 60s classics as: The Ronettes’ “Be my Baby”, and The Crystals’ “Then He Kissed Me”. I’d be pleasantly surprised if you had either of these Spector productions in your collection. Leucippus Salva veritate 19:29, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It is possible that I have those songs on a compilation LP. I have probably 300-400 "various artists" LPs with music ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s in every imaginable genre. I am reasonably sure that I don't have any Ronnie Spector or Crystals official releases. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 20:48, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It’s good to hear that you have such a range of records! I was fortunate enough to have a father who also had a very broad collection of albums, and from a young age, I got to enjoy music from around the world. Another great 60s group is Cream—Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack— they have some unbelievably good rock and roll and blues fusions e.g. “Sunshine of your love” and “White Room”.
 * If you haven’t heard them already, I’d really recommend checking out Be Bop Deluxe, their lead singer—Bill Nelson—is easily one of the best guitarists of all time (see “Axe Victim” for some Godly guitar playing), and yet also easily the most underrated. Here are two Be Bop Deluxe classics: Axe Victim, Maid in Heaven. Leucippus Salva veritate 13:49, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Why is there no evidence for your user blocks?
I checked out contribs of John Fuerst I and the list is null, how you can be sure that they were correctly blocked? hopeful taste (she/her) (talk) 19:28, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It's Mikey, a troll who impersonates people Plutocow (talk) 19:56, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Alien bases
See my comment on the talk pages, so whatever suits. There are enough websites etc to justify a RW article. Anna Livia (talk) 00:33, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Blocking policy
Please review our blocking policy (RationalWiki:Blocking policy). Generally, we block IP addresses for at most pi days unless there is a recurring problem. Thank you. Bongolian (talk) 19:25, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Hillsong
Hi, do you think Draft:Hillsong is ready for putting back into Mainspace? I just did some formatting work on all the references that were added. --Butter Melon Cauliflower (talk) 03:52, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It looks adequately sourced now. Sure, demote it to mainspace. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:55, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. I can't move pages from this account though - are you able to? --Butter Melon Cauliflower (talk) 04:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 04:30, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Butter Melon Cauliflower (talk) 11:53, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Visions of Johanna
Your favourite Dylan song is Tangled up in blue. My favourite Dylan song has to be Visions of Johanna: words can only approximate the beauty of that song. Leucippus Salva veritate 17:23, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, that one is especially good when the Grateful Dead performs it. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 17:30, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Tbh I can’t imagine anyone but Dylan performing it. Leucippus Salva veritate 17:53, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

oi
why did you block me? 152.22.44.26 (talk) 13:46, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

oi
why did u delete my page152.22.44.26 (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You created a circular redirect to the NFT page. Please stop vandalizing the wiki. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:01, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

i made one mistake also why was i banned152.22.44.26 (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You were inserting nonsensical, unsigned comments into talk pages, e.g.,  and  which I interpreted as vandalism. Please take a look at the help pages before continuing to create random junk on the wiki. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 15:13, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

those where just questoins152.22.44.26 (talk) 15:28, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Your upload
I saw your upload of Boo the cat. I thought you might enjoy the inimitable Hasil Adkins:

Bongolian (talk) 07:59, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I am a huge Hasil Adkins fan, though somehow I did not make the connection with Boo's name and the song until just now. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:27, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

I liked the Krusty the Clown template
What are you plans for it? I've seen another iteration you made of it in the sandbox. 04:13, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I saw your wonderful little Comic Sans template and mashed it up with the quote from the Concern troll article. Maybe it could be a new template. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 04:39, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh that was created by you, I just made changes to make it more themed like Krusty. Hence the clownish colors and the comic sans? You want me to do the same for the new one? 05:16, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Go for it. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 05:22, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Creepy link
That link with the words "homocide" and "rape" seems pretty scary. I'm too scared to open it, but I'm curious. Do you know where the link goes to? LongStylus (talk) 16:58, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * "The Homicide Monitor is the most comprehensive publicly available dataset on murder in the world." - run by something called the Igarapé Institute, apparently based out of Brazil. Not sure why that would be spammed. Queexchthonic murmurings 17:13, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. I worked up the nerve to open the link (which should have ".br" at the end) and it's actually pretty interesting. I thought it was some gore site. LongStylus (talk) 17:22, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * What I do in cases like that is type the URL directly into Google search - you get the first few lines of the page as a summary but no images and no possibility of hostile javascript running. A handy way to check something's legit before visiting directly. Queexchthonic murmurings 17:34, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * That's a good tip for me to keep in mind. Thanks! LongStylus (talk) 17:47, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey
Do u have idea why Scream!! always calls people twats 2600:387:F:4814:0:0:0:2 (talk) 03:08, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what the fuck you are referring to. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * When he calls every single user a twat 2600:387:F:4814:0:0:0:2 (talk) 03:15, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I still have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:16, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Scream%21%21&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_tag_log=1 2600:387:F:4814:0:0:0:2 (talk) 03:18, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Why did you delete the new article?
Hi. It seems you deleted the new article citing issue with plagiarism. Could you please point me to the policy about this on Rationalwiki, and please let me know which parts are problematic for this reason and what changes need be made to be acceptable? I thought that it would be acceptable but seems I was wrong. Thank you.
 * The article appeared to have been copy/pasted in large part from several other wiki sources on the internet. A simple internet search confirmed this. Because of copyright and licensing concerns, RationalWiki does not allow article content to be copied from other sources without proper attribution. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 13:42, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I thought copying few small parts from wiki sources was allowed. How can I make proper attribution? But no worry, I will rewrite every sentence before writing again. --PauI4 (talk) 12:01, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There's an ongoing discussion concerning this issue on the community standards talk page. It might be useful for you to read that. As for proper attribution, I suggest starting with the style manual. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank You
I just wanted to thank you for contributing and editing the draft on the modal logics. There is some things I do not know quite how to do yet like collapsing citations, and I appreciate the contributions. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 00:26, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Hot Rat
As a fellow Zappa fan I was expecting you to rename the "cold rat" troll. I would do this myself, but I'm not a tech and I don't want to be. GeeJayK (talk) 01:18, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That's a good catch. I didn't make that connection until you mentioned it. In any event, I only banned that pair of trolls for π days so it would be in poor form to rename them. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:05, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

A tragedy: “comfortably numb”, Vanless and Gilmourless
Have you heard this version of “comfortably numb”—this song was made for Van Morrison’s voice; the only fault of this version is the absence of David Gilmour. My God! If only we had Van Morrison’s vocals on the original version … in conjunction with Gilmour’s ecstasy-rendering solo …. Leucippus Salva veritate 00:09, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Why are you reverting it
?--Spoony (talk) 00:40, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

oi
the guy u just blocked was also blocked on wikipedia for being a sock of andrew5

Vortex (talk) 16:44, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't care what this person is or if he connects to another wiki or another editor here. If they run amok on this wiki, they get booted. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:50, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * true i just wanted to inform u about one of the socks Vortex (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Except it was impersonation. Also, Vortex, why do you want to track me down so much? --Andrew5 (talk) 20:59, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

I've edited this wiki for almost 6 years without being reverted
Until about 3 weeks ago. If it's your and GCs intention to revert everything I do from here on, without using the talk page, because of a grudge it's best just say so 2600:8806:0:C2:19E1:8C18:E69F:B80F (talk) 13:42, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Looks like GC banned himself though because no one can put up with his nonsense 2600:8806:0:C2:19E1:8C18:E69F:B80F (talk) 13:43, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Please keep the GC issue in ATIM. This is unnecessary.--2friedeggs (talk) 13:43, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's relevant because his hounding is the only reason i'm using IPs 2600:8806:0:C2:19E1:8C18:E69F:B80F (talk) 13:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I did not revert your anonymous edits to Alfred_Kinsey because of any perceived conspiracy against you. I have no idea what in the fuck you are talking about. I reverted the edits because I found them to be of inferior quality. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 22:34, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Admittedly I don't entirely trust this guy. He seems to be a good faith editor but disliked GC enough to add me on Discord, at some point hint we should dox GC (Edit: No he didn't he clarified he wanted to figure out who GC was), and I suspect he's the guy making the surge of troll socks. I know GC angered some people but not even Andrew spewed vitrol like he did.--2friedeggs (talk) 23:54, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok no problem Neiltyson1fan (talk) 22:41, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no interest in socks or whatnot, i edit my own wikis. Nor did I say I wanted to doxx anyone, or "figure out who" someone is, i merely speculated what he may have looked like and if he was super young or old.  I'm actually having a nice weekend, so please enjoy yourself.  I don't have the time nor energy to create RW socks Neiltyson1fan (talk) 01:24, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have a sock, but it hasn't been washed in a while. 🐐 (talk) 01:31, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Roy Moore brainstar
You forgot to preload the discussion template and add your desired vote. I fixed the template, but I'd recommend you to add the vote too (because otherwise there's no votes on the decision you wish to take). -- Techpriest (talk) 19:38, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Josip Broz Tito reverts
If you would kindly, please answer my genuine question. What's wrong with my edit? -212.15.178.21 (talk) 02:35, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Don't ban people over perceived sleights
People get away with spewing much worse garbage on here, and you know it. Get a grip or you'll be an ATIM case as soon as able.--3friedeggs (talk) 14:21, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Bring it on, Mr. Sock. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:27, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Please unprotect the talkpage
It's my talk page and the blank was a mistake. If you refuse at least put my grammar fixes and the BoN back with my reply to him. Or just target practice using this ip and block it too if you're feeling really proud of yourself idc--2A0B:F4C2:3:0:0:0:0:79 (talk) 15:59, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

You
Yeah sure I'm having a huge meltdown, stomping my feet right? And you put it in the logs Like I'm some lolcow you're trying to humiliate like a kiwifarmer?

You gonna be scornful and petty and undo perfectly good edits then either block my main indefinitely or get your mommy to do it for you so I can do better things with my time than deal with cynical teenagers. But I know you won't, I know you're having fun.--2A03:4000:10:A11:34D3:6FFF:FE24:6D91 (talk) 17:09, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Coop Notice
A case involving you has been raised at the Chicken Coop. Feel free to comment. 71.208.x.x (talk) 18:10, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

An apology
I did not notice you didn't disable talk pages. The new alts were both unnecessary and uncalled for. If 6 is not you though, someone is pulling a fast one on us. But I'm sorry.--2friedeggs (talk) 19:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Nazism
Why did you restore this obvious act of vandalism? Blobcat (talk) 13:01, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * That was a mistake. I've corrected it. Thanks. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 13:26, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Alexander Dahl's photo
See source of photograph: "The factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed." https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erdkr%C3%BCmmung,_Alexander_Dahl_vom_31.8.1933.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Erdkr%C3%BCmmung,_Alexander_Dahl_vom_31.8.1933.jpg

This is even mentioned on the Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dahl The problem is that the entire article has one inline citation. They even use 'alleged' to describe to photograph. -Cybby (talk) 19:00, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alexander_Dahl

"It's not possible to show the Earth's curvature that clearly at a height of 11,300m, which is the cruising altitude of modern airliners. The photograph most probably just shows barrel distortion caused by the lens. Also, the article is completely unsourced." &mdash; Unsigned, by: Cybby / talk / contribs

Confession
Dear Cosmikdebris, I must confess that the answer to your question is that I am a sockpuppet of User:Kiko4564. Since I'd imagine that you're pissed off with me, feel free to ban this account to. I've already removed my sysop and autopatrolled rights and LANCB'd. Thanks. By the way, once the block is over, do I get to return as a better behaved sock puppet? --Harry Potter (talk) 17:10, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Welcome back to the Board! See you at the next meeting. Spud (talk) 10:26, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know
Nice job on the Dick Hafer article. Rabbitseatcarrots (talk) 21:57, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! —cosmikdebris talk stalk 22:03, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Do you revert edits to feel important?
Or else why do you care to simply undo my revisions to an article that was horribly written, full of logical fallacies and sophomoric rhetoric? Are you here to make sure that articles continue to sound like they were written for high school book reports?

If you want to make an erroneous claim that my revisions are objectively so much worse that you can revert without comment, then you only prove you lack the intelligence necessary for your role on this wiki.
 * Please, use the article's talk page if you want to dispute the article's content. Also, avoid insults, you might get banned. GeeJayK (talk) 13:18, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

why
it is unsourced &mdash; Unsigned, by: 2804:14C:5B72:93B2:59F3:5B2:844C:73B3 / talk

error
What does this mean?:

Your action matched the edit filter: Suspicious, massive change to article

User rename
How do I rename a user? Some vandal came on the wiki with the username "Bill Clinton" and made a page that was a short blurb about poop, so I'd like to rename them to "Vulgar political joke" or "Incompetent Imposter" or something like that. --Luigifan18 (talk) 03:56, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * You have to be a mod or a tech to do that. Vomitorium (talk) 05:26, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I tend to believe that user:Bill Clinton should not be renamed. The account is permanently banned now and its presence prevents future idiots from registering under that name. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks
I just got sysop like, 30 minutes ago and that shit kind of left me stumped with no idea of what to do, so thanks. ---Ozzyboo (talk) 20:13, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just remember to go easy on the banhammer and you'll do okay. Rabbitseatcarrots (talk) 20:14, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Was my block justified, in that case? ---Ozzyboo (talk) 20:17, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It was clearly a edit war, not really unjustified entirely, but I don't think I would have done that. I would have just sysop-protected for half an hour and drop the user a mention on the talk page, I wouldn't have blocked in my opinion. Rabbitseatcarrots (talk) 20:19, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Will keep in mind for the future, thanks. ---Ozzyboo (talk) 20:21, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't have blocked. I would've left a message on their talk page asking why they undid their own edits. 20:37, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Usage of Anti-fascist sources in combatting Fascists
Hello.

I see that you have recently reverted an edit of mine which attempted to provide a source which would be further able to give the reader information needed to refute Facism.

This Anti-fascist source has no reason to be removed, as it refutes Fascism and explains how to better combat it. This source is in agreement with the Anti-fascist goals of RationalWiki. Wisconcom (talk) 02:54, 9 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I saw the edit summary… apparently you used a communist-leaning source. We're not too fond of communism around these parts, either. Extremism is bad, m'kay? It doesn't matter if it's far left or far right; those who stray too far from the center have a notable tendency to be absolute raving psychopaths whose very existence is a danger and menace to humanity.--Luigifan18 (talk) 03:01, 9 October 2022 (UTC)


 * We are not "communist wiki." I stand by my decision to revert a questionable, obviously biased source on the Republican Party article. See RationalWiki:What is a RationalWiki article?. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 03:11, 9 October 2022 (UTC)


 * You make no attempt at understanding Communism, or even adress any of its ideas. Communists want to enpower the workers, end opression, etc. Perhaps you should understand Commmunism before you pull the "left-right" spectrum ideas. Thank you. Wisconcom (talk) 03:14, 9 October 2022 (UTC)


 * What communists [claim to] want is very different from what they inevitably end up doing. Ever heard of the horseshoe effect? Ideologies that lean too far from the center of the political spectrum inevitably turn out to be very unhealthy for humanity, whether due to being outlandishly selfish to begin with or making a poorly-planned and foolhardy attempt to override the biases and instilled in the human mind by aeons of evolution. Even the scientific method can't fully override cognitive bias, which is why it instead focuses on accounting for bias and minimizing its negative impacts on the honest pursuit of knowledge.


 * Socialism is viable because it allows for some level of individuality and self-interest; it merely keeps the latter on a leash. Communism is inviable because it attempts to turn humanity into something akin to a species in defiance of the simple fact that humans aren't programmed to think that way, dooming itself to failure. I dunno, maybe I'm pulling stuff out of my butt, but Western interference can't be the only reason why every nation that has attempted to practice communism has inevitably strayed from the path in some form or another, usually to the detriment of its citizens. --Luigifan18 (talk) 14:04, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You bring up nothing but the same outdated, disproven, and nonexistant Anti-communist canards. "Totalitarianism" does not exist. It was first used to refer to the Soviet Union by Western propagandists to conflate Fascism with Communism. Further, literally every society in recorded history could be considered "Totalitarian". Think about it, you and I live in Capitalism; you are forced to toil and have your surplus value extracted to some rich Capitalist for a meager pay, you are, from the day you enter primary school till know, very much indoctrinated into worshiping Capitalism and refuting Socialism, you have megacorporations putting tracking devices in your pocket (smartphones), your internet usage is constantly viewed, and so on. The reason why Anarcho-Capitalists like you do not call the United States of America a "Totalitarian" state is because "well, the people who do this don't CALL themselves a GOVERNMENT, therefore, it's perfectly fine! Magic of the free market!". The Soviet Union was democratic, certainly moreso than the United States could ever even conceive; you could directly election your boss, members of the Communist Party, and so on. While you never use the term, you proceed to make a "human nature" argument. "Human nature", in the since that you Ancaps claim every human is a totally self-interested billionaire-in-waiting, has been debuked since the 1890s. The notion that "self-interest" somehow makes a society fuction more is logically absurd, it is by people working with each other the progress is made. Further, Communism is not just "hive-mind collectivism", rather, it would be an economic system were a person would be able to freely express themselves, be free of exploitation, and so on. In fact, for most of history, we have been living in a sort of Communism - Hunter-gatherer society. Are you saying that slaves and serfs epochs ago were "go-getter entrepreneurs"? Capitalism, if anything, goes against basic human fuctioning, it demands that everybody omit looking at collectives, care about themselves, kill their loved-ones for the sake of gaining a profit, etc. Wisconcom (talk) 14:26, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't think that's a very effective rebuttal. Perhaps a more effective rebuttal would be to point out that capitalism incentivizes greed and selfishness, so therefore capitalists use the conditions of capitalism to justify capitalism, so the conditions of capitalism aren't really that representative of human nature. Furthermore, horseshoe theory is also considered to be fringe science by most political scientists, or at least as having only marginal utility. (Also Luigifan18 seems to be confusing Marxism-Leninism with the wider communist movement. That's a very common mistake, but it's a mistake nonetheless.) Vee (talk) 15:16, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Rebecca Davis
I have to say, I'm a little suspicious of the account User:Rebecca davis. The user page looks like it's plagiarized from some E-list celebrity's Wikipedia article, complete with clumsy numbers in brackets that are clearly intended to be reference markers (i.e. it was copy-pasted from the page itself and not its source code). I haven't taken any action because I don't want to on account of nothing but a vague suspicion (and I must restate that, unlike some other cases where I have taken swift (if ultimately misguided) action, I'm not inclined to suspect malice in this scenario, even though I do suspect impersonation), but I really think that this matter should be investigated. --Luigifan18 (talk) 18:18, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's probably a fake bio spammer account. Let's wait a little while and see if they actually make any more posts. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 18:40, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

I have a Sphinx cat
His name is Moe. Your cats are adorable though. Vee (talk) 06:03, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Some BoN is weirdly obsessed with your mom's basement
No, really, the past 10 or so edits are somebody JAQing off about you living in your mom's basement, the nonsense being removed, the edit being reverted, that edit being reverted, and so on and so forth… the BoNs responsible were blocked by, but I took the liberty of protecting this page just to be sure that the twat(s) don't immediately pick up where they left off when the block expires. (I was tempted to delete the edits in question just to be extra sure that the removal of the nonsense wouldn't be reverted again, but I ultimately decided that protecting the page and making another edit to it would suffice to lock the trolls out of the undo button.) [Sorry to any BoNs and brand-new users who really needed to talk to Cosmikdebris, but this is what happens when immature morons talk shit.] --Luigifan18 (talk) 02:15, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I would have done that if the abuse would have continued while I was on, but just didn’t want to rush into protecting another user’s page. Vandalism is pathetic really. King Bowser K. Rool (talk) 00:47, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I really don't care one way or the other. The trolls are easily and quickly reverted, and there's little to no discomfort to non-autoconfirmed users if the page is protected. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:23, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Mod elections
Can I promote GeeJayK to mod now? I want to be the one to do it. Rabbitseatcarrots (talk) 18:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not, as long as no one finds any bugs in my processing of the results. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:01, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Persistent vandal binning of Ledlecreeper27
Why did you put him back in the vandal bin? I viewed the sources he was using, and they were from sources which this site considers trustworthy. He is not "whitewashing", but rather he is using facts. Wisconcom (talk) 22:37, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The collection of edits made to the various pages is controversial, and should be discussed on the talk page (as DuceMoosolini and Bongolian both noted earlier). —cosmikdebris talk stalk 23:30, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Please remove what I said from your page
I was stressed out and was not thinking to my full capacity. I want to remove any trace of my involvement here. Please remove that quote. Wisconcom 22:32, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi, sorry this is on short notice, but Board of Trustees member GeeJayK recommended I speak to you and/or about an issue I've been having.

Anyhoo, I'm trying to get a RW page that was archived on January 29, 2022--Saloon Archive Page 401--removed from web.archive.org since it contains slanderous content against me and a doxing of a friend's real name, posted by an unhinged troll who's been stalking me and a handful of my friends for three and a half years across various Websites without ceasing or desisting. It's enough to make anyone paranoid. The archive people did nothing since I don't own the page's address, so I was hoping you could intervene. No worries if you can't, but thanks for considering.

Also, if you need more details, I'll be happy to discuss them by email because, on this site, I'm trying to keep a low profile just in case the guy who tried to stir up unnecessary drama here is still watching.

All the best,

~HelpWantedImParanoid

Hi
You think it's ripe to "undraft" this and rationalize-wiki it? Cheers.Factorable (talk) 01:20, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

He's gone, you know
Permanently. Retired. I have no clue who "Andrew5mobile" is. Could it be someone impersonating our dear departed editor? Also that gif was appropriate. Nice touch. VeeMeow? 03:55, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Revert at Roe v. Wade
Yes, I am actually serious about the edit. Restore my edit please. MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 02:25, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I know you have a lot on your plate already, but what are your thoughts on this revert: ? MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 02:32, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh my God, what's so hard about just saying "pregnant people". Like is it that hard to imagine a non-binary person who's pregnant? MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 02:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, women aren't the only demographic that gets pregnant. Men, nonbinaries can too. Just as long as they have a uterus. 02:43, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand why you changed it to "pregnant people" and support a revision along those lines. I agree that articles should ideally be written in a manner inclusive of trans and non-binary people. I said that the overturning of Roe had taken "wrecking ball to women's healthcare" because edit summaries are character-limited and I wanted to convey the devastating impact on reproductive rights succinctly. But trans men and AFAB enbies are as impacted by abortion bans as cis women, and the article should reflect that. Nope Rocket (talk) 02:58, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Alt-right
I only added it to Davud Monshizadeh because someone else added it to SUMKA, so I assumed it should also have the category. Rational Dude (talk) 16:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think SUMKA is alt-right either, and it looks like someone already removed that category. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:58, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I removed it. Rational Dude (talk) 17:05, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Sumka
I made a mistake with moving the page, but can it ever qualify having its own page when there’s enough information on it? I think that we need some separate pages on Iranian fascist movements Rational Dude (talk) 19:41, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Para-fascism
I thought I'd mention that some of the articles that were in the category were added by me, but I removed them because a lot of them didn't seem to fit the category or had much in common with actual fascism, like fox news, prageru, black brute, incel, ratfucking, and br3aking porn (just to name a few), while some groups are actual fascist groups, like the three precenters, the boogaloo boys, and the oath keepers. Rational Dude (talk) 00:35, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Message
Sorry about the mistake, I hope we're cool. I wanted to ask if you could help me with creating pages for meloni and lukashenko. Rational Dude (talk) 00:10, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, if you have any questions about editing pages here, feel free to ask. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:27, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Will do! Rational Dude (talk) 02:06, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Creating a new category
Can I create a category for great replacement conspiracy theorists? I think they’re significant enough to warrant a category. Rational Dude (talk) 11:52, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not, though I strongly recommend that you pose this question in the article's talk page to get community feedback before you proceed. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 11:57, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course, I'll do it right now. Rational Dude (talk) 12:07, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I have made the category ←§ Edward the eight (talk) 12:08, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I already made the category, and it's for individuals. Rational Dude (talk) 13:28, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Anti-Japanese
Would it be a good idea to create a category for anti-japanese racists for articles of Korean nationalists? Rational Dude (talk) 20:21, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Moving drafts
I'd like to move the draft for Raisi if that's alright. I think it's big enough. Rational Dude (talk) 21:12, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Iranian politics
I’d like to upload the flag to use on the category if that’s alright. Rational Dude (talk) 16:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * There's no need to upload a flag since one already exists in the wikimedia commons. Change the code to this:
 * —cosmikdebris talk stalk 17:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But could we create a special icon for it like one for Indian politics? Rational Dude (talk) 17:53, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * We could create a special icon for iranian politics, but given that there's very few articles in this category and no "iranian politics" navigation bar, I don't think there's a need for a custom icon now. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:28, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I’ll make and add more articles so it’ll grow enough and justify having its own category. Rational Dude (talk) 19:49, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I’ll make and add more articles so it’ll grow enough and justify having its own category. Rational Dude (talk) 19:49, 14 June 2023 (UTC)