User contributions for TheTimesAreAChanging

1 December 2024

• 09:4809:48, 1 December 2024 diff hist −505 Dreamcast Restored long-standing consensus version based on 2012 academic source; see talk. current

30 November 2024

• 04:1604:16, 30 November 2024 diff hist +145 m Sega Saturn Ce. current
• 04:1504:15, 30 November 2024 diff hist +142 m Sega Genesis Ce. current
• 04:1104:11, 30 November 2024 diff hist +4,066 Talk:Dreamcast →Sega Dreamcast unit sales according to Sega of Japan's website: Re IP 178.27.108.243.

29 November 2024

• 23:1123:11, 29 November 2024 diff hist +185 m Bombing of North Korea Cite journal. current
• 23:0923:09, 29 November 2024 diff hist −1 m Ben Kiernan Ce. current

28 November 2024

• 10:2810:28, 28 November 2024 diff hist +675 User talk:TheTimesAreAChanging →Dreamcast Sales Numbers: +
• 10:1110:11, 28 November 2024 diff hist +757 User talk:TheTimesAreAChanging →Dreamcast Sales Numbers: Re.
• 09:5309:53, 28 November 2024 diff hist −1,300 Sega Saturn RV IP 87.123.41.199; for now, it seems prudent to stick to the 5.75 million figure from the 2012 academic source based on a CESA white paper, rather than a Japanese-language source of unclear provenance/reliability, which may simply be rounding up from 5.75 million. (Frankly, the fact that this same source wants to revive the discredited "10.6 million" figure for Dreamcast sales undermines its credibility here.) Finally, the sources provided on VF2 do not verify that it was the best-seller. Tag: Manual revert
• 09:2709:27, 28 November 2024 diff hist −693 Dreamcast RV change to units sold by IP 87.123.41.199; the official figure from Sega reported in industry white papers (e.g., Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association) is 9.13 million, and this is confirmed in the 2012 academic citation provided. There was a popular estimate of 10.6 million, which prior consensus determined to be unsupported and apocryphal. It is likely that the source you are citing, whether an "official" press release or not, is regurgitating 10.6 million as citogenesis. Tags: Manual revert Reverted
• 08:5608:56, 28 November 2024 diff hist −736 Talk:Inter-Services Intelligence activities in Afghanistan Undid revision 1259990165 by 203.101.165.10 Not related to article improvement. current Tag: Undo

26 November 2024

• 13:5913:59, 26 November 2024 diff hist +5 m Gulf War Ce the Ce. current
• 13:3813:38, 26 November 2024 diff hist −6 Human rights in pre-Saddam Iraq Undid revision 1259659679 by 135.129.125.52 RV IP vandalism. current Tag: Undo

24 November 2024

• 20:1020:10, 24 November 2024 diff hist +21 1986 United States bombing of Libya →In songs and books: Tagged unsourced section.
• 19:5319:53, 24 November 2024 diff hist +790 Talk:First presidency of Donald Trump →Google Trends charts: Oppose for now.
• 18:1518:15, 24 November 2024 diff hist +787 Talk:International sanctions against Iraq →"Not sure where the UN revised its official child mortality figures?": Re Skornezy. current
• 18:0218:02, 24 November 2024 diff hist −1,088 Madeleine Albright Beyond the fact that these old, outdated reports favored by Skornezy are likely overstated in light of more recent research, dropping extraneous WP:COATRACK material not closely related to Albright, the subject of our article. current
• 18:0118:01, 24 November 2024 diff hist 0 m International sanctions against Iraq Ce for numerical ref order. current
• 17:5317:53, 24 November 2024 diff hist +556 Madeleine Albright Restored subject's response in greatly truncated form. This content is long-standing, and I see no valid reason to remove it, even though few editors would have had the stomach to fight with Skornezy over it, given that user's tendency to aggressively edit war over the most minor disagreements across multiple other pages.
• 17:3817:38, 24 November 2024 diff hist −19 Madeleine Albright Corrected an egregious error/misrepresentation introduced by Skornezy, who is now serving an edit warring block for his WP:TENDENTIOUS WP:BATTLEGROUND editing across multiple pages, and restored accurate summary. Per Dyson and Cetorelli 2017, the "slight increase" only occurred "between 1990 and 1991," yet Skornezy omits this qualifier and changes the meaning of the cited RS. Skornezy also invokes Nazi collaboration by referring to "collaboration with the post-Saddam government".
• 17:2517:25, 24 November 2024 diff hist +340 International sanctions against Iraq Corrected an egregious error/misrepresentation introduced by Skornezy, who is now serving an edit warring block for his WP:TENDENTIOUS WP:BATTLEGROUND editing across multiple pages, and restored accurate summary. Per Dyson and Cetorelli 2017, the "slight increase" only occurred "between 1990 and 1991." By quote-mining and omitting the qualifier "between 1990 and 1991," Skornezy totally changed the meaning of this source.
• 02:4102:41, 24 November 2024 diff hist −1,783 Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq Undid revision 1259218242 by Vanisherman This extrapolation is not routine WP:CALC, and is, in fact, an unsourced original WP:REDFLAG claim that requires documentation in RS. The death toll suggested would rival or exceed that of the Anfal campaign: There is no reason to think that RS would have missed it, leaving the "discovery" to a volunteer Wikipedia editor. current Tag: Undo

23 November 2024

• 22:1922:19, 23 November 2024 diff hist −578 Myth of the spat-on Vietnam veteran Removing AfD notice, since IP 70.107.192.191 did not nominate this article for deletion. (See log: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_November_23 .)

22 November 2024

• 01:2001:20, 22 November 2024 diff hist −1,274 Richard M. Bissell Jr. Removed content sourced to Spartacus Educational, which is not considered a reliable source and is known for propagating conspiracy theories.
• 01:2001:20, 22 November 2024 diff hist −744 David Atlee Phillips Removed content sourced to Spartacus Educational, which is not considered a reliable source and is known for propagating conspiracy theories.
• 00:5800:58, 22 November 2024 diff hist −426 Talk:Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory →Oh the irony :o: Redacted IP comment; unrelated to article improvement. Tag: Manual revert

20 November 2024

• 14:0214:02, 20 November 2024 diff hist +4 m Talk:1963 Syrian coup d'état Ce own.
• 13:5913:59, 20 November 2024 diff hist +1,636 Talk:1963 Syrian coup d'état →"Alleged" infobox tag: Re Skornezy.
• 13:3013:30, 20 November 2024 diff hist +6 m 1970 Cambodian coup d'état Ce recent additions.

19 November 2024

• 14:4314:43, 19 November 2024 diff hist +2,596 Talk:1963 Syrian coup d'état →"Alleged" infobox tag: Re Skornezy.

18 November 2024

• 16:5716:57, 18 November 2024 diff hist +20 1963 Syrian coup d'état There is nothing in the article body about foreign involvement, so this is already iffy. W-H may have a looser definition of "support" than other authors, as suggested by comments in his PhD thesis regarding the Ramadan Revolution in Iraq: "Washington’s support [...] (whether material or simply moral), was significant [...]" Is W-H alleging "moral" or "material" support in this case? Regardless, a single "Syrian Ba'thist" suggesting this "probably" "appeared" to happen is not documented fact. Tag: Reverted

14 November 2024

• 17:5417:54, 14 November 2024 diff hist −1,537 Negar Mortazavi Undid revision 1257351566 by Gharouni RV egregious WP:BLP violations directly contrary to the cited reliable sources, falsely accusing said reliable sources and Mortazavi of lying about a bomb threat. Do not reinstate content that is a major violation of Wikipedia's content policies. Tag: Undo

12 November 2024

• 23:1423:14, 12 November 2024 diff hist −7,016 Cambodian genocide Undid revision 1257039672 by NokGradten Seek consensus on the talk page. This 7,000 byte addition to the lead summary, containing likely WP:COPYVIOs in a foreign language on the English Wikipedia, in addition to your own original analysis of primary sources, is not constructive. Disrupting the lead to make a point is unhelpful. Tag: Undo
• 13:3313:33, 12 November 2024 diff hist −7,016 Cambodian genocide Undid revision 1256952126 by NokGradten WP:UNDUE weight in the lead summary; this article is about the genocide, not the civil war, and this proposed revision fails to place the actions of the U.S. and Lon Nol in the context of the civil war. Additionally, no source is provided for the claim that there was a "famine" under Lon Nol (which is false), and primary source interviews should not be used over secondary sources. Tags: Undo Reverted

10 November 2024

• 15:5815:58, 10 November 2024 diff hist −368 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse RV IP vandalism. Tag: Manual revert
• 15:1315:13, 10 November 2024 diff hist −2 m United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War Ce recent additions.

9 November 2024

• 14:4114:41, 9 November 2024 diff hist +1 m Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Ce.

6 November 2024

• 13:2613:26, 6 November 2024 diff hist −778 Dreamcast Removed Walz-AOC Twitch stream: I was going to challenge this as WP:UNDUE WP:RECENTISM anyway, but now that I see it's in the lead summary, despite not being mentioned in the body, the issue is worse than I realized. Tag: Manual revert

4 November 2024

• 21:4821:48, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,200 Talk:International sanctions against Iraq Re Skornezy: "Not sure where the UN revised its official child mortality figures?"
• 21:1321:13, 4 November 2024 diff hist +590 International sanctions against Iraq Skornezy, it's not the place of Wikipedia editors to remove valid scholarly citations they don't like based purely on original research. Per the citations provided, unlike Zaidi 1995, the 1996/1997 reinterviews were conducted with "an international supervisor and a Jordanian interviewer in addition to the field staff supplied by the Iraqi government". The small sample size and possible manipulation by Iraqi interviewers are valid criticisms regardless of your POV.
• 19:2519:25, 4 November 2024 diff hist +3,015 Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Moretonian No edit summary Tag: Reverted
• 17:0417:04, 4 November 2024 diff hist −50 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Undid revision 1255349270 by 2601:243:2200:58D0:2D35:A865:FA27:84F5 RV IP vandalism. Tag: Undo
• 17:0217:02, 4 November 2024 diff hist −2,231 Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations Undid revision 1255312333 by David A RV irrelevant WP:COATRACK material. Tag: Undo
• 16:1716:17, 4 November 2024 diff hist +575 International sanctions against Iraq Undid revision 1255315438 by Skornezy We can certainly trim the excerpt, but citing the chapter name rather than specific page numbers is considered acceptable when citing e-books, so this is not a substantial justification to remove the content entirely.
• 16:0716:07, 4 November 2024 diff hist −17 International sanctions against Iraq Dropping for now; reference is undefined. (As best as I can tell, the undefined ref was added in this revision: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_sanctions_against_Iraq&diff=prev&oldid=1255313583 .)
• 16:0116:01, 4 November 2024 diff hist −210 International sanctions against Iraq →Legacy: Trimming redundant content; already included under International sanctions against Iraq#Lifting of sanctions.
• 15:5515:55, 4 November 2024 diff hist −19 International sanctions against Iraq Ce; numerical ref order.
• 15:4615:46, 4 November 2024 diff hist +287 International sanctions against Iraq →Estimates of excess deaths due to sanctions: Restored sourced criticism of 1995 FAO survey deleted in recent overhaul in revised form; it's odd to only criticize Zaidi 1996 for using data from Baghdad to extrapolate national trends, when this was a flaw of the original 1995 study.
• 15:2515:25, 4 November 2024 diff hist +296 International sanctions against Iraq →Estimates of excess deaths due to sanctions: Restored sourced content deleted without explanation.
• 15:2215:22, 4 November 2024 diff hist +2,052 Talk:Persian famine of 1917–1919 →Balfour's Statement on the Famine: Re IP 207.245.160.20.