User contributions for Oort1

30 October 2024

• 02:1802:18, 30 October 2024 diff hist −1,398 Garry Tan creating a controvery section is a violation of the policy WP:Criticism#Avoid sections and articles focusing on criticisms or controversies. Several allegations against Tan in it are either unsourced, or sourced to links that fail verififcation, in violation of WP:BLP. The remaining source is just one article from an anonymous author, clearly WP:Undue current Tag: Undo

27 October 2024

• 03:5503:55, 27 October 2024 diff hist 0 Green Party of New Jersey Undid revision 1215838230 by 47.19.65.237 (talk) rv vandalism current Tag: Undo

22 October 2024

• 22:3222:32, 22 October 2024 diff hist −1,034 Killing of Jordan Neely rv vandalism. It broke many links, RSes describe event as 'chokehold' Tags: Undo Reverted
• 21:1921:19, 22 October 2024 diff hist +481 Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania Adding additional source. Many RS's say "Trump shot". Please take it to the talk page; there's already been an RFC about this and much debate.

21 October 2024

• 06:3906:39, 21 October 2024 diff hist −1 Hunter-gatherer Undid revision 1252379322 by 126.249.21.42 (talk) rv vandalism current Tag: Undo

18 October 2024

• 23:2823:28, 18 October 2024 diff hist −17 Age and health concerns about Donald Trump add cite for disputed claim
• 23:2623:26, 18 October 2024 diff hist −17 Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania add cite for disputed claim, see talk page archive for much debate on this topic

12 October 2024

• 03:1503:15, 12 October 2024 diff hist +470 Killing of Jordan Neely →Incident: add detail with source about leadup
• 03:0403:04, 12 October 2024 diff hist +2 Killing of Jordan Neely →Incident: rv passive voice
• 02:5902:59, 12 October 2024 diff hist +286 Talk:Killing of Jordan Neely →Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2023: Reply Tag: Reply

11 October 2024

• 07:3907:39, 11 October 2024 diff hist +294 Intelligence →Human: Replace non-peer reviewed book review from 1982 with more modern sources in peer reviewed journal expressing mainstream phsychology. No modern research psychologists believe IQ or intelligence is either 100% hereditary or 100% environmental.
• 07:2207:22, 11 October 2024 diff hist −14 Grooming gang moral panic in the United Kingdom fix grammar
• 07:1807:18, 11 October 2024 diff hist −17 Grooming gang moral panic in the United Kingdom more accurately represent source
• 07:1607:16, 11 October 2024 diff hist −66 Grooming gang moral panic in the United Kingdom per WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, guardian op eds should be handled with WP:RSOPINION

5 October 2024

• 08:1408:14, 5 October 2024 diff hist −24 London Breed →Homelessness: source doesn't say this

2 October 2024

• 09:0409:04, 2 October 2024 diff hist −210 m Barber's pole →External links: not useful
• 01:1001:10, 2 October 2024 diff hist 0 Amy Wax Undid revision 1248883470 by Generalrelative (talk) That policy doesn't address 'demanded', let's just go with what sources say rather than editorializing Tag: Undo
• 01:0601:06, 2 October 2024 diff hist +868 Amy Wax Undid revision 1248884530 by Generalrelative (talk) MANDY is an essay, not a policy or guideline, nor should it be. Public figures often admit to wrongdoing when accused, and their response is informative and should almost always be included, and typically is on wikipedia. And Wax didn't say this was about her research, and academic freedom extends well beyond that anyway. Tags: Undo Reverted

28 September 2024

• 07:4407:44, 28 September 2024 diff hist +442 Talk:Heritability of IQ →(relatively) new expert survey: new section Tag: New topic

26 September 2024

• 21:5021:50, 26 September 2024 diff hist −27 Amy Wax due to BLP, claims about living persons must be sourced; sources do not support any statements about what fraction of people agree with that assessment

25 September 2024

• 22:4422:44, 25 September 2024 diff hist +207 Rupa Marya →Controversy: twitter, not instagram

24 September 2024

• 03:4403:44, 24 September 2024 diff hist −1,339 Joshua Waitzkin →Martial arts: failed verification, sources don't support text. Also WP:Youtube

19 September 2024

• 00:1400:14, 19 September 2024 diff hist +285 Trump administration political interference with science agencies →Climate change policy
• 00:1000:10, 19 September 2024 diff hist −29 Trump administration political interference with science agencies →Climate change policy: failed verification, article doesn't say anything about department heads.
• 00:0800:08, 19 September 2024 diff hist −685 Trump administration political interference with science agencies →Climate change policy: remove bloat - first cite is enough, second doesn't allege that he's a climate denier anyway
• 00:0100:01, 19 September 2024 diff hist +497 Trump administration political interference with science agencies →Vaccine development and approval: add cite and detail about objections to premature vaccine

18 September 2024

• 22:5622:56, 18 September 2024 diff hist −66 Trump administration political interference with science agencies →Background: Dep of housing isn't a scientific department, and Carson's objection is to one specific policy proposal
• 22:5122:51, 18 September 2024 diff hist −611 Trump administration political interference with science agencies WP:SYNTH and/or failed verification. Article doesn't make claims about Trump personaly, only about allegations about "upper ranks of the Trump administration". Secondary sourcing neccessary for claim like this due to WP:BLP

11 September 2024

• 05:2805:28, 11 September 2024 diff hist −344 Muslim world →Philosophy: remove WP:undue per talk page

30 August 2024

• 03:1103:11, 30 August 2024 diff hist +206 Talk:Heterodox Academy →Contested New York Times reference: Reply Tag: Reply
• 03:0703:07, 30 August 2024 diff hist +442 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard →World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Reply Tag: Reply
• 03:0403:04, 30 August 2024 diff hist +471 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard →World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Reply Tag: Reply
• 03:0003:00, 30 August 2024 diff hist +361 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard →World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Reply Tag: Reply
• 02:3802:38, 30 August 2024 diff hist +339 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard →World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Reply Tag: Reply
• 02:3202:32, 30 August 2024 diff hist +182 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard →World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Reply Tag: Reply
• 02:2502:25, 30 August 2024 diff hist −2,661 Heterodox Academy until this is rewritten so as to not violate WP:UNDUE, it's a violation of wiki policies to keep it up. Tag: Reverted
• 02:2302:23, 30 August 2024 diff hist +389 Talk:Heterodox Academy →Contested New York Times reference: Reply Tag: Reply
• 02:0802:08, 30 August 2024 diff hist +119 Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard →The Economist, as an acceptable resource.: Reply Tag: Reply
• 02:0702:07, 30 August 2024 diff hist +217 Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard →The Economist, as an acceptable resource.: Reply Tag: Reply

27 August 2024

• 02:3202:32, 27 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Demographics of India →Prehistory to early 19th century: replace dead link
• 00:2900:29, 27 August 2024 diff hist −464 Islamic philosophy →Struggle for existence: failed verification (kinda); quote goes on to say that other animals hace natural differences, but humans were created

26 August 2024

• 23:4023:40, 26 August 2024 diff hist −85 m Droitwich Spa Undid revision 1223450376 by 103.220.159.104 (talk) rv spam Tag: Undo
• 23:1423:14, 26 August 2024 diff hist +33 Taylor Lorenz →Personal life: this looks like WP:Biographies_of_living_persons#Using_the_subject_as_a_self-published_source as those claims weren't independently evaluated, they're just quotes from interviews. Considering that one of these involves claims about third parties and is arguably self serving within her social sphere I think it's questionable if this should be included; better to add a qualifier that it's her own statement at least.
• 23:1023:10, 26 August 2024 diff hist +23 m Taylor Lorenz →The Washington Post
• 23:0123:01, 26 August 2024 diff hist +363 Taylor Lorenz →The Washington Post: add details about Youtuber's claims over Wapo article
• 08:3808:38, 26 August 2024 diff hist +854 Talk:Muslim world →al-Jahiz misrepresented: new section Tag: New topic
• 08:0708:07, 26 August 2024 diff hist −5,512 Science in the medieval Islamic world see WP:Jagged 85 cleanup Removed material introduced by /Jagged 85 sockpuppet who was banned from Wikipedia for systematic abuse of sources. Some of these citations fail verification anyway, much is WP:SYNTH current
• 07:5907:59, 26 August 2024 diff hist −1,766 JPEG Removed material introduced by /Jagged 85 sockpuppet who was banned from Wikipedia for systematic abuse of sources. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Jagged_85 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Jagged_85 for more details Tag: Undo
• 07:4607:46, 26 August 2024 diff hist −106 m Scientific Revolution replace ref with more direct cite
• 07:3507:35, 26 August 2024 diff hist +138 m Kublai Khan →Scientific developments and relations with minorities