User talk:Coastalmerch

May 2024

Your recent editing history at Maay shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 23:53, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not edit warring Maay Maay#Talk Coastalmerch (talk) 23:55, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are changing content back to the same edits you made earlier and 5 days ago reverted my edits that I restored back to the version you made by removing the Somali Bantus and 'Af-Goshe' dialect of Maay when it has been sourced, as was evidenced in this revert [1]. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 23:59, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not removing anybody now. I just placed Rahanweyn before Bantu. You said you don’t mind and I think it’s more appropriate to have Rahanweyn before Gosha since it’s their native tongue. Digil Mirifle it’s a Somali dialect Coastalmerch (talk) 00:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did not say i dont mind i said it doesnt matter which order it goes in. As you are most likely a sockpuppet of an older user that was blocked, and are aware of Wikipedia's editing rules, I simply said earlier it does not matter what order it is in, because Maay is spoken by both the Rahanweyn and Somali Bantu communties in Somalia. [2] Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 00:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who are the original speakers of Maay???? Whose dialect was it to begin with???? Gosha???? Coastalmerch (talk) 11:17, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 19:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 19:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to Jeberti people, without good reason. They should have a name that is both accurate and intuitive. Wikipedia has some guidelines in place to help with this. Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. One page move without discussion is ok per WP:BOLD. But repeating it after the title has been moved back by an editor who disagrees is disruptive and considered WP:move warring. Austronesier (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I left you a message on the talk page. Coastalmerch (talk) 20:53, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Afroasiatic languages, you may be blocked from editing. Remsense诉 21:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Somali has 24 million speakers. Why does it have to be included with those with just above a million speakers or two? Its an official language in two countries and a national language in a third, Djibouti? Coastalmerch (talk) 21:39, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. At least one of your edits on the page Somalia, while it may have been in good faith, was difficult to distinguish from vandalism. To help other editors understand the reason for the changes, you can use an edit summary for your contributions. You can also take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Please do not make changes that make the article less precise, for instance, changing 85% to "a majority" or changing a direct link to a redirect. Given your extensive history of warnings and the contentious topic status of this subject area, I'm going to ask that you please seek consensus before making substantive changes to Somalia and related articles about the Horn of Africa. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 15:24, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The information is inaccurate regarding the demographics. The source doesn’t say 85%, it only states that the majority are ethnic Somalis. As for the heading, Kenya is an actual country and should be named before any maritime borders. Geledi Sultanate should also be shortened in the info box as it takes more space. Coastalmerch (talk) 15:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's unconstructive and not helpful to link to a redirect when a direct link can be given; and since you can pipe the wikilink to shorten the displayed text, the argument that it "takes more space" is not persuasive. With regard to the ordering of Kenya, can you please indicate which portion of the MOS says countries should be named before maritime borders? Thanks. Finally, literally the very first source (the CIA world Facebook) says 85%, so your statement to the contrary is simply false. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 15:45, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I ask you kindly to go through the CIA source. Nowhere does it say 85%. If you visit the Demographics of Somalia page you’ll see the contradiction. I don’t know who chose to add 85% into the article but it’s inaccurate. I also believe Kenya should come before the maritime borders since it makes more sense. Coastalmerch (talk) 15:54, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am literally looking at it right now and it clearly says 85%. If the Demographics of Somalia page needs to be corrected to reflect that, that is a separate issue. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC) ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is what I found [3] Can you please show me where it says 85%? Coastalmerch (talk) 16:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're on a summary page. That is not the actually linked source. Go to the article, click footnote 1, and go to the archived version: it clearly says — twice — 85%. Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including 30,000 Arabs). ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC) ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally we also cite the same statement inline; so changing the info box without updating the article itself would introduce confusion. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC) ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to move pages to bad titles contrary to naming conventions or consensus, you may be blocked from editing. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 03:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it was the Jabarti people page that I changed because of a misunderstanding with another editor. It has since been rectified by an administrator. Coastalmerch (talk) 11:57, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a sockpuppet

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If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. ST47 (talk) 23:50, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]