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    Report active, obvious, and persistent vandals and spammers here.

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    • 2601:243:2200:58D0:993:B277:7A2A:FB8B (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – On Highland Park parade shooting: All the edits from the range 2601:243:2200:58D0:0:0:0:0/64 are unsourced, vandalism-adjacent and sound like conspiracy theories. Including the edit summaries. Paris1127 (talk) 16:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ezra Ben Yosef (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) My name is Hellenyck, and I would like to clarify from the outset that I am only somewhat familiar with the conventions of the English Wikipedia, as I am predominantly active on the German Wikipedia. I have encountered an account that repeatedly introduces misinformation and historical distortions into the "Beta Israel" topic. Most of these edits have been reverted. Initially, I was inclined to attribute this user’s actions to a lack of understanding of the academic discourse (the academic discourse on "Beta Israel" fundamentally differs from the popular discourse in the media, and there is even a scholarly study by Kaplan on this). However, upon reviewing the edits, I noticed that the user is indeed familiar with the standard works on the topic but distorts and misrepresents their content beyond recognition. It is difficult to imagine that, despite extensive reading of these works, the core of recent academic discourse since the 1990s has escaped understanding (it is academic consensus that the Beta Israel are an autochthonous group that developed from Ethiopian Christianity from the 15th century onward; see, for example, Kay Kaufman Shelemay: Music, Ritual and Falasha History, East Lansing, Mich., 1986; Steven Kaplan: The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, New York, 1992; Steven Kaplan: "Betä Ǝsraᵓel." In: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Volume 1, A–C, Wiesbaden, 2003, pp. 552–559). This user appears to deliberately spread misinformation, likely to express an apologetic worldview, which constitutes outright vandalism. Almost every one of his edits is a falsification of history. The user has previously been warned on the user page for apologetic edits in the Beta Israel article but has not ceased. Now, the individual has even invented a new term, "Judeo-Ge'ez". --Hellenyck (talk) 17:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Edits are not vandalism. Please ensure recent edits constitute vandalism before re-reporting. Bbb23 (talk) 18:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Falsifying Literature references and spreading false information is not vandalism? Hellenyck (talk) 18:23, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]