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Apollo 9 was the third crewed mission in the United States Apollo program. Launched by a Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on March 3, 1969, and flown in low Earth orbit, the mission flight-qualified the Lunar Module (LM), showing that its crew could fly it independently, then rendezvous and dock, as would be required for Apollo 11, the first crewed lunar landing. Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon. A spacewalk tested the extravehicular life support backpack. McDivitt and Schweickart, entering the LM through the docking tunnel, became the first humans to pass between spacecraft without going outside them, two months after Soviet cosmonauts spacewalked to transfer between Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5. Apollo 9, a complete success, landed in the Atlantic Ocean on March 13 and was followed by Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for Apollo 11. This photograph, taken by Schweickart, shows Scott performing a stand-up extravehicular activity from the Command Module Gumdrop, seen from the docked LM Spider with the Earth in the background.Photograph credit: NASA / Rusty Schweickart; edited by Coffeeandcrumbs

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In reference to this edit summary,[1] and this section[2]...you might be interested in this SPI I created some time ago.[3] Admin RegentsPark and user Kautilya3, who, like me, dealt with the sockmaster in the past, also believe that Kami2018 = Saladin1987. - LouisAragon (talk) 18:49, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@LouisAragon:, if there's any way to stop him from editing and start your investigation all over again (it seems outdated), I'm in. Handful of his edits and relevant contributions are simply awful; they may even qualify as vandalism. --Esperanto97 (talk) 06:38, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thanks for adding historical maps to corresponding articles. They have really enhanced couple of atricles substantially. Keep up the good work! Alterego Wayne (talk) 06:44, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Esperanto97, being a neutral editor, I invite you to check out the recent contributions by Kami2018, to whom you recently gave a "last warning" on his talk page. He is currently removing refs and reliably sourced content from articles related to the Khalji dynasty. For example, see these edits: [4], [5], [6], [7]. In his edit summary, he claimed that the source he removed was "not credible" (?), although historian Vladimir Minorsky, who is cited, is in fact one of the most trusted academics on the subject. Thanks, Khestwol (talk) 10:35, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Khestwol, I personally does not have any discrepancy with that user; I simply came across his edits at recent changes page where I found out that a handful of his edits were completely disruptive. I guess it's just about time for you (editors who have to deal with him often) to take your cause to ANI and request an indefinite block for him as these well-founded accusations are indeed piling up. Moreover, such users as LouisAragon, Kautilya3, Regentspark suspect him of sockpuppetry claiming that he is the same person with Saladin1987, who was indefinitely site banned years ago for similar behaviour by a unanimous community consensus. You could use their materials on that as well if you like. Good luck! --Esperanto97 (talk) 09:36, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]