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    Robertsteadman, a.k.a. Robsteadman

    Some of you will remember the case of Robsteadman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who engaged in lots of edit warring and abuse, and who used sockpuppets Robeaston99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Vhjh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for votestacking, whose behaviour was generally rather hysterical, and who used to write things about "shallow and twisted" admins, "the 'christian' cabal" (lower case c and quotation marks to make the point that Christians don't exist, just as he uses lower case j and quotation marks for "jesus"), who constantly called other editors vandals and called for them to be banned, who accused an atheist admin of being part of the "christian" cabal when he protected a page, who used the sockpuppet Yummy mummy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to get an extra oppose vote at Deskana's RfA, who was finally blocked indefinitely for trolling and abuse, and who then made legal threats by e-mail because of the sockpuppeting accusations.

    He returned a few weeks later as Robertsteadman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), was originally blocked again after refusing to say if he was the same person, and was then unblocked to give him another chance, and was put on probation.

    A new user, Neuropean, who is very likely a reincarnation of Count Of The Saxon Shore (talk · contribs), with whom Rob(ert) was often in dispute, nominated Rob's article Anne Frank's cats for deletion. The article survived the nomination, but it was certainly not an inappropriate nomination, since several people voted to deleted as unencyclopaedic. However, it always looks bad for a new user to start with an AfD nomination. (Since Count Of the Saxon Shore was not a banned user, he had every right to start with a new identity if he so chose.) Robert then started on a clear vendetta against this user, filing two RFCUs (one on Neuropean himself, and one on an IP), both of which were rejected by Mackensen with a {{Fishing}} template. He then made numerous posts to WP:RFI about this user, calling him a vandal, a sockpuppet, and a stalker. He became heavily involved in wiki-stalking Neuropean, showing up at articles the latter had created or recently edited. By the way, it's obvious that he has been making a habit of editing articles that I have just edited as well, and Deskana and Frelke have noticed that he was doing it with them also.

    This caused some distress to Neuropean, and he asked Rob on several occasions to stop. Rob continued wiki-stalking, and continued to accuse him of being a vandal, a sockpuppet, and a stalker.

    I feel I should have acted sooner. By no means do I wish to imply that Neuropean was blameless, but after the stormy beginning, he showed that he wanted to move on, and made a few compromise offers to Robert. I do not think he will be back. He said he was suffering from depression. Nevertheless, I would like to ensure that this cannot happen again. We were too slow in putting a stop to it. I'm bringing this here for review, because I would like some support in making it clear that wiki-stalking and hurling round of unsubstantiated accusations of vandalism and sockpuppetry are not going to be tolerated, particularly from an indefinitely-blocked user who has been unblocked on probation.

    I don't want to clog up the admin noticeboard, so I've created a subpage with more information here. I know it can be a bit of a bore to start looking through a case that you don't have any experience of, but I'd very much appreciate some reaction. And by the way, although I and Gator1 deleted Rob's user and talk pages at his request when he left, I have undeleted the earlier versions, so as to be able to provide evidence of his behaviour. Thanks. AnnH ♫ 16:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    So allowed back under a kind of probation, he has harassed another editor to the point of driving him off. I move for a community ban. If this doesn't happen for any reason we can try arbitration. --Tony Sidaway 16:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ann has missed some vital information out about Neuropean being an internet stalker from another site who had followed me here, has used several different accounts to harrass me. Count of the Saxon Shore (Crusading Composer) etc. may not have been a banned user but should have been. The stalking, as Ann well knows, went beynd WP and the TES forum into real life - she was informed of all this. I do not deel I wiki-stalked him - I edited some articles he had edited once I looked into his actions. If I did something wrong I apologise. user: Syrthiss is well aware of all this and, from emails I have received, agrees that Neuropean was a trouble maker and agrees that evidence I have supplied him with shows a definite link to an internet troll and stalker from another web site. I think it is a great shame that Ann, knowing all of this, and being someone with whom I have had major disagreements with is now using this as a trump card to win an old battle over the Jesus article. Her entry here is truly the ultimate in bad faith edits. Robertsteadman 17:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry forgot to say, despite qwhat Ann says, and what WP turned up, I have not used any sockpuppets - that is false. At elast one has now told me who they are and it was a student of mine. Robertsteadman 17:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that six checkuser admins said that there was absolutely no doubt of sockpuppetry, and given that they knew you work in a school, there must have been much more to it than that, even though they never give details of what they find as they don't want to teach editors to get better at sockpuppeting. AnnH ♫ 18:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    This makes VERY interesting reading - perticularly the "sudden" reappearance of Count of the Saxon Shore.... how very odd. Robertsteadman 17:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've already agreed that Neuropean is probably Count Of The Saxon Shore, so I don't think there's anything odd about him reappearing after I had said that I had undeleted your talk page. He knows that there's some nasty stuff that he wrote on that talk page, and so he logged on as COTSS to protest against the undeletion. That's not a violation of policy, he wasn't taking extra reverts or votes, and I doubt if he'll be back. AnnH ♫ 18:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Last time I checked, indefinatly blocked users weren't allowed to use sockpuppets to come back. RfCU, anyone? --InShaneee 18:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There was an RfCU, which showed that Robsteadman and Robertsteadman were the same. See here. It lists his other sockpuppets too, with the exception of Yummy mummy, but the checkuser for that is reported here. His return was discussed here, and he was unblocked on probation according to conditions set here. I agreed to allow him back, but I think it's a bit much that an indefinitely-blocked user who returns without permission and is then kindly permitted to resume activity keeps hurling the word "sockpuppet" at another editor who (if it really was Count Of The Saxon Shore) was not indefinitely blocked, and was therefore perfectly permitted to return, and was also free to start afresh with a new identity, and was not using the newly-registered account to get extra votes or reverts. AnnH ♫ 19:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I've been thinking and indefinite block is in order for some time now... --Lord Deskana (talk) 18:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please do. I'm astonished that Neuropean's self-control and lack of hostility still made him susceptible to such bullying behaviour. If this discussion stays around for a couple of weeks and is then forgotten about and RobertSteadman continues to edit as normal it sets a very bad precedent. --Lo2u (T • C) 19:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Not an admin, but I'd like to voice support for an indefinite block. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've gone ahead and indefinatly blocked him as a sockpuppet of an indefinatly blocked user. --InShaneee 21:04, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think it was quite right to make the official reason sockpuppet of banned user, since he had been unblocked and allowed back on parole. However, I do support the block on the grounds that his indefinite block was lifted on condition that he behave himself, and that he resumed his abusive behaviour. It's not even a question of blocking him for his recent behaviour, bad though it was: it's simply that he was already indefinitely blocked and when he was given another chance, he started upsetting other editors, bullying and wiki-stalking. I honestly don't think he's able to change. AnnH ♫ 21:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Can someone explain exactly what happens with an indefinite block. Can it it be lifted by a different editor without notice. Its not quite permanent is it ? Frelke 21:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It's technically possible for any admin to unblock an editor blocked by another admin. It should not be done without thoroughly discussing it in advance, either with the blockin admin, or, if he's not available, here at AN/I. Unfortunately, some admins do unblock without discussion, and sometimes original blockers reblock, leading to a wheel war. Let's hope that any further action will be discussed in full here before any overturning of the block is considered. AnnH ♫ 21:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I support an indefinite block. I have seen his behaviour on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thunder Bay Northern Hawks (2nd nomination), then his wiki-stalking members of WikiProject Ice Hockey that disagreed have with him. -- JamesTeterenko

    Regarding the above discussion... I'm reasonably sure that Neuropean was the person who stalked Robert off-wiki a while ago (commented by Robert above), who came here with the knowledge that Robert would be unable to handle his presence. I will take some of the blame upon myself in that I started a wikibreak just as the Neuropean conflict began, though I advised Robert to talk to another admin (Tony Sidaway was one of the names I gave him) to help sort the situation while I was away. All that said, I'm disappointed Robert couldn't just step back from the situation when Neuropean started making overtures (and FWIW Robert told me he felt he stepped over the line as was sorry for it). I've never been stalked IRL or webwise so I don't know how that effects people's future behavior. I wish there was some other way, but per wiki policy and the terms of his parole I have to agree with the block. Syrthiss 12:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    I know that I said that I wouldn't edit here again but I feel quite strongly that an indefinite ban isn't appropriate here.

    • Robert isn't a vandal out to disrupt, he is just very opinionated and stubborn. Yes, he can be quite rude at times, but my experiences on Wiki lead me to believe that abruptness is not an uncommon feature. His problem has been that he is looking for cabals and conspiracies and, to a very small extent, he has been justified in this.
    • Has he said sorry? Yes he has. Is he likely to do this again soon? No, I don't think so. I know for a fact that he can change for the better.
    • He has only really overstepped the mark with me and I suppose I am a red rag to abull to him (although he sees me everywhere, even when it is not me. I have promised never to post on any forum where he is a member, so future suspicion shouldn't be a problem. I feel that if I hadn't AfD'd his article, he would have continued in his 'ways' but not gone OTT, so I would rather not see him blocked.
    • I object in the strongest terms to any suggestion that I have stalked him in real life, I don't know exactly what evidence he has presented in his private emails, but whatever it is has got to be wrong. But I suppose that he has found my behaviour annoying - the AFD may have been a WP:Point, but wasn't meant as a 'personal' attack. It went downhill from there.
    • It has never been my attention to upset anyone - including Robert and I do not want to see him lose his hobby because of me. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I'm sure Robert will agree with me.
    • I ask all concerned admins to give him one more chance. Blocking him will mean one less contributor and (although I still say that Moortje was an article crying out for a AfD,) he has made many positive contributions.
    • His probation wasn't very specific. Instead of blocking him, I ask that he be given more specfic terms and he be held to those in his future actions. Any admin action should be based upon 'future' productivity and not past indiscretions. I think that's the whole point of Wiki.

    That's all.Neuropean 23:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I read m:MPOV today. It seems an apt description of Robertsteadman, actually. --Lord Deskana (talk) 08:30, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, I agree. After the way he terrorized the Ice Hockey Wikiproject for half a month and wikistalked our talk pages and edit lists, I think m:MPOV fits like a glove. DMighton 15:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Robert Steadman. Wow. DMighton 03:38, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    He has threatened me legally again.

    I intend to pursue this much, much further. It may werll go to court - because Ann has libelled me many, many time (including today, anmd Deskana has too./

    That's an exact quote from an email he sent me. That makes it twice that he's threatened me legally now. And people wonder why I want him indefblocked!? As far as I'm concerned, he should have a nice permenant ban from editing Wikipedia. --Lord Deskana (talk) 07:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia, as far as I know, has a zero-tolerance policy for legal threats, WP:NLT. He was warned about it by another admin a week or two ago [1]. DMighton 13:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    He seems to be back as 86.140.197.168 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log).--Lo2u (T • C) 20:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Yeah, I'd say that is good old Rob. DMighton 22:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Blanking the warnings on the talk page now. Do we need a seperate RFCU? I would have thought the anon's behaviour on its own might warrant a block. Frelke 06:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Shougiku Wine (talk · contribs)

    moved from AN:

    I'm not sure if I'm reporting this to the correct place, but Shougiku Wine (talk · contribs) is attempting to AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takeshima Islands (edit | [[Talk:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takeshima Islands|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) as part of a POV dispute over whether an article should be named Takeshima Islands (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) or Dokdo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). The result of the POV dispute was the creation of a POV fork of the article. --TheFarix (Talk) 22:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Ok, Shougiku Wine has clearly moved into the realm of personal attacks against those who don't agree with him as well as using racial language.[2] --TheFarix (Talk) 00:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Should be on /Incidents, but I've given 24 hours. Circeus 01:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This is utterly ridiculous display of personal attacks, and I will not even consider gracing with an answer. I am tempted to lenghten the block though. Circeus 04:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think he may be do for a permablock as it's pretty evident to me that he is is just trolling. --TheFarix (Talk) 11:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There he goes again. Is anybody interested in reading the whole thing? Circeus 21:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    He has now resumed his inflamatory editing: [3], [4], [5]. I'm giving him one week this time. Circeus 15:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I can honestly say this is the first time I've ever been accused of being Korean. So now, I'm either Korean, Japanese, or American. I'm so confused. (^_^) ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    As amusing as this... Person might be, at this rate they are headed straight for a permban. Circeus 05:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, he is claiming that you and Pilotguy are engaging in "criminal vandalism" for blocking him and that you two are "only crazy Korean-racism-sided persons" because you will not lift the block.[6] It's pretty evident that he is just trolling and that it is highly unlikely that he will straiten up after the current block is lifted. --TheFarix (Talk) 16:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll admit to being crazy and a person. (^_^) ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Admin User:InShaneee is removing content from my talk page

    This is a complaint regarding the behavior of Admin User:InShaneee, who removed content from my talk page (and that of others) which he claims to have identified as spam. There is no official wikipedia policy to remove internal spams on sight, as can be seen on the spams policy page. In general, removing content from talk pages is considered vandalism, and according to policy the only exception to that is removing personal attacks, which does not include spam. So technically this admin does not have a right to remove those posts from my page, and in doing so has obviously violated vandalism policy. The admin claims that these actions constitute common wikipedia practice. As they are, however, clearly against wikipedia policy, I asked him to stop them, so far without success. This informal complaint is a result of that fruitless discussion. Shervink 08:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]

    When did he do that? Please provide the diffs. Thanks --Aminz 08:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably here. Looks like a pretty clear-cut case of vote stacking by Zereshk (talk · contribs). Zetawoof(ζ) 08:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Excellent job by Inshaneee of mopping up this attempt to stack an AfD, and if Shervink wants the edit back he only has to re-revert. --Tony Sidaway 08:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, InShaneee's removal of Zereshk's post is just a symbolic action, since people will get the "You have new messages" anyway.
    But no worries, we have now Wikipedia:Iran,shiite and middle east related articles noticeboard/Incidents. Also, Shervink, be careful! Though you may not know the policy and this might be your first time, BUT you may be accused of being vowed to continue (read it with a particular stress on the word "vowed" please) accusation of vandalism and subsequently blocked for 48 hours which is longer than the typical 24 hours. Some of us here are good in reading your mind. --Aminz 08:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey, even if you have over 15,000 edits to nearly 3,000 articles and after this long time of being in wikipedia, this is your first time doing something, then you are "vowed" to do it again. Since you are in serious need of doing that everyday! --Aminz 08:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    But that's not the end of story. Some other admins will congrat the admin who has special talent in reading your mind for his good job! Wonderful! Can it be even better? --Aminz 08:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Tony, maybe I'm not clear on this, but the message in the provided diff didn't seem to request a vote in either direction, it simply served to notify the user that a vote was taking place. Or were there other messages he placed which did ask for a specific kind of vote? I'm not clear on the policy here, so I would like to request that it be clarified: under what circumstances, if ever, is it appropriate to alert someone to an ongoing poll or vote? Kasreyn 09:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    A vote can nicely be stacked by selecting which users should be informed about it and which not, without giving anybody explicit instructions about how to vote...--Stephan Schulz 09:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, the attempt can be made, but if someone who believes the opposite sees that talk page, they will be informed as well. I'm just curious what the actual policy is. Kasreyn 21:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    A new research at the university of Wikipedia named "World through the eyes of different Admins" has shown that some people first take a position towards a matter and then try to find a reason to justify that position. --Aminz 09:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Aminz, I'm sorry but I really do not understand what you are talking about, especially that metaphysical stuff about reading my mind. You mean you want to have me blocked based on what you think I think? I think you should think that over. All I'm asking is a quote for which policies allow that admin to remove content from my talk page. He is in clear violation of Wikipedia:Vandalism and Wikipedia:Spamming, none of which identify internal spamming as vandalism and none of which allow it to be removed from a talk page by third parties. Shervink 09:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]

    Shervink, I am not an admin. Were I, I wouldn't have been ignored [7]. If I were an admin, other admins would have NOT disputed my wrong decisions even when an editor cries for a tiny bit of attention and calls other admins for just looking into my so-called "light" punishment imposed on some other editor.--Aminz 09:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Arminz, your style of writing is rather involuted and does not parse well. I can't figure out what you're trying to say. Could you be more plain? Kasreyn 09:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Kasreyn, I didn't have much experience with both Zereshk and InShaneee, when I was involved in Zereshk's block by InShaneee. Zereshk asked all persian editors whom he knew, to vote for the AfD of the article Misconceptions about Iran (or moved to Views of Iran in Media or something similar). Well, Zereshk was spamming. It was his first time and he didn't know about the policy at all (as I can argue he even now doesn't know the details of what has happened to him now). From the very beginning, InShaneee was warning him of getting blocked. I have been around in wikipedia for awhile. I know, nobody gives a {{test4}} for a first time vandalism for example. Anyhow, I was at that time surprised with InShaneee's warning. Aside from the fact that Zereshk has over 15,000 edits to nearly 3,000 articles and this was his first time doing spamming, I told him that yes, he has done spamming but he was only notifying editors who have experience of living in both west and Iran. Zereshk added that some editors whom he has notified have given votes against his vote. Anyways, I asked the other editor who first reported Zereshk to notify several other editors on his choice. It was considered against policy and it passed. Please continue the story in the section on Zereshk here:[8] I was mainly objecting to the length of Zereshk's block and and that his controversial comments could be read or understood in other ways. I was "only" asking another admin to just "look into" this case. Nothing more. --Aminz 10:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    This confusion probably would have been avoided with an explanatory edit summary (no offense to InShanneee, not all of anyone's edit summaries are exemplary). I've noticed that many admins and veteran editors get huffy when someone removes content from their talk page, often saying that they can decide things for themselves, yet they do it to others without due consideration or explanation (I'm not saying that this is what happened in this case). Also, while it looks like vote stacking in this case to me, whether it is vote stacking, and therefore whether it should be removed, is usually decided by someone who disagrees with the alleged vote stacker's opinion, which is less than ideal. Removing the comments may not do much good, anyway, since editors will still get a new message notification and they can see the deleted text in the history of their talk pages. Finally, while I am opposed to what he was trying to do, if AfD is really not a vote, how can there be vote stacking? -- Kjkolb 09:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    We are getting off-topic here. The point is this: As far as one can see from the actualpolicy, internal spamming is not vandalism:
    Wikipedia editors are not to engage in aggressive cross-posting in order to influence votes, discussions, requests for adminship, requests for comment, etc. The Arbitration Committee has ruled that [t]he occasional light use of cross-posting to talk pages is part of Wikipedia's common practice. However, excessive cross-posting goes against current Wikipedia community norms. In a broader context, it is unwiki...
    As you see, no mention of vandalism, let alone a request to remove by third parties. In a sense, it is a matter of point of view how much cross-posting is aggressive. Even then, it is not vandalism according to policy, and is not to be removed.
    On the other policy page we read under types of vandalism:
    Deleting the comments of other users from article Talk pages, or deleting entire sections thereof, is generally considered vandalism. Removing personal attacks is often considered legitimate, and it is considered acceptable to archive an overly long Talk page to a separate file and then remove the text from the main Talk page ...
    Thus, no mention of a legitimate deletion of internal spam or cross posting. According to policy, The deletion of those comments is thus vandalism. Shervink 12:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]
    For those who don't know, Aminz's comments above are simply mocking me over my block of Zereshk (I told him to stop spamming, he said he'd continue, so I blocked him)(incidentally, his user page is now a giant rant about the evils of me and wikipedia). As for my actions, I only wish that policy allowed me to delete the edits from the page history entirely, since rolling back the spam messages did almost nothing to stem the tide of one-sided votes. --InShaneee 22:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I wasn't "mocking" you; that is true for sure. If I don't write poetic or ambigious, you'll block me (for some n times 24 hours, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) as well. And who says it was about you? ;) But I don't think you have already made the decision to block me after all. --Aminz 01:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Try assuming good faith. Talking like I'm block-crazy isn't very polite, either. --InShaneee 02:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I never said you are a "block-crazy"... Gosh! --Aminz 02:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have removed the personal attack from Zeresh's page, which Aminz immediately reverted, and had the temerity to lecture me about editing other people's User pages. I have blocked Aminz for 5 minutes for reverting to the personal attack, and have reverted and protected Zeresh's User page. User:Zoe|(talk) 02:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    First of all, please indicate on your user page that you are an admin. Next, I would be happy if other admins check the message I left for Zoe and how he is replying back to me:"(Aminz) had the temerity to lecture me about editing other people's User pages. " Thirdly, I am standing for justice. I promise that Zoe has not had even reviewed the case closely him/herself. I request Zoe to block for a week if his/her defend of InShaneee is based on his/her close review of the case. --Aminz 02:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I cannot possibly give any greater support to that suggestion than I am now. Either way, she shouldn't have to prove that she's an admin; any user is welcome to remove such hate-filled speech at their discretion. --InShaneee 02:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Zereshk feels he has been under injustice. He has the right to express himself. I see many people make fun of bush everyday. Of course, he didn't make fun of you. But we should let Zereshk to express himself. That's freedom of speech. --Aminz 03:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    He has no such right; quite the opposite, as a matter of fact. "Freedom of speech" simply means that the government can't pass laws that censor the people; Wikipedia is in no way related to any government, and thus is free to tell all its users what they can and can't say. That said, we'd like people to keep their opinions to themselves (or take them elsewhere, like a message board) and actually work on some articles. --InShaneee 03:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    InShaneee, true or false, there are two users who think the block at least in terms of its duration was not right. If they can not express themselves somewhere about their feelings, they can not work on the articles either. It may not be wiki policy but it is a humane thing. If you believe you were 100% correct in your decision, you should not be bothered by what Zereshk writes in his user page. Should you? If it is wrong, it will only prove something about himself and not about you. Similarly, all my posts here will prove something about myself if they are wrong and I have already accepted this. --Aminz 03:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Aminz, I have never ONCE blocked someone without someone complaining that it was wrong. I can think of at least half a dozen users who've told me just that, and I am happy to report that they are all incorrect. As you'll notice, there's yet to be one admin here who's said that Zereshk shouldn't have been blocked. Now, Wikipedia isn't humane, either. It's not here for you to do as you please. We're trying to write an encyclopedia here, thank you. Your innermost feelings can wait until you've surfed elsewhere. I wasn't bothered by what Zereshk wrote, but the point was he doesn't GET to write that. If you can't be productive and useful, you shouldn't be here, period. --InShaneee 03:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have blocked both Zereshk and Aminz for 24 hours for personal attacks, disruption, and harrassment. There is no merit to any of their claims; they're just out for blood now. It must stop. --Cyde↔Weys 03:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not inclined to second Aminz' sympathies for the conduct of the other blocked editor, but I don't see that Aminz has violated any policy, in letter or in spirit, and no diffs have been provided to substantiate the charges of "harrassment and personal attacks". Someone has made a mistake here. Aminz should be unblocked.Timothy Usher 06:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with Timothy. It seems to me that there is too much enthusiasm here on the part of the admins to block people. You have that right for a reason, and you might need to reconsider what that reason was.
    As for Inshaneee's post on my talk page, which I prefer to respond to here, I'm not saying Zereshk was right to do that. I'm saying that what you did is not strictly according to policy, which you by the way admit on my talk page "Just because it's not written down doesn't mean that it's not done by dozens of admins every day". So you mean admins can do as they please in Wikipedia? It's a good thing that you warned Zereshk, and maybe even that you blocked him (although I think for too long). What I am complaining to you about is only your editing of my talk page which I politely and respectfully ask you not to do in the future. I hope any misunderstandings are erased now. Shervink 09:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]
    Timothy, I'm afraid I can't agree. Aminz has all but stopped editing to pursue his campaign against me in the last few days, which is wrong any way you look at it. Shervink, yes, administrators do have discretion in a wide variety of situations, and if someone spams your talk page again, I will be removing it. --InShaneee 22:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Inshaneee, on my talk you acknowledge that what you did is not according to policy, but is done by many others as well. You claim now that you can do so because you are an admin. Do you realize that you are openly claiming you have a right to violate policy because you are an administrator? Once again, I'm not supporting the spreading of spams. But you are declaring that you are willing to violate policy in order to enforce it. That is unacceptable. I once again urge you not to do this, and I ask you not to remove content, spam or other, from my talk page, except for cases where you can back it up with the exact text of Wikipedia policy. Thank you. Shervink 11:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]
    That is PRECISELY what I'm saying. Admins aren't bound by the letter of policy; for example, if someone is being a nusence, it is within our discretionary authority to do so, and is perfectly 'acceptable', thank you. --InShaneee 22:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Your previous comment contains a personal attack. Be warned please. 2. You claim admins do not have to follow policy. Can you please tell me where that exception is declared? Thank you. Shervink 10:08, 27 July 2006 (UTC)shervink[reply]
    I do not fully understand the basis for Aminz' block. Was it for reverting User:Zereshk's page after Zoe removed a personal attack? Is there something more to it that I am missing? I am surprised becuase Aminz certainly does not have a history of personal attacks. Tom Harrison Talk 23:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have explained my reverting of the User:Zereshk's user page here [9] --Aminz 17:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    After a bit of cooling down, looking back into what happened, I do admit that I lost my temper block of Zereshk. Even having a point can never justify my voluminous criticisms of InShaneee's administrative decision. I ignored the fact that one's admin actions does not necessarily depend on what a person has immediately done. I do admit that I lost my temper again after I got blocked myself and have done what I shouldn't have done; and by doing so, I have poisoned the well. So did I after Zereshk's block. --Aminz 08:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Removal of tags by SlimVirgin

    Contrary to policy User:SlimVirgin has removed an {{autobiography}} tag [10] from Gary Weiss despite the fact that Weiss has been editing that article using various sockpuppets. She has also removed a sockpuppet alert from the talk page[11]. Neither tag named the useraccount, they simply notified readers of the situation. 130.15.164.126 23:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    For future reference, 130.15.164.126 is User:Homeontherange. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    What evidence can your provide to support these assertions? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 23:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The following list is incomplete but begins to address your request for supporting evidence.
    Mantanmoreland created the article about Gary Weiss[12]
    Then he added a link to an article (from 1997!) written by Gary Weiss[13]
    Then he added a reference to a book by Gary Weiss[14]
    Then he added another reference to a book by Gary Weiss[15]
    Then he added another reference to a book by Gary Weiss[16]
    Then he added another reference to a book by Gary Weiss[17]
    Then he added another reference to a book by Gary Weiss[18]
    Then, some funny editor removed a single adjective about the book by Gary Weiss and Mantanmoreland reverts without explanation[19]
    Tomstoner, a suspected Mantanmoreland sockpuppet, added a reference to a book by Gary Weiss[20]
    Confirmed Mantanmoreland sockpuppet Lastexit is also the only other substantive contributor to the article about Gary Weiss[21]
    Lastexit added a reference to an article by Gary Weiss[22]
    Lastexit added another reference to an article by Gary Weiss[23]
    Mantanmoreland voted to delete the article about Josie Robertson, whose husband Julian once sued Gary Weiss for $1-billion[24]. The deletion nomination came from Lastexit[25]--66.102.186.21 00:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    In addition, have a look at the page history, look at the diffs provided. Slim isn't the one making these edits. Guettarda 23:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This appears to be WordBomb who has been harassing User:Mantanmoreland, posting what he believes are Mantan's personal details, and adding nonsense to Gary Weiss. He has also been harassing people by e-mail. It's a longish story and I'll pass on details by e-mail to any admin who wants to see them. I didn't remove any tags, but I sprotected Gary Weiss and talk page, and Mantanmoreland's user and talk pages, which are also under attack. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see User_talk:Mantanmoreland and tell me where the violation is that justified protection? Slim is protecting her friend, alright, but for all the wrong reasons. 130.15.164.126 23:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've protected it so you can't post to it again. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Facts as I understand them: User:Mantanmoreland and User:Lastexit have been confirmed to be sock-puppets by Fred Bauder. These accounts have improperly supported each other in discussions, edit disputes, and/or consensus 'votes'. Our anon, who is apparently User:WordBomb (again, per Fred), further suspects that User:Tomstoner is the same person and that all of them are Gary Weiss... and has been indefinitely blocked for stating this belief and thereby revealing what he thought to be personal info about an account holder. That about right? If so, then I'd say 'all of the above' ought to be watched and the lack of a block on either Mantanmoreland or Lastexit seems a bit odd. --CBD 13:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Here is an email that was sent to me via Wiki Email by the user who commenced this discussion:

    From: "IPFrehley"

    To: "Mantanmoreland"

    Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 11:57 PM

    Subject: Wikipedia e-mail 

    Gary,

    Just wanted to thank you for responding so perfectly today. This is going to be easier than I thought. Talk to you again soon.

    IPF"

    He is referring to being blocked three times under three different user names, in pursuing this nutty vendetta against Gary Weiss who he is convinced I am. After this he whipped up a chain letter [26] which he posted from various aliases on a number of user pages of people he presumed to have ill will toward myself and SlimVirgin.

    At one point he sent around an email calling me (as his proxy for "Weiss") a "cancer" and saying: "I pushed back much harder than I normally would, and chose to operate outside the normal protocols, because the idea behind that exercize was to gather intel and save my bullets, not affect change. The time has come to affect change."

    Then he moved here, pursuing an off-Wiki cyberstalking campaign (of questionable legality) here, and giving his Internet audience a blow-by-blow.[27]. In the link, the Yahoo alias is the same as the email address of WordBomb/IPFrehley. Make no mistake about it: what you are dealing with is a determined and relentless off-Wiki cyberstalking campaign by an anonymous person who goes to great lengths to switch IP addresses to preserve his anonymity. The file originally posted by WordBomb and since deleted was professionally put together, and his switching from IP to IP shows a determination to evade detection -- not to mention evade the block on his three named aliases, which he has of course done very easily.

    He has so many IPs and aliases that it is hard to keep track of them. Three named aliases have been blocked and a fourth (User:Schroedinger the Cat) remains active. That was created yesterday for the purpose of harassing the administrator who blocked him.--Mantanmoreland 13:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There have been bizarre e-mail threats, including that he's going to the media to expose Wikipedia. He also sent me a link that appeared to be a live link to a Wikipedia user account, but in fact went elsewhere, presumably hoping I'd click on it so he'd have my IP address. Not a good-faith actor. SlimVirgin (talk) 17:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Wordbomb and Mantanmoreland/Lastexit are two different issues and it looks like Wordbomb has already been blocked so that's done with. Checkuser confirms the sockpuppetry so both Mantanmoreland and Lastexit and possibly this third sock should be blocked for violating WP:SOCK by pretending to be different people as was done with Anomicene and Gnetwerker discussed here. 70.48.90.54 19:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It sure does "look like" he's been blocked for otherwise you wouldn't need to haul out another IP to evade the block, would you?--Mantanmoreland 21:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    User:70.48.90.54 was Homeontherange. He admits it here. SlimVirgin (talk) 01:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Mantanmoreland was warned about socks and unless more happens that is the end of it as far as I'm concerned. Fred Bauder 22:55, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Common reasons for blocks and blocking policies Azmoc (talk • contribs • count)

    I have already stated that I don't like the common practice when people are blocked / sent to a "cooling-off" period for non-extreme incivility, dubious personal attacks or minor disruptions. These should be treated by ignoring, walking away, calmly discussing and not by blocking. The policies clearly state, that an editor should only be blocked for personal attacks in extreme cases, and that blocks are not punitive but preventive. I don't know form what Zoe wanted to prevent me by issuing the last block, probably from commenting his/her mocking of what I did on wikipedia. Anyway, what we actually have here are policies, that say one thing (block only preventive, in extreme cases) and then we have the admin consensus, that it is OK to block for minor PA/disruption and any argumentation in the sense of "this shouldn't be done according to the policies" is defaced as "wikilawyering". The reason for only blocking in extreme cases is clear, admins shouldn't offend editors who might have a lot of work on wikipedia behind them and get involved in a heated debate by blocking them right away. It is only laziness that the admins block so often. Azmoc 20:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    [28] another example of harrassment. I don't want to be told "now stop that" because I tried to send a nice message to wikipedia users, I don't want to hear "wikilawyering" everytime I say something, and now what JzG said is a complete nonsense, as I didn't mention any rule or policy. Please somebody tell JzG to stop harrassing me. Azmoc 21:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • What part of the "No solicitation" at the top of my talk page was unclear? Talk page spammers should expect to rough it. The fifteen-minute block was wholly appropriate as it stopped the spamming. Mackensen (talk) 21:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not a "nice" message. You're telling people they're wasting their time here, and they should go volunteer somewhere else, and you were spamming it all over the place. I was going to block you myself but Cyde did it first. Antandrus (talk) 21:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think a fifteen minute block was way too lenient for someone spamming 'leave wikipedia' notices. --InShaneee 21:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, I didn't solicit for noone, I am not associated with any NGO that would need volunteers, and saying the truth about what you have to give up to be a "wikipedian" doesn't break any policies or rules here, does it? Anyway, I am going to use the message only occassionaly, so don't worry about the spamming. Azmoc 22:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It shouldn't be used at ALL. This is an encyclopedia, not MySpace. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean this is the place to go telling it to everyone. --InShaneee 22:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Why not? You do that too, right? You discuss the functioning of wikipedia with other users, right? You even have special places for it, right? Like village pump, right? Azmoc 22:25, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I am previously uninvolved. I've reviewed this user's contributions and history (Azmoc (talk • contribs • count)) and support the current block of 48 hours. Azmoc needs to stop leaving disruptive messages and wikilawyering about it. ++Lar: t/c 22:08, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    (He's not currently blocked, the 48 hours was an old, unrelated block). --InShaneee 22:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Right, Lar. You reviewed my contributions and history thoroughly, I can see. Thank you for your uninformed assumptions. I am User:Ackoz previously, maybe you would want to check that out too, your way of investigating (i.e. checking nothing at all, just babbling) would find that I have like 500 indefinite blocks on that nick. Greetings. Azmoc 22:13, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yep, sorry, was not intentional. Too many users posting and I got into like 5 edit conflicts. Azmoc 22:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )

    User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) is mass-moving pages from Name X. Lastname to Name FullMiddleName Lastname. We discussed this yesterday, and I suggested that he get consensus and find out which of the versions of the name is more common, as this is what is mandated by the MoS, but he did not respond, and now is doing this moving without discussion. I'm on the verge of blocking him if he doesn't respond to my impassioned plea to stop. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    He threatens to continue his moves tomorrow. I have warned him that if he does, I will block him. I am in the middle of reverting all of his moves. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I hae to leave now, and have only scratched the surface of these moves. Could somebody else please pick up from where I left off? User:Zoe|(talk) 03:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Maybe there's a way disable the page move tab for him (new users don't get the tab, for example). See also [30] [31] for more silliness from this guy. Phr (talk) 03:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yow, there's at least 1000 of those moves. I wouldn't even think of trying to undo them by hand. If there's not already a bot that can undo them, I'll write one. Let me know. Phr (talk) 03:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I would say about half of them are done; I am still working on it (slowly) and I blocked this user indefinite. While I blocked this user before, and could be seem biased, doing over 800 page moves is, in my view, major disruption. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    No reason not to show this user the door. This user clearly performed mass pagemove vandalism without cause, and Zscout is being nice enough to take lots of time out and revert. Clearly not a user equipped with constructive edits by any means. --Pilotguy (roger that) 04:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I stopped the page moves for now; about under 300 to go (including talk pages). Others are taking over now, which I am grateful for, since my arm is dead. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This looks like a major case of disrupting Wikipedia to prove a point and I think the block was warrented as page moves on that scale are highly disruptive. - Stephanie Daugherty (Triona) - Talk - Comment - 07:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    All page moves have been finished as of now. If there are any move errors that I caused, let me know so they can be fixed. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    My petty complaints aside, I support the block. - brenneman {L} 07:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I also support. This user has been trouble in other areas before. JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
    People that say "I see no policy saying what I'm doing is wrong", and not "What I'm doing isn't wrong" are usually wrong. I support this block. --Lord Deskana (talk) 08:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I also locked his user talk page, since he was begining to use that to assail me and to use it as a soapbox to prevail against the "collective punishment" he got. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support block. Norton is clearly operating with m:MPOV. Zscout370's comment on irc after manually entering a few dozen (hundred?) reverts (out of 800) was something like "my arm is falling off". Sounds like exhaustion of community patience to me. I also don't understand the part about collective punishment--is Norton using the royal we? I guess that would fit (maybe he's Emperor Norton). I did find a few still-unreverted moves just now and will try to nail any remaining ones. Phr (talk) 08:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think indef might be a little harsh, but this is definitely meriting of a month or six - and that's iff he agrees never to make mass pagemoves again. If not, indef seems perfectly justified. I only say this because he seems to otherwise make some good contributions. FCYTravis 11:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • All pagemoves later than "Alva Blanchard Evans" of 17 July have been reverted, i.e. all the ones from his latest spree. It looks like there are some earlier sprees that need to be checked. I'll do that tomorrow. I have a semi-automated script that speeds it up some. Phr (talk) 11:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why didn't Curpsbot get him? I thought it blocked everyone that did large numbers of pagemoves, regardless of where? --Sam Blanning(talk) 12:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I support the block. The sheer number of pagemoves involved tells me there's just something unhinged with this guy, and he's not even bothering to attempt to achieve consensus. --Cyde↔Weys 13:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    From what I understand, this editor has been around for a fair while, and has generally been a positive – if sometimes prickly – contributor. Obviously his chosen method of handing this issue (posting a request at Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests with a six-hour deadline before he continued the moves) was a poor one, and an obvious violation of WP:DICK. I have to ask, is this editor involved in (or has he been involved in) any other major conflicts (RfCs, Arbitrations, etc.)?

    Looking at his block log, he had some significant copyright issues earlier; I don't like to see that, but then the problem seems to have stopped after a block was issued. If there aren't any other issues with this editor, might I suggest trimming the block to a week so he has time to cool down, and allowing him to return on a very short leash? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I concur with TenOfAllTrades. Mr. Norton's goal appears to have been making sure the full-name articles existed, moreso than making sure each article was always listed under the full name. Of course, he should have re-moved the articles BACK to the consensus name, leaving a redirect at the full name (or, better yet, should have implemented the redirects directly instead of via pagemoves), and of course, he should have stopped immediately once warned. However, I think the principle of AGF still applies. His intent appears benign even if his methods were not. Powers 13:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think WP:AGF would have applied had he not been warned previously by multiple users to stop. Blatently persisting in such a manner created a LOT of extra work, and was extremely disruptive. I'm not sure so sure WP:AGF still applies once someone KNOWS that their actions are being judged unacceptable and continues anyway. - Stephanie Daugherty (Triona) - Talk - Comment - 14:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    I agree that his intent was benign, just he wasn't talking with anyone. <scratches head>. Tricky one to solve. Would someone care to discuss per email with him? Kim Bruning 14:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    His intent was benign in the sense of "benign dictator" at best. We have this WP:OWN document cautioning against "owning" articles, but this guy seems to think he owns the whole encyclopedia and the other Wikimedia projects as well (did you see that thing on Commons)? His approach about the page moves was "show me the written policy against it or I'm going to start again at 6 in the blinking morning", which is completely incompatible with the idea of a collaborative project. Fixing his moves burned almost a whole evening for at least 3 different editors. There is no way he should be allowed back without showing evidence of serious attitude adjustment. Phr (talk) 14:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    That's what I said... I think. :-) Some people need to be explained to, especially if they're inexperienced in collaborative projects. Well, we can hope anyway. Kim Bruning 16:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm trying to talk with him. To facilitate this I have unprotected his user talk page. We'll see what happens. --CBD 12:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Has been unblocked by UninvitedCo. with the promise of no page moves in the next 90 days. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 17:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have opened a discussion of the block at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Block of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). As stated there, I realize that Norton can be vexatious but I am concered that out of process blocks such as this set poor precedent and would be unfortunate if they became commonplace. Please join the discussion at that page. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User: Brian G. Crawford's edits to Catamorphism's RfA

    I don't usually pay attention to internal drama and I don't know what happened with Erik the Rude being blocked, but Brian G. Crawford made this edit to Catamorphism's RfA purporting to withdraw Erik's nomination, and this one moving Erik's support vote to oppose. The "reasoning" in the "withdrawal" is full of personal attacks and general nonsense relating to Kelly Martin's list, which has nothing to do with anything as far as I can tell. Did someone just come unglued? Opabinia regalis 06:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Note Brian G. Crawford also just vandalized JJay's user and talk pages. At this point I wonder if an indefinite block would be appropriate. I'm giving him 24 hours. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 06:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I would support an indefinite community ban. That level of disruption isn't something you can mediate. (ESkog)(Talk) 06:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed something longer is likely in order here.--Crossmr 07:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree. Part of the RfA addition could be taken as a physical threat. This user has been trolling long enough. --Firsfron of Ronchester 07:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Why on earth would we block him indefinitely? He has a long history of productive edits. We know he currently has issues, but I see no reason why an indef-block without process would be justified. Just zis Guy you know? 08:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have blocked him indefinitely, feel free to shorten his block abakharev 08:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    After the second thought, I shorten my block to 2 months, lets give him a chance abakharev 09:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow. I'd go back with your first thought. Anyone who writes something like that about another editor clearly should not be part of Wikipedia, in my opinion. Anyone who wishes to indefinitely block Mr. Crawford has my backing. — Knowledge Seeker দ 09:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If I may, Alex, I really don't think it was an overreaction. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 09:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    On reflection, and knowing what Brian is currently going through, I suspect that he should remain blocked until his condition improves to the point where he is ready to return. He can stick {{unblock}} on his Talk page when he feels he's ready, and then maybe he could opt for a period of mentorship. His behaviour is currently outrageous, but I hope we can be understanding of someone formerly in good standing. Just zis Guy you know? 14:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Frankly, I like a lot of what Bryan has done in the past, but this is beyond the pale. Having 'issues' (emotional, psychological, physical, whatever) is no excuse. We're supposed to treat everyone the same, right? A two month block, at least, is entirely appropriate, to prevent any further hysterical tirades of abuse while Bryan sorts out his problems. Proto::type 09:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I see Guy's side of it in that this editor looks like he's made some good contributions in the past. However, they are interspersed with diffs of highly questionable judgment. I'm in support of a 2 month block in view of the recent events -- Samir धर्म 10:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've extended the block to indefinite. I've been looking at the IP edit history and Brian and Erik overlap and in one place and time share the same IP. Brian and Erik are either the same person, or possibly share a computer. In any case, Brian is likely responsible for the death threat left on my talk page, as well as several completely outrageous edits. We should be submitting this guy to the authorities for criminal prosecution, not discussing how long we'll make him sit in the penalty box. Kelly Martin (talk) 12:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Exactly how great are this guy's edits when he is "productive" that would justify allowing him to return ever after that blast at KM? Wikipedia is not therapy. I support a permanent ban. The thing is, he can always return to productive editing under a new ame, and if he gets his whatever under control, no one will ever know that it's him. But with this last screed on top of all the previous episodes, he has lost the right to return to the Brian G. Crawford account and whatever good karma he has accumulated. Thatcher131 12:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm always in favor of kicking someone off of wikipedia for death threats. I don't care if they were "l0l i wuz just k1dding" or not. Support indefblock. Syrthiss 12:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmm, a quick look through Brian's history and I'm surprised he's still here, whether or not he and Erik are the same person or were responsible for that threat. A lot of effort has been expended on him, but an unstable guy with "mental issues" who can't control his verbal diarrhea doesn't sound like the kind of person we should be actively trying to keep around. Opabinia regalis 12:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Both should stay blocked indefinitely. I don't know what the fuck is going on here but it's clearly not acceptable. Kelly Martin is right, this is beyond the level of thinking about the duration of the block, this is now about whether to contact the police. --Cyde↔Weys 13:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    The fact that he has produced "productive edits" is a total red herring - if you went to your place of work and started calling people a "dyke" and making the threatening comments there, it's unlikely your workplace is going to say "oh but he gets all his paperwork in on time". While, clearly, we do not get paid here, surely the aim and aspiration is for to work together in as productive and as professional manner as possible?

    The editor in question might have issues that he needs to work out - but other editors and administrators cannot be expected to be the virtual punchbag on which he does so. Looking at his edit history, I'm surprised to see (to put it mildly) that we are even discussing anything less than a total ban. --Charlesknight 13:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The comments were beyond the pale; this is an encyclopedia project and we expect somewhat higher levels of decorum than, say, a dark alley behind IRC. I support an indefinite ban—there's no excuse for subjecting other editors to this sort of vitriol. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Support indef, Wikipedia is not therapy, and I concur with Syrthiss' succinct appraisal: "I'm always in favor of kicking someone off of wikipedia for death threats" too. KillerChihuahua?!? 14:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Indefinite, as in having no currently defined endpoint, is fine under the circumstances; I'd hope that when Brian is well again he might return but right now he is doing nobody any good, least of all himself. I am more disappointed than I can say. Just zis Guy you know? 14:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Death threats, however veiled or conditional, should not be tolerated here at all. An indefinite block is the least we should do. We should also contact his internet provider and the local authorities. -- Avenue 14:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. Death threats are unacceptable. --Deathphoenix ʕ 15:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Support indef block as per nearly everybody, but could some univolved admin remove Kelly Martin's indef and impose one of their own? It'd look better, since Kelly was involved in the situation prior to the block. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 16:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've done this and added the indefblockeduser template. HTH, etc. -- ChrisO 21:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Brian G. Crawford has made repeated personal attacks and physical threats toward others on multiple occassions, and I am surprised that we have tolerated these actions for so long. [32] I support the indefinite banning of this user. Yamaguchi先生 22:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Brian G. Crawford and Erik the Rude are the same person. I have not made real physical threats to anyone. Those that believe they have been physically threatened need to get out of the house more. Scott Groehning/Kelly Martin is a disgusting abomination who would not be taken seriously by any police organization, given his status as a known pervert. You need to lighten up, people. This is not real life. If you want to cross the line by calling the police, you should be prepared for the sequellae such as civil suits and the discovery process. What I did to Catamorphism, nominating her for adminship when I knew she would be attacked visciously and shot down was just my sick idea of fun. I have to admit, I hate bulldykes, and I've hated bulldykes ever since I saw them on my college campus. They told us to be tolerant, but I just can't. There's a certain degree of conformity and decorum that must be maintained. Catamorphism had better change her attitude if she wants to get a real job. I can return at any time, in any form I choose. I can be anything I need to be. My knowledge is so general that it would be hard to label me a sockpuppet. Looks like you're out of luck. Brian G. Crawford 17:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    No, not really. It is unfortunate that Catamorphism's RfA had to be marred by this, since the candidate struck me as a generally good one. Given Brian's instabilities, I'm not sure I believe Brian's repeated claim that he nominated Cat just to see Cat fail. However, it isn't relevant to letting to Brian edit. This is so over the line it isn't even remotely funny. JoshuaZ 04:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Extreme threats by 205.188.116.133

    "this is my FINAL warning, quit reverting my edits or I'll blow up your house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" [33]

    Could someone take appropriate action? Jakew 19:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    AOL IP. Nothing we can do, as usual. Not enough vandalism to merit a anon-only block for a while. I'd suggest sending a email to AOL's abuse report monkie---people. --Avillia (Avillia me!) 19:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Emailed AOL. Please expect a reply next year :-( Iolakana|T 20:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd suggest ignoring silly kids who say things like that. Until someone's house actually gets blown up over a Wikipedia dispute, I don't consider this any kind of realistic or worrisome threat. If you're a wikipedia editor, expect death threats. Don't we all get them? I'm not saying they're excusable, just that they're not really cause for alarm. Friday (talk) 14:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Established precedent on Wikipedia is that a death threat results in a guarranteed indef block. Sadly, because in this case it would mean an indef block of AOL we can't do this because of their bollixed proxy setup. I suggest keeping an eye out on this person, & if they continue in this vein we may have to consider some extreme measure, which will make the suits at AOL notice & start being more responsive. (I have one idea, but it would require a buy-in from our AOL-using Wikipedians -- & even then it might not work. Email me if you're curious.) -- llywrch 19:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I suppose I should clarify- of course there's no problem with in indef block on sight in cases like this- I just hope people don't also get bent out of shape by the threats. Friday (talk) 19:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Request further review Pat87222

    I had been the recipient of I believed personal attack, however on intitially posting this to WP:PAIN it became apparent the the issues involved also centre on my wikipedian and personal abilities as a doctor to contribute to Temporomandibular joint disorder. As there were therefore both incivility and content disputes, WP:PAIN suggested full topic be raised here at WP:AN/I. I see between the suggestion to transfer over by User:Paul Cyr and my having the chance to submit here, a block occured and then unblocked out of wikiprocess rather than assessment of user actions/behaviour/attitude. Also note that having tried to follow WP:PAIN guidance of first posting a personal-attack warning template to the user's talk-page, the user then accused me on my talk page of vandalising their talk page. Given that events listed below now predate the temporary block discussed above - I will understand if my submission now might be superfluous...

    See Temporomandibular joint disorder history & discussion, User talk:Pat8722 and my User talk:Davidruben.

    It is difficult to separate out the personal attack from lesser incivility & belittling, suggestions that only those with professional specialist training in a field can contribute to an article (and that any other approach at classifying symptoms into groups indicates lack of knowledge), whether the numbers of cases presenting to a GP counts as a significant experience of the condition or not, and finally revert-protecting a list of synmptoms. What really irked was that the commonest symptom other than pain at the jaw joint itself (i.e. earche in half of patients) was repeatedly removed in the list's revert-protection as not being cited (a citation needed tag would have been more appropriate as anyone with experience of the condition should have known this was valid information even if needing a reference to be provided for the benefit of other readers), yet rare and obscur symptoms kept because listed in Pat8722 own provided citation.

    • Revert war recently re my converting a list of single symptoms into a shorter list of grouped symptoms, see 20:07, 23 July 2006 edit. Personal attack as to my credibility/knowledge with subsequent edit summary comment of "Shame on you", and when I complained to user, this response on my user page (my multiple objections to that posting given here).
    • In reply, I am now accused of vandalising his/her talk page and using words in a context I have not. As per the comments by other editors on the RfC Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Pat8722, I find this effective nit-picking attack on nuances of meaning which are not helpful to the article or to collaborating in wikipedia (?is trolling the correct word). As a minor example Pat8722 wished to peserve separate list entries for upper backpain from lower back pain. Whilst as undiagnosed symptoms upper & lower back pains may have different causes, in context of this jaw-joint disorder neither are being caused by local causes (eg kidneys for lower back pain) and are thus are referred backpain at varying points. Having provided a source that discusses the mechanism of these non-local (atypical) pains, and User:Dozenist recent significant expansion/rewrite to the article's description as to the mechanism of 3 groups of symptoms here, Pat8722 reinserts their simplist list (a revertion to its deletion) here, critises the other editor for the manner of adding additional information and accuses me of vandalism to their talk page.
    • I've had enough of this attack and repeated assertion of having deleted material when I have not (just joined up items in a list into a sentance), had my own addition of earache deleted for being unsourced (a citation-needed tag would have been sufficient, but given upto 2/3 patients with TMJD complain of earache, anyone with knowledge of the field should have been aware of this - info reinserted with refs).
    • I've added further thoughts on Pat8722 comments onto my talk page (for fear of being accussed of further "vandalising" of their talk page if I try to respond there).

    Commentary/background

    To be fair to the Pat8722, the issues were not so much about content as attitude in adding or modifying content. I've probabluy learnt something clinically in having to research citations for this artice, but just because a symptom can occur (and thus is new to me), does not make it common or therefore necessarily that clinicaly important, and by extension that important to stress in wikipedia. So whilst many of the listed symptoms are ones I had not previously encountered in clinical practice and the single source of a book without online access whilst perfectly valid as a citation source is nonetheless hard for a non-specialist to seek confirmation (one source whilst verifying that some might include a symptom within a particular disease, fails prove that consensus of specialist opinion, or more importantly give any indication as to whether it is a frequent or rare specific symptom). TMJD is presented to GPs and Dentists (source provided in discussions) and to suggest that lack of awareness of a symptom amounts to lacking any knowledge in field is a personal attack. Having now done some more thorough PubMed searching, I update my knoweldge that referred pain to the ear is even more common than my own clinical experience suggested (I would have guessed at about a third, but values from studies is between 40-60%) and have learnt that backaches (something not seen in presentation in my limited 20years of experience) also occurs and for similar referred-pain reasons as to the ear.

    However this has not been about editors pointing out further sources of information to discuss whether any given symptom is common or rare (who knows maybe GPs generally or myself in particular have been overlooking a symptom), but rather it is more the antagonistic attitude to myself and other editors ijnvolved with this article that lead to a previous & ongoing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Pat8722.

    The content/revert dispute I really do not see trying to join similar muscular pains at sites other than over the jaw joint itself. ie from this:

    • Stiffness in the neck and shoulders [1]
    • Upper backache [1]
    • Lower backache [1]

    to this:

    • Stiffness in the neck and shoulders, upper or lower backache.[1]

    Is with repect to 'backache' symptom a case of deleting and obscurring "You deleted it. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporomandibular_joint_disorder&diff=52064002&oldid=52045411 for the proof of it. You also obscurred it...". Or that disputing this justifies the further posting with edit summary "[stop vandalizing my talk page".

    Pat8722 has had several blocks in the last few months over their ability to collaborate within wikipedia (3 x 3RR edit warring and also "altering comments despite warnings"). The RfC has of course further commentary from other editors. David Ruben Talk 00:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    NYScholar

    NYScholar (talk · contribs) is being difficult on Talk:Esophageal cancer, but my message here mainly concerns subtle but definite rudeness on his talkpage. What am I supposed to do with this? Could someone talk to him? JFW | T@lk 20:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Could someone comment on Talk:Esophageal cancer? I stated that he had been incivil, and he removed this as a "personal attack". That's a rather broad definition of WP:NPA. JFW | T@lk 07:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I had a similar experience with this editor elsewhere. I would very much like to help you at Esophageal cancer, but unfortunately the image made me unable to step over the threshold. :-( SlimVirgin (talk) 05:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It was from a very nice Canadian man who recently passed away. He cried when I asked him if I could include his endoscopy picture in my teaching file, and said that he was honoured to help further medical education. -- Samir धर्म 06:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The Onion violates WP:BEANS

    This might inspire some art-imitates-life vandals worth keeping an eye out for. Then again, it might just be funny. JDoorjam Talk 00:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    ROFLMAO, thanks for posting this. Does this count as mention in the media, I wonder? KillerChihuahua?!? 00:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I saw it in my [nerd alert] Google News alert for Wikipedia, so I don't see why not.... JDoorjam Talk 00:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    OMG, this is hilarious! User:Zoe|(talk) 01:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    LOL, it is hilarious. And alas [34] here it comes... Antandrus (talk) 02:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I love it. I love the bit about Jimbo being a closeted homosexual and hot-dog freak, according to his bio. ***ERIC IS A FAG*** 03:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    And this on the same day, too! --InShaneee 03:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey, if you want to talk comics, Wiki recently went relatively mainstream. :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 03:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Oy. It's gonna be a long, smart-ass night. JDoorjam Talk 03:22, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    What is scary about one of those Workingdaze strips is that I had a conversation last month with a marketing person who couldn't understand why I contributed content to Wikipedia for free. ("You mean no one pays you to write for Wikipedia?") GT Bacchus was there & I believe he can attest to this exchange. -- llywrch 20:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be willing to bet that a lot of us have carried on a similar conversation... ;) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 13:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Also, this month's issue of Wired has an "advice" column by Stephen Colbert that recommends adding yourself to Wikipedia (bonus points for false claims that make yourself look good). --Cyde↔Weys 14:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Anon IP posting of personal info

    I have deleted the edit (which contained an e-mail address in the edit summary) from the history - an Oversight-equipped admin might want to further nuke it from existence. FCYTravis 01:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Oversight isn't needed in this case. Please see WP:OVER for details. ~Kylu (u|t) 06:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Why would it not be? We're talking about non-public personal information, which is criteria number one for oversighting. The fact that it's not specifically spelled out in the list of items does not mean it's excluded from the list - "information such as." FCYTravis 02:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If you're worried that an admin is going to see that deleted edit and decide, for whatever reason, to email that address, then by all means request that the revision is removed. I doubt any of the oversight users will do so. Here's the thing: Oversight is used to remove revisions that the Wikimedia Foundation and/or oversight users don't feel need to be readable by admins. It's for when AGF isn't quite enough, when faith in the trust placed in administrators isn't quite enough to make WM feel safe. In any event that oversight IS used when it's not needed...and trust me, Wikimedia does watch the use of oversight very closely...then the user with the oversight permission loses that permission. Each time they use that permission, they have to be sure that what they're doing is the Right Thing To Do and that it falls under the guidelines given by the Foundation. Unlike, say, if I delete the wrong article, the use of oversight is very permenant and involves direct developer intervention and quite a bit of work (comparable to checkuser) to reverse. If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to answer them. ~Kylu (u|t) 03:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Review this, please

    I've nuked Wikipedia:Requests for comment/MONGO (second RfC) and the talk page. The talk page is nothing but angry flames and has no historical or process-related value, and the RFC, as Hipocite put it, was endorsed by two users who "supported off-wiki personal attacks and the revealing of personal information ... As such, there are no valid certifiers to this RFC." Thus, my deletions. My actions are up for review. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 03:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Commendable boldness. Characteristic of this whole ED thing has been one lurid drama-festival after another, and when the flames of one are doused, one of the unhappy participants starts another fire somewhere else. This RFC had no value and removing it hopefully will minimise further time-wastage. Good work, Jeff: that's my opinion. Antandrus (talk) 03:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't care that much about what happens to the RfC, although I think you were wrong, but I do find it funny that you gave any credence to what Hipocrite had to say on the matter at face value. His statement was completely wrong on every level. --badlydrawnjeff talk 14:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, no, I do care. If it's decided that it's without merit, then that's fine, but is it typical to delete it like that? Undelete it and archive it, or userfy it so the evidence and information are available. --badlydrawnjeff talk 14:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    AFAIK, yes. RFCs without merit are usually deleted. Syrthiss 15:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps so, but three days ain't much time to consider that, especially given it had the required amount of signatures. Given that the entire basis of deletion has nothing to do with the complaints, but rather a) "angry flames" on the talk page, and b) the words of one editor taken at face value without further investigation, I think it calls it into question. I'm more interested in the evidence portion than anything else, but I find this decision more and more curious the more I think about it. --badlydrawnjeff talk 15:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The standard is usually 48 hours and if it does not have the enough signatures by that time, it is usually deleted right after that or some hours later. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 17:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Which is what I thought. This specific RfC had 3. --badlydrawnjeff talk 17:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You misinterpret my statement as saying that Hipocrite's opinion was what caused me to delete this page. Incorrect. My quote of Hipocrite is simply a reflection about how I felt about the usefullness and propriety of the RfC.. his words, essentially explaining my decision. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 15:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't support any off-wiki personal attacks nor revealing of personal information. I was the one called a troll, by name. To say I am not a valid user to bring an RfC, and then to unilaterally delete it, is a sign that there is an entire cadre among the admins that just feel they are better than long-term users and just don't give a shit whether non-admin users are abused - nay, a cadre among admins that ENDORSE when non-admin users are abused. And you're one of them.
    Hooray cabal! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 03:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Hipocrite is a troll of the first order, as he has frequently just plain lied in order to get his wikidick sucked. You bought right into his lies. SchmuckyTheCat 17:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps you didn't read what I wrote, rather than the alternative... I made my decision, I just used Hipocrite's quote to explain it. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 03:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I love it when not-trolls tell me that I'm just plain lying to get my wikidick sucked. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You implied on the deleted RfC that I should be banned for "longer and longer periods of time" with the insuation that I'd been blocked previously, and was a troll of the first magnitude, for simply voicing opinions relevant to matters at hand, and for voicing my reasons in good faith for why certain articles should be retained. Virtually all my posts on this whole mess have been along the lines of disproving what I felt were incorrect statements, or revealing relevant information based on incontrovertible evidence that was being left by everyone all over Wikipedia. That's it. You also posted in the RfC and AfD comments like "such and such is a meatpuppet" or "such and such is a sockpuppet" to discredit others. When pressed by multiple editors to justify and prove your comments, you replied that you refuse to do so as it would "reveal IP information", which if it's not in WP edit history you as a non-admin should have *NO* access to based on Wikipedia rules. You really should disclose if you do have access to such information. When asked to then remove your inflammatory and unproven accusations, you simply refused. I'll note that any connections of evidence and behavior I pointed out were backed up with diffs, or common patterns of posting by others, which were in plain sight. rootology 18:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Stop trolling. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    So you agree with the same misinformation he put out there regarding the matter? --badlydrawnjeff talk 15:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Not trolling, just clearing up factually incorrect misrepresentations made about me. You still have never answered the questions based on your statements of where you had obtained IP information that you should not have access to on WP. As you had firmly insisted previously that revealed IP information on WP be removed (see the previous Karwynn situation), I ask that in good faith you do so now. rootology 18:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Perhaps the problem is that too many people with additional buttons are taking too much unilateral action on this whole case, end to end, above and beyond what they should have. Half the contentiousness and vitriol that has been (needlessly) generated with this whole ED thing from the beginning was because of people doing things as is they 1.) are in charge of the WP project; 2.) no regard for process--knowing full damn well that they're only going to incense people by not doing it right or by the book; 3). perhaps it's time for additional community (editor) level oversight of admin actions. Any project like this were anyone is above reproach will in the end fail as the project sways more and more in the horrid direction of cronyism. rootology 15:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Or perhaps the problem is too many people elevating WP:ILIKEIT over WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:RS. That or too many trolls. Take your pick. Just zis Guy you know? 21:44, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that's the answer! More bureaucracy! For heavens sake; every year the project as a whole gets more inclusionist. Mackensen (talk) 21:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hum...I wondered where that went to...now I know. For the record, I looked through the deleted pages of the ED article and saw nothing that I thought were personal attacks I had made, but that is my perception. Let's write an encyclopedia.--MONGO 16:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    SlimVirgin requested me to not edit article

    SlimVirgin, a Wikipedia administrator, today requested that I not edit the article New Anti-Semitism for a couple weeks in order to allow here to assume good faith on my part or "there will be consequences". Is this proper? If I do edit that article, and in a proper manner using sourcing and being NPOV, would I be violating AGF with SlimVirgin? Here is the comment (emphasis added):

    "I would ask you not to embark on any editing of New anti-Semitism that is likely to be contentious. The article was disrupted for several weeks by Homeontherange, and as we're still dealing with the fallout of his behavior at Allegations of Israeli apartheid, this would be a provocative time to start it up again at NAS. I'd therefore appreciate it if you could leave it for a couple of weeks, at least, as a sign of your good faith. When you do start to edit, all that matters is what reliable sources have said about it. We shouldn't insert our own opinions. The best sources to use are academics, and these should be used whenever possible because there are many such sources available on this topic. Next down, well-known journalists/writers/researchers in that field writing for serious publications. If we stick to those, we should have no problem. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)"[reply]
    "I can't see a reason to request that I should refrain from editing it when I am ready -- can you point to the relevant policy? With regards to sources: I have experience writing at an academic level -- for example, I have a number of published papers, including one earlier this year in the top computer graphics journal. I have had quite a few positive citations, and adoption of my innovations, from leading academics at Stanford University, Pixar, Industrial Light and Magic, UCLA, and Berkely University. --Ben Houston 19:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)"[reply]
    "Your policy request is another example of the process fetishism that has caused so much trouble. I am requesting that you delay your edits as a sign of your good faith. If you want me to assume there is no good faith, fair enough, but understand there will be consequences[†], and we'll be back to square one with the nonsense Homey started. As for writing at an academic level, we very precisely do not write as though we are academics, who are allowed and encouraged to express their own views. We publish only what reliable sources have already published, and all contentious edits, or edits that are challenged, must cite a reliable source. We don't add our own opinions. We represent what the majority opinion is among reliable sources; next down, we represent the significant minority opinions among reliable sources; and we ignore tiny-minority ones. What we think about the issues is completely irrelevant; no one is interested in our personal views. I can't stress that enough. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)"[reply]
    † highlighting added by Ben Houston

    No one is seeking any sanctions against myself on any issues. I do not think it is appropriate that I be held accountable for someone else's actions. What is the appropriate course of action? Should be refrain from editing as SlimVirgin requests for 3 weeks because otherwise, in her words, "there will be consequences"? SlimVirgin has over 300 edits to the article in question, it does feel, from my perspective, that she is exerting ownership over it. --Ben Houston 06:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Guys can be virgins too... --mboverload@ 06:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    But she's a she. I know because her user page is purple :) Thatcher131 06:44, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Purple doesn't mean anything. The "This user is a female contributor." userbox, however, might mean a bit more. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 06:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Au contraire, purple is symbolic of royalty, and protection, according to... a Hardy Boys book I read back in middle school. (And you thought I was going to say according to Wikipedia. Pshaw, how cliche.) JDoorjam Talk 07:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd suggest waiting to see what the ArbComm decides in the case Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Israeli apartheid. The decision there may resolve this issue. --John Nagle 06:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    While strongly worded, My initial reading of that was wrong, Slim's suggestion is well within bounds, but the use of the word "consequences" is unfortunately non-specific. I see now that it was more in the line of "it may mess up the detante" and less of "and you'll regret it." All editors are advised to tread carefully and source hygienically around contentious articles. While "acouple of weeks" is a long time, there are lots of other articles to edit aren't there? Nothing at all to see here, move along. - brenneman {L} 08:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    NOTE: SlimVirgin modified the original report, without comment except in the edit history, soon after I wrote it to remove my highlighting and mention of her non-specific threat of "there will be conseuqneces" -- see this edit of her [35]. --Ben Houston 13:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, well that would be because you modified her original statement without making it clear that the highlighting was in fact your work…I have remedied your omission (see † above). HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 13:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I did disclose that I added emphais, see my introductory note which says "Here is the comment (emphasis added):" -- I will make it more prominent if there is a next time though. SlimVirgin modified the title of my request as well from "SlimVirgin requested me to not edit article or 'there will be consequences'?", which mentioned the threat to more harmless seeming "SlimVirgin requested me to not edit article" -- that was frigging weird that she would do that. I made the mistake of not mentioning the threat in the intro text thus the bold and the title were the only places -- both of which she deemphasized in her edit. I don't mind being told that what she did is okay, but modifying my report to change its focus is weird. --Ben Houston 14:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ben, as far as I can tell, you can edit the article, nobody owns it. It is good she made her point clear, but that does not imply you have to obey her request. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 14:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    "The article was disrupted for several weeks by Homeontherange" - A brilliant statement which both ignores common courtesy and anything resembling assuming good faith in the editor. --Avillia (Avillia me!) 14:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    And yet true. Proto::type 15:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    NOTE: SlimVirgin once again, see [36], modified my complaint without comment on this page except in the page history log -- strangeness indeed. --Ben Houston 15:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    NOTE: SlimVirgin modified the title once again [37]. --Ben Houston 19:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Masterhatch

    I've blocked Masterhatch (talk · contribs · logs) for 48 hours for rapidly and unilaterally moving pages from diacritic to nondiacritic names and continuing to do so despite being asked many times not to without prior discussion. When User:Ryulong then mass-reverted his page moves, Masterhatch began immediately undoing Ryulong's actions citing proposed policies and no actual consensus or discussion. I've informed Masterhatch that if he agrees to refrain from move-warring, I will unblock the account. As there is no real policy to govern move-warring blocks (other than debatably, disruption), I'm bringing the block here for review. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Can I ask you which policy Masterhatch's moves were against? It certainly couldn't be any of these, could it?
    • Wikipedia:Naming conventions "Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature."
    • Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) "If you are talking about a person, country, town, movie or book, use the most commonly used English version of the name for the article, as you would find it in other encyclopedias and reference works. This makes it easy to find, and easy to compare information with other sources."
    • Wikipedia:Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics) "Diacritics should only be used in an article's title, if it can be shown that the word is routinely used in that way, with diacritics, in common usage. This means in reliable English sources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, or articles in major English-language newspapers." and "If the word is routinely listed in reliable English sources without diacritics, then the Wikipedia article should follow that method for the article title, though the diacritics version should be given in the initial paragraph of the article as suggested in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)." and "If it is not clear what "common usage" is, then the general Wikipedia guideline is to avoid use of diacritics in article titles."
    • Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Player pages format#Use of diacritics and non-English characters
    Masterhatch should not have been blocked. The issue of diacritics is far from settled and taking unilateral action against one user is both heavily POV and abuse of admin privileges. BoojiBoy 14:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There was some discussion about it on some of the pages. See Talk:Marián Gáborík and Talk:Teemu Selänne. Both of these pages appeared to have consensus before most of his moves. -- JamesTeterenko 19:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I guess I should add that I propose the removal of this block. Yes, it was a move war, but not the most serious I have seen and he did have some discussion backing him up. I have seen a number of his edits, and he is not normally disruptive. -- JamesTeterenko 19:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:RealityBoy's images

    This user has uploaded 54 images, all lacking any statement of source or license. The user has been warned about this, multiple times, with no response. The user has been blocked before, for 24 hours, for doing this. Today, the user uploaded 29 of the 54 images. I have blocked the user for 48 hours for this. I am looking to gage support for banning this user, from this account and any future sockpuppets that can be clearly identified as beloning to the same individual. Please state your thoughts on this below. Thanks for your time. JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

    How irritating and what a waste of time. His user page says: I am a normal boy who like [sic] to have fun. Maybe he can't read English so well. If he does more of the same after his 48-hour vacation, give him a longer block. If the same pattern emerges elsewhere from another user while he is (or isn't) blocked, permaban the sock. If he doesn't get the hint after a ban of a week or so, permaban him. (NB I haven't actually bothered to look up the relevant policy; I assume that you have already done so.) -- Hoary 09:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The general way I do it is simply to double the block lengths each time, and re-block after each bad image is uploaded. The progression would be 1 day, 2 days, 4 days, 8 days, 16 days, 1 month (32 days), 2 months (64 days), 4 months (128 days), etc. Probably by the 4 month time I'd just change it to a perma block. I haven't ever had to go that far. JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
    Perhaps if he, for the most part, begins to adhere to the image policy, you should be more cautious with the block. So far, he clearly has been deliberately uploading pictures incorrectly, but later on you have to account for mistakes. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 12:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, let me amend my suggested procedure above - for every 5 sourced and licensed images uploaded, the next block length is halved; that will get it down to minimal with only a few good images uploaded. JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

    Concern About Archiving Recent Talk Page Warning and Discussion about Multiple Identities on Wikipedia

    I would respectfully ask that an administrator take a look at recent activities on User talk:Mantanmoreland. The user has archived a current and very significant ongoing discussion and warning from a Wiki administrator and member of the ArbComm committee regarding the use of multiple identities on Wikipedia. I tried, respectfully, to ask Mantanmoreland to keep this material current. I put up a post asking him to clear up any confusion and doubt created by this situation by clearly identifying how many user identities he is presently using, or has used, on Wikipedia. He has now twice deleted these remarks, and labelled them as “trolling,” something he does commonly as a way of removing anything he doesn’t want on his talk page. I believe this is a situation that warrants an administrative warning, or a significant block. This behavior has been repeated many times over quite a long time. Thanks. Ptmccain 12:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    He has received an administrative warning. Unless he has continued to use multiple accounts in a deceptive way please let it go. Fred Bauder 12:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    How would one go about determining the use of multiple identities on Wikipedia? I truly don't know. I'm happy to let it go, but I have no indication that the user will in fact cease and desist from using multiple personalities. Please advise how one can investigate and determine the use of multiple identities. It is appropriate to archive an administrative warning so quickly on one's talk page? Ironically, this same user told me that this was not appropriate when I was archiving. Let me know what Wiki policy is on this. Thanks. Ptmccain 13:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You would make a request at WP:CHECK. Proto::type 13:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the information. I will assume for now that the user in question will cease and desist from posting under multiple identities and if that is the case, great! But it is good to know what the options are. Ptmccain 14:14, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ptmccain, if you have further questions or need to discuss the matter further, you can contact me on my user talk page or by email. As Fred says, the situation has already been investigated and is being handled by several admins. FloNight talk 13:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    List of tallest buildings and structures in Paris

    I have stepped into an incipient page move war at this featured list. Someone please second guess me (actually, on second thoughts, just shoot me, it will be quicker). -- ALoan (Talk) 14:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That is one lame edit war... You do not seem to be a party to the move war so reverting per lack of consensus and locking the page is totally within bounds. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 14:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think you looked down far enough - there was a counter-proposition to move the article to "Île-de-France" that waited seven days before closing. Only one opposed the move, and this is the same that reverted. This isn't only about consensus, but referencable fact - I suggest you read the talk page. Sorry it's so full of cruft, but please pay particular attention to mention of references - this is what a proper name is all about, even before it became a question of consensus. THEPROMENADER 14:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    After a riveting read of the talk page, I would conclude that ALoan's actions are correct. There appears to be one very motivated editor itching to move the page (even inexplicably threatening RfCs to one editor who - correctly - described his actions as 'page appropriation'), and a number of editors who believe the page is fine where it is. Therefore, the page should stay where it is, as per consensus, and the numerous precedents on Wikipedia that ThePromenader seems to be ignoring. Proto::type 15:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not at all opposing ALoan's actions. Because of the low traffic on the page(s) in question, the argument in question has become a one-on-one over fact, and only one side in this is arguing for fact. Now that the page is blocked, if you like you can take the time to decide who. Excuse my shortened tone but I can't help feeling I'm getting the short end in this. THEPROMENADER 15:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Captain scarlet, who has so far always seconded User:ThePromenader (read: User talk:Captain scarlet#Son of "Tallest structures"), hid the list of skyscrapers from List of tallest buildings and structures in Paris. What's the point of the article if the list is hidden? I restablished the list. More disturbing still, the same Captain scarlet has transformed List of tallest buildings and structures in Île-de-France, which was so far a redirect, into an independent article by starting a stub there. That sort of weasely behavior is quite disturbing. Is that how Wikipedia is supposed to work? Hardouin 16:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Captain scarlet has now removed the list of skyscrapers altogether from the article and moved it to List of tallest buildings and structures in Île-de-France (which was previously only a redirect), leaving List of tallest buildings and structures in Paris as a rump article. That's called moving an article by doing cut and paste, which goes both against consensus on the talk page and Wikipedia policy. Hardouin 16:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have rolled back the changes, and protected the original article until genuine consensus is reached. --ajn (talk) 16:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The 'hiding' was indeed a step beyond, but I think we can attribute this to the high editing temperatures caused by the wholesale reverting and short-sightedness in all this. It doesn't matter who's on 'who's side' but the verifiablilty of it all - by all means, let's talk, but through referenced fact only please. THEPROMENADER 17:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes I have and until the article either hs appropriate content or an appropriate name I'll do it till the situation is described properly. I have no intentions on accepting erronous information on the grounds of User:Hardouin having particular and special beliefs when it comes to geography. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 18:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It is true that the article cannot remain in error, and will eventually change - but the fact that the road to this is obstructed by one using any means but reference to reverse any progress towards this indeed maddening. I do understand the frustration, but I wouldn't go drawing the line in that way: what we need is some sort of referee to ask for reference in the matter, then all will be clear and we can be done with all the referencless bantering and unjustified reverting and we won't have to bother anyone. THEPROMENADER 23:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Those are precisely the sort of attitudes which will keep the article protected. I have blocked Captain Scarlet for a week because his response to the protection was (yet again) to try to subvert it and avoid discussion by changing links in other articles in anticipation of the "inevitable" name change. Negotiate, properly, on the article's talk page. Having looked at the history and "evidence" myself, I'm inclining towards the view that the current name's the right one and that moving to another name would represent the triumph of mindless literalism and pedantry over common sense and common usage - but I'm not going to get involved in the discussion, just in ensuring that any changes are the result of proper discussion, consensus and compliance with policies and guidelines. --ajn (talk) 09:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, thanks for wading in. At least I can now express my opinion on the talk page :) -- ALoan (Talk) 13:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Look, you were right to block the article and put a stop to the reverting/moving/forking etc, and I even thank you for it. As for attitude, this only appears where discussion fails, and it would seem that this must again be discussed. As you seem to be getting involved, I can thank you for that too. Cheers. THEPROMENADER 10:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Avraham sockpuppet case

    I am a little baffled by this suspected sock puppet case against an admin, Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Avraham. It appears to be made in bad faith against him, since he accused another user of sockpuppetry. Any comments are appreciated. Iolakana|T 14:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I agree with you, Kilo: this certainly looks like a bad faith case, considering the circumstances and the evidence presented by Avraham. I can attest for the seriousness of Avraham both as an editor and as an admin. I wouldn't take this very seriously, and I'm sure it will get cleared in his favor pretty soon. Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 03:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sorry to hear people think I made the accusation in bad faith --- I can assure you I did not. I thought I laid my suspicions out clearly. If I'm wrong, fine, but I think I detect a hint of favoritism in this decision. As far as this being a retaliatory case, if you read Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith you'll see Avi is the one who actually filed a sockpuppet case in retaliation (note the line "I was hoping I would not have to do this, but Skip's accusation forces me down this road"). SkipSmith 00:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Dig pages

    User:Hillman has created a set of "dig" pages to track users. Purporting to be "personal notes" for an essay, they record edits by IP addresses and user accounts and group them under presumed real-life identities, with WHOIS and other information. These are not vandals, but users deemed by Hillman to have made "bad" edits. Each page notes that some of the information "may be sensitive and therefore should not be widely publicized if this can be avoided," and yet they reside on one of the highest-traffic sites on the Web, and show up in Google searches. I've contacted Hillman, but she won't discuss the matter on-wiki. Do these pages contravene the "Posting personal details" section of the blocking policy? Are they an appropriate use of Wikipedia? Tim Smith 18:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    They are the same stuff that shows up here at ANI, and in RFC's, and suchlike, all the time. I'm not too bothered. I disagree with some of the stuff on User:Hillman's user page but overall it's one of the most interesting wiki-essays I've seen so far, and I'm satisfied about Hillman's motives. Anyway, anyone interested in wiki-abuse issues keeps notes like that. At least with Hillman, you know what s/he is writing down about you (if anything). Lots of others maintain this kind of data privately and exchange it with each other on closed wikis or by email. Which of those practices (Hillman's or the alternative) creeps you out more? Phr (talk) 20:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Legitimate tracking of long-term POV vandalism. Nothing to see here... Just zis Guy you know? 21:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Seems to be a quite legitimate effort to document and research vandalism and POV-pushing on Wikipedia. FCYTravis 00:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Tim, if you will just give me a chance, I have sought and recieved some valuable admin feedback and am about to make some changes (beginning by retracting that silly "no link" thing). I was trying to avoid a public furore to increase the chances that I will actually find time to finish my essay on User:Hillman/Digging, which ironically is intended as a first step on the long road to proposing, discussing, and establishing a policy on when digging is and is not appropriate. Since the furore arrived before I could finish my essay, I am considering a volte face and may nominate these pages myself for RfC or even MfD. Please give me a chance to consider how to to that since I think the Sarfatti and Haisch pages have legitimate uses in addition to background for my essay. Your cooperation is appreciated! ---CH 22:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have asked Tim to give me a chance to RfC the pages in question, so trust this is now moot. I ask DrL (talk · contribs) and others not to edit the pages, at least not during the RfC (but I thought it was in bad taste to edit pages in another users user space if they have asked that others not edit these pages?) ---CH 23:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Some of the tracked users are POV-pushers or vandals, but others seem to be good-faith contributors whose connection to "alternative" theories put them under Hillman's radar. They range from notable public figures like Bernard Haisch (who mentions his conflict with Hillman in a recent LA Times op-ed) to pseudonymous editors about whose real-life identities Hillman speculates at length. The "Posting personal details" section of the blocking policy states that "Users who post what they believe are the personal details of other users without their consent may be blocked for any length of time," and publicizing presumed real-life names and places of residence would seem to contravene it. (If the policy carries implicit exceptions, those need to be made explicit.) I appreciate that Hillman's goal is to formulate a policy on when "digging" is and is not appropriate, but it is obviously premature to make the digging public before the policy has been formulated. Tim Smith 23:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Careful, Phr—I've already had to warn you to assume good faith with me. I'm by no means the only user concerned about these pages; see here, here, and here. (The last of these is a notable public figure.) That's no surprise, since they violate numerous Wikipedia policies and guidelines including WP:BLOCK, WP:CIV, WP:AGF, WP:NPA, WP:NOT, and WP:USER. There's maybe some leeway for tracking hard-line POV pushers and vandals, but the rest need to go. Tim Smith 13:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Let me just say I am also very concerned about this. I appreciate Hillman's efforts to help develop a digging policy; however she is one of the (if not the) top diggers, and I believe much of what he has done and is doing in that regard is beyond the pale. This is not a new issue - a few months ago there was a major controversy about that (from Hillman's talk page: User_talk:Hillman/Archive9). I think a reasonable summary of that is that most of those who looked into and understood what Hillman was doing were against it.
    Out of the many problems with what Hillman is doing, let me just point out a few: (1) there is usually no "probable cause" - a lot of the people targetted have not actually done anything in violation of WP policy or anything disruptive or otherwise wrong, they have merely given Hillman some vague reason to be concerned that they might (2) the data presented is extremely circumstantial, and its interpretation error-prone, often no better than a wild guess and (3) it violates explicit WP policies. ObsidianOrder 19:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hillman/Dig. ---CH 00:17, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have been targeted by Hillman and have not violated Wikipedia policy. I did link to a bookseller to provide a reference, but this was done to support the citation. It was removed and I did not object. For this infraction, I now have a Hillman Dig page where my edits are tracked and conjecture regarding my personal identity is posted in violation of WP. I can see the need to have some way of monitoring repeat vandals, but this type of monitoring can so easily become abusive (as it already has). DrL 00:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    As this seems to be the precursor for the discussion of what could be a very good policy proposal, perhaps all this should be taken up under the MfD page instead of AN/I. rootology 01:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Request to have six pages (redirects) protected

    Text is based on earlier request by Suedois at 18:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC) in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive119. The infamous Kven editor, under new usernames all the time, is repeatedly recreating forks, at Cwen, Kvæn, Kveeni, Qven, Quen and Kvenland. They are, and have always been, newer cut-and-pastes of material written in the original page, now split into Kven and Kvens of the past. Any block against Kven editir is not highly efficient, as (s)he shows a pattern to create a new username (recent days, User:WeBeToys and User:TheTruth1 at least) to continue same edits. As it is clear that cut-and-paste forks are not allowed, could somebody freeze the situation of those six redirect pages, with indef protection against editing and moving. After all, no one should have any legitimate interest to edit anything in those redirects. Let us have a situation where only the oldest articles are the battleground, and not also several forks. --Labongo 19:08, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Done. Just zis Guy you know? 21:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The same unknown user seems to be creating every two days a new user name for himself and places a highly erroneous article on page Kvens of the past fully over-writing the current article and refusing to comment his actions in any way on the talk page even if that has been asked. Semiprotection on the page would be appreciated. --Drieakko 19:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Emico sock proxies and Iglesia ni Cristo

    I've been involved in a dispute with User:Emico who has been banned by arbcom over his edits to Iglesia ni Cristo. Over time he's been trying to edit the article using Proxy IPs and sockpuppets. However, recent developments over the article have caused him to edit to his POV in a circular fashion. As a result, User:Voice of All semi-protected the article. Since the protection, emico sockpuppets and proxies have been attacking me over on my User talk page and Talk:Iglesia ni Cristo. I've semi protected my talk page. Now it seems he intends to take the problem beyond Wikipedia, as shown by this link which I refuse to visit. After taking advice from other admins. I've went ahead and semi-protected Talk:Iglesia ni Cristo. Your input? --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!> 03:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't even want to know what garbage he wrote on that forum. but glancing at INC related forums at that site, it's full of Encyclopaedia Dramatica style crap. I've added this incident to his arbitration case as well as called User:Voice of All about this. --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!> 04:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not sure there is much I can add here.Voice-of-All 18:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Nonstop Vandal Reverts to House of Yahweh

    • 64.185.45.35 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is a vandalism only IP and has been making the same blatantly POV vandalous edit to the House of Yahweh article. Every time, I, or someone else, puts the appropriate warning template on their page, which eventually leads to having the user posted at WP:AIV, when I tried it this time however, they didn't block the IP, with the excuse; "user hasn't edited in hours". Let me just reinforce the fact that this IP only makes one edit and they've made that same edit repeatedly since May 2006. At what point do we say "enough is enough"? Is there anything I can do? Or do I just let this person continue to vandalize Wikipedia?

    On a more philosphical note, is the fact that he "hadn't edited in hours" really a reason to not block someone who clearly only has one purpose on this site? - pm_shef 03:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    IP static, blocked for one week. RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 04:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:OR violation on anarchism and individualist anarchism

    User:Lingeron keeps inserting a section on Thomas Jefferson,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] claiming that he was significant in the development of anarchism as a socio-political philosophy. There is no mention of any such thing in the article on Jefferson himself, and the claim seems dubious to me. A few sources have been provided, but nothing that escapes, in my opinion, the policy on original research. I would appreciate it if somebody stopped by and explained the policy to Lingeron. She appears not to trust anybody who disagrees with her, claiming that we are Communists bent on destroying Wikipedia and subverting America. No joke. Anyways, she seems determined to have this in there, and we've got an edit war brewing, so any help would be great (on a side note, she has also been making some highly POV edits, like this, and could probably use an explanation of that policy, as well. I've tried, but she won't listen to me.) --AaronS 03:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    No, you're right, Aaron, I won't listen to you. I tend not to listen to editors who have no tolerance for edits that don't coincide with their POV pushing agenda. Honestly, Aaron, your need to dominate all articles pertaining to anarchism, and even to destroy the one that has featured status, is revolting. I would appreciate it if someone would look here at anarcho-capitalism and see the work what AaronS and Blahblahblah are doing to destroy this article. The only policy that AaronS seems to have heard of is WP:OR and yet, sadly, he has no actual grasp of it. Also, there are several other editors who agree with my edits. Shannonduck talk 03:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'll just let those comments stand on their own. --AaronS 04:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You should really tone down your rhetoric. It's not going to help matters at all. The Ungovernable Force 09:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Guess what? I'm going to watch both those pages, then decide which one of you deserves to be slapped. =D --mboverload@ 05:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Nobody deserves to be slapped. Shame on you. --FOo 08:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Here are User:Lingeron's comments describing her own activity:
    The Ungovernable Force, when I study I like to study the actual history and the events that happened rather than rely on another researcher's point of view. I like to just get the facts and then draw my own conclusions. It's like reading a newspaper. One can read a right or left leaning paper, where some of the facts are left out, and come to right or left leaning conclusions. I would much rather just get the facts and make up my own mind about the event.[47]
    If that's not the definition par excellence of original research, I don't know what is. --AaronS 12:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Nobody has stepped in to help yet. A most recent revert had this edit summary: reverted back to fact - there's just no way that Europeans taught Americans more about freedom than American thinkers did this is insane. --AaronS 17:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    AD removal vandalism

    Through discussions at the anti-vandalism IRC chat, as well as various edits by myself, CodexSinaiticus, and others are dealing with a vandal (originally named Panairjdde (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) who edits from 151.44.0.0/16 and 151.47.0.0/16 who constantly removes AD (Anno Domini) from various articles because of his interpretation of WP:DATE, feeling that the statement "Normally AD should not be used..." means that AD should not be used. While there is a discussion going on at the Manual of Style for Dates and numbers' talk page about the interpretation of this statement, this user has constantly removed the usage of AD from articles, most of which can be found in the history of one of the IPs he has used: 151.44.81.169 (talk · contribs). January and Gospel of Thomas were sprotected, but this user has way too much of a range of articles that he does his removals from that it is near impossible to sprotect them all. The following is a small sample:

    This user's main account was indef blocked, but he has used other user names and disconnecting and reconnecting and resetting his IP address. He seems to be using this Italian ISP, and if Wikipedia were to put long-term blocks on the two /16 ranges he editted from, that would block more than 130,000 Italian users from editting the English Wikipedia anonymously or otherwise. However, it appears that the only edits from these wide ranges are from this editor, and the ranges can be narrowed down further to 151.44.75.0/24 through 151.44.125.0/24 (I do not know the CIDR terminology for showing a range of ranges) and 151.47.75.0/24 through 151.47.125.0/24. These ranges would end up blocking near 25600 editors (I think) instead of the 130000 users of internet.libero.it. I am requesting assistance here, as there doesn't appear to be any way that this huge range can be dealt with. Ryūlóng 03:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You might try 151.44.64.0/18, which will catch 151.44.64.0 through 151.44.127.255 (16000 adresses). Thatcher131 (talk) 05:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    While that is a good idea, I am not sure if it will be used, as to prevent this vandalism the same block would have to be placed on 151.47.64.0/16. Ryūlóng 06:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I will suggest it to the admin who suggested I go here, but I would still prefer input from others. Ryūlóng 06:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Manga copyvios

    Kawaiiprinces2004 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has added a number of pages on manga topics with text fetched directly from external websites. The user has also added a few articles containing nothing but an infobox. I know nothing about manga; I'm tempted to just tag the lot as speedies, but I don't want to bite a newbie (and very likely a child). Perhaps somebody who is interested in manga/anime could open a dialogue with Kawaiiprinces2004 and examine what is salvageable/rewritable? Tupsharru 09:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I deleted all that I could find, as they contained nothing but a copyvio. --InShaneee 23:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    EddieSegoura/Exicornt Vandal

    YankeeFan2006 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was blocked today as another EddieSegoura (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)/Exicornt vandal sock. Yankeefan2006.. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has now appeared, using a partial copy of User:YankeeFan2006's user page and talk page. It seems likely to be another sock or possible impersonator. More info: [48] and [49]. Thanks. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Administrator user:Alex Bakharev and his semi-protection spree

    Does this edit warrant a block of the article just to please user:Ghirlandajo, who has WP:OWN problems (for which he was blocked), when I first corrected false information and inserted a proper caption? Also, is it fair to be called a sock to discredit an anonymous IP's edits? Same thing at Nevsky Prospect, where Ghirla's two uploaded photos are untouchable despite both of them being vintage, for which another user got bullied, and only my intervention brought about a discussion, at the cost of my edit? Any administrators willing to intervene without being afraid of being pounced on and demeaned, as other admins who have stood up to him have?? 83.5.249.155 12:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    For a recent few days many articles written by User:Ghirlandajo are under attacks from an anonymous stalker. See for example:
    All the attacks come from the same B-type sub-net 83.5.*.* . The attacker is an obvious sockpuppet of an established user. All the contributions of the anonyms is just some reverts of Ghirlandajo's edits (mostly picked up from some stale edit war) and more or less abusive complains on Ghirlandajo. Some users suspect that the anonym is a sockpuppet of User:Molobo circumventing his one-year block, but on this stage I am almost sure that it is not the case.

    I am tring to get to the bottom of this, but as a first step I indeed semi-protected a few articles. The anonym's puppetmuster is an established user and can edit semiprotected articles if he wish abakharev 13:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Of course attacks and stalking are newspeak for editing and increased scrutiny after the incidents I have posted above, providing the rationale for my actions (Sortavala being the first case, where he used deliberately inflammatory language "reunited with Russia"). Notice the stress put on the word "attack" as to discredit me. I am hopeful the actions of the above mentioned pair will be brought to the attention of a much wider audience, especially Alex's protectorate over Ghirla's unhindered slander. PS Not my fault I have a dynamic IP. 83.5.249.155 13:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    While I agree with Alex that we are seeing sockpuppetry here, and with the disclaimer I have not reviewed all edits of those anons, those that I have does not look like attacks. Yes, they are revert warring, but that requires two to tango, and I'd suggest protecting the articles and let Ghirla and the anon solve their differences on talk, unless there are anon edits that are clearly vandalism, I see no reason as far as content goes to penalize contributions of anons over that of registered editors. That said, on the first sign that the anon main goal is indeed not content creation but some kind of trolling, vandalism or harassment, I would fully support semi-protection and/or ban.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus  talk  14:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    As a proof that User:Molobo has nothing to do with this stalker he put a message on my talk page on Russian wiki [50]. It is easy to see that his IP does not start with 83.5. abakharev 10:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Alex, did you have a good look at the contributions of the last mentioned IP? One of them was on Telex' talk page. It was (later?) signed NikoSilver. As I was on that page a little bit later, I actually told Ghirla and Irpen on their talk pages NOT to worry about this IP because it was Nikos who forgot to log in. Now I am starting to wonder: of course, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY Nikos could be this stalker, so, there could be something "funny" going on here. Unfortunately, I cannot reconstruct what happened, because Telex archived that part of his talk page. [[51]]From a (Belgian with a limited knowledge of) Russian. --Pan Gerwazy 17:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Pschemp will probably block me (?)

    moved from the Villiage pump pschemp | talk 13:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, I'm posting here because I'm not really sure where else to turn for help. I fully expect my account (Andy emigré) to be blocked by User:Pschemp for making this edit, if only because it raises questions about the appropriateness of his/her blocks, the one on myself included. I realize Wikipedia suffers considerably from trolls and vandals, but really--Pschemp's blocks on myself and this "No Chinese allowed" guy seem not to be aimed at reducing vandalism, but rather at silencing criticism of his/her own behavior.

    So, could someone (1) keep an eye on the page "User:No_Chinese_allowed" to make sure Pschemp doesn't erase my comment, and (2) make sure he/she doesn't block me in retribution for whistleblowing, if such behavior is indeed inappropriate according to whatever relevant rules may exist? Thanks in advance.

    Andy emigré 08:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    One more thing I wanted to ask. Am I correct to infer that there's no oversight to curb this sort of administrative abuse? Or was Pschemp justified, after all, in deleting my comments and blocking my account? If the latter, my apologies for wasting your time; if the former, I'm left wondering how Wikipedia can keep potential editors, such as myself and those others in my department I mention in the forcibly redacted comment, interested instead of disillusioned and bitter at the forceful rejection of our contributions. Andy emigré 08:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Responded at user's talk.--Kchase T 08:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The username policy is mainly in place to avoid a couple of things:
    • Obviously trollish accounts - "WIKIPEDIA IS GHEY" and the like.
    • Impostor accounts of varying sneakinesses - say, "Jimbo WaIes". (Note that the middle letter of the last name is an uppercase i, not a lowercase L.)
    • Untypable usernames - like "小", I'm afraid, as well as long random strings of characters. There's a standing policy on this wiki against "untypable" usernames, as they're extremely difficult to tell apart.
    I don't see any evidence of blocks having been carried out outside of this policy, though. No Chinese allowed (talk · contribs) hasn't been blocked, and neither have you - and I see no evidence that either of you are going to be, either. Zetawoof(ζ) 08:56, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, when Pschemp blocked me (on my now inaccessible "Anonymous Andy" account) it seemed to be in direct retribution for criticizing his behavior towards the "No Chinese allowed" guy; my experiences stemmed from someone at my university had managed to get the entire department blocked under the guideline to which you refer.

    The policy of blocking users without explanation and no apparent means of getting unblocked (I don't remember seeing a procedure on the block page, at least as of a few months ago when Wikipedia had my department's subnet blocked--the reason for which, again, I had to turn to offline sources to discover) is a huge turnoff to potential contributors. I just hope you understand that. Andy emigré 09:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    A reason was given for this diff among others and it was (personal attacks, trolling on articles) Your use of profanity and personal attacks on me are against policies and not appropriate. Yet, on your talk page, you have repeated them. It is quite obvious you are upset about the username policy and are taking it out on me. Why not do something more constructive? pschemp | talk 12:56, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have seen several users with Chinese characters in their usernames here, and they have not been blocked. I think blocking usernames with Chinese characters (or other languages) is unfair, and sometimes names are not easy to romanize. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 10:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Whether you like it or not, its policy at WP:USERNAME and has been so.pschemp | talk 12:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    If by "potential contributors" he means "people who will start calling people d1ckheads" at the drop of a hat, then we can probably live without them. IIRC the "unpronounceable" chinese name that was blocked a few months ago was reported here as being either an insult when translated or the chinese characters were not resolving properly and causing problems. Syrthiss 13:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • No, that's not what I mean by "potential contributors." Now that's a little unfair; I don't think I'm being unreasonable here. Surely it's not difficult to understand that getting blocked without warning (what triggered my block was an attempt to rewrite a comment to REMOVE a personal attack on Pschemp), with no easy recourse (how can you talk to an admin when you've been blocked from editing?), and apparently for reasons of self-interest alone, doesn't endear people to your project. I'm not a "vandal" or "troll," if that's what you're implying. Andy emigré 17:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    How is this "removing" a personal attack? pschemp | talk 19:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Andy, this looks like you have been blocked in the past because of usernames that were against the username policy. So no admin abuse there. Then, instead of reading the username policy, realising that those are just the rules of the game here, you respond bitter and frustrated, and show that frustration by leaving comments about 'abusive admins'. Also, the text you see when you try to edit when you're blocked, is pretty clear in what to do when you are blocked: MediaWiki:Blockedtext. Anyway, please drop the issue, don't take it this personally, create a username that stays witin policy and start editing! If you disagree with the username policy, please go to the talk page of the policy page and start a discussion there, perhaps you can convince the community to change the policy, who knows? --JoanneB 14:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • Wait a sec, *I* have never been blocked for usernames against policy... when did this become about me? :-P Look, perhaps you're misunderstanding my complaint? I'm not out to cause trouble here, I'm just trying to point out that administrative abuse is annoying enough to drive people away from Wikipedia. Anyway, yeah, it doesn't matter. Andy emigré 17:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    What abuse? pschemp | talk 19:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Apparently, this:
    (a) blocking User:小 without politely giving him the chance to change his name first (even though WP:CHU recommends if you have very low numbers of edits to just start over to avoid making work for the 'crats and loading the servers)
    (b) blocking User:anonymous Andy for calling wikipedians "Fucking dickheads" [52],
    (c) removing the Fucking dickheads comment from User:No Chinese allowed (note: the user page, not the user talk page), and
    (d) blocking his whole university department from editing (which must have been an autoblock, so I guess its your fault for not knowing his whole department uses one proxy server, and for not personally telling him that he can use wikipedia mail to contact you about the autoblock even when blocked)
    So clearly you should turn over your mop immediately! Thatcher131 (talk) 20:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Ps3fan2005

    Ps3fan2005 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has written several articles and uploaded several images that are clearly copyright violations. Speedy deletion, {{prod}}, and AfD templates added to the articles in question have been removed repeated and it appears as though the notices regarding copyrights on the user's talk page are being ignored. Can an admin take care of the situation? Thanks in advance. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 13:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I added a warning regarding the removal of the {{afd}} templates (apparently he hadn't actually gotten one before). Let's see if he heeds the warning. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 13:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    AfD blanking & short block

    Just so other people can keep an eye on it, user "Sango123" (the name that shows up on signatures, but not the name that shows in edit history) has been blanking [53] this AfD. This is after significant voting had taken place. Even if one has indisputable proof of "bad faith nomination," one does not get to blank an AfD, much less re-blank it with "rv vandalism" in the edit summary. A longer block may be called for and more investigation of the person. Geogre 14:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked indefinitely as a vandalism only, impersonating account. --Cyde↔Weys 15:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

      • My apologies to all. I saw the blanking, and then I was rushing out the door, so I didn't investigate and see that it was an impersonator. I thought it might be, but I didn't have the time to really check it out. Conversely, my thanks to everyone for going the mile I couldn't go. Geogre 18:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Marudubshinki running unauthorized robots

    The following is copied from this edit to my userpage. -- SCZenz 16:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, I noticed that you were responsible for blocking the robot User:Bot-maru, and thought you might be able to help with a more recent situation with its user, User:Marudubshinki. He has been running bots through his regular user account, and recieves frequent complaints about its errors. His response to these complaints is in general quite callous, and he continues to make automated edits with this user account.
    My first complaint can be seen at User talk:Marudubshinki/Archive 49 under "Your - the the + the bot". Current complaints can be seen at User talk:Marudubshinki under: "Please stop fixing my double redirect", "Removing whitespace ...", "Robot removing selflinks", "Bot removing self-links is causing grief", "External link bot".
    Is there anything you can do about this, as an admin? - Rainwarrior 06:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The answer is, I've been aware of the problem for quite some time, but I'm not sure what to do. Marudubshinski runs an unauthorized bot out of his own account, to do minor tasks, and fairly regularly annoys people. It is undoubtedly against bot policy, a fact he's aware of but has basically shrugged off; he also routinely shrugs off complaints, by which I mean that he fixes problems but seems quite unconcerned that his bot is breaking pages. I tried emailing a member of the bot authorization group, but that never came to anything I'm aware of... So what should we do? -- SCZenz 16:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Block him indefinitely and only lift the block once you get a promise that he will go through the proper channels for bot authorization and never run it under his own account. --Cyde↔Weys 16:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've blocked Maru indefinitely pending his assurance re bot useage. [54]. -- I@n 02:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I support this action. It's a simple thing for him to get himself unblocked. Maru has been brazenly violating policy, and continually illustrating why that policy exists in the process; as an admin, he should be setting the opposite example. -- SCZenz 02:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    He was previously blocked indefinitely for running unauthorised bots on the 13th, but unblocked himself the same day claiming the bots were shut down, and has since started the bots up again. To my mind this is a most grievous abuse of admin privileges. I've left a message on his talk page suggesting that he is under intense scrutiny at the moment and is not likely to get away with doing so again. I recommend keeping an eye on his block log until the matter is settled. Snottygobble 02:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    In that case the block message did say he could unblock himself when the bot was shut down, but the clear implication that unauthorized bots are not allowed was clearly ignored. Sadly support the block. Question, however, since there are a lot of bot-blocks, and User:Bot-maru was indef blocked and never fixed (or rather, moved to the main account), what happens if he promises to get approval, gets himself unblocked, and then runs the bot again? Thatcher131 (talk) 02:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    No, that was on the 6th. He was blocked indefinitely by AmiDaniel on the 13th, with the summary "Please request approval before running your bot." AmiDaniel also left a message on his talk page explicitly instructing him "Please email me or add {{unblock}} to have the block removed--do not unblock yourself." Maru unblocked himself and continued running his bot without requesting bot approval. Snottygobble 02:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    There is a pretty strong community consensus against running a bot as an admin, and it's trivial to get a new bot account, the bot policy is pretty clear that this block is supported, although I hope it will not be a reason for Maru to leave over. As for the bot actions themselves, they appear fairly harmless, but inefficient (e.g. here multiple edits were made in succession, where they could have been made at once. — xaosflux Talk 02:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm confused about the history re the 15th, and I'll review it again shortly. However I'd just like to say in response to Thatcher's question the following... Maru has never lied, he's just ignored policy. If he unblocks himself or promises to stop and then doesn't, I have a rather clear idea what to do, but I think that discussion is premature. Also to Xaosflux, I'd like to mention that there have been more serious issues like editing peoples' talk page comments and breaking links. -- SCZenz 03:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Just saw the comments related to those, and it goes back to show exactly why WP:RFBOT exists. — xaosflux Talk 03:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Unblocking himself

    I'd also like to note that Snottygobble's statement above is 100% correct, even though at least two of us were confused. Maru did unblock himself after being explicitly instructed not to do so by Ami Daniel on the 13th. [55] [56]. -- SCZenz 03:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks like he unblocked himself on the 13th and starting running the bot again on the 16th. And I was mixed up about the blocks, there was clearly no provision in the block of the 13th for self-unblocking. Thatcher131 (talk) 04:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    More serious use

    More troubling than the fact that he is running a bot under his admin account is that he is running a bot that *uses his admin privs.* The delete log is pretty clear that he's running an adminbot:

    • 03:21, July 23, 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Shan bhai" (Robot: Redirect target doesn't exist)
    • 03:21, July 23, 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Shan bai" (Robot: Redirect target doesn't exist)
    • 03:21, July 23, 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "1st and 15th Entertainment" (Robot: Redirect target doesn't exist)
    • 03:21, July 23, 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "MDPE" (Robot: Redirect target doesn't exist)

    This is greatly concerning, as the use of bots with admin privs is opposed very strongly on en.wiki (with the possible exception of Curps, though his is not without it's critics, and may or may not still be running) and by the Foundation (an adminbot on another wiki was desysopped by Anthere not too long ago). Given that he's been warned numerous times not to run a bot under his admin account, has refused to comply, has added features which utilize his admin status without approval, and has unblocked himself in order to re-start the bot, I'm inclined to request a desysopping. If he unblocks himself, or if he is unblocked and resumes using the bot to execute administrator privs, I will request he be emergency desysopped and the matter referred to Arbitration, as per the precedent for emergency desysopping. Essjay (Talk) 04:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I might also add that his bot is prone to errors (which is actually the thing that caused this to surface). -- I@n 06:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    This is very disturbing. Maru is a valuable member of the community, but unblocking oneself, running unauthorized bots, and running bots with sysop privileges need to be stopped, now. He needs to understand the seriousness of his actions, or he will be losing his admin privileges. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Perhaps as this is a violation an admin needs to immediately block this bot's access until things are sorted. rootology 18:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Maru is currently blocked (see above). The Bot-maru account was blocked for the same issues; which is apparently why he was running it from his main account. Thatcher131 (talk) 18:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Ethnic slur

    Ghirlandajo (talk · contribs) has been issuing multiple ethnic slurs (making comments about "Poles and holes")[57][58] I politely brought this to his attention yesterday and asked him to stop [59], but he has not only continued the behavior, but is actually now posting similar uncivil comments on WP:AN [60]. I request administrator intervention in this matter, regarding a user who shows clear unwillingness to behave in a civil manner. --Elonka 17:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    With the disclaimer that I am one of those often targeted by Ghirlandajo, I second Elonka, and would like to point out that this is an example of common behaviour on Ghirlandajo's part (as shown by this RfA from last year and this RfArb warning), and that Ghirlandajo has already been blocked once for incivility; a longer block should be considered.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus  talk  17:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    There's no excuse for this, and yeah, I see that it's been a recurring problem. I've blocked for 48 hours and explained on User talk:Ghirlandajo. As always, I welcome review of the block by anyone, and invite other admins to adjust the block as they see fit, if they strongly disagree with what I've done here. Friday (talk) 17:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Expressing no opinion on the crrent block (I just edit conflicted with the note), why do you not try dispute resolution? How many times I have seen you complaining about his behavior, and never considering my recommendations, long ago since, to hear it before ArbCom. By now, do you think it will change? Dmcdevit·t 17:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Assuming you are asking me, I prefer content creation to politics, and I believe the accumulated evidence is pretty clear; besides, ArbCom has enough to do to bother them with such a clear case. If community disagrees with Friday (whom I strongly support), then perhaps I will take the case to ArbCom, but hopefully nobody will defend such gross and recurring violations of WP:CIV, and Ghirla will learn his lesson after two days vacation (I am an optimist, but what's wrong with it?). PS. Mediation was already tried and Ghirla refused to participate in it, as he often shows contempt for DR procedures.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus  talk  17:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Piotrus, if there is someone who is habitually crossing the border, it's sort of a community service to get the roots of the problem exposed. I know that mounting an RFAR is painful and time consuming, but, especially if one party refuses to mediate, it's the only way to separate the issues and get a more lasting solution. N.b. I have no opinion whatever on the merits of the case and have had no poor dealings with any of the editors in question. I just have to agree with Dmcdevit that we're too often too weary to see things set right, if there is some promise of mere relief. Geogre 18:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    As I would have thought, it's not "such a clear case". If the evidence is so compelling, then there's the evidence that arcom is appropriate. There's no denying that Ghirla is very prolific, which makes this something other than clear cut, anyway. Dmcdevit·t 03:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    For what it's worth, Ghirlanda is continuing to rant against "the Poles" at User_talk:Ghirlandajo#Personal_remarks. I have no knowlege of the history of this situation, but it's possible I've kicked a hornet's nest here. Friday (talk) 19:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I am afraid Elonka have to learn to read English language here. There was no ethnic slur (although there was a mild personal attack) directed to poles. This misunderstanding is particulatly noticeable from her remark at Ghirla's talk page: I find this particular comment that you made about Poles being a type of "Holes", offensive. The phrase in question is a quoted pun: "If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?", and if it is offensive to anybody, they would be "people from Holland", not from Poland. I think User:Friday is overreacted here and kicked the hornet's nest indeed. As for 'rant against "the Poles"' it refers to indeed mildly unetical unilateral action of admin user:Balcer, who, being a participant of a certain discussion, unilaterally reverted the decision of another admin. `'mikka (t) 22:08, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Balcer is not an admin. Perhaps you would like to double-check your other facts, too. And or the record, I find this 'mild personal attack' a highly offensive one. And yes, the original quote was not offensive, but Ghirla took it out of context and with additions such like "The Poles, however, do not like to be accountable to the same standards as others" and "the Poles are so different from all the rest" I find quite offensive.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  22:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I obviously second mikka's opinion. This is completely ridiculous. For instance, a few months ago, a user that will remain anonymous said "if he speaks Russian, drinks vodka and sings Katyusha - he's a Russian". However, he never got blocked for that, while I think we're talking about the same level of mild offense.
    This whole story remains me of one alledged historical episode. Someone asked Churchill: "Why is there no anti-semitism in Great Britain?". And Churchill answered: "because we don't think Jews are cleverer than us", or something in that tune. A balanced and normal person does not care about such kind of petty remarks. IMHO, jumping on the gun because of such remarks only reveals one's hypersensitivity and insatisfaction, and not much else... :(
    Furthermore, what admins should have investigated is why Piotrus and Ghirla get along so bad with each other, which could bring some quite interesting elements for a possible dispute resolution.
    Consequently, I ask admins to review the block. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 00:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    whoa, could somebody review this block? Ghirlandajo said nothing like "Poles are holes", kindly look at the diffs in context. This appears to be a typical case of nationalist editors ganging up until one feels compelled to shake them and ask what is it with your precious nationality. Taken out of context, such exasperation can be too easily dennounced as "ethnic slurs". Nationalism (the bad kind, as opposed to sane mild patriotism) is evil and has no place on Wikipedia. I recognize Ghirlandajo himself sometimes shows nationalist inclinations, so I leave it to a completely uninvolved party to review this. A comment of "the Poles [the Polish nationalist editors on Wikipedia] treat other Wikipedians as holes", while not necessarily inspired as a pun, cannot be taken as a block reason without looking at some context. thanks, dab (ᛏ) 22:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Misunderstanding? I am sorry, but "Poles treat other wikipedians as holes (as usual)" is a comment I view as highly offensive. fanatics is pretty ofensive too, and if descring Poles as 'fantatics' is not an ethnic slurr, then I don't know what is. morbid polonization is yet another example, and I think every single one of them is a sufficient ground for the block Friday enforced. And even if Friday (and me, and Elonka) were completly mistaken, a user reaction to the block such as saying: "this project becomes less reputable day by day and evolves into a haven for brainless admins who seek to oust content creators. If you didn't bother to look into the matters before fucking me, fuck you all too" is not only not a proper way to request unblocking, but further proof that the block is right and if anything, should be extended until that user learns what WP:CIV is about.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  22:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ghirla objects to what he alleges is a "morbid Polonization of Wikipedia". He does not as much as object to a "moderate Polonization". I see no ethnic slur here, the question is rather whether there was indeed "morbid" nationalist edits on the part of Polish editors, or if Ghirla is exaggerating. To establish this, context is needed. Either way, I see no ethnic slur. I know Wikipedia gets a lot of nationalist crap, and sometimes the perpetrators come here calling "discrimination" if people object. This appears to be such a classic case. Point out some actual offence, or unblock the man. dab (ᛏ) 22:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please read WP:CIV. Ghirla is "being rude, insensitive or petty [which] makes people upset". I - and many other users - find 'morbid Polonization of Wikipedia', as description of our actions, highly offensive. We can live with one such remarks, but not with dozens Ghirla constantly hurls on us every day. Proof of those dozens is cited above, up to an including RfA and comments by ArbCom. Last, but not least, you are insinuating that Elonka, a respected user that to my knowledge has not ever displayed the slightest 'Polish nationalist tendencies', to be a 'perpetrator of natinalistic crap'; this is an offensive remark for which you should apologize to her, and please avoid personal attacks.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  22:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I second the request to review the block (see arguments above)... -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 00:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    As I said before, if anyone thinks I made a mistake please adjust the block as you see fit - that includes removing it altogether. I thought the gratuitous grouping together of editors by nationality was sufficent grounds for a block given the recent warnings and other history here, but I could easily be wrong. I'll admit I have a strong personal bias against prejudice and racism, and that's what I thought I saw here. I don't intend to let editors blame problems on this or that ethnicity or nationality. It creates a poisonous atmosphere. I'm not at all suggestion that either side is right or without blame- I merely reacted to the diff I gave in the block notice. Friday (talk) 23:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, I feel a bit offended by Ghirlandajo's comments, especially after calling Polish Wikipedians 'fanatics'. In my opinion the block is justified, due to breaking Wikipedia:Etiquette and Wikipedia:No personal attacks (personal attacks hurt the Wikipedia community and deter users from helping create a good encyclopedia). Jacek Kendysz 23:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ditto! I don't have any personal argument with Ghirlandajo, yet I get offended as a Pole. What is really sad in this case, is that the behaviour repeats continuously, causing additional problems, like showing other editors that this way of addressing Poles is perfectly acceptable in Wiki and worth following as arguments in discussing articles. I also find it disturbing that such respectable editors like Mikka and others defend Ghirlandajo in this case, because it only encourages him in his misbehaviour, and assures him that he can be above Wiki policies.--SylwiaS | talk 00:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I am afraid Sylvia you are in a yet another confusion about cause and effect, deed and punishment. Imagine a child running here and there making mischiefs, big and small. Parents toleare hiw up to a cetain point of losing patience, and when this boy spills a tea on the table he gets spanked and deprived of computer games for a week for "bad behavior". The boy is genuinely bewildered: to be grounded for a week for a spilt tea!!!! Here is exactly the same case: Ghirla was blocked for spilt tea. I don't know and don't care how long and heavily he offended Poles before, but at this very moment the block is a typical knee-jerk reaction. If Poles want to block Ghirla, let them sweat a bit and collect a solid evidence. But if someone wants to modify Ghirla's behavior, a genuine peacekeeper must be involved. `'mikka (t) 03:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    So you are saying that Ghirla should be blocked for something else? Feel free to do so, I will not object. Linked RfC had more then enough evidence, plus all the recent evidence from the past few days, all nicely linked above. That's not solid enough? As for genuine peacekeeper, as Ghirla doesn't call for mediators and habitually removes criticism from his talk, as was suggested here, RfArb is the only option, but I think evidence is 'solid' enough that it is not needed.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  04:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think that the tea is a problem here. The problem rather is that I don't have to imagine a child, in this case I simply see a child, and I think it's high time to grown up! Really what's so difficult with stating arguments like: not according to this source... instead of blaming everything on the opponents' nationality? I don't think that Poles want to block Ghirla, rather they/we are looking for the best way to put this madness to an end. Perhaps you're right that it's not a good way to modify his behaviour, but would you consider mediating with him? I tried and as you can see without success. BTW what do you mean by another confusion?--SylwiaS | talk 05:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I already said that somewhere (PLWNB?) that I hate to see Ghirlandajo return to his bad old ways. Following the previous RfC and the ArbCom decision, it seemed that the things have gotten a tad better. Some minor accusations of conspiracy here and there, some personal remarks from time to time, but not in large numbers, as it used to be before. However, if his campaign aimed at offending Poles is to continue, I believe the matter should be solved - and the faster the better.
    It's not up to me to judge whether the current block is legitimate or not. I'm the person offended and I should not be the judge in my own case. However, I must underline that racist remarks, based solely on someone's nationality, are not what Wikipedia wants. If Ghirla wanted to call me personally a fanatic - it's his choice. But calling my mom, my neighbour, Adam Mickiewicz and Marie Curie fanatics just because Ghirlandajo did not know how to stick to civil behaviour is definitely a step too far. //Halibutt 06:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Halibutt, please, don't put things in other people mouth. You know exactly what Ghirla meant and what he didn't mean. When you made your own "Russian/Vodka/Katyusha" or "Russian steal watches from Poles" remarks, I knew exactly what to make out of it and what it was not. The matter did not end up with a sneaky report at the boards that may lead to blocks. So, we don't need you bringing up Adam Mickiewicz, Marie Curie and especially your mom. You know perfectly all right that those were not in the remarks in the first place. So, please move your unwarranted indignation out of this case.

    There were no blockable offences here as there weren't in your case. The block needs reviewed and lifted. --Irpen 06:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry Irpen, but I can't agree with you. Any generalizations based on someone's race or nationality are harmful, and especially so when presented as an argument in a discussion. Here Ghirlandajo disagreed with Balcer's interpretation of a proper WP:RM procedure. But his argument was not that WP:RM does this or that, but that The Poles treat other wikipedians as holes (as usual).. First of all this is slander. A clear-cut case of inciting bad emotions towards one particular group and generalizing one's own beliefs into a remark on the entire nation. I'm a wikipedian yet my mom (who is much more of a Pole than me, BTW) does not treat me like hole. Nor do I treat Ghirlandajo like hole - neither accidentally nor as a general rule. So his remark is not only offensive (as evidenced by numerous declarations above) and wrong, but also misleading and apparently consciously and deliberately aimed at spreading bad word of a particular group. As such, this single case is a clear-cut violation of etiquette and civility. As such, this is a perfect example of a blockable offence.
    Having said that, I also admit that perhaps this particular case is not as grave as countless others. However, Ghirlandajo's long and colourful history of offending other Wikipedians (RfC, ArbCom) makes him quite vulnerable, as it is somehow less likely people would assume his good will in such borderline cases, when he's proven on numerous occasions to be uncivil in even more obvious situations. The benefit of a doubt works well only up to a certain point, and I'm afraid Ghirla has crossed it a long time ago.
    Oh, and I must say I'm glad you still remember one of the best jokes I ever read. I mean my comment explaining what a stereotypical Russian is to the westerners, then taken out of context and presented as an alleged proof of uncivil behaviour by no other person but... Ghirlandajo. During my past RfA I even proposed him to report me somewhere for others to check whether I crossed the lines, but he decided to ignore that... //Halibutt 06:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Halibutt, I don't want to spend time refuting your mere repetition of what was said earlier. It is totally clear, however, that what happened does not amount for a block. Your insencere indignation is unconvincing and it is clear to everyone that there was no implication of your mom in the above remarks. --Irpen 08:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Irpen, I find it telling that while we cite linked evidence and policies, most posts are simply statements about how great Ghirla is and how bad faithed are your opponents. For the most part I could simply copy your posts, change a few names or negations, and indeed we could talk indefinetly like this. Fortunately, we have those evidence and policies as cited above (and below, too).-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    A thorough review is requested

    That's getting really too far, dear friends. First of all, as it was exposed above, there was no ethnic slur. We have a deceiving complaint and, unfortunately, an immediate block instead of the investigation. Second, grouping of editors by nationality is a sad practice, that frequently happens, but throwing blocks for that is a new development. I am not sure how far this will go even though, I was never an opponent per se of the practice of the blocks issued by admins' personal judgement. I can provide plenty of examples of other users, grouping colleagues by the nationality, and Piotrus have done that as well. User:Ukrained and user:AlexPU habitually call their opponents by nationality all the time. I suggest you check their edit summaries and/or talk page entries, recent or from months ago is up to you. They are there anytime. There were no blocks and no one even asked for blocks.

    What we see here is a sad practice of certain users who try to "win" through having their opponents blocked by any possible means. Sadly, this is not the first time Piotrus is doing that. Even more sad is that some buy into this and issue blocks without proper investigation. There has recently been an extensive post by myself at WP:AN, now available in the archive here. Many people provided further input to it and commented that it was "a good read". I suggest those who find this issue worth of attention but unfamiliar with that past discussion check the link to the archives. In an interesting coincidence, soon after that I was blocked myself at the trolls provocation (see this and this for details).

    I would ask Friday and/or some uninvolved admin to give the issue a full review and then they will hopefully see that the block here is simply a mistake, at least. If they agree that the block is unwarranted, I respectfully request the block reversed with an unblocking summary that would clearly state the error in the initial block. What is written in the block logs matters sometimes too. TIA, --Irpen 02:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    P.S. I am putting a {{unblock}} on Ghirla's page to make sure this matter is attended. --Irpen 02:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I agree that there was no ethnic slur- I don't believe I ever said there was. However, complaints directed at a particular ethnic group are still inappropriate here. To me, if someone uses the word "nigger" or says something like "The blacks are causing trouble here" these are in the same ballpark and either remark is undesirable and unhelpful to the project. Also, I have to say, I don't believe this was a knee-jerk block on my part. I took some time- but, I admit, perrhaps it was only 10 minutes- to look things over. I saw a history of civility problems, and, what to me looked like a solid indicator of a current, ongoing problem. If someone has a problem with the behavior of a particular editor, or even a group of editors, it's ok to name them and criticize their edits. But remarks aimed at an ethnic group can serve no useful purpose, and do much harm. I appreciate any and all feedback, but so far I still stand by my block. The minute I personally thought it was a mistake, I'd undo it myself. I continue to invite any other admin to change the block if they feel it's appropriate. Friday (talk) 02:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Grouping editors by nationality is of course no basis for a criticism, and certainly not a block. But calling such a group with demeaning names (fanatics, etc.) is, and this is what Ghirla is guilty of. I am not currently involved with any content dispute with user Ghirlandajo, and so Irpen suggestion that I try to gain something by this block is a sad example of bad faith on the part of an otherwise reasonable contributor (and please note it was not me who reported this issue here, but another user who felt offendend, and if I count correctly there are at least four users so far who stated here they are offended by Ghirla, all of them in good standing). The link to archived discussions Irpen provides is interesting, but you seem to miss some key points: not all editors offences are equal, and Ghirla deserved his block, while other editors we talked about didn't. Lumping them together weakens your argument. That said, I ask that reviewing admins make sure that carefuly review the situation, especially the evidence of many repeated offences provided of Ghirlandajo provided at the talk of this thread, and the way Ghirlandajo attempted to defend himself (in essence telling all administrators to f... off, as referenced above). If this defence convinces you that the block is unwarranted, and Ghirlandajo should not be discouraged from breaking WP:CIV and related policies, so be it - but it will send a sad message throught community, one saying that we don't care about WP:CIV and it is impossible to do anything to users habitually breaking this policy.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  03:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Whatever you say, immediate and harsh blocks are warranted only upon clear and heavy offense. Punishment for cumulative violation must follow the way of formal complaint, with reasonable deliberation. I hate to teach admins rules, but the normal way of non-acute case is to start with warning on the user page and with a request for an apology (and unoffensively, by the way). I've seen Elonka started this way, but unfortunately she did this in a confused fashion: Ghirla didn't call Poles holes, so no wonder he ignored Elonka's comment. 03:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
    Agree, but is a fact that the name in the Wikicorner of Culture/History/Ethnography/Geography it is a convenient shorthand to describe people writing about a particular country using the name of the main ethnos living there. We do not have a way to measure the pigmentation of somebody skin or a shape of his nose or even place of the residence using the name of wikipedian's account. In that sense "Russians" include me (self-described Australian Jew), Irpen (Ukrainian) or e.g. Pan Gerwazy (Belgian with a limited knowledge of Russian), and does not include e.g. User:Oleg Alexandrov, who is interested in mathematics, not Russia. The same is with the "Poles", as far as I can tell from the self-descriptions, some people referred in Wikipedia as Poles do not live in Poland, some are not ethnic Poles and there are some who can not read Polish. Still they are sometimes described as Poles since they share interest to Poland and some sort of a polonocentric point of view. I share the feeling that it is counter-productive to divide editors by any (supposedly warring) groups but in situations of achieving some balanced view such divisions are sometimes inevitable. E.g. 48 hours that Ghirlandajo would not work on wiki means quite a lot to me or other "Russians" since we will probably miss a couple DYK-quality articles and a number of stubs plus a lot of smaller wiki-related activities. Quite possible it looks in a different light for e.g. Piotrus.
    I would rather not see any ethical jokes on wiki, since someones light inoffensive joke for is a grave national insult for a somebody else and I wish to say sorry to all (been they Poles or Dutch) who feel offended. But I do not see sufficient venom it, nor did I remember any other ethnic joke or slur from Ghirlandajo. I might see the grounds for a short block to send a message but IMHO 48 h for the first offence of this kind to an extremely productive editor is very excessive. I am partial here, so I would not shorten the block myself, but I ask uninvolved admins to review it. abakharev 03:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you have a link to a policy that sais that blocks can't be done for cumulative offences? I thought that happened often, with escalating blocks for cumulative 3RR violations and such. I am not sure how much cumulative offences of Ghirla weighted on Friday's judgement, but there is enough immediate offences (linked above) to warrant his block for it. And yes, Alex, Ghirla block looks different to me: it means I am not likely to be called a 'Polack', 'nationalist', 'rogue' or offended in other way by Ghirla for that period, and neither is any other Polish editor. That said, I agree that blocking of Ghirla is not perfect solution, but you have to weight his contribution against those of editors he scarred/offended off wiki, and those forced to discuss here instead of writing content (like me). The perfect solution is Ghirla behaves in a civil way and he is not blocked ever again. Barring that, we have two solutions: either we let him violate WP:CIV in exchange for his contributions, in effect saying that if a user is active enough he can violate Wiki policies that he doesn't like, or we block him for violations of WP:CIV until he learns to behave. If you prefer the first solution, please don't hesitate to sumbit WP:CIV for AfD, as it will mean we don't really need such a toothless do-gooder policy. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  05:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I second the review demand. All Piotrus proved here is his inability to withstand even the slightest amount of criticism. As I said earlier in this thread, any normal and balanced person should not be affected by such comments.
    If someone makes such a kind of comment to me (be it on Wikipedia or IRL), well I'll just shrug and walk away. If you jump on the gun for every kind of such a remark, you're either:
    a) A fanatic nationalist thinking your nation is perfect.
    b) A person with a blessed ego that takes everything on his personal account because of an oversized pride feeling.
    c) Someone deliberately attempting to block a user.
    I let you choose the answer which you think is right, but in any case, running around yelling "OMG! My nationality and my pride were insulted, OMG!" is a quite poor way of reacting.
    Finally, you will notice that Piotrus always unblocked his favorite disruption specialist without even bothering with a block review.
    Based on all this, I request a review. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 11:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, let's decompose the post above, as well as the previous one by Piotrus to expose the issue properly:

    • "I am not currently involved with any content dispute with user Ghirlandajo" cannot be taken seriously. The dispute between you and few others with similar POV and Ghirla is perpetual and never ending. And even right now there are edit disputes.
    • Of course you "gain something" from this block, despite you deny it, as for incredible editors like Ghirla blocks are especially humiliating and disrespectful. Such blocks often resulted in them leaving the project altogether in disgust while trolls happily return or reincarnate through socks. Don't tell me that you won't be happy to see Ghirla gone. You wrote yourself some time ago, and I thoroughly agree with that statement of yours, that you main problem with Ghirla is his edits, not other stuff. So, its not his remarks, but the edit disputes that is your primary consern, and I must say, I agree with you. I've seen worse from some here and can't care less until the POV-pushing goes into the articles.
    • Your claim that it was "not you", who reported is here is a total hypocricy. It was you who wrote Elonka, asking her to take action, and specifically pointing her to WP:ANI to make sure the action above is taken. And now you claim it was not you? At least next time you use off-Wiki space for behind the scenes dealings.
    • The rest is your desperate attempt to make sure this blocks stays. This is not new either. You are trying to have him blocked all the time (including a false 3RR report you once submitted) and your input to the discussion above seems to be
    • While so many highly well-known and aware of WP in general editors, of course also not infallable, like

    clearly expressed their unease or outright disagreement to this action (I do not doubt Friday's good faith, though.)

    This time a one-sided report was bought and acted upon without the proper investigation. I only hope somebody else would take time to look at the issue in debth, especially since the blocking admin, following this block, added a statement to his userpage that he takes lightly the reversal of his blockings in general, perhaps perceiving that this block is indeed controversial. --Irpen 05:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I also want to point out that Ghirlandajo at least tried to defuse the situation [61] while Piotrus intentionally inflamed it [62] abakharev 05:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, yes, I am perpetually being attacked by Ghirla, so by this reasoning, yes, I am in diapute with him, but I don't recall we have edited the same article in in the past week or even a month in any content dispute (reverts and such) manner.
      • Yes, one of the main problems with Ghirla is his tendency to engage in revert wars (which already resulted in him being banned for short time some time ago, December, I believe). But his extremly uncivil behaviour causing other editors to leave this project is another major concern. And yes, I don't deny that I and many others would gain from him stopping his relentless assault on WP:CIV, although we would all prefer this is achieved through him learning civility, not leaving the project.
      • Get your facts straight. It was not me who reported it here, but Elonka (although I support her actions, no doubt about it). And it was her first who suggested ANI as the place to report it. So please apologize for 'total hypocrisy'.
      • Yes, Irpen, I fully support this block and I have long tried to make community take notice of his behaviour, thank you for pointing that out, willing editors can easily use those links to follow back to yet other specific offensive comments by Ghirla that caused me to comment on them.
      • I find it saddening that some editors feel Ghirla should be given the right to break WP:CIV, but hopefully statements by others - like Friday, Balcer, Sylwia, Halibutt and others - show that many in the community don't approve of his behaviour.
      • Mikka, wrong facts. My post does not refer to the comment Ghirla later stroke out (a commendable refactoring on his part), but to a similar if even more offending comment he made immediatly afterwards. This shows that he does not really understand - or wants to understand - what Elonka asked him to do. To use your 'little boy' metaphor: a boy scolded for calling a person 'moron' sais: 'I am sorry I called you a fanatic, you fanatic.' I am afraid this does not show good faith on the part of the boy, nor Ghirla. And yours and Irpen's toleration of his abusive behaviour is not helping.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  06:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ditto. I'll only add that Ghirlandajo's reaction to the comment by the blocking admin is particularly instructive. He was blocked for lack of civility, yet all is right there: slander, accusations of bad will, brainless admins, the F word, conspiracy theories, belief that nationalist remarks are 100% ok and so on. And soon afterwards Ghirlandajo explained that he meant no harm... and said exactly the same thing again, loud and clear. I'm sorry I called you a moron, moron is a nice metaphor here. //Halibutt 07:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ditto, and I would like to add that I find curious that even when Ghirla himself states that I am "an editor with whom I [Ghirla] have not spoken or otherwise interacted for months" Irpen above insists I am engaged in a constant content disputes with Ghirla :) Let the man speak for himself, will you? As Halibutt notes, his comments are always particulary instructive... PS. Not that Ghirla has a good memory as far interaction goes.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  07:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe because your way to DR is inadequate? Or maybe you should try third-party DR before yelling everywhere "OMG I was insulted"? Really, you suppose too much here. -- As for "Let the man speak for himself" for a blocked user, this is the most inadequate remark I have ever seen. <_< -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 12:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I will note that I have no idea why my name is at hte top of that list. I even prefaced my comment by saying I was expressing no opinion on the block. I don't have a problem with an admin enforcing civility, only in the complainants coming here and dragging this along in many places, including my talk page before, when, as the top of this page makes clear, such is not dispute resolution (note "Please take such disputes to mediation, requests for comment, or requests for arbitration rather than here."). I have yet to be satisfied with any response to my suggestion. ArbCom is not just for clear cases or complicated cases, mostly, it offers calm for tough cases that are tense and can find no consensus. Cases like this which generate a lot of discussion but which will never be solved otherwise. Dmcdevit·t 07:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Dmcdevit, you were placed in the list because you said above that this matter is "something other than clear cut". BTW, you may consider responding to my last message at your talk a while ago in relation to another controversial block. --Irpen 09:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Piotrus, no current content dispute? How about WP:RM discussions to start with?
    • I also had problems with a good friend of yours breaking various policies on myself. Not only I did not attempt to get him blocked through biased announcements at WP:ANI, I did not try to inflame the conflicts by posting announcements at RU:Portal where those would find lots of interested readers. You, OTOH, as Alex pointed out, always inflame matters by posting your "indignation" at PL boards
    • Yes, report was submitted by Elonka, but only after you first pointed her attention to the matter and specifically recommended this board. And then you disclaim the authorship of this matter assigning it to Elonka. I called it a hypocrisy then and I called it so for what I saw and still see it.
    • Yes, you supported the block of a invaluable contributor, and, as I pointed out, you see nothing wrong in attempting to see your opponents blocked. Links are above
    • I do not approve Ghirla's remark. I just see the block one sided, harmful and unfair.
    • There is no toleration and support for the unfortunate statements Ghirla occasionally made. There is simply a strong opposition that anything here amounts to a block.

    This is a highly controversial and harmful block. All I am requesting is a review and not another set of accusations by the party which achieved its goal of blocking and (I hope not) expelling the content dispute opponent. This block is unwarranted and should reversed. Two Russian admins said so, but did not interfere for ethical reasons (something Piotrus should learn to do as well).

    I request the matter reviewed by an uninvolved admin who would read this discussion, click on the links and makes a judgement. This will take time, but taking on admin duties was a serious commitment and the preventing the harm of loosing or even unnecessarily aggravating an invaluable editor is worth of the admin's time. --Irpen 09:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

      • Setting aside that even Ghirla himself couldn't recall any interaction with me, care to provide a link to the article we had content dispute in? Reverted each others edits, etc.? Barring that, a talk page where we engaged in a meaningful discussion? All in the past week or two, preferably (I am not denying that occasionaly, last time I think over a month ago, I do encounter Ghirla in article or talk pages and sometimes we disagree).
      • So what relevance does it have to this case that you did not bring some matter here?
      • I am not denying, as I wrote above, that I asked several users on various occasions to look into Ghirla's behaviour. I am not the only one to do so, and I don't consider myself an initator of the discussion on ANI, it's as simple as that. Of course I joined it, but that's is not justifying your acussations of hypocrisy.
      • If my opponents deserve a block, I see nothing wrong in taking the matters to a proper place (like AN) and asking neutral admins to review the case. And I don't consider Ghirla an invaluable contributor: his contributions can be counted and valued, and while indeed they are immense, there are not 'invaluable'. Just a minor point of NPOV :)
      • I am glad you don't approve of his remark. Nonetheless I still see his two year harassment of editors (Poles and others) as one sided, harmful and unfair, and current block as part of the remedy.

    This block is only controversial if one thinks that breaking WP:CIV is not enough for a warrant block. To this day, however, Wikipedia community has not given WP:CIV any lesser value then to its other policies, and it has not given editors immunity if they are very active. Feel free to suggest changes in relevant policies, if you want to give Ghirla immunity from breaking WP:CIV.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you've got to do quite a bit of mental gymnastics to make this out as an "ethnic slur". If anything, it was a slur against Dutch people, although I doubt many Dutch would be offended by it. If Ghirla is occassionally abrasive towards certain users, it's because they've been after his head for ages. Piotrus and Halibutt have been targeting Ghirla for quite some time. The origin of it all is frustration over PolCab, the perceived "Polish cabal", where highly nationalistic Polish editors use their notice board to congregate and use collective effort to POV push and win revert wars. Ghirla being Wikipedia's main Russian history contributor became a victim. Ghirla is ordinarily a nice guy, and a quite exceptional contributor to wikipedia. At the very least, wiki admins should exercise some caution before blocking a top class user like Ghirla. I'll admit that Elonka, who reported it, is not one of Ghirla's traditional enemies. And I agree with her that some action should be taken by an admin, but this should be to discuss grievances and rebuild mutual respect, rather than exercising a ban which Ghirla will (perhaps rightly) perceive as a personal victory by Halibutt and Piotrus' one-upmanship. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 12:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That's quite an adequate summary here. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 13:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The merit of Calgacus unlinked accusations is well seen by this mediaton, requested by me against (among other things) users like Calgacus and Ghirla who continue to accuse Poles of participation in a 'Polish Cabal' (I hope that reviewing admins think how worthy are unevidenced offensive posts of those who believe in WP:CABAL...). Anyway, Calgacus not only refused to particpate in the mediation, but was so offensive on that page that his comments were removed by mediator for incivility and personal attacks. I can understand how you would sympathize with Ghirla, as you both seem to think that WP:CIV is a useless policy. May I recommend AfD it first? If you suceed I promise never again to bring the issue of your incivility up.[Refactoring update: this post is a reply to Calgacus, not Grafikm, whom I consider a very civil and respectable editor - Piotrus]-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a disgusting attempt of accuse me of something I never did. I never said WP:CIV was a useless policy, and have warned Ghirla of it both on its talk page and by mail (and even in the FAC of Pilsudski btw). However, what I say is that this whole story of "Poles-holes" does not even remotely qualify for such a block.
    To others: do you see the style above? Instead of argumenting, Piotrus tries to accuse me of things I have never done. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 15:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I apologize, Grafikm, I didn't meant this as a post adressed to you but to Calgacus - seems like the post was 'moved' accidentaly to the right creating an impression it was a reply to you, not Calgacus. Let me make it clear that I have never seen you behave uncivil and it was never my intention to create such impression. Calgacus, however, is often uncivil, as indicated by the example of comments removed by the neutral mediator for incivility.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  16:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Piotrus, that page was a sham opened by you. If I was going to waste my time patricipating in a mediation page, it certainly wouldn't be in one like that. As to Polcab itself, I know you don't want anyone mentioning its existence, but sometimes it just comes up. Sorry if Polcab makes me rude sometimes, and yeah, I do share Ghirla's frustration sometimes. But almost everyone who had encountered Polcab has a similar reaction. I hope to be a changed man in future, and to keep my cool despite the provocation of you, Halibutt and other members of Polcab. Sorry that you still bear hard fellings Pete, I hope things will be better in future. As for this, isn't it better to concentrate here on the particular allegations against Ghirla, rather than assaulting the characters of everyone who appears to be defending him? Don't you believe in free speech unspoiled by intimidation tactics? Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 16:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Everyone's

    To the reviewers

    Please accustom yourselves with the following practices of the editor in question- other admins who have stood up to him were pounced on and demeaned, while innocent contributors are regularly bullied, harassed, and called trolls and socks [63], save a few "Ghirla fans" who believe contributions to Russian articles give him immunity. [64] [65] [66] [67] Note this is the tip of the iceberg. Though if you- the reviewer- are afraid of being attacked as previous admins have, I would undestand your inaction/defence of Ghirla's practices, which however doesnt change the fact that they are detrimental to the community, just as some of his contributions are beneficial, though not all (another tip of the iceberg, innocent corrections of his blunders are reverted). Please take my points into consideration despite my modest user name. 83.5.247.158 14:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey User:Molobo, how are you? Long time no speak. Enjoying your year off? Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 14:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I want to thank Alex who went to the trouble to investigate this IP and concluded it has nothing to do with Molobo. And Calgacus glee from seeing one of his opponents blocked from Wikipedia is not what I would call a proper behaviour withing WP:CIV.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    While I absolutely agree that his comment is borderline, I must confess that Molobo's block made more than one person sigh with relief... -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 16:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    And this is how Calgacus tries to discredit my comments, while incriminating an innocent user, probably thinking he can kill two birds with his mighty stone. Your smug attitutute is eerily reminiscent of Ghirlandajo's- it wouldnt be you who is his puppet, or just some evil twin? Besides, youre not doing him any good, as accusing critics of Ghirlandajo's practices as being fanatics, trolls, nationalists and socks doesnt serve his case. Anyway, the evidence is there, straight from the "horse's mouth". Regards. 83.5.247.158 15:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This isn't Molobo? Yeah, I don't believe that. The user is based in Poland and is intimate with the situation. Who else could it be? Molobo I thinks. Glad to see you're still enjoying life Molobo! Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 16:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Alex has shown that this IP is NOT based in Poland, but I guess linked evidence is not enough for you, as you have your 'beliefs'. :( -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  18:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Your violent verbal campaign against others in your defence of Ghirlandajo's incivility isnt helping his case. Ghirlandajo just needs to change his antics- it's in his own good that he smarten up. That's my answer to your OT insinuations. 83.5.247.158 16:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Molobo, I don't think it's fair to characterize my defence of Ghirla as a "violent verbal campaign", do you? I know you don't really. Anyways, I've said my bit. All I'm doing now is responding to character assassinations. And that's not why I'm on wiki. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 17:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    To the rest- youre kind of missing the point... while the comment alone mightnt have warranted a block, it was the proverbial drop in the bucket to Ghirlandajo's abuse spree. Repeat offenders receive less tolerance, that's just the way it is. Maybe this will teach him to show more respect for his fellow contributors? 83.5.247.158 16:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Unblocking by Mikka

    13:47, July 28, 2006 Mikkalai (Talk | contribs | block) unblocked Ghirlandajo (contribs) (First block for this patricular offense with insufficient processing)

    Well, I would like to point out this is a second block Ghirla has gotten for incivlity, first one being from July 7, 2006 by Circeus for 'incivility in edit summaries'. Nonetheless I am not going to oppose Mikka unblock, even through he is not a neutral admin here: the block has lasted for 24h, which is a reasonable progression from the last 3h block, and there is a chance Ghirla will be more careful now. If he will not, then I expect community to implement further, longer blocks, and/or start an RfArb. Still, let's hope Ghirla has learned his lesson, will respect WP:CIV and we will never have to revisit this case. Now, let's all go back to content creation and other useful things, shall we?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  18:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • (copied from User talk:Ghirlandajo#comment): User unblocked after 24 h. I maintain that immediate long blocks are warranted only in the case of grave abuse. Any "cumulative" accusations require deliberation. We are not going to block Elonka for defamation of Ghirla when she wrongfully insisted that Ghirla said "Poles are holes", are we?
    (BTW I don't see her rushing to apologize for misunderstanding, but rather a flurry of "yes, but..." from Polish wikipedians. Which hardly can be interpreted as an intention to bury a hatchet. I suggest everyone to stop for a while and think: what is the ultimate goal: to punish Ghirla or to improve the cooperation?) `'mikka (t) 17:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Potters house spamming slanderous attacks against me

    Potters house (talk · contribs) is a strong supporter of Johnny Lee Clary, a.k.a. TheKingOfDixie (talk · contribs), whose self-written article was deleted by AfD a while back despite Clary's personal attacks accusing editors voting "delete" of being "Neo-Nazis" and his attempts to tamper with the AfD process by erasing comments. Potters house (talk · contribs), a.k.a. "Nick", has tried to re-create the article under such titles as John Clary and J L Clary; since re-creating deleted content is of course a flagrant violation of policy, these articles have been deleted. Since then Nick has created articles such as Wade Watts and Operation Colorblind; since the main focus of these articles on subjects connected to Clary actually seems to be including exactly that material which was deleted by consensus at Johnny Lee Clary, I proposed that they be deleted, too.

    In apparent retaliation, Nick has left, on no fewer than thirty user talk pages, identical copies of a libellous message in which he alleges that I am a "covert racist", that my "deletions are because of racial discrimination" or alternately, that "it is politically motivated, as Johnny is a strong supporter of George Bush and Antaeus Feldspar of Kerry" (a conclusion which he draws from me having made two edits to John Kerry, both reverting edits made by the notorious Rex071404 (talk · contribs), back on April 6, 2005.) It is bad enough that Nick should completely ignore the policy of Assume good faith and make these slimy, libellous, monstrous accusations on any user talk page. But he's made them on thirty! I request that action be taken to strongly communicate to Nick that vicious false accusations of this nature are not permitted on Wikipedia. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Potters house has now been informed that his conduct is inappropriate, and that continuing along this course will result in a block. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Roitr

    The long-term permablocked vandal Roitr (for more information see: User:Roitr/sockpuppetry) have created a sockpuppet account Aldis90. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to impersonate user Aldis90 (contribs: [68]) and continues revert-warring.--Nixer 18:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked as obvious impersonation. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Ranks of the People's Liberation Army

    Can somebody please semi-protect this article Ranks of the People's Liberation Army which is now being vandalized by sockpuppets of long-term vandal Roitr (see User:Roitr/sockpuppetry for more information) and block the socks please.--Nixer 19:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Request that controversial info not be removed from history

    At Charles_Jacobs (political activist) we're having some disputes. Jacobs is a controversial political figure, and he has some strong defenders. Negative material that his defenders consider "poorly sourced" is removed, while favorable material stays in.

    For libel purposes, Jacobs is a "public figure". He's been on major TV talk shows, has written op-ed articles in the New York Times, and runs advocacy organizations. So there's no real libel risk here under US law.

    With this background, please see Talk:Charles_Jacobs (political activist)#Disputes in which Jacobs is involved and its previous version, [69]. One editor has asked that the history of the article be destroyed by an admin. I would like to ask that this not be done without formal review by a neutral party, so that the actions of various editors, including myself, can be reviewed.

    The material concerns a defamation lawsuit in which Jacobs is involved, as a defendant. Jacobs has been involved in efforts to stop the building of a large mosque in Boston, and this has resulted in lawsuits. There's substantial press coverage in the mainstream media of this, along with websites from both (maybe three) sides, and a blog with a timeline. So I put links to all this on the talk page, not being ready to add material about it to the main article.

    Read for yourself what happened then.

    Please read the material referenced above and let me know if I've done anything improper. Thanks. --John Nagle 21:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks like a case of "Legal Threats" to me by NYScholar. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 21:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    User:Mantanmoreland

    Mantanmoreland is attempting to whitewash and cover up the fact that he was found to be using a sockpuppet and posting under multiple identifies on Wikipedia. I was advised a couple days ago to let this matter now lie and I agreed to do so, but user Mantanmoreland is now trying to remove evidence and important information about this incident.[70] I suspect that in fact he has been using several identifies: Lastexit for sure and I suspect also "Doright." He was warned by an administrator about this and the administrator the indicated that he was definitely using a sockpuppet. He is now trying to cover this up by removing text from his archived talk page. I believe this is inappropriate. Would somebody here please advise Mantanmoreland to stop deleting text concerning this incident from his talk page archives? Thanks. Ptmccain 21:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Fred Bauder has already dealt with this. You are in a content dispute with Mantan, and seem to be trying to cause trouble. He has seen Fred's note, and if he wants to archive it, that's up to him. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I properly removed anonymous comments from banned user WordBomb circumventing his indefinite ban -- the same IP comments for which my user page has already been semi-protected. Ptmccain has mischaracterized my actions in edit summaries as "removing warnings" and improperly edited my archive page and engaged in trolling. He is indeed engaged in a protracted content dispute with me and other editors on Martin Luther and other related pages. He is an edit warrior who has been banned a half dozen times -- the second to last time, on my complaint, for one week -- for vop;ating 3RR on Martin Luther [71]. I and other editors have warned him to stop his disruptive conduct.[72] His actions here are in bad faith and vindictive. Note this:[73]Ptmccain should be sanctioned for his misconduct. --Mantanmoreland 21:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Accusations of "edit warring" are easily made and anyone reviewing edit history on the Martin Luther pages will realize that Mantanmoreland and SlimVirgin are every bit as much part of the problem there as anyone else. In fact, I notice that SlimVirgin is herself now before the Arbcomm for similar behaviors even toward fellow admin. So, I think can dispense with the tactic of trying to divert attention from the issue here. Trying to divert attention from this complaint is not helpful. Mantanmoreland is attempting to whitewash a most serious breach of Wiki policy and is telling only half the truth. I did not not try to restore most of what he deleted from a banned user. I did however restore a very important part of the user's violation of Wiki policy. Here is what Mantanmoreland is trying to remove from public view in his archives:

    Interesting conversation, Fred. Say, just to clarify, what's the the policy when it appears one individual voted twice using two identities? Take this instance, for example[74]. On its face, it would seem Mantanmoreland voted in an AfD sponsored by Lastexit. --66.102.186.24 03:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC) Yes, a violation of our sockpuppet policy. I hope he takes this warning to heart. Fred Bauder 14:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

    Is it appropriate for a Wikipedia user to remove a finding from an administrator that he is engaged in violating teh Wikipedia sockpuppet policy? I have been, I believe rightly, instructed by administrators not to remove any admin warnings or comments from my talk pages? Were they wrong?Ptmccain 21:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Mccain, you're trolling now. This has been dealt with by three admins, one of whom is on the ArbCom. It is dealt with, finished, over. There's no need for further input from you. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:66.102.186.24 was an obvious sockpuppet of banned user WordBomb, and removal of that and other sockpuppet edits, which were evading an indefinite ban, was totally appropriate. Ptmccain's re-posting here the taunting comment from this banned user (the subject of his complaint below) was abominable. --Mantanmoreland 22:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's have the facts clear. What I restored was not a "taunting comment" -- I have no way to know that was its intention, nor do I care really. The reason I put it back in was because it was a very important part of the record here, a very important question that made it possible for Fred Bauer to make his follow-on remark indicating that Mantanmoreland has been using a sockpuppet. I would be happy to leave only Fred's comment on the open archive page instead. I offer that as a solution. Let's just keep Fred's remark on Mantanmoreland's archive page. That would be fine with me. Removing it is wrong. I've been told by both admins and users that it is wrong to remove admin warnings and comments on my talk pages. Were they wrong? Ptmccain 22:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ptmccain is referring to my warning here [75], in which I warned him not to personally attack me on his user page and then edit out my response. No, that is not the same thing as removing edits from a user circumventing an indefinite ban.
    It is time for the plainly retaliatory conduct of this editor to come to an end.--Mantanmoreland 22:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It's getting close to the time for an indefinite block of Ptmccain for trolling, six 3RR blocks in two months, vandalism, page blanking, several WP:POINT violations, repeated personal attacks against many editors, sending threatening e-mails, and threatening to "out" someone. SlimVirgin (talk) 22:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    How indefinite would that block be exactly? I hope for a long, long time! 64.12.116.65 01:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I would consider it a personal favor if somebody would "indefinitely block" me. That way I would be forced to avoid the temptation to participate in Wikipedia and have to deal with the likes of "SlimVirgin" aka Danny Wool, and Mantanmoreland/Doright/Nextexit and the other assorted troubled persons who inhabit Wikipedia 24/7 hiding behind their anonymity, working out their psychic disorders in various and sundry fashion here, not to mention participating in a project that ultimately is fatally flawed due its encouragment to people who know nothing about a given subject to participate in. No "encyclopedia" operates in such a fundamentally intellectually dishonest and unreliable way. So, please...go ahead, make my millennium. And I will thank you for it. I assure you it will be of no concern to me. I thank you kindly for the suggestion Danny. And it will be fun to watch the history page here to see how quickly Danny and playmates permanently delete this remark from the Wiki record. Ptmccain 00:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:SlimVirgin

    SlimVirgin deleted evidence I was offering to support my complaint and to respond to accusations. You may review this history to see how this happened.[76]. I made my complaint and then when challenged, I offered further evidence and since it is difficult to read the history given the fact that it has been deleted without clear edit summary, I posted the salient passages that I restored. Slim then came along and "ruled" it to be "trolling" and deleted my post. That doesn't seem appropriate, does it? How may Wiki users make complaints if admins come along and simply revert and remove comments from their complaints? It is appropriate for administrators to remove evidence offered by users to back up their complaints on this notice board? Thanks.Ptmccain 22:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Keep it up and we are going to quit using the word "trolliing" and start using "Ptmccaining" Fred Bauder 22:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I would consider that an honor, but only if you start referring to abusive administrative behaviors as "SlimVirgining" Ptmccain 00:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Wouldn't it make more sense to name it after an abusive admin, rather than a good one who's forced to put up with nonsensical trolling? --InShaneee 00:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Call it Samiring, I'll go for any verb named after me -- Samir धर्म 06:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sure Danny will appreciate your kind sentiments. Isn't it more than a little pathetic to realize that "SlimVirgin" spends every waking moment tinkingering around on Wikipedia in what is ultimately an exercise in irrelevance and futility? Ptmccain 01:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It is probably less pathetic than tinkering around wikipedia 24/7 for the sole purpose of annoying people.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 04:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Skip the "Ptmccaining", the word "trolling" will do. (→Netscott) 01:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This looks to be a dispute between you and one admin. Maybe you should take it to filing an RfC, and take it to ArbCom if you're not happy with the result. Edit warring here isn't helping anyone or moving anything forward. rootology 01:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Ptmccain: admin action requested

    I'd like to request admin action against User:Ptmccain, who has just posted what he believes are the real names of two editors, myself included. He has done this before, and was warned not to repeat it. WP:BLOCK says: "Users who post what they believe are the personal details of other users without their consent may be blocked for any length of time, including indefinitely, depending on the severity of the incident, and whether the blocking admin feels the incident was isolated or is likely to be repeated. This applies whether the personal details are accurate or not." He posted what he believes is a user's real name here and another one here. I can't take action as I'm in a content dispute with him. SlimVirgin (talk) 01:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Do your homework! I blocked him half an hour ago for trolling. :) --InShaneee 01:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, InShaneee. I'm a bit slow today. :-) SlimVirgin (talk) 01:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    After the following e-mail exchange (addresses have been anonymized) it appears safe to assume that this user would like to be banned... I'm not one to disagree with such a request:

    To: Netscott <xxxSCOTTxxx@gmail.com>
    Subject: Wikipedia e-mail
    From: Ptmccain <bocXXXX@mac.com>

    Do you get special decoder rings when you join the "Cult of SlimVirgin" aka Danny Wool?

    To: bocXXXX@mac.com
    Subject: Cult of SlimVirgin
    Delivered-To: xxxSCOTTxxx@gmail.com
    No, there's no brownie button system. You've definitely crossed over into
    trolling territory though. That said your dispute with Mantanmoreland is
    understandable but the way you've been going about trying to get your issues
    resolved is just wrong. If you continue in the direction you are currently
    you will undoubtedly find yourself eventually indefinitely blocked.
    -Scott
    From: <bocXXXX@mac.com>
    Subject: Re: Cult of SlimVirgin
    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:35:00 -0500
    To: Scott Stevenson <xxxSCOTTxxx@gmail.com>
    I eagerly desire to be indefinitely blocked and thereby will be able
    to avoid associating with the likes of SlimVirgin and her fawning
    syncophants like you.

    (→Netscott) 01:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I've gone ahead and taken just such a liberty, since he's pretty much stating (and showing) he's not going to be playing nice anytime soon. --InShaneee 02:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    new sockpuppet of user:General Tojo

    User:RRennalls, currently in action at Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    ...and user:88.106.220.84 too... KarlBunker 22:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    James Ewing Harassing me.

    Can all references to User:AndrewBourke and the address and contact information be purged from the revert history and archives?

    I *am* the Andrew Bourke that Mr. Ewing of Sveasoft Inc. is harassing by registering my name as a username and posting my personal info from open proxies.

    Thanks,

    - Andrew

    User_talk:AndrewBourke

    and:

    Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive107


    Anyone? --Spankr 03:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    We can delete specific revisions of a page containing personal information, but you'll have to be specific about which pages you want cleansed. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! All fixed - there were posts of my personal info in the User page history for AndrewBourke - they have now been purged. --Spankr 19:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:George Stroumboulopoulos

    I asked User:George Stroumboulopoulos to choose another username, since we don't allow the names of celebirities unless they're the real people. See George Stroumboulopoulos. He blanked his Talk page and called my request vandalism. When I told him that I was an admin and asked him again to answer my question, he tried to claim that it's his real name. I have blocked him and asked him to choose another name, but instead I'm getting abuse on his Talk page. He only has about three edits. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Blank it and protect. --InShaneee 00:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Definitely. Tyrenius 01:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Tyrenius, thank you for cleaning out a couple of the more noisome userboxes I've yet seen. · rodii · 13:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, so I blanked and protected, and he came back with this lovely "warning" on my Talk page. I blocked the account for 31 hours. I'm not blocking user id creation, as I told the user just to create a new account, but if this stuff continues, I will. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Handface

    After reverting User:Handface's edit to Bill Clinton (which, apparently, was not the first time that article was vandalized), I looked at the user's talk page. This latest incident of posting Coulter's erroneous opinion that Clinton is a rapist, molestor, and latent homosexual as a fact just served to illustrate the bad behaviour of this user. I believe we need to permanently block him/her, seeing as the user is argumentative, offensive, and has a great history of vandalism on Wikipedia. -PhattyFatt 00:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have just checked the edit you mention.[77] In two short sentences Handface has provided 3 references. This hardly qualifies as vandalism. I don't know anything about Coulter, but she is obviously being given media access to say these things. What verification do you have for the description "erroneous" as at the moment your statement reads as POV. I can't see any reason to block Handface at all for this edit. I can see a need for a more serious discussion about whether Coulter's views have gained sufficient exposure to merit their inclusion. Tyrenius 01:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not going to add the Bill Clinton comment again. Tyrenius has done a good job of mediating this. I can let it go. What I can't take is the continued garbage that some people insist on spewing. PhattyFatt just said that I "ha[ve] a great history of vandalism on Wikipedia". As far as I know, I have no history of vandalism on Wikipedia. Here's a tip, Phatty: if you have a point to make, make it without lying. I know lies are very persuasive in the Al Franken world of crap arguments, but they don't work with me. Handface 04:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    In two short sentences Handface has provided 3 references. Irrelevant, since the issue isn't whether she said it, but whether it's applicable to Bill Clinton; i.e., whether Ann Coulter is specially qualified to diagnose Bill Clinton or whether her latest ravings have some direct weight on the subject of Bill Clinton. "Vandalism" isn't out of line, really, since it's clearly an intellectually dishonest attempt to inject Handface's POV while laundering it as outside comment. --Calton | Talk 06:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    No. It's not my POV. I don't think Bill Clinton is gay. I've said that several times now. I put it in the article because Ann Coulter said it, and Coulter and Clinton have a long and documented history (yet there is no mention of Coulter at all in the Clinton article). I haven't added the comment back, and I don't plan on it at this time. Other than Jay Leno joking about it the last couple of nights, there hasn't really been enough publicity about this statement to include it. But it's just outlandish to call this vandalism. Handface 08:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    And that's exactly why I reverted it as vandalism the first time it appeared. At the user's insistence, I have taken it as seriously as I can since that initial reversion — without any sign at all until just a few hours ago that the user is willing to discuss the matter. My assessment is still that the edit is a pretty clear example of sneaky vandalism — a sensible-appearing edit crafted to smuggle in misinformation to disrupt the article. --Ptkfgs 06:23, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Out of curiosity, how did I insist that you take this seriously if I wasn't discussing it? Handface 15:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You're both coming from your own POV on this and branding an edit dispute as vandalism. What you accuse Handface of, you are doing yourselves. Please address the substance and not the editor. His motivations are not relevant: the content is.Tyrenius 06:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    This is clearly an edit dispute and not vandalism and this isn't the right forum for it. Thank you. Tyrenius 15:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Dynamic IP vandalism

    Someone is switching between many different IPs and vandalizing Bulbasaur. I'd take it to WP:AIV, but no IP vandalizes it twice. Can someone check if they're open proxies or sub-net masks? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 00:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    My view is that this is common main page vandalism. Doesn't follow a pattern to indicate that a single person is behind it. However, I see no harm in checking. Joelito (talk) 00:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I've temporarily sprotected the article. — xaosflux Talk 03:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    All main page articles get hit by IP vandals. It is our policy not to issue protection. If you really, really, really feel that you have to, please use SProtect. The 24 hours that "your" article is on the main page will be one of the longest collections of hours you will ever have. The more popular the topic, the worse it is, and Bulbasaur is really going to get slammed. Geogre 14:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The featured article should not be sprotected. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm currently having a few problems with harassment with regards to the article Actuarial Outpost. I was advised by User:WAvegetarian to bring my concerns here.

    First, and by far most importantly, one wiki user (64.7.136.166) is gathering the IP addresses of those who disagree with him and using that information to harass people at work. For proof of this see [78] and [79].

    Second, some of the comments made to me by User:Avraham in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith appear to bump up against the policy on legal threats.

    I have some other concerns (regarding false sock puppet accusations), but they are less important, and don't need to be covered here. Thank you. SkipSmith 01:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Firstly, please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Avraham_sockpuppet_case. Secondly, Wikipedia:No legal threats#Copyright and slander allows for a response to perceived defamation. Also, I never made a threat that I would do something; rather I was pointing out the seriousness of his accusations and how, as I worte in my edit summaries, he had "crossed a line" from mere trolling to something more egregious. Thankfully, in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith, user:SkipSmith clarified that I had nothing to do with the harrasment, whereupon I promptly removed the {{defwarn}} as can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASkipSmith&diff=65813822&oldid=65797242 Lastly, the person which he claims has harraased him does not have a wiki account to my knowledge, as can be seen from this diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Actuarial_Outpost&diff=next&oldid=53950210 and no one argues that Glenn was the only webmaster at that time. Thank you. -- Avi 02:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess we can talk about the sockpuppet case too, although this might not be the place for it:
    (1)I was accused of filing a sockpuppet case in retaliation for Avraham's case, but a simple check will reveal that my case was actually filed first, and his was in retaliation. Notice the line "I was hoping I would not have to do this, but Skip's accusation forces me down this road." in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith.
    (2) The accusation by investigators that my case was filed in bad faith violates a wikipedia norm: Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith --- I actually compiled a plausible case if anyone bothered to read it. I might be wrong about the sock puppetry, but assuming I did it in bad faith is out of line.
    (3) In Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith Avraham listed every account besides mine who disagreed with him on Actuarial Outpost as a sock puppet. All were blocked, including one of my work IP addresses where I was not logged in but clearly identified myself (in other words, clearly not a sock puppet). It is true that other accounts only edited Actuarial Outpost once or twice --- I believe the off-wiki harassment I documented above accounts for this.
    (4) I'm not the only one who thought Avraham was making a legal threat in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SkipSmith; User:WAvegetarian was also concerned, as you can see on my talk page.
    (5) Not having a wiki account does not excuse off-wiki harassment. Could we possibly block that IP address or take some other action to discourage this user from this behavior?
    Thanks. SkipSmith 05:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Why does it matter if he said this?
    2. Look very carefully at the case you created, Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Avraham: you have not cited any evidence of your accusation. It is only inclined by you that such things happened.
    3. I'm sorry, but, oh, I don't believe a word of that. That is not off-wiki harassment. That does not put you in any danger whatsoever.
    4. "That is grounds for a libel and slander suit." — I do not feel that this is a legal threat; of course, this is my interpretation. I believe you are over exaggerating the phrase.
    5. What are you talking about? And what user?
    Hello. Let me address your questions in order.
    (1) My first point addresses your assumption that my sock puppet accusation was in bad faith, and was in retaliation for Avraham's sock puppet accusation. The times the cases were filed and that statement by Avraham show that his case was actually the retaliatory case.
    (2) It is simply untrue that I provide no evidence of my accusation, as anyone who bothers to read the accusation will see. At the minimum, I provided at least as much information as Avraham did in his case against me.
    (3) My third point is not related to the off-wiki harassment, but is rather related to the sock puppet case against me --- I have already stated above it is a user other than Avraham that is engaged in the off-wiki harassment. This point was pointing out another flaw in the sock puppet case against me. I mentioned the off-wiki harassment as the reason why some users edited just once and then never returned.
    (4) On the legal threats, I was actually going to let this slide until User:WAvegetarian was troubled by it. Perhaps we are both exaggerating the phrase, but with two people concerned by it might be worth discussing.
    (5) See my original concern with off-wiki harassment at the top of this section. Someone is taking user IP addresses from wikipedia and using them to harass people at work. Did you actually read and investigate my concerns here, or did you just jump in to belittle me and defend Avraham?
    Based on the tone of the response to my legitimate concerns here, I suspect User:Kilo-Lima is not impartial in this matter. Incidentally, User:Kilo-Lima is also the one who accused me of acting in bad faith with my sock puppet case against Avraham, and endorsed Avraham's case against me without investigating. I believe we need someone impartial to investigate my concerns. Thank you. SkipSmith 20:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Anonymous vandalism at Jerkcity

    The article Jerkcity has been subjected to periodic vandalism (e.g., [80]) in the last week or so from an anonymous user connecting from a few Verizon addresses. I semi-protected the article for a few days, but after lifting it, the vandal returned with a couple null edits with attack edit summaries [81]. In response I have blocked 70.20.92.157 for 48 hours. I am submitting this here for review since the attacks were mostly directed at me. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 01:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    edit/revert war on International reactions to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

    Hi, There is an edit war happening in International reactions to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. War is over inclusion of AIPAC reaction to a House Resolution. Various accusations are being thrown around by Comrade438 eg. im being accused of trying to paint a "zionist conspiracy". Been a few silly edits, and comments, along with what might be a threat. Its degenerated to Comrade438 blocking the page on his own volition without consulting WP:RPP, then reverting last changes. Tried citing his talk with vandalism notices and reporting the vandalism (which he then accused me of) but they sent me here. I dont believe its a content issue. 82.29.227.171 03:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    More User:Ste4k antics

    Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Ste4k#Don.27t_do_it
    Ste4k posted this into the RfC against her as evidence of me being incivl:

    How dare I edit your page so people can read it? Do you have vision problems? I have never heard of vision problems.. Here, I'll fix. --mboverload 01:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

    The actual quote:

    How dare I edit your page so people can read it? =D Do you have vision problems, if that's the case then I'm sorry. However, I have never heard of vision problems needing everything to be different low contrast shades of purple in extremely small sizes. Here, I'll fix the size issue for you. In Internet Explorer go up to the "View" drop down menu, go down to "Text size" and select "Medium" --mboverload@

    I unwatched the RfC page because I was sick of her antics. Another user had to alert me to her insertion of completely made up comments. What can I do? Why do I have to put up with this? --mboverload@ 03:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    If I may ignore the actual thrust of this thread for a second and take the opportunity to sink the boot into Mboverload: You are a bit on the acerbic side in the original quote, and any quote that isn't a diff is not worth the black photons it's written in anyway. As to the real issue, the best response to fractured quote is a link to the original, or to ignore it. - brenneman {L} 04:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Diff: [82] which is found in the history of a page which was moved, then turned into a redirect which points at Ste4k's archive page (see [83]). Talkpage history was a bit hard to find. ~Kylu (u|t) 06:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Wait, what exactly are we supposed to do here? This sounds like another silly content/user dispute occuring. I was done with Ste4k and her problem users a loooooooooong time ago. --Pilotguy (roger that) 05:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I was done too, I completely wiped any trace of her from my watchlist. But putting words in my mouth is not something I'm going to ignore. --mboverload@ 06:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you should just ignore it and wait for the RFAr. —Quarl (talk) 2006-07-28 12:45Z

    Oh well. I was convinced that an admin would have banned her by now for community exhaustion, but I guess we'll have to go through Arb. Read the RfC, "she" actually brough in her "husband" to challenge me to a fight =P --mboverload@ 12:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd actually have to say that while she's a good editor, her lack of interpersonal skill has caused me to suffer an exhaustion of patience as well. I'd rather not block her for it, myself, but perhaps more comments are needed? ~Kylu (u|t) 18:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    No, the RfC is already a failure, this user will never take any sort of advice and will continue to be confrontational. We need a rouge admin to indef =( --mboverload@ 20:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd say this editor seems to trying intentionally to exhaust the community's patience. She's certainly exhausted mine. -Will Beback 20:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please note this user brought in her husband/made up a husband sock account to challenge me to a fight on the RfC--mboverload@ 20:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    FYI. User:Ste4k has circuitously moved the contents of User talk:Ste4k to User:Rrock because she wants "red tabs". —Quarl (talk) 2006-07-29 02:06Z

    Yeah, only so it looks like she's a "brand-new user". --mboverload@ 02:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It appears there's a few people here who've decided she may have exhausted the community's patience. If there's consensus, the user and her sockpuppet can be blocked per blocking policy (yes, I know you're all aware of it) for this and the personal threats. Opinions? ~Kylu (u|t) 02:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please visit Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Ste4k_attempting_to_get_all_talk_history_deleted_though_complex_move_operations_and_manipulation below. ~Kylu (u|t) 02:43, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    IP 69.182.218.103

    The IP 69.182.218.103 has vandalized many pages, including Oprah Winfrey twice within a minute long span. Warnings have been given, and it is now necessary to take further steps. -PhattyFatt 04:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I can't get confirmation that the IP address is static, but I can block for a short time. RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 05:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Vote stacking

    I was asked by a person with the username User:MonsterOfTheLake to vote a certain way on an AFD. The AFD was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkification

    I was blocked over AIM.

    Afterwards I tried to leave messages for him on his talk page...

    EDIT: I was told by Mark Ryan that it is bad form to post AIM chat logs, so I deleted it upon his request. WhisperToMe 06:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User talk:MonsterOfTheLake

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MonsterOfTheLake&action=history

    I don't want him to take AFD so personally like that.

    WhisperToMe 05:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    3RR violation User:RevolverOcelotX

    User:RevolverOcelotX is back and continues his pattern of making POV edits, wikilawyering, personal attacks, harassing other users, lack of civity, making groundless, violate 3RR then accuse others for violating 3RR, false accusations and generally wasting the community's patience. His actions is similar to indef. blocked User:PoolGuy (except the sockpuppets part) and constantly engage himself in bootless wikilawyering. (vexatious litigant) For more information please refer to [[84]] for the full length report and his contributions. I urge administrators to take a close look at his conduct and block him immediately. More evidence available if you guys need it.--Bonafide.hustla 05:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There is no evidence of policy violation here. For the record, Bonafide.hustla (talk · contribs) have been mass POV pushing on many articles. Bonafide.hustla was previously known as Freestyle.king (talk · contribs) who was repeated blocked before he change his username. See Bonafide.hustla's contributions for more details. --RevolverOcelotX 05:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Another example of his bootless wikilawyering. In any case, this user's contribution speaks for themselves. contributions It's astonishing to note that this user has not made a single useful edit since his initial arrival. And by the way my last valid block occurs in March from then on I have adhere to wikipedia regulations, while this user has not. The accusation is not justified.--Bonafide.hustla 05:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Folks, it is Bonafide.hustla who has been constantly stirring up dirt here. Many of Bonafide.hustla edits are bogus and POV and some of RevolverOcelotX's reverts are clearly justified even though he could provide better explanation of those reverts.--Jiang 05:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Both sides need to stop edit warring and callin each others edits vandalism though... Sasquatch t|c 05:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Bonafide.hustla was the only person labeling other editor's completely legitimate reverts as "vandalism". See here for his latest example. Bonafide.hustla was banned from WP:ANI for wikilawyering. See here for evidence of Bonafide.hustla's banning from WP:ANI. He is now evading his ban and should be blocked. --RevolverOcelotX 05:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    [[85]] shows I am no longer banned. In any case, although Jiang is a respected administrator and made a lot of contributions to this site. He has been making edits that are clearly pro-Chinese see Talk:David Wu Talk:List of Chinese Americans. You can't say his position is neutral. I am gonna stop edit warring right now though, but I stand by every edits I made. User:RevolverOcelotX just broken 3RR. [[86]]--Bonafide.hustla 05:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Violation of 3RR by Revolver, a block is necessary. Thanks [[87]] First revert occurs at 15:48, 27 July 2006 RevolverOcelotX and 4th revert occurs at 05:49, 28 July 2006 RevolverOcelotX--Bonafide.hustla 06:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There is no violations there, considering only 3 reverts have been made. --RevolverOcelotX 06:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Could someone explain the violation to him? The 4 reverts are very apparent.--Bonafide.hustla 06:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There are no violations there. Bonafide.hustla (talk · contribs) has been POV pushing and making tendentious edits to many articles since his initial arrival to Wikipedia (see his contributions). Bonafide.hustla has now resorted to making bogus vandalism reports which were promptly rejected, here and bogus checkuser here. This is clearly an abuse of the system. Bonafide.hustla should be blocked for disruption and wikilawyering. --RevolverOcelotX 06:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:RevolverOcelotX went as far as disrupting the info on the naming conventions. An independent user since reverted the article to the NPOV version by me. [[88]]. This also shows Jiang's biased POV of this issue (see his statement above). RevolverOcelotX should be blocked indefinitely for wasting the community's patience, wikilawyering, spamming, harassment, and disruption as per User:PoolGuy. He shows no willingness to contribute positively to the project. Thanks--Bonafide.hustla 06:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Bonafide.hustla (talk · contribs) has been distorting the naming conventions. The diff Bonafide.hustla provided was not for the naming conventions but on an unrelated article which a new user reverted. Bonafide.hustla should be blocked for constant disruption, harrassment, wikilawyering, and wasting the community's patience. His contributions speak for themselves (he has been POV pushing since his initial arrival). He clearly shows no willingness to contribute positively to Wikipedia and should be blocked. --RevolverOcelotX 06:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Bloody hell. Will you please go through the formal dispute resolution process, and clear this up once and for all, instead of spamming AN/I and dozens of admins' talk pages with these repetitive complaints, month after month after month. Personally, I think that if both of you were banned it would be no great loss. --ajn (talk) 07:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, if you look at Bonafide.hustla (talk · contribs)'s contributions, it is clear that Bonafide.hustla (talk · contribs) was the one who started spamming AN/I and other admins' talk pages. Bonafide.hustla even went as far as to make bogus "vandalism" and "checkuser" reports. It is clear that Bonafide.hustla has no intent to contribute positively and has wasted the community's patience and should be blocked. --RevolverOcelotX 07:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    And your response to my request to stop spamming admins' talk pages with repetitive complaints is to put repetitive complaints on my talk page. Brilliant. Both of you are edit-warring, regardless of the minor detail of whether you are technically breaching 3RR or not, and both of you are being disruptive. Until I see a good faith attempt to resolve this by mediation, RfC or an arbitration case, I don't want to see any of this again here, or on my talk page. --ajn (talk) 08:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You guys don't understand; we can't ban Revolver Ocelot. If we do we'll create a time paradox, because he needs to be able to post the information six months from now that exposes La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo, thus setting off the metal gear crisis. --Cyde↔Weys 15:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Brian G. Crawford

    Can you ban someone from editing even his own talk page? [89] I think this really needs to stop. --Allen 06:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for protecting it, Cyde. I think that will really help. --Allen 06:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Freewilly

    New account, uploaded copyright image 2 minutes after account created. Freewilly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Hmmn, might just be an unfortunate choice of user name. Clappingsimon talk 08:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    But the image he uploaded looks very much like taken from luxlux.com (Copyright © 2003 Oscommerce and CRE Loaded Team). Agathoclea 21:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:MatthewFenton

    In retaliation for disputing the fair use status on an image on an article he watches, User:MatthewFenton is tagging all of the fair use images I have uploaded as having no source. [90] An example is Image:The Monster is Loose Bat Out of Hell 3 album cover.jpg. Could someone please verify that it is ridiculous to say that these are unsourced, and User:MatthewFenton should be reminded of WP:POINT. The JPStalk to me 14:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have done nothing wrong, and it was not in retaliation. I was looking at an image you uploaded.. noticed it had no source and thus tagged it, i followed procedure properly as laid out in the template. Also how is this WP:POINT? There was no point to be made, i am just trying to help you so your images are not deleted. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 14:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Also if you notice i did not tag the images without fair use rationales, because there where less i thought it would be easier to tell you in one message. You however took my actions in bad faith when they where in good faith. You told me they are all sourced correctly examples that they are not: [91][92] Matthew Fenton (contribs) 14:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    PS: To show my edits where purely good faith i will refrain from tagging the images for you and allow you to do it your self. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 14:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You have just prooven you are acting in bad faith, JPS has just removed all the tags (reverted) and not botherd to add source info. See: [93] [94] [95] [96] [97], You say the source is clearly there, where? Matthew Fenton (contribs) 14:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Example: "Opening titles to Joking Apart" along with the tv-screenshot tag, clearly says that the source is plainly the opening titles of the television show Joking Apart. You might also be interested in this diff. The JPStalk to me 14:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes it says amazon, however it doesnt give a direct link to the page. Also; You are sourcing the show but not the source where the image is from. That source ;-)! Matthew Fenton (contribs) 14:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it does seem to be a borderline POINT violation; the first one I looked at clearly says it was taken from Amazon.com, and was properly tagged with the album cover fair use template. Some are screencaps or scans that do not say who the capper was (although that does not seem to be important to the issue, as they are correctly tagged with the appropriate fair use template). I think if The JPS went through and added "screencap by The JPS, original copyright owned by Fox Broadcasting" or whatever that would be sufficient. I would suggest to MatthewFenton that mass tagging someone else's uploads gives a bad impression. On the subject of Image:Alex kelly.jpg, I think it's obvious that it is a promotional still, based on the style of the photograph, etc. It is a problem that it comes from an unofficial web site that does not seems to have any copyright notices on it. For the moment, I have tagged it {{promotional}}, although I suggest that MatthewFenton should try to find a copy or a suitable replacement on an official O.C. web site. (Fox.com seems to be down at the moment so a little leeway is appropriate, I think, as it's obviously a posed still of some kind.) Thatcher131 (talk) 15:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    (after edit conflict) Saying that sourcing it to Amazon.com is not enough without the exact url is a pointless bit of wikilawyering, as (a) the link could change any day, and (b) Amazon is not the original owner. The point of providing source info is so that ownership can be investigated if use claims are in doubt. No one would have a problem finding the record publisher in this case. Thatcher131 (talk) 15:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, i understand about the amazon part but i was under the impression that it had to be directly sourced. In regards to the mass tag i also believed i was following the correct procedure, i could of probably just told the uploader and not tagged them but i did not believe that is the right way to go. Also about the alex kelly image, i my self will replace that and upload a screencap i will take my self if that is the best way to go about it. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 15:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You're both one edit away from a 3RR violation on Image:Alex kelly.jpg. Good grief, can't you find something better to do? When the Fox site is back up try looking for official promo photos there. Thatcher131 (talk) 15:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your response, Thatcher. "Finding something better to do" is a bit of a dangerous question to ask any wikipedian -- they'd be no-one here!! I think Matthew and myself have cooled down. I disagree that indicating who captured the screenshot is overly important: so long as the source text is mentioned. As for the Alx whoever image, 3RR was inapplicable since it was not a content dispute: I was perfectly within my rights to request a review of that image. The JPStalk to me 15:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Having thought about the Alex Kelly photo some more, and looked around the net, I agree that while it could be an official Fox promo, it could also be a photo shot for some other commercial purpose, like a magazine, and would therefore be inelegible under the promo reasoning. A screencap would present no problems, or if there is a promo photo on the official site. (I've seen Mall stores that sell celeb promo stills, that might be another way to find good promo still shots.) Good luck. Thatcher131 (talk) 15:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's errors on both sides here.
    • The claim that these edits were retaliatory is, I think, without base. While it is blatantly obvious that User:MatthewFenton reviewed the image uploads of User:The JPS and went about tagging a number of these with {{nsd}} it should not be construed as retaliation or stalking. If a user, as a result of interaction with another user, find a nest of problems they shouldn't be prohibited from fixing something they perceive as wrong. If the user (in this case MatthewFenton) continued this into a revert war over all the edits, that would be a different matter but this has not happened here except on one image that I think is rightly contested. Also, The JPS; edit summaries as this one are not helpful to keeping a situation calm.
    • In this case, MatthewFenton has made an error in presuming that if a {{screenshot}} or {{albumcover}} tagged image does not have a source, it needs to have a source explicitly listed. This is not true. In each case of these images, the album or show from which the image has been taken was already listed, providing an opportunity for another editor to verify the source and copyright status of the image. That's what the goal of the descriptive text of images is, beyond describing the image; to provide a means to verify the image's status. In the case of album covers, the source is implied; it's from the album. Even if the image was taken from amazon.com, the original source is the album cover itself, not amazon's copy of it. Similarly for screenshots, the original source is the movie or tv-program from which the screenshot was taken. These sources, if noted (and they were), can be independently verified. Similar in this vein are logos and seals; if the copyright holder of the logo/seal is noted, the source is implied. For example, you stamped Image:Sunday Sun (North East England newspaper) logo.gif with an {{nsd}} tag. The image description did state who the holder of the copyright is. While it would be nice to have a web source for the image, it is not required; not all sources are on the web. If we note who holds the copyright of the image, it is sufficient to verify its status. --Durin 15:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Allan Wilson MSP

    I'd appreciate others looking into comments left recently on my talk page from User:Allan Wilson MSP and relating to the Allan Wilson (Scottish politician) article. These recent messages start at User talk:Wangi#Party Political Smearing and for three sections below - I have not responding to any of them.

    Previous discussion with this user (on 22 July) is at User talk:Wangi#Recent edits to Allan Wilson (MSP) / Allan Wilson (Scottish politician), and edits related to this can be found here. All edits were cleanups and a move of the article to a more common disambiguation. Discussion at the time was well mannered and ended in consensus.

    In short i'm confused by the user's speel (attack even) toward me... He seems to have taken insult by me removing non-encylopedic trivia (the line He is married and has two sons. Outside politics he was a keen footballer and a well known member of the Ayrshire football fraternity) and disambiguating the article using common "(Scottish politician)" rather than "(MSP)" - I only done this single article because, well you know that's all I had time to do. and as for sock puppets, well I never knew or said a thing...

    Edit: I also seem to have redirected the user's page to the article - at the time I thought it was a duplicate article (missed the "User:" at the front). User:Commander Keane deleted the redirect. /wangi 15:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Any assistance appreciated. Thanks/wangi 15:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I guess some context would be useful, the users final comment on my page: (/wangi 15:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

    Seriously, I'd appreciate some input on this matter... My edits were in good faith and as a result i've got someone leaving rather OTT comments on my talk page, which certainly are not in good faith. They've now started going through other comments on my page: [98] - a comment which is only there due to a CfD I left a comment on... /wangi 19:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    We have to guard against cases where someone uses the name of a famous person as their username, and then deliberately does prejudicial things in the hope of besmirching the reputatation of that person. That's a danger particularly in the case of politicians, where such abuse could be followed up by a report to a newspaper. This account hasn't done anything like that yet, but WP:USERNAME is clear, where it says "Names of well-known living or recently deceased people" aren't acceptable usernames. Consequently I've indefinately blocked this account (and if, as your post above suggests, they've created several other accounts then those should be blocked too). I've left a (hopefully polite) message on the account's talk page, asking them to email the OTRS list from their official (presumably GSI.gov.uk) email address - with that confirmation I guess the OTRS volunteers will feel able to confirm he's editing with Allan Wilson's permission and he can be unblocked. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Finlay, the suggestion above regarding the other accounts was from the user... Rather surprising because i'd not noticed nor said a peep. The language and tone of the posts today are very different from those on the 22nd - I really do think it's two different people. On the whole I'm just taken aback by the whole bad faith of it all, especially when I took time to explain things originally and all my edits were in good faith and well explained... Ah well, I guess it's worth some time trying to put together a response... /wangi 21:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    For now at least, I really wouldn't bother to respond to it. If he turns out to be the real deal, fair enough, but if not then engaging him in discussions is only feeding his trolling. If you see other accounts with variations on this name, or those of other Scottish politicians (both of which this account claimed were impending) they should be blocked for the same reason. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted Artical page Benjamin H freedman. Please Restore Promptly.

    Please do not delete history.

    Please restore this historical reference..

    1.72 Benjamin H. Freedman on the articals for deletion page.

    the primary reason for deletion was that the consensus believed that that man Benjamin H Freedman did not exist and does not exist.

    This is an amazing result as i would like to present the evidence below:

    link to html book

    the link above leads to a html version of a book entitled "Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT My Exploited Father-in-Law" here is the acknowledgments section:


    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    Mrs. Katharine L. Dall, Washington, D.C. - Special Miss Olga Butterworth, Wallingford, Pa. Willis A. Carto, Los Angeles, Calif. G. Ernest Dale, Philadelphia, Pa. Bernard R . DeRemer, Washington, D.C. Norman Dodd, New York, N.Y. Ex-Gov. George H. Earle, Philadelphia, Pa. Benjamin H. Freedman, New York, N.Y. Stockton Gaines, Montrose, Pa. Russell Hardy, Sr., Washington, D.C. Rev. T. Robert Ingram, Houston, Tex. Mrs. Rebecca Smith Lee, Lexington, Ky. Franz Ralston, Philadelphia, Pa. Isaac Requa, Jackson Heights, N.Y. John Sheridan, Philadelphia, Pa. Eduard W. Shober, Philadelphia, Pa. W. B. Vennard, Houston, Tex. Willis G. Wilmot, New Orleans, La.. Katharine L. Dall, Washington, D.C. - Special Miss Olga Butterworth, Wallingford, Pa. Willis A. Carto, Los Angeles, Calif. G. Ernest Dale, Philadelphia, Pa. Bernard R . DeRemer, Washington, D.C. Norman Dodd, New York, N.Y. Ex-Gov. George H. Earle, Philadelphia, Pa. Benjamin H. Freedman, New York, N.Y. Stockton Gaines, Montrose, Pa. Russell Hardy, Sr., Washington, D.C. Rev. T. Robert Ingram, Houston, Tex. Mrs. Rebecca Smith Lee, Lexington, Ky. Franz Ralston, Philadelphia, Pa. Isaac Requa, Jackson Heights, N.Y. John Sheridan, Philadelphia, Pa. Eduard W. Shober, Philadelphia, Pa. W. B. Vennard, Houston, Tex. Willis G. Wilmot, New Orleans, La.

    amazon link

    above is the book at Amazon.com

    furthermore, in speech which was given by Mr. Benjamin Freedman before a military organization in Washington, D.C. in 1974, Col. Curtis B. Dall in his introduction said this:

    Introduction by Col. Curtis B. Dall:

    "Briefly, I will add a word or two about my old friend, Ben Freedman, I consider it an honor. I was initially introduced to him as a sort of, well you meet a fellow, but I'm not so sure about him -he may be a sort of a Trojan Horse. Well, I said, let me make up my own mind. In the years that have followed, I make up my own mind I spent many happy evenings with him and his wife, Rose, who is not with us anymore. When Ben was over twenty-five -and, as I say, he comes from a very distinguished Jewish family in New York. When Ben moved over into the areas of Christianity with Rose, it took a great deal of courage. "Guts," is the name in the Marine Corps, for what it took. Ben has been ostracized by many of his friends for believing that this Country had objectives and ideals that did not appear in the minds of some of our alien citizens.

    So, it is with great respect and honor, I say, this gentleman is a world scholar in the areas which he will touch upon. It is my great pleasure, as a member of this fine military organization, to present the honorable Benjamin Freedman, of New York."

    Furthermore Dr Robert John Authored a book entitled "The Palestine Diary Volume 2, 3rd Edition: British"

    amazon link

    Robert John credits Benjamin H Freedman in the acknowledgements section of his historical document entitled

    "Behind the Balfour Declaration: Britain's Great War Pledge To Lord Rothschild"

    "To Benjamin H. Freedman, who committed himself to finding and telling the facts about Zionism and Communism. and encouraged others to do the some. The son of one of the founders of the American Jewish Committee, which for many years was anti-Zionist, Ben Freedman founded the League for Peace with Justice in Palestine in 1946. He gave me copies of materials on the Balfour Declaration which I might never have found on my own and encouraged my own research."

    Robert John Link

    also Benjamin Freedman is credited with a book of his own on amazon entitled "facts are facts"

    Book Description A facsimile reporduction reprinted and typeset to meet the many requests for a copy of the letter addressed to Dr David Goldstein,LL.D. of Boston, Massachusetts, by its author, Benjamin H. Freedman describing the history of the Khazarian Jews. The historic facts revealed here for the first time provide incontestible evidence that their continued suppression will prove inimical to the security of the nation, the peace of the world, the welfare of humanity, and the progress of civilization. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

    amazon link


    Furthemore I am willing to contact individuals to prove beyond a doubt that this person was real.

    Please do not delete history.

    Please restore this historical reference..

    -Theblackbay 15:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment This editor seems to be interested only in pushing an anti-Israel/anti-Zionist point of view (see contribs). It was he or she that wrote the original Benjamin H. Freedman article, which contained the immortal quote, "He broke with organized Jewry after the Judeo-Communist victory of 1945." The image of Freedman he or she uploaded is from a fringe "bible study" site that condemns Jews as Satanic and pushes Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion as an authentic, factual document. So basically, regardless of the existence or non-existence of Freedman, this stinks of a way to inject some Wikipedia credibility into a particularly cranky form of Christian anti-Semitism. If Freedman's notability outside anti-Semite circles could be established and an NPOV article writen about him, it could be OK. But the current article is not such an article and this is not the author to write it. · rodii · 17:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    EDIT: oops, I see that the current page was recreated by User:Theblackbay after an earlier deletion. So I don't know who the original author of the above words was, but it seems like recreating it implies an endorsement, at least. This article should be speedied as a recreation, but people might like to take a look at it first. · rodii · 17:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Originally created page was started by Afafj4749724 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who is indefblocked. Syrthiss 17:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Descriptions of a complaint or case that are as long and rambling as this make my eyes bleed. Theblackbay, you should have read the text at the beginning of this page, especially the following text that is in bold: "Please make your comments concise. Administrators are less likely to read long diatribes.". In any case, this is a repost of previously-deleted material, and I'm going to delete and protect it as such (and protect it if you re-create it again). You can bring it up in Wikipedia:Deletion review if you'd like, but only if you can keep your complaint short and concise. --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm... not sure if it qualifies as "re-creation of deleted content" because the deleted version was a stub, while this is expanded, but the AfD's consensus to delete looked at how notable this author is, and he's not. I'm deleting it anyway. Bring it up for deletion review if you'd like, I don't think your request belongs here. --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Refactored; removed some content already linked to. I echo Deathphoenix: take this to DRV. JDoorjam Talk 17:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    DRV or re-AfD

    I guess I was a little too hasty in deleting this. The new article is expanded from the previous stub that was AfDed and deleted. Do you guys think I should restore the post-AfD version and AfD it again, or should Theblackbay bring this up in DRV instead? --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    My take on the original AFD discussion was that the first article was deleted not because there was a notability dispute, but because there were copyvio concerns, a lack of reliable sources, and the subject was perceived to be a hoax of some sort. If new editors are able to present sources to the contrary, give them a chance and see what happens. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with Clown here. If it can turn into a real article, we should give it that chance. Friday (talk) 18:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough, I'll undelete it and give the folks a chance to improve on it. Thanks for your feedback guys! --Deathphoenix ʕ 19:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Out of control zaniness on an AfD

    I should love to have an uninvolved party examine the AfD on Leigh High School (Friday, July 28). The passions are running very high. Would someone neither in SchoolWatch nor a usual school voter who is also an administrator please take a look. In particular this edit [99] got to me a bit, as I'm accused of making a personal attack, and the other user's respose is to simply delete the words. Honest brokerage requested. Geogre 20:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I closed it no consensus. I think we should do that as a matter of course for every article with the S word in the title to save pain; it is against some people's religion to allow a school to be deleted or merged. I have long since given up any attempt to compromise with the schools inclusionists, they will not accept any solution other than their preferred one - I seem to recall being told that keep all schools was the compromise... Tempting though it might be to rouge things up a bit, at least they do a fair job of neutralising the really crap articles. Just zis Guy you know? 20:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree. I call it the Ivory Percentage of School Article Deletion: A real post-primary school (such as a secondary school, college, or university) nominated for deletion has a 99 44/100% chance of being kept.
    Heck, I've even seen a couple of hoax school articles blindly voted keep by these folks until someone actually did some research and found out that the school didn't exist. --Deathphoenix ʕ 21:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I hate to say it almost, for fear of dragging the muck to AN/I, but I've seen two where someone I opposed on RFA had voted to keep after it had been demonstrated as a hoax. I'm not joking. That person said that he didn't need to read the article. Most, since then, have been much more cautious. I don't feel that I can support any RFA on any person who believes in an "automatic" vote on anything, myself, but I am definitely cranky. Geogre 21:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Doesn't surprise me. And even after it's pointed out as a hoax the S word still causes some to vote Keep, IIRC. Just zis Guy you know? 21:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm one of those that won't accept any unofficial official policy, like "anyone making a personal attack is automatically blocked" or "we have successfully bused voters to the point where things are paralyzed, and therefore we have made policy," so I think that every article should be considered individually. I'm as tempted to rouge as the next, but I was really looking for some input on the possibility that, saying that I did not wish to argue with the feeble (and I was referring to a bit far below, actually, where someone wanted to get in a fight over my saying that the super rich get things), I had attacked some particular person's character. I didn't think so, obviously, as I'm not generally an insulter, but I figured I'd be as good as my scolding and call for outsiders to take a look. Geogre 21:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Geogre, I couldn't agree more. It frustrates the hell out of me that the majority of Keep votes on these articles are purely on religious grounds. It is a travesty of policy, consensus and guidelines that schools, alone out of all subjects are judged worthy of inclusion regardless of any objective measure of significance. I thank the good Lord that we don't have a McDonalds branch inclusionist cult (is that a bean I see there?). I have no idea what to do about these disruptive individuals and their vacuous directory entries, but they exist and we have to live with it. My preferred solution is to set up a sister project, but that (along with every other solution that is not "keep all schools, they are inherently notable") is unacceptable to the schools inclusionists. I went to a genuinely notable school, over a thousand years old, the only school in the English-speaking world to have educated a pope. It has a short article which cites reliable sources for facts other than its mere existence. That would seem to me to be the bare minimum for an encyclopaedia: non-trivial mentions in reliable sources which attest to more than the mere existence of the place. But I have absolutely no idea how to achieve this, and duking it out at AfD is not going to help. Just zis Guy you know? 21:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    For my part, the only form of actual militancy I'll take is, per above, to not agree to anyone's RFA if they believe that there are sacred topics that trump accomplished articles. Again, no desire to bring this kvetching to the general AN/I group, though. I'd rather see sweetness and light. Geogre 21:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I am the editor who has suggested that saying "I'm not interested in playing games with the feeble" in the course of an AfD discussion is a personal attack. It seems clear to me that it is an uncivil personal attack to name-call other editors "feeble", even if in a "generalized way". If it isn't, thats fine, but I just want it clear so I will be able to use the exact same phrase in future discussions without being accused of making a personal attack.--Nicodemus75 23:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    71.201.92.227 vandal

    Someone might want to watch them. Nothing but vandalizing. rootology 21:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Please put these at WP:AIV from now on. Once they've been warned enough, just post it there for blocks. Frankly, there's about a million IP addresses that are vandalising Wikipedia. Sasquatch t|c 00:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Mark Kirk - vandalism

    71.228.10.185 has blanked articles and made multiple deletions of properly sourced information. The user has done so to the College Republicans and the Mark Kirk articles. This user has been warned by at least three users: frymaster, Picaroon9288, Propol, and an administrator Gamaliel. Notes were left explaining the three revert rule and how to use talk pages to build consensus. 71.228.10.185 responded with an ad hominem attack on my talk page. This user then deleted information from the Mark Kirk article for a 5th time. I kindly ask that this i.p. address be blocked in order to prevent further vandalism. Thank you. Propol 22:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocking 48h for blatant 3rr violation and eprsonal attacks. Circeus 23:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

    On many occasions my edits have been reverted by Ragib (talk · contribs) . In current situation, he is bit rude and very reactionary. Wikipedia is for general public use it is no ones personal property.

    Please help me to resolve the dispute.


    Maakhter 23:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    All editors must abide by the three-revert rule. Ragib (talk · contribs) has made legitimate edits, removing a {{merge}} tag you added that suggested a merge with a non-existent article. Nothing to see here. Isopropyl 23:57, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    On a closer inspection, these two users appear to be engaged in content disputes that span multiple articles related to India and Pakistan. Isopropyl 23:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    For clarification, Maakhter (talk · contribs) has put a malformed merge tag in several articles, however the only "content dispute" that may be there are the following two pages:

    • India: Maakhter added a comment, and a POV-section tag regarding a map. I looked into the map, and didn't see any problem with the map as mentioned in the comment. So, I removed the tag, and replied in the talk page about the mismatch of the allegation and the map's actual content.
    • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 : Maakhter made a comment about neutrality, and added a malformed merge tag. I removed the malformed merge tag as the merge tag does not point to any existing article. From an anon IP, which from edits I presume belong to Maakhter, the tags were re-inserted. I reviwed the talk page comment, and since the specific NPOV issue is not specified in the comment, I removed the merge tag and the disputed tag. I also explained in the talk page and requested the user to be specific rather than generic, when commenting on POV allegations. Next I added a reference to a line that might have been questioned by Maakher. Other than this, I don't see any "rude" or "Reactionary" behavior, or claiming something as "my personal property"

    From Maakhter's contributions, it seems that Maakhter has suddenly found a whole lot POV issues in a lot of articles, and copy-pasted the same argument without being clear. He hasn't discussed any thing further in the talk page despite my request to specify the POV issues. He also went right away to file an RFM claiming that this issue has been submitted and the "dispute" has been attempted to be solved via AN/I and RFC, while in reality, his attempts for filing RFM preceeded these events.

    Anyway, I have asked and will ask the user once again to discuss the issue in the talk page of the relevant article, before claiming that there is a "dispute" that needs "mediation/arbitration/rfc" etc. The diffs are all above, and I haven't intereacted in any other article recently with this user, which my contribution log will show. Thanks. --Ragib 00:30, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Said RFM has since been rejected for lack of agreement to mediate. Just FYI for anyone interested. For the Mediation Committee, Essjay (Talk) 00:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    NOTE: Several other malformed tags inserted by Maakhter (talk · contribs) (which needs to be corrected, but I'd prefer some other admin to do that) include:

    Thanks. --Ragib 00:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You are right (Isopropyl ) my many edits have been reverted by pro-Indian editors. I request that these articles should be balanced and put a point of view which represents the views of all parties concerned. Furthermore, these articles must be based on facts rather than personal opinions or references to unsubstantiated allegations.

    The article I want it be merged with is Indo-Pakistani Wars. It does exist.

    Maakhter 01:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Has any Pakistani been charged for genocide? What about the current relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh? The relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh are very friendly. If someone accuses Pakistan for genocide then why Bangladesh is so friendly with Pakistan, while no one has charged any Pakistani for genocide.

    Has Bangladesh given up its allegation of genocide against Pakistan? If not then, why they are so friendly with Pakistan? Why Bangladesh does not want to chase its allegations of genocide against Pakistan?

    Do you mean that United Nations and everyone else in the world kept quite at this alleged genocide? Who gave you the figure of three million people dieing in the conflict?

    Therefore, its not just Pakistani who are denying it, the rest of the world by not asking for investigations, actually supported the Pakistani point of view. The allegations were not worth a formal investigation.

    The reason is that there was no genocide. It is Indian propaganda.

    Maakhter 01:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Zango incident

    As you may know, earlier this year, a minor scandal arose out of the adware company Zango having created an article on Zango Messenger in this format. Another Wikipedia user engaged in an edit war with the anonymous user, whose IP address can be tracked to 180 SOLUTIONS HOOKED-2 through any free IP address checking website such as www.dnsstuff.com. Eventually the anonymous user seemed to give up.

    I have discovered that Zango has been editing Wikipedia more recently, with edits as soon as April, May, and July. These edits manipulate Zango related articles, or else edit articles related to computer games and video in order to linkspam the Zango website. Here is a list of all IP addresses known to be used by Zango, with the Wikipedia contributions list linked first and the Reverse DNS results linked second. These provide either 180 SOLUTIONS HOOKED-2, which contains the company's old name, or Zango Canada.

    These yield another set of information, but they engage in the same tactics as the Zango IP address.

    The most recent edits by these IP addresses took place today, July 28. In the edit summary, it claims the edit was made for "Fact checking and bias redirection." See: [102] The same IP address that made this edit also wrote on the article's discussion page,

    "29 June 2006, reworked the corporate advertising copy for accuracy. I hope you don't mind me having a little fun with these shills. If you object to my copy, please exchange it for your own, so long as it is not advertising and/or misinformation in Zango's favour. Thank you and good night. [Anonymous]"

    Two things are clear from this. First, the user admits engaing in corporate advertising. Second, the user thinks he is anonymous, and thus must not be aware of IP addresses. Zango has allegedly engaged in tactics similar to this on the website MySpace, paying users with many "friends" an amount of money to put a video on their user profile that asks Zango to be installed when viewed. When questioned, Zango replied that this was an "accident." For this incident, from a company with 150 to 250 employees, according to the Wikipedia information, I would expect management to be able to reign in employees enough to be able to know what they are doing with their computers.

    Though the IP addresses have reverted vandalism or made spelling corrections in about six of their total edits, I do not think this outweighs harm the addresses have made elsewhere. I am seeking a permanent ban on these users pending administrator intervention, especially those the reverse DNS reports reveal to be owned by Zango. Daniel Bush 00:39, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Weird, several are from a Radio Shack in Canada. rootology 00:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I've taken out 205.205.86.0/24 for 3 months but I'm not yet sure about the other IPs.Geni 01:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    207.236.93.0/24, the Radio Shack, for what its worth is just editing it looks like corporate type articles it looks like related to Canada. Not sure if thats a violation or what, based on the other stuff... rootology 01:40, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Nevermind about the radioshack 207.236.93.0/24 one. It seems that he was reading an old revision by the Zango IP addresses and edited it while looking at it, resulting in it being reverted to the old version. He had edited it to comment that it will make your computer run like a Commodore 64. The other addresses, though, should be blocked. Daniel Bush 01:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, no problem. Was just perusing their logs to see what was happening... rootology 01:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems Wrong....

    I could be totally off here, but is User:MYPASSWORDIS3456 breaking some sort of rule with his userpage? It seems to be the Mental Retardation article copied verbatim (which has the effect of putting his userpage in a number of mainspace categories)... Not quite sure if he's doing anything wrong, but it seemed a tad suspicious... - pm_shef 01:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have blocked the account for advertising the password, which was actually 3456. I also "hacked" the account and chamged the password. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:34, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    three reverts made by Antaeus Feldspar

    regarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_%28South_Park_episode%29#Satire (see history)

    There is a contribution that I feel is valid and is public knowledge. South Park has an episode about Scientology (episode 912) This episode lampoons Scientology and some celebrities go into the closet (and stay there) Frank Zappa has a song that Lampoons Scientology (A TOKEN OF MY EXTREME, from album JOES GARAGE, 1979) This song also pokes fun at Scientology and going 'into the closet' as well.

    Both are Satires Both are about Scientology Both use the words "in the closet" Both use sexual innuendo T here are no other satirical works of any form or fashion that deal with both Scientology and Closets.

    This makes them uniquely similar. Any speculation toward any direction has been edited out due to Antaeus Feldspar's tenacious attack of this contribution of mine

    user: Antaeus Feldspar said to me...

    "First of all, no evidence has been presented that it is verifiable information from a reliable source. Even if it is -- what is it, besides trivia? Does it give us a reason to look at the episode differently? Not really. Secondly, please acquaint yourself with the three-revert rule. You haven't broken it yet, but I want to be sure that you have received adequate notice. -- Antaeus Feldspar 22:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)"[reply]

    Antaeus Feldspar, I am sure, is trying to uphold the quality of the community, but in this correspondence, he admits that at best my contribution to the entry is "trivia." This is why I placed it in the "trivia" section. He seems to speak for everyone when he says "does it give US a reason..." I am not offering opinions here, I am offering facts that bridge two parodies of a similar vein.

    He has personally reverted this entry three times, then issued a warning to ME.

    If it is simply a matter of how I am choosing my words, please let me know. All the information I have put into this is factual, and I took every step to revise to Antaeus Feldspar's specifications but I need your help now because I am afraid we are dealing with a "pissing contest" now.

    Thanks

    Here is the line from the article that I edited... first I put it in trivia, I kept budging... Feldspar wouldnt let up. He finally deleted it with a warning:

    Frank Zappa's song A TOKEN OF MY EXTREME is another satirical work that contains both a parody of Scientology and going into the closet.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_%28South_Park_episode%29#Satire (see history) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.124.232 (talk • contribs)

    User:Ste4k's attempt to get all talk history deleted though complex move operations and manipulation

    More attempts to confuse editors and the RfC against her. She has moved the talk page to the user page, then back, then to another user's name, then to a subpage User:Rrock/stuff, then wrote over that page with a unix man page. This also deleted all reference to User talk:Ste4k/Archives of first three weeks

    By moving the page, getting an admin to delete the page she has covered this up, and currently wants the pages speedy deleted to do a final cover up, and look like she never existed. The user she moved to she claimed was her "husband" (who challenged me to a fight in the RfC}.

    User has a history of deliberate deception.

    So, when does the communities patience |run out? --mboverload@ 02:24, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Uhm, excuse me bud, but, your talkin about my account here. Any reason you makin a big deal out stuff without tellin me first? Rrock 02:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC) Uhm, by the way, what you mean by "rfc against her. She told me that rfc was spozed to be helpin her. you got bad faith or sumpn? Rrock 02:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Oh and by the way, you'd better get your facts straight, especially when bothering admin's on a notice board. I hear that people on WP frown on trouble-makers. If you've got an issue with my account, then send a me a message in my talk space. Rrock 02:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • You are either using deceptive methods to hide and destroy another users talk page or you are using deceptive methods to hide and destroy your own talk page. Either way, I recommend blocking both accounts (at least 48 hours so we can talk about this) and reverting the moves; also post this at Ste4k's RFAR. Thatcher131 (talk) 02:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • The arbitration committee looks at all sides when user conduct is before arbitration. Ste4k would not be the first person who brought a case only to find herself at the wrong end of the hammer. I urge you both to calm down and play by the rules while you still have the chance. Thatcher131 (talk) 02:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Your overwriting the Talk page with other content was a deliberate attempt to hide Ste4k's Talk page. You could be blocked for disruption just as easily as he could be. I suggest you not help him do something like that again. I have moved it back by the way. User:Zoe|(talk) 02:40, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Both are the same user, rrock is a sockpuppet --mboverload@ 02:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Thats a pretty serious charge, you'd better have some data to back it up. How about you show me that right here. Rrock 02:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Don't tempt me. Thatcher131 (talk) 02:45, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Aw. Mackensen (talk) 02:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    i was talkin to the other guy. i sent you a note. Rrock 02:49, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Contents of the note: She wont be back. Rrock 02:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
    That's pretty convient --mboverload@ 02:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    What are you sockpuppet yourself? Why are you talkin for that other guy, huh? Rrock 02:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    A meat puppet is also a puppet. —Quarl (talk) 2006-07-29 02:53Z

    lol, whatever. Rrock 02:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    move to block indef as having exhausted the community's patience, for both accounts. ~Kylu (u|t) 02:56, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    i think i already said that, but you've got it backwards. later. Rrock 03:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I say 6 months; it's enough time for all this animosity to dissipate. But the gist of it is, I support a long block. Mangojuicetalk 03:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    As expected, checkuser confirms they are the same user. Indefblock the sock and decide what to do with the puppetmaster. If the checkuser result is needed for the RfAr, I can provide it to the AC. Essjay (Talk) 03:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have to go through an RfAr?.... *chokes himself* --mboverload@ 03:13, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    There is already a request on RFAR where Ste4k is a party; if the AC believes this evidence is relevant to it, I'll provide it. Essjay (Talk) 03:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    No block? *gets out a posioned knife dipped in Dart frog posion and smeared with feces* --mboverload@ 03:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Essjay likes to stay out of disputes by blocking the socks but letting the community decide what to do with the main accounts. It's not a bad policy, and it's probably the only way he can run checkuser without redlining his stress levels. Thatcher131 (talk) 03:24, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The Sock's blocked already anyway. ~Kylu (u|t) 03:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    After years on the internet I have never seen someone with this kind of behavior change for the better. Although it is possible, I think it is highly unlikely. Ste4k has exhausted almost everyone involved with him/her and run others off of WP. I think Ste4k should be permanently blocked. If not, they will just return later (and smarter) and this will all start up again but will be harder to spot.—Who123 03:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Insane Clown Posse edit war

    Banned user User:YaR GnitS edit-warring over the same passage that got him banned, via anonymous IP and sockpuppet User:YaR GnitS 73--Rosicrucian 03:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Both have been blocked for 24 hours for 3RR violation, please review if the block of Ryulong was unnecessary considering possible extenuating circumstances. He still did technically violate 3RR, though. --Cyde↔Weys 03:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    1. ^ a b c d TMJ Syndrome: The Overlooked Diagnosis, A. Richard, D. D. S. Goldman Virginia McCullough, chapter 5, http://www.headandneck.com/book/Chapter5.htm
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