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Loganmac

Loganmac (talk · contribs) is one of several accounts of a decent age who has since become solely a single purpose account to attempt to skew the Gamergate controversy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article into one in the favor of the "gamergate" crowd. In his most recent actions, he has decided to screencap a thread on the article's talk page and then post about it to his Twitter and on Reddit in an attempt to discredit the thread's author and Wikipedia's ability to cover the subject of the article. Bosstopher, the author of the thread, requested that Loganmac post corrections regarding his opinion which Loganmac has misinterpreted and Loganmac has refused basically citing first amendment rights. It is clear that Loganmac is no longer here to write an encyclopedia but further an off-site conflict, as the last substantial edit he made that was unrelated to this dispute was in 2011. If anyone is to be able to write a neutrally written article on this subject, it has to be without these wannabe Upton Sinclairs in the mix souring the collegiate atmosphere.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:21, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

• "We cannot punish editors for off-wiki activities" is something I hear fairly regularly. Be that as it may, having this user, essentially an SPA, participate in the GamerGate matter is of no use, and I agree: NOTHERE. Drmies (talk) 18:28, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
  • On a side note does this mean there's no rule against me going onto the reddit thread/twitter and explaining how I'm being misrepresented? Bosstopher (talk) 18:31, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
    • Correct. It's probably not a good idea, but there's no rule against it. 199.47.73.100 (talk) 18:41, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
      • Why would it be a bad idea? Bosstopher (talk) 18:48, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
        • Well now Ryulong has told me "learn to fucking read" on twitter https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516651395512950785. It's twitter, he can tell me whatever he wants, I really don't care. The screencap was my own free opinion on an unrelated site. I really don't get why he got so angry about me tweeting that. And I'm not a single purpose account, I'm most active in the Spanish wikipedia, and I had another account in the 3 years "abscence" on the English wiki of which I've forgotten my password, since this account is linked to my email I looked up the password in my email. Remember that we're not accountable to what we do outside Wikipedia, just as noone was held accountable for doxxing Titanium Dragon and a trans minor editor on Wikipediocracy. Also Ryulong should know I didn't cite "first amendment rights", since I'm not from the US, which for some reason he thought I was by default Loganmac (talk) 19:00, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
          • Whilst he could have phrased it more politely, Ryulong is indeed correct about your inability to parse a section of text. No-one there is trying to "get rid" of Kain as a source, they're saying he's over-represented in the article, which given the number of times he's referenced is a pretty reasonable point. Black Kite (talk) 19:05, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
          • Well clearly you couldn't read what Bosstopher had to say, Loganmac. And this is the second time I've heard someone say "I have an account on another project where I'm more active" in this debate. What account do you use there because I'm sure you can be allowed to rename your local account to match that one so they're linked. And this is entirely unrelated to whatever the fuck Titanium Dragon did. Your presence on this website is now disruptive, now that you've decided to take your concerns of it to other websites rather than attempting to discuss it here.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:09, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
        • Because nothing productive will come of descending into their gutter. Conspiratorial minded folks just aren't going to listen to your reasonable explanations. It's hard to leave bulllshit charges unanswered, but you won't be correcting the record there, you will just open yourself up for more abuse. Trust me, people have been making shit up about me for years on JFK assassination websites because of my work here, and once you get past the annoyance, you will find it all completely meaningless. You can and should, however, confront Loganmac here for his inappropriate actions. Gamaliel (talk) 20:50, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

So what you're essentially saying here is "I don't like this guy's constant reiteration of his opinion, so I'll just shut him up 'cuz he hurt muh feels off wiki". M'kay. Censorship in a nutshell. 72.78.145.144 (talk) 18:58, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

This isn't Reddit so don't throw your comments in ahead of other people's. And no. Loganmac has been disrupting the project by bringing an off-site conflict onto the site and is harassing people by doing things offsite. This isn't censorship either. This is banning someone for being a drain on the community's resources because they are solely here to stir up shit, which is the exact same reason bans of this nature are being meted out at 4chan, Reddit, and other areas. This isn't a first amendment right. The world at large has the privilege of being allowed to edit Wikipedia and in this case, Loganmac has abused that privilege by harassing people through off-site channels.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:09, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

How have I've been disrupting it? When the article wasn't blocked I didn't erase all mentions of misogyny and harassment since you're right the press has made it the focal point. I tried helping reword the leading when the article was just getting started. Also, again with the first amendment, I'm not from the US, I don't have any idea what it covers nor do I care. And I didn't harass anyone. I presented a screencap and that's it, why do you put forward that reddit link? How do you know it's me? That for me seems more like your definition of harassment Loganmac (talk) 19:31, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

You didn't have to present the screencap in the first place in the places where there's guaranteed replies. And because the Reddit link contains the same screencap from the Twitter account and it was posted by a "Logan Mac".—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:34, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Why shouldn't I, I'm not allowed to critisize Wikipedia outside wikipedia? Also I wonder how did you come to find that reddit post, did you google my username?Loganmac (talk) 19:36, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

I found your reddit post and twitter post, because I am an avid reader of both the #GamerGate hashtag and [to a lesser extent] KotakuinAction. My grievance is not that you are criticizing Wikipedia outside Wikipedia, it is that your posts are lies, you know your posts are lies, but you still wont apologize or issue an amendment. As it stands I'm not sure this warrants a ban, but you've made a factual error and need to correct it. Don't be such a fuddy duddy. Bosstopher (talk) 20:05, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

• Ryulong, you should not stoop to the level of Logan and pursue disputes outside of Wikipedia. KonveyorBelt 19:16, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

  But is pursuing a Wikipedia dispute off of Wikipedia making 3 left turns to turn right?—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:23, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

  I just spent about 5 minutes puzzling over the meaning of this comment -- I'm pretty sure this is a snarky way to say that "two wrongs make a right". A trout for both Ryulong and Logan, and let's end this petty back-and-forth. Shii (tock) 01:05, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

  All I've done is make one comment to him on Twitter and say he should be censured for having the gall to take an off-wiki dispute, bring it on wiki, and then take part of the dispute that happens on wiki back off-wiki again.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 03:47, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

• Logan should apologize to Bosstopher for misrepresenting that editor's comments, which were rather even-handed towards Kain, but beyond that I feel this is premature. We are not talking about an SPA because Logan has contributed to other articles well before getting involved in this article. He has actually not made many edits to the articles and said edits are not particularly objectionable.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 20:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

• Perhaps not in the strictest technical sense a single-purpose account, but that's quite a gap in the editing history, from Feb2011-Sept2014, suddenly showing up again to dive into gamergate. This account is singularly focused on GG right now. Tarc (talk) 00:13, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

There are so many inactive accounts that have come back to Wikipedia for the express purpose of diving head first into the Gamergate debate because the semi-protection ensures that no newly made accounts can do shit. There's a user who had a 6 year old account with 1 edit on it, made 9 more edits two weeks ago, and then began heavily editing the article. There are way too many people who have these kinds of accounts and have begun editing after years of inactivity just to make sure that their side of the debate is covered on the page, which means they want to throw out any source that they believe has some vague bias against them and only institute sources that are heavily biased in their favor, because to them that's a neutral press.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 03:47, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

That shows an amazing amount of patience. Has there ever been discussion of automatically disabling registered accounts that have been inactive for, say, a year or more? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:15, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it's really patience as much as it is "Oh look I already registered here, better use it to my advantage to further this external dispute." And I don't think anything has really been said. I think I've only seen talk of it for admins who've up and vanished.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:35, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Knowing that they still allow IP's to edit, this is probably futile... but what would be the process to initiate and/or revive such a discussion? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm puzzled as to why would anyone would bring up the single-purpose account essay as a reason why someone should be banned. Is there anything in the links that Ryulong has reported of Loganmac conduct that contravenes policy? Diego (talk) 11:45, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Being a single purpose account is often a symptom of other problematic behaviors that are not desired on Wikipedia. Such as not being here to build an encyclopedia.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 17:19, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps, but you should treat the disease, not the symptoms. If the only "crime" is being a single-purpose account, this is not against the rules and therefore should not be the basis of a request to block a fellow editor (and certainly not merely because of content disagreements). WP:ANYONE is allowed to edit here, even if we don't like you. Diego (talk) 22:02, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Yet there is a limit to how much we allow such behavior to continue all of the time.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:04, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the links you have provided happened within a few hours, three days ago. And it doesn't help that you keep reacting to them; you could simply WP:DENY recognition and let things cool down. Diego (talk) 11:39, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Please close

Unless you have specific rule violations that Logan haa been committing, there doesn't appear to be a case to ban him. SPA or NOTHERE aren't a basis to vote to ban someone from the wiki, just because you disagree with their opinions. We have to assume good faith. 72.89.93.231 (talk) 01:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually, NOTHERE is a reason people are banned.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:02, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

A non-policy information page based on subjective judgement of someone else's behavior? No, the reasons for banning someone are in the policies linked from there. Breaching WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK, WP:DISRUPTIVE, Wikipedia:BATTLE, Wikipedia:NPA, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, WP:DR an the other policies mentioned there are the basis why people are banned, not a mere perception that they're "NOTHERE"; you'd need to show that Loganmac has irredeemably acted against several of those and convince others that it's bad enough to merit the capital punishment. You've breached some of those yourself, so you shouldn't bee too eager to have others banned - your own behavior has been put under scrutiny as well. Diego (talk) 09:01, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

WP:BATTLE ahs been breached considering he's only been contributing to a single article and using off-site means to pursue support for his cause on site.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Fetx2002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Se-keun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Sun-hyung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-kyu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-goo_(basketball)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Floquenbeam

I'd like to ask you to interrupt access of the user Fetx2002 who continues to change the official profile to a bit different one to wiki. U-tima (talk) 08:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

From previous experience with these two, U-tima is abusing multiple accounts and I've blocked the account (and all the socks, I think) from editing. Fetx2002 is edit warring too (and, IMHO, is wrong about the underlying formatting issue), but I don't have the heart to block someone for edit warring when they're reverting someone freely edit warring with socks. Instead, I've protected the 2 pages for a week, in the (vain?) hope they start using the talk page. If the person behind U-tima shows up at the talk page and discusses this, I'd be inclined to not block the new account. Also, I'll let Fetc2002 know this thread is even here. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Requesting block.

I'd like to request to be blocked for 3 months becuase I cannot willingly refrain from editing, and it's just so annoying considering I have to study for academic tests and then end up editing for 3/4 of, if not the whole day. StanTheMan87 (talk) 07:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

StanTheMan87: Have you considered Wikibreak Enforcer? - Purplewowies (talk) 07:52, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiBreak Enforcer: "User can still view/edit as an anon through their IP Address."

Not much help for the compulsive editor, imo.

Obviously the OP would need an IP block too. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 08:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

An associated anonblock will cover the IP issue. @StanTheMan87: Please confirm on my talk page that you want to do this and I will action.  Philg88 ^♦talk 09:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Hang on a minute. Shouldn't we make sure the IP isn't shared first? Even if it's a softblock, I don't know it's appropriate to require people to register because one editor can't resist the temptation to edit. I acknowledge that technically StanTheMan87 could vandalise anonymously sufficiently to require a softblock, but I would hope they are better than that. So I'm not sure that we should start softblocking IPs on demand when the person behind it is only one user and not someone with administrative authority. (I believe we do sometimes block school IPs when someone with administrative authority says they feel it's too difficult for them to control vandalism so it'll be better if it's just blocked.) Nil Einne (talk) 13:21, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• StanTheMan87, I sympathize with your plight, and so does Bishonen who has, especially for souls like yours, wrote up User:Bishzilla/Self-requested pocketings. Good luck with your studies. If you're in one of my classes, signal such by drawing an upside-down monkey on your next homework assignment and I'll give you an extra sticker. Drmies (talk) 14:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Almost makes me want to re-matriculate...almost. Tiderolls 14:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I'd suggest editing your Hosts (file) to send wikipedia.org somewhere else (like this page) to serve as an incentive. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:39, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Or download SelfControl, if you have a Mac. If not, this is how to block a website on all browsers. (Hey Drmies, give me an extra sticker. See? Here's my upside-down monkey.) – Epicgenius (talk) 20:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Editor has been voluntarily blocked for three months but it seems that now the talk page is full of notices about images and copyright problems which cannot be responded to in the normal manner. As a result, this block had added a (little) bit of inconvenience for others. I hope it isn't necessary to reverse this but it's something to consider the next time this kind of request comes up. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

A plot to discredit me?

Looking to see if an editor had replied to this comment I had added to his talkpage, I just came across this discussion, which appears to me to show User:Archon 2488 and User:Lesser Cartographies conspiring to discredit me. I believe this is Archon 2488's attempt to silence me in response to my challenging him to explain why he is spending most of his time on Wikipedia converting UK-related articles to primarily use metric units of measurement rather than the British units that the original creators of the articles used, and which are in more dominant use in modern Britain and in the contemporary sources. He hasn't had the manners to respond to that message yet. Are there any policies or guidelines that can be invoked to nip this overtly bad-faith behaviour and personal attack in the bud? ProProbly (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

WP:HARASS is fairly broad but I would suggest you don't start off with 'attempting to silence' and 'plots to discredit' when it's a dispute over the use of what units to use in articles. I know there's a relevant Manual of style section (and tons of arguments) you can point that editor to and if the revisions are disruptive and against policy, then that conduct is worth mentioning. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:50, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Ricky81682, however they've now concocted a cynical and misleading "SPI" between them, clearly designed, not as a neutral attempt to present evidence, but with cherry-picked and misrepresented content, to persuade readers to accept their false assertions. And Lesser Cartographies has canvassed likely sympathisers with this inflammatory addition to the discussion on the Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers talkpage. All clearly desperate attempts to silence my challenges of their joint enterprise to undermine the principles of MOSNUM. ProProbly (talk) 21:16, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The proper MOS is at Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Units_of_measurement which is subject to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article_titles_and_capitalisation. If there's an issue, AE enforcement can be the proper page in my view. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Given that the discussion in question took place on a publicly-visible talk page, and followed a similar discussion on my own talk page some months previously (relating to a previous SPI involving this editor, with which Lesser Cartographies was involved), I do not think this is conspiratorial behaviour. Both discussions related to the disruptive tendency of ProProbly to revert edits which were in line with the MOS; these reverts were justified by ProProbly's belief that UK articles should use what he considers "indigenous" units. This concept of "indigenous" is not part of the MOS and has not been seriously entertained by anyone but him; it seems to be just a stick for him to beat the metric system with. It is not relevant which units "the original creators of the articles used" because the appropriate choice of units is detailed at WP:UNITS, as has been explained to ProProbly on several occasions by several editors. His conduct has led to the suspicion that he is yet another sockpuppet of DeFacto, who was banned years ago for such disruptive agitation against the metric system.

It is also incorrect that I have spent "most of [my] time on Wikipedia converting UK-related articles to primarily use metric units". I have edited many articles relating by no means exclusively to the UK to ensure that they complied with the general MOS preference for metric units; in the vast majority of instances this was not controversial. In the case of US-related articles, I ensured that conversions from US customary units to metric units were provided. Where UK articles gave distances in miles, I ensured that appropriate conversions to kilometres were provided. His current dispute with me relates in part to the article on Donald Dewar, because he does not think it appropriate to give the height of the statue primarily in metres. A short discussion on WT:MOSNUM revealed that nobody shared his opinion on this, which he seems unwilling to accept. Archon 2488 (talk) 20:13, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

DeFacto sock. I'll write up the SPI on Saturday if no one beats me to it. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 20:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

SPI is here. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 03:24, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Fake data being added by User:Hamzahk53 (another Jagged85 in the making???)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Not only this this user consistently violating WP:MOSISLAM by replacing the word "Muhammad" with "Prophet Muhammad" like here: 1 he has also done other serious violations similar to what Jagged85 did

Collapsing very long list of examples

summary First I want to say this mentions only about 5 of the 20-50 articles he edited. From his history page it looks like he has edited 20-50 articles and i dont have the time to fix it all His main violations are as follows: 1. Adding fake references that do not mention what he wrote 2. Adding unreferenced data and in many cases the unreferenced data was added after he deleted referenced data (i.e his replacing referenced data with unreferenced data) 3. Removing references (i counted 2 occasions so far) and replacing with "citation needed" tag This fellow seems to be trying to add a "Defensive flavour" to muhammads military campaigns by adding UNreferenced information about muhammad being persecuted and attacked first. Despite over whelming muslim sources like this clearly mentioning that thise battles/oeprations were offensive, see here for offensive defensive breakdown of muhammads battles from islamic sources. Also for the offensive miltiary campaigns muhammad took part in, he seems to be adding the unreferenced idea that muhammad participated in those offensive military camapigns to force the opponent he attacked into a peace treaty. Even when he adds references they are fake, the references dont say what he claims they say. --Misconceptions2 (talk) 16:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC) Adding completely fake data and claiming it is mentioned in reference here he added: This troop was sent 7 to 9 months after the Hijrah (migration to Madīnah). However, there are differences of opinion among the early Islamic scholars on the exact timing of this operation. Some authorities hold that it was the first caravan raid the Prophet ordered being the first military action in the history of Islam. While, the others comment that Sariyyah Baṭn Rābigh was the first operation Muḥammad ordered entrusting ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Ḥārith with its commandership. − According to Ibn Isḥāq, "Some people say that Ḥamzah's banner was the first awarded by the Messenger of Allah to any of the Muslims. This was because he had dispatched Ḥamzah and ‘Ubaydah at the same time; this confused people." − − Ibn Kathīr commented that Mūsā ibn ‘Uqbah quoted Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhri as saying that the Prophet had dispatched Ḥamzah before ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Ḥārith. He maintained that Ḥamzah's mission came before the expedition to al-Abwā'. And that when the Messenger of Allah returned from al-Abwā’, he dispatched ‘Ubaydah b. al-Ḥārith along with 60 Emigrants. − − Al- Wāqidī’s opinion was: "The raid made by Ḥamzah in Ramaḍān took place in 1 AH; ‘Ubaydah's expedition came thereafter, in Shawwāl in the same year." − Ibn Isḥāq quoted from Ḥamzah’s poetry indicating that his banner was the first awarded in Islam. Ibn Isḥāq stated, "If Ḥamzah did speak this, then so it was for he only ever spoke the truth. But Allah knows best what happened. What we have heard from scholars was that ‘Ubaydah was the first. and claimed the source is "Al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Kathīr, volume 2, p237" , but the source doesnt mention this. here he added: The Meccans would not leave Muḥammad at peace even in Madīnah. After their attempt to assassinate Muḥammad became futile, they were infuriated and sought to take vengeance after his successful escape. They were desperate in stopping him with whatever means possible. − − To their utmost concern, they also saw that Muḥammad was gaining control over the principal trade route to Syria & Egypt by signing non-aggression treaties and forming alliances with the neighboring tribes (Banū Ḍamrah, Banū Juhaynah) of Madīnah. In a letter to ‘Abdullah ibn Ubayy, the would-be king of Yathrib, Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb & Ubayy ibn Khalaf threatened him for giving refuge to the Ṣābi‘ūn (i.e. heretics) and would wage war against Madīnah unless he either killed Muḥammad or surrendered him. He gave the source as "Ibn Sa‘d, aṭ-Ṭabaqāt 2: 9" but the source doesnt even mention this. This source in fact is a source from the dark ages (7th century) so its absolutely ridiculous that he would claim that it mentions everything he says. here he added: Criticism of western view − The state of Madīnah at its incipient stage had insignificant military strength to organize any offensive attack on the Quraysh, much less at the interval of nearly every 2 months. By making the first move, it would have been irrational & unwarranted for Muhammad to deliberately provoke his fierce opponent that was much superior to him in strength and other capabilities. In fact, the vulnerability & helplessness of the Muslims at the early stage of migration was revealed in the following verse of Qur’an: (8:26) − Therefore any claim of the commentators who narrated that the objective of the early invasions was to relieve poverty by raiding the Quraysh caravans is unsupported. It is not plausible to send only 30 riders over a caravan of 300 armored men. this is just his opinion Removal of referenced data and replaced with unreferenced data and opinions here he removed REFERENCED data and replaced it with the following unreferenced data and opinions: With the escalating military threats posed by the Quraysh of Mecca, the Prophet took the initiative of securing the protection of the Muslims by gaining as many allies as possible, especially within the vicinity and the outskirts of Madīnah. Therefore, the purpose of this expedition was solely diplomatic as well as missionary. So any account of raiding Banu Ḍamrah of Waddān is unauthenticated. creating new articles which are POV fork of existing articles and adding unreferenced apologetic information here he added: This operation was organized as a series of expeditions in order to intercept the caravans of the Quraysh, wealthy merchants of Mecca who were involved in the oppression and persecution of the Muslims. This wasnt referenced and is a POV fork of Caravan Raids#first raid here he added: This operation was organized as a series of expeditions in order to intercept the caravans of Quraysh owned by the wealthy merchants of Mecca who were involved in the oppression & persecution of the Muslims. The purpose of the raids was to weaken the economic backbone of Mecca so that the Quraysh would lose their offensive capabilities against the Muslims and eventually be forced to make an agreement of peace. Again no references and is a POV fork creating new articles which are POV fork of existing articles and adding unreferenced apologetic information here he stated: This troop was sent 7 to 9 months after the Hijrah (migration to Madīnah). However, there are differences of opinion among the early Islamic scholars on the exact timing of this operation. Some authorities hold that it was the first caravan raid the Prophet ordered being the first military action in the history of Islam. While, the others comment that Sariyyah Baṭn Rābigh was the first operation Muḥammad ordered entrusting ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Ḥārith with its commandership. − According to Ibn Isḥāq, "Some people say that Ḥamzah's banner was the first awarded by the Messenger of Allah to any of the Muslims. This was because he had dispatched Ḥamzah and ‘Ubaydah at the same time; this confused people." − − Ibn Kathīr commented that Mūsā ibn ‘Uqbah quoted Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhri as saying that the Prophet had dispatched Ḥamzah before ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Ḥārith. He maintained that Ḥamzah's mission came before the expedition to al-Abwā'. And that when the Messenger of Allah returned from al-Abwā’, he dispatched ‘Ubaydah b. al-Ḥārith along with 60 Emigrants. − − Al- Wāqidī’s opinion was: "The raid made by Ḥamzah in Ramaḍān took place in 1 AH; ‘Ubaydah's expedition came thereafter, in Shawwāl in the same year." − Ibn Isḥāq quoted from Ḥamzah’s poetry indicating that his banner was the first awarded in Islam. Ibn Isḥāq stated, "If Ḥamzah did speak this, then so it was for he only ever spoke the truth. But Allah knows best what happened. What we have heard from scholars was that ‘Ubaydah was the first. He claims the source is "Al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Kathīr, volume 2, p237" (exactly the same as source he gave for other articles he created), but source doesnt even say this. here he added more fake apologetic information: The Meccans would not leave Muḥammad at peace even in Madīnah. After their attempt to assassinate Muḥammad became futile, they were infuriated and sought to take vengeance after his successful escape. They were desperate in stopping him with whatever means possible. He claims the source is "Ibn Sa‘d, aṭ-Ṭabaqāt 2: 9" but the source doesnt mention this. Of course it doesnt because the source is a primary source from the dark ages. here he stated: After being informed of this imminent attack, the Prophet immediately dispatched a group of 30 Muhajirūn led by Ḥamza ibn ‘Abdu’l-Muṭṭalib to intercept them Again he claims the source is "Ibn Sa‘d, aṭ-Ṭabaqāt 2: 9" Above he mentions an "imminents attack" but the primary sources and reliable soruces in the existing article all mention it was an offensive attack and ambush that muhammad carried out and there was no "imminent attack" He also added his personal opinions here: Criticism of western view − The state of Madīnah at its incipient stage had insignificant military strength to organize any offensive attack on the Quraysh, much less at the interval of nearly every 2 months. Again no reference and he just claims Muhamamd did not carry out "offensive" attacks although the reliable sources say they were. All of this is a POV fork of Caravan Raids#Third raid. He removes references for reference data then adds "citation needed" tag Here he removed the following: The purpose of the raid was to plunder this rich Quraysh caravan. and replaced it with: According to western scholars, the purpose of the raid was to plunder this rich Quraysh caravan He also removed these refs Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, Darussalam Publications, p. 244, ISBN 978-9960-899-55-8</ref> and List of Battles of Muhammad . Firstly these refs are islamic sources and he claims they are western scholars. He also claims that the purpose was not to punder, even though this islamic source mentions in many occasions throuought its book that muhaammad raided the caravans of his enemies for "booty". This is an instance where he is refusing to "call a spade a spade". more fake data and total exaggerations here he stated: The leaders of Quraysh were agitated by the gradual strengthening of the Muslim alliances. In their series of attempts to wipe out the Muslims, they sent a small raiding party under the leadership of Kurz ibn Jābir al-Fihrī who decided to make a guerrilla attack in the outskirts of Madinah. [Kurz later accepted Islam and became a martyr during the Conquest of Mecca in 8 AH.] He is claiming that a single robber wanted to wipe out the entire muslim population so muhammad ordered this attack. This edit was made on the article Invasion of Dul Ashir, but the incident of the robber named Kurz ibn Jābir al-Fihrī who wanted to rob muhammads camels happened in the Invasion of Safwan, some months after the Invasion of Dul Ashir. So he is claiming that an incident that happened in the future was the justification for the incident that happened in the past. WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! removal of references and replaced with "citation needed" tag here he added a citation needed tag at end: Muḥammad knew when this caravan had departed from Mecca and encamped there for about a month for this caravan to arrive at the ambush point. But the Meccan caravan had already passed some days before when the Muslims arrived. but its was already referenced with " Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) p 245" which he removed. more fake references and exaggerations here he stated: The leaders of Quraysh were agitated by the gradual strengthening of the Muslim alliances. In their series of attempts to wipe out the Muslims, they sent a small raiding party under the leadership of Kurz ibn Jābir al-Fihrī who decided to make a guerrilla attack in the outskirts of Madinah. [Kurz later accepted Islam and became a martyr during the Conquest of Mecca in 8 AH.] He uses the reference "Ibn Ḥajar, al-Iṣābah" which is a primary source from the dark ages and for which he gave no page number

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Please add comments here--Misconceptions2 (talk) 16:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

TLDR Amortias (T)(C) 17:55, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

So you will ignore until a cleanup tag is needed to fix all the mess he created and created in the future like the Jagged 85 cleanup tag ?--Misconceptions2 (talk) 18:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It would help if you removed the text following all the here links. It would make it easier to read and people can follow the links as nessecary. Amortias (T)(C) 18:12, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I will say that although the OP appears to not have a good handle on how ANI works, and how to best formulate a complaint, it does appear that there may be many problematic edits involved here. I am somewhat surprised there isn't an active arb or DS in this topic area that can be applied (I checked, as far as I can see there isn't). Gaijin42 (talk) 18:14, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• There is a warning template for "intentionally adding false information", and adding fake data is of course eminently blockable. I'll have a look. Thanks Gaijin. Drmies (talk) 19:54, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• Well, this is not a clearcut case of "fake data"--at least not to me. I see problems with possible POV or unverified information, and an utter lack of edit summaries and talk page edits, but these are topics I have no experience with. I see that CambridgeBayWeather has "tidied up" some of their edits, and I wonder if they have anything to offer. Drmies (talk) 20:06, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Not much to add but I would point out that they have only made two edits since 25 February. This in March, which was later removed, and this in June, which still stands. In other words this seems to be fairly stale. Also unlesan edit is really obvious vandalism I wont make administrative edits because I edit a lot in this area. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 20:24, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The fact that he is being disruptive is clear here . He removed references for data like "Muḥammad knew when this caravan had departed from Mecca and encamped there for about a month for this caravan to arrive at the ambush point. But the Meccan caravan had already passed some days before when the Muslims arrived" and "They expected to ambush that caravan there" and then added a "citation needed tag". Removing references and adding citation needed tag is clear disruptive editing--Misconceptions2 (talk) 20:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Ryulong

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This user has been harassing me in and off site over the Gamergate controversy article.
After discussion with users Masem, The Devil's Advocate, Diego and others, we were agreeing Intel pulling off ads of Gamasutra had to be mentioned [1]

For some reason only half of it was in the article at the time. That there was a thing called Operation Disrespectful Nod, a boycott of sorts to advertisers

I decided to include a phrasing by Masem with proper sourcing of the Intel matter, only to get reverted in no less than 10 seconds by Ryuolong [2] He stated "check the talk page to see why it isn't included", I did, there was nothing, I asked him on his talk page. He reverted my comments. [3]

To top it off, he HIMSELF decided to add the Intel mention some minutes later, this he disagreed with no less than 5 minutes before [4] He kept including a quote by a The Verge author when no agreement nor even a MENTION of it was discussed on the talk page, so I deleted this, only to be reverted seconds later [5] At this point I realized I was being part of an edit war so I quit. But this is the least of it

User Ryuolong has been constanly uncivil to new editors and people he calls "Gaters", he told me on social media to "learn to fucking read" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516651395512950785
Since then I've seen his twitter account (since he mentioned me, I had no interest in looking up his name as he did with me), where he has called GamerGate supporters

"gamergate douche" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/515077120431628288
"gamergate fags" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/515077648251224066,
"toxic people" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516529858176761856
"shitnuggets" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/517046919063814144
"priviliged white guys" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516814925444825088
"fucking middle class straight white men" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516811560560234496
He calls the Vivian James (the GamerGate "mascot" of sorts) drawing "nice shit avatar" https://twitter.com/Ryulong/status/516528138159792128
And countless other examples

On wikipedia he called me "wannabe Upton Sinclairs" [6]

He says "And your mouth is still writing a check your ass can't cash when it comes to the stuff you're spewing" here [7] to another user

In a quasi doxxing remark to user Torga, he says "when the shit hit the fan and there was a thread on reddit calling out for people with existing accounts on Wikipedia to get the GamerGate page skewed in their favor, you answered the clarion call". This user never linked to his reddit account After discussing with Torga over if it was doxxing or not, Ryulong tells him to "put up or shut up" in yet another example of his uncivil and rude behaviour [8]

When he's not insulting people he finds ways to swear for no reason, like here he tells me "don't pull this shit" [9] Or here [10] "Would you gaters stop kvetching about Leigh Alexander and how you think she's biased? Jesus fucking Christ" in an unproductive form of arguing

Also, as you can see above after I posted a screencap criticizing Wikipedia as a site, he looked up my twitter and reddit. He posted on ANI for this in an attempt to get me topic banned, yet knowing this was ONLY offsite behaviour, he tried to state I'm a SPA He then posted on the GamerGate talk page "so basically it's time we showed LoganMac the door" [11]

It's worth noting, this is a person who already got desysopped for "inappropriate off-wiki behavior" [12] and whose uncivil behaviour has been remarked by several other users

And as I've come to find out this user has a long history of abusive behaviour which begs the question how is he even allowed to keep his account [13]

He's been warned by several other users like Titanium Dragon [14] on his uncivil remarks, just one example user PseudoSomethinghere [15] states his rudeness.

"Should Ryulong be found to be seeking any user's real life identity, he may be banned from Wikipedia." [16] Loganmac (talk) 08:34, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Loganmac is one of several dormant accounts who have come to Wikipedia for the express purpose of pushing a point of view on Gamergate controversy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), an article that is an area of contention in the video game playing community. I have been terse with him and other editors of this type due to the constant disruption that the article has come under. In addition, my behavior on a completely separate website that has nothing to do with Wikipedia (rather than several IRC channels that are loosely affiliated with Wikipedia) has no bearing on what is happening here, because I was being harassed for several days by the pro-Gamergate crowd because of what I was doing here, and I unfortunately decided to respond to them. Also, I do not see how that "real life identity" thing is of any relevance here. And I did not look up your Twitter and reddit accounts. Someone on the talk page posted links to them after he found out you were purposefully misconstruing what he said him offsite, which is the whole subject of the thread higher up on the notice board. And I did not "dox" anyone. I used the global contributions tool built into the Mediawiki software to see what other accounts Torga possessed on other projects. I have no idea if he possesses an account on Reddit. I was making a blanket statement concerning the several disruptive single purpose accounts that sprang up. This is a frivolous request and a blatant attempt to have me silenced on a topic that Loganmac wants me eliminated from and it should be shut down.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 08:56, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Ryulong, you need to be careful here; this thread is about you, not Loganmac. Casting aspersions on other editors will look bad on you rather than help you. You need to answer for your actions here, and you've been less than distant and calm. Please read again WP:COOL and start following it to the letter for a while, it will help everybody involved. Diego (talk) 11:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Are you new here? The behavior of editors who file complaints at ANI can and will be scrutinized just as much as the person they're complaining about. Maybe a boomerang has come back and hit the person with unclean hands. Tarc (talk) 12:47, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

What I meant is that there's an open thread above for Loganmac above, and there's where Ryulong should place his comments on the other editor's behavior. At ANI, attacks are not a good defense, and neither is "...but, but, I've been provoked" a reason for misbehaving. Diego (talk) 13:32, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

P.S. And it certainly doesn't help that Ryulong is the one who filed the thread against Loganmac to begin with. If there are merits for a boomerang, it should be other editors who push for it, not the one being subject to the ANI. This goes for Loganmac too, of course. Diego (talk) 13:52, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Coping with the WP:SPA activists at the Gamergate articles is beyond human endurance—Ryulong and a handful of others are trying to maintain WP:BLP and WP:DUE and WP:RS but they have to repeat every argument ten times, and then repeat them another ten times when a new enthusiast arrives. Breaches of WP:CIVIL are regrettable, but they would not occur if the community were to topic ban several of the SPAs. Johnuniq (talk) 10:10, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Ryulong is one of several users who has come to the Gamergate controversy article for the express purpose of pushing a point of view on an article that is an area of contention in the video game playing community. He has referred to users who has disagreed with him as /v/irgins on more than one occaision, and has shown some major issues with ownership of the article. Even while the article is undergoing dispute resolution, Ryulong has steadfastly refused to allow any implication that the article might have neutrality problems, reverting attempts to tag the article despite ongoing dispute resolution over this issue - dispute resolution he has characterized as a farce and refused to participate in, claiming, despite my and others repeatedly pointing out that sites including Forbes, The Telegraph, Tech Crunch, and even Taiwanese paper Digitimes noting that the point of view he advocates for is not the only one on the issue. Given that there have been issues with harassment of people reporting on this, frequently by people using similarly derogatory language, up to and including harassment of Wikipedia editors on this issue (the Wikipediocracy doxxing incident), it is a bit of an issue. He claims that it is a "minority viewpoint", despite the fact that an enormous number of editors have come by noting the issues with WP:NPOV and WP:UNDUE. He has some ownership issues over the article, and reacts aggressively and derisively to people who question the neutrality of the article.

He needs to participate in the DRN, which is the appropriate avenue for this discussion. Titanium Dragon (talk) 10:23, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Titanium Dragon was previously banned from the article due to the fact he could not keep within the bounds of WP:BLP. This is just him piling on due to a current content dispute with him on the page because of his insistence that the article lacks a neutral point of view or that it is giving undue weight to one side of the debate and not the other when this is not something that Wikipedia can correct due to our own policies and guidelines. I am not participating in the WP:DRN thread because it is simply an attempt at forum shopping by editors who are attempting to POV push. I am not exhibiting WP:OWN on the article. And this is just Titanium Dragon extending the content dispute into another venue. The fact that he rewrote what I initially wrote concerning Loganmac is really childish. His claim of me using "/v/irgin" is ridiculous; it's what the users of 4chan's /v/ board call themselves on their own, just like you have "/b/tards" or "/pol/acks" or "/fit/izens" for other boards. And for fucks sake, you are just repeating the same shit that was said to me constantly over the past week on Twitter when I was harassed time and time again by new gamergaters on this issue: I am not advocating any fucking point of view. Simply because I have noticed that the misogynist harassment is an aspect, as is described by multiple god damn sources on the article itself, means I am an SJW or whiteknight and do not think that the ethics concerns have any merit. That is what you are insinuating and that is a fucking bold faced lie. That is what everyone who went out of their way to find my god damn barely used Twitter account said to me. I should not have to deal with this garbage anywhere. Not on Twitter. Not on Wikipedia. If anything comes out of this discussion, it better be topic bans or site bans for the bulk of the single purpose accounts (either newly created or dormant accounts who have turned into single purpose accounts) who are insisting that Wikipedia is wrong despite the fact that so many other editors have pointed out that their insistence is incorrect but it has to be said every day because someone else comes along and makes a new thread on a topic which was discussed hours before.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Neither me nor Titanium Dragon have ever stated GamerGate has nothing to do with misogynism, my few edits on the article prove that on Wikipedia I'm neutral about it, yet Ryulong has stated several times against the journalism ethics aspect and generally diminishing its nature as just a harassment campaign orchestrated by evil sites like 4chan and reddit. Still what I'm really arguing about here is not his bias, he could be the most fervient anti-GamerGate editor, I don't care, if only he behaved in a civil manner and learned to disagree in a proper way Loganmac (talk) 11:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I most certainly have not done anything of that sort. I acknowledge both sides of the debate, but one side can't be written about as easily as the other due to Wikipedia's policies.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• If, as Loganmac has already said, "It's twitter, he can tell me whatever he wants, I really don't care" and "Remember that we're not accountable to what we do outside Wikipedia", why bring all that up? Woodroar (talk) 10:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

To show that he made the effort to find me on twitter and insult me, and to show his general uncivility to GamerGate supporters, both on and off site Loganmac (talk) 11:04, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

That is a load of shit and you know it. Bosstopher posted your Tweet and your Reddit comment here. I shouldn't have said anything to you on Twitter but I did, and you already dismissed it as Woodroar points out. And I was contacted offsite by multiple Gamergate supporters and harassed for days. You can see I spent hours on Twitter when I rarely ever use it because people kept messaging me about this shit and how I'm the big bad Wikipedia editor. At least the toku fandom on /m/ is more consistent and tolerable for why they hate me.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Don't you see a pattern here man, it's not an organized campaign to harass you, look it up, Twitter has archives, KotakuInAction has archives, IRC has logs, noone decided to "harass you", they're simply looking at your actions and having an opinion. And as you say, this is not the only "fandom" you've struck a nerve of. Also as a rule of thumb, you don't have to reply to anyone on twitter, SJWs insult me there too, I just laugh it off Loganmac (talk) 11:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I shouldn't be fucking contacted on my personal Twitter account for my behavior on Wikipedia. And one group of nerds' opinion on translating Japanese into English is a different situation.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:45, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

There's a lot of off-site chatter about this topic area, do we really care? They talk about me too in a lot of places. Don't sweat the petty things. Tarc (talk) 12:52, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Looks like a force 10 in pottery. When did skins get so thin... Blackmane (talk) 13:22, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Experience in the past shows me that Ryulong does tend to get worked up on topics they have a strong interest in and become short on words and edging on edit warring - what is a common urge for most when dealing with the incoming SPA/IP accounts due to off-site canvassing to "fix" the apparent bais on the article. But that said, I have cautioned them that they are being perhaps too terse and rude, presuming accounts are SPA or the like without evidence, jumping at reverting edits that other editors have discussed on the talk page, and the like. There's no immediate ANI that I can see, but there definitely needs to be caution given that continuing that type of behavior can become disruptive if not checked. --MASEM (t) 14:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The Devil's Advocate took part in canvassing on the Escapist forums here [17], be wary of (other) new editors --5.81.52.21 (talk) 14:43, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Loganmac are you serious ? Wikipedia can't do anything about something that happened off-wiki. We may as well close this up, since anything off-wiki is out of bounds in wiki. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 16:03, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Editor says stuff on twitter: film at 11. Protonk (talk) 18:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

There is considerable off-site chatter going on about making the Gamergate article more 'neutral,' and a lot of it centers around trash-talking contributors who are trying to keep the article free of outright policy violations and prevent it from being whitewashed by the scores of SPAs and POV pushers who are descending on it in response to that offsite canvasing. Ryulong is getting extra-special attention from the mob on twitter, for some reason, and I can't blame him for losing his patience. -- TaraInDC (talk) 20:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

In all fairness, there is an ongoing campaign of harassment against people who report on the subject matter, ranging from DDOSs, doxxing, to syringes being mailed to journalists reporting on GamerGate from the perspective of it being legitimate, so it is hardly surprising that people are concerned when people who come on Wikipedia and start calling users who are editing the article virgins and misogynists - the same sort of abusive language used in an attempt to silence people elsewhere. The fact that Ryulong has had action taken against him in the past as relates to threatening to (and actually) blocking users, back when he was a sysop (before he lost it as a result of his behavior), probably plays a role in the additional scrutiny directed towards him when he advocates for banning users he disagrees with. Titanium Dragon (talk) 21:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

For fucks sake, Titanium Dragon. I have not called one person a misogynist or a virgin in regards to anything that's happened. I've used "/v/irgin" (with the forward slashes) as that is what users of 4chan's /v/ call themselves. Anyone who goes to 4chan knows this and a good portion of the Gamergate social movement comes from 4chan. And the events of my arbitration case have no standing on whether or not I can tell if someone is being disruptive on an article. Stop using this against me because you should still be banned from the page and not unbanned on a stupid cop out technicality. The only people who have been accusing me of doing any sort of wrong in this situation and that I should be punished for it are you pro-Gamergate editors because I've been made out to be a scapegoat, as was evidenced from the constant harassment I'm dealing with through my Twitter account (someone messaged me within the past few hours with some garbage pro-GG link). I'm not going to stand for this garbage from you either.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Can someone help with disruptive editors at Talk:Neil deGrasse Tyson?

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Although there have been several editors who want to use the Talk:Neil deGrasse Tyson page as a soapbox, one in particular Moynihanian has been disruptive and wholly unproductive. See for instance, diff, or diff. Several editors there have tried to collapse his rants, see diff, for instance, or diff, only to be undone, see diff. I warned him on his talk page to stay on topic diff, which he simply deleted diff and add this to the Neil deGrasse Tyson talk page. These arent the only examples. If an uninvolved admin could take a look, that would be appreciated. Please note that the Tyson talk page is listed as being under discretionary sanctions. Thanks in advance. Bonewah (talk) 17:26, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Without knowing anything about this editor. Wikichecker shows exactly 2 of his 191 edits so far have been to article space. WP:NOTHERE comes to mind. Kingsindian ♝♚ 17:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

There's no point in editing Wikipedia's articles. You run a site that doesn't believe in facts; that is full of propaganda and advertising; that is dominated by roving bands of Wikilawyering, Wikicensoring flashmobs; that is actively hostile to expertise of any kind; and which is banned by academic institutions worldwide for its unreliability, lack of neutrality, inconsistency, and continual bias. I am familiar with plenty of Wikipedia articles with plainly incorrect information, and that violate your own rules, and that have gaping holes. But Wikipedia doesn't want help; it wants to repel help. The ONLY proper way to deal with Wikipedia is to make sure that the "editors" and "administrators" know that, each time they're caught in the act, people are going to notice. But even that would seem to be too much for the lot of you. Moynihanian (talk) 19:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• NOTHERE is correctly invoked by Kingsindian. I read over various talk page discussions in The Human Stain, an article not devoid of wiki controversy, and the same sort of ranting occurs in Talk:The_Human_Stain/Archive_2. I hatted a thread/rant they started on the deGrasse Tyson talk page, and there's more material there that could/should be hatted. Though I note that this editor is not the only one with a soapbox, they're certainly the most...vocal one. Drmies (talk) 17:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The user in this case has harassed me on my Talk page twice, in violation of Wikirules. Of course, because he's part of a Wikiclique, you won't enforce your own rules. It's no wonder that Wikipedia has a terrible reputation, and suffers from drastically declining participation among serious people, all while being flooded with advertising and propaganda. Have it your way, children. You know you will, anyway. Kick me out of your sandbox. Moynihanian (talk) 18:59, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

This is not harassment. No one is oppressing you. You are free to play elsewhere, in another sandbox. Drmies (talk) 19:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I think my real sin is not attending Wikihigh's online pep rallies and student council meetings. Dang, no school spirit! In fact, he's even rooting for the other team! Moynihanian (talk) 19:55, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• In related news, I removed a "remark" by Moynihanian from the deGrasse Tyson talk page, which was reverted by Andvphil, again removed, now by Black Kite, and reinstated again: you guessed it, "censorship". In addition, Black Kite is a vandal, and I am, I think, a "moral moron"--see User_talk:Andyvphil#Overweening_Admins. What is this world coming to? Tsk tsk. Drmies (talk) 20:35, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Ha ha! I'd say that when you delete an entire section as "off topic," while making your own comment in the deletion notice, therefore blocking out all comments but your own, that's about as clear as an example of Wikicensorship as it gets. Tell us, what made your comment so vital, while deeming all others "off topic?" I guess when you're part of a Wikiflashmob, you're entitled to inflated self-regard? Moynihanian (talk) 20:49, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• I've blocked Moynihanian as WP:NOTHERE, Andvphil for 24 hours for disruptive edits/personal attacks that are ongoing, and I've closed TheFederalist.com AfD as keep. Can the drama level please go down now?--v/r - TP 21:07, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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ANI "fuck" count for today;

Who gives a fuck?
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Apologies to Drmies. I highly doubt that this fucking high visibility page does not need such a fucking pointless thread. Blackmane (talk) 01:01, 4 October 2014 (UTC) The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 41. Sooo civilized. - theWOLFchild 19:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC) Fucking sweet. GiantSnowman 19:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC) 42... I feel like that number has some kind of meaning. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:14, 3 October 2014 (UTC) 43, you forgot the one in the section heading. Amortias (T)(C) 19:19, 3 October 2014 (UTC) No, only 26 fucks today. 27. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 19:29, 3 October 2014 (UTC) Depends on your reading of the word today, did he mean how many fucks on the page today or how many fucks were added today. Amortias (T)(C) 19:34, 3 October 2014 (UTC) Also 46/29 Amortias (T)(C) 19:34, 3 October 2014 (UTC) I think there is a bit too much fucking around here over the word fuck. It's like we have no fucking encyclopedia to build. I mean don't you think...fuck it, whatever. Let's spend our day counting fucks.--v/r - TP 19:44, 3 October 2014 (UTC) I'm tempted to write a Greasemonkey or Javascript plugin for this purpose to put a counter up in the corner. Gaijin42 (talk) 19:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC) Personally, I don't give a fuck. --John (talk) 19:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC) ... "yawn" ... Martinevans123 (talk) 19:49, 3 October 2014 (UTC) How many fucks could a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck wood.... --Mark Miller (talk) 21:55, 3 October 2014‎ (UTC) Someone really fucked up with these 58 fucks. Does anyone else know about the 17 shits I don't give about? – Epicgenius (talk) 00:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Brooklyn Eagle

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Brooklyn Eagle (talk · contribs · count) started a discussion at Talk:Thomas More a year ago after a series of reverts. I told them "It is not the job of editors to philosophize about St. Thomas More" in December. They took offense to that comment.

Since then, Brooklyn Eagle made several exceptionally long-winded arguments on Talk:Thomas More about some perceived bias in the article with a few other editors including Johnbod and Tlhslobus, to no effect. Since it was apparent to me Brooklyn Eagle was not here to build an encyclopedia I chose to ignore the situation. Brooklyn Eagle went to my talk page to incite my response. I made a good-faith effort to bury the hatchet saying "In conclusion, if you felt I claimed you were writing original research, consider that rescinded." I replied on Talk: Thomas More and explained I didn't want to be part of the discussion anymore. The issue more or less dropped in January 2014.

Last month, Brooklyn Eagle showed up at my talk page again raving about my issue with their original research efforts in the previous year. I made it abundantly clear I wanted them off my talk page as I'm not arguing it any longer. They persisted. At this point, I can only assume I'm being trolled. I had intended to take this issue to WP:RFCC but the process seems to require the other editors to get re-involved when this process works just as well. Chris Troutman (talk) 01:09, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Regardless of anything else, posting "you make people's blood boil" and "grow a pair" to Chris Troutman's Talk page can in no way be viewed as acceptable behavior. Still, considering BrooklynEagle only averages 2 edits per month, I don't really see how the maximum sanction realistically possible for a first transgression of this type (what, maybe a 24 or 48 hour block?), would accomplish much. I have posted a message to the user's Talk page asking he better police his behavior in the hope that voluntary intervention might yield positive results and alleviate the issues with which CT has to deal. DocumentError (talk) 01:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

As DocumentError has suggested, their infrequency of editing makes sanctions difficult to apply. I suggest just taking the high ground and reverting and ignoring them unless something more serious appears. At this point, it's just venting. Blackmane (talk) 05:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

But it seems, at least to my admittedly biased self, that the symbolic and possible educative value of officially telling him he has been wrong is potentially immensely important and useful for both him and the rest of us. The point is that quite likely he doesn't even realize that his behavior has been inappropriate (as I assume it has, and in more ways than just those explicitly mentioned here, though that could of course be unfair bias on my part). Tlhslobus (talk) 06:21, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I think you bring up a valid and reasonable point that merits further discussion, Tlhslobus! DocumentError (talk) 06:28, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, DocumentError. There's also the point that if he persists in offending after that, it becomes a second offense (presumably making him eligible for heavier penalties), instead of remaining forever a first offense that is only punishable by first offense penalties. Tlhslobus (talk) 06:51, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Excellent point, Tlhslobus. On second consideration and based on the reasons you've outlined, I think I agree with your approach. DocumentError (talk) 06:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, DocumentError.Tlhslobus (talk) 07:04, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind validation of my suggestion, Blackmane! DocumentError (talk) 06:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It's simple pragmatism, one can't do anything about someone who only stops off every now and then. However, a sufficient history of it and even a sporadic editor like Brooklyn Eagle can be dealt with through longer than normal blocks. Blackmane (talk) 13:10, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• A block right now would be the least useful solution for an infrequent editor, a long block needs justification on its own merits--saying "we'll block six months since they rarely show up" is not yet valid, in my opinion. If the problem is personal attacks on Chris Troutman's talk page, that's fixable: I just left them a note telling them to stay away and a future offense can be met with a block--this thread should be warrant enough for a long block. In fact, an indefinite (not infinite!) block is a possible option since, in that case, they refuse to abide by clearly established behavioral guidelines, and we can easily say "you don't come back until you address this behavior".

  Problems on the article talk page can be handled with some diplomacy as well. Off-topic content can be hatted or removed, personal attacks can be deleted: we don't need ANI to enforce that since it's covered under the regular talk page guidelines, though if such action is necessary one can always link back to this discussion. Drmies (talk) 17:15, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Personal attacks from HiLo48

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HiLo48 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whose behaviour keeps coming up here...

• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive722#User:Ludwigs2, User:HiLo48, User:Tznkai and Talk:Pregnancy.
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive742#User:HiLo48
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive762#HiLo48 civility
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive796#Personal Attacks by user HiLo48 after several requests to stop. Requesting action
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive818#Personal Attacks by HiLo48 against Collingwood26
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive821#HiLo48 at Talk:2014 Winter Olympics
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive839#HiLo48's incivility
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive846#User HiLo48
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive850#User:HiLo48

...and whose block log speaks volumes, is at it again. After starting the thread Talk:Queensland rugby league team#POV editing by User:Gibson Flying V (which, by the way, results in the words POV editing by User:Gibson Flying V flashing up on an untold number of lists every time someone comments on it - some form of low-effort, high-yield personal attack?) where he failed to impress anyone, he started another thread at the neutral point of view noticeboard where he similarly failed to get support. Once that was archived he decided put his toes right up to the edge of the WP:3RR line at Queensland rugby league team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) and when I called him on it his response was to start the thread Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian sports#POV pushing at Queensland rugby league team by calling me an "AFL hating editor". When I called him on the blatant WP:FORUMSHOPPING and raised the topic of his incivility he responded with more ad hominem remarks to which I responded by providing a link to Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Incredibly, HiLo48 then started two more similar threads both entitled "Anti-AFL POV pushing at Queensland rugby league team" at Talk:Australian Football League[18] and at its Wikiproject's talk page[19] where his remarks about me were repeated. An uninvolved editor, Macosal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), echoed my warning about forum-shopping and posted a notice about inappropriate WP:CANVASSING on HiLo48's talk page. HiLo48's response in the face of this other user's continued civility was to abuse/attack them a few times before deleting their notice (and his abuse/attacks). HiLo48 then made this edit, which is as perfect an example of Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point as you'll ever find, basically admitting as much once I reverted it when he started another thread: Talk:Queensland rugby league team#POV wording again. Until this point I'd resolved to ignore HiLo48's personal attacks (whilst continuing the discussion) but here gave a clear warning that no more would be tolerated (with diffs and explanations of what is unacceptable), explaining that his next personal attack would result in this report. His response was 100% ad hominem and contained accusations of avoiding discussion, holding "obviously non-neutral" views and POV-pushing. So here we are. --Gibson Flying V (talk) 10:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

The summary of this recent diff nicely summarizes Hilo's attitude.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I can't even be bothered reading all of that from Gibson Flying V. To make it easier for others to understand, this is a content dispute. It's all about an editor who wants to say that when two of his favourite players in his favourite sport, Rugby League, choose to play Rugby Union, that's fine, but when they choose to play Australian rules football, they are "poached". "Poached" is obviously a non-neutral word. In Australia, rugby league is pretty much in direct competition with Australian rules football for fans, so some antipathy can sometimes exist. I suggested alternatives and compromises, such as using "recruited" rather than "poached", but he won't agree. That is POV pushing, and stubbornness. I AM a person who won't give up fighting POV pushers. It's one of the biggest blights on Wikipedia. That's really all there is to this story. Now, I regard AN/I as a disaster area for justice. Editors who dislike an accused can say what they like about the accused, virtually never with any consequences, and little chance for the accused to defend himself against such nonsense. The raising of a long past block log is simply part of that, and irrelevant to the merits of this case. I won't take any further part in this discussion unless it becomes absolutely necessary. HiLo48 (talk) 11:02, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, breaking my promise already. In posting the above I had an edit conflict with ymblanter. What a surprise that he turned up! He is a perfect example of the problems with ANI that I mentioned above. He is a Putin hating POV pusher who brought me here some time ago because I was getting in the way of his POV pushing. He lost. I embarrassed him, and he has been after me ever since. (Do we actually ever do anything about badly behaved Admins?) His is not a good faith post. HiLo48 (talk) 11:09, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Um. Wow.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 11:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

If you're trying to prove long-term behaviour, try WP:RFC/U the panda ₯’ 11:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Nope, it's pretty much about the past week alone. There's just a lot! Sorry if it seems verbose, I've never done this before.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 11:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

You're providing links to archives from ages ago to try and prove currency? RFC/U. Your WP:BATTLE mentality is returning if you think otherwise the panda ₯’ 11:45, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Not to provide currency at all. But to provide context. I suspected repeat offending might mean something in cases of personal attacks.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 11:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Wrong. You're throwing a bunch of shit against a wall, hoping something will stick. I reviewed 3 of the links you claimed contained personal attacks and ad hominem, but found nothing of the sort. False claims of personal attacks can lead to flying sticks the panda ₯’ 11:53, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

There is no rule that is objective and not open to interpretation on what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion...Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done. Which three?.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 11:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• This is from 2011, apparently no action; this is from 2012, plaintiff warned and then blocked; this is from 2012, HiLo gets an ITN block; this is from 2013, "nothing actionable"; this is from 2013, with HiLo unblocked and the plaintiff topic-banned. So at best there's one with serious consequences for HiLo, but they are hardly from this past week. Drmies (talk) 14:03, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Well, Hilo48 just does not know how to behave. He is one of the users who make Wikipedia a horrible place to work, and he is doing this consistently for many years. In particular, this year he is stalking me, with the initial claim that my English is so bad he can not comprehend me, than that I am a hater of Russia, and now that I am a hater of Putin, and next time he will invent smth else which is going to have as little ground as these claims. I am convinced he is a net negative for Wikipedia, and since he shows no sign of understanding his problem - which is that he consistently assumes bad faith of the others and refuses to see any problems with his own behaviour - I believe the only long-term solution is to have him indefinitely blocked. How many people can he demotivate by his "fuck offs" and "I decide here" before he finally gets indeffed, remains to be seen.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and now he accuses me in POV pushing. He is probably sick. What he is saying about me is blatant lie.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

In case anyone missed it... the middle sentence by Ymblanter is indeed a personal attack. Check the cleanliness of thine own hands before launching mud the panda ₯’ 13:23, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Hmmm...I'm not that convinced that it is a personal attack, though it may well be an exaggeration. Sorry to disagree with you. Drmies (talk) 14:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

A very nice tactics: To completel ignore what is in the thread, but to stat with a boldface against someone who has not been taken to ANI. If Hilo still believes I am a POV-pushe, he should not continue throwing mud but start action against me for POV-pushing. Nobody managed so far to prove I am a POV pusher. If he believes my behavior is not acceptable, he should start a ANI thread. I do not see why he is allowed to lie all aound, and I have to shut up and listen to his lie. I tried once, which led him to believe that I accept all bullshit he has against me. And please DangerousPanda, when he called me a "fool" and I have taken it to ANI into a thread you were in, why did not you react then?--Ymblanter (talk) 13:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Where did I suggest that I had ignored anything in this thread? I advised that I reviewed 3 of the links provided as evidence, and found all 3 of them did not show any such NPA's. Now, returning to your own dirty hands, is there a valid reason why you're referring to me using an old, intentionally retired username? I usually find myself on your side, Ymblanter, but this bullshit tactic of your own is entirely unacceptable the panda ₯’ 15:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I apologize, I was under impression that in the thread #6 cited above you used that username. Now I checked, and you used another one. I amended my comment above.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:50, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I have had my own run-ins with Gibson Flying V in the past and am fully aware of his BATTLEGROUND mentality, which is certainly not helping the situation; however I concur with DangerousPanda above that this should be raised at RFCU if there is such a long-term pattern of behaviour. GiantSnowman 12:39, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Good, if anyone opens an RFC/U against Hilo48 I will certify it.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I have to say that I would too. Last week I did nothing outside of Wikipedia's suggested behaviours in regards to a textbook case of canvassing by HiLo, only to be told three times in quick succession to "Fuck off" (with varying levels of capital letters and exclamation marks) and have my motives reduced to some kind of personal grudge rather than responded to reasonably at face value. (here). I do not regard this as acceptable behaviour on Wikipedia (especially given that this was in response to a clear cut case of canvassing which HiLo seemed reluctant to accept) and this attitude genuinely did effect me as condescending, dismissive and frustrating as well as a personal attack. Over a longer term I have witnessed numerous discussions in which I personally felt that HiLo unnecessarily introduced conflict or escalated what were previously relatively civil discussions (the latter half of this discussion comes to mind).

He also seemed not overly concerned regarding any breach of Wikipedia guidelines, saying re my suggestion of canvassing "He didn't give a rats what I thought" (not in itself very civil) and rejecting numerous requests and reminders to remain civil and avoid personal attacks. Macosal (talk) 13:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• HiLo is not a net negative. I wish he had better manners, of course--there's a hell of a lot of fuck offs there but, as we have established often enough, "fuck off" on one's own talk page (including edit summaries) is allowed. It's not great, it's not indicative of collaborative spirit, but it's allowed, though a plethora of it does not reflect very well on the editor. And I say this having known HiLo for quite some time, and in at least one of the linked threads above to ANI archives I have criticized him for his comments. But overall I deny that he is a net negative. Yes, RfC must be the way to go if much of the reporting on this recent incident, or string of incidents, goes back to 2011--that can establish a pattern, but not the severity of an incident. Drmies (talk) 14:10, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

This seems like a content dispute disguised as a personal attacks claim. And if the OP really did say "poached", he ought not be editing the article. Eggs and wild game are "poached". Athletes are recruited, and if the offer looks superior to what they currently have, they might switch teams. The fans might be unhappy about it, but a professional will do what he thinks is in his own best interests. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I can see what you mean, but at the same time, it seems to me that there genuinely are strong cases for HiLo having breached WP:CANVASS, WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA and WP:POINT on multiple occasions all in a short space of time (see above examples), and showing little to no willingness to acknowledge or discuss this when brought to his attention (and even continuing in some of the behaviours). I understand that he felt frustrated by this discussion but that doesn't seem to justify the range and quantity of breaches. Macosal (talk) 15:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Accumulated frustration from such never-ending battles is why I don't edit articles much anymore. Maybe HiLo should consider vacationing from article editing also. That could mean the fanboys will win, at least this time. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:09, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Article-editing is what gives the project's usual gang of bad behavior actors cover for their actions, though. Quite a Catch-22 we're setting up here; either be a content creator and deal with massive egos & thick skin vs. being accused of "not here to build an encyclopedia", which is what they toss at the likes of you and me. Tarc (talk) 15:24, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

This is a false dichotomy, which unfortunately becomes more and more popular. I am a content creator as well, and I have more overall edits than Hilo has, and three times as many edits in the article space as he has made in the article space.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

If you're not here to create content, what's the point? Are these non-content creators self-appointed Wikipedia police? Are they judging those of us who create content? HiLo's got a record of ongoing whinging but doing nothing. I could bring up a dozen diffs in the last month, but nothing that quite compares to all the "fuck you"s I've seen on other pages he's edited. I was "surprised" that he tried to obfuscate his bad behaviour by calling it "a content dispute", clearly the original complaint relates to a serious of personal attacks. Having said that, and in agreement with HiLo himself, this venue is highly selective over what constitutes a personal attack. Given that many editors are given a free pass to tell others to "fuck off", the precedent has been set and this is a non-discussion. Non-creation pseudo-Wiki-police rule! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I have difficulties understanding how you conclude that I am not here to create content from the fact that I have 40K edits in the article space.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe the indentation works better now. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) Again, with every one of these threads, the issue should not be "should or shouldn't a person behave this way" (the discussion never goes that way anyways), but rather "Do you honestly expect any outcome from this discussion." @Ymblanter: if you do have three times the article edits of HiLo48, you must surely have been at Wikipedia long enough to recognize the futility of these discussions. Without regard for what should happen, we need to start recognizing what will happen, and just stop having these discussions altogether. If article editing is your desire, go do that; stop dropping by ANI stirring up drama against people. Whether or not HiLo deserves to be "sanctioned" for his "behavior", you should recognize he (and really many other people: it's not unique to this one) is not going to be, and stop yourselves from starting these threads in the first place. You already should know how this is going to turn out, stop trying to believe it would turn out differently, shut down the thread, and go on with your lives. --Jayron32 15:45, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

  I did not start this thread. I only started one thread against Hilo in my life, in January 2014, and I got so much shit thrown on me in that thread (which is linked above) and later that I had to unwatch the article I was editing and I was really feeling badly for weeks. This is not really an experience I would wish anybody.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• HiLo's behavior on the Chelsea Clinton talk page and a related discussion at BLPN is less than ideal as well. His refusal to listen there is considered a form of disruptive editing per WP:LISTEN. I apologize for not linking to individual comments but you really need to review the whole discussion to get the gist of it. -- Calidum 15:47, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Someone there labeled him a "troll", which is usually considered a personal attack. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
    • That's true but it doesn't mean we should ignore several days of disruptivs editing by Hilo that took place before the comment was made. -- Calidum 16:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
      • [I screwed up an edit-conflict, second try] I was the second editor who called him such. (The first hid it under a pipe to WP:DFTT.) When HiLo48 says he's there for the "fun", and has completely given up any pretense of trying to work for consensus, and responds to serious arguments with a brief phrase and runs on to something else, then insults everyone for not noticing his "refutations", he's being uselessly, time-wastingly, disruptive. Choor monster (talk) 16:18, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, as Baseball_Bugs pointed out, it's hard to weigh-in on one side or the other of a WP:CIVIL discussion when the word "troll" is being thrown around by the accusing side; it's a charged word designed to provoke a reaction. Our editors are, in fact, human and react as such. And, I suspect, HiLo is human as well. Sounds like we all just need to move on. DocumentError (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Make the personal attacks irrelevant. Let's consider Jayron's point above. So, let's give up trying to restrict HiLo48. A better way is for everyone who considers HiLo48's behavior to be less than ideal to not be provoked when he goes over the mark. Instead, let's all be extra nice to HiLo, and respond to any provocations by staying cool without giving a flinch. Then if there is canvassing and he does not repond constructively to queries about that, take that up with the other involved editors. If HiLo has an outburts of anger, then consider that to be mostly a problem for himself (it's not good for his health). Count Iblis (talk) 17:17, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

  Yes, let's all allow HiLo48 to tell other editors to "fuck off" etc, he's clearly very proud of it as it continues to do so, like a "big boy", because clearly HiLo48 needs us to do that for his "health". You're right. We should forget what others say to him and allow him to outburst however best suits him, regardless of the collateral damage. After all, I regularly tell my colleagues to "fuck off" at work, despite their or my social and mental disabilities. Not. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

  He is not your colleague. Here on Wikipedia you don't have a boss who has assigned HiLo as your co-worker with whom you have to share your office. If HiLo doesn't communicate well, you are free to ignore him and continue to collaborate more with other people. If HiLo behaves like a 5 year old throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way, nothing stops you from actually treating like a 5 year old child. Give him a candy and move on. Count Iblis (talk) 18:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

  Yep, you don't understand that we're working collaboratively here. If someone suddenly tells someone else to "fuck off", that's highly inappropriate. Now, as I've mentioned above, many editors here are able to do that with exemption, as they massively increase the encyclopaedic contents of Wikipedia. I'm not sure the same is true here, by any means. But yes, if I could, I'd "give him a candy". Problem is, he just keeps coming back for more and keeps the swear festival going. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

  Saying these discussions are not productive is not the same thing as saying that we should condone telling people to "fuck off" or anything else. The issue is so much not "should people be allowed to tell others to fuck off" and so much more "have we ever seen a discussion where we get mad at someone telling someone to fuck off result in anything useful being done." I don't want HiLo to tell people to fuck off, but I also don't see how discussions like this stop him from doing so. It's pointless. Being opposed to these sorts of exercises in futility is not the same as being in support of treating people badly. --Jayron32 19:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• And meanwhile, he's seriously wasting everyone's time on the CC discussions with hit-and-run and liar-liar and general sniping. Really, consensus has been reached, a dozen or two other articles doing the exact same thing without a peep of complaint for years have been identified, policy is absolutely clear, and it's being dragged on with the spectre of a completely pointless edit-war hovering in the background until someone drops a hammer, stick, or whatever. Totally disruptive, totally worthless. Choor monster (talk) 18:06, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I recommend that, when you want your claims to be taken seriously, claiming that "consensus has been reached" on an article that clearly still has numerous good faith editors debating an issue is not the best strategy.--Yaksar (let's chat) 20:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• WP:CONSENSUS has been reached. You are thinking of unanimity. The responses of the naysayers are lacking any coherence, relevance, and they dodge and weave everywhere. They are not "debating" the issue. They are not applying anything based on policy. I see no effort made at good faith in their contributions to the discussions. Choor monster (talk) 22:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• How is his behavior not disruptive? Of course it is, just look at this thread and the insanely long thread on BLP/N. He is wasting editors' time on stuff we shouldn't. I find it incomprehensible that some here are advocating for others to develop thick skins, instead of telling this editor to stop the bloody nonsense. - Cwobeel (talk) 20:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• I recall being treated very badly by HiLo48 - to the point I want no contact with him and dropped off Wikipedia for a while. Just happened to spot this while looking for something else. Legacypac (talk) 21:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• HiLo48 has always seemed like a proactive, civil editor each time I've observed his interactions (we haven't actively edited together but I've watched several pages he's active on). After reading the diffs provided it seems like this is just a content dispute that maybe doesn't belong at ANI. Unless I missed something, I don't see anything remarkable in any of HiLo48's comments or edits. Please remember, ANI is the place to bring major incidents, not to kneecap one's editorial "opponents." DocumentError (talk) 21:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Regardless of any civility issues with HiLo48, he is completely justified in objecting to the use of the word "poaching" in reference to recruiting people from one sporting code to another. A neutral term is available, but Gibson Flying V reverts any edits. In all of the many discussions on the term, Gibson Flying V is more or less in a minority of one. It's got to the point where a topic ban comes into consideration. MaxBrowne (talk) 16:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
  • By saying, "Regardless of any civility issues with HiLo48..." you admit that nothing coming after that belongs in this thread. The great thing about having provided links to those discussions you mention is that I save myself the trouble and embarrassment of attempting to sway other editors by describing their outcomes here. --Gibson Flying V (talk) 23:31, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
    • Did you actually argue for using the term "poached"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Admission that content contribution excuses incivility

"Yep, you don't understand that we're working collaboratively here. If someone suddenly tells someone else to "fuck off", that's highly inappropriate. Now, as I've mentioned above, many editors here are able to do that with exemption, as they massively increase the encyclopaedic contents of Wikipedia. I'm not sure the same is true here, by any means."

The Rambling Man [20]

This is one of those unwritten rules of Wikipedia that we're all familiar with, but I do not recall it ever being stated so plainly. Here we have an editor accused of a pattern of rudeness, culminating in a recent "fuck off" retort. "If only he wrote more Featured Articles or contributed to more Good Articles, and so on, then he could be rude "with exemption" due to his "massive" contributions. Am I the only one that sees a "rules are for thee but not for me" dichotomy here? Tarc (talk) 21:51, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

GREAT point, Tarc. It sounds like we all need to just move-on. I don't think this ANI is really accomplishing anything except to derail valuable edit time. DocumentError (talk) 21:57, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

"This is one of those unwritten rules of Wikipedia that we're all familiar" There are a lot of a legitimate "unwritten" rules I suppose, but this isn't one of them. This is simply a perception that has been propagated. But anyone, regardless of content creation, is subject to civility guidelines and crossing the line enough times or showing a pattern is likely to garner sanctions. How long those stick depends on the community. There is a general, rough consensus that prolific content creators should not just be automatically blocked unless the offense is quite severe. Discussion, however is generally closed quickly. Most of the time the discussions are more heated then enlightening and people tend to be more passionate about a sanction being imposed by the anger that is natural from being the one on the receiving end of incivility, but such reaction is why most discussions about civility enforcement go wrong. That...and a good portion of the time the issue is not as much civility but not approving of cuss words on the editor's own talk page.--Mark Miller (talk) 22:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

"...but this isn't one of them". Sorry, but that's either hopeless naiveté or willful avoidance. Tarc (talk) 00:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Over a supposed "unwritten" rule? Well....I'm not just smiling over the above...I'm giggling just a bit.;-)--Mark Miller (talk) 00:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Mark Miller: There is a general rough, consensus that prolific content contributors should not just be automatically blocked unless the offense is quite severe. Discussion, however is generally closed quickly.

Can you please clarify what this means and who you' re speaking for? Lightbreather (talk) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I am not speaking of or "for" anyone in particular. But the general consensus over a broad range of discussions on AN, ANI, WP:WER and many other locations indicates a general, rough consensus that editors with a high content count should not be blocked automatically in regards to civility complaints without community discussion, unless these are very obvious and egregious violations. The reason is that civility can be ambiguous. Of course...I could be wrong. I am not "Super Wikiman". ;-) However, I have spent a good deal of time reading through a good deal of these discussion from the past two or three years.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:09, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

By the way, this "admission" is not endorsed by me, it's a plain statement of fact, I have observed it many times here. Stating it doesn't mean I agree with it. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Nope. It's a plain statement of opinion. If you feel it is fact I would need a demonstration of this. This will most likely be added to the current arb Com case as evidence. Sorry....but you have absolutely no right to claim this as fact without proof. --Mark Miller (talk) 01:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm fully aware that this might be interpreted as circular reasoning, but if HiLo's behavior is not an issue for other editors, why in God's name does he keep popping up on ANI on a monthly basis for incivility issues? Someone file an RFC and get this over with.--WaltCip (talk) 15:52, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm going to answer that one. I get in the way of POV pushers, perhaps more than most other editors on Wikipedia. I do it firmly. The POV pushers hate it. They will try anything to get rid of me. This is certainly the case this time. Sometimes my firmness has been more successful than I dreamed, when the event of them bringing me here has led to them being blocked. BTW, these POV pushers have included Admins on more than one occasion. Of course, they never get blocked. HiLo48 (talk) 23:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Group censorship and harassment

Hello, people. Weekly Shōnen Jump has been the subject of group censorship and harassment over the last few days by User:SephyTheThird, User:TheFarix, User:Koavf and User:Materialscientist, and now things have gone to a point where blocks and bans are necessary. A user [21] added content but was reverted [22] with no reason. A second user also added content [23] but was reverted three times [24] [25]. This is censorship and cannot continue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sacred Soul 333 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 1 October 2014 (UTC) — Sacred Soul 333 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

I'm seeing a lot of sockpuppets of User:Cow cleaner 5000 (by the way, you're probably going to be investigated for connections to Cow cleaner 5000 soon) making argumentative edits against WP:NPOV, and the article being corrected by the upstanding individuals you named. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:08, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Well the page is semi protected, would pending changes be of any more help? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:12, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Bit of a minor quibble, but I'm not sure how changes that do not mention or involve a living person qualify as harrassment. --Richard Yin (talk) 04:02, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Fake sources are still fake, regardless of how many sockpuppet accounts you create to include it, Cow cleaner 5000. Attempts to vandalize the article will simply not be tolerated. —Farix (t | c) 20:40, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Said users accused of 'censorship' and 'harassment' are preventing the magazine being classified by a vandal as a terrorist organization, which CC5000 has taken to AfD several times under that claim (and permanent move protection has had to be rendered to stop several pagemoves comparing it to ISIS and Al Qaeda). The only 'censorship' going on is the removal of idiotic content and personal rants by CC5000, and the page protection is appropriate. In fact, seeing as it's been taken to several never-to-be deleted AfD's, is there a way to permanently protect it from the process so CC5000's undoubtedly lined-up roster of auto-confirmed accounts (which is why we're here even with a bunch of tools protecting the article) can't nom it again? Nate • (chatter) 04:45, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I know I shouldn't say this (it's usually wise not to get involved with sockpuppet dramas, as it puts oneself under suspicion), but come on... Nate, we've already won. We can't accomplish any more by calling them idiotic and ranting. (Them as in sockpuppetter and his/her possible read friends.) Because in the likely case we're right, it's not any use. In the unlikely case that we're wrong, and (some of) them aren't really sockpuppets at all, we'd be harrassing them with these. I mean how'd you like it if I kept endlessly denouncing you for comments made by someone else? Nerdy Community Dude _talk^{my edits} 03:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Did you even delve into the page history of the article above at all, or when my comment was made? I made these comments three days ago before the OP was blocked. Sorry, but I'm not happy when someone who feels they were 'oppressed' but is instead trying to redirect from their vandalism tries to take it to ANI to get those acting on the vandalism sanctioned somehow. Sorry to be blunt, but it's stupid (and I called the content 'idiotic', not the user, who definitely knows how to game our systems if a general semi-protect is ineffective). I've been following this over the last month, and it's something that needs all the tools we have so the page isn't polluted with this nonsense CC5000 is trying to add. Anyways, all this is moot, as Sacred Soul 333 was revealed as a sock and this should be closed. Nate • (chatter) 18:22, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry. You were indeed 100% right I didn't see the page history.

I also shouldn't have talked the way I did. I don't even know what it is, but rereading my comment I don't sound like a friendly or very understanding person.

I think all I was bothered by was the mere fact that you explained "The only 'censorship' going on is the removal of idiotic content and personal rants by CC5000, and the page protection is appropriate." The point was already repeated... but don't worry about yourself. It's my issue this time. Nerdy Community Dude _talk^{my edits} 04:01, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I think the "come on" I said was needlessly snarky. But there's something more about my comment it just seemed combative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerdy Community Dude (talk • contribs) 04:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Editor adding refspam

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Graemekahn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

This editor is adding references to a blog despite warnings to stop. [26] Judging from this link added here the blog posts are copy-pastes from other sources including Wikipedia articles. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry this is my first time using Wikipedia and was trying to find missing citations for a computer lesson. Sorry my teacher has told me wrong instructions how to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Graemekahn (talk • contribs) 15:56, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Interesting set of articles you or your teacher has chosen. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I don't see any attempts to engage User:Graemekahn on his talk page, just a set of templated warnings followed by a report to ANI. Is that really the best you can offer by way of helping a new user who is making mistakes and doesn't know his way around? (That question is directed at User:NeilN, who raised this report, and at those who templated Graemekahn's talk page). Neatsfoot (talk) 16:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

  No, strike that, with my apologies - after an (edit conflict), I see that this guy has been adding links to sex-related sites, so the school teacher thing doesn't wash. Neatsfoot (talk) 16:06, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

  • I also replied to his edit requests. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:08, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

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Proposal for a ban on User:Malusia22

Judging from how much of a nuisance he has been, and a pain for editors to deal with (as he would hide his tracks and thus make his hoaxes look clean in the eyes of administrators and other users), I would like to ask for a consensus on whether Malusia should be banned from editing. I had a bit of a hard time when I came across this lad, and judging from the harassment and gross vandalism directed at myself and User:WayKurat, I'd say the time has come for him to be booted off for good. Blake Gripling (talk) 01:33, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I've never heard of this editor, and you cited no diffs.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Malusia22 (talk · contribs) was indef'd several days ago, and there's plenty of IP weirdness on his user and talk pages. There's also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Malusia22 ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:59, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

That, and also the LTA case page for him. Anyway, shall we go on with the consensus? Blake Gripling (talk) 02:27, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I see no reason whatsoever not to ban this user considering they are clearly not here to build an encyclopedia. (WP:NOTHERE) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

As what I mentioned above, with the harrassment Way and I got subjected to from him, he definitely has to go for good. Also, will an edit filter to flag or tag any edits similar to the ones Malusia frequently adds or edits be feasible, e.g. a regex for "sindikato"? Blake Gripling (talk) 10:47, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Please provide diffs, showing these edits that are requested to be reviewed.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This one, for example is a typical Malusia hallmark, along with the "representative image" of a tiger to which he purports to be a symbol of the so-called "sindikato". Groups such as OXO and gangsters like Asiong Salonga are also frequently mentioned and referred to in his elaborate hoaxes; while there is some historical basis to it, some of my fellow editors and I can attest that his articles, and attitude towards others whom he crosses paths with lends to why he should be booted off for good.

91.152.119...

It might be good to apply a temporary range block, to Finnish off the recent IP-hopping vandalisms. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I've put down some /24 range blocks, and will continue to do so. It's probably related to 88.113.159.0/24 and co from the other day. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

User Dragonrap2

I'm not sure if this is the right board, but I'll start here and if necessary I hope someone will send me to the right place. Dragonrap2 (talk · contribs) has repeatedly over a period of months converted almost every list he can find into a table. This includes lists with one or two items, See Also sections, References sections, and External Links sections. I have given him several requests and warnings to stop (both in edit summaries and on his talk page) with a request to read MOS:TABLES, as have many other editors. After one of my warnings, he sent me a barnstar telling me to stop editing. He stops for a day or two after several warnings, then resumes converting every list to a table. Here is one the latest examples of this behavior. He also has been warned several times to stop adding unsourced content. I have spent hours fixing the messes he created. I hope someone can convince him to stop. Thanks. 107.15.192.226 (talk) 16:08, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Dragonrap2 indeed seems to be adding tables everywhere. This editor also vandalized the Barack Obama article here by adding Hillary Clinton as his successor. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Next time, WP:AIV is where you report vandals. But yeah, this user can definitely be blocked for unconstructively editing. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:31, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Notice of RfC at WT:BP

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There is a discussion, Should a "High content contributor" subsection be added to "When blocking may not be used", at WT:BP for Wikipedians interested in the WP blocking policy. 18:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• For those who like participating in this kind of thing, the thread exists, but note that I've removed the RFC tag. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Assistance requested

I made an error and referred to Gandydancer's comment on the Talk page of SW3 5DL as an "email" . I made that error further down on the same Talk page, in this dif

It was a pretty obvious mistake in context, but SW3 5DL actually quoted in further on in the conversation, in this dif stating that Gandy had made the remark in an email.

After Gandy called my attention to my error and SW3's use of it, I went and edited my comment, noting the change with strike outs and underlines, and commenting that I had changed it and why, per WP:TPG.

SW3 reverted my edit with edit note: "You can add a comment but do not change your comment after someone has responded to it."

I added a quote from the TPG to his Talk page explaining that it is OK, the way I did it, in this dif and then restored the edits to my comment in this dif.

SLW removed my explanation in this dif with edit note "rmv disruptive comment; Jytdog, don't post here again, thanks; I'm sure you don't mean to be, but you are being disruptive" and then reverted again in this dif.

Since I would like to honor his request to not come to his Talk page, yet per the TPG, the change I want to make is important since SLW is using my mistake in an argument with Gandy, I would like to be able to edit it and I think (?) I should be allowed to. But I am not sure what rules apply since of course SLW can do as he likes on his Talk page. And I don't want to edit war.

Please advise. thx Jytdog (talk) 01:19, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm both uninvolved, and unlikely to ever become involved, in these topics, so I don't mind attempting to mediate this if no one else wants to do that, but will hold-off in case there is a finer point of Wikilaw that requires an admin's involvement. DocumentError (talk) 01:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, you are correct, SL3 5DL can do what he likes on his talk page, and the fact that he removed your comment means that he read it already. Don't mistake emails and talk pages again. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Aye to that. And it's not like I had a choice here. He's been to my bloody talk page 20 times altogether. That's it, done and done. Thanks for the comment. SW3 5DL (talk) 02:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

of course you had a choice! you always have a choice. i made a mistake. i apologize for it, of course. please allow me to correct it. Jytdog (talk) 10:25, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

No user owns "their" talk page. All pages are to build the encyclopedia. If an error occurred and someone tries to cross out that error and correct it this should be allowed. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:37, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I've been watching this from a distance. What SWS reverted was not Jytdog changing a comment he had made after she had responded to it, but rather Jytdog adding a correction to a mistake in a comment he had made. His addition of the correction seems to me to have satisfied Gandydancer's legitimate request that he make the correction. SWS subsequently reverting Jytdog was not particularly helpful, but does not change the fact that Jytdog acted in good faith to fix his mistake. Gandydancer asked for a correction, Jytdog made the correction, and whatever happened after is no big deal. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

As long as this incident has been brought up here, I'd like to mention that SW3 5DL has accused me of, to quote, "Personal attacks, disparaging an editors contributions, calling an editor a 'mother fucker', encouraging other editors to engage in battle, especially via off-Wiki channels, edit wars, and refusal to engage on the talk page with only a few editors". None of this is true and I most certainly did not call him a "mother fucker" and I had no intention of calling him a "mother fucker". I was using a play on words, but it had nothing to do with English words, as I thought would be obvious since the words that I used were French and not English. I do not mean to defend my inappropriate behavior - I was wrong to discuss SW3 5DL on Jytdog's talk page - but now I am left with a statement that I used foul language and am unable to deny it since he has asked me to stay off his talk page. Gandydancer (talk) 00:29, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Removal of RfC tag from RfC

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I created a serious RfC [27] and the tag was quickly and unilaterally removed.[28] I would like it restored, as well as the notices that I posted to publicize it. Thank you. Lightbreather (talk) 19:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• According to Floquenbeam, "I don't care if this thread is left here to fester or not, but I've removed this from the list of RFC's. You are not going to hassle people who sign up for the WP:FRS with a pointy bad-faith RFC. Volunteers who are actually willing to help solve actual disagreements deserve better". Seems fair to me. Sorry Lightbreather. Drmies (talk) 19:45, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It's a dead serious RfC, and there is no rule that says one must respond to every RfC they are notified about, is there? I used the rfc|policy tag - not rfc|bio or rfc|reli or some other, inappropriate rfc tag - for people who are interested in commenting on policy-related requests. I am asking a second time for the tag to be restored, so that we may discuss this policy on the policy talk page... Or would others prefer that it get discussed here at ANI again for the umpteenth time. It is a policy that comes up regularly, and it needs to be discussed. Thank you. Lightbreather (talk) 20:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Why is this issue constantly swept under the rug? So much drama could be avoided if we simply made a decision on this issue and stuck to it. Chillum 20:08, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Because the result is what we have no. We evaluate it on a case by case basis. We do not need hard and fast generalized and sweeping rules that lock us into uninformed, unintelligent, and irrational decision making.--v/r - TP 20:15, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Have you looked at the proposal? What is generalized about it? (If the RfC isn't restored there soon, I will copy the proposal here - since it looks like it's going to get discussed here again.) Lightbreather (talk) 20:21, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The proposal isn't generalized. The rule that you are trying to get written in stone is.--v/r - TP 20:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I hadn't thought of it this way before, but maybe this is a case where the admins are using undue influence to effect a policy that they like to interpret a certain way. (For whatever reason, which I'd rather not have the discussion devolve into.) The fact remains, the community at large should vote on this. If the community says, "Yes, high-content creators should be blocked by different standards," then put it in writing and quit letting the admins decide (via some unwritten rule) that's the standard for this "special" population of editors. Lightbreather (talk) 20:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

That's a pretty big change. Besides, it's going to amount to some serious opposition, given that there are dozens of high-content contributors who are liable to get blocked a lot. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I surely think discussing it on that page makes more sense. For instance, what do you mean by "That's a pretty big change"? If it's already an unwritten rule, it's no change at all. We only need to put down in writing what is currently unwritten. There are a lot of smart people on Wikipedia, who have handled all kinds of real-life workplace policies. THIS CAN BE DONE. Lightbreather (talk) 20:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

In my opinion, the RfC might have been viable with the question: "Should the extent of a user's contributions be a factor in decisions regarding possible blocks of that user?", or something to that effect. Your wording was pointy because it didn't stand a snowball's chance of passing and you knew that. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 20:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I am restoring the RfC so that the discussion may continue there, instead of clogging up ANI. Lightbreather (talk) 21:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• There is no consensus in this thread (which I was not notified of, by the way) for reverting the RFC closure; indeed, while it's probably too early to call it, I'd say the "preliminary" consensus is pretty clearly to leave it as a normal thread, not an RFC. It is unethical to come to ANI to request something, and then when people disagree, you do it yourself anyway. "Clogging up ANI" doesn't matter; nothing productive happens here anyway. But treating WP:FRS volunteers like pawns in your civility war game does matter, and makes your claim to care about how we treat other editors ring pretty hollow. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• Right. And Lightbreather, first of all this is not good tactics, and second, you keep saying "discussion", and for a discussion you don't need an RfC tag. Why ANI? Why not the Village Pump or something like that? Copying the proposal here would be seriously disruptive: this board is already dysfuntional enough. And nothing is being swept under the rug here: it's pretty clear that the very terms used in the RfC are arbitrary and undefinable, and it will close as...let me check the winds...there are winds...leaves are rustling...water still flows downward...yes, no consensus it is, at best.

  Besides, I'm about to offer my own RfC: that admins with low content contributions need to hand in their bit. Discuss. Drmies (talk) 21:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

  • Adminz 4 life! ‑Scottywong| chat _ 22:58, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The Rfc-in-question, should be allowed to run its course. Assuming there'll be no consensus for what the Rfc is proposing, what harm could it do? GoodDay (talk) 23:02, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It ran for about 3 hours, and got 7 opposes and one support (and the one support was by the same user that started the proposal). Anyone who has been here for a significant period of time can easily predict the result of such a discussion. ‑Scottywong| chatter _ 23:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I know. GoodDay (talk) 23:09, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

YAPECCT

Yet another pointless Eric Corbett Civility Thread

This is convenient. When I saw the pointy Rfc thread -- and the link to the totally improper close of the recent ANI Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive855#Personal_attacks_and_incivility_by_Eric_Corbett, I was tempted comment somewhere, but didn't want to start a thread here, and the blocking policy talk isn't as widely watched as other places, and Eric's been Jimbo banned (last I knew) from the Founder's talk page, so it would be rude to post there.

Eric and I have been onwiki about the same amount of time. We disagree over what proper conduct is. From my perspective, we get along fine -- I mostly ignore him and he mostly ignores me. If Eric were violating the Wikipedia civility policy, I'd be more than willing to rat him out. Unfortunately, we don't have a policy, we have pillar-meme which some of us use to guide our own behavior, many of use to address the obvious trolls and vandals. But a policy? No. A policy is something we mostly agree on and act accordingly. As Arbcom 2012 stated:

Throughout the project, breaches of the expected level of decorum are common. These violations of the community's standards of conduct are unevenly, and often ineffectively, enforced. (1,2)
— English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee

Subsequent to that Beeblebrox attempted the Sisyphian task of actually having a policy Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Civility enforcement, but it ground to a halt... (See also my three year old essay User:NE Ent/Notes on civility).

Anyway, people (e.g. Black Kite in the prior close) keep bringing up arbcom. Arbcom's (at least past editions, not sure about Arbcom 2014, but I suspect they'll have the same opinion) have made it clear they are unlikely to take a case unless dispute resolution procedures have been followed. Specifically Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Eric Corbett remains a redlink. So if you think corrective action is required "screw your courage to the sticking point" and write the RFCU (warning: be prepared for a whole slew of Ad hominem attack, best ignored per Other duck). But please do not file ANIs, RFCs, ACs, LMNOPs .... NE Ent 22:32, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

For the record, I don't have a problem with Black Kite's closing of that thread, and I appreciate him mentioning me as one of the editors in his closing of that thread. I provided the links that I provided to give context to the matter. By that, I mean that I often don't like it when we are speaking of something and yet don't name what we are speaking of, but I also don't think that Lightbreather was focusing on one editor. She has been on a mission to make Wikipedia more civil for some time now, as currently shown at the WP:No personal attacks talk page, where I have consistently disagreed with her on her proposals. Like I've told her, I'm used to incivility on Wikipedia and have developed a thick skin regarding it, though I can fall for the WP:Bait at times. Sometimes, I am less than civil on Wikipedia, but I will be trying harder to make sure that doesn't happen. Though I often disagree with Lightbreather, I admire her attempts to make Wikipedia more friendly. Flyer22 (talk) 23:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I probably wasn't clear -- closing the ANI thread was good, suggesting arbcom as a next step was not. NE Ent 23:26, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

You're perfectly OK with invoking ArbCom when it suits your purposes. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

If not hostile means friendly, then I guess you could say I'm trying to make it friendly. Thanks, Flyer22, for recognizing that it's not about specific people... It's about this project insisting that an aggressive boys-club culture is the norm here, and if you want to stay you'd better grow thick skin and not start "drama." It may have worked in the first few years, but it does not any more. Lightbreather (talk) 01:34, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

For me, this isn't about Eric Corbett, who is only the poster boy for the larger problem: incivility on Wikipedia and this absurd notion that as much as can be done about it has been done; that if we can't come up with an all-encompassing set of rules all at once that everyone can agree upon then we shouldn't even try a few that are very easy to agree upon. For instance:

Any editor who makes comments like these about another contributor or contributors is blockable. Examples:

1. You, [username], are a cocksucker.
2. You, [username1], [username2], and [username3] are cunts.

This isn't rocket science, people. Workplaces do it all the time. And this (above) ought to be an easy-enough-to-agree-upon first step. Lightbreather (talk) 01:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Personally, I consider calling anyone names rude, whether the name be "cocksucker" or "poster boy." I have never said any of 1. I consider Eric's behavior is acceptable, 2. nothing can be done about incivility, or 3. Wikipedia doesn't have a civility issue. (What I've actually said is User:NE Ent/Notes on civility), and what I'm saying now is ANI and pointy RFCs about "high content contributor's not being blockable" is not a path to solving anything. Any editor wishing to help form consensus should focus on restarting the technically open but moribund Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Civility enforcement. Any editor /admin concerned about Eric's behavior should be starting the RFCU, not opening ANI threads or attempting drive by blocks, or considering / blaming arbcom. NE Ent 03:39, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

If if this isn't about me, how do you explain the fact that my name appears nine times in this subsection alone Lightbreather? Eric Corbett 15:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Lightbreather, if you think rudeness and incivility run off women editors, you must be very young and you probably haven't spent much time in the real world of real employment. In my decades of employment, while men can be rude at times, when it comes to flat-out incivility, my "fellow" women are the ones who can stab you in the back while smiling. I've faced true discrimination and systemic bias in my real world work, some from male bosses, but many of the worst perpetrators were women bosses who resented another queen bee in their hive. So if you think running off older, curmudgeonly people like Corbett will create a more civil environment here, you are sadly mistaken. The most uncivil editor I am dealing with right now has never uttered a "bad word" in gigabytes of bandwidth, but has run off quite a few other editors due to his actions. This is the wrong stick, and I'd advise dripping it. Montanabw^(talk) 19:46, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Montanabw, I was alive when JFK was assassinated. I don't believe incivility runs off only women, nor do I believe that only men can be uncivil. I don't want to run off anybody, and I don't like "stick" accusations. Please come to my talk page if you want to talk. :-) Lightbreather (talk) 01:29, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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Some cleanup help please

Some help cleaning this up please. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 08:47, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

On a related note, an admin should delete Template:Db-notability-notice, Template talk:Db-notability-notice, Book:kk, and Book talk:kk under CSD G6 so that Template:kk and Template talk:kk can be moved over to Template:Db-notability-notice and Template talk:Db-notability-notice without leaving a redirect. zzuuzz, as you are an admin, could you do that? – Epicgenius (talk) 11:15, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

It's easier to just revert the page move without leaving a redirect and delete the target page in the process—admins can do it all from the page move interface. So that's what I did. Everything should be back to normal now. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:20, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: Thanks. I did not know that. – Epicgenius (talk) 12:49, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting it out. I was about to head out. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 14:23, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I move protected that template. I'm not sure if this is a WP:BEANS situation but many templates are dependent on it and that's minimal. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 02:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Tamil topics and a family in Jaffna

Dear Administrator - there is a user obi2canibe who keep adding tags that i must have inline resources to the article Tissanayagam Family I frankly don't understand why as i have quoted as much material as could be possibly expected He also keeps removing any content on any articles that deal with Jaffna and Sri Lankan Tamil's Please do check - i don't know if i am in violation of any Wikipedia rule - if i am please let me know - But this guy seems to have a problem — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehanbastians (talk • contribs) 16:33, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Tissanayagam family seems to be the family article in question. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 16:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe it is another article that is the victim of Tamilization. Many of these sources have no page numbers and instead of tag bombing every single sentence it is just better to add a refimprove tag on the header. Bladesmulti (talk) 03:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

repeated talk moving

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the editor Jmh649 has repeatedly moved/deleted my talk page discusions on ebola west Africa, I have asked him to stop and I am notifying you to please help. thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:21, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

First of all NO COMMENTS were deleted. You can see the dif here [29]. The issue we are facing is new users rather than joining the previous discussion on the topic feel they should simply start new sections about it over and over again. Would recommend per talk page etiquette that you join the already ongoing discussions rather than start new ones. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

you are correct some new editors do and I agree with this practice ( I though have been here for some time as per my user page indicates), the "80 contacts" are new in reference to the new situation in Dallas.In any event, I will drop it, in the best interest of the article.As I respect other editors so should be the same for all.thank you.--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 14:49, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

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suspected banned user edits

The user User:Klaus_Barner was banned about a year ago for disruptive editing. This edit (from before the user was banned) shows the IP with prefix 84.157 making edits in close proximity to an earlier and a later edit by User:Klaus_Barner, indicating that the IP starting with 84.157 is in fact User:Klaus_Barner himself. In the past few days there have been several attempts by IP's starting with 84.157 to delete sourced material. This material is very similar to the material that User:Klaus_Barner tried to delete himself in this edit, before being banned. What would be the appropriate course of action to deal with the edit-warring by the IP? Tkuvho (talk) 08:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Based on your description, the user deleting sourced material cannot be positively identified by a IP, but only the IP prefix. So, the 3RR noticeboard is out. Your best bet is to file a SPI inquiry here, listing all the IP addresses making suspect edits, and User:Klaus_Barner as the sock-master. In this SPI you should ask a range block be applied. If you need help doing this, or want me to do it for you, ping me with the article in question, Tkuvho. DocumentError (talk) 09:54, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Tkuvho, there's not much point in doing an SPI for such dynamic IPs, since the banned user isn't using each one more than once or at most twice. It looks obvious that it's him using these IPs, and jumping to new ones all the time. I've blocked the 84.157.64.0/18 range for a week. I'm having trouble checking out possible collateral damage (tool not working right now), so you're welcome to contact me if you have further trouble. Bishonen | talk 14:18, 3 October 2014 (UTC).

@Bishonen:, the collateral on this anon-only block is minimal. There shouldn't be an issue with extending the block if the disruption starts back up after the block expires.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 15:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Article is semi-protected, but that alone doesn't guarantee article improvement. The experts need to decide (and make clear on the talk page for future reference) whether the edit itself (which I just reverted, for formality's sake) has any merit. If it's a good edit, it needs to be reinstated, on its own merit despite its origin--it's as simple as that. Drmies (talk) 15:04, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your help everybody. I will follow User:Drmies's suggestion and start a discussion thread on this material. Tkuvho (talk) 06:53, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Corona del Mar High School

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72.194.125.162 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has been censoring sourced information in the Corona del Mar High School article. He's also been edit warring today.

I came in after seeing a request for help at Editor Assistance/Requests, with no prior involvement. I have explained WP:NOTCENSORED, WP:GEVAL, WP:DUE, and WP:RS to the IP over and over.

His response, every time, is that I'm mistaken, that NPOV somehow means we should not include reliably sourced information regarding controversies, and that I'm somehow not addressing the "merits" of this argument.

Given that that's all of his activity, and the sheer blindness with which he's arguing, the IP has to be acting with a WP:COI here. Regardless, he is WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia.

Could someone please "arbitrate" here? Ian.thomson (talk) 05:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Ok, they're claiming that undoing their censorship is "censorship" in turn. There's no way one can assume both good faith and competence from that. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:25, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

"An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to the weight of that aspect in the body of reliable sources on the subject. For example, discussion of isolated events, criticisms, or news reports about a subject may be verifiable and impartial, but still disproportionate to their overall significance to the article topic. This is a concern especially in relation to recent events that may be in the news." This article already has an extensive "Controversies" section based entirely on such isolated events. Must they, and slurs related to them, be in the introductory paragraph of this article. Does Wikipedia approve articles about other academic institutions with isolated controversial matters so prominently and redundantly displayed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.125.162 (talk) 05:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I've protected Corona del Mar High School for 3 days. I'll leave the rest to anyone who thinks it needs more action. Dougweller (talk) 10:57, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Of course you should take further action! You should ensure the article is impartial and that reported events are weighted appropriately. Clearly the article in its present state gives undue weight to isolated events, criticisms, and news reports that are vastly disproportionate to the overall outstanding reputation and history of this academic institution. By way of comparison, is the famous Naval Academy cheating scandal ( http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N24/cheating.24w.html ) prominently featured in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article about that illustrious institution? Absolutely not, nor should it be. Isolated events will occasionally occur but they are not the defining feature of an academic institution. It is worth mentioning that DaltonHird, the Wikipedia editor whose edit war resulted in your protecting this page (and whose edits remain in the protected version)admittedly has a feminist POV, thus claims the school has "serious social problems resulting in several high-profile instances of sexism, homophobia, gender-related violence". These slurs do not belong in the article, especially where there already is a Controversies section repeating them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.125.162 (talk) 03:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It's being discussed on the talk page. I've made a suggestion to shorten the lede a bit which seems the biggest concern (the entire section hasn't been blanked, just the lede) so that's at least a middle ground all things considered. It doesn't seem like there's a desire to completely remove the controversies section. If the editor does not wish to compromise on that, then it can be escalated. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Titanium Dragon again

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This complaint, if it's still to be called that, has been light on evidence of violations of policy or guidelines since the second comment. If editors believe that there has been a violation of policies or guidelines then that needs to be presented either here or at WP:AE with evidence in the form of diffs and explanation of onwiki actions. If editors continue to cast aspersions of each other in violation of WP:NPA and discretionary sanctions procedures they will be sanctioned. I would suggest that if editors believe someone has violated policies or guidelines they report them at WP:AE (if related to BLP discretionary sanctions) as it is specially designed or this type of thing or here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

After being topic banned and later unbanned and warned, it seems User:Titanium Dragon can't avoid making unsourced accusations of wrongdoing. Two days ago, it was a relatively minor rephrasing to state that an employee was "questioned" rather than the more neutral (and sourced) "spoken to", and also substituting a vague "found no evidence of wrongdoing" for the more definitive "allegations were shown to be false". (I had asked Titanium Dragon about it on the Talk page but got no reply.) Today we have another unsourced allegation that Zoe Quinn is still a target because she is attacking others and engaging in censorship. I have redacted his allegations and I'll obviously leave any rev-del (if necessary) up to admins. Can something please be done? Woodroar (talk) 08:24, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Zoe Quinn issued a DMCA notice on Mundane Matt's video well over a month ago; it has been attested by multiple sources and Mundane Matt has uploaded copies of the request, and the subsequent restoration (obviously with Zoe Quinn's personal information blacked out because otherwise it would be doxxing). This has been noted by numerous sources. These sources have frequently been noted in the discussion of the article.

Likewise, Zoe Quinn's part in the dispute against The Fine Young Capitalists has been noted both by the folks themselves as well as by a number of sources. This is all pretty well established at this point.

This kind of harassment is unacceptable, @Woodroar:. It is an attempt to use the rules to remove a user who is an effective advocate for the article being made more neutral. I have noted the DRN the nature of the sources and noted that they do not match up with the claims of you and yours that the majority of reliable sources claim that it is all about misogyny and harassment; indeed, the majority of sources make mention of the fact that there is more than one side to this, and many of them note the issue of corruption in the games industry, culture war issues, and similar things.

When you don't apply this sort of thing evenly, your goal is very clear. I don't see you complaining about Tarc calling people misogynists, Ryulong calling new users "/v/irgins", or complain when people claim that the sources say "harassment harassment harassment misogyny misogyny misogyny" without specifically citing them. I'm really tired of your behavior. I have been called a misogynist, been doxxed, been banned and then had my ban revoked, and otherwise had to deal with this nonsense.

This ends now. This sort of behavior is a clear attempt to remove me from the article. I'm tired of dealing with it. I understand that this is just a part of a much more broad, widespread form of harassment and censorship which has been directed at people who have reported on the manner in a way that you and yours have considered unacceptable, and I'm glad that I, unlike some folk, have not gotten a syringe in the mail, or been the subject of a DDOS, or similar nonsense, but having harassment like this spill over onto Wikipedia is unacceptable.

I'm not "pro-gamergate". I'm pro reality. I don't care about stupid conspiracy theories or anything else. But I do care about documenting the harassment levelled against them, the campaign of censorship, and other things. I do care about changes in ethics policies of websites and ad money getting withdrawn. I also care about Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian getting death threats that prompted them to leave their homes, and Phil Fish getting hacked and doxxed. That's relevant. That's material.

It is very hard to assume good faith from others when they never assume good faith in you. And it is especially difficult when you are aware of other people being harassed or threatened just because they're talking about something. John Bain became a target of attack because he spoke out against the DMCA notice on YouTube, and got called a misogynist for it, despite speaking out against harassment. When I get called a misogynist for trying to add the same information to Wikipedia, when I see the same language which gets directed at others directed at me, well, what am I supposed to think? Titanium Dragon (talk) 09:53, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Filing a good-faith DMCA request can hardly be considered "harassment" even if it was Quinn that did it, nor can it be neutrally described as "attacking others" or "censorship." (We might publish a notable opinion that someone thinks it's censorship, but that's substantially different than stating it in Wikipedia's voice.) Nor have neutral, reliable sources described Quinn as being involved in "harassment" of TFYC. There is an obvious dispute between the two, and Quinn has been critical of TFYC, but there is a qualitative difference between being critical and harassing. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 09:59, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You clearly did not read the diffs. I did not say that she harassed The Fine Young Capitalists. Quit lying about what I said. I said "her involvement with The Fine Young Capitalists". Titanium Dragon (talk) 10:08, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

OK, so what you're saying is that the harassment of Quinn was justified because she had a dispute with TFYC? That she was "asking for it" and deserved it? Or what? What's the point here? You seem to be finding lots and lots of ways to try and explain away the harassment campaign. GamerGate would be a shit-ton better off if they'd stop making the issue about a female indie developer and start making the issue about IGN getting paid to promote Halo. Why are you and so many others so fixated on Zoe Quinn and not on the billion-dollar AAA developers? Is it perhaps because GamerGate isn't actually motivated by "journalism ethics," perhaps?

I'm serious here — you are loudly claiming THE MOVEMENT ISN'T ABOUT MISOGYNY while continuing to endlessly harp on discredited allegations about a minor indie developer's sex life. It's literally transparent to anyone who hasn't drunk the Kool-Aid — and of course, according to you, if they haven't drunk the Kool-Aid they are somehow automatically biased. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 10:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) what you're saying is that the harassment of Quinn was justified because she had a dispute with TFYC? That she was "asking for it" and deserved it? Did TD say that, or are you making it up to make hir look bad? You can't call aspersions like that on another editor with impunity, NBSB. Diego (talk) 10:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

If the plan is to ban people for victim blaming on wikipedia, there's a long backlog to sift through before TD is reached.Bosstopher (talk) 11:39, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

For fucks sake, Titanium Dragon, I have been telling you multiple times on multiple pages over the past day that "/v/irgin" is a term used on 4chan as a self-appelation for users of one of the particular boards and it is not a fucking insult. I am tired of you bringing this shit up.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You were using it in a deprecating manner on people who were new to Wikipedia and who, in all probability, were not, in fact, familiar with 4Chan terminology, seeing as 4Chan has banned discussion of the matter. I have some awareness of it - I know, for instance, that they frequently refer to each other as "fag", like "newfag", and I've seen /b/tard from people - but I don't know all the boards specific appellations, or which ones were self-applied. And I probably know more about 4Chan than most random people on the internet, who vaguely are aware of them as people who occasionally hack some stuff and wear Guy Falwkes masks. Moreover, the reality is that in the greater context of the internet, a lot of people were, at the time, stereotyping gamers as basement dwelling virgins, which was part of why people were so angry in the first place. I'm sorry, but you did not make the best first impression on me, and even if you meant it in that context, it was still inappropriate. Titanium Dragon (talk) 10:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Then stop fucking bringing it up, and don't you start with the #notyourshield shit here either.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:52, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

"Fuck fuck fucking shit"? Insipid. I expect everyone at Wikipedia to be intelligent enough not to use such language here. You realize this ANI discussion gives the impression that Titanium Dragon is giving thoughtful replies and you come off as hot-headed? --Pudeo' 12:33, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Content disputes should simply not be dealt with at ANI. I'd say the best course of action should be from now on to WP:BOOMERANG anyone who drags here another editor involved in the Gamergate controversy article, to ensure that these utterly-WP:UNCIVIL threads that destroy the already battered collaboration climate are kept from recurring. Diego (talk) 10:23, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

This isn't a WP:BOOMERANG worthy thread.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

A report that a previously BLP-topic-banned editor may be writing further BLP-violating material is not a content dispute and quite properly belongs here. Black Kite (talk) 10:37, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) No, this is a thread that shouldn't exist to begin with. That's why I'm suggesting something that prevents having these frivolous complaints created in the first place. Diego (talk) 10:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Black Kite, TD was not topic banned. Had Gamaliel followed proper procedure and warned TD propelry, TD could have stopped the problematic behavior and not needed the improperly placed ban. Diego (talk) 10:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Being let off on a technicality doesn't mean shit, TBH.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:50, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

On the contrary, we take technicalities deeply serious here, in special around blocking policy. That's why this thread doesn't make any sense, it doesn't in any way follows how behavior incidents should be dealt with, which is with abundant direct links to edits that break policy. Diego (talk) 11:03, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind half so much if these folks were so diligent about other people who actually commit BLP violations in the article, like, for instance, adding a section from Cracked to the article despite the fact that they've been warned that it is inappropriate, or citing sources which have conflict of interest issues as noted on the talk page. People are yelling at me for talking about stuff on an ANI page and on the talk page. If that's bad news, then surely people who have been doing stuff in the article must be report worthy? I don't report everyone constantly because it is stupid and disruptive, and one of the rules is that we're not supposed to disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. Titanium Dragon (talk) 10:53, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

There is nothing in the article on Gamergate controversy from Cracked, unless you are referring to the article Zoe Quinn which may or may not (I have not checked) contain quotations from the article she wrote for Cracked. And you keep bringing up these alleged conflicts of interest. All citations in the article come from reliable sources. But this is the pro-Gamergate narrative that keeps coming from your fingertips, that because you or someone you know has found that someone donated $1 to a patreon or indiegogo by one of the harassed parties that suddenly means that everything is biased and unusable. No one is disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. They are bringing this up here because you have been a net drain on the project when it comes to writing on this topic. You have shown that you cannot be neutral. You have made multiple statements on the talk pages of these articles that have had to be deleted from the history because of what you will not stop talking about. We are all tired of the same arguments, the same claims, and the same allegations coming from you.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Did you read what I wrote about? If you did, then you're lying about it. If you didn't, then why are you making such outrageous claims?

The reason why the Time article is not useful as a source is because the controversy centered originally - and continues to swirl around to some extent - Kotaku. Leigh Alexander, the writer of the article in Time, is also a writer for Kotaku. When you write about a controversy about your own employer and coworkers, that is a conflict of interest. We could cite it for her OPINION on it, but when controversy strikes, we don't cite the person who is at the center of the allegations, nor their employees, on the facts of the case - we use third party, neutral sources for that, because of conflict of interest issues. Indeed, that's general RS policy, not to mention BLP policy - we don't cite people saying nice things about themselves or defending themselves as facts.

The reason why The New Yorker piece is not usable is because it contains at least two factual errors. One of them could arguably be dismissed as wishful thinking, that Zoe Quinn's claims that it was all secretly a plot by 4chan would make it all go away. But the other one was egregious. They claimed that it was clear that GamerGate was just an excuse to attack women because no one else's integrity had been attacked. But the reality was that Grayson's integrity had been attacked, and indeed, the attacks were so severe that Kotaku noted that the allegations were extremely serious and investigated them. They said that they found no evidence that their relationship had started before the article had been written. They also dismissed the crazy rumor that someone started (or more likely, which was the result of the internet playing Telephone (game)), that Grayson had written a review of Depression Quest, which he hadn't (which is fact at this point, as no one has been able to produce it; he did mention the game positively once previously on RPS, but it was like, one sentence). Thing is, when The New Yorker makes a claim that it is clearly all about attacks on women on the basis of an incorrect fact, a fact which is specifically cited by them as being the crux of their argument, that indicates that the source did not do proper fact checking. There were many, many sources which noted that Grayson had had his professional ethics questioned, and a cursory search would have found that.

Saying that this is about crazy conspiracy theories about Patreon - making up arguments which have absolutely nothing to do with what I said - makes it very difficult to assume good faith on your part. Titanium Dragon (talk) 11:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Neither of those are errors of fact — they are merely places where you interpret things differently than the writer.

The New Yorker' piece is, indeed, correctly noting that Grayson was not bombarded with death and rape threats and was not the recipient of a vicious, prolonged campaign of harassment as Quinn was. The campaign primarily targeted Quinn for abuse and the author is correctly observing the qualitative difference between what the two people went through. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 11:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

That isn't what the New Yorker piece said. The New Yorker piece said - and I quote:

• "In the past few weeks, a debate about journalistic ethics in video-game coverage has spilled onto social media. Tens of thousands of tweets were written, most of them accompanied by the hashtag #gamergate. Many Twitter users involved in the discussion called for more clarity and disclosure by writers about the relationships they have with independent creators. They want critics to abide by John Updike’s sound rule to never “accept for review a book you are … committed by friendship to like.” In Quinn’s case, the fact that she was the subject of the attacks rather than the friend who wrote about her game reveals the true nature of much of the criticism: a pretense to make further harassment of women in the industry permissible. (The debate dissipated after Quinn posted the chat logs of some 4chan users, revealing that the #gamergate hashtag had been coördinated with malicious intent.)"

The paragraph is about ethics, not about death threats and abuse. Seriously, why are you making me repeat myself? It is over there. If you have a problem with my interpretation of the source, bring it up over there, this is ANI, not DRN. Titanium Dragon (talk) 12:04, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

As for me claiming everything is biased and unusable - the only source which I've mentioned in the categorization of sources as being a questionable source because of bias referred to people as "the gamer Taliban" throughout the article. I'm sorry, but I have very real reservations about using a source which uses language like that, and I think most folks here would agree with that. If a source referred to the Democratic or Republican party in such terms, and we were trying to cite it about Barack Obama or John McCain or whatever, do you really think people would be like "Yeah, that's an okay source to use to cite factual information"? If some source referred to Leigh Alexander as the hag-queen of Mordor throughout its length, I wouldn't be using that either. We aren't using Breitbart as a source because they are biased and there are concerns about distortion and misrepresentation, and even they aren't going that far. Many of the sources are biased, and thus we must take care when using them, but that one in particular I felt was egregious. It also didn't really say anything all that useful that couldn't be sourced elsewhere, and frankly, any article where you're referring to a group as "the gamer Taliban" is probably an opinion column, whether or not it is actually labelled "opinion", especially when they're using it because they're trying to cast aspersions on people. Just because a source is biased doesn't mean we can't use it, but generally speaking, if we have the choice, we tend towards using unbiased sources whenever possible. Titanium Dragon (talk) 11:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Titanium Dragon: the fact that unreliable and SPS sources like Tumblr "have frequently been noted in the discussion of the article" is the problem. We simply can't use sources like this to make allegations about a living person, and repeating them in Wikipedia's voice or even in your own on Talk pages is unacceptable. I'm sorry that you've been called a misogynist and been doxxed—and I'm thankful you haven't been sent a syringe or DDOSed—but none of this excuses the fact that you have repeatedly violated our policies. You are correct that this ANI is an attempt to remove you from the article, because I feel you are damaging the project, in ways that other editors—including many SPAs—are not. And I'm sorry that you see this as a means to push an anti-Gamergate POV, but my goal is to uphold policy, and I will work to remove infringing material whether it's about someone I love or loathe or even one of my favorite bands. Woodroar (talk) 10:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

There are a lot of sources on the DMCA notice, and the Tumblr thing is a primary source - it is a copy of the notice posted by MundaneMatt himself. Forbes makes note of the DMCA as well, if you're terribly bothered about it. :P

Why do you feel that my documentation of the flaws in The New Yorker is damaging the project? Why do you feel that my noting which sources say what about the GamerGate controversy is damaging? This is useful stuff! Knowing what the reliable sources says allows us to confirm or rebutt claims about what they say in general.

Nothing is more damaging to the project than attempting to abuse the rules. That's why we have rules against disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. I'm not sure what the point you're trying to make here is. You don't want the sources to be tabulated and their reliability assessed? I was specifically responding to another user who claimed that other people (Grayson, specifically) hadn't had their credibility attacked. I noted that others had, and the reasons why I felt that Zoe Quinn continued to be the target of attacks. Grayson hasn't been the continuing target of attacks on his integrity because the only thing he was implicated in was that, though his ability as a reporter has been questioned by a few people, including John Bain. Quinn was involved in a lot of other stuff, and thusly ended up sticking around. Frankly, I'm not sure how much abuse is even still being leveled at her at this point; a quick look at #GamerGate on Twitter gave me zero hits for "Zoe Quinn", "Quinn", and "Zoe". Most of what gets discussed by these folks right now is about abuse of gamers by journalists, censorship, and other stuff. By the time of #GamerGate, it wasn't really about Quinn; it was about the games journalism industry. Quinn just was one of the first and most prominent targets, along with Grayson, but because other things came out about her it lingered on her for longer.

How is your complaining about this improving the project? Why didn't you just go and redact it and leave me a message on my talk page about your concerns? Titanium Dragon (talk) 11:10, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I did ask you about the first edit 2 days ago, and also offered to help with BLP compliance 4 days ago, but you didn't reply to either message. Woodroar (talk) 11:18, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Woodroar: Ah, I see. Well, to wit: One of those was about WP:BLP's introduction being in contradiction with the body of the policy, along with WP:NPOV and WP:NOR/WP:SYNTH. Basically, the introduction implies that NPOV and NOR and SYNTH apply to talk pages, while the respective articles note the exact opposite - which is to say, that they do not (they're article space policy). What BLP actually says is that anything we say about people should be something which can be reliably sourced, regardless of where it is on Wikipedia (unless it is specifically about ourselves, on our own user page, though we're not allowed to claim false credentials to improve our perceived authority). I got multiple conflicting opinions on it (various folks, including admins, noted that they felt that BLP applied to what it said it applied to, and that the rules for them applied to the spaces that those policies otherwise applied to unless otherwise noted by the article (which RS does note otherwise on). The fact that people seem to disagree on this somewhat is a bit problematic, though I think that's the only logical way to do things, as talk space tends not to be very neutral and often has to involve SYNTH and OR because we are trying to look stuff up and are debating whether or not content is, in fact, supported by the sources; if people kept removing it because of BLP violations, it would be impossible to discuss this stuff in the talk space at all (and could also easily lead to disruptive editors removing stuff which isn't a violation but claiming that it was, and then claiming that you can't even discuss it because it is a BLP violation - something which some folks already do).

The other one, I'm sorry I didn't respond to; I must have overlooked it. Sorry about that. "Questioned" probably should have been "spoke to" per WP:SAID, you're right on that count. The reason I removed "for her game" was that it was inaccurate; she had been accused of trying to get positive press, which was specifically noted by Kotaku separately from the stuff about the nonexistent game review. InternetAristocrat's Five Guys video (noted by a lot of sources early on, and Forbes mentioned it as being a major thing which served to popularize GamerGate) went after Grayson's GAME_JAM article, which is probably why Kotaku noted it as a separate allegation against Grayson. Titanium Dragon (talk) 12:20, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Can you go a month without mentioning Zoe Quinn, Titanium Dragon? If GamerGate really isn't about misogyny and if journalism ethics really isn't merely a facade to justify harassment of Zoe Quinn and other females in gaming, then surely you can find any number of well-sourced things to write about the movement that don't have anything to do with Zoe Quinn. And yet virtually every time you post it somehow ends up having something to do with Zoe Quinn. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 10:51, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You should add Leigh Alexander to that list of restrictions.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

No, that's just a result of your selective memory. I've discussed various issues with censorship and all sorts of other things.

Look at your post above where you claimed that I said that Zoe Quinn's harassment was justified. I never said that. You do this sort of thing all the time. This is characteristic of the sort of behavior that TechCrunch spoke about. When you make stuff up about other people because that is how it must be - that because they disagree with you, they must be evil and for kicking puppies - that is a sure sign that you are not thinking rationally. Just because I understand why she is being harassed doesn't mean that I approve of it. The ability to understand other people is called empathy. Titanium Dragon (talk) 11:19, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

So the answer is no, you won't go a month without mentioning Zoe Quinn, because reasons.

By the way, I went back to the diffs when you talked about "censorship" and "media blackout" — the issue that you alleged was being "censored" and "blacked out" was... wait for it... the allegations about Zoe Quinn. So no, you weren't writing about a topic other than Zoe Quinn. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 11:37, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Sure. A lot of the censorship has been about Zoe Quinn, and the original burst of censorship was the worst, and it was centered around Zoe Quinn and Nathan Grayson (and a few others, but it mostly succeeded in avoiding them getting mentioned - only TalkingShip discussed some of the other issues involved, especially the social justice angle which has frequently been neglected). However, discussion of GamerGate at all has been banned from a number of places, and GamerGate, as I noted, isn't really about Zoe Quinn. As I noted, going to #GamerGate on Twitter, there weren't any mentions of Zoe Quinn at all on the front two pages of results. A lot of the discussion is about games journalists, censorship, media blackouts, attacks on people, harassment of GamerGate supporters, ect. Also about Intel pulling ads from Gamasutra because of Leigh Alexander's article there. If it is really all about Zoe Quinn, why aren't they mentioning her name?

The reality is that the censorship on the issue made a lot of people who were upset about the gaming media in general band together against them, because, you see, if you're censoring something, there must be something to it, right? Why would you bother to censor nonsense? It was the Streisand Effect at its finest. And the truth is that once the gaming media showed its weakness and started attacking people, it meant that they had failed at the cardinal rule. As Eisenhower once said, when you appeal to force, there is one thing you must never do - lose. Alexander said that game developers shouldn't design for gamers. Gamers told advertisers what they thought about that. Advertisters pulled ads because they didn't want to be associated with the article. That has nothing to do with Zoe Quinn at all.

Zoe Quinn was a spark for a great deal of rage. I've explained all of this to you before. Zoe Quinn's own actions lead to a lot of unhappiness with her personally, but the whole Gamergate thing was really something which has been brewing for years, probably ever since Doritogate. I've heard people say very nasty things about the gaming media for years now; a lot of folks have been deeply upset by them, and like to tell others every chance they get while people kind of sigh at their rage. Now, they have their chance, and a lot of people are listening because the gaming media validated them by going after them en masse, signalling weakness on their part.

Slate wrote an article about this, speculating that the real reason for the attacks on gamers was because "traditional" gaming journalism itself was dying - they were being outcompeted by people like John Bain on Youtube, people on Youtube starting to do what games journalists did before, and that's scary and confusing and also means that they have real, actual competition - and from what I can tell, the YouTubers seem to be winning, if shares of their videos are any indication. Titanium Dragon (talk) 11:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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Battleground mentality and disruptive editing by Coat of Many Colours

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• While collecting Camille Pissarro paintings for Hafspajen a couple weeks ago, I discovered the painting September Morn and its poor, poor article. During the course of the Featured Picture candidacy for the image, Coat of Many Colours appears to have taken offence over the subject of the image, a young woman standing nude alongside a lake one early morning, and has cited analysis of the painting stating that it is an indecent image of a minor, something which was a minority opinion during the course of the FPC.

This is, as a matter of course, completely acceptable, and I recognize that we cannot all agree on all things. However, Coat appears to have attempted to derail the FPC with extensive commentary and snide remarks (describing an editor who disagrees with him as "puerile" and "infantile", for instance), causing the length of the nomination to balloon up to over 10,000 words with all the replies. This started with declarations that the painting was gratifying to paedophiles (by an editor claiming to speak for the general public and was followed by admissions that Coat was editing while drunk, to implications that I was ignoring pertinent information in the article expansion (citing... The Museum of Hoaxes, which is clearly not an RS) or applying "editorial discretion" in what information was included, accusing me of OR. When the editor's attempts to force the FPC to close as unsuccessful failed, he migrated to the talk page of the article (which I was in the middle of expanding).

On the talk page, Coat again accused me of censoring certain information (though Coat's term was me being "reluctant" to include the claimant, ignoring the issue of reference quality), and later that asking me to make a "real effort" at research (at a point when the article already had 50 references and had taken up 3 days of Wikipedia editing). Soon an IP appeared who added an extensive snippet of copyrighted material (and later, a whole abstract), then accused me of censorship when I reworked the additions to avoid violating copyright. This IP later stated that he was Coat (and behavioural evidence suggests this is correct). Coat's extensive comments have continued on the talk page (under his own account), and although the rhetoric has calmed down a bit, there are apparently still some problems.

However, the greatest issue that I've had with Coat is his implication (while editing as an IP, before the IP said that he was Coat; a possible violation of WP:SOCK) that I'm a paedophile for showing interest in the painting (how this comment implies paedophilia is explained here. He has been warned about this by Drmies (Coat's reply was "I'm going to throw you over the bridge every time you come back here, whatever your issue, whoever it is you like whose interests you are trying to protect."), and Awien, who agrees that the painting is an indecent depiction of a minor, asked Coat to apologize (Coat... gave this as a reply; note the accusation of canvassing? The post Coat is apparently alluding to was my question whether Drmies thought the IP's comments were an implication of paedophilia/COI or not), I ultimately gave up on responding to Coat's comments, as there was no apology for the grave insult, and it appears I was right to do so: Coat says no apology is needed and continues to insist that he never implied I was a paedophile, despite others' readings of his comment saying otherwise.

This battlefield mentality and inability to listen to others is not new. Hafspajen (mentioned above) temporarily retired because of Coat's behaviour at previous FPCs, and since then has banned the editor from his talk page and requested that Coat not even mention his user name, something Coat didn't do (note that this is 2 days after Hafs explicitly said "stop talking to me and stop mentioning my name"). Coat also maintains a subpage apparently meant to build or archive an attempt to build a case against Stefan2, who has nominated several images Coat uploaded as possibly being copyvios (resembles an attack page to me).

Because of the above behaviour (which has apparently taken up almost all of the user's on-wiki time for the past two weeks), and the editor's unwillingness to respond to others concerns, I think it's best that (at the very least) Coat be I-banned from interacting with me and preferably Hafspajen as well. The editor's disruption and PAs may, however, be enough for a block and/or ban - as decided by the community. I'm for it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:27, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I endorse the facts and the tenor of this report. I have been on the verge of blocking them more than once; this battleground mentality, the accusations, the snide remarks, the misrepresentations make for an impossible work atmosphere. I urge the community to take action or, at the very least, for an uninvolved admin to look into this situation. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:13, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

The accusation of pedophila [30] is targeted at the painter Chabas, and since he's both notable and long dead (1937) that's not a violation of policy. From my take, this kerfuffle is the OP Crisco adding drama to victory -- and the time of COMC's commment, the voting was tending heavily towards accept, and it was as much Crisco, et. al. choosing not to let COMC have the last word as it was COMC's continued rebuttals that churned the page.. The edit warring over two sentence quotes as "copyright violation" is lame, also. Clearly, copy pasting entire paragraphs is a violation and brief phrases are not and there is gray in between, but certainly not worth fighting over, by COMC (just externally link to the quote) or Crisco 1492 (don't fuss about it if it's borderline). I heartily endorse Crisco adopting a User:NE_Ent/Unilateral_interaction_ban vis-a-vis COMC.

Additionally, since the pic easily passed feature picture, COMC comments weren't that disruptive. Since this all happened days ago -- pic was promoted 26 Sep -- it's also not an "incident" requiring urgent admin attention. NE Ent 02:46, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Sorry, Ent, but you're reading this diff incorrectly. It's not Chabas who is accused of pedophilia--nor is the accusation made that Crisco is a pedophile. Let's read this carefully: "the article" is blamed for a "deeply deeply suspect" effort to make Chabas acceptable again, and it's that part I took issue with, since it's blaming Crisco, through the article, for repairing a pedophile's reputation, and for having a "deeply deeply suspect" motivation--rather than Crisco's usual MO, which is article improvement. So this was indeed a serious personal attack, and that is what made me warn Coat. Now, that's sort of water under the bridge, but then came this edit, indicating that they obviously weren't going to leave Crisco (and his nominations) alone. This latter edit is ostensibly an oppose on a different FP nomination, but was really nothing more than an opportunity to stoke that fire again, days after I had hoped that they were going to drop the matter. Drmies (talk) 03:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Ent, if it was just the copyvios (which the editor stopped, eventually), it would have been water under the bridge. It's not though. It is an ongoing, two-week long crusade against the image, the article, and those involved in the expansion of the article, in which the user has been told to "tone down (his) wild hyperbole" (diff from today) and similar... yet it has yet to happen. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

As for "accusation of pedophilia being against Chabas"... I didn't say he "accused" me of it. I said he implied it. How? By collocating the "deeply, deeply suspect" comment with statements of Chabas' paedophilia. What other reason would one have for (consciously) doing so? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:06, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse Block per WP:POINT, and WP:DISRUPTIVE per the evidence provided. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• Endorse block This is a morality crusade and tossing around accusations against the painter in this manner taints the museum as well. They've held this work since 1957 and there were controversies since it was painted as their have been about many excellent and well known pieces of art. Uhm...that is part of what art is sometimes, n 1912 and still today. However a number of things being said are questionable and Drmies isn't stretching this, but I go a tad further in that this also seems to be attacking the gallery/museum for displaying it or even owning it. I am also rather disturbed by the criticism of just trying to bring a painting out of a perceived obscurity as if that was some fault here...ITS WHAT WE DO! We bring attention to notable works. We are an encyclopedia, not a political or moral message board. The talk page has been abused for a moral crusade and I think it has crossed from a debate (which doesn't really belong there) to trying to assign a sickness to anyone that admires this painting or tries to defend against some of the more obscure and even extreme criticism of some critics. How much room we give for such is one thing...but this has become something else that is just wrong on many levels.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment: Just marking as a comment as I probably count as involved having supported the FP nomination but I endorse everything stated by Crisco and Drmies; COMC's standard behaviour is disruptive with a constant battleground attitude. SagaciousPhil - Chat 05:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment: My response was this on my Talk page i.e. to say I defend Crisco's right to raise his concerns but I don't want to get involved. But do I need to make some response to defend my reputation. When I saw this Featured Picture nomination, which occurred early the same day September 16 my return from a month's leave abroad, a date I had placed on my Talk page, I knew at once it was quite wrong. I had edited at Cicada 3301, an article start of mine, and then turned to my Watchlist and was absolutely gobsmacked to see the September Morn nomination. It's creator Paul Chabas made his living from painting pictures of naked pubescent and pre-pubescent girls (never boys one can remark). September Morn is his self-acknowledged masterpiece. These paintings have been withdrawn from display in European museums, as has September Morn in the US. He is routinely cited in the literature as a paedophile in the tradition of Ruskin and Carroll. Of coursed I opposed the nomination, but equally I didn't want to get involved in a discussion about paedophilia. This was my oppose

Oppose, the subject is too young for the image to be decent by modern standards. Some common-sense discretion surely advisable here. Are we also to feature the more provocative of Balthus' paintings for example? In making this oppose I exercise my right to make an oppose clearly stating a reason. I'm not prepared to debate it.

But I wasn't left alone. For the rest of it I can comment that everything of note in recent years regarding this painting appearing in the article, citing the work of Brauer, Kincaid, Dijkstra and Witchard, all comes from me. As to the accusation of impugning Crisco of being a paedophile, I dealt with that on the Talk page replying to the administrator supporting Crisco here. I referred to the article as suspect, not its editors, and indeed it was suspect because we learn from the DYK nomination (now withdrawn, and also first discovered by me and brought to the attention of the Talk page) that the intention was all along "Let's bring this painting out of the darkness that it's in!" I say let's not.

I repeat, as I have had to many times, I do not seek to censor this article nor remove the image from Wikipedia (though I don't think the one selected by Crisco is a good one). All I sought was that Wikipedia does not valorize this painting by slapping a gold star on it and Featuring it and does not publish it on its front page.

I told the administrator supporting Crisco a long time ago that I was planning to cease editing at Wikipedia. I suggest it's not too too difficult to surmise from my editing history exactly why I started this account and why I'm now happy to close it (I'm aware that the editor the administrator supporting Crisco likes has gone right through my edit history from start to finish seeking clues). You will appreciate therefore that I don't urgently feel the need to defend this ANI. I should quite like to complete a planned article start I am preparing in my sandbox for P v S and Cornwall County Council, but there are others just as capable of doing that.

Since I'm about defending my reputation here, let me clarify (once again in response to personal attack from Crisco and the editor the administrator supporting him likes that I can't be bothered to locate) that I am not an academic and I never, asserted any expertise in art history. I'm a collector and it's just a hobby. I know very well now not to indulge it in Wikipedia. I understand that is also the experience of very many new editors at Wikipedia. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 06:14, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

That is a crusade and in the wrong place. You say Wikipedia should "not valorize this painting by slapping a gold star on it"? Why not? It won a gold medal of honor when it was shown in Paris. It isn't your reputation that is in question, it is your accusation of the reputation of others that disagree with critics and even yourself for the disapproval. Such opinion is fine...but that's where it ends. You cannot use the Wikipedia talk page to continue to war over what you just don't like.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't know if it was you under an IP edit while away or another IP editor who attempted to "paint" the amount of time it supposedly took to paint the work as some odd reasoning that it was suspect. That was just ridiculous so sure, if that wasn't you..then you are not alone but...some of the comments were in no way trying to improve the article but simply make the artist out as some sick child molester. The artist painted females...women and girls. This is truly more than you just not approving of the feature status. You say: "the subject is too young for the image to be decent by modern standards" How do we know this? What age is the girl and what standard are you using? Maxfield Parrish painted young girls and young boys (and the models were actually himself by the way with both genders in many cases). As a comparison lets look at Parrish's "Dinky Bird". An image of a boy of comparable age: File:Dinky Bird by Maxfield Parrish, 1904.jpg. Is he a Pedephile? Is anyone who has a copy a Pedephile? If we found a copy worth promoting to Feature status and I supported it would you accuse me of something? --Mark Miller (talk) 06:39, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

The Balthus' paintings probably won't be going to FA since the file is horrible...but it doesn't stop us from displaying the image in the article.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't intend to respond to individual comments here, but just this once. For goodness sake Mark, do try and concentrate. I'm not trying to censor Wikipedia but I am asking for a degree of common-sense and discretion when it comes to valorizing images, "Featuring" them and placing them on the front page. No-one in their right minds would suggest making Balthus' The Guitar Lesson a featured Picture Of The Day. You could be pretty damn sure I think that Wikipedia could kiss its ass goodbye to its donations for a year or more, certainly from the institutions I represent. The same thought really should have flickered through the minds of the crew trying to valorize September Morn here. I'm not sure how the American public will respond to seeing that on their tablets on their morning commute in to work. My guess is not a whole lot favourably. People who get it, booty I mean, and pretty well everyone in America do get pretty well much of that as they want these days, do know chicken when they see it. My guess is that they won't be well pleased, moms especially. Now I really have no more to say here. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

This is why I feel a block is appropriate here. I never said you were trying to "censor" Wikipedia. I said you were on a "crusade". The proof of that is your continued battleground mentality after the image was given Feature status to label Wikipedia, its editors and the artist himself. Concentrate? Coat...don't patronize me. This painting is 102 years old and comparable to the image I mentioned of a young naked adolescent boy on a swing set inspired by "Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field. Are you going to do the same with Parrish images if given feature status? I believe so. You used the wording "that Wikipedia could kiss its ass goodbye" if images such as Balthus' The Guitar Lesson made feature status. The American public is not the entire readership here. And your perception of their limitations is insulting America and me as an artist. Please see Wikipedia:Perennial proposals. Art is subjective and some things that are shocking make you think, make you look and make you try to parse the meanings. Your morality is not the morality of the entire world or America, and certainly not Wikipedia.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• (edit conflict)Comment COMC does not seem to understand that WP does not work by the moralities of American donors or public. The user tried to give his opinion in a matter, the consensus was against him. Respect the consensus, even if you don't agree. Wikipedia needs knowledgeable editors, even with strong points of view, but they can't be disruptive. Kingsindian ♝♚ 10:10, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment - Kingsindian - it is not his opinion is the matter - it is HOW it is pursued. Calling people purerile, infantile, refusing to get the point, continuing long after everybody asked him several times to stop - that is his standard behaviour and it is disruptive with a constant battleground attitude. Hafspajen (talk) 11:52, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

In case I wasn't clear above: Endorse block (was eaten up by somebody's edit conflict). Kingsindian ♝♚ 13:06, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment I invite COMC to name the institutions that COMC represents, who it appears, are funding Wikipedia. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 10:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Also not hard to surmise from my edit history and yes we are substantial donors and yes we do have significant eyes in the project. I've said before that I've absolutely scrupulous in not seeking support for my position. The only (lukewarm) support I got was from Arwein, a chat-mate of Crisco's. But I have been discussing it off-wiki and I can tell you that absolutely 100% of the world and their children out there don't want to see images like this on Wikipedia. I do frankly find it hard to understand the point of Featuring works of art , but as Arwein says there's a gazillion and one splendid artworks out there to Feature. How sad you choose September Morn. Last here. Point away, I shan't respond. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 11:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I've been doing my best to ignore you, but "absolutely 100% of the world" is just way too much hyperbole. Did you not notice how you were in a minority at the FPC nomination? So what, those who don't agree with you are not "of this world"? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:23, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comming up with OTHER POINTS: I have a lot to add to the above. I will give you diffs on how he called me an infernal editor, how he refused to stop editing my FP nominations, how he is hinting things everywhere about me after asked him to stop, all personal attacs directed towards me, also on the same project. I was about to leave Wikipedia forever because of this editor this year in August. Will take some time because this came a little bit like a surprize, so I didn't put antyhing together - yet. Hafspajen (talk) 12:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

To start with - Coat of Many Colors - Coat's first edit is from 14 November 2013. He might have had other accounts before. He is not a newbeginner - even if his account is just little less then a year old, he edited since 2013-11-14. But he knows a lot about Wikipedia. Does a new begginer usually go strait to Jimbo Wales talk page, [31], [32] start voting for administrators [33], [34] and edit Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee: [35], [36] ? Other editors still ask after two years for advice ... and they have no idea about this kind of things.

Second, and very important - he is highly disruptive. He is engaging in behavior that is unacceptable for Wikipedia and he causes loads of disruption. Before Crisco it was me who was the target. He behaved quite unacceptable towards me, he was clearly harrasing me. See this thread, User talk:Drmies/Archive 71 #...---...---... and also User talk:Drmies/Archive 71 #Concerning an editor you mentor. Here - where Demiurge1000 tried to point out something- but water of the ducks back. Hafspajen (talk) 12:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Lately - Lately I really asked to be left alone. Don't mention me. Admins did it too. And now he did it again - more snide remarks, he is making fun of my edits. =is "expoloitative" (that's not exactly how I would put it, but let it stand). Yes, I made that spelling mistake - it was an edit conflict an I was in a hurry - 21 September 2014 (UTC) and never corrected it. Like he would never do any spellig misstakes, I think I have noticed at least ten of them. Do I go making fun of HIS edits? NO. Well, I expect to be left alone then myself but it never happens: - and obviously will never happen until something more "drastic action" is needed to halt this. Why is it allowed to go and harras and pick on people, calling me infernal editor? Calling Crisco puerile and infantile ? He makes a scandal out of nothing and than he expects that people should not watch the talk page? Hafspajen (talk) 12:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse Block per WP:POINT, and WP:DISRUPTIVE - per above. Hafspajen (talk) 12:03, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I haven’t read the above, this is my summary of what I saw.

There are antecedents to this incident that are probably germane, a dispute over the nomination of Manet’s Olympia of which I know only that it left bad blood.

It’s hard to defend Coat of Many Colours given their intemperate outbursts, but there was serious provocation. They were faced with behind-the-scenes collusion among the proponents of September Morn via talk pages that amounts to bullying. In the discussion itself, Coat of Many Colours’ points were effectively shouted down rather than listened to and answered.

As a perceived ally of Coat of Many Colours, I was also subjected to provocation and personal attacks that I chose to ignore.

The discussion at the Featured Picture nomination has been altered after the fact, in the instance I noticed to make Hafspajen look better.

In my opinion it would be unjust to block Coat of Many Colours alone, given the behaviour of Crisco and his supporters.

Awien (talk) 12:56, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Could you supply diffs to support those, please, Awien? SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• What serious provocation (?) - Awien? Show me just one. Nobody ever provoked C.O.M.C. On the contrary - everybody showed so much AGf, that it was almost painful - considering how rude he was. Hafspajen (talk) 13:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Sorry, no "diffs", just a simple statement. Awien (talk) 14:19, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Without evidence it is very hard to take your accusations seriously. If this were actually happening you would be able to demonstrate it with diffs. Chillum 15:06, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I have neither the time nor the tech savvy to go chasing through sometimes deleted histories. In my view, there is blame on both sides, that's it. Awien (talk) 16:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• In my view an accusation of "behind-the-scenes collusion" without evidence is something to be ignored as lacking basis. It is more than a little rude to drop such an accusation and refuse to provide evidence. Chillum 16:10, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse block: Nothing else will give the Featured Picture project and editors there and elsewhere any peace. I too had a quite upsetting experience with Coat of Many Colours in another nomination in July:(→‎Edvard Munch - The Scream (pastel) I was personally attacked, belittled to other editors commenting in the nomination, and snarked at mercilessly by him. I was demanded over and over to strike my negative vote. Although I asked for an apology, I never received one: [37]. He also snarked and was vastly impolite to others in that nomination, including Hafspajen..We begged for administrator intervention at that time, but none came to help. I am relieved to see this behaviour coming to light. Because of my treatment by Coat of Many Colours, even though I still contribute to the FPC, I will never again cast an opposing vote and have stated it was because of the intolerable atmosphere in this discusssion:[38]. Although out of politeness to that discussion I did not name Coat of Many Colours as the editor, I hereby attest that this is the editor I am referring to in this diff. Fylbecatulous talk 13:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment User:Awien, your assertions about behind-the-scenes collusion, and provocation and personal attacks need some evidence, not just a simple statement. COMC asserts that "we are substantial donors and yes we do have significant eyes in the project". Do other editors have any views on this? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I don't understand the sentence you quote at all. "we" can't refer to me, if that's what you mean. I'm just a gnome who encountered both the art project and Coat of Many Colours by chance. I happened not to have taken Crisco's userpage off my watchlist from some completely collegial interaction we had some time ago. Awien (talk) 16:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• So there's no evidence for your assertions then. I understand the sentence to refer to some kind of institution COMC thinks is watching us. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:31, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse block Everyone is welcome to their opinion but this editor has been going on for weeks now about this painting. In the FPC he made repeated implication that the painting is there for the benefit of pedophiles. When this argument fell on deaf ears he started trying to find any other reason to refuse the image instead referring to technical faults that were dubious. He switched to an IP at one point to continue arguing.

  The comment "it's not too too difficult to surmise from my editing history exactly why I started this account and why I'm now happy to close it... You will appreciate therefore that I don't urgently feel the need to defend this ANI." seems to indicate evasion of scrutiny. Considering the shit disturbing being done I would say this is an inappropriate evasion of scrutiny and thus sock puppetry. This goes along with his IP editing.

  He says "...absolutely 100% of the world and their children out there don't want to see images like this on Wikipedia." yet nobody has agreed with his point of view at all. There is a serious case of "I didn't hear that" going on here. Chillum 14:50, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• This is the latest news, I suppose. "the administrator dramatising his infernal mentee here", that's me and Hafspajen, I suppose (Haf is hardly my mentee). And about that mentee, "I see a history of disruptive canvassing, a previous four year absence and a new identity". Yep, Hafspajen (formerly Warrington) was absent for a long time, and much lamented by some of us who enjoy Wikipedia, and now they're back, with a new name--so what? Perhaps Hafspajen is overly sensitive to being mentioned on Coat's talk page time and time again (mentioned not by name, obviously), but Coat could have just stopped: they know fully well that they're getting under Haf's skin. Whether that behavior is blockable by itself, I don't know (I doubt it), but it certainly adds to the suspicion of a battleground mentality. Drmies (talk) 18:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• I've been mulling over what to say here. Coat's cut a swathe at Featured Picture, hurting quite a few productive and collegial editors. I first became aware of her ("gentlelady") at this nomination, which they refer to in the diff Drmies provides just above. The invective on display there is bad. She also uploaded a competing version of the same picture, wrote a whole essay in the image description (I eventually used her research, plus my own and Hafspajen's, and wrote an article on the painting here; she refers in Drmies' diff to her continuing the battle on the talk page there; I left her preferred version of the picture in the article because honestly, I don't have the eyesight to be sure of my convictions that the other looks better), and edit warred regarding the nomination text and the placement of other images in the discussion. It should also be noted that in that discussion she assumes a stance of authority - yet in the September Morn nomination, either under the IP (which was underhanded; she did not admit for several days that it was her) or under her named account, she disclaims expertise. There is ample evidence of a battleground mentality - for example she characterizes people as a "crew" above, and in Drmies' diff she suggests Crisco 1492 deliberately nominated September Morn on the day she had announced she would return from a trip. However, there's nothing wrong with someone participating at RfA, and I suppose we should also allow people to post at Jimbo's talk page if that's their idea of fun '-) And last year she was writing and improving several articles on paintings and artists. So I tried to get her to stop making the derogatory comments about Hafspajen and pinging him, as she had said she would. I had less success than Drmies. I was mulling an RfC/U, since we have a pattern here that's in my estimation harming the encyclopedia by discouraging others' participation (and flat out hurting people) - but I didn't want to lose the editor. I'm also reluctant to suggest a ban from FP, since she's also made her own nominations and the more the merrier. That does leave blocking, unless someone else can reach her and get her to cool it with the battlegrounding and righting great wrongs. She's made comments about leaving before, but note the edit summary on what is currently her latest edit. The issue may be moot - on the other hand if she means to return, I hope she doesn't do the battlegrounding and righting great wrongs again. If it seems she has, I suggest we should act swiftly; in my opinion we bent over backwards in this case, partly because she did present as an expert, and she's done damage to the community. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:54, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment Sorry to contradict you, Yngvadottir but the image used chosen by Coat in the article is wrong, most of the reasoning around the picture is wrong. The discussion on the talk page shows a bit of this this conflict around this image. I just let all this go to avoid more scandals. As for his contributions, the bad is outnumbering the good. And it is not only about me, it is about Crisco, about all the things above and - protecting the community. His - it's a he - not a her (solid Turner man ) - his nominations were not featured, and I can't understand in what way you think he did any good with all this behaviour to the project. I firmly stand with what I said before: this editor doesn't have the training and ability to judge art or pictures. He doesn't understand art, art history, have no deep understanding of most things that Featured Picture project is about. I swear on the Bible if necessary that he doesn't. I also was improving several articles on paintings and artists, without the circus he caused, quietly and diligently. Maybe you like loosing me instead. Hafspajen (talk) 20:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Hardly :-( As I say, she/he did damage. I'm referring to their contributions in, oh, October, November last year on Impressionist and Expressionist works and artists. When considering what outcome I would say I wanted at a possible RfC/U, I considered getting them to disengage from FP. But at this point I'm going to emphasise the end of my post above; if they return in another guise and resume using battleground tactics with personal attacks, we should act faster than we did. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:26, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I don't know if you saw Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Portrait de Jeanne d'Aragon, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF retouched.jpg. The edits he - he said he was a he - opposed are fully in the policies boundaries (Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in a photographic image is generally acceptable provided it is limited, well-done, and not deceptive). And I have heard I will leave this project and never come back - at least five times by now - and he never did - and still got on the September morn, the same way like the above. And I am deeply sorry but I wan't here to be cynical enough to say - the comment A final edit from me on this account might mean A final edit from me on 'this' account. Hafspajen (talk) 21:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I have to echo Haffy's concerns over that edit summary... the grammatically unnecessary "from this account" strongly implies an intent to return under another guise, which (if Coat is blocked) would be a violation of our socking policies. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Yeah...that does seem to strain AGF.--Mark Miller (talk) 01:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Exactly what I meant by "if she means to return"; I took that as the most likely meaning too, although he/she has returned under an IP without a declaration, too. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Considering the discussion above has fizzled, but a consensus seems clear, could an uninvolved admin follow through on this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I made a mistake - sorry. The comment of Hafspajen's I thought had been removed from the Featured Picture discussion is still there. Awien (talk) 22:39, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• No worries. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:25, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• [39] 103.27.231.224 (talk) 13:47, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• The above link posted by an IP with the edit summary "The real reason" with no further explanation doesn't make any sense to me, so can someone explain, please? Is this the same IP address admitted to be used by COMC? Incidentally, while the article was included on the DYK section it received over 11,500 hits with no apparent comments let alone complaints. SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I find it odd that yet another IP comes up, out of nowhere, from Indonesia, and posts on a COMC topic, apparently dragging Hafs back into this again. Are there any uninvolved admins out there? The disruption has gone on long enough. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I don't know what it is, but I can tell you what it isn't: not patience, kindness and love. Love is patient, love is kind. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes always preserves. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Love never fails (try a copivio on that one)... and yes I am tired about is, any closing admin?Hafspajen (talk) 15:40, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

* [40], [41], Username or IP removed. 103.27.231.220 (talk) 08:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse block For trolling, upsetting other editors and making really tacky comments about his/her personal life. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:41, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Note Despite this user saying they were going to stop editing with this account they are still making disruptive edits such as this gem[42]. Chillum 18:24, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
  • The hell? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:58, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
• Endorse block: I only "commented" previously as I was sort of involved in the OP; on going through the link posted by the IP and looking at the comment linked by Chillum immediately above, the behaviour is habitual and unlikely to change. SagaciousPhil - Chat 19:05, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

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IAC again - sock of blocked user, mass content deletion, possible NLT

• Claus at Name Defend DE (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

This editor appears to be an explicit sock of blocked user Name Defend IPA, who claimed to be Claus Bruentrup of "Name Defend" as ably documented by Voceditenore in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive265#Review of admin actions (India Against Corruption). Claus at Name Defend DE has repeatedly[43][44][45] removed sourced material from India Against Corruption (and also a vast amount from Concerns and controversies at the 2014 Winter Olympics[46]). His statement[47] "To the Network Administrator. Take notice that I am acting for the affected person/s. This content must be disabled immediately." with the edit comment "Notice of action to be taken" appears to breach WP:NLT. NebY (talk) 12:45, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

NebY, see section below. Claus at Name Defend DE now blocked by Euryalus for "Making legal threats: and probable block evasion as sock of User:Name Defend IPA". Voceditenore (talk) 14:48, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, rather good to see a simultaneous (and more legible) report with so much overlap! Good to see the block and follow-up too. NebY (talk) 15:10, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Ongoing Vandalism to Kevin Westgarth page

Since October 2, 2014, Qwerty1233221 has been persistently messing up the Kevin Westgarth page by changing his statistics to incorrect ones and otherwise messing it up. Today there were further edits of this nature from IP 108.53.111.85 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Examples are here, here, here, here, here, and here. Can you please do something about this? Given the frequency and number of these edits, it's not a 'good faith' situation. GLG GLG (talk) 18:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I blocked them as a vandalism-only account. In future, it's best to revert, warn, and report to WP:AIV if the vandalism continues. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:08, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. sorry i didn't know the other page existed. GLG GLG (talk) 19:14, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

71.171.126.164

A user at this IP address seems to be changing NFL-related pages to change scores, winners of games, and other statistics.

For example, his edits to the "2014 Seattle Seahawks season" page [48] changed the Seahawks from a 2-1 record (W 36-16, L 21-30, W 26-20 OT) to a 0-3 record (L 21-31, L 0-49, L 14-49). All the above games have "NFL.com recap" links which have the correct score, and they all showed the correct scores and winners before this user's edits.

Other team pages and NFL record pages have similar edits. I do not see how this could be accidental. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.161.246 (talk) 20:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

UPDATE: I have added a vandalism warning to the user's (IP address) talk page. This IP address continues to make destructive changes in the face of efforts to revert them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.161.246 (talk) 22:54, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

RfC Shopping

A RfC created specifically due to a conflict over whether to include Syrian forces in the article 2014 military intervention against ISIS - but framed to finalize debate on inclusion of all non-USA forces - was opened here. The RfC is currently active and trending 50/50 split between support and oppose. One of the opponents of including the Syrian Arab Army in this article has initiated a new RfC on the same subject, differentiated only by its wording. I attempted to GF shutter this RfC, politely noting to him one was already open [49]. He reverted my close [50] with the explanation "That RfC addresses all non-us allied forces being included. This is only on Syria" a splitting of hairs that rejects the entire premise for the first RfC (wikilawyering on the nuances of the wording) and is seemingly designed for no purpose than to take another stab at getting Syria P(OV)ushed out of this article. Requested Action: Uninvolved admin close this RfC just so the original one can continue to a conclusion and avoid the necessity of re-gathering everyone who !voted in the first one to !vote again in the second (third, fourth, etc.). DocumentError (talk) 21:09, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Note - as a courtesy I have attempted to notify all editors who !voted in the first RfC about this situation. DocumentError (talk) 21:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I am not RfC shopping, I am trying to get some comment's on specifically the Syrian forces inclusion. The previous RfC which they are referencing was for "Should the article titled "2014 military intervention against ISIS" contain information about all nations and nation-equivalent actors involved in 2014 military actions against ISIS or should it only include nations whose military forces are operating under U.S. command, or have been declared allies of the U.S. regime?" It was not for specifically the Syrian inclusion which itself is an important issue. It was whether any non-us allied forces should be included. That group of non-us forces did technically include Syria but it also included Iran and others. This is specifically on the Syrian regime inclusion which again is a separate issue than Iran who are intervening. I just wanted to get some commentary on Syria specifically. I am not trying to game the system. - SantiLak (talk) 21:19, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

The fact you registered a !vote in the first RfC that said specifically "The Syrian regime forces should not be included in the article." indicates you are absolutely aware of the premise behind the first RfC, which was started specifically due to controversy over the inclusion of Syria. DocumentError (talk) 21:26, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I was opposing the inclusion of the Syrian regime forces in the article there but specified syria to make sure that it was clear that I did not oppose other actors such as Iran from being included. It was started over Syria but the RfC covered all of the countries not under US command as was specified in the question. I see you have removed the canvassing accusations and I appreciate that as I was in no way canvassing, just informing members of original RfC who were not informed of ANI. - SantiLak (talk) 21:29, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps we can make one big RFC so that we can settle this matter instead of making five RFCs at once. PointsofNoReturn (talk) 21:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

What he said. :) DocumentError (talk) 21:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

After all the different duplicate processes DocumentError started that lead to this ANi, and now this one on top, I can't believe he has the kahonnas to start this complaint. Pot calling the kettle black stuff. Legacypac (talk) 21:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

The only reason I made the RfC was that I wanted to solely address the Syria issue instead of having a broad scope RfC so the question behind it includes all non-us allied countries, to just include Syria. I just want to get comments on specifically Syria, I'm not trying to game the system. - SantiLak (talk) 21:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Trying to use an ANI you yourself started and that was rejected by the community as frivolous and disruptive, as some kind-of scarlet letter, is probably not something you want to make a habit of doing. Just a friendly tip. DocumentError (talk) 21:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I think DocumentError needs to stop throwing around false accusations and other garbage he can't support with Diffs. Please provide the evidence "was rejected by the community as frivolous and disruptive" or retract this statement. I know DocumentError can make good contributions, but the BATTLE mentality needs to stop as it hurts everyone. Cheers Legacypac (talk) 22:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

This is OT, but since you asked: you asked to get me topic banned, eight ten editors weighed-in on it and only 2 !voted "Support" - you and your pal SantiLak. If you have anything further you want to drudge up on this, go back to your ANI and deal with it there. Don't junk up this one with your nonsense. It's been less than one month since you finished your last 1-year topic ban and it seems you're back to your same bad behavior. Stop it (or take it back to the thread in which this was being discussed - not here). DocumentError (talk) 22:19, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

To be clear, I changed my support to dispute resolution after listening to the arguments as you can see in the counter-proposal section. SantiLak (talk) 22:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I didn't start this ANI, and I don't know how creating an RfC is a scarlet letter. Are you referring to myself or another user because I don't see how creating the RfC was in bad faith anyway and I don't intend to create any ANI's in the near future. - SantiLak (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I think you're confused. I was addressing a different editor. DocumentError (talk) 21:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Also, please note the "new" RfC is not worded neutrally. Syrian forces are already included in the article;the way SantiLak has chosen to word his "new" RfC means that a lack of consensus for "Support" will see them removed (it should have been worded so that "support" !votes are in support of reversion of the status quo, not for maintaining the status quo). This is RfC 101 and seems to be a further indicator of WP:GAMING. DocumentError (talk) 21:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't see how it is not worded neutrally "Should the article include information on Syrian regime forces military actions against ISIS or not? This is different from the RfC earlier which addressed whether only US allied forces should be included". I don't see any POV in there. There was no actual consensus to include Syria in the article, the broadly worded RfC vote came up tied and since it addressed all non-us allied partners, I thought a more specific one addressing only Syria would be important. I formatted the Oppose and Support in a way similar to the previous RfC. I don't think that users will be confused at all even if the Syrian forces are already included in the article. The way the question is written if you write Oppose then you are obviously opposing Syria being included and if you write Support then you are obviously supporting Syria's inclusion. It is not gaming at all. - SantiLak (talk) 22:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

My read is that the previous RfC started and now defended by DocumentError actually was started on the same topic as another RfC by someone else. Legacypac (talk) 22:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

"Support" !votes should always be "support" for changing the status quo, "oppose" against changing the status quo. Otherwise, a change to the status quo can occur sans consensus. This is RfC 101. Either you didn't understand that when you started it, or you phrased it this way intentionally. I'm GF assuming the former. DocumentError (talk) 22:23, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I added onto the RfC explaining what Support and Oppose specifically entail. Next time I will do it the other way but for now it seems clear what means what. SantiLak (talk) 22:28, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You're not understanding. It's not a question of editor confusion - it's a question of loading the vote. You can't have a RfC in which a lack of consensus results in a change to the status quo. That's what you've got right now with current wording. (You also can't have duplicate RfCs, but that's being addressed above). DocumentError (talk) 22:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I understand what you mean and I will change the way it is formatted right now. I assure you I am not attempting to load the vote. Again I really don't think it is a duplicate RfC, it is addressing one specific country instead of the more broadly worded RfC from before. - SantiLak (talk) 22:41, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

WARNING/Attn Admins: Cut the abusive behavior and false accusation throwing DocumentError. You are not the police and your accuracy is seriously lacking. It is not constructive. Legacypac (talk) 22:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh Lord. DocumentError (talk) 22:45, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, SL, for doing that. That resolves that issue completely and to my satisfaction. I maintain my request for an admin to shutter the RfC as duplicate gaming but withdraw the entire second paragraph of comments as you've adequately and proactively addressed them. Best - DocumentError (talk) 22:45, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I have also changed the language to just "Syrian government forces" in order to make it as neutral as possible. - SantiLak (talk) 00:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

note - thread moved from "main" to "incident" - accidentally placed on wrong board

72.194.125.162 appears to be making legal threats

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72.194.125.162 appears to be making legal threats.[51]-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

False. Please specify the "threat" to which you refer.72.194.125.162 (talk) 20:51, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

It's right there at the end of their post, just before their signature. You bring up "the law of defamation" as if it's relevant, try to connect what we're doing to it, and attempt to use "liability for damages" as a chilling effect. That is the sort of dishonest bullying that WP:NOLEGALTHREATS is intended to curb. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Given that the IP:

• is here to right great wrongs (every contribution has had the goal of removing well-sourced criticism of the school),
• demand to be shown where something is a policy whenever an experienced editor explains something ([52]),
• refuses to acknowledge when others point out policies that conflict with their understanding of things (such as WP:NOTCENSORED),
• ignores whenever their arguments are countered,
• reacts in a personal manner to those who disagree with them (assuming that a previously uninvolved editor who came in to help is the one with a conflict of interest, which is coal calling ivory black),
• edit warred to remove the Whois template from their talk page, threatening to report the editors who restored it as if it was vandalism,

...I'm thinking a block is in order even if the IP retracts the threat. They're not here to cooperatively build an encyclopedia, they have an axe to grind. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Hardly, I stopped editing upon request before you blocked the article. The article does not comply with the Wikipedia policy for high schools or living persons. 72.194.125.162 (talk) 21:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Again, you failed to actually discuss any point, this time using a red herring. You have been making edits to talk pages since, all of which have been part of your agenda to censor the article, which have shown a lack of interest in cooperation outside of that agenda. If I was wrong about this, you could easily cite previous edits you made where you ventured out into some sort of middle ground, had a sincere and previous interest in any other topic, or listened to more experienced editors without it taking four or five of them repeating something for you to get it. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

He half-heartedly stated that he won't take legal action, but he does not know "what the affected students or their lawyers may do," trying to keep the chilling effect of a legal threat. WP:Gaming the system, plain and simple. It's not really any different than walking into a store and saying "Nice store you've got, it'd be a shame if something happened to it." Ian.thomson (talk) 21:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

And you're saying I have to guarantee this article doesn't gore someone's ox? No, I can't do that. All I can do is tell you I am not personally involved and don't know the players, but I can read the papers and know they don't like people accusing them of wrongdoing. 72.194.125.162 (talk) 21:27, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

It seems to me that 72.194.125.162 made a legal threat.

Regarding his/her claim that he/she "stopped editing upon request before you blocked the article", the article history showed that he/she did three reverts over an 18 minute period and then stopped - this suggests a knowledge of the three-revert rule.

Anyone considering blocking 72.194.125.162, should be aware that he/she also used 70.197.70.151 on 3 October.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Interesting how hard these editors are fighting to silence me rather than respond to my points. Toddy never seemed to understand that saying a school has "serious social problems" is an attack on the school. One editor who is not participating in this witch hunt agreed with me "[T]his kind of weight in the lead is disproportionate." 21:52, 5 October 2014 (UTC)72.194.125.162 (talk)

It's not interesting, you only pay attention to what pleases you and see anyone who disagrees as an opponent to beat rather than someone to find a middle ground with. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps not to you two but another editor wrote, "I think the inclusion of these controversies right at the start of the article is not encyclopedic." It's not just about me.72.194.125.162 (talk) 22:29, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

In sum, there was no legal threat but it is not surprising this was misunderstood. The editor who started this noticeboard incident,and the editor who is its main protagonist, apparently think you can say a school has "serious social problems" and list numerous unproven allegations against it in the lead paragraph without attacking the school.[53]. I wouldn't call that a cooperative effort to build an encycopedia.72.194.125.162 (talk) 23:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

"Under the law of defamation repetition and even hyperlinking is sufficient to incur liability for damages." That qualifies as a violation of the No Legal Threats rule. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Read the context. This was a discussion about repeating attacks, not republishing defamation - the analysis just happens to be the same. In any event, the absence of a legal threat was made explicit upon inquiry. 72.194.125.162 (talk) 23:54, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You did violate the "No legal threats" rule. Other than that, you have a clear case of WP:IDONTLIKEIT and are using a battle ground tactic. Despite being told to stop my numerous of users, your still trying to game the system. That does not work here at all, especially when everyone can see what you have written. AcidSnow (talk) 00:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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Could use another set of eyes at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeFacto

There's quite a bit of back-and-forth that should probably be reined in, but I'd like to have someone uninvolved handle it. Thanks, Lesser Cartographies (talk) 01:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Attempted outing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Edward Snowden Affair: Exposing the Politics and Media Behind the NSA Scandal (2nd nomination)

I'm reporting it here because I'm the target of this attempted and needless to say laughably wrong outing. However, the editor has also named other people (presumably non-editors) and made other vague threats in his comment. The editor in question is:

Brain1605 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

For background, see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Maldoror2. Voceditenore (talk) 06:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Blocked per WP:OUTING and the edit rev-deleted by Bgwhite. Euryalus (talk) 07:52, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you both! Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:54, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

There's an intermediate revision that needs deleting too. Neatsfoot (talk) 08:54, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, done. Euryalus (talk) 10:36, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Unexplained alteration of referenced data, and arbitrary inflation of figures

Agustin.leon21 (talk · contribs)

User has been:

• Inflating inventory numbers on Argentine Air Force with unreferenced figures: [54]

• Inflating already referenced figures, with no explanation: [55]

• Replacing correct data with erroneous one, again without explanation: [56]

I undid his changes and posted multilevel warnings in his user page, 5 times, but he simply reverts giving no explanation anywhere.

Windroff (talk) 00:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I regularly revert these changes under 'factual errors', which qualifies under WP:SNEAKY vandalism. You are exempt from 3RR under the fact that they are unexplained and unreferenced changes. But the moment he tries to justify it you're out of luck. WP:AIV is where to report excessive vandalism, which I think this would qualifies as it's passed the final warning. Tutelary (talk) 00:52, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I know the 3RR is not applicable to me in this case, but the examples given in the page for what qualifies as outright vandalism seemed not to quite fit. Windroff (talk) 01:14, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Windroff: @Tutelary: I think a lot of Admins would say reverts of those edits aren't exempted from 3RR. Windross is right, 'sneaky vandalism' isn't an exception. Dougweller (talk) 12:25, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Dougweller, 'sneaky vandalism' is covered under WP:VAND under specifically sneaky vandalism. When the official policy page cites minor or plausible changes as an example, I will take it as exempt from 3RR, per WP:3RRNO's exception for vandalism. Vandalism that is harder to spot, or that otherwise circumvents detection, including adding plausible misinformation to articles (such as minor alteration of facts or additions of plausible-sounding hoaxes) This obviously meets the criteria. It's regularly done because people don't 'trust' Wikipedia will change the date back, or will delete the factual error and therefore Wikipedia is unreliable (which it is, we don't claim to be). Tutelary (talk) 12:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You're right, but this is the confusion, I think: the distinction is intent. Above you said 'factual errors'. A factual error isn't vandalism in itself - it could be a mistake. A deliberate factual error can be vandalism. You need to be sure of intent. It's not always easy to be sure of that, and you need to err on the side of AGF, always. That's all. Begoon ^talk 12:41, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

It cannot be a mistake anymore after the user has been explicitly warned 5 times that his made up numbers were altering referenced ones, was repeatedly asked to give a rationale for his changes (to which he refused), was informed that he had been reported to an administrator board, yet he kept on reverting other editors and ignoring their request to stop. Whatever the actual intent, good faith is not applicable as he has repeatedly shown total disregard for WP policies, including 3RR. Windroff (talk) 15:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Personally, there's no reason to be changing dates or the amount of people in a data set as that tends to stay the same unless new sources are represented. In this instance, even though he'd been given the final warning, there was no explanation even though one was requested a ton of times. We can't be cleaning up after an editor who refuses to explain him or herself, especially if they're being disruptive. They are being disruptive. And I'm not assuming bad faith, I'm assuming that they want to test Wikipedia for accuracy; and I revert them for it. The fact that they continue without explanation is what I qualify as sneaky vandalism. Now, like I said, if they try to explain their edits or use a source, even a bad one, my excuse of 'factual errors' is no longer accurate. I am no longer exempt from 3RR if they try to explain their edits. But if they don't, or don't present any new sources, I'm not going to continue trying to contact them when they've already had a bunch of chances to explain themselves. Tutelary (talk) 17:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I was speaking generally, and agreeing with you. I'm sure you're correct in this case. I certainly didn't accuse you of assuming bad faith. You could perhaps be a little less touchy. Begoon ^talk 04:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

The entry in WP:AIV has been deleted without comment, or any notification. Meanwhile the user reverted @Tutelary:, again and without explanation (in total he has reverted others 7 times in succession in that article alone). He has also inflated figures here. Windroff (talk) 21:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I propose that this website and user should be looked into under disruptive editing, self promotion and unverifiable websites sources

It is located here Tahoe Park, Sacramento

This user Sirrebral. They are not only being self promotional but are not including verifiable citations that can be viewed they are dead links which pop up a pay for site to view where their citations came from.. There is no way to know if these sources are verifiable. They have removed actual verifiable websites and citations of other users repeatedly as they said it do not fit in their subheadings..which it did.. but they removed it anyway.

I removed Sirrebral citations and writing due to it being self promotional and lack of viewable website citations for most of what was written. In order to see the citation would require a reader to pay an outside website to see if their reference applied to anything about what they wrote. They changed it back to the self promotional paragraph again under 1990's -Present which they are being very insistent upon keeping even though their website citations are not viewable. The reader has no way of know anything they are saying is true or is referring to the citation. Espada12 (talk) 10:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)Espada12

Please see the Talk:Tahoe Park, Sacramento, California page for background concerning this matter. Also, please consider that Espada12 was previously User:TahoePark preservation before an admin blocked the latter account and notified them that "promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose". I think that the edit history of these two user accounts speaks volumes about the intent of the user to continue making contributions that are promotional in nature. I would hope that this person would concentrate on utilizing their website until such a time as they can provide corroborated evidence that their newly formed organization has produced real solutions to the problems that they seek to address. Thank you. -- Sirrebral (talk) 11:46, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Again this user is insinuating I am one in the same person they are wrong and I do not represent the organization. This is just their way to get back at me for making necessary corrections recently. They did this to other users too. I can't believe they followed my account to a new page I just created to launch a new attack and get the page deleted. However I did wish to post regarding a neighborhood association on their website. And they have attacked me. They do not want to have anything edited anything about TPNA which is the neighborhood association which is in the same neighborhood I believe they represent. They clearly do live in Sacramento. They cannot provide ANY valid citation proofs in the TPNA paragraph as they pop up weblinks that makes the reader have go to a pay website to prove what they are saying is true and not made up.

This is just a tactic of retaliation to not only remove a new article I recently posted about an association they don't like art but to not allow others to post anything or remove TPNA writings on the Tahoe Park website which are in violation and which again since I believe they represent TPNA is self promotion. I am requesting this user be banned for blatant attacks of retaliation, Disruptive editing and refusal to adhere to citation policies for valid links Thank you (UTC)Espada12 (talk) 21:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)Espada12

@Sirrebral: have you got anything in the way of evidence to support your claim that these are one and the same editor. Even if they are this isnt nessecarily an issue as they were advised in thier block notice they might want to start over. @Espada12: The edits do appear to be promotional (intentionally or otherwise) it might be worth discussing potential edits on the talk page to build consenus from other editors before inclusion as a voluntary measure. Reading not advertising might be beneficial to make sure youra ware what can/should over what can't/shouldn't be included. Amortias (T)(C) 21:40, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Amortias I believe the suspicion is based on the block date and first edit dates of the two editors and a bit more. User:TahoePark preservation was blocked by Alexf on October 3. User:Espada12 then made their first edit on Tahoe Park, Sacramento, California on October 3rd and their second edit was to Alexf's talk page almost immediately. [57]. I think this may not warrant an SPI or a user check. Because the block was over the user name not the content this seems innocent, obvious...but no real issue.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:41, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• @Amortias:, to answer your question, this is what I know:

• On 3 October 2014 at 14:52 (UTC), User:Alexf blocked the account User:TahoePark_preservation.
• Six hours later, at 20:43 (UTC) on 3 October 2014 at 20:43, a new account--User:Espada12--posted its first contribution.
• Both accounts' contributions were limited to the topics of Tahoe Park and the organization known as TPA.

I am not saying that these facts are indisputable evidence that the accounts are used by the same individual, but the timing seems pretty suspicious. The likelihood that a second individual would make similar contributions so soon after the first account's status change seems low...unless there is some level of collaboration--intentional or not--among individuals. -- Sirrebral (talk) 19:14, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Wiki-PR is at it again

I tagged Tsebo Outsourcing Group as a creation of banned user WP:Wiki-PR, and the next day they used a sockpuppet to remove the speedy delete tag. Looks like the article title needs to be salted. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 14:43, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

If ever there was a candidate for salting this is it. DocumentError (talk) 14:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Behold! There is another waiting in the wings, even as we speak. Voceditenore (talk) 16:14, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

The slot in the article namespace has now been salted by Future Perfect at Sunrise, and I have blocked Graeme Sutherland (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) who is an obvious SPA per WP:DUCK. De728631 (talk) 19:50, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Heavy disruption escalating after ANI inactivity

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Due to an unfortunate lack of admin action, the situation at Historicity of Jesus is quickly spinning out of hand, with a very strong influx of WP:SPAs after off-site canvassing to come to Wikipedia to fight the Christians (sigh). In brief

• Ten days ago, Hijiri 88 alerted ANI to the highly disruptive behavior of Fearofreprisal (talk · contribs)[58].
• Since then, no admin action has been taken though eight users have expressed their support for the topic ban due to the demonstrated refusal of Fearofreprisal to follow the community's guidelines (frequent personal attacks, edit warring and disruption.
• Not content with having the consensus going against them, Fearofrerpisal launched an WP:RFC, as they have the right to do. When it became clear the RFC also went against them, there was canvassing at Reddit/r atheism to come to help Fearofreprisal [[[59] against the "Christian" editors.
• As a result, we've seen a large influx of new SPAs as well as heavy IP vandalism of the article.

I think all of this could have been avoided if action had been taken after Hijiri 88's initial report to ANI. Since then the situation has only escalated. If all the previous disruptions weren't enough, this aggressive off-Wiki canvassing shows very clearly that Fearofreprisal (also a WP:SPA is WP:NOTHERE to contribute, and the canvassing has made their own RfC meaningless. I usually think highly of ANI but in this case it has failed.Jeppiz (talk) 16:19, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Here was my first experience with Jeppiz (and his first involvement with the Historicity of Jesus article):[60] He reverted a group of 4 uncontroversial edits, then attacked me in my talk page, accusing me of edit warring. It took multiple messages back and forth before (7 hours later) he realized that he was totally in the wrong.

Now, he's attacking people on the talk page again, apparently trying to drive-away experienced editors who he thinks are "atheism recruits." ["https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AHistoricity_of_Jesus&diff=628498494&oldid=628497681"] You can look at his other posts on ANI, or on Talk:Historicity of Jesus, and see the trend. But this WP:POV railroading should be enough to warrant a block, until the article traffic does down. Fearofreprisal (talk) 17:51, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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Outside canvassing incident

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Hi all,

Not quite sure if this is the correct avenue (I haven't edited for quite some time), but I thought it might be important to mention an incident of outside canvassing -- see http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/2ifn42/wikipedia_editors_please_help_christian_editors/

Best, --Iamunknown 15:39, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:Skeezix1000

I'm not sure if this is the right venue, but I would like to report User:Skeezix1000 for harassment, abuse of admin privileges, as well as conflict of interest. Since starting on wikipedia I have been harassed by User:Skeezix1000 and his friend User:Hwy43. I have falsely been accused of being a sock puppet of someone that lives +500km away. These editors have also accused IPs from Edmonton (+3000km away) and IP50 is from Prince George (+4000km away). I am from Ottawa, Ontario, and even though the person I'm allegedly sock puppeting is from Kitchener as proven by his numerous sock puppet IPs on [61] these users continue to harass me. I'd like for them to stop this behaviour immediately, apologize, remove the threatening messages/sock puppet tags from all our talk pages. I think Skeezix1000 should also have his admin privileges revoked for his behaviour. 99.224.114.253 (talk) 23:54, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Skeezix is not an admin as far as I can see. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 00:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

My apologies. I believe he is only an administrator on Wikipedia commons. I just want the harassment to stop from him and his friends and to be left alone. 99.224.114.253 (talk) 02:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't do any editing on wikipedia commons. He just happens to be an admin there. The harassment happens here on regular wikipedia. 99.224.114.253 (talk) 02:24, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I know sorry about that I misread your comment. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:27, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

There are no examples of harrassment. Skeezix1000 Hwy43 (re)opened a sockpuppet investigation to see if this IP is UrbanNerd (talk · contribs) once again skirting his indef ban. The investigation is surely only a formatlity, though, given how easily one can determine just from a simple comparison of edit histories (including those for all the other IPs this person has used) that the IP is UrbanNerd. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 04:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm neither an admin, nor have I "harassed" this sockpuppet IP of User:UrbanNerd. I wasn't even the one who reopened the sockpuppet investigation. As Miesianiacal points out, this IP's behaviour is classic UrbanNerd. Skeezix1000 (talk) 12:38, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

My mistake; I see now it was Hwy43 who called for another checkuser. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 20:53, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

99.224.114.253 (talk · contribs) is now blocked. Skeezix1000 (talk) 20:44, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Abuse of Processes and Editors by DocumentError

I am not an expert on complaining - hopefully I have the right board. My experience at Wikipedia and the usefulness of various articles is being harmed by the actions of User:DocumentError In my opinion he continues to use Admin actions processes, personal attacks, false promises, and forum shopping to force his point of view about Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria and ISIL on various pages. Can something be done to stop this behavior? Links to some of his activity:

Simultaneous use of Admin forums and other tools to push an agenda

• Getting the 2014 military intervention against ISIS page locked to editing except by Admins for a week [62] for, he tells everyone later, other than the stated reason in the lock request. [[63]]. In other words the lock was initiated to further an editing agenda.
• Merger proposal [64]
• AfD on American-led intervention in Iraq [65]
• [[WP:ANI#Semi-Protection Evasion [Active Community Sanctions measures - Syrian Civil War]] on the same article, at the same time against User:Acetotyce Archived without action [66]
• Attempt to get a merge of the same article plus his new Iranian-led intervention in Iraq at Military History while also trying to delete the American-led article and get sanctions for the creator [67]
• Starting an article about Iran and suggesting starting another article about Syria to (it seems) prove the point he is trying to make with the other efforts as suggested here: [68]
• Tagging the same American-led intervention in Iraq article for Systemic Bias before hypocritically starting Iranian-led intervention in Iraq
• Move protection request - after reverting a single move - to stop anyone else from changing his page (OWN): [69]
• Creating an inappropriate disambiguation page to further is goals [70]

Attacking other editors

• Subtily attacking my username (many times) as pointed out here: [71]
• False accusations against a range of editors of "Canvassing editors, coordinating AfD votes via IRC, etc" [72]
• calling all the editors who disagree with him "a rapid influx of a tightly coordinated group of editors" [73]
• Hounding editors, including opinionating on stuff seemingly just because I comment on it - one example [74]
• Commenting on editor's "colorful block histories" and scouring their pages for any dirt he can dig up. Many examples - see various links to the actions started.
• Starting a sockpuppet investigation after various accusatory comments when a glance at the user's page shows extensive conversations between two users-unlikely someone would talk to their sock puppet. [75]
• Edit Warring report against User:Kudzu1 [76]
• Edit Warring report against User:Legacypac [77]
• Direct Request to which the Admin User:EdJohnston had some instructive comments and DocumentError continued to make attacks on other editors [78]

Anyway, I've learned that Wiki tools can be abused and that there sure are a lot of them. This took a bit of effort to assemble. I missed some other stuff that is disturbing. Watching this activity go on is too frustrating so going to let people with more power than little me deal with the situation. Legacypac (talk) 22:57, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• Just one comment: Legacypac accuses DocumentError of abusing "admin actions". For the record, DocumentError is not an admin. --MelanieN (talk) 23:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• to clarify - I mean overusing/initiating too many Admin processes. I modified the word at the top to prevent confusion Legacypac (talk) 23:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

MelanieN, that is correct. To the absolute best of my knowledge I am not an admin. If I have recently been made an admin, bureaucrat, steward, or been elected to the board of directors, and failed to notice that, I apologize. DocumentError (talk) 23:21, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

• I'm sorry, this is really too long for me to address point-by-point. LegacyPAC has spent a lot of energy on this, it appears, and I appreciate his effort; my lack of a point-by-point response is not intended as a slight to the work he's invested here. I'll just tag three items, as that's about the time I have to invest in this right now:

-The first complaint of his is that I got "the 2014 military intervention against ISIS page locked to editing except by Admins." I have no power to lock pages from editing, Kudpung initiated the lock after reviewing the merits of my request. If the assertion is that Kudpung is my sockpuppet or meatpuppet, I suggest that be addressed in SPI and Kudpung be notified of the accusation.

-I am not user:Willy on Wheels, and I believe it's customary to offer diffs of "edits to another wiki where he admitted it" [sic] instead of just shotgunning these accusations out. Here is the editor interaction report of "Willy on Wheels" and myself: [79]. Also, I am more than happy to submit to a checkuser. (Edit - it appears this accusation has now been deleted since I posted this: [80]. Sorry for confusion.)

-The two 1RR edit warring reports that resulted in "no action" - cited as evidence of my ill behavior - both resulted in "no action" by EdJohnston after I had withdrawn the reports with the intent of de-escalating the situation, which I explained in each instance and as the links LegacyPAC has provided indicate. If the complaint is that I should see all 1RR reports through to the absolute bitter end, I'll take that under advisement, though I don't believe that's a very community-building way approach to WP.

If there is something else that someone feels is particularly noteworthy, please let me know and I'll be happy to address it. Ultimately I have a feeling this has something to do with a request for article move protection I recently made, here: [81]. Thanks. DocumentError (talk) 23:19, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

The IRR withdrawals were reinstated, and the withdrawal only occurred after evidence was posted that DocumentError was beyond the 1RR himself, so essentially a skin saving move to "deescalate". In the post above he again misuses my username (which I noted in the first post as inappropriate) implying association with an American organization started long after I started using my username. This is further evidence of misconduct. Legacypac (talk) 23:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

To your first point, no, I don't believe that's quite correct. To your second point, I sincerely apologize I misspelled your username and I ask the community to go lightly on my grammar "misconduct." (?) As you know, a lot of editors have misspelled your username, Beeblebrox has even commented to you on the likelihood of this occurring during your WP career. DocumentError (talk) 23:40, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Precisely they commented on my user page, which is where you got the idea to intentionally and consistently mistype my name as a form of harassment. Legacypac (talk) 23:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

OK, got it! DocumentError (talk) 00:03, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

DocumentError has been persistent in this behaviour and it must be addressed. He reported multiple editors to the 3RR noticeboard in defence of his position over an article he too Edit Warred on 2014 American-led intervention in Iraq, brought me to ANi earlier for the same dispute, most diffs to support my claims are linked there. Clearly making jokes on my username diff and starting an SPi on me and another new editor. I have stated above, I have had enough with it and I feel like I am not welcome here at all with the way I'm being pulled around here, I create an article, it gets CSD'ed, merge tagged, AF'd and then ANi and an SPi. I came here to work on articles and help wiki expand but it appears that's not the case anymore. On secondhand brining claims of editors block logs and rubbing it in their faces may be viewed as personal attacks. --Acetotyce (talk) 00:06, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

If by "multiple" you mean "2" - then I am guilty as charged, as per my conversation with LP, above. Also, I think Acetotyce forgot to link to the diffs on the SPI I initiated regarding him and "another new editor" (the "another new editor" is using an alt account formerly registered to Acetotyce). I'm certain this was an inadvertent oversight by Acetotyce; the diff is here: [82]. DocumentError (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Not an oversight attempt, the template is on my talk page, and your template accusing me of Canvassing when I was notifying involved editors in the ANI request you started earlier. --Acetotyce (talk) 00:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

And the SPi is linked in the opening list already. I read somewhere editors are not supposed to dig up old blocks and sanctions on other editors, not sure what that is called, but that is another big behavior problem here. User:RGloucester also suggested sanctions in one of the forums, maybe they will comment here. Legacypac (talk) 00:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Unless something has changed, it's called "an editor's block log is public information." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

If I should not have mentioned the block histories of you, or Acetotyce, or whomever it was I erred by mentioning (sorry, I'm kind-of losing track here), then I, of course, apologize. DocumentError (talk) 00:47, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't have much to add to this other than that I hope DocumentError's behavior changes. I'm glad the dispute has died down now, but it was deeply unpleasant for a couple of days earlier this week. -Kudzu1 (talk) 03:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree. It was, indeed, for all parties. As per my note above to Acetotyce, I apologize if I inadvertently mentioned your block history in public. I'm glad we're able to focus on content creation again. Thanks, Kudzu1! 03:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

It wasn't "inadvertent" at all. I find it difficult to accept your apology when you decline to accept responsibility. You made a number of personal attacks on me, including but not limited to suggesting that I have some sort of a checkered past on Wikipedia by bringing up a block that was in effect for less than one hour more than three years ago multiple times. I think you're smart enough not to repeatedly insult and defame fellow editors "inadvertently". -Kudzu1 (talk) 03:23, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry you don't feel you can accept my apology. Kind regards - DocumentError (talk) 03:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

And I'm sorry you didn't make an acceptable apology. -Kudzu1 (talk) 03:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

OK, got it! DocumentError (talk) 03:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Continued W:GAMING including these actions "'Walking back' a personal attack to make it seem less hostile than it was, rather than apologizing." and "Mischaracterizing other editors' actions in order to make them seem unreasonable, improper, or deserving of sanction." and "Stonewalling or filibustering – repeatedly pushing a viewpoint that the consensus of the community has clearly rejected, effectively preventing a policy-based resolution." This is evident in the multiple processes started to push until he gets his way by trying getting an article locked from editing or moving while trying to both delete and merge and sanction editors over the same article) Legacypac (talk) 04:28, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh my, that's a lot! Would you mind adding this to your main list above? I think it would be easier to keep track of all these if they were in one place. Thanks so much, Legacypac (feel free to delete this comment after you've moved it) - DocumentError (talk) 04:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment: Regarding the "unlikely someone would talk to their sock puppet" commentary by Legacypac above, I point out that it is not unlikely. It has been done often enough that a person talks to their WP:Sockpuppet to avoid or decrease suspicion that they are a WP:Sockpuppet. And speaking of WP:Sockpuppets, after DocumentError commented in this WP:ANI thread about me listing highly disruptive WP:Sockpuppets on my user page, I looked into his edit history and found it very likely that he has edited Wikipedia before editing as DocumentError; this is the first edit he made to Wikipedia as DocumentError, and the vast majority of truly new Wikipedia editors do not make an edit like that (I mean, correct citation formatting in addition to using a WP:Reliable source), unless that editor is a well-instructed WP:Student editor. His other early edits show the same type of inside knowledge of Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. So take from that what you will. Flyer22 (talk) 06:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind comments about my correct use of proper citation, Flyer22. I have taken special effort to correctly format my references. While it's a little extra work, I think it's worthwhile, especially to help recover references that expire from link rot. And I'd already forgot about that thread regarding the list you were keeping on your userpage; while I'm sorry you didn't agree with my opinion regarding it, it was definitely an invigorating discussion we had with Elaqueate, Caden, Davey2010, Rutebega, John, Carrite. et. al.! How have you been doing? DocumentError (talk) 06:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Topic ban

Given how this has gone, can I respectfully request that DocumentError be sanctioned with a 1 year topic ban under the Syrian Civil War Active Community Sanctions. (I think this covers the conflict in Syria and Iraq, including ISIL.) Much of his behavior is essentially edit warring using processes instead of just reverts. If this is not the place to request that, please advise where that is. Thank-you for your kind attention to the matter. Legacypac (talk) 21:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

No, you got it - this is one of two correct places to request other editors be banned / blocked. (You can also make such a request to ArbCom, IIRC. Details for contacting them are available at WP:ARB.) DocumentError (talk) 00:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support - Per my statements above, that includes hounding me and doing every little attempt to remove the article I started. --Acetotyce (talk) 00:47, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I think your word choice in the first iteration of your comment better reflected the crux of the situation - [83] :) DocumentError (talk) 01:08, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support - Due to persistent use of processes to try and stop other editors who disagree with them from constructively editing along with portraying the others who disagree with them as members of a conspiracy. SantiLak (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose - While I don't believe "using processes" is sanctionable, and I'm not sure use of 4 "processes" in the last 6 months meets the general definition of "persistent," (particularly considering that StanTheMan87 was unable to recently find relief at ANI after 14 "processes" were used against him in 30 days), who can argue with 3 "Support" votes hitting this discussion in less than 20 minutes? Did someone flash the bat signal, or what? (joking reference to off-wiki comms that was the topic of one of the "processes" - [84]) Nonetheless, I'm going with Oppose for now.DocumentError (talk) 01:28, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Typically one does not get to !vote on their own topic ban. Gaijin42 (talk) 02:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing, It would have been really interesting if he had said support here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:28, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I did originally !vote "Abstain" out of a preponderance of caution ([85]), but then changed it to "Oppose" after reading Gaijin42's !vote. :) DocumentError (talk) 03:40, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry - my first time at this dance! Corrected. DocumentError (talk) 03:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

One most certainly MAY !vote in their topic ban. Heck, we've had editors !vote "Support" in their own the panda ₯’ 10:07, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Well in that case, I'm un-striking my strikethrough! :) Either way, if anyone feels it would help de-escalate the situation or assuage LP if I didn't !vote, LMK and I'll be happy to re-strike my strikethrough. DocumentError (talk) 17:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support – DocumentError has done nothing in this dispute but edit both disruptively and tendentiously. He has shown an inability to work together with editors in a controversial topic area. Given this inability, I believe there is nothing that can be done but topic ban him from that subject area until how he learns to edit cooperatively in other areas. The evidence has been provided, both in this AN/I and in the previous one. His behaviour has not alleviated in the time that's passed. RGloucester — ☎ 01:31, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Yikes! Looks like I may be joining you in topic ban land! [86] Save me a spot by the window! :) DocumentError (talk) 01:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I've never been "topic banned" from anything. I was blocked once for 24 hours in my nearly three years of being here (and if one looks into it, it was actually a very silly incident. I'm a silly person, though). That's a fairly decent record. Regardless, I don't think you're in a position to be evaluating the merits of other editors. Instead of that, why don't you respond to the concerns other editors have about your actions? RGloucester — ☎ 02:24, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

My mistake, you were blocked by Callanecc in June, not topic banned. Sorry for the error - it was just a little levity, not an accusation! DocumentError (talk) 02:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose While there may be some behavior that could use some correction, I do not see any activity in these proposals that cannot be handled by normal process. I see no problem in many of those diffs, in particular the "attacks" are not. to the point where I would almost consider WP:BOOMERANG especially since the post is characterized as an admin WP:INVOLVED issue which is completely not true. Gaijin42 (talk) 02:35, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment: While I support the idea of some disciplinary action against DocumentError, I'm not sure a topic ban is the best way to address the issue. I agree he has edited tendentiously, but I've dealt with much worse in that area. The main issue I have had with him is his inability to play nice with other editors (the faux-cheerful, passive-aggressive tack he's been taking lately notwithstanding), up to the point of making false suggestions of sockpuppetry (I'm not referring to the spurious SPI, but rather these outbursts) and conspiracies against him (I refer to this particular unpleasantness, among other wild accusations of being attacked by a "tightly coordinated group of editors" and similar claims). I think this behavior is not really topic-specific; his battling has seemed less ideologically driven than motivated by anger over not getting his way. And instead of reacting by trying to work toward consensus, despite multiple good-faith entreaties, his reaction was to act like all of the editors who disagreed with him were conspiring against him. That battleground attitude led to what I would regard as the abuse of a number of administrative processes, a great number of personal attacks that mostly stemmed from a failure to assume good faith, and a lot of wasted time and heartburn on everyone's part. It could be the best way to resolve this is simply to let sleeping dogs lie, but I don't feel like DocumentError's battleground attitude has subsided -- hence the cloying, obsequious tone he has adopted here and elsewhere, while still taking potshots like falsely suggesting RGloucester above was topic-banned. I don't really have a recommendation other than that this antagonistic behavior should not simply be ignored. -Kudzu1 (talk) 03:41, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Kudzu1. For the record, I have the same "faux-cheerful, cloying, obsequious" tone in all ANI threads in which I participate (this is the first in which I've been a party, but I frequent those of others), as I find a cheerful tact is best to de-escalate often heated engagements: see here, here, here, and basically everywhere else. I can try to be more of an ogre in the future. RAWR! :) DocumentError (talk) 03:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose The behavior in question looks like it can be handled via a dispute resolution. This should be a wake up call though to change how you interact with other editors or you might end up here again. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This is not a content dispute. The fundamental problem is DocumentError's battleground behaviour and tendentious editing. RGloucester — ☎ 03:48, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

What would a topic ban be useful for then? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

As I noted, I only responded to the first 3 of LP's 19 complaints, so I can't address all of them, but his first complaint was that I nominated a page for protection against IP editors and an admin subsequently protected that page. While I understand your side in the Iraq War content dispute did not want the page protected, I have to, again, strenuously object to the the idea that an admin protecting a page constitutes "tendentious editing" by me, unless the contention is that I secretly control the admins here. DocumentError (talk) 03:56, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

AFAIK, the particular issue there was that you misrepresented the reason you stated for requesting that protection to advance an argument in the AfD on 2014 American-led intervention in Iraq. An honest mistake, I assume? -Kudzu1 (talk) 04:09, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe that was it - I guess? The protection was applied by an admin two days before the unrelated AfD was started. Out of a preponderance of caution, I have pinged Kudpung (locking admin) no less than 4 times to let him know of Legacypac's concerns (each time he raises them, in fact); I suspect if he felt I had bamboozled him he might have chimed in at some point to the various denouncements LP has made against me across the Wikisphere in ref to the page protection. But, so far the only editors expressing issue are the "side" opposite "my side" (hate those terms but a horse is a horse) in this content dispute. I certainly invite others to contact Kudpung, however. He's surely the only one who can let us know if I manipulated him to put page protection on. What are your thoughts, Kudzu? DocumentError (talk) 04:24, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Not what I said. You asked for page protection for one reason, and said on the AfD you requested it for another reason. I have no way of knowing your intentions when you originally asked for protection and am not inclined to accuse you of manipulating Kudpung, but you did note that you were the one who requested and obtained protection on the AfD and state that it was because of pro-U.S. POV-pushing, rather than the reason you stated, because of disruptive IP editors. -Kudzu1 (talk) 04:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Correct. It was because of disruptive IP editors. The nature of the disruption was pro-U.S. POV-pushing. I'm not trying to be combative but saying I was being tendentious and need a 1-year ban for requesting page protection, when an admin decided that said protection was actually warranted and applied it, seems a tad spurious. You guys have made 17 (at my last count) separate complaints about my application for page protection on the article over the last 3 days, and yet 0 applications at RUP to have the protection removed. With all due respect, I think that kind-of speaks for itself ... DocumentError (talk) 05:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure how unregistered editors repeatedly trying to add the United Kingdom to the article is "pro-U.S. POV-pushing". It seems like a stretch to me. I'm not saying you were wrong to RPP, but your stated reason to request doesn't square with your later characterization. That's all I'm saying. -Kudzu1 (talk) 05:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

The UK and USA are part of the historic bloc, so that's perfectly consistent. But now this is kind-of getting a tad bit silly; the request for protection was ruled as having merit by an uninvolved admin, and that should really be the end of the discussion. If you feel the admin ruled unfairly, the least disruptive thing to do is to file a RUP. The most disruptive thing you can possibly do is complain 17 times across 4 different Talk pages, nominate the editor for a 1-year ban, but never file any RUP. We're going to leave it there, Kudzu. Thanks! DocumentError (talk) 05:43, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Are we? No, we're not -- because I haven't brought it up 17 times anywhere. You misrepresented your reason for requesting RPP on the AfD. It's crystal clear that you did. Whether that merits any sort of sanctions or not is irrelevant -- it's one of a number of improper things you have said and done in the course of this dispute. -Kudzu1 (talk) 04:58, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, we are. You are more than welcome to individually continue with your accusations of some sinister code in my comments. But this is a quest you will have to continue on your own; we are done. DocumentError (talk) 05:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose - Use second opinions, RFCs and all other tools for WP:DR. We all find editors that are difficult to deal with (and I may be difficult to others as well), but that does not mean that we need to ban people because they don't get along. Grow up, make your skins thicker, and remember that Wikipedia does not need you. Stop editing for a week and come back refreshed and you'll be surprised when you get back on how well Wikipedia improved without your unique skills and contributions. - Cwobeel (talk) 03:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. Nothing actionable or deserving of a topic ban. If anyone wants to point me to the most "damning diff", I'll consider changing my mind. But from what I've seen so far, I can't agree to a topic ban. Viriditas (talk) 04:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose DE definitely needs to take a deep breath and maybe deserves a slap on the wrist. That said, I 1-year TB is excessive. Juno (talk) 08:31, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose From what I've gleaned from the discussions, there is no evidence a topic ban should be imposed simply because editors disagree. User:DocumentError followed proper procedures. He was met with opposition - that's how the system works. Isn't it ironic that some editors are warring over a war? Now that needs a head-shake. There is a big difference between being bold and being disruptive, and I see no evidence indicating DE was being disruptive. Atsme☯^Consult 21:34, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Counter-proposal

In the spirit of WP:BOOMERANG observed by Gaijin42 above, I would like to make a counter-proposal to the topic ban. My counter-proposal is that Legacypac be given a 1-year topic ban from Syria-related articles under Active Community Sanctions for disruptive editing. To make this concise, I will just cite 4 examples, but can provide additional ones, on request:

- On 4OCT2014 he unilaterally and without discussion blanked the page Siege of Kobane, Syria with the note "kill messed-up page." Kkj11210 had to revert his unilateral decision to remove all sourced content. [87]

- On 2OCT2014 he unilaterally moved the page Iranian-led intervention in Iraq (see: [88]) even though a discussion about that move (that, in fact, he initiated) was ongoing and no one had registered a !vote in support of such a move. (see: [[89]]). He left the parting shot "Iran leads no one." before taking this action (which was promptly undone). DocumentError (talk) 18:14, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

- Legacypac is already has previously been under a 1-year WP:BLPBAN by Salvio "for repeatedly violating WP:BLP despite being warned" (imposed just last week). [90] and his edit pattern has not improved.

- He has engaged in a pattern of extremely combative interaction with other editors, typically peppering his comments with things like "Perhaps Drmies should not be an Admin anymore. How do we arrange that? I'm disgusted" [91] or frequently lobbying other editors in content disputes with him be banned/blocked (his nom of me is just the latest), for which he's previously been advised, without effect, by Dennis Brown not to get his "panties in a bunch." [92]

All the best - DocumentError (talk) 18:14, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

All false statements - please see full response a litte lower. Legacypac (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment - I believe that the first two actions are disputable and raise a concern but the latter is just throwing more oxygen to the fire from past lessons. We can get along better and I believe WP:DR is the place to go for this issue rather than Ani. There are currently WP:1RR sanctions placed on Syrian Civil War articles which you have violated as well. I also raise that your behavior on Talk:2014 American-led intervention in Iraq and 2014 American-led intervention in Iraq is unacceptable. Then again we don't have to take it as far as a topic ban. --Acetotyce (talk) 18:28, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

As a very general rule, one provides diffs when throwing around those kind-of accusations, Acetotyce. Also, you've already registered your opinion about me in the above titled "Topic Ban." Can I ask you to please keep comments about me there for efficient accounting? Feel free to go ahead and delete this comment once you've moved it. Thanks! DocumentError (talk) 18:39, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I have struck down my comments regarding you. Apologies for that. --Acetotyce (talk) 18:46, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Support I think this a good counter-proposal to a topic ban for either user. SantiLak (talk) 18:37, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Let me add that DocumentError reverted my response to his false accusations against me. Unbelievable. Legacypac (talk) 18:54, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that's correct. You edited my comments to break them and insert your own commentary above my sig. Please see WP:TPNO if you need information as to why we don't generally do that. DocumentError (talk) 19:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

In response to the false accusations against me made above:

• 1. the page blanking was to deal with a duplicate page. the editor who reverted was not aware of the problem and is now working cooperatively with me to fix the problem. Nothing :to complain about.
  
• . Moving the page to a better title is not actionable. DocumentError reversed my move and immediately sought move protection to preserve his preferred title. Point againt :DocumentError's own behavior.
  
• . Pure false statement (since amended after I objected) about me being topic banned. I am not under any topic ban.
  
• . How many hours of searching through diffs did it take him to dig up a completely unrelated statement from 18 months ago? Careful what broad assertions you make about other :people without evidence. This kind of Unbelievable behavior and false accusations against anyone that does not like his behavior demands action.
  Legacypac :(talk) 19:04, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm. Not that many hours, this is kinda your M.O. for how you treat other editors when it comes to this topic. Here are more recent examples, since you asked: accusing other editors of "bias toward Syria and Hezbollah" [[93]], saying "someone might sue you" [94], saying "What a pain in my ass. Gotta love Wikipedia. aybe I should just quit and leave the nastiness to others." [95], saying "I think I'll go something more productive with my time than watch this BS" [96], etc. Here's another example of your unilateral actions against consensus, apparently to shut-down discussion on topics you find objectionable: improper WP:SNOW close that had to be reverted - [[97]] You also have a tendency to phrase things in terms of "winners and losers." Most recently, among a host of examples, above you exclaim "Point Against DocumentError" and declaring "this demands action!" (an unusual phrase you've used 7 different times against different editors, when you've found yourself in content disputes). Ultimately, this comes down to the fact you've been a bit like a Whirling Dervish. I don't think this is a sanction as much as a short break to allow you an opportunity to just deflate a bit; you can pursue other subject interests in the interim. DocumentError (talk) 19:23, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This is getting more than a little tiresome. The above is more examples of off topic, old (year+), and mischaracterized statements. Bringing up a failed SPI against me? The original Whirling Dervish comment had nothing to do with me, but was made about DocumentError by an Admin concerning some of his actions that resulted in this ANi. I'd appreciate being able to get back to editing Wikipedia and not have to deal with this BATTLEGROUND activity. Cheers, Legacypac (talk) 19:48, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Not sure 3 days ago is "old," [[98]] but I think we'll have to agree to disagree. Kind regards - DocumentError (talk) 20:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I have a counter-counter-proposal: knock off the WP:BATTLE activity. -Kudzu1 (talk) 04:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Please Close: We can close this now because according to this DocumentError this ANi "was rejected by the community as frivolous and disruptive" diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=628389773 Clearly darn near anything goes on Wikipedia, sorry I brought this behavior up. Legacypac (talk) 22:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm, you really like WP:POINTy wordplay don't you? DocumentError (talk) 02:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

What do I do with this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2014_military_intervention_against_ISIL#well_this_ain.27t_gonna_work Legacypac (talk) 10:24, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Or this new ANi action? [99] Does "Possible Editor Stability Issue" have a specific meaning or it is just a big insult? Legacypac (talk) 14:21, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

User:BulgaRV

I request a block of BulgaRV (talk · contribs) immediately as a sockpuppet of MyWikiBiz, aka Gregory Kohs. He has confirmed this on Wikipediocracy. Also, File:RV park in Enevo Bulgaria.jpg may need deleting. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (lecture) @ 22:06, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Blocked. I dont know why I didnt believe you at first, even though the name of the RV park was in English and Bulgaria is one of the least English-speaking countries in Europe. —Soap— 22:19, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Personal attacks (and probable trolling) on Talk:Historicity of Jesus

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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(For reference, the first paragraph below mostly discusses article content as a necessary background to what I see as inappropriate user behaviour. Please do not misunderstand me as asking for content input on the article talk page. Please also do not take me as asking for sanctions against Mmeijieri; the latter user is also being disruptive, but has not made any personal attacks against me or -- it appears -- other users.)

Fearofreprisal (talk · contribs) has been completely devoted to this one page for the last month: he doesn't seem to have any solid ideas for improving the page, but has been posting inane arguments that seem to be promoting the fringe theory that Jesus never existed. It's extremely hard to tell. He and Mmeijeri (talk · contribs) in particular seem to be obsessed with arguments like "New Testament scholars are not historians" and "lots of legitimate historians have criticized the attempts of Christian apologists to construct 'historical Jesus' models that are in fact theological in nature". They place an arbitrary distinction between "New Testament scholars" and "historians", where even though a lot of the former are not historians per se they have rejected out-of-hand the claim by a highly-reputable historian that virtually all historians agree with New Testament scholars on this point. Can anyone look at this edit and not think Fearofreprisal is violating WP:POINT? Taking quotations from legitimate historians out of context, in order to imply that they adhere to a fringe theory discussed in the article, is extremely inappropriate, and at least one is on record as being bothered by being misquoted in this way. Once said historian wrote a 300-page book discrediting the fringe theory, and since then most of his quotes have been removed. Quotes about the historical reliability of from other scholars who have not openly complained about being misquoted are still in the article on the subject of whether or not Jesus existed. It's extremely difficult to discuss these points with Fearofreprisal in particular, since he seems to be more interested in getting a rise out of his "opponents" than in building an encyclopedia article.

But then he took it over the top by starting a new thread about me on the article talk page.[100]

I think the majority of users involved in the historicity article (and related discussions) over the last month would agree with me that FoP has been disruptive. I frankly don't care if he is allowed to continue to edit the article in the short term. But I'd like to see some reprisal for deliberately trying to intimidate me by insinuating bad faith on my part for a username change that took place two years ago...

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 00:35, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

NOTE: Off-topic discussion of article content begins here.

I agree that FoR is being needlessly combative, but the article does suffer from major POV issues and Hijiri himself has been very unconstructive in resolving them. He has also been overly eager to run off to various noticeboards at the slightest provocation / disagreement. I might add that I'm annoyed that my good-faith attempts to address major and long-standing POV issues that have been pointed out by many, many Wikipedians in the past are now being brought up by Hijiri as worthy of sanctions. I have received several thank-you's for my contributions to the debate and I think those who read my contributions will see that I've always been constructive and willing to to accommodate the concerns of others.

I don't know why he brings up the fact that researchers who criticise the methodological soundness and lack of objectivity of Historical Jesus research do generally agree Jesus exists. That's certainly true, and if that needs to be made even more explicit than it is right now then I'm all for it, but it's not the point of bringing up the criticism. I even explicitly added the statement that historians do not take the competing Christ Myth Theory seriously.

The point of the criticism section is that the opinion of HJ scholars should not be presented in Wikipedia voice and that biblical scholars should not be misrepresented as historians. I don't understand why Hijiri thinks the distinction is artificial. At first sight it seems obvious they are two different though possibly related disciplines. Biblical scholarship as a whole certainly isn't a subdiscipline of history, it has equally strong or stronger links with semitic studies, theology, archaeology and perhaps other fields. But sometimes things that seem obviously true turn out to be subtly false, so it's possible that the more specific subfield of HJ research is seen as a subfield of history too by historians. In that case we'd need a reliable source to tell us that. I have not seen such a source, and in fact we do have many sources (cited in the article) who explicitly deny it, including prominent biblical scholars involved with HJ research and a (modern) historian who has published a biography of Jesus.

I do think the criticism section is needlessly lengthy and duplicative with what is said in the HJ article, and I have said so before on the article Talk page. However, we've already had discussions about whether we need to have a separate Historicity of Jesus page at all, in addition to the HJ and CMT pages. At one point a lot of material was moved to these other two pages. That discussion can continue after or even in parallel with the POV issue, which does seem more pressing.

IMO the solution is what we always do when dealing with POV issues, namely to state the various opinions from a neutral point of view, taking care to give each view its due attention, not more and not less. In the interaction between scholarly proponents of the competing views various accusations have been made back and forth about possible religious or antireligious bias, lack of historical methodological soundness of methods, lack of scholarly credentials in general, lack of knowledge of Aramaic and possibly others. Accordingly, the article tries to mention any relevant background (credentials, religious / antireligious affiliation) whenever a scholar is first named to help the reader identify possible sources of bias / lack of scholarly quality. In addition I think it would be helpful if we added a paragraph that explains the distinction between theology and religious studies, since it appears to be a common source of confusion.

In closing, I urge Hijiri to be more constructive, and if he isn't, I hope his frequent unjustified appeals to various noticeboards will WP:BOOMERANG on him. It would be well-deserved. Martijn Meijering (talk) 06:55, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Off-topic discussion ends here.

I think we should reconsider seeking arbitration mediation, since all these unproductive trips to the administrators noticeboard don't help. Martijn Meijering (talk) 15:18, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

My lack of involvement for a while (aside from spending a few weeks sorting my books) has a great deal to do with FearOfReprisal, who has honestly just worn me down. As I've (more or less) said before:

• Fearofreprisal claimed that sources by Christians and even ex-Christians are inherently incapable of competently handling the historicity of Jesus, under the assumption that they automatically assume Jesus had to exist and cannot think otherwise (nevermind Tom Harpur and Docetism denying a physical Jesus, and C.S. "Mere Goddamn Christianity" Lewis was capable of separating the Jesuses of history and faith). If he had just said "Christians," it would only be potential bigotry on his part. But, he threw in ex-Christians, those who affirm the plausibility of a historical Jesus in particular. He doesn't mind people citing them when they deny the possibility of a historical Jesus (at no point demonstrating any problem with a user who misrepresented sources and cited a dozen irrelevant sources to argue that Jesus couldn't have existed), but he does when ex-Christians go against the Christ myth theory. After a time, he turned to OR arguments against RSs and vague arguments regarding the scope of the article that coincidentally eliminate the sort of material he's targeted before. -- He has a clear agenda for giving at least equal weight.
• He created a thread accusing me of an agenda, on the article talk page instead of my talk page, providing no evidence. He then edit warred to keep the thread on the page. When told that he needed evidence for his accusations, he euphemistically rephrased the accusations. When told that he should have brought any concerns over my interactions with editors up on my talk page instead of the article's talk page, he claimed the out-of-place thread wasn't an accusation of problematic behavior. When context was given for the words he took out of context, he continued to insist that I was operating with an agenda, provided diffs to the words he took out of context (as if I had denied saying those things). At no point did he provide even a reference to a conversation where I fabricated quotes. When I demonstrated how one would present evidence of an agenda (had I not been stuck on my phone in a hotel room, I would've even provided diffs instead of referencing material anyone can still see on the talk page), he continued to say that I had an agenda and showed offense at me supposedly trying to bring his religious beliefs into it (even though I never mentioned his religious beliefs, and even though it was totally fine for him to accuse me of a religious agenda without evidence). The only user to support his complaints at Talk:Historicity_of_Jesus/Archive_33#Ian.thomson was a user who also made similar unevidenced claims, and was blocked for likewise failing to assume good faith and attacking editors.

As I've indicated on the article talk page and in past discussions, I'm for including a variety of sources, even due weight to the Christ Myth Theory. Between that, me pointing out that a recently added source claims that a historical Jesus is ultimately unknowable, and my prior track record, accusing me of an agenda, especially without evidence, is inexcusable.

Since I had moved on to other things, I did not see his misquotations, but it only confirms for me that FearofReprisal should not be editing articles relating to the historicity of Jesus. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:26, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Fearofreprisal has a history of accusing others of bad faith and/or incivility on article talk pages without any shred of evidence. I do not think that's a habit we should tolerate. Huon (talk) 01:40, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

• Echoing User:Ian.thomson and User:Huon's comments (though this is a page I informally watch but don't edit). Some remedy/warning stronger than the last visit to ANI is required. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:49, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
  • Echoing User:Ian.thomson, User:Huon, and In ictu oculi's comments. For myself, FoR has also implied that I have no business on the article talk page because I had not edited it before. In what way is that comment appropriate? No collaboration, nor interest in resolving issues; much interest in disputation. Talk page disruption even more than article page - it is a drain on the community. I could say more, but am almost entirely away from Internet service for a time and cannot respond fully now. Evensteven (talk) 12:30, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

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• I'm not a big fan of Fear of Reprisal, but I'm hard put to see him as being the instigator of the problems with this article. The discussions are dominated by people that won't concede the obvious point that Christians and Muslims possess an inherent bias towards seeing evidence for the existence of Jesus of Nazareth. This gets consistently and insistently misrepresented as having said that Christians are completely incapable making judgements. When one side won't concede a point as obviously true as that one and persistently misrepresents the points others are making, problems ensue.—Kww(talk) 02:34, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Please quit bringing up that strawman argument (that fails to acknowledge the clear examples of Christians separating the historical and religious Jesuses I keep bringing up) in his defense and either discuss his conduct or stay out of this. FearofReprisal has also thrown in ex-Christians who see reason to accept a historical Jesus as plausible as likewise being religiously biased, and has misquoted authors on those grounds. That is not attempting to remove theologically-motivated sources, that is making bigoted assumptions about anyone who holds a position that is common regardless of religion.

His actions were not merely to remove theological resources (which would be fine), he has demonstrably sought to dismiss any source that isn't part of the Christ myth theory as being religiously biased, or twisted it to say the opposite of what it says. He has made bad-faith accusations against any editor who points out his problems.

If a Christian came onto the talk page, argued that atheists (especially former Christians) are biased against any evidence for the existence of Jesus, tried to remove or distort secular reliable sources that didn't present the Sunday school version of Jesus on the grounds that they were biased against Christianity, made bad-faith attacks on editors who tried to stop this, and then tried to justify their actions as merely trying to balance out inherent biases -- If all this happened, you'd support them being topic banned as would I. Now, what's the difference here? Ian.thomson (talk) 02:48, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

The majority of people arguing on that page have reacted to any discussion from me, from Hilo48, from Fear of Reprisal, from anyone that argues that Christians and Muslims have to be treated as biased sources about the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth as if we were bigots. It's not a strawman argument at all, and all your "clear examples of Christians separating the historical and religious Jesuses" does is illustrate the very point I am making: saying that someone is biased is not the same thing as saying that they are completely incapable of rational judgement. It's quite normal to be simultaneously biased and rational. To deny the bias of people that consider someone to be divine is to argue against logic and human nature.—Kww(talk) 02:59, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

You affirm that people can be both biased and rational, and yet you do not grant that to Christians and Muslims on this issue. And please, point out (on the article's talk page, because this thread is about FearofReprisal's behavior) where the article uses theological sources (which is where the religious bias would indeed come in). You go on about how we need to acknowledge biases in Christians and Muslims, and yet you're helping someone who is misquoting sources and making bad-faith accusations just because it goes along with your POV. This is not a thread about content, it is about FearofReprisal's behavior. If you want to discuss content, go to Talk:Historicity of Jesus. If you want to post here, post about FearofReprisal's behavior.

Back to the behavioral issue at hand, what you are saying regarding Christians and Muslims being biased is not FearofReprisal's argument, which is why I called it a strawman. FearofReprisal's argument extended to the assumption that ex-Christians must also be religiously biased, but he only holds to that when they side with the historical Jesus theory and does a 180 if ex-Christians can be cited (or misquoted, which you have yet to address) to go against the historical Jesus. That is biased editing, and it is nothing but hypocrisy for you to defend it. If you wanted to stay out of this, I wouldn't blame you.

Even if you are absolutely right on content (which this thread is not about), that does not in any way defend FearofReprisal's behavior. This isn't an issue of religion, FearofReprisal has been POV-pushed, and you have defended his incivility because you agree with that POV, and tried to draw attention away from it by making irrelevant blanket statements. I have little reason to assume you're going to understand that, but I would very much like to be proven wrong on that point.

Also, please, point out how the hypothetical I provided of a Christian arguing that atheists are biased is not the mirror image of this situation. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:22, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

It's easy to point out why your last point is wrong: atheists have no particular bias for or against the existence of anyone, only their divinity. As for the rest, I view FoR's misbehaviour as the flailing of a drowning man. If his opponents would listen to reason (which you have demonstrated that you will not, by persistently accusing me of failing to grant Christians and Muslims the power of reason, when I have only maintained that they are biased), he would likely be more reasonable himself. It's a cesspool of an article and a cesspool of a talkpage. I'd be just as happy to delete and salt the entire area, because I don't believe the participants will yield to rational argument.—Kww(talk) 03:55, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

And I have brought up plenty of evidence demonstrate that Christians are likewise capable of separating divinity and physical existence. You keep ignoring that, or else fail to get that that capacity is the same as allowing one's rationality to control one's bias. The situations are no different: an individual whose bias controls their rationality makes blanket claims that the worldview they believe to be their opposite number are incapable of letting their rationality control their bias and only capable of letting their bias control their rationality, before proceeding to disrupt the site by acting on such assumptions. The only difference is that what's happening now is a POV you agree with.

So do you do you approve of FearofReprisal's misquoting sources then? Do you approve of FearofReprisal's lying about what others say if you personally think the opposing side is being irrational? Do you really think that it's FearofReprisal who's being rational here? Ian.thomson (talk) 04:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Your constant misrepresentation of my statements and refusal to accept basic logic means that I have no reason to favour you in a dispute. You misrepresent me, and in the same breath ask me to be upset because someone else is, in your view, misrepresenting someone. That's the problem here: you are implicitly asking people to favour your position and discipline FoR when any review of your position and reasoning shows that the other editors have thrown up a brick wall. When everyone refuses to acknowledge any kind of middle ground, there's no hope.—Kww(talk) 04:41, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I have repeatedly said that the article should give due weight to all views, and even started a subpage just to gather and sort sources (before I gave up dealing with FoR), even going so far as to include polemic sources such as Prometheus books just to make sure that all views are covered. That's middle ground. Most of the other editors have also been trying to discuss how to give due weight to all views, or at least only academia's views, but get sidetracked by dealing with FoR trying to eliminate members of academia that he disagrees with by misusing your argument of supposed religious bias.

Your refusal to acknowledge that consensus is against you, FoR, and Hilo is a problem for the article. But notice that ANI threads aren't being made about you or Hilo, they're regularly being made about FoR's misbehavior. If it was you and Hilo, there could well progress, but with you defending someone who outright lies about sources, how can there be? Once again, do you condone FoR's misquoting? If you have to refuse to answer that because of me, you're acting out of spite instead of logic or even good faith. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:37, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Ian.thomson, I suspect that if you simply edited the article to segregate the views of Christian and Muslim sources, explicitly label them as biased, and then found sources that weren't Christian or Muslim to balance the article, the behavioural problems would disappear. The problems won't go away until that is done: we can slap FoR silly, and someone else will take his place. I note that despite the controversy about the overuse of Christian sources your listing doesn't address the religion of the authors, even going so far as to label works by Craig A. Evans as "clearly academic" without noting the inherent bias.—Kww(talk) 15:14, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

As has been explained over and over, which you don't seem to be listening too, FoR has pushed for treating ex-Christians if they don't agree with his views. He has indicated that that would not get rid of behavioral problems. Quit ignoring his behavioral problems to support your POV. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:29, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I was going to post on Kww's talk page, since his comment merits a response but seems to be mostly about article content, but since Ian.thomson has already replied here I might as well throw in my two cents here. Yes, User:Kww, Christians are biased when it comes to reconstructions of the historical Jesus. Most reputable historians who also happen to be Christians can keep their biases in check, however, when they are engaging in historical research. These factors only apply to historical Jesus research (i.e., who Jesus was, what he said, what he did, whether historians can prove miracles, etc.). When it comes to whether or not a man named Jesus of Nazareth existed, Christians may also be considered "biased". However, it is worth noting that the vast majority (99.9999%) of trained historians of other theological persuasions (atheist, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Shintoist...) agree with the Christian historians that at the very least the guy did exist. This means that the bias of Christians toward the historicity question (note I'm speaking exclusively about the historicity of Jesus, not of his sayings miracles, skin colour, marital status or sexuality) is essentially negligible, and we shouldn't bring it up in the article per WP:UNDUE. However, it has been noted (in Ehrman 2012's epilogue, for instance) that the mythicist apologists overwhelmingly have their own theological bias against the historicity of Jesus, in that they grew up in Christian environs and have a specific distrust of Christianity, and believe that arguing against the historicity of Jesus will serve to discredit Christianity and solve the evils they feel Christianity has wrought. Ehrman understands and sympathizes with them on most points other than the historicity of Jesus (as do I, I should add). But at the end of the day we have one historical claim (that Jesus existed) that is accepted by virtually every scholar of every theological persuasion, and an opposing historical claim (that Jesus never existed) that is essentially only accepted by a vocal minority of adherents of one theological persuasion (atheism), the majority of whom are also vocal in their specific opposition to 21st century Anglo-American Christianity. Books defending the historicity of Jesus come from Christian publishers, yes, but also from Oxford University Press; books attacking the historicity of Jesus come almost exclusively from American Atheist Press and other publishers with their theological views made clear in the name. I don't think we should use article space to speculate about theological biases on the part of either side, but if we do one we have to do the other. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 05:24, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Your "99.999%" figure is interesting. First, it includes Muslims, who revere Jesus of Nazareth to the same extent that Christians do: orthodox Muslim theology is that Jesus was never crucified, but remains physically alive at the side of Allah. Second, I've asked multiple times for someone to provide examples of Buddhist and atheist historians that have stated that evidence supports the historic existence of Jesus, and no one has provided one. If you wish to have any credibility in your argument, Hijiri 88, please provide a short list of atheist, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shintoist historians that agree that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth existed. If it's 99.999% of all such historians, it should be trivially easy to provide such a list. Then, we can add the list to the article and all the controversy will go away.—Kww(talk) 05:35, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Ehrman is an atheist historian. He is also a reliable source on the views of the historical community (歴史学界), and he says virtually historians in Asia accept the historicity of Jesus. Christians make up only a tiny minority of the historical community in Asia, and Muslims only a slightly larger minority. Therefore, for virtually all historians in Asia to accept something, more than a few Muslims and Hindus would need to accept it as well. You're demanding that we categorize qualified historians based on their theological persuasion is an insult to said historians' academic integrity, and could easily land in trouble with WP:BLP. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 14:01, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

One example from one particular group does not 99.999% of a large group of things make. You've argued with me by making things up, and then asked us to be upset because someone accused you of making things up.—Kww(talk) 14:54, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Off-topic discussion ends here.

Kww, please discuss article content on the article talk page. You are as usual wrong on the substance, but this is not the place to discuss that. Hijiri 88 (聖 やや) 05:22, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Note that the above comment was twice removed, without explanation, by User:Kww and User:Reyk. If this thread gets archived with no result as a consequence of Kww's deliberate attempt to hinder outside input with WP:TLDR off-topic rants about article-content, a new thread will be opened in its place. And whether or not Kww's attempt to get this thread archived with no outside input succeeds, both users will be made to answer for repeated unexplained removal of other users' comments. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 06:21, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Your hatting of this section was inappropriate, and your claim that my revert was "unexplained" is false. I stated in the edit summary that you don't get to dictate what can and cannot be discussed on ANI. Hatting a section because an article is being discussed is not a good reason. Of course you are free to restore your comments, without the misbehaviour, and I see that you have. Reyk _YO! 06:38, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

No, I did not say your reversion of my hat. I said your removal of my response to Kww was removed without explanation. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 07:28, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

As I said- you are free to restore any comments you made, minus the misbehaviour, and I see that you have. Reyk _YO! 07:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

@User:Reyk: Collapsing off-topic asides that belong on the article talk page, in order to make the thread more readable, is not misbehaviour. It is in fact pretty standard procedure. The only thing unique about this is that the off-topic content was not an accidental, good-faith aside (if it was, Kww would have acknowledged his mistake and let it go), but a deliberate attempt to take advantage of WP:TLDR in order to limit outside input. The claim that my hatting off his content discussion with User:Ian.thomson was an attempt on my part to "remove" or "hide" legit user conduct discussion because I'm afraid of a WP:BOOMERANG against myself resulting from such discussion is an almost-laughable cover-story. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 09:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Back to the matter at hand

FoR has, as demonstrated above, attacked editors and misquoted sources. He has done this repeatedly. Article content is NOT the issue here, it is tendentious editing, plain and simple. Some editors may support this tendentious editing because it goes with their views, but such actions are in bad-faith and they need to quit defending such actions. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:29, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I do not think the problem is with FoR, but rather with the topic itself. Neither side has been without fault. I would suggest mediation. - Ret.Prof (talk) 15:43, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I haven't seen any bad-faith defenses of FoR. I've witnessed a serious WP:KETTLE problem in the discussion above, though.—Kww(talk) 22:21, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

@User:Ret.Prof: Maybe so, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find any instance of me doing something that merited a thread on the article talk page about how I have used sockpuppets to get away with making personal attacks against people (I have not) and ultimately changed my username to get away with making personal attacks against people (I have not). Whether FoR is right on the substance (he is not) is frankly irrelevant here, except for the fact that the side of this dispute that is wrong has had to increasingly resort to personal attacks, misquoting of sources, violations of WP:POINT, etc.

@User:Kww: All of the defenses of FoR have hinged on "he is right on the substance" (he is not) or "Hijiri88 is a cry-baby" (I put up with his crap for I think three weeks before posting here).

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 00:52, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

On the chance that anyone actually cares about building an encyclopedia, I'll point out that, despite contributing lots of POV and OR to the talk page, User:Hijiri88, User:Ian.thomson, and User:Huon have each contributed nothing to the Historicity of Jesus article. Zip.

I was wrong to link Hijiri88's use of sockpuppets and user name change with incivility. They could be totally unrelated things. (It's worth noting that he still seems to be using IP socks, though, again, it wouldn't be fair to impute any motive to it.) Fearofreprisal (talk) 02:08, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Umm... every time I post logged out from my phone I specify that it's me. And I don't need to WP:EDITWAR. I have presented solid proposals to improve the article (removing out-of-context quotations that imply John P. Meier, a Catholic priest is skeptical about the historical existence of Jesus, and rejects historical Jesus research. What constructive edits have you made to the article? Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 02:24, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Note that I attempted a few times to hat off the TLDR off-topic discussions in the above section, and was repeatedly reverted by Kww and accused by them of "removing" comments. (This while Kww was somewhat hypocritically deleting one of my comments.) This is an obvious attempt on the part of someone who realizes outside input will be invariably against them to prevent outside input by forcing anyone who wants to contribute to wade through thousands of words of off-topic content dispute material. Kww will be made to answer for this repeated disruption once the FoP issue has been resolved. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 06:21, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

• Comment: Ahem. Do you guys have some kind of Wiki-death wish? Surely you must realize the end result of escalating a dispute at ANI like this. Let's see some evidence of how progress in building the encyclopedia has been impeded in the form of diffs summarized by concise statements. Ignocrates (talk) 14:38, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

@User:Ignocrates: How so? In the past, whenever I have come into conflict with a POV-pusher who was abusing/misquoting sources and aggressively making personal attacks against me and others, I tried initially discussing on the article talk pages and their user talk page, and when that didn't work eventually it came to ANI (or SPI, or some other such venue) and the community dealt with them effectively. Both Ian.thomson and I presented concise statements with diffs as evidence. Kww then came along and posted a string of TLDR comments about article content. Please actually examine who has posted what, and who has tried to do what to resolve the issue, before blanket-smearing all parties in a dispute like that. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:18, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

"Blanket-smearing"? Please see WP:BLUDGEON. I don't see persuasive evidence of progress being impeded on improving the article. Do yourself a favor and return to constructive editing. ANI isn't the place to dry your tears and give out hugs. Ignocrates (talk) 14:16, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Can the article be written in the same way without reliance on biased sources? Of course, Christians are biased about whether Jesus existed. I think it is equally obvious that Wikipedia doesn't prohibit biased sources--but, the article shouldn't unduly represent their view. Howunusual (talk) 18:54, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

@User:Howunusual: If all sources written by anyone who either is now or was at one time a Christian, then probably no. It's worth noting that virtually everyone who denies historicity is an atheist apologist who comes from a Christian background. In fact, per Ehrman 2012's epilogue this represents an obvious conflict of interest. It seems to me that Fearofreprisal, Kww, and the others are arguing that we should mention these biases for every scholar mentioned in the article. Ian.thomson, myself and the others appear to be arguing against this, and in my case at least it's because most of the so-called mythicists are not reliable sources, and trying to "balance" the article by presenting all the (thousands?) of reliable sources on the other side as "biased" will give readers the wrong impression. It's not Wikipedia's place to be deciding which sources are biased, when reliable sources do not make this claim. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:18, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

I meant sources whose Christianity is part of their professional background. Howunusual (talk) 13:15, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

• Comment: This is wiki madness! Iggy, Ignocrates and I do not agree on much these days but he is absolutely right in the end result of an escalating dispute at ANI like this. - Ret.Prof (talk) 14:24, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Please sign your posts Ret.Prof, and stop calling me Iggy. It's inappropriate. Btw, since we will be facing off in arbitration in about a week, it would be best if you refrained from commenting on my comments, unless its really pertinent. Ignocrates (talk) 23:24, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

I think your notice to me HERE is very, very wrong. In future limit such comments to our talk pages! - Ret.Prof (talk)

@Hijiri 88: Sorry about the above disruption. I thought you were being a bit harsh with him.

@User:Ret.Prof: How so? In the past, whenever I have come into conflict with a POV-pusher who was abusing/misquoting sources and aggressively making personal attacks against me and others, I tried initially discussing on the article talk pages and their user talk page, and when that didn't work eventually it came to ANI (or SPI, or some other such venue) and the community dealt with them effectively. Both Ian.thomson and I presented concise statements with diffs as evidence. Kww then came along and posted a string of TLDR comments about article content. Please actually examine who has posted what, and who has tried to do what to resolve the issue, before blanket-smearing all parties in a dispute like that. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:18, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

I've posted seven short paragraphs in seven distinct replies. I'm going to presume that your post is simply an extension of your strategy of making false statements. On the other hand, if one paragraph falls into your definition of TL;DR it might explain why having a substantive discussion with you has proven to be so difficult.—Kww(talk) 14:08, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, and I didn't delete your distinct replies. I merely pointed out what Ian.thomson did as well, that they belong on the article talk page, and should not be posted here because of TLDR. As I predicted, your overrunning this thread with TLDR content disputes has caused two other user to come along and completely misinterpret the problem. I never should have pinged you. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 16:08, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Issue still ongoing

For the record, this issue continues in the absence of any admin action. I recently came to the article, this is what the user under discussion directed at me [101]. 100% personal attack without even the intention to discuss anything related to the article.Jeppiz (talk) 19:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

This is true.. I have been watching and mildly contributing for a couple months on this page and its a bit frustrating to have input like this. I don't think this user is some bane of order or a gigantic problem, but a little talking-to wouldn't hurt. Its hard enough to make progress with people being civil, and its probably just a joke on his part, but it slows things down a bit to have to deal with it each time. Granted I don't see any of the main players here as being too innocent! :) Prasangika37 (talk) 19:28, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

I think the bigger issue is whether this article should even exist. I noticed a thread was opened on the talk page to discuss the AfD option. As it stands, Wikipedia has three articles to cover two topics, with this one wedged in the middle position. At one point, I remember this article being a sort of Christian triumphalist alternative to the Christ Myth Theory. It is now more NPOV, but its reason for being is even less clear. Imo, this is one of the biggest reasons for the seemingly eternal squabbles on the article. Fix the underlying problem and all the rest of this noise will go away. Just a thought. Ignocrates (talk) 01:49, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

A Suggestion to Wrap This Up for Now

This is not the first or second time that there has been a thread at this noticeboard about Historicity of Jesus. Nor, unfortunately, does it appear to be the last time. The OP has complained about one particular editor, User:Fearofreprisal, who has been tendentious and difficult, but not the only disruptive editor. However, the OP has no particular proposal for what to do. He or she does not request a block, an indef, a topic-ban, an interaction ban, or a site ban, which are the only administrative actions that I am aware that the community can deal with here. By coming here to complain, without requesting sanctions, the OP is just venting and wasting time, as is the case with too many threads here. It appears to me that this article is one where a combination of content issues (should the article exist? what is its scope?) and conduct issues over a long period rise to the level where arbitration is likely to be necessary. My recommendation is, first, that this thread be closed with a warning to Fearofreprisal and a warning to the OP, and, second, that it be noted that any future disruption should be sent (along with the history of past disruption) to the Arbitration Committee. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:11, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

• Close this thread with warnings, and note that any future disruption will be sent to ArbCom. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:11, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree that arbitration is the better option. This soap-boxing is a complete waste of ANI's time. The content issue needs to be addressed as well. Otherwise, the litany of complaints will just resume with the next group of combatants. Take it to AfD and let the community decide the scope there, or if it should exist at all. Ignocrates (talk) 02:24, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

User:Wdford was bold and stripped the contentious article down to a short disambiguation article containing links to other articles. Several other editors concur that that is an improvement. User:Fearofreprisal reverted the bold edit. I restored the shortened article. Fearofreprisal hasn't suggested an alternative. We shall see. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

It looks great. And it makes so much more sense. If this gets reverted again, I would file for arbitration immediately. Thanks for all your hard work coming up with this creative solution and diffusing the dispute in the process. Ignocrates (talk) 00:09, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I have, in fact, responded, providing citations to reliable sources. diff here Fearofreprisal (talk) 07:01, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Topic-Ban of User:Fearofreprisal

I am striking my previous suggestion that this thread be closed with warnings. User:Wdford made a bold edit and shortened the contentious article to a disambiguation article with links to other articles. An RFC is in progress on whether to keep the shortened article or restore the full article. User:Fearofreprisal is the only editor who disagrees with the shortening of the article, and has called the shortened version "blanking" and "vandalism". User:Fearofreprisal has now filed a frivolous request for formal mediation on the issue of whether to revert the "blanking" of the article. Since mediation requires the voluntary participation of all named parties, and some of the parties are known to support the shortened version of the article, the only actual effect of the RFM is to continue to stir up controversy. (The requirement to assume good faith only goes so far and perhaps should be set aside now. Perhaps this editor is trolling.) I request a topic-ban on User:Fearofreprisal from historicity of Jesus and all of the articles referenced in the shortened version of the article in order to prevent this editor from continuing to stir up controversy. Robert McClenon (talk) 12:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support Robert McClenon (talk) 12:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support given the editor's recent history of tendentious and very unproductive commentary on the talk page. John Carter (talk) 16:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support given recent events, yes, absolutely. I would broaden this T-ban to include articles related to Historicity of Jesus broadly construed. Ignocrates (talk) 16:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment I'd suggest reading Robert McClenon's last sentence carefully. He's suggesting banning me for making controversial statements. Fearofreprisal (talk) 04:41, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
  • No, that's not right. The suggestion is that some editors thrive on controversy with a resulting very low benefit-to-noise ratio. I haven't looked lately, but when I last checked that appeared to be the situation. Johnuniq (talk) 09:56, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Something is very, very wrong here! In the first place aren't Ignocrates and John Carter here in violation of "their bans". Secondly, it looks a though Fearofreprisal is being set up by a group of user accounts working together diff This needs to be looked into further! - Ret.Prof (talk) 14:23, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. I filed a request for enforcement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Request_concerning_John_Carter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howunusual (talk • contribs) 20:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Fyi, this AE request has been closed as a frivolous filing. Therefore, it should not affect the discussion here. Ignocrates (talk) 17:08, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not seeing how that supports the claim that FoR is being "set up by a group of user accounts working together." Ian.thomson (talk) 16:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Strong Oppose: I would recommend arbitration to get to the root of the matter. and possibly a sock puppet investigation. strike due to diff> I am also going to ask some trustworthy admins and crats to to look into this situation! - Ret.Prof (talk) 14:28, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Who are you suggesting are sockpuppets? Ian.thomson (talk) 16:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

If there is to be a sockpuppet investigation, it should look at connections with (deleted) and banned (deleted). Martijn Meijering (talk) 17:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Fwiw, (deleted) is not a banned user, and he is actively editing. Allegations of sockpuppetry should be made at SPI, not here, and it's tendentious to bring up someone's name as a likely sockpuppet without a shred of evidence. For such spurious claims, blocks are made. Ignocrates (talk) 21:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Very well, I've deleted the names in my own post, you may want to do the same thing in yours. A topic ban did appear to be in effect, judging by his talk page. Martijn Meijering (talk) 21:49, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Done. I have asked an admin to take a look at the unsupported allegation of sockpuppetry as it applies to the editors working on the article, per WP:casting aspersions. Ignocrates (talk) 22:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support - About time. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment:Don't get me wrong. I am not making any specific allegations. What I am saying is there something is very, very wrong here! It needs to be fully investigated possibly by Arbitration or by other means! If arbitration goes against Fear, I will most certainly accept it. Turning an important article into a little more than stub was most unsettling! - Ret.Prof (talk) 16:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

If you're not making specific allegations, don't make allegations because it comes across as little more than fear-mongering to distract from issues at hand. My past experience with you makes it hard for me to believe you're that kind of user, but looking a bit now I see that you and Ignocrates have some sort of issues that I'm not going to get involved with (I don't care what they are, who started it, whatever), but I would ask that neither of you allow those issues to influence your decisions regarding the continued behavior of FoR; nor allow content issues to distract from the issue of FoR's behavior (as they have abut four times now!). Ian.thomson (talk) 17:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I wasn't involved in that change but supported it. No content was removed from Wikipedia, and there was a broad consensus for it.Jeppiz (talk) 17:13, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support topic ban for articles related to the historical Jesus. Fearofreprisal is here with a strong WP:POV and has showed time and time again that they will insist on the WP:TRUTH even if there is a strong consensus to the contrary. Nothing in the user's behavior or Wikipedia history support they are willing to engage constructively.Jeppiz (talk) 17:13, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Suggestion: All I am saying do not think the problem is only with FoR, but rather with the topic itself. Neither side has been without fault. I would suggest mediation as a first step. - Ret.Prof (talk) 17:16, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

You've now made your opposition in four different comments, all of them saying pretty much the same thing, and this far you're the only one making taking that position. You're perfectly entitled to a divergent opinion, but perhaps you could refrain from repeating it over and over again?Jeppiz (talk) 17:21, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Robert McClenon, It will be easier for FoR if you list the names of the articles that will fall under the topic ban. Christ myth theory will be included? Bladesmulti (talk) 17:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I've never seen a list of articles in a topic ban. It's a ban from the topic, not from an article. In this case, where the topic is Jesus's historicity, it would likely mean every article in some way dealing Jesus, as it's possible to discuss Jesus's historicity on any such article.Jeppiz (talk) 17:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Jeppiz Thank you for writing. I am in Support of topic ban on Jesus's historicity, FoR has frequently made irrelevant discussions and he has been edit warring too. Now those who are talking about other users here, this topic ban will serve as an example. Bladesmulti (talk) 17:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Strong Oppose. Would sooner support a topic-ban for the proposer of this attempt at censorship. Trying to ban someone for proposing dispute resolution is pretty strange. It's also pretty bizarre to argue that seeking dispute resolution is trolling because, well, there is a dispute. Yet that's what is what Robert McClenon does by arguing the "only actual effect of the RFM is to continue to stir up controversy". Howunusual (talk) 19:54, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I think the point of the proposer is how it was done; for example, allegations were made of vandalism and blanking an article. A veteran editor knows better; therefore, such claims are disruptive. There was nothing wrong with the proposal of formal mediation except the timing; an RfC is still underway, so that also seemed to be disruptive. A formal mediation is not "frivolous" per se, and may yet happen before this is done. The trolling allegation, I agree, is tough to prove, and not to be made lightly. It implies someone is motivated by malice. Ignocrates (talk) 21:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I have a hard time understanding the comment by Howunusual. Looking at the edit history of both users, it is clear that Robert McClenon has tried to be constructive while Fearofreprisal has been extremely disruptive. The accusation of "attempt at censorship" seems to be an unfounded personal attack with no substance whatsoever provided. Fearofreprisal is being suggested for a topic ban for their behaviour, evident from their edit history, and not for their opinions. Other users have had similar opinions but nobody have suggested they'd be topic banned as they are serious good faith users. I hope the closing admin find the time to give Howunusual a serious for their unfounded breach of WP:NPA against Robert McClenon.Jeppiz (talk) 22:33, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

A bit harsh! We are now attacking each other. Not a good sign. We all need to take a deep breath and start assuming good faith. Cheers - Ret.Prof (talk) 23:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

@Howunusual:: earlier in this thread (and in a few archived discussions as well), there's evidence of FoR using the article talk page for unfounded personal attacks against multiple editors, misquoting sources, and generally refusing to seek a middle ground with editors who are interested in collaboration. To call this topic ban a blatant attempt at censorship is either completely ignorant of the situation or in bad-faith against some editor involved here. Notice that Kww and Hilo48 are not mentioned in the topic ban, despite having repeatedly helping him get out of topic bans by turning the issue into a discussion of content and presenting a more moderate face to FoR's arguments. Please learn more about the situation before making asinine accusations about Robert McClenon, who has been dealing with this with way the hell more patience than he should have. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:24, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Your credibility is momentous. You complain of personal attacks, and call people "asinine." That says it all. Howunusual (talk) 02:52, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Interesting question, at least to me. Looking at What is considered to be a personal attack?, "asinine" wouldn't appear to approach personal attack—until you get to the bottom, where it says, "Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done." Since "asinine" would certainly be a disparagement if not an insult, it passes that definition. By that definition, an enormous segment of the Wikipedia population is in violation of WP:NPA multiple times a day, making the passage of dubious value. This is not the place for such a discussion, I know, but I'm not feeling inclined to start one in the proper place. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 03:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

The title and subject of the entire thread is "Personal Attacks." If the policy on personal attacks is of "dubious value" then close the thread. Don't pick and choose. Howunusual (talk) 19:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Howunusual:: I said your accusations were asinine. Where did I comment on you? You, however, made claims that Robert McClenon was proposing the topic-ban as censorship despite clear evidence to the contrary. That, and you twisting my words, utterly fail WP:AGF. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:58, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Ian.thomson:: Yes, OK. Your opinion is moronic. Please note, I haven't commented on you. Howunusual (talk) 19:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Do you have anything constructive to contribute through taking an honest look at the personal attacks, misquoting, and POV pushing by FoR and commenting on that behavior, or are you here merely to pick fights? Are you going to correct your accusations toward Robert McClenon, or are you here to make attacks to support editors who's POV-pushing you happen to agree with? If it's the former answers, you sure are doing a terrible job of it; if it's the latter, you don't belong here. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:51, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Nope, I have nothing to contribute "through taking an honest look at the personal attacks, misquoting, and POV pushing by FoR ." Rather, I have something to contribute by taking an honest look at such behavior by those complaining about it in others. Howunusual (talk) 21:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Except that your assessment of the situation ("censorship") completely lacks evidence and is countered by other evidence. That's not useful at all, that's either bad judgement or bad-faith. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

A fair distinction, which I missed. That part retracted with apologies. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 04:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support - it's hard by now to avoid the conclusion that that User:Fearofreprisal does not want any resolution - at least any that has a snowball's chance in hell of becoming the consensus. I have no idea whether the plan is to outlast the opposition and to turn the article into whatever Fearofreprisal desires when everybody else has given up in disgust, or whether he merely wants to cause drama for drama's sake, but he's switching between personal attacks (as I pointed out way above, and as since experienced by Jeppiz), wikilawyering (for example the "shortening is an end-run around deletion" line of reasoning), and supposedly good-faith requests for mediation - whatever it takes to prolong the dispute. It's high time to put a stop to this behavior. Huon (talk) 00:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I've resisted raising this issue, because I'd hoped that saner minds would prevail: the historicity of jesus is a secular history subject. But because the historicity of jesus article is about Jesus, it attracts the same very experienced editors who contribute to the other Jesus articles. To my understanding, they are almost all very dedicated Christians. But whether they are or are not, they've, collectively tried to inject theology into the article. For years.

I believe so many of them have turned on me because I've continually pushed for the article's scope to reflect its topic, and have pressed the need for verifiability (which is at odds with turning a history article into a Christian article.) Recently, a group of these editors has been trying to kill the article. The evidence is in plain view in the talk page.

It's time to bring this article to arbitration.

P.S. - most of the editors suggesting that I be banned are involved. Even those who are long term WP editors. Fearofreprisal (talk) 03:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I have contributed on Christ myth theory for 1 year, I don't think that a lot of discussion that you have made on these talk pages was actually wanted. What about the edit warring? There was a day when you had broken 3RevertRule, but you wouldn't recognize it any longer. Bladesmulti (talk) 03:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

More unevidenced accusations. Not getting your way? Just say that those who disagree with you must be doing so because they're Christians. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes it is clear they are trying to kill the article. Why? - Ret.Prof (talk) 04:20, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

On the contrary, most of the folks who are supporting the disambiguation version were originally for rewriting the article so that it covered all appropriate views, with the main disagreement being whether to go with a specific focus (and if so, what would be excluded as fringe) or to include a broad variety (even if it meant some polemics were cited and labelled accordingly). Were a few editors who insisted denigrating sources based on what they suspected of the author's religion never involved in the discussion, some other kind of middle ground might have been reached. Even then, the broad variety option would lead to a bunch of material that would need to be carted off into independent articles (which we already have); while the specific focus approach would lend itself to drafting versions on the major views to determine which was least fringe, which would again result in a number of independent articles that we already have.

The disambiguation version allows the article to remain stable while a version is created through collaborative effort (instead of reverting, or adding sources to "balance out" views individual editors have a problem with). Ian.thomson (talk) 04:45, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Ian. Your explanation was very helpful. - Ret.Prof (talk) 04:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support. The evidence provided shows a topic ban is needed here. -- Calidum 04:53, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support Enough is enough. GoldenRing (talk) 05:26, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment Following a massive influx of WP:SPAs/WP:SOCKs, several of which has vandalized the article, I've requested semi-protection. Much of this disruption could probably have been avoided if a topic-ban had been put a place shortly after this issue was brought to ANI, more than 10 days ago. I appreciate the need to discuss things, but delays quite often serve to aggravate problems, not solve them.Jeppiz (talk) 13:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Could we wrap this up

The consensus seems to be fairly strong in favour of a topic ban. I'd also like to point out that a number of WP:SPAs have now appeared to support Fearofreprisal[102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [[109]] who had a hard time getting any support before the appearance of the WP:SPAs.Jeppiz (talk) 12:30, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

It would be helpful to check for socks, it's hardly a coincidence that we suddenly see a massive influx of SPAs to boost Fearofreprisal.Jeppiz (talk) 13:28, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment As a long time mostly lurker on this noticeboard I couldn't help but notice this discussion. Frankly it reads like a Kangaroo Court. Unsurprisingly, it seems headed for the inevitable predetermined conclusion. You should be ashamed of yourselves. - Nick Thorne ^talk 13:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

And do you have argument to add to the discussion or are you just making personal attacks to be disruptive and further inflame things? A large number of users have provided diffs for extensive disruptions.Jeppiz (talk) 13:50, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

More SPAs: Special:Contributions/98.167.155.109, Special:Contributions/JChurchtown. Clearly there's at least meatpuppets, apparently canvassing as well. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:33, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

This post seems to suggest that there was canvassing on Reddit's r/atheism. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I've requested page protection at WP:RPP because the SPAs are getting disruptive, though obviously would not mind if an admin seeing this decided to protect the page before someone at RPP does. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Definite off-site canvassing

Thanks to User:Lots42 for pointing this out, but there is canvassing on Reddit by an account created not just 8 hours ago, portraying FoR as a lone hero (ignoring Kww and Hilo48), asking readers to "Please help, by visiting the article "talk page", and voicing your opinion". The talk page needs semi-protection ASAP. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:30, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Statement from Fearofreprisal

I've said very little here so far, But now I'm going to have my say. Even if it ends up getting me banned.

This ANI has gone on for 9 or 10 days. I can't even guess how many posts it's had. By my count, Ian.Thomson holds the record, at 21 posts, with Hijiri88 following up at 14. Jeppiz has only 10, but he got started late. Most of these, incidentally, were arguments with other editors.

Ignocrates made the most cogent post: Do you guys have some kind of Wiki-death wish? Surely you must realize the end result of escalating a dispute at ANI like this. Let's see some evidence of how progress in building the encyclopedia has been impeded in the form of diffs summarized by concise statements. Important point: He wasn't talking about me. And no one actually did make any such concise statements (or provide diffs that showed anything nearly as hostile as this ANI, for that matter.)

Does anyone wonder why there is such vitriol here? I pointed out my opinion here: [110].

This is an ideological dispute. On one side are a group of Christians who believe with absolute certainty that Jesus lived. On the other side is me – and I am agnostic on the subject. The funniest part of this is that if I were a raving atheist mythicist, they could deal a lot easier. Since WP values verifiability, let me provide the following quotation, from a reliable source.

[S]urely the rather fragile historical evidence for Jesus of Nazareth should be tested to see what weight it can bear, or even to work out what kind of historical research might be appropriate. Such a normal exercise should hardly generate controversy in most fields of ancient history, but of course New Testament studies is not a normal case and the highly emotive and dismissive language of, say, Bart Ehrman’s response to Thompson’s The Mythic Past shows (if it needed to be shown), not that the matter is beyond dispute, but that the whole idea of raising this question needs to be attacked, ad hominem, as something outrageous. [111]

You might want to go back now, and take note of how many ad hominem attacks have been made against me in this ANI.

This doesn't, however, explain Robert McClenon's request that I be topic-banned.

Let me start with this: Robert is apparently not only a long-time wikipedian, he's also apparently very highly regarded. So, any argument I make that he's wrong is likely to be dismissed by most experienced users and sysops. But, I still need to make it.

Robert objected to me using the terms “blanking” and “vandalism.” WP:Vandalism defines “illegitimate blanking” as “Removing all or significant parts of a page's content without any reason .” (Well, you could argue that anyone who removes a page's content has “a reason.”) In this case, Wdford all but admitted that his reason was to game the WP:Deletion Policy [112]. But, it doesn't really matter: I used the terms descriptively, not as aspersions. If Robert disagrees with me, that's fine – but it doesn't make me guilty of bad faith, nor does it make my (admittedly premature) attempt to discuss the matter through a Request for Mediation an attempt to “stir up controversy.” (How has mediation ever stirred up controversy?)

Robert claimed that I am the “only editor who disagrees with the shortening of the article.” I can't think of a better response to that than “so what?” Consensus in WP should ideally not be based upon number of votes, but upon policy-related points made by editors – and none of the editors supporting the shortening of the article even bothered to address policy.

Beyond that, his claim is no longer true. There is now substantial support for the “long article,” and opposition against the “short article,” from experienced (not “new” or “SPA”) editors, a number of whom have made strong policy arguments against the current version of the article.

The essence of Robert's argument is that I should be topic-banned to prevent me “from continuing to stir up controversy.” Just take a look at WP:List of controversial issues, and you'll see, in the religion section, this very article: Historicity of Jesus. Yes, it's already controversial.

Before Wdford blanked the article, to create the “fake disambiguation article,” and before Wdford researched deleting the article through AfD, there was one person who was largely responsible for most of the recent major edits to the article. Wdford.

I couldn't even make stuff like this up. But, it's not really his fault: all the editors who came over here from the other Jesus articles agreed with what he was doing. And WP:POV railroaded anyone who disagreed. (Let me see.. How many ANIs have I been involved in?) Except for me – and I was apparently just trying to stir up controversy.

So, as for Robert's argument: It's so specious you have to wonder why he made it.

At this point, I figure I've pissed off enough people here, that I'm sure to get topic-banned. WP:DGAF.

No matter. I'll be filing an arbitration case, But I'm won't be requesting sanctions against any other editors, and I won't even be appealing, if I'm banned (now let's see how well your WP:Boomerang works.)

I'll just be requesting discretionary sanctions for the article. Because that's the only thing that will stop a bunch of ideological bullies who misuse their reputations and knowledge of WP rules and guidelines to run roughshod over the anyone who doesn't share their POV.

Now I feel better, thank you.

P.S. - I changed my mind. Ian.Thomson, Hijiri88, Jeppiz, with 45 posts here between them, have proven they can't even be civil on ANI. They should definitely be blocked for awhile. And, why don't you interaction-ban them from me too.

P.P.S - As for Jeppiz claim that "we've seen a large influx of new SPAs as well as heavy IP vandalism of the article" - Most of those edits appear to be from experienced WP editors - not SPAs or IP vandals. It appears they rather strongly disagree with the fake "disambiguation article." And, as for Jeppiz claim that my username is an SPA: If you think I've violated policy, then find some diffs, and ask for an investigation. But consider this: if "Fearofreprisal" were to be an SPA, might it have been created to protect me from reprisals... from people like you and your friends?

Fearofreprisal (talk) 16:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm rather disgusted at the blatant personal attacks Fearofreprisal above, and I believe they show why Fearofreprisal should have been banned long ago. Some examples.

• Insinuating that every user who disagrees with FoR is a Christian is an ad hominem argument banned under WP:NPA. There may be Christians who take the same view, personally I take this view because I tend to trust academia. No matter, the accusation violates WP:NPA.
• Lying about the canvassed WP:SPAs is ingenious. We have the actual link where "atheists" are called to come to rescue FoR from "Christian" editors, [113] and we can see that a large number of these meatpuppets headed straight to the article as their first activity. [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], [120] It's true that there were also some who had not been active for a long time, some of them for years and used their old accounts, [121], [122], [123], [124], though that does not make them any less canvassed. It's hard to understand what FoR is getting at here when we have both the actual canvass and the edit history of the meatpuppets.
• Calling for Ian.Thomson, Hijiri88 and myself to be blocked is just WP:POINTy. Blocked for what? For discovering FoR's canvassing and bringing it to ANI? I can understand FoR is disappointed at being caught red-handed, but what offence have we done. Yet another disruptive suggestion.
• The implicit admission that FoR is a sock " if "Fearofreprisal" were to be an SPA, might it have been created to protect me from reprisals... from people like you and your friends?".

I won't go on. There have been few more disruptive users at Wikipedia than FoR for quite some while now. A look at the havoc they have wreaked both at Historicity of Jesus and ANI in their fight for the WP:TRUTH is revealing.Jeppiz (talk) 18:05, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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I just noticed thread had been closed. I need to point this out for the record. Despite User:Fearofreprisal's assumptio to the contrary, I am not a Christian, and both my parents are lapsed/liberal Catholics, bordering on atheism. My personal connection to the Catholic Church is limited to my having grown up in Dublin and attended "public school" there. If FOP wants to know more about my historical views of Christianity and the bible, he can examine my edits to our Saint Peter article, among others. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 03:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Speaking of the F-word

Bender235 appears to be on a mission: since it can be verified precisely what Jameis Winston yelled from on top of a table in the student union, those words must be included in his Wikipedia article. Oh! censorship! The phrase "yelled an obscenity" is apparently an ambiguous statement, according to Bender: we are"specific and neutral", which means, then, that we are not supposed to have editorial discretion and we print everything exactly as we find it. By the way, "obscene remark" etc. is all over the interwebs--it is just as verified and unambiguous as Bender's F-word.

A discussion at WP:BLPN did not deliver a solution, and it is my contention that we should, in the absence of a clear agreement, not print the actual obscenity and err on the side of caution. Also, really, those arguments about "ambiguity" and "value-free" are just a bunch of bullshit. For the life of me, I'll never understand why we need to print everything we can possibly verify. I'm no prude, but holy fucking moly, this is asinine. Also involved in this: in my corner Collect (now blocked for an unrelated matter), possibly Tryptofish, and Otterathome. In the other corner, next to Bender, Nomoskedasticity. Possibly in no corner at all, Calidum, who showed some judgment in this edit. So we have Bender and Nomoskedasticity edit-warring against four other editors, with nonsense arguments. Drmies (talk) 02:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Drmies, are you sure you can't censor the words, like "f*** her right in the p****"? Non-ambiguous to those who are old enough to swear, and yet kids won't be exposed to words that pertain to sex and sexual organs. Good outcome for everyone. Maybe you should suggest that. – Epicgenius (talk) 02:47, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. I doubt they'd let that stand (bleeping is a lot closer to censoring than paraphrasing, in my opinion), and I don't much care for the signage, though I appreciate the suggestion, Epicgenius. Drmies (talk) 02:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I would say there is a different problem with the quote. Namely, that it can't be verified that he actually said those exact words. Some students tweeted that is what he said, but second hand quotes being attributed as a direct quote is a BLP no-no. I would also argue that the exact words are not needed has have Collect and Drmies. Arzel (talk) 03:14, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

The Guardian gives those exact words. Your argument applies equally well to saying that he "yelled an obscenity" - this is also secondhand, unless any of the reporters were there when he said it. --NE2 08:46, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Fart her right in the pants? Remember that Wikipedia is read by people from all over the world with various levels of English comprehension. There's no excuse for being deliberately unclear. --NE2 06:17, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, sure, if that's their interpretation, though I doubt that there's a single adult that won't click on the reflink if they wanted to see the uncensored text. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:29, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't think there are BLP concerns, as the quote is reported in reliable sources, and the "scrubbed" version is even in the NYTimes. But it is well within editorial discretion to summarize things without the direct quote. I suggest an RFC as there does not appear to be an ANI issue that needs immediate attention. Gaijin42 (talk) 03:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Since Winston got suspended for a game because of it, it would seem appropriate to quote him precisely. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Especially since stating that he was suspended because he simply "yelled an obscenity" makes the school look petty. It's important to give the exact obscenities in the context of the rape allegations. --NE2 08:48, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I think this is the wrong board for this discussion. It strikes me as a straightforward content dispute. Even if there's a policy basis for including the actual words said, or otherwise precisely matching a particular source, there's nothing about it requiring administrative intervention. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 09:49, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This is not an isolated case, however, and there appear to be several editors who will insert "fuck" in every article, even though the major news agencies do not use the phrase. [125] "shouting an obscene comment" (New York Times), [126] "yelling sexually explicit language demeaning to women." (Deseret News), [127] (SI), including AP, etc. he "fuck" is found on such great sites as BuzzFeed, and "The Frisky." Where the weight for major sources does not use the explicit obscenity, Wikipedia should not be used to amplify the obscenity. Using the tabloid sites is against common sense here, and, as I noted, this has been a repeated issue on BLPs. Collect (talk) 12:44, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I get the sense, @Drmies:, that you're the one on a mission. To how many noticeboards and talk pages will you carry this incident? I can only repeat what I already stated numerous times (yet you seem to have not understood): "obscene" is a value-laden label. Different things are obscene to different people. Lawrence Summers' hypothesis, that there may be differences between men and women in the distribution of intelligence, may be a "sexist" statement to some, but not to others. We don't write "Summers was critized for a sexist statement". We write the statement, and let the reader decided. --bender235 (talk) 15:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

You got me, Bender. It's just that "obscene" can be reliably sourced to, in five seconds? half a dozen sources, so your calling it value-laden or ambiguous is thus silly: if reliable sources use it, it can be used. "Obscene" is value-laden, sure, but quoting ESPN or whatever in saying "he yelled an obscene statement" is simply quoting a reliable source--and that part you don't seem to have understood yet. If reliable sources claim that someone's statement was sexist (or obscene, or antisemitic, or whatever), we can reproduce that. In fact, that is what we are supposed to do (writing an encyclopedia, secondary sources, etc), and I came here because I sought a larger forum, hoping to run into more common sense. I think you have restored the phrase six times by now; surely that's edit warring, and the claims of "censorship" are simply misguided, not to mention unfair, and that's behavioral. Drmies (talk) 01:05, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I am neutral in this, I only removed it because it was sourced to an unreliable site. User:Bender235 should be strongly warned for inserting negative content sourced to unreliable wiki type sites[128], and so should User:Nomoskedasticity for restoring those edits. A obvious violation of WP:BLP. I have no comment on whether the quote should be included, as I have not looked at the full picture of the incident.--Otterathome (talk) 18:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

JFYI: Know Your Meme was my source for that phrase being a meme. When you know a better source for things like that, give me a notice. Also, the phrase itself was mentioned by myriads of people on Twitter, and echoed in WP:RS like The Guardian. Case closed. --bender235 (talk) 18:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Anyone who asserts that I have been edit-warring should be required to provide diffs. Since this won't be possible -- or rather, since any diffs provided will show that I have not been edit-warring on this issue -- the editors who are asserting this should retract or be sanctioned. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:25, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Who is asserting this? Drmies (talk) 01:05, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
    • What? Why are you being obtuse and wasting people's time? "So we have Bender and Nomoskedasticity edit-warring…" in your very first post opening this section…. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 04:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
      • Fuck, I totally missed that. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 04:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
• I'm here because Drmies pinged me. I agree with editors above who say that this isn't a conduct issue, but rather a content one where a content RfC would be a good idea. As for the edit-warring, if one looks at the page edit history between Sept. 21 and Oct. 3, there has been a slow edit war over removing and adding back the quote, but I do not think anyone is in violation of 3RR, nor do I really see a need for full protection. As I said at the article talk, I do find the vehemence of the editors who want the verbatim quote rather puzzling. As far as I can tell, there is reliable sourcing that the person said it, and that being the case, I don't think it violates BLP to report it. As a purely content issue, count me as preferring leaving the quote out. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

User:Imzadi1979

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The following took place involving me and User:Imzadi1979.

• Imzadi1979 made some edits to the Vehicle registration plates of Michigan article, which I myself had edited a few minutes beforehand.
• I didn't entirely agree with these edits (though I didn't completely disagree with them either), so I asked him why he made them - which I felt I was perfectly entitled to do.
• He duly explained why he made them.
• I still wasn't convinced, so I gave my views - which, again, I felt I was perfectly entitled to do. And I also felt, and indeed still feel, that I gave these views in a relatively friendly manner.
• For whatever reason, he took these views as me wanting to drive other Wikipedians away from the site, and enforce and encourage mediocre articles.
• I explained very carefully to him that I was not that sort of user - though I admitted to having some faults - and that the impression I might have been giving was not intended.
• His response was to send this explanation straight to his archive without saying a word.
• I told him - and, once again, I felt I was perfectly entitled to tell him - that I was actually quite hurt by this action of his.
• He sent this straight to his archive, too, without saying a word - and then he deleted it altogether.

As far as I'm concerned, his attitude was wrong.

Accusing a fellow prolific Wikipedian of being a selfish troublemaker, with no real evidence to support this accusation, and then pretty much swatting that Wikipedian away when he/she explains very carefully why he/she is not a selfish troublemaker?

All he had to do was read the explanation carefully, and then say sorry. And that would have been the end of the matter.

Instead, I feel compelled to make this report. And I have to say, it's a shame it's come to this. Bluebird207 (talk) 23:24, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

@Bluebird207: You asked for an explanation, and I gave it to you. I followed up again. I never said you were a selfish troublemaker (those are your words, not mine), but I did say in the follow up that if your intent was to drive editors away from editing that article, you had succeeded. Why had you succeeded? The reason is that I no longer wanted anything to do with the article; you had driven me from editing it. I informed you that I was removing it from my watch list, and I asked you to leave my talk page alone after that. You did not heed my request and posted again. I archived the whole thread hoping you would take the hint that I wanted to be left alone. Instead, you resurrected your last reply. I removed that as well hoping that you'd take the hint again.

Let me be absolutely crystal clear: I am feeling badgered and harassed. This is the third contact I've had with you after I asked you to leave my talk page alone. There is nothing here for administrators to do, but there is something you can do. I have no interest in editing Vehicle registration plates of Michigan, at all. Please respect my desire for disengagement and leave me alone in the future. I will not be watchlisting this discussionImzadi 1979 → 00:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Bluebird207 you provided one diff that only demonstrates editing an article. What is this report stating and asking for? "As far as I'm concerned, his attitude was wrong". Uhm OK....but ones attitude is not a matter of right or wrong. What is it you believe requires admin intervention? The attitude? If so, could you demonstrate with further diffs? "Accusing a fellow prolific Wikipedian of being a selfish troublemaker" is a violation of NPA. Please show the diff.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:24, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't agree with Imzadi that Bluebird207 has exhibited badgering or harassing behavior (based on this) and I feel that Imzadi is intentionally using these words because he knows they have a very negative meaning and they will help drive away Bluebird207 the quickest. That said, Imzadi1979 hasn't really done anything actionable and Bluebird207 should not edit his talk page anymore.--v/r - TP 00:28, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree. As far as I can see, Imzadi1979 hasn't done anything that could remotely require admin intervention. Maybe he overreacted when he used the terms badgering and harassing, but there's nothing we could do about that. He already disengaged. → Call me Hahc21 00:36, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Agreed.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:49, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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Unneeded mass deletion of content in Glossary of rail transport terms

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Glossary of rail transport terms contains many unreferenced claims (not introduced by me) and received a refimprove tag from User:Voidxor in may 2014, Diff which he misuses for or confuses with the citation needed tag.

Refimprove only asks for references and does not concern the subsequent WP:NOCITE and WP:BURDEN process which Voixhor intends.

When placing the refimprove tag, Voidxor didn't reveal his intentions and deletion criteria on the talk page.

Starting from September, many claims were removed from this page: Diff Diff. If a quick wiki or google search fails to provide references, and the editor involved can demonstrate that he made an assessment, I don't have a problem with this content removal. However, Voidxor admittingly removes all unreferenced content even when it's obvious that a wiki link or reference can be easily found and added to a particular section. In my opinion, if Voidxor really wants to improve this article, he should first attempt to find a source before taking any other measures.

After my objections, (partial) reverts and following discussion, the refimprove tag was finally removed and the article was bomded with over one hundred "citation needed" tags. Diff

Voidxor claims that he wants to improve the article and imposes a high standard, but effectively disregards WP:PRESERVE and leaves WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM to other editors with his mass-deletion policy.

Considerations:

• The refimprove tag only asks for additional references and does not imply deletion after a given period of time.
• After refimprove fails the WP:NOCITE and WP:BURDEN processes can be followed
• Adding a Citation needed tag doesn't justify content removal unless the concerned statements are about a living person or are obviously doubtful or false (WP:NOCITE and WP:USI). In at least 50% of the cases, the doubtful/false criterion for deletion isn't met.
• The WP:BURDEN process is challenging the contributor of a particular claim to provide a reference. Given the fact that most of the articles' content was created before 2010, involving numerous editors, response to individual citation needed tags is very unlikely to happen when more than hundred "citation needed" tags are placed simultaneously.
• WP:BURDEN encourages finding resources before placing a citation needed tag or remove content.
• WP:BURDEN: When tagging or removing material for lacking an inline citation, please state your concern that there may not be a published reliable source for the content, and therefore it may not be verifiable. No such concerns have been stated by Voidxor
• Only after failing in performing the steps in WP:PRESERVE / WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM drastic actions like removal are justified.
• Voidxor wants to remove unsourced statements first and then adding citations later. I'm very afraid that content will be lost forever when this type of workflow is followed.
• It is contradicting to claim the intention of improving an article and delete content without performing actual research.
• To be transparent, Voidxor should move content intended to be deleted to the talk page and demonstrate that he wasn't able to find sources himself.

--Aaron-Tripel (talk) 20:19, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

This is a content dispute and there is nothing for admins to do here. If you can not work it out on the article talk page, you should consider dispute resolution. GB fan 20:27, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I do not agree with Aaron-Tripel's statement that one must search for references before placing a citation needed tag or before removing unreferenced statements. It is hard to prove a negative, that references do not exist. The burden is on those adding or restoring information, who are logically the ones who can readily provide a reference to the sources where they found the information. Unreferenced information in general can be removed if a citation needed template has been present for an extended period and no reliable source has been added. The policy on verifiability does not apply only to biographies of living persons. Edison (talk) 00:11, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:Cow cleaner 5000 ban proposal

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Enough is enough, this user is intent on trolling Wikipedia and has already made numerous sock accounts: [129] I propose that this person be banned by the Wikipedia community as clearly WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia. This diff [130] shows that he is starting to attempt to get to other user's accounts. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support, obvious longterm vandalism including trying to blank this section. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:02, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• From the time this was first added 4 more sock accounts have been confirmed as used by Cow as well. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:10, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Overt support: Obviously disruptive, probably takes joy in the fact that we are even having this proposal. This is behavior that will not stop, and having a ban proposal is just a procedural step to stop it. I full heartedly support it. Tutelary (talk) 02:15, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Full support Enough is enough with this one. They are one of the most insidious WP:GAMErs I've seen in at least a few years, especially with the Shonen Jump article, and we should use all the filters and tools we have to contain them from damaging the encyclopedia further. Nate • (chatter) 03:55, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support - He wasn't site banned already? Ian.thomson (talk) 03:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support, it's clear that this person will not assist us in fulfilling our mission and is wasting their time here. If they can't realise this and move on themselves, then we as the community should be happy to assist them on their way. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 07:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC).
• Support - It not only wastes our time but in the end it wastes there time!, Enough's enough. –Davey2010 • (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support Clearly not there to contribute in a productive manner. Though this "ban" is more a formality as he is already being blocked on sight. —Farix (t | c) 21:36, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Support Recalcitrant sockers should be banned. Blackmane (talk) 21:49, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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124.180.144.121 seems to be a sockpuppet of banned User:Justa Punk

A quick glance at the edit history (Australian topics and professional wrestling), priorities (placing multiple templates on articles and then trying to get them deleted), phrasing when requesting AfD completions, and IP address (very close to 124.180.170.151, which was blocked earlier this year as a sockpuppet of Justa Punk) seems to show quite clearly that this is a sockpuppet of a banned used.

I have initiated a sock puppet investigation, but this took longer than the AfD itself during his most recent series of sockpuppets in April. Because he is not a member of the community, he should have no ability to initiate AfDs. I placed a speedy deletion template on it, as I was told to do last time, but he has removed it. I do not want to get into an edit war, so I am bringing it here in the hope of speeding up the process (at least with the AfD). GaryColemanFan (talk) 13:38, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• I completed the AfD for the IP after they requested it at WT:AFD. Since it is not obviously contentious, disruptive or pointy - from the discussion so far there is clearly doubt as to the subject's notability - I am happy to take responsibility for it (it would seem pointless to delete it and restart it). Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 14:13, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
  • I don't what this user's problem is, but I can assure you he is wrong. When this first blew up, I thought he was a part of a group maintaining the Vern Hughes article (the COI issue is mentioned in the tag on the page) trying to discredit me to short circuit the AfD and maybe brought in by the "Keep" voter at the AfD. But now having looked at Justa Punk's history I'm now leaning towards a very paranoid reaction to a similar IP. I have no interest in professional wrestling and my only wrestling related edits were on behalf of a personal friend who just happens to work for WWE now (Buddy Murphy) and noticing a sorting issue while I was correcting his real name to Unknown as I can't source his real name and just giving it would be OR. As far as I could tell, Punk has no edits in the political sphere so my assertion towards paranoia by GaryColemanFan seems to be the best explanation for this. 124.180.144.121 (talk) 22:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
    • Per Justa Punk's own comments in his SPI archive: "Wrong! Those IP's were not me. They were not socks. But they were MEAT PUPPETS! Yeah they were working for me and they'll continue to work for me (and do a few edits of their own - like the last ones did on the girls gridiron), until the proper notability lines are set for Aussie wrestling! You always were a dill, GCF! Signed !!Justa Punk!! 203.12.30.74 (talk) 04:22, 23 April 2014 (UTC)" We can debate whether this IP is a sockpuppet or a meatpuppet, but the fact remains that it's ban evasion. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:47, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
      • Good heavens above! This comment can only be described as paranoid to an inexplicable level. To the point I would suggest that this user needs some time on the sidelines. When I looked at the suspected sock/meat puppets while looking into this, the majority of the edits for these IP's were aimed at what I assume is "Aussie wrestling". I've made three edits to WWE NXT (which I have previously explained) and the remainder have been political aside from dealing with this present issue. 124.180.144.121 (talk) 07:27, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

204.17.60.130

This user's edits have all been undone.[131] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alrich44 (talk • contribs) 03:05, 16 September 2014

Two edits over two days with months of gaps even if nothing is correct makes blocking seem futile. Next time, perhaps try WP:AIV but I guess that person may not return for a while. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:32, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

MayVenn

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There is an interesting situation in Afd. Based on this edit where MayVenn said Some User chose to write a ton of articles about people who went to his fancy school for rich people in England. None of them are notable, but because some "Administrators" and "Senior Editors" love the British Empire they think we have to "open the floodgates" to everybody who got some medal or are in some "Who's Who", ..., and this edit which said If even the British Empire-loving "Senior Ediotrs" who made most of these junk articles get kept think this should be deleted, that is a sign. Wikipedia is not a place to advertise your fancy school and all the "famous" Imperialists who went there., the account of MayVenn seems to be a reincarnation of the Bristolbottom account which nominated (mostly on 21 Sept.) some 20 articles for deletion of Bedford Modern School alumni, only three of which were deleted, and most of which were kept with solid "keep" votes under clear guidelines. The MayVenn account is also similar to Bristolbottom in that they both immediately commenced AFD nominations as their initial edits. I am not sure what action, if any, is appropriate. But this type of new user activity does strike me as having an axe to grind. Bearian did leave some friendly advice at User talk:Bristolbottom, and several editors have made comments at User talk:MayVenn. --Bejnar (talk) 05:33, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

NOTE: There's already a thread above on MayVenn. If you don't have any clear goals in mind, and your only point is that "the account of MayVenn seems to be a reincarnation of the Bristolbottom account", then the appropriate venue is WP:SPI rather than AN/I. Softlavender (talk) 05:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

My real point was that it was disruptive editing and appeared to be serial disruptive editing. Do what is appropriate, I am not an administrator. --Bejnar (talk) 05:52, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not an administrator either. We've already thoroughly discussed MayVenn's disruptive editing. The appropriate place to post specific suspicions of sockpuppetry is WP:SPI, not here. It looks like you have a good case, but your venue is wrong. Softlavender (talk) 06:12, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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Page move

I am trying to change a page name from 'Ian David Cohen' to 'Ian Cohen' as that is his recognized name on-air ( he does not use his middle name, I put it there in error when setting up the page) However there is also another Ian Cohen (politician).

I need to change it as many of the wiki links for my Ian Cohen (Media broadcaster) entry do not include the word DAVID, and my submission is unlinked at the moment, I am trying to link it all up now.

Thank you

BD — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdchill (talk • contribs) 11:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I just had a look at the article, it is up for deletion at the moment. No coverage in reliable sources means a likely delete outcome, so don't sweat the name thing. Tarc (talk) 12:04, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Vaguely spammish behavior by two likely related editors

Thammondthuzio has been creating a slew of stub articles about lesser-known athletes, based largely on some questionable sources. (See Special:Contributions/Thammondthuzio for a complete list of the articles in question, as well as User talk:Thammondthuzio for a record of the discussions about this problem.) The underlying problem is that almost all of these athletes have profiles on the website thuzio.com (clearly associated with this editor), a service providing "unique experiences" with former and current athletes (play a round of golf with your favorite retired basketball player, have your favorite ex-water skier phone you for a 10-minute conversation, etc.) which leads to the impression that these Wikipedia articles are being created specifically for the purpose of giving these clients more "heft". I have specifically asked about this issue, but have received no response.

As of today (10/6/2014), TaylorWiki18 has begun in the same pattern: stub articles about minor athletes, most of whom are Thuzio clients. (Perhaps the fact that not all of the article creations are clients is intended to legitimize their edits, or perhaps the articles about non-clients just reflect clients they haven't yet signed.)

The articles themselves are not exceptionally promotional, but they are terribly sourced for the most part and the pattern is disturbing. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:02, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

It's not just vaguely spammish. Perhaps this is more appropriate for WP:COIN as the COI is the reasoning behind the editing. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:40, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Very well, then -- I'll take the matter to WP:COIN. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:40, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive208#John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS)

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Would an admin assess the consensus at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive208#John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS)? Please see the closure request by a discussion participant at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure#Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive208#John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS) (permanent link).

I am posting this closure request here since this noticeboard is more highly trafficked than WP:ANRFC and because the discussion has important BLP implications. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 09:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that seems more than ready for a formal admin closing.--Mark Miller (talk) 12:28, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Done. I assume an appeal will be filed at AN shortly... Number 57 21:23, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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Block requested for IP 41.13.120.135 Personal attacks/ possible sock

This editor User:41.13.120.135 seems to be an SPA here only to make personal attacks.

• here
• here
• here
• and here

This IP seems to be related to this one: 41.13.86.167 who is also making disruptive comments on the related articles

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SW3 5DL (talk) 13:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Blocked for 31 hours. Drmies (talk) 14:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Merge discussion

I am requesting other users' input on the merge discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Distressed_securities#Merger_proposal. An uninvolved admin should take a look at the merge discussion and decide whether or not it should be closed. I'd like to see other users give their two sense on the merge, but if activity remains stagnant, an uninvolved admin should close the discussion. Thank you Comatmebro ^{~Come at me~}` — Preceding undated comment added 14:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

POV pushing on Marketplace Fairness Act and Alliance for Main Street Fairness

Marketplace Fairness Act and Alliance for Main Street Fairness are both the subject of an ongoing ideological war between what seems to be PR staff or people otherwise interested in swaying the debate. This has been going on since April, and continues to today. Note: the diffs provided here generally encompass a number of edits each, in some cases including edits by unrelated editors; though the diffs I am providing represent the actions of each discussed editor, please check page histories for exact per-editor diffs.

On one side, we have Abouttheinternet. Aboutheinternet appears to feel very strongly, or at least be here to support very strongly, the notion that The Marketplace Fairness Act should not be passed, and that the Alliance for Main Street Fairness is wrong. Here is Marketplace Fairness Act before they came on the scene; here it is afterward. Similarly, here are the changes Abouttheinternet has introduced into Alliance for Main Street Fairness.

On the other hand, NotYourAverageRetailer appears to feel very strongly, or at least be here to support very strongly, the notion that the Marketplace Fairness Act should be passed, and that the Alliance for Main Street Fairness is fighting the good fight. Here is their first foray into Marketplace Fairness Act; here is their take on the Alliance for Main Street Fairness.

That we have two people trying to sway these articles two ways is problematic enough; however, in the process the users are reverting each other as well as uninvolved editors, leaving the articles in a constant state of see-saw from one POV to the other. For instance, from Marketplace Fairness Act's history: NotYourAverageRetailer edits, Abouttheinternet reverses the POV, NotYourAverageRetailer flips that back, is reverted by an uninvolved editor, tries again, is reverted by an uninvolved editor, I significantly prune both POVs from the article, Abouttheinternet pops back to insert a POV video, and NotYourAverageRetailer circles back around to make sure their POV is sufficiently represented. A similar effect has taken place on Alliance for Main Street Fairness, though in that case with NotYourAverageRetailer edit warring mostly with uninvolved editors to press his/her POV.

Previous accounts, now inactive, have also been involved in the warfare on these articles: Larrytheordinarydragon and White 720 spent months going back and forth repeatedly on Alliance for Main Street Fairness; Joedoe6 and Julio1297 similarly played a POV drama earlier this year; and Ollodart has been accused (see edit summary) of POV spamming for an ideological group.

NotYourAverageRetailer has been warned repeatedly about their POV pushing this/last month; Abouttheinternet, who was inactive between July and yesterday, has not. Nevertheless, I don't feel that it's in the encyclopedia's best interests that either of these editors - or any of the older POV pushers - be allowed to continue to push their POVs on Wikipedia articles, and I would like the community to put some remedies in place to stop these editors, protect these articles, or all of the above. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 00:29, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree; Marketplace Fairness Act in particular is kind of a mess. I had actually just suggested on the talk page that the 'Supporters' and 'Opponents' sections should be significantly reduced or even deleted over NPOV and undue weight concerns. As I said there, I don't think the article needs a paragraph for every person and organisation that has ever issued a statement about the subject legislation, and it currently has all those paragraphs because NotYourAverageRetailer and Abouttheinternet are both trying to prop up their respective POVs. Anyway, I'm just chiming in with my agreement here, for what it's worth. Neither user seems to be here for anything beyond their own self interest is how it looks to me. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 01:06, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Given the mess of the article, the community could place it on Article Probation per WP:GS and drop the bomb on anyone who keeps messing about in the article. Also, it might be worth considering a 1RR restriction for everyone who has been editing the article. Blackmane (talk) 02:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

The Alliance article is just a WP:COATRACK of the Mainstreet article and a nonsensical one at that. The Mainstreet article is about a single federal law and should and does end there. The Alliance article goes into various state laws which not even quoting discussions about the group itself other than the fact that it uses the term "Main Street" for the group and for the laws. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:49, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• As a side note, the POV pushing seems sufficiently clear to me that if I had come across it as an uninvolved admin, I would have been comfortable blocking at least the user who had been repeatedly warned; however, since I've edited the articles more than once to try to de-POV them, and warned the editor, I'm too involved to take any admin action here. That's why I brought this to ANI, hoping that some uninvolved editors would be able to work on the articles or handle the editors. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Political edit-warring

Victor Ponta is a candidate for president of Romania, and Ilie Sârbu is his father-in-law. EddyVadim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been edit-warring at both. At the Sârbu article, he's been modifying the text, unsourced, to boost Ponta. At the Ponta article, he's eliminating a sourced phrase and again replacing it with one promoting Ponta. As a three-year editor, he really should know better. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:24, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Not commenting on the merits of the edits, but it's pretty clear EddyVadim has breached 3RR at Victor Ponta. I'm also concerned at the lack of discussion prior to coming to ANI; while I could understand a 3RRN report on the reverting, discussion is a central part of reaching a consensus. I see no indication that EddyVadim's edits are so inappropriate as to constitute vandalism, or otherwise not meriting any discussion. BRD, while it does mean that the person seeking to reintroduce the reverted content should start discussion, should that editor fail to do so, it is a good idea for the reverting party to try to start a discussion. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 14:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

@Mendaliv: I think the issue is pretty clear. Αs a speaker of Romanian, I can confirm that the source in the article Victor Ponta doesn't mention any polls. (Thus leaving aside the issue that polls might predict election outcomes, but don't necessarily do so.) I have also reported him for breach of R3R here. --Mihai (talk) 14:50, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

That's fine. It's just concerning to see an ANI report without any notes left on relevant talk or user talk pages (except of course the required ANI notice). Not saying there should be a pre-ANI discussion requirement, or that such discussion must proceed to a deadlock. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:04, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I also favor dialogue, but not with somebody who knowingly manipulates text. And the less so when this concerns the biography of a politician in the wake of elections. That's always a waste of time.--Mihai (talk) 15:12, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Blocked two weeks by EdJohnston per the AN3 report. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 16:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Multiple AFDs, minutes apart, obviously pointy...

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MayVenn today started a string of AFDs, all listed on today's log. I think there are 11 in total, with some nominations starting (literally) a minute after the lodgement of a previous AFD for a different subject. WP:BEFORE has been completely discarded and the deletion "rationales" are as weak as you would expect including claims that articles should be deleted because they have no English sources (see WP:NOENG). This nomination reveals what is actually going on - the editor has taken issue with the nomination ("censorship") of another article and so has decided to retaliate with these. This is plainly just an attempt at disruption. Could an admin please close the nominations in question and block MayVenn. Thanks. St★lwart¹¹¹ 03:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

IMO, (in addition to the info presented above) the nominations for the Japanese bios in particular seem at least a tad uncivil (they may also be bordering on NPA, but I'm not sufficiently familiar enough with that policy to feel comfortable using it except in the most obvious of circumstances). - Purplewowies (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I am not sure I can agree with the above perception of NPA but according to WP:NOTPOINTy:" commonly used shortcut to this page is WP:POINT. However, just because someone is making a point does not mean that they are disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate that point. As a rule, editors engaging in "POINTy" behavior are making edits with which they do not actually agree, for the deliberate purpose of drawing attention and provoking opposition in the hopes of making other editors see their "point"". Someone might want to check all of the nominations but even one of the editors involved believes the nominator is likely right with Aimi Tomori. This is certainly not a blockable offense.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Hence why I said "may" and then added that I'm not really familiar/comfortable with using it except when it's obvious. (Unless that's the perception you disagree with. :P) I just felt it worth mentioning, because most of the Japanese bios had within the reasoning "their otaku probably made it because they're kawaii desu" which, if not uncivil, is a bad faith assumption. - Purplewowies (talk) 18:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• It's been pointed out that these have all been nominated because they are articles created by Innotata who started this nomination with which MayVenn strongly disagreed. They are entitled to their opinion there (as was I, for the record) but they doesn't entitle them to trawl another editor's creations and nominate them en masse to make a point. That there are one or two in the group (now 15 or so) that the author concedes might not meet our inclusion criteria doesn't make the harassment right. MayVenn is clearly WP:NOTHERE to contribute productively. St★lwart¹¹¹ 08:08, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
• IMHO blockable. Interesting how he continued his mass nomination even after being reported here. The point is not that a couple of his nominations could be incidentally right, the point is that MayVenn started a dozen of AfDs just as a retaliation against another editor, with some ridicolous rationales such as "some random composer" or "some random model". Cavarrone 08:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• I noticed one AfD with poor reasoning and then I see this. If an editor with an account less than 24 hours old with only 34 edits creates 11 AfDs all for articles created by another single editor, then one need not be Hercule Poirot to conclude that something fishy (AKA retaliatory) is going on. Broken clocks are right twice a day, so maybe some of these articles should be deleted, but every one deserves serious scrutiny. But I need sleep. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:33, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

"It's been pointed out" "that these have all been nominated because they are articles created by Innotata who started this nomination with which MayVenn strongly disagreed." I don't see MayVenn's name there at all. That AfD was closed on September 24. All of MayVenn's edits have been within the past 24 hours. Softlavender (talk) 08:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

@Softlavender:, the retaliation is crystal clear if you read the rationale in this AfD ... Cavarrone 08:48, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

It's not crystal clear at all, unless one is saying that MayVenn is a sock of someone involved in the Danièle Watts article or AfD debate, in which case someone should file a SPI. Softlavender (talk) 08:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppertry is possible, retaliation against User:Innotata is obvious ("It was super hypocritical to say a Black actress with multiple famous rules (ie Watts) was not notable and try to censor her article while making an article on a Japanese actress with ONE role.") Not to mention his point that Pile has just one role is false. Cavarrone 09:02, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Point taken; MayVenn could very well be Danièle Watts herself. In any case, note to DGG and other admins: In addition to filing 12 AfDs within hours of registering their account, MayVenn is edit-warring and section-blanking on Racism in the United States. The user clearly needs at least a time out (block) to re-group, as well as a ban on AfDs, in my opinion. Thus far all they've done is be extremely disruptive. Softlavender (talk) 09:17, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• One has to ask why a brand new user immediately starts with nominating articles for deletion, creates 12 AfDs within hours of registering, and does not notify the articles' creator(s) about the AfDs. I think this is indeed blockable behavior, clearly disruptive, pointy, and WP:NOTHERE. Softlavender (talk) 08:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• I went through the nominations, examining each one individually on its merits. I closed some as snow, one as a keep because of expressed bad faith in the nomination itself without a bar to immediate renomination, one I'm not sure enough about I just !voted keep; one I simply cant tell; one seems headed for delete. The nom. seems to have caught at least one questionable article in the net, but this is not the way to do things. . I'd support a topic ban on deletion nominations for a week or so, to prevent further disruption. I think it would be premature to go further than that at this time. DGG ( talk ) 08:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Not sure this is actual disruption but I could see a temp topic ban if you felt inclined and the community agrees. I can support that.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:15, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

This is what I think, the editor absolutely deserve a very close look, as do the nominations. however, the nominations themselves cannot be seen entirely as just retaliatory just for the nominations themselves. Check for all the usual signs, and if there is reason take action, but I do not support a block for this. Give me a break. We need to educate not destroy new editors. We need to assume good faith here. This isn't as obvious as some would have us believe even if the reasons for some of the noms may seem pointy or even based off a bad reaction. If they are a sock...then there is a direct action to be taken. If they are edit warring then there is a direct action to be taken, but all parties need to be looked at in these types of situations. We don't just get to take out our opponents because they are new, less experienced and we just don't like what they are doing. Engage the editor and then see how they react.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:13, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

By the way User:Stalwart111...any chance you might actually notify the user of this ANI complaint? It is kind of a requirement. Appears to have been done.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:20, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry Mark, I added it as an addendum to my previous thread on his talk page rather than starting a new one. I get where you're coming from but to me it was pretty clear cut and then after two warnings (from me and another editor) he continued to nominate articles on the same basis, with the same sort of rationales. Clear cut because the rationales themselves weren't policy based - just whatever he could think of as a thinly-veiled excuse for nominating a particular person's contributions for deletion because they disagreed with that person's AFD of a different article. By the way, I disagreed with it too and said so in the original discussion - but not once did I think that nominating the nominator's work for deletion was the appropriate response. I've seen editors blocked/reprimanded for nominating one or two articles in retaliation. But 10+? St★lwart¹¹¹ 12:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Misunderstanding due to the ninja edit conflict bug that afflicts ANI. See my comment inside this hatted section. In summary, if your, or another editor's, post is mysteriously deleted and doesn't show up in the history, it is good practice to assume that it is due to this mysterious bug. Blackmane (talk) 15:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
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Restoring my earlier comments that was deleted by Mark Miller: Final unambiguous warning issued. If they create one more I will block without further ado. If I'm not around, perhaps another admin can make the required preventative block to quickly put an end to this spree. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:33, 5 October 2014 (UTC) What the hell are you talking about Kudpung? I deleted nothing. I see no reason to take unilateral action.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Please point out the deletion you are speaking of [135] I see no deletion in the history. Please retract your statement.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Mark Miller: FYI. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:57, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Again...I did not delete your post.--Mark Miller (talk) 11:09, 5 October 2014 (UTC) That sometimes happens by accident, when it should throw an edit conflict but for some reason it doesn't and just loses someone's edit - there's a software bug in there somewhere, for sure. Neatsfoot (talk) 11:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Absolutely. It's a perennial "issue". Has happened to me at least 3 times, and I've seen it happen to others - you don't always get the edit conflict window. I'll add a diff to one time it was discussed in a minute. Begoon talk 11:26, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Here, towards the end of this thread it is discussed, with links to when it happened. I've seen it on numerous other occasions, too: link. Begoon talk 11:33, 5 October 2014 (UTC) There was no edit conflict. My post was removed by Mark Miller when making his post. I've made the same error myself, but I always press my Preview button before saving, and then I always take an extra look at what I have posted before finally leaving the page. The problem with ANI is that it gets everyone jumpy, but if they are here simply to criticise admins, rather than do some investigation, then maybe they might not be inviting the most friendly, if nevertheless courteous, reactions. It's a weird issue that seems to only really hit ANI because of the high traffic and numbers of posts that happen on any given day. It's hit me a couple of times to my memory, once when I was posting something and I ended up getting ninja-ec'd by a close which I didn't notice and another time when I tried to reply to a heavily posted thread that ended up changing what I wanted to do into something that I didn't want to do ( the details escape me). It's generally good advice to assume that if there is a weird deletion of your post or your deletion of someone else's post that it's due to the ANI ninja edit conflict bug. Blackmane (talk) 15:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Back on topic: Anyone properly investigating this issue will note that MayVenn is almost certainly not a new user. The question y'all should be asking is: who is he really? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:48, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

You have no way of substantiating that accusation, as you were not watching the editor when he made that edit and you have absolutely no way of knowing exactly what happened. But I can tell you something that most definitely does happen occasionally - previewing looks fine, and then you save, and someone else's edit gets lost with *no indication whatsoever* that anything has gone amiss. The only way you can tell something has gone wrong is if you then recheck your edit after you have made it - preview *does not* show the fault. Neatsfoot (talk) 12:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Preview wouldn't help in those circumstances, honestly. It's a bug, and it's known. The only way to avoid it (well, actually, be aware of it, and able to fix it), is to religiously check your diffs after editing. It's fairly rare, but it does happen. Especially when the page is large, it seems.

Anyway, as you say, we should stay on topic. Begoon ^talk 11:58, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

The same thing happened to me with Jimbo Wales once. A one second difference and my post even showed up on my side after I hit save and then it was gone. Made me think I had done something wrong but he assured me, as others did, that it was just a simple glitch in the system that occurs sometimes. I did not remove anything, I have no reason to. Anyway, staying on topic, I have suggested to the editor that they refrain from making any further nominations for one to two weeks as a voluntary topic ban and requested that they make a small statement to that effect here.--Mark Miller (talk) 12:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Looking at MayVenn's edit history, I agree with Kudpung that this user is very likely a sock. Never seen new editors registering their account and, in a few minutes, starting a dozen AfDs without making any error in the procedure. The editor is clearly an experienced one. And as pointed above the only other significant edit by this user was an attempt to remove a large chunk of sourced text in Racism in the United States, replacing it with the sentence "None of this has actually changed the fact that white supremacy is everywhere in America.": [136]. IMHO warnings will not have any effect, as the editor is very likely already back to his/her official account and we'll never see MayVenn editing again. A SPI would be enlighting, however I don't see any reason for not blocking this account per WP:NOTHERE. Cavarrone 12:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

  For what it's worth CheckUser doesn't suggest any other accounts, but in this case it wouldn't have been too hard to use a different IP range. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

  The Daniele Watts AfD I started sure got a lot of people riled up, and strayed into accusations of bad faith, likely BLP violations that still are visible, and off-topic discussions of the police and racism, despite my efforts to keep it on topic. I wouldn't be too surprised if people caught onto it off-wiki. I see that just before MayVenn registered their account, an unregistered editor posted this. Maybe they're an old unregistered editor, also considering that they caught on to the similar account Bristolbottom? Only the Aimi Tomori AfD (which I personally think is the only one they got right) has had editors actually calling for deletion, so can all the other outstanding AfDs be closed without prejudice to relisting? —innotata 17:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Move to close - as suspected, this seems to have been a throw-away account used to start these nominations and edit-war in a couple of other places. There have been no edits since the last AFD was started on 5 October. Attempts to teach/reason with a throw-away account would be futile. Some of the AFDs have been dealt with - this can probably be closed by an admin able to deal with the rest. Whether the account is blocked now is probably moot. St★lwart¹¹¹ 13:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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Legal threat?

[137] This is not a legal threat of action on the part of Atsme. This is the hypothetical legal threat of action by the party of the article. It's laid on pretty thick to. Should this be reviewed under the legal threat policy?Serialjoepsycho (talk) 21:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Not a legal threat but deffinetly sounds like its supposed to have a chilling effect the whole if you dont think it could happen again definelty seems like its aimed at doing just that. Amortias (T)(C) 21:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't seem like a legal threat at all to me. DocumentError (talk) 22:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

nope, Atsme was just informing you about the importance of BLP. took me a while to figure out what you are fighting over but it is Investigative Project on Terrorism and it appears to be a continuation of a past ANI. these are hard situations, and i am sorry you are in such a dispute, but this specific complaint has no merit in my eyes and reflects poorly on you. Jytdog (talk) 23:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment - Of course it wasn't a threat. This is what I get for agreeing to Serialjoe's suggestion to "seek out medcom for assistance." This ANI is nothing more than a continuation of Joe's relentless hounding and fulfillment of his publicly stated goal for me: My intent and purpose for you? I have none other than to stop your POV pushing agenda to accomplish your previously stated goal of whitewashing wikipedia of all mention of Islamophobia." [138]. The BLP issue was actually raised again by ARB committee member User:Newyorkbrad during Joe's recent ARB request in another of his relentless attempts to get me topic banned: The issues addressed may include whether including the prominent "Islamophobia" template on this article raises a BLP issue. [139] Serialjoe refuses to acknowledge the problems exist. Other editors and noticeboard reviewers have also drawn attention to the BLP and NOR issues plaguing IPT. [140] [141] Atsme☯^Consult 01:30, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Atsme diplomatically, perhaps too diplomatically, raises a valid point. This is most clearly not a WP:LEGAL issue. Under WP:BOOMERANG it would be merited to question the impetus for bringing it up here. It is not reasonable to just go around throwing things against the wall to see if anything sticks, in respect to other editors, and it appears - based on a history of interaction - this is what may be occurring with Atsme on the receiving end. This treatment forces other editors to divest from encyclopedia-building and engage in permanent defense and fort-building. This is something that needs to be addressed before this is closed. DocumentError (talk) 02:29, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Above you'll notice my first sentence. This is not a legal threat of action on the part of Atsme. Then you'll notice my last sentence. Should this be reviewed under the legal threat policy? Interestingly enough I asked this question in ANI.Someone mistakenly posted this at the top of the page This page is for reporting and discussing incidents on the English Wikipedia that require the intervention of administrators and experienced editors. The reason I pose this question is that Atsme will do anything possible to end an argument. Canvassing is one example. I'll also point at that you will see above that I haven't asked for a ban. The reason for this is wp:legal suggests that a ban in these cases is to prevent disruption associated with litigation. At the conclusion of the legal threat brings the conclusion of the ban. Since there is no legal threat (again as pointed out above by me the original poster) there is no reason to ban. However while there is no reason to ban, is there reason to review it under the legal threat policy? Trying to promote fear of litigation to win a dispute could offer the same chilling effect as actually threat of litigation. At a point if this tactic becomes persistent then there is a cause to ban.

I'd also add that any promotion of a ban I've made has been that of a topic ban of Islamophobia and related articles. A topic of which Atsme has shown unquestionable bias in regards to. This is the first ANI I've opened on the subject. This is the 4th one in total. This about the conduct. I guess while quoting Newyorkbrad, Atsme missed where Brad said "MAY INCLUDE" and where ARBCOM offered no position on whether it was and further suggested the matter be taken over to BLPN. Did they move wp:BLPN? Is that why Atsme hasn't taken it there? There is currently a consensus to keep said template. Something crazy and unexpected could happen here. Atsme could take the advice of Arbcom and take it to BLPN and get a consensus that it is a BLP violation and that it should be removed. That would rather diplomatic. It certainly would be rare move in this tiresome dispute.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 03:59, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand. Also, who wrote this? There's no signature. DocumentError (talk) 03:34, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for updating your comment with a sig. I have just left a note to you, in response to your latest post on Atsme's talk page here. DocumentError (talk) 04:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Regardless of whether it is a legal threat or not, any statement that is threatening enough to chill discussion should not be tolerated. Atsme should be warned accordingly. It may be worth opening an RFC, for future reference, what the community thinks should be done to people who repeatedly attempt to chill discussion whether it be through roundabout means or indirect legal comments. (Note: My last sentence is in no way a reflection of this ANI, but something that may be worth thinking about for the future.) Blackmane (talk) 21:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe I just have a thick skin but I don't find anything at all chilling about what Atsme said. It seemed like a frank response to a very aggressive style of interaction to which he's been subject. For the record, I'm not involved in editing any of these articles, but am closely observing as a disinterested party. DocumentError (talk) 22:49, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Depends on the editor, I personally wouldn't think much of it either, but there is obviously some concern about Atsme's phrasing. WP:DOLT and all that. Blackmane (talk) 21:54, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Repeated edit warring by Mark Miller

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Mark Miller, already reported for edit warring on another article above, is actively edit warring at Historicity of Jesus. The article is highly contested, so editors have engaged in long discussions before Mark Miller swept in to disregard it. His first edit was to remove sourced content based on nine academic sources, despite there being no consensus on the talk page for it [142]. I restored the deleted content, saying that there was no consensus for such a bold removal but Mark Miller immediately reverted [143]. I restored the deleted content (with hindsight I shouldn't have) and informed Mark Miller of WP:BRD, that it was fine for him to first do the bold edit but know when he was aware there was no consensus for it, he should discuss instead. Mark Miller completely ignored in and deleted the content for a third time [144]. He also informed me that he is such an "experienced editor" that he doesn't need to bother with "boggled down talk pages" [145]. Not wanting to edit war, I left it at that. Trying to improve the article in other aspects, I inserted a clarifying sentence that is a consensus version crafted after long discussion among a large number of editors and sourced by the leading scholars in the field. I also explained at the talk page why my argument for the text. Mark Miller again reverted immediately, making it the fourth time in just a few hours that he enforced his preferred version [146]. He did not bother to discuss the changes in the talk page section I had started. Instead he headed straight to page protection to ask for full protection so that nobody can change the version that he unilaterally has imposed four times [147]. There was already a demand for semi-protection after IP-vandalism yesterday, nobody had asked for full protection.
In short Mark Miller has imposed his own version four times by now, he has removed a large amount of sourced content every time, he has explained that he is above talk-pages and he tops his edit warring by asking for full protection for his preferred version. This user is WP:NOTHERE to discuss with others. Incidentally, the same page had been disrupted for weeks by an WP:SPA, "Fearofreprisal" who admitted before being topic banned that he started that SPA to "protect himself". Perhaps it's just a coincidence that Mark Miller turns up for the first time to continue the edit warring right after the SPA is topic-banned, but a sock investigation could be warranted. Regardless of socking or not, Mark Miller's constant deletions of content regardless of what others, his assertion that he is above talk pages and his attempt to gain full protection for his own version (that nobody else shares) is highly disruptive.Jeppiz (talk) 11:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC) Withdrawn Mark and I get a bit intense this morning (morning for me at least), admins have warned us both and rightly so. For my part there is no need for this report to stay opened.Jeppiz (talk) 21:29, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Funny how when you demand someone else weigh in...and when they do, and it is not in support of you, you just edit war and start, yet more drama here. I have been patient with you as this is something you clearly have a very personal bias with. I am not a Christian hater, nor am I a supposed "super editor", but you have really been yanking on the rope being provided.--Mark Miller (talk) 11:47, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Please refrain from personal attacks WP:NPA. I have never said you're a "Christian hater" nor anything remotely similar. Nor have I said "super editor", so please stop putting words in my mouth. The I've pointed out you have inserted the same version four times in just a few hours. I've done it two times, perhaps I should just have done it once but twice is not an offence. Besides, I restored a consensus version with sourced content. What is more, you have not even discussed your latest deletion of a large number of sourced content, you just revert to your own version at sight and then asks for full protection.Jeppiz (talk) 11:55, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Please show that there was an actual personal attack and not just a deflection and mirroring of the defense I have given against your actual violations of WP:NPA. I know asking you to defend your actions is not something you have been able to actually demonstrate yet...but I can wait. Seriously. I can wait because I am still assuming good faith that you are just too biased right now to see that I am not disrupting the article.....you are. I am now bowing out of this discussion as I feel this itself disrupts ANI. A discussion clearly is not going your way at the article talk page. Blowing up here and my replying is just filling up space.--Mark Miller (talk) 12:08, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Making insinuations about other users' bias by speculating about their religion is a personal attack. Deflecting the edit warring back at me is weird. You have inserted the same version four times. I've done it twice. I would even say mine was a bit justified as it restored deleted content, but I acknowledge that being right is no excuse which is way I haven't insisted. Your four edits to your preferred version is another matter, and your only provided reason for the latest is to make insinuations about my faith.Jeppiz (talk) 12:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment Despite trying to encourage Mark Miller to discuss the content, the user just continues to rant at me. I asked for his reasoning to removing the sentence that was backed up by a large number of scholars, Mark Millers only answer was again to attack me, insinuating I edit because I'm Christian and treating this like my "personal theological discussion board" [148] All of those are ad hominem arguments that have nothing to do with the article. He further tries to make it out as if the discussion is about whether deities exist, which nobody has argued. The whole article is about whether the person Jesus existed. Regardless of personal opinions, we have a number of sources by leading scholars in the field saying clearly, in line with WP:RS/AC that there is academic consensus that he did. Mark Miller deletes those sources, provides no argument except personal attacks and disinformation. It could hardly get any more disruptive.Jeppiz (talk) 12:06, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• See above. I really have nothing left to say. --Mark Miller (talk) 12:10, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment So do we break out the wet noodle and commence the whipping of Mr Millar? I think we can skip that. I don't see any problem with the removal. Serialjoepsycho (talk) 12:59, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Not sure why this is here. Either it's edit-warring and belongs at AN3 or it's a content dispute and belongs at the Talk page (and from there, on to dispute resolution etc). Having said that Mark Miller is edit warring, and has said some odd things e.g.:"Consensus is not required when the sources do not support the claims" and that the "reasoning" for BRD is that it is "to be used on these very types of articles by experienced editors when the talk page has become bogged down". I had a quick look at your (i.e. Jeppiz's) sources (not all of them) and what I don't see is support for the opener "most scholars agree...". The rest (on, as I say, a quick look) seems to be actually supported. The issue looks to be around WP:UNDUE therefore rather than OR. DeCausa (talk) 12:52, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

You can find a plethora of sources saying "most scholars agree..." here. Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 13:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

True, but as I said, I did not file this report for any content dispute. Even if Mark Miller would be right, he still would be disruptive when he inserts the same version four times, tries to have it protected, rants against several other users, declares he's above consensus and even talk pages, and continue to insist on his bold version despite a consensus to the contrary. It's not about right or wrong, it's about disruptive behavior.Jeppiz (talk) 13:20, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

On reflection, I think you're right there is a problem. DeCausa (talk) 13:32, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually having just taken a look at this talk page thread, Mark Miller seems to be on a bit of a POV rant (and I'm a strident atheist!) DeCausa (talk) 13:06, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

DeCausa, just as you said, Mark Miller is ranting aggressively (not just against me). Contrary to what he says, a number of users on the talk page have told him that they don't agree and he is the lone voice edit warring for his version. It's not here because of any content dispute, but because of the combination of edit warring, refusal to even discuss, abusing page-protection and insisting that he doesn't need to care about consensus because he's above boggled down talk pages. That combination, to me, shows a user who clearly is not here to contribute and work with others.Jeppiz (talk) 13:15, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

No, there's zero proof that Mark Miller "clearly is not here to contribute and work with others". Inflammatory rhetoric doesn't help resolve issues the panda ɛˢˡ” 13:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. But when you look at the talk page of that article, then look at the sources and then look at his multiple reverts and the reasons given for them, Mark Miller's actions aren't making much sense to me. DeCausa (talk) 13:24, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I never said these edits made sense - I simply said it's not proof that he's overall WP:NOTHERE in the grand scheme of things the panda ɛˢˡ” 13:34, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

That's why I said "Agreed". DeCausa (talk) 13:36, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I see nothing "inflammatory" in Jeppiz's statements. They are fairly accurate as regards MM's involvement in this article. His activities elsewhere are not under discussion. Paul B (talk) 13:27, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Have article restored to its version before the edit spats began & keep it protected. GoodDay (talk) 13:35, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Delete and salt the article. While Mark certainly was edit-warring, the circle of editors protecting that article have ensured that it will be impossible to have a neutral article about the topic. Most scholars have never issued any kind of opinion about the historicity of Jesus at all. Scholars that are neither Christian nor Islamic are essentially silent on the topic, and those groups have a bias towards arguing for his historic existence.—Kww(talk) 14:17, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I know this is off topic, but frankly these comments are typical of the sophistry that smears the talk page. "Most scholars have never issued any kind of opinion about the historicity of Jesus at all". Of course that's literally true. 'Most scholars' in general haven't "issued" an opinion about global warming, natural selection or the sphericity of the earth either. That's not an argument. Most scholars, means most experts on the topic, of course. Paul B (talk) 16:33, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe so. But that's a different question with a different process needed. i don't think that gives MM a free pass to do what he's doing. DeCausa (talk) 14:24, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Wasn't campaigning for an unblock. The pattern of disruption around this article makes me classify it as irreparable, however.—Kww(talk) 14:45, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree that it should be deleted. Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 14:55, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Someone should just close this now. Mark Miller has been blocked for edit-warring for 48hrs so he's unlikely to continue where he left off when he comes out of the block. If the article should be AfD'd no doubt someone will do that. Nothing left here.DeCausa (talk) 16:22, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Killing an 11-year-old article just because a few editors can't get along??? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:27, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
• I've not looked at the deletion policy all to recently but I don't recall the presence of (shall we say) disruptive editors or a content dispute being a cause for deletion. Perhaps any conduct issues can brought to a place like ANI and any content issues can be taken to the proper dispute resolution. Serialjoepsycho (talk) 18:01, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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IP blocking

Special:Contributions/115.250.255.94 is blanking pages. Fgnievinski (talk) 23:03, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

In the future, report this to WP:AIV. Someone has blocked the IP in question already.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 23:32, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

...AIV, where the admin will either say the report is "stale" or that the vandal has been "insufficiently warned". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:05, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Lonepine17, 98.243.93.206 and edit warring over "affluent" on suburban Detroit settlement articles

Last week, Lonepine17 (talk · contribs) was blocked 24 hours from ANEW for edit warring the term "affluent" into West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. That is the sole content of his contributions and he hasn't edited since the block. Viewing the edit summaries should be enough info for anyone to understand the WP:IDHT problem. Well, today, 98.243.93.206 (talk · contribs) comes along and begins inserting "affluent" into several suburban Detroit settlement articles using some of the same edit summaries as Lonepine. Appears very clearly WP:DUCK. See the IP's contributions for the cities and the summaries. I'd ask please if possible for a checkuser to see if they are indeed the same editor and if so, an indefinite IP block for Lonepine. It was simply irritating to myself and several other editors when he was confining it to one article. Now, it is a bit too much to keep up on and the editor is obviously WP:NOTHERE. P.S. Most of my editing of late is from the phone platform, so if anything requires my attention here, please include a ping so I can access the diff from notifications. It is the only way for me to access this page from my phone. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 02:59, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

@John from Idegon: first, you probably want WP:SPI; second, WP:Checkuser can't be used to connect an IP address to an account, so it would be useless here. ansh666 04:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Plagiarism, BLP violation, and long-term POV pushing by User:The Discoverer

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User:The Discoverer has been persistently adding non-neutral claims to articles related to the Sino-Indian border dispute, for well over a year. More recently, he repeatedly added criticism to the BLP article Neville Maxwell, the authoritative expert on the subject, by misquoting and misrepresenting Roderick MacFarquhar, another renowned scholar. During the process, he likely resorted to IP sockpuppetry and canvassing, and was caught plagiarizing a blogger, mistaking the blogger's comment as MacFarquhar's work and using it to add criticism to Maxwell's article.

Summary of the previous ANI complaint (Sept. 2013)

I first came into contact with The Discoverer last year, when I noticed he added false information to several articles, citing sources that are often diametrically opposed to what he claims. He also created Category:Areas occupied by China after the Sino-Indian War, adding articles such as Khurnak Fort and Lanak La to the category, even though all sources, including Indian ones, say that they were under Chinese control before the war. I repeatedly reminded him of Wikipedia's NPOV policy, all to no avail, and he reverted all my attempts to remove Khurnak Fort, Lanak La, and other articles from the incorrect category. In September 2013, I filed an ANI complaint regarding his behaviour. Administrator Jreferee generally agreed with my points, removed Khurnak Fort from the offending category, and closed the discussion. In his closing, Jreferee remarked that The Discoverer's personal opinion was getting in the way of editing neutrally, but said his behaviour was not yet disruptive. See this link for detailed evidence and arguments regarding the last ANI.

Sockpuppet investigation (Oct. 2013)

After the closing of the ANI, I removed the offending category from Lanak La, following the step taken by Jreferee, which was quickly reverted by The Discoverer. A few days later, a suspicious IP (an open proxy) reverted Jreferee's removal of the offending category from Khurnak Fort. Another IP, with intimate knowledge of the ANI complaint and all related articles, canvassed on the India noticeboard for support. After noticing the similarity of the canvassing IP (117.195.122.22) with two other IP's that had repeatedly removed warning messages from The Discoverer's talk page (117.195.99.85 and 117.195.96.62), I filed a sockpuppet investigation. Partly because of Wikipedia's policy against identifying users with IPs [149], the SPI ended inconclusively, although the closing admin agreed that it's unlikely that the canvassing IP was unrelated to the ones removing warning messages from The Discoverer's talk page. See sockpuppet investigation archive for details.

Extensive POV edits (since 2013)

Having escaped serious consequences from the ANI and SPI, The Discoverer became further emboldened. He flooded Lanak La and Kongka Pass with Indian and 19th-century British-Indian sources [150] [151], drowning out authoritative scholarly sources such as Neville Maxwell and Larry Wortzel, claiming a need to present "both POVs", even though both POVs are already described by scholarly sources. I raised the neutrality issue on Talk:Lanak La, but he insisted that I need to "prove" that the Indian sources are non-neutral, while asserting that the renowned US Army scholar and Congressional Commissioner Larry Wortzel is biased [152]. He went on to claim that "There are no sources which contradict the Indian sources; this indicates that the Indian sources are stating objective facts" [153], despite the fact that they're clearly contradicted by authoritative scholars including Neville Maxwell and Larry Wortzel. He added unsubstantiated Indian claims to Sino-Indian border dispute, misrepresenting them as undisputed facts [154], and refused to acknowledge the difference between claims and facts. See Talk:Sino-Indian border dispute.

BLP violation and plagiarism (Oct. 2014)

In September 2014, The Discoverer started a campaign to disparage Neville Maxwell, the authority on the Sino-Indian War. In the past, he had cited (and misrepresented) Maxwell in his edits [155], before I pointed out that Maxwell (as well as other sources he misrepresented) did not support the POV text he added [156]. The Discoverer added criticism to Neville Maxwell, citing a book by the renowned scholar Roderick MacFarquhar, an addition to other decidedly non-neutral sources [157]. Having previously read the section of MacFarquhar's book he cited, I knew immediately the source was misrepresented, and pointed out to him on the talk page. [158] In the meantime User:CWH got involved, removing some of the unfounded criticism that The Discoverer added [159], and explained his edit on the talk page. [160] After I proved that MacFarquhar did not criticize Maxwell, The Discoverer apologized for his mistake, but at the same time added a new excerpt, purportedly from a different section of MacFarquhar's book, to "prove" that he criticized Maxwell [161], and added a modified version to the article, with the quote "The counter-attack on the external front (against India) was the other side of the one on the internal front". He also added similar text to the related article Sino-Indian War [162]. Again, I could not find the quote in MacFarquhar's book. After some research, I found out that his whole "analysis" of MacFarquhar was plagiarized from someone's blog [163], and while copying from the blog, he mistook the blogger's comment as a quote from Roderick MacFarquhar's book, and added the false claim, together with the false quote, to the BLP article. [164] Faced with the indisputable evidence, he admitted copying the analysis from the blog, and again apologized for the "serious error", but claiming it was unintentional [165]. However, in May 2012, The Discoverer was brought to ANI on an unrelated matter, in which he also admitted to "unintentional" copyvio, apologized, and promised he would not do it again [166]. Details about the discussion above can be found at Talk:Neville Maxwell#Edits on Influence section.

I've been reverting both pro-Chinese and pro-Indian POV-pushers on articles related to the Sino-Indian border dispute for years [167] [168], but have never seen anyone as insidiously dishonest as The Discoverer. His edits always appear to be well-cited (often with links to subscription websites), easily fooling people unfamiliar with the subject, and requiring extraordinary effort to prove wrong. It was only by chance, for example, that I happened to be familiar with MacFarquhar's work, and stumbled upon the blog post that he plagiarized from, that I was able to prove his dishonesty, which apparently has been going on since at least May 2012. He frequently resorts to underhanded tactics such as canvassing, sockpuppetry, and plagiarism. He has been brought to the ANI and SPI at least three times, but escaped serious consequences every time because the community always tried to Assume Good Faith. After two and a half years, I say enough is enough, and request that The Discoverer be permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia, or at the minimum, topic-banned from the Sino-Indian border dispute. -Zanhe (talk) 22:04, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Zanhe it will be helpful if you can also tell about Discover infringing the copyrights. [169] had to do more with the copyright infringement than the misunderstanding of source, because big part of this edit was copied and pasted from the website of BBC. I have warned Discoverer and I think that he can be topic banned from all China-India articles. Bladesmulti (talk) 22:41, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Seen his older conversations. Discoverer was warned and notified about copyright violations before.[170] - [171] - [172] - [173] He is still infringing.[174] It's too simple to say that he has violated CR for already 6 years now. Bladesmulti (talk) 22:50, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong (in a sense) with canvassing, sockpuppetry, or advocacy of one position; if we wanted to, nobody could prevent us. This is a major difference from copyright infringement, which is non-negotiable and makes us liable to be shut down by governments, so it has the top priority. For that reason, I'll be giving him a this-is-it warning on copyright issues in just a moment. Now, back to the canvassing etc: you present solid evidence that he's been deceptively introducing non-neutral positions into these articles in a way that's inexcusable. I'll therefore be giving him a de-facto topic ban, basically "edit any more in this field and I'll block you if I notice". I strongly encourage anyone to let me know if you see him edit at all in India-Pakistan or India-China dispute topics (e.g. Kashmir, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistani relations), while of course reminding that I'll be willing to try to help him one-on-one if desired. I'm taking this approach because an eight-year editor ought not be indef-blocked without a specific warning that the indef is coming (aside from the worst cases, e.g. Epeefleche, who outed someone), but this is bad enough that it mustn't continue at all. Nyttend (talk) 03:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Update — I had the wrong name, and I'm really sorry. I meant Ecoleetage, who was indef-blocked per this incident. Nyttend (talk) 03:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

How about indef block until he informs that he is not going to infringe copyrights? He is violating copyrights for 6 years, he was warned by many, including Moonriddengirl before. As we are talking about other cases, I know that Dougweller had indeffed Cryx88 for violating CR, he had warned him once. There is no level of warning when user is violating CR. First warning is the last warning. Bladesmulti (talk) 03:24, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

It's easy to say "I'll not infringe", and something like that is easily forgotten. There's nothing harmful as long as he edits properly, and continued copyright infringement will result in an indefinite block; how would anyone be better off if I had blocked him without warning? Nyttend (talk) 03:59, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for giving him a final warning, covers up everything. Bladesmulti (talk) 04:32, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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Deletion of RFC in violation of WP:TALK

I object to User:Jytdog's deletion of my RFC claiming that he didn't like either of the two versions being asked about, when one of them was his, and demanding that I "work with others so that the RfC really reflects both sides" after an impasse spanning weeks and several reverts. His comment that the listed sources "don't even include some of the best sources, like the Finkel review" should have been addressed as a response to the RFC. It refers to one (PMID 24119661) of the many literature reviews which do not reach a conclusion, a point of view which Jytdog apparently prefers, when there are several WP:MEDRS-grade sources which do reach definitive conclusions. Jytdog has demanded that I not use the words "inconclusive" and "conclusive" when referring to such reviews, respectively. EllenCT (talk) 06:30, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I'll not comment on whether he was right or wrong in closing. I will say I'm not a fan of pick mine or theirs style RFC's. It's like playing one of those picture games where one picture is slightly altered from the other and you have to find the changes. Typically an RFC will be seeking some of guidance but this seems more like a popularity contest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serialjoepsycho (talk • contribs) 06:54, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• I have worked on this article and in my view this is a tendentiously-worded filing about a tendentiously-worded RfC. Following on from the concerns recently registered here at ANI[175], it seems to me EllenCT is now pushing hard for Wikipedia to state the fracking has been found to be bad for human health, and has been forum shopping to that end at WT:MED[176] and RS/N[177] (and abortively at DRN[178]) - where nobody has agreed with her position. This is because the good sources currently say otherwise: fracking carries a risk of adverse health impacts (sure), but there is no good evidence it actually has done harm. To her end, Ellen has invented two novel categories of source, "conclusive" (ones she thinks can support her view) and "inconclusive" (one which inconveniently state the current scientific position) and seems to think Wikipedia should prefer the former: even then, she is advocating original research to suggest their statements of risk are presented here as findings of harm, or that WP:MEDRS be set aside because it is "more important" to carry the view she prefers.[179] I think this shows a continued unwillingness to grasp that Wikipedia needs to convey neutrally what is stated in reliable sources, and that community consensus on that is not negotiable. This goes hand-in-hand with a quasi-judicial, rhetorical Talk page stance which makes interaction unnecessarily protracted and difficult—which I suspect we shall see more of in this thread. I propose that it would benefit the Project is EllenCT is topic banned from all environmental topics, broadly construed. Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 07:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Strong oppose. Jytdog should not have struck out EllenCT's RFC, and doing so is an example of his bad faith and unilateral editing that has so inflamed their interaction. Alexbrn's proposal for a topic ban is beyond the pale, and his characterization of the content dispute is inaccurate. Viriditas (talk) 08:01, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Strong Oppose Totally violates Talk Page Guidelines . If you believe the RFC is worded wrong, say so and as the originator to re-word, but don't delete it. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 11:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Moderate support. Looking over the article talk page, it's looking like larger issues than just a content dispute and also like WP:BOOMERANG is in play here on EllenCT's part. The recent ANI [180] should have been enough of a warning for EllenCT to stop her disruptive behavior. One of my main concerns when posting that last ANI was that just attempting to interact with EllenCT in these topics requires a great deal of time and energy even at a minimum due to what's appearing to be either WP:COMPETENCE issues in how we deal with scientific sources or purposeful WP:ADVOCACY behavior for a specific POV (disruptive no matter the actual reason). That behavior results in any editor in these topics attempting to engage or help her about our policies and guidelines appear tendentious themselves (and are sometimes actually pushed to feel like they need to be to deal with the behavior as what appears to have happened here). Experiencing this behavior first-hand, I can voice my support for this ban as a potential solution, but I'm more in favor of starting with lesser admin action and ratcheting up if needed to hopefully finally get the point across. If any action is going to be taken against EllenCT, it might be better to to create a subsection below outlining her continuing issues as other editors reading this are probably not going to want to wade through the mess that tends to occur at related talk pages or the drama that seems to ensue whenever her behavior issues are brought up here. That way, we can focus on each editor's behavior specifically as the opposes so far are commenting on Jytdog, while the proposed action by Alexbrn is specifically about EllenCT's behavior. Kingofaces43 (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Responding to the initial post. I did strike the RfC tag. I realize that was not the right thing to do and to be honest I wasn't sure what the right thing to do was, given issues with EllenCT's behavior as described by Alexbrn above and the recent ANI on her behavior mentioned below. I'm sorry I did the wrong thing. I will certainly accept a trout for that. When EllenCT restored the RfC, she also removed my comment on the RfC, which explained the problem. (dif) Also a violation of TPG, so in that regard we are "even" and a pox on both our houses.

The context for the RfC, was that after EllenCT claimed for the Nth time that "well-cited secondary MEDRSs since 2011 claim that fracking is dangerous" to health, I asked her which sources she meant, and she told me. I took about an hour to build a wikitable showing what those sources actually said and whether they complied with MEDRS, trying to reason with her. Instead of directly responding, she launched the malformed (as described by Alexbrn above) RfC out of the blue, without discussion.

We just finished an ANI (see here) about EllenCT's disruptive behavior on another environmental article about pesticides. A topic ban was sought there; it was closed with no consensus but the closer, Drmies wrote "we have no clear consensus on a topic ban, though there are plenty of valid concerns about EllenCT's behavior and temperament, as is demonstrated in this very thread by Ellen's reactions" EllenCT's behavior continues to be full of WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:IDHT, and she just ignores WP:PAG, making up her own rules. That is the most frustrating thing - we cannot resolve disputes because she refuses to ground her arguments and behavior on PAG, even after they are explained to her multiple times. Intransigent. Jytdog (talk) 13:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment. Jytdog's lapse of judgement is far outweighed by the patience he has had in trying to work with EllenCT's WP:IDHT behavior. Interacting with EllenCT in these topics requires a great deal of time and energy even at a minimum due to very blatant WP:IDHT behavior that is already covered in-depth on the article talk page and the ANI about her behavior listed above. That results in any editor in these topics attempting to engage or help her about our policies in and guidelines appear tendentious themselves. If someone actually thinks this single action of Jytdog's requires admin action, then we'll also need to look at action on the larger behavior issues from EllenCT that lead to this as well. Deleting the RFC tag may not have been the smartest idea, but I'm also not sure how I would have handled the particular forum shopping behavior myself either. Kingofaces43 (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Looking over the recent edits at that talk page, EllenCT started an RfC about some content where there are strong disagreements, and formatted the RfC in a way that other editors felt was not fair in how it presented the issues. Jytdog removed the RfC tag, once. He has not subsequently reverted, and he has stated clearly here that he recognizes that it was a mistake to have done so. When EllenCT reverted Jytdog, she not only restored the RfC tag, but deleted Jytdog's comments, so she is at least as much involved in reverting against WP:TPO as he was. As it stands just before I commented here, the RfC is open, and the editor objections to the RfC are visible to editors who will respond to the RfC. Unless, as is unlikely, there is subsequent edit warring over the RfC, the best thing is to let it be, and perhaps open a better-worded RfC, after which there may be consensus to close the existing one. I don't think there is anything for administrators to do here. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:22, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• • Strong Oppose Should have just asked for rewording. Also, there my be some meat puppetry going on here and on the page in question. It is a controversial topic with A LOT of money riding on it, which is part of the issue. Stoney1976 (talk) 05:46, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

• An accusation of WP:MEAT is serious indeed; but you are unhelpfully vague. Who is engaged in it and where is the evidence? Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 05:52, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Tagteam POV & TE on Ami Bera

Mark Miller and CFredkin are tagteam edit-warring on Ami Bera. They are working together to circumvent 3RR and manipulating a reliably sourced quote on the flimsy grounds of undue - while engaging in NPOV & TE - and ignoring the warning that their edits are also vios of WP:MOSQUOTE. Kindly address this. Thanks. 2602:306:BD61:E0F0:BCB5:24DF:A4F4:D034 (talk) 05:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Looks more like you're trying to insert WP:PEACOCK language. The talk page is handling it fine but feel free to review Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_requests as it's just a content issue now. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Hatting User:Jeppiz disruptively shopping his complaints to multiple threads/pages including this one which has zilch do with his gripe.--v/r - TP 20:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
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Comment I would agree, Mark Miller is a (Redacted). On this page [181] he gladly deletes nine sources after having discussed only three of them. Even after I made it clear to him that there was no consensus and urged him to engage with other users, he keeps reverting to delete content (most of which he never even discussed) declaring he doesn't need consensus [182], [183], [184]. So I would agree that Mark Miller clearly isn't here to work with others, and is happy to edit war to push the WP:TRUTH.Jeppiz (talk) 09:33, 7 October 2014 (UTC) I'm still waiting for Jeppiz to "engage" and stop ranting and name calling in violation of NPA. But I can wait.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:14, 7 October 2014 (UTC) I've provided diffs of your edit warring, there's no name calling in that. I've tried to engage, your response what in effect that you're such an "experience editor" that you are above "the boggled down talk pages". And editor who believes himself to be so "experienced" that he doesn't need to bother with "boggled down talk pages" is not helping Wikipedia.Jeppiz (talk) 10:20, 7 October 2014 (UTC) LOL! I told you that BRD is to be used by experienced editors (and compared to your less than 3500 edits, I feel confident that my 38,298 edits at least give me some leeway to refer to myself as "experienced) and that BRD is for when the talk page becomes bogged down. Then you called me a "super editor" and basically mocked me among your other personal attacks.--Mark Miller (talk) 10:56, 7 October 2014 (UTC) I did notice you didn't mention all of your own recent edits were nothing but reverts...but I can understand you not wanting to point that out.--Mark Miller (talk) 11:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Now both Mark Miller and CFredkin are also flagrantly violating 3RR AND WP:MOSQUOTE. Please review. If necessary, a block, and possibly even a topic ban, should be seriously considered. It appears that other editors have also had unnecessarily unpleasant encounters with them because of their tactics and absolute refusal to follow rules or guidelines - unless of course, for when those rules suit them, or they can distort them to justify their disruptive and tendentious editing. 2602:306:BD61:E0F0:BCB5:24DF:A4F4:D034 (talk) 19:45, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment I'd like to apologize to Mark Miller, and indirectly to CFredkin for having made a premature and incorrect comment here. Looking at it more in detail, I see absolutely no indication of the two of them edit warring in team, quite the opposite, they have very different user histories, and both of them are serious users. My comment is already hatted but I withdraw it all the same, and feel quite embarrassed over having gotten caught up in the heat.Jeppiz (talk) 20:50, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
• The edit warring has stopped and any discussion has moved to the talk page so I think it's resolved at the moment. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:11, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Generic legal threat on a userpage

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Raising here per WP:LEGAL: an editor calling themselves User:Agentdunhamfbi has updated their user page to inform other Wikipedia users that "If you say any false statements about me, my work, or the articles I edit/created, you may (may not, depending on a timely fashion) will be prosecuted in court and/or online.", apparently after disagreeing with other editors about whether it was okay to upload copyvio images. --McGeddon (talk) 13:11, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Pretty clearly an attempt to introduce a chilling effect, which is just about the main reason we have WP:NLT... Blockhammer descending now. Yunshui ^雲_水 13:18, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

• Pretty obvious, pretty ridiculous, and pretty indeffed the panda ₯’ 13:19, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) Yeah, that's not good. A legal threat is a legal threat regardless of how poorly phrased or unfounded it may be. The obvious intent of something like that is to chill participation in discussions with that user. I'd also like to comment that the username probably merits review (I doubt this person is an FBI agent). —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 13:20, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

• Speaking as a lawyer, that looks like a fairly obvious "legal threat" to me, at least generically speaking, because there is no specifically intended recipient of the message who is identified. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:40, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:Best 2012

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Hi, can we get talk page access revoked, and his last 4 edits rev-del'd please.Amortias (T)(C) 17:53, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Or his talk page deleted as it seems they wont drop the stick.Amortias (T)(C) 17:54, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

• Sure. Rev-del and talk page block. At your service, Drmies (talk) 18:07, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:Dastardly Duo

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Hi,

Usrpage claims that the account is shared between two people and their aim is to screw with wikipedia. I know were not a fan of preemptive blocks but im fairly sure we dont allow shared accounts. Amortias (T)(C) 19:25, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Pretty sure it's blockable based on username alone. And then there's this and this. WP:NOTHERE? (I always see that as "NO THERE"...) ansh666 19:28, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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Yet another Evlekis sock

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Hi,

Looks like Evlekis is back at my user page, identical very simple abuse as follows - Jaxmax2 Go sniff Yvette Fielding Aacceess13 and 1a2b3c4d5ea. Amortias (T)(C) 21:07, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:AndyTheGrump - threatening behaviour, ongoing refusal to assume good faith.

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User:AndyTheGrump removed a number of adequately sourced entires in List of deprogrammers‎ [185] under the guise of violations of WP:BLP. I had previously re-enstated the names, however I had then gone ahead and added references as requested by other editors in order to comply with BLP.

User:AndyTheGrump removed these new additions (which had taken me a few hours to research, btw) - and couldn't adequately explain why, despite repeated requests. He has threatened me with banning[186] and has made several personal attacks against me, calling me a liar, and qualifying my mistaken addition of a duplicate source as intentional trickery. [187]

After calling for a RFC on the article in question[188] Andy decided to add a non-neutral comment within the filing, effectively poisoning the well against me in the eyes of any eventual neutral third party.

This user is disruptive, uncooperative, and refuses to see things objectively. Zambelo; talk 04:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

You changed the sub-title from notable deprogrammers to known deprogrammers, and unlike the initial list, none of your additions have articles. So Grumpy might well be concerned that you're creating a list that does not pass muster, one way or another. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I hadn't even noticed the title change, actually - I was focusing on trying to integrate and format the new references... Zambelo; talk 05:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

You need to first create articles for the individuals you're trying to add, and prove their notability. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Zambelo has already created several articles on this topic concerning individuals of questionable notability (judging by the currently-running AfD's) - I don't think that more of the same would be a good idea. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't disagree. I'm just saying he's doing things backwards. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:56, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

No, I've created one or two and contributed to others. The issue I've had is that the article stubs have been nominated for deletion just weeks after creation. And as I've mentioned, there has been a concerted effort to delete anti-cult movement-related articles by certain editors. Some of these individuals may not be notable enough to merit an article (and some are, but let's not get into that), but are certainly notable enough to be included in a specific list on the topic, as they are referenced in secondary sources as deprogrammers/exit-counselors. Zambelo; talk 06:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Accusing other editors of nefarious motives is not the way to win support. If you create an article on any subject, it is subject to the "notability" question. Being "known" and being "notable" are not necessarily the same thing. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:56, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I was in the process of filing a report here [...]

(as I had informed Zambelo after a recent post at WP:BLPN) - my report follows:

As a previously-uninvolved person, I recently came across two related threads at WP:BLPN [189][190], concerning the actions of User:Zambelo, who has been adding, against a clear consensus, names of (presumably) living persons to a List of deprogrammers and Template:Opposition to NRMs. Given that the source being cited for incusion [191] merely names these individuals as being included in "Rolodex files" of the Cult Awareness Network. it seems self-evident that reliability is open to question, never mind establishing the level of notability required to merit inclusion in templates ands lists. Despite the issues with this source being made entirely clear at WP:BLPN, Zambelo chose yet again to add the names to the list [192] - citing the same questionable source twice under slightly different names where previously it had been given once. Since this was not only clearly a WP:BLP violation, but grossly misleading, I reverted it, and warned Zambelo that were the names added again without consensus, I would raise the matter here. Though Zambelo has not as yet done so, s/he has repeated the same stonewalling behaviour and refusal to address the legitimate concerns over sourcing that were raised at WP:BLPN, and has deleted my response to a RfC that s/he started at Talk:List_of_deprogrammers [193]. I note that this is not the first time Zambelo's behaviour over this issue has been raised here [194], and I further note that User talk:Zambelo contains much evidence of previous questions relating to edits concerning cults, new religious movements and the like. Frankly, it seems evident to me that Zambelo has far too much emotional involvement regarding this issue (why, I don't know - though it doesn't really matter under the circumstances), and given the sensitive nature of such topics, combined with a clear inability to listen to the advice of experienced contributors, I have to once again, propose, as was done in the previous ANI thread that Zambelo be topic-banned. I realise that there was little traction for this proposal in the previous thread, but it seems to me that his/her behaviour since suggests not only an unwillingness to learn, and to listen to advice, but also something which was not previously apparent - a willingness to engage in fundamentally dishonest behaviour, as evinced by the duplicate citation of a single source under slightly differing names. Given that we frequently place our trust in contributors when it comes to accurate reporting of sources (e.g. when material isn't verifiable online), such dishonesty must be considered significant in such circumstances, and that this, combined with a general battleground attitude, provides sufficient grounds to exclude this contributor from topics that need careful and circumspect editing, and adherence to the highest standards. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:06, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Reply: As I mentioned, I had added new references, a fact that Andy has completely disregarded. The discussion on the BLP noticeboard was in relation to the template, and I have adequately explained myself there as well as on the talk page for the Opposition to NRMs template talkpage.

As much as andy would like to obfuscate the issue, combining the discussion regarding the template with the discussion of the list, they are two separate issues, with separate ongoing discussions surrounding them. What we are discussing here is the reversal of the referenced content on List of Deprogrammers, and the then ongoing refusal to listen to reason. In contrast, I have always been part of the conversation regarding these issues: in fact it was to comply with the BLP questions[195] that I researched and then added new references supporting the inclusion of the names, a well-intentioned edit that Andy instantly reverted citing BLP violations [196] - and has refused to answer why.

The source may have been questionable, but it was under discussion, and was a reliable secondary source. There was never any BLP violations - let's just make that clear here - all entries were correctly sourced, despite the POV of other editors - and this was never discussed on the article pages in question, and there was no attempt at getting outside look through a RFC: it went straight to the BLP noticeboard. The source you cite here is a secondary source mentioning the rolodex, not the rolodex itself, btw.

Instead of removing entries that he had an issue with, Andy decided to revert the entire edit, which I had spent hours looking up. When asked why, he refused to answer, saying only that there was a "duplicate" source, without going into any more detail.

If there was an issue with a source, why not remove one of the duplicates, and remove the entry if it was in violation of BLP?

My "behaviour" has never been an issue. It is easy to verify that I have made nothing but constructive edits to articles relating to New Religious Movements, while there has been a sustained attempt to destroy them over the past week by several editors. The only emotional attachment I have with the articles is in relation the the amount of time I have spent on them, only to have them torn down by a small concerted group of editors over the past week or so.

I propose that Andy be topic banned, and banned from contacting me in future.

I'm happy to answer any questions in relation to specific edits. Zambelo; talk 05:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

"The source may have been questionable, but it was under discussion, and was a reliable secondary source. There was never any BLP violations - let's just make that clear here - all entries were correctly sourced, despite the POV of other editors" - that just about sums the issue up here. Zambelo has decided that a mere mention on a Rolodex file is enough evidence of notability to merit inclusion in a controversial list, and anyone arguing the contrary is doing so because of 'POV'. And I should be topic banned for this 'POV', should I? For arguing that the source shouldn't be used, after coming across the issue at WP:BLPN? And expressing an opinion concerning a topic I can't even recollect contributing to before? My comments regarding this issue have been confined solely to WP:BLP issues regarding notability, and to the suitability of sources - I've not expressed an opinion one way or the other concerning the topic, and quite possibly don't know enough about it to do so. Evidently though, the mere fact that my opinion (as a long-term contributor familiar with policy) differs from Zambelo's when it comes to the inclusion of these particular names based on questionable sources is grounds for a topic ban? Nope - and I have to suggest that this ridiculous proposal to ban me from a topic I have shown little evidence of being interested in will be seen for exactly what it is - further evidence of the battleground mentality of a contributor clearly incapable of neutral editing - a contributor with an axe to grind, and with little inclination to do anything but engage in the very POV-pushing that s/he accuses others of. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment: Your proposal to topic ban Andy will not fly. And I see nothing in this thread that warrants that Andy be topic-banned. And on a side note: When Andy states something about a WP:BLP issue, he is often, if not usually, correct. Flyer22 (talk) 06:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I rescind my proposal for a ban - I'm sure Andy thought he was doing the right thing based on the limited information he could see on the BLP noticeboard. In this case however, he is wrong. Zambelo; talk 13:23, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• This looks like a content dispute in general, and specifically a violation of the way lists are supposed to be created, especially lists of living persons. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:05, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• I don't see that Andy has acted improperly here and there are certainly no grounds for a topic ban. I suggest that this discussion returns to the talk page of the article(s) in question where it belongs.  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I have made a report asking for Zambelo to be topic banned. Should we not at least discuss the matter? AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:32, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support topic ban for Zambelo. (And I'm not even going to comment on the silly tit-for-tat proposal concerning Andy). In the past few weeks, several AfDs have been running in which Zambelo diplays a basic misunderstanding of what reliable sources are, what constitutes in-depth coverage and time and again fails to comply with AGF. As Andy says, their apparent emotional involvement with the topic is simply too much. --Randykitty (talk) 10:37, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Please Note that Randykitty isn't neutral in this, and has a COI in this matter, having, over the period of the past week or so proposed multiple articles for deletion that I had been working on. I would invite any editors here to look at his editing history over the past week.

As I've already mentioned, I have no emotional involvement in the content, but I dislike people wasting my time. Proposing multiple articles for deletion, and ganging up as a group of three to ensure they are deleted is both unethical and bypasses due process. Zambelo; talk 11:08, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh YES! Please follow Zambelo's advice and compare my edit history with theirs (last week, last year, any period you like). Meanwhile, Zambelo could read up on the difference between COI and involved. And as far as I am concerned, I only got involved (in the WP sense, as simply !voting in an AfD normally does not make one involved.) because of Zambelo's tendency to accuse everybody who disagrees with them of having a POV. --Randykitty (talk) 11:40, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Please also note this attempt to circumvent an ongoing AfD heading for deletion. --Randykitty (talk) 11:51, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

That wasn't circumventing, that was me agreeing with Drmies proposition to merge the article, since the article was clearly going to be deleted, despite new references being added. "Circumventing", that's a bit rich coming from an editor who has been consistently bypassing deletion procedures. I've made a statement here sharing my concerns, along with those of other editos regarding COI and editors involved in Landmark editing, which lists the articles targeted relating to the Voyage au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous article, about a documentary critical of Landmark. I think it's rather plain what is going on here. Zambelo; talk 12:03, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

OK, Zambelo, I've had it, this is one personal attack too many. Your "evidence" at the ArbCom request is that I !voted deleted where you thought that was wrong. You have been warned more times than I care to count to assume good faith. Please either provide evidence of me having a COI and circumventing deletion procedures or apologize. Barring that, I will call for you to be blocked. --Randykitty (talk) 12:48, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

It isn't a personal attack, it's a remark on your editing history. I apologize if you feel it's a personal attack. My comment about you circumventing deletion procedures was a remark on your disinterest in discussing references, while actively seeking to delete multiple articles simultaneously, without giving me a chance to properly discuss the issue, the references, or the deletion proposal. I've brought this up numerous times in the AFDs[197]. Zambelo; talk 13:35, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Block requested. Perhaps an uninvolved admin could have a look at the above paragraph, just compounding the personal attack on me. I note that this is not the first time and that Zambelo has been warned to assume good faith multiple times. --Randykitty (talk) 13:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Suggest Block - support TBAN as absolute minimum. *Support topic ban for Zambelo. User violates BLP, repeatedly pushes the same poor sources, reacts antagonistically to any disagreement, and seems entirely too emotionally involved in the small area they have chosen to edit to contribute neutrally there. If some of "their" articles have been deleted, well, that speaks more to the nature of the POV "walled garden" they were tending than any "gang of three" they imagine exists. User seems only capable of viewing disagreement as signifying membership of an opposing cabal - they should consider that the reality is that this is not the case, and that other editors are merely trying to maintain a neutral, BLP compliant encyclopedia. Begoon ^talk 11:59, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

  Which sources are poor? How was this determined? There was never a discussion regarding the sources, the articles were simply listed for deletion, leaving me scrambling to try and save them, because there are in fact notable in the scope of New Religious Movements - which you would know if you looked at the sources I was providing. I have been a constructive editor to many New Religious Movement articles, not because of some supposed emotional attachment, but because I find the topic interesting. Maintaining a BLP compliant wikipedia is fine - and I have complied barring a few reversions in two articles, (which btw, I hold were adequately sourced, but which Randykitty et al. refused to discuss) - and even then after eventual discussion (which they chose to hold directly on the BLP noticeboard instead of the talk page) I accepted the consensus and went looking for more sources to comply with BLP issues raised - the references I found were from noted academics - religious scholars specialising in New Religious movements - so your assertion that I "push the same poor sourcesW is unfounded. All of what I say here is easily verifiable - I don't know what motives, if any, the three editors had to delete the articles without first attempting to discuss the issues or even look for sources, but I do know that out of 13 articles connected to the original Voyage au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous only 3 now remain after two weeks of deletions, by the same people who were pushing to delete the Voyage au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous article in the first place. Zambelo; talk 13:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

The sourcing issues are well described by Andy above. There are many additional examples in the linked discussions and articles of inappropriate sourcing, often due to (AGF here) a misunderstanding of when primary sourcing is appropriate - clue: very limited circumstances. You start from the wrong place, Zambelo - you have something you wish to include, then try to work out how you can shoehorn it in, and fight like hell with anyone who disagrees. Then they are enemies. Is it a gang of 4 yet? Or 5? Don't forget Andy. That's not what we do here - we see what reliable sources have deemed worthy of mention, and include it, if and only if it is due, relevant, BLP compliant, and improves and serves a neutral article. You have the cart before the horse. I fixed your comment formats/indents again - please try to use proper indents etc. Thanks. Begoon ^talk 13:44, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

The "gang" was in reference to the editors pushing for deletion, and bypassing due process. The articles were being deleted because of notability concerns, and so I attempted to demonstrate notability by integrating new references into the article - because this is how you show notability - through secondary sources. Don't be snide, please. Zambelo; talk 14:33, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

"Don't be snide please"? I've fixed up your comments here 5 times now - don't be lazy and inconsiderate please. You've made a personal attack on Randykitty. Don't attack folks please. You asked for a topic ban on Andy. Don't come here with ridiculous trumped up demands to try and head off a legitimate complaint please. Is that enough pleases yet? I could find more. Begoon ^talk 14:41, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• And please stop talking about deletions bypassing due process. Each and every deletion has been after a regular AfD that was open for at least 7 days. Nothing improper here. --Randykitty (talk) 14:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support indefinite topic ban on all articles related to religion. cults and psychological counseling, very broadly construed. First of all, the editor is way to emotionally invested ever to be able to edit in this topic area with sufficient detachment and objectiveness. Second, the editor has demonstrated a high level of battleground behavior and even sneaky trickery on several AfD's, and seems incapable of working cooperatively and civilly with editors with who he disagrees, of which there are several other seasoned editors besides Andy. His "gang" comments in this thread are particularly disturbing. Third, there is a major lack of competence as far as our policies and guidelines are concerned, especially WP:RS, WP:NPOV, and WP:BLP, and no apparently willingness to address that deficiency. Fourth, WP:NOTHERE and WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS apply. And last of all, the editor has made quite a mess that needs to be cleaned up by multiple AfD's. Sorry, but I would also support an indefinite site ban. I've seen this type of editor before and the experience was harrowing. Let's nip this in the bud. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 14:49, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support indefinite topic ban of Zambelo on all articles related to religion, per Dominus Vobisdu. This sort of behaviour and this sort of editor is nothing new and I (clearly not alone) am tired of it. Encyclopedia, not soapbox. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:04, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment Strong arguments have been made for a topic ban which I support, though I do not think Zambelo is the only one guilty of violations. We might need to put in places stronger policies for sensitive topics. Articles related to religion are always sensitive and people have a tendency to want to block those who do not share their own POV. Dominus Vobisdu suggest an indefinite topic ban based on violating several policies. I'd be inclined to think the same should apply to the user, who is happy to ignore ongoing discussions to push their own WP:POV, more interested in reverting than discussing, and with a blatant disregard for WP:RS and WP:NPOV. Just like they accuse Zambelo of nothing being here for the right reasons, Dominus Vobisdu is quite clearly WP:NOTHERE to contribute to religion in an WP:NPOV way. We'd need more users who are willing to discuss and find consensuses, less users who revert at sight without providing any topic-related arguments just because it suits their WP:POV. Policies that would limit blanket reverting without discussing, or discussing without providing factual arguments, may be helpful on many sensitive area.Jeppiz (talk) 15:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

So did you have a comment on this discussion about Zambelo, or a recommendation as to how to proceed? I'm not clear from what you say. Begoon ^talk 15:28, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, apparently I mistakenly deleted the first part of my comment before posting. I said that I fully support a topic ban for Zambelo based on the evidence provided here, but that I think the blame is not only on them. That was not the exact sentence, but the essence of what was deleted. I then proceeded to say how articles related to religion are always sensitive and that some who accuse Zambelo, particularly Dominus Vobisdu, appear to behave no different themselves.Jeppiz (talk) 15:33, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

No, don't be sorry. My fault entirely. I didn't see the part where you fully supported the topic ban, which I appreciate, and I erroneously focused on the part where you discussed the other !voter instead. Peace. Begoon ^talk 15:43, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I now re-edited my comment to make my position clearer.Jeppiz (talk) 15:47, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. That's much clearer now you added the first bit. I'm sorry for my confusion. If you have concerns about another editor, I'd generally recommend a separate process because there are, believe it or not, a few other folks as slow on the uptake as me, when rushed, who could get similarly confused. Cheers. Begoon ^talk 15:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support topic ban for Zambelo. This user has a very poor understanding of our sourcing requirements and is extremely belligerent. Zambelo has disrupted multiple AfDs with underhanded tactics to try to avoid an inevitable delete consensus on articles Zambelo thinks they WP:OWN. Any disagreement is met with ultra-defensive ranting and accusations of bad faith. This user is clearly not a net positive. Reyk _YO! 21:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment The entire article has now been blanked. Might as well finish it off and delete it. Looks like Andy got his way. What a shame, again. Isaidnoway (talk) 04:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

There are a lot more than this one article out there. Zambelo has made quite a large mess, with a bunch of articles winding their way through AfD at the moment and more on the way. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 17:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

How would you ever justify a topic ban here? The editors voting for my ban have a COI in this matter, and have previously been edit warring over several articles, attempting to push their POV. This is all verifiable. I have been a productive editor to the topic, in fact, if you consider the spate of recent article deletions, I am the only editor currently actively productively contributing to articles on the topic. I invite editors to look at the entire story, stemming from the edits to Voyage Au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous, which I attempted to save (unsuccessfully) from deletion which then caused a flurry of deletions on articles relating specifically to that article, and anti-cult articles in general. Editors responsible for the deletion of the Voyage Au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous article have been working in tandem to ensure the deletion of these articles, by flooding the voting system, thereby bypassing correct AFD procedure. There was never any discussion on the article pages on how they could be improved' nor did any of these editors make any attempt at searching for new material or references. My attempts at trying to save these articles on notable individuals from deletion by 1) Finding new references to support notability 2)Voting to keep them from being deleted may have come across as belligerent, but this is because I was actively attempting to save these articles from being improperly deleted without discussion. The only form of "discussion" came when I was reported (by one of editors making the deletions) to the BLP noticeboard - and unfairly portrayed as a disruptive editor, when all I had done was revert two articles a few times, because these editors disagreed with my inclusion of adequately sourced content. I leave it up to my peers, really. It's easy to join a witch-hunt, but I invite you to have a look at the entire story before banning me on the accusations of a few biased and annoyed editors. Either way, this will be my last post on Wikipedia for a good while, I expect the deletions to continue unabated and unchecked. Peace. Zambelo; talk 17:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I hope you enjoy your break. I'm rather hoping one of the first things you'll do on your return will be to apologise to "The editors voting for [your] ban" for your accusations of "COI", "edit-warring", "attempting to push their POV", collusion, bias and vote-stacking. I know, as one of them, I, at least would appreciate that, since the accusations are utterly baseless and I find them rather offensive. That's what we mean by personal attacks, by the way. Begoon ^talk 04:38, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support I've previously filed for a TBAN on this editor for the exact same reason. This will be the fourth time he's been shown to violate WP:BLP. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 19:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - Would someone care to wrap up this set of threads with some kind of a close? It would be a shame to let all this pretty prose get archived without some kind of closure. Tgeairn (talk) 00:26, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

There may be fundamental WP:BLP issues in our coverage of 'deprogramming'

Having looked into the underlying topic here - that of so-called 'deprogramming', I have to suggest that there are fundamental WP:BLP concerns raised. Specifically, the 'deprogramming' article states in the lede that "Deprogramming is an attempt to force a person to abandon allegiance to a religious, political, economic, or social group. Methods and practices may involve kidnapping and coercion. The person in question is taken against his/her will, which has led to controversies over freedom of religion, kidnapping and civil rights, as well as the violence which is sometimes involved, and deprogramming has been shown to result in PTSD". On this basis, the inclusion of any person in a 'list of deprogrammers' amounts to an accusation of criminal activity - clearly a breach of WP:BLP policy unless the individual has been convicted of such activities. Were it not for my prior involvement in this discussion, I'd be tempted to blank the 'list' immediately. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:12, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

And looking at the 'list of deprogrammers' article again, I note that the present version (with the questionably-sourced individuals discussed removed) provides only one citation for a criminal conviction - where it states that Galen Kelly was "Convicted of kidnapping Debra Dobkowski in May 1992". Our article on Kelly however states that the kidnapping conviction was overturned. Given that Zambelo had edited the Kelly article five times, I think we can safely assume that s/he had read it - and accordingly I think we need an explanation from Zambelo as to why the 'list' describes Kelly as a convicted kidnapper, given that s/he must have been aware that this statement was false. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

The charges were for kidnapping, not deprogramming. Furthermore, deprogramming wasn't (and still isn't - illegal), the methodology has changed however. Kelley was convicted of kidnapping. The fact that his conviction was later overturned after he served time is irrelevant - he was still convicted of kidnapping. You are not following the references here, and are entering the realm of Original research. There is no connection between being a deprogrammer and being a convict. Zambelo; talk 04:28, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

That would certainly qualify as an "Oops!" In general, would you say that unless someone is convicted of something, they don't belong on the list? What if they claim to be deprogrammers, and neutral sources back up that claim, but they don't happen to have committed any crime? But what I'm really curious about is the editor's motivation or interest in creating and/or expanding the list. Is he in favor of deprogramming and is trying to promote deprogrammers? Or is he opposed to deprogramming and is trying to expose them? Either way, it seems shaky. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:20, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm neither - I'm interested in establishing a neutral article about deprogrammers, which were an integral part of the anti-cult movement and relate to my larger interests on New religious movements. The facts are that deprogrammers did exist, and during the time they were active (and to this day) are notable as either "cult experts", "counsellors", "deprogrammers" or all of the above. Deprogramming was a profession back in the day, not a conviction title. Zambelo; talk 04:28, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

It should be noted that having been asked why the list stated that Kelly had been convicted of kidnapping, but failed to note that the conviction had been overturned, Zambelo is claiming that s/he "knew nothing of the kind - the references said he was convicted". [198] This is despite having edited the Kelly article six times - an article that starts the penultimate paragraph with the prominent statement "Kelly's conviction was overturned in 1994 by the appeals court because of prosecutorial misconduct". I invite all those reading this thread to look at the Galen Kelly article, and ask themselves whether it appears remotely plausible that anyone reading the article could possibly miss this statement. I for one find it impossible to believe - and if it were to be true, I would have to suggest that it would demonstrate a lack of competence to be editing such sensitive material anyway. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I just looked at Deprogramming. God, that's a mess. A statement in the lead "This was started in 19xx by name" with no citation. It just lurches on from one POV statement to the next, all the way through the article. The whole article screams POV piece. I considered making some edits, but WP:TNT keeps springing to mind. You kicked over an anthill, Andy. One that needed kicking over, I think. Begoon ^talk 14:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Zambelo has now clearly and unequivocally demonstrated that s/he is completely and utterly incapable of understanding elementary WP:BLP policy.

On being asked once more why the 'list' described Galen Kelly as a convicted kidnapper, when the Kelly article (which Zambelo had repeatedly edited, and must have read) made it entirely clear that Kelly's conviction for kidnapping had been overturned, Zambelo posted the following:

"Gallen Kelley was convicted, you understand. His conviction was overturned after he served time, but he was convicted of kidnapping." [199]

Given this unequivocal demonstration of either gross incompetence or a complete refusal to even make a pretence at complying with elementary WP:BLP policy, I have to suggest that the proposed topic ban discussed is insufficient, and that we should be instead discussing an indefinite block for Zambelo, on the grounds that he cannot under any circumstances be trusted to comply with Wikipedia policy. That anyone should think that it is remotely acceptable to assert in an article that Kelly (a living person) was convicted of a serious crime without also stating that the conviction was overturned is beyond belief - yet Zambelo is arguing exactly that. S/he is a menace to Wikipedia, and needs to be immediately and unceremoniously thrown off the project. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Well, I already altered my vote above to support a block, before you posted this. That's just incredible, though - we can't tolerate a cavalier and biased approach like that towards the lives of real people. I fear we may have some substantial work ahead cleaning up the damage in this "walled garden" they have created, but it certainly can't continue. Begoon ^talk 15:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

The circumstances of Galen Kelly's conviction and that conviction's subsequent overturning and the other events in that saga are much more complex than Zambelo's comment makes it seem. I can't tell if Zambelo is incompetent or if he's pushing an agenda, or both - but no matter what, he's got it wrong. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:39, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Look at the rest of the articles and contributions, Bugs. I promise you all will become clear. Begoon ^talk 16:41, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Sock?

Checking Zambelo's edit history, I note that beyond cult/'deprogramming' related issues, s/he has edited few other topics. Two that stand out are Sahaja Yoga and Bohemia (musician). Interestingly, User:Sfacets, a former contributor blocked back in 2008 having 'exhausted community patience' and a confirmed sockpuppeteer, [200][201] likewise took an interest in the cult/deprogramming issue - for example adding a huge slew of articles to Category:Anti-cult organizations and individuals in November 2007 - and likewise significantly edited the Sahaja Yoga and Bohemia (musician) articles [202]. Furthermore, a confirmed Sfacets sock, User:Couchbeing, had taken an interest in the 'deprogramming' article - and had edited the Galen Kelly one. While it is entirely possible for multiple people to take an interest in the cult/deprogramming topic (and be promoting a similar POV), and simultaneously to be interested in Sahaja Yoga (itself a cult-related topic, according to some opinions) just how likely would it be that both Zambelo and Sfacets would also be making significant edits an article on a Pakistani American rapper if they were unconnected? I have to suggest that sockpuppetry seems a much more plausible explanation. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:23, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

I'd be inclined to agree, as per WP:DUCK.Jeppiz (talk) 17:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that does seem an unlikely series of coincidences. Zambelo has put a "vacation" template on his/her user page. I'm sure they'll address this, too, when they return. On the other hand, and at the risk of assuming bad faith, I guess we should also consider, given this, that Zambelo may not necessarily return as Zambelo. Begoon ^talk 11:07, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• Close requested. --Randykitty (talk) 12:44, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I added it to WP:ANRFC, but that's stupidly long at the moment. (This is #73) Agree it needs formal closure before the archive bot kicks in. Begoon ^talk 12:55, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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Request Block for User:94.54.227.16

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I am not sure this is the correct place but the above mentioned IP address has been doing persistent vandalism and distuptive editing for two months. Here are the sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

Here's all the warnings

Here's the notification

Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rivaner (talk • contribs) 06:27, 9 October 2014‎ (UTC)

He's never been blocked. Have you ever tried WP:AIV? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:33, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I think I must try that. Thanks for the help Bugs.Rivaner (talk) 06:35, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) While a block might be appropriate, this report would probably fail at AIV given the IP has not been appropriately warned. The IP received the level-4 and 4-im warnings at nearly the same time as the level-3 warning, while making zero edits in the interim. Previously there had been some vandalism back in July, I guess, though it's pretty clearly the same person (all edits to Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball and Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball). —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 06:36, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I must take my chances because it has been going on for a long time as you stated and also he just removes parts without giving a valid reason and I think that it is very clear that he/she is here just to disturb the mentioned pages. The reason that the warnings time was close was because I always saw his/her edits after a long time and every time I correct his/her edits, I put a warning on his/her talk page. Hopefully, this IP will get a block. Thanks for your information and your time spent on this subject.Rivaner (talk) 06:41, 9 October 2014 (UTC) That IP is blocked. Thanks again for all your help.Rivaner (talk) 06:44, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

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New heading

I report the following pages for the violation of Wikipedia terms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billings_ovulation_method

1. Most references link to the same commercial website. 2. Some references have bad links 3. Some references are non-verifiable. Obvious advertising statement: "Benefit: Low cost, no prerequisites for use, no side effects, can aid pregnancy achievement."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Evelyn_Billings 1. Use press release as a reference, which links to a the same commercial website as above. "Press release on the death of Dr John Billings World Organisation of the Ovulation Method Billings, 2 April 2007." 2. Some references are not verifiable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonasar (talk • contribs) 13:26, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

• Go ahead, be bold and/or propose changes on the article talkpage! the panda ɛˢˡ” 13:44, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

There seem to be some less extensive difficulties going back a considerable time with the rival Creighton Model FertilityCare System, and some problems with John and Evelyn Billings, World Organisation of the Ovulation Method Billings, and James Boyer Brown. There may be others, as there appears to have been a systematic attempt at promotion. A I haven't checked for possible related editors . As methods of birth control is a particularly important topic for our readers in areas where little authentic information may be available, this needs some careful rewriting. I'm not sure SOFIXIT is the best approach, considering that Antonasar is a new editor; but we owe him a debt of gratitude for bringing this to attention. This should not have lasted as long as it has--nmany good editors have touched the articles, but only for the usual minor fixes. We could make considerable progress towards removing promotionalism and inaccuracy if people read the entire article they were editing. Perhaps a trustworthy expert editor in the health sciences could help here, such as Bluerasberry DGG ( talk ) 13:53, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Subjective attitude of User:Borsoka

In the pages of Origins of Romanians there is a phrase about the dispute between historians from Romania and Hungary:

"Political and ideological considerations, including the dispute between Hungary and Romania over Transylvania, have also colored these scholarly discussions".(with reference/Schramm)

I included the same phrase in the pages: "The Conquest of Carpathian basin" but user Borsoka erased it. I explained him it is a subjective attitude But according him, this kind of problems must appear only in Romanian pages. It appears as actions of a double dealer. Eurocentral (talk) 08:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Would you, please, cite verbatim the context of the two sentences? Would you cite verbatim what Schramm (the scholar who is referred to) writes? Eurocentral, please stop making pseudo-edits and false accusations and also stop abusing historians' name in order to promote your own OR. Please also comment my above message about your cooperation with a banned user. Borsoka (talk) 12:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

WP:NOTHERE: Eurocentral

According to my experiences during the last couple of months, Eurocentral is not here to build an encyclopedia. He/she treats editing as a battleground—he/she does not stop edit warring, even after an RfC had been initiated, and all other editors were willing to seek a consensual lead: [203], [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] [212] (and this is only one of the examples of his/her edit wars). He/she has no interest in working collaboratively: he cannot make a compromise even after other editors reached a consensus: [213] [214] [215]. He/she seems to be dishonest: a banned user, Iaaasi, admitted that he gave instructions to Eurocentral; he/she obviously cooperated with this banned user in order to avoid WP:3RR ([216], [217], [218]). I asked him/her to make comments on my concerns (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AEurocentral&diff=628651895&oldid=619249608), instead he/she took me in an ANI ([219]) for the second time in a week (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ABorsoka&diff=628449447&oldid=628436969), proving again that he/she treats editing as a battleground. Borsoka (talk) 15:52, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, his disruptive editing doesn't help to build an encyclopedia. Eurocentral constantly tries to push his own POV, his editing lacks of neutrality. (e.g. [220], [221]) Beside his battleground mentality, itemized above by Borsoka, he is unable accept the consensus of editors (e.g. here). Now it is obvious that he is wikihounding with a banned user, Iaaasi. Iaaasi (?accidentally?) admitted that he gave instructions to Eurocentral.[222]. Moreover we know that Iaaasi's sockpuppets (like Vi3cu7) have always been helping Eurocentral's editing.(e.g. [223]) Other Wikipedia editors continuously struggle to fix his edits. His lack of tolerance and his unwillingness to cooperate with others are against the community of Wikipedia contributors. Fakirbakir (talk) 19:19, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

There were just content disputes, I did not break any rule of wikipedia. Regarding Iaaasi's assertion, I am not supposed to comment an undemonstrated statement made by a banned user His allegation is supported by no evidence, so it should be ignored. I do not understand what's the point of presenting this diff which was made by me while being logged out.

Eurocentral (talk) 14:24, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. I am really glad to read them after two days of waiting. Sorry, I think you are wrong, because there was no content dispute, because your declarations cannot be described as any kind of communication. You have desperatelly attempted to force your own POV to other editors who were willing to seek a compromise. By the way, I suggest that in the future you should not copy the sentences suggested by Iaaasi, because he speaks English better than you or me. The significant improvement of the style of your communication in itself shows that the above sentences were not written by you. Please also read WP:3RR and WP:Battle, and you will realize that you have broken a number of rules even without working on behalf of a banned user. Borsoka (talk) 14:46, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Unfriendly attitude of User:Borsoka and User:Fakirbakir

Hello! I am writing this report because I want to seek assistance in my relationship with the editors mentioned in the title. The statement The earliest Romanian chronicles wrote of the migration of the Romanians' ancestors in the reign of one "King Vladislaus' inserted by them in the article Origin of the Romanians isn't apparently existing in the provided source, namely Vékony, Gábor (2000). Dacians, Romans, Romanians. The word Vladislaus isn't even present in the book.

I added the Failed Verification template and asked on the talk page for the exact quotes from the source that they refer to, but they remove the template and refuse to answer to my request. What should I do? Eurocentral (talk) 08:40, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I am always happy to help in relationship matters between editors, especially those involved in topics like eastern European history, for which I'm quite unlikely to ever have a dog in the fight or even much interest. I'm going to be offline for most of the next 24 hours, however, if you don't get a satisfactory response from anyone else before then - and assuming the issues in question don't rise to the level of necessary admin involvement - please contact me on my talk page and I will be happy to insert myself into the articles in question as an active interlocutor. DocumentError (talk) 08:52, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Eurocentral, you are well aware the fact that Vékony used the word "László" (which is the Hungarian variant of "Vladislaus"), but I preferred the latter form because a Romanian historian (Victor Spinei) in his book which is also cited in the article used the "Vladislaus" form. We should be consequent when using names in the same article. Borsoka (talk) 11:55, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

This is a simple content dispute. Actually, I even provided a link for Eurocentral. Instead of senseless accusations he should read Vekony's book.Fakirbakir (talk) 12:10, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Or, if he does not want to read the whole book, he should read the pages which are referred to in the relevant footnote. Borsoka (talk) 13:33, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Fakirbakir, I suspect that Eurocentral is not here to build an encyclopedia. He does not stop edit warring, even after an RfC had in the meantime been initiated, and all other editors were willing to seek a consensual lead ([224], [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233]). He inserts words in well referenced sentences, although those words are not based on the cited reliable source ([234], [235]), and instead of fixing the problem, he deletes the proper inline template messages ([236]). Actually, I lost patience with him after spending years with fixing his edits which are not based on reliable sources or are based on books written in the early 20th century or in the 19th century (but are pretended to be published in the late 20th century or early 21th century). Fakirbakir, how do you think this problem could be solved? Borsoka (talk) 13:33, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually, his actions are very similar to a banned user's behaviour ("Iaaasi"). Your evidence above may be enough to initiate a sockpuppet investigation. Fakirbakir (talk) 13:50, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

No, they are not identical. Iaaasi sometimes gets angry and uses disgustingly anti-Hungarian language, but he is otherwise correct. Borsoka (talk) 13:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I know Iaaasi can be correct. He has even asked for my support (on Wikimedia Commons) recently because he wants to return to Wikipedia. However I still maintain that his attitude resembles Eurocentral. I hope you are right on this. Fakirbakir (talk) 14:25, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I have initiated a sockpuppet investigation.Fakirbakir (talk) 15:44, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Good luck. I will not comment it, because I am biased against this guy. I am totally fed up with his uncivil behaviour although otherwise I am quite tolerant (or I hope I am quite tolerant). I must be getting older and older. Or it is only the bad wheather. :) Borsoka (talk) 15:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Iaaasi has just admitted that he gave instructions to Eurocentral. Fakirbakir (talk) 13:38, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

So, he is a tool of a banned user. Interesting. Now I understand why the same edits were sometimes made by Eurocentral and sometimes by an IP ([237], [238], [239]). Previously, I thought that Eurocentral failed to log in in order to avoid 3RR, but it is now obvious that he cooperated with Iaasi who could not log in. Actually, I am disappointed because I have so far thought that Iaasi is a correct editor even if he is blindly biased against Hungarians. He now seems to (ab)use Eurocentral in order to continue "His Struggle". I think this is inhuman because Eurocentral is a human being, not a tool. All the same, Eurocentral has without doubt acted against our community rules. He is not here to build an encyclopedia. What is to be done? Fakirbakir, should we take him in an ANI? Borsoka (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I think we should because now it is obvious that beside his disruptive editing and battleground mentality he/she is wikihounding with a banned user. Fakirbakir (talk) 16:20, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

I left him a message on his User page (the guy styles himself as "dux magnus et potentia" on his Talk page). I suggest we should wait 24 hours. He might give us some explanation of his acts. Borsoka (talk) 17:07, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

There were just content disputes, I did not break any rule of wikipedia. Regarding Iaaasi's assertion, I am not supposed to comment an undemonstrated statement made by a banned user His allegation is supported by no evidence, so it should be ignored. I do not understand what's the point of presenting this diff which was made by me while being logged out.193.231.27.99 (talk) 14:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Please read my answer below. Borsoka (talk) 16:21, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

User:Scoooter3 clearly ignoring copyright.

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See this: [240]] followed shortly by: [241] which is a direct copy of [242], dosn't seem to be getting the message. CombatWombat42 (talk) 15:56, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Existing copyvios deleted and final warning issued that any repeat will result in a block. Nthep (talk) 16:35, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

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Quick history merge

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User:WikiOriginal-9/Wolfgang Schmidt (serial killer) and Wolfgang Schmidt (serial killer) needs their history merged. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 17:49, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Done. Nyttend (talk) 21:20, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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Request temporary ban of User:Codename Lisa for acting in bad faith

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Requests and reverts by Codename Lisa has been irksome, attempts at clarifications with the user has been irreconcilable as well as confrontational. Rongxiang Lin 01:45, 10 October 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronggy (talk • contribs)

"When you start a discussion about an editor, you must notify them on their user talk page." I have done the liberty here @Codename Lisa: but please keep it in mind. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:28, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

This is an editor dispute, not mass disruption. I don't agree with a ban or block. – Epicgenius (talk) 02:31, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, I fully oppose a block/ban here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:33, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

.... As if Round 1 wasn't pointless enough!, Nothing to warrant a block/ban whatsoever. –Davey2010 • (talk) 02:51, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

• Warn OP. Hello, guys. Codename Lisa here. As the admin toolset would tell the admins, I and Ronggy crossed path only twice; once in Gtk Sharp, which is very negligible and once in MonoDevelop article. It is very rare to see a registered editor engage in vandalism. Nevertheless, Ronggy vandalized MonoDevelop article twice.[243][244] (c.f. WP:VANDTYPES) Investigating his contribution log suggested that these edits are not a newbie's accident at all; he is an editor that can tell for certain that this kind of editing is bad. As such, I sent him a Level 3 warning.[245] His response cleared all doubts of these edits being the result of an account takeover.[246]. Now, all this was roughly a month ago. Today, he started this topic and posted a round of four vindictive messages in my talk page.[247] Of course, the order in which he posted the messages is very suggestive.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 03:31, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

First of all, I have absolutely little clue what is in a "Codename Lisa", whether does it represent a computing entity or a political codeword.

Secondly, Monodevelop, Xamarin, Gtk Sharp as well as the Mono Project are a series of open-source projects that are somewhat well-known in the technology community, whether Microsoft or non-Microsoft. Codename Lisa's recent reviewing and editing first of all has failed in conveying the likelihood of her being a subject matter expert, so when somebody's knowledge in a particular subject matter is dubious and questionable, what is being questioned here is an issue of a personal level and that of a Wikipedian's integrity. If a Wikipedian's efforts at reviewing articles are being questioned, apart from considering him or her a vandal, you gotta recognize the fact that in the first place is the subject matter itself notable in the context of a Wikipedia community, apart from just what another contributor sees or imagines. So when Codename Lisa for instance, finds that edits in as far as Monodevelop, Xamarin, Gtk Sharp etc are dubious, is he the qualified person in the first place in reverting the changes then?

When questioned, Codename Lisa is neither an official representative of Xamarin, nor is he a contact person of Microsoft - which was good, because this candidate may offer a certain degree of impartialness - yet there is a problem somewhere somehow, if you know something about the subject matter, so do I, and you are disputing with me over articles with a presence that is global, since the user Codename Lisa came up with simple analogies, I offer and provide an even simpler one, when it is nighttime in the States, are you sure it is nighttime also in Iraq and Syria? If Codename Lisa is not sure, PLEASE, be honest and say you are not sure, instead of defending your lack of credentials AND VANDALISING MY TALK PAGE TOO.

If you comment upfront your lack of wisdom and understanding, at least I can suggest let's go and figure things out. So instead of asking me via a talk page why some changes are necessary, Codename Lisa went ahead and accused another of vandalism, because others too have accused him of inappropriate edits where Microsoft Windows 9 was concerned. So my point is, whether are the subject matters pertaining with Microsoft offerings or related or even non-related offerings, if you are relying on current-event news updates in reviewing Wikipedia articles, again is Wikipedia a news portal?

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia or even a knowledge base of sorts. If an article is one that requires constant revisioning or even provisioning, why is Codename Lisa the only one constantly reverting others' changes as well as adding deletion tags? Did Wikipedia hire him? WILL Wikimedia hire him? If Wikimedia's answer is yes, then do so. If the answer is no, or even not sure, that's where Wikimedia's problem lies.

Wikimedia relies on volunteers. Do you, Wikimedia, realize your product has got a problem where dispute and conflict management is involved. Wikipedia, you are NOT in charge of information.

It's not Codename Lisa's fault in the first place, do you understand, or not?

Codename Lisa claims or complains that he is busy or disaffected, I have been asking you Wikimedia over months can you put in a haitus or account suspension or closure feature, all Wikimedia can offer is "it cannot be done".

If simple tasks cannot be done by Wikimedia the organisation, how do you expect volunteer editors getting things done adequately or reasonably without disputes being escalated?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronggy (talk • contribs) 04:31, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I gotta close down an entire organization while saving one user, because of a simple Wikimedia design feature.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronggy (talk • contribs) 04:55, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

• No diffs = no action, and I doubt diffs exist. Given the screed immediate above, I don't think this report is going to turn out well and suggest closing it before the boomerang returns home. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 04:59, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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While SPI is sleeping, the puppets are dancing on the table

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Short story: Puppet reported to SPI 28 September, CU confirmed puppetry 6 October, puppet still active 9 October.

• On 28 September I reported Pankycont to SPI along with other puppets of longtime puppetteer Sju hav. When nothing had been done with the puppets, which imo are rather clear DUCKS, I inquired on 4 Oct. A CU was subsequently done on 6 October and found six active puppets (the four I had reported, plus two extras). None of these were blocked however, as CU Callanecc belived more behaviour evaluation was needed for the two extras. I provided such info the same day. Pankycont has unhindered continued his puppetting. I reported this situation to the SPi board yesterday, but still nothing has been done, with the editor fully active today.Diff, Diff, Diff
• My impression is that the SPI noticeboard is not functioning as well as other problem user boards like AIV ANEW, RPP and ANI which mostly handles reports quickly. While I understand that several SPIs may need careful consideration, puppets/ducks of long time puppetteers ought imo as a main rule to be taken out of action the same day as reported, and preferably within an hour. If they get to play around for two-three weeks, the ban/indeff isn’t really working.
• Iselilja (talk) 17:11, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Not enough active Admins there dealing with the non-CU cases. That's the problem and I saw a request for more yesterday or the day before. Dougweller (talk) 18:04, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I am sure it would be good with more people to look into it. But why is it so difficult to block Pontycont and the other puppets which has been confirmed as puppets? He has been messing up the Peter Handke article and relating articles for almost two weeks. This is beyond ridiculous. Iselilja (talk) 18:13, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

The "not enough admins" excuse doesn't fly. The shortage of admins is not the fault of the users here - it's the fault of the admin corps themselves. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Why is it our fault? We're not working hard enough to earn our money? Being an Admin is a voluntary job. Of course, maybe more people would become Admins if it wasn't made so thankless a job by comments like yours. Dougweller (talk) 20:48, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

It's the admins' fault because people who want to become admins have to pass a "popularity contest" gauntlet that will be sabotaged by anyone with an axe to grind. If you need more admins, find a better way to select them, and don't complain to users about the shortage. You folks have caused that shortage. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:03, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

That's not admins fault Bugs. I've even put forward more helpful options, as have other admin. the panda ₯’ 21:09, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Apparently it hasn't worked. And until you abolish the popularity contest, it never will. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:19, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

The popularity contest is a community hole that we all dug. Even you yourself said "that will be sabotaged by anyone with an axe to grind". That's not admins, that's "anyone".--v/r - TP 22:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Allowing "anyone" to gripe on an RFA is the crux of the problem. Or, more insidiously, that their vengeful comments are given any weight in the discussion. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:43, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Which opens a whole new can of worms. We can only enforce civility as far as the community is willing to support us. If the community cannot decide what it wants in terms of civility and will attack any admin who tries - what do you want us to do about it? It's another community issue. The only problem with the admin corps is that the community has no idea what it wants from sysops.--v/r - TP 00:14, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't recall talking about civility in this section. I'm talking about the shortage of admins and the admin corps' unwillingness to do anything about that. They've had 10 years or so. If they cared enough, they would have figured out something by now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

It's not for us to figure out. We're not the 'rulers'. We're button pushers. You and I, as editors, rule this place.--v/r - TP 00:56, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I rule nothing. I would merely like to never again hear an admin gripe about a shortage of admins. If an admin is not willing to step up and challenge the process of selecting his fellow admins, then he has no ethical right to gripe about a shortage of admins. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:05, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

If an admin is unwilling not to keep to his ordinary life routine (I was about to go to bed & wanted to finish my watchlist), he has no right to comment on the shortage of Admins? Sorry, but that doesn't fly with me. If it had been an emergency I would have dealt with it. And I don't think anyone can claim I'm a slacker (except obviously BB) Dougweller (talk) 07:41, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Dougweller I have had a little job in reporting Sju hav puppets multiple times for a year and a half or so, collecting diffs, laying out removing edits from various puppets etc. Belated blocking needs to extra work for me, in addition to the mess to articles. This puppeteer messes up several Norwegian articles, and with him penchant for controversies, this also in some cases means severe BLP violations. Because there aren't too many ordinary Norwegian editors at ENWP not all of his harmful edits are discovered and removed; particularly because they aren't clear-cut vandalism. The article he has messed up lately is about Peter Handke, who was one of the favourite to win today's Nobel Prize. Currently the article includes a lot of nonsense, because I can't be bothered to revert him more, and noone else cares, expect one Norw. editor yesterday. This is about protecting the Wikipedia; the "admin-abuse" card has absolutely no merit here. The user is both a DUCK and linked to the master via CU. Is there any reason at all he should be editing and not blocked now? Iselilja (talk) 21:42, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

He can't be bothered. He's too busy griping about the shortage of admins. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:53, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

@ Baseball Bugs, what do you mean by the popularity contest? @ Iselilja, are you saying you do all that, report the sock, and then the SPI admins don't block? SW3 5DL (talk) 21:55, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't normally work the SPI board but I have gone ahead and blocked the six socks listed at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sju hav. Just to be clear on the sequence of events, Iselilja opened the case on Sept 28. The CU request was handled on October 6, and sat like that for two more days. We definitely do not have enough admins patrolling that board; the work is complex and not everyone has a flair for it. I know I don't. I personally focus my time right now on the backlog of over 70,000 articles listed at WP:CCI that need to be assessed for copyright violations, and the F8 image deletions, of which there are over 1,700 in the queue. Most days I am the only person working the F8 deletions and one of a tiny group (two-three people at present) working the backlog of copyright cases, some of which have been open for four years. All help is welcome at WP:CCI, and you don't have to be an admin. Bugs, to hear you complain how I have not also fixed the broken RFA process (and stopped global warming in my spare time?) is not helpful, in fact it is counter-productive. Iselilja, sorry you had such a long wait for your SPI to be dealt with. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:10, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Bravo to you for doing something. The shortage of admins is not any specific admin's fault, it's the fault of a system which won't change its approach. If admin's wanted to do something about that, they could. But they won't. So admin's griping about the shortage of admin's is not productive either. They are collectively to blame for it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:44, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I disagree, so sorry. I am no more to blame for it than any other editor. -- Diannaa (talk) 00:35, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Here's the crux of the matter: You're providing a service. Whether you're being paid or not, you have committed to providing that service. An admin telling a user that he can't do anything because of a shortage of admins is the wrong answer. The right answer is, "We apologize and will get to it as soon as we can." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree with you up to a point. But I am not going to tackle areas where I don't feel qualified or competent simply so that backlogs can be dealt with more quickly. In other words, I feel like I've already risen to my level of competence, and am not suited to work at SPI. And I am already editing for six to twelve hours a day, and intend to have a balanced life, with my job at the library, trips to the weightlifting gym, non-wiki leisure activities, and plenty of sleep. But enough about me. -- Diannaa (talk) 01:05, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Wouldn't you like some help with your admin work? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:12, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Maybe it'd help if there was an option to apply for limited adminship? That is, one could only use their admin tools for particular tasks. The biggest thing keeping me from applying for adminship is that I admit I'm in no way qualified to handle content disputes and conflicts between users as an admin, but I'd probably enjoy sockhunting. I am aware that it'd pretty much have to be on the honor system to not use one's powers outside for other reasons, but having it spelled out that using admin powers outside of one's assigned post could result in desysoping or even bans or blocks should be enough to keep regular users on the straight and narrow.

Or, to put it another way, allow lower standards for adminship if the person voluntarily topic-bans themselves from certain admin duties that require higher degrees of trust. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:17, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I argued for that, several years ago. That there should be a way to temporarily block an obvious vandal or troll (for, say, 24-48 hours) without having to wait for somebody at AIV or ANI to decide to do something about it. The block would then be reviewed by an admin. And as with tools like rollback, it could be revoked immediately if abused. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Silly as this may sound, how blocking the sock in question while this discussion is going on. SlightSmile 00:36, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Diannaa issued several blocks. Did she miss any? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:07, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm sure she got them all. I should have looked before opening my yap. SlightSmile 01:17, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Another case

Since you fellows are talking about old SPIs, could someone please take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeFacto? It is getting a bit a stale, and I'd like to know if MOSNUM is currently being socked to death or not. RGloucester — ☎ 01:11, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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User:Elvey attempting to squash an RfC

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Elvey attempted to close an RfC that I had originated less than 24 hours earlier. They seem to think that I was wrong to revert, but I see no justification for his closing an RfC without any prior discussion with me or anyone else. Rationalobserver (talk) 19:15, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Listing alphabetically:

• Elvey attempted an inappropriate snow close of a < 24 hour 8-3 RFC with a snarky close statement that was as much about Rationalobserver as the content discussion [248], and twice templated rationalobserver [249][250]
• Rationalobserver is reverting the talk page message (which is fine, of course), with taunting edit summaries [251][252] which isn't so fine.

There's also this interchange on the Plagiarism talk page. I recommend both editors learn to engage each other (and the rest of Wikipedia) in a more positive and less confrontational manner. NE Ent 02:32, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. Understood. When someone isn't listening, I shouldn't raise my voice to try and make myself heard. And if I misapplied what seemed to be the relevant clause from Wikipedia:Requests for comment#Ending RfCs: "However, if the matter under discussion is not contentious and the consensus is obvious to the participants, then formal closure is neither necessary nor advisable.", I'm sorry. It seems I did; I misread the !votes as 5-0 (without Viriditas's or the OP's !vote) - a SNOW. In my defense, I acted after Flyer22 said, "Having two WP:RfCs going on regarding this matter is not productive, in my opinion, and is rather disruptive, especially since Rationalobserver does not seem to be truly considering anyone's viewpoint but his own".--{{U|Elvey}} ^(t•c) 06:15, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

• I think the last part of this edit is a canvass attempt to get editors to come here and boomerang me. I think this is highly inappropriate and ironically, boomerang worthy. Rationalobserver (talk) 15:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I see two calls for the boomerang. "Be careful what you asks for", comes to mind. I kind of feel like if there's a reason for a boomerang effect it should go after both of you. But then I notice above that NE ENT offers some wonderful advice. So I wonder if the Boomerang should be secured in it's case?Serialjoepsycho (talk) 16:48, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I agree with NE Ent, and I pledge to make an effort in that regard, but canvassing editors to an AN/I discussion with the hope that they will facilitate a boomerang is inappropriate under any circumstances. Elvey was obviously wrong to close the RfC, so I fail to see why complaining about it here justifies a boomerang to me. Rationalobserver (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I miss where it has been determined that Elvey was obviously wrong in closing the RFC. Yes you determined that but aren't you here to see if others concur? Seeing NE Ent's comments above I see this canvassing as just another escalation in a fight that was escalating. Do we ban them because there escalation was worse than yours? I think perhaps we could just point out that Elvey's canvass was wrong, ask them not to do it again, make them aware of said policy, drop this stick, and perhaps y'all can attempt talking thru your dispute. But then I also notice that in the hatted comment on the topic page your issue was that they as an involved editor closed it. I'm not an involved editor and if there is no objection I could go in and do a snowball's clause close.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 17:52, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I'll be pleasantly surprised if there's no objection to your offer to do a snowball's clause close.

As for the WP:CANVAS guideline: I have removed my expression of my own views from the Notification (which is

1. on a talk page on which my views are already expressed and
2. in an already-collapsed section of that page besides and
3. a single posting and
4. to a neutral, and relevant, not partisan or targeted, audience)

even though it seems quite academic given the context in which it appears; it seems to have upset Rationalobserver.

As to your question, "what exactly would justify a boomerang to me?", several editors have indicated you need to DROP THE STICK, and yet even today, you are swinging it (diff - beating the same dead horse over at WT:FAC) and (diff). As a result, though User:Moonriddengirl has the patience of a saint, it seems she's fed up (diff). And you opened this discussion, yet just claimed to know nothing about dispute resolution (diff). Makes me wonder about several things.--{{U|Elvey}} ^(t•c) 23:28, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

It looks to me like the crux of the matter can be seen in this comment by Rationalobserver at FAC: (diff) "If you are using the same creative words as the cited authors, then these words need to be in quotes, or else you are stealing their creativity" in the context, it's accusing User:Dan56 of stealing, even though there's a citation and(!) an in-text attribution. User:Elvey/sandbox-temp 89 kilobytes are spent at FAC in exhaustive discussion, before bringing it to multiple other fora (Village pump, plus notices on several popular policy talk pages). It's so dead God's own cat couldn't survive it™ I was only aware of the discussion at WP:Plagiarism when I suggested the stick needed to be dropped, but now that I am aware of the other fora, I think I should mention it. I think AN/I is the place to address such an issue. I hope I've spent enough time on the matter, to elucidate the need for some action to be taken; I'm done. I'll be avoiding further interaction like the plague. I sincerely urge Rationalobserver to consider the pros and cons of dropping the stick given the consensus on the matter. --{{U|Elvey}} ^(t•c) 00:47, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Note: It was suggested by another editor at VPP that a talkpage RFC be opened [253], so it's not reasonable to accuse Rationalobserver of forum shopping. To avoid duplicate discussion, I've closed the VPP discussion with link to the current WT:Plagiarism talk page. My recommendation is to let the Rfc run the suggested 30 days or until a passing responder -- i.e. someone not involved in prior discussions, including this ANI thread -- calls it as close able based on clear consensus. NE Ent 02:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I'll just remind you : It's said he opened TWO RFCs on the same topic at the same time. Was that suggested too? What is that if not forum shopping? --{{U|Elvey}} ^(t•c) 19:19, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I made this account only two months ago, and I don't have much experience with RfCs, so if I am in trouble for inappropriately opening two RfCs at once, which are both now closed, then so be it, but you are, IMO, trolling for drama. As far as I am concerned, this matter is settled, and the policy has been clarified to my satisfaction. It is you who is now beating the dead horse. Rationalobserver (talk) 19:27, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

The RFC is closed -- in effect, withdrawn by Rationalobserver [254] and maintaining the status quo as Elvey supported. My suggestion is this thread be likewise closed, but if statements about other editors are going to continue to be made, they should be backed up by WP:DIFFs NE Ent 02:23, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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