Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive868
Continued Disruptive Editing and WP:PA
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P-123 (talk) reported by 23.27.252.213 (talk)
P-123 (talk) is under CBAN and TBAN sanctions. His talk page is being patrolled. He was blocked for editing other people's edit [1].
He is still editing other people's edits. [2] and [3]
He called another IP editor a troll (that IP is a troll,). This is
How to deal with well-meaning user adding large chunks of illegible text in highly visible article?
The new user Quebecshoes is editing the highly visible article Montreal quite extensively. I believe the user is well-meaning, but some edits have been entirely in the form of unsubstantiated personal opinions (in 1980 ,The city "Ville De Montreal got cheap and stop investing and keeping this beautiful tradition.Less christmas decoration means less shopping, means less spirit.)[5] (Theres alot of Gay people that enjoy this neighborhood its very open and respected.) [6] (the neighborhood is verry vibrant with bars,clubs,restaurents,late night places,parks,festivals,Tam Tams every Sunday at Mont-Royal.) [7], (Students complain about tuition fees they should complain about this) [8] and so on. The other problem, already evident in those examples, is that the user writes very poor English. I'm not a native speaker myself and I don't think we should be too strict, but I fear this is too much. Some further examples Its also the area for artistic studios and gallery bistro cafes are verry popular here.
The Area aslo Part of the Biggest LGBT community in Canada and in The province of Quebec, There is 2 a Main streets s-Cathrine Ouest and Amherst
Montreal Is the most expansive of all canada and does not tolerate fees cheap for a day.
For 10$ is a day pas very ridiculous when you compare with other cities like Ottawa,Vancouver,Halifax,New york,Detroit,Boston and Toronto.
I don't know quite how to deal with this. I've reverted these edits because of the above reasons (strong personal opinions and improper English) and I've informed the user [9], but it just goes on. I do think the user has good intentions.Jeppiz (talk) 13:27, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is all just original research and, judging by the slightly off grammar, a slight ) 23:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Give them a little time to respond. If they don't, impose a block with the reason of block. They can then explain their behaviour. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Editor subverting "XfD" discussion and edit-warring
Unfortunately, it seems to be necessary to report the recent actions of User:Edokter. Please see:
- this "Redirects for discussion" thread;
- Edokter's contributions this morning (2 January 2015);
- This request and notification added to Edokter's talk page;
- Edokter's contributions this afternoon (2 January 2015);
- This warning added to Edokter's talk page (and, it now seems, promptly deleted).
Disappointedly, Sardanaphalus (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
You should have notified Edokter of your report here on his talk page with an ANI-notice template.!15:51, 2 January 2015 (UTC)- Uh, they were notified before your message here. I, JethroBT drop me a line 15:49, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- It appears Edokter has been replacing a redirected set of templates under an RfD preemptively, as the discussion has not yet closed (in fact, it just started yesterday, by Edokter). I don't understand what the purpose of doing this is, other than the editor's assertion that
these are completely redundant
andThere are too many [of them]
. The justification isThere is nothing wrong with restoring the previous template names to accommodate for a potential outcome
from the template discussion. I'm sorry, but this rationale is not acceptable, and the behavior is disruptive as I see it. I, JethroBT drop me a line 15:55, 2 January 2015 (UTC)- There is also absoutely no justification for creating a redirect for an already existing template, purely out of personal preference (as I can't think of another reason), then going around slowly replacing all existing uses with the redirect! There is nothing wrong with restoring the previous version as I have done, RfD or not. I am well within my right to undo a series completely useless edits that otherewise only adds to the confusion in template naming, create a nightmare in template maintenance and landing everyone in navigation hell. Sardanaphalus has a history of bold template editing that do not always work, and his behaviour in moving templates has also created a slew of redirects that need to be cleaned up. I have warned him before about his template edits; I may well request that his template editor provileges be revoked. I have had it up to here about now.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
16:09, 2 January 2015 (UTC)- Please allow the RfD to conclude. That is the proper venue for deciding whether to keep these redirects. I agree that your edits today have been disruptive. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:35, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Also agree, Edokter I understand you believe these redirects to be un-necessary. Let consensus make that decision, and if they are, then by all means, you have the rationale you need to remove them, but to do them ahead of time really looks disruptive. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 16:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not to mention Edokter is an administrator who should be well aware of the deletion procedures.--Jetstreamer Talk 21:55, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Also agree, Edokter I understand you believe these redirects to be un-necessary. Let consensus make that decision, and if they are, then by all means, you have the rationale you need to remove them, but to do them ahead of time really looks disruptive. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 16:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please allow the RfD to conclude. That is the proper venue for deciding whether to keep these redirects. I agree that your edits today have been disruptive. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:35, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- There is also absoutely no justification for creating a redirect for an already existing template, purely out of personal preference (as I can't think of another reason), then going around slowly replacing all existing uses with the redirect! There is nothing wrong with restoring the previous version as I have done, RfD or not. I am well within my right to undo a series completely useless edits that otherewise only adds to the confusion in template naming, create a nightmare in template maintenance and landing everyone in navigation hell. Sardanaphalus has a history of bold template editing that do not always work, and his behaviour in moving templates has also created a slew of redirects that need to be cleaned up. I have warned him before about his template edits; I may well request that his template editor provileges be revoked. I have had it up to here about now.
- Edokter has continued removing/reverting these in spite of this discussion: [10], [11], [12]. What are you thinking, anyway? There's no urgency to remove all these, there is no compelling problem that requires this. I've seen no evidence of this "confusion" that Edokter repeatedly invokes. This is completely out of line for an administrator. I, JethroBT drop me a line 01:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't understand why my actions are considered so controversial, while the initial change is not. But I will let the discussion run its course. Whatever the outcome, I do expect that (after the RfD) any reverts on my part are considered no more controversial; since the initial changes were unnecessary to begin with, I am simply restoring the previuous state.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
09:23, 3 January 2015 (UTC) - I'm concerned, with good faith, that Edokter's messages suggest he has lost good faith and perspective and may continue to edit disruptively. I note that reversions/deletions/etc seem prevalent in his editing history and I wonder how many are dogmatic rather than e.g. purely anti-vandalism. I don't know what actions have been found to transform such situations elsewhere in the past. Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Don't try and make me the bad guy here... that is quite bad faith. Yes, I revert a lot; that is certainly not uncommon, for both editors and admins, and certainly not limited to fighting vandalism. Perhaps I should make some snide remarks about your edits being primarily in template space? My main problem with you is your lack of understanding the basic technical principles of Wikipedia; your multiple (too) bold edits of some core templates without testing them in a sandbox; reinstating your edits after a revert in the hope it will stick, showing a poor grasp of WP:BRD; your complete lack of regard for small or mobile displays judging from the many hardcoded CSS properties you use to fit your screen, and overuse of inline CSS in general to micro-manage template's display; moving templates multiple times leaving a slew of redirects behind for others to clean up; and the reason we're here: creating redirects to existing templates and then changing existing calls to the redirect. That is just bad practice; I see it as a very sneaky way to enforce a preferred name. If you really want a different name, request a move like anyone else would. I am very intolerant of these underhanded paractices and that is why I revert them. In short: you are a loose cannon in template space, and I have been monitoring you since I spotted you, reverting when necessary and averting some potential accidents along the way. I have had to explain some principles of template coding multiple times before you adhere to them, and sometimes you slip back into old habits.
- Don't try and make me the bad guy here... that is quite bad faith. Yes, I revert a lot; that is certainly not uncommon, for both editors and admins, and certainly not limited to fighting vandalism. Perhaps I should make some snide remarks about your edits being primarily in template space? My main problem with you is your lack of understanding the basic technical principles of Wikipedia; your multiple (too) bold edits of some core templates without testing them in a sandbox; reinstating your edits after a revert in the hope it will stick, showing a poor grasp of
- I don't understand why my actions are considered so controversial, while the initial change is not. But I will let the discussion run its course. Whatever the outcome, I do expect that (after the RfD) any reverts on my part are considered no more controversial; since the initial changes were unnecessary to begin with, I am simply restoring the previuous state.
- Don't get me wrong... I really want to work with you, and not against you; I really hate that. But we both seem to have strong personalities and will result in an occasional clash. But Wikipedia should not suffer from that, and that is my first resposibility. I am one of the "technical" veterans here, and I know how MediaWiki works, quirks and all, and I am more then happy to share that knowledge. I do look out after most core templates here to ensure they are in proper working order. You happen to come across a few of them, so naturally you will find me acting slightly conservative around those templates. Div col is one of them. You have a lot of ideas, some of them good. Unfortunately, some of them not soo good, and when those are rejected, you tend to take it personally, which appears to others as being stubborn. So think about your contribution to these conflicts. Just know that Wikipedia is not your personal playground and your edits can have major impact on millions of readers. Once you adopt that mindset, I am absolutely positive we can have very pleasent cooporation.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
10:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)- I think there is some truth in User:Edokter's remarks. I have similar concerns with User:Sardanaphalus's editing. There is a number of points I would like to make.
Edoketer's reversions have not resulted in discussion on talk pages.Correction: some exchanges have taken place, but on user talk pages, which I didn't see. Suggestion: perhaps template talk pages might be more appropriate, if you want outside opinions? I have some of the concerned templates on my watchlist, and have seen some of the conflicts described. But I have not seen any discussions take place. Lets put it this way. Edokter has concerns about Sardanaphalus's editing on technical reasons, and reverts. Even if this is not correct, surely the thing to do would be to discuss the changes to allay Edokters concerns? But I have not seen this happen, and I really feel this needs to happen. The onus is on Sardanaphalus to do so, s/he is the one making the change. Instead Sardanaphalus sometimes seems to reinstate changes at a latter date, usually under the guise of fixing other perceived "problems". This is sneaky, and tantamount to edit warring.- Many of Sardanaphalus's edits feel they are purely change for the sake of change. There is an old adage: don't fix something that isn't broke. The reaason for this adage is that you are more likely to cause problems by fixing it then solve non-existent problems. For example, the recent moving of Template:Wikipedia Manual of Style to Template:Manual of Style. I mean really what is the point? It simply doesn't matter what it's called, the title is distinct from the page name. Moving the page is simply going to cause confusion on the matter by making things more complex, and possibly breaking things in the future.
- Now I'm not saying all of Sardanaphalus's edits are without point. I'm sure many of them are constructive.
But combined with an unwillingness to discuss other editor's fears I feel could cause danger to the project. Sardanaphalus really needs to justify his/her changes to a far greater extent.See correction above. ----Mrjulesd (talk) 11:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm willing to try to share what I make of the last two messages above, but I think doing so here would be taking this thread further off-topic. Unfortunately, it seems that there's still a fundamental misunderstanding. Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:20, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I understand your point. But please, after this ANI, try to make an effort to collaborate with Edokter. Nobody likes being reverted, but you've got to try to not take it personally, and try to build bridges between good faith editors. --Mrjulesd (talk) 12:41, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your acknowledgement; I hope your sentiments also extend to Edokter. Yours, Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:33, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Sardanaphalus: I'd like to correct my statement. I've checked both of your user talk pages, and it does seem many exchanges have taken place. I didn't see them as neither are on my watchlist, only some of the concerned templates were. Hence I'd like to adjust my statement accordingly. Apologies. Also my sentiments apply to you both. --Mrjulesd (talk) 14:52, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- The second point here, in the context of the rest of the thread (and previous discussions), indicates why much/most discussion has taken place away from where reversions were made. Regards, Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:20, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong... I really want to work with you, and not against you; I really hate that. But we both seem to have strong personalities and will result in an occasional clash. But Wikipedia should not suffer from that, and that is my first resposibility. I am one of the "technical" veterans here, and I know how MediaWiki works, quirks and all, and I am more then happy to share that knowledge. I do look out after most core templates here to ensure they are in proper working order. You happen to come across a few of them, so naturally you will find me acting slightly conservative around those templates. Div col is one of them. You have a lot of ideas, some of them good. Unfortunately, some of them not soo good, and when those are rejected, you tend to take it personally, which appears to others as being stubborn. So think about your contribution to these conflicts. Just know that Wikipedia is not your personal playground and your edits can have major impact on millions of readers. Once you adopt that mindset, I am absolutely positive we can have very pleasent cooporation.
I feel moved to lend my support to Edokter. As an editor of some 13 years' standing, I hope that support carries some weight.
As it seems to me, Edokter is being quite unjustifiably being cast in a bad light by Sardanaphalus ("I'm concerned, with good faith, that Edokter's messages suggest he has lost good faith and perspective and may continue to edit disruptively").
Sardanaphalus came to my attention when Edokter removed a hard-coded width from Theistic evolution, and had it re-inserted by Sardanaphalus, and was reverted by Edokter. This sent me to Sardanaphalus' user page to find out who it was who was so unaware of the deleterious implications of hard-coding widths. To my amazement (and amusement), I discovered that on a 1024 px wide display (which I use regularly for testing our own web layouts), the TOC on Sardanaphalus' own talk page overlaps and obscures content on the left, and his/her user page is a real jumble.
I pointed this out on Sardanaphalus' talk page. What ensued was a quite fruitless discussion - fruitless, because Sardanaphalus' pages remain stubbornly unreadable at widths narrower than his/her own 1680 px wide display..
So when Edokter talks to Sardanaphalus of "your complete lack of regard for small or mobile displays judging from the many hardcoded CSS properties you use to fit your screen", I say "Amen".
--Jmc (talk) 21:21, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please consider the following:
- What prompted this thread;
- What you may have missed in the changes to Theistic evolution to which you refer;
- That my edit in response to those changes was to restore the status quo – whether "good" or "bad", hard-coded or not hard-coded, etc – due to 1.;
- That the context for that edit was indicated here;
- That I have indicated how User:Sardanaphalus has come to be and am aware that User talk:Sardanaphalus's ToC overlaps content (I am also aware both are in userspace and that the ToC has a [hide/show] link);
- That the discussion to which 4. and 5. refer is ongoing yet already (pre?)judged to be "fruitless";
- That there may have been some jumping to (or arriving with) conclusions, especially as regards "approach[ing] layout with the assumption that other readers also have 1680 px wide screens (and too bad if they don't" and your last sentence above;
- See 1. Are you sure, as an editor of some 13 years' standing, you wish to support this kind of activity..?
- Sincerely, Sardanaphalus (talk) 23:34, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- Didn't you read any of the comments I posted above? It clearly outlines the problems that I come across. You didn't address any of them. You have also been blissfully ignoring my proposal (on your talk page) to sent {{Div col}} to WP:Requested moves. And most of all, you continue to stick to old habits... Just now you have unilaterally updated {{Infobox university}}, adding more micro-managing inline CSS, without consulting the talk page; this has been a developing pattern for a long time. This type of template editing is heavily discouraged per WP:Template editor, and grounds for immediate removal of your template editor privileges. You have actually broken most of the rule outlined there already. Meanwhile, you perceive every revert and critisism on your actions as bad faith and question the other party's motives; a trait you now amply demonstrated below (stalking query).
- Are you going to address the issues outlined above?
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
14:07, 5 January 2015 (UTC)- For the time being, I am witholding a response to the above for the same reason I am witholding a response to your most recent addition to that talkpage thread. (The response to your proposal there is the suggestion made in the first paragraph that follows it.) Sardanaphalus (talk) 18:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
I have removed Sardanaphalus's template editor right. Whether Edokter was right or not to make the reverts, it has been pretty clear for some time now that there are problems with Sardanaphalus's template editing. As well as the issues raised in this thread there have been several others raised on his talk page over the last few months. I've left a more detailed rationale at Sardanaphalus's talk page here. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 11:02, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Query
- Would the pattern of Edokter's behavio/ur toward my contributions – now, sadly, resumed – qualify as stalking..? Sardanaphalus (talk) 23:34, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- While I'm not particularly knowledgeable on this area I'll attempt an answer. Any comments are welcome.
- On the face of it Edokters behaviour suggests that of stalking. But there are a couple of caveats.
- Firstly, you're probably aware of Edokter's admin status. Now admins quite often keep tabs on problem editors, I've seen comments suggesting this from admins. But whether you qualify for this is something I am uncertain of.
- Secondly, Edokter has a strong interest in template editing, and I expect has many on his watchlist. Therefore you could expect him to keep tabs on many templates. So it is understandable for him to make reversions. Now, if he did the same reversions on your edits in an area he was not involved in, then that would make a stronger case for stalking.
- About my earlier comments: do you think discussions on template talk pages, rather than user talk pages, might be helpful? Simply because you might have more input from concerned editors, meaning consensus building might be more likely. --Mrjulesd (talk) 14:24, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your thoughts. Right now, I think it probably wisest if I don't respond further, except to reiterate my feeling that the patterns of those user talkpage discussions indicate it probably was best that they took place there rather than elsewhere. Sardanaphalus (talk) 18:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- No. The template talk page is always the first place to go to discuss changes and reverts. By going directly to my talk page, you only seek to convince me, and pre-emtively keep out input from third parties and that makes it impossible to create any kind of consensus. So you are the one making it personal. There is nothing to gain from that.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
20:33, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- No. The template talk page is always the first place to go to discuss changes and reverts. By going directly to my talk page, you only seek to convince me, and pre-emtively keep out input from third parties and that makes it impossible to create any kind of consensus. So you are the one making it personal. There is nothing to gain from that.
- Thanks for your thoughts. Right now, I think it probably wisest if I don't respond further, except to reiterate my feeling that the patterns of those user talkpage discussions indicate it probably was best that they took place there rather than elsewhere. Sardanaphalus (talk) 18:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- Some more context (bottom of diff). Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:57, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Closing without explanation or closing comment
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- My closure of the prior complaint as "No action" is self-explanatory. No action was required because the complaint didn't substantiate the need for a block. This IP is pushing the boundaries of 14:11, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
IP editors feel discriminated against. Anonymous editors with an anonymous handle can ask a question to Jehochman Talk on his talk page but IP editors cannot. Why? If Wikipedia ask everyone to use their real names to make them accountable, then we will all comply. Until then do not use double standards.
In any case, Jehochman Talk, why did you close this [[13]] without action and without explanation or closing comment? and is it OK for me to edit other people's edits and call you a troll because I don't like your action or what you say to me? 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- You were complaining about someone adding a simple comma to someone else's comment on their talk page, and calling an IP who you yourself admitted is a troll a troll, and you honestly think someone is going to be blocked over that? Why don't you do something constructive like helping us to build an encyclopedia rather than wasting people's time here? Squinge (talk) 12:37, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Squinge You misread my comment and I see why. I was quoting him saying "that IP is a troll". My mistake. I did not say that IP was a troll. I don't think he is. I am doing something constructive. That editor was blocked for editing other people's comments. He has not changed. he can delete another person's comment but cannot change it. Get it?. I am being constructive by reporting him. That's part of building an encyclopedia. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:43, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes, I get it - but it's only a comma! P-123 was never going to be blocked for a comma! Squinge (talk) 13:04, 7 January 2015 (UTC)(No, never mind. Squinge (talk) 13:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC))- I am glad you retracted your nonsense comment. Please refrain from making up your own wikipedia policy. It is not constructive. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 14:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- IP-hopping is likewise not constructive. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:04, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I am glad you retracted your nonsense comment. Please refrain from making up your own wikipedia policy. It is not constructive. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 14:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Squinge You misread my comment and I see why. I was quoting him saying "that IP is a troll". My mistake. I did not say that IP was a troll. I don't think he is. I am doing something constructive. That editor was blocked for editing other people's comments. He has not changed. he can delete another person's comment but cannot change it. Get it?. I am being constructive by reporting him. That's part of building an encyclopedia. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:43, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- RESOLVED: I withdraw my complaint because P-123 showed that he now understands why he was previously blocked by PBS and reverted his edit of the other person's comment [14]. He also removed his personal attack WP:PA [15]. This can be closed after Jehochman Talk responds to my question. Thanks. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:54, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Overall disruptive user
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With the a clear Pro-Christian agenda[18] and Anti-Hindu agenda,[19]-[20] this user has been engaged in insulting other editors throughout these years and engaged in making many other types of disruptive changes to different articles. It includes '
Like all articles and images of this user have been deleted, whether the subject of the article was non-notable or the article was violating copyrights. One of the article(Wesley Degree College) still remains, that I had nominated for deletion.[22] It had been ripped off from wesleydegreecollege.com/aboutus.htm. Even the current version is violating copyrights. While the 3 votes are in favor of deletion, I would recommend a quick deletion because it is still violating copyrights. Bladesmulti (talk) 16:12, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've also given him a warning. By the way, Blades, do we happen to be the same person? I just bring it up, before somebody else does. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:17, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Insert ref for Johnmylove (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Johnmylove, please can you present some kind of indication that you are not here just to push various religiously oriented POVs. On a personal level I would advise you to turn to your own religious teaching about treatment of others such as the good Samaritan and the like and on topics on not judging etc. should they apply.
- Have you actually seen the user' talk history? I already had, right after I had started this section.
- After so many warnings about the violation of copyrights, infringement is still largely visible, like whole article has been copied from the link that I have suggested above. Bladesmulti (talk) 00:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Was recently warned by Bishonen to refrain from making such comments on contributors.[23] Some of the recent examples of the same disruptive attitude..
- Claims about me that:
- He added Vulgar criticism against Christian and Jesus pages...
- notorious for adding anti christian statements on Christian pages...
- I have just removed them, as those were added recently by him....[24]
- Recent changes:
- Seem to me like heathen, Indian pagan, Indian stone worshipper, elephant worshipper, mischief.[25]
- Who cares what a Hindoo thinks![26]
Bladesmulti (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Nice guy. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:44, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I just took alook at his contributions-list: [ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_India&diff=prev&oldid=579966048 diff] "Sitush is a Hindu Fundamentalist, a garbage community of sort and Jobless man who edits Wikipedia pages 24 hours without any work, and there is constant attack on Pages related to Christians of India by him. Mind your own business!"
- Not a nice guy at all. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:50, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- After a while, long term low grade chronic bigotry becomes worse than high intensity acute bigotry. Blocked indef. If he wants to try to convince someone he's going to stop criticizing other editors based on their perceived religion and ethnicity, he can do it inside an unblock template. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Floq. Bladesmulti (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Anonymous editor who only vandalises and trolls
My eye has fallen on
- @) 12:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- This was my thought. It's a pretty consistent pattern. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Static IPs can be blocked for longer, but the IP in question is a dynamic Verizon IP address from their fibre broadband service, which always runs the risk of it being reassigned to someone else wishing to edit anonymously through that IP. It would need to be blocked, realistically, for 12 months or longer, to prevent even a small amount of vandalism. I suspect if you look through the rest of the range (96.224.0.0-96.255.255.255) then the same person will have been considerably busier vandalising, but short of blocking the whole range, they'll have been vandalising across far too large a range of IPs far to slowly to really worry too much about it. Revert and ignore is the sensible option here. Nick (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I would be very wary of calling this editor a vandal and a troll. They may hold unpopular opinions and not be particularly good at editing here, but the user has been warned only twice with two very unhelpful templates. Maybe instead of running to ANI, discuss with the editor what they are doing wrong. Also you are obligated to notify the user that you have posted here. CombatWombat42 (talk) 23:25, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Agree with CW42. Further, the last of the "most striking" diffs, this one, doesn't seem racist, transphobic, or anything-ist. (It's unnecessary, and if done it needs a period, but it's OK.) It's definitely not vandalism, and its trollery is unobvious to say the least. It's not obvious to me that this person is an asset to WP, but the same thing could be said for thousands of people. Let's not further dilute the meanings of "vandalism" or "troll" (let alone use either for "putting in odds and ends with which we disagree"). -- Hoary (talk) 15:46, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Harrassment by Scarface1812 (talk · contribs)
Repeated replacing of User sub-page content with a copy of Users own deleted page. 1, 2, 3, 4. Note that I took no part in the Mfd of the users page but have taken part in Mfds of other similar user pages (which this user has contributed to) which have been deleted. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 09:12, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Harrasment, let me laught... who do this before.... you and other wiki bullies who don't have anything else to do...
In the past you attacked my work on supercentenarians saying it is a user page...
What's yours?
I don't like to play like that... but some person makes me play as you did. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarface1812 (talk • contribs) 09:18, 7 January 2015
- Two wrongs do not make a right. I propose both users should be blocked. Weegeerunner (talk) 22:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- This editor had also recreated their user page after it was deleted following an MfD discussion. The user page was deleted again after I tagged it for speedy deletion (speedy deletion tag notice: [32]). Ca2james (talk) 13:46, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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IP is making edits that reorder template parameters, with frequency up to 8 pages per minute. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be vandalism, at least at first sight. Manul ~ talk 20:26, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Given the articles concerned all relate to settlements in Turkey and are alphabetical, it looks like they've just opened a bunch of tabs and copy pasted the edits. Not hard to do and really, with a fast enough connection and typing speed they could do double that. Blackmane (talk) 22:13, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Given that the IP geolocates to Sandia National Laboratories, I say let 'em edit -- Diannaa (talk) 00:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Flagging a legal threat
- Before the admins indef the user, be sure the user's complaints are without merit. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Talk – Contributions17:21, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The merit of the edits are irrelevant - the threats are obviously designed to create a chilling effect where the editor should be attempting to seek consensus instead. That's the whole point of WP:NLT. Blocked. §FreeRangeFrogcroak17:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- That's not entirely true, as it's important for Wikipedia editors to get their sourcing ducks in a row. Once that's done, then you've got a ready-made response for the one making legal threats. And of course he stays blocked until or if he recants and disavows his threat. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The edit that removed the criticism section was probably reasonable. It referenced the Savar building collapse but did not have any direct relevance to the company. I haven't read the sources yet so at the moment I'm presuming that they don't mention the company either. As such, a first glance at the TOC would make the reader assume the company was linked to that tragedy. The legal threat is unfortunate, but as both Huon and FreeRangeFrog have discussed on the talk page, it would be possible for Rachelmartin2015 to be unblocked, and join the talk page discussion, provided they retract the threat. Blackmane (talk) 01:51, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
User refactoring others' comments and edit warring
Qxukhgiels (talk · contribs) has taken it upon himself to remove and strike through comments he disagrees with at a move move discussion he proposed at Talk:Woodstock. See: [33] [34] [35] and [36].
- I'm making an agreement not to do this anymore, as I've already made three reverts. But I see this accomplishing little. The other comments are irrelevant oppositions, and I know what WP:IAR'd here. I see nothing wrong with that.Qxukhgiels (talk) 21:39, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Also, at 170 & 171 I removed a personal attack by Calidum that wasn't even an opposition. But again, I'm not stiking anymore comments.Qxukhgiels (talk) 21:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- @) 21:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- "That was a nice try," is sarcastice and is near borderline, but is an attack, as most would interpret it as offencive & uncivil not to mention this user has done this before. Compare to, say, "fucking do this." That's not an attack, but is borderline. Nothing is lost removing it, anyways.Qxukhgiels (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Qxukhgiels: Okay, it was borderline, but that still doesn't give you the right to remove their comment. In fact, if a comment like that was directed towards me, I would have actually left the comment there so that the proof of its existence is clear on the page and viewable to everyone instead of being lost in the page's edit history. (My $0.02 there.) Steel1943 (talk) 22:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, but if it is removed, we can still look up the diff. Per WP:RUC, would it be okay to strike that comment?Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:45, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Qxukhgiels: In my opinion, in regards to striking out comments, the rule I follow only allows striking out of the following two types of comments, provided that I also provide a description directly following the comment I strikeout:
- My own comments
- Comments made by WP:SPI.)
- ...Other than that, I would say that it is never okay to remove a comment unless ) 22:58, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, here we go. The problem I have with those comments is that they simply reference the previous move discussions (WP:LASTTIME. Yes, I know that applies chiefly to deletion discussions (I created that redirect in fact, so I know), but its basically the same situation. That is definitely not a moratorium on the move possibility.Qxukhgiels (talk) 21:55, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I just don't see how this festival that took place forty-five years ago is the common name; "Woodstock festival," which most of the irrelevant arguments echo, does not.Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:01, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Irrespective of the substance in the article, apart from blatant personal attacks, copyright and BLP violations, you have no right to modify or remove another editor's comments. If it's not germane to the discussion, you could hat or collapse the comment. If an editor chooses to reference a previous move discussion in their !vote, that is their choice and not yours to moderate. Blackmane (talk) 22:08, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've made no personal attacks BLP, or copyvios at that article. But I've applied, I'm going to say it, WP:IAR there. But I'm, once again, not going to reinstate the strikethroughs.Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:19, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've not said you had done so, I said that you can only remove such edits, irrespective of who made them. As you've agreed to not continue to edit war over the strikethroughs, I believe this can be closed. Blackmane (talk) 22:38, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think the issue here is larger. I've explained below. Egsan Bacon (talk) 23:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry for the misunderstanding. Like I said, I didn't think this would accomplish anything.Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've not said you had done so, I said that you can only remove such edits, irrespective of who made them. As you've agreed to not continue to edit war over the strikethroughs, I believe this can be closed. Blackmane (talk) 22:38, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've made no personal attacks BLP, or copyvios at that article. But I've applied, I'm going to say it,
- Irrespective of the substance in the article, apart from blatant personal attacks, copyright and BLP violations, you have no right to modify or remove another editor's comments. If it's not germane to the discussion, you could hat or collapse the comment. If an editor chooses to reference a previous move discussion in their !vote, that is their choice and not yours to moderate. Blackmane (talk) 22:08, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm glad that Calidum brought this here. I believe the disruption here is larger than just striking other's comments. To begin with, it should be noted that the move request in question is making the same argument as one that was closed less than three months ago, on October 11, which was also started by Qxukhgiels [37]. (In both cases, the reasoning given was that there are many places called "Woodstock", specifically focusing on a claim that only people in the US thought of this Woodstock.) Despite several editors pointing this out, Qxukhgiels repeatedly insisted they were not the same. [38] (Edit summary: "dammit!"), [39], [40], [41], [42] He also called one argument "dickish". Then there was the striking of other's comments covered above. Also included with the striking was a rant about) 23:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
"self-centred Americans"
[43] perhaps demonstrating the reason behind all this disruption. (See also this earlier comment, where they tell someone to "think outside the US".) And what to make of their most recent comment [44] on the talk page? ("They [the closer] better think about it and not just act." - emphasis in original - in response to being told "The closer will take their own action to determine the weight of those votes.") Ominous. Is it promising more disruption if the closer gets it "wrong"? Egsan Bacon (talk- Firstly, with regards to Calidum, they really should have brought this up on Qxukhgiels' talk page before bringing it here. All I see are a back and forth of templates and 'no real discussion before Calidum came running to ANI. Secondly, with regards to the move request, that may or may not be disruptive. A three month wait to determine a new consensus is not unreasonable. If Qxukhgiels had asked for another move request within weeks or even days after the previous discussion closed down then that might seem disruptive. The move request should run its course and if the consensus is against Qxukhgiels then they should abide by it. Blackmane (talk) 23:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- @WP:WORLDWIDE may be an essay, but it does prove a point. You might as well stop arguing here; this ANI request has already accomplished as much as it's going to. Qxukhgiels (talk) 00:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- @
- Firstly, with regards to Calidum, they really should have brought this up on Qxukhgiels' talk page before bringing it here. All I see are a back and forth of templates and 'no real discussion before Calidum came running to ANI. Secondly, with regards to the move request, that may or may not be disruptive. A three month wait to determine a new consensus is not unreasonable. If Qxukhgiels had asked for another move request within weeks or even days after the previous discussion closed down then that might seem disruptive. The move request should run its course and if the consensus is against Qxukhgiels then they should abide by it. Blackmane (talk) 23:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment Regarding the refactoring and editing others' comments, that should not be happening unless 1. It is an unambiguous (note unambiguous, not 'Oh I see it this way and there's room to disagree'.) personal attack, copyright violation, BLP violation or the like. It is not permitted to redact, strike, remove, or remove others' comments for 'irrelevant arguments', or because someone responded to you in a less than snappy way. It's a violation of refactoring without the person's consent. Now there are exceptions, for example, redacting someone !voting twice in the same discussion, to avoid the illusion of two !votes, or the examples I cited. Qxukhgiels, those examples do not apply here and I'm sure I and others would appreciate if you stop trying to redact others' posts on the talk page. Tutelary (talk) 00:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) @Qxukhgiels: You are making it more and more difficult to justify your actions, as you seem to still be removing or editing other editors' comments, as you did here in your most recent edit on this page: [45]. Sure, you edited your comment and added a comment, but you also removed part of Egsan Bacon's comment. Steel1943 (talk) 01:03, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- @WP:IAR, but have decided to stop.Qxukhgiels (talk) 01:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- @
I'm boldly closing this as the source of the original complaint has been settle with Qxukhgiels agreeing not to do it anymore. The rest is a content dispute. Blackmane (talk) 01:23, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- With respect, WP:BLUDGEON-ing of the conversation, overly-aggressive tone, and the comments about "dickishness" and self-centeredness - which they're still doing above - qualify as a "content dispute", and I'd really prefer to leave this open for an admin to look at. The second move request so soon after the first is just a part of the overall disruption going on here. If it wasn't for everything that came after, I would have never considered it alone something to be discussed at ANI. Egsan Bacon (talk) 01:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Unauthorized Bot Use
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User:HasteurBot is removing useful categories from all AfC articles which was not approved in its bot request. I found this category quite useful and find it harmful that it is being removed where it is needed. Thanks! EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!) 06:19, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Off-wiki legal threats?
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A new editor contacted me on my talk page stating that they had been the target of a legal threat by the subject of an article - I'm not sure for what, as they didn't go into the specifics, but the editor had added a critical statement and an incomplete AfD nomination, and then removed the addition after being contacted by the subject, apparently. I've got no opinion on the addition other than that it seems that it wasn't sourced correctly, or whether the article should be sent to AfD, but is there anything that we can and/or should do about this? The editor has indicated that they do not feel comfortable editing further. ansh666 21:17, 4 January 2015 (UTC) (Sorry for not including any links or notifications or anything, but I really don't know what to do here with respects to privacy, etc. Also, I'm not watching, ping me if anything important comes up.)
- This is similar to what happened at Yank Barry, where the subject was personally attempting to sue Wikipedia editors. One person used their real name while editing and they were personally named in said lawsuit. However, said lawsuit was dismissed. For specifics, Tracey_Jackson was nominated for deletion by User:KatieVagnino and was subsequently threatened for lawsuit by the subject and ultimately decided not to continue the afd even though it was misnominated. Additionally, it seems that the subject also threatened the editor over material -inside- the article-. This is very troubling. Tutelary (talk) 21:58, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm actually not sure if the legal threat was related to the AfD or not, actually, as I removed the tag first per protocol (it was redlinked). Thanks for notifying, by the way. ansh666 00:32, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- So apparently proper procedure is to be ignored. Cool.... ansh666 19:49, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- In the interest of factual correctness: the Yank Barry suit was not dismissed (an action of the court) but withdrawn (an action of the person filing the suit.) And more than one editor who edited under recognizable names was sued. --Nat Gertler (talk) 20:34, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- Hi, this is the editor in question, User:KatieVagnino. It's the AfD nomination they want to sue me for. But as other editors who have now been editing the page have noted, the page has some issues, so I don't think it was out of line for me to nominate it (and the irony is that I didn't nominate it correctly). Just to be safe, I sent an e-mail to legal at wikimedia outlining the situation and asking for advice. I have not been formally sued as of yet, but still want to have my ducks in a row if it comes to that. KatieVagnino (talk) 01:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'll work on cleaning the page. Hopefully Ms Jackson won't threaten me with a lawsuit. (。◕‿◕。)
- I've cleaned the promotional prose out of the article. I'm going to post a light warning on the talk page for the original editor since this does give off the impression that it was done by a paid editor. If he is then that's fine as long as he openly states this on his user page. I see that he says freelance writer, but if he's a paid editor then he needs to write that as well - freelance writer is a bit too vague. In any case, I have found enough to where Jackson would pass notability guidelines so it's in no danger of deletion. It's just that the knee jerk reaction by whomever talked to (。◕‿◕。)09:57, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunate User Conduct
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DocumentError (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
I've been biting my tongue but there is only so much that a person can take. I've avoided this unpleasant user for months and wish they would leave me alone. I've previously been very clear I wish to have no interaction with them and asked that they stay away. Without going into older misconduct, here is the activity over the last day or so.
Wild unsubstantiated accusations - often edited and reedited over each other
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- [47] [48] asking for 1 year topic ban
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Stalking and Canvassing editors I'm currently interacting with
Reordering my comments out of sequence and reverting an attempt to hat his off topic attacks
I'm not looking to engage in a debate and may choose not to respond to anything he says in this thread after I start it. I just want to put this activity out there rather then let him continue to spread unsubstantiated allegations about me. Happy New Year. Legacypac (talk) 03:22, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem that bad to me. I guess you could ask for an interaction ban if you wanted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:43, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking the time to read through all those NinjaRobotPirate. The monthly ANI he files against me usually averages 20-40 raw diffs, most of which tend to just be random comments culled from my edit history (like in junior high when you double-space your book report to plus-up the page count). DOCUMENT★ERROR 09:12, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
(inserted) Question: Can you provide diffs to the monthly ANi for evaluation (just the 3 last months will do, but feel free to provide more months). Legacypac (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oh boy, here we go. So ... I have had zero interaction with LegacyPAC (LP) for months until today when, as an uninvolved editor, I commented on one of the numerous ANIs he has filed against other editors to make the WP:BOOMERANG observation that LP had savaged this editor with comments like "Are you a child?" and "your writing contains child like mistakes and your maturity level seems childlike" before he dragged the unfortunate newbie to ANI. [74]
- After I made that observation, LP went to Requests for Permissions (!?) to declare that me observing that he had made a personal attack itself constituted a personal attack. Of course he didn't ping me when he started accusing me there, as he should have (my interjection into that sans-ping thread about me is one of the things he has characterized above as "stalking" [sic] him). MusikAnimal declined to give LP rollback permissions and archived his attacks against me at RfP, apparently prompting him to come here and file the fourth of the many ANIs he's hit me with (none of which have gone anywhere).
- If anyone has specific questions about any specific diff above, don't hesitate to ping me, but I'm frankly exhausted at having to periodically spend hours pounding out defenses to these as he's clearly using the ANI as some kind-of cudgel to warn editors not to "cross" him. Corriebertus, Lukeno94, Mbcap, and countless other editors have been on the receiving (or observing) end of LegacyPAC's aggressive style of interaction and I hope will endorse my reasoning in not continuing to devote time to replying to these walls of text. LP has recently come off a one-year topic ban imposed by Drmies for similarly whirling dervish behavior [75] and dealing with his drama just isn't on my to-do list for today. DOCUMENT★ERROR 08:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Minor correction: I just closed that thread; the BLP ban was imposed by Salvio giuliano. Carry on, Drmies (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think it may be worth having a look into 09:38, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Can someone explicitly remind me where I had a negative interaction with Legacypac? I've definitely observed some pretty inappropriate behaviour, and I evidently voted in favour of the topic ban, but I don't remember a direct interaction with Legacypac that was overtly negative. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 11:09, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I apologize, I actually meant Martin451 (I get the two of you confused as you have similar rainbow sigs). Technically you have "been on the ... observing end of LegacyPAC's aggressive style of interaction," as you noted here [76] that I've seen Legacypac get away with these sorts of things far too often. They should consider themselves lucky it's not a lengthy block, to be honest. but, TBH, I didn't mean to invoke you at all and was thinking of a different editor entirely. My apologies again, feel free to strike your name from my comment, as well as this entire note, if you like. DOCUMENT★ERROR 11:59, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- There has been a ridiculous amount of arguing, minor personal attacks and accusations of sockpuppetry by so many people against so many others that I have completely lost track on talk) 10:05, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Just for the record, I stopped editing ISIL articles three months ago after LegacyPac denounced me as an "Iranian anti-American" terrorist [sic] [77] after which my userpage started being vandalized by IP editors threatening to "nuke" me (here and etc. [78]). (Amusingly, my rather muted objection to LP calling me an "anti-American" is among the diffs he's listed above in his ANI against me ...). So this issue stems from my decision to make a BOOMERANG point about 5 ANIs up as an uninvolved editor and not anything related to the slow car wreck at the ISIL articles. I've been full-time on Wikipedia:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities since self-extricating from the ISIL mess. DOCUMENT★ERROR 10:24, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Can someone explicitly remind me where I had a negative interaction with Legacypac? I've definitely observed some pretty inappropriate behaviour, and I evidently voted in favour of the topic ban, but I don't remember a direct interaction with Legacypac that was overtly negative. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 11:09, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
(inserted) Question: I never called you a terrorist at the linked page - or anywhere that I recall - so can you provide a correct link to my alleged calling you a terrorist? Legacypac (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
DOCUMENT★ERROR As you know I recently got in contact with you privately which was really in response to your reference to the "poisonous atmosphere" at ISIL and to another comment that you made in regard to toxicity. Honestly, if you make uncited and unreferenced remarks such as this I don't think that you should find it surprising that issues are brought to administration. In one comment you say "A lot of us are at our wit's end". Who? How? Please, if you want to make accusation about an editor, collect your references and present. I see inference from you regarding the supposed conduct of Legacypac on other users pages. What efforts have you made to address issues directly? I have looked through User talk:Legacypac and through history of deleted content and see no record of any confrontation of an accusation of being called "anti-American" or anything else. If you make an accusation you have to support. There are enough battles going on in the world without unnecessary conflict here. Please edit directly, deal with problems directly and don't canvass. While we don't agree on all issues, the things that I have generally seen Legacypac write have been justified. Where are your justifications? The last presentation of your talk page with a large content of input by admin
- #1 All the diffs you've requested have always been included above, including the one to LP calling me an anti-American [79]. Diffs are indicated by numbers in brackets, or purple text to show a wikilink. Let me know if you are still having trouble finding anything and I'll be happy to post them to your Talk page to avoid any unnecessary scrutiny you might face as this brings the subject back into the ISIL topic area under which (I think?) you're currently on a no-warning topic ban (forgive me if I'm wrong, there seems to be a rather complex series of blocks and bans going on here).
- #2 I'd strongly advise you visit LP's diffs he's labeled as "canvassing" before staking your flag in them as they are just random links to an edit discussion in which I was participating about the name of a Serbian town [80] (the article's primary author is on my watchlist as I've recently pre-nom'ed them for Admin). Like many of LP's "diffs" they are just random pulls from my edit history that don't relate to the salacious headers he's assigned ("Stalking," "Canvassing," etc.) I guess he thinks if he throws out enough random diffs an Admin will just assume guilt by volume of paper without clicking on them. (see also NinjaRobotPirate's comment above) If you now feel it's appropriate to remove your comment, I have no problem if you also delete mine. No hard feelings. Best - DOCUMENT★ERROR 14:50, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- DOCUMENT★ERROR:
- #1 (note: this is not the first issue as I have presented but within the sequence of your response) I have asked, please, if you have accusations please give a direct presentation of diffs. Please don't just point to threads as if to say that there is something over there. It doesn't carry favour.
- #2 In the listing of diffs entitled stalking and canvassing I consider the third and seventh diff to be very clear cases of canvassing. Some of the other cases I also think may well fit a description of stalking. You have mentioned supposedly salacious headers:"Stalking," "Canvassing," etc. You have used the uncited slurs "poisonous" and "toxic". Please take some perspective and some responsibility. For the good of the editing environment such uncited representations of other editors and other editing activities have to stop. Please either substantiate what you say or say nothing.
- #3 repeating: You stated, "A lot of us are at our wit's end". Who? How?
- #4 repeating: What efforts have you made to address issues directly? ...
- issue, the thing that I am now most incensed about is that, after you raised contention of Legacypac rearranging comments rearranging of comments here, you then edited my AN/I edit here so as to cause the last paragraph of my text to slip into the tail of the paragraph above. This was the text that presented the strongest content that I presented: "The last presentation of your talk page with a large content of input by admin PBS is found here." I find it appalling that you accuse an editor of an activity and then do the same in an important Wikipedia location.
- Kaye18:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I consider another editor using terms like "cyber-terrorist," "your edits are childlike" and "anti-American" [81] [82] [83] to describe other editors to be "poisonous and toxic." I stand by that. DOCUMENT★ERROR 21:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- The first ref shows a lot of conflict both ways. Legacypac makes the uncited accusation "DocumentErrors edits from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV". I would personally like to see those accusations either justified or struck. There was no use of I think and this was stating opinion as fact.
- The second ref shows Legacypac to either have communicated in blatant insensitive error asking an editor, who had come to his/her page to challenge a edit, with the question "are you a child?" or had been directly rude.
- The third ref includes the text "Cyber-terrorists" which acted as a link to a thread now located at: IP NOTHERE except to promote ISIL in which "Pakistan based IP User:175.110.139.126" was banned for 6 months by Bishonen.
- This is on one side. On the other side Kaye23:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I consider another editor using terms like "cyber-terrorist," "your edits are childlike" and "anti-American" [81] [82] [83] to describe other editors to be "poisonous and toxic." I stand by that. DOCUMENT★ERROR 21:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I understand from DocError that Legacypac has had his way with DocError in scaring him away from editing certain pages by screaming and threatening him and whatever other aggressive interaction and unilateral editing style. If that would be true, we would seem to have in Legacypac an editor that basically threatens Wikipedia. --Corriebertus (talk) 10:18, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
- DocumentErrors edits from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV and did engage in forum shopping, but his efforts to push the Iran intervention in Iraq over the American-led one were largely unsuccessful. I'll go so far to say that DocumentError specializes in error - I and quite a few other editors have spent far to much time refuting his erroneous accusations. I ignore him and yet he continues to HOUND me damaging my reputation (which is my job, thank-you very much). Legacypac (talk) 19:53, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
- I understand from DocError that Legacypac has had his way with DocError in scaring him away from editing certain pages by screaming and threatening him and whatever other aggressive interaction and unilateral editing style. If that would be true, we would seem to have in Legacypac an editor that basically threatens Wikipedia. --Corriebertus (talk) 10:18, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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And earlier in that discussion: "I think at this point Legacypac and @DocumentError: could benefit from a self imposed two way IBAN. ...-Serialjoepsycho- (talk) 19:53, 24 November 2014 (UTC)" which I replied I was operating under such a self imposed IBAN, which I've continued to do until yesterday when I responded to DocumentError's breaking into a thread where I was seeking some friendly assistance for a new editor. He then proceeded comment on me on various talk pages as detailed above. I want the wild accusations and misrepresentations about me to stop - I've refuted them over and over but they just keep coming from his keypad. I have no idea what value this editor sees in stirring up trouble. I've lived to the self imposed IBAN. He has not. Legacypac (talk) 17:43, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Legacypac you initial edit was "No one threatened DocumentError, but he was editing from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV and did engage in forum shopping, but his efforts to push the Iran intervention in Iraq over the American-led one were largely unsuccessful. ..." See diff the wording was different from that you posted here. Did you change it subsequently and before another replied? -- PBS (talk) 18:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I expanded my comment here before anyone replied. Legacypac (talk) 18:25, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Question for DocumentError [86] here you say that unnamed (but possibly you mean me) editor(s) called you "an anti-Semite, anti-American, radical anti-American, pro-terrorist, cyber-terrorist, raving anti-American terrorist nutjob, raghead, liberal, etc. " and you added specific terms through a series of edits, like you found more of them. This is a very serious charge against whichever editor you are referring to. Can you specify which editor you think made these comments about you and can you provide diffs where these very specific statements are directed at you? Legacypac (talk) 19:23, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Propose a Community IBAN
Since a voluntary interaction ban between
- Support as proponent who is tired of this feuding. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:41, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I appreciate the sentiment - I'm here only because the unfounded accusations are way out of hand. If some editor actually called DocumentError a "raving anti-American terrorist nutjob" they should be dealt with. If in fact no editor said that, he should be sanctioned. My post here is not an attempt to bicker but done under ) 20:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment I appreciate the sentiment, I'd just note that prior to yesterday I had no interaction with Legacypac for 3 months; I have avoided him religiously for the sake of my own sanity. I happened to be in ANI yesterday and saw him using yet another new editor as his personal chew toy and made the mistake of sticking up for the guy after LP was ripping into him with "Are you a child?" and "your writing contains child like mistakes and your maturity level seems childlike." [87]. The savaging that's ensued was what I got out of it. As I told PBS I don't plan to make that mistake again. When LP begins his daily ANIs again tomorrow against a new editor I'll just bite my lip and keep walking. DOCUMENT★ERROR 21:35, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Question: Why did DocumentError just insert his comment in the middle of my comment in a way that makes my comment quite unclear now ? Legacypac (talk) 21:42, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I believe the fact that the comment was indented but the second was not. This may have led him to believe that they were not intended to be connected and that the correct way to respond to the first would be to indent more. talk) 21:52, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Unless you sign your name in the middle of your comment and again at the end, I didn't insert it into the "middle" of your comment. Perhaps PBS can take a look at it. DOCUMENT★ERROR 21:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose for now, I don't see how this situation can work in the current situation. Personally I need to work trough the diffs to see what Legacypac is supposed to have done wrong. I do not think that it is right to put a sanction on an editor's record without there being evidence to support it. How would it work in the ISIL editing environment if two present editors can't communicate? Kaye21:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment I don't know if an interaction ban would be beneficial or not, but I do not think this would stop there from being another ANI revolving around talk) 22:16, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree with you but, just to clarify, however, I do not edit in that or any ISIL-related topic, nor have I for at least a few months as a personal choice (not as a result of a topic ban as I have a flawless disciplinary record unlike two other editors in this ANI). DOCUMENT★ERROR 22:21, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I shall also clarify, then. I did not mean to imply that any particularly user may be to blame, including yourself and Legacypac. The perceived loss of good faith causes a loss of good faith, which needs to be addressed especially in light of an talk) 22:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Understood. As to your second question I was avoiding outing anyone, but I do need to apologize as I thought Gregkaye had received a block from Callanecc the other day (User_talk:GregKaye/Archive_3#Blocked_for_violating_interaction_ban) but it appears his block log is clear, so that must have been a misread by me. DOCUMENT★ERROR 00:20, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I shall also clarify, then. I did not mean to imply that any particularly user may be to blame, including yourself and Legacypac. The perceived loss of good faith causes a loss of good faith, which needs to be addressed especially in light of an
- I agree with you but, just to clarify, however, I do not edit in that or any ISIL-related topic, nor have I for at least a few months as a personal choice (not as a result of a topic ban as I have a flawless disciplinary record unlike two other editors in this ANI). DOCUMENT★ERROR 22:21, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is "WP:BULLDOZERING" all over again. RGloucester — ☎ 23:26, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Gaming ANI / Counter-Proposal
Background: Legacypac, in his most recent ANI against me, lists 21 diffs without explanation, giving each a broad header like "canvassing" etc. I didn't go through these one by one due to sheer volume;
Counter-Proposal: As a counter-proposal to the IBAN, I suggest Legacypac receive a topic ban on ANI reports about me. As I've mentioned elsewhere, this is the latest in a string of ANIs he's hit me with [among countless other editors who have crossed him], all of which have been dismissed and I would welcome the respite from having to devote my time to these. (I believe
- Kaye23:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Greg - I need to again ask you to group your comments together (ideally using a single indent below the main topic proposal) instead of splashing them all over the page out of date order and pushing them above those of editors who have previously weighed-in. I appreciate you feel a sense of urgency in what you have to say and are frustrated at my lack of reply, but the reason I'm not responding is because this shotgun syntax is extremely difficult for me to follow. This thread shouldn't look like a Jackson Pollock painting. Please just take a minute to follow the sequence. DOCUMENT★ERROR 00:07, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Kaye05:21, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Greg - I need to again ask you to group your comments together (ideally using a single indent below the main topic proposal) instead of splashing them all over the page out of date order and pushing them above those of editors who have previously weighed-in. I appreciate you feel a sense of urgency in what you have to say and are frustrated at my lack of reply, but the reason I'm not responding is because this shotgun syntax is extremely difficult for me to follow. This thread shouldn't look like a Jackson Pollock painting. Please just take a minute to follow the sequence. DOCUMENT★ERROR 00:07, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm trying to avoid getting too involved in this. I dutifully read through the linked diffs, saw they weren't egregious, and said so. I'm not too sure what I can contribute beyond that. Maybe a bit of advice? Stop accusing each other of wrong-doing and go back to ignoring each other. If you're both incapable of that, then agree to a voluntary interaction ban. This endless bickering will not end well. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:02, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think Legacypac should be banned from Wikipedia. Very disruptive editor that forces his pov into articles without consensus.--Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:59, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think that both editors at this point should be given a 48 hour - one week ban to think about things. I have seen DocumentError make valued contributions when I have seen them and know that Legacypac has made strong contribution to ISIL. They both have broken guidelines. An IBAN will achieve nothing as far as real change is concerned. Both have got to see that rules need to be followed. DocumentError has broken numerous guidelines as especially noted on his/her deleted content from talk page. Legacypac, from edits that I saw, was acting with an occasionally exhibited abrasive side that s/he would be advised, I think, to curb. I would like to see DocumentError respond to the issues that I have raised above and for Legacypac to justify his/her statement "DocumentErrors edits from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV" Kaye23:17, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I do not think that the bans need necessarily be in proportion as, by referencing DocumentError's talk page, I think that here is the greater wrong. However, I also think that there are valid issues raised that Legacypac too would do well to think through and, arguably, some time out may help. Kaye23:33, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- [Comment out of chronological sequence]
- I do not think that the bans need necessarily be in proportion as, by referencing DocumentError's talk page, I think that here is the greater wrong. However, I also think that there are valid issues raised that Legacypac too would do well to think through and, arguably, some time out may help.
- I think that both editors at this point should be given a 48 hour - one week ban to think about things. I have seen DocumentError make valued contributions when I have seen them and know that Legacypac has made strong contribution to ISIL. They both have broken guidelines. An IBAN will achieve nothing as far as real change is concerned. Both have got to see that rules need to be followed. DocumentError has broken numerous guidelines as especially noted on his/her deleted content from talk page. Legacypac, from edits that I saw, was acting with an occasionally exhibited abrasive side that s/he would be advised, I think, to curb. I would like to see DocumentError respond to the issues that I have raised above and for Legacypac to justify his/her statement "DocumentErrors edits from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV"
- I reject the claim that DocumentError is "Stalking and Canvassing" me. Having a quick glance over this, it is clear that this is a complex issue with a long history. As I do not have the time to fully consider the points here, I will not be able to contribute fully. However, I have to say that it is not for Legacypac to determine whether I am being stalked or canvassed.
- Regarding Documenterrors comment on my talk page, I need to say the following to put my concluding sentence in context. The last few days have been the most difficult for me. I have literally had a miserable week (maybe more) at Wikipedia. As a new editor who's account is 30 days old, I have had to face 4 accusations of sock puppetry and 1 of being a duck. These accusations I feel are linked to my unwelcome work on the ISIL page. Add to this, the constant undermining which, I felt I was being subjected to on that page, I was seriously considering quitting Wikipedia. The great relief I felt on seeing Documenterrors heading above his comment ("have faith", he said) on my talk page, provided some calm to my state of mind which I felt I was loosing at the point. It was a relief to know I was not the only one to think the atmosphere there was poisonous as per my definition on the reply to his message. At a point where I was loosing faith, the comment by Documenterror was a very generous act. It is for this reason that I do ask the other editors to give due consideration for this one kind act.
- Correction added after: Even though Decumenterror did not canvass in my case, Legacypac can raise his concern if canvassing is taking place. I withdraw my assertion above that it is not for him to determine if I am being canvassed.
Just by chance, I remember Documenterror defending me a while back when I was a new editor getting accused of sockpuppetry. I was waiting to see if Legacypac would answer Documenterror's reasonable question about his accusations that started this thread; no surprise, he still refuses. Here is Legacypac's latest report against me, from a couple of days ago: notice how, when I am forced to respond to his false accusations, he immediately shifts the goalposts ("missed a word"), refuses to explain anything, and finally claims that "Everything else is explained above", and accuses me of "harrassment". So, no surprise.
- Mbcap FYI the association between you as a sockpuppet account that appeared on my page here has been linked by NeilN with an "IP who's been harassing Bish"/ Bishonen here. I don't know why you associate the sockpuppet activity to your work at Talk:ISIL and not to your contributions to Talk:Israel that you recently asked me to join.
- Without prior contact, DocumentError arrived at your page to say, "From one "cyber-terrorist" [sic] to another, until you've been denounced as "anti-American," you've only just sampled the ISIL topics. I self-extricated from the ISIL mess as a result of the poisonous atmosphere. Good luck."
- No mentioned of accusation has here been made to current editors as being cyber-terrorists. Legacypac had said "don't disparage the efforts of the many editors who have struggled to write a high profile article while cyber-terrorists come to wikipedia to push a POV." with reference being made to a Pakistani IP. Kaye04:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- GregkayeI consider it linked to the ISIL page because 2 of the 3 accusers who gave examples with their accusation, it was regarding an edit or discussion on the ISIL page. Eeven though I had decided to limit my input here, I am compelled to respond at great expense to myself to what I think is a concerted effort to pick on an editor as part of a bigger issue of controlling the ISIL page. I feel this way because of Gregkayes post above mine and Legacypacs post about commenting on said editor, that he is anti-american/pro-iranian. These strong statement will be explained later in my post.
- Firstly, I will continue to defend DocumentError's contact with me. I believe that when you are able to do an act of kindness, it becomes your moral obligation to do so. I believe therefore, that not only was it appropriate for him to contact me but that it was necessary. I feel we need to do more for new editors to encourage them to stay and not to scare them off. Moving on, I can not judge Documenterro's intentions but the nature of his response suggested he was providing his support to a new user who he felt was given a hard time. This behaviour of aiding new editors seems to be a running theme as reflected via the comment by the other new editors expression of support.
- Also I think I know why DocumentError said from one cyber-terrorist to another. It has been suggested that there are a lot of POV pushers around the ISIL related pages and a lot of effort has been taken to block "cyber terrorists". I am not sure if it was implied that the above 2 are mutually inclusive but that is the impression I got. I do not think someone should be labelled a cyber-terrorist with such great ease. That is a serious accusation to make and one I feel is on par with accusing someone of rape or child sexual molestation. The word is all together loaded and should not be used against a fellow banned editor unless someone is judged by a court of law to be guilty of cyber-terrorism and that information is fed back to Wikipedia. I think at Wikipedia we are here for one purpose only and that is to compile the sum of human knowledge and not to decide over the internet whether someone is a cyber terrorist or not. I too found this comment offensive and I also felt it was aimed at me.
- I am surprised to see Legacypac comment on his allegation of said editor as anti-american or pro-iranian. I think that it is time for me to call a spade, a spade. I feel that, with all honesty legacypac is guilty of the same thing he accuses Documenterror of, because I think that his work on the ISIL page is barn door pro-american. I think his attempts to stop anyone with an opposing opinion to his, from contacting me demonstrates this case even further and illustrates his attempts to censor information. To declare such heavy statements (which are my opinion btw), I must give my reasoning for feeling this way. I hope I do not get banned for this post or get in trouble as I am doing this in good faith and with a view to improving the encyclopaedia. The ISIL article's lead constitutes what I feel to be propaganda. The content of the lead is very good. However it's arrangement and the narrative that it conveys, seem to reflect heavily and is in line with America's narrative of the issue. I will further explain:
- The US's insistence on not using their name (I mean Islamic State/IS), the media's insistence on not using the name, the arab nations insistence on not using the name, the Muslim scholars insistence of not using the name, has resulted in a total misunderstanding and misapplication, of due and undue weight and NPOV policy playing a role in how prominently the name should appear in the lead. The correct way to apply this policy in my view here is, to decide how prominently the criticism of the name feature in the article and in the lead. The difference between the two interpretation is important and because it has been mixed together so badly, it has taken me a good deal of time to distinguish them.
- The narritive in the lead without question is pro-american. The official name is mentioned in the 4th line. Compare this to the use of the word Da'ish (Daesh) which is mentioned immediately after the first sentence. This name America is trying to incorporate in their narrative in tackling this conflict and they wish it to be the new name/standard term for the group as part of their multi-pronged approach to the conflict. They use the name as it is a considered a pejorative. This is alluded to partly by John Kerry at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a transcript of which you may read here [[89]]. I know this is PO but the use of the name is better described in secondary sources anyway
- Since this is an encyclopaedia, information should be compiled in line with wiki policy and not to help any particular nation or group of nations agenda. My attempts to address this narrative was met with resistance, one that was most severe. My impression was that it was seen as more important not to give any legitimacy to ISIL than to follow wiki policy on neutrality. The state of affairs with that page makes me very sad and my attempts to tackle the issue, were met with what I think are allegations such as "I think you may be here to defend ISIL".
- Whilst I think the involved editors both past and present have acted in good faith, I think they have got carried away with their attempts to combine wiki policy and guidelines with an attempt to de-legitimize ISIL which is not the purpose of an encyclopaedia. It is for the reasons I have highlighted, that I feel Legacypac edits from a pro-american standpoint which when met with concerns, even if discussed at length on the discussion page, is met with stiff and perpetual resistance. In this effort of his, I feel that he is aided by Gregkaye; both of whome I feel form a duopoly that exert undeserved pseudo-control over the page. I would compare the relationship to the multiple-editor ownership described in WP:own, where Legacypac in my view is the dominant editor who is then consistently defended and supported by Gregkeye. For example my attempt to undo his pov lead-tag removal (which was not allowed to be removed as per pov-lead policy) on the ISIL article was, immediatley answered by a reaction which I felt was the start of an edit war. As expected Gregkaye, in my opinion was there to provide and bolster legacypac's position as the dominant controller of the page. Seeing the situation had turned "poisonous", I then started contemplating on whether I should quite Wikipedia all together.
- Whilst I think the involved editors both past and present have acted in good faith, I think they have got carried away with their attempts to combine wiki policy and guidelines with an attempt to de-legitimize ISIL which is not the purpose of an encyclopaedia. It is for the reasons I have highlighted, that I feel Legacypac edits from a pro-american standpoint which when met with concerns, even if discussed at length on the discussion page, is met with stiff and perpetual resistance. In this effort of his, I feel that he is aided by Gregkaye; both of whome I feel form a duopoly that exert undeserved pseudo-control over the page. I would compare the relationship to the multiple-editor ownership described in
- All that I have stated here is my opinion but I believe it is an opinion that is based on reflection of policy which I have spent about 40 to 50 hours studying this week. I have also reflected at length on my concerns about the ISIL page to see if they are merited when looking at policy. I would like to state to the other editors that this post in not a reactionary one. From the moment I started writing it to the moment I have reached here, it has took me a total of 5 hours to state my concerns in a way that I felt was appropriate and proportionate. No single event that took place was in itself something that made me think something sinister was going on. However when combining all the various things that have happened together, the picture that was painted was a troubling one.
- I do think though that his intentions have been good. The work he has put into that page deserve credit and he has done it with good faith. But with all the stuff in the news and the atrocities etc, it can be easy to let a particular narrative slip in (whether consciously or subconsciously), as it may look to be of benefit and worth. However the goals of the encyclopaedia can only be met by following policy and giving every editor an equal say in a conversation. As a new editor, I feel I have jumped at the deepest end of the pool. I ask all other editors here to give consideration to my points. I will off course respect any decisions in terms of penalty to myself as a result of this comment here. Mbcap (talk) 10:54, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- zzz, in the ANI you linked, Legacypac alleged you were illiterate in the English language ("this editor can't read english" [sic]) Here. Having observed some of your great copyediting work on the Magdalene asylum and Boko Haram articles I just wanted to say I think your English is excellent and flawless in case you felt at all deterred by that comment. Keep up the great copyediting work. DOCUMENT★ERROR11:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
I am extremely sorry about what I have written about you both. You have both taught me a lot about wikipedia in such a short time and I am grateful. However I found that it was incredibly difficult, no actually it was impossible to contribute on that page even with discussion. As I mentioned to you both on the ISIL talk page, nearer the end of my conversation there, I dreaded to even think about editing the article. I do not think I should be made to feel that way by anyone, ever. Contrast this to the Israel page which is under active arbitration remedies, where I found editors were a lot more considerate to other editors opinions even in the midst of a difficult conversation about inserting into the lead that israel is the longest military occupier in modern history. I have been in at least 2 other disputes in addition to this which have resolved amicably with me and the other editors working the situation out amongst ourselves. So it was a surprise to find that it was impossible to do anything on the ISIL page. 11:12, 7 January 2015 (UTC) Mbcap (talk) 11:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
More Questions
Question 3 can DocumentError explain how summoning editors that have crossed with me to this ANI is not a breach of Canvessing?
Question 4: this ANi deals with false disruptive allegations. Instead of substantiating the allegations, DocumentError has made more allegations and sought sanctions against me. Will he substantiate his allegations or not? If no one cares if he says inappropriate crap I'll drop the ANi and walk away. I'll just use the RPA tag instead and/or ignore him again. Easy. Not worth my time or effort to deal with a person so full of drama and error. Legacypac (talk) 23:27, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Great - thank you! I'm pinging Bishonen, because it appears she was online recently, to ask her to review this thread with the suggestion it be closed/archived since we've both indicated we'll go back to ignoring each other. DOCUMENT★ERROR 23:45, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I was indeed recently online, but I haven't followed this, and I don't have time to deal with it now. Even just reading the thread and all the diffs in it would take longer than I can spare; I'm about to go to bed. You suggest it's easy to close and archive it because you both agree to ignore each other, but it doesn't look quite that simple to me, so I'm not willing to close without having a proper read first. Legacypak's last comment can be taken in a different way (as simply indicating that he's very frustrated). Bishonen | talk 00:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC).
- LP, you said I didn't "substantiate" the "false allegations" I made. The majority of your diffs are just random caps from my edit history you've dropped in here to plump-up your ANI, which is why I've characterized this as a blatant case of WP:GAMING. But there are 2 or 3 cases of actual accusations I've made. Your first diff, for instance, [90]. In it I said you had told another editor Update_stormtrooper"Are you a child? your writing contains child like mistakes and your maturity level seems childlike." Here is the "substantiation" that you said "Are you a child? your writing contains child like mistakes and your maturity level seems childlike." [91] Now it's my turn to question: were you really not aware you said that? Or was the point of this ANI just to throw some stuff against the wall to see if you could get it to stick? DOCUMENT★ERROR01:03, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
@Gregkeye - my comment that he edits from a pro-Iran anti-American POV was made several months back and justified by the various actions he was taking at the time to push Iran into articles about the America-led group actions against ISIL. (later insert for clarity-see the rest of that post where I clearly said why). This is not something I am bringing here, he is entitled to hold whatever views he wants. I only brought it up to show how he was misquoting me right here. He self identifies as being from Iran on his talk page and I don't view Iranians or Americans or any other nationality badly. I live in the most multicultural part of Canada where I have a United Nations of friends. My own home is cross cultural, multi and mixed ethnicity and multi-citizenship. There are many Muslims and Christians in my extended family. Hence I take GREAT exception to anyone throwing around allegations that suggest I have acted in a racist manner because that is completely outside my personal belief system. Per my Question above I would like to see diffs for where anyone called him the nasty names he claims Wikipedians (evidently me) are using about him so we can run such nasty people off the site. Beyond that, I am going back to ignoring him. Legacypac (talk) 00:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The only thing I've ever claimed you said is that you've called me, on multiple occasions, an "Iranian" "Anti-American." [92] (including as recently as today - your 19:53 post in this very ANI) LP - TTBOMK people of Iranian ancestry are allowed on WP and one's ethnicity doesn't make one "anti-American" (nor is being "pro-America" a prereq for contributing to WP). (And, for anyone who is still reading this, here is where I successfully spun my diabolical anti-American conspiracy.) Now, to your other question, yes there are IP editors in the past who have called me things like "a shithole" that should be "nuked" [93] but I haven't brought that up in this ANI - because this is your ANI against me. You brought that up here. Why? If you really want to help, what would be most helpful is if you just stopped calling me names, if you stopped calling other editors names, [94] and if you stopped calling other editors "terrorists." [95] DOCUMENT★ERROR01:08, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Question: Near the bottom of this page you said today in response to User:PBS saying you were hounding "I can also see that LP has filed an astonishing two dozen ANIs in the last 8 months since his topic ban was lifted (100% regarding content disputes on ISIL topics), the overwhelming majority of which have resulted in no action, on top of numerous, frivolous SPI actions and direct threats of ANIs against (usually new) editors. I can see a pattern of intense intimidation being applied against new editors and a long history of tendentious edits when all else fails, including unilateral page moves and editing against RfC...." Can you provide links to the very specific number of 2 dozen ANis so that we can evaluate your statements about the number and result of such ANi's? Secondly, can you provide links to the numerous SPI actions so we can evaluate the frivolousness of those actions and results? The last SPI I filed resulted in several new socks of globally banned User:Operahome being banned. I don't remember what happened on the previous one. Legacypac (talk) 01:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Answer: You asked "can you provide links to the numerous SPI actions so we can evaluate the frivolousness of those actions and results." I don't understand - are you asking me to file an ANI against you? The topic of this sub-thread is Gaming ANI / Counter-Proposal. You came in here with a specific complaint demanding diffs. I provided them. [96] You went silent and moved onto something else not contained in your original ANI and demanded diffs. You got 'em.[97] You then went silent on that and have moved onto this latest demand for diffs on still an entirely different topic. This has, as per MO, gone from an ANI into a madcap fishing expedition. Are you going to offer an explanation regarding the misinformation in the original formatting of your ANI? Third request. DOCUMENT★ERROR 02:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The diffs provided are examples, as you throw out more accusations I'm requesting you substantiate them. I've added a new heading to clarify where the next questions start. Please answer the question with diffs. Legacypac (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Legacypac, this is an ANI about me. And I've asked you to substantiate the accusations you made about me vis a vis the misinformation in the original formatting of your ANI (namely that I'm "stalking" editors with whom you interact). Are you going to do that or not? DOCUMENT★ERROR 03:09, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The diffs provided are examples, as you throw out more accusations I'm requesting you substantiate them. I've added a new heading to clarify where the next questions start. Please answer the question with diffs. Legacypac (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
I hope I now understand what you keep asking. "Stalking and Canvassing editors I'm currently interacting with" means a) Stalking me AND b) Canvassing other editors. I did not suggest you are stalking other editors. Sorry if that was unclear. Now answer the questions. Legacypac (talk) 04:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment Kaye05:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- PROPOSAL: When AN/I is too long, people get tired of both. DOCUMENT★ERROR stated that he no longer edits the article, so impose a topic ban on him alone so the arguments can stop. Also impose a CBAN on both so they no longer interact. 23.27.252.213 (talk) 12:37, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- What article? While I appreciate 23.27.252.213 materializing to call for my head and Greg making this ANI one of his first major contributions after his return from his latest block, as I've noted repeatedly, I haven't edited any ISIL-related article for more than 3 months (due to total lack of interest and because I've been busy improving Delta Upsilon for a GA nom). That said, I concede it would definitely be ... interesting ... to impose a topic ban on someone who isn't involved in a topic. DOCUMENT★ERROR 13:39, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- "Now answer the questions."??? LP, this isn't WP:GAME the ANI by "plumping" your list of diffs as observed here? What are your thoughts about Ninjarobotpirate's determination that he saw "nothing egregious" in any of the diffs you provided? Is being "Iranian" or an "Anti-American" [sic], as you've repeatedly denounced me for being [99], a violation of our guidelines? Thanks. DOCUMENT★ERROR13:11, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Wrap-up
I came to ANi in accordance with the guidance at
- Wild unsubstantiated accusations - often edited and reedited over each other
- Stalking of me
- Canvassing of other editors
- Messing with my comments
In the course of this ANi I've provided diffs to support my complaints and asked specific Questions. In response DocumentError has:
a) made additional unsubstantiated accusations.
b) Canvassed right here by pinging editors from a list he appears to keep of editors that may not like something I've done
c) Messed with my comments right in this thread which User:PBS fixed.
d) failed to actually answer most of my Questions about things he has said or done.
e) failed to provide diffs that actually support his wild accusations.
f) failed to answer reasonable questions posed by other editors to him.
DocumentError can't answer the Questions because he can't provide evidence that does not exist. He's had a fair chance, his accusations have been heard by the Wikiworld, and he has made plenty of other responses. Time to cut off debate. I'd rather not see this circus go on for days. I want to be left in peace.
This is a user conduct issue, not a content dispute. Topic bans are not a relevant remedy. Yes, I can be abrasive. No I don't tolerate game playing and refusal to follow policy. Yes I've taken people to ANi, 3RR etc, but I don't think I abuse those processes. Yup I recently got a SPA IP from Pakistan banned for what I later called cyber-terrorism (editing in a way that was exclusively promoting the biggest baddest terrorist group in the world right now). If someone wants to call for sanctions against me they will need much better evidence then DocumentError has provided.
Proposed Resolution: For making unsubstantiated personal attacks, DocumentError be prohibited from posting any comment about Legacypac anywhere on Wikipedia indefinitely
If that happens, I'll very happily go back to ignoring his existence. Thank-you for reading and Happy New Year. Legacypac (talk) 17:30, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- SUPPORT - First, that's not asking for too much and shouldn't need an ANI. Second, Legacypac presented a good case. 194.169.217.208 (talk) 17:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose any proposal by parties, drama makers, or the like Just close this darn thing, no action taken. Too long, too convoluted, too much 'he said she said' and frankly, too much drama. If there's some unambiguous proof that someone needs to be sanctioned, then that should be stated but otherwise, close this darn thing. Tutelary (talk) 20:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose I've shifted through the 18 "Wild unsubstantiated accusations" and whilst I think DocumentError should have used strike-through for some of those diffs, there are few accusations, none of which I would characterise as "wild". The most serious one for which he doesn't provide evidence for is "Yours is (as usual) simply alerting us to the latest personal wrong you believe you have suffered." which I do not believe to be anywhere near deserving a IBAN. His accusation of you not being civil is supported by the tone of your accusation of someone being a child. I therefore believe he did not make unsubstantiated personal attacks.talk) 01:08, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
(previously put in wrong section due to edit conflict)
- Oppose proposed resolution, DocumentError should have the right to comment but in a civil way with comments being substantiated. S'he should certainly not be allowed to go to multiple forums with allusions of wrong doing and general claim of poisonous toxicity at a talk page. If anything the problem has been that DocumentError was not specific enough. Talk:ISIL has had 434 distinct editors and specification has still not been certified as to the direction that all comments were targeted. Wikipedia should not be an place where a blunderbuss approach to targeting should be used. I do not necessarily support a specific topic. In my work in places like WP:RM I seem to recollect DocumentError giving helpful and insightful comment on various issues and, while I have not seen this at talk:ISIL, I have no doubt that this may have the potential to also happen here. No form of positive or negative prejudice should be tolerated and if DE has a tendency or anti-Americanism then, if this is not too well hidden, then such issues should be addressed specifically through administration. GregKaye 07:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment on ISIL, From my perspective I am tired of behaviour that I believe can be widely seen by viewing the ISIL and related talk pages. This is in terms of CIVIL, PA, stating opinion as fact, INDCRIT and attacking the person and not the argument. I would very much appreciate any intervention for such activity to stop. In a topic like ISIL I also think that it is reasonable to suspect the possibility of insurgent or Islamist terrorist sympathetic inputs and, for me, this has been confirmed or at least paralleled in a great number of against consensus edits on a range of topics. The ISIL conflict has been largely a Sunni-Shia / ISIL - Sunni/non-ISIL Sunni conflict. For instance, 'SIL's priority is to first tackle/defeat the Sunni Hamas organisation even before tackling Israel. Despite this there has been a concerted effort amongst some editors to highlight Israel's involvement. I think that US involvement (without reference to coalition) has also been inappropriately highlighted at times and I think that, for whatever motive and whether consciously or not, editors have been happy to editorially widen the conflict beyond actual realities.
- Editorial canvassing has also been practised between editors to a substantial degree and, as in cases such as is being currently discussed, by an editor that I have seen make good contribution, this at least borders on incitement. I really believe that such inputs need to be dealt with in whatever way practicable for the sake of preserving the cordiality of discussion on a hotbed topic. I agree with Tutelary that there is too much drama but argue that, for this very reason, issues must be dealt with. If the drama is not sorted out here it will just continue elsewhere and AN/I will have failed. Admin cannot close this, for instance, with bland comment but issues must be addressed. GregKaye 07:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment on Legacypac, Legacypac has as far as I have seen widely steered clear of the issues stated above. S/he has also taken great responsibility in chasing down issues of user misconduct on the relevant pages with, as far as I have seen and IMO, largely extremely good effect. In general I also believe that Legacypac's comments have been amongst the more civil of those on Wikipedia. However, within an environment of a High level of confrontation, I have also seen some of your approaches at times to be unnecessarily confrontational. I have also frequently seen Legacypac address issues with a high level of civility which I believe is exemplified here and which I believe is also indicated in a view of general discussion. Please be aware of occasional breaches and I would ask you to review critical comments made. I appreciate, for instance, that the "are you a child" comment came in a context or a perceived context but, none-the-less, I think that you should consider the appropriateness of such comments as relatively rare as they may be. GregKaye 07:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Block
OK, now I've reviewed this thread, as requested by DocumentError. Something that stands out here (and also in posts made on other pages during this, timewise, quite brief ANI) is DocumentError's persistent and quite specific accusations against Legacypac and dancing around repeated requests to substantiate them. They either ignore requests for diffs or specifics or bat them away with rebuffs such as "I don't understand - are you asking me to file an ANI against you?… this is an ANI about me", or "This isn't
Question about practices
Apologizing in advance for not being overly familiar (or decent at all) with a lot of these practices. Made an edit on the gender section which was changed, in error in my opinion. I've gone to the Teahouse to ask about it, and asked for another philosopher from the Philosophy section (I'm a member) to take a look at the section's entry because I feel there are some problems. The editor who changed my edit seems to be following to these places and telling people I'm being misleading. I'm just asking if someone could take a look at some inconsistencies in an entry and straighten them out, and to be honest I'm feeling harassed by this behavior. Any help would be appreciated.Maxxx12345 (talk) 07:20, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- See here; I have nothing more to state to Maxxx12345. Yes, when an editor goes to a WikiProject accusing me of talk) 10:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Offensive unblock request by User:Phillip J Henderson
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I was patrolling recent changes and came across this offensive unblock request, which I have reverted: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Phillip_J_Henderson&diff=prev&oldid=641568858
Should we remove his talk page privleges?
- Don't do that. There's no need to revert something someone says on their own talk page just because it contains the word "fuck". Let an admin decline the request. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's a silly unblock request from a person that is simply here to waste time. I revoked the talk page access before he reverted the unblock request. 12:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Spurious claim from Urban Dictionary makes its through Wikipedia into The Guardian
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I am not sure where to put this, but I thought some here might find it interesting. A definition for London School of Economics on the Urban Dictionary website claims that LSE has 'produced a quarter of all nobel prize winners in Economics' [100]. Whilst a significant number of such winners have been associated with LSE, far fewer have been produced by LSE: from [101], I can count no more than five out of seventy-five. Nonetheless, this claim was forced into the lead of the article by single-purpose accounts [102], [103], [104], where it has stayed for around six months. Amazingly, The Guardian fell for this and repeated the claim on its website [105]. I am not sure who should feel most embarrassed: Wikipedia or The Guardian! 86.170.130.156 (talk) 13:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- So your quarrel isn't with the numbers (16 out of 45), it's with the description (produced vs. associated with), right? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:58, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- There is not really a quarrel as such: it is just a typical bit of school/college/university vandalism that this time went undetected and was picked up by others. Would you mind closing this here, sorry? I was not sure where to let people know so posted here, but I remembered WP:RSN afterwards.86.170.130.156 (talk) 14:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have managed it myself. :) 86.170.130.156 (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- There is not really a quarrel as such: it is just a typical bit of school/college/university vandalism that this time went undetected and was picked up by others. Would you mind closing this here, sorry? I was not sure where to let people know so posted here, but I remembered
IP Editor evading ban
These blind reversions without discussion resulted in the block, however a simple check of the WHOIS feature reveals that the editor has simply resumed editing Creature of Havoc with another IP from the same address. The point of origin for User 46.208.228.150:[[110]] is exactly the same as it is for this user's new alias: User 83.216.142.251 - ([111]). The language is also a dead giveaway as this person is simply not interested in entertaining other contributions (the case at both articles). Given this blatent disregard for the block - which was minimal - I would respectfully request that the IP source be totally blocked. Otherwise, this behaviour will continue. Regards Asgardian (talk) 11:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Strongjam (talk) 14:18, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Personal Attacks on IP
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Baseball_ Bugs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log),
Baseball Bugs personally attacked me here [112] even after I asked him to be civil here [113]
I ask for a block or an official warning. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- You're an experienced user pretending to be a newbie. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The fact that the IP editor knows to post the comment here currently suggests that BB is right. John Carter (talk) 15:42, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue needs to be considered separately not speculating. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue is that you're acting suspiciously. Straighten up and fly right, and you'll be more likely to be treated in kind. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:02, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue here is that you personally attacked me. I prefer assumption of good faith not speculation.23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I said you're not a newbie, which is obvious. That's not a personal attack. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:06, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- See the warning here: [114] Legacypac (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- What brought you here is this "You're being dishonest. Start being honest, and you'll get better treatment". This is a personal attack. Also, please be civil and stop speculation.23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- See the warning here: [114] Legacypac (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I said you're not a newbie, which is obvious. That's not a personal attack. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:06, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue here is that you personally attacked me. I prefer assumption of good faith not speculation.23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue is that you're acting suspiciously. Straighten up and fly right, and you'll be more likely to be treated in kind. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:02, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The actual issue needs to be considered separately not speculating. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The fact that the IP editor knows to post the comment here currently suggests that BB is right. John Carter (talk) 15:42, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
I see, we have 23.27.252.213 (talk · contribs) who is currently blocked until the 14th, and we have 23.27.252.124 (talk · contribs) who is obviously the same guy, evading his block. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Legacypac, what does that warning have to do with me? That was not me. Please would you stop the speculations? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- No, I am not obviously the same guy. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- You talk the same way and you have the same complaints about the same user. Maybe a range block would be a good idea. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:18, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please stop the speculation and be civil. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:19, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- You talk the same way and you have the same complaints about the same user. Maybe a range block would be a good idea. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:18, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Uncivil comments from the San Jose IP here [115] Legacypac (talk)
- Oh fer crying out loud, this is ridiculous. I've blocked the range this roaming individual has been using via those particular two IPs, 23.27.252.0/23. They're static — fancy that — so I gave it a month. Feel free to close this thread. (I was going to say to remove it, but please don't just yet, as it throws some light on the thread above.) Bishonen | talk 16:28, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
Harassment continues from Beyond My Ken
I have had a series of really bad interactions with the above named user, and was even banned for answering a question, from a 3rd user as he had claimed he request that I not post to his talk page, something I did not do, but he did not like my reply so he went running to a admin and had me blocked for 24 hours, and was told by 2 admins to leave me alone. So his reply was to review every file I have contributed, mostly in commons but many that are here, and he has renamed them and recat'ed then all on the basis that, as the user put it "we have a positive duty to rename files which are inaccurately named", it would appear that is his idea of a "Wide Birth" and he is clearly doing everything he can to annoy and antagonize me. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE place a LIFETIME INTERACTION BAN upon him as I want nothing to do with him, have tried in the past, he was told to leave me alone and he renames every file I have based upon this "we have a positive duty to rename files which are inaccurately named". Please get his to stop or I am done here. --talk→ WPPilot 13:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Do you have an example or two of a renamed file? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:21, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Manhattan_Island_Ferry_Terminals_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg&action=history https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
--talk→ WPPilot 13:25, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- In the first link, I see that he pluralized the word "terminal". I don't understand what alteration the second link refers to. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
After being TOLD to just leave it alone by User:Bishonen (I don't see the convo in the archives but I have posted to her page a request as well) he went about, modifying a whole series of my files changing names modifying cats and sent the last 2 days doing it to any file he could find, that I had contributed and is modifying them. My concern is the users willingness to create conflict, intentionally, in spite of being told not to, then adding to this buy editing my contributions, during the ban he obtained upon with is claim that I was not being nice in a reply to a third party. talk→ WPPilot 13:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Seems like a commons issue to me, based on the provided link. Hipocrite (talk) 13:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The file rename is permitted by policy; see Commons:COM:RENAME point 5. The categorisation is likewise appropriate; Commons would be mostly useless if users couldn't add categories to others' uploads. Please note that we have no jurisdiction over Commons; complaints about Commons edits go to Commons:COM:AN/U, although your links here are nowhere near sufficient for any sanctions. Nyttend (talk) 14:10, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've warned both editors on Commons, and I warned both here the other day. If this continues, I'm liable to block the person responsible on either or both wikis. Clearly they need to leave each other alone on both projects and find something else to do. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- WPPilot, you won't see conversations on your page in any archives unless you archive the page yourself. (Frankly, leaving stuff on your page would be simpler; you're only creating difficulties for yourself by blanking everything.) But blanked posts can be found in the page history, which functions as a kind of archive. Here's the post from me that I think you meant; it was more about not posting on BMK's page, and about expressing my regret that you felt your uploaded aerial photos weren't appreciated; I'm sure they are, and I've seen BMK say so too. But the claim that you weren't being nice was true. I can't find where BMK edited anything of yours during your block, which would have been tactless; I think you may be mistaken about that. BMK's contributions list for the period is very long, though — he edits a lot — so it's possible I may have missed it. Please give diffs for the edits you complain of, or if you have trouble with diffs, at least give the time or the article or file name or something. (But see Simple diff and link guide.) He didn't edit anything you had started on Commons during those 24 hours, either. (Apart from the fact that you were never blocked on Commons.) In that instance, you complain of something that didn't happen.
- I do understand that you're generally angry, and feel generally unappreciated, and then mistakes like that can happen. I hope you'll be able to realize that your contributions are valued, and will feel better about contributing to Wikipedia (and to Commons, which is a separate project). It often happens that users are initially uncomfortable with the very collaborative nature of Wikipedia, and protest about their edits and uploads being changed by others. It's human, and I actually don't think it helps to throw WP:OWN at them when they feel bad. But I hope you get used to it, WP. BMK is trying to improve matters in good faith. User:Beyond My Ken, I have no complaint of you, but please try to be as tactful as possible, as new users are sensitive. Bishonen | talk15:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC).
- Bishonen's comments are on the mark. They echo, in some measure, comments I have made elsewhere to WPP. WPP however has been an editor for 5 years, with more than 7,500 edits to his credit, and he has had a good deal of time to accommodate himself to the collaborative nature of the encyclopedia. Here's hoping that recent events, and Bishonen's comments, will help that process along. JohnInDC (talk) 16:16, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
WPPilot, I am concerned about your references. You quote a change in name within: Revision history of "File:Manhattan Island Ferry Terminals photo D Ramey Logan.jpg" in which Beyond My Ken made the not very significant title change from:
- File:Manhattan Island Ferry Terminal photo D Ramey Logan.jpg to
- File:Manhattan Island Ferry Terminals photo D Ramey Logan.jpg
Looking at the image in Google maps it seems that there are two terminals to me. I am wondering to what extent this may be an issue of
On the face of it I have sympathy for the view that you quote Beyond My Ken as having: "we have a positive duty to rename files which are inaccurately named". Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. You say: "Please get his to stop or I am done here". There is hopefully no reason for you to be done here. If Beyond My Ken inaccurately renames a file then you have the right to revert the renaming. Looking at your User page you seem to be a great asset to Wikipedia but, if another editor becomes involved to increase the encyclopaedic value of material, this is no reason to leave.
If Beyond My Ken has done genuine wrong then I would prefer block or ban on the belief that genuinely offending behaviours should be curbed rather than suppressed. GregKaye 16:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- @GregKaye: Yes, there are two terminals: the Staten Island Ferry terminal and the Governors Island terminal. Perhaps WPPilot thought it was one complex, South Ferry. Epicgenius (talk) 17:06, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- That is possible but take a look File:Manhattan Island Ferry Terminals photo D Ramey Logan.jpg. In a case like this civil communication might be encouraged rather than an IBAN imposed. With that information a title such as File:Staten Island and Governors Island ferry terminals, Manhatten photo, D Ramey Logan.jpg might even be used. GregKaye 17:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Sanction appeal
Per
I've already forwarded such material to the arbitration committee when it was relevant to the case but both the evidence and workshop phases are closed so there's not much else thats going to come out of that, particularly when more attacks were made and my name is continually dragged through the mud because I dared to ask someone to correct a typo when the mere presence of my name in the page's editing history would start a new round of abuse.
In short, the change to WP:OUTING is BS and I shouldn't be sanctioned for trying to bring to light behavior that is obviously by other editors on other websites when it concerns their duplicity on Wikipedia.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:31, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ryulong did not even wait 24 hours launching this appeal, and while the active Arbitration case is on-going. WP:OUT is bullshit? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 21:59, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- HJ Mitchell wrote "You may also appeal immediately to AN or ANI if you feel the sanction is unjust or unduly harsh, but please link to this comment", so I've done that. And I am under no restriction to do what I have done (particularly because you're linking to a workshop page entry and not the WP:OUTING effectively prevents anyone from raising any issue about easily identifiable behavior. It prevents us from going "I've discovered this user works for this company and has been heavily editing the article on that company and/or its competitors without a disclosed conflict of interest", "I've discovered this person has been involved in extreme harassment of this living person offsite and is actively participating in editing the article on that person", or in my case "This user has been harassing me off-site in regards to actions on Wikipedia". I had absolutely zero intention of discussing the behavior I had seen directed at me and I should not be prevented from bringing this behavior to the notice of the community at large should I come across it, nor should anyone else.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:05, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- You should also link to when the rule was first changed as a result of a discussion on the functionaries mailing list before it was reverted for a time by an admin who disagreed with the rule change, you linked to when it was reinstated. Weedwacker (talk) 22:14, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Irrelevant because the talk page also happens to point out that the original editor was not on the functionaries list whatsoever.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:16, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- That's true but the talk page discussion also shows the message did come from them. Weedwacker (talk) 23:20, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Irrelevant because the talk page also happens to point out that the original editor was not on the functionaries list whatsoever.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:16, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- You should also link to when the rule was first changed as a result of a discussion on the functionaries mailing list before it was reverted for a time by an admin who disagreed with the rule change, you linked to when it was reinstated. Weedwacker (talk) 22:14, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- HJ Mitchell wrote "You may also appeal immediately to AN or ANI if you feel the sanction is unjust or unduly harsh, but please link to this comment", so I've done that. And I am under no restriction to do what I have done (particularly because you're linking to a workshop page entry and not the
- I disagree with the change to the outing policy as it creates this kind of absurd situation. Additionally, I would say that I do not believe this was outing even under the new policy as Logan admits to being the owner of an account under a similar name on Twitter and on Twitter he indicates he is the owner of a Reddit account under a similar name. There are many reasons for sanctioning Ryulong, but I don't think this is one of them, though the arbitration case is set to wrap up soon enough so we should await their decision. Depending on the outcome of the case, this matter can be revisited.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 23:25, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Logan also implicitly admits the reddit account to be his own in talk) 01:04, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Logan also implicitly admits the reddit account to be his own in
- "This sanction effectively prevents me from reporting harassment". No, this sanction prevents you from publicly reporting off-wiki activity regarding GG matters. You were directed that "should you feel the need, you may email the Arbitration Committee with any such comments. Should you feel compelled to make such comments on arbitration pages, you must obtain the prior permission of a clerk or arbitrator". In that case, I fail to see the problem. —Dark 23:34, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Per Dark, I fail to see what effect this would have. If there is a real offsite problem relating to GamerGate, email the arbitrators. If you really feel it needs to be aired, ask the arbs or the clerks when emailing them, but I can't see a situation where this would be the case. KonveyorBelt 00:47, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's offwiki harassment directed at me performed by people who are also on Wikipedia with obviously similar usernames or admissions offsite. And I've reported what I did to the committee as part of evidence regarding several users but the attacks and negative behavior is unending. There are threads on Reddit as we speak now attacking me and other Wikipedia editors. Hell, there's at least two attacking Samwalton9 and there's a thread about this sanction and my appeal of this sanction.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 01:12, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- And there are threads on Reddit as we speak now attacking me. Created by you. The sanction may have something to do with your persistent refusal to follow the very rules you demand others respect. Auerbachkeller (talk) 02:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Anything I may have posted there that you claim is an attack is not at all related to your behavior on Wikipedia as an editor which you barely qualify
foras.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:59, 3 January 2015 (UTC)- WP:NPA. Thank you for proving my point. Auerbachkeller (talk) 18:19, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- All I've done is point out that you made one edit to any of our articles as every other edit you have made is to foment a dispute that did not exist until you arrived on Wikipedia. I am speaking of your actions here, which is not a violation of NPA. Maybe if you were being a more involved member of the actual aim of this project instead of focusing your time into trying to get me punished by any means possible I would think more highly of you here. But all that's been accomplished is furthering the divide despite attempts to extend an olive branch or at least call to the end of hostilities.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Saying that I "barely qualify for" being an editor on "the encyclopedia anyone can edit" sounds like a personal attack to me. What you think of me is irrelevant; the question is your conduct. Auerbachkeller (talk) 21:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I meant "as" instead of for and did not recognize this error until now. Considering you have one edit to the article space you barely qualify as an editor here.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:30, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- That still reads as a personal attack as well. There was no need to say any such thing in the first place, bad grammar or no, and it continues the pattern of you responding to any criticism whatsoever by shooting the messenger. Consider that this very thread has turned into you arguing why I'm not qualified to criticize you. Auerbachkeller (talk) 16:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- The fact here is that your contributions to the project are heavily based in responding to me and about me because you did not like how the sentence about you read that was edited and changed long after I had originally written it and you continue to foster this dispute with me and basically anyone that is not pro-Gamergate. This beef solely concerns our interactions which you instigated.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- This account is false in many regards--not that I expect anyone to do anything about it. But I will note that this account is false, as usual, and end this thread here. Auerbachkeller (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- You keep saying everything I've said regarding our interaction is a lie. You've only made one article edit and everything else regards Gamergate or me in regards to Gamergate. You have no intention of becoming a part of this project but want me gone because I happen to be singled out as the go to scapegoat for Gamergate and Wikipedia. All I did was originally write a section about someone's criticism of one of your articles and now you've been on my ass on this website for two months and whenever I call you out on this you say "I'm no longer participating in this discussion". It's bullshit.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:02, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- This account is false in many regards--not that I expect anyone to do anything about it. But I will note that this account is false, as usual, and end this thread here. Auerbachkeller (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- The fact here is that your contributions to the project are heavily based in responding to me and about me because you did not like how the sentence about you read that was edited and changed long after I had originally written it and you continue to foster this dispute with me and basically anyone that is not pro-Gamergate. This beef solely concerns our interactions which you instigated.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- That still reads as a personal attack as well. There was no need to say any such thing in the first place, bad grammar or no, and it continues the pattern of you responding to any criticism whatsoever by shooting the messenger. Consider that this very thread has turned into you arguing why I'm not qualified to criticize you. Auerbachkeller (talk) 16:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- I meant "as" instead of for and did not recognize this error until now. Considering you have one edit to the article space you barely qualify as an editor here.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:30, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- Saying that I "barely qualify for" being an editor on "the encyclopedia anyone can edit" sounds like a personal attack to me. What you think of me is irrelevant; the question is your conduct. Auerbachkeller (talk) 21:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- All I've done is point out that you made one edit to any of our articles as every other edit you have made is to foment a dispute that did not exist until you arrived on Wikipedia. I am speaking of your actions here, which is not a violation of NPA. Maybe if you were being a more involved member of the actual aim of this project instead of focusing your time into trying to get me punished by any means possible I would think more highly of you here. But all that's been accomplished is furthering the divide despite attempts to extend an olive branch or at least call to the end of hostilities.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- WP:NPA. Thank you for proving my point. Auerbachkeller (talk) 18:19, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Anything I may have posted there that you claim is an attack is not at all related to your behavior on Wikipedia as an editor which you barely qualify
- And there are threads on Reddit as we speak now attacking me. Created by you. The sanction may have something to do with your persistent refusal to follow the very rules you demand others respect. Auerbachkeller (talk) 02:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's offwiki harassment directed at me performed by people who are also on Wikipedia with obviously similar usernames or admissions offsite. And I've reported what I did to the committee as part of evidence regarding several users but the attacks and negative behavior is unending. There are threads on Reddit as we speak now attacking me and other Wikipedia editors. Hell, there's at least two attacking Samwalton9 and there's a thread about this sanction and my appeal of this sanction.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 01:12, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Your definition of "attack" is pretty broad in my opinion, from what I can tell the thread you're referring to about admin SamWolton is just documenting that an account of the same name on reddit went on to an antiGamerGate subreddit and called people conspiracy theorists, which of course that subreddit celebrated. There's a thread on an account by you "attacking" (by your definition) journalist Milo Yinnopoulous calling him a "based liar", and that journalist Georgina of TechRaptor only writes articles for the money. If we're going to start documenting off-site behaviour you're not off grounds. Loganmac (talk) 05:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I did not say she only writes articles for money. I said that TechRaptor is exclusively funded through Patreon and Gamergate advocates must obviously bankroll the website because they keep churning out pro-Gamergate pieces. And when someone calls me a "retard" that is definitely an attack.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:52, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Your definition of "attack" is pretty broad in my opinion, from what I can tell the thread you're referring to about admin SamWolton is just documenting that an account of the same name on reddit went on to an antiGamerGate subreddit and called people conspiracy theorists, which of course that subreddit celebrated. There's a thread on an account by you "attacking" (by your definition) journalist Milo Yinnopoulous calling him a "based liar", and that journalist Georgina of TechRaptor only writes articles for the money. If we're going to start documenting off-site behaviour you're not off grounds. Loganmac (talk) 05:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have no issue with the appeal or with its timing. Ryulong is quite within his rights to appeal if he thinks the sanction is unfair, and he did as I asked and linked to my notification so as far as I'm concerned, everything is above board and he's been perfectly fair to me. I will of course abide by whatever the community decides.
From my perspective, this was not related to the recent change to WP:OUTING (of which I was vaguely aware, but have no strong feelings on). One of the (many, many) issues with editor conduct in this topic area has been accusations that editors have engaged in misconduct elsewhere on the Internet. While harassment etc is abhorrent, I can't see what good can come from alleging that somebody was rude to you on another website. I can see a benefit in noting, for example, off-wiki coordination of on-wiki disruption, but one can do that without alleging that the coordinator is a particular Wikipedia editor or vice versa. More to the point, Ryulong seems to have repeatedly brought up editors' activity elsewhere on the Internet where it has little or no relevance (in this case, one could argue that it was tangentially relevant, but it couldn't have affected the outcome of the enforcement request, so raising it was not helpful). Given that such allegations don't seem to serve any legitimate purpose for dispute resolution or improvement of the encyclopaedia, I felt that the restriction I crafted was reasonable in that it prevents discussions being derailed by allegations that are difficult to prove and almost certainly inactionable without being unduly punitive (bearing in mind that the wider issues of editor conduct in the topic area are currently being examined at arbitration, albeit at a pace that a giant slot would find sedate). Happy to answer any specific questions, but otherwise I feel it's best for the original admin to make their statement and then get out of the way. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:30, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've seen more people trying to call me out for my comments elsewhere regarding the topic than I've done anything to say that any particular person has an account on another website and is using it to disrupt. And you've blocked me for this before. And when I asked (on IRC) how to notify anyone of misconduct privately I got chewed out by someone who said I'm toxic and need to be banned.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 01:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I blocked you for restoring unsupported allegation after I asked you not to, but I can see why you'd make the connection (I honestly didn't). It's not because I hate you (at least you're polite), but because I'm doing what I believe is best for the project. Anyway, the issue is the relevance of these allegations to Wikipedia. I can't go over to Reddit, Twitter, 8chan, etc, etc, and start blocking people for violating CIV or BLP or anything else. Nor could I get away with blocking people on Wikipedia because they were rude to you on another website (though as you've seen, I've taken an absolute zero-tolerance approach to dealing with harassment when it has come on to Wikipedia) so making the allegation on the wiki doesn't help anything. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:47, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've seen more people trying to call me out for my comments elsewhere regarding the topic than I've done anything to say that any particular person has an account on another website and is using it to disrupt. And you've blocked me for this before. And when I asked (on IRC) how to notify anyone of misconduct privately I got chewed out by someone who said I'm toxic and need to be banned.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 01:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- There are a few aspects with the way in which this sanction was imposed which are not ideal. Firstly, the administrator who imposed this sanction (HJ Mitchell) has essentially asked the Committee to ban Ryulong from the project on the case workshop page. Secondly, this action was then logged at the proposed decision case page as "information" (but ultimately, by suggesting the committee take this into consideration, it is evidence being submitted at a time when evidence submissions were closed). Thirdly, the 'disruption' being prevented by this measure is unlikely to outweigh the discussion and drama that this appeal will generate as it can be seen as an attempt to pre-empt the decision he invites the Committee to come to (given that this was the natural consequence of taking this action just a few days before a proposed decision was to be posted and at a time when both evidence and workshop phases have formally closed). While it is commendable that HJ Mitchell has made a statement early on here and pledged to stay out of the way of whatever is decided here, I do think it would be more useful for the project if he takes the initiative to reduce the duration of the restriction until the committee's final decision is posted at the main case page (rather than force the committee to actively supersede the sanction in the circumstances I've just described). That is better than leaving it to us to amend or overturn the restriction, or to leave this added complication to the arbitration decision - either of which is unhelpful. Given the inherent difficulties with arbcom taking a quick and robust action in response to harassment (if it is occurring, or in terms of BOOMERANG if it is not), there is probably room for relaxing the restriction too. Finally, the assertion about Ryulong made by User:ChrisGualtieri is unhelpful in my opinion, as he (misleadingly) links to a proposal made in a workshop, and omits the fact that the actual case remedy revoked any "threat" of sanction. Ncmvocalist (talk) 10:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Ncmvocalist: - Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong#Ryulong_admonished is the right link. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- @ChrisGualtieri: Yes, not sure why you used the Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Workshop/ArbCom-PD#Ryulong_admonished link at the top of the discussion. Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:37, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- It was a simple mistake. I somehow got that from searching the ArbCom case and just didn't see it pulled from the workshop part. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:39, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- @ChrisGualtieri: Yes, not sure why you used the Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Workshop/ArbCom-PD#Ryulong_admonished link at the top of the discussion. Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:37, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Ncmvocalist: - Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong#Ryulong_admonished is the right link. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I contributed to the workshop page as an outside party and suggested such sanctions (against multiple parties on both sides) as I thought the evidence presented by others showed were merited. That doesn't make me a party to the dispute, which is itself rather ridiculous in my opinion. And the "in my opinion mild" comment was a simple factual statement—I felt that all my actions arising from WP:GS/GG/E yesterday (which I took after investigating a plea for more admins at AN) were mild because I deliberately looked at the narrow issue of the complaints and editors' conduct on that board rather than the wider issues with the topic area and took the mildest action I felt would address would address the immediate problem, precisely to avoid circumventing the arbitration case. But I see nothing improper in notifying ArbCom of (yes, mild) sanctions against parties in a case, especially since the sanctions may affect those parties' contributions to the case. The arbs can do as they please with the information; I'm sure even if they thought I was advocating for further action against any party (I wasn't, but for argument's sake...), they're intelligent enough to evaluate the situation for themselves and if they felt I'd acted improperly, I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to make their displeasure known.14:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Your suggestion of reducing the duration to the end of the case, though, is very reasonable, and I will enact that now and adjust the log accordingly. I will also inform ArbCom; feel free to accuse me of acting improperly again. After that, I can think of a great many things that would benefit more from my attention than this thread, so I won't be returning to it unless somebody pings me with a specific question. Once again I will of course abide by whatever the community decides, and this reduction is not intended to make this discussion moot. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?
- Even though I have the benefit of having seen you admin many times previously and this sanctioned user being both harassed, and sanctioned for his conduct, the appeal comes down to the circumstances visible by just any person; that's the context in which I noted those three items. Yes, I also noticed the plea for more admins at AN, and it is an all too common scenario where an action might be needed or anyway taken before the case is finalised (in this particular instance the amount of disruption or drama caused by leaving things as they were for just a little longer is in doubt as I said, but I am not persuaded to go further than that now). The usual reason a case is with Arbcom after all is because the community did not sort the overall problem adequately and/or in time, so the decision will take all of that into account. An unpleasant feeling is generated when avoidable complications are added to a case involving users who have contributed usefully in some ways, but have not done so in others; it can unintentionally or otherwise prejudice the outcome both for the users and the project, even with the most brightest arbs ever.
While you might not take issue with your actions being amended/overturned by admins in the community or arbs, I regret to note that not all sanction-imposing or sanction-enforcing administrators appear to share that value in practice. Historically, some arbs have avoided piping up over their displeasure so that the admin is not slighted or to provide silent encouragement. This does appear to becoming less of a frequency thankfully, but it is certainly not outlawed currently and does involve arbs and users taking extra time on that matter. Overall, for the reasons I just said and others I haven't, once a case is at final phase, I think the project benefits more when admins avoid situations where a question may be raised over whether they have acted improperly or not, and to avoid a dilemma arising as to whether and how the sanction dealt with in the final decision (unless unavoidable) or displeasure should be expressed. In any event, this is just background to address some of the matters you raise here; take from it what you will. Thank you for your assistance and the approach you have adopted as a sanction imposing/enforcing administrator during this appeal; I hope others learn from it also. Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:32, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Even though I have the benefit of having seen you admin many times previously and this sanctioned user being both harassed, and sanctioned for his conduct, the appeal comes down to the circumstances visible by just any person; that's the context in which I noted those three items. Yes, I also noticed the plea for more admins at AN, and it is an all too common scenario where an action might be needed or anyway taken before the case is finalised (in this particular instance the amount of disruption or drama caused by leaving things as they were for just a little longer is in doubt as I said, but I am not persuaded to go further than that now). The usual reason a case is with Arbcom after all is because the community did not sort the overall problem adequately and/or in time, so the decision will take all of that into account. An unpleasant feeling is generated when avoidable complications are added to a case involving users who have contributed usefully in some ways, but have not done so in others; it can unintentionally or otherwise prejudice the outcome both for the users and the project, even with the most brightest arbs ever.
- Yes, I contributed to the workshop page as an outside party and suggested such sanctions (against multiple parties on both sides) as I thought the evidence presented by others showed were merited. That doesn't make me a party to the dispute, which is itself rather ridiculous in my opinion. And the "in my opinion mild" comment was a simple factual statement—I felt that all my actions arising from
- The change to WP:OUTING really needs tweaking. If an editor with an anonymous name (say, Abcdef) on Wikipedia is behaving in a disruptive way, and linking to what their account (also called Abcdef) on, say, Reddit, is doing, then there is no OUTING issue. If, of course, their account on an external site is under their real name, then that's a separate matter. Black Kite (talk)12:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree, and would be supportive of changes to the policy. I don't think it is consistent with the community's view as it currently stands. Ncmvocalist (talk) 12:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I guess I really don't understand how this sanction could raise this big a stink. It basically reads "stop trying to link people to off-site accounts", which is a rule everyone already should be following. Weedwacker (talk) 20:43, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
The situation at present appears to be that Wikipedia considers the absolutely anonymity of its accounts to be more important than the their egregiously bad behavior on other sites -- even behavior dedicated, as in this case, to intentionally causing harm to a Wikipedian. Let’s remember, for those of you not following along at home:
- A group of supporters of a fringe movement openly have coordinated to silence their Wikipedia critics and to take control over the process of revising pages concerning their movement and those it seeks to target.
- Ryulong is a priority target of these attacks
- One tactic planned by the attackers is to broadcast derogatory information and innuendo against their targets, making their continued participation in Wikipedia infeasible and/or securing their dismissal from employment. Ryulong has been subjected to particularly harsh treatment because his attackers believe him to be gay and Jewish; when he asked for financial help in an emergency on a non-Wikipedia site, the critics literally smelled blood in the water.
- Relentless offsite attacks, both anti-Semitic and homophobic, have been a particular feature of the campaign against this editor.
- Current policy makes it possible for a Wikipedian opponent to go to another site and post repeated, scurrilous attacks on a named Wikipedian with impunity, and to use that site to recruit new SPAs and to canvass for additional opponents. The victim, on the other hand, must scrupulously refrain from mentioning these attacks on Wikipedia -- even in Wikipedia's administrative and quasi-judicial functions such as ANI and ArbCom.
- The waters are further (but characteristically) clouded by loud appeals for sanctions on grounds that are irrelevant, absurd, or not germane -- such as here, where Ryulong is denounced for having appealed too promptly. Had he waited, of course, the editor would have complained that the matter was stale.
This gives the appearance that Wikipedia prizes the strict anonymity of its editors more highly than fairness, propriety or decency, and further advantages those who coordinate their wikipedia activities offsite. In fact, the coordination visible here was only identified because the offsite proponents wanted to flaunt it: had they used different names offsite, used the telephone or email to plan their attacks, and contacted the victim’s friends and employer privately rather than through a Web site, they would have gained the effect for which they had striven without the possibility of censure. However, they did not even take elementary precautions, and now Ryulong, having elliptically complained of this appalling treatment, is further sanctioned for that complaint. This is a very regrettable way to reward long, if sometimes controversial, service to the project. I write this most reluctantly as (a) I am topic-banned from GamerGate, which is a subtext here (as, it seems, in much of ANI these days), but which I have taken care not to otherwise allude to, and (b) I no longer contribute to Wikipedia, as its behavior is something I cannot countenance. But the alternative here is to remain silent, which would be invidious, or to discuss this offsite: the proper place for technical discussion of internal enforcement is not a journal or a newspaper, but here. I thank you for this indulgence. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:54, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Did you just imply that because Ryulong has been targetted off-site that anyone who finds faults with his behavior on Wikipedia must surely be A) an off-site harasser and B) anti-semitic? Weedwacker (talk) 21:05, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- No. MarkBernstein (talk) 21:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- If you're topic-banned, why are you commenting on this? Thargor Orlando (talk) 21:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- "Remaining silent in the face of injustice is the same as supporting it. -- Nelson Mandela. MarkBernstein (talk) 21:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah I don't think Nelson Mandela was topic banned though. If we're going after "personal attacks" on your personal site you've admitted to owning you've called people defending to Keep the Cultural Marxism article "an infection" [116]. So that's calling ME an infection, as well on your linked twitter account that this was part of a "lobbying campaign" to Jimmy Wales [117]. You were previously topic banned for exactly this, stop accusing people out of nowhere, if you keep saying that criticism of Ryulong is part of an antisemitic and homophobe conspiracy you will probably get site wide banned sooner or later Loganmac (talk) 07:00, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- "Remaining silent in the face of injustice is the same as supporting it. -- Nelson Mandela. MarkBernstein (talk) 21:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- While there is no question that Ryulong has been under attack off-site, I'm not convinced that there is any great injustice in the sanction here since these matters have little to do with productive editing. As User:Weedwacker says, it is "a rule everyone already should be following". Given that, @HJ Mitchell:, what do you think about extending this sanction to additional parties, specifically User:Loganmac and User:Auerbachkeller, or others? I'm seeing a lot of discussion of Ryulong's offsite activities here and elsewhere, and I don't see how that contributes to productive editing either, especially if one party is specifically prohibited from discussing them while other parties repeatedly feel the need to bring them up. Gamaliel (talk) 18:03, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- No objection here. I agree completely that, as a general rule, it should apply to everyone by default. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:14, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Gamaliel: and @HJ Mitchell:; I think each of those additional parties have played their part, and it needs to be logged under general sanctions in the event that this persists. As to form, it can be a formal caution, or a restriction on the exact same terms as now-imposed on Ryulong. Once this has been done, there is nothing further needed under this appeal. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:06, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- No objection here. I agree completely that, as a general rule, it should apply to everyone by default. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:14, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I have no idea why we're looking the other way when an editor has been stirring shit up on KiA for months, canvassing discussions, harassing editors or asking others to do so. I also have no idea why, given the obvious connection between the two accounts, we're forced to first pretend there's no connection between the two and when Ryulong (justifiably) gets upset that this constant obnoxious hectoring we sanction them instead of the person doing the shit stirring. If I wasn't involved I would indef loganmac right now. I implore uninvolved administrators to pull their heads out of their ass and treat this situation as though we're not deliberately trying to be as dumb as possible. Protonk (talk) 13:32, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've considered it, but I don't think there's enough evidence of on-wiki misconduct to make an indef stick, and the community has historically not supported on-wiki sanctions for off-wiki conduct, with a few exceptions for outing, most of which were handled by ArbCom. I don't think anyone is pretending that the two aren't the same person, but there's very little we can do about it, and repeatedly bringing it up in unrelated discussions on Wikipedia is unhelpful, which is the reason I imposed the restriction. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:33, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- There are literally dozens of posts riling up thousands of KiA members about Ryulong or the Gamergate topic area, an area we know to be rife with canvassing and outside involvement from 8chan and KiA. It's bizarre that we have an editor here responsible for the vast majority of the wikipedia related posts on KiA in a topic area that is at Arbcom largely because of disruption from the same sources (or gamgergaters more broadly) and we don't see that as impinging upon on wiki-conduct. What's unhelpful is that we continue to look the other way in service of...what, exactly? The fig leaf of an underscore? The need for some positive connection made on wiki (which has been provided by the devil's advocate and others on the arbcom case)? The tacit admission (in a discussion with PresN on the same case) that the accounts are basically the same? Do we need to wait for them to take umbrage at another editor and dig shit up about them on reddit? What's the point where we decide that this is intolerable as a community? Protonk (talk) 14:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not unsympathetic, but making a block you fully expect would b overturned at ANI is at best poor form and, given that the subject is a party to an arbitration case, desysopping would not e out of he question. I quite like my admin bit—it means I can block the obvious trolls, even if I'm continually frustrated at what the community considers obvious. But admins are servants of the community; if we were as much of a law unto ourselves as in the popular meme, I'd have indef'd almost everyone who's been significantly involved with that article and deleted and salted it. Feel free to start a new subsection, though, or try to change policy in the appropriate fora—maybe this ridiculous "controversy" has given the community a greater appetite for the removal of tendentious editors though less messy means. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I understand that, and I appreciate the fact that any admin looking at this situation faces the same general problem. Protonk (talk) 16:37, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- We don't need an indef—a topic ban can be imposed by any uninvolved admin and that would do the job as far as enwiki is concerned. Johnuniq (talk) 23:28, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq: The trouble is uninvolved admins who are reviewing this discussion are not doing that either, which is disappointing. I also note that an arb said the PD may not be posted for yet another fortnight (and it seems no interim measures are being imposed), so clearly this isn't going to be resolved anytime soon. So great; over the many years we have all been here, there has been universal agreement by editors, administrators, arbitrator-elects, arbitrators, and so forth, that tendentious editing is not acceptable and better steps will be taken against it. Yet, I question what has changed in all of that time really. Even accepting the suggestion made by HJ Mitchell that desysopping would not be out of the question for imposing the indef block proposed by Protonk, it makes no sense to believe that a desysop threat exists by imposing a caution or restriction under general sanctions (as you, Gamaliel and I have proposed/endorsed here). Is it beneficial to leave this appeal so that the involved problem editors remain where they are, or was some form of action (however great or slight) warranted against them too? If it was warranted, is there a reason that action should not be implemented before closing this appeal? I don't think there is and think someone should act...but I pass the question back to HJM and others. (I can't reasonably expect Gamaliel to act in dual circumstances where this appeal concerns HJM's decision to only sanction Ryulong, and HJM had proposed in the case workshop against Gamaliel being an admin - even though I consider the latter was fundamentally flawed). Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:28, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- We don't need an indef—a topic ban can be imposed by any uninvolved admin and that would do the job as far as enwiki is concerned. Johnuniq (talk) 23:28, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I understand that, and I appreciate the fact that any admin looking at this situation faces the same general problem. Protonk (talk) 16:37, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not unsympathetic, but making a block you fully expect would b overturned at ANI is at best poor form and, given that the subject is a party to an arbitration case, desysopping would not e out of he question. I quite like my admin bit—it means I can block the obvious trolls, even if I'm continually frustrated at what the community considers obvious. But admins are servants of the community; if we were as much of a law unto ourselves as in the popular meme, I'd have indef'd almost everyone who's been significantly involved with that article and deleted and salted it. Feel free to start a new subsection, though, or try to change policy in the appropriate fora—maybe this ridiculous "controversy" has given the community a greater appetite for the removal of tendentious editors though less messy means. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- There are literally dozens of posts riling up thousands of KiA members about Ryulong or the Gamergate topic area, an area we know to be rife with canvassing and outside involvement from 8chan and KiA. It's bizarre that we have an editor here responsible for the vast majority of the wikipedia related posts on KiA in a topic area that is at Arbcom largely because of disruption from the same sources (or gamgergaters more broadly) and we don't see that as impinging upon on wiki-conduct. What's unhelpful is that we continue to look the other way in service of...what, exactly? The fig leaf of an underscore? The need for some positive connection made on wiki (which has been provided by the devil's advocate and others on the arbcom case)? The tacit admission (in a discussion with PresN on the same case) that the accounts are basically the same? Do we need to wait for them to take umbrage at another editor and dig shit up about them on reddit? What's the point where we decide that this is intolerable as a community? Protonk (talk) 14:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Proposal for a 2 way IBAN (+gentleman's agreement) for User:Ryulong and User:Auerbachkeller
This is a silly argument about an even sillier dispute (between two people who should know better) within a sillier still "controversy" that has already sucked in far too much admin time. Ryulong/Auerbachkeller please for everyone's sake (including your own), give each other a wide berth—I don't care who started it. Everyone else, please move on and find a nice, no-controversial article to work on. Thank you. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC) |
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I brought this idea up a week or so ago at talk ) 23:04, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Not needed. Auerbachkeller only responds when Ryulong writes something. If Ryulong simply stops mentioning Auerbach, there is no problem. --DHeyward (talk) 00:03, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Massive POV/vandalism issues on Ali Curtis
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A various number of IPs are vandalizing The Ali Curtis page by inserting insults
Just one of the many vandal edits Weegeerunner (talk) 19:31, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
got no help from admins last time i posted here, can someone please help now?
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there seems to be a problem with the aligment of text and result bars furthermore the bars are seperated too far apart vertically, last time i posted i did not recieve help that changed thay, can someone please help now Dannis243 (talk) 13:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
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IP addresses removing content (possible sock)
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Three IP addresses,
- @) 01:16, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- @) 01:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
User making non sense edits on my talk page after I nominated non sense page for deletion
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USER:Lolgirlxoxo123 initially began making non-sense articles. After I nominated her article for speedy-delete, she makes further non-sense edits on my talk page such as this [120].
Kind Regards
NetworkOP (talk) 23:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Abusive user
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Can someone review
- The user is free to clear his talk page. The talk page history will retain it all. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:48, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I know that, I just mentioned it so it doesn't get overlooked :) open channel) 00:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Roger. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:53, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I know that, I just mentioned it so it doesn't get overlooked :)
Need indef ban for NOTHERE by Beforyouwere and and IP
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Editor created acct 4 days ago and made a series of mostly minor edits to get autoconfirmed. As soon as they were autoconfirmed they [reverted] a large number of changes made to Momin Khawaja 4 days back to clean up a long term POV vandalism problem. 4 days ago the article was page protected by User:HJ_Mitchell and one IP was banned. Khawaja is the first convicted terrorist in Canada. He is serving life in a supermax in Canada, a sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada. The reverted content includes such gems " Legally and from the perspective of conventional wisdom and justice, it is questionable how could he be sentenced to a Life and 24 years under terrorism? ", he is a "hostage" in jail, and that his conviction was based on race and religion.
- Increase the protection to WP:WHITELOCKsince on Jan 4, 2015 I had to revert everything back to June 7, 2014 to cleanup all the POV junk.
- the IP version User:69.196.129.102 edit warred, asked to have a different revert date - a point when the article was REALLY POV, and changed a large template from "People associated with terrorism who have lived in Canada" to read "Victims of torture by the Government of Canada".
- A related short term blocked IP 108.161.126.189 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
Please Indef both these accts under
Editor is continuing to edit war and has engaged on my talk page. I'm proud to be part of the "internet media Intelligence community." as at least they recognize my intelligence :) [121] Legacypac (talk) 00:46, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Legal Threat at Seph Lawless
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In cleaning the Seph Lawless article of publications that do not exist (ISBN numbers and publisher were non-existent) and of sources that did not match up to the sentence/paragraph, I ran into an unfortunate incident - that escalated after the article was placed up for deletion.
Seph Lawless contacted me via Facebook with what I perceive as a legal threat. I emailed OTRS about this; shortly after, one of the edits under Talk:Seph_Lawless by user:briancahal (a fake account created by I presume Seph Lawless) involved some sensitive and personal information. It was scrubbed by user:FreeRangeFrog.
On Facebook, Seth Lawless wrote:
- Seph Lawless 1/16 11:50am ;Sherman...we know what you have been doing for awhile. I was nice to you even knowing all along what you were doing. Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. Undo everything you did to the page. Your revisions will just be removed. The writer of the page is a journalist form the daily news and they tracked your ip address. You will remove your revisions and move on with your life and face the consequences of your actions. I'm giving you one last chance.
- Sherman Cahal 1/6, 11:50am ; (thumbs up)
- Seph Lawless 1/6, 11:53am ; I don't want to cooperate with the detectives in North Randall like I'm supposed too by turning people in to the police as part of my plea bargain.
- Sherman Cahal 1/6, 11:54am ; You are more than welcome to contest the deletion of your page.
- Seph Lawless 1/6, 11:58am ; It's not that the writer is taking care of that but you clearly removed stories not in accordance with wiki. The guy is a wiki administer that added that last story from Vice. We let you take out the Nikon comment months ago and you were quite until a day after meeting me. You will change it all back now or you will be arrested. i promise you.
- Sherman Cahal 1/6, 11:59am ; Oh good. Thanks for telling me that. I'm an administrator and it's nice to know there was a conflict of interest.
- Seph Lawless 1/6, 12:03pm ; Then you should know that we did that add that story. Sherman I don't think you realize the consequences. You have one hour. You are blocked. We know everything about your family. I recognized you as soon as you walked in that mall. We will be watching. I'm so sorry.
At this point, I looked at the revision history of the article and came across user:Bernie44, a paid editor for the New York Daily News. He identified himself as such here. These issues have continued with blocked calls from his cellular phone, traced to Joseph Merendez, that threaten action if I do not revert the page. He also wrote some other vague threats, which I'm not sure indicates physical harm or not.
I can provide screencaps and links to relevant information via email or other secure channels. A FYI - my name is Sherman Cahal, represented on Wikipedia as seicer. It's been years since I was heavily involved in the backend of WP and much has changed - so I'm not sure what the proper channel is anymore. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks. seicer | talk | contribs 17:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I suggest contacting wiki legal. @Philippe (WMF): may be able to help with that. Given that this also involves threats on Facebook, you may be able to seek help from Facebook itself. As they're beginning to harass you off-wiki, you might consider involving the FBI. Blackmane (talk) 22:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks. I wonder if I should email Philippe_(WMF) directly. As for Facebook, it's been reported but there has been no action taken so far, which is not too surprising. As for the calls, they have been reported to the carrier, Sprint, and to the Cleveland PD. (There are some laws against spoofing and harassing.) seicer | talk | contribs 03:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- You can email me directly. :-) [email protected]. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 06:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks. I wonder if I should email Philippe_(WMF) directly. As for Facebook, it's been reported but there has been no action taken so far, which is not too surprising. As for the calls, they have been reported to the carrier, Sprint, and to the Cleveland PD. (There are some laws against spoofing and harassing.) seicer | talk | contribs 03:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Canvassing and campaigning, aspersion, POV pushing, editing in edits and editing to shame by User:P-123
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- P-123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), formerly P123ct1
Canvassing and campaigning P-123 is quite conscious of the issue of canvassing as indicated by edits of:
- 1 15:09, 29 September 2014 "then realised it could be seen as canvassing an edit and there are strict rules about this!"
- 2 22:19, 24 October 2014 "I have amended my comment ... so if there are any spies watching it's hardly a canvassed edit!"
Instances of canvassing and campaigning include:
- 3 12:07, 2 December 2014 to Felino123 "Your contributions are valuable"
- 4 12:46, 17 November 2014 Gazkthul reverts P-123's deletion of text at User talk:Gazkthul that read, "What about "diktat"? In history-writing this is a neutral term, but to me for a heading in "Governance" it is a POV, loaded word"
- 5 13:06, 6 December 2014 to Wheels of steel0 "The editor was banned. "... for his manipulations" is a WP:PA". The editor mentioned is Technophant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). I was not pinged I have not been personally asked to account for my earlier edit.
- 6 11:38, 21 December 2014 to Gazkthul "I hope you can knock some sense into them. Good luck; you will need it." (typo - s/b GraniteSand Legacypac (talk) 18:24, 27 December 2014 (UTC))
- 7 09:54, 26 December 2014 repositioning and emboldening talk page announcement with content "I can no longer copy-edit this article as it is moving in a direction I disagree with too much."
- [numbers added to match comments]
Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits
Can I also cite P-123's earlier content here, where it was stated: "All this must be very galling for you, given your peaceable stance on things (I have read your userpage). WP can be a bearpit and it has nearly stopped me editing in the past (before you arrived on the ISIS page). Just hang on in there. :):) 08:19, 24 October 2014 (UTC)" and here where the view was stated, "You and a couple of other editors have the best manners on the TP, IMO. ... 20:12, 10 December 2014 (UTC)".
All the same I receive comments such as this, in this case "I have been very concerned about your conduct on the Talk page with regard to some of the editing in the article for a very long time."
I think that issues on this regard are well covered in the thread Pro-ISIL and anti-ISIL as started by P-123 in which I believe that P-123 is well demonstrated as being the editor with the POV issues.
I think that it is also demonstrated in the thread:
At this point, in contrast to all my efforts to present dealings with P-123, in with private approaches, my mail was hacked in this form so as to, I believe, present maximum personal embarrassment. I retrieved my text to original form with amendments made as here. P-123 has taken the view presented here saying "Have some respect for another editor's Talk page" to which I replied here saying "Have some respect for edits and threads". None-the-less, one of my article talk page texts was edited into here with the intruding text being removed by me here, which was followed by P-123 collapsing the content which I view to have been misrepresented as a "refactoring muddle" (the texts were only moved) here and with further additions to my text being added here which again claimed that the comments were refactored.
Just in the run up to Christmas I have had a number of threads started asserting criticising me in various ways on the talk pages of two separate admins: Lor and PBS. I have repeatedly asked and pleaded P-123 to desist from making unsubstantiated accusations and this can be confirmed by searching through any related content for terms such as "BEGGING" and "ASPERSIONS". Just for the sake of clarifying issues I even initiated a thread for the sake of clarification entitled My admission of wrong. Nothing seems to work. I have no problem with criticism but criticisms need to be substantiated. I really feel at my wits end with this and have no idea what will happen next.
Shaming
I have continually sought to raise issues privately with P-123 as this editor has repeatedly indicated a concern for reputation as indicated here with "I have a reputation to protect" and here with "What does that do for my reputation?"
However, when dealing with another editor P-123, despite having been in situations in which showed other ways of working, chose to headline a user name here on an article talk page which I reedited here.
Please see current
Please can something can be done in the current situations. If nothing else can be agreed I suggest a topic ban in relation to the Syrian Civil War and ISIL. From my perspective issues here are wasting too much time.
Comments (1):
I have put in a lot of time (over a period of nearly three weeks) into attempts to stop this dispute escalating (see our Talk page discussions, mainly on the editor's, some is archived now). I can provide evidence of this if needed. (I had prepared an IBAN request but this pre-empts that now). I am concerned about misrepresentation here, which has been one of my main criticisms of this editor in our dealings. Please refer to discussion on the Talk pages of admins PBS and Lor here and here for this. P-123 (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- item 3 - this was intended to encourage an editor. Please read the whole paragraph.
- item 4 - this is my edit, not Gazkthul's. How is this canvassing? I was asking Gazkhtul's opinion.
- item 5 - has to be read in context (my comment was on Gregkaye.) (Why does Gregkaye give Technophant's (an old adversary) full details above, including link to his block log?)
- item 6 - please read in full context here. (wrong editor named, btw) P-123 (talk)
- "Aspersion ...", para 2 - this is disingenuous. Gregkaye has known since at least the beginning of October that I have had concerns about his editing, i.e. what I saw as POV-pushing. I have never made any secret of it, either in our exchanges or on the main Talk page. Until recently this was an amicable disagreement that did not interfere with our good working relationship. Please read the quote in its context in the link given, and note the missing "As you know" at the beginning. There is spin here. (added later)
- "Aspersion ... ", para 4 - Gregkaye seems to object to normal Talk page discussion. In the diff provided the main objection seems to be that he does not like the view I expressed in that particular discussion.
- "Aspersion ...", para 5 - I have explained before how that "hacking" came about. (The "Sovereign state" thread.) I had wanted to annotate that passage for my own records in preparation for the IBAN mentioned above but went about it in the wrong way (for further explanation please see PSB's Talk page here and search "annotated"). Gregkaye says in para 5, "At this point, in contrast to all my efforts to present dealings with P-123, in with private approaches, my mail was hacked in this form so as to, I believe, present maximum personal embarrassment." On PBS's Talk page where I explained this, Gregkaye was pinged, so he knew the real reason. More misrepresentation.
- "Aspersions ...", para 5 - second part of this para deals with Gregkaye's moving two of my comments, one of which was to counter a serious misrepresentation by Gregkaye about my editing practice. (See diff he quoted above.) By moving the comments out of context, their sense has been lost and the misrepresentation is left open (see near collapse box). I raised this with PBS as I am not clear about WP policy on an editor moving another editor's comments around but have not yet had a reply.
- "Aspersions ...", para 6 - I went to Lor and PBS in desperation asking for advice and help on how to deal with this escalating dispute that we could not resolve peaceably. See the links to their Talk pages above, additionally here and here, where this could not be clearer. More selection, more spin.
- "Shaming", para 2 - I own up to this. It was done in the heat of the moment and I readily agreed to Gregkaye's refactoring of the heading when he pointed out my error.
I am glad
(That should have just said "copy-edit", not "or edit" - see my notice on my Talk page) P-123 (talk
- Note:, a point by point refutation of P-123's objections is presented further down the page. Kaye17:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Comments (2):
I formally request the imposition of an interaction ban on Gregkaye and myself for as long a period as possible. P-123 (talk) 01:03, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- After the questions raised by this AN/I have been settled. P-123 (talk) 11:48, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- End of P-123's Comments section
- End of P-123's Comments section
- P-123 Please qualify how any of your efforts have made any contribution "to stop this dispute escalating". The fact is that I have spent inordinate amounts of time with you on a variety of topics but which have included what I consider to have been attempts to diplomatically get past what I consider to be your wrong preconceptions of POV, to present other views and to present issues related to the application of other points in guidelines. I have often got responses that I view as IDNHT. For me personally the issues became very difficult on the issue of aspersion. You say of course it won't happen and then it just happens again and again and again. In the past, as you know, I have gone way out of my way to protect you but your last three week onslaught has broken me. I am no longer willing to collude with and otherwise tolerate your departures from otherwise standard Wikipedia behaviours.
- At this point I will give you the same advice that you are familiar that I give to other alleged guideline departing editors. Choose. Either decide to try to prove why all the various accusations don't apply or admit to relevant wrongdoings and give assurances as to why they will not apply in the future. I honestly think that the issues mentioned are clear and that you will not be helped by taking the first route. Everyone has to follow the same set of guidelines. All the guidelines There are no exceptions. Kaye21:10, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- WP:ASPERSIONS. This has been one of my main objections to Gregkaye's dealings with this dispute on our Talk pages, on the Talk pages of PBS and Lor (I have already provided links to their Talk pages which spell this out clearly), and lately even on the main ISIS Talk page. I have been particularly upset about this. I will let whoever adjudicates this make their own judgment from what they see there. I would add that this has happened only recently, since the dispute escalated.
- Secondly, I have told Gregkaye repeatedly how this dispute has driven me to distraction and how I will not be pushed any more by the relentless questioning. One of the most trying aspects of attempting to settle this dispute has been Gregkaye's interminable requests for citations to back up every word I say. I have said to him repeatedly: that all the answers he seeks are in our Talk page discussions, that I have repeated them often, that he only has to read them again, that I am always straightforward (Gregkaye used to say he liked my directness) so he cannot miss them. It is unreasonable to expect someone to trawl through those endless discussions and extract the answers he seeks to place them before him when he can read them for himself. Even when I have attempted to answer them, the answers are unsatisfactory (see latest threads on his Talk page) so nothing is gained.
- Thirdly, it is my opinion that Gregkaye is too sensitive to editorial criticism and too ready to criticise those who depart from WP guidelines and policy and give out advice to them. I will not comment on his customary hectoring tone as here other than to remark on it. There is a lot of rough and tumble in ISIS editing and editors need to be robust enough to take the knocks. Other editors do not have a problem with this. P-123 (talk) 22:27, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- P-123 You can't just make accusation without providing reference as this in many cases eliminates or at least reduces opportunity for resolution. I have regularly asked for justification for your on going accusation and get none. In the recent thread you cite misrepresentation at User talk:Lor#Some information while citing nothing specific. This leaves me to do all the work to attempt any resolution. I'm sick of it. Please understand.
- Your second point has no relation to current issues and yet can be easily addressed. The majority of our communication has been conducted at your initiation on my talk page. The archives are open. I have previously cited that there should be ~"no censorship" but now view that topics of discussion should conform to the clear guidelines presented at Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#User talk pages. What answers have you repeated? What you have often done is repeat accusation without reference or citation. What I perceive to be the spin in your edits to my talk page I find to be "unsatisfactory" as referenced to your edit here and my reply here. I still do not agree with your uncited and, I think, unjustified and continuing assertions. Again ask, plead, beg, for to end your use of uncited accusations that hamper any chance or reply or resolution.
- You suggest "Gregkaye is too sensitive to editorial criticism" and Kaye10:21, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have already outlined above and below my reasons for not acceding to your innumerable requests for explanation. I am never sensitive to genuine editorial criticism. No good editor would be. I am sensitive to ad hominem criticism, though. P-123 (talk) 10:51, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have also replied to your comment below, "Make your charges properly, or not at all". Please follow your own standards in this. You mention above Kaye15:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Gregkaye: Sorry, I was not referring to ad hominem criticism from you specifically. This next is to expand on the answer given below. On starting "multiple threads", I went to PBS and Lor over three issues, just before Christmas: (1) to PBS to ask for help in resolving the dispute and asking if he could impose an IBAN on both; (2) to Lor for the same thing; (3) to PBS over the collapsed discussion as I was very concerned about it; (4) to PBS over the moving (not refactoring) of text which I was also very concerned about. Unfortunately those four things came to a head at the same time. P-123 (talk) 23:43, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- In my "Comments" above I gave links to their pages which show I was seeking help on how to resolve this dispute, as I said. They had already been involved and knew the situation. There was another request to PBS for help on "Refactoring" with full citations. What is privately? I went to their Talk pages. I have no wish to pursue any sanction after this AN/I and have already let Gregkaye know this. P-123 (talk) 16:57, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- You say, "What I perceive to be the spin in your edits to my talk page I find to be "unsatisfactory" as referenced to your edit here and my reply here." How can an opinion be "spin"? You have called one of my editing views "spin" as well. That does not make sense. You seem determined to take nothing I say at face value. I have found this very trying. P-123 (talk) 23:31, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have also replied to your comment below, "Make your charges properly, or not at all". Please follow your own standards in this. You mention above
- I have already outlined above and below my reasons for not acceding to your innumerable requests for explanation. I am never sensitive to genuine editorial criticism. No good editor would be. I am sensitive to ad hominem criticism, though. P-123 (talk) 10:51, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
P-123 I do take things at face value and object to the values that I think are unnecessarily presented. You now force me to again spend time in breaking things down. In the first of the references here You said:
- "That I "push" for consensus is petty misrepresentation." We can play with words but you had initiated with me to add comment to a thread to seal consensus against Felino123.
- "I see as attempts to control editors", but you say this with no reference that I am trying to get them to adhere to issues like WP:NPA. There have also been issues where I have disputed the way in which a case has been presented and, if you have any specific point of contention, you should bring it. Editors can argue any case they want but should do it within guidelines and in expectation of fair reply to content as presented.
Other points from that post shown to be repeated in the next content. See: hounding.
In the second of the references here I replied:
- "Collapsing a discussion that was way off topic and which continued regardless under the hat" to your assertion "Closing down discussion by collapsing discussion mid-flow as today on main Talk page". This was the issue about which you went to PBS to say, "Gregkaye has collapsed a thread in the middle of a very important discussion on NPOV" when in reality it was a thread proposing a reference to caliphate in the first the lead to which all our conversation was utterly unrelated. You also stated, "I cannot speak freely even on the Talk page now because of it." Anyone can talk freely but, if their content goes beyond the bounds of WP:guidelines, it can be challenged.
- "Remonstrating, when? how? in what way was my content wrong? What is wrong with quoting policy? This is something that you do yourself. Should it be disregarded?" to your assertion "Remonstrating with editors who disagree with you by quoting policy at them and trying to bring them to heel". Non judgemental words like protesting or preferably attempting to correct would be kinder. I am certainly not trying to bring editors to my heel. I have been attempting to call people to the standards presented in the Wikipedia guidelines. Support in this would be appreciated.
- "Requesting that editors behave according to WP:GUIDELINES" to your assertion "Telling editors who disagree with you how they should behave (Felino, Technophant, WheelsofSteel0, P-123)". I added: "Show instances where this was not the case. I think that editors, myself included, should behave. With regard to Technophant you said that you did not understand why he was acting to me as he was and I think that was in thread Guido in the archive of ALL my talk page content. With WheelsofSteel0 you said that s/he was full of PA." If someone's comments are full of PA don't you think that it is fair for these issues to be raised?
- finally you said, "Blackening of editors' reputations with scurrilous charges of manipulation and misrepresentation" to which I immediately replied "Please see all of the above". As far as I had perceived you had adopted a negative spin on everything I had done. Again, if you think that any particular "charge" has been "scurrilous" then you should raise issue on that particular case and in this you should state what was actually said while citing or otherwise referencing evidence that you think relevant.
- In regard to blackening reputations are you referring to any of my User talk page discussions with you regarding Technophant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? Is there something else? You asserted that "T. would have had an IBAN imposed on you." Has he told you this by e-mail, is it your assumption or on what else is it based. Any editor can review my interactions with Technophant and come to their own conclusions as to who was in the wrong. A review of a thread, Guido, as would content on Technophant's talk page.
- In all your presentations above I have interpreted that you have framed content in negative terms. I have said that I perceive this as being spin and this is how I interpret it to be. I find your approach as being extremely argumentative and time wasting. I don't imply that you intended the spin but have my interpretation on the result. From my point of view a negative interpretation of issues has been adopted in every case. Again, even in questioning my perception on this, more time has been wasted. I don't agree with your expressed opinion. Again, none of your content was cited or referenced. This has got to stop. Kaye13:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Misrepresentation: "to seal consensus against Felino123" is another disreputable slur on character. I was consensus-gathering and asking all involved editors to cast their "vote", as it were. It is a good thing WP is not real life.
- I view your wikilawyering with editors, which has been extremely frequent on the Talk page (and throughout this AN'I), as an attempt to control them.
- I do not believe that you closed the discussion because it had gone off-topic. I believe it was because you and Legacypac were disagreeing with my diametrically opposed views on NPOV. As I said to PBS, I believed it was censorship. I have asked PBS to look at this, but again have had no reply yet.
- I think you confuse the word "spin" with "opinion".
- Your ref to Technophant and IBAN: nothing has been said in email about it, this is a deduction from what he said to you on his Talk page.
- On "argumentative and time-wasting": (1) in editing on the main Talk page, this is how you sometimes interpret editors who disagree with your views, in my opinion; (2) on our Talk pages, this is how you interpret my attempts to sort things out with you; I find it difficult to understand what you are driving at a lot of the time and I cannot make myself understood to you. I have equally found you "argumentative and time-wasting", but this is more an observation than a criticism.
- I am not quite sure what this has to do with the ANI/I. P-123 (talk) 16:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Kaye05:55, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Greg: This undignified bickering has to stop. You have made your points, I have made mine. I will only comment if I see major misrepresentation, not minor misrepresentation. In "Comments (2)" I have asked for a comprehensive IBAN. I checked beforehand with the Help Desk which confirmed that an IBAN request could be made during an AN/I. Leave what is presented for others to judge and do not add more to it; that way others will be put off proper perusal of what is here, which will be to your disadvantage. P-123 (talk) 13:21, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- P-123 I have calmly stated my case in a straightforward way. You have offered your objections. I have disagreed. While there is plenty else that I could add the content here, I believe, will provide sufficient information for a reviewing admin to assess.
- Did you check to find out whether further information could not be added to an AN/I before instructing "do not add more to it" or is that your opinion? Kaye16:54, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Gregkaye: No, I didn't. Just thought it was sensible not to. I am not trying to put you off adding new points, but if you do I would keep them succinct. What bothers me slightly is that others may be reading this now and making their assessments, missing anything that is added or skipping passages that look like more of the same. Shall we collapse this from "This undignified bickering"? I leave it to you. :) P-123 (talk) 18:15, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Comment:
I've been disappointed to see P-123, an editor I used to really respect, become argumentative and combative, seemingly for the sake of picking arguments, because when pushed there is no substance or objective to the point. P-123 fails to grasp NPOV focussing only on the neutral part to the exclusion of the balanced part. The encouragement of disruptive editors on article talk and personal talk to continue disruptive behavior is quite annoying. It appears to me they have been hounding Gregeye across various pages including my talk page [[122]] and [[123]] I've tried to stay out of this fight, but now that we are here, decided to comment. Seems to me P-123 could benefit from stepping back for a bit to get some useful perspective. Legacypac (talk) 18:24, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Legacypac is on the same side of the divide, as it were, over WP:NPOV as Gregkaye; they interpret it one way, I interpret it another. For my sin of raising this very important issue and pursuing it relentlessly, I am considered a nuisance and troublemaker by them. No other editor has engaged in this debate on the Talk page recently, although the editor in item 6 has similar views to my own as can be seen in that link. There are a few others, but it would wrong to name them here. Legacypac's "encouragement of disruptive editors on article talk and personal talk to continue disruptive behaviour" is a judgment for the AN/I arbitrator to make on the evidence presented, of course, but "they have been hounding" is inaccurate; that was strictly between Gregkaye and myself. I warn now that any misrepresentation of facts in this AN/I will continue to be exposed. P-123 (talk) 19:09, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Kaye17:34, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
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- Correct - relentless pursuit of an issue to the point of being a nuisance and troublemaker. It's very wrong to try to make an article about a terrorist organization - one that even al-Qaida rejects as too extreme - neutral. We need to have balance to all claims they make given the worldwide rejection of their claims and actions. To be clear, since I've been misinterpreted, I mean above that P-123 has been hounding Gregkaye, in my observation, for weeks. The editor in Item 6 that P-123 is encouraging to "knock some sense into them" was 3 month ISIL topic banned for being disruptive (recently lifted), which proves the point about "encouraging disruptive editors". And why has P-123 pushed my first comment out of order? Makes things hard to follow and confusing. Legacypac (talk) 22:04, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
Legacypac: Technical problem. I intended my "Comments" section to end where in fact it says 21:05. I had been accumulating them, broke off to respond to your comment, returned to adding to them and added signature at the end of it, at 21.05. Then I went on to answer Gregkaye's responses. I did not mean to push your comment to one side. My apologies. P-123 (talk) 22:58, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- WP:NPOV issue as crucial to the editing of this article.) 23:30, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
You do not, hence your view that pursuit of it was disruptive.You disagree with an editor over what NPOV is in this article, hence you regard them as a nuisance and a troublemaker. That type of attitude to editors who disagree with you both suggests something I do not intend to broach here. I did not agree with the editor in item 6 on his stance on an editing point that led to his ban, btw, though I did think the ban was too harsh; I told him so in a very brief exchange about that subsequently. I had no idea what his views were about NPOV or anything else (they were not voiced on the Talk page) until I saw his response to my comment, as you will see if you read those exchanges carefully. So the canvassing charge there does not hold water. On the "hounding" point I misinterpreted "they", which I now see you meant in the Wikipedian sense of "s/he", sorry. The hounding was mutual, btw, but I would not expect you to be objective about this given all I said ealier, though to be fair, it would be unreasonable to expect you to know this, as you probably have not followed the labyrinthine twists and turns of this dispute. (I defy any sane person to attempt it, unless really necessary, as there are screeds and screeds of it on our Talk pages.) P-123 (talk
- I DO view NPOV as important which is why I oppose all efforts to present highly disputed fictional positions taken by terrorists as factual in WP. My view of NPOV on this topic is pretty mainstream as seen here and here as a couple examples of efforts to keep WP NPOV. Legacypac (talk) 00:01, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Legacypac I am very sorry, I misrepresented you there. I have struck out the comment. But who is right and wrong on this is not the issue at hand in this AN/I. The charge is of POV-pushing, which I hope I have answered. P-123 (talk) 00:38, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- The third of the five charges presented was of POV-pushing and, with the other charges mentioned, the closing admin will come to a decision. Your unsubstantiated accusations "You do not"struck and "you regard them as a nuisance and a troublemaker"not struck and your derision "I would not expect you to be objective" are again, I think, clear examples of the Kaye18:42, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- More misrepresentation. I deliberately kept Gregkaye off my Talk page when this dispute was well advanced, having asked him not to post any more comments. Until then I would say there were roughly equal amounts covering this dispute on both Talk pages. That comment gives the impression I was hounding. Again, the facts are trivial, but the misrepresesentation is not. P-123 (talk) 16:49, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- The third of the five charges presented was of POV-pushing and, with the other charges mentioned, the closing admin will come to a decision. Your unsubstantiated accusations "You do not"struck and "you regard them as a nuisance and a troublemaker"not struck and your derision "I would not expect you to be objective" are again, I think, clear examples of the
- Legacypac I am very sorry, I misrepresented you there. I have struck out the comment. But who is right and wrong on this is not the issue at hand in this AN/I. The charge is of POV-pushing, which I hope I have answered. P-123 (talk) 00:38, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- I DO view NPOV as important which is why I oppose all efforts to present highly disputed fictional positions taken by terrorists as factual in WP. My view of NPOV on this topic is pretty mainstream as seen here and here as a couple examples of efforts to keep WP NPOV. Legacypac (talk) 00:01, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Point by point response to "Comments (1)" by P-123 above
- Item 4, the full quote here was "The quarrelling and walls of text on the Talk page now I think is driving editors away. I have only just seen your comments on the Talk page about the length of the article, and the answer to my question about criticism was there! Sorry about this. I am assuming you mean the emotive words in "Criticism". I have already gone through the article changing "massacres" and "executions" to neutral "killings". What about "diktat"? In history-writing this is a neutral term, but to me for a heading in "Governance" it is a POV, loaded word. ~ talk) 11:26, 17 November 2014 (UTC)" I think that this is pushing opinion and canvassing on a debate that at this same time was underway on the talk page. See #Diktats
- Item 6, In whatever context, "I hope you can knock some sense into them. Good luck; you will need it", is canvassing. I also think that it counts as an encouragement of conflict of which we have already seen too much at talk:ISIL.
- Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits, para 2, The context is found here. There is nothing disingenuous. To put that in context the full quote was, "As you know I have been very concerned about your conduct on the Talk page with regard to some of the editing in the article for a very long time. The conflict between this and our otherwise good working relationship until recently has always put an enormous strain on me which you may not be aware of. I am afraid your latest aggression was the last straw and from now on I will be putting the article first. This is to inform you that I have added my concern to Anastaisis'" The alleged aspersion is within, "I have been very concerned about your conduct on the Talk page with regard to some of the editing in the article for a very long time." From my personal point of view I have felt it difficult to address issues related to NPOV with P-123 and had regularly deferred to discussing this editor's interpretation of my own alleged POV bias. More recently I have also began to challenge back but, as far as I am aware, this has always been in the context of my talk page. More recently still P-123 initiated the Pro-ISIL and anti-ISIL thread at Talk:ISIL and I gave a full presentation of how I viewed that the principles of NPOV were rightly applied in regard to the situations mentioned to which there was no reply. Despite discussion I still get comments alluding to some supposed concerning conduct of mine on the talk page. I don't think that this is good enough. I can understand that discussions may have "put an enormous strain" on P-123 but, again, the conversations were on my talk page. There was no hounding. From my perspective I simply replied as best I could to a great number of often drawn out conversations. As far as I can see the latest aggression mentioned was my reference to P-123's sophisms etc. text to which, in my second attempted private User talk page response I said "you continue to argue dirty" which at the time of the 'concerns' post had been refactored to "argue unfairly". That's what I think. I only wish I had developed the terminology of "scurrilous slurs" at the time. The informing of the concern was on Lor's talk page with new editor Anastaisis being pinged.
- Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits, para 4, the edit again mentioned contains the text, "Any lawyer can weasel out of it, but these are all hard facts, and they have to be dealt with as such in this article. These facts should not be twisted or denied with sophistries." I still regard the whole content to flagrantly break WP:OR, WP:RS, WP:NPOV and WP:INDCRIT. Again P-123's content was here entered on the 'important thread intended to reach a consensus as to whether entries on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant should be barred from being entered into article pages and listings otherwise reserved for countries, nations and states' and yet, without any basis of logical support that I can see for the proposal, P-123 still I think alluded to lawyering weaseling supposed hard facts (certainly not established in talk page discussion and refuted in the "Pro-ISIL..." thread), twisting, denial and the use of sophistries. I responded with annoyance yes, but I would hope for better from Wikipedia editors than this.
- Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits, para 5, absolutely I think my edit was hacked. Wikipedia editor's have no right to edit into other editor's contents. I did believe that this edit was placed to provide maximum personal embarrassment. It was put on display with bold, bracketed and capitalised comment and drawing passing editor's attention to your IBAN proposal which should otherwise be presented in an appropriate forum. Such a forum would also permit the fair presentation to the, I believe, scurrilous slurs that were presented on the main article talk page.
- Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits, para 5, again you should not have edited into my edits.
- Aspersion, POV pushing and editing in edits, para 6, You say that you went to Lor and PBS in desparation. I had started the thread Sovereign state to you privately on your talk page partly to try to help you avoid potential conflict with another editor and then added to content with annoyance at the scurrilous slurs that I interpret that you had made and still not recognised on the article talk page.
While I admit to frustrated response I see that there is no excuse for the editorial activities mentioned. P-123 has been fully aware of topics mentioned and in some cases I have personally provided provided perspectives on the issues mentioned. Editor's are really obliged to edit according to practice presented in the guidelines and P-123 is no exception to this. Reassurances should be given that efforts will be made so that the editing practices mentioned will not be repeated.
- Gregkaye: You are repeating yourself. The "Sovereign state" complaint was answered in para 5 in "Comments (1)"; you are being disingenuous about this, you knew what had happened. This) 13:49, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
petty snipinghas to stop; it will not help your case. The IBAN I requested in "Comments (2)" is now beginning to look like a very good idea., as you seem incapable of dropping this.I am prepared to forgive and forget and get back to editing, but I will not tolerate misrepresentation. P-123 (talk- Kaye18:20, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Obviously I cannot make you think what you don't want to think, ) 19:25, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Lor is not an admin
Sorry, I just want to point out that User:Lor is not an admin, although he definitely looks like one. Asking Lor for help isn't going to solve anything. 172.56.16.152 (talk) 22:47, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Pinging admin @PBS:. 172.56.16.152 (talk) 22:54, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- 172.56.16.152 Thanks. Both have already been pinged, out of courtesy only, as the admin and editor involved in looking at the dispute before AN/I. P-123 (talk) 23:30, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hold on, admin PBS hasn't been active a few days. Ping admin Bishonen instead. 172.56.16.152 (talk) 23:40, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, I had the impression PBS was away. It is not like him not to respond to posts, and he hasn't been doing for some days now. Not sure Bishonen can help, as s/he has not been involved in this at all. No other admin has. Unless you are suggesting Bishonen should adjudicate this; as a comparative newbie I don't know how these things work. P-123 (talk) 23:48, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- Bishonen or Dougweller should be able to help. 172.56.16.152 (talk) 23:56, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
- 172.56.16.152 May I ask who you are? You seem quite knowledgeable for an IP. P-123 (talk) 12:12, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- 172.56.16.152, you need to answer P-123 when he asks you a valid question. Just say that you are Neil Chadwick aka Technophant aka Stillwaterrising. You also should not be sockpuppeting after being banned. 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:39, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 69.22.169.73: May I ask you who are as well? No IP would have that kind of knowledge. P-123 (talk) 22:10, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- You mean you want to know my real name? Sure, what's yours first, Sir? 69.22.169.73 (talk) 22:55, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 69.22.169.73 No, I meant username, but it doesn't matter, you have explained to Legacypac. :) P-123 (talk) 10:26, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- You mean you want to know my real name? Sure, what's yours first, Sir? 69.22.169.73 (talk) 22:55, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 69.22.169.73: May I ask you who are as well? No IP would have that kind of knowledge. P-123 (talk) 22:10, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 172.56.16.152, you need to answer P-123 when he asks you a valid question. Just say that you are Neil Chadwick aka Technophant aka Stillwaterrising. You also should not be sockpuppeting after being banned. 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:39, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 172.56.16.152 May I ask who you are? You seem quite knowledgeable for an IP. P-123 (talk) 12:12, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Bishonen or
Comments by GraniteSand
I'll comment on the section in which comments directed at me on my talk page are characterzed as "canvassing". A cursory look by a reasonable outside person show that the comments provided are not canvassing. As a matter of fact, the body of "evidence" in that section in general is rather fevered. The blood between Gregkaye and P-123 has really gone bad over the past few weeks, with no small part being played by
- I've tried to steer clear of conflict between these two, even told them to calm down at one point. I've commented here because it got really out of hand and landed here. My advice (as I said above) is that P-123 take a break from the topic because it is evidently getting the best of the editor (based on the editor's various comments). Legacypac (talk) 02:32, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- WP:OWNTALK, "While the purpose of article talk pages is to discuss the content of articles, the purpose of user talk pages is to draw the attention or discuss the edits of a user." The concept is that, if you see an issue with regard to a user's edits, you go directly to that user so as to raise issues directly. P-123's comments went well beyond these bounds and into canvassing.
- Please strike your comment, "with no small part being played by WP:ASPERSIONS. As far as I can remember the only time that Legacypac has made comment on our interaction was in the context of my previous attempt to clear up understandings with P-123 in my thread User talk:GregKaye/Archive 3#My admission of wrong. In that thread Legacypac added comment which I moved to subsection: Respectful interjection, and the comment read: "Respectfully in my opinion both of you have been taking a perfectionist "challenge everything" and eliminate anything that could be read as POV by anyone. Remember this is WP and anyone can edit." I know of no other interjection placed by Legacypac and give you opportunity to elucidate.
- I agree that the blood has gone bad even to the point of actions being initiated against me here first thing on Christmas Day. This was all in response to P-123's newly acquired habit of editing my edits. We used to have a good relationship as perhaps evidenced by the 379 reverences to P123ct1 in my Kaye08:40, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) In response to Legacypac's comment, I would say it is getting the better of Gregkaye, based on the editor's latest comments on his Talk page. I believe all this has happened because for the very first time I have taken an uncharacteristcally strong line on editing in this article on the main Talk page. These two editors have never been seriously challenged. An editor who did challenge the status quo in the article I believe was driven from the page for his outspoken views. I do not think is right that I should name this editor. I have not met any serious opposition from editors apart from these two. I have always managed to work in harmony with other editors,
with no exception,even when our views have been different.. I have even managed to persuade editors to come to consensus after long debate that was getting nowhere, on at least three occasions, and have never been criticised for that. P-123 (talk) 09:11, 28 December 2014 (UTC)- GregKaye: You say, "The "entire root of this" AN/I is P-123's manner of behaviour in relation to his/her editing of this and related articles." Which related articles? This is a very good example of the type of slurs on my editing that Gregkaye has been making recently, in five different venues. In my view, this is defamatory, and if it were not for this AN/I I would probably do something about it. This kind of talk would not be permitted in real life. P-123 (talk) 10:03, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- [next comment added out of chronological sequence]
- And that is what I said above in the context of this current content. This comment was made by way of reply to claim that the "entire root of this" AN/I was within something entirely different which I view to be falacious. I have recently challenged Legacypac regarding accountability to the talk page. At the bequest of P-123 I took an editor to AN/I even though this editor had similar views to me. I reject any notion that this AN/I was initiated due to viewpoint issues on the page. It is presented in response to behaviours, behaviours that I think should be applied to this editor's contribution to article discussion and behaviours in relation to this editor's interaction to me. It is as simple as that. Kaye13:58, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- I need to amend what I said in my last comment but one. I said that the two editors had never been seriously challenged. In fact, Gregkaye was challenged over an editing matter at AN/I in October, but the result of the AN/I was inconclusive and he received no sanction. I said that I had managed to work well with all editors. There was an exception in August when there was trouble between myself and another editor who no longer edits in ISIS along with many others. At that time I was less vociferous and forceful than now. I do not think it right to name the editor, but can provide details to whoever arbitrates this AN/I if needed. P-123 (talk) 22:06, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) In response to Legacypac's comment, I would say it is getting the better of Gregkaye, based on the editor's latest comments on his Talk page. I believe all this has happened because for the very first time I have taken an uncharacteristcally strong line on editing in this article on the main Talk page. These two editors have never been seriously challenged. An editor who did challenge the status quo in the article I believe was driven from the page for his outspoken views. I do not think is right that I should name this editor. I have not met any serious opposition from editors apart from these two. I have always managed to work in harmony with other editors,
Further discussion
With regards to
The problem here is that two users are distressing each other, but compared to some wikidrams (see for example Auerbach, David (11 December 2014). "Encyclopedia Frown".) this is not a particularly insidious one.
ANI is suitable for dealing with clear breaches of Wikipedia policies and to a lesser extent guidelines. In this case problems are based on differences in points of view of a specific topic which is already subject general sanctions (see Wikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), and as these points of view have not been reconciled despite good will on both sides to try to resolve tensions. These differences in points of view have lead to conflict and a gradual erosion of good faith.
The request for an
- I am glad ) 21:05, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
If
I have had responses from both Gregkaye and P-123 to this proposal on my talk page (see this diff). The most specific point is that P-123 states "I changed my mind about a topic ban". -- PBS (talk) 17:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks to WP:GS/SCW should be considered. I suggest that other admins should wait until PBS has finished his efforts before imposing such a remedy. EdJohnston (talk) 18:11, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Are we talking about topic bans for both editors or only P-123? talk) 22:01, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe editors could comment here on the merits of a topic ban on P-123 versus both P-123 and GregKaye. This entire thread was opened as a complaint by Talk:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant shows that much of the page consists of back-and-forth disputes between the two editors. This shows the wisdom of User:PBS trying to negotiate a voluntary topic ban of both parties. But if one or more editors disagrees, and if we conclude that we might have to sanction just one party then somebody will have to read through all that stuff and weigh the claims. EdJohnston (talk) 23:14, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- I am shocked that reading all that stuff and weighing the claims is not done routinely at AN/I. ) 09:03, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- My concern is the edit pattern of P-123 as shown in the edit history I listed at the start of this subsection. Nearly all of the edits in article space are to ) 00:18, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- To clarify, my steadily growing concern over time and at every stage of this process is that nothing is resolved. There are issues related to content in this AN/I that I have raised with P-123 regarding editing behaviour (with these with these issues being firstly raised within the context of our long history of talk page discussion, then in response to discussion that spilled over into article talk page discussion as at here and then, when I did not see any other option available, in this AN/I. The issues that I am raising are "Canvassing and campaigning, aspersion, POV pushing, editing in edits and editing to shame". My concern here as elsewhere is that, as far as I have seen, there is a lack of admittance by P-123 in regard to the issues mentioned and no reassurance seems to be given that the same behaviours will not continue in the future. The issues mentioned, as I have mentioned, are not solely relevant to "ISIL" related topics but are general principles of Wikipedia and the more specific aspersions issue is not specific to me but may similarly be apply to other editors as well. P-123, for instance, declares knowledge of strict rules in regard to canvassing and yet still engages in these behaviours. This editor has a knowledge of guidelines but, as I see it, doesn't like it when an editor starts "Telling editors ... how they should behave" as per my talk page. (All editors should conduct themselves according to Wikipedia guidelines. I don't apply this solely [and with the apparently partisan approach of some editors] only to apply this to editors who disagree with me. This is shown in that I recently left a message with Legacypac relating to what I considered to be best practice here and have similarly presented messages at Kaye05:03, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- To clarify, my steadily growing concern over time and at every stage of this process is that nothing is resolved. There are issues related to content in this AN/I that I have raised with P-123 regarding editing behaviour (with these with these issues being firstly raised within the context of our long history of talk page discussion, then in response to discussion that spilled over into article talk page discussion as at here and then, when I did not see any other option available, in this AN/I. The issues that I am raising are "Canvassing and campaigning, aspersion, POV pushing, editing in edits and editing to shame". My concern here as elsewhere is that, as far as I have seen, there is a lack of admittance by P-123 in regard to the issues mentioned and no reassurance seems to be given that the same behaviours will not continue in the future. The issues mentioned, as I have mentioned, are not solely relevant to "ISIL" related topics but are general principles of Wikipedia and the more specific aspersions issue is not specific to me but may similarly be apply to other editors as well. P-123, for instance, declares knowledge of strict rules in regard to canvassing and yet still engages in these behaviours. This editor has a knowledge of guidelines but, as I see it, doesn't like it when an editor starts "Telling editors ... how they should behave" as per my talk page. (All editors should conduct themselves according to Wikipedia guidelines. I don't apply this solely [and with the apparently partisan approach of some editors] only to apply this to editors who disagree with me. This is shown in that I recently left a message with Legacypac relating to what I considered to be best practice here and have similarly presented messages at
- Maybe editors could comment here on the merits of a topic ban on P-123 versus both P-123 and GregKaye. This entire thread was opened as a complaint by
- Are we talking about topic bans for both editors or only P-123?
Response by P-123 to AN/I charges
I do not believe I have canvassed or campaigned or that I have broken any guidelines on
Correction: Gregkaye has raised with me on his Talk page his objection to editing within edits. There were several instances of that in the past week or so on the main Talk page (as he noted I have not done it before) and I am still not clear whether it violates any guideline. There have been a couple of instances of the "editing to shame" - where I put the name of editors who had breached some guideline in a heading - but readily accepted the error when pointed out by Gregkaye. This completes the list of reprehensible behaviours that Gregkaye has raised, I believe. P-123 (talk) 08:52, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Further discussion (continued)
The edits to this sub-section since my last edit, by
) 10:49, 30 December 2014 (UTC)- Gregkaye I would like this question of behaviours sorted out properly before any sanction is applied, voluntary or otherwise. Please make allowances for the stress that Gregkaye and I are under in this AN/I, not least because two once good colleagues have fallen out, which I know distresses us both. P-123 (talk) 11:29, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Kaye20:24, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Gregkaye brought this to AN/I; I even suggested he do this myself, to clear the air. ... I am not against a topic ban, as I have already said on my Talk page that I no longer wish to copy-edit or edit the ISIS page. P-123 (talk) 21:05, 27 December 2014 (UTC) specifically as I have already said on my Talk page that I no longer wish to copy-edit or edit the ISIS page. Why have you changed your minded over a twice repeated statement that you no longer wish to copy-edit or edit the ISIS page? -- PBS (talk) 12:07, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Admin PBS has brought up a good point. P-123 should just answer the question. Also, P-123, have you noticed that this ANI is the longest on this page mainly because of your edits? 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:53, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- I was surprised by that as it wasn't my impression so did a rough count. After the first part ending with my "Comments (2)": P-123 - 155 lines: Gregkaye - 235 lines. My comments were nearly always in response to Gregkaye's; surely self-defence is permitted. P-123 (talk) 12:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- PBS: In "Comments (1)", "I no longer wish to copy-edit or edit the ISIS page" was a mistake; "or edit" should not be there. I noted the mistake in small print just beneath that. I had twice said (in ISIS talk and own Talk page) that I no longer wished to copy-edit the page, nothing about editing. Editing is very different from copy-editing, which is what I mainly do in WP (see my userpage). I would like to continue editing ISIS as opposed to copy-editing it, if no IBAN is imposed (which looks increasingly unlikely). I hope that is clear now. P-123 (talk) 15:09, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- I was surprised by that as it wasn't my impression so did a rough count. After the first part ending with my "Comments (2)": P-123 - 155 lines: Gregkaye - 235 lines. My comments were nearly always in response to Gregkaye's; surely self-defence is permitted. P-123 (talk) 12:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Admin PBS has brought up a good point. P-123 should just answer the question. Also, P-123, have you noticed that this ANI is the longest on this page mainly because of your edits? 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:53, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- @
Proposed Voluntary Resolution
- Commenting as an editor with significant interaction with both editors, I would like to build on PBS's great suggestion while finding a way that both can continue to edit freely. Both have made excellent and almost always productive contributions to the articles, and there is minimal content dispute (no edit warring). The problems are in the talk page activity. My suggestion is that the two editors agree to the following terms:
- 1. No posting to each others talk pages
- 2. No discussions between the editors on other peoples talk pages
- 3. Limit interactions on article talk space to different threads except for votes. So if A starts or comments on a thread B stays out of it.
- 4. Anyone is welcome to participate constructively in any dispute resolution
- 5. If they breach these terms, anyone else can delete the comments without further debate.
- If you both agree, the ANi and everything in it ends. How about that ) 01:40, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Kaye05:18, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- What Gregkaye and myself, not the editing, although there is obviously a clear divide on some important editing points. As this AN/I has proceeded and Gregkaye has made his views very clear, more so than in any exchanges we have had in our Talk pages - I am speaking only for myself when I say that - I can see that the fundamental problem is that we do not understand each other and probably never will, hence the clashes which started on our Talk pages and as the dispute worsened spread to the main Talk page. I have often been puzzled by the objections Gregkaye has raised on our Talk pages and as I see now have sometimes misinterpreted them, and through this AN/I I understand more now about Gregkaye's objections to my editing activity than I ever did before. I would agree to the solution Legacypac proposes but I do not think Gregkaye would agree to it. P-123 (talk) 07:28, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- What
- This will not work. Lets game play it. GregKaye makes an edit to WP:BRD breaks down. Also point five "If they breach these terms, anyone else can delete the comments without further debate." bad idea as the deleting editor can be seen as biased and it will shift the debate to one with a proxy. I could go through all your points one at a time, but in brief without good faith this will not work. -- PBS (talk) 10:49, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Well I tried anyway. I'm tired of reading this bickering all over my favorite pages and on my talk page. Legacypac (talk) 12:01, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Legacypac's 1 and 2 are a good idea, 4 and 5 not so much, but on 3: I would be prepared to not comment on Gregkaye's edits and/or discussion by Gregkaye of edits if they raise the dreaded NPOV lurgy. Going by past experience I don't think we are likely to clash on anything else, so I don't think other restrictions need be imposed on thread discussion. [First part of comment redacted as irrelevant] P-123 (talk) 14:40, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Legacypac's 1 and 2 are a good idea, 4 and 5 not so much, but on 3: I would be prepared to not comment on
- Well I tried anyway. I'm tired of reading this bickering all over my favorite pages and on my talk page. Legacypac (talk) 12:01, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Ok - how about agreeing to Points 1 & 2 User:Gregkeye? At least that will confine the debate to article space and notice boards? Legacypac (talk) 19:42, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- I much prefer Admin Dougweller's adjudication to impose a 3-months IBAN and Topic Ban to give them time to reflect on their improper behavior. 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:44, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- 69.22.169.73: Could you define exactly the "improper behaviour", please? P-123 (talk) 23:02, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- I could, but I'd much rather you used the 3 months wisely in reflection. De Nile is not just a river in Egypt. Legacypac above noted them and I did a quick search of your contributions and saw this unsigned edit by you, right? [124]. 69.22.169.73 (talk) 23:17, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Further discussion
- P-123 From my point of view the very fact that you consider that the problem is "not the editing" is exactly the reason that the problem has come to this. I have presented, I think, some clear issues above and, to my eyes, I see deflection and avoidance of responsibility. For instance, after I challenged you on the content of your sovereign state edit you radically changed its content. Now you rationalise it as "normal Talk page discussion". From my point of view you have not taken the majority of issues mentioned on board and I consider IDHT. I have added a point by point response to your "Comments (1):" at the end of that section above. Please consider the content presented.
- In Kaye12:11, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Gregkaye:) 14:05, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Wake up.How that sovereign state edit came about is in para 5 of "Comments (1)": it was not meant for your eyes, I was annotating it for myself in preparation for an IBAN request, I made a mistake, I should have taken a copy and annotated that, I pinged you when explaining that to PBS, you knew this. Please do not routinely attribute mala fides to my every word and action. Again, the more you add to this AN/I the less likely it is you will get a fair hearing; who wants to trawl through all these repetitions and enormous detail? P-123 (talk- Kaye16:40, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- I see we have been talking at cross-purposes when talking about "Sovereign state". I thought you were referring to the thread in para 5 in "Aspersions ..." which also is headed "Sovereign state". I cannot see how my comments about lawyers weaseling, etc are so offensive. That kind of talk is par for the course in ISIS talk. Editors can be far harsher and more damning than that, and often personally to other editors. Now I would call ad hominem comments ) 20:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Kaye20:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Your counsel of perfection is unrealistic in my opinion, Greg. I think you would be better off editing than trying to hold editors to your high behavioural standards. That is the only polite way I can put it. P-123 (talk) 23:26, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- WP:INDCRITin a way that I allege infers lawyerism, weaselling, [denial of] "all [the] hard facts" and twisting facts or the denial of facts with sophistries. These scurrilous, unreferenced and unfounded slurs, as I see them, go way beyond anything that I have presented and yet it seems that you don't even see any of this content as wrong. You are happy to dole out your own often unreferenced criticisms yet when you get criticised in connection to this incredibly clear situation as presented, it seems to me that you deny the facts. You mention par for the course. Who are the people who you think have presented a higher level of non-guidelines based, unsubstantiated accusation than this? The standards mentioned are not my standards. They are the standards presented by this encyclopaedia, and encyclopaedia that also sees fit to organise itself with an administrative system to see that those standards are maintained. I had previously had hope, after expending effort elsewhere in trying to present these things to you, that you might come to accept these issues at AN/I and, again, I remain saddened that this is not the case. The primary goal of Wikipedia is to build an encyclopaedia and I do not agree that what I regard to be manipulative partisan presentation has relevance here.
- We disagree on this which is fine but, believe me, I have heard everything that you have had to say on this but I do not agree. I have twisted nothing. Your previous angry attack to state ".. you are deaf" has no substantiation. It goes way beyond anything I have said. Thread context as here. Kaye09:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Gregkaye has often said editors with whom he has been in bitter disputes before are manipulative and misrepresent things, so I am hardly surprised at the above. (See item 5, for example, Gregkaye's comment on his adversary, that he had been "banned for his manipulations"). We have a clear difference of view and I think it should now be left to adjudicators to decide what should be done about this AN/I. I hope the result is acceptable to both of us. I have been driven to distraction by the difficulties between us recently and I apologise to Gregkaye for the criticism and hostility I have shown him during this dispute and during this AN/I. I hope that after this settles we can return to the good working relationship we once had. P-123 (talk) 10:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- As an uninvolved observer, I was reading the AN/I and I was thrown back by the length and the extent of this case. I don't see either one of the editors as capable of editing Wikipedia or have a future in editing the project. But, P-123, before I go any further, do you see nothing wrong in your edits on this page at all? 122.152.167.7 (talk) 02:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Gregkaye has often said editors with whom he has been in bitter disputes before are manipulative and misrepresent things, so I am hardly surprised at the above. (See item 5, for example, Gregkaye's comment on his adversary, that he had been "banned for his manipulations"). We have a clear difference of view and I think it should now be left to adjudicators to decide what should be done about this AN/I. I hope the result is acceptable to both of us. I have been driven to distraction by the difficulties between us recently and I apologise to Gregkaye for the criticism and hostility I have shown him during this dispute and during this AN/I. I hope that after this settles we can return to the good working relationship we once had. P-123 (talk) 10:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Your counsel of perfection is unrealistic in my opinion,
- I see we have been talking at cross-purposes when talking about "Sovereign state". I thought you were referring to the thread in para 5 in "Aspersions ..." which also is headed "Sovereign state". I cannot see how my comments about lawyers weaseling, etc are so offensive. That kind of talk is par for the course in ISIS talk. Editors can be far harsher and more damning than that, and often personally to other editors. Now I would call ad hominem comments ) 20:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Topic ban and Iban for both editors?
I'd suggest a 3 month topic ban for both, running concurrently with a 3 month Iban.
- I agree. I think Admin and ARBCOM member Dougweller is a very wise man. Both should use this time off to act in a civil manner and refrain from back and forth confrontation. If any of this is ever repeated, they should be banned permanently. 69.22.169.73 (talk) 21:33, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, but of course I was speaking only as an Admin/Editor, not as an Arb. talk) 21:56, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Little hard to take the IP's views too seriously without knowing which user is hiding behind the IP with 8 edits total, 4 in this thread? Legacypac (talk) 22:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- My records will show that in all the time I have been editing in Wikipedia, I have always kept to ) 22:29, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Legacypac, you are one of the good contributors to Wikipedia, so I will not take your comment as a personal attack but rather a general misconception. Wikipedia allows you to call yourself Legacypac and allows me to call myself 69.22.169.73. Please assume good faith, one of the five pillars of Wikipedia. Thank you. Now, having seen what went on in this ANI, Admin Dougweller's adjudication is a wise one. I might only add that the topic ban should include talk pages where all the confrontation has taken place as well as related topics that may lead to a confrontation between the two editors.
- 69.22.169.73 (talk) 22:52, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- SUPPORT - There's a lot that justifies both bans on the two editors. 193.109.199.132 (talk) 02:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Kaye10:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- SUPPORT - There's a lot that justifies both bans on the two editors. 193.109.199.132 (talk) 02:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- My records will show that in all the time I have been editing in Wikipedia, I have always kept to ) 22:29, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Little hard to take the IP's views too seriously without knowing which user is hiding behind the IP with 8 edits total, 4 in this thread? Legacypac (talk) 22:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, but of course I was speaking only as an Admin/Editor, not as an Arb.
- Comment DougwellerI definitely want the arguing and related disturbance to stop but had considered that this AN/I would be a positive way forward. My thinking was that an IBAN would, to use PBS the phrasing offered by PBS, do little more than put issues on ice. I would also be happy for comment on individual behaviours and would be pleased to follow any agreed direction given.
- As I see it, I have honestly made sincere attempts to broach peace with P-123. I had previously proposed a resolution as shown in diff here In which I offered a badly written but well intentioned the two way proposal:
- "...Please, if at any time you want to make accusations in the future, be specific and state the content concerned. If I then think I am wrong I will happily retract, apologise or whatever. You are quite entitles to think what you like and, in regard to any of your accusations, I will be quite happy to agree to disagree. In any case where an unjustified accusation of wrong is maintained regarding some unsubstantiated catalogue of offence or some such, I will respond.
- In turn, if I make an accusation regarding a content that I(wrong pronoun/reference was added) think is unfair. An editor can either reply to say why s/he thinks the content is fair, give some other reply or not respond. There is no restriction. If you have a problem with this then please go to dispute resolution." (as at 11:50, 10 December 2014)
- I would have welcomed a direct move to dispute resolution with cited references that could be discussed. I honestly believe that my proposal would have worked fine but would welcome any other views.
- I reacted personally to P-123's article talk page comments. This was by far my strongest interaction that I have placed on another editor's private user talk page.
- Was I wrong to raise issue with P-123's article talk page comments? Were the comments justified? How if at all should I have tackled this? I am really trying to make sense of this and request help.
- All the same I don't see how my contribution to article content is being called into question. 08:05, 1 January 2015 (UTC) Kaye09:44, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment - I hope there is going to be some kind of judgment on the charges, as I would very much like to know for both our sakes whether they can be upheld. (I understand and accept the last two charges.) I say this as I want to keep within the policies and guidelines set by Wikipedia and some of them I am a little unclear about, e.g. on canvassing. I think it would help both of us to have some clarity on these things. I am going to keep repeating here that until this dispute, this editor and I had an excellent working relationship (as a casual delve into our archived Talk pages will show). P-123 (talk) 11:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Support for an immediate Topic ban and Iban, and, at this point, an indefinite ban. Let someone just end this saga. This is painful to watch. They are uncontrollable, highly emotional, vindictive albeit the intermittent appearance of moderation, stubborn, and disruptive. For example, P-123 would say something nice to Gregkaye on his Talk Page and then, with the same breath, blast him with a bunch of personal attacks on here. Their biggest problem is that neither one can see it. They cannot be trusted to edit Wikipedia like normal editors do. Their contributions cannot be an asset because their explosive personalities are a liability to Wikipedia and a waste of project time and space that trumps everything else they do. There is no ifs, ands or buts about this, these two aren't gonna change. The writing is on the wall, this saga will certainly repeat itself if not tomorrow, a week or 3 months later. 194.169.217.134 (talk) 13:28, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- You are not taking it in context. Until this dispute, Gregkaye and I were good colleagues who in the past have collaborated well on the Talk page despite differences of view. In the past we have both acknowledged to each other that we can be explosive. The trouble only began a month ago, around the time when I started taking a strong line on some editing on the Talk page; I cannot say there was a connection though. As I say, take a casual look at our archived Talk pages in October and November to see how good that relationship was; we had long and interesting conversations about editing in Wikipedia among many other things. Our profound differences on some editing points were "professional" disagreements as we both said then, and they have not hindered this good relationship until now, so much so that when he was at AN/I in October I gave him moral support, although he was on the other side of the divide, as it were. All trouble began in December. I hope Gregkaye would agree with this summary. I am sorry hostilities broke out and want to clear up this mess so we can return to being good colleagues. Not having a judgment on the charges Gregkaye has brought will not help with this. (Neither one can see it? Why else do you think I struck out some of my harsher comments to Gregkaye in this AN/I?) P-123 (talk) 17:10, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- You are not taking it in context. Until this dispute,
- Seconded Dougweller's three month topic ban for both, running concurrently with a 3 month Iban. This can be done through the auspices of the SCW-ISIL general sanctions. However, as I proposed before, I think that if there are any RfC or RMs they should be allowed to express an opinion with a brief explanation to support that opinion. To address User:GregKaye's concerns. Much of what you currently see as irredeemable flaws in the behaviour of P-123 will either become apparent if similar behaviour is exhibited against another editor, or prove to be transient. At the moment as there is considerable assumptions of bad faith between you both, and your accusations are not automatically substantiated when viewed with good faith. Having spent time going through your list of accusations, there is only one that I think is substantial enough on its own to warrant concern even when assuming good faith, and I will discuss that directly with user:P-123 on the talk page of P-123. -- PBS (talk) 16:27, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Expressing an opinion on an RFC or RM may certainly lead to confrontations. This is a Battleground. Let's hope that the behaviour of P-123 is transient but I see no guarantees. An indefinite block with the possibility to appeal has a better chance of getting a solid commitment and behavioural change and may lead to a final resolution of this chronic matter. The problem is that P-123's mood changes from one hour to another. GregKaye is more composed with transient outbursts. 194.169.217.242 (talk) 16:43, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- This chronic matter has subsisted for one month only. If you are going to make personal judgments, I suggest you look at my Talk page when talking to other editors and how I edit on the ISIS Talk page. Your judgment is made in a vacuum. I have wanted to show Gregkaye AGF, but it has been very hard when seeing what I regard as misrepresentations in this AN/I. from him. That comment rings a bell, btw. P-123 (talk) 17:22, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- P-123 I don't consider though that the admins here are not looking to take things personally and nor have I. I have taken what I have now interpreted to be your public slurs on the article talk page and regard that I have fairly but strongly raised these with you privately on your personal talk page. I honestly do not care of the judgement here if there is a chance that you will take this on board. I have chosen to do broach things on a personal basis and it has blown up in my face. I wish I had never bothered. Days of my life have recently been wasted pursuing this thing on multiple threads barely substantiated threads and I am resigned to whatever result may come about. At that stage quite frankly I was prepared to do whatever I thought it would take to gain resolution and get you off my back. Contrary to what PBS says I really hope, should you encounter other editors that take stands on issues such as unsubstantiated accusations and slurs, that similar behaviour to this will not be exhibited elsewhere, otherwise, from my point of view, this whole thing will have been an utter waste of time.
- My planned suggestion now seems moot. I was going to suggest a form of IBAN suspended sentence might be in order in which any admin that could by any means be bothered might be given the auspices to enact judgement. In this condition a two way IBAN might be authorised to be imposed by a single admin at the raising of a valid contention by either editor at any later date. We are in a situation where you have habitually deleted my content from your talk page and in which I have made it clear that I don't want unnecessary contact from you on mine. Again all this now seems moot.
- There are many ways in which resolution could have been sought. We may now get one that neither of us would have wanted. Kaye19:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- The comments here from many admin/editors on possible ways forward are based very much on judgments of the two parties as persons. It seems that this is a moral court of law as much as anything, which appalls me somewhat; you seem to think so as well from those last comments. I doubt that the two-way IBAN I was thinking of requesting before this as you know would have led to the bad result which looks likely here. You have indeed broached troubles privately on our usertalk pages, as you have done regularly with other editors in the past, that is your way, but you really cannot expect results if it is accompanied by slurs on the editor's bona fides and integrity which has been my experience, I'm afraid. P-123 (talk) 20:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- This chronic matter has subsisted for one month only. If you are going to make personal judgments, I suggest you look at my Talk page when talking to other editors and how I edit on the ISIS Talk page. Your judgment is made in a vacuum. I have wanted to show Gregkaye AGF, but it has been very hard when seeing what I regard as misrepresentations in this AN/I. from him. That comment rings a bell, btw. P-123 (talk) 17:22, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Expressing an opinion on an RFC or RM may certainly lead to confrontations. This is a Battleground. Let's hope that the behaviour of P-123 is transient but I see no guarantees. An indefinite block with the possibility to appeal has a better chance of getting a solid commitment and behavioural change and may lead to a final resolution of this chronic matter. The problem is that P-123's mood changes from one hour to another. GregKaye is more composed with transient outbursts. 194.169.217.242 (talk) 16:43, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Reasons for a topic ban on GregKaye
- Second a three, even more, months ban right away. There is too much hostility, slurs, disruption and rehashing of the same under the auspices of self defense and blaming everyone else but themselves. The disruption is clear to any uninvolved person but not to them. The thing is that they are still not getting it, and wondering why everyone is out to get them, instead of looking inside and re-reading the venom they spew at each other and at any other Wikipedian that expresses their opinion in this AN/I. This is not the norm. One editor keeps posting to the other editor's talk page even after he made it clear that he did not want any contact. This AN/I has become a hostility chat forum with no end in sight. A quick ban is now overdue. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 20:14, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- I am acutely aware of the disruption this is causing, but if that is what it takes to settle this long-running dispute, so be it. I could have easily kept my mouth shut and shortened this, but any "defendant" at AN/I is entitled to represent themselves and matters would have been shortened if Gregkaye had not kept coming back on any comment I have made. I myself would have thought the first part of this AN/I would have sufficed as evidence. We both wish to thrash these charges out and have them judged properly by uninvolved admin/editors, but so far concentration has been on personalities, which I think is disastrous. P-123 (talk) 22:01, 1 January 2015 (UTC) [Comment added later]
- Is that right? Who decided "if that (meaning disruption to the project, by your own admission) is what it takes to settle this long-running dispute, so be it"? You, P-123? You're not helping you case at all. No, it's not "so be it". The personality of an editor is the single most important part in Wikipedia's editing environment, and, more than anything else, it is the deciding factor as to whether an editor should be allowed or denied the privilege to edit on Wikipedia or not. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 23:02, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Kaye20:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
I concur with this statement: "The problem is that P-123's mood changes from one hour to another. GregKaye is more composed with transient outbursts. 194.169.217.242" I support a 3 month ISIL topic ban for P-123 only, and an IBAN for both editors. Gregkaye has not handled this dispute very well but he sticks much closer to policy and has been more rational. Especially he does not encourage other editors to disrupt the article.Legacypac (talk) 20:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Come to think of it, this is a much better resolution, but, unfortunately, I see no end in sight for this AN/I. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 21:01, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Diversion off section topic
- Legacypac your "Especially he does not encourage other editors to disrupt the article" and the implication there is your judgment. You are very much parti pris and have been supporting Gregkaye on Talk pages ever since the AN/I began. I would remind you that there not been any judgment on the canvassing/campaigning charge yet. I have suspected for some time, as I said earlier in this AN/I, that you and Gregkaye would like to see me off the ISIS page, as a troublemaker who disagrees too much with both your views on how the page should be edited. [Redacted] By the way, I am not suggesting that in this AN/I Gregkaye is doing anything more than trying to have an editor reprimanded for editorial behaviour he believes infringes WP guidance and policy, but there has been no judgment on this yet (and with my cynical hat on I am wondering if there will be now). P-123 (talk) 21:41, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- I strongly disagree with this attack. I've actually read ALL the back and forth, and I've gone to great lengths to defuse this situation, including proposing a solution above that would allow P-123 to continue to edit ISIL. Furthermore I'm posting as myself, not hiding behind an IP, so it is very bad form to attack my editing history with generalizations. Legacypac (talk) 21:59, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Legacypac It was wrong of me to go as far as I did, I am sorry. I feel embattled and supported by no-one and it is hard to keep a cool head. I have redacted my comments. You have indeed tried to defuse the situation, more than once, and I appreciate your efforts. I believe you when you say you have read all the back and forth, but if you don't mind me saying so, it is still only your judgment at the end of the day. I cannot understand why so many are apparently hiding behind IPs. P-123 (talk) 22:17, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- I strongly disagree with this attack. I've actually read ALL the back and forth, and I've gone to great lengths to defuse this situation, including proposing a solution above that would allow P-123 to continue to edit ISIL. Furthermore I'm posting as myself, not hiding behind an IP, so it is very bad form to attack my editing history with generalizations. Legacypac (talk) 21:59, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is exactly what makes P-123 a liability. This is what I meant when I said "they are still not getting it, and wondering why everyone is out to get them, instead of looking inside and re-reading the venom they spew at each other and at any other Wikipedian that expresses their opinion in this AN/I". They don't know when to quit. Legacypac expressed a good testimony in good faith that did not merit confrontation, blame and personal attacks. I also have noted that Legacypac knows the two personalities a lot more than us uninvolved admins and editors and offered a good resolution to get this AN/I done and over with but someone keeps coming back like a bad penny for more and more confrontations with anyone that has a different opinion. My advice to P-123 is take a break already. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 22:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks IP 161. I suspect the use of IPs is to avoid attacks like the one just made on me. Perhaps I should switch to using an IP too, but that would reduce the relevance and credibility of my views. Legacypac (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, this is one of the reasons that many editors choose to edit with their IPs. Mine is static. Nothing wrong with that on Wikipedia. There is no reduction in relevance or credibility. AN/I is a very high visibility page that thousands of admins and editors read and when an AN/I goes on forever, some editors start to get involved. No one wants to see this AN/I closed in the 22nd Century. The views that were expressed were based on what everyone could see and assess individually. It is becoming obvious that many admins and editors that thankfully got involved have reached the same conclusion. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- May I point out that your joint decision is not based on the grounds on which this AN/I was actually brought? Is that of so little consequence? I have not read anything from uninvolved admin/editors on whether the charges can be upheld. PBS is the only one who has hinted at a decision on this. I was shocked when an earlier uninvolved (?)admin said, "... if one or more editors disagrees, and if we conclude that we might have to sanction just one party then somebody will have to read through all that stuff and weigh the claims." I innocently thought that "reading all that stuff" was par for the course at AN/I. It seems I am very naïve about Wikipedia's disciplinary proceedings! I have only been here since February and there is clearly a lot to learn still. (Although I remember now that at Gregkaye's AN/I, I had the clear impression that some of the outside commenters had not looked at the case properly or grasped what it was actually about. That is just for the record, btw, and is not meant as criticism of the outside admins/editors involved in this AN/I.) P-123 (talk) 23:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- P-123, my advice to you is to stop Wikilawyering. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 23:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- My summary below is based on my read of quite wide input by many editors, who weighed the evidence presented and the continued conduct in this thread and elsewhere. I did not mean to suggest anyone else's credibility was diminished by logging out, I was only referring to my choice to stay logged in because I will wear anything I say here. Legacypac (talk) 23:44, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- P-123, my advice to you is to stop Wikilawyering. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 23:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- May I point out that your joint decision is not based on the grounds on which this AN/I was actually brought? Is that of so little consequence? I have not read anything from uninvolved admin/editors on whether the charges can be upheld. PBS is the only one who has hinted at a decision on this. I was shocked when an earlier uninvolved (?)admin said, "... if one or more editors disagrees, and if we conclude that we might have to sanction just one party then somebody will have to read through all that stuff and weigh the claims." I innocently thought that "reading all that stuff" was par for the course at AN/I. It seems I am very naïve about Wikipedia's disciplinary proceedings! I have only been here since February and there is clearly a lot to learn still. (Although I remember now that at Gregkaye's AN/I, I had the clear impression that some of the outside commenters had not looked at the case properly or grasped what it was actually about. That is just for the record, btw, and is not meant as criticism of the outside admins/editors involved in this AN/I.) P-123 (talk) 23:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, this is one of the reasons that many editors choose to edit with their IPs. Mine is static. Nothing wrong with that on Wikipedia. There is no reduction in relevance or credibility. AN/I is a very high visibility page that thousands of admins and editors read and when an AN/I goes on forever, some editors start to get involved. No one wants to see this AN/I closed in the 22nd Century. The views that were expressed were based on what everyone could see and assess individually. It is becoming obvious that many admins and editors that thankfully got involved have reached the same conclusion. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks IP 161. I suspect the use of IPs is to avoid attacks like the one just made on me. Perhaps I should switch to using an IP too, but that would reduce the relevance and credibility of my views. Legacypac (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is exactly what makes P-123 a liability. This is what I meant when I said "they are still not getting it, and wondering why everyone is out to get them, instead of looking inside and re-reading the venom they spew at each other and at any other Wikipedian that expresses their opinion in this AN/I". They don't know when to quit. Legacypac expressed a good testimony in good faith that did not merit confrontation, blame and personal attacks. I also have noted that Legacypac knows the two personalities a lot more than us uninvolved admins and editors and offered a good resolution to get this AN/I done and over with but someone keeps coming back like a bad penny for more and more confrontations with anyone that has a different opinion. My advice to P-123 is take a break already. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 22:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Please close
My review of all this sees:
- Universal agreement on a two way IBAN between Gregkeye and P-123 (including they have both expressed support for one)
- Universal agreement on a 90 day ISIL topic ban for P-123 (including P-123 saying various times and places, including on the ISIL talk page, he was going to stop editing on the topic.)
- Some support but not consensus for a ISIL topic ban on Gregkeye (I suggest this discussion is a pretty good warning, and can be considered if future problems arise).
Many editors have commented. Plenty of time has elapsed (6 days) and way too much discussion has occurred by the two involved editors. Can an admin close this off please. Legacypac (talk) 22:15, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- Seconded. 208.123.223.161 (talk) 22:23, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Copyvio reverts being called edit warring
A normally gf editor has inserted text from this source at Uterine cancer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). I reverted, the editor took exception with the way I did it, reintroducing close paraphrasing of the copyrighted text and now accuses me of edit warring. Can an admin please intervene before this gets any uglier? LeadSongDog come howl! 17:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Hello. Not sure why the editor "LeadSongDog" is having a problem with a good-faith and arguably good and needed addition and elaboration as to the "causes or risks" of Uterine cancer, since the article was lacking it completely. And why, frankly, he's violating WP policy of "modify, not remove", as I conceded that at first the addition was too "word-for-word", but then I CHANGED IT CONSIDERABLY, trimmed it big time, and re-worded it. He is of the (wrong) opinion that the addition is "not useful" but never explained just how. The article totally lacked a "causes or risks" information, so it's arguably warranted and useful and needed. Here below is what I wrote to the editor on his Talk page:
- Hello. I received and read your comment on my page, and I appreciate your concern, but I was a bit surprised, as the content was not 100% word-for-word. Too much of it was admittedly though. Sorry about that. But some of it was "in my own words". But I think it was not really necessary for you to totally remove the addition, instead of (per WP recommendation) MODIFYING it maybe, or re-wording it somewhat. The content was good and arguably necessary, as the article was totally lacking as to "causes" or "risk factors". I restored the section, but considerably modified and trimmed it correclty now. Which, to be frank, is what you should have done. Instead of just whole-sale deleting. WP recommendation is to modify instead of completely removing, if there is a problem somewhere. Which I do admit there was. But anyway, I fixed it. It's NOT verbatim stuff anymore, but very shortened, re-worded, and paraphrased, and very brief now. Regards...Gabby Merger (talk) 05:04, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- then after he did a wholesale removal again, even after my big trimming and modifying to conform more so to WP policy, and avoid "copy vio", he I wrote to him again this:
- Sorry, but you're reverted. I disagree with your assessment (and frankly with your disrespect). It's more than acceptable, and you're being uptight now. You had a point before, but if you find the modification still bad, then you're being a bit over-scrupulous and unreasonable, and I don't have time or patience to wrangle and debate the matter. You don't own the article, so stop acting like you do. Saying nonsense like "not very useful content". How is that? You didn't specifically explain just how it's "not useful. Causes and risks, which were TOTALLY lacking in that article, is "not useful"? Don't continue edit-warring, because I'll revert you again. You're going totally against WP policy now. The conversation is ended. Regards.
- The re-worded and trimmed addition I put in the article is:
- Causes
- Causes for uterine cancer are not clearly known as yet, but it's been concluded that there are certain risk factors, such as hormone imbalance, and interaction with estrogen. Increased growth can result in cancer.[1]
- That simply is NOT verbatim or "copy vio"...unless I'm missing something somewhere.
- He's making a big fuss and deal over something that is not applicable. I admitted that he had a (bit of a) point initially, even though he still should not have totally removed the section addition, but per WP recommendation modify it. But he's going way overboard now, and violating WP policy of "No Own", and modify not remove. The thing is NOT "copy vio" anymore, yet for some reason he's insisting weirdly that it is (when it's not necessary or really applicable). And also saying "not useful content", when that's simply not true. The article (as I said) said NOTHING aobut "causes or risks". It (arguably) kinda needed it. He never explained how such points and conent and addition was "not useful". So yeah, at this point it has become an "edit-warring" situation (by him). He had (barely) a point before, I conceded, but not afterwards. When you carefully check things out. Regards. Gabby Merger (talk) 22:32, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have no idea where the wp:OWN accusation comes from. My only issue or interest with that article is the copyvio. When the copyrighted text is reintroduced and then edited, it becomes a derivative work, violating the original copyright. We can't permit that, which is why it's right in the [125]. If there's a policy statement somewhere to "modify not remove" that erroneous wording needs to be fixed. LeadSongDog come howl!15:39, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have no idea where the
- For 2 sentences, it still seemed a little closely paraphrased, and in trimming it for copyright it lost a fair amount of its context. I've re-written it in a manner that will hopefully satisfy all parties. CrowCaw 20:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, user:Crow. :) It isn't edit warring to address in good faith concerns about copyright, and in this case those concerns were justifiable. I appreciate your effort to rewrite this content, Gabby Merger, and have left a note at your talk page that I hope you will find helpful. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:39, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, that rewrite seems to address the problem of sufficient difference, but is it not still a derivative work by dint of leaving the intervening version in the edit history? We need clarity on this principle.LeadSongDog come howl! 16:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Legal threat by User:Worldchampion2014
See User talk:Wtmitchell#Please Delete the Page. This concerns the Samira Samii article. I have blocked Worldchampion2014 indefinitely pending resolution here. I am an admin but, as I have no background in handling legal threats, I am reporting this here for handling by others more experienced with this than I. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:10, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The warning I put on their talk page appears to have made them understand about legal threats on Wikipedia because they removed their message from Wtmitchell's talk page (The legal threat can be seen here.) MadGuy7023 (talk) 12:19, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Is there anything in the article which could violate BLP rules? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:20, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not in the now-current version as far as I can see. I'm no expert on anything related to the article or the topic; my involvement here grows out of this action from WP:Huggle. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I pruned it back further and added another reference from Deutsche Welle. There is definitely a viable claim to notability in the article and the information is quite innocuous. However, it looks as if the subject (or her representative) does not wish to have an article for whatever reason. Hence the page blanking, and this attempt at nominating for speedy deletion. I left a note on User talk:Worldchampion2014 pointing them to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help. In my view, such messages should always be left in situations like this. Voceditenore (talk) 13:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Sigh. No good deed goes unpunished. The editor appears to be evading their block by editing as an IP to add piles of puffery in broken English. I've cleaned it up and left a note re these various no-no's on their talk page. Don't know how much effect it will have... Voceditenore (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Have you tried asking for semi-protection? That should fend off the gnats. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:03, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion. The IP (91.39.92.182) has now repeated their shenanigans after being reverted by a second editor. I've requested temporary semi-protection. We'll see what happens. Voceditenore (talk) 18:08, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Have you tried asking for semi-protection? That should fend off the gnats. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:03, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Sigh. No good deed goes unpunished. The editor appears to be evading their block by editing as an IP to add piles of puffery in broken English. I've cleaned it up and left a note re these various no-no's on their talk page. Don't know how much effect it will have... Voceditenore (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I pruned it back further and added another reference from Deutsche Welle. There is definitely a viable claim to notability in the article and the information is quite innocuous. However, it looks as if the subject (or her representative) does not wish to have an article for whatever reason. Hence the page blanking, and this attempt at nominating for speedy deletion. I left a note on User talk:Worldchampion2014 pointing them to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help. In my view, such messages should always be left in situations like this. Voceditenore (talk) 13:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not in the now-current version as far as I can see. I'm no expert on anything related to the article or the topic; my involvement here grows out of this action from WP:Huggle. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Is there anything in the article which could violate BLP rules? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:20, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Edit Warring IP
An ip is adding non notable content to the Sharon Lee page. This IP has already violated 3RR
Proof of the edit warring Weegeerunner (talk) 18:09, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is a static school IP that has previously several times been blocked for a year at a time for persistent vandalism, once for two years. The current individual is editing poorly but not quite vandalizing, so I've only given them a 60-hour block for edit warring. 19:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC).
IP making legal threats in Rafael Pérez (police officer), possible COI
2605:E000:4EC9:6500:98C3:EA3:820F:1715 (talk · contribs) was removing information from Rafael Pérez (police officer) under the summary 'lies' [126][127][128][129]. I reverted the removal, and warned him. Then the IP proceeded to remove further information under the edit summary of My valid reason for deleting this is that you have posted lies about my father and I did not consent to having my name up on wikipedia. Take this down or I will take legal action.
[130]
- It is probably worth pointing out that significant parts the article appear to be entirely unsourced, and that regardless of the actions of the anon IP, they need to be removed per WP:BLP policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- It is probably worth pointing out that significant parts the article appear to be entirely unsourced, and that regardless of the actions of the anon IP, they need to be removed per
- I've removed unsourced material from the 'private life' section, per WP:BLP - I've not looked at the remainder of the content. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:51, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Snappy removing cited content
At
- I believe this article is under 1RR (per Ireland related topic), so I hope you both are respecting ) 23:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Repeated attacks on the article Buxton Community School
The article Buxton Community School has been under attack by vandals all day.[131] As soon as one username gets blocked, another one surfaces. The first was User:TopQualityBanter, now blocked, together with User:TopQualityNotch, also now blocked. Then along came User:TheGmiester who not only vandalized that article but created two fake new mirror articles, Buxton Community SchooI (with a capital "eye" in school instead of a lowercase "ell"), now deleted, and Banter Community School, still here but tagged for G3. TheGmiester has also been blocked. Now comes User:George 4457856, repeatedly vandalising the article[132] [133], warned but not yet blocked. Each user block was by a different administrator, so no one has looked at the big picture. Considering the persistence of this vandal or vandals, I think semi-protection of the article might be warranted, in addition to blocking the vandals. (I haven't bothered notifying the various vandals about this ANI report; hope that's OK.) --MelanieN (talk) 23:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Semi-protected by HJ Mitchell and blocks handed out. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:24, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yep, and I salted the two fake articles. I think we're done here. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Boko Haram Proposed Topic Ban
Related 3RR reports: [134], [135] and others.
A single editor is guarding the Boko Haram article like a junkyard dog, making it impossible for any other editor to make meaningful contributions. Since all efforts to reason are met with insults,
Examples:
- [136] wholesale revert of changes by User:Koyos
- [137] remove POV and Factual tags added by User:Lipsquid and adjusted by User:Charles Essie
- [138] remove POV and Factual tags added by User:Legacypac
- [139] wholesale revert on changes to Names section by User:Legacypac
- [140] makes large edit with summary "(many unexplained changes to text)"
- [141] editwarring over Background section with same revert about 9 times. Results in 4 trips to 3RR board and a comment by User:EdJohnston that he believes Signedzzz will never stop.
- [142] removed word "men" from types of people (men, women and children) kidnapped in the lead and good source added by User:105.184.160.62
- [143] [144] [[145]]] reverted additions of ISIL under allies by User:Jackninja5. first time it is ref'd, second time he says it needs a ref, third time in breach of his ISIL topic ban, .
- [146] even undoes minor spelling variation by User:LightandDark2000
- [147] good addition by User:MelvinToast
- [148] took out timeline section, left article with only a link under see also
- [149] reverted the addition of "nearly" by User:Shii in front of an approximation of refugees.
And if you go back further there are more examples.
User contribution tool found an astonishing 2443 edits by User:Signedzzz on Boko Haram (54.75% of the total edits made to the page).
Just as I am finishing this report I see the post below on 3RR, which may solve the problem. However, since I did all the work to put the report together I'm putting this up anyway to call editors attention to the problem with the Boko Haram article and as a back-up of information to support a topic ban imposed by the community or an Admin.Legacypac (talk) 04:53, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
(Quoted here)
Raheja Developers
I'm writing here because there are still ongoing disputes with the page for
Long story short, back in November User:Bhaskargupta269 came on to BLP/N to say that someone was adding defamatory content to the article for Navin Raheja. ([150]) I went to the article and saw where the user (User:Leoaugust) had been adding things that came across as having a specific viewpoint, but I also saw where the article was incredibly promotional. ([151]) After doing some cleaning and some small discussion on the article's talk page with User:Sitush I figured that Raheja didn't have any true coverage outside of the company itself. The controversies are about the company but once you took that away you have some appointments that aren't really notable per Wikipedia's guidelines and some minor coverage of him- nothing that would really show he merits his own article. ([152])
I posted on ANI about my concerns with COI in either direction (positive and negative) and nobody responded in general other than Leoaugust, who stated that any negative bias on his part was unintentional and that he'd wanted to include the stuff about the legal issues because it was in the media and he wanted the page to encompass everything about the company. During this time I was also talking to Bhaskargupta269
However there have still been promotional edits and edit warring on the article. Recently there have been repeated attempts to remove anything negative about the company from the article under various claims like a writer for Forbes India being specifically against the company, the page being used to advertise against the company, and so on. This has been done by a series of editors that have made a large amount of edits to Raheja related articles and various promotional type articles and after one of the editors (
I've opened up a SPI to see if this is a case of meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry, but at the very least this looks like it's a case of someone hiring paid editors to make articles for them and scrub articles of any negative coverage. This post on Gilliam's talk page by User:Amrishtyagi makes me even more concerned that this is a case of organized paid editing and if this is so, then I'm concerned that it's a case of paid editors possibly trying to hide that they are paid editors or at least hide their conflict of interest.
I know that this may not necessarily be the right place for this since there is an SPI open, but this is getting slightly too large to be done just at SPI (and isn't really a BLP/N issue alone) and that there seem to be more people coming out of the woodwork just makes me want to have some other admins and editors keep their eye on the page. One of the major complaints from the people trying to remove the negative content seems to be that the information is defamatory, negative, or is spam.
- I want to say something... leoaugust is accusing me in SPI discussion for writing advertising content for this article. But now I also found one thing. leoaugust have posted all the content/facts/incidents/controversies that have been posted in Qubrex.com website. Everyone can check the website. It seems like that it has been created to post negative against this company. So is leoaugust being paid by qubrex to write only negative? If so then i request here to take action against this page because according to the discussion till now, everyone is posting intentionally here.(as you all are thinking that i am posting positive for the company)Sanjeev.08 (talk) 08:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I fail to understand the logic of (User:Sanjeev.08) charges against my editing. Qubrex.com has on its website mentioned about the Black Money sting operation on Raheja Developers (RDL), and the filing of legal cases against RDL by 43 of buyers in Raheja Atharva project, amongst many other things. So? Qubrex reported lots of news, and I reported some news, and just because some of the news we reported is same, I am supposed to be getting paid by Qubrex? The allegation makes no sense. And by the way, Qubrex is a well respected name, and they were deeply involved in Indian Real Estate's landmark case in which DLF (the biggest builder in India) was penalized 6.3 billion Indian rupees by the Competition Commission of India.[1] [2] And for the record, I have never removed anything positive or laudatory that you or anyone has put into the Raheja Developers page; I have just added what I think is very very important news about the company which should be part of a fair profile of it anywhere. I had disclosed earlier, when a particular slant in my writing was pointed out, that in the real world I am an real estate expert with over 9 years of experience in India, and my aim is to improve wikipages from being stubs to something substantive. I want the wikipages to reflect the Indian real market and its players more accurately, rather being one side and mis-leading to the readers. Please (User:Sanjeev.08) stop worrying about the positive/negative and report the important news about Raheja Developers as it comes. Leoaugust (talk) 20:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: The Raheja Developers article is clearly beset by, possibly opposing, set of SPAs and COI/paid-editors, eg see related SPI, and the prod-reason here. Can some admins/CUs:
- Pinging @Yunshui:, who ran the last CU and may be familiar with the issue. Abecedare (talk) 21:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've added some further results to the SPI; there are several distinct groups active here, though my suspicion - based on their editing, not on the CU results - is that there is some degree of collusion between them. I think there is a good case for semi-protecting the page and will do so now; I'll also block the confirmed socks. Yunshui 雲水 08:10, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Yunshui.
- Also noting for future reference that some other editors on the page, such as Sandeepvishnoi (talk · contribs), have likely COI with the article subject. No immediate action needed, but if they resume editing, they should be made aware of wikipedia's policies in the area. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 18:30, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've added some further results to the SPI; there are several distinct groups active here, though my suspicion - based on their editing, not on the CU results - is that there is some degree of collusion between them. I think there is a good case for semi-protecting the page and will do so now; I'll also block the confirmed socks. Yunshui 雲水 08:10, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- If I could give you guys a big sloppy kiss right now, I would. Thanks for all of this! I took a small break to catch up on sleep and come back to find this- (hugs) (。◕‿◕。)05:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ "CCI order may change realty scene". Times of India. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Anthony, Philip. "DLF FINED RS 630 CRORE: WAKE UP CALL FOR UNSCRUPULOUS DEVELOPERS?". CW Property Today. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- TheCampaign (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
This user created
As I am now being accused of admin abuse, I would like someone else to wield the banhammer. MER-C 08:39, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't see anything about this guy in Google except for campaign-like materials. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Cullen328 has given them some good advice and they've agreed not to post the article again for now so I'm not sure a NOTHERE block would achieve much. Sam Walton (talk) 09:34, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I too have left TheCampaign a message. -- Hoary (talk) 05:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Andcarr
User:Andcarr has restarted babysitting the David Ross (businessman) article again and is deleting any content that he has not added himself. He apears only to edit this article, yet he has accused me of adding PR to the article. Please can he be stopped, at least from editing this article? Bleaney (talk) 16:33, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Actually User:Saskia2309 also appears to be babysitting this article, it may be better to look at protection for the article - Bleaney (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'd say there a definite case of ) 17:52, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- And Saska2309 made a similar accusation against Bleaney in this personal attack. It seems we've got a pair of POV-pushers owning an article on a person they don't like. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:10, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- He is also using the Daily Mail as a blp source now [154] talk) 18:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Andcarr has reverted the article at least four times today. I gave him a warning for edit warring. If he keeps this up, we'll have to take it to WP:ANEW. I'm guessing that he's not going to let anyone else edit this article but Saskia2309. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:24, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Andcarr has reverted the article at least four times today. I gave him a warning for edit warring. If he keeps this up, we'll have to take it to
- He is also using the Daily Mail as a blp source now [154]
He has a confirmed block evasion (with this IP) extending his block to 48 hours. Also, with this edit User:Saskia2309 just inadvertently admitted to block evasion. -- Orduin ⋠T⋡ 20:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- Since both Andcarr and Saskia2309 (talk · contribs) have been linked to the same IP, they're either socking or one of the alleged links is incorrect, possibly due to meatpuppetry or possibly because I & Nyttend have actually got it wrong. That said, the behaviour of Saskia2309 over the last 24 hours, and of the 101.* IP, increasingly give me the feeling that these SPAs may be pushing the limits of what is acceptable behaviour. - Sitush (talk) 02:18, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I thought it best to take no more action in the situation, both because I've found it confusing, and because further activity might be construable as WP:INVOLVED. Given Saskia's admission to socking (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=641471602, linked by Orduin), I think a block definitely appropriate, but I don't know how long (either for account or for IP address), and I'm not sure what other actions would be helpful. Any solid action from an uninvolved admin would be appreciated. I have, however, unblocked Andcarr, since his original 24-hour block would have expired by now if I hadn't lengthened it. Sitush, please note that I haven't "confirmed" it in a technical sense; the IP and Andcarr were making edits so similar that I linked them on behavioral grounds. Treating Andcarr and Saskia as socks of each other, based solely on my actions and statements, would be inappropriate; please decide on behavioral grounds or request checkuser. Nyttend (talk) 02:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I didn't say you had confirmed it, Nyttend. That was Orduin, whom I was trying to correct. - Sitush (talk) 02:35, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I was attempting to respond to "have been linked to the same IP"; I misunderstood you, thinking that you took it as some sort of technical confirmation that you could trust. Glad to see that you already understood correctly. Nyttend (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is getting silly now. See the warring over this stuff and also this section. I'm trying hard to sort out the content and am responding to queries/raising a few questions, but the Andcarr account is simply a SPA POV-pushing thing. - Sitush (talk) 21:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- And now this massive attack from Saskia2309. Andcarr has already acknowledged on their talk page that these two account users know each other. - Sitush (talk) 00:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- That was so nonsensical, Saskia2309 should be blocked for that. Bladesmulti (talk) 06:53, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I was attempting to respond to "have been linked to the same IP"; I misunderstood you, thinking that you took it as some sort of technical confirmation that you could trust. Glad to see that you already understood correctly. Nyttend (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I didn't say you had confirmed it, Nyttend. That was Orduin, whom I was trying to correct. - Sitush (talk) 02:35, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I thought it best to take no more action in the situation, both because I've found it confusing, and because further activity might be construable as
WHY was my previous account DELETED
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Why was my previous account "Chilli lover" deleted? I did not get any information or warning or guidance! Just gone! Why? Please explain to me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by NEW Chilli lover (talk • contribs) 05:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- @NEW Chilli lover: Accounts cannot be deleted, could i get a link to your old account please? LorTalk 06:22, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Could your old account be:
- User:ChileLOVER (no edits) or
- User:Chililover (no edits) or
- User:Chililover15 (no edits) or
- User:Chililoverboy (no edits) or
- User:Chillielover (no edits) or
- User:Chilli92lover (one edit in 2008) or
- User:Chili lover 435 (blocked yesterday by @Materialscientist: for block evasion by Vgleer)?
- BMK (talk) 10:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Could your old account be:
YES YES YES! SORRY! I forgot, my account was "Chili lover 435" not just "Chili lover". BUT still. Deleted is DELETED. Why this "Materialscientist" barges in like that?! Please educate me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NEW Chilli lover (talk • contribs) 06:52, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please see Special:Contributions/Chili_lover_435. This says that Materialscientist blocked Chili lover 435 "with an expiry time of indefinite (Block evasion: Vgleer)". I infer that you too are Vgleer and I've therefore blocked you as well. If you believe that this is unjust, log in as Vgleer and carefully follow the instructions at User talk:Vgleer. -- Hoary (talk) 07:14, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
The Rambling Man forgets the IBAN once again
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No sooner do I use the word iconic to describe a nomination at ITN does The Rambling Man quote me directly "iconic" but seems to do so tit for tat. Certainly an admin and sysop who's been blocked by Laser brain (talk · contribs) for previous violations of the IBAN can withdraw his comment or deal with a new block. I'd welcome an admin either notifying The Rambling Man of this comment or advising me I can do so myself in contravention of the IBAN.
μηδείς (talk) 01:32, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I've had multiple disputes with The Rambling Man (some evidenced in the collapse box above, which I hadn't even realized until I entered the editing window), but this complaint strikes me as petty. Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
This does not seem to be a clear violation. Even if this was a subtle jab at you which I don't think it is, then your reaction would be the exact sort of thing wanted. I recommend you ask this complaint be closed and move on. Chillum 03:48, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
An IBAN is usually an imperfect solution, but it actually works a reasonable amount of the time. For it not to work, you need:
I agree with Jehochman that the IBAN isn't working here, and is actually leading to an increase in annoyance for everyone. I disagree with many here that it's all Medeis' fault. I think it's partly her fault for being ultra-sensitive to perceived slights, some of them minor but real, others imagined; partly our fault for not making clear whether we want the IBAN to apply to talking about the other editor personally, or making comments that specifically disagree with the other's comments; partly TRM's fault for not being able to resist directly quoting remarks by someone with whom he has an IBAN; and partly the world's fault for being imperfect. I suspect that just repealing the IBAN and telling them both to stop picking at scabs won't work. But we should either:
I suggest the first (even if I fear it has a low likelihood of success), but any of the four would work for me. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:23, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I propose that we close this thread with no action other than warning that any sort of frivolous reports about this IBAN in the future can result in a block and will result in a look into the reporters behavior. This is a silly waste of time. Chillum 20:02, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I am happy to have my competence reviewed by the community at any time. Chillum 22:15, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Replace IBAN with very strong warningI propose that the IBAN be lifted, since it is not working except to facilitate gaming, but instead replaced by a very strong warning that any incivility be dealt with by a block of one week, escalating on second offense to two weeks.
Counter argumentYou know what, in all the bluster and guff above, I had actually failed to read that Medeis had used scare quotes and commented (using exactly the same words as me) on one of my proposals, just here before I'd even added a factually accurate and sourced comment to an item that she didn't nominate. I have no problem at all with Medeis commenting however she likes on any ITN item I nominate, nor have I ever made any claim to the contrary. I firmly believed that we could work together on ITN items, albeit mainly in opposition to one another. But now it's clear that Medeis is taking every possible opportunity to get me blocked, banned, whatever. I am sick and tired of her constant harassment and nitpicking and sad stories. I am out of this discussion, frankly I'm sorry I even commented in the first place. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Proposal to strengthen IBANProposing this in a new section for discussion. The discussions between Medeis and The Rambling Man at ANI (as well as the various bits of evidence) have shown that an IBAN is still needed as they don't seem to be able to work collaboratively. So I propose that What about adding a clause preventing them both from commenting on each other's enforcement requests and from making any comments other than the initial report on their own enforcement requests be added to the wording of the IBAN to prevent the disruption evident in this section. In addition that they both be warned that the IBAN will be strictly enforced with blocks (which I'm happy to help with, assuming people don't consider me INVOLVED given my comments here). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:11, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Medeis/TRM DiscussionNote: This sub-section was refactored from another thread which concerned the IBAN between Baseball Bugs and The Rambling Man and placed here as the section solely concerns Medeis and TRM.
Bold proposal to nip the problem in the budThis problem between The Rambling Man and Medeis has gone on far too long, with repeated arguments that continually come up at ANI. It simply seems as if the two are unable to work together. The current interaction ban has been unsuccessful because the two editors are active in the same areas: In The News and the Reference Desk. From past history, it seems as if The Rambling Man is more active at In The News and Medeis more active at the Reference Desk. To nip this problem in the bud, I boldly propose a community ban for Medeis from In The News and a community ban for The Rambling Man from the Reference Desk. This way, the two editors can focus on their own respective pages without all of this trouble. If they decide in the future that they can get along, the bans can be lifted. 86.170.130.156 (talk) 10:53, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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IBAN request (Users Baseball Bugs and The Rambling Man)
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I would like to ask that the interaction ban between me and The Rambling Man be ended, effective on the anniversary of its imposition, of which I'm not sure of the date, but I think it would be about January 15. [It appears to have been January 4, 2014.] The discussion a month ago, and here currently, indicates that I can work harmoniously with the editor in furtherance of Wikipedia's goals. Thank you for your kind consideration. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 10:27, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Erm, The Rambling Man (talk · contribs), this will not really work unless it's a mutual request - so your comments on this proposal are invited here. Ncmvocalist (talk) 13:30, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I thought it was nothing to do with the participants, someone above has clearly stated it's a community-based sanction so it should be for the community to decide. Frankly there seems to be nothing to discuss between the two of us, no issues until the double-teaming starts up again. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- The community should hear your opinion. If both parties say they can get along, the IBAN should be lifted. Bugs, will you agree not to get involved in any dispute between TRM and Medeis? I think that's what TRM wants to hear. Jehochman Talk 19:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Well the irony is that Medeis notified Bugs of this discussion, he stated he'd rather not get involved and then waded in, up to his neck. So no, I don't think that'll be possible. As I said, the double-team are back in force, using all methods, including off-wiki communications and emails to admins etc to further the cause. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- The community should hear your opinion. If both parties say they can get along, the IBAN should be lifted. Bugs, will you agree not to get involved in any dispute between TRM and Medeis? I think that's what TRM wants to hear. Jehochman Talk 19:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- I thought it was nothing to do with the participants, someone above has clearly stated it's a community-based sanction so it should be for the community to decide. Frankly there seems to be nothing to discuss between the two of us, no issues until the double-teaming starts up again. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- TRM, do you have any evidence to support your accusations of off-wiki collaboration this time, or is this more of the same policy-violating speculation of a nefarious conspiracy against you that we've seen you make repeatedly against the two of them (and indeed many others who call your conduct into question after getting sucked into the gravity-well of drama the three of you generate between you) in past discussions here and elsewhere? Because if you don't have any evidence to support these notions, we are well past time for these accusations to stop; 21:56, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oh good. More walls of text. I can't be bothered to find it but yes, Medeis has mentioned in the past that she has emailed, at the very least, Bishonen in regard to this. You go find it. It is, however, entirely irrelevant to this complaint. I look forward to another 2,500 characters in response. But note, I won't be continuing with this discussion, as I mentioned above. This response is purely to note that, once again, the bandwagon is rolling and you're going to make it a thousand times wordier than it ever needed to be. You are also someone who is desperate to see me blocked/banned etc, so I'm not all surprised to see you here, courtesy of a "note" from Medeis. I hope you view her transgressions in an equitable fashion, but I very much doubt you will. Do your worst, but please, spare the community your endless ramblings (ironic!!). The Rambling Man (talk) 22:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- See, this is rather exactly what I'm talking about. You've clearly (and I suspect strategically, based on similar behaviour in the previous two ANI's on your conduct) misinterpreted the behaviour I was referencing as a violation of our no personal attacksstandards. Medeis, as any other editor, is well within her rights to discreetly contact an administrator about the behaviour of another editor. For you to accuse her of doing that is not a personal attack on your part, because it is not a policy violation or behavioural issue for her to be making that contact.
- See, this is rather exactly what I'm talking about. You've clearly (and I suspect strategically, based on similar behaviour in the previous two ANI's on your conduct) misinterpreted the behaviour I was referencing as a violation of our
- What I asked of you (clearly and un-ambiguously) was that you either provide proof of this supposed conspiracy to get you banned (which supposedly includes many bad-faith activities and policy violations) or that you just stop making these accusations against anyone you think doesn't like you. The members of this alleged conspiracy grow with every ANI filing or contentious discussion you are involved with, of which there are no shortage. In your head (or at least your explicit accusations), I and numerous other editors became members of this plot literally immediately upon meeting you, simply because we had the audacity to point out that your tone towards another group of editors had grown uncivil and antagonistic. From that point on, you made no secret of the fact that you viewed each of us (despite having just met you) as members of this conspiracy and that you could dismiss our concerns about your behaviour accordingly, just as you did in the post I am responding to now. The truly inane part is that I got added into the conspiracy for telling you that it was inappropriate to accuse others of being a part of it. :/
- Now you can continue to frame any oversight of your actions as "walls of text" simply because it tends to (by necessity) become rather drawn out, but I'm pretty sure that the experienced contributors of ANI can see that discussion for what it really is: walls of links. Links that are only barely adequate to summarize a long history of you blowing your (incredibly short) fuse, accusing others of bad-faith behaviour without a shred of evidence, finding ways to try to side-step community sanctions that have already been leveled against you, and generally trampling all over the project's most central (and least negotiable) behavioural policies.
- Now you may wish to try to suggest that I'm here because of Medeis' message (which was unsolicited and unnecessary, as I had already seen this thread), but you'll note that she left that message yesterday and despite the fact that I've been actively editing, I never commented here until I saw you begin to violate houndingher in the last ANI, but she let herself get intimated into staying quiet due to the threat of a mutual topic ban for both of you from the reference desks -- this after filing the previous ANI herself -- so she can live with the consequences of that decision as far as I'm concerned. Though, for the record, I think you clearly were hounding her, and if you insist, I'll provide the diffs to show why. But my concern is not with the conflict between the three of you, but rather with incivility and personal attacks in general, which is why I only commented once those issues became germane again. The fact that you happened to be the one engaging in those activities is not on me or any other editor who might choose to take issue with them, so you can just shelve your "bandwagon" comments along with your conspiracy theories.
- Now you may wish to try to suggest that I'm here because of Medeis' message (which was unsolicited and unnecessary, as I had already seen this thread), but you'll note that she left that message yesterday and despite the fact that I've been actively editing, I never commented here until I saw you begin to violate
- But given that even my two-sentence long post above was dismissed by you as a wall of text, I'll distill this down into a bite-size message that is as small as I can possibly make it: 23:53, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Note: A discussion about Medeis and TRM originally followed the above and prompted the following request for closure. The discussion was refactored into the subsection
(Comment from uninvolved editor) There's no headway on the IBAN on TRM/Bugs to be seen here, this should probably be closed. --
- Go ahead. I might ask again in a month or so. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:25, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree with BBB and User:RAN1, the entirety of the above should be closed, and BBB should be allowed to ask separately for a removal of the ban between himself and TRM if he wishes. This assumption that BBB and I are joined at the hip (we disagree on almost everything) has been most pernicious, and the above Shining-like maze of text unhelpful to anyone. μηδείς (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree with BBB and
- "BBB should be allowed to ask separately for a removal of the ban between himself and TRM if he wishes." Uh, that's exactly what this thread is. That's presumably eactly why Bugs opened a new thread instead of making a subsection in the above discussion, which you filed. This thread was meant to be about his request only, but after I asked TRM not to begin to engage in conspiracy theory personal attacks again, you chimed in and the thread quickly became about the issues between you and TRM, same as the one above. But RAN1 saw the need to disentangle the issues and refactored all discussion that followed after your involvement into the thread above, so this thread really has nothing to do with you any more, aside from addressing TRM's accusations of collusion between you and Bugs. Mind you, this thread is good-to-go for archiving at any point, I think, since no one seems to have any interest in commenting further and Bugs has given his blessing to defer the issue of revisiting his IBAN with TRM. But nowhere here is there an implication that you and Bugs are attached at the hip (except in TRM's implication of conspiracy, but he has been advised not to repeat and he's now been disengaged from both this thread and the above one for days now). Snow talk 00:19, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Again, this entire series of threads should be closed per the multiple suggestions above. Comments about what this thread 'is' are entirely bollixed after RAN1 redacted the series, and posted mine and other peoples' comments under headings we did not create or post under. The original discussion is moot and no longer exists. The current discussion is falsified, and should immediately be closed. It does not represent what the participants actually posted in their original contexts.
- Please close this immediately, per myself, RAN1, BBB and others. μηδείς (talk) 02:10, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- RAN1 didn't redact anything -- all he did was move a section of comments concerning your conflict with TRM from this thread (which concerns Bugs and TRM). He left the section itself unaltered and intact; all of those comments occur in the same order they were originally posted in, without any change to attribution or formatting. All that has changed is what thread they can be found under. Refactoring in this manner was completely appropriate to the circumstances, so that, in the event this thread was archived, valuable discussion relevant to the above thread would not be moved as well, an effect that was entirely beneficial. I'm sorry Medeis, but even if I felt empowered to, I wouldn't close these discussions at this time. I'm sure they probably will be closed in short order, but it's not going to be done at your request. You don't get to post endless ANIs about these issues and then hastily have them closed whenever they seem to be taking a turn that makes you nervous; its very transparent when you spend days demanding that action be taken and then suddenly when there's a proposal to establish a TBAN against you, you want all discussion shut down immediately. And given that you've stated more than once in recent posts that you will continue to bring this issue to ANI if you continue to feel harassed (when the consensus seems to be that you overreacted in the case of posting the above thread, though maybe only in that case), we don't have much motivation to close this discussion, do we? Why shut it down just so we can wait for the next complaint in a few days/weeks, starting over from scratch, rather than trying to find a lasting solution now, finally?
- I am also curious to know how your comments here are not a violation of the IBAN. GoldenRing (talk) 06:56, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- TRM accused her and Bugs of conspiring in an off-wiki effort to get him banned, something he's done quite a bit of lately. Medeis was partially responding to that. Medeis also was away for a couple of days and may not originally have realized that this was a an altogether separate thread (originally the thread was just titled "IBAN request", and the clarifier was only added after Medies had returned and responded). Her comments picked up exactly where he left off, so I suspect she thought at the time she was just replying at the end of current discussion, without realizing Bugs was trying to make a request separate from the original discussion. I don't think she was meaning to get in the middle of the Bugs/TRM issue, but separating those issues was exactly why her comments (and the responses which followed it) were refactored into the above thread, under the section "Medeis/TRM Discussion". Snow talk 07:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I've also been away and missed the stage in the discussion where these two threads were mingled. GoldenRing (talk) 08:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- In order to avoid confusion, it would have been better to put the text in a separate sub-section of the previous section, labeled "moved from following separate section" or something like that. As regards Medeis and him/her, I don't know what Medeis' "gender" is, so I just say "Medeis" instead of a pronoun. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 09:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Neither do I, with a certainty, but a great number of editors use "she" without correction from Medeis herself, so I've tended to assume it was accurate -- though to be fair, I don't know if it ultimately originates from any confirmation from Medeis. How I wrote an entire post without realizing I was using masculine pronouns, I don't know; it could be because the Greek phonology and orthography of her username/sig always remind me of King Midas. Anyway, your suggestion on noting where the refactoring starts in the above thread makes sense; I've added such a notation, complete with a diff for the unlikely event anyone cares to see where the section once resided. Snow talk 11:41, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not that it's relevant here, but medeis means "no one" in Greek. Technically it's masculine in gender, but it was intentionally chosen because I had a rather disturbing stalker when I previously posted under my real name. Given I am quite queer and a former typesetter for Christopher Street Magazine I can hardly object the other way or one. That being said, I did not post under the heading this "TRM v Medeis" section now has, and I suggest the whole multithread be closed since it is serving no purpose other than to invite further useless comment. My sole desire has been an end to pestering, and this entire multithread seems to have been an invitation to pestering. μηδείς (talk) 02:50, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I actually did recall getting the impression somewhere that you identify as transgendered (though without indication as to which was your biological sex, nor what your preferred gender identity, if any, is), but without being able to remember for sure that it was from the horses mouth, I didn't think it was my place to repeat that impression here. As I said, I've just tended to go with a feminine pronoun set as it's what most everyone uses for you and I've never seen you object. Glad to know for certain that I'm not giving offense in any event. As to the thread, commentary seems to have stopped, so I expect archiving may come at any time, though I am disappointing to see discussion come to a close yet again without any form of stable resolution. In the meantime, is there something in particular about the title of that subsection which you do not like? I believe I've explained to the best of my ability why that section was refactored, from necessity, and that the discussion itself was not in any way altered, but if there's some reason you object to your comments being in a section with that title, we can perhaps alter it (since it was added after the fact and no significant comments have been made to it by new commenters since). Snow talk 06:22, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not that it's relevant here, but medeis means "no one" in Greek. Technically it's masculine in gender, but it was intentionally chosen because I had a rather disturbing stalker when I previously posted under my real name. Given I am quite queer and a former typesetter for
- Neither do I, with a certainty, but a great number of editors use "she" without correction from Medeis herself, so I've tended to assume it was accurate -- though to be fair, I don't know if it ultimately originates from any confirmation from Medeis. How I wrote an entire post without realizing I was using masculine pronouns, I don't know; it could be because the Greek phonology and orthography of her username/sig always remind me of King Midas. Anyway, your suggestion on noting where the refactoring starts in the above thread makes sense; I've added such a notation, complete with a diff for the unlikely event anyone cares to see where the section once resided. Snow talk 11:41, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- In order to avoid confusion, it would have been better to put the text in a separate sub-section of the previous section, labeled "moved from following separate section" or something like that. As regards Medeis and him/her, I don't know what Medeis' "gender" is, so I just say "Medeis" instead of a pronoun. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 09:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I've also been away and missed the stage in the discussion where these two threads were mingled. GoldenRing (talk) 08:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
I messed this page up by accident!
Hi.
I was just on the Wikipedia page for the bodybuilder Flex Lewis. I noticed that under the competitions section there some missing completions. So I went to add them in and after I clicked save page something went wrong. The page is now displayed as dispersed lines of text pertaining only to a certain section of the article, all the information is there but it just doesn't get displayed. Please understand I did not mean this as a form of vandalism I was simply trying to update the page! Please help!
The link: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_Lewis
"32.210.191.72 (talk) 03:41, 9 January 2015 (UTC)"
- You could have just reverted. Which is what I did. You could try again, only hit "preview" first, rather than "save", to be sure it works (or not). ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Also, I went to Flex Lewis. I don't know what "en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki" is. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:55, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- For the record, the formatting problem was the result of an unclosed (and unnecessary) <gallery> tag added at the very top of the article. I'm not sure how or why that got there, but that's what caused the page to be reformatted into a series of small squares. Meanwhile, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki is the mobile version of the project. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 03:58, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- That happened with this edit, presumably a screwup of some kind. That's actually pretty funny, turning the entire page into a "gallery". But is it possible that there's something whacko with the mobile version of the software? Like maybe it generated that "gallery" automatically somehow? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:11, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- For the record, the formatting problem was the result of an unclosed (and unnecessary) <gallery> tag added at the very top of the article. I'm not sure how or why that got there, but that's what caused the page to be reformatted into a series of small squares. Meanwhile, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki is the mobile version of the project. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 03:58, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Technical question: The IP here is the older style, while the edits to the article are by IP's in the expanded style. Are those expanded IP's standard for mobile phones, or is it certain carriers? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- With regards to the first question, there doesn't seem to be anything in the mobile version of WP that should allow this. I just checked it on my phone. Perhaps the IP had copied the <gallery> tag from somewhere else. On Android at least, if you hold a spot down in a field that you can type, it brings up a paste pop up option. Blackmane (talk) 05:03, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I just did some poking about. With regards to your second question, it looks like that IPv6 address is in a range registered to SNET-FCC - Southern New England Telephone Company and SNET America, Inc. Blackmane (talk) 05:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- And that's consistent with the location of the OP's IP. Makes sense. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- [Digression: confusion with IP addresses and mobile devices is one reason why I think Wikipedia should only be edited by registered users have a traceable track of contributions and who have a fixed point of reference for conversation. GregKaye 07:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)]
- Good luck with that. They'll allow that around the time pigs start flying. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:41, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- How are editors supposed to have a track of contributions if only editors with a track of contributions are allowed to edit? It precludes any new editor from being able to edit and Wikipedia is not sustainable without a continual influx of new editors who share their knowledge and experience to enhance Wikipedia articles. Every new editor has a learning curve, sometimes lasting months, other times years. Liz Read! Talk! 22:39, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Good luck with that. They'll allow that around the time pigs start flying. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:41, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- [Digression: confusion with IP addresses and mobile devices is one reason why I think Wikipedia should only be edited by registered users have a traceable track of contributions and who have a fixed point of reference for conversation. GregKaye 07:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)]
- Note that the IP didn't say they used the mobile site to make the edit. They copied the mobile site link here, which may have lead some people to believe this was the case but I suspect this is incorrect. Firstly AFAIK, any edits from the mobile site should always be tagged by the wikimedia engine, similar to [155]. Secondly, AFAIK it's still not possible to edit from the mobile site without using an account. Definitely whenever I try to edit an I'm not logged it, it forces me to including when I tried just now. As was established, the edit [156] came from an IP and was not tagged. It's possible the edit was from the wikipedia app, but I'm fairly sure these are tagged as well. If the edit was from the bog standard edit interface, it's relatively easier to accidentally add the gallery tag. For example, if you have the advanced menu option, click on the picture between "insert" and the redirect arrow. This will add a bit more including a closure tag, but it's possible the OP realised these are something wrong and deleted the rest without deleting the opening tag. It's also possible you can add a gallery tag in some other way. Nil Einne (talk) 11:56, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- And that's consistent with the location of the OP's IP. Makes sense. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Technical question: The IP here is the older style, while the edits to the article are by IP's in the expanded style. Are those expanded IP's standard for mobile phones, or is it certain carriers? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Tanishqsh Removing deletion templates (AfD and Speedy), interfereing with an AfD, interfereing with an SPI
- [157] 2015-01-08T13:23:35 User:Tanishqsh removed Speedy Deletion Template from Captive Of Thoughts
- [158] 2015-01-10T04:59:33 User:Tanishqsh removed Afd Template from Reet Sharma
- [159] 2015-01-10T04:59:02 User:Tanishqsh blanked Afd for Reet Sharma
- [160] 2015-01-10T04:47:25 User:Tanishqsh removed text from SPI
- [161] 2015-01-10T04:49:03 User:Tanishqsh removed text from SPI
Also see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Tanishqsh B E C K Y S A Y L E S 05:33, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've given him a 31-hour break from editing WP, even before considering the puppetry allegation. I'm a bit tired and otherwise preoccupied, so I invite somebody else to consider the latter. Any admin proposing to extend the block (e.g. to indefinite) needn't consult me about this. -- Hoary (talk) 05:55, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- His file uploads look like copyright violations too, so I've nominated them for deletion at Commons. Squinge (talk) 12:30, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Could admins familiar with copyvio and COI please have a look at Evaluative diversity? History:
- Text was added to autism suite) about evaluative diversity by Langchri that was based on a number of primary sources and some that did not even mention the term neurodiversity,[162] so I removed it. See talk page discussion.
- Upon examining evaluative diversity, I found the same issue with primary sources and sources that didn't mention that topic. I do not have time to clean up that article, and tagged it.[163] See talk page discussion.
- Langchri removed the tags, saying "moved to talk", but with no followup on talk.
- Subsequently, in reading the talk page, I encountered a post from December 2013 from Langchri, stating that another article had been published first, which was the source for most of the Wikipedia article. So, I went searching for that article on the internet.
- I found a personal website hosting what appears to be that article,[164]Christopher Santos-Lang. It is written by a Christopher Santos-Lang (Langchri??), and our article copies the structure. So I tagged the article copyvio and raised the issue of WP:COI on talk.[165]
- IP 165, active at that article, removed the copyvio tag, saying it was published first on Wikipedia, but the talk page of our article indicates otherwise. That IP resolves to Madison: see website above on Christopher Santos-Lang.
So, this is above my payscale. If Christopher Santos-Lang is Langchri, and if the article was first published elsewhere by him, what is done here about copyvio or coi?? I'm thinking it might be an OTRS issue, and if permission is released for the content, the copyvio tag can be removed, leaving the COI and sourcing concerns, but I really don't know. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:37, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Help! The evidence that copyright was not infringed seems pretty clear, but we need an administrator to actually remove the copyright tag. It would also be really nice if editors who believe they have encountered an original thesis would specify that thesis on the Talk page and ask the community to shape it or identify the particular passage in the cited sources which support it (rather than just leave page-level tags claiming to have discovered that sources are generally bad). I believe I can help improve this article, but it already cites sources throughout, many of which include both primary and secondary research (e.g., scientific papers which include literature review sections), so the path forward at this point requires shaping specific theses to match the cited sources. I would appreciate any advice on how to keep the editing actionable. Langchri (talk) 03:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Pinging @Moonriddengirl: as copyright is her specialty. Blackmane (talk) 12:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I hope MRG examines the whole mess, because there has been more info on article talk, and now Langchri says the material was published first on Wikipedia, then on Springer, so I don't know who owns the rights or how to fix this mess, which now includes the possible issues to be sorted of WP:COPYVIO. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Springer puts the issue to bed at [166] when they date the publication to September 2014. Copyright is not a problem, as it looks like the content was here first. I'm not sure I understand the COI issue. Is he citing himself? We do permit that, in moderation of course, as per WP:SELFCITE. --Moonriddengirl (talk)14:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
I don't agree with Moonriddengirl's analysis. There is ambiguity as to when Langchri assigned copyright to Springer, as there is a lag between manuscript submission and copyright assignment, and publication. If he posted here first (meaning he licensed the content to Wikimedia) then Springer has to include reference to WP's license in the book (which would mean withdrawing it and republishing it with the amendment); if he assigned the copyright to Springer before he posted here, then he didn't have the right to grant the license to Wikimedia, and our content infringes Springer. We have no way of knowing what happened. The most elegant solution would be for us to assume he assigned to Springer first, and to treat the content here as COPYVIO. Otherwise we have to tangle with Springer.Jytdog (talk) 15:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC) (striking, bad analysis Jytdog (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2015 (UTC))- WP:SELFCITE.) 20:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
And there is the Madison IP issue. [167]
I am interested in understanding the copyvio concern per Jytdog's followup, for my own education about copyvio; could you please expand? SandyGeorgia (Talk
- Hi, User:SandyGeorgia. I've explained at the talk page, but in a nutshell there is no such thing as "WP's license." The owner of the license of content on Wikipedia is the contributor who adds the content. Contributors are within their rights to submit content they have published on Wikipedia elsewhere under any terms they like. If Springer has an issue with Langchri having published a version of some material he submitted to them under liberal license elsewhere, that's between Langchri and Springer and has nothing to do with us. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Moonriddengirl, it looks like the entire evaluative diversity article is being reduced in a very big way so quickly that it is difficult to believe the edits are being made with care. If there were no copyright issue under investigation I suppose I would be asking administrators whether the page is being vandalized, and what I should do about it. Is there a way for me to confirm that these deletions are being imposed with administrator authority? Am I free to rebuild the deleted sections (hopefully better, but covering the same content) without COPYVIO concerns? Langchri (talk) 22:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- WP:DCM. If you have any more questions about that, you're very welcome to stop by my talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk)22:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- True, I am not an admin! And I am striking my comments above here, as I did on the article talk page. It still comes to a question of whether Christopher Santos-Lang/Langchr (again assuming they are one) assigned to Springer before he uploaded to WP. If he did, he didn't have the right to grant Wikimedia the license. If he uploaded here first, he probably has issues with Springer and those issues have nothing to do with us. That's what it comes down to. I guess the simplest thing for us to take it on good faith that he owned the copyright when he added the content here. We have no good reason not to believe him.Jytdog (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks again, MRG; although not at all intuitive, it is clearer now. As I understand it now, when Langchri added the content over a year ago, it failed WP:OR before re-adding text. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:25, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks again, MRG; although not at all intuitive, it is clearer now. As I understand it now, when Langchri added the content over a year ago, it failed
- True, I am not an admin! And I am striking my comments above here, as I did on the article talk page. It still comes to a question of whether Christopher Santos-Lang/Langchr (again assuming they are one) assigned to Springer before he uploaded to WP. If he did, he didn't have the right to grant Wikimedia the license. If he uploaded here first, he probably has issues with Springer and those issues have nothing to do with us. That's what it comes down to. I guess the simplest thing for us to take it on good faith that he owned the copyright when he added the content here. We have no good reason not to believe him.Jytdog (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Springer puts the issue to bed at [166] when they date the publication to September 2014. Copyright is not a problem, as it looks like the content was here first. I'm not sure I understand the COI issue. Is he citing himself? We do permit that, in moderation of course, as per
- I hope MRG examines the whole mess, because there has been more info on article talk, and now Langchri says the material was published first on Wikipedia, then on Springer, so I don't know who owns the rights or how to fix this mess, which now includes the possible issues to be sorted of
- Pinging @Moonriddengirl: as copyright is her specialty. Blackmane (talk) 12:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
User Zaczac178 and images
Hi,
I came across a user uploading several images (under licences date years ago with images from this season). Images seem to be copyright. Dont know were to turn so went here.
The images are:
- File:Falcao MU15.jpeg most likely from mirror.co.uk and added in this diff
- File:Di María MU.jpg most likely from football.co.uk and added in this diff
- File:Luke Shaw england.jpg most likely from [169] and added in this diff
- File:Steve Smith 2015.jpg most likely from [170] and added in this diff
And those are the only ones I looked at, I am sure they are all the same. Could someone take a look at it? QED237 (talk) 01:36, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've nuked all their uploads as blatant copyvios. MER-C 01:52, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Now the editor has continued. Claims to be his own images.
- File:Joe burns2015.jpg most likely from [171] and added in this diff
- File:S.mata'utai.jpg most likely from [172] and added in this diff
- File:M.MarshODI.jpg most likely from [173] (press on ODI above image/player info) and added in this diff
The second also reported here by an other user. QED237 (talk) 23:22, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Anyone please help, I ping @MER-C: who responded last time. QED237 (talk) 23:23, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have deleted these three and issued a custom-made final warning on their talk page. I will watch -- Diannaa (talk) 02:15, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Could you please look at the repeated reversions to the text and removal of the standard infobox to the “Leighton Hall, Powys” entry. All of the information that has been removed is readily available on other sites on the internet as well as on Google earth, and can hardly be considered a security threat. Tyssil Tyssil (talk) 23:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree that posting publicly available info should not represent a security threat, and have restored a previous version of the page. If the owners of the building need any of the content removed for security reasons, they should contact the OTRS team. -- Diannaa (talk) 01:54, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Legal Threats from User:Wikiuser124
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User:Wikiuser124 has threaten legal action on my talk page. [174]. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Liana K vandalism and AFD
There's an recent incident where User:MBPLY, a clear single purpose account (see Special:Contributions/MBPLY), has carried out several acts of unambiguous vandalism and linking to an attack site ([175], [176], [177]) against the Liana K article (a BLP article), and then started an AFD to delete the article. So far, the three responses in the AFD (including my own) note that the article should be kept and that the AFD is without legitimate basis. Given the circumstances, that the AFD was started by a clear vandal to a BLP page, I think the AFD should be closed. Also, even though I have only just left a warning on their talk page, I think that the user should be blocked from editing the Liana K article entirely, if not be subject to even stronger sanctions. Iamcuriousblue (talk) 02:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've closed the AfD as keep. I came close to indeffing the user, but I decided to wait to see if they stop (they have a final warning).--Bbb23 (talk) 06:25, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Redrose64 is stalking me over "forumshopping"
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Redrose64 is stalking me over "forumshopping", i posted on the template talkpage and nothing happened, how do i supposed to get help then if i dont request it on users which has the knowledge to fix the problem because if i did an edit request on the template talkpage i will be required to say that i want y changed to x, and i dont know that! so if some users dont want to help me i have the right to ask others Dannis243 (talk) 16:35, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- All i wanted is a fix to infobox political party, after alot of effort no one is helping me Dannis243 (talk) 16:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not stalking you: after more than five years around here, I've accumulated quite a long watchlist. In the last week or so, I've noticed you posting basically the same message to several user talk pages. When you took it to WP:MULTI.
- Advice has been offered: but it is you who is ignoring it. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not stalking you: after more than five years around here, I've accumulated quite a long watchlist. In the last week or so, I've noticed you posting basically the same message to several user talk pages. When you took it to
- If you are going to make allegations about other editors, you ought at least to provide a WP:VPT#please help? --David Biddulph (talk) 16:54, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Redrose64&diff=prev&oldid=641885863 Dannis243 (talk) 16:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Not only does User:Redrose64 have the right, like all other editors, to decide what stays on their own Talk Page, you were also being offered advice in good faith. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:07, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- The OP, from the start of his work last summer, has been obsessing over the spacing in an infobox, as noted in Talk:Party of the Swedes (and farther up this page, too). Whatever the reason for the extra spacing, one would think the OP could fix it himself. One way to do it without immediately affecting everyone else would be to create a scratch copy from the appropriate point in the history of Template:Infobox political party and make sure it works, rather than fiddling with the "production" version. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:27, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- As I understand it, it's a problem of visual alignment as well as spacing. I'm currently giving the OP the benefit of the doubt and assuming that they want the infobox to have a clean and professional appearance for everyone, as opposed to simple self-interest. I've noticed that people who have higher-than-average standards in matters of form (usually because they notice such things more than the average person does) often have a rough time of it on en-wiki, and I think that's wrong and bad for the project over all. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 17:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not that good with HTML. What change was made to the template which altered its appearance/ ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:53, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- There's been no change to the Infobox political party template. The problem is that the {{Infobox political party/seats}} template is a bit too tall to fit nicely onto the) 18:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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line of the Infobox political party template. There's no point asking random people to help with this problem, as most do not have the underlying template chops to help. The place to post is Template talk:Composition bar, or Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). -- Diannaa (talk- OK, I see. Then something was changed in the template. So he could create his own copy of both the infobox and the template. He was previously advised to go to VPT. Apparently they couldn't help him. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:15, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's hard to get help without a clear idea of what the problem is. The best bet is to post first at Template talk:Composition bar, and if no one responds there, try WP:VPT. I will try to get help -- Diannaa (talk) 18:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, I have posted at Template talk:Composition bar and pinged a couple of people with template skills. -- Diannaa (talk) 18:35, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- OK, I see. Then something was changed in the template. So he could create his own copy of both the infobox and the template. He was previously advised to go to VPT. Apparently they couldn't help him. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:15, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- There's been no change to the Infobox political party template. The problem is that the {{
- I'm not that good with HTML. What change was made to the template which altered its appearance/ ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:53, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- As I understand it, it's a problem of visual alignment as well as spacing. I'm currently giving the OP the benefit of the doubt and assuming that they want the infobox to have a clean and professional appearance for everyone, as opposed to simple self-interest. I've noticed that people who have higher-than-average standards in matters of form (usually because they notice such things more than the average person does) often have a rough time of it on en-wiki, and I think that's wrong and bad for the project over all. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 17:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't see this as being a discussion I need to be involved in, yet I was summoned here anyways. The only thing that is needed here is the OP spending some time playing with the
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parameters of the sandbox version of infobox that is the cause of the spacing. I already explained in great detail why (strictly technically speaking - despite not knowing if there was an actual discussion where there was a consensus for it to be that way) the spacing is the way it is. I have way too many much more important projects I'm working on (like debugging why xtools is constantly locking up and crashing) to invest any time into researching and fixing this particular issue. I wish the OP the best of luck. Please ping me from here if you need me further. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 21:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Dannis243: You can also try adding {{help me}} to the infobox talk page. GoingBatty (talk) 22:39, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- A user has now implemented a solution, and the infobox for Party of the Swedes is now nicely aligned. Thanks to everybody who took the time to look at this problem. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:57, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Resubmitting Case Archived by mistake without any discussion
- Re-opening SPI of Derwick Associates activity
Greetings all,
I believe there is need to review the closed SPIs into the Derwick Associates pages. In light of recent findings it is safe to assume the original suspected sock masters of each investigation are not correct. Nonetheless there is substantial evidence that several of the users named in the overall investigations are connected. Below are these previous SPIs:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/FergusM1970
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Majogomezsz
Despite the overwhelming behavioral evidence (no edit overlap, the same edits being made, similar edit summary wording between several accounts, an abundance of single-purpose accounts, etc) and even a CheckUser discovery that some of the accounts were linked, the admin believed the accounts were not linked. They also stated that its not fair to assume someone with a differing view is necessarily being paid to make edits. But given that Fergus has openly admitted he was a paid advocate for Derwick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive867#Full_disclosure) and that he was hired by a PR firm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:FergusM1970) we now know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Derwick hired at least one PR agency to protect its image.
There is a ton of behavioral evidence to suggest many of these accounts are linked. IP addressed might be harder to prove but a simple VPN is not that hard to set up. If I were running a PR firm that was contracted out by a very large and wealthy, albeit legally troubled, company to protect its online image including on Wikipedia, I would invest in a VPN. Its troubling that no one can consider this; I use them for personal reasons sometime.
I am willing to contribute any needed evidence to support my claims here, but I hope the knowledge that Derwick paid for a PR firm to edit this page is enough evidence to perk others interest in this incident. Righteousskills (talk) 02:15, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
User Poeticbent is disclosing IP location information about an editor
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On the CheckUser Sockpuppet investigations/WKS Śląsk Wrocław request, Poeticbent is disclosing material that is revealing personal data about an editor. In an edit dated (cur | prev) 20:43, 10 January 2015 Poeticbent (talk | contribs) . . (9,063 bytes) (+416) Poeticbent disclosed the location of my IP address E-960. This is completely uncalled for, and goes against WP rules. Please take immediate action before this gets out of hand. --E-960 (talk) 17:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- If you edit without logging in you are revealing your IP address yourself, and the geolocation of IP addresses is public knowledge and easily discovered. Squinge (talk) 18:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I log in under E-960, this also shows that I'm the NOT sockpuppet and as discussed above in the earlier section. User Poeticbent is acting in a hostile way against me just because of a simple content dispute. --E-960 (talk) 18:07, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Well, you've just edited logged out and confirmed where you are - you then logged in and resigned it, but it's still in the edit history. (I have no comment on the sockpuppet charge, but surely that can be resolved at the SPI itself rather than bringing it here too?) Squinge (talk) 18:12, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I log in under E-960, this also shows that I'm the NOT sockpuppet and as discussed above in the earlier section. User Poeticbent is acting in a hostile way against me just because of a simple content dispute. --E-960 (talk) 18:07, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Heavy long term abuse by sock army.
For several months already, articles related to Uzbeks and to Tajiks have been under attack by a never-ending list of socks of a nationalist Uzbek. This time he calls himself
You are wrong at all I'm O.Turani an Uzbek from Afghanistan and all my edits are based on sources. I don't have any relation or contact with above mentioned users. It's better to say there is anti-Uzbek army probably origins from Iran vandalizing Uzbek Identity.
User:O.Turani (talk) 14:05, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Absurdity, it you misbehave. I always on sources refer. You in my opinion HistoryOfIran? Tell me what relation has to Tajiks of Al-Biruni, Al-Khwarezmi and other great scientists? Yours faithfully KanishkaKagan KanishkaKagan (talk) 14:12, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Jeppiz, are you aware of WP:SPI? I recommend you go and file a case there, as that will help establish who is a sock and who isn't. Feel free to ask for help on my talk page if you need it :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here)14:52, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Lukeno94, that's what I usually do (asking for as SPI]] but I took it here as it gets very tiresome to file requests and when the socks are banned, the user already has a few new socks ready to continue. It's an example of how a dedicated puppetmaster can impose his POV by creating enough socks. Creating an account takes much shorter time than filing an SPI, so those trying to keep tracks of the socks have to spend more than the puppetmaster does. I think it's a bit of a flaw in Wikipedia, actually. As I said, this has been going on for months on several uzbek-related articles. And it's not just keeping track of this user there, he also has "delightful" surprises like this one for people disagreeing [180].Jeppiz (talk) 15:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Correct; however, do they usually target the same articles over and over, or are they different each time? If it's the former, then you can file a RFPP request citing the sockpuppetry. Also, if CUs are able to confirm the accounts, then rangeblocks of the underlying IPs might be able to be applied. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 15:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I filed an RFPP last time and it helped for a short time. However, the puppetmaster has around ten articles they target long term. PP is helpful against occasional vandals but does not do much against a dedicated puppet-master who carry on for months.Jeppiz (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- If the master keeps coming back to the same articles over and over, particularly if BLP comes into play, then I think you have a good case for very long term protection, maybe even indefinite, if you present the evidence of how long the abuse has gone on for, and how quickly it started again after the previous protection(s) ended. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 16:52, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I filed an RFPP last time and it helped for a short time. However, the puppetmaster has around ten articles they target long term. PP is helpful against occasional vandals but does not do much against a dedicated puppet-master who carry on for months.Jeppiz (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Lukeno94, that's what I usually do (asking for as SPI]] but I took it here as it gets very tiresome to file requests and when the socks are banned, the user already has a few new socks ready to continue. It's an example of how a dedicated puppetmaster can impose his POV by creating enough socks. Creating an account takes much shorter time than filing an SPI, so those trying to keep tracks of the socks have to spend more than the puppetmaster does. I think it's a bit of a flaw in Wikipedia, actually. As I said, this has been going on for months on several uzbek-related articles. And it's not just keeping track of this user there, he also has "delightful" surprises like this one for people disagreeing [180].Jeppiz (talk) 15:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Update As a case in point, here is yet another account that obviously is the same user (performing exactly the same actions again, and accusing all others of "vandalism"). [181], [182]. It's clear that the user has a large number of low-activity socks. Honestly, what can we do? RFPP is no good as the user has a very large number of socks (here is just a small list of some of those blocked, but note that several socks of the same user is not include). The sockmaster can quite happily revert four times, as he's currently doing, with some of the socks, and normal users undoing it would risk being blocked for 3RR. Even if some of the socks are banned, it's obvious there are a large number out there.Jeppiz (talk) 16:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Do you really pay attention to my references? For example I believe [Temur] is Uzbek I have reason for this claim and provided reference about him to prove that he was Uzbek. 1rst his tribe is called Barlas, and Barlas is one of 92 tribes of Uzbeks. 2nd eveyone knows that his birth place is located in current Uzbekistan kish city, currently all the population of this city is native Uzbeks. Besides according to his own notes we can understand that his language was Uzbek dialect of Turkic language. So please do vandalize Uzbek historical figures. O.Turani (talk) 17:15, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- O.Turani, I said I wasn't sure about you. As for the others, I have absolutely no doubt that KanishkaKagan and Amir.Temur are just the current socks of Turan22 as they are performing exactly the same actions with the same words and the same summaries as the already blocked socks AlexUzb, YulbarsTiger, George$653, and Izzy.neon.Jeppiz (talk) 19:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
{{checkuser needed}} Jehochman Talk 16:58, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think it's best to create an SPI case if there are additional concerns. Mike V • Talk 17:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Best thing to do is to get the complete list up on an SPI so that we have a record that we can refer to next time. Then we can evaluate the pattern and decide if any further action (like protection) is needed, and a CU can determine whether rangelocks are plausible and so on. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- O.Turani has been blocked before for sockpuppeting. (See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/O.Turani/Archive) They have also repeatedly added unsourced claims that certain historical figures are Uzbeks to the Uzbek article. (See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Turan22/Archive) O.Turani did post saying that a source supported their claim that several Timurids were Uzbeks,[183], but the source directly contradicts that claim, say the Timurids were "rivals and opponents of the Uzbeks.[184] In spite of this,O.Turani has repeatedly added claims that the Timurids were Uzbeks.[185][186][187] [188] [189] [190] just like the blocked sockpuppets listed above. Edward321 (talk) 00:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- It is quite clear that O.Turani is not here to build an encyclopedia, since any statements regarding sockpuppetry, edit-warring, and the like garner a repetitious response consisting of, "... all my edits are based on sources". And yet O.Turani has never posted anything on the Uzbek talk page! Best to block/ban and protect the article(s) in question from disruption. --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I have full respect to your idea but in case you want to write about others identity and history you should reall be careful. You should rely on sources that these people provide to you. I claim that Temurid are Uzbek because their origin is barlas tribe and Barlas is one of 92 tribes of Uzbeks.
O.Turani Talk 4:25, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The large number of reverts to the article on Uzbeks by O.Turani show that he/she is edit-warring, with a variety of editors reverting him/her. The talk page history shows that O.Turani has not been discussing his/her edits on the talk page.-- Toddy1 (talk) 07:01, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Report made to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:O.Turani reported by User:Toddy1 (Result: ) since he/she continued to edit-war after receiving a warning.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: User has been blocked for two weeks for edit warring. Bjelleklang - talk 23:51, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Report made to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:O.Turani reported by User:Toddy1 (Result: ) since he/she continued to edit-war after receiving a warning.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
And less than 12 hours after O.Turani's block, an IP has restored their edit.[191] Already reported at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/O.Turani Edward321 (talk) 17:42, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I see no reason not to extend the block to indefinite. Wait, that's what I just did. If O.Turani wants to explain on their talk page how they are going to play along in the future, they are welcome to do so. Drmies (talk) 18:26, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Block evasion by Prisonermonkeys
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I have found Prisonermonkeys to be evading a one month block implemented by administrator Anna Frodesiak through the use of an IP. IP 203.38.105.161 has been editing all the time through Prisonermonkeys' block and has self identified as Prisonermonkeys in the past. Tvx1 (talk) 18:58, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've reset the block to one month from today and hard-blocked the IP address to match. Thanks for the report. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:17, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
67.82.6.190
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I have tagged the ip 67.82.6.190 for vandalism. He has responded to put harassment on my talk page and continue to vandalise wikipedia. He has also been blanking sections of my talk page. He has also claimed that 'viruses' have caused him to be disruptive.TheMagikCow (talk) 19:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Ban proposal for User:Hum1969
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On behalf of User:Alexhead8835, I suggest we propose to ban User:Hum1969, who edits and damages articles to public transportation in the Greater Toronto Area as per here. Any suggestions? 135.23.145.164 (talk) (c/o Alexhead8835 (talk)) 05:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what this IP's game is. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hum1969 and see also this.--Bbb23 (talk) 05:50, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Isn't the user de facto banned what with having their main account indeffed and no hope of being unblocked? WP:BANBLOCKDIFF Some of our irritants might bask in the glow of a "banned" label. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 09:30, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- There is another account set up by him using this one: ))
- I have reinstated this thread which was deleted by User:Acerdellrules1961 - presumably trying to cover his tracks - Arjayay (talk) 16:23, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Support - Guys, could we vote on the ban of User:Hum1969 from the English Wikipedia? I am fearing more socks are coming up. 135.23.145.164 (talk) 18:51, 11 January 2015 (UTC) (c/o Alexhead8835 (talk))
No formality necessary - User is de facto banned per
- Comment - Despite this, A long-term abuse report could do. Otherwise, a topic ban could be easy. 135.23.145.164 (talk) 22:06, 11 January 2015 (UTC) (c/o Alexhead8835 (talk))
User:Aknaqvi repeatedly removing speedy deletion templates from pages it created
- [192] User:Aknaqvi created Ali Kamal Naqvi
- [193] User:Aknaqvi removed Speedy Deletion Template from Ali Kamal Naqvi
- [194] User:Aknaqvi removed Speedy Deletion Template from Ali Kamal Naqvi
- [195] User:Aknaqvi was warned about removing speedy deletion templates
- [196] User:Aknaqvi was warned about removing speedy deletion templates
- [197] User:Aknaqvi removed Speedy Deletion Template from Ali Kamal Naqvi
- [198] User:Aknaqvi was warned about removing speedy deletion templates
- [199] User:Aknaqvi removed Speedy Deletion Template from Ali Kamal Naqvi
- [200] User:Aknaqvi created Bollywood chugly
- [201] User:Aknaqvi removed Speedy Deletion Template from Bollywood chugly
- [202] ) 15:32, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Just a reminder, a Wikipedia editor is not an "it". BMK (talk) 23:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Unless it's a bot. Neuman, Alfred E (talk) 18:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC) (Sorry, but I just couldn't resist commenting)
- Would a bot really create pages? Epicgenius (talk) 18:52, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- There's special software available for it, and bots have created literally millions of articles (in some cases based on the content of public-domain encyclopaedias, in other cases based on on-line data bases) on several Wikipedias, so yes, bots can, and do, create articles. I don't know the extent of it on en-WP, though. Neuman, Alfred E (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- On en.wp, I don't think bots can create articles, though on other wikis, I'm sure the bot creates articles by translating them from other languages. Sv.wp's 2.7 million bot-created articles are, in fact, actually created by Sverker Johansson, a real person who operates a bot, so it's not totally automated, either. Epicgenius (talk) 05:06, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- There's special software available for it, and bots have created literally millions of articles (in some cases based on the content of public-domain encyclopaedias, in other cases based on on-line data bases) on several Wikipedias, so yes, bots can, and do, create articles. I don't know the extent of it on en-WP, though. Neuman, Alfred E (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Would a bot really create pages? Epicgenius (talk) 18:52, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Unless it's a bot. Neuman, Alfred E (talk) 18:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC) (Sorry, but I just couldn't resist commenting)
- Just a reminder, a Wikipedia editor is not an "it". BMK (talk) 23:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Let's get back to the topic. The user received the last warning (User talk:Aknaqvi). He/she did not make a disruption since than. If he/she removes the speedy tag once again, should be blocked. Vanjagenije (talk) 13:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree, but the user hasn't edited since this report, so it shouldn't really be a problem. Epicgenius (talk) 23:22, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Edit war on Israeli Jews
I used to edit under the account User:Mr. Sort It Out, but since then forgot my password and was editing from my dynamic IP. Just clarifying it so the administrator could see that I was not being a sock, but simply not registering to my account.
We have formerly achieved a consensus regarding what images to use on the collage: Talk:Israeli Jews#Proposing a new collage. The Israeli Jews had a long history of edit wars and that was a very good consensus/compromise, which actually worked.
Today I noticed that on the 14th of December someone made changes to collage without discussing them first on the talk page, an honest mistake some people make. 14:09, 11 January 2015 I returned the original consensus version and notified the user on his wall that in order to make changes to a collage one must discuss it first. I thought it is over, but then a new user arrived!
User:Ashurbanippal arrived, decided that Ilan Ramon should be in the collage (I actually agree with that, but it needs to be discussed and agreed first), and reverted me.
For the rest, you can take a look at the page history: [203]
As you can see, I (from my IP) am repeatedly telling him that if he wants any changes he must use the talk page for discussion. In one of the edit summaries he wrote: "I see no consensus on the talk page for this". I gave him the link to the discussion in my edit summary, but he simply reverted me again and wrote: "No, no consensus". In his next revert he wrote to me: "I'm a registered user, you are an IP vandal. Stop this edit-warring or I'll report you."
If you take a look at the edit history of the user, you shell see his whole edit history is edit warring: [204]. He is edit warring on Lehava, on Zionist political violence, on History of antisemitism... the user obviously is unwilling to respect the fact that he is not the final decision maker on Wikipedia and that on Wikipedia it is important to use the talk page and achieve consensus.
Can an administrator please get involved? Mr. Sort It Out2 (talk) 02:44, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Now you suddenly "remembered" your password. Very convenient. You have been engaged in edit-warring despite you didn't gain consensus to change the collage. Who agreed with you on the talk page? As I told you before, the changes you made exclude notable Israelis like Ilan Ramon (first astronaut), Casspi (basketball player), Bar Refaeli (the most famous Israeli model) and others.--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:09, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I did not "suddenly remember", I opened a new account. Can't you see it says Mr. Sort It Out2 now?
- You really can't be real. I gave you a link to the consensus: [205]. I already gave you that link. The page you are reverting to are changes done without a discussion in the first place few weeks ago, and you know that perfectly well because I already told you that.
- You really need to learn the meaning of the word "exclude". Omri Casspi was considered for the collage but was declined due to the fact we already have a sportsperson in the collage (Benayoun), Bar Rafaeli was considered but it was decided at the discussion that there are more fitting personalities, and about Ilan Ramon... I actually agree with you! But you know something?? Whoever you think should be in the collage, you need to go through the talk page.
- Did you see the people you deleted?? People that had a consensus achieved about them ON THE LINK I GAVE YOU. Kishon, nominated for the Oscar and Golden Globe winner... are you serious removing him?? Common.
- The version I am reverting to is the one which was the consensus version (and you know it because I gave you the link). Is it perfect in my opinion? Close to perfect. I would personally add Ramon instead of Gelfand, but you know something? I would NEVER dare to do this change without discussing it first and the talk page.
- Looking at your editing pattern it's easy to tell that edit warring is simply the only way you know. Talk pages are a wonderful way to avoid edit wars and achieve changes which are acceptable with everybody, use it. Many before you had tried the tactic of edit warring "until the other side gets tired", and I can assure you it never worked. Mr. Sort It Out2 (talk) 03:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- basic examples of illegitimate sockpuppetry are all situations where the same person's using multiple accounts in a deceptive fashion. Since Mr. Sort It Out, whether accounts #1 or #2, has clearly linked the two accounts and the IP address, and since they've been sequential (not overlapping), it's not possible for this situation to be a sockpuppetry violation. Nyttend (talk) 03:25, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. I didn't notice this and the fact that some kind of consensus was achieved on the talk page. I'll stop changing the collage of the article, although I find very problematic that Refaeli and Ramon aren't there.--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:29, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think you did notice it, I gave you the link and I spoke about it numerous times. I think you thought you can get away with it as you thought I was an inexperienced anonymous IP user. I also think that what stopped you from edit warring is the fact I opened this thread (and pointed out your editing pattern on other pages). But it doesn't matter anymore (to me, anyway).
- I agree with the consensus about not including Refaeli (she was considered). But about Ramon... I personally think he should be included, and if you want, no one is preventing you from starting a new discussion on the talk page regarding the inclusion of Ilan Ramon. No one said that a consensus can't be changed, but it can be changed only through discussion. Mr. Sort It Out2 (talk) 03:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's done. I replaced Nini for Ramon and opened a discussion on the talk page. You are more than welcome to give your opinion.--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:50, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- "It's done"? No, it is not done as you obviously still don't get it and choose to edit war. FIRST you discuss, and only THEN depending on the decision you do the change.
- It's done. I replaced Nini for Ramon and opened a discussion on the talk page. You are more than welcome to give your opinion.--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:50, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. I didn't notice this and the fact that some kind of consensus was achieved on the talk page. I'll stop changing the collage of the article, although I find very problematic that Refaeli and Ramon aren't there.--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:29, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
And he is back to edit war, after he said "I didn't notice this and the fact that some kind of consensus was achieved on the talk page. I'll stop changing the collage of the article", User:Ashurbanippal again does changes to the collage without any discussion or agreement. Mr. Sort It Out2 (talk) 03:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, I thought you wanted Ramon. I won't make a single edit in that article unless you agree with me. Happy?--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's not about me, I am not a decision maker. I am only a voice in the discussion. My point is make a proposal on the talk page first, and only after a decision was achieved make the change. I don't own the page. Mr. Sort It Out2 (talk) 04:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, I thought you wanted Ramon. I won't make a single edit in that article unless you agree with me. Happy?--Ashurbanippal (talk) 03:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I personally welcome a range of non-disruptive influences in Israel related topics but Ashurbanippal may currently be more disruptive than is the ideal. See also current: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Ashurbanippal reported by User:Cathar66Cathar66 (Result: ).
- It is respected that an editor can change views even only when a case is brought to administration but IMO some sanction should still be given. Editors on these articles should be able to work together so as, where relevant, to jointly work out ways forward. GregKaye 08:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Homosexuality page is completely blocked to any editors, including the Talk Page, except for a select few
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The homosexuality page is biased and one sided, and any atempt to make changes or suggesting any research work which are contrary to the editors wishes (many of whom are homosexuals, I have checked) is inmmediatly flagged as vandalism, people get blocked, etc. This site is run like a dictatorship, all opinion, views or suggestion contrary to those in charge are inmediatly suppressed. There is plenty of research on homosexuality, many of which are negative and equate it to a psychiatric illness, some of which are positive (and typically done by homosexual psychologists) which are cherry picked. Wikipedia in general encourages people to edit, to be bold, but there is not such thing on the homosexuality article. On the contrary, homosexuals in charge run the show, disspelling half-baked research which gives a wrong impression of the issue at hand. I suggest that everyone be allowed to edit this article, toguether with the talk page, instead of discriminating against researchers just because what they say does not conform to the homosexual agenda (even if it is true).201.217.40.2 (talk) 15:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I stopped reading your post toward the end of your first sentence, when you expressed surprise and outrage that gay people are permitted to edit Wikipedia. Then I thought that maybe I was being unfair to you, so I went ahead and read your whole post, which confirmed my initial instincts. It's ironic that you couch your appeal in terms of freedom for everyone to edit, because by allowing people like you—people with powerful and loudly expressed prejudices—to edit, we actually make Wikipedia less free and open by implicitly excluding the people who, through no fault of their own, are the targets of your prejudice and disdain. I don't think that Wikipedia is a good fit for what you apparently want to accomplish, and I'd endorse the actions of the admins who have dealt with your editing thus far. MastCell Talk 16:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Why was this closed without explanation (add: and prior to reply) by a non-admin? I am all for protection and don't object the closure but, when faced with seemingly bigoted views, I would think that a demand for substantiation, diffs and logging on might help a questionable editor resolve issues. GregKaye 16:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Have a look at [206], [207] and [208]. Rangeblocks for homophobic trolling already handed out. Black Kite (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Black Kite I agree that points raised are very wrong and the diffs you raised are horrendous. I don't doubt that you and other admins have experience in dealing with similar matters. It may be naive but I would have thought that the IP could have been required to present diffs and be shown how wrong they were. An editor had questionably raised issue here and behaviours could have been openly refuted as required. Your diffs point to an editor that had been advised to go to AN. Again this may be Naive. GregKaye 17:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
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Administrator Black Kite agressively blokcs several users in an unreasonable manner, violating several wikipedia rules
It has come to my attention that over a minor dissagrement with a wikipedia user, administrator Black Kite has blocked a whole range of IP addresses shared by several users who are potentially good editors of wikipedia and may do significant contributions. Some of the allegations, like troll or no recent contributions of one particular user, are irrational in my view.201.217.40.2 (talk) 14:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- This sheds a clue. --NeilN talk to me 15:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Moved to subsection of original thread for clarity. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- No rule was broken, and the range block was entirely appropriate under the circumstances. Wikipedia is not a platform for homophobic bigotry. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Friends of gays should not be allowed to edit articles. Bishonen | talk 15:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC).
- No rule was broken, and the range block was entirely appropriate under the circumstances. Wikipedia is not a platform for homophobic bigotry. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Moved to subsection of original thread for clarity. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- "Several users" ... who mysteriously post the exact same homophobic diatribe on multiple pages. I'm guessing it's "probably come to your attention" because you are that one user. Am I right? Let's have a look at the IP geolocation ... yep. Black Kite (talk) 18:48, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
TBAN Violation by P-123
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P-123 (talk) reported by 199.255.211.33 (talk)
P-123 (talk) is pushing the envelope. After he was banned just a few days ago, he started again poking holes through his TBAN by talking about Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on his user page and then linking to it in defiance. [209]. This was his user page just before his edit today [210]. 199.255.211.33 (talk) 13:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Later, he talked about and then linked to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also in defiance. [[211]]. 199.255.211.33 (talk) 13:40, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Comment: P-123 posted a revised version of his note at 11:18, 28 December 2014 during the ANi The TBAN was enacted on 00:29, 2 January 2015. He then started cleaning up his talk page while playing with a new autoarchiver script. He managed to archve and restore the post from his archives on 11:49, 8 January 2015. Let's not kick the guy for reorging his talk and archives. Legacypac (talk) 14:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I am very sorry about this. There was no defiance intended. I was restoring what had previously been on my userpage (and included the other reference mentioned above) and just didn't think of the implications of what I was doing. It was a stupid and terrible mistake. I am trying hard to keep to the terms of the TBAN/IBAN and it was a genuine slip-up through oversight. I was cleaning up my userpage and not meaning to communicate anything in those edits beyond general information. I will remove those edits now. ~ P-123 (talk) 13:55, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- When under a topic ban, your best bet is to take any pages related to that topic off your watch list. That way you won't be tempted. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:11, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: No opinion on the merit of this TBAN evasion but I noticed a sneaky ) 14:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- There was nothing sneaky about what I did. The two admins have answered some queries I had post-ANI on how to communicate with ex-colleagues without violating the TBAN. I pinged them here and then thought better of it. I would really appreciate it if others did not automatically assume bad faith. ~ P-123 (talk) 15:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I was pinged here, presumably because I have dealt somewhat with these bans before, but my name has apparently now been removed. In any case, I think it's best left to User:Callanecc to review the matter. I'll mention that I rather suspect the 199.xx IP, editing from an open proxy, represents the same individual who has made it something of a sacred mission to bait/troll P-124 with regard to their TBAN/IBAN, and to always assume the maximum of bad faith. It can't be much fun to have them constantly treading on one's heels, and I don't think it should be encouraged. That said, no doubt the actual issue needs to be considered separately. Bishonen | talk 14:16, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
- I was severally threatened with a block for interacting with P-123 when I was trying to help the editor in very good faith - told not to poke the bear. Hard to believe that the IP started a thread on this when there are much bigger bad behavior out there to deal with. Legacypac (talk) 14:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Bishonen is right to say the actual issues need to be considered separately but we must assume that 199.255.211.33 is bringing this matter in good faith rather than protect an evader and an apparent admin shopper by demonizing all IPs. We also cannot speculate as to who is who without evidence as this discourages editors from reporting to AN/I. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 14:25, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Where do you see anyone "demonizing all IP's"? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's not safe to assume good faith regarding IP's like the OP here and like yourself, who show up from nowhere and make complaints. Even so, though, no one can be "baited" without being a willing participant. If an editor is topic-banned, he needs to stay away from that topic. End of story. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Baseball Bugs: I have studiously kept away from the topic, and have nothing on my watchlist, but still somehow managed to make this stupid mistake. I am not sure whether you meant I was a willing participant in some baiting. The way I saw it was that I had make a mistake and felt I needed to explain it here, and not excuse myself. A TBAN violation, of whatever kind, is a serious matter. ~ P-123 (talk) 14:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Forgetting is different from being baited. I have made the same kind of slip myself from time to time. You just have to be careful. I, like you, have various "friends" watching, all too eager to pounce when a mistake is made. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- P-123 is right. A TBAN violation, of whatever kind, is a serious matter, and so is admin shopping especially when done the way he did it. This should be also considered when imposing sanctions on him. One question: Who baited P-123 and where? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 14:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- First tell me what your actual user ID is. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:08, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't have one. So, do you see any baiting here? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Only by you and the OP. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please be civil not rude with me. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- You're being dishonest. Start being honest, and you'll get better treatment. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→
- Please be civil not rude with me. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Only by you and the OP. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't have one. So, do you see any baiting here? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- P-123 is right. A TBAN violation, of whatever kind, is a serious matter, and so is admin shopping especially when done the way he did it. This should be also considered when imposing sanctions on him. One question: Who baited P-123 and where? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 14:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Forgetting is different from being baited. I have made the same kind of slip myself from time to time. You just have to be careful. I, like you, have various "friends" watching, all too eager to pounce when a mistake is made. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Baseball Bugs: I have studiously kept away from the topic, and have nothing on my watchlist, but still somehow managed to make this stupid mistake. I am not sure whether you meant I was a willing participant in some baiting. The way I saw it was that I had make a mistake and felt I needed to explain it here, and not excuse myself. A TBAN violation, of whatever kind, is a serious matter. ~ P-123 (talk) 14:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
There are two previous attempts by one of these IPs to attack P-123 a little higher up the page. A good comment to consider - Quoted: (My closure of the prior complaint as "No action" is self-explanatory. No action was required because the complaint didn't substantiate the need for a block. This IP is pushing the boundaries of WP:POINT and should now stop. Jehochman Talk 14:11, 7 January 2015 (UTC) end Quote. Referring to 23.27.252.124 Legacypac (talk) 15:31, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Referring to 23.27.252.124? Where? 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:39, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- 23.27.252.124, as for your question about who baited P-123, I for one am not willing to do the diff-digging for you; you'll have to see their talkpage history. (Hint: look for IPs.) Of course you're quite new to Wikipedia, aren't you, and just prefer not to get an account? And you're righteously indignant at the way we treat IPs as second-class citizens? (Which we don't, at least I don't, as long as they don't show any other signs of being in bad faith.) And you're by no means the same as 199.xx? Am I right? @Legacypac: that's an interesting quote from higher up the page. Pinging Jehochman. Bishonen | talk 15:41, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
- No, I am not any other IP. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- No one starts editing Wikipedia by going to the ANI page. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Noted, 23.27.252.124. I asked three questions, please consider addressing the other two as well. Bishonen | talk 15:55, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
- Bishonen, please would you be civil in asking questions? Yes, I prefer not to get an account for now. Yes, I prefer that IPs are not treated by anyone as second-class citizens. I also prefer assumption of good faith rather than speculation. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:02, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The vast majority of IP's edit in good faith and are treated well. You act suspicious, so it's reasonable to treat you with suspicion. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- No comment. There is an AN/I below. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Given the trolling report here by an out-of-the-blue IP, and its continual support by another trolling, out-of-the-blue IP [who's evading a block], both of them should be blocked and this section should be boxed up. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I asked you to stop speculation. I have already started an AN/I of my own below. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- And it is now finished, as you are blocked. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:31, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I asked you to stop speculation. I have already started an AN/I of my own below. 23.27.252.124 (talk) 16:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, 16:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
- Agreed. I've seen similar problems with other ranges and a number were blocked earlier today after a CU. talk) 15:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Agreed. I've seen similar problems with other ranges and a number were blocked earlier today after a CU.
79.121.221.157
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This I.P. continues to revert changes on Chris James (racing driver) to a non-encyclopedic sales pitch. I have reason to believe this user is Chris himself as he is notable in the Motorsport community for being somewhat of a keyboard warrior. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkd56 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
IP Editor evading ban
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These blind reversions without discussion resulted in the block, however a simple check of the WHOIS feature reveals that the editor has simply resumed editing Creature of Havoc with another IP from the same address. The point of origin for User 46.208.228.150:[[218]] is exactly the same as it is for this user's new alias: User 83.216.142.251 - ([219]). The language is also a dead giveaway as this person is simply not interested in entertaining other contributions (the case at both articles). Given this blatent disregard for the block - which was minimal - I would respectfully request that the IP source be totally blocked. Otherwise, this behaviour will continue. Regards Asgardian (talk) 11:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Strongjam (talk) 14:18, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Re-adding this entry as it was not resolved due to a backlog and then subsequent archiving by a bot. Although the block period has expired, this editor's breach and overall behaviour need to be addressed. There was also an attempted removal of this entry by the editor, which was restored by another user. Thank you. Asgardian (talk) 09:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- There isn't enough activity on this article to really resort to anything more drastic, such as page protection. If it does occur again, please file a new report either at 16:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
More eyes needed at Charlie Hebdo shooting
We could use some more help at Charlie Hebdo shooting and its talk page in order to develop a better consensus about a number of issues. Abductive (reasoning) 07:46, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Hmm, maybe this page can use some (more) protection. Epicgenius (talk) 21:08, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Continued lede & edit war at Big data
An IP user,
- comment: I'm seeing multiple IPs involved at Compressed sensing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) doing the same advert linkspam additions, dating back over six months (see edits by 90.50.181.188 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 90.50.55.232 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 90.45.70.142 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), and 90.50.174.191 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)). These additional IPs all geo-locate to the same region as the IP listed above. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm semiprotecting Big data and Compressed sensing for a month each. User:Barek has already blocked User:Fgtyg78 for spamming. EdJohnston (talk) 02:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, Barek, EdJohnston, & Kuru, for your attention to this & for the work that you do. Peaceray (talk) 06:38, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Enkhzaya.b
The account Enkhzaya.b (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) primarly exists for the purpose of removing inconvenient (but well sourced) information from the pages Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (2010). Her user contributions should suffice for documentation. After about half a dozen ignored warnings, any hope of her learning seems misplaced. --Latebird (talk) 23:44, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- 24-hour block levied, with a reminder that recidivism will lead to longer future blocks. Nyttend (talk) 12:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Could an Admin Revdel...
the section I just blanked? It was nonsensical idiocy. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:34, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Done. Acroterion (talk) 03:36, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:37, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Aha. I see there's more admins trying to hide the truth. And kittens. Drmies (talk) 03:39, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Only the red kittens. Acroterion (talk) 03:47, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- This version still has that section. --User talk:Vigyani 03:45, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Gone now, missed the checkbox. Thanks, Acroterion (talk) 03:48, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Aha. I see there's more admins trying to hide the truth. And kittens. Drmies (talk) 03:39, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:37, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Editor calling me a twit
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Earlier today User:Mike hayes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) made an edit on Tappan Adney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), in which he left an edit summary apparently calling be a "twit" (diff). I fixed the problem and left a message on his talk page, hoping to clear it up. He left a reply, again calling me a twit (diff2) and then blanked the section, with the edit summary "you twit" (diff3). Can something be done about this? I would like to know why this person insists on calling me this name?--Auric talk 21:23, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- (Non-administrator comment) I suggest a warning about personal attacks. Epicgenius (talk) 21:28, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Alternatively, you could see it as a friendly jibe. Text based communication isn't very good at conveying tone. Blackmane (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- You shouldn't do drugs and edit, Blackmane. Especially on ANI. Auric, best advice is to just be the bigger person and let it go. Some people are only as good as the fantastic jabs they come up with.--v/r - TP 22:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- TP this "You shouldn't do drugs and edit, Blackmane." is well out of line. AnonNep (talk) 22:43, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Context is a magical thing.--v/r - TP 22:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, and so is editing while high. That really messes up your perception of things. You can even perceive personal attacks that aren't there. Epicgenius (talk) 23:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Context is a magical thing.--v/r - TP 22:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- (Non-administrator comment)Auric, I was trying to come up with my own witty retort, but (Talk)☮ღ☺ 22:51, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- ANI is the best high. Between TParis's "drugs and edit" and AnonNep's "out of line", there are surely great misconstruals (is this even a word?) to be had :) NE Ent below says it best. To avoid any misunderstandings it's best not to use a word that can be taken as an insult or a friendly jab. Blackmane (talk) 02:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- TP this "You shouldn't do drugs and edit, Blackmane." is well out of line. AnonNep (talk) 22:43, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- You shouldn't do drugs and edit, Blackmane. Especially on ANI. Auric, best advice is to just be the bigger person and let it go. Some people are only as good as the fantastic jabs they come up with.--v/r - TP 22:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's not appropriate for Mike hayes to be calling other editors "twit" and hopefully he'll agree to stop doing so. NE Ent 23:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Can we just call this whole thing childish, close this, and move on? As someone once told me here there are editors with thick and thin skins, let it go. If you encounter the editor again and he/she goes after you then come back here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Seeing as there seem to be special ) 01:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- I don't think anyone here is being treated special and agree it is wrong but a template warning on their page would have done the job as well. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 01:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Auric, I would take it as a compliment because it is such a minor insult he must think quite highly of you. Scroll up the page and read up on the things I've been called. Legacypac (talk) 02:20, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Really, people. The proper response to an editor seeking assistance is not to tell the editor to suck it up. If you don't want to deal with the issue, leave it to other people who will. User:Bearian managed to deal with the issue without feeling compelled to blame the victim for not having a thicker skin. Gamaliel (talk) 04:11, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- If they had said twat instead of twit, maybe that would be worth worrying about. Maybe get one of these in the meantime. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead19:13, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
The fourth pillar is well and truly fallen. The general consensus is that this sort of incivility is fine. StAnselm (talk) 20:07, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Unbelievable. Anybody who thinks twit is uncivil is a twit. If there are reprimands of any kind over this, it would be a disaster for this project. -Roxy the dog™ (resonate) 20:12, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- You're a twit if you can't admit it's uncivil. It's a negative remark about another person. The only matter of debate is whether it rises to the level of offense worthy of action and I think we all agree that it's better if Auric let it go. But it takes a real twit to run around telling everyone that calling others names isn't offensive and completely civil.--v/r - TP 20:43, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think for minor offenses the line can be drawn though, how long do you propose the block be for the editor who calls another editor a twit? I saw the exchange this has not been over a period of time but just two encounters. WP:CIVIL can still be intact but it should deal with major problems or long term abuse (Is the editor calling everyone a twit?, Has the editor engaged in long term harassment of the user? Has the editor said anything personal about another's family? Ect....) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 20:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Unbelievable. Anybody who thinks twit is uncivil is a twit. If there are reprimands of any kind over this, it would be a disaster for this project. -Roxy the dog™ (resonate) 20:12, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
This is
21:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Requesting an indefinite block
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I don't know why it is so hard to get blocked around here. Please, would some administrator block me indefinitely? I'm "
- Please see my suggestion on your page, which I posted before I saw this. Bishonen | talk 23:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC).
User:Gegigie
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While patrolling new userpages, I noticed that the account Gegigie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) created a userpage that evidently indicates that this account is a block evasion of indef-blocked user Janagewen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). --SoCalSuperEagle (talk) 00:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've blocked Gegigie as a Confirmed sock of Janagewen.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 00:37, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Harassment
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This issue: An ANI was filed against me by
Immediately after the above occurred, LegacyPac began reviewing pages I had created on topics on which he has never previously edited, leaving notes on my Talk page. [221] In response, Only had to pull Legacypac's rights as a reviewer. Though Legacypac was now under caution not to directly contact me, he was apparently undeterred as I began receiving a flurry of notifications from Legacypac that every recent page I'd authored he was now patrolling: (screen cap: [222] | diffs: [223], [224]). Again, all of these were on broad subject areas on which he has no past edit history.
Background: My edits on these articles are unimpeachable so I don't really care about
- (1) after a RfC I proposed was supported over his objections, began to repeatedly denounce me as an "Iranian" "anti-American," the aggressively chilling effect of which motivated me to completely disengage from topics related to ISIL several months ago and remove a nationality userbox from my userspace.[225], [Edit for clarification - it was brought up by a third-party editor in LP's most recent ANI against me that, after the first instance in which LP denounced me as Anti-American, my userpage was vandalized by IP editors saying I should be "nuked" ... so there's no misunderstanding on this point, I in no way believe LegacyPac was responsible for that and do not support any such implication he was.]
- (2) requested Rollback rights and, on being denied them, surreptitiously - albeit unsuccessfully - began lobbying to have my own rollback rights pulled (IOW without pinging me) [226]
- (3) consistently leaves aggressive and threatening notes in his edit summaries or talk discussions impugning the GF of other editors and threatening to barrage them with ANIs, such as this one where he tells WP:NOTHERE but is rather here to defend mom, baseball and apple pie) [233]
- (4) routinely edits against consensus to make ]). He left the parting shot "Iran leads no one." before taking this action. Another editor had to undo it, [d] other examples not listed here for sake of brevity.
Note: This is not a question of an IBAN as (a) the issues are not limited to me but are indicative of a demonstrable style of intercourse with other editors, and, (b) I have had no contact with Legacypac, of my own volition, for several months until - briefly - last week in ANI. (While I have no plans to interact with him again, since he's now indicated his intent to follow me around mainspace, at this point the only possible way I can guarantee I'd have no interaction with him in the future is if I deleted my account. Out of a preponderance of caution, however, I will file a request for
09:48, 11 January 2015 (UTC)- Comment: I currently have issues with WP:NPP. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:51, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง, while LegacyPac's explanation to PBS that he simply came upon the five articles I created in the routine course of new page patrolling is certainly possible, I find it a little improbable that he randomly stumbled upon 5 articles I'd authored within a space of 3 minutes on the same day his ANI against me was closed, particularly as all five of them were several weeks old so were not showing anywhere near the top of the New Page Feed. (Honestly, I would find it improbable that he'd randomly encounter even one, let alone five.) If I am mistaken, and this is something that is quite likely to happen, then I of course would ask to close this ANI as a non-issue and apologize for any implication or accusation contained within it. Document★Error 11:19, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Reply: Ping Bishonen. Kudpung happy to discuss your concerns on my talkpage. Legacypac (talk) 11:07, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- User:DocumentError Please fix the link above which I have marked as "wrong link" (please provide proper diffs) -- PBS (talk) 11:25, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Legacypac:, as far as your page patrolling is concerned there's not much to discuss , all you need to do is read the instructions you were pointed to and patrol accordingly. As far as the rest of the claims against you are concerned, I'll wait for more input from other editors. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Bishonen summing up the LegacyPac, ANI (Unfortunate User Conduct) said among other things "OK, now I've reviewed this thread, as requested by DocumentError. Something that stands out here (and also in posts made on other pages during this, timewise, quite brief ANI) is DocumentError's persistent and quite specific accusations against Legacypac and dancing around repeated requests to substantiate them. They either ignore requests for diffs or specifics or bat them away with rebuffs such as "I don't understand - are you asking me to file an ANI against you?… this is an ANI about me",... Also, it seems no amount of pleading will persuade DE to provide diffs, ...I will not spend the best years of my life reading those [long sections". Yet here you are again providing links to the same long sections and not providing diffs. Take for example your first accusation, instead of providing a diff you have yet again linked to a section. Provide diffs which include your quoted text in all cases and provide diffs for specific accusations (not just section).
- I notice that in your first accusation, Bishonen's review and the date of your block (8 January 2015) was after the text which you have yet again misquoted (26 November 2014), so why are you bringing up something which Bishonen has already reviewed? As to the rest please strike anything which pre-dates your block as you had a chance at the last ANI to bring all those accusations up if you had thought them relevant. That I think leaves the new page patrolling which I think is a legitimate area for concern.
- I suggest that you do not ask for a rename as that in itself is not a new start, and the problems with new starts is that you have to keep away from areas which you have previously been involved. It also means that if Legacypac were to act in bad faith then Legacypac has the defence that I did not know that the new name was the old DocumentError. -- PBS (talk) 12:02, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- please strike anything which pre-dates your block ? That's ridiculous. There's no wikilegal
statuestatute of limitations on documenting problematic behavior. DocumentError was blocked for not providing diffs; clearly an efficacious block as they're now doing so. NE Ent 12:17, 11 January 2015 (UTC)- I agree. It is patently absurd for an editor to be blocked for failing to provide diffs on one occasion, then be criticised for providing diffs on the next occasion. Reyk YO! 12:28, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Reyk I was asking for diffs what makes you think I was not? -- PBS (talk) 12:31, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- You're asking DocumentError to strike the diffs he was blocked for not providing earlier. Reyk YO! 12:49, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- No I am saying that if DocumentError insists on re-presenting the same complaints, then DocumentError should have taken heed of the block and presented them as diffs. However as Bishonen has already dealt with these complaints I do not think they need to be examined again, and doing so can be see as trying to find another parent, so I suggest that those old complaints from before the close of the recent ANI are struck out and AFAICT that just leaves the page patrolling issue. -- PBS (talk) 13:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- If I may diagree with the greatest respect and deference; I don't want to put words in Bish's mouth, but my understanding, when she said "I will not spend the best years of my life reading those" was that she had not read them (due to my linking to sections instead of diffs for which she wisely blocked me for 36 hours and which I have here corrected).
- Second, 9 of the 13 diffs you've requested be struck were not actually included in LP's ANI against me.
- Third, as I noted, these are presented for purposes of context only for the benefit of editors who are not familiar with the details of the background, as I was previously blocked for not providing detailed of background (thank you for teaching me how to link to archived diffs so I don't make that same error). This is why I labeled them "background" and the issue being raised "this issue." My block-free record and history clear of disputes with other editors was something I was very proud of and it was very painful to see that erased forever. If these explanations do not makes sense and, in trying to "CYA" (CMA?), I have gone too far in the other direction I will make whatever changes directed. My obeisance is total and the preceding explanation is not an attempt to challenge you but simply a clarification in case of misunderstanding created by my own inferior ability at explanation. Document★Error 15:08, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- No I am saying that if DocumentError insists on re-presenting the same complaints, then DocumentError should have taken heed of the block and presented them as diffs. However as Bishonen has already dealt with these complaints I do not think they need to be examined again, and doing so can be see as trying to
- You're asking DocumentError to strike the diffs he was blocked for not providing earlier. Reyk YO! 12:49, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Reyk I was asking for diffs what makes you think I was not? -- PBS (talk) 12:31, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree. It is patently absurd for an editor to be blocked for failing to provide diffs on one occasion, then be criticised for providing diffs on the next occasion. Reyk YO! 12:28, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- PBS, thank you, you are correct. There are two instances where I linked to sections instead of diffs. I will have those corrected and edited within the next 10 minutes. Edit: the two instances of links to sections instead of diffs have been corrected; in these cases they were archived discussions and I'm not 100% sure how to link to diffs within a sigmabot archived discussion, but I think I did it correctly - if I did not, please give me a heads-up. Thanks. Edit2: I added two more diff links and struck the corresponding section links as requested. I think that's everything. Sorry for my technical issues. Document★Error 12:24, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- GoldenRing's summary below belies what you say and if for example we now take your first allegation for which you have now provided a link the link does not support you summary of " began to repeatedly denounce me as an "Iranian" "anti-American,"" an accurate quote is ...[DocumentError] was editing from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV and did engage in forum shopping" No "Iranian" there (or in the rest of the diff) and you would have had to had produced multiple diffs for the "repeatedly" accusation. -- PBS (talk) 11:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- please strike anything which pre-dates your block ? That's ridiculous. There's no wikilegal
A bit of explanation. When I tried NewPagePatrol I had read (what I now realize today) is only some of the instructions (which are spread across various pages I now learn). Seeing the massive 90+ day general que I set the filters to Unpatrolled+Created by Blocked Users and started from the oldest ones thinking that such pages have a somewhat higher chance of being junk/vandalism etc. and I'd be less likely to offend some new well meaning editor if I made a mistake since the editors are (I thought long-term/indef) blocked anyway. Because I was working from a much much smaller pool, and DocumentError was currently blocked but evidently had some of the oldest unreviewed pages, it is easy to see how I inadvertently encountered his pages. The two I looked earlier, I just green checked since they were 10 times better developed then most of the new pages and had obviously had experienced editor attention already. Legacypac (talk) 12:21, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Of course, I've been avoiding him for months because I find his behavior unpleasant. The last ANi was launched because he butted into another ANi thread, and started making inciting comments to other editors about me in various locations as detailed in that ANi. Legacypac (talk) 19:17, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Legacypac did indeed call for my mop, a year and a half ago. On the one hand, I am not sure how that old business relates to the present case. On the other, it is of course true that Legacypac should be blocked indefinitely for being wrong (but I'm pleased that DocumentError brought it up, since now I know that they're good). Also, I am very happy that experienced
masochistsadmins like PBS and Bishonen are here to read through the court files; when they have done so, I will gladly sign off on whatever version of "non-actionable; will you please learn to get along like big kids should" they endorse. Drmies (talk) 14:34, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment, Whatever happens PLEASE can involved parties make interventions that aim to reduce the drama within and around ISIL related topics. WP:Canvass. I previously got in contact with you on your talk page as one of five editors that you pinged on PBS's talk page regarding your allegations of Legacypac's "toxicity". I was the only editor to respond: making note of Legacypac's good faith edits which after I justifiably objected to them, were quickly removed. I raised content with you herein the context of another comment of yours where you had spoken of a ~"poisonous" atmosphere in ISIL related discussions. You spoke of 'I made a conscious choice to stay away from ISIL-related topics several months ago after being called an "anti-Semite," "anti-American," "radical anti-American," "pro-terrorist," "cyber-terrorist," "raving anti-American terrorist nutjob," "raghead," "liberal," etc. by a tightly coordinated duo of editors.' You were asked to justify these claims. You speak of Legacypac holding a grudge and of hounding but seriously. Any AN/I can go both ways and at any time you were brought to AN/I you were entitled to argue your case. I do not think that you are entitled to fan flames by inviting editors left right and centre to discussions with claims of wrong. You mentioned two editors that apparently had made all the cited remarks which, on there own, would be worth of an AN/I. Instead you raise issue on behalf of other editors who, from your account, are familiar with AN/I.
- Any genuine accusation of Legacypac's activities can, of course, be looked into. I raised my own comment in the last AN/I and elsewhere and I believe that Legacypac has given consideration to this content. Overall I can comment that I have seen Legacypac face great hostility at times in his efforts to defend against disruptive editing on various wiki pages and that his approach has often, but not always IMO, been exemplary. Comments made have been factually based. GregKaye 15:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union and other pages. You broached these same points in LP's ANI against me in identical verbiage and I similarly expressed my confusion. I'm sorry I can't help you. Document★Error16:46, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- DocumentError Simply that you have gone to editor's talk pages making IMO provocative usages of words like wikt:poisonous and wikt:toxicity and have made uncited accusations. I am asking you to consider these issues. Please do not canvass. Feel free to raise your own arguments and points as needed. If you see wrong done in regard to such issues as misrepresentation then raise issue. Please support efforts to reduce drama on the page. You have made some fair edits but I have regarded your word use as being prone to incitement. I have asked Legacypac to consider issues and ask you to do the same. GregKaye 17:29, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- GregKaye (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), every "accusation" I've made in this ANI is supported by a diff, as shown above. Diffs are indicated by purple numbers inside brackets. You raised the same question in LP's ANI against me. All other editors, with the lone exception of you and editor "23.27.252.213", disputed that characterization with John Smith the Gamer observing that my "accusations" were supported by diffs and firmly stating "he did not make unsubstantiated personal attacks." (all linked at the top) In light of the strong consensus against the idea that I ever made "unsubstantiated attacks," it would be warmly appreciated if you and 23.27.252.213 reconsidered your decision to shop that claim. Best wishes - Document★Error 17:54, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- DocumentError Simply that you have gone to editor's talk pages making IMO provocative usages of words like wikt:poisonous and wikt:toxicity and have made uncited accusations. I am asking you to consider these issues. Please do not canvass. Feel free to raise your own arguments and points as needed. If you see wrong done in regard to such issues as misrepresentation then raise issue. Please support efforts to reduce drama on the page. You have made some fair edits but I have regarded your word use as being prone to incitement. I have asked Legacypac to consider issues and ask you to do the same. GregKaye 17:29, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
So DocumentError is here, where DocumentError has lived, for months, on their own, and many unrelated issues, with many, many words, I'm sure all of which were wise and sincere, to suggest that now that they are back from their block, which happened because they were here a lot, and they got tired, we should block someone who came here a lot, for making them tired. Is that right? If so, there are probably other ways to solve this. Off the absolute top of my head, there's "not coming here a lot" - but I'm sure there are other solutions, too. Begoon talk 15:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Just a minor point of correction, prior to last week, the week in which LP filed an ANI against me (which was found non-actionable, like the many previous ones he's filed against me), I had not been at ANI since October 3 (and the only reason I was here then was to respond to one of the various ANIs Legacypac had filed against me [which, like all others, was dismissed]). So I'm not sure it's technically correct to say I've lived at ANI "for months, on [my own]" and been raising "many unrelated issues, with many, many words" considering I haven't visited ANI for 4 months have posted zero words to it in that time. Other editors party to this ANI may have been more frequent visitors to this section of WP. Thanks - Document★Error 16:46, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- That's a fair correction, and I apologise. However, it would be true to say that the only reason I recognise your username at all is from your posts here, and that's interesting in itself, I think. You have been prolific here, and not always for the right reasons. Congratulations if you are staying away now. --Begoon talk 17:06, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- No hard feelings, but I think you may have me confused with a different editor. I joined WP in November 2013, my first post to ANI was 1 September 2014 and my last post (prior to last week) was, as mentioned, one month later on 3 October 2014, with the exception of 4 short comments over 48 hours in November in this thread [238] to which I was not party but providing uninvolved comments. Document★Error 17:54, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- That's a fair correction, and I apologise. However, it would be true to say that the only reason I recognise your username at all is from your posts here, and that's interesting in itself, I think. You have been prolific here, and not always for the right reasons. Congratulations if you are staying away now. --Begoon talk 17:06, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Just a minor point of correction, prior to last week, the week in which LP filed an ANI against me (which was found non-actionable, like the many previous ones he's filed against me), I had not been at ANI since October 3 (and the only reason I was here then was to respond to one of the various ANIs Legacypac had filed against me [which, like all others, was dismissed]). So I'm not sure it's technically correct to say I've lived at ANI "for months, on [my own]" and been raising "many unrelated issues, with many, many words" considering I haven't visited ANI for 4 months have posted zero words to it in that time. Other editors party to this ANI may have been more frequent visitors to this section of WP. Thanks - Document★Error 16:46, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
There seems to be confusion over why DocumentError was blocked. I understood it was for his behavior in making unsubstantiated accusations, but over here he says ...I do understand that was the reason I was blocked; not that I was claiming things that didn't occur but that I incorrectly linked them. So he comes off the block and makes more unsubstantiated allegations but with better diffs. Since he believes he only made a technical violation, clearly the block did not have the desired effect of modifying his behavior.
Question: In the last ANi you were asked to provide diffs for the extraordinary claim you were called an "anti-Semite," "anti-American," "radical anti-American," "pro-terrorist," "cyber-terrorist," "raving anti-American terrorist nutjob," "raghead," "liberal," etc. by a tightly coordinated duo of editors.' It appears, based on the context and timing, that you believe I was one of those two editors because you level some of these accusations directly at me in the ANi. Before anyone worries about a frustrated innapropriate comment I made in April 2013 to an Admin I disagreed with in a content dispute, or an old BLP topic ban served without a whisper of an issue or anything else unrelated to my or our interaction, how about helping us all find where any editor called you these atrociously inappropriate names (other then the anti-American comment about your editing style which was discussed). That is actionable, the rest is noise. Legacypac (talk) 19:17, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Comment (Want no part in the ANI) I have kept away from DocumentError after they pretty much stopped editing any ISIL related articles and I really want no part of this ANI but considering that they accused editors during their time on ISIL articles of calling them that and I was an editor who DocError accused of other things like canvassing, I would like to see those diffs because I did not do any of that. - talk) 22:04, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Comment Is it only me that thinks a two-way IBAN would stop this nonsense once and for all? Neither editor is exactly covering themselves with glory here. Black Kite (talk) 20:24, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Black Kite, I hope that it is. IBANs provide no resolution to actual issues and instead may hamper any possibility for resolution to be achieved. There is no reason why these two competent editors cannot work well together if that is needed and if Wikipedia guidelines are followed this could happen. These editors have not been involved in the editing of similar article topics for a while but, if editors are in contact, rules should apply. GregKaye 07:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I've been through the diffs DocumentError provides in the complaint above, and it seems clear that he hasn't got the message from his 36 hour block. Specific issues:
- Background point 1 - DocumentError characterises this diff as repeatedly denounce me as an "Iranian" "anti-American." The actual quote is editing from a clear pro-Iran, anti-American POV. So not only is it misquoted, I'm pretty sure that doesn't amount to denouncing repeatedly.
- Background point 3 - objects to the summary on this diff, revert utter nonsense edit by user pushing some agenda. The summary might not be the most civil out there, but the edit he was reverting was very clear vandalism, and very likely POV-pushing vandalism at that. Some might think the summary justified in this case. Note that he also apologised for the attitude.
- Background point 3 - DocumentError still doesn't seem to know how to find a diff correctly. There is some complaint about this diff, which covers more than 17 hours of changes at WP:AN/3RR. Not very useful.
- Background point 3 - DocumentError objects to [239] and [240], only one of which is Legacypac's edits because DocumentError still can't produce an accurate diff. As much as we might feel sympathy for the poor, new editor who was 'blasted', it's worth noting that he has since been indeffed as a sock. Not such a poor, new user, after all.
- Background point 3 - the difference with Drmies is now approaching two years old and this is starting to look a lot like throwing mud to see what will stick.
- Background point 3 - once again accuses Legacypac of using the term 'pro-terrorist', complete with a link to a diff which does not contain the term.
- Background point 4a - here 199 he moved the entire page "2014 Military Intervention against ISIL" even though a move discussion on that very topic had just opened two hours before which ultimately was closed as opposing the move - this is outrageously misleading, verging on completely false. The first link is to a diff of Legacypac moving the page on October 6; the second to a move discussion which ran from 11 August to 31 August, in which the debate was between including 'American' or 'United States' in the title.
- Background point 4b - he unilaterally blanked the entire page Siege of Kobanî; Kkj11210 had to revert his unilateral decision to remove all sourced content. However, even a cursory glance through the page history at the time shows this was part of a useful attempt to sort out two pages about the same subject and not intended as vandalism. Again, we're throwing mud to see what sticks.
- Background point 4c - the dispute about the article name seems pretty ridiculous, but nonetheless the move has since gained consensus and the current article title reflects what Legacypac did back in October.
- I'd suggest a somewhat longer block is now appropriate. GoldenRing (talk) 03:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you GoldenRing for your appraisal. -- PBS (talk) 11:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I note that, according to User:DocumentError, the user is 'grounded by their parents from using the computer.' It's a little hard to know how literally to take this, since the user page also went through 'retired' and 'semi-retired' versions earlier the same day that template was posted. It always seems, to me, tricky to know how to handle these situations; closing this with no action seems to serve as encouragement, while advocating sanctions against the user seems like grave-dancing. Suggestions? GoldenRing (talk) 05:50, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
While looking up the last retirement when faced with possible sanctions (a retirement that lasted less then 2 minutes and consisted of doing over 1000 edits that month) I found where an already blocked IP did say some very inappropriate things, but not at all like he claims two editors on ISIL said though. If he really is a kid, I don't know what to say. It's not fun being on the receiving end of his unsubstantiated attacks. If he acts like this in school I bet he's a punching bag. Legacypac (talk) 08:50, 13 January 2015 (UTC)- How about an Admin closes this as follows (an idea anyway):
- 24 hour block so it gets recorded in his block log for future reference
- Clear statement that the accusations against me in this ANi and the last one were found to be largely unsubstantiated and that he should never launch another unsubstantiated ANi again if he wants to continue editing on Wikipedia. Legacypac (talk) 09:04, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- I note that, according to User:DocumentError, the user is 'grounded by their parents from using the computer.' It's a little hard to know how literally to take this, since the user page also went through 'retired' and 'semi-retired' versions earlier the same day that template was posted. It always seems, to me, tricky to know how to handle these situations; closing this with no action seems to serve as encouragement, while advocating sanctions against the user seems like grave-dancing. Suggestions? GoldenRing (talk) 05:50, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you GoldenRing for your appraisal. -- PBS (talk) 11:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- See this ANI (closed 8 January 2015).
I am closing this ANI. It was initially brought by DocumentError because while DocumentError was temporarily blocked Legacypac placed two messages on DocumentError's talk page (while LP knew that DE was blocked) which could be seen as harassment, particularly as there was a lack of good faith between these two editors. Legacypac has explained that they were autogenerated by the "New Page feed tool" and that it was carelessness and not maliciousness that caused Legacypac to review new pages created by DocumentError. I have weighed the issue and I am satisfied that if one assumes good faith then Legacypac's explanation that the interaction was due to carelessness is acceptable (for the details see here). So there is no point in taking further administrative action over the careless use of this tool. However Legacypac if you are careless in future with additional tools and privileges expect further administrative action (fool me once shame shame on you, try to fool me again and its "malleting" time.To use British Army slang)
Legacypac the recent posting which starts "While looking up the..." was unnecessary and inflammatory and indeed could read as a personal attack. It also undermines your defence that you actions during DocumentError's block was just due to carelessness. Although I am closing this ANI, I expect you as a sign of good will to strike thorough you two most recent postings to this section with the time stamps of 08:50 and 09:04, 13 January 2015 as they do more harm than good.
DocumentError this ANI has to an extent boomeranged on you. The chief reason for this is that you have totally ignored the block placed on you by Bishonen and repeated similar allegations in a similar way, particularly in linking to huge slabs of previous ANIs and not the precise diffs you were asked to do in future by Bishonen. Now assuming good faith and that this was because you did not "have the technical knowledge of how to link to diffs within a page that has been archived by sigmabot, and now I have given you a detailed explanation of how to do this (see here), you will have no excuse in future for not providing accurate diffs of talk page conversations. This does not however excuse you for misquoting what someone else has written (as I and GoldenRing) have detailed in this ANI (you must re-read and quote what a person wrote not what you remember them as writing as the two may differ -- eg "pro-Iran" and "Iranian" are not one and the same thing). As GoldenRing has detailed, all your additional accusations against Legacypac did not warren the time to read through them. Remember that administrators are volunteers and usually they have other things they would rather be doing. Wasting their time with voluminous complaints will not endear you to them (also remember the parable of the Peter and the Wolf). In this case, if you had just raised Legacypac's carelessness/maliciousness while you were blocked the ANI would have been focused on that, a resolution would have been quickly found and this ANI would not have boomeranged on you.
If either of you bring an ANI against the other in future neither of you are to refer to perceived wrongdoings of the other before the closure time of this ANI. If you do then expect administrative action.
As Legacypac already has a voluntary interaction ban with DocumentError I expect that to continue (including no interaction with semi-automated processes), Likewise I would expect DocumentError to respect the interaction ban and not make edits like this one. I would also advise DocumentError to continue to stay away from the pages covered by the Wikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for the next six moths, to reduce the likelihood of needing to breach the voluntary interaction ban. Either party may ask another editor to act as a go between to request of the other that the voluntary interaction ban is lifted once they feel that it is no longer serving a useful purpose.
Both editors are to leave a message on my talk page within 24 hours of their next edit on Wikipedia to inform me if they agree to all these voluntary conditions on which I close this ANI. If either party does not agree then I will bring an ANI to allow the community to decide what to do.
-- PBS (talk) 15:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Disruptive editing, POV Pushing, User attacks after last warning, Editwarring.
The user Gsfelipe94 is disruptively editing wikipedia.
Last Edit War Warnings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gsfelipe94/Archive_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gsfelipe94
Edit wars after last warning
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_Copa_do_Brasil&action=history (shows no intent to resolve dispute)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UFC_Fight_Night:_Machida_vs._Dollaway&diff=prev&oldid=639013191 (POV pushing with user attack)
User attack warnings
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gsfelipe94/Archive_1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gsfelipe94
User attacks after last warning
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UFC_182&diff=prev&oldid=641979120
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UFC_Fight_Night:_Machida_vs._Dollaway&diff=prev&oldid=639013191
This user has ignored warnings and will probably continue to ignore warnings. This user needs to know that their pattern of editing is unacceptable. I'm also only showing edits that I have found after the first "last warnings". There are probably others before then.
Statements from other users
- I've been a victim of a personal attack from Gsfelipe94 and I feel that a 14 day block would be the right amount of time for him to rethink his actions and learn how to be a better peer to his fellow Wikipedians. An indef block would not be necessary as his contributions to Wikipedia have been useful. However, a block over a period of time should spark him to learn better etiquette when in diagreement with fellow Wikipedians and not resort to personal attacks and disruptive edits. WWE Batman131 (talk) 19:35, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
See also
"Disruptive editors sometimes attempt to evade
- Their (disruptive) edits occur over a long period of time; in this case, no single edit may be clearly disruptive, but the overall pattern is disruptive.
- Their edits often avoid gross breaches of personal attacks, while still interfering with civil and collaborative editing meant to improve the article.
- Their edits remain limited to a small number of pages that very few people watch.
Nonetheless, such disruptive editing violates site policy."
Please leave a talkback on my talk page if you wish for me to respond.
- Didn't post anything here, but all of my current statements are on Gamebuster19901's talk page. Thanks. Gsfelipe94 (talk) 15:57, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Admin intervention needed for Jackthomas321
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.
Admin guidance need with regard to user
I had to chastise him about his attack on Krimuk, and I thought that my subsequent responses in the discussion helped him to understand the matter. Later, he called another user "fool", which I again admonished him for. He backpedaled and then apologized in an edit summary, although I'm not convinced his explanation is genuine, given his propensity to sling insults like, "u don't need to tell a smarter person than u about it", "idiot. I'm genuine, not phoney like u. Take ur phoneyness & stick it up ur A**, loser." "Flyer22, I only edit pages which has greatness written on it. Ex, Hercules=real man, true strength&courage,has heart. But You, loser FlyerLucy(opposite of greatness=low life shit). U r only good at putting shit on greatness. Ok dung, carry on with it Oh, and there was this jewel in August 2014. It's a cringe inducing must-read.
Most recently Jack has accused
- In that last diff, this editor goes beyond personal attacks to physical threats: " ... but it actually would be a hard punch on his face if the wrong person is in front of me & making such silly arguments ...", I think a line has been crossed. Administrators? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 09:06, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- ...and "I know ur response will be "I am telling admin to block user Jack". I don't give a shit. I've been blocked before. I will never stop punching wrong people" sounds very problematic too. Cavarrone 09:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- we are here to collaborate with other editors This sentence is the joke of the day. I will tell u the meaning of "not co-operating/dictatorship' which is exactly u guys are doing. A User added completely valid stuff on the film page PK Film, u named it 'fancruft' & deleted it. When he added again, u named it 'fancruft' & deleted again. Then when i brought up the issue on the PK film Talk page, TheRedPenOfDoom & Cyphoidbomb are giving me the most silliest excuses imaginable for 'why we will not add it.' This is the meaning of 'not co-operating'. Bottomline is.. wiki editors do not allow certain things to be added if it doesn't meet their hidden/cunning agendas. Cyphoidbomb, regarding your complaint here on Admin's page, that's another joke. It further proves my claims. The topic of discussion here is "deleting film records for no reason." But here, You are talking about the way i talked several months ago for which i have already been blocked before. & also instead of talking about adding records, you guys are talking about "it would be punch on his face if someone makes such silly arguments with me" This further proves that, "you guys have no intention in doing the right thing" & u resort to meaningless comments & excuses. Jackthomas321 (talk) 10:05, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- The purpose of a block is to prevent the behavior from happening again. You didn't seem to learn from your previous block, since once again, you are requiring us to address your significant problems with incivility. We would otherwise be having a normal discussion with disparate opinions, if the discussion hadn't been derailed by your quick, irrational temper. A smart person, which you have no shyness of claiming to be, might notice that the common variable in the unpleasantness you've experienced over the months...is you. There is no dictatorship. One user, TRPoD, had a strong reaction to the content you were adding, I expressed an opinion that unless the content was noteworthy, (and it may have been), then it probably shouldn't be included. You've mushed two different users' different opinions into a conspiracy pudding, and then worked yourself up into a red hot lather about it. And now there are multiple confused ideas in your head that I simply do not have the time or energy to go down the list to correct. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 10:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Cyphoidbomb, Please spare me from this alleged polite talk. You & TRPoD clearly pushed the matter sideways stating "It(2nd&3rd week records) will not be added on wiki". & When i've shown proof that they are added on wiki at several places, user TRPoD again pushed the matter sideways(ignoring it altogether). If someone raised a valid point, what should u do? You must say "You have made a valid point. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will add it immediately". That's called polite conversation. Instead of that you said (1) I don't see the value of listing the collections.... (2) Stop wagging your angry little finger..... its an apples-to-oranges comparison (2)lots of crappy fancruft articles that need to be cleaned up... (3)start your own fanpage website off Wikipedia and you can primp and fluff all of the movies you want to (4)Nobody cares about week by week updates except for fanboiz....and many more (when infact it wasn't week-by-week updates, they were records created which were added in many other film pages too, which i have shown). When you have no sense in how to talk politely, then do not expect it from others. Your comments clearly shows that "I do not care about those records. I will not add it". I being a smart man can sense the intentions when somebody is saying something. Since your intentions were wrong(which is... i will not add it), i made accusations. I am on the right side of the conversation & u guys are on the wrong side. I don't care what u think/perceive about me. Finally, if anyone in their right mind, reads the whole conversation on PK Talk Page, then they will know that you two guys dismissed adding records in each of their comments. And my 2nd last comment on the talk page which starts with I am not here for a conversation.... shows all evidence of my claims. Jackthomas321 (talk) 11:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's not a matter of "right" and "wrong" sides, it's a matter of being able to work collaboratively with others, especially when you disagree with their editorial judgements. If Jack Thomas is not willing to make a immediate, significant adjustment to their behavior, admin sanctions are appropriate here. NE Ent 12:08, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I guess u can't understand english. I have made it clear that... PK Talk Page conversation proves that they are the ones who are not co-operating & not doing the right thing. I've done everything right from my side. I added records on PK film page & when deleted repeatedly, i brought it up on Talk page with valid points, but they said "they will not add it". In english, that is called "NON COOPERATION". If editing Wiki Is not a matter of "right" and "wrong" then there is no meaning for anything in life, let alone a conversation. You make such statements which makes me think "Do these people even have brains?" "Right" & wrong is the only important thing in every aspect of life. When one can't identify what is right & wrong, its not possible to do any work, let alone editing wikipedia. Even after my accusations, the accused haven't shown any signs whatsoever to do the right thing & Instead they resorted to putting the blame on me & asking some admin to block me, when the right thing to do is.. to block them. If i start deleting everything on wikipedia from this moment, just because i don't feel its important to me, is it not wrong? Who should be blocked? People who are deleting or people who are questioning them? What a bunch of Pathetic people. Looks like they will never learn to become better. Go, Do whatever pleases you. Jackthomas321 (talk) 14:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- 1) I initially misunderstood what you were complaining about, because I only glossed over your note. Sloppy on my part. I should have read it more clearly, and I apologize. I chalk that up as a natural human resistance to someone I'd already experienced as being quick to anger, being irrational, and having a propensity for over-promotion of this film. This is why my response reads "If nothing noteworthy happened in the second and third weeks, I don't see the value of listing the collections." Record breaking would be noteworthy, ignoring for a moment the rampant corruption that makes verification of record-breaking in Indian cinema very difficult, or even the disparities with PK's Rentrak-blessed box office figures as detailed in this article from The Telegraph.)
- 2) You, unaware that I had misinterpreted your comment, because you too were hastily reading, built a cognitive wall and jumped right to your own conclusions: "I don't buy a thing you said... Nobody is a fool here...people are hell bent on trying to delete records of this film every day."
- 3) By your third post, you were warming up the personal attacks. "That page has so many records mentioned that it puts you two into shame for trying to delete records on this page."
- 4) By your fourth post, you were well into the personal attacks, and the train was derailed. "You people are paid to do such illegal acts." " Its just like every other website with corrupted regular editors" At this point we had a new focus for our attention, your anger. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:39, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- I guess u can't understand english. I have made it clear that... PK Talk Page conversation proves that they are the ones who are not co-operating & not doing the right thing. I've done everything right from my side. I added records on PK film page & when deleted repeatedly, i brought it up on Talk page with valid points, but they said "they will not add it". In english, that is called "NON COOPERATION". If editing Wiki Is not a matter of "right" and "wrong" then there is no meaning for anything in life, let alone a conversation. You make such statements which makes me think "Do these people even have brains?" "Right" & wrong is the only important thing in every aspect of life. When one can't identify what is right & wrong, its not possible to do any work, let alone editing wikipedia. Even after my accusations, the accused haven't shown any signs whatsoever to do the right thing & Instead they resorted to putting the blame on me & asking some admin to block me, when the right thing to do is.. to block them. If i start deleting everything on wikipedia from this moment, just because i don't feel its important to me, is it not wrong? Who should be blocked? People who are deleting or people who are questioning them? What a bunch of Pathetic people. Looks like they will never learn to become better. Go, Do whatever pleases you. Jackthomas321 (talk) 14:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- It's not a matter of "right" and "wrong" sides, it's a matter of being able to work collaboratively with others, especially when you disagree with their editorial judgements. If Jack Thomas is not willing to make a immediate, significant adjustment to their behavior, admin sanctions are appropriate here. NE Ent 12:08, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Cyphoidbomb, Please spare me from this alleged polite talk. You & TRPoD clearly pushed the matter sideways stating "It(2nd&3rd week records) will not be added on wiki". & When i've shown proof that they are added on wiki at several places, user TRPoD again pushed the matter sideways(ignoring it altogether). If someone raised a valid point, what should u do? You must say "You have made a valid point. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will add it immediately". That's called polite conversation. Instead of that you said (1) I don't see the value of listing the collections.... (2) Stop wagging your angry little finger..... its an apples-to-oranges comparison (2)lots of crappy fancruft articles that need to be cleaned up... (3)start your own fanpage website off Wikipedia and you can primp and fluff all of the movies you want to (4)Nobody cares about week by week updates except for fanboiz....and many more (when infact it wasn't week-by-week updates, they were records created which were added in many other film pages too, which i have shown). When you have no sense in how to talk politely, then do not expect it from others. Your comments clearly shows that "I do not care about those records. I will not add it". I being a smart man can sense the intentions when somebody is saying something. Since your intentions were wrong(which is... i will not add it), i made accusations. I am on the right side of the conversation & u guys are on the wrong side. I don't care what u think/perceive about me. Finally, if anyone in their right mind, reads the whole conversation on PK Talk Page, then they will know that you two guys dismissed adding records in each of their comments. And my 2nd last comment on the talk page which starts with I am not here for a conversation.... shows all evidence of my claims. Jackthomas321 (talk) 11:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- The purpose of a block is to prevent the behavior from happening again. You didn't seem to learn from your previous block, since once again, you are requiring us to address your significant problems with incivility. We would otherwise be having a normal discussion with disparate opinions, if the discussion hadn't been derailed by your quick, irrational temper. A smart person, which you have no shyness of claiming to be, might notice that the common variable in the unpleasantness you've experienced over the months...is you. There is no dictatorship. One user, TRPoD, had a strong reaction to the content you were adding, I expressed an opinion that unless the content was noteworthy, (and it may have been), then it probably shouldn't be included. You've mushed two different users' different opinions into a conspiracy pudding, and then worked yourself up into a red hot lather about it. And now there are multiple confused ideas in your head that I simply do not have the time or energy to go down the list to correct. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 10:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- we are here to collaborate with other editors This sentence is the joke of the day. I will tell u the meaning of "not co-operating/dictatorship' which is exactly u guys are doing. A User added completely valid stuff on the film page PK Film, u named it 'fancruft' & deleted it. When he added again, u named it 'fancruft' & deleted again. Then when i brought up the issue on the PK film Talk page, TheRedPenOfDoom & Cyphoidbomb are giving me the most silliest excuses imaginable for 'why we will not add it.' This is the meaning of 'not co-operating'. Bottomline is.. wiki editors do not allow certain things to be added if it doesn't meet their hidden/cunning agendas. Cyphoidbomb, regarding your complaint here on Admin's page, that's another joke. It further proves my claims. The topic of discussion here is "deleting film records for no reason." But here, You are talking about the way i talked several months ago for which i have already been blocked before. & also instead of talking about adding records, you guys are talking about "it would be punch on his face if someone makes such silly arguments with me" This further proves that, "you guys have no intention in doing the right thing" & u resort to meaningless comments & excuses. Jackthomas321 (talk) 10:05, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- ...and "I know ur response will be "I am telling admin to block user Jack". I don't give a shit. I've been blocked before. I will never stop punching wrong people" sounds very problematic too. Cavarrone 09:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
I've blocked this user indefinitely. Previous blocks are mentioned by editors above but I didn't see any in the logs. Protonk (talk) 22:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Blocks were on IPs, predating their creating a registered account. NE Ent 22:56, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- Note: talk) 08:44, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Flyer22 Maybe we have a sock operator? I'm open for ideas. My first thought while sparring with him was that it might be Wiki-senetor, but the behavior didn't quite match. Although I do have a faint memory of Wiki-senetor bragging about how smart he is. (Rolling eyes). Cyphoidbomb (talk) 09:08, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Now socking. [242] Cyphoidbomb, can you or another admin tidy up? --NeilN talk to me 16:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- I would love to, @NeilN:, but I am not an admin. My RfA was a failure. Thanks for opening old wounds, dude! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Cyphoidbomb: Ack. Oops, sorry. --NeilN talk to me 16:43, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- I would love to, @NeilN:, but I am not an admin. My RfA was a failure. Thanks for opening old wounds, dude! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Now socking. [242] Cyphoidbomb, can you or another admin tidy up? --NeilN talk to me 16:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
User:Sayerslle
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User:Sayerslle has conflict of interest in Dieudonné M'bala M'bala. 85.241.122.28 (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- what are you talking about? what conflict of interest? I am adding RS material to an article and being met with a form of censorship. There is a report in the independent, I think is relevant and notable to this mans biography. what conflict of interest ffs? Sayerslle (talk) 16:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Reporting IP user is engaging in edit warring, and deems a COI exists if an editor is Christian or a member of of the EU- which is neither here, nor there[243]. Boomerang, anyone? ScrapIronIV (talk) 16:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Yup. The IP seems to think that being 'possibly Christian' creates a conflict of interest. Just plain nuts. Block the IP on competence grounds as well as for edit-warring... AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
- Reporting IP user is engaging in edit warring, and deems a COI exists if an editor is Christian or a member of of the EU- which is neither here, nor there[243]. Boomerang, anyone? ScrapIronIV (talk) 16:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
WP:TPNO violations by User:E-960 continue
See also, earlier report: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive866#Personal abuse and anti-Australian slurs by User:E-960
High visibility article Poland has been marred by disruption for months by fringe nationalists. Some of the accounts were confirmed as sockpuppets recently, therefore, caution is in order. The last on the scene is User:E-960, an account created 2014-08-19 specifically for edit-warring in Eastern Europe. (Ping @ User:Sandstein who keeps track of it.)
Only a few weeks earlier, on 20 December 2014 User:E-960 was reported to ANI by
- Er, I'm not keeping track of anything here. After a brief look at the diffs, there may well be grounds for admin action here, although the tone of your request is also concerning. You may request discretionary sanctions per WP:AC/DS. If not, you can alert them now and request sanctions if any problems reoccur. Sandstein19:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Sandstein. Please explain. Should I file a request for discretionary sanctions even before this report is addressed? I'm still waiting for the results of my CheckUser request. E-960 is new account with only a handful of edits, all of them in the area of WP:ARBEE. It might be a sleeper account for edit warring elsewhere, i.e. with User:Lute88 and others. I'm not sure whether to wait for feedback. Much obliged, Poeticbent talk 21:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- That's up to you. Sandstein 22:39, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Sandstein. Please explain. Should I file a request for discretionary sanctions even before this report is addressed? I'm still waiting for the results of my CheckUser request. E-960 is new account with only a handful of edits, all of them in the area of WP:ARBEE. It might be a sleeper account for edit warring elsewhere, i.e. with User:Lute88 and others. I'm not sure whether to wait for feedback. Much obliged, Poeticbent talk 21:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'd like to say something in my defense. All I did was update a couple of images on the Poland page in the Military and Transportation sections (just better pics of same subject matter, no major changes) and fixed one of the "stats" in the Infobox. Right away, user Poeticbent reverted all my edits. These were not major alterations that caused POV or Undue Weight. When a strong debate ensued, user Poeticbent started to link me to past sockpuppet cases and filed a Checkuser request where I was openly accused of homophobia, vandalism, promoting my hometown (not sure how I did that, when I only added a picture of a train, an airplane and a military vehicle) and sockpuppetry linked to 3 past cases. I'd like to say that false accusations are also a form of personal attacks. I'm sick of "senior" edits who protect their their past edits, or bully new editors even when the material like the "stats" I fixed were previously incorrect! --E-960 (talk) 20:12, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- This is one of the problems in WP; new users are not joining the Wikipedia project or dropping out; one cause of that are "senior" editors who squat on articles and challenge even the most basic updates made by new users! The changes I made, were in no way controversial in nature! This is Wikipedia, right? Change is part of the process. --E-960 (talk) 20:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- And here's a selection of quotes from the most recent posts by User:E-960 (re: Poland): "WHAT PART OF THAT IMAGE CAPTION DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND", "What the heck?????", "Stop embarrassing yourself!!", "Stop screwing up the article!" So much for a "debate". Poeticbent talk 22:26, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Stop being a bully, why did you just now insert your comment before mine at 21:44, 9 January 2015 (UTC)??? How about following Wiki etiquette, if i wrote a statement don't write yours in front of it, but add it in the order in which it was written? Form the start your behavior has been directed at instigating other users, and then trying to get them blocked. What you just did now is a perfect example you belittling and instigating new users. --E-960 (talk) 22:37, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to endorse this report - E-960's standard conduct seems to be to abuse editors who disagree with him or her in fairly extreme terms and accuse them of forming some kind of conspiracy of which he or she is the victim, and there's a clear Polish nationalist element to this (the issue I reported here a couple of weeks ago included E-960 edit warring to preserve the supposed "native name" for the Allies of World War II in the article on the topic). This is classic WP:ARBEE type conduct, and is entirely unhelpful. There are more examples of this at Talk:World War II#Discussion and Talk:World War II#Infobox Debate: "Collapsible List of all the Nations" option (also Poland-related in that the change to the infobox under discussion included the removal of Poland from it). E-960 has been repeatedly asked to moderate their language, but seemingly with no effect. Nick-D (talk) 06:23, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- (That said, I see no reason why this has to be address through the cumbersome AE process: I think that its entirely within the scope of responses from an uninvolved admin given it boils down to gross and sustained incivility and POV pushing) Nick-D (talk) 09:22, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- I am also a little annoyed at the tone of this request, the diffs given are much tamer than the accusations you have levelled. Also I would caution you against labelling E-960's edits as "homophobic" unless the checkuser results turn up positive, as it is an extremely unnecessary and serious accusation. That being said, I also hold serious reservations about E-960's behaviour since the last ANI thread; he has shown little to no behavioural improvements and seems to have a combative attitude that is not compatible with this project's aims. —Dark 11:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
What is happening here is a deliberate attack agains my profile. This is down right malicious to accuse me of being a Polish nationalist, because I changed a couple of images on the Poland page (same subject matter only better quality pics) How is that at all controversial? (see the talk page of what I actually debated) These "senior" editors are simply protecting their past edits and trying to use underhand methods of trying to get a new user blocked by throwing labels at me… user Poeticbent and Nick-D already called me a "nationalist", "homophobe", "sockpuppet" and "liar". When is this going to stop? I will remind everyone that user Nick-D is the editor who objected the use of the word "Genecide" in the WWII World War II/Archive 49, opting for a more ambiguous term "mass killings" (and my past disagreement with him last month was also due to his efforts to remove/sanitize another WWII related article)! If not for new users like myself, Wikipedia would be a collection of "established" editors who push their views on the entire WP, and with the Wikipedia scandal which included paid editors, government agencies, and special interest groups/individual pushing POV, you should not simply take the word or accusations of these "established" editor, but look at the actual facts on the Talk:Poland page of what was debated in this case. If I started to lose my temper I can apologize, but this should in no way suggest that I accept the bullying tactics of these "senior" editors. --E-960 (talk) 11:23, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
This is exactly, how the manipulations by User:E-960 (during his WP:ARBEE wars) have been performed from day one; a textbook situation where the culprit would not stop the abuse even if confronted by his victims but instead, would accuse them of being the "real" abusers. User:E-960 keeps on edit-warring while trying to defend himself: WP:OR, WP:OR with a lie in summary, R/V with ad hominem and a lie in summary, R/V, same lie, and on-and-on ... all brand new violations. His blanket reverts – coupled with more personal attacks – go on while he writes his defense. But here's where it gets more tricky: User:E-960 claims he only inserts "better quality pics" while, for example, replacing a major Polish seaport in Szczecin with a private company in Wrocław (home-base of Globetrotter1918, see below). BTW, I never called User:E-960 a homophobe. I spoke of homophobia only in defining the interaction between two accounts suspected of sockpuppetry of which the first one (!) – a sock master with grisly history – belonged to a homophobe. The second one being investigated (User:E-960, see below), was the subject of my inquiry. Please read the quote from my SPI report:
- Interaction between Globetrotter1918 and E-960
- 9 September 2014 Globetrotter1918 removes the photo of the Pride Paradewith a summary: homosexual propagande (sic)
- 6 January 2015 E-960 makes exactly the same edit by removing the Pride Parade but this time, removing also the founder of Feminism in Poland. The user seems to be learning fast how to better game the system, and this time around, adds a convoluted and dishonest edit summary to diffuse the suspicion of sockpuppetry. (end of quote)
...see how far he's willing to go for revenge.[256], [257], [258]
Meanwhile, the E-960 abuse goes on even as we discuss his case. Please note, I'm not a professional investigator. It took me days to compile the report against Globetrotter1918 a.k.a. Retrone a.k.a. Germania Breslau ... all of whom edit-warred in WP:ARBEE for months across several projects, not one, promoting extreme-right politics. E-960 is new on the scene. He seems to know way more about Wikipedia than a new user would. It might be a throw-away account trying to do as much damage as possible in minimum time just to have it memorialized in the article edit history. I've seen it before. Poeticbent talk 18:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- These accusations are a nonsense. This is the image of the Port of Szczecin that I replaced… why? Because it shows a highway overpass in the foreground not a port, and the port is only mentioned in a list, not discussed in depth. I replaced it with the image of a high speed train, because this item is discussed at length in the article. Also, only images of the train in the Wroclaw train station are available for use in Wiki Commons, others are not of good quality [259], so it should not be interpreted that I'm promoting a town just cause I used this image. This is absurd... how is this proof of "nationalist" leaning or suckpuppety on my part? Also, what does user Poeticbent even mean by the term "Interaction", I never interacted with those sock puppets, and I'm not one. --E-960 (talk) 10:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
@ DarkFalls and Sandstein. Could I request the closure of this incident, the above mentioned CheckUser did not yield any definitive evidence of me being connected to past sockpuppets. Also, in the CheckUser discussion Poeticbent (who checked my IP's location) did state that my address is in a different location than the past sockpuppets, who were from the city of Wrocław. Thus, proving that I'm NOT a sockpuppet! As I stated earlier, I'm willing to apologize to the Wiki Community for losing my temper in this debate. But, I would also like to see user Poeticbent receive a warning for personal attacks against me and for reverting en masse edits made to the Poland page, by assuming that every new editor is somehow connected to a past sockpuppet, especially in edits that were in no way controversial in nature. --E-960 (talk) 21:40, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- E-960, I have already commented on your talk page that I'm not particularly concerned by whether you are a sock, but I am concerned as to your behaviour even as the sole contributor editing from your account. Despite my issuing a warning after side' with you), you continued your unabashed diatribes on the Talk:Polandpage.
- As regards it being impossible for you to be a sock because you live in another city: I've lived in a lot of places, and not all in Australia, much less the city I currently reside in in Australia. It's the editing pattern and tone that is more likely to set off regular editors as feeling that your behaviour is reminiscent of a previous blocked editor. It's not unusual for regulars to be justifiably unsettled when a relatively new user with little experience charges at articles that have been edit-warred over many times over the years. At this point I'm still only hearing remonstrations from you and a desire for punitive actions against someone you've decided is a bad faith editor, despite your having said that you are prepared to apologise to the Wikipedia community. I'm sorry, but that strikes me as being an ingenuous attempt at any form of apology. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:45, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
@ Iryna Harpy , User Poeticbent accused me of nationalism, homophobia, sockpuppetry and lying. What I edited was in no way connected to the edit warring issues regarding the city of Wrocław from the past. That alone proves I'm, NOT the sockpuppet. BTW: I made edits back on October 24th (see Talk Page) they war all reverted by User Poeticbent. And guess what I just left it at that and did not make a battle out of it. Now, I won't back down when a "senior" user keeps reverts any and all edits. Even when they are not controversial in any way. User Poeticbent is not acting in good faith towards other editors accusing everyone of being a sockpuppet, and then mischaracterizing the issue. As noted above my edits are not all that controversial either. Finally, why didn't the other "senior" editors who regularly edit the Poland page, also disagree with my edits, and voice their disapproval on the talk page, why no one else thinks that my edits may be related to a sockpuppet? These reverts are only being pushed by user Poeticbent. --E-960 (talk) 05:42, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Follow up including Who's Who, at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WKS Śląsk Wrocław Poeticbent talk 18:04, 13 January 2015 (UTC)