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::Sorry, but these are conditions that completely miss the point of the original disruption. GoRight is rarely if ever "obviously" uncivil. See ]. He also, by now, rarely makes problematic edits directly in article space. Instead, he causes significant waste of time and disruption by nit-picking, lawyering, and ] on talk pages and in dispute resolution. If you want a meaningful restriction, ban him from climate change talk pages, and from noticeboard discussion and dispute resolution where he is not one of the primary involved parties. --] (]) 14:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC) |
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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for repeated abuse of editing privileges. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest this block by adding the text{{unblock|Your reason here}}
below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. - 2/0 (cont.) 23:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Despite numerous warnings, lengthy detailed discussions with friendly and neutral editors, and formal sanctions, you have chosen not to abandon your apparent determination to be a drain on the volunteer resources of the community rather than an asset to the project. You have been editing in spurts since late 2007, and have amassed nearly five and a half thousand edits. You have a fine mind, a keen eye for detail, and an admirable willingness to stand against the tide. You could have chosen to be a great boon to this project. Instead, you have chosen to devote your efforts to stirring disputes in restraint of collaboration, making unreasonable demands in questionable faith on the time of your fellow volunteers, and grandstanding and tilting at windmills of minutia without evincing a serious interest in the productive creation of content. Serious discussion is one way to contribute to quality articles, but frivolously disputatious bickering is not. Your top-edited articles and talkpages include not a single page that would not serve as a forum for argument for its own sake. Spreading every sliver of contention across as many project pages as will feed the flames of drama shows an unseemly disinclination to contribute to a free high quality encyclopedia, or even let other people get on with building it. I even spent my own social capital in your defense here, but the promised reforms have not materialized.
You usually maintain at least a veneer of courtesy, but far too often you make comments that are snide, sarcastic, condescending, or similarly only superficially polite. The term civility is often hyperlinked to Misplaced Pages:Civility, but it is really not being used as a term of art with some byzantine Misplaced Pages-specific definition unrelated to the societal norm of treating people with basic respect even in the face of serious disagreement. Accusations of collusion, insinuations of bad faith negotiation, and intimidation by intimation are never civil.
There follows a sampling of problematic diffs from the preceding week. Many of these are in context of discussions where other editors are also behaving disruptively, but the behaviour of others is immaterial to this sanction. It is worth noting that your participation in a discussion rarely has the effect of calming an inflamed situation or restoring a productive focus, though it often has rather the opposite effect. Some of my comments below include reference to guidelines or essays rather than policy; this should be taken as shorthand for the points laid out at those pages, not as indication that they are being used to justify this block.
- accusation of gross misconduct outside of a dispute resolution process
- accusation of perfidy
- needlessly inflaming an already passionate discussion
- sarcasm and accusation of bad faith
- violation of WP:POINT
- accusation of partiality and collusion
- accusation of abuse and bad faith (diff includes edits by other editors to include the mitigating factor that you later struck part of a comment)
- inflaming an already passionate discussion
- unproductive sarcasm
- uncivil insinuation
- violation of WP:POINT and unevidenced accusation that other editors have failed to show due diligence in reviewing a serious matter.
- demand that other users expend their time and effort to your satisfaction
- referring to people as "my good friend" is actually a bit annoying; this is just my personal opinion, not part of the blocking rationale, especially given your explanation here
- incivility
- Here you state at 01:17 on the 13th server time that you had dropped the matter of Pcarbonn's topic ban after a neutral administrator closed the discussion. Here an hour earlier is your back-handed acceptance of the clear community consensus. Here at 20:49 on the 12th, however, is another close by an uninvolved administrator, followed by, well, some of the diffs above ... then the close you acknowledged ... then another half dozen edits here. Really, choosing to insert yourself into that discussion at all given your recent block and sanction was particularly ill-advised. Other editors are capable of raising questions of due process (as, indeed, they did).
- snide incivility
- accusation of bad faith
- includes: placing an unreasonable burden of evidence (very few people state that they are here to advance a personal agenda, it must be inferred from their edits); accusations of bad faith (saying AGF is not a shield to then proceed to fail to any more than stating "with all due respect" is a free pass to insult someone); and condescension.
- accusation that other editors have failed to show due diligence in reviewing a serious matter
- failure to show due diligence. You could easily have contributed productively here by adding the omitted log entry yourself.
For this wanton disrespect for the time and efforts of others, lack of basic consideration for the norms of constructive discussion, unacceptable focus on using this website as a forum for unduly burdensome and unproductive discussion at the expense of improving content, and following discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#GoRight, I am blocking your access indefinitely. Thank you for your contributions.
Administrators: Please discuss this block with me before modifying or lifting it unless there is a substantial community consensus or the action is otherwise obvious or non-controversial. I prefer open review, but my email is enabled if you would prefer to discuss off site. Thank you, - 2/0 (cont.) 23:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- I am willing to continue working with you here to try to hash out a set of restrictions that would not lead to another block on the same issues. I will check back here daily for your updates, but do please feel free to request that someone drop me a line on my talkpage. - 2/0 (cont.) 17:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, let me see if I can get it right this time.
This user is asking that their block be reviewed:
GoRight (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
After nearly a week of introspection and discussion I would like to offer a sincere apology to the community for my behavior which has led to this block. With regards to that behavior I pledge to make use of all noticeboards in a judicious and constructive manner and only for matters of serious import. I further pledge that when I do make use of such venues that I shall endeavor to be as succinct as possible and not to belabor any points beyond the point of futility. If I have supporting information relevant to any notice board comments I shall keep that material in my own user space or some other venue which has been specifically designated for the purpose of gathering supporting evidence. With regards to my behavior in article and talk space I pledge to place far more focus on finding collaborative resolutions to disputes and shall endeavor to reduce and hopefully eliminate any actions which may serve to increase the level of divisiveness which is already far too prevalent in the current climate change environment. As a safeguard against future problems in these areas I pledge to swiftly and appropriately address any behavioral problems once they have been brought to my attention amicably and in a genuine spirit of cooperation. If I fail to abide by this pledge, as judged by uninvolved administrators, I shall willingly accept the imposition of blocks by those same administrators with a duration set appropriate to the transgression.Notes:
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- Please hold on, I've contacted the blocking admin. Gwen Gale (talk) 19:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- Update, the blocking admin is reviewing this. Gwen Gale (talk) 20:33, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. --GoRight (talk) 21:14, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- Well made pledges ... I wish you the best in keeping them. Writing is easier than practice. Zulu Papa 5 ☆ (talk) 23:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- For reference, my community has over 30 monastics and many others with various levels of vows. There is at least an annual renewal and other opportunities for confession, repair, healing and forgiving inevitable infractions. What seems to be most important is staying on the right path even as falling astray occurs. Zulu Papa 5 ☆ (talk) 00:04, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
What are the terms under which you will allow me to continue editing?
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2/0, this seems to be the first order of business if I am to be allowed to continue at all. So please do me the courtesy of a reply. --GoRight (talk) 19:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I can certainly understand your skepticism regarding my pledges at this point and freely acknowledge that it is my own fault for finding myself in this current predicament. I wish to put this matter behind me as cleanly and with as little fuss and additional discussion as possible at this point. I would also like a chance to redeem myself on my own recognizance now that you have truly driven the point home. To those ends, might you be convinced to allow me to proceed on my pledges alone if I further offer that for a period of 1 year I shall not object if you reinstate the existing block and return us to this point should you ever feel that I am not honoring these pledges in good faith for any reason? --GoRight (talk) 17:53, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
=== Civility === "Some form of civility parole, as I view this as the main issue - antagonizing other editors is just not on, even in a toxic editing atmosphere. As I mention above, I do not think that these sorts of provisions have a stellar track record, so the wording here will need to be very clear to avoid frivolous reports of violation while still having teeth that an unfamiliar admin would feel comfortable invoking. I am not at all convinced that you understand my reasoning behind each of the diffs above, but if you are willing to give it a go there is some chance that this condition could be productive." ==== Fundamental Principles ==== "In many instances you were contributing to an already extant atmosphere of incivility, bad faith, and mutual antagonism. Taken individually, this can be an extenuating circumstance, but when it becomes a pattern something needs to change." OK, this seems a fine a proper statement and one which can be used to guide this discussion a bit as we proceed. I would first like to make sure that we are aligned on some of the fundamental principles at play here so that we are operating from the same perspective. I assert that the following principles are self-evident in this context and that they reflect existing community practice:
Do you agree? If not, please explain. Also, we may have to expand this list, as needed, depending on the direction that this conversation takes. --GoRight (talk) 23:46, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Assuming that this interpretation is correct we are in complete agreement that neutrality of enforcement is the order of the day, where this basically means "people who are disruptive in much the same way receive much the same treatment". I believe that the principles I expressed above constitute the very essence of neutral enforcement. I would argue that my own behavior is basically on par with the current community norms as exemplified by editors with long established editing records, who have demonstrated a familiarity with the applicable policies, and who not only have visible support from within the community at large but from within the administrative community as well. To establish this fact I offer up three timely exemplars of such editors: User:William M. Connolley, User:Tony Sidaway, and User:Enric Naval. I contend that these three editors have all engaged in behavior which is basically on par with my own, that they have a demonstrable pattern of engaging in that behavior, and that their behavior is considered to be within acceptable community standards. So, unless a credible argument can be made for how my behavior far exceeds that of these editors my behavior too should be viewed as being within acceptable community standards and under a standard of neutral enforcement I should only be given sanctions on par with those imposed on these editors, if any. On the charge of civility violations, there have been many recent discussions at climate change enforcement regarding the behavior of User:William M. Connolley. In several of those cases you, yourself, closed the requests with no action. In one such request you restricted him from editing others comments. I submit that this demonstrates that the behavior of this editor lies within accepted community norms, so unless my own behavior lies far in excess of that demonstrated by WMC in those requests the principle of neutral enforcement would require you to impose on me a set of sanctions of comparable severity. I argue that there is a vast difference between how you have treated me and how you have treated WMC. In my case you have unilaterally imposed a full on community ban against me (which is exactly what an indefinite block is when the general sanctions forbid other administrators from over-riding your decision and unblocking me without your permission). In the case of WMC you have required him to refrain from editing people's comments for 6 months. So, under the banner of neutral enforcement, either indefinitely block WMC for his civility violations as documented at the climate change enforcement requests OR impose a comparable sanction on me and unblock me. On the charge of disrupting banning discussions and other important community discussions as AN, ANI, or similar venues I assert that both User:Tony Sidaway and User:Enric Naval have been equally disruptive at these venues as anything that I have done. Both continually insert their own comments throughout the entire discussion in an attempt to, as some would say, overwhelm the opinions of others. I believe that this is the substance of the charges against me. In addition TS makes a habit of editing the comments of others without their permission and in the recent discussion of my current block he managed to edit the comments of almost every poster in that discussion. I would argue that this act far exceeds anything I have done. Neither of these editors has received any sanctions whatsoever for their behavior, nor have they even received any warnings, so I argue that these facts are prima facie evidence that their behavior lies within accepted community norms. So, unless my behavior and level of purported disruption far exceeds that of these two editors the principle of neutral enforcement would require that I receive comparable sanctions to theirs. So, under the banner of neutral enforcement, either indefinitely block TS and EN for their disruption of community discussions (diffs available upon request) OR impose a comparable sanction on me (i.e. none) and unblock me. If you believe that my own behavior far exceeds the behavior of these exemplars of accepted community behavioral norms, please provide a suitably detailed explanation of precisely how my behavior exceeds theirs along with supporting evidence. Barring such a demonstration of the justification for your actions, kindly undo them and let me be. --GoRight (talk) 21:58, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
"The degree of parallelism between any two cases decreases with complexity. Unless your diffs are fairly recent, I doubt that they would be actionable; I would also have moral qualms to acting on them, as it would violate the above-expressed principle of seeking unbiased information filters. Further, I am not interested in discussing any other editors; if you would like to speak with them, your email remains enabled or you may request that I or another of the 67 people watching this page bring a matter to their attention." This does tend to hamper any discussion of the neutrality of your enforcement and suggests an unwillingness to work together to find a fair and amicable resolution. I find this troubling. Is there, perhaps, a neutral party that you trust that we might engage as a mediator in this dispute? --GoRight (talk) 21:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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OK, let's cut to the chase. I have expressed my concerns with your proposed framework below and asked you to consider alternatives for the reasons stated. My arguments either sway you, or they do not. So there seems to be little more to discuss at this point and, indeed, you seem to be busy with other things anyway. If it is your intent for this block to be an indefinite community ban please state so explicitly, otherwise please issue your sanctions and unblock me so that I might find something useful to do for the project. Thanks. --GoRight (talk) 20:25, 3 February 2010 (UTC) NOTE: I reserve the right to appeal any sanctions which are not in line with the doctrine of neutral enforcement.
Discussion of your framework
Let's spend a little time discussing the specifics of your proposed framework.
Civility
"Some form of civility parole, as I view this as the main issue - antagonizing other editors is just not on, even in a toxic editing atmosphere. As I mention above, I do not think that these sorts of provisions have a stellar track record, so the wording here will need to be very clear to avoid frivolous reports of violation while still having teeth that an unfamiliar admin would feel comfortable invoking. I am not at all convinced that you understand my reasoning behind each of the diffs above, but if you are willing to give it a go there is some chance that this condition could be productive."
- This is actually an easy one to address and since I do not wish to be viewed as uncivil I will voluntarily suggest something that would actually have a demonstrable impact (unlike some of the other sanctions you have imposed in this area recently). I offer the following:
- For a period of 3 months commencing on the date and time of my current block, I hereby grant free license to any editor who believes that I have been uncivil to minimally remove or redact anything I post that they object to on the grounds of civility. I shall be barred from reinstating the material either verbatim or via trivial rewordings which yield substantially the same meanings and shall be blocked for an appropriate time limited duration by any uninvolved and neutral administrator at their sole discretion should I violate this provision. Good faith refactorings and rewordings to remove the incivility shall not be considered violations. Any abuses of these provisions by other editors or blocking administrators may be appealed to WP:AN at my discretion.
Climate change topic ban
"Topic ban from climate change related articles for six months. This is not the maximum allowed under the community probation, but rather the minimum I see as likely to be useful to the project. I am sensitive to the concerns of systematic bias you raise in your most recent email, but this does not extend to a tolerance for disruption."
- You indicate that it is not your intent to ban my POV, yet the primary effect of this proposal would be to do just that for the period during which it is in effect. I shall note that the subject of a topic ban from climate change articles for me has come up on many occasions thanks to Raul654's attempts to gain just that. In all such cases the community explicitly rejected those attempts. Further, regarding your current block the discussion which ensued also failed to provide a consensus for this block (which amounts to a full community ban at this point since the general sanctions prohibit any other administrator from overturning your block).
- I am unclear on what other behavior you are seeking to restrict with this proposal so I am unable to propose a suitable sanction which specifically focuses on that behavior. If you could be more specific I could offer a proposal. I must reject your current proposal, however, as being excessive owing to its unintended consequence of banning my POV from the climate change articles. Please either abandon this aspect of your framework or propose a more suitable sanction which focuses on the problem behavior without banning my POV. --GoRight (talk) 14:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Ban on participation on community discussions
"Some form of ban from all disputes and noticeboard threads in which you are not a named party or otherwise clearly and directly involved, with the possible the exceptions of ArbCom and RFC/U. This is also easily open to conflicting interpretations, and I would want additional input before settling on clear wording that carries the same meaning both to the two of us and to people unfamiliar with the background to the restriction. I also consider it important not to restrict legitimate pursuit of dispute resolution."
- Unless it is your intent to turn me into a second class member of this community, I must reject this current proposal as being excessive because it removes my voice from community discussions of significant import. The fact that I make myself familiar with the details and the facts of the discussions I engage in should be applauded, not punished. Please either abandon this aspect of your framework or propose a more suitable sanction which focuses on the problem behavior without affecting my ability to have a say in community decisions. --GoRight (talk) 14:58, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry for appearing to ignore your case for so long. Every time I try to draft a reply, it just comes out wrong. I am tired of talking past each other - you deserve better than that. I think the time has come to admit that I have reached the limit of my sociocognitive abilities, and move on. Whether I am failing to communicate to you or failing to understand you or however the disjoint is distributed, we always seem to be discussing two entirely different situations.
If, based on a review of the history leading up to and full discussions following this block, another admin would like to establish a framework for lifting this block, I would not object. If, based on a review of the history leading up to and full discussions following this block, no other admin is willing to lift this block, I would not object. I remain free for discussion, but I seem to be doing no good here. - 2/0 (cont.) 07:21, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Peanut gallery commentary ...
RE: discussion including Hipocrite.
Oh! Oh! Look, 2/0, look! Hipocrite is talking in thinly veiled terms to antagonize his fellow editors. Surely this will degrade to ability of our little part of the project to attract neutral editors. Please act quickly on this matter so that it remains actionable and please be sure to apply the principles of neutral enforcement regarding editors who antagonize others. --GoRight (talk) 17:52, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
- Ah, I see that Hipocrite is watching. By way of explanation I remind everyone of the following comments from 2/0:
- wherein he asserted that "antagonizing other editors is just not on, even in a toxic editing atmosphere", and
- wherein he stated that "Insults and acerbic comments directed at your fellow volunteers, no matter how veiled in a shield of indirect insinuation instead of brazen violation of the NPA policy, are detrimental to the project. They deprive us of the good editors who would prefer to spend their time more pleasantly; they set up the hackles of the good editors who stay, provoking dominance games and response in kind; they select for people who find endless argument more rewarding than building an encyclopedia through collaborative discussion.".
- I am not the only editor that found his comments to be thinly veiled sarcasm and condescension. Indeed, despite his proclamations to the contrary I remain unconvinced. This appears to be a violation of WP:POINT in any case, something else that 2/0 has accused me of in his diffs. By pointing out H's transgressions in this respect I am seeking to foster a more collegial atmosphere in precisely the same way that 2/0 is. --GoRight (talk) 19:29, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
"Negatively characterizing other's styles of discussion is unlikey to foster a collegial atmosphere. Please don't do it. Hipocrite (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2010 (UTC)"
Excellent advice, H. Please convey this to 2/0 regarding his justification for my current block.
Also, I truly consider imitation ("... is unlikey to foster a collegial atmosphere. Please don't do it.") to be the sincerest form of flattery ("... refactor his comment to remove the obvious invective which is not congruent with promoting a collegial atmosphere."). I'm glad you've decided to follow my example.
--GoRight (talk) 20:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Still blocked?
I wonder if this is how Scibaby was born. TheGoodLocust (talk) 04:29, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Unblocking conditions
I have been watching this silently since the actual block took place and I have decided that, in accordance with 2/0's request for another admin's intervention, that I'm willing to unblock you... conditionally. The unblock will be contingent upon agreement by both the blocked editor and the blocking admin. I'm not willing to be drawn into this debacle, so there will be no negotiation on the terms, it's either accept it or hope for a better deal from another admin.
Civility
The editor will be placed on a three month civility probation. During this time, any breaches of WP:CIVIL will result in a warning, then a block. The block will be issued only by an uninvolved administrator, and will extend up to and including the length of the original block. This is only for clear and obvious breaches of civility; we all fly off the handle every once in a while, and I find many of the "civility breaches" quoted in the original block to be weak and nit-picky. Suggesting someone is editing in bad faith is not, by itself, a civility issue. Telling someone who disagrees with you to blow it out their ass is. The editor is also instructed to be mindful of disruptive behaviors and abuse of WP:POINT, as that this tends to be the precursor to most of their editing disputes.
Climate Change Topic Ban
For three months, this user will make no edits to any article that is covered under the climate change article probation. The user may participate on the talk pages during this time provided they adhere to the civility probation above and are conscious to avoid disruption. Failure to comply with this will result in a warning then a full topic ban for the remainder of the three months as issued by an uninvolved admin.
Moving forward
I didn't address 2/0's wishes that there be language preventing you from taking part in community discussion, as I see that as being unnecessarily punitive. I feel that the civility probation and instructions to avoid disruption are satisfactory in moderating GoRight's behavior in this respect. Should these conditions be adhered to for the three months, I suggest a review and reappraisal of the situation. Should myself or another uninvolved admin decide that the editor has fulfilled these terms, they will be released from editing restrictions. Failure to follow these instructions may result in reapplication of 2/0's original block.
I will unblock if these terms are accepted by both parties. Trusilver 09:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- I accept. Thanks. --GoRight (talk) 13:20, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, but these are conditions that completely miss the point of the original disruption. GoRight is rarely if ever "obviously" uncivil. See WP:Civil POV pushing. He also, by now, rarely makes problematic edits directly in article space. Instead, he causes significant waste of time and disruption by nit-picking, lawyering, and not getting it on talk pages and in dispute resolution. If you want a meaningful restriction, ban him from climate change talk pages, and from noticeboard discussion and dispute resolution where he is not one of the primary involved parties. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 14:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC)