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User:Zer0faults reported by User:Mr. Tibbs (result: stale)

Previous version reverted to: 13:07, 28 May 2006
1st revert: 20:21, 28 May 2006
2nd revert: 15:08, 29 May 2006
3rd revert: 15:14, 29 May 2006
4th revert: 15:20, 29 May 2006 -- Reverting all the way back to Zer0fault's previous version of article here: 17:44, 26 May 2006
5th revert: 15:33, 29 May 2006
6th revert: 16:13, 29 May 2006
7th revert: 21:24, 29 May 2006 -- Reverting back to Zer0fault's previous version of article here: 21:20, 29 May 2006

Reported by: Mr. Tibbs 21:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Not sure if reverting to different prior versions all count towards one 3RR or not. -- Mr. Tibbs 21:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Not all of these are reverts if you view them you will see that sometimes only the 2nd paragraph was changed. Mr. Tibbs has constantly reverted my work wholesale. He did this again today after me and Anoranza came to a concensus on what should be in the overview. He then removed the work me and that user did and the concensus we came to. He also didn't even post anything on talk and just reverted again without stating a why. He calls it "cleaning up the intro" when he removes all mention of anything but WMD's from the Iraq War intro. He even goes onto use this for a summary "Revert to last version by Mr. Tibbs. Its not a consensus just because Zero says it is. See poll." The poll in question is one User:CBDunkerson informed him was not addressing the concerns of those opposing his edits. He asked for User:CBDunkerson view after the mediation cabal I requested went against his view here The person who took no the mediation went on to comment on the page that Mr. Tibbs should not exclude any reason but WMD's. He asked CBDunkerson and he said the same. He went on to ask User:Nescio to comment he also supported the same. Some of those edits are me and Anoranza trying to find a middleground and Mr. Tibbs is attempting to use them against me, however Anoranza did not complain cause in the end the version we agreed on was pleasing to both of us. Mr. Tibbs has stated on numerous times he has ceased assuming good faith, has told me I attempting a filibuster when told his survey did not meet the requirements of Misplaced Pages:Straw Polls. If you see the talk page he has refused any middleground I have offered almost as if he has sole domain of the article. You can even view 3 offers on the mediation page alone that were all refused wholesale. Mr. Tibbs indiscriminate reverts of my work and Anoranza's and User:Wombdpsw is horrible. I ask this article receive admin attention as User:CBDunkerson has stepped back as its a heated topic. I simply want more then WMD's mentioned in the overview as permitted by NPOV:Undue Weight, and I feel someone should look at Mr. Tibbs reverts as he doesn't even offer explanations, when asked. He has left snide remarks on summaries including "No one needs to pander to a filibuster.", on the Template: War on Terrorism page here He has even gone on to advocate other revert my work instead of just editing such as here User_talk:Añoranza#About_Iraq_War. This is obviously a bad faith notice as he has tried before and we both got blocked. --Zer0faults 22:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Some of these aren't even reverts, they are me editing me, as in the case of "Revert #6" and "Revert #5" as the user being shown in #5 did not make the edits its showing I changed, I previously made them. #4 is the original expansion of the 2nd paragraph from Anoranza's which was lacking in facts. Even revert #1 is wrong as its me removing a paragraph that is entirely mentioned below in its exact contents in section "War Rationale" This is obviously a bad faith effort as Mr. Tibbs has not even attempted to review the evidence he brings, simply tagged all my edits as reverts and hoped the High number 7RR would be sufficient enough. I once again ask for an admins assistance in the Iraq War article as I am afraid Mr. Tibbs is attempting to insert Undue Weight. --Zer0faults 22:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry - noone got to this in time; its now stale; no decision William M. Connolley 08:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Miskin

Previous version reverted to: 28 May 20:10
1st revert: 23:25, 29 May 2006
2nd revert: 23:29
3rd revert: 23:35
4th revert: 23:42

Nationalist revert warrior; four reverts in 17 minutes is enough. Reported by:Septentrionalis 23:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Funny - see only three reverts. This is not a revert, it's a first time edit. You also have three reverts, so you're just as bad as him. I'd also like to ask some admins to comment on Septentrionalis's personal attacks (the one just above) and this. --Telex 23:49, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Blanking of sourced material is vandalism. Septentrionalis 23:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
It's not sourced. You're taking the original and fitting it into your WP:OR interpretation of it. --Telex 00:00, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's not my interpretation; insofar as it is not a retelling of Herodotus, most of it comes from Sakellariou, as I stated. Septentrionalis 15:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Despite what he says, there are only 2 reverts, a rewrite and some minor edits. Pmanderson on the other hand has 3 reverts and a clear personal attack . I'm not going to discuss the content dispute here, it's clearly not the right place. Miskin 00:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- If admins are going to take into account a description of vandalism as vandalism, they should also take account of Miskin's personal threats and trolling . Septentrionalis 15:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Guys, take it elsewhere. Sept, you're wrong about: 3RR, your PA's, and Miskin's "threats", plus your "trolling" quote is quite funny. Get yourself together and let's discuss this where appropriate. This happenning here is trolling and borders WP:POINT as well. Consider this a warning. Indeed, extreme measures can apply to such behavior, as described in WP policies and guidelines... NikoSilver 15:54, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

User:DreamGuy reported by User:Centauri

Previous version reverted to: 04:45, 30 May 2006
1st revert: 10:04, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 11:53, 30 May 2006
3rd revert: 12:00, 30 May 2006
4th revert: 12:15, 30 May 2006

Reported by: Centauri 12:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Consistently aggressive deletion of random article content by DreamGuy, without reference to talk page discussion, and accompanied by misleading edit summaries that also refer to other editors in strongly abusive terms.

I self-reverted my own last edit, so not a real 3RR violation, per the policy. I should also note that User:Centauri's claims of misleading edit summaries are false, as I explained my edits accurately. In fact, this editor is making abusive ridiculous threats against me at the moment, pulling policies out of a hat at random he claims I have violated (you know, the typical, vandalism, blah blah blah). From his edit comments and posts on my talk page, it's clear he's not really trying to give friendly warnings about policies he understands and follows, but is instead hoping to toss out accusations in an attempt to bully me. I have warned him to not post on my talk page any more, but he continues to harass me there. A block might be in order if he keeps this up. DreamGuy 13:08, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment. I have posted a comment and 3RR warning on the talk page of User:Centauri, who is probably not aware that he has himself reverted DreamGuy's talkpage 5 times in a few hours (when he adds new "warnings", he usually restores all the old ones, making these edits reverts). Now that I have explained this to him, I reckon he ought to be blocked iff he should continue his reposting pattern. Also, Centauri, instead of posting a storm of policy links to an experienced user (which is itself incivil), you had much better follow the common sense principle of walking away, when it has been clearly demonstrated that your messages on a user talk page aren't wanted there. After all, as Theresa Knott said once, DreamGuy removing the messages shows that he has read them; what more do you want? Bishonen | talk 14:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC).

User:Ed Poor reported by User:ScienceApologist

Previous version reverted to: a number of different versions he wrote over the day.
1st revert: 07:52
2nd revert: 07:58
3rd revert: 08:52
4th revert: 09:24
5th revert: 09:32

Reported by: ScienceApologist 16:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: User:Ed Poor seems to be back to his tendentious editting ways and is effectively reverting all editors who stand in his way. Ed is engaging in what the WP:3RR page describes as "making other changes at the same time, continually undoing other editors' work counts as reverting. "Complex partial reverts" refer to reverts that remove or re-add only some of the disputed material while adding new material at the same time; this is often done in an effort to disguise the reverting. This type of edit counts toward 3RR." When warned about this, the user responded on his talkpage admitting to breaking 3RR.

User:71.109.235.81 reported by User:Ohnoitsjamie

Previous version reverted to: 08:02, 30 May 2006
1st revert: 08:02, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 08:18, 30 May 2006
3rd revert: 08:30, 30 May 2006
4th revert: 20:36, 30 May 2006

Reported by: OhNoitsJamie 20:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: As evidenced on the talk page of this article, this particular edit has been an ongoing issue, and does not represent the consensus. I'd previously placed a 3RR warning on the article's talk page. OhNoitsJamie 20:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

User:8bitJake reported by User:FRCP11 (second report) (result - 24hr block)

Previous version reverted to: 20:16 May 30
1st revert: 20:24 May 30
2nd revert: 21:45
3rd revert: 22:07
4th revert: 22:29
5th revert: 22:47 May 30
6th revert: 23:13 May 30

Comment: User refusing to compromise on talk page, despite multiple people from RFC disagreeing with him. Insists on deleting verifiable notable text, despite its being restored by four different editors.

Reported by: FRCP11 22:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC), updated 05:33, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Admin reply: The edits appear to have died down so I have placed a warning on User_talk:8bitJake. Kcordina 10:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment: The problem continues, notwithstanding the warning. -- FRCP11 16:58, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

7th revert: 15:16 May 31
8th revert: 15:32 May 31

Admin reply: User now blocked. Kcordina 19:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment: The problem with the same article and same reverts resumed immediately upon 8bitJake's return. See two reports below. -- FRCP11 21:56, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Rtvl73 reported by User:Zerida Result: 12 hours

Previous version reverted to: 12:02, 30 May 2006
1st revert: 12:29, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 12:48, 30 May 2006
3rd revert: 15:48, 30 May 2006
4th revert: 16:25, 30 May 2006

Reported by: — · t 23:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

User:Rtvl73 keeps removing content from the article with no explanation or discussion despite being asked not to . User was previously reverted by two other users . I made User:Rtvl73 aware of 3RR on talk page but user reverted for the fourth time anyway. — · t 23:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 12 hours. I would greatly appreciate if another admin could please check that I did this properly as this is my first time dealing with a 3RR from the admin noticeboard. If you've double-checked my work, please just leave a quick comment here. --Yamla 02:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, is 12 hours perhaps too much for a first 3RR block? --Yamla 02:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:209.135.115.121 aka User:Ndru01 aka User:Moonlight serenade reported by User:Hillman (result: 24h)

See:

first revert 13:30, 30 May 2006
second revert 14:57, 30 May 2006
third revert 15:26, 30 May 2006 (several edits)
fourth revert 16:00, 30 May 2006
fifth revert 16:22, 30 May 2006 (two edits)
sixth revert 17:49, 30 May 2006 (three edits)
seventh revert 17:56, 30 May 2006

Reported by: CH 01:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

This is not even a complete list; several reversions by this user are not listed. See also Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Ndru01 (2nd) ---CH 01:43, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I see that Ndru01 (talk · contribs) has previously been previously blocked for violating WP:3RR in Morphic field. Another suspected sock, 64.187.60.98 (talk · contribs) has also been previouslyblocked for violating WP:3RR in Gnostic infomysticism. ---CH 02:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

24h William M. Connolley 21:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

He is back at it again today as 209.135.115.121 (talk · contribs) and 209.135.108.75 (talk · contribs). This user seems to have a well documented history of violations of WP:SOCK, WP:3RR and generally disruptive editing. Can some kind admin please look into this and help me take appropriate action? TIA ---CH 06:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

1st revert 02:47, 31 May 2006
2nd revert 17:08, 31 May 2006

User:Tenebrae

Previous version reverted to: 04:01, May 30, 2006
1st revert: 04:14, May 30, 2006
2nd revert: 04:27, May 30, 2006
3rd revert: 04:37, May 30, 2006
4th revert: 08:02, May 30, 2006
5th revert: 11:58, May 30, 2006
6th revert: 13:15, May 30, 2006
7th revert: 20:27, May 30, 2006
8th revert: 20:37, May 30, 2006

Reported by: Facto 06:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

User keeps inflating movie article with biased and inflammatory movie reviews and also inflates the cast list with minor characters and actors. Facto 06:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- I do not see the diffs you provided as clearcut RVs, at least not all of them. They look like regular edits. Please try to resolve content issues at talk page. Thanks. ←Humus sapiens 07:56, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Giovanni33 reported by User:Timothy Usher (Result: 3hr)

Previous version reverted to: 02:53, 31 May 2006
1st revert: 06:28, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 07:27, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 07:32, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 07:35, 31 May 2006

Reported by: Timothy Usher 08:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Besides the talk page shenanigans, this user has been edit-warring on the article, after posting an RfC and having all but one responding editors disagree with the unencyclopedic links he's been appending thereto. He has also supported his own edits and comments under the username User:Kecik. User has already been blocked several times for WP:3RR violations and puppetry.Timothy Usher 08:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: First of all this is not the article mainspace. The 3RR rule does not apply here. This is a dipute about the title of a heading in the talk page. I only corrected it to reflect the issue of consensus and the fautly math that it reported. The 3RR rule does not apply for correcting formatting issues and accuracy on talk pages as far as I am aware. Also, note that one of these I self-reverted when I realized he actually wrote somthing as opposed to simply restoring the incorrect math: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk%3AGod&diff=56088897&oldid=56088816 Timothy's other comments are not true. Kecik has not been blocked many times. He is a good user and he is not my socketpuppet as a user check has already been done which confirmed no connection. So, no block "for puppetry" has ever been issued. Timothy is simply not telling the truth. Also, Timothy has persisted in being uncivil and making personal attacks against myself and this user, besides edit warring. The links I added are valid links for the external link section and topical.Giovanni33 08:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

The 7:2 count was, and remains, accurate.

“...Timothy is guilty by the same logic of the 3RR violation for reverting 5 times over this issue.” - diffs?Timothy Usher 08:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I look at at it and I may be wrong on this account so I removed that claim. But everything else stands. Your math was wrong. I counted 6 vs 4 so the ratio is 3:2, not 7:2.Giovanni33 08:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Giovanni33, please stop altering prior comments, whether other editors', or your own after other editors have respondended thereto.Timothy Usher 08:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Result: Blocked for 3 hours because it is a Talk page. However, the Three revert rule says "undoing the actions of another editor or other editors in whole or part". If I may suggest, you folks could post your versions at Talk and try to convince others without altering posts by other editors. Thanks. ←Humus sapiens 08:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment When Timothy says that User has already been blocked several times for 3RR and puppetry, he is presumably not referring to Kecik, but to Giovanni, who was proved by checkuser to be using the account BelindaGong for extra reverts, extra votes, and extra support for his version. His block was extended when he accidentally signed a post while forgetting that he was logged on as Freethinker99, who had joined, had said he was new but agreed with Giovanni, and had then reverted to Giovanni's version while Giovanni was blocked for his BelindaGong puppetry. Through some oversight, the BelindaGong and Freethinker99 accounts were only given temporary blocks, although the standard practice is to block indefinitely in the case of established puppetry. So Timothy is telling the truth. As for Kecik, he has, from the start, behaved as a puppet whose only purpose at Misplaced Pages was to provide extra support and extra reverts for Giovanni. His seventh edit (one day after registering) was a vote for something Giovanni wanted, at a page he was unlikely to have found by chance. He was at Misplaced Pages for nearly four months before he touched an article where Giovanni wasn't looking for support. He currently has 42 article edits, 37 of which are reverts to Giovanni's version. Checkuser can only establish that it's not the same IP; it can't establish that there's no connection between the users. There is extremely strong linguistic evidence linking Giovanni to eight accounts which have supported him. AnnH ♫ 11:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment As expected AnnH and Timothy tag-team with the personal attacks against me with their continued false allegations my alleged socket-puppets. I just take it as a sign of the weakness of their stance that they have to resort to bringing up this issue over and over no matter how old it gets or how irrelevant it is to a given issue. But, notice how AnnH can interpret what Timothy actually said so to conclude that he Timothy is telling the truth when he is not. He states things as a fact that are only negative bad-faith speculation, which I know is not true. Belinda, as I explained is my wife, and so that is why a user checked showed a connection. Since she is different person which I offered to prove many time (her name even is Belinda Gong), this makes her not a socketpuppet. I note that no one has taken me up on my questions about ohw to prove what Im saying is true. I think they know she is not a socketpuppet but prefer not to have this shown so the attacks can continue. This is assuming bad faith. Also, with my friend Freethinker, AnnH continues her deliberate distortion of known facts, even after I corrected her on numerous occasions, each time with a new twist. Notice her bad faith assumptions which don't make sense. She says I forgot I was using Freethiner's account and forgot to sign in with my own account while I was blocked. That is nonsense. I was at my friend's house to introduced him to Misplaced Pages and he was trying to resolve the dispute on the talk page of Christianity, and did NOT simply revert to my version. Like Belinda, Freethiner is a different person, and I only used his account to respond to a question on my own talk page. When I was questioned about any connection to Freethinker, I had nothing to hide and admitted it openly. Why would I do that if it was a socketpuppet? Why would I edit on my own talk page as myself if i were using his accounts after a userchecked was done showing a connection with me and my wife (only one). This is why it would make no sense to think he is my own socketpuppet, while I use his account to answering on my own page-- even if I logged-out of his account, and signed into my own. Its not logical. AnnH also leaves out some pertinent information. For example, the fact that Kecik and MikaM (and anyone else who supported my POV on the Christinaity page, including Sophia), were all user checked at the same time. The results? Only BelindaGong showed a connection to me. Ofcourse, BelindaGong is a separate person who lives with me. And while I never denied any connection to her (no one asked), it's true I did not want it to be known for various reasons, and I pretended to not know her in my interactions. However, even though I tried to hide a connection, the user checked exposed it. It did not expose MikaM or Kecik. Why? They were all checked at the same time. One would logically expect that if they were my puppets they would have also been discovered along with Belinda, who I did not want it known I was connected to in some way. Since my desire to have this connection hidden failed, then so would any others who were checked at the same time. Why would I use different methods at the same time? The edits occur both both users and myself not only at different times and at the same time that I edit, proving its not me going to different locations was argued. Lastly, with these editors, while I do agree support my POV, this is not proof they are not separate people, or have any connection to me in real life. Infact, I have discovered we do not always agree, either, and we do not edit all the same articles, nor to they come to my assistence at times you'd think I want to use them if I were the puppet master. In anycase, I have never had any socketpuppets, and for Timothy and AnnH to keep making this charge on talk pages, on noticeboard, and anywhere I post, stating their belief as it it were an established fact is both wrong and disruptive, esp. suspect given their POV conflicts with me, although I have to assume good faith. Laslty, I note that AnnH brings up the issue of a perm block for these users when they already left Misplaced Pages on their own accord about half a year ago, after the uncivil and insulting treatment they recieved at her hands, calling Freethinker a "meatpuppet" and blocking him without any warning. And, Belinda, I still can't convince to come back until she is able to prove herself as a real, distinct individual, who AnnH denied is even possible (despite my wiling to fax ID's. etc). I guess that some people still think that women who are married are not allowed a separate existence apart from their husband's.Giovanni33 12:56, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Kenaz9 reported by User:Cyberjunkie

Previous version reverted to: 10:26, 31 May 2006
1st revert: 16:11, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 17:17, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 17:27, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 17:49, 31 May 2006
5th revert: 18:04, 31 May 2006
6th revert: 18:28, 31 May 2006
7th revert: 18:38, 31 May 2006

Reported by: cj | talk 09:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Blocked both User:Kenaz9 and User:Adam Carr for excessive reverts, please use dispute resolution instead of edit warring. .:.Jareth.:. 09:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:DreamGuy reported by User:Asatruer

Previous version reverted to: 23:42, 2006 May 28
1st revert: 02:04, 2006 May 30
2nd revert: 03:53, 2006 May 30
3rd revert: 04:00, 2006 May 30
4th revert: 22:52, 30 May 2006

Reported by: Asatruer 13:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: 4th revert of Oblivion reference included in a batch of NPOV corrections

Decline. First, please use diffs and not just revisions so we can see the revert. Second, removal of link once in all that copyediting doesn't constitute reverting. If he's reverting to a previous version there, I'm not seeing it. .:.Jareth.:. 13:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the links. I corrected them to diffs. The edits are not exactly the same, but there is some consistancy in items in how they are changed and removed. For the 3RR the "reverts" do not have to be exact, do they? Asatruer 15:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, got it now, but the last edit seems to have been a while back. I'd suggest attempting some dispute resolution. .:.Jareth.:. 15:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Ed_Smith reported by Reported by: 64.12.117.12

1st revert: 14:34, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 14:35, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 14:35, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 14:36, 31 May 2006

Reported by: 64.12.117.12 14:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours; appears to be vandalism. .:.Jareth.:. 14:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Greier reported by User:Khoikhoi

Previous version reverted to: 19:12, 28 May 2006
1st revert: 14:33, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 14:41, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 14:45, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 15:15, 31 May 2006

Reported by: —Khoikhoi 15:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Please check his block log. The last time he was blocked for 3RR was for 3 days, interestingly enough, it expired only half a day ago. —Khoikhoi 15:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked. Since this is the 8th unique block for the same disruption, I've upped to a month. If another admin feels that's a bit much, feel free to adjust. .:.Jareth.:. 15:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

You should unblock him. He is innocent. --Preacher, or Princelet 15:33, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked indef since checkuser suggests this is block evasion. .:.Jareth.:. 15:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Ahwaz reported by User:Bidabadi (result: no 3RR violation, no block)

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert: 16:28, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 16:36, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 16:51, 31 May 2006

This is another malicious attempt to get me blocked. I have not broken 3RR in this article. There is no fourth revert.--الأهواز 17:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

This user has repeatedly blanked content on this page without any discussion on the talk page: and . Now he has put up a POV tag on the article , but has not explained why on the talk page.--الأهواز 17:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment:User:Ahwaz has been previously blocked for violating 3RR. Bidabadi 18:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

There is indeed no fourth revert shown here. I have decided this user should not be blocked based on this report. I am taking no stand on any alleged vandalism, however. --Yamla 19:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Ed Poor reported by User:Ashenai (result: no block)

Previous version reverted to: 14:30, 30 May 2006
1st revert: 14:52, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 14:58, 30 May 2006

Version reverted to: 15:29, 30 May 2006
3rd revert: 15:52, 30 May 2006

Version reverted to: 16:20, 30 May 2006
4th revert: 16:24, 30 May 2006
5th revert: 16:32, 30 May 2006 (not an exact revert)

Reported by: Ashenai 19:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I have not included several reverts by Ed that could be understood to be vandalism reverts or minor reverts with community approval (restoring innocuous sections lost in the edit war). Ed was warned about 3RR, but accused us of "baiting" him. He then proceeded to continue the edit war today, and is on the edge of a second 3RR violation today. Please note that it is difficult to tell exactly which of his edits are reverts, as he tends to add modifications to his reverts, and reverts to various versions, not always the same one. The reverts listed should be sufficient to establish the fact of the 3RR violation, however. --Ashenai 19:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

That was a nasty edit war, with many individuals (debatably) in violation of 3RR. The article has now been protected, and as blocking is a preventitive measure rather than a punitive one, I don't see a need to block for this offense. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Butchpenton reported by User:Ladlergo (result: 12h)

Previous version reverted to: 00:17, 31 May 2006
1st revert: 00:21, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 14:59, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 16:07, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 17:18, 31 May 2006
5th revert: 20:07, 31 May 2006
6th revert: 21:15, 31 May 2006

Reported by: Ladlergo 21:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Originally posted the following: 00:04 31 May 2006, but changed slightly. However, it was shortly after modified to the version that has been reverted to since then. Ladlergo 21:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
User has knowlingly violated 3RR, even after receiving a warning. Ladlergo 21:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Clear enough. 12h as first offence William M. Connolley 21:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:195.93.21.5 reported by User:Jhamez84 (result: no 3RR violation)

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert: 00:43, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 19:17, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 20:58, 31 May 2006

Reported by: Jhamez84 21:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: A stubborn and unregistered user keeps making a minor edit so that this article says that the town of Royton is within the seperate and neighbouring town of Oldham - it is not, Royton is in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (see the respective articles for verification). The motive of this kind of edit is unclear, but it just isn't factual and encyclopedic! I've tried to make this aware to them and also warned this user about the 3RR here. I believe a temporary block is appropriate here along with some kind of warning which should hopefully in turn halt this.... vandalism! Thank you, Jhamez84 21:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Not a 3RR violation. You only list three reverts (and that's all that has been done), not the four required for a violation. Additionally, the three reverts span 44 hours, thus are not confined within the 24 hours for a 3RR violation. --Yamla 21:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

My apologies, I misread the dates - I suspect however I will be providing a follow up here about this user(inclusive of a fourth revert within 24 hours) shortly... Thanks for the swift response however, Jhamez84 21:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Ec5618 reported by User:PinchasC (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 02:54, 31 May 2006
1st revert: 03:06, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: 05:56, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 13:25, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 18:00, 31 May 2006

Reported by: PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 00:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I am posting this to notify the community that I am blocking this user for 48 hours for this 3rr violation. This is this users 3rd 3rr violation. PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 00:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocked reduced to 24 hours as this user's 2cd 3rr violation block appears to have been a mistake. --PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 10:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User seem to "own" this page to fit his political POV. there are actually more violations of 3RR not listed above. Is anyone blocking him cause he is not blocked despite the notice on his talk page Zeq 04:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Looks blocked to me William M. Connolley 08:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Pantherarosa reported by User:Paul Cyr

User:Pantherarosa

Pantherarosa (talk · contribs):

Previous version reverted to: 03:48, 29 May 2006
1st revert: 20:08, 30 May 2006
2nd revert: 03:36, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: 15:37, 31 May 2006
4th revert: 17:20, 31 May 2006

Reported by: Paul Cyr 00:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

User keeps removing sock puppeteer tag. Paul Cyr 00:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'm a little confused here as there are no accounts in Category:Suspected Misplaced Pages sockpuppets of Pantherarosa. I agree that he reverted in excess of three times, but I question if placing the tag on his userpage was perhaps, as he claims, baseless. At the same time, those tags should only be removed if they are in bad-faith. Let me go scan WP:ANI, as you said there was relevant discussion there, and see if I can get to the bottom of it. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
  - Ah, sorry for the confusion. The categories were recently renamed due to some consensus at some vote thing, the page is here: . The blocked puppet was here: User:Abdulrahman Jaffer Al Zadjali. Although the blocking admin did not have enough evidence to publically accuse Pantherarosa, it is self evident. Basically, both accounts were created in the midst of my dispute with Pantherarosa which began attacking me, with Abdulrahman Jaffer Al Zadjali posting supportive messages on Pantherarosa's talk page. At the very least, there is enough evidence for Pantherarosa to be suspected of being a puppeteer. As for the discussion on AN/I, it was more a sub-discussion of a larger issue: . Right now I've been trying to get some admin involvement given Pantherarosa's actions, but it wound up on AN/I because of conduct by the admin on WP:PAIN which I feel was inappropriate. In the mean time, Pantherarosa has been reverting the tags even after I refered him/her to the discussion on AN/I. Paul Cyr 02:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
    - User:Abdulrahman Jaffer Al Zadjali has been blocked as a sockpuppet, but the blocking admin stated he would not speculate to whom the sockpuppet belonged. Contact the admin who blocked the puppet and ask him to add the tags to User:Pantherarosa, or you can request a CheckUser; but until an admin or a CheckUser confirms him as a sockpuppet master, I'd say it best not to tag his account. Making a couple of edits as an IP does not really count as sockpuppetry, at least not in my mind. I'm not going to administer any blocks or place blame anywhere--please just leave his userpage alone for now until you have sufficient evidence to support your claim. If you'd like to continue this discussion, please do so on my talk page, so as not to clog up the 3RR noticeboard. Thanks. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
      - I understand your point, however, you said At the same time, those tags should only be removed if they are in bad-faith., since you are not blocking Pantherarosa for violating 3RR, do you feel that me placing the tag was in bad faith? Paul Cyr 02:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
        I don't believe they were placed in bad-faith (otherwise I would be blocking you), but rather that there was a severe lack of communication. You believed it correct to tag his account as a puppet master believing you had sufficient proof, and he disagreed with your reasoning and reverted, believing your actions to be in bad-faith. In either case neither of you was attempting to be disruptive in my opinion. I'm also not saying that I disagree with your reasoning for believing him to be guilty of sockpuppetry, just saying there isn't conclusive proof either way as of yet, and blocking on these grounds would just add more fuel to the fire. If you would like for me to file a CheckUser for you, I'd be glad to, and if that turns up positive, then there will be no problem tagging his userpage and blocking him if he reverts the change. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
        If you could that would be great. Hopefully (s)he doesn't know about proxies ;) Paul Cyr 03:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Vlatkoto reported by User:FunkyFly (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: Revision as of 23:09, 11 May 2006
1st revert: Revision as of 07:16, 31 May 2006
2nd revert: Revision as of 17:31, 31 May 2006
3rd revert: Revision as of 17:46, 31 May 2006
4th revert: Revision as of 01:28, 1 June 2006

Reported by: /FunkyFly.talk_ 05:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

The user persistently inserts claims that ther person is Macedonian, without citing sources. He self-admittedly edits from 194.141.39.2., has been blocked 3 times already for violating 3RR and has been warned about the current case. /FunkyFly.talk_ 05:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

24h William M. Connolley 08:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:212.138.64.176 etc. reported by User:Timothy Usher (result: 24hr range block)

Previous version reverted to: 07:03, 1 June 2006
1st revert: 07:13, 1 June 2006
2nd revert: 07:17, 1 June 2006
3rd revert: 07:56, 1 June 2006
4th revert: 08:35, 1 June 2006

Reported by: Timothy Usher 08:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: This suspected sockpuppet of User:Flashmorbid has been adding unsourced, highly POV material to the article, and refuses to engage on the talk page despite requests. In addition to the sockpuppet template, nearly all his addresses...

...have warnings of one sort or another. Most recently, he has been warned again about WP:3RR . I think it’s time to block the range.Timothy Usher 08:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Blocking the range 212.138.64.172/29 (212.138.64.172 - 212.138.64.179) for 24 hours as a first violation. If further anons nearby that range pop up and continue reverting, let me know. AmiDaniel (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

This user has returned as User:Falso to revert again.Timothy Usher 18:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Appleby reported by User:Commonsenses (result: 48h, unblocked for rvv)

Previous version reverted to: 19:25, 31 May 2006
1st revert: 00:02, 1 June 2006
2nd revert: 04:51, 1 June 2006
3rd revert: 05:18, 1 June 2006
4th revert: 14:50, 1 June 2006

Reported by:Commonsenses 15:34, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Oh no, not again... 48h William M. Connolley 15:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a little bit of a mess. Appleby says he was rvv, and since Liancourt rocks redirects to Dokdo I'm accepting that William M. Connolley 20:34, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:For great justice.

Previous version reverted to: 06:43, 1 June 2006
1st revert:08:10, 1 June 2006
2nd revert:08:28, 1 June 2006
3rd revert:08:30, 1 June 2006
4th revert:11:44, 1 June 2006

Reported by: Tom Harrison 16:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Your report is peculiar. The first revert is at 8:10 to a version created at 8:28? I'll look into this anyway, but the report is somewhat malformed. --Lord Deskana 17:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
I did, indeed make these reverts - but only of Tom's reverts. I repeatedly asked him to explain his reverting, leaving messages in the comments and on his talk page. Immediately that he stopped his unexplained reverting, the situation resolved. For great justice. 17:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Not at all; your fourth revert was to my version, undoing the work of User:Algr. Tom Harrison 17:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- That was not a revert of the material you were edit warring about, that was the removal of Algr's POV mongering. For great justice. 17:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
  - "Previous version reverted to" is irrelevant in some cases, as 3RR doesn't require you to have reverted to the same version, just reverted four times. --Lord Deskana 17:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
    - Which makes the  instruction rather pointless. AnnH ♫ 17:17, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
      - And people wonder why users create malformed 3RR reports. The instructions are confusing and muddling for less experienced users. Perhaps we should fix this... anyway, back to the case. --Lord Deskana 17:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours. --Lord Deskana 17:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm a bit puzzled — there seems to be an indefinitely-blocked user For_great_justice (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (no sign of contributions, but they may have been deleted), and now there's this one For_great_justice. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) note the full stop (or don't Americans say "period"?) at the end. I was thinking of increasing the block of For great justice. (just to 48 hours) because of his abusive comments on his talk page, but I'm wondering now is he a reincarnation of a banned user. AnnH ♫ 18:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I normally just ignore personal attacks directed at me, especially by blocked users: taking action normally just fuels the attacks, and if I ignore them when they can only edit their talk page, it normally frustrates them more! Perhaps checkuser to establish the link between For_Great_Justice and For_Great_Justice. ? --Lord Deskana 19:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think a checkuser would be any good, as For great justice has no visible contributions. Also, s/he was blocked nearly four months ago, so there might not be any technical evidence available. AnnH ♫ 22:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:AlexPU reported by User:Kuban Cossack

Previous version reverted to: 15:59, 1 June 2006

1st revert: 19:08, 1 June 2006
2nd revert: 19:16, 1 June 2006
3rd revert: 19:21, 1 June 2006
4th revert: 20:13, 1 June 2006

Reported by: Kuban Cossack 20:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Comments: Basically the editor continues to insert his heavily POV-laid version repeatedely (each time changing a few words to avoid 3RR. Including some extremely offensive edit summaries including:

And on the talkpage including an explanation for his articles ] and describing a whole community as I mean Russians rampage Ukraine-related articles on a daily basis but don't care a fuck about their own country articles. Weird, pervert shauvenistic priorities

Previously has been blocked for uncivility and has been reported (though not blocked) a second time here. If not block for 3rr can someone please teach this teenager a thing or two about civilised behaivour.--Kuban Cossack 20:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocked. Alex has had more than enough warnings by now. Dmcdevit·t 20:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:8bitJake reported by User:FRCP11 (two violations) (result: 48h)

Previous version reverted to: 15:32 May 31
1st revert: 19:08 June 1 (mislabeled as "restore consensus version")
2nd revert: 19:42 June 1 and 19:24 June 1
3rd revert: 19:57 June 1 and 20:05 June 1
4th revert: 20:23 June 1

Comments: 8bitJake was barred 24 hours on May 31 for reverting the same Henry M Jackson 8 times in a 24-hour period; he's deleted the administrator warning and penalty from his Talk page, and I'm told his talk page history has deletions of several other warnings and penalties. This time around, he's giving dishonest descriptions of his reversions, adding miscellaneous (and usually inappropriate) text, and breaking his edits up into multiple edits to make it more difficult for administrators to notice the violation. -- FRCP11 21:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Reported by: FRCP11 21:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Second violation by User:8bitJake

Previous version reverted to: 19:57 June 1
1st revert: 20:26 June 1
2nd revert: 20:43 June 1
3rd revert: 21:08 June 1
4th revert: 21:47 June 1

Comment. He's also started a new revert war relating to whether there should be a subarticle about Patty Murray's political positions in the Henry Jackson article. -- FRCP11 21:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 48 hours as a fourth offense. Resumed edit warring immediately following expiration of previous block on the same article. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:00, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Inigmatus reported by User:RandomP (result: No 3RR violation, no block)

Previous version reverted to: 16:48, 1 June 2006
1st revert: 16:57, 1 June 2006
2nd revert: 18:40, 1 June 2006
3rd revert: 22:34, 1 June 2006
4th revert: 23:50, 1 June 2006

Reported by: RandomP 00:21, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: This is not, as far as I can tell, vandalism, but it does make it impossible for anyone else to edit the article, at least according to my reading of WP:3RR

These do not, as far as I can tell, appear to be reverts on his behalf. It seems to me that User:Inigmatus is making unique edits to the article which are then being reverted by User:RandomP. A violation of WP:3RR is reverting more than three times, not introducing more than three edits that are reverted. No block from me, but please try to contact the user and discuss the matter. Do not revert any further. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Tony_Sidaway reported by User:Chcknwnm

Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Tony Sidaway 3

Previous version reverted to: Version with his preference on everyone's signature
1st revert: 08:52, June 1, 2006
2nd revert: 09:53, June 1, 2006
3rd revert: 14:33, June 1, 2006
4th revert: 15:15, June 1, 2006

Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for comment/Tony Sidaway 3

Previous version reverted to: Version with his preference on everyone's signature
1st revert: 00:48, June 1, 2006
2nd revert: 01:15, June 1, 2006
3rd revert: 01:58, June 1, 2006
4th revert: 02:29, June 1, 2006
5th revert: 02:31, June 1, 2006
6th revert: 02:34, June 1, 2006
7th revert: 09:33, June 1, 2006
8th revert: 10:17, June 1, 2006
9th revert: 13:25, June 1, 2006

Reported by: Ch u ck 05:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Tony has been performing partial reverts on both this RfC and it's accomanied talk page. He continues to revert to a version that does not contain signatures that he is displeased with. He is admin, and therefore already aware of thr WP:3RR. Ch u ck 05:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I've reviewed every one of the diffs you provided, and no where have I seen Tony reverting to an earlier version, let alone reverting four times in 24 hours. His actions are, by all accounts, disruptive, and others have been blocked in the past for modifying others' comments; however, there is no 3RR violation here. I also think it would be a rather bad idea to block Tony from being able to respond in his own RfC without a very good reason. You may try copying this post to WP:AN/I to see if any other admins would be willing to block for disruption, but I'm not going to. Sorry. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

It was worth a try. Note: I'm not out to get Tony blocked, but to try to alert him to stop changing our sigs. Every other alternative, besides a block has been explored. I thought that his revisions would fall under being partial reverts and thus qualify for 3rr, guess I was wrong. to AN/I I go. Ch u ck 06:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, complex partials maybe--I don't know; not enough for me to block. In boldface, the 3RR policy is "repeatedly undoing anothers actions is bad," which I think could likely be considered the case here, but in any case it's probably better suited for AN/I, where more admins and others will comment, even if it is within the margins of the 3RR policy. I'd still argue, however, that any block would be based upon disruption (specifically WP:POINT) rather than 3RR, and that blocking him from responding to his RfC is something that should be avoided. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with AmiDaniel- if a block is warranted, it's for disruption. Let's not worry about 3RR. Friday (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Obviously none of the above reported actions were either disruptive or in breach of the three revert rule. Refactoring, which does involve removing unnecessary noise from a userpage, is not disruption. --Tony Sidaway 13:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Zora reported by User:Pecher (result: 12h)

Previous version reverted to: 08:19, June 1, 2006
1st revert: 08:25, June 1, 2006
2nd revert: 10:26, June 1, 2006
3rd revert: 20:41, June 1, 2006
4th revert: 20:45, June 1, 2006
5th revert: 01:42, June 2, 2006

Reported by: Pecher 07:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: The 3rd revert was still a revert, even though the user did not mark it as such in the edit summary because the edit involved a re-insertion of the words "may have been", as it was the case with several other reverts. Zora is aware of the 3RR rule because she was already blocked for its violation. Pecher 07:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. 12 hours should do. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Bazzajf reported by User:Vashti 12:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Previous version reverted to: 11:32, June 1, 2006
1st revert: 13:25, June 1, 2006
2nd revert: 14:38, June 1, 2006 (technically not a pure revert, but adding the questioned tag back again)
3rd revert: 09:27, June 2, 2006
4th revert: 10:27, June 2, 2006
5th revert: 11:02, June 2, 2006
6th revert: 12:59, June 2, 2006
7th revert: 13:27, June 2, 2006
8th revert (after initial report): 14:49, June 2, 2006
9th revert: 16:12, June 2, 2006
10th revert: 16:17 June 2, 2006

Reported by: Vashti 12:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Can we have some help here, please? At least three editors have been reverting him for two days, and despite his continually referring us to the discussion, he's plainly not reading it himself as no other editors agree with him. This is my first 3RR report, sorry if I messed it up any. *peers at the template* Vashti 12:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Bazzajf has now also taken to altering my user page to push his POV, and reverting repeatedly there, too: , , , . --Stemonitis 14:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Right to Reply I find this mildly disturbing. All I am doing is questioning the neutrality of a section in the article and in doing so, asking them to refer to the discussion page where we can discuss our point of views, hardly a gross act of reversion vandalism, if I am reported for re-inserting a neutrality mark on the article, then liekwise there are others guilty of taking it off 3 times in 24 hours, this strikes me as the lamest excuse to report someone ever, if you are unwilling to argue the points and just go pleading to administrators, it is a very sorry situation, in fact I feel sorry for you. Why don't you try reporting people who engage in gross acts of vandalism rather than wasting your time and being petty in reporting someone whose only wish is to discuss a topic and pursue my rational point of view. Please stop being so petty and channel your frustrations and energies effectively.

You aren't demonstrating any desire to discuss, you're just insisting on your questionable point in spite of references and against every other editor working on the article. Please stop.

I shall report you if you continue this charade, how can you say "You aren't demonstrating any desire to discuss" when everytime I use a neutrality mark I refer people to the discussion page where i have written several paragraphs supporting my view, I think the citation offered is very spurious and that is why i contine questioning the neutrality of said section until the section I am objecting to is objectively qualified and please stop using sockpuppets to support your petty point of view. Can I suggest to the administrator that this disruptive contributor Vashti be suspended for 24 hours so as to teach them to stop being so belligerent and offensive not to mention disruptive. Bazzajf 14:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Vashti 13:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, vandalising my user page is not likely to get you taken seriously. Vashti 13:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

To be fair, I plead guilty to that, that was merely a friendly jibe in order to to ease the tension that you are carrying into what were previously in any case, calm rational discussions.Bazzajf 14:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

If you believe that I'm using sockpuppets, you should most certainly report me. I encourage you to do so. Vashti 14:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't be as belligerently-minded as your good self and I don't let things that I have no control over bother me. You need to channel your energies effectively, you strike me as being full of bitterness with little to offer. Keep the chin up hey and if you need someone to confide in, feel free to drop me a line Bazzajf 15:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Bazzajf has been blocked for 24 hours by Nlu for Personal attack, vandalism. Wales was this morning already full-protected by me due to the edit war. -- Kim van der Linde 08:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Nescio reported by User:217.235.210.168 (result: 24h)

User:Nescio

Nescio (talk · contribs):

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Reported by: 217.235.210.168

Comments: He entered discussion shortly, but then decided to use the direct approach.

Bit odd, but 24h William M. Connolley 13:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

In all fairness, User:Nescio was discussing it on the talk page at the same time 217.235.210.168 reverted back the second time. Discussion was nowhere near exhausted when 217.235.210.168 chose to report. Nescio has a strong record of contributions to many articles and no record I know of of bad faith editing. This block might have been technically within policy, but I think it was premature. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 08:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Premature block in my opinion too. User:Nescio is an experienced editor with a positive history of contributions. While the block is within policy, would have been good if there was discussion with Nescio prior to block. -- Samir धर्म 11:31, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:John Beyer reported by User:Scott Wilson (result: 3h)

Previous version reverted to: 13:29, 12 May 2006
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:
5th revert

Reported by: Scott Wilson 13:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Removing anti-mediawatch-uk external link. Username is the same as director of that organisation - an e-mail has been sent to mediawatch-uk to see if it is an imposter.
Still at it; has made a fifth revert.

Bit of a shame you didn't warn him... still, he can have 3h William M. Connolley 15:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Subwaynz reported by User:Llort (result: 24h, also for Lemonus)

Previous version reverted to: 19:31, May 31, 2006
1st revert: 03:07, June 1, 2006
2nd revert: 03:38, June 1, 2006
3rd revert: 19:31, June 1, 2006
4th revert: 00:43, June 2, 2006

Reported by: Llort 14:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: This user tried this tactic before on Wushu and was blocked for it.

By me, too. well he can have 24h again, as can Lemonus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who would have got something for incivility even if he hadn't also broken 3RR William M. Connolley 22:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Zdravko mk reported by User:FunkyFly

Nikola Karev

Previous version reverted to: Revision as of 03:00, 31 May 2006
1st revert: Revision as of 02:21, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: Revision as of 12:20, 2 June 2006
3rd revert: Revision as of 12:30, 2 June 2006
4th revert: Revision as of 12:41, 2 June 2006

Lazar Koliševski (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: Revision as of 06:23, 26 May 2006
1st revert: Revision as of 12:21, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: Revision as of 12:41, 2 June 2006
3rd revert: Revision as of 12:50, 2 June 2006
4th revert: Revision as of 12:55, 2 June 2006

Reported by: /FunkyFly.talk_ 16:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

The user has been removing the fact that Lazar Kolisevski's parents were Bulgarian and has been inserting the claim that Nikola Karev is Macedonian. He has been warned for potentially violating 3RR. /FunkyFly.talk_ 16:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Blatant; clearly knows what he is doing. 24h William M. Connolley 22:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Ed Poor reported by User:ScienceApologist (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 08:25, 2 June 2006
1st revert: 08:34, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: 10:14, 2 June 2006
3rd revert: 11:44, 2 June 2006
4th revert: 14:13, 2 June 2006

Reported by: ScienceApologist 21:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Please see Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Ed Poor (2) for examples of previous violations less than a week ago. --ScienceApologist 21:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Agree entirely. This is now the second 3RR violation I've seen by Ed in two days; the last one went without a block as the article was protected instead. This time I think 24 hours is more appropriate. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Andries reported by User:Goethean (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 16:00, 2 June 2006
1st revert: 16:11, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: 16:16, 2 June 2006
3rd revert: 16:23, 2 June 2006
4th revert: 16:41, 2 June 2006

Reported by: — goethean ॐ 21:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Goethean is as guilty as I am. And in other respects he is more quilty because he posted off-topic messages on article talk pages in violation of wikipedia:talk page. Making announcement on talk pages of various articles to recruit people who share your POV to push your POV on another article is, I think, inappropriate. Andries 21:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I did not originally post the messages. I merely undid Andries' deletion of the announcements. I am not aware of any policy that supports Andries' actions. — goethean ॐ 22:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, he's entirely right as far as 3RR goes. I'm afraid that, in order to be fair in these instances, it's going to be necessary to block you as well. I apologize, but that's the way it goes. You both reverted each other four times--that's 3RR both ways. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Same situation at Talk:International Society for Krishna Consciousness. — goethean ॐ 21:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I think twenty-four hours should do, though if he agress to stop, I'll remove the block. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:201.209.104.7/User:G.ELIECER/User:Guillen reported by User:Kimchi.sg

Previous version reverted to: 2006-06-01 08:35:48 (UTC+8) (as Guillen)
1st revert: 2006-06-02 07:58:57 (as G.ELIECER)
2nd revert: 2006-06-02 08:15:59 (as G.ELIECER)
3rd revert: 2006-06-02 08:20:02 (as G.ELIECER)
4th revert: 2006-06-03 07:49:29 (as 201.209.104.7)

Reported by: Kimchi.sg 00:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Guillen has already been blocked for a week (though I'll likely lengthen the block) for excessive disruption, G.ELIECER was blocked earlier today as a proven sock, and 201 was blocked for 24hrs for disruption/evading a block. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:For great justice. (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: multiple
1st revert: 14:20, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: 14:26, 2 June 2006
3rd revert: 15:55, 2 June 2006 - removed "The Apollo moon landing hoax accusations are not technically falsifiable since...", added by User:ScienceApologist here
4th revert: 17:00, 2 June 2006 - removed "Like many conspiracists, hoax believers work from..." added by User:Tom harrison here
5th revert: 18:55, 2 June 2006
6th revert: 00:45, June 3, 2006

Reported by: Tom Harrison 00:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC) Additional report by: Algr 07:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

User:For great justice. immediately began disruptive edit-warring as soon as he returned from his previous 3RR block. With a series of straight reverts mixed with complex partial reverts, and hostile edit summaries, he has attempted to rewrite the article against consensus. Today's edit history is long and complex, and I could be wrong. I'd suggest that the admin not rely on my report, but also look carefully at the edit history. Tom Harrison 00:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- Agree: User:For great justice. performed multiple reverts demanding references that were already present, and would not discuss the problem of the article straying from topic. (too much NASA, not enough Accusation.) Essentially, he was trying to turn the article into the kind of page it is supposed to be discussing. Algr 07:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, 24h William M. Connolley 07:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Ilir_pz reported by User:C-c-c-c

Commments

This user keeps on constantly revertingthe "Serbian topics" user box in the Demographic history of Kosovo page, he has not broken 3RR per say, but he has reverted almost 10 times in the last little while. , , , , , , , ,. This user cannot agree with neutral editors on the other pages, such as Kosovo. The page is currently protected, and the user is disagreeing with two uninvolved neutral editors who do not agree with his nationalist POV, here. he is against users Osli73, Reinoutr, Ahwaz, all uninvolved neutral editors. C-c-c-c 04:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Decline. If the editor hasn't broken the 3RR, we can't do much here. Please try some of the steps in the dispute resolution process. Shell 06:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

However, if you read 3RR page, the following is written: The three-revert rule is not an entitlement, but an "electric fence"; the 3RR is intended to stop edit wars. It does not grant users an inalienable right to three reverts every 24 hours or endorse reverts as an editing echnique. Persistent reversion remains strongly discouraged and is unlikely to constitute working properly with others. The fact that users may be blocked for excessive reverting does not imply that they will be blocked. Equally, reverting fewer than four times may result in a block depending on context.

If a user makes sufficient reverts, 9 in this case, it may get them blocked. He has again, reverted 9 times, and not just based on what one user wrote, but multiple users. He is persistent, and unwiling to cooperate, as is obvious. Either protect the page or block him, but considering that he will probably be POV pushing on other pages, such as Kosovo, I would suggest that a small break from Misplaced Pages should be in order for this user. C-c-c-c 06:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

someone is back from a long break? :) ilir_pz 10:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Too bad you're blocked :)) Cheers. C-c-c-c 18:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment: C-c-c-c claims that ilir_pz is "against" me. I do not agree - I might not agree with everything he says, but I do not think he is against me. So don't put words in my mouth. There is, in fact, a great amount of incivility directed against him and a lot of vandalism to the Kosovo article, which I feel ilir_pz is attempting to stop. If admins paid attention to this and other examples of disruption by those editors opposed to ilir_pz, then perhaps the situation on the Kosovo page would become more tolerable. But as it stands, making arbitrary judgement against one and not another editor involved in an edit war will not solve anything. However, I am not surprised by the level of bias among admins on this issue. It is clear that most admins are not capable of balanced judgement.--الأهواز 16:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment: What I meant Ahwaz was that everyone (the neutral editors) agreed that Kosovo is a UN administered province in Serbia, but it is only Ilir_pz who does not agree with this. C-c-c-c 17:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, but I do not consider ilir_pz to be against me - he is just taking a certain position. Disagreeing is not the same as being against an editor. I am more equivocal on the editorial dispute as the whole issue is fraught with uncertainties and doubts - that is primarily the reason for the debates on Kosovo's status in the international community! I would prefer it if people didn't put words in my mouth or portray me as against any side in that editorial conflict. As you say, I am neutral.--الأهواز 17:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Ilir pz again

Three revert rule violation on {{Kosovo}}. Ilir_pz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log):

Previous version reverted to: 01:05, May 21, 2006
1st revert: 09:39, June 2, 2006
2nd revert: 10:30, June 2, 2006
3rd revert: 12:54, June 2, 2006
4th revert: 20:25, June 2, 2006

Reported by: E Asterion 10:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

User has also been reminded about WP:OWN and WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox policies.

I encourage the admin to take a close look: The reverts are not done on the same text, last two differ from first two. Regards, ilir_pz 11:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

That does not matter. Reverts do not really need to be of the same part, as long as something is reverted. You can still self-revert as I advised you. E Asterion 11:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I changed the content, for God's sake. That is not the same as reverting. You seem to not know the difference. ilir_pz 11:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

You still removed a province of Serbia and Montenegro. It does not matter whether you changed the wording from entity to province later on. You still reverted previous edits to remove this fact. This is obviously a 3RR+ case. E Asterion 12:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Revert warrior with a history. Blocked for 24 hours. --InShaneee 17:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:UniverseToday reported by User:William Pietri (result: 12h)

Previous version reverted to: 00:11, 3 June 2006
1st revert: 00:36, 3 June 2006
2nd revert: 01:16, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 06:07, 3 June 2006
4th revert: 06:33, 3 June 2006

Reported by: William Pietri 06:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

See also this user's entry at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_investigation#New_requests. --William Pietri 06:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

12h William M. Connolley 07:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

In fact, as shown at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_investigation#New_requests, there is good evidence that this user has made several additional reverts to this article and others using a handful of sock puppets. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 07:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE: This username and another one were indefinitely blocked as sock puppets of another previously indefinitely blocked username; see Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_investigation/Archives/2006/06#Registered_users. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 02:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Thameen reported by User:Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg

Previous version reverted to: 18:16, 1 June 2006
1st revert: 17:36, 2 June 2006
2nd revert: 14:35, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 15:11, 3 June 2006
4th revert: 15:50, 3 June 2006

Reported by: Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 16:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: User:Thameen has repeatedly reinserting extreme pov in article despite being asked politely not to multiple times.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 16:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Response from Thameen I have been facing a problem from the Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg. Whenever I make any edit to the article Child_suicide_bombers_in_the_Israeli-Palestinian_conflict He will immediately RV my edits. I asked him many times for cooperation and discussion of my edits. He never offered any cooperation. The only way I could do some sensible edits is to ptotect myself by RV. plz help me.

Content dispute. Blocked for 24 hours. --InShaneee 17:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:GDP reported by User:Getcrunk

Three revert rule violation on Misplaced Pages:Romanian Wikipedians' notice board. GDP (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log):

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:
5th revert:

According to User:Anittas (who was the other participant in the edit war), User:GDP is a sock of User:Bonaparte, a banned user. (see )

Reported by: getcrunk juice 16:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

When I was told on my talk page I stopped. See here http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk%3AGDP&diff=56678529&oldid=56678442 --GDP 16:43, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

False accusations won't bring you credibility. You reverted my work, as if I'm not allowed to make an archive. Why? --GDP 16:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I've notified the two users involved. -- getcrunk juice 16:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I am confused as to the nature of this statement? Is it directed at me? -- getcrunk juice 16:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

No. It was for User:Anittas.--GDP 16:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

There's more information and comments at User talk:Getcrunk. -- getcrunk juice 17:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Anittas (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and GDP have both broken 3RR, so can have 12h each. If anyone has decent evidence that GDP is indeed a banned sock, then perhaps A deserves to be unblocked... not sure William M. Connolley 21:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I am not aware of the details regarding this particular conflict between Anittas and GDP, however I can say that I don't consider GDP's edits to be made in good faith. He constantly edited the article Romania, and changed the GDP per capita to irrationally high amounts and would not cease until much later despite of ample evidence being provided that his position was not plausible. He also substituted his GDP and HDI map (the first found on his user page) for the actual maps on the List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita, and the only changes that he made to this map was to increase Romania's status and virtually double that of Moldova. I suppose I have also been guilty of 3RR, however I was under the impression that there was no real factual dispute as he stubbornly added the same alogical data and I suspected him of being a sockpuppet of Bonaparte. Vox Populi (TSO) 01:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg reported by User:Thameen 17:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC) (result: No 3RR violation, no block)

Three revert rule violation on Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Moshe-Constantine_Hassan_Al-Silverburg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log):

Previous version reverted to: 16:55, 3 June 2006

1st revert: 10:18, 29 May 2006
2nd revert: 14:15, 1 June 2006
3rd revert: 19:36, 1 June 2006
4th revert: 18:58, 2 June 2006
5th revert: 15:07, 3 June 2006
6th revert: 15:46, 3 June 2006

Reported by: Thameen 17:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I tried to add some NPOV to the above article but was each time RVed by User:Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg

Six reverts in six days? That's funny indeed. Pecher 17:24, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

There is no 3rr violation here. --PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 01:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:CltFn

Three revert rule violation on Muslim. CltFn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log):

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Reported by: --a.n.o.n.y.m 17:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments

All reverts in one hour and over same paragraph. Was warned and blocked for actions like these many times before. --a.n.o.n.y.m 17:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours. pschemp | talk 18:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Pecher / User:Anonymous editor

User:Pecher reported by User:Faisal

Previous version reverted to: 18:11, 3 June 2006
1st revert: 11:15, 3 June 2006
2nd revert: 16:34, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 17:18, 3 June 2006
4th revert: 18:11, 3 June 2006

Reported by: Faisal 18:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: This user has been banned twice because of 3RR (see his blocking log) violations and I have not reported him at least once. He keeps pushing his view on the articles. Is wikipedia failing in stopping him from not having more than 3 edits per-day? Please take some strike action that makes him stopped from continue violating 3RR. Thank you. --- Faisal 18:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The first edit difference here was not a revert, but rather an addition of content to the timeline subsequently removed by User:Anonymous editor. Pecher 18:42, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

How can the previous version reverted to be the same diff as the purported fourth revert?Timothy Usher 18:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

It probably goes without saying that this report is without merit. Pecher 19:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I am still not sure that if it is a false report. However, if it is then I am sorry. I will read WP:3RR again to better understand it and next time will be more careful. --- Faisal 23:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The problem is actually pretty simple. The "previous version reverted to" must actually be a previous version, not a duplicate of the last diff.Timothy Usher 23:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Anonymous editor reported by User:Pecher

Previous version reverted to: 07:40, June 3, 2006
1st revert: 16:42, June 3, 2006
2nd revert: 17:22, June 3, 2006
3rd revert: 18:11, June 3, 2006
4th revert: 18:26, June 3, 2006

Reported by: Pecher 18:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: The first revert related to edits by User:Yom in the intro concerning whether Muhammad was the founder or a "major figure" in Islam. The second and thord revert were removals of a sourced paragraph in the "Conquest of Mecca" section. The fourth revert was a re-insertion of the word "some" before the word "hadith" in the "Family life" section; Anonymous editor has already made the same edit during the day 17:24, June 3, 2006. Pecher 18:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

AmiDaniel has now protected the article so blocking is moot. I've trimmed the over-enthusiastic discussion. Please dont bloat this page, it gets long enough as it it William M. Connolley 21:43, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

In the now-editted discussion above, Anonymous editor wrote, "Funny since I didn't even check the earlier versions while making my first edit.", a claim repeated when he wrote "However, the first edit is neither undoing anyones work, it's my own edit and I don't see how anyone could interpret that as a revert. "

Let's compare these two versions:

Earlier version:"Muhammad is a major figure in Islam. Muslims believe that he was God's final prophet, to whom the Qur'an was revealed. Non-Muslims consider him to be the founder of Islam."23:25, 1 June 2006
AE’s revert: "Muhammad is a major figure in Islam. Muslims believe that he was God's final prophet, to whom the Qur'an was revealed. Non-Muslims consider him to be the founder of Islam."16:42, 3 June 2006

It would seem that these versions are identical What is the chance that Anonymous editor "didn't even check the earlier versions while making first edit"? Is there any way to avoid the conclusion that Anonymous editor has knowingly lied to all the editors reading this noticeboard?

If his violation of 3RR isn't itself enough to merit a block, this certainly is. He's entitled to a defense, but not a dishonest one (much less one that personally attacks other editors, as Pecher has noted above).Timothy Usher 19:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The page is now protected, so 3RR blocking is irrelevant. If you have other problems, take them otherwhere. --jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 21:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to have to agree with pecher and timothy and argue in favor of a block. Although I generally disagree with the idea that 3RR blocks should be punitive, I do agree that in some case like when a violator refuses to acknowledge his wrong, a block is necessary to underscore the consequences of such a violation.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 22:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:SqueakBox / User:Wangi reported by User:wangi (result: 12h for both)

Previous version reverted to:

Reported by: wangi 22:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Basically is "BB" simply the generic Big Brother (disambig page), or the more specific Big Brother (UK), and if so, why not the many other TV series (and the original book) too? /wangi 22:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

If you look there were not more than 2 reverts on my part, less than the 3 Wangi made. Someone else has now found what i hope to be a compromise solution. BB refers to the tv programme, which I have sourced. Wangi refuses to source his incorrect claim that BB also refers to Big Brother in other contexts and needs to back up his unusual claim with sources rather than revert sourced material, SqueakBox 02:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Despite this report not being in the correct format, I do count four reverts from both of you. SqueakBox has had 3RR violations in the past; thus, his block should be longer. However, to be fair, I'm going to say 12 hours for both. Please refrain from edit warring when the blocks expire. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:216.15.48.10 reported by User:RWR8189 (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 17:38, 3 June 2006
1st revert: 10:09, 3 June 2006
2nd revert: 13:31, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 16:46, 3 June 2006
4th revert: 16:48, 3 June 2006
5th revert: 18:09, 3 June 2006
6th revert: 18:10, 3 June 2006
7th revert: 20:10, 3 June 2006
8th revert: 20:11, 3 June 2006

Reported by: RWR8189 02:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Anon user refuses to recognize Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages), or explain his edits in any way.

24 hours for an exceptional number of reverts in 24 hours. In the future please provide diffs in the place of versions. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Cvene64 reported by User:138.130.217.135

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert: 11:21 3 June, 2006
2nd revert: 00:56 4 June, 2006
3rd revert: 1:25 4 June, 2006
4th revert: 2:41 4 June, 2006

Reported by: 138.130.217.135 03:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Cvene64 refuses to leave the page alone. He/She repeatedly undoes edits that I place on the page claiming that they are unbacked, even though there are 3 exterior links supporting the addition to the article (sexual abuse scandal at the school). This is some sort of bad faith revert attack.

Hello all. I reverted this contribution on two occassions; as I though it was vandalism. My third edit was to remove the sub-heading, and simply remove the info that was not covered in the references which were eventually supplied. My fourth edit came when this user pasted the old info back in (I'm not sure if he/she knew that it was already there - so I removed the doubled up info). The fifth edit was the same deal. My next edit was the same. This person is out of control; leaving threats/demands on talk pages, going around raving on about how people will face consequences, calling admin "bullies", insulting me on my talk ("unfair" and "detrimental" person), etc etc. I explained my actions in some of the edit summaries; these were ignored. Cvene64 03:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the question to ask is why you reverted the contribution? you did not explain yourself save for a few words in the edit summaries. you say that the references are too brief. well, not the third one. that's about 400 pages long. I have no idea why you continue this nonsense. (btw, all of the information above is accurate and is not falsified. this cvene64 has breached the 3RR). Why is it vandalism? because you classify it as such? are you accusing me of posting threats on wikipedia? that is a horrible thing to say, and I am deeply offended. all i did was say that by removing my additions, you were a vandal, and that I would report you as such (any honest wikipedian would do the same). I am quite annoyed (as anyone would be) that my contributions are simply 'wiped' off the face of wikipedia again and again. did anyone bother to go to the talk page for the Brisbane Grammar School article and see my reasons for adding the section i did? did anyone care to post in the discussion page their reasons for removing my contributions? no, and that is the sad thing. cvene64, you have breached the 3RR policy, and I am posting on this noticeboard because of that. You have not even bothered to send me a message longer than a line saying why you keep removing my article addition. I think this is unfair and unjust. that is why i am here; not because i have some compulsion for arguments, but because that section is justified in being on the Brisbane Grammar School article. --138.130.217.135 04:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:CreoleMe reported by User:Pentb (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: [http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Mulatto&diff=56778223&oldid=56778147 06:29, 4

June 2006]

1st revert: 01:58, 3 June 2006
2nd revert: 03:04, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 03:08, 3 June 2006
4rth revert: 03:42, 3 June 2006
5th revert: 03:48, 3 June 2006
6th revert: 05:08, 3 June 2006
7th revert: 05:08, 3 June 2006
8th revert: 12:00, 3 June 2006
9th revert: 02:29, 4 June 2006
10th revert: 02:31, 4 June 2006
11th revert:06:29, 4 June 2006
12th revert:09:07, 4 June 2006

Reported by: Pentb 08:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: User CreoleMe continues to repeatedly massdelete numerous links to relevant sources as well as external websites which contradict what seems to be his personal opinion. He repeatedly deletes well documented and well researched passages of text and doesn't even take the existing content into account but just deletes. He also takes plagiarized textpassages from the following Website: and adds them under the title "mulo vs. muwallad" without establishing a logical connection of how these passages fit into the context and without quoting the source. If somebody corrects this he just puts the plagiarized text passages back in. By throwing in these text passages he deliberately misleads people by making it seem as if muwallad as the etymological origin of mulatto depends on muladi which is however not the case. The sources quoted, which he deleted with the excuse that they are original sources in spanish (mulatto being of spanish origin) attest that mulatto was not derived from muladi but that both mulatto and muladi share an analogous etymology: muwallad.

He makes misleading edit summaries intended to make it look like others vandalize when in reality he deletes several large portions of text as well as links to sources and websites. This becomes especially clear here: 03:08, 3 June 2006. He also severely attacks and insults people who don't share his views in the talk section. He disrespects others by calling them "mules". In the talk section it becomes clear that a while ago users had already problems with CreoleMe's vandalizing of pages. In addition he goes even further and doesn't respect Misplaced Pages policy by simply repeatedly taking the page protection out and putting his version back in. see 06:29, 4 June 2006

Pentb

A not inconsiderable mess. I've blocked CreoleMe for 24h, maybe that will help. If anyone else reviews this, I suspect Pentb may be at fault too William M. Connolley 12:25, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:CPRice reported by User:Ibaranoff24

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Reported by: Ibaranoff24 16:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I've repeatedly asked this user to provide a valid source of the claims he makes, but he links only to an unofficial weblog. Internet blogs are not a valid source of information.

BLOCKED 24h. `'mikka (t) 19:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Constantzeanu reported by User:`'mikka (t) (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 21:08, 4 June 2006

The only difference is the replaced image, which is a nonimportant change in the context of reverts.

21:46, 4 June 2006
22:25, 4 June 2006
22:32, 4 June 2006
22:48, 4 June 2006
In fact, there was even a previous revert: 11:57 vs. 21:08 of June 4 here, but I am too lazy to redo the difs w.r.t. the still earlier version. `'mikka (t) 19:04, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Seems a fair cop (unless any of the "I was reverting Bonaparte" is true)... 24h William M. Connolley 19:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:For great justice. (result: 24h)

Previous version reverted to: 16:45, 3 June 2006
1st revert: 13:29, 4 June 2006
2nd revert: 12:30, 4 June 2006
3rd revert: 10:18, 4 June 2006
4th revert: 14:32, 4 June 2006 - a partial revert, removing "a collection of urban legends suggesting...", which I added here:
5th revert: 14:49, 4 June 2006

Reported by: Tom Harrison 19:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

After his return from his second 3RR block on this page, the user immediately reverted, and then continued editing where he had left off. He seems determined to have he page his way. Tom Harrison 19:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

This is simply bogus. These are not reversions. They are edits made after discussion on the talk page. Tom is the only one reverting discussed edits without explanation, in an attempt to bait people into reverting his (unexplained and POV) edits. Edits are not 'reverts' if they are in line with concensus and discussion on the talk page, otherwise the 3RR rule would be a 3 edit rule. For great justice. 19:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No, not bogus at all. 24h William M. Connolley 20:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:C-c-c-c reported by User:ilir_pz

Previous version reverted to: 21:52, 3 June 2006
1st revert: 23:03, 3 June 2006
2nd revert: 23:06, 3 June 2006
3rd revert: 23:21, 3 June 2006
4th revert: 23:36, 3 June 2006

Reported by: ilir_pz 23:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Clearly this is a violation of the 3RR rule. Within a time-span of 33 mins the user reverted the article 4 times. The user kept adding a speculation, by alternating the citation from the source for serving his POV, and refused to listen to the hint that he is violating the 3RR. Furthermore the user is carrying a similar edit-war on the naming of the parts of the article. ilir_pz 23:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I put in different information each time. Each time Telex disagreed with me, I put in a new version to see whether he would agree. And the "warning" made by Telex is directed Vigank, not me. If you look in the history page you'll notice that Vigank broke the 3RR rule, and not me. He kept on changing Priština to Prishtina throghout the article, even thought the article is called Priština. How could I have broken the 3RR rule if this "supposed" 4th revert was made after I was warned of having broken the 3RR rule already? This is clearly an attempt to exact revenge for me as this user was blocked for 3RR just yesterday on Template:Kosovo, and has been called a "revert warrior" by admin InShaneee, here. I put up complaint on this page about his 10 or so reverts on Demographic History of Kosovo over a few days. C-c-c-c 23:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

the hint by Telex was for you, quoting him he said "rv to Telex - it gives a selective version of events (you've violated the 3RR btw)" hinting that the source you are alternating the meaning of, was saying something different from the source you were citing, but you kept refusing. Vigank kept reverting the naming of the city, not the content of that citation. I am not reporting you for that above. Anyways, it is not about the content that 3RR stands for, but for the times you reverted the exact article. Regards, ilir_pz 23:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No it wasn't, quoting you "4th revert: 23:36, 3 June 2006 ". This is where I supposedly broke the 3RR rule. But this edit is right after Telex edit, where it says rv to Telex - it gives a selective version of events (you've violated the 3RR btw). Where you claim Telex warned me about having broken the rule. So before you said I broke it on "3rd Revert:23:21, 3 June 2006, and then you say that I actually broke it here 23:36, 3 June 2006 . Telex comment is right above this edit, where Vigank broke the 3RR. Some flaws in your argument don't you think? C-c-c-c 00:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment: User has self-reverted to previous signed user's version. E Asterion 00:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Quite some lawyer :). Let the admin decide. ilir_pz 00:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

You were offered the same choice before, which you decided to ignore. There is no need to be uncivil here, thanks. E Asterion 00:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Ilir, since you're so keen on getting me blocked help me out with some physics, since you offered remember. I won't be able to ask the geniuses at the reference desk if I get blocked, and I've already asked them for help on a problem yesterday, so I come to you!!! Okay here it goes: In the high jump the KE (kinetic energy) of an athlete is transformed into gravitational potential energy (PGe) without the aid of a pole. With what minimum speed must the athlete leave the ground in order to lift his centre of mass 2.10m and cross the bar with a speed of 0.70m/s? Assume 0.80 as the starting centre of mass. Also please refrain from personal attacks as you did above, it may get you blocked. C-c-c-c 00:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment: I am not editing (jet) this article, but I read it almost every day, just to see what’s new. And I can also say that User:C-c-c-c managed to break the 3RR although as he/she claims, he/she is taking a wikibreak. This user even reverted the article at least 4 times. This is a clear case to me. --Mig11 00:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment: Actually if you look at what I wrote, I gave different options to Telex and he/she rejected them all. I didn't push POV but everytime he/she said something was wrong with it, I changed it to meet their "demands". I even quoted the article. Unfortunately Telex still found it didn't agree with their POV. C-c-c-c 00:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

User:RevolverOcelotX reported by User:YINever

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Reported by: YINever 00:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: User has been making many reverts to this and other articles and gives no indication that he is going to stop. Bizarrely, he has been leaving templates on other user's pages for infractions he is himself guilty of making. YINever 00:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

This user has also been repeatedly warned and even blocked for 3RR infractions in the past. See User_talk:RevolverOcelotX for many examples. YINever 00:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently User:YINever has been in a long edit war with User:PatCheng over at The Epoch Times article. User:YINever is now resorting to deletion of warnings from his talk page. See User talk:YINever. --RevolverOcelotX 00:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted nothing. I am fully within my capacity to reorganize my talk page as I see fit.

Furthermore, this does not address the user's clear violation, an article in which "PatCheng" has now rescued "RevolverOcelotX" by reverting yet again. YINever 00:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently this user feels he has the luxury to post multiple successive retaliatory templates and plaster them as he sees fit on my own talk page. YINever 00:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

User:YINever has deleted warning from his talk page many times. He keeps on trying whitewashing the The Epoch Times article by deleting properly sourced content and is in a revert war with User:PatCheng at the The Epoch Times article. He keeps reverting without attempting to reach consensus. RevolverOcelotX 00:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay, that answers my question. YINever 00:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

YINever has been amply warned before, yet he keeps reverting The Epoch Times article and deleting his warnings. There is no sign of YINever to stop reverting BOTH The Epoch Times article and his talk page warnings. He seems to be a new user with an intent on reverting to fit his POV. See his talk page. RevolverOcelotX 01:03, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

He can't even keep a story straight. I haven't been reverting The Epoch Times since the report because I was at my limit, but he keeps putting more and more templates on my page to troll me. So far he has failed, and PatCheng has already been blocked. Yet, this account remains free even though he is clearly breaking 3RR and has now been making bad vandalism reports. YINever 01:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I suspect YINever is a sockpuppet of User:65.33.167.138 who has once again reverted The Epoch Times without discussing the changes. There has been a VERY long revert war at the The Epoch Times which YINever and his suspected sockpuppets have been engaged in. RevolverOcelotX 01:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

That IP is from Florida. I am from West Virginia. Have fun proving this. YINever 01:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

There has been MANY revert war edits in The Epoch Times article by YINever who blatantly refuses to discuss his edits. ALL the other users that were engaged in this revert war were all new users who keep deleting the sourced information from The Epoch Times article. I suspect User:Freereader, User:Web spy killer, and User:65.33.167.138 are the Sockpuppets of YINever. RevolverOcelotX 01:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin comment - The 3RRR is filed incorrectly, as Revolver reverts John Smith to the version by Giovanni and then does so three more times - he didn't revert to the John Smith version. However, there is definitely a fourth revert. The reverts are identical except that Chinese Communist Party is used instead of Communist Party of China, and that "Mao Tse-Tung" is used in addition to Mao Zedong. In the spirit of

User:YINever reported by User:RevolverOcelotX

Previous version reverted to:
1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Reported by: RevolverOcelotX 00:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments: User:YINever has been making many reverts to The Epoch Times article and many other articles and gives no indication that he is going to stop. He has been warned for such for this and other infractions he is guilty of making. User:YINever is also repeatedly deleting warning from his talk page. --RevolverOcelotX 00:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently this user is time-challenged, considering those edits do not occur within the allotted period. YINever 00:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Repeating his misdirection above and providing no explanation of how this is a violation. YINever 02:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

YINever have violated the 3RR rule on The Epoch Times article with his sockpuppet which is User:65.33.167.138. I suspect that User:YINever is a likely sockpuppet of User:Freereader, User:Web spy killer, User:65.33.167.138, and User:141.153.74.246. They are all new accounts with a history of edit warring over at The Epoch Times article. See here where User:YINever used his sockpuppet to violate the 3RR: --RevolverOcelotX 03:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

There is no merit to the RFCU anymore than this report. Apparently his strategy is simply to dilute every reporting page with enough accusations that no one will wish or bother to respond to anything out of sheer bewilderment. --YINever 03:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It is clear that User:YINever is a sockpuppet of User:Freereader, User:Web spy killer, User:65.33.167.138, and User:141.153.74.246, and possibly User:TJive which User:YINever is using to bypass the 3RR rule. See here for evidence of User:YINever violating the 3RR. --RevolverOcelotX 03:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

So is anyone going to attempt to sort through this insanity? Or just leave it all unremarked? YINever 03:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It is now clear that User:YINever is a sockpuppet of User:TJive and has used it to repeatedly violate the 3RR. I hope an administrator takes the appropriate action on these violations. --RevolverOcelotX 03:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Note that the first part of this assertion has no bearing on the report, and the latter remains unproven. YINever 04:00, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It has already been proved that User:YINever is a sockpuppet of User:TJive. See this: . And here is where suspected sockpuppet of User:YINever, violated the 3RR. --RevolverOcelotX 04:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

In other words, you have "proof" for something I readily admit and transfer this into "proof" of a violation concerning a completely separate user and issue. Sad. YINever 04:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

How can you deny that User:65.33.167.138 is not another one of your sockpuppets? User:65.33.167.138 has the same editing patterns as you and broke the 3RR at The Epoch Times article when User:YINever was at the limit for breaking the 3RR. See here: where he reverted to your version. --RevolverOcelotX 04:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

How can you deny that

Because it isn't true? Have you anything at all to suggest otherwise? No. YINever 04:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

User:65.33.167.138 has the same editing pattern as User:YINever. See here: --RevolverOcelotX 04:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Can an administrator block User:YINever's account and sockpuppet accounts for 3RRV, or do other steps have to be taken? --RevolverOcelotX 05:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

A good first step would be me violating policy in the first place. For an example, see the above section. YINever 05:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Here is evidence of User:YINever using his sockpuppet to violate 3RR. See here: --RevolverOcelotX 06:00, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin comment - no 3RR, they are not within 24 hours of each other. Dismissed.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Stefanp reported by User:Cfvh

Previous version reverted to: 19:23 June 4, 2006
1st revert: 20:23 June 4, 2006
2nd revert: 20:32 June 4, 2006
3rd revert: 20:55 June 4, 2006
4th revert: 21:11 June 4, 2006

Reported by: Charles 00:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Stefanp's edits, before the presented "previous version", are shown to be repeatedly disruptive and inflammatory and now have become slight. I feel his edits are vandalism because he is removing more neutral ways to explain Radu Duda's monogram and downright stating that he has no right to bear his monogram, which is pictured in the article. A previous editor warned him of the 3RR, so he changes which areas he edits and then comes back to edit again. He states that any change to the material he inserts is vandalism. I think he needs a time-out. Charles 00:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Charles's edits constitute vandalisms, as they clearly disregard the text of the decree I posted in the Discussion page, which constitutes the basis of my edits, which he obviously dislikes and which he has thrice reverted. He brings no counter proof, no source for his edits, while ignoring my source. His present report is, therefore, fraudulent and is meant to cover up his vandalisms. Stefanp 01:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

67.0.72.247 reported by Zetawoof

Previous version reverted to: 04:34 June 5, 2006
1st revert: 04:55 June 5, 2006
2nd revert: 05:02 June 5, 2006 (to a slightly different version)
3rd revert: 05:06 June 5, 2006 (to the earlier original)
4th revert: 05:10 June 5, 2006
5th revert: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=REALbasic&oldid=56951891 05:13 June 5, 2006]

Return of a persistent troll. Zetawoof 05:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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