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Good luck! Ramallite 17:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

4 tildes... thanks, I was looking for how to do this. -SeattliteTungsten 17:28, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Israeli West Bank barrier

Hi - please read the no original research policy page. According to the page,

Original research is a term used on Misplaced Pages to refer to material added to articles by Misplaced Pages editors that has not been published already by a reputable source. In this context it means unpublished theories, data, statements, concepts, arguments, and ideas; or any new interpretation, analysis, or synthesis of published data, statements, concepts, arguments that, in the words of Misplaced Pages's founder Jimbo Wales, would amount to a "novel narrative or historical interpretation".

Creating a new chart and extrapolating data based on your own research violates this policy. Hope this helps. Ramallite 15:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I have read the no original research policy page but do not believe this is original research. See more details in IWBB talk page. SeattliteTungsten 21:27, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry I haven't responded yet - I still have a few points to address but I'll get to them as soon as I can. As for the chart, I was approaching it strictly from a scientist's perspective, in which data illustrating change, introduced in such a manner, would be immediately tossed out and the presenter would be disemboweled with an aluminium toothpick. But I realize now that this is how %GDP is illustrated, so you were right about that. I also agree that if we want to present information, we should do that as neutrally as possible. I still feel the text is a thinly veiled attempt to push a POV that the barrier actually improved the economy (which in my opinion would be something to be proud of, to have a recovering economy in the face of such adversity), but unfortunately we can't really introduce an original concept like that since it would be OR and also inaccurate. I also don't understand why you deleted the most recent reference to the actual GDP (2004) and replaced it with the older 2002. More later, I'll post on the discussion page itself as soon as I can. Ramallite 04:57, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Separation barrier

Is there any reason for cutting the link between articles Israeli West Bank barrier and Separation barrier? Gregkaye ✍♪ 14:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes. Please see discussion on separation barrier talk page. (Sorry- I do not mean to dismiss you but to move the discussion there. My Google research suggests that the English language term "separation barrier" does not have a generic meaning that is primarily a barrier separating people and that this meaning is used almost exlusively to refer to the IWBB. Among the definitions of "separation barrier" where the unqualified, generic meaning is "barrier separating people" this is, at best, the 4th or 5th meaning and not nearly the primary meaning.)

I changed it once and reverted once. By my count, you get another revert tomorrow but I won't complain if you change it back now. I won't be changing it again any time soon.

SeattliteTungsten (talk) 15:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I would be very interested to learn (and will congratulate you) if you can find and cite a source that defines the term "separation barrier" as "barrier separating people" that is not self-referential to the Misplaced Pages page. SeattliteTungsten (talk) 15:32, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you and have a wonderful day! SeattliteTungsten (talk) 15:33, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

StandWithUs

Thanks for your message. I'm sorry to see that your statement of respect for me on your user talk page was replaced with a condemnation of "loud-mouths" shortly after we had a conflict a number of weeks ago :) So as for ad hominem attacks, I have had enough experience with various editors (including the one in question, who insinuated that s/he thought I was "smarter than that" right on my talk page a few inches above where you left your comment) to safely declare when one's edits (and not personalities) are well-intentioned or not. Basically, when one gets on Misplaced Pages and commences to edit with the sole intention of delegitimizing or defaming the entire Palestinian people based on actions of a few, such a person clearly has an agenda in mind that I would not call "well intentioned". But then again, that's just me. Thanks again for your note. Ramallite 19:51, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

There is obviously some misunderstanding (or perhaps it's not that obvious). On the Talk:Israeli West Bank barrier page you wrote: "While well-meaning, this is not the best addition to this article". In my edit, I just disagreed with you that it was "well-meaning", that's all. So it was a response to you rather than a direct address to anyone else. Plus, my sentence was "I would hardly call adding propaganda sites like StandWithUs "well-meaning"". In other words, the act of using propaganda sites of the caliper of StandWithUs is something I do not consider well-meaning. Now, do you often go after people who you accuse of making personal attacks on other editors and confront them on their user pages? Or are you just, for whatever reason, focusing on lecturing me? If so, why just me? I'm really curious... Ramallite 06:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Active arbitration remedies - Israel/Palestine conflict

As a result of an arbitration case, broad editing restrictions apply to all pages broadly related the Arab-Israeli conflict. These sanctions are described at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles#Final decision and a brief summary is included below:

• Any uninvolved administrator may, at their own discretion, impose sanctions on editors working in the area of conflict who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, satisfy any standard of behavior, or follow any normal editorial process.
• Possible sanctions include blocks, bans and other editing restrictions.
• A one revert per twenty-four hours restriction applies to articles broadly related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, editors may be blocked without warning if they breach this restriction. See here for more information.

Zero 12:54, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

1RR

Hi. Your edits and constitute a plain breach of WP:1RR, simply in the first section (the lede). I request you revert it. -DePiep (talk) 23:27, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is 1RR breach by SeattliteTungsten. Thank you.

I don't want you to write on my talkpage any more. -DePiep (talk) 18:29, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Caution

Please don't antagonise or provoke other editors with comments like these, or edits like this, especially after an editor has asked you not to post on their talk page. It's only likely to aggravate a dispute and needlessly personalise it. Please remember that Misplaced Pages is not a battleground and that editors who conduct themselves in this way in the long term will likely be sanctioned, in this case under the provisions of discretionary sanctions. This caution is not a sanction per se, but I will log it on the case page, which means that it will be taken into consideration should you come to administrators' attention for this sort of conduct again. It is my sincere hope that that won't be necessary. Regards, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you.

The context of my comment -- which was made on an article talk page and not a user talk page -- is that (A) DePiep did not like one edit I made, (B) I stopped making edits briefly with the intention of discussing before editing, (C) I responded on the Talk page with discussion of the change, I disagreed with DePiep's view and expressed my own view, I proposed other related changes before making them, I explicitly solicited the input of other people to determine whether there was an area of consensus in advance of making the other changes; and (D) DePiep then stated that DePiep in the future would not "dive into this" which I understood to mean "not continue" ("not continue to discuss"? "not continue to edit"?] the particular subject matter on the particular page.

In response to DePiep's unsolicited description of DePiep's own future conduct I wrote, (E) "Your promise not to continue is accepted" and you have now asked me not to respond like this.

I am sorry that I appear to have been born without the gene that enables me to understand what is wrong with (E), why I should not accept (D), why I should not agree with DePiep's decision regarding Depiep's own future conduct, and why I should not write, "Your promise not to continue is accepted." This is mysterious to me, a failing which I fully accept about myself and for which I must occasionally apologize as I am now doing.

In the future, should somebody again state that they will not "dive into this" per your request that I not "antagonize" or "provoke" someone with the a response like, "Your promise not to continue is accepted" I propose that I instead respond, "OK." OK? 20:48, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Separation barrier

You need to read WP:OWN. Unfortunately you exhibit this behavior by reverting practically everything that you don't like. Zero 01:18, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment. I have read WP:OWN and I do not believe I own articles on Misplaced Pages nor do I believe I act like I do. For the record, I see a lot of content that I do not like and I do not revert so your statement that I revert practically everything I do not like is untrue. Sometimes, I even initiate changes that I do not like but that I believe are correct. Thanks. SeattliteTungsten (talk) 02:19, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Incidentally, your revert of my edit is your second within a 24 hour period and therefore is a violation of 1RR. I'll give you a brief chance to revert yourself so that I don't need to report you. Zero 01:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

I have checked changes I made recently and I do not believe I have violated 1RR. I see that I reverted your edit re: GPF once, not more than once, and I do not intend to revert it again anytime soon. If I am mistaken about this, please let me know. If you are mistaken about this, please count better. Note that it is now around 02:19 UTC, 23 September 2014 and if you are referring to any change made prior to 02:19 UTC, 22 September 2014, then I could legitimately change it now without violating 1RR so if this is the case then you would be simply wasting time. Thanks. SeattliteTungsten (talk) 02:19, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

This is a revert and this is also a revert. They were less than 4 hours apart. You are not permitted more that one revert per day in this article. I am preparing a complaint against you so you had better revert yourself quite fast if you want to preempt it. Zero 08:43, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

1. The two examples are from different sections and the purpose of 1RR is to prevent "edit wars" which means repeated restorations to the same text.
2. The first example is not a revert: it is an edit. Reversion is the act of restoring the text to a previous state. The first example is not an action that restores text to a previous state. It is an example of edits that created new text. The text I submitted did not previously exist in a previous version so it is not a revert. I made... (looks like...) eight changes to the section which were various types of changes including capitalization, links, singular/plural, word changes, paragraph break changes and additions of new text. None of these changes (to the best of my knowledge but I have not checked every previous version) previously existed. One of the eight changes involved restoring reference to BBC guidelines which I edited and substantially shortened down to fourteen words from significantly longer prior text. WP policy states, "The first and foremost alternative to reverting when you find you disagree with an edit is to find a third version of the text that incorporates at least some of the elements of the prior text and the current text." This is exactly what the first example does: a previous editor thought the BBC reference should be deleted; I incorporated some of this by deleting the majority of the original text; I kept less than the majority of the previous text. Hence, the action was editing not reverting.
3. It should be clear from the history of my edits that I do not engage in edit wars. I do not even believe I know how to use the "undo" or "revert" links. Why not just make the change you want?
4. If you were "preparing a complaint" against me in a United States federal district court or you were "preparing a complaint" to the file with the Securities and Exchange Commission that I thought would not be immediately dismissed and might cost money or otherwise harm me, I might be concerned. I am not sure what you hope to accomplish because I have no emotional or monetary investment in this account. SeattliteTungsten (talk) 10:24, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

I gave you much more opportunity to get out of this than I usually do. Your statement #1 is simply wrong. Your statement #2 is also wrong, and would be wrong even if you didn't yourself call it a revert in your edit summary. Your statement #3: I didn't just revert you back because I would have been violating 1RR myself. About #4, you can be blocked or banned from editing, but that is not up to me as I will be just the reporter. There is no point in responding more here, I will notify you where to write. Zero 10:46, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

The case against you can be found at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#SeattliteTungsten. According to the protocols of that page, you should only write in the section called "Statement by SeattliteTungsten". Zero 11:12, 23 September 2014 (UTC)