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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Daniellagreen 01:28, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

I hope you have good holidays. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 01:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Gernatt Asphalt Products

There was a previous decision at AfD that Gernatt Family of Companies should be redirected to a section of the article on the founder. You have just constructed an article on one of the companies, which would certainly seem to have been included all the more in that community decision that a separate article for the companies was improper. I have therefore redirected it also.

I warned you previously about editing in this subject area. I have been active enough in this that I can personally take no administrative action against you for this, but that will not prevent any other administrator from acting with respect to obvious promotionalism and very probable conflict of interest. DGG ( talk ) 01:33, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Permit me to add my complete agreement with DGG's concerns. Unfortunately your track record here is one that has caused a number of experienced editors to seriously doubt your ability to edit any article where the subject has anything to do with the Garnett Family in an unbiased and non-promotional manner. To which end I respectfully request (I have no personal authority of any kind) and urge you to refrain from any future editing on this subject. If you ignore this request, and the identical one made by DGG, I believe it is very likely that the next time you engage in promotional or POV editing on this subject you will be asked to defend yourself at ANI. I sincerely hope this will not be necessary. Please accept my best wishes for you and yours in the new year. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:44, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

I would like to endorse the previous remarks by DGG and Ad Orientem. I have been observing your edits for quite a while, and I agree that you are well-advised to cease all editing related to the Gernatt family, broadly construed, and including all businesses, charities and educational institutions that they are associated with. We have millions of other articles that you can edit productively. Cullen Let's discuss it 07:13, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Gernatt Asphalt Products is an internationally known and major US company that can stand on its own. I doubt any of you even checked the additional, new references that I added that support this. Gernatt Asphalt Products is more known than Gernatt Family of Companies, which original article title could have been changed to Gernatt Asphalt Products with some other revisions. I would also like to reply that everyone's comments have no merit, and are baseless and incorrectly judgmental. I have repeatedly stated that I have no connection in any way with this family, their companies, whatever. I simply attempt to do a service to our readership by including information that is relevant and notable, as reflected by the new references that I added. All of this just appears to me that no one is interested to take another look with an unbiased perspective. Again, too bad for this organization. I figured you guys would axe it and get on my case again because no one can review it with a fresh perspective. And again, articles related to this company are not the only ones that I edit. Don't pigeon hole me into something that I'm not. One day, you'll see and likely be quite surprised at how wrong you are. More hours down the drain - when will I learn? I will have a happier new year to remain uninvolved here. Later, Daniellagreen 02:42, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

"Gernatt Asphalt Products is an internationally known and major US company that can stand on its own." That statement shows that you have lost all perspective and are incapable of editing productively on any article containing the word "Gernatt". These companies provide asphalt, sand and gravel to their paying customers in western New York state. That is an honorable, legitimate business but utterly trivial in the grand scheme of things. These are not major companies, and are "internationally known" only to the extent that the internet enables people to know lots of trivial things all over the world. Please try to gain some perspective. Cullen Let's discuss it 03:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

And yet again you edit in this area, despite not addressing legitimate concerns about your relationship with the Gernatt family. I ask again - if as you say you have no relationship to them (indeed you claim never to have met them), how can you have uploaded photos of them that you say you have taken? If you expect me to review the issue with a fresh perspective, please answer that question. Until you do so, I think there is a legitimate cause for concern. Thank you. Harry the Dog WOOF 09:27, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

All of you appear to desire for me to "out" myself, and by keeping my reasons to myself, I plead the fifth on this issue. Even if I exposed my true identity here - which is against Misplaced Pages policy - and explained my reasons, those of you who have repeatedly attacked me on this issue likely would not believe me anyway, would blame me, and would stick with your incorrect judgments anyway. I know how the world works. I have been made guilty when I am innocent. You all can think what you like, as I have repeatedly explained that I have no connection with this family. It is you all who have made the focus of my work on this family, for which I have repeatedly defended myself. To me, it has just become an issue of harassment and cyber bullying. I came here to create and contribute, not to be involved in petty issues that all too many of you have created, which really leads me to believe that some of you have nothing better to do than create and maintain conflict, including by not adhering to your own policies. Because you have already judged me, and judged me incorrectly, what further need is there for me to explain anything additional if none of you who are my accusers will not view the issue with a fresh and unbiased perspective anyway? Further, I have stated before, this is not the appropriate forum to go into the issues that you would like me to, and therefore, I will not. For you all, the issue appears to be about winning and being right (even when you're not), but it's really about how you play the game. It's unfortunate that people have to play dirty just in order to edit on Misplaced Pages. Shameful. Daniellagreen 14:40, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

It's a simple enough question to answer. You should be able to do so without outing yourself. There are legitimate ways that you can come into ownership of copyright of photos without having taken them yourself. You can state how that happened without going into any great detail. I have kept an open mind and supported you in the past, but your refusal to address this issue makes that more and more difficult. No one is trying to out you or prove themselves right. We are trying to protect the reputation of Misplaced Pages as an impartial source of information. This means that someone with a conflict of interest must declare it if they wish to edit articles on that subject. You have said many times you have no COI - indeed any connection with the family. Yet claiming photos such as this and this as your "own work" is at odds with that assertion. As I have said to you before, this is not about you. It's about the integrity of Misplaced Pages. You have a choice. You can either explain the discrepancy or accept that the concerns are legitimate - and stop editing anything to do with the Gernatt family. Harry the Dog WOOF 14:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Just a note to Harry. Re: "There are legitimate ways that you can come into ownership of copyright of photos without having taken them yourself" -- the term "Own work" on a photograph file on Misplaced Pages/Wikimedia indicates that the uploader took the photograph him/herself. It does not mean "I own this work", but rather "This is my own work" (same as for illustrations, etc.). I hope that clarifies matters. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 00:38, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, hence my comments about it not being possible for them to be Daniella's own work if she has never had any contact with the family. I am trying to give her the benefit of the doubt by asking whether she thought it meant own in the sense of a possesion ("I own this work"). If that is the case, then as I say she needs to say that and explain how she comes to own the copyright in those photos. She should be able to do that without outing herself if she really has no COI. And she would need to change the licence on the photos. For now I am keeping an open mind, but if she really did take those photos, or come into ownership of the copyright in a way that suggests a COI, then we do have a problem. Harry the Dog WOOF 10:32, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

To me, this has become an issue of micromanagement and which my head is being beaten against the wall by others doing the micromanaging. First, the issue is about notability, now it's about photos. What the heck? I don't get what you're trying to prove here. I can take photos and still have no contact or connection with these people. As I've stated before, if there is such an issue with integrity, it is one that you all have created and exaggerated. I have attempted to do a public service which has been repeatedly undone. As I've stated in my comments in the section below, I've been made guilty when I'm innocent. I'm the one with the integrity here. Go beat someone else's head against the wall. These petty issues that have been "created" get in the way of Misplaced Pages's "integrity." It can be taken at face value and accepted, or repeatedly challenged and disbelieved, as has continued to occur, unnecessarily. So, I say again, make it what you want it. I regret ever contributing anything here. I wish I never had, and I wish it could all be removed - all of what I've created. It is embarrassing to say that I'm a member of this group exactly because of this type of treatment I've continued to experience. Misplaced Pages is a dictatorship, not an organization based on fairness. This is not what I signed up for, and is not worth it to me. Birds of a feather flock together; I'm not part of that flock. I truly hope things will improve here. They need to. Later, Daniellagreen 01:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Warning on Promotional and POV editing

Daniellagreen there are a significant number of experienced editors who are familiar with your editing history, and your defense of said record, and who find it incompatible with the guidelines and policies of the project. I have neither the time nor any interest in further debating this with you. You have been repeatedly cautioned on this and have been asked not to edit on this subject by multiple editors of considerable standing, because you cannot do so in a neutral and non-promotional manner. I repeat that request again. However, if you choose to ignore this request, please be aware that you are courting a topic ban. This is the last time I am going to address this issue outside of ANI. Please regard this as a formal and Final Warning. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:45, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Again, I have been made guilty when I am innocent. Misplaced Pages is an organization that does not adhere to its own policies, and in effect, is a place where anyone really cannot edit. You have judged incorrectly, creating an unnecessary situation. And, no, I have not been "asked," but it has been demanded of me and I have been treated as if I am some child who has no rights and cannot think for myself. It is extremely disappointing the lack of cooperation and support that could be employed to better resolve this matter rather than a series of threats due to demands of compliance and control, which are completely unnecessary. If respect and compliance is what is desired, then it must be provided, rather than threatened about with punishment. The only difference between my accusers and I is that I think differently, and if I must be put on trial and punished for that, then the poor reflection is really on you all who do so. I have never experienced so much harassment and cyber bullying in any online organization as I have here, by you who are such highly-esteemed, experienced editors and by you who seek to further the issue to the point of shutting me down, which is really your ultimate goal of power and control. No surprise there in this highly male-dominated organization. Rather than point fingers at and blame me, some real improvements are what is actually necessary to make it kinder and more user friendly for everyone, not just those whom you wish to keep. It's really not worth it to me. I'd get the same from watching a soap opera; this unnecessary drama is not what I'm here for, but is what I continue to experience en masse. I do have a solution, however, because my latest post was actually your last opportunity to view the topic with a fresh perspective. Because it was not and because it was removed without even following policy, I will take such information elsewhere to perform my public service. The actions experienced regarding these issues have repeatedly proven to me that there is too much anger, rigidity, and inflexibility for any of you, my accusers, to even consider a different perspective. If this is what you wish to focus on, that is your choice, and ultimately, the reflection is on you all. Daniellagreen 14:40, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Tracking Edits

To Softlavender: Why do you insist on tracking me and my edits? I must say it seems obsessive to the point of harassing on your part. Do you have nothing better to do? Daniellagreen 01:13, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

. If you want to remain under the radar, you'd probably do better if you didn't advertise your own edits on your user page. The fact that you announce every single article you edit every single month on your userpage, and have on your userpage a running history of every single contribution you have made since nearly the day you joined Misplaced Pages, makes it appear as though you are not here to build an encyclopedia, but rather to promote your editing. Softlavender (talk) 01:47, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Softlavender, You have been the one and only person who has had any issue about how I arrange my userpage, and to use that and blame me for what you're doing is immature and does not take responsibility for your own actions. You must admit that, since the July fiasco concerning Carrie Archdale, you have been the one and only editor who has tracked, stalked, and harassed me regarding what I create and/or edit. That fact that you do it under the radar and I have not reported you for it speaks to your getting away with it. I feel that if that's what floats your boat, then to each their own, however I find it freaky and inappropriate. I've asked you before to stop, and you have not. You have clearly stated that I am not welcome on Misplaced Pages and have invited me to leave. I have refused. So, if this is your way of "pursuing" me and continuing to try to get me to leave, I certainly will not. The fact that I have not done the same to you speaks much more about my character and endeavors here than what I have experienced in your actions toward me. Next to Carrie Archdale, you have been the next most stalking and harassing person to me. I again request that you cease and stop blaming me as the victim for what you, yourself, are doing. Daniellagreen 23:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

I think you are confusing or conflating me with a lot of other editors, Daniella, because what you say is not true. As in the past, you haven't heard what people have been saying to you for many months on this talk page and in other venues. Please read the link I posted in my reply above. To quote another editor in response to you in another of dozens of similar situations, since you have ignored every word I wrote, as also the well reasoned comments by other concerned and highly experienced editors, instead opting for histrionics, I see no point in continuing this conversation. Softlavender (talk) 00:33, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Softlavender, It is you who has continued the histrionics since the Carrie Archdale issue in July. Personally, I don't really care what people say about me. It's obviously their problem and their issue. The issue here is your tracking, harassing, and stalking of me and my edits on many articles that I have either edited and/or created. Again, next to Carrie Archdale, you have been the editor who ranks second on my list for doing this. There is no confusion, but only you again attempting to divert the issue by making it into an entirely different issue, which is not the issue. You obviously get your thrills out of doing this. For the third time, I ask that you cease, stop following me, stop tracking me, stop coming to my user page and talk page, and avoid any and all pages that I edit and/or have created. Simple as that. Let's see if you can do it. My guess is probably not as you are unable to perceive your obsession regarding me and my work here. Please stand down as your tracking and stalking of me and what I edit is inappropriate to say the least. Daniellagreen 20:32, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Daniellagreen within limits you have the right right to ask other editors to refrain from posting on your talk page or user page, however you do not have the right to tell editors to stay away from any article you work on. Please see WP:OWN. If you believe you are being stalked or hounded you may request intervention via the Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. However, before going there I would STRONGLY encourage you to read WP:Boomerang.

To my fellow editors, I respectfully suggest that further discussion here is pointless. We have gone as far as possible and perhaps it is time to just move on and let events take their course per WP:ROPE. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:59, 15 January 2015 (UTC)