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::Been looking around (briefly) to try to find obvious contradiction to it though and there is a certain accuracy. Not encyclopaedic though--] ] 07:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


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::Right, not encyclopedic, blatantly POV, unsourced, and he did it twice. This is inexcusable for an experienced user, it's disruption, plain and simple. Of course, you do realize that edit triggered the uproar which you are blaming MN for, right? MN's response was misguided but it was not the root cause of the disruption. So if you are suggesting a long term ban for ''reacting'' to disruption, why are you not suggesting a similar ban for the original disruption? Especially given that the original disruption happened ''in article space'' where such edits really are potentially destructive, whereas the reactions occurred on talk pages and noticeboards -- why does the latter deserve a topic ban and the former gets (another) pass?
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::And let's examine the reaction: (1) He posted a vandalism warning -- really, how far is that edit from vandalism? It's not vandalism by the letter, perhaps, but it is highly suspect in that someone as ''intelligent'' and ''experienced'' as WMC could have believed that was a good edit. So was it vandalism? No. Could a relatively inexperienced user misinterpret it as such? Perhaps. (2) After some bickering, WMC brought it to the probation talk page. MN responded. Lar asked for diffs. MN provided them. Then WMC accused him of making a "backdoor request" and repeatedly (falsely) asserted that Lar never asked for diffs. Even if you want to call that a backdoor request, I still don't believe a good faith reading of this sequence rises to the level of disruption of the original edit. (3) MN raises a COI/N request against WMC. This was ill-advised, but WMC ''was'' adding suspect edits to an article about a book which mentioned him. Is this not a potential COI issue? KC closed that request and accused MN of "forum shopping", which apparently relies on WMC's (false) interpretation of (2) being a "backdoor request".


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::In addition to all this, MN had a formal ban from filing "compliants" against WMC, but I personally believed that this applied to the enforcement page only, and I think MN had the same belief when he went to COI/N (indeed, maybe the enforcement page only was Geni's intent in the first place, perhaps someone should ask them for clarification?).
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::So, in summary, what we have here is a series of poor decisions by MN, but they were not the root cause of the dispute, and his reactions can all be reasonably classified as bad decisions made in good faith. But the root cause was a disruptive edit in article space (twice) for which I cannot conceive a good faith reading.
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Bozmo, I thank you for the warning, and I'm going to take your advice regardless. However, I would like a little clarification on what you consider 'edit warring'. In this case, an editor reverted a claim, saying the source was non:RS. I started a discussion on the talk page, pointing out the source was not a blog, and further, that it linked directly to the original Newsweek article. Editor reverted again, suggesting the original source should be Newsweek. So I complied. End of that issue.


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Another editor then changed the well-sourced direct quote of Samuelson's title (contributing editor) to his own interpretation of that title. (freelance columnist). I made one reverts on this issue, both times explaining my reasoning on talk, then left it alone.
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I don't see how I've come close to even violating 2RR here, much less the spirit of 3RR. Further, since this is a BLP, I thought the standard for scurrilous, fringe allegations was somewhat higher. The article is clearly a COATRACK, designed to discredit a scientist with a lengthy and varied career, by giving undue weight to one small aspect of that career, and the editors in question have a lengthy history of making similar edits to any and all biographies of similar individuals. ] (]) 13:31, 12 April 2010 (UTC)


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:: Your reasoing is fallacious. The second edit was a direct response to your request to insert the original Newsweek source. The third edit dealt with another issue entirely; it wasn't reinserting the Samuelson article, but correcting his title to the official one given him at Newsweek. ] (]) 17:06, 12 April 2010 (UTC)


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I didn't question your decision then. I accepted it, believing that the rules would at least be applied consistently and honestly, to protect all users. Yet recently, where a editor -- an experienced one, at that -- brought a ground action against me, using far stronger language than I have ever considered, you chose to do nothing. This, despite his personal attacks not only on me, but two other editors who choose to support my position, going so far as to accuse one of sock puppetry in my defense.


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And today, when an action in brought against WMC -- the person for whom you originally banned me for "personal attacks" -- you immediately move for "speedy close", before even anyone else can comment on the issue. This, despite the fact that WMC is already on probation for making personal attacks, and on a daily basis, breaches that probation.


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:First, perhaps I am in the wrong. But let me explain a bit. (1) ref my block of you a couple of years ago, I do not block many people. I do not recall the block but form the logs you did not at the time look like a new editor (you had at least a hundred edits and you were fluently citing policies like ] which is not really a newbie trait). You got blocked by someone else within 48 hours and I think were being, well, a little bit of a hot-head. (2) ref WMC. WMC contributes considerably to overall Misplaced Pages content but has some behavioural issues. I do not personally think he has a POV issue (personally, I think Kim for example is much more consistently from a single viewpoint) but he does tend to be a bit rude about sceptics on BLPs. I have defended his behaviour several times in the past (and perhaps sometimes lived to regret it) partly because the terseness often goes together with an accuracy which I respect). I do not however admire his behaviour and I am not opposed to attempts to modify it. (3) On this occasion though, in a slightly patronising or snarky way admittedly, I think that WMC was actually trying to help MN to do a proper RFC. I kind of see the overall constructiveness of that side of things something we should encourage and it was a shame Mark took it the wrong way. Dragging behaviour through the probation on this occasion seems to me to be counterproductive this time. I do not systematically defend WMCs behaviour but this time even Cla88 and others were basically seeing MN as in the wrong. Fine for people to be in the wrong sometimes. Best if we can regard that as ok and move on. Sorry if I seem terribly biased about people. Over time I form opinions from the quality of people's edits. That does effect my judgements. --] ] 16:36, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


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:: No, you mean you did it only after reading this, and in a graceless way with no apology. However, I note that when I was previously blocked for a comment change by LHVU, the fact that I'd undone the change well before the block was not considered any mitigation, and I'm sure you wouldn't want the enforecement to be inconsistent ] (]) 12:13, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


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:::WMC, yes you are correct because you wrote ''A very bare minimum would require MN to remove / strike the accusations'' so i did it, sorry you feel it was graceless, i am unsure how to strike a comment gracefully. But i am sorry i called you a vandal, I have read up on ] and realize what you did was not vandalism. ] (]) 12:29, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


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I see you've noted MN's retraction. I see you've failed to note ''However, I note that when I was previously blocked for a comment change by LHVU, the fact that I'd undone the change well before the block was not considered any mitigation''. Do you see how a reasonable person might consider this to be asymmetrical treatment? ] (]) 15:07, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
: If you're advocating an end to unequal treatment, William, I can only offer the advice, "be careful what you wish for; you may get it". ]<sup>(])</sup> 15:13, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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:::No problem. Probably I will get accusations of Third Reich membership all over my talk page by nightfall, but one comes to expect it. Anyway accusation of breaking the law would always be a serious matter in law and on Misplaced Pages. Other forms of "legal theft" are probably serious but less categorically so if supported by reliable sources. --] ] 17:38, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


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Can you do something about this . I don't want the kid to get banned, and I've ignored 3 days of incessant accusations of lying and disruptive edits, but when someone starts following me around from page to page saying things like "don't be a dick", I think they need to be told to settle down. ]<sup>(])</sup> 19:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:WPCD-Portal

Template:WPCD-Portal has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

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Your resignation from adminship

Hello, I remember you from way back in 2009! I just wanted to make sure you knew that there are a couple of replies to your resignation message (including mine) at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. All the best. Graham87 (talk) 09:29, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

You can block me for 5 minutes if you want to exercise your admin rights briefly before giving them up :-) William M. Connolley (talk) 10:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

@William M. Connolley: lol, but Boz's resignation has already gone in to effect. Graham87 (talk) 17:04, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
That's kind of both of you but I am happy. BozMo talk 17:39, 21 December 2024 (UTC)