Misplaced Pages

:Requests for arbitration/Beckjord: Difference between revisions - Misplaced Pages

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
< Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 08:40, 7 February 2006 editBeckjord (talk | contribs)664 edits →Log of blocks and bans← Previous edit Latest revision as of 14:34, 14 September 2010 edit undoNewyorkbrad (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators45,481 edits courtesy-blanking page 
(6 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{NOINDEX}}
<big>'''Case Opened''' on 01:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)</big>
{| class="messagebox"

| This page has been ].
<big>'''Case Closed''' on 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)</big>
|}


Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this request. (All participants are subject to Arbitration Committee decisions, and the ArbCom will consider each participant's role in the dispute.) Comments are very welcome on the ], and will be read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at ]. Evidence is more useful than comments.

Arbitrators will be working on evidence and suggesting proposed decisions at ] and voting on proposed decisions at ].

==Involved parties==
*{{user|Beckjord}}
*{{user|Android79}}
*{{user|Bishonen}}
*{{user|Bunchofgrapes}}
*{{user|DreamGuy}}
*{{user|Friday}}
*{{user|MONGO}}

== Statement by Android79 ==

] has repeatedly tried to insert unverifiable original research into ] and other paranormal-related articles that matches his point of view. ], the editor, is none other than ], described in that article as a "paranormal investigator". Beckjord contends that Bigfoot and other creatures such as the ] may be aliens visiting Earth from another dimension by way of ]. Setting aside any questions about the veracity of these claims, it is sufficient to say that this is considered a fringe theory even among fringe theorists.

Beckjord has gone to great lengths to attempt to keep unsourced, non-neutral material in the article. He frequently engages in edit wars and has been blocked once for 3RR (). For a short time, he posted a "call to arms" to visitors of his website to come to Misplaced Pages and aid him in repeatedly inserting the same material into ] . Partly due to uproar on the Bigfoot talk page, and partly due to the fact that this tactic was ineffective (few people answered the call to arms, and those that did were quickly reverted) the notice on his website was taken down.

Beckjord is suspected of using multiple sockpuppets and anonymous accounts to push his agenda. Circumstantial evidence (highly distinctive editing style, article interest, variously having signed their different names to edits by the same IP address, and other behavior) have all but confirmed that {{user|205.208.227.49}} , {{user|DrJoe}} , {{user|Dr Joe}}, {{user|Orphanannie}}, and {{user|Luminary666}} are all Beckjord. It is also suspected that Beckjord has started using an AOL account to edit Misplaced Pages anonymously .

It is unknown if Beckjord understands (or has even read) Misplaced Pages's core policies on verifiability, original research, and point of view. Regardless, he denounces them, calling for more "cutting edge" research to be added to Misplaced Pages . He frequently adds unsourced or poorly-sourced material, often using his own website as a reference .

Beckjord also routinely engages in personal attacks, in the form of straight insults or attacks on the credibility of his opposition . Editors who have chosen to remain anonymous are attacked as "cowards" for not revealing their real names or for offering their credentials . Beckjord contends that, since he is the only editor who has chosen to reveal that he has real-world credentials on Bigfoot, he is the only editor with enough expertise to actually decide what belongs in the article.

Beckjord may have some worthwhile content to contribute to ] and other cryptozoology-related articles, and if he at some point decides to remain civil, stop using sockpuppets, and abide by ], ], and ], I will have no problem with his edits. However, so far he has shown neither the ability nor the inclination to do any of those things. ]] 23:06, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

''Addendum, 01:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)'': Beckjord has recently posted instructions on his website on how to revert to a preferred version of the Bigfoot article. ]]

== Statement by Bishonen ==
It's been sad to watch ] go from optimistic newbie to malcontent and sockpuppeteer, and recently mere vandal . I wish this negative progression could have been avoided, but I can't see how, or that anybody here has been mean to him. He seemed at first full of hope of persuading Misplaced Pages to waive ] and ], policies that he despises, and is now bitter and incredulous that people just keep going on and on about them. His article edits are wildly and proudly POV, and he edit wars with great persistence over ], and somewhat also ] and ]. He has often declared that Wiki policy pages are too numerous and complicated
, and that it's pointless to read them anyway, as they're misguided and perverse . You can see the frustration of those who have tried to direct him to policies, , , or even simply show him how to format a talkpage heading, . all over the talkpages involved, especially ]. These pages are made nightmarishly messy, originally merely by his lack of skill, but lately, I think, maliciously. (Now that B has turned puppeteer, some of his unique formatting habits confirm the identification of his sockpuppets — see his trademark top-level headings .) He revels in repetitious personal attacks, sometimes jovial in tone , more often not . He targets especially ],
, , , who has put up with Beckjord's barrage a lot more patiently than I could, and has recently turned on Android79 ("This jerk moron is as bad as DreamGuy") . Even though Beckjord's cryptozoological opinions are, er, non-mainstream, he might well have some worthwhile material to contribute, but it value is negated by his disruptive insistence on "owning" the articles and having them express his own views. Thereby he keeps lots of good contributors dishearteningly busy arguing with and reverting him and his socks, and he keeps the articles themselves in a miserable, battle-locked, low-quality state. I'm sorry to say this, but instead of a "contributor" to the encyclopedia, he's a mere drain on it. ] | ] 23:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC).

== Statement by Bunchofgrapes ==

Beckjord offers little but disdain for Misplaced Pages, and especially for polices critical in pseudoscience areas such as ] and ]. He rarely edits under his own account now, but his distinctively clumsy editing style make his ever-more abusive rants from anon and sock accounts very easy to identify. I would be very surprised to find that this edit (with edit summary "jIMBO PORNO SEE GOOGLE UNDER WIKIPEDIA AND JIMBO - back each hr") was not him. &mdash;] (]) 23:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

== Statement by MONGO ==

] appeared on my radar after seeing my watchlisted page on ] became much more active. I thought at first, he was just a new editor, with a strong stand that the evidence to prove the existence of Bigfoot was being suppressed. I even directed him to an unpublished source that may have been of interest to him. Later, I saw that the answers for him as to whether Bigfoot exists has almost nothing to do with science and everything to do with pseudoscience and completely hypothetical theories of interdimensionalism, shape shifting and an association with ]'s. I am not familiar with his edits for the most part outside of the Bigfoot article, but his contributions, especially to the associated talk pages and in others userspace , have become more farfetched and his personal attacks have gone well beyond what any editor needs to endure. The fact that numerous editors have tried patiently to direct to areas such as ], ], ] and of course ] seems to have had little effect on helping him improve his contributions. His usage of numerous accounts both logged in and anonymously is disheartening and has apparently been done to avoid ] and or to give the illusion that there are numerous editors that are in agreement with him. HIs use of profanity in his personal attacks are completely unacceptable. However, I will admit that late in this game, I added unnecessary sarcasm to my edit summaries that may not have help calm him down. --] 02:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Beckjord has been notified and reminded at least twice by those involved here and his latest comment below seems to sum up his attitude which is repeated .

==Statement by DreamGuy==
This really hasn't been a slow progression. Since Beckjord learned of Misplaced Pages he immediately came here to try to change ] and ] to fit his own views and to ignore our policies. See for a comment on ] on only his second day after registering, in which it is already clear that he knows about the policies on ] and ] (as I had already explained them both to him as an anon IP before he registered) but simply refuses to follow them. Note already the clear attempt to drop self-promotional links to his own site. Furthermore, his first two edits on his stable IP address and clearly show his goals from the very beginning: self-promotion of himself as the only true expert on the topic and disdain for anyone who gets in his way. Note also that the article on him noted his previous use of sockpuppets, threatening emails and so forth on other sites prior to him showing up here. This is exactly the sort of situation where some policy or method to stop chronic POV pushing and self-promotion in its tracks would be extremely helpful. Of course the more recent transgressions of this user have been detailed above, but it's noteworthy, I think, that he's been a major problem from the start and that multiple experienced editors had to devote a large amount of time just to keep the articles in question mostly the same if not slightly improved while one dedicated new editor with a clear agenda time after time tried to convert it into his own personal soapbox and commercial. All too much of my time here, and I'm sure all the editors above would agree, is used up simply stopping the encyclopedia from getting much worse instead of doing anything to actually improve it. Without clear action here, and hopefully efforts to create policies to prevent these situations in the future, a great number of editors are reduced to mere janitors and members of a neighborhood watch instead of being editors. ] 09:42, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

:As of Jan. 22, Beckjord's petty vandalism against editors he perceives as enemies is still ongoing. See the where he edits the beckjord talk page with another false name (this time "jason"), saying comments beckjord normally makes, then goes to make a petty vandalism to ]'s page, reverts ] (a page he knows I am an active participant on) to a fairly old version but labels it "minor edit" and then goes and apparently does the same thing to ], which I remember Beckjord previously caused problems at because one of the other editors above was a contributor to. It's apparent that, despite claims of some that he is not solely here to cause problems, he is all too willing to vandalize pages in petty and bizarre ways to try to lash out against others. ] 08:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
::And is currently editing under the sockpuppet ]. ] 08:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

His latest move: a page on his own website calling people to go to the Bigfoot page and edit it, See ]

Note the part especially: ''"Anything by Bunchofgrapes, DreamGuy, Android79, Mongo and various others with login names is retarded, out of date trash, and if you like the Jan 23 4:57 version, you can click on it, view it, then click on tab "Edit this page", view it in html form, make any change you want, or none, and at bottom, write Minor edit in box, then click save."'' where he specifically suggests falsely marking major reverts as "minor edit".... which is exactly what he was doing on other articles like ] and ] to try to get at the editors he doesn't like, as mentioned above. ] 01:35, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Statement by Gerald Hawkin, on behalf of Beckjord ==
'''''Note''''': ''the following statement is by '''Gerald Hawkin'''
(]), an outside party (and is supposedly not Beckjord himself).'' --] 22:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I've contacted him outside Misplaced Pages and he is of the opinion that
this entire arbitration procedure is a huge farce and he really doesn't care
what the committee does one way or the other. When people like Android79 are
given any credeence whatever, the entire procedure loses all validity.

He does want to simply get some enlightened admin who is respected to make some simple and basic edits to the Bigfoot article, since it is not what he *says* that is judged, but it is the name he carries that is judged and instant reverts follow with no consideration of the __content__ of the edits he tried to make. However, an admin who has some philosophical background, such as DanielCD,
might be able to insert a short paragraph in the Bigfoot article that can make a profound change in how READERS view this topic.

He says it is the old fashioned and almost comic book approach used in Wiki,has been "Is there a Bigfoot or is it a hoax?" and this ignores the possibility that a new life-form may be involved, by excluding it from the basic question.

The better question for an ARTICLE should be:

On the question of alleged hairy humanoids, does the evidence show they are
1) a hoax or error;
2) a zoological species of possible primate;
3) a life form outside of zoology that has special abilities that enable it
to escape capture?

In the light of research by advanced theoretical physicists such as Dr.Micho
Kaku, (CCNY,CUNY)("Parallel Wolrds") and Dr. Fred Allen Wolf ("Parallel Universes")as well as recent research evidence found by active researchers other than himself, this __restructuring__ of the basic article format question
is justified.

Can an enlightened and intelligent ADMIN insert this change into the article?

'''Gerald Hawkin'''

{{unsigned|207.200.116.134}}

==Statement by Beckjord==

'''Have no idea what this is about nor how you do it.'''

It seems like a dream from "1984" combined with Franz Kafka. Look at all this junk above!
You created a system right out of some absurd dream of "1984". It is a total absurd mess.
A maze of garbage run by PEOPLE WITH NO NAMES. WAKE UP! Get real lives! Get A LIFE!

None of you can call me a vandal, since my edits to the Bigfoot page are not malicious.
I often use a coffee house that has internet access, and meet there with other
bigfoot fans in my group of investigators. What other people do or write on the same computer I often use, is their business and is not my doing. Legally, in a real court, not a kangaroo
court, it is required to have a real person testify that one other person, was seen typing some
kind of thing you did not like, because, as in the case of roommates 2,3,4,5,6,7 sharing the same
computer, you have no evidence any one of them did anything actionable unless you have witness who
watched them do it. Hundreds of people can share the same IP. Dozens can share the same computer.

As said before, this entire process is a farce, and has no merit nor validity. My goal on Wiki is to edit the Bigfoot and PG Film and other pages I am an expert on without UNQUALIFIED
people gettng in the way. I do NOT allege these topics are "proven" but I discuss the evidence there is so far.

NOw get this: I've asked several admins and have made a general appeal for assistance in editing so I can supply items and referecnes and a partner can clean them up and make them Wiki-OK.

BOLD-- I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ONE RESPONSE --BOLD

All you people want to do is get some brownie points by "cleaning up" what you regard as
illegal edits. Some of you BRAG about how you "fixed" this article or that. You are pedants, some of you are kids, most of you have no academic training, and
none of you (except mindspillage) has even A REAL NAME! You simply do not exist.

All of you, or most, disgust me. You are here to "be somebody" even if anonymous. Absurd.

beckjord] 18:08, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


==Preliminary decisions==
=== Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (9/0/0/0) ===
*Accept. I expect he'll sockpuppet if found against though - ] 21:58, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
*Accept. ] ] 00:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
*Accept ] 01:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
* Accept ] 04:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
* Accept. —] (]:]) 05:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
* Accept. ] 11:22, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
* Accept. ] <sup>]</sup> 17:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
* Accept. ]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">]</font></small></sup> 23:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
*Accept. ] 21:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

===Temporary injunction (none)===
<!-- uncomment/un-nowiki and fill in <nowiki>
1) ...

:''Passed x to x at ~~~~~
</nowiki> -->

=Final decision=
''All numbering based on ]'' (vote counts and comments are there as well)

==Principles==

===What Misplaced Pages is not===
1) Misplaced Pages is not a venue for the promotion of a user's unique take on things, see ], nor is a venue for promotion of the user's outside activities.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Tendentious editing===
2) Users who disrupt Misplaced Pages by engaging in aggressive point of view editing may be banned from affected articles, and in extreme cases from the entire site.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Sockpuppets===
3) In instances where use of sockpuppets has created a confusing situation, remedies may be applied to users exhibiting the same pattern of editing as the principal user.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Personal attacks and incivility===
4) Users are expected to be reasonably courteous to one another even when disputes arise, see ] and ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Findings of fact ==

===Locus of dispute===
1) The locus of the dispute is articles such as ] which ] would edit in a more liberal way than is customary under Misplaced Pages policies. Beckjord is the user name of ] who has a long history of promoting such theories.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Use of sockpuppets by Beckjord===
2) Beckjord has used a variety of sockpuppets, see ] and ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Personal attacks and incivility by Beckjord===
3) Beckjord has repeatedly engaged in incivility and personal attacks, see ] and ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


==Remedies==
<small>''Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.''</small>

===Beckjord banned from editing in the paranormal===
1) Beckjord is banned from editing articles which are concerned with paranormal phenomena such as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. Other than these obvious instances, this remedy may be applied to any article which relates to the paranormal after a warning to Beckjord. Bans should be logged at ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Sockpuppets===
2) Beckjord is to use one account. Edits by other accounts reasonably believed to be Beckjord shall be considered Beckjord for the purposes of this decision.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

===Beckjord placed on personal attack parole===
3) Beckjord is placed on personal attack parole. He may be briefly banned should he engage in personal attacks, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses. After 5 bans the maximum block shall increase to one year. Bans should be logged at ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

=== Beckjord banned ===
4) Beckjord is banned for one year from editing Misplaced Pages.

:Adopted by 8 to 1 with 1 abstention at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

=== Beckjord placed on general probation ===
5) Beckjord is placed on general probation. If he disrupts Misplaced Pages complaining and agitating regarding this decision without engaging in any useful editing, he may be banned by any three administrators.

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

==Enforcement==

===Enforcement by block===
1) Should Beckjord violate any ban he may be blocked briefly, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses. After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year. Blocks should be logged at ].

:Adopted by 10 to 0 at 05:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

==Log of blocks and bans==
Here log any block, ban or extension under any remedy in this decision. Minimum information includes name of administrator, date and time, what was done and the basis for doing it.

=Much thanks to several supporters=

This is an incredible witch hunt, and is somewhat amusing that you people take
yourselves so seriously, and are masked and anonymous. Being anonymous, this
court has no validity.

However, my thanks and praise to James F and Charles Matthews for their votes, on some issues. I note they use real names, or so it seems.

One thing I notice: Wiki does have some good articles that are better than Brittanica.
It has been my goal to edit the Bigfoot article and others, to include more info,
and not just my personal bias, but info reported in a neutral manner. NPOV, right?

The fact that the info may provide some hope for Bigfoot is just the way the Cookie Monster crumbles. It is, what it is.

]


Cheers,

]

Latest revision as of 14:34, 14 September 2010

This page has been blanked as a courtesy.