Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 07:17, 16 January 2021

This is an archive of past discussions with User:AnonQuixote. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Request for admin assistance

{{Admin help}} Hello, I accidentally edited Deprivation while logged out. I went back and reverted the edit, then repeated the change under my named account. Is it possible to remove the IP edit from the page history for privacy reasons? Thanks, AnonQuixote (talk) 05:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

I have suppressed the edit. PhilKnight (talk) 11:53, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

Hi AnonQuixote! The thread you created at the Misplaced Pages:Teahouse, How to close an RfD item?, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days (usually at least two days, and sometimes four or more). You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please feel free to create a new thread. The archival was done by Lowercase sigmabot III, and this notification was delivered by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} here on your user talk page. Muninnbot (talk) 19:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Deleting others' talk page comments at Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ― Tartan357  06:36, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors. Such edits are disruptive, and may appear to other editors to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. ― Tartan357  06:39, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Tartan357: I think you are missing some context. I had reverted another user's edit which deleted a section I had created. This revert also re-introduced some unrelated comments which that user had deleted, pertaining to a discussion which no longer existed, so I deleted those comments. However, it turned out that the section I restored was also no longer relevant as the issue had already been addressed, so I ended up deleting it again. The net result of all these edits was no change. AnonQuixote (talk) 06:46, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm not missing any context. You cannot delete others' talk page comments except in very exceptional circumstances. The issue already being addressed is absolutely not one of those. See WP:TALKO. ― Tartan357  06:49, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Tartan357: I'm very confused now. I deleted talk page comments that had previously been deleted by another user, which I inadvertently un-deleted via a revert. What, in your opinion, was the correct thing to do? AnonQuixote (talk) 06:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

AnonQuixote, you were correct to un-delete them, and should not have deleted them again simply because you deemed them no longer necessary. ― Tartan357  06:52, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I see, that was my mistake. I'll let some other editor handle the cleanup in that case. AnonQuixote (talk) 06:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

AnonQuixote, great, thanks. ― Tartan357  06:57, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

American politics discretionary sanctions alert

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Misplaced Pages's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Template:Z33 ― Tartan357  06:43, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Username

I just wanted to say that I really like your username Happy editing! GorillaWarfare (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Editors are expected to treat each other with respect and civility. On this encyclopedia project, editors assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not appear to do at Talk:Second impeachment of Donald Trump. Here is Misplaced Pages's welcome page, and it is hoped that you will assume the good faith of other editors and continue to help us improve Misplaced Pages! Please do not accuse me of edit warring. I did not, and I do not. You changed the infobox information without first gaining consensus on talk, and I left a friendly note in my edit summary, "How about waiting until others weigh in on talk for consensus before making this change?" Changing infobox information on the Second impeachment of Donald Trump without first seeking consensus could be considered a controversial change, which is why I undid your edit. We are all volunteers here, and it sometimes takes time for others to add their comments to article talk pages. Thank you. Netherzone (talk) 21:40, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Netherzone: Hi, my intent was not to accuse anyone of edit warring but to ask editors not to do so and to use the talk page to discuss instead. Since the point of contention was an unsourced claim in a BLP article, my belief is that the potentially libelous information must be removed first, then discussed to determine if a source can be found to justify its reinstatement. Apologies if my comment came across as hostile. AnonQuixote (talk) 21:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

You may wish to think about the fact that you were the person who reverted the wikilink three times within an hour or so. That link has been stable in the article for some time before you decided to change it without first gaining consensus. Please consider reading about the WP:CONSENSUS process. You can always add a "citation needed" maintenance template instead of serial reverts. Be well. Netherzone (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages has a policy that unsourced, potentially libelous statements must be removed immediately, even if it means exceeding three reverts: WP:3RRBLP. This reflects the policy that that Misplaced Pages must rely on reliable sources, especially in biographies of living persons where there may be additional legal concerns. If you want to advocate for adding back the claim, with a reliable source, feel free to discuss on the article talk page. AnonQuixote (talk) 01:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)