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Citizen Don's statement

(copied from RfC) The instructions at the top of this page state "Users signing other sections ("Response" or "Outside views") should not edit the "Statement of the dispute" section. Since Citizen Don already signed two of the outside views below, it seems that he should not be editing this section. Can someone please confirm this. Rhode Island Red 15:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

My understanding is that the only thing that should be on the RfC are statements and endorsements. I've moved Citizen Don's statement down to its own section, and Red's related comment here (above). This probably handles things, though if anyone disagrees, please let's talk about it here. --Elonka 16:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Elonka, it is inappropriate to frame this comment by Citizen Don as an outside view because it contravenes the instructions for comments on the RfC. Citizen Don is a signatory to and primary complainant in the Statement of Dispute in this RfC. As such he is not supposed to add addtional comments in the Ouside View section. The instructions state: "This is a summary written by users not directly involved with the dispute but who would like to add an outside view of the dispute. Users editing other sections ("Statement of the dispute" and "Response") should not edit the "Outside Views" section, except to endorse an outside view." Since Citizen Don is involved in the dispute, his comments should only be posted on the discussion page. Citizen Don's orignal comment follows. Rhode Island Red 13:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I would like to comment on my attempts to improve the Juice Plus article with RIR. I've made consistent efforts to suggest improvements to the article over the past four months. I've spent hours and hours researching the references and I've made 0 edits because of RIR dilligent efforts to control the supposed neutrality of the article. I respect the consensus and I think all of the regular editors on the Juice Plus page are extremely frustrated with RIR. Most editor say they just want a good article while RIR has made this impossible. RIR has become a gatekeeper of sorts, ignoring all opposition with a barrage of verbose responses and threatening language. In my short time as an editor on the Juice Plus page, I've received multiple warnings on more than one occasion on my talkpage and the Juice Plus talkpage from RIR. I consider this to be quite rude considering my repeated attempts to treat RIR with civility. I've seen RIR repeatedly call other's POV into question while rebuffing others attempted to understand why RIR spends what must be hours a day on this one article. Despite all this effort on RIR's part, RIR was the sole person to decline Mediation in a recent attempt. I don't sell Juice Plus but I know enough about it to know it's not being accurately represented. With RIR's continued and dominant presence on the Juice Plus page, I question the long term quality of the article. I suspect the problems with the article will only get worse.Citizen Don 04:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not framed as an outside view, it is framed as a View. And Rhode Island Red, it is completely inappropriate for you to be deleting other people's comments from your own RfC. Please try to stay out of the process here, and just follow it without trying to direct the discussion. This is an opportunity for you to listen to what others are saying, not to argue about process. It is also bad form for you to be endorsing statements. I'm not going to be deleting your comments, but please be aware that to outside observers, these kinds of edits of yours are not helping your case, and if this situation proceeds to ArbCom, any disruptive behavior here at the RfC will be used as evidence. If you have concerns about process here, the proper thing to do is to bring them up here at the talkpage, not to take any action yourself. --Elonka 15:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Elonka, I would argue that as a primary complainant in this RfC it is completely inappropriate for you to reframe another user’s comment as an Outside View when it was not originally posted as such. And to correct you, you most definitely did re-post Citizen Don's comment in the Outside View section. Furthermore, and most importantly, the instructions on the page are very clear that those who are directly involved in the dispute and are signatories to the complaint (i.e. signed the Statement of Dispute) should not be adding additional comments in the Outside View section of the RfC. The Outside View section is for other editors not involved in the dispute to comment. I noticed that you removed all other comments from other users and moved them to the discussion page, while you highlighted Citizen Don’s comments as an Outside View. The instructions are clear. Kindly remove Citizen Don’s comment from the Outside Views section. Rhode Island Red 16:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that this is excessively bureaucratic. The truth of the matter is that Citizen Don had nothing to do with the framing of the original language of the RfC, and as such, I think it's completely appropriate that he be allowed to post his own statement. In terms of where his signature is, it's currently under "Users certifying the basis of this dispute." If we move his signature down by two lines to under the heading that says, "Other users who endorse this summary," then will that make everyone happy? --Elonka 17:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Salaskan's view

The 9 other edits to which Salaskan referred were on the WP article on oxidative stress and did not include any "negative comment about Juice Plus", or for that matter, any comment whatsoever about Juice Plus. Can you please acknowledge this error in your previous statement? Rhode Island Red 20:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure, my apologies for not thoroughly looking at those edits. I still stand by my point that you are way too focused on the Juice Plus article, though. SalaSkan 22:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Response to Shell's endorsement of Rhode's response

This better explains what I meant by misleading statements used to open this RfC. The claims made are highly dramatized and the hysterics by Mike Halterman below just add to the atmosphere. Shell 19:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

You may disagree with my comments, and that's fine, but I backed them up with a diff so please do not try to discredit me by calling my comments "hysterics." It's not polite and I do not appreciate it. Thank you. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 03:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe we strongly disagree on the meaning and contents of the diff you provided. Using hyperbole like "revenge RfC" and "deplorable" in your statement was what I was referring to as hysterics. I apologize if the characterization offended you. Shell 04:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Response to Shell's outside view

Shell, I would like to comment on your statement that "There also seems to be a push to revisit issues discussed very throughly in the previous months; since there are now more proponents of JuicePlus on the talk page, a great deal of the text is being systematically white-washed and even removed all together."

I view this as part of a cleansing process. Many of RIR's edit over the past year have led to a biased feel to the article (I have just documented in some detail the SN/AEMS example on the Juice Plus talk page), so it is only natural that some issues are going to be revisited. It's not a matter of white-washing, more a case of the pendulum swinging back towards the middle - a healthy process, surely?

We also need to ensure that it doesn't swing the other way! This is why I have not endorsed the call for a ban on RIR from editing the article. If the RfC results in a change of attitude (i.e. editing practice) on RIR's part, then it will have served a useful purpose. TraceyR 19:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)