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Boadicea

HI - I thought it was clear that I removed your edit for two reasons. First, the links are copyright violations. But I would have removed it anyway as the section above it ends with "She has also been mentioned in The Libertines' song The Good Old Days." so it was inappropriate to add it again. Dougweller (talk) 15:25, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Doug Weller, today's edits were part of a research project to demonstrate bias in wikipedia - you have provided us with a very clear example. How interesting that the unreferenced and orthographically incorrect Boudicca used to describe The Libertine's song had stood for half a year or more, but that when it was corrected and provided with ten, not merely one reference, it was removed within the hour. Of course you " would have removed it anyway " - but how interesting that you waited to do so until the exact moment when the orthography was changed to the correct form. Wouldn't say 'Boo' to a goose. (talk) 17:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Having studied research methodology and been involved in various research projects myself, I don't see how you can possibly have any evidence for anything from my edits. The article is on my watch list, your edit showed up, I noticed the copyvio, and removed it. You replaced the copyvio and I removed it again. At no point did you comment on spelling. I'm not sure even now if you are arguing that by 'correct form' you mean spelling it as spelled in the lyrics or if you think Boadicea is actually correct. In any case I've mentioned this at WP:ANI not for action against you if this is all good faith but so that others are aware that you are supposedly carrying out some research about some sort of unspecified bias (my bias here of course was against copyvio, although you seem to see it as evidence of something else, but that looks to me like a problem with your research protocol. You might want to explain your research at ANI. Dougweller (talk) 21:19, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Your post at AN/I has the appearance of being written to intimidate others. Consider this a fair warning: Users are routinely blocked for attempting to intimidate others to win a content dispute, whether through legal, physical, or psychological threats. Now, I am not an admin myself, but I would advise you to pick and choose your words more carefully, especially if you're actually doing research into bias and not just being a troll hiding behind that sort of smokescreen. —Jeremy v^_^v 21:58, 29 October 2011 (UTC)