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User:84.127.80.114 and Debian edit war

I have been recently blocked for 48 hours. I insist that I was not the one edit warring. I even reduced the amount of my changes to a minimum. I got a WP:AN3 warning to not be disruptive in the article. I only reverted the disputed changes that used non neutral language. I was not disruptive. I was blocked because I made a change to the article.

My unblock request is not answered. I see that administrators are busy but I cannot work without an answer. I am worried this will be an excuse to block me for a longer period of time if I try to make any changes to the article. My ability to bold edit and revert is virtually blocked. 84.127.80.114 (talk) 17:53, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

You're not blocked - if you were, you could not have edited here DP 18:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Have you been edit-warring at Debian? Yes. Has Mthinkcpp been edit-warring? Yes, but to a much lesser degree. You were more insistent with your reverts, having reverted twice in the same day, while the reverts that Mthinkcpp had made were spaced days apart. Neither one of you violated the three revert rule (reverting more than 3 times in a 24 hour period) but Bbb23 made the decision to block you as being the more aggressive editor in this case. I'm not sure I would have made that decision, but I don't think it was the "wrong" decision either; I can see the logic behind it.

In either case, you can and should be blocked again if you insist on reinserting the information that was disputed through reverts and is being discussed on the article's talk page. The proper way to resolve this is to convince other editors that you are correct. If you can't do that, and can't achieve consensus, it can't be added. If you can't understand that, or refuse to accept it, and continue on this path you'll be blocked again. Just continue the discussion at the article talk page, and resolve it there. Also, look at our page on dispute resolution for advice about how to best deal with an issue where you are unable to come to an agreement with another editor. -- Atama頭 18:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Of course I am not technically blocked. But I "should" be blocked again if I repeat my actions. Therefore another bold edit or revert will mean a new block. I do discuss. I did discuss then. Reverters do not. Atama says that content without consensus cannot be added. I reverted that content without consensus and I got blocked. If what I did is considered edit warring, why cannot these changes be made to WP:WAR?

Will my next bold edit/revert to the article mean a new block? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 20:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Probably. The reason why such blocks are made are to force people to handle these disputes as they're supposed to be done; through the article talk page. For reference, read bold-revert-discuss, which is the usual course of events. (Someone makes a bold edit, another person reverts it, and they settle it by discussion; you're at the discussion stage now.) -- Atama頭 21:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Atama says someone is at the discussion stage. I certainly am. Will I be blocked again if I try to reintroduce the changes more slowly? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 10:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I suggested dispute resolution, and linked to it for a reason. It has suggestions for how to proceed. If you feel that you are trying to facilitate discussion, but only one other person is participating, then go to the link I just provided. It suggests asking for a third opinion to weigh in. If that third opinion isn't enough to sway either side, you can try asking at the dispute resolution noticeboard for assistance, or if you want to continue the discussion at the talk page, start a request for comments and try to get input from even more people. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that if you can't convince others to your point of view and find that you are either alone in your opinion or you are in the minority, that you're not going to succeed. Move on and find something else to contribute to the article or another article. -- Atama頭 16:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Dispute at V. S. Naipaul

There is an ongoing dispute over editorial control and overall direction at V. S. Naipaul. The primary issue is one of apparent WP:Own behavior on the part of User:Fowler&fowler. Fowler&fowler has been actively editing the page since September 2013, and the page has been tagged as under construction for over a month. While he has certainly added a lot of referenced content to the article, in the course of his edits, Fowler&fowler has removed nearly all content, including references, added by other editors.dif This removal includes the removal of all criticism of Naipaul. Fowler&fowler has been dismissive of concerns raised on the talk page (dif1dif2), and he has recently insisted that he have sole editing control of the page for a month.dif, and that discussion and debate be put off until he is finished.dif.

While Fowler&fowler has preemptively declared this a 'frivolous, indeed tendentious and disruptive, conflict resolution'dif, from my perspective, the development of the V. S. Naipaul article is being stunted by Fowler&fowler's actively discouraging other editors. I understand that placing an article under construction gives an editor some leway to make major changes, but in this instance, I believe Fowler&fowler has overstepped the purview of construction.Dialectric (talk) 18:49, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Fowler&fowler's reply: Since it began life in 2001 until early September 2013, the V. S. Naipaul page had remained one of the shabbiest biographies of any literature Nobel laureate on Misplaced Pages. On 13 September 2014, just before I began to expand it, with a view to ultimately making it a Featured Article, it had two sections and 1,000 words. The first section had gossip as is painfully obvious here and the second section, if you scroll down further, was nothing but a copy and paste from nobelprize.org, with one or two token sentences of criticism. I made a post on the talk page and proceeded to expand the article, explaining in my edit summary that I was removing some material temporarily, but that all that was relevant would be replaced in the expanded article including distilled paraphrases of the copy-and-paste quotes. In mid-October I had a family emergency—two members of my family, in quick succession, came down with serious long-term illnesses, one terminal. By early November it became obvious to me that it was becoming difficult to both attend to Misplaced Pages and the Real Life stresses caused by the illnesses, not to mention my other real life commmittments. I made put a Wikibreak message on my user page and my talk page. At that point the article had reached this state (there was an underconstruction tag in place, and it had been expanded to almost 2,000 words of plain text). In mid-December, I extended the Wikibreak message until mid-February. On 20 February 2014, just as I was preparing to return, an editor, user:Chisme, who had not made a single edit to the Naipaul page reverted all my edits and restored the poorly written version of 13 September 2013. Soon user:Dialectric, who himself had not made any edits to the Naipaul page in four years (and three trivial edits before), joined user:Chisme. For the rest of the story, you can read the sections:

• Talk:V._S._Naipaul#Back_now
• Talk:V._S._Naipaul#Cooling_it and
• Talk:V._S._Naipaul#A_frivolous.2C_tendentious.2C_and_now_disruptive_interruption

I frankly don't know what to say. As my user page, user:Fowler&fowler shows, I have been developing content for a long time, including FA India, the oldest country FA on Misplaced Pages, where I have made over 1,000 edits, and collaborated with dozens, if not hundreds, of people (my 2,845 edits on Talk:India are a testament to that! :) ). No one has ever made these allegations before, certainly not dragged me to ANI. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

"Since it began life in 2001 until early September 2013, the V. S. Naipaul page had remained one of the shabbiest biographies of any literature Nobel laureate on Misplaced Pages." That is a POV matter of opinion. The people who made the 1500+ edits to V.S. Naipaul between its inception in 2001 and 14 September 2013 when Fowler erased the work of all editors before him would disagree. Fowler keeps claiming that my objections to his re-write have no merit because I didn't edit the article before him -- that is clear evidence of a Misplaced Pages:Ownership of articles violation. I have never seen an editor try to reserve an article for more than a week, much less several months. He is abusing the Major Restructuring tag. And I have never seen editor so vehemently object to any change whatsoever because he believes an article belongs to him. Chisme (talk) 21:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Wouldn't WP:DRN be a better place to put this? Epicgenius (talk) 20:39, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

I considered that, but the WP:Own issue I pointed out seems to me to be preventing a resolution of content issues on the article talk page, so from my perspective the issue is more one of conduct than content, and my understanding of WP:DRN is that it is for disputes where content is the sole/primary issue. Dialectric (talk) 20:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

• I see no problem with the current route the article is taking. If Dialectric or any other editor wants to add something more to it, they may suggest it on the talk page to avoid edit conflicts. Misplaced Pages has no deadlines and even better option would be if they actually turn to the article a bit later on and then probably they might not even need to make any suggestions. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 08:17, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
• Who adds those galleries of images? I saw such galleries were added into Subhas Chandra Bose article too. Tito☸Dutta 10:54, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

F&f adds them. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 11:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• I think all of those should be removed. What do you think? Tito☸Dutta 11:58, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Its different. I kinda like it. But i guess sometimes it might not look good. For example, with my screen size 4 images (as in VSN) fit very well in a single horz line. But 2 images (as in SCB) create a lot of empty space. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 16:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

(To TitoDutta: It might be better to carry on this discussion on the Talk:Subhas Chandra Bose page.) I have followed the advice I was given during the FAC review of my FA Political_history_of_Mysore_and_Coorg_(1565–1760)#Subahdars_of_Sira.2C_1689.E2.80.931760 (see maps there). I have been away, so I hadn't noticed earlier that someone added half a dozen outsized images of the memorial in Manipur to the Bose page. I have now removed all except one, which I have moved to the "Death" section. The rest of the Bose article has mostly 4 images in each gallery, except two sections. I was trying to get some more images for those sections when I had to go away. I am back now. If I don't find more images, I'll change them to the regular WP format. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

PS (To TitoDutta) All galleries in Bose now in 4 picture format. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 00:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• But why do we need such distracting galleries? 5 galleries in an article, adding nothing and changing the look of the entire article. I'll ask Sitush Ji, whom I trust very much. Then if needed I'll open a discussion thread at SCB talk. --Tito☸Dutta 05:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Hacker threat today

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I received this beauty today:

"we the hackers of anonymous Philippines has been inform by one of our members that you and your so called friends in Misplaced Pages has been bullying him and prosecuting him and his articles in your web page,well in response we the hackers of Anonymous Philippines has decided to teach you guys a lesson so be ready with your deletion buttons so that you could clean the mess we will do to your beloved web page we don't stand for online bullying so be ready for war-hackers of Anonymous Philippines"

Looks like some people have nothing better to do with their lives. User indeffed. -- Alexf 13:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Not sure where this came from or why, but it may be related to User:Malusia22. If anybody is familiar with this case (I am not), feel free to comment. -- Alexf 13:30, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Similar threat aimed at Gogo Dodo after he blocked one of the Malusia socks. "War-hackers"? I suspect it's just one person. Acroterion (talk) 15:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• Some people may think they can break Misplaced Pages, but that is impossible. They'll learn it. Tito☸Dutta 15:39, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• That's the thing about the internet. I can claim to be Liam Neeson with a particular set of skills, but that doesn't make it true. (Spoiler: it isn't.) Admins get some interesting threats but I have to hand it to you, Alexf, that's probably more entertaining than anything I've ever received. -- Atama頭 16:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Oh I can top that, and from right here on Misplaced Pages. In response to my including cited negative views of the subject in a biographical article I was the subject of the following: There has been a concerted all-out effort by extreme leftist and Islamofascist individuals to attack publicly in his online groups, by mass emailing, and by editing and redistributing articles about him on Misplaced Pages to include derogatory and false information. These repetitive daily attacks have been going on for several months with the purpose of disrupting 's work and interfering with his communications with other physicists online in his groups. The reason for the attacks is to prevent any chance of an American Dark Energy program getting off the ground. Our enemies want to deploy Dark Energy weapons before we do to insure world domination. Our communist and Islamofascist enemies are also buying time in which to smuggle nuclear weapons into the US to destroy us. This is not a conspiracy theory. Interference with 's defense work is a serious felony under US TITLE 18 >PART I >CHAPTER 115 >§ 2388 § 2388. Activities affecting armed forces during war Release date: 2005-08-03 (a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or the United States, or attempts to do so— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.". Later in the same dispute I was listed as a "Judenrat" (one of the Jews who assisted concentration camp guards), a "blatant liar" and other similar epithets, and a statement that a suit had been filed with the US Attorney's office to prevent me posting such criticism. DES 01:56, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

---nuked beans go here---

Speaking of beans -- there's nothing like a hat to focus attention on a section of the wall of text known as ANI. WP:BEANS is generally something that should not be wikilinked, per beans. (Don't say "Don't stuff beans up your nose!"!!!) Beans is mostly about not making a post in the first place -- if you really think another's post is just shouldn't be there, remove the darn thing and let them know why (usually on their talk page, by email if absolutely necessary). NE Ent 11:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It is all related to Malusia22 and their effort to get an article published about their gang related to their fraternity. I also got this hilarious death threat a few hours before. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Ya'll should see the stuff we get at the WMF. I have a literal "pile o' crazy" that goes from your run of the mill tin-foil hattery all the way up to "seriously? you wrapped the LETTER in tin foil to protect me from the tiny little robots that live in meat and stole February? Thanks, i think." Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 02:30, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Ohhhh, Philippe (WMF), please don't exaggerate. It was only the last two (or three) days of February that were stolen. BTW, where did they go? Cullen Let's discuss it 07:46, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Duh, the tiny little robots got them. You aren't paying attention, are you? :) Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 08:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Aha! I knew it! It was THEM that stole it! -- Alexf 11:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

In fairness, it also coulda been Maggie. She's bad about misplacing things. It's only a matter of time before she loses February. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 13:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Philippe Beaudette, I know there are privacy concerns and all that, but honestly, I think there would be more sympathy and understanding of WMF if we knew the level of craziness you have to deal with. I know, reading over AN and AN/I has helped me understand both the legitimate requests and the more off-beat demands some editors and readers make of admins on Misplaced Pages that I had been unaware of in my editing bubble. Just a thought. Liz 16:04, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

We are the Legion We are the Anonymous, beware of serious threat of vandalistic violence, suicide virus or shutdown death threat, mail bomb threat, etc hacking cracking phreaking passwording, for banning anyone interested in Anna Katharina Emmerick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.82.209.228 (talk) 16:17, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, like that (above), exactly like that. Liz 16:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, Liz, I've been thinking about that and toying with a Wikimania presentation. The problem is, for me to get the best of the stories out there, I'd have to edit them so mercilessly that we might take all the fun out of them. I'm still thinking about it, though. I've also toyed with a blog post that talks about some of what we do. I also did an office hours once and talked about our work. I'd love other ideas of how we could get some of that out there. You can take that to my talk or email me (anyone!) if you have any ideas. It's just philippe{at]wikimedia.org. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:18, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Discovery of Downs Syndome cause reattributed by 'edit-a-thon'

Involved Editors: User:Rosieredfield and User:ChristophThomas

Involved Events: Misplaced Pages "Edit-a-thon"

Involved Pages: Jérôme_Lejeune and Marthe_Gautier

I would like to bring to your attention the page of Jérôme_Lejeune, a french scientist who discovered that an extra chromosome on the 21st pair caused downs syndrome. Very recently a group of people linked to the Misplaced Pages "edit-a-thon" have gone and edited this article and added links to interviews with a Marthe_Gautier who claims she discovered this. It's very troubling that an edit-a-thon is editing wikipedia in such a way.

I note that the only evidence this was discovered by either of them is;

J. Lejeune, M. Gautier et R. Turpin « Les chromosomes humains en culture de tissus » C. R. Acad. Sciences 26 janvier 1959.

In which J. Lejeune is named as the discoverer. M Gautier has just recently come out in interviews claiming that she made the discovery, however this is unverifiable and only happened after his death. Misplaced Pages's policy of No Original Research should come into play here and allow the page Marthe_Gautier to be deleted or stubbed pending a re-write, and for Jérôme_Lejeune to stay in its current form, as it is rolled back to 2013 Nov 18, which is before the edit-a-thon was created.

I note that the page for Marthe_Gautier is poorly written and reeks of argument. I am worried about an incoming edit war from the people from the "Edit-a-thon"

I think someone needs to monitor these pages for misleading edits and have a talk with named editors. Also, 'edit-a-thon's' for a particular cause, for any reason, are not constructive. Especially if a cause is political in nature, i.e., women in STEM fields.

Best Regards, Luke Martinez L32007 (talk) 18:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the Marthe Gautier article - it should probably be moved to AfC until it is ready for primetime. However a dispute over credit for discovery could very well be notable - keeping in mind we need to correct the WP:NPOV issues in the article. Some of the sources compel me to think this article should be on wikipedia in some form. Simonm223 (talk) 18:21, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

"Women in STEM fields" is a political cause now? Liz 18:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

The edit-a-thon is political in nature? They wouldn't be doing vandalising pages to promote falsehoods if they weren't feminists, what's the problem with calling it as i see it? L32007 (talk) 19:04, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I've contested your proposed deletion on principle. You put a prod tag with the summary, "Added deletion request. Do not remove. Discuss on talk page." Proposed deletions must be uncontroversial, and if anyone objects at all to the page deletion then the prod is invalid. Ironically, your proposed deletion was self-defeating because you were effectively admitting that it was controversial by demanding that nobody remove the tag (which you cannot do) and asking people to discuss the deletion on the article talk page (which, again, demonstrates the controversy of the deletion). If you want a deletion discussion for that article (which I don't object to) you must take it to articles for deletion. -- Atama頭 18:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Note taken, Thanks for that, I'll look to that. The page is poorly written and has redundent titling. Also Something needs to be done about the content, if she isn't telling the truth, and the only evidence we have is her interviews, she's not notible for wikipedia. L32007 (talk) 19:04, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

@L32007 : "In which J. Lejeune is named as the discoverer." there is no such claim in the sources you cite - if you would have spend the time reading the source you would know that. And no - I am not anywhere near any group - if you would have had a look at my contributions you would know that too. The controversy is out in the open for a while now (since 2009) and has been in each reputable French newspaper (Le Monde, Liberation, La Croix) Of course you would have known this is if ... christophe (talk) 18:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Just clarifying that I don't disagree with Atama at all. I only suggested move to AfC because the article is so clearly under construction currently. Simonm223 (talk) 18:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

The source i cite is the publication by J. Lejeune OF his discovery, now that he is deceased M. G. is coming out to newspapers and going for interviews -- that can't be a reliable source, just because it was said in a newspaper by the person who claims credit now, 50 years after the discovery does not make it true. As for your claim that you are not in such group, please see the | relevant section of the groups page. L32007 (talk)

oh sorry Lejeune's own publication ... in that case! I was referring to the original publication of the discovery. christophe (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

It sounds like this is a content dispute, not vandalism or bad faith edits and so, as Atama says, this conversation should be moved to the article talk page or, if that discussion isn't constructive, move to the dispute resolution process. It doesn't sound like there is any call here for admin action. Liz 22:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I have participated in six or seven Edit-a-thons, and they are simply gatherings where experienced editors and newer editors meet to discuss editing Misplaced Pages, and then do some editing. These events help in recruiting and training productive new editors. If 20 or 30 people are sitting around tables editing on laptops, it should not be surprising that some of the contributions will be excellent, and some will be . . . not so good. Don't blame the Edit-a-thon concept for some poor edits, as Randy in Boise and his legions of POV pushing clones are perfectly capable of making poor edits while all alone. Cullen Let's discuss it 08:01, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

An article in the 14 February 2014 issue of Science suggests there may be something to Marthe Gautier's claims. But we can't put a conclusion about this in Misplaced Pages's voice until reliable sources make a finding, assuming that they ever do so. Getting witnesses to recall the details of what happened in a lab 50 years ago may be tricky. Assuming this gets widely covered, the dispute itself may be notable. You may be not be able to read the full Science article due to the paywall. Another version of the story is on a news site operated by Science, "After More Than 50 Years, a Dispute Over Down Syndrome Discovery". EdJohnston (talk) 01:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

•  Comment: Why is the Edit-a-thon being blamed for this? If anything, it's the editors themselves, not the event, logically. Epicgenius (talk) 01:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't think the women-in-wikipedia editathon played a major role in these edits, since most of the edits were made by me well before the editathon. I did put a link to the Marthe Gautier page in one of the lists of pages that could be edited by participants in the editathon, but I don't think anyone followed up on this. I agree that the primary dispute is about content. Rosieredfield (talk) 23:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Levotb and slow-moving POV-pushing

Yesterday, I was doing some anti-vandalism patrolling on STiki, and I ran into the article for Al Melvin (politician), which was undergoing some vandalism at the time. It eventually was sorted out, but then I ran into Levotb (talk · contribs) and this edit. Again, it's nothing too extreme, but when I went back into their edit history, although they aren't as bad as some others, they have deliberately removed or mis-characterized information on the pages in order to fit their viewpoint. Edits such as this one (where they replaced "African American" with "black"), and this edit (where they replaced "Undocumented immigrants" with "Illegal aliens"), and this edit (where they removed all mentions of a lack of minorities in the film) show that something is up, and I was wondering if anyone thinks that they should be blocked for an obvious breach of policy. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Recommend you take this to WP:NPOVN. - Jorgath (talk) 20:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I wasn't sure, as that page appears to be article issues, whereas this is for a specific user. Also, since this is vandalism in some ways, I wanted to make a note of it here. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Ktr - I'd suggest engaging with the user on their talkpage about the issues you see, in pretty explicit detail. They're definitely acting from a particular POV, but they have few enough edits that they may not realize that's not appropriate on Misplaced Pages. I'd suggest giving them pointers to stuff like WP:NPOV, or even picking a particular edit of their's out and explaining the problems you see in it while making it clear that your objection is that it fails to conform to Misplaced Pages policy, and not a solely ideological one. Best, Kevin Gorman (talk) 02:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Okay, will do. Thanks for the suggestion! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

President of Ukraine issue

This issue regards the article President of Ukraine. Mandz orp keeps adding "disputed" in the infobox for acting president Oleksandr Turchynov. They have done this so many times I would consider it edit warring. They have tried to make their point on the talk page but have no support from other users. In fact, many users have reverted, this including myself twice, and stated their opposition. I asked the user to gain a proper consensus to add "disputed" but they don't seem to care based on their most recent edit summary. Can an admin please remove the "disputed" from the infobox and temporarily protect the article, and explain to the user they must stop edit warring and discuss it until they have a consensus? Thank you. Fry1989 21:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Wehwalt, I thank you for protecting the page, but can you please explain why you have not removed the "disputed" claim from the infobox while there clearly is no consensus for that? Fry1989 21:46, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I protected the "wrong version", obviously. I was acting to put a stop to a budding edit war without deciding that. Discussion among editors should continue and people should discuss what will happen when protection comes off. Three hours isn't very long. I'm available to look on or stay out, as people prefer.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:51, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

And I give any uninvolved admin permission to change that as Fry1989 discussed, if they think it best, or if the dispute is resolved.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:53, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't believe you fully understand the problem. There is no consensus to add "disputed" to the infobox, not a single user supports this move by Mandz orp, but clearly this user has no intention of stopping adding "disputed" unless an admin is involved. With a complete lack of support, Mandz orp's insistence is already edit warring and vandalism, they have added "disputed" (or reverted back to Yanukovich as legitimate) to the article 8 times in the last 3 days against the will of many different users. That's why I brought this to the noticeboard in the first place. As I said on the discussion page, the issue isn't whether this user is right or wrong, it's that they have zero support. Fry1989 21:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I think you have a valid point, in fact I agree (Though not on vandalism) , but that was what was in existence when I protected and after this discussion, I don't want to edit through my own protection to change it. Anyone else want to weigh in?--Wehwalt (talk) 22:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I've removed my protection. Who's next?--Wehwalt (talk) 22:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I'll try to explain, as an admin, why I think what Wehwalt did was correct (and why it's necessary for administrators to protect the "wrong" version when protecting a page). An administrator should not use their tools at any article where they are involved. Being involved means taking a side in a dispute or trying to expand or "fix" an article. If an administrator changes an article, and then protects it, they are basically misusing their tools by forcing their preferred change to the article to be in place when a non-administrator can't undo it. I think it should be obvious as to why that would be a bad thing. So an administrator who protects a page will leave it in the state it was in, making no judgment as to the suitability of the content, but simply preventing others from changing it (usually to stop an edit war). The only exception is in cases where the content of the article must be changed immediately, in the case of vandalism, violations of our WP:BLP policy, or some other problem that urgently needs to be fixed. Since this is not one of those cases, Wehwalt was following proper procedure by protecting the "wrong" version until the current dispute is sorted out on the discussion page. -- Atama頭 22:31, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• I often take a different tack, reverting back to whatever version existed before the edit war began (whether I agree with it or not), then protecting. Kind of "forcing" WP:BRD. I've found that this is slightly less likely to reward an edit warrior who's edit warring against consensus, although there are no guarantees. If someone is edit warring against a clear consensus on the talk page, I'll warn them and then block them if they continue, instead of protecting the page. But in this case, I'm not actually seeing any consensus one way or the other, it seems to be one against one. I'm concerned that the person being reported is pretty clearly an SPA, but on the other hand, this is a pretty harmless thing to have in the article until an actual consensus emerges. So, more eyeballs and more discussion. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Yes, I can see that. But that pre-supposes that protection was the right course of action. I'm not involved in that particular issue but have seen this scenario and this use of protection several times. Surely, if the problem is one disruptive/POV editor trying to override consensus of several other editors and force through change and if the neutral application of protection results in the version preferred by that one disruptive editor, then surely protection is not the right administrative action. Other measures eg blocking the disruptive editor shoukd be taken. DeCausa (talk) 22:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

My thought was that it was pretty much what Floq said, the usual suspects in a slow-burning edit war, and that such is a time to disregard the behavior because it's senseless to spend the time deciding who is in the right when the important thing is that it be worked out, perhaps with Wikiprojects notified to provide more eyes. That was my focus.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:53, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Well I have no place in such a discussion about methods, but I do thank everyone for their interest and most of all in removing "disputed" as it is not supported by a consensus. Fry1989 00:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

If full protection is the answer, protecting the lastest wrong version is the best path per Wehwalt / Atama. However, it this case , it was clearly one editor 3rr-"extended" (3 reverts ~26 hours -- close enough for Misplaced Pages work). A block at the time of protection wouldn't have been appropriate due to no 3rr warning (since taken care of by Beyond My Ken, but posting the warning would have been the next step. NE Ent 11:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Noor Pur Baghan

• Noor Pur Baghan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Sajjad Altaf (talk · contribs)

Long term ownership and edit warring over the article, which Sajjad Altaf created and built largely from original research. The problem appears to have originated with the editor, and article, receiving mention in the New York Times. Rather than acknowledge the COI issues, there are accusations of bad faith directed at user Sitush. Without having observed the longer exchange between them, the appearance is that Sajjad may be inclined to this kind of editing, and believes other editors are trying to sabotage him or the project. JNW (talk) 21:49, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't think that there is an edit warring on my behalf as i do not think i broke any 3RR rule here, if any one of you administrators observe what happened today was that i opposed an article from being deleted which was proposed for deletion by Sitush. As soon as i opposed that proposal, Sitush started reverting all of my edits made recently on three pages Noor Pur Baghan, Maula Jatt and Dulla Bhatti, to me this was an act of vengeance not of a professional editor. Sajjad Altaf (talk) 21:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• Sajjad, edit warring is not synonymous with WP:3RR. I make many edits to many articles and you'll note that I've edited Noor Pur Baghan before today and I completely revamped Dulla Bhatti recently. I doubt anyone would dispute that the latter article is far, far better than it was before my revamp; some might quibble about the state of the former article but, hey, you cannot just write anything on Misplaced Pages, even if it is with the charitable intention of promoting a nondescript village somewhere (as you said on the article talk page).

Yes, I was checking your contributions but I was doing so because I vaguely recalled seeing your name before & in relation to some problematic stuff (turned out to be because of the NPB article). There is nothing wrong with checking things out, especially if there have been causes for concern, and especially given that all these items have been watchlisted and, if you examine my edits closely, you'll see that I regularly maintain items on my list even though sometimes it takes me a few days to get to them. Hey, maybe the dedicated Sitush ANI will get its first report soon.- Sitush (talk) 22:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

As long as we're here, I also have a question re: this edit . Do we include honorifics in article titles, based on the insistence of an article's creator? Here, too, I'm wondering about ownership and original research in a regrettably poorly sourced article. JNW (talk) 22:55, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

We should not. -- SMS 23:06, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Professor Iqbal Azeem is known as Professor Iqbal Azeem, i have never heard of referring to him as Iqbal Azeem, it's not an honorific anymore, it is part of the name as per WP:COMMONNAME. Common name is what a person referred to as most. It's like Alexander The Great, you will have to remove "The Great" from his name because it is an honorific but as per WP:COMMONNAME, you won't remove because it has become part of his name. Same way Professor has become part of his name. Iqbal Azeem could be anybody. Iqbal Azeem does not identify the person known as Professor Iqbal Azeem. Sajjad Altaf (talk) 04:25, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Hey Sitush, problematic stuff you are referring to is being mentioned in NYTimes. I know it's hard to digest. Sajjad Altaf (talk) 04:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The problem here isn't Sitush, it's the adherence to unsourced content and original research. It's not how Misplaced Pages works. JNW (talk) 04:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I totally understand that but i still feel i am being singled out and targeted by Sitush, my vote to keep Phaphra was in good faith and it was not because Sitush proposed it for deletion. I honestly did not know that there are some well known authors whose work is not being accepted by Misplaced Pages. All i am saying is that the flurry of edits that he did reverting my edits after that was in response to that. It should not have been that way. He should not have made a personal vendetta. Sajjad Altaf (talk) 04:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Even if you're correct--and I don't think that you are--the situation would be defused immediately if you followed policy and removed the unsourced content you've added to articles. There are no editors forcing you to ignore Misplaced Pages guidelines, so it sounds as if you're acting against your own best interests out of stubbornness. JNW (talk) 04:44, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Hosting a personal attack by another editor on a Talk page.

• Not resolved: see comments dated 28 February 2014 at end of this section. Johnuniq (talk) 09:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi. For several weeks now, I have been followed and harassed by an IP hopper making a huge range of unsubstantiated claims about my editing. This IP hopper has now posted a personal attack about me on the Talk page of User talk:Timelezz. This personal attack includes naming me in the thread heading. I have twice asked User talk:Timelezz over the last few days to delete this entire personal attack thread, but they have refused. I would like to know if I, or another editor, can delete this thread from User talk:Timelezz. Thank you for considering this request.__DrChrissy (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Note that Timelezz requested advice at the help desk on this issue. I don't see any action being taken on it. Personally if it were about me, i would prefer to make a single response to such comments and then leave them there. If they are indeed completely unfounded, anyone who looks will be able to see this and the poster will only harm his or her rep, such as it may be. However, you are not required to do that. Perhaps if the thread was edited to make the heading more neutral, and remove the provocative language? DES 01:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I've advised Timelezz and others who have received similar messages to remove the personal attacks, or to explain why they feel it is appropriate to allow their talkpages to by used by a blocked user to make repeated attacks on other editors. By the way, I've blocked the latest IP sock, who has fixated on DrChrissy as an opponent, and who is treating animal rights topics and Misplaced Pages in general as battlegrounds. A previous episode in January led to extensive rangeblocks that took out a lot of Western Australian IPs, and I have yet to discern an agenda other than axe-grinding. I think at least six IPs and an /18 range have been blocked in this month's episode. As Drmies and others noted in January, this is well past disruptive. I removed the attack on Timelezz's page on grounds of PA, DENY, etc., but Timelezz restored it and admonished me that he could manage his own page himself, thank you, so I let it stand rather than indulge in a pointless dispute. I will note that, while editors are given more latitude over their talkpages, it's not infinite, and it's still Misplaced Pages's talkpage in the end. Acroterion (talk) 01:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

And now I've blocked another IP manifestation at CYl7EPTEMA777's talkpage,who has his own interpretation of DES's remark . Acroterion (talk) 02:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - your continued attention to this is very much appreciated.__DrChrissy (talk) 02:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• An IP hopper has been abusing an editor for months—see here and here and here and here and here. There have been several other reports at places like WP:RSN and WP:COIN where the IP has used inflammatory headings and extravagant claims to attack editors. Timelezz apparently thinks that their talk page is available as a safe haven for the IP, however Misplaced Pages is not an exercise in free speech or liberty, and talk pages are not available to host attacks. If the IP wants to accuse an editor of something, they need to use moderate language, neutral headings, and do it on a suitable noticeboard—not article or user talk pages. One unfortunate aspect of encouraging the IP by restoring their attacks is that it means the IP will never learn how to collaborate, and so may never make useful edits. If the IP received a consistent message, they might adapt. Would an uninvolved admin please explain this to Timelezz and ensure that a reasonable outcome occurs. Johnuniq (talk) 02:26, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

And now another WA IP here, now removed , Drmies and I are part of DrCrissy's "gang". This one blocked too. Acroterion (talk) 03:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Acroterion, as a certified sock of me, and me being on Dr. Crissy's payroll, you are waaay too involved to be making such a block. Next time I'll take care of it. On a less serious note, I hate being given reasons to support registering as a requirement to edit. Drmies (talk) 05:15, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Leaving DrChrissy out of it for the moment, you/we are a mighty funny-looking woman, though the Acroterion version has more hair. Acroterion (talk) 12:56, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

While the IP range is allocated to a company registered in Perth, Western Australia, it is likely that this is accurate, namely that the IP is in Sydney. However, that's not important—can we please focus attention on whether an editor has the right to restore an attack on their talk page. The IP is using User talk:Timelezz to post unfounded accusations. Thoughts? Johnuniq (talk) 06:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Isn't the short answer to DrChrissy's question "I would like to know if I, or another editor, can delete this thread from User talk:Timelezz", yes ? DrChrissy could have deleted that comment per WP:TPO since it is a personal attack and they don't need anyone's permission. That is my understanding anyway. Sean.hoyland - talk 06:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

That's what I think, but the problem is that the owner of the talk page reverted the removal of the attack (Please, don't touch MY Talk page), and left a rather strong message on the talk page of the offending editor (Moderating Talk pages). Further, by restoring an attack, Timelezz has endorsed the attack. Johnuniq (talk) 07:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It's very simple: the offending posting was made in evasion of a block, so it can be removed. If Timelezz wants it restored, he can only do so by personally endorsing everything said in it. But if he does so, he will be treated as responsible for every form of abuse in it – i.e. he will be treated as if he himself was attacking and harassing the complainant. In other words, if he restores it one more time, I will block him. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm fine with the resolution. As I've said before, I doubted whether this was to be considered a personal attack. I was against other users moderating my Talk page as long as I doubt it is a personal attack. I've said to respect moderator's decision. I notice that a moderator agreed that, other than requested, removal of the whole thread is unappropriate. The moderator removed some sections that s/he considered a personal attack. Of course I abide to that. I think this approach is very well in line with Misplaced Pages:USERTALKBLOG. Kind regards, Timelezz (talk) 11:35, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Moderator? Nil Einne (talk) 12:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Ok, thanks Timelezz for the graceful response; I guess we can call this situation resolved then, right? Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:15, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I agree with FPaS. It'simportant to note that Timelezz has made it clear (to me at least) that Timelezz doesn't support the IP's attacks on DrChrissy. As for CYl7EPTEMA777, their English skills make them hard to interpret, so I've been giving them the benefit of the doubt. Acroterion (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

@Timelezz: Thanks, that's good, but please give the underlying issue some more consideration. If someone goes to your talk page and writes "User X is a liar", that is a personal attack. The norms used by the community are very easy to understand as they are all based on the need for collaboration. It's fine to use a noticeboard to say "User X has made many statements which they must have known are wrong ", but what do you think would be the eventual outcome if it became acceptable for editors to write "X is a liar" (and other insults) on various talk pages? Johnuniq (talk) 21:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I am afraid I can not agree that this matter is resolved. Timeleez has now posted on a separate thread of his Talk page ("Notice") a thanks to the adminstrator who redacted parts of his talk page. In his thanks, Timeleez posted "And I applaud that you only removed the sections that were refering to words as 'lie', and did not remove a reference to "an original research case", which I agree, can not be considered as a personal attack." This is clearly an open support of the unfounded accusation of OR made by the IP hopper - and is in effect, posting such accusation, as indicated in the discussion above. If Timeleez wishes to bring a case of OR against me, then do that on the appropriate page with the appropriate evidence - which will not be found. If not, I would like this comment redacted. I wonder whether by drawing specific attention to this aspect of the IP's original attack, Timeleez is in further breach of policy and perhaps inviting more punitive action.__DrChrissy (talk) 22:26, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

This is where the wikilawyers have got you over a barrel. The comment from the abusive IP that is still visible says:

Hello, just let you know that there is an original research case of DrChrissy on the notice board.

That wording squeaks by the requirement to not attack another editor, and the fact that the original heading used by the IP (which was an extreme attack) has been redacted makes the above "OK" in the eyes of the average WP:DGAF onlooker. Some editors regard an attack as a string of four-letter words, but the IP uses none of them. To my mind, a string of expletives is easily shrugged off as any rational onlooker will disregard it as an emotional outburst. The IP's completely unfounded but repeated accusations of "lies" and "COI OWN" are much worse as they attack the character of another editor. It is disgraceful that it has taken so long for these obvious attacks to be removed, and it is absurd that Timelezz still does not get it.

What is more concerning is that Timelezz's last comment on their talk includes the opinion that "other users moderating my Talk page" and "DrChrissy requested me coercively". The former shows a complete misunderstanding of Misplaced Pages, and the latter is an unsubstantiated (and completely incorrect) personal attack. My guess was that FPaS was overlooking that because it is good that Timelezz has climbed down a fair way, and we are hoping that in time they will work out what collaboration involves. However, I am waiting for a response from @Timelezz: to judge whether pushing for further action would be desirable. Johnuniq (talk) 00:54, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I too was worried about the expression "DrChrissy requested me coercively" made by Timeleez. Timeleez has on many occasions stated that his native language is not English, so I was willing to accept this expression as being made in good faith. However, because of his continued attacks and support of IP harassment on his Talk page, I am now not so sure. It seems to be a highly loaded expression which suggests a high degree of understanding of the English language. Amongst all this, I have no idea why Timeleez has chosen this course of action against me - I think the only slightly adverserial contact we have had is on Marius (giraffe) where I inserted a without giving an explanation because it seemed obvious to me. For some reason, Timeleez took exception to this.__DrChrissy (talk) 02:24, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Dear Johnuniq, DrChrissy did not just request me to remove the text, he added pressure to it saying "Could I suggest that for each minute you leave this thread on your talk page, you are tacitly supporting this personal attack. This will not be looked upon favourably should you or I raise a dispute." Implying consequences on inaction. Hence, I called this a coercive request. Neither have I climbed down anywhere. My position was clear from the beginning, and nothing has changed about that. Acroterion is completely correct to state that "Timelezz has made it clear (to me at least) that Timelezz doesn't support the IP's attacks on DrChrissy." Instead, it is DrChrissy who repeatedly, and still, is arguing that I am in support of the claims made by the IP hoppers. He says literally, "This is clearly an open support of the unfounded accusation". I consider this a distorted view of the events and an inability to see events in another way than black or white. He is free to be as much mistaken as he wishes to be. But please refrain from throwing words like "disgraceful" and "absurd" at me. Thank you. On that final note, I consider and will keep considering this topic as closed. Timelezz (talk) 11:10, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Dear Timeleez, it would be incorrect for you to consider this matter closed. The IP's unfounded accusation against me of OR remains on your Talk page, and your comment supporting this accusation also remains on your Talk page. Please remove both these or provide information so that I can refute what is now YOUR accusation. If necessary, I will open a separate AnI regarding this matter. This is not "coercion" or a threat - simply a statement of my possible future actions.__DrChrissy (talk) 16:54, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

User:K6Ka supporter

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Google Alerts sent me an e-mail when they found a new search match when one Google's "k6ka". Apparently, someone created a new Misplaced Pages account with the username K6Ka supporter. Here's what concerns me:

1. On the user's userpage, they state: "I am here to stop vandalizim in Misplaced Pages with the help of my friend K6Ka. Come and support me as well. Thank you, Siddharth"

I don't have a friend named Siddharth, nor do I know someone IRL with that name. A lot of my friends do know that I have a Misplaced Pages account and that I fight vandalism, but I simply can't imagine them doing something like this.

2. The username has "k6ka" in it. This concerns me a lot because a lot of people would think this is my sockpuppet. I want to clarify right now that this is NOT a sockpuppet account, and that a CheckUser is welcome to check.

I will keep an eye on this suspicious user's contributions, but I'm quite positive that whoever created this account is not someone I know personally. I would ask that the owner of this account, if they wish to edit Misplaced Pages, to abandon this account and create a new one, or use an existing one that hopefully has a less concerning username if possible. The last thing I want is to be blocked for sockpuppetry that I didn't do. K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:11, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• I'm not entirely sure (would someone please clarify), but in the future I think you would just need to put a brief statement at WP:UAA saying that the account was impersonating/attacking you. Whether or not the "supporter" can make up some fantastic story is not relevant, the account just needs to be indeffed. Johnuniq (talk) 03:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I guess I have a different take on this:

1. It's clearly NOT imitation - the use of their "real name" on the userpage shows that, and it shows their intentions. Any admin would typically see that, and not consider it to be your sock
2. People who may have interacted with you on articles (possibly even while editing anonymously) may often feel some form of brotherhood with you based on similar views, and think of you as a "friend"
3. I do have a minor concern that the editor may already have an account and this was created as some form of alternate account - which while techically fine, might occasionally run afoul of the WP:SOCK#LEGIT aspects

The short version is this: you have a fan. Feel blessed. Most of us don't have any fans whatsoever. ES&L 11:59, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The user called me a "friend", and I'm rather hesitant on who I call a "friend". I have two kinds of friends - the Internet friend, which you meet over the Internet, and a personal friend, one that you met in person. Both kinds of friends require that I know the person for an amount of time and that I have worked or interacted with him/her before. So when someone pops up out of nowhere and calls me a friend... that's where I get really uncomfortable.

It doesn't seem right that I would get a fan while other users who've been on longer than me, have more experience than me, and have more edits than me, don't. I am quite wary of this person. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Try becoming an admin ... the "friends" get more nasty :-) Et tu, Bruté comes to mind ES&L 13:18, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• No, it's not acceptable. K6ka, I suppose this might possibly be somebody you know IRL having a joke with you, as people can be very, uh, jocular in an open project. But it seems more likely to be a vandal you have disobliged, having a little troll with you. In any case, it needs to be stopped, if K6ka, a harmless and useful vandalism fighter, is uncomfortable enough with it that s/he comes here to ask for our help. The name "K6Ka supporter" and the comment on their userpage is pretty obvious trolling, especially if you consider that there are no other contributions than the userpage — no "vandalism fighting". I have asked them nicely (well, nicely for me) to create another account. If there's no response, I intend to delete the userpages and indeff the account. Trigger-happy Panda, there are fans and then there a stalkers. Most of us prefer to decide which people we let snuggle up to us and call us "friends", even on the internet. Bishonen | talk 14:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC).

Funny that I have been often accused of being "trigger happy" with the block button, and indeed I think I was referred to as a bully once. ES&L 14:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

No offense intended, ES&L, as I've seen you do some good work, but you seem to be having some judgement concerns today. Between telling a wary editor with a possible stalker "You have a fan. Feel blessed." and your condonement of the "jailbait" user page two threads down, seems atypical of you. Have a cup of tea, some fresh bamboo, maybe a nap. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Right, but his reasoning for wanting action was because he didn't want it to be considered as one of his socks. My argument surrounded that, n'est-ce pas? And I still stick by my comments below. Hell, we had a girl we called "jailbait" as a nickname in high school because of her penchant for older guys. It's not an uncommon nickname, and I certainly believe some overly-aggressive behaviour has taken place in that thread. Yeah, 4 nights with only 5 hours sleep causes issues...but not that bad DP 22:17, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I have to agree, this is blockable per WP:IMPERSONATOR. Note where it states, "One should not choose a username that implies a relationship with an existing editor (unless the account is actually owned or the relationship is acknowledged by the editor themselves)." Obviously in this case, not only is the relationship not acknowledged, it's disputed. And for what it's worth, I've been accused of being a wimp with my blocking tools (in one case on this very noticeboard when I refused to be another editor's "hitman" years ago). -- Atama頭 19:30, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• OK, I think I've waited long enough after my note to them, I'm blocking and deleting. In the unlikely contingency that K6ka's "friend" actually wants to edit Misplaced Pages (they haven't so far), they can just as well create a new account. Bishonen | talk 22:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC).

Thanks for taking yet another thing off my mind. The worst I can imagine are my friends begging me unsuccessfully for my password, but I haven't thought of this ever occurring. Let's hope this doesn't happen again. K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

If there's a similar problem again, the simplest thing is to take it to WP:UAA as recommended by Johnuniq above. For other kinds of harassment, you're most welcome back on ANI or, perhaps simpler, my page if I'm active. Bishonen | talk 10:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC).

Sudhan

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A couple of editors ""sitush"" and "Smsarmad" have consistently deleted everything on the above referenced article due their personal prejudices, this article has been edited by numerous editors over the years and now only has a few lines due to these editors behavior. I request that they be banned from editing Trueblood (talk) 04:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Sudhan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

  Currently, the most recent edit is by Trueblood786 (diff) and that appears to add a bunch of text sprinkled with "citation needed". There is no recent discussion on the talk page, but there is a claim from August 2012 that general sanctions apply to the article. Johnuniq (talk) 05:20, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Possible legal threat?

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CeredigionLawCentre (talk · contribs) has made this diff to Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Cricket. I can't tell if that is just a statement made by some sock or user involved in the ongoing Daft/AA block/unblock saga that seems to be consuming that page at the moment - of which I am largely ignorant - or whether it is an actual legal threat or some intention. As a member of the project, despite being very much ignorant of the Daft/AA matters, I didn't feel it appropriate to comment. Plus it's quite a light legal threat if it even is one. Thoughts? --S.G. _ping! 12:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It's not a legal threat. It was a one-time post (probably by a sockpuppet, though without knowing who it's a sock of there's no action to take in that regard). It wasn't directed at anyone in particular, it didn't reference what prompted the post, and didn't state any particular action that would be taken. It appears to be a random post, perhaps an odd trolling attempt. I also looked up "Ceredigion Law Centre" and while Ceredigion is a real place, I could find no evidence that the "Ceredigion Law Centre" is anything but fictional, so there's no need to block per WP:ORGNAME. My advice: ignore the post, and don't give anymore undue attention. -- Atama頭 17:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Well, I hadn't seen this before I read the UAA report. Notwithstanding those issues, I blocked indef anyway, as between the name and the insinuations I don't think we need this person. Daniel Case (talk) 17:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you to both. I realise it was a bit of a wishy-washy "threat" likely connected to a sock of Daft or someone else who is involved in this apparent saga at WT:CRIC of which I have been largely ignorant. Thanks! --S.G. _ping! 17:59, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't object to blocking, I don't see that the person was here for a constructive purpose. If nothing else, I'm sure they're a sock of someone. -- Atama頭 18:00, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

strange userpage / provocator agent?

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At AIV, where I had posted this first, I was instructed to take it to ANI.
When I checked a somewhat out-of-scope-looking image over at Commons, I was taken to the userpage of Soixante Nerf (talk · contribs), which appeared immediately rather fishy to me. As I am not well-versed with :en's terms, please take a close look at the userpage of this self-proclaimed 16-year-old, who has mostly edited his/her userpage. Something seems to be very wrong there. Some of his/her edit-summaries and the links in the last line of the userpage make it rather unlikely that this is a 16-year-old. Eventually this might be a Agent provocateur, who wants to put Misplaced Pages in a bad light. --Túrelio (talk) 16:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I see no problem with this userpage, or any edits this user has made. Please assume good faith and be welcoming to new editors. I would in fact delete/remove this report. It is inappropriate. Capitalismojo (talk) 16:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Look very carefully at the links at the very bottom of the user page (and links elsewhere). The user page should be deleted and account blocked immediately. It could be an attack page on a minor, we can't take any chances.--I am One of Many (talk) 16:45, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• I'm not seeing the issue here. They've done a lot of work on their userpage, yeah. They have some interesting choices in articles to edit, yeah. Their external links in some places just come back here to Misplaced Pages, yeah. Their grammar, wording, and even some edit-summaries certainly fit the intellectual and age description. They're not a minor. The external links go to a subdomain of a website (lisaem) that happens to meet what the person claims to be their name. What's the problem? ES&L 17:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Whether it matters or not, their self-proclaimed birth date does make them a minor in most places, at least in Florida where the Foundation is legally based. §FreeRangeFrog 17:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I agree with I am One of Many. Túrelio was quite correct to bring this here per Misplaced Pages:Protecting children's privacy. We have here someone (Redacted). In many US states and in US Federal law, 16 is below the age of consent. Voceditenore (talk) 17:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I have suppressed her page as it contained way too much personal detail for a minor. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. It also had a photograph. If the girl in the image was someone else, that was potentially very serious. If it was an adult posing as a 16 year old, ditto. Voceditenore (talk) 17:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The image have now been deleted at Commons, as it was out-of-scope. --Túrelio (talk) 17:46, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Four possibilities here, from (IMHO) most to least likely: (1). Journalist or blogger posing as underage "jailbait" so as to shame Misplaced Pages. Reddit got a lot of well-deserved bad publicity not too long ago for having a "jailbait" forum, could be an attempt to make Misplaced Pages look similarly bad. (2). Law enforcement trying to catch pedos by posing as "jailbait" user and seeing who sends them messages or otherwise interacts with or defends them. (3). Someone creating fake accounts to bully some kid. Mean, but hey, it happens. (4). Some kid trying to shock their parents by being "jailbait" online. Basically the novel Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack for the web 2.0 era. Regardless of which possibility it is, no good can come to Misplaced Pages by having a "jailbait" user page. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:49, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
  • All are possible and a misuse of a user account. I'm especially concerned about some version of (3). I am One of Many (talk) 18:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
    • A side note, "soixante nerf" seems like a slight modification of the French phrase "soixante neuf" which is slang for a sexual position. This seems consistent with much of the editor's interests (see their contribution history), but provocative usernames are often associated with disruptive intentions. -- Atama頭 19:20, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Is there a reason why this editor was not notified of this discussion? Is there a reason why this user page was already deleted before hearing from the editor? It seemed like there was discussion going on and the editor spent a lot of time creating her user page. Liz 21:37, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The reason why the page was deleted is outlined at WP:KID, already linked to above in this discussion. As to your other question, I don't think there is a good reason except that it was forgotten (not a good excuse, I know). I'll rectify that now. -- Atama頭 21:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

For more background as to why user pages like this are often deleted, read the arbitration discussion here. -- Atama頭 21:55, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Note: I saw User:Soixante nerf early on, after seeing her edit the Erotic sexual denial article, and I discussed her user page, including the fact that her username seems to mean soixante neuf, and the existence of all the links (links that are not directly Misplaced Pages links...but double as Misplaced Pages links), with a few Misplaced Pages editors via email; we were all concerned, some of us more concerned than others. One of the editors I discussed the matter with brought up WP:CHILDPROTECT, but wondered if she is too old for that policy to apply to her; I assured the editor that the policy applies to late teenagers who are underage as well. But since User:Soixante nerf says she is a late teenager, though still under age with regard to most countries, I decided to let the matter play out itself, especially given the editor's feelings toward Misplaced Pages. I may have acted wrongly in that regard, and it seems from above that others would agree that I did. As for the editors I was in discussion with about this matter, it was me who contacted all three and I did not reveal their identities to each other (in fact, only one of them was aware that I was in discussion with another Misplaced Pages editor about this matter), just like I will not reveal their identities here in this discussion. If they want to comment here, they will. Flyer22 (talk) 22:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Four possibilities here, from (IMHO) most to least likely:

Journalist or blogger posing as underage "jailbait" so as to shame Misplaced Pages.

Do you really think that is the most likely explanation? That's terrible!

Someone creating fake accounts to bully some kid. Mean, but hey, it happens

That is also a terrible thing to think. But if it really happens, I guess that is even more terrible.

Some kid trying to shock their parents by being "jailbait" online.

My parents do not know I registered an account with Misplaced Pages and I am sure they do not care. I am also sure that if they saw my account name, they would think it as funny as everyone else does.

Law enforcement trying to catch pedos by posing as "jailbait" user and seeing who sends them messages or otherwise interacts with

I am not going to respond to old weirdos who come on to me online, here or anywhere else. There are plenty of young wierdos in my dorm.

Again,

Four possibilities here, from (IMHO) most to least likely

Note that in your exhaustive list of possibilities, you omitted the one that should have been listed first: that I am just a smart 16 year-old.

But you didn't even consider that as a possibility. You said you will only consider descriptions of me that are evil. It's a trap. It's a pedophile.

Does anyone else see anything wrong with this? Might it perhaps be unfair when deciding whether I will be allowed to edit Misplaced Pages? Is rejecting the obvious explanation right at the start really the best way to decide what to believe—ever?

or defends .

That is a very worrisome statement to me. If I am in a contentious situation as an editor, everyone involved has now been warned not to support my position because if they do, an admin at this notice board will assume they are a criminal. I very seriously object to that statement. It isolates me from legitimate article-related communication.

It also had a photograph. If the girl in the image was someone else, that was potentially very serious. If it was an adult posing as a 16 year old, ditto.

Gee, thanks a lot. The photo was of me.

"soixante nerf" seems like a slight modification of the French phrase "soixante neuf" 

It is. So what? I think it is funny, my roommate thinks it's funny, and my friends here think it is funny. If some of you people are really this screwed up, then just let me pick a different name.

WP:CHILDPROTECT, but wondered if she is too old for that policy to apply to her;

I am not a Beiber-obsessed little girl wandering around backstage flirting with roadies at a concert. I am a college student in a dorm. Guys live in both rooms next to mine. I have all the freedom and responsibility of every other student here. I know this will shock and horrify you, but I even have sex, too. (I apologize for using such filthy language.)

And to show the level of depravity to which those godless Liberals have sunk our once-great country, my parents know about it and they think its fine. They have even had my GF over for dinner! But, then, you can't expect better from a couple of progressive, atheist, socialist PhDs.

I used the term "jailbait" because I think the phrase is hilarious, and I put it in my "a.k.a." list because it really is my nickname here. Also on that list was "speedy," which I was called one time because of my use of a larger-than-usually-prescribed amount of (legitimately prescribed) Ritalin.

I'll let you figure out why I'm called "spanky."

Sadly, I can only play with freshmen because sophomores know they could be pulled out of school and thrown in prison for 30 years if they do the very same thing a few freshmen have already done with impunity, and the very same thing they can do themselves in a few months on my birthday. In fact, I have considered throwing a particularly exciting birthday party with only 19 year-olds invited.

But the Juniors had better keep at least 10 feet away from me at all times and never be alone with me, or they're in a HEAP o' trouble!

Perhaps you see why I said, "I should write a book about the experience of being jailbait." I was referring to the grossly illogical consequences of these "protect the innocent girl's virtue" laws, the strangest of which happened when my GF turned 19. For a long time (by my standards), she was legally allowed to do stuff with everyone's blessing. These days, we could even have gotten married! Then literally the next day, she was a felon in danger of being imprisoned for decades and branded a monster if she did the very same things to me that she did legally just a few hours earlier. The kicker is, in just a few months, the exact same stuff will suddenly become perfectly legal again.

The unjust nature of this strange and shameful paradox was briefly taken notice of in several campus forums. But to me, it was my proud "15 minutes of fame," and the basis for (jokingly) calling myself a "dorm celebrity" on my user page. I found it so cool because I was not one of the popular girls in high school. It was also the genesis of my nickname, "jailbait," which I really love, is used by my friends more than "Lisa", and is now my favorite internet handle.

Your concern is appreciated, but unnecessary and, I think, unwarranted. I try not to take offense, and I remind myself that that you don't know me, and that you are just being safe instead of sorry, and as with powerful drugs, some people do need to be protected from their naive stupidity.

I discussed her user page, and her username with a few others.

You had email conversations about me with several people and even blanked my user page, yet it never occurred to you to advise me, tell me, or most of all, ask me anything. Nor did anyone see fit to let me know about this long discussion, in which I am the one being discussed. Instead, my user page was blanked without me being told first or being allowed to bring it into compliance with whatever rules apply.

the links in the last line of the userpage

Download and look at those links. You will see that they are simple redirects. I added them because most of them are, to the non screwed-up, ironic and humorous. Like having "Liberal" point to the article for "Communist." I used redirects to prevent readers from seeing the punch line in the link name.

But nobody ever asked me why. Instead, my links are used by admins here as evidence of my being evil.

Some of his/her edit-summaries make it unlikely that this is a 16-year-old.

I speak proper English, am intelligent, literate, well-informed in many areas, and I am 16. Since that is next-to impossible in the United States, you conclude that I am a much older person—probably a man—pretending to be me. Worse, I now have to defend myself about it.

This is a trigger issue with me, because in grade school I was accused of plagiarism, and the reason given (in front of the class) was that I had obviously copied my book report verbatim from the book jacket. I was so disheartened and despondent about this being my reward for excellent work that I never even showed him the book jacket. I just passively said nothing and didn't defended myself.

Well, I'm defending myself now.

This kind of moral panic craziness tar pit is exactly why I edited anonymously for so many years. And if things I've seen at WP in the past are any indication, it looks like pretty soon I will be correcting grammar anonymously here again. You already deleted my user page. The next step will be to ignore everything I just said, come to some kind of wrong, bizarre decision, and delete *me* as well.

I suppose I should have known better than to establish an account. There are screwed-up weirdos here alright, but they are not pedos.

Please reinstate my user page and advise me of what you don't like about it, so I can change it to one that you do like.

Please. ☺

I see no problem with this userpage, or any edits this user has made. Please assume good faith and be welcoming to new editors. I would in fact delete/remove this report. It is inappropriate. Capitalismojo (talk)

I'm not seeing the issue here. They've done a lot of work on their userpage, yeah. They have some interesting choices in articles to edit, yeah. Their external links in some places just come back here to Misplaced Pages, yeah. The external links go to a subdomain of a website (lisaem) that happens to meet what the person claims to be their name. What's the problem? ES&L 17:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, capitalismo and ESL. It is relieving to know that there are as many as two people here with common sense.

Lisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soixante Nerf (talk • contribs) 00:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Soixante Nerf, you were already pinged when Túrelio made their original post. How did you not know that this was going on? (Unless, of course, you're a troll, which, judging by your editing style, is easy to assume...) Epicgenius (talk) 01:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Last night, I began a rather long defense of a very popular webcomic that was deleted for not being notable, even though it has fan pages and is sold as a book on Amazon. I went to sleep because I have an early class tuesday and thursday. I got back to it today around 6pm, after classes and then the dining hall. The page still open on my screen had no notifications on it. I deleted most of what I wrote last night as unnecessary distraction from my main point, then posted it, as you can see on my contributions list. As soon as a new page loaded, I saw the "messages" flag, came here, and hit the ceiling.

Thank you for asking me, BTW, instead of making the ugliest possible misinterpretation that you could.

How did you not know that this was going on unless you're a troll?

The question makes no sense. A troll would drop everything and come here immediately, to wallow in the attention. Why is my not doing that evidence of trolling?

I'm starting to understand how women felt when they were tried for being "witches." The jury had concluded guilt before even hearing the defendant (as starblind said he did, above), and the entire meaning of "evidence" was turned on its head.

a troll, which, judging by your editing style, is easy to assume

What is it about my editing style that makes you believe I'm a troll? All my edits are punctuation and grammar.

Forget what I said about you not making the worst possible interpretation you can. I figured that when I had a named account, that I would soon be banned by an admin for not agreeing with an article's owner in a content dispute. But I now consider it inevitable that I will be banned in less than a day for replying to the issues in this pointless noticeboard "incident.

Why not just let me recreate a politically-correct user page and continue fixing punctuation errors? I never started a fight here; I just made a funny user page that was deleted by people with nothing better to do.

One more thing occurs to me. I'm not sure how to phrase it, and it will be interesting to see how the crazy people here twist it into evidence of trolling or media conspiracy. But my guess is that my ex- user page is probably just what one would expect from a 16 year-old who's free of her parents for the first time and finds herself in a dorm of guys (and girls) more than willing to help her explore this new, exciting thing called sexuality.

To anyone who's both intelligent and not crazy, that would be almost certainly true, a no-brainer. It would also clearly be a more likely explanation of my humorous user page than "it's the undercover cops", "it's a disrupting troll," or "it's an old pedophile."

I don't like this conversation. In fact I hate it, and I've asked several times to please stop it. I just want to fix minor errors in Misplaced Pages, and if you end this circus, that's what I'll do.

To sane people, my return to low-key editing would be proof that—what do you know—she didn't come here to fight; she came here to fix grammar mistakes. But I don't think that the kind of people who've accused me of crazy stuff will do that. They don't seem to be the kind of people who would ever say "wow, I suspected that Lisa came here to trick us for Fox News, but I realize that I was wrong."

I observe that some people who hang around this noticeboard are eager to believe that conspiracies by the media, pedophilia, and clever traps to trick them are literally the only explanations for a smart girl with a dry sense of humor editing Misplaced Pages. I think that probably, once that kind of person gets started blaming and judging and accusing, that they are emotionally incapable of any ending other than "Beat her up! Ban her! No 16 year-old could be that literate; she's an agent provocateur, satanic and evil pedophile come to trick and discredit us!"

There is no way to defend yourself against that using logic and reason because this is the only time they ever get to bully and hurt other people—which is how the lesser-intelligent adapt to being bullied and hurt.

Since they appear to be a vast majority here, I think it's a foregone conclusion that they will use my very words right now to whoop themselves up, ban me within 24 hours, then go find someone else to hurt. In fact, the only reason I don't just cancel my account in protest is that those same people would somehow manage to interpret it as confirming their manifestly unwarranted, ridiculous theories.

It's too bad, too, because all I really want to do is fix grammar errors. Soixante Nerf 03:19, 28 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soixante Nerf (talk • contribs)

"I know this will shock and horrify you, but I actually have sex, too."

Soixante Nerf, LOL, you're barking up the wrong tree with that one. As one of the editors around here well educated on sexual topics, I'm not sure that there is any sexual topic that would shock me. Certainly, there are ones that horrify me, but a 16-year-old having sex is not it. And for those stating "pedo" ("pedos"), that's not an accurate definition of pedophilia when it comes to adult sexual attraction to 16-year-olds. Not to mention that 16-year-olds can be pedophiles as well. But oh well. Like the Pedophilia article notes, people do misuse the term.

"You had email conversations about me with several people and even blanked my user page, yet it never occurred to you to advise me, tell me, or most of all, ask me anything. Nor did anyone see fit to let me know about this long discussion, in which I am the one being discussed. Instead, my user page was blanked without me being told first or being allowed to bring it into compliance with whatever rules apply."

Yep, I had email discussions with a few (not several) people about you, and I even mentioned to one Misplaced Pages editor that you remind me a little of myself when I was your age. But I didn't blank your user page; the person who did that identified himself above. And, no, I wouldn't contact you to tell you that I had email discussions about you. Not unless it was something you needed to be informed of. Like I stated, I decided to let things play out. If there was truly something wrong with your user page, others would tackle that; I wanted no part in tackling it. I queried others about you because I know how this site works and I knew that there was a chance that others might approach you about the things that you are now facing here in this WP:ANI discussion, and so I wanted opinions on the matter. Many Misplaced Pages editors here converse via email about Misplaced Pages and other Misplaced Pages editors, with it never occurring to them that they should let the people they were discussing know of that discussion, especially if most or all aspects of that discussion are better left off Misplaced Pages and/or away from the people the discussion concerns.

As for you not being notified of this WP:ANI discussion, not only were you notified via WP:Echo, you were notified on your user talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 04:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Flyer, I read your user page and some of your stuff, and it made me extremely happy! You are so obviously me in the future who came back in a time machine to write those things, that I am absolutely overjoyed to know time-travel is possible. Soixante Nerf 05:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soixante Nerf (talk • contribs)

The deletion of your user page was simply a good-faith effort to protect a young person. Misplaced Pages is anonymous unless one chooses to disclose who they are. Your edits are not all grammatical in nature. Some of your edits are corrections to mathematical equations, correct rephrasing of physical forces and processes, and the appropriate addition a highly technical scientific reference to an article. We do assume good faith when it is reasonable, but in this case, it did not appear reasonable regarding your user page. I am One of Many (talk) 07:24, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

That was not what I said, at all. congratulations for taking my words and skewing their meaning completely. I was just saying that, as Flyer22 stated above, the Echo notifications systems notify you of this post immediately, when your name is linked inside a post. that said, I was saying that some might think you are a troll (I don't) but based on your main topic of editing in some reproduction-related articles, it is likely that at least one editor may think that. Epicgenius (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Epicgenius, I resisted stating the following, but I've finally given into temptation: I wouldn't call those articles "reproduction-related articles," LOL, but I know what you mean. Flyer22 (talk) 00:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• SN, as one of the editors who engaged in off-wiki discussion about you, I want to say here that such discussions are perfectly legitimate. They can help to head off trouble at the pass before it blows up into a big ugly mess that disrupts the project, and they also serve to minimize the Streisand effect wherein sensitive information gets seen by a lot more people than would otherwise see it. Besides, Wikipedians are people—no, really!—and people like to gossip. I'd guess that such discussions happen every day, although I couldn't be sure.

  I'm the editor who wondered "aloud" about WP:CHILDPROTECT. I initially concluded that yours was a borderline case that merited further watching but not necessarily immediate action. I thought—and still think—that putting those links at the end of your user page was unwise. I'm the last person who's going to judge you, but I think there's a time and a place. Putting certain things on the same page where you identify yourself as a minor is a potential problem for three reasons: (1) it's liable to bring unwanted attention your way from people who may seek to exploit you or defame Misplaced Pages, (2) it's something you may well regret later, when you're older, no matter how appropriate you think it is right now, and (3) rightly or wrongly, it gets many of your fellow editors upset, thereby disrupting the project, and disrupting the project is never cool. Perhaps you didn't mean your page to be provocative—I'm certainly willing to assume good faith on that point—but some people took it that way, and that was disruptive, whatever the intent.

  If you really are sixteen, then you must know perfectly well that you're precocious and realize the fact that sometimes you're going to make people suspicious just by being yourself. C'est la vie. I hope you won't judge us too harshly for wondering and worrying. For what it's worth, one of the reasons I hesitated to report you is that I'm pretty sure that if Misplaced Pages had been around when I was your age, I would have been involved with it—and probably pushing the boundaries. I'm sure we're all glad to know you're here to do good work. If you continue with that and try to keep your user page uncontroversial, you should be fine. And don't take this as official—I'm not an administrator—but I wouldn't worry about your username. (Just don't get any ideas about increasing it by one whole number en français, as someone of a thoroughly monolingual persuasion might misconstrue that.) Rivertorch (talk) 19:24, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• I've blocked this account indefinitely, and it should not be unblocked without the consent of ArbCom. I don't think there's much reason to continue a conversation here, but I think removing the thread would backfire, so I'll just suggest it instead. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:32, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
  • I did a checkuser and reviewed the edits to the user page, and the other edits made by this user account. Based on this information, I agree that the account should be blocked and referred to ArbCom. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 19:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC) (Sydney Poore)
  • As the oversighter / checkuser who raised the issue with the rest of Functionaries, I agree with Floquenbeam's actions and that the account should not be unblocked without consulting ArbCom. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
  • In my capacity as Checkuser here, I have to concur with the actions taken here - Alison 20:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
  • Surely something should be said to the editors who apparently fell for this whole thing hook, line, and sinker. Particularly troubling is editors trying to ignore WP:CHILDPROTECT, which being a policy with distinct legal and public-relations consequences shouldn't be tossed aside on a whim. It isn't like letting a 3RR issue slide. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 22:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
    • Probably. They should've been blocked as a trolling account regardless of any CHILDPROTECT things, and I've just gone ahead and mopped up everything they were involved in (almost all of it was ridiculous oversimplification of articles, pure trolling, or a combination of the two). And I have no intention of going anywhere near most of those articles any time soon... Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 23:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• • • (edit conflict) I can't see anything on this page that warrants even considering a block. I can't see what was on the user page because it has been suppressed, but judging from the descriptions above, nothing there would have warranted a block either. Obviously, checkusers have access to data that I do not, and that may well give v ery good reasons for blocking. I wish that checkusers felt more able to say in general terms some of the reasons for their cations, when doing so would not out soemoen or violate the privacy policy, but I am not in a position to judge if that could be done in any particular case. (for example "Evidence shows that User:X is a sockpuppet of a banned user") Perhaps I am naive, I found the voice of the self-described teen above plausible, although of course that is no proof of anything. If the above poster was in fact duping editors here with malign intent, a block may have been the best way. If the editor was accurately self-describing, then we have probably lost a potentially valuable contributor. DES 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• Try reading some of their comments in this thread. They're trolling, pure and simple. Almost every single one of their edits was unconstructive, and I don't think you're familiar with WP:CHILDPROTECT at all, given that comment. We haven't lost a potentially valuable contributor at all. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 00:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

• • • Andrew Lenahan (Starblind), I take WP:CHILDPROTECT seriously (as a lot of editors at this site know) and I'm certain that Rivertorch does as well. That policy, however, is significantly more so about pedophiles, other types of people who are interested in sexual activity with an underage (non-adult) person and those advocating such behavior, and any of those types trying to contact an underage person on Misplaced Pages, than it is about an underage person giving out too much personal information on Misplaced Pages....unless giving it out to such people. I've never seen it applied to a case such as Soixante Nerf's case; all of that is where my not applying it to this case comes from, though I was clear above that WP:CHILDPROTECT applies to late teenagers who are underage as much as it does to prepubescent children. And if one wants to state that WP:CHILDPROTECT should have been applied because Soixante Nerf might be a pedophile, we'd need proof or good suspicion of that. WP:CHILDPROTECT was not taken into consideration, as far as we know, when Soixante Nerf's user page was "deleted" and then when Soixante Nerf was blocked. And it was not mentioned in this thread until I brought it up. Misplaced Pages:Guidance for younger editors and Misplaced Pages:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion are the pages that were applied when the blanking of this user's user page took place. Above, someone else mentioned Misplaced Pages:Protecting children's privacy (WP:KID). And none of those are official guidelines or policies, but they work just as efficiently. Neither I nor Rivertorch "fell for this whole thing hook, line, and sinker," especially not Rivertorch, who even hinted at doubt when he stated above..."If you really are sixteen." Flyer22 (talk) 00:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• • • Note: Because I was in the process of responding to Starblind, I did not know that Writ Keeper had already closed this thread. Flyer22 (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
      • (edit conflict)Lukeno94 I am perfectly well aware of WP:CHILDPROTECT and I just reviewed it in case I had forgotten something. I hadn't. I see no trolling above, merely an angry and sarcastic editor, or else someone doing a good job of posing as such. Frankly i find the former more likely, although impersonation does occur online quite often, and I know it. I reviewed a fair number of the editor's article space contributions, and most of them look either constructive or ill advised but honestly attempting to be helpful. I saw no vandalism or nonconstructive editing. There is a somewhat unusual mix of scientific topics with sexual ones, but both are in my view plausible interests for the editor as self-described. I see no evidence of any attempt to attract anyone, of any age, into a sexual or romantic relationship, unless merely editing sexual topics con be so construed. I will freely grant that if the editor was lying about her age, or gender, or both, that would be a large red flag. Checkusers may have relevant data on that, I don't see any behavioral clues to suggest such. I agree that it was unwise for the editor, if posting in good faith, to post personal information under the alleged circumstances, and that the suppression of the user page was in accord with policy and probably a good idea. But I frankly don't see what makes people so ready to assume bad faith here, any checkuser evidence aside. DES 01:12, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Amsterdad

Several editors have identified this Wikipedian's work as appearing to be paid editing. there is a discussion on User:DGG's talk page and one of their article's is at AfD. Another example is: Monica Lindstrom. I am also wondering how these articles that have been created over the past couple of years were never tagged or raised red flags despite appearing to be very promotional and poorly sourced? Who has reviewing them? Is it possible to determine? Thanks for your consideration. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

There are almost 4 1/2 million articles on Misplaced Pages. A handful are going to slip past the finite (and shrinking) number of people keeping track. It happens. -- Atama頭 19:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The first of these pages is up for deletion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Lucian Hudson. If it is deleted, I intend to nominate others from the same ed., starting with the most dubious. Of the 4.5 million pages, perhaps about 1.5 million are substantial. My guess that at least 5% of them are similar to this, many of them from the earlier days of the project. When I joined 7 years ago, anything that technically met the GNG was accepted unless there was prejudice against the subject. The difficult question for us is not how can we get rid of them, which is easy enough if there is the will to do it (at least 1/4 of similar pages I send to AfD are being kept for lack of interest in removing them) , but how to identify the ones that are worth rewriting and find people to do the work. DGG ( talk ) 19:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I had to double-check when you said you joined 7 years ago, DGG. Because that's about the time I joined (or created an account, at least). I could swear you've been around much longer than me. I checked... And you joined one month before me. Sorry for the tangent, but it blew my mind a bit. -- Atama頭 23:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I support the concerns of DGG in this matter. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:00, 27 February 2014 (UTC).

Well, no one is paying me to do my volunteer work here, and if this is how my work is being treated I will definitely be considering leaving this place. Life is too important to waste on friction. For now, I will be cutting down the articles as others have suggested, as it appears I've misunderstood what good sources are and which aren't. I do apologize, if you feel it is necessary, for trying to use as many sources as possible. I will obviously have to review the rules further if I choose to stay. Amsterdad (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I haven't gone all the way back yet, but I believe these are some of the articles in question:

• Sam Korankye Ankrah
• Laurette Koellner
• Greenberg Glusker
• Danny Rich (rabbi)
• Michael Jay Moon
• Simplilearn
• TakeLessons
• Fionnuala Sweeney
• Bill A. Jones
• Amy Markham
• LabWare
• Peter Staley
• Rob Dickerman
• Ritu Raj
• DJ Amadeus ‎
• Martin G. Bean
• George Walker (printmaker)
• Jill Konrath

As a side note, Atama's response in uninspiring. Candleabracadabra (talk) 01:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Candleabracadabra, thanks for making a list of articles with potential problems. I have read up on reliable sourcing and I am working try to fix these articles as best as possible to meet Misplaced Pages's requirements/ Amsterdad (talk) 14:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Amsterdad You may want a mentor to guide you during the editing process Misplaced Pages:Adopt-a-user is one place to start. Epicgenius (talk) 17:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

As I told Amsterdad on the AfD, the problems are not just sourcing. Among the are: 1/ the inclusion of extraneous material and links in order to give a good impression of the importance of the subject, 2/ writing in such as a way as to state the subject's accomplishments without sources to back them up-- 3/ exaggeration, listing journal articles and book chapters as if they were books, inclusion of minor charities, not just naming the charity but saying at some length what its good works are, and claiming that everything good during the time the person was there even in a subordinate position was do the subject. His fix so far on the article at afd goes about half way to dealing with the major problems. the worst of the problems. I find it hard to imagine why anyone would want to work in this fashion unless they were being paid for it, and I find it very hard indeed to imagine why someone would pick this particularly scattered list of topics, unless they are clients responding to an advertisement. There may be an explanation, of course, Per arb com, we can not ask someone to prove they are not a paid editor, so the only recourse we have is to treat everything that looks like paid editing as it it were. Alternatively, the next arb com might decide to have enough sense to decide that outing does apply in this sort of situation where there are only commercial interests involved. Or Jimmy & those who think like him on this might realize one can not simultaneous insist both on no paid editing and on complete anonymity. DGG ( talk ) 21:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

It is clear that all creations of this editor will have to be looked at. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

Disruption of talk page by DHeyward

It is proving impossible to achieve any progress on the talk page Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming becauuse any discussion is continually diverted and hijacked. There are others besides DHeyward (talk · contribs) doing this but they are they one who I have explicitly warned there and have practically immediately started up again. This is a page under the climate change WP:AE sanctions.

At you can see how one of them TheRedPenOfDoom (talk · contribs) diverts the discussion then I warn DHeyward. However in they are off supporting TheRedPenOfDoom in diverting the discussion again. This topic was raised before at Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming#Put in something about the notability of the topic but that was hijacked and turned into Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming#Rename and refocus to List of scientists that the media have used to inappropriately "balance" discussions of climate change by TheRedPenOfDoom and Ronz (talk · contribs). Dmcq (talk) 18:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

One cannot not consider how BLP will impact any future criteria. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Have you tried an RFC or dispute resolution? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 19:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Debating the same things endlessly on that Talk page is tedious, I know. I've been watching it for years and sometimes I have to take it off my watchlist just so I can see the wood for the trees. People feel very strongly about the issues it raises and some become disruptive to a greater or lesser degree. I don't personally think DHeyward and TRPoD are at AN/I level yet though. I would personally recommend taking a deep breath and getting back to what you were trying to do. Ignoring irrelevant posts and repeating relevant points is somewhat helpful. Remember, patience is a virtue! --Merlinme (talk) 19:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I think Dmcq needs to take some time from the article given his repeated focus on editors and overreaction when discussions naturally stray from their initial topics. See for some context. --Ronz (talk) 19:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I can't find where I was disruptive. It's pretty clear that there is no consensus on who belongs on that list. It's kind of difficult to discuss how the list is notable without first determining who is on it. Cart before the horse, and all that. --DHeyward (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Well- I can understand the desire to keep "redesigning page completely" discussion separate from discussion of a specific proposal. In the absence of consensus for "redesigning page completely" it's understandable that an editor would like to to focus on areas where it might be possible to get consensus to make incremental improvements. But I still don't think AN/I is the way to go because threads keep getting sidetracked. Threads getting sidetracked is pretty normal on that page, to be honest. --Merlinme (talk) 19:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• DHeyward isn't being disruptive from what I can see. I don't know what the criteria is for inclusion on that list but unless said person states where they stand on the topic, it should never be our mission to use references to come to our own conclusions, regardless of how reasonable they may seem.--MONGO 20:55, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The discussion topic was including notability in the lead. The criteria are listed at the top of the talk page. Changing the criteria is something separate and there was a section there for them to take their BLP concerns. The BLP concerns have nothing to do with the notability of the list. You have been sidetracked into considering those concerns. That is what they do all the time, they have ignored the course they shoudl take and just go in for disruption of progress on the list because they want it deleted but can't get that past AfD and if you look at any of the previous discussions since the last AfD the same thing happens. It is Gish Gallop and others have noted the disruption. Dmcq (talk) 22:47, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

That is a rather gross mischaracterization of my edits to the talk page. I also take issue with your characterization of motive and comparison to "Gish Gallop" as well as a characterization of "they." Not sure who "they" are. If you like analogies - I'd point out that "list criteria" is the Titanic. "BLP Policy" is the iceberg. "Notability in the lead" is the deck chairs. I'd argue that the attempts to rearrange/count/order/categorize the deck chairs while ignoring such obvious problems is more disruptive than addressing the immediate catastrophe. It's a time waster. --DHeyward (talk) 23:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

You should deal with your concerns in the separate section set up for you to discuss them. You are not doing that. You are disrupting an unrelated discussion. If you believe you can get agreement to what you want why bother with a discussion about the lead? Your change would require a change in the lead if agreed but it has not been agreed yet and you're not going to get agreement for the deletion of most or all the names on BLP grounds by sticking your concerns into a discussion about the notability requirements in the lead. I'm repeating myself yet again saying that to you as you simply ignore that and continue on and on like this. That is why I have raised this AN/I request. If you wish to not waste time then get your changes agreed rather than waste your time in something you think is a waste of time. Dmcq (talk) 00:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I think its only in your mind that a discussion of list criteria for a controversial subject about living people could somehow be "not related" to BLP. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

It was a discussion about sources for notability of the list topic not the contents. Criteria for individual entries is separate and you could discuss those separately. There was no excuse for you to suddenly hijack such a discussion with your proposal 'Rename and refocus to List of scientists that the media have used to inappropriately "balance" discussions of climate change' and insist on it taking over rather than being split to a separate discussion. Dmcq (talk) 11:37, 28 February 2014 (UTC) Dmcq (talk) 11:37, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I did not "hijack" the discussion. The subject was "Put in something about the notability of the topic". How do you put in something about the notability of the topic? - by showing what reliable sources say about the topic - which is what I did by providing a list of sources. Then by looking at what those sources were saying about the topic, it became clear that an alternate title would help align the title> with notability> with sources> and thence the criteria for inclusion. All "on topic" for moving the article forward. That someone else you , actually) decided to promote it to a section header and that multiple editors considered the suggestions worthy of continued discussion is certainly not me "hijacking" any conversation in a way that is detrimental to the article and its contents actually meeting our policies.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• 'It is proving impossible to achieve any progress on the talk page <-- There has been almost no progress in that article for at least one and a half years. Second Quantization (talk) 10:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Exactly true and I would like to see some discretionary sanctions by uninvolved administrators applied. Dmcq (talk) 11:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Apparent anti-female bigotry

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Please see the following comment from Giano, which is directed at administrator GorillaWarfare: "Well I am still rather mystified as to why GorillaWarfare permitted her "friend" to remove my talk page access. I was merely reinstating what she had removed by conflicting; in fact, I am puzzled as to why her friend was there at all, does he always walk two paces behind her? Is she some poor, feeble little woman incapable of acting alone? But then of course she needed a third man to help her place the block, so perhaps she is. Then again, was it a longed for arbcom revenge and they were all fighting amongst themselves to place it? Possibly even, Gorilla's not very good at placing blocks on her own and needs a cluster supporters to assist her in difficult tasks. Whatever, I'm reminded of a beloved aunt, who when arranging flowers, had a butler to hold the vase, a gardener to select and pass her the flowers, a maid to cut the stems, and three friends to admire her handiwork and artistry." (diff)

I realize that Giano is, perhaps somewhat rightfully, unhappy about the events that have transpired during the past few weeks, but these comments have crossed a line. Northern Antarctica (talk) 20:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Giano's personal attacks go far beyond that with that edit "an extremely stupid woman and a little fish in a little pond" etc, along with those listed below, however as these attacks were done in full view of the Arbs, during an Arb proceeding, it may be best to let them handle it if they see fit. On the other hand, since the attacks were directed to the Arbs, perhaps the community should be the impartial judge in this case. Gaijin42 (talk) 20:57, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Can i just advise that when you are planning a topic here with your friends; it's best for them not to respond with 8 diffs within 7 minutes of the original post. People might just find that a little suspicious. Giano (talk) 21:04, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It wasn't planned out. I have never interacted with Northern Antarctica in any fashion, on any page, article or discussion. I had put together the list of diffs previously during a discussion with one of the Arbs commenting that I was surprised your behavior hadn't resulted in a block. Though I certainly do not claim any credit for your block, since it was obviously the right thing to do and was approaching inevitability, you were blocked shortly thereafter by GW. Gaijin42 (talk) 21:07, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Gaijin42 is correct (and also a lot nicer than I was going to be). Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:09, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

There have been many heated discussions. It would have been better to let this remain on the user talk pages and die a natural death than for an uninvolved third party to bring it here.--Cube lurker (talk) 21:00, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Baloney. Some of us are tired of watching as Giano lashes out in all direction. He's made a mockery of civility and it will be an utter farce if he gets away with such a blatantly hateful remark as this one. Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I rather think you'll find that it's the Arbcom who have made a mockery of civility recently. Giano (talk) 21:06, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps, but you don't even seem to know what civility is. Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:09, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I have already suggested to Giano's aunt, who sits high in the counsel of the Misplaced Pages elite, to give him some words of advice on behaviour similar to this. I hope she will do so. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:06, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Can anyone explain what this neverending cycle of infantile whining and facile namecalling has to do with producing an online encyclopaedia? AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Bigotry is a big accusation. Until we hear from both parties we should not jump to conclusions about something both parties might consider to be normal badinage between them. Leaky Caldron 21:18, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't look like GorillaWarfare saw it that way . Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, her twitter says much the same thing. "As much as I hate to say it, things like this make me miss the days where no one in my online communities knew I was a woman." & "Getting reeeal sick of some of the assumptions that are made about me, and those who interact with me, made based on my gender." Gaijin42 (talk) 21:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Could you provide a link or would that not be possible? (I'm not familiar with how Twitter works.) Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:33, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

NOT SURE THAT'S WISE. She might not appreciate a bunch of new followers from here. Leaky Caldron 21:37, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I wasn't sure if it would be a good idea. Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I Agree. I won't be posting the link (although its trivial to find, she left plenty of breadcrumbs). If someone doubts the veracity of my quotes, I can provide more personalized linkage or screenshots or something. Gaijin42 (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, because I know being called "an extremely stupid woman and a little fish in a little pond" is just normal, friendly conversation between two editors on WP.

That said, unlike, say, having a sock account, it seems like admins are very reluctant to impose blocks for incivility despite how it poisons the atmosphere around here. Liz 21:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Actually, I was considering posing a thing to the community for consideration to the effect of: "In the case of incivility/personal attacks against an experienced editor (where experienced means that they know enough to know where AN/ANI is and what the appropriate steps for reporting are), AN/ANI threads are not to be made by anyone other than the target of the incivility/personal attacks without their explicit blessing." GW is an adult and knows where ANI is; why are we making the choice of whether to start an ANI thread about this or not for her? This kind of white-knighting (so to speak) can do more harm than good at times. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Just a thought, but maybe GW didn't post here because she's tired of dealing with Giano. Dealing with a bully can be emotionally draining. Should we just ignore the bullying because it wasn't the victim who pointed it out? Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Contrariwise, should we keep dragging out and calling attention to an issue that she doesn't want to hear about anymore? The best person to answer that is her; perhaps we should've asked her before doing so. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:47, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

You may have a point there. Either way, there is still an problem with Giano's conduct (and it wasn't just one post), which is what caused her discomfort in the first place. Northern Antarctica (talk) 21:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Recent events have been tumultuous, with absurd accusations from an admin, an arbcom case, motions, and attacks—and those were the good things. The matter has finally ground almost to an end, and now is not the time to push the train downhill again. Giano's intemperate outburst was highly inappropriate, but so were each of a dozen steps in the preceding chain. Johnuniq (talk) 22:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• I get that he was upset, but how many other Wikipedians would make such a sexist remark under any circumstance? Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:06, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

...is that a trick question? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 22:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

No. I've seen other veteran Wikipedians lose their cool and make unpleasant remarks, but I don't know that any of them ever emphasized the gender of the person they were displeased with in a scathing commentary. Giano used the term 'woman' in what seems to be a pejorative way. That's not ever acceptable. Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• The instructions at the top of this page say "Before posting a grievance about a user here, please discuss the issue with them on their user talk page.". I see no evidence that Northern Antartica has attempted to do so. Eric Corbett 22:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Two questions re logic: Q1) If ANI threads re allowed to be opened by uninvolved third parties, what does that spell for future? (What if Northern Anarctica or some other user got an itch to play "civility cop" during the entire year 2014, there would be no shortage of uncivil remarks at their disposal. So we might have 2, 3, 4, or even 20 or more ANI threads opened per day by the third part executing their little hobby. That means perhaps 365 x 20 = 7300 new ANI threads in a calendar year, all from an uninvolved third party. This is the kind of chaos element to ANI that makes ANI the cesspool it is.) Q2) @Northern Antarctica, you included accusation in the thread name of "anti-female bigotry". Although in RL that is a serious offense, and I think so too, I'm curious ... on what *WP* basis do you base an ANI? (For example, in my Wiki-history I opened an ANI resentful of the fact that a user fabricated that I had called editors Dennis Brown and Elen of Roads "asshats" and "idiots", when I had never used those name-calls against anyone, ever, let alone those two users. When I complained about the fabrication, the false accusation against my character, I was told that Misplaced Pages had no classification for such a thing other than incivility. I was told to see the fabrication as nothing more than incivility. Therefore, your claim of bigotry, unless you can provide a WP-basis for more, is nothing more than a form of incivility and s/b treated that way. Therefore you can drop the "big serious-sounding charge" from the thread title, since it isn't recognized in any WP policy -- only in an essay.) Your charge of bigotry has no significance in WP unless you can show that it does outside of being generally uncivil. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 22:26, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm not interested in your bogus wiki-lawyering. Anti-female bigotry is just as wrong here as it is anywhere else. Regarding your first question, let me know when you see me opening 20 ANI threads per day. Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

That's a non-reply, Northern. The issue of third-party-initiated ANIs makes no sense, and I just provided argument why they shouldn't be permitted. And I'm not disagreeing with you bigotry is wrong wherever it is found, but so is a false fabrication that goes against someone's character, and I was told by admin the fabrication isn't covered by policy outside "general incivility". Ditto for bigotry, unless you can show otherwise, so your thread title has no significance within WP unless you can provide some, which you haven't. How about deal with the good-faith logical questions Antartica, instead of your uncivil mischaracterization because it doesn't please your agenda to be free to file uninvolved third-party ANIs? Ihardlythinkso (talk) 22:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't consider it to be a fabrication. It is quite troubling that Giano would belittle GorillaWarfare while emphasizing that she is a woman. I'm not going to go digging for policies in order to demonstrate why something is wrong when it is obviously wrong. As for your argument about why third-party ANIs (and I'm not the first person to ever do it) should not be permitted, please provide hard evidence that your numbers are an actual reflection of what is going on. Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

You miss the points, Northern. There is no WP basis for your "bigotry" claim other than "general incivility". And you totally misunderstood about "fabrication" -- that applied to me, not to Gorilla. (Hello! Read much?) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 22:59, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

On the other point, I argued that uninvolved third-party ANIs should not be permitted, period. Because that is chaos. The fact that others might do it, doesn't change that it is still chaos and makes no sense to allow. (How about reading what I write rather than misconstrue meaning so frequently?) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 23:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Okay. I see where I misunderstood about the fabrication part. My mistake. At any rate, I do not think it is necessary to have a policy that specifically spells out that anti-female bigotry is a problem and I will not be changing my opinion. Also, I disagree with your position on uninvolved third-party ANIs. In my view, it is more chaotic to insist that only the target of a vitriolic attack can report it. If you saw someone break into your neighbor's house and tried to report it, would the police ignore you simply because it wasn't your house? Northern Antarctica (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

My point is that you have no WP policy to stand on outside of "(general) incivility". The amount of incivility on WP is almost unimaginable ... To take a position that uninvolved third parties can file ANI threads, leads to a huge loss of community time/attention. For example you recently filed an uninvolved third-party ANI against *me*, and it went nowhere. It is a form of disruption, Antartica, you have a habit of doing this and you are the disruptor. Third-party ANI threads based on civility are nothing like a house burglary or forced entry that is potentially life-endangering, so that analogy doesn't compute. (Another broken part of your house break-in analogy is that you are presuming the homeowner wasn't home to call the cops? Well Gorilla "was home". Or the homeowner was home and you called the cops during the break-in because the homeowner wasn't able? Again, Gorilla "was able".) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 23:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

All analogies will break down eventually. At this point, we are just talking past each other. I get it. You dislike me. That's been obvious to me for a while now. At this point, I don't anticipate anything productive coming out of further discussion with you. Therefore, this is my last remark to you in this thread: I do not care at all whether or not WP policy specifically states anything about anti-female bigotry. It should not have to. Common sense is good enough. Northern Antarctica (talk) 23:35, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

No, not all analogies break down. (Though sound ones are not easy to create, granted.) Attributing the arguments I've made on your thinking and behavior to a personal dislike of you is tacky ad hominem Antarctica. (If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen of ideas, then get out of the kitchen.) Your arguments belong on The Jerry Springer Show. (And so does ANI generally. It is a cesspool of irresponsibility here, and cat-fighting is the accepted norm of quality of argument -- you've done nothing but provide additional demonstration of same.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 00:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

@Northern Antarctica: You claim there's a problem with Giano's comments. What have you done to rectify the alleged problem? Where's the diff of your attempts to resolve what you perceived as problematical? --RexxS (talk) 22:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

@Ihardlythinkso and Northern Antarctica: Actually, there is basis in policy to bigotry. It's found in the Wikimedia non-discrimination policy and all projects, including the English Misplaced Pages, must follow it.--v/r - TP 05:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

This?

The Wikimedia Foundation prohibits discrimination against current or prospective users and employees on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristics. The Wikimedia Foundation commits to the principle of equal opportunity, especially in all aspects of employee relations, including employment, salary administration, employee development, promotion, and transfer.

Isn't it quite a stretch to assert that applies to this ANI? Ihardlythinkso (talk) 05:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps you're unaware. This applies on every Wikimedia server. Last I checked, ANI currently resides on a Wikimedia server. So that should satisfy your policy request from earlier.--v/r - TP 05:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You miss my meaning. Even if Giano's comment was a sexist insult, I doubt it would fall under "discrimination" in the context of the Wikimedia prohibition statement (whose context is "equal opportunity"). Ihardlythinkso (talk) 09:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

But why have you decided to try and make an issue of this particular incident by screaming "bigotry"? What about "bigotry" against males, such as you and others like you demonstrate? Eric Corbett 22:43, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I am a male. Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:45, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

What do you expect me to do? Northern Antarctica (talk) 22:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I expect anybody who brings an issue to ANI to have previously taken some steps to resolve their dispute. Which bit of "What have you done to rectify the alleged problem? didn't you understand? --RexxS (talk) 23:01, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

It's not that I didn't understand it. It's more that I doubt that there is anything I could have done to persuade Giano that he was wrong. In retrospect, I suppose I could have left a note on his talk page, but you tell me how you think he would have responded? Northern Antarctica (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Misogyny is present in an online environment composed primarily of single, white 18-35 males? I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. Tarc (talk) 22:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Tarc, seriously. Are you joking? You're going to say, with a straight face, that instances of misogyny should be ignored because our community is predominately male? Ed  23:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The ed17, Actually no, I'm saying that it is a seriously institutionalized, entrenched problem in many electronic social spaces, from the Misplaced Pages to online gaming to Reddit, and a million others. I don't want to ignore it at all, just trying to point out how widespread it is, so my bad if it came out wrong initially. Tarc (talk) 23:49, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification, and I'm sorry for jumping on you like that. Ed  00:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

An interesting argument, Ihardlythinkso. If you feel that uninvolved third parties should not be starting ANI threads, logic dictates that you should feel the same way about uninvolved third parties filing RFArbs. Except, of course, that you failed to express such a sentiment in your comments in the case just passed. It almost leads one to believe that your views on third-party intervention are completely malleable and change to suit whatever agenda you wish to push. Resolute 23:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Logic doesnt't dictate that, Resolute. (I didn't argue against "third-party filings" generally, which you're attempting to make me accountable for by broadening the scope of what I said, which was limited to no uninvolved third-party ANI cases based on CIV.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 00:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• Giano was outside the pale here, but a lot of what led up to this has also been. If there's anything more to be done, let's let arbcom sort that out. Please let this whole sorry affair just end. Jonathunder (talk) 23:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi all. To answer some of the points above: Yes, the sexist comments bothered me. Yes, I tweeted about it. I'm fed up with my gender being made one of the main points of attack when someone decides to criticize me, and even more fed up with how any man who becomes involved with an on-wiki dispute I'm having is immediately presumed to be either romantically involved with me or "white-knighting" (even here). Am I surprised that this is an issue on Misplaced Pages? Not at all. I'm used to tech communities being unwelcoming to women. But am I okay with it? Certainly not. I would not have created this AN/I post myself, as I don't think trying to start this discussion as some sort of branch off of the recent ArbCom case/bickering with Giano is wise, but at some point I think it's an issue that should be discussed. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

If you don't want this particular incident to be discussed any further, I am willing to let it drop. Northern Antarctica (talk) 23:57, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, best to drop it I think. It's a topic worth discussing elsewhere, although some factions would suppress that happening in some places. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:00, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

User:In Ratio Veritas

I noticed In Ratio Veritas (talk · contribs) when he/she added a whole series of edits at List of Italians that seemed to stray into WP:PEACOCK (which I notified the user about). I then noticed further edits by the user that made marginal (and beyond marginal) claims that Napoleon was Italian, that Vincenzo Tiberio discovered "the power of antibiotics", and that Italians invented the Magnetic Compass, Concrete, the Assembly Line, Crystal glass, the Dome, Fabric, Insurance, Learned society, and the Submarine. I attempted to point out the need to reflect list articles, reliable sources, and a neutral point of view but attempts clean up just the Vincenzo Tiberio claim has been continually reverted by the user and discussions with the user have gone down hill civility wise to the point of pointlessness. The user keeps reverting and labeling my edits "vandalism".Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 20:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Some quick thoughts, after perusing some of these diffs and reading talk pages, looking at the history of List of Italians...

• In Ratio Veritas is at least communicative, which is a good sign. Most often, I find people who are particularly tendentious with a "cause" (especially one that might be nationalist like this one) don't want to discuss their edits, and only want to make accusations and edit war. This editor is not, which is good.
• Many of the editor's comments are inappropriate, and step over the line of WP:NPA, such as calling you "authoritarian" and labeling your edits as "vandalism".
• I strongly advise you to no longer revert at List of Italians; while I realize that discussing matters with this editor is frustrating, you've been engaged in a days-long edit war, including multiple back-and-forth reverts in the same day (not approaching or violating WP:3RR but still edit-warring). Reaching out for help here is a better solution than continuing to revert, please don't revert any further though.

I hope that In Ratio Veritas participates in this discussion here. They were notified of this discussion properly. -- Atama頭 21:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

One other note, if I have time, I'll try to speak with In Ratio Veritas personally, with some advice and suggestions, but I'm also trying to thin out the SPI backlog a bit so I don't know how soon I can get to that. -- Atama頭 00:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the consideration and the comments. Other intervention is appreciated. I was not sure if I was dealing with English as a second language (a slight miss-understanding of English), or a newcomer (although the editorial/syntax competence of the editor's first edits seems to show familiarity with Misplaced Pages). I noticed a while back before this current editor started editing that the article was filled up with very similar edits from another "possibly Italian nationality" tendentious editor (who seems to have multiple accounts). Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 18:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

User Excirial threatened to block me

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Hello,

I am requesting that users Excirial and TJRC be blocked from https://en.wikipedia.org/Comparison_of_Business_Process_Modeling_Notation_tools#General The user left this message after he was referred by user TJRC.

Information icon Please do not add promotional material to Misplaced Pages, as you did to Comparison of Business Process Modeling Notation tools. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Misplaced Pages is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. TJRC (talk) 20:19, 27 February 2014 (UTC) Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Misplaced Pages, you may be blocked from editing. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC) Stop icon This is your last warning. The next time you use Misplaced Pages for soapboxing, promotion or advertising, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:35, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

They both have repeated removed the following text from https://en.wikipedia.org/Comparison_of_Business_Process_Modeling_Notation_tools#General: Primarily a BPMN2.0 modeling tool with support for Value Chains, EPC and other notations. Complete revision control. Process simulation & side-by-side model comparison. Custom modeling guidelines. Attribute layers representation. Automatic creation of process documentation (.pdf or MS Word). Embed process models in other HTML5 applications, google docs, and wikis. API for integration with other IT systems. LDAP/AD, support for Sharepoint, and Process Portal for collaboration. QuickModel, collaboration, publication, analysis, reference models, integration with process automation platforms (e.g. execution engines Activiti, jBPM, and SAP).

Nowhere in this text are there advertorial claims as they have implied, and I feel bullied by the two users. If an administrator were to review the entire page, one would see that there are similar "feature" descriptions which neither Excirial nor TJRC target. I agree with them in removing the logo which I placed on the page as it expanded the table, but in no way do I differ from any of the other editors in presenting neutral information for the page. In no way have they proved their claims of conflict of interest and soapboxing. The final revision I posted to the section does indeed follow the Misplaced Pages guidelines, and does not violate any rules associated with the content on the page.

Please review my request and respond appropriately. This is greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marketeer415 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Feature lists and text written in the second person (e.g. "Embed process models in other HTML5 applications") are not really encyclopedic. Thus they are not unreasonably described as "promotional". Please do continue removing obviously promotional text from that or any other article. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:56, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I've given Marketeer415 a 3RR warning, since they're now at four reverts, and would note that anyone calling themselves "Marketeer" may expect scrutiny and even criticism when they're adding apparently promotional prose. @Marketeer415, Please discuss your edits on the talkpage, and bear in mind that Misplaced Pages has a low tolerance for even a hint of marketing or promotional prose. Acroterion (talk) 21:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Following my edit-warring warning, they reverted again. Now blocked for edit-warring. Acroterion (talk) 22:01, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Reporting an administrator

Hello,

I had a very negative interaction with the administrator User talk:RHaworth, and hope someone there might have some time to assist him, as he seems to be struggling with positive communication.

This admin has privileges which seem to include deletion and rollback. My interactions all occurred on his talk page, and I took a moment to look at the interactions above mine. Nearly every entry was responded to with rudeness or worse. For example:

• A very polite but scattered letter got a response which began: "What on earth is this "self-reference" rubbish?"

• A very polite letter written from the president of a drama club inquiring about a deleted page. The response: "three infractions - so I ignore."

• A very polite letter inquiring about an email. The response: "Please give details of the alleged "notification". Your email of Jan 4 reached me perfectly well. But why on earth are you trying to email me. Two other things you should have learned in two years of contributions: wikilinks and that refs need a reflist tag but in any case they are inappropriate on user talk pages. OK, your article has been waiting some time for its third review but you must be patient. I do not usually get involved with AfC review so I have no comment on the suitability of the article."

• A very polite letter inquiring about a deleted article. His response: "May I introduce you to the concept of links? You do not clutter this page with article material - you provide a link to your draft. What does it say at the top of Thierry Noritop and fr:Thierry Noritop? "Needs additional citations for verification" and "ne cite pas suffisamment ses sources". This is the hurdle you must overcome if you want to create the Bernie Adam (get the capitalisation right) article. I suspect you are fluent in French so I suggest you create fr:Bernie Adam first. If it sticks it will provide a slight boost for the corresponding article here - which you should launch via AfC."

• A comment about a deletion review. His response: "I don't mind people opening DRVs without telling me - it is my job to watch the article - if I am interested."

• An inquiry which stated: "I am curious to understand why you deleted the Orhan Sadik-Kahn page. Interested in learning how to best position on Misplaced Pages articles. Thank you!" His response: "Possibly mainly because it did not look like a Misplaced Pages article. How many articles start with == Summary == ? How many bios put the dates of birth and death at the end instead of in the first sentence? Have you noticed that other Misplaced Pages articles contain wikilinks? Did you think that putting some in yours might make it look more like a proper article. Have you considered the possibility of creating the refs as external links? Please learn the format to de-duplicate references. He is mentioned at least once in other articles - why did you not create incoming links to your article? I have restored your text to User:Kgardner1/sandbox - attend to the matters above then re-submit via AfC."

• A message from an editor who, I assume, had a previously deleted page about a prayerbook restored. He wrote: "I have taken pity on you," and then, "You will receive no further kindness from me until you explain..." Then, "In the highly unlikely event that the text agrees with what you posted, I shall report your priest to the bishop." Then, "my reference to your church was a joke".

• An editor writes: "Hi, I am a brand new editor working on the article of an animated film festival in Kosovo Anibar. I don't know much about Misplaced Pages, please bear with me. I am working on my personal space before I post the article on mainspace. Thank you for your understanding." His response: "The parrot has not squawked for several days and not yet on this generation of this page so — kindly have the decency to wait until someone with no COI thinks your festival is notable and writes about it here".

• To the next editor: "What colour is this link?"

• To the next editor who clearly didn't realize she had deleted something from his talk page, he writes: "Before I even look at your enquiry, I need an apology for this vandalism." She responds, "Please accept my sincere apology if I have offended you but I am thoroughly confused. What vandalism? " He responds: "Did you see that the words this vandalism are a link? If you follow that link, it will take you to what we call a "diff report". That report shows the effect of an edit that you did. Please explain why you did it."

• To an editor asking why this administrator had made a rollback, he responds: "It was a knee-jerk reaction. Feel free to re-instate the speedy tag. I shall take no action."

My interaction was next, and was equally negative.

In the real world, people get fired from jobs when they behave like this. The biggest problem though, is it turns new editors off. No kindness. No encouragement. Few suggestions of where to access help.

All of us here are volunteers. None of us deserves to be treated like this. If someone could please take a moment to offer this administrator some strategies for writing to others in a civil way, it would be a big help. Thank you very much. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I want to reply because I don't want to give the impression that you are ignored. I looked over RHaworth's user talk page, and what I saw as responses run the range from brusque to acerbic, and I can definitely understand your concerns. Nothing there crosses the line in my eye to actual misbehavior, not even per incivility which is a much lower bar than personal attacks or harassment. But it's also not kind, either.

To put it in perspective, I wouldn't see any actions from this administrator to be worthy of any templated warnings (even ignoring the fact that templates generally aren't appropriate) but if a request for adminship were run today, these would probably be raised as objections.

I'm not going to offer advice to RHaworth. I don't suggest that administrators are above reproach (I certainly am not!) but for me to suggest to RHaworth that they need to change their communication style feels like arrogance on my part. At least not in the case where another administrator's "style" may be different from mine, but they aren't breaching any policies or guidelines. So I apologize, but I'm not going to take the action that you very politely suggest. All I can offer you right now is an assurance that I do understand and don't entirely dismiss your concerns, I just don't feel that it's my place to try to correct it. -- Atama頭 23:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Atama is exactly right. Nothing here rises to the level of incivility as defined by Misplaced Pages, and even if it did sanctioning other users for civility is controversial to say the least. There are over a thousand admins, with as many individual styles as you'd find in any group of 1000 people. You cite this quote, for example: "I don't mind people opening DRVs without telling me - it is my job to watch the article - if I am interested." That isn't insulting, uncivil, or even curt--it's just saying the facts: specifically, that he's not bothered by the DRV and if he cared about the article he would've watchlisted it. Someone who took 3 paragraphs (plus seven links and a picture of a kitten) to say the same thing wouldn't be a better admin, just a more verbose and blustery one. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 04:57, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

If someone is acting like a bully and a douchebag, about 40% of the time they turn out to be an admin. Though some of the nicest interactions I've had have been with admins. Power goes to some peoples heads, and couple that with being behind a screen can make people act in ways they would never act in person. Two kinds of pork (talk) 06:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

This should be a caution towards a boomerang. RHaworth, an excellent admin, does not need to be dragged through the mud over this bit over oversensitivity. The OP brought it right here... for what? An admonishment? Move along. Doc talk 09:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

How on earth can saying " "It was a knee-jerk reaction. Feel free to re-instate the speedy tag. I shall take no action." be construed as in any way as uncivil? The other comments are at a minor level compared to some on Misplaced Pages - a number of them are clearly meant to be humourous. I suspect that there are also instances where the quotes have been taken out of context and regardless of history. It's a dirty job out there on the front line and RHaworth in my book is doing a fine job. ► Philg88 ◄ 10:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

What on earth is this "bit over oversensitivity" rubbish? Magnolia677 (talk) 14:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Well said. Doc talk 14:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• What admin action are you requesting that you could not do yourself, Magnolia677? I don't see any of these as more than grumpiness on User:RHaworth's part, and we can all be grumpy sometimes. He isn't going to get a warning or a block for that, and it isn't because he is an admin either. So I don't see what anybody can do, other than maybe have a word with him. Would you like me to do that? --John (talk) 23:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

After I wrote on his talk page "your inability to show appreciation to others who volunteer their time to Misplaced Pages is disappointing", he responded with rudeness. So sure, have a go. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 23:32, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, that's funny, I was just over there reading that again. When I review the whole thing I think you just got off on the wrong foot. We are all volunteers here, and RHaworth did everything you asked him to do, and everything that his status demands that he do, promptly and competently. That you found him brusque was probably just him being business-like. Honestly, I would just move on from this and put it behind you, if I were you. --John (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

So, it's clear that no action will be taken against RHaworth because while he might have a brusque style of communication, it doesn't cross the line into incivility. Therefore, I think this case should be closed. Editors should feel like they can bring their concerns, especially regarding admins who wield more power than they do, to AN/I to seek counsel Magnolia677 has done so and I don't think they deserve a backlash for believing like this was a safe space to bring their concerns. This should not be discouraged and I don't think questions about admins should cause a defensive reaction. IMO. Liz 00:34, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

I agree with the above comment. The user was justified in bringing his concerns here and talk about boomerangs is inappropriate. I think there will be a good outcome as I am confident that the admin complained about will improve his level of civility to other users after this incident. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

I never meant to say that this was a board that would earn any user a "boomerang" for reporting any alleged malfeasance by an administrator, as if admins are above reproach. I was speaking only to this case specifically. Doc talk 04:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

RHaworth can be a grumpy old man (by his own definition), but he's usually got a point. I had a look at the discussion over Rutherfurd Hall and can offer the following conclusions: 1) New editor creates unreferenced article in a bad shape 2) NPP tags it as G11 three minutes later 3) Admin declines the speedy but userfies it instead 4) Editor copypastes the article back into main space and improves it 5) Admin histmerges the two versions and reminds the editor that not attributing properly is a copyvio 6) Everyone gets confused and it spills onto ANI 7) Tea and biscuits are served. Did I miss anything? Ritchie333 13:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Actually, you missed my most important point, or chose not notice it. RHaworth has been granted the role of gatekeeper of new articles, an important and necessary job. This means he must frequently interact with inexperienced editors who have had their articles deleted. These editors appear enthusiastic and well-meaning, but naive of the wiki ways. They also have no choice but to deal with self-described grump RHaworth. So when this administrator deletes a newcomers user page, and tells them they don't deserve one until they make 50 edits , I get a bit concerned. Stating "before I even look at your enquiry, I need an apology for this vandalism", to someone who has absolutely no idea what they did wrong, also concerns me, as does seeing an editor's ideas described as "rubbish", or jokes made about their church. I'm disappointed to see so many comments defending this rude behaviour, but maybe I'm just being unrealistic expecting that the front-line face of a volunteer organization should be a kind and helpful one. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I tend to agree with Magnolia677 on this point, and i have asked RHaworth on his talk page to restore the user page deleted for "freeloading" and to give an account of his admin actions in that matter. I have mostly had positive contacts with RHaworth in the past, but he is often a bit overly grumpy in my view, and WP:BITE is particularly important for admins to remember. DES 19:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I certainly wouldn't defend any admin coming across as being rude or biting newbies. The way I interpreted the conversation I mentioned above though, it seemed that rather than being rude or curt, RHaworth was simply trying to explain policy to you, but making a bad job of it. Clearly, it came across as rude to you, which is why you responded in kind. Atama is right - unless RHaworth is regularly violating policy or competence as an admin, there's not much practically that can be done. Expecting him to change his manner and tone just isn't going to happen, and somebody has got to keep an eye on the CSD queue. Ritchie333 11:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Of course there's something that can be done. Misplaced Pages is a social environment, and most editors respond to reasonable feedback, especially if given by multiple editors. The problem is the "all-or-nothing" black and white mentality of this place (ANI) -- we don't have to block, ban, template, admonish, revert, fold, spindle or mutilate an editor to have a positive impact on their behavior. So, RHaworth, let's tone it down a bit. NE Ent 11:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

RH, that's my impression also. DGG ( talk ) 16:19, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

This one should be quick and easy

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I was amused when Shellwood accused me of campaigning against a random princess, less amused when he or she started edit-warring and making petty remarks about me, and not at all amused when he or she referred to my argument as "this losers personal opinions". Normally I would not report such things, but the user shows no intention to drop the edit-warring and/or believes he or she is free to break basic rules of civility and cooperation. Surtsicna (talk) 22:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

And now he or she saw it fit to vandalize my userpage. Surtsicna (talk) 23:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

... And to remove this thread twice from the noticeboard. Well, at least he or she is making it easier for all of us. Surtsicna (talk) 23:15, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

What has happened to you Surtsicna. You see conspiracies and enemies everywhere. Your edit summaries are not much better to be honest.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Fairly easy, yeah, but then you were edit-warring a bit, too, as is usual in these kinds of cases (and whatever they are, I really don't think they're much of a "vandal", though the blanking of your user page isn't cool). Seeing as how this dispute kinda came out of nowhere, I'm more willing to chalk this up for both of you getting a bit hot under the collar (them moreso than you, of course, but still). I'll write 'em a stern notice to stop, I'll let this serve as your less-stern notice to also stop, and leave you two to hash it out on the talk page, hopefully. Further misbehavior from them (particularly in the realm outside the article) will result in a block, but other than that, go, and edit-war no more. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 23:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

*eyeroll* And as usual, things happen while I'm typing. I'll overlook the latest blanking, since it came before my more "official" warning, but Shellwood, if you're reading this, you're treading on very thin ice. Cut it the eff out. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 23:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Well, rats. I saw this earlier, watchlisted Surtsicna's user page to see if it happened again, and blocked Shellwood when it did. i didn't see your comments here until too late. My thoughts are that someone doesn't really need it explained to them that blanking a user page with that edit summary is not OK. Stil, @Writ Keeper and WK:, I'll unblock if you want, or you can if you want. It's too easy to step on someone's toes here. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:42, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Nah, it's fine. Leave things be; it was an inherently blockable action, complicated only by the fact that I was typing my warning and had submitted it unawares. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 23:44, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

User:AnnerTown and gross WP:BLP violations

User:AnnerTown, a WP:SPA concerning the Juggalos (gang) and related articles, has repeatedly violated WP:BLP and other policies over this matter, and seems entirely incapable of understanding the need for proper sourcing, and the need to accurately report what sources say. The latest episode involves AnnerTown asserting as fact, in Misplaced Pages's voice, that a homeless man, arrested after an incident which ended in a stabbing, was "a Juggalo and former member of the guerrilla insurgent group Irish Republican Army". As the source cited makes clear, the man himself is alleged to have made such a claim - but the source makes no suggestion whatsoever that either statement is true. Furthermore, it should be noted that the source (from May last year) only refers to charges, and an upcoming court appearence - accordingly it is highly questionable per WP:BLP policy whether this incident would belong in the article even if it could be established that the man was a Juggalo gang member, which of course the source cited doesn't state: it says - correctly - that "Juggalos are fans of Insane Clown Posse, a horror-based rap group", and says nothing whatsoever about membership of any gang. Which of course makes the entire section off-topic for the article anyway. As for the BLP implications of Misplaced Pages asserting as fact that a homeless man is a member of an organisation frequently regarded as terrorist, I think nothing further needs to be said. There is a long history of dubious sourcing and BLP violations regarding this and related articles, and AnnerTown has been at the heart of it. Given that AnnerTown is now edit-warring to retain this gross violation of multiple policies, and given that AnnerTown's past history (which includes a ridiculously premature appeal to ArbCom , and a thread started at Dispute Resolution which AnnerTown conveniently disappeared from as soon as relevent questions were asked , as well as multiple earlier WP:BLP violations - I'll document these later if needed), I think it would be for the best to block AnnerTown indefinitely, on competence grounds, before more damage is done. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

(ec)Incidentally, it should be noted that as well as labelling a homeless person as an IRA member, the edit in question also states that " a group of men accosted him for wearing a Juggalo-related T-shirt" - which isn't supported by the source either. AnnerTown is at least consistent, in that everyone involved in the incident gets to be the subject of a WP:BLP violation... AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Hey. In my defense, I will say the following:

• AndyTheGrump here has been extremely rude and disruptive ever since I began writing at Misplaced Pages. You'll notice that all of his edits made in relation to the article in question are either to remove things, challenge things, or try to challenge the article itself. He's made it very clear that he's not interested in anything other than getting rid of the article (and now, apparently, the person who wrote it). He's also not talked this over with me at any length. He's only engaged in edit warring (of which I am also guilty) and done the absolute bare minimum for this to be reported at WP:ANI (a half-assed comment on my talk page), without attempting to resolve it peacefully.

• This whole wacky episode started when he accused me of a BLP violation because I added a sourced statement saying that a guy committed a crime, when the source said that he was in fact planning to plead guilty. I assume that Andy's problem was that he had not yet actually plead guilty, but of course he did not explain this to me, he just told me basically "you're not competent enough to edit Misplaced Pages." So I read over WP:BLP, added a source saying that he was convicted, and he removed the text AGAIN, even with a source, along with another area of text about a Juggalo criminal arrested for a stabbing. He claimed that it was a BLP violation to say that the guy who stabbed people was a member of the IRA, when he himself claimed to be a former member of the IRA. (FORMER member, which is probably why he's homeless.) This struck me as ridiculous, and (to no avail) I asked him what the problem was.

• AndyTheGrump, who is a much more experienced editor than I, did not bother to discuss any of the finer details of point #2 with me at all. He basically just said, "This is a BLP violation, and I want you blocked," and continued to edit war with me without explanation despite being asked what the problem was. If he would have said that "the problem is that he CLAIMS to be a member of the IRA, not that he IS one," then I would have simply changed the article to say that he "claimed". But an accurate Misplaced Pages article is not what he's aiming for here. He doesn't care if I have sources, or what the article itself says. He just wants me gone. I hope that whoever resolves this dispute will understand this and allow me to continue editing.

• As far as the WP:SPA accusation goes, I would agree that my edits are limited to a specific set of subjects, but I don't really think that I'm "advocating" anything. I wrote the Juggalo gang article because there are plenty of sources for this phenomenon, yet no Misplaced Pages article. I'm also working on a couple of other Misplaced Pages articles on my PC right now, so this will be a moot point in the near future anyhow.

• I have a life outside of Misplaced Pages, and I apologize that I forgot about the dispute resolution thing. I'm more than willing to try it again while I have some spare time. Please also consider that I don't spend a lot of time on Misplaced Pages, and I take frequent hiatuses as I travel, so I'm not as familiar with all of the policies and procedures as some people; I'm still getting used to things to some degree. I've edited Wikis in the past, but this is a whole new ball game, and I still have much to learn.

• I felt that the Juggalo/IRA thing belonged in this article because this article is dedicated to documenting the Juggalo criminal element, and it might damage the reputations of Juggalos who are not criminals if it were put in the main article. I've tried to make it abundantly clear through that article that Juggalos themselves are not dedicated criminals, and the criminal element makes up only a small population of the subculture, a position which is supported by most of the sources cited by the article. Clearly, this man was a criminal, and he belonged to that criminal element. This is something that should probably be discussed in the article's talk page instead of here, and I don't think anyone should be blocked for it either way.

• I am doing my best to understand Misplaced Pages policies and respond to Andy's complaints. He's doing his best to fail to provide me with relevant information and to get me blocked from Misplaced Pages. In my mind, that's what this boils down to.

• Finally, all of this should be discussed on the article's talk page in order to perhaps reach some sort of agreement. I'm not perfect, and for that matter neither is Andy, but no one needs to be blocked.

• Relevant diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Juggalos_%28gang%29&diff=597478005&oldid=597476990

AnnerTown (talk) 05:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

"Clearly, this man was a criminal, and he belonged to that criminal element." Um, no, repeating a WP:BLP violation on WP:ANI isn't going to do your case much good. The only thing that is 'clear' is that the source doesn't say (a) that he has been convicted of anything, (b) that he is/was a member of the IRA, or (c) that he is/was a member of any Juggalo gang... AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I didn't know that Misplaced Pages wasn't allowed to cite arrests or criminal indictments until today, but what I meant was, he is a criminal if this is true. I'll give you that one, and I agree that this section can be removed until the court reaches a decision. Of course, you wait until we're on WP:ANI to give me these sorts of details, because you're trying to get me banned, not improve the article. Once again, that's what this boils down to. If you'd brought up any of the above issues on the article's talk page, using the detail that you are using here, they would have already been resolved, but it seems that's not the outcome that you are looking for. AnnerTown (talk) 05:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• AnnerTown (talk) - Ignorance of the community-adopted WP:BLPCRIME policy is no excuse to continually violate it, especially after being warned. Violations of the WP:BLPCRIME policy can be removed without discussion, because of legal ramifications to the Wikimedia organization (defamation). It's just that simple. Your edit-warring (even in ignorance of the policy) does not help your position very much. —Josh3580_talk/hist 06:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

AnnerTown, so what you are saying is that you didn't know that Misplaced Pages doesn't state that people are guilty before they have been convicted of a crime, and you needed this explained to you before you would stop edit-warring such claims into articles? Ridiculous.

And you have still to explain why you think that Misplaced Pages should be labelling someone a member of a terrorist organisation, based on nothing but a statement allegedly made by a homeless man under the influence of alcohol. Do you think that being drunk and homeless makes someone incapable of fabrications?

And furthermore you have still to explain why any of this belonged in an article entitled 'Juggalos (gang)' when no evidence whatsoever has been presented that the individual concerned was a member of any gang. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:19, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

1. Fair enough, but it certainly would have helped if someone had explained all this to me in the first place. I think it says a lot when someone recommends that I be blocked from editing altogether instead of simply telling me what I'm doing wrong. I'll try to do better in the future, but this was an honest mistake. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but I think that educating me would be more beneficial than blocking me outright. It's a bit extreme to punish me when I don't realize that I'm doing anything wrong, especially now that I better understand the policy. Even if a discussion isn't required to remove the material, AndyTheGrump did not reference WP:BLPCRIME in the IRA instance at all, so I didn't even realize it was an issue in that case until he posted it here. It's not fair to block me when I specifically ask "What is the problem here?" and get no response. Hell, the first time he reverted the edit, the edit summary simply consisted of "reb" without any clear explanation of what that meant or why the material was being removed: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Juggalos_%28gang%29&diff=597213933&oldid=597213310 AndyTheGrump should be working with me to improve the article, not being cryptic and attacking me. I am not his enemy, but he seems to believe otherwise. But I'll improve my editing in the future in that regard. Once again, I wasn't aware of that policy until today, and I apologize.

2. The article was originally titled "Criminal activity attributed to Juggalos" before being changed to "Juggalos (gang)", and I was operating under the assumption that it was not just limited to gang-related criminal activity, but to Juggalo-related criminal activity as a whole. I felt it would be better suited to place the information here than on the main Juggalo article. Furthermore, the article sourced just before that article, from the same news source, referred to "the Juggalo street gang, who are devoted fans of the horror-rap group Insane Clown Posse that participate in criminal activities." - http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/06/juggalo-street-gang-member-arrested-after-attack-p/ But this is, once again, something that should be discussed and perhaps moved to another page, or simply removed.

3. Where are you getting the idea that he was intoxicated on alcohol? I didn't see that in the source. He CLAIMED that he had a few drinks. It didn't say that he was intoxicated, or even make any indication that his claims of drinking were true. Anyway, once again, this could have simple been changed to "alleged member" or "claimed he was a member" or even discussed this on the talk page. There is no chance of it being a legal liability since it came out of his mouth. AnnerTown (talk) 06:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, but the "I wasn't told" argument won't wash, since I had already posted the following statement on the article talk page, in the thread you recently started: "WE DO NOT ASSERT AS FACT THAT PERSONS CHARGED BUT NOT YET CONVICTED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENCES HAVE IN FACT CARRIED OUT SUCH OFFENCES. EVER" That's right, I said it in block capitals. In bold. Not normally considered compliant with talk page etiquette, admittedly, but at least it should have been obvious. I'd have thought so, at least. And no, I'm not the slightest bit interested in discussing this elsewhere. You clearly lack the competence to be involving yourself in such controversial articles if you are unaware of such elementary legal principles as the presumption of innocence - which isn't just Misplaced Pages policy, but law. As for the rest of your comments, they merely illustrate further that you were more concerned with padding the article with negative material than with accurately reporting sources, and it doesn't matter a damn what was said elsewhere: we don't engage in original research to decide what we think sources are saying. The article cited didn't state that the man was a Juggalo gang member, so neither can we - and accordingly it doesn't belong in the article. As for the lack of 'legal liability', even if you are right in that the homeless man can't sue us you* for stating that he is an IRA member (which may or not be true - we are of course reporting it third-hand), we also owe a duty to our readers not to post random bullshit into articles just so we can pad out an article. AndyTheGrump (talk)

*Note. It is much more likely that the person getting sued in such circumstances would be the person responsible for the edit, rather than the WMF, who take great care to ensure that they aren't accountable for such things. Which they do by ensuring that policies such as WP:BLP are in place. AndyTheGrump (talk) 08:24, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

And further to you not being aware of WP:BLP policies, can you explain how you were unaware of the thread entitled "A gross violation of WP:BLP policy" that I posted on your talk page in January of last year, where I pointed out the multiple violations of policy you had already made? Why didn't you ask for an explanation then? AndyTheGrump (talk) 07:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You never said that the IRA source had anything to do with WP:BLPCRIME, even after I had asked "What is the problem here?". You only indicated in your edit summaries that you were removing it because the idea that he was an IRA member violated WP:BLP, which is a completely different. I only learned about WP:BLPCRIME today, and it never once crossed my mind that it applied to the IRA source, since that's NOT what you said. I did figure out that the Norteno reference was related to WP:BLPCRIME after reading WP:BLP, and I added another source accordingly.

Also, the idea that I'm "only interested in negative information" is absolutely false and betrays your bias against me. Yes, I have added a lot of crimes committed by Juggalos, but I've also made sure that it is balanced out with an entire section on the differences between criminal and non-criminal Juggalos, as well as stating very clearly at the top of the page that not all Juggalos are criminals or gang members. My last major edit included quotes by police officers which have stated that not all Juggalos are gang members or criminals. This is an article about violent criminal activity. It's naturally going to have a lot of negativity. Violent criminal groups are not known for doing positive things!

But this has nothing to do with my competency as an editor, it just means that maybe the article doesn't read as well as it should. Andy is ironically just trying to pad this discussion with negative bullshit.

And I never said that he was a Juggalo gang member. You need your eyes checked. I said that this article was originally named Criminal activity attributed to Juggalos, and I was operating under the assumption that all Juggalo criminal activity would be better suited to that article than the main Juggalo article, because that's how the article started off. Maybe that's not the case, but if so, here is not the place to discuss it. (And I'm well aware that you're not interested in talking about it anywhere else, which only further betrays your bias - you just want me gone.)

As far as the old reivision of my talk page that you linked to, I doubt that I even read it or knew that it was there, considering that I apparently didn't respond. If I did, I certainly don't remember it. This was over a year ago when I knew very little about Misplaced Pages other than the basics. After this discussion, you can be sure that I won't forget again.

And yeah, I'm sure that lawsuit would go over real well:

HOMELESS JUGGALO: Hey, Judge. I said I was in the IRA, and then the news repeated what I said, and then Misplaced Pages repeated what the news said. Do I get money?

JUDGE: What the hell have you been smoking? Get out of my courtroom.

The rest of this discussion is just going to be me and Andy flinging shit at each other, apparently, so I'm done with it.

Closing argument, because I have to go to bed: STATicVapor has noted that while the article was awful when I first created it, and it still has issues, I have made an effort to clean it up and improve it. I will continue to do so. Blocking someone when they genuinely don't understand a Misplaced Pages policy is overkill, and I believe that the best course of action is to allow me to learn from my mistakes and grow as an editor, which I will make every attempt to do. AnnerTown (talk) 08:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Like I said, a clear lack of competence. AnnerTown "never said that he was a Juggalo gang member". but included him in an article on Juggalo gang members anyway. And thinks that's ok. And still thinks that Misplaced Pages should be labelling people as members of terrorists organisations based on a source that doesn't say that they are a member of a terrorist organisation. And thinks that just because they don't think they will get sued, that's ok. Ridiculous.

As for my 'bias', I'll freely admit to be biased against articles which declare people guilty prior to conviction, which cite material anonymously uploaded to filesharing websites as sources, and which still contain gross WP:BLP violations. I've just noticed that there is yet another assertion of guilt based on a source which refers to individuals who have been arrested, but not convicted - this time regarding an alleged murder. I have of course removed the offending material, but at this point, I think it may be wise to ask for the entire article to be revdel'd as sorting out the valid content from the policy violations is probably less effort than recreation from scratch with appropriate sourcing. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You repeatedly calling them a terrorist organization, when they are definitely not, is a WP:BLP violation. STATic message me! 15:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

AndyTheGrump is twisting the facts here, and this should be dismissed for that reason alone. The IRA is not a terrorist org, the suspects were convicted of the "alleged" murder that he just removed and complained was a WP:BLP violation, he claims that it's wrong to include Juggalo criminal activity in an article based on Juggalo criminal activity, and he's falsely claiming that I want to use "sources anonymously uploaded to file-sharing web sites", which is not the case at all (and all of the editors working on the article besides him want to keep the source in question). Now he's asking for the ENTIRE ARTICLE to be destroyed, not just whatever he believes is offending, along with all of the reliable sources used in it, and removed from public view (!), and asking for me to be banned, so that it cannot be easily rebuilt. His agenda here is clear as day. He's using underhanded tactics to get rid of an article that he doesn't like. AnnerTown (talk) 16:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

User:STATicVapor, that's splitting hairs. User:AndyTheGrump's initial statement insofar as that's concerned was that the IRA is "an organisation frequently regarded as terrorist," and the IRA's own article describes them as "a guerilla insurgent group." Terrorism is such a subjective word, but that a significant number of people do regard the IRA as terrorists should be uncontroversial, whether or not they actually are terrorists. - Jorgath (talk) 19:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the assertion that "the suspects were convicted of the 'alleged' murder that he just removed", that is entirely beside the point - WP:BLP policy is utterly clear: "Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion". If they have been convicted, it is an absolute and non-negotiable requirement that a source be cited that says so. And for what it's worth I did a Google search, and couldn't find any evidence of conviction - not that I was under any obligation to do this. As for whether the IRA is a terrorist organisation or not, opinions differ - but it is an irrelevance, in that it is clearly a violation of WP:BLP policy to be describing an individual as a member of the organisation, on the dubious grounds that AnnerTown did. That AnnerTown quibbles over the legality of the IRA (Which IRA - there have been several organisations using the name, at least one of which is still engaging in bombings, shootings etc? And under which jurisdiction?) suggest to me that my comments regarding competence are still valid. Anyone with an ounce of sense, never mind a passing knowledge of Misplaced Pages policy, should understand that one does not describe someone as a member of "a guerilla insurgent group" without very strong grounds indeed. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• The Provisional Irish Republican Army (which the term "IRA" is most commonly used to refer to when talking about recent history) is legally a terrorist group, so STATicVapor's comment is inaccurate. Being blunt, AnnerTown should be indefinitely blocked until they agree to follow WP:BLP and WP:BLPCRIME, and not to plead ignorance (this account has been around since November 2012, so not having ever looked at BLP at the very least is an unacceptable excuse). Interesting to note that that a month after the talk-page discussion went stale, and after a 5-month absence, AnnerTown popped up with this. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 23:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Further gross violation of WP:BLP policy in the Juggalos (gang) article.

For some strange reason, User:Niteshift36, who clearly should be aware of Misplaced Pages policies by now, has decided to edit-war a clear and unambiguous violation of WP:BLP policy back into the article. The source cited describes "two men arrested in connection with attack" which left a man dead, as Juggalos, and states that the victim "called himself a "Juggalo," but it's alleged he snitched and lost his life for that" - all allegations, nothing in the source stating that there has been any conviction. The material Niteshift36 has repeatedly restored to the article states that " was found dead in the woods after having been stabbed more than 20 times with a meat cleaver by Juggalo gang members after it was alleged that he was a police informant. The culprits were discovered after a member of the gang wrote a horrorcore rap song about the incident and posted it on MySpace" - an unequivocal assertion of guilt, entirely unsupported by the source cited. Since, unlike AnnerTown above, claims regarding the ignorance of policy clearly won't fool anyone, I can see no reason whatsoever why Niteshift36 shouldn't be indefinitely blocked for a gross violation of core WP policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:32, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Protected. I don't have time to read very far into this one tonight, but I didn't like the back and forth on a BLP and protection is better than blocking. --John (talk) 00:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• I'm edit warring? Grow up. You've been reverted by at least 3 separate editors. You keep acting like your interpreta(tion is the only valid one. If there is anyone here who is edit warring, it's you and if this system works at all, there really should be a WP:BOOMERANG headed your way. When edit warring with one editor didn't work, you came here. You've failed to find the mandate you wanted and another experience editor started reverting you, yet you continued to edit war, hiding behind a false BLP shield. Then you started edit warring with me too. You have no moral high ground here. You have no consensus. What you have is a raging case of article ownership and some WP:IDHT. As for your request for an indef block: Go hump someone else's leg. (spare me the whining about civil because that's just hypocritical from you). Since you've expressed your intent to not discuss anything , addressing your objection is pointless. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I note that Niteshift36 has offered no defence whatsoever for violating core Misplaced Pages policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Apparently you didn't note that I rejected your claim that it violates BLP. So no, I didn't defend myself because it's not happening. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

So an assertion that identifiable individuals committed a murder cited to a source that doesn't state that they committed a murder doesn't violate WP:BLP? That is an interesting interpretation of policy. Not one that will get you far though, I suspect. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Nothing says that committed the crime. It says it's believed that they did. We're not making the claim, the reliable source is reporting the belief. What I find interesting is how you seem to think none of us can read the policy correctly, only you can. In any case, your IDHT gets worse by the minute and talking to you is clearly pointless because you've already said there is nothing to discuss. I might discuss this with someone else, but I'm done entertaining your self-centered nonsense. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Nothing says that theyy committed the crime? "stabbed more than 20 times with a meat cleaver by Juggalo gang members"? "The culprits were discovered..."? And that isn't an assertion that the individuals named in the source were guilty? Ridiculous... AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• The article clearly calls them "the accused". Trying to cherry pick a sentence won't make you right. We're talking about ABC freakin News here, not some blog. They know about libel laws. You're just being a pain in the ass. Niteshift36 (talk)

• Oh, guess what? This is all fucking pointless. They were convicted.. Life without parole. Convicted in 2011. That took me 45 seconds to find. All this whining, bitching and teeth gnashing about BLP and you never bothered to look to see that it has already gone to trial, they were convicted and sentence. Can we PLEASE put this bullshit to rest now. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:48, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Irrelevant. The article asserted their guilt, based on a source that didn't say that they were guilty. Per WP:BLP policy, the material had to be removed. Not left until someone found a source. The policy is clear and non-negotiable. And if it was that easy to find, why didn't you find it yourself, rather than edit-warring to revert the WP:BLP violation? YOU are responsible for your edits - its not my responsibility to go around after you cleaning up your mess. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:56, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• the article called them the accused. They'd been arrested and charged. This is not a BLP issue. As for the rest of your excuse making and wound licking: You can try to save face all you want, but I don't see anyone rushing to your aid. Now, I'd love to see you do the honorable thing and contact the admin that locked the article and tell him the true issue is solved. Personally, I doubt you will. Maybe you'll prove me wrong. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Which article called them the accused? Ours didn't. It called them "culprits". Do you own a dictionary? AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:09, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• The ABC news article that was the source. If you are solely talking about the wording in the Misplaced Pages article, then you're even more wrong. You shouldn't have removed it, merely reworded it. As for a dictionary, I have one and it includes the word "pointless", which is what this conversation has become. They were convicted already. Be a stand up guy, accept it and work in the best way to include it in the article, not this pointless (there is that word again) campaign of windmill tilting. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Yup. The material you repeatedly added misrepresented the source, and violated WP:BLP policy in doing so. I carried out WP:BLP policy by removing it: "Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion". Be a stand-up guy and admit you were wrong to violate policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Sorry you're unable to let it go. The material WILL go back in the article. Sorry you wasted all this time fighting a losing battle. I won't admit there was a violation because there was none. On the other hand, we HAVE proven they were convicted, there is no longer a BLP concern and your refusal to ask that the article be unlocked shows me you are exactly who I thought you are. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:33, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Evidently you are incapable of understanding the simple instructions in WP:BLP. It seems my suggestion that you be blocked indefinitely was justified. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Evidently you're incapable of understanding simple English. It seems that my suggestion that you go hump someone else's leg is justified. BTW, I took care of contacting the locking admin since you've proven to be the (self-censor) that I knew you'd be. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Some are entertained watching a brawl, but it is time to point out that Andy is fully correct. Adding a negative claim about a living person based on a source that does not support that claim is a BLP violation, and Andy was required to remove it. If it is true that another source has been located that allows the claim to be reinstated, suitable material could be added. Niteshift36 should spend more time listening and less time working on insults. Johnuniq (talk) 09:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Still without taking a position on the details of the content dispute, I have blocked Niteshift36 for the leg-humping comment and his various other bits of rudeness. --John (talk) 11:01, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

BurlesqueCoversGalére

BurlesqueCoversGalére (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

User adding unsourced or improperly sourced information to biographical articles such as Mike Scott (musician). Also in breach of WP:3RR 81.86.72.57 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 13:10, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Those additions look pretty sourcy to me (see what I did there?), and there's no 3RR breach. The user is trying to discuss this with you on your talkpage; maybe you might like to have a conversation with them before bringing this to ANI? Yunshui 雲‍水 15:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Vandal Spam Account

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User:2601:D:6700:25D:8426:ACCE:405B:6A9E looks like nothing but trouble. The name alone implies its a computer generated string and not a legitimate user attempting to join the community. Three edits so far, at best sandbox tests and at worst warming up for vandalism. I would recommend deleting the account if possible. -OberRanks (talk) 15:21, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that is just an IPv6 address.--Cube lurker (talk) 15:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

It is indeed an IPv6 address, not a username. The edits are concerning, though, and I've left the IP a warning. In future, please bring such concerns to WP:AIV, rather than here. Yunshui 雲‍水 15:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

(ec)User:OberRanks. We do not delete accounts, even when problematic. As noted, this is an IP address. They aren't starting out well, but looks to me like they are just testing to see if it is true that anyone can edit. Consider giving them a welcoming template.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

IPv6 address schemes use a hexadecimal series of digits (0-F) in groups separated by colons, in the same way that IPv4 addresses use decimal number groupings (octets) separated by periods. This is quite clearly an anonymous editor. Please note that it's common for editors to experiment (especially new and/or anonymous editors), and we even have templates that reference experimentation for such edits without going so far as to call someone a "vandal". Please take care not to scare away new or potential editors in your efforts to protect the project, that can be just as disruptive and potentially more threatening to the project than vandalism itself. -- Atama頭 16:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

It's undoubtedly an IP editor. Mousing over the link with popups says that it's an IP user. K6ka (talk | contribs) 17:10, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Another hint is at the logs for the editor. You'll see no account creation log, anyone who has an account will have that listed as the first log entry. -- Atama頭 17:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

That's only true for accounts created after September 5, 2005. Older accounts don't show up in the creation log. --Carnildo (talk) 03:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

A "computer generated string", you say? It is actually a IPv6 address. Anyway, you can't delete the account as it is IP address (and you can't delete named accounts either, and IP users usually are a part of the community). The only valid point here is their "vandalism". That said, looks like a test edit (where the user should be directed to WP:SAND because they've only ever made 3 edits) and not genuine vandalism (which should go to WP:AIV). Epicgenius (talk) 17:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• ...and I've given the a Welcome template. I hope User:OberRanks will drop by their talkpage to apologize for their "random-generated...not wanting to join community]] statement that was anythign but WP:AGF. IPv6 has been around for a couple of years now ... with announcements on the project to advise people to "be aware" of the new IP format ES&L 17:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I need help to move a page over a redirect

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I want to change the name of the page Draugr to Draug. Draug was however its original name, and is now a redirect. Since i can not move a page to an already excisting page (even though it's only a redirect) I need an administrator to do this. KnutfAen (talk) 15:52, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I think this is fine, I looked at Talk:Draug to see the discussion that led to the original move, and it looks like the discussion was mostly about merging Draug and Draugr, and very little discussion about which should take precedence. You've taken the time to ask at Talk:Draugr and nobody raised an objection. I'll perform the move now, in such a way to preserve the old discussion at the Draug talk page (just by copying it to Talk:Draugr before I do the move). I don't think histmerge is necessary since the two articles were merged at one point, and it would leave an unnecessarily confusing and misleading edit history to do so. -- Atama頭 16:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The move is done, and Draugr now redirects to Draug. -- Atama頭 16:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

@Atama: A history merge was not necessary, but it was necessary to preserve the old history for attribution of the older edits. To this end I have moved it to Talk:Draug/Old history. I've also restored the earlier edits to the talk page – overlapping history doesn't matter there so much. Graham87 07:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Reece Leonard

User Reece Leonard (talk · contribs) has been involved in a four-month-long conflict at Talk:Artpop#Critical Reception, arguing over whether to say the album received "positive" or "mixed to positive" reviews. After four months, it shows no sign of ending any time soon. He is alone in his position against 10 other editors. The discussion is just going around in circles and he has no intention of accepting the consensus any time soon. The issue was raised on the Dispute Resolution board, which was closed with no noticeable effect. He's been soapboxing his way through the debate for some time now, and is refusing to budge from his position one iota, repeatedly accused others editors of vandalism , , , . User has been given two 3RR warnings: , , as well as warnings for harrassment, disruptive editing, blanking content, unsourced additions and adding original research. He's also battling. User has also begun spreading an unhelpful piece on other user's talk pages - to make sure they "understand the situation fully" regarding another user's (User:STATicVapor) "biased" position: . He later amended this post to include me, and added it to two more talk pages: , , and has begun canvassing other editors with this same material as well, , .

I also believe he's been violating several of the pillars of NOTHERE. He has shown little or no interest in working collaboratively. Of his several hundred edits, at least 90% of them relate to Lady Gaga articles or disputes on talk pages caused by his edits to Lady Gaga articles. He changed "favorable reviews"→"acclaim" on Bad Romance, and removed "mixed" from the intro of Alejandro. Despite his summary on the Alejandro edit, no-one changed it. It had been "mixed to positive" for at least two years prior. He has also removed/replaced positive information from the articles of some of Lady Gaga's contemporaries, such as Lana Del Ray: , , , ; Katy Perry: and Britney Spears: . He was given notices/warnings regarding some of these edits , .

It's clear from his talk page and his edits that he's here for Lady Gaga: a single-purpose account with an unneutral point of view. Some admin intervention would be appreciated, otherwise this will keep going on indefinitely. Thanks. Homeostasis07 (talk) 16:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Clearly WP:NOTHERE to contribute, and seriously lacks WP:COMPETENCE. He has resorted to harassing and attacking other editors when they disagree with him, and as you can see from the diffs Homeostasis07 provided, the user has been canvassing attacking myself and Homeo on other user's talk pages, which is incredibly inappropriate. They have a clear not WP:NPOV when it comes to Lady Gaga and her works, and refuse to contribute constructively and discuss civilly when their disruptive edits are challenged. STATic message me! 16:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• I have to be honest: when the article was first created, it ended up on my watchlist. Over the last bit, I've seen edits by Reece that made me shake my head - so much so that I took it off my watchlist, rather than see countless, repetitive ad nauseum bad edits. Might have been here for some reason, and might have started off with good intentions, but they left that cake out in the rain long ago ES&L 17:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm just going to point out that the only reason why this argument got so out of hand was STATic's ridiculously rude, inflamatory rhetoric, including calling me childish, incompetent, etc. He has a lengthy history of insulting various users (evidenced by his talk page) and that leads to this kind of uncivil discussion. He also admitted that he disliked the artist who's page we were discussing twice. Homeostasis has previously been blocked for behaving unprofessionally on Lady Gaga pages. I've stated numerous sources that back up my claims, although I recently ended this debate because I realized that it was ultimately pointless as these two have no intention of compromising at all. My edits are always sourced and factual. That's the last I'll say on the subject. Goodbye. Reece Leonard (talk) 20:57, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that, in my time with StaticVapor, he's has been a very good editor with a strong grasp on Misplaced Pages and its policies. Without any clear difs, I'd be likely to doubt any claims of "uncivil discussion" or rudeness. Sergecross73 msg me 21:21, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Perusing Talk:Artpop, I have to disagree with Reece Leonard's assertion that this is all the fault of STATic. I believe that the main issue is Reece's dismissive attitude, which he demonstrated somewhat just above me, "My edits are always sourced and factual. That's the last I'll say on the subject. Goodbye." I see that Reece communicates in this manner consistently, proceeding by essentially stating that he is correct, everyone else is wrong, and there's no need to debate the issue. I'm not saying that Reece refuses to get involved in discussions, he most certainly does, but he too frequently refers to those who disagree with him as vandals, and often refers to an editor's past conduct issues as a way to discredit their arguments (as above where he points out STATic's block history). Stating that WP:NOTHERE applies is hyperbole, I believe that Reece is sincerely trying to improve Misplaced Pages, but he has a lot of trouble collaborating, which is a major problem. -- Atama頭 21:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

@Sergecross73: I can assure you i do not live a double life on here, I am the same person. Reece just seems to enjoy making up things and harassing other users when the conversation is not going their way. He was owed a WP:NPA block for the insane focus on commenting on fellow contributors as you can see above rather then the topic at hand. I have been stating over and over, i have no bias, I can edit any subject, keeping a perfect WP:NPOV, a serious problem Reece has, which can be based off the entire discussion and his other edits as explained by the OP. @Atama: Just saying, he was referring to Homeostasis' block history. NOTHERE might not apply, but WP:COMPETENCE clearly does. When there is clear WP:CONSENSUS he has to learn to drop it, not just keep harassing editors for days and pressing the issue. I feel like this user has attempted to drag my name through the mud on way too many pages through this, as can be seen through the 5+ user talk pages he was canvassing his malicious harassment , , , , through. STATic message me! 00:28, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Yep, it was my block history Reece was referring to, and not Static's. That was a block for 3RR 6 months ago. Since then, I've not come close to infringing 3RR (ie, lesson learned), so, again, this is just another example of Reece saying anything he can to discredit another editor's position. Attempting to use a 3RR block to suggest that I'm "biased" against a particular subject (see the last 4 diffs Static posted above) isn't cool. Homeostasis07 (talk) 15:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Family / friends tag-teaming on an article on fringe claim of vaccine killing someone

The family and friends of Al Plastino are tag-teaming to perpetuate their edit-warring with a WP:FRINGE claim that a flu vaccine gave him Guillain-Barré. One editor on the article talk page misrepresents the CDC, which contrary to this editor does not say flu vaccines give people Guillain-Barré. The article states clearly that Plastino suffered from Guillain-Barré, with citing. But no disinterested, unbiased source claims the vaccine killed him — only the family, which has something to gain by putting that claim on Misplaced Pages as a way to bolster any lawsuit. They also make an additional claim that's untrue. This hijacking of a Misplaced Pages page by the subject's family and friends to push a fringe view unsupported by any source other than themselves is shameful. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I've left JohnRTroy a warning about adding original research to Misplaced Pages. I see that the page has also been protected as well for the duration of this dispute. -- Atama頭 21:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Protected for a week. Miniapolis 21:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

While I appreciate the claim originated from the family one of who wrote something asking for wikipedia to be changed, is there any real evidence they are the ones editing? Seems more likely to be people who didn't know the subject personally but were influenced by the article such as fans of someone who looks likely to have many. Nil Einne (talk) 21:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it matters who's doing the editing (they're registered accounts, hence the full protection); the repeated insertion of the unreliably-sourced claim is the deciding factor. All the best, Miniapolis 21:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

A few quick notes. Mark Evanier is a noted comics journalist, and he's actually considered a reliable source, being quoted several times in the actual article, so if Atama is going to say I used "original research", then all the Evanier quotes would need to be removed. There is precedent of him being considered a reliable source in the comics field. Secondly, I tried to act in good faith, citing the source accurately and leaving it alone. The argument seemed to start with the Guillian-Barre claim. I saw nothing suspect in that claim, as the WP itself cites a reliable source that links GBS to any form of the virus including vaccines, although I can see why people might be concerned. I regret that it escalated to this point--however, I do feel that Tenebrae could have avoided this by not suddenly and completely reverting the article and responding in a confrontational manner like he did in the talk page. I have never encountered this issue before, and I also felt rather than assume the page was "under attack" (it certainly wasn't), he immediately went here, bypassing even getting the working group on comics involved. JRT (talk) 22:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The page was under attack, whatever the intentions are. When 3 editors arrive at an article to tag team and inject information into it, inserting information on 5 different occasions, that's an edit war. I will concede that Tenebrae violated WP:3RR by reverting 4 times in 24 hours, and if he had not brought the issue here in an attempt to stop the edit war I would have blocked him (though that would be punitive at this point). -- Atama頭 22:20, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Whoops. You're right — I'd honestly thought I was right at 3, and even said something to that effect on one or more of the talk pages. I shouldn't have gone over, but it was inadvertent. Thank you for being understanding.--Tenebrae (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

JRT is mixing apples and orange. Mark Evanier is a reliable source on comics and TV, not medicine. As well, the post this editor mentions is not Evanier's independent reporting: Evanier himself did not research and make the statement about vaccines causing GBS. All Evanier did is accept a family member's quote at face value and disseminate it with a headline literally reading "Let's Correct Misplaced Pages on Something!" That's not what I would call rigorous journalism, and it's certainly out of his field of expertise.--Tenebrae (talk) 22:17, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Let's back up a second, I think you are comparing apples and oranges. This is a biographical article about a comics professional, and Evanier is quoted a lot and has provided reliable information in the past. At least in the past he's been considered a reliable source, even in that very article. I think he's reliable when he wants to correct the cause of death of Plastino, and he's got the connections to be a reliable source for the quote of family members based on his track record and his own quotes as sources. Try to understand something--From my own perspective, you seem more offended he used that title in his article (in the talk page, you rant about it), when I can understand how exasperating it is to have to be quoted in print before you can correct an error on WP (I've been on WP longer than you, though not as active, so I'm no novice), then used the GBS quote as an excuse to revert, apparently not understanding that it can be linked to flu vaccinations, at least according to all the research, which was the main reason you reverted the page. Then we got into an argument over the cause of GBS, and all I saw was somebody make accusations over my editing motives, then immediately escalate it here without even wanting to discuss it with the other Comics group right away. From my perspective, you came across (and are coming across) as somebody who's hostile and letting his own personal ego get in the way of edits, and are getting emotional over having your own edits changed. Even in the talk page and the WP:Comics page, you are coming across as hostile, thinking I'm "threatening an edit war" on the WP:COMICS talk when I just want other comics experts involved in evaluating the statement. (Since it ends up being a class of egos if just two people disagree) JRT (talk) 22:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You make a good case for accepting as reliable the report of a claim by a family member. For the specific point that this injection actually caused Guillain–Barré syndrome, and that it did so in this case, I suggest that we would need relevant expert opinion. Not, on this point, the report of comics experts. Richard Keatinge (talk) 23:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

To be fair, I honestly don't care if the claim of his death by the vaccine should be part of Misplaced Pages, just that he died of the disease. The only two things I'd want to correct in the article would be (a) to find out if he did have Prostate Cancer and (b) that he died of GBS. The only other thing I'd change is I would bring back my reference to Evanier's blog (which was deleted on revert), but I wouldn't put the actual claim about the vaccine in the text of the GBS itself. In fact, I didn't actually write that, the only place the claim appeared was in the quote text in the reference. Beyond that I'd be happy. I do think the blog entry should be sourced since other references to that blog are sourced and it would be hypocritical not to source it unless you want to challenge all the other sources in that article. I simply don't think Evanier had any "hidden agenda" in his post other than to correct a cause of death. JRT (talk) 23:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Mark Evanier is certainly a reliable source in several fields and a person for whom I have an enormous amount of respect. I take him at his word that he indeed verified that the email was from a family member and by extension that a family member would know the cause of death. But that said I see no reason to include the flu-vaccine claim in the article. If a prominent scientist were killed in an auto accident, we wouldn't generally need to include the make, model, and colour of the other car. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:17, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Well put; I myself have quoted Evanier on comics history many times, and find him a knowledgable and engaging host of comics panels at conventions. But we can't cite his blog for medical information. He's not even quoting a medical expert stating concretely that the vaccine killed Plastino, but a biased, non-disinterested family member who is not a medical expert and who stands to gain by disseminating a claim that would make the vaccine makers and medical personnel liable. And in concurrence with Andrew Lenahan, is a cause of death even particularly necessary when we're talking about a 91-year-old?

No one mentioned anything about Evanier having an "agenda," but the cited item certainly does mention his dissatisfaction with his own experiences with Misplaced Pages, so I wouldn't necessarily call him objective.

RE "to find out if he did have Prostate Cancer" — why does JRT refuse to read Maryann Plastino's own quote to the New York Post a month before Plastino's death that, yes, Plastino had prostate cancer. It's right in the footnotes, for heaven's sake.

And P.S to JRT: Please stop using words like "rant". And your comments about my "ego" and "hostility" are uncivil. All I see is a host of editors here and on other pages in agreement that Evanier's blog is not a reliable source for the killer-vaccine claim. So I'm not sure who's the one being unreasonable here. --Tenebrae (talk) 01:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Evanier's dissatisfaction with WP seems more like frustration. Criticism of WP doesn't imply he's biased against it, or that he was trying to start a protest, just a correction. In fact, if he's considered a bad unobjective source, he shouldn't be quoted elsewhere in the same article. I did not "refuse" to read the source, as I have reviewed the sources better you are correct about the prostate cancer (unless MaryAnn is trying to recant that statement or was misquoted), and I have already admitted I jumped the gun--while there is some concern about vaccines and GBS it's not likely to be provable cause of death unless it's on their death certificate. But as far as "civility" goes, I'm sorry, I think you deserve some criticism for being antagonistic. I doubt this would have escalated to this state if you had been a little more welcoming, not immediate reverted an edit, and instantly assuming that there was a deliberate attempt to bias the article. In fact, if one of these other uses brought up the same point as articulately as they've done here, there probably wouldn't have been an issue here. JRT (talk) 01:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

And as far as "ego" goes, I was making a statement when two people get into a WP edit war, it's mostly a battle of individual egos, so I'm making fun of myself here as well, which is why when this comes up I always try to solicit others to review and break the ties. JRT (talk) 01:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

There are two things here. I agree it doesn't matter who is editing the article in terms of protecting it, but that's beside my point (you'd note I never said anything about the protection) which is the second thing we shouldn't forget about. Family and friends of the subject is likely a select group of people at least some of who would be easily identifiable. Tag teaming a wikipedia article would often be seen in a negative way and therefore accusing identifiable living people of it should not be done with out some evidence they are actually involved for WP:BLP reasons. This is even more so when we have no evidence of any involvement of said people in editing wikipedia at all (which from what I can tell, is the case here). And in a case like this where as I've emphasised, there is good reason to think there would be plenty of people who should not be called 'family and friends' who may come to edit. Just because we aren't happy about something that's going on or other stuff that people have done is no excuse to accuse those people of involvement in something related with no evidence. The fact is doesn't matter is a reason not to make such accusations in the first place. It doesn't mean we should ignore it when such accusations are made. Nil Einne (talk) 12:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

That was my biggest objection to the whole thing. It was being accused of both being a family member--I am not, I simply read Evanier's blog regularly--and engaging in "Fringe Science". When my edit was rejected for that reason, I looked up GBS, and discovered that at least one time it has been linked to a vaccine, and it sounds like a legitimate concern. Obviously I was wrong and it's inconclusive, though there does seem to be enough caution regarding GBS to have some warnings. But also, the simple quote may not have enough information--perhaps the family meant to say he died due to complications from it and it didn't come out clearly in the quote. But Tenebrae instantly took an accusatory tone, saying "This evident desire to use Misplaced Pages to help the family score a big lawsuit settlement is shameful.", as well as assuming this was some coordinated effort. That's actually a potentially libelous statement since nothing in that source says anything about a lawsuit or the like. If the tone of the discussion had been kept on the civility levels that have occurred here, I doubt we'd even be talking about it. Sometimes, being nice is important in these discussions. JRT (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 02:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, a lot of people try to use Misplaced Pages to promote FRINGE ideas, and there are lots of places where one can lookup information that is totally bogus. The cause of death of the individual (last time I looked) is not known. The fact that someone might think that a vaccine was involved is irrelevant and cannot be used as the basis to assert the cause of death. There is no reason for an article to note what uninformed people think about the cause of death. Johnuniq (talk) 09:18, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Meatpuppetry threats

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Trueblood786 (talk · contribs)

I am not sure how to deal with this but Trueblood is making threats of meatpuppetry (1, 2) even after I told him to read WP:MEAT. -- SMS 21:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm not happy about his edit at the article talk page saying " BTW most Sudhans are white blue eyed blonds, while most hindoos are black." You were supposed to notify him by the way, but I have. Dougweller (talk) 21:52, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Or the comment at Talk:Sudhan " the only puppets here are you two hindoos". Dougweller (talk) 21:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Was going to say the same thing. Also said the page was destroyed by "two hindoos"Nil Einne (talk) 21:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I think you may be confusing partly Trueblood with Trueblood786? The link at the top of the thread goes to the wrong page. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 22:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Jonathan. I've fixed the link at the top. (I don't think there's been any confusion in the comments here, as "Trueblood" without the 786 hasn't edited since 2008.) Bishonen | talk 22:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC).

Thanks Jonathan and Bishonen. I am sorry for that confusion. -- SMS 22:20, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks all; I have deleted the errorneous ANI notification at Trueblood's talk page. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 22:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

That is a fact the two hindoos destroyed this page. There is nothing wrong with people who are part this tribe to actually look at this page to see what these two have done. That is called freedom of speach, what right do you guys think you have to destroy this page, even with proper references. There will be a lot of editors and there were a lot of editors for this page, when these two started to threaten people most backed down. I wont back down to some guys who have no clue about sudhans and have made this page into a Indian Page, while in fact Azad Kashmir and Sudhans are not part of India. There are separate and identified as such by the United Nations. So if someone else wants to look at their edits they think it is a threat, i dont think so

Trueblood (talk) 22:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Trueblood, does that statement mean you're still intending to "ask the Sudhan education conference to look into this site and have their 4000 members start editing, and review why you two have done to the Sudhan Tribe"? In the name of freedom of speech? Bishonen | talk 22:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC).

Anyone has a write to look at this article, if the Sudhans look at it and see what these two have done, clearly, if one does not even have any idea what Sudhans are, they should not be editing. This guy said in his post that Sudhan Education confernce is some self thing, well it is a NGO fully recognized by the Government has 4000 members, the tribe has 500,000 members, clearly the opinion of two indians who have never met a sudhan should not count as much

Trueblood (talk) 22:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

And we possibly have one meatpuppet already Ibby110 (talk · contribs). -- SMS 22:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I'd also point out here that the racial undertones involved in this discussion is a breach of civility protocols in my mind. Jeremy112233 (talk) 22:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, indeed they are. Trueblood, everybody has a right to read, but nobody has a right to recruit people who agree with you for the purpose of coming to Misplaced Pages and supporting your side of a debate. Please read the sockpuppetry policy. The specific rule is at WP:MEAT. Bishonen | talk 22:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC).

So anyone who disagrees with Indians is a puppet. Good luck

Trueblood (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
so according to you no one except you have the right to edit. These two recruited each other, and destryoed this article, now there will be thousands of editors who also have independent opinions. So this guys thinks this new editor is a puppet, well he is an editor. Just like the rest of you. Free flow of information is what wikepedia is all about, this is not the soviet union, but I guess you guys think it is Trueblood (talk) 22:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Blocked. Not much use dancing around this any longer. Blocked for meatpuppetry threats, actual meatpuppetry (if your last post is to be believed), personal attacks ("You two hindoos recruited each other and destroyed this article" (repeated again right here), "This guy just believes he owns this site" and not being here to help create an encyclopedia. Bishonen | talk 22:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC).

• Good block. Good duration. Well-merited. --John (talk) 22:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• Echoing John's sentiments, and also noting that I've never heard anyone use the term "Hindoo" before, probably as it is both archaic and vulgar . Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 23:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

How is this a threat? Don't Sudhans have the right to edit their own articles in reference to them selves. Are you going to ban everyone that is trying to make agruments based on real references? 198.151.130.34 (talk) 23:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC) 198.151.130.34 (talk) 23:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Unless an editor has a topic ban preventing them from editing on a certain subject, any contributor can edit any article of Misplaced Pages. But just because you make an edit doesn't mean that it will go unchallenged. The content of Misplaced Pages evolves and is constantly changing.

I don't think you can speak of "rights" as Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization, not some national government ensuring civil rights. Everyone who edits WP has to adhere to WP guidelines and policies or that right can be taken away. Liz 23:50, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

User:Mthinkcpp and Debian edit war

I am trying to introduce these changes. There is a discussion in the talk page. mthinkcpp refuses to discuss what is wrong with the changes. Repeatedly refusing to discuss changes, especially controversial ones, is considered a conduct issue. Therefore I bring this issue to the administrator's noticeboard. 84.127.80.114 (talk) 22:57, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• It seems to me that User:Mthinkcpp's explanation of WP:SILENCE is correct. I don't understand the content side of the issue, nor am I going to try, having been awake now for 16 hours on 4 hours of sleep. But if they gave their position earlier, and you gave yours, and they're different, then consensus has not been reached. - Jorgath (talk) 04:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

This is not about whether consensus has been reached. This is about discussion. This is about a user that systematically opposes to my changes without sensible reasons. mthinkcpp has stated to be against these changes. The user does not give a reason.

Does this situation mean that discussion on the talk page has gone as far as it could? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 10:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Since there's only you and one other editor participating, I suggest opening a WP:RFC to try to attract more editors to the discussion. -- Diannaa (talk) 19:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Hot Stop

User deleted comments in opposition to a motion without comment and then refused to justify his actions when challenged, additionally insulting another editor (me) in the edit summary. 91.125.163.45 (talk) 03:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• You don't seem to have notified @User:Hot Stop of this thread, so I pinged them. Beyond that, I'd say your complaint is valid, and the user in question has a history: see here. - Jorgath (talk) 03:39, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

  Hot Stop notified formally. - Jorgath (talk) 03:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• All I'm going to say here is that I undid his comment (which was no less snarky than anything I wrote) because the entire idea of the "ready" tag is to get an admin to review the nomination. The OP is hardly an admin and was highly involved in the discussion and shouldn't have been making that decision. Hot Stop 03:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

  I'd say that "poor baby" in the edit summary of the diff on your talk page was pushing the limits. I think you might have done better to respond to that with the explanation you just gave. So I think that while 91.125.163.45 is understandably upset with you, no actual violation occurred here. - Jorgath (talk) 04:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

  Thanks. Hot Stop 04:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Brianis19 — Continued copyright violations despite multiple warnings

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Brianis19 (talk · contribs) continues to introduce copyright violations to television-related pages despite multiple warnings on his talk page since October.,,,,,,,,,. He copy/pastes the episode summaries from various sites on the internet with no regard to these warnings. In fact, his recent comment to another editor after a warning was "Well then fix it yourself!!!". He has been told these need to be in his own words. This is an ongoing problem, and I am certain he has many other instances of copyvios that have either not been discovered or that he was not warned about when they were reverted (e.g. ,,, (note his edit summary says he wrote them himself, but this was not the case. He was intentionally trying to deceive). --Logical Fuzz (talk) 10:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I have indeffed him and opened Misplaced Pages:Contributor copyright investigations/Brianis19. The "fix it yourself" attitude is totally unacceptable.

That would be the third non-communicative copyvio editor I've indeffed and CCIed today. SIGH. MER-C 12:52, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Australian sport naming rules; please review this process and my block of Macktheknifeau

See here for a taste of the regular and frequent disruption that has been caused to our project by the long-term dispute over whether the game Misplaced Pages knows as association football should be known as soccer, football or something else in an Australian context. With a view to clarifying different understandings of the consensus here, I asked some of the disputants to comment here. Most have responded positively, but User:Macktheknifeau has continued to post personal comments after being warned to stop here, and in spite of the clear instruction at the discussion (For now, please restrict yourselves to stating your own opinion in your own section about the article titles and content, and how this is justified by the consensus. Comments about the opinions and supposed motivations of other editor will be removed.) I have therefore blocked him for 24 hours. Please review the process generally and the block specifically. Thanks for your time. --John (talk) 11:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I think John has A Tiger by the Tail, in that he is attempting to concurrently mediate an interaction nominally about content and enforce civility on the participants with admin tools. The problem is, as indicated by the arbcom finding and the dead in all but name RFC Civility enforcement RFC, we don't have a functional civility policy, which inevitably makes enforcing it ultimately subjective and arbitrary. I've been watching the conversation unfold and participating in my minimalist fashion -- I don't think there is really much of actual content dispute, as there was an RFC last August with a pretty clear consensus ("soccer"). What I saw was tedious WP:IDHT pov-pushing -- including arguments that a local consensus can override commonname with ad hominem attacks against the editor (HiLo48) trying to maintain the article in accordance with policy. Unfortunately, while HiLo48 is a decent editor, they are not skilled at wiki-politics / infighting, which leads to a seriously tl;dr merry-go-round talk page, which makes it time consuming to pick out the signal in all the noise. It is an interesting experiment in dispute resolution and I'm curious to see how it will turn out; 1K WQA and 2K ANI edits have made me a bit cynical about the chances for success but I've been wrong before and hopefully I'll be wrong this time. NE Ent 12:06, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Macktheknifeau (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

After checking User talk:Macktheknifeau I agree that User:John made an appropriate decision to block. To get the flavor of this user's attitude, notice their unblock request: "There is an ongoing attack from users connected to Project AFL to destroy football on Australian based wikipedia articles and they are deeply involved in this issue. You cannot silence me and are merely showing yourself to be a pawn of their wiki-lawyering by letting their ludicrous attacks get the better of you." In my opinion the unblock request was correctly declined by User:Jpgordon. The latest consensus discussion that led to the naming of football-related articles seems to be the one from August 2013 at Talk:Soccer in Australia/Archive 3. EdJohnston (talk) 13:52, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Tristan.andrade.136 - Concerns about competence

Hi, I'm concerned that User:Tristan.andrade.136 may not have the competence to edit constructively.

The user, who we are to believe is a kid, has been warned at least six times not to submit unsourced content, three times not to misuse flag icons, at least five times about disruptive editing, and twice to be mindful of spelling. User has created misspelled articles on Mari Tranior (presumably Trainor), Luitenent Gadget (Lieutenant), has submitted the word "vocied" instead of "voiced" at least six times: ( ) and continues to add flag icons without any rationale, requiring the assumption that the user is describing two different language dubs, maybe? User has made other peculiar edits like this one. User created an article on Walter's Christmas, which is written very poorly, contains no references and appears to contain copypasta, possibly from here or here. User has created another article here. (Come to think of it, here is a list of all the articles they have created.) User has removed proper {{Start date}} and {{End date}} templates here. More misspellings here, which could have been prevented as "its" and "premiere" appear earlier in the same sentence. It doesn't seem to me that the user understands our procedures and I question their ability to contribute constructively at this time. User was previously blocked in October 2013 by Zad68 and indicated that he wouldn't continue the disruptions, but it's clear that the user (assuming they aren't doing this deliberately) doesn't understand what they are doing is disruptive and doesn't have the ability to preempt or fix the problems they create. Rather than do nothing but template, I have tried on at least two occasions to make an impact through explanation, and I have also recommended the mentorship program to the user. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I spelled "Lieutenant" as "Leftenant" for years. In fact, I still pronounce it that way, just like others seem to do. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I respect your right to pronounce it as such. :) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:39, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Mentorship seems best? Obviously a kid who doesn't quite understand dangers of revealing personal information, has undeveloped language, lacks understanding why refs are important etc. If someone would like to kindergarten this guy, that would be the best, I think.Arildnordby (talk) 20:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps. It's unclear what their primary language is. Based on their other interactions with users I don't know how easy it will be to help them, because they don't seem capable of expressing themselves well, or comprehending what others communicate.. I'm personally a little suspicious of behavior this consistently poor, particularly when I've seen a number of vandals who feign naivety and promise to improve, then don't. But that's just my own hangup, I suppose. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:21, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

United Russia

It appears this article has been vandalized by user User:78.56.70.222, who has no other edits than to vandalize this page. I have not done many vandal reports, but I think the page should be protected, with what is going on in Russia/Ukraine right now (not that I support UR, but wiki is not the place to vandalize the pages of parties you don't like)--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 21:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that was certainly vandalism. Thank you for reverting it, Bellerophon, and your request for protection makes sense. Even though the IP has only made one edit, I've given them a strongly worded warning on their talkpage, because of the nature of the vandalism, and semiprotected the article for a few days. For another time, it's generally best to request protection on WP:RFPP. I understand these boards are a labyrinth! Thank you very much for reporting. Bishonen | talk 21:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

Lord of Rivendell again.

You guys didin't gave much attention last time() and let him go away with it, not he is vandalising my user page and writing disturbing things to his edit summary(), he did it because i reverted his edit on the template () by the way now he accuses my being an Islamist. Last time his accusation to me was being a Kurd as you recall. Will you take some steps now???

And yes he edits articles as he pleases, like a rogue. User:Liz, User:Chipmunkdavis, User:Underlying lk.KazekageTR (talk) 21:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm not involved in the current dispute, but this edit does look like trolling. Given that this happens mere days after his latest deluge of talk page insults, perhaps it's time for Rivendell to be rusticated for his bad behaviour.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 21:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I too have not noticed the current dispute until now, but this needs to be stopped. It should have been stopped last time, and the attacks have now even moved on from political/racial ones to just baseless personal ones like "Are your parents also cousins?". CMD (talk) 22:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes yes you're totally right. How about that. That is a hell of an insult to me because I've reverted his edit() : "Are your parents also cousins?"

It's worth noting that Lord of Rivendell has got in trouble over editwarring in the Turkey article repeatedly. Simonm223 (talk) 22:14, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Lord of Rivendell is a serial edit warrior. Only a few hours after the protection due to edit warring/content dispute was liftented, he started the war all over again:

7. ()

For "fun" he added a series of PAs in the summary of his edits that I, as West-European, already judges as insulting. By now, he was warned twice to stop edit warring. he has been blocked twice for edit warring in the last few months. This is not funny any more and highly disruptive. The Banner talk 22:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

And the next revert after being warned three times (including one in the summery). The Banner talk 23:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Independent of this discussion, RolandR filed a complaint at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring: . The Banner talk 01:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

He's now been blocked for two months for the edit warring. Hopefully he'll get the hint. --Ironholds (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

It's one month, not two, and after such egregious cases of trolling he should be blocked permanently, IMO.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 14:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) One month actually. But Canterbury Tail has warned him that the next block will be indefinite, which seems just right. Bishonen | talk 14:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC).

User:Tbhotch

This user keeps harassing me and threatening to block me and is coming across a bully can someone sort them out for sake of mind? 217.43.162.104 (talk) 21:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Note this user is THE GTA Guy (talk · contribs), aka AlisaJay (talk · contribs), aka MariaJaydHicky (talk · contribs), and evidence can be found at the respective sockpuppet investigation pages Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky/Archive and Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/AlisaJay. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 21:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Note that this user has a few screws loose if all they think they can do is accuse people without facts 217.43.162.104 (talk)

You want facts. One page: Loud (Rihanna album), a constant target of you. Including a reversion of a reversion of the user 86.142.54.16 (talk · contribs), who is blocked and also comes from the same state you are currently located. Your personal attacks and EMPHASIS matches with those of Maria and your IP matches with already confirmed socks of Maria. I don't need CU evidence to know you and Maria and GTA and Alisa are the same person. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 22:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Well you're going 'round calling it a personal attack; ever heard the expression "The pot called the kettle black?" 217.43.162.104 (talk) 22:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

IP blocked for block evasion. Acroterion (talk) 22:12, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

So calling me "freak" and to ask some one to "fuck me off" are not personal attacks. Neither "dumbass", "you are pathetic", and multiple of your attacks are not personal. It has no sense to talk with you (edit conflict).

In a side note to other users, is it possible to get this guy/girl banned from this site now? Nothing has changed since the User:MariaJaydHicky era, and now this person has decided to play to be a victim of circumstances s/he provoked her/himself. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 22:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

If no admin agrees to unblock, that's a de facto ban already. Epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

silly season in full force and vigour at Michael Grimm (politician)

Previous discussion here at

Edit:

IPs and "new editors" are in edit war mode to get the "extended cut" of the Grimm story into his BLP. The editors involved are unlikely to be "truly new" here, and the use of IPs for reverts stinks IMO. Will someone please tell them how the prior discussion here went? All they are saying is "notcensored" and similar stuff now. And the claim is now that it requires consensus to remove the contentious material. Please someone, anyone, help on this. They even push the anonymous claims again -- and I think a stand should be taken on this. Cheers. Collect (talk) 22:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I took the unusual course of reverting out the BLP material which was previously discussed here, and full-protecting the article. I thought this was better than blocking people. I'll be happy to unprotect once the dispute is over. --John (talk) 22:51, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks -- though I think the miraculous IP edits are less than likely to not be socking :(. Collect (talk) 23:21, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

• The sanitization of this article and protection with tools is complete bullshit. The news event wasn't an "interview," it was a televised threat. BLP claims are bogus. Carrite (talk) 16:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I charge User:John with tool abuse. Carrite (talk) 16:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Video links for context, by the New York Times and Alternate Version to YouTube. Carrite (talk) 16:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Constant arguing over parapsychology

Basically a new user PhiChiPsiOmega has joined Misplaced Pages a few days ago with plans to do "major" revisions on the parapsychology article, unfortunately this user has not read Misplaced Pages policy on pseudoscience or fringe theories. So he has ended up ranting on the talk page of the parapsychology article and using it as a forum ] and basically disagreeing with pretty much everything and anyone has said to him. He's now arguing with users here ]

PhiChiPsiOmega (talk · contribs)

69.14.156.143 (talk · contribs)

If you check his talk page he admits he disagrees with the scientific consensus about parapsychology and even wikipedia. He has left some aggressive comments a few times (both on his account and on his IP) on my talk-page, I am not too bothered about this but he's done the same thing on the parapsychology talk-page and elsewhere. I don't see anything positive about this user on Misplaced Pages. His existence here seems to just want to argue with people because his belief in psi is not supported on Misplaced Pages. I think he should be topic banned on the topic of parapsychology.

To make things worse, he's now hooked up with a fringe proponent Tom Butler (talk · contribs) (an anti-Misplaced Pages editor who talks about Misplaced Pages editors censoring his paranormal views) who has written "Ah, but that is my point: in Misplaced Pages, they are not real people, and not being subject to social norms, are technically immune to embarrassment. They do become aggressive when cornered, though, and band together to eliminate opposition whenever possible ... with great success." amongst other nonsense.

I can just see these two editors getting worse and worse and they are obviously not on Misplaced Pages to improve any articles or doing anything productive but just argue with editors so I think a lid needs to be put on it now before their trolling spreads to other places on wikipedia. Goblin Face (talk) 03:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Parapsychology is subject to discretionary sanctions per WP:ARBPS, so the correct venue for this would be WP:AE. I recommend withdrawing this complain and filing it there instead. Nformation 03:26, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I think PhiChiPsiOmega needs to learn about Misplaced Pages policy in general and WP:AGF, WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT and WP:NOTAFORUM in specific. However, as a slight mitigating factor, he is a very new user and I don't want to bite the newcomer. It's clear that he believes very passionately in his topic and there's nothing wrong with that, however the situation on the constellation of parapsychology and pseudoscience articles shouldn't be changed just to accommodate one passionate editor. I think the best thing to do would be to pair PhiChiPsiOmega with an editor who has absolutely no involvement with anything even remotely related to parapsychology as a mentor. Encourage him to learn the ropes of Misplaced Pages somewhere where he's less likely to enter into antagonistic situations with long-standing editors. After all, passion speaks to boldness and we want bold editors here. However we also want editors who are willing to seek consensus even when it might chafe their passions. Simonm223 (talk) 03:33, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. He's a new user (very new) and I think he is allowed some leeway to picking up an understanding of WP policies and guidelines. I know many editors who had a bumpy landing when they started editing WP and, unfortunately, PhiChiPsiOmega wandered into one of the most conflicted areas on Misplaced Pages. I think that editors who regularly police this area are on the lookout for potential "disruptors" and are overly vigilant. But Parapsychology is not the DMZ or the old Berlin Wall and any editing errors can be reversed. There is no call to block new editors who are not aware of ARBCOM sanctions and the history of these articles. Liz 05:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Liz but you have done comments like this which doesn't help. "Welcome to Misplaced Pages, User:PhiChiPsiOmega|PhiChiPsiOmega...where if you aren't sufficiently skeptical, you're considered "fringe" and a quack. Happy editing!" .

Two issues remain here. PhiChiPsiOmega existence on Misplaced Pages is to just stir up trouble over the parapsychology article (psi is even in his name). He's made it clear he is not convinced by the scientific references on the topic (the hundreds that are on the article), and he rejects the scientific consensus:

Here he even claims the arbitration committee is wrong:

Basically everyone is wrong apart from himself and he isn't going to stop arguing about the subject. I am bringing this to the Administrators' noticeboard now because if it doesn't stop now it's just going to go on and on. The second issue is that this user Tom Butler (talk · contribs) is a troll off and on Misplaced Pages. Off Misplaced Pages he's created countless blog and forum posts against Misplaced Pages like this, and even an entire website against Misplaced Pages policies :

And you only need to look at his Misplaced Pages user page and comments on Misplaced Pages to see he is only here to cause trouble. Here is encouraging a user to quit Misplaced Pages and "give up here" to join his own paranormal alternative On his very own user page it reads "Editors blocked for attempting fair treatment of Rupert Sheldrake The public will know these editors as maters of the search for fairness." and now he's encouraging the user PhiChi . I have no idea why this editor is still on Misplaced Pages considering all the damage he is trying to do to it on and off Misplaced Pages (he's even hosted online petitions against Misplaced Pages). The way for this issue to be solved is to ban these users because they are not here to edit Misplaced Pages, they are using the site to stir controversies over parapsychology and it is going to spread if they are not warned. That's all I am going to say on this. If action is not taken then in a few weeks time someone else will just be coming back here complaining about these users and it is going to get worse and worse. Goblin Face (talk) 06:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I'd rather go there than deal with the lack of objectivity and quote-mining I get here. Look, GF, I understand that psi is an uncomfortable topic for you, but he has good reason for posting those things: You are not looking at this from a neutral point of view. I disagree with the skeptics because they DON'T represent their opponents very well, and that their opponents represent a small niche in the scientific community. Appealing to the "hundreds of articles against" (while ignoring the hundred articles ' ' for ' ' ) psi is just proving my point. Don't you dare do anything to Tom Butler. Neither he nor I are here to cause trouble, as I've said (and as can be seen on my talk page!) several times over. My name comes from the last four letters of the Greek alphabet, not an appeal to "psi". Quit reading into things. PhiChiPsiOmega (talk) 12:33, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't think we're supposed to call editors trolls, and one could argue whether "troll" is strictly accurate because it looks like an editor who is not trolling but who genuninely believes a bunch of FRINGE stuff, and is disappointed that it is so hard to push it at Misplaced Pages.

PhiChiPsiOmega has a highly original manner of editing, changing the opening sentence of Parapsychology to read "Parapsychology (or psi phenomena) is the somewhat controversial scientific study of psychic and paranormal phenomena." (diff). Clearly PhiChiPsiOmega's edits will need extensive scrutiny, and WP:AE can be used if nothing is learned within a week or two. Johnuniq (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Johnuniq, but I'm not a "pusher". It is fact that Misplaced Pages isn't citing the full spectrum of scientific opinion. Not all parapsychologists are woo-meisters or New Age gurus, and a great deal of them are well-respected physicists, psychologists, and statisticians. My point is that the debate can't be just given over to everyone uber-skeptical of psi. I even cited a skeptic who thought parapsychology was a science, but its findings inconclusive. PhiChiPsiOmega (talk) 12:33, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I think the inevitable result of this will be that PhiChiPsiOmega (talk · contribs) gets shepherded away from Misplaced Pages articles. He's going to waste editor's time because he seems incapable of understanding basic policies. The break is either going to be voluntary or enforced under WP:ARB/PS, and it's either going to happen sooner or later. Right now, I wouldn't be pushing for a ban, but I think it's ultimately inevitable. Barney the barney barney (talk) 11:22, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

via my crystal ball and potent psi powers, i can see it is only a matter of time before the user is escorted off the premises. its merely a question of how much disruption we allow before the inevitable. WP:ROPE -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:25, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

TRPoD, that was so funny I forgot to laugh. Look, the only reason I'm here isn't because I irrationally believe in the face of evidence, or that I believe non-scientists over scientists, or that I am a woo-pusher who wants to cause trouble. I am here because there is a wide spectrum of opinions on psi, and that, at best, you can call it an extremely controversial science that few defendants hold to, but not pseudoscience. Just because a lot of people think psychoanalysis is pseudoscience doesn't mean it's classified as such. PhiChiPsiOmega (talk) 12:41, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• I fully agree with noformation. ANI threads about disruptions in the topic area of pseudoscience are always problematic. That is why we have discretionary sanctions and this thread should be filed at WP:AE to stop the TLDR text and the peanut gallery. Second Quantization (talk) 12:51, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Wolfie, WP:AE limits us to providing diffs of WP:ARB/PS issues. Tom has a long history of WP:COI, WP:NPA, WP:AGF, and WP:IDHT issues. If this isn’t the right venue to deal with a chronically disruptive editor then what is? 76.107.171.90 (talk) 13:43, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The discretionary sanctions available apply across pseudoscience and fringe articles, broadly construed. This includes all contributions where there are issues such as IDHT, NPA etc in that topic area. Second Quantization (talk) 14:44, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm really trying not to be a peanut gallery. I just think it's better classified as "fringe science" than "pseudoscience". PhiChiPsiOmega (talk) 14:59, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The problem is that Misplaced Pages is not about what you think it's about what the reliable sources say and there are hundreds of scientific references which classify parapsychology as a pseudoscience, it's not Misplaced Pages's problem that you disagree with the reliable sources. In response all you are doing all over the place is offering your own opinion and stirring up arguments. You are a single purpose account who is just going to keep arguing about the subject. You have made it clear you disagree with Misplaced Pages policy on pseudoscience and fringe theories. You seem to be using this website as a forum and just using various talk pages or places to argue about what you think about the subject. It really has got boring and if this isn't stopped now you are just going to log in everyday doing it and more and more articles or places on Misplaced Pages are going to be disrupted. When Tom Butler next logs in there's just going to be even more arguing over this issue and he feeds off it. I would appreciate an admin's response on this current issue but also this Butler character and why he has not been banned considering his purpose on Misplaced Pages is only to stir trouble. Goblin Face (talk) 15:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

And the reliable sources indicate that parapsychology is fringe science, but not outright pseudoscience. For the record, reliable sources also say psychoanalysis is pseudoscientific. That doesn't make it so. And I presented reliable sources to you, which you ignored repeatedly (which makes me wonder why I'm still talking to you). Once again, I've made my position clear: I am not just a pot-stirrer. I'm saying this topic needs to be looked at more. I only disagree with parapsychology being placed as pseudoscience, and even Misplaced Pages protocol seems to be open to just calling it controversial or questionable, but not completely pseudoscientific. Tom Butler may have bizarre beliefs, but he's right in saying this has gone in the wrong direction. PhiChiPsiOmega (talk) 16:14, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Ok guys, let's not have this argument here as well. Let's either take this to the appropriate venue, as suggested by Second Quantization and Noformation or just simmer down and let people cool off a bit. Simonm223 (talk) 16:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

There is only one reason I spend pretty valuable time on Misplaced Pages. The online encyclopedia is read by the public, and as such, the articles that slander living people and give people a false impression about subjects have become effective propaganda for a demonstrably biased point of view. None of my edits, none of my comments on Misplaced Pages have been contrary to the belief that the public deserves a balanced view. In fact, that is the nonprofit charter of Misplaced Pages.

As a manager of a nonprofit myself, I am obligated to serve the best interest of the public in the nonprofit's literature. To knowingly falsely represent a subject violates that charter. As representatives of the Misplaced Pages nonprofit, the editors here are equally obligated to be truthful and slandering people and intentionally giving only one side of a subject, while as a policy, rejecting the other is something I have difficulty being quiet about.

You can ban me, but all that does is confirm my point. The real answer is to get off your pompous seat and try balancing the articles. I am sure editors like PhiChiPsiOmega will help. Tom Butler (talk) 17:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Lupita nyong'o

I have been in an edit war with another user on the http://en.wikipedia.org/Lupita_Nyong%27o page. The actress is from Kenya but was born in Mexico when her father was there as a professor. She has never referred herself as a Mexican, the media calls her a Mexi-Kenyan. The editor I have been engaged with "Rekx" come under several names it edit the page and to say the actress is a Mexican. I state that just because just because a person is born in a country does not mean they claimed citizenship of that country. Many Americans are born overseas but they are still Americans. I expressed to him/her that that his/her logic is wrong, because it would mean that Senator John McCain is Panamanian. Just because he was born there. The editor thinks its personal and that "I just don't want her to be Mexican" the editor brought an interview from a latino gossip magazine, it is in written in Spanish and she/he is claiming it is an interview of Lupita stating she his Mexican and Kenyan. I told him/ her that, it is not a valid source, its a gossip mag and its in a foreign language. English Misplaced Pages requires it sources to be in english for all anyone know. It can be the words to Mary had a little lamb. I suggested that we can put it in the body of the article as "According to..." this way I thought wouldn’t be controversial, because the truth is there no record of her being or saying she is a Mexican national. I thought I worded it in a way for us to some form consensus, but the other user refuse to work with me and I know I am very guilty of the edit war too but I think we need an admin to intervene.

The user editor has used many different names and devices including a mobile phone and is now under the name http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Rekx 68.194.18.81 (talk) 10:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

This was my last edit ] 68.194.18.81 (talk) 09:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

And I will also like to add that even though the user I had the edit war with has many different names. Other people had engaged in an edit war over the same issue68.194.18.81 (talk) I initially put that she was a "Mexican-born Kenyan" that's what CNN and other refer to her as but the other editor said she didn't like how that68.194.18.81 (talk) 09:52, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Update: The editor has reverted my last edit but has chosen to ignore the notice I posted on his/her page to come here to talk 68.194.18.81 (talk) 10:23, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I have made my last edit to the page, I have reverted it back to how it was before. The other editor added his/her claims and "sources" 68.194.18.81 (talk) 10:48, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Like I said with his/her logic it would be that John McCain is Panamanian, being born in Mexico affords you the right to be Mexican Citizen but that does not mean she claimed it. Foreigners who have children in countries that practice "Jus soli" have to right to claim it or not claim it. Especially if her father is a diplomatic official there on duties. It's not imposed by force. I took out the Kenyan-Mexican part and work "Lupita Nyong'o is an actress...and according to... because we don't know if she has dual citizenship. You are just making the assumption that she is a Mexican national only because she was born there, And your only proof is from a gossip magazine in a foreign Language. Stop trying to make this personal trying to make it seem that I don't like Mexicans. If you have proper facts state it. All nations practice jus sanguinis (right of blood), so regardless of where one it born you are form where your parents are from. Her Parent could have or didn't claim Mexican citizenship for her. That why it article originally had "Mexican-born Kenyan". 68.194.18.81 (talk) 11:14, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

And stating a wiki article on Mexican Nationality laws as your source that shes a Mexican national is not a valid source.68.194.18.81 (talk) 11:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Also we are both to be blame for warring but I never vandalized. I reverted your claims without sources and constant disruption of edits what you did was vandalism, so don't point the figure at me and don't try to make it seem like I don't like Mexicans either68.194.18.81 (talk) 11:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Reading what you've written below makes me realize you still don't understand, you need valid sources and you also have know that just because, you born in a country does not make you an automatic citizen, Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, is he Lebanese? Joaquin Phoenix was born in Puerto Rico is he Puerto Rican? Rocker Tommy Lee was born in Greece is he Greek? Amy Adams was born in Italy, is she Italian? the list can go on. Like I told you before, if she has Mexican citizenship then of course the article should state it, but there's no proof. 68.194.18.81 (talk) 11:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Lupita Nyong'o

I am the user who the editor above (with IP address 68.194.18.81) is referring to. Contrary to what he/she says about me having different names, I figured I would just create a Misplaced Pages account and start using it to post, whereas before only my IP address showed.

The user with IP address 68.194.18.81 has a problem with the inclusion of Lupita Nyong'o's dual-nationality status on her Misplaced Pages page, Lupita Nyong'o, and he/she seems to be content only when her Kenyan nationality is highlighted. When I edited the article to state that "Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress...", the other user subsequently deleted the Kenyan-Mexican bit to leave only "Lupita Nyong'o is an actress..."

However, before I updated the Misplaced Pages article with this dual-citizenship information, the editor with IP address 68.194.18.81 had no problem posting "Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan actress..."

Nyong'o herself has stated in an interview to Reforma (a serious Mexican daily newspaper) that she indeed has both Kenyan and Mexican citizenships. You can access the Reform article here (via paid subscription): http://www.reforma.com/gente/articulo/713/1425085/

That same interview by Reforma was syndicated to Terra Networks and was made available for free here: http://entretenimiento.terra.com.mx/cine/actriz-de-12-years-a-slave-presume-orgullo-mexicano,741bce2e04ef0410VgnVCM5000009ccceb0aRCRD.html

In it, Nyong'o states:

"Nací en la Ciudad de México, y antes de cumplir un año me llevaron a Kenia, donde crecí. Mi padre tuvo un trabajo (como diplomático y profesor) allí, y por eso mi acta de nacimiento dice que soy mexicana, tengo ambas nacionalidades..."

Translation:

"I was born in Mexico City, and before turning one I was taken to Kenya, where I grew up. My father had a job (as a diplomat and professor) there, and that is why my birth certificate says I am Mexican; I have both citizenships..."

Note: I have added this citation to the Misplaced Pages article.

Furthermore, Mexican nationality is automatically conferred to "individuals born in Mexican territory regardless of the nationality of their parents;" as noted in Mexican nationality law. This is also cited (and locked!) in Lupita Nyong'o's Wikipedi article. The reason it had been locked is because this the editor with IP address 68.194.18.81 kept vandalizing Lupita Nyong'o's article in the past.

I ask you to please prevent this editor from further vandalizing the article.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rekx (talk • contribs) 10:50, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Can it be any more clearer than Lupita Nyong'o herself stating that she has both Kenyan and Mexican citizenships? No. It cannot get any clearer than that. That is from an interview she did which appeared on Reforma on 8 September 2013. http://www.reforma.com/gente/articulo/713/1425085/ (Syndicated here for free: http://entretenimiento.terra.com.mx/cine/actriz-de-12-years-a-slave-presume-orgullo-mexicano,741bce2e04ef0410VgnVCM5000009ccceb0aRCRD.html )

Update:

My 11:47, 2 March 2014‎ update had been made to reflect this in a language that is clear and not prone to confusion:

"Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is an actress and film and music video director of dual Kenyan and Mexican citizenship."

It cannot be any clearer than that. Please prevent the other user with IP address 68.194.18.81 from vandalizing the page any further. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rekx (talk • contribs) 11:56, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Vandal, harassing threats of lawsuits

• 58.7.243.245 (talk · contribs)

Have reported to AIV. Pending a block, probably wise to report here as well, given the lawsuit bullshit. JNW (talk) 15:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) The IP has been blocked for 72 hours by CIreland. (t) Josve05a (c) 15:06, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

It's dynamic (what a surprise). Bishonen | talk 15:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC).

issue on French WP (diff in French)

Hi, For several weeks now, French WP administrators have been thinking I was another contributor (due to one (wrong) filter reaction after a revert of mine). After 6 requests which only met ironical and blunt rebukes, I asked for a CU (about myself). They not only did not do it but blocked me (as a sock puppet of the other contributor !!!). I feel completely offensed by their attitude and as I cannot manage having them facing facts, I decided I could try here, where good faith and civility are not an option. See this diff for instance : http://fr.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Wikipédia:Vérificateur_d%27adresses_IP/Requêtes/mars_2014&diff=prev&oldid=101725742 Template:Fr I understand that Fr WP and en Wp may not be the same but as part of WM projects, I hope for a resolution of this incident what I consider a blatant lack of care for this project's values. Thank you in advance. With the best, --90.96.71.143 (talk) 16:47, 2 March 2014 (UTC) I just created account User:Slinggelid so that you may be sure that I am one person, as I use a dynamic IP ad. usually.

en Misplaced Pages CAN'T resolve, or arbitrate on any other Misplaced Pages.Arildnordby (talk) 16:50, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, soo...is there any WM Ombudsman or SOMEONE on earth who could have them CHECKING facts ? I tried 2 Admin's TP, Abuse filter 3 times... Noticeboard, CU. They just refused to check it because they think that it is likely (sic) that I am another...Thank you--90.96.71.143 (talk) 16:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

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