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| ==Tom Butler== | |||
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| ===Request concerning Tom Butler=== | |||
| ; User who is submitting this request for enforcement : {{userlinks|76.107.171.90}} 22:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|Tom Butler}} | |||
| ;Sanction or remedy to be enforced: ] | |||
| ; ] of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it : | |||
| # Tom attempts to downplay the scientific rejection of morphic resonance. | |||
| # Tom inserts “citation needed” when there are already numerous sources attesting to the rejection of morphic resonance. | |||
| # Tom attempts to call Sheldrake a biologist. | |||
| # Tom removes a sourced statement critical of Sheldrake. | |||
| # Tom tries to change “concept” to “hypothesis”. | |||
| # Tom tries to change “concept” to “hypothesis”. | |||
| # Tom removes a sourced statement discussing the link between spiritualism and insanity. | |||
| # Tom removes sourced criticism of mediums. | |||
| # Another instance of Tom removing that sourced criticism of mediums. | |||
| # Tom removes scientific criticism for energy healing. | |||
| # Tom attempts to redefine pseudoscience to suit his own ends. | |||
| # Tom removes “pseudoscientific”. | |||
| # Tom removes criticism of a fringe proponent. | |||
| # Tom changes “advocates” into “paranormal researchers”. | |||
| # Tom removes a comment about the scientific attitude towards electronic voice phenomenon. | |||
| # Tom attempts to call a spiritual belief a “hypothesis”. | |||
| # Tom calls other editors “pompous”. | |||
| # Tom indicates that those who oppose him are “masked editors with way too much time on their hands and no social skills”. | |||
| # Tom gets snippy with ]. | |||
| # Tom attempts to excuse his incivility by saying “do not think your position is innocent”. | |||
| ; Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required) : | |||
| #Warned on by {{user|Georgewilliamherbert}} | |||
| ; Additional comments by editor filing complaint : | |||
| Tom Butler is a fringe author who has been on Misplaced Pages since 2006. The diffs I have provided above include some recent activity, but also some older activity as it is my intent to argue that Tom Butler has demonstrated a pattern of disruptive behavior that has spanned more than seven years. Tom has made a total of 163 edits to articles. 158 of his edits are to fringe articles, 4 are to fringe related articles, and 1 was to an article dealing with a minority viewpoint. Tom is very much a ]. Going through Tom’s edits I was able to find a few productive edits, yet the overwhelming majority of his edits are fringe pushing. | |||
| Tom’s non-article edits are considerably more numerous and are rife with incivility. Tom Butler has a deep-seated hatred of science and skepticism, and he uses Misplaced Pages talk pages as a place to vent his frustration. Tom does not respect consensus, and has repeatedly attempted to re-insert contentions material in spite of both consensus and policy. As Tom has consistently abused his editing privileges over the course of seven years I am asking that he be indefinitely blocked per ]. If Tom hasn’t learned to be a constructive Wikipedian by now then there’s no reason to expect that he’s ever going to change. | |||
| Though I am limited to 20 diffs I would encourage any administrators considering this request to peruse through Tom Butler’s editing history. You’ll be hard pressed to find something that isn’t fringe-pushing or uncivil or both. | |||
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| ===Discussion concerning Tom Butler=== | |||
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| ===Result concerning Tom Butler=== | |||
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| See my talk page, ] (]) 23:35, 2 March 2014 (UTC) | |||