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Tu ne cede malis

		The Austria Barnstar of National Merit
		Presented to User Steeletrap. For tireless editing to improve difficult articles on WP SPECIFICO talk 21:31, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Happy Halloween back at you.  :) Arzel (talk) 02:47, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much Arzel. I will have to break my diet to eat your treat! Steeletrap (talk) 03:36, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I hope you like kitty. Thanks for your sweet Halloween surprise, Steele.

SPECIFICO talk 03:24, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Kitty is adorable. I will take good care of her. Steeletrap (talk) 03:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

And one for Caroldc

This is for Carolmooredc, leaving it here for pickup.. I hope you enjoy this pussy cat!

SPECIFICO talk 03:42, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Happy Halloween Carol Moore!

Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween User:Carolmooredc! I am out of baked goods but I brought you this Jack-o-Lantern. I am banned from your page but you should come over here and pick it up! I hope you enjoyed your night and picked out a good costume.Steeletrap (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Congratulations indeed, and thanks for your civil service here at WP. Personally, I think this is one of the ugliest barnstars there is, but what the hell? Enjoy it in good health. SPECIFICO talk 22:21, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Article talk page comments

Comments about user block logs are not advisable on article talk pages. – S. Rich (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Also, Srich, it was poor judgment for you to encourage that editor on his talk page recently. That editor is stepping into a discussion without regard to its history and is repeatedly reverting the stable version rather than engaging in talk. SPECIFICO talk 16:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

RP Newsletter edits

Six of your seven recent edits on Ron Paul newsletters were problematic. 1. Here you tried to add an additional, unneeded wikilink on Rockwell, but only succeeded in creating a redlink. 2. Here you "editorialized" by adding the descriptive term "dedicated". 3. Here you added a WP:ALLEGED comment "supposedly". 4. Here you cleaned up an "allegedly" problem, but you added editorial comment that was confusing and contained grammatical errors ("authored authored"). 5. This one is good. You fixed a CLAIM problem. 6. Here you added editorial language ("scandal broke"). And you fixed a syntax problem. 7. Here you added info about the "Animals" comment that was already part of the article, but which actually is not supported by the reference (e.g., the Animals comment is about urban conditions and not African Americans in particular.) And it was ungrammatical ("Another newsletters..."). In the 7 edits, only 2 had edit summaries and 1 of the 2 was to editorialize about Ron Paul's lack of eloquence. IMO, your last edit shows you were more driven by POV than by desire to improve Misplaced Pages. Please note that 25 subsequent edits by myself and another editor did a lot to clean up the lousy referencing on the article. If you had taken the effort to do that cleanup, I'd be praising you. Instead I must simply say I am disappointed. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 02:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Please check your meaning of 'editorial language.' The term "the scandal broke" is not editorializing. The Ron Paul newsletters issue was a scandal and it broke into the mainstream media.

As to the not eloquent thing, it's just plain true. I actually happen to like Ron Paul. He's dogmatic but his principles are of some contextual use, particularly on issues which the contemporary Left has lost interest in. "Supposedly" is weaseley, but we need a qualifier or else it implies that Paul wrote the newsletters, when he says he didn't and RS back him up. Steeletrap (talk) 03:13, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

I point out the use of "eloquent" in the edit summary as an injection of POV. Why? My overall objective is to get you to think more critically of your own efforts. As for "scandal", it's true that "scandal" is used elsewhere in the article, but how much of a scandal was it? Perhaps it was big in the minds of those who wanted to criticize Paul. But are those existing edits, themselves, problematic? A NPOV approach can and should analyze them for neutrality. As for "supposedly", if we don't have solid BLP-RS one way or the other as to what he wrote or didn't actually write, we leave it out rather than violate WP guidelines. You can quibble if you wish on these minor points, but please stop letting POV adversely impact your WP editing effort. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

We need a qualifier, per NPOV. Without a qualifier the sentence implies that, as a matter of fact, this was Paul's voice (i.e. he wrote it). You can choose a different word. Steeletrap (talk) 03:40, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

I think you are missing the point. My concern is not with the details of particular edits, least of all a supposed need for supposed as a qualifier. Rather, the problems I pointed out simply serve to show what is going on with your editing efforts. You can't dispute the problems with grammar, syntax, redlink, unneeded wikilink, lack of edit summaries, duplicate reference to Animals that you created. Nor can you say you improved the article by fixing duplicate citations, etc. Instead you are letting your POV interfere with good editing. Thank you. (I will leave it at that and not reply further.) – S. Rich (talk) 04:02, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't think you know what those words you're using mean. For instance, it is not a grammatical error to say "authored authored." That's a typographical error. Steeletrap (talk) 14:25, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2014

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on WP:No original research/Noticeboard#Synth to infer RS mentions individual by name when doesn't??. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. This about forum shopping does not address the issue raised. It is ad hominem and lacks good faith. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 01:54, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Srich, you're misusing the term ad hominem -- it really would behoove you to check your understanding on this, because you've done the same thing repeatedly in the past. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 03:01, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

DiLorenzo

Perhaps you misunderstand the BRD cycle and the purpose of tags. The tagging of the article is not an edit to the article text. It is a signal to other editors that an issue exists, and invites editors to join in the discussion. Please note that you first made the Bold edit to the article text, I had Reverted and I opened the discussion. (Per BRD, the editor who opens the discussion is the one best using the process.) But your edit summary for removing the tag says "Now we discuss." (Are you suggesting we get into a BRD as to whether the tag is proper?) With this in mind, please undo your removal of the tag so that interested editors can be nudged to join the Synthesis discussion. – S. Rich (talk) 20:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Mister Rich: what is your source for the idea that one can add tags to articles and they are not subject to the BRD process. This seems to be a figment of your imagination. Moreover, it would lead to absurd consequences (one could add erroneous, obstructionist tags to articles with impunity, and then claim that another user's attempt to revert to the consensus version violates BRD.) Steeletrap (talk) 20:13, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

BRD is not a policy anyway, and it is certainly not a noun, nor is it an excuse for fabricating accusations against good faith editors with whom one might disagree. SPECIFICO talk 20:57, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

1. There was not "consensus" version of the paragraph – you made the change a few months after the latest change.
2. Your change was the first recent Bold change. Notably, it was you, Steeletrap, who added "examined" back on December 1st.
3. In any event, the BRD was then opened and the Synthesis issue has been raised. (So how could my opening the BRD suggest that the article is "not subject to the BRD process"?)
4. Tags serve to alert editors as to issues, and when tags are added they serve to encourage editor participation.
5. There is no such thing as an "obstructionist" tag. (That description is a figment of your imagination.)
6. You ought to engage in the discussion. (I'd like to see you explain how the 2005 article is not SYNTH and why you think "examined" is not the best term.)
7. As part of the discussion, you might show how erroneous I am.
8. Also, if you ever think my tagging is done with impunity, you can post something on the ANI – after all, the article is subject to AE Sanctions.
9. And what sort of accusation have I made? I've sought to point out how the BRD process has begun and I await your participation in the discussion.
10. You might read the essay WP:TAGGING, particularly the section WP:Tagging_pages_for_problems#Disputes_over_tags.

– S. Rich (talk) 22:52, 18 March 2014 (UTC)23:09, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Srich, this is really pointless. You're repeating yourself but you are not sorting out the various misstatements and misrepresentations others have pointed out to you. Why not take a break? SPECIFICO talk 23:40, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Steeletrap, I was hoping you'd comment on the DiL talk page. Please take a look at the proposed re-write I've posted. If it's acceptable, please let me know or just ping a "thank you" to me. (Let's get this one item resolved b4 the IBAN/TBAN is agreed to.) If you don't like it, please suggest changes or ignore it. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 18:48, 19 March 2014 (UTC) PS: Thanks for your work on the list of people at LvMI. 18:49, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I agree with your proposed change but really wish you would wait until after Arbitration to add it. We have already agreed to stop editing the articles. Steeletrap (talk) 18:51, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I shall wait. If it turns out that the ArbCom bans us from editing AE articles, then we (you or I) can do an edit request. Thanks for your agreement. It is one example of where we can work together on these articles. (And if you have suggestions re the proposed change, please let me know.) – S. Rich (talk) 23:44, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Mark Twain

I think you might wish to look at the inclusion of Mark Twain on the Bohemian Club self-published membership list as being the Achilles Heel for the source being used. Collect (talk) 13:52, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU

I don't know you from Adam, and I don't know where you stand on gun control, but thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU, for what you wrote on the gun control talk page about comparing gun control to Nazism. Some days, I want to give up being an editor, especially in the gun-related environment - which is overrun by pro-gun guys, and some quite extreme - but every morning after, I tell myself to hang in there. When I get a little validation (whether you knew you were validating my opinion or not) my heart expands a little and I think maybe everything's gonna be OK. Lightbreather (talk) 22:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

It probably won't be "OK", and there probably are better ways for both of us to spend our time. But thanks anyway. Steeletrap (talk) 23:23, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Srich

For whatever reason, Srich seems to have a bug up his ass for you. I hope you'll resist whatever temptation you may have to respond to his recent posts about you. It will do you no good and you'll end up entangled in a web of false premises and half-truth. Please stand down. SPECIFICO talk 00:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

NOTICE of ANI

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 19:11, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

You are on 3RR, recommend you stop now. Darkness Shines (talk) 21:21, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm at two reverts. But judging from your mind-blowing block log it's futile trying to show you that you're wrong. So consider yourself the victor in another edit war. Steeletrap (talk) 21:22, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Topic ban

You are temporarily topic banned from articles related to Austrian Economics, broadly construed, pending the termination of the AE arbitration case. You may still participate in the talk space, but may not edit articles. This will be logged at Talk:Austrian_economics/General_sanctions. You may appeal this at AN/I at any time, but I suggest waiting at least until the closure of the current AE thread. This topic ban will automatically expire with the official closure of the AE arbitration case.

I'm sorry it's come to this, but the edit war at Hans Hermann Hoppe was somewhat of a last straw. You knew that everybody was watching, with the open Arbcom case and the ANI thread, yet you chose to continue reverting. Also, just as a point of information, you were technically at 3RR as DS said above, given your previous edits to that section header. ( vs. .) ~Adjwilley (talk) 00:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

You're a pretty ineffectual admin, Adjwilley. "Somewhat of a last straw" is a telling (weak) use of language. Your timing is also revealing: I was about to be TBd anyway.

Are you completely indifferent to the merits of my Hoppe edit? Were the edits really non-neutral? Do you just not care? Steeletrap (talk) 00:47, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Your comments on Austrian economics proposed decision talk page

I have redacted your reference to the arbitrators as "dittoheads". It's incivil and a personal attack, and so it not permitted on arbitration pages. I understand that tempers are frayed, however editors are expected to "act reasonably, civilly, and with decorum", and continuing to conduct yourself in this manner may lead to sanctions, such as a ban from participating on the proposed decision talk page. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

LOL, ok. Steeletrap (talk) 15:29, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Austrian economics closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Pages related to the Austrian school of economics and the Ludwig von Mises Institute, broadly construed, are placed under discretionary sanctions. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions.
2. Steeletrap (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Austrian school of economics, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, or persons associated with them, either living or deceased. Steeletrap may request the lifting or modification of this topic-ban not less than one year from the close of this case.
3. SPECIFICO (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Ludwig von Mises Institute or persons associated with it, either living or deceased. This topic-ban does not extend to articles concerning Austrian economics but not related to the Ludwig von Mises Institute; however, should SPECIFICO edit problematically in the broader area, the topic-ban may be broadened if necessary through the discretionary sanctions. SPECIFICO may request the lifting or modification of this topic-ban not less than one year from the close of this case.
4. Carolmooredc (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Austrian school of economics, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, or persons associated with them, either living or deceased. Carolmooredc may request the lifting or modification of this topic-ban not less than one year from the close of this case.
5. Editors who have not previously been involved in editing the articles at issue in this case are urged to review these articles to ensure that they are in compliance with the applicable policies and best practices, including neutrality and the policies governing biographical content.

For the Arbitration Committee, Rockfang (talk) 23:34, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Discuss this

Notice of RfC and request for participation

There is an RfC in which your participation would be greatly appreciated:

• Talk:Gun_control#RfC:_Remove_Nazi_gun_control_argument.3F

Thank you. --Lightbreather (talk) 14:58, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Notice of RfC 2 and request for participation

There is an RfC on the Gun politics in the U.S. talk page which may be of interest to editors who participated in "RfC: Remove Nazi gun control argument?" on the Gun control talk page.

• RfC: Replace existing Nazi gun control paragraphs?

Thank you. --Lightbreather (talk) 22:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

May 2014

Please do not attack other editors, as you did on Talk:List of Bohemian Club members. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 03:37, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Specifico may not agree, but your linking of "pacifier" to Binksternet's name was completely inappropriate. As I recall, you used the diminutive "Binky" when referring to him in past discussions. And you were admonished by an admin for the usage. Next, your recent posting on Specifico's talk page about the "B word", while very vague, makes your comment about Binksternet suspect. Yes, Binsternet started the interchange with a comment about pinning a medal on you. But your response was insulting. You could have, and should have, just said "thank you". And, yes, your edits a few months ago were indeed helpful. But the commentary at present is about what to do next on the page. – S. Rich (talk) 04:33, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

I did not call Binksternet a pacifier. I suggested he use one. Please re-read my remarks (or suck on a binky yourself). Steeletrap (talk) 04:47, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

I did not say that you called him a pacifier, but that the suggested usage is demeaning – particularly when you had used the term before. No matter what, you should not post such nonsense on article talk pages. (And Binkster should have ignored your comment about how you had improved the article.) Still, perhaps you can clarify what the "B word" is about. I've raised it as a questionable thread. Please disabuse me. – S. Rich (talk) 05:01, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

"Antipathy" towards Binksternet is showing through in other ways. The latest is in the tagging exchange on the Bohemian Club listing. He is correct about the reliability of the sourcing and as an editor with more experience than you and I combined, he is quite qualified to evaluate the sources in context. I've expressed reservations about the addition and removal of tags in articles as being part of the BRD process, but in this case re-adding the tags was not helpful. When tags are added, it is often helpful to open a BRD thread about the problem that the tag is concerned with. (IMO tags should be to specific items when there is discussion about specific items.) In this case the re-adding of the non-specific article-wide tags, while not a big deal, was not helpful. We already have on-going discussions and an RfC on the source question. (And the article is getting about 400 page views a day.) So tags are not needed to draw attention to the issue. More importantly, I hope you will consider how antipathy (again using Binksternet's term) is impacting your editing efforts. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 04:00, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

So, you substantively agree with my criticisms of the page. And you thank me for my bringing the even more egregious BLP/sourcing violations of a view months ago. Yet still believe my edits could only be motivated by "antipathy"? Talk about a failure to assume good faith.

Also, are you able to get through a single "reprimand" without committing a logical fallacy? Bink's long "tenure" here does not establish that he is right in a given policy dispute. (Nor does he epic block log establish that he's wrong in a given dispute.) Steeletrap (talk) 04:03, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

My comments should not be construed as "substantively agreeing" with you on the talk page. The concern I have is your interaction with Binksternet – and, logically, the criticisms of the article itself do not impact that interaction. The thank you I presented was in terms of encouragement to edit productively, it does not mean that you were right. (And, bringing up the fact that you had edited the article in the past does not, as I have said, help in resolving present issues.) No, I do not believe your edits are "only" motivated by personal antipathy. This is false because I never suggest that antipathy was the only motivation. (You are the one best qualified to evaluate to what extent your antipathy is a factor.) The effectiveness of argument depends on many factors. Binksternet's experience does not make him the be-all and end-all of editor competence, but it does give weight when evaluating his comments. Saying an argument fails logical evaluation does not make the argument (or advice or reprimand or admonishment) "wrong". – S. Rich (talk) 04:28, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Personal note

You might consider requesting a one-way IBAN. There's a bit of a history with various other female editors. Good luck. SPECIFICO talk 17:06, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Cato.org edit

Noting that this edit involved a persons associated with Austrian school economists, I think it infringed upon the TBAN. – S. Rich (talk) 00:36, 10 May 2014 (UTC)23:22, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

In law school, didn't you learn the difference between a technical and a substantive violation of the law? My edit had zero whatsoever do with Austrian economics. I was removing poorly sourced promotional content from an article about a think tank whose scholars generally revile Austrianism. The are improperly trying to tie their work to that of a half dozen Noble Laureates, only one of whom (arguably) is an Austrian.

I'm not anti-Cato. They are extremely biased, but do have some serious scholars who do serious work. (That's in contrast to the Mises Institute, whose "scholars" propound creationism, AIDS denialism, 9/11 truth, white nationalism, and so forth.) But I'm surprised you think this weaseley "associated with" stuff merits inclusion an entire sub-section in the article. Many of these people have no substantive association whatsoever with Cato. For instance, it appears that the extent of Ronald Coase's "association" is his having once contributed one chapter to a book edited by an Institute fellow. Steeletrap (talk) 03:15, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Srich, other than Hayek, which names on that list do you associate with Austrian economics? I don't see any. In light of your previous interactions with Steeletrap, may I suggest you leave this unimportant matter to others, if in fact there is any cause for concern. SPECIFICO talk 03:20, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

This is a camel's nose issue. It has nothing to do with sources, bias, mises.org people, etc. As Hayek is Austrian, you cannot do anything related to him. Accordingly, you cannot remove the other NoBull names from the Cato article and leave him as the only name. More importantly, the issue of the listing of the NoBull people was discussed a few months ago and the article, as it stands, is the consensus version. If there are arguments to remove the names, then editors, other than you, must make such arguments. The best course of action for you is to avoid, completely, any edits related to your TBAN. – S. Rich (talk) 06:54, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Srich, that's nonsense and in fact it reads as if you're stating it's OK for you to harass Ms. Steele for no valid purpose. You should leave this to others who do not have your history of involvements with her or the AE situation. She's not a camel and you should not be making negative assumptions as to her future behavior or intentions. If a serious or significant violation occurs, you should bring it to the appropriate forum. Hectoring editors with whom you may disagree on content issues is not the way we do things on WP. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 13:37, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Your topic ban

Per your topic ban you are not supposed to make any suggestion or take part in any discussion related to Austrian economics. (See point five). I believe your comment to Collect regarding Ludwig von Mises Institute violated this. Just a friendly advice. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 14:37, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

You're wrong. No time to explain why right now. Will do so later. Steeletrap (talk) 19:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

This discussion may be of interest to you. – S. Rich (talk) 22:41, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

The discussion is about a proposed change in policy to include talk pages. From this, one must infer that the current policy does not extend to talk pages. Read in context, the passage User:Iselilja points to clearly refers only to related pages (not to talk pages). Steeletrap (talk) 00:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Although I agree with your interpretation of the way the policy reads, and A further argument in favor of your interpretation is WP:PROXYING which makes no sense if suggestions are not allowed -- however it appears that de-facto policy has moved out from underneath. See Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Clarification_request:_Gun_control_.28Gaijin42.29 where me merely quoting policy to someone involved in a content dispute (without commenting in any way on the dispute itself) was considered violation of the tban. (The first set of diffs by LB. the second set by ArtifexMayhem are not relevant to this discussion). It seems clear that the tbans now are interpreted as any involvement in any way whatsoever on the topic in any wiki venue. Gaijin42 (talk) 00:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

For a variety of reasons, your situation is distinguishable from my own. To name one: even the Arbys concede that I am knowledgeable about the AE subject matter. Steeletrap (talk) 01:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Steeletrap cannot put anything at all into Misplaced Pages with regard to Austrian economics. The topic ban says "Steeletrap is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Austrian school of economics." Talk pages are "other pages". Binksternet (talk) 00:49, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

LOL are you serious. So Collect's talk page is now a page "relating to the Austrian school of economics"? Since when? (Bink implies I couldn't have posted there because it became an AE related page after I posted there; talk about circular reasoning!) As usual, Bink bungles basic principles of reading comprehension and logical inference. Steeletrap (talk) 01:26, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Binksternet is serious (and correct). I suggest you look at WP:MAINSPACE and namespace. In namespace, we see descriptions of books, portals, drafts, etc. A TBAN clearly extends to all of these spaces. (You can't go and say "these are not articles, therefore I can bring up TBAN topics on them.") But namespace also includes the user pages and user talk pages. You should consider the fact that the discussion I referenced is talking about clarification to own-user-talk-page editing. If the community clarifies this point as to own-user-talk-pages, what do you think the attitude is regarding other user talk page edits? – S. Rich (talk) 02:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Srich, you're barking in the wind. The sanctions were imposed by Arbcom. What are you doing on this page? SPECIFICO talk 02:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps you would find it more compelling if an actual arbitrator told you that your edits violated the topic ban? Yes they did. You are topic banned. That means you are supposed to stay away from the topics you are banned from. That includes bringing up the topic yourself or participating in discussions of it anywhere on Misplaced Pages. Further attempts to end run the topic ban and continue to attempt to influence topics you are banned from will result in blocks. I hope that is clear enough for all of you. My usual advice for anyone under a topic ban is to simply remove any page related to the topic from your watchlist and don't even look at any of it. That way it is a very simple matter to avoid violating the ban. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:09, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

No, I don't find it compelling. I won't post about "the topic" (I can't say what it is since mentioning it violates Mister Beeble's absurd standards for a topic ban) anymore because you'll ban me. But this interpretation of policy is specious. For something to be policy, it has to be written in a clear and unambiguous manner. If it were clear, there wouldn't be an extensive debate/vote going on regarding whether to change the policy to preclude talk page posts. Nor would I have gotten this "friendly" talk page notice from Beeble if I edited the LvMI page or committed some other TB violation. (I would've been blocked.)

And of course, Beeble doesn't even provide an argument for his policy interpretation; he just proclaims it to be objective fact. That's hardly surprising given the standard set by Arbys (see, for example, the preposterous Arb "principle" that allegations of disruptive or tendentious editing can be judged without judging the merit of any content an allegedly disruptive editor has added to an article). My one regret is criticizing their tardiness; the case (ignored by the arbs to that point) was shortly "resolved" following my criticism, with the usual unanimous voting tallies. Steeletrap (talk) 01:57, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Responding to your ping on Beeblebrox's page: I don't think you understand some of the more technical aspects of the project. (I had tried to provide information above.) Procedurally an appeal of an arbcom decision is not commenting on a topic – it is part of WP due process. Similarly, a user talkpage does not "become 'related'" to a topic when a topic is raised – the content of the actual post is what is or is not related to a topic. Also consider, if a TBAN appeal included a number of diffs or commentary or points about Mises.org or Austrian economics topics, then the appeal itself could be seen as a violation of the TBAN. But it would be foolish to post such diffs, etc., because the TBAN is based on editor behavior, not topic-related diffs. Indeed, posting the diffs would be further evidence against an effort to appeal the ban. Very simply, you violated the TBAN by posting topic-related commentary on Collect's talk page. Four editors tried to convince you but without much effect. And now you have a Misplaced Pages Oversighter (there are only 38 editors in that group) telling you so. Alas, you seem to be missing the message – the TBAN stops you from raising the topic anywhere. – S. Rich (talk) 05:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Do you honestly believe that the policy according to which Arbcom can judge an editor to be tendentious and biased, while not judging any content s/he has added, makes any logical sense? Or are you just sucking up to solidify your place in the community? Steeletrap (talk) 05:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Also, two editor (you and Bink) have a long "history" of trouble with these conceptual distinctions. Moreover, both of you clearly harbor personal animus toward me. For these reasons, I generally don't listen carefully to your comments. Steeletrap (talk) 05:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you feel there is personal animosity. For the most part you are an agreeable and knowledgeable editor. It's when your POV takes over that you get into trouble. (And I wish you have listened more carefully to what I, Bink, Gaijin, and Iselilja all said about the extent of the TBAN.) As for the Arbcom procedure (editor behavior vs. content added), I think the years of collective experience in WP has worked out a solution. The Arbcom does its best to focus on behavior and does so by ignoring content. (I believe I tried to tell you this was how they operated.) Moreover, even now, as I pointed out above, the consensus as to blocking policy is evolving. Am I "sucking up"? I don't think so. (And even if I was, doing so does not change the fact that you are the one who got yourself into trouble.) I am content to work various gnomish activities and my position in the community is pretty secure regardless of your opinion. Part of the reason my position is secure is because I do understand these conceptual distinctions. So, I will urge you to move on to other topics. Do more work on the David Duke & Edgar Steele stuff, etc. I have very little interest in the topics and I think you can contribute. – S. Rich (talk) 06:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Please note that Carolmooredc just got blocked for 2 weeks for violation of her TBAN. She was posting comments about AE topics on the enforcement page related to Specifico. This was exactly the sort of thing I said above -- raising or mentioning or editing TBAN topics is the problem. It is not a matter of what page the topics are put on. – S. Rich (talk) 16:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

She should not have been banned for violating the topic ban because she didn't. But she should have been banned for disruptive conduct and frivolous, incoherent accusations against another user. (See WP:Competent) Steeletrap (talk) 17:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Gini index

Your knowledge re the Gini index could be helpful here: Talk:Gini coefficient. I'd like to get a consistent usage for template parameters. It looks to me like "different" Gini indexes are used in the economics world. If this is correct, which is the best one to use? Once this is established, we can set up a discussion on the template talk page to work on and establish consensus for a consistent usage/parameter. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 21:18, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

B-

I realize you're probably just trying to be playful, but Binksternet has made it clear several times that he doesn't like being called "binkie" and continuing to bring it up isn't going to lighten the mood or help resolve any problems. It just annoys him, and by extension others. Please stop. ~Adjwilley (talk) 15:17, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Is it really so offensive? I think he needs to develop a thicker hide. But, under threat of site ban, I will refrain from using the B-word. (I was previously banned -- I suppose on the basis of anti-Catholicism? -- for jokingly calling myself the Pope.) Steeletrap (talk) 15:46, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Did you show your official Pope card? 70.36.142.114 (talk) 08:55, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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Edit summary with links a specific user

"This is misunderstanding of WP:Cite" along with the naming/linking of a specific editor does not comport with H:ES, which says "try not to target or to single out others in a way that may come across as an attack or an insult." – S. Rich (talk) 21:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

So what is a personal attack? Using someone's name in an edit summary (which is what automatically happens when we click "revert"), or saying that an edit reflects a misunderstanding of policy? I don't think you really believe either of these is a personal attack. What, then, could be motivating this comment? Steeletrap (talk) 23:58, 22 May 2014 (UTC)