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Years ago the New Jersey police were criticized for disproportionately stopping African American drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike. The speed limit on the southern part of that road is 65mph but due to lax enforcement typical traffic flow is closer to 80mph. That discrepancy between law and custom created a situation in which the individual African American driver, though disproportionately targeted, had no defense: all drivers were guilty and African Americans as a subset of all drivers were also guilty. I see parallels when comparing the behaviors outlined in WP:TENDENTIOUS with that of editors in the Donald Trump article. I don't recall whether the problems in New Jersey were corrected but they did prompt in a Justice Department study.

I recently (though somewhat lazily) began aggregating sanction enforcement data for analysis. Whether my effort's justified or any useful patterns will emerge is to be seen but if it interests you I'd welcome the collaboration. James J. Lambden (talk) 21:20, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Sorry

• Sorry about your appeal being declined. Please don't be disheartened. I've faced a similar 6 month topic ban myself. My advise to you is to familiarize yourself with WP:RULES in the interim period.
• These may also be of some interest: WP:GOAD, The unblockables. Soham321 (talk) 04:26, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Soham321, and thanks to all those who helped defend me, confirmed systemic bias on Misplaced Pages, and helped gain consensus that a 6-month ban was completely uncalled for, despite any minor policy violations I may have committed: @JFG, @TheTimesAreAChanging, SashiRolls, @Masem, TParis, James J. Lambden and anyone else I may have missed. Of course, not one to admit wrongdoing when I'm not guilty, even after being punished, I don't consider the appeal decline (a foregone conclusion at AE) to be the end. I am drafting a petition for an immediate nullification of my ban due to a wanton wielding of administrator privileges toward bans/blocks of those who are viewed as being supporters of a certain Presidential candidate, who I am not able to mention because of the aforementioned TBAN. It may also be necessary to propose a stripping of admin privileges, although I think this would be a tougher sell at ANI. I plan to base the petition primarily on this edit, in which I outline various alarming edits and actions from the administrator in question. If any (or preferably all) of you would like to contribute to the final version and/or contribute a statement of your own, it would be highly appreciated and could be the beginning of actually creating change on this project and bringing neutrality back to Misplaced Pages. If not, of course that's fine too, as I don't mind going it alone. The diff that I am using now is only from the first page of that sysop's talk page, and I didn't even try to dig through her archives. It's possible there are far more heinous revelations yet to be discovered lurking around in there somewhere, so if anyone knows of any, I would gladly accept any diffs to strengthen our case. Thank you again for all who provided me with assistance throughout that whole ordeal.Hidden Tempo (talk) 04:58, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Per WP:AC/DS#Appeals and modifications, if you are unhappy with the result of your ban appeal your only remaining option is to go directly to the Arbitration Committee per WP:ARCA. You are not entitled to appeal at ANI. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 05:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Thanks for the ping. Indeed your only recourse now would be to file an ArbCom case, but you won't get anywhere (and won't get any support from editors sympathetic to your situation) if you keep it aggressive. You were sanctioned for a bias problem, which can be disputed and argued to be a good-faith crusade against systemic bias, and for a courtesy problem, which is unfortunately still visible in your aspersions against Bishonen and others. It may be difficult to keep calm but it is absolutely necessary in everyday editing, in talk page discussions, in incident reports and even more so on appeal and at the "Supreme Court" of Misplaced Pages. Think long and hard before acting… All the best! — JFG 05:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Just wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. Soham321 (talk) 21:34, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!! Thanks again for all your help. Hidden Tempo (talk) 00:45, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Missing articles

I notice a conspicuous absence of the articles Tin-pot tyrant and/or Tin-pot dictator (a redirect.) Much of the relevant content would precede 1932, which is outside the scope of your topic ban if you're so inclined. James J. Lambden (talk) 22:15, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Hey, @James J. Lambden. Thanks for the heads up, although I find it hard to find the motivation to edit those pages, as my history is more than a little rough. Also it seems that only one area on Misplaced Pages (which I can't talk about without receiving an e-caning) is the primary target of the coordinated efforts to remove neutrality and insert the worldviews of the editors. I just can't use Misplaced Pages for that topic anymore, as it's become just so unreliable and egregiously dishonest. I really like the table you compiled on your page, though. It paints a very clear, albeit disturbing picture of the trend that these people deny exists. Hidden Tempo (talk) 03:20, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Structurally Misplaced Pages reminds me of Wall St in the sense that few at the top benefit disproportionately in a system contingent upon mass participation. To put the analogy concretely: if the average investor withdrew their funds financial speculation would become less lucrative. Misplaced Pages relies on immense, often tedious effort of IP and apolitical editors so that a small few may use it to advance an agenda. How one best corrects such a system is a difficult question but I suspect change must come from the many, not the few. James J. Lambden (talk) 03:04, 14 February 2017 (UTC)