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Robotic edits of "the fact that"

Please don't edit robotically, as you are doing now. Instead, take the time to consider what the best possible phrasing is for each specific circumstance. You are bound to run into trouble if you edit as if one size fits all.

You're also not editing the resulting sentences after removing "the fact that" to make them grammatically correct. Because it will be time consuming to look at every one of your "I shall purge..." edits, I shall now proceed to revert them. You're welcome to make them again when you do so in a thoughtful way, and correct the resulting sentences.

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Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:35, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

If you're going to revert them, at least diff them first. I'm not editing them robotically, as you may think, although perhaps I should be more careful. --E to the Pi times i (talk) 03:41, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

What do you mean "diff them first"? If you mean look at them, no, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to assume that there are enough errors in the batch (as in the handful that I looked at) to make it worthwhile to roll them back. The ball is now in your court to take mnre care. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:44, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

The diff button takes only 5 seconds to click on and review. While some of my edits may have been grammatically dubious (I realize now), many of them were carefully considered, and taking into account the context, where I spent 2 minutes on them. But by the same token, undoing your edits for the non egregious changes should not take me too long. --E to the Pi times i (talk) 03:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

The way I spend my time is my own concern. I have over 6,000 articles on my watchlist, and I'm working on re-building several articles right now. I don't have the time to hold your hand and babysit you. You should have taken the time yourself, when you made the edits, to see that they were improvements, and not force other editors to spend their time to fix your errors. 06:23, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

I see that you have chosen to continue to edit robotically, changing 18 instances of "due to the fact that" into "because" in 25 minutes. As I look into my crystal ball, I predict that your time on Misplaced Pages will be short, and unhappy. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

That's unnecessarily harsh. A few things:

• the way I spend my time is my own concern: And I respect that. Note the "But by the same token...", where I apply my logic to myself. I was simply hoping for some respect in my edits (for example, you could have told me that I was creating ungrammatical sentences, given me an example of one, and given me one chance to fix it myself. I would argue mass-reverting for "the greater good" misses a teaching opportunity, but we may diverge slightly in the lessons we think should be learned from this experience, which I will address in another point): but I can understand the mass rollback because I'm not an established editor on this account. I used to have an older account for Misplaced Pages, so I had a memory of being logged as an older user (which doesn't necessarily mean I'm better for it, but at least it establishes a basic experience. I may not look it, but I know quite a bit about editing Misplaced Pages; I often read the guidelines and templates (usually to the detriment of the free time I have to actually edit.))
• chosen to continue to edit robotically, changing 18 instances of "due to the fact that" into "because" in 25 minutes: I am not editing "robotically", because I am not doing a simple find-and-replace. I am reading it in the context of the article, and adjusting accordingly. In most cases "due to the fact that" can be substituted with "because". In cases where it cannot, I have either skipped the article, or made more nuanced edits (for example, this, this, and this.) If you feel there is a case where "due to the fact that" does contribute meaning, we can discuss that, but in most cases, it is just overly verbose. Also, edit rate should not be the metric; quality should, especially since submission rate is not necessarily equivalent to edit rate.
• not force other editors to spend their time to fix your errors: Which is why I would have preferred you had given me a chance to fix my own mistakes, instead of reverting indiscriminately. But what's done is done.
• your time on Misplaced Pages will be short, and unhappy: This makes me laugh a bit. I'll be on Misplaced Pages till the day I die (or it does.) But my perspective is short. I've only been editing wikis since 2014 (Misplaced Pages since early 2015, apparently) Compared to 2009 2005*, when you started, I am humbled.

Anyway, I'm not trying to destroy this wiki or edit for glory. My only hope is to try to improve it and myself, and hopefully contribute in some small way to this massive project which I believe to be one of the most important internet projects. If you have any other suggestions or critiques, I am willing to listen to them. --E to the Pi times i (talk) 17:51, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually, your research is not good. I've been here since 2005, not 2009, . Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:03, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

...

That doesn't change my point. You could perhaps make an argument that I'm a poor researcher (which I do not believe myself to be, but it's hard to speak from the position of error and actions speak louder than words) because I didn't do extensive research on the year your original account was created, but the exact date wasn't an important point, more the recognition of experience. Anyway, I think this thread is ready to die, unless you have anything else you'd like to add, Beyond My Ken. --E to the Pi times i (talk) 04:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

This guy shouldn't be rolling back good faith edits in this fashion, regardless of their usefulness. Primergrey (talk) 05:23, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

@Primergrey: While I do agree with you, I must point out that WP:ROLLBACK says that rollback may be used "To revert widespread edits (by a misguided editor or malfunctioning bot) which are judged to be unhelpful to the encyclopedia provided that you supply an explanation in an appropriate location, such as at the relevant talk page". Whether Ken's actions were justified depends on your definition of "widespread": I did 16 original edits of "the fact that". There's also the context that I had immediatly prior done ~75 changes to a boilerplate descriptions of lists prior to that, so it set off alarm bells for Ken. However note also, in my changes from "due to the fact that" -> "because", he did not rollback (or even revert) them. I think this has been resolved in a satisfactory way (minus some civility, but life goes on) and it is probably best to move on. --E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 17:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

No doubt. Primergrey (talk) 19:18, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: NP mag

I'm sure I have it, although I have put all of my NPs into storage, so I will have to retrieve from the storage unit. Will let you know when I go over there. Andrevan@ 02:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:LBGT films list lead

Template:LGBT films list lead has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:04, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Bot?

Are you running a bot/fully automated account? 24 edits in a single minute seems to be quite a lot, especially considering they are page moves. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 16:05, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Chrissymad: No, I was actually editing manually, but I had them lined up in a queue. E^pi*i batch is my semi-automated account. If I were to do a mass page-move like that again, I would do a bot request, because it was actually quite annoying to do it manually. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 16:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Chrissymad: Since you brought this to my attention, I think restricting mass page moving is a common sense extension of WP:MASSCREATION, and I have edited the policy accordingly to reflect this. Thank you for pointing out this; it's definitely useful to reflect on for future semi-automated or automated edits I may do. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 20:18, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Talk page edit

Please spare me your Wikilawyering lecture. I stand by my action: if they're blocked, they're fucking blocked. --Calton | Talk 03:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Also, what the hell was the point of going back through edits from January? Don't you have paper clips that need sorting? --Calton | Talk 03:43, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Calton: My problem is that you failed to evaluate the context of the IP editor's comment. Constructive comments are useful regardless of the source. And I'm not wikilawyering, I was explaining how the edit was not justified based on the original edit summary given. WP:TPG also supports this, with " The basic rule—with some specific exceptions outlined below—is that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission."

In regards to the paperclip comment, I was going through the page history for another reason, and noticed a harmful use of strikethrough. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 03:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, you are goddamned well wikilawyering -- or maybe I should say wikiLECTURING -- about things you couldn't possibly understand, which are none of your business, and pointless busywork under the best of interpretations. You are neither qualified nor have any authority -- moral, supervisorial, knowledge-based, or experience-based -- to leave smarmy warnings for me. Continuing to assert such authority -- especially absent any evidence for it -- is going to ensure a short-ish career on Misplaced Pages, as this place has a low tolerance for people who parachute in and claim to know how things work better than the editors with years of experience. --Calton | Talk 16:23, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Misplaced Pages's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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If you continue to disrupt Misplaced Pages, you may be blocked from editing. Making significant changes to major policy pages in the name of simplification is disruptive. Please stop making these unilateral changes across many major policy and guideline documents or you may be blocked. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:28, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: Really? Calling this edit "disruptive editing"? Users are allowed to edit policy pages, and it does seems you have not actually evaluated my edit beyond seeing that a large piece of content was changed. Misplaced Pages:Disruptive editing specifically says: "Disruptive editing is a pattern of editing that may extend over a long time or many articles, and disrupts progress toward... building the encyclopedia." My edits satisfy neither of the basic criteria in the lead of the policy on disruptive editing. Also see WP:BEBOLD. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 15:40, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Unblock request

{{unblock|"TonyBallioni never mentioned "I consider reversion of a major change to the notability policy that took place without discussion to be administrative in nature" in their one reversion. Editing policy pages in not against the rules. A block is premature in any case, given the limited amount of discussion before bringing this to ANI. I only got a warning without any specific response to my talk page section, or discussion of my reply to the warning. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 15:58, 11 April 2018 (UTC)"}}

@Boing! said Zebedee: Please at least reply to this. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 15:59, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

I also had no opportunity to respond to the accusations at ANI. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 16:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Being administrative in nature means that I felt I would have been justified blocking you on my own without discussion, but because I am cautious, I preferred having others discuss the matter. Boing! blocked you for edit warring on one of the most significant guidelines we have. There is nothing wrong with bold edits to policies and guidelines (I do it myself probably more than most.) There is an issue, however, with consistently making changes to some of our most significant project space pages without discussion that are almost universally reverted. That is disruptive editing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:04, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Also even in article space if you are reverted by a user you take your justification to the talk pages, you do not revert back (yes we all do it, but it is still not right).Slatersteven (talk) 16:06, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

• Edit warring is forbidden, and that should be obviously so on policy pages where you do not get to change them unilaterally. If you agree to not edit anything other than that WP:ANI report until this issue is resolved (with any admin empowered to reinstate the block should you make any other edit outside that remit), I am prepared to suspend your block pending its outcome. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:06, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee: Unblock conditional is agreeable. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 16:15, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee: My main problem with this block is that I did not actually edit war (Misplaced Pages:Edit warring says "An edit war occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions.; I did one revert.) As to the accusations of disruptive editing, I was drafting a response at ANI when I was blocked. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 16:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

• Unblocked as per agreed conditions. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:25, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

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@Xaosflux: I meant to close that request as no longer valid (I intended to convey that in this comment). I realize that bot-flagging an account that also did non-automated edits would be problematic, so I'm sorry I did not close the request earlier. I had assumed it might be closed after my AWB RfP but I should have been more explicit. If you could close the request for me, I would appreciate it. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 21:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Will do, marking as withdrawn. — xaosflux 21:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

ANI Response

Pinging relevant ANI participants: @TonyBallioni, Amorymeltzer, Boing! said Zebedee, EEng, Bbb23, Ivanvector, Beyond My Ken, Isaacl, Jbhunley, Tide rolls, Davey2010, Power~enwiki, and Courcelles:

First, I will agree to a voluntary restriction on directly editing policies and guidelines (i.e. I would still be able to comment on P&G talk pages and obviously be able to reference them in other discussions). I was initially hesitant because I made many noncontroversial, currently retained edits to MoS, but when I look back at edits like this (reverted shortly after; not previously mentioned in this ANI discussion.), I realize I am indeed inexperienced and deserving of restriction. I will note I have discussed my edits when they are reverted; I was not trying to sneak changes in.

Regarding the time I have taken to respond, I addressed it in this comment. My delay was not intended as an "attempt to improve chances of not being sanctioned by putting some distance between the complaint and the action to correct the behavior". Instead, I needed some time to honestly reflect on my previous edits. If I had insincerely agreed to community sanctions, the underlying problem would not be acknowledged, and acknowledgement is the first step towards making permanent changes to behavior. It's not always easy to admit one's mistakes.

Regarding my block evasion: I explained this when I said "I only request that I can edit the talk space because I'd like up to tie some loose threads that I left hanging.". The violating edits consisted of finished a help request I was in the middle of addressing, a ping fix of a discussion from the previous day, and giving my revised thoughts on a discussion I'd started the same day. I did not continue my disruptive edits to P&G, which was the area of contention for the ANI discussion; I was simply carrying out my queued changes so they would not be lost or obsoleted; the first edit was a courtesy to the affected user. I was technically wrong to do so, and I acknowledge that, but I do not think this merits an indefinite block by reasonable standards. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 00:20, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

By being unable to stick to your unblock conditions it looks like you lost the chance to avoid having a ban imposed at ANI. From the comments following your re-block you will be lucky to avoid an indefinite term block and only be topic banned. The Misplaced Pages editing community, at least the community at boards like ANI, tend to be forgiving of many, many things. Saying you will follow a restriction, like an unblock condition, and then breaking that agreement, in your case within hours, is not one of those things. It very simple — when one promises something, one abides by that promise. When one fails that, further promises are of no value. Jbh 02:04, 13 April 2018 (UTC)