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Typing monkey 18:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Certification of RfC

I'd be glad to look at the diffs & comment as an outside view on this RfC, but I'm afraid my efforts might be wasted because, as of this writing, the RfC hasn't been certified by at least two users who attempted to but failed to resolve the dispute with this user. --Yksin 18:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and certified. This has been a longrunning problem, and multiple attempts to communicate with Sanchez, have not proved successful. I do sympathize that he has been the target of some very vicious personal attacks, both on- and off-wiki, so I feel that he's definitely allowed some leeway in terms of his behavior. Considering the kinds of things that have been said about him, I feel that he's justified in lashing out with a certain amount of anger. But on the other hand, some of the things that he himself has said (especially epithets about sexual behavior) have been completely inappropriate. I have also been disappointed with the way that he has been seeking to either add unsourced information to his bio, or remove well-sourced information, despite numerous attempts to tell him to stop, and despite numerous good-faith editors getting involved in the process and trying to help out. Since Sanchez has continued to act in a manner that is disruptive to Misplaced Pages, at some point we have to be able to say "enough is enough". I think an RfC is a good way of determining whether or not that point has been reached. I hope that Sanchez will be able to actively listen to the comments here, and take them as constructive criticism and not as personal attacks. Towards that goal, I encourage everyone involved to stay as civil and calm as possible. Let's keep in mind that this RfC is not just here so that we can vent frustrations, but so that we can raise awareness of the problem, and figure out how to solve it. --Elonka 19:33, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Elonka, your statement here or some version of it might be good on the actual RfC page, instead of just here on the talk page. --Yksin 21:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Outside view by Into the Fray

This discussion has been moved from the main page for this RfC, per standard RfD format.

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He has been admonished not to edit the article numerous times. Aatombomb

Clearly so, but this RfC brings this to a far broader stage and invites community consensus. For instance, I have never edited Matt Sanchez (unless it was a vandalism edit I don't remember), don't know who he is, nor do I frankly care. It is a more formalized process that he will hopefully recognize as such and may give him some more pause when it comes to his actions as pertain to WP:NPOV and WP:COI. I do not know how likely that is, hence the reason that I suggested a block if he continues to edit it. Into The Fray /C 21:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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As a point of clarification: according to WP:BAN, it is possible to ban a user from editing a specific article, while leaving them free to edit elsewhere on Misplaced Pages. Given the WP:COI issues inherent here, I think this is probably a good idea. But I want to read further before making a more complete comment -- maybe tomorrow or the next day (as I'm crushed for time today). --Yksin 21:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I learn something new every day. Thanks for your help, Yksin. Into The Fray /C —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

If that is the case, then I think he should be banned from editing the article and nothing more. Aatombomb 22:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Please note that in every case where someone attempted to resolve this dispute with Blue Marine/Matt Sanchez, the response has been to label the other person a 'fag', 'gay jihadist', etc. Clearly, user BlueMarine isn't interested in finding common ground or resolving disputes.Ryoung122 22:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I saw his history of attacks and I find them both distasteful and unacceptables. I just don't see recent evidence of it. As I said in my comments, the "charges" were very poorly "supported" with current behaviors. Did I miss some more recent attack/uncivil edits? Into The Fray /C 23:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

That's a good question. I've seen allegation that the only reason he hasn't done personal attacks recently is because he was told he'd be blocked if he did it again. In that case, the threat of a block served its purpose: it changed his behavior. Unless more recent evidence shows that it didn't. --Yksin 23:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)