Misplaced Pages

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This is a summary of the history of the page User:Benapgar/Bullying

Benapgar creates initial version on Jan 17, 2005. The page is clearly in User space, is clearly a petition, and begins with a paragraph that makes a clear request that edits be discussed on the talk page.

This is a petition I am going to send to Jimbo Wales, owner of Misplaced Pages. If you have any changes you want to suggest, discuss them on the discussion page. I will definitely consider things anyone wants to add or change--especially if you do not want to sign it for one reason or another, but it is my petition. If people edit it to their liking then maybe I won't want to sign it and then there won't be much point in me making a petition anymore :P. So, please discuss on the talk page.

Nonetheless,

• the next edit, which appeared shortly thereafter, is made without comment in the talk page, and is disparaging of Benapgar and of the petition.
• The disparaging edit is removed, but
• a new edit disparaging the petition is made, again without discussion on talk.
• That edit is also removed.
• a third edit is made, again with no discussion on talk page, purporting to be an "outside view". This is not a Request for Comment, but a petition, which exists in User space, containing a specific request that edits be discussed on talk page first. The "outside view" contains arguments against the author of the petition:

"Much of Benapgar' frustration and venting against admins here is the result of his repeated issues arising from apparent inability to abide by WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA as documented in his recent user conduct RFC"

• a number of editors begin adding signatures to this "outside view" ,

• Next, an editor adds his signature in support of the petition. The comments with the signature identify a particular editor, not among those already actively editting this page as a bully.

• The mentioned editor responds by adding a comment critical of the editor who so accused him of bullying.

• New signatures, , , are added to the "outside view".

• Benapgar removes the "outside view" and the ad hominem comments from his User space with the edit summary:

"The outside view FeloniousMonk has provided is irrelevant to the content of this petition and the characterizations within are distortions and insubtantive allegations."

• These changes are reverted without discussion on the talk page by one of the signatories to the "outside view".

• Benapgar deletes them again from his user space.