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User:Reyk reported by User:Unscintillating (Result: Declined )

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert: 2013-01-01
2nd revert: 2013-01-01
3rd revert: 2013-01-05
4th revert: 2013-01-05

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: From the beginning of this dispute on Template:Arguments, this user has yet to respond to my initial edit comment. The user frequently does not provide edit comments. A review of the talk page discussion, the edit history of the template page, and the edit history of the talk page, shows that the user stipulates that he will not participate in discussion, including, "I will not be sucked into this...argument. The material stays." At one point the user formally withdrew from the discussion and it appeared to be over; but now he insists that since he is being trolled, he can revert both the Template page and the Template talk page and there is no need to reopen the talk page discussion.
Unscintillating (talk) 03:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm hearing the sweet sounds of a WP:BOOMERANG flying through the room here... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 04:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Sarek, Your edit comment states, "what was that football player's name again?" How is that edit comment related to this discussion? Also, please review the diffs at WT:ATA#History of TMBS if you have not done so. Regards, Unscintillating (talk) 17:29, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

What we know after 24 hours is that your viewpoint has not been sustained by the regular admins working here. Unscintillating (talk) 01:10, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

The ruling that declines to provide sanctions has suggested the benefit of a third opinion. Sarek, will you provide such an opinion, or initiate a request at WP:3O? Thank you, Unscintillating (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Yep... a13ean (talk) 06:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

It's probably a mistake to dignify this vexatious complaint with a response, but for the benefit of those playing along at home here is the background. I am a major contributor to the essay WP:MUSTBESOURCES, which Unscintillating disapproves of. Links to it in WP:ATA and Template:Arguments existed for over a year without challenge. After I dismissed one of Unscintillating's irrelevant quibbles in a way that did not allow any follow-up trolling, he went around the same day to remove them. I consider this behaviour to be petty and peevish, and I just reverted him because I have no intention of getting drawn into an argument with him. In any case, it is futile to try to discuss anything with Unscintillating because these are the kinds of responses he gives people who disagree with him: example 1, example 2, example 3.

This seems to be the origin of Unscintillating's grudge against me; this exchange seems to have festering in his mind ever since. I make no secret that I think Unscintillating is trying to troll me. I don't think he should remove material from other pages as retribution for the grudge he holds me. I do not think he should unilaterally close discussions he's involved in in his own favour, particularly not with such a self-serving and dishonest rationale, or call me a vandal for objecting. And now I see he's admin shopping: User_talk:King_of_Hearts#request_for_opinion.

I request that this meritless complaint be closed, and I will consider asking for an interaction ban on Unscintillating commenting on me or WP:MUSTBESOURCES, broadly construed. Reyk _YO! 04:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Reyk, it appears to me that your edits are showing a pattern of . Your belief that your essay "was spun out because it was long enough to constitute a stand-alone essay" is incorrect as documented at WT:ATA#History of TMBS, and consistent with a hubris-type of issue. What might help is more effort put into fact checking. No one has called you a vandal, you choose from your own ideation to bring paranoic words into this discussion such as troll, grudge, self-serving, dishonest, vandal, and admin shopping. Regards, Unscintillating (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

I've asked you to leave me alone. Please stop talking about me or to me. Stop following me around to "flag" my comments with your irrelevant twaddle about my edit summaries. Stop inserting your old grievance about "undermining" the banning policy into unrelated discussions; everyone you've asked has told you you're wrong about it anyway. If you have a problem with WP:MUSTBESOURCES, MfD it now or forever hold your peace. I now consider these matters closed. If you hassle me again, I will ask for that interaction ban and I will almost certainly get it. Reyk _YO! 03:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Declined: The link was added more than 1 year ago. It remained in the template for all that time with no comment whatsoever. Following a kerfuffle with Reyk, Unscintillating removed it. This could have been good faith tracking down of what Unscintillating perceived to be a problem, or it could have been being pointy and stalky. Either way, the status quo was the inclusion of the link. As such, Reyk was merely restoring the status quo. At no point did Reyk cross 3RR. Thus, the default assumption is that Unscintillating is the one guilty of edit warring, not Reyk. Since Unscintillating also didn't cross 3RR, and hasn't revered since this was submitted, I won't boomerang this back on him, but at this point it is up to Unscintillating to establish that there has been a change in consensus to remove the link. If one cannot be reached among the two editors themselves, Unscintillating should pursue dispute resolution, with WP:3O probably being a good first step (unless xe thinks the linked essay is so egregious that it ought to be taken to MfD). If Unscintillating continues to remove the links, that could be grounds for an edit warring block for xyr. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Mor2 reported by User:Darkness Shines (Result: 48 hours)

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Article is under a 1RR restriction per WP:ARBPIA. Mor2 has refused to self revert and has called the edits vandalism in violation of WP:NPA Darkness Shines (talk) 07:04, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

AnkhMorpork already tried to change this section , his edit was reverted and discussion was open at talk page Talk:Operation_Pillar_of_Defense#Background. AnkhMorpork subsequent decision to blank the whole section without discussion or achieving consensus for his edit and mostly unexplained removal of multiple sourced material(which are connected with OPOD) constitute edit warring and vandalism, which I was preventing. --Mor2 (talk) 07:10, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

furthermore the linked dif at "resolve dispute on article talk page" has nothing todo with the caese. It is relevant to a discussion of one statement/sentence in different section. The relevant discussion that was opened following AnkhMorpork edit was at , which he ignored and continued with blanking the section. None of which was previously discussed in the talk page.--Mor2 (talk) 07:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of forty-eight hours. This is a fairly obvious 1RR violation. -- tariqabjotu 07:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

User:AnkhMorpork reported by User:Mor2 (Result: No violation)

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:
AnkhMorpork, has a long history on this article of section wide unexplained changes. Which are always getting reverted and going to discussion(or backed up by Darkness Shines and leading here on technicalities) see history page (or I cna fish out the details)

This time AnkhMorpork tried to change this section , his edit was reverted and discussion was open at talk page Talk:Operation_Pillar_of_Defense#Background. Which AnkhMorpork ignored and blanked the whole section, which on top of his previous claim removed multiple long standing sourced martial connected with OPOD.--Mor2 (talk) 07:33, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm tempted to decline this as no violation, especially since the edit history is angling for protection anyway. Unless you have some more information, the first edit above appears to be a removal, not a revert. In other words, it doesn't look like there was any attempt to revert a specific edit; it's just making a change to the article. If every content removal were counted as a revert, it'd be impossible not to violate the 1RR. -- tariqabjotu 07:39, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I am tempted to go trout him for his blatant accusation of tagteaming. I had discussed removal of that section as shown in the report above.Darkness Shines (talk) 08:01, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Not to mention this seems like the exact reason he appealed his last 1RR block... but I digress. -- tariqabjotu 08:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

No violation, as noted above. Mor2 provided further information via e-mail (as he is now blocked), but it didn't substantiate the assertion that AnkhMorpork violated the 1RR. -- tariqabjotu 15:32, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Amending: I also completely failed to notice originally that that second edit isn't even by AnkhMorpork (that explains the confusion from looking at the article history). I thought the second revert was in reference to this edit (21:37, January 7), which is more than twenty-four hours after the first edit reported here. Even if the second edit here were by AnkhMorpork (and it's not), this would not be a violation, for the reasons stated above. Furthermore, the second revert reported by Mor2 was actually a revert of the first, so I don't understand how this would have constituted a violation (perhaps Mor2 really meant to use the 21:37, January 7, edit?). Anyway, as it stands, with that edit not even being by AnkhMorpork, this was a frivolous report. -- tariqabjotu 16:15, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Dogmaticeclectic reported by User:Codename Lisa (Result: )

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:
Uncooperative user who has tried to bypass WP:3RR by reverting after a 24-hour delay. Contributed statement that the source directly denies and article covers in the same section. He might have reasons but instead of supplying them, he has resorted to attack another user's talk page and user page, again to the point of 3RR, before he is warned by two other admins. In his last edit, he has tried to supply a fake source that fails verification, but I highly doubt he would listen if I told him. Judging by his past record (see his talk page and two other cases filed in WP:AN3) he will probably prefer to revert.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 16:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I reverted well after the 24-hour delay (it was closer to 48 hours). The source in question directly supports the statement, and you are trying to leave a false statement in the article. Also, where is the third WP:AN3 case?

By the way, your own edit history isn't exactly free of policy violations, including edit warring - especially in regards to my edits, which may quite possibly indicate bias against me on your part. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Did you read WP:3RR? "Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as a 3RR violation." In the meantime, I posted two messages in your talk page to which you did not respond; and this not your first, second, third or fourth dispute in which you have exhibited a love for revert button and a hatred for discussion.

Nevertheless, I am offering you another chance to discuss the contribution while there is still time.

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 16:31, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

My responses to you were included in my edit summaries. In such cases, I do not think it is necessary to duplicate discussion.

As for WP:3RR, notice the wording: "just outside" - that doesn't exactly sound like about double the 24-hour period.

You also (conveniently) ignored my question regarding WP:AN3. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 16:43, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi.

First yes, I deliberately ignore points that potentially divert a discussion from its goal. I do not comment on a contributor to just belittle him and admins have enough means of verification. Our discussion is: You are not a team worker.

Second, your edit summaries basically say "my way or highway". What gave you the impression that you are (or anybody, for what matters) allowed to hit revert button even once? Misplaced Pages is a product of teamwork and any attempt to disrupt the teamwork is unfavorable. WP:Consensus, WP:DR, WP:BRD and WP:CIVIL all make it clear that any edit or revert that one makes in a dispute resolution is not a right, but a privilege, given to the person only by spirit of teamwork. Wikipedians are expected to be such team workers that are not only ready to stop editing for the sake of each other, but cede their position if there is no consensus in its favor. If you wish to do it properly, discuss in a manner that parties that do not agree can call in an RfC and then a DRN.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 17:10, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have an argument stronger than "because it is in the WP:RS in question, it is what the article should state". Since you choose to ignore a core Misplaced Pages policy, further discussion with you on this issue seems pointless.

Regarding once again ignoring a question I posed directly to you: calling me "uncooperative" is a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 17:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm... A case of "I just don't get the point, I repeat the old bullshit that I myself know is not true". Fleet Command (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I find other aspects of Dogmaticeclectic's behavior troubling regarding edit warring. He has also edit warred on FleetCommand's user and user talk pages, edit warred on the Product activation article (sample diff), and in a similar manner to this report, on Windows XP (sample diff). The Windows 8 edit war, plus this, this, and this edit summary, do not bode well for him. The good news is that he appears to have stopped after being warned by two admins. Thus I believe he is close to a block but not deserving one quite yet - unless of course he continues this behavior.--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:40, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

In all cases, I have both provided strong justification for my reverts and not breached WP:3RR. Also, the latter three edits you mentioned do not qualify as edit wars, as I only reverted a single time at each page. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 18:46, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

You must not edit war even if you believe you are right - what's strong justification in your view is not necessarily what others think. WP:3RR is only a general guideline, and that your behavior constitutes edit warring is what matters here, not the timing of the reverts. I brought up those last three diffs because in those cases I do not think you get that "his reasoning looks invalid to me and me alone, so I revert" isn't the ideal way to proceed. In all cases, the WP:BRD cycle should be invoked - you discuss before making any additional reverts or additions.--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:53, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

In those particular cases, the reasoning didn't just seem invalid to me - it was actually based on a complete misunderstanding of what I was trying to do. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Then you explain yourself. You don't do another revert because the other editor still does not understand what you are doing according to yourself, because the other editor believes to the contrary.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:01, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Looks like he has made a fifth revert too and is still unwilling to address the concerns that I posted in his talk page. So, it seems the "good news" portion is debatable. One of his behaviors that is most concerning is this in Windows XP. He reverted me without realizing that I actually read his answer in his talk page and acquiesced to his request. I have never before encountered person who reverts so carelessly and with such hostility.

And Jasper, are you on friendly terms with FleetCommand? I think someone need to tell him to stop, if we are to see a peaceful end to this. He seems the type of guy that thinks "if you think you can revert, then check this out: I can too." Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 19:20, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

We have had brush-ups in the past, and they weren't good. We have tried by basically not interacting with each other, although when we agree on disputes it tends to work out well, such as the Windows Blue AfD. It now dawns on me that him and Dogmaticeclectic might do themselves a favor by doing the same.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Amen to that!

But did FleetCommand have any friends you know of? I know he might be reading this but you will be surprised how effective this approach can be. Love has great powers. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 19:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

That Windows XP edit did not properly address the issues at the time until I fixed the article with this edit. That was why I initially reverted it. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 19:32, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Have you ever thought that the other editor also thinks that your edit doesn't address all issues, and so edits it? The number one rule you need to follow is that you must not revert so many times when someone else disputes your edit. Even one revert is not necessarily the best way to go about it.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:36, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I think it might be wise to hook in here. I would point out here is that the three revert rule is simply a hard limit to the amount of reverts that can be done to a page in a specific timeframe. However, edit warring itself is more broad then simply reverting three within a specific time-frame - If one consistently reverts the same change over and over there is an edit war, irregardless of the timeframe in which the reverts were made. Quite simply put: If you are reverting back-and-forth, you discuss it on a talk page or ask some other user(s) input. Regardless of who is right it is senseless to turn it in a "Who can keep this up the longest" match.

Having said all that - May i suggest continueing this discussion on the article's talk page and change the subject to "What should be in that article" while everyone ignores the revert button for now? Keeping the "What is in the rules for reverting" discussion up won't solve the initial problem and will only result in useless drama and blocks. Excirial 19:36, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

User:KodaKarr reported by User:Heironymous Rowe (Result: 3 days)

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:
5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:
Long term POV SPA editor on this one issue, with a variety of IPs and this account. He iro 16:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

His only talk page response has been to tell an editor to " ohe, putain. va te faire foutre" - just swearing at them. Clearly not here to improve the encyclopedia and if I weren't involved I would have indefinitely blocked by now. A short term block won't help as he'll just be back. Dougweller (talk) 16:35, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

And he's at it again...

6th revert: ]

Another warning issued Revmqo (talk) 19:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Result: Blocked three days for long-term edit warring on the name of the Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal. He continued to revert while this report was open. EdJohnston (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Huysmanii reported by User:Dreadstar (Result: 1 week)

Previous version reverted to: and

Continued edit warring immediately after this block expired:
6th revert:
7th revert: (different revert to, from

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: (see

Comments:

User was recently blocked for 3RR violations, report is still on this page, when their block was up, they immediately restarted the same edit war and expanded it, . User refuses to admit to the edit warring and is again at the threshold of violating 3RR. User is belligerent, combative and pushy, , and is now canvassing for support and . Dreadstar ☥ 21:57, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Note Only because Huysmanii has not reverted in 24 hours, I'm giving them a chance to avoid a block. I've left a note on their talk page. If they agree not to edit the article at all for 7 days, they can avoid a block.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:08, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Fully agree, good call. Dreadstar ☥ 21:21, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 1 week. Huysmanii not only didn't fully accept the terms but their edit to the article talk page, which I reverted, was extraordinarily disruptive.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Mrt3366 reported by User:Darkness Shines (Result: Page protected)

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:
4th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

I have asked the user to self revert and he has refused, he is removing a well sourced satement for no reason other than he does not like it.

I will not try to justify what I did. I will not say this report is invalid, just consider this that it was not my intention to edit war. but with DS there can be no other way. He has reverted my edits multiple times. See talk. I asked him quote the passage from the book he was referring to, he ignored it and reverted me. Now, if I am guilty then he is too. I will like to notify that I am not going to war over that again so no need to "BLOCK ME". I simply wanted to take it to ANI, but DS did it first. Sorry for the inconvenience. Mr T 13:58, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Furthermore, I wanted to resolve the issue calmly in the talk first but all in vain. He didn't even try to prove his point, he just kept on reverting me. I like him and I know he can be a little brusque sometimes. But I know him and value his judgements often. This time it's unfortunate to see that he is being so - what should I say - unreasonable/amateurish. I can only hope that whatever the judgement on me, somebody takes a look into the article. Mr T 14:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Of course you are not going to war over it again, I cannot revert you can I? You need to self revert and discuss your continual removal of a well sourced statement from the article. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Well you suggested to me, If you want the article to speak of rapes of Hindus by Muslims then add it to the article. I simply followed your advice and balanced the article. What is wrong in that, DS? You are the one who said only Rape of Muslim women by Hindu Male were "well-documented" but basing on what, DS? Also, that's a highly biased and communal claim. The irony is that the very sources used there do speak of the atrocities and retaliation from both the communities. Therefore, I asked you to balance it. What did you do in return? You chose to revert me. You can do much better as an editor. There is no animosity between you and me, bro.

Besides, its weaselly well-documentedness is your subjective synthesis. Mr T 14:11, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

No, you removed it. That is not balancing. Just self revert and justify your removal on the talk page. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

What's the point, now that I am reported? BTW, I think you need to start justifying yourself first. Mr T 14:22, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Clarification: 1st revert was not a "revert". I did that as a response to {{Disputed}} tag on the article. Darkness Shines has reverted me 3 times today too (, , ). Mr T 14:22, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Removing sourced content is a revert. You are being given a lot of chances to self revert, yet will not. Why? Darkness Shines (talk) 14:24, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

You don't get it, do you? The source was correct the content was not. The claim was not a fair representation of the source; it is not a revert. Mr T 15:51, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Page protected – there appears to be a content dispute on the page. Consider dispute resolution. KTC (talk) 15:58, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:190.46.98.195 reported by User:Chaheel Riens (Result: 1 week)

Previous version reverted to:

1st revert:
2nd revert:
3rd revert:

This is a continuation of a previous edit war, where the editor was subsequently blocked for their actions. From the editors actions and edit summaries it seems apparent that they will not deviate from their behaviour or intepretation of BLP. 3RR has not been reached this time around, however should I, or anybody else, revert him again there's no reason to suspect that it wouldn't be reverted again.

The user also shows little civility in dealings with other editors.

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Original issue

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: - no response from user
Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: - no response from user
Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: - original attempt, 4th December, and response

Latest issue

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: - latest attempt at discourse
Personal attack response:

Comments:

It takes two to edit war, and there's been a lot of back-and-forth on the phrase "best known for" between various people. I have put in a reliable source from the Daily Telegraph and three other sources on the talk page, which should hopefully quell this dispute before it goes any further. --Ritchie333 17:51, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on wikipedia. The phrase "best known for" is clearly and obviously POV, regardless of whatever reliable sources it might appear in. The attempts to force this completely unnecessary phrase into articles are tantamount to vandalism. 190.46.98.195 (talk) 18:45, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

You can quote just about any Misplaced Pages policy under the sun, and use it to advance your position, so let me do likewise. If you look at Misplaced Pages's pillar of neutrality, you will see the following : "All articles must strive for verifiable accuracy: unreferenced material may be removed, so please provide references. Editors' personal experiences, interpretations, or opinions do not belong here. That means citing verifiable, authoritative sources, especially on controversial topics and when the subject is a living person." That means you should not be in any position to argue for or against the state of an article without providing sources that advance your case. I have provided four sources, you have provided none. Furthermore, if you look a little more closely at one of the other pillars, you'll notice it says "Find consensus, avoid edit wars". Calling other editors "retards" is probably not a good way to get consensus on an issue.

All of the above put to one side, here's the situation. You've reverted the article three times today here, here and here, so a further revert today will mean you run the risk of being blocked for violating WP:3RR. You should take that at face value. --Ritchie333 18:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

You're asking me to provide sources for what exactly? I'm changing the opinion "is best known for appearing" to the fact "appeared". What exactly needs sourcing? Fact is, there's an absolute prohibition on including POV material in the encyclopaedia. End of story. Putting it in repeatedly is vandalism. I'm reverting simple vandalism. 190.46.98.195 (talk) 21:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

What you are describing is not vandalism at all. Anyway, you have reverted here for a fourth time in 24 hours, which means you may now be blocked per WP:3RR. --Ritchie333 21:14, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Blocked – for a period of 1 week.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:16, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Maurice07 reported by User:Dr.K. (Result: Sending to WP:AE)

Previous version reverted to:

This is a case of long therm edit-warring by Maurice07 on this article and multiple similar articles. He insists on adding Turkey to the european section of multiple embassy-related articles without consensus. This is an example of a revert from September which also shows his massive edit-warring back then and for which he got blocked. Please see also relevant report at ANI back then: Runaway edit-warring by Maurice07.

More recently we have the following: On 3 January he resumes the September edit-warring: Revision as of 18:37, 3 January 2013 (edit) (undo) Maurice07 (talk | contribs) and then:

No warning necessary. This editor is a veteran edit-warrior. This particular edit-warring is a continuation of a massive edit-warring campaign he started in September with the purpose of adding Turkey geographically to Europe. He is acting against consensus.

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This user has been engaged in widespread and long-term edit-warring across many articles and for many reasons. This is just another bout of such behaviour. He also got a warning of tendentious editing under ARBMAC by FPaS recently: which he later erased along with a multitude of other 3RR warnings. Here is another ARBMAC warning from FPaS back in April 2012 which he also erased. Δρ.Κ. 00:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I endorse this report, and suggest that in addition to a block, discretionary sanctions be imposed. In addition to a history of edit-warring, this is user is a textbook example of an aggressive, tendentious nationalist editor with minimal positive contributions to the project. Examples of tendentious edits (tag-teaming and edit-warring over a name already mentioned a few lines below) (self-explanatory) (unexplained changes to the figures, all designed to make Greece "smaller" or "poorer") (WP:IDONTLIKEIT removal of relevant See also) (Edit-warring even though the article name is "Tenedos"), (the mere fact that he considers this "irredentist" speaks volumes about mentality) and on it goes. Examples of incivil, aggressive behavior: . Talkpage engagement and content building are next to zero. Activity consists mostly of pushing a narrow nationalist agenda at every opportunity. This is precisely the kind of user these topics do not need. Athenean (talk) 01:09, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your special attention,Dr.K.. Hopefully, you should have reported desire to edit war or 3RR warning for Aquintero82 and Sir Tanx To put it plainly, I do not find an objective and impartial your notifications. Your and Greek user Athenean′ contribs on wiki articles,the best proof of it. Also,Far as I know,if three-revert rule 3RR is repeated within 24 hours ,is a violation.Thank you.--Maurice (talk) 01:49, 07 January 2013 (UTC)

So let me see: You get blocked for 48 hours in September after a report at ANI about your Runaway edit-warring and now you come three months later to restart it without consensus and against two other users who are trying to uphold long-held consensus. And no, you don't have to break 3RR in 24 hours to be reported here. If you noticed this noticeboard is about edit-warring not only the 3RR rule. Given your history of tendentious and longterm edit-warring today's report is fully justified. By trying to shift the blame on other editors I think you are making the best case for your own blocking. As far as your evaluation of my contributions to articles here I honestly think you have no clue what you are talking about but I won't hold that against you. Δρ.Κ. 03:28, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

It's also worth noting if you are reinserting the same material over a spread out time in order to game the processes in place for edit warring it is still a violation. From what it appears this has been a long term pattern of inserting the same type of material against the consensus. that's what it looks like from the outside anyways Hell In A Bucket (talk) 03:28, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I restored this report from the archive since it concerns long-term warring at List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom, and it was not closed by an admin. I left a note asking Maurice07 to agree to wait for consensus on whether Turkey is in Europe before making any further edits on that question. That could be a way of closing the report with no sanctions. EdJohnston (talk) 18:29, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Ed for the action. But as we are about to close this report the same user is involved in two more edit wars at Xanthi and List of languages in Europe where he is cn-tagging Greek as a minority language in Turkey, although it is crystal-clear that there is a Greek-speaking minority in Turkey. It doesn't get any more tendentious than that. Clearly we need an AE action at some point under ARBMAC. Δρ.Κ. 18:44, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

I can't speak for Ed, but for me, I'd prefer to see an AE report for ArbMac sanctions. I'm not trying to be process wonky; I just find I'm a little more comfortable imposing AE sanctions when the other AE admins are also having a look at what we're doing. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 03:28, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

No, not at all. Thank you very much Heimstern for the explanation but I never intended to imply that I was asking for AE enforcement from this board; this is the reason I mentioned above "at some point", meaning not now. I realise that AE sanctions are handled differently and the admins there have different standards. So no pressure on you or Ed. :) But thank you again for your advice. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. 04:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Result: Please refile this at WP:Arbitration enforcement for consideration of ARBMAC sanctions. Whoever submits the report there can link to the 3RR discussion if you want. EdJohnston (talk) 04:07, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Ed for your advice and for your notice on my talk. I am afraid I do not have any experience filing AE reports so I will try to gather some stronger evidence before I file. All the best. Δρ.Κ. 04:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't see any edit war to may be contrary to Misplaced Pages:policies and guidelines. First,I do not understand latest changes List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom.Despite of including a source to an official in this regard, rejected.It is called consensus! Simply,WP: I just don't like it. Emotions cannot prevent logic of Misplaced Pages. I see that; Almost, Ever since I attended Misplaced Pages,my works and contributions submitted as evidence. These claims are far from the truth and biased,unfortunately.Also,they contain many contradictions.Issue of Xanthi and List of languages in Europe.Add "Citation needed" template,constitute a crime? User:Dr.K. acknowledged it as propaganda. It's so interesting! No:Source and reference.. 150,000 Turkish citizens lives Western Thrace and 25.000 Turks in Xanthi/İskeçe.See: Büyükada and Izmir. Greek language is used both articles and more. Historical bonds are not a good factor. Yes,it is also a fact that, 2.500-3.000 Greek citizen lives in Turkey. There is only explanation: WP:OWN. To edit All articles about Greece and the Greek based on self-interest.Have a good night.Maurice (talk) 00:17, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

User:177.43.87.117 reported by Nableezy (Result: 31 hours)

User being reported: 177.43.87.117 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Time reported: 19:29, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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18:40, 9 January 2013 (edit summary: "The footnoted reference is quoted in full, word for word. NPOV in a WP article requires a fair and neutral summary. If one part of the reference is cited, all the reference must be cited.")
19:02, 9 January 2013 (edit summary: "Reworded the fourth sentence from the cited footnote to remove any copyright violation.")
19:23, 9 January 2013 (edit summary: "The cited reference must be cited correctly. The fourth sentence of the citation clearly states that the event remains disputed. If you have other references you wish to add, you are welcome to do so. But do not misstate the actual reference cited.")
19:40, 9 January 2013 (edit summary:"As I state on the talk page, if you wish to cite other portions of the Gelber citation, please feel free to do so. But the citation clearly says that the event is disputed (sentence 4). The cite must be summarized in full to be fair and balanced")

Diff of warning: here

Article under 1RR, has made 3 reverts of 2 editors' edits. nableezy - 19:29, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Now 4 reverts of 4 other editors. RolandR (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 31 hours.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:27, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:75.176.5.95 reported by User:66.203.207.68 (Result: Protected)

Previous version reverted to:

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Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

After explaining in edit summary what policies were being broken and why (primarily WP:NOT, MOS & NOTE), and went to editor's talk page to try and give lengthier explanation. Editor started with some good faith discussions but it quickly broke down into "such-and-such page has errors too" and "you're being a dictator". Then editor went and undid whole thing even after agreeing some of their edits were mistakes because they didn't like a dozen or so words. --66.203.207.68 (talk) 21:37, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Page protected. I've semi-protected the article for one week as both IPs are edit-warring. No comment on the content dispute or who is more "at fault".--Bbb23 (talk) 22:38, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:193.92.131.230 reported by User:Lugia2453 (Result: Blocked for one week by User:Rjd0060)

Previous version reverted to:

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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

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On the List of leading shopping streets and districts by city article, this IP address is changing Macedonia to "FYROM" despite being undone by multiple users, including myself. The IP address has been warned multiple times, yet has continued to do so and has broken the three-revert rule. Lugia2453 (talk) 23:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

I also just noticed this user removing the Macedonia content from this article without explanation. Lugia2453 (talk) 23:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User has been blocked for edit warring in the past. Lugia2453 (talk) 23:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:AmherstApple reported by User:Belchfire (Result: Multiple blocks and protection)

Previous version reverted to:

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Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: (Page created)

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:
This purportedly brand new user insists that his interpretation of policy trumps the consensus of 3 other editors. He is also doing his best to force in the same material at Randall L. Stephenson.

And it should be noted that the one bringing this up never went to the TALK page but TAG teamed to edit without talk. I asked for page protection in hopes someone would TALK. But looking at Belchfires warning history and BAN history shows he is a edit warrior that just keeps attacking until get gets his way. --AmherstApple (talk) 00:44, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Turns out this is a sockpuppet of User:Marlin1975 (indeffed long ago). Case opened at SPI. Carry on. ► Belchfire-TALK 00:50, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

You mean this report? That pertains to User:Sonic2030, not to User:Marlin1975. Is there a connection between the two (in your view)?--Bbb23 (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

There is definitely a connection, and it's been verified by CheckUser. See the archived reports: . This is a recurring problem, and I've been reporting using the most recent sockmaster, Sonic2030, because it's familiar to admins due to recent activity. Honestly, there are so many socks at this point that it's hard to know which handle is the primary. ► Belchfire-TALK 01:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Maybe I'm dim, but I still don't see the connection to Marlin (not in the link you provided). None of this necessarily bears on the merits of the edit-warring report, but Amherst's conduct troubles me mainly because they edited as an IP and then as a registered account. At the same time, if one assumes they're a "new" user, the edit-warring warning came after their last revert. If it weren't for that one small point, I would have already blocked them. I'll be going off-wiki soon, so if another admin wants to take action, that's fine.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:00, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Please look again at the SPI archive, the text is in the December 19 report: So I actually have nothing more, I do note that one of these socks has a sock tag for Marlin1975. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 6:51 pm, 20 December 2012, Thursday (20 days ago) (UTC−8)

Also, the 3RR warning was the page creation edit, so you have to look at the left-hand side of the diff. The warning was given at Revision as of 13:28, 9 January 2013 (edit), and the final diff was at Latest revision as of 16:30, 9 January 2013 (edit) (undo). I may have mucked this up some when I posted the report, but procedurally it's correct. ► Belchfire-TALK 02:09, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I got this via WP:RFPP. I blocked Belchfire for a week. This is his second week long EW block. I almost indeffed him. The other two I blocked for 24 hours and the page has been full protected for 10 days. --Guerillero | My Talk 02:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Belchfire reported by User:Viriditas (Result: Belchfire blocked based on another report)

Previous versions reverted to: version 1, version 2

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 02:11, 9 January

Thread showing attempt by three editors to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:Sexuality_in_Star_Trek#Cast_and_crew_perspectives_-_undue_weight

Comments:

As a member of WikiProject Conservatism, Belchfire has targeted Sexuality in Star Trek because it is tagged under the scope of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject LGBT studies due to its discussion of LGBT content. Previously, Lionelt (talk · contribs) began this disruption in 2010, which lasted two years. As the diffs show above, Belchfire has continued where Lionelt left off, now maintenance tag warring on Sexuality in Star Trek, where he edit warred against the consensus of multiple editors (Nightscream, Insomesia, Pass a Method) and now he is continuing to edit war over LGBT content. This disruption of LGBT content has been previously brought up in multiple forums, including his own talk page, ANI, and the project talk page. I am asking for a lengthy block for Belchfire. Please note that the warning was given at 02:11, 9 January, after which he reverted twice. Viriditas (talk) 01:52, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Has BF been a constructive force on any LGBT related article? If not then perhaps it's time to start discussing a topic ban. Sædon 02:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Note that Belchfire has been blocked for edit warring on Boy Scouts of America, as mentioned above. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 02:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Ankarakediler reported by User:Shrigley (Result: )

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This article is under 1RR restrictions per WP:ARBAA2.

Diff of edit warring / 1RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: N/A. This is a basic terminological conflict, where Ankarakediler does not like to use the word "denial" to describe Armenian Genocide denial.

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