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Tom Butler

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Request concerning Tom Butler

User who is submitting this request for enforcement
76.107.171.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 22:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
User against whom enforcement is requested
Tom Butler (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Sanction or remedy to be enforced
Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience#Discretionary sanctions
Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
  1. 17:38, 26 February 2014 Tom attempts to downplay the scientific rejection of morphic resonance.
  2. 26 February 2014 Tom inserts “citation needed” when there are already numerous sources attesting to the rejection of morphic resonance.
  3. 16:47, 22 December 2013 Tom attempts to call Sheldrake a biologist.
  4. 21:16, 13 October 2013 Tom removes a sourced statement critical of Sheldrake.
  5. 16:35, 13 October 2013 Tom tries to change “concept” to “hypothesis”.
  6. 15:47, 13 October 2013 Tom tries to change “concept” to “hypothesis”.
  7. 01:56, 28 January 2013 Tom removes a sourced statement discussing the link between spiritualism and insanity.
  8. 18:07, 24 December 2011 Tom removes sourced criticism of mediums.
  9. 17:53, 23 December 2011 Another instance of Tom removing that sourced criticism of mediums.
  10. 16:42, 3 July 2011 Tom removes scientific criticism for energy healing.
  11. 17:25, 25 January 2011 Tom attempts to redefine pseudoscience to suit his own ends.
  12. 17:43, 24 November 2010 Tom removes “pseudoscientific”.
  13. 20:04, 27 December 2008 Tom removes criticism of a fringe proponent.
  14. 17:32, 15 January 2008 Tom changes “advocates” into “paranormal researchers”.
  15. 19:13, 27 January 2007 Tom removes a comment about the scientific attitude towards electronic voice phenomenon.
  16. 17:42, 4 December 2006 Tom attempts to call a spiritual belief a “hypothesis”.
  17. 17:03, 2 March 2014 Tom calls other editors “pompous”.
  18. 17:27, 26 October 2013 Tom indicates that those who oppose him are “masked editors with way too much time on their hands and no social skills”.
  19. 17:55, 26 February 2014 Tom gets snippy with Simonm223.
  20. 18:19, 26 February 2014 Tom attempts to excuse his incivility by saying “do not think your position is innocent”.
Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)
  1. Warned on 19:07, 13 January 2014 by Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs)
Additional comments by editor filing complaint

Tom Butler is a fringe author who has been on Misplaced Pages since 2006. The diffs I have provided above include some recent activity, but also some older activity as it is my intent to argue that Tom Butler has demonstrated a pattern of disruptive behavior that has spanned more than seven years. Tom has made a total of 163 edits to articles. 158 of his edits are to fringe articles, 4 are to fringe related articles, and 1 was to an article dealing with a minority viewpoint. Tom is very much a WP:SPA. Going through Tom’s edits I was able to find a few productive edits, yet the overwhelming majority of his edits are fringe pushing.

Tom’s non-article edits are considerably more numerous and are rife with incivility. Tom Butler has a deep-seated hatred of science and skepticism, and he uses Misplaced Pages talk pages as a place to vent his frustration. Tom does not respect consensus, and has repeatedly attempted to re-insert contentions material in spite of both consensus and policy. As Tom has consistently abused his editing privileges over the course of seven years I am asking that he be indefinitely blocked per WP:NOTHERE. If Tom hasn’t learned to be a constructive Wikipedian by now then there’s no reason to expect that he’s ever going to change.

Though I am limited to 20 diffs I would encourage any administrators considering this request to peruse through Tom Butler’s editing history. You’ll be hard pressed to find something that isn’t fringe-pushing or uncivil or both.

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