Introduction to contentious topics - gender and sexuality
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Please note, per WP:ARBGSDS GamerGate is considered to be a gender-related dispute or controversy for the purpose of this contentious topic designation. Sideswipe9th (talk) 21:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
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Personal attack at Talk:Sweet Baby Inc.
In Special:Diff/1213076502, you posted, "With due respect, your reaction seems to be emotional and related to your affiliation with certain subcultures", a comment directed at an editor who has disclosed personal information on her user page. That comment is inappropriate because Misplaced Pages's policy against personal attacks prohibits "Using someone's affiliations as an ad hominem means of dismissing or discrediting their views—regardless of whether said affiliations are mainstream". Please do not post personal attacks on Misplaced Pages.
See below for the standard warning template for personal attacks. — Newslinger talk 00:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Acknowledged, thanks for the warning. Moon darker (talk) 04:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Personal attack warning
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Sweet Baby Inc.. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. — Newslinger talk 00:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Canvassing
This is WP:CANVASSing; given the context, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that you notified them based on their opinion. It's against policy to selectively ask editors to contribute to a discussion in that manner. --Aquillion (talk) 18:16, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- You can calm down, I don't plan on posting anything on this toxic cesspool of a page anyway. Talk:Sweet Baby Inc. was bad enough already --FMSky (talk) 18:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- I did that based on their experience if anything. Everyone supporting your opinion is already there on the WP:RSN, FMSky seemed to be the only one from the talk page who could add new valuable input. Do you have any other users in your mind that could be invited there for productive discussion regardless of their opinion? --Moon darker (talk) 05:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
- P.S. Talk about CANVASSing, Aquillion --Moon darker (talk) 05:37, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
- P.P.S. Not to mention FMSky knew about the ongoing discussion at RSN, I was just wondering why didn't they leave a comment. --Moon darker (talk) 06:09, 19 March 2024 (UTC)