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Personal insult of disruptive account

Hi. I want to complain about behavior of this account: SkytteholmarN (talk · contribs). I noticed edits of this account where he/she replaced in few places name of country Serbia with Vojvodina: [1], [2] (Vojvodina is a province of Serbia and not a country, so these edits are obviously disruptive). I notified this user on his/her talk page that these kinds of edits are not appropriate in Wikipedia (see: [3]) and this is how this user responded to me: I know that you are a serbian fascist who have killed many civils in all of this years. Vojvodina maybe is not a country right now, but it will be an Republic soon. You will see. - There is no doubt that this is disruptive account that should be blocked. PANONIAN 08:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• Penwhale has warned this user about personal attacks and I have notified him about the discretionary sanctions that are in place; should he persevere, he'll be sanctioned. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:09, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Majuru

I request that an investigation into the User:Majuru account be carried out. I suspect that the person controlling this account may be operating others, though I cannot at this time link the name to other editors as I have no solid proof. However, beginning with this edit on 3 July 2012, his few contributions over the next four days were largely devoted to his purge to drive me out. When the scheme failed, the account was inactive for one full week until suddenly this edit emerges live whilst I am logged in. It was a revert of one of my contributions, however I had at that time restored it once when User:ZjarriRrethues reverted it here. Majuru's edit came whilst I was in the process of discussion with Zjarri here (Slavic names section). Seeing his revert to be a new attack following a week's absence, I made a second revert here. The wording of the summary will be explained. I posted a message to Majuru here explaining that the matter was being discussed four months previously at the request of an admin and reminded him that he had abandoned that discussion, I also invited him to return to it. Meanwhile, I proceeded to make changes to the Lorenc Antoni article in accordance with Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section whereby I scattered information away from the intro throughout the article. Once more there was reverting here, and a third time here. I then made my third revert here and explained my reasoning per his earlier summary. A short time ago, Majuru - having been invited to discuss the matter both on his talk or at the earlier discussion from March 2012 - took it upon himself to make this edit. I am not for the time being able to touch any part of his contribution because I am bound by the 3RR frame. I contend that my attempts at discussion with two users and the changes I made to my own edit testify that I am not pushing for one revision and therefore not edit-warring; Majuru is evidently a disuptive user, and if his edits (coupled with refusal to take part in discussion and to ignore explanations made to him during the March discussion) do not constitute edit-warring, then I contend this is a case of WP:DE. I wish to state that my contributions have been subject to consensus reached with other users dating back to 2007 and this has been explained to Majuru - I can retrieve proof of this if required. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 16:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Also correct me if I am wrong but the number of reverts by Majuru is four is it not. His second and third did not involve an intermediate edit and both were on the basis of a single edit, but because it was not picked up the first time and he returned for a second removal of text, I don't know if this counts as one or two reverts. It stands at three for certain. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 16:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

His edits are two reverts on Grand Hotel Prishtina and you have 3 reverts on Lorenc Antoni like him. Btw your comments haven't been in accordance with the decorum as you often turn even the simplest discussions into national(ist) debates(Me neither, you'd think an Albanian would live in Albania wouldn't you, etc.). As your latest edit-warring report was a final warning[4] and just about a week ago you received an ARBMAC warning[5] after being reported by Majuru, I think that the admins who dealt with you should be notified.

• Regarding the content dispute while you knew that the naming conventions didn't support an inclusion of a Cyrillic transliteration just because the person happened to live in a country were Cyrillic was used, you reverted three times to pursue that goal. On Grand Hotel Prishtina, while I'm not at all involved, I have to remind you that the title of an organization has nothing to do with the geographic conventions policy or the title we as wikipedians use for the related location, so were I you I wouldn't continue edit-warring.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 16:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• (update) My comments so far have been based on the fact assumption that there is an ongoing (and very WP:LAME) dispute on Grand Hotel Prishtina, but since both of them seem to have agreed[6] I don't understand the purpose of the ANI.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 16:56, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Firstly regards Grand Hotel Prishtina, there is no issue there, I have quit that article. There was an inconsistency which needed fixing and I happened to choose the wrong option. It has now been fixed and if an admin wishes to impugn this event, I am happy to provide details but until such time, I will not enter a logistical discussion on rights and wrongs here. I see Majuru has disappeared once more and you located this needle in a haystack and wasted no time in playing the apologist for him. I suggest that admins look deeply into this. I will remind you of one thing however, the naming convention of which you prate states absolutely nothing about not including native names and you removed a piece that was inserted in April and went unchallenged for three whole months. You provided two links to WP conventions, one was based on article naming, the other on the lead. I fixed the lead per those guidelines here but your argument carried no substance on why the script should not have been included. You initially used the "birthplace" card[7] and when I explained that this was not the important factor but what mattered was the length of time he spent living in the relevant zone, you could only produce two links which do not support your claim. To that end, there is nothing WP:LAME about reporting this and especially not this. Majuru is a proven disruptive user who if left to plough on regardless will be producing more and more of this: [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], this, and removal of sourced information. When it came to civilised discussion over those cases, Majuru abandoned this discussion. I accept that this is all content dispute without a wrong or a right and that is exactly why you failed to produce a valid reason to have the script removed. But you two have collectively reverted four times on a matter whereby your edits have discarded consensus. Now edit-warring with the intent of flouting consensus is not WP:LAME. On the other hand, I stand at three; you have hinted at reporting me for having violated my ARBMAC status and a final warning on edit-warring, along with me turning simple issues into nationalist debates, may I suggest you collect your citations and present this case to the admins. In the meantime, you are reminded that this section is to draw attention to the disruptive and provocative actions of Majuru. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 17:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems to me that we need to develop an agreement between the users involved to prevent any further disruption, edit warring, or arguments. Before I continue, I will state this: I have absolutely no opinion on this particular case, or any cases related to Kosovo, the Balkans or anything at all like that. I will also remind everyone that these articles are covered by the ARBMAC discretionary sanctions. Because of the nature of this dispute, I think it would be helpful if the involved parties would abstain from editing any Kosovo related articles while we try to resolve the problem - would those involved be willing to accept that? ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 11:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes I'll stay away from them, especially as you were reasonable with me last time. Don't forget to give me the Green Light when it's all clear! This is an Amber at the moment! :) By the way, it's only right I draw your attention to this issue which is in some way related. I reverted after 33-34 hours on grounds which I explain there but Zjarri feels it is "near the knuckle". I'll leave it to you but you'll have to read the long boring thread. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 11:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• (unindent)What is the problem that needs to be resolved? Evlekis and Majuru have content disputes all the time and they usually end up in reports towards each other. Of course they always resurface some time later because no policy is precise enough to deal with the issues at hand. If the problem is that there is no agreement on how to treat naming then yes that should be resolved, but it can't have definite and binding resolution on ANI, so I would suggest something much more suitable like WP:MEDCOM, where a somewhat binding and definite resolution can be achieved, which means that we won't have to come back to ANI every week because Evlekis started a User:Majuru thread and vice versa.

• As for the content disputes themselves I believe that insisting on adding Slavic/Cyrillic transliterations of names of non-Slavic people that happened to have been born there/lived for a period etc. doesn't reflect source use and isn't supported by any naming policy. It also makes no logical sense. Nobody would consider adding a Slavic transliteration of the name of Carl Mannerheim just because he was born in the Russian empire or that of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg because he happened to be an officer of the Russian army. In a similar way insisting to add the Slavic transliteration of the name of Lorenc Antoni, who was born in Ottoman territory that would become south Slavic, is inane. It serves no purpose regarding the reader, it causes unnecessary confusion and obviously doesn't reflect the sources.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 13:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking that some form of dispute resolution would be a good idea too; I think WP:MEDCAB or WP:MEDCOM might be the best place to resolve the content dispute. It would be helpful to deal with some of the interaction and conduct issues first though, just to start in a good place. Perhaps all involved could agree to stay clear of Kosovo related articles until we can establish a proper dispute resolution procedure? Would that work? ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 14:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

MEDCAB is informal so I think that MEDCOM (formal) would be better. Well, Lorenc Antoni isn't exactly Kosovo-related as he wasn't born in Kosovo and was more related to Skopje's Albanian community. The topic in all cases seems to be the more precise Naming conventions of non-Slavic personalities that were born/lived in former Yugoslavia (many of the disputes are about name versions of Albanians born in Montenegro etc.) and not Kosovo related topics. We can we all agree not to get involved in such disputes or make edits that have to do with naming policies until a binding resolution is established. However, after that resolution is established every user that took part in the debates should be held accountable and sanctions should be pursued if he violates it. Users that are not aware of the resolution should be informed after their edits and be held accountable for all future edits.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree to the above. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 14:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Zippy's comment comes before I had a chance to make this comment. He more or less anticipated my suggestion because I too was going to suggest a "round table" dialogue, except I know the best place for this. The best thing to do would be this: I shall start an existing project page which is blank, I'll present a synopsys and then other users can put their views forward. You see, although I was working on a consensus, the accounts with whom I reached the agreements no longer edit and things can go out of date. Zjarri presented an argument above. Because this page is for admin attention, I have so far avoided mention of the content itself as that is something we must resolve among ourselves. I have inserted Russian in one place among the examples and I'd like to see how it will bode. If it gets removed, I'll take a closer look at policies elsewhere. What I would like when this project goes live is contributions from as many people as possible including Zjarri, Sulmues (whichever account he uses), Antidiskriminator, and others. Zjarri knows more Albanian editors than I do so I hope he can alert them to this discussion because it really needs a "final status" (to use a terms Kosovars are familiar with). I hope this seems a good solution. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 14:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't agree with your suggestion because I don't see the point of doing such a thing. It's informal and will get us nowhere. From my experience such attempts are always bound to fail because every user restates again and again his preestablished view and this goes on until the other users abandon the debate. A formal mediation on WP:MEDCOM will establish a framework that will be binding(which is very important). We'll all state our views(without endless debates) and then leave it up to the panel to establish a resolution.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 14:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Evlekis, I think it might be better if this was formally mediated by MedCom; they will have neutral, uninvolved people who can help you come to an agreement. ZjarriRrethues, you sum up the issue nicely, and I'll expect all involved not to edit articles related to this dispute until mediation is established (once mediation beings, I expect the mediator will establish their own ground rules). It would be good to get Majuru to comment here too, even if just to endorse the idea of mediation. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 15:03, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Medcom it is then. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 15:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Having said that, the mediation committee requires that other forms of dispute resolution have been exhausted, so MedCab might be a better option to start with. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 15:13, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I think that MedCab may be disestablished and they're not accepting any new cases.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 15:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Go for MedCom then (and we can use something like the DRN if they don't think it's ready for them). ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 16:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

If you ask me, User:Evlekis is a troll, making gross jokes on Albanian political leaders (see Talk:Republic of Kosovo, on the "napkins" of Hashim Thaci, who has finally learnt to sit on the pot on his own[14]). I don't think he should be allowed to edit in those areas he is currently involved in. On the whole, he never assumes good faith, especially on content, and always tries to push his own POV, always editing before a consensus is reached. All forms of mediation are fine by me. Majuru (talk) 16:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Majuru, I am pleased that you are willing to consider mediation. If we are going to make this work, accusing someone of being a troll is not going to help. We need to assume that everyone is trying to improve Wikipedia, even if we personally think it looks differently. MedCom will only accept this case if everyone is willing to put aside their personal differences and work towards an agreement. Let's forget the past - ignore any previous accusations made - and try to get on with resolving this. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 16:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I have filed a request for mediation here, could all parties involved please signal their acceptance there? I suggest that, if and when the case is accepted, this thread is closed. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 16:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Bot misfunctioning

I would like some of you smart people to have a quick look at my block of Hazard-Bot (talk · contribs), which was prompted by a comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion (please respond to the editor at "Orphaned non-free media (File:Jolla-Logo.jpg)" if you can) and further comments on User_talk:Hazard-SJ by another editor. It appears that the bot is tagging files that aren't orphaned (I hope I wasn't reading the time stamps wrong). But please help out: I am about to go offline for a bit and everyone knows I'm not an image wizard or a bot expert. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• As far as I can see, the bot works correctly. Two cases have been reported recently:

1. Jolla Ltd.: Note that there are two images (an unused JPG file and a used PNG file), see my comment at WT:CSD#Orphaned non-free media (File:Jolla-Logo.jpg). The bot tagged the unused JPG file, but the uploader seems to have mixed up the JPG file with the PNG file. Nothing wrong since the tagged file really was unused.
2. Castle Hill High School case: See User talk:Hazard-SJ#Hazardbot tagging File:CastleHillHighLogo.jpg as orphanned, it isn't? A user complained that File:CastleHillHighLogo.jpg was tagged as orphaned, but the file was orphaned when it was tagged, although it was restored (by reverting vandalism) two seconds later. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I may not have had the correct glasses on this morning. I've unblocked the bot, but I'll tell you what might have prevented my block: a quicker response from the bot owner who hasn't responded on the talk page since 27 June; Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 13 also suggests to me the owner could do a better job of communicating. Thanks Stefan, also for your response to the editor. Drmies (talk) 17:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Mediotic

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This account was started yesterday, made edits only to Israel-Palestine pages, knows how to use refname tags and has edit summaries looking saying rv t-banned user, I.e. knowing what a topic ban is. It looks like an obvious sock puppet but I don't know whose sock puppet and thus I don't have any evidence. I would say clearly disruptive. Could someone have a look, please. Itsmejudith (talk) 07:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, this comment about baby-killers wasn't very helpful. Given that mediotic appears to be a popular term in Spanish and looking at the focus of the edits I guess it might be another AndresHerutJaim sock (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndresHerutJaim/Archive). It would help if edits by socks to articles in the topic area triggered 1 month semi-protection. Sean.hoyland - talk 07:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. What happens next? Do I have enough to list it at SPI? Could someone talk me through how to do that, because the warnings are forbidding? Itsmejudith (talk) 13:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I've previous experience with this user, so I started a SPI. --Frederico1234 (talk) 14:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Itsmejudith (talk) 14:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Abuse and threats from IP regarding Indian caste issues

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User:24.23.165.181 has a year-long history of non-constructive edits on Indian caste system articles, apparently primarily trying to bowlderise any "negative" content about his caste and insert puffery to build it up. Recently, in response to a WP:INDIA cleanup of the article Saini (a caste apparently near and dear to this IP) he flew off the handle and issued a series of insults and threats: "[other user] YOU ARE PIECE OF RACIST SHIT..I WILL FIND YOU" being key among them. Diffs here. I submit this IP shows no signs of working constructively, and these recent threats and insults are simply beyond the pale. I'm reluctant to add new warnings to his page since I'm not keen to expose my account to retaliatory abuse once he switches IPs. MatthewVanitas (talk) 14:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Blocked for 3 months and the edit to Talk:Saini removed. I'm also toying with the idea of semiprotecting that talkpage for a little while to drive off some of the more determined but less intelligent POV warriors. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Blocked editor lost password, wants to start a new account

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Blocked editor: ShanaMarketing (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

New editor: ShanaMarketing1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Explanation of why new account is needed: [15]

Can an admin decide how to proceed? Thanks. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Blocked for username issues, which the new account also has, so a quick trip WP:CHU is in order. Agathoclea (talk) 17:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

The orginal user name was judged not in violation so... --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I blocked them for block evasion, noting that the prior block reason (using wikipedia for promotion, NOT A USERNAME VIOLATION) was still unadressed. I also left a friendly note explaining why they are still not allowed to edit Wikipedia and directing them to some reading to understand Wikipedia's mission and stance on promotional activity here. I hope this resolves the issue to your satisfaction. If there's anything else I, or any other admin can do, let us know! --Jayron32 17:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Jayron. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Vandalism - two issues: use of Wikipedia to advertise a book and sectarism

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Hello, I would like to report a cross-wiki vandalism (at least in the Portuguese Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia) regarding the page of the book "Autobiography of a Yogi", which is in public domain. The page uses Wikipedia as a means for advertising and promotion of the book published by Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), in detriment of other Publishers. To see what is at stake, since it gives the false impression Wikipedia sponsors SRF´s book -- a priceless institutional advertising. The article does not have a neutral point of view, suffered literally thousands of small editions by the same user - as can be verified in the View History -, and has information the editors know is wrong.

1. The article informs that the Publisher is Self-Realization Fellowship when the correct Publisher is "The Philosophical Library - New York"
2. It gives the ISBN of a recent Self-Realization Fellowship publication when the first edition did not have a ISBN
3. And the spelling of the author´s name is wrong. When the book was published in 1946, the name in the cover is spelt "Paramhansa Yogananda", not Paramahansa Yogananda, with an "a" inserted. The change ocurred many years after the author´s death. SRF changed the spelling and forged the author´s signature.

These issues have been discussed in the Talk page and in the Dispute resolution noteboard. But the editors give misleading information about copyright and other matters they know are untrue. I only proposed the discussion because I did not find this Administrator´s Noticeboard before. In the Portuguese edition the editors are aware of this vandalism and are taking measures to prevent it. The trajetory of this book´s publication is controvesial. The present edition has removed all controversy and disputes leaving only SRF´s point of view. The longer the discussion lasts, the better for them, since the wrong information favors SRF. I would like an orientation, since the page needs to be edited by someone knowlegeble of book editing and Ethics in Publication. I would not dare to edit the page since my English is not proficient. Also, it is very difficult to come to a consensus when there is sectarism involved. Thank you -- Tat Sat (talk) 17:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC) PS The image was deleted at Wikimedia Commons. I have writen to an administrator explaining that I need it to illustrate an issue. In the meanwhile, to check what I am saying, please go to Google Search and just type "Autobiography of a Yogi". You are going to see on the right side of the resultant search, a hughe image of SRF´s present book cover and below it, "en.wikimedia.org." (As soon as I solve this issue with Wikimedia Commons I will restore the image.) Thank you Tat Sat (talk) 19:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC

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File:Google Search Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg Google Search of "Autobiography of a Yogi!

This issue is currently under discussion on Dispute Resolution Noticeboard [[17]] as well as the article talk page and a few other places. To give some historical context, Tat Sat, created two major disruptive edits [[18]] & [[19]] by reverting the page back to 3 years back and personally attacked multiple editors at various places causing the page to be locked. The subsequent warnings can be found on user's talk page [[20]]. Multiple editors suggested Tat Sat to understand wikipedia policies in regards to primary research, vandalism, and personal attacks. Instead of coming to a consensus with other editors Tat Sat continues to create issues on noticeboards. My suggestion for Tat Sat is to have patience, come to a consensus with other editors and follow wikipedia guidelines. NestedVariable (talk) 18:16, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Paid advocacy

At Elance [21] there is a request for someone to write a Wikipedia article on U.S.Corrugated, which we now have a page on. User:Swdandap created the article and has been active up to five days ago. "Swdandap" is suspiciously close to "Swetha D." ([22]), the person who was accepted to write the article. Personally I feel there is a connection but further comments would be appreciated. Albacore (talk) 19:28, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• Unless the article is written in violation of some policy or guideline, there is no consensus that a paid editor is doing anything wrong. Is it notable? Neutral? Properly cited? Monty₈₄₅ 19:31, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
• Seconding what Monty said - this certainly looks like it might be editing for pay, but that's not strictly prohibited. What is prohibited is editing poorly, whether for pay or not. At a quick look over the user's contributions, I'd say her articles have evidence of notability provided in them and are written in coherent English prose. Some of the sourcing is a bit weak and there's a word here and there that could be swapped out for neutrality, but overall I give it a "meh, no better and no worse than most of our articles". If the user's edits are problematic, or if they're editing in defiance of a block/ban/topic-ban/whatever, then we have a problem. If the sole problem here is that they may have gotten paid for making them, then it's sort of a non-issue. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)It is not notable, and while it is probably one of the less puff-ish pieces I've seen by a PR worker, it is still a bit POV ("legacy?" and half the sources are for the awards and environmental records sections). Funny, Swetha D's page on Elance.com says she's a Wikipedia article writer as part of her job description. I'd say that's well more than a connection. We do have rules against conflicts of interest. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:41, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Please review this previous ban proposal of one of the most prolific Elance spammers, and consider the lengths they will go to (falsely attributing things, misrepresenting press releases as reliable sources, inventing references, etc) in order to harm Wikipedia for their own personal gain. These articles should be treated with absolute prejudice: just because they might look OK at face value does not mean they aren't total crap. WilliamH (talk) 19:51, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Not a fan of guilt by association. If this particular Elance writer is falsely attributing or misrepresenting then yes, action would be needed, but I don't think the article here is that bad. Scrutinize it if you want, but don't judge it based on the misconduct of others. Monty₈₄₅ 19:58, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not suggesting guilt by association. I'm reminding everyone that where money is involved for some people, harming Wikipedia is an acceptable way of getting it, and that any articles created by paid editors should be closely examined. WilliamH (talk) 20:37, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• There was more promotional trimming that needed to be done (so no, not neutral, not properly cited). Another thing: at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Meghan.reilly/Archive, I read of a User:Skywagon5, now blocked and author of (now deleted) Bahamas Habitat; our Swetha D. claims to have written an article for Cameron E King--apparently this King person works for Bahamas Habitat. I wonder if anyone can run a CU, if the information is not stale, to see if there's anything there. Note that the "client" for that job is "skywagon5". Also flaunted on her page as having created is Ricardo Chávez, lest there is any doubt that the Wikipedia editor and the Elance worker are the same. Drmies (talk) 20:42, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll also note the user has added spam links to various articles: [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Albacore (talk) 21:11, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• I have no interest in editing corporate articles myself, but it's probably worth mentioning that this article's title itself is out-of-date. According to this (currently linked as ref 3 in the article), after U.S. Corrugated was acquired by KapStone the new subsidiary's name was changed to KapStone Container Corporation. I guess the new bosses haven't wanted to shell out for a page update. Deor (talk) 21:34, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Not sure how many people are going to go out of their way to write very much about a company that makes cardboard boxes. The only secondary sources are likely to simply state that the company exists, and maybe it promoted a town charity or something. -- Avanu (talk) 21:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• The diffs added by Albacore are quite damning and warrant, in my opinion, a spam ban. This is a paid editor whose prime interest is not improving the encyclopedia. Drmies (talk) 01:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I've just deleted Corner Travel Index (already prodded by Binksternet) as spam, and am having a look at the editor's other work. Drmies (talk) 14:14, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
• Even after the extensive prior editing, I found I needed to give the article additional copyedits, including removal of both overlinking and elementary grammar errors. I would agree with a ban for the general good of both the encyclopedia and prospective article subjects. DGG ( talk ) 03:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Could someone please start logging these, and the associated "enabling" sites, as I perceive no difference between this and other systematic and collusion based vandalism attempts. Fifelfoo (talk) 05:59, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

If you want to draft a proposal and put it out on the Village Pump, I'd probably support it. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 15:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I would too, without any reservation whatsoever. I have spent a long time dealing with this sort of thing by many editors and sockers from Elance, and it takes hours of volunteer time to clear up the work by those who are paid to harm Wikipedia. As far as I'm concerned, the work of any individual advertising their services at Elance should be deleted/reverted on sight by any administrator. I would also not object to an abuse report. WilliamH (talk) 17:49, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I have proposed that a log be kept regarding poorly behaving paid editors who become subject to administrative action: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Log_of_sources_of_poor_paid_advocacy_editing

• US Corrugated has enough reliable sources to be notable. And bad writing is not a policy violation. If the article needs to be cleaned up, clean it up. We have hundreds of thousands of others that also need cleanup, not to mention unsourced BLPs, articles about Myspace bands that got through NPP, etc. - Burpelson AFB ✈ 18:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Elance

Speaking as an admin who's not inherently intolerant of editing for pay (I think it can, and sometimes is, done well and with good intentions for the encyclopedia), it seems that a disproportionate amount of problematic paid editing seems to come out of Elance, in particular. This actually highlights an important (to me) distinction among paid editors - there are those who are editing on behalf of the company who already pays them (many of whom seem to want to play by the rules, since it helps their employer if they don't make them look bad, and many of whom find their way to the noticeboard intended for them to engage with the community), and then there are those who are freelancing or have been hired expressly to write an article. Elance editors fall into this second group, and because their relationship to the companies is short-term and piece work, it's no skin off their nose if the article is good and meets our guidelines, or if it's terrible, just as long as it stays long enough for them to get paid. And when an Elance editor shows up here, we pretty much always seem to get the short end of the stick, much more reliably than when other types of paid editors show up. Given this - and this is just sort of taking a rough shape in my mind, so I welcome suggestions for how this could work or how to word it - I wonder if there's any traction for some sort of ban on Elance-bought editing, in particular? Not because all other paid editing is fine, but because Elance editing seems to be particularly, and quite reliably, bad in a way that other paid editing isn't always, and so if we can trim off the reliably-bad, it leaves our resources more free for dealing with the maybe-bad-we-should-probably-look-into-this. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support. Well said. I unreservedly support a ban of all individuals soliciting work via Elance. Whatever one's views of paid editing are, edits by Elance contractors is consistently bad, facilitates disruption (usually in the form of socks so they can try and get their spam in undetected), and is a drain of precious volunteer time: time which I would much rather see spent cleaning up articles made in good faith, instead of articles which harm the project. WilliamH (talk) 18:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support I would support a ban for all editors found to be editing from Elance. Though I would also support if, afterwards, they apologize and say they want to go through the proper channels and noticeboard, that we let them do so. Silverseren^C 20:24, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support a ban on all editors working through Elance. The situation is out of control. Ebikeguy (talk) 20:38, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose As a freelancer myself, I find putting restrictions on editors on that basis alone to be inappropriate. Your comparison between a freelancer's motivation and a full-time employee is flawed; a full-time employee has job security and a motivation to keep that job, and he could easily be driven to long-term disruption, such as repeatedly slanting an article via sneaky POV pushing in the interest of maintaining his position. That's the very worst kind of disruption we face. A freelancer, on the other hand, has only his portfolio to find new clients and maintain his paycheck. As a freelancer, it's important to make sure your work is good, both for your reputation in the community to net future jobs, and so that you actually get paid and reviewed well. If a "freelance wikipedia editor" gets blocked, or put under increased negative scrutiny, that limits or ends his ability to find work and get paid. This issue is absolutely not about "freelancer vs full-time employee"; this is about "known paid advocates and unknown". Elance is public, and so we can easily track the jobs requested and writers who pick them up, which means we're naturally going to find a number of "bad apples" coming from elance. Full-time employees paid to write here are not so public, so when they get scrutinized or blocked, it isn't tied to paid advocacy at all. This discrepancy in disruption between elance writers and other paid advocates is an illusion, due to our ability to only see one side. Furthermore, ANI is absolutely not the place to be having this discussion. If editors are going to be blocked for something which is not currently against policy, then we need to adjust the policy, not arbitrarily decide they should be blocked here, and not tell anyone until they wind up with a big orange bar on their page. Please discuss this at the appropriate venue, and involve the whole community in the discussion. Thanks.   — Jess· Δ♥ 20:58, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

• What do you think would be the best venue for this, Jess? I can think of a couple of possibilities - VPP, WP:Paid Editing, WP:BLOCK ...probably a couple more beyond that. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

You're right that this issue isn't about "freelancer vs full-time employee". It's about the fact that a lot of spammy crap originates from Elance contractors, and my experience over the last six months dealing with them reveals that what's most important is not to make sure that their work is good, but to make sure it stays there, and if that means harming Wikipedia, that's OK for them. If they did truly care about the project's interests, then they would disclose their conflict of interests and work with us. WilliamH (talk) 22:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Fluffernutter, I would suggest VPP or Block. VPP is probably best. Since the paid editing issue has been discussed extensively in the past, with a lot of heated opinions, advertising the discussion would probably also be appropriate.

William, I get that a lot of bad content comes from paid editing. We should block editors who consistently make bad edits whether or not they are paid, such as we did here. Blocking editors who are public about their paid editing is not the solution, nor is basing our blocking decisions on the prior behavior of other editors who happen to use the same service, or happen to not be employed full-time and hence need to find work conspicuously. If the community decides that paid editing is bad, that's fine. In the meantime, paid editing is considered acceptable, and discriminating against editors on the basis that they freelance is a bad idea.   — Jess· Δ♥ 22:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

We block GNAA accounts rapidly, as their conduct tends to resemble one another. But lo! When a GNAA member edits in other ways, we accept them. Also, "paid editing is considered acceptable" is not the case, it is your fantasy of a contested situation. I might as well say, "Paid editors are scabs." Fifelfoo (talk) 23:01, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

For the third time: the issue is not paid editing. The issue is that a disproportionate amount of harmful material originates from individuals soliciting via Elance. A community ban of such individuals would be an appropriate way of dealing with a group of editors who demonstrate time after time that they do not wish to engage with the community, and that damaging Wikipedia is an acceptable means to their financial ends. WilliamH (talk) 23:21, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Fifelfoo, you are correct. It would have been better for me to say "paid editing is not considered unacceptable". We do not have a policy against it, and so outright blocking a certain portion of paid editors who may not have edited poorly would be in poor taste without first discussing it with the same community who rejected a paid editing prohibition. I did not mean to imply that everyone was for it.

William, I don't know how to express this better than I have... but I don't get the impression that you've understood me. You say you're talking about "a group of editors who demonstrate time after time that they do not wish to engage with the community". That's not true; it implies that we're discussing blocking a definite number of disruptive editors... that they are enumerable, and persistently harmful. That's not the case. We're talking about blocking editors on sight who may not have ever caused problems in the past, on the sole basis that they happen to freelance openly. This does not address the problem of disruptive editors generally, nor the problem of paid editors more specifically. It simply encourages paid editors who don't wish to be ostracized to be more discrete. You're suggesting blocking by associating, and rather than addressing the problem by targetting disruptive editors, you're simply targeting any editor you can lock on to. If that isn't more clear, then I'm probably just not capable of conveying my meaning properly. Anyway, it's a moot point if we plan to have this discussion in another venue. All the best,   — Jess· Δ♥ 00:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Who has the energy or time to debate with a paid editor? Even an obvious support some kind of restriction for obvious cases results in a wall of text. Johnuniq (talk) 02:32, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The irony is that the community is willing to engage with paid editors. It's just that they are the ones not willing to engage with us. If they were, we would not be having this discussion. WilliamH (talk) 17:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support Elance is a corrupt off-site collusion attempting to wreck V NPOV and A Free Encyclopaedia Anyone Can Edit. AN/I is a perfectly good forum to gauge consensus on such an action. Fifelfoo (talk) 03:52, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support. What Fifelfoo said. Drmies (talk) 04:13, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support, per Fifelfoo etc. Self-evidently harmful to Wikipedia. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support Just in case my above grumpy comment is not sufficiently clear. While gold might be produced from lead, and a good article might come from Elance, we have to deal with what actually happens—time wasting promotional spin. Johnuniq (talk) 04:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support - For the general "screw Elance with a rusty cheese grater, we're not their property" reasons. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:19, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support per above. Of course, User:MooshiePorkFace/"Wikipedia Wizard" isn't the first banned Elance user -- see WP:BANNED#Desiphral. Another discussion: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Paid Advocacy Watch#Wikipedia Bureaucrat or Admin services required in Elance. If this ban is enacted, we need a sanctions log page somewhere. MER-C 05:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

  Separate to a sanction specific log for any action regarding potential Elance bans, I have also started a proposal at WP:VPR regarding logging all serious administrative actions against paid editors whose payer can be identified: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Log_of_sources_of_poor_paid_advocacy_editing. This is so that systematic patterns of off-site abuse can be diagnosed. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose As Jess says above, "ANI is absolutely not the place to be having this discussion." If you're going to make a blanket ban on editors just because they accept an assignment from Elance, you better get a little more community involvement than the few hotheads we're seeing here. I see very little evidence, and I see a lot of inflammatory and judgemental comments. This should be at a much larger and longer discussion, and not here, unless you can start producing a system here that protects due process. Decisions at AN/I are geared toward specific threats from specific editors at specific times. You are now talking about an entire class of editor. A community-wide Request for Comment, with specific details and evidence, a specific plan (or plans) of action, with an emphasis on fairness and reason is the very least you ought to be doing. AN/I is not the place for a resolution of this issue. -- Avanu (talk) 07:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support. As per Fluffernutter ,WilliamH ,Mer-C ,Fifelfoo and further many of the main editors like Wikipedia Wizardry are site banned here .There has been little positive and the negatives far above outweigh the positives and further some seek admin tools to see there articles are not deleted rather than in writingPharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose. I'm all in favour of taking measures against bad edits, but I don't think there is such a strong correlation between "edits via elance" and "bad edits". Aren't we already able to apply sanctions to spammers and pov-warriors? If we are, keep on doing that. If we aren't, then we have a broader problem. bobrayner (talk) 15:12, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - not enough reserach/knowledge on where paid editors originate from / how good/bad they are, and banning this one particualr site seems a tad off to me. GiantSnowman 15:19, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• oppose We can't block people through guilt by association.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 15:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose Appears to be as evidence-free a proposal as ever I've seen. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:45, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose Who cares if an editor gets paid, as long as the content is good? Is there any evidence that Elane editors are more problematic than similar sites?Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, there's lots. Can't understand why the community won't act, but there you go. WilliamH (talk) 16:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Maybe I'm just tired and/or dense, but I don't see what's actually being proposed. Deletion of articles that stem from Elance? Banning editors who create such an article, even if they've been good contributors in the past? How will this new rule be publicized, if approved? Theoldsparkle (talk) 19:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A G5 ban of all those soliciting work via Elance, in light of the chronic abuse stemming from contractors based on the site. WilliamH (talk) 20:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC) Not aiming to be disrespectful, but please don't assert a position on something if you aren't aware what that something actually is.

Perhaps I misunderstood something. Do you mean CSD criterion G5? That applies to pages, not people. If you'd like to ban people who've created G5'd pages, that's not totally unreasonable, but there's no need for such a proposal to be framed in terms of one particular website. Banning people who've used a particular website on the assumption that their content work is bad, just so that ban can be used to G5 content which was created by those people but hadn't already been nominated for deletion through our usual processes, would be impressively kafkaesque. bobrayner (talk) 11:53, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I voted to oppose because as far as I could tell there was no clear statement, beyond "some sort of ban on Elance-bought editing," of what was being proposed; whether I personally understood the proposal is not relevant, because I am 100% confident that I am against enacting any suggestion if nobody can be sure of what is actually being suggested. And given that your clarifying statement of your the proposal doesn't completely make sense, as Bobrayner pointed out, my concerns are even stronger and my opposition is even firmer. (On the other hand, if you had pointed me to someplace I'd missed in your the proposal where it was made completely clear what people had been voting to support, I would have withdrawn my comment.) Theoldsparkle (talk) 13:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

If one of my comments or the comments from those in support of the proposal are anything to go by, it is quite clear what is meant by it, and when G5 is used in such a context, is not the obtuse and stupid suggestion that we use administrative tools to delete people. And Bobrayner, if you'd checked the links I included, you would clearly see that the notion of their content work being "bad" was not merely an assumption, but self-evident. All I can say is that I am sorry the community is more willing to accept this abuse than grant the remit to deal with it. WilliamH (talk) 16:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I remain opposed to a proposal that I find to be vague and poorly thought-out as well as probably inappropriate for this venue. If you don't find my concerns about publication and enforcement of this restrction to be legitimate, or if you think it's foolish to oppose a proposal because one has concerns that aren't addressed, you're free to consider me an idiot, which is a right that goes for all of us. I won't be discussing my vote further. Theoldsparkle (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Comment: The following claim in the first paragraph of this section is factually incorrect:

"Their relationship to the companies is short-term and piece work, it's no skin off their nose if the article is good and meets our guidelines, or if it's terrible, just as long as it stays long enough for them to get paid."

Elance contractors can get feedback up to 60 days after being paid. If a Wikipedia article is terrible and only stays long enough for them to get paid, they will get bad feedback for that article, which means lower rates and fewer customers. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:34, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not see it ,am I missing something this is article done for Cameron E. King which has deleted but the feedback is good job and same is the case with most articles.The article is posted only after the customer likes the job and gives the feedback to say the author is posting it without his/her consent is wrong.This is true for all not only Wikipedia assignment ,project,coursework only after the customer likes it after that they cannot object later they can of course ask for an change in the draft done by the customer .Note if a student purchases a coursework likes it and pays after that even if he fails he cannot comeback to the site and blame the author after he can ask the author to make changes before paying the final amount but not after.It is one off after the customer likes it and pays the relationship unlike wikiexperts which do maintenance also.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 03:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose - Elance-generated material should absolutely be subjected to intense scrutiny, but COI editing is not proscribed under Wikipedia rules, merely strongly discouraged. Since Wikipedia is edited in large measure by anonymous screen names and "outing" their real identities and occupations is prohibited, we should not attempt to ban editors for who they are but rather to concentrate on the edits themselves. If a COI editor working on a piece because of an Elance contract produces good content, it should stand. lf they produce spam, they should have the material removed, be strongly warned, and if they repeat spammy activity should be subject to escalating blocks for disruption. Concentrate on the edits, not the editors! Carrite (talk) 05:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose There is no policy against Conflict of Interest editing, and there is no consensus for one, as this recent RfC determined: WP:RFC/COI. A ban on paid editing, whether general or specific (Elance), should go through an RfC, and should be much more well thought out. It would need to answer some of the questions already raised here and in that RfC regarding: outing of Wikipedia editors; the current approach of focusing on the quality of edits and not the editor; how to police such a ban, considering our policy against outing; what to do with a high quality article that passes every Wikipedia guideline and policy, but which was paid for; if it's true, that all current Elance articles are crap, then current policies are sufficient to have them deleted. To make a long story short, I'll repeat what multiple editors above have said, "ANI is absolutely not the place to be having this discussion." First Light (talk) 15:27, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support per nom and many others. Paid editors are by definition scum. I absolutely don't understand how any genuine Wikipedian can tolerate the existence of paid editing. Employees editing their company articles are at least understandable and usually amenable to guidance but as freelancers have no interest in the longer term survival of the effluent they spew onto our pages, they are resistant to guidance and rules - Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. Roger (talk) 16:04, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I have know a number of paid editor, and none of the ones who I know could conceivably be characterised as scum, either personally or professionally. Considering that one such editor had posted before your, I consider your comment as a violation of WP:NPA. It is outrageous in any case to refer to any class of people in that fashion, even if you think their activities undesirable. But I may misjudge you, for you may have been writing satire--considering that your quoted motto is the notorious medieval slogan ordering the massacre of all the inhabitants of a city because some of them were heretics. As for the substance of the proposal, it amounts to the not very helpful process of banning the minority who happen to be easy to catch. It might be more useful to simply treat Elance as a convenient way of identifying those likely to edit unproductively. DGG ( talk ) 19:34, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

The "Paid editors are ... scum" comment by Roger only confirms that this issue needs an RfC, with a broader spectrum of the community involved. First Light (talk) 21:17, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. It is a simple truth that paid editing (in its entirety) does more harm than good. That is why my position is a flat out total ban - no ifs, buts or maybes. The tiny bit of good material that very occasionally gets added to WP by paid editors will in any event be added by normal unpaid editing if it deserves to be here. Roger (talk) 06:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, there is probably a ton of good material produced by paid editors — be they company employees, PR pros, or contractors. You just only see the really terrible stuff and wrongly conclude that the tip of the iceberg is the iceberg. Carrite (talk) 01:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose I'm very much for getting paid, and have yet to see any convincing evidence that money would lead to more POV than, let's say, religious conviction. Although AN/I gets many eyes, if you would like to change policy on paid editing, we have a page for that. This is not it.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:29, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Comment The difference between a stereotype and a generalization is that a stereotype says something is always true, while a generalization says something is true more often than in other circumstances. If say 75% of Elancers are bad, maybe we are stereotyping them here. If 99% of Elancers are bad, we're just being practical. I think this question boils down to whether we think there are any reasonable numbers of good Elancers. User:King4057 (EthicalWiki) 13:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support - I am opposed to all paid editing. Jusdafax 20:33, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Which is fine, but that is not how current COI policy reads. Our decision-making should be based on the rule of law, not lynch mob mentality. Carrite (talk) 02:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Block review please

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Yesterday afternoon a rather unpleasant discussion started at WP:FOOTY involving a dispute over the naming of a football competition. The discussion, which I made a couple of short comments in after it had been going for some time, effectively ended this morning as a 7–1 in favour of one name. The editor in the minority also spent some time abusing one of the editors involved. They then had a strop, deleted their user page and blanked their talk page.

This afternoon I changed several articles in line with the consensus at the WikiProject in question. The disgruntled editor then returned as 2.121.30.172 (talk · contribs) and did a mass revert. I reverted to the consensus version, at which point the IP started reverting again, making it their fourth round of reverts. As I spotted them doing this, I blocked the IP for disruption. Whilst I'm aware that I'm "involved", I thought it was best to stop them in their tracks before they completed yet another round of reverting.

I've offered to unblock them if they promise to stop editing articles in question and continue with the discussion, but this offer was ignored. Anyway, I'm off to bed now, so can someone review the block and sanction me if it's felt necessary. Cheers, Number 57 22:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This request may not be entirely voluntary, see [30]. Also, the Admin. is not, as they say "involved", he is WP:INVOLVED. Leaky Caldron 22:14, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

In the future please don't mix admin powers with editing, except in cases of emergency or egregious disruption, because it just creates controversy and needlessly long discussions. Agree? You should have reported the IP at ANI. Somebody would have jumped on it within minutes and taken care of the matter. Jehochman ^Talk 22:21, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

A textbook example of WP:INVOLVED. The IP's edits were not mere obvious vandalism and while any other admin probably would have blocked him/her that's exactly what should have happened. Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 22:28, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

When in doubt, ask someone else. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:55, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. However, given that the logging-out-and-reverting-as-an-IP was fairly blatant, I don't see an issue here. Closing this. Black Kite (talk) 23:17, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Unclosing this. Of course it's an issue. By their own admission Number 57 failed to properly execute their admin role per involved and should face the appropriate sanction -- which in this case is pretty much please don't do that again. Nobody Ent 02:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please don't do that again - It makes life harder for admins and gives non-admins a reason to be concerned. It undermines the authority of admins if we don't follow the rules ourselves. If it isn't an emergency, just drop it here. If it is, come here directly after and keep it in full daylight. It was likely a good block, but in bad form. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 02:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

There is not a benefit to continue discussing this. We all agree the admin should have asked for help instead of acting himself. Suggest we close this discussion and move on. If it happens again, go to RFC. ANI is good for resolving the block an an informal warning. We can't do more here or now. Jehochman ^Talk 04:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Done. Someone can re-open if they're disputing the block. There's no sense in piling on more "you did wrong" regarding the blocking admin. I'm sure they get the picture.--Chaser (talk) 04:36, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Still active

There's pretty much zero doubt that Edinburgh Wanderer (whose main account is still unblocked, so it's mystifying why he resorted to editing logged out) will kick this off again when the IP block expires. Someone who isn't on his enemies list (which includes pretty much every editor at WP:FOOTY at this point) needs to make it clear to him that this isn't an acceptable manner in which to interact with the rest of the community, or else enforce that. Enough of the community's time has already been wasted trying to deal with EW's tantrums without having to jump through additional hoops like RFCU. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 06:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Just need a moderator to keep those discussions on a policy basis. I looked at how those debates were going and it had devolved into personalities in conflict rather than a legitimate discussion based on sources or lack thereof. -- Avanu (talk) 06:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

That's an endemic problem with this user, and at this point there are (to my knowledge) no active admins in that area that aren't already on EW's hate list. Hence the need for something to be done about it now, by someone outside of EW's primary editing circle. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 07:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

The section dealing with the abuse of Admin privileges has been closed, prematurely in my opinion, but with sufficient opprobrium towards the Admin that they will think twice before abusing their rights in the future. If you have a legitimate complaint about the User/blocked IP it is hardly appropriate to raise it here, under the section dealing with the abusive admin. actions. Either re-open the whole section rather than adding off topic material, or go through proper process, including notifying the user that you are discussing him at ANI. Leaky Caldron 09:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

There's no such thing as 'off topic material' at AN/I. As the subject of EW is here, discussion of EW's actions here is appropriate. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:36, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

There is no reason to fragment the discussion. We need uninvolved admins to watch the affected articles and step in if things get out of hand. There was a problem. The original admin didn't handle it well. We should try to participate constructively, rather than belaboring complaints against the admin. our goal is to make things work, not to punish people. Jehochman ^Talk 16:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Luciferwildcat won't give up the fight against Barack Obama on Twitter

Luciferwildcat (talk · contribs) nominated Barack Obama on Twitter and it was "No Consensus". Immediately thereafter, he tried to change the article around to what he felt would be a better topic anyways. He was reverted twice and blocked from changing the page for a few days. Then he tried to renominate the article at AFD, which was reverted. He has tried again at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barack Obama on Twitter (2nd nomination).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• And, so? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:33, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
• Whilst it is generally considered to not be the greatest idea ever, there is nothing in policy to stop an article being renominated at AfD immediately when the previous one closes as "No Consensus". WP:SK only mentions "making nominations of the same article with the same arguments immediately after they were strongly rejected in a recently closed deletion discussion". Black Kite (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• Initially I thought there was nothing to do, but it seems the AfD is going to result in a pointless rehashing of arguments (it's already started on that way) to achieve exactly the same end as the last AfD: no-consensus. Wikipedia isn't a bureaucracy so why not nip it in the bud when it hasn't got a snowballs chance of going to the outcome the nom desires, at present. Deletion review exists to review past closes. IRWolfie- (talk) 23:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• DRV is usually only if the close was improper. Starting a new AFD after one closes as no consensus isn't always the best solution, but sometimes the 2nd one gets enough traction to get a consensus to stick. I missed the first one, and wouldn't have had the chance to participate if not for the ANI report, ironically. I don't think the act of renoming a second time after a no consensus is inherently bad faith, however. After a keep, perhaps. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 01:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Administrator Drmies

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Yesterday I made the mistake of using a wrong CSD template. As you can see per my talk page I [31]. However this did not stop User:Drmies from insulting me on another users page. I approached user:drmies on their user talk page with what I thought was a cordial [32]. What I ended up getting was more insults and user:drmies proceeding to tell me I think. In addition to telling me I was wrong. I knew was wrong as I had put it in my talk page. But that didn't stop user:drmies from continuing to assume that I was having a rant about the correction. He followed up his thoughts on a discussion that I had started on the CSD talk page which can be seen [33]. I just don't appreciate these kinds of insults from an editor, and an admin no less. Keystoneridin (speak) 17:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

You made a mistake, Drmies commented on the mistake, explained the mistake to you and...well, that's about it. Incorrect CSD taggings happen. What you should do is read his response to your initial query, which is informative (and in my opinion, not very rude at all) and learn from the experience. This isn't an ANI problem. OohBunnies! (talk) 17:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Could you please be specific as to any insult. All I can see his helpful advice about where to go to find out how to do things properly. MarnetteD | Talk 17:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I don't actually see the insult in any of the diffs you've linked. Drmies is being blunt, but there's a vast difference between being blunt and being insulting. The closest thing I can see to anything even remotely improper is his saying that you think people would be immediately blocked for creating pages; I can't find any support for that, but it's not impossible that it was on the page that was deleted. Either way, I don't see how it's worth escalating at all. I have both his and your talk pages on my watchlist, and I can tell you that I think you could learn many things from Drmies if you allow yourself to. (I have.) And I don't mean to throw this in your face, but you do have not-altogether-infrequent problems with misapplied CSD tags, so maybe you could look at his comments with the goal of learning something from them, rather than finding an insult in them? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I linked the initial insult to the page above. It's the one where he suggests that editors take a test to nominate pages. What would this test include, "can you read?". Then the admin proceeded to tell me that I have a misfound belief that editors who create a page about themselves should be blocked. I said nothing of the sort. Just that I observed it. I knew bringing up an admin to an AN/I board would be pointless.Keystoneridin (speak) 17:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider that an insult; Drmies was saying that they've had so many problems with editors mis-nominating CSDs that they think there should be a test. I could probably write 50 questions for a test on CSD criteria; of which 15 would be randomly selected and presented to you, and then you'd have to answer 12 correctly. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 17:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

While Drmies certainly violated WP:CIVIL and [[WP:NPA}] nothing shall happen to him because he is an administrator and veteran editor with lots of friends. 134.241.58.253 (talk) 19:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

And if you say it over and over, maybe it will come true. Just because they are an administrator doesn't mean you can throw baseless accusations around and then be upset when they are uniformly cast aside and then claim the admin cabal is protecting it's own. False accusations deserve to be ignored; that's not protecting one's own, that's doing what's right.--v/r - TP 19:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Although I'm not friends with anyone on Wikipedia, I do have to say that there is NOTHING in the linked discussions that either a) violates WP:NPA, b) comes anywhere close to violating WP:CIVIL, or is in any way other than a flat-out assistance to other editor(s). There's no attacks, no name calling, no insulting of anyone's intelligence ... this appears to be a misread/reader in a bad mood this morning situation which I hope everyone will get over (✉→BWilkins←✎) 19:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty mild comment. Don't take it personally. Fasttimes68 (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• And beyond that, the OP seems to have a very, very short fuse; he's taken offense at similar remarks of my own more than once, the most recent offense being the edit summary in this diff [34], and I'm beginning to think he's after saccharine sunshine along the lines of "Oh, please don't take offense because some stupid old policy impelled me to revert your edit; can you ever forgive me for being a slave to the rules?" Ravenswing 20:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Closing follies

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This fairly new (as far I as know) habit of reclosing on the cheap -- not by providing an updated summary but by merely moving the {{archivebottom}} is not a good idea. In the above discussion it appears that 28bytes closed the at 1:46 pm and TP, Bwilkins and, 134 and Ravenswing ignored the close and kept on chatting which makes them appear less cool than they are. Nobody Ent 23:26, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

You forgot the IP too.----TP (alt) 01:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Good point. Corrected. Nobody Ent 01:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

(scratches his head) You're under the impression that there are regular editors who contribute on ANI to be seen as "cool?" My, that's an unusual characterization. (And, come to that, are you not ignoring the close as well, to keep on talking?) Ravenswing 05:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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User:J86green SPA for vandalism

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User:J86green is a single purpose vandalism account working over Sydney social controversy articles. Given their only purpose is vandalism, could someone block them? (They've been warned and this is their response, note edit summary) (notified)Fifelfoo (talk) 08:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Invalid closure

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This non-admin close Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Skeptoid_(2nd_nomination) appears invalid in that it expressively ignores the merge arguments because no-one voted delete except the nom, votewise 4 merge, 5 keep, 1 delete (nom). Can an admin look at the AfD and weigh up the consensus on merge vs keep. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:57, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

There is consensus that deletion is not the desired outcome, as such its proper to close the AfD. As there is insufficient consensus to determine if a merge is needed, discussion of that should be resumed on the article talk page, which is basically what the close says. Looks proper to me. Monty₈₄₅ 13:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

That rationale does not say there was no consensus to merge. It does not attempt to weigh up the arguments of keep vs merge. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Closed by admin.--Chip ¹²³⁴⁵⁶_Contribs 13:09, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This improper non-admin closure has been overriden, and the AFD now shows the proper consensus (merge). I remain mystified why people tolerate Colonel Warden's presence.—Kww(talk) 13:11, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Cheers for the close. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:13, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I really don't see how you can read that discussion to contain a clear merge consensus... Monty₈₄₅ 13:23, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Many of the keep votes didn't have policy based reasons, or didn't give any reasons to counter the merge arguments (such as the requirements of WP:WEB). IRWolfie- (talk) 13:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Many of the merge !votes were even weaker, the first waivered on whether there was notability of a separate article, the second changed their !vote to a keep, one just says coverage doesn't justify a separate article but doesn't explain why, and another admitted it passes WP:WEB. None cited a policy for why it should be merged despite passing the notability criteria. So it was 6 to 4 keep to merge, the keep votes had better aurguments, yet it is merge? Monty₈₄₅ 13:41, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Let's see: a "merge" by IRWolfie, citing lack of coverage, which an examination of the article bears out. A "merge" by S.Rich, citing lack of coverage and complete redundancy, which an examination of the article bears out. A "keep" by Belchfire that reveals that he didn't read the article, linked articles, or the nomination, so no weight can be given to that. Dustinfull's keep argument relies on the article being mentioned in blogs. Devil's Advocate reinforces the original merge nomination, and, as it does, passes examination. Sgerbic votes "keep" based on the improvement, but failed to note that the improvements were sourced to the podcast. Skeptical Raptor votes "keep", but presents no verifiable evidence as to why. Dream Focus echoes Dustinfull's flawed arguments. Otterhome supports a merge. Using any weighting, the merges outweigh the keeps by a substantial margin.—Kww(talk) 14:00, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

In reply to mystified why people tolerate

Wikipedia tolerates all sorts of less than perfect editors because:

1. Written Wikipedia policies are vague and incoherent, so good faith interpretations are all over the map
2. Written Wikipedia policies have become fossilized, so improving them is well-nigh impossible. (See WP:V)
3. There's a shortage of decent editors
4. There's a shortage of active administrators
5. The Rfa process is ... standard blah blah about Rfa
6. RFC/Us are a lot of work, frequently don't accomplish a lot, turn into mudslinging witchhunts instead of the intended/ideal community feedback and tend to make enemies out of participanting editors -- bad if there's an Rfa in the future and bad for just day to day getting along.

In this case we have a good faith non-admin close, a good faith reversion & and gf reversion of that, appropriate appeal to ANI and a good-faith closure by a qualified admin. Let's celebrate the fact the process works, close this and move on. (Three verses of Kumbaya optional). Nobody Ent 14:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Maybe I should go get my bit back and start closing AFDs again... but I'm not sure DRV is ready for the extra work. Spartaz ^Humbug! 14:33, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• The Colonel is tolerated because he does excellent content saving work that outweigh his occasionally non-standard approach to policy. I'm more concerned over the edit warring over the close. This would have been better left for an admin to reclose then for the close to be voided and then reverted back by another editor. Otherwise DRV would have been a good revising location. Spartaz ^Humbug! 14:31, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Correct (re:Colonel anyway). Kww, something similar applies to you, BTW, in response to the question why you're tolerated. ;) Drmies (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This thread can be closed as the issue was solved. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Regardless of whether this particular issue has been dealt with, it should be made very clear to Colonel Warden that, given his notoriously out-of-mainstream opinion on the matter of content deletion, he should not be NACing anything remotely contentious. His previous NACs have all been fine (speedy keeps for the most part), but this is too far into the grey zone for an NAC. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 15:38, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

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Bad close. WP:IAR is still a pillar. If you don't like a NAC, revert it. Nobody Ent 02:16, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:IAR is fully capable of dealing with my close here, as is the exception to everything. It doesn't apply in this particular AFD example that I can see, nor is it claimed. And I did say "should", not "must", which is at least as lenient as the actual policy. Of course, you are always free to revert any close if you feel is sufficiently flawed. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 02:28, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with this close, as was the consensus here among a couple of admins including this one, who will close this again. Drmies (talk) 02:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

That's not a close, that's an invalid refactor which changes the meaning of my comment -- by putting my remark inside a previously closed section, it makes it appear as if I was referring either to Col Warden's original Afd close or Kww's reclose, not DB's close of the thread. This is a "subsequent comment" and should be closed separately. Nobody Ent 02:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, let this run on for a few more days until it gets archived, if you are so intent on keeping the "h" in dramah. I disagree re:meaning, of course. Drmies (talk) 02:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Just how exactly did the closer decide the consensus was to merge? I'm not seeing any consensus whatsoever in the AfD. Fasttimes68 (talk) 04:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

If only he'd given a full and detailed rationale somewhere. Such as in the comment he made in this very section at the time of the close. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 05:37, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

<snark> He'd best be careful with those full and detailed rationales, or it could be called a supervote.</snark> - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 17:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Dalejenkins?

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I got the following on my talk from an IP implying that they're Dalejenkins. The "olive branch" would be this post.

Hello. Is this the former User:Jack Merridew? You previously lent me an olive branch after my sockpuppet ban a few years ago and I'd like to admit to the following. The files below are of false rights usage. Of the ones I claimed to own myself - I did not. They where from random webpages elsewhere.

• [36]
• [37]

The ones were permission was given from elsewhere were uploaded in good faith, but in fact were taken from different forums, websites or even screenshots from TV and are not the property of the uploaders.

• [38]
• [39]
• [40]
• [41]

I also have no recollection of uploading this image [42]. I hope these files can be speedily deleted. 90.203.39.47 (talk) 09:57, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hand-ball. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I posted this message in hope that my past mistakes will be rectified. Deep apologies for any inconvenience. I've not edited Wikipedia for a long time and wanted these removed to clear my conscience, especially when realising that some of the email-approved files were copy-vios. 90.203.39.47 (talk) 12:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Since the editor is banned rather than merely blocked, he will have to go through some kind of appeal process if he expects to be allowed to edit again. Meanwhile, of course, the above IP also needs to be blocked, for violating the ban. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:54, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

If the editor is actually trying to clean up some problems, apologise, and work towards returning to the community, blocking them might be a bit kafkaesque. (I'm not familiar with the case; maybe folk will argue that they're just here to stir drama or whatever, and I might understand a block on those terms). bobrayner (talk) 13:11, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Banned users are not allowed to edit. That's not "kafkaesque", it's the rules. No compromise. If the editor wants to get unbanned and fix his alleged copyright violations, there's a process to follow. Violating the ban ain't it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

And as regards clearing one's conscience, I'm reminded of this old one: A guy sends a letter to the IRS: "I underpaid my income taxes, and can't sleep at night. Enclosed is a check for $ 500, and if I still can't sleep, I'll send you the balance." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• When the community decides to ban a user, it has decided that the disruption caused by allowing that user to edit outweighs any benefit that might accrue from some constructive edits. The question "should we make exceptions when we actually like the edits the banned user is making?" has been discussed and debated repeatedly, and repeatedly there has been consensus that the answer is "no". I have blocked the IP address for a week. I will leave the copyright issue for someone else. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:47, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • The caveat should be that they should have the right to edit their talkpage and request comments be made in this discussion on their behalf. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 15:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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User VALLEYMAN25 aka FORESTMAN38

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Resolved

 – Can't see the Forest for the Valley. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 12:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

The account VALLEYMAN25 (talk · contribs) was created a couple of days ago. Though well-intended, VALLEYMAN25 introduced a lot of content that constituted copyright violations and I first noticed this in new articles about novels (for instance this copied from the author's website). I removed the copyrighted material and warned him [43], gave more details after he reintroduced the copyrighted text [44] and a stronger warning after he insisted [45]. It didn't stop so I tried again to reach out to him [46] and this seemed to work. He then registered an alternate account FORESTMAN38 (talk · contribs) (given the usernames and pages edited, there's no doubt that this is the same editor) and proceeded to violate copyright again [47] and I warned that account. Now he's back to editing as VALLEYMAN25 and has shifted focus to violating image copyrights despite a long list of warnings. I've never managed to get the slightest feedback from this editor and at this stage I feel he needs to be blocked and restricted to a single account since he's wasting everyone's time. Pichpich (talk) 17:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, I saw some of that stuff in passing (on some basketball player's article) but didn't see an immediate need to block since I didn't see the copyvio (it was pointed out in an edit summary but I didn't check it out). I'll have a look again, since I'm just waiting on a plane. Drmies (talk) 17:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• I blocked Forestman--it is pretty obvious that the account was created to avoid scrutiny on that Friends Forever article. I am not an image expert and this is not a learning moment for me, but if Pichpich is correct and those uploads are invalid, and they were continued after warnings, then Valley should be blocked as well to prevent disruption in the near future. Thanks Pichpich. Drmies (talk) 17:59, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Let me just clarify the issue with the images. It definitely starts with an honest mistake that many newbies make: uploading non-free images of living people and using them as fair use. Save for a crazy few exceptions, these cannot be used because they are always considered as replaceable by a free equivalent (since the subject is alive) and therefore fail criterion 1 in WP:NFCC. I don't fault him for this as it's a common mistake. He received automated warnings when the first few of his uploads were deleted and I also wrote a non-automated message which explained the situation in more detail. The real problem is that File:La Salle Green Archer Jun Limpot.jpg was uploaded after all these warnings and this shows that he either doesn't read his talk page, doesn't understand what's written there or doesn't care. In all three cases, the result is disruption and a waste of time for many editors. Pichpich (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

My plane is boarding so I can't follow up after your helpful clarification, but I'm sure someone else will. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I was about to block after reading over this, the talk page, and the contributions again--but the strangest thing seems to have happened: the block on Forestman seems to prevent Valleyman from editing! As if they would have the same IP address! But the one has no idea who the other is! Strange things are afoot, and I think we can close this. If the Valley ever owns up to having planted a Forrest, there's an offer out there. Drmies (talk) 02:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Wikadviser

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I am bringing here another possible sock puppet of Wikadvisor. This IP is attacking the same articles as him.--Anderson - what's up? If you believe there has been a mistake, report it on my talk page. 05:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Even though it's not a checkuser situation, did you try WP:SPI? - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 15:47, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:SPI is the proper venue, particularly since that is a static IP and a long term block might be worthwhile if the are the same. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 18:43, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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User:Luckyeleven Sockpupet account of User:Wnnse evading blocks and threatening more block evasion (See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wnnse)

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Hello everyone, just a couple of hours ago User:Luckyeleven left a note on my talk page (see this [48]) in which they said "Hi, you can give ban my all users but I can make news as I want. And you can't find them when I change my IP. ;) Love, Wnnse/Bow-bb/And others...Luckyeleven (talk) 14:05, 17 July 2012 (UTC)". This looks like an obvious block evading threat. Both the user accounts User:Wnnse and User:Bow-bb have been confirmed socks operated by the same person who evaded their block and scrutiny after User:Wnnse was blocked on February 27, 2012 after which user account User:Bow-bb was created on February 29, 2012 as an attempt to evade the block which has now been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet. The person is keen and looks determined to continuously evade their block by creating more and more new sockpuppet's from a dynamic IP range of ISP Turk Telecom in Istanbul, Turkey and also edits from a broad range of dynamic IP addresses. I therefore request the Administrator's to take the necessary action. Thank you. TheGeneralUser (talk) 16:46, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Obvious sock is obvious. Indef blocked. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 18:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Homoeopathy, and user:Alice1818

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Homoeopathy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Alice1818 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Alice1818, a new contributor has for some days been attempting to correct a perceived 'bias' in our homoeopathy article, and has repetedly argued that we should include material relating to research which (supposedly) demonstrates that homoeopathic medicine can be more effective than a placebo. Other editors have repeatedly explained that WP:MEDRS policy prevents the cherry-picking of sources in this way, and that per WP:FRINGE etc, to include such material would be unsupportable. Sadly, Alice1818 has proven either unwilling to accept that such policy applies, or unable to understand it. Either way, the contributor has now moved well into Wikipedia:Tendentious editing territory - most recently by un-hatting threads closed as unproductive arguing against an overwhelming consensus, [49] and then by describing the person involved in hatting as "rude and inappropriate". [50] Frankly, I can see to reason to assume that Alice1818 will conform to expected policies and guidelines unless obliged to - and on this basis, I suggest that a time-limited block may be the most effective way to stop further disruption, and encourage the individual involved to either work within Wikipedia norms, or take their arguments to another forum. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:25, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a topic area covered under arbcom Discretionary Sanctions. I'm about to leave the user a warning to that effect, though this should not prevent anyone else from taking actions that are deemed appropriate in response to her behavior. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:32, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Reality has an anti-homeopathy bias. It's totally unfair. Egg Centric 19:40, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hell, Reality has incurable liberal, materialist and scientific biases too. Much grinding of teeth and polemic is borne of that fact. — Coren ^(talk) 19:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

As the user has continued their behavior after my warning, I have blocked them indefinitely due to their battleground/tendentious activity and their apparent lack of interest in editing any topic other than the one they cannot edit constructively in. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:03, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Racconish Harassment

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Good evening. Yesterday evening, working on the article École nationale de l'aviation civile, I saw a strange modification : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=École_nationale_de_l%27aviation_civile&diff=502421693&oldid=502384341. After rev with justifications,  Racconish and myself didn't have the same opinion. So I decided by myself to start a discussion which appears to me to be the best thing to do. Furthermore, I decided to request for help and other opinions which is always useful. Everything was good and with no reason, few minutes ago, Racconish starts doing Harassment : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AÉcole_nationale_de_l%27aviation_civile&diff=502840090&oldid=502839435 which shows that he doesn't care about the article, it is just against me and also it is really against a calm, concise, and on topic discussion. Moreover, it is forbidden on Wikipedia. Even yesterday evening, I had some doubt because he posted this which he was not concerned about. It was against 200.24.203.194 who was informed by myself. Yes I am blocked on French Wikipedia, it is a long time ago. I have learned a lot from my mistakes, I don't pay attention to anymore French Wikipedia (I love much more here, more friendly, more professional) and if you look on my talk page, I think things goes now better for me about how to help Wikipedia. 80.13.85.217 (talk) 19:43, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't see anything in here that requires administrative attention. What exactly are you hoping to accomplish by posting this? -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 20:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Just a refresh to Racconish that it is not useful to be so aggressive and "off topic". 80.13.85.217 (talk) 20:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, to explain further, your IP address was blocked on the French Wikipedia for its edits on similar topics, which may be relevant for discussion. If you aren't comfortable with your record, then you should have behaved more nicely. You were not blocked "a long time ago" as you say, it was less than 2 months ago. Additionally, your report on 200.24.203.194 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) was completely improper; if you had read the instructions on that page, you would know that reports there are only for blatant vandalism for which the user has been sufficiently warned. I fail to see any improper actions except on your part. -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 20:21, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Look out for that boomerang. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 20:25, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

IP is wrong when they say they haven't been on the french WP. He's been using dozen of sock puppets in the last few months to go around his block to the point where admins there have experimented with range block to limit his damage. The last time was no later than yesterday [51] when it was plainly obvious that he was editing the same article on both wikis at the same time with his IP here and new user there (École nationale de l'aviation civile and École nationale de l'aviation civile). So I guess what he is trying to accomplish is to be blocked here too. --McSly (talk) 20:36, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Looking at École nationale de l'aviation civile I see you have reverted twice, and a slew of other IPs (ironically from a very similar geolocations, considering the unreliability of geolocating in Western Europe) have joined you very soon after, remarkably so, and they have no other edits. And this forced the article to be semi-protected. And frankly, I'm trying to find a reason to not block you for sockpuppetry right this very moment. Unfortunately, I've failed. Blocked 1 month for abuse of mulitple accounts. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 20:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  Blocked 3 other IPs in the process. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 20:52, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Heavy vandalism/spam on Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva

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Resolved

 – Bwilkins semi-protected the article.--Chaser (talk) 00:29, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I've noticed that the page Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva has been getting a lot of vandalism (mainly blanking and unsourced additions). I was wondering if someone could take a look at it, possibly semi-protect it; most of the vandals are IPs. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:AIV?? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I am hesitant to go to AIV because there is no clear-cut offender or even suspicion of sockpuppetry. The edits come from a wide rage of IPs. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

To clarify, most of the spam involves speculation on team changes and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, page protection would have been the better request then ... so I've done it. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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User Scatcat2009 and copyright violations

Scatcat2009 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I just stumbled across this user's contributions to the German Australian article. They have added a substantial amount of information, but unfortunately, most of it is copy and pasted from another website(s). It looks like the user, in good faith, cited the text and put quotes around most of it. I'm assuming they thought this was adequate. After I removed all their additions to that article, I started looking through the rest of their contributions only to find that they've done it to other articles. I started removing that as well, but I don't have time to sit here and go through it all as I was off to get some sleep. It may not be much more or it may be a whole lot, I stopped clicking next "500" after a few and I know there were some less obvious articles in between the mass edits. Could someone start looking through and seeing how much else is out there? Thanks. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 03:45, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, what is the issue here? Aren't you suppose to cite all sources with inline references? I have done so. Which of the sites weren't reputable, in your humble opinion? Scatcat2009 (talk) 03:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Scat, as I said on your talk page, copying an entire website onto Wikipedia is simply not OK. Quoting important tidbits is fine when the information is best presented that way. Constructing an entire article from block quotes is still a copyright violation. Reliability of the sources is not nearly the most important issue here. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for responding. I didn't quote "an entire article" but yes I did quote multiple paras in places. How much is acceptable? Can you link me to a reference please? I am angry and disappointed because I spent a lot of time researching those two articles. You say that "Constructing an entire article from block quotes". that is an exaggeration. However, yes, I did use block quotes quite heavily in a number of places. I will desist from doing this if it is not permitted. I thought citing the sources - and thereby linking back to the original places - would be fine. I am always careful to cite where the info comes from to give proper acknowledgement. Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

See [[52]]. The key word is "brief". Quoting an isolated sentence or two is usually okay -- anything beyond that becomes increasingly questionable. Looie496 (talk) 04:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

If the inserted text was written by someone in the nineteenth century, it may not actually be a copyright violation, but it's still problematic. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 04:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I didn't look at every reference, but some of it does not fall into that case. The text on German Australians was taken from a source that states at the bottom, © D. Nutting 2001. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Some of the stuff is taken from primary sources from the nineteenth century on the German Australian page - notable the Hahn journal entries. It is a long quote though. I would honestly prefer it if you didn't just roll back everything I did in one go - just remove the offending long block quotes. I can help you if you wish. Yes but D. Nuting him/herself is block quoting 19th c materials for at least some of the material I used. Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Your content is still all there in the edit history. Looking at the history page, you can click on the linked date that you made the edit (I hope that sentence made sense). Your work will all be there, and you can copy-paste it to a notepad file or a personal sandbox, and tweak it to your heart's content. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:14, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks but I don't think I will bother with Wikipedia anymore. I will develop my own site for my research instead.Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The issue now is that you have rolled back more than just the offending block quote material. You have rolled those pages right back, including material I believe I paraphrased correctly.

Reference List has gone bonkers.

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I was checking out how to spell AKB48 properly for writing elsewhere and I scrolled down to see the reference list has gone bonkers. All the lines seem to overlap each other in a tangled mess. I tried to see if I could fix it, but the preview doesn't show how the list would appear, and I don't want to do the edit save page and find out it's screwy only to get slapped with a 3RR violation in trying to see what looks good (The 3RR page doesn't cite making an honest edit for readability a valid exemption). Any editor can figure out how to fix this problem?--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 04:03, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

There's a problem involving reference 95. I'm trying to figure out exactly what. Perhaps the master copy of that ref got deleted? I'm still looking. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I take it back. The loss of reference 95 predates the problem you're seeing. I'm just plum confused. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I took the reflist down to a single column, which sort of fixes it but now also makes the page inordinately long, scrolling-wise. It's the best option, however, until someone figures out what was causing that monstrosity. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 04:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Crap! That didn't really work, either. We still have several refs extending far out into space and cluttering up the list. No clue what's causing this. I'm stumped. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 04:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Got it. A /div box was missing somewhere, causing forced formatting changes to cascade down the article and into the reflist. There's still a reference that got lost somewhere. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Vedda language

Looks like we've got an edit war started up with falsified refs. — kwami (talk) 04:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Heavy vandalism/spam on Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva

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Resolved

 – Bwilkins semi-protected the article.--Chaser (talk) 00:29, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I've noticed that the page Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva has been getting a lot of vandalism (mainly blanking and unsourced additions). I was wondering if someone could take a look at it, possibly semi-protect it; most of the vandals are IPs. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:AIV?? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I am hesitant to go to AIV because there is no clear-cut offender or even suspicion of sockpuppetry. The edits come from a wide rage of IPs. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

To clarify, most of the spam involves speculation on team changes and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, page protection would have been the better request then ... so I've done it. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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User Scatcat2009 and copyright violations

Scatcat2009 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I just stumbled across this user's contributions to the German Australian article. They have added a substantial amount of information, but unfortunately, most of it is copy and pasted from another website(s). It looks like the user, in good faith, cited the text and put quotes around most of it. I'm assuming they thought this was adequate. After I removed all their additions to that article, I started looking through the rest of their contributions only to find that they've done it to other articles. I started removing that as well, but I don't have time to sit here and go through it all as I was off to get some sleep. It may not be much more or it may be a whole lot, I stopped clicking next "500" after a few and I know there were some less obvious articles in between the mass edits. Could someone start looking through and seeing how much else is out there? Thanks. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 03:45, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, what is the issue here? Aren't you suppose to cite all sources with inline references? I have done so. Which of the sites weren't reputable, in your humble opinion? Scatcat2009 (talk) 03:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Scat, as I said on your talk page, copying an entire website onto Wikipedia is simply not OK. Quoting important tidbits is fine when the information is best presented that way. Constructing an entire article from block quotes is still a copyright violation. Reliability of the sources is not nearly the most important issue here. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for responding. I didn't quote "an entire article" but yes I did quote multiple paras in places. How much is acceptable? Can you link me to a reference please? I am angry and disappointed because I spent a lot of time researching those two articles. You say that "Constructing an entire article from block quotes". that is an exaggeration. However, yes, I did use block quotes quite heavily in a number of places. I will desist from doing this if it is not permitted. I thought citing the sources - and thereby linking back to the original places - would be fine. I am always careful to cite where the info comes from to give proper acknowledgement. Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

See [[53]]. The key word is "brief". Quoting an isolated sentence or two is usually okay -- anything beyond that becomes increasingly questionable. Looie496 (talk) 04:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

If the inserted text was written by someone in the nineteenth century, it may not actually be a copyright violation, but it's still problematic. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 04:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I didn't look at every reference, but some of it does not fall into that case. The text on German Australians was taken from a source that states at the bottom, © D. Nutting 2001. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Some of the stuff is taken from primary sources from the nineteenth century on the German Australian page - notable the Hahn journal entries. It is a long quote though. I would honestly prefer it if you didn't just roll back everything I did in one go - just remove the offending long block quotes. I can help you if you wish. Yes but D. Nuting him/herself is block quoting 19th c materials for at least some of the material I used. Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Your content is still all there in the edit history. Looking at the history page, you can click on the linked date that you made the edit (I hope that sentence made sense). Your work will all be there, and you can copy-paste it to a notepad file or a personal sandbox, and tweak it to your heart's content. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:14, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks but I don't think I will bother with Wikipedia anymore. I will develop my own site for my research instead.Scatcat2009 (talk) 04:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The issue now is that you have rolled back more than just the offending block quote material. You have rolled those pages right back, including material I believe I paraphrased correctly.

Reference List has gone bonkers.

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I was checking out how to spell AKB48 properly for writing elsewhere and I scrolled down to see the reference list has gone bonkers. All the lines seem to overlap each other in a tangled mess. I tried to see if I could fix it, but the preview doesn't show how the list would appear, and I don't want to do the edit save page and find out it's screwy only to get slapped with a 3RR violation in trying to see what looks good (The 3RR page doesn't cite making an honest edit for readability a valid exemption). Any editor can figure out how to fix this problem?--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 04:03, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

There's a problem involving reference 95. I'm trying to figure out exactly what. Perhaps the master copy of that ref got deleted? I'm still looking. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I take it back. The loss of reference 95 predates the problem you're seeing. I'm just plum confused. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I took the reflist down to a single column, which sort of fixes it but now also makes the page inordinately long, scrolling-wise. It's the best option, however, until someone figures out what was causing that monstrosity. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 04:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Crap! That didn't really work, either. We still have several refs extending far out into space and cluttering up the list. No clue what's causing this. I'm stumped. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 04:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Got it. A /div box was missing somewhere, causing forced formatting changes to cascade down the article and into the reflist. There's still a reference that got lost somewhere. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Vedda language

Looks like we've got an edit war started up with falsified refs. — kwami (talk) 04:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

TheIrishWarden (2)

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See this previous ANI thread for context.

While I think the previous thread was useful, I really don't think problems here have been resolved. TIW is still being harassed (just take a look at their talk), and while I see that TIW is clearly not "innocent" or anything, I think the trolling has been taken too far. But to my main point..

The IP User_talk:90.222.82.125 was blocked yesterday for harassing TIW. TODAY, a new IP, User_talk:94.2.68.11, appears --> and all they do is remove the block info on the first IP, and then make some more negative comments to TIW. If this isn't socking, I don't know what it is... this is quite troubling how much attention - and hatred - TIW has gained ... and I think this needs to stop. Blocks? Theopolisme _TALK 17:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I blocked the IP. Quack Quack and what not. I also semi'd his talk page for 1 month. I know it's not encouraged, but it'll expire in a month.--v/r - TP 17:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, for one thing, it's not socking, because socking is abusing multiple accounts. This individual is abusing multiple non-accounts. Block away, but if a block didn't work the first time, what makes you think it'll work the next time? - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 17:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree I'm not completely innocent and I am sorry to any users who I have incorrectly gave warning to. You must allow this as I am new and still learning. I really need some help as I feel really offended by this and I really don't know what to do. I would accept help kindly. Thanks TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 17:43, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

@TParis Thanks; @Jorgath Very true, oops. Theopolisme _TALK 17:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to TParis, I now have some safety and I feel more safe now that they cannot send me abuse. Thanks TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 17:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Technically, folks can still send you stuff.... just not those IPs and really new accts. Theopolisme _TALK 17:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I know, 4 days and 10 edits. Well at least it stops new IP's do anything and if any users do anything I have warning say that they'll get an Only warning. TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 18:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to intrude, but warnings like that encourage vandals, they get some kick out of getting a warning. Just deny anything that pops up there on your talk, they'll soon get bored. In the past when I've had mine vandalised, I just or others revert it. At first, you feel like your picked on, but it happens to most of us, unfortunately. You've attracted the attention probably because your doing something good, don't worry. --Chip123456 ^Talk_Contribs 18:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I believe all my edits recently have been very good. Of course there are some stuck up people who think they are the best and pick up my 2 or 3 bad edits and call me a bad editor when that is only 0.5% of my edits. The person who started all this off said 'they love drama' so clearly all these people are looking for something to do. They need to get a life or edit properly. Thanks for the advice. TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 18:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks TParis. Also, I think that we should take this as a lesson on WP: BITE. Many newbies here get attacked over some minor error that they make and end up leaving the project. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 22:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Some more rather interesting stuff shows up, take a look at User_talk:TheIrishWarden#The_plot_thickens. Theopolisme _TALK 18:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

That's only "interesting" to cretins. There is absoultely no way that those IPs are socks of the user concerned. If the usage of the phrase is not coincidental, then it's probably a deliberate attempt at impersonation. Egg Centric 18:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

(in fact, although I can't prove it as I haven't spoken to that user irl for a bit, I am pretty sure that if the IPs are socks of anyone, they're CUTKD's) Egg Centric 18:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

So now you've decided to refer to folks as cretins. Theopolisme _TALK 18:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

In the same way that you're describing users as folks. Egg Centric 18:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

The trolls are back [54] and this time it's me they're targeting. C.U.T.K.D ^{T | C} 20:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

 Note User...rather, troll in question was just blocked by Tiptoety, for the record. Theopolisme _TALK 20:10, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Note: I am just going to carry on my normal editorial duties unless I get attacked directly. Something certainly dodgy going on but I cannot do anything about it. Best of luck TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 21:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Accusations of forum shopping

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15:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC) (added by SarekOfVulcan, assumedly with a 5tilde mistype - Syrthiss (talk) 16:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC))

Um, what? -- Selket ^Talk 16:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you asked the uploader? Going directly to someone and asking an explanation is always more productive than coming here. Heck, standing in your kitchen and asking a passing housefly for help is more productive than ANI most of the time... But go ahead and ask the uploader. They should be able to answer your question. --Jayron32 16:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, what Selket said. GiantSnowman 16:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Also notified Guy Macon. GiantSnowman 16:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

This section was started by Sarek, who is also the image uploader. It comes from the ArbCom case page -- he thought it was amusing, in a boomerang sense. That's all. Looie496 (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

It took me a while to figure out what SarekOfVulcan was saying. An editor is complaining that another editor is accusing them of forum shopping. Each diff shows the accusation at a different forum, thus ironically validating the accusation. :)A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Request that an admin archive or remove the above thread, per WP:NPA. -- Avanu (talk) 17:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• What here is so heinous it must be removed from view? --Jayron32 17:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
• Decline due to lack of evidence of personal attacks. Now, if you want to collapse it, like I tried to do a hour and a half ago, feel free. (And no, that wasn't a typo, Syrthiss, I just wanted to make sure there was a timestamp in the thread.)--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) Considering that you are WP:INVOLVED, Sarek, you don't get to make that call. "Heinous" is not the right sort of characterization. "Unprofessional" might be. -- Avanu (talk) 18:03, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

If being unprofessional were grounds for removal, then ANI would have been deleted en masse years ago. --Jayron32 18:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

:) Now that actually made me smile... -- Avanu (talk) 18:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Everyone ignore it, let it be autoarchived, and move on. GiantSnowman 18:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

For anyone who might be wondering what this is all about, see:

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Nenpog vs. Guy Macon, Doc James, and Yobol.

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive759#User:Nenpog

User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 109#Alert !

And no, I don't see any reason for deleting this. If I was afraid of a few baseless accusations, I wouldn't have gotten involved with WP:DRN. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:37, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Malfunctioning bot

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User: Snotbot, has restored the Afd tag on Space adventure (Club Penguin Play), clear non-notable online work. The article was created by User: Xbox99, who has had article creating and NPA issues in the past, and was promptly speedied by User: IShadowed. The tag was taken down by User: Crisco 1492, who took it to Afd. I then posted on the Afd that the page could be speedied and restored the tag under A10 (since the play in the article is simply a fictional work inside the game of Club Penguin). However, User: Drmies and Snotbot reverted my edits and restored the afd. Could someone please take a look at this and get it sorted out? The article is definitely not fit for Wikipedia. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 19:22, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Just wanted to clarify the rationale behind my CSD tag -- the article appears to be about a club within Club Penguin, hence the original A7 tag for non-notable club(s). I don't have anything additional to add. --IShadowed 19:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Doncram at it again

• Doncram (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Earlier today, Doncram added information to the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway that indicated that it had survived to the present day, despite the previous sentence indicating it had been sold for scrap in 1938. He also claimed that "a section" had been listed on the NRHP, when the description clearly listed the entire railway. I reverted with the edit summary "The railway doesn't survive, and as far as I can tell, that describes the whole thing, not a section", whereupon Doncram promptly re-reverted with Restore. I don't welcome this, SarekOfVulcan. Discuss at Talk. If he's going to restore made-up information to articles just because he doesn't like me, he shouldn't be editing here. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

So, is his addition sourced, and did you discuss it at Talk (before coming to An/I)? Also, in the title you say "he's at it again", what is "again" here? -- Avanu (talk) 13:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

"Again" is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive224#Doncram NHRP stubs, among others. Note the part that says he's not supposed to pad out articles with extensive verbatim quotes from the sources, and check his recent contributions -- shouldn't take long to find an example. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Nope, didn't take long. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

So far, I see no reason for this to be at ANI. Could you give one or remove this thread? —Kusma (t·c) 13:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Inserting made-up information to articles and reverting it back in because he doesn't like the person who reverted it isn't good enough? Even given this ANI report, he still hasn't fixed it! --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It is your word against his that the information is made up. This seems to be an ordinary content dispute, and if both of you are acting in good faith here, maybe you can find sources and discuss it on the talk page? Certainly it would have sufficed to remove "survives and" if you don't believe that part unless you doubt that 47 acres are listed in the NRHP. —Kusma (t·c) 13:59, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Um, no it isn't "my word against his". Take a look at the article, and see what it says about the history of the railway, excluding Doncram's assertion that it survived to the present day. See what statements are sourced. Then tell me again it's my word against his. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:33, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I tell you again that this has no business of being at ANI. From what I can see, there is no longer a railway. So what is listed in the NRHP? The area where the railroad was? It would probably be useful to clarify that. It does not seem to be useful to personalize this. —Kusma (t·c) 14:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I can just about guarantee you that Doncram doesn't know what's listed in the NRHP either. And that's why it's useful to personalize it -- he has a long-term pattern of working off the database reports, rather than the reliable sources that tell why something was listed. (And then he claims that it's critics' fault for not requesting the freely-available nomination documents directly from the NPS...) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

This seems to be exhaustive.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Quoting: "While all that remains of its past is the right-of-way, and various ruins, the SGRR’s significance lies in its historic landscape and national contribution to industrial heritage and the history of tourism."--Ymblanter (talk) 16:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Very useful source, Ymblanter -- thanks! --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Doncram has posted a comment at the Talk page about his addition. From what I can tell his reasoning is OK on this. The addition may need to be reworded, but something was added in 1976 to the National Register of Historic Places, and while the source Ymblanter found is unbelievably excellent, it appears that both doncram's addition and the information above do not conflict if used appropriately. Again, this does not appear to be an issue for AN/I to resolve. Go back to the Talk page, Assume Good Faith, look at each others' points and come to reasonable compromises via logic and thoughtful consideration. So far, I haven't seen a lot of this take place, and a content dispute either belongs on the Talk page there or other forums that exist for that purpose. Administrative intervention isn't needed yet. -- Avanu (talk) 16:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

If this were the first time this had happened, I'd agree with you that it was a content dispute and that admin intervention wasn't required. But the fact is that this keeps happening over and over and over. Look at the comment about the addition! He starts off by apologizing for wasting future readers' time with actually responding to us. He states that I have no idea what I'm talking about, Orlady has no idea what she's talking about, and you have no idea what you're talking about, and that he knows what he's talking about, even though he doesn't actually know what he's talking about, but that doesn't matter because he's right anyway. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

You guys need to stop and listen to each other. Obviously there's a dispute or you wouldn't have been reverting each other. The debate needs to stop being about how people are talking and instead needs to be about sources and context. It is very simple. -- Avanu (talk) 16:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I returned to wikipedia recently and, after a few days SarekOfVulcan re-began a pattern of following my edits including at brand new articles and jumping in to edit and perhaps to contend. I requested he stop, and for a few days he did, but he seems to have resumed now. There is a past history of contention between SarekOfVulcan and me. I don't welcome SarekOfVulcan following my edits closely and jumping in to dispute, which in the past has then often led to SarekOfVulcan initiating ANI reports, AFDs, and other wikilegal disputes in a pattern that I see pretty much as wp:wikihounding. Others have previously advised him not to follow and contend. I would hope that other administrators might advise SarekOfVulcan to back off, and that someone would please close this ANI report quickly. --doncram 13:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll repeat this. Is his addition sourced, and did you discuss it at Talk (before coming to An/I)? And thank you for clarifying what "again" meant. -- Avanu (talk) 13:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

The addition does not appear to be sourced. However starting a thread on ANI and the comment by SoV If he's going to restore made-up information to articles just because he doesn't like me, he shouldn't be editing here is not AGF. Fasttimes68 (talk) 14:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Point of fact: The addition always was/is sourced, not in the lede, but down below where the NRHP listing event is given slightly longer treatment. SarekOfVulcan had deleted both parts. --doncram 14:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• I share Sarek's perception that Doncram is "at it again." At Anderson County Courthouse (Kansas) he seems to be working at starting a war to defend what he seems to regard as his right to quote opinionated statements without saying whose opinion he quotes (see page history -- it seems that readers who want to know who made this judgment are supposed to download the PDF document that he cites). He tries to represent himself as St. Doncram, who has been martyred for his devotion to Wikipedia, but his problem is his refusal to abide by standards of quality -- and his practice of labeling/treating everyone who criticizes him (or in my case, even attempts to indent one of his comments on an AfD page -- see [55],[56], [57], [58]) as a personal enemy who has singled him out for persecution. (BTW, I can't consider trying to discuss this with Doncram anywhere else because he has started a practice of ignoring and deleting my comments from his talk page, even after someone else has replied to me.) --Orlady (talk) 14:09, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

That doesn't necessarily look like an intentional removal of your comment; do you have other edits that show he is doing that? -- Avanu (talk) 14:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

This is off-topic, right? But sheesh, I did remove Orlady's 2nd comment on my Talk page, but tried not to make it too obvious to the whole world. In the removal, I replaced it by a copy of a statement that I had made further above, which I hoped she would read. There is indeed a past history of contention and what I believe amounts to wp:wikihounding by her against me, too. I previously, many times, asked Orlady not to post at my Talk page. I would appreciate if she would abide by that, let me ask that here. I am not following these two editors; they seem to be following me. I would appreciate if they would disengage. However, I do not want to engage in a big discussion and I don't believe ANI would be the right forum. (If Orlady would agree to a mediation to address whatever issues she has, I would participate in one, but she has previously declined.) Can this ANI report please be kept limited to the incident first stated, please? --doncram 14:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It is poor form to remove commentary in an arbitrary fashion from your talk page, even though you are given wide latitude to do so. I would suggest that you avoid it in the future. -- Avanu (talk) 16:37, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

So, it appears that doncram is asserting there is a source, and while I don't know how good of a source it is and if it is being used in context, I don't see any commentary from Sarek on the Talk page of that article. I have reverted the addition, for now, of doncram's material, pending the outcome of some discussion and consensus, but it appears that several steps have been skipped in bringing this to AN/I. This thread probably needs to be closed for now. -- Avanu (talk) 14:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Note also that Doncram didn't discuss his edit on talk before reverting, as in WP:BRD, he just reverted and trotted to talk to go "Sarek's harassing me, so I'm not going to bother following WP-standard dispute resolution." Note also that when I filed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site on a dozen of his recent stubs, his response claiming wikihounding was longer than all but one or two of the stubs under question.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

That tendency to make a molehill-sized problem into a massive and complex argument is, indeed, one of the issues. I hesitate to open discussions with Doncram because (if he deigns to talk to me) I don't want to become embroiled in massive debates over minor matters -- such as content-free stubs, WP:OR-type misrepresentations like the one at Mauch Chunk Railway, or arguments about a couple of words in an inconsequential stub like that Kansas courthouse. It has been suggested that it should be easy enough for people like Sarek and me to fix the individual problems we see in Doncram's output, but that doesn't work when he decides to start revert warring and shouts "harassment" and "Wikihounding", nor when there are large numbers of inconsequential stub articles with the same common patterns of serious problems. This is what the remedies at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive224#Doncram NHRP stubs were supposed to resolve (back before Doncram got himself blocked for several months). --Orlady (talk) 15:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

There's no need for a mountain here. Either there is a source or there isn't. And if there is a source, it is either referenced properly or out of context. Simple. -- Avanu (talk) 15:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Since *I* have already reverted that (pending the outcome of a proper consensus), it shouldn't be a problem now. Unless there is a legitimate reason otherwise, the Article's Talk page is the proper next step. -- Avanu (talk) 15:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

If SarekOfVulcan could see his way to making a summary statement about what happened and a complete apology here, I would welcome it. I don't expect to see one though.

Thank you Avanu, Kusma, Fasttimes68, Ymblanter and Shearonink (more at the article page itself) for being voices of reasons in this. Thanks for your constructive efforts. --doncram 22:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Need a subsection header for editing

For further problems, see a bunch of round barn articles lately; List of round barns had tons of unnecessary elements when created (and Orlady and I had to waste plenty of time cleaning it up), and at least one of his many recent substubs on round barns contained a patently wrong statement as noted by Royalbroil's comments at the end of the "Bert Leedy Round Barn" section of User talk:Doncram/Archive 20. This is all on top of his creating articles so fast that he doesn't even look for images that are provided and creates articles at the wrong titles, as is noted in the same section. As is said above, this would be pointless complaining if it were one or two articles, but when we're talking dozens (or more) of articles, it's too much to fix easily. Nyttend (talk) 19:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

First there is no, never has been and hopefully never will be, a requirement to add a picture when an article is created so thats just adding an unnecessary requirement to the editor. As for making more work for you, perhaps but that is the nature of Wikipedia, someone adds some info, someone else modifies it and over time the article gets developed. I'm not sure what in the Wiki concept is not clear. I'm not sure about the wrong titles statement because I am unfamiliar with the case. Are they just flat out wrong or is it just a different name and might be needed as a redirect. Kumioko (talk) 19:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Like the images, the wrong titles is an example of his refusal to pay any attention to how others are editing; he generates pages how he wishes without looking to see if information on those topics already exists on Wikipedia. I will not tolerate someone making me work to clean up elements that have already been taken as grounds for six-month blocks. Nyttend (talk) 20:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

What Kumioko said. Thanks. Nyttend I think your statement here is incorrect: RoyalBroil helped find an update to add to one article, the factoid that one old barn had recently been demolished, a factoid which existed, unexpectedly, at a county NRHP list-article. There was no wrong statement to fix, there was just a factoid that could be added, and then it was added. Also he seemed irked that some photos of his were not immediately added to new articles, and I think they've all been added. I can understand that sentiment--you should be allowed to be irked--but I think it is unreasonable to make a public fuss and there is no policy or guideline that applies. There's a short conversation at RoyalBroil's talk page in which he apologizes for being terse. So, please don't make something of nothing on behalf of another editor. There's nothing for ANI about this, AFAIC. Also, thanks for an edit or two or more that you made at the new List of round barns article, but it was hardly a lot of work done by you or anyone else there, relative to what i put in already. Thanks, --doncram 19:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I would also add that after reviewing the List of round barns article that User:Nyttend stated had "tons of unnecessary elements when created (and Orlady and I had to waste plenty of time cleaning it up)" that the statement appears patently false. They did make a few edits however after looking at the article history they spent a lot of time quibling and moving the article back and forth from mainspace to userspace while the user was in the process of building the list. Apparently because it wasn't done yet, which again is not a requirement, particularly when the user is clearly in the process of developing it. Some editors prefer to build it all at once and others prefer to build it incrementally, neither is the right or wrong way, we shouldn't be enforcing one method because we personally don't like it. Kumioko (talk) 20:03, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

The point is that he's creating substubs without any attention whatsoever to getting useful information. I'm not trying to require that images appear; I'm objecting to his bot-like generation of content-free pages when it's readily available on lists that he edits frequently. Moreover, look at the original version: Doncram's included plenty of notes to himself, which are completely inappropriate appearing in mainspace (that's why we have <!-- and --> coding), as well as two citations to "title", a whole list of items that are all numbered 1, and two blatantly contradictory statements in the intro. Had the list simply been lacking content, it would be one thing, but to include these elements is substantially different. As Royalbroil remarked, a simple Google search could have prevented Doncram's writing an article with false information. Let me remind everyone that repeated introduction of falsehoods is a pretty good example of "Cannot satisfy Wikipedia:Verifiability", which is one of the major signs of WP:DISRUPT. Going by other points on that list, Doncram has been (1) tendentious, editing despite concentrated opposition; (2) not engaging in consensus building, move-warring and challenging the good faith of admins who attempt to correct his behavior; and (3) rejecting or ignoring community input, engaging in the same behavior that has resulted in multiple extended blocks. I have no recourse but to ask for a page-creation topic ban on Doncram. This is something that I opposed before as being too far-reaching, but I have lost faith in Doncram's willingness to avoid disruptive behavior in page creation. Nyttend (talk) 20:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I did look at the history and I did see where you (rightly so) removed a few minor things but nothing I would view as tons of unnecessary elements. I also see in the history where the editor was in the middle of editing the list and continuing to make improvements and then had to get into a back and forth tug of war. In regards to the Substubs, again, not an issue. You don't like them and I understand that but they are allowed. An individual editor nor a project can or should tell an editor that they can't create a stub for an article that meets notability and other requirements. As for false information, I agree that can be a problem but not when your still in the middle of writing it. I commonly run into problems where some references say one thing and others say another. It happens and in and of itself isn't a big deal. It just needs to be noted in the article. As far as being tendentious, I see thats somewhat true but that seems to be because 3 or 4 editors are hounding their every edit. He was still in the process of writing the List of round barns article when you all started moving it all over. I would get annoyed too. As for your reasons, I have reviewd some of the edits you and others have pointed out and as far as I can tell, the user is mostly following the rules but you and a couple of others are being overly stylistic in your interpretations of the rules. There is no requirement to add pictures when its created, its allowed to create a stub, its allowed to build the article progressively rather than all at once. Personally I think the actions of you all are worse than the actions of the editor. Again, I don't know anything about the history (I remember the name a long time ago) and I have had mostly positive experiences with most of you so its nothing personal. In this occassion though and from the evidence presented I don't think this is a very good use of ANI nor is the conduct by the admins in this case in particularly good light. It seems like a lot of nitpicking, wikistalking and hounding by editors who should know better. Kumioko (talk) 20:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In many respects, the List of round barns contention was resolved successfully. Doncram created a rough draft in article space. Nyttend and I both had the goal of moving it to user space for development, since user space is where rough-draft articles belong, and that resolution was discussed in earlier noticeboard discussions of Doncram's rough drafts. (The edit history got messy only because of Doncram's move-warring, combined with unexpected behavior of the "move" feature.) Doncram fixed things up a bit before taking the page back to user space, so the current page is not an embarrassment to Wikipedia. That's how user space is supposed to be used. --Orlady (talk) 22:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Here's another example of how he pads out articles using verbatim quotes from the copyrighted nomination documents, which he's previously been instructed not to do by an uninvolved admin:

• [59] - Jacob Friedt, of Zeeland, was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them."
• [60] - It includes work by Anton Massine of Orrin, who is one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them."
• [61] - No individual specific blacksmith is identified in the National Register database listing for this site, but in other iron cross sites the work can be traced to specific "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them."
• [62] - It includes works by Joseph P. Klein and John Krim, both of Pierce County, who were among a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" that developed their individual cross styles and whose "work was known for miles around them."
• [63] - Simon Marquardt, of Zeeland, North Dakota, was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota [who] developed their own cross styles and their work was known for miles around them."

All of those date from the last few minutes. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Holy crap, what garbage he creates. Binksternet (talk) 22:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Context, please

Maybe I'm missing a wikilink or two here, but what's the history here? I assume this has been discussed before, but where is said discussion located? Doncram's block log isn't revealing in itself (save for that Doncram has only recently returned from six months off for edit warring). ANI works best when uninvolved editors aren't obliged to personally dig through an entire interaction history. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 20:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

As mentioned above, there was an extensive discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive224#Doncram NHRP stubs about his editing patterns, and he showed up in various other archives around that period. There was also an attempt at a second RFC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Doncram 2, but it was deleted after it failed to gain certification. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:02, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive224#Doncram NHRP stubs grew somewhat stale because Doncram picked up a succession of long-term blocks shortly after it concluded. I'd hate to think that we need to start all over again with the same discussions because of people who are newly arrived to the conversation. --Orlady (talk) 22:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Note that doncram has started a parallel discussion of this thread at User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Help.21. IRWolfie- (talk) 22:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

One thing I will remind you of, are we here to debate the reason Sarek opened the thread, which is the "Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway" addition, or are we here to make a huge case out of other things? If it is the "Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway", then for Heaven's sake, let's just stay on target (and I think that was already resolved). If you're here to debate doncram as an editor in his entirety, I believe there is a separate process called RfC/U for that, not AN/I. Either way, let's not resort to a witch hunt and an unfocused AN/I bashing marathon, ok? -- Avanu (talk) 00:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Um, not true. On AN and ANI all edits/behaviours can and will be used as needed. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 00:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not have the intention of debating about another editor here and I have no strong opinion on the issues. I am merely pointing out that a discussion about this ANI thread has been started in another location, that is all. IRWolfie- (talk) 00:08, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not Sarek, but I can't imagine he would have opened a discussion here if his only concern was a difference of opinion regarding content at the "Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway" article. The title "Doncram at it again" indicates that his concern was the recurrence of certain behavior patterns encountered in the past, as illustrated at that article. Furthermore, many of the rest of us joined in because we saw this discussion as one about recurrent behaviors, not one about the railway article. --Orlady (talk) 00:10, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to make justifications for whatever, but the initial reason for opening this thread has been resolved fully, and rather quickly. (It was a content dispute) I don't agree with using that as an excuse to jump the track to another possibly unrelated debate on the general fitness of doncram as an editor, and since we have a clear resolution to the problem already, it seems suspect to force the debate to continue unstructured here when there are clear processes and rules for how we are supposed to handle this. Considering how many times Administrators have forced a specious interpretation of rules on editors within AN/I, I would also consider this forum to be an inhospitable one for a positive outcome. Close this ad-hominem-fest and start an RfC/U or drop the sticks, people. -- Avanu (talk) 00:25, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Since you missed it above: On AN and ANI all edits/behaviours can and will be used as needed. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Fine, I'll get the Eternal Pool of Pudding ready for use. I'll make sure there's enough for 4 dippings, unless you think doncram will need 5. -- Avanu (talk) 00:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• At this point, this seems beyond what ANI is for. It isn't an "incident", none of his actions individually would be a reason to block him. The main complaint is a pattern of behavior that some editors find bothersome. Fair enough. We have a process for this, and it isn't ANI. It is RFC/U, which is what I recommend. The fact that it has been tried before and couldn't get certified doesn't provide a rationale to bring the issue here, as this is obviously an issue that is clearly too deep and complicated for ANI, and it will be very difficult to get fair resolution here. There is obviously some problems, but this is no incident and since it seems obvious that the target of this report is acting in good faith, and that this has gone of for over a year, AND I don't see any simple resolution possible at ANI, I don't see why it is here. I was tempted to just close this pointing to RFC/U, which IS the right forum for this long running series of concerns about the style and methods. It is my opinion that a close is in order. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 00:50, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  Dennis, I started the previous RFC/U, but didn't certify it because by the time I was mixing in, I felt that I was only acting administratively, rather than trying to resolve the issues through appropriate dispute resolution. Since as far as I know, you haven't been involved in any of this to date, would you be willing to discuss the issues that have been raised with Doncram and try to get things settled without the BanHammerOfDoom?--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 01:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  I'm sufficiently removed, but it would take more than a few days to settle and maybe a couple of weeks, but I would be willing to mediate a discussion, in or out of regular venue, but only if it could be done in a structured, semi-formal format. I can see there are a lot of emotions around this editor, and I completely understand that this happens, but to find a resolution we need to get away from the limelight and lower the heat of the discussion a bit. I will likely have to bone up a bit on a few policies along the way, but I'm comfortable with this. If an off-venue setting is preferred by the parties, I can provide this. I will check back in the morning to see if the parties are interested. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 02:11, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  There's no need to reinvent the wheel by starting a new discussion. Countless hours have been devoted to documenting and hashing out the concerns that various people have. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive224#Doncram NHRP stubs is one of several such discussions, and perhaps one of the more worthwhile ones that we had in that it concluded with some fairly clear directions to take in the future. Unfortunately, Doncram ended up being blocked for much of the year since that discussion concluded, so very little happened by way of implementing the conclusions of that conversation. It's premature to start a new far-reaching discussion when Doncram's been back for only a few weeks -- we should be able to use the framework resulting from that AN thread to define ground rules for his editing and for other users' interactions with him. I had been hoping that things would go better upon his return, but it's not been encouraging to see the emergence of the kinds of situations that cause other users to start threads entitled "at it again" or to contact me about his recent edits, nor to get indications that any time I interact with him, it's apt to be received as the opening battle of a world war. --Orlady (talk) 02:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  Nonetheless, I have no opinions on the content and no strong feelings about either editor. Sarek has asked a complete outsider to take a fresh look. If doncram would like the same, the offer to mediate in a more constructive environment still stands, but it has to be agreed to by both. The other ANI won't be ignored, but ANI is subpar as an environment for calm, rational discussion. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 11:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  Unless this "matter" is narrowly defined as limited to the Mauch Chunk railway article, it's not just about two editors. There's a much larger cast of characters involved. --Orlady (talk) 16:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  If the real problem was so narrow, I would not have been asked to come here. There is obviously much more at issue here than one article. If you want to only discuss one article, WP:DRN would be the venue. My brief observation tells me there are some root issues at play here, which will continue to fester if not brought out into the daylight. If I mediate a larger discussion, everything is always on the table, including any party participating. It would be unfair otherwise. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 18:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

What exactly is the issue here?

I'm having difficulty understanding what's wrong with this edit. The information is clearly true, considering the document that was pointed out in this discussion. Is the issue that the NRIS link was just one to the general site and you would like it to be a specific page? Other stuff i'm seeing here is that you think the information he's added in other articles is trivial. Um, good for your opinion. How is this an ANI issue exactly? I don't even see an RFC/U issue here. Silverseren^C 02:24, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Assuming that's the first edit, and not the reversion, not as much is wrong with it as I originally thought. The first part, "A 47-acre (19 ha) section survives..." is clearly wrong, especially since it immediately follows "After abandoning freight operations, the railroad survived until 1938..." The second section is essentially correct. I was misled by the description of the railway as running from Summit Hill to Jim Thorpe -- I did not realize that as a figure 8, there was a large part of the track that looped around and wasn't included in the nomination. The ANI issue comes in where Doncram reverted me with the edit summary "Restore. I don't welcome this, SarekOfVulcan. Discuss at Talk." and at Talk, instead of discussing the content, attacked me with An editor, SarekOfVulcan, who has engaged in a long history of contentious editing with/against me, has followed me to this article and removed mention of NRHP listing in the article. I don't welcome this.
There is however a wikipedia policy/guideline of BRD, which I am willing to follow if there is some legitimate point about this article. However, it is absurd and obtuse or worse to remove mention of the NRHP listing. If there is some other point that the editor wishes to make, please state it here.. It's also completely inaccurate to claim that I removed mention of the NRHP listing, as a quick look at the article history will show. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 02:36, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

If all attention that had gone into this, had gone into further improving the articles of the enthusiastic Doncram, instead of deleting his content, we wouldn't have a problem either in my opinion. If you poke someone with a stick, he might get angry, nothing new. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Silver seren for speaking up. I previously thought this ANI should have been closed, nearly as soon as it was opened, but SarekOfVulcan's response to your direct query is disturbing. Egads, he really seems to think he was entirely right in disputing at the article, and in opening the ANI! He has not absorbed that Avanu's and others judgements are that what I originally wrote was entirely consistent with the facts known when I wrote it, and with the facts now known, and is intent on justifying his actions (mainly that he didn't just participate in a real way in a real discussion with another editor). His assertion that he did not remove NRHP mention from the article, here, is surreal.

To TheDJ, thanks also. I wasn't even particularly angry. If SarekOfVulcan couldn't take a minor jab-back in an obscure article talk page, which in substance was actually a real invitation to discussion, he shouldn't be playing here. I don't believe that he is so sensitive, not for one minute. It's more like he was and is gleeful, to have something he can seize upon and portray in a negative way, in running back and tattling to his home / mommie / viper's nest. He is clearly playing a game, on a huge battleground.

This case is disturbing on many levels. About SarekOfVulcan's behavior, the case, together with previous ones, shows he doesn't get how BRD works and/or he entirely disrespects that process. He seems intent on gotcha journalism, on identifying something/anything to seize upon and bring back to ANI to display for approval of the often-chummy in-crowd here. And, what sanctions, what consequences are being considered, if any? Shouldn't there be some compensation, some cost imposed, when a too-avid, self-appointed prison guard gets carried away. There seems to be no discussion of that, among the ANI editors, of what they should do with respect to an out-of-control ANI-focussed editor. There are real costs to the community here, or to several communities within Wikipedia. Sarek, meanwhile, is i think delighting in this. He gets a lot of attention, and still thinks he has "scored one" against a big-time content editor who "deserves" to be brought down. He has "won" his ends, in fact, if this ends like it stands now.

Since I have some people's attention here, what about a bigger level: wasn't it in fact morally wrong for Philip Zimbardo to run the experiment, putting people into position of beating up upon those designated as "inmates" in the prison system? That experiment was shut down. --doncram 13:04, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:BRD says

1. BE BOLD, and make what you currently believe to be the optimal change. Any change will do, but it is easier and wiser to proceed based on your best effort. Your change might involve adding, removing, rearranging, re-writing information. (Doncram's change)
2. Wait until someone reverts your edit. You have now discovered a Most Interested Person. (My revert)
3. Discuss the changes you would like to make with this Most Interested Person, perhaps using other forms of Wikipedia dispute resolution as needed, and reach a compromise.

That third step is not "revert again and post ad hominems to the talkpage". --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:57, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh, and His assertion that he did not remove NRHP mention from the article, here, is surreal? *points at the great big infobox on the right side of the screen*

Childish of you to try to be misleading to others, to fabricate a hairsplitting legalistic claim like it depends on what "is" is. You did remove NRHP mention from the text of the article. You know i noticed no dispute to the NRHP iinfobox present, explicitly mentioned by me at Talk page.

There could be a simple accomplishment of this ANI, if it could be for the community to give SarekOfVulcan a clear directive on how he should interpret BRD in cases like this. I get it that he is asserting the Bold step in BRD was my initial addition of info. If a past editor of the article had objected and removed my addition, I would have understood it that way, as that editor would have legitimate standing for their previous work, and I would tend to want to defer to that standing, and I would duly go to the Talk page and explain what I was trying to accomplish, and pose it as a suggestion for them to adopt or not. But here and elsewhere, SarekOfVulcan is following me, and objecting to what I believe are pretty innocuous, well sourced additions by me. Or sometimes in the past objecting to tentative assertions that i was making in the midst of developing an article or list-article. It doesn't work for BRD to assume that Sarek's new objections are the Revert in BRD. Rather, Sarek has no standing established and it is his bold removal or change that is unexpected. I could accept and even possibly welcome Sarek following me closely, if he were also making additional source contributions (like he has helpfully done on a number of architect articles i started) and if he would follow this reasonable interpretation of BRD and show deference to what the content editor already present is doing. Instead, here and in other past cases, he has not truly been willing to discuss anything, and seems over-eager to find a fault that he can trumpet elsewhere. He wants to play a game that is a combination of bullying and cowardly behavior, in my view. I get that he is following a death-by-a-thousand cuts strategy to drag me down, with inflammatory ANI topic titles like "doncram at it again", and I recognize that he has some good success with that, with dragging me down. It is this behavior that should be shut down by the community with clear direction to SarekOfVulcan. Perhaps as a general rule, a following-type editor should understand he/she is in lower status, that their edits are the Bold suggestions; specifically here I guess if i could have my druthers I would like for others to agree to an editing restriction on SarekOfVulcan with respect to following me. Because of this and multiple past cases of him with me and I think others, which we could go into or not. --doncr am 16:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

The way you choose to phrase your displeasure undermines the message and your credibility here. It is obvious that you and Sarek have a personality clash, and I have no idea who is "right" or "wrong" on the merits, but lashing out and inflaming the situation isn't going to get resolution and only serves to raise questions regarding your own objectivity here. You both have gotten more personal in this discussion than what is necessary (namely, none at all). This is why I recommended getting off of ANI and working out the issues together, with or without a mediator, and instead find a way to calmly and rationally discuss your differences. If I can be so bold, my first impression is that both of you are misreading each other a bit and jumping to a few premature conclusions about each other's actions here. An air gap between you two for a few days would likely be a good start. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 19:33, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

An interesting analogy, although the Stanford prison experiment wasn't "shut down" as such - Zimbardo himself abandonned it when one of the volunteers complained. Quite a moral thing to do. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Doncram, aren't you asking to have your cake and eat it too? Stripped of all the emotional baggage, what you're essentially demanding is WP:Ownership of the articles you create, at least to the extent of being able to block edits from people you disapprove of, even if those edits are within policy and exercises of legitimate editorial judgment. But previously, when people have spoken to you about writing drafts in userspace or projectspace, you've insisted that what you write needs to go to mainspace right away, so that other people can see it and collaborate on it. You've indicated that you are uncomfortable or unhappy when you have to conduct additional background research on one of your articles, and would prefer to pull information from your database source and move on, leaving that additional research for others. If you are not interested in doing further research on a topic, and prefer to leave the article to be developed by others, I don't see how you have any standing whatsoever to dictate how that article is developed. I see three possible choices, depending on what you want to get out of your time here:

1. If you would like Wikipedia to have at least a stub on every place on the NRHP, every architect, etc., create them, source them to the NRIS, and then unwatch them and move on. The article has been created, and you can leave the details to others.
2. If you would like to maintain editorial control over the articles you create, then slow your rate of creation, bring in additional sources, clarify information from NRIS when it's cryptic, and you should have no trouble upholding your preferred version of the article when challenged.
3. If you would like to have a large number of articles on NRHP places that include every piece of data in the NRIS but do not require you to look up other sources, then you should register a domain name and find a web host, because the "encyclopedia anyone can edit" is not your personal scratchpad.

I suggest you think about the possibilities carefully and choose, rather than trying to delay the decision indefinitely by rambling about emotions and personalities. Choess (talk) 23:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I can answer: pretty much #1, for now that is what I am interested in, and I do particularly enjoy and value making the NRHP nomination documents and certain other series of works available immediately in articles, i.e. it's more than just NRIS info, immediately, usually. (I do also create NRIS-only stubs where it serves other immediate purposes.) It was and is a motivation of mine to prevent future editors from simply relying upon second-hand inferior sources that are more conveniently available, when it is possible to access really good sources that are hard for most persons to find. And you don't mention all the connections to be made between the new stubs and other articles, which I enjoy weaving in. It greatly adds to wikipedia to have it be a real web of with connections between the architects and the places and the events and the lists like round barns, etc. I really do welcome further development of stub articles by others, and am happy to see many of my starter works greatly improved over time, as people take pics and add sources and so on. In the past I have enjoyed cooperative editing with SarekOfVulcan, even what seemed like a friendly competition to find bits of info to develop out decent starter architect articles. But I can't do what I enjoy and am good at, if an editor is targeting me to find any fault to magnify to an ANI incident. The multiple ANIs, whether frivolous and unfounded or not, do drag a person down.

Choess, about the incident starting this ANI, what have you to say? What is to be learned from this particular incident? I'm sorry, I do see it as one editor intent on tearing down another, behaving badly. --doncram 23:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I think it is clear that Sarek has worked out the particular problem with your edit that brought him to AN/I. At this point, let's try to focus on the material and our policies, and I mean that for you too, doncram. I know you didn't bring this issue here, but it seems that fair or not, you've got some relationship building and smoothing over of ruffled feathers whether it was intentional or not. I wish you well. -- Avanu (talk) 01:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, let me see if I can tackle the specifics (and then I need some rest). I should note that I have written a number of articles on obscure Pennsylvania railroads and I was in Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe) two weeks ago, so I have a fairly good grasp of the subject background. I think neither edit was 100% optimal. When you inserted the NRHP information, the absolute best thing you could have done is take a step back a minute and say, "Hmmmm. The article says the railroad was completely torn up, so maybe 'survived' is not quite the right word to use here. And the railroad is a linear feature, so maybe instead of stating '47 acres', I should state how many miles of the right-of-way were registered." The absolute best thing Sarek could have done is sit down and think "Well. Some of that material is technically true but misleading. I'll sit down and change 'survived' to make it clear it's only the right-of-way that's survived, and I'll figure out how many miles of the r.o.w. are part of the historic site and change that." Indeed, I think there's a parallelism between what you initially did and what he did. You wanted to make a quick addition of some data to the article, and didn't want to spend a lot of time getting tied up in the details of what's actually in Mauch Chunk and so on. Sarek wanted to quickly remove some misleading wording and didn't want to spend a lot of time getting tied up in the details of what could be salvaged from you additions to the text...then the usual back-and-forth started and here we are.

I don't think bringing this to AN/I was a great idea, but I think this whole issue does need some kind of dispute resolution with a greater scope than one article or set of articles. AN/I is usually better at flinging rocks and the occasional summary hanging than complex, nuanced dispute resolution, though. Choess (talk) 03:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I've been sitting here thinking about this for a while, and maybe what we need to do is focus on process. Right now a lot of the criticism is focused on personalities. 'Oh, that Doncram, always making careless mistakes.' But you obviously have a very regular and organized process for pulling up information and creating these stubs. Maybe the way forward is to figure out how to tweak that process so it's still comfortable and productive for you but there are less confrontational ways for other people to catch problems as it runs. Take the John W. Ross thing, for instance. If you're doing a quick pull from the database to get a bunch of buildings from the Midwest, pop them into an article, and send it on its way, it's pretty natural and normal to assume it's one person. You'd have to go out of process and look very carefully to realize it's two people. Perhaps the thing to do is go back over some of these mistakes and incidents in a careful, structured way (maybe supervised by Dennis), and instead of using it as an opportunity to beat on/humiliate you personally, we try to see why it happened and how we can fix it next time. For instance, maybe if we looked and said (hypothetical example) "OK, creating articles this way always includes the area of the NRHP. But if the registered place is really small, that number isn't very meaningful and it unbalances the article. So let's add a step where if the area is less than so-and-so-much, let's just drop it from the article text." I still see some thorny issues, like trying to balance your desire for immediacy against other people wanting to spend more time and thought reviewing for accuracy. But I think approaching this in the spirit of "how do we make a process that Doncram is happy carrying out" rather than "how do we change Doncram's personality" is going to be more productive than what's happened so far. Choess (talk) 02:38, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

After reading your comments, I have come to the conclusion that you would be the better party to mediate, as you know the subject matter (I don't), it appears you can be perfectly neutral and see the mistakes of both sides (I figured as much), and it looks like you have already laid down a foundation for moving forward. Seriously, you have already done better at explaining the problems that anyone else, and I would ask that you help them move forward, maybe on your talk page or a subpage of your talk page. You clearly are the best person for the job here and seem to have a clear grasp of the situation and an understanding of how to reach resolution, making you the best person for this particular job. I will be happy to participate if requested, but your experience and objectivity would be invaluable here. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate that Choess substantially responded to my question to him. I don't happen to like parts of what he says and the judgment he carries about a past incident which I view differently than he does. About him being a mediator, I think he and SarekOfVulcan rule that out as he is too involved, here. No offense, I think he carries too much judgement, strategizing there about what he speculates would be my strategy to get an interaction ban and how that must be headed off. Dennis, I'd chat elsewhere with you, see my chat with Sarek at his Talk page (below his discussion with Choess, before other discussions he's having with Choess).

This is off-topic now. I wouldn't mind someone concluding about SarekOfVulcan's actions, still denied by him, with no one being very explicit that he was simply wrong not to to discuss the stupid information. There should be some consequence for him, perhaps, but there appears to be no sentiment for that, so close this. Thanks. --doncram 01:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Editor rapidly changing date formats using a script

Although 1exec1 (talk · contribs) is discussing this both at User talk:1exec1 and at Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard#Unapproved bot? I think this has to be brought here for discussion, as rapid changes are being made which appear to be in violation of WP:DATERET (see the editor's talk page on this). Dougweller (talk) 05:09, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems that the editor stopped a couple of minutes after their last comments, and that several hours ago. Any ongoing issue that needs administrative actions now? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I do note that the editor *may* be planning to use a script to undo the actions of his script, a couple of eyes on the matter would be a good plan. --Tgeairn (talk) 05:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Is that any different from doing the reverts manually? It's NOT the script that pushes the Save page button. If anything goes wrong, I'm responsible for this. Any scripts I use do whatever I would do manually anyway. And no, I'm not going to revert all my recent edits, only those that are problematic, which is less than 1% of the edits. So we are looking at around 10 or 15 reverts. 1exec1 (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)(edit conflict)(didn't notice 2nd ec until I came back from gym!)They stopped editing completely after editing for 13 hours, which was 20 minutes and a number of edits after their last comment. They didn't agree to stop, and it looks to me as though they simply finished for the day. I guess we can wait until and if they start again, but I don't think we should assume they are going to stop and revert everything they did that doesn't meet our guideline, in fact from their talk page it looks as though they don't understand, are aware, whatever of WP:DATERET. I should have added that if use of such scripts doesn't require approval, I think it should. I don't think the possible intention is to revert all their changes, just certain ones. They also seem to think they can make changes simply based on the number used by each format, which is not what WP:DATERET says, as JimWae pointed out to him after he stopped editing. Dougweller (talk) 07:01, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

The more central problem is that people repeatedly start using scripts that have no ability to convert accessdates to YMD - being able only to change accessdates to DMY and MDY. Such scripts need more oversight. If you have only a hammer to work with, lots of things can start getting hammered even if another tool is the appropriate one. These scripts, intentionally or not, have a built-in agenda: gradual removal of yyyy-mm-dd from wikipedia. If a script does not allow for the full observance of WP:DATERET for accessdates, then it should not have ANY facility to edit accessdates. --JimWae (talk) 07:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

That's not the case. I simply don't have intention to convert any dates to YMD, because this is much harder to implement correctly. I also don't have intention to convert YMD dates to DMY or MDY when the YMD dates are already predominant within article. So how do I violate DATERET except for several unintentional changes that shouldn't have been done? Should I leave the current mess of DMY, MDY and YMD on the wiki just because you would like to have YMD everywhere? 1exec1 (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You are using a tool that does not ALLOW changing ANYTHING to yyyy-mm-dd format - supporting changes ONLY away from YMD. Even when it is obvious that YMD is the established AND the predominant format, you (and others) have been using that tool to change away from YMD. There are already other tools that CAN change to yyyy-mm-dd - and they work very well. Yes, it is not simple to find out which format was first. In that case, simply leave accessdates alone for others to work on. Perhaps someone has a tool to search for first usage. Meanwhile, the community needs to rein in the biased tools. --JimWae (talk) 18:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps, Jim, you could rephrase that last comment? Personally, I find a mix of date formats within an article irritating and amateurish. --Pete (talk) 19:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

This is not about personal preferences, but about what the guidelines are. Bias says: "Bias is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of (possibly equally valid) alternatives. Anything biased generally is one-sided, and therefore lacks a neutral point of view." The tool being used is, quite simply, biased against YMD - intentionally or otherwise.--JimWae (talk) 21:27, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Of course. Nevertheless, I wish you had found a better choice of words. --Pete (talk) 21:36, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

The tool's bias is my reason for saying the community needs to rein it in.--JimWae (talk) 05:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• JimWae seems to be claiming that DATERET applies to accessdates. This seems like a deeply silly claim as it would make it impossible for all intents and purposes to fix instances where formats are mixed throughout the references. Like Pete, I think this looks daft and amateurish. If there was a community discussion to uphold daft-looking and amateurish over standardised, it would be interesting to have a link to that discussion, and to revisit it if necessary. --John (talk) 22:06, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Editor 1exec1 started WT:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Archive 137#RFC on requiring consistent style of access, publication and archive dates in footnotes which didn't go 1exec1's way and discussed access dates. Jc3s5h (talk) 23:56, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see anything wrong with mixed formats as long as the dates are consistent within useage. For instance, I commonly use Month Date, Year format for date of publication but YYYY-MM-DD for access date, as that makes it easier to distinguish the two in the references. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

In the absence of any evidence that "DATERET applies to access dates", I propose that this report be closed as frivolous, and that the filer be admonished for wasting the community's time. I don't see anything wrong with cleaning up the formats of access dates, and 1exec1 should be commended for taking on this thankless task. --John (talk) 11:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

It isn't just a question of cleaning up dates, it is also a question of frequent errors. Also, although John probably does not explicitly hold the view that WP:MOS, its subpage WP:MOSNUM, and WP:CITE are frivolous, typical behavior of editors who are fond of automation is to use the slightest gap in the rules to reformat large number of articles to their usage. Allowing automated or semi-automated tools to ignore guidelines is equivalent to deleting WP:MOS, WP:MOSNUM, and WP:CITE. Of course, editors could be found who think that's a good thing. Jc3s5h (talk) 11:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Deleting the MOS? There's a suggestion at VP-Policy right now to do just that... - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:22, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Be Bold?

I have come across a few edits recently by admin to BLP/recent deaths. They revert edits by IPs with tabloid info or false claims as to cause of death etc. These families are mourning. Instead of just reverting edits could they just slap a semi-protection on the pages. It may seem bold but will save others from applying for protection and IPs from editing articles that don't understand BLP issues, RS, POV, etc. Is there an email list that bureaucrats could send an email to inform admins that there is no harm in bold protection and IP blocks of the problem ones. Sage Stallone, Kitty Wells, and Meles Zenawi are three that come to mind in just a day or so.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Protection isn't used preemptively, and isn't used when there is only intermittent vandalism. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:37, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I can understand that but when admin pops in to revert an IP after a few normal users revert IPs would it be too bold just semi-protect the page for a bit? I think it just makes us look like crap when the general public views a popular article and sees IP vandalism.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Who cars? Wikapedia is for informationn!Princestuous (talk) 03:41, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

So if I made comments about your looks, personal habits, and racial extraction on this page it wouldn't bother you if I didn't source them?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't really matter anymore, Canoe. Drmies (talk) 04:37, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The majority of anonymous edits are not vandalism. Tragic as it may be, recent deaths often result in a wave of incoming contributions to articles. It takes more time to vandalise an article than it does to revert. The system is working here. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Page protection would be the opposite of bold. There will naturally be interest in a person shortly after their passing. The value of Wikipedia is that it's a wiki and provides the best balance of neutral, current encyclopedic information available. Removing those editors who choose not to register accounts -- which is supposed to be perfectly fine -- would detract from, not enhance, the project. Nobody Ent 10:41, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Sage Stallone 200+ edits, Meles Zenawi 150+ edits and Kitty Wells 60+ edits. These are all in the last few days. I haven't counted how many are reverts of unsourced information. I would assume that the highest percentage of readers don't edit the pages. I wonder how many of these readers read articles that had false, unsourced information during these 400+ edits. I can see some being updates and expansions but I think a high percent of them are false information and revisions of such. Many readers probably come to wikipedia to get the true facts and sourced information. It just doesn't seem right to me that these edits shouldn't be controlled a little better as events unfold and speculation can be rampant. I can understand that an IP may add the news of a death but to edit war on unsourced facts leaves a false impression to those readers that don't edit. The families themselves may check the articles for accuracy and be appalled at all the untruths and heresy that is going on. I see my point may be falling on deaf ears in this matter though.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

This type of issue might be mitigated by whatever form of pending changes the community decides to adopt. You might want to have a looksee over there and comment. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:03, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think any policy changes are needed. I have seen admin block other editors they don't agree with, edit war, and bully others, etc. I am just wondering why they don't use their powers in more constructive ways and avoid making wikipedia look like a bathroom wall of crap that has no sources. I can't see one being critized for protecting a page even after they see one minor edit that could spread false information. Another admin may decide to un-protect the page but I see no reason why IPs can't request updates on talk pages until the sources get the story straight. It reminds me of the time that those buried miners were all reported alive. All the news repeated it, the families were really happy for a few hours until they had their hearts ripped out 'again' when they were later reported all dead.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't see one being critized for protecting a page even after they see one minor edit that could spread false information. Clearly you haven't been around AN/I very long... - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The reason I don't come here often is because I have better things to do with my time than argue, whine, complain, and participate in all the other forms of wikidrama by so many childish editors that I have seen on all the pages that involve any dispute. I try to sort out my issues on talk pages not drag them to every whine and bitch page I can find.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:09, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Requests_for_page_protection_is_backlogged It may alleviate some of this as well. Two day+ backlog.--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Legal threat

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Removemyphotothanks (talk · contribs) has made reference to legal action at Talk:Somali Bantu. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 05:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

. Wikipedia: Copyright "The situation for images and other media is slightly different, as a wider variety of licenses is accepted. But, in short, media which is not available under a suitable free license and which does not meet the non-free content criteria, should be assumed to be unacceptable. See Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Non-free content for details of this and Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion for some suggested steps for handling problems with images or other files. Contents"

Cease and desist from using this photo on the somalia bantu page. The link to DOD is false and it was uploaded by a known copyright violator who has been warned multiple times. I don't know I thought wikipedia:copyright says it is "assumed to be unacceptable"? Golly me. This is the last warning. Removemyphotothanks (talk) 05:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Please note that the above ip user has deleted our discussion on her talk page, in order to make it a one-sided case, in violation of wikipedia rules. Removemyphotothanks (talk) 05:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems to fall under WP:DOLT to me. The DoD link that is supposed to be the source image does not actually contain an image, and the intact caption doesn't even match what was uploaded to commons. Regardless, Removemyphotothanks, please stop using legalese here. You don't need to threaten people with legal action to get things moving. Things will get moving regardless, but you may find yourself blocked in the process. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see a threat of legal action. They said "You are in very gray legal territory my friend, and I recommend you chat with a more knowledgable administrator" which seems to be consistent with Wikipedia:No_legal_threats#What_is_not_a_legal_threat. Things will get moving without the legalese as you say though. Sean.hoyland - talk 05:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't block based on that comment alone but I would keep an eye on Removemyphotothanks (talk · contribs). If he makes any other comments that may be taken as threats of legal action, I wouldn't hesitate to block at that point. Rjd0060 (talk) 05:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• The copyright claim made by Removemyphotothanks seems to be dubious. Wikipedians confirmed that the photo in question was indeed hosted on the DoD website back in 2007, see de:Wikipedia:Fotowerkstatt/Archiv/2007/März#Somalische Bantu. The website on which Removemyphotothanks claims to have published it (and which accepts user-uploaded photos, apparently without much checking) has been around only since 2009 [64]wayback search results. There are also other questionable photos on the same page, e.g. the next further down, [65] appears to be from [66]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

When you add the "very grey legal area" bit with reiterating that adding the pic is a copyright violation and then saying "the onus is on you" (see deleted comment from my talk page), I take it as threats, or at least intimidation, against me personally. Refering to me as "my friend" and "get more experience" are just insulting. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 06:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

As Uncle G has pointed out (see [67]) the uncropped image is still present on the DoD site here credited to Sgt. G.D. Robinson. Sean.hoyland - talk 06:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

So much for Removemyphotothanks (talk · contribs) having taken it themselves. That, in my mind, definitely turns their comments into deliberate intimidation based on false pretenses. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 06:54, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I have indef-blocked Removemyphotothanks (talk · contribs) for apparent attempted copyright fraud. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks FutPer. I'll go trout myself. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:57, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Refactor request on ANI

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It looks like a new editor is having some trouble posting on ANI. Would some admin please kindly handle or refactor this diff into its own section?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=503017967

Thx. Fasttimes68 (talk) 21:54, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I think this should help, if there's not an edit conflict. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Message about Talk:Stephanie Adams

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Further information: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive45 § Stephanie Adams, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive129 § Stephanie Adams, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive150 § Stephanie Adams, and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive156 § Stephanie Adams

@admin: There is currently an excessive amount of contentious posting taking place on Talk:Stephanie Adams. The primary bone of contention seems to be over her teaching a Learning Annex course on "How to Marry Rich," the tone of which seems to suggest disparaging intent. Without relevant amplification, what's the point of inserting this information? And if maligning Stephanie Adams isn't the intention of those who support the insertion, then why are they so dogged in their attempts to add it? Admittedly, I visited the page because I'm a fan of the subject, and I was floored to find Armageddon on the talkpage. Obscenities and personal attacks are being hurled back and forth throughout, and no Wikipedia admin has done anything to bring this flagrant lack of professionalism to a halt. Please make a determination on this matter. Hal 9000 Jr. (talk) 20:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Just to make things easier for readers:

Talk:Stephanie Adams

Ian.thomson (talk) 22:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for requesting administrator action. What administrator action is required in this case? It appears that an admin has fully protected the page already. -Scottywong| talk _ 22:31, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I dunno, maybe he wants revdels or something? If it's fully protected, he may want the offensive material removed, seeing as only admins could do it at that point. Jut a guess, though. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• I believe that you have become lost en route to the biographies of living persons noticeboard, Hal 9000 Jr. Uncle G (talk) 23:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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User:Maxi1992 block evasion

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User:Maxi1992 has evaded his block by creating a new account: User:Maximus1992. Almost exact same name, same editing style in same types of articles (Algerian football). TonyStarks (talk) 23:38, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Blocked. --Rschen7754 00:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Disruptive edits of User:Omer123hussain

• I have discussed with User:Omer123hussain on my talk page and on the talk page of the article List of Indian poets, this and that but he remains violating the policies which I have also discussed for the sure, with User:Muhandes here and User:WLU this. User:Omer123hussain does not seem to stop his illegitimate edits that can be seen here.

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Actually I am not familiar how to report here, please help me in this regard. Justice007 (talk) 23:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• The editor Justice007 as admited above and at many places is not familiar with improving articles and implementing the instructions. He conteniously keep reverting the others work on multiple articles without research, for instance please see this edit, rather than improving it with simple rectifying the source he named the work as kind of vandal what is kind of vandal??? Which later I had rescued. He is keeping on naming the work as black link, What is black link ??? Most of his contribution is reverting others work, which is mix of good and bad edits.
• Infact I had informed him to stop removing sourced information, as there is no issue in including the author name if attested with reliable sources, and even the editors whom he asked for help told him to do so here and here by Muhandis.
• Simply he is misleading the ediotrs, WLU here about my edit by saying its a REDLINK, where I included the name of the author with reliable sources whose CV is here, that author is much popular among Bengali work, thus for that reason I did not created seprate article, as most of the sources are in bengali language news papers but I attested reliable source with his name see here. The editor should understand these all things, and stop wasting his and others time and energy.
• I recommend if some editor takes the inetiative and investigate about the editor Justice007 who maintains his on article Ehsan Sehgal, which is I doubt is timely edited by multiple user, created by himself.

Will respond if any more query's are there. Regards :) --Omer123hussain (talk) 00:53, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

• Justice, this really is a matter for the 3RR notice board, but the situation right now is that you are both edit-warring and you can both be blocked for it. This is a content issue, not a matter for administrators--what would apply to the one, edit-warring and thus disruption, would apply to the other as well. As it happens, you are more right than your opponent on the content, and so I have reverted, for reasons explained in my edit summary: allegedly having slept with a famous person is not a sufficient indication for notability, unfortunately, and thus for inclusion per WP:LISTPEOPLE. But that's beside the point--I'm really speaking as an editor here, and am not acting as an administrator. Any passing admin can still choose to take action on both of you, but I prefer not blocking either one, as long as peace and quiet can reign on the subcontinent and thereabouts. As far as I'm concerned, this can be closed. Drmies (talk) 00:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Just to make things clear: your sources can establish a one-sentence article: "Person X is a poet who may have slept with Famous Person Y." That's not OK. Drmies (talk) 01:08, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Please block User:Ochson for forging my signature, and editing other's comments.

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This is rather straightforward, and I request immediate action. User:Ochson created a thread on the ref desk forging my signature here [68], then intentionally removing his own autosigned signature here [69].

The same user had also edited to entirely change another user's comment here [70].

My suspicion is that User:Ochson is almost certainly the same user as User:OsmanRF34 and the recently banned User:DriveByWire suspected of being a puppet of User:Cuddlyable3, as well as possibly User:Jerk182 and possibly User:Hipocrite (unless this is manipulation). μηδείς (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Orcson's behavior may be problematic, but I don't understand at all why you think Hipocrite might be involved. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Given that I have long railed against refdesk "regulars" who use it as a chatboard, I strongly doubt that I'd be so ignorant as to provide yet another "regular," to use it as a chatboard, and to have been doing so during a period that I wasn't paying attention to the disaster area that is the refdesk. I'll just not take offense, but any admin who is seriously contemplating taking any action against me for the actions of whichever denizen of the refdesk is creating this nonsense please measure twice before cutting once. Thanks. Hipocrite (talk) 23:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you think any of this is related to me. Is it because I linked to the article on pedant in a response to one of your Ref Desk edits? I don't see why else you would think that unless I incorrectly edited the Ref Desk by accident. If that's the case, please let me know where and how. Jerk182 (talk) 23:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Maybe your recent hostile comments, maybe your user name, maybe your editing style, and especially the fact that you created your user page saying you were no longer a red link after I criticized the recently blocked DriveByWire for being a red link account with the editing habits of an old sockpuppet. I haven't asked that you be blocked, Jerk182, I have merely voiced my suspicions. μηδείς (talk) 23:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I didn't mean to come across as hostile. I was trying to let StuRat know that you were commenting on his grammar rather than the substance of his contribution. My username is a reference to the cheesy '80s movie Turk 182. My user page edit is just what it appears to be: a placeholder for when and if I plan to put something more meaningful there. I was not aware of anyone's reference to red links. Let's be friends.  :) Jerk182 (talk) 00:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

That is Ochson, not Orcson. It strikes me as suspicious that user hipocrite did not complain that his comment had been refactored in a thread that he began but did not further comment on. It is a side issue. Please take action on Ochson's account asap. μηδείς (talk) 23:41, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't provide nourishment to those who merely wish to bother others by revealing my bother. It was corrected, and I merely await his blocking, and hopefully some more eyes to solve the refdesk issues. Hipocrite (talk) 23:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Based on behavior patterns I think it is unlikely that OsmanRF34 is the same editor (but I am often surprised); but I do agree that something needs to be done about Ochson, regardless of who he is. Looie496 (talk) 23:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I've handed Ochson his walking papers. I don't know which long term troll he is, but he's not new around here. If a checkuser cares, they may be able to figure out whose sock drawed he fits in. Regardless, it isn't either Osman or Hipocrite, I'm sure of that, and I consider this matter closed from my end. --Jayron32 00:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I do think a checkuser is justified given some of the recent driveby (funny that word is appropriate) attacks at the ref desk. But those other users obviously haven't been refactoring other's comments. μηδείς (talk) 00:03, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Is it possible to check whether User:Ochson might have signed my name elsewhere in the project? I don't know of a way to search for the use of a specific term by a specific user, and am wondering if there is a way to do this or whether an admin can do so for me? Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 03:03, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I checked every contribution made by User:Ochson, and found only the one use of your signature. Unless there are socks around it should be resolved. Monty₈₄₅ 03:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 03:48, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Return of the sockpuppet

The user has evidently returned as User:Whatisrealis. See this edit removing the date and title of a gibberish post the user created: [71] and tellingly, this edit [72] removing the user's own autosignature. μηδείς (talk) 04:08, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Let me just say I responded to the above concern on my own talk page when it was raised there. I find the evidence that the two accounts are linked to be interesting, but not compelling. Let me ask Medeis to file a report at WP:SPI if they believe that the accounts are linked and wish to prove that. If they are, then checkuser should fish them out. I don't find the behavioral evidence to be so obvious as to pass the WP:DUCK test at this point. Maybe its a loon or a goose, but I can't establish it as a duck just yet. SPI could, however, so if concerned file a report there. --Jayron32 04:12, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Acadēmica Orientālis/formerly Miradre

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Acadēmica_Orientālis has a history as an SPA pushing a pov that has it that certain races are biologically inferior than others regarding intelligence and propensity to commit crimes. Following an editing restriction he expanded his scope to articles generally related to question of biological influence on criminal behavior and intelligence. In the past month or so I have looked at his contributions to three different articles (two had him as main contributor) in which it has been painfully clear that he is not working neutrally but selectively choosing those sources that argue in favor of the the viewpoint that social behavior is determined by biology - completely ignoring opposing viewpoints (of which there are always many as the nature/nurture question is generally contentious, and particularly in the case of crime and psychopathology). The articles are Racism, Biology and political orientation, Biosocial criminology (also note the relative weightinh og "environmental" and biological/genetic in the other article he has recently worked on Psychopathy) (see also his past contributions to Race and crime, Correlates of crime, Imprinted brain theory and the related talkpages). I am not arguing that this bio-centric viewpoint should not be represented in wikipedia, because it obviously should. But I don't think it is in the interest of wikipedia to allow Academic Orientalis to repeatedly create lopsided biased content related to this topic. I would like to assume good faith, for example assuming that Academica Orientalis is not familiar with the fact that the literature he repeatedly inserts into articles is only one side of a large debate, but unfortunately at this point this would not make sense since he has been told multiple times, and even sanctioned for tendentious editing. I think the only sensible course of action is to restrict him from editing in nature/nurture related articles broadly construed (his other recent interest is science and technology in China - I haven't heard of problems with his editing there). In my mind the issue is comparable to the time when a user had the unfortunate habit of writing articles about antisemitic canards without being able to write those articles neutrally. He was stopped from doing that and he was encouraged to start editing in other areas and has since been a useful contributor. I have hope that the same could be the same for Acadēmica_Orientālis if he is restricted from writing about the particular topic regarding which he is clearly incapable of giving a balanced coverage.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Maunus's argument is rather unclear. But I have repeatedly stated that I will avoid race and intelligence articles except some occasional talk page comments and so I have for many months. Maunus's strangely takes up a few not objectionable talk page comments on the racism page a long time ago as evidence for something. What is unclear. The question of nature/nuture in various other articles I have contributed significantly to is a content dispute where Maunus has a strong personal POV. It is unfortunate that Maunus tries to "win" his content dispute with me this way. No evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever has been presented by Maunus. Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I am not trying to "win a content dispute" - I am trying to avoid having to follow you around balancing your articles in the future, in effect preempting future content disputes, except its not really a dispute since you usually don't try to resist your articles becoming neutral you just don't help doing it.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:29, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

What you are describing are content disputes. Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:33, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

First, talk pages count. Second, what about this edit, which actually succeeded a tug of war with others about your previous edits?--Bbb23 (talk) 01:00, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Not sure what your point is. My talk page comments contained nothing objectionable. I have avoided editing R&I article contents for more than half a year now. Your diff is about a content dispute unrelated to R&I. The content dispute is currently discussed on the talk page and elsewhere. Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:11, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The problems were summarised fairly well a year ago by EdJohnston [80] and by Aprock here at WP:AE. Not much seems to have changed. The problems are not specifically with R&I. Mathsci (talk) 01:15, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

When accused of violating the ban, there appears to be a refrain (then and now) by AC that the material he is editing is not related to R&I. His response that Talk pages are irrelevant is similarly ban-evasive.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I am not under any topic ban. As stated I do not want to participate anymore in the R&I dispute with Maunus, Mathsci, and other, and have voluntarily avoided these articles for more than half a year except some occasional talk page comments. Mathsci's links are almost a year old. I repeat that no evidence of any wrongdoing has been presented. This is an attempt to use ANI to win a content dispute. Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:26, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Whether you are currently under a ban is only relevant in terms of the sanctions that may be imposed on you through this discussion. Your arguments are evasive and sly and don't really address the issues. If I, without any previous knowledge of you, can see that, you can imagine what others more familiar with your history will think. If you want to help yourself, I suggest you try a different approach.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:35, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) EdJohnston wrote, "Regardless of how one analyzes the topic of evolutionary psychology, Miradre's general approach to collaboration on Wikipedia is so poor that a lengthy block for disruptive editing would have been equally well justified. There is doubt in my mind whether Miradre's brand of zealous advocacy has any prospect of improving the encyclopedia. (The 3RR thread I cited above shows what happens when his edits encounter opposition). If Miradre's attitude remains unchanged when his block expires, which seems likely, the community will face the question of whether there is any value in letting him return to editing." Nothing to do with R&I, just WP:DE. Mathsci (talk) 01:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Again, you are linking to one person's view which is almost one year old. I have not wish to be further involved in the R&I dispute with you and Mathsci which is why I have voluntarily avoided the topic. I will do so also in the future. I have instead contributed to many other articles for which I have received praise. I repeat. No evidence of wrongdoing has been presented. This is a content dispute. Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:45, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• I am not accusing Academica Orientalis of evading a ban, I don't think he is currently under one. I am accusing him of tendentious editing, which is very difficult to support with difs. But I have demonstrated on the talkpages of Racism, Biosocial criminology and Biology and political orientation that Academica Orientalis repeatedly selects only sources representeing a single viewpoint, frequently twists sources, and sometimes uses weasel phrasing to avoid describing critical views ("there has been criticism of this viewpoint" without describing the criticism or who made it). It really means that it is a huge job for other editors to supply the other half of the argument and rewrite articles to reflect all of the available scholarship. Civil tendentious editing is a huge time drain for other editors, especially when confronted with repetitive IDHT type arguments and total unwillngness to address the problems.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You have not shown that. I cite sources accurately and include opposing views when I find them including describing the criticisms. You on the other hand have admitted claiming there are problems by citing sources you have not even read! [81]. You have not produced any diff showing wrongdoing. Please do not use ANI for content disputes. Academica Orientalis (talk) 02:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Diffs

• In this edit Academica Orientalis includes a statement that "Other see twin studies as reliable.". The context is that AO based the heritability section of the article on a single article by Alford, Funk and Hibbing that used twin studies to determine heritability of political orientation. He included no critiques of the study and did not mention any problems with the method used. There is in fact a large body of literature criticizing twin studies as a source of heritability estimates. I included several sources arguing specifically that Alford et al's conclusions were untenable because of methdological problems - two of them stating unequivocally that twin studies have been abandonded as a source of heritability estimates. When I looked in the article provided by AO in support of twin studies as a source of heritability estimates it said this: "Twin studies of heritability are suggestive of genetic factors in social and political attitudes, but they do not specify the biological or psychological mechanisms that could give rise to ideological differences. Recently, researchers have turned to molecular genetics approaches, which involve sampling subjects’ DNA from blood or saliva, and identifying individual differences, or polymorphisms, in a particular gene (Canli 2009)". Here the authors say the opposite of what AO make them say - they state that twin studies may be suggestive of genetic differences but that they are no longer used by serious researchers to provide heritability estimates. This shows two kinds of problematic behavior by AO 1. failure to attempt to provide a balanced view of the topic he writes about (he cannot claim that he didn't know of the problems with twin studies, or that he didn't know it had been criticized - he knows this very well from his time in R&I) (in essence cherry picking) 2. misrepresentation of sources.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

A complicated content dispute. Regarding heritability and twin studies in general I linked to the heritability article which discusses the subject in great detail. To replicate all the arguments for and against in every article mentioning heritability is of course not possible. I added a secondary literature review to the section. I agreed on the talk page that some researchers argued twin studies are not accurate for exact numbers but they do have been important for showing that genetics play a role. My source started with "The heritability of human behavioral traits is now well established, due in large measure to classical twin studies." I therefore subsequently changed my text to reflect this which you do not mention.[82] See also this review article for a different view on the subject: Nature Reviews Genetics: [83]. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:17, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The point is not the issue of content - the point is that: 1. you were aware that the study was controversial and did not state so untill someone made you. 2. you misrepresented the source you did present. If this was a single standing incident it would not be a problem, and i would assume that you would have learned that you ned to include also the opposing view in a major scholarly dispute like this, but unfortunately it isn't. It is a persistent pattern over several years. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:22, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I stated what I was aware of. Regarding the heritability source, see what I wrote previously. Your unsourced claim of persistent pattern is incorrect. I could just as well claim that you have a persistent pattern of being biased in your editing on these subjects. Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Then you need to be more aware. Especially since people have been making you aware of literature that disagrees with the basic viewpoint expressed in the source for the past several years. I don't buy that excuse -but if I were to assume good faith it would still be an issue of basic WP:COMPETENCE. A wikipedia editor needs to be able to have the mind to realize when a viewpoint is controversial nad requires a balanced treatment. Especially one who has spent so much effort editing controversial topics as you have.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:27, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I added a link the Heritability article discussing the arguments for and against in great detail. To replicate this in every article mentioning heritability is not possible. Regarding competence, how about you actually reading the sources you claim contain important information supporting you. Which you have admitted not doing: [84]]. That would seem to be a minimum requirement. Academica Orientalis (talk) 19:33, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Please stop lying about those two sources. I have not claimed they support me. I have not cited them. I have suggested you read them since they might provide you with a more nuanced view of the fact, and might enable you to actually cite some of the criticism that your source mentions, but apparently doesn't cite.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You were listing sources that supposedly should provide information that was supposedly missing in my source without actually having read your own sources! Academica Orientalis (talk) 19:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I was providing you a service since you apparently suffer from some kind of handicap when it comes to finding sources that contain information you may disagree with. And I would do it again.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Nice tactic. So if you disagree with an article you will start filling the talk page with sources which you yourself have not read and demand that the other side must read them since there is a possibility that there may be something in the sources you have not read that will support your views? Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:02, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You refused to provide citations for the criticisms that your own article mentioned, I found articles that are clearly critical of biosocial criminology (indeed the title of one of them is "a critique of biosocial criminology"). But yes, if I happen to know that an article is leaving out significant viewpoints then I will at times provide sources that I believe express those missing viewpoints on the talkpage so that other editors may use them to improve the article, if I don't have time myself. That's not "a tactic" that is called writing a collaborative encyclopedia.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 20:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I have certainly stated which review source I have used for my statements. You personally "think" that there are missing criticisms and you "think" that these missing criticisms may be in some sources you have actually not read. Since you do not have the "time" yourself to control your speculations, you demand that someone else should do the work for you. Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:18, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The source you used apparently states there is criticisms, it is not just something I "think" - yet those criticisms are given no shrift at all in the article. That is the problem, and that is why I had to use google to findout what they might be after you refused to provide the sources that i am sure the review source cites. Very collaborative of you.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 14:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• In this edit AO adds a mention of the fact that "has sometimes been criticized for ignoring environmental influences". This is of course correct and it would be very useful for the reader to know who made this criticism and where, and based on what arguments. Instead of giving this basic information AO writes: "Biosocial argues that this is incorrect but that on the other hand many sociologically influenced criminological approaches completely ignores the potential role of genetic which means that the results is likely confounded by genetic factors." That is the criticism is only mentioned so that it can be debunked, without giving the reader a chance to even know who is being debunked. When I placed a tag asking for who made the criticism AO said that it was already sourced (to the source debunking the criticism that is), and he did not offer to find it for me. When I googled crtitiques of Biosocial criminology I quickly found a few studies which I presented on the talkpage so that AO could use them to improve the article. Instead he argued that because I hadn't read them my assertation that the article lacked criticism was unfounded (in spite of the fact that he himself had mentioned the existence of criticism, and refused to provide the citation of the critique)·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:38, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Another content dispute. I have on the talk page given the exact quote from which the statement was made.[85] The source does not give further information than what I stated in the article. Have you not read what I wrote on the talk page? Regarding the sources you gave and claim contain relevant critical information, you yourself have admitted that you have not read them! [86]. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:22, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Again, it is not the specific content here that is the problem, but that fact that you knowlingly did not adequately represent opposing (mainstream) viewpoints. If you don't have access to mainstream sources about a topic don't edit.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I stated what the source stated on the subject. I have not "knowingly" excluded anything. I have read sources unlike you who have admitted claiming there are arguments missing by citing sources you have not even read! Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:06, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

So now you are verging into plain untruths. I admitted that I had not read two sources that I added on the talkpage - I have not cited those sources anywhere. Your own source mentioned there was criticisms - that didn't motivate you to look for it. That is at best a competence issue and at worst knowingly omitting the contrary view. You have not admitted to not reading the sources you cite, but if you read the review you introduced then you certainly read it very superficially.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The diff speaks for itself. You mentioned these sources you admit not having read as supporting for your views. I have read the Biosocial Crime source I cited carefully and not stated otherwise. Academica Orientalis (talk) 19:38, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• This is similar to the above, in that he gratuitously mentions that there has "been various criticisms", but does not mention who made these critiques orexplain what they are, but instead sources[87] the entire paragraph to an article in which the original authors of the controversial study make a rebuttal of criticisms (The study has been shown to be based on flawed data and statistical methods by Buller, David (2005). "The Emperor is Still Under-dressed". Trends in Cognitive Science 11: 508–510.) - but Ao doesn't think this is relevant for this article.

Content dispute. I did not mention any of the specific arguments either for or against since there is a very long Wikipedia article (Cinderella effect) dedicated to the subject which was linked to. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• This edit is just blatant POV peacockery.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:39, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Content dispute. What the sources states. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:31, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Here AO removes the only mention of the fact that the mainstream view in criminology still is that most of the causality behind crime is explained by environmental factors. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Content dispute. In fact, the article starts by stating "contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories". This with a source unlike the completely unsourced material I removed. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:36, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• It seems odd that the claim that noone would have contradicted this claim "Traditional sociologically oriented theories explain relatively little of the variance" which basically states that all other criminologists have got it all wrong. Where is the "traditional" view (also known as mainstyream) represented? ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Content dispute. This is what the given source states. There was no "traditional" view there on this that I did not include. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:38, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Exactly. Writing a neutral article requires looking at sources written by...gasp... the other point of view. Basing an article on a single biase source as you routinely have done producess... biased articles.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

If I wanted to write a POV article I would not have mentioned this criticism at all. Your are assuming that there are counter-arguments without proof. Just like you assume that sources you Google contain relevant information without reading them. If there are in fact opposing view, then state them so they can be included. Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:17, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Here we're back to race again (but not IQ). Apparently religious Black people tend to vote liberal. It's probably in their genes. (Ok, this isn't really misconduct since its on a talkpage and he's actually using a maisntream source (but cherry picking a factoid out of table))·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:58, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Content dispute. Secondary source. No mention of IQ. No mention of genes. Talk page comment. No cherry picking.Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:41, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Look at this article edited by AO recently. Notice how anthropology and sociology account for a paragraph each, whereas - evolutionary explanations account for something closer to three screens. One would think that social sciences would have more to say about altruism (of course they do). Ok, AO is not interested in social science and probably shouldn't be forced to write extensively about stuff he's not interested in. But then again isn't every editor responsible at least for maintaining articles in some kind of reasonable weight between viewpoints according to prominence? ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Content dispute. I edited the area regarding which I have most knowledge. Your description is misleading, there is also a long section on social psychology in the article. If more social science is needed, then please add this. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• I could find a lot of similar stuff if i go a few months further back. For example AO's article on Race and crime was stubbified a year ago after the consensus in an afd found the topic notable but the coverage completely lopsided. This apparently didn't deter Ao from writing a bunch of similar ones.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:14, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

See no concrete arguments here. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Question "He included no critiques of the study and did not mention any problems with the method used." This is more than a solid screenful of text at ANI suggesting we should ban all newbies who don't write at FA or above ? serious ? how do these arguments about an experienced editor not also apply to every new editor that walks through the door ? Penyulap ☏ 20:50, 25 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Because AO has been told multiple times that wikipedia requires neutral article and that what he writes rarely is neutral?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 11:38, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• to ANI thread from july 2011, where AO (then Miradre) got a 3 month topic ban for tendentious editing and editwarring in violation of the R&I arbitration restricitons. (This is the reason an RfC seems unwarranted). For Those who have requested diffs of old school disruption there are quite a few in that thread. Now AO has not been editwarring lately, but I don't see the fundamental change that might have been hoped for in his editing behavior after coming back from the topic ban.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 13:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I get the absolute maximum of 3 months for several reverts over a long time period while the person who reported me and who did more reverts during the same extended time period gets nothing at all. See the diffs given for that by me in the link if interested. It seem Maunus have found so little to object to in my current behavior, just the content disputes above, that he must bring up edits almost one year old in a topic I a long time ago stopped editing when he is asked for something more concrete. Academica Orientalis (talk) 13:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

The previous topic ban is brought up, not as evidence of current wrongdoing, but to show that this is something that you have been made aware of before, and that an RfCU seems unwarranted given that this is not the first time by far that your editing has attracted negative scrutiny. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 14:01, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I have avoided editing this topic for a long time. No one here has accused me of edit warring. Yet you fail to see any fundamental change? Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I think you have avoided the topic of R&I (to some extent - except for example your recent tedious appearance at Talk:Racism, where, contrary to sources, you argued that racism should be narrowly defined only as racial discrimination based in a belief of racial superiority (so that the belief itself is not racist unless it motivates discriminatory practices)). But clearly your entire focus on theories that argue for biological determination of human behavior is closely related to R&I (although I do think its outside of the scope) - and your choice of literature is similarly onesided. Thats a quite close correspondence in behavior, although it does seem that you haven't edit warred. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 14:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

You are making false and defamatory statements. I have expressly stated that I am against racial superiority beliefs theoretical or practical. You are furthermore arguing that adding evolutionary psychology perspectives to, say, evolutionary approaches to depression, imprinted brain theory, evolutionary economics, sports psychology, or evolutionary aesthetics is closely related to R&I? Academica Orientalis (talk) 15:01, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

You are not reading what I write, I made no characterization of your beliefs. You argued for a definition of the concept of racism that tied it only to racial superiority, in spite of the fact that most sources say that such a belief is not necessary for something to constitute racism. Your proposed definition would mean that for example white supremacy would not be classified as falling under the definition of racism, unless it actually argued for discrimination(which few white supremacists do today). This is obviously not evidence for you sharing any of those views , but it is evidence of you still being involved with the topic of race in a way that is closely tied with the problematics of the R&I arbcom case. I don't think adding material on evolutionary psychology to articles is necessarily related to R&I nor necessarily problematic - it depends entirely on whether the material added promotes the view that mental abilities and characteristics is determined by biology - which I think is clearly related to R&I even when not explicitly mentioning that debate. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 15:50, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I have never argued for any "definition of the concept of racism that tied it only to racial superiority". To clarify, believing that populations may differ in traits is not equal to beliefs in superiority or discrimination. One may believe that populations differ in alcohol tolerance or lactose tolerance without arguing for discrimination or superiority but rather simply argue that such knowledge will help the groups lacking the lactose or the alcohol tolerance. Regarding the content dispute at "Racism" you changed your own proposed definition numerous times in response to my criticisms demonstrating that it was very constructive. You are now actually arguing that all articles describing research on the genetics of mental traits should be under R&I? Thus also articles like Schizophrenia or Positive psychology should be under R&I even if they do not mention race at all? Academica Orientalis (talk) 16:44, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

No, I don't think that is what I am arguing. I am quite sure I am arguing that it depends on the kind of edit one does to that kind of articles - if the edit gives undue prominence to the hereditarian view then I think that does relate to the R&I dispute (I am not saying I am sure it falls under the sanctions, but the relation is clear). (your argument about lactose tolerance does not seem relevant to the issue at all since presumably no one is arguing that noticing genetic differences between populations is necessarily racist, I know I haven't.) ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:08, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Topic ban

• Support an indefinite topic ban of Acadēmica Orientālis from all nature/nurture related articles, broadly construed. There has been a relentless push by Miradre/Acadēmica Orientālis to use Wikipedia to promote the idea that many differences between groups can be explained by the biology of certain races. The relentless WP:CPUSH based on a commitment to use sources from only one side of the debate means it is not possible to sum up the situation with a couple of diffs. One of the many examples can be seen at Talk:Guns, Germs, and Steel#NPOV dispute: Some opposing views removed (and following) to coatrack some R&I views into an article about a book that is only peripherally connected with hereditary effects (search for my comment dated "10:45, 23 February 2012" on that talk page for a quick overview of the book). The above was started by Miradre in July 2011, but related attempts were made by Acadēmica Orientālis in February 2012, see Talk:Guns, Germs, and Steel#Criticism by Rushton removed. There are many other articles where the above is repeated. This editor is interested in only one side of a complex issue, and is damaging articles by introducing POV. Johnuniq (talk) 03:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

An infinite topic ban based on what? Some many months old talk page comments in one article? What exactly was objectionable except that I dared disagree with you in that discussion? Should not you also be banned since you were also involved in that talk page discussion if that is a crime? Yet another example of using ANI as a way of winning content disputes.Academica Orientalis (talk) 04:05, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(To clarify, this was stated before there were any accusatory diffs regarding recent edits)Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:23, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

The claim that I would have been biased regarding the Psychopathy article as stated by Maunus in the initial post is completely ridiculous and outright offensive. Before I started my recent editing there was NO section at all on environmental factors. The article contained statements like "parents cannot be held to fault for their offspring becoming psychopaths, for no amount of good parenting can fix the basic condition, which has genetic causes"! There was no mention of the studies finding that psychopathy can spontaneously improve with age in children. Or studies finding treatment effects. Or that the claim that psychopaths get worse with treatment is likely incorrect. And so on. Academica Orientalis (talk) 04:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

And no change in behavior since the criticism of your actions 23 months ago.... — Arthur Rubin (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Did you miss that I have stated that I voluntarily avoid editing R%I articles and have not done so for many months except some talk page comments such as the above several months ago. Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support a topic ban, based on Miradre/AO's fixed POV and attempt to foist this POV on the encyclopedia, per Johnuniq. We cannot allow such POV-pushers to warp our articles. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Diffs showing objectionable behaviors in recent months? Academica Orientalis (talk) 11:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(To clarify, this was stated before there were any accusatory diffs regarding recent edits)Academica Orientalis (talk) 04:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support topic ban. Wikipedia must be neutral, and those who continually seek to subvert that are not here to improve the encyclopedia. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:51, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Diffs showing objectionable behaviors in recent months? Academica Orientalis (talk) 11:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(To clarify, this was stated before there were any accusatory diffs regarding recent edits)04:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support There don't seem to be any problems with his edits related to China. But his addition of content related to biological differences/evolutionary psychology in a vast range of articles (eg Honor killings) too often seems biased, unbalanced and undue. He argues interminably in circles on talk pages over these issues and that is a drain on volunteer time. Mathsci (talk) 10:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Diffs showing objectionable behaviors in recent months? Academica Orientalis (talk) 11:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(To clarify, this was stated before there were any accusatory diffs regarding recent edits)Academica Orientalis (talk) 04:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Almost every comment in the thread[88] is an example. I explained that your single source relating to evolutionary psychology was written by somebody without academic qualifications in the subject (he is a lawyer outside academia). You responded that my statement was an ad hominem attack on the author. You exhaust editors with this kind of circular WP:IDHT argument. Mathsci (talk) 12:22, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You are misrepresenting, selectively quoting, and ignoring the many different arguments I made in this talk page content dispute. Again, show the diffs showing the need for an indefinite ban. Academica Orientalis (talk) 12:35, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Here are examples from threads on talk pages of multiple articles covered by or related to WP:ARBR&I (I have not picked out individual diffs):[89] [90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97] Mathsci (talk) 12:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you have not showed any diff and explained what is supposed to be objectionable with it. You are simply linking to talk page content disputes most of which are very old without explaining what is supposed to violate any policy. Again, show the diff you think show objectionable behavior violating Wikipedia policies. You seem to be arguing for a purely political ban for disagreeing with your own POV.Academica Orientalis (talk) 13:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The pattern of repetitive WP:IDHT edits seems clear enough, as others have written. It cannot be described by individual diffs. In the example from Honor killings, one article by a non-expert in the subject was used to produce the content. AO did not concede that there might have been a problem with the source. He. continued arguing in circles, as seems to be happening here. Mathsci (talk) 14:03, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

So no concrete evidence can be produced and no specific policy I have violated can be named but I should still be indefinitely banned? Regarding the content dispute with you regarding Honor killings, see the Honor killings talk page discussion. Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:16, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Academica Orientalis dismisses all criticism. Not so long ago—barely a month—Roger Davies already commented that Academica Orientalis had spent a considerable amount of time vociferously supporting a blatant sock troll (Alessandra Napolitano) of a banned user.[98] Their contributions here should be viewed in the light of that. Mathsci (talk) 21:15, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I have not supported anyone I knew was sock troll. Academica Orientalis (talk) 21:36, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support I became aware of the topic Biology and political orientation based on a post by another editor to WP:FTN. The editor Acadēmica Orientālis appears determined to push biased content which violates core policies (such as the section discussed here Wikipedia:RSN#Biology_and_political_orientation which is clearly based on unreliable sources, but which has not been removed Talk:Biology_and_political_orientation#Unreliable_section because the editor Academica wants the content to stay and "point out that there is controversy and refer to the main article") and to frustrate other editors into submission. IRWolfie- (talk) 10:46, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

No one has produced any diffs showing any objectionable things I have done in recent months but are making accusations without backing. Seems to be a purely political topical ban for my views on a topic I have not edited for many months. Academica Orientalis (talk) 11:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

(To clarify, this was stated before there were any accusatory diffs regarding recent edits)Academica Orientalis (talk) 04:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I can transform the above links into diff form if that is preferable. Considering I have not edited in this topic area before now, I don't see how my support could be political (I'm not sure what you mean by that). IRWolfie- (talk) 11:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please show the diffs showing anything I have done in recent months showing the need for an indefinite ban. Academica Orientalis (talk) 11:15, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I can only respond with diffs corresponding to when I observed your interaction with me and another editor You have resisted the removal of a section based on a primary study of dubious quality (there is agreement in RSN that it's not reliable) based on some dubious arguments:

Bringing in arguments that were never made: "Do you have any evidence for scientific misconduct?" [99]

Arguing that a Journal of American Political Science should be assumed to reliably discuss Genetics [100].

Arguing that newspaper coverage shows notability (I assume you mean weight) for primary sources in biology rather than coverage in secondary sources. [101]

Denial that the topic is controversial [102]

Arguing that even though acknowledging heritability methods are strongly criticized [103] the section based on the primary study using that method should still be kept: [104][105]

Arguing to have specific criticisms of heritability methods excluded: [106][107]

Still want the section kept even though there is a "large and complex controversy" [108]

Arguing that it has not in fact been discredited: [109] but followed by acknowledgement of the non-quantifiable nature of twin studies: [110][111], despite exact figures been given in the section.

In summary it's clear you are intent on pushing the source on to the article despite it not being reliable for the claims given. But I think reading the full discussion on the article and RSN demonstrates the point better. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:59, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You are grossly misrepresenting my talk page arguments as anyone can see by reading the diffs and the whole talk page discussion. You are NOT MENTIONING THAT I ADDED A PEER-REVIEWED SECONDARY REVIEW SOURCE to the section. I have not denied that the subject is controversial but claims of a large literature of scientific opposing views needed to be backed up by sources which is what I asked for. Notable scientific controversies are not disallowed from being discussed by any policy as you seem to be arguing. Talk page disagreements on contents are not disallowed. Thanks for making it clear that you want to ban me indefinitely for disagreeing with your own POV on what is a talk page content dispute. Academica Orientalis (talk) 13:08, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

This is also covered in the diffs that I have shown and the link to the article, the journal article itself also mentions why it's not suitable as well (as was already pointed out to you but you appear to have ignored WP:IDHT). IRWolfie- (talk) 13:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You have shown no such things. You seem to think that "original paper" = "primary source". That is of course not the case. The peer-reviewed secondary literature reviews I added to the section does no primary research but is reviewing the existing literature. Thanks for again demonstrating that this is about a content dispute and not about violating any Wikipedia policies. Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:08, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The review article from nature defends the concept of heritability, not the method of twin studies. In fact it mostly argues that heritability estimates should be based on genetic data even though "classical twin studies" have been useful. It is quite clear that they consider twin studies to be a pre-genomic era kind of method. So why you would include that to support twin studies is odd, and why you seem to think that you deserve praise for having added one more source in defense of the same controversial viewpoint without adding any for the opposite view is even odder.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I am talking about a completely different review article: [112] Regarding the Nature article cannot see any criticisms of twin studies. Do you have a quote? Academica Orientalis (talk) 21:43, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Question where is the disruption ? certainly the editor has an opinion on the topic, this is perfectly ordinary, so they discuss and promote their opinion, this is also quite normal. Where is the edit warring, where is the disruption of process, in short, why is this even at ANI, is there a problem on wikipedia now that no editor may have an opinion ? Please be kind enough to diff some disruptive behavior, so we can all get to the point please. Penyulap ☏ 13:23, 25 Jun 2012 (UTC)

I am not claiming "disruption" I am claiming persistant failure to edit neutrally. Everyone is entitled to having an opinion, but when editing we are expected to edit neutrally and balancedly, not merely promote one view on a topic (even though perhaps it is a common occurrence - which doesn't legitimize it). Ani is not just for disruption, it ios also for making decisions about how best to direct community resources, in this case a lot of community resurces will be spent patrolling AO's pages for neutrality if he is allowed to continue editing in this field. Whereas if he is allowed to edit only on other topics community reseources (including AO's efforts) will be directed at something more productive.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 20:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

No, promoting your own opinion is not what wikipedia is for. The disruption is evident in the links I have shown and has effected the articles in real terms, the heritability section has been kept in the article despite the study being completely unreliable and unsuitable. Also see Mathsci's link for example. The editors substantial edits, based on primary studies and newspaper coverage of the studies, pertaining to his POV [113] are clear evidence of actual damage to the encyclopedia. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:45, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Having an opinion is to be human, being surrounded by people with the same opinion leads to a lack of awareness that you do, indeed, have an opinion. Tolerating other people's opinions when they are civil, articulate, and following the rules is what wiki is about. Penyulap ☏ 20:39, 25 Jun 2012 (UTC)

No, throwing your opinions out the window and deferring to reliable sources is what wikipedia is about. This is an encyclopedia. IRWolfie- (talk) 21:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You are still NOT MENTIONING THAT I ADDED A PEER-REVIEWED SECONDARY REVIEW SOURCE to the section and you are grossly distorting my talk comments. There is not policy against discussing notable scientific controversies. Academica Orientalis (talk) 13:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You added a peer reviewed source supporting your original view after you had been shown that you had failed to include a large body of contradictory views. In short your adding the review article after the initial artciel had been challenged only continued the same biased direction that you had begun. At no point did you say "Oh, I guess its right I left out important criticism, let me correct that" what you said was "but I have a counter criticism to all those critical studies". The tendency is clear.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:35, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I did not leave out any important criticisms of which I was aware. I linked to heritability article which discusses the concept in great detail including arguments for and against. Replicating this long article everytime heritability is mentioned is not possible. Since the source was challenged, I added a secondary review source I had used elsewhere in the article but not in this particular section. Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:29, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Oppose a topic ban. Despite the queasiness I feel in supporting an editor whose views so strongly conflict with my own, I cannot see anything in the diffs so far provided which give grounds for a ban. Civilly arguing a point, however fringe or oddball, is only disruptive when it moves into repetitive, wall 'o' text trolling which this has not. I see no evidence of unjustified edits to articles, no incivility, no vandalism. This editor may be annoying and frustrating to the majority of editors on articles s/he visits, but that's not sufficient reason for a block, in my opinion. Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 14:06, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The issue here is not his views but the fact that he persistently writes biased articles that do not take into account opposite viewpoints. This kind of persistent tendentious editing is very difficult to show in diffs, but I'll be posting a collection of interpreted diffs. Also no one is talking about a block, but about a topic ban so that the fact that he is unable to edit neutrally n this topic will not create problems for the encyclopedia's coverage of this sensitive issue.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:17, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Civil POV pushing is still POV pushing. Arguing a point beyond what is reasonable, and onwards is disruptive and does effect article content (the section based on the unreliable source on heritability is still there, he reverted it back in twice without consensus, his POV push has retained it despite no editors agreeing with his edits). Only after another editor performed significant research did academica indicate there actually was a controversy with the section, his original edits mention none: [114]. All his edits to the page are of this type and will take a lot of work to try and fix, made the more difficult by the editor himself. Topics bans aren't given out just for incivility and vandalism. Civil POV pushers also face topic bans. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Again, as usual, lots of claims most of which are not supported by any diffs. Sweeping claims regarding all my editing based on a single edit. You are still trying to ignore the reliable secondary review source I added. Heritability is by no means dead today, see this review article in Nature Reviews Genetics: [115] Heritability is controversial, but so is also, say, other scientific debates or political views on various issues and there is no need and possibility to repeat the whole controversy every time the issue is mentioned since we have wikilinks to the main articles. Heritability, including both the general arguments for and against, are discussed in the Heritability article I linked to. Regarding claims that I would generally be biased I will repeat my earlier comments regarding the psychopathy article: Before I started my recent editing there was NO section at all on environmental factors. The article contained statements like "parents cannot be held to fault for their offspring becoming psychopaths, for no amount of good parenting can fix the basic condition, which has genetic causes"! There was no mention of the studies finding that psychopathy can spontaneously improve with age in children. Or studies finding treatment effects. Or that the claim that psychopaths get worse with treatment is likely incorrect. And so on. I urge those interested to examine the article before and after I edited it. Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Miradre/Academica Orientalis is sort of the canonical soup-spitter. That sort of behavior isn't obvious in a diff, or even in a single thread, so it's hardly ever deemed "disruptive" in an AN/I setting. I disagree with Kim: I think that if an editor is consistently annoying and frustrating the majority of editors on articles s/he visits, then s/he needs to stop editing those articles. This is a collaborative project, and we don't have unlimited reserves of constructive, cheerful editors to step in and replace those burnt out by dealing with this sort of behavior. I don't see a loss to Wikipedia if AO stops editing the topic in question, and I do see a benefit: namely, decreasing the burnout rate among the constructive editors dealing with him/her in that topic area. MastCell ^Talk 16:04, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

So no concrete evidence can be produced and no specific policy I have violated can be named but I should still be indefinitely banned? It seems like a purely politically motivated ban. I have added a very large amount of material, sourced to secondary academic sources, to numerous evolutionary psychology related articles these past months. Without any objections except on a small minority of them. I deeply resent the claim, given without any evidence, that my editing on the whole is not constructive.Academica Orientalis (talk) 16:18, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

There's a difference between a indefinite ban and a topic ban. Also, it's entirely possible to be a disruptive influence without breaking a single policy, guideline, law, or anything. For instance: let's say that your neighbour buys a shotgun and then sits on his front porch every day holding it, right next to your house and yard where your dog and kids play every afternoon. He hasn't broken a single law, but he's clearly creating a rather uncomfortable environment... - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 17:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I am not holding a shotgun. Another comparison would be a dictatorship where people with opposing views are punished without any evidence of wrongdoing. If you have any concrete evidence of misdoing, then please give the diffs. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

It is is a purely political ban without any supporting evidence for other wrongdoing, should not this be stated clearly in the policies? Like "genetical/neuroscience/evolutionary psychology views are not allowed regarding certain topics such as politics or crime"? Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:47, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Shotgun ? could we please remain on planet Earth, this is civilized editing, not even socking or reverting, it appears more a case of someone who doesn't look like 'we' do, and, on a worldwide project, that is hardly in harmony with policy. Can anyone show me a disruptive diff, such as reverting or some such ? Penyulap ☏ 20:45, 25 Jun 2012 (UTC)

You seem to be confusing a civil POV pusher with someone who engages in edit wars, see a description here of the characteristics: Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing. That's why he is constantly asking for diffs, because it's hard to impossible to show civil POV pushing in a diff, you need to look at the long term behaviour. IRWolfie- (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please look at my long term behavior regarding articles such as the Psychopathy article where I have as stated above greatly reduced the genetic arguments. Academica Orientalis (talk) 21:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I take very seriously the careful arguments against my oppose above. I completely concede the point that this editor is tendentious and uncollaborative, but manages to stay well on this side of the line of civility, edit warring etc. A good example is the set of exchanges here wherein AO stonewalls all attempts at discussion. In all the talk pages I've viewed, I don't see AO acknowledging that s/he is doing anything wrong or could in any way improve their approach. The same is true of this discussion, wherein AO characterises the whole problem as an extended content dispute. So I fully accept the facts of what folks are complaining about here. I guess my problem is with the remedy. I've had occasional brushes with similar editors and have longed for them to become abusive or start to edit war, just so we can reasonably block them. Usually they do, but what if they don't? Others here are arguing that the disruption AO causes is sufficient to merit a topic ban. I'd take the view that AO's nuisance value is the price we pay for accepting a wide diversity of views here, but if the consensus is that the price is not worth paying I will quite understand. Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 21:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

That is a very well argued deliberation, and I find your oppose on those grounds to be entirely reasonable.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 21:59, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I would like that I have added a great deal of evolutionary psychology material to many articles and there have been no opposition to this except in a small minority. The Biology and Political Orientation article seems to have caused an enormous controversy considering the AfD and this ban proposal. If it would help I promise to avoid this article and concentrate on other articles where I think I have added much valuable material without opposition. Academica Orientalis (talk) 22:04, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

It would help if you were to admit that you have failed to give a balanced coverage of topics related to nature/nurture, and that you will take steps to remedy that in the future. And no, I see the same problems with your EP edits - EP is a similar controversial field where a large body of critical literature exists, which I have never seen you take steps to include in your writings.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 22:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Sweeping generalizations without giving evidence. I could just as well argue that you biased in your edits regarding these topics. See the Psychopathy article which I thinks is much better after my edits and which, yes, includes evolutionary psychology criticisms added by me and from which I removed much incorrect pro-biology material. Academica Orientalis (talk) 22:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support. All of the diffs above show content problems, but AO seems unable to stop adding questionable material supporting his POV, and deemphasizing material opposing his POV. or to understand what he's doing wrong. All his statements at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biology and political orientation show this problem, although there, the entire article represents nothing that does not support his POV. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Could you give a diff and explain what was unacceptable? Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

As I couldn't find one that was acceptable, I see no need for additional diffs. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 18:57, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

If you do not produce any diffs and explain what policy is violated, then how do we know there is a problem and how do I defend myself. An absurd situation. Academica Orientalis (talk) 19:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Collapsed trolling by sockpuppet of banned user Echigo mole
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Support topic ban on all topics remotely relevant to human biology. This user has consistently supported an extreme point of view which can be usefully described as pseudo-scientific racism -- attempting to import into numerous articles material which is favorable to the view that human races exist and that there is some scientific backing for a notion of racial superiority. This point of view cannot be tolerated on Wikipedia. Ordinary editing mechanisms are not adequate to address this issue, and otherwise productive editors are exhausted by the prolific and incessant POV-pushing. One editor alone, User:Mathsci, has had to follow this user to Talk:Honor killing, Talk:Guns, Germs, and Steel, Talk:Problem of evil, Talk:Causes of autism, Talk:Cognitive bias, Talk:Cultural anthropology, Talk:Criticism of evolutionary psychology, Talk:Democracy Now!, Talk:Groupthink, Talk:Social anthropology, Talk:NPR -- think of how much useful editing he could have done instead if he had not had to battle this racist claptrap. No, there is no viable alternative to a wide-ranging topic ban, if not a complete ban from Wikipedia altogether for people who peddle this line. Peshawar Cantonment (talk) 21:04, 25 June 2012 (UTC) I have not edited any race articles for over half a year except some occasional talk page comments most of which were several months ago. Honor killings, Problem of evil, Causes of autism, Cognitive bias, NPR, Groupthink, and so on are not about race. You seem to be arguing for a politically based ban for editing in an area I have avoided for many months. Academica Orientalis (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2012 (UTC) No, I'm arguing for a ban based on your continued and continuing pattern of edits, which are promoting a political point of view which is consistent with and a continuation of that older unacceptable behaviour. Of course it's politically based, in that sense, and the overwhelming consensus of opinion is that productive editors ought not to have to waste their time dealing with it. It's just that some editors are shy about admitting it. Peshawar Cantonment (talk) 21:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose screen after screen after screen of nonsense at ANI, this is why there are bright lines drawn, so this doesn't happen. The user is causing annoyance by discussing a long list of different new material and many editors are frustrated that this editor doesn't stop trying to add material to articles. It's called wikipedia, and this is what it is for, take up golf you lot, or write a book. Like many things I've seen Johnuniq come up with, this proposal is lacking in any solid foundation and is nothing beyond demagogy, I have come to expect no meat from John unique. Penyulap ☏ 21:14, 25 Jun 2012 (UTC)

This is not Johnuniq's proposal but mine. And the problem is not that he adds material, but that he only adds one kind of material and shows no interest in improving his editing to conform with Wp:NPOV. That is not how wikipedia is supposed to work no.

• Oppose: I do not see disruption and I for one am not going to lower the bar for a topic ban to the level of having an unpopular belief system--and the occasional expression of such on talk pages. It would send a chilling message if this becomes the standard threshold for a topic ban.– Lionel ^(talk) 22:07, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

You are misrepresenting the reasoning here. Any and all kinds of beliefs or faiths are completely acceptable for editors to have and argue, but a basic requirement is that we at least demonstrate a willingness to work towards NPOV in collaboration with others. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 22:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• The topic ban was proposed not because of AO's beliefs, but because of the tactics s/he uses to promote those beliefs. MastCell ^Talk 22:15, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Most of my edits have not caused any objections. Much of the criticisms is about a single article and in particular a single section and source. Or regarding my prior editing many months ago in a topic I now avoids. That is hardly evidence for any general current pattern. Again, I urge those interested to look more broadly at other articles I have edited recently. Academica Orientalis (talk) 23:03, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

@Maunus: saying that I am "misrepresenting" is tantamount to calling me a liar. As you can well imagine I take exception to that. Are you sure you want to go down that road at this venue? – Lionel ^(talk) 01:46, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Well, I take exception to you attributing me an opinion that I have not expressed, that is what I would call misrepresenting my stated opinion, which is what you do in your comment above. That is incidentally mentioned in WP:CIVIL as an uncivil thing to do, if done on purpose. If you didn't do it on purpose then I would have expected you to change your comment so that it didn't misrepresent my views (and those of other "support"ers, none of whom have argued that AO should be banned because of his views). I think you speak English well enough to be able to understand the difference in meaning between "misrepresent" and "lie". So which road is it you want to walk down with me?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 11:44, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

You are sorely mistaken. I have not attributed anything to you, nor to any other supporter. I am entitled to my own analysis of the facts. And what if I told you that my opinion was not based on the specific points you've raised but from other information? That would be a huge mouthful of crow for you to eat, wouldn't it? And to help further your understanding of our policies, it is one thing to disagree with another editor, it is a violation of WP:AGF to accuse an editor of misrepresenting. Hope this helps, and don't swallow the feathers--they make your poop look weird. – Lionel ^(talk) 22:48, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

In my idiolect the word "misrepresent" carries no assumption of intentionality and it is fully possible to misrepresent something unintentionally. I for one never attribute to malice what can be explained by flawed reasoning. So would you mind divulging what "other information" you base your assertion that topic banning AO would lower the bar to "the level of having an unpopular belief system--and the occasional expression of such on talk pages", given the evidence of persistent POv editing in article space?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:49, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support So this is an editor, who repeatedly breaks our behavioral guidelines as noted in diffs above, against one of our core policies, has been previously sanctioned in a closely related area with a topic ban, with no apparent effect? Why shouldn't a topic ban be put in place? There would still be well over 3 million other articles for the editor to contribute to; it's about time we nudge the editor to edit in an area where they do not disrupt the building of this encyclopedia. Yobol (talk) 02:56, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Most the complaints are regarding a single source in one particular article. Aside from edits made months ago in a topic I now avoids. Would it help if promise to avoid this article in the future? No, my knowledge is regarding evolutionary psychology so I cannot contribute as well elsewhere. Most of my edits regarding this to numerous articles, adding substantial material, have received no complaints whatsoever. Academica Orientalis (talk) 03:22, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

User:Acadēmica Orientālis/formerly Miradre arbitrary break

• Comment - I have trouble saying that I would oppose sanctions based on the actions of the editor involved, but I cannot actively make myself support one. Yes, the editor is apparently incapable of even the most basic reasoning. Yes, the editor politely engages in stonewalling. And certainly his mindless repetition of "I don't see any diffs" and other comments above are almost enough to make one want to strangle him, if that could be done over the web. But I would procedurally prefer it if an RfC on the editor's behavior, with a recommendation to cease editing all articles in the basic topic area, were filed before a topic ban is placed. Based at least on some of the comments here, it may well be possible that the editor has some sort of mental dysfunction or inability and it is impossible for him to view his own conduct rationally. That sort of thing appears a lot in race-related material. The problem seems to be that the editor has recently returned to editing material which is somewhat related recently. For all of his own vapid repetition above, I have seen no reason given by this editor why he has chosen to end his so-called self-imposed ban now. If he at least seemed to have acknowledged his own mistakes earlier, as his repetition of that comment seems to at least strongly imply, how has time made them other than mistakes in the past few months? However, having said all that, there is a precedent for "exhausting the patience of the community," and I do get the impression that AO's behavior has crossed that line. On that basis, I cannot force myself to actively oppose a topic ban either, unless a saw a clear and unambiguous statement that the editor would voluntarily remove himself from all involvement on related articles indefinitely. John Carter (talk) 22:51, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The reason I didn't start an rFc is the fact that he has participated in an arbcom case and has been under editing restrictions for similar behavior in the past. This did motivate him to edit i other areas rather than being an SPA, and I think that it would probably be to the benefit of wikipedia if he would concentrate his editing on topics such as China-Africa relations, China-South American relations and Chinese science and technology.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 23:34, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I have not ever been a SPA but edited a broad range of articles. Most of my editing and adding extensive material to numerous articles has not caused any objections at all. I would welcome a RfC so we could get a more fair overview of my recent editing which I think have been generally constructive. Academica Orientalis (talk) 23:46, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I think you quite clearly have, and you have also once stated that you had a previous account but rgistered "Miradre" exactly to be able to edit in "a controversial area" without it reflecting on your previous identity. I can find a dif to a previous ANI thread in which there was a general consensus that your account was an SPA dedicated to R&I. I estimate that less than 5% of the edits of Miradre (talk · contribs) have been outside the general R&I topic area. You clearly are doing good edits in other areas unrelated to biology and psychology, and I would encourage you to continue with that.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 23:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please present evidence when you make claims and accusations. Many of my edits in biology and psychology have arguably been constructive such as regarding the Psychopathy article as explained earlier above.Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:02, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Well it is of course arguable - which is why we are arguing. The point is not so much that your edits are not constructive as it is about the quality of the construction and the amount of overseeing it requires of other editors to bring it in line with policy, and the fact that you appear to adamantly resist improving.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:18, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Most the complaints are regarding a single source in one article which cannot be taken as evidence for any general editing. Contrast that to the numerous additions that have received no complaints. Academica Orientalis (talk) 03:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Evidence has been provided that this takes place on a large number of articles and their talk pages. AO was not a WP:CLEANSTART: the new account was created apparently because of a hard disk failure which also resulted in the user losing their password for the account Miradre. It certainly is relevant to look at AO's prior editing as Miradre, before the accident. The EP related edits and talk page discussions did not change much. Here for example are two threads on Talk:Incest taboo. [116][117] AO unduly changed the thrust of the article by prominently adding content from poor sources. Here are similar kinds of discussions on Talk:Suicide from November 2011,[118] on Talk:War in October 2011, [119], etc, etc. Mathsci (talk) 05:46, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

I have asked for diffs because many have made general accusations without presenting evidence. Note that at the beginning of the case there were for a time no diffs at all but people still wanted me to be banned. To then ask for evidence when I am being threatened with an indefinite ban seems justifiable. Otherwise it looks like a political ban due to my editing of a topic I now avoids. I have not ended avoiding this topic. Academica Orientalis (talk) 23:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Most of the diffs that have been added are about my editing many months ago in this topic. Or regarding a single article and in particular a single source and section in that article. I urge editors to look more broadly than just at my editing months ago in a topic I now avoids or regarding this single article and section/source. I have edited numerous articles and added material without any objections except in a small minority. If it helps I promise to avoid this particular article (Biology and political orientation) in the future. Academica Orientalis (talk) 23:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Look, I know that in the United states, where most people come from, there is no presentation of a case against the accused, for example, the president declares on TV that such and such somewhere in the world is a criminal, and that's the case closed, however, are we really so low as to deny obvious fundamental justice in this case by not providing a single recent diff or two, because I for one would like to see wikipedia hold itself just that little bit up out of the mud of mob stupidity, like a half arsed push-up by a fat slob just before he completely collapses back into the mud face down, so can somebody, for the love of god, provide a diff or two, hey, borrow something I did !!! there's an idea, call it puppetry for crying out loud, but lets see a little light shining in the basic ANI procedure department here ok ? This is not too much to ask. Penyulap ☏ 00:43, 26 Jun 2012 (UTC)

RFC/U is an excellent suggestion, John. This issue is just not clear cut enough to decide in a thread at ANI by tally of !votes. We use the topic ban hammer far too often here. – Lionel ^(talk) 01:33, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Take this to an RFC/U. Topic ban could be a remedy sought if AO can't understand the problem then, but I'd like to see wider discussion first. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 13:22, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

And you are taking into account that he got a 3 month topic ban for the same behavior a year ago?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 13:24, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

A deeply unfair claim and comparison with editing almost one year ago. I have avoided that topic for a long time and I have not been accused by anyone here of edit warring. Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:11, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I think the editing pattern you have displayed here at ANI as well is also troublesome. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Am I allowed to defend myself against a proposed indefinite ban? What are you objecting to concretely? Also, all of your criticisms have been regarding a single section in one article. Would it help if I promise to avoid this article in the future? Academica Orientalis (talk) 14:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support When editors continually edit a small group of articles to insert bias, and argue their position on talk pages, they are hindering the improvement of those articles and wasting the time of other editors who wish to improve them or eliminate bias. There are rules related to neutrality and editors must attempt to follow them. TFD (talk) 18:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I have edited many pages without any controversy whatsoever. The above criticisms concern just a couple of pages. Most are regarding a single section in one article. Cannot be taken as evidence for any general pattern. This ban seems politically motivated for old editing in an area I now avoids. Academica Orientalis (talk) 18:53, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support on the basis of the tendentious behavior and disregard for community feedback displayed here. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, not a place for defending blatant POV pushing against community consensus. aprock (talk) 20:06, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Of course not unexpected that you also would appear. Just to note, I received the maximum possible topic ban of 3 months for several reverts during a time period. None of these violated 3RR but I admit I should not have made as many reverts. I do think the punishment was excessive. However, Aprock did more reverts during this time period but received nothing at all! (See my 15:45, 11 July 2011 comments here: [120]) This is the systematic bias one encounters in this area. So of course I have avoided this area. Obviously this will not help. I will most likely get an indefinite ban. Many have cited the edits I did many months or years ago, in the area I have since avoided, thus making it abundantly clear that they consider I should be punished for expressing an unpoplar opinion at all in this area. The other criticisms regarding my editing concern a few pages. Most regarding a single section in one article which I have offered to never edit again. This can be compared to the numerous articles I have edited with no complaints. My expertise is regarding evolutionary psychology so I will no be able to contribute anywhere as effectively to other areas. So I will most likely retire once I get the indefinite topic ban. Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

You have a narrow view of what is "the area" which you were to avoid. I'm not sure it should be all of "evolutionary psychology", but only those parts where you have a non-standard view and are not willing to go beyond it to report on the standard view. You would know what those parts are better than I. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Obviously I cannot edit any evolutionary psychology article, any article mentioning evolutionary psychology explanations, or any article mentioning the possible role of genetics under a ban against "nature/nurture related articles, broadly construed". Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:56, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

I suspect I may have been one of the more active users regarding adding substantial new article contents with 3,200 mainspace article edits since I returned in February. I feel it unfortunately increasingly clear why the Wikipeda Community is in decline and is reducing its active contributors by 7% each year.[121] New Wikipedia editors are according to research "entering an environment that is increasingly challenging, critical, and/or hostile to their work".[122] This does not explain exactly what these new editors are accused of doing. They are according to the link not of lower quality than earlier. One may instead suspect that the Wikipedia Community, as often is the case with groups, is becoming increasingly conformist and increasingly hostile and intolerant to views other than the "correct" Wikipedia view on the world. Editors with other views than the single "correct" Wikipedia view are being driven off the project. Academica Orientalis (talk) 02:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support. User gives no indication that there will be an improvement to the clearly demonstrated non-neutral editing. The proposed topic ban is necessary for protection of the wiki, but I fear it is only an intermediate step, that the user will have to be banned indefinitely. Binksternet (talk) 20:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

See the comments above to Aprock. Academica Orientalis (talk) 20:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Sounds like we both expect you to receive an indefinite topic ban. Binksternet (talk) 01:57, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose on procedural grounds. There are specific fora in which editors who allegedly violate arbitration remedies have their edits examined by experienced users for recentness, relatedness, and egregiousness. ANI is no place to short-circuit this necessary dispute resolution, unless the editor in question is being outrageously or obviously disruptive. The charges against this user seem to of civil POV pushing, and such a charge is difficult for laypersons in the community to investigate - it seems that those arguing for AO's ban have been involved in editorial disputes with xem for a long time. Also, AO's claims that xe has avoided the topic area for months now seem to be, at first glance, credible. Shrigley (talk) 14:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
  • The editor has not violated an arbcom remedy, a previous remedy was brought up to show a pattern of behavior. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 16:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Many editors above ARE citing my earlier edits and having expressed the wrong view in the R&I dispute, a topic I have avoided, except some occasional talk page comments, for more than half a year as reason for topic banning me. Just look at Johnuniq who started the topic ban discussing. This was before anyone had given diffs regarding recent behavior they disagree with. The only links he gives are to R&I topics on which he himself have the opposite view and have argued with me. Or Mathsci, also before anyone had given diffs about recent behaviors, who is linking to R&I talk page content disputes most of which are very old without explaining what is supposed to violate any policy and in which he personally has often been involved. This seems to be arguing for a political ban for disagreeing with Mathsci's own POV. Academica Orientalis (talk) 17:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

You are arguing a point I didn't make. That's not helpful. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 18:54, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps while they are misrepresenting themselves in such a disingenuous way (describing discussions from February 2012 as "very old", etc), Academica Orientalis could explain what exactly they think my "point of view" is? Mathsci (talk) 07:03, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

At ANI, last month is old, and February is Jurassic, this belongs at IAV as much as it belongs here. Penyulap ☏ 11:43, 28 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Topic bans are usually issued for long term problems with conduct. If you are suggesting otherwise, then your edits amount to disruptive trolling. Mathsci (talk) 20:48, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Come on, give it a rest. This topic is already long enough as it is. No need to engage in name-calling, particularly a redundant name (are there undisruptive trolls?).--Bbb23 (talk) 01:51, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Look, I apologize for getting up your nose on this one, I don't mean to, but to have a pattern at ANI, you need a few recent diffs to compliment the old stuff that you find, there may well be some pattern, but without a few decent recent additions the dots join up into a drawing of a dead end, where the editor has abandoned the behavior and moved on. Otherwise it's the wrong venue.

Incidentally I wish this sort of thing didn't get deleted, with a general like that in charge of the charge of the critics, nothing can possibly go wrong. (oh how I wish it were really about me) Penyulap ☏ 16:48, 30 Jun 2012 (UTC)

That edit was removed after the user was checkuser blocked as a sock troll of Echigo mole, who has disrupted this thread at least three times. Are you also fighting for the rights of a community banned sock troll? Mathsci (talk) 22:04, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Reviewing the history of the articles biology and political orientation and biosocial criminology, there doesn't seem to be behaviour which would warrant this extraordinary measure. This just seems to be routine difficulty with controversial topics and so ordinary dispute resolution should be used. My impression is that there has been inadequate recourse to standard processes such as RfC and third opinion and so these ought to be tried. Warden (talk) 12:58, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Collapsed trolling by CU blocked sock - please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Echigo mole
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Support topic ban, and indeed outright ban from the project. This user is energetically perusing an agenda that can only be described as racist across numerous articles, and multiple editors are spending much valuable time tracking and confronting his spurious contributions. No Platform for racists. (31261) 1998 EF8 (talk) 09:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC) — (31261) 1998 EF8 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. |}

• Support topic ban, per discussion in this thread. I don't see many comments that AO's edits to these particular articles are not problematic. If the case is that AO really is staying away from the topic, and will continue to, then this topic ban doesn't hurt anyone, and simply formalizes AO's self-imposed restriction. Therefore, I don't find that rationale for opposing compelling. If the case is that AO edits well in other areas of the project, then a topic ban won't disrupt that activity. Therefore, I don't find that rationale for opposing compelling either. I do, however, find the pattern of disruption presented above compelling, and I see a topic ban as a good way to eliminate that disruption while allowing AO to contribute positively to the project in other areas. If AO adjusts to the project, and demonstrates a more collaborative attitude, and wants the topic ban lifted in the future, he has that option.   — Jess· Δ♥ 13:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Seems to be a basic misunderstanding here. I am voluntarily staying away from R&I topics. The proposed topic ban is against "nature/nurture related articles, broadly construed" which is a much, much broader topic. This topic ban will prevent any edits regarding evolutionary psychology which is the topic regarding which I have most knowledge. Most of my thousands of edits across numerous different articles regarding this has not met any opposition at all. Academica Orientalis (talk) 16:19, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Your knowledge in this area is not helpful to us if you cannot apply it to articles in a neutral and balanced manner -- that is the issue. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support topic ban et al. Per the twisting sources to support a WP:POV being a bad thing. see Biosocial_criminology. —ArtifexMayhem (talk) 15:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hm, not sure exactly what you are objecting to here? The version before your recent massive edits and deletions to the article described what the sourced chapter stated accurately. You have also inserted a quote not in the sourced chapter. Your edit summary here [123] seems to indicate that you do in fact know that the sourced chapter support what you deleted. Academica Orientalis (talk) 16:10, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support topic ban. This set of articles has seen far too much disruption. Skinwalker (talk) 23:42, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

If you are talking about R&I I have avoided that topic for a long time. If you are talking about nature/nuture articles in general most of my thousands of edits have received no complaints at all. The couple of pages mentioned here is hardly evidence for any general pattern of "disruption".Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:21, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose topic ban and the suggested standard for tendentious editing on which it is based. An editor is not required to go out and find every source about a topic. An editor who has a reliable source in hand, and wants to add a description of its claims to the encyclopedia, should always be welcome to do so. If you believe that the source is wrong, or contradicted by others, then go out and find sources with the opposite opinion and put them in the article. Not merely is that faster than litigating cases at AN/I and ArbCom - it is better because your audiences are not coming in with virgin minds you must avoid polluting - they're coming in with preconceived notions based on the source with the "wrong" view that they've read decades ago. You need to state and refute fallacies, not hold Inquisitions into the heresy of Wikipedia editors. It's better to have an article that describes one point of view than one which describes none at all. Now I haven't understood every allegation above, and there are some things that you could show that would change my mind - for example, if AO had deliberately misrepresented sources, or deleted sourced, relevant material describing the opposite point of view. But I do not accept that a series of good edits can add up to a bad editor. Just because statistically an editor's positive contributions tend to favor one side over another over time means nothing. If we are to look at such things, we'd be better off going after the editors who repeatedly delete things and falsely allege violations of policy whenever an article describes views that contradict their own. Wnt (talk) 16:14, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Disclosure: I wrote the section regarding correlation of liberalism with higher IQ, having very strong and repeated statements of opposition to any mention of this material on Wikipedia as "too contentious" regardless of its sourcing. This definitely tinges my opinion of this proceeding. Wnt (talk) 16:14, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

It is of course impossible to positively prove that misrepresentation is deliberate. What I can show and what has been shown previously is that misrepresentations are consistent and always in the same direction as his stated opinions on the matter - this is a pattern repeated over years of editing. You might be right that correcting his bias would be faster than litigating, but we are talking about years of having done just that, and being met with repetitive circular argumentation, making in effect any attempt at neutralizing Academica's writing as time consuming as litigation - he does not just write biased articles, he defends the bias with repetition ad nauseam, and refuses to acknowledge a responsibility for selecting and representing sources, and refuses to collaborate in writing neutrally always pushing the burden of removing bias unto the other editors. At least Noleander, acknowledged that he had a responsibility for making his articles less biased when he was faced with accusations of writing consistently non-neutrally. I also take exception to the idea that editors are not responsible for finding sources that are generally representative of the topic rather than presenting only one side - this is of course directly contrary to WP:NPOV.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:37, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

It's true that I made these same points when commenting on the Noleander case, but in that case the deliberate misrepresentation of sources became an issue. Misrepresentation of sources by someone for POV reasons is fully sufficient reason for action, because there's no good way to correct the damage this does. But when I see two people adding sources to an article, one adding sources for one side and one adding sources for the other, what I see is a team, working together to improve Wikipedia. It's no more improper for editors to specialize in documenting certain points of view than to specialize in documenting certain types of sources or categories of information. The fact is, many many times an editor (myself included) simply sees a source, says, "hey, that's cool, let's mention it in the article so other people can read about it", and doesn't investigate any further. That's OK, even though it will reflect the editor's POV ("that's cool") every time. There is no duty for a single editor to produce a comprehensive article. That duty lies only on the editors collectively when they seek to promote the article to a higher rank of quality. Wnt (talk) 18:26, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

There's no duty for an editor to produce a comprehensive article, but there is a duty to produce a neutral one. The notion of two editors being a "team" is pretty ironic for anyone who has ever tried to do that kind of "teamwork" with AO. That is not the kind of team I want to be on - I would much rather be able to rest assured that new biased content is not being added to wikipedia by AO while I edit other articles. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:30, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

It sounds a lot less frustrating than the more common problem of working with a serial reverter. From NPOV: "Biased information can usually be balanced with material cited to other sources to produce a more neutral perspective, so such problems should be fixed when possible through the normal editing process. Remove material only where you have good reason to believe it misinforms or misleads readers in ways that cannot be addressed by rewriting the passage." You've already acknowledged that the normal editing process is faster than AN/I, and it's what WP:NPOV says to use. If all he's doing is adding stuff, why can't you just add good sources criticizing the heritability idea to a few relevant articles and be done with it? Wnt (talk) 13:35, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

With all due respect Wnt, you don't know what you are talking about. The quote from NPOV says what to do when an article is already biased, it does not say that this means that other editors are responsible for following pov-pushers around and neutralizing their articles. I and several other editors have struggled with trying to neutralize AO's editing for several years at this point, that is not an efficient use of otherwise content adding editors' time. At this point you are arguing that it is ok that certain editors refuse to follow policy because the problems they create can be fixed by others. Somehow I don't see you fixing a lot of articles around here so that is an easy argument to make.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 13:48, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - So far as I can tell, this discussion has been going on for about 2 weeks now. I count 15 votes supporting a ban, 6 opposing. I myself, as useful, waffled incredibly saying I would go with the majority. I really don't want to wish having to read this thread through on anyone, but is there any chance of it getting closed sometime soon? John Carter (talk) 00:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I counted 15 support, 5 oppose and named the editors so others could check. Since your numbers are different, would you mind searching for my post at "02:06, 3 July 2012" and saying what difference you see. Johnuniq (talk) 07:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

• Reasonable question. There only seems to have been one !vote made since that time, an "oppose", by User:Wnt, at 16:14 on July 7. John Carter (talk) 19:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks, I have updated my numbers below. Johnuniq (talk) 00:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

DoD Acadēmica Orientālis on behaviour

The issue of a topic ban in this case is malformed for ANI, no bright lines have been crossed in the recent past, and the distant past is beyond the scope of this venue. There is little to no chance of any bright lines being crossed in the immediate future, and leaving the issue of a topic ban open in this case can only serve an ill purpose, that is, to topic ban Acadēmica Orientālis because of his obnoxious insatiable desire to answer every comment, which has nothing to do with the topic in question. (not an insult, I like the editor, I want to help the editor, it's just an observation which I can get away with because I'm on friendly terms with him, and it's what you're all thinking). The annoyance is not the issue of the topic ban, but it would assist Acadēmica Orientālis if he understood the minor issue of commenting a little better. He is too well educated and articulate to require mentoring, or, nobody can be bothered offering as it is not appropriate, and as this is not about misbehaviour no trouting could apply.

I would like to present the Donut of doom to Acadēmica Orientālis as something much less than a trout, to let him know that his commenting at ANI could use a little more restraint. I will present it as a complaint, because I think he talks too much at ANI, and I think there are other editors who feel he is somewhat verbose. Penyulap ☏ 21:51, 27 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Your "analysis" of the factors behind the support !votes above is completely unprovable and amounts to a gigantic assumption of bad faith on your part. Since most of those editors have cited both specific and general behaviors on AO's part as the reasons behind their comments, WP:AGF requires you to accept what they say at face value, unless you have evidence to show otherwise. To make sweeping assumptions based on nothing isn't terribly helpful one way or the other. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:25, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

I disagree with your analysis of what most editors have cited as reasons. Despite Penyulap's admonition I do think I should make a comment here about good faith. Maunus is accusing me of acting in bad faith and deliberately being biased regarding favor of biology in social behavior. Now, I certainly admits that I have sometimes have made mistakes in my edits. I have made thousands of edits to numerous articles in a rather short term period and some of them are most likely mistakes. I know that discover mistakes such as spelling and poorly written sentences when I reread what I have written after a while. But this has not been out any malice and I have not deliberately been withholding any information I know of. I have been acting in good faith. Academica Orientalis (talk) 08:51, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Despite my objection to Penyulap's anaylsis of the reasoning behind those who have !voted against you, I do agree with one thinge he said: you'd be best advised to shut up, your replies are doing you no good, and merely dig the hole deeper. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:28, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

That is what I was getting at Beyond My Ken, that is the precise undercurrent that I would like to separate and address so that the primary concern may be addressed upon it's merit alone. You do have a fair point that my computation of motives and tally of said motives is 'unprovable' that is true, but doesn't your second statement illustrate my accurate analysis ?

On a side note, after the exchange on Acadēmica Orientālis talkpage, I find he is a good sport on my candour.

I think the Donut of Doom is a good, polite way to suggest someone talks too much and it 'dooms' them. Penyulap ☏ 11:32, 28 Jun 2012 (UTC)

but doesn't your second statement illustrate my accurate analysis? No, not at all. Editors have given good, solid reasons for their "support" !votes, and to assume that they are, instead, a result of annoyance at AO's behavior here is, as I said above, a massive bit of ABF. These are two entirely separate issues, and, while a donut may well be an appropriate response to AO's AN/I overzealousness, his general editing behavior deserves a much more serious sanction. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

I've DoD'd him. Penyulap ☏ 12:57, 28 Jun 2012 (UTC)

• We need closure here. I count 15 supporting a topic ban (including OP) and 5 opposing.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 23:15, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

The question is in the numbers, but in which numbers ? is there a consensus that he has done something wrong ? Penyulap ☏ 23:38, 2 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Apparently three out of four people who bothered to comment think so.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 23:46, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

That he should be topic banned, yes, but that he has broken policy, well, those numbers are different. Penyulap ☏ 00:02, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

That suggestion amounts to an accusation of bad faith from a plurality of editors here. Are you willing to back it up? Obviously those who argue he should be topic banned are convinced by the evidence that he has broken policy.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Some of those who have commented are citing very old edits and seem to be arguing for a political ban for having expressed an unpopular opinion in a topic I have long voluntarily avoided. Others seem to misunderstand basic issues such as the scope of the topic ban. I would like to again point out that I have made thousands of edits and contributed extensively to numerous articles with no complaints at all. This in contrast to the complaints here which, aside from very old edits, are about a couple of pages and in particular a single section in one article I have offered to never edit again. I would welcome a proper RfC in order to bring greater clarity. Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes that is why we need an uninvolved administrator to close to weigh the arguments against eachother. Of course you would like an rfc - but there is no reason to think that it would be any different from what has transpired here - so starting one now would be a huge waste of the community's time. Even if this is closed with no sanction against you I think you would do wisely in considering the fact that 15 out of 20 editors commenting think you could do a much better job of editing neutrally. If in the future you actually start reading an integrating critical literature into your articles and at least try to give a balanced coverage then for me this thread will have served a purpose.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The comment about starting reading is somewhat strange from someone who has actually admitted not reading sources claimed to contain relevant information: [124]. But yes, I will certainly follow constructive criticisms and and make every effort to improve my editing. When one makes as many edits as I do some are bound to be mistakes of various kinds ranging from spelling errors to more serious. But this has not been done out of malice. I have acted in good faith. I would like welcome a RfC so my editing in general can examined which I think will show that I have many valuable contributions to Wikipedia. Academica Orientalis (talk) 00:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

oh wait a second, hold on here, if it would fail at Rfc, which is what now ? the right place, then we just have to do it at ANI, otherwise we'll never shut him up, he'll just keep on talking on and on. No no, let's use ANI, yeah ! quick, get some puppets, no, wait, tried that, dammit, um, what else can we do ? Penyulap ☏ 00:38, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

That is ridiculous I am saying the opposite 3 out of 4 editors at ANI thinks he is editing non neutrally 3 out of 4 is also likely to be the result at an rfc (which is not the rihght place for someone who has already been subject to Arbcom sanctions for non neutral editing). And who are you accusing of puppetry? Speak up instead of making cowardly veiled accusations.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:45, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Let me make one thing perfectly clear and sincerely known, I am NOT accusing you, Maunus of puppetry, and I sincerely comprehensively apologize for accidentally implying that. Penyulap ☏ 00:53, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

I have not "been subject to Arbcom sanctions for non neutral editing". I was topic banned for making several reverts over an extended time period for which I received the maximum possible penalty. I agree I should not have done so many reverts but the penalty seems excessive. The editor accusing me made more reverts but received nothing at all which arguably demonstrates the systematic bias regarding this topic. Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I can't see any cure, I think most of us were hoping, just hoping this whole thing would archive by itself. I can't see Acadēmica Orientālis ever shooshing up, so I suppose the only other thing we can do is, and this is a radical idea, accept the possibility people are allowed to talk, especially when they are the subject, and welcome to comment, and that's wikipedia for ya. Radical, annoying, but what can we do ? I'm guessing if giving him a Donut didn't work, lets give him the last word instead ? it's an outrage to our delicate egos, it's a sacrifice to me, you have no idea, but we've tried everything else. What do you say ? shall we give it a go ? Penyulap ☏ 01:16, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

"most of us" meaning who exactly? Who is it that your are speaking for? the 15 editors who disagree with you?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

that'd be the people who haven't commented today, and please note that I qualified the statement with 'I think'.

The alternative is for someone to find a policy suitable for ANI, and close it that way, It's possible, anything can happen at ANI, but it's looking like the longshot to me. Penyulap ☏ 01:42, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Oh god no he's back with that NUCLEAR powered mouth of his, oh this is just what we need. Acadēmica shut up and get out of here, can someone confine him to his userpage PLEASE before this gets totally out of hand. ZOMG !! Penyulap ☏ 00:16, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

See the problem here is that mouth of his, it's unstoppable, a force of nature, oh yes, these 15 swordsmen all cluster to do battle with this windmill, but the wind never stops, it just goes on and on and on. It reminds me or that film, you know, the one with that tornado that comes and destroys some peoples house, and then they goto another house, and it comes and finds them, and then they get on a plane and fly across the country, and it comes and finds them and chases their car, yeah, I see the parallels here. How can we stop this guy chasing people around answering them again and again every time they make a comment or ask a question on the talkpage, it's got me stumped. (slow reply, phone call.) Penyulap ☏ 00:32, 3 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Actually, your "mouth" is equally a problem. Shut up. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:54, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Pen, you are really not helping his case here. You've mentioned you have this need to defend people's right to speak, but your repeated exaggerations are making things worse. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 13:59, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

AO proposal

• Comment/proposal IF Academica were to actually acknowledge what is obvious to all - even several of those who have voted oppose - namely that his edits in nature-nurture related articles fall short of our standard of neutrality by not including all relevant viewpoints aand ignoring bodies of literature that contradict one view, AND if, instead of simply arguing ad nauseam that he is pure and without fault and is being silenced by nasty political correctness, he were to state a will to try to follow our core policy of NPOV by better representing also those notable viewpoints with which he might not agree - THEN I would be content to not impose sanctions. But as long as Academica denies that his biased and one sided writing of Nature nurture related topics is in anyway problematic then I see no other solution - for the sake of wikipedia's integrity.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I have already stated several times that I have made mistakes which is arguably not unexpected when one makes as many edits to as many articles as I have done. But this has not been done with malice and I have acted in good faith. The couple of articles presented here regarding my recent editing is not evidence of any systematic wrongdoing even assuming every single accusation presented is true. I will certainly make every effort to avoid mistakes in the future. Again, I would like to point out that I have made numerous substantial edits to many nature/nuture articles with no complaints whatsoever. Again, as discussed above, have a look at the Psychopathy article where I substantially reduced the incorrect nature arguments and introduced nuture arguments which were entirely missing before my editing.Academica Orientalis (talk) 01:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

We all make mistakes, and surely there is room for that in wikipedia. But we are not talking about making mistakes but about consistently making a particular kind of mistake, and continuing to do so after having been made aware of it. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 11:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• Offers should come from Academica. There are 15 editors who have noticed this and taken the trouble to explain their support for an indefinite topic ban (Maunus, Johnuniq, Beyond My Ken, The Bushranger, Mathsci, IRWolfie, MastCell, Arthur Rubin, Yobol, TFD, aprock, Binksternet, Jess, ArtifexMayhem, Skinwalker), and 5 6 editors who have explained their oppose (Kim Dent-Brown, Penyulap, Lionel, Shrigley, Warden, Wnt). The 15 supporters show there is a real problem, and if Academica has not recognized that problem after all this time and all the words (here and in many other places), a quick U-turn would not be convincing. The way to handle this kind of issue is simple: encourage the editor concerned to take a long break from the problem area and demonstrate by working on other topics that they understand why picking arguments from one side of a debate and relentlessly promoting those arguments in multiple articles is the opposite of what should be done. Such POV editing is containable in some areas like politics where advocates for one side are generally balanced by those from the other side, but standard editors do not have the emotional commitment to combat POV pushing in science articles. Johnuniq (talk) 02:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC) Updated numbers to include Wnt. Johnuniq (talk) 00:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Let me remaind you that you are one of the editors who voted to ban me before there were any diffs regarding recent editing and who argued that I should be banned by citing old R&I talk page comments. In articles in which you yourself had argued against me. Yes, I would call such reasons a political ban for daring to disagree with your own POV in the past in a topic I now avoids. Regarding my recent editing, see my reply to Maunus above. Academica Orientalis (talk) 02:28, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Of course I considered recent history before commenting: I do not need someone else to gather diffs because I have seen the edits and the talk pages. I mentioned the old Guns, Germs, and Steel case to illustrate that the problem has existed for a considerable time. In the 82 comments that you have posted here, have any addressed the substantive issues raised by the 15 editors who support a topic ban? Johnuniq (talk) 04:40, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Acadēmica Orientālis is making too many contradicatory statements. They talk about making many edits, but they have made just over 3,000 content edits with this account, which is not very many. They describe edits from February as being too old to be considered, but those edits are very recent. They stonewall on the talk pages of articles in a subject they claim they no longer edit, which is almost as obstructive as edit warring on the articles themselves. They have made claims during the recent arbcom review on WP:ARBR&I that wikipedia is WP:CENSORED in that subject. They have sought to separate themselves from their past editing history as Miradre while giving misleading descriptions of the multiple reports at WP:AE, contradicting statements by regular uninvolved administrators at AE. The problems with this editor seem similar to those with Abd in cold fusion: that editor found excuses to dismiss all those who criticized him and similarly chose to adopt a one-sided non-neutral approach to editing. Too much WP:IDHT: the responses to Maunus in this section are not encouraging. Mathsci (talk) 05:41, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• Note to AO: if there's this many damned pages about your actions and behaviour, there's an issue. Period. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 00:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Fundamental policy is the fundamental flaw in this incident

I am not going to attempt to close at this point where I am so involved, but I would like to make a statement of closure, and lucky everyone, I can use more than three words because I'm not using the archive template. (woohoo!)

The issue is failing at ANI because AO has not crossed bright lines in the recent past. Whether people have had legitimate concerns in the past, or are grumbling because a previous matter was not addressed to their satisfaction doesn't change the inappropriateness of this matter being brought to ANI. AO agrees with the suggestion of Rfc/u, which likewise cannot proceed because it too lacks a recent incident or problem.

Claims over AO's 'failure to listen' is countered by the people calling for action 'failing to listen' to policy, failure to find the correct venue, and in some cases failure to inform themselves of the issues raised.

A majority consensus which does not address policy, but in some cases claims personal dislike, in some cases claims disagreements over content, in some cases claims TLDR, in some cases claims 'that many people can't be wrong' and so on, is not a consensus that can be accepted as a genuine consensus that AO has done anything wrong which warrants action. Content issues do not belong here, and such issues are subtracted. Personal dislike does not belong here, and it is subtracted, TLDR bullshit gets Zero attention (rather than the punishment it deserves imho), and is subtracted, and so on, until it comes down to one issue.

In the poker game of Wikipedia, a majority showing of people who don't like AO doesn't beat one fundamental pillar. Anyone can edit

You know, unless you get dealt a wildcard. Penyulap ☏ 02:49, 12 Jul 2012 (UTC) There was the opportunity recently to bring a RfC, but it was missed by bringing the matter here, and trying to argue it 1 to 1, which is not much of a dispute when it comes down to it, because absent of warring and absent of a 3rd opinion, it's just not a dispute. Manus, you need to find someone to work with so it's not simply your ideas versus his ideas, you need to ask someone who also disagrees with AO to take the dispute to a RfCu, that is the proper path, and actually he likes the idea, so it's not likely to fall flat. Penyulap ☏ 13:20, 12 Jul 2012 (UTC)

If you had any kind of familiarity with the issue at hand or the background for this request it would be easier to take you seriously. You have zero clue about who I have worked with and against, or whose ideas against whose. It is completeæy ridiculous to tell the 20 people who m´commented here to now go make the same comments elsewhere - that would be a huige waste of the community's time as if enough hadn't been wasted already - not least thanks to you. Now please go find some other corner of wikipedia to play facebook in while I go write an encyclopedia.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes Sir ! Penyulap (marches off @ 07:01, 13 Jul 2012 (UTC))

·ʍaunus·is the primary editor who has expressed the problems with AO's edits and violations of NPOV; the number of editors who have had problems with his POV edits is not quite as large as with Δ, but it seems to be close. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Future timestamp. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{WrestleMania XXVIII} _{The Undertaker 20–0} 23:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Requesting admin closure

Can someone please close this discussion sometime soon? It has basically been inactive for some days now, and I think it is in everybody's best interests that it be resolved, one way or another. Granted, that someone is going to have to read all of this, and that is an onerous task in itself, but I can't think it is in the best interests of the project to have this hanging unresolved for too long of a time. John Carter (talk) 16:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Please take a look at Talk:Time.

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I am calling out a nakedly POV editor that is trying to self-righteously clothe himself as "upholding Wikipedia standards" when what, in my opinion, he is doing the opposite. This editor has brought an AN/I against me in the past (and it hasn't stuck). This editor changes comments that I make into absolute falsehoods or into unreadable jibberish and will not accept criticism of it at any venue. When I am making the criticism plain and clear, his ally claims it's personal attack where it does not satisfy a single criteria of WP:NPA. Now an admin is getting involved at the request of this editor. I believe more admins should get involved. Please take a look. 71.169.186.167 (talk) 08:15, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

As a bit of aid to any reviewing admins the contribs are here. Presumably as a result of an IP change, the reporting IP user does not have any contribs to the article. The debate starts here and is expanded on here. Also, the comment that was considered a personal attack, and reverted a couple of times, is here. Personally, though I don't even see the debate as being heated, maybe lukewarm. The reverted comment wasn't really helpful to the discussion and was certainly a borderline personal attack. Calling someone a "crappy editor, POV pusher" is absolutely ad hominem and falls under commenting on the editor not the content. I have no comment on the material under discussion. Blackmane (talk) 09:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Considering the active block highlighted by blackmane this looks like block evasion. IRWolfie- (talk) 10:15, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Active block? Blackmane (talk) 10:37, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I believe the block that IR Wolfe is referring to can be seen here [125]. Under a different IP address, this person is blocked for edit warring and personal attacks. As far as I can tell the IP restored PA remarks after they were removed five or six times [126], [127] [128] and this includes removing bona-fide talk page discussion at least once[129].

Under that different IP this person actually began to vandalize the page by adding text from WP:NPA, along with the original NPA remarks, in an in a manner that disrupted the talk page at least twice [130]. And as you can see in that last diff an administrator got involved who ultimately blocked the IP [131]. This person has a history of using different IP's and the following diffs may help sum up the situation [132], [133], including a note left by a third editor [134]. I will leave a diff for the previous ANI complaint related to this matter later. suppose the remarks weren't bad, but The remarks came across as irrational, not appreciated, not helpful and were not appropriate for the talk page discussion, and of course the vandalism was not appropriate. This person appeared to me to be going crazy, and was somewhat out of control. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 14:54, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I see, so for Steve to label the IP "crazy" is not an ad hominem but for the IP to label Steve Quinn a "crappy" Wikipedia editor and POV pusher violates WP:NPA when the text says "Using someone's affiliations as an ad hominem..." or "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence..." when diffs were provided, so that is a personal attack. Has it ever occurred to any of the admins here that User:Materialscientist might have erred in accepting Steve's characterization of "personal attack" prima facia? Again, the question is was there ever the crossing of the borderline of WP:NPA. And quoting the relevant content from WP:NPA is vandalizing the talk page? 71.169.186.167 (talk) 17:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

As an involved editor on the article in question who has been trying to mediate and negotiate between the different parties there, with this anon on one far end and JimWae on the other far end, I find the repeated deletions of this anon's strongly-worded but not-inappropriate comments on the talk page, and especially blocking him for repeatedly restoring them (but not JimWae for repeatedly deleting them), an egregious overreaction, especially when earlier complaints were that this anon was not participating on Talk enough. I was dubious when the anon made accusations of WP:OWNership earlier, but it is looking more and more like that to me; every action he makes seems assumed prima facie to be disruptive when I don't see that as being the case, and the overreactions to him seem far more disruptive to me. --Pfhorrest (talk) 18:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for clarifying the IP block. I was squeezing a bit of wiki prowling before I got stuck into work this morning. so I didn't get around to all the IP addresses. In reply to the IP, I believe any sort of common sense reading of Steve's comment would refer that back to your actions of repeatedly reverting back in the comment that you made on the Time talk page. Your suggestion that Materialscientist erred is an assumption of bad faith. However, until Materialscientist comments here, speculation about their actions is pointless. Your quoting of WP:NPA was not vandalism, but your repeated reversion and insertion of your other comments violates WP:DE and WP:EW for which one of your IPs was blocked. That being said, I agree with Pfhorrest that JimWae should not have been deleting the IP's comments, but rather requested that they retract it. The deletions did little but stir the pot. However, once Materialscientist stepped in to remove the text it would have been a simpler thing to just cop it on the chin as it were and move past it without bringing it to ANI. I may be looking like I'm taking sides here, which is not what I'm aiming for. This is just my take on the situation. Blackmane (talk) 21:57, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

This is what I was referring to as vandalism [135]. Unfortunately, you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see it. It wasn't just quoting the WP:NPA. It was posted and formatted in manner that was disruptive and would most likely be called vandalism under any other circumstances. It wouldn't matter who it was. Also, the IP claims to have been editing on Wikipedia since 2004, and claims to have a lot of experience. Also certain remarks from the IP indicates that this person is familiar with guidelines and policies. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 00:26, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, I characterized the IP as crazy and what not after most of the repeated reversions and the inappropriate formatting at the bottom of the page. Combined with the clear hostility that was comeing across, along with comments such as "I am calling him out" it looked like irrational behavior compared to editing that is normally conducted on Wikipedia. Also, at the bottom of the page you can see the comment about calling me out. In total this kind of behavior contradicts WP:POINT. Under the circumstances I did what I thought was best, what editors normally do. Maybe if things had slowed down, or I saw the page a lot sooner things would be different. I don't know. However at this point I feel the IP is trying to equate what is not truly equal. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 00:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I am unilaterly restoring the IP's comments on the Time talk page minus the "creative" formatting with quotes from the NPA. And I will leave out other editors' names unless I recieve permission to restore their name (that's the best I can do on my own). Hopefully this settles the issue. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 02:54, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Comments restored. Also, I am also going to go so far as to say that it appears to me (this is what I think) that mistakes were made all the away around by everyone involved. So maybe we can call it even and move on? Phorrest has some great proposals for a lede over there at the Time Talk page. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 03:43, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I made 2 deletions/reversions of what was clearly predominately ABOUT another editor, and clearly derogatory. Nameless' response was to quickly restore the comments in full and claim they were not a personal attack. I then tried hatting the comments, which Nameless also reverted. In total, Nameless made 6 reversions - 3 of me, one of 2 other editors, and 2 of himself, with a net result of 4. I did not engage in a personal attack. I limited my reversions to 2 and tried another way to deal with the problem. Yes, perhaps it was a mistake on my part to not try other tactics instead, and I will certainly consider others in the future. However, I think responses limited to saying I did anything that I SHOULD NOT have done is to naively shift responsibility away from the nameless editor who claims to have been on wikipedia for 8 years. When personal attack screeds are accepted as part of talk page dialog, we all suffer. Nameless has, just minutes ago (before his block expired, btw), himself put the comments back inside a hat - one of the methods I tried last night, but which he reverted. Given that the subject of the attack has agreed to restore the screed, I am content to leave the comments inside the hat, as I tried to leave them last night. --JimWae (talk) 06:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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User:Vishal Deshraj

This user has been warned by myself as well as another editor, and continues to introduce copyright violations to articles. The most recent two violations are [136] and [137]. -Aaron Booth (talk) 17:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The evidence in your second diff is rather underwhelming; all the user added were a couple very short factual sentences. There's not much room for uniqueness of creative expression (and therefore copyrightability) in them. —Psychonaut (talk) 18:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Note: The copyvio cited by User:Aaron Booth is from the TV show's official site. (In case someone is wondering if it really is a copyvio or not.)§§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 18:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Also another copyvio insert can be seen here [138] which is also taken from its official site. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 18:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Note: The user is now blocked by User:Future Perfect at Sunrise. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 12:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Bluerim

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On July 15th, I nominated the article, God of War: Chains of Olympus, for GA (here is the article at time of this post that's in accordance with the GA review currently in place) Everything was going fine and I was addressing the concerns brought up in the review. On July 18th, User:Bluerim, who hadn't edited this particular article since July 10th, edited the article stating on the talk page that "Some of the changes have been beneficial, and in most case have only required minor tweaking." However, he disregarded the GA review and guidelines that I had previously pointed out to him multiple times on different articles in regards to the character sections for video games, as well as a Third Opinion that I sought for the matter. I reverted the edit and asked him to please comply with the GA review and discuss any disagreements before editing so it does not interfere with the GA review and confuse the reviewer. I also pointed out the guidelines again on the talk page.

Bluerim returned later that day, and instead of editing in accordance with the GA review (which asked to rework the flow of the prose for the characters section), he blanked the section only leaving one wiki link, stating that he had "Done some further research on other game articles & a link for Characters all that is required. Yes, no lists, which solves other issue. However, no need for VO section and monsters belong in Gameplay." He acknowledged that a list should not be used, but a blank section is not the proper way to address the issue and just causes issues with the GA review and reviewer. I reverted this edit and stated the guidelines on the talk page one last time before I took further action.

He returned on July 19th and reformatted the "Pot" section. In his edit summary, he stated "Reworked formatting based on the FEATURED Final Fantasy articles. This is THE format to use. Solves many issues." He was asked to discuss any changes or disagreements he had before he edited so it would not interfere with the GA review or confuse the reviewer. He left a post on the talk page, but he did not allow for any discussion before he made the changes. I reverted this edit to the version that's in compliance with the GA review and have now brought this issue here for help with this situation.

I had asked Bluerim to make his edits in compliance with what's brought up in the GA review. I asked him to discuss any disagreements or proposed changes before editing, that way we could discuss them and bring them before the reviewer, that way the reviewer would not come back to a completely different section than the one he originally reviewed, thus having to re-review it, slowing down the GA process. Any help would be appreciated. JDC808 (talk) 06:09, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Ummm, GAR is an informal process, and nominating an article for GAR doesn't somehow lock it down so that any changes made which aren't strictly in line with the GA comments can be summarily reverted. Go and discuss this properly on the talk page. If that disrupts the GAR then so be it: we're here for improving article content, not for collecting GA badges. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Bluerim's prose tweaks (I have no comment on the formatting) are a definite improvement. I wish they were a bit more diplomatic on the talk page though. But there is nothing here for an admin to do: even if the complaint were justified there is no need for intervention. I'm closing this. Drmies (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Pushing South Asian and East Asian religions

Please have a look at Special:Contributions/Krizpo. This user keeps misquoting refs and adding purely personal speculations to articles in order to push South Asian and East Asian religions into more prominence than is necessary for the articles. I have tried curbing some of the more excessive POV's but the amount of edits is getting out of hand and very hard to verify what is correct and what is pure speculation and fantasy. The user never responds to any messages but just keeps going at it. - Takeaway (talk) 17:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Krizpo needs a block to get his attention. If he doesn't cooperate after that, he's not going to cooperate at all and doesn't belong here. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Going through his edits, he misuses a lot of sources, making claims nowhere in them. He also downplays the role of Islam in majority Muslim countries. His dishonestly and tendentiousness indicate to me that he's completely useless to this site. I suppose we should only use a block to get his attention, but I won't argue with any admin who chooses to indef Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• Holy crap. Krizpo has about 2 dozen "last warnings" on his talkpage - all of them by Takeaway. I really enjoyed the one in ALL CAPS. Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, Takeaway shouldn't have needed to go that far. Krizpo should have stopped and said "hey, I wonder why I'm getting these messages..." Takeaway's reversions are all reversions I'd've made too, and I'm going through removing a bunch of false and POV material Krizpo's been dropping all over the place. Please block Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, if I had 2 dozen messages from the same person, I'd say "who's the WP:DICK and why won't they just leave me alone...I'm going to ignore them". It's also possible they don't see the shiny orange bar. It's also possible that nobody considered asking for page protection on a few pages that just might get his attention (like WP:DR might suggest) (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please quit defending a tendentious editor who's been doing nothing but inserting WP:OR and WP:FRINGE material, against WP:UNDUE, often using sources that don't even begin to support his claims. If you don't want to make the block, fine, but take a look at Krizpo's edits and tell me with a straight face that they're good before you defend him. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

At what point have I defended him? I asked point blank if you ever asked for any articles to be protected, which you refuse to answer. You're reaching right for a block, which is the last weapon in the bag, not the first. The guy may be WP:TE, but none of you is either a) following the process, or b) treating him like a human (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:10, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It certainly seems as though User:ian.thomson is on a mission to get editors banned here. Can anyone really defend the abuse of templates that user:Takeaway has engaged in? Certainly it would be more helpful to the project to help Krizpo understand problems with his edits rather than template him to death and then ban him, as ian.thomson proposes. Leontopodium alpinum (talk) 03:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Whilst we wait for User:Krizpo to respond here, I have full-protected his 3 most recently-edited articles, left him a note, AND emphasized the ANI notice that was haphazardly left on his takpage. I have added that talkpage to my watchlist. If the editor makes any more edits before responding here, please advise ASAP. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Wait, I'm supposed to apply for protection to Religion in the United Arab Emirates, Buddhism in Africa, South Africa‎, Hinduism in Africa, Religion in Europe, Religion in Iran, Religion in North America, Religion in Africa, Oman, Religion in the Middle East, Buddhism in the Middle East, Buddhism in Norway, Religion in Saudi Arabia, Religion in Libya, Buddhism in Italy, Religion in Korea, Sri Lanka, Hinduism in Arab states, Yemen, Buddhism, Christianity, and Christianity in Thailand? And how is "if I had 2 dozen messages" not excusing Krizpo's refusal to discuss matters? Ian.thomson (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• You know something? You've stated your stance. Repeatedly. Now if you're quite done with Krizpo Delenda Est! every half hour, perhaps not only can we wait to see if Krizpo cares to respond, but other people might get the opportunity to weigh in. Ravenswing 04:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I didn't expect to be insulted here. Someone otherr than Krizpo has issues here and it is surely isn't me. - Takeaway (talk) 04:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
    • Of course not. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

However suboptimal the multiple templated warnings may have been as a strategy for warning Krizpo, the fact remains that (a) Krizpo has been a thoroughly disruptive presence; (b) with several hundred edits (nearly all of them contentious and problematic) across more than a year, he no longer gets a newbie bonus; (c) he was properly addressed by several editors when he first started editing disruptively, and showed the exact same failure to respond back then as he is doing now. In fact, in all these months, Krizpo has never made even a single talkpage edit.

Please keep in mind that we must not only not bite newbies, we should also not bite and insult editors who are trying to do the difficult work of keeping articles free from tendentious disruption. In this light, I must say I find some of the reactions above not much better than Takeaway's overuse of warning templates. I also disagree that protection – or requests for it – would have been the better tool here. Protection is for cases where several editors are engaged in problematic content editing, and has the serious collateral damage that it stops other, unrelated editors from contributing. Where a single editor is repeatedly making obviously unacceptable edits and the need for removing them is obvious, blocking is the more appropriate response. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I really don't see how people who have only become involved with this issue for only a few seconds can make blanket statements on my behaviour. If one doesn't issue warnings, one gets the remark that not enough warnings were given. Too many warnings don't seem to garner a positive response either. As Fut.Perf. said, the user had been already issued warnings before but didn't heed them. I hoped that if the user knew that his edits were being monitored by other editors here on wikipedia, the user would actually start editing in a more correct way. When it became apparent after the first series of 1st level warnings, talk page requests, and edit summary requests, that no one else seemed to care much about the user's ongoing tendentious edits, I issued a series of stronger warnings. I still didn't know which way this would go because some of the edits bordered on vandalism and then it might have been an item for the AIV board where issuing multiple warnings is the correct method of procedure. If I had known that this would be negatively commented on by some of the people here on this board using snide remarks such as "Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here", I would have not have bothered reporting user:Krizpo here but just let the matter go and hoped someone else might do it. If you'd actually look at what I did to rectify these tendentious edits, you'd also know that I didn't just revert everything user:Krizpo posted but actually worked my way through the edits and sources trying to make sense of the content that was added to those many articles. I had hoped, in vain apparently, that other editors would become involved in monitoring this user's edits but it didn't happen at all because, apparently, they didn't care enough. I therefore had no other choice but report the user, something I postponed doing (hence the many warnings) because, to me at least, it is something that one does only as a last resort. - Takeaway (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Without taking a stand on Takeaway/Ian.thomson vs Krizpo, I think what I find most disconcerting is that no one has seemed to try to talk about these edits on the article's talk pages (with Krizpo or anyone else for that matter). The sole exception, as far as I can tell, is a different user on the Talk:Religion in Africa page. In fact the talk pages of articles like Talk:Hinduism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in the Middle East, Talk:Buddhism in Norway, Talk:Religion in Saudi Arabia, Talk:Buddhism in Italy and Talk:Religion in the United Arab Emirates are essentially blank with only project templates. Looking at the articles histories and Krizpo's talk page, it seems like the only thing being done are (some) of these edits being reverted and Krizpo templated. While it would be nice if Krizpo responded to his talk page, slapping a template on a talk isn't the same thing as an invitation to discussion. Another problem with this revert/template pattern is that there was very little opportunity to get other editors involved until this escalated to an AN/I issue. Plus, the absence of any meaningful talk page discussion makes it difficult for other editors to see what exactly is problematic about certain edits as edit summaries aren't always the most clear. I just wonder if this wouldn't have become an AN/I escalation if the original "content issues" were taken to the articles' talk pages in the very beginning instead of templating. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 10:44, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you have a good point. However, article talkpages are best used to discuss concerns specific to that article. When one editor's work is problematic across a wide range of articles, the editor's talkpage is the best place to discuss it rather than having fragmented discussions across many talkpages. (Alternatively, a WikiProject talkpage might be a good place to discuss problems with many articles which are all within one wikiproject's remit).

WP:BITE is not a suicide pact. Being gentle with inexperienced editors is vitally important, but that's only a means to an end - maintaining a strong community which can achieve our ultimate goal - better articles. If an editor is a detriment to articles, not just initially but persistently, for a year, then strictly adhering to be-nice-to-the-newbies line is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. bobrayner (talk) 11:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Turns out, not surprisingly, that Krizpo's additions were also full of copyvios. For instance, his additions here [139] are from [140] (which also appears to be a highly unreliable, probably fringe source). Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Re Leontopodium alpinum and Ravenswing: Find anything good in Krizpo's edits before you defend him, which is all you are doing by going after me. The "on a mission to get editors blocked" bullshit is insulting. If you're going to make that sort of accusation, please file an open RFC/U on me instead of making a veiled attacks on me, unless you're just a coward trying to make snipes to feel like you're bigger. Even Helen Keller could see that (after ignoring a YEAR's worth of messages, warnings, and reverts) Krizpo has no interest in cooperation or discussion with other editors. Don't come after me just so you can play hero and feel important defending an "innocent" (not-so-)new editor, unless you can show me anything worth defending from that account. As Fut.Prof. wisely pointed out, page protection only works it's multiple editors causing problems on a few pages, not one editor continuously causing problems with WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:COPYVIO on any article relating to religion, Asia, the Middle East, or Africa. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Page protection CAN work to create discussion from a silent editor: if an editor signs in, checks his fave articles, finds his edits are gone, he'll try them again. If the page is protected, he's going to say "WTF?" and maybe start to talk to someone somewhere (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

No one is "defending" Krizpo, so you can get off that riff any time. That being said, your own behavior isn't winning you any friends, and it gets worse by the post; that while tossing around insults by the hatful you're citing WP:NPA is quite ironic. Bushranger is exactly right - you've come down with a strong case of WP:NOTTHEM, and you might want to work on that before the boomerang hits. As I stated before, you've made your case. Rest on that and stop trying to pick fights. Ravenswing 04:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• "Bushranger was referring to me. It must feel great to be able to strew instant judgements around while on autopilot. - Takeaway (talk) 10:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Ravenswing, Krizpo is shown to be nothing but a tendentious editor unwilling to communicate or cooperate, and I'm the bad guy for pointing that out? When presented with an alternative, I'm the bad guy for pointing out problems that come with those alternatives? And it's totally OK for you to come in and tell me to shut up while I'm in the middle of a discussion with another editor?

Then, when Leontopodium alpinum makes very insulting accusations, I'm the bad guy for asking him to own up to his comments like an honest man or take them back for the slanderous lies that they are?

Bullshit!

Neither of you had anything to say about the case at hand, all you two could do was fucking with someone who hasn't done a damn thing and make him out to be the villain. You two completely failed to assume good faith with me, and you haven't even been paying attention to what's going on! If a single purpose account treated an established editor that way, the SPA would be blocked as a troll.

For the record, NOTTHEM is a guide to appealing blocks. I didn't do anything block worthy, I just responded to some completely unsolicited assaults by demanding a either a good reason or an apology for them. Neither of you has yet to present a good reason. If Krizpo was a new editor, or had shown that he was willing to try to cooperate, I'd be in the wrong for calling for a block. He hasn't, though. He is useless to the site, and until anyone can demonstrate otherwise, it's completely justifiable to call for him to be blocked instead of asking him for the hundredth time to try and discuss things, or completely prevent good editors from working on the past few pages he fucked up.

If you didn't like me saying that in the first place, all you had to do was keep scrolling, or give a reason why Krizpo should not have been blocked. Instead, you just told me to shut up. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back on track

Before childishness sets in, let's get back on track.

You have an editor with an issue. Although the right path was not taken at first, their 3 most recent articles have been protected. This may or may not kick them into "time to talk" mode. I note that they have not edited anything in 2 days. It's unknown as to whether or not this is due to the protection. However, that means we're still waiting for a response, but in the meantime, as no more problematic edits have happened on ay articles from them, that's a good thing - some form of temporary stasis.

Let's stop throwing darts at each other, learn from what went wrong on this one, and move forward constructively. I still want to know when/where this editor edits next ... it should be right here if they actually are paying attention; if not tell me ASAP (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Nice words from the initial dart thrower! - Takeaway (talk) 10:47, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you actually be contructive towards this process, or just keep sniping because a number of people all gave you shit for the way you handled this? So, grow up and move towards resolution instead of recursive trips towards infantilism (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

So, the most 3 recent pages he messed with cannot be improved by any good editors. Nothing is really forcing him to communicate (which he has yet to demonstrate any desire for). Krizpo is free to wait until this discussion has died down and then start again on some other article. Since he edited in off-and-on spurts between this summer and last summer, that doesn't seem impossible.

If Krizpo only focused on a few articles, and didn't go through periods of decreased activity, I could see this working. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you even read how we're proceeding here? All articles - even protected ones - can be updated through protected edit requests. RIGHT NOW the project appears to be at least temporarily protected from crappy edits. You - the article watchers - have been asked to advise if he edits again before explaining himself. I will have no qualms about a block if such explanation does not happen, but right now, we're taking an interim step. The goal of any admin action on Wikipedia is protection and never punishment, period. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Tsk tsk tsk... Temper temper. Not happy that people don't agree with "your" correct way, oops, "our" correct way I mean, of doing things? Why is it that only you are allowed to make snide remarks? Anyway, I tried to keep the guy in check in a certain way which didn't work with this persistent guy. Now I reported him and you can go do things the way you want from now on. Have fun running things your way. - Takeaway (talk) 17:28, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

There's actually only 2 people showing a temper and making snide remarks (and I'm not one of them), so pot, meet the kettle. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 11:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Gentlemen! You can't fight in here; this is the War Room! bobrayner (talk) 11:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

This is really hilarious! Bye bye gentlemen and Bwilkinsl! - Takeaway (talk) 17:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)

I have been trying for the last week to attempt a cleanup of Disney Channel (UK and Ireland), which is heavy with about half the article not devoted to the subject of the network itself, but the logo and graphical styling of the network, which I feel most normal readers would not care to read about. It's also solely sourced to Logopedia, which from my understanding should not be used as a source as it's an all-user contributed site like IMDb or TV.com, but even more questionable as it was solely created to round our restrictions on overuse of fair use content, which I completely respect but Logopedia does not.

This is the final result of my cleanup attempt, which also fixed grammatical and WP:MOS issues, along with removal of WP:ADVERT material. However I have run into ownership issues with editors who refuse to let me change the text in any way and have begun to get profane in their attempt to assert their version is better. I removed the logo variations and reduced them down to one paragraph of text instead of a morass of examples we can't see and tables and tables describing graphics (and again, are unsourced except to Logopedia), along with splitting the chronology of the channel's history into "logo eras" rather than years. This edit especially concerns me and makes me feel like abandoning my cleanup attempt as I cannot get any headway. An advert template and encouragement to talk on the page has not given any response, and I have never seen a cleanup attempt on my part attract so much vitriol. The editor of the diff above I also have taken to AfD for unsourced Nickelodeon articles, so I'm looking for advice on how to clean this up, as children's network articles always seem to be a battleground to state just the facts and not turn it into a cheerleading article for the network. And advice is welcomed, even guidance to another noticeboard. Nate • (chatter) 09:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

• I have protected the article for a month (in what appears to be the policy-compliant version, for a change). I am also getting the impression of possible sock or meatpuppetry from that history, I have to say, especially as we have at least two blocked/banned long term sockpuppeteers who are very keen on Disney articles. An SPI may be called for. Black Kite (talk) 10:56, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

As I mentioned in the nomination for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events, the user who lashed out at me, DylanGLC2011 (talk · contribs) likely abandoned the account DylansTVChannel (talk · contribs) after the TVChannel account had most of their articles deleted but was unnoticed as a lot of TV network patrollers usually avoid the children's networks because of all the issues of fighting off network cheerleading. Thank you for the protection, although I'd like a judge if my cleanup attempt was proper or took out too much content (I tried to streamline and make it MOS-compliant). Nate • (chatter) 11:05, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks good to me. The size of the cull is not really an issue. The branding section that replaced the poorly sourced stuff could probably be expanded a bit however. But any article on Disney-related subjects could have quite a bit on their branding, given how often and aggressive they are in changing/promoting/protecting it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 11:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I did intend to build the "branding" section more as I read through the text and focused on important items, but the non-cooperation did avert that. I will try to build up the section a little more. In the meantime, I just noticed that in the course of my AFD for the List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events that content has been moved to List of programmes broadcast by Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland)#Upcoming Nick Programming by DylanGLC2011 as a firewall if the Events page was deleted, and the same unsourced section exists in the List of programmes broadcast by Disney Channel in the UK & Ireland article, despite a successful AFD regarding that network's "list of events" article six months back. I won't delete it but I have warned the user that an AFD deletion doesn't mean 'merge it somewhere else to avoid scrutiny'. Nate • (chatter) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Well there is a minor problem in that at an AFD, if no one knows of an appropriate place to put the info thats being deleted (in a relevant article) then no one will propose a merge. An article dedicated to channel programming including a section on programming 'events' would probably pass discussion on that articles talk page. Although no doubt the crystal ball will be brought out to counter it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 16:20, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Help wanted for disambiguation page

There is there are two completely different meanings for the term 'fish slice', one mainly in US usage and one mainly used in the UK. We currently describe one at Fish slice, which I would like to move to Fish slice (food), and Fish slice (kitchen utensil). I would like help in moving Fish slice to Fish slice (food) without a redirect, so that the original page can be a disambiguation page. Can any admin help please? Martin Hogbin (talk) 12:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

With only 2 uses, the current method of determining/referring seems appropriate. Although, to be honest, the kitchen utensil looks merely like a WP:DICDEF and not an encyclopedia article ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Not only is no administrative action needed here (you can just, y'know, edit the redirect page directly after the move), but as Bwilkins says a disambiguation page for only two terms means strictly more inconvenience for our readers (who will now require a minimum of one additional click to get to the article they desire by visiting fish slice than at present, where they will only require that click 50% of the time). Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

If it isn't obvious, the preferred approach with two items is to add a hatnote to each. I see a hatnote on Fish slice, so you just need to add one, mutuatis mutandes, to Fish slice (kitchen utensil)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:29, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:NAMB suggests that a hatnote on Fish slice (kitchen utensil) would be incorrect, because the reader will not arrive at that article in error. William Avery (talk) 15:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Potential legal threat

Hi there. I just wanted to alert everyone to a potential problem over at Nemesysco. We've got what appears to be a WP:COI editor, possibly using multiple IPs, who is using language suggesting that we may be going in the direction of legal threats. We've got edits like this and this, which are categorizing other edits as "defamatory" and "slander."

It's obviously not a direct legal threat in and of itself, but if the editor is actually an official of Nemesysco (he acknowledges first-hand knowledge of the company), then we should be aware that the company has engaged in somewhat aggressive legal tactics to defend the reputation of its much-maligned products. (See here.)

I've given the page a full rewrite to pull out anything vaguely WP:OR-ish and ensure that every statement is backed with a WP:RS. I think that puts us in a better position from a legal standpoint, but I'm hopeful that someone here could help keep an eye on things. — Bdb484 (talk) 13:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not particularly alarmed by the allegation in an edit summary that the article was "slander." However, no article should be the kind of battleground this one has been. Your thoroughgoing scrub of that page ought to reduce future combat, but I am puzzled by some of the content removal. One example is the removal of information about the "Love Detector," a technology marketed by the company several years ago and covered by reliable third-party sources. It seems to me that a company's history is an important encyclopedic aspect of an article like this. Can you explain your thinking?

If the edits to the article don't eliminate the damaging activity by anonymous IPs, that article deserves to be semi-protected. --Orlady (talk) 15:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking it out. It seemed borderline, but I still wanted to get input from someone more experienced.

If I'm remembering the edits correctly, the Love Detector probably just came out it was part of what had initially been written as a sort of catalog of their products, which I took out per WP:WWIN. No objections, obviously, if anyone reinserts it in a less advertorial style. As for company history, I don't really remember taking any out. If I did, then it was probably because it was part of a large swath of material that I took out because it didn't have any citations. — Bdb484 (talk) 17:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The Garden City Hotel Article

Good afternoon,

I have identified unreliable and unreferenced information that is not verifiable and in conflict with Wikipedia’s terms and conditions. They include:

<Redacted BLP Violation that was being reported> Kindly remove this content from the page. Correctdataservice (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.

Please discuss this at Talk:Garden City Hotel, as this page is not the proper venue for these particular concerns. Thank you.--JayJasper (talk) 17:12, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I've redacted the report of the violation to avoid further spreading it. The article has been reverted to a clean version again and BLP warnings have been issued. Admin Dougweller has semi-protected the article for a month. Blatant enough BLP violation that the talk page of the article isn't a good place to deal with it. Looks resolved for now. Monty₈₄₅ 17:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

It has been taken care of already, it seems. Something that is in need of admin assistance though is to take care of the apparent sock/meat-puppeteering and conflict-of-interest going on there;

• Myrons children (talk · contribs)
• My friend Myron (talk · contribs)
• Friend of Myron (talk · contribs)

Tarc (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Pushing South Asian and East Asian religions

Please have a look at Special:Contributions/Krizpo. This user keeps misquoting refs and adding purely personal speculations to articles in order to push South Asian and East Asian religions into more prominence than is necessary for the articles. I have tried curbing some of the more excessive POV's but the amount of edits is getting out of hand and very hard to verify what is correct and what is pure speculation and fantasy. The user never responds to any messages but just keeps going at it. - Takeaway (talk) 17:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Krizpo needs a block to get his attention. If he doesn't cooperate after that, he's not going to cooperate at all and doesn't belong here. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Going through his edits, he misuses a lot of sources, making claims nowhere in them. He also downplays the role of Islam in majority Muslim countries. His dishonestly and tendentiousness indicate to me that he's completely useless to this site. I suppose we should only use a block to get his attention, but I won't argue with any admin who chooses to indef Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• Holy crap. Krizpo has about 2 dozen "last warnings" on his talkpage - all of them by Takeaway. I really enjoyed the one in ALL CAPS. Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, Takeaway shouldn't have needed to go that far. Krizpo should have stopped and said "hey, I wonder why I'm getting these messages..." Takeaway's reversions are all reversions I'd've made too, and I'm going through removing a bunch of false and POV material Krizpo's been dropping all over the place. Please block Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, if I had 2 dozen messages from the same person, I'd say "who's the WP:DICK and why won't they just leave me alone...I'm going to ignore them". It's also possible they don't see the shiny orange bar. It's also possible that nobody considered asking for page protection on a few pages that just might get his attention (like WP:DR might suggest) (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please quit defending a tendentious editor who's been doing nothing but inserting WP:OR and WP:FRINGE material, against WP:UNDUE, often using sources that don't even begin to support his claims. If you don't want to make the block, fine, but take a look at Krizpo's edits and tell me with a straight face that they're good before you defend him. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

At what point have I defended him? I asked point blank if you ever asked for any articles to be protected, which you refuse to answer. You're reaching right for a block, which is the last weapon in the bag, not the first. The guy may be WP:TE, but none of you is either a) following the process, or b) treating him like a human (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:10, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It certainly seems as though User:ian.thomson is on a mission to get editors banned here. Can anyone really defend the abuse of templates that user:Takeaway has engaged in? Certainly it would be more helpful to the project to help Krizpo understand problems with his edits rather than template him to death and then ban him, as ian.thomson proposes. Leontopodium alpinum (talk) 03:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Whilst we wait for User:Krizpo to respond here, I have full-protected his 3 most recently-edited articles, left him a note, AND emphasized the ANI notice that was haphazardly left on his takpage. I have added that talkpage to my watchlist. If the editor makes any more edits before responding here, please advise ASAP. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Wait, I'm supposed to apply for protection to Religion in the United Arab Emirates, Buddhism in Africa, South Africa‎, Hinduism in Africa, Religion in Europe, Religion in Iran, Religion in North America, Religion in Africa, Oman, Religion in the Middle East, Buddhism in the Middle East, Buddhism in Norway, Religion in Saudi Arabia, Religion in Libya, Buddhism in Italy, Religion in Korea, Sri Lanka, Hinduism in Arab states, Yemen, Buddhism, Christianity, and Christianity in Thailand? And how is "if I had 2 dozen messages" not excusing Krizpo's refusal to discuss matters? Ian.thomson (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• You know something? You've stated your stance. Repeatedly. Now if you're quite done with Krizpo Delenda Est! every half hour, perhaps not only can we wait to see if Krizpo cares to respond, but other people might get the opportunity to weigh in. Ravenswing 04:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I didn't expect to be insulted here. Someone otherr than Krizpo has issues here and it is surely isn't me. - Takeaway (talk) 04:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
    • Of course not. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

However suboptimal the multiple templated warnings may have been as a strategy for warning Krizpo, the fact remains that (a) Krizpo has been a thoroughly disruptive presence; (b) with several hundred edits (nearly all of them contentious and problematic) across more than a year, he no longer gets a newbie bonus; (c) he was properly addressed by several editors when he first started editing disruptively, and showed the exact same failure to respond back then as he is doing now. In fact, in all these months, Krizpo has never made even a single talkpage edit.

Please keep in mind that we must not only not bite newbies, we should also not bite and insult editors who are trying to do the difficult work of keeping articles free from tendentious disruption. In this light, I must say I find some of the reactions above not much better than Takeaway's overuse of warning templates. I also disagree that protection – or requests for it – would have been the better tool here. Protection is for cases where several editors are engaged in problematic content editing, and has the serious collateral damage that it stops other, unrelated editors from contributing. Where a single editor is repeatedly making obviously unacceptable edits and the need for removing them is obvious, blocking is the more appropriate response. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I really don't see how people who have only become involved with this issue for only a few seconds can make blanket statements on my behaviour. If one doesn't issue warnings, one gets the remark that not enough warnings were given. Too many warnings don't seem to garner a positive response either. As Fut.Perf. said, the user had been already issued warnings before but didn't heed them. I hoped that if the user knew that his edits were being monitored by other editors here on wikipedia, the user would actually start editing in a more correct way. When it became apparent after the first series of 1st level warnings, talk page requests, and edit summary requests, that no one else seemed to care much about the user's ongoing tendentious edits, I issued a series of stronger warnings. I still didn't know which way this would go because some of the edits bordered on vandalism and then it might have been an item for the AIV board where issuing multiple warnings is the correct method of procedure. If I had known that this would be negatively commented on by some of the people here on this board using snide remarks such as "Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here", I would have not have bothered reporting user:Krizpo here but just let the matter go and hoped someone else might do it. If you'd actually look at what I did to rectify these tendentious edits, you'd also know that I didn't just revert everything user:Krizpo posted but actually worked my way through the edits and sources trying to make sense of the content that was added to those many articles. I had hoped, in vain apparently, that other editors would become involved in monitoring this user's edits but it didn't happen at all because, apparently, they didn't care enough. I therefore had no other choice but report the user, something I postponed doing (hence the many warnings) because, to me at least, it is something that one does only as a last resort. - Takeaway (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Without taking a stand on Takeaway/Ian.thomson vs Krizpo, I think what I find most disconcerting is that no one has seemed to try to talk about these edits on the article's talk pages (with Krizpo or anyone else for that matter). The sole exception, as far as I can tell, is a different user on the Talk:Religion in Africa page. In fact the talk pages of articles like Talk:Hinduism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in the Middle East, Talk:Buddhism in Norway, Talk:Religion in Saudi Arabia, Talk:Buddhism in Italy and Talk:Religion in the United Arab Emirates are essentially blank with only project templates. Looking at the articles histories and Krizpo's talk page, it seems like the only thing being done are (some) of these edits being reverted and Krizpo templated. While it would be nice if Krizpo responded to his talk page, slapping a template on a talk isn't the same thing as an invitation to discussion. Another problem with this revert/template pattern is that there was very little opportunity to get other editors involved until this escalated to an AN/I issue. Plus, the absence of any meaningful talk page discussion makes it difficult for other editors to see what exactly is problematic about certain edits as edit summaries aren't always the most clear. I just wonder if this wouldn't have become an AN/I escalation if the original "content issues" were taken to the articles' talk pages in the very beginning instead of templating. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 10:44, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you have a good point. However, article talkpages are best used to discuss concerns specific to that article. When one editor's work is problematic across a wide range of articles, the editor's talkpage is the best place to discuss it rather than having fragmented discussions across many talkpages. (Alternatively, a WikiProject talkpage might be a good place to discuss problems with many articles which are all within one wikiproject's remit).

WP:BITE is not a suicide pact. Being gentle with inexperienced editors is vitally important, but that's only a means to an end - maintaining a strong community which can achieve our ultimate goal - better articles. If an editor is a detriment to articles, not just initially but persistently, for a year, then strictly adhering to be-nice-to-the-newbies line is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. bobrayner (talk) 11:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Turns out, not surprisingly, that Krizpo's additions were also full of copyvios. For instance, his additions here [141] are from [142] (which also appears to be a highly unreliable, probably fringe source). Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Re Leontopodium alpinum and Ravenswing: Find anything good in Krizpo's edits before you defend him, which is all you are doing by going after me. The "on a mission to get editors blocked" bullshit is insulting. If you're going to make that sort of accusation, please file an open RFC/U on me instead of making a veiled attacks on me, unless you're just a coward trying to make snipes to feel like you're bigger. Even Helen Keller could see that (after ignoring a YEAR's worth of messages, warnings, and reverts) Krizpo has no interest in cooperation or discussion with other editors. Don't come after me just so you can play hero and feel important defending an "innocent" (not-so-)new editor, unless you can show me anything worth defending from that account. As Fut.Prof. wisely pointed out, page protection only works it's multiple editors causing problems on a few pages, not one editor continuously causing problems with WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:COPYVIO on any article relating to religion, Asia, the Middle East, or Africa. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Page protection CAN work to create discussion from a silent editor: if an editor signs in, checks his fave articles, finds his edits are gone, he'll try them again. If the page is protected, he's going to say "WTF?" and maybe start to talk to someone somewhere (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

No one is "defending" Krizpo, so you can get off that riff any time. That being said, your own behavior isn't winning you any friends, and it gets worse by the post; that while tossing around insults by the hatful you're citing WP:NPA is quite ironic. Bushranger is exactly right - you've come down with a strong case of WP:NOTTHEM, and you might want to work on that before the boomerang hits. As I stated before, you've made your case. Rest on that and stop trying to pick fights. Ravenswing 04:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• "Bushranger was referring to me. It must feel great to be able to strew instant judgements around while on autopilot. - Takeaway (talk) 10:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Ravenswing, Krizpo is shown to be nothing but a tendentious editor unwilling to communicate or cooperate, and I'm the bad guy for pointing that out? When presented with an alternative, I'm the bad guy for pointing out problems that come with those alternatives? And it's totally OK for you to come in and tell me to shut up while I'm in the middle of a discussion with another editor?

Then, when Leontopodium alpinum makes very insulting accusations, I'm the bad guy for asking him to own up to his comments like an honest man or take them back for the slanderous lies that they are?

Bullshit!

Neither of you had anything to say about the case at hand, all you two could do was fucking with someone who hasn't done a damn thing and make him out to be the villain. You two completely failed to assume good faith with me, and you haven't even been paying attention to what's going on! If a single purpose account treated an established editor that way, the SPA would be blocked as a troll.

For the record, NOTTHEM is a guide to appealing blocks. I didn't do anything block worthy, I just responded to some completely unsolicited assaults by demanding a either a good reason or an apology for them. Neither of you has yet to present a good reason. If Krizpo was a new editor, or had shown that he was willing to try to cooperate, I'd be in the wrong for calling for a block. He hasn't, though. He is useless to the site, and until anyone can demonstrate otherwise, it's completely justifiable to call for him to be blocked instead of asking him for the hundredth time to try and discuss things, or completely prevent good editors from working on the past few pages he fucked up.

If you didn't like me saying that in the first place, all you had to do was keep scrolling, or give a reason why Krizpo should not have been blocked. Instead, you just told me to shut up. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back on track

Before childishness sets in, let's get back on track.

You have an editor with an issue. Although the right path was not taken at first, their 3 most recent articles have been protected. This may or may not kick them into "time to talk" mode. I note that they have not edited anything in 2 days. It's unknown as to whether or not this is due to the protection. However, that means we're still waiting for a response, but in the meantime, as no more problematic edits have happened on ay articles from them, that's a good thing - some form of temporary stasis.

Let's stop throwing darts at each other, learn from what went wrong on this one, and move forward constructively. I still want to know when/where this editor edits next ... it should be right here if they actually are paying attention; if not tell me ASAP (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Nice words from the initial dart thrower! - Takeaway (talk) 10:47, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you actually be contructive towards this process, or just keep sniping because a number of people all gave you shit for the way you handled this? So, grow up and move towards resolution instead of recursive trips towards infantilism (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

So, the most 3 recent pages he messed with cannot be improved by any good editors. Nothing is really forcing him to communicate (which he has yet to demonstrate any desire for). Krizpo is free to wait until this discussion has died down and then start again on some other article. Since he edited in off-and-on spurts between this summer and last summer, that doesn't seem impossible.

If Krizpo only focused on a few articles, and didn't go through periods of decreased activity, I could see this working. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you even read how we're proceeding here? All articles - even protected ones - can be updated through protected edit requests. RIGHT NOW the project appears to be at least temporarily protected from crappy edits. You - the article watchers - have been asked to advise if he edits again before explaining himself. I will have no qualms about a block if such explanation does not happen, but right now, we're taking an interim step. The goal of any admin action on Wikipedia is protection and never punishment, period. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Tsk tsk tsk... Temper temper. Not happy that people don't agree with "your" correct way, oops, "our" correct way I mean, of doing things? Why is it that only you are allowed to make snide remarks? Anyway, I tried to keep the guy in check in a certain way which didn't work with this persistent guy. Now I reported him and you can go do things the way you want from now on. Have fun running things your way. - Takeaway (talk) 17:28, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

There's actually only 2 people showing a temper and making snide remarks (and I'm not one of them), so pot, meet the kettle. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 11:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Gentlemen! You can't fight in here; this is the War Room! bobrayner (talk) 11:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

This is really hilarious! Bye bye gentlemen and Bwilkinsl! - Takeaway (talk) 17:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)

I have been trying for the last week to attempt a cleanup of Disney Channel (UK and Ireland), which is heavy with about half the article not devoted to the subject of the network itself, but the logo and graphical styling of the network, which I feel most normal readers would not care to read about. It's also solely sourced to Logopedia, which from my understanding should not be used as a source as it's an all-user contributed site like IMDb or TV.com, but even more questionable as it was solely created to round our restrictions on overuse of fair use content, which I completely respect but Logopedia does not.

This is the final result of my cleanup attempt, which also fixed grammatical and WP:MOS issues, along with removal of WP:ADVERT material. However I have run into ownership issues with editors who refuse to let me change the text in any way and have begun to get profane in their attempt to assert their version is better. I removed the logo variations and reduced them down to one paragraph of text instead of a morass of examples we can't see and tables and tables describing graphics (and again, are unsourced except to Logopedia), along with splitting the chronology of the channel's history into "logo eras" rather than years. This edit especially concerns me and makes me feel like abandoning my cleanup attempt as I cannot get any headway. An advert template and encouragement to talk on the page has not given any response, and I have never seen a cleanup attempt on my part attract so much vitriol. The editor of the diff above I also have taken to AfD for unsourced Nickelodeon articles, so I'm looking for advice on how to clean this up, as children's network articles always seem to be a battleground to state just the facts and not turn it into a cheerleading article for the network. And advice is welcomed, even guidance to another noticeboard. Nate • (chatter) 09:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

• I have protected the article for a month (in what appears to be the policy-compliant version, for a change). I am also getting the impression of possible sock or meatpuppetry from that history, I have to say, especially as we have at least two blocked/banned long term sockpuppeteers who are very keen on Disney articles. An SPI may be called for. Black Kite (talk) 10:56, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

As I mentioned in the nomination for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events, the user who lashed out at me, DylanGLC2011 (talk · contribs) likely abandoned the account DylansTVChannel (talk · contribs) after the TVChannel account had most of their articles deleted but was unnoticed as a lot of TV network patrollers usually avoid the children's networks because of all the issues of fighting off network cheerleading. Thank you for the protection, although I'd like a judge if my cleanup attempt was proper or took out too much content (I tried to streamline and make it MOS-compliant). Nate • (chatter) 11:05, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks good to me. The size of the cull is not really an issue. The branding section that replaced the poorly sourced stuff could probably be expanded a bit however. But any article on Disney-related subjects could have quite a bit on their branding, given how often and aggressive they are in changing/promoting/protecting it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 11:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I did intend to build the "branding" section more as I read through the text and focused on important items, but the non-cooperation did avert that. I will try to build up the section a little more. In the meantime, I just noticed that in the course of my AFD for the List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events that content has been moved to List of programmes broadcast by Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland)#Upcoming Nick Programming by DylanGLC2011 as a firewall if the Events page was deleted, and the same unsourced section exists in the List of programmes broadcast by Disney Channel in the UK & Ireland article, despite a successful AFD regarding that network's "list of events" article six months back. I won't delete it but I have warned the user that an AFD deletion doesn't mean 'merge it somewhere else to avoid scrutiny'. Nate • (chatter) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Well there is a minor problem in that at an AFD, if no one knows of an appropriate place to put the info thats being deleted (in a relevant article) then no one will propose a merge. An article dedicated to channel programming including a section on programming 'events' would probably pass discussion on that articles talk page. Although no doubt the crystal ball will be brought out to counter it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 16:20, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Help wanted for disambiguation page

There is there are two completely different meanings for the term 'fish slice', one mainly in US usage and one mainly used in the UK. We currently describe one at Fish slice, which I would like to move to Fish slice (food), and Fish slice (kitchen utensil). I would like help in moving Fish slice to Fish slice (food) without a redirect, so that the original page can be a disambiguation page. Can any admin help please? Martin Hogbin (talk) 12:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

With only 2 uses, the current method of determining/referring seems appropriate. Although, to be honest, the kitchen utensil looks merely like a WP:DICDEF and not an encyclopedia article ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Not only is no administrative action needed here (you can just, y'know, edit the redirect page directly after the move), but as Bwilkins says a disambiguation page for only two terms means strictly more inconvenience for our readers (who will now require a minimum of one additional click to get to the article they desire by visiting fish slice than at present, where they will only require that click 50% of the time). Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

If it isn't obvious, the preferred approach with two items is to add a hatnote to each. I see a hatnote on Fish slice, so you just need to add one, mutuatis mutandes, to Fish slice (kitchen utensil)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:29, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:NAMB suggests that a hatnote on Fish slice (kitchen utensil) would be incorrect, because the reader will not arrive at that article in error. William Avery (talk) 15:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Potential legal threat

Hi there. I just wanted to alert everyone to a potential problem over at Nemesysco. We've got what appears to be a WP:COI editor, possibly using multiple IPs, who is using language suggesting that we may be going in the direction of legal threats. We've got edits like this and this, which are categorizing other edits as "defamatory" and "slander."

It's obviously not a direct legal threat in and of itself, but if the editor is actually an official of Nemesysco (he acknowledges first-hand knowledge of the company), then we should be aware that the company has engaged in somewhat aggressive legal tactics to defend the reputation of its much-maligned products. (See here.)

I've given the page a full rewrite to pull out anything vaguely WP:OR-ish and ensure that every statement is backed with a WP:RS. I think that puts us in a better position from a legal standpoint, but I'm hopeful that someone here could help keep an eye on things. — Bdb484 (talk) 13:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not particularly alarmed by the allegation in an edit summary that the article was "slander." However, no article should be the kind of battleground this one has been. Your thoroughgoing scrub of that page ought to reduce future combat, but I am puzzled by some of the content removal. One example is the removal of information about the "Love Detector," a technology marketed by the company several years ago and covered by reliable third-party sources. It seems to me that a company's history is an important encyclopedic aspect of an article like this. Can you explain your thinking?

If the edits to the article don't eliminate the damaging activity by anonymous IPs, that article deserves to be semi-protected. --Orlady (talk) 15:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking it out. It seemed borderline, but I still wanted to get input from someone more experienced.

If I'm remembering the edits correctly, the Love Detector probably just came out it was part of what had initially been written as a sort of catalog of their products, which I took out per WP:WWIN. No objections, obviously, if anyone reinserts it in a less advertorial style. As for company history, I don't really remember taking any out. If I did, then it was probably because it was part of a large swath of material that I took out because it didn't have any citations. — Bdb484 (talk) 17:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Accusing an editor of acting in bad faith

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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User:Earl King Jr. is (again) accusing me of acting in bad faith. I filed an ANI on him several weeks ago for the same reason (in addition to the fact that he deleted one of my comments on the Talk page of The Zeitgeist Movement back then [he has not deleted my comments since then]). He is now repeating his accusations. I warned him to stop but it seems he is ignoring my warning.

[Diff]. Earl's comment accusing me of not acting in good faith, including, among the sea of accusations against me, the highly unusual step of Earl copy-pasting a box from my user page onto the talk page of The Zeitgeist Movement.

Diff. My comment explaining to Earl that he is again accusing me of not acting in good faith, and warning him to stop.

Diff. Second comment by Earl accusing me of bias and not acting in good faith.

Diff. Third comment by Earl accusing me of bias and not acting in good faith.

Regards, IjonTichyIjonTichy (talk) 16:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

After a quick readthrough of some of the dispute and the DRN open, it appears the problem editor is you, WP:BOOMARANG might be in order, you've been warned MANY times for this kind of behavior, POV pushing, personal attacks... — raekyT 17:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Um yes, as Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#The Zeitgeist Movement demonstrates, IjonTichyIjonTichy simply doesn't understand, or fails to admit to understanding, Wikipedia policies such as WP:NPOV, WP:RS, and (hover over link to see the implied joke). Normally, I'd suggest a topic ban, but given that Ijon is the least obnoxious TZM supporter we've had to deal with, I think we may be best advised to put up with him some more - on that basis I propose we flog him repeatedly with a decayed squid, tell him to explain things once not fifty times, and then impose a 100-word limit on each posting he makes. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:22, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Where's the like button? — Bdb484 (talk) 18:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Here: Like. (that can be done with {{like}}). - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 19:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm requesting that an administrator please get involved and notify Earl King Jr. to stop harassing me with his repeated accusations calling me biased and accusing me of acting in bad faith. Thanks and regards, IjonTichyIjonTichy (talk) 19:11, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

As an admin I have reviewed your request and I decline to take any action against Earl King. His contribs do not amount to harassment and you would be better advised to take some of his advice on board than to reject it as hostility. Questioning you as having a potential COI is an entirely reasonable thing to do, under the circumstances. Suggest closing this thread. Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 19:38, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The word WP:HARASSMENT has very strict meaning, so be cautious with its use. Also remember, that when you file at ANI, all of your behaviours come under the microscope too ... are you sure you're doing this correctly? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 19:38, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Er, no. It doesn't work like that. When admins get involved, they look at the behaviour of all concerned - they don't just do what the complainant says. But then, I'm sure you know that already... AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The Garden City Hotel Article

Good afternoon,

I have identified unreliable and unreferenced information that is not verifiable and in conflict with Wikipedia’s terms and conditions. They include:

<Redacted BLP Violation that was being reported> Kindly remove this content from the page. Correctdataservice (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.

Please discuss this at Talk:Garden City Hotel, as this page is not the proper venue for these particular concerns. Thank you.--JayJasper (talk) 17:12, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I've redacted the report of the violation to avoid further spreading it. The article has been reverted to a clean version again and BLP warnings have been issued. Admin Dougweller has semi-protected the article for a month. Blatant enough BLP violation that the talk page of the article isn't a good place to deal with it. Looks resolved for now. Monty₈₄₅ 17:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

It has been taken care of already, it seems. Something that is in need of admin assistance though is to take care of the apparent sock/meat-puppeteering and conflict-of-interest going on there;

• Myrons children (talk · contribs)
• My friend Myron (talk · contribs)
• Friend of Myron (talk · contribs)

Tarc (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Pushing South Asian and East Asian religions

Please have a look at Special:Contributions/Krizpo. This user keeps misquoting refs and adding purely personal speculations to articles in order to push South Asian and East Asian religions into more prominence than is necessary for the articles. I have tried curbing some of the more excessive POV's but the amount of edits is getting out of hand and very hard to verify what is correct and what is pure speculation and fantasy. The user never responds to any messages but just keeps going at it. - Takeaway (talk) 17:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Krizpo needs a block to get his attention. If he doesn't cooperate after that, he's not going to cooperate at all and doesn't belong here. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Going through his edits, he misuses a lot of sources, making claims nowhere in them. He also downplays the role of Islam in majority Muslim countries. His dishonestly and tendentiousness indicate to me that he's completely useless to this site. I suppose we should only use a block to get his attention, but I won't argue with any admin who chooses to indef Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• Holy crap. Krizpo has about 2 dozen "last warnings" on his talkpage - all of them by Takeaway. I really enjoyed the one in ALL CAPS. Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, Takeaway shouldn't have needed to go that far. Krizpo should have stopped and said "hey, I wonder why I'm getting these messages..." Takeaway's reversions are all reversions I'd've made too, and I'm going through removing a bunch of false and POV material Krizpo's been dropping all over the place. Please block Krizpo. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

In all fairness, if I had 2 dozen messages from the same person, I'd say "who's the WP:DICK and why won't they just leave me alone...I'm going to ignore them". It's also possible they don't see the shiny orange bar. It's also possible that nobody considered asking for page protection on a few pages that just might get his attention (like WP:DR might suggest) (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please quit defending a tendentious editor who's been doing nothing but inserting WP:OR and WP:FRINGE material, against WP:UNDUE, often using sources that don't even begin to support his claims. If you don't want to make the block, fine, but take a look at Krizpo's edits and tell me with a straight face that they're good before you defend him. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

At what point have I defended him? I asked point blank if you ever asked for any articles to be protected, which you refuse to answer. You're reaching right for a block, which is the last weapon in the bag, not the first. The guy may be WP:TE, but none of you is either a) following the process, or b) treating him like a human (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:10, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It certainly seems as though User:ian.thomson is on a mission to get editors banned here. Can anyone really defend the abuse of templates that user:Takeaway has engaged in? Certainly it would be more helpful to the project to help Krizpo understand problems with his edits rather than template him to death and then ban him, as ian.thomson proposes. Leontopodium alpinum (talk) 03:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Whilst we wait for User:Krizpo to respond here, I have full-protected his 3 most recently-edited articles, left him a note, AND emphasized the ANI notice that was haphazardly left on his takpage. I have added that talkpage to my watchlist. If the editor makes any more edits before responding here, please advise ASAP. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Wait, I'm supposed to apply for protection to Religion in the United Arab Emirates, Buddhism in Africa, South Africa‎, Hinduism in Africa, Religion in Europe, Religion in Iran, Religion in North America, Religion in Africa, Oman, Religion in the Middle East, Buddhism in the Middle East, Buddhism in Norway, Religion in Saudi Arabia, Religion in Libya, Buddhism in Italy, Religion in Korea, Sri Lanka, Hinduism in Arab states, Yemen, Buddhism, Christianity, and Christianity in Thailand? And how is "if I had 2 dozen messages" not excusing Krizpo's refusal to discuss matters? Ian.thomson (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• You know something? You've stated your stance. Repeatedly. Now if you're quite done with Krizpo Delenda Est! every half hour, perhaps not only can we wait to see if Krizpo cares to respond, but other people might get the opportunity to weigh in. Ravenswing 04:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I didn't expect to be insulted here. Someone otherr than Krizpo has issues here and it is surely isn't me. - Takeaway (talk) 04:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
    • Of course not. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

However suboptimal the multiple templated warnings may have been as a strategy for warning Krizpo, the fact remains that (a) Krizpo has been a thoroughly disruptive presence; (b) with several hundred edits (nearly all of them contentious and problematic) across more than a year, he no longer gets a newbie bonus; (c) he was properly addressed by several editors when he first started editing disruptively, and showed the exact same failure to respond back then as he is doing now. In fact, in all these months, Krizpo has never made even a single talkpage edit.

Please keep in mind that we must not only not bite newbies, we should also not bite and insult editors who are trying to do the difficult work of keeping articles free from tendentious disruption. In this light, I must say I find some of the reactions above not much better than Takeaway's overuse of warning templates. I also disagree that protection – or requests for it – would have been the better tool here. Protection is for cases where several editors are engaged in problematic content editing, and has the serious collateral damage that it stops other, unrelated editors from contributing. Where a single editor is repeatedly making obviously unacceptable edits and the need for removing them is obvious, blocking is the more appropriate response. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I really don't see how people who have only become involved with this issue for only a few seconds can make blanket statements on my behaviour. If one doesn't issue warnings, one gets the remark that not enough warnings were given. Too many warnings don't seem to garner a positive response either. As Fut.Perf. said, the user had been already issued warnings before but didn't heed them. I hoped that if the user knew that his edits were being monitored by other editors here on wikipedia, the user would actually start editing in a more correct way. When it became apparent after the first series of 1st level warnings, talk page requests, and edit summary requests, that no one else seemed to care much about the user's ongoing tendentious edits, I issued a series of stronger warnings. I still didn't know which way this would go because some of the edits bordered on vandalism and then it might have been an item for the AIV board where issuing multiple warnings is the correct method of procedure. If I had known that this would be negatively commented on by some of the people here on this board using snide remarks such as "Looks like we have more than one person with an issue here", I would have not have bothered reporting user:Krizpo here but just let the matter go and hoped someone else might do it. If you'd actually look at what I did to rectify these tendentious edits, you'd also know that I didn't just revert everything user:Krizpo posted but actually worked my way through the edits and sources trying to make sense of the content that was added to those many articles. I had hoped, in vain apparently, that other editors would become involved in monitoring this user's edits but it didn't happen at all because, apparently, they didn't care enough. I therefore had no other choice but report the user, something I postponed doing (hence the many warnings) because, to me at least, it is something that one does only as a last resort. - Takeaway (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• Without taking a stand on Takeaway/Ian.thomson vs Krizpo, I think what I find most disconcerting is that no one has seemed to try to talk about these edits on the article's talk pages (with Krizpo or anyone else for that matter). The sole exception, as far as I can tell, is a different user on the Talk:Religion in Africa page. In fact the talk pages of articles like Talk:Hinduism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in Africa, Talk:Buddhism in the Middle East, Talk:Buddhism in Norway, Talk:Religion in Saudi Arabia, Talk:Buddhism in Italy and Talk:Religion in the United Arab Emirates are essentially blank with only project templates. Looking at the articles histories and Krizpo's talk page, it seems like the only thing being done are (some) of these edits being reverted and Krizpo templated. While it would be nice if Krizpo responded to his talk page, slapping a template on a talk isn't the same thing as an invitation to discussion. Another problem with this revert/template pattern is that there was very little opportunity to get other editors involved until this escalated to an AN/I issue. Plus, the absence of any meaningful talk page discussion makes it difficult for other editors to see what exactly is problematic about certain edits as edit summaries aren't always the most clear. I just wonder if this wouldn't have become an AN/I escalation if the original "content issues" were taken to the articles' talk pages in the very beginning instead of templating. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 10:44, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you have a good point. However, article talkpages are best used to discuss concerns specific to that article. When one editor's work is problematic across a wide range of articles, the editor's talkpage is the best place to discuss it rather than having fragmented discussions across many talkpages. (Alternatively, a WikiProject talkpage might be a good place to discuss problems with many articles which are all within one wikiproject's remit).

WP:BITE is not a suicide pact. Being gentle with inexperienced editors is vitally important, but that's only a means to an end - maintaining a strong community which can achieve our ultimate goal - better articles. If an editor is a detriment to articles, not just initially but persistently, for a year, then strictly adhering to be-nice-to-the-newbies line is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. bobrayner (talk) 11:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Turns out, not surprisingly, that Krizpo's additions were also full of copyvios. For instance, his additions here [143] are from [144] (which also appears to be a highly unreliable, probably fringe source). Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Re Leontopodium alpinum and Ravenswing: Find anything good in Krizpo's edits before you defend him, which is all you are doing by going after me. The "on a mission to get editors blocked" bullshit is insulting. If you're going to make that sort of accusation, please file an open RFC/U on me instead of making a veiled attacks on me, unless you're just a coward trying to make snipes to feel like you're bigger. Even Helen Keller could see that (after ignoring a YEAR's worth of messages, warnings, and reverts) Krizpo has no interest in cooperation or discussion with other editors. Don't come after me just so you can play hero and feel important defending an "innocent" (not-so-)new editor, unless you can show me anything worth defending from that account. As Fut.Prof. wisely pointed out, page protection only works it's multiple editors causing problems on a few pages, not one editor continuously causing problems with WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:COPYVIO on any article relating to religion, Asia, the Middle East, or Africa. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Page protection CAN work to create discussion from a silent editor: if an editor signs in, checks his fave articles, finds his edits are gone, he'll try them again. If the page is protected, he's going to say "WTF?" and maybe start to talk to someone somewhere (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

No one is "defending" Krizpo, so you can get off that riff any time. That being said, your own behavior isn't winning you any friends, and it gets worse by the post; that while tossing around insults by the hatful you're citing WP:NPA is quite ironic. Bushranger is exactly right - you've come down with a strong case of WP:NOTTHEM, and you might want to work on that before the boomerang hits. As I stated before, you've made your case. Rest on that and stop trying to pick fights. Ravenswing 04:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• "Bushranger was referring to me. It must feel great to be able to strew instant judgements around while on autopilot. - Takeaway (talk) 10:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Ravenswing, Krizpo is shown to be nothing but a tendentious editor unwilling to communicate or cooperate, and I'm the bad guy for pointing that out? When presented with an alternative, I'm the bad guy for pointing out problems that come with those alternatives? And it's totally OK for you to come in and tell me to shut up while I'm in the middle of a discussion with another editor?

Then, when Leontopodium alpinum makes very insulting accusations, I'm the bad guy for asking him to own up to his comments like an honest man or take them back for the slanderous lies that they are?

Bullshit!

Neither of you had anything to say about the case at hand, all you two could do was fucking with someone who hasn't done a damn thing and make him out to be the villain. You two completely failed to assume good faith with me, and you haven't even been paying attention to what's going on! If a single purpose account treated an established editor that way, the SPA would be blocked as a troll.

For the record, NOTTHEM is a guide to appealing blocks. I didn't do anything block worthy, I just responded to some completely unsolicited assaults by demanding a either a good reason or an apology for them. Neither of you has yet to present a good reason. If Krizpo was a new editor, or had shown that he was willing to try to cooperate, I'd be in the wrong for calling for a block. He hasn't, though. He is useless to the site, and until anyone can demonstrate otherwise, it's completely justifiable to call for him to be blocked instead of asking him for the hundredth time to try and discuss things, or completely prevent good editors from working on the past few pages he fucked up.

If you didn't like me saying that in the first place, all you had to do was keep scrolling, or give a reason why Krizpo should not have been blocked. Instead, you just told me to shut up. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back on track

Before childishness sets in, let's get back on track.

You have an editor with an issue. Although the right path was not taken at first, their 3 most recent articles have been protected. This may or may not kick them into "time to talk" mode. I note that they have not edited anything in 2 days. It's unknown as to whether or not this is due to the protection. However, that means we're still waiting for a response, but in the meantime, as no more problematic edits have happened on ay articles from them, that's a good thing - some form of temporary stasis.

Let's stop throwing darts at each other, learn from what went wrong on this one, and move forward constructively. I still want to know when/where this editor edits next ... it should be right here if they actually are paying attention; if not tell me ASAP (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Nice words from the initial dart thrower! - Takeaway (talk) 10:47, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you actually be contructive towards this process, or just keep sniping because a number of people all gave you shit for the way you handled this? So, grow up and move towards resolution instead of recursive trips towards infantilism (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

So, the most 3 recent pages he messed with cannot be improved by any good editors. Nothing is really forcing him to communicate (which he has yet to demonstrate any desire for). Krizpo is free to wait until this discussion has died down and then start again on some other article. Since he edited in off-and-on spurts between this summer and last summer, that doesn't seem impossible.

If Krizpo only focused on a few articles, and didn't go through periods of decreased activity, I could see this working. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you even read how we're proceeding here? All articles - even protected ones - can be updated through protected edit requests. RIGHT NOW the project appears to be at least temporarily protected from crappy edits. You - the article watchers - have been asked to advise if he edits again before explaining himself. I will have no qualms about a block if such explanation does not happen, but right now, we're taking an interim step. The goal of any admin action on Wikipedia is protection and never punishment, period. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 14:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Tsk tsk tsk... Temper temper. Not happy that people don't agree with "your" correct way, oops, "our" correct way I mean, of doing things? Why is it that only you are allowed to make snide remarks? Anyway, I tried to keep the guy in check in a certain way which didn't work with this persistent guy. Now I reported him and you can go do things the way you want from now on. Have fun running things your way. - Takeaway (talk) 17:28, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

There's actually only 2 people showing a temper and making snide remarks (and I'm not one of them), so pot, meet the kettle. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 11:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Gentlemen! You can't fight in here; this is the War Room! bobrayner (talk) 11:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

This is really hilarious! Bye bye gentlemen and Bwilkinsl! - Takeaway (talk) 17:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Attempted outing

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Another user with whom I have had virtually no contact with has attempted to out and discredit me here in a particularly nasty and vindictive manner without providing any evidence whatsoever of their claims as to my identity. Please help. I would like these claims removed and their behaviour rectified. Famous_dog (c) 09:04, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Please use WP:OVERSIGHT to have the accusations permanently deleted; I'll remove them for now and warn the editor in question. GiantSnowman 09:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Dealt with. Worm^TT(talk) 09:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)

I have been trying for the last week to attempt a cleanup of Disney Channel (UK and Ireland), which is heavy with about half the article not devoted to the subject of the network itself, but the logo and graphical styling of the network, which I feel most normal readers would not care to read about. It's also solely sourced to Logopedia, which from my understanding should not be used as a source as it's an all-user contributed site like IMDb or TV.com, but even more questionable as it was solely created to round our restrictions on overuse of fair use content, which I completely respect but Logopedia does not.

This is the final result of my cleanup attempt, which also fixed grammatical and WP:MOS issues, along with removal of WP:ADVERT material. However I have run into ownership issues with editors who refuse to let me change the text in any way and have begun to get profane in their attempt to assert their version is better. I removed the logo variations and reduced them down to one paragraph of text instead of a morass of examples we can't see and tables and tables describing graphics (and again, are unsourced except to Logopedia), along with splitting the chronology of the channel's history into "logo eras" rather than years. This edit especially concerns me and makes me feel like abandoning my cleanup attempt as I cannot get any headway. An advert template and encouragement to talk on the page has not given any response, and I have never seen a cleanup attempt on my part attract so much vitriol. The editor of the diff above I also have taken to AfD for unsourced Nickelodeon articles, so I'm looking for advice on how to clean this up, as children's network articles always seem to be a battleground to state just the facts and not turn it into a cheerleading article for the network. And advice is welcomed, even guidance to another noticeboard. Nate • (chatter) 09:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

• I have protected the article for a month (in what appears to be the policy-compliant version, for a change). I am also getting the impression of possible sock or meatpuppetry from that history, I have to say, especially as we have at least two blocked/banned long term sockpuppeteers who are very keen on Disney articles. An SPI may be called for. Black Kite (talk) 10:56, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

As I mentioned in the nomination for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events, the user who lashed out at me, DylanGLC2011 (talk · contribs) likely abandoned the account DylansTVChannel (talk · contribs) after the TVChannel account had most of their articles deleted but was unnoticed as a lot of TV network patrollers usually avoid the children's networks because of all the issues of fighting off network cheerleading. Thank you for the protection, although I'd like a judge if my cleanup attempt was proper or took out too much content (I tried to streamline and make it MOS-compliant). Nate • (chatter) 11:05, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks good to me. The size of the cull is not really an issue. The branding section that replaced the poorly sourced stuff could probably be expanded a bit however. But any article on Disney-related subjects could have quite a bit on their branding, given how often and aggressive they are in changing/promoting/protecting it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 11:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I did intend to build the "branding" section more as I read through the text and focused on important items, but the non-cooperation did avert that. I will try to build up the section a little more. In the meantime, I just noticed that in the course of my AFD for the List of Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Events that content has been moved to List of programmes broadcast by Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland)#Upcoming Nick Programming by DylanGLC2011 as a firewall if the Events page was deleted, and the same unsourced section exists in the List of programmes broadcast by Disney Channel in the UK & Ireland article, despite a successful AFD regarding that network's "list of events" article six months back. I won't delete it but I have warned the user that an AFD deletion doesn't mean 'merge it somewhere else to avoid scrutiny'. Nate • (chatter) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Well there is a minor problem in that at an AFD, if no one knows of an appropriate place to put the info thats being deleted (in a relevant article) then no one will propose a merge. An article dedicated to channel programming including a section on programming 'events' would probably pass discussion on that articles talk page. Although no doubt the crystal ball will be brought out to counter it. Only in death does duty end (talk) 16:20, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Help wanted for disambiguation page

There is there are two completely different meanings for the term 'fish slice', one mainly in US usage and one mainly used in the UK. We currently describe one at Fish slice, which I would like to move to Fish slice (food), and Fish slice (kitchen utensil). I would like help in moving Fish slice to Fish slice (food) without a redirect, so that the original page can be a disambiguation page. Can any admin help please? Martin Hogbin (talk) 12:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

With only 2 uses, the current method of determining/referring seems appropriate. Although, to be honest, the kitchen utensil looks merely like a WP:DICDEF and not an encyclopedia article ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Not only is no administrative action needed here (you can just, y'know, edit the redirect page directly after the move), but as Bwilkins says a disambiguation page for only two terms means strictly more inconvenience for our readers (who will now require a minimum of one additional click to get to the article they desire by visiting fish slice than at present, where they will only require that click 50% of the time). Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:30, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

If it isn't obvious, the preferred approach with two items is to add a hatnote to each. I see a hatnote on Fish slice, so you just need to add one, mutuatis mutandes, to Fish slice (kitchen utensil)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:29, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:NAMB suggests that a hatnote on Fish slice (kitchen utensil) would be incorrect, because the reader will not arrive at that article in error. William Avery (talk) 15:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Potential legal threat

Hi there. I just wanted to alert everyone to a potential problem over at Nemesysco. We've got what appears to be a WP:COI editor, possibly using multiple IPs, who is using language suggesting that we may be going in the direction of legal threats. We've got edits like this and this, which are categorizing other edits as "defamatory" and "slander."

It's obviously not a direct legal threat in and of itself, but if the editor is actually an official of Nemesysco (he acknowledges first-hand knowledge of the company), then we should be aware that the company has engaged in somewhat aggressive legal tactics to defend the reputation of its much-maligned products. (See here.)

I've given the page a full rewrite to pull out anything vaguely WP:OR-ish and ensure that every statement is backed with a WP:RS. I think that puts us in a better position from a legal standpoint, but I'm hopeful that someone here could help keep an eye on things. — Bdb484 (talk) 13:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not particularly alarmed by the allegation in an edit summary that the article was "slander." However, no article should be the kind of battleground this one has been. Your thoroughgoing scrub of that page ought to reduce future combat, but I am puzzled by some of the content removal. One example is the removal of information about the "Love Detector," a technology marketed by the company several years ago and covered by reliable third-party sources. It seems to me that a company's history is an important encyclopedic aspect of an article like this. Can you explain your thinking?

If the edits to the article don't eliminate the damaging activity by anonymous IPs, that article deserves to be semi-protected. --Orlady (talk) 15:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking it out. It seemed borderline, but I still wanted to get input from someone more experienced.

If I'm remembering the edits correctly, the Love Detector probably just came out it was part of what had initially been written as a sort of catalog of their products, which I took out per WP:WWIN. No objections, obviously, if anyone reinserts it in a less advertorial style. As for company history, I don't really remember taking any out. If I did, then it was probably because it was part of a large swath of material that I took out because it didn't have any citations. — Bdb484 (talk) 17:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Accusing an editor of acting in bad faith

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User:Earl King Jr. is (again) accusing me of acting in bad faith. I filed an ANI on him several weeks ago for the same reason (in addition to the fact that he deleted one of my comments on the Talk page of The Zeitgeist Movement back then [he has not deleted my comments since then]). He is now repeating his accusations. I warned him to stop but it seems he is ignoring my warning.

[Diff]. Earl's comment accusing me of not acting in good faith, including, among the sea of accusations against me, the highly unusual step of Earl copy-pasting a box from my user page onto the talk page of The Zeitgeist Movement.

Diff. My comment explaining to Earl that he is again accusing me of not acting in good faith, and warning him to stop.

Diff. Second comment by Earl accusing me of bias and not acting in good faith.

Diff. Third comment by Earl accusing me of bias and not acting in good faith.

Regards, IjonTichyIjonTichy (talk) 16:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

After a quick readthrough of some of the dispute and the DRN open, it appears the problem editor is you, WP:BOOMARANG might be in order, you've been warned MANY times for this kind of behavior, POV pushing, personal attacks... — raekyT 17:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Um yes, as Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#The Zeitgeist Movement demonstrates, IjonTichyIjonTichy simply doesn't understand, or fails to admit to understanding, Wikipedia policies such as WP:NPOV, WP:RS, and (hover over link to see the implied joke). Normally, I'd suggest a topic ban, but given that Ijon is the least obnoxious TZM supporter we've had to deal with, I think we may be best advised to put up with him some more - on that basis I propose we flog him repeatedly with a decayed squid, tell him to explain things once not fifty times, and then impose a 100-word limit on each posting he makes. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:22, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Where's the like button? — Bdb484 (talk) 18:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Here: Like. (that can be done with {{like}}). - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 19:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm requesting that an administrator please get involved and notify Earl King Jr. to stop harassing me with his repeated accusations calling me biased and accusing me of acting in bad faith. Thanks and regards, IjonTichyIjonTichy (talk) 19:11, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

As an admin I have reviewed your request and I decline to take any action against Earl King. His contribs do not amount to harassment and you would be better advised to take some of his advice on board than to reject it as hostility. Questioning you as having a potential COI is an entirely reasonable thing to do, under the circumstances. Suggest closing this thread. Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 19:38, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The word WP:HARASSMENT has very strict meaning, so be cautious with its use. Also remember, that when you file at ANI, all of your behaviours come under the microscope too ... are you sure you're doing this correctly? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 19:38, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Er, no. It doesn't work like that. When admins get involved, they look at the behaviour of all concerned - they don't just do what the complainant says. But then, I'm sure you know that already... AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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The Garden City Hotel Article

Good afternoon,

I have identified unreliable and unreferenced information that is not verifiable and in conflict with Wikipedia’s terms and conditions. They include:

<Redacted BLP Violation that was being reported> Kindly remove this content from the page. Correctdataservice (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.

Please discuss this at Talk:Garden City Hotel, as this page is not the proper venue for these particular concerns. Thank you.--JayJasper (talk) 17:12, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I've redacted the report of the violation to avoid further spreading it. The article has been reverted to a clean version again and BLP warnings have been issued. Admin Dougweller has semi-protected the article for a month. Blatant enough BLP violation that the talk page of the article isn't a good place to deal with it. Looks resolved for now. Monty₈₄₅ 17:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

It has been taken care of already, it seems. Something that is in need of admin assistance though is to take care of the apparent sock/meat-puppeteering and conflict-of-interest going on there;

• Myrons children (talk · contribs)
• My friend Myron (talk · contribs)
• Friend of Myron (talk · contribs)

Tarc (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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The article "Joan Alderson-Rosazza" must be deleted. There was confusion when creating her page. Initially, it was thought that individual was one person. However, There is a "Jody Alderson" and a "Joan Rosazza". I moved "Joan Alderson-Rosazza" to "Jody Alderson". But "Joan Rosazza" is redirecting to "Joan Alderson-Rosazza". "Joan Rosazza" must be an entirely new page (or blank page at the moment), as it is a different person, and not be redirected to "Joan Alderson-Rosazza". Your help will be appreciated. Thank you. Philipmj24 (talk) 17:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Wrong location, sorry. Philipmj24 (talk) 18:07, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem. I have now deleted Joan Alderson, Joan Rosazza, and Joan Alderson-Rosazza. If you could double check that everything is right now, that would be great. -- Dianna (talk) 18:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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SPI backlog

Can a few folks with the right tools swing by WP:SPI to help clear up the backlog? At least one of the open cases is a week old. There also appears to be several cases that are closed and waiting for admin action. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 20:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry about the closed cases, the clerks will handle those. Admins are needed to patrol open cases. Much appreciated.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

swearing in edit summary

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At first I thought this user was joking but looking through Pelecan Shtzu (talk · contribs)'s edits, this was done for disruptive purposes and may need to be RevDel'd. (And the user blocked as being for vandalism only, especially with that name.) OSborn ^arf_contribs. 03:22, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Pelecan is either a troll or a vandal, in my opinion. I happened across his edits to Kevin Trudeau yesterday and warned him several times. If he had done it again it would have gone to a level four warning, and then to AIV. I don't think we ought to wait for formalities like that, in this case. Block him and be done with it. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:28, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Never mind. I see now that I did give him a level four warning. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, AIV would be the place for that, but I've blocked them. No RevDel as it doesn't come close to meeting the criteria imo. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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IP asking editors for private e-mail addresses

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The anon IP 131.239.63.5 has gone around to at least a couple dozen editors so far today (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/131.239.63.5) asking each of them some variation of:

I cannot discuss the matter here on your talk page, but if you would email me at uno1dos2tres3quatro4@gmail.com (or simply post your email address below this message) I would greatly appreciate it.

It seems like some sort of scam. At the very least, it's odd and suspicious. I'll let the IP know about this discussion. With thanks, --Tenebrae (talk) 04:34, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes it is odd. IP has been blocked before for socking; blocked again for two weeks. They can explain on their talk page, or email me at my secret account. Drmies (talk) 04:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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Ang Kapatiran

Would somebody take a look at this article about a political party in the Philippines? It looks like somebody is just reproducing the party literature. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 04:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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At first I thought this user was joking but looking through Pelecan Shtzu (talk · contribs)'s edits, this was done for disruptive purposes and may need to be RevDel'd. (And the user blocked as being for vandalism only, especially with that name.) OSborn ^arf_contribs. 03:22, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Pelecan is either a troll or a vandal, in my opinion. I happened across his edits to Kevin Trudeau yesterday and warned him several times. If he had done it again it would have gone to a level four warning, and then to AIV. I don't think we ought to wait for formalities like that, in this case. Block him and be done with it. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:28, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Never mind. I see now that I did give him a level four warning. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, AIV would be the place for that, but I've blocked them. No RevDel as it doesn't come close to meeting the criteria imo. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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IP asking editors for private e-mail addresses

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The anon IP 131.239.63.5 has gone around to at least a couple dozen editors so far today (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/131.239.63.5) asking each of them some variation of:

I cannot discuss the matter here on your talk page, but if you would email me at uno1dos2tres3quatro4@gmail.com (or simply post your email address below this message) I would greatly appreciate it.

It seems like some sort of scam. At the very least, it's odd and suspicious. I'll let the IP know about this discussion. With thanks, --Tenebrae (talk) 04:34, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes it is odd. IP has been blocked before for socking; blocked again for two weeks. They can explain on their talk page, or email me at my secret account. Drmies (talk) 04:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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Ang Kapatiran

Would somebody take a look at this article about a political party in the Philippines? It looks like somebody is just reproducing the party literature. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 04:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Andreasegde is disrupting a discussion and straw poll @ the Beatles talk page

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[Closing note:] The Mediation Committee has opened a formal case on this dispute. Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles -- Dianna (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Un-closed. The disruption is ongoing. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Please do not close this until a decision has been made about IBs and topic bans. Lets just finish the process so that hopefully, we won't be back here again with this. Also, please take the time to look at some of the abusive diffs I added below. This is a symptom of a pattern with one person in common. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:19, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Agree with the decision to unarchive. This matter is ongoing, and time is needed to gather relevant input. I see now that I should have spoken out a year ago after my experiences at the Pete Best talk page, and GabeMc has brought additional material to light, which indicates long-term abusive editing. The ownership issue by Andreasegde of Beatles-related articles is now the larger subject under discussion. Jusdafax 22:22, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I am attempting to conduct a discussion and straw poll here, and User:Andreasegde is attempting to disrupt it. Please see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Please, we need an admin to stop the disruption caused by User:Andreasegde so a proper discussion can occur. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC) Recently they have unilaterally declared a consensus at Paul McCartney despite an open RfC with little to no discussion, please see here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:28, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is an ongoing poll here, (Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), which User:GabeMc is trying to demolish by placing a new fake poll on The Beatles' talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is also a request on a mediation page (which User:GabeMc started), to not comment until the RfC on "Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has finished.--andreasegde (talk) 21:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The result of the mediation page was:

"Suspend. Pending completion of an RfC on this subject. This request may be evaluated at another time, after the RfC concludes. Please bring your discussions there. If the RfC does not result in consensus, the filing party should leave a note on my (or any other mediator's) talk page to reconsider opening this case. For the Mediation Committee", Lord Roem (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)]

Because User:GabeMc is not satisfied with how things are going, he is trying to create a diversion. It really is a sorry state of affairs when an editor has to stoop to such tactics.--andreasegde (talk) 21:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I propose that both editors be barred from interacting on the Sgt Pepper talk page. Enough is enough. Mythpage88 (talk) 21:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Not the best approach at the moment, there is a lot of talk of sockpuppets, so placing tbs would punish the innocent, I'd suggest instead that we take your understandable desire to see the problem solved and put it into specific fixes for specific issues one by one, like similar polls for a start. Penyulap ☏ 02:50, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

This editor, User:Mythpage88, is a fervent supporter of the complainant. He has insulted me on my own talk page many times. Enough is enough.--andreasegde (talk) 22:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

How am I a "fervent supporter"? Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean that I support him. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Because you insulted me and did not mention one single negative word about User:GabeMc. It's quite simple, because it was not neutral.--andreasegde (talk) 22:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

But I don't support him. Stop being a child, already. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey hang on a minute, you can't say that, it's a personal attack, and believe me I know, I been blocked for such nonsense before (good block btw) anyhow, you should say you're sorry for that, or someone will tell their mommy on you, I mean it. Penyulap ☏ 02:55, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

User:Andreasegde and User:GabeMc are edit warring on Paul McCartney and talk:Paul McCartney and their constant sniping at each other is disrupting talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and talk:The Beatles. This has already driven one editor away. They should be barred from interacting on any of The Beatles article pages and, if this carries on, they should both be topic banned. Richerman (talk) 00:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

FTR, I havn't made any snipes in several days, it is Andreas who continues to snipe at me, and it is Andreas who is driving editors away from Beatles related articles, not me. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

What is the sound of one hand clapping? No, it's both of Andreasegde and GabeMc. Each should just make the best possible argument they have once and cease the back and forth. They're not going to change each other's minds and there's no benefit to Wikipedia to sort out which editor is more disruptive. If intervention turns out to be required, Richerman has the correct idea. Nobody Ent 02:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Richerman that issue has become much larger than it need be; we're talking about the letter 'T', for Christ's sake. This has dissolved into edit warring, the bickering and personal attacks which are linked to above, and a poorly thought-out SPI (for which the reporting party apologised, which I accept). The genesis of this SPI can be seen here.

If you follow GabeMc's comments at the SPI, you see that he acknowledges that he doesn't know if I'm a sock of the IP in question and then accuses User:Andreasegde of not only being the sock, but of having a "fake dialogue" with himself as the IP. Unfortunately the SPI was closed without establishing whether the was any socking taking place at all. This one incident by itself is well beyond the type of treatment to which the community or any of the individuals involved should be subjected.

I also support topic and interaction bans against GabeMc. The abuse of process and of other editors has to be stopped now. Radiopathy •talk• 02:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

A topic ban for me? Are you serious Radio? I just got Paul McCartney promoted at FAC (admittedly with much of help from others), and you suggest banning me from editing all Beatles related articles? How convenient for you, an editor who is clearly biased against "the". FTR, I have made my best argument at the Beatles talk page, and I pledge to uphold whatever outcome arises from this process, while reserving the right to take this to a higher-level if needed. I have reason and grammar on my side, and I trust a mediator will choose wisely should it come to that. BTW, this thread is about disruptive editing by User:Andreasegde however, not the "The/the" debate. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The FAC doesn't negate your behaviour here the past few weeks. You have antagonised and alienated several editors with which you formerly had a good rapport. Your attempt at subverting your own request for mediation shows at least that you have no respect for the way things are done here and that you'll stop at nothing to impose your lower case 'T' on everyone else. Some of your interactions suggest something other that a collaborative spirit. Radiopathy •talk• 03:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I support full topic ban, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99. IP editor who got into this whole mess. It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:22, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Mythpage88 (talk) 03:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I see you getting a block long before that happens, and I see Andreasegde coming out looking like a saint in all of this. I also see lots of work for the fishermen to do in these polls, oh yeah ! they'll feed the family with this haul. Penyulap ☏ 03:29, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Mythpage88, you want to ban me from editing all Beatles pages, really? You do realize that it was Andreas and ip 99 that dragged this out and forced my hand. See: here and here. Please reconsider your radical position. I havn't even cursed at anyone. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I do. You blame him at every opportunity. You even did in your response. The both of you need to take a time out. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:29, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

And Gabe, two edits is nothing when you take into account how much has gone on. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

12/24 hour block for both of them if they don't calm down. According to RM above they are both causing disruption. A short time out (or longer) might be helpful. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• FTR, I am not causing disruption I am combating it. Please look deeper before you suggest a block for both parties. This is what drives editors away from wikipedia IMO. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:43, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

How dare you assume that I haven't looked into it. How dare you! Arguments like this drive users away from Wikipedia.! Mythpage88 (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Lol, okay right, you got me, my bad, good one Mythpage88, I'm sorry. (with tongue in cheek) Please, please, pretty please allow me to continue to donate several hours per day of my time to the project, please!!! I need it!!! Maybe we should all have a laugh and relax huh? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely not. Your actions are beyond the pale. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

My advice to all is this: I doubt any admin is gonna touch this and come down on only one side at this point. If blocks are enacted, I see at least 2 of them being made. Your conduct on this thread will probably make the admin say "you two need a timeout" and force one on you. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I thought admins wanted us to report disruptive edits to help them protect and improve the culture of wikipedia. I've reported seven above, all from today. I really believe that I have never made one single intentionally disruptive edit ever at wikipedia, not even once. If I get a block for reporting this kind of wikistalking, wikithreats, harrassment on my talk page, defamation of character and bullying, then so be it. I am not the problem here, I represent the solution to the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you make one comment without blaming Andreas for something? Mythpage88 (talk) 04:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I do see an awful lot of childish behaviour that is bat-blastingly baffling to be honest. Damn childish, in toto. Get a grip and stop playing such stupid, childish games (✉→BWilkins←✎) 04:02, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I too agree with a temporary topic-ban, this is extremely sophomoric and has gotten way out of hand. Seriously, 99.99% of our readers don't care how it is capitalized, and especially not to this extent. Maractus (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) I disagree, grammar is grammar, and to intentionally disregard our MoS, and at least 8 others is silly IMO. What's really silly is that a simple decree from above could end all this once and for all. This is only going on because no one will give a clear directive; a 1RR situation. So don't blame the soldiers when they disagree because the general won't/can't/refuses to give a clear order that all can follow. This could all end with one decision from a mediator, do we follow our MoS, ignore our MoS, or change our MoS. If wikipedia took a firm stance on this we would never have to hear about this nonsense ever again. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:26, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's an argument over which shape of a letter to use. Give it a fucking break. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's not ArbCom's remit to decide between t and T. Nobody Ent 10:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Then whose remit is it to prevent disruption, intimidation and harassment? Also, who defends our MoS, if not ArbCom? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with GabeMc that the MOS should be observed or edited to accomodate exceptions etc., but WP:MOSTM also states that

• Trademarks that officially begin with a lowercase letter raise several problems because they break the normal capitalization rules of English that trademarks, as proper nouns, are written with initial capital letters wherever they occur in a sentence.
  
• Trademarks rendered without any capitals are always capitalized

WIll you defend that part, also? Why are your arguments contrary to that part of the MOS? You are being combative here. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• My experencies with Andreasegde have been extremely unpleasant at the Beatles-related Pete Best article talk page [145]; so much so that I was indeed driven away from working on the article. The talk page link speaks for itself, in terms of aggressive hostility and violations of good faith and article ownership guidelines, and I challenge anyone to conclude otherwise. I was so disgusted I decided even a complaint would just make me feel sick at heart. This ANI complaint by GabeMc is utterly justified, in my view, and the fact is that I was unaware of this ANI complaint until just now and discovered it by way of the poll. I strongly suggest steps be taken, up to and including a block or topic ban, to inform Andreasegde that this type of combative editing is unacceptable at Wikipedia, which is about collaboration, not ownership. My experiences with GabeMc, in contrast have been cordial, and I salute his willingness to bring this matter to ANI. Jusdafax 04:19, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the support. I concur completely! I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years! This needs to end now. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Again, I feel that any objective look at how I was dealt with at the Pete Best page indicates who the disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting editor was. In the end, I did not feel that further interaction was worth my time. It would restore much of my shaken faith if the community would agree on where the problem lies. Jusdafax 04:37, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Jusdafax has it exactly right. Andreasegde has no logic, just resentment that the MoS (rightly) disagrees with his subjective view, so he bullies. Rothorpe (talk) 23:16, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Patterns?

• From the Pattie Boyd talk page, (Andreasegde's most recently edited page before this edit war broke out) here, an exchange very similar to Jusdafax's experience at Pete Best, keep reading there are several parts.
• From the Mimi Smith talk page, here they wikihound/wikistalk an editor for adding a RfD tag (look at the very bottom) and Here again they wikistalk an editor for adding an RfD tag. Ibid
• At Julia Lennon here, here and here.
• At Brian Epstein here they attempt to defame an editor who disagrees with them. Here and here they attack an editor and their comments are so outrageous they are removed from the record for that reason, I'm sure the admins will know why. Here, shutting down discussion since 2006. Ibid. Here, here and here. I of course could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, like the "The/the" debate, or, someone could step-up, mediate this, and put an end to it once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

More on patterns

• here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here said user is hostile and insulting to an editor who is presumably a child, here, the last comment in the thread, here, again, the last comment in the thread, here and here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 08:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

History repeating?

• here
• here
• here ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Take a deep breath... I have been accused here of driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being "extremely unpleasant", "disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting", wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, "hostility and threats", provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, "acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" I'm surprised a person like me is still here, don't you think? At least nobody accused me of tampering with small animals.--andreasegde (talk) 11:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect this editor may be using a mouse. Penyulap ☏ 13:17, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Shhh, don't tell anyone else. I want to love him and hug him, and keep him for my very own.--andreasegde (talk) 13:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Recent disruption (all from today) by Andreasedge here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Here and here Andreasedge is edit-warring with Szyslak and Future Perfect at Sunrise. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Given the fact of additional edit warring today by Andreasedge, and the satiric replies from same as evinced just above in the exchange with Penyulap, is not a block in order? If Andreasedge has no willingness to discuss the matter here seriously, and a continuation of their hostile editing pattern is demonstrated, would not a preventative block be in order at this time? A look at the subject's talk page today is also of interest in terms of a clearly combative and hostile attitude. Jusdafax 03:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC) NOTE: The Andreasedge talk page has been scrubbed of the aforementioned material since my previous post. You now must go into the page history to read what I refer to. Jusdafax 06:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, GabeMc. You have new messages at #Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

Penyulap is an indonesian noun, it means magician, so I've seen this show before Penyulap ☏ 09:37, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

full topic and interaction ban

• Support and nom I suggest full topic ban to any and all Beatles related articles, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99 IP editor who got us into this whole mess.

It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:17, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

You seemed quite concerned over your capitalization with your last comment. Didn't just made your own point moot with your own attempt at ridicule with a capitalized example. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I see that we don't understand what irony is. Mythpage88 (talk) 20:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• support - the users involved should write apology letters imo Maractus (talk) 04:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only - per my comment and link above. My experiences have made me avoid anything this person has to do with. Jusdafax 04:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - Since I was asked to comment, I suppose I'll submit to banging my head against a brick wall once more. The reason I quit the wikiproject was not in protest of Gabe's behavior, or even of that of andreasegde. I quit because the wikiproject has been in dispute over this issue for years, and no one in a leadership position at this site (*cough*ArbCom*cough*) has cared enough to impose a solution for it. This is a major issue, as I see it, and fundamentally comes down to whether or not the MoS matters. When it managed to get before ArbCom, they declared it (in their words) "silly", in the process effectively delegitimizing every MoS-based argument that ever has been made, is being made, and ever will be made. Consensus has not solved this issue so far, and I see no reason to acquiesce to the delusion that things are going to be different this go-around. Until consensus is reached (and at this point I care little what that consensus is -- even though I firmly believe that the MoS, the English language, and reality itself is on the "small T" side, I would take a consensus for "big T" over no consensus at all), I cannot edit Beatles-related articles and remain a sane and productive editor. It's an either/or decision for me, and I believe in the goals of Wikipedia too much to take part in this nonsense any longer.

If it matters, I think andreasegde has been more unreasonable and taken this to greater heights of incivility than Gabe has. He made comments at Talk:Paul McCartney that were absolutely incongruous with logic, and with the type of contributor I have always known him to be. But I don't for a second believe that he, or almost anyone else on the "big T" side, is acting in bad faith. IP 99 is clearly the exception to that statement; s/he came to this site to start shit, as should be clear from his/her editing history. Blocking him/her will not bring this dispute to a close (not by a long shot), but it will at least be one fewer troll defacing the project.

I unconditionally oppose topic bans and bans/blocks of any kind for both Gabe and Andreas, provided they both act with the utmost decorum going forward. But please do not assume that I am condemning both equally; I am not. Andreas has been unreasonable and uncivil to multiple editors, including me, but blocking for relatively minor infractions during the course of a major discussion is not going to solve anything. Let the conversation run its course. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Consider my vote changed to oppose for any kind of action against Gabe and support for a topic ban against andreas. This edit is pointy, and his comments at Talk:Pete Best are reprehensible and inexcusable. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:46, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, is that the correct diff ? I opened that diff two times, and I'm seeing changes to text for "band" and "group" ? Penyulap ☏ 06:04, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

He does have ownership issues with Pete Best so Wikiquette assistance is a good idea. Penyulap ☏ 06:19, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

No, that's the right diff. It's an issue that has never, I believe, been raised anywhere else, ever, and he just happens to bring it up during a high-profile FAC led by someone he's had disputes with in the past. I don't know what point he was making, but that's the only viable explanation I can see. This and this show that he does not understand (or, at least, does not care about) WP:CIVIL and has a problem with collaboratively working on content and accepting criticism to content he was worked on. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

These additional examples of ownership and bullying by Andreasegde do not surprise me one bit after my experience at Pete Best. They indicate a systemic pattern of abuse at Beatles-related articles and as such, do not call for a Wikiquette board discussion but a topic ban by an admin, at the very least. The Beatles are a huge entry area for editors, and the hostility and threats by Andreasegde are unacceptable. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

photo of a dog collapsed by Nobody Ent 11:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, what do we have here

Well I'm sure there are plenty of people this can be snuck past, but I'm not one of them. His minor ownership issues are garden variety stuff, blatant canvassing and disruptive polling is drawing everyone into you little content dispute, it is manipulation and disruptiveness on a wide scale by it's very definition.

Now I've given you a big ass slab of diffs in that subsection thing that define what canvassing is, and it is a big list of editors who have been sucked into this mess, and then there are the duplicate polls as well. So I've laid out one slab, and I'd ask for a slab from you now, so can you give me say, a big ass slab of Andreasegde turning up at long list of uninvolved editors talkpages telling them to f off away from the Pete Best article ? That might convince someone that his minor ownership issues are as bad as the scale of disruption GabeMC is causing.

I might as well disclose that I have messed with the WP:OWN policy page, but not since this issue started.

Penyulap ☏ 09:09, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• I'd like to ask an admin to remove or hat the comment by Penyulap as disruptive and distracting. By trying to marginalize my extremely unpleasant experiences with Andreasegde's ownership of Pete Best as "minor" (I assure you I did not and do not find them so) and using edgy, attention drawing language and a big dog photo, Penyulap diverts attention away from the pattern of, again, long-term systemic abuse by Andreasegde that GabeMc has brought to light by way of this quite valid complaint. Since it appears that consensus is forming up against Andreasegde, we should continue to focus on the behavior of the editor the complaint has been made against and not the "look over here" attempts to divert attention to red herrings. Jusdafax 09:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, it's not so much the dog as it is the pattern of behaviour that is important, the antagonising someone continually and then running to ANI to suggest that they caused the whole incident. That is the pattern that I see here, and that is a pattern that is so very well known and very well understood here that yes, people have gone so far as to make cartoons about it. Seriously, I know some people are idiots, I am generally regarded as a big one, but everyone ? really ? do you think nobody would recognise this pattern ?

But how about a smaller dog, maybe a pug or something, a shitzu ? would that be any better, or is it my writing that is the problem, or my idiocy. God help me it's my sheer idiocy that does it every single flipping time. Penyulap ☏ 10:12, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Agreed on IP 99. Maybe he's a sock, maybe he's just a professional troll who came along at the right time. Either way, he's not here to help us build an encyclopedia. szyslak (t) 05:40, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Also agree. Something very odd about IP 99 doesn't pass the smell test. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I love the smell test, big fan, it says so much more than evidence ever could, nothing like it really. The smell test. Penyulap ☏ 10:21, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Canvassing is already taking place for this. I was canvassed at my talk page. This proposal and thread is a fucking joke and Gave,Andreas and Mythpage should be blocked for 48 hours for ratcheting up the bullsnit at ANI instead of other venues.Fasttimes68 (talk) 04:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose and Propose a strict WP:Civility standard for all involved editors. If editors cannot "always treat each other with consideration and respect... keep the focus on improving the encyclopedia... help maintain a pleasant editing environment" and "behave politely, calmly and reasonably, even during heated debates" then immediate blocks should be imposed. Civility is a part of Wikipedia's code of conduct, and one of the pillars. Trying to enforce topic bans or other half-measures does not hold editors to our code of conduct; this is core to the project. --Tgeairn (talk) 05:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
  • COmment Both editors actions are too far beyond the pale for mere civility to work. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for andreasegde (or just a plain old site ban), oppose topic ban for GabeMc. I started copyediting the Paul McCartney article during the FAC, after some light contributions to Beatles content over the years. Shortly before and after it was promoted, andreasegde and several others provoked arguments over issues like whether to call t/The Beatles a "group" or "band" and what order to list McCartney's teen rock-and-roll idols. Worse, andreasegde has made blatant personal attacks on GabeMc[146], called him a liar repeatedly[147][148], accused him of ulterior motives[149][150], and has otherwise shown gratuitous incivility to GabeMc and others[151][152][153][154]. andreasegde is acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way. As for GabeMC, he isn't 100% innocent; he has assumed bad faith on andreasegde's part and allowed himself to get into edit wars with him, though not without provocation. Yet GabeMc's presence on articles related to the Beatles and other music topics is a net positive, especially with his successful efforts to bring McCartney and other articles to featured status. szyslak (t) 05:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC) (P.S.: I would also urge that User:Radiopathy's part in all this not be overlooked. Though the recent SPI went nowhere, he's tried sockpuppetry before.) - Addendum: I changed my mind on supporting an interaction ban. It's become ever more clear that between GabeMc and andreasegde, there is only one guilty party in terms of making personal attacks and generally acting WP:DICK-ish. szyslak (t) 10:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Well I'm looking at those diffs and getting all excited that maybe I have the chance to give out a grump award, but this guy is not even a patch on Andy, who we all know and love, because he just doesn't let fly with the dictionary definitions like Andy does, andreasegde is too quiet and restrained if anything in those diffs, he is holding up better whilst under attack. But I'm keeping my eyes open on this one, because not everyone can measure up to Andy's level of grumpiness, he's a hard act to follow, so I'm looking for 20% Andy or so. Penyulap ☏ 05:57, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

I scrounged together these diffs knowing there was worse from andreasegde. How about this one: He called GabeMc a vandal and called for admin "help", after GabeMc set aside andreasegde's comments into a separate section. I'm not a big fan of comment refactoring, but I don't think GabeMc's edit is anywhere near "vandalism". szyslak (t) 10:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I was watching the calls for help and the resultant comments at ANI, but I'm bored of all of this already. Not my game really. I can pick the troublemakers miles off and see who is causing the trouble, but what's the use, I just stumbled across another Vet ed who was ill-treated so I've lost my appetite for defending this place,... for now. Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Opposed to any action against GabeMC and generally support action against Andreasegde WRT topic bans (or more). While I am not uninvolved w/ Gabe I find it absurd in the extreme that we would insist "both sides do it" in absence of any real evidence. Just because two editors appear at ANI and make a case doesn't make it "a pox on both your houses" each time. Protonk (talk) 08:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Not bad response time, and a good looking comment too. Can I ask for assistance now and then ? Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Taking this at face value, yes. You (or any editor) are always welcome to bring stuff to my talk page. I get an email when it is changed so I can basically keep on top of things. Protonk (talk) 15:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

... my comment and the childish WP:AN/3RR report supports this in theory, although I suggested voluntary IB and 1RR ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 13:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - I don't think the 3RR report was childish at all. It looks to me like Andreasegde visited the Paul McCartney article and performed a series of "The/the" edits on an article that had only been promoted to FA four days before. The person who achieved that accomplishment was GabeMc. Do you suppose that Andreasegde visited the article to improve it, or to send a message of some kind to Gabe? I think the latter. Andreasegde has a history of problematic behaviour dating back quite a while, for example, this exchange on the Pete Best talk page from May-June 2011, this exchange on the Pattie Boyd talk page from the start of this section to the end of the page (March 2012 to present; a user offered to collaboratively edit to improve the article, and was given the bum's rush). User:Evanh2008 says above that he quit the Beatles wikiproject rather than put up with Andreasegde's behaviour. My opinion is that Andreasegde has got some ownership issues regarding the whole suite of Beatles-related articles, to the point where other contributors are being driven away. The argument over the capitalisation issue is a symptom of a power struggle amongst this group of editors. I don't know what the solution is here. Interaction bans won't work if all they want to do is edit Beatles articles. -- Dianna (talk) 23:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Hear, hear! This has long since gone beyond small "t" vs. big "T", and may never have really been about that in the first place. Maybe andreasegde feels that the McCartney article's star is rightfully his? szyslak (t) 01:51, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for Andreasegde, and oppose topic ban for GabeMc. Like Protonk, I was contacted by GabeMc about this. And like Protonk, I think it's a mistake to throw up our collective hands and treat all parties to a complaint the same way. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 04:36, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, oppose topic ban for both. (To save space, in the following I will refer to G and A, and for want of information to the contrary they will both be referred to as "he".) For my money, what's happened is the A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status with fewer edits than A's own efforts, with more edits, failed to do. Both editors have expressed the view that "more edits means more respect due", but A has used this argument more. The rights or wrongs of using the/The are viewed by G as being a matter of grammar and adherence to the MoS, and favours "the". A on the other hand has expressed the fact that use of "the" makes him feel ill (although such a post no longer exists on his user page, having been deleted some time back). It is also clear that A feels personally aggrieved, and is of a mindset that feels it necessary to publicise this state of mind by means of bitter postings. It is also apparent that A is not averse to wikilawyering if things do not go his own way. G, on the other hand, is more focused upon the establishment of the way to proceed, and is not going to give up in his attempt to get the results of a straightforward poll without it being sabotaged by those who want it to go specifically their way (and in this it appears that A may not be alone in this). A complains that there is a spirit of anti-A partisanship, failing to perceive that he himself, by dint of his own behaviour, may have been the architect of this attitude. In summary, let G get his poll result without interference, let the chips fall as they will, and let the result be binding. (I myself have my own opinion, and have voted / suggested accordingly.) Once this has happened, and the decision been implemented, if either one of them, or any of their undoubted socks (and in fact anyone else connected with this dramatic production) amends the contentious articles in violation of this decision, let them be sanctioned appropriately. --Matt Westwood 09:21, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• support long-term full topic ban for Andreasegde, support short-term topic ban for GabeMC for the remainder of the two current RfCs, and support the same measure for Steelbeard1 (talk · contribs). I think WestwoodMatt in the posting just above is spot on about his analysis of Andreasegde's attitude, and I honestly cannot see how on the basis of this analysis one can still argue for anything but a topic ban. With GabeMC, I agree with most posters above that his conduct has been less objectionable, but still, his presence, as well as that of Steelbeard, in the discussion currently have a polarizing, inflammatory effect, and that is making participation for other users who might be bringing fresh outside arguments to the fore highly frustrating. GabeMC and Steelbeard have made their opinions understood, so there should be no problem in them now simply taking a step back and letting the RfC run to let other people have their say. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

FWIW, I agree, and I will refrain from posting anything inflamatory at the polls, nor will I change any "T"s to "t"s until the mediation is completed. There is no need to topic ban me at all, I am not the problem here, I am trying to encourage the community to solve the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:28, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: The Mediation Committee has just accepted the case for formal mediation, and a case page has been opened at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles. -- Dianna (talk) 16:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only. This is based on a reading of this entire thread as well my personal experience with Andreasegde. In addtion, Andreasegde has a history of battleground behavior and has been warned multiple times by multiple editors on a variety of topics, Beatles related or not.
  • April 2011 you are reminded not to attack other editors, as you did on Talk:The Beatles -- Gamaliel
  • May 2011 if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Talk:Sepp Blatter, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. -- Sandstein
  • Aug 2011 Try reading WP:OWN. --Harkey
  • Aug 2011 Please be more WP:CIVIL to other editors.-- PamD
  • Aug 2011 You are being unneeedingly confrontational when you interact with other editors. This comment stood out in particular, but there are many more like it in your editing history. Please adopt a less confrontational tone when you interact with others. It is rude...... Jayron32
  • Aug 2011 Andreasegde you should really consider what Jayron32 is saying carefully--Sven Manguard
  • Aug 2011 Do not disparage other editors...... Avoid sarcasm...--Chzz
• On the Patti Boyd artcle, I (and possibly another editor) was driven away from the article in March 2012 by Andreasegde's battleground mentality, threats, incivility and gaming of the system. You can see the interactions between us on the talk page beginning with this thread here and continuing for several more threads below it. When I pointed out Andreasegde's incivility on their talk page they replied by saying: "You do not understand simple sarcasm. It's a form of humour, and it is legal. I am talking about the content. If you have messed up the article with inept edits, you have only have yourself to blame. ......You will find that your case is weak. I know the system. This is the type of behavior that drives editors no only away from articles but away from WP altogether.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 22:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreas, but not for Gabe, who has argued passionately but reasonably in spite of continual provocation. Rothorpe (talk) 23:43, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde, the result of which will almost certainly solve the interaction problem. Binksternet (talk) 16:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose topic bans as not being a real solution, Oppose "interaction bans" as leading to too many noticeboard posts, Support trouts for both with a stern warning against starting any of this sort of drama again here. Collect (talk) 19:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for both editors and myself, if you can find any actual diffs that I have injected any WP:Disruptive editing or processes. Andreasegde has reacted to GabeMc in the same style similar to GabeMc, on a few occasions, and should get fingers slapped for reacting to the provocation. Perhaps a One Week Topic Ban for Andreasegde? Andreasegde has previously been a leader in resolving the huge "the/The" issue and this should be taken into consideration when establishing merit and intent of editors. GabeMc has been very disruptive, using many methods of distraction, including side issues to attack, including sockpuppetry accusations, WP:Canvassing ad nauseum, using mispelled names to irritate, launching arguments behind every vote on any process he is involved in, disrespectful of the WP process, to silence other editors differring with his points. Have a look at his request for Adminship here responses, where he argues with every suggestion made to him by the Administrators attempting to "mature" him. GabeMc has been asked many times, I have witnessed in my short lifespan, here, to stop this behaviour, he has apologized to various editors repeatedly, and then repeats the behaviour within hours. It has become obvious that GabeMc cannot become a good editor in The Beatles articles without severe bias and emotion, and has already inflicted years of disruption to the editing process. History shows us, in many locations, administrators telling him to "get over it", and other phrases implying less polite actions. He has great potential but, has become too deeply emotionally involved in article displaying WP:Ownership and WP:BATTLEGROUND behaviour to remain neutral in Beatles articles. A permanent topic ban may be too harsh and discouraging but a One Year Topic Ban to cool down, is my suggestion for GabeMc. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 22:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty rich attempt at sidetracking IP99, coming from you, since you posted this [155] at the ANI complaint against Gabe that you filed which resulted in no action taken [156] against him whatsoever. Since you threaten people there with "serious admins" that you know despite your "short lifespan" (your comment above) if they fail to focus on the complaint against Gabe, your argument here carries little weight. I would ask you to explain how it is that you know "serious admins" and come to file complaints at ANI despite being here a short while. In any case, since your previous attempt to complain at ANI against Gabe has been quashed, let's move on. It appears to me a number of uninvolved editors find that Andreasedge's editing, both short and long-term, is actionable. That's the focus now, I believe. Jusdafax 00:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

unconstructive subthread
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
I had a look at this section here to see just who was doing the canvassing if anyone, and wow, did I ever place my bets correctly. Anyhow, I'd be happy to hear what this continuous slab of contributions from GabeMc is about, because I love stories !!! I'm half arsed with the diffs, only a few are diffs, the others point to the sections and then just search for the name if you like, any editor in good standing can polish this up I give permission to uninvolved editors and whatsisname I placed my bet on, they can edit my text here directly to fix the diffs if they like to. 23:26, 8 July 2012 support Koavf ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support LessHeard vanU ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support Catfish Jim and the soapdish ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support, partial support and support on the same page Metalello ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support Leahtwosaints ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support Y2kcrazyjoker4 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support after neutral Ericdeaththe2nd ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:22, 8 July 2012 comment only Hula Hup ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:17, 8 July 2012 support diff Anthony Winward ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:16, 8 July 2012 support Ohconfucius/archive23 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support F4280 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Nigelj ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support or something I guess Cresix ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support Jmcw37 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support x2 after initial oppose Tearaway ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support Joefromrandb ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:11, 8 July 2012 support Freakmighty ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:10, 8 July 2012 whoops Penyulap ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:09, 8 July 2012 support support WestwoodMatt ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:08, 8 July 2012 Support (I don't need any link here it's my Auntie Pesky who will wash my mouth out if I tell a fib) ThatPeskyCommoner ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:07, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Alarics ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) this was interesting as far as the summary goes... I'd also suggest it's worth 2 days outright, but this is more for turning down the equaliser in the middle, and bringing up the volume everywhere else, so the fishermen can do their business. Penyulap ☏ 05:38, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I call it the fallacy of selective observation. If you had been honest, you would have included that I pinged Andreas and several other editors known to oppose "the". Also, the bulk of the pings were to editors that have edited the page this year, and which I have absolutely no way of knowing how they would !vote. Did you also post Andreas' pings? Anyway, most of those links show me compromising and building a popular consensus, so thanks. Also, I pinged every registered user that has edited tha Pepper article this year. See Andreas' pings: here, here, here, here, here, here and here, here and here. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 06:07, 14 July 2012 (UTC) So you don't deny that this is one single slab of edits straight from your contribution list ? I just want to make that part easy for everyone first, then I'll get to the other. Penyulap ☏ 06:56, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I'm looking at a lot of diffs you are posting which are absolutely fine, what is wrong with this post anyhow ? Penyulap ☏ 07:07, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Actually, I never said I had a problem with it. I don't have a problem with it, it generates discussion and makes the eventual consensus all that more meaningful and diverse of opinions, except in the context of the pot calling the kettle black, as happened here with Andy. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 09:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Oh ok, so you never had a problem with it, but you diff these things just for fun ? to make useless busywork at ANI, is that it ? is that what the ridiculous string of diffs up above that reaches across the page is all about, some kind of wild goose-chase that everyone will enjoy ? Oh I am sure there is a word for this sort of thing, I don't know what it is, but it's not Bullshit, because Bullshit doesn't start with a WP: in front of it. No, I think I'll leave you to the mercy of the experts here. Penyulap ☏ 10:06, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Unconstructive is a vague term, giving the impression to some that the issue raised is just fine, also there is the impression that not signing your work is fine too -pen

Unarchived

I have unarchived this thread. The disruption by Andreasegde (talk · contribs) is still ongoing. He is now edit-warring on two pages [157][158][159][160][161] adding out-of-process notices trying to discourage people from further taking part in the polls (which weren't going the way he wanted). Also, I don't see why, just because there will be a mediation, the proposal here to impose community sanctions on this editor should suddenly have become void. As I see it, that proposal is still very much on the table – and the mediation could only benefit from it if we take the most obviously abusive element(s) out before it starts. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• All we are saying ... Chedzilla (talk) 20:14, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Future Perfect at Sunrise's comments directed at myself, I refer you to my talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 22:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for unarchiving this report, which may seem on the surface to be about the "The/the" issue, however it is actually not about that issue at all. This report is about a long history of abusive interactions with Andreasedge that stem from their ownership issues at articles related to the Beatles, and others. Their actions have been driving people away from wikipedia for years, and this needs to end here once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a rather unusual moved by an admin who favours the small 'T' at articles about The Beatles, which coincidentally is GabeMc's position as well. I am personally asking andreasedge to cool it, just as I have asked Gabe to quit further inflaming this issue by continuing to change the 'T's after mediation was accepted. I therefore oppose any sanction against andreasedge at this time. Radiopathy •talk• 00:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Radiopathy, FTR, I changed those "t"s last night, before the mediation was accepted and I have not changed a single one since. The timestamps prove your above assertion is incorrect. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, to be clear Radiopathy, you are not innocent here. You changed all the "t"s to "T"s and during the grueling Macca FAC which was concluded successfully just 4 days later. You tried to stir up an edit-war at an article that was at the end of an FAC and on the verge of promotion. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I concur; I saw the exact same thing GabeMc did. szyslak (t) 08:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please, please, attempt to stay on topic for once! You guys need to pick a person to attack and stick with it. Anytime somebody comments negatively on your behaviour you attempt to change the topic to that person. The attempts to distract attention from yourself is really quite obvious and doing yourself more harm than good here. Admins are typically seasoned editors and have witnessed all these debating tricks before. I know I launched the same complaint about GabeMc previously and it worked for you and your ilk to ridicule the WP process into a circus until it became too complicated for admins to bother with. Sound like a plan or do you want to actually get serious for once? 99.251.125.65 (talk) 03:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Just close the debate for a while

Overlooked (among all the calls to block and ban and other harsh things) seems to be a simpler approach. Just end the discussion and lock the page for a bit. It is a bit of a lame debate anyway, whether to have a "t" or a "T" in 'the'. This isn't a violation of policy to have it either way, and yet we see people getting bent out of shape over it. So there's no rush in any sense to 'fix' this, considering that only the nitpicky are affected by this. It seems the easiest thing would be to simply say, "stop talking about this for a while" and move on. -- Avanu (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see how this will help. The fact that it's such a lame issue that people are getting "bent out of shape" over here is one reason more to ban them, not a reason less. And what page exactly do you want to lock down? There are two legitimate RfCs ongoing, and some of us – who are outsiders to the issue and have no part in the lame fight – want nothing else but to be able to register their opinions in peace and don't have their arguments drowned out by all the shouting. There is also supposed to be a mediation, and here too I suppose there are some who would just like to use that opportunity to exchange their argument in peace. Imposing an enforced break for everybody won't make the warriors stop – some of them have been at it for years. The people who have become so obsessively fixated on this drama and have been creating all the ridiculous bitterness around is need to be taken out, the sooner the better, so that we others can finally breathe. Fut.Perf. ☼ 00:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Sweeping things under the rug and ignoring past and ongoing problems is not helpful to the project.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Shoot 'em all and let God work it out, I've heard that one before. Penyulap ☏ 06:25, 18 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The non-smoking gun

Update: I have been accused here of "driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being extremely unpleasant, disruptive, hostile and deliberately off-putting, wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, hostility and threats, provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, acting like a petulant child, "screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", satiric replies, jealousy: "A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" (The last one by GabeMc, among others). The new ones below: "throwing personal attacks, refusing to answer, not observing some basic forms of respect, an extremely abusive stance, a highly unwelcoming editing style, continued abuse, hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster, and long-term needling". Taking all these into account, I should have been here at ANI every single week over the last few years. Why wasn't I?

If anyone reads this, you may be extremely surprised to read that I wished GabeMc luck on the McCartney FAC, even saying I would Support the FAC if I hadn't worked on it too much. The conversation was on 3 July 2012, and there was no talk of bullying or bad behaviour at all. Read it for yourself. It was very pleasant.--andreasegde (talk) 11:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, I took a look at your contributions, and I have been pretty unimpressed. We had you going and basically closing a bunch of RFCs you participated in and then playing like you didn't know what the problem was. You also were quite rude in your interaction with User:szyslak, throwing personal attacks at him (when he threw none at you), ordering him off your talk page, and then claming he was ignoring your request and harassing you simply for posting an "OK I will stay off your talk page" (and, when he politely asked you for an explanation on his talk page in the thread you started to complain about it, you refused to answer by saying "Goodbye, 'nuff said") If you'd like a tip from me, please stop telling everyone else what to do and observe some basic forms of respect for others and their opinions. Magog the Ogre (talk) 17:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, you have yet to say a single word about your extremely abusive stance at the Pete Best talkpage [162] which so sickened me that I left off. A number of other people have pointed it out as an example of your highly unwelcoming editing style. It is clear to me now that my experience was by no means unique. True, you got away with your continued abuse for quite a while, but GabeMc finally brought you here for a long overdue reckoning. You have been warned numerous times, I see, but continue on unabated. Your hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster drive reasonable editors away, and my view, and that of many others here, is that the community has finally had enough, and that remedial measures are now in order. Jusdafax 18:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

More insults and attacks. My question is, have you actually read the comments between GabeMc and myself in my archive? It was a mere two weeks ago. By chastising me further, it appears you have not, or don't wish to. Harking back to conversations a year ago, and misinterpreting my conversations with User:szyslak to suit your own opinion is not good conduct. I truly hope an admin will read my conversation with User:szyslak, because then the truth will be made clear. You can read it here, and here, if you wish.--andreasegde (talk) 19:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• I'm not sure there is an interpretation of that first link which would lead me to understand why you offered it as some sort of exculpatory evidence. Protonk (talk) 01:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc has been extremely industrious regarding this case against myself, making accusations that I "bullied him for two years" as well as numerous other charges, but looking at the conversation that took place only two weeks ago clearly shows that almost everything he has accused me of is a falsehood.--andreasegde (talk) 07:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I myself find there is some frustration between being asked to diff absolutely everything and the precise diffs which are required. It's difficult for a person who has an awareness of the entirety of the comments in a conversation to 'put himself in the shoes' of someone who can't see everything and determine which references are required to make an informed decision. Basically, Andreasegde thinks you should read all of the conversations on all of the relevant pages, rather than pick and choose the bits that you like. This is how a completely accurate factual decision can be made, actually, it's the only way, anything else is asking him for instructions on how to look at part of the conversation and come to a possibly flawed computation. On the other side, everyone has no intention of reading everything and considers the request an insult. They are not looking for a twitter sized summary, but filling things into chains of diffs (but omg don't do what GabeMc did) is a good idea. Make more of a sentence of the diffs to say something that you want to say. (although being on Andreasegde's side of the fence we need someone to help translate what it is that you are asking for when you don't want to read all the diffs and contribs given, as I'm sortof imagining at what you'd like.) In that first diff, Szyslak makes a statement saying Andreasegde is 'making demands' but gives the wrong diff to back the statement made. Penyulap ☏ 03:17, 17 Jul 2012 (UTC)

For the record, and a summary for those who haven't read it, andreasegde refers above to a cordial exchange between himself and GabeMc in which he politely and warmly wished G. good luck on a FAC, and the latter graciously accepted such. But an analogy: a man accused of the crime of theft can not offer up as a defence "But look, here's a receipt from a shop, proving that I paid for something on one occasion." --Matt Westwood 08:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

So you're implying that after I said, "My best wishes", "it looks good. I'd vote Support", and "Good luck", on 3 July (two weeks ago), I suddenly had a massive change of heart and wished him the worst? (The Paul McCartney article was promoted to FA just six days after our conversation). I find your implication to be highly unlikely, and very insulting.--andreasegde (talk) 13:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it curious that you would point to this one normal interchange as evidence against the near-constant sniping that you take at GabeMc. Sure, it's a fine interchange but it does not erase or even counterbalance the other evidence that you are spending too much time working to undermine GabeMc. I think an interaction ban should be implemented. Binksternet (talk) 15:50, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it interesting that you say I am trying to "undermine GabeMc", as he started this ANI about me. Is the shoe on the wrong foot?--andreasegde (talk) 16:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc is clearly at wit's end with you. Why is that? Your long-term needling of him.

Also, please do not refactor your own earlier comments to include a later phrase of mine. It messes up the chronology. 16:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding comment added by Binksternet (talk • contribs)

Please sign your posts, because I don't know who you are.--andreasegde (talk) 17:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It's Binksternet. He most likely typed five tildes instead of four, which just produces the date and time without a username, like this: 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC). He made a typo. Everybody does that from time to time. szyslak (t) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, Andreasegde and I had a pleasant exchange on 3 July. But look what they posted to my talk page less than four days later. I call that intimidation and threats of edit-warring without provocation. See: WP:OWN. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I doubt he created the whole archive page. Please submit a better link.. perhaps diffs??

Done. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

here's what I said: "I have not had Macca's page on my watchlist for some time, which is a pity. As you are undergoing the trials of an FAC, I will refrain from saying anything at the moment, but be advised that I will later." Intimidation and threats?--andreasegde (talk) 04:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back up the truck: both of you were advised (in AN/3RR) to keep a voluntary interaction ban and not even mention each other's name anywhere on the project - are the both of you seriously breaking that already? How pathetic! (✉→BWilkins←✎) 22:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You suggested an IB, and others supported, but no one has imposed anything on anyone at this point to my knowledge. Are you saying that I cannot/shouldn't mention the name of the user about which I filed this report, in the report, and while the report is open? How can this report/discussion take place if neither can mention the other by name? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It sure was not a suggestion. "Voluntary" means "before the community imposes it". That means grow up, act like an adult, and the both of you go away and behave so that the community doesn't have to force it through this ANI process. In other words, both of you back away and leave each other alone (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Bwilikins is right. If the community makes a decision, you MUST abide by it. If Andreasegde is in a discussion that you are inadvertently involved with too, just walk away. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take yours and BWilkins' advice and refrain from replying to them or commenting about them. To clarify, does this apply to the current open mediation of which we are both parties? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't see anywhere that there's consensus for an interaction ban. I may be missing it somewhere. Absence of that consensus doesn't mean that a suggested ban somehow has the force of a potential future ban. Protonk (talk) 04:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Summing up

Since we appear to be reaching the point of diminishing returns here, I will re-state and clarify my position.

I first became aware of Andreasegde via the Beatles-related Pete Best article, which I had tagged, about a year ago. Andreas showed considerable hostility, threats and ownership issues on the article's still-current talk page, so much so that I warned him and withdrew rather than file a complaint here, which I have never actually done with anyone. Since then I simply largely stayed away from Beatles-related articles despite some previous work on them, including Geoff Emerick back in 2009. This is the extent of my involvement with Andreas.

As for GabeMc, I voted against his Rfa, going so far as to urge an early close. Not much later I got a Rfc bot request on my talk page regarding the Beatles, and that led me to several polls, then here. GabeMc has asked for my participation twice, based on my participation from that first bot-generated request.

Now that I have summed up my own involvement, I would like to note that in my view a topic ban on Andreas for all Beatles related articles is called for, and that others in the community agree based on the poll above. I think initial votes to sanction both editors waned as the facts became clear, as also shown above.

I don't think Gabe is a model editor as I noted in his Rfa, but I believe he can grow and change. Not so Andreasegde, who as I see it seems incapable of learning how to express contrition and work collaboratively, and indeed is sarcastic, vindictive and insulting across a wide range of Beatles and Beatles-related articles he has been involved with for some time. I don't believe the community has the patience and time to continue on with editors who drive others away. Let's say enough is enough: this is now way beyond the The/the issue, and in my view goes to an established long-term pattern of disruptive editing by Andreasegde to the present day. I now ask an admin to be bold and issue a ruling here, and let's go back to building an encyclopedia in a spirit of collaborative good will. Thanks. Jusdafax 01:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Don't you think you have made enough attacks here? Because I didn't agree with your attitude one year ago doesn't give you the right to act this way.--andreasegde (talk) 04:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Was there a point to that comment or were we just being childish again? Mythpage88 (talk) 20:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Baiting again? Try something more original. :))--andreasegde (talk) 08:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The obsession across many pages with the word childish needs addressing. Penyulap ☏ 01:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Closure by admin requested

Many editors have made statements indicating some sort of action regarding Andreasegde and/or GabeMc is appropriate. At this point, it would be reasonable for an administrator to review the thread and determine consensus. If the determination is there's no consensus for action I'd suggest WP:RFC/U would be the logical next step as the concern here seems to be much more of patterns of editing rather than the single-incident situation this board handles best. Nobody Ent 10:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I would make important point that the long-term edit patterns of Andreasegde back up the original complaint in this thread of his ongoing tendentious editing (regarding the disruptions of polls surrounding the The/the issue.) As I note above, the trend of the past several days has been towards sanctions of Andreasegde as his larger editing pattern became clear, with this latest comment today by editor szyslak being an example. [163] Jusdafax 21:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• A note for the closing admin - By all means do what you must, but please don't close this without some resolution. I would rather not have to replay this horror at WP:RFC/U, and I would risk being criticised ad nauseum for doing so. In fact, after the treatment I have received here, for doing what I thought was the exact right thing to do, I seriously doubt I would ever come back here or engage in any similar process regardless of the issue. I would rather just run and hide from the problem, and move-on to another article, project or site. I would compare it to asking an assault victim to defend their personality, and if any tendency to engage in debate/contention is found, then the victim is from then on considered pretty much as guilty as the person they are reporting. I must admit, I am rather surprised by this, and more than a little disappointed in the process. Judge me as you will. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
  

I have to second GabeMc's argument, to not close this, for similar reasons. Leadership needs to be demonstrated, here.

• As an involved admin, I'd suggest the solution is rather easier than it might appear. Block or otherwise limit Penyulap and (edit: My mistake) Andreasegde from participating on Beatles related pages. Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot and the solution is easy as well. It is only made hard when we demand maximal dispute resolution and leeway in situations where that isn't needed. If these were newer editors or the dispute were any less trivial (on face), we would've done this long ago. Protonk (talk) 19:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

"Block or otherwise limit Penyulap"? "Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot"? Is Penyulap "participating on Beatles related pages"? Before this started, I had never heard of this editor, and I have been working here since 2006. Shocking. Protonk, please read your own talk page to see how "involved" you are.--andreasegde (talk) 19:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I made it abundantly clear that I was involved. I have no ability to (or willingness) to undertake any admin action. But that doesn't make your edits any less tendentious or the resolution of this scenario any less clear to me. Go ahead and be shocked. But if you're going to act like a jerk to people and pressure them off articles because you're unwilling to compromise or work with them then don't be surprised to see some blowback. Protonk (talk) 20:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Penyulap isn't involved on the article, he's just another regular attendee of the peanut gallery that watches over ANI (kinda like myself really). They do have a tendency to throw in unhelpful digressions at times. Blackmane (talk) 22:58, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Spoilsports ! Ok, the block for swearing at sceptre was good, but I could have had another lovely block to match my last one out of this, please don't ruin my chance here so fast. I love peanut gallery, and think that 'digressions' is to be applauded as a great balance between 'petrol' and 'comic relief' but 'unhelpful' didn't have much thought at all. 7 out of 10, a great effort. I want to see just who can do a proper close on this too, that last big close was a bit too mobbish for me, but meh, whatever. Penyulap ☏ 01:42, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

In regards to my 'involvement', it is probably completely unclear to most observers. I had no involvement in any of this beyond seeing a RfC advertised on Aunties page and thinking Ohh, Beatles !, so I've popped a vote in on one or two of the polls and taken no further interest in the page, pretty sure it's zero article edits across the board. GabeMc approached me on my talkpage, and then got the Boomerasskicking he so totally needed. Thing is, I'm just way ahead of the rest of you at reading everything required and backing the right horse, that difference makes me look involved in the dispute, makes me seem like I'm taking sides, when in fact I simply finished my homework ages ago and am out playing in the yard while you lot of slowcoaches are still at your desks wrestling with your reading and comprehension test. But OMFG, I just realised that when he appealed to Protonk on that OMFG admins? talkpage that I don't just want to 'call on Protonk for help in future' I want Protonk on my speed-dial for this sort of thing, OMFG !!!!! WOOHOO !!!!!! JACKPOT !!!! I need to look at who else GabeMc applied to for help. Whoa yea !! I'll get that list tattooed onto my arm for next time I need bail when nobody has the cash.

Anyhow, I note that my lovely version of a trout, the Grumpy editor is so not smelly, and so fresh and new that it has been accepted as an award. Now that is proper. The trout lost all it's humorous camaraderie long ago, and became a monotonous rubber stamp devoid of anything but blunt complaint long ago. Institutionalised humour what a oxy-freaking-moron right there. My dealings with Andreasegde and Academica Orientalis show how to make friends and criticise people at the same time without compromising either goal. This is how to tell people they are wrong and become better friends as a result. Your obsession with dead fish has rotted away in the sunlight from overuse. Penyulap ☏ 02:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

User Renejs and telling the truth about sources

If there's anything we don't need in Wikipedia, it is editors who don't tell the truth about sources.

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

User notified: [164]

Reporter: Zero^talk

Summary: Two incidents show Renejs lying about the contents of sources.

Background: Renejs has been in Wikipedia for 6 years but recently returned after taking a break. Most of his/her edits are to the articles Nazareth and Nazarene (title), where he/she is known for promoting a fringe theory about the ancient history of Nazareth. His/her contribs show an aggressive style with large numbers of reverts. His/her talk page shows many complaints from other editors. There was a complaint of disruptive editing on this noticeboard and one on the 3RR noticeboard that led to article protection.

Incident 1. Recently I noticed the following text with a strange citation in Nazareth:

"However, the hill in question (the Nebi Sa'in) is far too steep for ancient dwellings and averages a 14% grade in the venerated area.<ref>B. Bagatti, Excavations in Nazareth, Plate XI, top right.</ref>"

This text and citation was added to the article by Renejs in 2007. I located the source and found that that no such information appears at the stated place, so I removed it with a comment that the source was fake.

About 9 hours later, Renejs reverted me with the summary "The reference is in Bagatti. It's not at all fake. Just check it." I retrieved the source again (it is beside me) and checked that the given information is not only not on Plate XI but not anywhere else in the book either. Then I asked on Renejs' talk page, "I want to ask you if you have verified that 'B. Bagatti, Excavations in Nazareth, Plate XI, top right.' is a source providing the information 'However, the hill in question (the Nebi Sa'in) is far too steep for ancient dwellings and averages a 14% grade in the venerated area.'" Renejs replied, "Bagatti provides a chart with the slope of the hill. Measuring that slope provides the information that it averages a 14% grade. That is very steep."

The book is the report of archaeological excavations made in Nazareth. Renejs' reply to my question indicates that he/she knows what is in the source at "Plate XI, top right" but is not telling the truth about it. What appears there is a sketch map of the excavation area, approx 200m by 340m. There are two vertical cross-sections showing a total drop of 16.59m in the long direction (4.9%) and 15m in in the short direction (7.5%). (These drops are written in the source, they are not my measurements.) There is no value of 14% here and in any case the diagram only shows a small part of the nearby hill that has the shrine Nebi Sa'in on it's peak. There is also nothing written about whether the slope is appropriate for ancient dwellings. So Renejs is misrepresenting what is actually given in the source. But he is also misrepresenting the book's viewpoint, since its author is completely confident that ancient dwellings existed there and never says anything else. Since he himself added the material in the first place, he does not have the excuse of trusting another editor too much.

Note that the "slope was too steep" argument is a standard part of the fringe theory Renejs promotes (represented by the book The Myth of Nazareth by René J. Salm) and Bagatti was one of the archaeologists whose work had to be discredited in order to prove the theory. Falsely painting an opponent as an ally is a serious offence.

Incident 2. In this edit at Theudas, Renejs removed the citation "Emil Schürer (1973). The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, Volume I. revised and edited by Geza Vermes, Fergus Millar and Matthew Black (revised English ed.). Edinburgh: T&T Clark. pp. 456, n. 6. ISBN 0-567-02242-0." with the summary "No mention of Semitic etymology of 'Theuda' in the given reference of Schurer." However, Semitic etymology is mentioned exactly in the place indicated.

Scans of both sources are available from me, just send me mail.

If there's anything we don't need in Wikipedia, it is editors who don't tell the truth about sources. Zero^talk 11:50, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

You are correct. If there's anything we don't need in Wikipedia, it is editors who don't tell the truth. For example, consider this whopper:

"Recently I noticed the following text with a strange citation" --Zero0000

That text was added in July of 2007 and in the five years it has been there you have made hundreds of edits to the page. Suddenly you "just noticed it" and did not bother to check to see who added it and when? Riiiiiiiight. --Guy Macon (talk)

• Contrary to your "hundreds of edits", I have edited Nazareth exactly twice, both in the past 4 days. Administrators: Can someone tell such bare-faced lies on this noticeboard with impunity? Notice that Guy Macon reinserted the challenged material after seeing this report, despite admitting that he doesn't have the source. Zero^talk 09:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
• Thank you for tracking down when the text and its phony source were first inserted. I didn't realise it was inserted by Renejs! This means he/she doesn't have the excuse of trusting another editor too much. I'll add it to his indictment. Zero^talk 09:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

(Goes back and checks) You are correct. I searched for Nazareth in your history from July 2009 to July 2012, and it picked up a bunch of edits that were not to the Nazareth page. It did not occur to me that a person would use the word "Nazareth" so often when editing other pages.[165][166][167][168][169][170][171][172][173][174] And even then, I should have said "tens" not "hundreds". I apologize for the error.

I would also note that my revert was proper. Please read WP:PRESERVE and WP:BRD and then ponder why it is that we have a citation needed tag if, as you claim, the only allowable response to a sourcing question is deletion. Reverting to the last stable version before a content dispute erupted is perfectly normal and acceptable behavior. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:39, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

• The statement regarding the slope of the hill and how the slope disqualifies the assertion apparently is not found in the source cited. If that is true then the problem is that of Original Research. If I remember correctly, a violation of Original Research is not protected under WP:PRESERVE. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 11:30, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

2012 Aurora shootings

Standard notice about a recent event that will likely draw a lot of traffic and vandalism to the article. --Rschen7754 09:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but that's our policy in order to inform readers that it may not be up to date. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 11:13, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Rschen isn't saying that the current events template is a problem; this is simply a reminder for experienced editors to keep an eye on the article or add it to their watchlist because these type of events tend to "draw a lot of traffic and vandalism to the article." Chillllls (talk) 13:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Andreasegde is disrupting a discussion and straw poll @ the Beatles talk page

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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[Closing note:] The Mediation Committee has opened a formal case on this dispute. Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles -- Dianna (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Un-closed. The disruption is ongoing. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Please do not close this until a decision has been made about IBs and topic bans. Lets just finish the process so that hopefully, we won't be back here again with this. Also, please take the time to look at some of the abusive diffs I added below. This is a symptom of a pattern with one person in common. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:19, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Agree with the decision to unarchive. This matter is ongoing, and time is needed to gather relevant input. I see now that I should have spoken out a year ago after my experiences at the Pete Best talk page, and GabeMc has brought additional material to light, which indicates long-term abusive editing. The ownership issue by Andreasegde of Beatles-related articles is now the larger subject under discussion. Jusdafax 22:22, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I am attempting to conduct a discussion and straw poll here, and User:Andreasegde is attempting to disrupt it. Please see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Please, we need an admin to stop the disruption caused by User:Andreasegde so a proper discussion can occur. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC) Recently they have unilaterally declared a consensus at Paul McCartney despite an open RfC with little to no discussion, please see here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:28, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is an ongoing poll here, (Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), which User:GabeMc is trying to demolish by placing a new fake poll on The Beatles' talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is also a request on a mediation page (which User:GabeMc started), to not comment until the RfC on "Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has finished.--andreasegde (talk) 21:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The result of the mediation page was:

"Suspend. Pending completion of an RfC on this subject. This request may be evaluated at another time, after the RfC concludes. Please bring your discussions there. If the RfC does not result in consensus, the filing party should leave a note on my (or any other mediator's) talk page to reconsider opening this case. For the Mediation Committee", Lord Roem (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)]

Because User:GabeMc is not satisfied with how things are going, he is trying to create a diversion. It really is a sorry state of affairs when an editor has to stoop to such tactics.--andreasegde (talk) 21:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I propose that both editors be barred from interacting on the Sgt Pepper talk page. Enough is enough. Mythpage88 (talk) 21:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Not the best approach at the moment, there is a lot of talk of sockpuppets, so placing tbs would punish the innocent, I'd suggest instead that we take your understandable desire to see the problem solved and put it into specific fixes for specific issues one by one, like similar polls for a start. Penyulap ☏ 02:50, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

This editor, User:Mythpage88, is a fervent supporter of the complainant. He has insulted me on my own talk page many times. Enough is enough.--andreasegde (talk) 22:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

How am I a "fervent supporter"? Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean that I support him. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Because you insulted me and did not mention one single negative word about User:GabeMc. It's quite simple, because it was not neutral.--andreasegde (talk) 22:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

But I don't support him. Stop being a child, already. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey hang on a minute, you can't say that, it's a personal attack, and believe me I know, I been blocked for such nonsense before (good block btw) anyhow, you should say you're sorry for that, or someone will tell their mommy on you, I mean it. Penyulap ☏ 02:55, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

User:Andreasegde and User:GabeMc are edit warring on Paul McCartney and talk:Paul McCartney and their constant sniping at each other is disrupting talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and talk:The Beatles. This has already driven one editor away. They should be barred from interacting on any of The Beatles article pages and, if this carries on, they should both be topic banned. Richerman (talk) 00:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

FTR, I havn't made any snipes in several days, it is Andreas who continues to snipe at me, and it is Andreas who is driving editors away from Beatles related articles, not me. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

What is the sound of one hand clapping? No, it's both of Andreasegde and GabeMc. Each should just make the best possible argument they have once and cease the back and forth. They're not going to change each other's minds and there's no benefit to Wikipedia to sort out which editor is more disruptive. If intervention turns out to be required, Richerman has the correct idea. Nobody Ent 02:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Richerman that issue has become much larger than it need be; we're talking about the letter 'T', for Christ's sake. This has dissolved into edit warring, the bickering and personal attacks which are linked to above, and a poorly thought-out SPI (for which the reporting party apologised, which I accept). The genesis of this SPI can be seen here.

If you follow GabeMc's comments at the SPI, you see that he acknowledges that he doesn't know if I'm a sock of the IP in question and then accuses User:Andreasegde of not only being the sock, but of having a "fake dialogue" with himself as the IP. Unfortunately the SPI was closed without establishing whether the was any socking taking place at all. This one incident by itself is well beyond the type of treatment to which the community or any of the individuals involved should be subjected.

I also support topic and interaction bans against GabeMc. The abuse of process and of other editors has to be stopped now. Radiopathy •talk• 02:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

A topic ban for me? Are you serious Radio? I just got Paul McCartney promoted at FAC (admittedly with much of help from others), and you suggest banning me from editing all Beatles related articles? How convenient for you, an editor who is clearly biased against "the". FTR, I have made my best argument at the Beatles talk page, and I pledge to uphold whatever outcome arises from this process, while reserving the right to take this to a higher-level if needed. I have reason and grammar on my side, and I trust a mediator will choose wisely should it come to that. BTW, this thread is about disruptive editing by User:Andreasegde however, not the "The/the" debate. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The FAC doesn't negate your behaviour here the past few weeks. You have antagonised and alienated several editors with which you formerly had a good rapport. Your attempt at subverting your own request for mediation shows at least that you have no respect for the way things are done here and that you'll stop at nothing to impose your lower case 'T' on everyone else. Some of your interactions suggest something other that a collaborative spirit. Radiopathy •talk• 03:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I support full topic ban, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99. IP editor who got into this whole mess. It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:22, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Mythpage88 (talk) 03:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I see you getting a block long before that happens, and I see Andreasegde coming out looking like a saint in all of this. I also see lots of work for the fishermen to do in these polls, oh yeah ! they'll feed the family with this haul. Penyulap ☏ 03:29, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Mythpage88, you want to ban me from editing all Beatles pages, really? You do realize that it was Andreas and ip 99 that dragged this out and forced my hand. See: here and here. Please reconsider your radical position. I havn't even cursed at anyone. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I do. You blame him at every opportunity. You even did in your response. The both of you need to take a time out. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:29, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

And Gabe, two edits is nothing when you take into account how much has gone on. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

12/24 hour block for both of them if they don't calm down. According to RM above they are both causing disruption. A short time out (or longer) might be helpful. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• FTR, I am not causing disruption I am combating it. Please look deeper before you suggest a block for both parties. This is what drives editors away from wikipedia IMO. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:43, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

How dare you assume that I haven't looked into it. How dare you! Arguments like this drive users away from Wikipedia.! Mythpage88 (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Lol, okay right, you got me, my bad, good one Mythpage88, I'm sorry. (with tongue in cheek) Please, please, pretty please allow me to continue to donate several hours per day of my time to the project, please!!! I need it!!! Maybe we should all have a laugh and relax huh? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely not. Your actions are beyond the pale. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

My advice to all is this: I doubt any admin is gonna touch this and come down on only one side at this point. If blocks are enacted, I see at least 2 of them being made. Your conduct on this thread will probably make the admin say "you two need a timeout" and force one on you. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I thought admins wanted us to report disruptive edits to help them protect and improve the culture of wikipedia. I've reported seven above, all from today. I really believe that I have never made one single intentionally disruptive edit ever at wikipedia, not even once. If I get a block for reporting this kind of wikistalking, wikithreats, harrassment on my talk page, defamation of character and bullying, then so be it. I am not the problem here, I represent the solution to the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you make one comment without blaming Andreas for something? Mythpage88 (talk) 04:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I do see an awful lot of childish behaviour that is bat-blastingly baffling to be honest. Damn childish, in toto. Get a grip and stop playing such stupid, childish games (✉→BWilkins←✎) 04:02, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I too agree with a temporary topic-ban, this is extremely sophomoric and has gotten way out of hand. Seriously, 99.99% of our readers don't care how it is capitalized, and especially not to this extent. Maractus (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) I disagree, grammar is grammar, and to intentionally disregard our MoS, and at least 8 others is silly IMO. What's really silly is that a simple decree from above could end all this once and for all. This is only going on because no one will give a clear directive; a 1RR situation. So don't blame the soldiers when they disagree because the general won't/can't/refuses to give a clear order that all can follow. This could all end with one decision from a mediator, do we follow our MoS, ignore our MoS, or change our MoS. If wikipedia took a firm stance on this we would never have to hear about this nonsense ever again. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:26, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's an argument over which shape of a letter to use. Give it a fucking break. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's not ArbCom's remit to decide between t and T. Nobody Ent 10:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Then whose remit is it to prevent disruption, intimidation and harassment? Also, who defends our MoS, if not ArbCom? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with GabeMc that the MOS should be observed or edited to accomodate exceptions etc., but WP:MOSTM also states that

• Trademarks that officially begin with a lowercase letter raise several problems because they break the normal capitalization rules of English that trademarks, as proper nouns, are written with initial capital letters wherever they occur in a sentence.
  
• Trademarks rendered without any capitals are always capitalized

WIll you defend that part, also? Why are your arguments contrary to that part of the MOS? You are being combative here. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• My experencies with Andreasegde have been extremely unpleasant at the Beatles-related Pete Best article talk page [175]; so much so that I was indeed driven away from working on the article. The talk page link speaks for itself, in terms of aggressive hostility and violations of good faith and article ownership guidelines, and I challenge anyone to conclude otherwise. I was so disgusted I decided even a complaint would just make me feel sick at heart. This ANI complaint by GabeMc is utterly justified, in my view, and the fact is that I was unaware of this ANI complaint until just now and discovered it by way of the poll. I strongly suggest steps be taken, up to and including a block or topic ban, to inform Andreasegde that this type of combative editing is unacceptable at Wikipedia, which is about collaboration, not ownership. My experiences with GabeMc, in contrast have been cordial, and I salute his willingness to bring this matter to ANI. Jusdafax 04:19, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the support. I concur completely! I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years! This needs to end now. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Again, I feel that any objective look at how I was dealt with at the Pete Best page indicates who the disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting editor was. In the end, I did not feel that further interaction was worth my time. It would restore much of my shaken faith if the community would agree on where the problem lies. Jusdafax 04:37, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Jusdafax has it exactly right. Andreasegde has no logic, just resentment that the MoS (rightly) disagrees with his subjective view, so he bullies. Rothorpe (talk) 23:16, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Patterns?

• From the Pattie Boyd talk page, (Andreasegde's most recently edited page before this edit war broke out) here, an exchange very similar to Jusdafax's experience at Pete Best, keep reading there are several parts.
• From the Mimi Smith talk page, here they wikihound/wikistalk an editor for adding a RfD tag (look at the very bottom) and Here again they wikistalk an editor for adding an RfD tag. Ibid
• At Julia Lennon here, here and here.
• At Brian Epstein here they attempt to defame an editor who disagrees with them. Here and here they attack an editor and their comments are so outrageous they are removed from the record for that reason, I'm sure the admins will know why. Here, shutting down discussion since 2006. Ibid. Here, here and here. I of course could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, like the "The/the" debate, or, someone could step-up, mediate this, and put an end to it once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

More on patterns

• here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here said user is hostile and insulting to an editor who is presumably a child, here, the last comment in the thread, here, again, the last comment in the thread, here and here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 08:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

History repeating?

• here
• here
• here ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Take a deep breath... I have been accused here of driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being "extremely unpleasant", "disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting", wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, "hostility and threats", provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, "acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" I'm surprised a person like me is still here, don't you think? At least nobody accused me of tampering with small animals.--andreasegde (talk) 11:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect this editor may be using a mouse. Penyulap ☏ 13:17, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Shhh, don't tell anyone else. I want to love him and hug him, and keep him for my very own.--andreasegde (talk) 13:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Recent disruption (all from today) by Andreasedge here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Here and here Andreasedge is edit-warring with Szyslak and Future Perfect at Sunrise. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Given the fact of additional edit warring today by Andreasedge, and the satiric replies from same as evinced just above in the exchange with Penyulap, is not a block in order? If Andreasedge has no willingness to discuss the matter here seriously, and a continuation of their hostile editing pattern is demonstrated, would not a preventative block be in order at this time? A look at the subject's talk page today is also of interest in terms of a clearly combative and hostile attitude. Jusdafax 03:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC) NOTE: The Andreasedge talk page has been scrubbed of the aforementioned material since my previous post. You now must go into the page history to read what I refer to. Jusdafax 06:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, GabeMc. You have new messages at #Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

Penyulap is an indonesian noun, it means magician, so I've seen this show before Penyulap ☏ 09:37, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

full topic and interaction ban

• Support and nom I suggest full topic ban to any and all Beatles related articles, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99 IP editor who got us into this whole mess.

It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:17, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

You seemed quite concerned over your capitalization with your last comment. Didn't just made your own point moot with your own attempt at ridicule with a capitalized example. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I see that we don't understand what irony is. Mythpage88 (talk) 20:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• support - the users involved should write apology letters imo Maractus (talk) 04:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only - per my comment and link above. My experiences have made me avoid anything this person has to do with. Jusdafax 04:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - Since I was asked to comment, I suppose I'll submit to banging my head against a brick wall once more. The reason I quit the wikiproject was not in protest of Gabe's behavior, or even of that of andreasegde. I quit because the wikiproject has been in dispute over this issue for years, and no one in a leadership position at this site (*cough*ArbCom*cough*) has cared enough to impose a solution for it. This is a major issue, as I see it, and fundamentally comes down to whether or not the MoS matters. When it managed to get before ArbCom, they declared it (in their words) "silly", in the process effectively delegitimizing every MoS-based argument that ever has been made, is being made, and ever will be made. Consensus has not solved this issue so far, and I see no reason to acquiesce to the delusion that things are going to be different this go-around. Until consensus is reached (and at this point I care little what that consensus is -- even though I firmly believe that the MoS, the English language, and reality itself is on the "small T" side, I would take a consensus for "big T" over no consensus at all), I cannot edit Beatles-related articles and remain a sane and productive editor. It's an either/or decision for me, and I believe in the goals of Wikipedia too much to take part in this nonsense any longer.

If it matters, I think andreasegde has been more unreasonable and taken this to greater heights of incivility than Gabe has. He made comments at Talk:Paul McCartney that were absolutely incongruous with logic, and with the type of contributor I have always known him to be. But I don't for a second believe that he, or almost anyone else on the "big T" side, is acting in bad faith. IP 99 is clearly the exception to that statement; s/he came to this site to start shit, as should be clear from his/her editing history. Blocking him/her will not bring this dispute to a close (not by a long shot), but it will at least be one fewer troll defacing the project.

I unconditionally oppose topic bans and bans/blocks of any kind for both Gabe and Andreas, provided they both act with the utmost decorum going forward. But please do not assume that I am condemning both equally; I am not. Andreas has been unreasonable and uncivil to multiple editors, including me, but blocking for relatively minor infractions during the course of a major discussion is not going to solve anything. Let the conversation run its course. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Consider my vote changed to oppose for any kind of action against Gabe and support for a topic ban against andreas. This edit is pointy, and his comments at Talk:Pete Best are reprehensible and inexcusable. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:46, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, is that the correct diff ? I opened that diff two times, and I'm seeing changes to text for "band" and "group" ? Penyulap ☏ 06:04, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

He does have ownership issues with Pete Best so Wikiquette assistance is a good idea. Penyulap ☏ 06:19, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

No, that's the right diff. It's an issue that has never, I believe, been raised anywhere else, ever, and he just happens to bring it up during a high-profile FAC led by someone he's had disputes with in the past. I don't know what point he was making, but that's the only viable explanation I can see. This and this show that he does not understand (or, at least, does not care about) WP:CIVIL and has a problem with collaboratively working on content and accepting criticism to content he was worked on. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

These additional examples of ownership and bullying by Andreasegde do not surprise me one bit after my experience at Pete Best. They indicate a systemic pattern of abuse at Beatles-related articles and as such, do not call for a Wikiquette board discussion but a topic ban by an admin, at the very least. The Beatles are a huge entry area for editors, and the hostility and threats by Andreasegde are unacceptable. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

photo of a dog collapsed by Nobody Ent 11:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, what do we have here

Well I'm sure there are plenty of people this can be snuck past, but I'm not one of them. His minor ownership issues are garden variety stuff, blatant canvassing and disruptive polling is drawing everyone into you little content dispute, it is manipulation and disruptiveness on a wide scale by it's very definition.

Now I've given you a big ass slab of diffs in that subsection thing that define what canvassing is, and it is a big list of editors who have been sucked into this mess, and then there are the duplicate polls as well. So I've laid out one slab, and I'd ask for a slab from you now, so can you give me say, a big ass slab of Andreasegde turning up at long list of uninvolved editors talkpages telling them to f off away from the Pete Best article ? That might convince someone that his minor ownership issues are as bad as the scale of disruption GabeMC is causing.

I might as well disclose that I have messed with the WP:OWN policy page, but not since this issue started.

Penyulap ☏ 09:09, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• I'd like to ask an admin to remove or hat the comment by Penyulap as disruptive and distracting. By trying to marginalize my extremely unpleasant experiences with Andreasegde's ownership of Pete Best as "minor" (I assure you I did not and do not find them so) and using edgy, attention drawing language and a big dog photo, Penyulap diverts attention away from the pattern of, again, long-term systemic abuse by Andreasegde that GabeMc has brought to light by way of this quite valid complaint. Since it appears that consensus is forming up against Andreasegde, we should continue to focus on the behavior of the editor the complaint has been made against and not the "look over here" attempts to divert attention to red herrings. Jusdafax 09:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, it's not so much the dog as it is the pattern of behaviour that is important, the antagonising someone continually and then running to ANI to suggest that they caused the whole incident. That is the pattern that I see here, and that is a pattern that is so very well known and very well understood here that yes, people have gone so far as to make cartoons about it. Seriously, I know some people are idiots, I am generally regarded as a big one, but everyone ? really ? do you think nobody would recognise this pattern ?

But how about a smaller dog, maybe a pug or something, a shitzu ? would that be any better, or is it my writing that is the problem, or my idiocy. God help me it's my sheer idiocy that does it every single flipping time. Penyulap ☏ 10:12, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Agreed on IP 99. Maybe he's a sock, maybe he's just a professional troll who came along at the right time. Either way, he's not here to help us build an encyclopedia. szyslak (t) 05:40, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Also agree. Something very odd about IP 99 doesn't pass the smell test. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I love the smell test, big fan, it says so much more than evidence ever could, nothing like it really. The smell test. Penyulap ☏ 10:21, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Canvassing is already taking place for this. I was canvassed at my talk page. This proposal and thread is a fucking joke and Gave,Andreas and Mythpage should be blocked for 48 hours for ratcheting up the bullsnit at ANI instead of other venues.Fasttimes68 (talk) 04:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose and Propose a strict WP:Civility standard for all involved editors. If editors cannot "always treat each other with consideration and respect... keep the focus on improving the encyclopedia... help maintain a pleasant editing environment" and "behave politely, calmly and reasonably, even during heated debates" then immediate blocks should be imposed. Civility is a part of Wikipedia's code of conduct, and one of the pillars. Trying to enforce topic bans or other half-measures does not hold editors to our code of conduct; this is core to the project. --Tgeairn (talk) 05:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
  • COmment Both editors actions are too far beyond the pale for mere civility to work. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for andreasegde (or just a plain old site ban), oppose topic ban for GabeMc. I started copyediting the Paul McCartney article during the FAC, after some light contributions to Beatles content over the years. Shortly before and after it was promoted, andreasegde and several others provoked arguments over issues like whether to call t/The Beatles a "group" or "band" and what order to list McCartney's teen rock-and-roll idols. Worse, andreasegde has made blatant personal attacks on GabeMc[176], called him a liar repeatedly[177][178], accused him of ulterior motives[179][180], and has otherwise shown gratuitous incivility to GabeMc and others[181][182][183][184]. andreasegde is acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way. As for GabeMC, he isn't 100% innocent; he has assumed bad faith on andreasegde's part and allowed himself to get into edit wars with him, though not without provocation. Yet GabeMc's presence on articles related to the Beatles and other music topics is a net positive, especially with his successful efforts to bring McCartney and other articles to featured status. szyslak (t) 05:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC) (P.S.: I would also urge that User:Radiopathy's part in all this not be overlooked. Though the recent SPI went nowhere, he's tried sockpuppetry before.) - Addendum: I changed my mind on supporting an interaction ban. It's become ever more clear that between GabeMc and andreasegde, there is only one guilty party in terms of making personal attacks and generally acting WP:DICK-ish. szyslak (t) 10:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Well I'm looking at those diffs and getting all excited that maybe I have the chance to give out a grump award, but this guy is not even a patch on Andy, who we all know and love, because he just doesn't let fly with the dictionary definitions like Andy does, andreasegde is too quiet and restrained if anything in those diffs, he is holding up better whilst under attack. But I'm keeping my eyes open on this one, because not everyone can measure up to Andy's level of grumpiness, he's a hard act to follow, so I'm looking for 20% Andy or so. Penyulap ☏ 05:57, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

I scrounged together these diffs knowing there was worse from andreasegde. How about this one: He called GabeMc a vandal and called for admin "help", after GabeMc set aside andreasegde's comments into a separate section. I'm not a big fan of comment refactoring, but I don't think GabeMc's edit is anywhere near "vandalism". szyslak (t) 10:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I was watching the calls for help and the resultant comments at ANI, but I'm bored of all of this already. Not my game really. I can pick the troublemakers miles off and see who is causing the trouble, but what's the use, I just stumbled across another Vet ed who was ill-treated so I've lost my appetite for defending this place,... for now. Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Opposed to any action against GabeMC and generally support action against Andreasegde WRT topic bans (or more). While I am not uninvolved w/ Gabe I find it absurd in the extreme that we would insist "both sides do it" in absence of any real evidence. Just because two editors appear at ANI and make a case doesn't make it "a pox on both your houses" each time. Protonk (talk) 08:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Not bad response time, and a good looking comment too. Can I ask for assistance now and then ? Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Taking this at face value, yes. You (or any editor) are always welcome to bring stuff to my talk page. I get an email when it is changed so I can basically keep on top of things. Protonk (talk) 15:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

... my comment and the childish WP:AN/3RR report supports this in theory, although I suggested voluntary IB and 1RR ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 13:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - I don't think the 3RR report was childish at all. It looks to me like Andreasegde visited the Paul McCartney article and performed a series of "The/the" edits on an article that had only been promoted to FA four days before. The person who achieved that accomplishment was GabeMc. Do you suppose that Andreasegde visited the article to improve it, or to send a message of some kind to Gabe? I think the latter. Andreasegde has a history of problematic behaviour dating back quite a while, for example, this exchange on the Pete Best talk page from May-June 2011, this exchange on the Pattie Boyd talk page from the start of this section to the end of the page (March 2012 to present; a user offered to collaboratively edit to improve the article, and was given the bum's rush). User:Evanh2008 says above that he quit the Beatles wikiproject rather than put up with Andreasegde's behaviour. My opinion is that Andreasegde has got some ownership issues regarding the whole suite of Beatles-related articles, to the point where other contributors are being driven away. The argument over the capitalisation issue is a symptom of a power struggle amongst this group of editors. I don't know what the solution is here. Interaction bans won't work if all they want to do is edit Beatles articles. -- Dianna (talk) 23:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Hear, hear! This has long since gone beyond small "t" vs. big "T", and may never have really been about that in the first place. Maybe andreasegde feels that the McCartney article's star is rightfully his? szyslak (t) 01:51, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for Andreasegde, and oppose topic ban for GabeMc. Like Protonk, I was contacted by GabeMc about this. And like Protonk, I think it's a mistake to throw up our collective hands and treat all parties to a complaint the same way. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 04:36, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, oppose topic ban for both. (To save space, in the following I will refer to G and A, and for want of information to the contrary they will both be referred to as "he".) For my money, what's happened is the A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status with fewer edits than A's own efforts, with more edits, failed to do. Both editors have expressed the view that "more edits means more respect due", but A has used this argument more. The rights or wrongs of using the/The are viewed by G as being a matter of grammar and adherence to the MoS, and favours "the". A on the other hand has expressed the fact that use of "the" makes him feel ill (although such a post no longer exists on his user page, having been deleted some time back). It is also clear that A feels personally aggrieved, and is of a mindset that feels it necessary to publicise this state of mind by means of bitter postings. It is also apparent that A is not averse to wikilawyering if things do not go his own way. G, on the other hand, is more focused upon the establishment of the way to proceed, and is not going to give up in his attempt to get the results of a straightforward poll without it being sabotaged by those who want it to go specifically their way (and in this it appears that A may not be alone in this). A complains that there is a spirit of anti-A partisanship, failing to perceive that he himself, by dint of his own behaviour, may have been the architect of this attitude. In summary, let G get his poll result without interference, let the chips fall as they will, and let the result be binding. (I myself have my own opinion, and have voted / suggested accordingly.) Once this has happened, and the decision been implemented, if either one of them, or any of their undoubted socks (and in fact anyone else connected with this dramatic production) amends the contentious articles in violation of this decision, let them be sanctioned appropriately. --Matt Westwood 09:21, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• support long-term full topic ban for Andreasegde, support short-term topic ban for GabeMC for the remainder of the two current RfCs, and support the same measure for Steelbeard1 (talk · contribs). I think WestwoodMatt in the posting just above is spot on about his analysis of Andreasegde's attitude, and I honestly cannot see how on the basis of this analysis one can still argue for anything but a topic ban. With GabeMC, I agree with most posters above that his conduct has been less objectionable, but still, his presence, as well as that of Steelbeard, in the discussion currently have a polarizing, inflammatory effect, and that is making participation for other users who might be bringing fresh outside arguments to the fore highly frustrating. GabeMC and Steelbeard have made their opinions understood, so there should be no problem in them now simply taking a step back and letting the RfC run to let other people have their say. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

FWIW, I agree, and I will refrain from posting anything inflamatory at the polls, nor will I change any "T"s to "t"s until the mediation is completed. There is no need to topic ban me at all, I am not the problem here, I am trying to encourage the community to solve the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:28, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: The Mediation Committee has just accepted the case for formal mediation, and a case page has been opened at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles. -- Dianna (talk) 16:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only. This is based on a reading of this entire thread as well my personal experience with Andreasegde. In addtion, Andreasegde has a history of battleground behavior and has been warned multiple times by multiple editors on a variety of topics, Beatles related or not.
  • April 2011 you are reminded not to attack other editors, as you did on Talk:The Beatles -- Gamaliel
  • May 2011 if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Talk:Sepp Blatter, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. -- Sandstein
  • Aug 2011 Try reading WP:OWN. --Harkey
  • Aug 2011 Please be more WP:CIVIL to other editors.-- PamD
  • Aug 2011 You are being unneeedingly confrontational when you interact with other editors. This comment stood out in particular, but there are many more like it in your editing history. Please adopt a less confrontational tone when you interact with others. It is rude...... Jayron32
  • Aug 2011 Andreasegde you should really consider what Jayron32 is saying carefully--Sven Manguard
  • Aug 2011 Do not disparage other editors...... Avoid sarcasm...--Chzz
• On the Patti Boyd artcle, I (and possibly another editor) was driven away from the article in March 2012 by Andreasegde's battleground mentality, threats, incivility and gaming of the system. You can see the interactions between us on the talk page beginning with this thread here and continuing for several more threads below it. When I pointed out Andreasegde's incivility on their talk page they replied by saying: "You do not understand simple sarcasm. It's a form of humour, and it is legal. I am talking about the content. If you have messed up the article with inept edits, you have only have yourself to blame. ......You will find that your case is weak. I know the system. This is the type of behavior that drives editors no only away from articles but away from WP altogether.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 22:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreas, but not for Gabe, who has argued passionately but reasonably in spite of continual provocation. Rothorpe (talk) 23:43, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde, the result of which will almost certainly solve the interaction problem. Binksternet (talk) 16:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose topic bans as not being a real solution, Oppose "interaction bans" as leading to too many noticeboard posts, Support trouts for both with a stern warning against starting any of this sort of drama again here. Collect (talk) 19:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for both editors and myself, if you can find any actual diffs that I have injected any WP:Disruptive editing or processes. Andreasegde has reacted to GabeMc in the same style similar to GabeMc, on a few occasions, and should get fingers slapped for reacting to the provocation. Perhaps a One Week Topic Ban for Andreasegde? Andreasegde has previously been a leader in resolving the huge "the/The" issue and this should be taken into consideration when establishing merit and intent of editors. GabeMc has been very disruptive, using many methods of distraction, including side issues to attack, including sockpuppetry accusations, WP:Canvassing ad nauseum, using mispelled names to irritate, launching arguments behind every vote on any process he is involved in, disrespectful of the WP process, to silence other editors differring with his points. Have a look at his request for Adminship here responses, where he argues with every suggestion made to him by the Administrators attempting to "mature" him. GabeMc has been asked many times, I have witnessed in my short lifespan, here, to stop this behaviour, he has apologized to various editors repeatedly, and then repeats the behaviour within hours. It has become obvious that GabeMc cannot become a good editor in The Beatles articles without severe bias and emotion, and has already inflicted years of disruption to the editing process. History shows us, in many locations, administrators telling him to "get over it", and other phrases implying less polite actions. He has great potential but, has become too deeply emotionally involved in article displaying WP:Ownership and WP:BATTLEGROUND behaviour to remain neutral in Beatles articles. A permanent topic ban may be too harsh and discouraging but a One Year Topic Ban to cool down, is my suggestion for GabeMc. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 22:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty rich attempt at sidetracking IP99, coming from you, since you posted this [185] at the ANI complaint against Gabe that you filed which resulted in no action taken [186] against him whatsoever. Since you threaten people there with "serious admins" that you know despite your "short lifespan" (your comment above) if they fail to focus on the complaint against Gabe, your argument here carries little weight. I would ask you to explain how it is that you know "serious admins" and come to file complaints at ANI despite being here a short while. In any case, since your previous attempt to complain at ANI against Gabe has been quashed, let's move on. It appears to me a number of uninvolved editors find that Andreasedge's editing, both short and long-term, is actionable. That's the focus now, I believe. Jusdafax 00:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

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I had a look at this section here to see just who was doing the canvassing if anyone, and wow, did I ever place my bets correctly. Anyhow, I'd be happy to hear what this continuous slab of contributions from GabeMc is about, because I love stories !!! I'm half arsed with the diffs, only a few are diffs, the others point to the sections and then just search for the name if you like, any editor in good standing can polish this up I give permission to uninvolved editors and whatsisname I placed my bet on, they can edit my text here directly to fix the diffs if they like to. 23:26, 8 July 2012 support Koavf ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support LessHeard vanU ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support Catfish Jim and the soapdish ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support, partial support and support on the same page Metalello ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support Leahtwosaints ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support Y2kcrazyjoker4 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support after neutral Ericdeaththe2nd ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:22, 8 July 2012 comment only Hula Hup ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:17, 8 July 2012 support diff Anthony Winward ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:16, 8 July 2012 support Ohconfucius/archive23 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support F4280 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Nigelj ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support or something I guess Cresix ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support Jmcw37 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support x2 after initial oppose Tearaway ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support Joefromrandb ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:11, 8 July 2012 support Freakmighty ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:10, 8 July 2012 whoops Penyulap ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:09, 8 July 2012 support support WestwoodMatt ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:08, 8 July 2012 Support (I don't need any link here it's my Auntie Pesky who will wash my mouth out if I tell a fib) ThatPeskyCommoner ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:07, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Alarics ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) this was interesting as far as the summary goes... I'd also suggest it's worth 2 days outright, but this is more for turning down the equaliser in the middle, and bringing up the volume everywhere else, so the fishermen can do their business. Penyulap ☏ 05:38, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I call it the fallacy of selective observation. If you had been honest, you would have included that I pinged Andreas and several other editors known to oppose "the". Also, the bulk of the pings were to editors that have edited the page this year, and which I have absolutely no way of knowing how they would !vote. Did you also post Andreas' pings? Anyway, most of those links show me compromising and building a popular consensus, so thanks. Also, I pinged every registered user that has edited tha Pepper article this year. See Andreas' pings: here, here, here, here, here, here and here, here and here. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 06:07, 14 July 2012 (UTC) So you don't deny that this is one single slab of edits straight from your contribution list ? I just want to make that part easy for everyone first, then I'll get to the other. Penyulap ☏ 06:56, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I'm looking at a lot of diffs you are posting which are absolutely fine, what is wrong with this post anyhow ? Penyulap ☏ 07:07, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Actually, I never said I had a problem with it. I don't have a problem with it, it generates discussion and makes the eventual consensus all that more meaningful and diverse of opinions, except in the context of the pot calling the kettle black, as happened here with Andy. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 09:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Oh ok, so you never had a problem with it, but you diff these things just for fun ? to make useless busywork at ANI, is that it ? is that what the ridiculous string of diffs up above that reaches across the page is all about, some kind of wild goose-chase that everyone will enjoy ? Oh I am sure there is a word for this sort of thing, I don't know what it is, but it's not Bullshit, because Bullshit doesn't start with a WP: in front of it. No, I think I'll leave you to the mercy of the experts here. Penyulap ☏ 10:06, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Unconstructive is a vague term, giving the impression to some that the issue raised is just fine, also there is the impression that not signing your work is fine too -pen

Unarchived

I have unarchived this thread. The disruption by Andreasegde (talk · contribs) is still ongoing. He is now edit-warring on two pages [187][188][189][190][191] adding out-of-process notices trying to discourage people from further taking part in the polls (which weren't going the way he wanted). Also, I don't see why, just because there will be a mediation, the proposal here to impose community sanctions on this editor should suddenly have become void. As I see it, that proposal is still very much on the table – and the mediation could only benefit from it if we take the most obviously abusive element(s) out before it starts. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• All we are saying ... Chedzilla (talk) 20:14, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Future Perfect at Sunrise's comments directed at myself, I refer you to my talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 22:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for unarchiving this report, which may seem on the surface to be about the "The/the" issue, however it is actually not about that issue at all. This report is about a long history of abusive interactions with Andreasedge that stem from their ownership issues at articles related to the Beatles, and others. Their actions have been driving people away from wikipedia for years, and this needs to end here once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a rather unusual moved by an admin who favours the small 'T' at articles about The Beatles, which coincidentally is GabeMc's position as well. I am personally asking andreasedge to cool it, just as I have asked Gabe to quit further inflaming this issue by continuing to change the 'T's after mediation was accepted. I therefore oppose any sanction against andreasedge at this time. Radiopathy •talk• 00:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Radiopathy, FTR, I changed those "t"s last night, before the mediation was accepted and I have not changed a single one since. The timestamps prove your above assertion is incorrect. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, to be clear Radiopathy, you are not innocent here. You changed all the "t"s to "T"s and during the grueling Macca FAC which was concluded successfully just 4 days later. You tried to stir up an edit-war at an article that was at the end of an FAC and on the verge of promotion. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I concur; I saw the exact same thing GabeMc did. szyslak (t) 08:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please, please, attempt to stay on topic for once! You guys need to pick a person to attack and stick with it. Anytime somebody comments negatively on your behaviour you attempt to change the topic to that person. The attempts to distract attention from yourself is really quite obvious and doing yourself more harm than good here. Admins are typically seasoned editors and have witnessed all these debating tricks before. I know I launched the same complaint about GabeMc previously and it worked for you and your ilk to ridicule the WP process into a circus until it became too complicated for admins to bother with. Sound like a plan or do you want to actually get serious for once? 99.251.125.65 (talk) 03:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Just close the debate for a while

Overlooked (among all the calls to block and ban and other harsh things) seems to be a simpler approach. Just end the discussion and lock the page for a bit. It is a bit of a lame debate anyway, whether to have a "t" or a "T" in 'the'. This isn't a violation of policy to have it either way, and yet we see people getting bent out of shape over it. So there's no rush in any sense to 'fix' this, considering that only the nitpicky are affected by this. It seems the easiest thing would be to simply say, "stop talking about this for a while" and move on. -- Avanu (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see how this will help. The fact that it's such a lame issue that people are getting "bent out of shape" over here is one reason more to ban them, not a reason less. And what page exactly do you want to lock down? There are two legitimate RfCs ongoing, and some of us – who are outsiders to the issue and have no part in the lame fight – want nothing else but to be able to register their opinions in peace and don't have their arguments drowned out by all the shouting. There is also supposed to be a mediation, and here too I suppose there are some who would just like to use that opportunity to exchange their argument in peace. Imposing an enforced break for everybody won't make the warriors stop – some of them have been at it for years. The people who have become so obsessively fixated on this drama and have been creating all the ridiculous bitterness around is need to be taken out, the sooner the better, so that we others can finally breathe. Fut.Perf. ☼ 00:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Sweeping things under the rug and ignoring past and ongoing problems is not helpful to the project.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Shoot 'em all and let God work it out, I've heard that one before. Penyulap ☏ 06:25, 18 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The non-smoking gun

Update: I have been accused here of "driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being extremely unpleasant, disruptive, hostile and deliberately off-putting, wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, hostility and threats, provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, acting like a petulant child, "screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", satiric replies, jealousy: "A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" (The last one by GabeMc, among others). The new ones below: "throwing personal attacks, refusing to answer, not observing some basic forms of respect, an extremely abusive stance, a highly unwelcoming editing style, continued abuse, hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster, and long-term needling". Taking all these into account, I should have been here at ANI every single week over the last few years. Why wasn't I?

If anyone reads this, you may be extremely surprised to read that I wished GabeMc luck on the McCartney FAC, even saying I would Support the FAC if I hadn't worked on it too much. The conversation was on 3 July 2012, and there was no talk of bullying or bad behaviour at all. Read it for yourself. It was very pleasant.--andreasegde (talk) 11:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, I took a look at your contributions, and I have been pretty unimpressed. We had you going and basically closing a bunch of RFCs you participated in and then playing like you didn't know what the problem was. You also were quite rude in your interaction with User:szyslak, throwing personal attacks at him (when he threw none at you), ordering him off your talk page, and then claming he was ignoring your request and harassing you simply for posting an "OK I will stay off your talk page" (and, when he politely asked you for an explanation on his talk page in the thread you started to complain about it, you refused to answer by saying "Goodbye, 'nuff said") If you'd like a tip from me, please stop telling everyone else what to do and observe some basic forms of respect for others and their opinions. Magog the Ogre (talk) 17:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, you have yet to say a single word about your extremely abusive stance at the Pete Best talkpage [192] which so sickened me that I left off. A number of other people have pointed it out as an example of your highly unwelcoming editing style. It is clear to me now that my experience was by no means unique. True, you got away with your continued abuse for quite a while, but GabeMc finally brought you here for a long overdue reckoning. You have been warned numerous times, I see, but continue on unabated. Your hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster drive reasonable editors away, and my view, and that of many others here, is that the community has finally had enough, and that remedial measures are now in order. Jusdafax 18:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

More insults and attacks. My question is, have you actually read the comments between GabeMc and myself in my archive? It was a mere two weeks ago. By chastising me further, it appears you have not, or don't wish to. Harking back to conversations a year ago, and misinterpreting my conversations with User:szyslak to suit your own opinion is not good conduct. I truly hope an admin will read my conversation with User:szyslak, because then the truth will be made clear. You can read it here, and here, if you wish.--andreasegde (talk) 19:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• I'm not sure there is an interpretation of that first link which would lead me to understand why you offered it as some sort of exculpatory evidence. Protonk (talk) 01:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc has been extremely industrious regarding this case against myself, making accusations that I "bullied him for two years" as well as numerous other charges, but looking at the conversation that took place only two weeks ago clearly shows that almost everything he has accused me of is a falsehood.--andreasegde (talk) 07:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I myself find there is some frustration between being asked to diff absolutely everything and the precise diffs which are required. It's difficult for a person who has an awareness of the entirety of the comments in a conversation to 'put himself in the shoes' of someone who can't see everything and determine which references are required to make an informed decision. Basically, Andreasegde thinks you should read all of the conversations on all of the relevant pages, rather than pick and choose the bits that you like. This is how a completely accurate factual decision can be made, actually, it's the only way, anything else is asking him for instructions on how to look at part of the conversation and come to a possibly flawed computation. On the other side, everyone has no intention of reading everything and considers the request an insult. They are not looking for a twitter sized summary, but filling things into chains of diffs (but omg don't do what GabeMc did) is a good idea. Make more of a sentence of the diffs to say something that you want to say. (although being on Andreasegde's side of the fence we need someone to help translate what it is that you are asking for when you don't want to read all the diffs and contribs given, as I'm sortof imagining at what you'd like.) In that first diff, Szyslak makes a statement saying Andreasegde is 'making demands' but gives the wrong diff to back the statement made. Penyulap ☏ 03:17, 17 Jul 2012 (UTC)

For the record, and a summary for those who haven't read it, andreasegde refers above to a cordial exchange between himself and GabeMc in which he politely and warmly wished G. good luck on a FAC, and the latter graciously accepted such. But an analogy: a man accused of the crime of theft can not offer up as a defence "But look, here's a receipt from a shop, proving that I paid for something on one occasion." --Matt Westwood 08:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

So you're implying that after I said, "My best wishes", "it looks good. I'd vote Support", and "Good luck", on 3 July (two weeks ago), I suddenly had a massive change of heart and wished him the worst? (The Paul McCartney article was promoted to FA just six days after our conversation). I find your implication to be highly unlikely, and very insulting.--andreasegde (talk) 13:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it curious that you would point to this one normal interchange as evidence against the near-constant sniping that you take at GabeMc. Sure, it's a fine interchange but it does not erase or even counterbalance the other evidence that you are spending too much time working to undermine GabeMc. I think an interaction ban should be implemented. Binksternet (talk) 15:50, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it interesting that you say I am trying to "undermine GabeMc", as he started this ANI about me. Is the shoe on the wrong foot?--andreasegde (talk) 16:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc is clearly at wit's end with you. Why is that? Your long-term needling of him.

Also, please do not refactor your own earlier comments to include a later phrase of mine. It messes up the chronology. 16:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding comment added by Binksternet (talk • contribs)

Please sign your posts, because I don't know who you are.--andreasegde (talk) 17:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It's Binksternet. He most likely typed five tildes instead of four, which just produces the date and time without a username, like this: 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC). He made a typo. Everybody does that from time to time. szyslak (t) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, Andreasegde and I had a pleasant exchange on 3 July. But look what they posted to my talk page less than four days later. I call that intimidation and threats of edit-warring without provocation. See: WP:OWN. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I doubt he created the whole archive page. Please submit a better link.. perhaps diffs??

Done. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

here's what I said: "I have not had Macca's page on my watchlist for some time, which is a pity. As you are undergoing the trials of an FAC, I will refrain from saying anything at the moment, but be advised that I will later." Intimidation and threats?--andreasegde (talk) 04:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back up the truck: both of you were advised (in AN/3RR) to keep a voluntary interaction ban and not even mention each other's name anywhere on the project - are the both of you seriously breaking that already? How pathetic! (✉→BWilkins←✎) 22:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You suggested an IB, and others supported, but no one has imposed anything on anyone at this point to my knowledge. Are you saying that I cannot/shouldn't mention the name of the user about which I filed this report, in the report, and while the report is open? How can this report/discussion take place if neither can mention the other by name? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It sure was not a suggestion. "Voluntary" means "before the community imposes it". That means grow up, act like an adult, and the both of you go away and behave so that the community doesn't have to force it through this ANI process. In other words, both of you back away and leave each other alone (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Bwilikins is right. If the community makes a decision, you MUST abide by it. If Andreasegde is in a discussion that you are inadvertently involved with too, just walk away. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take yours and BWilkins' advice and refrain from replying to them or commenting about them. To clarify, does this apply to the current open mediation of which we are both parties? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't see anywhere that there's consensus for an interaction ban. I may be missing it somewhere. Absence of that consensus doesn't mean that a suggested ban somehow has the force of a potential future ban. Protonk (talk) 04:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Summing up

Since we appear to be reaching the point of diminishing returns here, I will re-state and clarify my position.

I first became aware of Andreasegde via the Beatles-related Pete Best article, which I had tagged, about a year ago. Andreas showed considerable hostility, threats and ownership issues on the article's still-current talk page, so much so that I warned him and withdrew rather than file a complaint here, which I have never actually done with anyone. Since then I simply largely stayed away from Beatles-related articles despite some previous work on them, including Geoff Emerick back in 2009. This is the extent of my involvement with Andreas.

As for GabeMc, I voted against his Rfa, going so far as to urge an early close. Not much later I got a Rfc bot request on my talk page regarding the Beatles, and that led me to several polls, then here. GabeMc has asked for my participation twice, based on my participation from that first bot-generated request.

Now that I have summed up my own involvement, I would like to note that in my view a topic ban on Andreas for all Beatles related articles is called for, and that others in the community agree based on the poll above. I think initial votes to sanction both editors waned as the facts became clear, as also shown above.

I don't think Gabe is a model editor as I noted in his Rfa, but I believe he can grow and change. Not so Andreasegde, who as I see it seems incapable of learning how to express contrition and work collaboratively, and indeed is sarcastic, vindictive and insulting across a wide range of Beatles and Beatles-related articles he has been involved with for some time. I don't believe the community has the patience and time to continue on with editors who drive others away. Let's say enough is enough: this is now way beyond the The/the issue, and in my view goes to an established long-term pattern of disruptive editing by Andreasegde to the present day. I now ask an admin to be bold and issue a ruling here, and let's go back to building an encyclopedia in a spirit of collaborative good will. Thanks. Jusdafax 01:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Don't you think you have made enough attacks here? Because I didn't agree with your attitude one year ago doesn't give you the right to act this way.--andreasegde (talk) 04:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Was there a point to that comment or were we just being childish again? Mythpage88 (talk) 20:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Baiting again? Try something more original. :))--andreasegde (talk) 08:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The obsession across many pages with the word childish needs addressing. Penyulap ☏ 01:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Closure by admin requested

Many editors have made statements indicating some sort of action regarding Andreasegde and/or GabeMc is appropriate. At this point, it would be reasonable for an administrator to review the thread and determine consensus. If the determination is there's no consensus for action I'd suggest WP:RFC/U would be the logical next step as the concern here seems to be much more of patterns of editing rather than the single-incident situation this board handles best. Nobody Ent 10:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I would make important point that the long-term edit patterns of Andreasegde back up the original complaint in this thread of his ongoing tendentious editing (regarding the disruptions of polls surrounding the The/the issue.) As I note above, the trend of the past several days has been towards sanctions of Andreasegde as his larger editing pattern became clear, with this latest comment today by editor szyslak being an example. [193] Jusdafax 21:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• A note for the closing admin - By all means do what you must, but please don't close this without some resolution. I would rather not have to replay this horror at WP:RFC/U, and I would risk being criticised ad nauseum for doing so. In fact, after the treatment I have received here, for doing what I thought was the exact right thing to do, I seriously doubt I would ever come back here or engage in any similar process regardless of the issue. I would rather just run and hide from the problem, and move-on to another article, project or site. I would compare it to asking an assault victim to defend their personality, and if any tendency to engage in debate/contention is found, then the victim is from then on considered pretty much as guilty as the person they are reporting. I must admit, I am rather surprised by this, and more than a little disappointed in the process. Judge me as you will. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
  

I have to second GabeMc's argument, to not close this, for similar reasons. Leadership needs to be demonstrated, here.

• As an involved admin, I'd suggest the solution is rather easier than it might appear. Block or otherwise limit Penyulap and (edit: My mistake) Andreasegde from participating on Beatles related pages. Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot and the solution is easy as well. It is only made hard when we demand maximal dispute resolution and leeway in situations where that isn't needed. If these were newer editors or the dispute were any less trivial (on face), we would've done this long ago. Protonk (talk) 19:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

"Block or otherwise limit Penyulap"? "Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot"? Is Penyulap "participating on Beatles related pages"? Before this started, I had never heard of this editor, and I have been working here since 2006. Shocking. Protonk, please read your own talk page to see how "involved" you are.--andreasegde (talk) 19:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I made it abundantly clear that I was involved. I have no ability to (or willingness) to undertake any admin action. But that doesn't make your edits any less tendentious or the resolution of this scenario any less clear to me. Go ahead and be shocked. But if you're going to act like a jerk to people and pressure them off articles because you're unwilling to compromise or work with them then don't be surprised to see some blowback. Protonk (talk) 20:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Penyulap isn't involved on the article, he's just another regular attendee of the peanut gallery that watches over ANI (kinda like myself really). They do have a tendency to throw in unhelpful digressions at times. Blackmane (talk) 22:58, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Spoilsports ! Ok, the block for swearing at sceptre was good, but I could have had another lovely block to match my last one out of this, please don't ruin my chance here so fast. I love peanut gallery, and think that 'digressions' is to be applauded as a great balance between 'petrol' and 'comic relief' but 'unhelpful' didn't have much thought at all. 7 out of 10, a great effort. I want to see just who can do a proper close on this too, that last big close was a bit too mobbish for me, but meh, whatever. Penyulap ☏ 01:42, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

In regards to my 'involvement', it is probably completely unclear to most observers. I had no involvement in any of this beyond seeing a RfC advertised on Aunties page and thinking Ohh, Beatles !, so I've popped a vote in on one or two of the polls and taken no further interest in the page, pretty sure it's zero article edits across the board. GabeMc approached me on my talkpage, and then got the Boomerasskicking he so totally needed. Thing is, I'm just way ahead of the rest of you at reading everything required and backing the right horse, that difference makes me look involved in the dispute, makes me seem like I'm taking sides, when in fact I simply finished my homework ages ago and am out playing in the yard while you lot of slowcoaches are still at your desks wrestling with your reading and comprehension test. But OMFG, I just realised that when he appealed to Protonk on that OMFG admins? talkpage that I don't just want to 'call on Protonk for help in future' I want Protonk on my speed-dial for this sort of thing, OMFG !!!!! WOOHOO !!!!!! JACKPOT !!!! I need to look at who else GabeMc applied to for help. Whoa yea !! I'll get that list tattooed onto my arm for next time I need bail when nobody has the cash.

Anyhow, I note that my lovely version of a trout, the Grumpy editor is so not smelly, and so fresh and new that it has been accepted as an award. Now that is proper. The trout lost all it's humorous camaraderie long ago, and became a monotonous rubber stamp devoid of anything but blunt complaint long ago. Institutionalised humour what a oxy-freaking-moron right there. My dealings with Andreasegde and Academica Orientalis show how to make friends and criticise people at the same time without compromising either goal. This is how to tell people they are wrong and become better friends as a result. Your obsession with dead fish has rotted away in the sunlight from overuse. Penyulap ☏ 02:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

User:Andreasegde is disrupting a discussion and straw poll @ the Beatles talk page

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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[Closing note:] The Mediation Committee has opened a formal case on this dispute. Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles -- Dianna (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Un-closed. The disruption is ongoing. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Please do not close this until a decision has been made about IBs and topic bans. Lets just finish the process so that hopefully, we won't be back here again with this. Also, please take the time to look at some of the abusive diffs I added below. This is a symptom of a pattern with one person in common. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:19, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Agree with the decision to unarchive. This matter is ongoing, and time is needed to gather relevant input. I see now that I should have spoken out a year ago after my experiences at the Pete Best talk page, and GabeMc has brought additional material to light, which indicates long-term abusive editing. The ownership issue by Andreasegde of Beatles-related articles is now the larger subject under discussion. Jusdafax 22:22, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I am attempting to conduct a discussion and straw poll here, and User:Andreasegde is attempting to disrupt it. Please see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Please, we need an admin to stop the disruption caused by User:Andreasegde so a proper discussion can occur. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC) Recently they have unilaterally declared a consensus at Paul McCartney despite an open RfC with little to no discussion, please see here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:28, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is an ongoing poll here, (Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), which User:GabeMc is trying to demolish by placing a new fake poll on The Beatles' talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is also a request on a mediation page (which User:GabeMc started), to not comment until the RfC on "Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has finished.--andreasegde (talk) 21:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The result of the mediation page was:

"Suspend. Pending completion of an RfC on this subject. This request may be evaluated at another time, after the RfC concludes. Please bring your discussions there. If the RfC does not result in consensus, the filing party should leave a note on my (or any other mediator's) talk page to reconsider opening this case. For the Mediation Committee", Lord Roem (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)]

Because User:GabeMc is not satisfied with how things are going, he is trying to create a diversion. It really is a sorry state of affairs when an editor has to stoop to such tactics.--andreasegde (talk) 21:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I propose that both editors be barred from interacting on the Sgt Pepper talk page. Enough is enough. Mythpage88 (talk) 21:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Not the best approach at the moment, there is a lot of talk of sockpuppets, so placing tbs would punish the innocent, I'd suggest instead that we take your understandable desire to see the problem solved and put it into specific fixes for specific issues one by one, like similar polls for a start. Penyulap ☏ 02:50, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

This editor, User:Mythpage88, is a fervent supporter of the complainant. He has insulted me on my own talk page many times. Enough is enough.--andreasegde (talk) 22:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

How am I a "fervent supporter"? Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean that I support him. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Because you insulted me and did not mention one single negative word about User:GabeMc. It's quite simple, because it was not neutral.--andreasegde (talk) 22:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

But I don't support him. Stop being a child, already. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:20, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey hang on a minute, you can't say that, it's a personal attack, and believe me I know, I been blocked for such nonsense before (good block btw) anyhow, you should say you're sorry for that, or someone will tell their mommy on you, I mean it. Penyulap ☏ 02:55, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

User:Andreasegde and User:GabeMc are edit warring on Paul McCartney and talk:Paul McCartney and their constant sniping at each other is disrupting talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and talk:The Beatles. This has already driven one editor away. They should be barred from interacting on any of The Beatles article pages and, if this carries on, they should both be topic banned. Richerman (talk) 00:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

FTR, I havn't made any snipes in several days, it is Andreas who continues to snipe at me, and it is Andreas who is driving editors away from Beatles related articles, not me. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

What is the sound of one hand clapping? No, it's both of Andreasegde and GabeMc. Each should just make the best possible argument they have once and cease the back and forth. They're not going to change each other's minds and there's no benefit to Wikipedia to sort out which editor is more disruptive. If intervention turns out to be required, Richerman has the correct idea. Nobody Ent 02:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Richerman that issue has become much larger than it need be; we're talking about the letter 'T', for Christ's sake. This has dissolved into edit warring, the bickering and personal attacks which are linked to above, and a poorly thought-out SPI (for which the reporting party apologised, which I accept). The genesis of this SPI can be seen here.

If you follow GabeMc's comments at the SPI, you see that he acknowledges that he doesn't know if I'm a sock of the IP in question and then accuses User:Andreasegde of not only being the sock, but of having a "fake dialogue" with himself as the IP. Unfortunately the SPI was closed without establishing whether the was any socking taking place at all. This one incident by itself is well beyond the type of treatment to which the community or any of the individuals involved should be subjected.

I also support topic and interaction bans against GabeMc. The abuse of process and of other editors has to be stopped now. Radiopathy •talk• 02:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

A topic ban for me? Are you serious Radio? I just got Paul McCartney promoted at FAC (admittedly with much of help from others), and you suggest banning me from editing all Beatles related articles? How convenient for you, an editor who is clearly biased against "the". FTR, I have made my best argument at the Beatles talk page, and I pledge to uphold whatever outcome arises from this process, while reserving the right to take this to a higher-level if needed. I have reason and grammar on my side, and I trust a mediator will choose wisely should it come to that. BTW, this thread is about disruptive editing by User:Andreasegde however, not the "The/the" debate. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The FAC doesn't negate your behaviour here the past few weeks. You have antagonised and alienated several editors with which you formerly had a good rapport. Your attempt at subverting your own request for mediation shows at least that you have no respect for the way things are done here and that you'll stop at nothing to impose your lower case 'T' on everyone else. Some of your interactions suggest something other that a collaborative spirit. Radiopathy •talk• 03:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I support full topic ban, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99. IP editor who got into this whole mess. It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:22, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Mythpage88 (talk) 03:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I see you getting a block long before that happens, and I see Andreasegde coming out looking like a saint in all of this. I also see lots of work for the fishermen to do in these polls, oh yeah ! they'll feed the family with this haul. Penyulap ☏ 03:29, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Mythpage88, you want to ban me from editing all Beatles pages, really? You do realize that it was Andreas and ip 99 that dragged this out and forced my hand. See: here and here. Please reconsider your radical position. I havn't even cursed at anyone. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I do. You blame him at every opportunity. You even did in your response. The both of you need to take a time out. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:29, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

And Gabe, two edits is nothing when you take into account how much has gone on. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

12/24 hour block for both of them if they don't calm down. According to RM above they are both causing disruption. A short time out (or longer) might be helpful. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• FTR, I am not causing disruption I am combating it. Please look deeper before you suggest a block for both parties. This is what drives editors away from wikipedia IMO. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:43, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

How dare you assume that I haven't looked into it. How dare you! Arguments like this drive users away from Wikipedia.! Mythpage88 (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Lol, okay right, you got me, my bad, good one Mythpage88, I'm sorry. (with tongue in cheek) Please, please, pretty please allow me to continue to donate several hours per day of my time to the project, please!!! I need it!!! Maybe we should all have a laugh and relax huh? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely not. Your actions are beyond the pale. Mythpage88 (talk) 03:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

My advice to all is this: I doubt any admin is gonna touch this and come down on only one side at this point. If blocks are enacted, I see at least 2 of them being made. Your conduct on this thread will probably make the admin say "you two need a timeout" and force one on you. Fasttimes68 (talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I thought admins wanted us to report disruptive edits to help them protect and improve the culture of wikipedia. I've reported seven above, all from today. I really believe that I have never made one single intentionally disruptive edit ever at wikipedia, not even once. If I get a block for reporting this kind of wikistalking, wikithreats, harrassment on my talk page, defamation of character and bullying, then so be it. I am not the problem here, I represent the solution to the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you make one comment without blaming Andreas for something? Mythpage88 (talk) 04:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I do see an awful lot of childish behaviour that is bat-blastingly baffling to be honest. Damn childish, in toto. Get a grip and stop playing such stupid, childish games (✉→BWilkins←✎) 04:02, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I too agree with a temporary topic-ban, this is extremely sophomoric and has gotten way out of hand. Seriously, 99.99% of our readers don't care how it is capitalized, and especially not to this extent. Maractus (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) I disagree, grammar is grammar, and to intentionally disregard our MoS, and at least 8 others is silly IMO. What's really silly is that a simple decree from above could end all this once and for all. This is only going on because no one will give a clear directive; a 1RR situation. So don't blame the soldiers when they disagree because the general won't/can't/refuses to give a clear order that all can follow. This could all end with one decision from a mediator, do we follow our MoS, ignore our MoS, or change our MoS. If wikipedia took a firm stance on this we would never have to hear about this nonsense ever again. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:26, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's an argument over which shape of a letter to use. Give it a fucking break. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's not ArbCom's remit to decide between t and T. Nobody Ent 10:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Then whose remit is it to prevent disruption, intimidation and harassment? Also, who defends our MoS, if not ArbCom? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with GabeMc that the MOS should be observed or edited to accomodate exceptions etc., but WP:MOSTM also states that

• Trademarks that officially begin with a lowercase letter raise several problems because they break the normal capitalization rules of English that trademarks, as proper nouns, are written with initial capital letters wherever they occur in a sentence.
  
• Trademarks rendered without any capitals are always capitalized

WIll you defend that part, also? Why are your arguments contrary to that part of the MOS? You are being combative here. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• My experencies with Andreasegde have been extremely unpleasant at the Beatles-related Pete Best article talk page [194]; so much so that I was indeed driven away from working on the article. The talk page link speaks for itself, in terms of aggressive hostility and violations of good faith and article ownership guidelines, and I challenge anyone to conclude otherwise. I was so disgusted I decided even a complaint would just make me feel sick at heart. This ANI complaint by GabeMc is utterly justified, in my view, and the fact is that I was unaware of this ANI complaint until just now and discovered it by way of the poll. I strongly suggest steps be taken, up to and including a block or topic ban, to inform Andreasegde that this type of combative editing is unacceptable at Wikipedia, which is about collaboration, not ownership. My experiences with GabeMc, in contrast have been cordial, and I salute his willingness to bring this matter to ANI. Jusdafax 04:19, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the support. I concur completely! I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years! This needs to end now. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Again, I feel that any objective look at how I was dealt with at the Pete Best page indicates who the disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting editor was. In the end, I did not feel that further interaction was worth my time. It would restore much of my shaken faith if the community would agree on where the problem lies. Jusdafax 04:37, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Jusdafax has it exactly right. Andreasegde has no logic, just resentment that the MoS (rightly) disagrees with his subjective view, so he bullies. Rothorpe (talk) 23:16, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Patterns?

• From the Pattie Boyd talk page, (Andreasegde's most recently edited page before this edit war broke out) here, an exchange very similar to Jusdafax's experience at Pete Best, keep reading there are several parts.
• From the Mimi Smith talk page, here they wikihound/wikistalk an editor for adding a RfD tag (look at the very bottom) and Here again they wikistalk an editor for adding an RfD tag. Ibid
• At Julia Lennon here, here and here.
• At Brian Epstein here they attempt to defame an editor who disagrees with them. Here and here they attack an editor and their comments are so outrageous they are removed from the record for that reason, I'm sure the admins will know why. Here, shutting down discussion since 2006. Ibid. Here, here and here. I of course could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, like the "The/the" debate, or, someone could step-up, mediate this, and put an end to it once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

More on patterns

• here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here said user is hostile and insulting to an editor who is presumably a child, here, the last comment in the thread, here, again, the last comment in the thread, here and here. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 08:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

History repeating?

• here
• here
• here ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Take a deep breath... I have been accused here of driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being "extremely unpleasant", "disruptive, hostile and deliberately offputting", wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, "hostility and threats", provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, "acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" I'm surprised a person like me is still here, don't you think? At least nobody accused me of tampering with small animals.--andreasegde (talk) 11:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect this editor may be using a mouse. Penyulap ☏ 13:17, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Shhh, don't tell anyone else. I want to love him and hug him, and keep him for my very own.--andreasegde (talk) 13:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Recent disruption (all from today) by Andreasedge here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Here and here Andreasedge is edit-warring with Szyslak and Future Perfect at Sunrise. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:01, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Given the fact of additional edit warring today by Andreasedge, and the satiric replies from same as evinced just above in the exchange with Penyulap, is not a block in order? If Andreasedge has no willingness to discuss the matter here seriously, and a continuation of their hostile editing pattern is demonstrated, would not a preventative block be in order at this time? A look at the subject's talk page today is also of interest in terms of a clearly combative and hostile attitude. Jusdafax 03:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC) NOTE: The Andreasedge talk page has been scrubbed of the aforementioned material since my previous post. You now must go into the page history to read what I refer to. Jusdafax 06:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, GabeMc. You have new messages at #Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

Penyulap is an indonesian noun, it means magician, so I've seen this show before Penyulap ☏ 09:37, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

full topic and interaction ban

• Support and nom I suggest full topic ban to any and all Beatles related articles, and interaction ban for both editors AND the 99 IP editor who got us into this whole mess.

It's God Damned ridiculous! It's CAPITALIZATION FFS! It's not gonna make a damned bit of difference on the article. Mythpage88 (talk) 04:17, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

You seemed quite concerned over your capitalization with your last comment. Didn't just made your own point moot with your own attempt at ridicule with a capitalized example. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 00:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I see that we don't understand what irony is. Mythpage88 (talk) 20:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• support - the users involved should write apology letters imo Maractus (talk) 04:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only - per my comment and link above. My experiences have made me avoid anything this person has to do with. Jusdafax 04:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - Since I was asked to comment, I suppose I'll submit to banging my head against a brick wall once more. The reason I quit the wikiproject was not in protest of Gabe's behavior, or even of that of andreasegde. I quit because the wikiproject has been in dispute over this issue for years, and no one in a leadership position at this site (*cough*ArbCom*cough*) has cared enough to impose a solution for it. This is a major issue, as I see it, and fundamentally comes down to whether or not the MoS matters. When it managed to get before ArbCom, they declared it (in their words) "silly", in the process effectively delegitimizing every MoS-based argument that ever has been made, is being made, and ever will be made. Consensus has not solved this issue so far, and I see no reason to acquiesce to the delusion that things are going to be different this go-around. Until consensus is reached (and at this point I care little what that consensus is -- even though I firmly believe that the MoS, the English language, and reality itself is on the "small T" side, I would take a consensus for "big T" over no consensus at all), I cannot edit Beatles-related articles and remain a sane and productive editor. It's an either/or decision for me, and I believe in the goals of Wikipedia too much to take part in this nonsense any longer.

If it matters, I think andreasegde has been more unreasonable and taken this to greater heights of incivility than Gabe has. He made comments at Talk:Paul McCartney that were absolutely incongruous with logic, and with the type of contributor I have always known him to be. But I don't for a second believe that he, or almost anyone else on the "big T" side, is acting in bad faith. IP 99 is clearly the exception to that statement; s/he came to this site to start shit, as should be clear from his/her editing history. Blocking him/her will not bring this dispute to a close (not by a long shot), but it will at least be one fewer troll defacing the project.

I unconditionally oppose topic bans and bans/blocks of any kind for both Gabe and Andreas, provided they both act with the utmost decorum going forward. But please do not assume that I am condemning both equally; I am not. Andreas has been unreasonable and uncivil to multiple editors, including me, but blocking for relatively minor infractions during the course of a major discussion is not going to solve anything. Let the conversation run its course. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Consider my vote changed to oppose for any kind of action against Gabe and support for a topic ban against andreas. This edit is pointy, and his comments at Talk:Pete Best are reprehensible and inexcusable. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:46, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, is that the correct diff ? I opened that diff two times, and I'm seeing changes to text for "band" and "group" ? Penyulap ☏ 06:04, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

He does have ownership issues with Pete Best so Wikiquette assistance is a good idea. Penyulap ☏ 06:19, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

No, that's the right diff. It's an issue that has never, I believe, been raised anywhere else, ever, and he just happens to bring it up during a high-profile FAC led by someone he's had disputes with in the past. I don't know what point he was making, but that's the only viable explanation I can see. This and this show that he does not understand (or, at least, does not care about) WP:CIVIL and has a problem with collaboratively working on content and accepting criticism to content he was worked on. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

These additional examples of ownership and bullying by Andreasegde do not surprise me one bit after my experience at Pete Best. They indicate a systemic pattern of abuse at Beatles-related articles and as such, do not call for a Wikiquette board discussion but a topic ban by an admin, at the very least. The Beatles are a huge entry area for editors, and the hostility and threats by Andreasegde are unacceptable. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

photo of a dog collapsed by Nobody Ent 11:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, what do we have here

Well I'm sure there are plenty of people this can be snuck past, but I'm not one of them. His minor ownership issues are garden variety stuff, blatant canvassing and disruptive polling is drawing everyone into you little content dispute, it is manipulation and disruptiveness on a wide scale by it's very definition.

Now I've given you a big ass slab of diffs in that subsection thing that define what canvassing is, and it is a big list of editors who have been sucked into this mess, and then there are the duplicate polls as well. So I've laid out one slab, and I'd ask for a slab from you now, so can you give me say, a big ass slab of Andreasegde turning up at long list of uninvolved editors talkpages telling them to f off away from the Pete Best article ? That might convince someone that his minor ownership issues are as bad as the scale of disruption GabeMC is causing.

I might as well disclose that I have messed with the WP:OWN policy page, but not since this issue started.

Penyulap ☏ 09:09, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• I'd like to ask an admin to remove or hat the comment by Penyulap as disruptive and distracting. By trying to marginalize my extremely unpleasant experiences with Andreasegde's ownership of Pete Best as "minor" (I assure you I did not and do not find them so) and using edgy, attention drawing language and a big dog photo, Penyulap diverts attention away from the pattern of, again, long-term systemic abuse by Andreasegde that GabeMc has brought to light by way of this quite valid complaint. Since it appears that consensus is forming up against Andreasegde, we should continue to focus on the behavior of the editor the complaint has been made against and not the "look over here" attempts to divert attention to red herrings. Jusdafax 09:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, it's not so much the dog as it is the pattern of behaviour that is important, the antagonising someone continually and then running to ANI to suggest that they caused the whole incident. That is the pattern that I see here, and that is a pattern that is so very well known and very well understood here that yes, people have gone so far as to make cartoons about it. Seriously, I know some people are idiots, I am generally regarded as a big one, but everyone ? really ? do you think nobody would recognise this pattern ?

But how about a smaller dog, maybe a pug or something, a shitzu ? would that be any better, or is it my writing that is the problem, or my idiocy. God help me it's my sheer idiocy that does it every single flipping time. Penyulap ☏ 10:12, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Agreed on IP 99. Maybe he's a sock, maybe he's just a professional troll who came along at the right time. Either way, he's not here to help us build an encyclopedia. szyslak (t) 05:40, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Also agree. Something very odd about IP 99 doesn't pass the smell test. Jusdafax 08:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I love the smell test, big fan, it says so much more than evidence ever could, nothing like it really. The smell test. Penyulap ☏ 10:21, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Canvassing is already taking place for this. I was canvassed at my talk page. This proposal and thread is a fucking joke and Gave,Andreas and Mythpage should be blocked for 48 hours for ratcheting up the bullsnit at ANI instead of other venues.Fasttimes68 (talk) 04:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose and Propose a strict WP:Civility standard for all involved editors. If editors cannot "always treat each other with consideration and respect... keep the focus on improving the encyclopedia... help maintain a pleasant editing environment" and "behave politely, calmly and reasonably, even during heated debates" then immediate blocks should be imposed. Civility is a part of Wikipedia's code of conduct, and one of the pillars. Trying to enforce topic bans or other half-measures does not hold editors to our code of conduct; this is core to the project. --Tgeairn (talk) 05:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
  • COmment Both editors actions are too far beyond the pale for mere civility to work. Mythpage88 (talk) 22:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for andreasegde (or just a plain old site ban), oppose topic ban for GabeMc. I started copyediting the Paul McCartney article during the FAC, after some light contributions to Beatles content over the years. Shortly before and after it was promoted, andreasegde and several others provoked arguments over issues like whether to call t/The Beatles a "group" or "band" and what order to list McCartney's teen rock-and-roll idols. Worse, andreasegde has made blatant personal attacks on GabeMc[195], called him a liar repeatedly[196][197], accused him of ulterior motives[198][199], and has otherwise shown gratuitous incivility to GabeMc and others[200][201][202][203]. andreasegde is acting like a petulant child, screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way. As for GabeMC, he isn't 100% innocent; he has assumed bad faith on andreasegde's part and allowed himself to get into edit wars with him, though not without provocation. Yet GabeMc's presence on articles related to the Beatles and other music topics is a net positive, especially with his successful efforts to bring McCartney and other articles to featured status. szyslak (t) 05:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC) (P.S.: I would also urge that User:Radiopathy's part in all this not be overlooked. Though the recent SPI went nowhere, he's tried sockpuppetry before.) - Addendum: I changed my mind on supporting an interaction ban. It's become ever more clear that between GabeMc and andreasegde, there is only one guilty party in terms of making personal attacks and generally acting WP:DICK-ish. szyslak (t) 10:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Well I'm looking at those diffs and getting all excited that maybe I have the chance to give out a grump award, but this guy is not even a patch on Andy, who we all know and love, because he just doesn't let fly with the dictionary definitions like Andy does, andreasegde is too quiet and restrained if anything in those diffs, he is holding up better whilst under attack. But I'm keeping my eyes open on this one, because not everyone can measure up to Andy's level of grumpiness, he's a hard act to follow, so I'm looking for 20% Andy or so. Penyulap ☏ 05:57, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

I scrounged together these diffs knowing there was worse from andreasegde. How about this one: He called GabeMc a vandal and called for admin "help", after GabeMc set aside andreasegde's comments into a separate section. I'm not a big fan of comment refactoring, but I don't think GabeMc's edit is anywhere near "vandalism". szyslak (t) 10:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I was watching the calls for help and the resultant comments at ANI, but I'm bored of all of this already. Not my game really. I can pick the troublemakers miles off and see who is causing the trouble, but what's the use, I just stumbled across another Vet ed who was ill-treated so I've lost my appetite for defending this place,... for now. Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

• Opposed to any action against GabeMC and generally support action against Andreasegde WRT topic bans (or more). While I am not uninvolved w/ Gabe I find it absurd in the extreme that we would insist "both sides do it" in absence of any real evidence. Just because two editors appear at ANI and make a case doesn't make it "a pox on both your houses" each time. Protonk (talk) 08:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Not bad response time, and a good looking comment too. Can I ask for assistance now and then ? Penyulap ☏ 11:36, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Taking this at face value, yes. You (or any editor) are always welcome to bring stuff to my talk page. I get an email when it is changed so I can basically keep on top of things. Protonk (talk) 15:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

... my comment and the childish WP:AN/3RR report supports this in theory, although I suggested voluntary IB and 1RR ... (✉→BWilkins←✎) 13:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - I don't think the 3RR report was childish at all. It looks to me like Andreasegde visited the Paul McCartney article and performed a series of "The/the" edits on an article that had only been promoted to FA four days before. The person who achieved that accomplishment was GabeMc. Do you suppose that Andreasegde visited the article to improve it, or to send a message of some kind to Gabe? I think the latter. Andreasegde has a history of problematic behaviour dating back quite a while, for example, this exchange on the Pete Best talk page from May-June 2011, this exchange on the Pattie Boyd talk page from the start of this section to the end of the page (March 2012 to present; a user offered to collaboratively edit to improve the article, and was given the bum's rush). User:Evanh2008 says above that he quit the Beatles wikiproject rather than put up with Andreasegde's behaviour. My opinion is that Andreasegde has got some ownership issues regarding the whole suite of Beatles-related articles, to the point where other contributors are being driven away. The argument over the capitalisation issue is a symptom of a power struggle amongst this group of editors. I don't know what the solution is here. Interaction bans won't work if all they want to do is edit Beatles articles. -- Dianna (talk) 23:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Hear, hear! This has long since gone beyond small "t" vs. big "T", and may never have really been about that in the first place. Maybe andreasegde feels that the McCartney article's star is rightfully his? szyslak (t) 01:51, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support interaction ban, support topic ban for Andreasegde, and oppose topic ban for GabeMc. Like Protonk, I was contacted by GabeMc about this. And like Protonk, I think it's a mistake to throw up our collective hands and treat all parties to a complaint the same way. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 04:36, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support interaction ban, oppose topic ban for both. (To save space, in the following I will refer to G and A, and for want of information to the contrary they will both be referred to as "he".) For my money, what's happened is the A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status with fewer edits than A's own efforts, with more edits, failed to do. Both editors have expressed the view that "more edits means more respect due", but A has used this argument more. The rights or wrongs of using the/The are viewed by G as being a matter of grammar and adherence to the MoS, and favours "the". A on the other hand has expressed the fact that use of "the" makes him feel ill (although such a post no longer exists on his user page, having been deleted some time back). It is also clear that A feels personally aggrieved, and is of a mindset that feels it necessary to publicise this state of mind by means of bitter postings. It is also apparent that A is not averse to wikilawyering if things do not go his own way. G, on the other hand, is more focused upon the establishment of the way to proceed, and is not going to give up in his attempt to get the results of a straightforward poll without it being sabotaged by those who want it to go specifically their way (and in this it appears that A may not be alone in this). A complains that there is a spirit of anti-A partisanship, failing to perceive that he himself, by dint of his own behaviour, may have been the architect of this attitude. In summary, let G get his poll result without interference, let the chips fall as they will, and let the result be binding. (I myself have my own opinion, and have voted / suggested accordingly.) Once this has happened, and the decision been implemented, if either one of them, or any of their undoubted socks (and in fact anyone else connected with this dramatic production) amends the contentious articles in violation of this decision, let them be sanctioned appropriately. --Matt Westwood 09:21, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• support long-term full topic ban for Andreasegde, support short-term topic ban for GabeMC for the remainder of the two current RfCs, and support the same measure for Steelbeard1 (talk · contribs). I think WestwoodMatt in the posting just above is spot on about his analysis of Andreasegde's attitude, and I honestly cannot see how on the basis of this analysis one can still argue for anything but a topic ban. With GabeMC, I agree with most posters above that his conduct has been less objectionable, but still, his presence, as well as that of Steelbeard, in the discussion currently have a polarizing, inflammatory effect, and that is making participation for other users who might be bringing fresh outside arguments to the fore highly frustrating. GabeMC and Steelbeard have made their opinions understood, so there should be no problem in them now simply taking a step back and letting the RfC run to let other people have their say. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

FWIW, I agree, and I will refrain from posting anything inflamatory at the polls, nor will I change any "T"s to "t"s until the mediation is completed. There is no need to topic ban me at all, I am not the problem here, I am trying to encourage the community to solve the problem. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:28, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: The Mediation Committee has just accepted the case for formal mediation, and a case page has been opened at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/The Beatles. -- Dianna (talk) 16:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde only. This is based on a reading of this entire thread as well my personal experience with Andreasegde. In addtion, Andreasegde has a history of battleground behavior and has been warned multiple times by multiple editors on a variety of topics, Beatles related or not.
  • April 2011 you are reminded not to attack other editors, as you did on Talk:The Beatles -- Gamaliel
  • May 2011 if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Talk:Sepp Blatter, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. -- Sandstein
  • Aug 2011 Try reading WP:OWN. --Harkey
  • Aug 2011 Please be more WP:CIVIL to other editors.-- PamD
  • Aug 2011 You are being unneeedingly confrontational when you interact with other editors. This comment stood out in particular, but there are many more like it in your editing history. Please adopt a less confrontational tone when you interact with others. It is rude...... Jayron32
  • Aug 2011 Andreasegde you should really consider what Jayron32 is saying carefully--Sven Manguard
  • Aug 2011 Do not disparage other editors...... Avoid sarcasm...--Chzz
• On the Patti Boyd artcle, I (and possibly another editor) was driven away from the article in March 2012 by Andreasegde's battleground mentality, threats, incivility and gaming of the system. You can see the interactions between us on the talk page beginning with this thread here and continuing for several more threads below it. When I pointed out Andreasegde's incivility on their talk page they replied by saying: "You do not understand simple sarcasm. It's a form of humour, and it is legal. I am talking about the content. If you have messed up the article with inept edits, you have only have yourself to blame. ......You will find that your case is weak. I know the system. This is the type of behavior that drives editors no only away from articles but away from WP altogether.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 22:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreas, but not for Gabe, who has argued passionately but reasonably in spite of continual provocation. Rothorpe (talk) 23:43, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for Andreasegde, the result of which will almost certainly solve the interaction problem. Binksternet (talk) 16:55, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose topic bans as not being a real solution, Oppose "interaction bans" as leading to too many noticeboard posts, Support trouts for both with a stern warning against starting any of this sort of drama again here. Collect (talk) 19:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support topic ban for both editors and myself, if you can find any actual diffs that I have injected any WP:Disruptive editing or processes. Andreasegde has reacted to GabeMc in the same style similar to GabeMc, on a few occasions, and should get fingers slapped for reacting to the provocation. Perhaps a One Week Topic Ban for Andreasegde? Andreasegde has previously been a leader in resolving the huge "the/The" issue and this should be taken into consideration when establishing merit and intent of editors. GabeMc has been very disruptive, using many methods of distraction, including side issues to attack, including sockpuppetry accusations, WP:Canvassing ad nauseum, using mispelled names to irritate, launching arguments behind every vote on any process he is involved in, disrespectful of the WP process, to silence other editors differring with his points. Have a look at his request for Adminship here responses, where he argues with every suggestion made to him by the Administrators attempting to "mature" him. GabeMc has been asked many times, I have witnessed in my short lifespan, here, to stop this behaviour, he has apologized to various editors repeatedly, and then repeats the behaviour within hours. It has become obvious that GabeMc cannot become a good editor in The Beatles articles without severe bias and emotion, and has already inflicted years of disruption to the editing process. History shows us, in many locations, administrators telling him to "get over it", and other phrases implying less polite actions. He has great potential but, has become too deeply emotionally involved in article displaying WP:Ownership and WP:BATTLEGROUND behaviour to remain neutral in Beatles articles. A permanent topic ban may be too harsh and discouraging but a One Year Topic Ban to cool down, is my suggestion for GabeMc. 99.251.125.65 (talk) 22:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty rich attempt at sidetracking IP99, coming from you, since you posted this [204] at the ANI complaint against Gabe that you filed which resulted in no action taken [205] against him whatsoever. Since you threaten people there with "serious admins" that you know despite your "short lifespan" (your comment above) if they fail to focus on the complaint against Gabe, your argument here carries little weight. I would ask you to explain how it is that you know "serious admins" and come to file complaints at ANI despite being here a short while. In any case, since your previous attempt to complain at ANI against Gabe has been quashed, let's move on. It appears to me a number of uninvolved editors find that Andreasedge's editing, both short and long-term, is actionable. That's the focus now, I believe. Jusdafax 00:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, what do you call this kind of thing ?

unconstructive subthread
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
I had a look at this section here to see just who was doing the canvassing if anyone, and wow, did I ever place my bets correctly. Anyhow, I'd be happy to hear what this continuous slab of contributions from GabeMc is about, because I love stories !!! I'm half arsed with the diffs, only a few are diffs, the others point to the sections and then just search for the name if you like, any editor in good standing can polish this up I give permission to uninvolved editors and whatsisname I placed my bet on, they can edit my text here directly to fix the diffs if they like to. 23:26, 8 July 2012 support Koavf ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support LessHeard vanU ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:25, 8 July 2012 support Catfish Jim and the soapdish ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support, partial support and support on the same page Metalello ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:24, 8 July 2012 support Leahtwosaints ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support Y2kcrazyjoker4 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:23, 8 July 2012 support after neutral Ericdeaththe2nd ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:22, 8 July 2012 comment only Hula Hup ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:17, 8 July 2012 support diff Anthony Winward ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:16, 8 July 2012 support Ohconfucius/archive23 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support F4280 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:15, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Nigelj ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support or something I guess Cresix ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:14, 8 July 2012 support Jmcw37 ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support x2 after initial oppose Tearaway ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) 23:12, 8 July 2012 support Joefromrandb ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:11, 8 July 2012 support Freakmighty ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:10, 8 July 2012 whoops Penyulap ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:09, 8 July 2012 support support WestwoodMatt ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:08, 8 July 2012 Support (I don't need any link here it's my Auntie Pesky who will wash my mouth out if I tell a fib) ThatPeskyCommoner ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) 23:07, 8 July 2012 support after initial oppose Alarics ‎ (→‎Sgt. Pepper straw poll: new section) (top) this was interesting as far as the summary goes... I'd also suggest it's worth 2 days outright, but this is more for turning down the equaliser in the middle, and bringing up the volume everywhere else, so the fishermen can do their business. Penyulap ☏ 05:38, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I call it the fallacy of selective observation. If you had been honest, you would have included that I pinged Andreas and several other editors known to oppose "the". Also, the bulk of the pings were to editors that have edited the page this year, and which I have absolutely no way of knowing how they would !vote. Did you also post Andreas' pings? Anyway, most of those links show me compromising and building a popular consensus, so thanks. Also, I pinged every registered user that has edited tha Pepper article this year. See Andreas' pings: here, here, here, here, here, here and here, here and here. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 06:07, 14 July 2012 (UTC) So you don't deny that this is one single slab of edits straight from your contribution list ? I just want to make that part easy for everyone first, then I'll get to the other. Penyulap ☏ 06:56, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) I'm looking at a lot of diffs you are posting which are absolutely fine, what is wrong with this post anyhow ? Penyulap ☏ 07:07, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Actually, I never said I had a problem with it. I don't have a problem with it, it generates discussion and makes the eventual consensus all that more meaningful and diverse of opinions, except in the context of the pot calling the kettle black, as happened here with Andy. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 09:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Oh ok, so you never had a problem with it, but you diff these things just for fun ? to make useless busywork at ANI, is that it ? is that what the ridiculous string of diffs up above that reaches across the page is all about, some kind of wild goose-chase that everyone will enjoy ? Oh I am sure there is a word for this sort of thing, I don't know what it is, but it's not Bullshit, because Bullshit doesn't start with a WP: in front of it. No, I think I'll leave you to the mercy of the experts here. Penyulap ☏ 10:06, 14 Jul 2012 (UTC) Unconstructive is a vague term, giving the impression to some that the issue raised is just fine, also there is the impression that not signing your work is fine too -pen

Unarchived

I have unarchived this thread. The disruption by Andreasegde (talk · contribs) is still ongoing. He is now edit-warring on two pages [206][207][208][209][210] adding out-of-process notices trying to discourage people from further taking part in the polls (which weren't going the way he wanted). Also, I don't see why, just because there will be a mediation, the proposal here to impose community sanctions on this editor should suddenly have become void. As I see it, that proposal is still very much on the table – and the mediation could only benefit from it if we take the most obviously abusive element(s) out before it starts. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• All we are saying ... Chedzilla (talk) 20:14, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Future Perfect at Sunrise's comments directed at myself, I refer you to my talk page.--andreasegde (talk) 22:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for unarchiving this report, which may seem on the surface to be about the "The/the" issue, however it is actually not about that issue at all. This report is about a long history of abusive interactions with Andreasedge that stem from their ownership issues at articles related to the Beatles, and others. Their actions have been driving people away from wikipedia for years, and this needs to end here once and for all. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a rather unusual moved by an admin who favours the small 'T' at articles about The Beatles, which coincidentally is GabeMc's position as well. I am personally asking andreasedge to cool it, just as I have asked Gabe to quit further inflaming this issue by continuing to change the 'T's after mediation was accepted. I therefore oppose any sanction against andreasedge at this time. Radiopathy •talk• 00:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Radiopathy, FTR, I changed those "t"s last night, before the mediation was accepted and I have not changed a single one since. The timestamps prove your above assertion is incorrect. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, to be clear Radiopathy, you are not innocent here. You changed all the "t"s to "T"s and during the grueling Macca FAC which was concluded successfully just 4 days later. You tried to stir up an edit-war at an article that was at the end of an FAC and on the verge of promotion. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I concur; I saw the exact same thing GabeMc did. szyslak (t) 08:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Please, please, attempt to stay on topic for once! You guys need to pick a person to attack and stick with it. Anytime somebody comments negatively on your behaviour you attempt to change the topic to that person. The attempts to distract attention from yourself is really quite obvious and doing yourself more harm than good here. Admins are typically seasoned editors and have witnessed all these debating tricks before. I know I launched the same complaint about GabeMc previously and it worked for you and your ilk to ridicule the WP process into a circus until it became too complicated for admins to bother with. Sound like a plan or do you want to actually get serious for once? 99.251.125.65 (talk) 03:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Just close the debate for a while

Overlooked (among all the calls to block and ban and other harsh things) seems to be a simpler approach. Just end the discussion and lock the page for a bit. It is a bit of a lame debate anyway, whether to have a "t" or a "T" in 'the'. This isn't a violation of policy to have it either way, and yet we see people getting bent out of shape over it. So there's no rush in any sense to 'fix' this, considering that only the nitpicky are affected by this. It seems the easiest thing would be to simply say, "stop talking about this for a while" and move on. -- Avanu (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see how this will help. The fact that it's such a lame issue that people are getting "bent out of shape" over here is one reason more to ban them, not a reason less. And what page exactly do you want to lock down? There are two legitimate RfCs ongoing, and some of us – who are outsiders to the issue and have no part in the lame fight – want nothing else but to be able to register their opinions in peace and don't have their arguments drowned out by all the shouting. There is also supposed to be a mediation, and here too I suppose there are some who would just like to use that opportunity to exchange their argument in peace. Imposing an enforced break for everybody won't make the warriors stop – some of them have been at it for years. The people who have become so obsessively fixated on this drama and have been creating all the ridiculous bitterness around is need to be taken out, the sooner the better, so that we others can finally breathe. Fut.Perf. ☼ 00:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Sweeping things under the rug and ignoring past and ongoing problems is not helpful to the project.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Shoot 'em all and let God work it out, I've heard that one before. Penyulap ☏ 06:25, 18 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The non-smoking gun

Update: I have been accused here of "driving editors away, personal attacks, disruptive editing, being a sock puppet, being extremely unpleasant, disruptive, hostile and deliberately off-putting, wikihounding/wikistalking, ownership of articles, hostility and threats, provoking arguments, blatant personal attacks, gratuitous incivility, acting like a petulant child, "screaming and stamping his feet when things don't go his way", satiric replies, jealousy: "A feels envious that G has got an article to featured article status", and of being a bully: "I've watched Andreasegde bully myself and others for over 2 years!" (The last one by GabeMc, among others). The new ones below: "throwing personal attacks, refusing to answer, not observing some basic forms of respect, an extremely abusive stance, a highly unwelcoming editing style, continued abuse, hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster, and long-term needling". Taking all these into account, I should have been here at ANI every single week over the last few years. Why wasn't I?

If anyone reads this, you may be extremely surprised to read that I wished GabeMc luck on the McCartney FAC, even saying I would Support the FAC if I hadn't worked on it too much. The conversation was on 3 July 2012, and there was no talk of bullying or bad behaviour at all. Read it for yourself. It was very pleasant.--andreasegde (talk) 11:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, I took a look at your contributions, and I have been pretty unimpressed. We had you going and basically closing a bunch of RFCs you participated in and then playing like you didn't know what the problem was. You also were quite rude in your interaction with User:szyslak, throwing personal attacks at him (when he threw none at you), ordering him off your talk page, and then claming he was ignoring your request and harassing you simply for posting an "OK I will stay off your talk page" (and, when he politely asked you for an explanation on his talk page in the thread you started to complain about it, you refused to answer by saying "Goodbye, 'nuff said") If you'd like a tip from me, please stop telling everyone else what to do and observe some basic forms of respect for others and their opinions. Magog the Ogre (talk) 17:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Andreas, you have yet to say a single word about your extremely abusive stance at the Pete Best talkpage [211] which so sickened me that I left off. A number of other people have pointed it out as an example of your highly unwelcoming editing style. It is clear to me now that my experience was by no means unique. True, you got away with your continued abuse for quite a while, but GabeMc finally brought you here for a long overdue reckoning. You have been warned numerous times, I see, but continue on unabated. Your hostility, threats, mean-spirited sarcasm and bluster drive reasonable editors away, and my view, and that of many others here, is that the community has finally had enough, and that remedial measures are now in order. Jusdafax 18:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

More insults and attacks. My question is, have you actually read the comments between GabeMc and myself in my archive? It was a mere two weeks ago. By chastising me further, it appears you have not, or don't wish to. Harking back to conversations a year ago, and misinterpreting my conversations with User:szyslak to suit your own opinion is not good conduct. I truly hope an admin will read my conversation with User:szyslak, because then the truth will be made clear. You can read it here, and here, if you wish.--andreasegde (talk) 19:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

• I'm not sure there is an interpretation of that first link which would lead me to understand why you offered it as some sort of exculpatory evidence. Protonk (talk) 01:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc has been extremely industrious regarding this case against myself, making accusations that I "bullied him for two years" as well as numerous other charges, but looking at the conversation that took place only two weeks ago clearly shows that almost everything he has accused me of is a falsehood.--andreasegde (talk) 07:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

• • I myself find there is some frustration between being asked to diff absolutely everything and the precise diffs which are required. It's difficult for a person who has an awareness of the entirety of the comments in a conversation to 'put himself in the shoes' of someone who can't see everything and determine which references are required to make an informed decision. Basically, Andreasegde thinks you should read all of the conversations on all of the relevant pages, rather than pick and choose the bits that you like. This is how a completely accurate factual decision can be made, actually, it's the only way, anything else is asking him for instructions on how to look at part of the conversation and come to a possibly flawed computation. On the other side, everyone has no intention of reading everything and considers the request an insult. They are not looking for a twitter sized summary, but filling things into chains of diffs (but omg don't do what GabeMc did) is a good idea. Make more of a sentence of the diffs to say something that you want to say. (although being on Andreasegde's side of the fence we need someone to help translate what it is that you are asking for when you don't want to read all the diffs and contribs given, as I'm sortof imagining at what you'd like.) In that first diff, Szyslak makes a statement saying Andreasegde is 'making demands' but gives the wrong diff to back the statement made. Penyulap ☏ 03:17, 17 Jul 2012 (UTC)

For the record, and a summary for those who haven't read it, andreasegde refers above to a cordial exchange between himself and GabeMc in which he politely and warmly wished G. good luck on a FAC, and the latter graciously accepted such. But an analogy: a man accused of the crime of theft can not offer up as a defence "But look, here's a receipt from a shop, proving that I paid for something on one occasion." --Matt Westwood 08:23, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

So you're implying that after I said, "My best wishes", "it looks good. I'd vote Support", and "Good luck", on 3 July (two weeks ago), I suddenly had a massive change of heart and wished him the worst? (The Paul McCartney article was promoted to FA just six days after our conversation). I find your implication to be highly unlikely, and very insulting.--andreasegde (talk) 13:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it curious that you would point to this one normal interchange as evidence against the near-constant sniping that you take at GabeMc. Sure, it's a fine interchange but it does not erase or even counterbalance the other evidence that you are spending too much time working to undermine GabeMc. I think an interaction ban should be implemented. Binksternet (talk) 15:50, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I find it interesting that you say I am trying to "undermine GabeMc", as he started this ANI about me. Is the shoe on the wrong foot?--andreasegde (talk) 16:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GabeMc is clearly at wit's end with you. Why is that? Your long-term needling of him.

Also, please do not refactor your own earlier comments to include a later phrase of mine. It messes up the chronology. 16:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding comment added by Binksternet (talk • contribs)

Please sign your posts, because I don't know who you are.--andreasegde (talk) 17:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It's Binksternet. He most likely typed five tildes instead of four, which just produces the date and time without a username, like this: 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC). He made a typo. Everybody does that from time to time. szyslak (t) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, Andreasegde and I had a pleasant exchange on 3 July. But look what they posted to my talk page less than four days later. I call that intimidation and threats of edit-warring without provocation. See: WP:OWN. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I doubt he created the whole archive page. Please submit a better link.. perhaps diffs??

Done. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

here's what I said: "I have not had Macca's page on my watchlist for some time, which is a pity. As you are undergoing the trials of an FAC, I will refrain from saying anything at the moment, but be advised that I will later." Intimidation and threats?--andreasegde (talk) 04:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Back up the truck: both of you were advised (in AN/3RR) to keep a voluntary interaction ban and not even mention each other's name anywhere on the project - are the both of you seriously breaking that already? How pathetic! (✉→BWilkins←✎) 22:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You suggested an IB, and others supported, but no one has imposed anything on anyone at this point to my knowledge. Are you saying that I cannot/shouldn't mention the name of the user about which I filed this report, in the report, and while the report is open? How can this report/discussion take place if neither can mention the other by name? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

It sure was not a suggestion. "Voluntary" means "before the community imposes it". That means grow up, act like an adult, and the both of you go away and behave so that the community doesn't have to force it through this ANI process. In other words, both of you back away and leave each other alone (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Bwilikins is right. If the community makes a decision, you MUST abide by it. If Andreasegde is in a discussion that you are inadvertently involved with too, just walk away. Robby The Penguin (talk) (contribs) 23:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take yours and BWilkins' advice and refrain from replying to them or commenting about them. To clarify, does this apply to the current open mediation of which we are both parties? ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't see anywhere that there's consensus for an interaction ban. I may be missing it somewhere. Absence of that consensus doesn't mean that a suggested ban somehow has the force of a potential future ban. Protonk (talk) 04:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Summing up

Since we appear to be reaching the point of diminishing returns here, I will re-state and clarify my position.

I first became aware of Andreasegde via the Beatles-related Pete Best article, which I had tagged, about a year ago. Andreas showed considerable hostility, threats and ownership issues on the article's still-current talk page, so much so that I warned him and withdrew rather than file a complaint here, which I have never actually done with anyone. Since then I simply largely stayed away from Beatles-related articles despite some previous work on them, including Geoff Emerick back in 2009. This is the extent of my involvement with Andreas.

As for GabeMc, I voted against his Rfa, going so far as to urge an early close. Not much later I got a Rfc bot request on my talk page regarding the Beatles, and that led me to several polls, then here. GabeMc has asked for my participation twice, based on my participation from that first bot-generated request.

Now that I have summed up my own involvement, I would like to note that in my view a topic ban on Andreas for all Beatles related articles is called for, and that others in the community agree based on the poll above. I think initial votes to sanction both editors waned as the facts became clear, as also shown above.

I don't think Gabe is a model editor as I noted in his Rfa, but I believe he can grow and change. Not so Andreasegde, who as I see it seems incapable of learning how to express contrition and work collaboratively, and indeed is sarcastic, vindictive and insulting across a wide range of Beatles and Beatles-related articles he has been involved with for some time. I don't believe the community has the patience and time to continue on with editors who drive others away. Let's say enough is enough: this is now way beyond the The/the issue, and in my view goes to an established long-term pattern of disruptive editing by Andreasegde to the present day. I now ask an admin to be bold and issue a ruling here, and let's go back to building an encyclopedia in a spirit of collaborative good will. Thanks. Jusdafax 01:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Don't you think you have made enough attacks here? Because I didn't agree with your attitude one year ago doesn't give you the right to act this way.--andreasegde (talk) 04:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Was there a point to that comment or were we just being childish again? Mythpage88 (talk) 20:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Baiting again? Try something more original. :))--andreasegde (talk) 08:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

The obsession across many pages with the word childish needs addressing. Penyulap ☏ 01:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

Closure by admin requested

Many editors have made statements indicating some sort of action regarding Andreasegde and/or GabeMc is appropriate. At this point, it would be reasonable for an administrator to review the thread and determine consensus. If the determination is there's no consensus for action I'd suggest WP:RFC/U would be the logical next step as the concern here seems to be much more of patterns of editing rather than the single-incident situation this board handles best. Nobody Ent 10:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I would make important point that the long-term edit patterns of Andreasegde back up the original complaint in this thread of his ongoing tendentious editing (regarding the disruptions of polls surrounding the The/the issue.) As I note above, the trend of the past several days has been towards sanctions of Andreasegde as his larger editing pattern became clear, with this latest comment today by editor szyslak being an example. [212] Jusdafax 21:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• A note for the closing admin - By all means do what you must, but please don't close this without some resolution. I would rather not have to replay this horror at WP:RFC/U, and I would risk being criticised ad nauseum for doing so. In fact, after the treatment I have received here, for doing what I thought was the exact right thing to do, I seriously doubt I would ever come back here or engage in any similar process regardless of the issue. I would rather just run and hide from the problem, and move-on to another article, project or site. I would compare it to asking an assault victim to defend their personality, and if any tendency to engage in debate/contention is found, then the victim is from then on considered pretty much as guilty as the person they are reporting. I must admit, I am rather surprised by this, and more than a little disappointed in the process. Judge me as you will. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
  

I have to second GabeMc's argument, to not close this, for similar reasons. Leadership needs to be demonstrated, here.

• As an involved admin, I'd suggest the solution is rather easier than it might appear. Block or otherwise limit Penyulap and (edit: My mistake) Andreasegde from participating on Beatles related pages. Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot and the solution is easy as well. It is only made hard when we demand maximal dispute resolution and leeway in situations where that isn't needed. If these were newer editors or the dispute were any less trivial (on face), we would've done this long ago. Protonk (talk) 19:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

"Block or otherwise limit Penyulap"? "Tendentious editing is easy enough to spot"? Is Penyulap "participating on Beatles related pages"? Before this started, I had never heard of this editor, and I have been working here since 2006. Shocking. Protonk, please read your own talk page to see how "involved" you are.--andreasegde (talk) 19:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I made it abundantly clear that I was involved. I have no ability to (or willingness) to undertake any admin action. But that doesn't make your edits any less tendentious or the resolution of this scenario any less clear to me. Go ahead and be shocked. But if you're going to act like a jerk to people and pressure them off articles because you're unwilling to compromise or work with them then don't be surprised to see some blowback. Protonk (talk) 20:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Penyulap isn't involved on the article, he's just another regular attendee of the peanut gallery that watches over ANI (kinda like myself really). They do have a tendency to throw in unhelpful digressions at times. Blackmane (talk) 22:58, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Spoilsports ! Ok, the block for swearing at sceptre was good, but I could have had another lovely block to match my last one out of this, please don't ruin my chance here so fast. I love peanut gallery, and think that 'digressions' is to be applauded as a great balance between 'petrol' and 'comic relief' but 'unhelpful' didn't have much thought at all. 7 out of 10, a great effort. I want to see just who can do a proper close on this too, that last big close was a bit too mobbish for me, but meh, whatever. Penyulap ☏ 01:42, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

In regards to my 'involvement', it is probably completely unclear to most observers. I had no involvement in any of this beyond seeing a RfC advertised on Aunties page and thinking Ohh, Beatles !, so I've popped a vote in on one or two of the polls and taken no further interest in the page, pretty sure it's zero article edits across the board. GabeMc approached me on my talkpage, and then got the Boomerasskicking he so totally needed. Thing is, I'm just way ahead of the rest of you at reading everything required and backing the right horse, that difference makes me look involved in the dispute, makes me seem like I'm taking sides, when in fact I simply finished my homework ages ago and am out playing in the yard while you lot of slowcoaches are still at your desks wrestling with your reading and comprehension test. But OMFG, I just realised that when he appealed to Protonk on that OMFG admins? talkpage that I don't just want to 'call on Protonk for help in future' I want Protonk on my speed-dial for this sort of thing, OMFG !!!!! WOOHOO !!!!!! JACKPOT !!!! I need to look at who else GabeMc applied to for help. Whoa yea !! I'll get that list tattooed onto my arm for next time I need bail when nobody has the cash.

Anyhow, I note that my lovely version of a trout, the Grumpy editor is so not smelly, and so fresh and new that it has been accepted as an award. Now that is proper. The trout lost all it's humorous camaraderie long ago, and became a monotonous rubber stamp devoid of anything but blunt complaint long ago. Institutionalised humour what a oxy-freaking-moron right there. My dealings with Andreasegde and Academica Orientalis show how to make friends and criticise people at the same time without compromising either goal. This is how to tell people they are wrong and become better friends as a result. Your obsession with dead fish has rotted away in the sunlight from overuse. Penyulap ☏ 02:45, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.