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Thank you. <font color="006622">[[User:SheffieldSteel|S<small>HEFFIELD</small>S<small>TEEL</small>]]</font><sup><small><b>[[User_talk:SheffieldSteel|TALK]]</b></small></sup> 13:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC) |
Thank you. <font color="006622">[[User:SheffieldSteel|S<small>HEFFIELD</small>S<small>TEEL</small>]]</font><sup><small><b>[[User_talk:SheffieldSteel|TALK]]</b></small></sup> 13:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC) |
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::I regard this as an illegal decision, which clearly flouts the guidelines of the MoS, and do ''not'' accept it. [[User:Rotational|Rotational]] ([[User talk:Rotational#top|talk]]) 07:30, 14 June 2009 (UTC) |
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:See [[User:Joe Hepperle]]'s views on this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive539#Rotational kangaroo court] [[User:Rotational|Rotational]] ([[User talk:Rotational#top|talk]]) 06:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC) |
:See [[User:Joe Hepperle]]'s views on this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive539#Rotational kangaroo court] [[User:Rotational|Rotational]] ([[User talk:Rotational#top|talk]]) 06:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC) |
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive381#Ownership_and_accusations_of_wikistalking |
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive381#Ownership_and_accusations_of_wikistalking |
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![]() I do not necessarily believe that "Infoboxes must burn in hell", but I appreciate the problem: A box promises to contain, and things that can't be neatly contained can't be put in boxes. A box suggests "this is the real deal," and if the real deal could be put in a box, then there would be no need for articles. A box says, "Here is your PowerPoint bullet point list, so you can find all the world reduced to a reductive summary; please do not strive to understand complexity, for that is for suckers." A box says, "Wikipedia is just like your primary school text book: full of colors and 'bites' of infotainment." A box says, "I, the box maker, have just pissed all over this article and written a counter-article, and it's short, so read it instead." A box may be found useful by some people, indeed. We call those people "non-readers." (Utgard Loki, at Giano's Talkpage, 16:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC) |
I'm not interested in "fighting the battle" on those lines, because it's completely unnecessary for me to do so. I consider it to be absolutely within policy already. Some people like to imagine that "the community" is absolutely sovereign, but it is not, has never been, and never will be. Wikipedia is not a democracy, as existing policy has long made abundantly clear. But trying to portray this as an issue of a community clamoring to allow paid shills to openly do battle in wikipedia versus Jimbo trying to stop it is pretty hilariously out of tune with the real discussion. You wrote an openly biased RFC that led people down a certain path - I consider this pretty pointless.
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Editing restriction
A community discussion at the administrators' Incidents noticeboard has reached a consensus that you be placed under the following editing restriction:
- Do not revert-war to make any article formatting change that is against the guidelines in the Manual of Style; in particular, you must not revert another revert in order to change the level of a heading or the position of an image.
This restriction is indefinite in duration; however, at any point you may start a discussion at the administrators' noticeboard proposing that it is no longer necessary.
Thank you. SHEFFIELDSTEELTALK 13:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- I regard this as an illegal decision, which clearly flouts the guidelines of the MoS, and do not accept it. Rotational (talk) 07:30, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- See User:Joe Hepperle's views on this kangaroo court Rotational (talk) 06:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive381#Ownership_and_accusations_of_wikistalking
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive486#User:Rotational_conflict
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive530#User:Rotational
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive539#Rotational
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Archive_108#Centre-facing_images_and_L2_headers
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive545#Rotational.2C_again
AUTOBLOCKED AGAIN??? THIS IS PATHETIC!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP!!
Are you still blocked? Unfortunately, only checkusers are able to see which registered accounts will be affected by IP blocks. If it happens again, you might want to ask for IP block exemption. Papa November (talk) 11:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
- It seems that the problem has gone away for now, since you've been editing articles since your above message. If it happens again, consider following the steps at Template:Autoblock. Regular admins are able to clear autoblocks if you supply the information requested there. Or, if the problem was actually a rangeblock we could use the supplied information to figure out who imposed the block. EdJohnston (talk) 15:36, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
June 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Talk:Henri Boutet. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Jenuk1985 | Talk 12:27, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- I think one's contributions are informed by one's aesthetics - it's not possible to separate the one from the other! But if it makes you feel better: I think the appearance of the article Henri Boutet now sucks. (Is that a more impersonal comment?) You'll have to teach me the art of lip-puckering and political correctness. ps What's with the "welcome to Wikipedia" bit? You've never liked my edits and I've never liked your reverts, so please don't become a hypocrite as well Rotational (talk) 20:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Question
Hi. May I ask why you've created literally dozens of "articles" such as User:Rotational/Henri Gabriel Ibels in your userspace? It seems a bit odd, but I trust you have a valid reason for it. Cheers. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:02, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Well, not quite dozens, only about one dozen so far. They're created in my userspace because that is the only way to edit in peace without being harassed by a band of 8-10 editors who don't like my layouts and have made a crusade of stalking my contributions. They claim to have community consensus, despite dissenting opinions, and have gone as far as trying to impose an illegal restriction on my edits - see here and here. Logically their vendetta doesn't hold much water - if they truly believe that their style preferences are also those of the community, then they need only step back and let some other editor revert when he comes across what he thinks to be a glaring travesty of the MoS. However, I think they have tainted any claims they might have had to impartiality by their obsessive behaviour. Rotational (talk) 08:17, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- Do you have any intention of moving these articles to the main article space? Jenuk1985 | Talk 15:14, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Why are you interested? Rotational (talk) 19:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'm perfectly entitled to ask a question! Jenuk1985 | Talk 20:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- You are indeed, as I am perfectly entitled to ignore it! Rotational (talk) 20:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- As you are reluctant to answer the question, I have started an ANI thread regarding your subpages here Jenuk1985 | Talk 20:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- You are indeed, as I am perfectly entitled to ignore it! Rotational (talk) 20:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'm perfectly entitled to ask a question! Jenuk1985 | Talk 20:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Why are you interested? Rotational (talk) 19:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Do you have any intention of moving these articles to the main article space? Jenuk1985 | Talk 15:14, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Unaware of the ANI discussion started by Jenuk, and possibly preceding it in part, I have performed the following page moves, on the grounds that you have been retaining the pages in your user space for reasons that are a violation of our policy on Wikipedia:ownership of articles.
- User:Rotational/Lady Trevelyan ——> Pauline, Lady Trevelyan
- User:Rotational/Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford ——> Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford
- User:Rotational/William Clarke Wontner ——> William Clarke Wontner
- User:Rotational/Loÿs Delteil ——> Loÿs Delteil
- User:Rotational/Jeremiah Gurney ——> Jeremiah Gurney
- User:Rotational/Henri Meunier ——> Henri Meunier (illustrator)
- User:Rotational/Henri Gabriel Ibels ——> Henri Gabriel Ibels
- User:Rotational/Charles Telfair ——> Charles Telfair
- User:Rotational/Berthe Hoola van Nooten ——> Berthe Hoola van Nooten
- User:Rotational/Benjamin Maund ——> Benjamin Maund
- User:Rotational/Agnes Goodsir ——> Agnes Goodsir
- User:Rotational/Ambroise Tardieu ——> Ambroise Tardieu
Would you like the redirects deleted?
I have left the following pages in place, because they appear to be notes or early drafts, which is a legitimate use of your user space:
Finally, User:Rotational/Alan Cunningham is a misspelled duplicate of Allan Cunningham, and I will delete it shortly unless you offer any cogent objections to my doing so.
Hesperian 23:55, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Please move them back to mainspace. They are good articles and deserve a wider audience. Please. --John (talk) 06:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- I've moved them back into the mainspace. They are protected from being moved again. Your comments are requested at ANI. ➲ redvers throwing my arms around Paris 14:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)