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*I for one am convinced. I call on an admin to indef this disruptive editor. [[User:Jusdafax|<font color="green">Jus</font>]][[User talk:Jusdafax|<font color="C1118C">da</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Jusdafax|<font color="#0000FF">fax</font>]] 19:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC) |
*I for one am convinced. I call on an admin to indef this disruptive editor. [[User:Jusdafax|<font color="green">Jus</font>]][[User talk:Jusdafax|<font color="C1118C">da</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Jusdafax|<font color="#0000FF">fax</font>]] 19:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC) |
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*{{nao}} I tend to agree with Mr. S; it appears the user may be acting in good faith. If he doesn't respond on his talk page to queries, perhaps an indef block with the proviso that he needs to explain himself to be unblocked would suffice. [[User: Go Phightins!|<span style="color:blue">'''Go'''</span>]] [[User talk:Go Phightins!|<span style="color:#E90004">'''''Phightins'''''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Go_Phightins!|<span style="color:#008504">'''!'''</span>]] 21:37, 25 November 2012 (UTC) |
*{{nao}} I tend to agree with Mr. S; it appears the user may be acting in good faith. If he doesn't respond on his talk page to queries, perhaps an indef block with the proviso that he needs to explain himself to be unblocked would suffice. [[User: Go Phightins!|<span style="color:blue">'''Go'''</span>]] [[User talk:Go Phightins!|<span style="color:#E90004">'''''Phightins'''''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Go_Phightins!|<span style="color:#008504">'''!'''</span>]] 21:37, 25 November 2012 (UTC) |
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User's sole contributions are inappropriate non-notable articles that appear to be attempts at translation from the Japanese Wikipedia. User has not replied to several CSD notifications. |
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User North8000 disruptive talk page editing at talk:Homophobia
- Why was this moved to a subpage? That seems far out of the usual norms. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:30, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia talk:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/North8000 Discussion NE Ent 14:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- (ec)Somehow this section should be tagged so the bot doesn't archive it before the sub thread is closed. little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer 14:42, 17 November 2012 (UTC)- Good idea, I'm adding {{DNAU}} for 30 days. NE Ent 14:49, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- Why was this moved to a subpage? That seems far out of the usual norms. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:30, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think maybe a comment with a date into the future might do it. I'll give it a try: IRWolfie- (talk) 15:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- I see someone has beat me to it with {{subst:DNAU}} IRWolfie- (talk) 14:51, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think maybe a comment with a date into the future might do it. I'll give it a try: IRWolfie- (talk) 15:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
There is a proposal at the sub-page for a self-imposed ban on the page in question (to be enforceable by a block if the ban is broken). Please visit the sub-page if you would like to see the proposal and make a comment. Posting here to alert folks who may not have the sub-page watchlisted. Please discuss the proposal at the sub-page, not here. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 15:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- There is already a request for closure on this but can I ask an admin or other experienced editor to come along and close please? The constructive phase of discussion is long past and all that can be said helpfully, has been said now. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 08:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Should be an admin close per WP:CBAN. NE Ent 13:44, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Not enough consensus to accept offer. - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 02:13, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Should be an admin close per WP:CBAN. NE Ent 13:44, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Pattern of poor edits an no communication by User:Historylover123
User:Historylover123 registered an account in 2007, barely used it for years, and suddenly turned up making a large number of small edits and new page creations, primarily on topics of Maharastra state in India.
- Nearly a dozen of his new article starts in the last week have been proposed for deletion by five different editors, generally for a total lack of formatting, non-notable topics, etc.
- In response to the editor piling non-notable films into Shivaji, I created what is now Shivaji in popular culture to help compile a list. HL123 has created multiple forks Filmography of Shivaji and Films about Shivaji Maharaj; the latter both has an inappropriate honorific he's been warned against putting in titles ("Maharaj"), and also tripped the copyvio bot since it was a clear cut-paste from an existing article.
- This editor absolutely refuses to communicate: note in his Contribs[1] that he's made maybe 2 edits out of 400 with any kind of manual Edit Summary (which he's been repeatedly asked to include), and has never replied to the 22 warnings on his talk page from just the last 10 days.
Fundamentally, this editor refuses to communicate or collaborate, and he's wasting other editors time following him around and cleaning up after him. I don't so much request a block for a period of time, as an indef block to be lifted once said author manages to actually communicate on Talk and express a willingness to listen to others and share ideas. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:06, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed, I also left them a note about a week ago, but they seem to be unresponsive. May be a short block could show whether they read their talk page at all.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:06, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, let's beat the men until moral improves, Ymblanter. Drmies (talk) 17:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I noticed that you left a message at their talk page, let us see whether it helps. If they ignore this message as well, I would not know what to do. An indefinite block does not seem to me the optimal solution, since this is a good faith editor. May be sending an e-mail via the e-mail interface, hopefully they read e-mails.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:34, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, let's beat the men until moral improves, Ymblanter. Drmies (talk) 17:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't know what to say. Yes, Matthew is absolutely correct in their assessment. But Historylover seems to be good-faith editor who aims to improve Wikipedia. I don't believe in the short attention-getting block, though I know some admins do. It may well be that Matthew's proposed indefinite block is the way to go, and as a side note, I guess that one more inappropriate article, copyvio, etc., should be reason for a block. I'm going to reluctantly support an indef block, but I want another admin to look at this discussion and hopefully propose something smarter. Drmies (talk) 17:25, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Comment: I agree HL123 appears to be a good faith editor, but metaphorically he's a guy who's joined our basketball team, but is wearing earplugs and can't hear the other player's shouting or the ref's whistle. If he would actually show evidence of awareness of other editors, this would be 90% a non-problem, but until then we're literally following him around either prod'ing or copyediting practically everything he does. The article Shivaji gets 800 hits per hour, so not a good place for someone to be "feeling out" how to bullet a list, or how WP:Notability works. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:37, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- If somebody wants to send him a "hey, check your dang Talk page" poke on email, please feel free. There has to be some suitable way to make people communicate, and letting someone just wander around blindly as they receive 26 warning messages is not fair to the other editors who have to follow behind him wherever he goes. EDIT: if folks are reluctant to block for non-communication, then we should have a admin-launched widget that puts a huge banner across most of his screen while logged-in, saying "HEY, GO READ YOUR TALK PAGE AND RESPOND!!!".MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- They don't have their email enabled. Let's wait and see what their next edits are. Drmies (talk) 18:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, in the last 10-15 minutes (diffs) he's jamming more unlinked/NN names into an article, citing some non-RSs, etc. So again, it's not vandalism, but because we can't even talk to him about WP:N and WP:RS, we can't do anything about it except delete his work. Plus, since he's not using edit summaries, other editors are forced to open all of his edits to make sure he has not (yet again) made an improper edit. The complete lack of communication really outweighs any partial benefit he's providing. Barring any easier way to make him listen, I don't see a better option than a temporary block which he can end by simply visiting Talk and discussing his intentions. Why let someone just ignore their big yellow "Messages!" banner for weeks on end? MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:04, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Block with really apologetic message -- if the editor doesn't respond to every other good faith effort to communicate, and continues to cause disruption, what other choice is there? NE Ent 20:18, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Let me try one last ditch effort to get their attention in my own special way, pointing them here. Otherwise, a block is due. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry Dennis--you typed this while I blocked. Please feel free to write the message: you are nicer than I am. Yes, this block is indefinite but comes with an offer, that it be lifted the moment the editor starts communicating. Of course, part of the block rationale is that not all their edits were productive--those chunks of trivia are not. Drmies (talk) 20:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Never mind. I was going to blank the page and put up a full page sized stop sign and a note pointing to here, but Drmies was already cutting their phone line. You would be surprised at how often a 600x600 pixel stop sign gets their attention. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:32, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Both methods are versions of the Glasgow kiss. I've been watching this user for a while & MV has been remarkably tolerant. - Sitush (talk) 20:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- No problem with the block, it was the normal and expected response. I'm just not normal and have an appreciation for trying something highly annoying to get their attention, ie: the giant stop sign filling their entire page, with a polite link saying "come to ANI". It does work sometimes with non-communicative editors because they can't just overlook it like they can another templated warning. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:39, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Both methods are versions of the Glasgow kiss. I've been watching this user for a while & MV has been remarkably tolerant. - Sitush (talk) 20:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Let me try one last ditch effort to get their attention in my own special way, pointing them here. Otherwise, a block is due. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Block with really apologetic message -- if the editor doesn't respond to every other good faith effort to communicate, and continues to cause disruption, what other choice is there? NE Ent 20:18, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, in the last 10-15 minutes (diffs) he's jamming more unlinked/NN names into an article, citing some non-RSs, etc. So again, it's not vandalism, but because we can't even talk to him about WP:N and WP:RS, we can't do anything about it except delete his work. Plus, since he's not using edit summaries, other editors are forced to open all of his edits to make sure he has not (yet again) made an improper edit. The complete lack of communication really outweighs any partial benefit he's providing. Barring any easier way to make him listen, I don't see a better option than a temporary block which he can end by simply visiting Talk and discussing his intentions. Why let someone just ignore their big yellow "Messages!" banner for weeks on end? MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:04, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- They don't have their email enabled. Let's wait and see what their next edits are. Drmies (talk) 18:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- If somebody wants to send him a "hey, check your dang Talk page" poke on email, please feel free. There has to be some suitable way to make people communicate, and letting someone just wander around blindly as they receive 26 warning messages is not fair to the other editors who have to follow behind him wherever he goes. EDIT: if folks are reluctant to block for non-communication, then we should have a admin-launched widget that puts a huge banner across most of his screen while logged-in, saying "HEY, GO READ YOUR TALK PAGE AND RESPOND!!!".MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Comment: I agree HL123 appears to be a good faith editor, but metaphorically he's a guy who's joined our basketball team, but is wearing earplugs and can't hear the other player's shouting or the ref's whistle. If he would actually show evidence of awareness of other editors, this would be 90% a non-problem, but until then we're literally following him around either prod'ing or copyediting practically everything he does. The article Shivaji gets 800 hits per hour, so not a good place for someone to be "feeling out" how to bullet a list, or how WP:Notability works. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:37, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
I do think that a widget, under control of admins, that covers a whole chunk of their screen with a banner saying "No, seriously go check your Talk page, and then I'll remove this" might honestly be less intrusive overall, be a bit less harsh than a block and so easier to jump to rather than spend a week and lots of ANI attention dealing with incommunicado editors. I've run across several that looked like decent folks, but had to be blocked for sheer heedlessness, and left me wondering if they literally just didn't understand the small orange "Message" banner was trying to communicate with them... MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:50, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- That orange banner occasionally also goes AWOL. We had a spell of that not too long ago, presumably because of some Javascript issue. No idea if it affected everyone or just those using a certain subset of tools. Obviously, something like MV suggests will only work if the user has Javascript etc enabled, but how many do not nowadays? One for the Village Pump, perhaps? - Sitush (talk) 21:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I believe this editor had 22 warnings, so I'm not likely to blame the javascript each time :) This is why blanking and changing the whole page color, the silly stop sign, or something really drastic has worked before. It isn't just words on a page. Maybe I need to make a giant flashing red warning light GIF and upload it just for stuff like this. The more annoying, the better. I would rather annoy than block if there is a chance they will get the message. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 22:23, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Or user status that would only allow edits on talk pages. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Do you mean article talk pages. TRPoD? The block limits them to their own talk page, unless even that access is revoked (a relatively rare situation). If I'm right in reading your mind, that seems like an interesting idea. I've not really thought it through but, yes, interesting. Dennis, I got no orange notification for something like three weeks ... and now it has gone the other way & I get a notification telling me that X number of users have left messages, most of which are Sinebot and typo fixes etc. In any event, I do think this is one for the Pump and if someone fancies raising it there then I would appreciate a nudge. - Sitush (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- Or user status that would only allow edits on talk pages. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I believe this editor had 22 warnings, so I'm not likely to blame the javascript each time :) This is why blanking and changing the whole page color, the silly stop sign, or something really drastic has worked before. It isn't just words on a page. Maybe I need to make a giant flashing red warning light GIF and upload it just for stuff like this. The more annoying, the better. I would rather annoy than block if there is a chance they will get the message. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 22:23, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Just to note that the user finally responded.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:59, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- They did by leaving an unblock request, denied by Bwilkins. I think we can close this thread. Ent? Drmies (talk) 22:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- Unblock please. The consensus above was the the user be blocked only to get their attention sufficiently to make them aware they had a talk page and they needed to respond to things posted there. As their unblock request clearly establishes that goal has been achieved, they should be unblocked now per AGF and all that. There will be plenty of time to block later if their edits are problematic in the future. NE Ent 13:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure it's as simple as that. While HistoryLover has responded, they haven't really understood why they were blocked, with no real guarantee that the problems that led to it won't happen again, which is why the block was declined. I think they need to do that first, if nothing else to be consistent with any other blocks that get issued. --Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:15, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Suggestion: Now that the editor in question appears to be reading their talk page I propose reducing their block duration from Indefinite to something back in line with the escalating blocks (Possibly 2 weeks). With all respect to Drmies and BWilkins, I think extracting a admission of understanding of what they did wrong is sufficient for resolving this issue. Hasteur (talk) 14:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Update. A new user has created an account with the name Camal123 and made, so far, two edits, both to Shivaji in popular culture. There's not enough evidence to call it sockpuppetry yet, but I'd be surprised if there weren't enough shortly. Owing to the complicated nature of the previous block, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be best to grant Historylover one-time amnesty? To wit, if this account does not become a nuissance, I hardly think it would be fair to extend the questionable block to it; and if it does, then this time we don't have to resort to policy grey areas to block it, since someone can just file an SPI. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 10:00, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Camel123 is almost definitely HL123, in that he's behaving almost exactly like a chastened version thereof. He's avoiding Shivaji where his old account's edits were reverted in minutes, focusing on the "in popular culture" legit-fork he created, adding the exact same kind of info from similar sources, but now he's responding to everything on his Talk page, including 'bots, and using Edit Summaries every time. Technically we should probably hit him for socking, but it appears he's trying to correct his behaviour, although perhaps unaware that making a new account is not the appropriate way to get "unblocked". MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'd support blocking Camal, and notifying HL about the single account policy. He will then be given a choice of either choosing one account to work on while using proper edit summaries/communicating (if need be, the edits could be merged). If the communication rules don't seem to be followed, or another sockpuppet comes up, indef. Buggie111 (talk) 05:31, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Camel123 is almost definitely HL123, in that he's behaving almost exactly like a chastened version thereof. He's avoiding Shivaji where his old account's edits were reverted in minutes, focusing on the "in popular culture" legit-fork he created, adding the exact same kind of info from similar sources, but now he's responding to everything on his Talk page, including 'bots, and using Edit Summaries every time. Technically we should probably hit him for socking, but it appears he's trying to correct his behaviour, although perhaps unaware that making a new account is not the appropriate way to get "unblocked". MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Looking over this, all I can say is "wow". This was terribly handled from start to finish. The user's an extremely poor English speaker. There. Great mystery solved, good work team. They're not 'refusing' to communicate. An English-speaking newbie would be thrown by an overwhelming slew of templated messages—spoiler alert, this is why WP:BITE is a real thing that actually exists. We standardly give blatantly disruptive users, even vandals four clear warnings before resorting to a block; from what I can see this user wasn't even given as much leeway. And, if, after sufficient warnings, disruptive editing continues, a block is perfectly suitable. However, "this will get their attention" blocking is just plain bizarre. They're having trouble communicating, how is a block going to resolve this problem?! But okay, we're in panic mode and all agree that a block, essentially a friendly, apologetic block just to provoke communication is in order. It does and they reply, saying that they will heed future warnings and request unblock...and, we don't unblock? Bwilkins is, in my eyes, one of our best admins and I find myself agreeing with his comments/actions nearly 100% of the time. But as much as it pains me to say this, what on Earth was he thinking?! And then we deign to be surprised when he creates a new account?! Let's forgive the user's return, forget about the old account whose handling we botched, and hit the reset button on this one, and take it from there. Let's be simple, clear and understanding from now on and block them only if there's no other way. Swarm X 06:32, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if I agree about poor handling, but I do agree with your conclusion: I rarely think WP:IAR should be applied in conduct cases, but here's a perfect example, I think. Yes, he is socking, but this is not the type of offense WP:SOCK exists to deal with. In fact, SOCK takes IAR into account: When you file an SPI report, you're required to show evidence of sockpuppetry and of use thereof to circumvent Wikipedia policy. Considering that there was no real policy allowing the first block (though I agree with the decision to apply it), I don't know what one he's violating now, especially if his conduct's improved. When to take action against a good-faith user has always been a bit of a policy grey area, but if he doesn't do anything that itself warrants a block, I don't think we should block him simply because that's what the letter of the law says. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 16:13, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- As one of the main people having to deal with Camal, I'm not advocating his second blockage (for socking now) despite the letter of the law, though a merge of the two accounts and a notice to not sock in the future would seem appropriate. However, I would say that something had to be done for his first account: if you don't read Edit Summaries or the Talk page, you can naturally become combative when you don't know why your edits keep disappearing and your articles are deleted. So you recreate and recreate and paste changes back in and get frustrated, while causing a lot of hassle to other people. At Village Pump we're discussing the idea I suggested of a huge half-page "Hey XYZ, GO CHECK YOUR MESSAGES" Javascript, which I think would help this. But seriously, barring attention-getting blocks, what other way is there to get someone (with email contact turned off, no less) to stop well-meaning but disruptive editing? MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Handling the general case
Hey, all, happened upon this, and I was wondering: for the general case of someone not knowing that their talk page is there (or ignoring it, even), could we do something like what MatthewVanitas suggests? That is, an admin (needs to be an admin, obviously) goes into the user's js/css and puts in a giant banner saying "please go look at your talk page". Is that something we'd be allowed to do, as an alternative to the "attention-getting block"? Not sure if it would be considered too intrusive. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:19, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- My 2 cents: I rarely ever look at my user or talk page unless I get a "new message" banner. So if we are throwing around ideas for a method of "attention getting" directed at unresponsive users, I'd suggest it be something like signing them out, and then a polite message that appears when they first log back in. Ditch ∝ 17:24, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- In my experience with editors who do not respond to talk page requests, blocks are the only way to ensure someone's attention. GiantSnowman 17:47, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's certainly possible; have we tried something like this, though? Might be worth a shot if we haven't. Even just a Javascript alert() might make a difference. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- If blocking is indeed the best way to get the attention of a seemingly good faith, yet unresponsive contributor, then I think that is a problem unto itself. Some other technical methods should be explored. But no point in talking about it at ANI. Perhaps the Village Pump folks would be conducive to hearing other ideas. Ditch ∝ 18:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- But shouldn't they be unblocked once they do respond? NE Ent 18:23, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. I am not sure why the unblock request was insufficient. He/she should be unblocked, and (assuming they continue on the same course) attempts at communication and escalating warning should start at square one from unblock. Ditch ∝ 19:02, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've started a thread at VPP for some other opinions. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:16, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- If somebody was blocked purely for being uncommunicative, then as soon as they started responding an unblock should be the default action. However, in reality, people don't get blocked purely for being uncommunicative (which, alone, is hardly a capital crime) - it's usually for failing to respond to concerns about problematic edits in article-space &c. If that continues... bobrayner (talk) 22:00, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Dennis reports success with his technique. I have a different one, also often effective, using words, and in the tone of a adult being realistic, but prepared to put an absolute end to things, that I learned from my supervisor in a job 30 years ago. (I have other effective tones learned from my actual parents, but they're not appropriate here.) It might be a good idea to use one or both of these first in such case, before a block. And I find an attention-getting block of a short period more effective than indefinite, which sounds too awful no matter how we explain it (For those who want an euphemism for "attention-getting," think of it as preventing further unfruitful behavior). I find the key is to make it unmistakable that a real human is paying attention, and this is best done by informality and taking care that the wording reflect the specifics, not the general words of a notice. Of course a sufficiently clever robot could do this also, but our templates and bots are not all that clever--it's much harder to write a program for artificial intelligence than to behave intelligently as a human. DGG ( talk ) 02:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Others of you in the Jimbo-watchlist cabal may have noticed a complaint from the subject of the Frederic Bourdin article (who, as I showed there, appears to be who he says he is). I'm bringing this up here because there are two potentially valid recourses, and I'm not lobbying for either. In short, he was blocked (first as User:89.94.23.111, then as User:Francparler) for legal threats as part of an edit war against trusted contributors, followed by incivility/assumptions of bad faith, and now has created a new account, User:Idontfeelthesame. He's pretty clueless about policy, but he's also clueless about the behavioral guidelines (seeing as he's asking Jimbo - and now every other editor he sees - to stop Bbb23 from some perceived gross injustice, so that he can go back to editing his own biography), which is why I think there are two real options here: The first is to give him enough rope to hang himself by either unblocking the old account or giving the new one the green light. I've already explained COI to him, and told him that he'd have to do everything by {{request edit}}. The second option is, obviously, to just block him for sockpuppetry.
I'd recommend the first one, since he really didn't get it before, if not for some of the things he's written about Bbb23 - "je suis bloqué et l'utilisateur Bbb23 prend un méchant plaisir a me le rappeler" ("I'm blocked, and the user Bbb23 takes a nasty pleasure in reminding me of it) (he really doesn't seem to get what a block is); ("Comme vous pouvez le constater, Bbb23 n'a pas l'intention d'améliorer le problème, et la raison est qu'il ne m'aime pas" ("As you can attest to [he seems to think I agree with him], Bbb23 has no intention of fixing the problem, and the reason is that he doesn't like me.") Still, I think there's a strong case for a very tentative unblock, with a readiness to pounce at the first indication that he still has no intention of improving the encyclopedia.
But, if y'all deem that unwise/perfunctory, any previously uninvolved admin has grounds to go ahead with the sockpuppetry block right now, thanks to this confession. Since it's in French, the relevant parts are: "je suis bloqué" ("I am blocked") and "Alors a moins que vous preniez sur vous de me débloquer (ce que j'apprecierai vraiment), je veux dire mon vrai profil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Francparler" ("So that, at the very least, you can take it upon yourself to unblock me [he appears to not understand quite how blocking and unblocking work], I'll tell you my real profile: User:Francparler.") Anyways, I leave this in your capable hands, admins. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 02:26, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- A few comments. First, Tom brought this to my attention at my talk page. Second, I have already filed an SPI report. Finally, the negative comments about me by the editor don't bother me a bit.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:32, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, Bbb. Sorry for forgetting to mention that I'd come to you already. As for the SPI, just so you know, you can drop the CUrequest per the above confession. Hope it doesn't look like I was forum shopping or anything; the only reason I took this here instead of commenting on the SPI is that I think the SPI's perfectly valid in its basis, I'm just not sure if it's the right recourse (though, as I said, I'm not at all convinced that it's not the right recourse either). — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 02:50, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Two issues have recently come up on Jimbo's talk page: The first is of verifying that this person is, indeed, M. Bourdin. Wnt advised that "Bourdin" log into each account and confirm the shared connection, formally retract and apologize for the threat, and then provide some sort of off-wiki confirmation of this - Wnt suggested issuing a statement through some verified channel (website, publicist, etc.), and Jimbo suggested that he identify himself to the Foundation. Just as a note, to do this, someone would need to re-instate User:Francparler's access to its own talk page. (For what it's worth, as I've stated previously, the IP is originating from the area in which M. Bourdin is said to reside.) The second issue is the one I attempted to address earlier - whether to block him for sockpuppetry, or reconsider the previous block. Let me reiterate that I am indifferent, and Jimbo said that he'd "like to see [...] a path forward for Mr. Bourdin to 'come in from the cold,'" but he clearly was only speaking as a normal editor, albeit a very experienced one. The point is, though, that we clearly need to decide something, as opposed to just waiting for someone to approve the pending SPI case without first deciding whether or not the case is necessary. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 09:32, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Although Jimbo objected, User:Fram blocked User:Idontfeelthesame as a sock of a user who made a legal threat who has not retracted it. Jimbo also posted to my talk page asking me (nicely) to "step back". As I've already stated, I consider myself WP:INVOLVED and will therefore not act administratively. However, I am not involved simply because the editor hates me. If that were so, a great many admins would become involved simply because an editor reacts negatively to an action an admin takes. I am involved because of historical content issues on the Bourdin article. In any event, I consider it part of my responsibilities to express opinions on editor misconduct, file reports at appropriate noticeboards, etc. If in my view my "involvement" becomes counterproductive, I'll stop, but at this point I don't think it has.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- This is the editor some are arguing should be given extra leniency. Here is one of the posts the person calling himself Bourdin made (to Jimbo's talk page) before he was blocked (for 12 hours):
How many time are you going to try to block me before you realize that you actually can't do shit about it ? I might not know about your Unfair Wikipedia rules but I know about computers... I also know how tracing IP and changing them. So Mister Jimbo, your friends did not give a damn about asking them to step back and asking them for leniancy ? I will contribute to Wikipedia my way and as you will find out, there is so little you will be able to do about it. This will end in court. Now don't forget to block this IP and to read your stupid and unfair statute and which one to apply here. Bbb23, we'll have a talk someday but out of Wikipedia where I can teach you my personal rules about respect. It's never a good thing to fuck with me.
- 12 hours? for a static IP? At least he was blocked, but it's a crazy world.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:29, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- That comment contained a clear legal threat, so there should also be an indef block until the threat is rescinded. Then there's the matter of calling you a "cunt" and a "bitch" from a "cunt family" in this edit, and repeating what seems very much like a threat of personal violence. I don'r care how upset sopmeone is about the article about them, this behavior is way, way out of line. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Canvassing by user:Emmette Hernandez Coleman
For the last several weeks me and user:Emmette Hernandez Coleman have been engaged into a dispute on the use of concepts Palestinian territories and Palestinian National Authority. The dispute has often resulted in high tones and a very large number of notification messages by user:Emmette to me and several other users, which apparently were spamming in my case and possible votestacking in several other cases. I herewith provided a warning to user:Emmette on Oct.29 to stop leaving numerous messages on my talk page regarding discussions, which i'm already participating in [2]. User:Emmette politely agreed to avoid my talk page as a result [3]. The next day, user:Emmette issued a dummy rename proposal in my name on Palestinian territories talk page, announcing that user Greyshark proposed to rename "Palestinian territories" article into "?" (question sign). I saw this strange and outrageously weird proposal as a personal attack (or puppetting) and issued a complaint on Administrators' noticeboard. The issue was closed as a misunderstanding, but it might have been an attempt of campaigning (WP:CAN).
Next, a series of discussions/polls were launched by both of us on the talk page of the Palestinian National Authority article, during which user:Emmette resumed spamming my talk page, and hence i warned him on Nov.17 not to spam me for the second time [4]. On this occasion user:Cptnono also warned user:Emmette of an apparent votestacking of his view-sharers from previous/similar discussions [5]. For a while, user:Emmette didn't make any suspicious moves, but suddenly on Nov.21 started a messaging campaign, apparently in a legal way [6] - making notifications to participants of the discussion on PNA talk page [7]. Shortly after, on Nov.22, he however started blatantly and openly votestacking various users from different discussions, who would share his specific POV regarding the discussion/poll Palestinian Authority - an organization (government) or a geopolitical entity, in a kind of attempt to change the opinion balance in this discussion:
- First, user:Emmette asked user:Tiamut to participate in discussion on PNA page [8], but didn't ask User talk:Bleddynefans with an opposite opinion from the same thread [9].
- He also approached user:Int21h with the same request [10], but didn't approach user:Alinor, who also participated in the same thread [11], but with an opposite opinion.
- Finally, there was a message to User talk:Andrwsc [12], regarding his post on Pt/PNA [13].
So far, user:Int21h responded to Emmette's message in supporting him (as expected) [14]. Since user:Emmette could not restraint himself from doing anything to "win" the discussion, and warnings didn't do any good, i ask for an official investigation on his actions.Greyshark09 (talk) 22:14, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Greyshark is repeating allot of the same things that were rejected at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive774#Complaint_on_personal_attacks_by_user_Emmette_Hernandez_Coleman, and I thought I already explained that I didn't mean to make that rename in his name, I meant to make it to address his concerns and resolve the dispute (it diden't work partly because at the time I had misunderstand his concerns). In retrospect it did look too much like I was making it in Greyshark's name.
- As for inviting people to that discussion, Some people seamed to express an opinion on weather the PNA was an organization/government or a geopolitical entity/physical location on other discussions on at Talk:Palestinian National Authority and Archive 1 so I invited them to that discussion. I didn't invite anyone from that talk page who supported Greysharek's views because I didn't find anyone there who supported Greyshark's views to invite. I didn't invite Bleddynefan because he didn't seem to express an opinion on weather the PNA was an organization/government or a geopolitical entity/physical location. His only objection seamed to be that there wasn't enough of a conciseness to remove the infobox.
- As for the first discussion, there was a related discussion where some people expressed an opinion about the issue on Talk:Human_rights_in_the_Palestinian_National_Authority#Rename, so I invited them to that discussion. Agan I didn't find anyone there who supported Greyshark's views to invite
- Lastly making this report on Thanksgiving?! It couldn't have waited a day or two? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 00:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I misread what Greyshark said, somehow I thought he was talking about User:Bleddynefan and not User:Alinor. Alinor said that "the PNA is administration that has legislative jurisdiction" so I don't see how not inviting him would constitute canvassing.I must have missed him when looking though the talk page (it's a long talk page)so I'll go ahead and invite him. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 00:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)- Not inviting anyone to a discussion, which they have previously been a part of, because they do not share an opposing opinion, in this case Greyshark's, and only inviting those that share yours is precisely the definition of canvassing. On a side note, for the rest of the world it's just another weekend and when a report is made is irrelevant. Blackmane (talk) 09:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- My choice of people to invite had nothing to do with weather they shared an opposing opinion. I saw that some people seamed to express an opinion on weather the PNA was a government or a physical location at Talk:Human_rights_in_the_Palestinian_National_Authority#Rename and on other parts of Talk:Palestinian National Authority, so I invited them, regardless of what their opinion was. It's just that I didn't find anyone shared Greyshark's opinion to invite. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 09:26, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Please re-read what I wrote. Even if they didn't share Greyshark's opinion, if they had contributed to the discussion previously then you should have invited them. Otherwise, you are only inviting those that share your view, again, the very definition of canvassing. Blackmane (talk) 09:34, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- My discideion of who to invite had nothing to do with whether they shared Greyshark's opinion. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 09:45, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- By "other discussions" I didn't mean the first discussion, I meant that I invited people who seamed to express an opinion on discussion on that talk page other then those two Greyshark and I started, such as this one. As for the first discussion I asked the people who voted "Origination" (i.e. everyone other then Greyshark) to clarify what they meant by "origination" [15]. Does this clear things up? I'm pretty tired so maybe I should come back to this after I've gotten some sleep. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 10:09, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Please re-read what I wrote. Even if they didn't share Greyshark's opinion, if they had contributed to the discussion previously then you should have invited them. Otherwise, you are only inviting those that share your view, again, the very definition of canvassing. Blackmane (talk) 09:34, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- My choice of people to invite had nothing to do with weather they shared an opposing opinion. I saw that some people seamed to express an opinion on weather the PNA was a government or a physical location at Talk:Human_rights_in_the_Palestinian_National_Authority#Rename and on other parts of Talk:Palestinian National Authority, so I invited them, regardless of what their opinion was. It's just that I didn't find anyone shared Greyshark's opinion to invite. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 09:26, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Also concerning this, this and this it's not that suprising that I had trouble finding anyone who supports Greysharks views to invite. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 00:29, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Also User:Alinor hasn't edited scene 2011, that's probably the reason I didn't invite him. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 00:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Misread it again, Greyshark was talking about both Bleddynefans and Alinor
- Not inviting anyone to a discussion, which they have previously been a part of, because they do not share an opposing opinion, in this case Greyshark's, and only inviting those that share yours is precisely the definition of canvassing. On a side note, for the rest of the world it's just another weekend and when a report is made is irrelevant. Blackmane (talk) 09:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I -- appreciate that I was sought out for input given my past opinions on Grayshark09's behavior. However, I have no desire to participate further. I saw a situation, I commented on it hoping to provide more detail and insight, and that was it. This is gone from "incident" to "issue" and I've no interest in being involved more than I have been. 192.76.82.89 (talk) 20:52, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
At this time, I have already given my view of the situation. I will leave it to the admins to determine what is to be acted upon. Blackmane (talk) 00:14, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
At Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Adventures_of_Captain_Underpants#The_Adventures_of_Captain_Underpants (a mass AFD) I invited the percipients of the two previous AFD's, and I left a note on the mass AFD saying that I did so. At that AFD Uzma Gamal (who I invited) seamed to conceder what I did to be canvassing. I honestly don't see the way I was inviting people to discussions as canvasing, but if looks to both Blackmane and Uzma Gamal like I was, that has me worried that I might have been canvassing. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 04:31, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I would like to mention more possible canvassing by user:Emmette Hernandez Coleman, since the complaint has been issued on Nov.22:
- Following his edit [16] and my revert [17](reverted since no agreement has yet been achieved on using concepts of Pt/PNA Palestinian Authority - an organization (government) or a geopolitical entity - which is the core dispute on this matter), he issued a strange rename procedure of article Transport in the Palestinian territories->Transport in the Palestinian National Authority, which is apparently an opposite view to his opinion. He then notified two editors (Koavf, Tabletop), who had edited that page in the past; but also several of those, who had supported his POV (Carolmooredc,Dlv999,Tony1 - participants of discussion on Economy of the Palestinian territories). In that discussion it happened that Emmette's opinion was a consensus and naturally those editors would be expected to support Emmette's view, thus "legalizing" his previous edits as a "consensus". Remarkably, he didn't notify users (AnonMoos,Araignee,GHCool, Al Ameer son, Japinderum, Pluto2012, Futuretrillionaire, Baemathan, CMD), who participated in the main discussion on concepts PNA - an organization or a geopolitical entity, where opinions were split; and also didn't notify users from other related discussions PNA - organization or place?, renaming "Template:Governance of Palestine from 1948", renaming "Human rights in the Palestinian Authority", when were Palestinian territories established? and renaming "Elections in the Palestinian National Authority".Greyshark09 (talk) 16:12, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- The issue at Talk:Transport_in_the_Palestinian_territories#Requested_move was the same one that was that was at Talk:Economy_of_the_Palestinian_territories#Rename, weather the article about the "Palestinian territories" or the "Palestinian Authority". In this case the title said it was about the PT but the lead contradicted itself by saying it was about the "the region under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority" (which would mean Areas A and B of the West Bank), but also saying that the article was about the "Gaza and the West Bank", so I felt that ether the title or the lead needed to be fixed, the purpose of the RM was supposed to be to decide weather to fix the lead or the title.
- I'll invited the people who participated in that Economy RM (minus Greyshark because he doesn't like it when I edit his talk page), along with User:Koavf who moved that page from "Transport in Palestinian Authority" to "Transport in the Palestinian territories" and User:Tabletop who created this page under the title "Transportation in Palestinian Authority" to that discussion. Palestinian Authority - an organization (government) or a geopolitical entity is peripherally related to that discussion, but the issue of what exactly the PNA is is quite different then the issue of what the scope of that article is, besides at that article we were discussing the term "Palestinian Authority", not the term "Palestinian territories". To invite the people from all those deductions that Greyshark mentioned seemed quite excessive to me.
- As I was typing this I took a better look the Economy RM, it seamed to be largely based on the assumption that the PNA was a government, so in retrospect maybe I took the wrong approach in the way I invited people. If I did, my mistake. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 18:16, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I invited Pluto2012 and Japinderum whose views at PNA - organization or place? were closer to Greyshark's so that should compensate for that bias that I accidentally introduced. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 05:21, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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Shadowjams (talk) 04:27, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User:TheRedPenOfDoom in this diff [18] abused me. He has also repeatedly interacted with me in an uncivil manner (eg. [19]) and refused to discuss even with a WP:3O volunteer I requested so to achieve peaceful consensus. BlackMansBurden (talk) 06:20, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Is there some reason I or another admin shouldn't indef the OP for blatantly disruptive editing? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:35, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- INDEF. prior 3RR User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom#Barefoot College / 3RR Annette46 (talk) 12:08, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Annette46 - who are you suggesting we indef? GiantSnowman 12:23, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'd think "OP" refers to either "Opposite Party" or "Other Person". In this incident that would be TheRedPenOfDoom. 3RR+abuse=bad_behaviorAnnette46 (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- 'OP' actually refers to 'opening poster' i.e. BlackMansBurden - and we will not be indeffing TRPOD for 3RR, what a ridiculous suggestion. GiantSnowman 13:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- If there are cultural/linguistic differences in the way either of us use English to describe parties in a dispute involving Indian subjects, please read this gsearch ["http://google.co.in/search?q=opposite+party+site:indiankanoon.org"] : we'd better work around it. I never stated TRPOD be indeffed for 3RR alone, just this outrageous NPA example is sufficient by itself. Annette46 (talk) 13:34, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- No idea what the first part of your comment means, but regarding the "outrageous NPA" - which one? Yes TRPOD was uncivil & immature and deserves a trouting for that, but that's it. GiantSnowman 13:39, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- See the now working link. It's a legal term in Commonwealth jurisdictions. Now, lets say we stop this back-n-forthing, and close this red-herring discussion. PS: trouting ?Annette46 (talk) 13:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- No idea what the first part of your comment means, but regarding the "outrageous NPA" - which one? Yes TRPOD was uncivil & immature and deserves a trouting for that, but that's it. GiantSnowman 13:39, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- If there are cultural/linguistic differences in the way either of us use English to describe parties in a dispute involving Indian subjects, please read this gsearch ["http://google.co.in/search?q=opposite+party+site:indiankanoon.org"] : we'd better work around it. I never stated TRPOD be indeffed for 3RR alone, just this outrageous NPA example is sufficient by itself. Annette46 (talk) 13:34, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- If you are not sure of the meaning of terms in Wikipedia, Annette, a good starting point is Wikipedia:Glossary. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:53, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks David. I really question if its worth spending time in this Alice_in_Wonderland pseudo-reality where people make up mimsy momes as they go along. Enjoy yourself, I'll stick to editing the odd article occasionally. Annette46 (talk) 14:09, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- 'OP' actually refers to 'opening poster' i.e. BlackMansBurden - and we will not be indeffing TRPOD for 3RR, what a ridiculous suggestion. GiantSnowman 13:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'd think "OP" refers to either "Opposite Party" or "Other Person". In this incident that would be TheRedPenOfDoom. 3RR+abuse=bad_behaviorAnnette46 (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Annette46 - who are you suggesting we indef? GiantSnowman 12:23, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. It would be overlooking the actual substance of the dispute to concentrate only upon the completely immature and inept way that BlackMansBurden has gone about editing the article in the face of a dispute.
On the talk page, BlackMansBurden makes a fairly sane assertion, that is at least worth looking into, that a Wikipedia article is currently describing an educational instution in glowing, and on their face fairly unbelievable, terms that go well beyond what the sources actually say. In the article, in contrast, BlackMansBurden has done this sort of utterly wrongheaded edit several times, tagging (to pick one example) the name "Roy" with a {{who}}, in a sentence that comes immediately after one that said "Bunker Roy".
Given that BlackMansBurden clearly cannot edit the article competently, but can make a talk page argument, the correct solution would seem to be to take steps with the protection tool to stop the back-and-forth editing where BlackMansBurden is repeatedly making these foolish edits to article space, and let the talk page discussion continue. This is, after all, SOP when people don't figure out for themselves that revert warring instead of talk page discussion isn't the answer.
If the talk page discussion becomes problematic, then that's a different kettle of fish, of course. But it has only been going for two days, so far.
This shouldn't be construed as in any way condoning using edit summaries to tell people to "shut the fuck up". Not good, TheRedPenOfDoom.
Uncle G (talk) 12:26, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sir, I apologize if I used tags incorrectly. The reason I placed [who?] after Roy is because the article reads "Roy states that in 2008 there were approximately 7,000 children attending the night school programs" but in the PBS source it is "FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Today some 7,000 children attend night school here and across rural north India.". So I asked "who" said it - Roy or Lazaro? I also placed [where?] tag because PBS says 7,000 is "here" and across rural north India (which may have nothing to do with this school/college). So again, I apologize for misusing tags so ineptly, and I really wanted to talk with some seniors. I can give reasons for every other tag I placed. BlackMansBurden (talk) 12:43, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm no-one's "Sir", that I know of, and you'd have had less typing to do in the long run, as you can see, by just correcting the name directly rather than tagging and expecting someone else to do the work. Uncle G (talk) 18:38, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sir, Even the website of the college might be a spoof/hoax [20] for it is registered to some "FRIENDS OF TILONIA, INC." (curious). BlackMansBurden (talk) 12:57, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sir, I apologize if I used tags incorrectly. The reason I placed [who?] after Roy is because the article reads "Roy states that in 2008 there were approximately 7,000 children attending the night school programs" but in the PBS source it is "FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Today some 7,000 children attend night school here and across rural north India.". So I asked "who" said it - Roy or Lazaro? I also placed [where?] tag because PBS says 7,000 is "here" and across rural north India (which may have nothing to do with this school/college). So again, I apologize for misusing tags so ineptly, and I really wanted to talk with some seniors. I can give reasons for every other tag I placed. BlackMansBurden (talk) 12:43, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- INDEF. prior 3RR User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom#Barefoot College / 3RR Annette46 (talk) 12:08, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I will certainly take a trouting for that edit summary. I realized my mistake and lack of good faith and reverted the same poor form content in two posts that followed but could not remove the content from the edit summary. I dont know how I could have mistaken for a troll a new editor who made 7 minor edits to articles such as Ancient Greek and Billiard ball and Snooker and the Rules of Snooker] before diving in to articles about Barefoot College and Bunker Roy on their 9th edit and never leaving, and making comments like about 3RR] and SOAPboxking on their 14th and 15th edits, and making repeated claims that Time and PBS and the BBC are not reliable sources. I will work very hard in the future to vent my apparently ill founded disgust elsewhere. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:59, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sirs, in my country India it is a sin to abuse fish (and 80% Indians are vegetarians, 70% of whom further don't even eat onions or garlic) so I frankly do not enjoy what passes for humour on these forums. I have extended a golden trout to user TRPOD at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Time as a reliable source for Barefoot College and Bunker Roy. It is up to him to accept it or not. BlackMansBurden (talk) 17:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- This isn't a forum - maybe that's where you're going wrong? GiantSnowman 17:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sir, which this are we discussing - the English Wikipedia encyclopedia, Article pages, Talk pages, Incident Notice boards ? It is very confusing to talk to other editors who don't clarify context. A forum is literally a public place to discuss within/outside a closed enclosure (such as this incident discussion "board" outside the article space but within the Wikipedia Project). If this encyclopedia is only reserved for Administrators to speak or edit or crack insider jokes, then I shall go away. That is the BlackMansBurden in a KKK] !! BlackMansBurden (talk) 17:58, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's exactly these kinds of inane comments that make me less willing than Uncle G above me to believe that you're anything but a troll pulling a fast one. I somehow suspect TheRedPenOfDoom is correct in thinking you're not a new user, so if you have any previous accounts you should probably state what they are. The way you're going you're fast approaching a block, so you'd best listen to the advice given to you if you're serious about editing here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:20, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- The use of what is almost Baboo English is rather suspect, I'll grant. And as I said, if BlackMansBurden's actual discussion contributions become a problem then that's a different kettle of fish altogether. Uncle G (talk) 18:38, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's exactly these kinds of inane comments that make me less willing than Uncle G above me to believe that you're anything but a troll pulling a fast one. I somehow suspect TheRedPenOfDoom is correct in thinking you're not a new user, so if you have any previous accounts you should probably state what they are. The way you're going you're fast approaching a block, so you'd best listen to the advice given to you if you're serious about editing here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:20, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sir, which this are we discussing - the English Wikipedia encyclopedia, Article pages, Talk pages, Incident Notice boards ? It is very confusing to talk to other editors who don't clarify context. A forum is literally a public place to discuss within/outside a closed enclosure (such as this incident discussion "board" outside the article space but within the Wikipedia Project). If this encyclopedia is only reserved for Administrators to speak or edit or crack insider jokes, then I shall go away. That is the BlackMansBurden in a KKK] !! BlackMansBurden (talk) 17:58, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- This isn't a forum - maybe that's where you're going wrong? GiantSnowman 17:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Try to remember that your first three edits with your account threw around terms such as "OR" and tagged things for citations, and by your ninth edit you were slinging shortcuts around. I was at RFD on my third edit with this account. Try to remember that we ourselves exhibited the very behaviour that you now think to be only possibly indicative of trolling. (In my case, I'd been around here a long time before finally creating an account.) Imagine if you'd been met with yourself as you're acting now back then.
Imagine if you'd been met by someone who takes a fairly sensible argument, that if one reads it one find that a source nowhere states what the Wikipedia article states, and continually rebuts it with a straw man that yes the source is reliable. What would you think of that person's reasoning skills? Come on, TheRedPenOfDoom. I've seen your work on biographies. You're better than this, and you can reason better than this. I know that you're better than this. And I know that you can be better than this even in the face of Baboo English. ☺
The assertion is that the content isn't supported by the source, and makes a leap that the source does not. You made a similar assertion in your first three edits. Whilst BlackMansBurden might be inept, we both of us were once people with few edits to our accounts yet who grasped how Wikipedia works, used the jargon, and knew the places to go. So go and read Mortenson 2010 and try to explain going from what the source actually says to what the article says, as challenged for being original research on the talk page. Explain it to me, if you like, because I can see a disagreement between source and article.
- "Master G", for the divine effulgence of your beatific knowledge, kindly accept this worshipful oblation [21] to spread among the needy. Peccavi BlackMansBurden (talk) 18:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Considering that remark, indef as a troll, please. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I dunno, it's just an RfG in the wrong forum.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Blocked by Reaper Eternal as a sock of User:RobertRosen. IMO could've been blocked for the name alone. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:28, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I dunno, it's just an RfG in the wrong forum.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Considering that remark, indef as a troll, please. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- "Master G", for the divine effulgence of your beatific knowledge, kindly accept this worshipful oblation [21] to spread among the needy. Peccavi BlackMansBurden (talk) 18:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Continuation of HOUNDing 12 days after last warning
Belchfire (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has resumed the WP:HOUNDing of Roscelese. He was warned to stop his hounding 12 days ago on his talk page by Roscelese, but today he followed her to two articles he has never appeared at before, and edited against her work: here and here. She warned him again but I think this continuation is past warning—it's time for action.
12 days ago I added my weight and perspective to the warning on Belchfire's page: [22]
Hounding may include "actions calculated to be noticed by the target and clearly suggestive of targeting them", which exactly describes Belchfire's sudden interjections at articles that have been recently edited by Roscelese or myself. There was "no overriding reason" for Belchfire to suddenly appear for the first time at False flag to revert me, or to suddenly appear at A Scandal in Belgravia, A Study in Pink and The Reichenbach Fall to revert Roscelese here, here and here. Each of these appearances was Belchfire's first time showing up at these articles, and in each case it was directly counter to the target editor. It's a clear case of HOUNDing, and if it continues he's apt to earn time out."
It is clear that he has not taken any of this to heart, that he does not consider his actions harmful. I think it is now time for "time out" for this disruptive and contentious editor. Binksternet (talk) 14:53, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Alas -- I looked, and did not see the blatant hounding two editors who are both active on WoW etc. assert. BF and Binksternet overlap on 34 articles - all of which fall into the same general category of politics, and none of which appear to be outside reasonable bounds for both to be interested in. BF and Roscelese overlap on a grand total of 54 articles -- also all within the same general area. Roscelese and Binksternet overlap on 169 articles -- which is a huge overlap, indeed. Covering a broad range of topics they both are coincidentally interested in. And if anyone were stalking them, they would surely hit some of those other articles. I have similar intersection numbers - and out of my 3K articles, I assure you that I do not "hound" anyone. In short - accept that articles in the same general sphere being edited by two editors does not indicate "hounding" at all. Cheers. Collect (talk) 16:26, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Of the two diffs you cite above, the second does not appear to be an "edit[] against her work", but a rewording of a couple of sentences that, as far as I can tell, she had nothing to do with; she just restored the material removed by another editor. Isn't Belchfire interested in LGBT articles? Is there something wrong with Belchfire's edits other than they are on the same articles as Roscelese's, who, btw, is also interested in LGBT articles? Hounding is a tough charge to sustain without hard evidence that the edits by the alleged hounder are actually unreasonable.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:31, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- The key point is that Belchfire had never touched the articles in the links until he noticed that his hounding target went to that article. In the hate crimes link he did not revert Roscelese directly but he edited the exact same paragraph that she had edited, and it was his first appearance there. I see his actions falling into the pattern of "actions calculated to be noticed by the target and clearly suggestive of targeting them" which is part of our hounding guideline. I feel that Belchfire has identified Roscelese as an editor who should be made to feel as uncomfortable as possible. This is hounding. Binksternet (talk) 21:40, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- In my opinion the editing overlap goes beyond merely a shared interest in subject matter. When using one of the Toolserver tools, I discovered the number of pages on which Roscelese is being followed by Belchfire and the amount of time between edits, during the month of November 2012: link. Compare that with my overlap with Binksternet, with whom I share several interests, and who I see quite frequently: link. There's a big difference in the number of pages and the type of pages, and a big difference in the time interval as well. In my opinion this backs up the premise that Belchfire has been following Roscelese around. -- Dianna (talk) 00:58, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Dianna, have you checked any of the articles to see what Belchfire does with respect to Roscelese's edits?--Bbb23 (talk) 01:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- There's no control group. To assign meaning to the interaction report, we'd need to see the total list of distinct articles Belchfire edited in November. Additionally, the report is sensitive to the date range selected; selecting a different period can show a different apparent picture. See [23]and [24]. NE Ent 01:57, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- @Bbb23: what kind of edits Belchfire does is immaterial; he could just show up a few minutes after Roscelese edits and do a productive edit. Do that enough times, and people start to think it's not a coincidence. @Ent: I didn't want to put up a lot of examples and then have to notify a bunch of uninvolved people that they were mentioned here. But suffice to say that I did do several other comparisons. But you know what they say about statistics; I could be misinterpreting what I'm seeing. I think we should wait for Belchfire to comment -- Dianna (talk) 02:33, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hey. Thanks Binksternet for bringing this here. Anyway, as the following links will show, Belchfire demonstrates (at least of late, I'm not looking back further at the moment) a pattern of editing that is clearly a) following me to articles, b) undoing my edits for c) no productive purpose.
- [25][26][27][28] Reverts my removal of a redundant category from some Sherlock articles (they're all in the "Sherlock episodes" category already). Has never edited the articles before, it's nowhere near his topic area, clearly got there from my edit history, the edit is counterproductive in that it adds an unnecessary category that impedes proper navigation.
- [29] Reverts my restoration of reliably sourced material removed by a vandal. Only prior edit to the article was a minor copyedit in August. (and later popped up again, once again for the sole purpose of removing reliably sourced material which I had been the most recent user to add)
- [30] Reverts my edit in order to restore content that is not in the source and that makes no sense (the four-letter abbreviation "LGBT" contains the letter "I" for intersex? has reading changed since I learned it as a child?). Has never edited the article; it's theoretically possible that he got there through the project watchlist, but combined with the other instances of his hounding me to articles in order to pointlessly revert me, it's clearly not coincidental.
- It seems clear to me that Belchfire is sulking about being called out on his persistent edit-warring at War on Women and choosing to take it out on users he perceives as foiling his personal political agenda, but that, unfortunately for him, is not what Wikipedia is here for. He has twice blown off warnings about his behavior and thereafter continued said behavior, so it is likewise clear that further warnings will not be enough to get him to edit collaboratively with, rather than vindictively against, other users. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've just had a look at the edits Roscelese points to. They are pretty damming. Belchfire should get at least a stern talking to, if not more. FurrySings (talk) 10:21, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think an admin should give a final "cease and desist" warning to Belchfire. If he continues a block and/or one-way interaction ban should be imposed. This does not bode well. Tijfo098 (talk) 12:02, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- The messages diff'ed above-- which including allegations of "sulking," "spite" and demands for the editor to "grow up," are as much escalatory attacks as anything. NE Ent 13:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Are you suggesting that my response to Belchfire's harassment retroactively justifies the harassment? I would suggest that you re-think that. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The messages diff'ed above-- which including allegations of "sulking," "spite" and demands for the editor to "grow up," are as much escalatory attacks as anything. NE Ent 13:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think an admin should give a final "cease and desist" warning to Belchfire. If he continues a block and/or one-way interaction ban should be imposed. This does not bode well. Tijfo098 (talk) 12:02, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've just had a look at the edits Roscelese points to. They are pretty damming. Belchfire should get at least a stern talking to, if not more. FurrySings (talk) 10:21, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
If the edits are productive, they clearly do not appear to be in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work which means they do not fit the definition of "hound" on Wikipedia. The important component of wikihounding is disruption to another user's own enjoyment of editing. Also not apparently present in the "case" at hand. Again - there appear to be as many cases where each editor "edited first" which means this is all an absurd exercise worthy of Becket (Samuel). Collect (talk) 13:00, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- "If the edits are productive" is a big if, since, as I've demonstrated, they're all destructive edits that appear to have been thought through no further than the degree to which they would inconvenience productive users. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- When problem editors present themselves, it is perfectly acceptable to monitor their contributions from time to time. When the last "warning" was issued about 2 weeks ago I examined the Sherlock Holmes related article and thought that BF's revert of your edit was perfectly reasonable. In fact I raised this question on BF's talk page. Not until you posted on this thread did I understand your perfectly reasonable explanation. Your claim that BF's edits were destructive and were done out of malice flies in the face of reason. Such behavior and boorish communication skills does not rise to the level of AGF. little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer 01:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)- Can you explain what behavior of mine you feel justifies the harassment, and why you believe the appropriate action in response is harassment instead of the usual WP processes? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:51, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The fact that you feel harrased does not mean mean a perfectly innocuous edit constitutes harrassment. That is something for the community to determine via this thread. I dont think it's unlikely that BF is the first editor to look at anothers contributions and made subsequent improvements to articles outside of their normal scope. little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer 04:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The fact that you feel harrased does not mean mean a perfectly innocuous edit constitutes harrassment. That is something for the community to determine via this thread. I dont think it's unlikely that BF is the first editor to look at anothers contributions and made subsequent improvements to articles outside of their normal scope. little green rosetta(talk)
- Can you explain what behavior of mine you feel justifies the harassment, and why you believe the appropriate action in response is harassment instead of the usual WP processes? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:51, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- When problem editors present themselves, it is perfectly acceptable to monitor their contributions from time to time. When the last "warning" was issued about 2 weeks ago I examined the Sherlock Holmes related article and thought that BF's revert of your edit was perfectly reasonable. In fact I raised this question on BF's talk page. Not until you posted on this thread did I understand your perfectly reasonable explanation. Your claim that BF's edits were destructive and were done out of malice flies in the face of reason. Such behavior and boorish communication skills does not rise to the level of AGF. little green rosetta(talk)
- "If the edits are productive" is a big if, since, as I've demonstrated, they're all destructive edits that appear to have been thought through no further than the degree to which they would inconvenience productive users. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- All that has been demonstrated is Belchfire has edited content that other editors agreed can be edited, used and redistributed by other people at will.NE Ent 13:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Is that the response you give when someone blanks an article and replaces it with "penis"? When someone makes the same revert six times in two hours? Of course not. The fact that Wikipedia content can be edited at will is never an excuse for bad behavior. Please don't give such poorly thought out excuses for him, this is a serious discussion. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- There's been no evidence Belchfire has done either behavior -- if they have, please provide diffs. NE Ent 01:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- It seemed obvious to me that these were examples chosen to point out that your comment did not contribute to this discussion. Vandalism is still against policy even though WP content can be edited at will; edit-warring (such as Belchfire's at War on Women) is still against policy even though WP content can be edited at will; harassment of other users is still against policy even though WP content can be edited at will. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- There's been no evidence Belchfire has done either behavior -- if they have, please provide diffs. NE Ent 01:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Is that the response you give when someone blanks an article and replaces it with "penis"? When someone makes the same revert six times in two hours? Of course not. The fact that Wikipedia content can be edited at will is never an excuse for bad behavior. Please don't give such poorly thought out excuses for him, this is a serious discussion. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Belchfire has declined to participate in this discussion: Diff of User talk:Belchfire -- Dianna (talk) 16:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- If I thought there was a valid, credible complaint to address here, I would have done so. There isn't. Prior to Roscelese's last attempt to smear me, it seemed to me that Collect and Bbb23 were doing a fine job of diffusing the nonsense. But that was before this: "Is that the response you give when someone blanks an article and replaces it with "penis"? When someone makes the same revert six times in two hours?" And with that, I think it should be easy enough to see what's really going on here - this is a naked failure of AGF on the part of Roscelese and Binksternet. (Note the lack of diffs to go along with that pair of bombshell accusations.)
- As I specified in the edit summary that Diana brought forward, yes, these two editors are simply paranoid. Both spend a huge proportion of their time here working on LGBT-related articles (or in Roscelese's case, articles related to feminism), and both have a solid track record of ownership behavior and/or taking things personally when others do not agree with their worldviews. (Roscelese, for her part, is not above outright censorship when she sees something that she doesn't like. [31][32])
- What we have here is (1) a content dispute, rather than a behavioral issue; and (2) an attempt by political-activist editors to silence their opposition . Neither of these add-up to a matter for ANI action, other than a potential boomerang. For further explanation, and for your continued edification, I direct your attention to this essay covering the editor behavior on display here. Belchfire-TALK 00:30, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Ah yes, that's a great example of how you follow policy in the LGBT topic area and I do not. My removal of the Prop 8 protests from your synthesized article on gay terrorism! Well chosen. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't usually comment on this board so apologies if I don't get the protocol quite right. It does appear that a lot of the complaints about Belchfire's behaviour focus on Binksternet's opinions of the motives behind the edits rather than the edits themselves. It therefore seems that there is a failure to AGF by Binksternet. I would also suggest that Roscelese either strikes the "penis" comment or provides diffs. Love and peace. Tigerboy1966 01:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The argument that Belchfire might have only good motives would be more convincing if he hadn't continued the behavior after being warned on two separate occasions that it constituted harassment and was against Wikipedia policy. Generally, if one is misbehaving with good intentions, one ceases the misbehavior upon finding out that it is such, but instead, Belchfire removed the warnings with edit summaries consisting of personal attacks, and continued harassing me. Also see my response above to NE Ent. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- That he was warned that he was harassing means squat really. Maybe warn him to stop beating his wife as well. Has an uninvolved admin warned him? Maybe I missed that, and if I did, I apologize. --Malerooster (talk) 03:57, 25 November 2012 (UTC)Sorry, it looks like user:Diannaa is taking your side here. Has she warned him before? --Malerooster (talk) 04:03, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Tigerboy1966, after many, many examples to the contrary I stopped thinking that Belchfire's edits are made in good faith. This is not a conclusion I have arrived at lightly! No, it is serious business, hinging upon what is good or bad for Wikipedia. The administrator Swatjester looked into the problem and gave Belchfire a very strong warning, showing an extensive string of Belchfire diffs to prove that there was a pattern of bad behavior. The same Swatjester list was brought to ANI by Justdafax in the Belchfire topic ban proposal, but neither of these efforts appear to have helped Belchfire change his ways. What I'm pointing to here is not a small problem! It is a small part of an extended problem: Belchfire's tendentious editing behavior. Binksternet (talk) 04:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- After having looked at just the diffs presented here, the conclusion that this is harassment is completely obvious to me, as someone who has never before looked at the problem (and hasn't significantly interacted with either party as best as memory serves). Each edit, taken individually, seems trivial. But some are so obviously wrong (particularly those presented by Roscelese), that it simply stretches the bounds of credulity to think that Belchfire was just randomly improving articles of interest to him. This is the exact equivalent of hostile workplace tactics, wherein the harasser doesn't do anything abhorrent, but instead takes small actions over a period of time designed to make the other person feel unwelcome. Here, the simple fact that Belchfire is showing up and reverting edits which are required per policy (I'm thinking here, for example, of the re-addition of parent categories in the Sherlock examples) is a way of saying "Hey, Roscelese, I'm here. Did you want to edit? No, I don't know if you can handle that." Roscelese is then placed in a position of having to be perfect every time, or then expect to see Belchfire come in and revert the edit; and, again, in the Sherlock case, even when perfect, is compelled to get involved in a dispute for something that isn't by our rules disputable. To be honest, I think that, at the bare minimum, Belchfire should be forbidden from reverting Roscelese or from re-working those things which Roscelese has recently done. If Roscelese does make a legitimate "error", there are thousands of other editors who can fix it. Should such a commitment not be forthcoming from Belchfire, blocking seems like the next step. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:16, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Fully agree with Qwyrxian. It's a vio of WP:HOUND in my view. Jusdafax 11:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- After having looked at just the diffs presented here, the conclusion that this is harassment is completely obvious to me, as someone who has never before looked at the problem (and hasn't significantly interacted with either party as best as memory serves). Each edit, taken individually, seems trivial. But some are so obviously wrong (particularly those presented by Roscelese), that it simply stretches the bounds of credulity to think that Belchfire was just randomly improving articles of interest to him. This is the exact equivalent of hostile workplace tactics, wherein the harasser doesn't do anything abhorrent, but instead takes small actions over a period of time designed to make the other person feel unwelcome. Here, the simple fact that Belchfire is showing up and reverting edits which are required per policy (I'm thinking here, for example, of the re-addition of parent categories in the Sherlock examples) is a way of saying "Hey, Roscelese, I'm here. Did you want to edit? No, I don't know if you can handle that." Roscelese is then placed in a position of having to be perfect every time, or then expect to see Belchfire come in and revert the edit; and, again, in the Sherlock case, even when perfect, is compelled to get involved in a dispute for something that isn't by our rules disputable. To be honest, I think that, at the bare minimum, Belchfire should be forbidden from reverting Roscelese or from re-working those things which Roscelese has recently done. If Roscelese does make a legitimate "error", there are thousands of other editors who can fix it. Should such a commitment not be forthcoming from Belchfire, blocking seems like the next step. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:16, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The argument that Belchfire might have only good motives would be more convincing if he hadn't continued the behavior after being warned on two separate occasions that it constituted harassment and was against Wikipedia policy. Generally, if one is misbehaving with good intentions, one ceases the misbehavior upon finding out that it is such, but instead, Belchfire removed the warnings with edit summaries consisting of personal attacks, and continued harassing me. Also see my response above to NE Ent. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Belchfire interaction ban
I propose that Belchfire be restricted from interacting with Roscelese per WP:IBAN. Roscelese would be encouraged not to interact with Belchfire, to reduce friction, but she would not be saddled with a corollary interaction ban. Binksternet (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support - per Binksternet and Qwyrxian. We either uphold Wikipedia's rules or we don't. Jusdafax 18:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support Qwyrxian's explanation of the events seems to be accurate. Sædontalk 20:51, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Assuming my !vote as an involved user is admissible, I obviously support such a ban, since less following me around and reverting my productive edits is better both for my comfort as an editor and for Wikipedia's content and policy enforcement. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 21:18, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I hate more rules, but I would prefer that both editors follow the rules laid out at IBAN. It seems that would difuse things greatly. --Malerooster (talk) 21:33, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose One way interaction bans are problematic at best - and in the case at hand, it certainly appears the problems were not only in that one direction. Make it two way or none at all and let Wikipedia processes work normally. I commend editors to read the ArbCom discussions thereon, and see how poorly the "one way bans" work in general. And I suggest that Binksternet be included as well, as it is clear that Binksternet is part and parcel of this particular conflict. Cheers. Collect (talk) 21:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
COI Role Account
It appears that User Keithbates51 (talk · contribs) is an account shared by multiple people. I've looked a bit into it and the bigger picture shows little doubt this may violate Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Role_accounts;
- " Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates have reverted the Wikipedia Mail Art page"
- " We have both practised Mail Art"
- " We decided not to include any list of famous or notable mailartists"
- " Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates"
- " what Vittore and I regard as the most important here "
- " sites that Vittore Baroni and I think are most useful to interested readers "
- " Vittore and I regard as enriching."
- " that Vittore and I feel are most important "
- " we are both still confused"
- " we are suggesting,"
- " Vittore Baroni and myself wrote the original copy in 2010"
- " We request that a mere three be reinstated, we feel these are the most relevant and informative"
- " Keith Bates and Vittore Baroni"
Apparently this has been going on for some time...adding themselves and website (keithbates.co.uk) [33][34][35][36][37] and creating articles about themselves ie Vittore Baroni. --Hu12 (talk) 18:55, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Why didn't you (Hu12) ask them if the account was shared on their talk page before opening an ANI thread? NE Ent 19:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've included (above) diffs showing the account signing comments as, "Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates" and editing on behalf of "Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates". They have received notice of this thread. --Hu12 (talk) 20:14, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentsHeader explains " Before posting a grievance about a user here, please discuss the issue with them on their user talk page." (emphasis original). Ask them on their talk page first -- maybe they don't understand the policy about accounts only having one user. NE Ent 23:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Perhaps to resolve a grievance or dispute but this is neither, nor would doing so make appropriate the continued use of Role accounts in this case. I'm an involved with the user on separate matter and it would be best to pass this to another administrator. Thanks--Hu12 (talk) 04:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I went ahead and notified the user of the possible problem here. --Odie5533 (talk) 08:54, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Perhaps to resolve a grievance or dispute but this is neither, nor would doing so make appropriate the continued use of Role accounts in this case. I'm an involved with the user on separate matter and it would be best to pass this to another administrator. Thanks--Hu12 (talk) 04:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentsHeader explains " Before posting a grievance about a user here, please discuss the issue with them on their user talk page." (emphasis original). Ask them on their talk page first -- maybe they don't understand the policy about accounts only having one user. NE Ent 23:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've included (above) diffs showing the account signing comments as, "Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates" and editing on behalf of "Vittore Baroni and Keith Bates". They have received notice of this thread. --Hu12 (talk) 20:14, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Vandal with the "my little brother did it" excuse.
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Coolkidmoa (talk · contribs)
Repeat vandal, nowt worth saving. Now they're admitting to a compromised account. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:13, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Gilliam and copyright
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Approximately a year ago, I discovered that Gilliam had inserted copyvios into many Cincinnati-related articles (text was largely copied from the Cincinnati city website), so I deleted them and gave him a stiff warning; you can find examples in the deleted revisions of Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building, Race Street Historic District, Observatory Historic District, Peeble's Corner Historic District, Westwood Town Center Historic District, and Main and Third Street Cluster. He furthermore got a recent warning (for older copyvios) at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; while the incident in question is old, the warning is near the bottom of his talk page and dates from just two months ago. I've just discovered a clear example of close paraphrasing in a very new article: the "Symbolism" section of Flag of Cincinnati, which comprises most of the article, is clearly taken from this page. As an administrator, Gilliam clearly knows our copyright standards, and any remaining ambiguity should have been resolved by the warning I gave him and the warning related to the Gardner Museum. Because he's still ignoring our copyright policy, I must ask for a copyright-based block and whatever other sanctions the community believes appropriate. Nyttend (talk) 03:39, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I stand by my flag of Cincinnati article. It is well sourced and I am not aware of any copyright infringement in it.- Gilliam (talk) 04:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't see the problem at Flag of Cincinnati nor do I see that there have been any attempts to address the issue in other venues. Can you please help us understand what I'm missing? ElKevbo (talk) 05:55, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's a matter of close paraphrasing (compare the text to the link that I gave), and Gilliam has been guilty of blatant infringement on multiple pages in the past. Look at his talk page; he's repeatedly been warned that he's violating WP:C. I've provided a link to a warning that's no longer on his talk page. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of "close paraphrasing", read Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for a discussion of the subject. Nyttend (talk) 06:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry but I still don't see where you've raised this issue with him or her nor do I see how this is a egregious example of close paraphrasing or copyright infringement. ElKevbo (talk) 08:31, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Are you quite sure it is based on that source-- conceivably they are both based on some other official source? If it is based on the source, this is paraphrase, yes, but not what I would consider close paraphrase, and it is just a single paragraph. This is too trivial to bring here. As you cannot actually prove the copying, basing it on past violations is analogous to the old Scottish practice of hanging people who are "by habit and repute a thief". DGG ( talk ) 06:42, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I do have to be a little concerned by the phrase "I stand by my flag of Cincinnati article" (emphasis added)" (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:06, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Meh. The amount of text supposedly paraphrased is so short as to be nearly impossible to be completely original. It isn't a verbatim copy, and I'm not sure it could be obfuscated anymore than it is. And "my" could be shorthand for "my edits to", which is what WP:AGF tells me it means. Yes, copyright infringements are serious and should be taken seriously, but this isn't it. If this is all we have, I don't see any problems. If there's more recent problems I'd like to see them, but I don't see this as any sort of sanctionable violation. --Jayron32 02:03, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I do have to be a little concerned by the phrase "I stand by my flag of Cincinnati article" (emphasis added)" (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:06, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's a matter of close paraphrasing (compare the text to the link that I gave), and Gilliam has been guilty of blatant infringement on multiple pages in the past. Look at his talk page; he's repeatedly been warned that he's violating WP:C. I've provided a link to a warning that's no longer on his talk page. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of "close paraphrasing", read Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for a discussion of the subject. Nyttend (talk) 06:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
User:Tanzeersaji: AfD removal warning and subsequent abusive message
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I issued this user with a Warning-level notice on removing the AfD notice from the Tanseer Saji article: [38]. The user has subsequently changed my User page thus: [39]. It is also worth noting that the article history shows a couple of IP addresses being utilised to the same attempted end of removing the AfD notice: [40]. Overall this is a pattern of lack of civility and willingness to adhere to editing norms. AllyD (talk) 10:21, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Possible legal threats on Talk: Rotherham by-election, 2012
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I'm uncertain about this case, but I am concerned that a recent comment by an IP editor at Talk:Rotherham_by-election,_2012#Campaign constitutes a legal threat of sorts and I do not know how best to proceed. Bondegezou (talk) 16:15, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- The editor is asking for Wikipedia to be neutral, so that it doesn't become embroiled in a possible external legal dispute. That's not really a legal threat per se, given that neutrality is our official policy and not getting encyclopaedia writers involved in external disputes is part of what underpins the no legal threats policy. I'll have a word. Uncle G (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Seeing that there's also been an edit war with (by my count) 11 reversions in the past 26 hours I've fully protected the article until 00:00:00 UTC on the day after the election, and removed the entire section being edit warred over. Although at least two people are technically in violation of the three-revert rule, I have decided against revoking the editing privileges of any editors at this point as being an unconstructive move that won't lead to the matter being resolved. Involved editors can continue to edit, and discuss the matter on the talk page. See Talk:Rotherham by-election, 2012#Politicized edit warring for more. Uncle G (talk) 17:37, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- The IP's comments are certainly on the borderline of a legal threat. However, his English is not very good, so it's not an open-and-shut case. Protecting the page, as G did, is probably the safest approach. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:40, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Anti-Nazi League and Squadism articles
I have removed a substantial amount of material added by a new user User:Spandrell to these articles. I did so because the material looked contentious and badly cited. Philip Cross (talk) 20:01, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Your revert on Anti-Nazi League looks a bit harsh, although the sourcing left something to desire. But other sources could quickly confirm the contents of the book, like this one or [41].
- Squadism was one mess of WP:OR, seeing the comment From personal experience/knowledge I have provided a lot of background information to clarify and enlarge on the brief. simplistic, outline of "Squadism" previously provided. So the revert was, in my opinion, valid.
- The tendency to fight back is certainly true, as I have seen first hand years ago in The Netherlands. The Banner talk 20:33, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Based on what we currently have, Squadism appears to fail WP:N quite miserably. I happen to know its not something someone has just made up, but we need more than a blog entry that doesn't even have the word "Squadism" in it. Maybe it could be merged to Red Action? Formerip (talk) 23:29, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Need help at "Chemtrail conspiracy theory"
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Hi, I'm a fairly new contributor in the Wikipedia world and I'm having a hard time to improve some articles, like for example "Chemtrail conspiracy theory" article. I'm willing to spend (and I already did) a lot of my time researching and improving the text on that subject, but I've noticed there are several editors that are acting more/less too much authoritative in a way they don't allow any other kind of opinion to be shown there, except for their own. I've tried on the talk page to present a lot of evidence for the text I tried to submit, to show that I'm not a spammer or a person who wants to do bad things for his own interests, but I got ignored a big time. And whenever I submit the changed/improved text, with more credible links, my edits get deleted with reasons like "get the consensus" and just look at the Talk page for that page and you'll see that nobody cared to reply for more than 7 days. So how can I get any kind of consensus if they don't really want to talk?
So, I'd like to ask for a proper guidance/tutorials/anything that can help me, as a newbee editor, to start making proper edits and to avoid the "clans of editors", who will always bring you down, no matter what you write and if you provide any links to reliable sources or not. Or just let me know if this is too much too ask, so that I can stop wasting my time trying to improve things here.
Please help. Thanks in advance. Burek021 (talk) 08:07, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The ref desk is usually a good place to start. If you're posting refs that others are finding unreliable, the reliable sources noticeboard is somewhere to get an outside opinion. Failing that, you could also ask at the ref desk about how to open an request for comment. Also, have a look at the top of the talk page to see what project your article falls under and pop over to the project page to see if you could get another opinion that way. Blackmane (talk) 11:23, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Need help with an impending religious POV dispute
I hope this isn't too pre-emptive for ANI, but User:Nickidewbear has made some edits to Messianic Judaism that unquestionably violate both WP:POV and WP:OR. I despise ANI and drama in all its forms but, based on my past interactions with this user (which unfortunately entailed edit warring and personal attacks on his/her part), I can say with complete certainty that this isn't going to be resolved by any means short of admin intervention. Thanks. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 08:26, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
The edits: [42] and [43], and a revert: [44]. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 08:29, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The article had clear Anti-Messianic bias, accusing Messianic Jews (of which I am one) who share their faith (per 1 Corinthians 3:5-7 and Romans 10:17) of proselytizing--which, per 1 Corinthians 3:5-7, Messianic Jews do not do. According to Webster's, proselytizing is " to induce someone to convert to one's faith". Messianic Jews believe that conversion is between the individual and God and do not force anyone to convert. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickidewbear (talk • contribs) 08:34, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Then you need to find external sources that support that. Quoting from dictionaries and the Bible does not qualify. It would need to come from some reliable source commenting on this sect. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:46, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Nickidwbear. Please note that you cannot edit Wikipedia based upon what you "know" to be true. You must cite reliable sources that explicitly verify your claims.
Evanh2008, jumping immediately to ANI was very inappropriate; don't forget that most new users have never heard of WP:V and our other similar policies. Before I became a regular WP editor, it would have seemed "obvious" to me that I could add information that I "knew" to be true. Let's try to educate new users before automatically assuming, after just two edits, that administrative action is necessary.Qwyrxian (talk) 08:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)- The editor has been around for nearly 4 years. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:46, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Well, like I said, previous interaction with this user is what led me to come here so soon. I and others have gone over the relevant policies with him/her repeatedly over the course of more than two years. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 08:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Apologies to Evanh2008--I was commenting here while doing something else, and didn't adequately examine the history, and misread your comment. I've struck part of my comment above, and will refrain from further commenting until I can give this more attention. Qwyrxian (talk) 09:25, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Well, like I said, previous interaction with this user is what led me to come here so soon. I and others have gone over the relevant policies with him/her repeatedly over the course of more than two years. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 08:47, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- The editor has been around for nearly 4 years. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:46, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Gtwfan52 has already reverted and posted a talk page comment explaining the issue, and what needs to be done in order to address the concerns. Basically, he has already done our job here, and I suggest everyone involved just move the discussion over there. As he points out, Nick* might be completely right but it needs proper sourcing. As the edits were made in good faith, and it was reverted in good faith, we just follow WP:BRD by taking it there and closing this out. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 16:14, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User:Arthur Rubin again
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Arthur has been making several rude comments recently, and today, Arthur has notified me that I am in jeopardy of a 3rr violation on the article Symbol (formal). This is harassment. My last edit involved removing the template that Arthur himself wanted removed. So it consists in a cooperative act. I'm furious about this, and I am justified in being so. Furthermore, the disambiguation of type-token distinction in that article was productive, and it was reverted. The change from "abstraction" to "concept" makes the language neutral, rather than presuming the existence of abstract objects, which is not universally agreed upon. Arthur is completely in the wrong, and is acting like a child. This is a formal complaint. Arthur is a long term problem editor. I have lodged numerous complaints about him, and heretofore has never had any sanctions, or consequences of any kind imposed on him. Even my request for some reasonable leadership in the form of a warning has not been granted. This is my request that he be removed as an administrator, or in the absence of that be banned from editing articles residing in the Category:Logic category tree (yes, the whole tree), or in the absence of that, to be blocked from editing for a period of not less than three days, and preferably three months. I feel pretty helpless given that no one in any official capacity at WP has seen fit to do anything about him. I feel that all that I have in my power is to do is document the abuse. I'm not a Wiki-lawyer. I am a morally reflective person who knows basic civility. Do something. Greg Bard (talk) 09:15, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- You don't have a leg to stand on. You are clearly at 3rr: [45][46][47] And if you want to complain about rude comments from Arthur (which I am unable to find, btw), you should probably refrain from edit summaries like this one: "(I think its a pretty dick move to force me to do deletions of my own contributions for other people because they aren't willing, or too lazy to do it themselves carefully)" Arthur's 3rr warning was NOT harassment; it was necessary and 100% called-for. Belchfire-TALK 09:24, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- With all due respect, you are wrong. Arthur wanted to remove a template from the page, but did so by undoing other productive edits at the same time. As a way to move forward, I removed the template myself, in good faith, and against my own wishes. To invoke a 3rr when it clearly goes against the spirit of the policy is harassment. Like I said, I'm not a wiki-lawyer. I just have a strong sense of decency. Greg Bard (talk) 09:32, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Learn policy. It's got nothing to do with Wiki-lawyering. There are 7 exemptions to 3RR available: Wikipedia:3rr#3RR_exemptions Your argument fails under none of them. I don't see any harassment here; I just see you being unhappy because you didn't get your way. Belchfire-TALK 09:42, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I am quite familiar with Wikipedia policy, and they are put forward as guidelines, so as to prioritize cooperation, civility, and just plain being reasonable. I do not use policies to harass others. My actions were in good faith, and if you don't see that you should be ashamed of yourself. It isn't about "getting my way" which is a very cheap response to this incident. I wouldn't bring it to ANI unless it was a serious matter. Anyone can learn how to abuse the policies, only few learn how to be decent people.Greg Bard (talk) 09:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- "Decent people" notify others when they report them to ANI. Just sayin'. Belchfire-TALK 09:55, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- "Again, pretty cheap criticism. Greg Bard (talk) 10:00, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I am quite familiar with Wikipedia policy, and they are put forward as guidelines, so as to prioritize cooperation, civility, and just plain being reasonable. I do not use policies to harass others. My actions were in good faith, and if you don't see that you should be ashamed of yourself. It isn't about "getting my way" which is a very cheap response to this incident. I wouldn't bring it to ANI unless it was a serious matter. Anyone can learn how to abuse the policies, only few learn how to be decent people.Greg Bard (talk) 09:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Learn policy. It's got nothing to do with Wiki-lawyering. There are 7 exemptions to 3RR available: Wikipedia:3rr#3RR_exemptions Your argument fails under none of them. I don't see any harassment here; I just see you being unhappy because you didn't get your way. Belchfire-TALK 09:42, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- With all due respect, you are wrong. Arthur wanted to remove a template from the page, but did so by undoing other productive edits at the same time. As a way to move forward, I removed the template myself, in good faith, and against my own wishes. To invoke a 3rr when it clearly goes against the spirit of the policy is harassment. Like I said, I'm not a wiki-lawyer. I just have a strong sense of decency. Greg Bard (talk) 09:32, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- This report is meritless. Greg Bard was indeed involved in edit warring, so the template was appropriate. Greg Bard's exaggerated demands for Arthur Rubin to be desysopped are not based on any administrative abuse or incivility. They seem to be part of an overreaction on the part of Greg Bard that has become too personalied. It's not a good sign that Greg Bard is at odds with a number of experienced mathematical editors, essentially about trivial points (discussions on an iffy template). Mathsci (talk) 10:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- For what it's worth, the other edits on the page were questionable; after looking at them more closely, I decided that none of them should remain, and one of my edit summaries explained the specific reasons. Since Greg has not expressed interest in participating in talk page discussions, as opposed to adding monologs loosely related to his edits, I didn't feel it necessary to add a specific talk page comment. Perhaps I was wrong, there. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I have looked at Symbol (formal), Talk:Symbol (formal), and User talk:Gregbard (including the recent article histories) and found no evidence of harassment or rudeness by Arthur Rubin. I think that the most likely explanation is that Gregbard misunderstood. We all make mistakes. Suggest we close this one as a misunderstanding.--Toddy1 (talk) 11:03, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Carl has left a pretty detailed rationale for his revert at Talk:Symbol_(formal)#Template_with_list_of_symbols, which has not been responded to by Greg. Instead Greg has reverted again [48] with nothing other than the default edit summary, which is a discouraged practice except in the case of WP:VANDALISM. Under these circumstances, Greg should not be surprised that he was then reverted again by someone else (Arthur Rubin). WP:BOOMERANG could also apply here. Tijfo098 (talk) 11:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
I just want to state for the record that I am completely innocent of what I was originally accused of (3rr). If you look carefully at the three edits I made, the first two were reverts of two different editors, and the third consisted entirely of relenting to what was being demanded (i.e. removal of the template.) I removed that template against my own wishes, in good faith, so as to move forward, and Arthur, knowing full well that that is what the third edit consisted of (not a revert, but rather a conciliation) still put forward that I was violating a policy. That's not good faith behavior. Furthermore, I came to ANI in good faith, requesting that this lack of good faith on Arthur's part be acknowledged, and I was promptly bullied further. This is a shame on all of you. Even User:CBM has stated on his talk page that he believes Arthur's actions were heavy handed. Greg Bard (talk) 12:32, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've had my share of disagreements with Arthur Rubin in the past. What would be helpful in this case is for you to participate on the article's talk page instead of insisting here for sanctions against him, which are unlikely to happen under the present circumstances. You can remove his warning from your talk page if it bothers you. While a templated warning is sometimes unsuitable for regulars, in this case you seem to be missing a point from the templated text: "Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors." Tijfo098 (talk) 12:48, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Concur. NE Ent 12:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Really guys? You both have over 70K+ edits to the project? ANI is not mommy and daddy that you coming running to, to rat out the other kid. What is this board suppose to do about this?lack of good faith on Arthur's part be acknowledged? Really? Ok, Arthur, you are a bad boy, go sit in the corner for 5 minutes and then come back and play nice. Are we now done here? Great. --Malerooster (talk) 15:07, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- You may mean it in a mocking manner, but I am sincerely grateful. All I want is acknowledgement of the reality of this situation. This is the most acknowledgment, (along with Deltahedron's note to me on my talk page), that I have ever received in all of the many incidents I have reported concerning Arthur. You may see it as being at a level beneath what should be occurring here. However, my claim is that IT REALLY HAS COME TO THIS. Thank you. Greg Bard (talk) 15:25, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- I was mocking, but just trying to disfuse things.This is the most acknowledgment, (along with Deltahedron's note to me on my talk page), that I have ever received in all of the many incidents I have reported concerning Arthur probably says that nothing Arthur is doing really rises to the level of being brought here. I hope things work out and wish you good luck. --Malerooster (talk) 17:06, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- You may mean it in a mocking manner, but I am sincerely grateful. All I want is acknowledgement of the reality of this situation. This is the most acknowledgment, (along with Deltahedron's note to me on my talk page), that I have ever received in all of the many incidents I have reported concerning Arthur. You may see it as being at a level beneath what should be occurring here. However, my claim is that IT REALLY HAS COME TO THIS. Thank you. Greg Bard (talk) 15:25, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Really guys? You both have over 70K+ edits to the project? ANI is not mommy and daddy that you coming running to, to rat out the other kid. What is this board suppose to do about this?lack of good faith on Arthur's part be acknowledged? Really? Ok, Arthur, you are a bad boy, go sit in the corner for 5 minutes and then come back and play nice. Are we now done here? Great. --Malerooster (talk) 15:07, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Concur. NE Ent 12:49, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User:Bluerim
Over the past few days, User:Bluerim returned from about a 20 day break from Wikipedia and reverted changes that I made to the article (List of God of War characters and reversion history) that were based on a discussion asking for outside opinions on what to do (as these issues have been going on for the past few months and I've had two RFCs and Third Opinions requested but none helped because Bluerim couldn't accept what they had to say). I had also corrected some sources on the page which he reverted and has done in every revert (for which he said "Sources can be corrected" but keeps reverting them). He claims he's making corrections or improvements but he's doing the same revert, with maybe small differences if there are any. There's been a discussion on the Talk page (titled Outside comments/opinions) for about a month. Bluerim's changes and reversions are contradicting some of the things brought up. Another editor (User:Sjones23) reverted him for the same reason I have: the discussion post. I today added a new section to the article (which has been long overdue) and added information to the lead because of it. Bluerim reverted back to his version before Sjone's revert (although he retained the new section) and hid his reversion by only claiming that he made corrections to the lead, the new section, and added "one word" to another section. I feel that Bluerim's reversions are disruptive and are making it hard to improve the article. There's a discussion on the Talk page but he either doesn't post or he leaves short comments and doesn't answer questions or doesn't fully explain himself which can be seen in his most recent post there. This is also not the first time I've had to report this user for similar conduct. --JDC808 ♫ 10:57, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Reviewing the talk page I'm not seeing inappropriate behavior by Bluerim. There's nothing wrong with short comments -- we actually have an essay Be concise encouraging them. NE Ent 12:24, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's not so much for the short comments, it's the fact he avoided answering my posts, and his short comments don't really say much. If you see here, I left comments that I would have liked to have had answers to. Instead of answering or responding, Bluerim made this reversion to the article (which is what I was referring to about hiding his other revert) and made this post on the Talk page which did not answer any of my questions, nor did it provide or help with anything to solve the issues. Also, did you check the reversion history of the article itself? That's really where the disruption is. --JDC808 ♫ 20:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User:Hải Trà repeated creation of inappropriate articles and removing CSD tags beyond level 4 warnings
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Repeated creation of inappropriate articles on both Saigon Perfect (using different caps and spelling to bypass detection) and Trần Nguyễn Ngọc Trang. Consistently removing CSD tags, having gone beyond the level 4, then started removing the CSD tags through IP User:123.30.165.230. Cindy(talk to me) 11:38, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- As their contribs were few and easily speedied in one way or another, I just did my first use of the Nuke tool, and given them a 2-day rest - I think we'll unfortunately have to use that as a "get your attention" message, as the use of the account and anonymous edits really took the cake. I'll watch for comments on their talkpage as well (✉→BWilkins←✎) 11:48, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Dang, you're quick! Thanks for your help. Cindy(talk to me) 12:07, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Disruptive editor User:Escarlati
I have a dicussion with User talk:Enric Naval here and here.
User talk:Enric Naval calls for "support" of User:Escarlati here.
User:Escarlati, in spanish, make a personal attack over me, and say that he do not wants to talk by reason of language limitation here. Then User:Escarlati reverts all my editions (whatever article). I try to talk with he, here[49], but he not say nothing, and whatever article he say in diff 'statu quo ante' and only reverts my editions. He reverts me in many articles:
--Santos30 (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
someone keeps defacing John Giuca's wiki
The user Overagainst keeps making defamatory and slanderous changes to John Giuca's wikipedia page. I have asked repeatedly to have this user either blocked from making changes or John's page to be protected. This is getting ridiculous every single day we are back and forth with this guy. Please finally help us this is getting ridiculous.
Mdavis2 (talk) 15:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- This isn't WP:RFPP, and looking at the article history, it isn't immediately obvious who you are talking about, since we get all kinds of requests here, proper and otherwise. You need to name the party, and of course notify them of this discussion (per the instructions at the top of this page). Otherwise this will just get archived. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 17:16, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's especially odd for 2 reasons: first, the OP has never edited said article. Second, they created a subpage in Overagainst's userspace that will never be seen (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Also odd is the complainant's use of "we", both above and in this message to Overagainst. --Kinu t/c 21:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's especially odd for 2 reasons: first, the OP has never edited said article. Second, they created a subpage in Overagainst's userspace that will never be seen (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User continuous removal of contents and disruptive edits
Basith1993(talk) keeps on vandalizing pages, some of which include removal of contents, reference links and faking existing links with his original content and abuse in biographic articles of living persons in the article Harris Jayaraj. These are some of his edits
The user needs to be blocked from editing as he continuously intends to vandalize some pages. He continuously keeps on removing the contents even after reverting his edits and warning him in talk page.Goosebumps7 (talk) 12:44, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Basith1993 certainly needs to read up on our verifiability policy, and their removals of content may look suspicious, but looking through their contributions I would say that they are editing in good faith. They haven't edited since Moonriddengirl gave them a warning, so I think the best thing to do would be to wait and see if they take notice of what she said. I don't think any kind of sanction is warranted here at the moment. — Mr. Stradivarius (have a chat) 14:00, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
The user still continues to remove the same contents which he had been removing previously.
He is also suspected of editing with an IP address 59.189.155.240 (talk). The IP address undoes the reverts editors make to Basith1993(talk) edits, removes the same contents that Basith1993(talk) removes and the same disruptive edits that Basith1993(talk) makes in the pages Thuppakki and Harris Jayaraj . Proofs
With out a doubt the ip is of the same person and both doesn't seem to respond in their talk page. Both Basith1993(talk) and 59.189.155.240 (talk) requires a block.Goosebumps7 (talk) 11:39, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- I for one am convinced. I call on an admin to indef this disruptive editor. Jusdafax 19:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- (Non-administrator comment) I tend to agree with Mr. S; it appears the user may be acting in good faith. If he doesn't respond on his talk page to queries, perhaps an indef block with the proviso that he needs to explain himself to be unblocked would suffice. Go Phightins! 21:37, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
User's sole contributions are inappropriate non-notable articles that appear to be attempts at translation from the Japanese Wikipedia. User has not replied to several CSD notifications.
Contributions (no diffs as articles have been deleted) Alex J Fox(Talk)(Contribs) 21:48, 25 November 2012 (UTC)