How we will see unregistered users
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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)
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Gyeongju Featured article review
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New administrator activity requirement
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Alsoknown
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Thanks
Thanks for creating and maintaining List of African-American newspapers in Nebraska. It's been very useful in finding important newspapers. I created two articles from there - Afro-American Sentinel and Western Post - that I otherwise wouldn't have known about. Urve (talk) 19:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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Help with disruptive and biased editors
Hi Visviva. I was hoping to get some help with an issue before I went to the Administrators Noticeboard. I have had repeated issues with clearly biased editors who have found any reason to revert edits I have made on articles including Aboriginal cultures.
One such user is Skyring. I have repeatedly attempted to work with them, discuss through their concerns, and compromise my work to avoid conflict. However, they have started a lengthy discussion on the Australian Wikipedian's Noticeboard accusing me of being a political actor and blanked my edits.
Until now I have attempted to work with these editors, as their argument has been that this is a policy disagreement that has to be worked out. However, from Skyring's repeated comments it is clear that they hold a particular disdain towards Aboriginal cultures and are biased against having that information on Wikipedia.
As such, I'm asking for help as to how to proceed with them. I don't think they should be editing content that includes information on Aboriginal Australia. I'm fairly new though, so I don't know what else to do."
The discussion is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Problematic_editing:_NPOV_vio_and_UNDUE
PS. I have become aware that my editing may be seen as a single-issue account, so I'm trying to branch out into other areas. I hope that my history of compromise and sourcing diligence shows however that I am not attempting to vandalise, I just have a particular interest area at the moment. Poketama (talk) 05:36, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I definitely sympathize with your situation, but I'm afraid my dispute resolution skills have never been much good, and are now verrry rusty. I don't quite have the wherewithal to get up to speed on everything at the moment. AN may be your best bet. Good luck! -- Visviva (talk) 05:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- You are quite correct, Visviva. Poketama, if you wish to make baseless personal attacks on other editors, may I suggest that you do not conduct a campaign on talk pages but instead use established Wikiprocess. When I noticed your WP:SPA activities I raised a public discussion - which you have kindly referenced above - and I have every faith in my fellow editors working together to resolve any problems. We've come this far without any centralised authority and we work things out together. Transparency is the way the project operates.
- As for your comments above, I heartily reject them. Aboriginal culture is a significant part of who we are as Australians and Wikipedia is an excellent place to state this. My concerns are about sourcing and WP:UNDUE prominence and your insertion of falsehoods into articles, as documented in my opening remarks in the discussion you find so challenging. --Pete (talk) 06:40, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I am a bit rusty, so I had to go check WP:NPA, where I read that "Accusing someone of making personal attacks without providing a justification for your accusation is also considered a form of personal attack." I don't see anything above that I would (personally) consider a personal attack on either of you. But at any rate, the content issues here have plainly become personal for you both (or else you wouldn't be coming here to argue on some rando's talk page). FWIW, I would strongly recommend that you both dial it back considerably. -- Visviva (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Visviva, sorry to get you involved. I'm doing my best to work within the processes. Coming to your talk page was an attempt to follow the advice of Wikipedia: Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents which says "Want to skip the drama? Check the Recently Active Admins list for admins who may be able to help directly." I'm not sure how to resolve this issue, but I don't have much of a wish to get into a protracted dispute about it. Cheers. Poketama (talk) 16:45, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I am a bit rusty, so I had to go check WP:NPA, where I read that "Accusing someone of making personal attacks without providing a justification for your accusation is also considered a form of personal attack." I don't see anything above that I would (personally) consider a personal attack on either of you. But at any rate, the content issues here have plainly become personal for you both (or else you wouldn't be coming here to argue on some rando's talk page). FWIW, I would strongly recommend that you both dial it back considerably. -- Visviva (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi, just notifying you of this ANI thread connected to a discussion on the MoS talkpage. Boynamedsue (talk) 17:13, 23 June 2022 (UTC)