User talk:NorthBySouthBaranof

vandalism?

I reverted you because the IP post isn't vandalism of the PD page at all. Is there a reason why you are edit-warring? If there's a question, better to let the clerks handle it - that's their job. Karanacs (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

It's a clear and unmistakable BLP violation targeting me, and I have the right to remove such at will. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like we had cross-posted. There's a difference between vandalism and personal attacks, and an edit summary reverting an edit on the basis of vandalism didn't make sense there. The content that was posted on the surface did not appear to be a personal attack - I haven't done the search suggested and have no intention of doing so. If you'll use more accurate edit summaries the problem will be avoided in the future. Karanacs (talk) 19:45, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

It should be fairly obvious to any administrator of any experience that any reference to a notorious attack site is not appropriate use of the encyclopedia. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not a website I'm familiar with. I don't hang out at ANI or AE much, if that's where it's been discussed. If it's that awful, then, yeah, it needs to be gone.... but again, what's obvious to person A is not always known to person B. Karanacs (talk) 19:51, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

I have emailed Oversight to expunge this. MarkBernstein (talk) 19:48, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

And I have taken the liberty of reposting your call to action at AE, very lightly edited, over my own signature after an IP editor removed it as a topic ban violation. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:02, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

While I understand NBSB's frustration, and note the IP as a likely problem child - the post did actually seem to be on topic and appropriate for an arbcom discussion about if off-wiki harassment (sexual or otherwise) is restricted to female editors. Gaijin42 (talk) 20:09, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

The post was a blatant attempt to exploit Wikipedia to publicize a scurrilous libel published off-wiki. If Wikipedia were to fail to make every effort to stop this, its complicity or negligence could well be culpable. The IP, of course, is doubtless a Gamergate sock, Gamergate having apparently run short, for the moment, of useful zombie accounts to reanimate for such purposes. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:14, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

And oversight informs me they have deleted the offending material.MarkBernstein (talk) 23:01, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

discovered that you and I were discussed on a conspiracy reddit site about Daniel Morgan Perry

Dear @NorthBySouthBaranof:,

I just discovered that you and I were discussed on a conspiracy reddit site about Daniel Morgan Perry, the crazy guy on the plane. Here is the link.

<block quote> Because there's no way in hell you're going to tell me that 2 federal government employees from completely different parts of it just randomly happened to edit the same article for no reason other than they enjoy editing articles on wikipedia. I don't believe that for a second. Way too coincidental. <block quote>

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:56, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Why am I not surprised... NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 21:04, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

AfD notice

Hi! I'm leaving you this note because you recently particpated in a discussion that resulted in a deletion request which you may be interested in. NickCT (talk) 15:52, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

barnstar

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		general good workBlueSalix (talk) 06:34, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

just fyi

I see you're in an ANI argument with Winkelvi. Good luck. I ran afoul of him a few months ago. He's a frequent appearance at the dramaboards...I think three or four times now in the last week...all for editwarring and no one does anything about it. Best advice: pull back, wait for him to tire of the article, then do your changes after he moves on. He'll own the article for the foreseeable future, and he will get his way no matter if its flatout wrong. Sure, you're abiding by the spirit of BLP policy, and I think you're in the right, but no admin will do the right thing which is make him cool off for a few weeks...arguing with him is an accursed headache. All you get is WP:IDHT behaviour, no matter how solid and reasoned your side. As I said above, good luck. Like global thermonuclear war, the only winning move is not to play. JackTheVicar (talk) 15:40, 23 August 2015 (UTC)