User talk:Sir Joseph

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As per Guy Macon policy, I declare myself to be Jewish

Western Wall Category

Hey, could you please remove the insulting and absurd "islamic holy site" category, added by an obvious muslim provocateur, to the Category:Western Wall. 104.162.193.17 (talk) 09:16, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement sanction

The following sanction now applies to you:

You are hereby topic banned from editing any page relating to Bernie Sanders for 1 week.

You have been sanctioned for direct violation (addition of contentious content without firm consensus edit warring) of the discretionary sanctions already in effect at Bernie Sanders: "You must obtain firm consensus on the talk page of this article before making any potentially contentious edits, must not engage in edit warring and are subject to discretionary sanctions while editing this page."

This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Final decision and, if applicable, the procedure described at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the banning policy to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.

You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:58, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

From one person walking through the DS minefield to another, focus on conduct, not content. Only offer proof that you're right about the article if it's directly relevant to why you didn't do anything wrong (i.e. if you were accused of adding unverifiable content, show sources). Instead, explain why your actions aren't disruptive, etc. I had to dig through your statement to find anything that pertained to that. Good luck today, and, if not, good luck next week. Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:27, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

You are in violation of your topic ban with this edit:[1] See WP:TBAN. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:22, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

No, article means article, not talk page. And didn't I tell you to stay off my talk page? Sir Joseph ^(talk) 19:24, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

No, topic ban means topic ban: please click on the link. Coffee may have accidentally used the wrong word (article instead of page); I've alerted him. Bishonen | talk 19:34, 29 February 2016 (UTC).

I've updated the topic ban to reflect this. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 19:40, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Why would I be banned from editing the talk page? What purpose does that serve? Sir Joseph ^(talk) 19:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

EDIT CONFLICT: Some topic bans cover talk pages and some don't. Take it from me, though, this stuff isn't obvious unless you've spent months watching WP:AE.

As to why you were banned, you'd have to ask the admins for their reasoning (but let me warn you: they hate that), but did any part of the complaint against you involve talk page conduct? If it was only about the edits made to the article, then my guess is that topic bans are meant to be at least partially punitive. You're being punished, maybe as a deterrent against making edits similar to the one that inspired the ban in the future. Since your ban was for one week, it might be meant as a sort of time-out for you to cool down. I'm just guessing, though. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Right, because what better way to get consensus than to have one more person chased away. The whole point of Wikipedia is to use the talk page, if you're blocking someone from an article that is one thing but to ban someone from the talk page serves no purpose. Especially if I'm posting sources to back up my claims. I don't get it. And if there's one thing I learned on Wikipedia is never question admins, although I've never dealt with Coffee before but the fact that he modified the ban to add the talk page is bad, he could have left it the way it was. To spend some time to add in a talk page ban is just wrong.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 19:49, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Topic means topic. Talk pages are, of course, connected directly to the topic. 6k+ edits and you have to be told this? -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 19:54, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

It was one thing when you were just WP:REHASHing the same comments over and over again, it's another thing when you've begun to now make veiled attacks at other editors and are claiming that they're backing some form of antisemitism. That sort of behavior is absolutely unacceptable no matter what the topic is. So the only reasonable course of action was to correctly clarify the ban so that you would be deterred from continuing to act in such a manner. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 19:56, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm not the first one to bring up antisemitism on the talk page. Perhaps you're not sensitive to it but even an admin mentioned the word "troubling" in the RFC as well. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 20:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)At a guess, Sir Joseph, having this particular topic ban cover the talk page (but notice that topic bans normally do, per WP:TBAN, and I'm sure Coffee intended it from the start) serves the purpose of reigning in your relentless and exhausting rehashing of the same points and the same phrases ad nauseam on article talk; compare my comment at AE. Darkfrog, please stop trolling and fanning the flames at least until you have taken the time to click on WP:TBAN. I know it's hard; nobody likes to read what it says, it's much nicer to guess; but please click all the same. Bishonen | talk 19:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC).

That's not appropriate, Bishonen. Of course I've read TBAN. Informing another editor that there is an unwritten etiquette at WP:AE isn't trolling. Do you want him to annoy people unnecessarily? Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:52, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Of course she doesn't want that, Darkfrog. I do think what she's trying to say, however, is that you should butt out and worry about your own current issues being discussed at AE. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 22:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, sorry about recommending you to click on WP:TBAN, Darkfrog24. I have now discovered that you have an appeal of your own at AE, where all the admins who have commented agree that you're having a lot of trouble understanding your own topic ban. So I'm sure you've read WP:TBAN. Maybe it isn't so easy to understand as I thought. However, I don't accept you as any kind of expert on appropriateness, after your foolish comments on this page. You had indeed much better butt out. Bishonen | talk 22:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC).

Dude, come on. That's not civil. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:21, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked

Edit warring to restore a topic ban vio when you are appealing the ban? Be serious. Antisemetic commentary nearly made it two weeks. You have been blocked before and know the drill. For the sake of clarity this is arbitration enforcement. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

huh? Could someone please explain why I was blocked? Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:49, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

[2] and then not self-reverting following the explanation that talk pages are covered. nableezy - 22:52, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Bishonen already clarified that it was a misunderstanding. The ban said article not page at first, if spartaz would look at timestamps he'd see that. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:54, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

• SpartazPlease look at my page history where bishonen revered a comment about my talk page comments and supposed ban violations. You'll see the ban was modified by Coffee after my edits. Please unblock me.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 23:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
• I had already unblocked you when I edit conflicted with your message. I agree that the original restriction was defective and did not cover the talk page. Coffee That was pisspoor. Please note that should always refer to pages not articles as it is extremely rare that the real issue is not talk page behavior. I also consider myself trouted. Spartaz ^Humbug! 23:19, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 23:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

How is the edit claimed as the culprit above anti-semitic, anyway? LjL (talk) 00:42, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

It's not, that was the supposed edit after a topic ban. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 00:54, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Is this a little off? Or am I reading too much into it? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FEnforcement&type=revision&diff=707673226? Sir Joseph ^(talk) 04:11, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Regarding your request that I stay off your talk page, request denied. I am not going to let you use this page as a place to attack me where I cannot respond. You have called me antisemetic. Please show, with diffs, which of my edits you are referring to, and exactly which words of mine that you claim are antisemitic. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

When did I call you antisemitic? Now get off my talk page, again. You don't like not being able to respond? How do I think I feel when you post your ramblings? You need to stop stalking me. That is your problem. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 04:26, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

As long as you talk about me here, I will reply here, so you might as well stop asking. You called my edits antisemitic here.[3]and Bishonen, one of our most respected admins, commented on it here.[4] --Guy Macon (talk) 04:48, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Can you not read? See what I wrote above. Last warning. I told you to stay off my talk page. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 04:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Please see WP:USERTALK. You can't "ban" people from your talk page. We generally respect requests to stay off, when there is not a legitimate reason to come back. So, perhaps stop giving Guy Macon reasons to come back?  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  11:27, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Spartaz Since you hatted some of the AE stuff, can you hat Guy Macon's list of diffs, since that is not part of the complaint since there was no violation of the block. I feel many people are reading His list of diffs and are thinking I violated the TBAN and that might be one reason why they are proposing a six month extension. Otherwise I have no other reason for it other than filing an AE appeal. Thanks. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You did vio the tban ("topic" still means topic, even though you got off on a technicality) and every time you mentioned Sanders and the Sanders article you continued to violate your topic ban. You seem reasonably intelligent, therefore, I find it dubious that you are still claiming to not understand what a tban really means. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 18:55, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

No, the ban notice on my page when it was first posted was defective. It was then modified. I've never been tban before and I read the notice. It specifically said article, and the notice said if it says article unless it says otherwise, it needs to say explicitly. Why do you think I was unblocked by Spartaz? Read above. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 19:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You were unblocked because the blocking editor didn't pay attention to the chain of events and shouldn't have blocked you to begin with. It had nothing to do with what the admin imposing the tban did or didn't do. But, I have to say that while I generally will give editors benefit of the doubt (also known as AGF) when it comes to explanations, I don't believe your explanation that you didn't understand what a topic ban is and that it doesn't include the talk page. I don't believe you because you've been here a while and know how things work around here. I also don't believe you because, from the get-go, you have been looking for loopholes to get out of the tban and are blaming everyone and everything but yourself. In my extensive experience with human nature, people who do nothing for their defense other than look for loopholes and blame others are typically guilty. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 14:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

No, as I've said earlier, I've never been blocked before and the ban said article and I read the section and it said everything else must be said explicitly. And the whole point in blocking is to avoid disruption so why should it include a talk page and posting to the talk page is indeed what we want to encourage. So why should it be blocked? As for loopholes, you can disagree but if something is not illegal then it's legal. My defense was in my first paragraph. I satisfied to what I thought was the requirement for posting my edit why I felt my edit was not a violation and why I should not have been blocked. I certainly don't see a reason for a six month extension. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 15:21, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Arbitration Enforcement word limit

Hi, Sir Joseph,
In the bright pink box at the top of the page you'll see Enforcement requests and statements in response to them may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator. This word limit includes your responses to other editors and you've gone way, way over 500 words. Please adjust your statement and responses to meet this word limit in the next day. It's generally better for the author to edit their statement rather than have an arbitration clerk or admin do the editing for you. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

How am I to answer individuals if I have to keep to some limit when they can just continue and pile on? For some reason daring to appeal a block is now grounds for an extension and I don't think that's fair.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Liz I modified my section but I still don't know why they are talking about a six month ban. What did I do other than go to ae appeal? And also coffee is involved.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 13:12, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Sir Joseph, I can't read the minds of other administrators but I'm guessing that some of them see disputes, identify an editor(s) they think is primarily responsible for the disruption and think if they remove him/her from the situation temporarily, the disruption will end. It's not the call I would make but I think I'm involved in this debate as I have expressed an opinion on how I think it should be resolved (accepting Sanders' self-identification that he is Jewish). I'm baffled why this has turned into such a big debate.

Thanks for modifying the length of your statement. Actually, appropriate word limits is a discussion that is currently being debated by the arbitrators but at this point, I think it's best to adhere to the guidelines. Any changes that might be made are at some point in the future and they might decide to stick with the guidelines as they are right now. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:53, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Liz thank you for replying, firstly, Coffee posted in the uninvolved section if that means anything. So, what am I to do? Why should I be banned for six months? If you look at the ANI report Guy filed, others have pointed out a possible boomerang, or just pointed out his own actions, and I would ask to read the Encyclopedia Britannica free online for Sanders and see what it says, but again regardless, what policy did I violate to warrant an extension and if I do get a ban extension isn't that an overreach of admin powers? I'm just baffled and perplexed and perhaps that's why Malik said the things he said because quite frankly I'm at my wit's end at this point too. Coffee says I'm not dropping the stick, but that was yesterday at around 2 PM, even though yesterday at around 2 PM I wasn't technically banned from the talk page due to his faulty ban, All this was due to his faulty ban template. And editors here have to walk on eggshells around admins because they say the wrong thing some admins block them. But I don't deserve to be banned for six months, I didn't do anything to deserve it. If anything Guy should be blocked. Look at his edits. He makes up policy (not a .PDF file of unknown origin) and bullies other editors into following his way, he owns the page and doesn't let any other editors edit unless they follow his opinion. If people are worried about the reputation of Wikipedia, it's because of him, not because of Malik and myself. And you can still share that it would not be your call, that is allowed.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 17:02, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

If you think I have violated a Wikipedia policy or otherwise misbehaved, file a report at WP:ANI with your evidence, or stop posting accusations. I really don't want to have to go to ANI or AE again with you. Please stop this behavior. --Guy Macon (talk) 09:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Planning to close your AE appeal

Please see see my proposed closure here. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:43, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

The AE appeal is declined. Your one-week ban from the topic of Bernie Sanders on all pages of Wikipedia is still in force until 7 March. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 19:38, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement sanction

I'm hereby extending your current topic ban from Bernie Sanders and all related pages and discussions to six months, counting from 29 February. Your original one-week ban was for violation (addition of contentious content without firm consensus edit warring) of the discretionary sanctions already in effect at Bernie Sanders: "You must obtain firm consensus on the talk page of this article before making any potentially contentious edits, must not engage in edit warring and are subject to discretionary sanctions while editing this page." This extension is for that as well, plus for your battleground demeanour and repeated indications that you intend to continue the same behavior because you were right all along. That's why the ban needs to be longer. Note that you are not being "punished" for "daring to appeal" "like in Soviet Russia";[5] your repeating that over and over does not make it any truer. I have topic banned you to keep the topic of Bernie Sanders from disruption; not to punish you, and not because you appealed the original ban.

Note that the ban covers all discussion of Bernard Sanders and/or his Jewishness, on all pages. Please click on WP:TBAN and read what "topic banned" means. Feel free to appeal this ban, but it applies from now until it's lifted or expires. That means that in an appeal, in whatever forum, including my talkpage, you can freely discuss the reasons you were banned , but not go on and on about content, such as Bernie Sanders's Jewishness, because that is covered by the topic ban. You were banned for conduct, not for being either right or wrong about content, so continued arguing about it is irrelevant to the ban. Compare what you were told here by EdJohnston and Laser brain; I endorse everything they said there.

This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Final decision. It has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions. You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. Bishonen | talk 09:01, 6 March 2016 (UTC).

Jimbo should have blocked you for longer. You are not an asset to this project.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 15:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)