Wikipedia:Wikiquette assistance

Wikiquette alerts are an option for a streamlined way to get an outside view.

Procedure

At the bottom of the list, just post:

• A single link to the problem or issue as you see it (for example, a single posting or section of a talk page).
• Label the comment neutrally but do not sign and do not use names (type ~~~~~, which gives only a timestamp).
• Please avoid embarking on a discussion of the points raised on this page. Carry on discussing it wherever you originally were — editors responding to posts here will come to you!

If you would like to get an outside view on your own behaviour, please post it here too.

Outsiders who visit the link are encouraged to make a constructive comment about any Wikiquette breaches they see. Postings should be removed after seven days.

Archived alerts

• Archive 1: June 2005 - September 2005
• Archive 2: October 2005 - December 2005
• Archive 3: January 2006 - February 2006
• Archive 4: March 2006 - April 2006
• Archive 5: May 2006 - July 2006
• Archive 6: August 2006 - September 2006

Archive 7: October 2006 -

Active alerts

2-October-2006

User:81.100.63.46 is vandallizing pages, and is only one of the few people to vandalize the Surrealism page...

His edit was quickly reverted. Next time with obvious vandalism, revert the vandalism and warn the user with the appropriate template found through the edit toolbox, click on (templates) and then on Usertalk namespace. --Inahet 22:21, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

3-October-2006

User:Raymond arritt is constantly reverting my edits, I think this is harrasment, I have monitored his contribs and he seems to be telling others that I am a sock puppet. This is very distressing please help --KFA UK 12:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edits generally try to impose a specific point of view on articles, and it does look very likely that you are a sock puppet of User:Frogsprog, User:The big moose, User:NoJoyInMudville, User:Frogbaby, etc. So if User:Raymond arritt did what you say, then... good work Raymond arritt! --Reuben 15:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

3-October-2006

User:139.142.96.245 is vandalising the Spurge and Succulent plant page and by placing the same link again and again to a poor quality cactus cam page. Can someone please stop that? The owner of the linked page (who I think is our vandal) neither knows to differ a spurge from a cactus nor knows to spell the name of the only plant shown. This is absolutely poor quality and not worth any link. 17:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree with your interpretation of the web site and have removed the link from both articles. I think it is safe to remove it everytime he adds it back in, though I wouldn't call it vandalism, I think the appropiate term at this point is spamming. --Inahet 21:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

3-October-2006

User:Storyteller15 is beginning to get nasty. After vandalizing Ann Coulter, he made a quick "I was just testing!", and deleted the warning that was posted by the person catching him on it. However, after I caught him vandalizing George Steinbrenner, I restored the warning and left http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Storyteller15&diff=79414577&oldid=79414533] talk box. He then turned around and slapped the warning template on my own Talk Box and claimed he informed the admins of my "juvenile behavior". 16:49, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you have to worry even if he did report to an admin, an admin would be on your side anyway. Next time use warning templates, which can be found through (templates) which you will see whenever you edit the page in the edit toolbox below. Feel free to ask for clarification if you're not quite sure. --Inahet 21:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC) 21:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

5-October-2006

User:Kingstonjr/Work Gallery contains a large collection of pornographic pictures which the person seems very proud off. There is no evidence the Gallary is work related. The individual seems to be taking one line in Wikipedia's philosophy ("Wikipedia is not censored"), and obnoxious over-doing it to show off, despite breaking guildlines on Wikipedia:User page.

I'm not sure about this since I didn't take a look at the gallery, I don't want to, porn makes me sick. Anyway I think it requires administrator intervention so I think you should take it up on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. This is just a suggestion, any other opinions by others are encouraged. -- Inahet 21:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

6-October-2006

Safe to start at this section, Talk:Green Tortoise#NPOV tag removed, but it goes on above. Dispute over now outdated address, first hand accounts, and npov template inclusion. Anon using various IPs vs. two users accused of being sockpuppets. Larger issues with article should probably be addressed, but can't get beyond the basics. Any comments much appreciated! 00:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Could someone look at User:Abilitynet contributions, and maybe give suggestions to him/her on how to contribute? Abilitynet has been making many edits promoting a company and could use more guidance. 15:13, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm split on this. I take a hardline against spammers, but his/her web site doesn't seem to be commercial (as the web site claims), nor is it private. However, Wikipedia is not vehicle to promote one's web site. I really don't know, so I hope others can chip in with their view. --Inahet 08:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

User:64.251.48.82, User:66.31.240.235, User:142.22.16.57, User:195.93.21.104 have a huge list of "contributions" of vandalisms. Is it possible to block these users?

Are you asking for a permanent block? If that is case, may I refer you to one admin's reply when I asked him the same thing a few months back: "Wikipedia policy is not to permanently block IP adresses, they may be used by multiple people or reassigned by the service provider, so I can't block permanently. I put in a two week block, because there is no need to warn an IP address that has been repeatedly blocked, like this one. Thanks for the alert. Unfortunately I was away from my computer at the time. A good way of getting the attention of administrators is on WP:AIV, most admins keep that page on their watchlist." [1] --Inahet 05:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

7-October-2006

There seems to be a tight closed shop operating on Brahma_Kumaris_World_Spiritual_University where only a highly critical view of the organisation is allowed to prevail. Most recently comments of other users on the talk page are being heavily re-written and even deleted mainly by User:195.82.106.244, who seems to be pretty-much running the show, on the basis that they are a personal attack, although there is at least one case of a factual post by User:84.13.205.142 being deleted (now re-instated). Check out the Talk history. There is a total lack of cilivity on the talk page with some clear personal attacks taking place and along with much political ranting. 08:29, 7 October 2006 (UTC) There is now an edit war taking place over the NPOV box. 04:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

7-October-2006

User:203.214.50.225 has made multiple reversions to edits I have made to the Johnny Newman article. I initiated dispute resolution by questioning him/her about this on his/her talk page, User talk:203.214.50.225. I have requested that the user explain his/her reversions on the article's talk page. Thus far, I have received no response on the talk page. The user has responded by making repeated unsigned comments on my user talk page User talk:Sugar Daddy, and vandalizing my user page User:Sugar Daddy. After I pointed out to the user that this behavior was against WP:CIVIL and WP:TPG, the conduct has been repeated. Also, based on pattern of edits, I believe this unsigned user may be a sockpuppet of User:Downwards. Please advise! Sugar Daddy 20:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

9-October-2006

Another user is monitoring my edits on several pages, adding spurious or incorrect information and failing to reply to my rationales for adding or altering content. The user also frequently makes comments which I find irritating, and deliberately provocative. I am so frustrated by this I am having trouble not including profanity in my responses. Also uses wikipedia proceedures improperly and punitively - peer reviews and request for deletion specifically. Examples are found on the Barbara Hambly biography page, and Cat's Claw. See talk pages as well as diffs over the past couple days. There is an unpleasant history going back several months. My own conduct in previous interactions was far less than perfect, I have been trying to improve it over the past couple weeks after a warning regarding personal attacks. I would appreciate comments on my own behaviour as well. 16:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

For your request, I asked for help on what to do about Wikistalking, and one admin said to report it to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. --Inahet 20:45, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

9-October-2006

Stevewk's comments (some of them are unsigned) are highly offensive, in my opinion. Thank you.

10-October-2006

I'm not the good guy here and I'll take my lumps with everyone else, but Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stanley Gallon is getting way out of hand. - Richfife 22:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

11-October-2006

I am adding statements which I believe to be true and of common knowledge. HeBhagawan sees they are removed under one or other pretext, one of them being asking for citations whereas he ignores my pointing out other similar un-sourced statements. Apandey jumps in with incivil comments against me. I am also subjected to incivil intimidations by HeBhagawan and Dab. Dab being admin, has commented that my edits were "worse than worthless" to add fuel to the fire. He has asserted that he has no knowledge of the subject "Hinduism" and commented incivil as HeBhagawan and others were against me. The attempt of HeBhagawan appears to monopolise the article. Apandey has no contribution to the article. Apandey's only contribution is incivil comments against me on discussion page. I request to check my edits by a person of knowledge of Hinduism so far as statements falling under true and common knowledge, the incivility issue can be checked by any. I suspect sock puppeteering.Swadhyayee 02:56, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Kylu. I wish that you would have commented on certain issues to prevent bitterness rising since there were lot of allegations against me that my English is poor and full of grammatical errors, it changes the sense in opposite direction, I am not listening to others and so on. Further, the incivility issue raised by me. I wish that as you already have responded to my request, you as well give your frank opinions in moderate language.Swadhyayee 17:12, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

11-October-2006

User:216.184.26.77 is on a vandalism tear through Reconstruction. Please stop him. L0b0t 19:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Next time report him/her at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, make sure to read the instructions first. --Inahet 20:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

13-October-2006

User:66.158.68.101 is consistently vandalising pages; see Orhan Pamuk. Could this ip be banned?

It depends, has he been vandalizing after being warned? Also IPs are usually temporary blocked as a penalty, I believe that they are never permanently blocked. Anyway it looks as though he has not been vandalizing lately, so no worries as of now. --Inahet

User:Ernham has been blocked for incivility and personal attacks, both on talk pages and in edit summaries. Despite repeated requests this has continued including labelling users with which he disagrees as "vandals" and calling for other users to be blocked in edit summaries. 23:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

If he has been warned with Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. and Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. templates but did not cease from making personal attacks, then report him or her at WP:PAIN, and admin will look into it. --Inahet 02:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)