User talk:WMrapids

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RFCs

Hi WMrapids. I've closed you most recent RFC at WP:RSN, it's not the way to get the answers to the questions you asked. If you want clarification of the close of an RFC such as the original La Patilla, your first step should be to ask the closer. If you don't think their answer is satisfactory you can ask for the close to be reviewed at WP:AN.
RFCs are meant to be the last step in a process, not something you should rush into. I suggest you try discussion with other editors, and if you can't come to a consensus follow the advice at WP:DISPUTE. Also before you create any more RFC I strongly suggest you read WP:RFCBEFORE. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 09:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@ActivelyDisinterested: Thanks for the information and I'll try my best to apply it as needed. I genuinely am trying to avoid disputes and appreciate you taking the time to explain things to me (again). As I've said before, I really don't want to be involved in controversial topics, but I've seen a need in some areas. If you ever feel frustrated with explaining things to other editors (I this hope isn't the case with me), please remember that it's users like you who help guide others in the right direction, which is something vital for the project. I'll try to be careful with potential RfCs in the future and try other dispute resolution processes first. WMrapids (talk) 02:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

WMrapids, after Siroxo closed the first RFC, and ActivelyDisinterested closed the second RFC, you queried Siroxo about contentious topics, and Siroxo clarified. There are no general sanctions on Venezuelan topics; BLPs are a contentious topic, Venezuela is not. Telesur is not a BLP or a contentious topic. And yet, you are doing this. Which part of the summary at WP:RSP of the close of La Patilla do you think supports your edit warring at Telesur? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:05, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

The point where it says "be extremely cautious in referencing coverage of politics". Since La Patilla is a direct political opponent to those operating Telesur, it would be undue to have its coverage spread throughout the article of its opponent. I'll try to find better sources than La Patilla as I don't want to just gut the article. WMrapids (talk) 03:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

I think you're stretching the conclusions of the close, but more importantly, I see no edits on the talk page regarding the edit warring; please engage talk more to avoid multiple reverts requiring others to inquire about your logic. What I see is the removal of text whose point will be easily cited, as its the very reason Telesur is deprecated. They lie. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:01, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Whether or not they lie, are blatant propaganda, etc. does not mean that POV and undue content should be placed in the article. WMrapids (talk) 14:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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Category:Signers of the Madrid Charter has been nominated for deletion

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G11 on Statute Governing the Transition to Democracy

Hello WMrapids -- I've declined this speedy deletion request as G11 is meant for articles that are irredeemable promotion, with no factual content or reliable sources. Generally, if you feel the need to explain why something should be deleted, speedy is not the appropriate route. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 02:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

@Espresso Addict: Thank you for the explanation. Would you recommend a nomination for deletion instead? WMrapids (talk) 02:37, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Your rationale "Article promoting the legitimization of the disputed presidency of Juan Guaidó. Topic is not notable, only covered by local sources and has no Spanish-language equivalent on Wikipedia, suggesting that this article is not relevant in the Spanish-speaking sphere and is solely promotional in nature. Article has not been edited since year of its creation." would be best explored at Articles for Deletion; then other editors with experience in the area (which I lack) would have a chance to respond. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 02:42, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the tag

Good afternoon comrade. Just letting you know that I did notice your recent tag but won't be replying on the talk page. I have not been paying much attention to the regime change pages lately, since Guaidó has left the scene and appointed himself visiting professor at some red-neck U.S. university. Reward for service. Btw, I do admire your patience. Solidarity!! Burrobert (talk) 05:05, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Eh, I'm not really in it for any idea, just that things seemed to be inaccurately balanced and I wanted to help the project; it's really the last place I want to be editing. It does take patience to work things out with those who are passionate about what they believe, though things seem to find a way in the end through discussion. WMrapids (talk) 05:36, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) xD --NoonIcarus (talk) 09:41, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Peru topicon

Template:WikiProject Peru topicon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 18:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Gonnym: Thank you for providing this! Much more simple. WMrapids (talk) 21:32, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Fujimorist propaganda

Hello, WMrapids. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Fujimorist propaganda".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 14:13, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia

An FYI; see where attribution is not needed. The idea behind the copying within guideline is that Wikipedia's licensing requires that individual's contributions be attributed; when you wholly write content and then (with no editor having changed that content) add the exact content you wrote to another article, CWW attribution isn't needed. It's all your work; no one else needs to be attributed. When in doubt, attribute, but in this case, as the edits were back to back, it was extra work you didn't need to do.

Separately, since summary style was used to trim the main article when the sub-article was created (because the main article was too long), let's not bloat the main article with individual opinions again-- that's why there's a sub-article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:42, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: Thank you for the information. I try to be as careful as possible with policy and it's probably good practice for me in case I'm forgetful with attribution. WMrapids (talk) 15:59, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Season's greetings

	Felices fiestas
	We may not always agree on what's best, but I trust that we have been able to find common solutions many times. I sent you my warmest regards and wish you the best this season. Happy holidays! NoonIcarus (talk) 20:10, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

This is difficult when you track down pages I create, drive-by tag them and nominate them for deletion. Nevertheless, let's try to be as amicable as possible. WMrapids (talk) 14:05, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Lima Consensus (economy) for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lima Consensus (economy) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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NoonIcarus (talk) 12:36, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For having written, improved and expanded a large number of articles on Politics. Ultranuevo (talk) 17:36, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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Blanking (Guarimba)

In the recent weeks, this is probably the most egregious case of blanking that I have encountered with you so far. Not only you continue saying that the text is not in the sources despite proof of the opposite in the talk page, but you're asking me to "discuss first" when you have not engaged in the talk page. I'll remind that I have already complained about blanking in the past, and will not doubt to do it again if needed. Regards, NoonIcarus (talk) 19:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

This was further discussed in the article's talk page.--WMrapids (talk) 02:03, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Allegations against NoonIcarus

I suggest when you allege that an editor has made POV editing across multiple pages in a topic area, (as done here with NoonIcarus) that you make those allegations on that editor's talk page rather than in one of the many articles. The focus on the talk page should be more on the article in question rather than the editor's overall behavior here. --David Tornheim (talk) 22:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. As frustrated as I am with his prolonged situation, it is difficult when the messages are deleted or moved to a separate article by NoonIcarus. Given that the user supported moving discussions about their behavior to an article talk page away from their own page, it suggested to me that such discussions were appropriate, but I'll be more careful with such discussions in the future. Thanks again! WMrapids (talk) 00:45, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

I agree with you that deleting warnings is not great. Editor did the same with my warning. And I also believe neither comment made it to the talk archives either. I believe it is an attempt to hide the warnings. However, this can be used to show that an editor both got the warnings -and- did not take them seriously. That doesn't look good if the editor ever is brought to AN/I over the same issues.

Unlike that editor, I prefer transparency, and I keep the warnings. An admin--who offered and helped me with archiving--thanked me for that. In fact, for almost all of my editing history, I don't believe I ever deleted any warnings.

As for this move, I suggested it and NoonIcarus simply did what I suggested. It would have been better if you have moved it, but I don't see a problem. To be honest, I considered moving it too.--David Tornheim (talk) 01:00, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

@David Tornheim: Well, I never got to see your response since the discussion was moved and I missed it in the diff. Honestly, I admit to removing generic templates placed by NoonIcarus myself,[1] but this was after reading that users should "[a]void posting a generic warning template if you are actively involved in the edit war yourself; it can be seen as aggressive." Such templates placed by NoonIcarus, who was also edit warring, seemed to be inappropriate and intended to further add fuel to the fire (especially since they have a history of making things personal).

Since you are a great example of practicing transparency (especially with this edit), I will try to go back and place back discussions that are not generic warnings if they were removed. Dialogue is the best way forward, but it requires everyone to act in good faith. Thanks for helping with mediating this process. WMrapids (talk) 01:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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Stratford links in 2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum

The links to Stratfor in this edit[2] don't work because they contain a duplication in the URL ("/article/article/").
So,
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/article/venezuela-marigold-revolution
should be, https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/venezuela-marigold-revolution
Both links work once the extra "\article" is removed. Put this here rather than ANI as it's not directly relevant. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 09:08, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@ActivelyDisinterested: Thank you so much! I have no idea how that happened. WMrapids (talk) 10:36, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

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Venezuelan politics

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Continued aspersions

After being asked/reminded many times over many months to focus on content and avoid personalizing and casting aspersions, this issue continues. With a quick search, I find at least here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here (there may be more).

Specifically, when you asserted in October that "Honestly, this seems more like Wikihounding behavior by both you and NoonIcarus" (re a Copying Within Wikipedia issue I raised that had nothing to do with NoonIcarus-- CWW is a personal interest of mine as I participate at WP:CCI), I reminded you that "the aspersions need to stop. It is ludicrous to suggest that I followed you to an article I created and wrote most of. And I am not NoonIcarus; you've been asked once already at ANI to cease the aspersions; please do." You seem intent on implying that I edit at NoonIcarus's behest or in collusion with him.

Repeating that behavior again months later, at the current ANI, you appear to insinuate tag-teaming or collusion between Bobfrombrockley and NoonIcarus, which was politely corrected by BobFromBrockley:

• I know that you two have worked pretty closely together on removing some info from United States involvement in regime change. ... WMrapids (talk) 14:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

And although he very politely corrects you with:

• By "worked together closely", I think you mean that we have at times agreed on what the content should look like and you've disagreed. ... BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

... only days later, you repeat the behavior with another false personalization aimed at me, with:[3]

• "SandyGeorgia and NoonIcarus do have a history of collaborating together for years, however, which makes it interesting that SandyGeorgia began editing again at the same time this ANI was opened and became involved after NoonIcarus contacted them in their talk page"

and then did not retract when you were questioned on this by another editor, with:[4]

• but the timing is curious to post something to a talk page which will be usually emailed.

And several days later, you have still not retracted or struck the false claim, in spite of repeated explanations from me ... thereby again derailing and unnecessarily lengthening a discussion.

It pains me to be using my vacation time to deal with this, but this is no longer tolerable. Your insinuations are false. For the record, I have reviewed my email and I have exactly two (count 'em, TWO) very brief email threads with NoonIcarus. One last November where I emailed him a simple question, and he simply responded weeks later. And one from mid-December where NoonIcarus (like dozens of others) emailed me to wish me well after reading on Wikipedia of the real life difficulties I've been going through, and NOTHING else. Sum total of all our emails (and I don't engage any other form of off-Wiki contact either).

That you could turn the well wishes from many editors who watch my talk page and worried that I was gone into something more sinister is repulsive. NoonIcarus has never attempted to sway my editing via any contact on or off Wikipedia. I explained what circumstances led to me having enough time after I saw David Tornheim's ping after I arrived at my son's house to check on Venezuelan content, which led me to the ANI, and yet you haven't struck your insinuation/accusation. And what led me to finally check my email and re-engage somewhat had nothing to do with Venezuelan editing, rather seeing news of developments in the Cassava Sciences debacle led me to review my gmail, where I have google alerts set up, and Tornheim's ping was the first at the top of my email when I logged in.

This whole debacle is another sad example of your behaviors that impede collaboration and result in lengthy threads no one wants to read, and discourages people from participating on Wikipedia. I am again reminding you to check your AGF, avoid personalizing, and confine your commentary to content. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)