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User:Atabek

Atabek (talk · contribs) has been placed on a revert parole by the Arbitration Committee: [1]

He can only make one revert per week per article, and he has to explain his revert. It is suspected that he was using suckpuppets to edit war on the fallowing articles Monte Melkonian, Drastamat Kanayan, Nagorno-Karabakh and House of Hasan-Jalalyan. The following suck account were used

Earthdream (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Drastamat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Shantinorashkar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Zipirtich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

the following is his IP address, which he accidentally used couple of days ago. [2]

128.195.31.152 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Compare edits made by Atabek [3] with edits made by User:Zipirtich [4], User:Earthdream [5], and User:Drastamat [6]. --VartanM 05:41, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Checkuser established that it was not Atabek: [7] So the accusation is groundless. Grandmaster 11:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per Dmcdevit's checkuser finding (see Grandmaster's link), no apparent violation. Newyorkbrad 23:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dacy69

Dacy69 (talk · contribs) has been placed on a revert parole by the Arbitration Committee: [8]

He can only make one revert per week per article, and he has to explain his revert. He reverted the Safavids article, and in his edit summary he said that he was reverting vandalism, however, what he removed was not vandalism at all. Furthermore, he did not explain his revert on the talk page as required by the arbitration parole: [9]Azerbaijani 20:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

82.83.142.131 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has been edit warring on that article for quite a while, disturbing the balance and making edits in violation of compromise achieved by the parties on talk after many months of discussions. The anon ignored the talk page and made no effort to get a consensus for his edits. He was reverted by many other users, including those representing the same side of the dispute. I don't think that the actions of anon can be classified anything else other than vandalism. Grandmaster 05:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What he was adding was not vandalism. This anon was adding sourced information from a source everyone agrees is reliable and scholarly, including you. His edits were not vandalism. Ali made a comment on the talk page, Grandmaster made a comment on the talk page, and even this anon made a comment on the talk page, but Dacy did not, he simply reverted and called the edits vandalism.Azerbaijani 13:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The manner in which this anon user edited page - numerous edit reverts is obvious vandalism. Moreover, I suspect this anon user is sockpuppet. My parole allows to revert anon vandalism without explanation. I made report on all these anon users replacing one another and vandalising page [10]--Dacy69 14:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No matter how many times you say it, sourced edits from reliable sources is not considered vandalism.

I quote Wikipedia: Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism.

Dacy, the fact that you dont even bother to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's policies and still insist that you are correct really doesnt help your case. You violated your parole.Azerbaijani 15:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those anon Ips are replacing each other. They know what they are doing. It is obvious vandalism. if it were edit of one, as you said, misguided anon, then you are right. But the case is different. Moreover, I believe that these anons are your socks.--Dacy69 15:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stop saying its vandalism, its not, no matter who is doing it, those edits are not considered vandalism, as they are legitimate edits which the anon thinks are improving Wikipedia's coverage of that subject. Familiarize yourself with the rules. Saying that the edits are vandalism is not going to make it so, and no matter how many times you say it, Wikipedia's policies arent going to change.

Let see, Atabek, Grandmaster, Pejman, and Ali all also reverted the Anon, NONE of them called the anon's edits vandalism, and all the ones on revert parole left a comment. You were the only one. You clearly violated your parole.Azerbaijani 15:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I was waiting for the final admin decision in checkuser case, the fact that this IP should be considered a vandal was stated quite clearly now [11]. So Azerbaijani, please, assume a good faith with regards to Dacy69.Atabek 16:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not only did this decision come a day after Dacy69 violated his parole (therefore it doesnt apply, as Dacy committed the violation prior to any decision), but the only reason this decision even happened was because Atabek misinformed an administrator about this users actions, and I have commented on the Admins talk page: [12]

Is it not peculiar that both Grandmaster and Atabek have run to Dacy69's defense so quickly? Also, note that once again Atabek made a false report against me (here you can also see the false accusations made against the anon): [13]

Interestingly, these users contend that the Safavids article is a sensitive issue and that the anon is messing up the consensus version of the article, but these users themselves have violated a consensus agreement which they themselves agreed to on the History of the name Azerbaijan article and have traded reverts so that they wouldnt break parole.Azerbaijani 16:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fully trust to Arbcom members to judge on this case. Just fyi - On that page Mammed Said Ordubadi user:Azerbaijani insulted me and called me a liar - then and I came up with important document on page History of the name Azerbaijan to prove my case which was accepted and inserted in the article. You, Azerbaijani, should change attitude to other editors' opinion and not try to revenge, and moreover, use sockpuppets to evade restrictions. I made also checkuser request and wait for final desicion.--Dacy69 16:25, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More lies, now you are clearly making false accusations. Show me the diffs where I called you a liar. I'm sick and tired of all of these lies and false reports against me. Here is every single diff of every comment I made on that talk page: [14] [15] [16] [17]

[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Where did I personally attack you? Nowhere! Infact, you reported me for those very comments before: [24] Seem familiar? Dacy, this is hilarious, you guys can try all you want, but the fact of the matter is I have the diff's to prove every single false comment you guys make against me. I'm sick of these personal attacks. Its getting tiring.

Also, I have explained undo-weight to you before, I can take action against that source as per Wikipedia's policies but I have chosen not to out of good faith, but so far, all you guys have done is break compromises, break Wikipedia's policies, trade reverts, and make false accusations.Azerbaijani 16:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2 times you said I lied [25]. Speaking frankly I am done with that. Write and accuse me of anything you want.--Dacy69 16:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You said I called you a lier, which I never did. I said you lied, which is a comment on your post, but I never called you a lier. Its funny how you prove yourself wrong! I'm only accusing you of what you did (violating parole), not what I want. ;)

Again, it should be pointed out that Dacy broke is parole prior to any decision being made regarding the anon.Azerbaijani 17:10, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The anon IP belonged to Tajik, who used it to evade his parole. Tajik has been blocked indefinately. [26] I think this closes the issue. Grandmaster 07:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Aivazovsky

Aivazovsky (talk · contribs) has been placed on a revert parole by the Arbitration Committee. The final decision in his case is here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan#Aivazovsky_placed_on_revert_parole. Aivazovsky has been placed on revert parole and limited to one revert per page per week. Further, he is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page. [27]

However, he reverted Greater Armenia (political concept) article more than once: [28], [29], and provided no explanation of his reasonings for content reverts on the article's talk page, which is a violation of his parole.

Reported by: Atabek 17:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done I see only one reversion there - the two diffs you cite are part of a string of consecutive edits by User:Aivazovsky ([30]). He does need to discuss even that one reversion on the talk page, and I've left him a note to do so. I don't see a block-worthy violation at this point. MastCell ^Talk 18:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pigsonthewing

Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) has been placed on indefinite probation and is under an enforcement rule that he "may be blocked for a short period, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses, should he... excessively revert any page. After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year." The final decision is here: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing. He has since been blocked between 5-7 times (depending on how you count), including a 1-year block approved by the ArbCom.

He has now engaged in disruptive reverting here (April 30 through May 13), here (May 10 through May 13), and here (May 10 through May 13). Makemi describes the events at WP:ANI#Infoboxes.

Reported by: Fireplace 02:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[31] excessive reversions?

Talk:Sheffield_Town_Hall#coordinates inflammatory remarks?

[32] further disruptive reverts at 13th-14th April, 15th Apr, 25th Apr and on the talk page (so much so, we needed a sub-page). L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 22:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Under his general probation, Pigsonthewing is hereby banned from making any info-box related edits for a period of one month. He may not add or remove infoboxes from articles and may not edit infobox templates. He may make suggestions on appropriate talk pages. This ban may be enforced by blocking (starting with 24 hours and escalating as appropriate). The other matter is stale, but would be appropriate for consideration here if it recurs. Thatcher131 04:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Freedom skies

Freedom skies (talk · contribs) has been placed on standard revert parole by the Arbitration Committee. The final decision in their case is here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Freedom_skies.

In particular he is required to discuss content reversion (excepting obvious vandalism) on talk pages of articles. This has been violated in two cases.

He performed a revert here: [33] which was against consensus among the other editors.
He undid a merge: [34] [35]. There was merge notice for more than two weeks and objections were invited on talk page.

In both cases, he failed to discuss it on talk pages, calling it reversion of vandalism.

Reported by: --Knverma 20:46, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The decision ruled that Freedom skies is placed on standard revert parole for one year. He is limited to one revert per page per week, excepting obvious vandalism.

"Knverma" asked for redirect on 07:48, 8 May 2007 and went ahead on 07:49, 8 May 2007. It took him less than two mins to blank a well sourced article. Arrow740 said that "We should delete and merge into Buddhism and Hinduism." Knverma blanked the excellently sourced article and did not merge it; I merged it today.

"Knverma" blanked Patriarch (Buddhism) and redirected it to Lineage (Buddhism), a completely different conept. He blanked content elsewhere.

Those actions amount to vandalism.

_{Freedom skies| talk} 20:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For further reference, here is the discussion regarding merging/deleting/redirecting: [36] and some discussion on Freedomskies' talk page: [37] --Knverma 21:07, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply Sorry to have ignored this, but I was mostly off line over the weekend, and I seem to be one of the few admins who deals with issues on this page. I'm not going to hold Freedom Skies responsible for reverting the blanking of Yoga_and_Buddhism; it is not unreasonable to be surprised at that kind of large scale change that was apparently only proposed one minute before and endorsed after the fact by one other editor. Editors who make bold changes should not be surprised when others object and should be prepared to discuss the matter calmly (as I learned my first week here). I also note that the merge and redirect is now done, so Skies' objections were apparently dealt with without further disruption or edit warring. The reversion of the merge of Patriarch (Buddhism) and Lineage (Buddhism) was done without discussion, which is a technical violation, and it would certainly be a good idea for Freedom Skies to explain on the talk pages why the two concepts are different enough to deserve separate articles. It is also inappropriate to describe good faith edits as vandalism, and his continued insistence that it was vandalism shows a worrisome inflexibility. Consider this a final warning. Thatcher131 00:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The administrator may indicate consent at any time before, during, or after imposition of the restriction.

[2] This criterion does not apply if the original action was imposed as a result of rough consensus at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard, as there would be no single enforcing administrator.

[a]

[b]

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 :::'''Again, it should be pointed out that Dacy broke is parole prior to any decision being made regarding the anon.'''[[User:Azerbaijani|Azerbaijani]] 17:10, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
+The anon IP belonged to [[User:Tajik|Tajik]], who used it to evade his parole. Tajik has been blocked indefinately. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tajik#Blocked_3] I think this closes the issue. [[User:Grandmaster|Grandmaster]] 07:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
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