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March 2014

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Thanks for the likes; your take?

Hi, I was amused to see your series of likes; please have a go, then, re Wikipedia:Requests for comment/QuackGuru2. You endorsed jps' outside view, which said, among other things, that Wikipedia "would be better off if the two editors endorsing the RfC were banned from these topics" (said topics, I assume, being the areas where QG's conduct is indicted in the RfC; it's unclear). AFAIK, I've had virtually no interaction with you, but assume you must have reviewed my edits (and block log etc.), and those of Mallexikon (the other RfC endorser), or you wouldn't have endorsed such a strong statement. Apart from whatever objections you have to the RfC itself, can you explain why you believe Mallexikon and myself deserve to be topic-banned, and from which topics particularly? What have we done that's that bad? Maybe you can show me a couple diffs that are representative of whatever ongoing problems there are. I'd appreciate the feedback; I'm pretty sure Mallexikon would too! Thanks. --Middle 8 (leave me alone • talk to me • COI?) 17:30, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

I see no clearer case of WP:BOOMERANG. Also, please remember to sign your posts with four tildes like this: ~~~~ Barney the barney barney (talk)#

The problems have been continuing for a number of months now. The latest problems are being discussed at the talk page. There is push-back when I try to improve the article. QuackGuru (talk) 07:25, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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Is Editing a Policy Violation?

Hi Barney. You deleted my posting to the Parapsychology page as vandalism and then wrote to me and said that I should review the WP:Fringe policy. I have reviewed that policy, and I don't understand how it applies to my edit.

I changed the article text to reflect the quotes that were already referenced in the article, and I provided the specific quotes that were referenced. I added additional references to clarify the information provided in the article. I changed a small amount of text to make it more generic and representative of the references that were provided. This is standard editing and was not meant to represent a point of view.

Is standard editing practice considered a policy violation? --Tunsa (talk) 14:54, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

You mischaracterise your own edits, probably deliberately. Barney the barney barney (talk) 15:04, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Please be specific. I was very specific in my editing submission. --Tunsa (talk) 16:57, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

You are also quite specific in mischaracterising it. Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:12, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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GERAC

You haven't been active on this article, but we had a long and very careful discussion about two sources (Birch and He), both on Talk and at Talk:MEDRS. We determined they were FRINGE and got rid of them. ("we" - alexbrn, second quantization, and jps, and me, and 2 acupuncturists too!) they were tendentiously reinserted by quackguru, because they make points that he likes and cannot find elsewhere. Please undo your reversion and more importantly, please review the discussion and join us on Talk. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

in the meantime, someone reverted your reversion partially, but one of the sources remains in the article. I cannot do more due to 3RR. thanks. Jytdog (talk) 22:38, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

You claim someone reverted Barney the barney barney reversion partially, but one of the sources remains in the article. This edit was a full revert. One of the other sources remains in the article? The other sources in the article are not relevant to this content dispute. If you read the talk page there are editors who agree the journal is reliable for non-medical claims that are not in the fringe space. QuackGuru (talk) 06:30, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

they are both gone now, yes. Birch and He are now both back out. Sorry to have bothered you, barney the barney barney. Jytdog (talk) 11:03, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

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Your comments on Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement

I have left you a message on the page (in the uninvolved admins section) please read it. Also given the level of incivility and casting aspersions in your statement I am going to log a warning on the Pseudoscience case page. I don't know what you were thinking, but given the level I believe I would be justified in blocking you per this discussion however I'll do this instead with the understanding that you will refactor and provide evidence. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 22:59, 2 April 2014 (UTC)