User talk:Tiptoethrutheminefield

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April 2014

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I think it is the height of bad manners to revert a person's edits when they are MIDWAY through making those edits! You revet something made only 30 seconds earlier, and can't wait another 30 seconds till the edits are complete? (nb - I now know that there is a template code I could have added to the article to indicate I was still editing, but as a new user I can hardly be expected to know that) A valid reason for the tag removal WAS given in the edit summary: "Removing notability and references tags. Adding content with references". [1] The article now has 5 references, before it had none. And the notability tag should never have been there. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

You are welcome. But you can not remove tags yourself. I have reverted your one more edit here where you didn't cite to any source. Putting more and more references are not quite enough, the sources should be independent see WP:INDEPENDENT that identify notability of subject also. See WP:Notability. If you have any further question, leave your message on my talk page. Thank you. A.Minkowiski (talk) 22:27, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

And that snide "you are welcome" is of equal bad manners. Of course I can remove tags if there is not a reason for the tags to remain there. Also, try to read the article. The content you deleted (and which I will now restore) is about a book that was linked to in the article's footnotes long before I added the new content. If you have points to make about sources or notability, why not place them in the article's talk page? Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 02:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

ANI

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Please address my concerns at Talk:Etchmiadzin Cathedral. --Երևանցի ^talk 19:02, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

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Yazidis

Hi. Nationalist sock-puppet corrupted the article Yazidis. He also do similar things about Zaza-Gorani people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.140.220.194 (talk) 00:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Things will probably die down once events are off the front pages of event newspaper in the world. It's ironic that a community has to be a victim of ongoing genocide before anyone on Wikipedia bothers about you. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 19:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement editing restriction: Armenia and Azerbaijan

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Assyrians

is there anyway I can view my content on Anti-Assyrian sentiment? I know the page is deleted, but I'd like to keep the info for personal reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penguins53 (talk • contribs) 01:50, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Maybe Spinningspark the administrator who deleted the page can help [2]. Or see here, though it might not be the latest version (and be quick, copy the text before it is deleted because it is no longer on wikipedia): http://www.wikigrain.org/?req=Anti-Assyrian+sentiment. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:38, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Kardashian Index

Hello. You may be interested in this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:J04n&oldid=628510613 --Mrjulesd (talk) 18:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Ways to improve Pedaling History Bicycle Museum

Hi, I'm Kmccook. Tiptoethrutheminefield, thanks for creating Pedaling History Bicycle Museum!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Very interesting essay. I hope you can update and expand.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kmccook (talk) 02:51, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Haven't been editing long enough to understand the "bare urls" / "link rot" thing. Will try to expand the article in the future. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monica Ogah

Regarding your delete comment on this AfD, could you please explain what the problems are with the sources. For example you say that one source "says it all" but not why it does that, you need to explain your thinking in AFDs so that others know why you voted the way you did. The same goes for the one you said is "unintentionally hilarious". Why is sources 3, 6, 7 & 9 garbage? As an admin closing this AFD I would be giving very little weight to your argument as you haven't explained why you think what you do.

Also make sure that you comment on content, not on the contributor. Using your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monica Ogah as an example "as for the "sources" cited by Wikicology" may seem like you are commenting on content, however the use of quote marks around sources says the opposite, as does your comment in italics at the end. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:22, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Your reverts

As you know there has been some concern regarding the reverts you are making of Epeefleche. WP:BURDEN has been explained to you a number of times. If you continue to follow Epeefleche's edits and revert them without providing a reliable source for their inclusion (or a link to an article in the case of some lists) you may be blocked from editing for adding unsourced content in violation of WP:BURDEN and/or for harassment. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:57, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I have done no such thing - and you complete lack of diffs proves I have done no such thing! Please leave my talk page alone and cease your harassment. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 14:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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Lindy West

Can you go to Talk:Lindy West and explain what the purpose of your edits is? I think it might be better to use talk page to voice questions you have rather than making edits that make very little sense. Broedur said West went from film critic to film editor at a newspaper. Yet you claim that requires more clarification? I'm baffled here and it might be better to use the talk page Talk:Lindy West. You seem unfamiliar with the standard section order Notes, References, Further Reading, External Links. It's in MOS:LAYOUT. Nobody is making stuff up here: it's standard. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:11, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

You seem to be unfamiliar with what a reference is - even though it is carefully explained on MOS:LAYOUT#Notes_and_references. Your list of articles that have mentioned the subject contains neither citations for specific material in the article nor a list of articles consulted in writing the article. So it can't be called "references". Have now given this explanation on the talk page. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:17, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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However, the sources refer to the events in the plural - so it could be several of the articles linked to by the disambiguation pages that the sources refer to. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 16:10, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Rasmea Odeh

What would you suggest as a short description? she has US citizenship and has been charged with a crime, she also served time in Israel for terrorism offences. Waacstats (talk) 17:38, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

In most parts of the world, and including America where the trial is taking place, persons charged with a crime but not convicted of that crime are not called "criminals". And would persons convicted of immigration offenses usually be classed as criminals, given that the offense is so much determined by localised laws. "Terrorist" is pov and cannot be used. Or if you think it can, why not "Terrorist/freedom fighter"? Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 18:08, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

How about "Convicted for involvement in terrorist bombing". Waacstats (talk) 23:24, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

"Arab-American community activist, convicted in Israel in 1970 for involvement in terrorist bombing, released 1980". Too long? Or why not leave it blank? Esp since it is an ongoing case. Better that than violate blp guidelines or have something that might quickly be out of date. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 23:54, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

List of German inventors and discoverers

You should also have a look on List of German inventors and discovereres.

German Astronom Karl Schwarzschild, Johann Galle, Friedrich Loeffler, Friedrich Rosengarth, Erich Huzenlaub and other German inventors and discoverers are all deleted from list by Andy Dingley and Denis Bratland.

see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_German_inventors_and_discoverers&diff=631779639&oldid=630675985 47.64.143.232 (talk) 00:04, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

To be honest, I have no great interest in that specific subject, and no special knowledge about it either. My concern was about the deletion of material (from any article) deleted for no other reason than the editor who added the content had fallen foul of Wikipedia sanctions. I do not consider that to be a valid reason to delete otherwise accurate content (and I am pleased that I am not alone in that opinion [3]). Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:37, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Orphan rug

You've obstructed the DYK nomination for the third time. Please shorten those paragraphs, I don't see why most of the article should be about an exhibition that never took place. Also, please cite them. If these requirements aren't met, I'll have to remove these recent editions. Étienne Dolet (talk) 21:10, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

You should remove nothing and I will oppose any removal: it is all cited and it is all on topic. If anything, that section is too brief even now. Your above words do not seem to match the "I look forward to working with you" said on the DYK page. I appreciate that you created the article. However, while it might irk you - the creator of an article has no ownership over that article or veto over the direction it might take. And, by indicating that you intend to have future content arguments (again, in contrast to what you wrote on the DYK page), it is you who is obstructing the DYK acceptance. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:55, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

No, what obstructed this DYK process was an addition of 2,000+ bytes of unsourced content to an article that has already been accepted as a good to go DYK article. Yoninah's latest comment on the nomination page speaks for itself. Those massive paragraphs were and still are poorly cited additions considering that every sentence was cited up until then. As for working with you, we both agreed in a contructive manner to make any such addition regarding the 2013 exhibition AFTER the DYK process was done. With these latest additions, you've breached that agreement by not only unilaterally adding unsourced paragraphs, but tampering with an article that hasn't completed the DYK process. Étienne Dolet (talk) 22:19, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Citing every sentence is not needed. The citation at the end of the paragraph is for everything in that paragraph. There is no need to have multiple citations for undisputed facts, especially since the sources are well-known ones like Washington Post. I have made no such "agreement" with you. I would make no such agreement with anyone. To conclude, and to use your own words, "Can we defer this discussion to the talk page of the article please". Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 22:29, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

I would like to make myself clear as this is my final reply. Citing content that has quotations (especially those belonging to living people) has always been the basic tenet of WP:CITE. Content that can be easily disputed, such as the Armenian Genocide and the controversial 2013 Exhibition, also needs proper inline citations. I'm sorry to say that those citations weren't even formatted properly. Some of those sources, such as the Washington Post one, were already used in the article. Also, you've agreed to my proposal by saying "That's fine for a temp fix." That sure sounds like an agreement to me. I also don't believe this should be deferred to the talk page of the article, as this is more of a discussion about user conduct rather than content dispute of the article itself. I will, however, end this discussion here. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:37, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

If you look at the article, everything that reasonably needs a citation HAS a citation, including the Schiff quote, which now has an inline citation (though its source was the same source given at the end of the paragraph). Content is not disputed because some editor just disputes it for no reason, it will be disputed when there are credible sources that dispute the content derived from other credible sources. In this case there are no sources that dispute the content, so multiple inline citations are really not needed. As for citations not formatted properly, again to use your own words: "if you find small problems like that then WP:FIXIT". Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 23:52, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

I would've fixed it, Yoninah beat me to it. Clearly, not all quotations were cited ([4][5]). Regards, Étienne Dolet (talk) 00:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

If problems have already been fixed, then why raise them after the event? The Schiff quote was cited: I said (above) that it now has an inline citation. I put the citation there, not Yoninah. The White House quote also was cited (giving the Michael Doyle source), given at the end of the following sentence which was clearly linked to the content of the quote sentence by the wording "The White House also said". The diff just shows an additional source for the quote, useful but not really required imho. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:15, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Beatrix Campbell

Just to say, the Beatrix Campbell article has been fussed with again. I'm really pushed for time but thought it worth letting people know in case you want to check the editing out. Testbed (talk) 15:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. After looking into the subject the last time around and finding sources I had intended to do some editing on it, but never got round to doing in (more due to laziness than time pressure for me though). Will have a look. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:55, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Nagorno Karabakh War

Can you look at that article? The user, who was adding the propaganda to the Turkish-Armenia War is doing the same to the Karabakh War article. I reverted his last edit telling him to add sources, and he reverted and is adding dubious sources which dont state what he claims they state. Ninetoyadome (talk) 20:21, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

I had noticed his edits, but did not comment because they had been reversed and I had hoped that would be the end of it. At the very least he seems to be abusing the infobox with the insertion of Iran given the supporting "source" says nothing close to what the editor is making it out to say. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:52, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

The same with adding Talysh and Lezgins aiding Armenia, the sources added mentioned nothing about them helping Armenia. I have a feeling this user is a sockpuppet of NovaSkola, who would also use dubious sources to make ridiculous claims. In the guba mass grave article novaskola used to claim Armenians raped azeris and his source was a book which never discussed Armenia, azerbaijan or guba. He had also posted a quote where an international community condemned Armenia but the source posted was about Yugoslavia. Ninetoyadome (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Blocked

Hello. This edit, and in particular the phrase Perhaps as incapable of being a good editor in other aspects too, constitutes an egregious personal attack. I'm not in the habit of blocking editors for snide remarks, but there is a line between terse discussion and a personal attack; it's a blurry line, but that comment was a long way to wrong side of it in my opinion. In addition, it appears that you have been conducting a campaign against Epeefleche for a while, and that other admins have discussed this with you previously, including Callanecc. As such, I've blocked you for 48 hours. Once the block expires, I strongly recommend you give Epeefleche some space for a while, and then if you feel compelled to return to addressing problems you perceive in his editing, to do it in a manner which comes across as legitimate editorial discussion rather than something targeted at a particular editor. You may of course use the {{unblock}} template to request another admin review this block. Regards, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:50, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I agree that my words "incapable of being a good editor" was severe criticism of the quality of Epeefleche's editing. It was not a constructive thing to say and I apologize for making it. However, it was not an unjustified statement to have made under the extended circumstances and the heat of the moment, so it was not an egregious personal attack and not at the level of a blocking offense.
My comment was as a result of being repeatedly targeted with numerous personal attacks by Epeefleche over numerous separate pages. Rather than dealing with legitimate editorial discussion, Epeefleche uses a talk page to do it [6], then does it again [7] (even though I had just asked him to respond to the content issues raised). He does it again here [8] and here too [9]. Here [10], he misuses a page designed for policy advice to paste allegations against me. Then when it is pointed out to him by another editor that here is not the suitable forum for it [11], he deletes the advice. I have NOT been stalking Epeefleche. Where is the proper place for Epeefleche to make allegations of stalking and to get a remedy decision? Is it article talk pages, editors talk pages, DYK pages, policy pages, or ANI? Is an editor who repeatedly uses the wrong pages to make allegations of stalking rather than taking the allegation to ANI acting like a good editor? Epeefleche does not want to take his unfounded stalking allegation to ANI: his aim is just to intimidate me away from one of his pet articles and to use allegations of hounding to close down content discussion on that article.
I am requesting to be unblocked because my "incapable of being a good editor" wording, though over the top, was understandable and had some substance under the circumstances: Epeefleche has been misusing pages and procedures so has not been behaving like a good editor should. I also (since Epeefleche won't do it) want to take this repeated "hounding" allegation to ANI. I want it decided whether it is justified or not, and so that (if it is decide that I have not been doing it), I can get Epeefleche to cease his allegations and start talking content issues.
HJ Mitchell had no justification for claiming "hounding another editor" as a blocking reason. WP:Hounding has a specific meaning attached to specific actions, it is not just a bad faith insult to be thrown around like confetti on talk pages. I made a legitimate response to a DYN nomination noticeboard post, a nomination that randomly caught my eye (because of its extraordinary DYK claim) after looking at the Narekavank nomination (I have, as my edit history shows, an interest in Armenian and Turkish subjects and so try to follow edits by Yerevantsi who shares this interest). I never even knew it was Epeefleche who made the nomination until he made his usual stalking allegation [12] to intimidate me away. My edits and points were on-topic and intended to improve the article, were not tendentiousness or disruptive, and were properly presented and argued (allowing for Epeefleche attempts from the very outset to derail them by making hounding accusations): [13],[14],[15]. As far as I know I have had no contact with anything Epeefleche has edited for at least 7 weeks, and Epeefleche is an editor who edits 1000s of articles. So where is the stalking? Where has it been decided I have been hounding anyone? Where has accusations and evidence been properly presented in an appropriate place? Where have I had the chance to defend myself? Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 8:10 pm, Yesterday (UTC−6)

Decline reason:

I am requesting to be unblocked because my "incapable of being a good editor" wording had some substance under the circumstances. Actually, it was very lacking in substance and hyperbolic. That your unblock request was immediately followed by a series of diffs attempting to cast Epeefleche in a bad light does not convince me that you understand why you were blocked, nor does it convince me that you would refrain from following Epeefleche or someone else's edits if you were unblocked early. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 08:16, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

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Here is the immediate result of the above block: Epeefleche gloating on his talk page [16], Epeefleche making yet another off-topic post on the article talk page [17] as a way of avoiding addressing the legitimate content issues raised, Epeefleche making yet another off-topic post on the DYK nomination page [18] as a way of avoiding addressing the legitimate content issues raised, Epeefleche making yet another off-topic post on a policy page[19] even though he had been advised earlier he was off-topic, Epeefleche ignoring Wikipedia procedures by removing a legitimately placed and properly explained npov tag [20] Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:33, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Talk page comments

Please read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Editing comments. Quite simply - we don't change another user's comments. There are exceptions listed, but they are few. Simple duplication or redundancy are not reason for removal or modification. Vsmith (talk) 02:34, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Exactly what "users comments" were changed by me that are not listed in the exceptions? If an editor creates a talk page section to discuss an issue, and a pre-existing section created to discuss that exact same issue is already there, and is located directly above that more recently created section, only a person seeking to create drama where there is none would object to the two sections being merged. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:03, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Seems it was not a complete duplicate and not added twice in error by the same user. Drama resulted from your changing/merging. No interest in arguing details of all that, just avoid such in the future. Vsmith (talk) 03:16, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Nothing will be avoided in the future because there is nothing needed to be avoided. The sections had identical subjects and were covering identical issues and were created within several minutes of each other, so merging them was entirely correct. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:35, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Combative editor: WP:BATTLEGROUND, WP:DE and WP:BLP concerns. Thank you. Abecedare (talk) 23:39, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistent disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Swarm ^{we ♥ our hive} 00:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

There are plenty of reasons to appeal - but I won't waste my time appealing it since that would give administrators the delusion that I respect them and would contribute to the sense of authority that appeals give them. If all politicians are corrupt, the only solution is for everyone not to vote. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:19, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

I'll take that as a sign you won't be needing your talk page then. You can proceed to WP:UTRS if you change your mind. Swarm ^{we ♥ our hive} 00:24, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Obviously I won't need it for a week. I don't use my talk page to express how wonderful I think I am, or how many awards or stars I've got, or as some sort of facebook substitute, or any of the other sorts of things administrators do with their talk pages. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:28, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Gotta love the reasoning you use though - commenting on something posted on MY talk page and saying I won't appeal amounts to a misuse of MY talk page. I'd rather "misuse" than waste time appealing. I note your own page has the usual "This user is fallible and encourages other admins to be bold in reverting their admin actions". Cite me some examples of this ever happening? Ever happening with any admin decision? One in 10,000 times maybe it might (exhibiting an extreme amount of (insincere) groveling, (insincere) penitence, and an (insincere) desire to take advice from ones betters (i.e. administrators) seems to work sometimes - ironically those are the very ones whose blocks are usually justified). That is why it would be a waste of my time. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:37, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh dear, I seem to have just reblocked you without actually making the desired change! I have now rectified this. But I'll humor you all the same. My admin actions have only been boldly overturned by others maybe two or three times ever. Never has it proven to be the right call. On my part, I try to be courteous and respect the decisions any other users make, but if I see a bad call being made, I'll correct it without hesitation, even if it involves overturning an administrative action. But that's just me. I am the wisest and most powerful admin, after all, so most people generally don't mess with me. (Calm down, it was a joke.) Swarm ^{we ♥ our hive} 01:02, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Please see Talk:Malatya#Fact_tags about your constantly disruptive edits. --92slim (talk) 02:08, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

It is your deletion of citation required tags that is disruptive. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 02:10, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing#Examples_of_disruptive_editing - read point 3. --92slim (talk) 02:33, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Insertion of Armenian propaganda and nationalist myths is disruptive editing, deletion of well-known dates is disruptive editing, use of weasel words is disruptive editing - all that covers your edits. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 02:38, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Except that's not what I have done. I have just removed your tags, because they were disruptive. --92slim (talk) 03:04, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Take your bad faith and your ignorance (of both the subject and of Wikipedia rules of behavior) to the article's talk page. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:07, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Tiptoe, the nicer you are the more you are likely to be believed. Rule #1! Also, this was brought before the public at ANI, of course. Toodles, Drmies (talk) 03:14, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I now know about his ANI post, not that 92slim informed me of this (yet another disregarding by this editor of proper editing procedures). Why should truth have to act polite? Truth should have no need to be - it is untruth that uses politeness and game-playing as a mask for its true nature. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 03:32, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

We don't do "truth" here--we do rhetoric, or "truthiness" at best. :) Drmies (talk) 04:47, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

• Why don't you give up quarrelling with those nasty fanatics and do some positive stuff? Begin with Draft:Mihran Apikyan for example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.239.72.186 (talk) 10:22, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

June 2015

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks for persistent disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 22:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Do not refactor talk pages again. You have been combative and referred to others' comments as vandalism which is incorrect. Too much edit-warring, too much heat and not enough light.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 22:40, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

92slim has repeatedly posted personal insults against me on talk pages. And when those insults were deleted he has reposted them. I am completely within my right to remove such insults, and such removals are in agreement with Wikipedia rules. Talk pages are not forums to post insults against other editors - and when such off-topic offensive content has been deleted by the person they were addressed to [21], it IS VANDALISM to reinsert them again like he did here [22], and again [23], and again [24], and again [25]! And this is probably him too: [26]. 92slim has also been repeatedly warned about attacking me by making allegations and insinuations of sockpuppetry. [27] Despite such warnings he did it again here [28]. I deleted it [29] because the post was a personal attack, there is no argument that could claim otherwise. It was also off topic, again no argument could claim otherwise. Under both those criteria it was correct for me to delete the post. The anon IP posts I deleted at the same time were deleted for BLP reasons: they contained racist insults. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 22:45, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not vandalism, which has got a very narrow meaning on Wikipedia, but it is obviously battleground behaviour. Reinstating a puerile taunt - what for? I've looked at your deletions from the Armenian genocide talk page: the first was a nationalist rant; and the second was 92slim accusing you of being a sock of E4024 for what must be now the billionth time. I'd say both deletions fall squarely under WP:TPNO. My 2p. Alakzi (talk) 23:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

This is not vandalism and was already handled correctly. This was uncalled for. And this is additional refactoring with "not a forum and not a platform to insult or display your personal brand of stupidity" as an edit summary. You have persistently treated Wikipedia as a battleground and your "rights" to remove can now be considered rescinded. You continue to display faulty judgment on what is vandalism or not a forum. The net effect is combative and disruptive.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:16, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Berean Hunter, please explain to me why you are stating that this material [30] does not fail WP:forum guidelines. Also please explain to me why posts which attack a sources nationality or ethnicity [31] or contain racist slurs [32] should not be deleted under BLP guidelines? Your "This is not vandalism and was already handled correctly" claim is deliberately deceptive and weasel-worded. I deleted the original post for "not a forum" reasons [33] - I DID NOT use the word "vandalism" as a reason. 92slim restored it, it was that restoration which I called vandalism. If I have been using the word vandalism in too broad a way, then I will correct that in future. I will instead use the terminology used in WP:TPNO. Or are you asserting that the restoration of off-topic posts is helpful rather than unhelpful? Or are you asserting that a rambling propaganda-filled post titled "so-called Armenian Genocide" was a valid Armenian Genocide talk page contribution? You claim "This was uncalled for". But it WAS called for - it was a fair comment under the circumstances. I had already carefully explained to 92slim that there were no sources supporting his Gallipoli connection assertion content, and that two different dates cannot "coincide" because they are two different dates! 92slim responds with an dismissive insult, "Read above, rinse and repeat" [[34]], and, without giving any justification or legitimate response to my points, puts the same unsupported content and clearly stupid wording right back into the article [35]. Regardless of what you think, "Not a forum and not a platform to insult or display your personal brand of stupidity" is a correct and appropriate edit summery. The deleted posts [36] were using the talk page as a forum and were presenting the stupid opinion that Akcam (an ethnic Kurd) is actually Armenian, with all the racist insult that that implies (in Turkey, to state or imply that a person is "Armenian" is intended as an insult). And of course there was 92slim making yet another of his harassment sockpuppet insinuations. You knew he was warned against doing this, yet you have actually restored his post! With an edit like that, I am not surprised that you sarcastically and shamelessly place the word rights in inverted commas. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 23:29, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Since my "claim is deliberately deceptive and weasel-worded" and "Regardless of what you think..." are stated above it tells me that I won't be able to really help you because you are displaying I didn't hear that behavior as well as pointing fingers at others. You are a single purpose account that is here to specifically edit war nationalistic issues related to Turkish/Armenian conflicts and repeatedly engaging in battleground behavior. I don't concur on your definitions of the above material. You may file an unblock appeal as outlined above to have an impartial admin review your block since you have already stated that you essentially have no faith in my actions. Nationalistic edit warring is one of the banes of Wikipedia and a drain of editors' time...it is somewhat akin to genre warriors.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 00:50, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

You are the one who is not hearing, not taking note of A SINGLE THING I WROTE ABOVE, not giving a legitimate response to any of my points. Shame on you and your administrator arrogance. Your final comment reveals you are a racist little cunt too, it seems. Doublethink, like blindness and shamelessness, is also a administrator trait - but it takes a high degree of doublethink to restore racist material, to block the person who removed it, and to insinuate with your filth-filled mouth that it is actually I who am the racist. I am not, neither am I a Turk or an Armenian or an American or indeed a member of any race (since race seems so important to you) who has things to hide on Wikipedia. Your spa account allegation is yet another deliberately deceptive lie, but I love how you weasily wikilink it, as if linking makes the allegation true! You sure know how to play the game - and, as for your unblock appeal suggestion I know that in the Wikipedia cult administrators are considered infallible. Good thing I suppose that clerks aren't, but that is only because infallibility needs to be very selective if it is to be maintained and the fallible need to know their place. I was actually devastated that you did not block me for being a spa Turkish nationalist. I could have dined on that story for years! Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 02:46, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

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Interesting Alexis Ivanov (talk) 01:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Be careful man your tendencies to be blocked might make you blocked in the future, a warning from a friend, to tread lightly Alexis Ivanov (talk) 03:08, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Antony Bryer

Hi. I just read your message here,and after that I wanna ask one question. Do you have this book "People and Settlement in Anatolia and the Caucasus 800-1900" ? I'm seeking it a long time--Lori-m (talk) 10:27, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Don't have it, and I actually don't recall having seen it. But I must have sometime, since I have cited an actual page number. I am not encouraged by its title though: "Anatolia" is a political term, not geographical, "Caucasus" is a geographical term. To place the two together in a title and make out that they are equivalent is wrong. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:17, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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Ah yes. A useful reminder. He gave me some info about officially sanctioned and enforced censorship on Wikipedia. It concerned the deletion of content in an article and retention of false content on the grounds that a gagging order was in place against British media. The content was still censored from the Wikipedia article even after newspapers in Britain had decided to ignore the ban and publish the info. Of course his conflict with some core values and head honchos of Wikipedia had nothing at all to do with his permaban. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:28, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Beatrix Campbell - again

Just seen that back in April (this year) some useful text was repeatedly added and then removed. Some of the editors involved seem quite experienced but it this article still needs a lot of help. Is there anywhere to go to get more assistance, I just don't have time? Testbed (talk) 15:41, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

replied on your talk page. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 20:20, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks for the comment, sorry for the delay, this is my first time back in weeks, I have just no time for editing at the moment - never mind for discussion, although I wish I did - so was just trying to send out an alert.

Re your Gurdjieff question, I don't remember tagging but I do remember trying to draw attention to a whole lot of articles which seem to take nonsense at face value. Again just no time to tackle this, particularly as it will involve battles with editors with all the time in the world and a deep investment in said nonsense.

My early and very wearisome editing experiences (daring to suggest that sex abuse took place in the boy scouts got me labelled a troll by editors who, guess what, turned out to be part of a ring of boy scout editors) has left me pretty jaded about trying to take on vested interests. It's an interesting conundrum for Wikipedia though: the time poor may have access to the best sources but not have the time to edit. Whereas those with a loyalty to their organisation / gang / whatever which exceeds their loyalty to the encyclopaedia may be time rich, better organised, able to mobilse supporters and therefore well placed to win edit wars.

Sorry not to be more helpful. I only came back to point out a problem on another page. Thank you for your time. Testbed (talk) 16:25, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Talk page post

Hi Tiptoethrutheminefield, your message Talk:Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent is a bit overwhelming. Such walls of text are counterproductive and are discouraged. Would you like to reformat the message dividing the issues into separate bullet points? If you would like, I can reformat it appropriately. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 16:45, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

I don't know how to do bullet points but I have gone and divided the text up into smaller paragraphs. If you want to add bullet points it is OK by me. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 16:52, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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I'll take the "Don't hesitate to contact me" bit to mean contact Callanecc, since you have copypasted this notification from the one that was posted on your talk page by Callanecc back in June. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 04:12, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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Syrian Turkmen's Official Flag as Declared by the Official Assembly

Hello, the flag with the Seljuq eagle is of course not the flag of the assembly, in fact, the assembly doesn't have a flag, it has a logo. However, the assembly "declared" the official flag. I can see that you sir don't feel much of a love for Turks. Although, if you read the latest press release (somehow) of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly which is the umbrella organization of all the Turkmen movements in Syria and the official governing body of Syrian Turkmen (Like PYD of the Kurds - for you to understand better), it is stated that the flag will be the official flag of Syrian Turkmen to put an end to the vague use of Turkmen flag, representing the 3 million Syrian Turkmen population. Meanwhile, the other 2 flags may be continued to use on battlefields and protests, the official flag for diplomatical meetings, conferences, conventions, etc. will be the one which is declared as official. This information has also been provided at the talk page and the flag has been added to the article. Thank you. Berkaysnklf (talk), 23:37, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

The MHP-backed "assembly" in Turkey can declare whatever it wants, but it is irrelevant for this issue. This article is about an ethnic group in Syria. Your "assembly" does not have ownership of an ethnicity and it does not have the status of a state with an ability to have a flag. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 01:25, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Turkey#Armenian issue

Please be informed that I have opened a dispute at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard. -Dominator1453 (talk) 10:09, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

OMICS Publishing Group

Tiptoethrutheminefield As per the discussion at [37] , [38] the OMICS Publishing Group article should be rewritten. Can you all please intervene and support the wiki neutrality as per the discussion. Most of the editors were suggested to re-write the article but it was not happened. 61.16.142.82 (talk) 12:40, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Total Disruptor of Wikipedia Award
	Be careful what you wish for: by the power vested in me, the Honorable William J. Le Petomane, I hereby award you this award. Drmies (talk) 21:43, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

:) I'll wear it with pride - though until it is bestowed personally by Jimmy Wales it cannot be said to be an award that is unquestionably justified. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:55, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

• I agree absolutely, but really, did you know that there was a machine called "disruptor"? Drmies (talk) 03:45, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Ah, so you were the one who got a "barnstar". It looks like one of them vortex mixers we use in the lab, but apparently it is a distinct cell disruptor. Learned something new there! - HyperGaruda (talk) 07:48, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

So that's what it is! I thought Disruptors were just from Star Trek. Drmies put some effort into this, and corrected my spelling! Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 04:55, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Not on purpose: I think I used an "o" because it has a sort of Eastern European bureaucratic flavor to it (I'm a child of the Cold War)--you know, in the way "controller" becomes really sinister in the Prong song. Drmies (talk) 15:44, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

RT

No, the discussion is not an honest discussion about an ongoing content issue, it's a single editor trying to Right Great Wrongs. The only likely outcome of prolonging that discussion, is that the person who started it will be sanctioned in some way. And possibly others too. It is a futile discussion because it is predicated on the view that RT is no more or less neutral than the BBC, which is asinine. Guy (Help!) 10:15, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

I will assume good faith (something you don't seem to be doing with that "single editor") and hope that "And possibly others too" is not a threat against me. You may not consider it to be an "honest discussion about an ongoing content issue". You may wish to bury and salt the earth on a discussion thread by closing it and collapsing it. However I think this is NOT an appropriate way to treat what I consider to be a discussion on a legitimate content issue raised legitimately by an editor. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 16:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

A note

Hello Tiptoethrutheminefield, it appears as if you are interested in edits by EtienneDolet and Dr. K. It certainly seems as if you've followed K to that Elgin article, and that your edits there and on the talk page are intended to get a rise out of him. The best way to remove that impression is by not giving any one any opportunity get such an impression. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 04:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

All I can say is I have and will continue to edit any article related to archeology, architecture, and history, particularly any related to the Near East, regardless of whether Dr.K or similar think their pomposity is being pricked. His revert that restored dozens of clearly unacceptable words and phrases [39] onto the Elgin Marbles article was done out of nothing more than spite and should be considered as harassment. What else could it be considered to be except harassment? Why have you not placed a warning about this onto Dr.K's talk page? His revert meant he took ownership of those unacceptable words, and his edit summary suggested he considered himself somewhat of a long-term owner of that article (suggesting he was quite happy to have had those words there) - all this should lead to serious questions about his editing ability and his priorities on Wikipedia. My Elgin Marbles talk page post was intended to close down completely any chance of Dr.K continuing with his edit warring - it was directed to Dr.K by name because no other editor would reasonably have wanted those unsuitable words and phrases restored. Can you point out an error in any of the word changes I made to Elgin Marbles, or can you point out an error I made on the talk page post that explained those deletions after they were reverted? Since the making of this post here could carry with it the implication that there was something wrong with my edits, I would like you to either point out any content errors I added to the article, or say that there were no content errors added and that actually my edit substantially improved the article. And in particular please explain and justify your assertion that this edit [40] was "intended to get a rise out of him". Or apologize for making that assertion and withdraw it. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:10, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

NB, a glance at Dr.K's edit history reveals an extraordinary large number of complaints raised against other editors, and an extraordinary large number of threatening "disruptive editing" and "vandalism" warnings placed on editors' pages. I am disappointed that you are encouraging this behavior. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:20, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

• It's just an extraordinary coincidence that you never edited that article before, and that your first edit is to revert Dr. K. Extraordinary. Trying to pick a fight with me is not going to be of much help. Drmies (talk) 17:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

It is not an extraordinary coincidence. You are making up rules as you go along. I again request you to explain and justify your assertion that an edit that removed wording that Wikipedia guidelines say were inadmissible, a removal which did not revert anything done by Dr.K and which had no connection to any edits Dr.K had made to the article, was done because I "intended to get a rise out of" Dr.K. Either do that, or apologize and withdraw the accusation as being unfounded. If you will do neither I will take the matter to the appropriate administrators' noticeboard. Maybe your initial post here was ill-thought out and you did not realize the whole meaning of your words. However, you made an as clear as daylight accusation of bad faith editing on my part, editing done to harass. I cannot accept that accusation, or just let it pass, because to leave it sitting here unopposed invites its inevitable later use by Dr.K or others. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 21:33, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

• Hounding does not require reverting; what it does require is "an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor". And I see that apparent aim in your edits on Talk:Londinium (you have never edited the article) and Hagia Sophia (ditto), edits made just after Dr. K. edited those articles. Drmies (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

February 2016

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for making personal attacks towards other editors. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Drmies (talk) 21:54, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

???? What personal attacks? Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 22:04, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

• Ah, standard template: sorry. There's no standardized block template for hounding. Drmies (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

-->{{unblock|2=reason= Based on the reply by Drmies to my request to provided diffs to indicate what these "personal attacks" were, I have been blocked for doing something that is not a blockable offense, something that is not an offense at all!

From Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding What harassment is not: However, there is an endemic problem on Wikipedia of giving "harassment" a much broader and inaccurate meaning which encompasses, in some cases, merely editing the same page as another user. Therefore, it must be emphasized that one editor warning another for disruption or incivility is not harassment if the claims are presented civilly, made in good faith, and in an attempt to resolve a dispute instead of escalating one.

Neither is tracking a user's contributions for policy violations (see above); the contribution logs exist for editorial and behavioral oversight. Editors do not own their edits, or any other article content, and any other editor has a right to track their editing patterns, and, if necessary, to revert their edits. Unwarranted resistance to such efforts may be a sign of ownership behavior and lead to sanctions. I have not "harrassed" anyone under any of the definitions provided on Wikipedia:Harassment. I have edited articles that Dr.K has edited. That is not harrassment according to Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding. My edits have been presented civily, and were made in good faith. That is not harrassment according to Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding. The edits did not involve any controversial content edits, they are currently stable, nor were any of them part of any ongoing edit war, and Dr.K has not raised any complaint.

The "a note" by Drmies (with its title misrepresentation since events now show that what he really meant was "a warning") is full of inaccuracies and Drmies seems to have gone out of his way to misrepresent my edits. He claimed "your first edit (to Elgin Marbles) is to revert Dr. K" - but that edit [41] did not revert anything, was not controversial, and did not remove any content that had been added by Dr.K! All the edit did was to replace a number of words which are deemed unacceptable on Wikipedia. When it was reverted, I gave the reason for making the edit on the talk page [[42]. Drmies labeled that explanation an "attempt to get a rise out of him (Dr.K)"! Yet all it did was explain the reasons for the edit, an explanation that Dr.K appears to have accepted (the reworded words remain reworded, and several similar edits I made later were not challenged).

Drmies accuses me of editing "Talk:Londinium and Hagia Sophia, edits made just after Dr. K. edited those articles". What crime is there in that? He accuses me of causing "irritation, annoyance or distress" by doing this - but in what way could any edits I made there reasonably be held to do that? Dr.K edits some of the same sort of articles I edit. I went to those two articles because I looked at Dr.K's edit history and I saw a lot of recent editing and reverting going on in those articles, articles which also correspond to my fields of knowledge. So I went to have a look at the articles. There is nothing wrong in doing this! Where on Wikipedia does it say doing this is forbidden? On the contrary it is specifically allowed, as in "Editors do not own their edits, or any other article content, and any other editor has a right to track their editing patterns". Drmies is claiming that looking at another editor's edit history and using it to find articles to edit counts as hounding, and has blocked me on that basis. No Wikipedia policy exists to justify such an extreme opinion or such a block. To have such a policy would make editing Wikipedia a nightmare. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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