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Piznajko

Piznajko is topic banned indefinitely from the subject of Ukraine, broadly construed. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 21:26, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

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Request concerning Piznajko

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Ymblanter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 20:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Piznajko (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe#Standard discretionary sanctions :

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

(see my comments below)

4 August 2018 Talk page notice: "Due recent negativity pushed on me by pro-Russian editors, I'd like to keep this talk page to official messages only; to make myself more clear: unless you're a WP admin or bureaucrat, who came to my TP to leave an official WP message, your contribution to this talk page is not welcome (and will be removed)"
August 2019: Walls of text 1, walls of text 2, walls of text 3, unclosed a closing, unclosed again, all on Talk:Kiev/naming (after which I gave then a DS alert).
September 2019 New walls of text, and more, and more, and more, and again and completely irrelevant rant with personal comments still on Talk:Kiev/naming, and now here on Talk:Ukraine, literally the same, again pinging Roman Spinner, and again and now claiming Roman Spinner is the only authority for which eventually I gave them a block
5 October 2019 Walls of text at Talk:Ukrainian literature, not really addressing the point of discussion
5 October 2019, walls of text at Talk:Ukraine again
tendentious editing 17 October 2019

Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any

26 March 2018 Warning for edit warring on Talk:Kiev
31 March 2018 Warning for edit warring on Antisemitism in Ukraine
4 May 2018 24h block for edit warring on Antisemitism in the Russian Empire
5 May 2018 Warning for personal attacks
20 February 2019 Warning for edit-warring on 4A Games (Ukrainian company - Ymblanter)
2 October 2019 48h block for disruptive editing on Talk:Ukraine (unblock request posted, not acted on within 48h [1])

If discretionary sanctions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts): 2018, 2019

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

Apparently, Piznajko had a troubled history before I noticed them in August 2019, and has been warned multiple times and blocked for edit-warring in articles related to Ukrainian topics. I noticed them first at Talk:Kiev/naming. This page was created to reduce disruption at Talk:Kiev, where Ukrainian users constantly demanded to move the article to Kyiv. In August, Piznajko started to post walls of text there, celebrating that style guides of certain media switched to Kyiv, constantly pinging Roman Spinner, the only other editor who advocates this name, and would not stop even after having repeatedly told by multiple editors that the only factor which matters is how the city is actually called by the native speakers of English. At one instance, they edit-warred for closing the thread and stopped only when I explicitly told them I would block for the next revert. Still, they soon posted more walls of text, and went to other pages (pinging again Roman Spinner hoping to get support). After they claimed that Roman Spinner is the only user who understands the matter and went far into WP:IDHT territory, I blocked them. They of course disagreed and posted an unblock request that they did not do anything wrong. A couple of days ago, they started editing articles, and the editing of Ukrainian literature (where at the talk page they previously also posted walls of text not really addressing the point) is clearly disruptive. For example (diff above), at some point they had a list of countries in the lede which said Ukraine was ruled by, one of them was Lithuania with a link to the modern state. When I replaced Lithuania with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (since of course modern Lithuania never "ruled" Ukraine) they replaced all other countries (for example, Romania to the Kingdom of Romania) leaving Russia intact (apparently implying modern Russia "ruled" Ukraine?). Given that on their talk page they state "Due recent negativity pushed on me by pro-Russian editors, I'd like to keep this talk page to official messages only; to make myself more clear: unless you're a WP admin or bureaucrat, who came to my TP to leave an official WP message, your contribution to this talk page is not welcome (and will be removed)", my conclusion is that Piznajko is just not capable of constructively contributing to any topics related to Ukraine. This disruption continues already at least for one and a half year.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested: [2]

Discussion concerning Piznajko

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Statement by Piznajko

Statement by Thomas.W

Unfortunately Piznajko isn't the only Ukrainian editor who simply cannot edit any article even tangentially connected to Ukraine in a neutral way, but they have lately been one of the most active ones, absolutely refusing to accept that the Ukrainian government can't decide what "common use" in the English language should be, as can be seen in Ymblanter's diffs above of walls of text posted by Piznajko on Talk:Kiev/naming and Talk:Ukraine, and also making POV edits like this one on Ukrainian literature, as part of a series of edits mentioned by Ymblanter above. An edit that removed Poland from the list of countries that have ruled parts of the modern country of Ukraine (the edit replaced "Romania" with "Kingdom of Romania" and "Ottoman Turkey" with "Ottoman Empire", changes I have no objections to, but removed "Poland" entirely instead of replacing it with the Second Polish Republic, as would have been historically correct), with an edit summary saying that they "aren't aware of Ukraine ever being ruled by modern Poland ...", which is an astounding claim since there is no way a Ukrainian editor who is educated enough to be able to edit the English language Wikipedia cannot know that much/most of modern-day Western Ukraine, including the large city of Lwów/Lviv, was part of Poland until being occupied by the Soviet Union and transferred to the Ukrainian S.S.R. during World War II, resulting in a "population exchange" where the majority of the Poles living there (who made up 57% of the population before WW II, but only 0.7% in 2001) were forced out, and replaced by Ukrainians and Russians from elsewhere. A removal of Poland that IMHO can be seen only as a deliberate attempt to falsify history, considering that they, since they correctly changed "Romania" to "Kingdom of Romania" in the edit, obviously knew that parts of Romanian Bessarabia were also transferred to the Ukrainian S.S.R. during WW II, after being occupied by the Soviet Union (while the rest of Bessarabia became Moldova). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 12:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by My very best wishes

I think that editing by Piznajko was definitely problematic. I saw him to be engaged in sustained edit warring against consensus on pages like Antisemitism in the Russian Empire, i.e. [3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8] and on a couple of others (for example, [9],[10],[11],[12],[13]), although it was a year ago. My very best wishes (talk) 17:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by (username)

Result concerning Piznajko

This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.

The purpose of discretionary sanctions is to provide an environment where editors can improve articles collaboratively and productively. Editors who insult others, disrupt collaborative processes, or continuously reject consensus ought to be removed from the topic area or from the project. It would be appropriate to hear from Piznajko before proposing a solution, but I would expect their response to address the manner in which they intend to improve our coverage of Ukraine-related topics. – bradv🍁 21:24, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Since it has been over 48 hours and we haven't heard from Piznajko, I'm in favour of moving forward with a topic ban from Ukraine, broadly construed. – bradv🍁 16:44, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'm posting in this section because, while I created the subpage Talk:Kiev/naming and posted a note at its top, that was in 2007, and I've had nothing to do with the issue since then, nor did I even then express an opinion on the naming issue. Like Bradv, I will also wait for Piznajko to respond — not indefinitely, though. Meanwhile, Ymblanter, I've removed the examples of evidence that the user is aware of DS that the template offered — you haven't added diffs to them, and I think you may have left them in by mistake. They're not needed, anyway. Please just restore (with diffs and names) if I'm mistaken about your intention. Bishonen | talk 10:20, 18 October 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Unless Piznajko comes up with a truly astounding response here in the next day or so at most then I think the minimum we should be doing here is issuing a topic ban from Ukraine, broadly interpreted. Thryduulf (talk) 01:39, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I would agree that, unless we very shortly hear something absolutely astonishing from Piznajko, a topic ban from Ukraine would be warranted. I'm having a difficult time seeing any explanation they could offer that would excuse this type of behavior. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 16:39, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Am I the only person wondering why a topic ban is being discussed, rather than the glaringly obvious long-term block just being imposed? However, granted that a topic ban is what is being discussed, my opinion is that such a ban is clearly more than justified. Experience suggests that he or she is extremely unlikely to give any reasonable explanation, or to demonstrate any understanding of the issues, or to change their ways in future, so just putting a halt to their editing on the topic is the only way forward. JBW (talk) Formerly known as JamesBWatson 20:52, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Piotrus

Closed. Only auto-confirmed users may file requests for arbitration enforcement – bradv🍁 14:38, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Request concerning Piotrus

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: JolantaAJ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 13:26, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Piotrus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland#Article sourcing expectations - " cover all articles on the topic of Polish history during World War II (1933-45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Only high quality sources may be used, specifically peer-reviewed scholarly journals, academically focused books by reputable publishers, and/or articles published by reputable institutions. English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones when available and of equal quality and relevance."

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

[14]: using newspaper.[15]
[16]: using local newspaper [17] and radio [18].
[19]: using press release from prosecutor in revisionist organization. [20]
[21]: using prosecutor report from revisionist organization. [22]

Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any

Not sure. From what I read in paper, it is probable.

If discretionary sanctions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts): Not DS, but is aware, warned others: [23], [24]

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

I am involved in Holocaust education and was disturbed by recent Wikipedia news. The other sources in Katowice massacre aren't better, the article is a one sided martyrdom account that our current government is advancing [25]. None of the sources meets the "peer-reviewed scholarly journals, academically focused books by reputable publishers, and/or articles published by reputable institutions" criteria.

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested: [26]

Discussion concerning Piotrus

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Statement by Piotrus

Statement by (username)

Result concerning Piotrus

This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.

No action. The first and second diffs describes Gazeta Wyborcza as a "local newspaper", which is akin to describing the Washington Post or the Times of London as a local newspaper. The third and fourth diffs pass off the Polish government's Institute_of_National_Remembrance as a "revisionist organisation", this is at best a stretch. I don't think it is unreasonable to consider these two sources as "articles published by reputable institutions", and so I see no breach of the restriction here. And a big welcome to JolantaAJ, making their second edit to the English Wikipedia. Fish+Karate 14:29, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest speedy closing with no action, the filer is clearly a sock.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Siebert

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Request concerning Paul Siebert

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Pudeo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 12:33, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Paul Siebert (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Eastern Europe#Final decision :

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

03:57, 29 September 2019 continued participation in a discussion about Nazi/Communist-related personal attacks at WT:NPA (the AE thread dealt with aspersions like "Hitler's defenders")
05:36, 23 October 2019 started a RS/N thread about the Holocaust and Holocaust denial (Eastern Front WWII-related)
00:51, 22 October 2019 commentary on a RS/N thread about Soviet gas vans and Holocaust denialism
16 October - 25 October 2019 dozens of comments at Talk:Gas van (Eastern Front WWII-related and continuation of dispute with My very best wishes)

Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any

21:50, 28 September 2019 Paul Siebert topic banned "from everything related to the Eastern Front (World War II) (i.e. the Germany vs. USSR aspect of WWII) for three months. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes the reasons for the war, atrocities, etc., and also any continuation of your WWII-related conflict with the user My very best wishes in any forum, such as AE."

If discretionary sanctions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts)

Previously given a discretionary sanction for conduct in the area of conflict on 21:50, 28 September 2019 by Sandstein (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA).

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

Three users, including me, raised concerns that the commentary about Holocaust denialism and Soviet gas vans may be a topic ban violation on Paul's talkpage. The gas vans were used to some extent by the Soviets in 1937 before the war, and they were used by Nazi Germany in the Eastern Front after 1941. Paul himself responded that the Nazi usage has "always been beyond the scope of my interest". He also stated that the Holocaust in general is not a part of the Eastern Front.

While you could interpret this that maybe the Holocaust isn't that related to the Eastern Front or that he solely focused on the pre-WWII Soviet gas vans, the behauvior seems to be a continuation of the dispute while claiming to be just barely skirting the topic area. The topic ban scope in fact clarified that "atrocities" are covered.

The topic ban also specifically prohibited the "continuation of your WWII-related conflict with the user My very best wishes in any forum". My very best wishes (talk · contribs) is heavily involved in the disputes at Talk:Gas van, so it is rather poor judgment for Paul Siebert to make 30 edits there after his ban. --Pudeo (talk) 12:33, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

[27]

Discussion concerning Paul Siebert

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Statement by Paul Siebert

It think Pudeo explained my point of view correctly. He also correctly concluded that if a topic A is a subtopic of the topic B, a discussion of the topic B does not automatically means a discussion of a topic A. Yes, Eastern Front atrocities were a part of the Holocaust, however, "atrocities" in general were not. I see no examples of mention of any specific events or facts that have a relation to EF atrocities in my posts, and I would say, even anybody else did not mention EF atrocities during in that RSN thread. Moreover, the thread is not about WWII events at all: it is about a source that criticizes modern Holocaust deniers for making references to the 1937 story in attempt to whitewash Nazism.

Regarding this question, can anybody explain me what prevents me from making good faith efforts to understand our policy?

Regarding my alleged conflict with some user, there cannot be any conflict for a purely technical reason: any conflict implies some interaction. Meanwhile, since 2018, for some reasons that I am not going to explain here, I am not interacting with this user, I do not comment on his posts, he is not welcome at my talk page, and I never post at his talk page. The only exception was that AE story that lead to my topic ban. That my single action was not wise, and I am not going to act in the same way in future. The only conflict that will take place in future is my prospective report of his disruptive behaviour. Until then, I am going to ignore him in the same way as I was doing in the past. Yes, I, as well as several other users am a party of a dispute about the 1937 events in the USSR, and MVBW is an opposite party thereof; this dispute has no relation to EF, and I even never directly responded to MVBW during that dispute. In my opinion, Pudeo is wasting our time.

In connection to that, taking into account that any AE actions are supposed to be preventive, not punitive, I am contemplating filing another appeal, because my previous and current actions provide no ground for a conclusion that that topic ban is needed to prevent any current or prospective disruption. In contrast, a current topic ban is purely punitive, and, if its goal is supposed to be an improvement of Wikipedia, it does not serve this goal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Siebert (talk • contribs) 16:44, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by (username)

Result concerning Paul Siebert

This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.

Borderline. A broader question has to do with how procedurally-exact AE is actually meant to be. Should we apply the spirit of the rule for some cases and its letter at others? Also, I caution the reported user from filing another appeal so soon after the last one was declined. El_C 16:48, 26 October 2019 (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.

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 Regarding [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:No_personal_attacks&diff=prev&oldid=918516659&diffmode=source this] question, can anybody explain me what prevents me from making good faith efforts to understand our policy?
-Regarding my alleged conflict with some user, there cannot be any conflict for a purely technical reason: any conflict implies some interaction. Meanwhile, since 2018, for some reasons that I am not going to explain here, I am ''not'' interacting with this user, I do ''not'' comment on his posts, he is ''not'' welcome at my talk page, and I ''never'' post at his talk page. The only exception was that AE story that lead to my topic ban. That my ''single'' action was not wise, and I am not going to act in the same way in future. The only conflict that will take place in future is my prospective report of his disruptive behaviour.  Until then, I am going to ignore him in the same way as I was doing in the past. Yes, I am a party of a dispute between me and several other users, who support my viewpoint, and My Very Best Wishes about the 1937 events in the USSR; obviously, this dispute has no relation to EF, and I even never directly responded to MVBW during that dispute. In my opinion, Pudeo is wasting our time.
+Regarding my alleged conflict with some user, there cannot be any conflict for a purely technical reason: any conflict implies some interaction. Meanwhile, since 2018, for some reasons that I am not going to explain here, I am ''not'' interacting with this user, I do ''not'' comment on his posts, he is ''not'' welcome at my talk page, and I ''never'' post at his talk page. The only exception was that AE story that lead to my topic ban. That my ''single'' action was not wise, and I am not going to act in the same way in future. The only conflict that will take place in future is my prospective report of his disruptive behaviour.  Until then, I am going to ignore him in the same way as I was doing in the past. Yes, I, as well as several other users am a party of a dispute about the 1937 events in the USSR, and MVBW is an opposite party thereof; this dispute has no relation to EF, and I even never directly responded to MVBW during that dispute. In my opinion, Pudeo is wasting our time.
 In connection to that, taking into account that any AE actions are supposed to be preventive, not punitive, I am contemplating filing another appeal, because my previous and current actions provide no ground for a conclusion that that topic ban is needed to prevent any current or prospective disruption. In contrast, a current topic ban is purely punitive, and, if its goal is supposed to be an improvement of Wikipedia, it does not serve this goal. {{unsigned|Paul Siebert}} 16:44, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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