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Statement of the dispute

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Desired outcome

I am requesting User:PrivateWiddle to stop using his new signature, which appears to be a calculated method of insulting female wikipedians whilst purporting to be referring to Scotsmen. It's true that some people may find his official user name also to be offensive, but that does not concern me here. Deb (talk) 17:35, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Description

Prior to the recent dispute, this user - when he remembered to sign at all - used his official username for signing talk pages. Following a dispute which resulted from User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi nominating his article for deletion a day after I had speedy deleted an earlier version of the same article for a different reason, he began using the alternative signature "Devils in Skirts". I don't actually know the gender of FIM, but both our user names are suggestive of being female. FIM has asked him on a number of occasions to stop personal attacks (such as this), and I have asked him not to use this signature and told him what the consequences would be if he continued to do so. Offensive behaviour on wikipedia is one thing - I've had more hate mail than most and I try to ignore it - but sexism is another, and I do not feel we should have to tolerate it.Deb (talk) 17:35, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence of disputed behavior

Before the change of signature:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Thirteen_Colonies&diff=prev&oldid=563125278
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Luton&diff=prev&oldid=411393192

First use of new signature (immediately following a personal attack):

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/BeerXML&diff=prev&oldid=595072741

Applicable policies and guidelines

  1. Wikipedia:Offensive material
  2. Wikipedia:Username_policy

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

Attempts by certifier User:Deb

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:PrivateWiddle&diff=prev&oldid=595570073

Attempts by certifier User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:PrivateWiddle&diff=prev&oldid=595573370


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