User talk:The Devil's Advocate

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When God Writes Your Love Story

Hi Devil's Advocate,

Thank you for taking an interest in the When God Writes Your Love Story article. You mentioned that the Irby article mentions the Ludys' book. The abstract does not mention When God Writes Your Love Story. Do you have access to the text of the Irby article?

Neelix (talk) 10:13, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, no, it just shows up in the search result preview. Not sure how it is mentioned.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 16:14, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. I may be able to retreive the article through my local library. Neelix (talk) 14:19, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Because you have been involved in discussions surrounding the When God Writes Your Love Story article, I thought that you should be notified of the article's current featured article review. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 19:48, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

MOS:IDENTITY survey

Thanks for hatting the canvassed votes. The survey had been swamped so it's much clearer now. Betty Logan (talk) 13:42, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

I, too, think that hatting the canvassed votes helps, but there is one canvassed vote I would ask be un-hatted (de-hatted?). The vote by 70.119.30.246 included several sentences of commentary to explain the vote and was replied to by DavidK93 (giving his religion and engineering examples). I then replied to DavidK93 and he replied again to me. DavidK93 and my comments are not hatted, but by hatting the original comments by 70.119.30.246 it looks like DavidK93 is replying to a previous un-hatted vote by RA. So for clarity about the follow-up discussion I recommend that only 70.119.30.246's vote be un-hatted. 99.192.71.6 (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2013 (UTC) (=99.192....)

Courous

How are you being Devil's Advocate?  Courous  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.120.12 (talk) 08:06, 30 August 2013 (UTC) 

Operation Blue Star

Hey

I see that you removed the following points:

• Military control of the Sikh spiritual and political buildings.
• Sikh reference library burned by Indian army.
• Thousands of Sikh pilgrims taken hostage by Indian army and killed.

Could you tell me why you removed the first line? Do you disagree with the statement.?
The Sikh reference library in the Harmandir Sahb Complex was the main library for Sikhs scriptures and writings. It is not a trival thing that happened.
It is widely known and unargued fact that unarmed Sikhs had their turbans removed and used to tied up their hands and then they were later shot dead. The debate is about high civilian causalities this is a different point.

I would strongly advocate against using the word temple because that unfairly gives a distorted version of what the Akal Takht is, I'm sure you know that that it is placed on the same level of the Gurdwara, making one spiritual and political dependent on the other as established by Guru Hargobind during Miri Piri and the construction of Akal Takht and the making of the dual Nishan Sahibs in the courtyard to illustrate this concept.

Jujhar.pannu (talk) 19:19, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Stating "thousands taken hostage and killed" implies casualty figures much higher than most accepted estimates. As to the rest, I feel the statement about other buildings being damaged was covered, with clearing of the temple complex covering the first point well enough. Concerning the library, it is trivial with respect to the overall outcome. Many important buildings to Sikhs were involved and singling out one in particular is too much to include in the infobox. The results section of the infobox should cover the most significant outcomes from the event. That you also changed "Sikh militants" to "Khalsa" puts the other edits in the context of trying to paint the operation as one of the Indian government against all Sikhs. While many Sikhs perceive it that way and there were legitimate concerns regarding the government's handling of the situation, it is not accurate to portray it in such a fashion.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:28, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Okay I can sympathize with the other two points somewhat but for the Khalsa it is legitimate to include that here because all the militants were required to be baptized for more info see the talk page of Operation blue star.Jujhar.pannu (talk) 20:12, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Your change isn't actually much better. Saying Sikh pilgrims were taken hostage and killed is still a misleading statement of considerable severity that is not supported by reliable sourcing. The description of the combatants as Khalsa implies that it was India's government against Sikhs in general, rather than India's government against a specific group of Sikhs with separatist ambitions. While I am not fond of the term, reliable sources from outside India generally refer to the Sikh fighters in the operation as "militants" and thus it is appropriate to describe them as such in the infobox. I also do not think the library's fate needs to be singled out at all in the results section. Although significant from a Sikh cultural perspective, it is not significant from the perspective of general history regarding this event. It is just one of many things cited as evidence of government abuses in the operation. The results section should focus on the most important outcomes from the point of general history, not on listing any real or alleged abuses by the government.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 20:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Voice Cast Vandal

I range blocked 173.209.204.192/26 in response to your AIV report. I'm finding some un-sourced and un-reverted changes from the range to revert. I wanted to see if you had spotted any recent edits from outside the blocked range that you think are consistent. Monty₈₄₅ 02:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I am not very good at sorting through IP ranges, though the edits I saw seem to all be within that range.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 02:11, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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New proposal regarding Wer900 at AN/I

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Your reverting my tags

Hi Devil's Advocate, Did you read the discussion at the bottom of the talk page for LHO? Could you please read and respond to that before reverting? There's an acknowledged, as it turns out longstanding, lack of support for the assertions. Regards, Paavo273 (talk) 21:38, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

There are not specific citations provided in the article for the specific claims about the FBI and DPD, but I don't see anyone suggesting these claims do not have support. I also do not think it is contentious enough to warrant the tags.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:13, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

I suggestED very clearly in LHO talk that the claim rel the FBI specifically does not have support. I.e., I have challenged it. I refer you to WP:Verifiability, specifically "All quotations, and any material whose verifiability has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, must include an inline citation that directly supports the material. Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed." Could you please state some WP authority that permits you to remove my tags (or prohibits me from removing the non-sourced material, which I am not now doing to allow the sources to be provided if they exist) or not do so until the disputed content is brought up to WP standards. (There's no problem if the material stated in the intro is supported in the body. It's not supported anywhere in the article, however; thus the tag up top as well. Paavo273 (talk) 22:29, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Cite tags inherently cast doubt on material and there is no reason to doubt the material other than there not being a specific citation provided. It seems fairly clear that the material is correct and just lacks a citation.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this edit. I saw the tag added, and I thought policy said something like that, but I wasn't sure where to find the appropriate policy. I know Steve identified as Jewish (and was quite heavily involved in the 'what is a Jew' debate on-wiki quite a few years ago)...I'm not sure he would have objected to the category.

Wow - it's amazing how hard it was to finish that sentence. Anyway, thanks again for dealing with this. Guettarda (talk) 00:39, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

re: edit summary

Hello - here to respond to your message.

You violated 3RR on one of the articles and did three reverts on the other, as did the other IP. I could have blocked both of you; I chose to lock the articles instead. Since your block log is full of edit warring blocks and topic bans, you obviously know better, but it seems you can't stop yourself for some reason.

As for tendentious editors: you've been here a long time; the IP has edited for less than a month. Read WP:BRINK, then try to solve the problems. He has cited edits. Put both your cites in the articles. Make a footnote. Do something besides reverting over and over again. They're articles about movies, for goodness sake, and while it's important we document them, in the big picture, it's not worth getting blocked over.

I hold nothing against you; I just want you to succeed here instead of repeatedly getting warned or blocked for stuff like this. I hope you have a nice weekend. KrakatoaKatie 02:34, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I did not violate 3RR, nor did the IP. You are mistaken on that point. Note that at MOSFILM talk, two other editors have agreed with my statement that labeling films with terms such as "flop" is generally inappropriate. Oh, and don't presume to speak about my history as though you have even the slightest understanding of it from a cursory examination of some log of data.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 02:51, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

David Gerard evidence

Hello The Devil's Advocate. In your recent post to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute/Evidence, you wrote, "Having apparently disclosed another editor's personal information on his blog, Gerard was stripped of his oversighter and checkuser privileges in 2009." However, it seems neither of the two sources you link to supports your claim that David Gerard was "stripped" of his privileges. The Signpost story you cite says that he resigned the privileges himself, and the Arbitration Committee Noticeboard page refers only to a "removal" of privileges without stating the agent. Unless there is something else I have overlooked, it seems the only logical interpretations of the "removal" statement are that Gerard removed the privileges himeslf, or that they were removed by someone else in compliance with his resignation. Could I therefore suggest you remove or amend this part of your statement? —Psychonaut (talk) 08:54, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

The announcement says the "removal of his checkuser and oversight rights would remain in force" and all the wording suggests it was not a simply voluntary resignation. Perhaps an Arb who was involved could clarify that point for me, but the wording was not suggestive of a simple resignation.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 14:35, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I'd suggest just dropping that section. Focus on the actions during the debate.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 15:54, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I see no good reason to "suggest" a particular interpretation to the Arbitration Committee. If you're going to present this evidence at all (and, like Obi-Wan Kenobi, I'm not sure that it's a good idea in the first place), why not use the wording of the sources you use instead of imputing something which they don't actually say? —Psychonaut (talk) 16:15, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

It is fairly clear that his oversight and checkuser privileges were lost over his misuse of them and that ArbCom was involved. He is described as having been stripped of those tools, and the ArbCom statement did not present it as a voluntary action. The statement that he resigned them does make it a bit confusing, so I am asking one of the Arbs who was active then to illuminate on the situation. As to why I bring it up, that comes down to a pattern of behavior. Stating that he misused his tools in this one contentious instance does not signal much of a problem on its own, but when it involves a pattern of misuse of the tools then it becomes a more serious concern.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 21:07, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Evidence phase open - Manning naming dispute

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Comment regarding relevance of my edit to editorial conduct on Manning title

My edit on Manning that you deleted and put back was about article title and not editorial conduct. Did it get in wrong section? Do i need to submit something on editor conduct to make this pertinent? Thanks. Patroit22 (talk) 19:21, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

The Arbitration Committee's remit only extends to conduct issues. They may present non-binding principles regarding policy, but they do not decide who is right in a content dispute.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 20:55, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I will not report any editor conduct issues.Patroit22 (talk) 22:38, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Accidental revert on Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute/Workshop

Hey DA-- I apparently reverted an edit you made on the page above. This was completely unintentional and I'm not actually sure how it happened; I may have hit rollback on my watchlist by accident. Anyway, sorry about that-- just wanted to alert you and explain myself to avoid any confusion. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 02:23, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok, cool. When I saw that I was all frownie-faced and thinking "What did I do?"--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 02:34, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Boston Marathon Bombing Page Edits

Hi. I'm new to editing Wikipedia content, so I'm just looking for clarification. On 9/9/13, you [[1]] some content I posted on the Boston Marathon Bombing page related to a Boston Marathon digital archive project, citing "no reliable sources indicating significance." I then undid your deletion and added a link to a Boston Globe article on the project, but that edit was quickly deleted by another user who informed me that I have undid your revision "without cause." I want to make sure I'm not violating some issues of Wikipedia decorum: what's the best way to add that content to the page? Any help would be appreciated: thanks!

Jimroks1 (talk) 19:11, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I think that unless you give some strong and diverse sourcing to indicate this as a significant project, it should get barely a mention, if any. A lengthy paragraph in an article on a significant event such as this with only one independent reliable source is a bit much.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 04:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

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Edit

The picture of Dr Afnan Al-Shuaiby was removed after I simply corrected the year of her date of birth.

Why?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serafin Wolski (talk • contribs) 12:05, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

When you click undo it opens up the edit window. You may have mistakenly done that instead of going to the normal edit window.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 13:26, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Footpaths of Gibraltar

Your merger proposal is not well-supported obviously. Would you please withdraw the nomination, so i can approve the DYK nomination? --George Ho (talk) 02:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I'll wait for people who don't have some sort of bias to weigh in on the subject. That is the point of promoting it through an RfC. Were I just looking to get the opinion of Gibraltarpedia's stalwart defenders I wouldn't have bothered, because I know what they think and why they think it. Honestly, I don't even care about all that stuff and am more upset with the use of tour guides about a nature reserve to conjure up an article about something that doesn't really warrant its own independent article.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 03:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Face it, RFC or not, you still won't get enough supporters. And you still will get future opposes. I wonder if continuing the discussion is valuable (antonym for "pointless"). --George Ho (talk) 15:22, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

How about you leave me be and leave the issue alone?--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 20:20, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Too late for that. You don't get to start an RfC and then tell everyone to leave you alone. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department: Please take a number} 21:51, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I can certainly ask someone to stop impolitely badgering me on my talk page to get me to shut said RfC down.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

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Andrew Breitbart

Why did you remove my updates to Andrew Breitbart? Those things I posted about ACORN, Sherrod, and Weiner were WHY he was popular and has an entry in the first place. I am new at this so I knew maybe there would be some editing but I thought this was a wiki site where people can post relevant information and source it. I sourced all of my contributions but you deleted them all outright. Why sir? Chrisnelsonimagine (talk) 03:21, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

It is a biography, not an article for describing various political controversies where he played a role. The article already mentions that he played a role in these events. Also, the stuff insinuating his death was something other than natural was completely inappropriate.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 03:44, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Cleavage (breasts)

Please see WP:BRD - youi made a Bold edit, I Reverted, the next step is that you Discuss the potential change on the talk page. Please don't revert again when I return the article to the status quo, where it should stay until a consensus is reached. Thanks, Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:23, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Reverting due to "no consensus" is a classic tendentious editing tactic, especially when the status quo material was not a product of consensus either. Someone being able to get shit past the radar does not magically make it consensus. I am not going to discuss this with you if you cannot immediately see the problem with this kind of material. Hopefully, some more sensible individuals will notice this and take the appropriate action of reverting you.-The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 04:40, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia Entry for Charlie Engle

Hey, I'm not sure how all this works (I've only edited a few pages), but I saw that you edited the page for a marathon runner named Charlie Engle. Apparently he made big headlines when he was arrested for mortgage fraud, and he spend some time in jail -- none of which is mentioned in his wikipedia entry. http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/ultrarunner-charlie-engle-makes-post-prison-plans

Anyway, I saw that you had edited that page and wondered if you knew anything about that.

My name is Wyatt Roberts (wyattroberts@gmail.com) Wyattroberts (talk) 23:05, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

I created the article because of that and was planning to add it in, but did not get around to it as it would involve compiling and summarizing a lot of sourced coverage. My intention is to add it in at some point, but I have been a bit lax on major content editing for the last few months.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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Restoring Bonkers' userpage

Regarding [2], would you mind enumerating the reasons why you believe the usual blanking and replacement with indefinitely blocked user template was "unwarranted", and why you find this to be "clearly malicious in intent"? DavidLeighEllis (talk) 21:20, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I don't know about "clearly malicious", but it was certainly unwarranted, IMO. No matter how bad we think Bonkers has trolled us, there's no need to kick him while he's down, which is what blanking is userpage looks like. There's no need to mark his userpage like that, so why not just leave it as it is? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:23, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

It is not "usual" at all as indefinitely blocked editors who are not banned often do not get the tag and there is no policy-based reason for adding one. Such a tag serves only to shame a maligned editor and in this case the edit summary of "goodbye" together with your "torches and pitchforks support" vote at ANI certainly makes it clear that you were acting maliciously.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 21:27, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Maintaining a sense of humor towards editors who deliberately disrupt Wikipedia can be salubrious. The completely serious version of my comment at AN/I would be that Wikipedia is one of the most highly visible sites on the web; this, when combined with our openness towards pseudonymous editing, provides an attractive platform for trolling, to which we can respond only after a significant disruption has already occurred. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 21:46, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

FYI

If an article is entitled 'Murder of X', almost any content violates WP:BLP if nobody has been convicted of murder... AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Um, no, that is not how it works. This woman was fairly clearly murdered, unless you are suggesting this was some sort of extremely bizarre accident or misunderstanding that led to her dying from multiple stab wounds, her eyes being gouged out, and body parts being tossed out the window. At any rate, that is a naming issue, not an issue with the overall content. I can move it to "Death of" if that will suffice.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 00:00, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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ArbCom nom

If you are serious about running, I believe you must indicate whether you have edited under any other account and whether you are willing to identify to the foundation. From the rules:"

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• (iv) include a disclosure of all prior and alternate accounts or confirmation that all such accounts have been declared to the Arbitration Committe". Regards, Iselilja (talk) 23:48, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Ah, yes, I forgot about that.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:53, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

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Help with Admin board posting

Hi, I added a note [3] as I'm still looking to clear this off the Arbitration case. Can you help me with that? Sportfan5000 (talk) 21:46, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

User Jspeed1310 vandalizing, edit-warring, sockpuppeting, insulting others, POV-driven article blanking, trolling

Hi, can you please intervene in a serious ongoing problem by user Jspeed1310? That user has been going around and vandalizing, edit-warring, sockpuppeting, blanking, and trolling on Vietnam-related articles and is causing much disruption. That user has:

• Reverted the Dân Bắc Kỳ article [5 times], without any explanation whatsoever, almost all within the past 1.5 weeks, and as early as 2 hours before this post
• Used the sockpuppet Vantungk35 to blank the Dan Bac Ky article, and replaced it with this insulting, misogynist message "dân nam kỳ chỉ biết phá hoại, gái nam kỳ chỉ biết làm đĩ nuôi chồng" (translated: Southern Vietnamese people only know how to vandalize all the time, southern Vietnamese women only know to be whores and care for their husbands". He used the Vantung account as a throwaway account for adding insults instead of using his original account, to evade any community punishment/sanctions that may follow after from the discriminatory remark.
• Sockpuppets by using this Saigon Vietnamese IP 113.172.224.235, Hanoi IP 113.22.28.205, and the account Alphama to nominate the Nguoi Bac Ky article for speedy deletion to create a fake "community of people" aggreeing for it's removal.
• Blanked the Người Bắc Kỳ article twice without valid explanation, just because he didn't like it, despite this article having multiple, proper cited references.
• Deleted and challenged content in the Reunification Day article that didn't conform with his POV, namely anything that was critical of the Vietnamese government, under the false guise of "sources needed". If he truly had concerns about the lack of sources, he would either placed a "citation needed" tag fairly on all content (not just the anti-government content) without refs, or kindly posted a message on the article talk page or on mine asking for refs. He decidedly ignored the lack of refs of pro-communist content and didn't challenge them.
• Pervasive problem of reverting edits/deleting content without any explanation, as noted by other users.
• He trolled through my edits and blanked/deleted all disambiguation links to the Nguoi Bac Ky article without any explanation whatsoever, and edit warred when I reverted his vandal edits, like in Tonkin (disambig), Northern Vietnam, Bac Ky, Tonkinese.
• Jspeed has some sort of animosity towards Vietnamese poetic literature, esp. of a very popular poem created by prominent Vietnamese poet Nguyen Tat Nhien, and went on a campaign to delete it wherever it appears, even though it was well cited. It was popular to the point Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung even put it on his website, and it was used as 1 of 3 refs for citing the poem.

I hope there would be a resolution to this and i look forward to your response. Thanks in advance. Nguyễn Quốc Việt (talk) 10:18, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

I do not see a justification for having multiple articles on various terms for the Northern Vietnamese. Seems these details would be more suited for the article on Vietnamese people as a whole. As for any sockpuppetry suspicions, you should go to WP:SPI if you believe there is sockpuppetry.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 16:59, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of vaporware

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Ironic

Well, we wouldn't want to say anything "vaguely suggestive and inflammatory" about a conspiracy theory involving Jewish bankers. Tom Harrison ^Talk 22:55, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

The film does not talk of them being Jewish. A journalist making an off-hand insinuation in an article does not warrant inclusion of the remark.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:07, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Do you want to give the official Zeitgeist view of the film Zeitgeist: The Movie or do you want to work in some perspective [4]. The film sources over and over to agitprop perspective issues of insinuation and that has been picked up by journalists world wide. Removing the source citations is removing perspective on the movie and presenting Zeitgeist by Zeitgeist. No perspective. Earl King Jr. (talk) 07:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

We have been over the issue of Goldberg's piece. She is only one of a handful who have made this observation and the context of her observation is purely political. Her allegations are mentioned in the article, but they should not be mentioned in the general summary of the film as that gives these ideas undue weight.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 17:37, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

You have a failure to get the point on this. Earl King Jr. (talk) 22:52, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

The synopsis of the film should be a reasonable summary of what occurs in the film. Reception and analysis from critics is typically reserved for other parts of the article. If we include such things in the synopsis they should be common interpretations of the film, not a minority view held by a few select partisans.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:03, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Mitchell S. Steir

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Have you seen

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mikemikev? You commented on Melangepasty on a Mikemikev SPI earlier this month. Dougweller (talk) 21:42, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. I left a comment.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:14, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Re: Hilary Duff

You reverted my edit here citing "baseless tagging", and I guess neglected to read my edit summary which mentioned the talk page. The article is biased and unsourced, and needs work. --184.166.113.34 (talk) 18:18, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I read the edit summary and the talk page comment. Nothing said there even remotely justifies the tagging. The lede is often unsourced, for instance, and what you called "bias" was really just a reasonably accurate description of her successes.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 18:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

That's absolutely not true, as the introduction makes heavy use of weasel words, and every part of an article needs sourced, introduction or no. You simply disagreeing with my assertion is NOT grounds to remove my edit. I've seen your block log and am aware that you have been banned for edit warring before, and I can already see where this is going. Let me be clear: you will not simply revert me into submission. My tagging of the article is entirely reasonable, as it has issues that need to be addressed. If you remove the tags again, I will bring up arbitration. --184.166.113.34 (talk) 18:38, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Your argument is based on the lede, which is traditionally unsourced as it merely serves to summarize existing material in the article. There is no excessive bias in the lede to warrant your tagging either. A few of the things you point out are a bit peacocky, but they would be easily resolved. I suggest you go through the article body and add citation needed tags to things you consider unsourced. Should the vast majority of details be sourced then a general tag is unwarranted.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 19:13, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I did not intend to edit the article myself because I have neither the patience nor time. Wikipedia's laborious processes and pretentious userbase has long devoid me of any motivation I had to contribute to the enormous circlejerk of bureaucracy that goes on here, and the only reason I even bothered to tag it was to draw attention to the issues so that someone else could take care of it. I once had a wonderful vigor for editing and doing what I felt was something good, but that has been long replaced with bitterness and vinegar. The tags were me pointing and saying "here, look; this needs attention by someone who is not me". You yourself admit to "a few... things" being "a bit peacocky" -- is that not an issue in your mind, warranting at least the attention of someone with knowledge of the subject? Whether in a minor or major fashion, articles should not reflect the opinions or admirations of the writers. "A bit peacocky" is just as bad as "totally weasely" or "written by a shill". There should be no gray area when it comes to bias. Either the article is neutral, or it isn't. A few excessive, fannish connotations about a pop singer may not be as important as someone re-wording genocide into a positive light, but the relevance of the subject ultimately shouldn't matter. Every article is held to the same standards, and this did not meet them, however slim you believe the difference may have been. The tags were appropriate, at least for the sake of drawing attention to real issues, small or no.

At any rate, I begrudgingly took care of it. The changes won't stick -- the people who made it that way in the first place will slowly change it back -- so it's more than just a single edit; keeping it neutral would require vigilance far beyond what I'm willing to contribute. It's a drop in a vast ocean of content, but it still matters. Or at least, it should. Having said that, I'm frankly beyond the point of caring. This entire episode has been a perfect encapsulation of what's wrong with Wikipedia. RickK had it right years ago, and nothing has changed. --184.166.113.34 (talk) 20:27, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

184, in fact I've only heard legends of the WikiGiant known as RickK ... the modern-day equivalent is Rich Farmbrough, methinks, or maybe BetaCommand (I doubt Kafziel is even the same species) but I'm not sure what a WikiDragon like TDA thinks about such folk. I've got some unorthodox ideas about tagging... that they should generally be invisible to the readership, and should not increment editcountitis... which are over here, if TDA or any talkstalks are interested in WP:RETENTION and/or WP:MMORPG issues — see Wikipedia_talk:WER#Editor_retention_of_tag-bombers plus maybe Wikipedia_talk:WER#.22Everyone_reverts_my_changes.22. HTH. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 22:25, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Race (human classification)

If you have time, could you take a look at the current conflict in Talk:Race_(human_classification)? A few editors have suggested changing or altering the "race has no biological or genetic basis" line in the article but there's been no agreement on how to change it. Discussions appear to have hit a wall. Could you help toward forming a consensus? Thanks. BlackHades (talk) 22:17, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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Hope that's useful for you. Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:42, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Rupert Sheldrake is on a 1 Revert limit

The article has been placed on a 1 revert limit per day. [5] is your second within 20 minutes, you should revert yourself. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:43, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

It was an unsourced statement on a BLP. That is explicitly exempt from edit-warring policies.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 19:49, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

if that is your position, fine, but do not say you were not warned. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Unsourced statements about a living person should be removed on sight. The only argument you can give here is that the source actually supports it and that means pointing to where the statement is supported by the source without requiring too much personal interpretation.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 20:17, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

The only sensible reply to this is that it wasn't sourced. The only issue you seem to have is our pointing it out in plain terms that it is transparently stupid. Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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As you've also been informed Rupert Sheldrake is subject to a 1RR restriction. Regarding your reason for the revert, I'll point out that the 3RR exemption for BLP violations also states that "what counts as exempt under BLP can be controversial. Consider reporting to the BLP noticeboard instead of relying on this exemption." In this case it was obviously controversial, which should have been plain after it was reverted by an established user and the fact that the article was subject to 1RR. In the future, unless it is a blantant and uncontroversial BLP vio I suggest you seek other opinions before breaking a revert restriction. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:03, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

You are simply wrong, which is disappointing since you are an admin, even if only recently gaining the tools. Restoring unsourced or poorly-sourced material on a BLP with the edit summary "issues" is a blatant violation of the policy. Why should it make any difference that an established user made such a frivolous revert? The answer is that it doesn't and the person you should really by talking down to is the one who made that revert.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 17:51, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

It is really hard to argue that stating plain facts is a BLP issue, but well done for trying. Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:57, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

The only plain fact here is that Sheldrake's book did not say anything to the effect that he is questioning facts, which is what you and Josh tried to insert into the lede. At no point have either of you identified where it does say such a thing. Instead it is just your personal statements that these things are facts and that he is thus questioning facts. You don't get to insert your own personal view of what Sheldrake is saying. It has to be supported by a reliable source.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 18:06, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello TDA, please call me 74... and I must say, your username is ideal for the Sheldrake wp:battleground basket-case.  :-)   A little longwinded to type every time tho... can I call you TDA? or simliar? I find it hilarious that Barney would argue *here* on your talkpage that the plain fact clearly is that BLP is intuitively obviously inapplicable when conservation of energy is concerned, it *is* a plain scientific fact you know, virtually all the professional academic *really* reliable sources agree, roughly paraphrasing, that COE is factual... oh nevermind. Seriously though, TDA, you are touching on the lightning-rod issue, however, the root cause of all the noticeboards and protections and frustrated-pillar-four-violations, which is whether sources are being followed, or elided, or oh-so-slightly slanted, based on WP:POLLing results local to the talkpage (and FTN). Please stick around; awesome wikipetan-compliant userpage, while I'm doling out the schmaltz. Thanks for improving wikipedia. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 19:07, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Hello, I'm Dogmaticeclectic. I noticed that you recently removed some content from List of Nelvana programs without thoroughly explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

I explained why I was undoing the previous edit. You could have just restored the part not covered by my explanation and left it at that. No need for the little templated message.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:04, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

You might not have noticed my edit otherwise, though. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 22:09, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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Massive unsourced and poorly formatted addition.

Hi TDA, I tried to add needed citations after your reversion edit to the previous stage of article "Slovakia" and "History of Slovakia before the Slovaks". I changed only latter one, pleas take your time and see changes yourself, and write me if you want to see some more changes in this respect. I would also like to ask you to do correct formatting of the section as well, as I'm not aware of specific formatting rules I breached. I would also appraise if you suggest how to change article "Slovakia" concerning mentioned periods, or do it yourself, based on the approved version of "History of Slovakia before the Slovaks". Thank you in advance for your time and efforts! I'm sure this will help to cover topics "Neolithic" and "Eneolitic/Copper Age" in the future, as they are either completely missing or giving very strange choice of information (naturally completely unsourced!).

All the best, Andy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.127.182.239 (talk) 23:58, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

I really don't understand?

What sources do you require? Do you understand, how shallow and off the topic is current text? I think you don't have any sources for current text, unless you give me some reliable reasons for reverting to original text, which is COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED (or if you want, created from someone's own mind), I will end up with wikipedia, as I think there is no was how one can reasonably contribute and correct absolutely made-up texts with no informative / education relevance!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.127.182.239 (talk) 21:39, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

A tag is included noting that there is a problem with sourcing. Of the sources you added, one is a blog and another is a news report on a specific find that does not support most of the preceding details. Three of the six sources included support little to none of the material being added. I do not believe it is good to compound existing issues with the article by adding yet more uncited text, especially with the various grammatical, formatting, and stylistic issues with your addition. Seems English is not your first language. Perhaps it is not a good idea for you to edit the English Wikipedia unless you can compose your edits better.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 23:47, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

I really don't get this! 91.127.182.239 (talk) 22:46, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Egalitarianism

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Glad Tidings and all that ...

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 00:45, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Question

So Steve had to be convicted for it to have been a notable enough event to be included? The sources seem reliable enough. Alatari (talk) 10:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

TMZ as a "reliable source"? No thank you! Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people demands high quality sourcing and not giving undue weight to certain details of a person's life. A rejected criminal complaint from years ago that an ex leaked to the paparazzi should not be given any weight.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 17:19, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Abilene paradox

Dear Advocate, I have requested that a key external link be whitelisted. I posted the request on Jan. 11 and, as of date, nobody has commented on the request. Could you please assist in moving the request forward by offering your viewpoint? Thank you. IjonTichy (talk) 15:39, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for providing your perspectives to help move the request towards a resolution. IjonTichy (talk) 21:52, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Article Incubator/RfC to close down Incubator

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Could you close this discussion? This request was started by a banned user that refused to discus anything on the talk page. Anyways, it has been 24 days and 3 out of the 4 who have commented have said no. AcidSnow (talk) 05:18, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

It will only be up for another week and there is little chance of it getting approved now. There is no real reason to close the discussion.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 05:39, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Move like this

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I translated, duck attack on the German Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:41, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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