User talk:Jehochman

Blocks in December 2010 of User:Mbz1

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Block log of Mbz1 regarding the December 2010 block of User:Mbz1. Thank you. AGK [•] 11:10, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on June 18, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 18, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article directors Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 04:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

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Your edit of a fully protected page without discussion or consensus

Your recent edit of a fully protected page without consensus or discussion on the talk page is an obvious violation of the Wikipedia protection Policy. Please revert immediately. --Noren (talk) 20:40, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Did you notice the 10+ day RFC that I was closing? No, probably you didn't, because there is a note there requesting that editors leave their complaints on the talk page. Thanks, and goodbye. Jehochman ^Talk 20:46, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Can't say I'm surprised that that move decision barely lasted 24h. Tarc (talk) 22:34, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For doing the the right thing at the right time. JN466 21:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Seeking some advice/guidance

Hi Jehochman, I need to ask for your advice/guidance if possible, which is connected to [1] and [2]. As I am currently under an interaction ban with WP:EEML editors, any edits which so much as reintroduce into the article anything that was removed, could be construed as an interaction, and hence be sanctionable. As I have been just come back from a 4 day block for my edits to Russophobia, I of course would like to avoid any situations which can be used for battleground furtherment in this area. The article as it stands is a POV-ridden mess, and is full of original research, synthesis, and lack of context.

For example, the article as it stands now (and as it did in July 2010), states in the lead:

According to Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate at the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program Chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center, anti-Estonian sentiment is intentionally escalated by Kremlin in its "search for enemies".[4]

As you can see from this edit from August 2010, I moved the statement to a relevant section, and expanded it to read:

Within this context, according to Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate at the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program Chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center, anti-Estonian sentiment was intentionally escalated by Kremlin in its "search for enemies", however she also notes that even Russian democrats took Estonia's removal of the statue immediately before one of the most respected and cherished dates in the Russian calendar, to be an affront to the Russian national honour,.

The move of this information back to the lead, along with removal of context, presents a serious POV problem with the article, but due to interaction bans, if I so much as touch it, it will essentially regarded as a revert, and hence I can be sanctioned. It also should be noted that the current version does not comply with WP:LEAD in that it introduces material which is not discussed later in the article. But mostly the lack of context is a big problem.

If you review my edits to the article from August 2010, you will notice that they are good faith, constructive edits, and go some way to help to fix the article in its then, and now current, state.

As a neutral and uninvolved administrator, could you please provide your opinion on how to approach issues such as this. Cheers, --Russavia ^{Let's dialogue} 08:50, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

P.S. I have also requested advice/guidance from FPaS here as I think it would be beneficial to seek advice from a couple of different quarters to see what different admins might suggest. And as both of you are neutral and uninvolved, I would value any input. --Russavia ^{Let's dialogue} 08:53, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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I saw your note

Jehocman, I saw your note on my page, and yes, I absolutely agree that there are some editors causing problems on that page. Why not simply delete the page per the policy on attack pages ? (and yes, I'll do as you ask and not re-nominate it) :) KoshVorlon' _Nal^uboutes _Aeria ^Gloris 11:31, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

MY first thought was "just delete this", but looking over the CSD reason codes I didn't feel comfortable with any of them. As it now stands, the article has been retitled and refocused, which mitigates some but not all of the problems. If you stay out of the line of fire, that will make it easier for me to remove any tendentious editors who try to use the article as an attack page. Thank you for your understanding and calm responses to all of this. Jehochman ^Talk 13:00, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Jehocman, the article itself is an attack page. The term was coined to disparge Rick Santorum, so any use of the term, even if it's references is automatically an attack o Rick Santorum. This, therefore, is an attack page.

I understand you want the page to calm down, and I'll do my part (no posting on the page, no nom'ing for deleteion or anything else) as I said, but under that circumstance, policy is clear, the page needs to be deleted. Does that sound like a fair reading of policy ? KoshVorlon' _Nal^uboutes _Aeria ^Gloris 14:14, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

WP:BOMB

Hi Jonathan, I wanted to add my name to your many admirers here for how you've brought some measure of sanity and organization to the Santorum/santorum mess. Jayen, I, and others have been collaborating on an essay on real or perceived Wikibombing at WP:BOMB (though Jayen's been doing all the heavy lifting so far). As the primary author of Wikipedia:Search engine optimization, would you be able to stop by and give a few thoughts? Thanks for all you do. -- Khazar (talk) 14:40, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Just FYI

You can probably effect real change to the state terrorism article at this point, without encountering the previous conditions. Best luck. V7-sport (talk) 23:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)