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Maintenance template removal by User:InkHeart (formerly User:Colleen16)

User:Colleen16 has repeatedly removed maintenance tags from the article Lee Jun Ki, despite revisions by me and another editor. We both also explained the need for sources in the page's discussion page and her own page, and pointed her to the policy page on the subject. After she was explained to several times and continued to remove them, I gave her warnings, and she responded by removing them and pasting them onto my page. I continued to try to talk to her about it, and she feigned understanding, later removing the tags again. I just realized that maintenance templates are not protected by 3RR as I had thought, so I have stopped my revisions. I'm not suggesting that she be blocked, but maybe an admin can talk to her about it. Ωphois 15:29, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

NOTE: User:Colleen16 User:InkHeart has been notified of this discussion here. Singularity42 (talk) 15:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm a little confused by the redirection of Colleen16's talk page to Inkheart's talk page here. Are they the same user?— Preceding unsigned comment added by SarekOfVulcan (talk • contribs) Sorry about that...

Yes. A rename was approved. See this edit summary. Singularity42 (talk) 16:02, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I have updated the section heading to reflect the change. Singularity42 (talk) 16:04, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, unrelated to the original complaint, but it looks like the user is now editing under both usernames. I can address it on their talk page, but perhaps it might better coming from an admin? Singularity42 (talk) 16:09, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I'd kind of like to know how a renamed user is editing under two names at once before I try giving advice.... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, if they're using both accounts, and it's clearly the same person, that's a sock. They'd better have a good reason for using both accounts...--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 16:17, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Oh, they renamed and they're using both accounts?? How is that technically possible?--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 16:20, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Just figured it out -- Colleen16 was recreated after the rename. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) I think they recreated the old account on the 14th, based on the history of the account. --Bfigura ^(talk) 16:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

The user seems to have some serious WP:OWN issues over the above article and others, and has a habit of labeling any edit that tries to fix non-free content or sourcing issues as "vandalism". The user was blocked twice over the weekend for 3RR violations, abuses Twinkle, and could use a refresher on WP:AGF, among other Wikipedia policies. Mosmof (talk) 17:04, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I was involved with both editors last week, having blocked Colleen16 (pre-Inkheart) and Ophois for edit-warring. First, kudos to Ophois for opening this discussion and realising you were in danger of getting into a revert battle again - your mature, thoughtful response to the situation does you credit. Second, I'm confused too as to how Colleen16/Inkheart can be editing from two accounts simultaneously; if she recreated the Colleen16 account after the rename, why would it still show her earlier contribs and block? Surely these wouldn't show up for a brand new account under the same name?[Never mind, confused myself!] However, I agree with Mosmof's and others' assessments of her editing. Maybe mentoring might be worth suggesting before she ends up with increasingly long/indef blocks? Although she's been here a while, she really doesn't seem to have much of a handle on WP editing or conduct policies. EyeSerene^talk 14:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

EyeSerene is right. I don't fully understand the Wikipedia ruling if anyone is will to explain to me the mistakes I've made (in simpler terms, I am slow) I would be greatly appreciated. Colleen16 (talk) 17:33, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

It looks like she now uses discussion, so that is good. However, she is still using both accounts simultaneously. Ωphois 10:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not right now. InkHeart♥ 11:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Both accounts have been used during the last 24 hours:

1. InkHeart: 11:03, 18 November 2009
2. InkHeart: 10:57, 18 November 2009
3. InkHeart: 10:56, 18 November 2009
4. InkHeart: 10:55, 18 November 2009
5. InkHeart: 21:12, 17 November 2009
6. InkHeart: 21:10, 17 November 2009
7. Colleen16: 21:07, 17 November 2009
8. Colleen16: 21:04, 17 November 2009
9. Colleen16: 20:50, 17 November 2009
10. Colleen16: 20:46, 17 November 2009
11. Colleen16: 20:45, 17 November 2009
12. Colleen16: 20:27, 17 November 2009
13. Colleen16: 20:24, 17 November 2009
14. Colleen16: 20:05, 17 November 2009
15. Colleen16: 19:33, 17 November 2009
16. Colleen16: 19:25, 17 November 2009
17. InkHeart: 18:03, 17 November 2009
18. InkHeart: 17:58, 17 November 2009
19. InkHeart: 17:58, 17 November 2009
20. InkHeart: 17:56, 17 November 2009
21. Colleen16: 17:54, 17 November 2009
22. Colleen16: 17:33, 17 November 2009

I would suggest that the account User:Colleen16 be indefintely blocked (as per User:EyeSerene's suggestion at 18:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC) on InkHeart's page), as the user obviously is not prepared to stop using both accounts. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 11:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Concur with the indef of User:Colleen16. The editor has already created the redirects to the new account, I will WP:AGF that the recreation of the account after the name change was to prevent someone from mimicking them. However, the doppleganger label should/could have been attached, and the account never ever used - and if we are AGFing, then whoever blocks is quite okay to put that tag on the Colleen16 account. I was going to AGF and suggest that we did not need to actually put an indef tage on the user/usertalk pages, but seeing as they had the nerve to state above that they were "not using them both now" when they obviously were, go ahead. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:56, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I take that back. She is still removing some templates. I tried to explain to her that she can't just give a link to a foreign website's homepage as a source, without giving instructions on how to find info (like in My Girl (2005 TV series), giving the excuse that it's too hard to look for. And when I removed an uncited trivia section with info already in the article, she just reverted and told me to find sources for it. Ωphois 12:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I see Ophois mentioned my part but didn't mention her part, about deleting information because it doesn't have a reference/uncited tag. I see no need to remove info due no uncited tags. All you need to do is go out and research uncited tags. Deleting important info seems like disruptive edit to me. giving the excuse that it's too hard to look for. It is difficult to find but it still came from TNS Media Ratings. there used to be a direct link but those links a temporary meaning they are deleted after a while. so the homepage link is the closest. While I was talking to Ophois I was even searching for a direct link and couldn't find anything. So it isn't an excuse it is a fact. InkHeart♥ 13:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the above; I think the Colleen16 account was being used in a way that comes outside WP:SOCK#LEGIT. I suspect this was down to inexperience rather than anything else, but to help InkHeart stay on the right side of our WP:SOCKing policies I've indeffed the Colleen16 account, left the talk-page redirect in place, and posted a {{doppleganger}} on the user page. If she wishes, InkHeart can of course request an unblock review at any time. EyeSerene^talk 13:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Good. However, that was really a side issue, the main point being her editing practices, including removal of maintenance tags, and this still remains to be dealt with. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:09, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Like your doctor always suggests: one symptom at a time. The socking (whether intentional or not) has been dealt with, now let's focus on other issues ... although hopefully it's education needed, and not administrative action.(talk→ BWilkins ←track) 13:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That's my hope too. I've pointed her towards WP:ADOPT, which she seemed to be receptive to. InkHeart's clearly very keen contribute, so it'd be great if with the help (and patience!) of other editors we can reinforce her good editing and steer her away from getting into difficulties, in the same way that we all had to learn when we were new. EyeSerene^talk 15:42, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Incidently, there is an RfC about the article causing the contention on its talk page: "RfC: Current version or former version". -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 21:15, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I would like to add with the RfC, it seems to be an issue of ownership... oncamera^(t) 02:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Suicide threat or vandalism?

I reverted what I thought was vandalism but then thought, maybe it is not vandalism and person is serious? See this diff. What are admins thoughts? Should a check user be made?--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 16:06, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Considering the fact that it was at Talk:Suicide, I think vandalism is a safe assumption.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 16:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Very borderline WP:SUICIDE. However, I generally advocate "better safe than sorry" in these situations. Singularity42 (talk) 16:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

They never actually said that they were going to commit suicide, but, if this is real, then they're definitely depressed and/or suicidal. However, it's certainly possible that this is just a troll. (On a different note, I was not aware of Wikipedia's policy about suicide threats. I was wondering about it just a few minutes ago. I've threatened to kill myself on other websites before, but never on Wikipedia.)--66.177.73.86 (talk) 00:34, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, technically, it's an essay (and, from what I've heard, a rejected proposal)--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 00:36, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

It's an essay that is generally followed, but was decided shouldn't specifically be made policy. Singularity42 (talk) 02:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

CU doesn't accomplish anything for IP editors. This IP address geolocates to Thailand, and I for one would not be eager to try to contact Thai cops and explain the situation to them. Looie496 (talk) 01:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I really don't see there is anything we can do. It is the only edit by an anon IP address, and we have no way of contacting them. It would be possible, I suppose, to post a user-page message, but I'm not sure it would do any good. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Everything that can reasonably be done has been. -- llywrch (talk) 19:34, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

"I've threatened to kill myself on other websites before, but never on Wikipedia." I haven;t stopped laughing yet. Great bunch of people you got here, reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.81.177.148 (talk) 10:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

A stitch in time saves nine....

Could some admin kindly blank this discussion from the talk page, as now 4 editors find it disparages the topic of the person. Nine days ago admin James086 stated he would blank the section if no further comment is made [1], and nothing more has been added since. I asked James086 a week ago to follow through, but it seems he has intermittent bouts of activity, so I request if some other admin could nip any potential escalation in the bud and blank the section. Thanks. --Martintg (talk) 00:40, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Noting that the individual referred to has died, what is so pressing about this discussion that it requires blanking? It seems to me like a legitimate discussion on an article talkpage. Crafty (talk) 00:47, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

So... because they're dead, we're free to spread vile slander and libel about them? Interesting logic you got there...--66.177.73.86 (talk) 00:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

@Craftyminion, she only recently died, any living relatives, friends and associates of this person reading Wikipedia may find the discussion disturbing. Common decency and respect I guess. --Martintg (talk) 00:56, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Which four editors, Martintg? Aren't they the participants of the WP:EEML mailing list?--Dojarca (talk) 01:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Termer's already asked an administrator about this in an attempt to censor a valid, content-related question. This is the reply he got: [2]. This case strangely looks like a bloc action from EEML + Termer (often discussed as an ally of this aforementioned mailing list). For context, a petty useful diff to take a look at. So much for asking a legitimate and earnest talk page question–one that I would still like an answer to. Best regards, Anti-Nationalist (talk) 01:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Just to note that in the Australian context, due to the structure of libel law, people have a tendency to wait until a person has died to speak about them frankly. Additionally, wikipedia is not censored, and the BLP reasons for caution elapse with death. Of course, any added content should be RSed. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Many US states have libel laws against statements that “blacken the memory of one who is dead", but this is not some legalistic or abstract discussion on the appropriateness of libeling the dead and I am not requesting blanking of the section on that basis. But I am requesting that this be blanked on the following reasons:

1. The article talk page is not a forum
2. The question was asked and answered
3. No further discussion has taken place in the last 7 days
4. A number of editors finds the way the question was framed unnecessarily denigrates the subject and should be removed out of respect and common decency.
5. This part of the question "I wonder why her son had no need to hide this sort of thing" could be construed as a BLP violation.
6. Anti-Nationalist by uncivilly opposing a reasonable request demonstrates he appears not interested in building a colliegiate editing environment
7. Anti-Nationalist has a long history of inserting tendentious BLP claims of Nazi sympathies into a number of articles contrary to what sources actually state, for example, this case being the latest in a long line.
8. The fact that I made a reasonable and civil request here on ANI and Dojarca and Anti-Nationalist chime in with ad hominem arguments against myself and others indicates they have taken a bad faithed approach to this.
9. In the interests of de-escalating this from developing into yet another pointless battleground.

--Martintg (talk) 03:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

1. 1. "The article talk page is not a forum" —The question asked at the talk page was relevant to the article and directly connected to the editor's task of editing it.
   2. "The question was asked and answered" —The question was never answered.
   3. "No further discussion has taken place in the last 7 days" —There was a comment just yesterday, but more importantly, the talk page question posed remains unresolved.
   4. "A number of editors finds the way the question was framed unnecessarily denigrates the subject and should be removed out of respect and common decency." —That number of editors was made up of EEML editors plus Termer, who was discussed by your friends as an ally of the abusive mailing list in the archives. The feedback consensus at pages such as this one appears to have taken a different view, as did administrator James086.
   5. "This part of the question "I wonder why her son had no need to hide this sort of thing" could be construed as a BLP violation." —I highly suspect, however, that that isn't the case, Martintg: the least you could have done, had that been the concern, was take it to the BLP board at some time in these intervening weeks, which you made no effort to do. Nor did you ever even ask me to remove the material about her son making this information public (which he did) specifically.
   6. "Anti-Nationalist by uncivilly opposing a reasonable request demonstrates he appears not interested in building a colliegiate editing environment" —I am very much interested in building a collegiate editing environment, but I am against being repeatedly attacked, directly or obliquely, and reverted by the same set of folks with such exacting consistency. "Nationalist" is a political stance and not a derogatory term (see your buddy Vecrumba's user page)–incidentally, you've referred to editors as nationalists, including myself, Martintg–such as in your attempt to remove information about antisemitism with your buddy Digwuren here (although perhaps you did it with the intent of smearing opposing editors), so I don't see what issue of incivility there is by your standards. Can't I not act hypocritically and agree with your old opinion that pointing matters out plainly is alright, even if you disagree when that pattern of reasoning is applied to your editing? Calling WP:DUCK on tendentious editing is not proscribed; nor was it done as anything but the ultimate resort, as amply testified by the well-documented evidence of months of your harrassment and the proposed ArbCom sanctions against you.
   7. "Anti-Nationalist has a long history of inserting tendentious BLP claims of Nazi sympathies into a number of articles contrary to what sources actually state, for example, this case being the latest in a long line." —The edit has a very good reference–by all means compare with cited source. You well know that I adjusted the wording right after some disagreement about interpreting the relevant line from that JTA article.
   8. "The fact that I made a reasonable and civil request here on ANI and Dojarca and Anti-Nationalist chime in with ad hominem arguments against myself and others indicates they have taken a bad faithed approach to this." —The fact that you came here for this request after already badgering me and an admin and having it denied by both attests to your WP:FORUMSHOPPING, if seen from where I'm standing.
   9. "In the interests of de-escalating this from developing into yet another pointless battleground." —Then why the deliberate spillover of the battleground, and why the continuing circus of the WP:FORUMSHOPPING, and why the mischaracterization of problems and all just mentioned above? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 20:02, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Lets keep it simple, editing wikipedia is suppose to be based on WP:RS, not on questions asked at talk pages. In case there would be any reasons to believe that the subject may have been a nazi-collaborator, there surely should be sources out there that look into it. Hunting down possible nazi-collaborators on wikipedia talk pages however remains to be out of the scope of wikipedia. And there is nothing more to it.--Termer (talk) 02:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Nobody is "hunting down possible nazi-collaborators on wikipedia talk pages" for the sheer exercise, actually. There is a source for her apparent work for Nazi German radio–and it's material from her son Juho Looveer, as was pointed out by me from the get-go. Surely you have now noticed, Termer, that Pantherskin has just joined the discussion with relevant information on Baltic broadcasting from Germany and that we are making nice progress with the discussion there? That's what our talk pages are for. And it's why we don't just blank them when we don't like a discussion or where it's going, if the concerns presented are relevant to the subject of said article. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:35, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The source isn't even considered reliable, that was pretty obvious from the get go and speculating in circles on the talk on her alleged collaboration in the absence of any other source, simply violates WP:NOTFORUM. Pantherskin's source on German radio makes no mention of Looveer, and his claim that Looveer's daughter being born in the same town as Hilter is simply irrelevant. --Martin (talk) 00:27, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I still don't see any sources saying someone called Looveer was a nazi-collaborator, that by itself would be quite a serious accusation I think. Therefore I'm not getting it how a discussion implying a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources under the discussion would help to improve the article and wikipedia in general. And I'd be all for catching nazi collaborators, just that not on wikipedia.--Termer (talk) 04:24, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be a content dispute, and other than stirring up more drama and/or harassing Anti-Nationalist I do not see that this thread has a purpose. Posting it here, at one of the most watchted pages on Wikipedia, demonstrates that concern about the reputation of Lia Looveer are not the primary interest. Pantherskin (talk) 06:22, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Nationlist

Someone who has chosen a username "Anti-Nationalist" seems to think it's OK to label other editors with "nationalist" tag.[3], [4] My suggestion [5] to rephrase such insults were met with accusations of harassment, POV editing, censoring etc. [6].
I came across Anti-Nationalist first at Talk:Lia Looveer where User:Anti-Nationalist suggested the subject (who has been honored with the British Empire Medal) may have been a "Nazi collaborator" [7]. Such assumptions were made based on her publicly available resume [8]. Since there has been no sources whatsoever verifying or even suggesting any possible "nazi-collaboration" by this public figure, I have tried to remove such possibly defaming remarks from this talk page pr. WP:TALK but without much luck thus far. And since the situation it seems has not been resolved, please advice! Thanks!--Termer (talk) 03:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Honey, there's already a thread about this. Check out "A stitch in nine" just above. Crafty (talk) 04:30, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Note, the thread "A stitch in nine" is a request about the article, not the person. --Martin (talk) 16:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

That's a pretty condescending posting, Crafty. 99.166.95.142 (talk) 19:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. And as I can see user termer has also been under discussion. Just that why exactly such suggestions like this [9] that I cans see again above Termer (often discussed as an ally of this aforementioned mailing list) [[10]] get tolerated right on this notice board? Who exactly and where anybody other than Anti-Nationalist has discussed that "Termer is an allay of some kind of mailing list"? And this is because? And it's OK to go around Wikipedia and label anybody you have a disagreement with the "nationalist" tag? As long as your username is Anti-Nationalist, it's OK? Perhaps its me who is missing something here.--Termer (talk) 04:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Err, WP:TEA perhaps? Crafty (talk) 05:00, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! That was also an answer to my questions after all.--Termer (talk) 05:16, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I figured it might be. ;) Crafty (talk) 05:38, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

The mailing list discussed you as an ally of theirs during their antics on Wikipedia, Termer, as confirmed by the archive that has been uploaded to a public forum, so there's that. What you're complaining about is me pointing out the POV of the mailing list for an admin who'd had a hard time understanding the matter of your spellbinding enthusiasm for and concern with deleting a question legitimately asked in a talk page comment. And nobody even called you a nationalist–I merely pointed out that as a contributor to the project, you've been–de facto, Termer–an ally of the mailing list, and it was the mailing list's political issue that I was pointing out. That the mailing list pursued a nationalist POV is evident from the leaked archives of the list, and from list host Digwuren's comments there (by now, the viewpoint and the activity of the mailing list is public knowledge). Evidently, James086 found my response on his talk page about the talk comments being reverted and reverted continuously helpful as an illustration, for he agreed with me that the legitimate comments there should not be removed pending consensus, as you and the members of the secret leaked mailing list have continued to do. Now, please take a sip of a bit of some refreshing WP:COKE or some WP:TEA, and proceed with this discussion at the appropriate place indicated by Crafty, where we can discuss Lia Looveer or whatever issue du jour you'd like to focus on, since popping up here and there, or jumping all over WP:ANI is a tad too boisterous, m'dear fellow. Please also get a hang on WP:PARENT.

Anti-Nationalist (talk) 15:20, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually you implied Termer was a nationalist in this comment. Attempting to tar Termer with the EEML brush violates WP:NPA in my view. Note that James086 also stated he would blank the section if no further comment is made [11]. Article talk pages are WP:NOTFORUM where you can discuss "whatever issue du jour you'd like to focus on"". --Martintg (talk)

This is such a misrendering of what I actually posted and what James asked me to do (comment on the issue) that I'm not even going to bother to reply. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 21:56, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I read this thread and thought we were told to post on section "A stitch in time" above but apparently I should have posted here so I am just going to paste the post I made there...

Hello, I have been following the discussions on this editors username (see refs) and complaining that it contravenes the WP:SOAPBOX "no advocacy in the content of wiki" guideline which I think is one of the most heavily relied on guidelines for various (and good) reasons. This has only led to debate and comment about who Anti-Nationalist "targets" and wether all nationalists as bad anyway. Maybe they are but we do not want to encourage them or their counterparts. As though to support the idea, Anti-Nationalist recently changed from an extremely neutral username (PasswordUsername, no less) to show that he/she is advocating a political struggle on Wikipedia. We advocate some things like Wikimedia ideas and DaVinci, Einstein, cars we like... but when it comes down to inviting Nazis on for a fight using the word "nationalist" of which some nationalists are the opposite of Nazis in their countries giving an ironic edge to the blade, User:Anti-Nationalist has admitted the username is a representation not only of political views but of contribution style for Wikipedia (which others have been encouraging, others going several extra miles beyond User:Anti-Nationalist) [12][13][14] These refs are the three sections the username has been discussed, Anti-Nation talk, Username Talk, and RFC/Username. Good luck with that. I am of the opinion that Anti-Nationalist had no trouble to change the username to something neutral but received various encouragement, including informing the user that certain actions were acceptable through debate, such as quips "all nationalists are bad for Wikipedias anyway" (not direct quote but check it) and so on. Please convince this young person or young mind that some places are non-confrontational regardless of how many confrontations go on there. (and make them change the username!)! 10:44, 17 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RTG (talk • contribs)

One problem is that Anti-Nationalist is framing his content opponents as "nationalist" regardless of whether or not they actually are. Termer's heros are hardly nationalist figures. --Martin (talk) 16:18, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Calling other editor's "nationalists" is inappropriate personal attack even in normal circumstances, but then user making such accusations is named "Anti-Nationalist" it is blatantly confrontational and should be accordingly dealt with.--Staberinde (talk) 17:43, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

The term nationalist is not pejorative. The Four Deuces (talk) 17:47, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

No, in certain political contexts, "nationalist" has very negative connotations indeed. GiantSnowman 17:52, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

There does not appear to be an negative connotation here. The Four Deuces (talk) 18:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, obviously describing disagreeing editors as "bloc of nationalist editors" and "bunch of hardcore Eastern European nationalists" is totally not negative from editor who has chosen to edit under name Anti-Nationalist.--Staberinde (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

"Nationalist" isn't a slur; it's a political label I used in presenting my case to James086, given the existence of the EEML archive. "Bloc" is also an objective reference, as seen in the ArbCom findings of fact to be gleaned from the proposed Arbitrator decision in WP:EEML, and much less offensive than "meatpuppet" (one of the relevant principle highlighted in the proposed decision in this case does, incidentally, concern "Meatpuppetry" from the EEML editors). Incidentally, I adopted the nick "Anti-Nationalist" (not that it's relevant to this case) after Martintg repeatedly accused me of being a "Russian nationalist" [15]. I am, in fact, an internationalist, but I did not choose to be User:Internationalist so as to not fuel any ad hominems that I'm some sort of biased communist, because Martintg's ally and EEML member Radeksz has already accused me of being a "neo-Stalinist" [16], and some right-wingers have characterized me as "promoting Soviet historiography" or whatever when I do not; whereas I actually do use Soviet-era sources for uncontroversial supplementary details in biographies and such when no alternatives are available, I make no virtue out of necessity. Oh, bloody slander that! How is this looking as something for an AN/I block on our EEML buddies now looking for wikidrama? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 20:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't want to get too involved here but the debate is continuing to gravitate to the idea that one of these political adversities is more acceptable. Almost like "Oh but it was only Jews and gays we were picking on not communists!". Could a person not put themselves above that>? If I wave a flag when our country is playing the cricket I am being nationalist. ~ R.T.G 20:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

"The mailing list discussed you as an ally of theirs during their antics on Wikipedia, Termer, as confirmed by the archive that has been uploaded to a public forum". Where is this public forum where have I been under discussion as "an ally of some kind of a mailing list"? I have never been part of any mailing lists and I am an ally of anybody on wikipedia who edits articles according WP:RS and WP:NPOV. In fact I can still take pride in one of my early achievements on Wikipedia, stabilizing one of the political battleground articles put on probation by ArbCom Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940. So what exactly gives you the right to go around on Wikipedia and call me "nationalist" [17], imply that I'm an allay of hard core "Eastern European nationalists" [18], POV pushing [19] etc? And now it seems you attempt to tie me to a mailing list I never had anything to do with.--Termer (talk) 01:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

You are not under review here, Termer, why are you posting information about your contributions here? ~ R.T.G 16:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I think the only reason that Termer has brought this up is due to his encounters with Anti-Nationalist. They disagree and Anti-Nationalist is blunt and judging in his comments. Understandably Termer has taken offence, but complaining about his username is not the right way to resolve the issue. As for Tia Loveer, there is quite substantial discussion there, if blanking is decided upon a link should remain to the discussion (a revision history link would be fine). I don't really think it should be blanked but as this is a consensus based project, I will not go against consensus. James086^{Talk | Email} 17:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Re: I think the only reason that Termer has brought this up is due to his encounters with Anti-Nationalist.

Captain obvious, eh ;) I mean that could be probably realized from first comment in this section :P Although I agree that rising issue about Anti-Nationalist's username wasn't correct solution, Termer should have brought it straight to ANI. Problem isn't username, problem are accusations that user behind name makes, name just provides extra demonstration about battleground behavior behind of such accusations.--Staberinde (talk) 18:33, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Here's an idea. How about an admin step in, and direct editors to stop with the battleground bullshit and return to editing. Refusal to abide by said directive could be punished by a public tarring and feathering. --Russavia ^{I'm chanting as we speak} 18:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I mostly agree, this discussion about personal attacks seems pretty exhausted (dunno about Liia Loveer issue, but that belongs to other section). Some uninvolved admin should roll in and conclude this thing.--Staberinde (talk) 18:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. The last thing I'd want to see right now would be an ArbCom case against Termer, as he's already been tangentially connected to the EEML via the evidence presented. I seriously urge him to stop claiming that I ever called or labelled him a "nationalist"–the word was only applied to the EEML, who clearly demonstrated their own nationalism rather plainly and discussed him as an ally in the leaked archive themselves. (While I'm not presently in any position to explicitly disclose the contents of the archived mailing list given the special conditions imposed on all ArbCom participants, I trust that most editors here already know where to look to find the clear-as-day evidence for that.) And as he has also been forum-shopping on me for more than a week, I also heartily recommend that he apologize to me (as I've already asked him to). Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

It is a fact that some people have been attempting to tar unrelated editors with the EEML brush, most recently with a SPI case against both User:AmateurEditor and User:Põhja Konn, both who have been found to be unrelated to Digwuren by CU[20]. Making unsubstantiated allegations is a form of personal attack. BTW, I'm Australian with an interest in the Baltic states, to claim I am a "nationalist" is a joke. Seems Anti-Nationalist is claiming anyone who has issue with his tendentious edits must be anti-Anti-Nationalist, therefore they must be nationalist! And we all know nationalist is a derogatory epithet in Wikipedia. --Martin (talk) 00:37, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Anti-Nationalist for bringing this up again:" Termer as he's already been tangentially connected to the EEML via the evidence presented." I would very much like to also see those 'evidence presented' that supposedly connect me to "the EEML"

Also, please explain why do you keep saying the members of the mailing list are nationalists: "nationalist"–the word was only applied to the EEML. I've taken a look into it: Proposed_findings_of_fact of the ArbCom case do not even mention the word nationalist unlike you claim about it.

Therefore please explain again, what gives you the right not only call me an "ally of a bunch of hardcore Eastern European nationalists"[21], me along with other editors nationalist at Looveer TALK[22] but also you call the whole "EELM mailinglist" members nationalists contrary to ArbCom findings, and why again do you try to tie me to this mailing list and ArbCom case I never had anything to do with? Those were the reasons I've posted this thread after it was suggested so [23] by multiple uninvolved editors. PS. In case I have offended you in any way, by all means, I apologize!--Termer (talk) 04:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I've already explained why I applied the term "nationalist" to the mailing list, and if you're going to twist my words for your own purposes, I'm afraid I'll have to say that I'm going to participate in the discussion no more. Thank you for your apology. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 16:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

admin Future's Perfect and the 1R restriction he put on me

Because of this edit [24] I was put on a 1R/24h restriction, coupled with "you must accompany every edit in content namespaces, no matter if it's a revert or not, with an informative edit summary" and "you may make any revert only after providing an explanation for it on the talk page, and then waiting a minimum of 3 hours between the talk explanation and the actual revert to allow time for discussion." [25]. Since I consider my edit to be 100% valid, (I have removed the German name of Polish city which was added without explanation the day before and which has to reason to be there on English wikipedia) I can only conclude that since I recently had an animated discussion with this admin, because of his block of user:Jacurek which I felt was unjust, he is trying to revenge. I therefore request the restriction is cancelled. Loosmark (talk) 10:54, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Do you recognize that, correct or not, your edits have been part of a contentious edit war? The "restrictions" amount to what any considerate person involved in an edit war should do. rspεεr (talk) 11:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit war? There was no edit war going on that article. Somebody added the German name of the city the day before without an explaination and I removed it. I made one single edit. Loosmark (talk) 11:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

There may not have been an edit war on that article, but the admin saw a string of edits that were problematic, across multiple articles, this last one merely being the latest. He explained all of this on your talk page under the "warning" heading. I'm not making any judgment calls as to the restriction, but just wanted to make it clear that this wasn't caused by a single edit, and that this was explained quite clearly. Equazcion (talk) 11:33, 17 Nov 2009 (UTC)

There was no string of problematic edits, yesterday I made a good faith error and I have even self-reverted myself. All other edits he cited were valid, I stand behind them and I have explained them on his talk page to which he didn't seem to object. Loosmark (talk) 12:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Loosmark seems to have come up with a rather innovative new method of avoiding sanctions. Insulting and abuse every single admin who might impose sanctions, accuse them of bias every 5 minutes, and then scream "involved admin!" when patience runs out. Moreschi (talk) 12:06, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Moreschi I request you provide diffs that "I have insulted and abused every single admin who might impose sanctions". I have never done that and I demand you either provide evidence or apology. Loosmark (talk) 12:12, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Comment by sanctioning admin: Loosmark, not surprisingly, is refusing to take notice of the rationale behind the sanction, which I very clearly explained to him on his talk page: "I'm not talking here about the objective justification of either edit (I have absolutely no opinion about that), but about your communication style". Arguing now that his edits were "valid" and he "stands behind them" is missing the point: they may well have been, but they were unexplained. This is all about Loosmark displaying a pattern of quick, undiscussed, drive-by reverting as a routine editing strategy in contentious articles, and the last straw was another such edit without an edit summary, only hours after I had warned him about just this problem. Given this situation, the restriction I imposed is quite mild -- it leaves him all the freedom to edit, and merely gently forces him to improve his communicative behaviour, hopefully. -- I would be more patient in explaining these things, if I didn't have the impression that there is still a group strategy going on here, with multiple users (all involved with the well-known EEML group) appearing immediately on my talk page to pile on and make a fuss about any and all administrative action affecting one of them, with one of them, User:Radeksz, even accusing me of "hypocrisy" [26]. We know they used to conduct these concerted campaigns in an organised, planned fashion only a few months ago; I wonder how spontaneous and independent they are now. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Let me get if I understand this correctly, my edits might very well be valid but since I have not "explained" them you are putting me on severe restrictions and even call the restrictions "mild". And are you even aware Future Perfect that the last time I have tried to have a dialog with user:Matthead he simply told me to go elsewhere? [27]. As such I don't really feel motivated to explain my edits to him. Matthead made a wrong edit, he added a German name to a Polish city and I have reverted him, that's all that happened. I also don't know what are you talking about the EEML group, I was not a member of the EEML group and I don't care what is user:Radeksz writting to you, reporting him on the EEML ArbCom case or something. Your asumption above that I am part of some sort of group concerted campaigns in an organised, planned fashion borders on paranoia and most certainly is a complete contradiction with asuming good faith policy. Loosmark (talk) 12:58, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

A lack of edit summaries is always a poor communication style. A number of odd edits (including a self-revert) without edit summaries hits the radar like a bird in a jet engine. We're talking about a simple 24 hrs; a day where someone is being asked to communicate well - hoping, I expect, that the use of edit summaries and discussion would become more commonplace. There's nothing here to do with the validity of the edits overall, just how they've been done. Let me emphasize: it's a day. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 12:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

BWilkins please read the sanction he imposed on me again, it is much more severe than that, for example I have to first explain a revert on the talk page and then wait for 3 hours. Since I rarely have the time to sit in the internet caffe for 3 hours I am basicaly prevented to make reverts. (Not to mention that I am very sceptical that the discussion for which I have to wait will happen, the last time I've tried to communicate with Matthead he just told me to "go elsewhere".) Loosmark (talk) 13:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to assume there's a good reason why you didn't read my response to FPAS below before asking this? (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 13:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Of course, bellow you are only talking about the timeframe where in fact you have ignored that Future Perfect punishment consists of 3 points. Loosmark (talk) 14:53, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Uhm, wait a sec, not sure if I misunderstand you or perhaps you misunderstood me: I didn't actually impose the restriction just for a single day; it's just a normal "1R per 24hrs" rule. Actually, now that you mention it, it appears I forgot to actually put an expiry date on it, so it's formally indef. If admins here would rather restrict it to a fixed period like most other sanctions of this type, we can of course do that; otherwise I'd propose leaving it in place open-ended for now to see how it works out and lifting it in a few months if he stays out of trouble. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Too early in the morning, I likely misread - but (although not an admin) I recommend some timeframe ... fits with SMART principles... so that it's not punative, it's preventative. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 13:12, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

That revert really should have been discussed on the talk page. The Gdańsk/Danzig naming battle was one of the longest and dumbest edit wars of all time. Tczew/Dirschau is another of those cities in that part of Poland that was once German-speaking and this sounds like a smaller version of the same battle. Google Books shows a number of English-language mentions of Dirschau. The German name might be somewhat obscure today, so mentioning it only in the article Tczew could be good enough, but mentioning it in parentheses in an article about a German-speaking football player from that town is at least slightly defensible, so there should have been discussion or it comes across as battleground editing. 69.228.171.150 (talk) 13:27, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) Seeing as Loosmark seems to be missing the point (all those edits today without Edit Summaries of any type), I'll clarify/correct my point: although I have no input into the article - it is obviously a content dispute - based on the slow edit warring, and poor communication altogether, I support restrictions 1 and 2 wholeheartedly. I might be personally willing to reverse point 3 slightly allowing them to do their 1 revert per 24 hrs, THEN explain it on the talkpage as a means of gathering consensus. They must then stick to whatever consensus is - no exceptions, even after their 24hrs is up. Loosmark ... how long do you think it will take you to become a better communicator? In other words, how long do you think this restriction needs to be in place for? A month? 2 months? Obviously, it can't be less than at least a few weeks. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

First of all there is no wikipedia rule which would force you to make edit summary by default, if you don't believe me I can show you at least 100 examples of edits without edit summary in my area of interest in the last month and none of them was warned let alone hit with a severe 1RR restriction + forced to make comments on a talk page and then waiting for 3 hours before making an edit which btw seems to be a punishment invented for myself. (What is here also a bit comical is that I have made only one revert on each of those two articles, one of which I even self-reverted, so what exactly is the point to put me on a 1RR other than to tarnish my reputation? You see the twisted logic I have not made more than 1 revert but I have to be put on 1RR). Second you seems to ignore one of my points I made somewhere above so I will point it out again: the last I have tried to communicate with user:Matthead, he told me to "go elsewhere". As such blaming the failure to communicate with Matthead on me is a bit absurd. Loosmark (talk) 17:22, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I've never said that the other editor does not deserve similar treatment - it has already been suggested by others throughout this thread, and based on the situation, appears to have validity. Your complaint here was about your treatment, and the claims that that admin was "involved". Your complaint would have been better off acknowledging the situation, and suggesting that you should not be the only one being limited. A quick note: the best place to discuss the article content is on the article talkpage - it you took it to an editor's talkpage, then "go elsewhere" is a pretty valid response. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 17:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

BWilkins may I politely ask you what the hell are you talking about? I did not take that to any editor's talk page, it was on the article's talk page. And apart from that even if I had tried to communicate with the said editor on his talk page a reply as "go elsewhere" would have been just lame. Loosmark (talk) 19:13, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

As you're deciding to selectively read portions of what I say, I'm out. I'm trying to help you and this is the response - otherwise, your request appears to be going nowhere. Good luck. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 19:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Your comment was the following one the best place to discuss the article content is on the article talkpage - it you took it to an editor's talkpage, then "go elsewhere" is a pretty valid response. I have only pointed out that I did not take that on an editors talkpage but rather on the article page. I hope I have the right to correct the blatant error you have made, even more so since it's pretty crucial here: I am being accused of not being able to communicating with user:Matthead while the last I have tried to do so I was told "go somewhere else". Loosmark (talk) 19:58, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Some of these naming battles are pretty lame, but it takes two to tango, and if FPaS wants to be even handed, at the very least he should give his co-national Matthead a commensurate sanction, considering Matthead's block log against Loosmark's block log. --Martin (talk) 16:34, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

As I noted on Loosmark's talk, the restriction is hardly a major issue - it enforces good editing practices. Duration needs to be specified, certainly. I'll also agree with comments above - it takes two to tango, and a similar restriction should be put on the other side of this dramu (re: Matthead - please note he just recently came out from a 6-month 1RR limitation...). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:40, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I think the most inappropriate part is #3 about waiting three hours. It appears to be just designed to make editing as onerous as possible - and then when at some point in the future Loosmark waits 2 hours and 45 minutes, instead of 3, some "uninvolved admin's" going to jump in on the chance to extent the restriction to an outright block for "not heeding former warnings". Perhaps, it'll first proceeded by a formal report at AE filed by a "concerned editor".radek (talk) 22:24, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Every part of the sanction is inappropriate, for example sooner or later I will forget to make an edit summary in a completely uncontrovesial edit and I'll get punished by FP. Or for example I revert a vandalism and then Future Perfect will pop up say it's not vandalism and punish me again. Loosmark (talk) 22:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, the edit-summary matter is easily handled: Go to your preferences, click on the "Editing" tag, and check the box next to "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary." If you forget, you will be prompted to add a summary when you attempt to save the edit. Deor (talk) 01:54, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Loosmark, the editor who had said good bye three weeks ago, and five days ago went on a long wikibreak, and was Digwuren-restricted just yesterday, is still following me around, to e.g. the article and talk about West Germany, to oppose me, to revert me and to provoke me there. And even after sockpuppeteering accusations have been debunked, he beats that dead horse again. Apparently, Loosmark can't let loose of this habits. As a seemingly disappointed Piotrus points out above, I have weathered the 1RR-restriction imposed by Sandstein asymmetrically on me (but not on Radeksz, then the other side of the dramu) six months ago, despite the EEML-coordinated efforts of Radeksz, Jacurek, Tymek, Piotrus, Molobo, Poeticbent, Loosmark etc. to "provide enough rope for Matthead to hang" me with, as Radeksz had put it in an EEML message of his ([20090601-2147]). BTW: my name was mentioned no less than nine times in this Loosmark vs. FPaS thread, also by User:Martintg, with whom I have nothing to do except being occasionally a target of his "the enemy of my friends is my enemy" acts in support of his EEML comrades. Back then, I could not figure out why a stranger is so eager to get me blocked. Since the EEML leaked, that became clear, while other things were obvious already years ago. And now, even during the ongoing EEML Arbcom case, the EEML veterans are demonstrating their usual behavior of showing up in large numbers to defend their friends and attack their foes. Seen many times, and still incredible. -- Matthead  Discuß   19:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I was not a member of EEML nor any other mailing list and this case has nothing to do with that case. I find it interesting that both the admin FP and Matthead try to derail the discussion into a EEML mess hoping that the real issue will be obfuscated. And frankly I have noted a disturbing phenomenon that on this ANI page a number of editors started to exploit the EEML case by accusing editors who have nothing to do with EEML and disagree with them as members of EEML or that they are coordinated off wiki to defame them. Maybe it's time this issue gets addressed because it's becoming ridicolous. Matthead's accusation that I am following him is also simply not true. I have opposed his proposal on the West Germany article talk page simply because I disagree him on that. And I'm not the only one since almost everybody else there opposes his idea of merging. Everybody is free to check that. Loosmark (talk) 22:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

FP: multiple users (all involved with the well-known EEML group) As a bona fide certified member of the EEML group, I would like to remind FP (who read the private emails extensively) and Matthead (who also obviously read private emails) that Loosmark was not part of the group and in fact opinions on his edits were split and divided among group members. Since FP and Matthead have read every single of our private emails with great care, they both know this. So why are they bringing it up, even though it's totally unrelated.

One of the things I most regret about the mailing list fiasco (let me stress the "one of the things" before somebody ABFs me here) is that it has now given cynical manipulators like Anti-Nationalist, Dojarca, Matthead and apparently now Future Perfect an excuse (however flimsy - but people don't check on these things) to smear and attack completely innocent unassociated people like Loosmark or Termer (see thread about Anti-Nationalist/PasswordUsername above [28]) and god knows who else, simply because it's in the interest of pushing their POV (or in FP's case, who knows why).

Hey at least I'm guilty of some stuff. Those guys aren't. Have the decency to leave them the hell alone.radek (talk) 23:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

FP might consider their talk page is on editors' watchlist. Stating "if I didn't have the impression that there is still a group strategy going on here, with multiple users (all involved with the well-known EEML group) appearing immediately on my talk page to pile on" is no different than Viriditas' allegations at the EEML case based on their perceptions of timings. I am sorry, but voicing such impressions in the absence of any evidence is inappropriate, along with the accusatory "well-known EEML group." Well-known as what, exactly, is FP saying here?  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  23:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Fieldday-sunday

Fieldday-sunday seems to have a persistent problem with reverting good faith edits and warning users of vandalism. The user's (talk page) has many complaints about this. I'm not sure if its malicious, but I suspect it's careless use of Wikipedia:Huggle. Thanks, Pdcook (talk) 18:13, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I think it's a case of, when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If Huggle makes it easy to undo an edit and warn for vandalism in one click, the tool might get overused. However, I haven't seen anything that says Fieldday-sunday is reverting in bad faith, so if anything, a little counseling on the appropriate use of the tool, and a reminder to use edit summaries where it's not a clear-cut vandalism situation, would be appropriate. —C.Fred (talk) 19:23, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I also don't think the edits are in bad faith and I think a friendly counseling note would be helpful. However, as I am not personally familiar with the tool, I should not be the one to deliver such advice. Anyone? Pdcook (talk) 20:03, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Looking at the user's talk page, it looks like many have offered advice in the past. Is there a more effective route here? Pdcook (talk) 14:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Woah! I haven't seen that many complaints on a user's talk page since OrphanBot!--66.177.73.86 (talk) 23:13, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't you need rollback to use Huggle? If he's generating that many complaints, he should have rollback rights removed. Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

If that's the case, then I think that's a good course of action. This user has had another complaint appear on his talk page since this thread was started. Will someone do something? Thanks, Pdcook (talk) 13:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Wiki being used as chat room

• Webkinzanswers (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Webkinz102 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Two (apparently young) users, whose edits consist almost entirely of chat on each others talk pages, with no useful contributions. Both have been warned that "Wikipedia is not a social network", but these notices have gone unheeded. WuhWuzDat 20:30, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

There's more of them. 69.228.171.150 (talk) 21:10, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

They're likely the same person, carrying on a converstation with him/herself, in hopes of establishing 2-accounts. GoodDay (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• On the off-chance that these are different people who are well intentioned, but a bit misguided, did anyone think to notify these accounts so they too can comment at this thread? --Jayron32 21:24, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

That's not "two young users". That's one 42-year-old man editing Wikipedia from his mother's basement under multiple accounts to amuse himself.--66.177.73.86 (talk) 23:24, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Hang on--Would someone with a better-functioning memory than mine, please confirm my suspicion that we've dealt with something like this from a "Webkinz__"-named user in the past? This looks terribly familiar...GJC 15:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

69.228.171.150 already posted a link to every single user named "Webkins_". There's tons of them. What we are dealing with here is someone... who has absolutely no life.--66.177.73.86 (talk) 15:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Well to be fair, webkins are (I believe) a toy line with some internet gimmick about them. Its not terribly shocking to me that many of these webkins_ accounts might be made by kids (tho perhaps shocking that parents are letting their kids wander about the wilds of wikipedia) who might not have a concept that wikipedia isn't myspace or facetwit or a webkins forum. Syrthiss (talk) 15:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

My daughter has an account, but she's only used it once. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've been editing here since I was 10. But look at these "Webkinz" accounts. These are not children. It's one person - most likely a 42-year-old man who lives in his mother's basement - having a conversation with himself because nobody else wants to. It's a troll.--66.177.73.86 (talk) 16:24, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

(e/c x2) Not logging in because I'm editing from work. This name does sound familiar for some type of incident. Check the prefix index for webkinz. I support an additional warning, advising that they (if, indeed, "they" applies) make some useful contributions and cease the constant irrelevant chatter or be blocked. By the way, Wuhwuzdat, this site is called Wikipedia, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them.--173.68.35.67 (talk) 15:54, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Why is this idiot still not blocked yet? Could it be any more obvious?--66.177.73.86 (talk) 23:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Umm... you know that bit on your talk page about not wanting to be blocked anymore? You might want to take another look at WP:NPA. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, like anyone's really gonna block me for calling a vandal/troll an "idiot"... >_> --66.177.73.86 (talk) 00:16, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hrs for calling someone a vandal, troll, and idiot. We mean WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 07:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

IP edits by LotLE

Sockmaster account: Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

See here. User is a long-term problem editor. He admits using an IP address as a sockpuppet. Checkuser has been declined because the user admits it. User was edit warring, and used the IP address to avoid a 3RR warning [29][30][31][32] and to convey the false impression that he had more editors supporting his position. To quote the editor who originally reported him at WP:SPI,

In particular, LotLE has been a highly disruptive and combative SPA for years, with multiple reports at 3RR and ANI. His modus operandi is to immediately revert any new edit that contains negative information about a left-of-center political figure or organization, with an inflammatory edit summary that falsely accuses the editor of soapboxing, ranting and/or sockpuppetry. .... WP:SOCK specifically prohibits the use of multiple accounts to "mislead or deceive other editors." The first example of abuse of an alternate account is "Creating an illusion of support: Alternate accounts must not be used to give the impression of more support for a position than actually exists." The fourth example is "Contributing to the same page with multiple accounts: Editors may not use more than one account to contribute to the same page or discussion." At no time, either on the ACORN Talk page or in one of his many edit summaries, did LotLE identify the IP account 149.77.79.116 as his own alternate account. He says, "I do not recall why I was not logged in when those edits were made... probably because of some weirdness with Wikipedia not keeping the login cookie when I use the SSL version (I've found this annoyance lately)." If he had inadvertently edited without being logged in, a quick follow-up edit while logged in (to claim the edit as his own) would have satisfied WP:SOCK. Unfortunately, LotLE's failure to acknowledge that the edit was his until now, under CU scrutiny, indicates deliberate deception.

This is a strongly-supported finding of sockpuppetry for the purpose of edit warring. I'd like to compare this to the recent case of Noroton. He made a good faith effort to WP:CLEANSTART and ran afoul of a WP:SOCK technicality. No harm had been done to either the Wikipedia project or any other editor and he was still blocked for an extended period. In this case, LotLE was edit warring. His use of an IP puppet at ACORN deceived other editors into believing that his position in the edit war had greater support. He made no effort to correct this false impression until now, and I agree that his actions were therefore deliberately deceptive. His actions are more offensive than Noroton's technical violation, so his block should be at least as long as Noroton's. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 21:19, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Obviously, this report by Phoenix and Winslow is just as silly as his recently failed SSP fishing trip. I have never used any sockpuppet account, and never will (a bit more than P&W could write, FWIW). P&W's original silly SSP adventure pointed out that, for example, I made:

• This edit under an IP address: [33], in which I attempted to sign my comment (containing, "I would note..."), but was inadvertently still logged out.
• Followed a few minutes later by this: [34] (with the edit comment: "(what the heck?! Every time I try to sign WP logs me off signon)".

So my insidious "sockpuppetry" amounts to experiencing occasional problems with my browser losing cookies when I use the SSL login... including one example where I did not go back to sign a completely innocuous edit under an IP address.

I wonder what new WP admin pages P&W (or his IP addresses) will find to WP:FORUM shop next?! LotLE×talk 21:47, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

You were in fact edit warring, isn't that correct? And in light of the persistent problems you've had with WP policy over the years -- especially WP:3RR -- while your technical explanation for the IP puppet edit here at WP:ANI holds water, your technical explanation at ACORN is just a little bit ... hard to believe. Particularly since you were in fact edit warring at the time. Sounds like "the dog ate my homework." Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 22:03, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

P&W -- it's beyond blindingly obvious that you're a returned banned user. Most people at this point would just let it slide if you would drop the drama mongering, deceptive practices (cutting a pasting a beyond frivolous SPI report by a POV-pushing IP editor? Please.) and overall unpleasantness. Really, just push your POV with less of this nonsense and you'll get a lot of rope. Keep this up and you will get the boot again.Bali ultimate (talk) 22:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

In response to the forum shopping charge, my understanding is that WP:SPI is strictly for the purpose of finding out about sockpuppetry, while the remedy for sockpuppetry once it's found out must be obtained here. If that understanding is mistaken, I apologize. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 22:10, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

The SPI report was dismissed as frivolous and unworthy of investigation. Which you well know. You just don't make any sense -- whatever else you are, you know no one here is dumb enough to block someone you view as an opponent because you cut and paste walls of text. Funnily enough, this is precisely the method of the Kossack4Truth sock/meat-puppet farm.Bali ultimate (talk) 22:17, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Bad news is, I have no particular authority to "resolve" this, but good news is, I'm completely uninvolved. I have absolutely no idea if P&W is a returning banned user or not; for those saying he is, SSI is that way. But from a review of the IP edits which LOTLE takes credit for, I'd say there was only one edit that is at all worrying, where a third revert was made. Occam's razor says that this is, indeed, a simple login/logout problem, rather than a devious trick. The hyperbole above seems pretty excessive for what amounts to one logged out edit. No harm, no foul, I would say. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:26, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

That is correct, Floquenbeam. The edit under my IP address you point out was indeed on the same article I had recently (and subsequently) edited while logged in. It was the first per se revert I made during that day, but it was definitely addressing the same stylistic cleanup that P&W was resisting, and it's conceivable you could cast the series of edits under warring (implausible, but not outrageously so). So I guess if P&W wants to file a week old 1RR report on me, he should definitely include that edit under my IP address in that report. LotLE×talk 22:53, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I can't tell if you're being wry or not; is there a 1RR sanction on ACORN, or on you? I looked thru WP:SANCTION and WP:RESTRICT and could only find restrictions on other individuals (not you), and the general "behave yourselves" restrictions at WP:SANCTION. If there was a 1RR limit, then... you shouldn't have done that. But that's beyond my ken, the only task I chose to bite off was looking at is the claimed "sock" behavior, which I think is serious overkill. It now occurs to me, as I'm about to hit save, that I wasted my time, and it's more likely you're being wry, and saying that was your first true revert, and so not a big deal anyway. I'd, disagree, I'd call it your third that day, and if I thought you'd logged out on purpose because it was your third one, I'd be concerned. I don't, so I'm not. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC) Also looked here: Wikipedia:General sanctions/Obama article probation/Log of sanctions. Still no 1RR restriction on you I can find.

Wry is a nice way to put it :-). In fairness, I think it can be said that I was being snarky (not about you, Floquenbeam, about P&W). There is indeed no special edit restriction placed on ACORN, although another editor who frequently socks has received clarification that his Obama topic ban includes adding material to ACORN to try to negatively tie the two together. I have a strong hunch that these newest complaints against me have a strong relation to some prior bans or blocks of those other editors who go very far out of their way to acclaim the virtues of accounts like User:Noroton and User:ChildOfMidnight. LotLE×talk 23:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• It should be noted that Phoenix and Winslow, while he may or may not be banned under another account, clearly has another account, and appears to be using this new account to avoid scrutiny, as she/he has not ever linked the two accounts together publicly. Such behavior should not go unaddressed. --Jayron32 23:11, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

This matter appears to be concluded, with the exception of the usual drive-by pile-on "me too!" from the unregistered IP user who has been joined to Phoenix at the hip lately (perhaps he got held up in traffic). We've cleared up Phoenix's gross misrepresentation of facts:

→ "Admits sockpuppetry" has proven to really mean "confirmed inadvertantly making a couple edits while unlogged"

→ "User is a long term problem editor" has proven to really mean "User is going on 6 years of Wikipedia editing, and getting Phoenix's or 71.54.8.103's problematic or unconstructive edits past him is difficult"

→ "He used the IP address to avoid 3RR warning" has proven to really mean Phoenix has no clue. Five+ year veteran editors that have previously been warned and blocked don't get warnings - they are assumed to know the rules, and he didn't violate 3RR anyway.

→ "and I agree that [fill in whatever accusations 71.54.8.103 made]" has proven to really mean these two editors are still in lock-step with their persistent attacks against LotLE, like this waste of time or this waste here.

Before this incident scrolls its way up the page and into the archives, I'd like to know if Wikipedia has any rules or sanctions against the misuse of various noticeboards to harass and intimidate editors. Xenophrenic (talk) 03:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow, talk about being in lockstep. LotLE, Bali ultimate and Xenophrenic look like the textbook definition of that word. 71.57.8.103 (talk) 12:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Its only a WP:CABAL if you want it to be. Let's move on and chill with the IP-initiated fishing expeditions, shall we? Tarc (talk) 14:07, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

All of the defenses being offered by LotLE and his friends were previously offered in defense of Noroton. "It didn't hurt anything." "There weren't a lot of edits made." Motives for turning him in were questioned. And he was still blocked for weeks. LotLE used his IP puppet account to perform his third revert in a 24-hour period, producing a prima facie case of abusive sockpuppetry, and he has an extensive history of blocks and warnings for edit warring. While he did not technically violate WP:3RR, he violates WP:WAR, WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF on a universal basis.

Much has been said about his six-year history, as if that's supposed to excuse his misconduct. It is a combative history, loaded with edit warring and mean-spirited little jabs in his edit summaries. It seems as though every time there's an ArbCom or an ANI thread about US political articles, LotLE has been involved, stirring up shit and deliberately provoking people, and barely escaping restrictions on his editing. He's been playing all of you like a violin. As I see it, the only way to stop this misconduct is to block him. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 16:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Guy, you took your shot and no-one's buying what you're selling: moving the words around and being more emphatic hasn't disguised the recycling. Move on or you're going to attract a lot of unwanted attention. --Calton | Talk 16:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

This will keep coming back to haunt you, until you do something about it. He'll never stop. There is the consistent repetition of a pattern of low-level edit-warring, provocation and baiting, and now he's discovered he can use sockpuppet accounts for his edit warring and explain it away with an "oopsie." Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 16:10, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

P&W -- Your above comment is constructed entirely of lies. I suppose you think that you'll successfully poison the well this way. But lies like these are easy to uncover. You should really stop the game playing designed to get a user you don't like blocked. At some point an admin will get tired of this.Bali ultimate (talk) 16:15, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

All anyone has to do is review LotLE's edit history, and he will realize that you're the one who's lying. It's long, it's detailed, and it shows all of his edit warring, his snide remarks on Talk pages and his disgraceful edit summaries. He now has a new weapon in his edit warring arsenal: the "oopsie" IP sockpuppet. I will survive all the attention anyone cares to give me, and I'll keep making quality edits and improving the encyclopedia. Threaten me all you like, thug. I will not be intimidated. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 16:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Go buzz, Peeanddoubleyoo, we aren't buying this drek. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!)} 21:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Two points -

1. I blocked Phoenix and Winslow for 24 hrs shortly after the "Thug comment" for personal attacks and incivility. I may reduce that time, but he's been blocked for a while.

2. Several people above engaged in back and forth rude behavior with Phoenix and Winslow, which while not rising to the level of blockable was far from our finest moment. We need to respond to abrasive and upset users in a calm, civil, and adult manner, especially here on ANI. I don't think PandW was taunted into his comment per se, but the combined effects here certainly escalated rather than calming the situation down. Anytime that happens, that the ANI regulars let ANI become a drama-inducing rather than reducing location, we all lose.

Please reconsider your own actions going forwards. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 23:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Threats and vandalism from User:Glaxovont

User:Glaxovont (also edited from IP 74.182.225.248) posted a personal threat to my talk page [35] after I posted a vandalism notice to his IP talk page [36]. This was prompted by two vandalizing edits made to an article [37] and [38] under his IP. After making the threat the user vandalized by user page [39]. Requesting immediate ban. Dragoneer (talk) 01:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I have indef-blocked this user for harassment and threats. Crum375 (talk) 01:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Dragoneer (talk) 02:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That was a pretty vague threat. I mean, it was nowhere near as bad as this, for example.--66.177.73.86 (talk) 15:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Possible legal threat by Aedwardmoch

User:Aedwardmoch has repeatedly created apparent autobios. There is a claim to involvement in the remote viewing Stargate Project, but this hasn't been supported by reliable sources. They added info to that article, were reverted by another editor, added it again,[40], and I reverted. I warned them about this on their talk page and they responded thus: "I ask "Wiki" to cease and decest under the scope of posting courtesy... if refused again, to post... will be forced to present such information and documents to legal council, pending possible action."[41] This looks like a legal threat to me. Fences&Windows 03:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I re-warned him and also posted to WP:AIV. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:28, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely by Fastily. TNXMan 03:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've been emailed twice by User:Aedwardmoch. Would appreciate some help/advice here.-FASTILY ^(TALK) 04:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

<redacted>

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We're really not supposed to post emails onsite, as the author didn't license them under the GFDL CC-BY-SA (Wikipedia's default license). As to the NLT issue, I can't make any sense about what he's saying. He seems to be withdrawing his threats at the same time he's offering to settle the dispute, which is equivocating as far as I'm concerned. I'd say everything here looks good and whether he gets unblocked depends on whether he continues nonsensically equivocating.--chaser (talk) 07:33, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

He hasn't withdrawn the legal threats, he's just wording them differently and using legalese to try and bully people into letting him write an autobiography and write himself into other articles in a direct COI. I pointed him toward Mike Godwins userpage where the latter has posted his phone number and email. If the editor has legal concerns he can take them up with the lawyers. Otherwise, I don't see any reason to go on wasting time. <>Multi‑Xfer<> (talk) 18:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

"I profess to be no lawyer, but I do have connections to the media. I had an ancestor-cousin named James Alexander, who represented a person named John Peter Zenger over a famous publishing issue." Is this guy for real? I have an ancestor who provided one of the Younger brothers a place to hide while on the lam. Can I mention that fact the next time I get into a dispute over a crime-related article? -- llywrch (talk) 20:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've issued a final warning to the user and will remove his talk-page access if he continues. TNXMan 20:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

He did, so I did. TNXMan 20:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

BURDEN violations at BLP article

Resolved

 – Bad calls all around followed by good calls all around. All's well that ends well. Abecedare (talk) 06:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Violation of WP:BURDEN at a WP:BLP article.

• Nick Xenophon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Sequence of events

1. I remove unsourced info from a BLP
2. I moved it to the talk page
3. Timeshift9 (talk · contribs) reverts, adding the unsourced info back to the BLP
4. I warn him, citing BLP and BURDEN, not to add unsourced info to BLPs
5. I revert him, removing the unsourced info from the BLP
6. Nuclearwarfare (talk · contribs) blocks Timeshift9 for one week
7. NuclearWarfare removes the unsourced info from the BLP
8. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs) unblocks Timeshift 9
9. Orderinchaos reverts NuclearWarfare (who had removed the unsourced info again), and adds the unsourced info back to the article BLP

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• Timeshift9 (talk · contribs) should be reblocked for violation of WP:BLP and WP:BURDEN.
• Orderinchaos (talk · contribs) should probably be desysopped for the undoing of another admin's action with no prior discussion, specifically relating to BLP issues, violation of WP:BLP, and adding the unsourced info back into a WP:BLP article, in full knowledge that it is unsourced. Cirt (talk) 04:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Certainly agree with Cirt on most of the points, but I'm not sure if it warrants a desysop, but I can't see why Orderinchaos did this without discussion... —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

NuclearWarfare's block of Timeshift9

As I have acted in this matter I would like the community to review those of the blocking admin and myself as unblocker.

At 00:56 UTC, Cirt (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) added a new image to the article Nick Xenophon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). In doing so, he removed a second image further down in the article. Timeshift9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) reinstated the image at 01:23 UTC, while leaving the new image intact. Cirt then made two uncontroversial edits, but at 01:31 removed two blocks of text with the diff "mv unsourced content to talkpg". As none of it was controversial, a better way to deal with it would have been to tag it and notify a project. Timeshift9 clearly held the same view, and at 03:09 UTC reverted with the edit summary "that's what is for". Cirt reverted, and at 03:32 posted to Timeshift's talk page: [42] " You have violated WP:BURDEN at a WP:BLP article, by your recent actions at the article Nick Xenophon. Do not do this again." Timeshift9 re-reverted at 03:44. During this time there was also a short interchange on the article's talk page.

At 03:46, admin NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) re-reverted without giving a reason, and in the same minute, blocked him for one week with rationale "Violations of the Biographies of living persons policy". At 03:51, Cirt posted to the talk page, "Standards are higher for BLPs. You know that."

The block was completely, utterly unjustified and I am of the view that NuclearWarfare should receive a clear message from the community that it is unacceptable. I have supported previous blocks on Timeshift9 over unrelated matters, but on this case, I am firmly supportive of him, as is User:Rebecca, a former arbitrator. Orderinchaos 04:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Orderinchaos unblocked a user blocked for WP:BLP violation with no discussion, and then proceeded to add back in wholly unsourced material into a WP:BLP article. This is action completely inappropriate for an admin on this site. Cirt (talk) 04:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

It would have been far more appropriate to take this here before unilaterally reverting a fellow sysop's actions and re-instating potential BLP violations. Agree with Cirt that your handling of this situation has been in very poor form. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Comment - Totally concur, we can't allow BLPs to be treated like this. What was Orderinchaos thinking he was doing, by adding the information back? If not de-sysopped Orderinchaos needs to take a break. NuclearWarfare acted per policy, and I see nothing wrong with his actions. I would have done the same. --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 04:22, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Have you actually read the diff? Orderinchaos 04:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I have and it makes your revert even more totally inappropriate, that is not what the fact tag is for. --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 04:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Julian. I also feel it is very wrong for an admin to undo another admin's decision without prior discussion of the revert first. ArcAngel (talk) 04:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps we can nip this in the bud. If the diff in question contains uncontroversial well-known material, surely it can be referenced quickly. I am not informed enough of Australian politics, but are there references to support this [43]? -- Samir 04:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Like I said in the intro, I'm happy for the community to decide what is acceptable here. That is why I brought it to AN/I (I was beaten to the punch, but a review of both my notices at NW's and TS9's talk pages will show I did not regard my own word as final and intended to fully justify my action here.) However, I think that the manifestly excessive nature of the block, the lack of warnings prior to the block, and the lack of any sense of a "preventative not punitive" approach should also be considered. Orderinchaos 04:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

@Samir The information was removed again by another admin, Closedmouth (talk · contribs), referencing it properly can be discussed at the article's talk page. The issue in question is now violations of site policy by two users, one of whom is an admin on this site. Cirt (talk) 04:31, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

@Orderinchaos: I'm fairly certain that you're aware that we discuss things prior to wheel warring, not after. --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 04:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate that, but I think the issue of whether or not the material is easily referenceable is entirely relevant to this discussion. If the diff is relevant, uncontroversial and easily referenceable, then I am of the opinion that Orderinchaos was right in re-introducing the material. The unblock should of course have been discussed with the blocking admin -- Samir 04:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

He's on the front news of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation right now talking about Scientology. How prescient/good timing of the ABC given Cirt's editing interests. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) (help the Invincibles Featured topic drive) 04:33, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Comment: Having read the diff, I see only some negative unsourced content: "He is best known for his many media-friendly publicity stunts ..." But given that the content was both unsourced and removed from a BLP, adding it back without sources and/or talk page consensus was clearly inappropriate. Orderinchaos was wrong to unblock without discussion and incorrectly added back unsourced content to a BLP, without even participating in the talkpage. I think calls for desysoping are unwarranted though, unless this is or becomes a pattern. Trout at best and lets move on. Abecedare (talk) 04:35, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• There was a warning before the block: [44]. I don't see why we should humor people who ignore that sort of warning. At the very least, it would be reasonable to find out what the objection is before re-inserting material after a note such as that. A block is warranted if an editor responds to a note such as that by simply reverting the material again. "I didn't hear that" is not a reasonable response to notes about BLP violations. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:35, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Here is the quote:

"In 1984, he established and became principal of his own law firm, Xenophon & Co. which deals solely with personal injury claims. In this field he became successful, and between 1994 and 1997 he served as president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Plaintiff Lawyers' Association. After legislation was passed in 1992 by the Bannon Labor government that saw the introduction of poker machines into South Australia in 1994, the increased incidence of problem gambling came to Xenophon's attention in his legal practice.... During his time as a sitting member, Xenophon has been an activist for a range of issues aside the elimination of pokies, speaking out on consumer rights, essential services, the environment, taxation, and perks for politicians. Xenophon was also vocal in the Eugene McGee hit-run affair, becoming an advocate for the victim's wife, with public opinion eventually forcing the Kapunda Road Royal Commission that led to harsher laws for hit-run offences. He is best known for his many media-friendly publicity stunts that have gained him both deep respect and ardent criticism.

I can't understand why someone would invoke BLP over such utterly unobjectionable (and, incidentally, all true) material. The whole point of Wikipedia:Ignore all rules is that you shouldn't expect to get blocked for a week for making good-faith common-sense improvements to an article, even you break the letter of some rule in doing so. IAR applies to BLP too. Timeshift's reverts might have broken the letter of IAR, but clearly the spirit of it was not broken here. The block was wrong. Hesperian 04:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

If someone has just advised you, "don't do that again", reverting and claiming IAR seems to be a bad idea to me. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

IAR? BLP is a much, much more important rule to follow than IAR. IMO "improving the encyclopedia" is not as important as preventing libelous unsourced information, from being added to a BLP. The block was appropriate by all standards, especially affter being warned. --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 04:41, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Exactly right. "improving the encyclopedia" is indeed not as important as "preventing libelous unsourced information". But this information wasn't libelous. It was neutrally written, true, on-the-public-record material. It met the spirit of the BLP policy. It just didn't meet the letter. "Improving the encyclopia" wins then. IAR applies. Hesperian 05:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The entire content is sourced now anyway, so the point is moot. It took me just 10 minutes on Google - why didn't Cirt have a go? Orderinchaos 04:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

No how about the other way around. Why didn't Timeshift add the sources if it was really that easy? Seems like you're blaming the wrong person for the right thing. --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 04:46, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The content had sat there for years - in some cases from the very, very first revision of the article in 2006 - without contest. Timeshift9 did not write the article, and once a revert war commences it's very difficult to get anything moving at all. Cirt was right to challenge the sourcing of it, but wrong to label it a BLP issue and prosecute it in a hostile manner. When I challenge content in a BLP like this, I at least attempt to ensure it has no basis or is in serious doubt before removing it. Orderinchaos 04:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

And people wonder why excellent contributors leave wikipedia. Honestly. What an entire shambles this entire thing has been. I can't believe how quickly I was blocked. WP:BURDEN states that material should have a chance to remain with tags prior to it's removal. The remover's attitude from beginning to end has been completely and utterly hostile. Poor form all round. Timeshift (talk) 04:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Why did you ignore the warning from Cirt? That is the main issue that I see here. If sources were available, it would have been easy to scrupulously source everything instead of reverting. Especially after someone has pointed out the BLP policy applies. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The "warning", to me, looked to be in bad faith - it basically meant "do not disagree with me or else" on what was fundamentally a content dispute. Orderinchaos 04:46, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Nope. Was not a "content dispute". Was an enforcement of site policy regarding WP:BLPs. Cirt (talk) 04:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That doesn't mean one can simply ignore warnings. The standards for BLP articles are biased in favor of removing unsourced material, and if Timeshift9 could not take the itme to figure this out, a block was warranted. What does someone expect to happen if they ignore a note "don't do that again"? — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Not sure if I agree that the material was controversial, as I'm not the least bit up on Australian politics--but regardless, I think the block shouldn't have been for longer than 24 hours at most. This is the user's first BLP block, and though I can see where a block would be preventative (Timeshift9 was adding the info back and there was cause to think he might re-add it again), a week's block is clearly not preventing anything more than a day's would. Honestly though, this is just a fishslapper: Trout NW for the over-long block, OIC for unblocking without talking to the blocking admin, and possibly add a second troutslap for restoring material without joining the discussion about whether said material was appropriate. After that, I'm with Abecedare: trout applied, now let's move on. GJC 04:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll wear that. Orderinchaos 04:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I guess I'll take that. I'm not too happy about my block being reversed without consultation, but I do agree that this original block was a bit excessive. However, I stand behind the actual block even now; the edit was a re-addition of a BLP violation after a warning. But I'm happy to let the matter die here. Next time something like this happens though, please feel free to approach me on my talk page and discuss; I am always willing to listen to reasonable arguments. I promise I won't bite. NW (Talk) 05:24, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• At some point we will learn the error inherent in patrolling talk pages as though they were articles. I'm pretty floored that we have edit warred, blocked and wheel warred over a quote on a talk page which is borderline or only partially problematic. Protonk (talk) 05:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC) Nvm. not all of the fuss was over the talk page. Protonk (talk) 05:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Orderinchaos. Thank you for your time, Cirt (talk) 05:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• I agree with the substance of this complaint. It appears to me that Orderinchaos acted disruptively in reinserting controversial unsourced material into a BLP (any material that is contested in good faith between editors must be deemed controversial), and that he abused his administrator tools by (a) unblocking a user blocked for the same disruption, thereby using administrator tools to win a content dispute and (b) unblocking said user without getting consent by the blocking admin or the community, thereby violating the blocking policy. I encourage the Arbitration Committee or the community to consider appropriate sanctions, and consider this to be another example of why we need to have an effective community-based process to hold administrators accountable for their actions. A reblock of Timeshift is not needed unless he repeats the BLP violation.  Sandstein  06:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Update: RFC now resolved, per [45]. Please consider this thread resolved as well. Cirt (talk) 06:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad this has been resolved to everyone's satisfaction, but I think an important principle has been swept under the carpet. I think that all this trouble was caused because Timeshift9 was attempting to defend uncontroversial material which had stood in this BLP for a long time. I don't think that any WP policies actually distinguish between new material, which you would expect to be fluid, and long-standing material, which I would hope would not be removed without some kind of discussion. Maybe they should. cojoco (talk) 10:31, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The edit-notice seen when editing the article, as with all WP:BLPs, expressly states otherwise, in emphasized bolded text ([46], [47]). But I agree that this thread was marked as resolved, and we should leave it at that. Cirt (talk) 10:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

World Genseiryū Karate-dō Federation

Is this the right place for this? I came across this article and a pretty crazy long running edit war. There are 2 editors User:Mario Roering and User:Peter Lee that have been warring [[48]] for along time now. They are currently warring over "Name slendering" but have, according to Lee, been arguing for 5-6 years. The history [[49]] shows numerous reversions by both that far exceed 3RR or edit warring. Could an admin please have a word with these 2 or maybe find them a room? Both know that they are right and both have the appropriate excuses for continuing the madness. - 4twenty42o (talk) 05:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

3RR warnings issued to both users, if you think its appropriate, I'll put a RFPP in as well. Frmatt (talk) 05:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll get back to you on the RfPP. I am going to leave it alone for now and let them calm down a bit. Thank you - 4twenty42o (talk) 05:56, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem, I'll watchlist it for a while and see what happens. The 3RR warning is a single issue warning, so any further actions by either of them would be cause for a block...which might be a good thing in this case as it would give them both time to calm down! Frmatt (talk) 05:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've taken it to the edit warring noticeboard. [50]

So they've been warring for 4 years over an article with no sources? Any evidence this is a notable organization?--Crossmr (talk) 08:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Nope. Nothing. Nada. Zilch; and that dang XfD tab doesn't show up on this computer :-) (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 12:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

"Name slendering"? Oh, great--it's not bad enough that as females, we have to worry about whether our butts are too big, or how bad our cellulite looks...and NOW I hafta worry whether my NAME is too fat???? Jeez. GJC 15:33, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if I am allowed to post on this page - if not, just move it to where I should have posted it. This editwar has not only been going on on en.wikipedia, but at least as well on nl.wikipedia (see for example [51]), which I handled back in 2005 (!). This is in fact not just two people who are in conflict about this issue, but two organizations. Don't be too surprized if both come up with some supporters. However, back then, Mario Roering and Peter Lee were both blocked after attempts of mediation. effeietsanders 18:09, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Update: Both editors have been handed a time-out for 24 hours by Seraphimblade. Reviewing the edit history of this article, I'm strongly tempted to recommend that the next conflict over it ought to be settled in a dojo. -- llywrch (talk) 20:40, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

note: This edit war dates back to 2005. I attempted to mediate back then but got nowhere. Eventually a RfC was started (see Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Peter_Lee_and_Mario_Roering) but Peter Lee refused to participate and eventually chose to leave Wikipedia--at the time he said permanently. Since that time Mario Roering has continued to edit Wikipedia, but avoided editing the disputed pages so all was quiet for a time. Peter Lee returned in July this year and set about reworking the disputed pages to his liking. I have discussed with him (both on and off wiki) the need for reliable sources for the articles. He has told me that sources that meet WP:RS don't exist and he has expressed his desire to see the three contested articles deleted. I suggested that he PROD them, but that was contested and he didn't move forward to AfD. Since July it has been only a matter of time before the edit war restarted, in fact, I'm surprised it took so long. Both Peter and Mario have been blocked in the past for edit waring, and they are well aware of the 3RR and all other Wikipedia rules and guidelines. Anyone feeling up for a challenge might like to wade through the history of Peter Lee's talk page and the talk pages of the three disputed articles to see if a resolution can be found.—Jeremy (talk) 00:55, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Joy. I removed a CSD tag from the article today as 4twenty42o and Mario said they were going try to find sources to establish notability. I proposed a seven day limit, stressed WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:NOR, and removed some unsourced coatracking material. Mario was amenable to the edits; we'll see how Peter responds once he comes off his block. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 05:27, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, NeilN. I will surely see what I can do...

Something else: Above here, effeietsanders wrote the following: "However, back then, Mario Roering and Peter Lee were both blocked after attempts of mediation". May I add to this, that I was indeed blocked ONCE for 12 hours [52] (which was however, in all honesty, extended to 1 week) for removing a post by Peter Lee on the Genseiryu talk page, because I didn't accept that defamatory text on my behalf, making all kinds of false accusations and putting me in a bad daylight. Not the right action to do, should have gone to administrators with that, but I learned from it. Now, PETER LEE on the other hand, got blocked several times for vandalizing articles and eventually had a block for ONE FULL YEAR (see here: [53]), for unwillingness to co-operate and for continuous reverting of articles and constant aggressive behavior. Don't want to be defaming here, but let it be clear that there is a distinct difference between the person of Peter Lee and myself... Thank you. --MarioR 14:07, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Spamming user

Resolved

 – Someday, someone will block him, but it won't be today, and it won't be us. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!)} 21:31, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Suz Doyle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Got under the radar somehow. Not a lot of pages. But if someone would like to zap this user, feel free. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Zap? Are you sure that's the right account? It hasn't been used for 18 months and has a redlinked talk page. Instead of instabanzapping, have you considered advising this user of our policies and guidelines, and encouraging them to contribute some content on music? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

All the diffs appear to be promotional in some nature..but yes the account hasn't edited in 18 months.. I can't see the point in bring it here for blocking, unless its secretly some kind of sleeper spam account that is just waiting for the right moment to strike.--Crossmr (talk) 12:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

All of its spamming was reverted quickly except for one entry which an alert user caught today, and of course its own user page is spam, but maybe that doesn't matter. The spammer edited in the late fall of 07 and then in spring of 08 and has been silent since then, at least under that ID. If you don't want to delete the account, that's up to y'all. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:40, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Immediate intervention, mon ami ;-) (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

??? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

He's obliquely referring to language in the blocking policy and at AIV which states that blocks should only be issued for situations that require immediate intervention (the blocking policy currently uses the phrase "Preventing imminent or continuing damage and disruption to Wikipedia", but its the same idea). The point is, an inactive account does not need to be blocked. If it becomes active again, and if it continues problems, it may be blocked. But there is no reasonable evidence to assume, after 18 months, that it will do so, so a block would be pointless. --Jayron32 21:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm always amused when someone takes longer to argue for not doing something, than the time actually doing it would take. One remaining question: Any objections to my blanking the user page? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

A little extra time schooling people on blocking policies and procedures in theory will pay off when less people inappropriately report accounts which do not need to be blocked either here or at AIV. A little education on the front end may take some extra time, but ideally it will have the effect of reducing the number of inappropriate block requests, saving lots of little bits of time in the back end which more than make up for the effort put forth here. --Jayron32 02:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The editor got a free spam ride for a year and a half in one article, and while that has now been corrected, the user page continues to be a self-advertisement. Any objection to my blanking it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I did you one better. Its been bahleeted. --Jayron32 03:45, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing. :) Rest assured that if they turn up again on the one page that was only caught today, I will be sure and eddycate them. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:01, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

User Gilbrand renaming article without consensus.

There was a request for it to be moved, the admin said there was no consensus: [54] There was also a request for the article to be deleted: the majority of votes voted to keep the article without it to be renamed: [55] User:Gilabrand has went against these things, moved the article himself while claiming "its not a list" and adding irrelevant text to the article topic: [56] [57] he has added the nuclear reactor thing before [58] and it was removed by another editor: [59]. He has also re added the hama massacre link [60] which was also removed by another editor: [61] claiming that the List is an article about Syria is destroying its own villages [62] notice here that another pro Israeli editor has removed three sources saying that Israel destroyed the villages. [63] --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 15:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I have notified Gilbrand about this discussion. GiantSnowman 15:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that there's some POV-pushing by Gilabrand and others going on. While the move from "List of Pre-1967 ..." to "Pre-1967..." probably was in good faith (since the article did become much less of a list), the effort to remove any indication of destruction of villages by Israel (including the removal of a scholarly source as "unreliable" by User:Jalapenos do exist, here) while at the same time adding anything and everything "bad" the Syrians did, whether related to pre-1967 villages or not, makes assuming good faith rather difficult. Huon (talk) 17:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The Arab Center for Human Rights in the Golan has no reputation and it is self-evidently radical and partisan. As such it is not an RS by a long shot. For the record, I did not add anything that anybody did to the article. Jalapenos do exist (talk) 23:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The reactor was sited 300 km east/northeast of the Golan Heights and 40 years later... Gilabrand seems to be throwing stuff on the wall trying to make it stick here.

I am somewhat concerned about the POVness of the article without Israeli influence, but Gilabrand is certainly not adding reasonable additional content at this point. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 18:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Comment -- Regardless of the article's name, after the discussion on the AfD and the RfC, I'm concerned that the article, as its written, is not being used for encyclopedic purposes but as an intentional WP:POVFORK and to make a WP:POINT. What could have been a neutral encyclopedic article discussing and/or listing cities or villages depopulated prior to Israel gaining control of the Golan Heights, has become an article full of weasle words and is being used to vilify and trash both Israelis and Syrians. --nsaum75 ^¡שיחת! 18:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

While I do not agree with everything User:Gilabrand is doing, the overall consensus at the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Syrian towns and villages destroyed by Israel debate was to either rename or delete entirely. User:Supreme Deliciousness, is your purpose in creating this article to make note of villages that once existed, or the fact that Israel destroyed them (notwithstanding the fact that they were abandoned)? I see a very pointy pattern here. Shlomke (talk) 18:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That was not the finding of the closing administrator, who closed as "Keep". There was a significant "Keep but rename" contingent. Shlomke - attempting to misrepresent either consensus or the closing admin's determination is not acceptable behavior here. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 18:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Georgewilliamherbert - where do you see me referring to the closing admin?? Attempting to tell a user what they are attempting to do is not at all acceptable either, thanks Shlomke (talk) 19:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

As I said, Gilabrand's page move isn't much of a problem. Whether the move done by The Anome a little earlier really had consensus may be an interesting question, but that's not what this is about, is it?

And while Supreme Deliciousness may have a personal bias (who hasn't?), most of his edits to this article are backed up by sources, with the exception of his stripping the article back down to the list it originally was here and here. And I'd consider at least the first of those edits more of a disagreement about whether we want more than just a list or not than pushing any particular pov or making a point. The second does seem a little dubious. Huon (talk) 18:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Apart from the move without consensus, there is this amazing bit of coatracking by user Gilabrand. It doesn't look to me like the behaviour of someone who is here to build an encyclopedia.--Peter cohen (talk) 19:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, but the fault in the problems with this article lies not solely on Gilabrand, but also with the creator of this article, who has a history of making controversial edits and creating POV-articles; The subject at hand is how to turn it into a neutrally worded encylopedic article, instead of the POVFORK and POINT article is currently is. --nsaum75 ^¡שיחת! 19:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The article was created to stir up controversy. It started out as a long list of red links to dozens of "villages" with made-up sounding names, many of them simply the same name spelled differently. This person names an article 101 Cities and villages destroyed by Israel (after leaving anti-Israel and anti-Semitic comments on a variety of pages) and then goes sniveling to administrators when his unsourced POV article gets "tampered with." Yes, I am guilty of WP:POINT. But now that I have made that point, I tip my hat and say goodbye. The article is already vastly improved compared to what it was before. At least it has a few sources and a little more substance.--Gilabrand (talk) 19:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Someone may query why I put in a move-for-discussion Pre-1967 Syrian towns on the Golan Heights → List of Syrian towns and villages destroyed by Israel. That is because someone put that move in Wikipedia:Requested moves#Uncontroversial requests, but a look in Talk:Pre-1967 Syrian towns on the Golan Heights showed me that that move was acrimoniously lengthily controversial, so I transferred the move to the moves for discussion. This dispute looks like getting to be one of those cases where the discussion about moving or deleting the article quickly becomes longer than the article. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Admin help needed:

After the afd and rfm there was no consensus for it to be moved, can some admin please move the article back to its real name from the one that Gilbrand forced upon the article? If people want to change its name we should begin at the articles real name, not something no one has agreed to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APre-1967_Syrian_towns_on_the_Golan_Heights&action=historysubmit&diff=326483118&oldid=326466563 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Syrian_towns_and_villages_destroyed_by_Israel --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 20:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Comment -- Seems like a sensible move to me (and not that I wouldnt say that about most of this editors edits on this article). It seems to be the article name that is both the most neutral and the article name that corresponds to what the sources say (i.e. most, but not all villages were abandoned and then demolished or destroyed, making it unclear whether we should call the article List of abandoned... or List of destroyed...). In any case this is a content dispute and should be discussed on the article talk page. But all the drama sourrounding this article makes it doubtful whether it is really a net gain for Wikipedia, or rather an additional drama magnet with each side trying to push its own POV into the article, thereby disgracing Wikipedia. Pantherskin (talk) 21:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

As long as admins are looking at this article

The most serious problem with the article is that, since its inception, it has been sourced almost entirely to the Arab Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Golan. This is an organization with no reputation and which is self-evidently radical and partisan. Retaining the article in this form without objection could set a precedent under which everybody will rush to create articles serving their own POV lifted straight out of - say - Richard Landes' blog (he is an academic after all), or - to take a more extreme hypothetical - articles like List of reasons the world is flat sourced to the Flat Earth Society. Bearing all this in mind, I think an admin statement reminding of Wikipedia's core principles could be helpful. Jalapenos do exist (talk) 23:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

This is not true, there are many sources other then the Arab Center golan-marsad link in the article, including Israeli sources saying the same thing. The fact is that the list of villages in the golan-marsad link [[64]]is also confirmed in a separate source which lists almost all the same villages [65] and a third site finds the villages in the golan-marsad document [66] which gives us no reason to doubt the truthiness of the golan-marsad document.--Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2009 (UTC)--

This should be discussed either on the article's talk page or on the Reliable sources noticeboard. I'll answer on the talk page; involving the noticeboard seems overkill. Huon (talk) 01:24, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

User:SarekOfVulcan removes questions on ArbCom election

I asked a candidate some questions of his past behaviour and performance[67], User:SarekOfVulcan removed them[68]. HarryAlffa (talk) 15:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Let's all give Sarek of Vulcan a round of applause. Your "question" should be in the "discuss this candidate" section, where you can write whatever you want about the candidate. Hipocrite (talk) 15:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I will look for the "discuss this candidate section", but these were legitimate questions. HarryAlffa (talk) 15:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• I have notified SarekOfVulcan about this discussion. --Mentifisto (talk) 15:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
• (ec) HarryAlffa, you really shouldn't have opened this without first discussing it with SarekOfVulcan. And even if you did file it, you should notify the subject as the instructions at the top indicate. Why didn't you fulfil at least one of these steps? Ncmvocalist (talk) 15:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

(ec)Yes, I should have done that, but I was waiting to see if he was stalking me. What do you think? HarryAlffa (talk) 15:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've tried talking to Sarek before eg[69], but with no response. It seemed an unproductive effort to try yet again. HarryAlffa (talk) 15:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

You should assume good faith. At least, you should've disclosed the fact you didn't notify Sarek and request someone else to do so if it was getting that tense or something - but I don't think this was one of those situations. Do you really think one prior discussion is sufficient to justify not trying to have another (and it's a separate matter)? Ncmvocalist (talk) 18:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've had admin ignore polite comments before. I think it's downright rude. Isn't that what Harry is being accused of being with his questions? Even impolite questions and comments can be acknowledged, especially by admins. And I see on Harry's talk page that while several editors made polite suggestions and have opened discussion, there isn't anything there from Sarek. Not a good showing for an admin. ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

• Looks like a good call on Sarek's part. Per Hipocrite, saying "[Do you] not think that you simply lack the intellectual ability to handle any case that would come to ArbCom" is not actually a question for the candidate. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:34, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
  • TenOfAllTrades also summarises my view on the merits of this. Ncmvocalist (talk) 15:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Please try talking to someone before reporting them. ^Chillum 15:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Chillum, edit conflict - answered above. HarryAlffa (talk) 15:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That was in September. ^Chillum 22:04, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

TenOfAllTrades, you've quoted out of context, and presented my question as a statement.

Given that you were confused by the use of transitive property in this talk page[70], you do not think that you simply lack the intellectual ability to handle any case that would come to ArbCom, as it is certain that they will be more complex than that simple question?

— HarryAlffa

. HarryAlffa (talk) 15:54, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

You may as well have been asking him if he has stopped beating his wife. These kinds of questions are wholly inappropriate and SoV was right to remove it. Shereth 16:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

On top of that, based on the "innocent until proven guilty" concept, saying "considering I'm taking you to ArbCom over something" ... that's a major poisoning of the well, and unless you have a !conviction, it's 100% irrelevant and unethical (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 17:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Shereth, and I believe that all of your so-called questions are rhetorically-phrased, thinly-veiled attacks. I don't think that my quote was misleading. As well, your (HarryAlffa's) comments in the discussion to which you linked seem to indicate a pattern of persistently incivil and tendentious conduct on your own part in an article dispute, rather than reflecting badly on the candidate (as you might have wished). TenOfAllTrades(talk) 17:26, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that the question was a disruptive personal attack and its removal was correct. Election question pages are not venues for pursuing personal disputes with a candidate, which is what this "question" was clearly about.  Sandstein  17:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I concur and have left Harry a final warning for personal attacks and incivility. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 18:28, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm very troubled by this thread. Why not let voters weigh the pertinence of the question(s) for themselves and let Rusilik speak for himself? What's the big deal? I don't know why we would need Sarek or anyone else to be the arbiter of which questions can be asked. It seems obvious that the questions are leading. And so what? This seems to me to be much ado about nothing. If Sarek didn't like the questions or thought they were poorly phrased, I'm sure he consulted with HarryAlffa and suggested how they could be modified or why they were inappropriate before just unilaterally removing them right? ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

There really isn't any way to modify questions down the line of "Wouldn't you agree that you're too stupid to be on Arbcom?" that isn't as insulting as the original.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

What's wrong with: Do you have the intellectual competence and rigor to be an admin? It's not a question I find particularly useful or interesting, but I don't think you should take it upon yourself to unilaterally decide which questions are okay to ask. At the very least it would have been courteous to remove the questions in good faith and explain why to the editor who posted them. ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Tell me why this offends your sensibilities:

I have seen examples of poor usage of English from you frequently on Wikipedia, as can be seen from some of your answers on this page. You do not think that this lack of skill greatly hampers all communication by you?

— HarryAlffa

If there are no reasoned objections (it pertains to one of the general questions) I will ask this question again with some appropriate diffs. HarryAlffa (talk) 16:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not a good question because it's leading. You work a statement of your own view into what you're asking, instead of inquiring on the candidates views and opinion. At the very least, try rewording/ rephrasing it so it's straightforward. "Are there limitations to your English language skills that would hamper your ability to be an arbcom?" Or, "how do you view your handling of our dispute over the pavlovian theorem as it relates to interstellar commerce?" But moreover, it looks like you have a disagreement with that editor and are carrying out some vendetta. I suspect the vast majority of editors reading the discussion will discount your views/ questions because of that. If you have legitimate concerns try to communicate them fairly and reasonably. What exactly is your concern about that candidate? (This is a rhetorical question intended to spur you to reflection and the rendering of more appropriate questions or refraining from them all together as you see fit). ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Banned user User:Rodgarton socking/personal attacks

It seems pretty clear to me that these edits [71] to Precognition are banned user Rodgarton (Previous incidents: [72]). Similar edits appear each week, from 120.* IP numbers, attacking me and other contributors for the paranormal articles. Thanks in advance for any action taken. MartinPoulter (talk) 16:10, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

obvious, and blocked for a week... Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 06:43, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Could someone snow close an AfD please

Resolved

 – This didn't really need a report here, it doesn't require an administrator to close as speedy keep, but no harm done. It seems I got part of it and Bwilkins got the other part. James086^{Talk | Email} 16:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thea Gill, thank you in advance! -- Banjeboi 16:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I had it half done, but found some of the closing scripts didn't work from this PC. Was in the middle of manually doing the AfD and got edit-conflicted with someone else. So, tag-team AfD closure. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Banjeboi 16:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually, that wasn't valid for WP:SPEEDYKEEP, which is why I didn't do it myself. Reclose as snow keep?--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

If that one wasn't valid for WP:SK, I think we should re-examine whether the guideline serves any non-disruptive purpose at all. Physchim62 (talk) 17:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy keep is procedural. Snow keep is social. Separating the two is essential to ensuring that temporary social problems don't have an adverse effect on the general running of the project. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

SNOW justifies an early close, which is fine here. Speedy keep has a rigid set of criteria analogous to speedy deletion. Flatscan (talk) 03:30, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

User:82.36.17.10

82.36.17.10 has been repeatedly editing talk pages / deletion discussions etc then changing their signature to User:Hassaan19. That seems odd (it's surely easier to just log in) but I see no evidence 82.36.17.10 is not Hassaan19: the articles being edited are the same, 82.36.17.10 is being up-front about this, and Hassaan19 would surely have complained by now if it were not (s)he (especially as one of the edits was to Hassaan19's user page). I see no evidence Hassaan19 is blocked, so this would not be block evasion.

However, on one occasion, 82.36.17.10 instead claimed to be Woohookitty, an admin who has confirmed (s)he is uninvolved, and did this to !vote twice on an AfD (and, to add to the complication, they created the article itself and raised the AfD to settle whether the article should be a redir or not).

Clearly the occasion they claimed to be Woohookitty is a problem. The aparrently legitimate occasions when they claim to be Hassaan19 may be worth checking further because it is odd, especially in light of the Woohookitty incident. Could someone pursue this? And sort out the AfD as it has multiple !votes by the same user?

Many thanks! I42 (talk) 18:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I have notified all three editors about this discussion. GiantSnowman 18:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. I find it interesting that in the Woohookitty situation, they voted "keep" on Hassaan19's AFD. Meebe an IP address changed? It happens. But this is just speculation, it really depends on Woohookitty's answer. A little insignificant ^{Giving thanks to all that is me} 18:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

That bit is easily explained. The AfD was raised to "settle" the matter about whether the article in question should be switched to a redir. From the nomination text you'll see that the nominator favoured keep. The IP in question is for a UK ISP and Woohookitty is in the US; they have confirmed it was not they (a) on the AfD itself (the latest version of the AfD shows text by Woohookitty that they actually placed), and (b) on my talk page. I42 (talk) 18:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if my name was picked from a hat. :) I don't know anything about the article my name was placed on. But no, it definitely wasn't actually me. I'm more perplexed than upset about it. --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 22:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

User:Senor Cuete's recent behavior

I am concerned about the recent edits of a fairly new (under 500 edits) user on the Wikipedia, User:Senor Cuete. This user has not been following WP:AGF and WP:NPA in recent edits. In this edit, he calls someone a "moron" in the edit summary (instead of correctly summarizing it as "RVT vandalism" or what not); in this edit he says "Füls is a fool". In addition, he was rather abrasive to me in this edit, stating "you are wrong" in impolite terms. Could an admin educate this user that politeness and courtesy is required as per Wikipedia policy. Thank you for looking at this. Samboy (talk) 18:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The one German-lifted edit summary was sour, yes. He's not particularly a new user by date and should know better I'd think... from edit count it appears that this is an area of expertise, which is at least motive for taking possible vandalism more seriously. Not an justification, but a reason at least. The 2 IP don't appear related (per Geolocate)... and without any reports then, we don't have much to go on. "Samboy: you are wrong" isn't that terribly impolite in terms ... can we hope he was referring to your earlier article edit and just gave and explained why he thought you were wrong? Best I can guess with much accuracy, at least. No prior history in ANI (according to the search at the top here, so I'm think this was just a bit of frustration. An admin will need to give some input, but without those IPs reporting those weaaker matters I'm not sure if there's all that much to do. I don't see any serious history of disruptive or harmful edits to other users which (ironically) means he should take your warning in good faith, and I that was fine of you to leaving that (politeness is never bad). Bonus points for it being custom and not a script and/or template and good to give a link over here for him to read.

Now see, I am new. You two? Not so much. This is where I step aside and have an admin make a statement. Hopefully this should die off quickly, but even if this were happily ever after already I still couldn't close this discussion on my own as a non-admin :p I think this situation will be fine, though. Best of luck!~ ♪ daTheisen(talk) 21:41, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

IP spamming own website

75.47.221.124 (talk · contribs) is posting their own website [73](admitted on my talk page it's his) at Ur, Abraham and Gutian dynasty of Sumer - at my talk page he threatens to continue from public libraries, etc." I wish you Liberal Christaphobic megalomaniacs at Wakopedia would be honest & just admit that you delete anything that doesn't fit your preconceived misconceptions. I bet if my timelines proved that the Bible was 100% wrong, you wouldn't have called it spam. well have fun on Mt. Olympus with the rest of your egocentric liberal narcissistic Wakopedia dictators. As for me I will continue to post up Informational links to REAL BIBLICALLY CORRECT EDUCATIONAL HELPS even from Public Libraries if need be so ban away." The actual links don't all work - the link I've provided is the home page. Dougweller (talk) 20:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for linkspamming and general unpleasantness. TNXMan 20:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

This is my primary objection to labelling the insertion of links to unsuitable sites as "spam", unless it is done many, many times: the other side is allowed to ignore the real reason for reversing the edit. But I doubt this fellow would have cared what you called it, so TNXman's block was appropriate. -- llywrch (talk) 20:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I am saddened that there does indeed appear to be a Wakopedia, and moreso in respect of the content... LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks all. Dougweller (talk) 22:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

User:Mobile historian

Took this to WP:WQA and got this response from Looie496. "Go to ANI, an immediate block is warranted here." So here I am. Below is what i wrote over there.

I've been engaged in something of a minor content dispute with this user. Details here [74], a little more of it in this soon to be rejected arbitration request here [75]. User has been escalating attacks on his talk page (full discussion here [76]). After he earlier today refered to me as "fetid" "vain," a "peon" and a "little friend who started getting his hands dirty [77] I asked him to strike the comments and desist or else I'd bring the matter here [78]. He responded "Sorry can't do that 'coz I'm still too numbed by your shameful, disgusting and shocking language and behaviour."[79]. I'd like him to desist. If you look at the longer thread on his talk page and the arb page both linked above, you'll see him describing my edits as "vandalism" me as "talking faeces" and suffering from either "plain ignorance or green eyed envy." I'd just like him to be told to stop with the continuous ad hominems, and have the next step explained to him by others if he doesn't (the civility policy has been pointed out to him on a number of occasions already).Bali ultimate (talk) 22:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

• Indef blocked as a Tancarville (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) sock. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

User:192.197.54.136

User:192.197.54.136 has gone through numerous articles, vandalizing pages, starting edit wars, and removing template tags. The user's MO seems very similar to User:JKSarang, who also edits Korean pages, and has gotten into trouble lately for strikingly similar edits. However, I don't know how to check into that. The anon has started edit wars about images on different pages, and when people disagreed, added invalid tags to the image pages to try to get them deleted, which supports my belief that it is the same user. Ωphois 01:02, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Apparently so did this person Ophois. Who's that? Ophois has committed a 3RR I think that's what PC78 called it. This user has reverted many pages. I would suggest watching this user as well. 192.197.54.136 (talk) 01:05, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Reverting your vandalism does not count as 3RR. Ωphois 01:07, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) It's your edits that are the problem here. You've been vandalising pages and have violated 3RR on at least one page.As far as I can see, Ophois has merely been trying to undo some of your damage. PC78 (talk) 01:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

It isn't vandalism if I've stated my reason's. And Ophois seems like a stalker, they had nothing to do with this. It's between PC78 and I. Grow up and talk it out like adults instead of running around. 192.197.54.136 (talk) 01:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Repeatedly adding that someone is a "large douche" is vandalism. Ωphois 01:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I never called anyone that I told you guys to grow up. You wanted to talk and I ws talking but you decided to tell on me like a bunch of kids. Very mature of you. 192.197.54.136 (talk) 01:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

And even after being reported, the user continues to remove maintenance tags from articles. Ωphois 01:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for one week. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:18, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with how it works, but is there a way to check if it is a possible sockpuppet? Ωphois 01:19, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's called Checkuser. On a different note, am I the only one who finds this whole discussion to be unintentionally amusing?--66.177.73.86 (talk) 01:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Nope, good for a Wednesday Night chuckle! Frmatt (talk) 01:28, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Amen to that! If they ever release a "Best of Wikipedia" book, this should definitely be in there. XD --66.177.73.86 (talk) 01:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Would we receive royalties, lol? Ωphois 08:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

• Indeed, this IP is so obviously User:JKSarang that I have blocked the user for the same length of time. Black Kite 12:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Fred1296 and Chris Rush

Just trying to head a conflict off at the pass, so to speak. Fred1296 (talk · contribs) seems to be an SPA for promoting comedian Chris Rush. Fred1296 is also probably indef blocked user Tony159 (talk · contribs), who made the same edits to the same articles.

Fred1296 has also added small articles for Rush's book and three albums, the book has already been merged back into the article. Delicious carbuncle has merged/redirected the albums back to the main page for Rush [80] [81] [82]. DC has made comments on Fred1296's page (as have I) to discuss the matter, but Fred1296 has reverted the redirects repeatedly without adding any content, stating in his edit summaries "Good enough for a page" and "As good as anyother page in same category".

I'd hate to see a full-scale edit war break out over something like this, so more opinions on the matter would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dayewalker (talk) 01:46, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

First of all I am a fan of Chris Rush, and since there wasn't any pages for him I decided to create them. I am however NOT trying to promote him. I am just working with the available information on the web. I do understand why the book was merged into Chris Rush sice it didn't have much for its own page, but to delete the three album pages are ridiculous. There are hundreds of other comedy album pages with the same or even less on it, yet nobody deletes those or merges them into the artist's pages. First Rush, Beaming In and There's No Bones In Ice Cream have plenty of info needed for an encyclopedia stand point. There is obviously some problem these editors have with Chris Rush or even myself considering it seems to be the same ones always trying to delete the pages. When I start to see other pages in the same category being deleted or merged like FM & AM for instance (which is identical to what I created) maybe then I'll be more understandable. Untill then I'm going to fight to keep these pages up and updated too, but when I'm costantly having to undo edits that are made from users who don't believe Chris Rush or any of his works are notable or famous enough it makes it a bit difficult. Thank You Fred1296 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fred1296 (talk • contribs) 02:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The behavioral evidence seems to indicate that these two accounts are likely the same person, but I would feel more comfortable seeing a checkuser on this one, as the idea that two different fans had created these pages is a slight possibility. --Jayron32 03:34, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tony159, which I just started. Lets do this formally to put a nail in this one for good. --Jayron32 03:42, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Just to note that while FM & AM may be a bit sparse in the references department, it clearly meets the general notability guideline by virtue of having won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 04:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

And Mussolini made the trains run on time. That fact does not address the (possible) block dodging issue... --Jayron32 04:45, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll defer to you in Mussolini-related matters. My point was that none of Chris Rush's albums appear to be notable unlike the example offered by Fred1296 of the George Carlin album FM & AM. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 05:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

As you were... Nevermind. --Jayron32 05:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Sko1221 again

See also: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive516 § Foie_gras

User:Sko1221 has been trying to stay logged out and participate in Talk:Medical cannabis and Medical cannabis, but the problems haven't stopped. What we see is the same old disruption: New SPA's keep showing up on a daily basis, and today, as 72.213.22.76 (talk · contribs) she restored the harassment and attempted outing of Alfie66 (talk · contribs)[83], our resident expert and good editor all around. The original off-topic comment was made by User:Ohiostandard,[84]. I previously explained that if he had concerns about Alfie66 or his editing, those concerns should be brought to Alfie's attention on his talk page and/or he should submit a COI incident report on the noticeboard. In my opinion, there are no concerns about Alfie66, as this user has made a concerted effort to discuss his edits before making them, and uses the talk page in a diligent manner. Sko1221/72.213.22.76 is up to the same old tricks, arguing that we should restore off-topic, archived discussions about how cannabis "cures" PMS and cancer and other nonsense that doesn't belong on an article talk page. Thankfully, Mjpresson (talk · contribs) showed up to inject some reason, but I'm afraid it's just a matter of time before the next round of new accounts start up again. Viriditas (talk) 08:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Article on Republic of Macedonia: entire text erased

I am not Greek or Macedonian ("Fyromian"?), I live on the other side of the world (Brazil) and have no ancestry or connections with either country, but I visited the article on the Republic of Macedonia just out of curiosity to learn what the current situation of their notorious naming dispute is. I found the page blank, with only the title. Consulting the article's history, I found that user Door34 had deleted the entire page, and even marked the edition summary with a candid "Blanked the page." I reverted the edit, of course, restoring the previous version, but s/he or another Greek (which s/he appears to be - his/her only other listed contributions are edits on the page List of Greek composers) may vandalize the page again.

I am not sure if this is the appropriate page for this, but the specific page for vandalism notifications says it is specifically for ongoing, repeated vandalism, and this appears to be this user's first incident - that is, in that article, because on his/her talk page there are warnings that two pages s/he created were nominated for speedy deletion for blatant advertising; in one of them, s/he removed the speedy deletion tag and got another warning.

Like I said, I am an outsider to the Greek/Macedonian/"Fyromian" dispute, find it hard to understand and just hope that the two nations solve this dispute that to me sounds Shakespearean (a mixture of "what's in a name" with "much ado about nothing") in a civilized way, which certainly does not include turning Wikipedia into a battleground. So, I thought I should bring this to your attention. --UrsoBR (talk) 08:55, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the vandalism. This was just a "normal" vandal edit by someone, of a type that's unfortunately rather common and happens on many articles. Might or might not have been politically motivated. Best response is just what you did: revert it. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:11, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi, thanks for reverting the blanking of the page, be aware that the edit summary "Blanked page" is an automatic one that is used to help users identify vandalism. In this case, as the user Door34 has vandalised previously, reporting them to WP:AIV would probably have been the best course of action, I have now done this and the user will likely be blocked in some time. Again, thanks for alerting us to this.

On another note, edit summaries such as this: [85] are not entirely appropriate, try to keep the edit summaries of such edits toned down and civil, again, thanks. Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 09:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't see where anybody has warned Door34 for their vandalism, nor notified them of this discussion. 99.166.95.142 (talk) 16:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The block was a little harsh. No warning, one blanking edit, no previous history of vandalism. Am I missing something? Fribbler (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Agree with Fribbler. The editor made one vandal edit, recieved no warning, and was blocked. His only other significant edit has been constructive. This is percisely what {{uw-vandal1}} or {{vandal2}} is for. Singularity42 (talk) 16:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Long term multiple account abuse and disruptive editing at UN Watch

There appears to be a case of long term multiple account abuse and disruptive editing at UN Watch (and to a lesser extent Hillel Neuer, the director of UN Watch) The latest account to be created is Fionnuala.Leclerc. The account was created following the Arbitration Enforcement case against Barcelona.women detailed here. It's clearly a sockpuppet. The new account illustrates fairly typical behavior by this person

• Reverting back to previous version by the same user or in this case a previous sockpuppet removing all intermediate edits by other users editing the article no matter how many there were. See diff
• Misleading edit summaries e.g. 'initial description made representative; struck balance between various edits; See Discussion'. In reality the edit involved changing almost everything in the article as you can see in this diff. This kind of edit has occurred repeatedly in the UN Watch article over an extended period.

The edit also illustrates unusual behavior i.e. using the talk page. Whoever is behind these accounts is exceptionally shy when it comes to discussing things on the talk page and collaborating in general. Unfortunately, in this case the talk page entry is entirely misleading and neglects to mention, describe, justify, explain the wholesale changes made to the article involved in reverting it back to the previous sockpuppet's version. Before this latest account I tried adding information about the discretionary sanctions in the hope that it would change behavior. That didn't work. I tried to get the user (as Barcelona.women) to start using talk without success as you can see here. They simply won't engage in discussion. Another user noticed the socking, contacted me here and reported one of the accounts. Based of nature of the edits and the criteria described in Wikipedia:Signs of sock puppetry, the accounts listed below may be sockpuppets although the confidence level varies.

• Special:Contributions/Fionnuala.Leclerc
• Special:Contributions/Barcelona.women 0RR imposed from AE
• Special:Contributions/Ibrahim_Abu_Iqsa
• Special:Contributions/Jeanratelle (not so sure about this one)
• Special:Contributions/Unions4globalizing Already blocked (Abusing multiple accounts)
• Special:Contributions/Mahmoud_wintil'adi
• Special:Contributions/Bynoptlegal
• Special:Contributions/Wordsweek11
• Special:Contributions/Mikado_Varshafsky Already blocked

Could an admin investigate and try to put a stop to this once and for all ? Addressing issues on an account by account basis clearly isn't going to work as they will simply create a new account. Sean.hoyland - talk 09:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll get it out of the way, but everyone will tell you to take it to WP:SPI.--Crossmr (talk) 11:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

..and if I change the title to 'Long term effects of dissociative identity disorder and disruptive editing at UN Watch' and globally replace the word 'sockpuppet' with 'dissociated identities' would that help ? Sean.hoyland - talk 11:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I dunno, "do blocks for excessive sarcasm on an admin noticeboard when the editor has already been advised as to the correct forum to take the issue" end up helping things - globally-speaking, that is?  ;-) (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:52, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I think they probably would. Wait, your talking about me. Okay, I'm off to SPI then. Sean.hoyland - talk 11:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

User: Updatehelper

User: Updatehelper is currently replacing mass links from geocities (defunct) to oocities.com, which appears to have archived many geocities sites. i'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Updatehelper Theserialcomma (talk) 12:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Linking to geocities was allowed? :blink: (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 12:27, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, at least this will let us see what the content was long enough to find real replacements for the refs.... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Removal

Sourced information is removed from Blue water Navy page by newbies. So kindly take note and protect the page.Bcs09 (talk) 13:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Users Mr George R. Allison and By78 are removing content from Guided missile destroyer page under Active and Planned Guided Missile Destroyers as well.Bcs09 (talk) 13:22, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing to link to re the first complaint. As for the Guided missile destroyer article, the edits on the face of it seem reasonable. Have you attempted to discuss these edits with the contributors? Have you notified them of this discussion? LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Request for assistance regarding harassment

In essence, this is a continuation of a prior debate that occurred on this noticeboard. Please see the prior thread.

I have been repeatedly hounded and harassed by User:BQZip01. He has in the past accused me of slander, made a posting on this board demanding I be blocked (see the prior thread), has stalked my edits (case example: restores a fair use image to an article from which I had removed it less than an hour before, an article he had never edited before), has harassed me on my talk page and has now placed a userpage of mine for MfD (see MfD) when his own essay on his MfD standards would allow such a page. I am sick to death of his haranguing of me, and it must stop.

I've been trying to stay out of BQZip01's way. But, I can't. Why? Because he won't let me stay out of his way.

I am here to ask that an administrator please step in to the middle of this (what a thing to volunteer for! :)) and ask that BQZip01 stop stalking my edits, ignore my userspace, and stay off of my talk page unless there is a pressing matter. I, in turn, will do the same with him (though I've not been stalking his edits). If this equitable compromise can not be achieved, this will spin out of control.

Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 14:39, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I've left BQZip01 a note, but could you please provide some more recent diffs? The ones you've posted are from October, and I'd just like to see if the problematic behavior you mentioned is ongoing. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

• It's not everyday that this sort of behavior is happening. It has been happening over a broad span of time, approximately the last year. Whether it happens a hundred times in three days or a hundred times over a year, it's still a problem. I've tried to be patient, but my patience in regards to this user is gone. That's why I'm here. I'm not asking for him to be blocked, censured, or otherwise found to be at fault. All I'm asking for is for him to leave me alone (and me likewise). An outside administrator has considerably more authority in requesting that than I would. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

So there's nothing really new since the last blowout thread you posted from October, and you just want that rehashed again? Tan | 39 15:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't post that thread Tan, BQZip01 did, asking for me to be blocked. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying. Comment struck. Tan | 39 16:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Not commenting on the merits of the case, but the MfD linked above appears to be current (posted less than a day ago). TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Mentifisto changes another's signature

This would appear to be subterfuge[86]. Am I missing something obvious here? Is User:Mentifisto someone's legit sock? What's going on here? HarryAlffa (talk) 16:54, 19 November 2009 (UTC)