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Raulseixas

Minor I know, but he changed the name of another club on the Diego Milito page. I thought I'd mention it. Regards Footballgy (talk) 01:03, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I think the IP edit war game on this page is starting up again, very Raul-esque Footballgy (talk) 13:25, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Blocked one month. If you see more IPs taking up the banner for Raul's renaming issues, please consider reopening the sockpuppet case at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Raulseixas. From now on we probably would need behavior evidence since checkuser would not be an option. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay Ed, I will carry on to monitor the pages he has been kicking around on and will re-open the case if I come across his editing traits again. Thanks Footballgy (talk) 23:53, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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João VI or John VI

Hi, Ed. Could you spare some time to share your thoughts about the João/John issue in Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)#An exception to the rule?? Regards, --Lecen (talk) 13:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I should promise to stop responding in kind?

Look at User_talk:Dmcq#The_Z3_wasn.27t_the_first_computer_according_to_other_reliable_cites. I was responding in kind, as I thought that was acceptable. Is this a statement that it is not? —chbarts (talk) 21:38, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

You have been reported for edit warring

I was reported for edit warring? What did I do? On what page? I don't recall reverting a page to a former version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.90.167.222 (talk) 21:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

With this edit a person using your IP address removed an entire section from David Newman (political geographer). If you are using a dynamic IP, perhaps this was a previous user. If this was you, you can understand that removing an entire criticism section without discussion would lead to questions. EdJohnston (talk) 21:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Help with 3RR reports

Hi Ed, thanks for taking action on the recent edit warring I reported at Richard Boyd Barrett.

This is only the second time I've reported someone for 3RR, and it looks like there are a couple of things I might not be getting right. Would you be able to provide some pointers?

First, my diffs look different (as displayed on the 3RR noticeboard) to those provided by most other people. I've concluded that this is because most of the other people are using a semi-automated tool to generate their 3RR reports, which expands the diff itself to a date and also adds details of the edit summary. Does this make a difference, or is the way I'm doing it acceptable for this noticeboard?

Second, you said that you didn't see there being four reverts made within 24 hours. This puzzles me, because looking over the four edits I listed as diffs, they look to me to fall within the broad definition of being reverts as described on WP:3RR. Specifically I'm thinking of "Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert." So for example, the first, second and fourth edits all re-inserted the mention of the DVDs, which in each case had been removed by other editors. And the third edit re-inserted material about the TV station guy, which had been completely removed by me on BLP grounds.

Am I misunderstanding policy on exactly what constitutes a revert? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:51, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

3RR reports need to be closed quickly, because there are so many of them. I stepped through the history one time, and I noticed that some of V's changes were not reverts. If you had used the 3rr.php tool which is mentioned in the Listing instructions at WP:AN3, it might have been easier to follow your reasoning. Also, your presentation here is easier to understand than the original report. At present, V is on a short leash due to BLP worries, but BLP is not a blanket excuse for removing criticism from an article about a politician. I hope that all sides will try to reach a consensus on sourcing for any controversial statements before protection expires. EdJohnston (talk) 22:08, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Hill & Knowlton

Hi there. I responded to your request for info required to change some of the basic facts about the company on the talk page. Appreciate it if you could take another look. Niall Cook (Hill & Knowlton) | Talk 10:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC):

Why not propose on the talk page some new language to add to the article. I am still wondering if this is a big change if reliable sources have not taken much notice of it. Two units, both wholly-owned by WPP Group, have 'merged', but presumably there is no change in ownership, no issuance of stock etc. Some executives must have changed their titles, but this happens all the time. I note your mention of an article in PR Week, but it's unclear if any actual reporting was done for the article, or if it's just giving the contents of a press release by the WPP Group. If you propose new language on Talk and if nobody objects in a reasonable time, you should go ahead and change the article. The book by Karen Miller is presumably a reliable source, and I wonder if any information from that could be used to expand the article. Another PR Week article mentions a DowJones study comparing coverage generated by H & K and other firms. The DowJones study certainly has enough independence to justify a reference in the H & K article. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:34, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

IP sockpuppets

Hi Ed, sorry to bother you but I thought I'd message you and ask for a little advice. In the past I have had several problems with IP user 82.5.224.162 for constantly vandalizing and dumbing down the Grimsby Town F.C. page. His edits which were last on that article in August 2010 were in the most part good faith edits but the infomation he added was either incorrect, bizarre changes of sub sections and text or badly constructed sentences. The IP user consistently failed to respond to any messages sent to him by myself or other users on his talk page and upon recieving any talk page messages he simply removed them. He continued to try and force his material on to the article numerous times and was eventually blocked for a 3 month period as well as having the right to alter his own talk page taken away from him. By looking at his contributions he also spent a lot of time altering different British TV shows, with a lot of those edits also reverted down to the same reason as on the Grimsby Town page. This user last edited the Celebrity Coach Trip (series 6) article on 9 January 2011, however a new IP user....81.109.92.81..which I know for a fact is the same person cropped up on the 28 January 2011 editing the same pages with the same usual waffle, I didn't notice him until he made editions to the Grimsby Town page on the 6 February 2011, most of which was with the same sentences and strange text alterations he had attempted to force on to the article in August. He has also gone back to editing numerous pages associated with British TV shows some of which have already been reverted by other users. I made contact with the new IP on his talk page...and as expected he removed my messages from his talk page. I've initally re-instated them which I know I am not really supposed to do but this is to only make other editor's who are dealing with him aware of his persistent vandalizing. I was contemplating reporting the original IP for sock puppetry but I wasn't overly sure whether an IP can be reported for controlling other IP's. I just wondered what can be done..if anything and how I can go about resolving this problem as I know this IP can be kind of relentless at times. Thanks and Regards. Footballgy (talk) 01:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

If you've given enough warnings, you can report him at WP:AIV. Include some diffs which you believe show him adding false information. Since I don't know much about these article topics I can't easily tell which edits are nonsense. Both of these IPs are DSL customers in the Coventry area. EdJohnston (talk) 01:55, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

His main editions are mainly just bizarre word edits..or just plain dumbing down and changing of text and section headers. Obviously with Grimsby now residing in Non-League following relegation last year..he changed the Non-League sub section to "In the lower basement division" which makes no real sense. He used to add the line "relegation slapped Grimsby dangerously hard" at the end of several sections, and often states in the 1980's section that Grimsby never returned to the second tier of English football after that period...when they did in 1993 and 1998. Other additions are adding different clubs into the rivals section like Doncaster..who have never really been viewed as a rival. He has since been doing that on the Cheltenham Town F.C. page by placing Grimsby and Accrington Stanley in the rivals section when neither of them are. He is quite a strange chap and although he is not your every day vandal..he just seems adamant on adding the same incorrect or bizarre waffle to certain pages. Not all of his edits seem to be troublesome which leads me to think he must think he is contributing in some way but I honestly do not know why he finds the need to constantly add his rubbish when he has been told numerous times about it. I will keep a close eye and if he continues to make the same alterations then I will report him. Thanks again Ed. Footballgy (talk) 19:19, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi there ED, VASCO from Portugal here,

please do something about this "user" ("contributions" here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/95.92.2.82), he specializes in inflating (grossly!) stats in football players, namely connected with F.C. Porto. Last time i checked, that's vandalism...

I thought his IP-range was neverending, but found out some "good news", he has used this one in two separate days. Since i believe protecting all the pages he has edited in would be too strenuous (but he does seem to have a preference in "contributing" to Silvestre Varela, several anon IPs from him there), could you block this IP? I'll fill you in on any further developments.

Attentively, ty in advance, happy week - --Vasco Amaral 20:19, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

95.92.2.82 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

We don't usually block people who haven't been warned. His talk page is a red link. Please leave a message for him, explain what you think he did wrong, and if possible include a diff of an example. In general, WP:AIV will handle cases like this if you go through the procedure. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Input requested

Here - thanks Lionel (talk) 04:17, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Occupation of the Baltic states

The issue in dispute in Occupation of the Baltic states has been the naming of the article. As mainstream sources state, the period 1940-1989 had features of both occupation and annexation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union. The specific quote used by Martin presents one side of the issue. Martin in fact uses it to object to the name suggested by Mälksoo.

The view that 1970-1989 can only be seen as annexation has been interpreted by some to mean that the ethnic Russian population are not citizenships, therefore not allowed to vote and subject to deportation. Russia, as the successor state to the USSR, is required to pay compensation. There is a moral equivalency between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and Nazi collaborators should be rehabilitated, while the resistance are seen as unpatriotic.

TFD 14:17, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I must not have explained my position. I was referring to the use of the isolated quote from Maiksoo in order to support the existing name of the article. As it says in the neutral book From Soviet republics to EU member states "The specificity of the Baltic case... illustrates the tension between the principles of legality (ex injuria non oritur jus) and effectiveness (ex factis jus oritur)" (p. 60).[1] Malksoo would appear to agree with that approach. Martin is using a quote that supports the legality principle over the effectiveness one. But Malksoo also wrote, "The fact of annexation - and that the USSR proceeded with its policies from the presumption that these territories were its own, not occupied - changed the nature of the occupation, if not in terms of law than at least in terms of political realities".[2]

From Soviet Republics also says, "A number of hard line politicians went so far to propose the expulsion of the 'Russian colonists', referring to the forced migration of ethnic Germans after the Second World War.... As a result of the nationalistic rhetoric and excluaive approach to citizenship, a large part of the population remained without clear legal status." (p. 71)[3] These politicans base their understanding on the legality principle and ignore the effectiveness one.

I believe that neutrality requires us to explain that there is ambiguity in this case and not use a title that supports one side or the other. I had originally posted to the talk page in response to an RfC (RfC: Is the title of this article appropriate?) My response then was:

Not neutral Editors should be aware that articles must be written from a neutral point of view. That means that unless there is a consensus that the Baltic states were occupied, we cannot state There are in fact other ethnic conflict articles where the same arguments are made, e.g., Gibraltar and the Falklands (or is it the Malvinas?) Doesn' matter - we don't take sides. While I appreciate that editors wish the story to be told, choosing a name like this makes readers assume it is biased before reading it. Just stick to neutral writing and trust readers to form their own opinions without a heavy dose of propaganda. TFD (talk) 05:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Sander Saeda and Martin replied:

Can you please provide valid non-propaganda sources or other examples supporting your statements? Or are these just empty words yet again? --Sander Säde 09:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
It is apparent that TFD hasn't read the literature, otherwise he would know that ethnicity plays no part, unless of course he believes scholars like John Hiden, David J Smith and Konstantin Khudoley are Balts. Ofcourse I may be wrong and he has in his possession a paper published in a peer reviewed journal that claims no occupation took place, by all means TFD should post a cite here. --Martin (talk) 09:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I realize however that it is important to clearly distinguish between the views presented and the people presenting them. I have found however that I often find martintg posting to discussion pages just after I have (ones he not posted to before) which probably influences my tone in responding to him, and will take care to phrase my responses better.

TFD (talk) 17:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I apologise that my meaning has not come across and will now attempt to explain my view again. Malksoo presents the view that there are two sides to the story, but Martintg seized on just one side of this. Martin quoted Malksoo as saying, "The annexation - since it remained illegal - did not create any extra rights to the annexing power, the USSR".

In fact Malksoo also said, "The Baltic Sattes were occupied in June 1940 and annexed (incorporated) by the USSR in August 1940. Thus, both occupation and annexation DID happen. The fact of annexation - and that the USSR proceeded with its policies from the presumption that these territories were its own, not occupied - changed the nature of the occupation, if not in terms of law than at least in terms of political realities. For example, when 1980 Moscow olympic games took place, the olympic regatta took place in Tallinn. This cannot be a typical occupation situation."

If a critic were to say, "Despite serious flaws, Gone with the wind was a great movie" and an editor quoted the critic as saying "Critic x says Gone with the wind had serious flaws" or "Critic x says Gone with the wind was a great movie" then it would not be criticism of the critic to disagree with the representation of what was said.

History has redrawn maps, compromised territorial integrity, and moved entire populations. While we can look back and pinpoint specific violations by specific states, we need to approach these topics in a neutral manner. That means explaining all views and not concentrating on one.

TFD (talk) 22:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Your explanations don't seem to answer the question I posed. It appears that you are no longer defending the original talk comment that Martintg complained about at WP:AE, [4]. You no longer, it seems, want to ascribe an 'right-wing extremist ethnic nationalist point of view' to either Martintg or Mälksoo. If so, why not apologize for your comment and we might close the issue? If you think that someone else is the person who is holding a 'right wing extremist ethnic nationalist point of view', who is that person exactly? To want to use 'occupation' in the title of the article is ipso facto to be a right-wing extremist ethnic nationalist? So Wikipedia editors who want to put 'occupation' in the title should also be described in this way? EdJohnston (talk) 23:15, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

TFD has a tendency to describe sources in that manner. See [5] for a debating style which uses:

it presents as fact that Communism killed over 100 million people, while this article presents that number as an extreme upward estimate dismissed by mainstream writers, and the organization is run by Lee Edwards, the self-desribed historian of the American Right (who does not write for an academic audience) and has been involved in a number of extreme anti-Communist organizations.

as a rationale for rejecting a Congressionally chartered organization from merely being an "external link" on the topic of mass deaths under communist regimes. If a person can be so typified who is not an editor here, then WP has serious problems. Collect (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Noting that EL does not require an organization to specifically be "authoritative" in the view of a specific editor, that was not my point. The point is that an editor referred to the subject of a WP BLP as being involved in "extreme anti-communist organizations" which is a fairly clear WP:BLP violation per se as being a contentious unsourced claim about a living person. If I recall correctly, this establishes a pattern of that editor making unsourced contentious allegations about living people on a large number of pages. Generally labeling them fascists, extremists and the like. Collect (talk) 00:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

My use of the expression related to the naming of the article, "Occupation of the Baltic states", which is used to describe both occupation of the Baltic states by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and the subsequent incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union. The neutrality of this title was questioned in an RfC raised by User:Lothar von Richthofen entitled, "Is the title of this article appropriate?" Malksoo suggested the title, "Occupation and Annexation of the Baltic States". My objection to that title (and Martin agreed) was that annexation is an event and therefore it would be incorrect to refer to the continued inclusion of the Baltic states in the USSR as "annexation".

I do not understand why you continue to assert that my comment describes Malksoo's position when it clearly represents the selective use of Malksoo's comments.

The right-wing view relates to the naming of the article. Editors who support a specific name may or may not be aware of the implications. The implication of this name, as I have explained, is that all actions undertaken by the Soviet Union in the Baltic states from 1940 to 1991 were illegal and therefore Russia must compensate those states and the nationality of people born in those states during that time are in question. That position has been adopted by "[a] number of hard line politicians [who] went so far to propose the expulsion of the 'Russian colonists'...."

TFD (talk) 23:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

EdJohnston, I welcome your reply to Collect's comments. Do you think that I am wrong to consider Edwards to be outside the academic mainstream or should his organization which is linked here, be considered an authoritative source? TFD (talk) 23:59, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I have to chime in here. First TFD claims his comment was related to the view of Prof. Mälksoo: "The annexation - since it remained illegal - did not create any extra rights to the annexing power, the USSR". Here Mälksoo is discussing sovereign rights. Now he claims it is related to the naming of the article (so therefore by implication the editors who support a particular name). TFD mis-characterises the debate about the illegality of the Soviet occupation, it is not about the expulsion of Russian post war settlers (although some extremists were advocating it back in the early 1990's and the source he is referring to is discussing that period).

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Like any democracy, Estonia too has far-right groups like the Estonian Independence Party which enjoys miniscule electoral support, but even they do not advocate deporting anyone. But the question of status of the Baltic states in international law is settled. The predominant view of the international community is that annexation was illegal and thus the present day Baltic states are a continuation of the pre-war republics. This view is supported by the EU and other institutions. The legal consequence of this in the case of Estonia, since it is a democracy governed by the rule of law, is the restoration of the pre-war citizenry and giving post war settlers the freedom to choose if they want be Russian or Estonian citizens. This isn't ethnic based, some ten percent of the total pre-war population were ethnic Russian and they received Estonian citizenship automatically, while ethnic Estonians who emigrated from Estonia prior to 1918 have to naturalise just the same as people who immigrated into Estonia after 1940. This stance on free choice has largely been vindicated, with over a third opting for Estonian citizenship, around a third opting for Russian citizenship and the ever decreasing remainder still to decide.

TFD's contention that calling the soviet period an occupation an extreme far-right viewpoint is both wrong and totally unsupported by any reliable source. This is the view point of many mainstream scholars like Professor David James Smith, head of the Department of Central and East European Studies at Glasgow University, who writes: "This policy of non-recognition gave rise to the principle of legal continuity, which held that de jure, Estonia remained an independent state under illegal occupation throughout the period 1940-91". Russian scholars like Konstantin Khudoley, vice Rector and head of the School of International Relations at St Petersburg University, also view it as an occupation.

With TFD I am reminded of the "Reds under the beds" hysteria of the 1950's, except for TFD it seems to be "fascists under the beds". Combined with his evasiveness here, his unhelpful charactisation of the issues as far-right or even ethnic based, I just don't think that kind of mindset is appropriate for editing articles related to Eastern Europe. I suggest a EE topic ban with a review after some period of time, prehaps he can get up to speed with the literature on the topic during that time. --Martin (talk) 01:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Martin, you missed the first part of the passage, "This policy of non-recognition gave rise to the principle of legal continuity, which held that...." Smith later writes, "...in the eyes of the majority of its members [the Estonian legislature], Estonia had never formed part of the Soviet state". The fact that as you state 2/3 of ethnic Russians do not have Estonian citizenship and 1/3 are in fact stateless is a matter of concern. As Smith writes, "One factor differentiating Estonia from neighbouring Latvia is the way in which it has addressed the somewhat thorny criteria relating to 'respect for and protection of minorities'.... the refusal to grant automatic citizenship rights to the large Russian-speaking settler population is the issue which has aroused the greatest controversy amongst outside observers since 1991." (p. 67)

"Ethnic issues" you are talking about belong to article Human rights in Estonia. Why repeatedly bring them here? Biophys (talk) 04:03, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I really don't see how members of the post-war immigrant community in Estonia decide which citizenship they wish to adopt is relevant to TFD's behaviour and tendency to accuse people of editing from a "fascist viewpoint" or claiming they are "far-right ethnic nationalists", unless he thinks formenting some kind of ideological battleground in Wikipedia's EE topic area is some how helpful in redressing what he perceives as injustices in the wider world. --Martin (talk) 04:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

The status of ethnic Russians in the Baltic states was determined by those governments' assertion that the three republics were occupied. In the other former Soviet republics, where it was determined that they had been incorporated into the Soviet Union, all Soviet citizens in those states at the time of independance became citizens. In the Baltic states however they did not. In 1989, 1/3 of the population of Estonia, 1/2 of the population of Latvia and 1/10 of the population of Lithuania were ethnic Russians. Since then the ethnic Russian population has declined by one third. BTW Martin I did not use the term fascist in relation to this article. TFD (talk) 04:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

This just reminds me And you are lynching Negroes.Biophys (talk) 05:47, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Apart from being factually incorrect, confusing Russian speaking with ethnic Russian and Lithuania also granted blanket citizenship, how is this related to the thread discussing Prof. Mälksoo's POV in which you stated "While I have sympathy for Martintg's ethnic nationalism, articles must be written from a neutral point of view, not a right wing extremist ethnic nationalist POV." Was it directed at Mälksoo's POV as you claimed at WP:AE, or at me? I find the first part of your statement alluding to my alledged "ethnic nationalism" offensive enough. FWIW my partner of 13 years is of ethnic Russian descent, her grand parents coming from Narva, so I find your attempts at playing the ethnic card appalling. --Martin (talk) 05:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

PS, yes TFD did not use the term fascist in relation to this article, he used it in another article but was given a warning after attempting the same "edit vs editor distinction" argument[6]. But as Collect above noted, this is part of a tendency of labelling editors or sources he disagree with as "far-right", "fascist" or "ethnic nationalist". To exemplify this trend he was also previously warned for calling someone a neocon. Enough. --Martin (talk) 06:11, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

As I explained above, I was referring to the selective use of Malksoo's writing, not Malksoo. The issue of the status of the Baltic states 1940-1991 is nuanced, and it was my impression that you used that your use of only part of the writing did not accurately reflect mainstream thinking.

Also, THF's complaint was not about calling an editor a neocon, but calling the Weekly Standard "neocon". My orginal comment was, "According to the WP article, "The Weekly Standard is a American neoconservative opinion magazine". Opinion pieces are not reliable sources for BLPs. The Four Deuces (talk) 23:10, 13 February 2010 (UTC)"[7] In later conversation this became shortened to "neocon", a term to which THF objected. Could you please avoid hearsay. TFD (talk) 14:12, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Might you explain the civility in Can you name any mainstream writers who support your views? Can you even point to where these writers support your views? [8] Collect, can you please not refer to people like Jonah Goldberg. This discussion is about experts not fringe theorists. Also avoid presenting OR arguments about the DPRK (N. Korea Communists). All of this is merely detracting from the issues. [9] It is typical fascist (and right-wing populist) resentment that they are squeezed between big business and big labor. Your wording violates WP:NPOV, WP:OR, WP:SYN, WP:RS and WP:UNDUE I have now done my own research and such a section did exist in 2005 and said "Fascism tends to be associated with the political right". However it was later deleted, so Collect's understanding that the section has consistently represented his views over a four year period would appear to be an honest mistake. in fact the section only represented Collect's views after he added them in January of this year. BTW I think that there are only 12 quotes that Collect uses to support his view, not 18, as Collect states. Collect used "reflist" and therefore obtained sources that were footnotes to other sections. However it really is not very helpful to have numerous references if none of them support your premises. Recently I filed a report at ANI against Collect for wikihounding: he voted on AfDs I had but in exactly the opposite way. (In most cases I had filed them.) (note that I have !voted on well over five hundred XfDs :) ) The neoconservatives had their origins in Communist ideology as well, but that does not mean we should include the American invasion of Iraq in the article. ... "In their youth"?! They were well into middle age when they switched and brought with them much of their Communist past including unfortunately a tendency to re-write history . I did not say you deleted it but that you hid it, for whatever reason. But it now appears to have been deleted. (while making a kindasorta apology for a clear attack), The only part of that book that could support your theory are contained in the introduction which was roundly debunked by several of the contributors to the book. All of this has been explained to you The only sources that connect mass killings with communist ideology are far right extremist theories published outside the academic mainstream This article should also point out the anti-Semitic nature of the theories expressed by far right anti-Communists I am pointing out the inherent anti-Semitism in the point of view you are pushing In fact Collect your comments about me are a personal attack. As I clearly pointed out, the far right draw a connection between Jews and Communists, which is why the theories of Cpourtois, Nolte, etc., have become so popular with them . If you have any good sources that are helpful for this article please provide them, but do not expect others to make the same leaps of logic that you do I think you are misreading that. By the way, in your next edit you seem to confuse the terms "drought" and "draught". A drought is an absense of rain. A draught is a current of air The sum total of subjects covered in all encyclopedias, e.g., encyclopedias of rock'n'roll, genocide, ming vases, etc. would run into the millions and none would have this article Collect, could you please stop misrepresenting what other editors state. No one has claimed that Stalin did not kill people and it is extremely offensive for you to suggest they did especially considering that there are laws in many countries against this type of historical revisionism and your comments could be interpreted as accusing other editors of committing a criminal offense(which was a legal threat ignored by everyone due to the nature of the source :) ), That is a high school essay, Do you believe that articles should be based on 1950s Cold War texts? It was published by Bloomsbury Publishing which is not an academic publishing company. As someone with a PhD in economics you are well aware of the difference It says on your user page that you have a Ph.D. in economics and I assume that Biophys is short for "biophysics". I have said nothing beyond that. I do not believe it is advisable to provide personal information on Wikipedia. (after making comments about a PhD knowing better), In the last U.S. election did you vote for Obama because he told you to and he is an academic and therefore a reliable source or were you able to distinguish between his scholarly writings and his pronouncements in the popular media? and most of those are from a single page Talk:Mass_killings_under_Communist_regimes/Archive_24 And also Could you please provide evidence that "Communist" is the term used in the sources? (when it was clearly a weird comment from TFD at best), and this barely scratches the surface. Routine rejection of AGF, NPA, NLT, and so on. Collect (talk) 16:15, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

An important keyword in the diffs is "mainstream". TFD thinks that he is an expert and therefore only his personal views and sources are "mainstream", whereas all other RS and views are "fringe", just as I noted at AE [10]. But this is wrong in every area of knowledge, no matter if this is social sciences or biophysics. In fact, an expert (if he is indeed an expert) has enormous advantage while editing in wikipedia. Here is an example of civil discussion that involves myself as an expert [11]. Note the existence of disagreements that are easily resolved. Biophys (talk) 18:23, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Biophys, our personal opinions are unimportant. We are supposed to ensure that articles reflect mainstream views. Here's some of my "fanmail": I'm somewhat familiar w/ User:The Four Deuces's editing history, and I'm guessing his motivation is simply to unambiguously mention "terrorism" and "left wing" in the same sentence.... In every possible way, at every possible turn, this article does its utmost to paint left wing events as cold, calculated and planned from within some hidden lair. Whereas the right-wing page, THIS page, just completely and utterly whitewashes over everything that could be counted as even a tiny bit make it sound like there was a coordinated effort or any real malice to it.... Don't take it personally - it's naive in the extreme to imagine industry is not actively involved in articles of interest to them, and it's to be expected that there'll be a strong reaction when people see the history here." BTW Collect, the article that I called a "high school essay" was written by a highschool student I believe for their high school, although it might have been for a blog - not the sort of source we should be using. TFD (talk) 22:20, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

An explanation for one comment out of? And no apologia for the comments about other editors, The attacks on the presumed beliefs of editors? The interesting use of hyperbole in arguments with editors? The tendentiousness in posting on a single article talk page? All you can say is that one comment referred maybe to a high school student, or maybe a blog? And none of this even addresses some of the more interesting points you make - like saying deaths in Hungary in 1956 were due to "counter insurgency" and hence not the result of communist acts. Collect (talk) 23:12, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Collect, you should not take numerous comments and ask me to comment on all of them. That requires me to conduct hours of research to minutes of your own. I called a high school paper a high school paper. Looking at your second reference (I do not remember what article it was), I told you not to use Jonah Goldberg's book Liberal Fascism as a source. How does that rise to anything you could complain about? Why would you use that book anyway? TFD (talk) 23:19, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Still nothing about the tenor of your interpersonal comments? I fear you fail to see the forest here. Collect (talk) 23:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps one problem here is simply poor knowledge of subject, as usual. Let's take just one phrase by TFD quoted by Collect above: "The only sources that connect mass killings with communist ideology are far right extremist theories published outside the academic mainstream". How anyone familiar with the subject could claim it? It was precisely the point by many notable researchers (who are not right-wing extremists by any account!) that mass-killings in the time of peace can only be accomplished by using ideology that can be racist, communist, whatever. I did not see any serious sources that would not connect communist repressions with ideology, as one of the most important factors. Remember, we are talking about Khmer Rouge repressions, collectivizations, "leaps forward" and other political campaigns that were ideologically justified. This is common place in books by good historians like Robert Conquest or Edvard Radzinsky or by writers like Solzhenitsyn or Vasily Grossman. That was also openly admitted by the official (censored) Soviet historiography and art, except that repressions were justified as a necessary evil (justified by what? - by ideological reasons, of course).Biophys (talk) 02:54, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I am still waiting for your mainstream accounts. The writing that you seem to prefer are the ideas of Ernst Nolte, François Furet, Stéphane Courtois, Rudolph Rummel and Lee Edwards. (I apologise if my list is not precise, but these writers hold similar views.) I do not think that they represent a mainstream view and have presented mainstream sources that are highly critical of them. In fact their books (especially the ones that present their most controversial ideas) were mostly published outside the academic mainstream. I presented btw sources that connect their views to the far right. See for example "Anti-Semitism in Europe, 1914 - 2004" (2006) Jan Herman Brinks, pp. 17-18, and Stalinism and nazism: history and memory compared (2004) Henry Rousso, Richard Joseph Golsan, pp. xi-xv TFD (talk) 04:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

OMG. You can not let go of making personal comments about other editors. Did you not see this is your main problem? The issue is not "sources" but how you treat others. "I am still waiting" is about as unhelpful a comment as you could make here. Collect (talk) 07:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

After reading the discussion here, I've posted my recommendation at WP:AE. Other editors can add their own statements to the enforcement request if they wish. Thanks to all for their input, EdJohnston (talk) 20:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Paul Siebert that "after making your last post on the TFD's talk page you cannot be considered as an uninvolved administrator" and therefore request that you remove your remarks at AE from the section for "uninvolved administrators". TFD (talk) 23:24, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

My last post at TFD's talk was:

I am continuing here, because I still don't see a response to my question above. (Though I did see a hint that you would moderate your tone). Are you still asserting that Mälksoo holds a 'right wing extremist ethnic nationalist POV?' Please note that this is not a calm, objective phrase that is merely attempting to describe. If you are really sticking to this implausible line, it suggests that AE should take some action like what they just did in a WP:ARBAA case. Requiring people to supply links to reliable sources for any charges they may make about others' views EdJohnston (talk) 20:00, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

The floor is still open for you to convince the admins at AE that Mälksoo holds a 'right wing extremist nationalist POV.' The fact that you can't find sources to justify your slurs is what brings us here. As soon as you can find a mainstream source that discusses Mälksoo and makes him out to be a right-wing extremist nationalist, you will have made your point. EdJohnston (talk) 00:59, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I do not hold that opinion. Malksoo's book Illegal annexation and state continuity: the case of the incorporation of the Baltic states by the USSR : a study of the tension between normativity and power in international law was published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, which publishes numerous academic journals and scholarly books, and is part of Brill Publishers. His books have been published by Routledge and the NYU School of Law. His works have been quoted in numerous academic journals and books. Reading through his works I do not see anything that differs from a normal understanding of the issues involved or that is presented in other mainstream sources. Malksoo is chairman of the Open Estonia Foundation which promotes human rights and social inclusion. TFD (talk) 02:01, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Mass killings under Communist regimes

FYI.[12] TFD (talk) 22:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I just see the talk page of a well-known article. What did you want to draw to my attention? EdJohnston (talk) 02:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

i just thought that some of the discussion in "Tens of millions" appeared to be abusive. TFD (talk) 02:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Wording of the restriction about Orthodox/Catholic editing

* Former section header was "I do not accept that I can not post comments in Eastern Orthodox articles and sections that are critical of the Roman Catholic church"

I agreed that I would not post or edit or make comments in various articles under the Roman Catholic sections nor would I post in Roman Catholic articles. I do not agree that I will not post comments from Eastern Orthodox sources in Eastern Orthodox sections that have content that is critical of the Roman Catholic church. LoveMonkey (talk) 03:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

My actual proposal did not, strictly speaking, restrict either Esoglou or LM from describing their respective faith community's views of the other faith community. It was aimed at stopping them from making edits which represented the beliefs and practices of the other faith community. I would be open to them posting comments by writers from their own faith community, on the beliefs and practices the other faith community, as long as these comments were WP:RS, on topic, and non-gratuitous.--Taiwan boi (talk) 05:25, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Can you give examples of some articles where this would be a problem? EdJohnston (talk) 04:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

A perspective that is not allowed to be express potentially under this restriction [13] as I can not post Orthodox theologians being critical of the Roman Catholic teachings. [14] example..

"At the same time, the theological issues which it brought to the forefront both helped to define and distinguish

the peculiar traditions of the Orthodox East and to form the course of future dialogue with the Roman Catholic West. In this latter sense, it was the incisive formulation, by the Hesychasts, of the spiritual “psychology” and theological essence of the Orthodox Faith which doomed subsequent attempts at Church union, if simply because this formulation brought to bear on such efforts the profound chasm, with regard to Church polity, on the one hand, and spiritual life, on the other, that had developed between the Orthodox East and the Roman Catholic West during the age of the emergence of the Papal monarchy and Western Scholasticism. If various union councils during the century that followed the Hesychastic Controversy and closely preceded the fall of Constantinople to the Turks achieved rather remarkable results at a theoretical level and by way of compromise spawned by political expediency, they fell flat and failed at a practical level because of the enduring legacy of the genuine, honest theological debates that marked the dispute over Hesychasm. Holy Tradition, the perpetuation of a theology drawn from common Christian experience, rather than philosophical speculation, and the very goals of spiritual life as the East saw them came into direct conflict with the rationalistic, Hellenistic presuppositions of Western Scholasticism and the ecclesiological and anthropological foundations of the theory of Papal primacy that Scholasticism, wittingly or otherwise, came to serve in Roman Catholicism." [15] LoveMonkey (talk) 05:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

That is not the kind of comment I intended to restrict, because it represents only your faith community's position, using a source from your faith community. As long as it is used only to describe how your community views the RCC's position, it is entirely acceptable to the proposal I worded. It would only be out of bounds of my proposal if you used it to represent what Roman Catholics believe about their faith community.--Taiwan boi (talk) 05:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I am afraid that LoveMonkey is determined to maintain his insertions of negative judgements about the Catholic Church, and that the long-standing problem is destined not to go away, unless an unambiguous directive is issued at administrator level. When LoveMonkey then presents the view of some Orthodox bishop or theologian about a matter of Catholic teaching, not as the view just of that individual, but as the view of the Orthodox Church, I feel I should, while leaving LoveMonkey's citation untouched, add statements on that same matter by other Orthodox theologians or, more important, in official documents such as the decrees of the 1672 Panorthodox Synod of Jerusalem or the Russian Synod's Longer Catechism of the Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church, letting the reader decide which view, if either, to consider to be that of the Orthodox Church. LoveMonkey generally reacts either by deleting my citations (even ones that, brought to the noticeboard, have been declared to be reliable sources) or by adding an unsourced statement that my citations "appear to run counter to (unspecified) official church statements", and he claims that I, not being a member of the Orthodox Church, have no right to cite Orthodox statements - as if Wikipedia had such a rule! I hope that somehow Ed will be able to remove this problem at last, which has been going on for far too long. Esoglou (talk) 11:22, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Stop trying to continue your argument here. LM is seeking clarification from Ed and I. He is not talking to you, and this discussion has nothing to do with you. You are wikistalking him and posting accusations about him every time you do so. Then you drag in an entire paragraph of your silly little theological crusade, as if we care. Please understand that your theological hangups are irrelevant to Wikipedia.--Taiwan boi (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Furthermore, stop trying to make it sound as if this was all LM's fault when you are 75% of the problem and you had to be dragged kicking and screaming to a proposal which I made for a war which you persisted in dragging on for over a year. If you really thought it had been going on long enough, then you could have ended it in a single day. You didn't. You have been identified clearly as a long term serial edit warrior, who hasn't given so much as a single apology for their conduct.--Taiwan boi (talk) 15:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Let's confine ourselves to the technical matter of what is the best restriction to use. This discussion should not become an RFC/U about either person. I would consider adding a clause which says, "If one of the parties is not allowed to edit or discuss a certain article section which is about the other church (either the EOC or the RCC), but their own community has sources which pertain, they may add those sources to the talk page, with no more than one sentence of neutrally-worded explanation for each one. If they wish, they can also present a verbatim quote from each source of no more than 200 words. They may not reply to questions or make any further statements about each source, though people can ask them questions via email." EdJohnston (talk) 17:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree.--Taiwan boi (talk) 02:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I have difficulty in understanding the import of the conditional clause, "If one of the parties is not allowed to edit or discuss a certain article section which is about the other church". In what conditions is one party not allowed to edit or discuss?

I presume that it is meant to be even-handed, and that, if either side can insert criticisms of the other church in the article itself, the other side is not then confined to adding balancing verifiable information only on the talk page, leaving the article page untouched. And if those criticisms of one church are presented as those of the other church (not just of individuals within the other church), the balancing verifiable information must surely be taken from sources of the church presented as doing the criticizing: for a true exposition of a church's teaching, the best sources are surely that same church's sources, not those of another church.

If the clause suggests that it is OK to insert criticisms of Church A within article sections about Church B, and that no balancing information of the kind I mention can be inserted in the article, but only on the talk page, it seems that the only way of balancing the article would be to insert criticisms of Church B within sections about Church A, a horrible solution! If I ever, even once, inserted into these articles a criticism of the Eastern Orthodox Church, I cannot at all recall it. Negative evaluations of the Eastern Church expressed in the old Catholic Encyclopedia have been mentioned, but by the other editor, not by me. Surely we don't want these Wikipedia articles to become a series of accusations and counter-accusations between the two churches. Wikipedia articles concerning doctrines on which Catholics, Lutherans, Reformed, and Anglicans differ expound the view of each church without expressing criticisms of another church. Surely the same is possible when expounding Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic doctrines. Esoglou (talk) 20:19, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

The purpose of the clause is to stop you making the disruptive edits you keep making. There is nothing to stop either of you continuing to post comments from members of your own faith community, which are critical of the other faith community, as long as they are from WP:RS. You can add all the balancing comment you want by adding information only about your own faith community, from WP:RS; it is not "balancing" to add commentary critical of the other faith community. If you believe that an edit has misrepresented your faith community, then post something about your faith community which corrects the balance. This has all been explained to you repeatedly, and you initially claimed to agree with it. Stop stalling, and start acting on what you said in the first place.--Taiwan boi (talk) 02:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree to not edit Roman Catholic sections on Eastern Orthodox theological articles, I can not agree to the idea that such a thing is the same as not allowing Eastern Orthodox sections to not contain data that is critical of the Roman Catholic church's theology as I posted here a Roman Catholic critical of the Eastern Orthodox and the reverse. I am trying to see how if I posted either or both I would not be violating what is being proposed as I would not be allowed to answer things like this [16] as well. LoveMonkey (talk) 22:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I have just told you that what you posted here is perfectly acceptable under the proposal I have made. Please let me know if you agree to this.--Taiwan boi (talk) 02:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I am going to give this discussion 24 hours before recording the proposal wording on the WP:Editing restrictions noticeboard, and noting that the two editors involved agreed on the proposal.--Taiwan boi (talk) 02:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought it was Ed who, as an administrator, was deciding what to put as an editing restriction. It appears I was wrong. Esoglou (talk) 08:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Please read what I wrote. I made the proposal in my own words. You agreed to the proposal. You then both asked me specifically what the proposal does and doses not cover. I have explained in detail what the proposal does and does not cover. You have agreed to the proposal. There is therefore nothing left to do but record the proposal in the WP:Editing restrictions noticeboard. Ed has said he would consider adding a particular clause, and invited you to comment. You say you have difficulty understanding it, so we can simply leave it out. The fact is that you both already agreed on the proposal in the wording I gave, which is why Ed closed the case on the noticeboard where it was raised originally.--Taiwan boi (talk) 09:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Sigh. I think I know what's causing all this confusion. In my gloss of Taiwan boi's proposal, which I posted back on the noticeboard, I did include a clause about LM and Esoglou not adding criticism of the other's church by their own church's theologians. I thought this was what Ed and Taiwan boi were aiming for, and Taiwan boi at least appeared to endorse my gloss. Apparently he interpreted my gloss differently than I did. Anyhow, since LM clearly has problems with the intention behind my gloss's wording, let's just drop this argument.

In the interest of ending this dispute, I will now offer a second gloss of Taiwan boi's proposal:

Esoglou will not make edits or talk page comments regarding EO teaching or practice.
LM will not make edits or talk page comments regarding RC teaching or practice.
Esoglou may add information about RC commentary (positive or negative) on EO teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of EO teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with RC teaching/practice.
LM may add information about EO commentary (positive or negative) on RC teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of RC teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with EO teaching/practice.

Taiwan boi, Esoglou, and LM: do you agree with this wording? --Phatius McBluff (talk) 17:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Phatius, thanks for your clarification. Your two points are exactly what I had in mind. the key point, as I have said repeatedly, was the controversy over each editor representing the beliefs and practices of the other's faith community (largely Esoglou's representation of the EOC).--Taiwan boi (talk) 05:46, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I find Phatius' version easier to understand. (His points numbered 1-4). EdJohnston (talk) 18:01, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree. Thanks. "In the body of the article" is of course more than a mention in a footnote. Esoglou (talk) 19:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I am asking for clarity as if this outline above means that Esoglou will restrict his editing and commentary on EO teachings to RC sections and not edit the EO sections of the article then I agree. Its that simple, and I don't see that in what Phatius wrote. I see that I can't mention anything that says RC teachings or practices but then its saying that I can edit anywhere in the articles so long as I attribute it as opinion? How can any of you think the above (which appears to contradict itself) is any clearer? Why is there any option for restricting what anyone has to say when the issue is that people need to say it in the respective section. If Esoglou wants to preach ecumenism or be pro schism as long as he can source that he should be able to put it in the Roman Catholic section of the given article and not put it in the EO section and vice versa for me. I agree to that. However for the sake of wikipedia I will compromise even this if need be. If this will resolve the issue so that we can move on I then agree to the above but again simply wish to voice my concerns. LoveMonkey (talk) 03:05, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

LM, my proposal is that

You and Esoglou can't make statements about what the other church's teachings/practices are (either in RC sections or in EO sections or on talk pages). For example, Esoglou can't argue with you about whether EO theologians' descriptions of hell as "separation from God" run counter to official church statements.
But you and Esoglou can make statements about what your church's theologians say about the other church, as long as you identify it as opinion.

I do not think that simply restricting you and Esoglou to different sections will do the trick. (Moreover, I don't think that that was what Ed and Taiwan boi had in mind when they made their proposals.) Why don't I think that you and Esoglou should simply be limited to different sections? There are a number of reasons, and if you want me to explain my reasoning in more detail, you can post on my talk page; for the moment, I will simply note two reasons:

Not every article that includes EO and RC information necessarily has separate EO and RC sections.
If we just limited you and Esoglou to different sections of articles, that wouldn't prevent fights on talk pages (which I see as the bigger problem).

However, if you wish, we can also add another pair of clauses (1 and 2 below), to form the following final version:

Esoglou will not edit in articles and sections specifically devoted to EO information.
LM will not edit in articles and sections specifically devoted to RC information.
Esoglou will not make edits or talk page comments regarding EO teaching or practice, with the following exception:
Esoglou may add RC theologians' comments (positive or negative) about EO teaching/practice. However, any such comment must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such comment must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of EO teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with RC teaching/practice.
LM will not make edits or talk page comments regarding RC teaching or practice, with the following exception:
LM may add EO theologians' comments (positive or negative) about RC teaching/practice. However, any such comment must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such comment must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of RC teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with EO teaching/practice.

I know it's become a bit long, but I don't think it will be very hard to remember. (It seems like common sense to me.) Esoglou and LM, do you agree with this wording? --Phatius McBluff (talk) 04:05, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought we were done, so I have already entered Phatius' original points 1-4 in WP:RESTRICT. I suggest we try this version for a month and if problems arise, it can be modified by mutual consent. EdJohnston (talk) 04:11, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your time and patience. As you can tell, we're a loquacious bunch. Hopefully this agreement will help smooth things out. --Phatius McBluff (talk) 05:22, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Phatius, thanks for your clarification. Your most recent edit is what I had in mind also. Ed, thanks for your patience.--Taiwan boi (talk) 05:46, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

And renewed thanks from me. I think this should remove all grounds of dispute between LoveMonkey and me. Esoglou (talk) 08:39, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree with what Phatius wrote above and hopefully this will give clearer guidelines so as to resolve the issues at hand. LoveMonkey 13:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Would you please look at Talk:Roman Catholic–Eastern Orthodox theological differences#Editing restrictions and at edit 1 and edit 2. I will accept your advice, whatever it is. Perhaps thinking of what this may lead to made me over-sensitive to even these small changes, so that I thought it best, as far as LM and I are concerned, to keep the text as it was before we entered into our agreement, a state that to my mind was unsatisfactory, but that I chose not to argue about. I do wonder what perhaps increasingly bold adjustments will turn passages like these into in the future. I understand in any case that I am not to make any edits of my own to that text. Esoglou (talk) 22:34, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

You are talking about Roman Catholic–Eastern Orthodox theological differences. This will be difficult for either of you to edit without getting in trouble. I advise that you and LM limit yourself to the talk page. If you are unwilling to do that, you shold take care to follow the editing restrictions to the letter. That means you should avoid changes in spelling and grammar in any portion that you are not supposed to edit. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Since you have made no specific comment on the edits by LM yesterday that worried me, I take it that your judgement is that, in his existing accounts of Roman Catholic teaching, LM is free to make changes in spelling and grammar, to add wikilinks (and, as he has since done, external links), and to add words like "anthropomorphic" and remove phrases like "as it is scholastic in essence until much later". I am unsure what, if anything, he is not allowed to do to those accounts. As I indicated, I don't think I am supposed to make any changes whatever to his statements about "Eastern Orthodox pictures of Roman Catholic theology". Esoglou (talk) 08:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

TFD again

[17] shows TFD asserting that he knows that a scholar who is trained to write clearly must have meant that he was only referring to America when he made a general observation about "liberals" and "conservatives." (TFD says: My reading is that Lipset was writing about liberals and conservatives in the U.S., not usually the terms globally.) Then , since the writer must have meant only American conservatives, therefore it can not be RS in an article on general "conservatism". In short - he is asserting he knows what is not in black and white in the reliable source. He does this an awful lot lately. Ans his attitude towards other editors has not altered one whit. [18] shows a tendency to issue ultimata. [19] has him saying Collect, I think you have got ahold of the wrong end of the stick. Deaths that resulted from the Soviet invasion of Hungary should be considered deaths that resulted from the Soviet invasion of Hungary because Hungary was not part of the Soviet Union. I would have hoped he would have noted the clear civility concerns as a bare minimum. Collect (talk) 19:01, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

See accusations that an IP is a "blocked user" who is an American because Germans can not write in English

[20] is fairly clear. TFD files a complaint about an IP asserting that the IP is an American who is blocked. Problem is that the IP is German. So what do we find? I am not adept in the technical issues. However, there are services that provide users with a variety of IP addresses from around the world, that can hide their location. Here is a link to a previous similar investigation. The editor is obviously not German and uses idiomatic estuary English, e.g., "It is POV due to you and your mate dicking about...." and The IP's tagging of Left-wing terrorism[7][8] is similar to an earlier tagging by mark nutley of Right-wing terrorism: "Certain sections of this article are nowere near neutral, hence the tag. I`ll go through the sources used as the first one i checked did not support the statement it is used for".[9] which is precisely the behaviour TFD was chastised and apologized for really recently. He seems to regard anyone who actually edits on his pages as a sock of a blocked user. Collect (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I did not try to go into the details of this quarrel, however, frankly speaking, so active interference of the anonymous IP, who is perfectly aware of WP policy and the article's subject and who never edited this (and related) article before, and who emerged so suddenly after some editor, whose viewpoint the IP seems to share, has been blocked, is somewhat suspicious. In that situation, it is quite natural to suggest that he was someone's sockpuppet, although I personally don't think any sanctions are needed so far against this IP and his master.--Paul Siebert (talk) 21:56, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Amazingly enough, you need more than such an accusation when the IP address was already identified as German to assert that the IP could not have been German! Moreover, asserting that this IP is a sock requires far more than the "I don't like the edit" as a rationale, but the real core is the accusation that it must be a sock because Germans can not write in Englsih :). Collect (talk) 22:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Empire of Brazil

Please, see this message in the Empire of Brazil FAC nomination page and answer it accordingly. --Lecen (talk) 03:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank You Sir

Thank you for temporarily resolving the dispute in the Iyengar page. It would be better even if the "protection period" for the page is extended. Although there was a deadlock, i want to notify that user:Ramanujamuni is new and is not aware of wiki' policies. My edits were simply only aimed at restoring original contents with valid sourcing. user:Ramanujamuni is not aware of wiki' "referencing policies" & "citations". The user edits upon "what seems true, to him", rather than "verifiability". Here is the section of the page that was disputed - [21]. Every single line is provided with valid sourcing. Let this version not be changed. This present version is fine. Thank You. Hari7478 (talk) 17:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

I am not planning to take any further action on this. EdJohnston (talk) 19:51, 26 February 2011

A special request to Ed Johnston and other wiki administrators to protect the integrity of wikipedia.

Extended content

Open letter to Wiki administrators

About one editor . Hari7478 (talk) who is violating the spirit of wiki

I am new to wiki as a content editor. I am quite sound on the subject matter to which I am contributing. But I am in the process of learning the wiki editing procedures and policies. Knowing the robustness of wiki I am pretty sure many of them quite common sense procedures and can be picked up as we grow in the system.

The editor Hari has virtually hijacked the topic called Iyengar and his deep rooted bias seems to be against the Thengalai Iyengars.

Thengalai Iyengars are Vaishnavaites who follow the Guru Pramapara, chant 4000 divya prabhandam and alwar pasuram which are in tamil language. These Pasurams are over 1200 years old and the divya desam temples in which these chantings happen even older. Of the 108 Divya Desam temples more than 71 follow the Thengalai sampradhya. A cursory look at the temple links and Thengalai Thiruman mark will reveal the same. It is open data and verifiable fact. The 25 temples from Kerala and North India have their own traditions which is neither Thengalai nor Vadagalai. The Thengalai also have 8 matts or centres with Gurus established from the days of Sri Manavala Mamunigal. This is also a verifiable fact.

Our beloved editor Hari is preventing the addition of the content relevant to Thengalai Sampradhaya with remarks irrelevant. Where as he is putting only information which is not even worth the footnote when you consider them in full perspective. Now he wants the article locked for extended period so that the incorrect information can be preserved.

Let me illustrate it with an example everyone understands. Holocaust was an event in which millions of people suffered. Let us say someone hijacks the topic on Holocaust and provides only information such as Holocaust was a false, over rated event. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury you know very well such conspiracy theories exist on the net. Some of them may even have some weird group, academician justifying it. My argument is Holocaust conspiracy theories can at the best be a foot note the main article. But it cannot be the only information on the topic of Holocaust. The editor user Hari has ensured that by deleting all the relevant information.

Or another example – a wiki article about the Presidents of America instead of providing information fully relevant it is only about some presidents who were indicted in scandals or tried for impeachment.

Our editor has provided the same link from different websites over and over concerning Lingayats or some Christian tribals who converted who are less than 1% of the population in concern and highlighted it as if it is the main news. He has reinforced the use references from 60 years back from colonial days which looked down upon the use of local language of tamil, heaping smears on respected religious heads and gurus and has incorrect information such as only murugan was worshipped in Tamil books, As if all Christians were converted to Brahmins and vice versa. When details of vaishnava worship in tamil grammar and sangam literature are provided to counter the same he deletes them as irrelevant. Then there is a quote about the genetic composition of vadagalais from Andhra. That is again a very small 2% of the total iyyengar population since bulk of them live in Tamil Nadu.

Our editor is well versed with wiki procedures and ensures that they are followed. But the content in the article is similar to the examples I have outlined above. You don’t have to take my word for it. I am sure you have SMEs and you will be able to refer other material. But he is damaging the trust fibre on which wiki operates. He has to be put on the watch list immediately and his edits and articles reviewed to preserve the integrity of Wikipedia.

PS: I am still learning the different talk procedures but knowing the robustness of wiki system please read my request in the spirit of truth and wiki.

I am meaning threat implied by Mr Hari "U've already received two lvl-4 warnings.Careful. I need not even file a report. Your increasingly vandalising actions is making your login' eligible for deletion by wiki' admin"

Ramanujamuni (talk) 03:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority - Night w

Night w claims that he waited for my consent and to be waiting for my comments. I don't see it that way. Please see what I said at the talk page:

Night w, you didn't wait for my consent! You ignored my comment [22] and made a RFC portraying my position in the way you want others to see it. At the same time you haven't restored the stable version of the page and in this way you additionally mislead RFC commenting editors that your version is the accepted status quo stable version - instead of the unaccepted non-consensus addition that it really is. I have specifically asked for you to restore the stable version before filing the RFC. I asked for you to provide draft RFC text (and give you some initial input on how would I like my position to be displayed) so that we can agree on the RFC text before you fill it. You disregarded this plea too.

After you made your breaches and filled a one-sided RFC without presenting a draft first and without restoring the stable version of the article first - I restored the stable version (in regards to the Uruguay note)[23] and reworded the RFC.[24]

You then pushed again both for your non-consensus version of the article and for your version of the RFC text.

Night w, by all these actions you entirely disregard our agreement to first-discuss-then-act reached after your 1RR breach - Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Night_w.

I don't want to complain from him or to ask to block him or such things, but at least can you remind him of the agreement reached and to ask him to keep his word? And in addition the situation with the article and RFC - both are currently in non-consensus state - and I don't think that the RFC procedure is fair in this way. Alinor (talk) 17:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

If you disagree with how the RfC is worded, add a new comment at the bottom of the RfC discussion and say what wording you think should be changed. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:35, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

And what about the article? Currently it includes the Night w version of the note instead the stable version with no note at all.

I'm also disturbed by Night w reverts and non-consensus actions. I don't know if our recent agreement on restraining non-discussed actions is worth anything. He totally disregarded my comment about the RFC procedure.

Sorry to disturb you with such minor issues (at their root), but I don't see any reasonable way to deal with Night w. Alinor (talk) 20:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Ultraexactzz#User 68.198.135.130

You've been mentioned at User_talk:Ultraexactzz#User_68.198.135.130 - the IP user has a long complaint there that now mentions you: [25] JoeSperrazza (talk) 17:33, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I have commented there. EdJohnston (talk) 18:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Paul Siebert

Hi Ed, you blocked User:Paul Siebert for Violation of the 1RR restriction at Mass killings under Communist regimes. Normally those who have been blocked for violating that restriction have been logged in Wikipedia:DIGWUREN#2010 as in the cases of 72.20.28.22, Marknutley, Petri Krohn, A50000 and Igny who have all violated the 1RR restriction. Seems you may have forgotten to log Paul. Could you do that for the purposes of this new restriction, I wouldn't like to see Paul blocked in the future because of confusion over this. Thanks. --Martin (talk) 18:41, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Dear EdJohnston. I believe you remember that the block you imposed on me (on 02:03, 8 July 2010) was a result of the violation of 1RR. However, I believe you have to take into account that by that moment 1RR was not a part of the policy and was vaguely formulated. This is not my conclusion, I took it from the discussion on the NW's talk page[26] (NuclearWarfare was the administrator who imposed 1RR on the "Mass Killings... article", so it was natural to ask him about further clarifications). As a result of the discussion, 1RR restriction was re-formulated and became a part of the policy. However, let me re-iterate, it became a part of the policy after the block was imposed [27]. In connection to that, I don't think it would be correct to include the the users who committed 1RR violations before 8 June 2010 into the Wikipedia:DIGWUREN#2010 list: the vague formulation of the 1RR rule on the "Mass killings..." talk page was an administrator's fault, so the editors should not suffer from the administrators' mistakes.

Regards,--Paul Siebert (talk) 19:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Never the less, at the end of the day you were still blocked for violating a discretionary sanction, despite your assertion of vague formulations of the original 1RR article remedy which was imposed on 18 January 2010. As such you should be logged like the others who have similarly violated the 1RR restriction. As much as I don't like this blanket restriction on past violators (and I include myself here), it should be applied equally without exception. --Martin (talk) 22:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Firstly, the policy had been changed after I made my reverts. Secondly, this your post means that you want me to be banned. Please, correct me if I am wrong, otherwise it would be problematic for me to interact with you in future.--Paul Siebert (talk) 22:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

You misunderstand, ofcourse I don't want you banned but we all live under the same regime. You know that I hold you in high esteem, my concern is your wiki-safety. Some time in the future some other over zealous newbie admin may take a hard line after some editor discovers your block log and reports you for violating this current sanction after some future edit. Believe me I have been stung before, hence we need this sorted out. This may all be moot in any case since Sandstein is proposiing to vacate the current sanction and replace it with something else. --Martin (talk) 23:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Taking into account that during my almost three years long Wiki-life I was blocked only one time, and this case falls into a "gray zone", I do not understand why my Wiki-safety is your concern. And, in a case if some zealous newbie admin will decide to impose any sanction at me, that will be my concern. However, the immediate consequence of your "help" would be my topic ban, and you should have to be perfectly aware of that. Independently on what your real intentions were, I doubt I need such "assistance" in future.--Paul Siebert (talk) 23:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I am not taking any action on this request from Martintg, for the moment. The term 'gray zone' does apply. EdJohnston (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

"Mass killings" sanctions

Hi, because you are an admin who commented in the recent "Mass killings" AE request, I would appreciate your opinion about a new sanction I am contemplating at User talk:Sandstein#Mass killings sanction. Sandstein 22:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Replied on your user talk. EdJohnston (talk) 19:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Ciao!

Hi! The Teramo vandal has returned, now using a sockpuppet... see the page history. Can you help? Ciao and good work... --'''Attilios''' (talk) 19:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I have semiprotected the article. EdJohnston (talk) 19:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

OK thanks! What is funny is that pseudovandal has such a shallow knowledge of Wikipedia! He didn't know I could trace him to see he's from Italy, he didn't know sockpuppetry is forbidden and easy to discover, nothing!! Never read a single guideline or manual, or showed the smallest interest in the policy shared by the other users... He just comes here to modify Teramo and stop... Mah! Ciao and thanks again. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 11:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

PS: I perhaps identified him as [28]... many Italian wikipedia edits just for Teramo, and, despite years of collaborations, his user page is still a redlink. Anyway ain't sure... Ciao! --'''Attilios''' (talk) 11:23, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

EARTHCORE

Hi there you decided top block me for violating wiki policy. I didn't even realise I had done anything wrong and have addressed the problem by removing my comments. Now since you seem to be the type of person who loves to follow the rules how about you follow the following rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PA and stop the 6 months of personal attacks that have been happening to me ? Let's hope there isn't any hypocrisy or double standards here and you do the right thing .......Fisted Rainbow —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.221.57 (talk) 11:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.221.57 (talk)

Actually it was I that blocked this user, not you. I too have received a copy of the same message, and have replied at some length at User talk:Fisted Rainbow#Unblock request etc. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:25, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

FIstedRainbow, I think you may be writing here in response to this edit I made, requesting you to remove legal threats from your talk page. Whether you get unblocked depends on your response to the advice given to you by JamesBWatson and Sandstein lower down on your talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 19:47, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Threat to guanxi

I wanted to be sure you see my response to your comment on my talk page. guanxi (talk) 20:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

The discussion has continued at User talk:Guanxi#Winged Helmet. EdJohnston (talk) 19:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Help

I used to be editor 68.226.118.248 and now I'm being accused of POV pushing and also being linked to some other editors as is shown here [29].

I find it very strange and sad that I have to defend myself for edits done in good faith and being labeled as a POV pusher when I had legitimate reasons for the edits. If this is how wikipedia treats editors who take a particular interest than I now know why it's scrutinized so heavily and has a poor reputation amoung schools, teachers, and educators. I especially find it very insulting that you use an edit that was very legitimate as evidence of POV pushing, especially as an administrator. That edit was towards an article about an organization Technocracy Incorporated when the subject of the deleted material was about the movement as a whole and there was no mention of Technocracy Incorporated in the reference or statement. Notice how I left the same exact reference and material alone in the Technocracy Movement article? How is labeling an organization fascists even remotely neutral? Even when the material is not even on the subject of the organization?

After considering the edits done by Johnfos and this game that seems to be playing out on wikipedia I think the main POV pusher is Johnfos.

I would like you to include this in the notice board please, as I can't seem to edit so I can defend myself.Googlesalot (talk) 00:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Your comment was copied to WP:ANI#Technocracy POV pushing per your request. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Teramo

I have no idea why you accused me of sock-puppetry. In the end you chose to delete my version of the article and keep attilio's one. Not even to adopt a newer version in between. On top of that you never explained the reason really. The length of the article is not a reason, most articles here are longer than my version of Teramo and the Italian version of the article for instance is way longer. !!!! Please explain to me why you consider my version not apt and Attilio's version right !!!!! . Have your read it at all? At least try to look up the contents of what he writes and then let me know if they're real. After months of edit wars there are still people deleting his version. Honestly It's hard to consider whether you've been any use to this dispute. My mind is you should pass the ball to someone else. Regards DDF19483 (talk) 14:53, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Consider opening up a WP:Request for comment or ask for a WP:Third opinion. This is a way to get more people to look at the issue. EdJohnston (talk) 15:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Help with IP anonymous

Hello Ed. The semi-protection in the article Newly industrialized country is gone and, as usual, Corticopia has returned. He's again, deleting the notion that Turkey is geopolitically in Europe. A discussion about it is currently on going in the talk page, but as usual, he just disrupted everything with anonymous IPs in order to avoid scrutinity and being punished. Could you please re-install the semi-protection? Thank you. Alex Covarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 15:06, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

These comments User_talk:JoeSperrazza#RE: welcome and this edit [30] suggests that IP 76.66.26.228 is part of these collections: User_talk:EdJohnston/Archive_14#Clear_evidence_about_Corticopia.27s_sock, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Corticopia/Archive. Why wasn't the master account, User:Corticopia, indef'd, I wonder? JoeSperrazza (talk) 16:50, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I think the master account is still free to edit to dramatize the fact that he chooses to evade scrutiny by not using his registered account. Somewhere along the way he made a comment (maybe in 2008) that he would use IP socks so he could no longer be stopped by blocks. If you feel like reopening the Corticopia SPI and giving your opinion it would be helpful. I prefer not to be the only admin who ever responds to these complaints, though I believe they are fully justified. Each time I see new episode of geographic edit warring from a 76.66.* IP I'm pretty sure I know who it is. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Ed, sorry I didn't want to bother you. It is only that in my experience in Wikipedia, you're the most fast-acting and caring administrator, that's why I always come to you when I need help. Where can I ask for semi-protection in order to avoid his behaviour? Thanks! Alex Covarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 05:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

And, when all else fails, please observe suspected sockpuppetry by the proponent, with the removal of counter-commentary regarding the semi-protection of this article: note that the IP is from the locale of the proponent. 12:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.26.228 (talk)

Not sure what to do, looking for guidance

Hi Ed, you're familiar with Marknutley (talk · contribs), yes? I think he's popped up as an IP on a CC page [31] from which he was topic banned by WP:ARBCC and his account is currently under an indef block (for socking I think?). Should I request some kind enforcement? Or just leave his comment be? If yes, should I report at AE or SPI? The IP corresponds to an ISP he's used for block evasion before ( see here). Sailsbystars (talk) 01:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

That IP has made only a single edit, so I don't think it's worth bothering with, not even reverting. If it turns out some kind of a revert war is happening on the Talk:Global warming page you could alert one of the admins who has taken enforcement decisions on WP:ARBCC. Look in the arb case for their names. I don't much follow the GW controversies here, so some other admin is likely to be more helpful. Or ask User:Tony Sidaway. Mark Nutley's block evasion is a kind of background annoyance so far as I can tell, and blocking his IPs is usually not practical. EdJohnston (talk) 04:16, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Very true about the single edit, but Mark's voice and.... enthusiasm are hard to mistake. :) It's not serious disruption at this point (and many GW articles are semi'ed anyway thanks to the Scibaby socks, so it's unlikely to become so), so I will heed your advice and let him be until such point as he becomes more than a minor annoyance. Thanks! Sailsbystars (talk) 12:57, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Help with sockpuppet case

Hi Ed. I would like to draw your attention to this sockpuppet case which I have filed against a new account, which seems to be a bit too fishy to be a genuine, new user (see my comments). I hope you don't mind but I figured that since you have at least some experience and knowledge of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Turkey affairs, you would be able to help out. Thank you. Regards, --Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 04:45, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

PD

I do not own the article. Feel free to make any edits you think that improve the article, specially if they are as formatish as that one. Thanks a lot for the effort.--Garrondo (talk) 20:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Humanspeak not acceptable?

Hi. I generally prefer to use humanspeak in communicating with fellow editors. Was there something wrong with my alert to BenJonson? Won't it serve if it's not a template? Bishonen | talk 21:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC).

Nothing wrong with your alert! I often give second warnings to people who were already warned once. My theory is that something might eventually get through. Better than blocking, if they finally pay attention. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, EdJohnston. You have new messages at DeltaQuad's talk page.
Message added 03:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

User talk:BullRangifer#User:Richardmalter Also. -- DQ (t) (e) 03:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Jaron Lanier

Hi, EdJohnston.

I have to respectfully object to your not taking action except to warn me regarding the edit war at Jaron Lanier.

Please just look at the source as compared with fourth reversion which is the one reverted as a supposed violation of wp:blp.

Jaron Lanier himself, as published by Edge Magazine, says (with my bolding):

My Wikipedia entry identifies me (at least this week) as a film director. It is true I made one experimental short film about a decade and a half ago. The concept was awful: I tried to imagine what Maya Deren would have done with morphing. It was shown once at a film festival and was never distributed and I would be most comfortable if no one ever sees it again.

The comment in the fourth reversion which was attributed to the above quote as a ref described Lanier as (with my bolding):

"Jaron Zepel Lanier[1] (born May 3, 1960)[2] pronounced /ˈdʒɛərɨn lɨˈnɪər/[3] is an American computer scientist, composer, visual artist, author and onetime experimental filmmaker.[4][5][6]"

A warning to me, based on the premise that I "may" have violated BLP is grossly unfair and there is no grounds for allowing the violation of 3rr to stand. Please withdraw the warning.

Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 17:12, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

μηδείς (talk) 17:12, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

There is enough here to raise BLP concerns, since we know the subject has objected to some of this language. The proper thing is to reach a talk page consensus. You should not keep reverting just because you believe you're right, if you can't convince anyone else. Putting minor events in the lead sentence could be an issue under WP:UNDUE. EdJohnston (talk) 17:30, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Please remove the warning from my talk page. You may disagree with the value of the edit, but I did not violate wp:blp or even come close to it. Lanier describes himself in a reliable source as a one time experimental film maker. In the meantime you are allowing Viriditas to execute wholesale reversions which delete reliable sources for such things as the virtual reality gloves not mentioned in the remainder of the article. Please address this four time deletion of sources. μηδείς (talk) 19:44, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

The warning does not say that you violated WP:BLP. It says that if you continue to revert the article without getting consensus you may be in trouble. That was the finding of my close of the AN3 report. Edit warring is blockable, though no blocks were issued in this case. Why should it be a hard task to open a discussion on the article talk page, and wait to see if you can persuade the others? Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 20:00, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Persuade what others? This is only one editor who reverted my edits wholesale with differing reasons given every time. I intend, but am afraid to restore the references which he deleted wholesale four times without any regard to the filmmaker comment. Are you telling me I need consensus to restore references reverted four times? That, basically, I cannot edit the article without his prior approval? I get the impression from your repeatedly not answering the specifics that you are not looking at the actual substance and detail of the edits, just saying there might be some BLP issue and putting an unwarranted warning on me which hampers me from editting the article with the same freedom anyone else has. I don't want that warning on my talk page if it is going to be used in the future against me when I have in no way violated or even come close to violating BLP. There is no evidence of my having violated or intending to violate BLP or of needing any warning. Please withdraw the warning. Please answer me specifically on the restoral of the references without regard to the filmmaker comment. μηδείς (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

It is not up to me to resolve content disputes. Since BLP is a recognized exception to WP:3RR, I am expected to judge whether it may apply, before closing a case. I concluded that Viriditas' reverts were covered by BLP. (Yours had no such justification). A different admin might have reached a different result; for example, he might have blocked both parties. Your best bet for the future is to persuade other content editors, and not strive to litigate it at the admin level. If a clear consensus is reached, anyone who reverts against it may be sanctioned. If you don't like the warning, you can remove it from your talk page. What's not OK is for you to keep reverting a BLP article without support from others. EdJohnston (talk) 20:50, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I am not asking you to resolve the dispute over the film maker issue which is what Viriditas falsely claimed to be a wp:blp issue. I am asking you to tell me explicitly whether I can edit the article for other issues like restoring the references without seeking Viriditas's prior approval. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medeis (talk • contribs)

Consider getting a third person to join the discussion. One way to do that is to open a thread at WP:BLP/N. Other possibilities are WP:Third opinion or a WP:Request for comment. You could ask Viriditas if he objects to your adding references. I don't see any comment from you at Talk:Jaron Lanier. If other admins look at the issue and see that you haven't even tried using the article talk page, they won't be very impressed. EdJohnston (talk) 00:22, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't accept the premise that I cannot further edit the article without Viriditas' approval. Given your repeated failure to tell me otherwise, and given that the references have nothing whatsoever to do with the so-called BLP issue, I am simply going to restore them, since they were reverted wholsale four times without any overriding justification. μηδείς (talk) 01:06, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

If you try to restore contested material to that article without making the slightest effort to find consensus first, you may be blocked. It would fit the definition of WP:Edit warring. I do not know why Viriditas was removing those references, but you haven't even tried asking him for his reasoning. EdJohnston (talk) 01:14, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

In essence, your attitude has been that something is going on - you don't know what - but something about BLP sounds good and the easy thing to do is to blame the messenger regardless of what the underlying facts are. I could simply have reverted Viriditas and we would both have been blocked and my comments would have stood as the last version - an entirely more fair result than me being warned vaguely not to edit the article without his permission while his wholesale reversions stand without comment.

This is terribly annoying - for you as much as I assume for me. I don't want to edit this article at all under such unequal conditions. I see no hint of good faith from Viriditas, with his commands to me in the edit summaries, his wholesale reverts versus my careful ones, his false accusations, and his decision to begin a conversation on the talk page a half hour after his fourth reversion.

You have my promise that I will unwatch the article and refrain from editing it ever again. I request one last time, please, that you withdraw that warning from my talk page. There is no reason to believe I need any warning on BLP policy. Putting it there was an easy out, and unfair to me. μηδείς (talk) 02:14, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome to remove that warning from your own talk page if it bothers you. EdJohnston (talk) 02:50, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I am asking you as the administrator who issued it to withdraw it. I don't think asking an administrator for a direct answer is an imposition. μηδείς (talk) 03:13, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

If you'll agree not to edit the article for a month I'll withdraw the warning. Or if you make a real effort to compromise with Viriditas. EdJohnston (talk) 03:38, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Help with vandalism

I don't know how to report this. But the List of Mayday episodes article is being constantly vandalized by a user known as Michael5046. He fails to heed warnings given to him, or to read the article's talk page for why the article is edited in the way it is. He hasn't just reverted my work, but that of another user. He's working on revision 5 or 6 now. Help is needed- William 18:35, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I have fully protected the article for five days. Editors should wait for the result of the RfC. This is a content dispute, so you should not describe it as vandalism. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:41, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Question from EmmanuelM

You banned me for two months from editing articles on Israel and Palestine. I spent 4 hours writing my response to Judith. The least I expect from you is an explanation, detailing the WP policies I violated. Emmanuelm (talk) 17:42, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

You have now been reported at WP:Arbitration enforcement twice (once in January, once in February) for breaking the WP:1RR rule on Israeli-Palestine articles. Links have been provided to you that lead to the relevant policies. Please read WP:ARBPIA and WP:Edit warring and then come back here if you have any questions. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Read this. I am appealing. Emmanuelm (talk) 03:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Ed -- Emmanuelm appears not to have gotten the message that he's banned from talk pages as well (e.g. on Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations). Perhaps this aspect could be reinforced. thanks, Nomoskedasticity (talk) 06:32, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I have reminded him on his user talk, and told him how to appeal the topic ban. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:01, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Discussion about the formal Longevity notice

Just to let you know, I have replied back to you on my talk page about your request for clarification on my activities to date. In particular, I would like you to justify your statement, "I think that everyone who is part of the '110 Club Wikipedia' ought to receive this message." That may be construed as generalization and a violation of several guidelines, which I'm not trying to seek out... but at least Assume good faith and maybe unacceptable behavoir since you misrepresented me by clumping me together with other members of The 110 Club without quoting an actual violation of mine using a particular diff that showed that I may be participating in unacceptable behavior. That was partly why I asked you why SirFozzie hadn't given me the same notice, while you did. Not trying to put you into a corner or anything, grins, but since you sent me a formal notice, you naturally have to justify your action. I hope you understand that. Cheers, CalvinTy 19:16, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Please be aware that blocks and sanctions may be appealed, but not notices. SirFozzie is a member of Arbcom, and I am an admin who chooses to work at WP:AE. Our roles are different. I have replied on your talk. EdJohnston (talk) 19:43, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I belatedly saw your comment here on your talk page before I already replied again on my talk page. Apologizes as I did not know that I cannot appeal a notice even if an administrator may have done it after coming to an incorrect conclusion that a notice would be needed (where one may not be needed). I will keep that in mind in the future and hope to be able to recommend somewhere that a notice can also be appealed. Thanks for the clarification about your role as well as SirFozzie's. Much appreciated. Thanks, CalvinTy 21:58, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Medeis

Ed, I recently took a break from Wikipedia at 04:07, 5 March 2011[32] after Medeis filed a 3RR report against me over BLP issues I reported. Imagine my surprise to find upon my return, that Medeis has been engaging in edit warring over the exact same BLP issues on Mark Steyn during my absence: [33][34] Please see the talk page discussion. Medeis is still edit warring over poor sources on BLP articles and does not show any understanding from his last round of edit warring over at Jaron Lanier. Viriditas (talk) 20:33, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Please add your views at Talk:Mark Steyn. Medeis has already commented there. If you feel that BLP is being violated at Mark Steyn you could make a report at WP:BLP/N. EdJohnston (talk) 20:39, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Pseudo-history

Thanks for your mediation on the Shugborough Inscription war. I am so thoroughly appalled by Elephantwood's conduct that it smarts to see his revision remain locked permanently on the page, when several other users have objected to his behaviour and his revisions.

Would it be possible to remove his edits, return it to the last good edit (whatever that might be), and then lock it again? His reasons for the edits, and the edits themselves were unbelievably misleading and he's been caught manipulating not only me, but the community and the admins of wiki.

He also doesn't appear to have a single supporter for these edits. Boing has criticised him, as have Paul B and DeCausa. So has Lerdthened. And S.G. And Doctalk. So have you. So have I. Yet he cannot find any support for his views or his edits (which were made without any consultation, and which reverted an edit made by Paul Barlow an award-winning wikipedian).

Surely wiki wouldn't allow Elephant's unmoderated edits to remain locked against consensus (8 vs 1) like this? The page is exactly how EW wants it to look. That alone is annoying. 85.179.143.97 (talk) 12:54, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I should have been clearer. I do not necessarily endorse the new subheading for the Morton Solution (though I don't see why not - and I do not know a single reason to oppose it), but I do propose that EW's edits, now and in future, be removed and filtered. At least 8 wiki users have publicly accused Elephantwood of poor conduct, and his claims re Morton have been discredited as misrepresentation and manipulation. If he wants to revert Paul Barlow's edit, he needs to supply a good reason. In the meantime, EW's edits probably shouldn't remain locked on the page. 85.179.143.97 (talk) 13:20, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I see that there is an RfC at Talk:Shugborough inscription#A J Morton's theory - what importance to give to it? but it seems to have only two participants, you and Elephantwood. Neither of you has ever edited about any topic other than the Shugborough inscription, so you are not exactly regular editors. (Consider creating an account). It is possible you can find a WikiProject where you can tell people about the RfC and ask them to comment. It may take longer than a week to collect enough opinions. Try to avoid personal attacks. EdJohnston (talk) 15:04, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I've contributed to dozens of pages over the years, though I still do not have the knowledge Elephantwood has. I've been honest about my IPs, my identity and my opposition to pseudo-edits from fans of the Grail. If the only way to get this kind of nonsense removed, or at least get it further clarified and classified as nonsense, is to go around the halls of wikipedia asking people for support, I don't think I'm up for that. Sounds a little demeaning under the circumstances. I've written a fairly comprehensive appeal on the talk page of the Shugborough inscription. 85.179.76.167 (talk) 13:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't understand "I've been honest about my IPs, my identity and my opposition to pseudo-edits from fans of the Grail". Can you say more? It is easy to create an account, and it is easy for you to link to your previous IPs from your talk page if you choose to do so. The tone of the debate at Talk:Shugborough inscription is so nasty that other editors may not feel comfortable dropping in there to offer their advice. We have a number of regular WP editors (with accounts :-) who are experts in history who do show up sometimes when they are asked nicely. I observe that User:Boing! said Zebedee has been working with you on that page and I encourage you to listen to any advice he may provide. I noticed that you removed some of your intemperate comments from the Shugborough page and that was certainly a good idea. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:24, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I know...I am so sorry for bringing this to your talk page. Lesson learned. 85.179.139.152 (talk) 12:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Longevity RfE

I read your comment about possibly topic-banning NickOrnstein.[35] We'll see how Nick responds but I hope that that is something that we can avoid. He seems to be very knowledgeable about this topic and if his conduct issues can be corrected, he could be a valuable contributor to these articles. Again, we'll see how Nick responds, but I'm hoping for a 0RR or 1RR restriction or perhaps a ban from articles themselves but still allow him to participate on the talk page. Perhaps this will get him into the habit of discussing things with his fellow editors. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

It appears as though Nick engages in slow-motion edit warring and does not like to give reasons for his edits. If he is willing to address that, something might be worked out. If you have some diffs of good edits he has made, perhaps you could add those in a comment at WP:AE. This would help to give a fuller picture, since his own defence is quite unpersuasive. EdJohnston (talk) 20:12, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm...maybe I take that back. The first 'good' edit I look at seems good at first.[36] For some strange reason, he puts the cite in the flippin' edit summary and not the article itself. Now we have an unsourced claim about a living person. Grr.... This isn't the only time he's done this.[37] But to be fair, he occasionally puts the source in the article.[38] A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:11, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Did my redactions address all your concerns? Say if you need me to take more out. Thanks for your notification. Itsmejudith (talk) 16:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I think he only wanted you to remove the third name. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Regarding Wikipedia:AN3#User:2.89.119.157 reported by User:FleetCommand (Result: Semi)

Hello, EdJohnston. I don't mind the result but I'm just curious: Don't admins in Wikipedia block Sockpuppeteers? Fleet Command (talk) 18:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

The 2.89.* IP seems to be providing actual technical content at Talk:WebM. If you think his contributions are disruptive to the talk page, let me know. It is seldom worthwhile to block an IP-hopper. If you believe his edits are creating a serious problem on the talk page, semiprotection might be considered. EdJohnston (talk) 18:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

This is all I have to say on the edit war debate going on

[39]. You can also view [40]. Quest is absolutely correct on this score. --Yachtsman1 (talk) 21:56, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Topic Bans, Longevity, and Off-Wiki

EdJohnston, I generally find you to be a reasonable, neutral, third-party admin. That's why I'm asking to discuss this below comment and proposed further sanctions:

"Ryoung122 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from editing, commenting on, or otherwise participating in any Wikipedia process related to articles about longevity, broadly interpreted."

Now, we can understand what "editing" means on Wikipedia...changing what articles say. Commenting on...involves talk pages. "Participating in any Wikipedia process"...understood.

But I don't see making comments on the 110 Club or elsewhere to be "participating" in a "Wikipedia" process. It's a 110 Club process.

And the reality of it is the above ban is unworkable when both David in DC and Itsmejudith continue to taunt me, for example here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ryoung122#I_object_to_your_longevity-related_announcement

I'd like to mention that I think the ArbCom failed to resolve the current dispute. Why is that?

1. I correctly noted that "David in DC was part of the problem, not a part of the solution." But despite his long history of edit warring, wiki-stalking, canvassing, making fun of others, etc., as usual Wikipedia policies seem only to apply to those who have something going on in real life outside Wikipedia. David in DC was involved front-and-center with JJBulten and Itsmejudith, canvassing in AFD "votes" to "win" results contrary to Wikipedia's best interests...and that continues.

David in DC has insisted that the GRG was not a "reliable source" for months. After the RS noticeboard decided it was, he is now saying that just because a source is reliable in itself doesn't mean the "lists" are. That's like saying that MLB.com is reliable, but not the list of home run hitters on the site. Nonsense.

I also note that I originally ran into David in DC on a non-longevity-related topic, and one that I "won" (he wanted to delete the article on Sebastian Bonnet, but I recreated it...he then made a comment that was offensive), and thus I do feel that he had a personal grudge and has been carrying it out.

2. Itsmejudith has, until this week, been somewhat more reasonable in her comportment with others. Yet her proposals have been mind-bogglingly bad, basically a "let's delete everything" argument.

Now, someone might say I'm digging the hole I'm in deeper...but the real point here is that I tried to follow the ArbCom topic ban decision in good faith, and the result was that David in DC and Itsmejudith abused this result to continue to talk about me, taunt me (again, check out several David in DC comments on my talk page), make false or exaggerated claims against me (yes, I made some comments on the 110 Club, but guess what? that doesn't make Wikipedia editors whom I met first on Wikipedia "meatpuppets") and potentially damage my professional reputation (including claiming that I was not quotable...he's confusing Ryoung122 with Robert Young, not the same...Ryoung122 may have been topic-banned, but Robert Young, the Guinness expert on longevity, is a real person, not an avatar). What has been done to me on Wikipedia by these two is not acceptable. But the real issue is the damage they are doing to the topic area. My main concern is that the subject of human longevity has only recently (since 1979) swung in favor of the scientific position on human longevity as opposed to the mythical paradigm of human longevity. It's important for those growing up now and reading Wikipedia to get some understanding that when they see news reports of "130" year-olds in (former Soviet) Georgia, they should approach such claims cautiously and skeptically...not for example, Antisa Kvichava's son is only 70 years old, a huge generation gap, and she has no birth record. Further, a list of 100+ cases where a person claimed to be 110+ but turned out to be less than 110+ is a great way to get the message across that, um, maybe just maybe that claim to age 130 up in the mountains somewhere might not be believable. And most of all, the data from verified sources well-confirm that.

In fact, the data on supercentenarians is so overwhelming that there's little room for rational debate. On one side, we have science; on the other, we have fiction. It's like evolution versus creationism. One side is based on science, on tested observation. The other side is based on believing what we want to believe because it makes us comfortable.

So, Mr. Johnston, when banned am I and gone, what will Wikipedia do with the two cabalists who have pushed against outside-source consensus, all in the hysterical attempt to "tear down a walled garden." Their idea of pruning is akin to clear-cutting a forest:blatantly irresponsible and mismanageable. You said yourself...what is to be done if Wikipedia won't allow sources to be cited, even when those sources come from the acknowledged experts in the field?

David in DC has clearly stated that he thinks experts should go to Citizendium. May I remind you that when Wikipedia was in its early stages, it SOUGHT experts to write articles...long before people like David in DC came along.

Since that time, Wikipedia has allowed itself to be degraded from its original encyclopedic mission. What SHOULD matter is that the content be encyclopedic and reflect reliable-source consensus outside Wikipedia.

Instead, what we have is that editors like David in DC and Itsmejudith, who have personal biases against the topic and have vowed to "tear down", have ruled the day. Why? Because it's a lot easier to tear down that to build up, and few are going to invest quality time when their work is only of ephemeral value.Ryoung122 07:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Ryoung122

Regarding the current discussion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement, I think a reminder to Ryoung122 about his topic ban ("is indefinitely prohibited from editing, commenting on, or otherwise participating in any Wikipedia process related to articles about longevity, broadly interpreted") may be needed. Due to User talk:Ryoung122#Arbitration enforcement it is obviously allowed for his to explain why his ban should not be made indefinite, but I do not see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#More comments from Ryoung122 (and elsewhere in the various confusing ongoing discussion threads) as actually doing that. Perhaps you could remind him to only discuss his proposed ban? Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 01:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

If nothing else, thanks for clarifying, O Fenian. It was David in DC and Itsmejudith that prompted me to come to the ArbCom. "Indefinite" is in some ways potentially worse than 1 year; it could be forever. Considering that the recent discussion was supposed to be about Nick Ornstein, I'm going to object to any additional punishment as "unfair" being as it was unsolicited and off-topic.Ryoung122 02:10, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Check out it out: A longevity page has an item removed by an IP editor. The item cited to a blog
VERY shortly thereafter, RYoung122 advises Nick about blogs as reliable sources.
My crap detector is tingling. What say ye? David in DC (talk) 01:47, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

The IP 82.233.248.188 (talk · contribs) geolocates to France. He or she is also active on the longevity articles on the French Wikipedia, going back to February 2009. The diff that you cite above (removing a blog reference) seems legit. At least, the blog in question would need to be researched to see if it is under the newspaper's editorial control. If you think the IP is edit warring, let me know. Or, ask the IP for his reasoning. I did not notice anything unusual about the IP except that they never participate in discussions. Perhaps you could ask NickOrnstein what he thinks of the validity of the blog reference for Maria Richard that the IP removed. Anyway this is a 'work page' and it may not need the same standards as an article. EdJohnston (talk) 02:24, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I apologize for being unclear. I'm not concerned with the deletion. I'm concerned with the advice to Nick, by RY, about blogs, less than half an hour later. David in DC (talk) 10:32, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

In these diffs, Nick explains edits on longevity pages by saying that Robert Young is advising him about using blogs as reliable sources: [41], [42]. David in DC (talk) 14:08, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not seeing enough to take action on. Nick explained the situation in his edit summaries. EdJohnston (talk) 14:29, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I apologize for being obtuse. I had thought Robert Young advising contributors to longevity articles about how to source them violated the ArbCom sanctions, and the AE resolution you proposed that was the basis for the final AE resolution. I appear to have been mistaken. I regret misunderstanding the boundaries. David in DC (talk) 18:31, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Let's see how it goes from here. This particular incident is in a gray area. EdJohnston (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Questions

-Ed, you are writing that changes to promote the same ethnicity are usually in bad faith but as you can see in my statement [43] unlike my opponents I was promoting various nationalities. Even in the summary prepared by Sandstain [44] you can see that I have added a German name into the Gdansk article. My name edits were in good faith. Are you going to take that into consideration while reaching your decision?

-Are you going to address the incivility issues [45] directed at me by my opponents as well?

I'm also planing to ask on the noticeboard other uninvolved administrators to look at this particular case, can you wait with your desision for their opinion? Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 06:58, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

It is unclear how you could ask for other admins without it being perceived as canvassing or forum shopping. (You don't like the first answer, you would like a different one). WP:AE is the normal place where such disputes are heard, and there are currently enough admins there. Any uninvolved admin who is so inclined may participate. The outcome is most likely going to be a judgment call as to who is exceeding the bounds of common sense regarding the alternate languages. In my view, there needs to be a really good reason for a user who was previously sanctioned to get involved with alternate names. (It's the quintessential ethnic dispute). Staying on the talk pages would be much safer. EdJohnston (talk) 14:27, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

As you can see here [46] Sandstain did not have any objections as far as asking other previously uninvolved administrators for their opinion and even advised me how to do it without being accused of canvassing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you guys may not be fair, in fact I think you are doing very good job on AE Enforcement. However you can see that I'm already getting two different answers from you on one simple question. That is why I'm almost sure that if somebody previously uninvolved gets familiar with this important case you would get some fresh ideas on how to approach the problem in order to effectively resolve the situation. I personally think that sanctioning one, two or all editors will not solve the problem of removal names for nationalistic reasons. Sooner or later this will come back on the AE board with different editors involved.

Could you address my other questions I asked:

Are you going to take into account that I was promoting various nationalities unlike my opponents and if you are you going to address the incivility issues? Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 06:58, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry one more question, since Sandstain does not have any objections of me asking other administrators for an opinion but you do, would that mean NO or this can be still discussed? Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 21:45, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

If you want to post at a noticeboard to ask other admins to participate, go ahead. Try to phrase your request in a neutral manner. EdJohnston (talk) 02:32, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok thanks, I will. Once again Ed, please don't take it personally. I really think that you and Sandstain are doing tremendous job on the AE enforcement and I don't want in any way sabotage your judgement. All I want is a third opinion because I and almost most others think that the proposed sanctions are too excessive/counter productive and the real problem lies deeper. The whole thing should be looked at from the different prospective, not just AE Enforcement "regulation box". Banning editors will not solve the problem of adding and removing names for nationalistic purposes. There needs to be a clear guidelines drafted and involved users strongly encouraged to participate in the discussion that is going on right now and which for the first time is really productive. As you can see, unlike my opponents, I was adding names in different languages, following original guidelines but this was not taken into account in the proposed sanctions. Instead my history of participating in the EEML and previous bans were taken into account. If the proposal of indef. ban is be backed by you, I will be eliminated from participating in this project two others will not participate for a while but the window for nationalistic edit warring over names will remain open. Of course I understand that my edit warring thinking that it is ok because I follow the naming guidelines and do not revert more that 3 times was not right thing to do but at that time I thought that it was justified. Kotniki's comment [47] who is a very reasonable guy and who is familiar with the problem accurately describes the situation and points out to the right solution. Anyway, thanks again for letting me ask others for the third opinion, I will do it sometimes tomorrow. Thank you also for your time spent investigating this case. Best--Jacurek (talk) 04:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Marc Mysterio Page Vandalism

Hi, I noticed you placed a protection on the Marc Mysterio page in 2009. It came to my attention that a user with the handle KWW is, and has been for over 2 years, needlessly butchering this article of sourced info.

I have now reverted his edits on a few occasions and added sources but this fellow is intent on killing this article, and this is a very known musician on major labels and major press.

Can you please place the article under a loock status to prevent this KWW from further vandalizing and revert the edits he may make in the interim between now and the time you get this.

He is even deleting sourced notices of the artist collab on a Grammy winner new album (Roger Sanchez) and other chartings.

This is one of the better sourced articles on this web site to it seems this KWW may have some personal issue or obession with the artist.

marc mysterio page is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Mysterio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.159.213 (talk) 02:29, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Take a look at the history, and I'm sure you will notice that the edits I am reverting are puffery, unsourced information, and questionable charts. The anon here is either Marc Mysterio himself or one of his promotional staff. It's been a running problem on the page for several years.—Kww(talk) 03:39, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I reviewed Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 29#Marc Mysterio. Based on that, plus the recent IP edits, I've semiprotected Marc Mysterio for one year. EdJohnston (talk) 03:57, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I hadn't realised that other people had already figured out that we were dealing with Mr. Mysterio himself.—Kww(talk) 04:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Ed, can you please revert the edits of KWW as they are valdalism and were done prior to your protection and is the exact cause of the valdalism which requested the edit. @kww, I am not Marc Mysterio. Why would you think he is the one making these edits? You sound to have a personal gripe with the artist? Information that was removed, was all sourced and I even spent 20 minutes sourcing it myself. It appears info was even edited out that was previously talked about on discussion page. Sourced collaborations with Grammy Winners, MTV Awards, etc. I suggest a revert of the last edits of KWW. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.159.213 (talk) 07:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

You've not yet posted anything on the article's talk page. Please explain why this new information is of interest, and why you want to use charts that are not recognized by Wikipedia. If you have a connection to the subject of the article we could take you more seriously if you would explain that. (Your IP is from Toronto). This article has been the subject of past abuse. Your use of the term vandalism is incorrect. EdJohnston (talk) 13:46, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

This is not new information. It is information that has been present on the page, apparently for over 1 year and sourced that KWW has removed, out of the blue, 2 days ago. Im not speaking about the charts, per se. If you go to the page and note the last reversion KWW did (to his own revert) you will see that everything is properly sourced including sourced collaboration with grammy winner, mtv, etc.

I actually reviewed the talk page and there was a notation about a quote by Judge Jules that was agreed by the editors at that time to stay yet KWW came by two days ago and has butchered the article.

Why you havent bothered to even review this is puzzling to me. I am not connected to the artist or article. I did not make this additional content. I simply am defending it as its properly sourced. Feel free to take a look at reverting the last change of KWW and see all the sourced things removed. Even a sourced notation that a song of the artist appeared on an album that was top 10 on the dutch national sales chart (TMF Dance 2010). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.159.213 (talk) 14:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Your comment at AE

[48] This ban would be applied to all editors listed below who have previously been sanctioned under any Eastern European cases - Ed, can you please explain to me why you are including me in this group? It appears you are doing so only because Sandstein included me there. But if you actually look at the list and read the comments, then you will notice that out of the six articles listed by Sandstein, two I've never edited in my life, and on the other four I made a single edit, sometimes long time ago (I have over 20k edits, I've even forgotten some of these) and when I was reverted, I ceased making any further edits.

There's no way that making a single edit on an article can be in any way construed as "edit warring" or anything else. I have also supported the inclusion of German names in Polish articles (within reason), and have added Lithuanian names to Polish articles [49] as well as Yiddish and Hebrew names to Polish articles (like I said, I got over 20k edits and I'm not going to waste my time going back and looking for the odd diff or so, but they're there). I've consistently applied WP:NCGN policy, regardless of the places involved. Of course I've mostly edited Poland related articles - I don't speak Portuguese, Yoruba or Nahuatl! At no point have I edit warred and in fact I asked for third opinion and discussed things on talk, and am currently in process of working on naming conventions guideline [50] in order to sort out this mess. Can you explain at all what would justify your proposal to sanction me?Volunteer Marek (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

You're listed for modifying alternate names on four articles, three of them recently (in 2011).
The alternate names for Bernardine Cemetery have been under dispute, since they've been reverted in both directions
Your edit summary seems to admit that your own edit does not have consensus.

Reverting because you claim that the other guy does not have consensus does not win you any points for being cooperative. I would consider recommending that editors not be sanctioned if it could be shown that their name-changes were made per an actual talk page consensus. The purpose of Sandstein's tabulation is to be sure that all editors who have warred over alternate names in Eastern Europe get an equal chance to have their behavior reviewed. The pro-Lithuanian editors will be looked at as well, since their names are in the table. EdJohnston (talk) 16:45, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, so? Since when is this grounds for sanction?
Yes, so? You seem to be saying that making an even a single edit to an article that is controversial is sanctionable, even if that edit follows policy, simply because the article itself is controversial. It isn't - you can't sanction people simply because they happen to edit controversial articles. In case you haven't noticed, I'm actually the one who build that article to a large extent, so it's not surprising that I'd edit it [51] [52].
I have no idea how you get your conclusion from the edit summary. My summary clearly states that the talk page discussion supported the edit: the talk page discussion pointed the other way (i.e. for inclusion).

Reverting because you claim that the other guy does not have consensus does not win you any points for being cooperative. - where have I done this? Or are you just contradicting yourself with what you said in #3?

their name-changes were made "per an actual talk page consensus" - no, the name changes made by Jacurek where made per WP:NCGN, which represents Wikipedia wide consensus. The fact that a couple of editors insist on ignoring Wikipedia policies and are holding consensus hostage on individual talk pages is neither Jacurek's fault, nor mine.

The pro-Lithuanian editors will be looked at as well, since their names are in the table - I'm not asking about them, I'm asking why am I being included.Volunteer Marek (talk) 16:57, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

There has been a recent upsurge in reverting of alternate names in Eastern Europe. You are one of the people doing the reverting. How do you propose that the matter be resolved? EdJohnston (talk) 17:02, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

It is/was ALREADY being resolved, which is why this whole AE report by FP@S was such a bad and counter productive idea to begin with. See [53], [54] (please do note my last comment there).Volunteer Marek (talk) 17:15, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

And I am *not* "one of the people doing the reverting" thank you very much. Single reverts to 3 articles, combined with me completely ceasing to edit an article after *I* get reverted is not "reverting"Volunteer Marek (talk) 17:25, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I ask something very similar here. In particular, I would really like to see a rationale under which a user with no current sanctions can be sanctioned for adhering to 1RR and BRD. The last I checked, the definition of "edit warring" involved making more than one revert to the page in question... ("editors... repeatedly overrideeach other's contributions, rather than trying to resolve the disagreement by discussion"). VM was neither reverting repeatedly, nor was he ignoring the talk page. PS. In order not to sound too negative, I also want to note that with the exception of including VM in your proposed sanctions, I think your solution (restrictions on adding/removing names) seems helpful (and so I thank you for taking time to join this discussion with some constructive comments). I still hope, however, that incivility in this incident will be looked into (because preventing editors from edit warring will not prevent them from making battleground through uncivil comments, as some are in a habit of doing). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:02, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I am disappointed in your lack of reply, Ed. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Hill & Knowlton

Would appreciate it if you could help get some of the factual information accurate on the Hill & Knowlton page for which I have a COI. Have added to the relevant discussion. Thanks. Niall Cook (Hill & Knowlton) (talk) 10:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I replied at Talk:Hill & Knowlton. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Mefloquine neutral point of view issue

Ed,

Thanks for the response on the Mefloquine article.

The author of the two papers under "external Links" with the NPOV conflict is Patricia Schlagenhauf. She is a paid consultant to the drug company that maufactures Mefloquine and is probably one of the biggest paid apologists for the drug. If she were paid to support Thalidamide, she would. SHe is not a medical doctor and does not have clinical experience dealing with people injured from Mefloquine.

The article "The position of mefloquine as a 21st century malaria chemoprophylaxis" is authored by employess of Hoffman LaRoche and Shlagenhauf. It is essentially a paid advertisment for the drug under the guise of a reserach paper.

Unfortuantely this is the current state of affairs with the medical journals. The large drug companies fund these papers that appear as legitimate peer reviewed research. As long as the authors post their conflicts of interest, the medical journals publish them. It is definielty a fox in the hen house scenario.

I have posted numerous papers that provide an update on the current research. None of those authors are in any way connected to the manufacturers of the drug. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moewackit (talk • contribs) 01:43, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Santiago84

Hi. I don't know if you remember User:Santiago84, but you blocked her/him for 31 hours for edit-warring. Upon returning to editing, Santiago's first edits were to revert all the changes that got her/him blocked in the first place: Responsibility for the Holocaust Template:The Holocaust Nazi relations with the Arab world Could you leave a message for Santiago cautioning against this sort of thing? Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 03:57, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Notified here. EdJohnston (talk) 05:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Are you an Admin? I get the feeling that you and the other malik shabazz or so work together to avoid any confidential background information which could be unpleasent toward some of your attitudes regarding common knowledge of history, the holocaust and islam. I think other Admins would like to hear of this. Oh and by the way [[55]] --Santiago84 (talk) 20:52, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Invitation for a discussion at WP ANI

Hello EdJohnston,

This message is to inform you that a motion to the second chance type of unblock of Iaaasi has been filled at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Iaaas in either order for the decision to be approved, or to be repealed by community consensus. Inasmuch as you would like to let the community know what your opinion is about the case, your participation in the discussion is welcome. Regards.--Nmate (talk) 16:54, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

General query on Shakespeare authorship question

Per Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Shakespeare authorship question, I'm wondering if you would be willing to have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Shakespeare authorship question/archive1? I'm making the same inquiry of Dougweller, since I trust both of you to apply sanctions where needed. I have not yet read the FAC top to bottom, but have kept it watchlisted, and have noted that Nikkimaria (talk · contribs) has been struggling to keep it on track. I don't know what I'll find when I finally sit down to read the FAC, but I suspect I will find so much disruption that it will be difficult to determine if the article has received adequate review or if there are still remnants of the disruptive editing evidenced in the article (it has been my impression, without yet having read the FAC, that the article has a rather defensive, argumentative tone, as a leftover from the long-standing disruption, and if that is the case, it may need more prose work before potential promotion, and assurance that neutral editors have looked at it without being influenced by the disruptive editors). So, before taking a look, I'm just wondering if anyone has looked at whether any warnings or sanctions need to be applied per the FAC, and want to ask that before I dig in. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:11, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Generally I agree with the actions of User:Nikkimaria, who has been moving comments from the FAC to the talk page. If you think the FAC is actually being interfered with, some further action might be needed. I've also looked in detail at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Shakespeare authorship question/archive1#Warshy (moved from main page). In my opinion, the goings-on on the FAC talk page are getting into the area where Arbcom thought that action should be taken. I am thinking that one or more editors may need to be banned from both the FAC and its talk page, per the WP:ARBSAQ discretionary sanctions. The desired end-point is (in my view) that the FAC should be able to reach a normal conclusion, untroubled by any of the behavior criticized by Arbcom in their decision

Taking a risk of satirizing their views, some of the sceptical editors seem to be saying:

We disagree with the mainstream view of Shakespeare authorship
You can easily see that we are here arguing with you
This shows there is a dispute
Therefore the article is too unstable to become a featured article.

I don't believe that Arbcom would have thought this was a reasonable way for editors to participate in the future development of this article. Whether it's in a FAC debate or not, this is not good-faith editor behavior. The term 'POV-pushing' unavoidably comes to mind. EdJohnston (talk) 18:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

That is precisely what I was wondering and the direction I was thinking. I can read through the FAC and come to the conclusion that half a dozen or so opposes are not actionable, but my broader concern is whether the disruptive opposes are preventing a thorough look at the article, and whether the article would be better served if some of those weighing in on the FAC were banned, and I could restart the FAC for a clean look? I say this without yet having thoroughly read the FAC or the article, as I don't want my impressions to be unduly predisposed, but with the impression that the lead of the article is too defensive and argumentative, while the "Overview" section could be re-written to a better lead-- in other words, some defensive tone persists, but other reviewers may be knee-jerk supporting to offset the disruptive opposes. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:55, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

The semi-prot imposed as a result of the earlier AE discussion expired March 17; I reinstated it yesterday, so hopefully that'll help a bit, and Ruhrfisch indicated that he was considering an SPI on the SPAs, FWIW. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, an SPI sounds worthwhile. EdJohnston (talk) 19:12, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I still haven't read the FAC, dreading what I will find ... maybe I'll get lucky and Fisch will do the SPI before I have to wade through it. Tomorrow! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:21, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Careful what you wish for - CU turned up no socks among the posters to the FAC. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:53, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the notices. Although there is no sockpuppetry, there does seem to be some degree of offline coordination by the Anti-Stratfordians. See here (self-identified as the blog of BenJonson off wiki) and here (the blog of Knitwitted). A note to Sandy - although there are a fair number of SPA opposes, most of the support came before these appeared (including my own). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:05, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

My assumption is that the FAC delegate who closes the discussion is allowed to disregard any comments made that are not consistent with Wikipedia policy. If meatpuppet editors join in the discussion, it is only a problem if their presence scares off regular editors or prevents a normal negotiation from taking place. In this case, it should be easy to tell good-faith opposes based on article quality from those which are merely pushing an anti-Stratfordian POV. (SPAs are easy to distinguish from regular editors, due to their edit history). For instance, User:Fotoguzzi looks to be a good-faith oppose. So unless some new problem arises, I don't see that any dramatic action by admins is necessary. EdJohnston (talk) 20:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

What have we done?

To both get the attention of an IP vandal? Dougweller (talk) 13:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

This is User:Caleb Murdock. I have some anon-only rangeblocks that adequately cover him, but I have to keep renewing them each time they expire. This has been done. I'm afraid that a swathe of mobile phone users from Rhode Island will continue to be inconvenienced until he loses interest in his old battles. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Caleb Murdock. EdJohnston (talk) 15:07, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I remember him but wasn't that involved with his account that I'd be a target, I imagine I've run into him recently using an IP address. Dougweller (talk) 15:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Answer regarding link

Discussion at User_talk:Sandstein#So....

Copied original message:

M.K., the reference link you added does eventually load if you wait long enough. It is a Lithuanian encyclopedia. Per Google Translate, the entry does say that Syrokomla's work appeared in Lithuanian *in translation*. Why would you draw the conclusion that he is a 'Lithuanian poet' if his poems were written in Polish? Though the weighing of sources is up to the editors on the talk page, not the admins, some of Volunteer Marek's helpful sources are not quite as decisive as they appear. The Cambridge History of Poland (page 332) calls Adam Mickiewicz the 'supreme singer of Lithuania.' The editors should consider if a section such as Adam Mickiewicz#Ethnicity might be needed in Syrokomla's article, to qualify his ethnicity with enough details. Another option is not to 'award' Syrokomla to any one nation, but just describe each individual thing that he did. EdJohnston (talk) 02:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Please see - the source [56] which you talking about is used to reference part During burial ceremony, Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša emphasized, that while Syrokomla was influenced by Polish culture, he was Lithuanian poet, closest to Lithuania after Adam Mickiewicz. (this is very interesting as Dauksa was contemporary of Syrokomla) and another passage about translation. The ethnicity in the lead was referenced with another source as indicated in the provided diff.

On another hand I noticed today that similar act was preformed by IP (take a not that deleted material is referenced), yet if I revert it (deletion of English sources with rather inflammatory edit summary hardly can be seen as constructive), I would be instantly reported by nationalistic group about my "edit warring", as was done with Syrokomla case. M.K. (talk) 11:32, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

This is the personal opinion of Daukša that Syrokomla was a 'Lithuanian poet.' I am surprised that you consider this decisive, given that Syrokomla wrote in Polish. Have you seen all the sources given by Volunteer Marek on the talk page that describe him as Polish? It would be more neutral (in my opinion) to provide a section for Syrokomla like the one given for Mickiewicz at Adam Mickiewicz#Ethnicity, that summarizes the published opinions about his ethnicity. You are urged to participate at Talk:Władysław Syrokomla#RfC: How should Kondratowicz's ethnicity be described in the article. EdJohnston (talk) 13:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

You misunderstood me. I regard Syrokomla opinion about himself as decisive factor, as provided in persons own publication [57]. The same source which certain activists there so desperate to remove [58].M.K. (talk) 18:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Threaded discussion on the WP:ARBSAQ page

Hello, EdJohnston, and thanks for your note. To be frank, I am unhappy that there has been no reply to the points I raised, apart from a plainly nonsensical one. For now, I am pursuing this matter at User talk:Versageek. You said "feel free to copy the entire thread to SPI or to a noticeboard" – is that Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations? And could you please suggest a suitable noticeboard? Moonraker2 (talk) 21:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Since Versageek is the checkuser in this case, you may continue on his talk page if you wish. The positive checkuser findings are hard to argue with, so I don't know where you are going with this. I would interpret Versageek's findings as strong evidence that those two accounts belong to NinaGreen (talk · contribs). How else would they be using the same IP? Sleepers are routinely blocked indef, this is not unusual. If you want to appeal Versageek's decision, consider WP:ANI. EdJohnston (talk) 22:05, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the Diablada discussion

Thank you for the solution proposed in the 3RR situation. I have tried to discuss the matter with the established user (Erios30), [59]. His reply, [60], (1) Once again brings back outdated discussions, (2) Keeps seeking to politicize the dance article's history, (3) claims the choreography and music belong to Bolivia. Could you please drop by and make a comment on the talk page? Your comment might help the discussion since the user seems to only want to listen to administrators and keeps disregarding my comments. Best regards.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 00:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Joseph Nye

Thanks for the help regarding the BLP posting. I was unsure exactly about what to do in this case because the information was sourced but some of it seemed to border on a synth and pov reading of the sources. In any case, I really have to kick myself for forgetting to post anything to the user's talk page. I encountered the situation while on vandal patrol and was unsure about what I could do to remedy what was going on (I was also a little awed by the possibility that the user actually was Joseph Nye because I read a few of his books while in school). I appreciate you fixing my mistakes. Chillllls (talk) 04:12, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

ARBCOM Warning

Your post on my talk page with the general warning towards any editor who "seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process" indicates that you may see my actions as falling into this category. If so, I would be grateful if you could be more specific. If not, I would also appreciate your feedback. Thanks.Jdkag (talk) 12:05, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I notified you under WP:ARBSAQ since you were one of the editors listed in the table added by Tom Reedy at 20:52 on 20 March. Since that page is full of discussion about POV-pushing by disappointed advocates of the anti-Stratfordian hypothesis, I hope my notification did not come as a complete surprise. EdJohnston (talk) 19:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Ed, your notification was a complete surprise, because I did not expect an administrator to take Tom Reedy's accusations at face value. I have written a response on my talk page, User_talk:Jdkag#Defense_against_WP:Advocacy_Accusation.Jdkag (talk) 15:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Followup to 3RR report

On the 3RR report I filed on User:Keyessence, you declined to issue a block because too much time had passed since the reverting, which I agree with. However, you indicated that you would warn the user, and, after looking at their talk page, it doesn't appear that you did. Could you clarify to xem that while there was no block, the behavior wasn't acceptable? I'm mainly concerned that xe may think "Ah, nothing happened, so I'll go ahead and do it again", which would result in xyr being blocked unecessarily. Thanks. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Our messages must have crossed; I have warned Keyssence. Prodego has also warned him, so he's on the radar. EdJohnston (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, must have been just a timing issue. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

3RR case about Guy Fawkes Night

Please see my comment at WP:AN3#Parrot of Doom reported by PBS (Result: ). -- PBS (talk) 08:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I read your comment there. It's a little ambiguous whether 3RR was violated, but even so, I would want to see more evidence of a problem (and more effort at dispute resolution) before I would support issuing a block. A case for WP:OWN might be made, but a WP:Request for comment is one way of dealing with that. A content editor who is also an admin should have some ability to work their way through these things, even though they can be aggravating. EdJohnston (talk) 17:15, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

See this edit at User talk:Parrot of Doom#Four more reverts and partial reverts in 24 hours. -- PBS (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Just noting here that I've asked Philip on his talk page to let the others get on with improving the article. It looks as though they're thinking of an FAC nomination, which can be a fraught process, so it would be a kindness to let them focus on it. SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 00:28, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Titanic (1997 film)

Your name was attached to a temporary block on editing the Titanic film article. I believe it was per a request from Flyer22. I'd like you to be aware that her editing on the article might be in violation of WP:OWN. She refuses to offer a compromise even when she's invited to do so. She has accused me of bad faith when I offered a compromise. Etc. I'm not sure how you proceed in these cases, but stopping anyone from editing is what a WP:OWN violator is trying to achieve. Thanks. --Ring Cinema (talk) 14:09, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I do not see a violation of WP:OWN. You are participating at Talk:Titanic (1997 film)#Towards a consensus, which is good. It sometimes helps if one of the parties will try to make a neutral summary of what has been said up to the present. That is, write down what you think each editor is in favor of. After you've done that, ask the others if your summary is correct. When this is attempted, sometimes it results in clarifying what is at stake, and some of the positions will shift. A vote of three out of five is not terribly convincing as a consensus. If you can shift that one way or the other, you might get somewhere. If you can't persuade the others, you should let it go. EdJohnston (talk) 16:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Extended discussion

Thank you, EdJohnston. Exactly, I have not tried to own the article whatsoever. I asked editors to weigh in so that consensus may be achieved, and they did. The consensus is six to one. Six editors are in favor of the current lead, while Ring Cinema objects to it. As I stated there: "[H]ow many more editors does it take to declare consensus if this is not a straw poll? Would we still be having this discussion if 10 editors had agreed on the same thing? How about 18? We simply don't have that many people weighing in on this matter, and must take what consensus has been given." You responded to my report at the edit warring noticeboard and decided to lock the article. I didn't come to you to have it locked. And as for writing down what one thinks each editor is in favor of, Betty did that already, as you can see. I have compromised, just not with Ring Cinema on this because I maintain that the lead is best designed in the order it is in now. Ring Cinema is under the impression that WP:Consensus means everyone must be in agreement, and it is that view I believe to be flawed. WP:Consensus is about tackling disagreement, and then what the majority of editors agree is best for the article. Sometimes everyone will agree; sometimes they will not. Flyer22 (talk) 19:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your thought EdJ. The possibility of a violation of WP:OWN first occurred to me here.. That, coupled with Flyer's refusal to offer compromise proposals (which I have done twice) on this and other issues suggests an editor who is a potential problem in this regard. When she responds to a compromise edit with vitrol, accusations of personal bias and bad faith, I don't associate her with an effort to find common ground. She's been invited to offer a compromise proposal several times. That she insists there is no compromise suggests a lack of appreciation of the process we're engaged in. Thanks again. --Ring Cinema (talk) 20:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

What that link shows is you being condescending in regards to me: "There's a little bit of a problem there since Flyer isn't listening very well." What the...? Newsflash: Just because someone disagrees with you...it doesn't mean they "are not listening very well." You were accusing me of hindering the article, and I responded showing exactly why I have not hindered the article and why you have. You belittle and condescend to everyone who disagrees with you, which more than one editor can attest to. When you don't get your way, you especially become condescending and hostile, which more than one editor can attest to. It is you who has spat vitrol first in both of our big disagreements. Shall I provide those links? And now you sit here and act as though I cannot compromise (or have not compromised with you before in the past) simply because I do not want to compromise with you on this. Why should I compromise?! You haven't offered any valid reasons for changing the way the article lead is set up now, and six editors are in favor of the current lead. Thus, why should I compromise with you?! Why shouldn't I stand by my opinion of how the lead should be? Where does Wikipedia say that I must compromise with you, or that I must compromise every time? You were acting in bad faith, in my opinion, because you reverted me with a weak rationale when I was following the film style guideline; it was even showcased that you insisted on keeping your version of the lead just to spite me for having gotten to keep Cameron's intentions in the lead when you tried to use the discussion about the film style guideline matter to bring up Cameron's intentions in the lead. That was proof enough of why you reverted me; I got to keep something in the lead, so you figure you do now too. Further proof was it taking Betty stepping in and stating pretty much the same thing I already stated for you to say "that's fine with me." So come off of it. You always do this when you don't get your way -- go complain about the opposing editor with falsehoods about/and insults to their character. As EdJohnston stated above, "If you can't persuade the others, you should let it go." Clearly, you have difficulty with the "letting go" bit. Flyer22 (talk) 21:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Questions about LM/E editing restrictions

The following is copied from User talk:Phatius McBluff, where, because Phatius had upbraided me for raising such questions on an article talk page, I put my request. Unfortunately, Phatius is inactive at present, so I am turning to you for advice. Esoglou (talk) 11:15, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

As you well know, it was agreed that

LoveMonkey will not make edits or talk page comments regarding Roman Catholic teaching or practice.

LoveMonkey may add information about Eastern Orthodox commentary (positive or negative) on Roman Catholic teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of RC teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with EO teaching/practice.

I don't think it was a direct violation of the agreement for LoveMonkey to restore a vandalistic edit that I believed it was my duty to undo. (I can find no reference anywhere to the supposed "Sir Raleigh Atra Arzon", who allegedly burned numerous cathedrals, actions resulting in a hatred and revenge that gave rise to the Church of Rome under Charlemagne and his successors!) But I do not think that LoveMonkey's restoration of that edit, with a claim in the edit summary that I know John Romanides made this strange statement and it can be sourced, was, to say the least, good Wikipedia practice. Admittedly, LoveMonkey soon removed the reference to the curious Sir Raleigh Atra Arzon, but he then inserted the claim, "It was not until the rise of Charlemagne and his successors that the Church of Rome arose", an unattributed claim about the Roman Catholic Church that I suspect is a violation of the agreement. (Before LoveMonkey's editing today, the unsourced statement was that it was then that the Church of Rome "arose out of obscurity", not that it was then that the Church of Rome "arose". That statement was questioned since March 2009, but now LoveMonkey has removed the "citation needed" tag, having inserted as a footnote a long quotation from Romanides that does not say that the Church of Rome arose only under Charlemagne and his successors, but is instead an attack on Augustine, the "Franks" and the "Franco-Latin papacy".)

With this edit LoveMonkey inserted eleven paragraphs, which I presume are a long quotation from Romanides, but he did not "in the body of the article" clearly attribute the eleven paragraphs to Romanides, nor did he clearly identify them as opinion, rather than as factual information about the Franks and the "Romans".

Was it perhaps a violation also to insert as factual information the statement that the Church of Rome arose "under the school of Palatine School established by Saxon Alcuin"?

What am I allowed to do with regard to obvious errors such as LoveMonkey's "Frankish Empire of Goths"? The Franks were not Goths, and Romanides, whom LoveMonkey cites, does not make the curious claim that they were.)

Did I do wrong in undoing vandalism? LoveMonkey himself claims to be free to revert edits to the article, but that I, on the contrary, am not free. Perhaps, in view of LoveMonkey's reaction, it would ideally have been better for me to ask you or someone else to undo the vandalism, but when I saw the need to make that correction (which was not about the Eastern Orthodox Church, a topic that I have undertaken not to comment on, in the same way as LoveMonkey has undertaken to limit his comments on Roman Catholic teaching and practice), I did not at all advert to my offer of a long time ago to refrain from editing that article, an offer that, as I have here indicated, did not elicit a reciprocal promise from LoveMonkey. I just didn't think of that offer. Esoglou (talk) 19:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I see that one way to get LoveMonkey to correct some of his claims is to mention them here on your talk page. Since I wrote the above, he has, with an edit summary referring to "typoes and grammar", corrected his classification of the Franks as Goths and altered his claim that "the Church of Rome arose under the school of Palatine School established by Saxon Alcuin" into a claim that it is fact that the Church of Rome thus arose as a church based on Augustinian theology almost exclusively. It would be excellent if this method could work for all his mistaken edits and if it could work also for those that I think may be exclusion-violating ones. Esoglou (talk) 08:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

LoveMonkey has stated in the article, as fact, that "These Frankish Popes where (LoveMonkey means "were", not "where") military leaders according to Saint Boniface known to 'shed the blood of Christians like that of the pagans'." In a footnote, he quotes Romanides as saying: "many of the Franks who replaced Roman bishops were military leaders who, according to Saint Boniface, 'shed the blood of Christians like that of the pagans'." It is only wishful thinking that makes LoveMonkey believe that Romanides was speaking of popes, not of other bishops. I have looked up what Saint Boniface actually wrote - not all that easy, since Romanides gives the source as "Migne, PL 89: 744", when the real source is column 745, not 744. Boniface is writing in the year 743 to the newly elected Pope Saint Zachary, who was a Greek, not a Frank, about an initiative by Marcoman, leader of the Franks, to get rid of abuses such as clergy, even bishops, "having four or five or more concubines in bed at night" and other bishops "who, although they deny that they are fornicators or adulterers, are drunkards, law-breakers, engage in hunting or, bearing weapons, fight in battles as part of an army and by their own hands shed human blood, whether of pagans or of Christians" ("qui, licet dicant se fornicarios vel adulteros non esse, sed sunt ebriosi, vel injuriosi, vel venatores, et qui pugnant in exercitu armati, et effundunt propria manu sanguinem hominum, sive paganorum, sive Christianorum"). Naturally, Pope Zachary responded granting the request of Marcoman and Boniface to have authority to hold a synod to remedy that situation, and ordered the deposition of any clergy whom Boniface found "... to have spilled the blood whether of Christians or of pagans or to have become subject to canonical sanction for other reasons" ("... aut si sanguinem Christianorum sive paganorum effuderunt, vel etiam aliis capitulum canonum obviasse eos reperit tua sanctitas" - the text is in column 919 of the same volume). It must have been wishful thinking on the part of Romanides too that made him interpret Boniface as saying that the battling bishops were "many".

If LoveMonkey is authorized to insert such material, am I allowed to respond in some way? Esoglou (talk) 12:12, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Phatius McBluff has replied, telling me I should contact an administrator. That I have done here. LoveMonkey is continuing to edit the articles that contain contentious material, but most recently in a not really objectionable way. I have thought it best, for now, not to respond to any of his actions. Esoglou (talk) 10:03, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I have renamed this section 'Request for guidance', to be 'Questions about LM/E editing restrictions.' Left a note at User talk:LoveMonkey#Editing at East-West Schism. I asked him to revise his text at East-West Schism to clarify he was only adding an opinion by John Romanides (an EO scholar) and not factual information about the Western Church. EdJohnston (talk) 16:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I attributed the information to John Romanides. The edit shows that. If you don't like the wording "according to John Romanides" please provide me with what wording will satisfy the pointed out requirement. Please don't focus on an Eastern Orthodox scholar here on Wikipedia in a way that will make it look like that Orthodox scholars' work is being treated differently than other "scholars" on here. It is and I have stated time and time again, more and more obvious that Esoglou wishes to censure Eastern Orthodox theologians and or discredit them. I would hope that Ed as a Wikipedia administrator would not want to have it so every time I add an Orthodox theologians opinion (let alone one like Romanides whom taught at Yale) that Orthodox theologian is to be noted as somehow "different" or indirectly marginalized because Esoglou is more important than Romanides or any of the other Orthodox theologians (i.e. Lossky, Nellas) that Esoglou has attacked here with his WP:OR. As using "according to" is right now how the article stands regardless of which side a given scholar may represent. LoveMonkey (talk) 16:39, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

You are technically in violation of your editing restriction. If you can't think of any rewording that pleases you, I suggest that you remove the entire section (containing Romanides' opinions) and ask on the article talk page for how it should be phrased. If you leave the text unmodified in the article, you are risking a block. EdJohnston (talk) 16:53, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Can you please provide wording that you find acceptable for me to modify the edit to. If not where can I open a report to get this addressed to someone above you. LoveMonkey (talk) 16:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

How about putting 'Romanides states that..' in front of

It was not until the rise of Charlemagne and his successors that the Church of Rome arose, under the Palatine School established by Saxon Alcuin (735-804) as a church based on Augustinian theology almost exclusively.[30]

I am also surprised by the very large direct quotes of Romanides in footnotes 26 and 30. The first of these is over 700 words. Though I suppose it doesn't violate any editing restriction, it may be stretching the copyright rules. According to the web site which hosts his material, Romanides' text is under copyright. EdJohnston (talk) 17:19, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Where can I file a formal complaint about this kind of stuff Ed. As this is what is driving me and other editors away from Wikipedia..No matter what I post I just can't seem to not violate some policy. As I posted that much of the article just so Esoglou would not complain that it was not sourced or that what I posted was not found in the source. LoveMonkey (talk) 18:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Esoglou has engaged in a long and protracted edit war with some of the articles I edit. Esoglou has a long history of edit warring with other editors on other articles not just with me. Heres another small example [61] One of the things Esoglou is allowed to do on Wikipedia which is disruptive to other editors and no administrator will address is that Esoglou like to invalid ones sourcing by claiming that what was posted is not reflected in the source or sources given. Esoglou likes to engage in source tag abuse. [62] Here is just one example [63]. The length of the sourced material was to keep Esoglou from complaining about but even with this much of the source in the article Esoglou complained anyway.

"With this edit LoveMonkey inserted eleven paragraphs, which I presume are a long quotation from Romanides, but he did not "in the body of the article" clearly attribute the eleven paragraphs to Romanides, nor did he clearly identify them as opinion, rather than as factual information about the Franks and the "Romans"."[64]

So what is it? Does the source I provided not cover the information I posted? Is it enough? How much of it is enough? Is it a copyright vio? If so how can I put the information in the article and stop Esoglou's complaints that obviously get peoples attention and suck up all my time on here. How much is needed so that Esoglou's privileged status on Wikipedia finally gets put in check? As if I copy the information word for word it is a copyright vio but if I put the entire section of the source for which my contribution is a summary showing that I can attribute the information to the source then I have added to much of the source and that too is a copyright vio. Which is it and when can a balance be enforced on Esoglou? LoveMonkey (talk) 18:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

LM asked me to comment here. First, about the specific sentence. one point first: a/c ODNB, Alcuin was not a Saxon. Our article calls him "English"; if one wishes to be moire specific, he was from Northumbria--which was an kingdom of the Angles, not the Saxons, and he had family connections with Anglian nobility. I suggest the following. "The Eastern Orthodox theologian Romanides states that it was not until the rise of Charlemagne and his successors, and the influence of the Palatine School established by the Englishman Alcuin (735-804), that the Church of Rome became almost exclusively committed to Augustinian theology. " (personally, I'd say we could even omit the a/c Romanides, because as I worded it I think it's a fair summary, but I'm no authority.) To say that the RC church did not arise as a distinct church till then is an incredible oversimplification. To say that the theological orientation became much sharper at that period makes more sense. Personally, I would agree that Charlemagne fostered the increasing separation of the theology as way of distinguishing the Western and Eastern churches primarily to assert his equal standing as Roman emperor by having control over the Western church, but this would need to be ascribed to a more neutral writer than Romanides. Romanides shows his bias by making the unwarranted extrapolation that this proves the error of RC theology--as if political influences had no role in the EO tradition also.

More generally, I interpret LM's editing as an attempt to continue his involvement as the interpreter of the RC tradition, and suggest he not attempt to do so in any manner in any article. I am not able to judge whether he has sufficient understanding of the range of EO church history and thought to interpret the EO tradition, nor can I judge if Romanides is representative of all of contemporary EO scholarship. (though a priori I think it unlikely that any one scholar is fully representative, I do not know the degree to which his views are central). However, I think it's clear from all the above , & earlier, that he is not able to write properly about the Western position, & I think the over-reliance on a single source is a symptom of this.

LM, you've asked for the next step in dispute resolution, 3rd Opinion, and I've given it. You could proceed to an RfC, but I think you would do very much better to let this rest and simply edit with your real sphere of knowledge and interest--I'd suggest articles on individual EO theologians and prelates, an area where we are really deficient.. DGG ( talk ) 18:43, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Well I must admit I agree with most of what DGG said, as I have been trying for quite sometime to wrestle with how to put into this and other related articles how the change that Charlemagne made to the Western church be presented. I am open to being criticized for my own way or style of expressing it. However this episode is critical to the Eastern Orthodox position on this issue and I feel it should in some form be in the article or related articles. I would hope that what you posted DGG might get put in the article as it really does express the position of the Orthodox and how the politics of the Franks played into causing the schism. I understand that I have room for improvement in my editing and I accept your criticism. But could you post the passage you wrote to the article? Is there away I could get some help as to how to say this and include it in this article and related articles? LoveMonkey (talk) 18:59, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

The agreement forbids either from editing the article to make representations of the other's faith community, but does not forbid either of them from editing the article to make representations of their own faith community's view of the other faith community, as long as such representations are referenced correctly and are clearly identified as commentary from one faith community on the other. LM's use of Romanides appears to be entirely within the letter and spirit of this agreement. I agree that the use of Romanides in this case needs to be scrutinized for the reasons DGG describes, and I agree with DGG that over-reliance on one source is a problem with this edit, but I don't see a problem with the fact of the edit itself; it needs to be identified as EO commentary on the RCC, and sourced more extensively, and LM has just demonstrated his willingness to have that happen. I will work with LM on improving the documentation and wording of the edit.--Taiwan boi (talk) 06:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Section break

May I take it that you, as the administrator responsible for the editing restriction, accept Taiwan boi's view that LoveMonkey's edits of 9 March and subsequently do not violate the restriction? Once I am sure, I can then respond with similar edits, something that, ever since they began, I have been refraining from doing. Esoglou (talk) 20:31, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The above thread contains advice to LoveMonkey as to the scope of the editing restriction. My impression is that the advice has been taken. What are the 'similar edits' that you are thinking of making? The editing restriction is still on the books and can be enforced by any admin, not just me. EdJohnston (talk) 20:57, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt response and for your statement of your position. I did not expect to have to deal with the question so soon. Nor am I in a hurry to do so. And tonight I do not have time even to start an examination of the many changes he has made. One that comes to mind immediately, because of its untypical nature, is the moving to under the heading of Roman Catholicism of writings by theologians both Eastern and Western, Catholic and Protestant. That should be easy to fix. And fixing it ought to be non-controversial. Perhaps I will start with that tomorrow. Esoglou (talk) 22:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I see your point. The paragraph should not be kept in the Roman Catholic section since it contains some Protestant opinions. I don't see any Eastern theologians there -- Bessarion must count as Western. If you plan to revise this paragraph, why not state your intention on the talk page first, to avoid any misunderstandings. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:22, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

May I? Phatius McBluff, who was very active in setting up the exclusion, understood it as not allowing even Talk-page discussion, a view that he repeated recently. However, he seems to have withdrawn from Wikipedia since his latest interaction with LoveMonkey. So it seems I may on the Talk pages raise questions about what may be excluded matters, in spite of being told by both Phatius and Taiwan boi that I should not. If I may, then I am on the same level as LoveMonkey, who, as I mentioned, has successfully defended against Phatius his right to raise such questions on a Talk page. (And if I may, I will probably also answer the claim by LoveMonkey that made Phatius give up, the claim that by undoing vandalism I had violated a promise not to edit one particular article. The promise was conditional on LoveMonkey undertaking to do likewise, something that he expressly refused to do.) Esoglou (talk) 17:50, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I see that the restriction won't allow you to comment on talk pages. It seems to imply *article* talk pages. You should leave a draft here of how you would propose to revise that paragraph. I could then copy the proposal to the *article* talk page to get further comments, and you would not be violating anything. EdJohnston (talk) 18:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

In view of the unclear attack on me below, I am reluctant to take the initiative of opening a discussion about revising the paragraph, as I would with an editor with whom discussion would soon reach a conclusion acceptable to both. I think you agree that the section that LoveMonkey moved, which contains Protestant opinions, should not be placed under the heading of Roman Catholic teaching. So, instead of revising the paragraph, can the move be simply undone? Would you undo it? In that way I could postpone yet further any editing by me in response to LoveMonkey's editing.

But is it really necessary for me to open a discussion on how I propose to revise the paragraph? Can I not just edit directly, without prior discussion, as LoveMonkey has been doing? Esoglou (talk) 20:59, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Since the paragraph called 'Monarchy of the Father in the West' is about the teachings of the Western church, it is fine if you want to edit it directly. The other complaint is about an edit you made at Orthodox Christianity, which is a different matter. It would be best if you undo your edit at Orthodox Christianity. EdJohnston (talk) 21:29, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for not understanding why I should undo an edit that was not at all one of the excluded "comments regarding Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice", but concerned instead the meaning of the phrase "orthodox Christianity". Esoglou (talk) 09:41, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't follow this at all. In Orthodox Christianity, you replaced a section beginning this way: "The term Orthodox Christianity usually refers to:"... Now you're saying that what you added to the article has nothing to do with EO teaching or practice? I think most people would say that it does. The restriction says "Esoglou will not make edits or talk page comments regarding Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice." EdJohnston (talk) 14:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Did you read through the text that I changed or did you not get beyond the first words? It continued, rather ungrammatically:

Orthodox Christianity is term used by other Churches, which personally describing themselves with:

the Oriental Orthodox Church, which also uses the official name of "Orthodox" and also considers itself to be the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Orthodox Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles almost 2,000 years ago. The church was established when it digressed from the Orthodox Church in First Council of Ephesus and in Council of Chalcedon and de facto it started considering itself to be the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Orthodox Church after the Orthodox Church.
any other Churches considering themselves as orthodox (non-heretical), irrespective of whether the body upholding that form uses the word "orthodox" in its official name, ...
mainstream churches, as opposed to what the person using the term regards as sects or cults."

You surely don't think that it is "Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice" that the term in question means not only the Eastern Orthodox Church but also the Oriental Orthodox Church, any other Churches considering themselves orthodox, and mainstream churches as opposed to what the person using the term "orthodox Christianity" regards as sects or cults? And you surely don't think that this is an article about something other than the various meanings of the phrase "orthodox Christianity", meanings that are by no means limited to "Eastern Orthodox Christianity"? Esoglou (talk) 16:37, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

If you expect LoveMonkey to follow the restriction, and you expect others to be content with this arrangement, I don't think you can dance around the edges like this. You are allowed to edit 'Western Stuff' and LoveMonkey 'Eastern Stuff'. If we can't interpret this in a broad way and have everyone respect it, the system will fail. In fact, if you persist in your interpretation, I think either the scheme will collapse, or you may have to be blocked, I can't tell which at this point. EdJohnston (talk) 18:31, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can say the disambiguating article on orthodox Christianity is only about the Eastern Orthodox Church and not at all about the other churches in it: not at all about Oriental Orthodoxy (divided from the Eastern Orthodox Church for six centuries before division arose between the latter and the Roman Catholic Church), not at all about the Old Catholic Church, not at all about the independent Catholic Churches, not at all about the Continuing Anglican Movement, not at all about the Liberal Catholic Church, all of which were already mentioned in the version of the article that I changed. You have read that version, have you? It is available here. The Eastern Orthodox Church is only one of the churches mentioned in Pensionero's version of the article. Saying that the mention of the Eastern Orthodox Church turns the orthodox Christianity article into an "Eastern Stuff" article seems no more logical than saying that the mention of the other churches turns it into a "Western Stuff" article. Esoglou (talk) 20:25, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

If you think that Orthodox Christianity falls under both Eastern Stuff and Western Stuff, then neither of you should edit it. You and LM get along so badly that you could not collaborate successfully there. EdJohnston (talk) 21:57, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

1. While, in spite of the fact that Eastern Orthodox Church is only one of the six named religious groups that the disambiguation page on "orthodox Christianity" distinguishes, not to mention the two generic classes that it also lists ("any other Churches considering themselves as orthodox" and "mainstream churches"), you think this disambiguation page falls under "Eastern Stuff", I do not think it is about either "Eastern Stuff" or "Western Stuff". It is simply a disambiguation page on the various meanings of the phrase "orthodox Christianity".

2. The exclusion that you put into effect for a trial period of one month from 8 February concerned neither generically "Eastern Stuff" nor generically "Western Stuff". It ruled out "edits or talk page comments regarding teaching or practice" - Roman Catholic teaching or practice by LoveMonkey, Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice by me. The edit you complain of touched no aspect whatever of Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice: that edit was only about the meanings of the phrase "orthodox Christianity", a phrase that, the disambiguation page was already saying, has several meanings apart from "Eastern Orthodox Christianity".

3. Since the imposition of the exclusion, LoveMonkey has continued to insert derogatory comments on the Roman Catholic Church, citing a hostile Eastern Orthodox critic. I have made no edit or talk page comment whatever about the Eastern Orthodox Church. On 11 February I made two edits concerning Roman Catholic (not Eastern Orthodox) teaching, the second of which consisted in undoing the earliest of LoveMonkey's post-exclusion edits, which I thought violated the exclusion by adding material not expressly attributed in the body of the article to an Eastern Orthodox writer and presented as that writer's opinion. I was reprimanded for doing so. I did not question the judgement of those who reprimanded me, but agreed not to repeat my reversion, trusting (wrongly, as it turned out) that LoveMonkey would be told to undo his edits or at least would cease to make such edits. When I made the edit, I also made a comment on the talk page to explain my edit, and was reprimanded for using the talk page. (Note that the talk page comment was not on Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice, but only about why I reverted LoveMonkey's action.) I did not question the judgement of those who reprimanded me, but agreed not to repeat. On another article I undid an act of blatant vandalism concerning the Roman Catholic Church (not the Eastern Orthodox Church), and LoveMonkey immediately restored the vandalism and proceeded to make several other edits in that article and to make a talk-page comment on the matter. I refrained from responding on the talk page, seeing that I had been told not to use it and trusting that what I had been reprimanded for would not be allowed either for LoveMonkey. Events proved that, unlike me, he is allowed to use the talk page. When at last I do question something, namely a demand that I undo an edit in a page that is not about the teaching or practice of any church, but only about the various ways in which a particular phrase is in fact used, I am threatened with being blocked.

4. I fear that I have regretfully made an enemy of the administrator who established the trial-period exclusion and to whom for that reason I continue to look for an enlightened and balanced interpretation of the exclusion. Esoglou (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

The restriction is *not* for a trial period of one month. It is permanent for both you and LoveMonkey, as can be learned from a reading of WP:RESTRICT. If you want the restriction to be changed, we can discuss it. But the very lengthy response here doesn't give me a lot of confidence. Only a simple restriction which is easy for everyone to understand is likely to work. I cannot devote my full-time attention to the monitoring of this restriction. EdJohnston (talk) 18:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

When on 8 February you spoke of the restriction as experimental for a month, you said it could then be modified "by mutual consent". Such mutual consent seems unimaginable now. So of course your restriction is now permanent.

At least, would you withdraw the demand that I undo my edit of the disambiguation page, and indicate that there should be parity between the two parties to the agreement? Esoglou (talk) 21:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

To avoid sanctions, you should go ahead and revert your edit to Orthodox Christianity. EdJohnston (talk) 21:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Posting restrictions

This edit by Esoglou [65] how is this a contribution that is not a violation of the posting restrictions that have been placed on him? LoveMonkey (talk) 17:29, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

I have asked Esoglou to respond here. EdJohnston (talk) 17:39, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

It would be helpful if LoveMonkey explained which of the restrictions he thinks I have violated and how.

"Esoglou will not make edits or talk page comments regarding Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice.

"Esoglou may add information about Roman Catholic commentary (positive or negative) on Eastern Orthodox teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of EO teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with RC teaching/practice." Esoglou (talk) 17:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

So does this edit [66] by Esoglou not violate that restriction? LoveMonkey (talk) 16:38, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

In what way do you claim that it violates which restriction? Until you clarify, I can't know what I'm being asked to respond to. Esoglou (talk) 20:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Esoglou knows this isn't up to him. Esoglou knows the question is directed at Ed Johnston and not him. LoveMonkey (talk) 01:29, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Blocking me for edit warring with MikeWazowski for the CW template

Why did you have to be so quick in taking his word against mine? I don't understand why you want to talk about how I should post why disapprovals or disagreements in the talk page when they wasn't any time for other users to add to their two cents. I also don't like how you pretty much twisted my words around while I was trying to explain my point of view (without so much time to elaborate). I don't have a problem if you ultimately agree with MikeWazowski's point of view. What I have an issue with is you seemed to be so quick to come to your conclusions/judgement. BornonJune8 (talk) 05:48 p.m., 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Admins sometimes double-check whether the person who broke WP:3RR will promise to stop edit warring. You made four reverts in 24 hours, which violates the WP:3RR rule. I offered you a chance to avoid a block ("you may be blocked unless you promise to wait for consensus.."), but you did not take it. If you had responded and agreed to stop the war, everything would be cool. When you replied, you made no offer to stop the war. You just restated that you were correct. You should have no trouble in the future if you will be patient and wait for others to agree. EdJohnston (talk) 01:28, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

MikeWazowski continued edit warring after reporting edit warring. I have given him notice. You have been had, EdJohnston. Spshu (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Communist terrorism

Please continue this discussion elsewhere. The steps of WP:Dispute resolution are open to you. EdJohnston (talk) 00:26, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Dear EdJohnston,
I believe you, as an administrator who imposed the 1RR limitation on the Communist terrorism article, should express your opinion about this situation. A user Tentontunic ignores my arguments and de facto refuses to participate in the talk page discussion. They revert my changes, which I discuss on the talk page before adding into the article, under a pretext that they are "not neutral", and add their own text that is "more neutral" (according to them), however, no serious evidences are provided by Tentontunic as a support for these claims. In my opinion, this situation resembles disruptive editing on the brink of vandalism. Do you think the 1RR is applicable to this situation, and are reverts of such undiscussed changes limited by the 1RR?
If you need diffs, I can provide them, however, the recent article's (and talk page's) history speaks for itself.
Regards, --Paul Siebert (talk) 15:14, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't see a 1RR violation at Communist terrorism. Questions of neutrality can be raised at WP:NPOV/N. I keep seeing mentions of Tentontunic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), but I don't know much about him. If you think he is causing problems in many places, you could open an WP:RFC/U. All I know about him is that he was blocked twice, once for a violation Mass killings under Communist regimes. EdJohnston (talk) 21:06, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, what he has done is not a violation of 1RR. My point is different. I edit the article using numerous academic sources and discuss all changes on the talk page (it is easy to see from the article's talk page). Tentontunic de facto does not participate in these discussions, or participates just formally, because his remarks like this[67] ,or this[68] are aimed just to create a visibility of a discussion. For instance, he mentions one ref I took from Penguin books, however, he fully ignores the fact that almost all my other sources are the scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals and the books published by top universities. His claim that my edits has no support is simply a blatant lie, which can be seen from the RfC I initialised: a user Hodja Nasreddin and Carwil supported the text, whereas the users PЄTЄRS J V and Martin had some concrete objections regarding some concrete points, and did not object against the text as whole.

As a results, he removes the almost perfectly sourced text, that I discussed on the talk page, and replaced it with that:([69]). Of course, I can revert him, however, as a result I will exhaust my 1RR limit, whereas he will not. What do you recommend me to do in the situation when the 1RR game is always won by those who makes a first revert (if we speak about two users, or about two groups having equal number of members, and is always won by a simple numerical majority)? I am doing a serious work searching and analysing high quality sources, I am trying to take into account all POVs, and what I get as a result? A user who even does not bother to properly participate in the discussion comes and reverts everything I have been writing, discussing with others and modifying during two weeks? If 1RR is intended to eliminate edit wars at cost of a decrease of the content quality, it should be abolished. However, if you know another solution how to improve 1RR restriction, please, do that.--Paul Siebert (talk) 21:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

PS. I have just realised that the edits made by Tentontunic were de facto a revert, so my revert will not be a revert of the edit, but a revert of the revert. I reverted all his last edits, however, that does not resolve the problem I outlined in my previous post.--Paul Siebert (talk) 21:51, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

How about opening an RfC specifically on that paragraph about South Vietnam that he removed? EdJohnston (talk) 21:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

During last four weeks I opened two RfCs. When the discussion over one of the disputable pieces of the text has become dormant, the bot removed the RfC tag, and I restored the text. Immediatelly after that, Tentontunic, who stopped to participate in this RfC after making a single "I-dont-like-it" comment, restored his version of the text. Therefore, I simply don't see how a new RfC will help. Moreover, the discussion on the neutrality noticeboard over Vietnam[70], which had a direct relation to the disputable para, demonstrated that the ideas that are being pushed by this user violate neutrality policy. In addition, as this diff[71] demonstrates, Tentontunic confuses verifiability and neutrality: if he found some fact in some book he believes that all other viewpoints of all mainstream scholars can be rejected and the edits made by others may be reverted. If you need, I can demonstrate that this misunderstanding is deep and persistent.--Paul Siebert (talk) 22:34, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Your explanation here should probably be made on the article talk page. In your post, include the names of the editors who you believe support the inclusion of the paragraph on South Vietnam, and those who oppose it. If the others agree that there is consensus to keep the South Vietnam paragraph, and Tentonunic continues to remove it, when he might be blocked for long-term edit warring. If you want me to look at previous RfCs, include the links. If the editors can't seem to make up their minds, then there is not much that admins can do. (We can only be sure that consensus is not ignored. In the absence of consensus, we can't act). EdJohnston (talk) 22:50, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

My questions are not only about this user, but also about a general behaviour within the frames of the 1RR. Concretely, if some user removes (or restores) the same text without providing a serious ground for that not every day, but every other week, is it a violation of 1RR? And will it be a violation of 1RR if I revert these reverts providing needed ground for that on the talk page?

Going back to the Tentontunic issue, the story started when he proposed the text, and we started to discuss it (that was perfectly in accordance with the policy)[72]. I modified this text, based on what I know from the literature, however, I haven't added the refs, because I preferred to come to agreement about the text first. Tentontunic responded that text is "awful" and requested references.[73]. I provided needed references (which required some work)[74], and Tentontunic stopped to respond. When I addressed to him explicitly (in another talk page section), his respond was: "Sorry, was this comment for me? I have not responded above as what you have written is rubbish." (You can see how this discussion was developing from this diff: [75]). Interestingly, he again stopped to respond when I addressed all his criticism, and, immediatelly after protection had been removed from the article, added his version of the text into the article as if no discussion between us took place[76]. I introduced my version, which, in actuality was an expanded Tentontunic's version, however, he removed it with the following edit summary: "No consensus for either proposal" [77]. I started the RfC[78], and some users supported the text, whereas other raised some concrete objections (which could be fixed by subsequent expansion of this section). When the discussion became dormant ... (see my previous post). In connection to that, how do you propose to deal with the user who behaves so non-seriously?--Paul Siebert (talk) 00:00, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

The 1RR should continue to be enforced, but that provides no assurance that the article will move forward. For that you need good luck, good intentions and a spirit of cooperation that may be lacking on that article. If an RfC has run long enough you can ask for an uninvolved admin to close it. If there is little participation, there is not much that the closing admin can do. It might be closed as 'No consensus.' EdJohnston (talk) 00:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Cannot say I agree with what you say. Does it mean that the article that is being edited by just few editors, some of which are genuinely trying to create a good quality content using reliable sources and others revert all of that because "it is not neutral, and it is a piece of junk", cannot develop simply because voices of the first and the second groups have the same weight? That would contradict to what WP:CONSENSUS says, namely that "consensus is a decision that takes account of all the legitimate concerns raised." The unsupported claim "that is junk" is hardly a legitimate concern, and we have to do something with that.--Paul Siebert (talk) 03:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I think Paul and Tentontunic can work out their content differences on talk if they can work through one issue at a time rather than jumping between multiple RFCs and the like. However, could you have a look at Igny (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), he is being quite disruptive at Occupation of the Baltic states. Igny has been tag warring with a number of editors, even reverting[79] Paul's tag removal[80] ignoring his good suggestions to work on the article text first[81]. All Igny offers is uncivility[82] and intransigence[83] despite no clear concensus for a move[84]. Igny is being so disruptive a totally uninvolved editor has reported him to ANI[85]. Thanks. --Martin (talk) 00:15, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

The problem with Tentontunic is that he doesn't seem to accept seriously the arguments from others, so, independently of the amount of references, quotes and arguments he is ready to unilaterally change whatever he wants. In connection to that, I see no way to work with him, especially on the article which is under 1RR.

Regarding Igny, I see no problem with re-addition of the tag: I suggested to remove it, because the renaming issue seems to be resolved, however, the fact that the dispute started again suggest that that was premature. --Paul Siebert (talk) 00:23, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

As you said, the issue appeared to be resolved, it is only Igny that has restarted this dispute, and the only argument he provides is incivility, mantras, proof by assertion and edit warring over tags [86][87][88]. This behaviour is simply not good enough for difficult topics like this. Igny is simply being disruptive. --Martin (talk) 00:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

If Igny resists, then the dispute is not resolved (at least while his reasonable concern have not been addressed). In addition, as I already pointed out, other editors interpreted the fact that the issue had allegedly been resolved as a ground for starting to push their POV. However, I don't see how all of that has any connection with the thread I initiated.--Paul Siebert (talk) 00:52, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Paul, I find it ironic that you see a problem in Tentontunic's behavior but are seemingly blind to Igny's disruption, but see it as a "reasonable concern", while claiming others are "starting to push their POV". --Martin (talk) 01:02, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Nothing ironic. Igny's arguments are based on numerous reliable sources, and these arguments are quite correct, as the renaming discussion demonstrated. Can you provide an example when Igny ignored your arguments and responded that it is just a piece of junk (Of course, I mean only those your arguments that were supported by what reliable sources say)? By contrast, I found ironic that, as I see, you are going to support Tentontunic's behaviour simply because he adds his voice to the POV shared by you. Igny is a person you can deal with, independently of what "camp" you belong to: he treat the arguments from others as seriously as you do.--Paul Siebert (talk) 01:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Paul, are you representing the situation correctly? Care to provide a diff where Igny articulates an argument based upon reliable sources? All we have is this[89] after a reasonable request to him to outline his issues to justify placing a POV tag. We want to make progress here, Igny isn't helping. As I'm not up to speed on the current situation at Communist terrorism, which seems to change by the hour, I have not offered a view on your behaviour or his, so I don't think you are justified in stating "you are going to support Tentontunic's behaviour simply because he adds his voice to the POV shared by you", but I do wonder if that view may be descripive of your relationship with Igny, having come to his defence at ANI:"frankly speaking, I see no disruption here" --Martin (talk) 01:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Re "Care to provide a diff where Igny articulates an argument based upon reliable sources? " Sure. For instance, at 00:30, 11 March 2011 (UTC) he advised you to read the article in the Leiden Journal of International Law. Have you read it, and have you noticed this advice? He also frequently cites the Malksoo's monograph. And, generally speaking, he is capable to work with sources as well as you can.--Paul Siebert (talk) 03:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Re "I don't think you are justified in stating "you are going to support Tentontunic's behaviour..." Well, if I misunderstood your words, please, explain what did you mean?--Paul Siebert (talk) 03:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Firstly, Martin I would appreciate it next time if you let me know that you discuss me behind my back next time. This way, I would participate in my defense against your mud-slinging (which unfortunately sticks, as some of your friends noticed in the past). That would also help for my defense in case you accuse me of stalking of your edits in future. But back to you latest point. I have repeatedly and consistently provided arguments for the rename and the tag. Most recently my "proof of assertion", as you so eloquently described, relied on these argument, which you so conveniently ignored. (Igny (talk) 01:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC))

Ed, to demonstrate my point, below are the links to the last RfC Tentontunic started[90], and to my response[91]. In that situation, will it be correct to say that what Tentontunic writes is a blatant lie, which serves to only one purpose: to distract me from productive work, and that he cannot be characterised as a good faith editor?--Paul Siebert (talk) 12:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

This conversation should be happening at Talk:Communist terrorism, not here. Questions about the quality of sourcing certainly deserve space on article talk. If you do go there, be careful with the language since personal attacks shouldn't be happening on article talk. Consider WP:RSN if there is disagreement about a particular source. If you want to report abuse by another editor, use WP:RFC/U. I can't deal with these kinds of complaints here, so don't wait for any action by me. EdJohnston (talk) 13:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I wouldn't say so. Whereas I prefer to follow the standard procedure when some conflict starts over other articles, in this particular case I expect it would be correct if you proposed how to deal with the situation when one party doesn't play fairly, and this is exacerbated by the restrictions applied by you.--Paul Siebert (talk) 13:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

If you believe that the 1RR at Communist terrorism is no longer needed, you could make a request at WP:Arbitration enforcement. EdJohnston (talk) 14:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I assume that you are reasonable person, who is familiar with the history of the conflict, who has some useful ideas on that account, and, before taking any steps I would prefer to discuss that with you. Frankly speaking, I do not understand how this article is connected to Eastern Europe (even if we define this region broadly). From another hand, the fact that this article is a subject of a permanent edit was is hard to deny, so some restrictions are definitely needed. In connection to that, do you thing that the restriction you applied to the article is the best solution, and, if no, the how, in your opinion, these restriction can be improved?--Paul Siebert (talk) 17:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

@Paul, I am disappointed you are taking content disputes to admin talk pages. Quite frankly, from my part, I'm gobsmacked that you do not see a connection between Communist terrorism and Eastern Europe unless you are seeking to (re-)define "Communist terrorism" it so narrowly that it ceases to apply to anything. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 17:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Peters, when someone tells me that my sources are junk, and, based on that repeatedly reverts what I write, and refuses to explain why concretely they are junk, that is not a content, but conduct issue. I repeatedly suggested Tentontunic to go to WP:RSN to resolve a dispute over sources, but he refuses to do so. I am not intended to initiate the WP:RSN thread, because I myself has no doubts in reliability of my sources, and, if that will be done by me, not by him, there is no warranty that he will accept a result of the RNS discussion.--Paul Siebert (talk) 19:26, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the connection, this question has been raised by two admins (Sandstein and T. Canens) during last AE initiated by TFD[92].--Paul Siebert (talk) 19:32, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Both, I suggest you stop putting in disputed content and go back to discussing sources. Not everyone spends their time waiting for something to happen on Wikipedia. If you propose ONE source at a time to discuss at article talk, I'll be glad to respond. Note that "since we haven't heard any objections in X time" (i.e., it's MY WAY unless you object on my time schedule) is not the way to handle things, which I've also seen. As for going to WP:RSN, really, sources in this topic area need to be debated by those best versed in the topic, that editors don't agree is immaterial, not editors open to being persuaded by dictionary definitions. I suggest patience and less of a belligerent attitude, including not resorting to AE requests and soliciting admins to act against other editors painting yourself out to be a victim. You want other editors to assume good faith, you have to earn it. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 22:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

And P.S. to Paul, you have, in the manner of statement of fact, characterized my views as not in the mainstream. I'll spare us the diff. That too, is your personal opinion. If you wish to make progress, try going a bit lighter on the pronouncements which place you in the right and all your editorial opposition in the wrong. And I have to add that certain editors agreeing with pretty much everything you posit makes your positing neither mainstream nor any more an instance of consensus. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 22:43, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

And P.P.S. to Paul, correct me if I am wrong, but I've seen at least one bullet item list of why your sources are not up to WP:RS. There is the assumption that you are familiar with your sources and know which ones they are by the characteristics used to describe them. Do you really need the authors and titles spelled out in full? By your own statements here you're not making any effort to meet anyone half-way regardless of your protestations. Really,

I suggest you get back to article talk; and
not consider controlling content by filing frivolous arbitration requests or enforcement requests against your editorial opposition if you don't get satisfaction here.

I'd show a lot more patience at article talk than here. This is all just trashing someone's talk page. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 22:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I suggest a six month ban on complaining to admins about content disputes in EE, widely construed. Any progress, if it's going to happen, is going to be at article talk, nowhere else. And if it takes a painfully long time, all the better, perhaps we'll learn how to engage in civil discourse without kvetching every 5 minutes to an admin or filing for enforcement when we feel like our POV is being stonewalled (whether deservedly or not). PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 22:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Vecrumba, you do not learn, do you? Did you forget what happened last time when you and Martin teamed up to irritate your "enemies", and defend your "allies"? Your recent behavior is just another AE request waiting to happen. (Igny (talk) 23:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC))

ARBSAQ

Uh, Ed, where did you leave those notices?[93] I can't find one for BenJonson. In my opinion, he needs a topic ban for his tendentious nagging, aggression, and disingenuousness (see [94] for that). Earlier, he disrupted the FAC page, now it's the talkpage. I'd do it myself, but although I'm not involved with BJ as such, I have edited both the article (slightly) and the FAC, so I'd prefer if somebody else did it, somebody editorially quite uninvolved. If you agree, of course! I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look. Bishonen | talk 03:27, 26 March 2011 (UTC).

You notified BenJonson about the sanctions here on 2 March. See my last comment in the thread above: #General query on Shakespeare authorship question for why I might hesitate before issuing a block. This is especially true if he limits himself to the *talk page* of the FAC. If the FAC itself is being disrupted then some action should be taken. If you want to request a topic ban then open a thread at WP:Arbitration enforcement (which you recently learned how to do). CIreland said in the original AE thread that he would have issued a 1-2 month topic ban if BJ had already been notified. EdJohnston (talk) 04:13, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Would you take a look? [95] I just now noticed this continued accusation. Tom Reedy (talk) 01:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Consider making a report at WP:Arbitration enforcement. I think we are getting closer to a topic ban under WP:ARBSAQ. I noticed that BenJonson reverted some of his preferred text back into the FAC. With this edit he restored a passage to the FAC which includes the text 'Oxfordians point to the acclaim..' after it had been previously moved to the article talk page by Bishonen. I would have left him alone if he stayed off the FAC and could control his language. Please identify anything which you consider to be a personal attack. EdJohnston (talk) 02:47, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I am extremely busy this morning and don't have time to file an arb report. I consider his repeated accusations—[96], [97], [98]—that I'm somehow acting on behest or under the advisement of James S. Shapiro a personal attack on my integrity. Yes, I have corresponded with him in the past, but certainly not "extensively", and I have also corresponded with about 20 other well-known Shakespeare, Early Modern, and Medieval scholars (names available via your e-mail upon request), and I have never taken any kind of direction from any of them in writing Wikipedia articles, nor acted on anyone's behalf or direction. His accusations are yet another example of his method of trying to "win" his argument with bullying supercilious insinuations about me and others of which his edit history is full—[99], [100], [101], [102], [103] (list truncated to avoid tediousness). I would not be surprised to see more of the same if he deigns to reply here. Tom Reedy (talk) 15:16, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Zimbazumba

Thanks for pointing out my error. Reply on my talk page. I have no excuse for not proof reading before clicking "Save page". JamesBWatson (talk) 16:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Petri Krohn

Is directly and intimately connected to the Digwuren sanctions, and is currently making massive changes to all articles related to "terror" some of which are directly covered by Digwuren in the first place, and some of which were later added (including by you) to those sanctions. I ask that you apprise yourself of the massive POVforking/relabeling of such articles, being cognizant of the fact that her creation of a dab page for Communist terrorism was overturned at MfD in short order. I regard the actions as likely in violation of Digwuren in spirit and quite likely in letter as well after all the warnings given that editor. Cheers. Collect (talk) 19:33, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

This is such a fun area to work in. Shouldn't I have seen you post your concern directly on Petri's talk page, before trying to unleash the admins? EdJohnston (talk) 20:33, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Fun fun fun till daddy takes the T-bird away ... I speedied the POVfork so Igny :) suddenly appears to remove the speedy (guess he is admin-wannabe?). As you likely have noticed, I am not an editor as much as a person who follows WP policies and guidelines as much as possible. Paul, TFD, Igni and Petri seem to regard it as a "contact sport" (Paul even asserted my backing of the Sandstein AE block on Ludwigs2 was due, somehow, to my interaction with Paul and Ludwigs2 -- which is a stretch since the Quackguru case was on pseudoscience -- amazing, no? Collect (talk) 23:02, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I left a post on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Terrorism talk page. [104]I suggest to wait for the community responce.--Paul Siebert (talk) 00:53, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I never "asserted Collect's backing of the Sandstein AE block on Ludwigs2 was ..." I just pointed Sandstein's attention at the fact that Collect cannot be considered as uninvolved user in this dispute. It probably deserves mention that for the same reason I myself abstained from participation in the same dispute. My only fault was that forgot to mention TFD, who also should have to be considered as involved user. In future I'll try to be more attentive.--Paul Siebert (talk) 00:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

And for those looking on - I have had zilch involvement with pseudoscience articles which is where the L2-QG brouhaha existed. And thus I most certainly am a neutral observer in that dispute - in fact my sole posts on the topic referred to the WP policies and ArbCom rulings, and made no comments which could remotely be construed as being "involved" in those content fights, other than calling them content fights. Yet you seem to think that if you call me "involved" often enough, that I shall become "involved" in the pseudoscience area! Thank you most kindly. Collect (talk) 01:10, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Please, do not interpret my words, if something is unclear, just ask, and I'll explain. I do not insist on anything, I just explain the reason why I decided that you are not completely uninvolved: despite being uninvolved in the dispute over pseudoscience, you have been involved in other disputes with the same editor, and, taking into account that that was not a content, but conduct dispute, this fact, in my opinion, was relevant. And, as I already explained, I myself decided not to participate in this dispute although I had some arguments, so I treat you according to the same standards as I apply to myself.

Let me also remind you that you initiated this thread for quite different reason. Do you think we need to wait for response from the "Project Terrorism" community, or, in your opinion, a situation is so urgent that immediate actions are required?--Paul Siebert (talk) 01:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Since there are so many articles with "terrorism" in their name (hundreds!) - including Terrorism, how can usurping the dab page on terror for an article named Terror make any sense at all? Meanwhile I have edited a couple thousand articles - I take it that this would make me "involved" in virtually every possible dispute on Wikipedia? Nope. Your apparent interest in labeling me "involved" was that you felt Dreadstar properly ignored Sandstein's stated use of AE as a rationale for a block, and sought to invalidate my procedural position thereon. Nothing whatever to do with "content" at all. Thank you most kindly, indeed. Collect (talk) 16:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Iaaasi

While I agree with your initial revocation of Iaaasi's talk page access, since I've proposed to formally ban him from WP, he should have a fair chance to defend himself. Therefore I request that you reverse your action for the time being. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 13:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. EdJohnston (talk) 13:31, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Follow up of WebM incident

Hi, Ed. Following up on my previous message about the Wikipedia:AN3#User:2.89.119.157 reported by User:FleetCommand (Result: Semi), one User:Verb3k‎ is now editing the same area of the WebM article. I've contested his edits per WP:BRD and wrote him multiple times but he is adamant to discuss the issue and is engaged in edit-warring. These new edits are not exactly the same as before, but their nature is the same: An attempt to give Microsoft the maximum possible amount credit for working on WebM format by citing feeble statements! Also, one of his earlier edit summaries makes me feel he is a person with whom I had an unpleasant argument before. It reads: "If you don't cease your bad faith editing, I will notify an administrator."

So, do you think the duck test comes positive here? Fleet Command (talk) 02:58, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I have left a note at User talk:Verb3k#Abuse of multiple accounts and asked him to respond here. EdJohnston (talk) 04:12, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

This allegation of ducking is false.Verb3k (talk) 13:43, 1 April 2011 (UTC)