위키백과:관리자 게시판/아카이브261
Wikipedia:사용자의 샌드박스를 메인 스페이스 기사에 기록-메인딩할지 여부
- 기록 사용자에게 정기 기록 병합 요청을 받은 경우:Binksternet/BG to Black 집단학살에 대한 Binksternet/BG, 그리고 일상적으로 그것에 복종했다.이로 인해 사용자 대화에서 두 사용자 간에 논쟁이 발생했다.Anthony Appleyard#Black 집단 학살 및 사용자 대화:George Ho#My 사용자 공간.나는 그들의 논의를 하루 이틀 동안 진행시키려 했지만, 논쟁이 이제 4자 단어로 확대되었으므로, 분쟁이 더 신랄해지기 전에 그것에 대한 판결을 받는 것이 좋겠다.쌍방은 다음과 같은 것 같다.
- 브링크스터넷 : "내 샌드박스에서 만든 에디트는 거기 그대로 있어야 해."
- 조지호(미국 대통령) : "잘라서 붙여넣은 편집사는 다시 뭉쳐야 한다."
- Anthony Appleyard (대화) 07:51, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
[관리자는 아니지만 우연히 이것을 알아차렸다:] 브링크스터넷의 말이 옳다.역사를 병합하는 근거는 기사 역사의 모든 편집자에게 공로를 돌리는 것이다.이것은 샌드박스 버전으로 만들어졌든 집에서 편집자의 하드 드라이브에 있는 텍스트 파일로 만들어졌든 간에, 동일한 사용자에 의한 모든 편집을 보여 줄 필요가 없다.사용자가 샌드박스에 있는 기사에 작업하기를 선호한다면, 기사 기록에 자신의 작은 편집 내용을 모두 포함시키길 원하거나 더 큰 덩어리에 비트를 잘라 붙여넣기를 선호한다면, 그것은 그들 자신의 선택이어야 한다.사용자로서 나는 (모든 또는 대부분의 편집이 단일 사용자로부터 오는 것처럼) 가능하면 더 실질적인 편집이 있는 짧은 이력을 보는 것을 확실히 선호한다.
내가 보기에, 브링크스터넷이 본문 최종본을 본문과 다시 합성한 이상, 여러 기고자와 함께 본문을 자르고 붙여넣었더라도 역사 병합은 필요 없었을 것이다.그러나 이 경우, 브링크스터넷은 기사의 창시자일 뿐만 아니라 그 기사의 유일한 작가다.페이지 기록을 합쳐서 다른 누구도 신용할 수 없다.합병의 최종 결과는 브링크스테르넷의 업무방해와 불필요하게 길고 지저분한 기사 이력이었습니다. --헤그발드 (토크) 08:37, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
(충돌 편집)편집한 내용을 다시 샌드박스로 이동하십시오.샌드박스에서 오려낸 오려내기에 대한 정책이 없기 때문에 자신의 사용자 공간을 통제할 수 있는 빙크의 권리가 여기서 승리한다.조지 호가 거기에 문제가 있다면, 뭐, 그냥 처리하면 되잖아.Sometguy1221 (대화) 08:40, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
Done Anthony Appleyard (대화) 09:20, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 고마워 앤서니, 소프구이1221, 헤그발드Binksternet (대화) 15:07, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
번디 교착 상태
대화 페이지에 표현된 바와 같이 명확한 POV를 가진 여러 사용자들은 번디 교착상태 페이지에는 없는 주장들을 CNN에 잘못 설명하고 있다.언어가 인용될 때에도 원본 연구를 추가하거나 동영상을 객관적으로 볼 때 백업되지 않은 유튜브 동영상에 대한 주장을 할 수 있도록 이를 취소하기로 했다. 70.8.153.27 (대화) 16:44, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 편집 전쟁 후 페이지는 보호된다.토크 페이지에 대한 논의는 조금 더 여유가 주어지므로 어떻게 진행되는지 알아보도록 하겠다.--v/r - TP 20:09, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
- IP 되돌리기 전쟁에 대해 10일 동안 전체 페이지 보호가 현재 사건에는 과도해 보인다.또한 PP는 템플릿 없이 부적절하게 수행되었다.이것은 넓은 내용이 아니라 두 편집자 사이의 논쟁으로 보인다.PP를 해제(또는 최소한 시간과 범위 내에서 축소)하고 편집자 제재를 적절하게 이행해야 한다.PP는 편집전보다 더 파괴적이다. --DHeyward (대화) 22:36, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 세 가지 사항: (1) 템플릿의 부족은 기술성이며, 그 자체로 보호를 제거할 이유가 아니다. (2) 콘텐츠 분쟁에 관련된 단 한 당사자만이 IP였다. (3) 내 토크 페이지와 보호 제거 또는 축소에 대한 RFP 요청 양쪽에서 당신의 질의에서 지적했듯이, 만약 합의가 이루어진다면, 나는 페이지 보호를 조기에 제거할 것이다.기사 토크 페이지에 도달한다. - 베어크(토크 • 기여) - 02:35, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- 그리고 여러분이 공감대가 형성되는 것을 보지 못하는 이유는 이것이 합의에 도달하거나 심지어 그것을 다룰 동기가 없는 양당 편집 전쟁이었기 때문이다.그러나 수천 명의 다른 편집자들은 두 당이 전쟁을 편집하기 때문에 3RR과 블록을 통해 더 잘 다루어지게 된다.정말 10일간의 공백의 '승자'가 토크 페이지에 나타나거나, 그들이 반전으로 해결하지 못한 편집 전쟁을 계속할 것이라고 기대하지는 않으시죠?이 두 편집자가 페이지 전체를 억누르는 동안 커뮤니티의 나머지 부분은 어떻게 해야 하는가? --DHeyward (대화) 03:18, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 세 가지 사항: (1) 템플릿의 부족은 기술성이며, 그 자체로 보호를 제거할 이유가 아니다. (2) 콘텐츠 분쟁에 관련된 단 한 당사자만이 IP였다. (3) 내 토크 페이지와 보호 제거 또는 축소에 대한 RFP 요청 양쪽에서 당신의 질의에서 지적했듯이, 만약 합의가 이루어진다면, 나는 페이지 보호를 조기에 제거할 것이다.기사 토크 페이지에 도달한다. - 베어크(토크 • 기여) - 02:35, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- IP 되돌리기 전쟁에 대해 10일 동안 전체 페이지 보호가 현재 사건에는 과도해 보인다.또한 PP는 템플릿 없이 부적절하게 수행되었다.이것은 넓은 내용이 아니라 두 편집자 사이의 논쟁으로 보인다.PP를 해제(또는 최소한 시간과 범위 내에서 축소)하고 편집자 제재를 적절하게 이행해야 한다.PP는 편집전보다 더 파괴적이다. --DHeyward (대화) 22:36, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 모든 이해당사자들을 위해 WP에서는 다음과 같은 논의가 있다.번디에서의 ANI#Page 보호는 페이지 보호와 내가 페이지 보호 도구를 사용하는 것에 대한 비난에 대처하기 위한 교착 상태에서의 ANI#Page 보호.추가 논의는 이 포럼으로 향해야 한다. - 베어크(대화 • 기여) - 2014년 4월 4일:46, 20(UTC)
반유대주의 편집기
User_talk:도메론은 미국 자유당 기사에서 두 번이나 소스 자료를 삭제했고, 이제 편집 요약을 사용하여 남부 빈곤 법률 센터를 '유대인 극단주의자들'의 근원으로 묘사했다.이 사용자는 편집에 지장을 초래한 이력이 있다.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Freedom_Party&action=history 이러한 논평은 위키피디아에서 해서는 안 된다.더 많은 경험과 지식을 가진 사람이 무엇을 해야 하는지 조언할 수 있는가?LordFixit (대화) 17:37, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 맞춤법 수정.BMK (대화) 19:49, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 흥미로운 이야기군1번 편집으로 3월 1일에 만들어진 것 같아.그 후 3월 6일, 확정된 편집자 권한에 도달하기 위해 9번의 난센스 편집을 했다.1) 시스템 게임, 2) 시스템에 대한 지식을 보여준다.편집된 것들 중 많은 것들이 민족성/인종과 관련이 있다.크림반도의 위기와 관련된 몇 가지 편집을 했고, 영어가 민족인지 국적인지에 대해 논쟁을 벌였고, 그 다음에 SPLC가 유대인의 출처인지에 대해 위에서 보여주는 편집들을 했다(나는 항상 그것이 무신론자라고 생각했다).그 계정은 WP라고 할 수 있다.NOTHERE.--v/r - TP 20:17, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
- "무신론자"라는 말은 "검정주의자"라는 뜻인가?BMK (대화) 22:30, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 예스 앤 노.나는 그들이 세속적이라고 믿지만 나는 개인적으로 그들이 반-반-반-반-반-반-반-편향적 편견을 가지고 있다고 믿는다.하지만, 예, 위키백과 관리자로서 나는 '세컨더리'를 의미한다.--v/r - TP 22:37, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 재미있는 말은 너무 약하다.나는 왜 더 많은 관리자들이 명백한 양말 조정 편집으로 계정을 즉시 차단하지 않는지 이해할 수 없다: 양말을 신고 있는 사람이 누구인지 알 필요가 없다.도메론은 이제 변명을 끝냈으니 드라마는 끝나야 한다.—Kww(대화) 22:42, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
- "무신론자"라는 말은 "검정주의자"라는 뜻인가?BMK (대화) 22:30, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 흥미로운 이야기군1번 편집으로 3월 1일에 만들어진 것 같아.그 후 3월 6일, 확정된 편집자 권한에 도달하기 위해 9번의 난센스 편집을 했다.1) 시스템 게임, 2) 시스템에 대한 지식을 보여준다.편집된 것들 중 많은 것들이 민족성/인종과 관련이 있다.크림반도의 위기와 관련된 몇 가지 편집을 했고, 영어가 민족인지 국적인지에 대해 논쟁을 벌였고, 그 다음에 SPLC가 유대인의 출처인지에 대해 위에서 보여주는 편집들을 했다(나는 항상 그것이 무신론자라고 생각했다).그 계정은 WP라고 할 수 있다.NOTHERE.--v/r - TP 20:17, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
오늘의 XKCD
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언제 한번 다시 말해봐.2014년 4월 18일(UTC) 쓰기 키퍼 ⚇ 23:28 |
- 다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.
http://xkcd.com/1357/은 많은 사람들에게 씁쓸한 웃음을 가져다 줄 것이다...가이(도움말!) 17:39, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 나는 위키피디아에 그 이미지를 추가하는 것을 추천한다.자유발언.그것은 CC-BY 2.5 비상업적 면허를 가지고 있다.우리는 그것을 사용할 수 있다.JehchmanTalk 17:52, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 마우스오버 텍스트는 특히 다음과 같이 적합하다.
- 이 말을 어디서 들었는지 기억이 안 나는데, 누군가가 자유발언을 인용해서 어떤 입장을 옹호하는 것은 일종의 궁극적인 양보라고 말한 적이 있다. 당신이 말할 수 있는 가장 설득력 있는 말은 그것이 말 그대로 불법이 아니라는 것이다.
- 모든 프린지 기사의 토픽페이지에 올려놨으면 좋겠어.TenOfAllTraes(대화) 18:08, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
- 그것은 이 사이트에 매우 적합하다.(또한, 먼로는 위키백과에 꽤 익숙해서...) 206.117.89.4 (토크) 18:24, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC) (안쉬666)
나는 정말로 그것을 사용자 지정 템플릿에 사용할 수 있었으면 좋겠어.만약 누군가가 "옴그 유어 서프렌 마 프레 스피치" 방어를 사용하기로 결정한다면, 빵, 템플리트.다른 사람들이 언급했듯이, 그것은 저작권 친화적이지는 않을 것이다.또는 필요할 때 그냥 링크하면 된다. Thekillerpenguin (대화) 2014년 4월 18일 19:01, (UTC
만약 누군가가 그것을 위키백과의 목적을 위해 CC-BY 면허에 따라 사용하는 것에 대해 저자에게 접근하고 싶다면... --MASEM (t) 19:28, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 왜 랜달의 면허가 우리 언론의 자유를 제한하는 거지?Sometguy1221 (대화) 2014년 4월 18일 19:30 (UTC)
위키백과 스팸 공격
아프리카계 미국 여성에 대한 차별에 관한 기사들을 위반하는 3개의 새로운 에세이 같은 NPOV가 지난 한 시간 동안 여러 사용자에 의해 만들어졌다.인터넷상의 흑인 여성 고정관념, 흑인 여성과 인종간 데이트에서의 그들의 역할 그리고 고통스러운 현실에서 만들어진 기사들. 광고에서 흑인 여성의 잘못된 표현.나는 이것이 반달족 팀이나 양말 인형술사 한 명에 의한 위키피디아에 대한 지속적인 공격이라고 믿는다.123ches456 (대화) 18:39, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 내 생각에 너는 실제로 단일 목적의 계정을 말하는 것 같아.블랙매인 (대화) 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 이것이 학생들이 위키백과에 논문을 올리는 일종의 고등학교 프로젝트인지 대학 과정인지 궁금하다.--v/r - TP 20:00, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
- 비록 나는 이 페이지들이 백과사전 기사가 아니라는 것에 동의하지만, 그것들은 확실히 스팸이나 공공 기물 파손은 아니다.그들은 잘못된 위치에 있지만, 편집자들은 전적으로 선의로 행동하고 있다.DS (토크) 00:20, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 아마도 성교육 수업의 일부로서 선의로 만들어진 것 같다는 점을 고려하면, 성급하게 결론을 내려서는 안 될 것 같다.반달이라는 기존 가정을 철회하는 것. 123chess456 (대화) 02:40, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 비록 나는 이 페이지들이 백과사전 기사가 아니라는 것에 동의하지만, 그것들은 확실히 스팸이나 공공 기물 파손은 아니다.그들은 잘못된 위치에 있지만, 편집자들은 전적으로 선의로 행동하고 있다.DS (토크) 00:20, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 이것이 학생들이 위키백과에 논문을 올리는 일종의 고등학교 프로젝트인지 대학 과정인지 궁금하다.--v/r - TP 20:00, 2014년 4월 18일(UTC)
또 같은 남자, 새로운 IP 주소, 수십 개의 기사에 같은 범주를 추가하면 안 된다.
특수:기여/108.6.110.183 다시 한 번 모든 통신 시도를 무시하고 편집한 내용이 모두 한 사람 또는 다른 사람에 의해 뒤바뀌게 된다.나는 내가 롤백으로 사용한 모든 기사의 infobox를 살펴보았다. Canotic Network는 쇼의 원래 방송사가 아니었다.과거에 IP 주소가 여러 번 나타났고, 이와 정확히 같은 일을 한다.ThunderCats(1985년 TV 시리즈)의 편집 이력을 보십시오. [1] 이 사람이 계속 돌아오는 것을 볼 수 있다.일시적으로 IP 주소를 차단하는 것은 도움이 되지 않고, 그는 다시 돌아와서 다시 편집한다.기사 하나하나가 장기간에 걸쳐 끊임없이 전쟁을 편집한다면, IP 주소의 편집이 영구적으로 차단될 뿐이라면, 그건 효과가 있을 겁니다.나는 이 남자를 없애기 위해 필요하다고 생각한다. 드림 포커스 02:53, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
이미지 도움말
이번 건은 관리자 도움이 필요해.나는 WINC (AM) 기사를 쓰고 있어, Patsy Cline이 출발했던 역.나는 WINC 마이크 옆에 서 있는 그녀의 멋진 사진을 발견했다.
그 이미지가 나오는 웹사이트는 팻시 클라인에 관한 팬 페이지다.그것은 많은 이야기, 오래된 그림 등을 가지고 있다.맨 아래에는 그 정보가 저작권 "EllisNassour"라고 되어 있는데, 나는 이 사람이 정말로 그 사진에 대한 저작권을 소유하고 있는지 궁금하다.이 사진은 팻시가 WINC에서 처음 공연을 했던 1948년 이후의 사진일 것이다.
내 질문은, 확인 가능한 저작권이 없기 때문에(그리고 누구나 사진을 찍어서 그들의 팬 페이지에 올릴 수 있기 때문에), 내가 여기 위키피디아에서, 특히 WINC (AM) 기사에 이 사진을 사용하는 것이 가능할까? - 중립적 호머 • 토크 • 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 나는 블로그스팟 블로그에서 같은 이미지의 잘라낸 버전을 발견했다.이 경우 저작권에 대한 언급이 없어 이전에 링크된 사진에 대한 저작권을 "EllisNassour"가 소유하지 않는다고 더 이상 믿게 된다. - Neutrichhhomer • Talk • Talk • 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
화성 용암동굴 페이지 이동
화성 용암동굴이 화성 용암동굴로 이동하는 것을 관리자가 도울 수 있을까?두 개의 기사가 만들어졌는데, 지난 일주일 정도 작업한 기사의 버전을 잃어버린 어설픈 편집이 진행되고 있다.— Brianhe (대화) 13:25, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
편집 전쟁
포노(디지털 음악 서비스)에서는 여러 가지 반전이 있다.누가 틀렸는지 분간할 수 없다.Secondarywaltz (talk) 16:51, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 누가 "잘못"인지는 중요하지 않다.이것은 WP에 전달되었어야 했다.A3. 그러나 사용자:조이192, WP:SPA는 WP:3RR.--Bb23 (대화) 17:56, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
해피 이스터
모두 행복한 부활절 보내세요!!—사이버파워 01:31, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 고마워! 너도 부활절 축하해.캘리덤 01:46, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 이것이 관리자에게 어떤 영향을 미치는가?러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 08:39, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 음, 그들은 실제로 영혼이 없는 것이 아니라, 단지 직업 때문에 그렇게 보일 뿐이다.NE Ent 12:57, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- 비록 몇몇은 쉽게 설치할 수 있는 영혼이 없는 사람도 있지만.tutterMouse (대화) 07:49, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- WP:관리자도 사람이다!206.117.89.4 (토크) 20:13, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 음, 그들은 실제로 영혼이 없는 것이 아니라, 단지 직업 때문에 그렇게 보일 뿐이다.NE Ent 12:57, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- 이것이 관리자에게 어떤 영향을 미치는가?러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 08:39, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
다른 계정을 사용하여 차단된 편집기를 편집하여 차단 통지 제거
이 사용자는 [2] 양말 계정을 사용하여 사용자 및 토크 페이지에 있는 모든 블록 공지사항을 지속적으로 삭제하며, 사람들은 온라인에서 스토킹 및 학대를 당하기 전에 즉각적이고 지속적으로 되돌아가기 위해 이전에 이를 다시 추가해야 한다.그들이 그렇게 할 수 있는가? 109.79.7.144 (대화) 11:42, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 플로켄빔에 의해 반정도 보호된다.그러나 템플릿은 어쨌든 노골적으로 잘못되었고 차단 관리자가 추가하지 않았기 때문에 템플릿이 실제로 필요하지 않다.Callanec (대화 • 기여 • 로그) 2014년 4월 20일 12시 10분(UTC)
- 사실 그 템플릿은 내가 블록 로그를 정확하게 읽는 것처럼 보여서 그렇게 된 거야.나중에 관리자 역할에서만 차단 관리자에 의해 토크 페이지 액세스가 제거되었기 때문에 약간의 혼란이 있을 수 있다(그러나 면책 조항은 이전 설명 블록이 아닌 새로운 토크 페이지 제거에만 적용되도록 의도된 것이 거의 확실하다).그러나 차단 관리자, Arbcom에 의해 수행되지 않거나 커뮤니티의 광범위한 합의가 필요하지 않은 경우 템플릿을 추가하는 것은 불필요하다는 데 동의한다.그러한 템플릿은 기술적으로 위키피디아의 적극적인 제재 통지에 해당할 것이다.사용자 페이지#주석, 통지, 경고의 제거는, 삭발식 통지와는 달리, 그다지 유용하지 않아 보인다.닐 아인 (대화) 15:47, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 사용자가 프로젝트에서 나가기를 원할 경우 블록 알림을 제거하도록 허용해야 한다.얼마 전 사용자 페이지 가이드라인이 의문스럽게 변경될 때까지, 이것은 허용되었다.–xenotalk 15:49, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- 사라질 권리를 보호하는 것은 매우 중요하다: 만약 우리가 위키피디아에 한때 금지, 차단, 사라졌거나 다른 불만을 가진 사용자가 있었던 곳에 얼룩을 남길 것을 고집한다면, 그들은 다시 돌아와 POINTy 붕괴에 관여할 더 강력한 동기를 부여한다.나는 자진해서든 아니든 떠나간 사람들은 블랭킹이나 개명이라는 예우를 받아야 한다는 견해를 매우 강하게 가지고 있다.물론 이것은 자살조약이 아니라 처음에만 효과가 있다. 하지만 WP:VANISH는 이미 그것을 암시하고 있다.기본값은 "잘 안 돼서 미안해, 기분 나빠하지 마"여야 한다.이메일 요청 후 사라진 사용자 계정 몇 개의 이름을 바꾸라고 요청했는데, 이 계정을 악용한 사람은 전혀 알지 못하지만, 물론 일부는 있을 것이다.가이 (도움말!) 2014년 4월 20일 17:00 (UTC)
- (EC) BTW 나는 이 스레드를 시작한 편집자가 아마도 처음부터 스레드를 추가한 편집자와 같은 사람일 것이라고 추측하고 있다 [3].추신. 이 편집이 지난 달이고 며칠 전이라는 것을 방금 깨달았다.닐 아인 (대화) 15:53, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
- 사용자가 프로젝트에서 나가기를 원할 경우 블록 알림을 제거하도록 허용해야 한다.얼마 전 사용자 페이지 가이드라인이 의문스럽게 변경될 때까지, 이것은 허용되었다.–xenotalk 15:49, 2014년 4월 20일(UTC)
- 사실 그 템플릿은 내가 블록 로그를 정확하게 읽는 것처럼 보여서 그렇게 된 거야.나중에 관리자 역할에서만 차단 관리자에 의해 토크 페이지 액세스가 제거되었기 때문에 약간의 혼란이 있을 수 있다(그러나 면책 조항은 이전 설명 블록이 아닌 새로운 토크 페이지 제거에만 적용되도록 의도된 것이 거의 확실하다).그러나 차단 관리자, Arbcom에 의해 수행되지 않거나 커뮤니티의 광범위한 합의가 필요하지 않은 경우 템플릿을 추가하는 것은 불필요하다는 데 동의한다.그러한 템플릿은 기술적으로 위키피디아의 적극적인 제재 통지에 해당할 것이다.사용자 페이지#주석, 통지, 경고의 제거는, 삭발식 통지와는 달리, 그다지 유용하지 않아 보인다.닐 아인 (대화) 15:47, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)
나는 나의 입양아인 Duxwing에 대한 토론을 보았다.
안녕, 불행히도 나는 내 입양아 중 한 명인 Duxwing에 관한 이 토론에 응답할 기회가 없었어.나는 토론을 대충 훑어보았고 무슨 일이 일어났는지, 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지 이해한다.나는 Duxwing의 특정 주제 편집 금지와 관련된 모든 지침을 따르겠다.
두스윙은 6개월 동안 수학과 과학 기사에 복사물을 만드는 것이 금지되어 있다.그들은 또한 그들의 멘토에 의해 편집이 검토되고 승인된 경우를 제외하고 3개월의 기간 동안 다른 모든 위키피디아 페이지에 카피디트를 만드는 것이 금지된다.후자의 제한은 상소가 그들의 멘토의 전폭적인 지지를 받는다면 언제든지 항소될 수 있다.현재의 멘토링 관계가 성공적으로 완료되기 전에 종료되는 경우, 새로운 멘토는 ANI 토론을 통해 지역사회의 승인을 받아야 한다.
@Duxwing: @Hahc21: @Dicklyon: @EatsShootsAndLaves: @EatsShootsAdleaves: @Duxwing: @Dicklyon: @Dickyon: @Neotarf: @EatsShootsAndLaves:
이와 관련하여 더 궁금한 사항이 있으신 분은 언제든지 여기에 메시지를 남기시거나 제 토크 페이지에 메시지를 남겨주십시오.
고마워, Newyorkadam (talk) 22:01, 2014년 4월 20일 (UTC)Newyorkadam
- 입양 프로그램에 힘써줘서 고마워, 이곳의 학습 곡선은 가파를 수 있어.그리고 Duxwing에게 행운을 빈다.—Neotarf (대화) 01:27, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 응, 도와줘서 고마워.디클라이언 (대화) 03:07, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 당신의 시도는 감사하다 - 만약 당신이 팬더 challenging findˡ" 23:38, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
D.A.I.S.Y.의 분노라는 기사를 만드는 것.

나는 확장된 연극 D.A.I.S.Y.의 분노에 대한 기사를 만들고 싶지만 위키피디아 이름 지정 규약이 나를 그렇게 하지 못하게 하고 있어서 나는 여기서 감독을 받았다.리틀카멘 (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 16:32, 21 (UTC)
- 이 용어를 검색할 때 이상한 오류가 발생했지만 페이지를 만들 수 있었다(그 후 내용이 없어 삭제했다).D.A.I.S.Y.의 분노에 따라 만들 수 있을 겁니다.Beeblebrox (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- @Beeblebrox:이 문제는 아마도 제목 블랙리스트 때문일 것이다.Graham87 10:00, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 비블브록스와 리틀카멘, 나는 원래 제목이 단순히 글자/주기/글자/주기 등이 아니었다는 것이 문제라고 생각한다.각 글자와 각 기간 사이에 어떤 기괴한 이유로 제로 폭의 공간이 배치되었다 — 리틀카멘, 그 공간을 눈치채지 못한 채 어디선가 복사/붙여넣은 것 같다(어떻게 하시겠습니까?나는 삽입된 것을 반대하지 않는다.나는 네가 D.A.I.S.Y.의 분노나 D.A.I.S.Y.의 분노를 어렵지 않게 만들어 낼 수 있었을 것이라고 생각한다.나이튼(토크) 02:07, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
설명 요청에 대한 중재 동의:리치 원곡선
중재 위원회는 발의로 다음과 같이 결의하였다.
위원회는 당사에 회부된 집행 요청을 해결하기 위해 다음과 같이 결의한다.
- Rich Farmbrough (토크 · 기여)는 자동 편집에 대한 그의 제한을 위반했다.그러한 제한은 분명히 그가 "완전히 수동 편집만 할 것"을 요구했고 따라서 금지는 네임스페이스에 상관없이 적용된다.
- 이에 따라 리치 팜브로는 위원회가 추가 위반을 엄중히 보고, 자동화 제한을 사이트 금지로 바꾸는 방안을 검토할 가능성이 있다고 경고한다.
중재위원회의 경우 --S Philbrick(Talk) 16:50, 2014년 4월 21일(UTC)
로맨스 언어 기사 보호
사용자:JamesBWatson은 로망스 언어에서 반보호 및 보류 중인 변경사항 l1 보호를 모두 설정한 것으로 보인다.둘 중에 하나만 할 작정이었나 봐.내가 뭘 빠트렸나요?나는 그의 토크 페이지에 글을 올렸지만, 그것은 완전히 보호되었다.— lfdder 18:07, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 반보호는 이틀 동안 지속되며, 현재 진행 중인 변화는 두 달 동안 지속될 것이다.이것은 종종 열린 편집을 위해 기사를 다시 소개하는 유용한 방법이다. -- zzuzz(talk) 18:09, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 아, 그렇구나.고마워! - lfder 18:14, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
위키백과:중재/요청/사례/오스트리아 경제학 마감
이 중재 사건은 종결되었고 위의 링크에서 최종 결정을 할 수 있다.다음과 같은 구제책이 제정되었다.
- 오스트리아의 경제학과 루드비히 폰 미제스 연구소와 관련된 페이지들은 대체로 해석되며 재량적 제재를 받는다.이 제재는 기존의 지역사회 제재를 대체한다.
- Steeltrap(토크 · 기고)은 오스트리아 경제 대학, 루트비히 폰 미제스 연구소 또는 그들과 관련된 사람(생존자 또는 사망자)과 관련된 기사 및 기타 페이지를 편집하는 것이 금지된 주제다.스티레트랩은 이 사례가 종료된 후 1년 이상 경과한 후 이 주제 반의 해제 또는 수정을 요청할 수 있다.
- SPECIALO (토크 · 기고)는 루드비히 폰 미제스 연구소와 관련된 기사 및 기타 페이지 또는 관련자(생존자 또는 사망자)의 편집이 금지된 주제다.이 주제반(topic-ban)은 오스트리아 경제에 관한 기사에는 포함되지 않지만, 루드비히 폰 미제스 연구소와 관련이 없는 기사에는 적용되지 않는다. 다만, SIFTO가 더 넓은 영역에서 문제적으로 편집한다면, 재량적 제재를 통해 필요한 경우 주제반(topic-ban)을 확대할 수 있다.SPECIALO는 이 사례가 종료된 후 1년 이상 경과한 후 이 주제 반의 해제 또는 수정을 요청할 수 있다.
- Carolmoordec(토크 · 기고)은 오스트리아 경제 대학, 루트비히 폰 미제스 연구소 또는 그들과 관련된 사람(생존자 또는 사망자)과 관련된 기사 및 기타 페이지를 편집하는 것이 금지된 주제다.Carolmoordec은 이 사건이 종결된 후 1년 이상 경과한 후 이 주제 반의 해제 또는 수정을 요청할 수 있다.
- 이전에 이 사례에서 문제가 되는 기사 편집에 관여하지 않았던 편집자는 이러한 기사를 검토하여 중립성 및 전기 콘텐츠를 관리하는 정책을 포함하여 적용 가능한 정책과 모범 사례를 준수하는지 확인할 것을 촉구한다.
중재위원회의 경우, Rockfang (대화) 23:41, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
약간의 개입이 필요하다.
잭디첸스12(대화 · 기여)는 무슨 일인지, 혹은 이름을 바꾸고 싶은지, 방금 사용자 페이지를 옮겼을 뿐인데, 누군가가 도움을 줄 수 있을까?Werice (토크) 15:58, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그들도 지금 토크페이지로 옮겨갔는데 혹시 누가 다시 얘기 좀 할 수 있을까?건배 -→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 20:01, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 또..내 생각에 아마도 WP:편집자가 사물의 작동 방식에 대한 이해를 보이지 않는 것처럼 보이기 때문에 CIR 블록 순서에 따라 [4], 페이지 보호 [5], 페이지 이동 [6] -→Davey2010→→→Talk to me!→ 16:00, 2014년 4월 23일(UTC)
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- 기발한 아이디어 lol, 그들은 CHU를 이해해서 무의미한 것을 막는 것 같아. -→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 16:48, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
Guntur 페이지에서 태그의 불필요한 제거 또는 되돌리기
Guntur 페이지에서 태그를 제거하는 IP 117.201.201.209.92를 관리하십시오.태그를 제거하기 전에 대화 페이지에서 제대로 토론하지 마십시오.— Vin09(대화 • 기여) 08:35, 2014년 4월 23일(UTC)에 의해 추가된 사전 서명되지 않은 의견
Nfitz에 대한 PROD 주제 금지 제안
장황한 줄거리 - Nfitz(토크 · 기여)는 AFD에서 후속적으로 삭제되는 기사에서 PROD를 삭제한 오랜 역사를 가지고 있다.그들의 토크 페이지를 보면, 이 문제는 2008년 7월에 다시 57번 (토크 · 기여)에 의해 처음 제기되었다.만약 그것이 이상한 하나 또는 둘이었다면, 충분히 공평하다. 하지만 우리는 여기서 많은 것들에 대해 이야기하고 있다. 그것은 그것이 점점 더 파괴되고 있다는 것을 의미한다.; 단지 그들의 삭제된 기여를 살펴보라.그렇게 함으로써 당신은 또한 2014년 3월 19일에 상당수의 PROD들이 단지 "아니오"라는 편집 요약과 함께 일괄적으로 제거되었다는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 즉, 충분하지 않다.최근 이곳과 이곳, 그리고 이곳에서의 이러한 상황을 해결하려는 시도에도 불구하고, 이것은 계속된다 - 오늘 AFD에 의해 삭제된 Glen Kamara를 보라.기본적으로, 나는 그들이 명성에 대해 완전히 이해하지 못한다고 생각한다.
나는 이것이 PROD의 본질에 비추어 볼 때 잠재적으로 논란이 될 수 있는 것이라는 것을 알지만, 나는 Nfitz가 기사들에서 PROD 태그를 제거하는 것이 금지된 주제라고 제안한다.PROD를 분명하게 알려지지 않은 수많은 기사들에서 지속적으로 제거하는 것은 파괴적이며 단지 멈춰야만 한다.자이언트 스노우맨 18:19, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 이 사용자는 출처 찾기, 트림 퍼머, 자기공신력 등 처음부터 기사가 게재된 이유를 설명하기 위해 어떤 노력을 기울였는가?Tarc (대화) 18:33, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- @Tarc:대부분의 경우 그렇다.여기서 문제는 제안된 삭제의 절차적 역학에 대한 이해 부족이 아니다.더 중요한 것은 그들은 자이언트 스노우맨이 위에서 제시한 바와 같이 공신력 지침을 이해하지 못하거나, 더 중요한 것은 그들이 무엇인지를 알 수 없는 것처럼 보이거나, 아니면 단순히 숫자 57이 아래에서 시사하는 것처럼 신경을 쓰지 않는 것이다.어쨌든, Nfitz는 그들이 때때로 거절당하는 것을 보았음에도 불구하고 같은 타락한 합리성을 반복하는 경향이 있고, 그렇게 함으로써 우리 나머지 사람들에게 불필요한 많은 일을 만들어낸다.스푸트니크 경 (대화) 2014년 4월 14일 19:21 (UTC)
- 알아, 그냥 이게 정직한 "드라이브 바이 디프로딩"인지 아니면 기사를 수정하려는 노력이 있는지 확인하려고 하는 것뿐이야.노력을 기울이고 있지만 노력의 성격이 AfD에서 일관되게 거부된다면, 이는 WP의 사례일 수 있다.역량, 예.틀린 것은 죄가 아니다; 잘못된 것은 기사 구조대원들이 있다...항상 삭제 토론에서... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..그것은 파괴적/무능하다고 여겨지기 위해서는 잘못된 것에 대해 만나는 다소 높은 기준이 되어야 한다.나는 그 주제가 들어갈 때까지 투표를 보류할 것이다.Tarc (대화) 2014년 4월 14일 19:53, (UTC)
- @Tarc:대부분의 경우 그렇다.여기서 문제는 제안된 삭제의 절차적 역학에 대한 이해 부족이 아니다.더 중요한 것은 그들은 자이언트 스노우맨이 위에서 제시한 바와 같이 공신력 지침을 이해하지 못하거나, 더 중요한 것은 그들이 무엇인지를 알 수 없는 것처럼 보이거나, 아니면 단순히 숫자 57이 아래에서 시사하는 것처럼 신경을 쓰지 않는 것이다.어쨌든, Nfitz는 그들이 때때로 거절당하는 것을 보았음에도 불구하고 같은 타락한 합리성을 반복하는 경향이 있고, 그렇게 함으로써 우리 나머지 사람들에게 불필요한 많은 일을 만들어낸다.스푸트니크 경 (대화) 2014년 4월 14일 19:21 (UTC)
- 지지 - 나는 또한 주제 금지를 지지하며, 자이언트 스노우맨이 제공한 숫자의 일부에 약간의 문맥을 추가하고 싶다.이 글을 쓸 당시 위키프로젝트 풋볼의 보관소에는 올해 1월 1일 이후 니피츠가 폐기한 70여 개의 기사가 기록돼 있다.이에 비해 다른 모든 사용자를 합친 같은 기간 동안 삭제된 디프로드는 30개였다. (이 두 번째 숫자는 기사를 보관하는 것이 디프로듀서의 의도가 아닌 절차 디프로듀서 수를 포함한다.)간단히 말해서, 올해 초부터 위키프로젝트 축구의 PROD 관련 작업의 약 3분의 2가 nfitz의 직접적인 원인이며, 그 대부분은 불필요했다.스푸트니크 경 (대화) 2014년 4월 14일 18시 40분 (UTC)
- 안타깝게도 Nfitz는 생산적인 방식으로 prod/deprod 시스템을 사용할 수 없는 것으로 보이며, 이것은 몇 년 동안 계속되어 왔다.만약 그가 탈고하고 있는 기사들의 주제가 다양한 평판 기준을 충족시킨다면 나는 문제가 없을 것이다. 하지만 그들은 분명히 그렇지 않다.지난 3월 이 문제가 제기됐을 때, 나는 그가 2014년 한 해에만 이미 60여 건의 기사를 삭제해 엄청난 양의 무의미한 AfDs를 만들어냈다고 지적했다.나는 그가 공신력 기준이 무엇인지 충분히 알고 있다고 생각하지만, 모든 축구 선수가 GNG를 만난다고 주장하는 것에 찬성하여 그들을 간과하고 있다.오직 그 혼자만이 그가 왜 이런 일을 하는지 알고 있지만, 지난 몇 년간의 그의 기고문을 재빨리 훑어본 결과, 이제는 기사들을 위키백과에 보내는 것이 그의 주요 공헌이며, SPA 영토에까지 이르고 있다.No 57 18:52, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 지원 삭제 정책에 대한 단순한 무지가 아니라, 다른 문제들에는 누군가의 블로그였던 "추가 참조"의 편집 요약이 포함된 BLPROD를 삭제하는 것, WP를 기반으로 한 논쟁으로 10분 안에 13개의 기사를 삭제하는 것 등이 포함된다.크리스탈; 완전히 비소싱된 기사에 기초하여 BLPROD를 제거하는 것은 다른 언어 위키와 인터위키 링크가 있고, "Per WP:"의 편집 요약과 함께 삭제된다.IAR". FOOTIN과 GNG가 어울릴 때 의도적으로 "잘못 이해"하고 있는 것으로 보이는 것은 말할 것도 없다.검은 연(토크) 19:59, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 맙소사, BK... 당신이 발견한 것에 따르면, '금지'라는 주제와 붕괴를 위한 블록은 적절한 DP 20:08, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- "참조" 편집 요약을 한 BLPPROD가 누군가의 블로그였군 - 어?나는 항상 BLPPROD를 제거하는데 조심하려고 노력해왔는데, 그것은 내가 매우 심각하게 여기는 것이다.내가 알기로는 적절한 참고자료를 추가하면 그것이 허용된다.그리고 나는 거의 항상 이것을 했다고 생각한다.내가 누군가의 블로그를 추가했다고?이것은 종을 울리지 않는다.지적해 주시겠습니까?내가 저지른 실수일 수도 있어.나머지 편집은 좀 더 분별력 있게 하려는 나의 3월 24일의 약속보다 앞서 있는 것이 아닌가?Nfitz (대화) 2014년 4월 15일 11시 15분 (UTC)
- http://forzapersija.blogspot.ca에 참조를 삽입하여 편집 요약 "ref 추가"와 함께 Firmansyah Priatna의 BLPPROD를 제거하셨습니다.BLPPROD는 다른 편집자로 대체되었다.검은 연 (토크) 11시 20분, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- @Black Kite: 기다려라.나는 http://forzapersija.blogspot.ca이 블로그라고 생각하지 않았다.그것은 블로그스팟에서 개최될 수도 있지만, 블로그처럼 보이지는 않는다.다른 편집자들이 반대 없이 다른 페르시자 자카르타 선수들을 위한 참고 자료로 사용해 왔다.그리고 그 플레이어는 또한 id에 인도네시아어로 된 위키백과 기사를 가지고 있다.푸르만시아(Pemain Sepaka volahiran 1995).인도네시아어 버전은 [7]을 참고용으로 사용하고 있지만, 당시에는 개봉하는 데 어려움이 있었지만, 지금은 효과가 있는 것 같다.나는 그가 진짜 사람이고, 팀의 선수라는 것에 의심의 여지가 없었다.나는 사실 지금까지 BLPProd가 복구되었다는 것을 알지 못했다.더 읽으면, 그렇다 그것은 블로그인 것 같다.[8]을(를) 더 좋은 참고 자료로 삼았어야 했다.서투른 편집일 수도 있지만 나 혼자만의 잘못된 BLPProd 제거의 패턴이 있다고는 생각하지 않는다.또한, IS가 적절하게 참조하는 외국어 버전에 대한 참조를 가지고 기사를 BLPProding하는 것은 나쁜 형태처럼 보인다.BLPProd를 추가하는 대신 외국어 버전에서 참조를 추가하는 것은 어떨까?이것이 진짜 사람이 아니라는 우려가 있는 것은 아니다.Nfitz (대화) 00:50, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 나는 너의 원고를 더 읽고 있어, 원래 시간이 없었어."완전히 소스가 없는 기사는 다른 언어 위키와 인터위키 링크를 가지고 있었다." 이것은...를 언급하는 것이다.그게 내가 나중에 편집한 소스야?'고의적으로 잘못 이해했다' 'FOOTIN' 뭐?나는 그런 일은 한 번도 해본 적이 없다.WP를 위반하셨습니까?믿음? 네 논평은 맥락에서 짧게 보여.Nfitz (대화) 04:50, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- http://forzapersija.blogspot.ca에 참조를 삽입하여 편집 요약 "ref 추가"와 함께 Firmansyah Priatna의 BLPPROD를 제거하셨습니다.BLPPROD는 다른 편집자로 대체되었다.검은 연 (토크) 11시 20분, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- "참조" 편집 요약을 한 BLPPROD가 누군가의 블로그였군 - 어?나는 항상 BLPPROD를 제거하는데 조심하려고 노력해왔는데, 그것은 내가 매우 심각하게 여기는 것이다.내가 알기로는 적절한 참고자료를 추가하면 그것이 허용된다.그리고 나는 거의 항상 이것을 했다고 생각한다.내가 누군가의 블로그를 추가했다고?이것은 종을 울리지 않는다.지적해 주시겠습니까?내가 저지른 실수일 수도 있어.나머지 편집은 좀 더 분별력 있게 하려는 나의 3월 24일의 약속보다 앞서 있는 것이 아닌가?Nfitz (대화) 2014년 4월 15일 11시 15분 (UTC)
- 맙소사, BK... 당신이 발견한 것에 따르면, '금지'라는 주제와 붕괴를 위한 블록은 적절한 DP 20:08, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 반대 왜냐하면 나는 어떤 가이드라인에도 반하지 않는 어떤 일을 하는 것을 금지하는 것보다 이것을 하는 더 좋은 방법이 있다고 생각하기 때문이다.그래, 누군가 진짜 이유 없이 PRODS를 제거할 때 파괴적이고 대량으로 제거될 때 훨씬 더 파괴적이지만, 이 지침을 준수하는 누군가를 금지하는 것은 정말 공평하지 않을 것이다.명백하게 날조된 기사에 진짜 이유 없이 PROD를 삭제한 편집자와 최근에 연루되었음에도 불구하고, 나는 정말로 이유가 있어야 한다는 지침에서 아무것도 볼 수 없다.그것은 단지 그들을 제거한 사람이 이유를 말하도록 "포용"할 뿐이다.또한 대량으로 제거할 수 없다는 것도 없다.WP에서 한 부분을 지시할 것을 제안한다.PROD는 단순히 이유를 "포용"하는 것이 아니라, 기사를 보관해야 하는 정당한 이유를 "필요"하는 것이며, 단지 "더 많은 논의가 필요하다"는 주장만이 아니라, 그것이 형편없는 이유이기 때문이다.그렇게 함으로써 우리는 단순히 붕괴를 막기 위해서가 아니라 이론적으로 애초에 붕괴를 일으킨 루프홀을 닫는 것이다.--JOJHutton 20:13, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 문제는 반드시 nfitz가 이유를 제공하지 않는다는 것이 아니라, 그가 (적어도 AfD 주장에서) 사용하는 이유가 그러한 논쟁에서 세밀한 검토에 맞설 수 없다는 점이다.만약 이것이 최근의 문제였다면 나는 당신이 행동을 지지하기를 꺼리는 것을 이해할 수 있었지만, 이것은 50년 이상 동안 문제가 되어왔다.당신은 어느 시점에서 선의의 가정을 그만두고 누군가가 단지 파괴적인 존재라는 것을 받아들이는가?위키백과의 유일한 활동이 현재 기사를 싣고 그 결과에 대해 토론하고 있는 누군가를 희화화시키기 위해 우리는 완전히 무의미한 AfDs의 흐름을 그냥 참고 있는 것일까?No57 21:24, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 그것이 파괴적이지 않다는 것을 암시하는 것이 아니라, 사용자를 금지하는 것은 구멍을 계속 무시하고 고치지 않으면서 가라앉는 배에서 물을 계속 퍼내는 것과 같다.사람들이 가이드라인에 반하는 것이 아니라 파괴적이긴 하지만 무언가를 하는 것을 금지하는 주제에 앞서 먼저 보트의 구멍을 고치자.이것에 대한 주제 금지 때문에, 우리는 어디에 선을 그으며, 그것이 건너갔는지 어떻게 알 수 있는가?-JOJHutton 22:02, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 그러나 WP를 통과하지 않으면 축구선수에 대한 기사에서 프로드를 삭제할 수 없다는 지침이 구체적으로 편집되지 않는 한 가이드라인을 강화한다고 해서 그가 하고 있는 일이 중단되지는 않을 것이다.NFUTY - 이것은 정확한 문제이고(그는 항상 그들이 GNG를 만난다고 주장함), 나는 가이드라인을 변경하는 것이 가능한 해결책이라고 생각하지 않는다(그 한 가지 특정 요구사항을 포함시키는 것이 다소 이상해 보인다). 다른 제안이 없다면?No57 22:16, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 나는 Nfitz의 행동이 정책을 위반하지 않는다는 평가에 동의하지 않을 수 없다.그것들은 각각 PROD 정책을 위반하지 않지만, 어떤 종류의 편집도 파괴한다.만약 그렇게 되면, 번호 57이 시사하는 바와 같이, 공증지침이 무엇인지 충분히 알고 있을 때, 그것은 정책에 대한 부당한 해석을 강요하거나, 공동체의 관점이 아닌 "적용할 수 있는 기준"에 대한 자신의 참신한 견해를 강요하는 '시도'의 자격이 된다.현재의 PROD 정책은 하향식이지만 남용되지 않을 때 효과적으로 작동한다.그럴 때는 보다 광범위한 지침이 적용된다.스푸트니크 경 (대화) 22:40, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 그러나 WP를 통과하지 않으면 축구선수에 대한 기사에서 프로드를 삭제할 수 없다는 지침이 구체적으로 편집되지 않는 한 가이드라인을 강화한다고 해서 그가 하고 있는 일이 중단되지는 않을 것이다.NFUTY - 이것은 정확한 문제이고(그는 항상 그들이 GNG를 만난다고 주장함), 나는 가이드라인을 변경하는 것이 가능한 해결책이라고 생각하지 않는다(그 한 가지 특정 요구사항을 포함시키는 것이 다소 이상해 보인다). 다른 제안이 없다면?No57 22:16, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 그것이 파괴적이지 않다는 것을 암시하는 것이 아니라, 사용자를 금지하는 것은 구멍을 계속 무시하고 고치지 않으면서 가라앉는 배에서 물을 계속 퍼내는 것과 같다.사람들이 가이드라인에 반하는 것이 아니라 파괴적이긴 하지만 무언가를 하는 것을 금지하는 주제에 앞서 먼저 보트의 구멍을 고치자.이것에 대한 주제 금지 때문에, 우리는 어디에 선을 그으며, 그것이 건너갔는지 어떻게 알 수 있는가?-JOJHutton 22:02, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 문제는 반드시 nfitz가 이유를 제공하지 않는다는 것이 아니라, 그가 (적어도 AfD 주장에서) 사용하는 이유가 그러한 논쟁에서 세밀한 검토에 맞설 수 없다는 점이다.만약 이것이 최근의 문제였다면 나는 당신이 행동을 지지하기를 꺼리는 것을 이해할 수 있었지만, 이것은 50년 이상 동안 문제가 되어왔다.당신은 어느 시점에서 선의의 가정을 그만두고 누군가가 단지 파괴적인 존재라는 것을 받아들이는가?위키백과의 유일한 활동이 현재 기사를 싣고 그 결과에 대해 토론하고 있는 누군가를 희화화시키기 위해 우리는 완전히 무의미한 AfDs의 흐름을 그냥 참고 있는 것일까?No57 21:24, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- 반대 - Jojhutton KoshVorlon에 따르면, 반대하십시오. 우리는 모두 코시 21:06, 2014년 4월 14일 (UTC)
- PROD의 특성을 고려할 때 반대한다.--v/r - TP 00:11, 2014년 4월 15일(UTC)
- 최후의 수단으로서의 지원.나는 전에 이 편집자를 우연히 만나본 적이 없지만, 삭제된 여러 기여들을 표본으로 추출해 보면 이것이 그들에게 설명하는 것만큼 간단하지 않고, 오랫동안 계속되어 왔다는 것을 꽤 분명히 알 수 있다.여기에는 GNG, IAR 등 기본방침뿐만 아니라 삭제 과정에 대한 깊은 오해의 패턴이 있다.참여가 중단되지 않을 경우 WP를 획득하는 방향으로 나아가게 된다.이러한 유형의 삭제가 중단되고 너무 빈번해지기 때문에 너무 오래 전에 DE 블록 로그를 차단하십시오.제한된 주제 금지는 편집자가 문제 영역으로부터 거리를 두면서 기고할 수 있는 가장 파괴력이 적은 방법이다.만약 그들이 정말로 PROD를 제거할 필요가 있다고 느낀다면, 그들은 그것을 다른 사람의 주의를 끌 수 있을 것이다. 누가 필터 역할을 할 수 있을 것인가? 그리고 그들은 실제로 PROD의 적절한 제거가 무엇인지 알게 될 것이다. 예를 들어.만약 혼란을 제거하고 편집자에게 실제로 배울 수 있는 변화를 주는 것이 목표라면, 이것은 적절한 해결책으로 보일 것이다.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 00:24, 2014년 4월 15일(UTC)
- 반대하라. 나는 왜 이것이 여기에 오게 되었는지도 모르겠다.내가 알기로는 이 모든 것이 사용자:자이언트 스노우맨은 여기와 여기를 언급했다.이에 대한 세 번째 토론에서 사용자는 다음과 같은 이유를 가지고 있다.자이언트 스노우맨은 여기서 언급하는 데 실패했다.나는 토론에 개방적이고, 양보하고, 건설적으로 일하려고 노력했다.
- 첫 번째 토론에서, 나는 3월 23일에 나의 prod 제거에 대해 더 잘 알고, 그렇게 할 때 요약본을 제공하기로 동의했다.그렇다면 ANI에 사용자가 있는 이유:자이언트 스노우맨은 체리 제거 통계를 골라서 내가 동의하기 전의 통계 자료만 제시했어ANI의 경우, 사용자:자이언트 스노우맨이 내가 이 약속을 한 후 통계를 보고 있다고?
- 내가 그 약속을 한 이후, 사용자는 다음과 같은 유일한 기사를 썼다.GiantSnowman은 이 토론에서 Glen Kamara라고 밝혔다.이것은 위키피디아에서 AFD로 넘어갔다.삭제/Glen Kamara에 대한 기사.[9]에서 공신력을 확립하는 데 도움이 되는 한 가지 참고문헌이 있으며, 핀란드어 위키백과 fi:Glen Kamara도 언급이 있고 [10], [11], [12], 나는 우리가 기사를 삭제하기 전에 AFD에서 더 완전한 토론을 하지 말았어야 한다는 것이 불합리하다고 생각하지 않았다.
- 내가 좀 더 분별력 있게 되겠다고 다짐한 이후, 내가 기억하는 한, 축구라는 주제 영역에서는 몇 안 되는 프로드 이상을 제거하지 못했다.현재 위키백과에 등재된 100개가 훨씬 넘는 전문지식이 있음에도 불구하고:위키프로젝트 축구#기사 경고, 그리고 아마도 3월 23일 이후 3주 동안 100개 이상 더 있을 것이다.분별도 없이 뻐드렁니를 제거해 왔다는 사실이 밝혀지고 있는데, 지금까지 이런 일이 없었다.
- 사용자:GiantSnowman은 이후에 삭제된 prod를 제거한 기사에 초점을 맞추고 있다.이것은 삭제되지 않은 기사들을 무시한다.나는 내가 prod를 삭제한 많은 기사들은 결국 삭제된 것이 아니라 삭제된 것이 더 많다는 것을 인정하지만, 확실히 다른 기사들에 대한 논쟁을 불러일으키는 것은 그 프로젝트에 가치가 있다.
- 내가 "아니오"라는 요약과 함께 여러 개의 프로드를 삭제했다는 것이 많이 만들어진다(혹은 그런 것, 볼 수 있는 도구에 접근할 수 없는 것 같다.좀 더 세세하게 했어야 했는데, 이미 인정했지만, 내 기억은 이것이 단지 속기일 뿐이고, 모든 프로드 제거는 아주 구체적인 주제였고, 나는 더 자세히 말할 필요가 없다고 느꼈다.나는 주제가 아일랜드 축구선수들이라고 생각한다. 그들은 아일랜드 축구의 최고수준에서 오랫동안 선수생활을 해왔으며, 몇몇은 거의 100년 전으로 거슬러 올라간다.이것들은 대부분 수년 동안 이곳에 있었던 기사들이다.수많은 사람들의 작품이 아무런 논의도 없이 삭제되는 것을 보고 나는 매우 불편했다.
- 나는 몇 개의 돌출부를 제거하는 것이 특별한 해를 끼친다고 생각하지 않는다.아무도 알아채지 못한 것도 아니잖아!삭제하기 전에 기사를 건강하게 토론하는 것도 나쁘지 않다고 생각한다.그것은 또한 기사가 애초에 왜 삭제되었는지에 대한 문서 없이 우리가 보는 문제를 없앤다.
- 나의 제거는 매우 좁은 지역에 있었다.오랜 기간 동안 편집이 많은 기사들.다른 위키에서 잘 참조되거나 존재하는 기사.첫 팀을 만들고 사실상 곧 출발할 것이 확실시되는 선수들을 위한 기사들(나는 이런 기사들 중 하나를 만든 적이 없지만, 그것들을 삭제하는 것은 별로 의미가 없다고 본다, 단지 며칠 혹은 몇 주, 몇 주 후에만 재현할 뿐이다).그래, 내가 실수를 좀 했어.그렇다, 2월 어느 시점에서 나는 어떤 정책이 최신인지 불분명했기 때문에, 몇몇 오류로 인해 몇몇 전문가들을 제거했다; 이것은 해를 끼치지 않았다.
- 난 어떤 정책도 어기지 않았어.나는 내 프로드 제거에 대해 계속 알아보았다.나는 일반적으로 내 프로드 제거의 이유를 문서화했다(위에서 논의한 3월 19일의 삭제와 향후 문서화에 동의한 것 이외).그리고 나는 그 프로젝트를 향상시키고 개선하려고 노력했다.
- 나는 WP에 실패하는 것이 걱정된다.사용자별 AGF 대화:자이언트 스노우맨과 몇몇 다른 편집자들(이들 중 일부는 이미 마법처럼 여기에 나와 있다)은 내가 그 프로젝트에 대한 최고의 관심만을 가지고 있을 때; 그것은 마치 WP:해적처럼 느껴지기 시작했다.나는 몇몇 편집자들로부터 선의의 행동을 취하지 못하는 꽤 많은 가혹하고 무례한 논평들을 받아왔다.
- GNG에 대한 나의 이해(또는 이해 부족)가 높아졌다.몇 년 동안 내 프로드 제거의 대다수가 GNG에 있었는지 확실하지 않다는 점을 감안하면 흥미롭군.
- 우리는 모두 WP에 대해 서로 다른 이해와 해석을 가지고 있다.GNG. 내 이해가 많은 사람보다 더 자유롭다는 것을 인정하겠어.그러나 사용자:자이언트 스노우맨의 WP 해석:GNG가 너무 좁다.내가 앞서 토론에서 제기한 사례는 위키백과에서 다음과 같은 잭 윌셔 기사를 삭제한 것이다.삭제/Jack Wilshere 사용자 대화:자이언트 스노우맨은 삭제를 지지했고, 심지어 최근까지도 그것이 옳은 결정이었다고 말한다.위키피디아에서 내가 한 주장에도 불구하고:삭제 검토/Log/2008년 8월 9일 잭 윌셔(Jack Wilshere)에서 중요한 국제 언론 보도와 수백 개의 언론 기사를 문서화했다[13] ("프리미어 리그 클럽 아스널이 새로운 시즌을 위해 16세의 미드필더 잭 윌셔(Jack Wilsher)를 1군 팀에 포함시켰다"), 캐나다 프레스, 세타나 스포츠 "잉글랜드의 한 명"웨그너가 인용한 인터내셔널 헤럴드 트리뷴은 "그는 충분히 강해 보이고 큰 경기에 당황하지 않는다"고, 데일리 메일은 "FA의 축구 개발 책임자인 트레버 브룩킹 경과 1군 데뷔전인 말레이시아 스타"라고 평했다.이 링크들 중 일부는 이제 6년 후에 더 이상 작동하지 않는다.솔직히, 만약 이 언급들이 공신력을 기록하지 못한다면, 아마도 나는 WP를 정말 이해할 수 없다.GNG; 이 경우 실제로 사용자라고 생각함:요점을 놓친 자이언트 스노우맨(그리고 아마도 마무리 관리자)이다.
- 나는 이것이 약간의 위키피디아인 것이 걱정된다.일부 관련 당사자들과의 이전 의견 불일치에 근거한 마녀사냥.언급된 논의에서 논의된 것도 있지만, 지금은 자세히 다루지 않는 것이 좋다.
- 이전에 사용자를 만든 경우:자이언트 스노우맨은 내 가망성이 평일에 매우 제한적이라는 것을 알고 있다; 나는 요즘 주말 이외에는 거의 편집하지 않는 경향이 있다.주말이 되어서야 어떤 논평이나 질의에 응할 수 있을지도 모른다.나의 침묵을 동의나 관심의 결여로 여기지 마십시오.
- Nfitz (대화) 02:13, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 그것은 주로 WP이다.TLDR 그러나 스킴 리딩 이후 몇 가지 요점에 대한 대응 - 그래 나는 AGFing을 했다; 당신은 거의 언급되지 않은 기사에서 PROD를 제거했다(예를 들어 모든 아일랜드 선수들), 잭 윌셔 삭제는 DRV에서 승인되었다(GNG가 두 번 검토되었고, 두 번 모두 해당 기사가 충족되지 않았다);ng 당신의 가짜 제거 "해롭지 않다"는 것은 말도 안 되는 일이다. 그것은 단지 많은 사람들을 위해 많은 일을 만들어 낼 뿐이기 때문이다.자이언트 스노우맨 10:46, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 위의 진술과 찬성의 성격을 고려할 때 반대한다.만약 BLPPROD가 심지어 모호하게 정기적으로 부적절하게 제거되고 있다면, 그것은 진짜 문제가 될 수 있다.하지만 나는 다른 토론이 있었으면 좋겠어.호빗 (토크) 03:39, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- WP별 반대:WAYHUNT Lugnuts 07:44, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 논평 - 이것이 괴롭힘/마녀사냥이라는 비난은 거짓일 뿐만 아니라 극도로 나쁜 믿음이다.나는 @Lugnuts:와 Nfitz를 초대해서 이 비난들을 철회할 것이다.내가 AGFING을 하지 않았다는 비난도 마찬가지인데, 내가 시작한 3번의 토론을 포함해 6년 동안 수많은 논의가 있었다는 사실을 감안하면, AN이 최후의 수단이었다는 것은 분명해야 한다.자이언트 스노우맨 10:46, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 그것이 약간 WP라고 우려를 표명한다.마녀사냥은 마치 WP처럼 느껴지기 시작했다:해러스는 확실히 약간 나쁜 믿음이지 극단적이지는 않다.그 용어의 사용은 극히 불필요하게 극적이지 않은가?여기서 A를 사용하는 것은 완전히 불필요했다. 그 주제가 이미 충분히 논의되었고, 당신은 이미 나의 3월 24일 계약에 따라 내가 Prods를 사용하는 것에 대한 변경 사항을 얻었기 때문이다.그 이후로 강조해 온 유일한 사례는 [위키피디아:삭제 조항/Glen Kamara]]는 fi의 존재를 고려할 때 매우 논란의 여지가 크다.Glen Kamara ([14], [15], [16], [17]을 참조한다.출처의 질과 깊이가 GNG를 충족시키지 못할 수도 있지만, 더 완전한 논의가 어떤 해를 끼칠 이유는 없다.이것은 거의 최후의 수단이 아니었다.다시 한 번 사과드리지만, 부활절까지는 여기 있는 어떤 것에도 대응할 기회가 없을 것 같아. 하지만 앞으로 15시간 정도는 확실히 없을 거야.Nfitz (대화) 2014년 4월 15일 11시 15분 (UTC)
- 이미 여러 번, 6년 동안, 그리고 실질적인 행동 변화 없이 다른 곳에서 논의되었다는 사실은 A가 필요했음을 보여준다.만약 당신이 내 말을 듣지 않는다면(왜냐하면 당신은 내가 당신에 대한 어떤 나쁜 믿음의 어젠다를 가지고 있다고 믿기 때문에) 아마도 당신은 당신의 행동에 대해 우려를 표하는 다른 편집자들의 말을 들을 것이다.그리고 제발 ping하지 말아줘, 내가 이 토론을 보고 있으니 그럴 필요 없어.자이언트 스노우맨 11:35, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 아, 그리고 최근에 앤드류 스톤(축구선수)에서 PROD(현재 AFD에서 삭제될 가능성이 있음)를 고의로 WP:Crystal을 위반해서 제거하셨군요.당신의 행동이 변했고 당신이 정말로 주목할 만한 기사에서 PROD를 제거하는 것을 중단했다고 말하는 것은 단순히 사실이 아니다.자이언트 스노우맨 11:42, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 네, AFD도 삭제...자이언트 스노우맨 11시 45분, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 삭제됐으면 좋았을 텐데, AFD를 읽어보면 그걸 삭제하는 게 시간 낭비라고 생각한 사람은 나뿐만이 아니다.팀원 중 한 명이 AFD와 어떻게 다른가?위키백과:삭제/킬하이랜드에 대한 기사가 다른 결과를 가져왔는가?시즌 개막을 며칠 앞둔 선수에게 기사를 삭제하는 것은 불필요한 모두의 시간 낭비라는 생각이 든다.또 이런 경우에 실제로 일어나는 일들은 삭제된 자료를 복구하기보다는 다른 편집자가 기사를 재작성하고 편집 내역이 좀처럼 복원되지 않는 것이 아닌가 하는 걱정도 든다.나는 그것이 WP:Crystal 위반이라고 생각하지 않는다. WP:크리스탈은 어떤 일이 일어났다고 말하는 것이 아니라, "거의 일어날 것이 거의 확실하다"고 말한다.그리고 나는 이것이 사실이라고 믿는다.그것이 아니었다 하더라도, 나는 WP가 다음과 같이 생각한다.상식, WP:NORUSH 및 WP:NORULES 트럼프 WP:크리스탈.삭제 작업을 시작하는 것보다 몇 주 동안 무해하고 사실적으로 정확한 기사를 그대로 놓아두면 프로젝트에 해가 되지 않는다.위키백과는 개선되지 않는다.이 글을 남기면 궁극적으로 위키피디아가 개선되는데, 그것은 미래에 존재하게 될 것이 거의 확실하기 때문이다.Nfitz (대화) 01:11, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 네, AFD도 삭제...자이언트 스노우맨 11시 45분, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 정중하게 거절당한(물론) 초대 취소.러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 11시 19분, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 그것이 약간 WP라고 우려를 표명한다.마녀사냥은 마치 WP처럼 느껴지기 시작했다:해러스는 확실히 약간 나쁜 믿음이지 극단적이지는 않다.그 용어의 사용은 극히 불필요하게 극적이지 않은가?여기서 A를 사용하는 것은 완전히 불필요했다. 그 주제가 이미 충분히 논의되었고, 당신은 이미 나의 3월 24일 계약에 따라 내가 Prods를 사용하는 것에 대한 변경 사항을 얻었기 때문이다.그 이후로 강조해 온 유일한 사례는 [위키피디아:삭제 조항/Glen Kamara]]는 fi의 존재를 고려할 때 매우 논란의 여지가 크다.Glen Kamara ([14], [15], [16], [17]을 참조한다.출처의 질과 깊이가 GNG를 충족시키지 못할 수도 있지만, 더 완전한 논의가 어떤 해를 끼칠 이유는 없다.이것은 거의 최후의 수단이 아니었다.다시 한 번 사과드리지만, 부활절까지는 여기 있는 어떤 것에도 대응할 기회가 없을 것 같아. 하지만 앞으로 15시간 정도는 확실히 없을 거야.Nfitz (대화) 2014년 4월 15일 11시 15분 (UTC)
- 지원 - 최근 PRODding 및 AfD와 관련된 사용자의 활동이 매우 지장을 초래하고 있다.나는 원칙적으로 JOJ의 의견에 동의하지만, 이것이 사용자가 초기적 우려를 제기하기 위해 로딩하는 것보다 시스템을 게임하는 예라고 생각한다.위에서 Nfitz가 제기한 요점 중 하나는 그가 삭제하기 전에 기사에 대해 건강한 토론을 하는 것이 나쁘지 않다고 생각한다는 것이다. 그것은 또한 기사가 애초에 왜 삭제되었는지에 대한 문서 없이 우리가 보는 문제를 없앤다.건강한 토론은 장려되어야 하며, 나는 원칙적으로 PROD들이 기회가 있다고 생각한다면 누구든 제거되어야 한다는 것에 동의한다.그러나 이 사용자가 현재의 공신력 합의를 이해하는 데 분명한 문제가 있다는 것을 보기 위해서는 여기에서 살펴보기만 하면 된다.위 블랙 카이트가 강조한 WP의 정기적인 해고를 넘어 다음과 같은 몇 가지 예를 제시하기 위해 다음과 같은 기본적인 WP가 있다.최근 역량 문제가 발생했다.
- 여기서 인종 차별에 대한 근거 없고 설명할 수 없는 혐오스러운 비난 외에, 서구와 비서구의 사람들에게 동일한 인식 기준을 적용하는 것은 편파적이라는 제안이 있다.
- 여기 다른 기사에 코멘트를 복사하여 붙여넣으십시오.
- WP는 다음과 같은 제안이 있다.NFUTY는 특별히 세미 프로페셔널 팀을 다루지는 않는다. 이 기사는 GNG 지원을 제시하지 않았음에도 불구하고 자동으로 유지되어야 한다.
- 여기서 Nfitz가 완전한 프로 리그 상장이 초기 공신력에 대한 현재의 합의로서 포괄적 목록이라는 개념을 이해하지 못하는 숫자 중 하나로서, 만일 어떤 국가가 공증한다면, 그 리그의 선수들은 GNG를 구체적으로 보여줄 수 없는 한 자동적으로 공신 불가능으로 간주된다.
- 여기, 여기, 그리고 여기 그가 선수가 현재 유명하지 않다고 감탄하는 몇몇 사례들 중 몇몇은, 그 선수가 유명해 지는지 보기 위해 잠시 그것을 보관해 달라고 애원한다.
- 이 토론이 PROD 금지에 관한 것이라고 생각했을 때, 위의 예들은 필자에게 축구 내에서의 명성에 대한 현재의 합의를 이해하는 데 상당한 문제가 있는 편집자를 강조하고 파괴적인 방식으로 이 합의에 대항하여 계속 싸운다.Fenix down (토크) 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 요점 1, 2에서 나는 인종차별에 대해 고발한 적이 없다.필자는 "이런 비서방 국가의 톱플레이어 기사를 삭제하는 것은 WP에 다음과 같은 내용을 보여줄 것"이라고 논평했다.바이서스와 제도적 인종차별주의."인종차별을 고발하는 것과 제도적 인종차별에 대한 우려를 표현하는 것 사이에는 많은 차이가 있다.네가 AFD에서 어떤 일을 했는지 분명히 말했는데 넌 응답하지 않았어나는 이것에 대해 너에게 사과하고 싶다.나는 인종 차별을 고발한 적이 없다.네가 내 말을 꼬아서 이렇게 보이게 하려니 마음이 불편하다.내가 쓴 글의 의미를 완전히 바꾸는 "체계적"이라는 단어를 왜 버리시겠습니까?
- 3번 포인트에서, 나는 그 팀이 국가컵에서 경쟁하는 수준, 축구 4단에서 경기한다는 것을 지적하고 있었다.이것이 WP의 업무와 잘 맞지 않지만:NFUTY, 그것은 정말 영과 만난다.나는 WP가 아니라고 생각한다.NFUTY는 국제 리그 또는 지리적으로 너무 거대하여 국가컵이 존재하지 않는 국가를 고려하기 위해 작성되었다(WP의 다른 예:바이서스. 아니, 나는 펜티콘 피너클스에 대한 GNG에 대한 어떤 증거도 제시하지 않았다. 단지 나는 그 어떤 증거도 찾을 기회가 없었기 때문이다.지금은 빨리 보지만, 몇몇 [18] [19] [20] [21]이 보인다.다시 생각해 볼까?
- 4번 포인트는 코스타리카가 완전한 프로리그를 갖는지에 달려 있다.WP에서는 이에 대한 명확한 합의가 이루어지지 않았다.FPL. AFD에서 얘기하면 안 된다고 계속 우기는구나.왜, 나도 몰라...확실히 WP에서의 논쟁에 비추어 볼 때, 그것은 그것을 논의하기에 가장 좋은 장소다.FPL은 영원히 남아 있는 것 같다.
- 포인트 5 - 처음 두 예는 앤드류 스톤과 비슷하다.세 번째... 뭐?나는 몇몇 출처를 가지고 GNG를 주장했고, 심지어 당신조차도 "GNG 청구권의 일부를 형성할 수 있다"고 인정했다; 비록 그것이 당신이 이 사건을 부분적으로 지지하는 유일한 예지만.Nfitz (대화) 02:22, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 어떤 사과도 즉각적으로 나올 수 없다.체계적 인종차별주의는 많은 사람들이 항상 rcist라는 것을 의미한다.나는 당신이 "만약 이 기사가 삭제된다면 그것은 체계적인 인종차별을 암시한다"라고 말하는 것과 그들이 당신의 의견과 반대로 의견을 제시한다면 그들은 그러한 관점을 지지하는 것으로 비난받을지도 모른다고 느끼는 것 사이의 연관성을 이해할 수 없다는 것을 알 수 없다. 왜냐하면 시스템적인 인종차별은 개별 편집자들이 공유해야만 일어날 수 있기 때문이다.단체로든 개인으로 하든 의견을 나누다"GNG"는 WP일 뿐이므로 Penticton 포인트는 상관없다.일상적인 일치 보고서 및 매우 현지화된 뉴스 보고.솔직히 이 링크도 봤니?나는 네가 무엇을 성취하려고 애쓰고 있는지 잘 모르겠지만, 그 연결고리는 분명히 네가 실패하고 있다는 것을 보여준다.Fenix down (토크) 13:18, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 사실, Fenix, "시스템적 인종차별주의, 많은 사람들이 항상 rcist가 된다는 것을 의미한다"는 당신의 말은 틀렸다.구조적인 인종차별주의는 사람들이 인종차별주의자가 아니라 어쨌든 인종차별주의 효과로 끝나는 것이다.인종차별 없는 인종차별 책(인종차별) ISBN9781442202184)은 좋은 설명으로 여겨지지만, 이 간단한 예가 그 맛을 말해줄지도 모른다: 수세기 전에 사람들은 그들의 조상이 이상하게 생겼다고 생각했기 때문에 "이상하다"로 시작된 많은 인종적으로 혜택 받지 못한 사람들이 성을 가진 세상을 상상해 보라.그래서 "스미스"나 "존스" 대신, 그 후손들은 "위어스미스"나 "위어드존스"로 명명될 것이다.
- 이제 누군가가 어린이들에게 컵케이크를 나눠주고 있다고 상상해 보라.그는 그가 돌아다닐 만큼 충분한지 모르지만, 가능한 한 많이 나누어 줄 것이다.그는 아이들이 밀거나 밀지 않고 질서정연하게 줄을 서서 아무도 두 개를 가져가지 못하게 하기를 원한다.그는 누가 먼저 도착했는지 모른다.그는 키와 몸무게의 문제에 민감하기 때문에 크기에 따라 줄을 서라고 하고 싶지 않다.그는 당황하여 주위를 둘러보고 알파벳 포스터를 본다.이것은 그에게 아이들에게 성별로 알파벳순으로 줄을 서라고 하는 생각을 갖게 한다.그가 인종차별주의자인가?아니, 별로:그는 "이 경주를 하는 여러분 모두 줄 뒤로 가십시오"라고 말하거나 생각지도 않았다.그가 선택한 것이 인종과 어떤 연관성이 있다는 생각조차 들지 않았다.하지만 결과는 어쨌든 인종차별주의일까?그렇다. 어떤 아이들은 비록 간접적이고 의도치 않게 그들의 인종에 따라 장단점을 부여받았다."우수" 경주에 참가한 아이들은 평균적으로 컵케이크를 받기 전에 컵케이크가 없어질까에 대한 걱정을 덜었다."불편한" 경주에 참가한 아이들은 평균적으로 컵케이크를 얻지 못하는 것에 대해 더 많은 걱정을 했다.그것이 바로 "체계적" 혹은 "구조적" 인종차별주의라는 것이다: 겉으로 보기에 중립적인 규칙을 강하게 편향된 결과를 가진 방법으로 적용하는 것이다.WhatamIdoing (대화) 20:32, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- User:Fenix down은 어떠한 사과도 하지 않을 것이라고 말한다. 체계적 인종차별주의는 많은 사람들이 항상 rcist라는 것을 의미한다.체계적 인종차별주의의 한 예는 영국 군주제일 것이다.현재 영국의 인종적 구성에도 불구하고, 내가 지금까지 보아온 승계 선에서 흰 피부를 사는 것은 아무것도 없고, 최근에 도착한 외국인들의 결혼이 많아졌음에도 불구하고, 이상한 일이 벌어지고 있다.그게 여왕을 인종차별주의자로 만드는 거야?내가 알기로는 아니다.만약 어떤 사람이 군주제를 제도적으로 인종차별주의적이라고 비난한다면, 어떤 특정한 군주제 구성원도 인종차별주의자라고 비난하지 않을 것이다(나도 다수가 인종차별주의자라고 생각하지 않는다).(여기 있는 다른 사람의 기분을 상하게 하지 않는 임의의 예를 선택하기 위해).난 아직도 사과를 기다리고 있어...네가 여기서 한 말 때문이 아니라, 내가 이미 전에 분명히 말했듯이, 나는 시스템적인 인종차별에 대해 말하고 있고, 여기 있는 어떤 개인도 인종차별주의라고 생각하지 않기 때문이다.Nfitz (대화) 03:06, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 어떤 사과도 즉각적으로 나올 수 없다.체계적 인종차별주의는 많은 사람들이 항상 rcist라는 것을 의미한다.나는 당신이 "만약 이 기사가 삭제된다면 그것은 체계적인 인종차별을 암시한다"라고 말하는 것과 그들이 당신의 의견과 반대로 의견을 제시한다면 그들은 그러한 관점을 지지하는 것으로 비난받을지도 모른다고 느끼는 것 사이의 연관성을 이해할 수 없다는 것을 알 수 없다. 왜냐하면 시스템적인 인종차별은 개별 편집자들이 공유해야만 일어날 수 있기 때문이다.단체로든 개인으로 하든 의견을 나누다"GNG"는 WP일 뿐이므로 Penticton 포인트는 상관없다.일상적인 일치 보고서 및 매우 현지화된 뉴스 보고.솔직히 이 링크도 봤니?나는 네가 무엇을 성취하려고 애쓰고 있는지 잘 모르겠지만, 그 연결고리는 분명히 네가 실패하고 있다는 것을 보여준다.Fenix down (토크) 13:18, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 불행한 지원. 나는 그들이 진심으로 '페디아'를 개선하려고 노력하고 있다고 믿는가?그래, 그리고 위에 있는 그들의 설명은 그것을 분명히 해 준다.그러나, 같은 설명은 그들이 그 과정이 무엇에 관한 것인지에 대해 거의 도매에 가까운 디프로딩 과정에 대한 이해를 가지고 있다는 것을 보여준다.우리는 "내 의견으로는 그것이 머물러야 하기 때문에" 프로포즈를 하지 않는다.우리는 "유사한 기사가 훨씬 더 관대한 공신력 요건을 가진 다른 언어로 존재한다"고 주장하지 않는다.우리는 WP를 위해 프로포즈를 하지 않는다.크리스탈 이유.우리는 부적절한 ref's/ELs를 삭제하거나 추가하지 않는다.우리는 프로드의 이면에 있는 이유들을 완전하고 직접적으로 다루는 즉각적인 과정에 있기 때문에 프로포드를 해제한다.설사 그들의 디프로딩의 10%만이 이것(불행히도 훨씬 더 높은 비율)과 충돌한다고 해도, 그러한 디프로딩은 그들의 본성에 있어서 완전히 파괴적인 것이다.적어도 앞으로 6개월 동안, 만약 그들이 PROD를 만나게 된다면, 그들은 a) 문제를 해결하려고 시도해야 한다, b) PRIOD 이후 PROD 태그가 부착된 이후의 변화와 PRIOD 이후 어떻게 개선되었는지를 논의해야 한다, 그러나 c) 빌어먹을 PROD 태그는 ES&L 12:32, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 같은 실에 양말 장부를 꿰고 싶어?맙소사.러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 13:02, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- WP를 읽는 중:그런 악의에 대한 비난에 앞서 SOCK#LEGIT.내가 비보안 네트워크에서 관리자 기능에 로그인하지 않았다는 사실은 로켓 과학이 아니다.내가 두 번이나 쐈어?정책 ES&L 13:20, 2014년 4월 15일(UTC) 에 따라 내 두 계정이 제대로 연결되어 있는가?
- 또한 양말 퍼피에 대한 근거 없는 비난은 인신공격으로 간주된다는 것을 기억하자. - 부시랜저One ping only 21:31, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 누가 증명되지 않은 것에 대해 말했어?같은 사람이 두 개의 계정을 운영하고 있지만, 모르는 사람들에게는 언급할 가치가 있다고 생각했을 뿐이다.솥, 주전자, 흑색, 불신의 비난에 대해서도.러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 10시 19분, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- "동일한 사람에 의해 운영되는 두 개의 계정" =/= "sockpuppets"그렇게 의도하지 않았다면 미안하다. 하지만 만약 S-word가 던져진다면 그것은 의도된 것이든 아니든 그것은 자동적으로 악의적인 행위에 대한 고발이다. - 부시레인저 03:08, 2014년 4월 17일 (UTC)
- 누가 증명되지 않은 것에 대해 말했어?같은 사람이 두 개의 계정을 운영하고 있지만, 모르는 사람들에게는 언급할 가치가 있다고 생각했을 뿐이다.솥, 주전자, 흑색, 불신의 비난에 대해서도.러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 10시 19분, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 같은 실에 양말 장부를 꿰고 싶어?맙소사.러그넛Dick Laurent is dead 13:02, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- "프로듀스 배후에 있는 이유를 완전하고 직접적으로 다루는 즉각적인 과정에 있기 때문에 디프로듀스를 하는 겁니다."이 지침을 가르쳐 주시겠습니까?AFD에서 더 많은 논의를 하지 않고 삭제하는 것이 불편하기 때문에 오랜 기간 동안 쓴 글의 로딩이 왜 잘못된지 말해줄 수 있겠니?내가 어떻게 그 프로젝트에 해를 끼쳤는지 말해줄 수 있니?나는 아주 특정한 주제에 관한 기사들을 일부만 삭제해 본 적이 있다.확실히 AFD에서 10개의 기사를 논의한 다음 9개의 기사를 삭제하는 것이 Prod에서 오류로 한 개의 기사를 삭제하는 것보다 훨씬 더 나은 결과인데, 무슨 일이 일어났는지, 왜 일어났는지에 대한 서류상의 흔적은 거의 없다.Nfitz (대화) 05:00, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- On the back of ES&L's suggestions about "discuss[ing] the changes" - I am more than happy to volunteer to be a 'mentor' of sorts, should Nfitz be in agreement i.e. if Nfitz wishes to challenge a PROD, I am happy to discuss the notability of the article and/or merits of the PROD tag and we can then decide on next best actions.자이언트 스노우맨 12:42, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 나쁘지 않은 생각이다. 그가 토론에서 항상 틀리고 나는 반대 의견을 환영한다. 아무리 내가 이 경우에서 그것에 반대한다 해도 이 의견에 반대한다.그러나 WP 외부에 사람을 두는 것이 더 나을지 궁금하다.피해야 할 바닥 및 WP:관련 문제.Fenix down (talk) 13:04, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 그렇게 하면 해결책이 완성되고 합리적인 시간 내에 주제 금지가 해제될 수 있는 최선의 기회를 제공할 수 있을 것이다.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 14:31, 2014년 4월 15일(UTC)
- 만약 내가 이 상황에서 유용한 멘토가 되기에는 너무 '인볼루션'하다고 생각한다면, - 니피츠나 더 넓은 지역사회에서 - 그렇게 될 것이다.그러나 나의 제안은 여전히 유효하다.자이언트 스노우맨 15:41, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 지지하다.자이언트 스노우맨의 멘토형 상황 제안이 가장 좋은 결과지만, 만약 그것이 잘 풀리지 않는다면, 나는 이 상황이 해결되지 않은 채로 남아 있기에는 너무 오래 지속되었다고 느낀다.가말리엘 (토크) 21:53, 2014년 4월 15일 (UTC)
- 만약 멘토가 있거나 PROD를 금지하는 것만이 유일한 결과라면, 나는 기꺼이 멘토링을 할 것이다.명심해, 난 스펙트럼의 포용론자 쪽이야호빗 (토크) 17:36, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 만약 우리에게 '침해주의자' 멘토가 있다면, 우리는 또한 '삭제주의자' 멘토를 가져야 한다.자이언트 스노우맨 17:42, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 아니, 그가 합리적인 행동의 범위 안에 있다는 것을 확인하는 것 만이 필요한 것이다. 그리고 호빗의 포괄성은 그가 부적절한 멘토가 될 정도는 확실히 아니다. 나는 대부분의 극단적인 경우를 제외하고는 선의의 신념이 파괴적인 것이라는 것을 받아들이기를 극도로 꺼릴 것이다.AfD에서 사물을 논의하도록 강요하는 것은 본질적으로 합리적인 분쟁 처리 방법이다.스포츠 가이드라인과 GNG의 적절한 관계는 WP의 가장 영구히 논란이 되는 분야 중 하나이며, 과거에도 사람들의 명성에 대한 관점이 달라 차단되는 상황으로 사람들을 조종한 사례가 있었다고 지적한다.DGG (토크) 21:44, 2014년 4월 16일 (UTC)
- 바로 그거야PROD는 결국 AFD에 대한 부하를 가볍게 하기 위해 고안된 비교적 최근의 발명품이다.AFD는 기사 삭제를 고려하는 기본 장소다.나는 사용자에게 디프로딩에 대해 좀 더 자세히 설명하도록 조언하고, 그 우려를 좀 더 해소하기 위해 노력하도록 충고하고 싶지만, 결국 PROD를 설정하는 모든 과정은 어떤 이유로든, 심지어 순수한 변덕이 있더라도 태그를 제거하기 위해 모든 편집자를 위해 정확하게 이 능력을 중심으로 설계되었다.한 명의 사용자를 넘어 문제가 된다면 정책이 수정될 수도 있지만, 지금은 개선보다 기사를 보관하는 데 더 열심인 사용자 외에는 수정할 문제가 없다.가이(도움말!) 22:45, 2014년 4월 17일 (UTC)
- DGG 고마워.일 때문에 몇 시간 동안 답장을 못 썼지만, 바로 이 말이 하고 싶었던 말이다.그것은 "침해주의자"나 "삭제주의자"에 관한 것이 아니라, 언제 PROD를 사용해야 하는지, 언제 dePROD를 사용해야 하는지, 그리고 언제 dePROD를 해서 AFD에 보내야 하는지에 대한 합리적인 기준에 관한 것이다.주제 금지가 필요한 문제는 회색 영역이 어디에 있는지 결정하는 것이 아니라 과정을 전체적으로 이해하는 것이다.의심할 여지 없이, 나는 호빗이 그런 면에서 필터와 멘토 역할을 할 것이라고 믿는다.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 23:09, 2014년 4월 16일(UTC)
- 나는 주제 금지가 필요하다는 것에 전적으로 반대한다.사용자 동의:3월 24일 자이언트 스노우맨은 내가 좀 더 통찰력 있고, 더 완벽한 정보를 제공할 것이라고 말했다.그리고 나는 내가 그렇게 했다고 믿는다.이를 증명하는 것은 다음과 같다.자이언트 스노우맨은 이곳에서 3월 24일 이전 통계에 초점을 맞추고 있다.나는 그 날짜 이후 여기 프로드 제거의 예시들 중 어느 것도 내가 기사들을 삭제하는 훌륭한 예시라고 생각하지 않는다; 하나는 다른 언어 위키피디아에 의해 언급된 기사가 있을 정도로 충분히 주목할 만한 것으로 여겨지는 선수다.그리고 두 번째는 가까운 미래에 정당하게 재탄생될 가능성이 높은 기사를 삭제하는 것에 대한 정당한 우려라고 생각한다 - 이것은 위키피디아와 같은 다른 최근의 AFD에서 큰 논쟁을 불러일으켰다.삭제/케레치 이에하나초(1996년생 축구 선수) 및 위키백과:삭제 조항/킬하이랜드, 그래서 명확한 합의가 있는 문제는 아니다.마지막으로, 이 전체 논의는 내가 프로드를 제거한 후 AFD에 보관(또는 아예 AFD로 가지도 않음)한 예를 무시한다.몇 가지 예는 [22] [23] [24] [25] Nfitz (대화) 02:36, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC) 이다.
- 그렇다, 우리는 이미 여러분이 문제가 없다고 생각한다는 것을 알고 있다 - 그래서 지역 사회가 그러한 주제 금지를 고려하도록 강요당한 것이다.2초라도 시간을 내서 불평을 들었다면 우리는 그럴 필요가 없었을 것이다.이제 와야이가 너무 늦어서 아무도 필요없다고 말하기에는 너무 늦었다 - 당신은 그것이 팬더 ₯' 00:36, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC) 의 필수품이라는 것을 증명했다.
- 잠깐만.그게 내 요점이야.나는 불평을 들었다.나는 3월 23일에 좀 더 분별력 있게 행동하기로 동의했다.그리고 나는 그렇게 했다.그래서 여기에 제시된 통계들이 그 날짜보다 앞서 있는 것이다.나는 그 기간 동안 200명 이상의 프로드가 있었음에도 불구하고, 내가 그 이후로 5번 제거했던 프로드를 탈장하거나 DRV로 가져갔을 뿐이다.그 5, 3개의 기사 중 1개는 AFD에서 다른 사람들에 의해 중요한 논쟁을 벌였고, 5번째 기사는 GNG를 설립하는 쪽으로 나아간 몇몇 출처를 가지고 있었다. 또한 아래 자이언트 스노우맨에 대한 나의 반응도 보라.3월 23일 이후 나의 행동은 불평을 들어주었음을 의미하지 않는가?내가 완벽하다는 뜻은 아니지만 어떻게 프로드를 일괄적으로 삭제하지?Nfitz (대화) 03:19, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 그렇다, 우리는 이미 여러분이 문제가 없다고 생각한다는 것을 알고 있다 - 그래서 지역 사회가 그러한 주제 금지를 고려하도록 강요당한 것이다.2초라도 시간을 내서 불평을 들었다면 우리는 그럴 필요가 없었을 것이다.이제 와야이가 너무 늦어서 아무도 필요없다고 말하기에는 너무 늦었다 - 당신은 그것이 팬더 ₯' 00:36, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC) 의 필수품이라는 것을 증명했다.
- 다시 한 번 말하지만, 제발 날 비난하지 마, 그럴 필요 없어.네가 말한 예들은 (불행히도) 소수인데, 나는 AFD - Glen Kamara와 Andrew Stone (축구선수)에서 '삭제'를 초래한 매우 최근의 PROD 제거 사례들을 제공했다.더 이상 PROD를 제거하지 않은 것 같아 더 이상 제공할 수 없다. 그래서 내가 알기로는 3월 24일 이후에 제거된 PROD의 100%는 기사를 삭제했다...자이언트 스노우맨 07:49, 2014년 4월 18일 (UTC)
- 내가 너한테 연락 안 했어.잠깐만, 그럼 내가 아까 논의했던 걸 무시하고 질량상의 프로드를 삭제하는 건 완전히 2개의 프로드 제거에 관한 거네?그 중 하나는 적어도 논란의 여지가 있는 GNG 콘텐트를 가지고 있었고, 다른 하나는 AFD에서 다른 사람들에 의해 어떤 논쟁의 대상이 되었는가?비록 네가 잘못 이해했어도.네가 착각했구나, 그 이후로 나는 다른 애들을 제거했어.나는 3월 23일 14:36 UTC에 나의 프로드 제거에 대해 좀 더 분별력 있게 설명하기로 동의했다.얼마 전(5개 편집) 나는 Woranat Tongkruea에 대한 원고를 삭제했다[26].그리고 일주일 후 내가 위키백과에서 삭제되지 않은 케레치 이헤아나초 (1996년생 축구선수)[27]의 프로드를 제거했을 때:삭제 조항/케레치 이헤아나초(1996년생 축구선수)는 크리스털볼이 적용되어야 할 것 같지만, 몇 달 안에 다시 생성하기 위해 지금 삭제하는 것은 프로젝트에 도움이 되지 않는다고 본다.행정관이 그런 말을 하면, 아무 일도 일어나지 않는데, 내가 그런 말을 하면, 나는 왜 파리아처럼 취급되는 거지?나는 3월 23일부터 매우 조심스럽고 분별력이 있다.축구에 관한 주제에는 말 그대로 수백 개의 (내 계산으로는 200개가 넘는) 기사가 실려 있었는데, 나는 총 4개의 프로드를 제거했다. 그 중 2개는 여전히 여기에 있다. 1은 AFD에서 다른 사람들에 의해 중요한 논쟁의 대상이 되었고, 4번째는 적어도 GNG를 지지하는 자료가 있다.나는 또한 내가 프로드를 복원한 기사를 위해 DRV에 갔었고, 그것은 복구되었다.WP를 통한 읽기:PROD와 그 이면의 논의는, 이런 종류의 프로드 제거에 대한 지침이 없다.WP에서 제재를 모색해야 한다는 논의가 있다.ANI, prods 대량 삭제, 그러나 200개 대량 삭제 중 4개(또는 5개)는 어떠한가?나는 3주 전에 그 논쟁을 인정했다.그 이후 나의 prod 제거는 내가 그것을 심각하게 받아들였고, 내가 편집하는 방법을 바꾸었음을 보여준다.그럼 왜 우리가 여기 있는 거지?Nfitz (대화) 02:57, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 사용자 이름에 연결할 때마다 편집자에게 알림이 표시됨.그것이 괴롭네요.다시 이야기하자면 - 추측과 WP:CrystalBallery를 정당화하려는 몇몇 편집자와 왜 당신이 틀렸는지를 설명하려는 다른 편집자들뿐이었다.누가 더 강한 논쟁을 하기로 결정했는지 추측해 보시오?그래서 당신이 제거한 4개의 PROD 중 2개가 삭제되었다.나머지 2개는 AFD로 보내져서 보관하셨나요?상관없는 일이 아니라면, 그들이 눈에 띄고 당신의 PROD 제거가 정확했다는 것을 의미하지는 않는다. 그것은 단지 누군가가 알아차리지 못했다는 것을 의미한다.자이언트 스노우맨 09:10, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 위키백과:삭제/앤드류 스톤(축구 선수)에 대한 기사는 삭제였을 수도 있지만, 위키백과의 토론과 어떻게 다른가?삭제/Kyle Hyland 또는 Wikipedia 관련 기사:삭제 조항/케레치 이헤아나초(1996년생 축구 선수)가 삭제로 끝나지 않았는가?위키백과에서 관리자의 마무리 코멘트:삭제/케레치 이헤아나초(1996년생 축구선수)는 CRISTALLBAL이 적용되어야 할 것 같지만, 나는 몇 달 안에 다시 만들 수 있는 지금 삭제 프로젝트에 이롭지 않다고 본다.그 AFD에 대한 행정관의 마무리 발언은 앤드류 스톤(축구선수)을 퇴역시킨 나의 근거와 어떻게 다른가?Nfitz (대화) 13:48, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- 그 두 가지 모두 형편없는 폐쇄였으며 만약 누군가가 그들을 WP에 데려가는 것을 귀찮게 할 수 있었다면 거의 확실히 뒤바뀌었을 것이다.DRV. WP:Crystal은 매우 명확하며, 마무리 관리자는 WP:IAR은 합의를 무시한다.요점이요?검은 연 (토크) 2014년 4월 19일 14시 15분 (UTC)
- 내 요점은 만약 내가 행정부와 다른 편집자들이 사용하고 있는 것과 같은 기준으로 가끔 기사를 싣는다면, 이러한 소수의 전문적 삭제는 일부 사람들과 의견이 다를 수 있지만, 그들은 그렇게 극단적이지 않다는 것이다.네 말이 맞아.WP:Crystal은 꽤 명확하다; 비교적 짧은 순서로 기사를 재작성할 것이 거의 확실할 때, WP에 근거한 요구사항은 없다.Crystal 삭제.우리가 앤드류 스톤(축구선수)과 카일 하이랜드(축구선수)를 재창조해야 한다고 생각하지 않으세요?WP를 충족하는 몇 가지 새로운 지침이 정말 필요하다고 생각한다.상식 및 WP:노루쉬는 한 번도 프로로 뛴 적이 없는 선수들이 1군에 계약돼 시즌 초반에 자주 만들어지는 이런 기사들을 어떻게 다뤄야 할지 고민한다.Nfitz (대화) 21:20, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- Hyland는 이제 주목할 만하다 - 그러나 AFD의 종결은 여전히 저조했다.그러나 이헤아나초는 눈에 띄지 않고, 클로즈업도 끔찍했다 - 나는 DRV에 갈 것이다.자이언트 스노우맨 09:36, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 현재 금지 정책에 반대하며, 그렇지 않으면 미래에 확신할 수 있다. --SerkOfVulcan (대화) 22:27, 2014년 4월 19일 (UTC)
- PROD의 개념에 따르면 반대한다. PROD는 논란의 여지가 없는 삭제에 관한 것이다.만약 이 남자가 무슨 일이 있어도 그들과 경쟁한다면, 그들은 더 이상 "불충분"하지 않을 것이다.만약 그가 그들이 튀어나오자마자 대량살상무기(PROD)를 제거하는 거였다면, 루즈를 위해서라면, 아마 우리가 사건을 가질 수 있을 거야.그러나 그는 그것에 대한 이유를 제시하는 것 같다: 약한 이유, 그러나 이유.우리는 "나는 이 남자가 경쟁하는 것이 마음에 들지 않아, 우리들 중 많은 사람들이 그들과 경쟁하지 않을 테니, 그를 PROD로부터 금지하라"고만 말할 수는 없다.이것은 집단 사고를 시행하는 것이다.그가 하는 일이라곤 기사를 삭제하기 전에 우리에게 논설위원을 강요하는 것뿐이야. 나는 이것이 백과사전의 확실한 발전이라고 말하고 싶다.--사이클로피아speak! 08:27, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
- After AfD는 이 과정에서 PROD 과정의 바로 그 본질이 AfD에 대한 부담을 가볍게 하는 방법으로서 삭제 요청의 철칙 'CSD 라이트' 범주를 만들지 않는다. dePRODing qua dePRODing은 파괴적일 수 없다.그렇다면 그 혼란은 행동 그 자체(다른 파괴 행위인 cf. 반달리즘이 할 수 있는 것처럼)에 있을 수 없고 의도에만 있을 뿐이다.여기서 dEPRODING에 대한 악의적인 의도를 가리키는 것은 아무것도 보이지 않기 때문에 여기서 실행 가능한 것은 아무것도 없다.크레이지나스 t 12:00, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
- 지난 달에 그가 삭제한 기고문을 보는 것에 반대한다. 그는 현재 기사를 대량으로 싣지 않고 있다.3월 19일 이후에 어떤 논의가 이루어졌든 간에 그들은 효과가 있었던 것으로 보이며, 상황을 더 진전시키려는 이러한 시도는 불필요하고 도움이 되지 않는다.2014년 4월 23일(UTC) 22:47(EreSpielCequers 22:47)
- WarSpielCequers에 대항하십시오.폴 에릭 23:29, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
- 반대 한동안 이 실마리를 스토킹했으니까 내가 그 논쟁에 대해 잘 알고 있다고 생각해.그 문제는 절차 위반이 아니라 지역 사회 일각에 의한 짜증이다.내가 보기엔 WP 위반은 저지르지 않았다.위의 4개에서 캡슐화된 다양한 주장에 강력히 동의한다.아이언돔 (토크) 01:26, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 정책 위반이 전혀 없으므로 반대하라.디프로이드의 이유가 마음에 들지 않는다면, 기사를 AFD로 작성하고, 당신의 이유가 타당하다면 일주일 후에 그 기사가 삭제될 텐데, 나는 그 문제가 어디에 있는지 알 수 없다.카바론 05:40, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
인도 마을 기사의 매우 유사한 편집의 기이한 패턴
어떤 게시판이 이 일에 가장 좋은지 전혀 모르니까, 자...
여러분 중 많은 사람들은 아마도 인도의 마을에 있는 기사들을 괴롭히는 낮은 품질의 편집에 대해 알고 있을 것이다.몇 개를 보고 있노라면, 나는 서로 다른 사람들이 쓴 다른 기사에 똑같은 실수들이 더해지는 아주 이상한 패턴을 알아차렸다.이것이 어떤 번역 도구 문제인지, 어떤 "템플릿" 문제인지, 양말풀이인지, 아니면 다른 어떤 것인지 궁금하게 만들었다.
내가 처음 알아차린 패턴(다른 유사점들도 많다)은 다음과 같이 "에 의해 구속된다"(sic!)는 것이었다.
- Kodair, 2014년 3월 9일 96.231.58.45 추가
- Vaikom Taluk, 사용자가 2013년 6월 16일 추가:프라한탄
- 자루길리, 2014년 4월 15일 106.51.102.78로 추가
- 샹구스, 사용자 2014년 1월 16일 추가:사우드07
- Husnabad, 2013년 10월 4일 49.204.91.242가 추가됨
- Tadoor, User에 의해 2013년 8월 26일 추가:비제이7411
- Pattan, User에 의해 2014년 2월 8일 추가:미231736년
이는 "경계"가 아닌 "경계"가 사용된 동일한 주제에 대한 다른 많은 기사와 매우 유사하지만, 다른 경우 같은 패턴을 가지고 있다(예: 피프라리, 마탄하일, 다히나, ...).더 뒤돌아보면 갠지스바라 시바사(2011년 9월 20일, 사용자:Ti age23) 및 벨레스바라 시바 사원(2011년 8월 30일, 사용자:크르스나 경), 라케스바라 시바 사원(2011년 9월 19일, 사용자:Rksarangi) 후자 두 사람이 위키백과 밖에서 복사 붙여넣는 모든 특징을 잘못 보여주는 곳...
여기서 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지, 그리고 (물론 정화와는 별개로) 어떤 조치가 필요한지에 대한 아이디어, 경험, ... 누구라도 있는가?좋은 설명이 있을지도 모르지만, 나는 우리가 형편없는 번역 도구를 통해 수입된 많은 카피비오들을 주최하고 있는 것이 두렵고, 관련된 편집자들의 수도 매우 이상하다...프람 (대화) 14:37, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 나는 인도어 위키피디아 피험자에게 알릴 가치가 있다고 생각한다. 특히 인도 관련 주제의 공지사항 게시판에서 말이다.불행히도 내가 아는 한, 이 분야에서 양말을 다루어 본 경험이 가장 많고 이러한 이슈들을 잘 관리한 전직 기능사(YellowMonkey)는 더 이상 위키피디아를 편집하지 않고 있다.나는 당신의 두려움이 정당화될 수 있고, 그러한 기사의 일부 분야에도 많은 독창적인 연구가 포함되어 있다고 생각하지만, 안전하기 위해서는 다른 편집자의 확인을 기다리는 것이 최선이다.Ncmvocalist (대화) 15:25, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 고마워. 위키피디아 토크에서 쪽지를 하나 떨어뜨렸어.인도 관련 주제의 알림판.Fram (토크) 06:53, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 그래, 고마워, 그런 것 같아.Vaikom Taluk은 또한 거기서 가져오고, 또한 예: 오르골 버전의 부분에서도 가져온다.피프라리.(아직 청소되지 않은 사람들을 위해) 모든 유사한 기사들을 대량으로 카피비오 삭제하고 싶은 유혹에 빠지지만, 나는 아마도 약간의 잘못된 긍정(그리고 수반되는 평판)을 얻게 될 것이다.프람 (대화) 13:43, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 아마도 그 기사들은 단지 몇 줄의 줄만으로 그 사람들의 주목을 끌 수 있는 스텁으로 바뀔 수 있을 것이다.Ncmvocalist (대화) 13:50, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
RFPP
WP에는 엄청난 밀린 일이 있다.RFPP, 그리고 그곳에서 걸레(AKA 관리자)를 가진 사용자들이 필요하다.Armbrust 09:54, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 과거에는 훨씬 더 안 좋았지만, 우리는 항상 더 많은 관리자들이 그곳을 순찰하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 그것은 마치 AIV의 훨씬 덜 흥미로운 형으로 보는 것과 같다. tutterMouse (대화) 17:09, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 꽤 괜찮은 흠집을 냈는데, 다른 사람이 공백을 메우고 싶을지도 몰라.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 00:29, 2014년 4월 26일(UTC)
Checkuser Block of Colonel헨리와 양말
이것은 지역사회에 내가 다음 계정을 무기한 차단할 것이라고 조언하기 위함이다.
수표를 실행하고 추가 조사를 수행할 수 있는 충분한 증거를 가진 숙련된 사용자가 그 계정을 내게 보여 주었다.다음 연구 결과는 지역사회가 좀 더 면밀하게 검토해야 한다.
- 5가지 사례: 대령님Henry와 Heierophant443 계정은 모두 동일한 AFD[29]에 참여했으며, 관리자들은 결과를 검토하고 합의가 변경되었을지 여부를 결정할 것을 권장했다.
- Raebodep1962의 편집 - 불과 4일 전에 만들어진 새로운 계정 - 불충분한 출처가 불분명한 주장들에 대한 심각한 BLP 위반으로 인해 탄압이 필요함
- '황소혈통 훈장' 기사의 진실성에 대한 심각한 질문
- Henry 대령은 계정을 만들면서, 그가 이전 계정을 가지고 있었다는 것을 확인한다.이 계정은 2004년 또 다른 조작 기사와의 초기 편집 과정에서 확인되었으며,
이 때문에 BLP 편집은 물론 이들 편집자의 기사 작문도 최소한 모두 검토하는 것이 중요하다.이것은 검토해야 할 많은 편집이며, 이 곳에서는 지역사회의 도움이 정말 필요하다.
곧 오프라인으로 전환될 예정이지만, 다른 체크유저에 의해 결과가 확인되었고 다른 체크유저와 공유되었다는 점에 유의하십시오.위험원 (대화) 07:40, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 참고: 이제 블록이 완료되었으며, 블록 로그에 이 게시물의 차이점을 포함하려고 함.대령Henry와 Heierophant443 계정은 블록에 대한 조언을 받고 그들의 대화 페이지에 어떠한 성명도 올리도록 지시 받았다. 만약 그들이 그렇게 한다면, 그들의 의견을 이 섹션으로 전달하는 것이 유용할 수 있다.위험원 (대화) 07:46, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 방금 불스 블러드 훈장 검사를 끝냈어.그것은 전적으로 잘못 전달되거나 완전히 검증되지 않은 출처들로 구성되었다.이제 직접 검증 가능한 유일한 정보로 축소되어(기사의 이력을 단계별 기록으로 확인) 두 문장에 불과하며, '사회'가 명백한 날조였음을 나타낸다.— Scott•talk 14:27, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- P.S. 나도 AfD로 기사를 가져가는 것에 그쳤지만, 나는 그것이 삭제 논의의 대상이 되어야 한다고 생각한다.— Scott•talk 16:48, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 나는 모든 AfDs를 검토했고 대중문화에서 J. 알프레드 프루프록의 러브송을 복원하기로 결정했다.AfD의 (브리핑) 근거는 Wikipedia:삭제 조항/대중문화 J.알프레드 프루프록의 러브송(우리는 이 기사에 대한 다음 AfD 후보 지명을 기다릴 것이다. 만약 그렇다면, DGG에 통보해 주십시요.)나머지는 괜찮아 보여, 양말 없이 똑같이 결론이 날 거야.Drmies (토크) 00:24, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- P.S. 나도 AfD로 기사를 가져가는 것에 그쳤지만, 나는 그것이 삭제 논의의 대상이 되어야 한다고 생각한다.— Scott•talk 16:48, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- FAS 과정에는 종종 12명 이상의 편집자들이 참여하지만, 조작 자료나 잘못된 소싱이나 다른 문제들이 빠져나갔을 가능성은 거의 없습니다, 대령님.헨리는 7개의 FA의 지명자였고 나는 GA의....대단한 수를 세지 않았다.--MONGO 16:07, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
CH는 현재 FAC에 다른기사를게재하고있으며, 의견을 기다리고 있다.....여기서 지휘봉을 잡고 싶은 사람이 없다면 철회해야 한다.--MONGO16:24, 2014년 4월 21일(UTC)CH는 스스로 해당 기사를 삭제해 줄 것을 요청한 것으로 보인다.--MONGO 01:48, 2014년 4월 22일(UTC)
- 레이져와 스콧 나는 너희 둘에게 이메일을 보냈어.2014년 4월 21일 블로펠드 박사 16:11, 21 ( 16:11, 21)
- 질문:원래 콜로넬 이전의 작품이었나?헨리 계정이 이미 막혔어?만약 그렇지 않다면, 그렇게 해야 하는가?BMK (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 16:40 (UTC)
IMO, 막히지 않으면 막아야 한다.JoeSperrazza (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 16:49 (UTC) 곰곰이 생각해 보면, 구 계정을 차단할 필요는 없다고 생각한다.JoeSperrazza (대화) 17:18, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)- RTV가 행사된 계정이었기 때문에 Risker가 위에 언급하지는 않았다고 생각한다.나 또한 이전의 프라이버시 요청에 따른 이용자 학대 사건의 경우 어떻게 진행할지 불확실하기 때문에 직접 링크하지는 않겠지만, 조작 기사의 이력을 보면 매우 빨리 드러난다.이 글을 읽는 사람이라면 내가 너무 지나쳤다고 생각한다면 내 코멘트를 지우고, 그러나 나는 그것이 오랫동안 비밀에 부쳐질 것이라고는 상상할 수 없다.— Scott•talk 16:54, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 편집자가 돌아올 때 RTV는 합법적이지 않다.편집으로 돌아가면 편집자의 사생활권이 없어지기 때문에 사라진 사용자 이름은 원래 이름으로 다시 명명되어야 한다.조작 기사 편집과 연관된 명백한 폐기 계정도 있다.다들 너무 늙어서 대령과 연결될 수 없을 것 같아불행히도 헨리는 CU를 경유했다.BMK (대화) 17:50, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 나는 동의하고 싶지만, WP에서 쪽지를 하나 떨어뜨렸다.BN은 여기서 주제에 대한 관료적 의견을 요청한다.— Scott•talk 18:08, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 그것은 그의 예의범절이 무효가 될 것이다.어떤 나무 상자라도 사라진 것을 되돌리는 것은 환영할 일이다.약 8시간 동안은 연락이 안 될 겁니다.(니혼죠는 자신의 공용 기계 계정으로)Joeatworknotsecure (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 19:41, 21 (UTC)
- 나는 그것이 행해지는 것이 매우 적절하다고 생각한다.What Colonel헨리는 지금까지 위키피디아를 손상시키기 위해 할 수 있는 최악의 일을 했다.반달들은 기사에 페니스와 핍을 더하고, 우리 독자들은 짜증을 낼 것이지만, 그들은 그것이 거기에 있어서는 안 된다는 것을 알고 있다.그러나, 잘 문서화 되어 있는 것처럼 보이는 날조 기사는 우리의 신뢰를 정면으로 찌르는 것이다.내가 좀 과장된 것에 빠져들 수 있다면, 잘 만들어진 가짜 기사들을 만드는 것은 우리의 '고반역'에 해당하는 것으로 여겨져야 하며, 가해자는 우리로부터 어떠한 동정이나 양보를 받을 자격이 없다.우리는 처벌은 하지 않지만, 프로젝트를 손상으로부터 보호하고, 이 사람이 무엇을 했는지, 어떤 이름으로 어떤 일을 했는지 추적하고, 앞으로 그에게서 프로젝트를 보호하는 데 확실히 도움이 될 것이다.내게는, 그는 너무 쉽게 도망갔기 때문에, 그와 연결된 다른 계정이 아직 없다고 믿기에는 너무 쉽게 도망갔는데, 그것은 버려진 계정을 조작으로부터 확실하게 차단할 수 있는 좋은 이유가 된다.
- ProySon(대화 · 기여 · 로그) - 2007년 5월 13일 생성, 2007년 5월 13일 첫 편집, 2007년 10월 19일 마지막 편집, 주제와 관련된 모든 편집
- Lodge443(토크 · 기여 · 로그) - 2007년 4월 9일 작성, 2007년 4월 9일 첫 편집, 2010년 4월 21일 마지막 편집, 주제와 관련된 모든 편집(Daily Princetonian 기사, "Lodge443"는 비밀 사회의 가명으로 주어짐)
ResearchRU(토크·기여·로그)-2010년 4월 11일 생성, 2010년 4월 11일첫편집, 2010년 4월 14일 마지막 편집,두편집모두가짜 기사 편집(My error - BMK (talk) 17:28, 2014년 4월 25일(UTC)- Anonymous1900(토크 · 기여 · 로그) - 2010년 4월 14일 생성, 첫 번째 편집 2010년 4월 14일, 마지막 편집 2010년 7월 1일, 모든 편집 관련 편집
- BMK (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 20:01, (UTC)
- 비록 내가 대역죄라는 단어를 사용하지 않을지라도 나는 동의한다.하지만 나는 한동안 양말을 가지고 있는 잘 확립된 편집자들이 있다고 믿어 왔다.가짜 계정을 만드는 것은 매우 쉽고, 특정한 평판을 가진 편집자가 첨부된 수하물 없이 편집하기를 원한다면, 그것이 높은 인물이나 논란이 되는 기사를 편집하지 않는 한 그들은 그것을 피할 수 있을 것이다.물론 허위 출처를 가지고 날조된 기사를 만드는 것은 양말을 만드는 것을 훨씬 넘어 가장 높은 질책을 받을 가치가 있다.
- 그러나 CU는 내가 가지고 있지 않은 입증 가능한 증거를 요구하기 때문에 이것은 비난이 아니다. 그리고 양말 계정을 추구하는 것은 내가 여기서 시간을 보내고 싶은 방법이 아니다.하지만 레이져와 DoRD가 잘 해줘서 고마워.나는 네가 잠자는 사람 계좌도 확인했으면 좋겠어.리즈 20:50, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 나는 그것이 행해지는 것이 매우 적절하다고 생각한다.What Colonel헨리는 지금까지 위키피디아를 손상시키기 위해 할 수 있는 최악의 일을 했다.반달들은 기사에 페니스와 핍을 더하고, 우리 독자들은 짜증을 낼 것이지만, 그들은 그것이 거기에 있어서는 안 된다는 것을 알고 있다.그러나, 잘 문서화 되어 있는 것처럼 보이는 날조 기사는 우리의 신뢰를 정면으로 찌르는 것이다.내가 좀 과장된 것에 빠져들 수 있다면, 잘 만들어진 가짜 기사들을 만드는 것은 우리의 '고반역'에 해당하는 것으로 여겨져야 하며, 가해자는 우리로부터 어떠한 동정이나 양보를 받을 자격이 없다.우리는 처벌은 하지 않지만, 프로젝트를 손상으로부터 보호하고, 이 사람이 무엇을 했는지, 어떤 이름으로 어떤 일을 했는지 추적하고, 앞으로 그에게서 프로젝트를 보호하는 데 확실히 도움이 될 것이다.내게는, 그는 너무 쉽게 도망갔기 때문에, 그와 연결된 다른 계정이 아직 없다고 믿기에는 너무 쉽게 도망갔는데, 그것은 버려진 계정을 조작으로부터 확실하게 차단할 수 있는 좋은 이유가 된다.
- 그것은 그의 예의범절이 무효가 될 것이다.어떤 나무 상자라도 사라진 것을 되돌리는 것은 환영할 일이다.약 8시간 동안은 연락이 안 될 겁니다.(니혼죠는 자신의 공용 기계 계정으로)Joeatworknotsecure (대화) 2014년 4월 21일 19:41, 21 (UTC)
- 나는 동의하고 싶지만, WP에서 쪽지를 하나 떨어뜨렸다.BN은 여기서 주제에 대한 관료적 의견을 요청한다.— Scott•talk 18:08, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 편집자가 돌아올 때 RTV는 합법적이지 않다.편집으로 돌아가면 편집자의 사생활권이 없어지기 때문에 사라진 사용자 이름은 원래 이름으로 다시 명명되어야 한다.조작 기사 편집과 연관된 명백한 폐기 계정도 있다.다들 너무 늙어서 대령과 연결될 수 없을 것 같아불행히도 헨리는 CU를 경유했다.BMK (대화) 17:50, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- RTV가 행사된 계정이었기 때문에 Risker가 위에 언급하지는 않았다고 생각한다.나 또한 이전의 프라이버시 요청에 따른 이용자 학대 사건의 경우 어떻게 진행할지 불확실하기 때문에 직접 링크하지는 않겠지만, 조작 기사의 이력을 보면 매우 빨리 드러난다.이 글을 읽는 사람이라면 내가 너무 지나쳤다고 생각한다면 내 코멘트를 지우고, 그러나 나는 그것이 오랫동안 비밀에 부쳐질 것이라고는 상상할 수 없다.— Scott•talk 16:54, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 체크 유저 레이져와 도RD가 이곳에서 해 준 일, 그리고 스콧이 '불의 피' 기사를 정리해준 것에 대해 감사드린다.지난 몇 년간 학대의 전모를 밝혀내기 위해 할 수 있는 추가 조사 작업이 있는가?쿠르티스 16:41, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
ColonelHenry의 이전 계정은 ExplorerCDT(talk · 기여 · logs) (현재 Shared user azby388723i8jfjh32(talk · 기여 · logs)로 알려져 있다.)이었다.그 기고문을 현존하는 경우와 삭제된 경우 모두 추가로 삭제된 거짓 기사가 드러난다.
과 같다.
— Scott • 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC) 20:37에 대해 자세히 설명:
— Scott • 대화 18:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 뉴캐슬 그룹과 크리스토퍼 D의 존재를 보증한 4.188.213.145(토크 · 기여 · 로그)를 추가할 수 있다고 생각한다.Tieme in the AfDs. BMK (대화) 22:00, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 흥미롭게도, 사용자 이름을 바꾸는 것은 이전 논평에서 그들의 시그니처를 바꾸지 않는다. 그래서 크리스토퍼 D의 AfD에서는 말이다.위에 링크된 Thieme는 "ExplorerCDT"가 서명한 코멘트를 찾을 수 있을 겁니다.헨리, 거기서 그는 크리스토퍼 D라고 주장한다.티엠, 하지만 그는 4.188 IP가 "스토커"라고 주장한다.BMK (대화) 22:07, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 예 - RTV는 검색 엔진의 시선으로부터 당신을 제거하지만, 그것은 인간에게 아무런 장벽을 제공하지 않는다 - 비록 이름 변경 로그 항목이 삭제되더라도, 이전 대화 페이지 기여 (및 파일 업로드)는 사용자 이름을 영구히 기록한다.만약 플로우가 현실이 된다면, 그것은 더 이상 논의의 대상이 되지 않을 것이다; 하지만 그것이 좋은 것이라는 것에 대한 찬반 논쟁이 분명히 있다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 11시 25분 대화(UTC)
- 나는 이 질문에 대답하는 것을 싫어한다. 왜냐하면 나는 정말로 어떻게 "outing"에 대한 규칙이 정확히 작동하는지 이해하지 못하기 때문이다.BMK (대화) 22:40, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 두 가지 사항; 위의 두 체크 사용자가 이미 언급한 내용을 확인할 수 있다.둘째, 공식 WP를 설치할 수 있는가?이걸 추적할 SPI 케이스야말하자면 토끼구멍은 정말 깊이 들어가고, 이 편집자가 몇 번이고 돌아올 것 같은 생각이 든다.거의 10년 전으로 거슬러 올라가기 때문에, 이것들을 대조하고 추적하는 것이 유용할 것이다 - Alison 20:43, 2014년 4월 21일 (여기 내 휴대폰에)
- 확인하러 갔는데 삭제된 이후 이전 CU 요청을 발견했어.Wikipedia로 복원:Sockpuppet 조사/콜로넬지역 사회 리뷰를 위한 헨리아직 자세히 보지는 않았지만 이전 양말이 있을 수 있다 - 앨리슨 21:36, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 나는 헨리 대령이 로버트 클라크 영에 관한 기사를 쓰고 있었다는 것이 흥미롭다고 생각한다.그는 자신의 사용자 페이지에서 자신에 대한 기사가 위키피디아(남들이 작성한 것)에 있다고 언급했는데, 아마도 그것 역시 외출로 간주될지는 모르겠지만 확인할 수 있을 것이다.리즈 21:43, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 대령님이 그렇게 생각하시는 겁니까?헨리가 Qworty의 귀환인가?나는 그것이 사실이라면 놀랄 것이다, 왜냐하면 나는 로버트 클라크 영과 럿거스의 어떤 연관성도 보지 못하기 때문이다, 나는 그것이 사실이라고 예상할 것이다.그래서, "아이러닉"은 아마도 맞을 것이다.BMK (대화) 21:56, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 나는 대령이 관심을 가지고 있던 영 전기의 일부를 제거했다.헨리. 나는 영이 노부모를 돌보는 다큐멘터리에 대한 부분을 삭제했는데, 출처가 모두 원초적이고 다큐멘터리를 보여주지 못한 것이 중요했기 때문이다.영의 적수인 브래드 바이스에 대한 주장, 영과는 전혀 상관없는 주장들도 무더기로 없앴다.브링크스터넷 (대화) 22:11, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 헨리 대령은 자신의 가명 또는 가족 구성원인 브라우 주전자, 캐스퍼 샤퍼, 오와사 호수, 미니싱크에 의해 "미발표 작품"에 대한 기사에 참고자료를 삽입하고 있었던 것으로 보인다.이것은 익스플로러CDT와 유사한 행동의 연속이다. 예를 들어 뉴저지 서섹스 카운티와 같은.내가 보기에 우리는 그의 편집 내용을 자세히 검토해야 할 것 같다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 21일(UTC) 대화
- 지역사회는 거짓말로 의심되는 기사 태그를 만드는 것에 대해 어떻게 생각하는가?"자원봉사자들은 그것이 진실인지 확인하고 있다" 타입의 문구.적어도 그것은 더 보기 좋아 보이고 우리가 캐주얼하고 처음 보는 사용자들에게 이슈로 이 사건을 다루고 있다는 것을 보여준다.저 밖에는 상당한 숫자가 있을지도 모른다.발견되기 전 가짜 기사 지속시간, 빈도 등에 대해 어떤 작업이 수행된 적이 있는가?아이언돔 (대화) 23:09, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 그 어떤 곡예도 있을 수 없지만, 그가 마치 자발적인 것처럼 자신의 토크 페이지에 "퇴직"을 붙이는 것은 좋지 않은가?Drmies (토크) 00:58, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나는 또한 Fran Hzner를 의심한다.Drmies (토크) 2014년 4월 22일 01:10 (UTC)
- 이 계정에서 어떤 물질에 대한 생존 기여가 없으므로, 아마도 모호한 사항일 것이다.Newyorkbrad (대화) 01: 16, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC
- 아무도 언급하지 않을 것이기 때문에, 이 모든 것은 마치 외부 사이트의 블로그에 의해 시작된 것처럼 보이는데, 나는 내 위키 라이프를 위해 떨리는 두려움 속에서 이름을 짓지도, 연결하지도 않을 것이다.;P 나는, 그러나 매우 흥미로운 블로그에 대해 "March Hare"에게 감사를 표할 것이다.또한, 그 블로그의 댓글에 따르면, 몇 개의 양말/IP라는 이름이 더 있다.건배, 훌드라 (대화) 09:02, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
양말 목록
위 앨리슨과 같은 생각인데 우리가 생각하는 것보다 더 깊이 들어갈 것 같아서 카테고리:대령의 위키백과 삭푸펫Henry and Category:대령의 위키백과 삭푸펫 의심헨리, 우릴 도와줘자이언트 스노우맨 09:08, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- @Scott: - 범주:CDThieme의 위키피디아 삭스푸펫 의심, 2008년 양말 계정의 양말 목록인 것 같은데...자이언트 스노우맨 18:44, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
이것들을 방금 찾았다.
— Scott • 대화 18:46, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나는 이 새로운 (또는 오래된) 범주에서 대령으로 어떤 것도 옮기지 않을 것이다.헨리 원, 그게 현명하다고 생각하지 않는 한?그런데 어차피 서브캣으로 바꿔놨으니까 아직 연결돼 있어.자이언트 스노우맨 18:53, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
그래서, 만약 내가 이것을 일차 계정과 관련하여 직설적으로 이해한다면, 우리는 다음과 같이 할 수 있다.
- ExplorerCDT(현재 사라진 사용자 azby388723i8jfjh32) - 2004년 9월부터 2007년 2월까지 RL 이름을 사용하여 자신의 이미지를 업로드한 사용자
- CDThieme - 2005년 4월부터 2006년 10월까지
- (5년 간격 - 추정컨대 RL 직원이 뉴저지 주와 다른 방식으로 관련되었을 때)
- 헨리 대령 - 2012년 5월부터 2014년 4월까지
그리고 확인된 삭스푸펫 2개와 의심스러운 삭스푸펫 약 16개(?)가 3개의 계정에 연결된 17개가 있다.
@GiantSnowman:내 제안은 이차 층을 없애고 대령 휘하의 모든 의심스러운 양말 퍼펫을 나열하는 것이다.헨리. 지금 막 겪어보니까 헷갈리는 것 같아.BMK (대화) 19:55, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
2014년 4월 22일 20:00(UTC) 완료
- 위키백과를 참조하십시오.관리자 알림판/IncidentArchive56#CDThieme sockpuppetry.자이언트 스노우맨 20:02, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 내가 방금 뭘 읽었어?그는 투표가 쌓여 있다는 것이 증명되었고, 그 당시 얻은 것은 솜방망이뿐이었단 말인가?쿠르티스 12:53, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
커뮤니티 금지 제안
참여 NAC: 반제정.BMK (대화) 19:38, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC) 향후 이슈를 피하기 위해 무배당자의 추가 발언: 반 총장이 제정했다.→ Call meHahc21 20:53, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC) |
- 다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.
만약 당신이 지역사회의 금지가 대령 뒤에 있는 사람에게 적합하다고 믿는다면, 위에 제시된 행동 증거에 근거하여 아래를 따져보십시오.Henry 계정 및 양말: Cla68 (토크) 23:42, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 지원 - 확실히 "징계"로서가 아니라, 10년 동안 이 프로젝트를 거짓으로 악용한 경험이 있는 사람이 적절하기 때문만이 아니라, 그에 대한 향후 조치가 금지라는 완전한 권한으로 수행될 수 있도록 해줄 것이기 때문이다.사실, 나는 그가 지금 거의 확실히 다른 속셈을 가지고 어딘가에서 활동하고 있다고 믿는다. 그리고 아마도 이 토론도 읽고 있을 것이다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 10:17, 대화(UTC)
- 지역사회의 금지를 지지한다면, 이 사람은 지역사회의 신뢰를 잃었고 아마도 그것을 되찾을 수 없을 것이다.그들은 여기서 환영받지 못한다.자이언트 스노우맨 10:58, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나는 사실 그의 사용자 페이지에 금지된 템플릿을 추가하고 공식적인 제안은 포기하자고 제안할 생각이었다.대령헨리는 이미 사실상의 커뮤니티가 금지되어 있다; 그들의 올바른 생각을 가진 어떤 관리자도 이 블록을 되돌릴 수 없고, 그의 다음 계정들 중 어떤 것도 이 사이트를 자유롭게 편집하는 것을 허용하지 않을 것이다.쿠르티스 11:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 공동체 금지는 빠른 속도로 추진되어서는 안 된다.그것은 위험한 일일 것이다.그렇게 조급해 하지 마세요.Doc talk 11:38, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 원칙적으로 동의한다.나는 대부분의 경우에 앞서 말한 논의에 매우 강력히 반대한다.그러나 이 경우, 나는 지역사회의 압도적인 지지에 못지 않은 어떤 것도 받는 것을 금지하는 제안된 사이트를 짐작할 수 없었다.쿠르티스 16:25, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 그 말이 나온다면, 나는 속임수의 깊이와 그것이 계속될 확률을 바탕으로 지원을 해야 할 것이다.이 이후에 이 사용자를 신뢰할 수 있는 방법은 없다.Doc talk 11:50, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 내 추가사항을 WP에 돌려놨구나LOBU, 하지만 솔직히 나는 "위험"에 대한 너의 언급이 틀렸다고 생각해.이 상황은 완전히 모호하지 않으며, 아무도 바로 지역 사회 금지로 가는 것이 일종의 구속력 있는 선례라고 제안하지 않는다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 12시 8분 대화(UTC)
- 와우! 네가 내 토크페이지에 올린 글에서 옮겨왔어.
- 커뮤니티에 의해 금지된 사용자를 스스로 선언하지 마십시오.너는 이미 돌이켜졌다. 그리고 너는 그것이 너 이외의 누군가에 의해 공식적으로 닫힐 때까지 기다릴 것이다.고마워요.문서 대화 12:08, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나는 네가 나에게 그런 어조를 취하지 않도록 감사할 것이다. 특히 여기서 토론이 벌어지고 있는 것을 볼 때, 나는 그 행동에 대한 토론에 열려 있다는 것을 완전히 분명히 했다.진짜 지옥이야.— Scott•talk 12:12, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 결과가 뻔할 지언정 그렇게 빨리 공동체 금지를 선언할 수는 없다.이 부분은 보관도 안 됐는데 금지된 사용자 목록에 추가하셨잖아요.기분 상했다면 내 말투에 사과할게.문서 대화 12:18, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 현 상황을 공식화하기 위한 스콧 당 지지 (이 편집자가 현재 사실상 금지되어 있다는 쿠르티스의 말은 분명히 옳지만, 커뮤니티 금지를 제정하는 것은 희망컨대 메시지를 보내고 약간의 서류 작업을 줄일 것이다.)닉-D (대화) 11:53, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 위의 쿠르티스의 제안에 근거한 논평 나는 그것을 했다.만약 내가 총을 쐈다고 생각하는 사람이 있다면, 금지된 사용자 템플릿의 나의 추가를 대령에게 돌려주십시오.Henry; 그렇지 않으면, 이 시점에서 그 계정 운영자와 관련된 sockpuppet의 운영자는 무한정 공동체를 금지한다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 11시 56분 대화(UTC)
- 지원 커뮤니티 금지 / Scott의 조치 승인 - BMK (대화) 12:25, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 현실적으로, 그가 금지되지 않을 가능성은 없다.그러나 "흡입 토론은 일반적으로 24시간 이상 열려 있어 광범위한 지역사회 구성원들로부터 의견을 들을 수 있다"고 말했다.가장 끔찍한 범죄자들을 위해 이것을 포기할 수 있을까?24시간도 없고, 그게 시스템이야.문서 대화 12:39, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 사용자:Doc9871, 만약 "현실적으로, 그가 금지되지 않을 가능성은 없다"고 한다면, 금지 토론이 당신에게 자원 낭비처럼 들리지 않는가? :/ 이것은 WP에게 좋은 사례처럼 보인다.내게는 IAR. (그리고 "보통"은 "때로는 더 오래 지속된다"는 의미일 수도 있지만, 그것은 또한 더 짧은 것을 의미할 수도 있다.24시간은 돌에 새기지 않는다.)나는 그 금지를 지지하고, 나는 공동체 시간이 기정사실을 논하는 대신에 확인될 수 있는 모든 문제들을 복구하는데 투입될 수 있도록 지금 그것을 시행하는 것을 지지한다.너무 성급하게 금지가 부과되는 것을 원치 않으시는 당신의 본능에 감사드리며, 만약 내가 여기에 회색 빛이 있다고 생각한다면 바로 그 자리에 함께 있으시겠지만, 다른 결과에 대해 "기회는 없다"는 당신의 의견에 동의하는 마음이 있다. --Moonedgirl 12:52, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 24시간 동안 죽음의 방을 기다릴 수 없다면 정책의 언어를 바꿔라.어떤 것은 12시간 안에 쓸려갈 수 있고, 어떤 것은 24의 혜택을 받는다.누가 더 빨리 달려들어?경우에 따라서좋아.문서 대화 12:57, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 이미 이것을 가능하게 하는 훨씬 오래된 메커니즘을 가지고 있기 때문에, 그것은 완전히 불필요할 것이다.또한 "죽음의 방"과 같은 멜로 언어를 잠시 쉬게 해 줘라, 이 논의에 유용한 것은 하나도 없다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 13:11, 대화(UTC)
- 네가 내 은유를 좋아하든 싫어하든 상관없어.조금도 아니다.IAR은 24도 안 돼 문을 닫고, 재미있게 놀아라.문서 대화 13:22, 2014년 4월 22일(UTC)
- 나는 왜 공동체 금지에 관한 한 "정상적인" 24시간부터 시작해야 하는지를 상상할 수 없다."특별한" 경우에는 1시간이면 충분하다.더 높이, 더 빨리 걸어.브라보! IAR을 위한 과정을 침식하는 것은 정말 존경할 만한 일이다.치어리더 독톡 13:34, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 사용자:Doc9871, 아무도 교수형에 처해지지 않는다. 그것은 사망 정책이 아니다.위키백과에서 금지되는 것은 완전히 비살상적이다...되돌릴 수 있는내가 당신에게 한 질문은 진심이었다 - 만약 당신이 동의하는 것조차 기정사실인데도 불구하고 대화가 계속되어야 하는 이유가 있다면, 다른 사람들이 당신과 함께 하는 것이 훨씬 더 쉬울 것이다.그렇지 않으면, 나는 정말로 이것을 다른 사람들이 쌓아올릴 수 있도록 퍼뜨릴 아무런 가치도 없다고 본다. --Moonedgirl(talk) 13:38, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 내가 "흥"이라고 말하면, 그것은 비유일 뿐이다.내 말은, 모든 사람이 공평한 대우를 받는다는 거야.24시간을 기다리는 것이 얼마나 힘든가?24시간도 필요 없을 정도로 확신했기 때문에 이론상으로는 얼마나 많은 경우들이 일찍 종결될 수 있었을까?누가 그걸 결정하겠어?"최소한 24시간"이 아니라 "0"시간이라고 말하는 게 어때?IAR은 정말 훌륭해.IAR이 실제 생활로 번역된다면 나는 차를 운전할 때 모든 정지 신호를 작동시킬 것이다.경찰도, 멈추지 마!독톡 13:54, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 문제는, 적어도 당신의 일부 답변의 톤이 토론과 다른 사용자들에게 이 토론의 종결의 번복에 대한 설명/합리화에 큰 도움이 되지 않았다는 것이다.비록 몇몇/모든 다른 사용자들이 궁극적으로 당신의 행동이나 그것에 대한 당신의 이유에 동의하지 않는다 하더라도, 나는 당신이 사용한 은유 또한 적절하지 않았다고 생각한다.선의로 한 행동을 변호할 때 불필요하게 개인적으로 비판한 것을 받아들이는 것처럼 보인다.나는 여러 경우에서 역전이 적절한 좋은 이유가 많다고 생각한다.예를 들어, 그것은 다른 시간대의 사용자들에게 만약 그들이 그렇게 하기를 원한다면 반대할 수 있는 기회를 줄 것이다(공정하다.또한 과거 전직 아르브컴 회원들이 보관되기 전에 커뮤니티 금지 토론에 더 많은 시간이 필요하다는 실망감이나 우려를 표했던 경우를 회상할 수 있다(금지된 사용자가 호소문을 가지고 그들에게 달려갈 것이기 때문이다).그러나 관리자가 공식적인 금지(내가 본 바로는 현 시점에서 확실히 아무런 증거도 없는)가 없을 때 사용자의 차단을 해제할 준비가 되어 있을 것이라는 진정한 의심이 없는 한, 공식적인 금지법을 제정하지 않고 이 특별한 논의를 열어두면 또 어떤 것을 달성할 수 있을지는 불분명하다.이것은 지역사회에 보고된 최근의 CU블록에서도 최근 사실상의 금지가 부과된 경우다.Ncmvocalist (대화) 14:39, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 내가 "흥"이라고 말하면, 그것은 비유일 뿐이다.내 말은, 모든 사람이 공평한 대우를 받는다는 거야.24시간을 기다리는 것이 얼마나 힘든가?24시간도 필요 없을 정도로 확신했기 때문에 이론상으로는 얼마나 많은 경우들이 일찍 종결될 수 있었을까?누가 그걸 결정하겠어?"최소한 24시간"이 아니라 "0"시간이라고 말하는 게 어때?IAR은 정말 훌륭해.IAR이 실제 생활로 번역된다면 나는 차를 운전할 때 모든 정지 신호를 작동시킬 것이다.경찰도, 멈추지 마!독톡 13:54, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 사용자:Doc9871, 아무도 교수형에 처해지지 않는다. 그것은 사망 정책이 아니다.위키백과에서 금지되는 것은 완전히 비살상적이다...되돌릴 수 있는내가 당신에게 한 질문은 진심이었다 - 만약 당신이 동의하는 것조차 기정사실인데도 불구하고 대화가 계속되어야 하는 이유가 있다면, 다른 사람들이 당신과 함께 하는 것이 훨씬 더 쉬울 것이다.그렇지 않으면, 나는 정말로 이것을 다른 사람들이 쌓아올릴 수 있도록 퍼뜨릴 아무런 가치도 없다고 본다. --Moonedgirl(talk) 13:38, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 정말 엄청난 학대의 역사가 끝난 후 상식적인 지원을 하라.그러나 논의의 기조를 개선하거나 사태 해결에 도움이 되지 않는 것처럼 사형제도에 대한 언급은 피할 수 있을까.단 하나의 결과만이 원격으로 그럴듯하다는 점을 고려할 때, 이 논의의 조기 종결은 올바른 결정이었다.파카란 13:49, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 코멘트 이것을 질질 끌 필요는 없다.이상에 따라, 금지가 복원된다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 14:38, 대화(UTC)
- 훌륭함 - 24시간이 금지를 제정하기 전에 기다려야 하는 기간이 아니라면 매달린 정책 언어를 변경하십시오.이것은 이 사건을 훨씬 넘어선다.몇 시간이면 충분할까? 24시간은 너무 많으니, 더 이상 제공되어서는 안 된다.Doc talk 14:53, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 의사 선생님, 제발 그만 좀 해자이언트 스노우맨 14:57, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
누가 이 구역을 닫아 주시겠습니까?그럴 거야, 하지만 이런 식으로 누군가 나를 준설드 판사와 비교하게 할 거야.— Scott • 2014년 4월 22일 19:02, 대화(UTC)
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분명히 모든 계정의 기여도를 재검토할 필요가 있지만, 우리는 이 편집자의 RL 이름에 대한 지나친 관심을 피할 수 있다.이것이 바람직하지 않은 이유가 있다.뉴욕브래드(대화) 23:45, 2014년 4월 21일 (UTC)
- 강력히 지지하다.나는 이 일의 배후에 누가 있든 외설적이어야 한다고 생각한다. 하지만 개인으로부터 벗어나서 모든 쓰레기들을 추적하도록 합시다.NYB와 Deor에게 좋은 피드백 고마워.아이언돔 (토크) 00:06, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 괜찮아, 하지만 RL 정체성은 대령이 추가한 미발표된 ref를 밝혀주는 거야.성이 같은 사람에 의한 헨리 - 그래서 완전히 피하는 것은 불가능하다.그래도, 요점은 알겠어.BMK (대화) 00:33, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그래, 좀 사려 깊을 필요가 있다고 본다.그래서 내가 지금까지 읽은 내용을 보면, 다른 사람들이 올린 글에서, 이 사람은 위키피디아와 위키피디아에 있는 여러 곳에서 그들이 누구인지 공개적으로 인정했다. 그들은 WP를 요청했다.그들이 미공개 계정(현재는 직접 연결된 복수의 계정 중 하나)을 동시에 사용하고 있는 동안 RTV (그들이 영원히 떠난다는 이유로); 사기적이고 프로젝트상 해악적인 행동과 추가가 과거와 현재 모든 계정에서 일어났으며, 10년 동안 유사한 형태를 취했다는 것.편집자가 공개 기록에 우려와 관심을 공개적으로 기록한 것도 사실이라면, 그 기사들에 공공연한 반달리즘이 있었다면 지역사회가 더 쉽게 검토할 수 있지 않을까.이 편집자는 지금까지 내가 본 바로는 아무도 언급하지 않은 현재 존재하는 다른 기사(BLP 포함)와 분명한 연관성을 가지고 있었다.만약 우리가 이 사람이 자백한 신원에 대해 말하는 것을 피한다면, 그가 그 기사에 끼친 가능한 영향이나 공개되지 않은 COI에 대해 어떻게 논할 것인가?__ E L A Q U E A T 00:49, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- RTV는 이 문제를 다루기에는 정말 약한 변명처럼 보인다.일단 지역사회의 신뢰가 산산조각이 났다는 것이 증명되고 나면, 이제 갑자기 나들이에 대한 문제가 생긴단 말인가?뿌린 대로 거두는 것이다.발각되다.독톡 02:59, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그래, 좀 사려 깊을 필요가 있다고 본다.그래서 내가 지금까지 읽은 내용을 보면, 다른 사람들이 올린 글에서, 이 사람은 위키피디아와 위키피디아에 있는 여러 곳에서 그들이 누구인지 공개적으로 인정했다. 그들은 WP를 요청했다.그들이 미공개 계정(현재는 직접 연결된 복수의 계정 중 하나)을 동시에 사용하고 있는 동안 RTV (그들이 영원히 떠난다는 이유로); 사기적이고 프로젝트상 해악적인 행동과 추가가 과거와 현재 모든 계정에서 일어났으며, 10년 동안 유사한 형태를 취했다는 것.편집자가 공개 기록에 우려와 관심을 공개적으로 기록한 것도 사실이라면, 그 기사들에 공공연한 반달리즘이 있었다면 지역사회가 더 쉽게 검토할 수 있지 않을까.이 편집자는 지금까지 내가 본 바로는 아무도 언급하지 않은 현재 존재하는 다른 기사(BLP 포함)와 분명한 연관성을 가지고 있었다.만약 우리가 이 사람이 자백한 신원에 대해 말하는 것을 피한다면, 그가 그 기사에 끼친 가능한 영향이나 공개되지 않은 COI에 대해 어떻게 논할 것인가?__ E L A Q U E A T 00:49, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 괜찮아, 하지만 RL 정체성은 대령이 추가한 미발표된 ref를 밝혀주는 거야.성이 같은 사람에 의한 헨리 - 그래서 완전히 피하는 것은 불가능하다.그래도, 요점은 알겠어.BMK (대화) 00:33, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
이것은 불필요한 손찌검의 전형적인 사례처럼 보인다.우리의 개인 정보 보호 정책은 속임수의 창작을 통해 사이트를 의도적으로 훼손하는 사람들에게까지 확대되지 않는다.심지어 WMF 개인 정보 보호 정책조차도 "사용자가 기사를 파괴하거나 지속적으로 파괴적인 행동을 한 경우"에 대해서는 예외를 둔다.—Kww(대화) 03:33, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 우리 정책의 전문성은 여기서 한참 벗어난다.우리는 이 개인의 이름을 함부로 튀기지 않고 필요한 기사들을 정리할 수 있고, 그렇게 할 이유가 있다.뉴욕브래드 (대화) 03:39, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 그러한 이유들은...?—Kww(대화) 03:41, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 여기서 논의하기에는 적합하지 않다.뉴욕브래드 (대화) 03:42, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 왜 그런지 설명조차 하지 않는 아주 모호한 한 진술에 근거해서 당신의 말을 믿어야만 할까?미안하지만, 그건 씻을 수가 없어.DPMuk (대화) 03:50, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 신중하고 신중하게 표현된 설득력 있는 주장을 보게 되어 항상 반갑다, NYB.—Kww(대화) 03:52, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그러한 이유들은 모든 인간들이 허용 가능한 관습 밖에서 행동한 것으로 밝혀졌을 때 조차도 존엄과 존경을 가지고 대우받아야 하기 때문이다.우리가 우리들 사이에서 가장 적게 대하는 방식은 우리 공동체를 전체적으로 대하는 태도다.그리고 이 프로젝트를 모든 면에서 완벽하게 편집하고 있는 사람이 단 한 명도 없고, 갑옷에 아무 실수도 없고, 여기나 다른 곳에서 아무런 실수도 하지 않았거나, 우리를 비웃고 괴롭히려는 다른 의제를 가진 사람에 의해 정상적인 행동이 과장될 수 없는 사람이 없기 때문이다.우리는 샤덴프로이드가 못생겼기 때문에 그것을 한다.편집자 문제가 아니라 백과사전에 관한 문제라서 하는 겁니다.
우리는 우리가 이용당한 것에 대해 불행할 권리가 있다. 그러나 우리는 또한 수년 전에 사용자의 첫 번째 계정과 심지어 2년 전에 두 번째 계정으로 중단될 수도 있었다.도중에 경고 표지판이 많이 있었지만 우리는 무시했다.우리는 그들에게서 배워야 한다.우리가 배울 필요가 없는 것은 어떻게 하면 우리 자신을 괴롭힐 수 있는가 하는 것이다.위험원 (대화) 03:59, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 대체로 나는 그러한 이유들에 동의한다.하지만 뉴욕브래드는 당신이 주는 것과 같은 이유를 논하는 데 분명히 해가 되지 않기 때문에 다른 이유가 있다고 제안했다.그 비밀은, 내 생각에, 특히 그것이 의도인지 아닌지에 상관없이, 거의 위협처럼 보이게 만드는, 앉은뱅이로부터, 받아들일 수 없는 것이다.DPMuk (대화) 04:07, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그것은 사람들이 자신의 행동에 대해 책임을 지게 하는 것이 어떻게든 그들의 존엄성을 박탈하거나 무례하게 구는 것이라고 가정하고 있다.사람들이 자신의 정체성을 보호하면서 공개적으로 잘못 행동할 권리가 있다는 것은 이러한 왜곡된 시각이다: 모든 사람들이 자신이 누구인지 알 때 사람들은 거의 같은 정도로 잘못 행동하지 않는다.—Kww(대화) 04:08, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- Per WP:OUTING "편집자가 이전에 자신의 개인 정보를 게시했다가 나중에 수정했다면, 위키피디아에서 반복되어서는 안 된다. 비록 현존하고, 스스로 공개되는 정보에 대한 언급은 외출로 간주되지 않는다. 이전에 올린 정보가 실수로 삭제됐다면 위키백과에서 반복하는 것은 외출로 간주된다."
- 이전에 여기서 어떤 실수가 있었나?아니면 이제 시작인가, 똥이 선풍기를 쳤으니?사람들이 바로 이 실타래 속에서 외출하는 "확인하거나 부정하지 말라"는 측면을 인식하지 못했기 때문에, 이제 분쟁이 시작될 때다.그렇지? 독톡 04:39, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- @Kww: 자, 이제, 여기에 문제가 있다.RTV는 수 년 동안 (적어도 2008년 이전으로 거슬러 올라가서), 사용자들이 자신들을 식별한 정보를 올렸을 때, 그리고 그들은 그 당시에 계정을 버리고, 그들을 훨씬 더 어렵게 만들기 위해 그것을 지우고, 바라건대 괴롭힘의 위험을 감소시킬 수 있었다.이것은 편집 경력의 초기 단계에서 자주 주어지는 정보가 외출과 괴롭힘이 일상화되기 전에 이 경우 "숨기는" 방법이었다.그러한 상황에서 사용자가 돌아올 수도 있다고 이해되었다.정책적으로 적든 아니든 이것이 표준이다.계좌가 RTV'd였던 당시에는 어떤 식으로든 제재가 없었고 RTV는 지역사회 규범에 따라 정확하게 진행됐다.누군가가 위키백과 편집자들을 괴롭히기 전에, 2005년에 어떤 말을 하지 말았어야 했다고 말하는 것은 쉬운 일이며, 이제 2014년에 그 결과를 지불해야 하지만, 그것은 또한 다소 어리석은 일이다.
나는 우리가 CCI를 하는 방법과 비슷한 방식으로 편집자 리뷰를 진행할 것을 제안한다; 아마도 마법사맨이나 문라이드걸은 몇 가지 조언을 줄 수 있을 것이다.그것이 우리가 사람들에게 책임을 묻는 방법이다; CCI의 경우, 그들은 상황을 정리하는데 도움을 줄 것으로 기대되지만, 이 경우에는 모든 계정이 차단되어 있기 때문에 그것은 불가능하다.이것은 공개 프로젝트인데, 우리가 매일 보는 POV 푸싱과 다른 미흡한 편집 사이의 유일한 차이점은 검토가 필요한 정도에 있다.그것은 쓰레기 작업이지만 우리가 항상 하는 것은 쓰레기 작업이다.위험원 (대화) 05:05, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- RTV는 결코 반환을 허락하지 않았다.RTV는 과거에 학대를 당했고 다시 그럴 것 같았지만, RTV는 완전히 사라져서 다시는 소식을 들을 수 없는 권리다.2009년 1월의 선두에는 "영구적으로 떠나기를 원하며, 과거의 편집과 연관성을 없애기 위해, 당신은 소멸할 권리를 행사할 수 있다"라고 쓰여 있다.첫 번째 버전은 "위키피디아 편집을 완전히 중단한 사용자들..".". —Kw(대화) 05:33, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그렇다면, RTV와 똑같이 생긴 또 다른 과정이 있고, RTV와 정확히 같은 단계를 수반하며, 특히 편집자들이 그 당시에 몰랐던 자기 자신에 대한 개인 정보를 유출했을 때, 오프위키(Off-wiki) 시사점을 가질 수 있다는 것을 알게 되었을 때, 수년 동안 계속되어 왔다.그러니 반상해 계좌이름 변경과 포기 또는 다른 것으로 하자.하지만 내가 기억하는 한 그것은 종종 깨끗한 시작과 함께 행해졌고, 많은 훌륭한 장기 사용자들이 그것을 행사해왔다.'크래프트'들이 거절할 이유가 없었다.위험원 (대화) 06:16, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- RTV는 결코 반환을 허락하지 않았다.RTV는 과거에 학대를 당했고 다시 그럴 것 같았지만, RTV는 완전히 사라져서 다시는 소식을 들을 수 없는 권리다.2009년 1월의 선두에는 "영구적으로 떠나기를 원하며, 과거의 편집과 연관성을 없애기 위해, 당신은 소멸할 권리를 행사할 수 있다"라고 쓰여 있다.첫 번째 버전은 "위키피디아 편집을 완전히 중단한 사용자들..".". —Kw(대화) 05:33, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- @Kww: 자, 이제, 여기에 문제가 있다.RTV는 수 년 동안 (적어도 2008년 이전으로 거슬러 올라가서), 사용자들이 자신들을 식별한 정보를 올렸을 때, 그리고 그들은 그 당시에 계정을 버리고, 그들을 훨씬 더 어렵게 만들기 위해 그것을 지우고, 바라건대 괴롭힘의 위험을 감소시킬 수 있었다.이것은 편집 경력의 초기 단계에서 자주 주어지는 정보가 외출과 괴롭힘이 일상화되기 전에 이 경우 "숨기는" 방법이었다.그러한 상황에서 사용자가 돌아올 수도 있다고 이해되었다.정책적으로 적든 아니든 이것이 표준이다.계좌가 RTV'd였던 당시에는 어떤 식으로든 제재가 없었고 RTV는 지역사회 규범에 따라 정확하게 진행됐다.누군가가 위키백과 편집자들을 괴롭히기 전에, 2005년에 어떤 말을 하지 말았어야 했다고 말하는 것은 쉬운 일이며, 이제 2014년에 그 결과를 지불해야 하지만, 그것은 또한 다소 어리석은 일이다.
- 그러한 이유들은 모든 인간들이 허용 가능한 관습 밖에서 행동한 것으로 밝혀졌을 때 조차도 존엄과 존경을 가지고 대우받아야 하기 때문이다.우리가 우리들 사이에서 가장 적게 대하는 방식은 우리 공동체를 전체적으로 대하는 태도다.그리고 이 프로젝트를 모든 면에서 완벽하게 편집하고 있는 사람이 단 한 명도 없고, 갑옷에 아무 실수도 없고, 여기나 다른 곳에서 아무런 실수도 하지 않았거나, 우리를 비웃고 괴롭히려는 다른 의제를 가진 사람에 의해 정상적인 행동이 과장될 수 없는 사람이 없기 때문이다.우리는 샤덴프로이드가 못생겼기 때문에 그것을 한다.편집자 문제가 아니라 백과사전에 관한 문제라서 하는 겁니다.
- 여기서 논의하기에는 적합하지 않다.뉴욕브래드 (대화) 03:42, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 그러한 이유들은...?—Kww(대화) 03:41, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 아이고! 누가 위의 편집자를 막아서 애매하지 않은 외출을 할 수 있겠니?;P 이 실 전체는 완전한 감시가 필요하다.독톡 08:31, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나는 어떻게 특정 주제 영역에서 부정적으로 편집하고 있는 것으로 밝혀진 편집자가 다른 COI 편집 사례에서 어떤 편집자보다 그들의 아이덴티티에 대해 더 많은 관심을 가질 수 있는지 이해할 수 없다.만약 이 사람이 RL에 공공의 럿거스 대학 특유의 문제와 연관성을 가지고 있었다고 밝혀지면, 그 주제에 대한 그들의 기여를 모두 검토하려면, 우리는 그것에 대해 이야기해야 한다.실제 생활에서 편집자가 도널드 트럼프라는 것을 알게 되면, 우리는 그것을 묻어버리는 것이 아니라 그것에 대해 이야기 할 것이고, 그래서 지역사회가 문제가 어디에 놓여질 수 있는지에 대한 어떤 아이디어로 연결된 페이지를 평가할 수 있을 것이다.만약 이 사람이 그들이 말한 사람이면, 그들은 현존하는 몇몇 기사와 연관되어 있는 지위를 갖는다.나는 선의로 그것을 필요로 하는 사람들에게 새로운 출발이 제공되어야 하지만 만약 우리가 자기 보호를 위해 그것을 은폐하는 것처럼 보이거나 당황하지 않기 위해 프로젝트를 해칠 수 있는 여러 개의 계좌에 대한 사기나 실생활에서의 사기를 모호하게 하지 말아야 한다고 생각한다.편집자가 그들이 편집해 온 기사에 부정적인 연관성이 있다는 것을 (우발적으로라도) 증명할 때, 우리는 그 연관성에 대해 이야기할 필요가 있다고 생각한다.우리는 "쉬, 이 새로운 계정이 코카콜라 홍보팀에서 일하는 것으로 밝혀진 그 사람과 똑같다는 것은 말할 것도 없다. 왜냐하면 그는 단지 코카콜라 기사를 편집하는 알려지지 않은 관련 시민이 되고 싶었을 뿐이기 때문이다."만약 그가 떠났다면 나는 그의 정체가 적절하다고 생각하지 않지만, 그는 사라지지 않았다.그의 인정된 신분을 지나치게 가리는 것은 프로젝트의 피해가 어디에 있는지를 흐리게 하고, BLP를 포함한 관련 기사 커뮤니티의 조사와 보호를 흐리게 한다.__ E L A Q U E A T 10:25, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 아이고! 누가 위의 편집자를 막아서 애매하지 않은 외출을 할 수 있겠니?;P 이 실 전체는 완전한 감시가 필요하다.독톡 08:31, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 여기서 물어보는 것은 "쉬, 이것에 대해 말하지 마"가 아니라 "이 사람의 이름을 구글로 폭파함으로써 정확한 보복을 하지 말자"라고 생각한다."오, 그리고 우리는 또한 이러한 기여들을 확인해야 한다"라는 맥락에서 오래된 계정 이름 등을 인용해야 하는 것과, "존 도가 이런 나쁜 짓을 했다"고 말하는 것은 다른 것이다.내가 신원미상 환자가 이런 나쁜 짓을 했다고 말했나?이봐, 여러분, 이 나쁜 짓을 한 사람은 존 도(JOH DOE)야!" TOS나 개인정보 보호정책에서 정보 공개를 허용하는 경우에도, 문제가 처리된 후에도 처벌(혹은 샤덴 프뢰데)만을 위해 그 정보를 과도하게 공표하고 재게재해야 한다는 뜻은 아니다.NYB와 레이져가 (선제적으로) 피하라고 하는 게 그런 것 같다.플루퍼넛은 샌드위치! (토크) 13:58, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그래, 그건 아주 공정한 평가야.예전 계정에서 사용자 페이지를 복원할 필요도 없을 것 같고, 동일한 추론을 위해, 그리고 정리 작업에 유용한 것을 추가하지 않을 것이기 때문이다.— Scott•talk 14:09, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 하룻밤 사이에 이 일을 좀 생각해 보니 스콧의 말에 동의한다.그 이름은 이제 어떤 타당한 이유로든 이용되어야 할지도 모르는 "밖의" 명칭으로, 던컨힐이 지적한 바와 같이, 그것을 필요로 하는 사람들에 의해 쉽게 발견될 수 있기 때문에, 현 시점에서 불필요하게 공공장소에서 그것을 명시하는 것은 거의 목적이 없다.BMK (대화) 16:34, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그리고 나는 RL에서 사람을 수치스럽게 하는 것이 유일한 목적이라면 사람의 이름이 위키피디아 행동이나 행동과 연관되어서는 안 된다는 것에 동의한다.그러나 발견된 신원을 조사해야 하는 이유는 분명히 그것뿐만이 아니다.만약 이 사람이 자신을 스스로 확인하지 않았고 위키백과 밖에서 사기꾼과 사기꾼이라는 공개적이고 공개적으로 문서화된 평판을 가지고 있지 않았다면, 우리가 아직 조사하지 않은 기사와의 연관성을 가지고 있다면, 나도 거기에 그대로 두었을 것이다.지금 상태로는 대령님을 바라보는 사람은 누구나헨리가 자신의 이익과 자질에 대해 주장하는 것은 그가 누군가와 턱없이 나쁜 관계를 맺는 대신, 정책적인 방법으로 어떻게든 잘못 짚은 일반적 청렴성을 갖춘 학자라고 추측할 수 있을 것이다.나는 그가 어디에서 자신을 잘못 표현했는지(그리고 공공연히 그리고 공개적으로 문서화되었다는 의미)를 아는 것이 그가 공개적으로 악명높게 관련된 논쟁에서 COI를 편집하지 않았는지를 확인하는 데 필수적이라고 생각한다.__ E L A Q U E A T E 17:48, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 위에 주어진 기분 나쁜 차이점 중 하나는 바로 이것이다.그래서 우리가 찾고 있는 것 중 하나는 티엠이라는 사람들이 쓴 (미공개?) 책이다. 나는 그렇게 말할 수 있다고 믿는다. 만약 그렇지 않다면, 뉴욕브래드는 이 논평을 다시 발표할 수 있을 것이다.우리는 또한 럿거스의 미화를 확인하기 위해 럿거스를 찾고 있다. 이 사람은 럿거스 남자였다.그건 이미 중요한 일이야.Drmies (토크) 2014년 4월 22일 18:07 (UTC)
- 그리고 나는 RL에서 사람을 수치스럽게 하는 것이 유일한 목적이라면 사람의 이름이 위키피디아 행동이나 행동과 연관되어서는 안 된다는 것에 동의한다.그러나 발견된 신원을 조사해야 하는 이유는 분명히 그것뿐만이 아니다.만약 이 사람이 자신을 스스로 확인하지 않았고 위키백과 밖에서 사기꾼과 사기꾼이라는 공개적이고 공개적으로 문서화된 평판을 가지고 있지 않았다면, 우리가 아직 조사하지 않은 기사와의 연관성을 가지고 있다면, 나도 거기에 그대로 두었을 것이다.지금 상태로는 대령님을 바라보는 사람은 누구나헨리가 자신의 이익과 자질에 대해 주장하는 것은 그가 누군가와 턱없이 나쁜 관계를 맺는 대신, 정책적인 방법으로 어떻게든 잘못 짚은 일반적 청렴성을 갖춘 학자라고 추측할 수 있을 것이다.나는 그가 어디에서 자신을 잘못 표현했는지(그리고 공공연히 그리고 공개적으로 문서화되었다는 의미)를 아는 것이 그가 공개적으로 악명높게 관련된 논쟁에서 COI를 편집하지 않았는지를 확인하는 데 필수적이라고 생각한다.__ E L A Q U E A T E 17:48, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 하룻밤 사이에 이 일을 좀 생각해 보니 스콧의 말에 동의한다.그 이름은 이제 어떤 타당한 이유로든 이용되어야 할지도 모르는 "밖의" 명칭으로, 던컨힐이 지적한 바와 같이, 그것을 필요로 하는 사람들에 의해 쉽게 발견될 수 있기 때문에, 현 시점에서 불필요하게 공공장소에서 그것을 명시하는 것은 거의 목적이 없다.BMK (대화) 16:34, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그래, 그건 아주 공정한 평가야.예전 계정에서 사용자 페이지를 복원할 필요도 없을 것 같고, 동일한 추론을 위해, 그리고 정리 작업에 유용한 것을 추가하지 않을 것이기 때문이다.— Scott•talk 14:09, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 플루퍼너츠터의 가벼운 스킨십 논리가 '가명은 실제 사람이다'라는 것에 더 나아가, 알려진 사기꾼을 그들이 말하는 사람이라고 믿는 문제 또한 있다(누군가가 충분한 이유와 문서화된 필요성이 없는 한, 회의적이고 오히려 모호해야 할 때).앨런스코트워커 (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 18:27 (UTC)
검토/정리의 잠재적 조정
사용자:위험자가 위에서 나를 감시했다.얼마나 끔찍한 상황인가. :(처음 이름붙인 내용 첨가 양말 두 개가 편집한 기사 목록을 만들었는데, 더 많은 것이 확인될수록 확대할 수 있다.만약 미해결된 우려가 있다면, 나는 원래의 소멸된 계정을 추가할 수 있다.이는 WP 수행에 사용하는 기여도 조사 도구([30])를 사용하여 수행되었다.CCI. 반전과 사소한 편집을 없애기 위해 토글되었지만, 아마도 이것들의 밑바닥 근처에는 덜 중요한 긴 흔적이 있을 것이다.높이 올라갈수록 기사 편집이 무겁게 됐다.만약 이 페이지가 유용하지 않다면, 나는 그것의 삭제에 대해 어떠한 반대도 하지 않지만, 그것은 가짜에 대한 "체크"를 조정하거나 심지어 봇이 검토를 위해 기사를 플래그하는 데 도움이 되는 방법이 될 수 있다.(최근 WP의 대규모 백로그에 기재된 기사에 대한 봇 플래그(bot flag)가 다음과 같은지에 대해 이야기 하고 있다.CCI는 비록 우리가 적극적으로 추진하지는 않았지만 지역사회의 정화를 촉진할 수 있을 것이다.)우리는 하나의 거대한 CCI에 bot blanking을 사용했고, 몇몇 사람들은 확인도 하지 않고 단순히 태그를 제거한다는 것을 발견했지만 도움이 되었다.리스트에 대한 인간적인 후속 조치가 필요했다. --Moonedgirl 11:57, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- FYI I는 목록에 있는 모든 사람이 연속적으로 편집하는 경우 기여를 생성하기 위해 사용자 이름 목록을 제공할 수 있는 도구를 가지고 있다.실제로 결과의 차이가 클 수 있기 때문에 도움이 되지 않을 수 있지만, 때때로 하나의 큰 차이점은 여러 개의 작은 차이보다 이해하기 쉽다.여기 예.만약 Sockpuppet에 의한 편집이 시간에 겹친다면, 도구는 모든 편집을 하나의 diff로 묶을 수 있기 때문에 도움이 될 수 있다.요누니크 (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 12시 21분 (UTC)
- CCI의 경우 개별 디프가 더 잘 작동할 수 있지만(때로는 사람들이 콘텐츠를 점진적으로 수정하고, 첫 디프에서 소스를 찾는 것이 더 쉽기 때문에), 이 경우에는 정말 유익할 수 있을 것 같다!해당 페이지의 내용을 자유롭게 덮어쓰십시오. Johnuniq. :) --Moonedgirl 12:45, 2014년 4월 22일(UTC)
- 고마워, 문라이드걸그렇다, 나는 가능하다면 "구" 계정이 검토에 포함되어야 한다고 생각한다; 그것은 많은 편집이 있었고 그들 중 일부는 이미 문제가 있는 것으로 판명되었다.위험원 (대화) 13:43, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 어제 6개 혹은 그 이상의 기사를 봤는데, 내가 뭘 찾고 있는지 정확히 알 수 없었지. 물론이지.나는 자기광고를 찾고 있었나 보네. 그리고 (BLP) 화이트워싱은 로버트 E에 많이 있었네. 물카히 3세, 하지만 이름을 밝히지 않을 사람에게 그것을 걸 수는 없다.나는 분명히 거짓된 것을 보지 못했지만, 다음 번에 나는 참고 자료들을 좀 더 주의깊게 볼 것 같다.Drmies (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 17:17 (UTC)
- 정리 검토에 참여하는 사용자의 경우, 참조에 실제로 그 원인이 무엇인지 기재되어 있는지 확인하십시오.이것은 반복되는 주제인데, 단순히 어떤 "모양"이 타당하다고 해서 그것이 정말로 옳다는 것을 의미하지는 않는다.나는 어젯밤에 대부분 은퇴한 편집자가 출처와 기사 사이에 상당한 차이가 있다는 증거를 가지고 나에게 이메일을 보냈다.정말 참고자료를 보고 확실히 해 두십시오.위험원 (대화) 2014년 4월 23일 14시 10분 (UTC)
- 이 경우에 한해 쉽게 검증되지 않는 오프라인 참조가 의심된다고 가정하는 것이 가장 좋은가?BMK (대화) 2014년 4월 23일 14:54 (UTC)
- 그거 좋은 생각인 것 같아.많은 경우에서 그는 온라인에서 검증 가능한 책들의 인쇄본을 사용한 것으로 보인다(예: 방금 내가 만든 인용 업그레이드) 그리고 그것이 아마도 최소한의 표준이 되어야 할 것이다.— Scott•talk 15:20, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
- 편집이 실행 불가능할 경우 어떻게 해야 하는가?에피케니우스 (토크) 23:58, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
- 이 경우에 한해 쉽게 검증되지 않는 오프라인 참조가 의심된다고 가정하는 것이 가장 좋은가?BMK (대화) 2014년 4월 23일 14:54 (UTC)
- 그는 럿거스 대학과 "Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"라는 문구와 연계하는 것에 대해 몹시 화가 난 것 같다.그것은 보이는 곳마다 고쳐져야 한다.— Scott • 2014년 4월 23일 15:31, 대화(UTC)
난 이걸 어디에 두어야 할지 모르겠다.기억하지 마십시오, 주님, 우리의 범죄인 GA를 확인하여 독일어로 번역하였습니다.그런 기사가 더 있었으면 좋겠다. --게르다 아렌트 (토크) 14:04, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
사라진 사용자의 작업에 대한 분석을 내 샌드박스에 넣었어.기본적으로 건전한 것 같다.나는 다른 계좌에도 똑같이 할 수 있다.소프트웨어는 상당히 새롭고(Jagged 85용으로 작성됨) 현재 버전과의 공통성은 다소 제한적이지만 공통성이 있다면 가장 큰 부분을 보여줄 것이다.최상의 선택:Rich Farmbrough, 05:29, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 이것은 출처에서 삭제된 문자적 주장만을 보여주는 것이라면 "건전함"을 보여주지 않는다.나는 어떤 사실이 아닌 자료라도 언뜻 보면 그럴듯하게 보일 것이라고 추측할 것이다.이것은 비록 우리가 이것이 사기적인 물질이라는 것을 이미 알고 있기 때문이지만, 이전의 계정에서 가짜 물질이 삽입되고 있었다는 것을 보여준다.그리고 고의적인 오역만 빼면 대부분 정확해도 나는 놀라지 않을 것이다.내가 이미 이 편집자가 여러 가지 제안을 위해 대리인을 사용하여 한 번 이상 투표를 한 15군데를 보았듯이, 유용할 수 있는 것은 여러 계정들이 같은 페이지에 상호 작용한 곳을 보여주는 것이다.__ E L A Q U E A T 08:49, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 이게 도움이 될지도 몰라.어떤 오류나 단점이 있으면 나에게 알려줘.최상의 선택:Rich Farmbrough, 21:14, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 이게 도움이 될지도 몰라.어떤 오류나 단점이 있으면 나에게 알려줘.최상의 선택:Rich Farmbrough, 21:14, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
대령으로부터의 의견헨리
포워딩, 그의 토크 페이지 - Alison 16:59, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
"금지를 당해도 나는 완전히 괜찮다.나는 이미 이메일을 통해 몇몇 관리자와 다른 이해 관계자들에게 내가 기꺼이 문제를 해결하는 것을 돕겠다고 말했고, 거기서 몇 가지를 설명했는데, 왜냐하면 나는 내 일의 99% 뒤에 서 있을 것이고, 나는 일이 철저한 조사를 견뎌낼 것이라고 확신하기 때문이다.내가 10년 전에 했던 일들 중 많은 것은 기억나지 않지만(누가?-나의 몇 년 동안의 작품을 보면 "내가 저걸 편집했어? 와우."라는 반응을 일으킨다) 하지만, 나의 비판자들과 협력하면서, 나는 최근 2년간의 편집 작업에서 문제가 되었던 소수의 기사들을 식별하거나 설명할 수 있다.대부분의 정밀 조사는 한 기사에 집중되어 있고, 다른 몇몇 기사와는 사소한 문제들이 있지만, 정밀하게 보면, 내 실수는 큰 시스템적인 문제가 아니며, 내 대부분의 업무는 더 중요해질 것이다. - 대령님. - 대령님헨리(토크 · 기여)"
우리가 대처할 수 있을 것 같아.— Scott • 토크 17:04, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)- 만약 그가 어떤 거짓된 일을 해결하는 것을 돕는 것에 대해 진실하다면 나는 해를 보지 않는다.더 이상 아무것도 없다면, 집중하는 데 도움이 될 것이다.왜 얼굴을 밉살스럽게 굴려고 코를 베었니?WCMemail 17:08, 2014년 4월 22일(UTC)
- "만약 그가 거짓된 일을 해결하는 데 도움을 준다면 나는 해를 보지 않을 것이다." - 연쇄 살인범이 가족의 시체를 찾는 데 도움을 주는 것과 같은?씨발 콜헨리와 그의 징표 "난 돕고 싶어" 헛소리.러그넛 18:07, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그가 확인하고자 하는 거짓된 모든 것, 음, 그리고 좋은 것.나머지는 아무렇게나 검사할 테니 시간이 좀 절약될 거야.가이(도움말!) 17:14, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 그가 고백할 것이 있다면, 그건 괜찮아.그럼에도 불구하고 모든 것을 점검할 필요가 있다.결코 quid pro quoing이 있어서는 안 되며, 이것이 다시 관문으로 돌아온다는 믿음이 있어서는 안 된다.--큐브 루머 (토크) 18:16, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
하지만 대령의 가치를 평가할 때는 이것을 읽고 싶을지도 모른다.헨리의 원조 제의.이것은 그가 원래 아이디로 친구에게 위키백과의 편집에 대해 조언한 것이다.
나는 네가 믿는 것을 위해 열정적으로 싸우는 것을 잘 알고 있다. 그것은 좋은 일이고 나는 결코 그것을 비난하지 않는다.하지만 여기 위키피디아에서, 그것은 당신을 곤경에 빠뜨린다.이 부근에 꽤 많은 자유주의자와 반미주의 외국인들, 그리고 그들이 말싸움(및 원칙)에서 지고 있을 때 언제나 자신들을 안심하게 하는 어떤 것 뒤에 다시 집결시키고, 당신의 권리조차도 반대할 수 없는 방법으로 당신을 공격하기 위해 후퇴할 것이라는 민감한 타입들 외에. [...] 그러므로 당신이 있는 그대로 들어가면 구속이 된다.o는 싸움과 싸움을 선택한다. 당신은 결국 패배할 것이다...그리고 위의 분류에 맞는 당신의 운명을 결정할 많은 행정가들.알아야만 해, 난 내 열정적인 신념과 행동방식으로 여기 똥바람을 여러 번 일으켰고, 몇 번인가 금지될 뻔했어.기억하세요, 현장에서 이걸 본 사람으로서...언제나 냉정하고 계산된 승리...뜨겁고 무거운 것만 너를 죽게 한다.이길 수 있는 유일한 방법은 적처럼 생각하거나 행동하는 것이다.
이 글을 읽으면서 나는 이렇게 묻게 된다. "정확히, 무엇이 대령인가?헨리는 그가 그의 엉망진창 청소를 협력함으로써 얻을 수 있을 것이라고 생각하는가?그리고 그가 금지되는 것을 받아들인 '쿨하고 계산된' 방식의 의미는 무엇인가?"BMK (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 18:48 (UTC)
- 휴, 그가 이 모든 것에 "괜찮다"고 해서 다행이야...:/ GiantSnowman 18:51, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
WP:BMB 나는 이 사용자가 그들 자신의 편집의 신뢰성에 대한 신뢰할 수 있는 출처로 사용될 수 없다고 생각한다.그가 (현재로서는) 몇 가지 부당한 기여를 제안할 의욕이 있다고 확신하지만, 나는 그가 자신의 토크 페이지에서 순수하고 "좋은" 편집의 기록을 쌓도록 허락하는 것이 그 프로젝트에 대한 슬픔 이외의 것으로 끝날 것이라고는 생각하지 않는다.그 토크 페이지는 편집자의 명성을 더럽히는 비누상자로 사용되어서는 안 된다.그는 결코 좋은 편집을 하지 않았기 때문에 금지된 것이 아니다; 그는 의도적으로 좋은 편집 중에 나쁜 편집을 몰래 했기 때문에 금지되었다.나는 이 사용자가 그들의 사이트 금지에서 토크 페이지 예외를 받았다고 생각하지 않는다. 그리고 나는 조작의 위험이 이곳의 이익보다 더 크다고 생각한다.편집자는 그들의 "좋음" 편집이 어떻게 "좋음"이었는지를 단 한 번의 불분명한 악의적인 편집이나 속편도 표시하지 않고 설명할 가능성이 더 높은 것 같다.다시 WP로 인해:BMB 정책, 금지된 사용자가 자신의 "조작 파일"을 관리하는 데 도움을 주는 것이 불편하다.__ E L A Q U E A T E 13:03, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 동의해, 그들의 전과로 볼 때 그들이 우리를 잘못 인도하거나 교활하게 더 많은 문제를 야기하지 않는다고 확신할 수 없어.만약 그들이 진정으로 기분이 나쁘고 돕고 싶다면, 그들은 위키피디아를 영원히 떠나면서 그렇게 할 수 있다.자이언트 스노우맨 13:11, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 그들의 토크 페이지에 공유된 의견으로부터 편집자는 현재 "차단"되어 있을 뿐이라고 믿는 것 같다고 덧붙이겠다.그는 지역 사이트 금지 통고를 받았는가?__ E L A Q U E A T 13:50, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 아니, 그는 공식적으로 통보받지 못했다; 스콧은 그의 사용자 페이지에 금지된 템플릿을 추가하고 그의 대화 페이지를 그의 사용자 페이지로 옮겼지만, 금지된 사용자들(@내 켄과 hahc21:)은 그의 대화 페이지에 공지를 남기지 않았다.Rgrds. --64.85.215.151 (대화) 14:43, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 그들의 토크 페이지에 공유된 의견으로부터 편집자는 현재 "차단"되어 있을 뿐이라고 믿는 것 같다고 덧붙이겠다.그는 지역 사이트 금지 통고를 받았는가?__ E L A Q U E A T 13:50, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
잠재적 추가 계정
(Outdent) Risker는 자세한 체크 사용자 분석을 실시했고 적어도 한 명의 다른 CU가 그녀의 결과를 확인했다.Colonel과 동일한 IP에서 탐지 가능한 모든 양말 편집지난 몇 주 동안 헨리는 아마도 체포되었을 것이다.나는 그 역량에 있어서 체크 유저가 이 문제에 대해 도움을 줄 수 있는 어떤 것도 더 이상 생각할 수 없다.뉴욕브래드 (대화) 20:29, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC) |
- CH의 추가 논평: "이 계정 하에서, 나는 거의 10,000개의 편집본을 가지고 있으며, 몇 년 전의 두 개의 이전 계정에서, 또 다른 1만 5천개에서 2만개까지 편집했다." (2013년 10월 14일)[31] -- GreenC 20:40, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 위의 차이점에 대해 Talk를 검토하십시오.대령을 만나러 나다니엘 레이몬드헨리(토크 • 기여 • 삭제된 기여 • 핵 기여 • 로그 • 필터 로그 • 차단 사용자 • 블록 로그)가 양말 0Juan234(토크 • 기여 • 로그 삭제 • 필터 로그 • 차단 사용자 • 블록 로그) 및 Blander2(토크 • 기여 • 삭제된 기여 • 핵 기여 • 로그 • 필터 로그 • 차단 사용자 • 블록 로그)와 논쟁을 벌인다.나타니엘 레이몬드의 공신력
- JoeSperrazza (대화) 22:30, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 검사자인 조는 나다니엘 레이몬드 DRV의 양말 문제에 대해 구체적으로 언급했는데, 거기에는 양말 사용에 대한 어떠한 기술적 증거도 없었다는 것을 보여준다.그러나 AFD와 DRV의 개시자는 완강했다.DavidinNJ에 대한 코멘트는 SPI 페이지에 있으며, 기술적인 매칭은 없다.확인된 양말이 차단되는 것은 문제가 없지만(hek, 내가 가장 최근 배치를 직접 차단했고, 다른 CU가 몇 년 전에 다른 그룹을 차단했다) 모든 사람이 오래된 계정에 대해 조심하고 편집한 *내용*을 검토하여 프로파일과 일치하는지 확인하십시오.위험원 (대화) 23:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 댓글 달아줘서 고마워.네가 언급한 SPI를 살펴보겠다.다른 편집자는 당신이 언급한 그 양말들이 CH 양말이라고 언급했는데, 그것은 솔직히 충격적이었지만, 내가 (DiNJ와 CH의 공동 관심사로부터) 쿡의 말을 듣게 만들었다!하지만 너의 의견에 따라 나는 내 태그를 DiNJ로 되돌릴 거야.그 SPI 케이스의 양말도 CH의 것으로 제대로 태그가 붙지 않은 것 같다.건배, JoeSperrazza (대화) 23:34, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 검사자인 조는 나다니엘 레이몬드 DRV의 양말 문제에 대해 구체적으로 언급했는데, 거기에는 양말 사용에 대한 어떠한 기술적 증거도 없었다는 것을 보여준다.그러나 AFD와 DRV의 개시자는 완강했다.DavidinNJ에 대한 코멘트는 SPI 페이지에 있으며, 기술적인 매칭은 없다.확인된 양말이 차단되는 것은 문제가 없지만(hek, 내가 가장 최근 배치를 직접 차단했고, 다른 CU가 몇 년 전에 다른 그룹을 차단했다) 모든 사람이 오래된 계정에 대해 조심하고 편집한 *내용*을 검토하여 프로파일과 일치하는지 확인하십시오.위험원 (대화) 23:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- DavidinNJ와 Colonel이 있는 동안Henry는 뉴저지에 대한 글쓰기에 공통적인 관심을 가지고 있었고 서로 우호적이었다, David은 거의 전적으로 와이너리를 주제로 글을 썼고 CH의 지배적인 관심은 NJ 역사와 교육기관(Rutgers, Drew, New Brunswick Sychool)에 있었다.SPI가 없더라도, 나는 그들이 별개의 두 개인이라고 확신한다.David은 두 달 전에 은퇴했고 나는 그가 원하면 그가 돌아오지 못하게 해야 할 이유를 모르겠다.리즈Read! Talk! 21:52, 2014년 4월 23일 (UTC)
나는 확인된 모든 양말 퍼펫을 차단할 것을 제안한다.JoeSperrazza (대화) 21:59, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
가디언 기사
아마도 주요 이슈는 아니지만, 이 전국 뉴스 기사에서 언급된 기사들에 대한 몇몇의 시선은 현재 그들의 시야가 넓어진 것을 고려할 때 환영받을 것이다.검은 연 (토크) 22:25, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 지금 BBC에도 잡혀있어.검은 연 (토크) 00:28, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 자세한 내용은 Talk에서 확인하십시오.힐즈버러_재난#위키백과_edits_from_government_IP_address WaggersTALK 12:26, 2014년 4월 25일(UTC)
- 영국 EU 선거와 다른 이유들로 볼 때, 약간의 동요가 있을 수 있다.그러나 우리의 통상적인 정책이 적용되고 이것은 역사적인 것이다.기사에 대한 시선이 충분할 것 같아서 고개를 치켜드는 것은 고맙지만, 실제로 예방 조치를 취할 만한 것은 없다.페드로 : 채트 21:42, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 누가 그러한 편집을 허가했는지는 불분명하다.학교 IP 주소에서 공공 기물 파손을 관찰한 결과, 불만을 품은 사용자가 이러한 편집을 했을 가능성이 있다. --Marian(talk) 22:53, 2014년 4월 25일(UTC)
- 아무도 편집에 대해 허가하지 않을 거야, 바보같이 굴지 마.거의 모든 현대 공무원들은 인터넷에 연결된 데스크톱과 점심시간을 가지고 있고 그들 중 일부는 위키피디아에 기묘한 반달리즘의 일부를 게시하기 위해 이것을 사용한다.이것은 그것의 한 예다.닉-D (대화) 23:08, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 공공 기물 파손이 2009년과 2012년에 모두 일어났다는 점을 고려하면, 공무원이었던 것은 분명하다; 나는 에버턴 팬인 앤디 번햄이 스스로 그것을 허가했을 것이라고 의심한다.통상적으로 장관 책임 원칙이 적용되겠지만 어느 쪽이든 보건비서관을 없애고 싶어할 것 같지는 않다.2014년 4월 25일 23(talk):29(UTC)
- 아무도 편집에 대해 허가하지 않을 거야, 바보같이 굴지 마.거의 모든 현대 공무원들은 인터넷에 연결된 데스크톱과 점심시간을 가지고 있고 그들 중 일부는 위키피디아에 기묘한 반달리즘의 일부를 게시하기 위해 이것을 사용한다.이것은 그것의 한 예다.닉-D (대화) 23:08, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 누가 그러한 편집을 허가했는지는 불분명하다.학교 IP 주소에서 공공 기물 파손을 관찰한 결과, 불만을 품은 사용자가 이러한 편집을 했을 가능성이 있다. --Marian(talk) 22:53, 2014년 4월 25일(UTC)
- 이것은 결코 관련 편집자에 대한 비판은 아니지만, 기사 자체에서 이 부분에 대한 언급을 삭제하기로 한 결정에 대해 어느 정도 의견을 낼 수 있을까?세부사항:토크:힐즈버러 재해#정부 IP 편집 2.25.115.116 (토크) 18:49, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
보안상의 이유로 대체 계정을 차단 및 비활성화하십시오.
나는 이것이 내 요청을 제출하기에 적합한 게시판인지 아닌지 모르겠다.그러니 만약 내가 잘못된 곳에 글을 올렸으면, 이 요청을 관련 게시판으로 옮겨줘.
- 사용자:Ethereal Metal은 나의 대체 계정이고 나는 그것을 더 이상 사용하지 않는다.그리고 비밀번호를 잊어버렸다.내가 기억하기론 그 비밀번호는 약해.대체 계좌는 필요 없어.그러니 내가 요청한 블록을 보여주는 블록 요약으로 대체 계정을 차단하고 비활성화하십시오.고마워. --Zyma (대화) 15:13, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 이곳은 어느 곳이나 청할 만한 곳이다.나는 당신을 부모로 명명된 계정과 더불어 이메일/대화 페이지 액세스를 차단했지만 IP나 acct. 생성은 차단하지 않았다.토크 페이지에도 메모를 남겼다.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 15:19, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- @Dennis Brown:정말 감사합니다.안녕하십니까 --Zyma (대화) 15:24, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
WP:AN3가 오래됨
WP에서 관리자의 주의가 필요하다.AN3. 행동해야 할 몇 가지 미결 보고서가 있다.캘리덤 02:20, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
관리자에 의한 남용
나는 내가 IP라는 것을 깨달았고, IP로서 여기서는 존경받지 못할 것이다.그럼에도 불구하고 베어리언의 행정적인 행동은 너무나 학대적이어서 나는 그것을 신고할 필요성을 느꼈다.
- 어제 나는 오크힐 크리스천 스쿨을 설립했다. 왜냐하면 그곳은 작고, 알려지지 않은 학교여서 공신력이 없기 때문이다.이에 대해 베어리언은 제 토크 페이지에 공공 기물 파손에 관한 템플릿을 탁탁 쳤다.나는 베어리언에게 템플릿을 잘못 사용하는 것에 대해 경고했고, 그는 그 경고에 "반달리즘"이라고 딱지를 붙였다.나는 그의 거짓된 "반달리즘" 주장을 중단하라고 다시 한번 그에게 부탁했다.그는 그 요구에 대해 "반달리즘"이라고 딱지를 붙였다.
- 베어리언은 오크힐 기사에 출처를 추가했고 나는 그것을 확인했지만, 그것이 그것이 뒷받침하고 있는 주장들을 검증하지 않았다는 것을 발견했다.(긴 리스트에 있는 학교 이름일 뿐이다.)나는 태그를 추가했는데, 베어리언은 문제를 해결하지 않고 삭제했다.
- 베어리안은 오크힐 기사에 전혀 사소한 문장을 덧붙였다.나는 태그를 추가했다.베어리안은 그 문제를 다루지 않고 즉시 되돌아갔다.
- 베어리언은 마침내 오크힐 기사를 썼지만, 그의 논평은 대체로 나의 "반달리즘"과 무지에 대한 추론이 있었다.
요컨대 베어리언은 근본적인 문제를 다루지 않고 간단히 태그를 제거해 버렸고, 가장 중요한 것은 완벽하게 정당한 편집에 대해 나에게 반복적으로 "반달리즘"이라는 수식어를 던졌다.이는 WP에 대한 모욕적인 위반이다.AGF.
참고: 나는 그의 토크 페이지가 보호되어 있기 때문에 베어리언에게 이 토론을 알릴 수 없다. 71.139.142.132 (대화) 16:29, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 여기 문제가 있다: 위키피디아는 디렉토리가 아니지만, 학교의 디렉토리다.베어리언은 당신이 요점을 지적하기 위해 로그아웃한 사용자일 가능성이 높다고 생각한 것은 그리 놀라운 일이 아니라는 것을 충분히 잘 알고 있다.가이(도움말!) 2014년 4월 22일 16:41, 22 (UTC)
- 위에서 말한 것 중 하나가 어떻게 "관리자 특권 남용"에 해당하는지 설명해 주시겠습니까?바살리스크립트inspect damage 16:berate42, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 나한테 '번달' 4번이라고 이름 붙여놨어?다섯 번이요? 다섯 번이요.내가 그에게 공격을 멈추라고 요구했을 때, 그는 그의 토크 페이지를 보호했기 때문에 나는 다시 그의 파괴적인 행동을 멈추라고 요청할 수 없었다.71.139.142.142 (대화) 16:50, 2014년 4월 22 (UTC)
- 위에서 말한 것 중 하나가 어떻게 "관리자 특권 남용"에 해당하는지 설명해 주시겠습니까?바살리스크립트inspect damage 16:berate42, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- (분쟁 편집) 베어리안에게 알려줬어.그래, 베어리언은 네 프로드를 거절했다고 말하는 템플릿이 잘못되었다고 말할 수 있지만, 하지만 다시 말하지만, uw-test1 템플릿은 보통 공공 기물 파손의 고발로 생각되지 않기 때문에, 처음에는 좀 과민반응했을지도 모른다. 하지만 베어리언은 좋은 단서를 잡지 못한 죄를 지었지만, 내 생각엔 베어런이 공공 기물 파손에 대한 고발은 아니었다.그의 토크 페이지에 편집한 내용을 반달리즘이라고 이름 붙이는 것은 더 심했지만, 두 사람 모두 서로에 대해 약간 짜증이 난 것 같아, 그래서 베어리언에게 송어슬랩 말고 다른 할 일이 별로 없을 것 같아.또한, 베어리언은 여기서 어떤 관리자 도구도 사용한 것 같지 않다는 점에도 주목한다(어쨌든 별로 큰 문제가 아닌 자신의 토크 페이지를 반올림한 것과 관련지어), 그래서 이것을 "행정 특권 남용"이라고 부르는 것은 정확하지 않다.2014년 4월 22일, 16:43( UTC)
- 이는 기술적으로 '행정권 남용'이 아닐 수도 있지만 남용이며, 어떤 행정관도 관여해서는 안 되는 것이다.손목을 찰싹 때리는 것이 내가 기대했던 전부지만, 나는 그것이 정당하다고 생각한다. 71.139.142.132 (대화) 16:50, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 이 일련의 트랜잭션에는 관리 도구나 "전원"이 사용되지 않았다.Bearian was simply acting as an editor, and making some "educated guesses" the panda ɛˢˡ” 16:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- 음, 나는 그 AFD에서 삭제요청으로 들어갔다; 약간의 연구결과에 따르면, 이 "오크힐 크리스천 스쿨"은 그 부속 교회와 동일한 신체 주소와 전화 번호까지 공유한 것으로 보인다. 그리고 위스콘신 주의 공인 기관이 아닌 것으로 보인다.게다가 68명의 등록이 13학년에 걸쳐 퍼져있으며, 이것은 교인들에게 미화된 성경 연구처럼 보여지고, 따라서 이것은 위키피디아를 인용한 현재 (그리고 아마도 잘못 인용된) 사람들 조차도 아닌 우리의 지침 중 어느 것도 통과하지 못할 것 같다.공신력(고교)그럼에도 불구하고, 그것은 단지 에세이일 뿐이지, 어떤 것이 정해진 것은 아니다. 그래서 나는 일반적으로 IP 편집자들을 한 학급으로서 경멸하지만, 이 특정한 편집자는 여러분, 발로엠, 그리고 다른 사람들이 부팅할 수 있는 것보다 더 잘 알고 있는 것 같다.Tarc (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 17:15 (UTC)
- 학교는 일반적으로 눈에 띄는데, 베어리언은 아마도 학교 공신력에 관한 같은 이유 때문일 것이다.나는 IP가 주장하는 것처럼 반복적으로 태그가 붙는 것을 보지 않는다. 게다가 이것에 대한 ANI는 완전히 불필요하다.AfD는 아마도 지키는 것이 디폴트 될 것이기 때문에, 아마도 그 가이드라인을 다시 읽어야 할 사람은 당신일 것이다.Valoemtalkcontrib 17:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 원문을 다시 읽어라."IP"는 반복 태그 지정을 요구하지 않았다.곤경에 처한 편집자는 반복적으로 "반달리즘"이라고 표기한 확실한 증거를 제공했다.언제부터 선의의 편집이 "반달리즘"인가? 71.139.142.132 (토크) 18:02, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 만약 당신이 내가 실제로 보고 있는 것을 굳이 읽으려 한다면, 나는 이 기관이 실제로 인가되거나 공인된 학교라는 주장을 반박했다.HS 공신력 가이드를 계속 캐핑할 거면, 네가 먼저 읽으면 도움이 될 거야.Tarc (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 18:13 (UTC)
- 내 대답은 마지막에 네가 한 입 깨물어 주는 말에 대한 것이었다.우리가 동의하지 않는 동안 나는 너의 의견을 읽었어, 너는 내가 이 학교를 옹호하는 것이 단순히 사실이 아닌 이해 부족의 신호라고 말했어.보편적이진 않지만 학교의 공신력 기준은 널리 퍼져 있다.나는 처음이 반복적으로 공공 기물 파손에 대한 비난이 아마도 오해였다고는 보지 않지만, 그의 토크 페이지에서 베어리언에게 반복적으로 경고하는 것은 거슬리고 그것은 그가 언급하고 있던 기물 파손에 대한 것으로 보인다.Valoemtalkcontrib 18:54, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- 참고로 나는 IP 편집기를 상대로 이 과정에서 어떤 관리 도구도 사용하지 않았고, 맨 템플릿도 사용하지 않았으며, 처음에 그가 나를 템플리트로 만들기 전까지는 반달이라고 부르지도 않았다.WP를 참조하십시오.DOK 및 WP:CheckUSER.베어리언 (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 18:46 (UTC)
- 참고로, 나는 이 IP 범위가 아마도 이번 주까지 새로워진 것으로 추측되지만 정책을 인용한다.베어리언 (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 19시 20분 (UTC)
- WP를 봐야 하는 이유:DOK 및 WP:체커, 베어리언?등록되지 않은 편집자가 당신의 의견에 이의를 제기한 것에 대해 당신이 약간 좌절하고 있다는 것을 이해할 수 있고, 나는 당신이 문제의 기사를 위해 AFD를 제출하는 데 시간을 할애한 것에 감사한다.그러나 나는 여기에 양말이 관련되어 있다는 암시에 놀랐다.미안하지만 이런 IP를 사용한 편집자가 이전에 편집한 적이 없다고 주장한 곳은 어디에도 보이지 않는다.위험원 (대화) 2014년 4월 22일 19:24(UTC)
- 또한 우연히도, 비록 위키백과의 편집이 상당히 흔하지는 않지만, 실제로 합법적으로 위키백과의 편집을 시작하는 사용자들이 편집에 앞서 이미 몇 가지 위키백과 정책을 공정하게 이해하고 있는 경우가 몇 번 있다; 단지 위키백과의 다양한 연결고리(역사, 사용자 기여, 위키백과 토론, 정책, 정책 등)를 탐색할 뿐이다.기타) 그리고 이후까지 실제 편집을 시작하지 않았다.나는 이것이 (필요하게) 이 사건이었는지 아닌지를 말하고 있는 것이 아니다.그렇기는 하지만, 이런 종류의 관심을 끌 위험이 있다는 점을 감안할 때, 그러한 사용자들이 반드시 불법적인 양말이나 공공 기물 파손(또는 그와 비슷한 것)에 연루되어야 한다는 조급한 제안을 피하기 위해 시간을 조금 더 쓸 가치가 있을 수도 있다는 것이다.그만하면 됐다.Ncmvocalist (대화) 13:30, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 내 대답은 마지막에 네가 한 입 깨물어 주는 말에 대한 것이었다.우리가 동의하지 않는 동안 나는 너의 의견을 읽었어, 너는 내가 이 학교를 옹호하는 것이 단순히 사실이 아닌 이해 부족의 신호라고 말했어.보편적이진 않지만 학교의 공신력 기준은 널리 퍼져 있다.나는 처음이 반복적으로 공공 기물 파손에 대한 비난이 아마도 오해였다고는 보지 않지만, 그의 토크 페이지에서 베어리언에게 반복적으로 경고하는 것은 거슬리고 그것은 그가 언급하고 있던 기물 파손에 대한 것으로 보인다.Valoemtalkcontrib 18:54, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
- facvt의 관점에서, 학교는 일반적으로 일부 위키피디아 사람들에 의해 주목할 만한 것으로 여겨질 수 있지만, 많은 사람들은 공신력을 확립하는 데 사용되는 원천이 사소한 것, 디렉토리 형태 또는 독립적이지 않다는 점에서, 우리가 다른 모든 과목에 적용하는 기본 시험에 불합격한다.그것이 요점이 아닙니다.요점은 위키피디아에 있는 학교에 대한 기사를 삭제하려는 어떠한 시도도 본질적으로 파괴적이며, PROD 템플릿의 사용법을 알 수 있을 정도로 오랫동안 이곳에 있었던 사람이라면 아마 그것을 알고 있을 것이다.가이(도움말!) 11시 39분, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 왜 위키피디아의 표준 지침과 정책을 학교에 관한 기사에 적용하려는 시도가 "지속적으로 파괴적"일까?세상에, 농담이겠지?만약 그렇지 않다면 그의 자리는 정말로 농담으로 변했다.대체 여긴 어떻게 된 거야?2607:FB90:170E:D60E:CB27:D415:A641:A0B4 (토크) 15:16, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 우리들 중 몇몇은 학창시절을 기억한다.많은 사용자들이 학교에 관한 어떤 기사도 삭제하는 것을 전적으로 반대하기로 결정했기 때문에 학교는 "논리적으로" 주목할 만한 것으로 여겨지고 있다.위키백과 커뮤니티는 집단적으로 "젠장"이라고 표현했다.학교들은 CSD나 PROD를 통해 삭제될 수 없으며 심지어 AFD도 이를 추진하고 있다.가이(도움말!) 22:26, 2014년 4월 24일 (UTC)
- 내 생각에 그것은 그것을 거꾸로 놓는 것 같아.카발들은 가능한 한 많이 보관하거나 가능한 한 많이 삭제하기로 결정한 사람들이었다.개별 학교에 대한 분열을 초래하고 일관성이 없는 AFD 토론이 매우 많기 때문에, 우리는 모든 고등학교에 대한 기사를 받아들이고 특별한 공신력이 없는 한 초등 및 중등 학교에 관한 기사를 거부하는 실질적인 타협이 이루어졌다. 대신 지역성 a 또는 학군 아래에 그것들을 열거한다.이것은 삭제론자와 이 문제에 대한 포용론자 모두를 만족시킬 것이다: 우리는 반을 유지한다.이전에도 50:50의 통계였지만, 우리가 보관하고 삭제한 통계는 본질적으로 개인의 노력의 양과 폐쇄의 특성에 의해 무작위로 결정되었다. 이제 최소한 이성적인 근거가 있다.그리고 큰 미덕은 토론 없이 할 수 있다는 것이다.WP에 관한 더 많은 주제들이 단순하게 다루어질 수 있을까?우리 중 누구도 이상적이라고 생각하지 않지만, 우리 모두가 함께 살 수 있는 무언가를 갖는 것이 더 낫다. 그들만의 방식으로 그것을 얻으려고 완강히 결심한 사람들 사이에서 무한히 논쟁하는 것보다 더 낫다. 그것이 바로 합의의 의미다. DGG (토크) 04:41, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 헥, 만약 누가 중등학교의 평판을 맡게 된다면, 도로와 기차역에 던져줄 수 있겠니?나는 왜 모든 시골 노선이 눈에 띄는지 이해할 수 없다.리즈Read! Talk! 21:49, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- '모든 시골길'은 눈에 띄지 않는다.주간, 미국 노선 또는 주 노선으로 지정되고 활동 중인 모든 경로(미국 용어를 사용하기 위해, 내가 잘 알고 있는 것이기 때문에)는 주목할 만한 것으로 여겨지는데, 5대 기둥 아래에서는 위키피디아가 단순한 백과사전이 아니라 관보사이기 때문이다.이는 아마도 중등급 학교들이 그대로라는 점에서 주목받는 것과 같은 이유일 것이다. - 부시 레인저One ping only 08:33, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 맙소사, 8년 동안 난 그걸 몰랐어!고마워!가이(도움말!) 20:03, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- "일반 백과사전, 연감 및 관보사의 많은 특징을 종합한" 실제 문구를 주목하는 것이 좋을 것이며, 이 페이지의 역사를 주목하는 것이 좋을 것이다: 그것은 WP의 파생어다.2005년 한 편집자가 신인용 간단한 소개로 쓴 트리피카.그것은 일종의 영원하거나 근본적인 정책 페이지가 아니다.WhatamIdoing (대화) 00:23, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 음... 그건 5대 기둥 페이지에 있어. 그게 기본이 되는 거지.BMK (대화) 02:02, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 꼭 그렇지는 않다.WP:N, WP:NPOV 및 WP:기본이 되는 것도 아니고, 이들을 백업하는 것(예: WP:RS)는 기초적인 것은 아니지만, 이러한 정책들이 우리가 기초적인 정책들을 어떻게 충족시키는지를 기술하고 있기 때문에, 확장적으로 그렇게 간주된다.기초란 위키피디아의 창시 원리를 의미한다. 백과사전이 되는 것은, 가제보가 될 수도 있고 아닐 수도 있는 일이었다.가이(도움말!) 10:23, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- "이것은 위키피디아가 설립된 지 4, 5년이 지난 후, 사전 토론 없이 한 사람이 대담하게 만든 페이지에 나와 있어, 그래서 그것이 기초가 된다."그것은 말이 안된다.
- 나는 5P가 인기가 있다는 것을 알고 있다.개인적으로, 나는 그것이 새로운 편집자들이 읽기에 가장 좋은 에세이라고 생각한다.그러나 건국문서는 아니다.그건 정책이 아니다.그것은 실제 정책에 대한 아주 잘 쓰여진 요약일 뿐이다.실제 기본 원리를 보려면 사용자:짐보 웨일스/원칙표.WhatamIdoing (대화) 20:52, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 꼭 그렇지는 않다.WP:N, WP:NPOV 및 WP:기본이 되는 것도 아니고, 이들을 백업하는 것(예: WP:RS)는 기초적인 것은 아니지만, 이러한 정책들이 우리가 기초적인 정책들을 어떻게 충족시키는지를 기술하고 있기 때문에, 확장적으로 그렇게 간주된다.기초란 위키피디아의 창시 원리를 의미한다. 백과사전이 되는 것은, 가제보가 될 수도 있고 아닐 수도 있는 일이었다.가이(도움말!) 10:23, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 음... 그건 5대 기둥 페이지에 있어. 그게 기본이 되는 거지.BMK (대화) 02:02, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- "일반 백과사전, 연감 및 관보사의 많은 특징을 종합한" 실제 문구를 주목하는 것이 좋을 것이며, 이 페이지의 역사를 주목하는 것이 좋을 것이다: 그것은 WP의 파생어다.2005년 한 편집자가 신인용 간단한 소개로 쓴 트리피카.그것은 일종의 영원하거나 근본적인 정책 페이지가 아니다.WhatamIdoing (대화) 00:23, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 맙소사, 8년 동안 난 그걸 몰랐어!고마워!가이(도움말!) 20:03, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- '모든 시골길'은 눈에 띄지 않는다.주간, 미국 노선 또는 주 노선으로 지정되고 활동 중인 모든 경로(미국 용어를 사용하기 위해, 내가 잘 알고 있는 것이기 때문에)는 주목할 만한 것으로 여겨지는데, 5대 기둥 아래에서는 위키피디아가 단순한 백과사전이 아니라 관보사이기 때문이다.이는 아마도 중등급 학교들이 그대로라는 점에서 주목받는 것과 같은 이유일 것이다. - 부시 레인저One ping only 08:33, 2014년 4월 26일 (UTC)
- 헥, 만약 누가 중등학교의 평판을 맡게 된다면, 도로와 기차역에 던져줄 수 있겠니?나는 왜 모든 시골 노선이 눈에 띄는지 이해할 수 없다.리즈Read! Talk! 21:49, 2014년 4월 25일 (UTC)
- 학교는 일반적으로 눈에 띄는데, 베어리언은 아마도 학교 공신력에 관한 같은 이유 때문일 것이다.나는 IP가 주장하는 것처럼 반복적으로 태그가 붙는 것을 보지 않는다. 게다가 이것에 대한 ANI는 완전히 불필요하다.AfD는 아마도 지키는 것이 디폴트 될 것이기 때문에, 아마도 그 가이드라인을 다시 읽어야 할 사람은 당신일 것이다.Valoemtalkcontrib 17:22, 2014년 4월 22일 (UTC)
주요 페이지 최근 사망 사건
누가 좀 고쳐줘.러그넛 13:43, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- @Lugnuts: 당신은 여기서 문제의 편집을 한 It Is Me Here에게 알리지 않았다. 나는 당신을 위해 그렇게 했다.IIMH는 그들의 토크 페이지에서 이번 제거는 최근 그곳에 오래된 것이 아닌 어떤 사망자도 없기 때문이라고 말했다.이것은 내게 합당하게 들리고, 긴급히 고쳐야 할 것 같지 않다.— 미스터 스트라디바리우스 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
Facebook 링크 질문
더 많은 것을 알고 있다! - 부시 레인저 23:19, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC) |
- 다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.
https를 포함하거나 포함하지 않고 Facebook 페이지를 연결하려면 어떻게 해야 하는가? - Neutralhomer • Talk • 2014년 4월 27일(UTC)
- Facebook 링크에 사용할 수 있는 템플릿:템플릿:페이스북.https 링크를 생성한다. -- Diannaa (talk) 15:28, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 미안하지만 WP에 따라 페이스북을 전부 삭제했다.ELOCAL - 주제의 모든 온라인 상태를 링크할 필요가 없으며, 주제의 공식 홈페이지(외부 링크에 있음)에서 눈에 띄게 링크된 경우: "Facebook을 가지고 있니?하기 때문에!" --Dirk BeetstraT C 16:00, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
- 어디로 물어봐야 할지 몰라서 여기서 물었다.죄송합니다. - 중립 호머 • 대화 • 2014년 4월 27일(UTC)
- 나는 외부 링크 가이드라인의 토크 페이지나 게시판에 말할 것이다.그나저나 정답은: //facebook.com (프로토콜 없이). --Dirk BeetstraT C 16:46, 2014년 4월 27일 (UTC)
고마워
나는 이미 내 사용자 페이지에 글을 남겼지만, 내가 이곳에서 경험을 즐길 수 있도록 하기 위해 노력한 모든 것에 대해 관리자와 지역 사회 총장에게 전반적으로 감사하기 위해 여기에 글을 올리고 싶다.아쉽지만 산발적으로 편집하기 위해 출발한다.고맙고 모두 편집해줘서 고마워!Sportsguy17 (T • C) 21:38, 2014년 4월 28일 (UTC)
- 낯선 사람처럼 굴지 마라.2014년 4월 28일 미니애폴리스 22시 40분(UTC) 도움에 감사드린다.
- 내가 도울 수 있어서 기쁘다.나는 여전히 대부분의 날들을 체크할 것이지만, 내 컨텐츠 생성은 6월 중순까지 미약하고 산발적일 것이다.6월을 넘어서, 우리는 보게 될 것이다.조금 더 편집은 할 수 있지만, RL이 나를 바쁘게 만들고 있어.나는 제재와 드라마 그리고 이 사이트에는 없는 것이 있다고 말해야 하지만 위키피디아 사람들은 모든 상황에서 희미한 빛을 보는 것을 기억해야 한다.가장 좋은 조언: 위키피디아를 당연하게 여기지 마십시오.지금 당장은 연구논문에 대한 나의 1차적 참고사항은 아닐지 모르지만, 미래일 수도 있다.콘텐츠 제작자들이 관심을 가지도록 하고 드라마 제작자들을 다시 끌어들이도록 노력하라.누구에게나 잠재력은 있다.Sportsguy17(T • C) 01:19, 2014년 4월 29일(UTC)
댈러스 웨인 홍보 사진
이 사진을 확인하는 경우 파일:Dallas Wayne.jpg, 이것은 Commons로 이전할 수 있다고 읽히겠지만, 내가 원본 페이지[32]를 확인하면 © 2000-2014를 읽을 수 있을 것이다. 이 사이트는 DW-Producations가 상표한다.모든 권리 보호.--뮤지스 (대화) 13:54, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 댈러스 웨인에 대해 편집만 한 업로더 오린코조의 기여 이력을 보면 업로드 편집 요약에는 "N 파일:댈러스 웨인.jpg(달라스 웨인, 홍보사진, www.dallaswayne.com)."그리고 이미지의 역사에도 "달라스 웨인, 홍보 사진 www.dallaswayne.com"이라고 쓰여 있다.라이센스 명세서 "본 저작물의 저작권자인 나는 다음과 같은 라이센스로 이를 공표한다. 이 작품은 '크리에이티브 커먼스 귀속 3.0 라이선스'에 따라 라이선스 되어 있어 오린코죠의 거짓 주장으로 보인다. --보잉! (토크) 제베디 (토크) 15:32, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 나는 "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0"이라는 가짜 주장을 삭제하고, "Copy to Commons"라는 것을 삭제했으며, 신속한 삭제를 위해 파일을 저작권 위반으로 지명했다. -- Boing! (토크) Zebedee (토크) 15:38, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
차단 사용자:Zbag27
막혔다.2014년 4월 29일 ♥ 21:41, ut의 왕(UTC) |
- 다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.
이 사용자는 세 가지의 서로 다른 파괴적 편집 경고를 받았으며, 내가 아무리 경고하거나 그의 편집 내용을 되돌리더라도 출처나 토론 없이 반복적으로 내용을 삭제하거나 추가했다.내가 그에게 파괴적인 편집에 대한 최종 경고를 한 이후, 그는 같은 습관으로 더 많은 페이지를 파괴했다.이 사용자를 차단하십시오.MetalicMadness(대화) 18:33, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
사용자에 대한 무기한 소프트 블록:테스트용 딜레이닝
안녕. 나는 iOS 베타 앱의 기능을 테스트하고 있는데 차단된 계정에서 몇 가지를 시도해봐야 해.관리자가 무기한 소프트 블록을 차단할 수 있는지 여부 사용자:거래처, 내 테스트 계정?글로벌 스태프 그룹에서는 한 명의 블록 유저도 허용하지 않기 때문에 나 자신도 그렇게 할 수 없다.고마워. --Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation (토크) 23:52, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- K. Writer Keeper⚇♔ 00:00, 2014년 4월 30일(UTC)
- 난 시험이 끝났어.편리한 시간에 차단을 풀 수 있다.고마워, 키퍼돌이켜보면 아마 30분만 버틸 수 있었을텐데...하지만 그렇게 빨리 끝낼 줄은 몰랐어! --Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation (토크) 00:11, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
완료 GB 팬 00:24, 2014년 4월 30일(UTC)
- 난 시험이 끝났어.편리한 시간에 차단을 풀 수 있다.고마워, 키퍼돌이켜보면 아마 30분만 버틸 수 있었을텐데...하지만 그렇게 빨리 끝낼 줄은 몰랐어! --Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation (토크) 00:11, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
오늘 언론에 보도된 더 많은 반달리즘
힐즈버러 기사와 영국 정부 컴퓨터의 관련 반달리즘에 이어 BBC는 오늘 이렇게 보도했다.고마워요.러그넛 08:11, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
- Talk에서도 논의 중:힐즈버러 재난#영국 정부 IP를 보고 있는 영국 언론은 WP 2.25.112.149 (대화) 12:57, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC) 편집 문제를 다룬다.
관리 백로그
다양한 관리자 백로그 중에서 카테고리:위키미디어 커먼즈에서 이름이 같은 위키백과 파일은 모두 지우기 쉬운 파일이었다.그러나 200개가 넘는 파일도 가지고 있다.나는 그냥 네가 그것을 알아차리도록 하려고 생각했어.모든 관리자들이 그들의 빗자루를 뽑기 위해 경쟁을 조직할 필요가 있는가?§§§§ {T/C} 09:43, 2014년 4월 30일(UTC)
밥 호스킨스 죽음
최근에 죽은 밥 호스킨스를 반보호해 줄 수 있을까?많은 IP 파괴 행위가 일어나고 있다.고마워, JMHAMO (토크) 13:24, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
됐다. 플루퍼넛은 샌드위치! (토크) 13:38, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
사용자:이 이름은 내 이름이 아님
이것은 내 성이 아니다. (토크 · 기여 · 삭제된 기여 · 로그 · 필터 로그 · 사용자 · 블록 로그)
나는 방금 이 계정을 조작을 했다는 이유로 외설화시켰지만, 내 눈에는 그 계정이 알려진 반달의 양말일지도 모른다는 생각이 든다.좋은 의견이라도 있나?—SmallJIM 14:11, 2014년 4월 29일(UTC)
- 여기서 내려도 괜찮아.이것은 여기서 사랑을 인용하는 것처럼 단서를 제공할 수 있다.나는 지금 일하고 있어, 더 깊이 파고들 수가 없어.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 15:44, 2014년 4월 29일(UTC)
위키백과:중재/요청/사례/군 통제 종료
위에서 명명된 중재 사건은 종결되었고, 이제 위의 링크에서 최종 결정을 할 수 있다.다음과 같은 구제책이 통과되었다.
- 총기 규제와 관련된 모든 페이지 및 편집에 대해 표준 재량적 제재가 승인된다.
- Andy TheGrump (talk · 기여)는 더 이상의 편집 전쟁과 비조용성이 심각한 제재를 초래할 가능성이 있음을 상기시켰다.
- Gaijin42(토크 · 기여), Justanonymous(토크 · 기여) 및 ROG5728(토크 · 기여)은 총기 제어와 관련된 페이지를 편집하거나 편집하는 것이 금지되어 있다.
- 괴테안(토크 · 기여)은 불필요한 반목뿐만 아니라 더 이상의 비굴함도 제재를 초래할 수 있음을 상기시켰다.
- North8000(대화 및 기여)은 영어 위키백과에서 무기한 사이트 금지된다. 이 금지조항의 항소는 사건이 종결된 날로부터 12개월 이내에 요청될 수 있다.양말 인형뽑기 정책의 새로운 위반이 발생할 경우 이 구제안에 따른 금지 기간인 12개월은 재설정된다.또한 North8000(대화 및 기여)은 무기한 주제에도 포함되며 총기 규제와 관련된 페이지를 편집하거나 편집하는 것이 금지된다.티파티 사건으로 인해 북8000이 대상이었던 주제가 여전히 유효하다.
이 경우 통과된 주제반 구제안은 최소한 12개월 동안 항소할 수 없으며, 이후 항소할 때마다 12개월이 경과해야 한다.
중재 위원회에서는
- 펜팔 20:20, 2014년 4월 30일dance in the air and follow his steps (UTC)
시스템 게임
최근 템플릿에서 사건이 발생함:위치 지도 이스라엘(사용자:셉시스 2세는 이스라엘 지도에 대한 오랜 버전을 아무런 논의 없이 1949년 국경 버전으로 수정하여 의심스러운 이름을 붙였다. 파일:이전 파일 대신 중립 이스라엘 위치 지도.svg:이스라엘 위치 지도.svg.또한 편집-경쟁이 발생하면 관리자가 셉시스 II 편집 전에 안정적인 버전을 복원하지 않고 템플릿을 보호했지만 실수로 보호했을 수 있다.흥미롭게도 시리아와 이스라엘 지도 문제에 대해 수용된 해결책을 가지고 시리아 위치 지도에서 이미 포괄적인 논의가 있었지만, 일부 편집자들은 이를 인정하지 않고 그들의 POV 버전에 대한 지도를 계속 시도하고 변경하려는 것으로 보인다.관리자:57번은 이후 ANI에서 문제를 제기했지만, 관련 당사자에 대한 주의와 통지는 없었다.현재 이전 상태 쿼터(Sepsis II의 시스템 게임 혐의 이전)로 돌아가기 위한 논의가 진행 중이지만 2014년 3월 말 논의되지 않은 지도 변경은 애초에 일어나지 말았어야 했다.나는 이번에 모든 관련 당사자들에게 알려주고 있다 - 이것은 여기서 진행중인 조용한 불신 상황이다.그레이샤크(다이브라) 17:49, 2014년 4월 30일(UTC)
- 이 템플릿도 참고하십시오.위치 지도 이스라엘은 WP 아래에 있다.ARBPIA 또는 WP:둘 다 가혹한 제재를 암시하는 SCWGS.GreyShark (dibra) 17:57, 2014년 4월 30일(UTC)
- 좀 더 구체적으로 말해 주시겠습니까?나는 두 개의 3가지 색상이 바뀐 것을 볼 수 있다. (a) 이스라엘 고유 색상이 균일하게 색칠된 주변 국가들과 명확하게 구별되도록 바뀐 것을 볼 수 있다. (b) 제목은 '이스라엘 지도 위치'에서 '중립 이스라엘 지도'로 변경된다. (c) 이스라엘군이 점령한 지역 및 지역들은 더 이상 색칠이 잘못되지 않는다.'
- 프로비소럴리
- (a) 내가 문제적이라 생각하지 않는다.골란도 서안도 이스라엘의 어느 지역도 형성하지 않고, 이스라엘을 인접 땅에서 상쇄하기 위해 똑같이 색칠하는 것은 무해해 보인다.색깔 선택에 대한 어떠한 비판도 서안과 골란(이스라엘 소유가 아닌 점령지)을 마치 이스라엘의 지도와 관련이 있는 것처럼 취급하는 이전 지도에 훨씬 더 많은 힘으로 재점화될 것이다.그들은 그렇지 않고, 그들이 일반적인 비 이스라엘 국가의 일부가 아닌 것처럼 그들을 색칠하는 것은 기만적인 것이다.
- (b) '중립'을 명확하게 추가하는 것은 위키백과의 지도 이름에 적합하지 않다.형용사는 목적(예: 중립적 설명)에 필요하지 않은 함축적 의미를 담고 있다.
- (c) 셉시스가 (a)를 하면서 한 일을 기술한다.이것이 다른 지도에 대한 대안이 아니라 이스라엘의 기본 지도가 된다면 문제가 될 것이다.만약 그렇다면, 적어도 제목 언어는 변경되어야 한다.
- 나는 '나쁜 믿음'이 보이지 않는다.그러나 (b)와 (c)에 따라서 나는 지도에 그러한 종류의 서술어를 사용하는 것을 추천하지 않는다.이스라엘(재산권)이나 그 중 어떤 것이 적절했을 것이다.'하쉬 제재' 또는 의견 차이가 '시스템 길들이기'에 해당한다는 주장은 의문의 여지가 없다.독립적인 검토와 추가적인 논의는 확실히 의무적이다.니시다니 (토크) 19:08, 2014년 4월 30일 (UTC)
- 좋아, 이렇게 된 거야.오래 전에 Sepsis II는 파일:이스라엘의 위치 지도.svg는 점령된 영토에 전혀 색을 칠하지 않기 위해서였지만, 합의 없이 주요한 변화였기 때문에 매번 되돌아갔다.대신 그는 자신의 버전을 업로드하고 파일:라고 불렀다.중립 이스라엘 위치 지도.svg.그런 다음 그는 전자의 모든 용도를 후자로 교체하고, NPOV를 주장하는 [33]과 같이 점유된 영토를 "잘못된" 색으로 표시하게 된 일부 관련 없는 이미지들을 계속하였다.그리고 나서 나는 그를 되돌렸고, 그는 나를 되돌렸고, 그리고 나서 또 다른 사용자가 그를 다시 되돌렸다(적어도 그 템플릿에, 그들 대부분은 여전히 그의 버전이 남아 있다).이것은 또한 다른 모든 위치 지도를 쓸모없게 만드는 부작용을 가지고 있는데, 왜냐하면 그들은 이스라엘의 다른 부분을 자세히 보여줄 수 있도록 일부러 다른 이미지를 사용했지만, 지금은 모두 같은 위치 지도(그의 지도)를 보여주고 있기 때문이다.Jackmcbarn (대화) 00:11, 2014년 5월 1일(UTC)
- 원래 지도는 총 WP이다.NPOV 위반과 이들에 대한 교정 조치가 필요하다.셉시스2는 이 문제를 부각시켜 프로젝트에 서비스를 했다.이제 우리는 모든 사람들이 만족할 수 있도록 문제를 해결할 수 있는 중앙 집중식 토론을 한 것 같다.지금 이걸 왜 여기로 가져왔는지 정말 모르겠어.Dlv99(대화) 04:53, 2014년 5월 1일(UTC)
- 이러한 일들의 대부분은 관심 있는 편집자들의 감시 아래에서 발생한다.어떤 지도를 사용하든 더 큰 선거구의 세심한 검토와 폭넓은 코멘트를 받아야 한다.초기 지도는 '이스라엘'을 보여주지 않는다는 단순한 이유로 NPOV가 아니라, (a) '비이스라엘'(다른 나라)과 (b) 이스라엘이 외국 정착지와 점령군을 가지고 있는 두 개의 다른 범주에 음영으로 표시함으로써 상당히 명확하게 언급되고 있는데, 이것은 '다른 나라'에 있지 않다는 암시에 의한 것이다.아주 미묘하고, 전혀 비진행적이다.고마워, 셉시스 그리고 맞아, 우리는 그러한 중요한 대표 문제에 대한 합의를 이끌어내야 해.니시다니 (토크) 07:16, 2014년 5월 1일 (UTC)
- 이것을 해결하기에 적절한 장소는 실제로 템플릿의 토크 페이지 또는 실패 WP:DRN이다.이것은 관리 위원회고, 관리자는 내용을 결정하지 않는다.모두가 선의로 행동하고 있는 한, 행정관은 전혀 관여할 필요가 없다.그런 곳에서 합리적인 논의가 이뤄질 수 있을 것 같으니 한 번 드셔보십시오.Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 13:21, 2014년 5월 1일(UTC)
@Dennis Brown: 그리샤크가 이곳에 와서 많은 행정가들을 탐문한 것은 그들이 옛 지도로 되돌아갈 수 있는 유일한 사람들이기 때문이라고 생각한다."Sepsis II의 변경 시도 또한 지역 지도는 WP가 없는 POV 푸싱의 매우 나쁜 예"와 같은 Greyshark의 수많은 논평이 있는가?BRD 과정, 그리고 모든 사람들은 셉시스 2세가 아랍 민족주의자들의 것이라는 것을 알고 있다." [34] 받아들일 수 있는가?Sepsis II (대화) 16:17, 2014년 5월 1일 (UTC)
내가 RfC에서 한 말을 반복하겠다: WP:모든 상세 템플릿을 변경한 BOLD 편집...확대/축소 보기(예: 템플릿):이후 복원된 위치 지도 이스라엘 가자)를 대신하여 모두 동일한 파일:온 나라를 보여주는 줌 레벨의 중립 이스라엘 위치 지도.svg는 사전에 논의했어야 했다.이 새로운 지도는 템플리트에서 하이파의 위치를 보는 독자들에게 훨씬 더 적은 세부사항을 전달한다.예를 들어 위치 지도 이스라엘 북부 하이파, 예전 지도보다.NPOV에 대한 우려를 이해하고 있으며, 합의 과정을 통해 새로운 지도 세트가 생성되는 것을 지원하겠지만, 각 지도에 대해 새로운 지도가 생성될 때까지는(그것이 합의라면), 원래 지도 세트가 복원되어야 한다.사실 그러한 지도들이 이러한 변화에 앞서 만들어질 수 있었다면, 훨씬 더 적은 논란이 있었을 것이다 – 그렇게 하지 않은 것은 게으름이었다.새로운 지도 한 개가 정치적으로 더 정확하고 이스라엘, 팔레스타인 등에 매우 중요할 수도 있지만, 만약 지도 자체가 훨씬 낮은 품질이라면, 대부분의 기사 독자들은 점령 지역에 어떤 색채가 쓰이지 않는지에 대해 두 개의 의견을 제시할 수 없다는 것을 명심해야 한다.모조워커 (대화) 18:29, 2014년 5월 1일 (UTC)
사용자:Zbag27
현재 차단된 사용자 Zbag27이 IP 사용자 86.19.151.163으로 돌아와, 드림 시어터 기사에 Zbag와 똑같이 편집한 것으로 보인다.이 IP도 차단해야 한다.메탈릭매드니스 (대화) 14:31, 2014년 5월 1일 (UTC)
이상한 PRODs
안녕, 많은 PRODs가 User에 나열됨:DumbBOT/ProdSummary는 기한이 지났지만 PROD 템플릿에 PROD가 만료되었다는 빨간색 공지를 표시하지 않는다.일부(예: Dardan Xheladini)는 다음과 같이 분류된다.만료된 제안 삭제되었지만 해당 카테고리가 비어 있는 것 같음(예, 캐시를 삭제함)여기서 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지 전혀 알 수 없지만, 내가 언급해야겠다고 생각했다. --랜디키티 (대화) 15:37, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 페이지를 0으로 편집하기만 하면, 내가 예제를 했던 것처럼 카테고리에 나타날 것이다.ArmbrustThe Homunculus 16:58, 2014년 4월 29일(UTC)
- 이쯤 되면 그냥 삭제하는 거야하지만 그들은 덤봇 로그를 확인하는 것보다 더 쉽게 찾을 수 있도록 자동으로 그 고양이들에게 들어가야 하지 않을까? --랜디키티 (대화) 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 캐싱의 문제로서, 그들은 페이지가 재포장되는 즉시 범주에 들어갈 것이다.이 근처 어딘가에 다른 삭제 관련 범주에 대한 제거 봇이 있다.당신은 이것이 그 일에 추가될 수 있는지 볼 수 있을 것이다.Werice (토크) 17:29, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 그래, 그건 장기간의 문제야. PROD에서 일하는 사람들 사이에서 잘 알려져 있지.우리가 그것을 해결할 봇을 구할 수 있다면 훨씬 더 좋을 것이다.자이언트 스노우맨 17:34, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 기본 설정의 가젯에서 모양에서 "개인 도구 모음에 시계 추가" 옵션을 실행했다.작은 시계를 클릭하면 현재 페이지의 캐시가 다시 로드된다.그것은 많은 페이지에 있어서 매우 귀중하지만, 특히 PROD가 만료되었지만 페이지의 템플릿이 업데이트되지 않았을 때 유용하다.그것이 내가 PROD가 만료되어야 한다고 생각되는지를 다시 확인하기 위해 하는 것이지만 그렇다고 그것이 그렇다고는 말할 수 없다.내 경험상 캐시가 숙청되려면 오랜 시간이 걸릴 수 있고, 때로는 하루 이상 걸릴 수도 있다. -- 아타마 17:46, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 그래, 그건 장기간의 문제야. PROD에서 일하는 사람들 사이에서 잘 알려져 있지.우리가 그것을 해결할 봇을 구할 수 있다면 훨씬 더 좋을 것이다.자이언트 스노우맨 17:34, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- 캐싱의 문제로서, 그들은 페이지가 재포장되는 즉시 범주에 들어갈 것이다.이 근처 어딘가에 다른 삭제 관련 범주에 대한 제거 봇이 있다.당신은 이것이 그 일에 추가될 수 있는지 볼 수 있을 것이다.Werice (토크) 17:29, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
- @Joe Decker: 차임벨을 좀 불러 주시겠습니까?Werice (토크) 20:04, 2014년 4월 29일 (UTC)
피렐리 브라실
사용자:NaBUru38은 WT에 대해 다음과 같이 메모했다.이 목록에 없는 유튜브 동영상에 대한 SPI는 위키피디아의 다양한 이미지를 그들의 브랜드가 두드러지게 나타나도록 바꾸려는 캠페인을 묘사하고 있다.나는 엔위키, pt위키, 하원을 확인했는데, 이 캠페인은 일어나지 않은 것 같다. 만약 그랬다면, 지금쯤 누군가가 알아차렸을 것이다.나는 그것이 비기술적인 기업 거물들을 감동시키기 위해 만들어진 가짜 비디오라고 추측하고 있지만, 그들이 시작하기 전에 그 비디오를 만들었을 경우에 대비해서 모든 사람들의 주목을 받고 싶어했다(이것은 왜 그것이 비상장인지 설명해줄 수도 있다, 내 생각엔).건배, 206.117.89.4 (대화) 04:17, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC) (사용자:안쉬666)
새로운 WMF 전무이사
새로운 WMF ED는 릴라 트레티코프(Lila Tretikov)가 될 것이다. 발표를 참조하라.JohnCD (대화) 11:29, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
중재위원회 절차 의결 진행 중
중재 위원회는 ArbCom 절차의 변경에 대해 다음과 같이 투표하고 있다.
절차 수정 요구 사항인 --S Philbrick(Talk) 15:25, 2014년 5월 2일(UTC) 에 따른 정보 게시물이다.
시대정신운동의 전투 편집
시대정신 운동에서 편집 전쟁이 벌어지고 있는 것 같다.토론이 문제를 해결할 수 있을 때까지 기사를 잠그거나 필요한 경우 관련자를 차단할 수 있는가?고마워요.나이트스크림 (토크) 03:40, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- GAAF가 Zeitgeitst bollocks에 대해 조사한 세계인의 107%가 위키백과에서 그것을 추진하는 이유는 무엇인가?
- [1] 모두 거기다 양말뿌리개 몇 개를 더하면 된다.
- 가이(도움말!) 01:09, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
브릭 라이크 미
- 브릭 라이크 미(Brick Like Me)를 대체하기 위해 브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)를 옮겨달라는 요청이 들어왔다.그러나 브릭 라이크 미(Brick Like Me)는 오랫동안 질서정연하게 편집을 이어온 것이고, 브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)는 텍스트와 리디렉션 간의 편집 전쟁을 무질서하게 번갈아 하는 것이다.누군가 이 요청을 역사-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-편그러나 2명의 사용자가 이 기록-메르기 요청을 계속 재설치하고 있다.사용자 대화:Anthony Appleyard#Brick Like Me, 사용자 대화:M(e)ter Eiskalt#Brick Like Me. 나는 역사를 메우고 싶고 이러한 욕구를 충족시키고 싶지만, 그것은 엉망진창일 것이다: WP:병렬 역사를 참조하라.이 두 장의 '나처럼 벽돌' 페이지에서 일어난 일은 자르고 붙이는 것이 아니라 복사하고 붙이는 것이었고, 두 개의 평행 이력을 만들었으며, 이 두 역사 중 하나를 다시 통합하기 위해서는 다른 역사(복사하고 붙여넣는 것으로 인한 콘텐츠 포크 이후 정리할 때의 그 끈질긴 딜레마)를 잘라내야 했다.나는 Talk에 기록 노트를 넣었다.나처럼 벽돌. 나처럼 벽돌(심슨 가족)과 나처럼 벽돌처럼 완전하거나 부분적인 복사 및 붙여넣기가 2개에서 몇 개 정도 있었을지 모르지만, 보통의 역사-메르세이션 과정으로는 그것을 감당할 수 없다.이 분쟁은 어디선가 제대로 논의될 필요가 있다.Anthony Appleyard (대화) 05:08, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 리디렉션하고 보호하는 게 어때?그렇게 되면 지저분한 역사도 제자리에 있고 질서정연한 역사도 제자리에 남게 될 것이고, 또한 하나의 기사도 남길 것이다.가이 (도움말!) 10:50, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 나는 ViperSnake151의 아이디어에 밑줄을 그어야만 한다. 그것은 모든 것을 바르게 하는 방법이다.그러나 Djole 555의 사본은 여전히 그의 작품이 아니기 때문에 삭제되어야 한다. --M(e)이스칼트 (토크) 12:45, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 나는 JzG (Guy)에 동의한다.브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)를 완벽하게 보호하고 리디렉션으로 남겨두어라.카누크89 (have words with me) 14:54, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- {{coped}} 템플릿을 사용하여 Brick Like Me(심슨 가족)에서 콘텐츠를 복사한 편집 내용을 문서화하고 두 기록을 모두 제자리에 두십시오.간단하다. --ThaddeusB (대화) 21:59, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- Brick Like Me (The Simpsons)를 메인 기사로 완전히 보호되는 리디렉션으로 만드는 것을 지원한다.누군가는 그 자료가 원래 어디에서 왔는지에 대해 토크 페이지에 메모를 남길 수 있다.에드존스턴 (대화) 01:45, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 아니, 뷰 히스토리에 대해 메모하는 모든 사람이 토크 페이지에 대해 메모하는 것은 아니다.복사본의 편집 요약에 언급되어 있거나 ViperSnake151을 사용하는 방법에 대해 설명하십시오.다른 포인트는 위키피디아 페이지에서 베껴도 여전히 저작권 침해다. --M(e)iscalt (토크) 15:22, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 잘못 알고 있는 경우 - {{copyed} 템플릿의 사용은 CC-BY-SA/GFDL의 요구 사항을 충족한다. 기록 병합은 필요하지 않다. --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:07, 2014년 5월 3일(UTC)
- 아니, 뷰 히스토리에 대해 메모하는 모든 사람이 토크 페이지에 대해 메모하는 것은 아니다.복사본의 편집 요약에 언급되어 있거나 ViperSnake151을 사용하는 방법에 대해 설명하십시오.다른 포인트는 위키피디아 페이지에서 베껴도 여전히 저작권 침해다. --M(e)iscalt (토크) 15:22, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
양말 블록 점검
나는 방금 "X in fiction" 범주[36]와 "고향적인 우주인"과 조류에 관한 것을 추가한 갑작스런 출현에 기초하여 CriticalScribe (talk · 기여 · 로그)의 의심스러운 양말 꼭두각시 인형으로서 Rob 심령학자 (talk · 기여 · logs)를 차단했다. [37] - 후자를 CritedScribe의 사용자 페이지 내용과 비교한다.글씨도 일치하는 것으로 보인다.같은 사람이라는 게 꽤 분명한 것 같아.내가 맞았는지 의견을 좀 얻을 수 있을까?만약 내가 망쳤다면, 나는 해당 이용자에게 완전하고 매우 공개적인 사과를 할 것이다.고마워요.— Scott • 2014년 5월 2일(UTC) 17:00 대화
Null 편집
누군가가 카테고리의 페이지를 null로 편집할 수 있는가?위키백과 XHTML 태그 대체 템플리트?그것들은 모두 완전하거나 템플릿으로 보호된다.그런 다음 페이지의 "삭제하려면 여기를 클릭하십시오" 링크를 사용하여 카테고리를 삭제하십시오.Armbrust 00:41, 2014년 5월 4일(UTC)
시대정신운동의 전투 편집
시대정신 운동에서 편집 전쟁이 벌어지고 있는 것 같다.토론이 문제를 해결할 수 있을 때까지 기사를 잠그거나 필요한 경우 관련자를 차단할 수 있는가?고마워요.나이트스크림 (토크) 03:40, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- GAAF가 Zeitgeitst bollocks에 대해 조사한 세계인의 107%가 위키백과에서 그것을 추진하는 이유는 무엇인가?
- [1] 모두 거기다 양말뿌리개 몇 개를 더하면 된다.
- 가이(도움말!) 01:09, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
브릭 라이크 미
- 브릭 라이크 미(Brick Like Me)를 대체하기 위해 브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)를 옮겨달라는 요청이 들어왔다.그러나 브릭 라이크 미(Brick Like Me)는 오랫동안 질서정연하게 편집을 이어온 것이고, 브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)는 텍스트와 리디렉션 간의 편집 전쟁을 무질서하게 번갈아 하는 것이다.누군가 이 요청을 역사-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-물리-편그러나 2명의 사용자가 이 기록-메르기 요청을 계속 재설치하고 있다.사용자 대화:Anthony Appleyard#Brick Like Me, 사용자 대화:M(e)ter Eiskalt#Brick Like Me. 나는 역사를 메우고 싶고 이러한 욕구를 충족시키고 싶지만, 그것은 엉망진창일 것이다: WP:병렬 역사를 참조하라.이 두 장의 '나처럼 벽돌' 페이지에서 일어난 일은 자르고 붙이는 것이 아니라 복사하고 붙이는 것이었고, 두 개의 평행 이력을 만들었으며, 이 두 역사 중 하나를 다시 통합하기 위해서는 다른 역사(복사하고 붙여넣는 것으로 인한 콘텐츠 포크 이후 정리할 때의 그 끈질긴 딜레마)를 잘라내야 했다.나는 Talk에 기록 노트를 넣었다.나처럼 벽돌. 나처럼 벽돌(심슨 가족)과 나처럼 벽돌처럼 완전하거나 부분적인 복사 및 붙여넣기가 2개에서 몇 개 정도 있었을지 모르지만, 보통의 역사-메르세이션 과정으로는 그것을 감당할 수 없다.이 분쟁은 어디선가 제대로 논의될 필요가 있다.Anthony Appleyard (대화) 05:08, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 리디렉션하고 보호하는 게 어때?그렇게 되면 지저분한 역사도 제자리에 있고 질서정연한 역사도 제자리에 남게 될 것이고, 또한 하나의 기사도 남길 것이다.가이 (도움말!) 10:50, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 나는 ViperSnake151의 아이디어에 밑줄을 그어야만 한다. 그것은 모든 것을 바르게 하는 방법이다.그러나 Djole 555의 사본은 여전히 그의 작품이 아니기 때문에 삭제되어야 한다. --M(e)이스칼트 (토크) 12:45, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 나는 JzG (Guy)에 동의한다.브릭 라이크 미(The Simpsons)를 완벽하게 보호하고 리디렉션으로 남겨두어라.카누크89 (have words with me) 14:54, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- {{coped}} 템플릿을 사용하여 Brick Like Me(심슨 가족)에서 콘텐츠를 복사한 편집 내용을 문서화하고 두 기록을 모두 제자리에 두십시오.간단하다. --ThaddeusB (대화) 21:59, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- Brick Like Me (The Simpsons)를 메인 기사로 완전히 보호되는 리디렉션으로 만드는 것을 지원한다.누군가는 그 자료가 원래 어디에서 왔는지에 대해 토크 페이지에 메모를 남길 수 있다.에드존스턴 (대화) 01:45, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 아니, 뷰 히스토리에 대해 메모하는 모든 사람이 토크 페이지에 대해 메모하는 것은 아니다.복사본의 편집 요약에 언급되어 있거나 ViperSnake151을 사용하는 방법에 대해 설명하십시오.다른 포인트는 위키피디아 페이지에서 베껴도 여전히 저작권 침해다. --M(e)iscalt (토크) 15:22, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 잘못 알고 있는 경우 - {{copyed} 템플릿의 사용은 CC-BY-SA/GFDL의 요구 사항을 충족한다. 기록 병합은 필요하지 않다. --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:07, 2014년 5월 3일(UTC)
- 아니, 뷰 히스토리에 대해 메모하는 모든 사람이 토크 페이지에 대해 메모하는 것은 아니다.복사본의 편집 요약에 언급되어 있거나 ViperSnake151을 사용하는 방법에 대해 설명하십시오.다른 포인트는 위키피디아 페이지에서 베껴도 여전히 저작권 침해다. --M(e)iscalt (토크) 15:22, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
양말 블록 점검
나는 "X in fiction" 범주[39]와 "Ex in fiction"과 조류[40]에 대한 내용을 추가하기 위한 갑작스러운 출현에 기초하여 CriticalScribe (talk · 기여 · 로그)의 의심스러운 양말 꼭두각시 인형으로서 Rob 심령학자 (talk · 기여 · 로그)를 막았다.글씨도 일치하는 것으로 보인다.같은 사람이라는 게 꽤 분명한 것 같아.내가 맞았는지 의견을 좀 얻을 수 있을까?만약 내가 망쳤다면, 나는 해당 이용자에게 완전하고 매우 공개적인 사과를 할 것이다.고마워요.— Scott • 2014년 5월 2일(UTC) 17:00 대화
Null 편집
누군가가 카테고리의 페이지를 null로 편집할 수 있는가?위키백과 XHTML 태그 대체 템플리트?그것들은 모두 완전하거나 템플릿으로 보호된다.그런 다음 페이지의 "삭제하려면 여기를 클릭하십시오" 링크를 사용하여 카테고리를 삭제하십시오.Armbrust 00:41, 2014년 5월 4일(UTC)
Genesis 생성 설명에서 요청 모라토리엄 이동
참여 NAC: 컨센서스는 BHG의 모라토리엄을 분명히 지지하고 있으며, 콘텐츠 분쟁을 논의할 장소는 아니다.토크 페이지로 이동하십시오.BMK (대화) 22:52, 2014년 5월 8일 (UTC) |
- 다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.
나는 방금 Talk에서 요청된 이동 토론을 끝냈다.창세기 창조의 서술#제안_이동.2010년 1월(일종의 기록일 수도 있음) 이후 12번째, 3개월 만에 두 번째 이동 토론이었다.따라서 나는 추가 이동 요청에 대해 12개월의 유예 조치를 내렸다.
전에는 이런 일을 한 기억이 없어서 어딘가에 기록해야 할지 확신이 안 선다.그래서 여기에 메모를 남겼어. --BrownHairdGirl (토크) • (기증) 00:52, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- IMO 잘했어. 아이언돔 (토크) 01:05, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 잘 왔다.나는 이것에 대한 로그는 없다고 생각하지만 긍정적이지는 않다.미니애폴리스 01:14, 2014년 5월 2일 (UTC)
- 관리자가 다른 관리자에게 이와 같은 관리자 권한을 부여할 때, 적어도 어딘가에 그 권한을 부여할 수 있는가?나는 관리자들이 대화에 대해 모라토리엄을 부과할 수 있다고 말하는 곳이 어디에도 보이지 않는다.이것은 완전히 새로운 도색계급에 대한 권리다.
- jps (대화) 07:43, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 새로운 권력은 개입되지 않는다.우리가 할 일은 이 기사의 이동 요청, 즉 파괴적인 것으로 판단될 행동을 명확히 하는 것이다.나는 당신보다 더 이상 제목에 동의하지 않는다(그리고 아마도 비슷한 이유로), 이것은 제목의 옳고 그름과는 전혀 관계가 없으며, 아주 오랫동안 격앙되어 온 토론의 무의미함과 관련된 모든 것은 움직임에 대한 합의가 존재하지 않는다는 것을 합리적 의심의 여지 없이 증명했다.그것은 일어나지 않을 것이고 아무도 더 이상 전쟁 중인 정당을 감시하고 싶어하지 않을 것이다.이미 충분히.가이 (도움말!) 2014년 5월 8일 12시 18분 (UTC)
- 분명히 말하면, 나는 이 대화가 아직 논리 정연한 목소리가 들리지 않았다고 생각하고, 그래서 토론을 종결하는 것이 말이 된다고 확신하지 못하고 있는 것이다.원한다면 1년 동안 열어두고, 누군가에게 무슨 일이 일어나는지 평가하게 하라.하지만 이렇게 닫음으로써 2014년 5월 2일까지 멈춰달라고 요청하는 것이고, 그 때까지만 해도 중단되었던 곳을 다시 잡을 수 있을 것이다.대화를 계속하지 말자.WP는 무엇인가?서류상 해로움?나는 너희 행정관들이 누가 옳고 그른지 알아내기 위해 그런 대화를 읽는 것을 좋아하지 않을 수도 있다고 생각하지만, 그것이 대화를 중단하는 좋은 이유는 아니다.그냥. jps (대화) 07:48, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- jps (대화) 07:43, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 그렇다, 현 상태와 다른 견해를 가진 사람들은 합의점이 분명히 존재하지 않았을 때 닫히고 모라토리엄을 상대방에게 부여된 "승리"로 볼 것이다.그것은 "변화에 대한 합의가 없다"는 것이 아니다.변화를 찬성하는 주장이 매우 강했다.그냥 "합의 없음"일 뿐이야."원"을 가진 사람들이 "당신이 이것을 바꾸려고 노력했지만 실패했다"고 말할 수 있게 된 것은 우리 정책의 불행한 기발함이며, 그들의 말이 옳다는 것을 암시한다.그리고 그것은 전혀 증명된 것이 아니다.용감한 행정가는 단순히 표를 세는 것이 아니라 논쟁의 질을 고려해서 판결을 내릴 것이다.HiLo48 (대화) 08:12, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 바꿀 만한 공감대가 없다는 판결이 나올 것이다.현재의 직함이 정책을 위반하는 것은 아니다.물론, 그것은 정책을 위반하는 것으로 주장되지만, 그것은 단지 의견일 뿐이고 짐보 같은 사람들에 의해 소유되는 것이 아니다, 그래서 짐보 같은 이 문제에 대한 그의 진술에 따르면,나는 "마이스트" 타이틀을 강하게 선호하는 사람으로서 이렇게 말한다.가이(도움말!) 10:53, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- @HiLo48 WP에 따라 토론을 저울질하며 시간을 보내는 것은 좀 지루하다.RMCI#Defining_consensions를 듣고 "용감한 행정가는 단순히 표를 세는 것이 아니라 논쟁의 질을 고려할 것"이라는 말을 듣는다.AGF, 제발.나는 상황이 정당화하는 숫자에 반할 용의가 있다. (예를 들어 크레인, 치페위안 사람들, 힐러리 클린턴을 보라.)
- 나는 논쟁들을 따져보고 정책에서 기초하지 않은 논쟁들을 버렸고, 양측에 좋은 정책 기반 논쟁들이 남겨졌다.양쪽 모두 근거가 있는 주장을 가지고 있다고 판단했기 때문에, 마무리 관리자의 임무는 분명히 WP를 만들지 않는 것이다.SURVEROTE가 어떤 주장을 선호하는지 결정한다.행정관의 일은 정책 기반 논쟁의 강도와 그들을 위한 지원의 강도에 무게를 두는 것이다.이와 같은 경우, 근거가 충분한 정책 기반의 주장에 대해 대체로 비슷한 수준의 지지층이 존재하는 경우, 행정관이 양측 간에 자신의 선택을 강요하는 것은 전적으로 잘못될 것이며, 그러한 폐쇄는 이동 검토 시 옳고 적절하게 뒤집힐 것이다.
- 공감대가 없는 곳에서 정책은 현상 유지다.이런 상황에서 양측의 선택에 대한 합의를 이끌어내지 못하는 경우가 지속되는 상황에서 선제적 우위를 내포한다.지역사회는 두 옵션 사이에 장기적인 합의가 없는 경우와 같은 경우, 두 대안 사이에서 페이지를 순환시킬 수 있다는 개념을 고려하고 싶어할 수 있지만, 현재로서는 그러한 정책이 존재하지 않는다. WP:TITLEChanges는 안정성을 우선시한다.
- 양측이 계류 중인 변경(예: 2014년 RFC)에 사용된 것과 같은 구조화된 의사결정 과정을 계획함으로써 모라토리엄 종료를 준비하는 것이 더 나은 방법이라고 생각한다.질문을 세분화하고 다양한 제안에 대한 합의를 별도로 평가하는 것이 관련자 모두에게 훨씬 더 유익할 것이며, 아직 또 다른 자유형 토론보다는 명확한 결과를 도출할 가능성이 더 높다. --BrownHairdGirl (토크) • (contracts) 12:44, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 당신의 동기는 이해하지만, 드라이브 바이 클로징과 무례한 "자신들 스스로 해결하라, 하지만 1년 동안 나를 괴롭히지 말라"는 것이 올바른 방향이라는 징후는 없다.나는 결과가 없을 구조적인 대화를 시작할 수 있어서 기쁘지만, 나는 WP 없이 단지 이것을 하려고 노력했다는 것을 기억하겠다.RM과 그 대신 다른 이들은 WP를 주장하기 위해 스스로 그것을 받아들였다.RM. 그렇다면 어떻게 구조화된 토론을 시작할 것인가에 대한 토론을 시작하고자 한다면, 나는 토크 페이지에서 그것을 하는 것이 금지되어 있는가? jps (토크) 14:52, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- Jps, AGF 좀 더 줘이것은 "몰래 운전하는 것"이 아니었고, 나는 "1년 동안 나를 괴롭히지 말라"고 말하지 않았다.내가 걱정하는 것은 나 자신을 위한 것이 아니라, 4년 동안 같은 라운드 인 서클 자유형 토론을 12번이나 재탕하는 데 끌려간 편집자들이야.
- 12개월 동안 또 다른 토론은 없을 테니 당분간 그만두는 게 좋을 거야.그러나 모라토리엄이 끝나갈 무렵, 여러분은 가장 강력하게 반대하는 편집자들을 찾아내고, 그들과 함께 이 두 가지 문제에 관한 문제를 파악하고, 그 문제들을 어떻게 다룰 것인가에 대한 토론을 시작할 수 있을 것이다. --BrownHairedGirl (토크) • (contracts) 2014년 5월 4일 (20:14, 2014 (UTC)
- 당신의 동기는 이해하지만, 드라이브 바이 클로징과 무례한 "자신들 스스로 해결하라, 하지만 1년 동안 나를 괴롭히지 말라"는 것이 올바른 방향이라는 징후는 없다.나는 결과가 없을 구조적인 대화를 시작할 수 있어서 기쁘지만, 나는 WP 없이 단지 이것을 하려고 노력했다는 것을 기억하겠다.RM과 그 대신 다른 이들은 WP를 주장하기 위해 스스로 그것을 받아들였다.RM. 그렇다면 어떻게 구조화된 토론을 시작할 것인가에 대한 토론을 시작하고자 한다면, 나는 토크 페이지에서 그것을 하는 것이 금지되어 있는가? jps (토크) 14:52, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 그렇다, 현 상태와 다른 견해를 가진 사람들은 합의점이 분명히 존재하지 않았을 때 닫히고 모라토리엄을 상대방에게 부여된 "승리"로 볼 것이다.그것은 "변화에 대한 합의가 없다"는 것이 아니다.변화를 찬성하는 주장이 매우 강했다.그냥 "합의 없음"일 뿐이야."원"을 가진 사람들이 "당신이 이것을 바꾸려고 노력했지만 실패했다"고 말할 수 있게 된 것은 우리 정책의 불행한 기발함이며, 그들의 말이 옳다는 것을 암시한다.그리고 그것은 전혀 증명된 것이 아니다.용감한 행정가는 단순히 표를 세는 것이 아니라 논쟁의 질을 고려해서 판결을 내릴 것이다.HiLo48 (대화) 08:12, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- jps 흠, "잠깐 놔두는 것이 가장 좋다"는 것은 당신의 질문에 답하려는 나의 시도였지만, 당신은 매우 정밀한 용어로 철자를 말하고 싶어하는 것 같으니, 나는 가능한 한 분명하게 하려고 노력할 것이다.
- 너는 12개월 동안 더 실질적인 논의를 시작할 수 없다.내년에 무엇을 할 것인가에 대한 12개월간의 메타 토론으로 편집자들을 끌어들이는 것은 의미가 없으니, 지금 당장 토크를 시작하지 마라.언제 회담에 대한 논의를 시작하는 것이 적절할 지에 대해 너무 규범적으로 생각하지 않으려고 했지만, 만약 당신이 정확한 시간을 원한다면...나는 모라토리엄이 만료되기 1개월 전이면 충분하다고 말하고 싶다.2015년 4월 2일 입니다.충분히 알겠나? --BrownHairdGirl (대화) • (출연) 21:17, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 그래, 고마워, 그건 확실해.100% 이해하지만, 2015년 5월 2일까지는 누구도 특정 기사의 이동이나 명칭 변경에 대해 논의할 수 없으며, 2015년 4월 2일까지는 특정 기사의 이동이나 명칭 변경에 대한 메타토론을 가질 수 없다.그리고 이것은 어떻게 시행될 것인가?우리가 위반을 볼 때마다 너에게 올까, 아니면 이 게시판에 보고할 때마다 올까?아니면 단순히 토크 페이지 댓글을 지워야 할까?아니면 붕괴상자로 보관해야 할까?시행이 발생할 매개변수는 무엇인가?jps (대화) 21:24, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- jps, 제발 좀 진정해.솔직히, 이 모든 것은 그저 반복적인 토론이 아무데도 안 가고 편집 시간과 노력을 낭비하고 있다는 것이다. 그러니 여러분, 제발 이 문제를 잠시 접어두고 다른 문제들에 착수하십시오.
- 그 사이에 누군가 그 길을 걷기 시작하면, 다른 편집자는 모라토리엄에 주목하여 토론의 끝을 맺을 수 있다.
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이에 이의를 제기하고 싶은 사람이 있다면 WP에 지원을 요청하십시오.ANI. 다른 관리자보다 나를 강제할 필요는 없다. - 이것이 도움이 되기를!--BrownHairdGirl (대화) • (기증) 21:42, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 그래, 고마워, 그건 확실해.100% 이해하지만, 2015년 5월 2일까지는 누구도 특정 기사의 이동이나 명칭 변경에 대해 논의할 수 없으며, 2015년 4월 2일까지는 특정 기사의 이동이나 명칭 변경에 대한 메타토론을 가질 수 없다.그리고 이것은 어떻게 시행될 것인가?우리가 위반을 볼 때마다 너에게 올까, 아니면 이 게시판에 보고할 때마다 올까?아니면 단순히 토크 페이지 댓글을 지워야 할까?아니면 붕괴상자로 보관해야 할까?시행이 발생할 매개변수는 무엇인가?jps (대화) 21:24, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 실제로 그러한 유예기간 - 3개월, 6개월, 12개월(대부분 보통 6개월) -은 RM 마감자의 지시에서 드물지 않다.그러나 그들은 항상 브라운헤어드걸의 모라토리엄에 대한 높은 품질은 아니다.어딘가에 비공식 로그가 있으면 도움이 될 것이다.ictu oculi (대화) 11:45, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
- 나는 위키피디아가 이런 문제들에 대한 해결책을 찾을 수 있을지 궁금하다. 이러한 문제들에 대한 해결책을 찾을 수 있을지 모르겠다. 그 결정에는 변화를 원하지 않는 사람들이 추구하는 미래의 시도들에 대한 모라토리엄이 더해지고, 그 결과를 정확히 전달하며, 양쪽에서 그들을 위한 승리로 간주하는 것이다.HiLo48 (대화) 22:37, 2014년 5월 3일 (UTC)
나는 또한 브라운헤어드걸의 이 이슈에 대한 처리를 지지한다.무의미한 움직임 논의(항상 제시된 것과 같은 대체 제목인 것 같기 때문에 '합의 없음'으로 끝날 운명인)를 1년에 한 번으로 줄이는 것은 좋은 생각이다.또한 이 "승리"와 "실패"에 대한 이야기가 WP:BATTLG그라운드의 불행한 취향을 가지고 있다는 것을 덧붙이겠다. -- 101.117.2.111 (토크) 04:00 (토크) 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC) — 101.117.2.111 (토크)은 이 주제 이외의 편집은 거의 또는 전혀 하지 않았다.
- 아마도, 하지만 그것은 분명히 많은 사람들이 가지고 있는 진짜 관점을 무시하는 것일 뿐이다.라벨을 붙이는 것은 그 관점을 바꾸지 않는다.그리고 어쩌면 그 반복된 대안은 피비린내 나는 좋은 것일지도 모른다.매번 똑같다는 것은 아마도 그것이 틀리기보다는 그것을 가리킬 것이다.객관적인 관찰자는 변화를 추구하는 사람들이 비이성적인 거물들이 아니라는 것을 인정해야 할 것이다.매번 똑같다고 그들의 요청을 무시하는 것은 도움이 되지 않는다.반대하는 주장도 매번 똑같다.비슷하게 그들을 해고할 것인가?HiLo48 (대화) 18:53, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 더 가까이서 보면, 나는 그 토론의 어느 쪽도 비이성적이거나 편협하다고 보지 않는다.또한 나는 위의 IP로부터 어떠한 제안도 보지 못한다.물론 양쪽 다 ILICHIT/IDONTLKEIT 논평이 있었지만, 잘 짜여진 정책 기반 주장도 많았다.그러나, 한 번도 합의에 이르지 못한 채 같은 것을 끝없이 토론하는 것은 누구의 시간에도 생산적으로 사용하는 것이 아니다.--브라운헤어드걸(토크) • (출연) 20:22, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 동의해, 그래서 위에서 "궁금해..."라고 시작하는 내 게시물.주장이 양쪽 다 균등하게 균형을 이룬다고 해도 이것으로부터 얻는 것은 현상유지의 결과라고 할 수긍할 수 있다.그것은 공평하게 들릴지 모르지만, 사실 그것은 단지 먼저 들어온 쪽의 생각을 반영하는 것일 뿐이고, 논리적인 논거가 있는 많은 편집자들이 선호하는 그것과는 정반대되는 것이다.우리는 절대적 승리를 선언하고 있다. 사실 그것은 꽤 공평한 싸움이었다.우리 편집자의 절반에 대한 잘 퇴보된 견해는 이제 나머지 절반에 의해 억압되고 있다.좀 더 고른 해결책이 있었으면 좋겠다.HiLo48 (대화) 21:02, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- @HiLo48 (여기서 반복적으로 그렇듯이) 의견 일치가 부족할 때, 어떤 제목 선택도 견해를 밝힌 편집자의 절반에게 불공평할 것이다.
- 어떻게 할 것인가 하는 문제는 정책적으로 답해 왔다.WP:합의 없음:기사 제목이 오랫동안 안정적이었으면 오랜 기간 기사 제목이 유지된다. 안정적이거나 오랫동안 불안정한 적이 없다면 기사가 단조로워지지 않게 된 후 첫 번째 주요 기고자가 사용하는 호칭으로 옮겨진다.이 경우 우리는 호칭이 대체로 안정되어 왔지만, 다만 의견 일치가 부족해서 그런 특이한 상황을 맞게 된다.이 비범하게 반복된 증거가 의견 일치가 부족하다는 주장을 펴는 사례가 있지만, 그 정책이 이전에 어떻게 해석되는지를 본 적이 없다.만약 당신이 이 장기간의 무협의가 불안정성에 해당하고 따라서 단지 "기사가 더 이상 스텁이 되지 않게 된 후 첫번째 주요 기고자가 사용한 제목"으로 옮기고 싶다면, 자유롭게 이동 리뷰를 열어라. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contracts) 21:34, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- BHG는 안 돼. 네 근접성은 확실히 정책과 맞아.그것은 그 면에서는 비판할 수 없다.하지만 나는 여러 번의 이동 요청이 불안정을 분명히 보여준다고 말하고 싶다.특히 토론이 일어날 때마다 드라마가 너무 많기 때문에.그리고 양쪽 모두를 만족시킬 수 있는 어떤 형태의 타협도 사실상 불가능하다.그 입장은 너무나 정반대인 것 같다.현재의 기사 제목은 우리의 정책에 따라 도달한 것이지만, 매우 많은 수의 편집자들이 그것이 매우 형편없는 제목이라고 생각한다는 것을 기사 수준에서 독자들에게 증명하는 방법이 있었으면 좋겠다.HiLo48 (대화) 22:17, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 지금까지, 완벽하지는 않았지만 양쪽이 모두 받아들일 수 있는 어떤 것의 형태로, 실제적인 타협을 위한 시도는 거의 없었다.서술어도 신화도 아닌 타협적인 언어를 시도하는 것이 같은 제안을 정확히 여섯 번(지금까지) 반복하는 것보다 더 효과적일 것이다.아마도 창세기 창작 이야기 같은 것(나는 누군가가 더 잘 할 수 있다고 확신한다)은 잘못 이해한 "myth" 언어보다 더 받아들일 수 있는 대안이 될 것이다.1년 내내 절충안을 생각해내야 한다.행운이 있기를, 왓AMIdoing (대화) 23:09, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 우리에게 필요한 것은 각계각층의 지명자들이 있는 토론위원회다.내가 누구를 지명할지는 정확히 알고 있지만, 위키피디아는 그런 것들을 좋아하지 않는다. jps (토크) 00:07, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- @HiLo48 나의 밀착형 정책을 확인해줘서 고마워, 나는 실제로 그 지원을 위해 낚시를 한 것이 아니었어!
- 나의 제안은 이 끈질긴 의견의 결여로 인해 무엇을 할 것인가에 대한 좁은 문제와 관련이 있었다.내가 이동 검토를 제안한 이유는 순수하게 지속적인 무협의 맥락 안에서 그것을 불안정한 직함으로 취급하고 그 후에 최초의 비거시라는 직함으로 되돌아가는 사례가 있다고 생각했기 때문이다.스스로 어떤 선례를 만들고 싶지는 않지만, 그 좁은 점에 대한 이동 검토는 흥미로울 수 있다고 생각한다.아니면 원칙에 따라 RFC로 접근하는 것이 좋을까? --BrownHairdGirl (대화) • (출연) 02:28, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 창세기에서 창조의 계정은?StantAnselm (대화) 02:46, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 아니, 이제 타협을 시도하는 건 잘못된 것 같아변화를 추구하는 많은 사람들의 주된 주장은 모든 종교가 똑같이 취급되어야 한다는 것이다.그런 이야기는 모두 신화라고 해야 한다는 것. (지금은 그렇지 않더라도)그 입장은 기독교 이야기를 다른 종교와 똑같이 다루지 않는 해결책으로는 결코 만족할 수 없을 것이다.그 전선에서 타협하기는 꽤 어렵다.HiLo48 (토크) 08:42, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 네가 타협에 관심이 없다는 것을 명확히 해줘서 고마워.그것은 왜 우리가 이런 무의미한 반복적인 요청을 받고 모라토리엄의 필요성을 설명해야 하는지에 대한 충분한 이유가 된다.그리고 당신은 오해 속에서 일하고 있는 것처럼 보인다. 사실, 다른 종교들이 창작 서사를 쓰는 곳에서는 위키백과 기사는 일반적으로 "myth"라는 단어 없이 그 서사의 제목을 사용한다.예를 들면 다음과 같다.디네 바하네, 슈레크 갈리고, 엔마 엘리시, 바톤 실린더, 구데아 실린더, K.3364, 양과 곡물의 논쟁.당신이 진정으로 원하는 것은 기독교를 다른 종교와 다르게 대우하는 것 같다.만약 모라토리엄이 사태를 진정시키지 못한다면, ArbCom은 사실을 결정할 수 있는 권한을 가지고 있기 때문에, 이것을 ArbCom에 가져가야 할 필요가 있을 수 있다. -- 101.117.110.223 (토크) 00:29, 2014년 5월 6일 (UTC)
- ArbCom은 자체적으로 사실을 만들 수는 있지만 사실을 결정할 수 있는 권한이 없다.Hawkeye7 (대화) 22:21, 2014년 5월 7일 (UTC)
- 나는 3인칭으로 글을 쓰고 있고, 특정 편집자의 생각은 언급하지 않고 있다.나는 이 토론의 더 넓은 문제를 설명하려고 노력해왔다.너 내 얘기 썼잖아, 무례하게.닥쳐!.HiLo48 (대화) 00:37, 2014년 5월 6일 (UTC)
- 익명의 사용자, 당신의 예들은 기독교 창조 신화에 대한 동등한 대우가 신화 제목에 따라 이름을 붙이는 것이 될 것이라는 것을 암시한다.그러나 창세기 책이 이미 존재하기 때문에(제네시스만이 혼란이다), 이 특별한 기사는 첫 번째 두 장의 창조 신화를 특별히 언급하고 있기 때문에, 그것은 효과가 없을 것이다.제목이 없는 창조신화는 아이누 창조신화부터 주니 창조신화까지 이슬람 창조신화, 일본 창조신화, 중국 창조신화, 만데 창조신화, 수메르 창조신화, 세레르 창조신화, 고대 이집트 창조신화, 메소아메리카 창조신화 등의 이름을 가지고 있다.그것들은 창세기 창조 신화의 지지자들이 일치하기를 원하는 기사들이다.비록 그들의 형태가 특별히 [지역이나 사람] 창조 신화이기 때문에 유대교 창조 신화나 아브라함 창조 신화는 그들과 더 일치한다는 주장이 나올 수도 있다.~ 뢰빈 욘하트 (대화) 08:33, 2014년 5월 6일 (UTC)
- 여기서 다시는 제목에 대해 토론하지 말자.이 논의는 모라토리엄에 관한 것일 뿐이다.StantAnselm (대화) 08:59, 2014년 5월 6일 (UTC)
- 네가 타협에 관심이 없다는 것을 명확히 해줘서 고마워.그것은 왜 우리가 이런 무의미한 반복적인 요청을 받고 모라토리엄의 필요성을 설명해야 하는지에 대한 충분한 이유가 된다.그리고 당신은 오해 속에서 일하고 있는 것처럼 보인다. 사실, 다른 종교들이 창작 서사를 쓰는 곳에서는 위키백과 기사는 일반적으로 "myth"라는 단어 없이 그 서사의 제목을 사용한다.예를 들면 다음과 같다.디네 바하네, 슈레크 갈리고, 엔마 엘리시, 바톤 실린더, 구데아 실린더, K.3364, 양과 곡물의 논쟁.당신이 진정으로 원하는 것은 기독교를 다른 종교와 다르게 대우하는 것 같다.만약 모라토리엄이 사태를 진정시키지 못한다면, ArbCom은 사실을 결정할 수 있는 권한을 가지고 있기 때문에, 이것을 ArbCom에 가져가야 할 필요가 있을 수 있다. -- 101.117.110.223 (토크) 00:29, 2014년 5월 6일 (UTC)
- 아니, 이제 타협을 시도하는 건 잘못된 것 같아변화를 추구하는 많은 사람들의 주된 주장은 모든 종교가 똑같이 취급되어야 한다는 것이다.그런 이야기는 모두 신화라고 해야 한다는 것. (지금은 그렇지 않더라도)그 입장은 기독교 이야기를 다른 종교와 똑같이 다루지 않는 해결책으로는 결코 만족할 수 없을 것이다.그 전선에서 타협하기는 꽤 어렵다.HiLo48 (토크) 08:42, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 창세기에서 창조의 계정은?StantAnselm (대화) 02:46, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 우리에게 필요한 것은 각계각층의 지명자들이 있는 토론위원회다.내가 누구를 지명할지는 정확히 알고 있지만, 위키피디아는 그런 것들을 좋아하지 않는다. jps (토크) 00:07, 2014년 5월 5일 (UTC)
- 지금까지, 완벽하지는 않았지만 양쪽이 모두 받아들일 수 있는 어떤 것의 형태로, 실제적인 타협을 위한 시도는 거의 없었다.서술어도 신화도 아닌 타협적인 언어를 시도하는 것이 같은 제안을 정확히 여섯 번(지금까지) 반복하는 것보다 더 효과적일 것이다.아마도 창세기 창작 이야기 같은 것(나는 누군가가 더 잘 할 수 있다고 확신한다)은 잘못 이해한 "myth" 언어보다 더 받아들일 수 있는 대안이 될 것이다.1년 내내 절충안을 생각해내야 한다.행운이 있기를, 왓AMIdoing (대화) 23:09, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- BHG는 안 돼. 네 근접성은 확실히 정책과 맞아.그것은 그 면에서는 비판할 수 없다.하지만 나는 여러 번의 이동 요청이 불안정을 분명히 보여준다고 말하고 싶다.특히 토론이 일어날 때마다 드라마가 너무 많기 때문에.그리고 양쪽 모두를 만족시킬 수 있는 어떤 형태의 타협도 사실상 불가능하다.그 입장은 너무나 정반대인 것 같다.현재의 기사 제목은 우리의 정책에 따라 도달한 것이지만, 매우 많은 수의 편집자들이 그것이 매우 형편없는 제목이라고 생각한다는 것을 기사 수준에서 독자들에게 증명하는 방법이 있었으면 좋겠다.HiLo48 (대화) 22:17, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 동의해, 그래서 위에서 "궁금해..."라고 시작하는 내 게시물.주장이 양쪽 다 균등하게 균형을 이룬다고 해도 이것으로부터 얻는 것은 현상유지의 결과라고 할 수긍할 수 있다.그것은 공평하게 들릴지 모르지만, 사실 그것은 단지 먼저 들어온 쪽의 생각을 반영하는 것일 뿐이고, 논리적인 논거가 있는 많은 편집자들이 선호하는 그것과는 정반대되는 것이다.우리는 절대적 승리를 선언하고 있다. 사실 그것은 꽤 공평한 싸움이었다.우리 편집자의 절반에 대한 잘 퇴보된 견해는 이제 나머지 절반에 의해 억압되고 있다.좀 더 고른 해결책이 있었으면 좋겠다.HiLo48 (대화) 21:02, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
- 더 가까이서 보면, 나는 그 토론의 어느 쪽도 비이성적이거나 편협하다고 보지 않는다.또한 나는 위의 IP로부터 어떠한 제안도 보지 못한다.물론 양쪽 다 ILICHIT/IDONTLKEIT 논평이 있었지만, 잘 짜여진 정책 기반 주장도 많았다.그러나, 한 번도 합의에 이르지 못한 채 같은 것을 끝없이 토론하는 것은 누구의 시간에도 생산적으로 사용하는 것이 아니다.--브라운헤어드걸(토크) • (출연) 20:22, 2014년 5월 4일 (UTC)
Let me get this straight...brown haired girl 'impossed' a moratorium? She can't do that. Seriously, this is bull(self edited).--Maleko Mela (talk) 00:46, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have imposed moratoriums in move request closes on occasion, most famously after the first major Chelsea Manning move discussion. I was asked at that time how much authority I had to do so, and I replied then (as I would contend now) that any administrator has as much authority to take such an action as the community is willing to recognize. This is informed by the reasoning behind the decision to impose one. I'm sure that an administrator who imposed, for example, a ten year moratorium on future discussion of a proposal would not be taken very seriously. A year-long moratorium is probably on the outside of what is feasible, but is entirely understandable given exceptional circumstances. I would imagine that such an imposition, like any other part of the close, is subject to consideration in a move review. I would definitely support having a single centralized page listing all move moratoriums in place at any given time. bd2412T 01:01, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- If any editor wants to open a move review, then the moratorium would of course be up for review too. If the community chooses to overturn it or alter it's length or whatever, that's fine by me.
- My concern was simply to break the extraordinarily cycle of rapidly-repeated inconclusive discussions which rehash the same arguments at enormous length. If the community wants that cycle to continue, so be it; or if it wants to find some completely different way of resolving this dispute, that's even better. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 01:31, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Had I known you imposed a moratorium with the Manning case I would never have accepted/supported you to be a part of the Clinton closure. This isn't an abuse of tools since you didn't use any, but no one has to recognize anything just because..."you say so". And I do not. This is not a consensus discussion. Any such discussion would take place on the article talk page. Unless arbcom has decided to make such a moratorium as part of official sanctions this is little more than bullying others and using your position as an admin to take advantage of a situation. there is no policy or guideline that allows this. Seriously.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:19, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- @User:Mark Miller, I think you have misunderstood me. BrownHairedGirl did not impose a moratorium at Chelsea Manning; I did. She was not involved in that closure (and I was not involved in this one, or in the HRC closure). bd2412T 13:19, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow...that was really hard to find this post after opening the editing window. Thanks for explaining that and sorry for the mix up. keeping who said what straight is becoming something of a headache now.--Maleko Mela (talk) 19:53, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- @User:Mark Miller, I think you have misunderstood me. BrownHairedGirl did not impose a moratorium at Chelsea Manning; I did. She was not involved in that closure (and I was not involved in this one, or in the HRC closure). bd2412T 13:19, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Had I known you imposed a moratorium with the Manning case I would never have accepted/supported you to be a part of the Clinton closure. This isn't an abuse of tools since you didn't use any, but no one has to recognize anything just because..."you say so". And I do not. This is not a consensus discussion. Any such discussion would take place on the article talk page. Unless arbcom has decided to make such a moratorium as part of official sanctions this is little more than bullying others and using your position as an admin to take advantage of a situation. there is no policy or guideline that allows this. Seriously.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:19, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Endorse BrownHairedGirl's action per DISRUPT - always the same apples-to-oranges argument, nothing new the last several go's. We need to put apples (significantly widely held beliefs with extensive cited controversy about the genre) into the same labeling with oranges (nearly extinct beliefs with hardly any cited controversy about the genre), all for the sake of "consistency" - a slippery slope. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 01:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- comment if we are considering some sort of moratorium, then the debate should have been more structured and the close some more detailed discussion of numbers and policy rather than just "close as no consensus", which the last two do - this just emphasises a first move advantage in these type of situations. I'd suggest a more detailed rationale and structured discussion with broader input like some other closes - 12 Requested Moves suggests it is a topic which deserves a more detailed and structured close and then a moratorium. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think I agree. Like: All such discussions on this page are temporarily suspended until further notice. Interested parties are to repair to WP:Mediation to in good faith explore compromises or the basis and wording (with respect to background of the dispute, counterpoints, policy and sources) for a fully laid out community wide RfC to be held on a neutral page and widely advertised." Or something like that. Alanscottwalker (talk) 02:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm also concerned with the simple "close as no consensus" and the first move advantage. In something like this we need a much more detailed analysis. "No consensus" often seems like an easy out to me and can allow a minority to always have their way. Dougweller (talk) 11:29, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think I agree. Like: All such discussions on this page are temporarily suspended until further notice. Interested parties are to repair to WP:Mediation to in good faith explore compromises or the basis and wording (with respect to background of the dispute, counterpoints, policy and sources) for a fully laid out community wide RfC to be held on a neutral page and widely advertised." Or something like that. Alanscottwalker (talk) 02:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse. This is a huge waste of time for the community to debate these things over and over. The Arbcom does similar, see for example the Infobox case. This used to be a standard type of closing comment for repetitious RMs, I don't know why BrownHairedGirl is suddenly get so much flack for it. If someone has a burning desire to discuss this yet again, or has new reasons to request a move, they can always bring their reasons to the talk page or WP:Move Review. —Neotarf (talk) 03:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment: A separate discussion of the validity of the moratorium is being held at Talk:Genesis creation narrative#Should we impose a community moratorium on moving this page title. It doesn't seem to be helpful to have two discussions at the same time, especially if they are surveys gauging community support. StAnselm (talk) 03:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is a discussion specific to that article. What I'd like to see here is someone pointing to a policy or discussion that gives any single user (with the possible exception of Jimbo) the right to unilaterally declare any discussion closed for 12 months. Joefromrandb (talk) 04:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- FWIW, this discussion is also specific to that article. Jsharpminor (talk) 04:12, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is a discussion specific to that article. What I'd like to see here is someone pointing to a policy or discussion that gives any single user (with the possible exception of Jimbo) the right to unilaterally declare any discussion closed for 12 months. Joefromrandb (talk) 04:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong endorse. Regardless of anyone's personal feelings, this issue has not been settled and we're here to build an encyclopedia, not fight for our personal viewpoints. These discussions that have been closed for a year have not been resolved in the previous 4 years and previous 12 discussions; it's time to move on. Jsharpminor (talk) 04:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I can't actually endorse, as I clearly object to anyone imposing sanctions on their own, but now that the discussion on the article talk page has been closed by an uninvolved admin and this is now the centralized discussion (if this is actually where all these moratorium discussions take place we may need to move the Hillary discussion if it is still open) I would certainly !vote (as I did in the other discussion) to Support a moratorium. This is not about beliefs, at least it shouldn't be. It is about whether or not the community feels that there is enough consensus to ask that no further move requests be made for a period of time. I generally feel 6 months is a good period, but if 6 months...why not a year. I do, however hope this will be added as a dislaimer on the talk page so that other users not seeing this discussion or not around at this time will have the proper notifications to not start another move discussion.--Maleko Mela (talk) 08:30, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse the actions by BHG and the moratorium itself. I strongly support a move to creation myth, but that's not the issue here. The issue is disruption of Wikipedia with continual going-in-circles move request which we can do without. The question whether an admin can/may unilaterally impose a moratorium are understandable, but in the end just rule-wonkery. If there were significant dispute over the moratorium itself (but there isn't) we would be in a different situation, but we aren't, which renders the meta-issue moot. Spare the discussion for when there is actually something to discuss. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:40, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse. I noted on Jimbo's talk page that perhaps things like an RM moratorium should be discussed and allowed to gain consensus prior to implementation, but putting the cart before the horse in this case won't change the end result. The RMs have obviously long since stopped being productive, and it is time that the involved editors spend some time on other things. They can always reconvene in a year for another round of "all talk, no action". Resolute 14:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse At some point, enough is enough. BHG did the right thing. Reopening the same move proposal just 3 months after it had failed for the 11th time fits under the broad definition of disruptive editing, and fashioning a reasonable remedy for disruption should be within an uninvolved admins discretion. Maybe people could constructively spend the next 12 months trying to find a process that could lead to a compromise.--agr (talk) 23:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment It seems seriously odd that an admin can impose a moratorium on the justification of "enough already" and then get community consensus. Not to mention that this basically kills off all chance of compromise for twelve months, since it can't even be discussed in any way until that time.Rwenonah (talk) 23:27, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Apparently quite a few people would agree with you. One could look at it that way, or perhaps the alternative is to view it as a SNOW issue, especially in light of the overwhelming consensus we have here to create a moratorium. Perhaps outcomes so severe (don't even talk about it for a year) ought to be discussed first in any case, but at that point the only question is should that have happened first. I see very few people questioning if it (the moratorium) should have happened at all. Jsharpminor (talk) 23:34, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- It sets a strange precedent. Could an administrator shut down this discussion on the basis that they felt it had gone on long enough and preclude all discussion of the topic for a year? I should hope not. Rwenonah (talk) 23:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Of course I should hope not as well -- the first time. But we're not talking about the first time. We're talking about an argument that has gone on a dozen times, each time lasting weeks or months, over the course of the last 4 years. "No consensus" has been reached, nor is consensus likely to be reached in the near future without some form of structure being imposed on the discussion other than the freeform course that it always takes.
- The same people who are voting "Oppose" for the moratorium would be the first people to vote to shutter a discussion per SNOW were someone to restart it, mere days after its unresolved closure. All the moratorium does is saves a step in that process: any such discussion has been preemptively SNOWed until it expires. Jsharpminor (talk) 00:55, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would just add that BHG promptly brought her moratorium here for review. Since, as you say, it would be completely inappropriate to restart the discussion this soon, were the moratorium to be rejected, no one would be inconvenienced in the slightest.--02:59, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- It sets a strange precedent. Could an administrator shut down this discussion on the basis that they felt it had gone on long enough and preclude all discussion of the topic for a year? I should hope not. Rwenonah (talk) 23:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Apparently quite a few people would agree with you. One could look at it that way, or perhaps the alternative is to view it as a SNOW issue, especially in light of the overwhelming consensus we have here to create a moratorium. Perhaps outcomes so severe (don't even talk about it for a year) ought to be discussed first in any case, but at that point the only question is should that have happened first. I see very few people questioning if it (the moratorium) should have happened at all. Jsharpminor (talk) 23:34, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose I have previously seen admins who included such moratoriums in their closes say that they were advisory, rather than binding. That seems to me the correct understanding. There is nothing in the policy on Requested Moves or elsewhere, as far as I can see, that gives admins the power to unilaterally ban RMs for a specified. I would agree that people should take a break here before recurring to the issue, but a year seems an unreasonably long time to me - six months might be a reasonable suggestion. Neljack (talk) 00:13, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse Regardless of the merits of the arguments to be made on either side, the behavior of repeatedly nominating something for a move request over and over becomes problematic. Such a moratorium frees up editors to use their skills improving other articles rather than rehashing the exact same stale arguments with the exact same group of combatants over and over again. This moratorium is a good idea. --Jayron32 00:20, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose While I don't disagree with the moratorium itself, the principles behind it and the precedents set by it are seriously flawed. Rwenonah (talk) 00:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse 12 move requests since 2010 is far too many. After reading the discussions, it seems to me that editors involved have better places to devote their time. So in place of topic bans, blocks or whatever for being disruptive, a moratorium is probably the best course. Moratoriums are placed by closers in various circumstances, and this one clearly fits the criteria. Thanks. Dave Dial (talk) 00:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse. A dozen move requests since 2010 is disruptive, as is making the exact same request just three months after the previous one failed. BHG was correct in placing the moratorium and made the correct call to seek approval here. Calidum Go Bruins! 03:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse By bringing the matter here BHG is making it clear that the moratorium is community supported (if this discussion so chooses; otherwise there is no moratorium). Accordingly, objections based on the horror of an admin imposing a solution do not apply. Time spent debating whether BHG filled in the correct forms is time wasted—what counts is whether it would be desirable for move requests to be debated every few weeks until eternity (no, it wouldn't—any decision would be better than that). Johnuniq (talk) 10:26, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Perpetual debate tries one's patience. It drags people into a debate almost unwillingly. This becomes a matter of endurance. I agree that someone should put the brakes on the reopening of this debate with a frequency that seems unreasonable to me. I guess I endorse. Disclosure: I am one who opposes the proposed move. Bus stop (talk) 11:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse I recently closed one RfC endorsing a moratorium because it was clear that the same old arguments had been repeated ad infinitum, & nothing would be accomplished by hashing them over & again except to exhaust one or the other party & achieve a change as if the discussion were a competition. (I set it indefinite on the basis that if someone had a point or argument that hadn't been expressed, then the discussion could be reopened; so the moratorium could be permanent -- or a few days.) Yes, consensus does change -- sometimes for the better, sometimes the worse -- but repeated restating of the same points only serves to harden opposing viewpoints, not to create a new consensus. People need to remember that silence & reflection are also part of the process. -- llywrch (talk) 15:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse - It may be uncertain whether individual admins can impose moratoria but a decision at WP:AN certainly can do so and that's where we are at now. A dozen move requests since 2010 certainly passes the barrier on whether a moratorium is reasonable. Would it seriously be beneficial to the encyclopedia to look forward to a new move proposal every three months from now on? There is some history of moratoria being imposed at WP:AE in contentious article naming disputes, for instance here though that was under Arbcom authority which is different from a community decision. EdJohnston (talk) 18:07, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse - No point in debating this over and over. Moratorium might be a good idea at Sarah Jane Brown as an alternative to arbitration. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:17, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse - too much time is wasted on repeating the same request over and over. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:20, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Endorse - This does not set a precedent. Admins have often laid down conditions on articles. And there are a small number of articles that seem to have endless and unproductive move discussions. I support a 12-month ban on moves on this article, and a more general (but shorter) one on initiating repeated requests on all articles. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong endorse - Neither editors nor admins on this project are robots, and I thoroughly appreciate it when an admin takes what could be a controversial action in order to do the right thing and quell the problem. Sure, they take a risk when they do so, and since we're quick to jump on them when their judgment seems wrong, we should be equally quick to stand behind them and thank them when they are right. BMK (talk) 01:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Question This will sweep a difficult issue under the carpet nicely, for a while, and please those who support the status quo. But what will be different next time, whenever it happens? HiLo48 (talk) 03:56, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- A convincing new argument, which gains community consensus should do it. A massive infusion of Non-involved input would be good. Both sides need time and space to muster new sources and approaches to argue this to a decisive conclusion. This is just attrition at the moment. A moratorium system would dovetail into this method. I do see a way through. Just not every 3 months or so. Its just groundhog day. Irondome (talk) 04:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- How about coming up with a different proposed name the next time a move is requested? Perhaps begin with a discussion of possible alternatives?--agr (talk) 11:32, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- I can't see how that can be a solution. One of the arguments of those who want change is that all religious creation stories should be treated the same. (I know some will want to argue against that, but this isn't the place to do it. I am not presenting the argument. I am describing it.) There's no point asking someone who thinks that it should be called a myth, because other articles are, to propose a different name. That's not asking them to compromise. that's asking them to drop their case completely. HiLo48 (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have no doubt that many who support the move are so uncompromising, but perhaps some supporters might accept a different approach, and thereby build more of a consensus, rather than the present standoff. If it really is all or nothing, then perhaps a one year moratorium isn't long enough.--agr (talk) 22:25, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- I can't see how that can be a solution. One of the arguments of those who want change is that all religious creation stories should be treated the same. (I know some will want to argue against that, but this isn't the place to do it. I am not presenting the argument. I am describing it.) There's no point asking someone who thinks that it should be called a myth, because other articles are, to propose a different name. That's not asking them to compromise. that's asking them to drop their case completely. HiLo48 (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- How about coming up with a different proposed name the next time a move is requested? Perhaps begin with a discussion of possible alternatives?--agr (talk) 11:32, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- A convincing new argument, which gains community consensus should do it. A massive infusion of Non-involved input would be good. Both sides need time and space to muster new sources and approaches to argue this to a decisive conclusion. This is just attrition at the moment. A moratorium system would dovetail into this method. I do see a way through. Just not every 3 months or so. Its just groundhog day. Irondome (talk) 04:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
RFPP is once more flooded, mops to hand
Another week, another "oh right, RFPP is a thing" reminder. Currently we're at 52 requests pending so we're in need of a little attention over there and probably something else so we don't have to post something at AN every few weeks it happens. tutterMouse (talk) 17:35, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- I took care of a bunch of them. FYI, admins being in short supply is hardly a problem unique to RFPP. --ThaddeusB (talk) 23:21, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- The rest have also been taken care of so thanks to those mucking in. I know admins being in short supply isn't unique to RFPP but would be nice if we could get some admins who'd have a regular look see every 24 hours or so to prevent backlogs of requests for something I see as fairly crucial to the wiki. tutterMouse (talk) 08:53, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- It [was is is going to be] finals week for most university students. I would expect some delay in admin tasks until mid-may. --GuerilleroMy Talk 19:01, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- The rest have also been taken care of so thanks to those mucking in. I know admins being in short supply isn't unique to RFPP but would be nice if we could get some admins who'd have a regular look see every 24 hours or so to prevent backlogs of requests for something I see as fairly crucial to the wiki. tutterMouse (talk) 08:53, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Askahrc
I would like an uninvolved admin to notify Askahrc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) per WP:ARBPSCI. The user was minimallty active for some time then returned in 2013, since when they have been showing obsessive support of the agendas of Rupert Sheldrake and his supporter/apologist Deepak Chopra. The views of both are way out in the long grass. This user now purports to mediate in the "dispute" between SAS81 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (an openly declared media representative for Chopra) and world+dog. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Askahrc/Archive is interesting too. This user appears to have lost interest in Wikipedia then returned after a hiatus to right great wrongs.
SAS81 has engaged in forum shopping because he does not like the sound of the word "no". This is expected and normal under the circumstances. Several users in good standing are counselling him on the Wikipedia way of doing things, and this is ongoing. I mention this user only for completeness: I do not, at this time, advocate sanctions against him. Guy (Help!) 22:50, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- Askahrc has already been notified of discretionary sanctions, and indeed has already been sanctioned for harassing users from behind a sockpuppet and for wasting the community's time.[41]
- There is a tabled request on him at AE, with "a low bar for reporting newer disruption". JzG, AE is likely a better place for this. I have evidence to submit about the recent continuation of his attacks against me (I was the one who exposed his sockpuppeting/harassing activities). vzaak 01:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I understand the cause of this notification. I've been intermittently active (including long hiatuses during the discussion over Sheldrake) for many years and have always tried to keep a neutral, reasonable tone to my contributions. I've never shown support for the agenda of Rupert Sheldrake (I was arguing against the incivility of editors on the page, not for Sheldrake's views) or Deepak Chopra. If you disagree, please show a diff.
- I have edited numerous other pages besides Sheldrake (which I haven't touched in months) and Chopra, and was introduced to the Chopra issue independently via the BLP board, where I'd offered to other editors the exact same referencing help as I did for user:SAS81. On Chopra I've been trying to work with other editors to establish a best practice to determine which sources would be most valid and applicable, namely focusing on independent secondary sources. Far from endorsing his agenda, I have argued that many of SAS81's sources should not take priority over existing secondaries. I have been mediating with editors from very different view points and we've been making excellent progress. All of my suggestions have been for a stronger emphasis on reliable sources, not a relaxing of WP:FRINGE.
- I know we've had minor misunderstandings in the past, Guy, but I honestly don't see the issue here. Also, what do the SPI's Vzaak keeps pushing against me have to do with this? He got me warned once, then tried it again and was told by an admin that there was absolutely no connection. It's frustrating to try to contribute in good faith and be called "obsessed" over something I've never once spoken in favor of, let alone have editors repeatedly bring up this SPI issue. The Cap'n (talk) 01:33, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- @user:Vzaak, see above about bringing up the SPI (over and over again), but otherwise what "continuing attacks" are you referring to? I've done nothing against you since bringing up my issues about you continually bringing cases against me (1, 2, 3) at AR. I honestly would like nothing more than to leave you alone and vice-versa. Voluntary IBAN?
- And yet again, what disruption? I'm mediating a discussion on citing secondary sources, how is that disruptive in any way? Let it go, Vzaak, I don't want to fight with you. The Cap'n (talk) 01:45, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm a little unclear about what is happening here. What is the problem actually? All I can add is that the Capn came into help on the BLP noticeboard and chimed in on my COI noticeboard and offered to help mediate. I also do not agree with Guy's assesment that I have a hard time being told 'no'. I was not aware he was in charge I was under the impression that Wikipedia is collaborative and Capn appears like a collaborative editor while Guy seems very angry that I am here. Capn has been very helpful in a very difficult situation, I wish there were a few more like him. SAS81 (talk) 02:23, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Askahrc responded to a request on the BLP notice board and has attempted to
mediatewhat had become a contentious article. His actions and behaviour have been appropriate and neutral, and he has provided a somewhat even tone to a sometimes less than pleasant environment. I see no reason to have brought him here. (Littleolive oil (talk) 02:55, 4 May 2014 (UTC))- @Vzaak: I agree, but I am involved so someone else needs to do it.
- @Littleolive oil: No they have not, because he is not "uninvolved" and he also has a significant history of POV-pushing, including sanctions in this exact area. Whoever should mediate (and actually mediation is not necessary, the iussue is just that the Chjopra media machine is trying to buff up the article), it should not and cannot be Askahrc. Guy (Help!) 10:10, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I do not think that Askahrc (talk · contribs) has the basic level of WP:COMPETENCE required to mediate. This may be due to the Dunning–Kruger effect. Either way, a bizarre and ineffective mediation attempt that will inevitably follow unless he is stopped is just going to create WP:DRAMA for the sake of it. Barney the barney barney (talk) 11:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- @JzG: Like anyone, you can submit a case to AE if there is sufficient disruption, with the "low bar" in mind. I haven't followed the recent Chopra events enough to address that. I was alarmed, however, to see Askahrc casting an aspersion on the Chopra talk page. If someone submits an AE I will add to it, otherwise we give WP:ROPE.
- However the issue with WP:ROPE is it is already getting long. Askahrc uses a sockpuppet to bully users, then brings an arbcom case about bullying. Askahrc promulgates battleground polemics on-wiki and off-wiki, then brings an arbcom case about battleground behavior. After being sanctioned for wasting the community's time with the first arbcom request, Askahrc submits a second time-wasting arbcom request. After arbitrators tell him to use AE in the first arbcom request, Askahrc brings another arbcom request without using AE (perhaps because there is a tabled AE request on him with a "low bar" for reporting future disruptions). After being caught harassing users with a sockpuppet, Askahrc uses AE and a formal arbcom request as a platform to cast evidence-free WP:ASPERSIONS against the person who caught him, and now after a hiatus Askahrc resumes it on the Chopra talk page. vzaak 14:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Guy. Askahrc had edited the Deepak Chopra article before he responded at the BLP NB? I don't believe so. I have no comment on what is happening on the Chopra article at this time but, I think we can agree to disagree.
- I am differentiating between an editor who comes into an article as either an informal mediator or formal mediator per our DR system and one who is attempting to steer to a neutral ground, (Askharc) maintains civility and so far is not pushing an agenda on to the other editors. As an aside, I am always put off and become suspicious when an editor's past is dragged up in a dispute as is happening here as a means to support an attack on that editor. Such an action intended or not dirties the water so we can't see what if any the real issues are at this point in time, on this article. Whether the editor is successful at mediating a situation is not the issue. Mediation with even the most experienced mediators is often unsuccessful in my experience. What is at issue are the allegations made which I believe are unfounded.(Littleolive oil (talk) 14:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC))
- Thank you, littleolive oil, I appreciate you weighing in. I've shown numerous diffs documenting what we're working on in Chopra, while I still haven't seen any showing supposed disruption. A few rejoinders:
- @vzaak I cast no aspersions on Chopra, I clarified an editors incongruous mention of SPI, and have backed it up with diffs. Speaking of aspersions, you are repeatedly misrepresenting events to suit your audience (and I think you could fit in your failed AE's "low bar for future disruptions" quote a few dozen more times, but be careful not to bring up "I'm interested in dated diffs of recent misconduct. No such diffs have been submitted here, and as such, I'd decline to act on the request as submitted."). You contradict yourself by saying that when the first arbreq was tabled I never sought the requested AE, then mention me harassing people with an an evidence-free AE. The truth is that I did file an AE as requested, it was filled with diffs of evidence and the admins agreed that the people it was brought against were acting inappropriately and needed to be sanctioned. Finally, you admit that you haven't actually read the progress on the Chopra page, but are apparently just endorsing this AN out of an assumption that anything I'm working on must be disruptive. You got me with one SPI and have been gunning for me since, even arguing with an admin when your second SPI got rejected. Please back off, Vzaak, this is inappropriate behavior.
- @Barney the barney barney, claiming that I have a mental disorder that is typified by gross incompetence, extreme ignorance and even brain damage is a clear violation of WP:NPA, something you've been sanctioned for before. Again, you claim that mediation will inevitably become "bizarre and ineffective" unless I am stopped, without showing any diffs, examples or evidence of my supposedly outlandish behavior, nor of being familiar with the Chopra talk page.
- @JzG, you said "because he is not "uninvolved" and he also has a significant history of POV-pushing, including sanctions in this exact area," which is factually incorrect. I've never worked on the Chopra page before the BLP, I've never been sanctioned for POV-pushing and despite people like Barney (who has misled you before) asserting otherwise, I have never seen a single diff showing any POV-pushing on my part. I chimed in briefly on the Sheldrake page, but pretty much all of my effort there was insisting editors needed to be more civil and stop issuing AN's, AE's and SPI's against the people who disagreed with them. The result was that I've been since hit with AN's, AE's and SPI's. Take what you will from that, but my participation on WP has always been to increase neutrality and sourcing, NOT to push a POV that I don't even agree with.
- Basically, I feel like I'm being presented as the boogeyman, but no one has actually presented any evidence of these grave disruptions I'm supposedly involved in. Instead I'm looking at assertions, personal attacks and more assertions. I'm getting really tired of logging in to pursue a hobby and dealing with senseless hostility from the same exact people over and over again. With all due respect to those involved, spend your time making WP better instead of following people around and trying to get them banned. The Cap'n (talk) 17:17, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- The only drama I see being caused is by a number of the editors commenting here who keep on pushing this battleground mentality and don't want to drop it. In my COIN, an uninvolved admin even weighed in on the activity of 'skeptics' on the page and mentioning directly that it makes the community look bad. Capn agreed to help mediate in that COI because this admin was asking if there was any uninvolved editors who could help bring a balance. Capn offered. Other editors have PM'd me telling me they don't want to get too involved because of this harassment. In the meantime I'm still getting pinged and one of the editors here (vzaak) who is not even involved in editing the article is bringing up some conspiracy plot they believe either I or capn is involved in. I'd like to offer a solution to this rather bizarre environment. Let's just focus on content. If we do that then problem is solved. SAS81 (talk) 17:48, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I simply asked why you brought me into it, and the answer you proffered didn't make sense. I had a right to ask. I didn't say you were part of a conspiracy.
- Regarding your concern about "skeptics" looking bad, the issue is that Askahrc had previously been sockpuppeting in the role of a "skeptic" harassing users and issuing threats in an effort to make "skeptics" look bad.[42] On the Deepak Chopra page, he has continued his effort to discredit me as retribution for catching him sockpuppeting. This behavior is not acceptable.
- Incidentally, I have never called myself a "skeptic" and I don't associate with any such groups. The primary problem I see with the "Guerrilla Skeptics" is their stupid name. If a group of regular, non-misbehaving Wikipedia editors call themselves "The Misbehaving Wikipedia Editors", and then they roll their eyes when people accuse them of misbehaving, that is stupid. vzaak 18:20, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Barney's statement suggesting Askhahrc is suffering from a mental disorder is unacceptable and unconscionable and most especially in the context of this discussion.(Littleolive oil (talk) 18:38, 4 May 2014 (UTC))
- Littleolive oil (talk · contribs) has apparently taken askahrc (talk · contribs)'s bizarre accusations at face value without clearly reading what I originally wrote. To clarify, I have not, never have, and never will accuse anyone, especially askahrc (talk · contribs), of being mentally ill. I do not really care what illnesses askahrc (talk · contribs) has. What I do accuse askahrc (talk · contribs) of is rank incompetence, contrary to WP:COMPETENCE, and lacking even the basic competence to understand that he's not competent. This is what Dunning–Kruger effect says - read the article here!). This is with great justification as outlined by Vzaak (talk · contribs).
- Actually, I believe I was being extremely generous in accusing askahrc (talk · contribs), and assuming good faith that he's not just a thoroughbred troll, just completely incompetent.
- I believe this is the worst case I have ever seen of a user falsely whining "personal attacks" when confronted with basic damning evidence against his anti-consensus behaviour. In this I assume that in good faith Askahrc (talk · contribs) is not deliberately lying, but just not competent enough to distinguish fair commentary on his capabilities from personal attacks. Barney the barney barney (talk) 18:51, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Yes. I'm familiar with both the condition and what you wrote. You suggested here an editor may be suffering from what is a mental illness, "This may be due to the Dunning–Kruger effect." I assume now you did not mean to suggest mental illness. You might consider retracting the comment. I might add that suggesting another Wikipedia editor is completely incompetent is a lot to take on oneself. (Littleolive oil (talk) 19:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC))
Since no uninvolved admins have weighed in and this has become yet another tit-for-tat squabble among the usual suspects, I suggest this be closed. If there is evidence of misconduct, present the diffs at AN/I, I'm not sure why this dispute was brought to AN. Liz Read! Talk! 21:19, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Little olive oil (talk · contribs) - the Dunning–Kruger effect is not a mental illness. Please stop displaying your ignorance by claiming that it is or might be construed as such.
- It is also usually considered best if a "mediator" in a dispute has the confidence of all parties involved. Since Askahrc (talk · contribs) clearly doesn't have the confidence of those broadly as "sceptics", it is clear that he can't and shouldn't be getting involved. Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:26, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Barney: Dunning-Kruger can overlap in some with or as anosognosia which can in turn overlap with psychosis. At any rate although I guess its better not to comment on the editor but stick to the edits. Askahrc has the right to be involved as any of us do. As I said above. I did not see him as a mediator (and I have struck the word since it was causing confusion) per our DR but simply as a neutral-toned editor. (Littleolive oil (talk) 22:46, 4 May 2014 (UTC))
Apparently Askahrc claims to be "uninvolved" because he has not edited the Chopra article. He has, however, been involved with the parallel article on Rupert Sheldrake: Sheldrake has been prominently supported by Chopra and the two reference each other, Chopra holding up Sheldrake as an example of trying to "bridge the gap between science and religion" (a little like trying to bridge the gap between Sakatchewan and sasquatch: a futile and meaningless exercise). The two are inextricably linked, and the common thread is extremely relevant in that in both cases the problem is the rejection of the subject's conjectures by the reality-based community. That plus a prior ArbCom sanction indicate that Askahrc is absolutely not a proper person to even offer to mediate, and definitely will not be accepted by a number of those with whom the purported mediation is required. In fact, no mediation is required, only patient explanation of why Wikipedia will never portray Chopra as a medical visionary until credible scientific evidence is produced to support his beliefs. It's taken medical science a century to slay the ghost of superstition, vitalism and magical thinking, Chopra basically represents the undead corpse of this unlamented triumvirate. That's not our problem to fix. Guy (Help!) 22:40, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, beautifully written, but an opinion. While we can respect the opinion we don't have to base an article on it. You are right though in that Saskatchewan and Sasguatch are not related although there may be Sasquatch in Saskatchewan. They'd have to fight off the grizzlies, though.(Littleolive oil (talk) 22:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC))
- Correction, Barney the barney barney, I don't have your confidence, the discussion on Chopra (of which I'm just one member) is progressing nicely toward a reasoned consensus. There have been no problems there, but you wouldn't know since you haven't been involved in the discussion. Do you have anything productive to add besides insults and calling users ignorant and incompetent?
- And Guy, I've never tried to assert that Sheldrake or Chopra (btw, one mention of Sheldrake by Chopra does not make the two inextricably linked) are medical visionaries, medically mainstream or anything related to the unlamented ghosts of superstition you brought up in your WP:RGW speech. Also, the ArbCom you reference sanctioned me on the first round of SPI's vzaak brought against me, not on POV issues (he brought that too, but it was tabled for a complete lack of evidence).
- I'm so tired of this nonsensical-talking-in-circles, I don't come on here to fight. You keep claiming I'm POV-pushing, then I ask for POV diffs, and then you bring up something completely unrelated, then I ask for POV diffs, then you go on about the grand scheme of things, then I ask for POV diffs, then your associates pop in with PA's, then I ask for POV diffs, then you claiming I'm POV-pushing again... For crying out loud, take a breath and look around! I've been working civilly and productively with editors who share our perspective (yes, ours, if you'd take a second to read my posts) to find consensus in organizing secondary sources by reliability in an objective method. It's preposterous that this is contentious! The Cap'n (talk) 23:21, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks Askahrc (talk · contribs) - I don't present myself as some kind of spokesman, but I'm confident that most of the WP:FRINGE-fighters from WP:FRINGE/N basically agree with me that you shouldn't get involved in this. I don't want to name drop, it's terribly unbecoming. Barney the barney barney (talk) 23:39, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
PLEASE STOP! This is so juvenile and childish and disappointing to see Wikipedia operate this way. It's not hard to see what is going on here. If I never came to Dr. Chopra's article, I don't think anyone would be going after the capn. Considering that Guy, Barney the Barney and Vzaak all seem to want him to go once he started to help. Yet neither Guy, Barney or Vzaak are making any contributions in the discussion other than accusations, soapbox speeches and aspersions, they are simply NOT HERE to contribute!
Vzaak why you're involving yourself here when you claim to be so uninvolved is rather unscrupulous. No one mentioned anything about any skeptical groups, and I find the claim that you do not consider yourself a sceptic to be a very dubious considering your contribution history. At least Guy and Barney are upfront, I know where they stand. And I also don't appreciate you misrepresenting our discussion, you did accuse me on my talk page of withholding information which by definition would make me apart of this conspiracy your so convinced and excited about. Also, since you decided to single yourself out and bring your own actions to my attention, this conspiracy theory trip your on about Dr Chopra is over the top and bordering on something I would rather not mention. I noticed that you recently accused the capn somehow of being in cahoots with Dr Chopra regarding the Ralph Abrams issue???? are you serious? And I see you have a hard time letting that conspiracy theory go as well, plastering Wikipedia with this gibberish.ex1, ex 2 ex 3.
PLEASE STOP THIS ALL OF YOU! I am here to help diffuse a situation, I'm not naive to the environment here. When I see editors gang up on the one or two editors from the outside that are trying to help and the levels of effort they make to harm them sends chills up my spine and makes me question how Wikipedia could ever operate this way. Very sad to see this! SAS81 (talk) 00:23, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Uninvolved admin(s), please either weigh in or close this case. Otherwise, the bickering will continue which is not a profitable use of this space or your time. Accusations without evidence are just that, accusations. Liz Read! Talk! 00:49, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- @SAS81: This is off the rails. Stop accusing me of this "conspiracy" stuff. You have seemingly misinterpreted effectively all of what I have said recently and in the past. You are linking to things that are manifestly not conspiracies, like the WMF server cache bug issue. It is not some "wild idea" that Askahrc engaged in deception by using a sockpuppet to harass editors. That is a formal finding logged at the arbcom page on pseudoscience.[43] vzaak 01:00, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- @SAS81 I appreciate your support, but I'd recommend you keep your distance from this debacle. I'm happy to help you (or anyone who asks) with sourcing, but as a COI you're probably going to be held to a different standard and I'd feel bad if you got roped in and started getting slammed with vague accusations like I've been recently. They've repeatedly gotten hostile against Liz and all she did was comment that they were being uncivil.
- I urge you to not give up on WP policies and continue operating openly and honestly. Be careful of getting involved in third party disputes like this as it will not help your case, even if what you read is outlandish. As a COI, it may not be helpful to my case, either. I have faith in WP procedures; this trio have no evidence, argument or position other than their personal dislike of me and I trust any given admin (aside from Guy, of course) to see that.
- @Vzaak you aren't addressing the fact that after the SPI (which concluded with just "Fairly Convincing") you kept accusing me of socking, even accusing me of committing crimes until an admin told you to stop. Nor that your associate Barney was sanctioned on that board for WP:CIVIL and WP:ASPERSIONS.
- I'm through contributing to this meaningless wall of back & forth. I've tried to answer questions, be civil and explain the situation, but it appears useless. If someone has a question, please ask me, otherwise I'll spend my time doing something useful. The Cap'n (talk) 01:25, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Askahrc, it is not right for you to continue to cast evidence-free WP:ASPERSIONS. If you wish to disentangle yourself, stop casting aspersions. I never simply "accuse" anyone of socking, as you suggest. Rather, when there is evidence of socking, I file an SPI. Two administrators concluded that you were socking because of the evidence showing that you were socking. Regarding the second SPI, there was ample evidence for a checkuser request, and indeed a checkuser was run. You now claim that an admin told me to "stop". No administrator said any such thing (stop what?). You have been given many warnings: cease casting evidence-free aspersions. By contrast, the SPIs I have filed are backed up by solid evidence. If you have evidence of misconduct on my part, take it to WP:AE immediately. vzaak 02:20, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't know if it would be considered relevant, but a note on my talk page indicates that Askahrc is collaborating with Tunmbleman and suggest that this campaign is intentionally disruptive. Make of it what you will. Guy (Help!) 22:52, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Reluctantly poking my head back in... @Guy, that note was left by an editor who was warned and sanctioned for misrepresentation, incivility and PA's about the very issue they're bringing up again. The Cap'n (talk) 08:29, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That conversation on Guy's talk page called "Cap’n McDouche" is disturbing as editor 76.107.171.90 is seeking collaborators and ideas for ways to get The Cap'n kicked off Wikipedia and s/he also badmouths Olive and myself. Publicly conspiring to drive editors one has differences with off Wikipedia is hounding and disruptive and should be discouraged. It also confirms what The Cap'n has been saying about a small group of editors persistently seeking ways to get him blocked for no other reason than they disagree with him. @76 has already received one block for his behavior towards The Cap'n but admins should be aware of this plotting. They admittedly want to get The Cap'n blocked, they are just looking for a reason...they have tried several times but have not succeeded. I don't think any editor should have to put up with this. LizRead! Talk! 16:22, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree, but there is also an external problem related to Tumbleman and Askahrc's rather openly stated agenda to achieve more sympathetic coverage of Sheldrake (which of course relates directly to Chopra). I think we are seen on-wiki facets of an off-wiki dispute, which is further complicated by the existence of a long-term on-wiki dispute, use of sockpuppets (including by Askahrc) and meatpuppetry. In short, the whole thing is a hideous mess. Normally I'd just have nuked the anon comment but it does set the spidey-sense tingling. That siad, you are right, it is blatant trolling and I have now removed it. Guy (Help!) 12:05, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- That conversation on Guy's talk page called "Cap’n McDouche" is disturbing as editor 76.107.171.90 is seeking collaborators and ideas for ways to get The Cap'n kicked off Wikipedia and s/he also badmouths Olive and myself. Publicly conspiring to drive editors one has differences with off Wikipedia is hounding and disruptive and should be discouraged. It also confirms what The Cap'n has been saying about a small group of editors persistently seeking ways to get him blocked for no other reason than they disagree with him. @76 has already received one block for his behavior towards The Cap'n but admins should be aware of this plotting. They admittedly want to get The Cap'n blocked, they are just looking for a reason...they have tried several times but have not succeeded. I don't think any editor should have to put up with this. LizRead! Talk! 16:22, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Reluctantly poking my head back in... @Guy, that note was left by an editor who was warned and sanctioned for misrepresentation, incivility and PA's about the very issue they're bringing up again. The Cap'n (talk) 08:29, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:ARE#76.107.171.90 and Barney the barney barney, 76.107.171.90 received a two week block and there is now a two month interaction ban between Barney the barney barney and Askahrc. I realize that it doesn't look like this post will lead to any admin action against any editor but I thought it should be updated to reflect the result of the related ARE case. Liz Read! Talk! 21:47, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Admin needed at Microsoft Windows
Done The article is supposed to be about MS Windows, but the whole thing is currently reading (at least on my machine) as a thing related to WP:HATNOTE. Not sure what happened there, but it definitely needs a looksee, and one form an admin because the page is protected at the moment. 24.92.104.80 (talk) 02:20, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Everything looks normal to me. Please try refreshing your cache or purging the page. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:45, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- That was because of an edit to Template:Rellink, now fixed. As Diannaa says, purging should fix any articles that are still using the broken version. — Mr. Stradivarius on tour ♪ talk ♪ 04:55, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Alexa Olvera
Hoax article deleted, hoaxer has not returned. JohnCD (talk) 10:14, 9 May 2014 (UTC) |
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Hello. This article has been speedy delete in es-wiki and fr-wiki, as encyclopedic irrelevant and hoax. I notice that here was placed a template proposing deletion, but instead an IP replace it with a reference template. In my home wiki it´s not allowed to do that, but I'm not familiar with the processes in the english wiki, so I prefer to inform about here. Regards, —Frei sein (Talk to me!) 06:24, 4 May 2014 (UTC) PS: Looking more close at the revision history, the page has already been propose several times for deletion and every time the template has been change or eliminated by the user who created the article or an IP. Please, an admin need to look at the article.
- It is permitted to remove a BLP-prod template if a reference is provided that verifies what the article says. The reference added here does not. Rather than simply replace the BLP-prod, I will nominate this at WP:Articles for deletion. JohnCD (talk) 07:53, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Done, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexa Olvera. Thank you, Frei sein. JohnCD (talk) 08:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- As I said there, this is borderline CSD#G3. Not sure what that says about the editor. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:47, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I reckon, let sleeping hoaxers lie, unless he makes a nuisance of himself by removing the AfD template or vandalising the discussion; then block as WP:NOTHERE. His Spanish block is a username block: Viola la política de nombres de usuario. His first name may be related to pedo = a fart, pedorrero = one given to farting, which my dictionary marks as tabu, but I can't make anything of his second. My wife thinks it may mean something rude in Basque. JohnCD (talk) 17:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- As I said there, this is borderline CSD#G3. Not sure what that says about the editor. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:47, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Done, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexa Olvera. Thank you, Frei sein. JohnCD (talk) 08:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Skookum1 again again
I've reverted the collapse at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive838#Skookum1 again; closure may be appropriate, as we weren't getting anywhere, but the closure header is not a possible interpretation of what needs to be done, even by Skookum1, himself. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:53, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's not often I find myself agreeing with Arthur Rubin. I have stricken the last part of the NAC closure. The admins in question were acting in their admin capacity and on the request of other users. They are to be commended for attempting to take on this messy and thankless chore. —Neotarf (talk) 03:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Point of Order: It is undesirable to alter the archived version of the discussion. Best practices would suggest unarchiving the discussion with a new subsection at the bottom of it disputing the closure. But if the thread is to remain in the archives, it is best to leave it in an unaltered state. Rgrds. --64.85.217.100 (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is undesirable for such an absurd comment close a discussion, indicating there may be some support for it. If you want to reopen it, that's fine, although the probable consequence would be for Skookum1 to be banned, which I do not want. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 05:27, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Point of Order: It is undesirable to alter the archived version of the discussion. Best practices would suggest unarchiving the discussion with a new subsection at the bottom of it disputing the closure. But if the thread is to remain in the archives, it is best to leave it in an unaltered state. Rgrds. --64.85.217.100 (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Forgeten vandalism
the "vandal" was admin Feezo and the OP has been blocked as the latest in a string of sockpuppets who have targetted this article. JohnCD (talk) 21:07, 4 May 2014 (UTC) |
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- I found forgeten vandalism on this article. Some vandal with username Feezo removed category, links to other articles and he deleted part of article with informations about new series. I cannot edit this page because it protected.--Lisa Shertoon :-P (talk) 18:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Vandal? You're sure? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:24, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Anjaan333
Hi, I'm reporting this user to ANI because they continue to be disruptive. I previously reported Anjaan333 for edit warring here. User kept trying to edit Drishyam to his/her preferred vision, failed to participate in discussions, failed to respond to warnings, failed to properly explain their edits, and was ultimately blocked for long-term edit warring. I also opened an SPI report after noting a suspicious new account Sajay the future of india, which was created 2 hours after Anjaan received his 48 block, making the same fundamental edits. Anjaan's block expired, and he's again submitted disputed content at Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (film). In this edit the user again submits their version of the article, which they had submitted multiple times before their block.[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. From what I can tell, the user is randomly reordering names, changing references, making assertions about box office gross that isn't supported by the source (User asserts 50 crore total, source says "close to 49", and the community apparently disputes the reliability of the sources used), Anjaan333 fails to actually DISCUSS the edits per WP:BRD (see this deleted warning/note I placed on his talk page asking him to do just that) and his edit summaries are insufficient, tending to comprise confusing statements like "if you are a mohanlal fan then saw his films not distroy wiki", "Ok sir", "Sir", "Sock", "Socker", "Sorry", "Where is unsourced". Since there seems to be no getting through to this editor, I think this goes beyond edit-warring, and is just straight-up disruptive editing. User also didn't respond when he was notified of the edit warring report I filed, so I doubt he's going to let us reason with him. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:39, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- The user's unwillingness or inability to use talk pages [52][53] is troublesome and either a symptom of WP:COMPETENCE or WP:NOTHERE. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:09, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Or perhaps it's a sign that we really do need a discussion system that inexperienced people can navigate. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:07, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Amen. The instructions on how to use talk pages sent out by OTRS result in a response of utter bafflement about half the time. And they are pretty clear. Guy(Help!) 20:32, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Go to the article in question
- Click "talk" at the top
- Click "New section"
- Enter a heading in the first box,and your message in the second. Put ~~~~ at the end to sign your message.
- Click the "save page" button at the bottom.
- All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC).
- This is a good proof of the problem: You have provided instructions on how to start a new discussion section, and the complaint is that the user is not replying to existing comments. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- No, he blanks his own user talk page, and makes only one (in section) comment on article talk pages. And that's not what I was replying to. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:06, 31 May 2014 (UTC).
- No, he blanks his own user talk page, and makes only one (in section) comment on article talk pages. And that's not what I was replying to. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:06, 31 May 2014 (UTC).
- This is a good proof of the problem: You have provided instructions on how to start a new discussion section, and the complaint is that the user is not replying to existing comments. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Amen. The instructions on how to use talk pages sent out by OTRS result in a response of utter bafflement about half the time. And they are pretty clear. Guy(Help!) 20:32, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Or perhaps it's a sign that we really do need a discussion system that inexperienced people can navigate. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:07, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Contested renaming of Đeneral Janković
Đeneral Janković article is renamed, contrary to the outcome of the last RM discussion. Will somebody restore its name prior to contested renaming. Thanks.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:42, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've moved it back with a note that, as a controversial (to say the least) subject area, any renaming must be done through the WP:RM process. I'm about to drop a note on the mover's talk page pointing out the same thing. - The BushrangerOne ping only 07:54, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:02, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
WP:SPI
WP:SPI has an enormous backlog with at least one case listed 9 days ago awaiting action. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:26, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- The people that you should speak to about that are at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:27, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Scratching my head
Ive come across a page that Im really not sure whats happening. User:Djgriffin7/Mark G. Frank has ~17+ editors editing it, most of these users its their only activity. Im not sure exactly what is going on. Is this some kind of sock issue or what? Werieth (talk) 15:00, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- School project? GiantSnowman 15:07, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- That was my first guess, too. Note that Djgriffin7 previously did a lot of work on Steven A. Beebe (formerly a page in Djgriffin7's userspace), who like Frank is a communications professor. Also, a lot of the usernames editing this page end in "93" or "94", which would suggest a class of college students who are 20 or 21 years old. Nyttend (talk) 15:10, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) A bunch of students working on their professor's article would be my random guess, but surely the easiest way to find out is probably to ask one of them on their talk page? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 15:13, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- ...or to be more efficient ask @Djgriffin7: as he is likely the co-ordinator. GiantSnowman 15:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Based on the IPs that have edited the page, I would say it is a project from State University of New York at Buffalo. GBfan 15:16, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's definitely a class project at SUNY Buffalo. See [54]. Re Steven A. Beebe, see User talk:Djgriffin7/Steven A. Beebe. It would also be helpful to put him in touch with Wikipedia:Education program. Voceditenore (talk) 15:27, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello - yes - these two pages are class projects for students who are enrolled in Communication Theory courses. Out of the approximately 75 students across two classes at two schools not one of them had ever edited Wikipedia in any fashion (until now). I hope that our activity was not too troublesome and was not so erratic or error filled as to cause any problems. I of course am a new Wikipedia editor and am open and welcome any tips or advice. Graciously. Djgriffin7 (talk) 18:02, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Djgriffin7, we have a School and University Projects area that you would usually contact in advance of the project in order to help alleviate concerns like this, and coordinate the types of learning that are conducive to Wikipedia. This will help you to ensure your student success! the panda ɛˢˡ” 18:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for guiding me in this direction. I am dying to know what a "sock issue" is as referenced by User:Werieth above. I couldn't find it on Google or via Wikipedia. Can someone explain? Djgriffin7 (talk) 17:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- See WP:Sockpuppet. And for similar policy, see WP:Meatpuppet. Sperril (talk) 07:27, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for guiding me in this direction. I am dying to know what a "sock issue" is as referenced by User:Werieth above. I couldn't find it on Google or via Wikipedia. Can someone explain? Djgriffin7 (talk) 17:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Offensive rhetoric
IP user:24.135.50.156 comment, labeled Wikipedia all-time low, at Talk:2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, labels unspecified WP contributors as "neo-nazis." We don't need such invective in connection with such a potentially fraught topic. [55] Sca (talk) 21:31, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Template:Ds/sanction move request
I have initiated a move request to move Template:Ds/sanction to Template:Ds/community sanction. The template has been deprecated with use for Arbitration Committee sanctions, and turned into a redirect to Template:Ds/alert, however the template is still being used for Community Sanctions, with modification, since there is no documented sanctioning template for Community Sanctions. The move request is at Template talk:Ds. —Neotarf (talk) 11:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Quality of article creations
As most of you are probably aware, I have a long-standing history with User:Rich Farmbrough. Some of you feel that I should leave him alone, either because my complaints are meritless (which is contradicted by the results of these discussions), or because there is no need in a wiki-environment for one person to follow the edits of another, no matter how many times they have found problems in them; the theory is that if it is bad enough, someone else will notice it. In reality, this make take quite a while though; once editors are established, their edits get very little scrutiny, as evidenced by the below.
In an effort to reduce the number of complaints and errors, Rich Farmbrough has received three editing restrictions, basically an attempt to improve the quality of his editing by reducing the quantity and repetitiveness of them. While the restrictions seem to be followed now, the wanted results are lacking. I have focused on the articles he created since his return, the ones listed here between George T. Lanigan and Aux Raus, i.e. (not counting the disambiguation pages) some 43 articles. I have not focused on his many redirect creations, although they have some of the same characteristics, like the self-referencing Template:South-Sudan-politician-stub or the dubious value of P D J F de P J N M de los R C de la S T R y Picasso, which seems to be a novel invention, not something really ever used by Picasso or in any serious work about him.
Not mentioning simply unsourced articles or articles with serious typos, and skipping those I was not able to quickly research (e.g. biographies of Japanese military personnel), I noticed among these 43 new, often very short articles the following problems (in reverse chronological order):
- George T. Lanigan
- Wrong year of birth and death (article gives (1815-1874), correct would be either 1845 (10 December) or 1846 as year of birth, and 1886 as year of death, e.g. [56]
- Wrong business (politician? Can't find any evidence for it)
- Lanigan or Lannigan? Article was moved, but lead not corrected
- No references
- St George Henry Rathbone
- Merged an existing article with the right name to his newly created one with the wrong name (original was St George Rathborne, note the extra "R" in borne)
- Peter Irving
- Only claim to fame is a book he wrote, Giovanni Sbogarro: A Venetian Tale. In reality, he didn’t write that book, but translated it from the French (original by Charles Nodier, Jean Sbogar, Histoire d’un Bandit Illyrien), which leaves us with a distinct lack of any notability in the article.
- Originally claimed that the book was written in 1920 instead of 1820, corrected by someone else
- Josias von Rantzou
- Title and first line don’t match; title is wrong, should be at Rantzau, not Rantzou
- Unsourced
- John Russell (1838-1956)
- 1838-1956: really? That’s quite a feat
- We already had the article John Russell (screenwriter) on the same person…
- Image is probably still copyrighted (uploaded to Commons as PD by Rich Farmbrough, but artist died in 1945, so not dead for 70 years yet)
- Olga de Kireef Novikoff
- Born in 1842? No, born in 1840 (some sources give 1848, but none seem to give 1842)
- Better known as Olga Novikoff or Olga Novikova, or especially Olga Alekseevna Novikova, but very rarely, if ever, as Olga de Kireef Novikoff (no Google books or regular google hits outside Wikipedia and its mirrors)
- Anne Lattin
- Her real name is not "Louis Dwight Cole" but "Lois Dwight Cole", much better known than the rarely used pseudonym Anne Lattin. Important for playing a crucial role in publishing Gone with the wind as an editor, not for her few books, but that can't be learned from the article
- Born c. 1910? Well, actually, born 1903, died 20 July 1979
- Custódio José de Melo
- Almirante de Melo was a sailor? Well, yes, "almirante" is the Portuguese for "admiral", so he was an admiral, as someone else helpfully added as a category afterwards… Perhaps technically not wrong, but not helpful for our readers at all.
- José de León y Echales
- Taking three days to die? No, some Sergeant-Major, the only one to survive the massacre and reach camp, survived for three days: the Governor was probably instantly dead. This can be seen here, the source used by Rich Farmbrough.
So, of these 43 articles, at least 9 have serious problems (certainly when taking into account the stubbiness of many of them), some more major than others of course. Many of the others are probably factually correct, and some errors undoubtedly escaped me, but is it really acceptable that an experienced editor (not some clueless newbie) is filling Wikipedia with this amount (or percentage) of really incorrect information? Creating duplicate articles, merging a correctly titled one to an incorrect title, getting dates of birth and death wrong, missing the important facts of someone's live completely, ...
All advice on how this can be prevented is welcome. Sofixit is a short term solution, but hardly something that one can expectr to be a continuous state for any editor. While we need prolific and enthusiastic editors in general, we don't need them no matter what, and at some point one has to consider whether many contributions outweigh this many errors. Fram (talk) 14:39, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- It sounds like you and Rich Farmbrough make a great team - he tees up rough and stubby articles and you do the detail work. A tremendous amount of Wikipedia content is created through exactly such steps. bd2412T 15:29, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't mind rough and stubby, I mind wrong (and unsourced as well, since that makes it much harder to check everything). I don't mind correcting someones errors, if it is a rare occurrence or if there is improvement. But neither applies here, and at some point enough is enough. The very least is requesting that all his articles (and major edits) are properly sourced, so that we don't get edit summaries like "Well I think he was on a council, possibly somewhere beginning with B."). Fram (talk) 15:56, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- ...An edit in which he removed the reference to being a politician. He was fixing what you found him at fault for and you still find him at fault while fixing it. By the way, there was in fact a George T. Lanigan who served on a council in Boston, just not THIS Lanigan. Rich's edit summary is a mea culpa, nothing more, nothing less. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:03, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I am not complaining about the edit, I am remarking on the edit summary, which is not a "mea culpa" at all, no matter how you read it. A mea culpa is "my mistake" (e.g. the copyright status I questioned above was my mistake), not "I'll remove it even though I think I was right". Your years-long defense of Rich's edits is admirable, but it would ne helpful if it was a bit more realistic sometimes. Fram (talk) 07:18, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't mind rough and stubby, I mind wrong (and unsourced as well, since that makes it much harder to check everything). I don't mind correcting someones errors, if it is a rare occurrence or if there is improvement. But neither applies here, and at some point enough is enough. The very least is requesting that all his articles (and major edits) are properly sourced, so that we don't get edit summaries like "Well I think he was on a council, possibly somewhere beginning with B."). Fram (talk) 15:56, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sofixit is how Wikipedia works. Every single one of us makes errors. It's the body as a whole that works. WP:PERFECTION (which states that perfection is not required) is policy. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:39, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sofoxit is nice, but that doesn't mean that substandard editors are allowed free rein. Wikipedia:Disruptive editing is the guideline that applies here (e.g. WP:DISRUPTSIGNS #2, but also WP:IDHT: "If the community spends more time cleaning up editors' mistakes and educating them about policies and guidelines than it considers necessary, sanctions may have to be imposed.". Fram (talk) 15:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Fram, really, most of these are not "serious problems". They are minor, and easily rectified. Just a cursory review of the 9 you selected shows errors on your part. Examples; Peter Irving was a member of the New York State Assembly. It took me just a few seconds in a Google search to find that. Sufficient for notability (see WP:NPOL). You claim that File:Greattrainrobbery.jpg is "probably still copyrighted". You are wrong. The work was published in 1912 (which is noted in the article), making it clear of copyright as it was published prior to 1923 (See [57]). You claim Ms. Cole is famous for her role in "in publishing Gone with the wind as an editor". Well, since you attack Rich for copyediting errors, you should have typed "Gone with the Wind". Yes, almirantes are sailors, and the article was in need of improvement, a fact that Rich noted himself on the article. I also note that several of the issues that you raise have already been corrected by Rich. Perhaps you should have raised this at his talk page first? "Talk page discussion is a prerequisite to almost all of Wikipedia's venues of higher dispute resolution" (WP:DR). Since you are making so many errors in posting to WP:AN, should we disallow such "substandard editors" the "free rein" to post here? You're focusing on 21% of the articles he created, finding problems that do not exist, and failing to recognize the 79% where you didn't find error. You failed to raise these issues to Rich to give him an opportunity to fix them (which he is now doing). This is agitating. Go back to Rich's talk page and work it out. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:31, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- None of the issues that I raised were corrected by Rich Farmbrough before I raised them. None of these were minor either (three of the nine articles are or were at the wrong title, one is a duplicate of an existing article, and so on). Easily rectified? Yes, of course, once someone points out the problem and the solution, they are easily rectified. Until then, they remain for months or years. The problem is not that he didn't have an opportunity to fix them, the problem is that he created these errors, even though they were apparently "easily rectified". I don't blame him for copyediting errors (like writing Gorges for Georges, or itialicizing a title instead of bolding it in the first line of an article), that's the kind of thing that always happens and is indeed easily rectified by passing contributors; but I blame him for basic factual errors. The difference should be quite obvious. As for "go back to his talk page and work it out", earlier problems took years to work out and were only resolved by ArbCom. He is not some newbie who needs some initial guidance, these are basic errors that no experienced editor should be making with such a frequency. Fram (talk) 07:06, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- So instead just ramp it up and bring it here for sanctions against him? Much (all?) of this has been corrected since you started this thread. Had you given him the opportunity on his talk page, it's obvious he would have corrected it. Next time, don't assume bad faith. Give the man the benefit of a chance to fix it. So what's your end game here Fram? What's your ultimate goal with regards to Rich? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Much remains uncorrected, as can be easily seen by comparing the above comments with the actual articles. It's obvious he would have corrected it? That's not what happened some of the previous times, when I listed the problems and he halfheartedly corrected some of them, disregarding the others for no obvious reasons. Furthermore, like I said already a few times, the problem here is not "will he correct them or not", the problem is someone creating this many factual errors. Of course, some people will never agree that X is many (apparently more than 20% is not "many" for some). There is no ABF involved, he created these errors, I didn't assume he did. My end game? To have an editor with a basic sense of quality and fact checking. If you want to add facts to an encyclopedia, we should be reasonably sure that they will be correct. Not perfect, not typofree, not complete, that's not what anyone is asking; but normally, your edits should be factually correct (or at least backed up by a reliable source). Fram (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- But since you've already concluded that talking with him on his talk page is useless, then it would seem obvious your intention is having him banned from the project, no? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- No. I've concluded (rightly or wrongly) that it is useless for me to talk to him on his user talk page. My intention is to seriously reduce the number of errors he introduces into the mainspace. Any method that can achieve that is fine by me. For someone so concerned about ABF, you seem to be very quick at doing the same. Fram (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- But since you've already concluded that talking with him on his talk page is useless, then it would seem obvious your intention is having him banned from the project, no? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Much remains uncorrected, as can be easily seen by comparing the above comments with the actual articles. It's obvious he would have corrected it? That's not what happened some of the previous times, when I listed the problems and he halfheartedly corrected some of them, disregarding the others for no obvious reasons. Furthermore, like I said already a few times, the problem here is not "will he correct them or not", the problem is someone creating this many factual errors. Of course, some people will never agree that X is many (apparently more than 20% is not "many" for some). There is no ABF involved, he created these errors, I didn't assume he did. My end game? To have an editor with a basic sense of quality and fact checking. If you want to add facts to an encyclopedia, we should be reasonably sure that they will be correct. Not perfect, not typofree, not complete, that's not what anyone is asking; but normally, your edits should be factually correct (or at least backed up by a reliable source). Fram (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- So instead just ramp it up and bring it here for sanctions against him? Much (all?) of this has been corrected since you started this thread. Had you given him the opportunity on his talk page, it's obvious he would have corrected it. Next time, don't assume bad faith. Give the man the benefit of a chance to fix it. So what's your end game here Fram? What's your ultimate goal with regards to Rich? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- None of the issues that I raised were corrected by Rich Farmbrough before I raised them. None of these were minor either (three of the nine articles are or were at the wrong title, one is a duplicate of an existing article, and so on). Easily rectified? Yes, of course, once someone points out the problem and the solution, they are easily rectified. Until then, they remain for months or years. The problem is not that he didn't have an opportunity to fix them, the problem is that he created these errors, even though they were apparently "easily rectified". I don't blame him for copyediting errors (like writing Gorges for Georges, or itialicizing a title instead of bolding it in the first line of an article), that's the kind of thing that always happens and is indeed easily rectified by passing contributors; but I blame him for basic factual errors. The difference should be quite obvious. As for "go back to his talk page and work it out", earlier problems took years to work out and were only resolved by ArbCom. He is not some newbie who needs some initial guidance, these are basic errors that no experienced editor should be making with such a frequency. Fram (talk) 07:06, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Fram, really, most of these are not "serious problems". They are minor, and easily rectified. Just a cursory review of the 9 you selected shows errors on your part. Examples; Peter Irving was a member of the New York State Assembly. It took me just a few seconds in a Google search to find that. Sufficient for notability (see WP:NPOL). You claim that File:Greattrainrobbery.jpg is "probably still copyrighted". You are wrong. The work was published in 1912 (which is noted in the article), making it clear of copyright as it was published prior to 1923 (See [57]). You claim Ms. Cole is famous for her role in "in publishing Gone with the wind as an editor". Well, since you attack Rich for copyediting errors, you should have typed "Gone with the Wind". Yes, almirantes are sailors, and the article was in need of improvement, a fact that Rich noted himself on the article. I also note that several of the issues that you raise have already been corrected by Rich. Perhaps you should have raised this at his talk page first? "Talk page discussion is a prerequisite to almost all of Wikipedia's venues of higher dispute resolution" (WP:DR). Since you are making so many errors in posting to WP:AN, should we disallow such "substandard editors" the "free rein" to post here? You're focusing on 21% of the articles he created, finding problems that do not exist, and failing to recognize the 79% where you didn't find error. You failed to raise these issues to Rich to give him an opportunity to fix them (which he is now doing). This is agitating. Go back to Rich's talk page and work it out. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:31, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sofoxit is nice, but that doesn't mean that substandard editors are allowed free rein. Wikipedia:Disruptive editing is the guideline that applies here (e.g. WP:DISRUPTSIGNS #2, but also WP:IDHT: "If the community spends more time cleaning up editors' mistakes and educating them about policies and guidelines than it considers necessary, sanctions may have to be imposed.". Fram (talk) 15:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong agreement with bd2412 here. WP does not (rightly or wrongly, but that's how it is) have a minimum quality standard. WP:CSD is as close as it gets.
- WP used to have a practice of collaborative editing, per IMPERFECT and SOFIXIT. This has been increasingly eroded recently, a development that does nothing to improve quality and even less for breadth of coverage. The deletionist logjam that nothing can be created unless perfect in all aspects from the start is one of the most harmful problems today. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:13, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes there are issues, a lot of articles have issues. Thousands and thousands of articles are blatantly wrong on some level. Rich does need to be more careful, many seem to be simple typos at really key points, but he has come back to fix them when the error was pointed out.[58] Rich should develop some content to GA and FA standards, but that's a journey and I hope he'll make the jump to it. Rich, you should not be egging it on with edit summaries about "automation" and such. Though it seems bizarre that someone should have to worry about the Proveit citation template maker or something... ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- The argument from WP:SOFIXIT is incorrect. Yes, Wikipedia does indeed grow and get better by editors fixing other editors' mistakes, but that does not negate the obvious, that an editor who creates articles with many mistakes in them is a problem. When we fix problems in an article, we AGF that the problems got there accidentally, but if an editor is having a lot of accidents, it points to a lack of care, and that hurts Wikipedia. For the time before a mistake is fixed, our accuracy is less than it should be, and out credibility (such as it is) is reduced. For these reasons, an editor who habitually makes content mistake needs to be dealt with. Fram is right to bring this to our attention - although Fram should also have fixed the problems they found and not left them in the articles. BMK (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Normally, I would have fixed them. But in this case, I prefer to stay away from his articles, as fixing all his problems may be seen as harassment by some as well (and would be a nearly full-time job anyway). And the claims (not by BMK, by others here) that the problems are fixed after they have been pointed out is not really correct as well, many of the issues raised above still remain. The case remains that no experienced editor should be needing a nanny. Fram (talk) 07:06, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note that I have corrected hundreds of errors he created in the past. I have little interest in repeating that experience, or in delegating it to someone else. My aim is to prevent more problems. Fram (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- The only way you're going to prevent him from making errors is to ban him from the project. Is that your goal? You made several errors in bringing this complaint here. Should we ban you? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Several errors? I said that a picture was probably still copyrighted, your link seems to indicate that it isn't. Fine, that's one worry less, talk page used like it should be. I believe that when people make too many factual errors in their article editing (not just typos and the like, but getting basic facts wrong), action should be taken. Mentoring, restrictions, whatever, up to and including bans when necessary. For most editors here, this will never be a problem, since their error rate is considerably lower. But some editors, who continue to be problematic in their main space editing (like Rich Farmbrough, but there are other examples like LauraHale and so on), will need to change if they want to stay around. Fram (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, several errors were made by you. That was just in a cursory review. If that many came out in a cursory review, I'm sure you've committed many more errors. So what should we do about all the errors you are committing? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Feel free to list the other factual errors I made. Then again, if they are of the same level as your "oh, you wrote Gone with the wind instead of Gone with the Wind" example, don't bother. Either you can't see the difference between the kind of errors I listed (and the namespace they were made) and the things you are complaining about, or you are deliberately trying to disrupt the discussion, but neither is helpful. If you don't produce anything new or more substantial, then I'll let you have the final word if you want it, and am done replying to you here. Fram (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, several errors were made by you. That was just in a cursory review. If that many came out in a cursory review, I'm sure you've committed many more errors. So what should we do about all the errors you are committing? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Several errors? I said that a picture was probably still copyrighted, your link seems to indicate that it isn't. Fine, that's one worry less, talk page used like it should be. I believe that when people make too many factual errors in their article editing (not just typos and the like, but getting basic facts wrong), action should be taken. Mentoring, restrictions, whatever, up to and including bans when necessary. For most editors here, this will never be a problem, since their error rate is considerably lower. But some editors, who continue to be problematic in their main space editing (like Rich Farmbrough, but there are other examples like LauraHale and so on), will need to change if they want to stay around. Fram (talk) 13:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- The only way you're going to prevent him from making errors is to ban him from the project. Is that your goal? You made several errors in bringing this complaint here. Should we ban you? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- The argument from WP:SOFIXIT is incorrect. Yes, Wikipedia does indeed grow and get better by editors fixing other editors' mistakes, but that does not negate the obvious, that an editor who creates articles with many mistakes in them is a problem. When we fix problems in an article, we AGF that the problems got there accidentally, but if an editor is having a lot of accidents, it points to a lack of care, and that hurts Wikipedia. For the time before a mistake is fixed, our accuracy is less than it should be, and out credibility (such as it is) is reduced. For these reasons, an editor who habitually makes content mistake needs to be dealt with. Fram is right to bring this to our attention - although Fram should also have fixed the problems they found and not left them in the articles. BMK (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes there are issues, a lot of articles have issues. Thousands and thousands of articles are blatantly wrong on some level. Rich does need to be more careful, many seem to be simple typos at really key points, but he has come back to fix them when the error was pointed out.[58] Rich should develop some content to GA and FA standards, but that's a journey and I hope he'll make the jump to it. Rich, you should not be egging it on with edit summaries about "automation" and such. Though it seems bizarre that someone should have to worry about the Proveit citation template maker or something... ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
The initial creation of George T. Lanigan seems to have been copied from Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan without attribution, which is also potentially a problem. Choess (talk) 21:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Which is easily fixed using the "copied" template and putting on the talk page of both articles. BMK (talk) 02:10, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- According to WP:Copying within Wikipedia, the edit summary link is required, and {{Copied}}s are optional. WP:Copying within Wikipedia#Repairing insufficient attribution mentions using dummy edits. Flatscan (talk) 04:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Fram found 9 of 43 articles created by Rich to have "serious problems" (debatable; some of them are simply copyedit issues). I.e, 21%. I took at look at Fram's 10 most recent article creations. Of those, I found 4 with various issues:
- Isabelle Errera was created by Fram with various categories commented out, thus no categorization.
- Kilsyth Curling Club; created with part of edit summary reading "Create short article", yet Fram failed to add stub templates {{Scotland-sport-club-stub}} and {{curling-stub}}, which are present on 2 of 6 of the articles in the category he placed this article in. Also failed to use {{Infobox curling club}}, which is recommended by Wikipedia:WikiProject_Curling/Article_Guidelines#Other.
- Gruuthusemuseum created by Fram with commonscat and section title issues that had to be fixed by another editor [59].
- Lepus cornutus was created by Fram with one of the categories being Category:Mammals of Europe ([60]). Fram knew the animal was fictional, but placed it in this category anyway. The category was later removed by another editor.
Granted, a small sample, but it appears 40% of Fram's article creations have issues. This is about twice as bad as Rich. Fram has been editing since 2005. He is a very experienced editor. He should know better, right? Should be invoke sanctions on Fram? Of course not. The point here is nobody is perfect, and being perfect is not expected. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hammersoft, you are comparing formatting issues with factual errors. I could have listed many formatting issues from Rich Farmbroughs creations, if I wanted to get a higher percentage, but then you would have (correctly) complained about me including all kinds of minor issues which have no impact on the correctness of the encyclopedia. Not using stub categories, infoboxes, and so on has no impact on the correctness of the article. The Gruuthusemuseum diff you give is one typo ("Links" instead of "links") and then some AWB replacements where the original is also accepted, these aren't errors. If you can't see the difference between those and e.g. having the wrong name, wrong dates of birth and death, and so on, then you have no business in this discussion. If you do see the difference, but choose to ignore it for the sake of making a ridiculous WP:POINT, then you have no business here at all, as you are simply being disruptive. Fram (talk) 07:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
FWIW, it appears that Rich Farmbrough has been informed about this thread. He appears to be staying out this discussion, which -- from what I've read up to this point -- appears to be the wisest thing to do. -- llywrch (talk) 15:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have history with both editors, and it should be noted that Rich's alleged errors are mostly errors of fact or of copyright violation, while Fram's are errors of formatting. Not at all similar. And I would say that someone who makes errors of fact in even 5% of article creations would be a problem. (I say that as someone who has not created articles, because I know I would make too many errors.) Still, I don't see quite enough here for Rich to be censured for it. If Fram finds more errors in the future, now that Rich has been informed, this is the place. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:45, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Arthur Rubin's point about the quality of the errors seen being just as important -- if not more so -- than the quantity is an important one. Factual errors and copyright violations are serious problems that need to be eliminated as much as possible, and do not compare with errors of formatting or other picayune mistakes.
I believe that Fram's point is that RF's history is rife with making errors. Previously, his use of automation frequently resulted in formatting errors, and he is now banned from using automation. Now, the point is being made that his non-automated work may have errors as well, and of a wholly different and more serious kind. I'm not quite sure that the evidence here is conclusive, but it is worrisome, nonetheless, and should serve as a wake-up call to RF to be more careful in the future, or to have other editors vet his work whenever possible. BMK (talk) 01:05, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- I doubt much has changed though. He hasn't created more articles, but yesterday, i.e. after this discussion had been going on for a while, he made his first edit to Heinrich Rantzau, but the information he added was wrong (and unsourced). I reverted[61] and explained why on his talk page, after which he added the probably correct but still unsourced information[62]. Similarly, he moved Olga de Kireef Novikoff to Olga Novikoff, but then changed her full name in the article to Olga Kireef de Novikoff. When challenged about this on his talk page, he pointed to a Spanish (or Portuguese?) translation of an old book on Madame Blavatsky; the original book did not contain the supposed full name (it mentioned once "Olga Novikoff, née Kiréef"), but somehow the web-only translation of this book[63] changed this to Olga Kireef de Novikoff, and that lonely and utterly unreliable source is the basis for Rich Farmbrough to determine the full name of this Russian lady in England, for whom there are plenty of fully reliable English language sources. It doesn't look like this thread has (so far) made any difference in his approach to fact checking. Fram (talk) 07:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Arthur Rubin's point about the quality of the errors seen being just as important -- if not more so -- than the quantity is an important one. Factual errors and copyright violations are serious problems that need to be eliminated as much as possible, and do not compare with errors of formatting or other picayune mistakes.
An informal RfC at Talk:Celibacy needs attention
Would like someone like to take a look at the discussion above and see what should be done. This originated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Involuntary celibacy (2nd nomination) which closed a few months ago as a merge to Celibacy, but what does one do when editors at the target do not want it? There seems to be a rough consensus to not include said material, but as it was never a formally-posted/templated RfC, not sure if we advertise for a wider audience or just run with what's there. Tarc (talk) 15:53, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Done --j⚛e deckertalk 16:27, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Requesting review of EatsShootsAndLeaves block of Flyer22
I haven't commented on the block, so I guess I'm uninvolved enough. DP blocked, Ed unblocked, lots of people disagree with the block or some other aspect, both sides present opinions, stalemate. Put another way: we all lose. Other venues exist, including Arb and RFC/U, although there wasn't any demonstration of actual abuse, nor substantiated claims of a long term pattern. It's a ugly discussion and it is doubtful anything good came from it, and perhaps it just needs to be put out of its misery. As Yunshui has so accurately stated, there is more heat than light here. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 15:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC) |
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I would like the community's input on two matters:
- Specifically, EatsShootsAndLeaves block of Flyer22
- Generally, what are admins obligated to consider when blocking for edit-warring when two or three reverts have been made.
The article in question is Human sexuality history. Diffs supplied upon request but I don't think anyone is disputing the actual edits.
Flyer22 reverted twice in the span of five minutes this morning. After the second revert, she was warned by the other editor for edit warring. No more reverts occurred on her part and talk was ongoing [64]. After about forty minutes after her last revert, EatsShootsAndLeaves blocked her and the other editor (who had three reverts) for edit warring. There is some history between Flyer22 and EatsShootsAndLeaves as Alison will attest to [65]. Other editors including myself got involved on both talk pages [66], [67]. Rather than discussing lifting the block, EatsShootsAndLeaves chose to characterize my comments as "atrocious and incendiary" [68]
Whether he agrees or not, EatsShootsAndLeaves' actions gives the appearance he will impose WP:1RR as he sees fit. As I said on Alison's page, I'm just flabbergasted that an editor in good standing can be blocked for two reverts with no warning. Looking over the edit histories of the 20,000+ articles I have watchlisted, hundreds of veteran editors would have lengthy block records if this was applied across the board. There needs to be some other justification for blocking other than "two reverts". --NeilN talk to me 17:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- This is the most disgusting show of ABF I've seen in ages. I'm currently in discussion with Writ Keeper on my talkpage regarding this issue, and have already advised that I would review. NeilN's incendiary and non-AGF comments so far today have been unfortunate, just like this filing - it's phrased as a question, but is instead an accusation. I will, however, make nomore comments here - and will continue the discussion on my talkpage where it's already underway the panda ɛˢˡ” 18:03, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would say that the word "incendiary" applies to both ESL and NeilN here. Rage and accusations aren't going to help outsiders understand what happened here, or decide what should happen going forward.
It appears that ESL has said he's going to re-review the basis for the block; how about we give him a little time to do that and then see what might or might not need doing? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- As far as I am aware, there are no discretionary sanctions on 'Human Sexuality' although there are on some specific areas that fall under it, so there is no real reason for any admin to start imposing a 1rr restriction without some form of discussion. While edit warring can be done with less than 3rr, if someone makes 2 reverts, is warned about edit warring, and starts discussing on the talk page. That is how editing is supposed to work. Any block at that point is just punitive and petty. So since EatsShootsAndLeaves wants a question, here is one - "What about your block was preventative?" Only in death does duty end (talk) 18:15, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
This is very premature. I do see that User:NeilN is discussing with ESL, as we like to see, but while that discussion may not become a case study for how disputes ought to be discussed, it looks to me like it was abandoned a bit early. I'm sympathetic to the point that the block appears a bit hasty, but talk about it and come back here if that fails.(in other words agreeing with the sandwich)S Philbrick(Talk) 18:22, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- If a veteran editor labels your point of view "atrocious and incendiary" then that's a sign for me to break off and get other opinions. --NeilN talk to me 18:26, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- For convenience, I've assembled a list of the relevant diffs, sorted by time made: User:Writ Keeper/FM-Interleaved edit history Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:14, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Writ Keeper, as you know, topics surrounding human sexuality are the primary areas where Flyer22 tends to edit. They do a lot of good work there, across a swath of topics I wouldn't even begin to touch. However, human sexuality topics are also those that have gotten many editors in a lot of trouble - having just search ANI for both "Flyer22" and "human sexuality", you can see a lot of issues raised across the board - including a rather nasty situation between Flyer and a transgender editor that I believe ended horribly. It's an often poisonous set of topics where ownership has often been accused, and tempers have flared...often with very little provocation.
- Flyer22 is a long-time editor, and while they have been knee-deep in some of these situations, have been provoked, and have also done some of the provoking. As a long-term editor, they also understand EW, its difference from 3RR, and the appearances. They know WP:BRD like the back of their hand.
- From what I see of your list, it was almost 30 minutes between Flyer22's last revert on Human sexuality and when I blocked both editors. This delay is not at all questionable - after all, WP:AN/3RR reports often go hours without being touched, and blocks that come from those delayed reviews are not considered punitive.
- Also, if one considered only those edits from today, then you're right, my actions might appear odd. Taking the poisonous history of that article into account, it does place the entire situation into a much wider context - a context that cannot be ignored - those 4 reverts cannot be taken in isolation.
- Discussing on the article talkpage is also not a vaccination against being blocked for edit-warring or 3RR - discussion is vital to the project moving forward, after all, it's how we gain WP:CONSENSUS.
- The edits being made by the other blocked party were perhaps inappropriate, but did not violate wP:BLP, WP:COPYRIGHT, nor any of the common exceptions to edit-warring. Following WP:BRD, or at least letting the discussion on the article talkpage continue instead of immediately reverting would have done no harm to the project or the subject.
- As has already been said elsewhere and many many times, nobody is guaranteed 3 reverts - that's merely a bright line.
- Flyer22 themself has admitted to having performed the second revert, and IIRC they acknowledged that it could be perceived as problematic. From what I recall from their talkpage this morning, they have not doubted the technicality of this block, but have merely expressed that I should not have been the one to perform it. I have not been to their talkpage in hours, and have already advised that I will not return - not even to re-read.
- Based on the potential for escalation as per history on this article and with other editors on this and related articles, I perceived an extremely short edit-warring block as an immediate resolution to what I viewed as a rapidly-going-to-hell situation. Both parties were equally at fault, and as such, I issued 12hr blocks to both parties (even though Flyer22's past block history might have called for something longer, it was my clear desire to prevent what I perceived to be immediate issues, and most certainly not to punish anyone).
- What was I to do instead?
- Block neither and allow the possible escalation? No - not knowing the history of the wars on that and similar articles.
- Block only Flyer? Hell no - they were equally at fault with the reverts.
- Block only the other editor? I considered it - briefly. But then I considered the ethical dilemma with leaving one editor with the ability to keep control of the article, or to have the appearance of being favoured over the other.
- It was a catch-22 situation, so I made the decision to make short, equal, project-protecting blocks. After all, both were warned, and both were very aware of the issues the panda ₯’ 20:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You didn't even consider placing a note on the article's talk page stating any further reverts would result in a block? --NeilNtalk to me 20:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Why would I do that - both editors were obviously aware of edit-warring; after all, ONE of the editors was throwing warnings around everywhere the panda ₯’ 20:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- And again, Flyer22 had no more reverts after the other editor gave her a warning. --NeilNtalk to me 20:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Does that mean the edit-war had stopped? Do you guarantee that? There's a reason that even WP:3RR is over 24 hours - nobody watches their keyboard 24/7, and for all anyone - including you - knows is that they might have gone back to make their next revert (note also the definition of WP:REVERT does not mean simply clicking UNDO) the panda ₯’ 20:54, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You've been quite loudly banging WP:AGF around my head today. Shouldn't you do the same? --NeilNtalk to me 20:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm the only one who is :-) There's a reason I chose 12hrs, isn't there. the panda ₯’ 21:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You'll also notice no one else has said "Good block" or "Endorse block". --NeilNtalk to me 21:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's irrelevant, and in the long run untrue. the panda ₯’ 22:21, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- So feedback is irrelevant and you can see into the future. Okay. --NeilN talk to me 02:26, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's irrelevant, and in the long run untrue. the panda ₯’ 22:21, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You'll also notice no one else has said "Good block" or "Endorse block". --NeilNtalk to me 21:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm the only one who is :-) There's a reason I chose 12hrs, isn't there. the panda ₯’ 21:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You've been quite loudly banging WP:AGF around my head today. Shouldn't you do the same? --NeilNtalk to me 20:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Does that mean the edit-war had stopped? Do you guarantee that? There's a reason that even WP:3RR is over 24 hours - nobody watches their keyboard 24/7, and for all anyone - including you - knows is that they might have gone back to make their next revert (note also the definition of WP:REVERT does not mean simply clicking UNDO) the panda ₯’ 20:54, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- And again, Flyer22 had no more reverts after the other editor gave her a warning. --NeilNtalk to me 20:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Why would I do that - both editors were obviously aware of edit-warring; after all, ONE of the editors was throwing warnings around everywhere the panda ₯’ 20:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You didn't even consider placing a note on the article's talk page stating any further reverts would result in a block? --NeilNtalk to me 20:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've unblocked Flyer22 after taking into account the relevant edit histories and EatsShootsAndLeaves's admission that he blocked without
investigating all of the relevant factsfully ascertaining the entire timeline. Block logs are permanent things, people. We should not be blocking until we are absolutely, 100% certain we need to do so. Thanks, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I made no such admission the panda ₯’ 20:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, you only stated that "I can state without a doubt that the alignment is very different from what I reviewed this morning" when presented with a chronological list of the edits that you blocked Flyer for. I'm not even taking any alleged previous history with the editor into account. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 20:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Right, "the alignment is very different" is obviously NOT the same as not "investigating all the facts" - as you can read above, it was extensively investigated. the panda ₯’ 20:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You and I are reading that very differently then. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 20:58, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure how. English might not be my first language, but there's no other possible way to have read my statement...and have you corrected your incorrect statement after having seen the truth above? There seems to be a disconnect now...oh, and now there's the matter of the ethical dilemma about the other editor remaining blocked because of a rash unblock of one of the parties the panda ₯’ 20:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no ethical dilemma here because the situation is not symmetric. Mdthree gave Flyer22 a warning before making another revert himself, which violates WP:GAME. Flyer22 did no such thing. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 21:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- ^What the king said. This wasn't a 'rash unblock' of only one party. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 22:25, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- So, you'll still be correcting your wording, right User:The ed17? Bizarrely stating above and elsewhere that I said that I admitted that I had not investigated is false ... and I would normally expect better of you that to leave statements like that hanging around. You're a fan of the truth. the panda ₯’ 22:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've given a slight correction, though I'm not sure how 'bizarre' it was. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 23:00, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- That one's even more false. Hell, did you even read my extensive analysis? WTF is this, "fuck the Panda over day"? I didn't get a card for that in the mail. C'mon Ed, everything I typed today is in English the panda ₯’ 23:06, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've given a slight correction, though I'm not sure how 'bizarre' it was. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 23:00, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- So, you'll still be correcting your wording, right User:The ed17? Bizarrely stating above and elsewhere that I said that I admitted that I had not investigated is false ... and I would normally expect better of you that to leave statements like that hanging around. You're a fan of the truth. the panda ₯’ 22:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- ^What the king said. This wasn't a 'rash unblock' of only one party. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 22:25, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no ethical dilemma here because the situation is not symmetric. Mdthree gave Flyer22 a warning before making another revert himself, which violates WP:GAME. Flyer22 did no such thing. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 21:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure how. English might not be my first language, but there's no other possible way to have read my statement...and have you corrected your incorrect statement after having seen the truth above? There seems to be a disconnect now...oh, and now there's the matter of the ethical dilemma about the other editor remaining blocked because of a rash unblock of one of the parties the panda ₯’ 20:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You and I are reading that very differently then. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 20:58, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Right, "the alignment is very different" is obviously NOT the same as not "investigating all the facts" - as you can read above, it was extensively investigated. the panda ₯’ 20:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, you only stated that "I can state without a doubt that the alignment is very different from what I reviewed this morning" when presented with a chronological list of the edits that you blocked Flyer for. I'm not even taking any alleged previous history with the editor into account. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 20:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I made no such admission the panda ₯’ 20:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- On point 1: so even though WP:CONSENSUS was to wait until I had re-analyzed, one of my colleagues went ahead and unblocked one of the 2 editors without waiting. Of course, they did that without having read my analysis - and their unblock reasoning now doesn't stand up to my extensive statement. They have no desire to correct, and the block would have been almost over by now anyway, so meh. Oddly, there's been no useful comments since I showed the degree of analysis I went to. So, I'll consider mys statement to have been sufficient under WP:ADMINACCT, and therefore this situation closed.
- On point 2, this isn't the place for philosophy, but I have shown all the things I took into account in instituting an edit-warring block before reaching 3RR, again, as per WP:ADMINACCT - there's been no statement that I missed any steps, so again, closed
- Gonna take my kids to a movie the panda ₯’ 23:18, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree; it is not symmetric. I have been represented unfairly. I would appreciate an unblock as well. (1)User talk:NeilN makes the claim I made three reverts; I did not. (2) User: EatsShootsAndLeaves claims that because I know the rules about 3RR, I would have violated them. I would not, I know the rules. (3) User:King of Hearts said I was gaming the system; however the system advantages the first editor. The rule is structured that way and it is not gaming the system to follow the rules. As for symmetry, I think content needs to be considered. I was not asking for something inflammatory. The Human Sexuality opening paragraphs make no mention of the sexes either male, female, man, or woman. Its not possible to define sexuality without referencing sex; take a biologists point of view for a moment and look at the opening paragraph. Mrdthree (talk) 23:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Mrdthree, your comments about content are irrelevant. You made an edit and Flyer22 reverted it. As per WP:BRD, you should never re-add it until you have reached consensus to do so via discussion. However, you DID re-revert, and provoked another editor into an edit-war, while at the same time warning THEM for edit-warring. Obviously, if you knew EW/3RR well-enough to actually warn someone else about it, you knew it well-enough that you were also subject to it. Whether you hold the WP:TRUTH or not, you are still subject to the same article and editing rules as everyone else, and we're not going to discuss content here the panda ɛˢˡ” 11:13, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree; it is not symmetric. I have been represented unfairly. I would appreciate an unblock as well. (1)User talk:NeilN makes the claim I made three reverts; I did not. (2) User: EatsShootsAndLeaves claims that because I know the rules about 3RR, I would have violated them. I would not, I know the rules. (3) User:King of Hearts said I was gaming the system; however the system advantages the first editor. The rule is structured that way and it is not gaming the system to follow the rules. As for symmetry, I think content needs to be considered. I was not asking for something inflammatory. The Human Sexuality opening paragraphs make no mention of the sexes either male, female, man, or woman. Its not possible to define sexuality without referencing sex; take a biologists point of view for a moment and look at the opening paragraph. Mrdthree (talk) 23:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- You attempted to game the system by inappropriately slapping me with a WP:3RR warning and telling me not to revert again so that you could then revert. You hardly waited for a reply before reverting. Also read WP:Don't template the regulars; never do I need such a template slapped on my talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 00:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I've stated enough on this matter at my talk page. With regard to a few of Bwilkins/DangerousPanda/EatsShootsAndLeaves's comments about me above: No, I did not acknowledge that my two reverts could be perceived as problematic; as the aforementioned discussion on my talk page shows, I was referring to my block log; I stated, "As far as I can see, you've screwed up my block log even further than it was already screwed up, even with all of clarifications that are in it, knowing very well that many editors here look at the block log and see 'problematic editor' when it has as many blocks/block descriptions as I now have...no matter what is clarified in the blocks." As for my not having doubted the technicality of this block, I have, which is also made clear in the aforementioned talk page discussion; I did not object solely because Bwilkins/DangerousPanda/EatsShootsAndLeaves was the one who blocked me. As for the transgender editor Bwilkins/DangerousPanda/EatsShootsAndLeaves is referring to, anyone can look at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology for details on that; that editor was topic-banned from human sexuality articles for very good reasons; I was not topic-banned. Nor will I ever be, and that's for very good reasons. As for Bwilkins/DangerousPanda/EatsShootsAndLeaves's characterization of me, it leaves much to be desired. Flyer22 (talk) 00:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Recall petition
Based on some of the comments, not just here but over the totality of User:DangerousPanda's admin career, I think that it'd be fruitful to have discussion of his status, and that an RfA (a "reconfirmation RfA" or "recall RfA") would be the best venue for this, mainly because that's a place where an actual decision one way or the other may be effected.
In this, I'm not expressing an opinion one way or the other on User:DangerousPanda's suitability as an admin, just that it may be something that people may wish to discuss. To that end I've initiated a recall petition (six signatures would be required) here: User talk:Herostratus#Petition for reconfirmation RfA for User:DangerousPanda (because a user talk page is the specified venue for such petitions).
Questions such as "how is it legitimate, or even allowed, to post a recall position on an editor who's not a member of Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall and who is not cooperating?" are best asked and answered there IMO (or here, whatever you like).
I assume that of course the following isn't necessary, but just to cover all my bases:
- If anyone feels the petition is not legitimate, please don't erase it (and please restore it someone does, thanks). The correct procedure would be to initiate a WP:MFD request on that section of my talk page. (Yes you can run an MfD on sections of pages.) I'd rather you didn't but it's your right.
- If anyone feels I'm out of line here, please don't block me (and please reinstate me if someone does, thanks). The correct procedure here would be to open an ANI thread, or an RFC:USER, or something along those lines. Herostratus (talk) 02:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Herostratus, what kind of request are you saying would be correct procedure for an opponent? WP:MFD? Our WP:MFA page is a redirect to Wikipedia:Your first article. Nyttend (talk) 03:37, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note: I restored Nyttend's comment after what seemed to be an accidental removal of the comment by Herostratus when tweaking his wording. Flyer22 (talk) 08:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, no, heaven forbid that your opening a recall attempt should be interpreted as expressing an opinion, no, you're just an innocent bystander here with no feelings one way or the other about the admin.
Yeah, I believe that.
Really
Here's what I think, innocent bystander-person: there really should be a community admin-recall procedure, but as of this time there isn't, which means that the only currently legitimate way to get an admin desysopped is to open a case at ArbCom, and make a case for removing the admin bit. So why don't you stop stirring unnecessary and unproductive drama at AN, and head on over to ArbCom. I'm sure they'll be receptive to your argument that an admin should be desysopped because he's been a bit cranky lately. Yeah, that'll really go over really well. BMK (talk) 05:45, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, that seems a little uncalled for, don't you think? I mean, I can understand if you disagree with Herostratus, but does he really deserve to be castigated in such a vicious and sarcastic manner?
My interactions with DangerousPanda have been relatively limited, and the last time we spoke was sometime in 2013. He means well and does a lot of great work, but there have been a number of longstanding concerns about his temperament and judgment going back several years. If Herostratus feels that it is enough to petition for an administrator recall, then he can go ahead and initiate one. At the very least, it will help gauge whether or not he currently enjoys the support of the community, which is unclear at this point. I've called him an "admin's admin" on one occasion; I've also openly criticized several of his decisions in the past. I'll abstain from participation and leave it to the rest of the community to decide where to go from here. Kurtis (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wait, what? DangerousPanda isn't even open to recall? That changes things somewhat. Recall is not a standard community process, nor is it even binding — it's a prerogative espoused by certain administrators to uphold personal accountability for themselves. I'll second what Beyond My Ken wrote regarding the proper venue being ArbCom. Kurtis(talk) 08:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- ArbCom isn't the proper venue either - ArbCom only deals with cases of
repeated abuse of admin toolsspecific egregious behaviour. There is actually no proper place for a general "Has this admin lost the confidence of the community?" process - and that's one of the big problems with Wikipedia governance. To have the bit forcibly removed, an admin must commit multiple specific and egregious offences, but there is no remedy for long-term passive-aggression. (Note these are general comments - I offer no opinion on this specific case) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:09, 7 May 2014 (UTC) (Corrected my "repeated abuse of admin tools" mistake -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:07, 7 May 2014 (UTC))- You're confusing the eventual success of the complaint with the proper venue for it to take place in. ArbCom is the only proper venue for desysopping DP, and that is true regardless of whether the complaint is viable or not, which this one isan't. BMK (talk) 10:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- No, I'm not confusing anything of the sort. I agree that currently ArbCom is the only proper venue. But my view is that that is insufficient, as it does not encompass "loss of confidence" motions - for those, there is no proper venue. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:24, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- And, yes, that is why you are confusing results with venues. If the proper venue is ArbCom. which you agree, then it is irrelevant whether the appeal will be successful or not. The appeal can be "insufficient" or misstated or malformed or idiotic or stupid or half-bakaed, but ArbCom is still the proper venue for it. BMK (talk) 10:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You know, I think we actually agree on this - the proper venue is indeed ArbCom, purely because there's no other venue - but I don't see how ArbCom could (or even should) judge "loss of confidence" cases - and they won't. So yes, there is a designated venue - even if that venue won't get any results. (And in a practical sense, there's no useful venue). -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:03, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- And, yes, that is why you are confusing results with venues. If the proper venue is ArbCom. which you agree, then it is irrelevant whether the appeal will be successful or not. The appeal can be "insufficient" or misstated or malformed or idiotic or stupid or half-bakaed, but ArbCom is still the proper venue for it. BMK (talk) 10:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- No, I'm not confusing anything of the sort. I agree that currently ArbCom is the only proper venue. But my view is that that is insufficient, as it does not encompass "loss of confidence" motions - for those, there is no proper venue. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:24, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You're confusing the eventual success of the complaint with the proper venue for it to take place in. ArbCom is the only proper venue for desysopping DP, and that is true regardless of whether the complaint is viable or not, which this one isan't. BMK (talk) 10:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- There have been a couple of statements on this matter around and about which appear to be incorrect. As ArbCom is the only place that administrators can have their tools removed, misuse of the tools should result in cases taken to ArbCom. It's likely to be dismissed if it's a one off, but if there's a pattern which might lead to "loss of confidence", then that should be raised. There are times that an RfC/U are appropriate for an admin and times when they are not, it's certainly not a requirement to happen before an ArbCom case. At any rate, Herostratus' petition is not the way forward. WormTT(talk) 09:38, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, Boing, that's not entirely accurate. Removal of tools is not necessarily conditional on their abuse. Repeated misuse has historically been deemed enough to desysop an administrator; also, considering that admins are held to higher standards of conduct, a history of questionable conduct may warrant a desysopping as well – though this is uncharted territory, as far as I know. As said by others, if Herostatus thinks DangerousPanda's behaviour has been consistently poor, he should either open an RFC or bring a case to ArbCom. SalvioLet's talk about it! 10:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- RfC is almost entirely useless for removal of the admin bit (When was the last time an admin had his bit removed as a result of an RfC? I'm willing to bet the answer is "never".) If Herostratus thinks that DP has abused the bit - and I don't believe for a second remonstrations that HS is just am neutral independent operator - he needs to present a case to ArbCom, which I'm willing to bet he never will, since this appears to be pure propaganda and nothing else. Put your money where your mouth is, Herostratus, and file an ArbCom case and see how quickly it's rejected. BMK (talk) 10:25, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't doubt your sincerity, Salvio, but history supports me. ArbCom does nothing about long-term low-level problems with admins - those who the community would not now support, but who have not committed sufficiently egregious misuse of tools. (I'd love to be proved wrong - but by actions not words). -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:15, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I should add that I don't mean this as a criticism of ArbCom, just as a criticism of the governance structure itself. I don't think ArbCom should be expected to judge loss-of-confidence cases - the Community should be able to decide them, but currently cannot. RFC is not the venue, as it is not binding. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't disagree. There should be a community-based desysop procedure, but at the moment there ain't, so we've got what we've got.BMK (talk) 10:38, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yep, sad, isn't it? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't disagree. There should be a community-based desysop procedure, but at the moment there ain't, so we've got what we've got.BMK (talk) 10:38, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- ArbCom isn't the proper venue either - ArbCom only deals with cases of
- Wait, what? DangerousPanda isn't even open to recall? That changes things somewhat. Recall is not a standard community process, nor is it even binding — it's a prerogative espoused by certain administrators to uphold personal accountability for themselves. I'll second what Beyond My Ken wrote regarding the proper venue being ArbCom. Kurtis(talk) 08:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, that seems a little uncalled for, don't you think? I mean, I can understand if you disagree with Herostratus, but does he really deserve to be castigated in such a vicious and sarcastic manner?
- Herostratus' page now violates WP:POLEMIC - interesting that he made it on his takpage directly where a) all his talkpage watchers could participate simply by seeing their watchlist changes, and b) it now cannot be properly MFD'd. the panda ₯’ 09:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Not WP:AGF again, Panda. Oh dear. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 09:27, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- While I oppose this recall attempt, I don't see how it violates WP:POLEMIC, as it is explicitly used in a (flawed) attempt at dispute resolution. As for the "talkpage watchers" comment; he openly announced this at WP:AN, so the influence of his talk page watchers doesn't seem to be a genuine concern. Fram (talk) 09:32, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Contrary to what is said above, it isn't necessary for an admin to abuse his tools before ArbCom can decide to desysop them. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds/Proposed decision is a relatively recent example: Ironholds was desysopped for his comments and incivility, not for any abuse of the tools (please correct me if I'm wrong here). Fram (talk) 10:27, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ironholds was desysopped for "conduct unbecoming an adminstrator" fot having "a history of making highly inappropriate remarks both on-wiki and off-wiki on the various IRC channels, where he has often used violent and sexual language (evidence for this has been submitted and discussed in private). Moreover, on at least two occasions, he also logged out to engage in vandalism and to make personal attacks on other editors on other Wikimedia projects." You see some sort of parallel here with DP's behavior? 10:48, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You're quire right, Fram. I don't know why I didn't think of that case – and I was one of the drafters... Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- No. DPanda can be abrasive, a bit of a bull in a china shop at times, but that is very different than what Ironholds did, by a mile. I don't see the self serving element at all. I don't question DPanda's faith in his actions, although I do have to admit wincing from time to time by his words or approach. It's no secret that I'm not a fan of RFC/U, but maybe that is the best venue as the problem appears to be one of communications and style more than anything else. Knowing when to accept community opinion even if you strongly disagree with it, that kind of stuff. He is not the only admin around here that fits that description, he is just the target of the day. Arb is the wrong venue, and won't get any results: RFC/U just might. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 11:10, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- No. As far as I have seen, DP has done nothing as outrageous as the things Ironholds was desysopped for. I didn't claim or imply this either. My post was a reply to the discussion above, where it was basically said that ArbCom would only desysop for tools abuse, which is not correct. If someone wants to make the case that DP has a history of "conduct unbecoming an admin" which is sufficient to warrant desysoping (or admonoishing or whatever), then it would be incorrect to claim that such a casse doesn't belong at ArbCom a priori. This has nothing to do with whether such a case would eventually result in any actions, or with whether there are in this case enough arguments to start such a case. Pointing out that the process allows this, and that there is precedent, doesn't mean that this case is truly comparable or would have any chance of success (with "success" defined as an action against the admin). Fram (talk) 11:14, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Assuming Arbcom agrees there is some sort of issue, there are other outcomes that a case could have, including admonishment and reminders - which would carry more weight if similar behaviour were to re-occur. That then leaves the question of "do we want to improve the situation or do we want blood". This is where RfC/U also comes in - if people genuinely have an issue and want to see change, RfC/U is a useful tool - if they just want a desysop, the question would be "why didn't you do something sooner". WormTT(talk) 11:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Well of course I have an opinion. I'm just not expressing it since my role here is just to facilitate the process and so that wouldn't be helpful.
Here's what going on here: I'm making a stab at seeing if the community wants make a new thing, that being "recall of admins who are not in Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall". This is a test case. If you think that initiating recall of admins who are not in Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall is a bad idea generally, you probably don't want to sign the petition. If you think it's a good idea and you think that this case warrants one, you might want to consider signing. (Note that signing the petition is in no way a indication that you think the person shouldn't be an admin, just that you think that community ought to consider it.)
There's no question that this a stab at an organizational reform, I'm not being coy about that. Obviously if this were to go through, it would be a new thing. Since it' be a new thing, objections in the manner of "we haven't done this before" are not very germane. And objections in the manner of "this is not allowed" are not particularly satisfying. It's a wiki and community members are allowed to do whatever the community says they can, including make new things. We are not entirely bound to past procedures I hope, and that kind of thinking makes it hard for us to change and grow going forward.
My personal opinion is that recall of admins who are not in Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall might very well be a good thing (of course I don't know this for sure), some of the reasons being:
- If there is going to be admin recall all, it seems silly to limit it to admins willing to place themselves in Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall, since it's possible that the admins who don't are exactly the ones that we are most likely to want to recall.
- It's much simpler and easier than going to ArbCom, when all you want is to consider adminship rather than bans and topic bans and so forth.
- It'd devolve some decisions down to the community rather than an elected board. All thing equal devolvement of decision-making downward is often functional.
- It allows the format of the conversations and procedures for recalling an admin to parallel the the format of the conversations and procedures for appointing an admin, which makes sense to me. (If ArbCom is much better than RfA at concluding who should or should be an admin, then probably ArbCom should appoint as well remove admins.)
- Might make the whole RfA thing less of a fraught thing and such a big deal -- easier out, easier in. Maybe. Not sure if this is true or would be a good thing though.
- And so forth. I'll bet you can come up with other reasons. Herostratus (talk) 11:14, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You don't create a new process by strongarming through a "test case" - especially one which has a direct effect on another editor. You propose it, perhaps by way of an RFC at the Village Pump, you allow discussion around the topic, and you abide by the community's decision on its validity or otherwise. You don't get to unilaterally decide that Wikipedia now has a brand-new admin recall system of your own devising and expect to try it out on the first admin unfortunate enough to get dragged to ANI. Yunshui 雲水 11:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
So, what's really up?
Let's back the truck up here. Now, before I posted the analysis that led to the block above, there were some backroom discussions not only about the block, but discussions where some of my colleague admins (I won't say who) called me "a fucking prick". Some people - admins included - seemed to believe I'd gone completely off-the-rails or something over some isolated 4-edit sequence that on a normal day would lead to warnings and no more.
Oddly enough, after I posted the long thought process that went into the blocks, not a single admin has said "I disagree". In fact, it's been strangely quiet. Not a single admin has said "yeah, but...". Not a single admin has said anything about that because surprise, surprise, Brad did think before clicking on a tool. Brad did end up doing what was in his judgement the protection of a dangerous corner of the project. Brad did try to balance the needs of 2 editors and the project. Indeed, Brad did ask himself a whackload of pertinent questions before clicking on that tool. Brad did do exactly what the project expects an admin to do before acting. Nobody since my post has said "Brad, that was a bad block based on your explanation". Yeah, I made a difficult judgement call based on months of watchlisting an hazardous, contentious article. People sure seemed to question the judgement without knowing the full details - someone even unblocked without knwoing them, but not a peep since - and that's because we've all been hanging on that balance at one point or another - hell, there's 1 or 2 ANI reports yesterday alone that showed less-complex thought processes that spiralled out of control.
So what's the real issue here? Me? The fact that I blocked someone who claims I know everything about them (I'm sorry, my memory doesn't work that way)?
I may be a lot of things, but the one thing that EVERYONE on this project knows about me is that I tell the truth, AND that when I say I'm sincere, I'm sincere.
Yesterday was a painful day not because of this AN, but because I did some very deep soul-searching, and then painfully bared my soul on another editor's page. What makes it worse is that due to my promise to them, I will not revisit their talkpage to see if they replied. It just so happens that the editor in question is one of the 2 editors I blocked yesterday.
Indeed, I tried to go back and find out just why Flyer22 is so damned pissed off at me, and yeah, apparently it DOES go back a long time when I personally failed to AGF - I made a statement based on all the available evidence presented to me at the time. It was the only statement supported by the available evidence at the time - although I did take it one step too far. Turns out that there was more unknown evidence that turned the tables not long after. If that evidence was available at the time, I sure would have made a different statement - but I sure should not have made the level of non-AGF statement I made anyway - that was a long time ago, and it took a lot of digging to find it. I cannot go back and right my personal great wrongs. I have apologized, more than once to Flyer22. I have sincerely stated my regret to them. And no, I didn't recognize that one of the people was blocking yesterday just happened to be the one person who I feel I had truly wronged years ago.
So what, are we complaining about the block now? Are we complaining about my thought process/judgement in yesterdays blocks? Are we complaining that I'm an emotional, rational human? Or are we just throwing random "let's play shotgun with some shit and see what sticks"? After all, I would LOVE to see where my REAL analysis failed - but in >12hrs, nobody has shown that at all - they've simply tossed shit. the panda ɛˢˡ” 11:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Trying to avoid making personal attacks here, so let me just say that the thing everyone on this project supposedly knows about you is something I don't agree with. Apart from that, the posting of the long thought process was your 20:33, 6 May 2014 post? The one that was followed by an unblock which basically boiled down to "DP was wrong here"? A later statement by admin User:King of Hearts seems to agree. You then, on 23:18, 6 May 2014, posted a further "but I was right" reply, and now this. You may not agree with their analysis, but claiming that "Not a single admin has said anything about that" is rather strange and doesn't seem to match the above discussion. Fram (talk) 12:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ed had something to say too. And I offered you an option you could have taken after your analysis. --NeilN talk to me 12:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ed and KoH's comments were not related to my analysis - they were related to my question about unblocking the other party. Neil's opinion was noted, thanks. the panda ɛˢˡ” 13:03, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- My comments are not related to the block. I've not commented on it, nor do I have any desire to. I've never questioned your faith, honesty or sincerity. In fact, I've spoken out for them previously. Still, if people have a problem with your methods, the backwaters of RFC/U is the right venue, not Arb nor the drama pits of ANI/AN. If it isn't worth filing an RFC/U over, then dropping it would be the best solution. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 13:43, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, bad block, whatever. I don't care about rubbish like my reputation's been tarnished or "block log is permanent omg what will people think?". (Redacted) — lfdder 13:53, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You need to consider striking your comment, which is clearly in breach of WP:NPA. There just isn't any need for that and it isn't serving any higher purpose here. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:55, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You need to consider blocking me for it. — lfdder 14:00, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Acting childish with me isn't solving anything. Acting dickish isn't either. Dennis Brown2¢WER 14:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I'm done here anyway. — lfdder 14:07, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Acting childish with me isn't solving anything. Acting dickish isn't either. Dennis Brown2¢WER 14:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You need to consider blocking me for it. — lfdder 14:00, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- You need to consider striking your comment, which is clearly in breach of WP:NPA. There just isn't any need for that and it isn't serving any higher purpose here. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:55, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
As the opener of this thread, I had two questions and none of them involved desysopping. Restated, they were if Flyer22's block was a good one and what admins should consider when the bright line of WP:3RR hasn't been breached. I think an RFC/U is premature but hope that DP keeps other alternatives to blocking in mind when faced with a similar situation in the future. Taking an extra step before blocking, however fruitless it may seem (or turn out to be), is not always a bad thing. That's all I want to say about the RFC/U matter. --NeilN talk to me 14:09, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Neil, that's exactly my point: you opened a thread with 2 key questions. Of course, it would have been ridiculous for anyone to comment on the first prior to seeing what analysis I went through to got to the 2 block blocks. So, last night, I posted the thought process that went behind them. Your second question is philosophical, and AN is really not the right place for that type of question. Through my thorough analysis, I provided very good reason why alternative methods were not possible at that time, at least in my judgement. However, nobody else seems to be responding to your questions - well, one person did unblock. That was your sole response. Torches and pitchforks were optional. Welcome to the world of AN/ANI :-) the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:18, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- So we're supposed to wait around while an editor is under what seems to be a bad block for you to chime in? No, sorry. Other editors can look at the exact same situation you did and give their independent opinions. --NeilNtalk to me 14:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Actually the consensus from the beginning of the thread was exactly that wait 'til Panda re-reviews. The clear point here is that what appeared on the surface to be a "possibly bad block" actually wasn't necessarily a clearly bad block once the explanation was given. Funny how the heat:light ratio could have been avoided if the conversation had merely continued on my talkpage, eh? the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Funny, I read consensus as Flyer22 should not have been blocked. Something you still seem to disagree with. --NeilNtalk to me 14:54, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Nope. Re-read the first few comments. Again, the consensus that you're talking about came before anyone knew the rationale behind the blocks. the panda ɛˢˡ” 15:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Funny, I read consensus as Flyer22 should not have been blocked. Something you still seem to disagree with. --NeilNtalk to me 14:54, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Actually the consensus from the beginning of the thread was exactly that wait 'til Panda re-reviews. The clear point here is that what appeared on the surface to be a "possibly bad block" actually wasn't necessarily a clearly bad block once the explanation was given. Funny how the heat:light ratio could have been avoided if the conversation had merely continued on my talkpage, eh? the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- So we're supposed to wait around while an editor is under what seems to be a bad block for you to chime in? No, sorry. Other editors can look at the exact same situation you did and give their independent opinions. --NeilNtalk to me 14:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Neil, that's exactly my point: you opened a thread with 2 key questions. Of course, it would have been ridiculous for anyone to comment on the first prior to seeing what analysis I went through to got to the 2 block blocks. So, last night, I posted the thought process that went behind them. Your second question is philosophical, and AN is really not the right place for that type of question. Through my thorough analysis, I provided very good reason why alternative methods were not possible at that time, at least in my judgement. However, nobody else seems to be responding to your questions - well, one person did unblock. That was your sole response. Torches and pitchforks were optional. Welcome to the world of AN/ANI :-) the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:18, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Personally, I think this is probably not the best place to be seeking clarification of the feedback (and/or the issues or supposed issues which are apparently being raised) in relation to your adminship as it is not a single action or comment or incident which has motivated this; I'm sure you realise that. I expect a lot of useful feedback and perspective can emerge from another venue (such as a RfC if its structured properly and the requirements are complied with); it's always better to take that type of option than to wait for a time when there are a greater number of "pitchforks", but ultimately it's your call if you choose to self-initiate an RfC/U or not, or consent to an RfC/U or not. It will depend on whether or not you're ready and willing to hear others thoughts on both the good bits and the bits which you could consider handling differently or improve on. On another note, there are a number of admins who jump into contentious issues, but not all of them feel this sort of backlash. I can even point to some, if they would let me, whom after taking up an RfC or similar route, modified just a few features of their approach and encounter this sort of trouble/outrage/scrutiny on a much smaller scale despite continuing to address those problems for the Community on an ongoing basis. To me, it shows they work even more effectively now handling the worst kind of editing or problems than if they did not heed the advice given to them or if they weren't ready to even consider acting carefully with another approach. That's my suggestion, but I realise that each person is different and it might equally be be something that you're not ready to do too. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ding ding ding, you win! This thread is supposed to discuss the block. It's supposed to discuss my analysis that led to the block. Somebody else turned it personal. ALl attempts to steer it back on track so that I can potentially learn what was wrong with my analysis that led to this specific pair of blocks has failed miserably. My sole conclusion from that is therefore: nothing was actually wrong, now that we understand it. Which oddly enough, makes the whole "desysop" thing rather moot now...doesn't it. the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Discussion of your analysis is half the issue. Discussion of the actions you took after your analysis is the other half. --NeilN talk to me 14:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- What actions were those? Please feel free to point them out. the panda ɛˢˡ” 14:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- At the conclusion of your analysis the action you took was blocking. Your analysis told you there was edit-warring going on. There were a variety of actions you could have taken to stop it. --NeilNtalk to me 15:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, admittedly there were other possible solutions. But I made a judgement call based on the intelligence I had gathered that was well-within the realm of admin responsibility, and provided the rationale when requested untik WP:ADMINACCT. There are always multiple ways to resolve something - I chose one valid path, and other people would have taken other paths. That's both a good thing and bad thing. the panda ɛˢˡ” 15:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:EatsShootsAndLeaves - Blocking the users was disruptive to the wikia (and not at all needed within wikia rules), as this chat and others such as on your chat page and the blocked users chat page clearly indicates and your actions continues to be disruptive due to your refusal to accept the obvious and walk away. Mosfetfaser (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Mosfetfaser: Wikia? --AmaryllisGardener talk 15:43, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:EatsShootsAndLeaves - Blocking the users was disruptive to the wikia (and not at all needed within wikia rules), as this chat and others such as on your chat page and the blocked users chat page clearly indicates and your actions continues to be disruptive due to your refusal to accept the obvious and walk away. Mosfetfaser (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, admittedly there were other possible solutions. But I made a judgement call based on the intelligence I had gathered that was well-within the realm of admin responsibility, and provided the rationale when requested untik WP:ADMINACCT. There are always multiple ways to resolve something - I chose one valid path, and other people would have taken other paths. That's both a good thing and bad thing. the panda ɛˢˡ” 15:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- At the conclusion of your analysis the action you took was blocking. Your analysis told you there was edit-warring going on. There were a variety of actions you could have taken to stop it. --NeilNtalk to me 15:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
10.68.16.31
10.68.16.31 is apparently User:ClueBot III editing logged out again. I informed Jayron32 (the admin that blocked it last time in April), and they told me to come here. Here are some diffs: [69] [70] [71]. --AmaryllisGardener talk 19:32, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- It looks like the bot has logged back in. I unblocked the IP after realizing the block could cause misdirected XFF blocks. However, what seems concerning is how the bot is still editing after the emergency shutoff has been activated. I'm not the most experienced with bots and would welcome the input of others. Mike V • Talk 22:14, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- After a quick chat with Deskana, I've blocked the bot. Mike V • Talk 22:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm confused. Is the bot making bad edits? If not then it seems churlish to block it simply because the stop button doesn't work - especially as that stops it working logged in and not logged out - precisely the reverse of what we want. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 06:59, 7 May 2014 (UTC).
- Agreed - Is the bot making bad edits ? Then it should be blocked, but if it's doing what it's supposed to do, then there's no problem (even if it's logged out ) KoshVorlon Angeli i demoni kruzhili nado mnoj 10:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- The issue is twofold. First, the bot was performing edits while logged out. It's my understanding from the bot policy that this should not occur and that the use of extensions such as AssertEdit should be implemented. Second, the bot was performing edits logged in while the shut off was in place, which makes it noncompliant with its own emergency protocol. There's even a message on the bot's page that encourages admins to block it if it is malfunctioning. I'm not trying to be churlish or pedantic. It's simply a case of the bot not functioning as it is intended. Mike V • Talk 15:36, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree that the latter (emergency shutoff not working) would justify blocking the bot; however, the first wouldn't - if the only malfunction in the bot is that it would edit when not logged in, then blocking it would do no good to stop the trouble. Even in the case of bots, blocks should only be used to prevent malfunctionm edits or unapproved tasks - and merely editing while logged out some of the time doesn't constitute either of these the rest of the time. עוד מישהוOd Mishehu 18:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- In short, if we can't trust that it will stop editing when told to, we can't trust that it will follow other instructions properly as well. The operators are good and reliable, so of course we're not accusing them of bad faith, but they've apparently made some mistake that temporarily makes the bot undependable. Nobody's going to object to an unblock once the operators say that the coding problems are fixed. Nyttend (talk) 22:18, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree that the latter (emergency shutoff not working) would justify blocking the bot; however, the first wouldn't - if the only malfunction in the bot is that it would edit when not logged in, then blocking it would do no good to stop the trouble. Even in the case of bots, blocks should only be used to prevent malfunctionm edits or unapproved tasks - and merely editing while logged out some of the time doesn't constitute either of these the rest of the time. עוד מישהוOd Mishehu 18:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm confused. Is the bot making bad edits? If not then it seems churlish to block it simply because the stop button doesn't work - especially as that stops it working logged in and not logged out - precisely the reverse of what we want. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 06:59, 7 May 2014 (UTC).
- After a quick chat with Deskana, I've blocked the bot. Mike V • Talk 22:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- I take the reverse view, if anything. Editing logged out is bad, because 1. it gives the impression that we allow bot edits from IPs, 2. the edits are not accountable which bot edits should be. OK in this case we know it's CB III so we could let it slide if we thought that the downside from having it not functioning outweighs point 1.
- But bots are not like HAL or te computer in the Forbin Project, they do not become "untrustworthy", if the "emergency stop" (which in many bots redirects to the admin block function anyway) doesn't work, the bot is not going to start trying to take over the encyclopaedia - it left this thread after all. (Or is it trying to lull us into a false sense of security?) The admin block is still there for a real malfunction. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:40, 7 May 2014 (UTC).
- Untrustworthy in the sense that we can't trust the code. Someone accidentally removed from the bot's code the instruction (or part of the instruction) to stop editing when the shutoff is activated. Since we know that they made that mistake, we can't trust that they made no other mistakes, and we can't trust that this mistake won't have other unexpected effects. With that in mind, we can't let the bot edit until someone's confirmed that the mistake is resolved. Nyttend (talk) 22:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- When an editor is as prolific as Cluebot, its activity is meaningful not only at the level of individual edits but also statistically. Letting it edit logged out results in a distorted picture of what's happening on the entire wiki. So it should be blocked until it logs back in. 70.36.142.114 (talk) 05:31, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's the problem: As I understand it (which is doubtless an oversimplification), 10.68.xx.xx is the internal network, and therefore blocking anything in 10.68 risks collateral damage, possibly including break-the-whole-site network damage. It's not some IP from halfway across the globe that you're blocking from Wikipedia's servers; you'd be blocking the system from itself. Blocking the account is useless, because it's not using the account.
- What we need is for people to figure out how this is happening and fix it, not to block stuff without regard for either the possible consequences of the block or the effectiveness of the block. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Is there any legitimate reason to allow anonymous editing from private IP addresses? What would be the downside to soft-blocking all of them indefinitely? Same question applies to the external IPs of toolservers. Bovlb (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- See User_talk:Anomie/Archives/2013#10.111.0.0.2F16. 23:24, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
- Is there any legitimate reason to allow anonymous editing from private IP addresses? What would be the downside to soft-blocking all of them indefinitely? Same question applies to the external IPs of toolservers. Bovlb (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Request for forgiveness
More than a year has passed since I was blocked for stupidily threatening User:Jayron32. I'm from Argentina and after an edit-war, I said the following: "If I were an Israeli soldier and you a Palestinian..." or so I said. I well-deserved to be blocked because I was beyond immature and stupid. Then, I created another account to start anew as a respected user. Well, the sock-puppetry accusations began and I couldn't ever again work on Wikipedia. I deny sock-puppetry since I don't, I can't use blocked accounts and I'm not interested in having more than one account. So, I'm now asking to be forgiven and allowed to create another account and start anew. Thank you indeed. --190.178.156.205 (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- Don't even remember it, but if you're here to do good work, go do that. --Jayron32 23:04, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- From what I can see, I would support the editor coming back. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 23:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Jayron for giving me a second and last opportunity!, I've been working in the shadows and doing well with User:Japanesehelper but I'm afraid of going public (i.e. nominating candidates for Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates) and getting blocked for the alleged "sock-puppetry" that never occurred since I never used two accounts at the same time. Who can guarantee me that "Japanesehelper", my only account, will not be blocked? Thank you.--190.178.183.38 (talk) 23:11, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
- No one can guarantee anything, but the person you attacked has given his blessing for you to be back, one other person thinks that is the best unbureaucratic way to deal with the problem (me), and assuming you just edit and stay out of trouble and not war or get into fights, I don't see a problem. Assuming others don't argue against this solution, you could just point to this discussion. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 23:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Perfect. You can see my record with "Japanesehelper", it's cleaner than a brand new t-shirt. I was immature when that happened. Promise it won't happen ever again. --Japanesehelper (talk) 23:20, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Doesnt sockpuppetry include using new accounts to evade blocks? Howunusual (talk) 00:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes and no. We're not here to mete out perpetual punishment, we're here to build an encyclopedia. This isn't a game. If Japanesehelper wished to be helpful, I am not going to get in their way. --Jayron32 00:22, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is a legitimate question, but again I agree with Jayron. When someone appears to be very sincere, apologetic and sets a clear future path for their behavior, and the person who was on the receiving end last time (Jayron) gives their blessing, I think we owe it to ourselves and them to take a chance. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 00:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Let's not prevent good work from being done. Probably a bad use of clean start, but WP:IAR - a productive editor need not be a perfect editor, both in content or character. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Probably worth verifying whether this is an IP sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/AndresHerutJaim/Archive, a racist ultranationalist extremist and sociopathic liar who in the spare time off wiki writes things like "fucking mohammedan apes and baby-killers", "Fuck you !! stupid Islamofascist terrorist ape dressed in rags. I hope you and all your family of monkeys shall receive what you deserve when Israel kick your coward ass. Asshole! ISRAEL WIN", "Don’t worry bitch, nobody wants your fucking Arab Keffiyeh. Nobody wants to look like an ugly terrorist monkey, except for Purim", "¡¡¡God bless Nakba!!! (Jewish victory over the war of extermination that the Arabs brought upon them 65 years ago). Never in history was a "catastrophe" so well deserved! God bless Israel. Keep strong, united, prepared and brave.", ""palestine" does not exist, never did and never will", "Yes, you are in this struggle and you will be defeated like all the enemies of my nation. I'm a Jew from Argentina who soon will make Aliya and join the IDF in order to kick, destroy and fight against bullshit scum like you. Fuck off you fucking marxist. Leave Israel with all your fucking Arab ape friends. We don't want people like you in Medinat Israel. AM ISRAEL CHAI VE KAIAM ISRAEL WIN". Sean.hoyland - talk 04:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I should add that Japanesehelper does not look like AndresHerutJaim, but AndresHerutJaim's persistent socking via both accounts and Argentina based IPs has been such a major problem over the past few years in the WP:ARBPIA topic area and its suburbs that experienced editors will assume that any Buenos Aires based IP active in the ARBPIA topic area that appears to be advocating for Israel or against Palestine or Iran is a sock. Is there a diff for the comment "If I were an Israeli soldier and you a Palestinian..." ? Sean.hoyland - talk 05:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have to agree some idea of who this editor actually is would be helpful, at least if we are going to give any indication they may be allowed to stick around.
- I don't know much about the editor Sean.hoyland mentions above, but Special:Contributions/Japanesehelper is looking a lot like Special:Contributions/Timothyhere who abused many sockpuppets Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Timothyhere + Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Timothyhere + many which were either blocked per WP:DENY or which unblocked but had their contributions deleted). While obviously it was never confirmed by a CU, they did sometimes edit under an Argentinian IP. Particularly in their later stages, they seemed to mostly troll the Reference Desk, Help Desk and Teahouse. But they did hang around ITN at various stages. Beyond simple trolling, they did seem to have a particular interest in Nazi Germany and serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer similar to Japanesehelper.
- They also claimed to be Japanese at least once Special:Contributions/Kotjap with a corresponding interest in Japanese related topics although I think they showed the same interest even with other identities. Kotjaps claims to be Japanese weren't particularly believable. IIRC they claimed to be living in Japan with some elaborate back story like being a 55 year old former hikikomori who's father beat them [72] yet never showed any actual evidence of understanding Japanese. (I can't recall if they ever explicitly said they spoke Japanese but I think they did repeatedly saying they were not a native English speaker, which may be true regardless, which combined with their claims about their identity lead to an obvious conclusion. And even IIRC when Japanese editors suggested they ask their question in Japanese they never said they didn't actually speak Japanese.) Or really any evidence of knowing that much about Japan you would expect from someone who lived there. (And of course, it's very likely they were editing from an Argentinian IP.)
- As stated above, it seemed clear they were trolling. Over time, it became fairly obvious they already knew the answer to many of their 'questions' or otherwise didn't care. Furthermore, beyond the Japanese identity, they pretended to be from all over the world usually mentioning stuff in 'my country' or similar. In particular, in many of their later identities, they claimed to be from tiny island/s nations, or at least small poor places you wouldn't generally expect many wikipedians from.
- I don't know if they ever said the stuff about "If I were an Israeli soldier and you a Palestinian" to Jayron32, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't the reason why the Timothyhere round of socks was blocked. It could be that the AndresHerutJaim and Timothyhere group are the same editor and no one noticed before. I would also note that if it's either editor, their indication their disruption stopped over a year ago isn't particularly believable. (I believe there were more recent Timothyhere socks than the late June ones but I'm lazy to look for them.)
- I'm not suggesting an immediate block since I'm not seeing an obvious signs of disruption under the new account. And if it is Timothyhere they seem to have given up on pretending to be from places they clearly aren't. But if it's either or both editor/s, lying about their history and why they were blocked is not a good sign. And they should expect to be on a short leash not because of anything to do with forgiveness but because we have good reason to think they can't be trusted to continue to edit.
- Edit: The most recent probably trolling from Timothyhere I can find is Special:Contributions/190.178.141.180. It's nothing particularly wrong but given the history it was hard to believe their claim they were "working for a psychology project on the case regarding Kato". Also looking a bit more, I think Timothyhere had an interest in terrorism and in particular Al Qaeda under their many identities, in particular in relation to Canada. But I don't recall much interest in the Israel-Palestinian issue or Iran.
- Nil Einne (talk) 06:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- This is not the correct process for requesting an unblock. The editor says their account was blocked 1 year ago and they apparently set up a sock account to continue editing shortly afterwards. They have not even told us what the original account was, or how they were blocked. Furthermore, if they continue editing, they are not normally allowed to make a clean start but must keep the old account after it has been unblocked. My suggestion is to close this discussion thread, block the IP and Japanesehelper, and ask them to make the request on their talk page or, if that is blocked, through email. At that time, a CU can be conducted. TFD (talk) 07:24, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- In a nutshell, it is easier to watch someone when they are in the open, and the liklihood of them becoming productive is higher as well. My opinion hasn't changed. I won't block and would oppose anyone else at this juncture. Wait and see, monitor, hope for the best. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 11:15, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Redlink category adder
I don't want to make a big deal about this, and I would take it somewhere else if I knew where that place was, but the user CmdrDan appears to believe that simply adding a category to an article creates the category, so he's added a number of redlinked categories to articles. Can someone who's more familiar with categories than I am have a talk with him? Thanks. BMK (talk) 05:36, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Left a note, HTH. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 07:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC).
Arbitration motion regarding Falun Gong 2 (User:Ohconfucius)
The Arbitration Committee has superseded the topic ban imposed on Ohconfucius (talk · contribs) in the Falun Gong 2 case by motion:
The Committee resolves that remedy 2 (Ohconfucius topic-banned) in the Falun Gong 2 arbitration case is suspended for the period of one year from the date of passage of this motion. During the period of suspension, any uninvolved administrator may, as an arbitration enforcement action, reinstate the topic ban on Ohconfucius should Ohconfucius fail to follow Wikipedia behavior and editing standards while editing in the topic area covered by the suspended restriction. In addition, the topic ban will be reinstated should Ohconfucius be validly blocked by any uninvolved administrator for misconduct in the topic area covered by the suspended restriction. Such a reinstatement may be appealed via the normal process for appealing arbitration enforcement actions. After one year from the date of passage of this motion, if the ban has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed, the topic ban will be repealed.
For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:55, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Psst, bit of a backlog at WP:UAA
Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 19:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey admins, come on
Done. Thank you all. Drmies (talk) 22:05, 9 May 2014 (UTC) |
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
...and help a brother/sister out nextdoor, at WP:ANI, section "Undue retaliation, provocation and/or vandalism on Mitsubishi Magna article by User:OSX". You need to help me figure out what to do with these two editors, one of whom was at 27R, while the other kept their count low by way of sockage. I already did the heavy lifting. Drmies (talk) 04:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Archive.is headache
Archive.is URLs were blacklisted. But the task was not properly done. As a result, it has become a big headache. Someone makes non-constructive edits/vandalism in an article, you try to revert it and find you can not do it, as the article contains archive.is URL.
I reported it here, where it was observed only "rollback" option is working here. But, we can not use rollback always.
This has become a big headache. I just had to manually remove 6-7 archive.is URLs just to make a reversion with an edit summary. Tito☸Dutta 18:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Perhaps it's time to remove them from the blacklist? The concern was that archive.is might (horror) use adverts, and might spam archive links to WP. The admin of archive.is replied that we could, if we wished, make archive.org backups of archive.is and use those. They do not appear to be out to take advantage of Wikipedia, and indeed are providing a valuable service. If their site became unacceptable to link to in the future we could remove the links very rapidly. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:48, 8 May 2014 (UTC).
- I have no idea why its on the blacklist and it seems to be shooting us in the foot. One bad person should not equate to wholesale blacklisting of a valid and important archival service. It seems like a knee-jerk decision was made and the damage done is creating quite a fuss and hurting our articles. I've seen plenty of issues with Archival services not picking up or losing access to Gamespot's new robots.txt (Archive.org in this case). I also note that a while back there was some discussion about funding and acquiring such a service - but I'm a bit out of the loop on that. We can very easily control our links at will from such sites, I don't see the need to have an entire beneficial service blacklisted. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly, part of the blacklisting was the archive.is folks using an unapproved bot account which was blocked (for being an unapproved bot). Then evading that block with IP addresses. Ravensfire (talk) 20:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Archive sites are akin to redirectors, though. Is there any content that is on archive.is and not archive.org? If not, we probably don't need it. Guy(Help!) 20:28, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- That kind of statement reduces a valid option and Archive.org has missed many key sources to 404 that I wish I could selectively archive. Now, an unapproved bot and socking is one thing, but it seems knee-jerk reaction to a problem. Would you do the same if and blacklist all of Archive.org because someone used an authorized bot to mass add links? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Edit conflict Plenty, I'm afraid. We should discourage people from removing the links without replacement, as the archice.is URL is vital to being able to determine what the original was, and therefore finding a replacement. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:40, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are several differences between archive.is and archive.org. Archive.org is a crawler and gets everything when it visits a page but it does follow robots.txt. Archive.is claims they only archives pages they are told to archive but ignores robots.txt. Webcite is closer in functionality to archive.is, but they do follow robots.txt. Ravensfire (talk) 20:46, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Archive.is is currently the best and seemingly only option for GameSpot archives at this time. They regularly 404 and are altered and now have Robots.txt which makes Archive.org not serve the page even if they HAD the archive previous. See discussion. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- As I mentioned here, I haven't found any good alternatives to archive.is yet. For example, web.archive.org and webcitation.org failed to archive beyonce
.com properly – only archive.is renders the page's content correctly. Mayast (talk) 21:35, 8 May 2014 (UTC)/credits - User:Hawkeye7, what do you suggest to do if you want to revert a non-constructive edit, and want to add an edit summary too. Please see this edit. The editor, being a film production house member, was removing "negative reviews, reception" from the article.
Either remove them from blacklist, if that is not possible, okay, I have not problem, then appoint a bot to remove all archive.is URLs from Wikipedia. Currently it is a big trouble.Tito☸Dutta 23:17, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Hawkeye7, what do you suggest to do if you want to revert a non-constructive edit, and want to add an edit summary too. Please see this edit. The editor, being a film production house member, was removing "negative reviews, reception" from the article.
- As I mentioned here, I haven't found any good alternatives to archive.is yet. For example, web.archive.org and webcitation.org failed to archive beyonce
- Archive.is is currently the best and seemingly only option for GameSpot archives at this time. They regularly 404 and are altered and now have Robots.txt which makes Archive.org not serve the page even if they HAD the archive previous. See discussion. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- Archive sites are akin to redirectors, though. Is there any content that is on archive.is and not archive.org? If not, we probably don't need it. Guy(Help!) 20:28, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly, part of the blacklisting was the archive.is folks using an unapproved bot account which was blocked (for being an unapproved bot). Then evading that block with IP addresses. Ravensfire (talk) 20:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have no idea why its on the blacklist and it seems to be shooting us in the foot. One bad person should not equate to wholesale blacklisting of a valid and important archival service. It seems like a knee-jerk decision was made and the damage done is creating quite a fuss and hurting our articles. I've seen plenty of issues with Archival services not picking up or losing access to Gamespot's new robots.txt (Archive.org in this case). I also note that a while back there was some discussion about funding and acquiring such a service - but I'm a bit out of the loop on that. We can very easily control our links at will from such sites, I don't see the need to have an entire beneficial service blacklisted. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- The reason archive.is was blacklisted was because the people running archive.is utterly destroyed any possible sense of good faith with their actions (spamming links, unapproved bot, block evasion, etc.) - the links were being added in a blatantly promotional fashion, instead of simply correcting broken links that were easily findable and fixable. It was indistinguishable from spam, and it was treated as such, and frankly after their display I, personally, cannot consider any archive.is link trustworthy - after the display of what they did here, who knows what they have on their site that might be lurking to infect my computer? - The Bushranger One ping only 01:42, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow:. Carefully parsing the above and rewriting for provable truth, we have: Someone acting on Archive.is's behalf employed block-evasion techniques to flood-add both Archive.is and Archive.org archive links preemptive to link failures (read: many, but not all, of the edits were needed yet). Optimistically, it was a technological partial proof-of-concept. Pessimistically, it was (weakly) promotional, and (strongly) unapproved behavior per our bot consensus guidelines. I found the edits to be 100% accurate, overall helpful though sometimes unnecessary, and in every case unharmful, though technically against bot policy and procedure. There's a tendency to throw the baby (bot-added edits which are helpful-but-against-procedure) right out with the bathwater, and I strongly object to this (insert religion-based decision process epithet here) bullshit. However, and be very clear about this: Archive.is was blacklisted because a narrow majority of easily-frightened RFC participants were led witless down a banhammer garden path by a couple of admins who scaremongered and nerdraged about a couple of hundred IP edits. Tempest, meet teapot. Seriously, this wasn't as bad as The Bushranger and Kww would have you all believe. That said, I support blocking addition of archive.is links by new editors, but I support allowing such links when added by editors with high edit counts and low deleted-edit counts in good standing (meaning: responsible, accountable additions). I have NO fear of archive.is or the site owners, anything The Bushranger says notwithstanding. --Lexein (talk) 21:15, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- ...all I can say is "wow". (Well, I can also say I find your accusations of bad faith disturbing.) - The BushrangerOne ping only 21:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, pshaw. That's not counterargument, that's just garbage, and not appropriate admin behavior. You exaggerated the seriousness of the situation in order to get the zero-sum "win", with the actual effect of yeah, you "won", but Wikipedia lost, and archive.is was totally unaffected. Great job hurting Wikipedia worse than any possible spam did. I think it's called "friendly fire." The only (quite narrowminded and blinkered, in my opinion) reason which remains for blacklisting is the purely petty bureaucratic-minded outcry of "It was unapproved! He didn't follow procedure! We cannot allow that to stand, even if the links are valid!" I've always disliked this bent logic, but have extremely noisily begrudged its applicability in cases of causing other editors extra work, which is not the case here. Each and every one of those archive.org and archive.is links would have been allowed to stand if added slowly by editors in good standing. --Lexein (talk) 14:31, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- ...all I can say is "wow". (Well, I can also say I find your accusations of bad faith disturbing.) - The BushrangerOne ping only 21:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow:. Carefully parsing the above and rewriting for provable truth, we have: Someone acting on Archive.is's behalf employed block-evasion techniques to flood-add both Archive.is and Archive.org archive links preemptive to link failures (read: many, but not all, of the edits were needed yet). Optimistically, it was a technological partial proof-of-concept. Pessimistically, it was (weakly) promotional, and (strongly) unapproved behavior per our bot consensus guidelines. I found the edits to be 100% accurate, overall helpful though sometimes unnecessary, and in every case unharmful, though technically against bot policy and procedure. There's a tendency to throw the baby (bot-added edits which are helpful-but-against-procedure) right out with the bathwater, and I strongly object to this (insert religion-based decision process epithet here) bullshit. However, and be very clear about this: Archive.is was blacklisted because a narrow majority of easily-frightened RFC participants were led witless down a banhammer garden path by a couple of admins who scaremongered and nerdraged about a couple of hundred IP edits. Tempest, meet teapot. Seriously, this wasn't as bad as The Bushranger and Kww would have you all believe. That said, I support blocking addition of archive.is links by new editors, but I support allowing such links when added by editors with high edit counts and low deleted-edit counts in good standing (meaning: responsible, accountable additions). I have NO fear of archive.is or the site owners, anything The Bushranger says notwithstanding. --Lexein (talk) 21:15, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- This is all from memory of reading about it after the fact, so I could be mistaken: The only things I saw indicating that the WP account, User:Rotlink, was actually controlled by the owner of archive.is were statements made by that account on a couple of talk pages. I did not see anything that indicated there was outside confirmation of ownership, nor that there was a statement like: I'm going to make changes X to archive.is and then changes X happened. I only saw statements similar to: I have made changes (i.e. mentioning them after the fact). To me there is no indication that the accounts User:Rotlink and User:RotlinkBot were, in fact, owned by the person running archive.is. It was certain that the person controlling the account wanted it to be believed that User:Rotlink was controlled by the owner of archive.is.
- On the other hand there was no statement by owner of either archive.is denying ownership of those accounts. In addition, there was no statement by the owner of archive.is nor those accounts as to explaining the issues brought up at the Archive.is RFC.
- The RfC proceeded on the assumption that the owner of archive.is was the person controlling the bot and the actions of whatever was making the similar edits from multiple IPs.
- The owner of the account, with respect to the bot, went out of their way to perform actions which were significant violations of policy when easy alternatives were available within policy to accomplish nearly the identical goals, but with something of a delay. Specifically, the whole issue developed out of the use use of an unapproved bot which was in the approvals process and likely to be approved and its edits welcomed, if the process had been followed.
- After the bot was blocked there was then the issue of the apparent use of a large number of IPs from multiple countries to run the unapproved and account-blocked bot. It was considered by many to very likely that the use of the IPs was not authorized by the owners of the IPs and probably illegal. — Makyen (talk) 02:35, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow... this is a bit stunning. I see allegations thrown around left and right and a single user making very broad legal allegations without substantiating them or providing evidence. This is all heresay and the situation is completely without merit. The issue has long been "resolved". First of all, the edit filter is hidden, but why? Secondly and more important, the edit filter has long not worked on the ".today" links. Example If there was any valid attack or ongoing need for this filter it would have been apparent. By all means, it is time to get rid of this edit filter. We are damaging our own articles and I see absolutely no threat from the site. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:59, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see what's "stunning" here. There's no doubt that there was an attack, and no doubt that someone was using techniques that violated both Wikipedia policy and actual law to insert the links. Thank you for pointing out that people have been bypassing the blocklist with an alternate id: it no longer works.—Kww(talk) 05:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I do, however, agree that we do need to run a bot that removes the links. I keep trying to find the time to do so, but the task of remaining employed keeps interfering.—Kww(talk) 05:08, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- But the attack has long since halted and its causing a great amount of degradation to article verifiability and not to mention thousands of articles actually being used. There seems to be a growing consensus here that this matter needs to be revisited and I frankly feel that this blacklist endangers the verifiability of thousands of articles, including ones that are already Good or Featured content. This applies greatly to the WP:VG project and at least many other news sites. As it stands, we are actually losing verifiability and damaging Wikipedia just in the daily operation of this blacklist that should have been revisited months ago. I'm all for defending against malicious attacks, but it seems its outlived its usefulness and is purely punitive. You closed a hole on something that was already known, but unexploited. Since the "attack" has stopped, the blacklist's continued implementation provides no demonstrable benefit. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:21, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- It stopped because it was blacklisted. its causing a great amount of degradation to article verifiability...I frankly feel that this blacklist endangers the verifiability of thousands of articles...As it stands, we are actually losing verifiability and damaging Wikipedia. How? In what way is it causing "degration to article verifiability"? How is it "damaging Wikipedia"? If archive.is didn't exist, would there be any problem with following WP:DEADLINK/WP:V: "Do not delete cited information solely because the URL to the source does not work any longer. WP:Verifiability does not require that all information be supported by a working link, nor does it require the source to be published online"? So why is there a problem now? Why is there a "growing consensus" that we should reward someone who attempted to use Wikipedia to promote their archive service, then used a bot attack to push it when caught, by promoting the use of said service? - The BushrangerOne ping only 05:48, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- The point you seem to be missing, Chris, is that having tens of thousands of links to a site operated by someone that uses botnets leaves us open to further trouble. Why link to someone that is known to be dishonest?—Kww(talk) 06:01, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- But the attack has long since halted and its causing a great amount of degradation to article verifiability and not to mention thousands of articles actually being used. There seems to be a growing consensus here that this matter needs to be revisited and I frankly feel that this blacklist endangers the verifiability of thousands of articles, including ones that are already Good or Featured content. This applies greatly to the WP:VG project and at least many other news sites. As it stands, we are actually losing verifiability and damaging Wikipedia just in the daily operation of this blacklist that should have been revisited months ago. I'm all for defending against malicious attacks, but it seems its outlived its usefulness and is purely punitive. You closed a hole on something that was already known, but unexploited. Since the "attack" has stopped, the blacklist's continued implementation provides no demonstrable benefit. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:21, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I do, however, agree that we do need to run a bot that removes the links. I keep trying to find the time to do so, but the task of remaining employed keeps interfering.—Kww(talk) 05:08, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see what's "stunning" here. There's no doubt that there was an attack, and no doubt that someone was using techniques that violated both Wikipedia policy and actual law to insert the links. Thank you for pointing out that people have been bypassing the blocklist with an alternate id: it no longer works.—Kww(talk) 05:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow... this is a bit stunning. I see allegations thrown around left and right and a single user making very broad legal allegations without substantiating them or providing evidence. This is all heresay and the situation is completely without merit. The issue has long been "resolved". First of all, the edit filter is hidden, but why? Secondly and more important, the edit filter has long not worked on the ".today" links. Example If there was any valid attack or ongoing need for this filter it would have been apparent. By all means, it is time to get rid of this edit filter. We are damaging our own articles and I see absolutely no threat from the site. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:59, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps it stopped back in November because it was blacklisted, but the identity of the attacker doesn't seem to have been proven. I'm sure someone can check Archive.is and see its malwarefree and that is more than I can say for some other references. I've seen many a reference be turned to hardcore pornography and/or go to a site filled with malicious scripts. Unless proven otherwise, the issue with Archive.is is non-existent. Also, a demonstrable workaround has been present for nearly two months (at least April 14, 2014) and all without "attack". The circumstances merit a revisiting and perhaps even a lifting of the blacklist, and it would be trivial to reinstate if such an attack was done. The Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC was controversial and not a clear consensus, but I also think its too late to decide to remove 20,000+ valid working archival links now. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 06:16, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's interesting to note that, to date, only the English Wikipedia gives a damn about archive.is shenanigans. No other Wikipedia project blacklists archive.is, or finds any fault with it. These archives are used throughout the Chinese and Russian Wikipedias, as an alternative to WebCite and Wayback. In fact, I literally just posted an archive.is link on zhwiki just to check whether it was blacklisted or not. If other projects don't find problems with archive.is, then why are we? --benlisquareT•C•E 08:00, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, so you're saying that Albanaian Wikimedia (with more than 10,000 articles) doesn't blacklist it, nor does Icelandic Wikpedia or Old Church Slavonic Wikipedia? Well, then certainly we should follow suit.
Despite this specious argument (we are English Wikipedia, and are sui generis), I do think that archive.is should probably be unblacklisted, despite their earlier misbehavior. We don't want to hurt the encyclopedia just because some outsiders have acted like assholes. BMK (talk) 10:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- You just made an informal fallacy there - nowhere did I mention any sub-10,000 Wikipedia projects, you made that implication on your own. I pointed out that multiple Wikipedia projects of significant size didn't have any qualms with archive.is, and even still to this day allow links to it - this probably suggests that here on enwiki, we think too much about morality instead of actually getting the job done. As has been mentioned above, "Why link to someone that is known to be dishonest?" - I assure you that nobody would even think about asking such a question on zhwiki; if the tool gets the job done, it doesn't matter if a murderer or a saint created the tool. At least, that's the sentiment that exists outside of enwiki.
Just because Hans Reiser murdered his wife, that doesn't make ReiserFS a bad file system (in fact, in theory it works much better than NTFS), but it's often the case that people make such arguments, and this archive.is case is quite similar. Look at archive.is as a tool to get things done, and not the creation of someone who did bad things in the past. --benlisquareT•C•E 11:01, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- You just made an informal fallacy there - nowhere did I mention any sub-10,000 Wikipedia projects, you made that implication on your own. I pointed out that multiple Wikipedia projects of significant size didn't have any qualms with archive.is, and even still to this day allow links to it - this probably suggests that here on enwiki, we think too much about morality instead of actually getting the job done. As has been mentioned above, "Why link to someone that is known to be dishonest?" - I assure you that nobody would even think about asking such a question on zhwiki; if the tool gets the job done, it doesn't matter if a murderer or a saint created the tool. At least, that's the sentiment that exists outside of enwiki.
- Wow, so you're saying that Albanaian Wikimedia (with more than 10,000 articles) doesn't blacklist it, nor does Icelandic Wikpedia or Old Church Slavonic Wikipedia? Well, then certainly we should follow suit.
- Do not use a bot to remove links. Per Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC: the removal of Archive.is links be done with care and clear explanation. The only way we have of replacing links is to examine the ones that are there. The title of the page and the publisher allows us to use a search engine to find if the page has moved elsewhere. The text of the page can also be used in this way. Given the original URL, it may be possible to find the site on archive using the accessdate. It is very, very difficult to repair references without the original. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:15, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I can not always manually clean-up archive.is links just to revert vandalism. If I see I can not revert edits because of archive.is URLs, I'll leave it, unless the article is very important to me. Tito☸Dutta 10:11, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Just a note. As closer, it wasn't my intent to prevent bots from removing the links. I did suggest that any removal should be explained--ideally including a link in the edit summary. But that can be done automatically. Also, I've certainly no objection to seeing if consensus has changed on this. Hobit (talk) 12:49, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have a question about the ignoring of robots.txt files. Is this in any way equivalent to a copyvio? Perhaps not if the archiving is always in response to a specific request, but an authoritative answer here to that effect would be helpful. Perhaps User:Moonriddengirl could comment? --Mirokado (talk) 13:09, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think there is an authoritative answer. It's the lawyer/legal-opinion problem. There are other problems. Robots.txt has no defined purpose. Oh, it has a use, and an effect when applied, but the reason for using it is not required to be stated, so the reason is never stated. Helpful stated reasons might include: "Original author-publisher contract did not include archives", "Publication rights to article content expired", "Owner wishes to monetize archives", "New domain owner does not wish his new brand to be associated with the old domain's content", "New domain-squatting owner wishes to extort money from prior domain owners to lift robots.txt". Two of these are arguably copyright related with a corresponding best-practice Wikipedia answer, three are definitely not. --Lexein (talk) 21:43, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I will say that all the protestations that "it must have been somebody else, you can't prove it was the site owner" are nothing but hopeful nonsense. The edits matched Rotlink's. They came from a swarm of international IPs at a speed and breadth that couldn't have been anything but a botnet of compromised computers. Lexein, an editor that was fighting desperately to keep the archive.is links, communicated with the site owner and received nothing but evasiveness: never a denial. Whatever the utility of the site may be, it's run by someone that has no qualms about invading computers that belong to other people. That's not a place to link to, because clicking the link provides a known bad actor access to the client machine. As for benlisquare's argument: no, murdering your wife doesn't make you a bad filesystem designer or compromise the quality of your filesystem. It does mean that only a foolish woman would marry you.—Kww(talk) 13:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I think that first of all, Wikipedia should have it's own archive like Archive.is. Archive.is is much much better than WebCite or Archive.org - first of all because it automatically archives all the articles the Wikipedia is quoting. Secondly - because it's versatile and has an easy interface. So, Archive.is should be set the standard for such an archiving website. From a previous conversation I understood that Archive.is storage capacity will be exceeded in maximum two years, and then - no more free archiving for Wikipedia. Verifiability of Wikipedia's articles is quite important for humanity, it might sound inflated to some, but I think it's a safety net against re-writing history, against becoming a dystopian world. How much it costs for Wikipedia to have it's own archive by the way? Maybe we can raise funds, or we should start a Kickstarter project for it. I am ready to offer some support, maybe there are others like me too. Or maybe Wikipedia can pay to Archive.is (or to some other company) for keeping the archive, maybe it will cost less than Wikipedia having it's own archiving servers to take care of - in other words, to outsource the job. To this is such an important matter that, if I would be the head of Wikipedia, I would try to convince masons (I understand they rule the world and they are shaping the world's future) to finance such an important task - money are not a problem for them :). I really hope Wikipedia will have it's own archive but until that happens, Wikipedia should take advantage of such a great and free offer like Archive.is. I am ready to be part of a future lobby group for solving the archiving issue on Wikipedia. There can't be copyright problems, since Wikipedia is not trying to make profit from this, but it's just trying to preserve history, I think any judge with minimum common sense would understand that. — Ark25 (talk) 14:21, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Kww your argument and stance are not being dismissed, but it is unproven and condemning an entire resource because of some past circumstance. There is no threat and that past issue is resolved, but what would it take for you (personally) to allow Archive.is links again? Until Wikipedia has its own archival system, we should not be cutting off a key site (which is irreplaceable at this point) simply because of an unauthorized bot that "spammed" links on a bunch of open proxies. And I keep seeing that if the bot was approved, and it likely would have been, would have been a non-issue. The blacklist can be reinstated easily, but I see more users making compelling arguments to lift it and see what happens. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Kww's argument is, however, compelling. We have been here before. I am surprised this is not blacklisted at Meta, actually. Guy(Help!) 16:44, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no evidence of a malicious botnet and there is no evidence any illegal act has been committed, these are extremely serious allegations and the issue should have been passed immediately to the foundation's team if there was evidence otherwise. By absolutely no measurement can I attribute the word "botnet" to this action, by volume or action, and I must dismiss it as just plain alarmist. And still, that portion of the debate is irrelevant to lifting the blacklist now that the "attack" has stopped. There is no threat, so why are discussing it like it is ongoing and that it was "malicious" in nature. The claims are unsubstantiated and are a gross exaggeration of the incident. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:55, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no evidence of an illegal botnet? Are you serious? And no, discussion of the fact that botnets were used to push links into Wikipedia is not irrelevant and will never be irrelevant.—Kww(talk) 17:07, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Did you look at the massive list of IP's used to push these links in to Wikipedia after the unauthorized bot was blocked? They're from all over the place! Yeah, no evidence of a botnet. Sorry, there is absolutely no reason to trust the people behind archive.is. They don't care or respect others. There are copyright issues when they archive material blocked by a robots.txt file. Ravensfire (talk) 17:17, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Getting beyond the point, but the use of proxies and such are not "botnets". This alarmist stance has no concrete evidence to connect it to the owners of Archive.is, its conjecture and heresay. Secondly, you are making personal attacks on the site owners and pile on accusations of copyright infringement and such when Wikipedia has no control or interest in it. We gladly and willingly supply links to an illicit drug marketplace and link to 4chan which is just as notorious. The issue is months old and there has been no threat or continued attack - by all means, we should consider the issue resolved and lift the blacklist. Objectively - upon what grounds would you agree to lift the blacklist? Let's try to come to some common ground to resolve this issue. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:36, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Without taking any stance on this subject, no WP:AN discussion is going to affect current policy. Your arguments might have merit, Chris, but this is a larger discussion that has to occur elsewhere, say in an RfC or at the Village Pump, not here. Liz Read! Talk! 18:04, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- We gladly and willingly supply links to an illicit drug marketplace and link to 4chan which is just as notorious - If you believe this WP:OTHERSTUFF should be blacklisted, then propose that they be added to the blacklist. accusations of copyright infringement and such when Wikipedia has no control or interest in it. - We do, for the same reason we don't use blatant copyvio websites for references: contributory copyright infringement. While assuming good faith on the part of the site's operators is all well and good, AGF is not a suicide pact, and the behavior of the people representing the site utterly destroyed any and all good faith the community had regarding archive.is; the reason "there is no threat or continued attack" is because the site was blacklisted. We cannot, based on their past behavior, assume that lifing the blacklist will not result in a resumption of the spamming. It's as simple as that, I'm afraid; after the display that led to the blacklisting, I cannot trust any link to archive.is. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Getting beyond the point, but the use of proxies and such are not "botnets". This alarmist stance has no concrete evidence to connect it to the owners of Archive.is, its conjecture and heresay. Secondly, you are making personal attacks on the site owners and pile on accusations of copyright infringement and such when Wikipedia has no control or interest in it. We gladly and willingly supply links to an illicit drug marketplace and link to 4chan which is just as notorious. The issue is months old and there has been no threat or continued attack - by all means, we should consider the issue resolved and lift the blacklist. Objectively - upon what grounds would you agree to lift the blacklist? Let's try to come to some common ground to resolve this issue. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:36, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no evidence of a malicious botnet and there is no evidence any illegal act has been committed, these are extremely serious allegations and the issue should have been passed immediately to the foundation's team if there was evidence otherwise. By absolutely no measurement can I attribute the word "botnet" to this action, by volume or action, and I must dismiss it as just plain alarmist. And still, that portion of the debate is irrelevant to lifting the blacklist now that the "attack" has stopped. There is no threat, so why are discussing it like it is ongoing and that it was "malicious" in nature. The claims are unsubstantiated and are a gross exaggeration of the incident. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:55, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Kww's argument is, however, compelling. We have been here before. I am surprised this is not blacklisted at Meta, actually. Guy(Help!) 16:44, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
The difference between using a botnet to spam links, and the use of proxies to evade blocks in order to spam links, is a difference without a distinction. The main argument for use of archive.is appears to be that it did not honour robots.txt so archived many pages that legitimate archives did not. Anyone else see the issue here? From my experience as a spam blacklist regular here and on meta in the past, much much less blatant spamming has resulted in global blacklisting before now. This is really very simple: someone came to Wikipedia to drive traffic to their ad-supported site, and continued to do this after it was made clear to them that it was inappropriate, including using an unapproved bot. Ideally we need a bot run to clean up their droppings, there are over 22,000 links at present. But if we have to clean them up by hand, then so be it. I just removed a couple of dozen from one article. Nuke 'em as you find 'em I reckon. Guy (Help!) 22:53, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think that everyone should peaceably engage in discussion and civilly discuss it without all the rhetoric. The claims over "ads" and "malware" are utterly baseless and unsubstantiated. There is surprisingly bad faith expressed here and the owner has never stated it was his own doing, but was aware that it was blocked.[73] Above, it was stated that no mass-purging should be done. Revisiting an issue half a year later is by all means warranted, and without labeling some unknown person an international criminal. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:27, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- We have been discussing this peacfully. You have provided no plausible non-criminal explanation that would explain a network that included residential IP addresses in third-world countries. Trying to conflate that with a legitimate proxy network is simply wishful thinking, and trying to describe people's well-founded suspicions as "baseless" is (dare I say it?) rhetoric, as is your apparent claim that people have to confess to misbehaviour before people can recognize it as misbehaviour.—Kww(talk) 03:38, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- How can you tell that an IP is a "residential IP address" as opposed to a commercial one? I can't tell you that for this country. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:29, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Kww, I said the claims over some ads and malware were baseless and unsubstantiated. There has not been any mass-hijacking, malware or any ad issue to speak of - in the past and now. Much of your argument hinged on the site possibly being used to openly attack users with an active bot net and such. That's a big if. A more mundane explanation than an "illicit botnet" exists in the form of archival requests served via a proxy or script. A few of your RFC "problem IPs" even in the first post did not even make an edit either. Why did you repeatedly name many of these non-editors as "evidence" and from how did they identify with this "bot net"? Examples: 117.223.161.182 - 188.251.236.114 - 85.66.241.59 - 89.228.46.37 - 60.50.51.210 - 122.178.159.163 - 109.175.88.133 You are sticking to the vast unknowns and possibilities some 6 months later. It seems more obvious that these archival requests were being fed (albeit improperly) via some script and accessed by "people" on demand. The whole "botnet" attack thing doesn't seem plausible given the jumps in time and topic as a breaching move. Despite the whole Archive.is blacklist not working for months and the multitude of ways around it, are you still going to say that its because of your blacklist that the problem is resolved? Given all the information we should be able to come to a de-escalation of the blacklist or a temporary lifting and see how this goes. I don't fault you for being cautious, but I do have big concerns about the thousands of articles which are being impacted by this blacklist. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:04, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hawkeye7, by examining the DNS records and routing groups associated with the IP address. ChrisGualtieri, several of the IP addresses were prevented from making the edits by filters, so the contributions do not show in the contribution history. For example
- IP addresses in multiple countries making exactly the same edit, hammering away on one article day after day. It was the repeated attempts to insert the link in Empire State of Mind that first drew my attention.—Kww(talk) 05:29, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- How can you tell that an IP is a "residential IP address" as opposed to a commercial one? I can't tell you that for this country. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:29, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- We have been discussing this peacfully. You have provided no plausible non-criminal explanation that would explain a network that included residential IP addresses in third-world countries. Trying to conflate that with a legitimate proxy network is simply wishful thinking, and trying to describe people's well-founded suspicions as "baseless" is (dare I say it?) rhetoric, as is your apparent claim that people have to confess to misbehaviour before people can recognize it as misbehaviour.—Kww(talk) 03:38, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Like the others commenting above, I frequently come across changes I cannot revert because there exists links that I cannot resave, and I'm sure others may be frustrated if they came across it and could not understand why. I dealt with the one archive.is link I came across yesterday by commenting it out without the "http://" – not the best or a long-term solution, but I felt it would do the least damage. I felt that removing it outright would be to damage the project. We really ought not to get too overcome by continued paranoia and metaphysical angst. It was a very little but great man who said it matters not that the cat is black or white so long as it catches mice. Damage is being done to this encyclopaedia every day this blacklisting is in place, so we need to be a much stronger dose of pragmatism. -- Ohc ¡digame! 05:53, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- I find it interesting that the same people who claim the blacklisting was some sort of hysterical knee-jerk are the ones saying things like "damage is being done to Wikipedia every day the blacklist is in place". It's not. We have a procedure for dealing with dead URLs. And if you're concerned about a link with a robots.txt strangling the Internet Archive's archive, there's WebCite for that. I frankly find it downright disturbing that there are so many people who are urging we reward the bad behavior of the people who spammed and, when caught spamming, attacked Wikipedia to push their website. Yes, "the crisis has passed and the attacks are not continuing". The reason for this is because the site was blacklisted. IF someone is willing to make contact with the people who run archive.is, if they are willing to accept and apologise for their prior conduct, if they are willing to provide a good-faith assurance that they have changed so that such conduct will not occur again, and if we can be certain that their running an end-around sites' robots.txt files would not make Wikipedia a party to contributory copyright infringement, then we can open a RfC on removing archive.is from the blacklist (and, heck, in that case I'd support it). Otherwise, just as a blocked editor who is unrepentant stays blocked, a website that engaged in decidedly shady practices to push themselves on Wikipedia stays blacklisted. - The Bushranger One ping only 10:23, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- This can be summed up simply as: Webcite doesn't work with it - Archive.is is the only known one that properly captures pages and avoids robots.txt. And you are demanding that someone, who may not have anything to do with it, take the blame and apologize for it and act as some legal shield. We link to some of the worst sites in the internet, prominently, but the matter of Archive.is "copyright infringement" status would be for Foundation's legal team - not us. I understand that at the time there was a real and pressing need for it, given the circumstances, but that's past now and real editors are being affected. This is far from punishing one bad editor - its punishing everyone long after the problem stopped. Its easy to be a naysayer, but if everyone is so confident in their claims, surely WP:ROPE would be appropriate. And that's all I ask. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger:You say all we need to do is follow procedure to replace duff links. It's fine if it's one or two links, but it isn't always possible if the link is already dead. I'd just ask you to please be a part of the solution instead of part of the continuing problem – the easiest would be removing archive.is from the blacklist and see if the problem re-emerges. If it doesn't, we need to look no further, and are able to get on with normal life. Alternatively, someone can set up a bot to systematically replace existing archive.is urls with valid webcitation or wayback captures. Would you be prepared to undertake either?? -- Ohc ¡digame! 15:51, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- So your solution would be to have hundreds of thousands of links to someone that abuses people's computers and then apologize afterwards if those connections are used illicitly? And no, WP:ROPE isn't appropriate: it's reasonable to take a risk when all we have to do is clean up this site, because that's well within our power. It's irresponsible to put others at risk.—Kww(talk) 17:16, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Show us proof that the Archive.is website is a malicious attack website. There is no concrete proof that the owner of the website conducted any attack against Wikipedia - its all conjecture. I support what was done at the time, but there has been no evidence raised to support the continuation of the blacklist. Serious allegations call for serious evidence and I am not convinced that Archive.is conducted a massive "illicit botnet" to attack Wikipedia with malware and trojans, especially since there has never been any malware associated with the site - or ads. I'm left to the conclusion that someone did something wrong, but that party is unknown, and the Archive.is website never has been a threat to Wikipedia or our users. If you can show proof that the owner was behind it few people would question the continuation of the blacklist. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Very few people question the evidence or the continuance of the blacklist today, nor is concrete proof required before taking defensive steps.—Kww(talk) 17:47, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Am I missing something? Should we not replace the (potential copyright violation) archive.is links by a link to the original (dead) web site and an archive date? Does that not preserve all the relevant information against the possibility that (1) archive.is might be unblacklisted or (2) a legitimate archive or personal copy can be found? — Arthur Rubin(talk) 19:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are over 20,000 links (in itself circumstantial evidence of systemic abuse), so I think we need to find a botmaster to strip them. Most are additive, not replacements. Guy(Help!) 20:11, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is ridiculous to say that 20,000 links to an archiving site is "evidence of systemic abuse". How many links are there to WebCite, or archive.org? — Makyen (talk) 21:06, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- I remember this well because of the backdrop. With the perennial scary donation request at the top with donation totals that never changed, Webcite made it look like it was about to close down, and the options for similar features to it were few if you want pre-emptive archiving. Fearing its demise, I myself added probably in excess of a hundred archive links to archive.is instead of webcitation, and this was before the alleged spamming incident. The Icelandic site is well thought out, user-friendly, with a one-click tool to archive a page from the toolbar of the browser. Beats Webcite by more than a short head, because with the latter you are still wondering if it is still working 3 minutes and three archive screens later. This advanced functionality is what I believe contributed to the large number of links to that archive and not the spamming, as I believe most of those were blocked and reversed. -- Ohc ¡digame! 06:35, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Ohconfucius: Just FYI: I created/modified a few bookmarklets to make archiving easier. Bookmarklets for one click archiving to WebCite and archive.org of a page you are viewing are listed at Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations#Archiving bookmarklets. [NOTE: the WebCite one has to be changed to reflect your email address as WebCite does require an email address be sent with the request.]
- Bookmarklets for one click searching for archives of a page which you have found to be dead are available at WP:LINKROT#Internet archives for archive.org, WebCite and Mementos.
- All of the bookmarklets will open in new tabs instead of disturbing the tab you are wanting to archive or for which you want to find archives. — Makyen (talk) 10:53, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I remember this well because of the backdrop. With the perennial scary donation request at the top with donation totals that never changed, Webcite made it look like it was about to close down, and the options for similar features to it were few if you want pre-emptive archiving. Fearing its demise, I myself added probably in excess of a hundred archive links to archive.is instead of webcitation, and this was before the alleged spamming incident. The Icelandic site is well thought out, user-friendly, with a one-click tool to archive a page from the toolbar of the browser. Beats Webcite by more than a short head, because with the latter you are still wondering if it is still working 3 minutes and three archive screens later. This advanced functionality is what I believe contributed to the large number of links to that archive and not the spamming, as I believe most of those were blocked and reversed. -- Ohc ¡digame! 06:35, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is ridiculous to say that 20,000 links to an archiving site is "evidence of systemic abuse". How many links are there to WebCite, or archive.org? — Makyen (talk) 21:06, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are over 20,000 links (in itself circumstantial evidence of systemic abuse), so I think we need to find a botmaster to strip them. Most are additive, not replacements. Guy(Help!) 20:11, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Am I missing something? Should we not replace the (potential copyright violation) archive.is links by a link to the original (dead) web site and an archive date? Does that not preserve all the relevant information against the possibility that (1) archive.is might be unblacklisted or (2) a legitimate archive or personal copy can be found? — Arthur Rubin(talk) 19:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Very few people question the evidence or the continuance of the blacklist today, nor is concrete proof required before taking defensive steps.—Kww(talk) 17:47, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Show us proof that the Archive.is website is a malicious attack website. There is no concrete proof that the owner of the website conducted any attack against Wikipedia - its all conjecture. I support what was done at the time, but there has been no evidence raised to support the continuation of the blacklist. Serious allegations call for serious evidence and I am not convinced that Archive.is conducted a massive "illicit botnet" to attack Wikipedia with malware and trojans, especially since there has never been any malware associated with the site - or ads. I'm left to the conclusion that someone did something wrong, but that party is unknown, and the Archive.is website never has been a threat to Wikipedia or our users. If you can show proof that the owner was behind it few people would question the continuation of the blacklist. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- So your solution would be to have hundreds of thousands of links to someone that abuses people's computers and then apologize afterwards if those connections are used illicitly? And no, WP:ROPE isn't appropriate: it's reasonable to take a risk when all we have to do is clean up this site, because that's well within our power. It's irresponsible to put others at risk.—Kww(talk) 17:16, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- This can be summed up simply as: Webcite doesn't work with it - Archive.is is the only known one that properly captures pages and avoids robots.txt. And you are demanding that someone, who may not have anything to do with it, take the blame and apologize for it and act as some legal shield. We link to some of the worst sites in the internet, prominently, but the matter of Archive.is "copyright infringement" status would be for Foundation's legal team - not us. I understand that at the time there was a real and pressing need for it, given the circumstances, but that's past now and real editors are being affected. This is far from punishing one bad editor - its punishing everyone long after the problem stopped. Its easy to be a naysayer, but if everyone is so confident in their claims, surely WP:ROPE would be appropriate. And that's all I ask. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
As has been mentioned, this is not the appropriate forum to have a discussion about implementing the removal of archive.is from the blacklist. There was a consensus formed that archive.is should be blacklisted with the knowledge that it would cause the issues which are being experienced now. Administrators are implementing that consensus. It would be inappropriate for them to decide here to go against that consensus by removing archive.is from the blacklist. If it is desired that archive.is be removed from the blacklist then a new RfC needs to be held with at least as wide participation as the last one to demonstrate a consensus for removal. — Makyen (talk) 21:06, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- The administrators are not bound to a flawed consensus, one resulting from an RFC that was neither promoted to the wider community nor neutrally opened. As a wide user of archive.is I didn't know about the discussion until I found I could no longer add links. DWB / Are you a bad enough dude to GA Review The Joker? 23:11, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Seconding the above. If I had known about the RfC, I would have participated in it. Only a close circle of participants were aware of it, and got involved in it, and these people happened to be those who already had prior knowledge about the issue, and thus already had an opinion over it. The RfC was conducted without the overall community being informed, despite being an important decision which covers many, many articles. --benlisquareT•C•E 05:07, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- By "without the overall community being informed", do you mean "listed for more thana month on centralized discussions"? T. Canens (talk) 14:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Heh, looks like I missed that. My mistake, carry on. --benlisquareT•C•E 21:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- By "without the overall community being informed", do you mean "listed for more thana month on centralized discussions"? T. Canens (talk) 14:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Seconding the above. If I had known about the RfC, I would have participated in it. Only a close circle of participants were aware of it, and got involved in it, and these people happened to be those who already had prior knowledge about the issue, and thus already had an opinion over it. The RfC was conducted without the overall community being informed, despite being an important decision which covers many, many articles. --benlisquareT•C•E 05:07, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Arbitrary break
- 2 and a half possibilities and a question: Considering those bot/accounts were manage by Archive.is owners (yes, I have read, it has not been proven still), I thought there might be three possibilities of their arhive.is link flooding, 1) Web Archive clearly states that they will not use ad unless it is absolutely necessary (ref: latest Meta discussion), but I have not seen any such claim or commercial scope details for Archive.is. Who may say, they may start adding Adsense ads in their pages. 2) the second possibility— they were unaware that wikipedia uses "nowfollow" links for external links, most probably they were trying to get thousands of "dofollow" links or they were trying to improve their page ranks. This way or that so many links from Wikipedia SURELY makes BIG impact on both Alexa rank and Google PR, and if they start using ads, there will be $$. 3) the third reason, they were actually trying to help Wikipedia, but I don't think it is a valid reason, so, it is a "half" reason, "Two and a half possibilities" in total.
Although in the main post of this thread, I mentioned only "reversion problem" we have been facing, if I see suggestion to unblacklist Archive.is, the first thing I would like to know, "Why?" "Why were they doing so?" — it is still not clear to me. Tito☸Dutta 07:40, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I also would have participated in the RfC, had I known about it. I only found out about it months later. After the fact, there appeared to be little or no information anywhere other than at the RfC itself that there was a problem with archive.is, or that archive.is was not permitted to be used on enwiki. There was nothing that I saw at any of the help pages dealing with citations and archiving until mid/late March. I know this because I added most of the brief mentions of the situation after I found out about it in this thread on VPPT.
- There appears to be a significant disconnect between the level of concern that people are expressing here and how slowly action occurred after the RfC was closed. The RfC was closed at the end of October.
- No large scale effort has yet occurred to remove links from articles. Yes, individual editors have removed them, but nothing on the order that is needed to get 20,000 links.
- Until 10 February 2014 archive.is was listed as one of the services to use for preemptive archiving (although not highly recommended).
- Archive.is was not blacklisted until 4.5 months after the RfC was closed.
- As best I can tell blacklisting was sometime between 18 March 2014 and 20 March 2014. It was not blacklisted at the start of this thread on VPPT and I encountered the new blacklisting of archive.is with these two edits.
- There appears to be a bit of a problem with confused semantics here. It is not possible that it was the blacklisting of archive.is that stopped the editing by the IPs. The IPs stopped (early October) 5.5 months prior to archive.is being blacklisted (late March). It was the blocking of the IPs that stopped them from editing, not the blacklisting of archive.is.
- I don't have a problem with there being a significant delay between the RfC closure and actions. I am not trying to take anyone to task for not moving forward. I'm just trying to say that the sky did not fall down during the 4.5 months between the close of the RfC and putting archive.is on the blacklist. It is probably not falling down now. We can remain calm and talk this out, even have another RfC, if that is warranted.
- If I had been aware of the RfC, I honestly don't know how I would have voted at the time. I'm not certain how I would vote now, as I want more information prior to deciding. The actions that were performed were definitely ones which lead to grave concerns about continued dealings with the responsible party. The fact that it has been reported the owner of archive.is did not deny he controlled the bot nor that he was responsible for the anonymous IP edits is of great concern. However, I do believe there are questions which remain unanswered.
- @Titodutta: As to why they continued to press on once the bot was initially blocked: I have no idea and I can't come up with a good reason that takes into account the response from WP (blocking/removal) which was obvious and expected in advance of the precipitating actions. With the assumption that the desire was to have more links on Wikipedia for a longer time, I see no good reason for acting the way the person controlling the bot did. What it appears they wanted to accomplish (having the bot add links) could have been accomplished, even then, by coming back, taking responsibility, taking some lumps and finishing the approvals process. The links would have been welcomed and in 10x larger quantities which would have stayed for years. Proceeding in the way they did was near certain to result in a much worse outcome with respect to the number and longevity of the links. The fact that this is the case, and that it was easily foreseeable, leads me to wonder about other possible motives rather than the obvious ones (adding links).
- If adding links was the real goal, only someone very short-sighted, or self-oriented in perspective would have continued the way that it happened. Continuing at that point to add links via anonymous IPs, etc. has clear and obvious consequences that should have been able to be seen by the person doing it. Only someone who did not believe the consequences would happen to them, could not or did not see the high probability consequences, or wanted the consequences would have continued. — Makyen (talk) 10:53, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Its clear the edit filter was not working, nor had it been, for quite some time, but I cannot actually view the history because it is hidden. As a result, it seems that there is far more to this blacklist issue because Kww seems to have hinted to reinstated the blacklist in February in what seems to be an apparent admission of wheel warring.Diff Again... I can't see it, so someone needs to look into this. Kww may not have made a neutral RFC, but there is no question that Wikipedia had a clear problem with this bot - but it seems that this issue will need either a community RFC or Arbitration if this is to be resolved. I well understand and appreciate the work done by those who work in this technical area, but this thread continues to bring up more questions than answers... In short, the argument that the attack was/is halted by the blacklist seems to be unsupported. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:00, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Also, MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2013#archive.is shows that the blacklist was not in place by December - long after the supposed close and without further attack. Hobit, the non-admin closer stated, "Per the RFC, the blacklist shouldn't be implemented until most/all of those links are removed. Doing so would, as I understand it, make it nearly impossible to edit these articles. I've not been tracking bot issue, but I think User:Kww is on it." And issues with it were raised by @Wbm1058: and @Lukeno94:, but again the blacklist post removal was affirmed as that was not the place to fight it. However, I think its fairly clear that the blacklist was not done on schedule and that the closer's request was not followed. Surely, if the "attack" was halted by the blacklist and not the blocks, it would have been apparent. I think we need transparency - can someone please provide the history of that edit filter? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- What edit filter are you talking about? I haven't been following this discussion particularly closely, but the only edit filter I've seen anyone mention is 526, which is already public. You're not mistaking the spam blacklist for an edit filter, are you? They're two different things. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 17:48, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for the confusion Special:AbuseFilter/559 is referred to via Special:AbuseFilter/593 to prevent Archive.is links, but Archive.is was said still not to be on a blacklist in this discussion: MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#Now_what_to_do.3F. According to the RFC, a blacklist was supposed to be made following the removal of the links - this was never done and I can't view the edit filter or see the "blacklisting". Why is filter 559 private anyways? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 18:08, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, several weekends later, Kww, the initiator of that RfC, has finally filed a bot request for approval. Wbm1058 (talk) 18:33, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- There's a really disappointing comment in that bot request. "and its alias, archive.today, which was put in place to bypass the blacklist" really drives home that archive.is doesn't give a damn about anyone else and will not work with Wikipedia. Until that attitude changes, archive.is (and any other alias they come up with) should not be welcomed on Wikipedia. Ravensfire (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- How do you know that the alias was put in place to bypass the blacklist? Did you confirm with the webmaster? Let's not jump to conclusions here: as of present, all archive.is URLs redirect to archive.today, they might have just had a domain name problem or something. "archive.today" is not an alias, it is the actual domain where the site is hosted, since archive.is is no longer the main domain. --benlisquareT•C•E 21:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- There's a really disappointing comment in that bot request. "and its alias, archive.today, which was put in place to bypass the blacklist" really drives home that archive.is doesn't give a damn about anyone else and will not work with Wikipedia. Until that attitude changes, archive.is (and any other alias they come up with) should not be welcomed on Wikipedia. Ravensfire (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, several weekends later, Kww, the initiator of that RfC, has finally filed a bot request for approval. Wbm1058 (talk) 18:33, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for the confusion Special:AbuseFilter/559 is referred to via Special:AbuseFilter/593 to prevent Archive.is links, but Archive.is was said still not to be on a blacklist in this discussion: MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#Now_what_to_do.3F. According to the RFC, a blacklist was supposed to be made following the removal of the links - this was never done and I can't view the edit filter or see the "blacklisting". Why is filter 559 private anyways? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 18:08, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- What edit filter are you talking about? I haven't been following this discussion particularly closely, but the only edit filter I've seen anyone mention is 526, which is already public. You're not mistaking the spam blacklist for an edit filter, are you? They're two different things. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 17:48, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Also, MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2013#archive.is shows that the blacklist was not in place by December - long after the supposed close and without further attack. Hobit, the non-admin closer stated, "Per the RFC, the blacklist shouldn't be implemented until most/all of those links are removed. Doing so would, as I understand it, make it nearly impossible to edit these articles. I've not been tracking bot issue, but I think User:Kww is on it." And issues with it were raised by @Wbm1058: and @Lukeno94:, but again the blacklist post removal was affirmed as that was not the place to fight it. However, I think its fairly clear that the blacklist was not done on schedule and that the closer's request was not followed. Surely, if the "attack" was halted by the blacklist and not the blocks, it would have been apparent. I think we need transparency - can someone please provide the history of that edit filter? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Its clear the edit filter was not working, nor had it been, for quite some time, but I cannot actually view the history because it is hidden. As a result, it seems that there is far more to this blacklist issue because Kww seems to have hinted to reinstated the blacklist in February in what seems to be an apparent admission of wheel warring.Diff Again... I can't see it, so someone needs to look into this. Kww may not have made a neutral RFC, but there is no question that Wikipedia had a clear problem with this bot - but it seems that this issue will need either a community RFC or Arbitration if this is to be resolved. I well understand and appreciate the work done by those who work in this technical area, but this thread continues to bring up more questions than answers... In short, the argument that the attack was/is halted by the blacklist seems to be unsupported. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:00, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
How you know it wasn't? There is zero AGF left related to archive.is. Ravensfire (talk) 22:41, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- The accusation that Archive.today is to bypass the edit filter - and coincidentally without any attack or mass additions - is disgraceful and naked fearmongering. Its been redirecting for weeks all without a single attack and the edit filter is still by-passable and ineffective in the face of a minimally competent spammer. If there was any threat, it would have been apparent in the last half year. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:17, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- According to the webmaster himself (see http://blog.archive.today/): "ISNIC (the .is domains registry) is being attacked by social hackers so I am about to lose the domain archive.is". --benlisquareT•C•E 06:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- And there we have it, the owner gave a reason three weeks ago. The mundane explanation over the fanciful is usually the correct one. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:47, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- According to the webmaster himself (see http://blog.archive.today/): "ISNIC (the .is domains registry) is being attacked by social hackers so I am about to lose the domain archive.is". --benlisquareT•C•E 06:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Alternative
After seeing, and agreeing with Ark25's comment that there should be an archiving tool more closely tied to wikipedia. I created a small hack, http://archive.grok.se - anyone interested in giving it a try? Sample output: http://archive.grok.se/G-3dP4Gc-NQmeZ4JSnCzuVZkdB6pBUSKPS2Xh_lvP_M. One key point is that it should not be possible to alter the contents of an archived link without it being detectable. It's only about 24 hours old at this point, so there's bound to be a few rough edges. henrik•talk 10:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Brilliant work User:Henrik, Looks like it is taking snapshot of the webpage and dividing it into pages, even if the actual article do not have pages. The text is unclear as well, most probably for the snapshot image resolution.
Good or bad, a work has been started at least to create an archiving system.
I strongly recommend to take this initiative forward, "our Wikipedia, our archiving system" Do you mean it can't be used in WP articles now? --Tito☸Dutta 11:07, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks! Instead of just saving the source of web pages as archive.org does, this tool pretty much prints it - hence the pages. So the output is close to what you get if you hit the print button in your browser (some good sites will have print css that help this). This has some good and some bad aspects; the good is that dynamic content is stored without any dependencies and that it, akin to the low resolution images we store under fair use, is created in such a manner that is not likely to replace the market role of the original copyrighted material. It is also why links and text selection doesn't work - it's meant to be a viewer of a snapshot and not a replacement for the original site. The same things also make it not very useful as a proxy or to browse anonymously. Most pages can be somewhat reasonably printed, even though the formatting often leaves something to be desired the contents is nearly always readable. Which I personally think is good enough for a tool such as this.
- A hint: I think the text will be more clear if you open the pdf file (the download link under archival date) in a separate pdf viewer. It will also allow you to select/copy text. PDF.js is still a bit rough, but hopefully it will improve over time. I can always add better navigation, zoom tools and look into the text rendering if people find http://archive.grok.se interesting and start using it :) henrik•talk 11:31, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hi User:Henrik I did not try the PDF link, I just checked the webpage and that's what we'll need here. Devanagari script (Devanagari script is a kind of Indian script used for Hindi, Sanskrit etc) is not being displayed properly, if you see my link above, you'll find boxes.
Has WMF given any indication that they'll start their own web page archiving service? I mean WMF's official webpage archiving service? If not, then, a user initiative will be superb.
I am not sure, for a large project you may need finance, I am not much experienced, but you may keep meta:Grants:IEG in mind. Tito☸Dutta 11:44, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hi User:Henrik I did not try the PDF link, I just checked the webpage and that's what we'll need here. Devanagari script (Devanagari script is a kind of Indian script used for Hindi, Sanskrit etc) is not being displayed properly, if you see my link above, you'll find boxes.
- A hint: I think the text will be more clear if you open the pdf file (the download link under archival date) in a separate pdf viewer. It will also allow you to select/copy text. PDF.js is still a bit rough, but hopefully it will improve over time. I can always add better navigation, zoom tools and look into the text rendering if people find http://archive.grok.se interesting and start using it :) henrik•talk 11:31, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, good of you to spot that! I didn't have very many fonts installed on the machine it runs on. I installed Devanagari fonts - tried with your example, and it appears to render correctly now: http://archive.grok.se/OhhlFC8pbJ_O-OZObkjGz5_4w_oJMBSm17H1yXPt9Vo. The latin glyphs should also be a little bit less ugly. My view is that if and when it turns out to be a large enough project that it needs funding, we'll cross that bridge then. Hopefully it can run on spare cycles and storage for a while. I've gotten help from the WMF to run my other Wikipedia related service, http://stats.grok.se, so it's not inconceivable they would be willing to help out with this as well. :) henrik•talk 12:17, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I think we should start a project for promoting the idea of Wikipedia having it's own archive. It will take some time until it will take off, but we should provide a location for people who want to support the idea. In time, we'll find out how much it costs and other important details, and in the end, one day we'll probably make it happen. — Ark25 (talk) 13:33, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Sorry if I repeated myself in the message above. We need a page like Project:Wikipedia's own news archive. Thanks Henrik for the good job! Such works should be part of the project. — Ark25 (talk) 17:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Immediate alternative?
Well, I can't find one. BTW, I am chronically ill, so I probably won't be able to follow up on this, but FWIW, here's my experience today that brought me here.
1. Found dead link. 2. Used the Firefox extension Resurrect Pages to look for page's contents in 8 repositories: nothing found. 3. Searched Google for unusual phrases in the page's contents. 4. Found it on archive.today!!! 5. Fixed the WP article and, with relief & anticipation of sleep, clicked Save page!!! 6. Wha? Wha' happen'? Why is it blocked? What's all this discussion? 7. Looked at Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Further_considerations. 8. Couldn't find anything helpful there, but to be fair, my eyes are getting blurry by this point. Might have missed something. 9. Tried saving the archive.today page on archive.org, and unsurprisingly it didn't work. 10. Took a deep sigh (is that even English? Oh, whatever...) and removed the offending URL before posting the revised article.
I post this here as a disabled user so that somebody might be inspired to post an accessible, case-by-case workaround that picks up at my step 9 (hopefully removing my step 6). If so, please put it in the block notice, too? Or some other obvious place? Being sent to GIANT WALL OF TEXT here is literally in mid-process of knocking me out of commission for a while. (Just saying. It's my responsibility to not push myself too far, and, well, I failed tonight, but if someone can improve something from all this then it's all good.) Joint-creakingly yours, --Geekdiva (talk) 10:37, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Bulk removals without replacement
See these too: User_talk:Werieth#Joker, User_talk:Werieth#archive.is_in_Tintin_article Andy Dingley (talk) 22:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not just bulk removing, in most cases I'm replacing with either an archive.org or webcite replacement. --Werieth (talk) 23:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- On one article alone you left 20 references without an archive, just one article of the many you've changed. When this has been brought to your attention you deleted the comments and made clear you would delete any further communication. So you're not really playing by the rules and saying that you are replacing MOST of them with an alternative is like saying you're only going to stab someone a LITTLE bit. DWB / Are you a bad enough dude to GA Review The Joker? 17:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Proposed topic ban for User:LCcritic
Consensus for a minimum of a topic ban is pretty clear, consensus for an outright ban is not really solid right now so topic ban it is, duly advised. Guy (Help!) 12:41, 12 May 2014 (UTC) |
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
LCcritic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
This editor has made clear that they are solely here to promote a fringe theory regarding the theory of relativity, and in over half a year they have made no edits outside of this topic area. Jason Quinn, among several other editors, has asked them to stop using their talk page as a forum to promote their theories. In response, LCcritic has made clear that they have no intention of stopping voluntarily.
Beyond their user talk page, LCcritic has attempted to promote their views at VP/P, in three different help desk requests in which they argued against the mainstream answers provided, and in an extended discussion at Talk:Length contraction.
I suggest that this editor has drawn enough community resources, and propose a one year topic ban from discussion related to relativity, broadly construed, including their user space. VQuakr (talk) 03:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support User talk:LCcritic is an affirmation of WP:NOTHERE and stuff like this WP:VPP archive is just wasting community energy. Johnuniq (talk) 05:23, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- (ec) Wow! That contribution list is pure unadulterated monomania! The editor is clearly WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia, but to push one very particular and specific WP:Fringe theory. He or she is very clearly the type of editor the loss of which would not damage the project in the least, and would, in fact, improve things a tiny bit, so I would go farther than VQ and suggest that the correct response here is not a topic ban, but an indef block. BMK (talk) 05:27, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- So, my first choice is Support indef block, but if other members of the community are less bloodthirsty than I am (they usually are), then I also Support topic ban if that's want people want. I still feel it's a mistake to take half-measures, but something is better than nothing. BMK (talk) 05:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Allow me to play devil's advocate here. I did a little searching (forgive me if I've missed anything) and found that LCcritic has never been taken to ANI, AN, or Arb and has no previous blocks. I checked the talk page and saw someone mentioning discretionary sanctions regarding FRINGE, but no formal warning has been given. I haven't checked all the edits to articles, but I didn't even see a Twinkle warning template. I didn't check all his edits, although I noticed that a large share were on his talk page and Wiki related, where we normally give editors a lot of leeway. He has 8 article contribs and no edit warring, and he is responsive when asked questions. I'm open minded but not entirely convinced that all other options have been exhausted, as this is the first formal complaint ever filed. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 11:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would say "devil's advocate" is a misnomer here, Dennis Brown. Everyone deserves due consideration when a ban has been proposed and I appreciate your open mindedness. To address your point, though - I do see a number of Twinkle warnings that are at least peripherally relevant to WP:FORUM here. VQuakr (talk) 19:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- LCcritic has provided abundant evidence that there is no hope of getting any positive contribution despite having been repeatedly told that her/his behavior is inappropriate, and not just by me. I'm all for editor retention when there is hope, but this is an utterly lost cause. Paradoctor (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- someone mentioning discretionary sanctions regarding FRINGE, but no formal warning has been given.... I didn't even see a Twinkle warning template.
Um, hooray? We shouldn't be "warning" people about the consequences of past problems, since those past problems aren't their fault; we should just be "telling" them. We have some evidence that canned warnings are less effective at creating good editors than personalized messages. The situation you describe is a cause for rejoicing. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- someone mentioning discretionary sanctions regarding FRINGE, but no formal warning has been given.... I didn't even see a Twinkle warning template.
- LCcritic has provided abundant evidence that there is no hope of getting any positive contribution despite having been repeatedly told that her/his behavior is inappropriate, and not just by me. I'm all for editor retention when there is hope, but this is an utterly lost cause. Paradoctor (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- BTW, we are not LCcritic's first choice of forum. Paradoctor (talk) 12:12, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- That isn't an administrative board. This is the first time someone has asked for sanctions against them formally, and the sanctions they are asking for is an indef block, for all intent and purposes (as topic bans for SPAs have the same result). Before blocking someone, I need to be sure that it really is the only option. Dennis Brown2¢WER 12:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for the misunderstanding. The diff is intended to show that LCcritic already had a history of spamming this "theory" outside of Wikipedia: "Wherever I raise the question" [...] "I am either called a crank (and banned from science forums) or told that challenging mainstream length contraction is inappropriate" (my emphasis) Paradoctor (talk) 12:54, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- As an admin, I can't really use offwiki information as evidence, as I don't have a way to verify it, and because we hold people responsible only for what they do here, with exceptions only for when those actions affect Wikipedia. Just like SPhilbrick, I don't hold a lot of faith that this won't eventually end up badly, but I think this might be just a little premature. If he had a week or two of mentoring on POLICY (without debating the merits of his edits), then it would be an easier sell to just indef block him. IMHO, a topic ban is a bit passive aggressive when dealing with an SPA, and being an SPA isn't against policy. What I don't want to see is someone get indef blocked purely out of convenience, particularly when most of his edits are to his easy to avoid talk page. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:44, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- "offwiki information" Those are LCcritic's words, not mine or anybody else's.
- "mentoring" I think I speak pretty much for everyone acquainted with LCcritic when I say that he had more than his fair share of being pointed out relevant policy. OTOH, if that is what it takes to convince you, I'm all for it.
- "SPA" I have no problem with SPAs, I have a problem with disruptive editors.
- "easy to avoid talk page" We're not a web host, there is tons of free webspace out there. Paradoctor (talk) 14:35, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Seriously, talk page stuff doesn't bother me as long as it is related to articles in some way. Many admin are that way. That said, I do see the problem, and I agree something needs to be done. I just think we need at least one solid effort to rehabilitate before we banish someone. I'm not sure what that one effort should be, but under no circumstance am I recommending doing nothing. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 14:53, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- As an admin, I can't really use offwiki information as evidence, as I don't have a way to verify it, and because we hold people responsible only for what they do here, with exceptions only for when those actions affect Wikipedia. Just like SPhilbrick, I don't hold a lot of faith that this won't eventually end up badly, but I think this might be just a little premature. If he had a week or two of mentoring on POLICY (without debating the merits of his edits), then it would be an easier sell to just indef block him. IMHO, a topic ban is a bit passive aggressive when dealing with an SPA, and being an SPA isn't against policy. What I don't want to see is someone get indef blocked purely out of convenience, particularly when most of his edits are to his easy to avoid talk page. Dennis Brown2¢WER 13:44, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for the misunderstanding. The diff is intended to show that LCcritic already had a history of spamming this "theory" outside of Wikipedia: "Wherever I raise the question" [...] "I am either called a crank (and banned from science forums) or told that challenging mainstream length contraction is inappropriate" (my emphasis) Paradoctor (talk) 12:54, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- That isn't an administrative board. This is the first time someone has asked for sanctions against them formally, and the sanctions they are asking for is an indef block, for all intent and purposes (as topic bans for SPAs have the same result). Before blocking someone, I need to be sure that it really is the only option. Dennis Brown2¢WER 12:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- BTW, we are not LCcritic's first choice of forum. Paradoctor (talk) 12:12, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support (I am an involved editor, not an admin.) LCcritic keeps returning to arguments which have long since been addressed, instead of countering the points raised against them. It's like talking to a deaf brick. While I don't expect LCcritic to beat any live horses in the future, his style of debate is an argument for an indef block. If LCcritic ever feels like contributing constructively, the burden of proof should be on him/her. I don't want to see another saga like this on a psychological topic. Paradoctor (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support (involved editor) — User had 4 formal warnings for addition of unsourced content in articles: 1st for this on Tests of special relativity, 2nd for this on Philosophy of science, 3rd for this on Criticism of the theory of relativity, 4th for this on Length contraction.
In addition they had 3 formal warnings for article talk page abuse: 1st for this and 2nd for this at Talk:Length contraction, 3rd for this at Talk:Relativity of simultaneity.
A little overview of (not already mentioned) shopped forums and user talk pages where informal warnings about reliable sources, fringe, consensus, and failing to get the point, have been given:
- Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Request board#Non-mainstream views of relativity.
- Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics/Taskforces/Relativity#Criticism of relativity not allowed.
- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Physics/Taskforces/Relativity#No_evidence_for_length_contraction
- Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 85#Criticisms of the theory of relativity. Entry was closed by as failed WP:SYN by user Mdann52.
- Wikipedia:Village_pump (policy)#Critics of relativity... "viewpoints are not accepted by the scientific community.", dismissed as wp:FRINGE by 11 contributors. Finally closed as wrong forum by Jayron32
- User talk:LCcritic (removed)
- User talk:WikiDan61 User talk:WikiDan61#DVdm's removal of my "talk" comments on length contraction
- User talk:WikiDan61#no access to message DVdm
- User talk:DVdm/Archive 2013#Removal of content at Talk:Length contraction
- User talk:DVdm/Archive 2013#I am very lame navigating
- User talk:DVdm/Archive 2013#Article leads allowed philosophical bias
- User talk:Modocc/Archive 1
- User talk:Modocc#Contractions
- User talk:Robert McClenon#Content issue; criticisms of relativity; dispute resolution: "...though Paradoctor and DVdm insisted on making it about me, as a full-on ad hominem attack full of insults about my supposed ignorance." and reply
- - DVdm (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose (largely epr Dennis) I've read enough to predict that this editor will not be a productive contributor, but I see a clean block log. I see some warnings about sources, but I see active engagement on the user talk page. What I do not see is an RfC on the user. My guess is that the editor realizes that the views are not gaining traction, but where is the clear statement that editing style must change or the editor will be banned? I can easily imagine a magazine interview where LCcritic agrees there was some pushback on views, but believes the ban request came from nowhere. We can point to warnings that certain action could lead to a block, but if there is a warning that LCcritic could be banned, I do not see it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:25, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Provisional Oppose(uninvolved). I think this is a bit of a dilemma either way. On the one hand, I agree with Sphilbrick and Dennis Brown, but on the other, I think doing nothing can also be taken to implicitly encourage this for as long as possible, and in the absence of seeing how the user reacts to even a shorter block, an RfC/U has a chance of killing more contributor time than anything. I think the only real option is for an administrator to attempt to engage with the user, and if that fails to produce results, go to the short block stage first. If there is some joy from that route, then RfC/U is the way to go.If nothing changes, then progressive blocks. Need more evidence of dispute resolution to support a topic ban - if that is what is being sought. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:12, 9 May 2014 (UTC) I modified my opposition to provisional, pending what he does now having received the DS alert. Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:00, 9 May 2014 (UTC)- Having reviewed his responses so far ([74] [75]) to the alert and warning, and given that I also largely agree with Fut.Perf. below, I'm no longer formally opposing any measure which can possibly emerge from this discussion. For the same reason, I have also struck my comment about progressive/escalating blocks. That said, if he still doesn't get it when he comments next, I continue to prefer a short block of no less than 48 hours and no more than 1 week under the DS regime in the first instance, as it may lead to him disengaging or acting in a fashion which would be sufficient to shortcircuit the need for this. But if after the short block he returns without heeding what he has been told or reconsidering what he is doing here, I would be prepared to formally support a ban. Ncmvocalist (talk) 13:16, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose I'm also not an admin but I, too, believe in escalating blocks for editors seen as disruptive to see if a warning or short-duration block can affect their behavior and move them in a more constructive, collaborative direction. This view applies to disputes over content, if this was a conduct dispute (like socking, vandalism, outing, etc.), I can see moving swiftly but not in this case. But then, I believe that editors should only be disciplined for their behavior, not for their beliefs or ideas. As long as an editor abides by Wikipedia policies and guidelines (like WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NPOV), I don't see disagreement over content as inherently destructive or damaging to the project. Liz Read! Talk! 15:26, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is no content dispute. Everything proposed by LCcritic has been unanimously rejected by every single involved editor, and LCcritic has been repeatedly given the reasons and pointed to applicable policy and guidelines. There has not been a single voice in support of his edits and edit proposals, and all pertaining arguments have concluded months ago. This is about an editor who is simply WP:NOTGETTINGIT. Paradoctor (talk) 16:42, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support topic ban. I don't see Dennis' argument as compelling – it doesn't matter if he has been at administrative boards before; he clearly has been told sufficiently often, by multiple parties, that what he's doing is disruptive; he's deliberately and systematically refused to take that on board. I also don't see the benefit of first handing out shorter blocks – his sanctions can be lifted any time if and when he changes his mind about why he thinks he's here, but there is nothing that would make me expect he'd do that specifically in, say, one week, or two weeks, or a month. Finally, as for Sphilbrick's point about bans versus warnings, I don't really see the difference. A warning would mean: "stop doing what you're doing, or else [you will be banned]". A topic ban would mean: "stop doing what you're doing, or else [you will be blocked]". They boil down to the same thing, because there is only one single thing he has ever done on this project, and that is the very thing we want him to stop doing. Finally, I also don't see the benefit of a user RfC. User RfCs are for unclear or disputed situations, where community consensus about how to judge a pattern of behaviour needs to be gauged. There is no such need here. Where things are obvious, RfCs are a waste of time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Meh. I completely agree that any attempt to steer this user towards productive engagement, is almost certainly futile. However, there were no formal warnings (until I added a DS alert forWP:FRINGE just now). I suggest a short leash: pointed comments on talk, and if he continues advocating this twaddle anywhere else then a block. I am undecided on the merit of topic-banning a WP:SPA, per some perceptive comments made hereabouts in recent weeks. Guy (Help!) 16:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - I have to admit being very underwhelmed by his attitude and understanding since posting my first reservations. Not sure if it is willful ignorance or what. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 20:35, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose, per original sense of Dennis Brown. Wikipedia is profoundly uncivil too quickly too often too pervasively to too many. --doncram 20:18, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- That sounds like you want to discuss it at WP:VP/P. LCcritic has been given much more than due consideration. Paradoctor (talk) 20:46, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a topic ban, which, as noted, amounts to a ban, because the user is a single-purpose account. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Blocked editor's subpage
Can they edit it? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- If they're blocked, their own user talkpage is generally the only page they can edit. I've known of clever filtering processes that have been used in the past to allow blocked users to edit other pages, but generally their userpage and subpages are out-of-bounds. Yunshui雲水 08:54, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I learned something new today. Thank you kindly, Yunshui. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:08, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Panel to close CFD on Category:Pseudoscientists
The discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May 1#Category:Pseudoscientists has now been open for more than the minimum 7 days, and is eligible for closure.
The debate has been lengthy and involved, with a lot of policies at play. (Disclosure: I have taken a strong stand one side).
It seems to me that this discussion would benefit from a 3-admin panel of closers, to help give confidence that the closure has been fully-weighed by non-partisans. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:05, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Seconded. There is no obvious single result, but a consensus may be teased out of the comments, and whatever the result there may well be rucktions. Guy (Help!) 16:14, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- The main thing about a discussion such as this is that it shouldn't simply be closed as a count of heads. It does require an analysis of how well-founded the arguments are in policy. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:27, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, and there are decent policy argument for each of the three possible outcomes (delete, rename and keep), which are themselves independent of the merits of the template's use in any particular article. Also remember that BLP, one policy cited for delete, does not cover Immanuel Velikovsky, for example, who can be legitimately and unambiguously characterised as a pseudoscientist - but is this more or less useful than characterising him as an advocate of pseudoscience? And is that helpful at all in the first place? Guy (Help!) 19:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree. I also think it is going to be hard for an individual to sort through this alone. Mangoe (talk) 16:30, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- Would it help if it were procedurally closed now? I'm imagining someone closing it with the rationale of "A group of administrators will be assessing consensus; in the mean time, please don't add anything". It's complex enough now, and it will be a lot more complex if the closers have to account for things added during the closing process. Nyttend (talk) 02:07, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- That sounds like a good idea, Nyttend. There are already plenty of comments to sort through. LizRead! Talk! 02:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Anyone object if I do it? I participated in it (at least twice, if I remember rightly), but it doesn't seem like a WP:INVOLVED violation, since I'm not attempting to assess consensus one bit, and everybody's equally affected (and nobody really loses) if we end discussion in order to simplify consensus-determination by people who haven't participated. Nyttend (talk) 02:53, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- That sounds like a good idea, Nyttend. There are already plenty of comments to sort through. LizRead! Talk! 02:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Would it help if it were procedurally closed now? I'm imagining someone closing it with the rationale of "A group of administrators will be assessing consensus; in the mean time, please don't add anything". It's complex enough now, and it will be a lot more complex if the closers have to account for things added during the closing process. Nyttend (talk) 02:07, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Who chooses the panel? Cardamon (talk) 09:32, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I would like to suggest conscriptingvolunteering User:BD2412, an uninvolved admin whose work on the closure of the first Chelsea Manning RM discussion earned a lot of respect. Any more suggestions for admins who might be volunteered? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Challenge accepted. I'll be glad to help. bd2412T 14:10, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Having briefly reviewed the discussion, I believe that it will take several days to write the close in collaboration with other admins. I don't want to set about suggesting other panel members, to avoid any appearance of bias in the close, but it would be helpful if two more uninvolved admins would step forward fairly quickly. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:21, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm sorry I don't have wikitime to unravel this myself per WP:SOFIXIT (I'm not particularly category savvy), but when James Randi, Joe Nickell, and Benjamin Radford et. al. are listed in the Category:Pseudoscientists subcategory Category:Paranormal investigators -- which makes them allegedly "Pseudoscientists," right? -- we have a some significant WP:BLP issues going on. NE Ent 11:35, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's more of a "WTF?" issue. There should probably be separate categories for paranormal investigators and paranormalists. Dean Radin and Joe Nickell might both call themselves paranormal investigators, but they embody two completely different fields of investigation, one seeks to describe and support claims of paranormal activity, the other seeks to test whether a more parsimonious explanation exists. Guy (Help!) 18:41, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I will volunteer to help close the discussion, if desired. --ThaddeusB (talk) 13:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- @ThaddeusB: Thanks, please ping me when we have a third closer, and please do not hesitate to recruit any admin you trust to be impartial. I have begun to assemble my thoughts at User:BD2412/Pseudoscience category discussion notes. bd2412T 16:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- Given that your rough count of supporters and opposers doesn't indicate that there is a numerical consensus, perhaps following the model of WP:Requested moves this should be relisted. Your preliminary analysis might make for good "relister's comments" that could help steer the discussion towards more of a consensus. I just became aware of this and would like the opportunity to participate in the discussion. Please also consider Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of pseudoscientists, Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 July 28#Category:Pseudoscientists and Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 12#Category:Pseudoscientists. There was never a consensus for creation of this category, and it has remained in place over the years only because there was no consensus to delete it either. Seems that the ability to create a category without consensus has given the "creationists" the upper hand here. Wbm1058 (talk) 20:38, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- If numbers of voters were all that mattered, these discussions could be closed by a bot. Policies also matter, particularly policies like WP:BLP and WP:V. bd2412 T 12:47, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is also a significant NPOV issue in that debate, particularly around WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV. And for categories, WP:OC#SUJECTIVE is important, with many precedents.
No bot could weigh all that! --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 14:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is also a significant NPOV issue in that debate, particularly around WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV. And for categories, WP:OC#SUJECTIVE is important, with many precedents.
- @ThaddeusB: Thanks, please ping me when we have a third closer, and please do not hesitate to recruit any admin you trust to be impartial. I have begun to assemble my thoughts at User:BD2412/Pseudoscience category discussion notes. bd2412T 16:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think the one point of agreement is that there were plenty of comments. I don't think relisting the CFD and soliciting more feedback would clarify matters. The closers are just going to have to weigh the merits of the arguments put forward. LizRead! Talk! 00:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, there have been plenty of comments, but this was held open for just 10 days, and there were still new opinions coming in from editors who had not previously commented just hours before the discussion was shut down. I think that the defenders of this category are more likely to watch it and be prompt in defending it. Note the ID of the first to comment, "QuackGuru" – that ID screams of an editor with an agenda: to label certain people as "quacks". You even said: "
It's like a mini-reunion of regulars at the Fringe noticeboard.
" Having put that on my watchlist, I see how much chatter goes on at Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard, although I rarely bother to read it. Keeping this open might allow more time for more disinterested editors to bring some common sense to the matter. But perhaps that's not necessary. I think the preliminary closing analysis is good. Wbm1058 (talk) 14:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)- Well, the regulars at the Fringe noticeboard are united in their attitude regarding pseudoscience and there was a notice about this CfD posted there so I'm not surprised to see all of their names, coming over to CFD and supporting this category. They are openly hostile towards anything they believe is pseudoscience and they see themselves as protecting the integrity of Wikipedia. So, this category is useful and valid for them.
- But I believe a panel of three uninvolved admins can weigh all of the arguments and come to a fair decision with the comments that have been posted. Whichever side of this discussion you are on, it's important to remember that consensus can change over time and every article, category and page can come up for review periodically. Category:Pseudoscientists has been up for deletion before and, if it is retained, it can be proposed for renaming or deletion in the future. There have been categories that have been created, later deleted and then recreated. Nothing on Wikipedia is permanent, that's why there will always be a need for these discussions. Liz Read! Talk! 15:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, there have been plenty of comments, but this was held open for just 10 days, and there were still new opinions coming in from editors who had not previously commented just hours before the discussion was shut down. I think that the defenders of this category are more likely to watch it and be prompt in defending it. Note the ID of the first to comment, "QuackGuru" – that ID screams of an editor with an agenda: to label certain people as "quacks". You even said: "
- I think the one point of agreement is that there were plenty of comments. I don't think relisting the CFD and soliciting more feedback would clarify matters. The closers are just going to have to weigh the merits of the arguments put forward. LizRead! Talk! 00:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- @BD2412: I would like to add another point for consideration that doesn't seem to have been fully developed in the debate before it was closed. My argument is based on my experience with defending a category I created, Category:Facebook groups from deletion. Per the {{category explanation}}:
- So this category is limited to a very small number of members by WP:DEFINING. Picking a member of category:Pseudoscientists at random, Heinz Kurschildgen (a man I had never heard of before), and searching the article for the term "pseudoscientist", I find the only use of this word in the article is in the categorization itself. Therefore this article should be removed from the category. To be included, we should see a lead sentence such as, "Heinz Kurschildgen was a pseudoscientist...", and this should be backed up by a reliable source saying that Heinz Kurschildgen was a pseudoscientist. If such articles can be found, then perhaps this category could be kept, albeit with a very limited number of members. Thanks for your consideration. Wbm1058 (talk) 12:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Wbm1058: That example is a straightforward WP:V issue. If the categorisation is not supported by a referenced assertion in the article, then the page should be removed from the category. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 13:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Heinz Kurschildgen was a person who fraudulently claimed to have scientific processes for turning water into gasoline, etc. His promotion of fraudulent non-science is the sole reason he is notable. He is a poster child "advocate of pseudoscience" with defining and sourced notoriety for the practice. In the lead, he is called a charlatan regarding his non-scientific, pretending-to-be-scientific, claims. The article is completely about the times he pretended to be a scientist, and the consequent legal problems from being found a scientific fraud. I don't think this is the forum to further discuss the merits of the category, but this example is so far from being borderline that I thought something could be said, as this subject matches every definition of pseudoscientist offered by any side of the debate.__ E L A Q U E A T E 14:23, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that make him a pseudo-scientist (someone pretending to be a scientist) as opposed to a pseudoscience-ist (one who argues for pseudoscience)? I mean he was a straight-up fraud, right, not someone trying to use invalid science to argue for something... The inability to distinguish between the two was one of the minor points of discussion on the CSD. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Elaqueate: From my brief look at the article, you are probably right that he deserves the label. But the article doesn't use the word in body text let alone provide a ref, and per WP:V, it needs a source. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 17:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think asking for strict letter-by-letter identical phrasing is a great ideal, but we don't insist on it in other categories, even the most sensitive ones. Nando Parrado and others are in the horror show categories of Category:Cannibals without a mention of the exact word "cannibal" but with sources that say it in other words, and there are multiple subjects in criminal categories where reasonable editors know that "Embezzling" is a type of theft, "Serial killing" is a type of murder, etc. Yucky examples, (maybe we have bird articles that fail to mention the word "bird") but we don't currently enforce a strict "use the exact same word as the category name in body text" rule. Articles should still be sourced enough that a reasonable editor wouldn't contest the description even where synonyms are used. The rule shouldn't be robotic, and, in practice, it isn't. (I'm responding to your ping, but I don't think I'll comment more than this here as this isn't the forum to hash this out)__ E L A Q U E A T E 23:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry I know this isn't the forum, but I noticed the discussion too late. The problem is that charlatan and pseudoscientist are not synonyms. I have no problem with creating Category:Charlatans for people like Heinz Kurschildgen who have been convicted and sent to prison. They shouldn't be lumped into the same cat with people who are practicing good-faith, albeit "alternative" or non-mainstream science, and have not been convicted of anything by a court. Usually these alternative theories are incorrect, but occasionally they might actually turn out to have at least some merit. Wbm1058 (talk) 23:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Category:Fraudsters exists, and would probably be appropriate for anyone convicted of fraud. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:35, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry I know this isn't the forum, but I noticed the discussion too late. The problem is that charlatan and pseudoscientist are not synonyms. I have no problem with creating Category:Charlatans for people like Heinz Kurschildgen who have been convicted and sent to prison. They shouldn't be lumped into the same cat with people who are practicing good-faith, albeit "alternative" or non-mainstream science, and have not been convicted of anything by a court. Usually these alternative theories are incorrect, but occasionally they might actually turn out to have at least some merit. Wbm1058 (talk) 23:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think asking for strict letter-by-letter identical phrasing is a great ideal, but we don't insist on it in other categories, even the most sensitive ones. Nando Parrado and others are in the horror show categories of Category:Cannibals without a mention of the exact word "cannibal" but with sources that say it in other words, and there are multiple subjects in criminal categories where reasonable editors know that "Embezzling" is a type of theft, "Serial killing" is a type of murder, etc. Yucky examples, (maybe we have bird articles that fail to mention the word "bird") but we don't currently enforce a strict "use the exact same word as the category name in body text" rule. Articles should still be sourced enough that a reasonable editor wouldn't contest the description even where synonyms are used. The rule shouldn't be robotic, and, in practice, it isn't. (I'm responding to your ping, but I don't think I'll comment more than this here as this isn't the forum to hash this out)__ E L A Q U E A T E 23:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Elaqueate: From my brief look at the article, you are probably right that he deserves the label. But the article doesn't use the word in body text let alone provide a ref, and per WP:V, it needs a source. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 17:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that make him a pseudo-scientist (someone pretending to be a scientist) as opposed to a pseudoscience-ist (one who argues for pseudoscience)? I mean he was a straight-up fraud, right, not someone trying to use invalid science to argue for something... The inability to distinguish between the two was one of the minor points of discussion on the CSD. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Heinz Kurschildgen was a person who fraudulently claimed to have scientific processes for turning water into gasoline, etc. His promotion of fraudulent non-science is the sole reason he is notable. He is a poster child "advocate of pseudoscience" with defining and sourced notoriety for the practice. In the lead, he is called a charlatan regarding his non-scientific, pretending-to-be-scientific, claims. The article is completely about the times he pretended to be a scientist, and the consequent legal problems from being found a scientific fraud. I don't think this is the forum to further discuss the merits of the category, but this example is so far from being borderline that I thought something could be said, as this subject matches every definition of pseudoscientist offered by any side of the debate.__ E L A Q U E A T E 14:23, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Wbm1058: That example is a straightforward WP:V issue. If the categorisation is not supported by a referenced assertion in the article, then the page should be removed from the category. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 13:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Just a quick reminder, we need a third admin to volunteer for the closing panel, if we are to get this closed by a panel. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:28, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Although I am not an admin, I am willing to join the panel, or as a tiebreaker or something, if no admins step up. I am not involved in the discussion or generally in that topic area. Gaijin42 (talk) 15:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Since we have two admins on the panel, I have no objection to a non-admin third panel member, particularly a longstanding editor with a significant body of contributions such as Gaijin42. Unless there is some objection to this, I'll ping @ThaddeusB: and we can discuss the consensus in whatever forum the other closers prefer. Cheers! bd2412T 15:38, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- No objection from me, but let's allow a day or two for the community to respond. --ThaddeusB (talk)
- No disresect to Gaijin42, but I think it would be better if the third party was an admin, and much better if they were not WP:INVOLVED. Given the topic, I would hope that an editor who had been a participant at WP:Fringe theories/Noticeboard would recuse themselves. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:08, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- No objection from me, but let's allow a day or two for the community to respond. --ThaddeusB (talk)
- Since we have two admins on the panel, I have no objection to a non-admin third panel member, particularly a longstanding editor with a significant body of contributions such as Gaijin42. Unless there is some objection to this, I'll ping @ThaddeusB: and we can discuss the consensus in whatever forum the other closers prefer. Cheers! bd2412T 15:38, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I nominate BDD or BOZ as univolved admins that have experience closing contentious discussions. --ThaddeusB (talk) 17:26, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Only Chelsea Manning (yikes!) so far, although I will say it was a pleasure to work with User:BD2412 on that one. If no one else steps up I will volunteer. BOZ (talk) 17:42, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Compared to Chelsea Manning, this should be rather painless. bd2412T 17:52, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I am sure that either BDD or BOZ would do a great job. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 18:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Compared to Chelsea Manning, this should be rather painless. bd2412T 17:52, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Only Chelsea Manning (yikes!) so far, although I will say it was a pleasure to work with User:BD2412 on that one. If no one else steps up I will volunteer. BOZ (talk) 17:42, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- BD2412 Please set up a discussion page to share our thoughts. Thanks. --ThaddeusB (talk) 23:15, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think we can start a new section at User talk:BD2412/Pseudoscience category discussion notes, unless there is a better venue. bd2412 T 01:04, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
@BrownHairedGirl: The panel has now closed the discussion. Implementing the close is another matter, since this will require editing the articles now in the category. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Reply. @BD2412:@ThaddeusB:@BOZ: The effect of your decision appears to be to create a new {{container category}} called Category:Advocates of pseudoscience; a container categ contains only sub-categories. Can you confirm that is your intent? If so, I will implement it, but I want to make sure that I understand your intentions correctly. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 18:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, that is exactly our intent. bd2412T 19:03, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- @BD2412:@ThaddeusB:@BOZ: OK, I will create Category:Advocates of pseudoscience, populate it with the rrelevant subcats, and then set the bots to work to delete Category:Pseudoscientists.
Please would you be kind enough to note at the closure that you specifically intend this to be a {{container category}}? Spelling that out will avoid any disputes in future about the meaning of the closure. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 22:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)- Regarding the category change, my intention was to use the category renaming feature once that goes live. Not that it's necessary, but I'm itching to try it out. I have no objection to doing this the old-fashioned way, and I have no problem noting in the close that this is a {{container category}}, although I do think that it is abundantly clear from the close that this is to be a category that contains only subcategories, and no articles. bd2412T 22:24, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- @BD2412:@ThaddeusB:@BOZ: OK, I will create Category:Advocates of pseudoscience, populate it with the rrelevant subcats, and then set the bots to work to delete Category:Pseudoscientists.
- Yes, that is exactly our intent. bd2412T 19:03, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Block review
Editor unblocked. Not a spammer. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:45, 10 May 2014 (UTC) |
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I just blocked Adikhajuria (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser (log) · investigate · cuwiki) for advertising. Looking closer, it looks like part of a Wikimania thing, but I'm not sure how to handle it. I'm fine with whatever the community decides, but I can't help but to think that the types of edits that this editor is doing is, well, spam. I had started reverted them but stopped after a few and decided that I needed to bring it here instead. Spam or not, this seems very inappropriate. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 15:07, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- This is part of an outreach effort for Wikimania. It's not spam - We're looking for people from Wikimedia Projects who are interested in trying to recruit new contributors. EdSaperia (talk) 15:23, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- More information about creating flyers for WikiProjects for distribution at Wikimania can be found at here at WikiMedia. Liz Read! Talk! 15:33, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is notifications for something for the WMF is doing so I wouldn't call it spam at all. Notifying WikiProjects of something that may be beneficial to them isn't wrong when it is something that is part of a WMF initiative. -DJSasso (talk) 15:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've unblocked. This is basically someone notifying Wikiprojects of a potentially useful free resource they can use at Wikimania, which is completely different from spam. I'm not completely sure it is the best way to approach WikiProjects but banning without warning seems a bit heavy-handed!
- I would definitely recommend that Adikhajuria fill in their userpage and mention their connection to Wikimania in the talk page notices though, to avoid confusion. The Land (talk) 15:41, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- (And for clarity, I'm also somewhat involved in Wikimania!) The Land (talk) 15:41, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
- They weren't banned, they were blocked as a preventative to what looked like spam. The name gave no indication, they were an SPA, redlink user page, the actual post looked spammy with no opt out and didn't indicate it was "official" in any way. They didn't even know to post at the bottom of the page, and were posting at the top before being told otherwise. No price for the service was given. Link was off enwp etc etc. The combination of all this looked very fishy and similar to some other spammers we have had. Anyway, glad that is cleared up, sorry about the confusion but that is why I brought it here, as I would any block where I have any doubts. Dennis Brown2¢WER 15:51, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Block, please watch
I blocked McTimoney (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for one of at least half a dozen possible reasons. This user is trying to whitewash McTimoney College of Chiropractic (edit talk history protect delete links watch logs views), a questionable institution that trains "straight" chiropractors in the UK. I suspect that this will not go away. Guy (Help!) 21:17, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Teahouse
Hello,
There is some sort of problem at The Teahouse that is hiding recent threads. Can someone with better programming skills than mine (in other words, almost anyone) try to fix it? Thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is fixed. Thanks! Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:37, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
AfD needs closing
Due to an inappropriate re-listing, and then a mistake in the un-re-listing, the Afd for "Kenneth Brander" is still open. Could someone take a look and close? BMK (talk) 06:35, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Sock-plagued Afd needing close
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Akinwunmi_Ambode has been open for eght days now, with only delete !votes left after a whole farm full of confirmed socks have been struck. So could we please have an uninvolved admin close the AfD and delete and salt (see !votes and comment on the AfD) the article? He has been using WP as free advertising/promotion space long enough. Thanks. Thomas.W talk 12:48, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed. One of the sockpuppets in the debacle explicitly said that they were using Wikipedia as free advertising or some sort of means to legitimize the subject to the people of Lagos in what appears to be an upcoming gubernatorial election.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 12:57, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Help would be useful
- Please, is there any chance of help with about 65 bird species name decapitalization move requests which have been dumped in Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests#Uncontroversial technical requests? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:15, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Some of these requests have been obeyed by someone else but not deleted by him from the list. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:24, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Now all
Done and deleted by someone. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:32, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Problems with a user.
I am having some problems with User:Beyond My Ken and would like some help calming the issue down. I was editing on The Rules of the Game and found this users edits and reverts of my edits to be unreasonable and rude. Eventually this user became abusive in their language and refuses to apologize: [76]. Normally I would just ignore this type of thing but I am planning to do a lot of editing on this particular page in the near future and, in my opinion, this editor is attempting to claim ownership of this page. So, I simply want to calm this situation down and know that I can edit on this page without bruising this users ego and causing a headache for myself.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 20:17, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Editor was working on The Rules of the Game with no {{inuse}} or {{underconstruction}} tag on it. I jumped in to fix the mistakes, and was told (in an edit summary) "Calm down, patience is a virtue dear". I don't take that kind of condescending bullshit from anyone, but I continued editing the article until I got another condescending note on my talk page: "Does somebody need a wikihug". Posted the editor's talk page, told the editor to learn how to use the proper tags, called them a "condecending asshole" and banned them from my talk page. Minutes later the editor posted to my talk page, demanding an apology. There will be no apology. Next thing I know is this (which should be on AN/I and not here, BTW).
I don't "own" The Rules of the Game, I don't even have much invested in it. I fixed the mistakes the editor made, added an English translation to the French quotation, cleaned up the refs and some of the formatting, and that's it. The claim that I want to "own" it is bullshit, as is the condescension I don't need and don't deserve.
This is my comment on this matter, and there will be no other. Don't post on my talk page about it unless you're an admin giving me a formal warning or block, because I'm not interested in your opinion. BMK (talk) 20:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC
- When did it become a policy requirement that we don't edit articles without first tagging them as "in use"?
- We don't do this, or need to. because there is generally some recognition that overlaps happen, occasionally the forethought to see that sizable edits might not stop in moments after the last one that's visible, and (most importantly) the recognition that if you do overlap with another editor in action, then an appropriate action is to back off and let them get on with it. This isn't about ownership, it's about basic politeness on a shared project. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Nevertheless, it's also not a requirement to wait until someone is done to start editing, especially if one is not actually reverting them. BMK's edits were not commented, which isn't awesome, but it's not against any rules, and Deoliveirafan's weren't, either. To respond to someone else editing the same article with an edit summary of "Calm down, patience is a virtue dear" here, which really is condescending, and follow it up with this post--the first two actual communications of any type between the two--is just not cool, and while BMK overreacted, he overreacted to actual provocation. So yeah, I'm not sure either editor is better than the other in this situation; both could've handled things much, much better. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 22:03, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- To be fair I was also provoked into being condescending (reverting perfectly acceptable edits within minutes does not seem reasonable to me), nevertheless will acknowledge that I was indeed being condescending (in response to rudeness) and will be the bigger user and apologize to Beyond my Ken here and now. However to be condescending is to be humorous, and so I will not apologize for the act of combating hostility with humor. It would be a sad day for the world if that became outlawed. I admit that I do not know the official rules (if there are any), but I would request that in the future if I or any user are clearly working on a specific page and have several edits within minutes of each other, it would be courteous to not immediately revert them, especially since the only justification seems to be "I don't like". I assure you that I have already taken pages and pages of handwritten notes for this page (that's just how I edit) and would like to see it improved. Correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe that that is what actually matters.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 23:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Um, ok now that I've actually read some other posts by both Beyond my Ken AND Writ Keeper, it seems I'm being dragged into some completely different issues that have nothing at all to do with me and that I am not at all the problem here. Beyond My Ken, your language was unacceptable, please apologize right now. Writ Keeper, if you clearly have a conflict of interest please do not comment.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 23:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I wouldn't consider myself to have a conflict of interest whith respect to BMK. I've interacted with BMK a lot, but always in an administrative role (which isn't usually thought to create a COI, as far as WP:INVOLVED is concerned), and not always in the way BMK would've liked. There are some other issues that got dragged into the conversation on my talk page, and I'm sorry for that, but I don't think it has affected anything I've said here. Certainly I need to avoid even the appearance of being involved, and so I certainly wouldn't act as an admin in this situation, but I don't think there's anything that would prevent me from simply commenting. Nevertheless, to avoid all doubt, I won't comment further about this issue. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 23:55, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Nevertheless, it's also not a requirement to wait until someone is done to start editing, especially if one is not actually reverting them. BMK's edits were not commented, which isn't awesome, but it's not against any rules, and Deoliveirafan's weren't, either. To respond to someone else editing the same article with an edit summary of "Calm down, patience is a virtue dear" here, which really is condescending, and follow it up with this post--the first two actual communications of any type between the two--is just not cool, and while BMK overreacted, he overreacted to actual provocation. So yeah, I'm not sure either editor is better than the other in this situation; both could've handled things much, much better. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 22:03, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Without commenting on the validity of any of the edits made to the actual article, I think Writ Keeper's initial appraisal of the system is spot-on. Deo, you have to remember that humor doesn't translate well without visual and tone cues (basically, doesn't translate well on the internet). I ripped this quote, without associated links, from WP:HUMOR: Humor tends to be very subjective. One should remain aware that what one finds hilarious, another may be offended by. The use of humor does not override such core policies as Civility and No Personal Attacks. Learn this lesson: humor rarely works in response to online arguments. There will always be someone who takes your words at face value, or worse. And besides, I don't know why you think condescension is funny in the first place, from wiktionary condescending is awfully close to patronizing, which is defined as "offensively condescending"...well, thanks, wiktionary, that helped a lot...anyways, I'd say a vast majority of people would consider a "condescending" comment insulting, not funny. In any case, good on you for apologizing, though hopefully that was a sincere apology. I personally think BMK should offer up an equally sincere apology, as what they did was a severe and rather uncivil overreaction, but I don't know if that'll ever get across to that one. Hope it all ends well, 206.117.89.5 (talk) 02:36, 12 May 2014 (UTC) (Former User:Ansh666 - oh, and, just so you know, I don't think I've had any interaction with either user before, either on the account or IPs)
Category:Mechanical reproductions of original works in need of additional detail
Some effort to reduce the backlog and hopefully get most of these to an 'acceptable' standard for Commons would be appreciated.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:57, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's not clear to me what is wanted for the images in this category. Some of them already have high resolution and reasonable or good quality. Presumably you can use help from non-admins in technical work or finding better source images. Is there some project page or similar that provides additional information? --Amble (talk) 18:36, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
User:24.185.206.250
This IP has been going around to various New Jersey road articles and making poor formatting changes and reducing the accuracy of mileposts. The NJDOT SLDs give the mileposts out to 2 decimal places but the IP changes them to one decimal place. For example [77]. The IP has been warned [78] but continues to make the edits. Dough4872 01:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- For the record User:69.125.102.140 has similar edits. Dough4872 01:14, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
Hi. There is currently a backlog at the Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 08:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've actionned a whackload of them one way or another. What's left is primarily AFC G13's, with a mere handful of others the panda ₯’ 12:14, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- G13's what? LugnutsDick Laurent is dead 18:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- I believe the usage was in the sense of "a contested form of the English plural ending, written after single letters and in some other instances". Once again, just the Panda being controversial and trying to push the envelope. I
suggestinsist upon desysopping. Rgrds. --72.251.77.231 (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2014 (UTC)- Please note that your comment is highly inappropriate.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:38, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think it was just tongue in cheek sarcasm, just friendly poking at Lugnut for his poking at Panda, but maybe I just read it differently. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 13:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Please note that your comment is highly inappropriate.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:38, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I believe the usage was in the sense of "a contested form of the English plural ending, written after single letters and in some other instances". Once again, just the Panda being controversial and trying to push the envelope. I
- User:Lugnuts: When I finished going through what was then all of the entries in the CSD category, I had pretty much taken care of all of them except the ones that had been nominated under WP:CSD#G13 - those that were abandoned Articles for Creation. There were about 25 of them, and were easy-peasy for any admin to handle as they were uncontroversial. In other words, I handled most of the tough ones, leaving the easy ones for someone else the panda ₯’ 00:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- G13's what? LugnutsDick Laurent is dead 18:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Farah Pahlavi
Content dispute; WP:DRN is thataway →. - The Bushranger One ping only 13:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC) |
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Hi, User:Diako1971 say Azerbaijani is somebody, who was born and raised in Azerbaijan means (Iranian Azerbaijan or Republic of Azerbaijan) and his/her first language is turkish. because Farah Pahlavi was born in Tehran, He says so she isnot Azerbaijani people[79]. In the event that his father is Azerbaijani ethnicity[1][2] and Tehran have 25%[3] to 1/3 Azerbaijani people–[4][5] So Azerbaijanis in Tehran due to being born in Tehran, arenot Azeris? Plz see Revision history Iranian Azerbaijanis and List of Iranian Azerbaijanis--Serzhik (talk) 13:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- ^ Shakibi, Zhand. Revolutions and the Collapse of Monarchy: Human Agency and the Making of Revolution in France, Russia, and Iran. I.B.Tauris, 2007. ISBN 1-84511-292-X; p. 90
- ^ Taheri, Amir. The Unknown Life of the Shah. Hutchinson, 1991. ISBN 0-09-174860-7; p. 160
- ^ "Iran Peoples". Looklex Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment: People and Languages: Turkic-speaking Groups: Azarbaijanis" in A Country Study: Iran Library of Congress Country Studies, Table of Contents, last accessed 19 November 2008
- ^ "Country Study Giude-Azerbaijanis". STRATEGIC INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENTS-USA. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- This is not the correct place to raise the dispute. First, try discussing the matter on the article talk page. If that doesn't work, try another venue like WP:DRN. This board does not solve your disputes for you. --Jayron32 00:49, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Copyright problems
Is this edit legal per Wikipedia:Plagiarism? It looks like a direct translation of a copyrighted text.
PS I hope this is the right noticeboard for this kind of issues. Avpop (talk) 07:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- You might get a good response here, but you can also try posting the issue at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, which is specifically tailored to deal with copyright things. --Jayron32 14:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Avpop. I agree with Jayron, but since I saw this, and would answer the same thing Wikipedia:Copyright problems... It's not plagiarism, because the source is credited and the quotes are clearly marked. But it is still a copyright infringement. The amount of copyright text quoted far exceeds what is acceptable per Wikipedia:Non-free content policy. The quoted segments need to be shortened to at most one or two sentences, and the rest of the content should be appropriately summarised. See also this section of Wikipedia:Quotations. Voceditenore (talk) 14:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Voceditenore I see. Maybe you could send a message to User:Maghasito to instruct him what to do. Avpop (talk) 14:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Avpop, I've left message about this issue at Talk:Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867#Excessive quotation/copyright infringement and directed the editor to that talk page. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- User:Voceditenore I see. Maybe you could send a message to User:Maghasito to instruct him what to do. Avpop (talk) 14:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Avpop. I agree with Jayron, but since I saw this, and would answer the same thing Wikipedia:Copyright problems... It's not plagiarism, because the source is credited and the quotes are clearly marked. But it is still a copyright infringement. The amount of copyright text quoted far exceeds what is acceptable per Wikipedia:Non-free content policy. The quoted segments need to be shortened to at most one or two sentences, and the rest of the content should be appropriately summarised. See also this section of Wikipedia:Quotations. Voceditenore (talk) 14:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
OTRS issue
Moving to the OTRS noticeboard. Nyttend (talk) 11:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Personal attacks from JzG and DangerousPanda/EatsShootsAndLeaves
NAC: It seems highly unlikely to me that this thread is going to generate any kind of admin action one way or the other. BMK (talk) 04:35, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I have already attempted to discuss the situation with JzG (first attempt, first refusal, second attempt, second refusal), but he has refused to do so, contrary to WP:ADMINACCT. Because of the strong wording of DangerousPanda's attack (including comments made as EatsShootsAndLeaves) and his or her subsequent messages after being questioned by another user, I believed it would not have been productive to respond to the attack through full conversation.
Here are a selection of upsetting personal attacks made against me and my edits: diff, diff, diff. The contents of these attacks are completely untrue, including the unfounded accusations of 'endless querulous demands', 'abusing process and people' and 'trolling'. I am more than happy to address any aspect of my previous editing history to convince you of this. There are still, of course, the stronger accusations of being 'sexist', 'abusive' and 'on a single-minded crusade', to give just a few examples of the comments made.
The issue from which this has arisen is rather complicated, so I shall condense it into just a few sentences. I am more than happy to explain any aspect of it in as much detail as required, if necessary. I saw a discussion at Talk:Sarah Jane Brown and believed there to be a reasonable possibility for a successful move request based on the existing comments of editors. I consulted guidelines and found that the move request was also supported there. The problem, however, is that some users disagreed with the request, some very strongly, in an 'ignore all rules' kind of way. This meant that there were some strong feelings, especially aimed towards me, the user who made the request. Without any warning or discussion, I was blocked by JzG for one week. The personal attacks were made on various Wikipedia pages during this week.
I fully admit I made two mistakes during the move request, albeit where I had good intentions. I have included an explanation below should it be relevant. As far as I am concerned, it is the only aspect of my editing that has been problematic and, even then, it could have been resolved immediately by a simple notification from any other user.
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JzG closed the request prematurely based on incorrect information, showing he had misinterpreted the situation. I left a note on his talk page for discussion (he later told me to 'talk to the hand') and reverted the close. Not long later, Drmies closed the request again. I was not aware Drmies was an administrator; I believed he was an ordinary user who closed the discussion because of his own feelings about the request. I maintain this was a reasonable assumption given the strong personal feelings that were present, how the close seemed contrary to WP:RMCI (it was 'ignore all rules' with no clear consensus) and how Tarc blanked a discussion on the page he or she did not like a few days earlier. I reverted the close and was blocked by JzG, without explanation or discussion, before I had any chance to communicate with Drmies. My mistake was that I thought I was entitled to make a revert three times, especially when reverting what was an apparent mistake or non-neutral and unsupported close. Now that I have been directed to more accurate guidelines, I recognise that I should not have reverted, even had my intuition been correct. I have already apologised for this and stated that I would not have reverted had I known the relevant guidance, no matter what I thought of the edits. |
At least three other experienced users, including an arbitrator, have raised concerns at the conduct of JzG and DangerousPanda (Salvio giuliano, Obiwankenobi, Arkon, Arkon). I do not know where it can be addressed, though. I thought WP:ARBCOM would be appropriate because it concerns the actions of administrators, but the request was declined. The committee seemed to suggest that I should post here, even though some of the attacks made by JzG were made to this page. Ultimately, I would like to know whether administrators are entitled to make these attacks against editors with whom they disagree or whether this behaviour is entirely acceptable. As always, if there is anything that needs explaining, let me know and I shall do so. I want to help. 131.111.185.66 (talk) 19:06, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- In case anyone is not aware of this, This same user recent made an ArbCom case request for these same issues which was declined, so the user is trying to forum shop for some double jeopardy trials imo. I suggest this be speedily closed and if the ip persists in his disruptive accusations he should be blocked. Gaijin42 (talk) 19:37, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I wrote about the WP:ARBCOM case above and why I have made a post it here. The arbitrators who declined it suggested that it was not serious enough for arbitration and that it should resolved elsewhere, such as here. Gaijin42, are you trying to say that complaining about these attacks constitutes making dusruptive accusations and that I could be blocked for making such complaints? If you have not done so already, please look through what I wrote above. I can promise you that I am anything but a disruptive user and you will see this if you look carefully. 131.111.185.66 (talk) 19:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- 131, the Brown issue is closed, so you are not going to get any traction on that point. If people were uncivil or even if they made personal attacks, it is now quite stale with many of your diffs being from almost a month ago and the most recent from quite a ways back. Any action here is to be preventative, not punitive and AN has been notoriously reluctant to address incivility, especially in a case where there is disruptive action on the other side of the coin. So yes, continuing to try and press for some kind of sanction, when there is no ongoing dispute, is disruptive. You have been warned and guided by many many users now to drop the stick. I join in that suggestion. When everything is going against you, sometimes you are actually the one going in the wrong direction. Gaijin42 (talk) 21:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't see my involvement here. My statement to 131.x well over a week ago was clearly not a personal attack - stating it to ArbCom does not make it so. Nobody at the attempted ArbCom case even mentioned it. On top of that, 131.x has by their own admission refused to attempt to clarify my meaning directly with me, but instead is acting in a very disingenuous manner by trying to link 2 things that clearly don't belong together, hoping to make something stick. The three big U's are at play here: untrue, unethical, and unacceptable the panda ₯’ 20:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- One can only maintain so much cheek-turning in the face of this IP editor's continued disruption and refusal-to-drop-the-stick, I don't fault anyone for giving a "talk to the hand" response in this situation. Both the Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sarah Jane Brown articles have been disrupted for several years now by IP editors trying to ram in their preferred, idiosyncratic article title, and have run into opposition again and again and again. We're at the point with both these articles that the trite "consensus can change" has to be set aside in the best interests of the project. Continuously proposing title changes that have no chance of being adopted has to be stopped, and if an admin stops it with some terse language, then that's an acceptable payment. Tarc (talk) 21:37, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not defending the OP but it's inaccurate to lump all IP editors together as if they are a loosely coordinated group of vandals. I edited as an IP editor for a lot longer than I've edited as a registered account. His status as an IP editor shouldn't affect the outcome of this complaint. Liz Read! Talk! 22:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Liz, there's nobody above lumping all IP editors together. Tarc's saying the articles in question have been full of issue-laden IP's, and this one simply picked up the mantle - nobody suggests there any loose alliance of vandals. Hell, I don't even think this one is a "vandal", and to prove it I worked darned hard to show them what they needed to address in their unblock request ... and the above is simply more proof that no good deed goes unpunished :-) the panda ₯’ 23:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed. The last 2 RMs for Sarah Brown and the last 4 for HRC have all been initiated by IP editors. Are they the same person or related persons? My Jethroian gut says it is quite likely, but even if they are 100% separate persons, the repeated nominate-and-lie-low-for-a-time is extremely disruptive. Tarc (talk) 01:13, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Collaborative editing is sometimes ugly. We sometimes get a bit rude or question each other's motives. As long as it isn't a pattern, I've always been a fan of "let boys be boys" (pardon my sexism, I don't know a gender neutral version). Warnings are fine for singular comments, but admin action seldom is. Some of our best work is forged from sweat, arguments and some spirited debate, so it is and should be tolerated in small doses. What is unhelpful is spending more time on process than on content. While JzG and Panda can both be rather blunt at times, so can I, and the IP, and just about everyone else who actually cares enough to have an opinion. Escalating these little things to Arb then WP:AN is a tremendous waste of time and resources. While I personally strive to make Wikipedia a nicer place, I would warn anyone that if you can't take a low blow every now and then, editing at Wikipedia isn't for you. With that in mind, I find little merit in the case. Tying up the time of so many people with unnecessary process is disruptive, so I strongly suggest the IP pick his battles more carefully as not to develop a reputation for disruption through gaming. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 01:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- comment Panda's comments to the IP which were cynically couched in the language of 'I'm trying to help you' were offensive personal attacks -he accused the IP of making sexist and misogynist statements (no diffs of such statements provided, obviously, since they didn't exist) being a troll and having 1930s thinking. This is ridiculous, and both myself and the IP were offended by these comments but panda continues to believe he was just doing his utmost to help. If one of our admin corp helps by calling someone a misogynist then thanks but no thanks. Guy's block was completely unjustified and would never have been accepted if done against an established editor, the move request for which the IP was blocked was incredibly well formed, policy based and completely innocent - indeed so innocent that 4 years of previous move requests had agreed with the title the IP was proposing, and within 2 hours 6 other editors had agreed with the proposed title! now maybe CCC, but CCC again!! That said it's highly unlikely anything will be done as it's water under the bridge but I personally give a citizen trout to both guy and panda for conduct unbecoming an admin, so enjoy the fish gentlemen. I recall First they came ... here. Guy gets an additional side of fries for threatening good faith editors with blocks for brainstorming on possible compromise titles after the SJB move discussion was forcibly shut down per 'admins are righter than others' - even though no consensus for such had formed and the oppose side in the move request had a strong serving of JDLi and nothing else to base their opposition on. The discussion Guy continually threatened was one that Our god-king Jimbo actually complimented, but permission to discuss had not been granted to the populace so Guy brought out his stick and threatened blocks. Enjoy the fries. Otherwise I agree with DB above, let's move on, nothing will be done here, obviously.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 01:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- And thus is Godwin's Law invoked, time since OP: 6.5 hours. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Those were not threats but warnings. Move request 8 was started two minutes after move request 7 closed as no consensus. Bear in mind that most articles are still at their original title. When move request 8 was closed after discussion here, with agreement that there should be a moratorium on further requests for at least a month, the small group of users obsessed with moving the article immediately started debating what title their next request should be, a clear end-run around that. So you and a coupe of others got warned that this behaviour is disruptive, and disruptive behaviour can and does lead to blocks.
- As to "good faith editors", that wears thin when one of the things you have become known for is obsessing over moving an article from a title Jimbo says is "neutral and uncontroversial" to one which is likely to be assessed by other editors, on past evidence, as neither, simply because (horror!) it does not have parentheses. This is not just disruptive, it's downright bizarre. Guy(Help!) 07:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- yes, Guy, as suggested by one of the admins who closed the response early, a number of editors, not just myself, continued to brainstorm alternative titles, a discussion that Jimbo complimented while you were issuing 'warnings'... You are the only one who didn't like it since it seemed we were defying your authority, which I reject, especially since you were WP:Involved. I'm not obsessed either, I have filed no RM requests and have participated in only 3 move requests at that article, fewer than several other editors. If anyone is obsessed it is you, who can't fathom that editors decline to obey your directives, which have no merit and were rejected by all other editors at that discussion, indeed your actions were the very definition of disruptive in that you impeded useful brainstorming by good faith editors. The first move to Sarah Brown, which I voted for per IAR wasn't likely to gain consensus so it was closed by the IP early- a move no-one opposed, thus that close had consensus - and a new request started, there's no problem with that a priori. You keep forgetting that the current title was the result of many years of failed move requests by an 'obsessed' crew of editors who see sexism in a title that the Guardian, BBc, nytimes, and hundreds of other reliable sources use regularly. on the other hand, attempts to close the second move discussion early were resisted by several different editors, but you edit-warred nonetheless to get your way - even though several editors has opposed early closure at the page and at ANI. Thus, you earned a healthy serving of trout for conduct unbecoming. To bushranger, I didn't intend a direct comparison with the nazis and I'm sorry if it came off that way, I don't think anyone here is being nazi-like, rather I intended to state that no-one was defending the IP so I felt I had to stand up.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 09:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- So why are you still posting long comments about it? Do you want the article title to be Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown)? Do you think further discussions on that topic would help the encyclopedia? What benefit might follow from prolonging this discussion? Johnuniq (talk) 09:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- the title of the article is irrelevant here, we're talking about admin behavior, and I'm far from the only one who complained about Guy's bullying on this matter- just go to the SJB page to see other editors complaining about his actions. Nothing will happen here but people should not gang up on the IP without knowing the context and the other side of the story. And Pandas comments, diffed above, were a clear personal attack. Maybe not worthy of an arbcom case but inappropriate nonetheless.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 10:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- If you can parse the English gramatical structure, you'll know they are not a personal attack. You continually rearranging the words to make it look like I said something 180 degrees different than what I said is not convincing to me. I don't stoop to personal attacks, and I find your continual fucking with my words to make it suit your needs to be more of an attack, so stop. the panda ɛˢˡ” 10:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, let's try some analysis, I've put some excerpts of Panda's statement here for all to see:
I hate to say it, but everything you have done related to that article meets the definition of a WP:TROLL, and that's not a good thing.
- so here, you accuse the IP of being a troll. For what? For creating a single well formed, detailed, meticulously argued move request based on application to policy. If only all of our trolls behaved like this one! Then we haveYou're on a one-IP single-minded crusade, and abusing process and people in the process.
Accusing the IP of being on a crusade for what, exactly? Oh, right, nominating a page to be moved, once. For this the IP is accused of "abusing people." - which people, exactly? Finally,Yes, your statements were indeed sexist, misogynist (yeah, pretty much synonyms), pointy, and yanking our collective chain. I personally couldn't believe in 2014 that there were still people with 1930's-type thinking.
Now the IP is accused of making sexist, misogynist, pointy statements, yanking-of-collective-chains, and of having 1930's thinking - yet Panda declines to even provide diffs of such "sexist" statements! Did the IP say "Sarah Brown is the property of her husband"? No, the IP simply formulated a move request to a title that had long standing consensus behind it, with years of previous move requests agreeing with it, and a great number of editors in good standing who also saw NO PROBLEM with said title,a title which was only recently overturned. Panda thinks we're all misinterpreting this - maybe the claim is "I didn't call the IP sexist, I said the IP made sexist statements" - Panda, where I come from, it's basically the same thing, and you're trying to weasel your way out of it instead of simply apologizing. Otherwise, we could sneakily couch all personal attacks like that, and say things like "Bill made racist comments" and "Bill's last post was blatantly homophobic" or "Bill's move request was sexist", "Bill's thinking is from the 1930s" etc. WP:NPA says "Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done.", and Panda's statements were both insulting and were disparaging of the editor's person, motives, and behavior on wiki. Panda, if you actually want to be helpful next time, here is a tip - don't call someone's statements "sexist" as if you hold the truth of "sexism" and everyone else who disagrees is simply wrong, instead try it like this: "While I assume good faith and you clearly spent time in framing a very reasonable and policy based move request, SOME people here now believe that the proposed title is sexist, so it may be better to brainstorm other options rather than pursuing this one"--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 11:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)- One further point - I really wonder if Panda knows what misogynist means (he apparently thinks it's a synonym of sexist). In my dictionary, misogyny is hatred of women. Let that sink in. HATRED OF WOMEN. The Independent ran an article 18 months ago whose title was "Sarah Brown, wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, appointed director of Harrods" [80]. I did a further search of around 35 reliable sources, all from the past 3 years, and at least 17 described or disambiguated her in EXACTLY the same way - e.g. as the wife of Gordon Brown - either in the title or the lede. We have here an IP who simply proposed the title be Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown), and this is equated with hatred of women. How is that is perfectly acceptable, not even commented upon, usage in dozens of reliable source that demonstrates how Sarah Brown is disambiguated - see Talk:Sarah_Jane_Brown#Reliable_source_mentions_of_Sarah_Brown_-_how_do_they_describe_her.3F, becomes "misogyny" here? I think the abuse of this word misogyny itself is the real problem, as it trivializes REAL misogyny, including misogyny that can be found right here on the wiki. I'm not trying to argue the move here, I'm simply pointing out that especially admins should know better than to throw around hateful, insulting words without thinking about the reaction that might cause.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 11:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, let's try some analysis, I've put some excerpts of Panda's statement here for all to see:
- If you can parse the English gramatical structure, you'll know they are not a personal attack. You continually rearranging the words to make it look like I said something 180 degrees different than what I said is not convincing to me. I don't stoop to personal attacks, and I find your continual fucking with my words to make it suit your needs to be more of an attack, so stop. the panda ɛˢˡ” 10:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- the title of the article is irrelevant here, we're talking about admin behavior, and I'm far from the only one who complained about Guy's bullying on this matter- just go to the SJB page to see other editors complaining about his actions. Nothing will happen here but people should not gang up on the IP without knowing the context and the other side of the story. And Pandas comments, diffed above, were a clear personal attack. Maybe not worthy of an arbcom case but inappropriate nonetheless.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 10:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- So why are you still posting long comments about it? Do you want the article title to be Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown)? Do you think further discussions on that topic would help the encyclopedia? What benefit might follow from prolonging this discussion? Johnuniq (talk) 09:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- yes, Guy, as suggested by one of the admins who closed the response early, a number of editors, not just myself, continued to brainstorm alternative titles, a discussion that Jimbo complimented while you were issuing 'warnings'... You are the only one who didn't like it since it seemed we were defying your authority, which I reject, especially since you were WP:Involved. I'm not obsessed either, I have filed no RM requests and have participated in only 3 move requests at that article, fewer than several other editors. If anyone is obsessed it is you, who can't fathom that editors decline to obey your directives, which have no merit and were rejected by all other editors at that discussion, indeed your actions were the very definition of disruptive in that you impeded useful brainstorming by good faith editors. The first move to Sarah Brown, which I voted for per IAR wasn't likely to gain consensus so it was closed by the IP early- a move no-one opposed, thus that close had consensus - and a new request started, there's no problem with that a priori. You keep forgetting that the current title was the result of many years of failed move requests by an 'obsessed' crew of editors who see sexism in a title that the Guardian, BBc, nytimes, and hundreds of other reliable sources use regularly. on the other hand, attempts to close the second move discussion early were resisted by several different editors, but you edit-warred nonetheless to get your way - even though several editors has opposed early closure at the page and at ANI. Thus, you earned a healthy serving of trout for conduct unbecoming. To bushranger, I didn't intend a direct comparison with the nazis and I'm sorry if it came off that way, I don't think anyone here is being nazi-like, rather I intended to state that no-one was defending the IP so I felt I had to stand up.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 09:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh good, the old "pull it out of context to make it read the way I want". Anyone who reads the entire exchange in its entirety will see exactly what was said and meant. I was clearly advising him of how his edits came across, and how to amend his unblock request to match them because he clearly was not putting 1+1 together. The core concept of WP:CIVIL is to discuss the edits not the editor - and I discussed the appearance of the edits. Your efforts to pull new meaning from what I said is appalling the panda ɛˢˡ” 11:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Panda, I simply focused on the most offensive parts of your statement, which can be read in its entirety here: [81]. No context was lost in the quotes I pulled above, and those are your exact words. You didn't discuss "appearance" of edits, you said the edits were sexist and misogynist, tout court. You also accused the IP of being a troll, of being on crusade, of abusing people, and of having 1930s thinking. You're just trying to wikilawyer your way out of it. A simpler path would be to say "I could have framed those comments in a more appropriate manner, and I'm sorry". Also to be clear, I'm perfectly willing to accept per AGF that you DONT believe those were personal attacks, and that you HONESTLY believe you were trying to be helpful. However, they were seen as personal attacks by both the recipient and myself as an observer, so that may cause you to question whether you were really able to skate around the icy lake of NPA, or perhaps you dipped your toe in a wee bit. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 11:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Small Comment: It's funny to see you here defending somebody from accusations of misogyny after our recent discussions --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 12:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- "I simply focused on the most offensive parts of your statement" kinda means "I cherry-picked the part I didn't like and made a big deal about it" to most of the rest of us, I'd wager. Your observations regarding the IP and its interactions are not exactly unbiased either, as you share the same point-of-view on the naming matter. This "I'm just an observer" stuff is bupkis. Tarc (talk) 12:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Panda, I simply focused on the most offensive parts of your statement, which can be read in its entirety here: [81]. No context was lost in the quotes I pulled above, and those are your exact words. You didn't discuss "appearance" of edits, you said the edits were sexist and misogynist, tout court. You also accused the IP of being a troll, of being on crusade, of abusing people, and of having 1930s thinking. You're just trying to wikilawyer your way out of it. A simpler path would be to say "I could have framed those comments in a more appropriate manner, and I'm sorry". Also to be clear, I'm perfectly willing to accept per AGF that you DONT believe those were personal attacks, and that you HONESTLY believe you were trying to be helpful. However, they were seen as personal attacks by both the recipient and myself as an observer, so that may cause you to question whether you were really able to skate around the icy lake of NPA, or perhaps you dipped your toe in a wee bit. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 11:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh good, the old "pull it out of context to make it read the way I want". Anyone who reads the entire exchange in its entirety will see exactly what was said and meant. I was clearly advising him of how his edits came across, and how to amend his unblock request to match them because he clearly was not putting 1+1 together. The core concept of WP:CIVIL is to discuss the edits not the editor - and I discussed the appearance of the edits. Your efforts to pull new meaning from what I said is appalling the panda ɛˢˡ” 11:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Obi-Wan, I realize that you are defending @131 who you believe was treated unfairly. But no sanctions will result from this complaint, it clearly has no support from admins here at WP:AN. Also, repeating your arguments about the RM will not affect the title of Sarah Jane Brown, that subject is, for the moment, closed. I think you need to WP:DROPTHESTICK here because nothing positive will come from this discussion which has become the airing of grievances which has already occurred in the ARBCOM request. LizRead! Talk! 12:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I never believed any sanctions would result from this thread. I just didn't think it fair to present only one side of the story. Anyway I've presented my case.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- You're right. The OP didn't present even 1 side of a story, but combined 2 unrelated stories. You dropped by and presented your partially complete side of one of the 2 stories, including your own spin. 2 incomplete stories does not a story make. The reality is and always has been that my comments on their talkpage were INTENDED to help them to address their unblock comments. They were not framed as a violation of WP:NPA - they were framed as a guide to help them meet WP:GAB. I appreciate your defense of them, but your defense was an attack on an ally in that case, and you've simply continued the attacks above. IMHO, that's never been helpful to the OP, but merely gave them tools to go down the wrong path...which is actually what has happened, as is evidenced by this thread and others. the panda ɛˢˡ” 13:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I never believed any sanctions would result from this thread. I just didn't think it fair to present only one side of the story. Anyway I've presented my case.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Obi-Wan, I realize that you are defending @131 who you believe was treated unfairly. But no sanctions will result from this complaint, it clearly has no support from admins here at WP:AN. Also, repeating your arguments about the RM will not affect the title of Sarah Jane Brown, that subject is, for the moment, closed. I think you need to WP:DROPTHESTICK here because nothing positive will come from this discussion which has become the airing of grievances which has already occurred in the ARBCOM request. LizRead! Talk! 12:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment Pointy and inappropriate forum-shopping at its best: the IP user's jump from the admin noticeboards to its request for arbitration, which was declined, then back to the admin noticeboards. It needs to cease attempting to game the system, as does the apparent continued battleground behaviour by a small handful of users also heavily involved in the move discussion around the title of one article. No admin was prepared to lift the 1 week block previously imposed on the IP user by JzG, and as I said during the block review at the same admin noticeboard discussion, the block is entirely reasonable. In fact, the phenomemon I described in my first sentence merely justifies some of the comments made about the IP and reinforces why they are not untrue. I fail to see how the IP user can reasonably believe that it will not be blocked again if it doesn't find a more useful way to contribute to the project. I propose the thread be closed and the IP is given a final warning that it will be blocked for a much longer term if it continues on this path. Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Long term disruption of physics articles by IP
3 months ago, I came to Firewall (physics) via an ANRFC request that I closed Talk:Firewall_(physics)#RfC:_What_mention.2C_if_any.2C_should_be_made_of_Friedwardt_Winterberg.27s_2001_paper.3F
That RFC was plagued by a good deal of CU confirmed socking [82] and COI involvement. Since that time IP editors claiming to be Friedwardt Winterberg have repeatedly been re-inserting the disputed content into various articles [83] [84] [85] (Black hole information paradox [86]) , and making repeated WP:POLEMICs on the talk pages - including comparing wikipedia and various editors to Nazis [87] [88] [89] (humorously, this one accuses me of being a sock of Jimbo Wales) because we won't let him claim credit for this idea). The articles are now medium term semi protected, and the talk pages have been short term protected multiple times, but each time it expires, the IPs come back.
The polemics also accuse various people of being politically involved in the Physics community which is why we won't let him claim credit. It may be that there is politics preventing Winterberg from getting credit for an idea, but that is not a problem for Wikipedia to solve. There are not reliable sources saying that he discovered the idea.
unrelated to actual disruption, but background may be helpful to understand why Winterberg might not be getting credit in the physics community |
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The Nazi and Einstein references are especially ironic since Winterberg accused Einstein of plagiarism of relativity, and has come to the defense of multiple alleged Nazis. Friedwardt_Winterberg#Nazi_Controversies [90] [91][92] Friedwardt_Winterberg#Einstein-Hilbert_disputeRelativity_priority_dispute#Cory.2FRenn.2FStachel_and_Friedwardt_Winterberg_.281997.2F2003.29 This rather blunt irony could indicate someone attempting to impersonate Winterberg, or he is just very tone deaf. |
This has now resulted in significant time wasting by myself Paradoctor, rolf h nelson, multiple admins Callanecc Ohnoitsjamie Drmies. If you look at the history page of the articles or their talk history, there is basically no activity that isn't related to this dispute in the last 3 months. [93] Can something more permanent be done? The range of IPs involved is not very large, can we get a rangeblock? Or permanent protection of these articles/talk pages? (Diff of most recent polemic yesterday, repeated above [94]) Gaijin42 (talk) 16:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I'm pretty sure that this editor is not Winterberg. On least one occasion, the editor referred to Winterberg in the third person. Paradoctor (talk) 17:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- This will probably be one of his students. Neither they nor he seem able to understand that Wikipedia is not the place to Right Great Wrongs. Guy(Help!) 18:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
WP:RFP backlog
Please could someone look at the Requests for Page Protection.. there are requests there from 02:52, 14 May 2014 (UTC). Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes - I've done a few. If someone could do some that'd be great. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:47, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
WP:OUTING and the education program
There is a discussion at Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard#About_outing_students relating to WP:OUTTING of editors involved in the WP:Education Program that may be of interest to admins. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:22, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Weird glitches
Every link is underlined. Is this is a glitch? Please remove it, you're ruining Wikipedia. The links don't need to be underlined.--109.78.212.92 (talk) 18:59, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is funded by donations and does not display advertisements on articles. If you see advertisements, or links that aren't in the source code, then something at your end must be placing them. Some browser extensions or plugins may do it. A plugin called Codec-C is known to do it although it is marketed as needed to play videos. Your computer may be infected with malware - consider using anti-malware software. You may be using an Internet access point (such as public Wi-Fi networks at some hotels or cafes) which injects ads into all kinds of web pages. Nyttend (talk) 22:08, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- And before you do anything else, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering and make sure "always underline links" is unchecked... Mogism (talk) 22:17, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- This person isn't logged in, so s/he can't set preferences. Nyttend (talk) 22:49, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- This may have something to do with the problems that are being discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) and that I'm experiencing. Dougweller (talk) 20:03, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- This person isn't logged in, so s/he can't set preferences. Nyttend (talk) 22:49, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- And before you do anything else, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering and make sure "always underline links" is unchecked... Mogism (talk) 22:17, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Arthur Rubin admin bit
As there is no recent action that is being complained of, closing. Dennis Brown 2¢ WER 19:29, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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How is Arthur Rubin still an admin? I've never seen an admin with a longer block log, who is subject to an ArbCom topic ban, and who has VIOLATED that ArbCom topic ban resulting in a week-long block. I would like to open a discussion on the fitness of Mr. Rubin as an admin. Thank you. 134.241.58.172 (talk) 16:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- That discussion cannot be held here. RFC/U/Admin the panda ɛˢˡ” 16:50, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Don't WP:BITE the newbies, Panda. LugnutsDick Laurent is dead 16:53, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, cause newbies come to AN asking why X is still an admin... IP adresses are not necessary newbies, Lugnuts, and this one probably isn't. Fram (talk) 17:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- WP:AGF. Read it. You too, Panda. Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 19:05, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- DP is basically correct. WP:RFC/U is the proper venue for this. The latest block was five months ago, and I'm not aware of any recent activity that would require urgent action regarding his administrator privileges. This page has help on starting the RFC/U process. If there are some recent problems that require attention, then that should be brought up (though WP:ANI may be a better place for that than here). And yes, chances are that the IP is an experienced editor (who may or may not have a registered account) who is posting anonymously in complaining about an administrator. Which shouldn't be prejudicial, I understand wanting anonymity in this situation. -- Atama頭 17:20, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think the IP is basically admitting to evading a block. Guy(Help!) 17:57, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- JzG! How dare you bite the newbies!!! Have you looked at the IP editing history???? You need to AGF!--MONGO 18:05, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Just because an IP is aware of how Wikipedia functions doesn't mean that they are evading a block. I also don't read a thing in their post that would suggest they are admitting to anything. Ajraddatz (Talk) 18:08, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think the IP is basically admitting to evading a block. Guy(Help!) 17:57, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, cause newbies come to AN asking why X is still an admin... IP adresses are not necessary newbies, Lugnuts, and this one probably isn't. Fram (talk) 17:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Don't WP:BITE the newbies, Panda. LugnutsDick Laurent is dead 16:53, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Please read Eduard Khil. Jehochman Talk 19:17, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
See User:Jayron32/Wikipedia translator#Admin abuse. I can't find the Wikipedia-space essay which includes something like. "If an editor claims admin abuse, then the admin is almost certainly being abused." (And it would have been nice if I were informed of this thread.) — Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:18, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- WP:OWB #37 (credit to Antandrus. Acroterion (talk) 21:23, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Find a conversation
Placed at wrong noticeboard; please see the "Find a conversation" section of WP:HD. Nyttend (talk) 22:08, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks. I was hoping for a quick answer. I guess one isn't forthcoming. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 03:03, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Undiscussed and unconstructive move needs to be reverted
Now indefinitely blocked user Mercedes-Benz Today moved Fiat Automobiles and Talk:Fiat Automobiles to Fiat (automobiles) and Talk:Fiat (automobiles) over redirects, a move that hasn't been discussed, and that I see as unconstructive. So could some admin please delete the redirects and move the article and talk page back to where they were before "Mercedes-Benz today" started playing with them? Thomas.W talk 15:42, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Done. I believe this did not require the admin bit, though, since the target redirect to be overwritten had no history. -- JHunterJ (talk) 15:51, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Arbitration Motion regarding Fæ
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion:
Notwithstanding the existing restrictions on his editing, Fæ is permitted to edit regarding images of sexuality in ancient and medieval times, up to A.D. 1000. This permission may be withdrawn at any time by further motion of this Committee.
For the Arbitration Committee, --S Philbrick(Talk) 16:32, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Proposed topic ban for 2 editors
Enough. Please find something productive to do. Please. NAC Dave Dial (talk) 16:25, 18 May 2014 (UTC) |
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The article Jews and Communism is currently going through a second nomination for deletion. After several ANI incidents and lots of discussion, two editors stand out as being extremely disruptive to the Wikipedia community. Instead of rehashing the arguments here, I would like to nominate two editors for a topic ban. WP:TBAN I'm asking for community consensus from involved editors to determine whether a topic ban for one or both editors is appropriate action. Comments from the community are welcome. USchick (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Background. Recent threads at AN/I: [98] and [99]. Discussion at Jimbo: [100].
- More examples: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive839#Edit-warring, ownership and censorship by editor Director on the article "Jews and Communism"
- Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive839#General disruption, personal attacks, and sock puppet accusations
- Ownership issues [101]
Proposed bans for topics on Jews and Communism
First nominee
Strong support for a topic ban for the topics Jews and also for Communism. Potočnik, formerly PRODUCER, is topic banned from making any edits on any page on Wikipedia, with the exception of an appeal on WP:AN or WP:Arbcom/R, related to Jews or Communism. To be clear, these are two separate topics and this topic ban should not in any way be construed to only be applicable in topics about Jews and Communism together. This topic ban will last until removed by community consensus. Enforcement may be made by escalating blocks.--v/r - TP 19:40, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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User:Potočnik - Previously named Producer. Original creator of the article Jews and Communism
- Support as nominator. USchick (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support for disruptive editing in this area. However, this TBAN should not be closed until the AFD is closed. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong support for the decision to reproduce a vitriolic article on Wikipedia, and for the disruptive protection of it. Binksternet (talk) 19:20, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong support (Judaism solely) for creating an antisemitic article that relies heavily on Neo-Nazi sources [102], such an editor should be prevented in any way possible from editing further articles relating to Judaism --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 19:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support based on the fact that this editor copied over to Wikipedia[103], in substantial part, an article that ran on a notorious anti-Semitic website. See analysis at [104]. There may well be other reasons to topic-ban this editor, but this is enough. No, more than enough, to topic-ban this editor from any subject even remotely related to Judaism or Communism. Coretheapple (talk) 19:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a block for Potočnik if it can be established that he copied non-free content into the project. This is sufficient reason for an indefinite general block, in my opinion, actually, given the context. However, if it cannot be established that non-free content was copied, then the case is a bit muddier. Certainly Producer showed tendentious behaviour at many points during the discussion, but whether it raises to the level of a topic ban, especially given that he has been quiet for some time now, is uncertain. I'd certainly like to see him blocked for bringing this garbage into the project, but having an objectionable stance on an issue is not sufficient policy reason, so I think this all hinges on the nature of the content copied (in terms of ownership, not odiousness) and how close the material added conformed to it. Snow talk 19:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support Creating an article that presented an anti-Semitic view is disruptive. Even if the article itself was justified, beginning it in such a POV tone makes it much harder to improve it, thereby wasting the time of dozens of editors at various noticeboards, including an RfC and two AfDs. TFD (talk) 20:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support: Not only was the article creation immensely disruptive, but the persistent, unrelenting and determined defense of that article against any change or improvement, or any lessening of its anti-Semitism or attempt to balance its neutrality, was terrible damaging to the project. Indefinite site ban. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose No evidence provided of problematic behaviour. Linking to discussions that failed to gain consensus is not evidence. Only in death does duty end (talk) 20:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support ban and block if this is shown to be copyvio. Dougweller (talk) 20:54, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. The evidence that Potočnik plagiarised an antisemitic source without attribution is indisputable. This is about as gross a violation of WP:NPOV policy as one could imagine, and I find it difficult to believe that Potočnik could do so without being aware that it would be seen as such. Frankly, I am having difficulty understanding why this was done in the first place, given that the article was plainly going to be controversial, and accordingly subject to close scrutiny. One has to conclude that Potočnik either lacks the competence and understanding of elementary policy required to edit in such sensitive areas, or understands policy full well, but chooses to ignore it. Either way, we can manage well enough without such 'contributions' on these topics. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:00, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. I would also support an indefinite block for from editing altogether, copying content from extremist websites without attribution should not be tolerated.Smeat75 (talk) 21:20, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support -(of a topic ban, for Producer only). This user CREATED the article, an embarrassment to wikipedia, and has demonstrated a heavy ownership of it since. For him to claim that he had no knowledge of the content of the article's origins is outrageous. He refused to listen to any and all outside criticism of an obviously troubled article. He obviously is incapable of providing NPOV on any subjects related to Judaism.. he (supposedly) copied content from a strictly anti-Semitic website, and then continued to edit war and initiate massive conflicts when editors tried to neutralize or, god forbid, actually remove the inaccurate content, as proven per what USchick provided above. Even if he didn't copy the content (I'm at odds as to who would have, if not), his ignorance of the concepts of consensus and the 3RR demonstrate the need for a topic ban. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 21:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support per nom. I also think a sock and/or meat puppetry investigation is warranted, as explained here. [111].--Atlantictire (talk) 22:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- There's already been an SPI filed concerning the pair, deriving from problematic editing on an older article; the conclusion was that they are not the same person. Meatpuppetry remains a strong possibility, of course, but having reviewed the evidence, I'm doubtful of the strength of the case to be made, beyond suspicion. Snowtalk 23:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Snow, I'd really appreciate your participation in the discussion of this.--Atlantictire (talk) 00:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- There's already been an SPI filed concerning the pair, deriving from problematic editing on an older article; the conclusion was that they are not the same person. Meatpuppetry remains a strong possibility, of course, but having reviewed the evidence, I'm doubtful of the strength of the case to be made, beyond suspicion. Snowtalk 23:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support for POV-pushing, pure and simple. Miniapolis 23:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support – Given his almost certain knowing creation of an article based on anti-Jewish sources, and consistent intellectual dishonesty, I cannot see any future edits by him edits in these areas that would be productive. RGloucester — ☎ 04:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. POV pushing, tendentious editing, dishonesty about sources, and other disruptive behavior. He would be lucky to get off with a mere topic ban. A block or site ban would also be appropriate for someone with this history. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - the formulation of this proposed ban does not make much sense to me. It is clear that the greatest issue by a huge margin is the anti-Semitic material that was adapted. Why a topic ban on communism is necessary is beyond me. A topic ban on Jews would automatically encompass a ban on anything involving Jews AND communism, or Jews and anything else. We are surely not suggesting that because the two subjects intersect in the article in question that it is necessary to topic ban him from communism as well? Topic bans should be carefully and accurately targeted. This one is not, and it should be refactored. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 06:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - Per my explanation below, I am opposed to suggested topic bans from thousands and thousands of articles, either existing or potential, based on "one spat over a single contentious article". If serious accusations are justified, it should be easy to present evidence which would reveal all members of their traveling circus and all topic areas they operated. Only based on such evidence uninvolved administrators can determine who should be topic banned and from what topic areas. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- "spat" ?? Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 10:07, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support per warnings by User Jehochman (talk · contribs) [112] [113] [114] to PRODUCER (as he was known at that time)/Potocnik: 1 "Do you have a connection with User:DIREKTOR? I find it odd that both of you show up with the same Jews and Communism dispute. Jehochman Talk 16:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)" [115]; 2 "In any case, your account is blocked indefinitely, not for the sock or meat puppetry which is a strong possibility and also good grounds to block, but for tendentious POV pushing. The account will remain blocked until there is a discussion about how to prevent further recurrences...Jehochman Talk 16:17, 28 April 2014 (UTC)" [116]; 3 "...The following diffs show inappropriate editing. [117][118][119][120][121][122] Should you accumulate more examples of a similar nature, you may be subject to a sanction...Jehochman Talk 14:17, 29 April 2014 (UTC)" [123]. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 08:21, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a ban on anything to do with Jews, Judaism, or anti-semitism for reasons given by many editors above. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 09:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose a topic ban on communism, the case has not been made out by the nominator or supporters, per my comment above. The admin Jehochman acted prematurely and excessively, and their conduct should be examined closely to determine whether they should continue to wield the mop. I do not have a view on whether a topic ban should be implemented regarding the topic of Jews, but I caution the closing admin that this proposal was essentially canvassed in the battleground only, and that should be taken into account. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose more or less exactly as Peacemaker67 and also per Onlyindeathdoesdutyend (diffs are in the "so what?" category). As pointed out in the additional discussion sub-thread, the supports come out of a highly charged content dispute and a lot of the other behaviours (notably the proposer's, USchick) deserve at least equal scrutiny). DeCausa (talk) 12:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support As per obvious anti-semitic POV, evident on the creation of a WP:FRINGE article copied from an anti-semitic source. GreyWinterOwl (talk) 12:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose procedurally as one-sided. There has been ugly, nasty behavior around this article and related AfDs over the months and it would take the Arbitration Committee to look into everyones behavior to determine who is at fault and who needs to be pried out of the topic area. Atlantictire "I will continue to be so and have no interest in being polite or editing Wikipedia until the community figures out how to deal with editors like Director who abuse Wikietiquette in order to advance a racist agenda", is one from the "other side" that come to mind. This is not the type of thing where one's wiki-enemies should be able to propose and vote on topic bans. Tarc (talk) 14:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Tarc is a great ally to Potočnik and Director. I would encourage him to read the essay on User:MarkBernstein's page. I don't have a problem saying things that are true, and this positively nails Tarc and his kind.--Atlantictire (talk) 18:39, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Atlantictire, I am an ally to no one, other than to those who may be railroaded by blood-boiling hysterics and lynch mob mentalities. If either of these editors, or others, have run afoul of this project's policies, then the project has the means to determine this and act accordingly. At no time, throughout any of this, have your screaming "eat my fuck" antics produced anything but disruption and distraction. If the article is to be deleted and/or if editors are to be sanctioned, it will be due to the diligence of sane heads and sound minds taking the lead. Tarc (talk) 18:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Tarc is a great ally to Potočnik and Director. I would encourage him to read the essay on User:MarkBernstein's page. I don't have a problem saying things that are true, and this positively nails Tarc and his kind.--Atlantictire (talk) 18:39, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Tarc—I responded to you here on the Talk page of Jimbo Wales. This was on April 29, 2014. You are saying there "…too many editors playing up the victim card just as they do in real life. None of this is genuine encyclopedic editing, it is just another front in their war". I am assuming those thoughts represent your true feelings, that editors are "playing up the victim card" and that this is a "front in their war". Bus stop (talk) 19:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Intersting. Tarc, who are "they," and what do you mean by them playing up the victim card "in real life"? What "victim card" are you talking about? Coretheapple (talk) 19:06, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Per request of Jehochman (User talk:Tarc#Over the top), I retracted & redacted that comment, as can be verified by how the thread appeared when it was archived. It was a heat-of-the-moment thing that added no value to the discussion. Tarc (talk) 19:12, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well OK, but what did you mean? You're sorta begging the question. I take it you understand the kind of implication of the word "they" in this context? Coretheapple (talk) 19:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, I am well-aware of what you are implying . "They" is a 3rd-person personal pronoun, and it was used by me as such. Nothing more. Tarc (talk) 19:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- If an editor is considerate enough to strike something, please don't bring it up again. We want people to recognize if they "go over the top" and back down. If they do, that is good, and the matter should not be raised again. JehochmanTalk 20:00, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh brother. OK, that's fine. I think people know what he meant. Coretheapple (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC
- Coretheapple, Jehochman, I think Tarc has mistaken you for people who confuse Wikininnying about Wikietiquette with having principles. I'm sure all of you agree that Wikininnying that sanctions and enables antisemitism and allows racists to manipulate the whole project can eat our collective fucks. Now good day to you fine sirs (or madams as the case may be) .--Atlantictire (talk) 20:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh brother. OK, that's fine. I think people know what he meant. Coretheapple (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC
- Well OK, but what did you mean? You're sorta begging the question. I take it you understand the kind of implication of the word "they" in this context? Coretheapple (talk) 19:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Per request of Jehochman (User talk:Tarc#Over the top), I retracted & redacted that comment, as can be verified by how the thread appeared when it was archived. It was a heat-of-the-moment thing that added no value to the discussion. Tarc (talk) 19:12, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support as POV pushing & in general disruptive editing. →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 15:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support topic ban for both Judaism and Communism. This has been an exercise in blatant POV-pushing, and a topic ban is the bare minimum action needed. I would also support a site ban, because I don't think that an editor who been POV-pushing so hard in one topic is going to be editing constructively elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrownHairedGirl (talk • contribs) --15:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support - There is no way you can convince me the the original version of the "Jews and Communism" article was not an attempt to legitimize the Antisemitic canard of Jewish Bolshevism. I mean, does the editor want us to believe that they just had all of those sources lined up, many of which are lined up elsewhere, by the Holocaust denial Institute for Historical Review, with no intent? I support a site ban, or at the very least a ban on all topics related to Judaism, Jewish People and Communism. Dave Dial (talk) 16:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - the article has been blanked by an admin as "substantial plagiarism (and therefore copyright violation) going back to its creation".[124] Producer, the creator of the article, says he has retired but I think he should be given an indefinite site ban in case he changes his mind.Smeat75 (talk) 19:48, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support Been staliking and reading up on this. Would advocate site ban. We are here to create articles, not shit-pits of racist POV. Irondome (talk) 23:00, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a ban on Jews and Judaism, but oppose a ban on Communism. The editor has been contributing in the highest quality there for years. Regarding myself, I already said I have no intention of entangling myself in this ugly business again, and do self-ban myself from any topics relating to Judaism. But honestly I don't know why a ban on Communism is being proposed at all, it seems a very simplistic copy-pasting of the article's title. -- Director (talk) 11:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support per the admission found at the post by Potočnik (talk) 10:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC), in the discussion below. No user should think stringing articles together from an (uncited, mis-cited, masked) antisemitic source on these topics is not prohibited. How is one to trust anything this User has written, if that is his method. Site ban would be reasonable for this. Alanscottwalker (talk) 13:20, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. In all honesty I feel these users should be pleased if they only get handed a topic ban. Calidum Go Bruins! 17:46, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
*Oppose Little evidence presented. Verycarefully (talk) 19:17, 15 May 2014 (UTC) -This user has been blocked as a sockpuppet - Smeat75 (talk) 12:22, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- — Verycarefully (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 19:25, 15 May 2014 (UTC) (UTC).
Second nominee
No consensus, especially among uninvolved editors, for a topic ban on Director. Director has apologized for his defense of the recently deleted version of the article and AGF'd that the sources were legitimate. I expect he will take a more cautious and open minded approach to the concerns of other editors in the future.--v/r - TP 19:36, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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User:Director - Blindly supported Producer and now changed his mind. Has a history of disruptive editing.
- Support as nominator. USchick (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support for disruptive editing in this area. However, this TBAN should not be closed until the AFD is closed. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a topic ban on subjects related to Judaism or Communism. While it may be true that he was not aware of the origins of this article, the fact is that he blindly and unreasonably supported the article after it was created by Producer. That is evident by simply reviewing his actions after the article was created. See[125] and in particular his rollback of 14:01, 3 March 2014[126] with the edit summary "standard USChick nonsense.." Eh, no. It was not USChick's nonsense or anyone's nonsense. It was an effort to reverse some of the damage that Producer was causing to the project by copying over text from an anti-Semitic website and creating an article that quickly passed muster with Metapedia and was reproduced there. Producer put in motion this effort to make Wikipedia a part of this daisy chain of drivel-producers, and Director became his right-hand man, fighting alongside him in the article and, on the talk page. But you don't have to wade through all the verbiage on the talk page, all the nastiness, all the threats, all the boorish behavior, all the saber-rattling. This is enough. I appreciate that he now favors deletion of the article, but his behavior in this article is such that it cannot be ignored, and a topic ban is necessary to protect the project from further such behavior. Coretheapple (talk) 20:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment The case is presently unclear for Director as well. More so than anyone, Producer included, his behaviour reflected battleground mentality and a lack of appreciation for our non-negotiable civility policies and had I been asked to respond to this proposal a few days ago, I would have given unequivocal support for not just a topic ban, but probably a general block. However, I question the wisdom of blocking a user just as they've proven that they are capable of having their mind changed on the matter (albeit only by a lightning bolt revelation), and have backed off from their combative behaviour some, even expressing mortification over the whole affair. I know it's a risk, given past patterns of behaviour, but I wonder that maybe the best approach, and the one suggested to us by policy, is to give this user a chance to assimilate the obvious lesson here, rather than assuming he can't, given his change in position. I said it in the AfD already, but it bears repeating here: it's easier to change a person's approach to a situation than it is their motive and while Director exhibited considerable problems in his approach, it is clear his motive was not antisemitism. I think I (narrowly) support leaving Director's editing privileges intact, as per WP:Rope; if he exhibits the same problematic approach to contentious issues in the future as he did in the present article (and apparently in the past on others) then I would whole-heartedly support a general and indefinite block and will participate with vigor in the process to see it done. Snow talk 19:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support at least a broad topic ban. Director's dropping of his determined opposition in the face of conclusive evidence of the article's toxic sourcing is commendable, but comes after months of vitriolic posts and even more vitriolic disputation and incessant edit-warring. If Director and Producer were not in fact sock puppets, observers may be forgiven the assumption for they frequently acted in close concert, dominating the page and effectively shutting out alternative voices while threatening to "report" almost everyone who ventured the slightest disagreement. Even after his recantation, for example, Director asserts on the AfD page that my own précis of WP:FRINGE makes it impossible for him to WP:AGF [127]. Director has burnt countless hours of time and irreplaceable reservoirs of good will; had this received broader publicity, the damage could well have been much worse.MarkBernstein (talk) 20:36, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose No evidence provided of problematic behaviour. Linking to discussions that failed to gain consensus is not evidence. Also, accusing an editor of a history of disruptive editing without providing diffs is a personal attack. Only in death does duty end (talk) 20:41, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- It really doesn't matter how many diffs are posted if no one is interested in looking at them. At one point, he was blocked indefinitely. USchick (talk) 20:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Uhh, no, the position expressed in that latter statement is not at all reflected in policy, that I know of anyway; failure to provide a diff is at most an inadvisable oversight. Knowingly constructing a specious claim for which absolutely no evidence exists at all could arguably be considered a personal attack, but even then, it would be be better described as just general bad-faith behaviour. Let's be careful about misrepresentation of policy to suggest inappropriate behaviour here, in a situation which already has enough fuel. Regardless of how each of us feels about the advisability of the posting, and regardless of how many diffs USChick put into her initial comments, there is a significant issue of ongoing disruption being discussed here that has been agreed to be an issue by dozens of involved editors. Suggesting that there is bad-faith at work in attempting review of the issues is not going to help. Snowtalk 21:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- What is considered to be a personal attack? "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki." I have yet to see any evidence. Diffs or otherwise. It is a personal attack without evidence. Only in death does duty end (talk) 21:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, accusations that lack evidence altogether, not accusations for which the evidence was not immediately proffered at the arbitrary point at which you happened to enter the discussion. In order for it to be a personal attack, the claim has to have no basis in fact and be made as part of bad-faith activity. Failing to provide that evidence is an oversight, one that can be (and should, and has been) corrected, but it is not a personal attack if it was based on an informed perspective of the matter, least of all when there is massive support for the position amongst involved editors also familiar with the circumstances. You specifically implied that failing to provide diffs made any comment they would have supported a personal attack, and that is simply not true. Besides, it's not just diffs alone which make that case, but, as the very section you quoted shows, and linking to relevant discussion. There are a variety of links and diffs in this thread which direct to voluminous discussion across a variety of venues. These are not spurious claims being made by parties on a whim and without any substantial reason for concern, which is the only situation in which the policy you quote would apply. There is no bad-faith activity at work amongst those who brought this topic for discussion - your argument in that direction has no merit. Snowtalk 21:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Your interpretation is not what the policy says. You could make an argument not providing evidence at the point of asking for the ban was an oversight, but that is not an excuse given it was three hours before I asked for it and multiple people had voted support already. Only in death does duty end (talk) 06:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- In what way does my interpretation depart from policy? Please be specific. You made the very precise claim that "accusing an editor of a history of disruptive editing without providing diffs is a personal attack." and I called you on that. No one is saying either A) that diffs and other solid evidence aren't recommended if you want your claims of bad-faith behaviour on the part of another contributor to be taken seriously, nor B) that it wouldn't be a personal attack if one manufactured non-existent complaints for which they never will be capable of giving evidence. But you've synthesized these two principles into one notion that if an editor makes an accusation of impropriety and they don't immediately make their case with evidence, that is a personal attack, regardless of whether they are in fact correct about the purported behaviour and acting in good faith. That idea is just not supported in policy. Anywhere. But to an extent it's a moot point, since this diff demonstrates there were in fact a dozen-plus diffs and links in this thread supplied as evidence of the behaviour and circumstances being discussed supplied by parties to the discussion, previous to your first post. Mind you, I don't want to get into an endlessly recursive discussion here with you, as it would serve little use to the broader issues here. And I have misgivings about how things have been handled too. But the statement you made was categorically false, and not in a trivial way, since through it you implied that another contributor was engaged in personal attacks. I didn't see that as particularly helpful to the current circumstances, whatever your feelings about whether or not the instigation of this process was well-advised. Snow talk 10:17, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Your interpretation is not what the policy says. You could make an argument not providing evidence at the point of asking for the ban was an oversight, but that is not an excuse given it was three hours before I asked for it and multiple people had voted support already. Only in death does duty end (talk) 06:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, accusations that lack evidence altogether, not accusations for which the evidence was not immediately proffered at the arbitrary point at which you happened to enter the discussion. In order for it to be a personal attack, the claim has to have no basis in fact and be made as part of bad-faith activity. Failing to provide that evidence is an oversight, one that can be (and should, and has been) corrected, but it is not a personal attack if it was based on an informed perspective of the matter, least of all when there is massive support for the position amongst involved editors also familiar with the circumstances. You specifically implied that failing to provide diffs made any comment they would have supported a personal attack, and that is simply not true. Besides, it's not just diffs alone which make that case, but, as the very section you quoted shows, and linking to relevant discussion. There are a variety of links and diffs in this thread which direct to voluminous discussion across a variety of venues. These are not spurious claims being made by parties on a whim and without any substantial reason for concern, which is the only situation in which the policy you quote would apply. There is no bad-faith activity at work amongst those who brought this topic for discussion - your argument in that direction has no merit. Snowtalk 21:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- What is considered to be a personal attack? "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki." I have yet to see any evidence. Diffs or otherwise. It is a personal attack without evidence. Only in death does duty end (talk) 21:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Yes, Director's behaviour was very bad, however he has apologised. I would suggest keeping tabs on his activities in related articles and putting him "on probation", as it were, rather than a ban right now.Smeat75 (talk) 21:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose I partially agree with Smeat75's proposal. Director has apologized and admitted his fault in the article. Support (for Director only) the figurative "probation", if not that, then a temporary Topic Ban.. oppose anything else as Director's involvement is unclear at the moment, it seems as if all he did was behave in a slightly unorthodox way whilst defending the article from the likes of Atlanticire, and that doesn't warrant a topic ban. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 21:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment Snow Rise wrote
"they've proven that they are capable of having their mind changed on the matter"
. I can't agree. Director collaborated on this polemic before Producer uploaded it.[128][129] The lede was not the beginning of a neutral encylopedic article; it was recognisably hate literature. It began"A near majority of Jews dominated the top ten to twenty leaders of the Russian Bolshevik Party's first twenty years and the Soviet Union's secret police was "one of the most Jewish" of all Soviet institutions"
, the entire lede continued that litany, and the rest of the article followed in that vein.[130] In discussion, he insisted it was neutral, that it was American bias against communism that rendered his opponents unable to see the true neutrality of the piece. He insisted that oppression of Jews under communism was outside the scope of an article called "Jews and Communism", but would not describe the scope except as"an article that lays out the association between "Jews and Communism""
[131]. He only recoiled when he was busted, and not from the language, not from the framing, not from the purpose, not from the sourcing even now, just from it becoming publicly known that the creators of the Wikipedia article - Producer and Director together, that we know of - had taken this polemic from an article written by a known Holocaust denier and defended it to the hilt. Is it"clear his motive was not antisemitism"
because he expressed mortification for being deceived, mortification that's already been succeeded by resentment at being taken to task for fighting so bitterly for such malicious trash? No, it's not clear. NebY (talk) 21:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director doesn't strike me as the type of contributor who changes his perspective based upon the general community consensus of his character and behaviour, no matter how overwhelming. Of course, if your assertion that he and Producer collaborated on the page before it was introduced into article space, or more specifically, that he knew the material was being plagiarized from the source from which it came, can be supported with evidence, that would be a different situation entirely and would generate an instant change in position on my part. However, the diffs you provide are only for a previous implication of this fact on your part and his denial of said claim, which is not really evidence of any sort either way. On a side note, though, I never saw a version the article that far back until now; I had thought the current version was problematic, but that version is truly hideous. As if the obviously fringe and distasteful wording of the prose aside, the use of images to create the implication of a rogue's gallery is itself unsettling, as if meant to say "Look how Jewish all of these communists are." Still, nothing I see screams out as proof that Director wasn't just blind to rampant synthesis at work. While it may seem inconceivable to you or I to not be able to appreciate the hate-mongering that must have been at work in the ultimate source of those claims, it's entirely feasible Director did not. My view of him is that he is simply a problematic editor in general who does not like be disagreed with, and once the situation on the page reached a certain level of heatedness, he was lost to discussion on the matter and inclined to view opposing views as nonsense by default, until incontrovetable evidence as the source of the content snapped him out of it. That's a serious issue in itself, but one not well addressed by a topic ban. Which is why I've advocated giving him a chance to learn a lesson here, but with very little tolerance for anything approaching that kind of behaviour again, which should be met by a general indefinite ban from the project. Snowtalk 22:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- What would your opinion be if it was proven that Director knowingly added a source from an anti-semitic "hate group" onto the article (not that I suggest he has, I only mirror what previous editors have said). Would you support a topic ban then? My position of current, based upon the evidence provided, is that Director is just adamant and stubborn, and perhaps a bit offensive in general. I haven't seen any specific links to a personal attack he made, or to unacceptable contents/sources he uploaded.. although I highly suspect he has done one of the two, that's just speculation.. as much as I would like him to be blocked, and as much as I disagree with his ethics, we're not in a position to do much yet.. Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 22:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Personally, my perspective on that matter would depend highly upon the nature of the source and the manner in which it was added. After-all, it's entirely within the realm of possibility that a source used in some context by a hate group could be used for quite a different purpose as a reliable source on Wikipedia. On the other hand, if Director quoted a source from the same hate group from which Producer plagiarized his content, then it would suggest he was fully aware of Producer's activities, but I've yet to see any evidence of such. If the source came from a different locale entirely, but was not an appropriate source, then that would also raise the spectre of his inability to edit in the topic area in a way consistent with NPOV; but once again, I must stress this is a response to the hypothetical -- all evidence suggests to me that, as you said, he is simply stubborn and determined to get his own way, once he's determined that it's the way. Though I would add "arrogant, dismissive, and combative" to the list of applicable descriptors. Snow talk 23:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Just briefly, because it's late: I found Director's "to all intents and purposes" phrasing curious and so I tried to make my question precise, asking
"whether you were involved in writing or reviewing any of this material before it appeared as an article in mainspace on the English-language Wikipedia?"
. He didn't say if he reviewed it but he did say that"I think I maybe wrote one sentence, and added three or four images."
so yes, Director worked on it before Producer uploaded it. We now know that much was adapted from the original Weber piece or some intermediate version. I can't tell you if Director was slyly alluding to that when he said he maybe wrote one sentence, whether Producer prepared the adaptation and hid its origins from Director (which I don't think Director has offered as an explanation), or whether they collaborated in the adaptation just as they collaborated in the defence (which seems the simplest explanation). As for the images, that collection was not the synthesis of another hand. There are just five in the article, of which Director admits to "three or four" - most of the work. He also says the sources "checked out"; someone did put in the effort of adding ISBNs as the references in Weber's piece don't have them.[132]NebY (talk) 23:28, 13 May 2014 (UTC)- Hmmm, it does seem to raise the question of how much they collaborate which is germane to other areas of this discussion, but still is not a smoking gun as regards Director knowing the work was plagiarized from an antisemitic source. And lack of foreknowledge of this aspect would explain why he would later say he felt like he needed to take a shower when he learned the true source of the material; that is, he lent his support and collaboration to Producer from the start without knowing of this fact and was disturbed to learn he had been used to further an antisemitic agenda. Snowtalk 00:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I wanted to say I didn't "write a word of it", but then I remembered I added some images and introduced a brief sentence to the lede, and I didn't want to turn out dishonest. So I said "to all intents and purposes". The edits I referred to were done well after the article was created. I can't believe all the nonsense that's being drawn from that.. -- Director (talk) 18:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I for one am inclined to believe you on this point and I think this line of discussion should be shut down unless more than speculation can be offered. At the same time, it's not exactly "nonsense" for the question to have been raised to begin with, given the circumstances. Honestly, I don't know what to think about your relationship with Producer, but if you two do have an off-wiki friendship, I imagine you have some choice words to share with him over this whole affair. Snow talk 00:15, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I wanted to say I didn't "write a word of it", but then I remembered I added some images and introduced a brief sentence to the lede, and I didn't want to turn out dishonest. So I said "to all intents and purposes". The edits I referred to were done well after the article was created. I can't believe all the nonsense that's being drawn from that.. -- Director (talk) 18:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm, it does seem to raise the question of how much they collaborate which is germane to other areas of this discussion, but still is not a smoking gun as regards Director knowing the work was plagiarized from an antisemitic source. And lack of foreknowledge of this aspect would explain why he would later say he felt like he needed to take a shower when he learned the true source of the material; that is, he lent his support and collaboration to Producer from the start without knowing of this fact and was disturbed to learn he had been used to further an antisemitic agenda. Snowtalk 00:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- What would your opinion be if it was proven that Director knowingly added a source from an anti-semitic "hate group" onto the article (not that I suggest he has, I only mirror what previous editors have said). Would you support a topic ban then? My position of current, based upon the evidence provided, is that Director is just adamant and stubborn, and perhaps a bit offensive in general. I haven't seen any specific links to a personal attack he made, or to unacceptable contents/sources he uploaded.. although I highly suspect he has done one of the two, that's just speculation.. as much as I would like him to be blocked, and as much as I disagree with his ethics, we're not in a position to do much yet.. Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 22:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director doesn't strike me as the type of contributor who changes his perspective based upon the general community consensus of his character and behaviour, no matter how overwhelming. Of course, if your assertion that he and Producer collaborated on the page before it was introduced into article space, or more specifically, that he knew the material was being plagiarized from the source from which it came, can be supported with evidence, that would be a different situation entirely and would generate an instant change in position on my part. However, the diffs you provide are only for a previous implication of this fact on your part and his denial of said claim, which is not really evidence of any sort either way. On a side note, though, I never saw a version the article that far back until now; I had thought the current version was problematic, but that version is truly hideous. As if the obviously fringe and distasteful wording of the prose aside, the use of images to create the implication of a rogue's gallery is itself unsettling, as if meant to say "Look how Jewish all of these communists are." Still, nothing I see screams out as proof that Director wasn't just blind to rampant synthesis at work. While it may seem inconceivable to you or I to not be able to appreciate the hate-mongering that must have been at work in the ultimate source of those claims, it's entirely feasible Director did not. My view of him is that he is simply a problematic editor in general who does not like be disagreed with, and once the situation on the page reached a certain level of heatedness, he was lost to discussion on the matter and inclined to view opposing views as nonsense by default, until incontrovetable evidence as the source of the content snapped him out of it. That's a serious issue in itself, but one not well addressed by a topic ban. Which is why I've advocated giving him a chance to learn a lesson here, but with very little tolerance for anything approaching that kind of behaviour again, which should be met by a general indefinite ban from the project. Snowtalk 22:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Support per nom. I also think a sock and/or meat puppetry investigation is warranted, as explained here. [133].--Atlantictire (talk) 22:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support (Judaism solely) After reading through both the Jews and Communism talk page [134] and its archives [135], [136], [137], [138] and [139] I have changed my mind on the matter. The users attitude was incessant and unwavering. It definitely constitutes disruptive editing. That said, I don't think a topic ban on Communism would be helpful here, as the issue largely relates to the antisemitic content that was defended for so long, and the users lack of comprehension as to what the articles greater message was --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 22:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support While I commend Director for his change in view on the article, bans are meant to be preventive. There is nothing that he has to offer to this subject area and his track record shows that disruption could continue. This is certainly a more favorable decision for him than a block, which is probably warranted by his comments on other editors which he continues in this discussion. TFD (talk) 23:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose How did he "blindly" follow the other editor when he even reversed his position completely? Please, provide diffs for comments that you feel were inappropriate and worthy of a topic ban. There just isn't any evidence here. Just because you disagreed with him in the AfD is not a reason for a topic ban. The discussion at the talk page and the first AfD did become lousier at points, but especially with this dicussion the blame could be equally put upon this ANI topic ban nominator USchick who kept insisting communism doesn't have anything to do with socialism or the Soviet Union with some no-true-scotsman argument that became very tedious. Director kept replying and atleast that following conversation was rather low-quality. Actually, in every "bad" discussion I can find from the archives Drowninglimbo linked above USchick is the other party, both engage with similar style. And USchick is the one suggesting a topic ban for Director? Objectionable. --Pudeo' 01:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- He blindly followed the other editor by not having his own opinion about the content as POV, FRINGE and SYNTH. To the point that no one was allowed to fix a math error except Producer. No one else can count? [140] Then he cried crocodile tears when he was exposed. Read through other people's comments please and feel free to nominate me for a topic ban as well if you feel it's warranted. USchick (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- FYI, I don't think you should get a topic ban. I just think that the most disruptive process in this, if any, was discussion between you and Director. --Pudeo' 02:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I understand your concern. I was stooping to his level in order to even have a discussion with him at all. I was reprimanded by an admin for doing that. Neither one of us took it personally and we continue to joke around about that. Like we do here for example Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Jews and Communism (2nd nomination)#Proposed sanctions USchick (talk) 02:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- FYI, I don't think you should get a topic ban. I just think that the most disruptive process in this, if any, was discussion between you and Director. --Pudeo' 02:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- He blindly followed the other editor by not having his own opinion about the content as POV, FRINGE and SYNTH. To the point that no one was allowed to fix a math error except Producer. No one else can count? [140] Then he cried crocodile tears when he was exposed. Read through other people's comments please and feel free to nominate me for a topic ban as well if you feel it's warranted. USchick (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - Keep an eye on him, as Smeat said above: "probation". I'm sure he knows what's happened, and he has even evidenced disgust on the matter. Let him start fresh, and if problems arise, then action should be taken. At yet, I think he deserves the chance to make a fresh start. I think I can tell, personally, that he knows what happened, and how he got caught up in it. RGloucester — ☎ 03:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. Note that an old version of his user page had the text: This user is not a racist, but does support James D. Watson's statement on racial scientific facts. This user does not believe scientific facts can be "improper", or "morally unacceptable" Agreeing with scientific racism or being a racist is not a reason to topic ban someone. But when they have a history of tendentious editing in articles based on racist sources, this is a good reason for a topic ban. I don't think we can trust this user to edit articles that are sensitive to race issues without POV pushing and other disruptive behaviors. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - I repeat the comment I made about the proposed ban on PRODUCER. The formulation of this proposed ban does not make much sense to me. It is clear that the greatest issue by a huge margin is the anti-Semitic material that was adapted. Why a topic ban on communism is necessary is beyond me. A topic ban on Jews would automatically encompass a ban on anything involving Jews AND communism, or Jews and anything else. We are surely not suggesting that because the two subjects intersect in the article in question that it is necessary to topic ban him from communism as well? Topic bans should be carefully and accurately targeted. This one is not, and it should be refactored. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 06:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - Per my explanation below, I am opposed to suggested topic bans from thousands and thousands of articles, either existing or potential, based on "one spat over a single contentious article". If serious accusations are justified, it should be easy to present evidence which would reveal all members of their traveling circus and all topic areas they operated. Only based on such evidence uninvolved administrators can determine who should be topic banned and from what topic areas. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support per User Jehochman (talk · contribs)'s prior warning to Director [141]: "I am alarmed by this edit [142]. You should never reference another editor's religion, race or nationality to challenge their edits or worse to suggest excluding them. This diff is ground to ban you from Wikipedia. Please remove it swiftly. Jehochman Talk 16:44, 2 May 2014 (UTC)". Thank you, IZAK (talk) 07:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support a topic ban for any content relating to Jews, Judaism and anti-semitism, user contributed to and supported the initial wildly anti-semitic article as documented by NebY above, then defended it at all costs. WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:TAGTEAM also seem relevant. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 10:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose a topic ban on communism, the case has not been made out by the nominator or supporters, per my comment above. I do not have a view on whether a topic ban should be implemented regarding the topic of Jews, but I caution the closing admin that this proposal was essentially canvassed in the battleground only, and that should be taken into account. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose more or less exactly as Peacemaker67 and also per Onlyindeathdoesdutyend (diffs are in the "so what?" category). As pointed out in the additional discussion sub-thread, the supports come out of a highly charged content dispute and a lot of the other behaviours (notably the proposer's, USchick) deserve at least equal scrutiny). DeCausa (talk) 12:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support because of the user having defended anti-semitic content for so long and so fiercely, that it's impossible to believe that there is no personal POV involved, even after the user claimed to have changed his mind. GreyWinterOwl (talk) 13:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose. Director's primary mistake was really a matter of WP:AGF, by trusting that the primary source was legitimate. Everything else was based on an attempt to enforce policy and find appropriate resources for the subject. And once the WP:BATTLEFIELD broke out, it's not unnatural to feel backed into a corner and have a few choice words. When the actual source of the work came out, Director apologized and agreed to deletion. That's not the action of an unreasonable editor, and I don't see anything to be gained by sanctioning him. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 15:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose per comment in section 1. Tarc (talk) 15:21, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - He has apologized which is better than nothing, but anyway we should just keep on eye out for now. →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 15:31, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - There is no question the editor was disruptive on the article, but that in itself does not rise to the level of a topic or site ban. Most especially the latter. I choose to assume good faith that this editor is just passionate about the topic of Communism and has no interest in trying to legitimize antisemitic canards. I think many well intentioned supporters of this should rethink their support and try to put themselves in the position of having to defend something you believe is being wrongs associated with. I think we would all feel attacked. And even though the editor was wrong, they apologized when the origins of the article were revealed and reversed themselves. That should be good enough. Thanks. Dave Dial (talk) 16:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've been thinking a bit about how to assume good faith in this situation and what the consequences of that assumption are. IMO the bias in the article (primarily cherry-picking and weight) was so self-evident to a reasonable person that, assuming the editor was engaged in a good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, the issues raised in COMPETENCE#Bias-based come into play. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 18:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Because Wikipedia errs on the side of assuming good faith, the chorus of people opposing a topic ban for Director will probably prevail. In any case, I encourage you to read User:MarkBernstein's essay on his user page. That someone would spend weeks, day in day out, aggressively defending Producer's anti-Semitic POV without recognizing it for what it is seems highly improbable. If you operate on the principle of "do unto others as you would not have them do unto you," then you're counting on people to mistake deviousness for contrition.--Atlantictire (talk) 18:21, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support six month site ban and subsequent topic banning for a period to be decided to community consensus. I find the editor's epithiny unconvincing. Irondome (talk) 23:06, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- oppose User has now realised the questionable sources involved and has apologised. Nothing to be gained by any ban/blocks. The agenda now appears to be driven by a group of editors using Foxmanesque smear tactics. 94.195.46.205 (talk) 04:20, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe when someone makes a full time job of defending blatantly racist content we ought to stop "assuming good faith" with this person. Maybe consider the possibility that they're a, I dunno, manipulative bigot with an agenda and their apology is probably not sincere. Maybe take a look at the Stormfront links posted to Jim Wales' talk page asking like-minded individuals to edit Wikipedia, consider the possibility that they're here, and think about the extent to which you want to allow them to subvert a process such as this one. --Atlantictire (talk) 11:39, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, long on fantasy..short on facts. Who knows, maybe they are even participating in a secret email campaign against Wikipedia to contaminate it with lies, hate, and deception? As I said, Foxmanesque. 94.195.46.205 (talk) 12:38, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Except that it's not...
- [http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t993499/ I just found out that you really are not free to edit Wikipedia pages]
- [http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t225536/ Group of jews taking over Wikipedia]
- [http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t187311/ Edit Wikipedia articles (or anything else on the Internet) anonymously!]
- [http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t888431/ Wikipedia Founder Mocks "Neo-Nazis"]
- [http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t273483/ HELP: Wikipedia EDIT Billy Bragg!]
- ... you get the idea.
- Sorry, what are you implying here? Care to explain what you think this CAMERA project you linked to has to do with the current discussion?--Atlantictire (talk) 13:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- As this is a section concerning User:Director I naturally assume that all your frothings are accusations against him personally. Have you evidence that those posts are by him? As for the link to CAMERA's attempts to subvert wikipedia, that was alluding to user:MarkBernsteins handwaving a few paras down. 94.195.46.205 (talk) 17:16, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Except that it's not...
- Wow, long on fantasy..short on facts. Who knows, maybe they are even participating in a secret email campaign against Wikipedia to contaminate it with lies, hate, and deception? As I said, Foxmanesque. 94.195.46.205 (talk) 12:38, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe when someone makes a full time job of defending blatantly racist content we ought to stop "assuming good faith" with this person. Maybe consider the possibility that they're a, I dunno, manipulative bigot with an agenda and their apology is probably not sincere. Maybe take a look at the Stormfront links posted to Jim Wales' talk page asking like-minded individuals to edit Wikipedia, consider the possibility that they're here, and think about the extent to which you want to allow them to subvert a process such as this one. --Atlantictire (talk) 11:39, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Let's be very clear, 94.195.46.205 . Are you suggesting that user:MarkBernstein is in any way associated to CAMERA, or is WP:NOTHERE to benefit the project? What are you suggesting? MarkBernstein (talk) 17:37, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support Along with agreeing with TFD about disruption and knowledge issues, I find remarks like [143] - really malevolent, nasty- and the POV complaint is 'projecting', in Jungian terms imo Sayerslle (talk) 16:46, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Support. In all honesty I feel these users should be pleased if they only get handed a topic ban. Calidum Go Bruins! 17:46, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
*Oppose Little actual evidence based on user behavior. Verycarefully (talk) 19:18, 15 May 2014 (UTC) -This user has been blocked as a sockpuppet-Smeat75 (talk) 12:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- — Verycarefully (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 19:25, 15 May 2014 (UTC) (UTC).
"This user is currently blocked. The latest block log entry is provided below for reference: 20:57, 15 May 2014 Timotheus Canens blocked Verycarefully with an expiry time of indefinite (account creation disabled)"
(Special:Contributions/Verycarefully) Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 10:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Additional discussion
First, I think you should be looking for feedback from uninvolved editors. Secondly, if you want to hear from the Wikipedia community, WP:AN/I is a better forum for this than WP:AN. You will also need to present diffs outlining specific acts of disruption. Liz Read! Talk! 17:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- This noticeboard is for ban proposals. ANI is for specific incidents. This proposal spans lots of incidents over a long period of time. USchick (talk) 18:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Liz, it's patently obvious that Director and Producer need to be banned, and maybe not just from this article. But they're really symptoms of a bigger issue: how admins enforce the rules. Both Director and Producer are counting on admins who don't really investigate an issue before acting, and who become indignant at suggestions that they've made an ill-informed decision or acted defensively/impulsively.
- I'd be in favor of a checklist of inquiries that ought to be made before punishing someone in response to a complaint. Maybe blocking shouldn't be at the discretion of just one admin.--Atlantictire (talk) 18:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Either is allowable (to be fair to both of you, the guidelines in the headers have a bit of an identity crisis, between the version on the viewable page and the one on edit page), but I daresay you'd get more involvement if this were on ANI. Snow talk 19:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note for admins: An in depth discussion of the behaviour of these two has already been discussed at a controversial afD page in which these two were VERY involved (and, in my opinion, overly controlling of). The discussion led to a near-consensus there calling for a topic ban to be made on Director and Producer/Potocnik. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 18:04, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Summary: Jews and Communism was adapted in late February 2014 by User:Potočnik, then known as Producer, from an article found on the site of a Holocaust denier. Producer and Director worked tirelessly and in concert to avoid changes to the article, almost invariably adopting a combative and threatening tone in Talk and edit comments. Despite its very evident problems, its rancid anti-Semitism, and the discussion at Jimbo, the article survived a March 2014 AfD as No Consensus. The article is again at AfD, where many thousands of words have been expended and where the article has attracted negligible support after the revelation of its roots. Director changed his position from Strong Keep to Delete; Potocnik has been silent.
The Problem: Literally hundreds, perhaps thousands, of volunteer hours have been spent, and tens -- perhaps hundreds -- of thousands of words have been written, in order to keep a vitriolically anti-Semitic attack page off Wikipedia, or at least to reduce the worst aspects of that page. This is a terrible waste. It is clear that two or three dedicated and sophisticated editors, working together and cooperating closely, can tie the project in knots. This page would have been terribly embarrassing to the project if it had received wider media attention but it was also a comparatively easy call; we may not be as lucky in the future. The community needs a forum to consider and address the problems this episode so clearly presents. There will always be anti-Semites and zealots and conspiracy theorists and fanatics eager to spread The Word and capable of "following the sources" to cram racism, anti-semitism, fringe science, and fanaticism into Wikipedia, and where just two or three are gathered together they are extremely difficult or impossible to oppose. We have strong policies against socks, but two or three coordinated ideologues can assume ownership of a page and do nearly anything provided they take care to cherry-pick sources and avoid concerted opposition. If Wikipedia does not address this problem, it will have no future. MarkBernstein (talk) 18:27, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Alright, let's not panic here. Wikipedia does have processes for handling these situations, processes that have not even been exhausted in this case; ArbCom, for example, was never brought in on matters though I think a number of us anticipated it heading in that direction. For that matter, no manner of formal mediation was requested, though postings were made to ANI. It strikes me as a bit histrionic to prophesy the doom of the project over this scenario. You're of course more than welcome (encouraged even) to take any proposals or discussion about new guidelines to WP:Village Pump (policy), but I suspect you'll get mostly comments along the lines of what I have to say here -- that is to say, this situation is well-covered in existing policy and this situation became the chore that it did because those policies were not applied as elegantly as they could have been (venues that could have been explored weren't and administrator involvement was not what it could have been, both of which happen from time to time). Let's also remember that, meatpuppetry (for which we also have policies) aside, two or three editors working ardently against prevailing consensus is not in and of itself problem behaviour -- it's just the reality of Wikipedia and something we depend upon really. That said, clearly there was problematic behaviour involved here, but again, that can all be addressed through existing process (as is being done in this very thread for example), and it makes little sense to me to try to reinvent the wheel when only a portion of the possible solutions we have at our disposal have been tapped. Snow talk 19:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I personally think that article is appalling, as was the behavior of these two editors. During the brief time I was involved in that article, I was attacked by the two of them, and threatened by one. I didn't like some of the talk page comments I saw; I felt that some of them were ugly, raising, in one instance, the religious background of an editor in a gratuitous fashion. Even so, I'd like to see some diffs. Who did what. There is new evidence that much of the article was copied from a racist website. Whoever did the copying should be topic-banned. Whoever abetted that action, ditto. Other specific evidence of bad behavior should also be introduced. Similarly, I'm not sure the timing is correct, though I admit that it is easier to engage in this discussion now, while the article and its talk page still exist. Coretheapple (talk) 19:19, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- The demonstration of the original version's reliance on an article from the Institute for Historical Research is [144]. The talk page's numerous archives -- all since February 2014 -- speak for themselves, as does the outcry at AfD. I'm very concerned by the amount of volunteer time and energy this is requiring, with seemingly unbounded demands for further demonstrations of diffs, evidence, argumentation, surely to come. What is to be done? MarkBernstein (talk) 19:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are lots of diffs listed in the ANI examples. For anyone interested, they can see them there. My concern is with the attitude of the two editors and their tag team effort to shut down any discussion on the talk page and block other editors from participating. This is also documented in the archived talk pages of Jews and Communism and Jewish Bolshevism. USchick (talk) 19:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- It didn't require that much of a deep-dive into the evidence to see the justification for topic bans for both editors. See my comments above. Coretheapple (talk) 20:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are lots of diffs listed in the ANI examples. For anyone interested, they can see them there. My concern is with the attitude of the two editors and their tag team effort to shut down any discussion on the talk page and block other editors from participating. This is also documented in the archived talk pages of Jews and Communism and Jewish Bolshevism. USchick (talk) 19:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Coretheapple, can you elaborate? Was it producer or director that threatened you? Also, can you provide diffs to the talk page comments you speak of? My current opinion is that of a topic ban for Producer, and a 'temporary topic ban' for the likes of Director, but I could easily have their roles the wrong way around.. Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 22:08, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director. See the repeated "warnings" and threats to "report" me at [145], especially the "Please consider yourself formally warned" at 07:27, 27 April 2014. These are the kind of bullying tactics that I found especially dismaying from Director. I don't recall if they came from the other chap too, but to be frank I found their tactics interchangeable. Coretheapple (talk) 23:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- The demonstration of the original version's reliance on an article from the Institute for Historical Research is [144]. The talk page's numerous archives -- all since February 2014 -- speak for themselves, as does the outcry at AfD. I'm very concerned by the amount of volunteer time and energy this is requiring, with seemingly unbounded demands for further demonstrations of diffs, evidence, argumentation, surely to come. What is to be done? MarkBernstein (talk) 19:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
I could write an entire essay here about the highly inappropriate behavior of a large number of editors on that article, the flaming, the accusations of antisemitism, the incessant use of edit-warring as a substitute for discussion, the accusations of sockpuppetry, etc, etc.. But I won't. #1 because the article is being deleted and this is a dead issue, #2 because I just now went away on business and hace nothing but my phone, and #3 because I don't care, tbh. To single out Producer and me for sanctions, imo, defies all logic. The article did turn out to be based in part on some IHR essay - but nobody knew that at that time. I didn't; and the sources checked out. When the IHR thing was revealed, I immediately supported deletion and repeatedly apologized to everyone. If someone wishes to "take revenge" for my defending the article, fine, I won't offer any kind of detailed defense. -- Director (talk) 19:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I respect that you may not have known but it is highly unlikely that the Producer, who created the article, did not --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 19:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director, I deeply appreciate your change of heart on the article. But the fact remains that the article that Producer created was, on its face, an act of anti-Semitic propaganda. One did not have to know chapter and verse or its precise origins to see that. But you dove right in and acted as his trusty right hand, Robin to his Batman, or perhaps the second Batman. I don't think that you should be punished. But I do think that you need to be separated from articles on this subject for the good of the project. Coretheapple (talk) 20:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Also, and this is why we're here, it is not a dead issue. If indeed this article is deleted, as is entirely possible as it seems to be a WP:SNOW situation, I am sure Son of Jews and Communism will rear its ugly head in the blink of an eye. Coretheapple (talk) 20:35, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director, has it not occurred to you that the recurrent suggestion of antisemitism at work in the motives of those defending the content might be related to the fact that the content itself was perceived to be indicative of the type of synthesis of facts consistent with an antisemitic view, a fact that was borne out once we discovered the origins of the content? Other contributors saw that at once. You interpreted the content differently and did not detect that underlying motive at work. That's fine, and nobody expects every editor to catch something along those lines, and I for one take it on faith you were operating as to what you thought was the approrpiate approach to the content. But is unreasonable in this context to not understand the suspicion of others, when there was promotion of obviously antisemitic material at work and when you would like, presumably, for others to be understanding of your good faith support of that material. You may notice that, despite having considerable reservations about your behaviour on that article and it's talk page, I've gone out of my way to advise restraint in regards to sanctions against you, on the hope that your change of position reflects that you're capable of reforming your approach a little. But you're not helping the case for that approach when you don't own up to how you contributed to the mess that became of that situation. And here I'm not longer talking about the antisemitic issue at all, but rather your tendency to see everyone else as the problem and you as the besieged party. You went into full-on battle-mode on that page. You were unreceptive to opposing arguments and frequently uncivil, both in terms of denigrating your opposition's perspectives and, most especially, ignoring WP:AGF, the very principle to which you would now like to appeal, constantly. Having seen this situation play out many, many times on the noticeboards, I'm telling you that you have a very limited window here to get out ahead of things, but it requires owning up to your mistakes in full (that is, not just as regards being duped by material), and commiting to another approach. If editing on Wikipedia and in these areas is important to you, I'd do it fast, before the votes stack, even if your circumstances allow only a small message. Snow talk 20:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- To justify a topic ban from 'Jews' and 'Communism' evidence needs to be presented of significant disruption in the topic area. One spat over a single contentious article is not enough to justify a topic ban from thousands and thousands of articles, either existing or potential. Only in death does duty end (talk) 20:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Disruption spans across Jews and Communism, Jewish Bolshevism, and Leon Trotsky with many discussions about What is Communism, [146] Who killed the tzar [147], Who is a Jew [148]. I would say a broad range of topics has already been covered. USchick (talk) 21:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's also worth noting that, while Only in Death's perspective (that disruption on a single, or low number, of articles does not constitute cause for a topic ban) is valid personal position on what is appropriate here, it is not a bar which is required by policy or the block process itself; many topic bans have been instituted for editors whose contentious behaviour was linked to a particular inflexible perspective deemed likely to spill over into other articles. I will say though that OiD's point as to the breadth of topics that would be banned is worth taking under advisement; between those two topics, a significant number of articles would be barred to the editors. That's part of the reason I have reservations in Director's case. With regard to Producer, I dare say it's obvious his issues with NPOV on the Jewish people are problematic beyond repair. Director, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have come into conflict with other editors because of a devotion to the subject matter; rather that conflict stemmed from what he perceived as a matter of editing principle. His issues are more with general civility and the ability to collaborate harmoniously with other editor's and are not tied up with any one particular topic. Which makes a topic ban a dubious solution for dealing with him. I think what is called for in his case is outreach as regards general behaviour and, if that fails in the long-run, a more general sanction/block. Snowtalk 21:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Precisely for this reason I nominated them separately, for individual consideration. Thank your for putting it so eloquently. USchick (talk) 22:02, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Snow, my opinion is practically a mirror of yours. I concur with Snow's stance on Director precisely. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 22:12, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's also worth noting that, while Only in Death's perspective (that disruption on a single, or low number, of articles does not constitute cause for a topic ban) is valid personal position on what is appropriate here, it is not a bar which is required by policy or the block process itself; many topic bans have been instituted for editors whose contentious behaviour was linked to a particular inflexible perspective deemed likely to spill over into other articles. I will say though that OiD's point as to the breadth of topics that would be banned is worth taking under advisement; between those two topics, a significant number of articles would be barred to the editors. That's part of the reason I have reservations in Director's case. With regard to Producer, I dare say it's obvious his issues with NPOV on the Jewish people are problematic beyond repair. Director, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have come into conflict with other editors because of a devotion to the subject matter; rather that conflict stemmed from what he perceived as a matter of editing principle. His issues are more with general civility and the ability to collaborate harmoniously with other editor's and are not tied up with any one particular topic. Which makes a topic ban a dubious solution for dealing with him. I think what is called for in his case is outreach as regards general behaviour and, if that fails in the long-run, a more general sanction/block. Snowtalk 21:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Disruption spans across Jews and Communism, Jewish Bolshevism, and Leon Trotsky with many discussions about What is Communism, [146] Who killed the tzar [147], Who is a Jew [148]. I would say a broad range of topics has already been covered. USchick (talk) 21:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Is there anything in Director's editing history that makes you believe that his future contributions to Wikipedia outweigh the risk episodes like this one pose to the project? Yes, Director was staunch in defending policy and standing by his sources -- but only his sources were permitted throughout the article's regrettable life. Only two days ago, he prepared a spirited defense of the page, stating that the entire nomination was deceitful: "Folks, you're being lied to regarding what the article is and what its about. The deletion rationale is an appeal to emotion, and is aimed to gather WP:VOTES on such a basis. Nothing in it is accurate nor factual…. Furthermore: such ridiculous accusations push forward a right-wing, practically Reaganite political agenda.[149]. I particularly draw attention to the dog-whistle allegation about vote-gathering, but more generally to the tone and incivility. This is not the language of an editor who is working collaboratively to improve the encyclopedia. MarkBernstein (talk) 22:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Like I said before, the problem I have with the whole situation is that it IS largely unclear who did what. I'm not saying I agree with Director's ethic, but he has a right to say what he said on the afD discussion (no matter how mislead it may be) - we can't punish him in that regard. It's his opinion, and it may be blunt, but it isn't so far as being a personal attack. If you were to provide diffs and references proving that only his sources were permitted through the article's agreeably regrettable life, my opinion could easily sway.. but from an NPOV, I don't think we can judge his behaviour unless more raw proof is provided. Then again, if Director had been making these edits behind an IP rather than a fancy account, he may well already have been banned entirely by now.. all in all, I just don't want to judge pre-emptively.Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 22:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- And, much as I like to avoid using an essay in circumstances where a very fine policy determination needs to be made, it's rather hard to imagine a situation to which WP:Rope would better apply. I'll be clear on this -- I stuck to the ANI discussion and avoided the talk page and even a firm position in the AfD outside of behavioural arguments until the eleventh hour for the very specific reason that I was more concerned with the constant breaks with general civility than anything else and I anticipated that an uninvolved editor would be required to take the matter before another administrator or even ArbCom. I fully expected to have to take that action within a few days. Director's reversal in the AfD backed me away from that perspective, ever so slightly -- just enough that I felt it warranted to give him another opportunity to digest the situation and learn better of boring full steam ahead, deflecting the concerns of large numbers of editors and viewing such contributors as obstinate obstacles rather than collaborators with whom he must work. I am not in any way yet convinced he has taken that lesson to heart, but I think policy and the circumstances compel us to give him one very limited opportunity to prove that he can before we condemn him outright. If he can't do that, then the topic ban proposed here in insufficient and not well-targeted at his style of disruption, and a general block of at least six months to a year, if not indefinite, is what I would view as the recommendable course of action, though course, if it comes to that, the exact sanction will be at the discretion of the reviewing admin or committee. Snowtalk 22:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- All I saw was "sources - reliable - attacked - defend!", and by an editor I've known for years to be highly careful about sourcing and very neutral in his approach (not just me either, see Peacemaker's input) - and the topic was one that could only be expected to draw emotional reaponses no matter how reliable and thorough the sourcing. There really was no evidence for SYNTH, or any kind of serious wrongdoing - until months have past and some really impressive detective work uncovered the collection of sources to have been those cherry-picked by a racist essay. At that point I actually felt physically ill, not only at discovering the source, but also at having wasted so much effort at being so utterly wrong. I had previously said I'd move for deletion myself if something like that turned out to be the case (I checked the sources, found them to be reliable, and was confident), so when it did turn out that way, I did a 180.
- And, much as I like to avoid using an essay in circumstances where a very fine policy determination needs to be made, it's rather hard to imagine a situation to which WP:Rope would better apply. I'll be clear on this -- I stuck to the ANI discussion and avoided the talk page and even a firm position in the AfD outside of behavioural arguments until the eleventh hour for the very specific reason that I was more concerned with the constant breaks with general civility than anything else and I anticipated that an uninvolved editor would be required to take the matter before another administrator or even ArbCom. I fully expected to have to take that action within a few days. Director's reversal in the AfD backed me away from that perspective, ever so slightly -- just enough that I felt it warranted to give him another opportunity to digest the situation and learn better of boring full steam ahead, deflecting the concerns of large numbers of editors and viewing such contributors as obstinate obstacles rather than collaborators with whom he must work. I am not in any way yet convinced he has taken that lesson to heart, but I think policy and the circumstances compel us to give him one very limited opportunity to prove that he can before we condemn him outright. If he can't do that, then the topic ban proposed here in insufficient and not well-targeted at his style of disruption, and a general block of at least six months to a year, if not indefinite, is what I would view as the recommendable course of action, though course, if it comes to that, the exact sanction will be at the discretion of the reviewing admin or committee. Snowtalk 22:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Like I said before, the problem I have with the whole situation is that it IS largely unclear who did what. I'm not saying I agree with Director's ethic, but he has a right to say what he said on the afD discussion (no matter how mislead it may be) - we can't punish him in that regard. It's his opinion, and it may be blunt, but it isn't so far as being a personal attack. If you were to provide diffs and references proving that only his sources were permitted through the article's agreeably regrettable life, my opinion could easily sway.. but from an NPOV, I don't think we can judge his behaviour unless more raw proof is provided. Then again, if Director had been making these edits behind an IP rather than a fancy account, he may well already have been banned entirely by now.. all in all, I just don't want to judge pre-emptively.Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 22:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Is there anything in Director's editing history that makes you believe that his future contributions to Wikipedia outweigh the risk episodes like this one pose to the project? Yes, Director was staunch in defending policy and standing by his sources -- but only his sources were permitted throughout the article's regrettable life. Only two days ago, he prepared a spirited defense of the page, stating that the entire nomination was deceitful: "Folks, you're being lied to regarding what the article is and what its about. The deletion rationale is an appeal to emotion, and is aimed to gather WP:VOTES on such a basis. Nothing in it is accurate nor factual…. Furthermore: such ridiculous accusations push forward a right-wing, practically Reaganite political agenda.[149]. I particularly draw attention to the dog-whistle allegation about vote-gathering, but more generally to the tone and incivility. This is not the language of an editor who is working collaboratively to improve the encyclopedia. MarkBernstein (talk) 22:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I still think I acted correctly given the information I had, but I nevertheless apologize for the sheer gravity of the error. I am always annoyed, perhaps to an undue degree, by arguments that I perceive to be borne out of prejudice or bias, hence my strong defense of the sources. It felt weird to me to, but ignoring my gut and going with cold principles, following protocol, its a big part of what I do in real life. And for that I don't apologize, that's how science works, that's how medicine works, that's how Wiki works.
- At the AfD I apologized to anyone offended by my conduct, which, admittedly, stripped as it is now of its "righteous cause" (of defending reliable sources), does indeed render into sheer rudeness. But viewed in the context of what we had in terms of evidence at that time, I can't bring myself to view it as "disruption". I shall not grovel, nor will I now attack my fellow Wikipedian of many years, regardless of what he put me (and others) through. I find kicking one when he's down distasteful, regardless of whether he deserves to be down. -- Director (talk) 19:59, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, I know you like to present yourself as a scientific kind of guy. But then you let slip something like this: IZAK is a religious Jewish person with an agenda to disassociate Jews and Communism to the best of his POV-pushing ability. That's a fact. He should leave. Yeah, I know, you deleted it, you hoped people would forget you ever said it. But you did, and I have to tell you frankly that your entire approach seemed to reflect the kind of viewpoint that is reflected there. I.e., that your "opponents" were "religious Jews" and "emotional" and ought to get the hell out of the article. That's not what you said, except in this instance, but it was your attitude. It's not a very nice viewpoint, and in fact, I think it's downright ugly. Scientific? A product of "cold principles"? Eh, not exactly. I would feel a lot better if you were a little bit more upfront about your actual attitudes. Coretheapple (talk) 19:44, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yah. If you're a member of a group, any group, and if you're religious, you're likely to be offended by your group being connected to Communism - completely regardless of whether that's actually warranted or not. That's an objective fact, "scientific", if you will. And the comment was posted in light of yet another of IZAK's edit wars to introduce changes without consensus, or even proper talkpage discussion. Introducing lists of his favorite religious leaders and whatnot. I said he should leave because he just stopped discussing and simply reverted to edit war. Religious bias is not new as a problem this project has to face. Note also that I have not infrequently called out my own countrymen for nationalist bias when I see it blatantly raise its ugly head. The lesson there is: "science" (or rather objective observations) by no means need be pretty. -- Director (talk) 20:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- The thing is, editing on Wikipedia requires more than just a nominal dislike of bias; it requires genuine patience with views you don't ascribe much value to. This need for tolerance of opposing perspectives is not just a matter of maintaining civility and keeping discussions from blowing up as they did in this case, though that role is crucial to our work here; it's also useful because sometimes you're really, really sure that you right about something...when in fact you aren't. You've just described the sources that informed upon the article as "cherry-picked" - that is in fact the precise argument that a number of involved editors used to call the article into question, suggesting that selective sourcing of trivial facts were being used to formulate a notion not supported by legitimate sourcing on the topic. High as your regard is for your approach as scientific, your empirical nose failed to detect the odor rising from these claims, whereas some of your fellow editors did sense it, many of whom you actively derided for the position. So it doesn't really serve to excuse your excesses in terms of defense against bias, especially given the level of virulence involved, when it seems that you were applying the most bias yourself, albeit partially as a result of an exercise in trust.
- I come from a background in science myself, and I know of no academic or research institution, not any organization devoted to a genuinely "scientific" approach to tackling problems, that would have allowed you to try to make your arguments the way that you did in this case -- that is, in such an obstinate and uncivil manner; those kinds of attitudes are viewed very dimly in scientific literature, in lecture halls, at conferences, in debates, and anywhere else where scientific consensus is typically formulated. I wish I could say such attitudes and personal arrogance were absent entirely from the process of contemporary scientific process -- they certainly aren't -- but they aren't typically tolerated as appropriate to public discourse at least. And, thankfully, neither are they welcome on Wikipedia. Anybody can state that they have depersonalized "scientific" way of approaching problems, but the mere proclamation doesn't necessarily make them a particularly good standard-bearers for those ideals in reality, and I've often observed that those who make such announcements outside of context of actual science often have the most tenuous grasp of such notions.
- And on the topic of empirical validation, I don't really have enough prior experience with you to know if this is an isolated incident or typical of your approach to discussion, but I do think that your perspective as voiced here...
- "At the AfD I apologized to anyone offended by my conduct, which, admittedly, stripped as it is now of its "righteous cause" (of defending reliable sources), does indeed render into sheer rudeness. But viewed in the context of what we had in terms of evidence at that time, I can't bring myself to view it as 'disruption'."
- ...is really at the crux of the matter. You should be writing every single posting in a Wikipedia discussion, every last one, so that, if it is stripped of its "righteous cause" (or any motivation, virtuous or petty), it still will not come across as rude. Because if it's rude when you're in the wrong about the matter being discussed, it's almost certainly still rude if you're in the right; rudeness is not really directly correlated to the strength of your factual or policy argument -- it's about respect and how you make your argument. And if your comments aren't composed to avoid incivility, regardless of the strength of your positions, the behaviour is disruptive, by default. It's not really my place to lecture you sanctimoniously as to what lesson you should learn here, but if there is one I would hope you should learn from this fiasco, it's that. I certainly can't think of a better general piece of advice to give any contributor. Snowtalk 01:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'd put it this way. I find that Director's continued ignorance of the ugliness and unacceptable character of his words, his utter absence of respect for other editors, his judging of them on the basis of their religion, his stratospheric arrogance, to be nothing less than chilling. I must say that I am starting to have a lot of trouble accepting the sincerity of his mea culpa. It strikes me as being purely expedient and not in any way reassuring that he won't "objectively" decide someday to go on the offensive in an article like this again. Coretheapple (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, only time will tell. Snowtalk 05:30, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- @"You should be writing every single posting in a Wikipedia discussion, every last one, so that, if it is stripped of its "righteous cause" (or any motivation, virtuous or petty), it still will not come across as rude." - That would be the ideal, and I did apologize for the conduct you refer to. However, that is just not how the human mind perceives rudeness.. or else you would be reporting MarkBernstein for his outrageously offensive conduct, in my view far more vitriolic than anything I ever wrote. Of corse, him being right, it seems its ok if he repeatedly claims I support antisemitism, implying I knowingly did so. That's personal attack and slander of the highest order. Why isn't he "on trial" here? I'm not saying he should be, but I hope I got my point across. If I was "right", and I was opposing censorship of reliable non-cherry-picked sources against biased POV-pushers deliberately disrupting the article, then I doubt my conduct would be perceived in such a negative light.
- @Coretheapple, I think I have explained exactly and honestly what I'm sorry for, and what I'm not. I don't see what there is for you to speculate about. I'm not sorry for calling on an edit warrior to spare us his disruption, or to stop pushing a POV. You can perceive that as whatever you like, I can't alter your preconceptions. What I am sorry for is wherever I was unduly zealous in defending the cherry-picked sources, as well as for the error itself. -- Director (talk) 11:28, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's not a question of "sorry" as much as it is one of whether there will be problems in the future. As I keep saying, the aim of a topic ban is preventive, not punitive. I think your declaration on your talk page [150] and above [151] that you're "self-banning" from topics relating to Jews is a positive step. Coretheapple (talk) 13:52, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, only time will tell. Snowtalk 05:30, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'd put it this way. I find that Director's continued ignorance of the ugliness and unacceptable character of his words, his utter absence of respect for other editors, his judging of them on the basis of their religion, his stratospheric arrogance, to be nothing less than chilling. I must say that I am starting to have a lot of trouble accepting the sincerity of his mea culpa. It strikes me as being purely expedient and not in any way reassuring that he won't "objectively" decide someday to go on the offensive in an article like this again. Coretheapple (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- ...is really at the crux of the matter. You should be writing every single posting in a Wikipedia discussion, every last one, so that, if it is stripped of its "righteous cause" (or any motivation, virtuous or petty), it still will not come across as rude. Because if it's rude when you're in the wrong about the matter being discussed, it's almost certainly still rude if you're in the right; rudeness is not really directly correlated to the strength of your factual or policy argument -- it's about respect and how you make your argument. And if your comments aren't composed to avoid incivility, regardless of the strength of your positions, the behaviour is disruptive, by default. It's not really my place to lecture you sanctimoniously as to what lesson you should learn here, but if there is one I would hope you should learn from this fiasco, it's that. I certainly can't think of a better general piece of advice to give any contributor. Snowtalk 01:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- "Spat" - seriously? You're characterising antisemitism as "a quarrel about an unimportant matter"? Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 12:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Two editors who edited wikipedia for many years are faced with very serious accusations for travelling circus and all kind of disruptive behavior. Editors who made such accusations (and maybe administrator (Jehochman) who indeffed them) should present evidence (in form of diffs) for their accusations within reasonable period of time.
- I agree with opinion that "disruption on a single, or low number, of articles does not constitute cause for a topic ban". That is why it would be good, if accusations would be proven, to check if there are more members of their travelling circus (this should not be difficult because there are efficient tools for interaction analysis) and to define what topic areas they covered. Based on this it would be possible to determine who should be banned and from what topic areas.
- If accusations remain unjustified within reasonable period of time, something should be done to prevent unjustified accusations against those two editors in future.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Additional examples:
- In this lively debate [152] Director provides a source to prove his point about Lenin. Then when I attempt to use the same source to prove a different point, he wants to shut down the discussion.
- In a discussion about Secret Police there was a math error. [153] Director claimed that no one was allowed to make any edits until Producer showed up. Like no one else can count?
- Atlantictire was blocked over a dispute that was content related. And then he lost it. I tried to console him and Producer took me to ANI over this statement on his talk page [154]. I don't know how to find the ANI discussion. Really, there are plenty of diffs linked in this discussion already if anyone is interested in following them. USchick (talk) 22:50, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Trotsky poster discussion [155] went to ANI [156] and showed up again in an unrelated article. [157].
- Director had a right to disagree with the AfD nomination, but he did not have a right to call it a lie. It was not. He did not have a right to claim that nothing in the nomination was accurate or factual; that claim was untrue. He did not have a right to call them ridiculous, or to characterize them as a right-wing; that's both untrue and a personal attack. Read the whole sorry talk page -- it's only two or three months, and you can read it all in a few hours. Director and Producer are counting on you not to bother. They can and will issue, just as they have repeatedly issued, personal attacks without sanction against any and all editors trying to improve their articles, and it seems people will continue to ask for more evidence and more WP:ROPE. Please turn out the lights when you leave, OK? MarkBernstein (talk) 22:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- WP:ROPE can be better applied in case of the editors supporting these suggested topic bans from thousands and thousands of articles, either existing or potential, based on "one spat over a single contentious article". If your accusations are justified, it should be easy to present evidence which would reveal all members of their traveling circus and all topic areas they operated.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't personally believe such a cabal of editors exists. Frankly, I think that the collaboration between Director and Producer alone has been overemphasized, a determination I make from my own observations of the present article as well as procedural discussion of their past behaviours. An SPI failed to find an geolocative link between them, and though this does not rule out meatpuppetry, neither have we firm evidence along these lines that I have been able to turn up. There's also this discussion, in which the link is explored and users DeCausa and TParis imply that the two have frequently been at eachother's throats in other discussions pertaining to Eastern European articles. There were past issues referenced by FkpCascais concerning Director and Producer in this discussion on Jimbo's page, surrounding a past discussion surrounding Chetniks and collaborative behaviour between the two, but he references no other parties and I never dug up the discussion to observe the nature of their interaction there.. I don't know what to make of the ultimate likelihood that meatpuppetry is at work here. I rather get the feeling that what we are talking about is two very tenacious and combative editors who work in similar areas and that sometimes butt heads, but when their interests converge, they have no qualms with combining their considerably dogged (and frequently vitriolic) efforts to try to tear down any dissent to their preferred approach. They could be collaborating off-wiki, or these combined efforts could be the result of entirely incidental cross over in interests, but I think their motives at the very least could be said to be very different in most cases. In any event, I don't think a link needs to be established to prove that their behaviour has been collectively disruptive and generally inappropriate, but their violations of policy are not identical in form or context, so I'm doubtful of the "traveling circus" hypothesis or that it can inform significantly on how to deal with them. Snow talk 00:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- WP:ROPE can be better applied in case of the editors supporting these suggested topic bans from thousands and thousands of articles, either existing or potential, based on "one spat over a single contentious article". If your accusations are justified, it should be easy to present evidence which would reveal all members of their traveling circus and all topic areas they operated.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Director had a right to disagree with the AfD nomination, but he did not have a right to call it a lie. It was not. He did not have a right to claim that nothing in the nomination was accurate or factual; that claim was untrue. He did not have a right to call them ridiculous, or to characterize them as a right-wing; that's both untrue and a personal attack. Read the whole sorry talk page -- it's only two or three months, and you can read it all in a few hours. Director and Producer are counting on you not to bother. They can and will issue, just as they have repeatedly issued, personal attacks without sanction against any and all editors trying to improve their articles, and it seems people will continue to ask for more evidence and more WP:ROPE. Please turn out the lights when you leave, OK? MarkBernstein (talk) 22:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Many, maybe most, of the editors supporting these suggested topic bans I have never seen at AN befroe, which worries me. How did they get here? Were they canvassed? Was the canvassing of all' participants in the various discussions, or only those on one side? If this truly a fair hearing or a kangaroo court? BMK (talk) 22:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- The only place this discussion was announced is here Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Jews and Communism (2nd nomination)#Proposed sanctions. Everyone commenting was personally involved in some way. USchick (talk) 22:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- So, what you're saying is that almost everyone -- or let's says a large percentage of everyone -- who has commented here is on the opposite side of the issue from Producer and Direktor. yes? Doesn't that strike you as a problem, that the people who will decide if those two should be topic banned are those who strongly disagree with them on that topic? BMK (talk) 23:06, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- To make matters worse, they are proposed for topic ban from Jews and Communism although the most important point at related AfD was that it is wrong to connect Jews and Communism.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Don't you think it's strange for 2 people to have created so much animosity toward themselves? If you can find any supporters they have, feel free to canvass for them. The people here all have different opinions about the topic, but strangely enough, they all agree to ban 2 very offensive editors. USchick (talk) 23:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I had no association with Director or Producer before the AfD. Most people who have voted thus far first met the likes of Director and Producer at the AfD page, with a few exceptions. After making judgement there, as seen on the AfD page, we decided the best thing to do next was to pursue a topic ban. No "personal biases" against Producer nor Director existed for the vast majority of us, as most of us (I'd think) stumbled upon this whole fiasco via the Articles for Deletion page.. our initial judgement was made there and then was carried here. Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 23:20, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- (ec) Sorry, but I see a lot of personal animosity and groupthink in your statement above ("the likes of...", "we decided", "our initial judgment"). I agree with Liz that we need the opinions of uninvolved editors in this matter. BMK (talk) 23:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- By "we", and "our", I meant those who came here from the AfD page by the means of consensus, not the entire group, although I do recognize your point.. from your perspective it's understandable. As you can see by the intense debate above, there isn't really any 'groupthink' amongst those who came here from AfD. I'm relatively uninvolved in the whole fiasco, and in fact I came in to contribute to the AfD as someone who was precisely that; uninvolved. Obviously, it would be better for more uninvolved users to come and contribute.. but just because a user has contributed to a discussion on an AfD page doesn't render them illegitimate in the regard of offering their opinion about related topic bans.. my choice of the word "we" held the meaning of "those who came from the AfD page", not "We, the group of collaborators". Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 23:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- (ec) Sorry, but I see a lot of personal animosity and groupthink in your statement above ("the likes of...", "we decided", "our initial judgment"). I agree with Liz that we need the opinions of uninvolved editors in this matter. BMK (talk) 23:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Animosities are not valid arguments for a ban. Not all editors here agree about the ban. At least not such widely defined, unless evidence is presented about members of the circus and all topic areas they covered. Only based on such evidence uninvolved administrators can determine who should be topic banned and from what topic areas.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- BMK, "the people who will decide if those two should be topic banned are" certainly not "those who strongly disagree with them on that topic". That's not how Wikipedia works and I suspect everyone here knows that - yourself included. NebY (talk) 23:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Can you be clearer? BMK (talk) 23:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'll try. You asked "If this truly a fair hearing or a kangaroo court?" and "Doesn't that strike you as a problem, that the people who will decide if those two should be topic banned are those who strongly disagree with them on that topic?" I'm answering that your premise is wrong: the editors who are making a case for bans or other measures know full well that they will not get to decide, that they will not have the opportunity to be the judges in a kangaroo court. They are making a case - or rather several cases, as usual - and discussing the matter. This is normal, this is how the process works. You've been around a long time and I think I've seen you participating in ban discussions before, so you know this already. Or am I wrong? NebY (talk) 00:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC) Ah - I see I was. One editor didn't quite grasp the need for uninvolved editors to participate. Sorry. NebY (talk) 00:17, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Can you be clearer? BMK (talk) 23:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- To make matters worse, they are proposed for topic ban from Jews and Communism although the most important point at related AfD was that it is wrong to connect Jews and Communism.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- So, what you're saying is that almost everyone -- or let's says a large percentage of everyone -- who has commented here is on the opposite side of the issue from Producer and Direktor. yes? Doesn't that strike you as a problem, that the people who will decide if those two should be topic banned are those who strongly disagree with them on that topic? BMK (talk) 23:06, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- The only place this discussion was announced is here Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Jews and Communism (2nd nomination)#Proposed sanctions. Everyone commenting was personally involved in some way. USchick (talk) 22:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- What bothers me is that Director emphatically stated that the article was neutral and impugned the motives of editors who said it was anti-Semitic. Even now he suggests that there was no way of knowing this without seeing the comparison with the IHR article, and that editors who recognized this weakness in the article before the comparison was presented were acting in bad faith. He stubbornly defended the article instead of doing basic research to see whether this presentation was consistent with academic literature. I commend him for finally backing down in the second AfD.
- But I think a break from this topic is in order. If any editors plan to revisit the topic and create new articles, I think his participation would continue to be disruptive. Furthermore, he has no particular expertise in the area and has not done any in-depth research. His participation was mostly fighting to maintain the status quo in the article.
- TFD (talk) 23:23, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Both subjects. Everything to do with Jews and everything to do with Communism. As stated in the original proposal. USchick (talk) 23:36, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't submit the report, but I think a topic ban for Judaism is more appropriate than JudaismandCommunism, due to the main issue being the promotion of antisemitic views on the website --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 23:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Not everyone agrees that antisemitism is a problem in this case. Just like not everyone here agrees on the topic of Jews and Communism. However, everyone agrees that Director and Producer should be banned form these topics (Director to a lesser extent). USchick (talk) 23:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- "Everyone agrees" - So, you're ignoring the one oppose !vote? BMK (talk) 23:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- The one "oppose" vote is a non involved party. As the nominator, i specifically asked for involved parties on both sides of the Jewish/Communist argument (yes there are both sides) to comment. Maybe that's the wrong approach? Maybe only non involved parties should comment? The problem with that, is Producer/Director are very skilled at policy and at tag teaming against everyone else to the point where lots of us have been sanctioned because of this ongoing situation. Some people have been banned and are not here. My intention is to see if there is any community consensus for a topic ban and to do it while the evidence is still here. (Pending AfD) What's funny, is that early on, people were worried that no one would find this discussion to participate in it. USchick (talk) 00:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, you've just proved me wrong - I told BMK everyone here seemed to understand the process. Everyone can comment but no decision to ban will be made without the participation of uninvolved members of the community. NebY (talk) 00:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Non involved members voted here as well. But the one "oppose" vote is from a non involved party. To see who is involved or not is very easy. Anyone not voting on the AfD is not involved in any way. Here's a link of people voting in the AfD [158]USchick (talk) 00:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'd be massively oversimplifying if I said that the closing administrator will look for consensus among the uninvolved editors and ignore the involved ones. But you might do well to continue as if that was true. NebY (talk) 00:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I made the nomination, but I honestly didn't expect this much support. I'm not looking to sway the jury, let the community decide what to do. USchick (talk) 00:31, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's worth noting that a number of editors who responded to the AfD had no previous involvement in the article or the caustic situation on its talk page. Still others came to be involved through the ANI postings and did not contribute opinions to the content of the article itself so much as the behaviour of certain parties already operating there. A look at the talk page suggests that involvement in the discussion here does not seem to rely exclusively upon those who were already in conflict over the article, though of course those parties are welcome to have their say and their knowledge of specific incidents of disruption is necessary to make heads or tails of this situation. Snowtalk 00:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- The problem is that with a topic ban discussion which appears, from the nominator's comments here, to have been set up in a deliberately partisan fashion, it's likely that the closing admin will note the lack of !votes from uninvolved editors and close it without action -- especially when there's a distinct lack of evidence presented. BMK (talk) 03:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That would be unfortunate. Instructions at WP:TBAN don't explain that only non involved editors are allowed to comment. No where does it say how to nominate someone for a topic ban or what will be considered, only that it takes community consensus. So basically, you have to be an experienced admin to understand the process. Producer and Director are allowed to get away with terrorizing editors simply because they have experience with the system as repeat offenders and bullies. I don't know how many more diffs I could possibly provide as examples because no one seems to care about the examples already provided. I hope admins will consider the volumes already written in previous ANI complaints and the time required to babysit these 2 editors on complaint boards, not to mention wasted electricity by the combined effort of all involved. This is a recurring complaint, and if I knew how to link to all the other similar complaints, I would, but seriously, unlike the 2 editors nominated, who have lots and lots of Wikipedia edits, I have a life. Unless questions are directed at me personally, I don't plan to contribute anything else to this discussion. I trust that the Wikipedia community will do the right thing, whatever you decide that to be. I hope by bringing this to light, enough people are aware now of the Producer/Director duo. Save this link, because someone will want to link to it again in the near future. USchick (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- p.s. Some of the complaints can't be found because they happened at The Jewish Bolshevism article which has since been deleted along with the edit history. This is why this nomination is taking place now, before the AfD for Jews and Communism is finished. USchick (talk) 05:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have to say that in my decade on Wikipedia, I've rarely or never seen any discussion which was primarily lead by "uninvolved" editors, at least not if one uses such a narrow definition of "involved" as "voted a particular way on deletion of an article". I've been at the article in question since April 28th, in response to an ANI discussion asking for more eyes back then. I've seen Director (mostly) and Producer (a little) in action, and that enables me to have an informed opinion about their behaviour in this topic. Does that make me "involved" or merely "informed"? --Stephan Schulz (talk) 05:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, the nom's original posting may not have made the case it might have, lacking diffs, but there are now dozens of diffs and links to discussions above which supply a pretty cohesive picture of the behaviours being weighed here; I'd say there's as much evidence as you're ever likely to find for such a proposal, whatever one's disposition to that evidence. Mind you, I'm one of the few editors who has commented so far who doesn't feel that the case is an open-and-shut one for both editors, but even I don't contest that the behaviours of both have been disruptive in the extreme -- one need only look at the one talk page to establish that much. I'm simply uncertain as to whether the solution being proposed here is the ideal one under the circumstances. With regard to Producer, my hesitation hinges on the fact that I have not seen the side-by-side of the source which the article was apparently lifted from and the article itself, but if blatant plagiarism is involved (from an antisemitic fringe source, no less) then it's unlikely the responding administrator will find reason to stop and count !votes as they aren't particularly necessary or relevant in that context. Director is a more nuanced case, and though I would have preferred to have waited to see whether he would continue to operate in the same manner as he has before launching such a discussion as this with regard to him, it's hard to fault those who wanted to curtail his combative behaviour.
- The problem is that with a topic ban discussion which appears, from the nominator's comments here, to have been set up in a deliberately partisan fashion, it's likely that the closing admin will note the lack of !votes from uninvolved editors and close it without action -- especially when there's a distinct lack of evidence presented. BMK (talk) 03:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I'd be massively oversimplifying if I said that the closing administrator will look for consensus among the uninvolved editors and ignore the involved ones. But you might do well to continue as if that was true. NebY (talk) 00:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Non involved members voted here as well. But the one "oppose" vote is from a non involved party. To see who is involved or not is very easy. Anyone not voting on the AfD is not involved in any way. Here's a link of people voting in the AfD [158]USchick (talk) 00:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, you've just proved me wrong - I told BMK everyone here seemed to understand the process. Everyone can comment but no decision to ban will be made without the participation of uninvolved members of the community. NebY (talk) 00:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- The one "oppose" vote is a non involved party. As the nominator, i specifically asked for involved parties on both sides of the Jewish/Communist argument (yes there are both sides) to comment. Maybe that's the wrong approach? Maybe only non involved parties should comment? The problem with that, is Producer/Director are very skilled at policy and at tag teaming against everyone else to the point where lots of us have been sanctioned because of this ongoing situation. Some people have been banned and are not here. My intention is to see if there is any community consensus for a topic ban and to do it while the evidence is still here. (Pending AfD) What's funny, is that early on, people were worried that no one would find this discussion to participate in it. USchick (talk) 00:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- "Everyone agrees" - So, you're ignoring the one oppose !vote? BMK (talk) 23:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Not everyone agrees that antisemitism is a problem in this case. Just like not everyone here agrees on the topic of Jews and Communism. However, everyone agrees that Director and Producer should be banned form these topics (Director to a lesser extent). USchick (talk) 23:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't submit the report, but I think a topic ban for Judaism is more appropriate than JudaismandCommunism, due to the main issue being the promotion of antisemitic views on the website --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 23:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- In any event, I must, with respect, also disagree with your characterization that there is a dearth of uninvolved editors voting, as a number of those who have commented here were not involved in any form of content dispute with either editor, and commented here seemingly as a result of coming to a dim view, through the prism of one of the ANIs or AfDs, of the pair's tactics. Editors who were not involved in said content disputes, or who gave only an opinion within the narrow context of the most recent AfD without having had any opportunity to come into conflict with either party, can generally be said to be about as uninvolved as anyone who came across this matter just by checking the noticeboards. Administrators operating in this venue are familiar enough with this song and dance to know how to review the pertinent discussions in enough detail to see which editors have a truly neutral disposition to the matter, and which might have been biased by the ongoing arguments surrounding the article, and weight their perspectives accordingly in determining the broader consensus. Unless unduly influenced by our very conversation here on the matter, this is not an example of a situation where I anticipate the responding editor would be likely to dismiss the concerns raised as not backed by sufficient neutral voices or as generally lacking in evidence. I still don't favour a topic ban for Director at this time, not under the circumstances, but at the same time, I hope your concerns as to the prospect of a non-committal close prove unfounded, as process has already failed to arrest this situation at several points where it might have and I am concerned the situation will only renew itself without some form of finding, whatever the sanctions or lack there-of. Snow talk 06:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I am highly suspicious given I have looked over the diffs that have been presented as evidence. At the worst they consist of multiple people edit-warring to add/remove reliably-sourced information. The repeated bandying about of that ridiculous indef block is certainly interesting given the strong consensus it was ill-thought out in the first place (see why it was removed), but also in the sheer amount of editing that went on while it was in place. Unsurprisingly more than a few of the support voters above are represented there. A good sign of tendentious editing is seeing what happens when one party to a dispute is unable to edit. Only in death does duty end (talk) 06:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm inclined to think the same. I've just been looking through many of the diffs, having not been involved before, and a big "so what?" is growing in my mind. I've had tangles with Direktor before (not on this) and yes he can be dogmatic and a pain in the rear sometimes, but frankly in the diffs presented I'm seeing similar from his opponents. DeCausa (talk) 07:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- A few points. I am uninvolved in this case, but have edited alongside both editors for over two years in the Yugoslavia in WWII space. They are neither socks nor meat, they regularly disagree, sometimes vehemently (as do I with them on occasion). I recently watchlisted PRODUCER's talk page because I had left a comment there about an unrelated issue, and that is how I come to be here. I have made a comment above on my view about the scope of the proposed bans. IMO there is insufficient basis for a ban on the topic of communism, regardless of the success or otherwise of a push for a ban on the subject of Jews. This is a similar concern to that expressed by Drowninginlimbo above.
- I note that Antidiskriminator pops in now and again to try to get some interest in other areas that these editors edit in the apparent hope of expanding any bans to other topics and other editors. So far, unsuccessfully, although I note that he has now opposed a ban unless his "travelling circus" allegation is properly explored. All I will say is that this is a blatant attempt to "pile on" and stick the boot in to two editors he has sparred with over a number of years, and the attempt does not paint him in a good light. His allusions to a "travelling circus" is an allegation he has made in the past when disputes have arisen. He has significant history with both editors, and his comments about them should be assessed with that in mind.
- I have edited alongside both of these editors in the Yugoslavia in WWII space, and while I occasionally find Director's approach to certain matters frustrating, I have found PRODUCER and Director to be meticulous about using reliable sources, and was very surprised to read the allegation that PRODUCER had used an unreliable source and that Director had defended it (at least until he became aware of its origin).
- PRODUCER and I have collaborated on several FAs and MILHIST A-Class articles, and he has always been a stickler for reliable sources in what is also a controversial area.
- I agree with many of the comments made by Liz, Snow Rise, Flipandflopped, DeCausa and BMK, and urge caution here. I will observe that USchick comes across (rightly or wrongly) as harbouring quite a bit of personal animosity, despite saying that "I'm not looking to sway the jury, let the community decide what to do". Descriptions like "terrorizing editors simply because they have experience with the system as repeat offenders and bullies", "Producer/Director are very skilled at policy and at tag teaming against everyone else to the point where lots of us have been sanctioned because of this ongoing situation" and "Don't you think it's strange for 2 people to have created so much animosity toward themselves? If you can find any supporters they have, feel free to canvass for them. The people here all have different opinions about the topic, but strangely enough, they all agree to ban 2 very offensive editors". There is a level of personal attack that I consider unwarranted, and it was continued with dubious accusations about Director's apparent admiration for Watson and "scientific racism".
- I am also very concerned that the only place this ban proposal was advertised (by the nominator, I understand) was on the talk page of the article about which the dispute arose. This was problematic, because it drew editors that were already involved, with the fairly predictable result above. There do not seem to be many really uninvolved editors here, to me at least. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 07:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I hadn't realised that last bullet point - and have struck my comment that the call for "involved editors" wouldn't affect the outcome. The avalanche of "supports" is, I think, the grinding of axe's from that article talk page. (Btw, I too have seen Producer and Direktor squabble - I assumed that sock/meat allegation had been burried. If not, it is ridiculous to anyone who's been around Eastern european articles for the last few years.) DeCausa (talk) 08:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That comes close to dismissing everyone who's contributed to the article or discussions on it as axe-grinders, bearers of long-standing grudges and the like. I only came to the article a week ago and the last time I looked at contribution histories I was struck by how many had also arrived quite recently - long after the first AfD and the ANI discussions and so on. Again without running checks with wikitools, I think I've never interacted with Director or Producer before and I suspect that's true of others here. (I had seen the names on the drama-boards before, true, and had a vague impression that they often squabbled.) NebY (talk) 10:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I wasn't referring to long-standing grudges (although that may be present in some cases) but to the preponderance of opponents of Direktor and Producer on the article talk page appearing here and the lack of signifificant univolved comment, until recently. In other words, the axe to be ground originated at that article. That's not to say that every post in support is grinding an axe, but, taken overall, this AN thread supposedly about behaviour is largely (but not entirely) a mirror of the content dispute with the content majority on one side and the content minority (a very small minority) on the other. There are editors within the content majority whose behaviour at the article talk page is at least as problematic as the content minority's behaviour, but there appears no interest in holding that up to scrutiny. DeCausa (talk) 11:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I just noticed that Director expressed below far more succinctly what I meant by axe grinding: "The vast majority of editors commenting here were just now on the opposite side from me in a highly contentious and emotional content dispute". DeCausa (talk) 11:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That comes close to dismissing everyone who's contributed to the article or discussions on it as axe-grinders, bearers of long-standing grudges and the like. I only came to the article a week ago and the last time I looked at contribution histories I was struck by how many had also arrived quite recently - long after the first AfD and the ANI discussions and so on. Again without running checks with wikitools, I think I've never interacted with Director or Producer before and I suspect that's true of others here. (I had seen the names on the drama-boards before, true, and had a vague impression that they often squabbled.) NebY (talk) 10:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I also agree that USchick's involvement is problematic. One of the relatively few diffs prsented by them is this: "In this lively debate [159] Director provides a source to prove his point about Lenin. Then when I attempt to use the same source to prove a different point, he wants to shut down the discussion." But I would characterise that diff as Direktor rightly ddismissing an off-point and tendentious response to him by USchick. In fact, much of the disruption around this article seems to be generated by USchicj - see this. DeCausa (talk) 09:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I hadn't realised that last bullet point - and have struck my comment that the call for "involved editors" wouldn't affect the outcome. The avalanche of "supports" is, I think, the grinding of axe's from that article talk page. (Btw, I too have seen Producer and Direktor squabble - I assumed that sock/meat allegation had been burried. If not, it is ridiculous to anyone who's been around Eastern european articles for the last few years.) DeCausa (talk) 08:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- A few points. I am uninvolved in this case, but have edited alongside both editors for over two years in the Yugoslavia in WWII space. They are neither socks nor meat, they regularly disagree, sometimes vehemently (as do I with them on occasion). I recently watchlisted PRODUCER's talk page because I had left a comment there about an unrelated issue, and that is how I come to be here. I have made a comment above on my view about the scope of the proposed bans. IMO there is insufficient basis for a ban on the topic of communism, regardless of the success or otherwise of a push for a ban on the subject of Jews. This is a similar concern to that expressed by Drowninginlimbo above.
- Yes, I'm inclined to think the same. I've just been looking through many of the diffs, having not been involved before, and a big "so what?" is growing in my mind. I've had tangles with Direktor before (not on this) and yes he can be dogmatic and a pain in the rear sometimes, but frankly in the diffs presented I'm seeing similar from his opponents. DeCausa (talk) 07:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Peacemaker67, Thank you for pointing to the collaboration between you, Director and Potočnik in ARBMAC topic area which paint all of you in a good light. You somehow overlooked to say that you were blocked at Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (link to your block log). Three of you are top three active contributors of this article (link) whose title remained unchanged because three of you opposed on the talkpage, where you and Director alone made 1649 comments.link. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is barely worth responding to. All I will point out is that Antidiskriminator was ARBMAC-banned from an article for tendentious and disruptive editing. He comes here with unclean hands, and should be pointedly ignored in this case. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 10:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Peacemaker67, Thank you for pointing to the collaboration between you, Director and Potočnik in ARBMAC topic area which paint all of you in a good light. You somehow overlooked to say that you were blocked at Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (link to your block log). Three of you are top three active contributors of this article (link) whose title remained unchanged because three of you opposed on the talkpage, where you and Director alone made 1649 comments.link. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment. The vast majority of editors commenting here were just now on the opposite side from me in a highly contentious and emotional content dispute. If the community wishes to impose sanctions I would appreciate it if the decision was made by uninvolved editors, objectively evaluating the exchanges in question - not a collection of biased, angry editors quite possibly out for revenge after my having dared to oppose their positions on an article talkpage.
- If the community considers user conduct on that article worthy of review, then I suggest the whole mess be brought before ArbCom for an objective overall assessment of everyone's conduct, rather than singling anyone out like this. -- Director (talk) 09:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have some support for this notion. There's no guarantee they will take the case, but if they did, there'd be some genuine resolution. You should bear in mind though, Director, there is an outside chance this approach could end with more significant actions than just a topic ban. As an observer to that page, I'll be blunt with you -- you didn't come off well, especially in the civility department -- to my assessment anyway. Utilizing this solution may serve to spread the blame around a little, but if it's pure vindication you are looking for, I think you're likely to be disappointed. Right now, in the present discussion, a lot of energy is being wasted on the debate concerning whether the fight to introduce and maintain antisemitic material disqualifies you and Producer from contributing in certain related areas. ArbCom is unlikely to be distracted for long by such red herrings; they'll focus very quickly on the substantive policy matters, and I should be not at all surprised if WP:Civility becomes the chief issue in that discussion, whereas it has been severely underrepresented so far in discussions about what went wrong on that talk page. That being said, you will at least be afforded every opportunity to defend your position on equal footing with your detractors. In that respect, I think it may be the best way forward for all parties. Snowtalk 10:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I said "if". I don't care about "spreading the blame", I just care that we do this fairly, objectivity is kind of "my thing". I don't care if I'm the only one who gets sanctioned, but I don't want it to happen because biased users with a specific interest gathered and posted a lot of "Support" votes. Input by new, uninvolved editors should be what matters here. The term "kangaroo court" does come to mind. -- Director (talk) 12:55, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have some support for this notion. There's no guarantee they will take the case, but if they did, there'd be some genuine resolution. You should bear in mind though, Director, there is an outside chance this approach could end with more significant actions than just a topic ban. As an observer to that page, I'll be blunt with you -- you didn't come off well, especially in the civility department -- to my assessment anyway. Utilizing this solution may serve to spread the blame around a little, but if it's pure vindication you are looking for, I think you're likely to be disappointed. Right now, in the present discussion, a lot of energy is being wasted on the debate concerning whether the fight to introduce and maintain antisemitic material disqualifies you and Producer from contributing in certain related areas. ArbCom is unlikely to be distracted for long by such red herrings; they'll focus very quickly on the substantive policy matters, and I should be not at all surprised if WP:Civility becomes the chief issue in that discussion, whereas it has been severely underrepresented so far in discussions about what went wrong on that talk page. That being said, you will at least be afforded every opportunity to defend your position on equal footing with your detractors. In that respect, I think it may be the best way forward for all parties. Snowtalk 10:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
I feel I need to state a few things: This pdf that is being persistently pushed is by some individual named "Valdas Anelauskas" and titled "Zionism and Russia" and readily available on Archive.org alongside thousands of other works by various authors. In any event I did not know that reliable sources are absolutely off limits if they've happened to have been quoted elsewhere by less reputable sources. For what it's worth my interest on the subject was piqued by Stanford University's "Jews and Communism" publication (hence the article name), later Slezkine, and more later by other sources. All that being said this article and this area of Wikipedia has put out such a toxic environment with its nonstop drama that, regardless of the outcome above, I'm willfully barring myself from editing in it ever again. I had been contemplating retiring from Wikipedia for a while now even prior to this whole ordeal and have chosen to follow through with it and do so. Therefore I am retiring indefinitely and am ceasing all further editing on any portion of Wikipedia. This my final and only comment on the matter and on Wikipedia. --Potočnik (talk) 10:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think that is sad, because en WP has lost a productive editor who contributed to featured content of which en WP should be proud. Editors bringing such matters to this or similar fora should remember that throwing a WP:BOOMERANG can result in your being hit in the back of the head when you least expect it. Some of the above has not been done in good faith, but in pursuit of personal agendas. This discussion has only included a very narrow and largely involved slice of the en WP community, and this should be taken into account by closing administrators. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- You mean Valdas Anelauskas, member of the white nationalist Pacifica Forum? --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 11:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- If we can hold Producer/Potočnik to his self imposed exile, I think that in itself will make many people very happy. No further action will be necessary. USchick (talk) 11:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I personally don't care about the exile either way, I still think the user should receive a topic ban for Judaism to prevent them spreading further ideas about the Jewish people at their discretion. It would otherwise be a good thing if they were able to edit other parts of the website. I think the very least administrators should do is show initiative and prevent the potential circulation of further anti-Semitic propaganda on the website? --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 12:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's true. A person who retires can unretire. Coretheapple (talk) 14:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I personally don't care about the exile either way, I still think the user should receive a topic ban for Judaism to prevent them spreading further ideas about the Jewish people at their discretion. It would otherwise be a good thing if they were able to edit other parts of the website. I think the very least administrators should do is show initiative and prevent the potential circulation of further anti-Semitic propaganda on the website? --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 12:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- If we can hold Producer/Potočnik to his self imposed exile, I think that in itself will make many people very happy. No further action will be necessary. USchick (talk) 11:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
I still fail to see the supposed "animosity" that Peacemaker67 and Antidiskriminator speak of. Where has any any one on here expressed any strong hostility towards director? Just because I have an editing history on the afD page for Jews and Communism, one of the several articles in question, my opinion becomes invalid? My first direct interaction with Director happened after the creation of this topic ban proposal, so how could I have had a "vendetta" against Director? In fact, at this point, I don't even agree with the nominator in regard to giving Director a topic ban, only Potocnik. The notion that an editor has to be entirely clueless of a situation when he joins the discussion associated with it in order to have a valued opinion makes no sense. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 15:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, there clearly isn't all that much animosity toward Director because, at the moment, a plurality of people oppose his topic ban. He has definitely won over a lot of people by his apology, and that is how it should be. The question is whether a topic ban is needed to prevent further damage to the project, not whether he needs to be dragged to the town square and horsewhipped. Coretheapple (talk) 17:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- There is some animosity, especially between Atlanticire and Director, but not enough to render the entire topic ban irrelevant, or to render the opinions of everyone who contributed to the afD page irrelevant (as some people above have suggested). My opinion on Director has been that I'm incapable of judging him because no one is on the same page as to what it is he actually did, but to me it's clear that Potocnik/Producer is incapable of editing Judaism related articles from a NPOV. Flipandflopped (Discuss, Contribs) 18:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
To User Potocnik @ 10:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC) above. Sorry to see you go. Somehow I suspect it is just a case of a "broken-wing defense". Time will tell. You know, whenever I see you or Director edit or opine during this entire laborious labyrinthine byzantine Jews & Communism discussion, the words of an English poet I studied many decades ago come to mind:
- "...A truth that’s told with bad intent
- Beats all the Lies you can invent.
- It is right it should be so;
- Man was made for Joy and Woe;
- And when this we rightly know
- Thro’ the World we safely go..." (From William Blake's "To See a World..."[160]).
Based on the unyielding ongoing self-righteous defenses you and Director offer up all the time, evidently you fail to grasp the profound import and implications of what the words "...A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent!" mean. If you would, or could, then none of this horrendous and divisive debate would be necessary as the discussion would stop being one of "chalk and cheese" as the two of you try making it all about "sources" when the real problem is one of the core underlying negative and malicious intent of the way it's set up that comes across based on its presentation and your torrid defenses of what is ultimately indefensible. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 06:24, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree. Good point on a "broken-wing defense".--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:25, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Systemic failure to provide oversight in this case
The article "Jews and Communism" was created, as we know now, using material from an extremist anti-Semitic website as a source without attribution. Two days after its creation, it was nominated for deletion but the result was "no consensus"[161]. I find it disturbing that closing admin RoySmith says in his closure that one of the charges against the article is that it is "Attack page (anti-semetic)" but does not address that in his remarks, saying "what this really comes down to, is this a POV fork of Jewish Bolshevism?" and the answer is that there is no consensus, so he allowed this very clearly anti-Semitic attack page to continue to be promulgated on this site. Then there was a deletion review, closed by Sandstein as "no consensus" [162], again, the very clear anti-Semitic content did not seem to be disturbing any admins or oversighters on this site. A long AN/I started by Director [[163] with the stated aim of removing "those folks who hang around being disruptive obstructions" from the article and which developed into a discussion of his behaviour, was eventually closed by v/r as "no consensus". "No consensus, no consensus, no consensus, not to become an anti-Semitic website, go away and leave us alone, and don't edit war or call each other names or you will be expelled from school for a day or two." I must say I was very disappointed that Jimbo Wales, in the discussion on his talk page, said he would look at the article and give his opinion, but he never did, and the discussion was archived with no further comment from him [164]. All this did attract the attention of two admins who honourably did try to intervene and improved things a little,Jehochman and Stephan Schulz, but what were all the rest of you doing? Another AN/I I started about edit-warring [[165] was also just ignored by admins for days and days until it was closed by Spike Wilbury as, guess what, "no consensus" [166], but at least he did then step into the article talk page and try to do something. Maybe because I know a little about early 20th century Russia, that stuff in the article about Jews killing the Tsar immediately indicated to me that this was as clearly pushing extreme anti-Semitism as if there were an article on WP about the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" saying that it shows a Jewish plot to take over the world. I said so over and over but no one in authority seemed to take any notice, you would have hoped that someone might have looked into it. I am the person who found the connection between the article on the white supremacist website and the original WP article, and it really wasn't that hard,all I had to do was google the quote about "Jewish violins" killing the Tsar and there it was. All these bureaucratic procedures, lists of rules, blah blah blah, should not have prevented somebody doing something to remove poisonous racist crap from this website but the people who could have done that seem to be timid and afraid of doing anything and wait for someone else to deal with it or for it to "go to ArbCom", oh yes, spend five months collecting "evidence" and going through infinite quasi-legal hoops. The article is still onsite, though at least without the horrible "Jews killed the Tsar" stuff. Please excuse the rant, I needed to get that off my chest, it can be hatted if someone wants to do that.Smeat75 (talk) 12:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Smeat75 identifies the central issue in this matter: Can Wikipedia resist concerted efforts to contaminate it with lies, hate, and deception? In the time from February through May 2014, it signally failed to do so. The virulent anti-Semitism of the original article should have been evident to all, and much of it persists to this day despite the efforts of literally dozens of editors and the investment of hundreds of hours. The attention of administrators, and indeed of Wikimedia board members, should have been focused by the original AfD, the Jimbo discussion, the two long, long threads at AN/I, and plenty of direct correspondence.
This was not an obscure or difficult issue requiring expertise, some dispute about mathematical series or the best name for some forgotten Balkan outpost. The article was filled with evident canards -- and it linked to a fairly extensive Wikipedia article filling in the historical background on the smear! We have the whole cast: the ugly Jews, the Jews in banking and finance, the secretive Jews, the Jewish traitors. We argue that all sorts of people were really Jews because their ancestors were Jewish. And on the talk page, as here, we have the repeated dismissal of opposition because, after all, it's just those Jews again coming to WP:VOTE, and everyone knows how they stick together.
Wikipedia is in serious trouble. It is hemorrhaging editors. Its reputation is already low, and scandals like this page diminish it. Worse, it seems clear that Wikipedia cannot and will not resist serious efforts by a small team of concerted editors who, as was the case here, can easily override policy and consensus by pretending to adhere to the forms. I've used Wikis since Ward’s Wiki was new; I've been keynote at WikiSym and I've been program chair; I’ve written wikis. Never -- not even during the great wiki mind wipe of 1999 -- have I so completely doubted the efficacy of the WikiWay. The conclusion seems inescapable that Wikipedians have lost the ability to distinguish routine contention from opposition to racist and anti-semitic distortion; if we cannot do that (and I see scant evidence that we can), the wind will blow through the empty corridors of Wikipedia?
Could it happen? If you think not, think again. Events like Jews and Communism bring Wikipedia into disrepute. If Wikipedia becomes sufficiently disreputable, an engineer at Google can press a button and, overnight, Wikipedia could go back to Page Rank 3, taking our traffic. If Wikipedia becomes sufficiently disreputable, donations will dry up. If Wikipedia becomes sufficiently disreputable, the remaining editors will be even more dominated by the hacks and the charlatans, the zealots for obscure movements, the gamified WikiLawyers looking for one more scalp and one more barnstar. This can still be fixed, but it can not be fixed by kicking the can down the road and nodding sagely that, if the anti-semites were regrettable, some of their opponents were sometimes intemperate. MarkBernstein (talk) 15:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- No, with our current policies and guidelines, Wikipedia can not manage this, even if it had the manpower. Part of what I believe is required is no more and no less than a very careful reconsideration and revision of WP:BLPGROUP. Legal systems around the world have often recognized that marginalized classes of people are the subject of a systemic bias (in fact, this is almost tautological), and respond to this fact with positive (that is, proactive) structures, such as heightened scrutiny, which attempt to address said bias.
- The belief that one can address this bias with better intentions but without that sort of teeth has been disproven time and time again, there's quite a bit of research that a blind approach leads to likely unintentional (if not intentional "turning a blind eye") discrimination (e.g., [167]. See the research on stereotype threat, not just our article, but the actual research, to understand one of the dynamics that may underly this intractability.)
- There are very, very difficult questions ahead if people were to agree with me, about how to construct such a system. Legal systems in the United States and around the world continue to struggle with those same questions, in part under the guise of standards of scrutiny. I don't know what the best solution looks like, one that actually provides some reasonable protections but that is resistant to gaming. But I think it has finally come time to admit that we need something more in the way of policy than what we have. Propagating this material has and continues to do harm to living people, even if that harm is diffuse. BLP requires we do something, but BLPGROUP denies us the tools required to do anything. If months of propagating Nazi hate literature isn't a good enough reason for change, I don't know what the (redacted) is. --j⚛e deckertalk 15:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the above two comments. I am not Jewish, by the way, so not recognising that article as horrendous anti-Semitism because how are you supposed to know if you're not Jewish, is no excuse. All anyone had to do was google "Jews killed the Tsar" and see what sheer evil they were confronted with, but it seemed no one wanted to make that small effort and almost all just looked the other way.Smeat75 (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - This is the portion of this issue that concerns me the most. We had over two-thirds of editors stating in the 1st deletion attempt that the article was an attack page based on the antisemitic canard of Jewish Bolshevism, but User:RoySmith overruled the community and ruled "no consensus". I am well aware of the fact that admins have to take all relevant arguments into consideration, and that AfDs are not a vote. But when you have two-thirds of the community pointing to what looks exactly like what it was, Roy should have been damn sure he was right with his overruling. He was not. And that should have been obvious to people who are informed about these types of issues. If he wasn't(or isn't) then he should not have taken the AfD. If he was, then I have to firstly question the competence of someone who couldn't see the obvious. Then to see it discussed in multiple venues, with no action, was disheartening. To say the least. If editors think it's just melodramatic for the editors who stated they don't want to edit someplace that would allow such malfeasance, they haven't been involved enough with the disgusting minds of the Institute for Historical Review(shudder). The worse kind of antisemites. Smart, educated, informed and with a hatred of Jews that can't be matched. Like Uncle Bilbo one minute, and then when they see the ring/Jew, they attack. Should never have gotten to this point. Dave Dial (talk) 23:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Been following this with increasing horror in the past few days. Made my first edits tonight, though recall having a brief run in on this a week or so ago on the articles for deletion discussion. I left before a closure was made. (I think I was in denial since) :/) Has the closing admins given a full explaination of their rationale in closing? If the admin have clue - I have always respected Sandstein's judgement before - then they showed a huge lack of horse sense and gut based clue. Shit stinks. We can all smell. Sounds like the majority of the community smelt the stench. The admins didnt get it. This shows a worrying insensitivity to elements of the comminity IMO Irondome (talk) 23:39, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- It does show significant oversight in this instance, I don't think having an attitude that the article is only antisemitic because an antisemitic source was found to scapegoat is a good thing, although it certainly proves it without question. I think I speak for many editors, at least reading through the comments here, in saying that the article read as antisemitic propaganda before the source was found that designated it as such, and the admins in question should have listened to the communities outcry concerning it. After all, one of the principles of the website is ignore all rules if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, and the policies of the website were definitely used intelligently here to defend the article. I'm not sure whose discretion it is whether or not a particular group is worth defending from hate speech, or if this website, with its global influence, should have a clear stance on this, but if I were asked, I would certainly say that antisemitism has no place here, and that it should indeed make rules against hate speech --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 01:56, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- That will just lead to the circular argument, already represented on that talk page ad nauseum -- that it wasn't really hate speech, just sourced facts that happened to make some uncomfortable for "personal" or otherwise small-minded reasons. Look a number of people here have commented that this situation was more complicated than it needed to be and that we ought to have new rules to deal with this type of situation, but there are two problems with that as I see it: 1) It's all well and good to make such a statement, but no one has proposed specific mechanisms or procedures that could be employed for such scenarios that wouldn't cause more problems than they solved and that wouldn't be subject to the same kind of mental/semantic gymnastics that kept this article alive for as long as it was despite being in conflict with existing policies. And 2) Complicated is just the way Wikipedia is sometimes. We had a heated content discussion compounded by battleground behaviour; welcome to the project and bear in mind that such debates have gone on for a lot longer, including on topics of significant social sensitivity. As of today, the page is blanked, likely to be briefly deleted. It won't be coming back in it's recent form, though I daresay claims found within it will rear their ugly head elsewhere. And there will be dedicated contributors with common sense and the will to protect the project in those scenarios too. Yes, administrators acted with perhaps an excess of caution, but don't we like (and demand) caution in our admins, typically? They balance a lot of different considerations, and possible vandalism for the purposes of fringe ideologies are just one of them, if one of the more serious ones. If anything I'd say this situation is just reflective of the need for more admins, as they do seem stretched thin at times of late, and getting administrator attention, let alone attention admin possessing both the time and will to weather the storm of a situation where they can only choose amongst courses of action that are all going to be contentious with one group or another can be difficult at times. But I don't think we need new policy for this contingency, and if we do, it needs to be more refined than "Do something!". If anyone feels the need for new more specific rules is pressing, though, take the matter to WP:Village Pump (policy) after the conclusion of this discussion and the AfD, and don't forget to ping me. Snowtalk 02:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, there was an argument earlier in the debate that suggested a revision of WP:BLPGROUP. That may help in this instance. I think you're probably right about the request for more admins. It's possible that they simply didn't have the time to look it over properly. It's a difficult situation and I guess that returns to the matter of Producers disruptive editing. This sort of behaviour generally leads to admin response, and events such as this will serve well as an example for future possible article creations --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 03:20, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's right, I forgot about the BLPGROUP suggestion. Well...maybe. It's quite difficult to say anything definitive about how useful it would be without knowing the exact change proposed. And altering BLP to include protections to broad groups would redefine the concept of uphill battles. Now, as I said above, I'm not sure what change is warranted by these circumstances, but if someone were convinced that a new level of oversight was required here, I'd suggest they look in the direction of the recently updated discretionary sanctions system. It could be put before ArbCom that Judaism (or more specifically, the Jewish people) should be added to the "current areas of conflict" list for the DS system. This would allow admins to apply discretionary sanctions relating to activity on the topic without as much concern about fall-out, since sanctions are allowed for even moderate violations of policy in such cases. Using it to combat the creation of an undesirable article would be a little bit of a twist on the system's usual purpose, which is to maintain and protect existing articles from disruptive activity, but I daresay the general function -- protecting the project in a specific content area prone to heated debate, vandalism, and general disruption, are the same in both cases. I think if you take this and the related discussions to ArbCom, you've a decent shot at getting some significant oversight. Snowtalk 06:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- You do raise some good points. These things aren't always the fault of admins. Once enough of the community had been made aware of the article, the consensus seemed to sweep towards delete. Maybe we could also push to using Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias more frequently as a resource? It has some utility on the Talk page but not a significant amount. If it were more popular and had an amount of active watchers, it could help deal with the creation of articles such as this --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 14:36, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's right, I forgot about the BLPGROUP suggestion. Well...maybe. It's quite difficult to say anything definitive about how useful it would be without knowing the exact change proposed. And altering BLP to include protections to broad groups would redefine the concept of uphill battles. Now, as I said above, I'm not sure what change is warranted by these circumstances, but if someone were convinced that a new level of oversight was required here, I'd suggest they look in the direction of the recently updated discretionary sanctions system. It could be put before ArbCom that Judaism (or more specifically, the Jewish people) should be added to the "current areas of conflict" list for the DS system. This would allow admins to apply discretionary sanctions relating to activity on the topic without as much concern about fall-out, since sanctions are allowed for even moderate violations of policy in such cases. Using it to combat the creation of an undesirable article would be a little bit of a twist on the system's usual purpose, which is to maintain and protect existing articles from disruptive activity, but I daresay the general function -- protecting the project in a specific content area prone to heated debate, vandalism, and general disruption, are the same in both cases. I think if you take this and the related discussions to ArbCom, you've a decent shot at getting some significant oversight. Snowtalk 06:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, there was an argument earlier in the debate that suggested a revision of WP:BLPGROUP. That may help in this instance. I think you're probably right about the request for more admins. It's possible that they simply didn't have the time to look it over properly. It's a difficult situation and I guess that returns to the matter of Producers disruptive editing. This sort of behaviour generally leads to admin response, and events such as this will serve well as an example for future possible article creations --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 03:20, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- That will just lead to the circular argument, already represented on that talk page ad nauseum -- that it wasn't really hate speech, just sourced facts that happened to make some uncomfortable for "personal" or otherwise small-minded reasons. Look a number of people here have commented that this situation was more complicated than it needed to be and that we ought to have new rules to deal with this type of situation, but there are two problems with that as I see it: 1) It's all well and good to make such a statement, but no one has proposed specific mechanisms or procedures that could be employed for such scenarios that wouldn't cause more problems than they solved and that wouldn't be subject to the same kind of mental/semantic gymnastics that kept this article alive for as long as it was despite being in conflict with existing policies. And 2) Complicated is just the way Wikipedia is sometimes. We had a heated content discussion compounded by battleground behaviour; welcome to the project and bear in mind that such debates have gone on for a lot longer, including on topics of significant social sensitivity. As of today, the page is blanked, likely to be briefly deleted. It won't be coming back in it's recent form, though I daresay claims found within it will rear their ugly head elsewhere. And there will be dedicated contributors with common sense and the will to protect the project in those scenarios too. Yes, administrators acted with perhaps an excess of caution, but don't we like (and demand) caution in our admins, typically? They balance a lot of different considerations, and possible vandalism for the purposes of fringe ideologies are just one of them, if one of the more serious ones. If anything I'd say this situation is just reflective of the need for more admins, as they do seem stretched thin at times of late, and getting administrator attention, let alone attention admin possessing both the time and will to weather the storm of a situation where they can only choose amongst courses of action that are all going to be contentious with one group or another can be difficult at times. But I don't think we need new policy for this contingency, and if we do, it needs to be more refined than "Do something!". If anyone feels the need for new more specific rules is pressing, though, take the matter to WP:Village Pump (policy) after the conclusion of this discussion and the AfD, and don't forget to ping me. Snowtalk 02:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- It does show significant oversight in this instance, I don't think having an attitude that the article is only antisemitic because an antisemitic source was found to scapegoat is a good thing, although it certainly proves it without question. I think I speak for many editors, at least reading through the comments here, in saying that the article read as antisemitic propaganda before the source was found that designated it as such, and the admins in question should have listened to the communities outcry concerning it. After all, one of the principles of the website is ignore all rules if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, and the policies of the website were definitely used intelligently here to defend the article. I'm not sure whose discretion it is whether or not a particular group is worth defending from hate speech, or if this website, with its global influence, should have a clear stance on this, but if I were asked, I would certainly say that antisemitism has no place here, and that it should indeed make rules against hate speech --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 01:56, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I see it differently. The decision to close the AfD as "no consensus" was perverse. 9/10 administrators would have closed it as "delete." Let's hope the current AfD is not also closed as "keep." At DRN, many of the "Endorse" keep votes said they thought it should be deleted but respected the discretion of the closing administrator. To me that makes no sense, because what then is the purpose of DRN. Add to that many of the regulars there are "inclusionist" tipped the balance. But it's precisely because many editors are sensitive to anti-Semitism that most editors favor deletion.
- The main policy reason for deletion is notability. If the topic were notable, we would be able to identify a body of literature to use as a source and could determine what was significant to the subject and what the different views were. It would not be possible to base the article on an IHR article, because it would not reflect the weight shown in a hythothetical article about the subject in a reliable source.
- The problem I see is that there are lots of articles that are just synthesis, where someone picks two words and puts them together and creates their own topic. Generally these pass AfD where the odds of getting an article deleted that should be deleted are about 50%. For example left-wing nationalism and right-wing socialism have survived AfDs, although no one has agreed the definition or scope. So a libertarian writer said the Republican Party is right-wing socialist because both parties are socialist, and a New York Times reporter in the 1950s said Peron was a right-wing socialist because he was right-wing and his policies seemed socialist. And of course Tony Blair was on the right of the nominally socialist Labour Party so that's multiple uses of the term.
- TFD (talk) 02:48, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- agreed,'Wikipedia's existence is contingent on preserving a modicum of respect from the mainstream public. One more episode of wikipedia's admins deciding to tolerate a bit of "well-sourced" racism could well land the uproar on the front page of he Times or Le Monde. the next day, Google demotes wikipedia's page rank, and it's all over. Easy calls need to be easy; this was not a tricky question, and the corps of admins failed abjectly. If we can't find policy to bar anti semiotic and racist cant, what the *** are admins, or policy, for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkBernstein (talk • contribs) 03:08, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I hardly think that "anti semiotic" writing would cause Google's algorithms to react that way. Bus stop (talk) 03:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Just for the record, a deletion review is only to determine if the closing admin acted within policy. Not for deciding if the AfD was decided "right". Most closing admins know how to close an AfD or RM within policy so that it cannot be overturned by review. So I wouldn't spend too much time focusing on the review, because even if the closing admin used IAR, it would be within policy to endorse the close. Dave Dial (talk) 03:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Question - can anyone suggest an appropriate venue to continue to discuss this issue once this thread is closed? By "this issue" I mean the failure of the system to remove gross racist/anti-Semitic material, the reluctance of admins to deal with the matter and what I would describe as a widespread tendency among them to avoid contentious disputes and leave those to someone else.Smeat75 (talk) 04:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Smeat, the appropriate locations for such a discussion are WP:Village Pump (policy), or this very noticeboard (in a new thread, of course, though I do tend to think the Village Pump is a better location in general and especially under the current circumstances). Wherever you host the discussion itself, a posting concerning it at WP talk:Centralized discussion is advisable to increase participation. I've also suggested above that those looking for additional oversight in this area might consider viewing the recently overhauled discretionary sanctions system, with an eye towards petitioning ArbCom to add topics concerning the Jewish people to the list of topics covered by the system. Snow talk 06:21, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Many thought that the article should stay, but that the content should be modified to be more appropriate. So the first AfD wasn't only about "removing gross racist/anti-Semitic" content but whether the topic itself should stay. You are not summarizing the first AfD accurately. Content can be always modified later. If you are claiming that everyone who voiced that the topic of Jewish people in historical communist movements is a notable topic are racists, anti-Semitic and somehow linked to sites like Stormfront, you are bordering on a personal attack. --Pudeo' 22:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree that there is something disturbing in how long time it took to root this out, including the first failed AfD. I think that Jimbo Wales and others who feels some overall responsibility for the project should look into this and in general we as a community should do an evaluation of what went wrong like it’s done here by Smeat75 and Bernstein It’s a case that deservs broad attention so people keep it in mind if something similar happens. Some kind of formal recognition that this was something else than an ordinary content dispute may be in order One point of learning may be that when there is sincere concern that an article is fundamentally flawed and unsound (extremism, hoax or similar) the concern can not be put aside by «no consensus»; one solution would be to direct such cases directly to ArbCom (and blank the article until the case is settled). In this particular case there most probably was a consensus to delete, but the point is that "no consensus" with no formal follow-up shouldn't be an option when there is very deep concern for the state of an article. Iselilja (talk) 12:53, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for the comment Iselilja, I think that is an idea worth pursuing. I noticed that on RoySmith's talk page, he is the admin that closed the first AfD, there are two warnings from bots telling him that he shouldn't have removed the template for Articles from Deletion from Jews and Communism the day it was nominated for deletion and he shouldn't have removed other peoples' comments from the discussion. I looked at the edit history of the deletion discussion and the article and talk page but I could not see any edits from him removing comments. I don't know if there is some way that admins can erase things from edit histories as well as removing comments. I have asked him to explain on his talk page [168].Smeat75 (talk) 14:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi User RoySmith (talk · contribs), a few points:
- Until this moment I had no idea you were an admin, why don't you indicate that on your own user page with some sort of icon or statement so that it avoids confusion and misunderstanding and it be clear you are one when you get involved in controversially closing controversial AfDs such as the now notorious Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jews and Communism especially? In some previous discussions I had no idea you were an admin, and now I had to do a special search to find out and confirm that you are an admin. Or maybe I am missing something and my PC just doesn't pick up the icon?
- It would be fascinating to know your thoughts now that as a direct result of your initial decision to override a clear more than two thirds majority, actually almost a two to one majority (22 in favor, three to merge into other articles, and 14 to keep) of many users in the original AfD -- who all said then what is now going to happen as a result of the second AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jews and Communism (2nd nomination)), i.e. WP:TNT because the original article is a direct copy of material taken from a bunch of disgusting neo-Nazi pseudo-research -- it has now come to this sorry state that has created so much bitterness, a huge split in the WP community and possible sanctions against the creators and defenders of the Jews & Communism article. Just look at what they are going through now, they could have been prevented from harming themselves had you nipped this in the bud based on a solid majority, not to mention what this is doing to WP as this cancerous topic metastasizes and grows even more toxic in its ongoing mushroom cloud radioactive fallout.
- It is not too late to explain yourself. Even Director it's staunchest defender now realizes the sheer blunder and sees the wrong of it and calls for the article to be blown up, even though he was obviously very fond of the topic and fought to the death to defend it regardless of how rotten it all was as anyone with a working nose/conscience could smell that. There needs to be a rational answer that shows some remorse and retraction on your side and not some gibberish about "policies" or whatnot in a distracting flurry of WP:LAWYERING as to how you could have allowed such a disaster to go on and unfold as it has been doing still with no end in sight (and certainly no responsible oversight) at this time. You overlooked a simple rule of real life or in any democracy as Abraham Lincoln put it "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." [169]
- You must take your share of the responsibility for what has transpired and you must offer an unconditional apology for allowing neo-Nazi hate onto WP, even if out of massive ignorance or well-intentioned motives, but there cannot be any excuse for a gross failure of judgement on your part and your part alone. If you don't you should be subject to some sort of very serious sanction for your failure and the damage it has brought upon WP and its good name.
- You should also reverse your closing of the first AfD with the simple explanation that it was taken from an indefensible source and had you known you would never have done what you did.
To sum up, not only was there no oversight when there were many chances to do so especially during the frivolous ANI requests launched by Potocnik and Director [170] [171] and others' pleadings at ANI [172] and even on Jimbo Wales' page [173] but in your case the "oversight" (and as an admin you have that responsibility at all times) that allowed this to happen was not just passive but actively counterproductive right off the bat as is evidenced right now by all the fallout from this fiasco and the abyss it has opened up at the feet of WP. Your response is awaited. Thank you so much in advance, IZAK (talk) 10:06, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I just assumed if people wanted to know if I was an admin, they could look me up on Wikipedia:List_of_administrators. I certainly don't make a secret of it. However, if you think it would be useful for me to put something on my user page, I would be glad to oblige. As for the rest of the rant above, my explanation was in my closing statement for the AfD. If that doesn't satisfy you, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to get dragged into this slugfest. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:54, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for that post Izak, well said, I completely agree with all of it.Smeat75 (talk) 12:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- The issue was brought up at deletion review and there was "no consensus" to overturn the "no consensus" decision of the AfD.[174] While that is not a ringing endorsement, and does not mean the closing of the first AfD was correct, it does mean that we are not likely to get anywhere pursuing this it. TFD (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Involved / uninvolved editors
- Comment on the issue of involved versus uninvolved editors:
- I first became aware of this article when it was mentioned at ANI following the first AfD. The title alone drew my attention rather strongly.
- I suspect a large number of editors may be in the same position, because the increase in the number of respondents between the first AfD and the second AfD is really very substantial.
- I would suggest (but leave it to others to judge) that the line between 'involved' and 'uninvolved' be drawn at those editors who were involved before the first AfD, because surely part of the point of the AfD and ANI process is to get input from the wider community; it could seem perverse to then ignore the views of those members of the wider community who choose at that point to comment.
- L&K, Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 18:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, in that case, I was made aware of it just under a week before the second AfD was opened due to the two RfCs on the article talk page. I imagine many of the "involved" editors may be recent due to the amount of controversy Jews and Communism has been generating and the different boards it had been put up on --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 18:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
"many of the "involved" editors may be recent due to the amount of controversy Jews and Communism has been generating and the different boards it had been put up on"
. Exactly. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 18:47, 14 May 2014 (UTC)- I think that's going/gone away as an issue now as "non-involved" have since posted and made the response more balanced. But the issue was not so much involved/noninvolved but one side of a content dispute (call it "involved") loading a discussion on behaviour here with little input from those who had not taken a position in that content dispute. DeCausa (talk) 18:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Luckily, there are very few editors who support blatant anti-semitism (or other forms of racism and bigotry), and hence in this case most editors will be on one side of the content issue. In this case, these editors also were the ones on the receiving side of Directors comments. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 20:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think that's going/gone away as an issue now as "non-involved" have since posted and made the response more balanced. But the issue was not so much involved/noninvolved but one side of a content dispute (call it "involved") loading a discussion on behaviour here with little input from those who had not taken a position in that content dispute. DeCausa (talk) 18:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, in that case, I was made aware of it just under a week before the second AfD was opened due to the two RfCs on the article talk page. I imagine many of the "involved" editors may be recent due to the amount of controversy Jews and Communism has been generating and the different boards it had been put up on --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 18:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is what I understood the concern to be as well. But then, clarification on this matter was ignored for a good bit as several editors pointed out that a majority of the editors who had responded to this thread (even at the time this issue was first raised) had never been involved in any form of content dispute with either party, having become "involved" at the juncture of the still-ongoing AfD. Despite these efforts at clarity, the characterization of this discussion as mostly the effort of a mob with an axe to grind against the pair being discussed persisted, and I fear it will now muddy the waters some for the duration of the discussion. I do tend to agree with DeCausa that the concern has been addressed some by the arrival of more editors through the normal noticeboard traffic, as was largely inevitable, but this aspect has now gained so much traction, I think the spectre of "revenge" votes stands a good chance of being factored into any response taken here at a much higher level than it ever should be, as the parties out to make an example of these two, while present, are only a slim, slim minority in the discussion. Two, maybe three contributors, depending on how you parse their motives.
- Allow me to clarify the extent of my own involvement in the pages and discussions of relevance here -- not because I want to make the case for why my perspectives on the whole affair should be given non-mitigated weight (this whole discussion is going to get absurdly congested if each party feels compelled to delineate where they came into the matter and in what context the operated, which is what I was afraid was about to happen), but because I think my case is fairly indicative of those editors who might be described as quasi-involved -- that is to say, they participated in the most recent AfD, the ANIs, or the article talk page, but were never on opposing sides of a content issue with either of the editors who are the subject of this discussion. I came to be aware of the toxic situation on that article through the more recent of the two ANIs and I commented twice in that discussion (here and here); the gist of my comments was that, while no one should be proud of what was going at that page, the two most problematic personalities, from what I had observed, were Director and Producer, who were vastly more likely to denigrate the perspectives of their opposition, to make personal attacks, to make implications of bad-faith and ulterior motives without evidence, and generally fail to observe WP:Civility broadly. The two just seemed completely incapable, at least by that point in the discussion, of coping with the notion that others disagreed so strongly with them and every one of their responses to opposition contained some degree of vitriol. I had hoped that a little community attention, including from admins, might put the pair, and others tending towards a combative mindset, on better behaviour, but I saw no really productive benefit in getting involved in the ongoing, and devolving, debate on the article talk page over the crux of whether the content in the article itself was antisemitic and/or synthesis and stayed well-clear of it, but I continued to be concerned about the abandon with which civility standards were trampled there and the general battleground attitudes at work, so I put the talk page on my watchlist. I made one brief comment on the talk page, directed at Director after he speculated on the motives of another editor in a matter that didn't even directly concern him and then told said editor to "go away"; I informed him that neither action was in his purview, that it was uncivil and that it seemed consistent with the WP:OWN behaviour many involved editors had accused him of. I never had a direct exchange with him or any other party over the content itself, nor was I personally the subject of derogatory comments from anybody (which may make me unique in the history of that article). My last involvement with the article was inthe second AfD wherein I never made a formal vote and tried to make it clear that my main concern was not the content itself, but how broke the process of discussion itself was on the page and that, regardless of whether or not the content was antisemitic or not, or appropriately sourced, some editors there were in their right to believe the situation could never be fixed through usually collaborative effort because of the battleground mentality that presided there.
- I think this type of story is much more common to the editors who have commented above than is the scenario of an editor who duked it out over the content of the article (and more lucky me, for the fact that I didn't have to step into that quagmire). Was I involved? Well, only to the extent that I observed a great deal acrimony and editors with less than acceptable stance on civility and commented as such. In the cases of others who did the same, or even commented narrowly within the last AfD and never interacted with Director or Producer, I think it's a serious mischaracterization to dismiss their perspectives as biased, given the entire point of a discussion such as this is to consider behavioural issues. Again, I think the call for a topic ban is premature, for Director at least. But that doesn't mean I want the valid opinions of other editors quashed or treated as tainted simply because they happened upon this mess a little earlier than others. Snow talk 21:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
@Balaenoptera, that's pretty much everyone. I don't agree with that. I'd rather go for the second AfD since the point of having "uninvolved" editor input is that those editors haven't been advocating content changes and hence are more objective in viewing behavior as such. -- Director (talk) 19:00, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- That said, I imagine most of those involved in the second AfD had not been directly involved with you on the article, that is to say, the "history of disruptive editing" in question --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 19:29, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, I said before the second AfD, and I was just going along with the notion of an "AfD-based" criterion. Editors viewed as "involved" should I think obviously be simply those involved in content disputes on the article talkpage. -- Director (talk) 22:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I apologise, I misread "I'd rather go for the second AfD" as meaning those involved in it. That makes more sense --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 22:31, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, I said before the second AfD, and I was just going along with the notion of an "AfD-based" criterion. Editors viewed as "involved" should I think obviously be simply those involved in content disputes on the article talkpage. -- Director (talk) 22:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think we all need to stop talking about this in terms of a timeline and specific landmarks, prior to which no editor who observed the mess is capable of being given full weight here. That approach, aside from being artificial and reflected nowhere in policy, removes any consideration of context. Administrators are not simpletons and we do not need to provide guidelines as to which editor's perspectives are to be "trusted" more than others -- nor do I think we would be welcome in making the effort. Any responding admins have every link at their disposal here to review the comments and involvement of all parties and to decided whether they are presenting a factual account of events or being led by prior bias. I don't think you have much to be concerned over, Director - as things are moving, it seems you will likely avoid any kind of topic ban, if not by the hugest margin. But regardless of whether or not that prediction bears out, it's not our place to be deconstructing the motives and general capacity for neutrality of one-another with regard to this already convoluted situation, at least not with the broad strokes that are now being suggested. Snow talk 22:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment: I'm an AfD regular. I noticed this at AfD the first but didn't comment because I didn't understand the content (so i was unlikely to provide a unique insight) and saw that there appeared to be a significant number of different voices. I'd probably do the same if a similar situation arose again with similar content and similar arguements at AfD. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:41, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I agree, the content as presented was not understandable. That's why people were trying to edit it to something that made more sense. It says a lot about an article, when you come across an encyclopedia article and walk away with no better understanding of the subject matter. lol USchick (talk) 03:49, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note - I noticed the nomination (2nd one) on the "Articles for Deletion" page as I was defending another article that had been nominated the same day, so I suppose that would qualify me as "uninvolved"? Even so, if we are to say that only 'uninvolved' editors can exert opinions about an issue, we would have to consider that without involved parties to exert their testimony on what happened, we would be largely clueless as to what actually happened. Of course we shouldn't interpret the opinions of involved editors as a "neutral and unbiased perspective" that should directly affect the outcome of the case, but the opinions of involved editors are still valuable in the regard that they help us understand what actually happened. You're never going to have a "witness to a crime" sitting on the jury, but that doesn't mean their opinion and what they have to say shouldn't be said.Flipandflopped(Discuss, Contribs) 10:36, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Good point.
- DIREKTOR and PRODUCER/Potočnik are subjected to very serious accusations
- it is necessary to present evidence for such serious accusations. Such evidence can, of course be presented and discussed by all editors, both involved and uninvolved. Closing (uninvolved) administrator will consider the strength of the argument when deciding if accusations are justified
- if such accusations are proven not to be justified all editors who made unjustified accusations should be boomeranged
- if accusations about some kind of travelling circus (active not only in topics relating to Jews, but also in other topic areas like communism, ARBMAC, ... ) would be proven, then all members of that travelling circus should be banned from all topic areas they were active.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 14:50, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
User Antidiskriminator (talk · contribs) cut out the hysterics and histrionics please. It's an open and shut case as anyone can see. First of all on Potocnik's current user page [175] it says he has "{{retired}}", it would seem as an open admission of mea culpa and therefore you should quit your defending him when he himself has gone and even Director admits that the original offending article must be deleted, so what you are doing now makes absolutely no sense at all! Kindly calm down and reconsider your actions or you will land up defending what cannot and should not be defended. This summarizes the situation in simple terms. On 27 February 2014 Potocnik posted an article on "Jews & Communism" [176]. This is what the behavior of Potocnik and Director has amounted to as evidenced by almost every diff from them since (far too many to list here, feel free to click on them all at Potočnik (talk · contribs) and Director (talk · contribs)) their behavior throughout is a classic case of violating WP:POINT; WP:DONOTDISRUPT, WP:WAR, WP:BATTLEGROUND and of violating WP:AGF, WP:CIVIL, WP:CONSENSUS and WP:NPA for which they were eventually blocked and warned [177] [178] [179] [180] by user Jehochman (talk · contribs) and that is just the tip of the iceberg. What is happening to them now can be explained in four simple steps: 1 Potocnik, then known as "PRODUCER" with lots of "citations" posts an article called "Jews and Communism" that he and Director, then known as "DIREKTOR" working in almost indistinguishable tandem like in a WP:GANG, defend to the death, ridiculing, belittling and attacking any users who get in their way to keep their WP:CONTROVERSY material up all the time in violation of WP:OWN. 2The article is eventually proven to be a proven "cut and paste" carbon copy of tendentious pseudo-research from an indefensible and hate-mongering antisemitic neo-Nazi site and organization (this is assuming you understand the implications of doing that). 3 Potocnik and Director realize they have been caught red-handed. First they change and downgrade their user names and then Potocnik says "goodbye" and Director admits his blunders and joins calls to "delete" the offending article. 4 However, every single edit, revert, rollback, attack that Potocnik and Director undertook, and a vast majority of their comments and actions on the talk pages and beyond, shows the vehemence, nastiness, downright scariness and open and arrogant disregard for the contributions of others, of the many experienced editors also too many to mention by now but they are all in the article' edit history, for anyone to see just how much effort went into salvaging even this wreck of an article and even so facing a barrage of unjustified and unjustifiable harassment from the Potocnik and Director team and a few others who thought it was just "marvelous" to help them in an effort to defend every detail and especially the original article's clear and obvious anti-Jewish and antisemitic slant (that Director euphemistically used to refer to as its "scope") all in the original article and much in it during its existence that easily can be seen by anyone with clear unbiased eyes and has the time and stomach for it by clicking on virtually most of the diffs available on their user histories at User Potočnik (talk · contribs) and Director (talk · contribs). Feel free to do so, it's all there, but please do not create panic and confusion when it is all very clear. Thanks, IZAK (talk) 11:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Tactical Remorse
Above, Director writes:
- ...However, that is just not how the human mind perceives rudeness.. or else you would be reporting MarkBernstein for his outrageously offensive conduct, in my view far more vitriolic than anything I ever wrote. Of corse, him being right, it seems its ok if he repeatedly claims I support antisemitism, implying I knowingly did so. That's personal attack and slander of the highest order. Why isn't he "on trial" here? I'm not saying he should be, but I hope I got my point across. If I was "right", and I was opposing censorship of reliable non-cherry-picked sources against biased POV-pushers deliberately disrupting the article, then I doubt my conduct would be perceived in such a negative light. -- Director (talk) 11:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
This false equivalence (and this personal attack) should make clear to any reader that Director's remorse is merely a tactic. Once again, Producer and Director are working in apparent concert here: Producer retiring in silence while Director is shocked -- shocked! -- to discover that he has been defending anti-semitic cant. Note, too, how even now Director stands by his "reliable non-cherry-picked" sources; the only thing wrong with the ghastly article, and with his staunch defense of every insinuation, distortion, and lie it contained, is that it was also plagiarized. Those, like myself, who wish to preserve NPOV are "biased POV pushers" and attempts to remove specious arguments are balance the article are "disrupting". Director sees only the technical violation -- the indefensible plagiarism -- and is expressly prepared to do it all over again. He doesn't, even now, regret the faults of the article; he regrets getting caught in a copyvio that makes it harder for him to defend it right now.
Note, too, that once more Director chooses to single out an editor he thinks to be Jewish, claims to be deeply wronged ("personal attack and slander of the highest order"!) and emphasizes the collective danger of plural "POV-pushers deliberately disrupting the article", which he intends to be heards as a reference "other editors" by admins but which will be understood as an allusion to "the International Conspiracy Of The Jews" by certain other parties [181]. And once again he threatens editors with reports, trials, sanctions (If he were I, I bet he'd point to the word "slander" above and escalate WP:NLT immediately.)
After all, how could Director be expected to know the anti-semitic leanings of an article he didn't write? How could the admins be expected to know? Perhaps by reading it? Director is correct to observe that one difference between him and me (and almost everyone else!) in this matter is that he has been wrong, and in the wrong.
Director hopes that this very limited display of remorse will save his Wikipedia account, and with it some time, inconvenience, and some small residual influence. The effort is clumsy: thorough contrition would have cost him nothing, but clearly he cannot stomach that. Whether Producer will be rejoining him here under the same name, under a new name, or whether the two were ever distinguishable, is an interesting question to which it seems unlikely we shall ever learn an answer. Once more, two editors acting in close cooperation are poised to emerge from this shameful and costly disaster with scant effective sanction.
What damage could editors this dedicated wreak if they thought things though? Director and Producer act in such tight concert that they seem to be socks; more clever operatives would adopt more distinct personae who sometimes agreed, sometimes differed, and who had distinct interests. More resourceful operatives would recruit a parcel of agents to work with them from distant locations -- a few people in Bangalore, a few in Russia, perhaps a small office in Ireland -- each editing quietly and each prepared to chime in when needed at AN/I or Arbcom or AfD to back them up. Smarter operatives would choose a cause (or perhaps a client?) less hideous. Two zealots pursuing a lost and discredited crusade have tied Wikipedia in knots; what couldn't a sensible and unscrupulous PR team with achieve with a few dozen internet accounts and a few thousand dollars? MarkBernstein (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Interesting point. Editor who worked with them and chimed in at this AN to back them up... That resembles what one editor did here.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:53, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Antidiskriminator, if you have an accusation, you should be brave enough to make it. Please don't hide behind a vague allusion of impropriety. MarkBernstein is actually doing something after years of neglect from the entire community. What are you doing? You seem to be supporting people who knowingly discriminate. As Antidiskriminator, the only question is why? Does your personal relationship to their part of the world have anything to do with it? Is this some sort of nationalism? I'm not accusing, I'm asking in an effort to understand. Please enlighten us. USchick (talk) 16:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- My comment was related to editor who is, like me, opposed to ban here. I already presented an explanation about him coming here to create a false narrative which paint all three of them in a good light, forgetting to mention their block logs. One (diff) at Ante_Pavelić article (to which three of them are one of main contributors) made me additionally worried and convinced that it is necessary to:
- gather as much evidence as possible about the activities of this group and if evidence prove accusations
- to reveal all members of this group
- to reveal all topic areas in which they operated
- to impose appropriate bans to all of them in order to prevent them to continue their activities in future
- Limiting discussion only to one article (Jews and Communism) and one nation (Jews) would probably be discriminatory.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 17:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for your explanation. Your comment "That resembles what one editor did here" sounds like a veiled accusation against MarkBernstein. Based on your explanation, that's not the case, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who misunderstood. I would caution about expanding this nomination to include other areas outside Jews and Communism, because that would be a witch hunt. They have previously been sanctioned in other areas. It appears, after that, they took their show on the road to other areas of interest, using the same tactics. My goal is to separate these two, and if they wish to separate by choice, that's fine with me. It would be nice to back it up with some sort of enforcement, just in case they change their mind. If people wish to do an in-depth investigation of a potential terrorist plot that may involve lots of other people, I think that's outside the scope of this nomination. USchick (talk) 17:36, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- My comment was related to editor who is, like me, opposed to ban here. I already presented an explanation about him coming here to create a false narrative which paint all three of them in a good light, forgetting to mention their block logs. One (diff) at Ante_Pavelić article (to which three of them are one of main contributors) made me additionally worried and convinced that it is necessary to:
- Antidiskriminator, if you have an accusation, you should be brave enough to make it. Please don't hide behind a vague allusion of impropriety. MarkBernstein is actually doing something after years of neglect from the entire community. What are you doing? You seem to be supporting people who knowingly discriminate. As Antidiskriminator, the only question is why? Does your personal relationship to their part of the world have anything to do with it? Is this some sort of nationalism? I'm not accusing, I'm asking in an effort to understand. Please enlighten us. USchick (talk) 16:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note to User Antidiskriminator (talk · contribs): Stop living in the past. In the past few days, much water has passed under the bridge that you seem to be blind to. Potocnik has voluntarily "retired" from WP and Director agrees that the "Jews and Communism" article must be deleted because it's essentially a fraud now proven to be copied from an article from a neo-Nazi organization. In fact, the entire article has now been completely blanked by an admin [182] as a copyright violation because the material comes from NAZIS. Do you even know what that means?? Nazis, yes Nazis, writing about the "history" of the Jews, that's like having Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf become the official WP version and the evil "standard" of all things Jewish!!! Do you even see the absurdity of that?? And that is what Potocnik wanted to sneakily foist on WP and what Director defended to the death til it blew up in his face!! At this point in time, by blindly defending Potocnik and Director you are verging into behavior than can only be classed as trolling and flaming in violation of WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:DISRUPTPOINT. I would strongly suggest you quit whilst you are still ahead and go edit in some other non-controversial area that you enjoy. You would be well-advised to read WP:REICHSTAG that may help calm your frustrations and jitters at this point. Thank you so much, IZAK (talk) 12:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- You did not understand my position here. I do not defend PRODUCER/Potocnik and DIREKTOR. Many editors presented very serious accusations against them for tag-teaming aimed to tendentiously edit wikipedia. My position here is that it is impossible to deal with this partially.
- If gathered evidence justify accusations, the bans should be issued to:
- all members of this group
- for all topic areas in which they operated
- If not, editors who wrote serious accusations without justification should be boomeranged.
- If gathered evidence justify accusations, the bans should be issued to:
- I sincerely apologize if I am wrong, but I think that issuing ban only to one member of the team for only one limited topic area is what is absurd here. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 16:03, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- Antidiskriminator is right; I did not understand Izak's point, it seemed way off-base. He was actually saying the opposite of what Izak was criticizing him for. Coretheapple (talk) 16:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- You did not understand my position here. I do not defend PRODUCER/Potocnik and DIREKTOR. Many editors presented very serious accusations against them for tag-teaming aimed to tendentiously edit wikipedia. My position here is that it is impossible to deal with this partially.
An Error, And A Shame
The proposals/discussion above is reopened Alanscottwalker (talk) 19:42, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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- I don't know the correct form, etiquette, or indeed forum for posting this. Forgive its incorrect placement if it is in fact wrongly situated.
In my opinion, BMK's closure of this is a mistake, and the failure of admins to take action is an injustice. I further observe that a just-begun complaint against me at AN/I, which BMK also closed in the same manner, concluded with the suggestion that this was the appropriate venue for discussion.
It further seems prudent to maintain a discussion area on this topic and its aftermath briefly, as the AfD is due to be closed shortly. This discussion may be generating a good deal of heat, but it is in the immediate interests of the project that it take place here and not -- as may otherwise be the case -- on editorial pages and in magazines.
Finally, it astonishes me that no admin and (for that matter) no board member has seen fit to take action here. I had assumed that the delay was procedural -- that it made good sense to await the conclusion of the AfD and then to dispose of this matter. Does any admin wish now to step forward and affirm that this matter has been correctly handled throughout? That this is a reasonable way for WIkipedia to operate, and that Jews and Communism is a valuable asset to the project, one to which the community of editors can point with pride? MarkBernstein (talk) 14:54, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you Mark,I also strongly protest the closure of that thread by a non-admin on the grounds that it is "disruptive". This is more of the "go away and leave us alone" mentality that has plagued the issues around this article from the beginning. If we cannot discuss those issues here, where can we discuss them?Smeat75 (talk) 15:04, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I was actually considering closing the threads last night, and decided not to purely because I didn't need the inevitable follow up drama in my life. Had I closed them, however, I would have instituted the topic ban for Potočnik, and closed the topic ban thread on Director as not having sufficient consensus, but with an admonishment that he escaped a topic ban by a thread. I will say that I feel Beyond My Ken's close to be insufficiently well thought out and his rationale insufficiently detailed. I will not, however, revert it (because I don't need the inevitable follow up drama in my life).
- To MarkBernstein, I will comment that header titles like "An Error, And A Shame" go a great way towards robbing the poster's comments of any credibility. An overly dramatic, non-descriptive title does nothing except make people roll their eyes at the title, and that influences how they read everything that comes after it. Dramatic pleas and admonishments in bold text also do nothing for your case. Really, you might have actually gotten the close you were looking for if you didn't come across as being, well, a rant. Sven ManguardWha? 15:33, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I would strongly support the line that Sven would have taken. That closure would have satisfied the evident concerns of the community I suspect. Irondome (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sven Manguard, at some point I think you have to expect that reasoned debate will devolve into outrage if unvarnished racism can be aggressively defended here without penalty for its defenders. I am way beyond furious, which is why I rescue myself from this discussion. Coming from an editor who writes mostly about guitar effects, I think this says something.--Atlantictire (talk) 15:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I would strongly support the line that Sven would have taken. That closure would have satisfied the evident concerns of the community I suspect. Irondome (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has been marred for months Jews and Communism. The article could not be substantially improved, for its self-appointed defenders acerbically reverted any attempts to ameliorate its viciousness. The article could not be deleted because the article's few defenders were able to establish a case for the lack of consensus and ably used the project's disciplinary process against all comers. The only available recourse within Wikipedia was a second AfD that would establish a consensus. To establish a decisive consensus, it was (and, alas, remains) necessary to be emphatic.
- AM I a rant? I have keynoted WikiSym, and served as its program chair. I have written and nurtured wikis since long before Wikipedia began. I have invested a great deal of time on this AfD, which I composed with great care and which has demanded constant attention. I chose to consult this forum rather than a larger and more conspicuous platform because I believed this forum would be better for the project. I have done this under my own name and on the record; any person who wished to know who this emphatic interlocutor might be has only to glance at my user page or Google my name.
- I deserved better of the project. And I deserved better of you. MarkBernstein (talk) 15:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- You've gotten so emotionally involved in the outcome of this debate that yes, you are in fact, being a rant. Right now, in the post immediately above this one, you are being a rant. Before, when you started making statements expressing your outrage, using bold text, you were being a rant. Being a rant isn't a permanent thing; I am sure that in other discussions, at other times, you're not a rant. The issue at the heart of this discussion is a valid one, and your opinion on the matter is also valid. How you have chosen to express that opinion in this discussion, however, is problematic. Any uninvolved reader can tell immediately that you are putting way too much emotion into everything you say, and that reflects badly on your comments. You really do need to take a step back and let all of this play out without you, because it's very obvious that you are burning out over this. Sven ManguardWha? 15:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I hope you're talking about me and not MarkBernstein. I've been spitting furry for days, but Mark has somehow managed to intelligently and patiently explain himself throughout this whole process. I can't fathom how he does it. Ok, that is all.--Atlantictire (talk) 16:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't know who he is talking about, my guess is Mark, but maybe he means all three of us.Smeat75 (talk) 16:08, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- can we stick to the point here please. I am well aware of the intense frustration, trauma and hurt this horrible issue has generated, but can we get this closure overturned. I would favour and support a closure of the type advocated by Sven. Irondome (talk) 16:22, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I hope you're talking about me and not MarkBernstein. I've been spitting furry for days, but Mark has somehow managed to intelligently and patiently explain himself throughout this whole process. I can't fathom how he does it. Ok, that is all.--Atlantictire (talk) 16:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- You've gotten so emotionally involved in the outcome of this debate that yes, you are in fact, being a rant. Right now, in the post immediately above this one, you are being a rant. Before, when you started making statements expressing your outrage, using bold text, you were being a rant. Being a rant isn't a permanent thing; I am sure that in other discussions, at other times, you're not a rant. The issue at the heart of this discussion is a valid one, and your opinion on the matter is also valid. How you have chosen to express that opinion in this discussion, however, is problematic. Any uninvolved reader can tell immediately that you are putting way too much emotion into everything you say, and that reflects badly on your comments. You really do need to take a step back and let all of this play out without you, because it's very obvious that you are burning out over this. Sven ManguardWha? 15:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you DD2K for reopening the nomination and asking for admin action. USchick (talk) 16:16, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- No problem. My guess is that BMK is just frustrated by the constant bickering. So to keep the discussion at a level below the histrionic phase, let's just let an admin close the proposals without any more back and forths. There is no need to continue pointing out the obvious, everything is there for anyone to see. So please, everyone, I beg of you to stop making one post after the other. Thanks. Dave Dial (talk) 16:24, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict):This does need an admin close, taking into account the arguments, the quality of consensus and the self-bans offered, and taking any consequent actions. Just announcing that the drama must stop, at once, won't work. But I quite understand Sven's unwillingness to take it on. Would it be easier if we - or rather you the admins - proceed as with some difficult RFCs? You could announce that a panel of three admins will share the burden of closing, indicate how long that's likely to take, and close the thread to further input pending the formal close. I suspect that would be acceptable if the delay was reasonable - and I'd imagine a couple of days or so to form the panel and deliberate would seem acceptable. NebY (talk) 16:44, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would support that approach. Lets be done with it, and not just kick it down the road. Irondome (talk) 16:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
For my part, I am just astonished that I can now be openly called a psychotic fanatical racist by a sockpuppeteer, on this my project of many years, without so much as an admonishment. That the user MarkBernstein can write one blatant attack essay after another, deliberately misrepresenting and disregarding the facts, playing on people's uninformed outrage, without someone pointing him to NPA; pointing out that attacking a fellow user in such a manner, repeatedly, without support, is slander of the highest order. I'm just waiting for his next essay, where he will again omit basic facts, thus paint me as a monster, and "appeal" to everyone's "decency", implicitly (or even directly) calling any opposition bigoted if they do not accept his fantastical perceptions. This is highly malicious, manipulative behavior, that should not be thus tolerated on our project, under any circumstances. -- Director (talk) 17:18, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think you need worry. This thread (and others) has become no more than the "outraged" talking amongst themselves. I don't think it now attracts much outside attention. It probably is time for it to be put out of its misery. DeCausa (talk) 18:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed. Only in death does duty end (talk) 19:00, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Admin help at UTRS
Some help reviewing blocks at UTRS would be appreciated. The appeals are piling up and I can't review all of the cases awaiting review (as the blocking admin, or having declined previous requests). The last reviewed appeal was by me 24 hours ago and there are 17 appeals outstanding. Mops at the ready! --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 22:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Remind me where the list of appeals is located. I'm an admin, but I usually don't look for unblock requests. — Arthur Rubin(talk) 05:40, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Ponyo: I knocked 10 out. @Arthur Rubin: They are on UTRS https://utrs.wmflabs.org/.--v/r - TP 06:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks TParis. There are still 6 appeals outstanding if anyone's game.--Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 15:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Ponyo: I knocked 10 out. @Arthur Rubin: They are on UTRS https://utrs.wmflabs.org/.--v/r - TP 06:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
And now all clear! TParis and Yunshui, your CU requests are complete. Cheers for the help everyone!--Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 21:01, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I tried to apply for a UTRS account about a month ago ... it never took the panda ₯’ 23:23, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- DangerousPanda, there was a glitch with the captcha which has now been fixed. Please try again if you're still interested.--Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 16:57, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Someone with greater power than I ...
And thus do 26,095 edits bite the dust. Talk about total drama! - The Bushranger One ping only 00:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC) |
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While actionning Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Total_Drama_characters_(2nd_nomination) as "delete", I obtained the following error:
- Deletion error on List of Total Drama characters. Error info:bigdelete : You can't delete this page because it has more than 5,000 revisions
Could someone with Hulk-smash powers deal with the actual deletion. I'm still "happy" to be called the deleting admin in case of DRV the panda ₯’ 23:21, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've put in a request to the stewards to action this. @DangerousPanda:, what's your interface language set to – does it happen to be British English or something? The default message that you get when using the US English setting contains a link to the steward requests page. Graham87 03:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- @DangerousPanda, would it be possible to redirect that page to Total Drama instead of deleting it? With 26k revisions, I am uncomfortable deleting it, since such pages should only be deleted in exceptional circumstances. If nothing else will work, I'll try to get in touch with a system administrator to OK the deletion. Ajraddatz (Talk) 03:33, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- Additionally, the problem with the interface message could be corrected by updating MediaWiki:Delete-toobig/en-gb and MediaWiki:Delete-toobig/en-ca (the two variants of English recognized by the software) to the same text as MediaWiki:Delete-toobig. Ajraddatz (Talk) 03:35, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Ajraddatz: The consensus was to delete, not redirect. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 08:50, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Ajraddatz: Thanks, I've done this to both the variants of the MediaWiki:Delete-toobig message. Graham87 08:58, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- I understand that consensus was to delete, however, the internal policy regarding deletion of large pages suggests that there must be some important need for them to be deleted - I see no such need here, thus why I'd like to examine other options. However, the role of stewards is to implement community consensus, so if no alternatives are viable for this case then I'll continue with the deletion. Ajraddatz (Talk) 19:31, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- Note: After (finally) getting a hold of one of the devs, looks like a shell delete is the best way to handle this. The page will be deleted shortly. Ajraddatz (Talk) 21:10, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
AIV and Abuse Filter
What is the deal with the abuse filter being tripped and reported on AIV? What do we do? It's being caught, so there is really no action to take, particularly I am getting at filter 608, blocked or banned user. Just review and delete, or what? I haven't really seen any instructions for that.-kelapstick(bainuu) 20:00, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
IP repeatedly adding/removing trojan horse names
I was hesitant to even being this up, because the net effect to the article is pretty negligible, but there's an IP, 182.73.252.2, repeatedly adding non-notable trojan horses to the list at trojan horse (computing) and then removing them a short time later (less than an hour, and usually just a few minutes). For example, today: added and removed 32 minutes later.
The only reason I decided to start a thread here is because it seems plausible that someone might do this thinking they're boosting search listings? Or introducing the ideas in the hope that someone else will notice and restore it? Strange. --— Rhododendrites talk 20:22, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- Who knows? Whatever his or her reasons, refusal to discuss them in response to your polite request may be a sign of disruptive editing, but let's try again. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:15, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Martyrs infobox
I just moved {{Infobox martyrs}}
to {{Infobox martyr}}
(and its doc page, likewise). It's actually for groups of martyrs, so I was in error. Please will someone revert both moves? Apologies for the inconvenience. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:08, 19 May 2014 (UTC)