Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - Wikipedia

On the Wikipedia page about me at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Brezsny, there is a statement at top that goes as follows:

"This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies."

It is absolutely untrue that there have been payments from me to anyone to create or edit this page. Please remove this incorrect and defamatory statement.

I requested that this be removed three days ago, and no action has been taken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inspiratrix (talk • contribs) 03:54, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The statement does not say who made the alleged payments, it only says that payments were allegedly made, so why do you assume it is about you? If, for instance, you have a publicist, which seems likely given your profession, the publicist could have made those alleged payments without you even being aware of them. Hence, there is no defamation here -- but in any case, you should be aware of our WP:No legal threats policy. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:11, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

FWIW, I checked Inspiratrix's edits on that page, and while they have a few edits, they aren't COI type edits. It's clearly other editors that created the issues. --Masem (t) 04:17, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The implication is that the article is biased in favor of the subject and that he paid for this result. There is no reason to believe that. There is nothing in the article that is biased for or against the subject. The tags should be removed. TFD (talk) 05:20, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

No, the implication is that someone paid someone to write or edit the article. Your conclusion is an inference. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:22, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I agree the notice creates innuendo that the subject is associated with unethical self-promotion. It is a BLP issue. If merely conjecture, the notice should go to the talk page. If based on evidence, the tag should point to the evidence, and we should respond in a timely manner to resolve the problem. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:51, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• For what it's worth I think {{COI}} was a better template for this occasion, as despite of the promotional languages, it doesn't really have the hallmarks of the typical undisclosed paid editing in my opinion. Alex Shih (talk) 06:06, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • AFAIK, that conclusion was based on this edit. Kleuske (talk) 06:45, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• If we don't have any evidence for paid activity, or at least some sound reasoning based on credible suspicion, then I think the tag should be removed. It is a BLP after all, and the tag does imply nefarious activity. If it is based on this, then I don't see that as justifying it at all - creating an account and making suggestions on the talk page is exactly what the subject of a BLP (or other editor with a COI) should do. If there's evidence that the BLP subject has been editing the article directly rather than via talk page suggestions, then I see it as a COI thing rather than PAID. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:12, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Actually, having properly read the very recent contributions of Ronald Joe Record at the talk page, I take that all back - "We are attempting to improve the content and citations" along with the rest of their way of arguing really does suggest marketing/promotional activity. I'm now neutral on whether the tag is appropriate. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:26, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Foremost in the decision should be respect and the dignity of the subject, per the WMF resolution. The complaint here is a reasonable one, and a vague suspicion of paid editing is a matter for talk page discussion, not appear to be a public allegation in a large notice. I have been bold and removed the notice diff. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 07:23, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• Endorse the removal of the tag as a courtesy to the article subject, but not as a validation of the user who was edit warring to retain promotional content. I have issued them a DS alert as well as lengthy advice on the talk page, including warnings against continued disruptive behavior. Swarm ♠ 08:25, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• I would assume - and I may be wrong - that if you're going to slap a "undisclosed paid" template on an article you should explain why you feel that this is the case on the talk page, particularly if it's not immediately obvious. Fish+Karate 08:35, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• AfD time? Andy Dingley (talk) 10:10, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • On what grounds? It's not a copyvio, subject is notable and article asserts this, article is referenced reliably. Fish+Karate 10:19, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
    • See my comments on the TP about the reliability of the sources. At least two of them are not independent, discogs and allmusic are user generated and there's an op-ed. I'm not very impressed by that. Admittedly, there's one source I can't access. Kleuske (talk) 11:08, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

This has been well handled by Jytdog and Melcous, appropriately, by editing the article and Fae removed the tag. I'm now having a crack at the associated World Entertainment War article. Nice work. Inspiratrix, if you do have a publicist, it might be worth mentioning to them that their best course of action is requesting edits on talk pages of any artists they represent, because publicists' efforts here often backfire, first on their client, and then, presumably, the client may get irritated enough to find a new publicist.

FWIW, I neither agree that the tag was defamatory (note the word "may") nor do I think your post here was a legal threat. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:29, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

And FWIW on my part, I never said that there was a legal threat made, I merely pointed an editor who had used the legal term "defamation" towards our NLT policy so they would know the limits of what was allowed. A courtesy more than anything else. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:22, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

From Inspiratrix: There has been mention of a supposed publicist here when referring to me. Maybe I should have a publicist, but I don't, and haven't had one since 2005, when I hired a publicist for three months to help promote my book "Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia."

As for the music references, I'm not sure what you mean when you say one is an "op ed," and when you say that two are not independent. The articles in the Good Times, Popmatters.com, and Gnosis magazine are not op-ed and are independent in every way I can conceive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inspiratrix (talk • contribs) 04:34, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

{{ping}Inspiratrix}} Please do insert your replies into the middle of someone else' comment. It disrupts the flow of the discussion and makes it difficult to tell who is saying what. I've moved your comment (just above this) to the correct placement. Also, please "sign" your comment at the end by using 4 tildes, i.e. ~~~~. The system will respond to this by adding your account name and a date/time stamp. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:14, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Damn! I can't do an f'ing ping correctly to save my life. @Insporatrix: Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:16, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

See what I mean? I give up. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:20, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Beyond My Ken, You also wrote "Please do insert your replies into the middle of someone else' comment." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:38, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Yikes! Obviously I meant "do not" - thinking faster than my fingers can type. Thanks for the catch. Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Inspiratrix asks Beyond my Ken: Thanks for your note of advice. I'm not sure where to put my comments so that it's clear they're a response to someone els'e comments. Can you offer guidance? Inspiratrix (talk) 06:44, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Just put your response directly after the end of the comment you're responding to. Use colons to indent: one more colon than the comment you're responding to is the norm. If there have been intervening comments from other editors, and you think it will be unclear who you are responding to, you can put the name of the editor at the beginning of the comment, as in: "@Beyond My Ken: Thanks for your note..." And make sure you're posting in the correct thread - I rescued the comment above from a thread further down the page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I'll say what I think is obivious--that if the subject of the article contacted an editor, and if that editor starts editing, and if then another editor jumps on that bus, and if then a third editor say "not so fast", sees a poorly written, non-neutral article with absolutely lousy sources and a bunch of linkspam, if all that happens it would be a good idea for the first editor to explain what this contact was about, and for the second editor to not start throwing accusations around. As usual, though, I'm sure sunlight is the best disinfectant: my thanks to all the editors who took an interest in the article, first of all Kleuske. Drmies (talk) 16:56, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I swore off engaging with User:Drmies but that seems to have lasted about 5 hours. The narrative he constructs here is orthogonal to the one I perceived transpire rapidly over the course of the last few days. First of all, the Rob Brezsny astrological empire is not paying people to edit Wikipedia. He's not Trump. He's not even Beyonce. He's a writer with an astrology column, a few very good books under his belt, and credits for a couple of songs subsequently recorded by Jefferson Starship. Drmies came in and made such substantive deletions to the article that I initially thought it must be vandalism. I said so in the comment to my revert, taking the page back to the last agreed upon revision. I opened a discussion on the talk page to resolve this. The editor, who I subsequently learned is on the arbitration committee, provided sparse replies on the talk page and completely disregarded the main issue which was his tag bombing of the page including an Undisclosed payments tag. Most of all this has been resolved and I am posting this comment here only for the record. The editor, in my opinion, was combative, aggressive, and most importantly adversarial. There was little to no attempt at collaboration. I opened several sections on the talk page attempting to engage and even added a comment on his talk page attempting to lighten the tone and give him some respect. But all these overtures were met with continued vitriol. There is no evidence and no indication that anyone is taking any money for editing this article. It's ludicrous. The addition of the Undisclosed payments tag in the absence of ANY evidence or indication of ill will is, in my opinion, a violation of the assumption of good will policy. There are a number of really odd comments and maybe misperceptions in this comment thread I would like to comment on but do not have the time right now. One of them, however, I would like to get some clarification on. User: Boing! said Zebedee said that my comment "We are attempting to improve the content and citations" really does suggest marketing/promotional activity. I'm trying to understand how my statement of intent to improve suggests promotional activity. Ronald Joe Record (talk) 02:35, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• (1) Long unbroken paragraphs are difficult to read online, and you should consider expressing your thoughts in smaller sections. If you don't, expect to see comments such as "TL,DNR", meaning "Too long, did not read"
• (2) It's not in any way "ludicrous". Paid editing is a problem on Wikipedia, it's happened before, it's happening now, and it will happen again. The integrity of the encyclopedia is at stake, and we take that very seriously. That you were momentarily discomfited is hardly of paramount concern.
• (3) Drmies is not a member of the Arbitration Committee, they are a former member of the Arbitration Committee, having served out their term and choosing not to run again. Nevertheless, Drmies is an administrator, a long-term editor, and a respected member of the Wikipedia community, with a great deal of integrity.
• (4) Your comments here and on the article talk page show quite clearly that you have a conflict of interest in regard to Rob Brezsny, in that you are obviously incapable of adhering to a neutral point of view concerning them. Whatever the reason is for this, I have no idea, but the inability to edit neutrally is very apparent. I would suggest that you follow the recommended procedures in the WP:COI policy and do not edit the Rob Brezsny article again, instead making suggestions for edits on the talk page, and allowing other, unbiased, editors decide whether to implement them.

Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:38, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• BMK, "integrity"? Ha! I appreciate it, though. As for Doctorfree--BMK, I have, on occasion, made fun of your BOLD and UNDERLINING, but I have always admired your paragraphing: a model to follow. I understand that Doctorfree is still having a hexagonal or orthogonal or diametrical issue with me, but I'm afraid it goes over my head. Drmies (talk) 23:02, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I know that my bolding and so forth is idiosyncratic, and may put some people off, but as my son says, it makes the words on the page sound exaclty as I would say them, which is my goal: to avoid misinterpretation by providing in some small measure what is missing from words in print - tone of voice. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:39, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Just mentioning something in support/clarification of point 2, RJR you seem to have the misapprehension that only extremely rich and famous people have had paid editing for them. This isn't the case. Actually the biggest problem tends to IMO come from fairly unknown people. This may be because there are a lot more of them.

But it's probably also because for such a person, a wikipedia article is often a very important part of what people learn about them. The fact that the subject is here complaining is of course evidence that they do care, and I'm in no way saying I blame them or that indicates fault. Further the people who tend to be involved in promoting them are often a lot less informed about acceptable standards. They themselves are also probably more likely to want to get directly involved in getting the article on them, in their view, fixed or improved. I have no idea about the specifics of this case, so my comment in no way suggests that this actually happened but you mentioned books and music. There are often minor PR people in the publisher who occasionally do work to to promote the work and part of that is often promoting the person. </p

And as said, speaking generally even a direct payment isn't particularly surprising. It's not like it's tens of thousands of dollars. In fact, if someone in a developing country on a freelancer site is being hired, it could be less than the cost of a simple (i.e. not fine dining) restaurant meal in many developed countries without any alcohol served. Or a weeks worth of coffees.

And relatively unknown people are hiring people for PR and related work all the time. I had a quick look at the article in question and sure enough found a webpage. It's possible this was entirely self designed and hosted but I doubt it. In any case even if this is true, domain names nowadays can be cheap but still aren't free (well .com 2LD anyway) and the WHOIS on that fairly specific domain suggests it's been registered since 2000.

Again, to be clear, I'm not suggesting any paid editing happened. I know hardly anything about the case. I'm simply suggesting your incredulousness that it could have happened simply because the person is relatively unknown makes little sense since it's happened for people who are even less known who are far poorer than this person.

Nil Einne (talk) 17:48, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Doctorfree, whenever someone says "we", there will be suspicion due to Wikipedia:Username policy#Shared accounts. I understand this is not the case, so naturally the next question would be, who are the other person(s) implied in your statement? Did the article subject (Rob Brezsny) ask you to improve the article back in 2008, and continued to ask you to monitor the article as of present? In either case, your conflict of interest should be apparent. Alex Shih (talk) 02:46, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • Thanks for the reply User:Alex Shih. Is it really the case that my use of the word "we" prompted other editors to reach the conclusion that the statement "really does suggest marketing/promotional activity"? The "we" I was referring to was the Wikipedia editors who were and are contributing to the article. No, the article subject did not ask me to improve the article back in 2008. No, the article subject did not continue to ask me to monitor the article as of present. Are we now in the inquisition phase? What the heck is going on? Look at my edit history. What do you mean that my "conflict of interest should be apparent"? How does one reach such a conclusion from the facts? Please point me to evidence that would support an assertion that I have a conflict of interest in this matter. Exasperating and disappointing, Wikipedia was such a wonder for so many years and has grown to become such a fine repository of information. What is happening to the editorial crew? Ronald Joe Record (talk) 05:31, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

From Inspiratrix: I have never asked anyone or paid anyone or even hinted around to anyone to edit or create anything on the Wikipedia page about me. On July 15, a few days ago, I put a notice on my Facebook page that the article was being edited back and forth after many years of staying the same.

There have been small inaccuracies on the page for years, but I let them alone, feeling it's not my place to intervene in any way. I don't even know who wrote the original article. I understand that this is a legitimate subject for Wikipedia editors to discuss and ask about any article on Wikipedia, so I'm certainly not angry about editors bringing up the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inspiratrix (talk • contribs) 04:50, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Someone isn't telling the truth apparently. Skyerise sounds like the subject contacted her but he has now denied that.

• "The subject has been in touch with me complaining about the recent removals." by Skyerise and "One of the past members of this band, Rob Brezsny, has contacted me about the removal of a few sentences about his musical career from his own article due to poor sourcing."

• "...about Skyerise. In fact, I did not contact him/her. (Not sure what gender he/she is.) He/she contacted me through my Facebook page. I certainly didn't offer him/her anything, and didn't even encourage him/her to edit the Wikipedia page about me." - Rob Brezsny Inspiratrix (talk) 23:23, 21 July 2018 (UTC) by Inspiratrix.Reply

• This needs reconciled.
   — Berean Hunter (talk) 03:49, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

From Inspiratrix: P.S. I'm sure that Skyerise would agree with my account of what happened. Please ask her/him if you like. On July 15, I made a post on my Facebook page saying that after many years, my Wikipedia page was being edited. Skyerise, who had never before commented on my FB page as far as I know, showed up and made some comments under my post, basically saying that the edits that had been made on my page were sensible and in accordance with Wikipedia policy. We then had a brief back and forth. I never asked her/him to take any action at all in editing my Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inspiratrix (talk • contribs) 04:38, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Inspiratrix, as unlikely as this story is, I've heard stranger things and I'm fine with this. I wish that other user's tenacity was so easily explained. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:59, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Proposal

The user Mayerroute5 was blocked for a week by CambridgeBayWeather: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continued disruption by Mayerroute5 Jul 14, since then he continued his disrupting editing as an IP: 2405:204:D287:B4A6:39E7:20E7:B92F:33AA, 116.68.77.209 and 116.68.79.209. It would be not approbiate if his ban ended tomorrow as scheduled and the pages he disrupts I think need to be semiprotected. That are

• 2017 Indian Premier League
• 2016 Indian Premier League
• right down to
• 2010 Indian Premier League.

--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 10:03, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'll take a look at the pages and protect them if it's necessary. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:50, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Protected 2017, 2016, and 2015 as they seem to be the most vandalised. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:58, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, but please do someone protect 2010 - 2014 as well.--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 10:04, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The user is fresh from his ban and continous his editwar where he left!--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 12:47, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

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User:QuanticNut, as their name (and edit history) seems to suggest, is a single-purpose account making disruptive edits (close to breaking WP:3RR) on Detroit: Become Human, which is undergoing a WP:GOODARTICLE review. The edits are without consensus, as stated on the article talk page. In fact, there is a consensus between User:Sebastian James and I not to include the writer in question because, according to the syntax guide, the infobox is for lead writers; Adam Williams did "additional writing", per opening credits. Cognissonance (talk) 00:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

This is largely a content dispute and better suited to WP:3RR or WP:3O. If you think it's disruptive editing, you could use the warning templates {{Uw-disruptive1}} in escalating levels, which could result in a block if they continue to edit despite not reaching consensus on their desired edits.–CaroleHenson (talk) 00:45, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The guidelines don't rule out anybody but lead writers, they simply rule IN lead writers. We should ask ourselves why anybody would 'disruptively' want to credit the right people... I am active in the detroit community and we all know who the writers were as we've interviewed them together.

Incidentally I don't see how my username is pertinent to a specific edit, unless you're just playing an ad hominem? Please stick to the facts (QuanticNut (talk) 06:40, 21 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

@CaroleHenson: The editor has made disruptive edits to the point where they broke the three-revert rule and reached level three of your cited template. It is clear these measures are not taken seriously and I would suggest a temporary block. Cognissonance (talk) 08:16, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@CaroleHenson: The same could equally be said of Cognissonance who broke the three revert rule first, by definition... He doesn't want to engage on substance, just keeps undoing a legitimate edit. He has stopped even disputing the substance, and just keeps suggesting that he gets to decide what is on the page not anyone else. (QuanticNut (talk) 08:25, 21 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

QuanticNut, It is not equal. You are trying to make edits on your own without consensus and seem to have a vested interest in having this information included in the article. The reasoning for not including the information was given, but you are not listening.–CaroleHenson (talk) 14:19, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Is the reason that william is not listed as a lead writer, or that i'm just a guy from a subreddit who isn't 'experienced' enough to make changes? Both were given...

The guidelines don't say it has to be a lead writer who goes in the writers box. so what's the reason?

i tried to find consensus by requesting an edit. was ignored (not disputed). moreover, how can you build consensus about a plain fact? he's credited, nobody disputes it. there was also no consensus to revert the original edit.

I do have a vested interest, I help out on the detroit subreddit where the two writers in question spend hours doing amas and giving us fans the time of day. i've watched them do interviewd all over the world. i wanted to get involved on here as i've gathered alot of knowledge collectively about the production process, creative process etc. i was so amazed at the reception of a valid edit that i couldn't believe it would be upheld... but Cog has made it clear people like me are not welcome editing 'their' page, even if the edit is correct and in the guidelines.

i can only assume you agree with cog on the substance of the matter? (QuanticNut (talk) 14:59, 21 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

Actually, no, I don't have an opinion at all about whether the information should be added. But, you are not getting any support to add the information and there is support to not add it. That's the way things work in consensus-based decision making.

If you have a close connection with the subject, please read conflict of interest. If you want to create content that isn't subject to consensus-based decision-making or COI guidelines, have you thought about a blog?–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:58, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

A blog? Respectfully, are you aware of the information that I tried to add? It's adding a name to the credits which is in the opening credits and which meets the wikipedia guidelines. It wouldn't make for much of a blog.

There is support to add it and support to remove it, so no consensus either way. Yet one side gets its views reflected.

That being said, the issue isn't something you can have an opinion about: someone is listed in the credits and did media all over the world to support the game, but he's missing from the wikipedia page. Ultimately the page and wikipedia suffers, but at least the self-appointed 'owner' of the page gets to win the argument. (QuanticNut (talk) 18:31, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

I thought that there was consensus with Sebastian James to not add that information. I don't know 1) why this is so important to you and 2) why it's so important to the two others to not include it, except that I wasn't finding good sources for the added writer. Perhaps that's it. Anyway, this seems like a lot of effort expended for something not that important in the overall scheme of things. Which makes me more confident that your connection is a bit stronger than I first took your assertion.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:37, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Again, respectfully, the the good source is the opening credits of the game. Alternatively a simple google search turns up dozens of articles:

https://www.vg247.com/2018/04/23/detroit-become-human-lead-writer-quit-tv/ https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/05/23/how-detroit-become-humans-narrative-team-brought-a-world-of-androids-to-life/ https://www.dualshockers.com/detroit-become-human-domestic-abuse/

Incidentally, it's not just this writer - it's two directors who are missing also (mentioned in the 2nd article here).

It means a lot to me because these people have spent hours engaging with us fans on the subreddit, running competitions, supporting fan art, streaming live from events. Thy are good people and we all like them for how engaged they are (especially Ben Diebling). Adding them was just a first step in many planned contributions I wanted to make but yes, it was an important one for me as these people contributed to the creation of a game that gave satisfaction to a lot of people.

That is why I am keen to add: the information is correct and it's a matter close to my interests. As to why Cog is so keen to keep it off... you can see on my talk page. He told me that I am just a 'random person from a subreddit' whereas he is an 'experienced editor'. He initially warned me off because he wanted good article status. I would honestly present to you that his motivation is ownership of the page. (QuanticNut (talk) 18:54, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

I have left a note requesting feedback about the article at WT:VG. --Izno (talk) 23:18, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Can I just thank you for this Izno? The debate continues (unbelievably) but, in my opinion, without directing senior editors to the page a new editor (me) would have been scared off wikipedia forever. (QuanticNut (talk) 19:36, 24 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

Proposal (User:QuanticNut)

I am not seeing that an administrator has blocked this account, so I am guessing that they do not think that this issue has risen to the level that a block is required and/or it's a case of edit-warring among all the involved parties.

It is not clear the extent of the close connection between QuanticNut and the Detroit: Become Human article, but there definitely seems to be a vested interest in having content included in the article that is not in synch with the few other editors of the article and is affecting their ability to agree to consensus building. I propose a one-week topic ban of User:QuanticNut as well as requesting clarification of their connection to the article subject.–CaroleHenson (talk) 17:43, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Anybody who followed the media of Detroit's promotion and launch, or indeed glanced at the opening credits, would be aware of the information I tried to add and which is sourced in dozens of cited articles. The information is plainly true and meets all guidelines.

To that extent, my 'closeness' is totally irrelevant, though it is also true I am a Detroit subreddit fan who has engaged with cage and williams on the boards there (which I stated from the beginning). It annoys me to see that plain facts about a game I adore and that means so much to millions of people cannot be recorded because 'a random person from a subreddit' wanted to add it (as I was disparagingly called).

Does that bother you at all? That wikipedia isn't open to the public anymore? Isn't the whole idea that true and guideline-meeting information can be added by anybody?

I've given up trying to improve the page, so discipline me away. The page will remain incomplete but at least it will belong to the person who reported me, and whose case you haven't scrutinized at all. But in future, why not discuss the substance of the issue instead of obsessing about process, bans and the exercise of reprimands? (QuanticNut (talk) 18:24, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

Your approach to not edit the article works for me. Answers to your questions would mean repeating things I've already said.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:41, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Then there must be an equal vested interest in keeping it off, especially since nobody disputes the correctness of the information. (QuanticNut (talk) 18:58, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

Why is there no discussion of this on the talk page? As far as I can tell both users have violated 3RR and both should be blocked for edit warring. Seems QuanticNut is trying to add something and there has been no discussion and no good reason not to despite some sources having been provided. Seems more like a case of ownership on Cognissonance's behalf. However still this should be discussed on the talk page for the article, or the article locked from editing. Canterbury Tail talk 19:05, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Canterbury Tail, There was discussion of the edit on the talk page, including this edit, which means that there was tacit consensus between Cognissonance and Wrath X. You're right, it was not clearly discussed on the article talk page.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:19, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I submitted 2 edit requests some days ago which are on the talk page, along with sources cited. They were closed by Cog without any engagement whatsoever. He then warned me off on my talk page, telling me I was risking his good article status and that I am just a 'random person from a subreddit'. Then he threatened me with a ban. (QuanticNut (talk) 19:09, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

Cognissonance has no ability to ban you, they do not have that editing authority, so put that one out of your mind. I am actually quite concerned with Cognissonance's comments on your talk page. They are failing good faith here and, as you have stated on your talk page, pointed to guidelines that do not say what they said they say. I do think this should still go to the talk page, which I see you have opened a conversation at which is good. Canterbury Tail talk 19:15, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your interventions and for putting my mind at ease. The initial edit request was made on the 7th of July I believe. I have re-opened it but when I have done this in the past, it has simply been closed again with no response. As the article is currently being reviewed for GA status I fear that cog will continue to shut down the conversation, making the talk page ineffective (QuanticNut (talk) 19:19, 22 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

@Canterbury Tail: QuanticNut said the syntax guide supports his view because of what it doesn't say. You have misrepresented me, saying I disregarded him as "a random subreddit user". I told him, after he said he would bring other subreddit users to the article, "Quality articles (of which there are only a few thousand out of five million) are not edited by random people from a subreddit". This is not an insult, it is a statement of fact. I made Interstellar a Good Article, but only after it was abandoned to the masses, effectively making it a bad article until I showed up. I clearly stated "I do not own Detroit: Become Human, but I have written most of it and vetted all of it", because, since there is no ownership, there better be some credit on Wikipedia. Also, I did not close the edit requests. That was someone else and it was done for lack of consensus, which didn't stop QuanticNut from adding it anyway. Cognissonance (talk) 01:56, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Respectfully, your comments are there for all to see on my talk page. I know you know that you cannot own a page, but at the same time even this comment (which you present as evidence of a sense of ownership) refers to 'the masses' to which articles are 'abandoned'. This id quite denigrating language to refer to the people for whom wikipedia was created.

Also, the fact you are still fighting this suggests it has become personal for you. The guidelines don't say what you said they said; you can't ban me just for disagreeing with you; I've cited many sources to support my case. Wouldn't it be better to let this go and perhaps we could work TOGETHER to keep improving the page? :) (QuanticNut (talk) 05:23, 23 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

On Wikipedia, the quality of an article is determined by hierarchy. Quantic Dream is a bad article, the result of unregulated editing; CD Projekt is a good article, the result of being checked against quality-based criteria. In cases such as these, the only way to reach a conclusion is to seek consensus on the talk page. Cognissonance (talk) 05:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Just to keep this discussion informed @Canterbury Tail:, Cognissonance removed this information once again, this time after the article passed its Good Article review and when debate was still on-going in the talk page [1]. He also deleted all the writers from another videogame article with no comment on their talk page Watch Dogs 2. (QuanticNut (talk) 05:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

On 30 January 2018Ihardlythinkso (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), AKA IHTS was blocked with the listed reason "chronic battleground mentality, misuse of talk page while blocked, topic ban violations, multiple prior blocks have not solved the problem". There are 25 entries in his block log. There are 14 blocks in his block log.[2]

The battleground mentality and incivility has continued. Examples from the last three days:

• "Bug off"[3]
• "There's an editor going out of his way looking for ways he thinks will antagonize me, based on long-term held grudge."[4]
• "The fact is, it's your continued personal/WP:OR interpretations of same that I've repeatedly objected to, when you're uninformed and wrong. But yeah, the fact "[you] don't care" has been repeatedly demonstrated by you WP:IDHT-style. "[5]
• "here you go again, mouthing off your own WP:OR re how Pritchard writes (again), when in fact you don't know what you're taking about (again)... I'm sick of shielding from your steady WP:IDHT WP:OR trying to steamroll discussions."[6]
• "Oh that's very disturbing. With you it's all about mob rule, isn't it. And not quality of argumment."[7]
• "You dont' know what you're talking about... You, are dishonest here, harassing me once again. Your arguments have to be taken in that context, since you're repeating old arguments already refuted, without new argument, as though you haven't read the thread. You like to start more shit between us whereby I have to ask you to stop badgering me again, after all these years?? Don't pretend none of this is true. You have even documented elsewhere how to harass others and still be under the WP radar of 'policy'. Go blow."[8]
• "Since you're "into" making assumptions, there's plenty here to guide your assumption-making"[9]
• "And why aren't you put your xxx where your mouth is, by responding at Talk:Three check chess#Test your mettle? You are oh-so confident here in this thread, but strangely absent from replying Yes or No in that Talk sec. Lacking confidence much?"[10]
• "Your arguments are all bogus. Plus you're an insulting jackass... You know nothing what you're talking about... What a blowhard in-the-dark argument!... What an argument! Don't make me laugh so hard I throw up. "[11]
• "If you editors really had confidence in your assertions, instead of OR and bullying, and if you cared about encyclopedic value, then you'll agree with the following:"[12]
• "Gosh, such a real convincing argument, that! What a joke. You don't know waht you're taking about."[13]
• "Quit destroying articles."[14]
• "Your arguments are bull.... You have no idea."[15]

The above is just from the last three days. He has been doing this for years. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:27, 22 July 2018 (UTC) Modified 13:49, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Support indefinite ban! I know I'm jumping the gun here even before IHTS has had a chance to respond. But in my review, I think this is a lost case and a waste of our community time to allow this editor to continue disrupting the project with this kind of mentality – which can be summarized with the statement, "you're an insulting jackass" used by this editor. Enough is... Lourdes 11:09, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• IHTS is frustrating. On one hand, I feel like we should get along as two of the rare people who care at all about chess variants (IHTS is almost certainly the most active editor in that area). If he were banned, I would miss having someone so passionate about the subject on Wikipedia. On the other hand, his tendency to treat other editors badly and turn even minor disagreements toxic is well documented in the AN archives, AE, other noticeboards, talk pages, etc. I don't think I've been part of any of them in the past, and if it were just a matter of IHTS having a problem with me in particular (many of the quotes above were directed at me), I wouldn't be leaving this comment. But it's an awful lot of people -- and untold others that were put off of editing those articles (or from Wikipedia) after accidentally drawing IHTS's ire or seeing it on various talk pages. Ultimately, Wikipedia is not a place where one can reliably work autonomously. Content disputes will come up, and it's necessary to the collaborative process to be able to stick to the content without lashing out at people. If it were just on rare occasion, that would be one thing, but when it's persistent, it creates not just toxic environment, but discourages participation. I'd have a hard time !voting to indef, but certainly wouldn't oppose it -- I just don't know what other lesser approach would have any meaningful effect. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 17:42, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Guess what?: I find you frustrating. (But just like at Talk:Three-check chess, just like at CV article, my views count zero, your views must be implemented, right??) --IHTS (talk) 12:16, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• (Non-administrator comment) Let's give Ihardlythinkso a chance to respond, of course, but, pending said response, I'm in favor of a months-long block, say, three months or so; steady escalation of blocks over slapping an indefinite block, in my opinion, properly balances the history of the editor (as a chess enthusiast) with, well, the history of the editor (insofar as the block log and invective is concerned). —Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 22:19, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Disclaimer: As I made clear at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive814#Request interaction ban, I am fairly confident that User:Ihardlythinkso, is not a fossorial mammal, is not a Melanocytic nevus, is not made of exactly 6.02214179(30)×10²³ atoms, not a massive stone structure between places separated by water, not a sauce used in Mexican cuisine, and is definitely not a Soviet Beriev Be-8 amphibian aircraft. I hope that this clears up any confusion on this matter.

The following prior interactions with AE, AN and ANI lead me to believe that any sanction that depends on Ihardlythinkso agreeing to behave a certain way and then sticking to that agreement is doomed to failure.

• Arbitration Enforcement (AE):
  • Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive202#Ihardlythinkso
  • Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive214#Ihardlythinkso
  • Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive224#Ihardlythinkso
  • Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive225#Doc9871

• Administrators' noticeboard (AN):
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive234#Proposed topic ban of Pigsonthewing
    • "Another typical example of irresponsible reading and comment. Read it again... Good grief - go back to school and learn to read. Hint: words have meaning. Not your ridiculous imagination."
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive263#Clarification on IBAN (or, perhaps more timely, please get admin Sjakkalle off my back)
    • "But this is how things are done on the ever-so-pleasant Wikipedia. How fucking nasty!"
    • "More fucking shit on the abusive irresponsible AN board. I considered my opinion carefully and can back it up. You wanna make this personal with your patronizing ad hominem insult as if I were a vandal or a sock. Go stuff it [redacted] and consider your contribution to the nastiness of these boards."
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive276#User:Ihardlythinkso reported by User:Yobol (Result: Locked)
    • "What I see is IHTS's stubborn warring against a larger consensus, so their deletionism/whitewashing amounts to IDHT, TEND, and BATTLE. Their arguments are generally not based in policy, and when they mention any PAG, they reveal they don't understand them, and multiple other editors call them on it, but then they do their IDHT thing and keep on battling. It's very tiring. Even a superficial examination of their claims usually shows them to be groundless wikilawyering or blatant IDon'tLikeIt. They also throw around BLP claims as if BLP means that no negative content is allowed, and that's BS. Note that the diffs above are only a fraction of a repeated pattern, with many editors resisting IHTS's removal of sourced content they don't like... A topic ban would be helpful."
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive278#User:Ihardlythinkso reported by User:Alexbrn (Result: Protected)
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive290#Request review of Black Kite's conduct by uninvolved admin
    • "Clear consensus that Black Kite's block was justified. OP [Ihardlythinkso] has retired in a fit of pique (although we all know how that often goes). There's nothing more to do here." Error: It wasn't Ihardlythinkso who "retired in a fit of pique".
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive294#User:Ihardlythinkso reported by User:Viriditas (Result: Blocke)
    • "This appears to be a deliberate, pointy attempt by the user [Ihardlythinkso] to harass [redacted] during her RFA"
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive317#User:ChessPlayerLev and User:Ihardlythinkso reported by User:Jasper Deng (Result:Page protected 3 days)

• Administrators' noticeboard/Incident (ANI)
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive736#Name-calling accusations
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive759#Continued Abusive Behavior from Ihardlythinkso
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive782#Ihardlythinkso's disruptive conduct
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive804#Topic ban appeal Error: appeals are allowed, and this was just a question asked by IHTS on a page where another user was appealing.
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive830#Apparent anti-female bigotry
    • "Your arguments belong on The Jerry Springer Show. (And so does ANI generally. It is a cesspool of irresponsibility here, and cat-fighting is the accepted norm of quality of argument -- you've done nothing but provide additional demonstration of same.)"
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive835#Ihardlythinkso blanking articles in order to make a point
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive837#Ihardlythinkso violating his IBAN
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive838#Request for sanctions on Ihardlythinkso
    • "You're pathetic [redacted], filled w/ bull and always have the last word of paper tiger. You should shut up and don't address me directly... In my book you are supreme hypocrite and your accusations are never subject to scrutiny or examination, so you can exhibit as much blowhard behavior as you like and you know you can get by with same. You have no moral and especially no intellectual authority, you have only your pathetic admin badge and blocking bat, which you've already used on me. Your Wikistalking accusations are spurious and untrue, you are IMO an abusive admin and need to be de-sysop'd. Why don't you tell the world again here, how the name-call of classic narcissist is *not* a personal attack. You have no credibility what is or isn't PA after that, and should stop the condescending wikilinking of same as if you do." ... "Just more cesspool enemy detractors at the infamous ANI cesspool board that gives the entire WP a great reputation. So just keep it up, you're doin' great"
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive838#More IBAN violations by Ihardlythinkso
  • sanctions on Ihardlythinkso for violation of Interaction ban]
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive904#User:Ihardlythinkso and User:Objective3000: Time for an IBAN?

• Battlegound behavior when responding to a good-faith attempt to disengage
  • Interaction (2nd request)
  • Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive814#Request interaction ban

--Guy Macon (talk) 01:33, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Huh, I remember the whac-a-mole stuff now but I'd forgotten you and IHTS were the editors involved. His tirades have been going on way too long. Maybe a talk page ban would be the way to go, since that- rather than IHTS's article work- seems to be the problem. If he then starts screeching at people in edit summaries we can rethink. Reyk _YO! 07:48, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• That's a really interesting idea! Other than edit warring (which a 1RR or 2RR restriction would fix) has he ever been disruptive when editing articles as opposed to talk pages? Or maybe a limit of one talk page comment per talk page per 24 hours would be sufficient. On the other hand, I haven't had a lot of success with carefully crafted sanctions designed to keep an editor editing without being disruptive. The admins usually ignore the suggestion and either apply an indef block or decide to wait for further disruption before acting. I can't say that I blame them. --Guy Macon (talk) 08:35, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Without comment on the merits of applying it to the current issue, I have long been a believer that some editors would be better topic-banned from the subject of "other Wikipedia editors (broadly construed)". - Ryk72 ^'c.s.n.s.' 08:47, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

That's not an option. Collaboration is required. If you ban someone from article talk pages not only can they not collaborate with anyone else, when they get into a content dispute it also means other editors can't possibly resolves it with them. If we have got to the point where banning them from talking to others is considered a solution, then it needs to be a complete ban as that is a core requirement to edit here. Play nice with others. Only in death does duty end (talk) 09:01, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

We have already reached the point where if another editor gets into a content dispute with Ihardlythinkso they cannot possibly resolve it with him, except by letting him have his way. All you can do is stop editing the page, as I and many others have done with the chess pages. Alas, even that didn't work, because Ihardlythinkso started being disruptive on the reliable sources noticeboard and on an AfD. I like chess. I miss being able to edit the chess pages. --Guy Macon (talk) 09:38, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Tough questions. Can't have the continued personal attacks and angry rambling, but you don't want to lose the content contributions. But I wonder how much good work would get done in chess articles if other people were allowed to edit there. Reyk _YO! 10:49, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

"I wonder how much good work would get done in chess articles if other people were allowed to edit there." If we're even having to ask ourselves that question, that to me is a clear sign that a topic ban or equitable sanctions are in order. Nobody owns a page.--WaltCip (talk) 10:59, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

A topic ban is unlikely to be effective. His previous topic ban was "Ihardlythinkso is banned from the topic of post-1932 politics of the United States, and closely related people, broadly construed"[16][17] and he couldn't or wouldn't abide by it.[18][19] --Guy Macon (talk) 13:11, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Guy Macon's massive collection of diffs of IHTS's apparent misconduct is somewhat misleading. "Your arguments belong on the Jerry Springer Show" is hardly the worst insult that's ever been lobbed at a wikipedian for example, while this one was just a simple question, so not sure why this was highlighted. Believe it or not, IHTS has mellowed in the past couple of years, and his contributions to chess articles are appreciated at WikiProject Chess. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 14:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Plus, the "OP who retired in a fit of pique" in this diff was not IHTS but User:MaxBrowne.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:38, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Thanks for catching my errors, and I apologize to IHTS. I have stricken those from the list. Please let me know if anything else that is misleading snuck in; I want to be fair. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I am unaware of the previous blocks of IHTS and the prospect of reading all the associated walls of text is not enticing, but in my experience he has been reasonably amiable and of course has made many useful contributions to chess-related articles. So since he is HTBAE I oppose an indefinite block but he needs to be less combative in discussions as it does seem to be a recurrent problem that is not helpful to anyone. Whether this change is a realistic expectation, I do not know. Hrodvarsson (talk) 23:01, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

UTRS appeal #20545

Ihardlythinkso's block log has the following entries:

• 17:45, 30 January 2018 Floquenbeam changed block settings for Ihardlythinkso with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked, email disabled, cannot edit own talk page) (chronic battleground mentality, misuse of talk page while blocked, topic ban violations, multiple prior blocks have not solved the problem)

• 17:52, 30 January 2018 Floquenbeam changed block settings for Ihardlythinkso with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked, email disabled, cannot edit own talk page) (Additional note to say that the block extension is not AE enforcement; the original 2 week duration, and talk page access removal for those 2 weeks, *are* arbitration enforcement. Any UTRS admin can unblock after 2 weeks without fear of desysop.)

• 16:30, 11 February 2018 Alex Shih changed block settings for Ihardlythinkso with an expiration time of 13:56, 27 February 2018 (account creation blocked, email disabled) (Reducing the block extension to 2 weeks per UTRS appeal #20545, making this a one-month block. TPA turned back after both UTRS discussion and consultation with blocking administrator)

Without revealing anything that shouldn't be revealed, could someone please post some sort of indication as to what is in UTRS appeal #20545?

In particular, was there a commitment on the part of Ihardlythinkso that is inconsistent with the behavior documented elsewhere in this report? It seems to me that "chronic battleground mentality ... multiple prior blocks have not solved the problem) is a good description of his behavior during the three days that I checked.

@Floquenbeam and Alex Shih:

--Guy Macon (talk) 13:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Guy Macon, the UTRS discussion was mostly about unblock conditions, in which I have posted on their talk page after ([20]). Unfortunately I did not explicitly ask for commitment on their behaviour, partially because I thought it was already implied when they apologised for several instances of their misbehaviour in the incident that led to the indefinite block. I would endorse re-blocking Ihardlythinkso indefinitely. Alex Shih (talk) 13:30, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I believe this is the last discussion I've had regarding IHTS: [21]. Here were the unblock conditions: [22]. I never saw the UTRS appeal, I just defered to Alex's judgement. I recall being skeptical at the time; IHTS does not interact well with people he disagrees with. His reaction to GoldenRing (who was just enacting a very clear consensus of admins at AE) was typical of almost every interaction he has.

I'm just responding to the ping, I have not (and will not) looked at IHTS's latest interactions to see what's happening now. --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:40, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The unblock conditions were:

1. Please do not violate your current AP2 topic ban again.
2. No more compiling lists of any kind that could be considered as attack pages, please.
3. Next topic ban violation would have to be indefinite block (and probably needs public discussion if it was to be appealed).

Would User:Ihardlythinkso/Headlong to gray goo be considered a list list that could be considered an attack page? (I am not claiming that it is or is not; this is a good-faith question posted because I don't know the answer). --Guy Macon (talk) 07:33, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• • I don't think so. It's been nominated for deletion before and kept: Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Ihardlythinkso/Headlong_to_article_lower-quality_statuses. Reyk _YO! 08:42, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• "IHTS does not interact well with people he disagrees with. His reaction to GoldenRing (who was just enacting a very clear consensus of admins at AE) was typical of almost every interaction he has." I think this comment by Floquenbeam sums things up very accurately and precisely. IHTS has a clear, pervasive, and very long-term CIR problem which he refuses to correct or modify. No matter how valuable his content work, if he cannot adjust civilly to Wikipedia's collaborative environment, he needs to be shown the door, per WP:CIR. I support a site ban; the indef blocks have not worked because he always weasels his way out of them, and his promises to change are empty. The community has wasted far too much time on his problematical behaviors already. Softlavender (talk) 23:43, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Support site ban. When he laid into me in 2013 at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive814#Request interaction ban, I disengaged, figuring that eventually either he would shape up or end up indefinitely blocked, but here he is, five years later, laying into me again at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Reliable sources regarding the rules of a chess variant and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Three-check chess. The phrase Loose Cannon comes to mind. In the age of sail, sometimes a cannon weighing as much as three and a half tons would come loose and would roll back and forth as the deck pitched, crushing anyone who got in the way. Meanwhile, the fuse was still lit and after a short while the cannon would fire in some random direction. In my considered opinion, Ihardlythinkso is a loose cannon which has overcome all previous attempts to tie it down and needs to be rolled overboard. --Guy Macon (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Support site ban or indef - This user has proven time and again that he is unable or unwilling to participate in the project in an acceptable manner. His combative attempt to bargain with Alex an his talk page underscores exactly why removing him from Wikipedia is in our best interest.- MrX 🖋 11:23, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • Stalking my Talk!? Gosh I wonder why! (Not a long-term grudge-holder, for sure.) p.s. Your comment when I correctly stated that words "Latino" and "Hispanic" are neither race nor even ethnicity, as "obtuse" -- I really didn't get that. I thought I was as clear as a person can be. --IHTS (talk) 12:29, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  "Combative attempt to bargain". Not try and say the truth as best I can, and asking consideration for same, right? And Softlavender, not liking to see any past block lifted, says "he always weasels his way out", even she was never witness to any block lift rationale, discussion, or argument. (Both your behaviors are not vindictive-nasty??) --IHTS (talk) 12:48, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Normally this is the point where I tell you that you need to examine your own behavior and inform you that blaming other people is an ineffective way of avoiding a block, but in this case you are pretty much an expert on what gets you blocked and what gets you unblocked, so In won't bother telling you what has been told to you so many times already.

That being said, a new user may run across this discussion, so I will say for the new user's benefit that we are each responsible for our own behavior, and that pointing to bad behavior by someone else -- even if it is true -- in no way excuses bad behavior on your part.

I expect that we will now an example of the Law of holes in action as Ihardlythinkso explains in entertaining detail what an evil and vindictive person I am, but I will be very disappointed if this turns into yet another game of Whac-A-Mole.[23]. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:51, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I was impressed favorably by IHTS's handling, in March of this year, of the discussion of how MOS:NICKNAME was to be handled in the lead paragraph of Bobby Fischer. (Now in archive #8 of the talk page.) Moreover, I would have to say, in the two and a half years that I have been editing Chess on Wikipedia, I have never had so much as a difficult moment with this guy. I concur with some other editors that his competence is not at issue -- his edits to chess articles are exemplary, and he edits a lot. Nevertheless, I can see that there is a serious problem; I've watched him get into hot water on several occasions, and it baffles me how quickly it seems to happen. Bruce leverett (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• Support block, not sure how long, but maybe indef. Really starting to think IHTS's name might be better as WP:IDHT... --Tarage (talk) 18:20, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• Oppose indefinite block. Such a block should not be done lightly, and if it is to be imposed, it should be done by ARBCOM, not by the chaotic free for all environment that is ANI. A cool-down block of 2 or 3 days might well have been imposed at the height of the dispute between 19-21 July, but to impose it now would be WP:PUNITIVE. This all stemmed from a content dispute between IHTS and LukeSurl at the page Three-check chess. There were testy exchanges on the Talk page (ok mostly by IHTS) but a compromise was eventually hammered out. Meanwhile LukeSurl had raised the issue at the RSN, leading to Izno nominating the article for deletion (or more likely merging with List of chess variants). This is where Guy Macon became involved, apparently forgetting that he had 5 years ago requested an interaction ban with IHTS. Since then Guy Macon has refused all requests from IHTS to refrain from interacting, and in my opinion has been unnecessarily provocative. He has even used direct personal attacks e.g. [24] "Sorry, but it is difficult to remember every ******* on Wikipedia." - it is a fair assumption that the asterisked 7-letter word here is "asshole" or similar insult, and he has the nerve to link to WP:CIV in the same breath. Referring to someone's block log is also an irrelevant personal attack. The behaviour continued at the Afd, with some unnecessary baiting here, here and here, despite IHTS's stated desire not to interact. In raising the ANI he took a scattergun approach, highlighting threads from several years ago, some of them perfectly reasonable interactions. He also for some reason thought it necessary to publicize the ANI in multiple forums [25] [26] [27]. This is the editor who has been the most strident in pushing for an indefinite block. Rather than jumping on the mob bandwagon, please examine Guy Macon's provocative behaviour. I question his motives in raising this ANI. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:42, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I agree an indef shouldn't be taken lightly, but this is where it typically happens. The community, chaotic as it may sometimes be, does resolve long-term behavioral issues sometimes. It's only if this process fails (repeatedly) that it goes to arbcom. I'd be 98% sure that a case request would just kick it back here, especially since there seems to be a consensus forming that something is necessary. I'd probably be inclined towards a fixed-length long-term block (6m/12m) over an indef or a site ban. Indefinite is not infinite, but practically speaking only in certain cases -- it's hard to find consensus to come back when the block was based on activities over a long period of time. A 6m/12m block would be the last step before site ban, I guess, as it builds in the ability to come back for another chance. I completely disagree with your assertion that this is punitive. I don't think anybody here is supporting a block/ban based just on the recent events, but on a demonstrated pattern over the course of years. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:47, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I just don't like how this is being handled at all. Guy Macon repeatedly provoked IHTS, and now he's the one pushing so hard for a site ban. He's bombarding us with the sheer volume of old links, not all of which are valid examples of misconduct on IHTS's part. Why isn't this behaviour being examined? This whole thing just has a nasty smell to it. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 18:13, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

"he's the one pushing so hard for a site ban" – There are many editors pushing hard for a site ban/block, and Guy wasn't even the first, I was. "He's bombarding us with the sheer volume of old links, not all of which are valid examples of misconduct on IHTS's part." – Multiple editors have reviewed the links and have reached the same conclusion separately, without being canvassed by Guy; trust their intelligence please. "Why isn't this behaviour being examined?" – You or any interested editor are free to list out links where you can point out Guy's egregious behaviour; I'm not sure you'll find any where Guy is calling other editors encomiums like "jackass" and stuff (and no, "*****" doesn't make the cut; your imagination of what ***** may mean holds no relevance here), but do please list any you find problematic; however, while it may invite strictures against Guy (that is, if such links can be produced), that will not in any way reduce IHTS's culpability. "This whole thing just has a nasty smell to it." – One guess where all the nasty smell started from. Lourdes 19:11, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Support indefinite block with a very clear message that indefinite does not mean infinite. I have no doubt that IHTS is a genuine chess expert and a productive chess contributor. Other chess editors attest to that. However, IHTS's repeated combative and extremely insulting behavior is simply not acceptable. IHTS can act like a jackass on Twitter or Reddit or 4Chan but not on Wikipedia anymore. So, IHTS should be blocked and then unblocked only if they make a rock solid personal pledge to abandon battleground behavior on Wikipedia forever. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:34, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Jzsj (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from editing, discussing, or mentioning, any articles related to education or schools, broadly construed. They may participate in deletion discussions related to these topics if they created the page(s) in question.

By now, he has already served two blocks for violating the topic ban. One for 1 "oversight", the second for 42 "oversights". And now, to my opinion he violated the topic ban again:

1. Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct professor, here (and after a polite warning self reverted)
2. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a professor, here (6 edits).

I do not believe any more that these violations are plain "oversights". The Banner talk 11:36, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• (Non-administrator comment) I was going to comment to the effect that the Vojtko edit should probably not be held against them as they retracted it, and the Gutiérrez edits are borderline since an article on someone who holds a professorship but is not known for his educational work. Until I noticed that one of the edits related specifically to his academic work,[28] and I dug a little deeper and noticed this: if it could be called wikilawyering to block the editor for editing articles on people who happen to hold professorships, it would be just as wikilawyer-ish to say that being technically permitted to "participate in deletion discussions" allows them to thank editors for saving the entire content of those articles by copy-pasting them verbatim several months after the deletion discussions in question have been closed. And then there're all these edits whose edit summaries or article titles include "school", "college", etc., and while an argument could be made that the last group was not specifically related to schools the group founded, education is apparently such an integral part of their raison d'être that it's in their name.

I'm really thinking that at this point the editor probably needs an IDHT/CIR indef block, or a broader TBAN that covers "Christianity" since it's so easy to skirt the boundaries of the current ban by editing articles on religious institutions that are very closely (only?) associated with education but the edits themselves might not technically look like they are related to education.

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:07, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'm editing dozens of articles and sincerely trying to avoid violations of the ban. Please note that it was imposed mainly for my effort to get religious post-nominals accepted in infoboxes. I have learned since then the meaning of consensus in Wikipedia, and I respect that. I was also involved in a dispute over religious organizations and the poverty background of Catholic schools, with some support but little consensus. These are the only places where I have run into problems, all since last January, which I fully intend to avoid in the future. I have over 27,000 edits and over 400 articles created and remaining in Wikipedia. With regard to extending the ban to other related areas, if these are grey areas then why not wait until my editing there results in the kind of dispute that brought on the ban? Jzsj (talk) 13:24, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

No, Jzsj, the topic ban was mainly the result of time and time again ignoring consensus. And every time restarting a discussion when the consensus went against your desire. For example here. The Banner talk 13:51, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• You're citing the one example of where I went against consensus and was banned. The previous discussions had not reached consensus. I have since learned that consensus is determined by administrators very largely on the basis of pro and con votes. Your "time and time again" ignores that none of this took place before last January, when I first encountered these issues after 30 months of work in Wikipedia, 10 to 14 hours most days. I am determined to abide by Wikipedia policies and am sorry for slips, which I will make greater efforts to avoid. I have reverted the ref I added to the Gutiérrez article; you're correct about it dealing with schools. I would be a fool to deliberately touch school issues, even if I was not being so carefully watched. (Also, please reference what you mean by 42 "oversights" in your opening statement.) Jzsj (talk) 14:10, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• this. The Banner talk 19:02, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

A kinder, and truer, interpretation of this was the one given there, leading to a reasonable, 72 hour block: "Thanks for reminding me, it was an oversight. I began just correcting the links to sisters, and got into the schools inadvertently." It was a single incident, on a single oversight, on a single day when I added the "Sister" link in 81 articles and regrettably strayed into the sisters at the schools in the sisters category. Jzsj (talk) 23:08, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• As to the "Wikilawyering" charge, I haven't dealt with that issue before, but when I looked up relevant material, this is all I found. Where does it say that I shouldn't thank an editor who on his/her own "merged" (not "saving the entire content") an article and mentioning that there are other articles of mine where this recommended merging was not carried out at the time of deletion. Jzsj (talk) 17:20, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
• I'm not sure how you conclude that I may not edit articles like all these edits, where the names of the groups do not mention schools, and where I was careful to avoid touching parts of their work related to education. Give me some credit! Jzsj (talk) 17:40, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Four edits on the section "Emphasis on education" did not touch education? The Banner talk 19:11, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I found no relation to education in the first and third examples. In the middle one I deliberately avoided touching on the work Fr. Garcia did in education. But you are right, that in one (and only one) of the four edits in the section on education the reference I added was to his being on the board of a social research institute, which was indeed an oversight on my part. I will try harder to note the verboten nature of such edits. All the trouble both of us are going through in this discourse here will have the salutary effect of bringing to my mind the matter of the ban while editing. Jzsj (talk) 23:08, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• You clearly do not understand what the meaning of your topic ban is in reality. To try to explain it one more time: you are not allowed to touch articles that are related to education or schools. This includes teachers, professors, buildings etc., no matter how remote related to education. The Banner talk 10:22, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• @Cyberpower678: Please give us your decision on this. It seems to me that if one looks into the material behind the ban (acting against consensus on post-nominals) then such further generalization of it is unnecessary, especially in light of the fact that I had made c. 25,000 edits and this dispute at NDCRHS is the only time I ran into this problem, and learned from it. My present editings try to respect the ban. Please clarify the ban in this regard. Thanks, Jzsj (talk) 10:53, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

  My interpretation of the ban, as per the "broadly construed", is that any article remotely related to education or covering education is within the scope of the ban. However, articles not primarily about education, universities, and similar topics, and are at best a few sentences in articles mentioning the topic, should not be including in the ban's scope.—CYBERPOWER (Around) 03:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Propose indef block

An anonymous IP user that goes by Special:Contributions/2402:8100:2009:548C:4733:8B35:2D89:CABE keeps making unconstructive edits on the Godzilla (1998 film) article. He/she has no talk page, so I can't send him a message to stop or anything. Armegon (talk) 17:06, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Armegon: it looks like he may have stopped, I am not sure why you think you can't leave a massage on his talk? Tornado chaser (talk) 17:23, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ah! Just figured out how. Armegon (talk) 17:24, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I believe he is using 2402:8100:2009:548C::/64 which means he is using this one, too.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 17:37, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Deacon Vorbis is quick to attack editor(s) who disagree with their edits. See Talk:Potato. - FlightTime (open channel) 22:17, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

In my defense, you kind of deserved it. I don't use that kind of language here very often, so when I do, there was probably a good reason for it. But as far as I'm concerned, the argument is over, so unless there's anything else to bring up, I'd be fine with letting this drop. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 22:24, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'd be fine with an apology for that instance and this one also. Cheers, - FlightTime (open channel) 22:29, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Any apology from me is going to be pretty insincere (which might be worse than none at all), but my willingness to let this all drop is genuine. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 22:36, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Well, then maybe a block would deter you from going off on others in the future, I'll let the community decide. Cheers, - FlightTime (open channel) 22:42, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Deacon Vorbis WP:TRHAT. It doesn't get much more trivial than using a hat note to point to a few sentences in an article that describe how 26 years ago a former US Vice President mis-spelled the word. Also, your edit summary definitely violates WP:ESDONTS. Nobody can force you to issue an apology, but what you did violated Wikipedia's code of conduct.— Maile (talk) 22:51, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I have blocked the editor for 24 hours and made it clear that this behavior is unacceptable. I certainly hope that it does not resume. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but many VOAs (now blocked) have been inserting vandalism talking about how the fortnight player "Ninja" just died of the fictitious disease "ligma", especially at the Celebrity article, which has now been protected.

I thought this might be over, but this diff [29]makes me question that (look on urban dictionary, 4th answer down, [30] bofa has to do with ligma). Tornado chaser (talk) 22:36, 22 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

And I thought we hit peak Deez Nuts in 2016. RickinBaltimore (talk) 00:01, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

It’s a joke. pewdiepie made a video where he made a joke about Ninja catching “ligma”, so his fans are now trying to goof on us. It’ll die in a week, whatever.💵Money💵emoji💵^💸 00:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

And then there's the numerous ones who made their guest appearances when reported at AIV. Do a user Contributions name search under Deez and Deeez and Deeeez and Deeeeez. Just keep adding an "e" to the name in the search, and more names pop up. Some of the edits never made it past the filters, but they had fun. Perhaps not all went thru AIV. Must be a lot of people out there who think this is the funniest thing they ever saw, or thought of. — Maile (talk) 00:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Money emoji: Ah. I suspected this was something like the Todd Howard incident that happened a few months ago. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 00:34, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I feel like every time a youtuber encourages wiki vandalism their own article should be made worse. --Tarage (talk) 03:17, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Tarage: to be fair, he doesn’t actually ask his viewers to vandalize the article in the video, they did it themselves... also ligma=lick my balls, so dont y’all fall for it.💵Money💵emoji💵^💸 05:10, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

He should know better. --Tarage (talk) 05:53, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I watched the video (funny skit about how to insult people on Roblox). He doesn't mention Wikipedia, let alone encourage vandalism. Kleuske (talk) 12:56, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I just deleted Draft:Ligma. If this doesn't die down soon, an edit filter might be potentially useful. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:43, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I was thinking the same thing, I reported a few ligma vandals today. Tornado chaser (talk) 19:20, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

It's still happening as of now. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 22:09, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Yup, I just reported Da G0od sUcC. L293D (☎ • ✎) 22:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

User:Miska5DT keeps blanking, doing disruptive editing, and removing contents from articles Societat Civil Catalana, Somatemps, Javier Barraycoa, Josep Alsina and Catalan independence movement. Then he adds an AfD deletion template to Somatemps and after blanking the article states in the deletion discussion that there is not a single reference in the sources about the matter. Filiprino (talk) 11:38, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Filiprino Somatemps has been nominated for deletion, there is nothing wrong with that. Its non-notable and no credible source discusses it. I am extremely concerned about your creation of an article about Catalan academic Josep Alsina in which you call him a Nazi without a credible source. Mr. Alsina is not a nazi he is an academic you dislike. Wikipedia is extremely strict about slandering living persons and you cannot use the platform to attack people you oppose politically. Equally, the article you created about Javier Barraycoa is dedicated solely to disparage his books which you dislike. Finally your recent nomination for deletion of Tabarnia, an entry which literally has hundreds of credible sources discussing it in various languages, shows you are not editing wikipedia in good faith and are here for spurious reasons. I really think this is a boomerang situation which requires admin attention. Particularly regarding Mr. Alsina who should be alerted of this online slander. I will contact him personally ASAP so he is aware of the situation. Miska5DT (talk) 11:47, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I want to recall you that this discussion is not to attack my articles nor myself but to defend yourself. Filiprino (talk) 11:53, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Filiprino: When you start a discussion at the administrators' noticeboard, all sides of the issue in question are looked it. In many cases, that means the reporting editor's edits will be scrutinized. (See the essay WP:BOOMERANG.) Further, you complain that he removed content from an article; he replied that he removed it to comply with WP:BLP because you added material in violation of that policy. In that regard, Miska5DT's comments are appropriate (with the exception of taking this offline and contacting the subject of an article directly). —C.Fred (talk) 11:59, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I am aware that my edits will be scrutinised. And you won't find any of the violations he reports. Thanks for your attention. Filiprino (talk) 12:09, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@C.Fred: I want to note that the user is now blanking and removing sourced content from the article Sardana. Diffs: [31] [32]. He claims it is not in the source, but it is. It's not in the quotation, but that's all. The source is an article from JSTOR with 59 references. It's a known peer-reviewed paper from Stanley Brandes. I was now going to add information from [33] (2015) but the user blanked the whole Wikipedia article. Filiprino (talk) 12:30, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Filiprino, (also pinging C.Fred) I note from your talk page you are in extremely problematic editor pushing a hyper nationalistic line, this is why I had a look through your recent edit history. Sardana is a traditional dance of Catalonia which, incidentally my mother was made to learn during the Francoist dictatorship. The rather sinister far-right, xenophobic edit you have included in what should be a nice, normal article about a fricking dance is the following:

Immigration is also a concern for Catalans due to possible cultural loss. Andalusian immigration in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries introduced the Andalusian feria de abril and flamenco dancing. It has been perceived by some as a manipulated instrument of Spanish state domination. In fact, learning sardana can be considered a way of expressing solidarity with Catalans. Catalans consider that sardana has to be defended against possible incursions by the dominant Castilian culture. Failing to adopt Catalan culture might cause it to disappear, effectively annihilating Catalan people.

Filiprino, I am not even going to comment. Miska5DT (talk) 12:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Filiprino: "my articles" ? No one owns any articles here. - FlightTime (open channel) 13:02, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@FlightTime: Where I wrote articles I wanted to write edits. Filiprino (talk) 13:13, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Comment:Both users have edit warred extensively in articles related to Catalonia, including over deletion templates. I think they've both offered valid critiques in places, but they have also both lain it on way to thick when citing criticisms. The Josep Alsina article is a good example: it's fair to describe him as far right, but it's probably not fair to create an entry on him primarily to detail that connection. I sympathize on some level with Filiprino's apparent frustration, but I think they might benefit from taking a step back from Catalonia issues and edit other areas for a time and/or working on writing for the opponent. I would offer the same advise to Miska5DT, but they've been blocked for sockpuppetry, making it kind of a moot point. Nblund ^talk 17:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

KAVEBEAR made a request on my user page that I restore one of his user space pages that had previously been deleted at the user's own request. I made the undeletion. RHaworth immediately deleted the page again with an edit summary saying the request needs to go through WP:REFUND. My question is why is this such a hard and fast rule (if it is)? We may have various process boards, but users make requests directly to admins all the time. And admins may elect to take care of the request or not. Why this one? It was the user's own page. — Maile (talk) 12:08, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

That seems to be the standard summary for G7 deletion, not specific to undeletion. Could it be that the restored page was blank or had a deletion template on it? Peter James (talk) 12:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

It looks like the page that was deleted on February 21, 2017, was done so because the user himself placed a G7 template in the See Also section. I prefer not to engage in a Wheel War, but could we just get the July 3, 2016 version restored for the user? The user himself just wants his page restored. Please advise. — Maile (talk) 12:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

RHaworth almost certainly deleted it because it appeared in the CSD category. If it was restored again and the tag was removed then I'm sure nobody else would redelete it. —Xezbeth (talk) 12:52, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

All right. I restored the correct version, with an edit summary link to this thread. Not trying to wheel war. Just trying to get it correct. If I erred, please advise. — Maile (talk) 13:14, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Per above. Maybe RHaworth should have checked page history (this doesn't always happen), or maybe Maile66 should have checked the CSD tag left intact (although it was buried in the content instead of being on top; I probably would have missed it myself)... In either case it was a good faith miscommunication, no wheel warning and no harm done. Alex Shih (talk) 13:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Page history wouldn't have helped since the tag wasn't removed; you'd have to check the logs. Userpages get G7'd all the time so it's understandable that it wouldn't be noticed. —Xezbeth (talk) 13:50, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I disagree. I have been scolded a couple times for not checking page history when patrolling CSD; if I have checked the page history for this one (User:KAVEBEAR/Kepelino), I would have done a double take when I saw the date "02:21, 21 February 2017". Userpages get G7'd all the time, but it doesn't get unnoticed until a year and half later especially for someone that works tirelessly (that's the catch) almost daily in CSD. Alex Shih (talk) 14:00, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

If you don't check the history, how do you know if the user placed the tag themself? Natureium (talk) 15:34, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I would say both history and logs are equally valuable. If an admin clicks on the red link, it brings up the logs, which tells you who nominated it for deletion, who deleted it, undeleted it, how many times it's been deleted or undeleted, or any other pertinent logs. If you click on the more current view/restore link, it brings up the Page History. There might be something in that history that tells you if there is anything to indicate the delete nomination was in error. — Maile (talk) 17:54, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Unless I've misunderstood something, I don't see how logs will tell you whether the author is the one who nominated it for deletion. E.g. [34]. I'm discounting someone noting it in the logs e.g. when deleting it, that this is what happened. It presumes whoever it is checked the history (so someone needed to) and obviously doesn't apply to the first deletion. BTW, in case there is some confusion, I think Natureium's point which also occurred to me is that it seems an admin should always be checking the page history before carrying out a G7 or alternatively relying on someone or thing they trust e.g. a bot to do it for them. Otherwise I could G7 tag this page and ignoring the fact that an admin should recognise without checking I'm not the only author of ANI, an admin would just G7 it. For a U1, a check of the specific diff where it was U1nd should be sufficient. (Well there is a minor risk there that someone else could revert to a previously placed U1, but probably too minor to worry too much about.) Of course checking the history for these details doesn't guarantee you will always notice the time frames. Nil Einne (talk) 20:07, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Ju Ming (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The article, a target of extensive efforts to cannibalize it on behalf of the unrelated Zhu, has been protected for two weeks--thank you, Widr. A few concerns can be addressed in the interim (one expects the vandalism will resume next month). First, the bio can use some clean up of unsourced and promotional content. But there's also been lots of peripheral damage, where Mr. Zhu's name has been added to maybe dozens of other articles; I've removed it from about ten. More eyes welcome in addressing this mass disruption. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:55, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

This will needs quite a lot of watching. The account which first tried to turn this into Zhu Ming is User:Wirterss, an indef-blocked sockmaster. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wirterss. He's also indef blocked on the Dutch Wikipedia for repeated cross-wiki attempts to spam Zhu Ming [35]. His Draft:Zhu Ming（thinker） is up for deletion. His IP socks have been variously blocked at WikiQuote for repeated spamming [36] and one of them has been at it at Commons too. I don't imagine he'll give up easily. Voceditenore (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

User:Miss HollyJ was put on the ANEW after they edit warred ~5 times (down below). The result was stale because "no further issues arose" (with edit warring). Inside the discussion the user said that "I shouldn't be calling for unjustified bans" and then brought up the fact that I've have "numerous blocks" and then displayed them all. The user later claimed that I "don't have any credibility" and that I made "baseless smears" and "lies". I never did any of that. My original comment on the discussion was civil. I do believe the user did personally attack me as they brought up accusations about my personal behaviour without evidence. Also, on the user's talk page they are telling others that they have "no authority to leave messages on their page and that they are violating policies. Tagging @TheDoctorWho:, as they were the original nominator on ANEW.
Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 21:54, 22 July 2018‎
2. 00:39, 23 July 2018‎
3. 00:48, 23 July 2018‎
4. 00:53, 23 July 2018‎
5. The following revert was a partial revert completed in three parts:
   1. 03:27, 23 July 2018‎
   2. 03:31, 23 July 2018‎
   3. 03:32, 23 July 2018‎

Computer40 «»(talk) 01:33, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

1) The edit warring issue has been resolved. I took the administrators (@EdJohnston: and @Black Kite:) deal without issue. So I don't understand why you had to copy and paste what @TheDoctorWho: originally said onto this post. 2) You literally made up lies about me and I called out every single one. How is that personally attacking you? It's clear this has now escalated into a personal vendetta against me to get me blocked because the previous discussion didn't result in that. 3) Yes, I was wrong to tell that user to not leave that template on my talk page. That was my mistake and I own up to it. 4) All I did was bring up the fact that you are a user known to make disruptive edits and receive blocks which is a fact. 5) And finally, no, you originally were not civil because you inappropriately accused me, without proof, of holding some sort of "personal grudge" when me and you have never even interacted before this.

1. [37]
2. [38]
3. [39]
4. [40]
5. [41]
6. [42]

Miss HollyJ (talk) 02:49, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I think Hawkeye75, aka Computer40 has about used up all available rope. A look at the user's talk page shows clearly that the promises made in his unban request a little over a month ago were empty. It's time to realize a mistake was made and reimpose the site ban. John from Idegon (talk) 04:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Please don't make comments unrelated to this noticeboard section here. You are creating a problem out of nothing. I've already changed my signature. Plus, you were one of the only people that opposed my unblock, so it's clear you're not going to change you're opinion on me. Computer40 «»(talk) 05:08, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I wouldn't say you took the administrators deal without issue. Rather that you decided to argue with an admin and only when that very admin inquired if you were declining the deal did you agree to "Wait for consensus" (See diffs below).

For the record, i don't care what WP:Boomerang says. Unless it's an official Wikipedia policy (Which it is not) then i will not be following it in regards to this ANI report (Or any ANI report). My focus is solely on you and only you.

• Discussion between Miss HollyJ and EdJohnston:

1. [43]

2. [44]

3. [45]

4. [46]

• Statement by Miss HollyJ regarding the reliability of two sources (Only after TheDoctorWho reverted your edit did you clarify in the edit summary that you were referring to recaps which i'm going to go off on a limb here and say this was a misunderstanding):

1. [47]

2. [48]

In your defence, the TMZ article you mentioned "only listed the personal opinion of one former houseguest, Devin." which is hardly what i'd call a reliable source.

Regarding the diffs you provided about Computer40, those diffs are utterly stale as they were made in 2017 and 2016.

As for Computer40s insinuation that "This user clearly had some kind of personal grudge against the paragraph that they kept on reverting", i wouldn't say there was ever a personal grudge involved.

Be that as it may, you should have refrained from reverting after the third revert rather than breaking the 3RR rule.

• One last thing

Regarding John from Idegon's reply, i see the unban request was indeed over a month ago (May 28th 2018) but do not believe it applies in the here and now nor would a site ban be warranted in my opinion. AryaTargaryen (talk) 05:02, 24 July 2018 (UTC)AryaTargaryenReply

A couple of points:

• Reply to the above statement: @AryaTargaryen: I don't recall saying that Miss HollyJ had a personal grudge against it? (If I did please point it out to me)
• Computer40's previous blocks: I don't believe those hold any point or argument here whatsoever. This thread is about supposedly inappropriate comments made by Miss HollyJ an WP:ANEW report.
• The ANEW thread I personally disagree with the closure by Black Kite based on "no further issues have arisen". The reason no further issues had arisen was because there was an ongoing thread. Without the ANEW thread I believe the issues could've continued mainly because Miss HollyJ still preformed another revert following a warning and discussion on their talk page.
• Where to go from here: Miss HollyJ has begun a discussion on the article talk page. However, I believe a large portion of reasoning Miss HollyJ provided is irrelevant and completely violates WP:OTHERSTUFF:

• We don't do it for the Survivor articles, we shouldn't do it here either.
• Something as tame as Rockstar saying "On my daughters birthday" is nowhere near the levels of controversy regarding the comments Angela, Rachel, JC and Kaitlyn have made.
• If you ask me it looks ridiculous being listed next to something as serious as the JC-Bayleigh debacle.
• Brett was not a victim like Bayleigh was and we should stop treating it as such.
• It's actually insulting to actual victims of racism to think someone calling a white man "rich, snobby, white-privileged ass dude" is anywhere near the severity of being called the n word or other derogatory slurs.

all the above content violates WP:OTHERSTUFF by comparing what is in one paragraph to another. I believe that OTHERSTUFF could be used to some extent in some discussion only as a supplement to another point but to base your entire argument solely on it is invalid. Therefore I believe that this could use further discussion but NOT based on Miss HollyJ's original points.

• Personal attack or not?: The point that covers this in WP:PA reads as follows: Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki.

• Why I'm bringing this up?: I believe that Computer40's original statement of Miss HollyJ having a "personal grudge" is not invalid because Computer40 provided diffs to why they believed that statement. But I also believe that the information is irrelevant as the point weather they had a personal grudge was not important it's that they violated WP:3RR.
• Miss HollyJ's response: I also don't think you should be calling for unjustified bans given your reputation on Wikipedia. You've been blocked times. I still believe this information is irrelevant as that discussion was about Miss HollyJ violating WP:3RR and should be considered irrelevant here as well.
• My overall point: Computer40 made a point to Miss HollyJ who took offense to the point and made a response back to Computer40 which took offense. Don't shoot yourself in the foot

What should happen now?: This report should be closed without prejudice to both sides pending discussion on the article's talk page. If Miss HollyJ edit wars again prior to a consensus being formed they can be reported to an administrator and blocked as they've been warned by multiple editors. Computer40 should be advised that if they make such accusations either with or without evidence that the editor Computer40 accused is likely to come back with a strong response and that Computer40 shouldn't come down like a ton of bricks.

In short: We should all drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass on any of the ANI/ANEW reports so far and if Miss HollyJ edit wars again or if Computer40 and/or Miss HollyJ supposedly attack each other again new reports can be filed without prejudice to the recent ANI/ANEW reports. TheDoctorWho (talk) 06:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Pinging people who might wish to comment @Alucard 16 and OfficerAPC:. TheDoctorWho (talk) 06:26, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Attack wise, I don't think saying that someone has a "grudge" is on the same level as telling someone they have "no credibility" and that they made "lies", but I assume the consensus is nominator close. Computer40 «»(talk) 07:10, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Reply to @TheDoctorWho:

I looked back over the comment i posted and seem to have included your name by mistake since it was only Computer40 that made that statement. I've struck your name from my original comment.

Thanks for pointing that out AryaTargaryen (talk) 06:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)AryaTargaryenReply

@AryaTargaryen: Thank you just wanted to clarify. TheDoctorWho (talk) 06:34, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

This is the second time we had to call out Miss HollyJ for edit warring without discussing. Therefore it's strike two and one more, she'll be "out". As a rule of thumb, in the event of a dispute, discuss it on the talk page. OfficerAPC (talk) 11:15, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Comment from the peanut gallery. You people are horrible at indenting. Trying to read this entire section and figure out who is replying to what is an exercise in futility. Please don't make another horribly formatted report like this again if you want something to actually be accomplished. --Tarage (talk) 18:14, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

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• • • • • Seems clear enough to me.

EEng 06:36, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Tarage, you are horrible at providing constructive criticism. Try explaining how to do things properly. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:45, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

A childish vandal has been disrupting various articles, often inserting the name "Raghu Vir Acharya"[49] or "R. Acharya"[50] into the text. The disruption has been going on for more than three years.[51] A couple of times the person has used Saint Paul [Minnesota] Public Library IP 156.99.40.14,[52][53] but far more often the IPs are 174.255.0.0/20. Can we get one or more rangeblocks without too much collateral damage? Recently active IPs are listed below. Binksternet (talk) 08:17, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• 174.255.0.41 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.0.46 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.0.99 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.0.134 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.0.172 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) (blocked 36 hours)
• 174.255.0.193 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.1.57 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) (blocked 36 hours)
• 174.255.1.127 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.1.155 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.1.175 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.1.208 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) (blocked 31 hours)
• 174.255.2.7 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.3.44 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.3.104 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.3.107 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.3.139 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.3.247 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.4.19 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.4.129 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.6.202 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.7.225 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.8.152 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.8.222 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.9.28 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.9.44 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.9.83 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.9.155 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.10.77 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.10.224 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.10.245 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.11.126 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.13.103 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.14.147 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 174.255.15.209 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• Hmm. There's quite a lot of activity there, some useful, some not. My immediate first suggestion would actually be an edit filter testing for the relevant strings. Black Kite (talk) 10:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Respectfully disagree. Outside of one or two very minor copy edits, I see nothing useful aside from the unsourced-and-therefore-dubious claim here. This vandal has been reverted, warned, and had individual IP's briefly blocked over a long period of time. An edit filter looking for "Raghu" or "Acharya" would stop many of these edits, but not others, such as [54], [55], [56]. I support a rangeblock of 174.255.0.0/20, with the expectation that it would need to be renewed until vandal becomes discouraged. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 02:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Also they're common names so edit filter just looking for one or the other wouldn't be good I think, too many false positives...(unless edit filter can only apply to the relevant /20?)Raghu_(given_name); Acharya_(surname) —{{u|Goldenshimmer}}｜✝️｜they/their｜😹｜T/C｜☮️｜John 15:12｜🍂 19:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Julio Puentes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

JP has been creating unreferenced articles or articles with no clear references or just imdb. They have been creating articles for 9 years, most of which (from those I've seen) are tagged as unref, refimprove or notability concerns. After 18 messages I have got nowhere. I have offered help, directed to advice, explained the policies on sourcing and communication etc. but after eight months of this I've run out of other options. Their previous block in 2016 appears to be for edit warring. Some had imdb listed as their source and removed, there have also needed to be re-writing of some of the articles because they were copyvios of imdb. I think imdb has been their only source for most of their articles, but they won't clarify.

For full details of the discussion, please see User talk:Julio Puentes#Warning. They have replied twice but neither message has been reassuring:

• Hello, sorry for being a bit lazy, it's just that the whole bureaucracy of Wikipedia can honestly be too much of a hassle at times.
• Excuse me, but what is it exactly that you want? I've put the necessary references and tried to include as much information as possible on the articles. I really don't know what else to do.

The second message indicated they were unsure with referencing, despite my explanations and almost a decade of creating articles, so I tried to explain further. 5 more messages later, I don't think they're reading them. Hopefully they'll engage here. Boleyn (talk) 06:44, 16 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

(Fixed the username spelling in section title and OP's complaint. Will leave it to other admins to rveiew the evidence itself. Abecedare (talk) 08:04, 16 July 2018 (UTC))Reply

(Non-administrator comment) This user is clearly not wanting to learn the ropes regarding use of reliable sources. There are also some WP:POV issues in their editing history. I am confused why there is no attempt, after many repeated warnings, to try to use reliable sources. They are not listening or perhaps this is a CIR issue.–CaroleHenson (talk) 15:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I've commented on their talk page, linking WP:Communication is required, and explaining their options: either stop, communicate, or get blocked. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 15:06, 16 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

If there is a problem with articles, they go through the process of proposed deletion. A block is unnecessary. Another alternative suggestion is to move these articles back into the user's draft space for improvement. A block is the last resort. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 16:11, 16 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Yes, and this sure looks like last resort territory if they don't try to communicate effectively about the issues.–CaroleHenson (talk) 16:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Reopening as this was auto-archived without resolution. The articles shouldn't necessarily be prodded, many are on notable topics, and draftifying them brings other issues - many of those who work on drafts are not happy so many on notable topics are moved there. I think an indefinite block would force them to communicate. Boleyn (talk) 17:56, 20 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Blocks are to prevent disruption. I don't see this as rising to that level. DGG ( talk ) 14:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I would say it's caused me a lot of disruption and others at NPP trying to sort these articles out, and the continued creation of these articles. Julio Puentes, you have continued to edit since this was opened, please comment here so we can get this resolved. Will you add references to these articles? Will you add references and respond to messages in future? Boleyn (talk) 08:07, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Despite a specific edit-warring warning on their talk page this user has continued to edit war and in doing so has also violated WP:BLP. Despite clear advice that implying someone has died without a WP:RS stating that this is the case and also violating the criteria for inclusion for the list article concerned they have followed the "GRG trumps Wikipedia" line (for those unaware of this subject, this attitude has resulted in multiple topic-bans, of which this user should be aware). See the relevant talk page for the discussion of this matter. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 08:26, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I was not edit warring, I made two reverts and gave an additional reason for the second one, and I did not imply that anyone died. I was following the guidelines for the article that if someone isn't confirmed alive in one year, they are removed.--Dorglorg (talk) 08:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

It looks like a content dispute to me, and I see that both users know where the talk page of the article is. If both of you agree to not edit-war any further but continue discussing at the talk page instead, I guess we can close this one.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:47, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The problem is now that the multiple pages show incorrect information and with 3RR already violated this won't be corrected for another 24 hours. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 09:55, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

3RR is not an encouragement to edit-war once the 24h term has passed. All such issues must be resolved by consensus. I do not see any obvious vandalism here.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:59, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Oh good, agecruft. Always a fertile source of fights. Incidentally, why do we have over 700 links to grg.org? Guy (Help!) 12:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'd be grateful if other admins and editors could please consider the case of Torpilorul (talk · contribs):

• They have an avowed focus on giving a more positive slant to Wikipedia's coverage of Romania's history in World War II (as examples, please see their "manifesto" to this end at User:Torpilorul, as well as the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#The chronic "forgetting" of Romania discussion they starrted and especially the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#List of "weapons" to use against the deriding of Romania sub-section)
• Their edit history shows that they are very active in articles on this topic
• They have recently stated that they are an admirer of Romanian World War II-era dictator Ion Antonescu: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#How controversial is it really to be an admirer of Ion Antonescu?
• This extends to arguing that the mass killing of Jews by Antonescu's government isn't particularly problematic - their talk page sttes that "I'm not a denialist - he did kill all those Jews. But those Jews are simply not enough to sway my liking for him"
• As Ion Antonescu#Overall death toll and particularities rightly notes, Antonescu's regime was "second only to Nazi Germany in its antisemitic extermination policies", with the official Romanian figures attributing the murder of "280,000 and 380,000 Jews" to Antonescu's government (see also [69] [70] for expert summaries of the massive scale of the murders he was responsible for)
• Torpilorul has also repeatedly posted statements dismissing the murder of Jews by Antonescu's regime on a project talk page: [71], [72] [73].

These views have lead to POV-motivated disruptive editing of articles. As some examples within the last month:

• Inserting and then edit warring puffery of Romania's war effort into the Axis powers article: [74], [75], [76], [77],
• Adding similar puffery in the List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers article [78]
• Changing the infobox photo in the Siege of Odessa (1941) article with an extreme agenda in the edit summary ("That picture was a disgrace, a theft of the most abject type, and a lie") [79]
• Extremist edit summary and content [80]
• Adding material favourable to the Romanian Air Force to the Siege of Odessa (1941) article with an edit summary alleging some kind of conspiracy previously excluded it [81]
• Adding and then edit warring streets still named after Ion Antonescu into that article, despite other editors stating that this is OR and the sources aren't appropriate: [82], [83], [84], [85]

At very minimum, I think that a topic ban on articles concerning the history of Romania during World War II is needed. Given that they are a SPA for pushing extremist views into articles, I think an indefinite duration block might also be appropriate. Nick-D (talk) 10:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Quick question: Is it still POV if it's all well-sourced to a easily-accessible book on Google Books? As for the Axis and Antonescu articles, dude, that's over. For the first I settled on the talk page to only edit the text awaiting a consensus for infobox and such (again, reliable books linked) and for the latter, again, the matter's been dead for weeks. I accepted it and decided to never edit on the Antonescu article without my usual Google Book sources accessible by links. Also, am I seriously going to be blocked for openly espousing my purely-honest opinions and views? I thought editing using reliable sources is all that matters. Anyone can see that I do so. And not swearing, I don't do that either. I've been very civil and honest, and only wanted to offer ideas for improving articles, I'm sorry if it came out as something else. As for my opinions, no, they aren't changing. I invited you to my talk page if you wanted to discuss my opinions, but instead you opted to write a hit piece on me. Torpilorul (talk) 11:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The user has continued to be a pain in this area, and has been so for a while. It is not at all clear he is not here, just that he has a very different view of what this encyclopedia should say. He may not even always be wrong, but clearly does have far too much of a battleground mentality provoked by a clearly nationalist agenda. This means he is going to continue to be a problem in the long term when he does not get "THE FACTS" in to articles.

However his politics (apart from how they impact upon his ability to cooperate), and should not influence our decision.Slatersteven (talk) 11:22, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

If the editor kept their politics to their user space it would be not particularly problematic. But this is clearly motivating their editing, leading to POV content which reflects these views being added to articles and editors who try to stop this being subjected to edit warring. Nick-D (talk) 11:25, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Motivating? Yes, certainly, I'm not gonna deny that. Influencing it? Not at all. All you have to do, is check the book links I provide. They say precisely what I write. I've been very open since day one of why am I here. What my work focuses on. If trying to engage with my fellow editors and seek their opinions/advice was a mistake, or at least doing it too much so I became a "pain in the area", again, I'm sorry. And yes, I did have some edit wars, but they were ended amiably. We all have edit wars from time to time. Torpilorul (talk) 11:34, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I see nothing in the above that is anything other then a very nationalistic editor feeling his nation is being sold short on coverage. Apart form the (trivial) street name issue I see nothing that could be said to be motivated by his opinions of Antonescu (there was a while back, but only the use of the word fascist, he never attempted to deny any of Antonescu's crimes). Indeed quite the opposite is true, he seems to have no issue trying to whitewash the Antonescu regime. As I said it rather appears to be rampant nationalism that is the issue.Slatersteven (talk) 11:37, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Can you properly define "white-washing" in this case please? I never denied his crimes, I just: 1) Don't agree of the Soviet Union being an appropriate judge, and 2) Prefer to focus on what he did for the country. That is simply what I choose to focus on, same like others choose to focus on his crimes. We're talking here strictly of my view of him, not article editing. The "Elephant in the Room" when bringing Antonescu in the discussion is huge, hence why I tend to stay away from the topic. And focus more on the technical part of Romania's WW2 campaign (war weapons and vehicles, and battles involving them) rather than the biographical one. That being said, am I supposed to be forced to care about his crimes as much as his deeds for the country or care even more, am I obliged to share the majority point of view? This is exactly why I made the today's thread on the WP: inquire if my views will get me into trouble. Judging by the hit piece on me based on them, I see I was right to make that thread. Torpilorul (talk) 11:51, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Sorry I think you misunderstood, I am saying that you are not whitewashing.Slatersteven (talk) 12:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ah...Okay, sorry. My bad. So what now? Am I getting blocked? Torpilorul (talk) 12:02, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Not yet, it has not been long enough for most people to comment. Blocks are however not the only outcome, and at this time I think a stern warning is all that is needed (with the understanding that if you do any of the above again it is a TBAN (and note unlike most people who would suggest that here I will back it up)).Slatersteven (talk) 12:09, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

...Do what exactly? Just so I get this straight: is there anything objectively wrong with my article working style? Because not bothering the WP Talk unless needed for an article and not writing anymore "extremist" edit summaries, that can be arranged. Out of my own volition, I'm willing to take everything to the talk page if I get reverted twice. Any other issues? Torpilorul (talk) 12:43, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Torpilorul, It may be useful for you to read Wikipedia:advocacy and Wikipedia:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. from your user page it would seem that you are on a mission to correct what you perceive as injustices in historiography, or the way your nation has been depicted historically. That may be a path to future problems. My advice would be to widen your editing scope. I have no comments on the political points made by the O.P at this stage, however the statement "I'm not a denialist - he did kill all those Jews. But those Jews are simply not enough to sway my liking for him" does not bode well. I suspect it's probably unprecedented on any Talkpage on WP at the moment. ANI would be buzzing if there were I bet.Irondome (talk) 15:04, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Torpilorul, I'd also recommend you to follow the advice from Irondome. Your approach is wrong and is not what Wikipedia is about. Our vision of balanced overview must reflect their due weight. We all have our own bias, and the best way to avoid that bias is to compare and discuss what mainstream reliable sources consistently summarises, not to cherry-pick a source that fits in your narrative. If you cannot adjust your editing approach right now, you will be blocked very shortly, and that will be a shame because you are certainly editing in good faith I think. Alex Shih (talk) 16:04, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Let me start by saying that I am a Romanian and I find Torpilorul's political views objectionable (unfortunately, such views are more common in Romania than one would expect). Regarding his editing, except his edit summaries and talk page messages, which account to baiting and soapboxing, his article edits are not particularly destructive (even if too bold sometimes). While the topics he edits are generally much too technical for me to have an informed opinion, I suspect his edits may suffer from undue weight in favour of Romania (again, boasting the few Romanian military successes and dismissing/minimising its failures is not that uncommon in Romanian scholarly research dealing with the military, especially the one pertaining to WW2 and published after ca 1980). As far I know, undue weight, as long as is based on sources reliable in form (not necessarily in content, but, unless the source or the author has been the subject of a scandal, it's hard to prove unreliability in practice), is not actionable. Regarding the extremist rantings in userspace and on project talk pages, I don't know how the community deals with such things these days, but Torpilorul should really find better ways to spend his time on WP.Anonimu (talk) 16:36, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Brother, you're accusing me of things I haven't done. You are inherently convinced that my work must have some undue weight in favor of Romania, because of my beliefs. Doesn't that go against a Wiki principle too? Judge the work, not the creator? Well anyway, for your information, Romania's military successes weren't few, and I'm not maximizing anything, for the simple fact that there was nothing to maximize to begin with, until I came around. Our Navy did great, our Air Force did great, our armour performed well and even parts of our infantry (the vanatori de munte) performed admirably as well. Me writing about this stuff is not called maximizing, if you bother to check the sources in any of my work you will see that there is no hyperbole, I write basically the exact thing said by the source. Torpilorul (talk) 17:35, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I am not convinced you do it, it is just an assumption given the bias I’ve noticed in some of the sources you used. You can use sources that technically fit WP:RS and still have a biased article, without necessarily being your fault (you may lack access to sources providing a different perspective that could balance the POV, or you may choose to ignore them; I assume you’re in the first situation, and sloppy documentation is not something that gets you blocked on WP). Anonimu (talk) 18:26, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Name me the sources, and what's the bias in them please. Torpilorul (talk) 18:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

OK, this is a bit long, so I'm going to bullet point it

• 1. Recently a request appeared at the Did You Know talkpage here, asking for someone neutral to look at a DYK nomination which you can see here - Template:Did you know nominations/Inspector General Report on FBI and DOJ's Actions in the 2016 Election. So, I looked at it.
• 2. This is an article about the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email by the FBI/DOJ, and the nominator (User:Jerry the Bellybutton Elf - henceforth JerryTBE - with a total of 142 edits, but that's a separate issue), suggested the hook - which would appear on the Main Page - ":... that the Inspector General Report on FBI and DOJ's Actions in the 2016 Election is the result of the review of over 1.2 million documents and interviews of over 100 witnesses?".
• 3. At this point, the nomination stated that the article was created by Jerry and User:Lionelt.
• 4. However, Lionelt then edited the nomination to say he really didn't have much to do with it, and he was going to review it.
• 5. JerryTBE then edited the nomination to the seriously problematic "... that the Inspector General Report on FBI and DOJ's Actions in the 2016 Election prompted President Trump to refer to FBI director James Comey as the "ringleader" of a "den of thieves""
• 6. Lionel then approved the new hook, with the comment "The hook is bigly winning!"
• 7. Since then a number of editors have objected to this hook, and the discussion continued until the request from (1) above appeared, at which point I commented on it.
• 8. Since then, I have found this, from Lionelt;
  • 8A. The creation of Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/DYK For Newbies. I won't comment on that one, you can read it and make your own minds up.
  • 8B. The creation of stub articles criticising non-conservatives. The best example is this - Torchbearer (documentary), where at the AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torchbearer (documentary)) Lionelt suggests that "The raison d'être for DYK is promotion. Whether you call it showcasing, highlighting or even advertising, it's just semanics (sic)."
  • 8C. Other "stubs for expansion to 1,500 characters" can be seen at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hope and the Change and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle For America.

I think it's quite clear that Lionelt appears to believe that DYK can be subverted for political use. However, I'm unsure what to suggest; a topic-ban from DYK would be reasonable, but that's not going to stop such articles being created and nominated by someone else. Discussion welcome ... Black Kite (talk) 13:14, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Is there evidence of long-term approval of problematic hooks like mentioned in point 6? If so, the easiest way to deal with it would be using DS (and if there isn't, a logged DS warning might suffice to not do it again.) TonyBallioni (talk) 13:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Lionelt consistently exhibits a very strong POV. As do many of us, of course, but he seems less self-aware than some. Guy (Help!) 13:23, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

If it was just this one, Tony, I'd have left it where it was (I removed his approvals of the hooks). It is the issues in point 8 that lead me to think this may become an ongoing issue that needs to be nipped in the bud before it becomes an serious problem. Black Kite (talk) 13:27, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Yep, point 8 is certainly problematic.A logged warning might suffice and any further disruption will result in a topic ban from APOL32 per ACDS.∯WBG^converse 13:31, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

There does rather seem to be a promotialism thing going on here. He seems to ber both saying, and encouraging, the Use of DYK to promote causes and products (all but ones of a political nature). It might be best to to issue a warning for now, and see if that does any good.Slatersteven (talk) 13:31, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I think the essay is certinly more problematic than the hook (which garners enough attention to ensure it will never go anywhere in that form); but the essay has the appearance of an official page. Specifically, it would (probably) be fine in userspace but I'm not sure it should be giving the impression that it's endorsed by a Wikiproject. (Is it, btw?) —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 13:35, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I agree that the essay would likely be fine in userspace. I think there are reasonable arguments for why you might want to promote figures on the right to DYK (en.wiki has a reputation for leaning slightly left, so showing that we do have neutral coverage of conservatives/things criticizing liberals and leftists is a good thing). The larger concern that both the essay and the hook in point 6 raise is that this is a systemic problem of trying to promote problematic hooks. If that is going on, then we have an issue that needs to be addressed very quickly. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Comment-And, he's into this stuff as an autopatrolled editor, which means the complete absence of a second pair of eyes to vet it.I guess, a revocation might be in order.∯WBG^converse 13:41, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

What does autopatrolled have to do with POV DYKs? Now that you've suggested a DS topic ban and revoking autopatrol, it looks like you're just trying to punish him. Natureium (talk) 13:55, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The articles which they created and which has now been AfDed would be best looked at by a new page patroller, though I am not sure any patroller would decide to go for AfD.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:03, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Natureium:What? You need to read the entirety of the proposal.And if I've seen the articles, I would have sent all 3 to AFD, on grounds of failing to adhere to the notability guidelines. These are all stuff that shall be screened at NPP, (if reviewers are diligent enough).These coupled with his questionable motives make a fine case for revoking the flag, IMO. Also, kindly point out the exact phrase which led to you to think you've suggested a DS topic ban.∯WBG^converse 15:31, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I just want to point out that Lionelt's DYK essay would be considered just another editor's guide to crafting DYK hooks if the examples they use were changed and it was in a different page space. The actual contents are pretty unremarkable. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Yes - but when you consider where it is, and then add "The raison d'être for DYK is promotion.", and then create a number of not-exactly-neutral political stubs "ready for expansion", it all looks very suspicious. Black Kite (talk) 16:05, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I can certainly understand that. I'm just pointing out that the page is not problematic per se, except for the reliably (and in context, understandable) right-wing slant to the examples. And while suspicious is something I'd agree with, "slam dunk case for POV pushing" is not. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• FYI: the user Jerry the Bellybutton Elf is editing from the US State Department, as seen in this sequence – [86][87][88] – in which a spelling error is corrected in the draft version of the article by State Department IP 169.253.194.1, before the draft was moved to mainspace by Lionelt. Binksternet (talk) 15:20, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• That IP looks like an independent editor to me. ~Awilley (talk) 15:29, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• It's very suspect, because a backwater DYK nomination page is the last place you'd expect a random IP to turn up, but I don't really want the identity of JerryTBE to derail this particular discussion, to be honest. Black Kite (talk) 16:09, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• I just wanted to make sure we are considering Jerry the Bellybutton Elf as a separate person from Lionelt, who, aside from his large number of right-wing POV changes to articles about politics, religion and abortion, has edited a fair number of articles local to Southern California. If Lionelt is in SoCal, then he's not Jerry the Bellybutton Elf in Washington DC. And Awilley, the State Dept IP is obviously used by a number of people, which is probably why you concluded it to be an independent editor. The linked sequence, though, proves my point, as the time between edits is so small, and the draft version of the article would have been virtually impossible for someone to find on their own. Binksternet (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• That doesn't make sense. If he were the IP, why would he log out, make an IP edit, and then log back in? Natureium (talk) 17:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• A couple things here. First, I would never live in DC. Too hot in the summer and freezing in the winter. No thanks. I've been to visit, but didn't make it to Foggy Bottom. This Binkster person should remove his conspiracy theory that I am illegally logging out to fix spelling errors from an anonymous IP, since that's an aspersion and I wouldn't to see him get blocked, per policy. You cant just go around making accusations of people using multiple accounts to edit without any evidence. Binkster should have the chance to convince the mods that he understands this before a block is placed on his account. Calton should also have the chance to show he understands that ANI is not a forum to be used to make complaints of unrelated editing, like Lionel helping users write DYK submissions. Calton should be made aware of the proper forum to file formal complaints, and this is not the place to air miscellaneous grievances about people not sharing his extreme left-wing worldview. I propose a warning for Black Kite to take content disputes to the editor in question, not try to get that editor punished by the mods for being a conservative by shopping for a mod to do the deed. After the above is complete, this posting should be deleted and everyone should go back to building the encyclopedia and working together in a friendly environment, rather than turning this into some liberal vs conservative battleground. Jerry the Bellybutton Elf (talk) 18:45, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Actually (1) this posting isn't about you, really (as I said above) (2) I am an administrator, and I brought the issue here for further discussion, and (3) threatening other editors will not end well for you. Black Kite (talk) 18:49, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• It's not necessarily wrong for a Wikiproject to focus on producing DYKs for topics within their area of interest, but this does have the appearance of a self-dealing attempt to shepherd new articles and DYKs through the process with little outside input. The part of "DYK for Newbies" that concerns me is the "When your reviewer is a meanie" section which directs users to the Wikiproject Conservatism talk page if the DYK is rejected. (on a similar note Lionelt also created a Discretionary sanctions FAQ to be used alongside DS alerts, which also directs any DS questions to the WP Conservatism page.) –dlthewave ☎ 16:23, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Lionelt doesn't even hide his attempts to use Wikipedia as a propaganda vehicle very well, to go by this message he left on the User Talk page of a fellow axe-grinder* "The best part is if you get an article to 1500 chars you can get the article advertised on the Main page and in front of 17 million eyeballs" --Calton | Talk 16:36, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Quite a few people, I'm sure, want to promote their pet causes through DYK. It's not necessarily a problem, so long as their submissions conform with NPOV. I have vetted a few of Lionelt's nominations on the way to the main page and didn't detect any overt bias, although I wasn't necessarily looking hard for it. As long as they meet all the criteria, they are still eligible. Whether Lionelt or other users need a rap over the knuckles for other actions they have taken, I'll leave others to judge. Gatoclass (talk) 16:53, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I just went back through my page creation history, and see that I started a number of biographies (of people who were no longer living) that I submitted to DYK. Of the ones who were alive in the 20th century, and were involved in politics or public opinion, all were known for political opinions that I agree with. I wasn't (consciously) pursuing a liberal agenda, but I was writing about people I admired. I do hope that all those articles were properly sourced with a neutral viewpoint. So, I can't get excited about what Lionelt did. - Donald Albury 18:25, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi Donald, I don't think we're talking about the same thing at all there, if you look at points 5, 6 and 8 in the original post, you'll see that this is a completely different issue. Black Kite (talk) 18:45, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

For some historical context, this isn't the first time that the activities of Lionelt and Wikiproject Conservatism have raised concerns of NPOV and WP:PUSHing an agenda – see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Conservatism/Archive 8#NPOV edit requests and the concerns raised by DGG, User:Worm That Turned, User:MastCell, and User:Dennis Brown among others. Quoting Dennis: When a project goes from coordinating efforts to improve articles that have a common theme (an accepted use), to the point of promoting a philosophy (an unacceptable use), then the community has no choice but to step in and correct the problem. It isn't good practice for a Project to promote or endorse editing in a manner that is biased, no matter how subtle the endorsement. I think DGG's edits here have been mild (too mild in fact) and I'm concerned that if the members (particularly the founder User:Lionelt, who has been off wiki for several days) understand the concerns, or if a formal review by the entire community is required. While Project are given considerable leeway in determining their scope and purpose, they are not immune from policy. Like editors, they are accountable to and operate at the pleasure of the greater community. The matter died when those "several days" off wiki for Lionelt stretched into a disappearance from Wikipedia of 5+ years until returning this year (with only a handful of edits in the interim). Mojoworker (talk) 19:17, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I think the speculation about my motives is off-base. Regarding the hook in question, ""ringleader" of a "den of thieves"", there was no POV pushing, that was not politically motivated. It was in response to a boring ALT0 hook. My original suggestion to Jerry was:

"The hook needs to be exciting. E.g. you could use Clinton's "But my emails" quote. Or Trump's "den of thieves.""

By suggesting Clinton's quip I was not showing any political preference. Granted, once BLP concerns about the Trump quote were raised I pushed too hard on the quote. I realized that the Trump quote was outrageous, but to be honest there isn't much "hooky" material to work with at the IG report. Additionally, I reasoned in the Trump-era we are all sensitized to outrageous. I guess we're all not sensitized... When consensus formed against the Trump hook I moved on.– Lionel^(talk) 20:28, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the three stubs, they are all 1 sentence long, they have multiple reliable sources present, and they are written neutrally. For example, "The Hope and the Change is a 2012 documentary film produced by Citizens United which is critical of the Obama administration." One of the sources is Politico. I was always under the impression that these stubs would be expanded neutrally. And if they went to DYK that some future reviewer would ensure that the hook was neutral.– Lionel^(talk) 20:49, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

There is a difference between (1) using Wikipedia for political purposes (WP:PROMOTION) and (2) showcasing (advertising) political articles at DYK (WP:DYKAIM #1). If political articles or any articles are written in a biased way, then a case can be made for POV pushing. However our policies fully endorse neutrally-written political articles. The stubs I wrote need 1500 chars to qualify for DYK. I contributed one sentence to that. It is a stretch to suggest that I am POV pushing articles onto the Main page which for all intents and purposes haven't been written yet.– Lionel^(talk) 21:09, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Adding to the historical context, Facto created the WP:Conservative notice board in June 2006, at the same time sending out a bunch of invitations like this, drawing in editors with a demonstrated conservative slant. Facto's notice board was soon recognized as a method for vote-stacking to promote American right-wing viewpoints, and it was deleted. At the MfD discussion, Nandesuka said, "It's a transparent attempt to organize and mobilize groups to edit articles based on a specific point of view."
  

Facto stopped editing soon after the notice board was deleted, and was indeffed three years later when a sock account, Favortie, was discovered. Five months before that, Lionelt registered his username, in January 2009. In February 2011, he created the WP:WikiProject Conservatism, which had been suggested, coincidentally enough, as a redlink at the MfD for Facto's noticeboard. Lionelt used the new platform to attack another editor who had opposed his conservative slant and his one-sided invitations to membership. Other editors at the talk page raised concerns about the project scope and its "mission creep", calling out the Amero-centric bias there and at "This should be Project Conservatism not Project Modern American Conservatism". I raised the concern about invitations sent out in a skewed manner, sent only to fellow travelers, at "Establishing a guideline for inviting members". Nothing significant was done by Lionelt to correct these foundational problems, so I nominated his WikiProject for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism. Among the most convincing arguments voiced there was MastCell's "this WikiProject has acted less to improve the quality of encyclopedic coverage, and more as a coordinating point for people whose edits advocate a conservative political and social agenda," in the same manner as the previous Conservative notice board. Despite this, the MfD resulted was "keep". I was disappointed, and I blame myself for not spending the proper amount of time to gather diffs and make a stronger case.

Now we are again faced with the question of Lionelt's bias skewing the encyclopedia. It's a lot larger than one DYK, and larger than the WikiProject instructions regarding conservative DYKs. I think it's a problem of bias and activism inherent in Lionelt, a bias he built into the fabric of the WikiProject. I would still like to see the WikiProject shut down, and it would help protect the encyclopedia if Lionelt was topic banned with regard to politics. Binksternet (talk) 21:56, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The mission of WPConservatism is to improve conservatism-related articles. Period. WPConservatism has a diverse membership of editors including several editors who could be described as left-leaning. The thing I am most proud of at WPConservatism is the new A-Class Review Program. This ambitious initiative helps with the backlog at Good Article (GAN) and gets promising articles right to the doorstep of Featured Article (FAC). WPConservatism is in good company, there is only one other Wikiproject with A-Class Review, MILHIST. The first article promoted to A-Class is Margaret Thatcher. The next candidate for A-Class Review is likely List of American conservatives. A-Class Review proves that the purpose of WPConservatism--which is also my purpose--that purpose being article improvement. – Lionel^(talk) 22:55, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

• The observations by Black Kite, Binksternet, and others above is consistent with my own. Lionelt has picked up where he left off five years ago, by using Wikiproject conservatism as a platform for advocacy and recruiting. Five years ago when LGBT rights were at the forefront of current events, Lionelt made a a habit of placing Chick-fil-A "sammies" on the talk pages of users he perceived as friendly to his cause:[89][90][91] and more recently:[92][93]. It appears this is intended to induce Pavlovian responses from the recipients. For example, this rather pointed one immediately followed the recipient being blocked for edit warring on the Chick-fil-A article and calling someone a pedophile! Here's an example of him inviting an edit warring editor (who is now topic banned) to join Wikiproject conservatism [94] and then awarding a "sammie" to editor who helped with recruitment[95]. And again, rewarding the defense against liberal POV. Rocking Wikipedia to its foundations with this gem. My favorite though is his declaration that Donald Trump is good for "the Blacks". And don't worry, that awkward anachronism is OK because he is black!- MrX 🖋 22:56, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Not good to cherry-pick fragments of quotes. The last quote that you cite was something that Trump said---not me. And I repeated it in reference to the record low Black unemployment numbers since Trump took office. We don't sanction editors for being politically incorrect. – Lionel^(talk) 23:07, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Reply