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* First off, let me begin by saying that both of you are extremely valued, extremely productive contributors, and that in this sense, I invite both of you to reflect on this fact - if either of you gets in trouble, it will be a net loss for all of us. You are also both known to be, how can I say this nicely, idiosyncratic. If these are the only issues to report, it seems that this is a Coffee Deficiency Event and I propose we close this, that the issue of the talk page not be touched by either of you again, and that it is taken to the talk page for uninvolved discussion, perhaps with some canvassing in the involved WikiProject to get some eyes in. --[[User:Cerejota|Cerejota]] ([[User_talk:Cerejota#top|talk]]) 08:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC) |
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I don't want RPSM to contact me. I've tried to make that clear to him on my talk page, but he keeps writing there.
Some background: RPSM, I and several other editors have been involved in a dispute concerning sv:Skäktning (Shechita) and editing style. This ultimately led to RPSM being permanently blocked on the Swedish Wikipedia. I took this personally and I have avoided contacting RPSM. In August I was informed that RPSM wanted to apologize, and I wrote at his talk page that I accepted his apology. That doesn't mean that I want to continue the contact. I would appreciate it if someone would inform RPSM that what he is doing is not OK (provided you think that he does step over the line). BTW:regarding his last edit on my user page: I am not sv:User:Stigdaniel. Sjö (talk) 10:55, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
To clarify: When RPSM writes "On the 8th April 2011 you were asking me" (my bold) and gives a link to edits by one Stigdaniel I can only read that as an accusation of sockpuppetry.Sjö (talk) 18:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
- I do not see further contact after you made the request for no contact, or am I missing something?--Cerejota (talk) 22:39, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
- I made this Wikiquette request after RPSM's edit at 09:44, but before my edit at 16:44. Hopefully RPSM will just let me be now, but I have my doubts about that. What is your opinion on the accusation of sockpuppetry?Sjö (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Your allegations on sockpuppetry cannot be handled here, the appropiate place would be WP:SPI. However, I recommend you wait until this WQA thread is closed before going there, as per WP:FORUMSHOP. I have no opinion on the matter, but claiming this without out good evidence is not very civil, and usually is inflammatory, so I suggest you do not raise this point again here. --Cerejota (talk) 16:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll remember that if the issue comes up again. I don't think I'll go the Swedish WP:SPI, mostly because I don't feel the need to prove I'm not a puppet or a puppetmaster, but also because given the circumstances a request would probably be turned down (several months ago, no recent edits by Stigdaniel, etc).Sjö (talk) 08:21, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Your allegations on sockpuppetry cannot be handled here, the appropiate place would be WP:SPI. However, I recommend you wait until this WQA thread is closed before going there, as per WP:FORUMSHOP. I have no opinion on the matter, but claiming this without out good evidence is not very civil, and usually is inflammatory, so I suggest you do not raise this point again here. --Cerejota (talk) 16:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- I made this Wikiquette request after RPSM's edit at 09:44, but before my edit at 16:44. Hopefully RPSM will just let me be now, but I have my doubts about that. What is your opinion on the accusation of sockpuppetry?Sjö (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Also you must notify the user of this report.--Cerejota (talk) 02:32, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- I've done that now.Sjö (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- More background. Some editors on English Wikipedia were surprised at my Swedish block and couldn't understand it. Neither can I. What worries me most is the official reasons for the block that Sjö, as a Swedish administrator requested and Grillo activated. These were 1) being a POV pusher and 2) calling other editors antisemites. I am 100% positive I have never done this. I am currently sifting through the Swedish text on talk pages and home pages to find some trace of me having called anyone an antisemite ever. So far without success. If Sjö could give me a link to where I have called another editor an antisemite I should be eternally grateful.
- I've done that now.Sjö (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- If he is not able to substantiate his allegations, I would appreciate if, at a later stage he could withdraw them and apologize.
- What I have arrived at after ruminating over this, is that it seems to be based on some obscure code of Political Correctness among lefty Swedes that proclaims certain subjects off limits. (I am grateful to Swedish editor Cutthecrap, an ethnic Kurd, for illuminating me about this) where some subjects are taboo and Wikipedia editors today feel personally insulted by the mention of the word antisemite although the person referred to is no longer living and proclaimed himself to be an antisemite in the Swedish Parliament in 1939 (Otto Wallén) The English phrase "guilt by association" has been bandied about. But this is an attempt by me to try to figure out how their minds work, and it is to me a mystery.
- I thought that no censorship was the basis on which an encyclopedia was created, especially with regard to the origins of the concept by French philosophers.
- Unwritten rules based on Political Correctness that only apply to certain ethnic or language groups limit the quality of the final product.
- My Swedish block appears to be based partly on unsubstantiated rumours and I am currently having discussions with other editors some of whom are editing both on Swedish and English Wikipedia to discover what went wrong. Should I fix my discussion style, or does the fault lie elsewhere? Should nor care about my reputation and honour and let bygones be bygones or should I stamp on libel and rumour or expose wooly group thinking based on collective paranoia?
- My block on Swedish Wikipedia is based on false and libellous allegations that have no basis in fact. Sjö made these allegations and I have no recollection of doing what he accuses me of and can find no trace in the record.
- As for me not contacting Sjö on his English Wikipedia talk page, I will do whatever is best for the community and for Sjö. Does he want me to talk behind his back, or isn't it fairer to operate with transparency? I would like to give him fair warning that an examination of the grounds for my Swedish block is under way, and he is free to act in whatever way will reduce friction and aggravation for himself and others. RPSM (talk) 09:09, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Sjö to me on his talk page:
- I didn't realise until you began posting on my talk page how deeply I have been affected by the controversy on Swedish Wikipedia. For my peace of mind, I ask you again: please do not contact me. Please don't post here on my talk page or even email me. I have avoided contact with you because it upsets me very much, so please don't contact me, not even to answer this post.Sjö (talk) 16:21, 8 September 2011 (UTC)RPSM (talk) 10:26, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
No, but your respect for his emotions and instincts (and vice-versa) is required by WP:CIVIL. We are not here to discuss your behavior or the reasons for the block in Swedish wikipedia, we are here to discuss the issues between the two of you here (My Swedish is awful, I can barely read definitely not speak, and it is based on my only slightly better knowledge of Bokmal and Nyorsk, so I have requested one of the Stewards for assistance to interface with Swedish wikipedia and see what is going on). So for now, the entire background of the situation is to be ignored, and the present situation addressed:
- Unless diffs are provided otherwise, it seems to me that Sjö has been civil with you, and that in there is nothing in this user's behavior that needs to be addressed in this sense
- The appropriate guideline to follow in this case is Wikipedia:USERTALK#Editing_of_other_editors.27_user_and_user_talk_pages and the sections in WP:TPG it links to. As you can read there, it is usually a good idea to generally honor a request not to edit another user's talk page - unless there is administrator action or some other actual content issue or warning needed. In addition, the actual editing is subjected to all of our policies and guidelines.
- From reading the thread, it is clear to me the talk page was being used to discuss matters not related to editing or ongoing situations in En-Wiki. As such, you have no legitimate reason not to honor the request to stop posting in the talk page of the user. However, Sjö must understand that there might be some cases when this communication might be needed in the future, in particular if both of you edit the same articles, so there is a difference between saying "I do not want to talk about this topic" and saying "do not ever talk to me" - one is a good request, the other can be seen as provocation, and actually counter-productive. However, if Sjö does feel there is merit, s/he can seek an interaction ban at WP:ANI - be advised however that this ban would be for the both of you.
- WP:NOTCENSORED applies only to article content, not user interaction - we can and regularly censor user comments in talk pages that are offensive to other users on a case-by-case basis, and those of a specially harsh nature are even deleted by admins, not just reverted.
- As per above, if you think that Sjö is a puppet, got to WP:SPI, but accusing a user of being a puppet without evidence is not a very civil thing, and can be a personal attack if not taken in a timely fashion to investigation.
Are there other matters to be addressed? If either of you want a neutral space in which to discuss the other issues feel free, but do not use the other's talk page for this purpose. In terms of the stuff on Swedish wikipedia, I will await response from the Steward.--Cerejota (talk) 17:19, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Regarding point # 3: I understand your point and I agree that a request never to be contacted can be unreasonable. In my third post in the thread I was only trying to get the point across to RPSM that I didn't want him to continue that conversation. Sjö (talk) 08:21, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I refer to the thread on my user talk. I've been trying to help RPSM to be a better Wikipedian, since I failed to help him overturn his ban on Swedish Wikipedia. My heartfelt advice to him is to drop this pointless chasing of Sjo. I'd note that Sjo could offer some sort of apology / retraction / token at little cost to himself, but hey I'm an optimist, but I'm also an experienced Wikipedian who has found that gritting my teeth and apologising to people I may have upset usually ends up making us both feel a whole lot better. Main point: RPSM, just leave him alone. This behaviour is not going to help you in the way you want it to anyway - (ie getting reinstated on Swedish Wikipedia) in fact, quite the opposite. --Dweller (talk) 21:33, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Firstly, I think I can have misquoted from the Swedish text and put words into Sjö's mouth. I haven't checked this. In that case, Sjö will think I am accusing him of sockpuppeting, I wasn't doing that intentionally. It didn't occur to me that Stig Daniel might be a sock puppet. I didn't think Sjö would use a sock puppet as he is a stickler for form.
- Secondly, Sjö's behaviour on the Swedish site is to bring the discussion back to things to be done eg "Where is that reference?" which is admirable and I commend him for it.
- Thirdly, I was touched when Swedish editor Law told me that Sjö was genuinely upset and that is why I apologized to him. My apology still stands.
- Fourthly, I bear no grudge against Sjö and wish him well and he may contact me about anything he desires and I will do my best to help if I can.
- My primary concern was to reduce the POV I was showing inevitably in the writing of articles. Judaism is only one of my interests. It was the deficit in basic knowledge shown by the source material (eg the Swedish Department of Agriculture, Jordbruksverket has published a paper stating that Jews cannot eat the hindquarters of animals because they are unclean. This is not true. The Department of Agriculture did not bother to co-opt Jewish or Muslim expertise and this source was regarded as authoritative, and the error was repeated in various newspapers. (The Telegraph carried the same error. It was corrected there, but not in Swedish.)
- My interest in editing in Swedish is because my Swedish is bad, and editors like Sjö have a high level of Swedish.
- One difference between the English and Swedish sites is that there is no banner heading that forbids discussion of the article's subject, so every two or three years someone appears who says: "Let's get down to basics. Is religlious slaugther cruel or not? This was Dmn db in Swedish last time round and kicks in with "I think it would be a happy death if I had a steel bolt through my head. An earlier example was that Jewish slaughter is disgusting, like female genital mutilation. (These examples are just to show the depths of the discussion, nothing to do with Sjö) These debaters made no contribution to actually editing, but were hijacking the talk page to have a discussion on the article's subject. That's ok up to a point, but then when I provide a link to an article on antisemitism in Sweden, the discussion switches to my home discussion page, and an angry Dmn db starts off I will have you know, I am not an antisemite, damn you!
- Sjö, acting as referee, says: You are not to call other people antisemites.
- The situation is analogous to a football player rolling over in the dirt calling "Foul!" when the referee wasn't looking.
- Another difference between English and Swedish is that on Swedish WP, you are not permitted to erase anything on your home page even if it derogatory, and even if there is cyber bullying going on. If I could have acted there as Sjö has acted to me (Kindly go away, I do not wish to speak to you.) or even erase side issues it would have helped. (On the other hand, administrators are allowed to come along and edit as they please on my Swedish talk page). Gradually and inevitably it became a collection of derogatory remarks about religious slaughter. Religous Slaghter is not my prime interest in life.
- Grillo the blocking editor on Swedish WP did not introduce himself as such, but said as a new anonymous person that he thought that animals should be put to sleep first before cutting their throats (discussing subject matter). When I argued against it, the following exchange ensued.
- Grillo You called me an antisemite!
- RPSM I did not.
- Law You seem to think that anyone who supports the law (the Swedish law effectively banning Religious Slaughter) is an antisemite.
This last remark I take as a bridging tactic to calm the waters. (But it so happens the remark appeared in a newspaper debate in Sydsvenska Dagbladet I discovered.
Then it turns out, Grillo is blocking administrator on the Swedish site. He has two hats: one is complainant, (injured party) and the other as policeman, judge and jury.
I got a blocking warning from Grillo in 2007. at the same time, he erased something on the discussion pages of the article Skäktning (Religous Slaughter). He points this out in the text himself.
- Finally, I thoroughly sypmathise with Sjö's report that he is feeling sick to the stomach of the whole thing (that he is emotionally affected more than he imagined). I have gone through this too. No real effort to see that there are two sides to this thing. Ostracising and banning is not the real solution. RPSM (talk) 10:20, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I must have quoted an unidentified editor who did not log in with a profile and so showed up in red [Stig Daniel] by mistake thinking it was Sjö. I haven't time to check. I did not accuse Sjö of sockpuppeting. This is another inference he is making himself. These logical jumps without referring back to the source (me) lead to the well-known phenomenon of whispering in a circle. The game is that a message is whispered to your neighbour who whispers it in turns around the circle. Then the final message is reported and it differs enormously and unrecognizablly from the original. Finallly, each member of the game reports what they heard and understood and the small changes building one on the other can be identified.
- This is why I, as person being complained about was called in here. Sadly, the conversations parallel to this on the Swedish site took place begind my back. Therefore, I suggest two changes in routine on the Swedish site: 1) That a banner demanding no discussion of the subject matter of the article be introduced, as on the English site 2) calling the person complained about to hear and respond to accusations, as here. RPSM (talk) 10:38, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I am blocked permanently until further notice on the Swedish WP. But there is unfinished incomplete material there, in particular the article Shechita (the Jewish method of killing animals for food). There are five forbidden movements of the knife when slaughtering, and I have not arrived at Swedish terms for these. My question to Sjö was if it would be forbidden for me to contact a friend who would put these in for me. Otherwise, there is no point in the Swedish article. No one else is editing there. If that is not the correct way to do it, what is the recommended procedure? There are also references I was asked for to a statement in the text, where the Professors at the Swedish Veterinary College declared Jewish Slaughtering to be humane and not cruel in 1925 (commissioned by the Swedish government. Perhaps I was being provocative asking him, but I was not aware I was inferring he was sockpuppeting - that is simply a misquote I made (I think). My apologies (again). RPSM (talk) 12:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I have looked at Stig Daniel again. he wrote (in Swedish)
- Jag har påbörjat en städning av referenserna där jag i ett första steg redigerar befintliga referenser till wikipediastandard och försöker att räta till döda länkar. hittills har jag hunnit titta på de nio första referenserna. Jag tar inte bort några referenser utan föregående inlägg under den här rubriken--Stigdaniel 4 april 2011 kl. 16.56 (CEST)
- I have started to clean up the references where initially I edited the references up to Wikipedia standard and tried to fix dead links. So far I've managed to go through the first nine references. I will not delete any references without first mentioning it under this heading here (signed) Stigdaniel 4 april 2011
- This sounds like a serious editor who just came and then up and went leaving his signature name red. I don't think it sounds like a sockpuppet, but I'm not sure. If Sjö thought I was accusing him (Sjö) of sockpuppeting it would be because I quoted Stigdaniel by mistake attributing it to Sjö by mistake. Not intended. It was a slip up.
- @RPSM: As I understand your posts, the conflicts on sv-wiki has caused you distress as well, and I'm sorry for the part that I have played in that. It seems that I didn't get my meaning through to you and I could, perhaps, have been more specific in my posts.
- Regarding what has been said or not said on sv-wiki, I don't want to discuss that. This is not the place for it, and I don't think that much good would come out of it in the end. Let's just agree that we don't agree on what has been said there, shall we?
- As for the sockpuppetry, I accept your explanation that you misstook Stigdaniel's post for mine. Those things happen. However, you wrote "I did not accuse Sjö of sockpuppeting. This is another inference he is making himself." I think that you could consider that there are other ways of making accusations than writing them directly, like "You are a puppetmaster". Even the more roundabout way in which you wrote about Stigdaniels' post was taken by both Cerejota (IIUC) and me as you saying I used a sockpuppet.
- You ask if a friend could add some text to the Swedish Shechita article. Maybe I'm not the best person to ask, but my take on it is that if the person is comfortable with making the edit as his or her own, and if he or she is upfront about your involvement, then it will be no big problem. The best thing to do is to ask at the Swedish article's talk page or maybe at the Village Pump sv:Wikipedia:Bybrunnen.Sjö (talk) 19:21, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Lets discuss it then
- Users
- BusterD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- S Marshall (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Articles
- Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2011_September_9#Murder_of_Adrianne_Reynolds ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Also this thread at S Marshall's talk: page diff
- Initial comment
Basically self explanatory, I would like to get third party opinions on the issues of civility, personal attacks etc. Also, since Buster D feels like I am not approachable, I will like to know why - until I came across that nasty bit of talk page banter, I thought we disagreed and that was that (I even addressed direct questions - and that was that). I certainly didn't expect the kind of behavior I saw there. Also, claiming that I fail to assume good faith without I feel there is a miscommunication here that should be fixed, and dealt with, because I do edit areas with overlap with these users in other contexts. If I am at fault, so be it, but this cannot be let festering and lingering, and in particular, such untoward comments cannot be ignored.
I'll admit I was a bit peeved when I responded and then reverted at the DRV, so I apologize for that. --Cerejota (talk) 07:39, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Initial response from named parties
- I'll freely admit that I have a low opinion of Cerejota, which began with his highly arrogant and unilateral actions concerning the longrunning dispute at WT:V. My first encounter with him was when he took it upon himself to close discussions at WT:V (and here). You will see that Cerejota's closures were highly dismissive and contemptuous, including sneering little images. Cerejota's closes were reversed by another editor, North8000, and Cerejota then edit-warred to put them back in. When North8000 reverted him a second time, Cerejota again edit-warred using an edit summary that threatened North8000 with blocking, despite the fact that Cerejota has no authority to block anyone. This is where my involvement began.
I said this, reverted Cerejota, and explained to him the limits of his authority. Hilariously, Cerejota responded with "I am not edit warring over this" (here) but replied that I was wrong.
Cerejota went on to open a RFC on conduct on WT:V. During this discussion, he admitted to acting like a "bull in a china shop", but he then persisted with using the sneering and contemptuous images. I asked him to stop doing that and to engage his fellow editors in discussion like equals. Other, uninvolved editors described Cerejota's conduct as disruptive and endorsed my view of Cerejota's actions, as well as describing the discussion before he arrived as "nonproblematic and productive" (and see also here). The RFC was later archived with one editor supporting Cerejota's view and sixteen opposing it.
This entirely negative experience with Cerejota, in which he basically admitted to widespread and unilateral actions in situations he doesn't understand, coloured my view of him when I encountered him at the DRV. At the DRV, Cerejota made accusations of bad faith against other editors. I asked him for his evidence. Cerejota responded by accusing me of IDHT. I asked him again for actual evidence. And it was at this point that the discussion on my talk page took place. At that time, and on the basis of everything I just said, I finally expressed a mildly negative opinion that Cerejota (specifically that he was probably about twelve).
And that's all I have to say; I very much welcome the scrutiny of uninvolved editors on this matter.—S Marshall T/C 09:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I recall no experience with User:Cerejota until this AfD procedure. I see that we've both been editing about 6 years and we have roughly the same number of edits. It's possible we've interacted but I have no recollection. My experience with that user inside of the AfD procedure was that the user felt very strongly on the delete side of the argument, that user disputed my keep rationale and stated as fact there were paid editors at work ("PRcruft"). Not agreeing, but seeing the concern, I did some checking myself and came up with one connection I mentioned in my first response to the user.
Inside the DRV procedure, Cerejota made it clear he suspected paid editing, so several users asked for specifics. Cerejota kept referring to earlier evidence which was being ignored by every other user in the discussion (perhaps user was referring to the connection I made and assessed as more likely coincidence than conspiracy). In several cases the user chose to use nebulous accusatory language which troubled me. Quoting User:Joey Roe who is quoting or paraphrasing Cerejota: "Okay, this sort of thing is getting out of hand. "Dark cloud of irregularities surrounding it"? "Iffy creation process"? "Good evidence of malfeasance"? You have people thinking there's something 'fishy' about this article when you've advanced absolutely no solid evidence to support that assertion." In my relist assertion I said: "...while I understand Cerejota's concerns, I'm unhappy with a black brush which has been raised to categorize keep !voters with an imagined group of disruptors, paid editors (a subset of editors I myself imagine exists). I object to that tarring, and am nervous about the rise of this sort of ad hominum critique in AfD and DRV discussions. User:Hobit notes the effect of that brush in the small comment immediately above." I did not say the user was brushing black, but wielding what I referred to as a black brush (which can inadvertently tar innocent parties). I expressed my concern I saw no evidence, certainly no verification of Cerejota's concern. User raised the irrelevant issue of his failing to get autopatrol status because of an incident apparently involving user's good faith choice.
Again, I asked the user make his case, and visited the talk page of an involved
administratoreditor to ask for perspective. I made the case that such tarring had unintended and perhaps unforeseen consequences. When Cerejota posted his response in DRV, pretty much accusing myself and others of holding our hands over our ears and going la-la-la-la, I decided that I'd had enough of the badgering, and completed my involvement with the procedure.Mostly I'm disappointed that the DRV hasn't adequately discussed what I thought were the central issues Cerejota had raised in the AfD, WP:SENSATION and WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. By side tracking this discussion with what I saw as spurious and nebulous accusations of paid editing pointed at nobody, user derailed the discussion in which I expected to engage. I wasn't impressed by these behaviors, so I made my decision to complete my nightly work and log off. Then this morning I get this forum to enjoin. Really, I'd rather be building pagespace.
In this procedure, user has claimed I see him as "not approachable." However, during the AfD I visited user's talk page to ask if he knew more than what was being discussed in the procedure. So I did approach and made contact. It was only after I started seeing the entire conversation as mere disruption I chose to disengage with that user. BusterD (talk) 14:40, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Initial response from involved unnamed parties
- For me it seems like user Cerejota was overreacting for reasons that only the user can explain. Now user Marshall ofcourse flamed on the discussion by some responses but I think this is a non-issue discussion which in itself was resolved when Cerejota apologized above to for overreacting. If both parties could agree to disagree it would solve it. Simple and clear.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I mean comments like these in a discussion is so unnecessary, now Cerejota reverted it so no harm done but it gives doubts to the genuin interest of Cerejota in the discussion. What is the goal to resolve or flame on the discussion further?. I think both users should step back here and just move on. Especially Cerejota if I should be honest.--BabbaQ (talk) 10:03, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Discussion
- I dont want to sound like I don't appreciate Cerejota's work here, but my experience with him in this very page (WP:WQA) is exactly how S Marshall has described of his behavior elsewhere. I believe, as BabbaQ has suggested, this is a bit of an overreaction and would be solved by a "agree to disagree" approach. For the record, I've taken no more than a superficial scratch at the surface of this issue so weigh my words lightly.--v/r - TP 16:37, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Babbaq:I think you hit on an important point, which is what S Marshall explains here: he has a vendetta against me, for reasons he explains, and *that* needs to be resolved. For example, in the very DRV in question, before S Marshall started his WP:IDHT disruption, I even commended him for a well reasoned argument: in the very response you call disruptive above. It is highly disruptive to have a user who measures your actions based not on the current discussion, but on previous grudges, and S Marshall's admitted total failure to assume good faith is a key factor in understanding what happened at the DRV, and hence, working to solve it is important to deal with future events. To let this fester, that is 12 year old kid stuff - to use S Marshall's mature and non-inflammatory description. Your call for a dismissal is both insulting and self-serving. And I am not over reacting: you accused BlackKite (an admin in good standing in the DRV of "disregarding the !keep votes" and other malfeasance- you just don't want your own words examined.--Cerejota (talk) 19:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Tparis: I am curious about this? Can you elaborate please?--Cerejota (talk) 19:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- BusterD: you didn't approach an involved administrator: S Marshall is not an administrator. Regardless if you intended it or not, you approached another editor who shared your position in the Drv to have a bitchfest, instead of approaching me directly. Did my response to the question during the AfD was not reasonable? If you felt I was being disruptive, the first step in DR is to approach me, and you didn't, and that *is* disruptive and a failure to assume good faith. --Cerejota (talk) 19:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- My mistake. I've stricken the word from my statement above, but a reading of my initial statement on User talk:S Marshall demonstrates I didn't understand your apparent anger and was asking for perspective, not agreement ("Am I dense? Obtuse?"). I didn't invite the "12 year-old" response, but I clearly agreed with the sentiment, that your actions revealed an apparent lack of civility and maturity. Your characterization of the brief conversation on that talkspace as a "bitchfest" is totally uncalled for and demonstrates your apparent hostility. My concern was and remains your apparent lack of good faith, regarding both the creation and development of the page under discussion and the parties involved in the the AfD and DRV discussions. My position has been and continues to be if you have accusations of disruptive behavior, make them. It could be equally well-argued that you chose this particular forum to generate friendly input, instead of approaching ME directly. I see no message from you on MY talkspace, for example, until you chose this familiar forum to critique my behavior. If you would explain yourself on the subject of your accusations of paid editing (still have no idea who if anybody is accused, btw), this conversation could go back to the subject at hand (the DRV at 9/9). I'd much rather engage with you on subjects which clearly need discussion (our interesting disagreement on the application of WP:EVENT criteria) than continue chasing tails here about vague, unspecified, baseless and insulting accusations of COI and NOPAY. BusterD (talk) 20:19, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- If someone mockingly called you a 12 year old (without outing, I am several times over 12), wouldn't you be hostile? What I am hearing in this conversation is that, except for S Marshall (to his credit), no one is owning up to their responsibility and instead wants to justify their actions behind walls of text. I didn't approach you because I had no reason to believe it would be productive, based on your conversation with S Marshall - an entirely reasonable expectation if one looks at that conversation. On the other hand, you had no reasonable expectation that approaching me with your concerns directly wouldn't unproductive, and You accuse me of lacking an assumption of good faith, and yeas, I lack such an assumption for a blocked user, and an obviously disruptive article creator, but I continue to assume good faith about you here - if you read my introduction to this report it is clear my intent is to clear things up, which mean I have a good faith approach. You need to examine your own behavior too - and so far I am less than impressed in that respect, all I see is self-justification and further accusations.--Cerejota (talk) 20:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I wish that Cerejota would stop misrepresenting themselves. In the diff they presented above they claim to be 12 years old.[2] Yet in 2006, as has been pointed out to me, they had a userbox announcing they lived alone.[3] This kind of nonsense has been going on for a long while now. If they intend to continue editing wikipedia, they should stop WP:TROLLING in their edits. They started editing in 2005 and evidently were not 6 years old at the time. Their edits and closures on WQA have been quite unhelpful. Mathsci (talk) 20:36, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- can some explain why I am facepalming --Cerejota (talk) 20:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I'm going to vote that Cerejota was using sarcasm.--v/r - TP 20:46, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Undoubtedly. If Cerejota is worried about wikiquette, then perhaps he should be more careful how he replies to other users. This reply for example seems far from optimal.[4] Mathsci (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Perhaps, but if you are going to question what is being said, you should both pay attention (ie the "12 years old" comment was originated by S Marshall, I was just responding to it) and be more careful with your diffs (the one you say directs to a userbox change directs to something that is not even my edit!). In other words, if you want me to pay attention and learn from your criticism, make sure this criticism is carefully considered and not so obviously a troll.--Cerejota (talk) 22:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- The diff I just gave you shows a prior borderline personal attack on at least one of the users you reported here: I will speak even more slowly, because if I am dense, you apparently approach neutron star levels. The previous diff I gave for the userbox was provided to me by an administrator to show one state of your userpage in 2006; I just copy-pasted. What I'd noticed on this page recently is that your editorialising summaries in closing threads have not always been helpful. Your over-direct approach could benefit from toning down. Mathsci (talk) 05:36, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Perhaps, but if you are going to question what is being said, you should both pay attention (ie the "12 years old" comment was originated by S Marshall, I was just responding to it) and be more careful with your diffs (the one you say directs to a userbox change directs to something that is not even my edit!). In other words, if you want me to pay attention and learn from your criticism, make sure this criticism is carefully considered and not so obviously a troll.--Cerejota (talk) 22:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Undoubtedly. If Cerejota is worried about wikiquette, then perhaps he should be more careful how he replies to other users. This reply for example seems far from optimal.[4] Mathsci (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- BTW, BusterD just went to ANI, way to resolve conflicts and not add to the fire...--Cerejota (talk) 20:52, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Cerejota you are now using the same style of confrontation that put you in this spot to start with. Please take it a bit more easy when you respond to comments. I beg you.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I would be extremely useful if you pointed out how I am being confrontational, instead of just saying I am. Because I defend myself?--Cerejota (talk) 21:05, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Sometimes its better to let go of things. And move on and simply not be confrontative. And im asking you what good comes out of this? I cant see anything. Instead users have to take time from actually doing some good on Wikipedia to continue this never ending meta-debate of "you wrote this, and you wrote this".--BabbaQ (talk) 21:11, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for stating your position. I think that a lot of good can come out of this, if people are willing that it does. However, you are not answering my question: how am I being confrontational?--Cerejota (talk) 21:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Right now for example.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- "way to resolve conflicts and not add to the fire"
- "can some explain why I am facepalming"
- "you approached another editor who shared your position in the Drv to have a bitchfest"
- Just take a minute, take a breath, and wait to respond until after you feel driven to reply. When you feel a drive or a neccessity to respond to someone's comments, you'll likely come off aggressive. Take 10 minutes after reading what someone wrote and then respond only to what you remember of their comments 10 minutes later in a positive way.--v/r - TP 22:47, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I see your point, and to an extent accept it - however, what is correct response to WP:ADMINSHOP? to a lack of basic reading comprehension? What is a non-controversial synonym to "bitchfest"? Taking time to think was why I opened this WQA the first time.--Cerejota (talk) 23:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- And this comment to S Marshall, make sure this criticism is carefully considered and not so obviously a troll. doesnt seem to be carefully considered by you Cerejota. It seems like you are being rude/abusive towards the user. Think before you write.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- The comment was not directed at S Marshall. Please read it again and you will see I was replying to Mathsci.--Cerejota (talk) 23:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- It doesnt really matter. The comment was uncalled for anyhow.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:21, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Perhaps it was uncalled for. Your comment, however, was lie. Which is worse?--Cerejota (talk) 23:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I give up on this and you. Still more confrontation from you. Sorry to see that. Im out of this no good faith meta debate. Cerejota its difficult to see how I can assume good faith towards you when you are being constantly unpleasant and quite frankly aggressive and confrontational. --BabbaQ (talk) 23:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Perhaps it was uncalled for. Your comment, however, was lie. Which is worse?--Cerejota (talk) 23:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- It doesnt really matter. The comment was uncalled for anyhow.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:21, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I see your point, and to an extent accept it - however, what is correct response to WP:ADMINSHOP? to a lack of basic reading comprehension? What is a non-controversial synonym to "bitchfest"? Taking time to think was why I opened this WQA the first time.--Cerejota (talk) 23:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Right now for example.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for stating your position. I think that a lot of good can come out of this, if people are willing that it does. However, you are not answering my question: how am I being confrontational?--Cerejota (talk) 21:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Sometimes its better to let go of things. And move on and simply not be confrontative. And im asking you what good comes out of this? I cant see anything. Instead users have to take time from actually doing some good on Wikipedia to continue this never ending meta-debate of "you wrote this, and you wrote this".--BabbaQ (talk) 21:11, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I would be extremely useful if you pointed out how I am being confrontational, instead of just saying I am. Because I defend myself?--Cerejota (talk) 21:05, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Cerejota you are now using the same style of confrontation that put you in this spot to start with. Please take it a bit more easy when you respond to comments. I beg you.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I'm going to vote that Cerejota was using sarcasm.--v/r - TP 20:46, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I want to respond to this: "I think you hit on an important point, which is what S Marshall explains here: he has a vendetta against me, for reasons he explains, and *that* needs to be resolved ... S Marshall's admitted total failure to assume good faith is a key factor in understanding what happened at the DRV, and hence, working to solve it is important to deal with future events."
My position is that I have no reason to doubt your good faith, Cerejota. But my experience of you is that you seem to want to participate in Wikipedia at a level above your actual competence. The evidence is that you miss nuances and details, you close discussions you don't even understand, and when called out on these things, you reply with scattershot accusations of bad faith, and when challenged, you cannot substantiate these accusations with diffs. But you don't retract them. In short, I think you're in perfectly good faith but sufficiently advanced incompetence is hard to distinguish from trolling.
What I want from you is just to stop. I want you to agree to refrain from using the word "facepalm", the template {{facepalm}}, any images of dead horses, or in fact any other image that's sneering, dismissive or contemptuous of your fellow editors. I want you to refrain from speaking to your fellow editors as if they were anything other than equals. I want you to agree not to make any accusations of bad faith that aren't backed up by diffs, and I want you to refrain from taking it upon yourself to close discussions in contentious areas until you've shown by your conduct elsewhere that you have the grace and respect for your fellow editors that's necessary to make difficult closes.—S Marshall T/C 23:43, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate the thoughtful response, even if I disagree with some of the details, I do take as true what you are saying - and the spirit of resolution you seem to try to express:
- First, you are incorrect I had no knowledge of the discussion at V. I have edited V before you were in wikipedia, and the First Sentence page is not a new idea, but one that has been around, and comes and goes for a long while. And while my actions were disputed by you and others, they were also defended.
- As your "12 years old" comment shows, we are not robots, and we do use humor, exaggeration, sarcasm etc. What is true of you, is also true of me. I feel that if you think you have a license to mock and taunt editors, at least expect to be mocked and taunted yourself. A close look at your behavior at WP:V shows that you did in fact engage is such behavior, and engaging in it was by a closed all those discussions. I am not "accusing" you of anything, so I am not providing diffs, but you know what you posted - and if you want me to trust you you would at least stipulate to this as a way to move forward. My actions were brash, but they were called for in the context. Had I acted on your side, you would have given me a barnstar!
- I see no reason why I should refrain from being WP:BOLD simply because my actions are not agreed by some editors: contrary to what you imply (and what BabbaQ has alleged) I know how to horsemeat has been obtained. In this case, it hasn't - and so far, except for you, the other two involved have shown a lack of willingness to engage in anything above the basic level of name calling. In WP:V, my actions might have rubbed some the wrong way, but have turned out to actually helped the process along, controlling the disruptive anarchy that reigned in the talk page.
- I will dispute the assertion that I do not respect or have comtemt for my fellow editors, and the reasons you give for this belief puzzle me. You seem to have a position that unless one agrees, one shouldn't express disagreement. In that sense it is helpful to provide tools to better handle situations, but I have a seriously hard time looking past the fact of your deep involvement.
- Even in this thread, you make comments like "at a level above your actual competence", and expect no response? Isn't that a bit more like what you are accusing me of being? Respect is a two way street - and your casual dismissal and condescension, which you repeat here, cannot be possibly be expected to make you a credible voice in addressing me. I could express some regret for some word choices, but I cannot, in good coincidence, do so unilaterally. It takes two to tango, and quite frankly, you are are much more a dancer than me (and this is not a compliment).
- I do suggest you seek a way to clean the slate, because it is clear to me you have resentment towards me and my action that are not letting you approach me in a positive fashion.--Cerejota (talk) 00:11, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- you are are much more a dancer than me (and this is not a compliment). Your at it again Cerejota, also you are trying to refute every single point that has been brought up here. I find it puzzling to say the least. --BabbaQ (talk) 00:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Cerejota, the reason I'm using this heavy, bludgeoning language with this is because I've said it to you nicely and niceness did not work with you. So I'm coming in hard. I want specific remedies from you here. I will list them, and I want you to post your agreement to each point.
1) I want you to agree not to use the word "facepalm", the template {{facepalm}}, any image of a facepalm, the words "dead horse", or any image of or reference to dead horses, for the purpose of belittling or dismissing your fellow editors. Doing so is disrespectful and if there's one message I want you to take away from this discussion, it's that your words on Wikipedia are seriously lacking in respect. Part of the problem, I think, is that you don't know how disrespectful you are.
2) I want you to agree not to speak to your fellow editors as if they were anything other than equals. This means following a specific sequence: read - comprehend - think - post.
3) I want you not to make any accusations of bad faith ,against anyone at all, unless your accusations are backed up by diffs. An important part of this is that the diffs must appear on the same page as the accusations.
4) I want you to refrain from closing contentious discussions for a period of three months.
Now, what do you want from me?—S Marshall T/C 00:29, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I don't recall you communicating with me in anything other than "heavy, bludgeoning language" - I am not questioning that perhaps you have, I simply do not recall it, could you dig a diff of such communication to refresh my memory? All of my memories of communication with you are unpleasant and disrespectful - even here. All of the points you make here is how I already communicate, and your presumption that I don't is in part what prompted the ANI - you seem to think that I do not have a right to disagree, for whatever reason - in fact, a distinct whiff of considering me insolent is gotten - but insolence requires a presumption of superiority, which then begs the question, superior in what sense? That is not a trivial thing: it seems that you are bothered more by a perceived insolence than a real grievance.
- The last point is not going to happen based on your simple request - in particular, I find the source to not be a disinterested one. However, if you also refrain from WP:V/WT:V for the same three months, I might consider this proposal a very useful sacrifice to help the wiki, a quid-pro-quo I could consider a small token for a huge return.
- What I do want from you is that you do not color our further interactions, as you have done, with the experience at WP:V, and indeed, to practice a little of what you preach: understand that while your perception might some basis on the truth, it is also a reaction to your own behavior.--Cerejota (talk) 00:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Here is where I asked you to do the exact same thing, but more politely. Here is me attempting to interact with you civilly at the DRV.
Cerejota, there is absolutely no way that you're going to drive me off WT:V. As Jimbo Wales already advised you here, the discussion was perfectly productive before you arrived, and as Hans Adler already advised you here, you are the most disruptive person on the page. If you aren't going to agree to what I said, or if you will only do so on the basis that I stop editing WT:V that you've so thoroughly disrupted, then you and I are not going to be able to solve our differences through direct conversation. In that case we will have to wait for the opinions of uninvolved editors.
But before we go that route, I want you to notice that nobody in this discussion so far has agreed with you. So far, everyone participating here so far holds you to be the disruptive one. This whole WQA is a massive case of WP:SHOT and I think you should gracefully agree to reflect, learn from this, and make some genuine changes to your behaviour.—S Marshall T/C 01:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Here is where I asked you to do the exact same thing, but more politely. Here is me attempting to interact with you civilly at the DRV.
- Cerejota, the reason I'm using this heavy, bludgeoning language with this is because I've said it to you nicely and niceness did not work with you. So I'm coming in hard. I want specific remedies from you here. I will list them, and I want you to post your agreement to each point.
- (edit conflict) Alright, I'm going to have to step in here a little. First off, I'm going to admit any bias I have. I have known S Mashall and I consider him admin material, I have a lot of respect for him going into this discussion. I also have interacted with BabbaQ and we've butted heads in an AFD and subsequent DRV. I explained my bias relating to Cerejota above. So I have pro and anti bias toward some folks in this discussion. With possible biases on the table, here is my attempted unbiased/neutral opinion on this whole thing. Cerejota, I feel you have made a habit of making a good faith comments followed immediately by a bunch of accusations. My diffs to support this are: [5][6][7][8][9]. You really need to stop. If you agree or feel someone's comments are in good faith, then you need to take a minute to take those comments to heart. I feel you are doing something that during a audible conversation is similar to 'Hearing but not listening' or rather 'Thinking of your response rather than listening'. Stop for a moment and consider someone's response and quit being so aggressive. Just because someone has an opinion of you doesn't mean you need to respond with your opinion of them. Give a little to this conversation. Let go of something. Give up on a position. Let up on the aggression. In other words, suck up your pride a little and allow the leeway neccessary for compromise. From reading the above, it appears to me that S Marshall is ready to compromise.--v/r - TP 01:08, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, your description of S Marshall as "Admin material", who called be names repeatedly here and elsewhere, doesn't allow me to trust your judgment on this matter anymore - in particularly because you call his comments a "compromise", which they are not. Sorry, but how can you say these things and expect them to be well received?--Cerejota (talk) 01:36, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- As I am uninvolved, I wanted to clear up (be truthful about) any possible biases. I feel the quickest way to resolve this issue is that you heed my words. Despite that they are not in your favor, they are honest.--v/r - TP 01:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I appreciate the honesty and transparency you have shown, it is commendable. Can you understand why I feel frustrated when direct questions are not answered, and instead an attack launched?--Cerejota (talk) 02:23, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- No-one is attacking you. You're simply on the receiving end of a WP:SPADE. I think you're finding that uncomfortable and hard to deal with. I understand the urge to portray yourself as the victim and me as the nasty bully, but I'm afraid the consensus here does not appear to be on your side. I do hope that doesn't make you too unhappy.—S Marshall T/C 10:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I think what S Marshall is saying is that he is trying to be plainly honest about his feelings in the matter so they can all be resolved instead of hiding some point of contention that can brew a grudge later. He is trying to find resolution with you. What concessions can you make, Cerejota, to bring this to an end?--v/r - TP 13:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Actually, forget any requirement for concessions from me. This whole WQA is getting so very one-sided that I'm sure Cerejota will have learned from it. That's all that was needed. Rubbing his face in it by making him make one-sided concessions would be counterproductive.
Perhaps someone uninvolved would be kind enough to close this thread and archive it.—S Marshall T/C 13:11, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I think it's usually best to just let the thread run its course; MiszaBot can do the archiving just fine. Slapping an archive tag frequently triggers a WP:LASTWORD reaction. That said, if Cejejota desires I'd be happy to archive the discussion. Gerardw (talk) 13:16, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Actually, forget any requirement for concessions from me. This whole WQA is getting so very one-sided that I'm sure Cerejota will have learned from it. That's all that was needed. Rubbing his face in it by making him make one-sided concessions would be counterproductive.
- I think what S Marshall is saying is that he is trying to be plainly honest about his feelings in the matter so they can all be resolved instead of hiding some point of contention that can brew a grudge later. He is trying to find resolution with you. What concessions can you make, Cerejota, to bring this to an end?--v/r - TP 13:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- No-one is attacking you. You're simply on the receiving end of a WP:SPADE. I think you're finding that uncomfortable and hard to deal with. I understand the urge to portray yourself as the victim and me as the nasty bully, but I'm afraid the consensus here does not appear to be on your side. I do hope that doesn't make you too unhappy.—S Marshall T/C 10:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I appreciate the honesty and transparency you have shown, it is commendable. Can you understand why I feel frustrated when direct questions are not answered, and instead an attack launched?--Cerejota (talk) 02:23, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- As I am uninvolved, I wanted to clear up (be truthful about) any possible biases. I feel the quickest way to resolve this issue is that you heed my words. Despite that they are not in your favor, they are honest.--v/r - TP 01:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I rather wait for more input, its been a day and in a particularly sensitive weekend in the USA, as there is precious little of uninvolved input. Furthermore, BusterD, actually showed a true spirit of cooperation in my talk page, with a true compromise and resolution - S Marshall's position that there is a consensus is both premature and there is a total lack of self-reflection on his part, hardly a compromise and more like a pile-on to hurry closing this. Jedi mind tricks don't work on me :)--Cerejota (talk) 22:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Cerejota, by WQA standards, we've already had an enormous amount of input. I'll certainly reflect on myself if an uninvolved editor suggests that's necessary, but as you can plainly see, our fellow editors don't seem to feel that it is.
It's really up to you whether you listen to the concerns you've heard or learn from this in any way. You don't have to let it go, but you can, if you like. Or you can let this be a learning experience for you.—S Marshall T/C 23:28, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please carefully re-read what I wrote above. Then read it again. Then, think about what I said. If you still reach the same conclusion, then indeed this discussion - in this forum - might have reached its limit, and we should go to a more structured forum. In particular I draw your attention to there is precious little of uninvolved input and BusterD, actually showed a true spirit of cooperation in my talk page, with a true compromise and resolution. That the wall-of-text issues in this WQA are nearly completely your responsibility shouldn't evade uninvolved parties, as neither should be you using these issues as a reason to close as they are your creation, not mine or other parties. --Cerejota (talk) 00:15, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, I totally reach the same conclusion. In view of everything that's been said here, by about half a dozen users, what else am I supposed to think? I advise you against taking this to RFC/U in view of the huge WP:BOOMERANG this has been. The genuine concerns about your behaviour shown by so many editors here will tell heavily against you. But if you're determined to WP:WIN, that's your next venue. Be my guest.—S Marshall T/C 00:26, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- While I later regretted some of my wordings and statements, I'm still of the opinion that accusations have been thrown around incorrectly (black brush), and I see zero contrition or further explanation from User:Cerejota on that subject. Each of us has our own individual responsibilities to act in the true spirit of compromise and resolution. I have chosen to let all this go, but moving forward, I'd appreciate a considered response inside this forum from that user. BusterD (talk) 01:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, I totally reach the same conclusion. In view of everything that's been said here, by about half a dozen users, what else am I supposed to think? I advise you against taking this to RFC/U in view of the huge WP:BOOMERANG this has been. The genuine concerns about your behaviour shown by so many editors here will tell heavily against you. But if you're determined to WP:WIN, that's your next venue. Be my guest.—S Marshall T/C 00:26, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please carefully re-read what I wrote above. Then read it again. Then, think about what I said. If you still reach the same conclusion, then indeed this discussion - in this forum - might have reached its limit, and we should go to a more structured forum. In particular I draw your attention to there is precious little of uninvolved input and BusterD, actually showed a true spirit of cooperation in my talk page, with a true compromise and resolution. That the wall-of-text issues in this WQA are nearly completely your responsibility shouldn't evade uninvolved parties, as neither should be you using these issues as a reason to close as they are your creation, not mine or other parties. --Cerejota (talk) 00:15, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
My position, as it was in the DRV, is that I had provided the evidence - that a blocked user had been the one to move the article after multiple denies and that the original submitter to AfD has some WP:DUCK issues in terms of COI. However, I admit that I reacted negatively to your use of the "black brush" imagery in part because in Spanish that is much more serious accusation than what I now think you were saying: In Spanish, it is generally used only when you are accusing someone of having malice and willful wrongdoing, while in English it is also used to simply describe the action (without necessarly implying ill intent, although it can be used in that way). Until you approached me, the first definition was being confirmed in my mind, after your approach the second came to front. One thing I take from this is that investigating COI violations of WP:NOPAY is a sensitive topic for some, for whatever reason, and hence to be approached with more caution. Also, that WP:DUCK is no longer seen as an investigative tool by some editors - hence not the usually useful thing it once was in AfD. I hope I have answered your point :)--Cerejota (talk) 01:26, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- The cultural differences between us kept me from seeing your point there. Thanks for clarifying. Ironic (but not surprising) that knowing you better makes your actions easier to comprehend. Appreciate your taking your somewhat casual inference of NOPAY a bit more seriously. My second comment at User talk:S Marshall gives the reason why I believe this is a real concern for all of Wikipedia, but was lost in the shuffle when we started talking about the S Marshall's response to my first comment. BusterD (talk) 01:42, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Comments from WP:WQA Volunteers
Cerejota you've received thoughtful advice from S Marshall et. al. My advice is to heed it. Behavior such as the "facepalm" reply is unlikely to resolve situations and will typically escalate them. Gerardw (talk) 11:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I've given myself time to cool down, and after careful consideration, I still think Moni3 has gone far beyond acceptable behavior on the discussion page for Roy Orbison and elsewhere. We could have had a simple but civil dispute over POV, but he instead launched into accusation immediately. When user Binksternet tried to come to my defense, he accused us both of failing to read the source material, although, significantly, he had no reason for making this assumption (which, by the way, was a false one). Furthermore, Moni3 also went on an attack, more or less arguing that he was above Wikipedia rules regarding POV and ownership attitudes because he had contributed much to Wikipedia in general and to the article in particular, and that the POV language was simply "better writing" -- an argument as invalid and subjective as the edits we were arguing over in the first place.
I realize that the argument got heated on both sides, but Moni3 had no interest in civility from the get go. He made an accusation starting with his first edit, then argued that the rules don't really apply to him as long as, in his judgment, it's "good writing," and then, just to make sure there was no civility at all, he launched into a profanity-filled diatribe on his userpage, where he called me an "asshat." I did not go to his userpage looking for trouble, I went there to try to sort out our differences, as I thought we're supposed to do, but once you get into name-calling and foul language, it's clear to me that all hope for rational discussion has been lost.
Since then, he has replaced his userpage's content with a disclaimer that he is "semi-retired" but he continues to edit the article that was under dispute. However, the page history still reveals his profane language and name-calling.
I'm not claiming to be an angel in this incident, but I certainly didn't deserve such treatment. Moni3 is an administrator, which, I understand, Wikipedia allegedly holds to a higher standard. Does this standard include groundless accusations, name-calling, swear words, and a policy that the administrator is above the rules? If so, Moni3 is a shining example. Minaker (talk) 00:08, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please provide WP:DIFFS providing examples and notify Moni3 you wish to have a discussion here. Gerardw (talk) 10:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I would think that this is the "profanity-filled diatribe" mentioned in the WQA. There's certainly some foul language, but to me, it seems more of a cri de coeur from an editor in despair than a profanity-filled diatribe.—S Marshall T/C 17:26, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- It's also from July 28. You posted a WQA about something from a month-and-a-half ago? LadyofShalott 18:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Have you read the sources yet, Minaker, after a month and a half? Are you still insisting that the article is POV without having read the sources? Can you help me follow that rabbit-trail of logic? Btw, I placed the vacation and semi-retired tags on my talk page long before you ever made it there. --Moni3 (talk) 20:53, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Moni3, when the POV template was added to Roy Orbison, you removed it with a dismissive edit summary. Four days later, a conversation began on Talk:Roy Orbison. You posted this on 4 August. Was this your first talk-page contact with Minaker?—S Marshall T/C 21:34, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
S. Marshall: You're right, "profanity-filled diatribe" may be an over-statement. I guess I was distracted by the use of the word "asshat," which was clearly directed toward me, and the phrase "fuck off, dumbass, which was aimed at me and others who have disagreed with Moni3 in the past.
Lady of Shallott: After reading the "asshat" rant, I gave myself and Moni3 time to cool off, advice I got from Wikipedia a long time ago. If it seems petty to bring it up again, it's not just out of a grudge, but Moni3's rant includes a fierce defense of taking ownership of articles, and also includes reference to the fact that this is a recurring problem for him. He refuses to discuss it further, as evidenced by the above-referenced quote, "I don't know how to respond anymore to this than "fuck off, dumbass"'.
Moni3: I read the sources you're referring to before I even made the edit. You never had any reason to assume I didn't read the sources, except for the fact that you apparently jump to the conclusion that anyone who disagrees with you must be uninformed. And the disagreement also does not excuse name-calling and personal attack, which are both expressly forbidden both on Wikipedia and in polite society. Minaker (talk) 21:57, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Anyway, I feel that Moni3 and I have both already devoted too much energy and time to this, so I'll let the Wikipedia community decide who's right, who's wrong, and how we both can avoid such conflict in the future. Can I please request that if anyone -- I mean anyone other than Moni3, who is a bit too close to this to think objectively -- has any advice for me in terms of how I should or should not have handled this, can you please post it on my talk page? I don't want to waste any more time on the conflict itself, but I would like to learn from it. Thanks. Minaker (talk) 22:08, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Ask what's going on before posting unnecessary templates on articles is my first suggestion. Use the talk page of the article. Read what's been going on among the editors on the talk pages. See if there has been someone working on it. Also, I don't promote owning articles. My point is that Wikipedia does. I dislike being accused of owning articles, but at this point, I just accept that disconnect. I don't think it's unwarranted to expect editors working on an article to be familiar with what the sources say. Apparently that means I own articles. Editors don't read the sources and don't communicate what they don't understand on the talk pages. They act (I've encountered this numerous times--enough for me to write about it) and expect someone else to clean up templates or other messes they create. If you've read the sources, you've not exhibited that in the talk page discussions. That might help: to discuss them in detail.
- Also, I have officially rescinded your asshat crown. You are no longer designated an asshat. Don't be sad. I know that leaves a void in your life. I suggest taking up crochet or collecting spoons to compensate. --Moni3 (talk) 22:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Minaker, I concur with your position. POV is about the way an article is written, sources are about the facts in it. So Moni3's statement that you can't evaluate POVness with personally reading all the sources is silly. Additionally it's easy not to own articles, you just take them off your watch list. And certainly his name calling and taunting is not within the intended spirit of civility and NPA. Unfortunately maintenance of civil standards is a weak point of WP. As far as proceeding:
- As noted by Lady of Shallot, the time lag of Moni3's remark make support from a forum such as WP/ANI unlikely. You could write a RFC/U but it's a lot of work for what probably isn't much benefit.
- If you want to make changes to Roy Orbison you'll need to go through the talk page and have a thick skin. RFCs can be helpful when dealing with unreasonable editors.
- Easiest would be simply to edit elsewhere. Gerardw (talk) 01:48, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wat? "POV is about the way an article is written, sources are about the facts in it." You don't seem to understand what the POV policy is. "The way an article is written" is quite vague and doesn't seem to express any specific issue. Specifically, the NPOV policy means the article accurately summarizes the best reliable sources and alternate viewpoints from reliable sources are given due weight in the article. If sources present information they indicate is relevant to the topic, it should be included. You seem to be promoting the idea that accessing sources to ascertain if the language in the article is not neutral is unnecessary. How can you possibly justify that intellectually? Why is this such a pandemic and systematic attitude on Wikipedia, a site that is completely dependent on the sources it uses for its information? I've already assumed it's just plain laziness...maybe you have different insight into this. I simply do not understand how you or any other editor has any faith in this approach. Hence my frequent and well-hewn language, so expressive, so colorful.
- And an RFC/U for this? Wat again? You guys are nuts. But hey, today it's entertaining. Bully for you. --Moni3 (talk) 20:59, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- "was an American singer-songwriter, well known..." well-known by whom? Americans? Americans of a certain age? English speaking folks on the Indian subcontinent? That's fanboy non-encyclopedia prose.
- By your logic, I could find an obscure source on Orbison which you haven't read, change the article, and then claim you're not qualified to have an opinion on POV.
- Of course we're nuts. We waste time working on WP for crappy pay. We're all nuts.
- The site is not completely dependent on sources. It's dependent on editors -- the sources don't cite themselves onto wiki pages. Therefore asshole behavior hurts WP just as much or more than less than perfect articles.
- It's not particularly expressive. Emily Dickinson is expressive.
- RFCU is an option for Minaker. Didn't say it was a good one, ("probably not much benefit"). Gerardw (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Rather than an RFCU, this seems a case for WP:DRN or WP:MEDCAB, because of the content issues are intermingled with behavioral issues. We should focus on the content, not the editors.--Cerejota (talk) 22:07, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- You do realize that although I wrote the bulk of Orbison's article that others have made changes to it, including the tidbit you pointed out, right? If you do not understand the passage in question, or think that it might benefit from being improved, by all means suggest it on the talk page. I did such a thing at Ricky Nelson's talk page here (ended up changing the info myself a few days later when no one responded), and again here at Emmett Till's, where I eventually rewrote the article. A collaborative encyclopedia is defined by the fact that editors collaborate, hopefully with some common goal in mind. I work under the impression that improving articles should be the common goal. I'm so often met with the exact opposite of this that I'm flummoxed and frequently frustrated.
- By my logic, I hope you would join with me in discussing what the best sources say about Orbison, his life, his music, and its impact. The most fun I ever had at Wikipedia--and the most satisfaction--was working with editors who were fully invested in the material, willing to discuss the sources at length, and found it a pleasure to do so. Anyone who can read and is interested enough to access the best reliable sources about Orbison and his life is fully qualified to discuss the content of this article. Anyone who either has not read the sources or refuses to discuss what they say and how it is summarized should gracefully decline to comment or place templates on the article until s/he can familiarize himself with the sources and discuss them. If you find a source I haven't read, bravo. Seriously. I'll do my best to find it. Then let's talk about it.
- Site's not completely dependent on sources? Is it? Is it your approach that no matter what weird oddball stuff someone places in an article, that's more important than what sources say? Because editors are more important than sources? Because they're not. Ask anyone who's been blocked indefinitely. ArbCom or the disgruntled masses at Wikipedia Review should be able to give you a long list of names.
- Emily Dickinson once told a preacher in Amherst to eat a burlap sack full of genitalia so large he would explode and rain penises all over the town. No, wait. I might have made that one up. Still, expressive and fun. --Moni3 (talk) 22:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I don't recall saying editors are more important than sources. Both are necessary conditions. Your counterexample regarding Dickinson merely emphasizes how pedestrian, and unexpressive, "fuck off dumbass" is. It's also uncool to direct it to your fellow editors, regardless of how lazy you may perceive them to be. Gerardw (talk) 22:48, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- When I got up this morning, I says to myself, I says, "Self, today, among all days, is the day you will finally become pedestrian and uncool." Thank you, Gerardw, for confirming that my long-held dream has come true. This truly is a place where magic happens. Also, Jesus favors me. Also, I don't care about your standards. Sad, in some ways, because I used to. But over the years I encountered so many editors who just simply don't give two shits enough to read the sources and wish only to impart their own nutty personal viewpoints in articles despite what has already been cited and well-provided by reliable sources that I have realized that I've ensconced myself in a community rife with sloth and inertia. Had you taken one more nanosecond to read the full comment diff on my own talk page that struck such a chord in Minaker's soul, you should have comprehended that I dislike being at the stage where all I can respond with is "fuck off, dumbass". Also, that I was responding to an editor who emailed me to make sure I saw the changes being made to an article. Get that. Someone emailed me to make sure I was going to fix it. I'm trying to take time away so I don't tell someone to fuck off, and someone else is unable to make simple changes to an article, so infantalized are they by this system. If you can find an instance where I have directed that toward another editor, I would like to offer you Minaker's new spoon collection as a reward.
- At any rate, civility is irrelevant. Not for you, perhaps, not now. But for me it surely is. Shame me further if you must, but I have no idea who you are and your admonishments are meaningless. You might do better to save yourself the effort. Spend a couple weeks or months writing an article. Then watch what happens when someone comes along and puts up a POV template without explaining why... Then do that for 5 years...and 30 articles. --Moni3 (talk) 23:10, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I don't recall saying editors are more important than sources. Both are necessary conditions. Your counterexample regarding Dickinson merely emphasizes how pedestrian, and unexpressive, "fuck off dumbass" is. It's also uncool to direct it to your fellow editors, regardless of how lazy you may perceive them to be. Gerardw (talk) 22:48, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
User:Wesley Mouse causing trouble in WP:MEDCAB
- Users
- Wesley Mouse (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Articles
- Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/28 July 2011/Games for Windows (edit | [[Talk:Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/28 July 2011/Games for Windows|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- User talk:FleetCommand#Mediation_Case_Reopened (edit | [[Talk:User talk:FleetCommand#Mediation_Case_Reopened|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Talk:Games for Windows#Games for Windows and XBOX.com merger (edit | [[Talk:Talk:Games for Windows#Games for Windows and XBOX.com merger|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Initial comment
I started the Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal case Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/28 July 2011/Games for Windows to help resolve a dispute. In the second proceeding (yes, there was a first), User:Wesley Mouse proposed himself for mediation. When asked me to express my consent, I refuse to accept his mediation and requested another person. Apparently, this "No" answer was very hard for this user: Since then he has launched a full-scale personal attack against me, accusing me left and right of being impolite, gaming the system, backbiting me in other people talk pages (see User talk:Mr. Stradivarius) and even threatening me in MedCab! There is only one person in the MedCab page that has commented on the contributor instead of the contribution and that's him. In the mean time a mediator is supposed to be neutral and keep a cool head in heated discussions, not to launch a nuclear warfare of his own!
I start the MedCab case to resolve a very small problem peacefully and now I have a major problem. Someone please get this guy off me. Fleet Command (talk) 18:24, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wes has approached me for advice, and I have responded. In short, I have advised that he move on to another case. If he carries out that advise, as far as I can see, the issue will be settled. CT Cooper · talk 18:53, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I would like to counteract the accusation being made here by User:FleetCommand. On checking further into User:FleetCommand's own etiquette, then it would appear that he indeed uses similar "off-handish" and deceitful tactics against other users, even when they are providing reasonable explanations, in the same manner as he has done towards myself. This alone, shows that Fleet Command uses under-handed tactic towards other administrators, and "talking down" to them, even when they are offering what appears to be constructive and helpful advice. It hasn't been a case that I take "no" for an answer; on the contrary I have accepted the users personal choice to decline my offering of mediating the disputed case. However, when the user states there is no personal reasons for declining (as shown here in this diff), only to contradict that reason with accusations of me being "un-neutral" and incapable of carrying out mediation (see this diff); then it is perfectly reasonable to ask for the user to provide reasons to back-up their accusation. In the initial medcab case, Fleet Command, asked for 3 different users to add their input into what URL should and shouldn't be used. At that time I offered reasonable suggestions both for and against the case (as shown in this diff). In response, Fleet Command then goes on to state that he had now received what he wanted, in being 3 points to place a dispute into his favour, above others. Even though all parties involved hadn't provided their say (as shown in this diff), therefore a reasonable consensus hadn't been reached in order to satisfy a peaceful resolution. I continued to monitor the article talk page to see if I was wrong; only to find that the dispute had escalated into a 3-way editor slanging match, to which I had serious concerns for all users involved. It was at that stage that I sought advice from User:Mr. Stradivarius, and he agreed that it would be appropriate to reopen the medcab case, as the dispute had flared up again.
- Several times I have asked Fleet Command to explain his accusations towards my personal abilities, and each time I get fobbed off with more insults, rather than answer what is a reasonable request. As User: CT Cooper has rightfully pointed out, I got to the stage of seeking a second set of eyes, to make sure that nothing untoward was being done by anyone involved, before I decided to step down as mediator and close the case on grounds of clear time-wasting editors, and not allowing them to assist others to find common grounds to work peacefully as a team. However, as Fleet Command has submitted this complaint before I even had chance to read CT Cooper's response, then again underhanded tactics are being launched at myself from the aforementioned, and not allowed me to pursue my course of action. Wesley Mouse (talk) 19:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC) Removed comment restored. CT Cooper · talk 20:25, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. You're an angel. But my nerves are fried. I don't think I care about the case anymore... At least not right now.
- One strange point though: No one had previously told me that MEDCAB is not supposed to supply outside input. In fact, admins have previously told me otherwise. Fleet Command (talk) 19:27, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Well those admins must have been confused. The central page at WP:MEDCAB states "We facilitate communication and help parties reach an agreement without imposing sanctions or making judgments.", and the mediator for a case I was involved in made clear that he was not going to make rulings on content. CT Cooper · talk 19:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- No, they are not confused. I checked with one of them and he pointed out that there is no distinct borderline between mediation and supplying outside input, those purely supplying outside input is not mediation. And please don't call other people confused. This is an offense. Fleet Command (talk) 05:39, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Any reason why my response to this (as shown in this diff) have been removed? Wesley Mouse (talk) 19:43, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Possibly a mishandled edit conflict? You can restore the comment if you want. However, I have a question for you, why someone who just joined wikipedia want to go into MEDCAB right away? Usually MEDCAB volunteers are either admins or non-tools experienced users. There is no rules that prohibit you from doing this, but I just wonder why? --Cerejota (talk) 20:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for restoring that on my behalf Cooper. In reply to Cerejota's question, even though it appears that I have joined recently, I have been assisting on another project via my IP address for quite a while. Its was only a few weeks ago that I decided to become more active and create a user account for myself. I have been involved in mediation cases on other websites, as well as in real life; and it was only through checking on a medcab case that I was involved in, that I felt it be good to assist in one myself as a mediator. You only need to check my user page, to see a barnstar in appreciation for dissolving a dispute peacefully, which that itself gave more confidence to tackle a med-case on here, especially with my personal expertise in such background of work. In my opinion, a mediator needs to be a good listener, but also provide advice and suggestions wherever necessary; so that disputers can find common ground to get along with each other, and work as a team. I hope this answers your question. Wesley Mouse (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
I propose FleetCommand strike the comment "For one thing, he has certain misconceptions regarding the status of the case and for another — well, I do not mean to offend — he does not seem to have the merit of neutral mediator," Wesley Mouse withdraws from mediating cases involving FleetCommand and we consider the issue resolved. What that satisfy the involved parties? Gerardw (talk) 20:54, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I second that proposal by Gerardw, and if possible a formal apology for falsely accusing me of various things, to which I provided the "diffs" for in my above statement. Wesley Mouse (talk) 20:57, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wesley, take a look at m:Metapedianism and also, m:Association of Metapedianist Wikipedians, because you seem to be right at home there :)--Cerejota (talk) 21:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure whether to treat that as a compliment or being pedantic; today has been a long one, and sleep deprivation is starting to kick in I think. I'll take a proper gander at those with fresh eyes in the morning though if that's OK with you!? Or perhaps a better explanation into the orientation and meaning of that group would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks = Wesley Mouse (talk) 21:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Requesting an apology implies an admission of guilt, which is not conducive to peaceable closure of the disagreement. Striking the offending phrase should be sufficient. Gerardw (talk) 21:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- I suppose a strike-through, by revoking a statement, is a form of apology in its own way. That's perfectly fine. Wesley Mouse (talk) 21:19, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wesley, take a look at m:Metapedianism and also, m:Association of Metapedianist Wikipedians, because you seem to be right at home there :)--Cerejota (talk) 21:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the compliment Cerejota, if its OK with you, I'd like to take some time to ponder over your suggestion. I do like contributing to some projects that are dear to me; and would wish to continue in those; as long as that is possible as well as dealing with this Metapedian thing. On a different note, I would like to point out that FleetCommand is still using underminded tactics to stoke up a fire which was being dealt with. To accuse me of backbiting, only for he to be doing exactly the same thing but on a worse scale is bang out of order (please refer to this diff), and is highly uncivil, even for a user who has been a member of Wikipedia for a long time. If it was a new user, then it would be understandable, as a newbie wouldn't be familiar with policies and etiquette; but an older user to deploy such tactics is despicable. What ever happened to lead by example? Its becoming more of a case of "do to those what you wish to be done to yourself". I would appreciate that these types of actions being done by FleetCommand be investigated, before more harm and upset is done. Wesley Mouse (talk) 00:30, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wesley Mouse must strike his comments against Administrator Qwyrxian. He was completely uninvolved and Wes's commenting on him to vilify me is beyond impertinent. And if I am to strike any comment of my own, he must strike his request for that comment as well as all offending comments of his own, including those in this page such as the one above. Fleet Command (talk) 04:46, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- And I do expect a formal apology. Fleet Command (talk) 04:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- And Mouse must also apologize from VividNinjaScar for this personal attack. I have a content dispute with him but that does not mean I allow him to be offended. Fleet Command (talk) 05:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- And I do expect a formal apology. Fleet Command (talk) 04:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Hold it right there buster. I have never posted anything to Qwyrxian about you, so stop trying to put words into my mouth that haven't been said. And as for striking out my comments above... why? I am well within my rights to provide evidence, if I find that a user is being unjustified and using evading tactics to hide the fact that they are clearly trying to twist words to make themselves look like the injured soul. You first told me to leave you alone, only to ignore your own request by firing up this in here in the first place. If you are to deploy a tactic of "let it drop", then you should do just that. I'm surprised that nobody has seen the devious ways before now to be honest with you, and it is shameful that any person can behave in such despicable manners; especially when editors are suppose to set an example of etiquette for newbies to follow. Now for the last time, leave me well alone, and I shall return the same gesture. Wesley Mouse (talk) 05:12, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
You just broken your record of number of lies in one post. And you just called me "buster" which is a direct insult.
Yes, you have commented on Qwyrxian and your denying it is a shameless lie. You must strike that comment unconditionally. Not anyone that comes near me should be offended because you hate me.
As for your other comments, I have told Steven that "you have taken it as a serious insult". If my statement is true, then what is you objection? If it is not true, then all you instances of accusing me of personal attack must be removed outright and you must apologize, while I am not required to strike any comment of my own since you have not been offended. Fleet Command (talk) 05:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please show the diffs from Qwyrxian's page that shows I have said anything to him about you. There are none, as none have been posted. Any diffs that I provided in my statement are well within my rights as a person to provide such details for my side of a dispute. I'm sure if those pieces of evidence where uncalled for, then someone of more authority would have said so by now. And as that doesn't appear to be the case, then my evidence stands. How do you expect anyone to put down their side of events without using evidence? And an apology? As Gerardw rightfully pointed out, by requesting an apology implies an admission of guilt, which is not conducive to peaceable closure of the disagreement. Again, you have clearly shown that by "letting it drop" means to continue to goad a person in an almost bullying manner, just to get a winning result. And as for the term "buster", you may or may not know, but it is a term of jovial gesture from my part of the world; it is like saying "hold on to your horses, so that one can give their side of events".
- Don't pretend dumb. I never said you commented on Qwyrxian's "page". Inanimate objects like "Pages" do not take insult. You commented on Qwyrxian's communication right in this page, in your original communication. Remove it. And yes, I want an admissions of guilt, since you are guilty. I do not tolerate your dragging of my friends into cross-fire. And "buster" means "an angry idiot", everyone knows that. Otherwise, you and your dialect must be from a very tiny island. Fleet Command (talk) 05:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- And please indent your comments properly. You are violating Wikipedia's talk etiquette. Fleet Command (talk) 05:56, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Here is the diff. Fleet Command (talk) 05:59, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- And please indent your comments properly. You are violating Wikipedia's talk etiquette. Fleet Command (talk) 05:56, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Don't pretend dumb. I never said you commented on Qwyrxian's "page". Inanimate objects like "Pages" do not take insult. You commented on Qwyrxian's communication right in this page, in your original communication. Remove it. And yes, I want an admissions of guilt, since you are guilty. I do not tolerate your dragging of my friends into cross-fire. And "buster" means "an angry idiot", everyone knows that. Otherwise, you and your dialect must be from a very tiny island. Fleet Command (talk) 05:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please show the diffs from Qwyrxian's page that shows I have said anything to him about you. There are none, as none have been posted. Any diffs that I provided in my statement are well within my rights as a person to provide such details for my side of a dispute. I'm sure if those pieces of evidence where uncalled for, then someone of more authority would have said so by now. And as that doesn't appear to be the case, then my evidence stands. How do you expect anyone to put down their side of events without using evidence? And an apology? As Gerardw rightfully pointed out, by requesting an apology implies an admission of guilt, which is not conducive to peaceable closure of the disagreement. Again, you have clearly shown that by "letting it drop" means to continue to goad a person in an almost bullying manner, just to get a winning result. And as for the term "buster", you may or may not know, but it is a term of jovial gesture from my part of the world; it is like saying "hold on to your horses, so that one can give their side of events".
- Notice to Cerejota and Gerardw; I have clearly asked for Fleet Command to leave me alone, and I will leave him to his own devices; yet it is prominent to see that this request is too difficult to grasp for some people. I would kindly appreciate that this user be told officially to leave me alone, and continue with his own work. Thank You - Wesley Mouse (talk) 05:40, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Remove you comment on Qwyrxian's communication and I might consider whether it is I who should be doing the "leave alone" or you. Fleet Command (talk) 05:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm not seeing evidence from either editor of behavior conducive to a mutually agreement settlement.
- FleetCommand. Complaining about indenting? Providing a diff which is of CT Cooper's post? Really?
- Wesley Mouse -- you reference "newbie" above and yet wish to act as a mediator? While I have no experience in the mediation process, I'd expect mediators to be editors who mitigate wikidrama. I'm not seeing evidence of that.
Note that I have no authority to tell an editor anything. If you wish the other to leave you alone, just leave them alone. I've never seen that fail to work. First person to walk away "wins." Gerardw (talk) 09:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Aha? And why is the post is signed "Wesley Mouse"? How about this diff? Remove comment against Administrator Qwyrxian. He is a good admin and has nothing to do with this. Then I will walk away. Fleet Command (talk) 10:12, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I had to restore the post because FleetCommand removed it, under the presumed reason that it was an edit conflict that was not dealt with correctly. Please be more careful when dealing with edit conflicts in the future, as this has clearly caused a lot of confusion. CT Cooper · talk 10:28, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I removed the comment on Qwyrxian personally. As for dealing with edit conflicts, I will be more careful in the future. I will request a user with oversight right to irreversibly redact those comments. I am ready to walk away. But I am watching this page in case those comments came back. Fleet Command (talk) 10:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I don't see any reason to remove the comments from the record at all, and other users can judge for themselves their validity. At the end of the day, if a user reports another user to a noticeboard, both of them should expect to be scrutinised. It is very unlikely they will be oversighted, per WP:OS. CT Cooper · talk 11:46, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Wow. This edit is amazing. Fleet Command, did you really just remove the following:
- On checking further into User:FleetCommand's own etiquette, then it would appear that he indeed uses similar "off-handish" and deceitful tactics against other users, even when they are providing reasonable explanations, in the same manner as he has done towards myself. This alone, shows that Fleet Command uses under-handed tactic towards other administrators, and "talking down" to them, even when they are offering what appears to be constructive and helpful advice. [...] [Wesley Mouse] 19:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC)]
- and had the audacity to claim that it's a negative comment on an admin (Qwyrxian) rather than on you? Under normal circumstances I might have said that the removed passage was a bit too strong, but it's supported not just by the link within it, but now also, and very strongly, by your removing it with a deceptive justification. See WP:BOOMERANG. Hans Adler 12:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Assumption is the mother of all blunders. Fleet Command (talk) 12:42, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I removed the comment on Qwyrxian personally. As for dealing with edit conflicts, I will be more careful in the future. I will request a user with oversight right to irreversibly redact those comments. I am ready to walk away. But I am watching this page in case those comments came back. Fleet Command (talk) 10:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I had to restore the post because FleetCommand removed it, under the presumed reason that it was an edit conflict that was not dealt with correctly. Please be more careful when dealing with edit conflicts in the future, as this has clearly caused a lot of confusion. CT Cooper · talk 10:28, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
And you said boomrang, really, now. Maybe you believed all his lies about my committing personal attacks against him. Let's look back at how things unraveled from my point of view, now that we have Mouse's.
- At first, it was this: I arrived to see Mouse having struck out everyone's comment! It struck me as very impertinent and arrogant but I said nothing. I though to myself "come now, he is new around here; he does not mean to say 'I have the last and you are all dog food.' Cut him some slack." However, I knew that important tasks like mediation cannot be entrusted to inexperienced or unskilled. Therefore, I politely declined.
- 19:41: Mouse did not take the simple refusal. He asked for explanation.
- 19:45: While fixing Mouse's previous error, I left a polite reply as to why I had declined and requested another mediator. (Diff) I tried to be somewhat vague and not think of him as an arrogance person.
- 19:49: Mouse declined to step down. He alluded to edit warring and account blocks which was very strange because the case have been very peaceful.
- 20:12: Mouse sent this message on my talk page and tried to talk me into accepting the mediation.
- 20:45: I did not. I said that "without denying the fact that you are acting in good faith and actually mean to be and do what you said (i.e. being a neutral mediator), it still seems unlikely to me. If there is any consolation, I still believe that you can be a valuable involved party and we might as well use your valuable input. Besides, I believe that every single person on Earth is created unique and therefore, it is natural that any given person may not be suitable for absolutely all given tasks."
- 21:15: Mouse begun his personal attacks on me. He accused me of having accused him of lying. (He said "And I am disregarding your comment that any mediator would say they are lying about being "neutral"." Well, that's not disregarding, and that's not what I said.)
- 21:45: Mouse used harsher tone.
- 22:47: Mouse fired his second round of personal attack. He said "Now User:FleetCommand is declining my offer stating it "isn't personal", only to use personal attacks towards myself further down the MedCab page. I'm keeping a cool head and ignoring his sly comments, whilst maintaining professionalism in reminding the user to avoid such attacks and keep civil throughout the mediation process." It is funny however: I did not know that repeating the allegation of my so-called personal attack twice (once to me and once to a third person) is called "ignoring it"! Now, someone please point at the personal attack in my 20:45 comment above. I am sure there is none in it.
Next day...
- 12:15: I sensed danger and asked Steven Zhang to step up as a mediator.
- 14:31: Having spotted Mouse's comments on my talk page, MedCab page and Mr. Stradvarius talk page. I am not please at this time. Asked Mr. Stradivarius to step up if Steven did not.
- 14:57: Replied to his comment on my talk page. Having removed my displeasure from my speech, I made it clear that I do not accept his mediation one way or another. I kept all references to his recent backbitings out of my message. But I concluded that "I have already told you that I do believe in your intention of acting in good faith, that my decision to have another person as a mediator is not out of prejudice and that it is really a matter of skills and experience."
- 15:36: Mouse sent a double-edged message. He begun his message with an apology. But then proceeded to tell me that I must stop telling him to assume good faith ("It is important to avoid WP:AAGF")! (Well, I really like to see a diff of my telling him to assume good faith.) He also offered a truce the terms of which is my accepting him. (He didn't mention as what I should accept him, but I think you can work it out yourself!)
- 16:50: I am tired of playing with words in vain to be polite. I told him straightforward that I was not fighting him, that I never told him to assume good faith and that I would rather have an skilled mediator who can stay focused in heated discussion.
- 17:17: Mouse dropped all pretense and called me "highly confused, and prejudging a person without due cause" despite my previous denial of prejudice. He said: "You state that I am not skilled or experienced, yet you have not answered my question to provide your findings on such serious allegations. It is getting very clear that you are behaving in such a manner on the possible grounds that you won't get "your own way". And that should never be the case, and is showing signs of being a wiki-diva." And so on...
- 17:42: Enough is enough, I declared. If he goes on to any length to make me tell him what he already knows perfectly, then I will tell him!
To be continued... Fleet Command (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- WP:TLDR. Did you or did you not claim that the passage you removed was directed against an admin? Was that true or not? Does anything on that long list excuse your dishonesty in removing the passage with the incorrect justification, yes or no? Hans Adler 13:06, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Too impolite; did not read. It appears that out of pure prejudice, you have already issued your verdict against me so much so that you do not even want to read. (I bet you did not read the diff either because it is longer.) And you go ahead and commit the crime of reinstating the offending contents, not to mention that you have the audacity to call me deceptive. I removed that comment because it IS offensive and I will do it again if necessary. Go ahead and request a block for me if you wish and can; do your absolute worst! I will sleep in peace knowing that I did my best to defend a fellow Wikipedian from collateral damage, even if I am blocked for eternity.
- Look at yourself, you so-called Wikipedians: Your mediators spark new disputes and your etiquette-people are impolite beyond human comprehension. And your founding pillar of Wikipedia:Civility stands only to mock itself as the greatest sarcasm in the world. FYI, me and the VividNinjaScar almost reached a consensus, almost without a mediator.
- I was "walking away". Please do not interrupt me again. Fleet Command (talk) 15:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Firstly, please stop persistently removing comments you personally dislike - other users have made clear there objections to it, and it is becoming highly disruptive. If you manipulate the comments of any more editors, or otherwise continue this disruption, yes, there is a very good chance you will be blocked. Given your above comments and this, perhaps we should continue this at WP:ANI. CT Cooper · talk 15:32, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah I agree, the removal of comments by others, specially after repeated requests that this not be done, and in particular because they are comments directed at him in a DR board (not his user talk page or editor review) are indeed ANI reportable and will probably result in a block.--Cerejota (talk) 22:14, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Firstly, please stop persistently removing comments you personally dislike - other users have made clear there objections to it, and it is becoming highly disruptive. If you manipulate the comments of any more editors, or otherwise continue this disruption, yes, there is a very good chance you will be blocked. Given your above comments and this, perhaps we should continue this at WP:ANI. CT Cooper · talk 15:32, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
User:Off2riorob and User talk:Bgwhite
- Users
- Off2riorob (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Bgwhite (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Articles
- User_talk:Bgwhite#Harmen
- https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Talk:Harriet_Harman&action=history
- Initial comment
I've been bullied by him in the past and I will no longer be bullied. Inappropriate language and refusal to do anything beyond what he wants regardless. I know he is a problem child with all the ANI requests he gets, Bgwhite (talk) 07:27, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Initial response from named parties
- Repeated bullying is a serious charge which you should either present a case of or retract. Bullied in the past, please post diffs of previous bullying. As I see - User Off2riorob has only ever posted to your talkpage today. diff also - calling someone a "problem child" is a bit personal and not a good start. Neither was you comment after I politely asked you why you removed the British English template that you replied - "there is only one English. And that is American-English as God intended" - that is so funny ho ho. Your first edit with your wiki AWBrowser was detrimental diff - it removed all the archive links and the archive search and the British English template. Off2riorob (talk) 07:33, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- The reporter seems to have gone off editing, this looks like a drive by report to me. I suggest he retracts his rubbish bullying assertion and that this thread is closed for what it is - worthless peek because I pulled him up about his faulty AWBrowser edits. Off2riorob (talk) 07:54, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- I am logging off and won't be available to comment prior to tomorrow, real life calls, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 07:57, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Initial response from involved unnamed parties
Discussion
Comments from WP:WQA Volunteers
- First off, let me begin by saying that both of you are extremely valued, extremely productive contributors, and that in this sense, I invite both of you to reflect on this fact - if either of you gets in trouble, it will be a net loss for all of us. You are also both known to be, how can I say this nicely, idiosyncratic. If these are the only issues to report, it seems that this is a Coffee Deficiency Event and I propose we close this, that the issue of the talk page not be touched by either of you again, and that it is taken to the talk page for uninvolved discussion, perhaps with some canvassing in the involved WikiProject to get some eyes in. --Cerejota (talk) 08:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC)