Incorrect block
DO not remove this notice from my page, I want it kept for documentation purposes. I have removed the category from the subst'd template. --HResearcher 08:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Note: no admin unblocked me even though my actions were supported by policy WP:BLP. --HResearcher 08:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by William M. Connolley for the following reason (see our blocking policy): 3rr on Barbara Schwarz
WP:BLP states:
Editors should remove any unsourced or poorly sourced negative material from biographies of living persons and their talk pages, and may do so without discussion; this is also listed as an exception to the three-revert rule. This principle also applies to biographical material about living persons found anywhere in Wikipedia. Administrators may enforce the removal of unsourced material with page protection and blocks, even if they have been editing the article themselves. Editors who re-insert the material may be warned and blocked. See the blocking policy and Wikipedia:Libel.
Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and negative in tone, where there is no NPOV version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion (see WP:CSD criterion A6).
Jimmy Wales has said:
"I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons." 1
He considers "no" information to be better than "speculative" information and reemphasizes the need for sensitivity:
"Real people are involved, and they can be hurt by your words. We are not tabloid journalism, we are an encyclopedia." 2
User notice: temporary 3RR block
Regarding reversions[1] made on August 5 2006 (UTC) to Barbara Schwarz
You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future. |
Apologies. I forgot to leave you the block message. Here it is
William M. Connolley 20:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)- You also forgot to check the history of the article and WP:BLP. --HResearcher 20:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I will return after I get a professional response to my email about this. Don't hold your breath. --HResearcher 20:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)