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- 1 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 2 Tip of the Day for "tomorrow"
- 3 COI flowchart
- 4 Please comment on Talk:Wikipediocracy
- 5 Fact factories: Wikipedia and the power to represent
- 6 Spike on the 23rd
- 7 AN/I discussion
- 8 Strike throughs
- 9 Cooperation table
- 10 Please comment on Talk:Séralini affair
- 11 RfC on citations in lead
- 12 Would like to know your thoughts on Falun Gong
- 13 Please comment on Talk:Glyphosate
- 14 Nomination of Andrea Constand for deletion
- 15 Cosby sexual allegations article ... YES, delete the chart
- 16 A kudos sent
- 17 References
- 18 Sound of Silence
- 19 Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy
- 20 Thank you for caring!!!
- 21 Hi Bull, a request that you look in
- 22 Please comment on Talk:Climate change denial
- 23 Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
- 24 Please comment on Talk:Human sexuality
- 25 Loser.com
- 26 Please comment on Talk:Deepak Chopra
- 27 Koren Specific Technique
- 28 Bull, can you look in
- 29 Vaxxed Drama
- 30 Please comment on Talk:MMR vaccine controversy
- 31 Discussion at Caitlyn Jenner#List-defined references
- 32 Need your attention here
- 33 A request for your point of view on an article - your help over a year ago was very appreciated
- 34 Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy
ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi,
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Tip of the Day for "tomorrow"
Done
Bull, Tonight at 00.00 UTC this TOTD is going to pop out of the rolling TOTD queue.
That is the "raw" tip without the pretty wrapper. You can edit the tip to refine it, then click on the Talk tab and declare your edits to the editors that monitor the Talk page. Have fun. When the tip is presented on various editor Talk pages it is displayed in different wrappers for size and style, but the content remains the same. PS: Editor JoeHebda added the WP:CREATELEAD shortcut link to the TOTD today. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
22:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
- Checkingfax, thanks for the tip! I'm wondering if the essay's "rule of thumb" could be added? If so, feel free to do it. -- BullRangifer (talk) 03:26, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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Tip of the day...
When is a Wikipedia project a WikiProject?
The term "WikiProject" is used for projects created for the purpose of managing a specific family of information within Wikipedia. For example, Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics organises articles related to Economics, including economic terms, theories, and economists. A WikiProject is a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing. Its attached talk page is a convenient forum for those interested in a particular project. WikiProjects can also have associated Portals. Some projects, like the Tip of the day project, coordinate internal Wikipedia processes rather than article content directly (though not all of these use the term "WikiProject").
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03:57, 24 November 2015 (UTC)- Looks great! Thanks so much. -- BullRangifer (talk) 04:10, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
- Cheers!
COI flowchart
As suggested at Jimbo's talk, this needs developing for use at WP:COI#How to handle conflicts of interest. (See also here and here.)
COI editors, like all editors, should be approached in good faith, unless there is very obvious proof to the contrary. They are often subject experts, and often are newbies, so we shouldn't bite them.
Some logical thoughts to consider so we don't look like a kangaroo court or lynch mob:
- He did declare his COI. Good.
- He did use the talk page. Good.
- If his edits were questioned, did he edit war over them? If so, a short block might be in order if he persisted. Did any of that happen?
- If his editing was questioned, was he willing to stick to using the talk page and cease editing the article(s) in question? If so, good.
- Questions about his editing will naturally tend to call out the worst assumptions made by human nature (such failure to AGF can be a blockable offense): "He has a COI, so hang him immediately, no matter what types of edits he made, and by all means immediately revert all of them, regardless if they improved the article!" We must still AGF. Misunderstandings occur between all good faith editors, and that includes COI editors.
- Lynching is the wrong approach because a COI does not absolutely forbid editing, but rather it's an admonishment to be careful. If a COI editor actually violates policies (not referring to COI here), then judge based on those infractions. While it's wise for them to only use the talk page, it's not totally forbidden to carefully edit and seek consensus.
- A topic ban might be wise, if such infractions are clearly proven to be more than just differences of opinions.
So go through those steps and don't jump immediately to blocks and topic bans unless necessary. We do need topic experts, and even a topic ban should be limited to the article itself, not the talk page, unless dealing with a really hardcore a##hole. Then just indef them. So carry on and good luck with this. -- BullRangifer (talk) 06:25, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Wikipediocracy
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Fact factories: Wikipedia and the power to represent
Title: Fact factories: Wikipedia and the power to represent
Abstract:
Wikipedia is no longer just another source of knowledge about the world. It is fast becoming a central source, used by other powerful knowledge brokers like Google and Bing to offer authoritative answers to search queries about people, places and things and as information infrastructure for a growing number of Web applications and services. Researchers have found that Wikipedia offers a skewed representation of the world that favours some groups at the expense of others so that representations on the platform have repercussions for the subjects of those representations beyond Wikipedia's domain. It becomes critical in this context to understand how exactly Wikipedia's representations come about, what practices give rise to them and what socio-technical arrangements lead to their expression.
This ethnographic study of Wikipedia explores the values, principles and practices that guide what knowledge Wikipedia represents. It follows the foundational principles of Wikipedia in its identity both as an encyclopaedia and a product of the free and open source software and internet freedom rhetoric of the early 2000s. Two case studies are analysed against the backdrop of this ideology, illustrating how different sets of actors battle to extend or reject the boundaries of Wikipedia, and in doing so, affect who are defined as the experts, subjects and revolutionaries of the knowledge that is taken up.
The findings of this thesis indicate that Wikipedia's process of decision-making is neither hierarchical nor is it egalitarian; rather, the power to represent on Wikipedia is rhizoid: it happens at the edges rather than in the centre of the network. Instead of everyone having the same power to represent their views on Wikipedia, those who understand how to perform and speak according to Wikipedia's complex technical, symbolic and policy vocabulary tend to prevail over those who possess disciplinary knowledge about the subject being represented. Wikipedians are no amateurs as many would have us believe; nor are they passive collectors of knowledge held in sources; Wikipedians are, instead, active co-creators of knowledge in the form of facts that they support using specially chosen sources.
The authority of Wikipedia and Wikipedians is garnered through the performative acts of citation, through the ability of individual editors to construct the traces that represent citation, and through the stabilization and destabilization of facts according to the ideological viewpoints of its editors. In venerating and selecting certain sources among others, Wikipedians also serve to reaffirm traditional centres of authority, while at the same time amplifying new centres of knowledge and denying the authority of knowledge that is not codified in practice. As a result, Wikipedia is becoming the site of new centres of expertise and authoritative knowledge creation, and is signalling a move towards the professionalization of the expertise required to produce factual data in the context of digital networks.[1]
Heather Ford, Mark Graham, Eric Meyer
- ^ Ford, Heather, "Fact factories: Wikipedia and the power to represent", Kellogg College, Oxford, August 2015, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4068.9361 [dead link]
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- TY for this introduction to the newly minted Dr Ford, who is now a Fellow at Leeds. Scholarship worth watching. Cheers. Le Prof. 50.179.252.14 (talk) 06:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- You're very welcome. -- BullRangifer (talk) 07:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- TY for this introduction to the newly minted Dr Ford, who is now a Fellow at Leeds. Scholarship worth watching. Cheers. Le Prof. 50.179.252.14 (talk) 06:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Spike on the 23rd
Bull, http://stats.grok.se/en/latest30/Wikipedia:How_to_create_and_manage_a_good_lead_section shows a spike on the 23rd, FYI. PS: I saw a dead moose wrapped up in a tarp in the back of a pickup on the highway the other day. Only the antlers were poking out of the tarp it was tightly bundled up in. I suppose it had no legs, and was bled out. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
10:43, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
- That is quite the spike! I suspect it's thanks to your promotion of the essay. Thanks! -- BullRangifer (talk) 17:12, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
AN/I discussion
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an editor for whom you left a talk page caution.[1] The thread is Professor JR on political articles. Thank you. - Wikidemon (talk) 10:50, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Strike throughs
Please don't this [2]. Striking means the original editor is withdrawing the statement, and it doesn't really help the project. NE Ent 01:29, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
- Nah, seeing as you added an explanatory note, striking is fine and helpful. --NeilN talk to me 01:35, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
- Why can't people just mind their own business? Siding with a troll is serious business. I have replied. -- BullRangifer (talk) 04:01, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
Cooperation table
Heya BFF - Wanna help me on the Articles listed here User:LeoRomero/scxc? And could you please add yourself to the list of persons involved, and the Articles you'd think I could help you on? - Thanks and Mabuhay! - LoRETta/LeoRomero 17:44, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Séralini affair
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RfC on citations in lead
Bull, see: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Let.27s require citations in the lead section Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
17:38, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Would like to know your thoughts on Falun Gong
Greetings! I wonder if you have read Falun Gong before. If so, what are your thoughts on its neutrality?
Falun Gong (FLG) is a highly controversial spiritual movement. Falun Gong and its creator Hongzhi Li contains content related to spiritual healing. Whether it is a cult or not, is still up for debate.
See the Britannica [3] entry, which provides a more balanced view. I encourage you to read the comment section as well. And a thesis [4], which reviews the healing and alt medicine teaching in FLG on page#155 (pdf page#163). There are more articles on http://www.culteducation.com/, but I am not certain about their neutrality.
Unlike most religion pages, Falun Gong somehow has no controversy section, plus very little criticism throughout the entire page. Asides from vandalism, there were multiple attempts of adding contents of critical nature, but all of them were reverted by a few editors guarding the article. IMO, the article fails to withhold NPOV rules. Ironically, the article is nominated for GA.
Both sides, namely Chinese government vs FLG (See Epoch Times), have been conducting agenda push for over a decade. The reporting of FLG is very difficult due to censorship in China. Therefore it is difficult to find non-biased references for this topic. An expanded view of mine can be found on Talk:Falun Gong.
I stumbled upon your page by accident, and noticed that you are a critic of alternative medicine. I hope Falun Gong can be of interest to you. Thanks for your time. Zebrasandrobots (talk) 11:43, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Glyphosate
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Nomination of Andrea Constand for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Andrea Constand is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrea Constand until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Kaldari (talk) 22:28, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Cosby sexual allegations article ... YES, delete the chart
BullRangifer: yeah, let's delete the chart that lists each of dozens of alleged victims. Their cases are barred by the Statutes of limitation. The text of the article that discusses lawsuits is quite up to date about the most important suits such as Green et al. v. Cosby. OK, after thinking aobut it, please leave the text and delete the chart of all victims ... just list their names (and a bit of info) in one paragraph. That will dramatically condense this article and get the warnings to stop. If you are willing to do the work, I for one will strongly support the deletion! Cheers! Peter Peter K Burian (talk) 23:21, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- SPINOFF moves it. No deleting. -- BullRangifer (talk) 00:01, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
A kudos sent
…earlier this month appears to have never made it to you. As always, thank you for generous, patient engagement with this cantankerous SME. Cheers, Le Prof 50.179.252.14 (talk) 06:08, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
References
Hi. Please review WP:REFB. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 07:19, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Jeff. I like to use the basic citation template at the top of this page. Is there any particular reason you left this comment? -- BullRangifer (talk) 07:31, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Sound of Silence
Why is the link to the Disturbed cover removed from the singles section? It did link to the cover. Daerl (talk) 03:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
- My bad. I didn't realize that content had just been added. I have reverted and agree that content should be there. It's a great cover. -- BullRangifer (talk) 03:31, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_2015_undercover_videos_controversy#Investigations
http://time.com/4193294/planned-parenthood-videos-indictment/ [1]
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/politics/planned-parenthood-activists-indicted/index.html [1]
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/planned-parenthood-video-indictment/427014/ [1]
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/2-abortion-foes-behind-planned-parenthood-videos-are-indicted.html [1]
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/grand-jury-indicts-leader-planned-parenthood-videos-36512019 [1]
http://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Harris-grand-jury-indicts-pair-behind-Planned-6782865.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop [1]
Thank you for caring!!!
Thank you for Wikipedia:How_to_create_and_manage_a_good_lead_section. I think it is amazing and my smile today is as wide as my face. Really glad to see this happening for our growing mobile audience!
I wonder if there is anything technologically we can do to help support this initiative e.g. VisualEditor or the standard wikitext editor could alert editors to these kind of guidelines by providing hints when an editor expresses an intention to edit the lead section. I also question whether an ambox could be used on articles where lead sections do not seem to be the right quality? Jdlrobson (talk) 19:57, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
- I'm glad you like it. This search turns up a number of templates for the lead. Maybe some of them will help you. -- BullRangifer (talk) 02:40, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Bull, a request that you look in
…at Elaine May, where I have finished checking and formatting a little more than half of the citations (first 12, and a few more downstream), but where I have noted (1) full sections with no sources, via section tags, and (2) the need yet for formatting, just described, via an article tag, and (3) the over-reliance on Gerald Nachman's book (43 citations to it alone, in a total of 23 sources, so about 2/3 of all inline citations).
I have had those tags reverted by another editor on the argument that the sections have wikilinks, and those suffice. I have pointed out that this is against WP:VERIFY, and returned the tags, also returning the "one source" and "formatting" tags (until the formatting is done, and until some other books begin to balance the over-reliance on Nachman).
I'd appreciate if you might have a look in. I am concerned that between telling him IMDB was not an acceptable source (he used it three times to support award nominations, when there are ample real sources for those sentences), and returning these tags, it may end up contentious. Cheers, Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 05:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- P.S. This is what comes from watching a Mike Nichols retrospective at my wife's invitation, on PBS. Cheers. Leprof 7272 (talk) 05:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Climate change denial
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Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
- please help translate this message into the local language
The Cure Award | |
In 2015 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs, and we would love to collaborate further. |
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Human sexuality
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Loser.com
Why has an obviously notable website's article been deleted? Hmmmm.....
- A short history of Loser.com, the Internet’s best troll, Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, March 3, 2015
- Loser.com Now Redirects to Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Page, Daniel White, Time, Feb. 2, 2016
- Loser.com Redirects to Wikipedia Page for Donald Trump, David Mikkelson, Snopes.com,Feb 2, 2016
- Loser.com Trolls Donald Trump By Redirecting To His Wikipedia Page, Ed Mazza, The Huffington Post, 02/02/2016
- Type Loser.com Into Your Browser and See Where It Goes, Robert Hackett, Fortune, February 2, 2016
- Loser.com now directs to Donald Trump’s Wikipedia page after Iowa caucus, Jason Silverstein, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, February 2, 2016
- Loser.com now redirects to Donald Trump's Wikipedia page, Jim Watson, The Week, February 2, 2016
- The Internet Is Trolling Kanye West: Loser.com Redirects to Kanye’s Wikipedia Page, Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast, March 1, 2015
- Meet Kanye West’s No. 1 Online Troll: Loser.com Owner Brian Connelly on Shaming Kanye, Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast, March 4, 2015
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- "Connelly would always gab about the “Loser Wall” with his wife, so eventually she registered the domain www.loser.com for the grand sum of $35 as a joke.
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- “I am the original registrar of www.loser.com and have owned it since 1995,” he says. “I’ve never really tried to monetize it, per se. I’ve used it for fun and games over the years. It’s a universal term that’s known in every language, not just English.”
While current coverage is mostly about Trump, the website is old and has been described for many years. This is about Brian Connelly's website, not Trump or Kanye West. -- BullRangifer (talk) 06:42, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Deepak Chopra
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Koren Specific Technique
Can I get your opinion here, both parties admitted there are four reliable sources. I wrote this article because of my science background to protect the public from quackery. The encyclopedia tends to be bias against fringe. Valoem talk contrib 18:45, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Bull, can you look in
I am sorry to come at you out of the blue on this, but I am in a quandry with an editor pulling rank (length of time here). I came to an article, at the behest of another, to look at the large blocks of unsourced text. Out of compassion, I gave it a half day, while I was waiting on an overseas gig to warmup.
The article—believe it or not, a church—had not been edited in over 6 months before I came. The article had a list of 20+ "references", but essentially no inline citations. And those listed "references" were really, a reading list, not references, because there was no clear evidence, and eventually evidence contrary, that the content was drawn from that list. (The article gave names of wives of principle individuals, talks about their moving from city to city—the sorts of things that are not usually in published sources. Its being unreferenced, and its having this sort of content led me to believe this was WP:OR, a personal record of history, rather than a history based on published information.)
I set to work on it, fixing the dead links, examining the 4 inlines that did appear, then reading the "Further reading" list of 20+ to see what citations I could place. I put in many hours, and now, all the citations in the article are good, and the article—though still in need of inlines—has 15 good citations, and many of the inline tags have been removed (though many more still to go).
Enter now a fly-by editor, never been interested in the article before. Does two things.
- Keeps removing my under construction tag. (I have "under construction" when I am away, and "in use" when I am working, as I was taught, I think by you), and
- Keeps running a script to chance my dates to one he prefers.
He argues only DD MONTH YYYY is acceptable for an article about a U.S. organization (?!), and that it must be done immediately. I have asked, to no avail, that he allow the date format to remain as I have set them—YYYY-MM-DD, for publication dates, at least in the interim, because that facilitates my skimming and using citations in the Further reading list, as I am doing this extensive updating edit.
I mostly want to get done with what I can do on this article, and leave, and if he wants to change all the dates after I am gone, that is fine. I just want this editor, who has (a) done nothing at the article before my coming, (b) only done disruptive things since my coming, to quit reverting things and leave them alone, so I can make the remaining progress I intend. (And next time I am asked to edit outside of my specially, I will likely say no.)
Can you look in?
Article is (believe it or not)… Scum of the Earth Church. Thank you in advance for whatever you decide can be said or done there. Please, feel free to refer to an Admin if you think appropriate.
Once again, in closing—I want uniform dates when I leave. I have no strong opinion what that date format should be after I leave. I simply want the date formats that make the editing easiest to remain in place for the few days I am working. Absilutely uniform date formats are icing on the cake, and not the cake itself (in my opinion).
See Talk a that article for the one sided argument. Cheers. Leprof 7272 (talk) 05:19, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- The date format should be US style, IOW Month, Day, Year. -- BullRangifer (talk) 06:16, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) here. Hi, Leprof 7272. Datestyle is set by the original author of the article, or by the first editor to introduce a date into an article. There is no convention for dmy vs mdy, although if the article has a strong international tie an argument can be made for dmy.
- All numerical dates are never appropriate for the body of an article or for citations in an article.
- All numerical dates may be used in a table where date sorting would be helpful.
- Have you researched to see what the original date format was? If you want to change the datestyle you need to reach a local consensus on the talk page.
- The American police and American military use dmy datestyle in their communications, so it would not be out of line for somebody writing an article about such to decide right off to use dmy instead of mdy, but again yyyy-mm-dd would never be correct per MOS:DATES.
- You can find out more about an articles origins by clicking on the "Page information" link on the left hand set of links on every article page, although talk page consensus discussions in the interim may have trumped the datestyle. In conclusion, do not change datestyles in articles on your own. Cheers!
{{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
19:07, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) here. Hi, again Leprof 7272. In this permalink the article is using December 18, 2011 as the only date visible in the body, so if I was unifying dates, I would go with mdy vs dmy. Once you go mdy in the body, then you are obligated to be consistent and go mdy everywhere else, except maybe in tables as I explained before. As Walter points out, it is an American article so the logical choice would be mdy anyway, but it is not a policy by any means, as Walter alludes to. Cheers!
{{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
19:43, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Vaxxed Drama
Your input would be appreciated Here. Thanks. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 21:06, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:MMR vaccine controversy
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Discussion at Caitlyn Jenner#List-defined references
You are invited to join the discussion at Caitlyn Jenner#List-defined references. Hi, Bull. I thought this might interest you. {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
18:53, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Need your attention here
CFCF intends to merge the discussion with no consensus to do so. He wishes merge despite two AfDs allowing inclusion and the discussion Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard having valid points against merge. They insist on apply WP:MEDRS, which is not necessary, however I gave them unimpeachable MEDRS sources from PubMed here. CFCF stated "I will remerge the reverts by Valoem shortly", if he does so before the discussion is closed in favor of merge please revert, and I will open an ANI for topic sanctions against him. Valoem talk contrib 16:09, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- Valoem - this edit constitutes canvassing, a practice that is frowned upon. Carl Fredik 💌 📧 17:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- How so? Even if I asked him for input it is allow per WP:CANVASSING asking an editor with prior involvement requesting to be remain informed for input in the same discussion is allowed. In fact I could ping the entire group of people who participated in the AfD if I desire, however in this case I only asked him to revert your merge to avoid 3RR. Thanks. Valoem talk contrib 17:21, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- It would be nice to know which fring theory thread is being discussed, and which articles are involved? and yes, I agree with CFCF regarding canvassing. This is classic. -Roxy the dog™ woof 19:35, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- How so? Even if I asked him for input it is allow per WP:CANVASSING asking an editor with prior involvement requesting to be remain informed for input in the same discussion is allowed. In fact I could ping the entire group of people who participated in the AfD if I desire, however in this case I only asked him to revert your merge to avoid 3RR. Thanks. Valoem talk contrib 17:21, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
A request for your point of view on an article - your help over a year ago was very appreciated
Hello BullRangifer. I contacted you back in Oct 2014 to provide an unofficial third opinion on a hotly contested article, Rolfing. You gave level-headed advice that helped toss a bucket of water on the situation and everything calmed down for a while. Your status as a quackbuster means that the other editors involved on the page actually listen to your opinion. It seems to me that one of the editors, who has a clear anti-alt-med bias as opposed to simply valuing science and critical thinking, is so bent on his POV that he doesn't thoughtfully read and consider the edits I make before reverting them. Nor does he take the time to understand what I've written in the talk page, before going back to talking about pseudoscience. I do expect a lively back-and-forth with other WP editors, I expect to have to support my edits with quality sources, and I expect that editors will show good faith in dealing with each other.
My proposal: revert the page to the "last stable version" from March 17 - prior to my contested edits and the others that followed - and then we discuss the various changes on the Talk page before making them.
Would you kindly jump in and give your two cents? Thank you!!! --Karinpower (talk) 04:22, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy
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