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Contents
- 1 Was blocked unjustly, and via circular reasoning
- 2 Yo Ho Ho
- 3 User not reliably screening sources before removing them.
- 4 Unconstructive pest
- 5 Newbie just trying to get it right
- 6 Shimon Gibson’s Wiki Page.
- 7 Zekelayla
- 8 Jamaas9
- 9 noticed some odd editing
- 10 Mail
- 11 Harassment on Wikidata
- 12 General Question on TBANs and such
Was blocked unjustly, and via circular reasoning
Hello! You blocked me. This I circular reasoning for the first delete by Yaniv was inappropriate. He called my post “garbage”. I have a right to appeal to the editors board and speak, and people have been siding with me, but you and others keep blocking me! For nothing I’ve done on the administrators page! This is not okay! You aren’t using logic or sources, but ridiculous rules that you use whenever you feel it meets your agenda! STOP! Thank you for your time!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.4.16 (talk) 05:05, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Yo Ho Ho
User not reliably screening sources before removing them.
You previously left this message at the talk for the user Alssa1. They removed it within 3 minutes of seeing it, seemingly without addressing it, but I did happen to see it and I noticed a very similar edit right before at Alternative for Germany. They removed a source that appropriately supplemented the statement "Parts of the AfD have racist,[21 Islamophobic,[22] anti-Semitic[23] and xenophobic[11][24][25] tendencies...", specifically in reference to some anti-Semitic tendencies in some of the parties supporters. As I noted, nowhere does this suggest that the entire party has this view, which is what they claimed in their edit. I'm not sure if this will be a pattern, but it does concern me. Their front page clearly states they have a strong ideological stance, and I worry that it is affecting their editing. - R9tgokunks ⭕ 07:19, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
- @R9tgokunks: thanks, left a warning. Let me know if there are other problems. I agree it's a concern. Doug Weller talk 16:45, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Unconstructive pest
Hi Doug, this user has made nothing but unconstructive edits since September last year, and has been constantly warned. Would you consider a block to give those warnings teeth? Sweetpool50 (talk) 22:12, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I blocked the pest for a week. Bishonen | talk 22:31, 17 January 2019 (UTC).
- Thanks all. Doug Weller talk 17:03, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
Newbie just trying to get it right
Hi, Doug, thanks for being a guardian at the door for Wikipedia. After a long day’s work, I see that all my changes to Shimon Gibson were backed out. And yes, I was working mostly from his CV so I understand why it needs to be redone. I am still trying to figure out how to add/remove references and cites so today I was going to go back and work on that. In your comments you mention a style guide so I will read that first. I will try to reinsert his photo. I’m not sure why it was removed, it was a snap I took in the field so it is public. I think. I looked at some other pages that are more head shots so I will crop the picture if that was the reason for removal. I appreciate you providing me with information on where I made mistakes and I will try to adhere to Wikipedia standards as I learn them. Thank you, Gretchencotter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gretchencotter (talk • contribs) 16:23, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
I see that Sinebot says unsigned. Sorry, I used my user I’d. My name is Gretchen Cotter. Also, I have been working on the Mt. Zion Excavation with Shimon Gibson for the past few years. When I saw how sparse his Wiki entry was I asked him if I could update it for him. He agreed. I was going to add sources once I could figure it out. I did read some wiki help pages but I guess I am a slow learner. Thanks again for your feed back. Gretchen Cotter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gretchencotter (talk • contribs) 16:34, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- Replied at talk page. Doug Weller talk 17:03, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
Shimon Gibson’s Wiki Page.
Doug, I can’t tell you how helpful your feedback has been. I am still digging through all the pages you pointed out to me.
The current page for Shimon Gibson was created some time ago and some of the sources referenced are either out of date or missing.
I spoke to Shimon on the phone today and learned that he does not like the currently public wiki page at all. He says there is information that is just plain wrong (which is how I got involved in the first place).
How would I get permission to completely delete his existing page and start all over with a format that is not based on his CV? Starting over would make it easier for me to follow one of the helpful templates you directed me to.
Also in our discussion he was disturbed to hear that the photo I updated yesterday was considered copyrighted by GoodReads and he is anxious to get that resolved as he is the true owner. (Today I uploaded a picture that I personally took but it is of lesser quality and Shimon would prefer I use the disputed one I uploaded yesterday).
Again, thank you for your help and advice.
Gretchen Cotter, user id Gretchen Cotter Gretchencotter (talk) 21:59, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
Zekelayla
Heya, Doug. Long time no see. I was perusing Wiki pages relevant to current news items, and read the talk page for Ilhan Omar. I saw that the new user Zekelayla had been blocked after having been warned by you about the ARBPIA editing restrictions in the I/P subject area, being subsequently (and politely) reminded of that fact by JBL, and then proceeding to post several comments anyway after acknowledging JBL's secondary warning. All well and good. But... I saw that he made another comment about the article's content at 18:13 on the 11th, when he was supposedly blocked. I'm a bit confused by that, but I'll quite readily admit I don't know fully how blocks work, or whether time zones play a part in the implementation of block. I'd suspect that's the case.
Regardless, I'm leaving this message because I had clicked on his contributions after seeing the talk page, and saw that he recently edited Telem (Israeli political party) and it's associated talk page. The page doesn't carry a DS banner, but due to it being a political party in Israel, I was almost certain it was covered under the I/P editing restrictions. I was going to post a warning/reminder to him, but I figured I'd bring it to your attention instead, given the previous block. Quintus Symmachus (talk) 00:51, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Quintus Symmachus: thanks for letting me know. I've checked and the user's block had expired. He can edit articles or content that aren't clearly about the conflict , so I think the political party article is ok to edit unless content is added that is clearly about the conflict. If you have any doubt about edits in the future please don't hesitate to ask me. Doug Weller talk 11:43, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- Doug Weller, Quintus Symmachus: they're back on Ilhan Omar: diff. --JBL (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- JBL They are allowed to use talk pages - properly of course, BLP and civility apply to talk pages. Doug Weller talk 14:45, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Doug Weller, Quintus Symmachus: they're back on Ilhan Omar: diff. --JBL (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Jamaas9
You had a discussion with Jamaas9 just before they were Indef blocked. User:HistoryofTheAryans admits to being Jamaas9, who is editing in violation of their block. Should someone file an SPI or will an Admin address this issue? --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:17, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
noticed some odd editing
Hi Doug. I have not been editing much lately but noticed this major change which was done in many different small steps by a large number of users which have done nothing else but make these edits ([1]). I was tempted to just roll it all back (no sources, nothing I recognize, etc)?--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 22:52, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Andrew Lancaster: the IP is London School of Economics and Political Science (I did grad work there), undeclared student project? Needs attention though from our education people. Doug Weller talk 06:08, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- Main concern is WP:DUE. It is possible I am just not up to date, but there are not many citations being done to show why this new sections' sources are really notable. Obviously with a subject like this we can not just put in everyone who ever published anything. Seems you have a discussion going, but I hope they'll have justifying the notability in mind as a probably concern.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 19:07, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
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Harassment on Wikidata
You might wanna check this out.[2]-[3] Probably LTA Lagoo sab.[4]-[5] - LouisAragon (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: Interesting. Seems dealt with and it's useful to know about the full LTA report. I had a lovely death threat on Meta yesterday from the Dog and Rapper vandal. You did get me email, right? Doug Weller talk 10:54, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
General Question on TBANs and such
Hello Doug, if a user were to be, say, TBANned for general incompetence at sourcing-related issues, and came off the TBAN going right back into the same sorts of incompetence, does getting them TBANned again require a whole new ANI, or is there some kind of expedited version? I'm not saying things are there at this point, and they might not get there, but just so I know what the options are if what I suspect will happen does in fact happen. Alephb (talk) 01:17, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Alephb: another TBan would require ANI. A block probably wouldn't. Doug Weller talk 10:51, 23 January 2019 (UTC)