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WP:42 and other sundries-
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- "All content must be [[WP:cite|cite]]d from [[WP:reliable sources|reliable sources]] that are [[WP:IS|unconnected]] with the subject and have a reputation for [[WP:V|fact checking]]."
- [[WP:BRD|Please discuss content and sourcing on article talk page and achieve consensus for any changes]]
- All content must be cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking.</nowiki>"
MAGA ANTIFA snowflake white supremacist
To anyone trying to use Wikipedia as a soapbox for their views, and who is angry at me 'cause I am either a MAGA Trump loving white supremacist or a liberal SJW ANTIFA snowflake, as evidenced by opposition to you using Wikipedia as such a soapbox. The fact that I've been accused of both is a pretty good indicator that I do a good job separating my personal politics from Wikipedia. I'm afraid your anger has more to do with your own political extremism than with my personal politics. I will thank you to keep your shrillness to yourself. Thanks,
- Fanmail--
Don't worry, MAGA racist, you're going to be outed and dare I pray, after that, assaulted, you lying, discourse rigging MAGAT
Silly Trump supporting, discourse rigging admins. Your time in the box is coming.
- In response to me blocking them-- "you are again just confirming your totalitarian attitube(sic), this website is rotten to the core, ruled by Stalinists"
First amendment
- Newspaper reporter and essayist H. L. Mencken once wrote, “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.”
- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- See #2 above.
A word on negative BLPs
To my way of thinking, any negative BLP content would need thorough coverage, not passing mentions, in several major media outlets. We have an obligation as human beings and as encyclopedists to not defame anyone. We should avoid repeating defamation at all times. And even if repeating negative content is not effectively actionable, (the plaintive loses in court or in pre-trial preliminaries) the defendant has still been subjected to the expense and horror of defending their action/inactions (or the actions/inactions of their organization), either in deposition or in court.
Aside from that thoroughly self-serving motivation, I strongly believe in not doing unnecessary harm to anyone. It is far better, if one is to err, to err on the side of not adding negative content and/or defaming someone. If, as has happened, I protect a version of a page that an interested party finds objectionable, it is not to preserve that content. It is to stop the disruptive editing so that editors can gather their wits and make policy/guideline based arguments about the content. If it is pointed out to me that I have protected negative BLP, I will ask an uninvolved admin to look it over unless it is unsourced, if it is unsourced, I will remove it.
Another concern is PII of a non article subject in an article. This should be avoided, especially if the person in question has sought to conceal their name or other PII and is in fear of doxing or other harassment. Once again, I would rather err on the side of caution in such matters. It has been said that we cannot always avoid harming people in article content. In this case, we can and must.
A word on COI editing
And in the case of an article being swarmed with UPE, PAID, and COI editors to make a page more favorable to the subject's reputation, the decision as to accepting or rejecting such content does not hinge on the integrity or agenda of these editors. It hinges on our own integrity. If reliable sources can be found to support such content, and if it can be included in a neutral manner, it would be best to have it.
UTRS bans
Best I can figure, if a user has lost talk page access and has been banned from UTRS, they have no avenue of appeal. I had thought maybe emailing ArbCom would be an option, but I thought wrong. For this reason, I am reluctant to indefinitely ban a user from UTRS except for those few recurrent trolls that create socks perpetually and who are long past consideration due to whatever causes their behavior. I'm fine with six month bans, preferably based on a "three strikes rule." In that time, a user can grow, mature, fix whatever is wrong, and return to editing constructively. If not, we can increase the duration of the bans incrementally. I would prefer to have a consensus from other UTRS admins before banning indefinitely. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:41, 10 December 2020 (UTC)