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This is basically unreffered and spammy. [1]
Thus I have removed it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 17:38, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
@ RexxS:@ Doc James:So now that my 24-hour block has expired (thanks for that, RexxS) let’s get a few things straight. First of all, most drug articles have information in them about who manufactures the drug, and there is no reason why this article shouldn’t also include that information. I’m fine with RexxS’s neutral statement edit simply stating who the manufacturer is, just like the thousands of other drug articles do. But if there is something wrong with saying who manufactures a drug in a drug article, then there are literally thousands of drug-related articles that need to have that information in them removed immediately.
Secondly, while I fully admit that I was technically engaged in edit warring, I think a block was unwarranted. My edits were described as "good faith" edits in edit summaries reverting my edits, and I was going back and forth with edit summaries attempting to come to a compromise solution. But yes it was technically edit warring and I was blocked for it. Fine, I can live with that. But I think the only reason I received a block for this was because I was engaged in an edit war with a high-profile Admin, who was also engaged in edit warring behavior. Yes, he technically avoided violating the 3RR, but per WP:EDIT WARRING: “The three-revert rule is a convenient limit for occasions when an edit war is happening fairly quickly, but it is not a definition of "edit warring", and it is perfectly possible to engage in an edit war without breaking the three-revert rule, or even coming close to doing so.” And while my edit warring behavior was punished with a 24-hour block, Doc James’s edit warring behavior didn’t even receive as much as a verbal reprimand. If anything, an Admin should be held to a higher standard. And further, per WP:EDIT WARRING: “Where multiple editors engage in edit wars or breach 3RR, administrators should consider all sides, since perceived unfairness can fuel issues.” I want at least an acknowledgment that Doc James was also engaged in edit warring behavior. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for. Rreagan007 ( talk) 00:14, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
@ Rreagan007: What I don't understand about all of this is why you are fighting so hard to insert a piece of information about who manufactures a single component of a compound formulation. This article is about the dexbrompheniramine–pseudoephedrine combination, and the stated reason it was removed from sale was the issues surrounding pseudoephedrine. We have a perfectly good stub article on Dexbrompheniramine, and surely your information is far more relevant to that article rather than this one. Although, it seems to me that dexbrompheniramine is freely available as I can order it from Amazon, so I can't see what's encyclopedic about stating that its manufacturer can supply it. That's surely a truism. If U.S. readers want to know when and how they can purchase the dexbrompheniramine–pseudoephedrine combination, putting Drixoral into Google will give them plenty of speculation to read. -- RexxS ( talk) 14:39, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
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This is basically unreffered and spammy. [1]
Thus I have removed it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 17:38, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
@ RexxS:@ Doc James:So now that my 24-hour block has expired (thanks for that, RexxS) let’s get a few things straight. First of all, most drug articles have information in them about who manufactures the drug, and there is no reason why this article shouldn’t also include that information. I’m fine with RexxS’s neutral statement edit simply stating who the manufacturer is, just like the thousands of other drug articles do. But if there is something wrong with saying who manufactures a drug in a drug article, then there are literally thousands of drug-related articles that need to have that information in them removed immediately.
Secondly, while I fully admit that I was technically engaged in edit warring, I think a block was unwarranted. My edits were described as "good faith" edits in edit summaries reverting my edits, and I was going back and forth with edit summaries attempting to come to a compromise solution. But yes it was technically edit warring and I was blocked for it. Fine, I can live with that. But I think the only reason I received a block for this was because I was engaged in an edit war with a high-profile Admin, who was also engaged in edit warring behavior. Yes, he technically avoided violating the 3RR, but per WP:EDIT WARRING: “The three-revert rule is a convenient limit for occasions when an edit war is happening fairly quickly, but it is not a definition of "edit warring", and it is perfectly possible to engage in an edit war without breaking the three-revert rule, or even coming close to doing so.” And while my edit warring behavior was punished with a 24-hour block, Doc James’s edit warring behavior didn’t even receive as much as a verbal reprimand. If anything, an Admin should be held to a higher standard. And further, per WP:EDIT WARRING: “Where multiple editors engage in edit wars or breach 3RR, administrators should consider all sides, since perceived unfairness can fuel issues.” I want at least an acknowledgment that Doc James was also engaged in edit warring behavior. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for. Rreagan007 ( talk) 00:14, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
@ Rreagan007: What I don't understand about all of this is why you are fighting so hard to insert a piece of information about who manufactures a single component of a compound formulation. This article is about the dexbrompheniramine–pseudoephedrine combination, and the stated reason it was removed from sale was the issues surrounding pseudoephedrine. We have a perfectly good stub article on Dexbrompheniramine, and surely your information is far more relevant to that article rather than this one. Although, it seems to me that dexbrompheniramine is freely available as I can order it from Amazon, so I can't see what's encyclopedic about stating that its manufacturer can supply it. That's surely a truism. If U.S. readers want to know when and how they can purchase the dexbrompheniramine–pseudoephedrine combination, putting Drixoral into Google will give them plenty of speculation to read. -- RexxS ( talk) 14:39, 16 September 2019 (UTC)