Lane99 ( talk) 05:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)Welcome!
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This said I could type this "helpme" on this(?) page, and someone will answer. I noticed the Debra Milke article was, to say the least, not neutral. I have tried to make some edits to it to make it moreso, but I don't know anything about formatting pages here, and I expect I haven't done a proper job of that. (when I figure out how to get the tilde (which is in blue on my keyboard) to type out, I will sign my name properly)lane99
Thank you, Howicus. Got it. Lane99 ( talk) 05:51, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.
Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Your most recent statement that the Murder of Anni Dewani must have been arranged by a particular living person who was tried and acquitted on those charges is a violation of the biographies of living persons policy. Be aware that sanctions are available for violations of the policy on biographies of living persons (even if the mention is in an article that is primarily about a dead person). Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Lane 99, I'm glad you have read and understood WP:BLP, per your points above. It does apply to talkpages as well as articles, and the Wikimedia Foundation can potentially be sued for BLP violations anywhere on the site. It's misplaced to talk about Wikipedia's policies as "a gag on free speech". [1] The First Amendment doesn't apply to private websites, and the Wikimedia Foundation is a public charity, not a US government agency. Please see free speech. While I'm here, I'll also ask you to not be so aggressive in edit summaries. You're entitled to remove posts to this page, as you did here and here, but please don't take the removals as an opportunity to attack people. You can't go back and change an edit summary, the way you have gone back and changed posts on Talk:Murder of Anni Dewani, so it's always a good idea to count to ten before saving a het-up edit summary. Bishonen | talk 10:26, 28 August 2015 (UTC).
{{
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.During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 08:29, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
The following sanction now applies to you:
You have been indefinitely topic banned from Murder of Anni Dewani and all related
articlespages ("articles" was my mistake; change made 15:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC), Bishonen | talk.
You have been sanctioned for persistently inserting your preferred version of the lead into the article against consensus.
This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons#Final decision and, if applicable, the procedure described at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the banning policy to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.
You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. Bishonen | talk 04:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Bishonen | talk 04:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC).
Your topic ban applies to all pages related to the topic of Murder of Anni Dewani including the article talkpage. I should have written "indefinitely topic banned from Murder of Anni Dewani and all related pages" above; I'm sorry I wrote "all related articles" instead, that was a mistake. (I've changed it now.) Please also look up the banning policy, paying special attention to the the section on topic bans and don't edit Talk:Murder of Anni Dewani again or you will be blocked. Bishonen | talk 15:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC).
Bishonen Lane99 and his sockpuppet are now directly contravening the topic ban and editing the Anni Dewani article. Is there some way of enforcing the topic ban? Dewanifacts ( talk) 20:36, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the
guide to appealing blocks (specifically
this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page: {{
unblock|reason=Please copy my appeal to the [[WP:AE|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] or [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]. Your reason here OR place the reason below this template. ~~~~}}
. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the
arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily.
Bishonen |
talk
22:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted the following procedure instructing administrators regarding Arbitration Enforcement blocks: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."
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Bishonen |
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23:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC) There is currently a discussion at
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22:22, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
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05:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)Lane99 ( talk) 05:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)Welcome!
Hello, Lane99, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay.
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called
Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the
New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{
helpme}}
on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!-- Mishae ( talk) 00:11, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
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This said I could type this "helpme" on this(?) page, and someone will answer. I noticed the Debra Milke article was, to say the least, not neutral. I have tried to make some edits to it to make it moreso, but I don't know anything about formatting pages here, and I expect I haven't done a proper job of that. (when I figure out how to get the tilde (which is in blue on my keyboard) to type out, I will sign my name properly)lane99
Thank you, Howicus. Got it. Lane99 ( talk) 05:51, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello, and
welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an
edit war with one or more editors. Although repeatedly
reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the
normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a
consensus on the
talk page.
If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. — MusikAnimal talk 19:28, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello and
welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to
talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to
sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:
This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.
Thank you. -- SineBot ( talk) 15:51, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an
edit war. Users are expected to
collaborate with others, to avoid editing
disruptively, and to
try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. — MusikAnimal talk 17:50, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Please carefully read this information:
The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.
Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Your most recent statement that the Murder of Anni Dewani must have been arranged by a particular living person who was tried and acquitted on those charges is a violation of the biographies of living persons policy. Be aware that sanctions are available for violations of the policy on biographies of living persons (even if the mention is in an article that is primarily about a dead person). Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Lane 99, I'm glad you have read and understood WP:BLP, per your points above. It does apply to talkpages as well as articles, and the Wikimedia Foundation can potentially be sued for BLP violations anywhere on the site. It's misplaced to talk about Wikipedia's policies as "a gag on free speech". [1] The First Amendment doesn't apply to private websites, and the Wikimedia Foundation is a public charity, not a US government agency. Please see free speech. While I'm here, I'll also ask you to not be so aggressive in edit summaries. You're entitled to remove posts to this page, as you did here and here, but please don't take the removals as an opportunity to attack people. You can't go back and change an edit summary, the way you have gone back and changed posts on Talk:Murder of Anni Dewani, so it's always a good idea to count to ten before saving a het-up edit summary. Bishonen | talk 10:26, 28 August 2015 (UTC).
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 08:29, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
The following sanction now applies to you:
You have been indefinitely topic banned from Murder of Anni Dewani and all related
articlespages ("articles" was my mistake; change made 15:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC), Bishonen | talk.
You have been sanctioned for persistently inserting your preferred version of the lead into the article against consensus.
This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons#Final decision and, if applicable, the procedure described at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the banning policy to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.
You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. Bishonen | talk 04:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Bishonen | talk 04:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC).
Your topic ban applies to all pages related to the topic of Murder of Anni Dewani including the article talkpage. I should have written "indefinitely topic banned from Murder of Anni Dewani and all related pages" above; I'm sorry I wrote "all related articles" instead, that was a mistake. (I've changed it now.) Please also look up the banning policy, paying special attention to the the section on topic bans and don't edit Talk:Murder of Anni Dewani again or you will be blocked. Bishonen | talk 15:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC).
Bishonen Lane99 and his sockpuppet are now directly contravening the topic ban and editing the Anni Dewani article. Is there some way of enforcing the topic ban? Dewanifacts ( talk) 20:36, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the
guide to appealing blocks (specifically
this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page: {{
unblock|reason=Please copy my appeal to the [[WP:AE|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] or [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]. Your reason here OR place the reason below this template. ~~~~}}
. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the
arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily.
Bishonen |
talk
22:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted the following procedure instructing administrators regarding Arbitration Enforcement blocks: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
Bishonen |
talk
23:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC) There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
Robert McClenon (
talk)
22:22, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
Robert McClenon (
talk)
22:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
05:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)