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Greetings! I do a lot of vandalism patrol when I'm otherwise unoccupied, and this morning a kid from Jefferson County Public Schools (Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 204.98.2.30) was targeting the Pinochet article with stuff like this [1]. I usually just hit "rollback" and block the offender after they've been warned a couple times. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 18:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I just put them together because it looked neater and more worked on. I thought this because the Legacy was really short and not expanded much, but influences was, so I just combined them. It's perfectly fine split up though.
Yeah, like they say, learn something new every day. Glad you added that. Take it easy. willsy May 24 2006 10:04
Yes, it's one of those sentences that has been in the article for a while, but... I don't think anyone knows what to do with it because it's been in that section for so long, and there's no other place for it because the other headings are just so damned specific. No idea really, but I think the article could use another face lift. Not to brag, but you should have seen it before I gave it the look it has right now.
The article still needs a lot of work, glad you've taken interest in it, because I've really lost mine with some people with their bickering "this shouldn't be included", and "this shouldn't look like that". It's a lot better than it was, but God it could be a lot better and more professional.
Ever read Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman"? Just wondering, good book, got it yesterday.
willsy 10:37
Yeah, the Third Policeman is good, weird, but really good.
I don't know about Pinochet, so I wouldn't be able to tell about cover up and real truth. If you tell me where to look, etc... I might be able to help you more. willsy May 25 2006 8:27
[2] Please, no personal attacks. ☆ CieloEstrellado 19:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I said it was an irrelevant fact for an encyclopedia article. And other editors seems to agree with me. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you please prove how I am "smearing your reputation"? ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you please provide proof of this? ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually I was thinking about contacting an administrator myself. Please go ahead. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
How civil it is to not respond to my numerous requests to solve this in Talk? You only seem to care about reverting without discussing. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I have no problem with your "undisputed facts" as long as you can provide unbiased sources of information to validate them. Wikipedia doesn't care about original research or personal opinions. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Please be aware that there is a Wikipedia policy that blocks users who revert an article more than three times within 24 hours. I've noticed that you have violated this rule in the Alejandrina Cox incident article. Because you are a new user, I will not report this violation, but be aware that if you violate this rule again, I will report it. ☆ CieloEstrellado 15:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Which is the problem if she can speak russian ? our president not even speak english :-)) Jor70 11:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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MILH, here's some advice for the future. I didn't block you for edit warring in the Lira article because I found the IP's edit to be a straightforward WP:BLP violation. Therefore, your reversions were exempt. However, next time, mark your reverts as BLP violations so it's clear that's your motive. In addition, I would have taken the issue to WP:BLPN, not to WP:RFM. This is not a content dispute. Take care.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 19:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Res Ipsa loquitur - it speaks for itself, that by listing a resume-like-chronology, the profession will be inferred by the reader especially since there are "three attempts at professions" it cannot be assumed by the writer that any of them are meaningful or have continuity. With the revisions we don't know that St. George's College is a prep school (High School). We don't know that Jose Miguel Carrera was a founding-farther of Chile. Is it really relevant for a living person to have genealogical pedigree several generations in the past? I am related to several famous people but I don't list those people on my biography. We don't know what Lira's primary degree is. It happens to be a bachelors degree. A doctoral degree or even a masters being more of a credential. As written a reader gleams the false impression that he has a bachelors and a masters degree! There is an improvement in chronology which comes at the cost of continuity. (three books, one film, a a few opinion pieces). Do you list the books, film, and opinion pieces or the chronology. I personally feel that listing like credentials together by date would be firmer. Eponymous is "a person giving his name to something" as endorsement. His blog is self authored! Editorially, This would be the same thing as saying that "The peas on menu are tasty, when in fact they are just peas." The approach of the entry in total is self aggrandizement which is not acceptable. The linked source of the blog counter requires establishment of an id and password, If we were talking about statistics for Wikipedia, a top site on the internet, then supporting statistics would be warranted. Here they are not. The linked source is "marketing" of a live person to provide credibility where there is none. Opinion pieces would be more accurate to describe his participation in Internet based media outlets. Continuity in blogging appears to be sporadic both in 2010 also in early 2014. I cannot imagine his blog being a vocation of any kind. Frankly I don't see a vocation of any kind. I see a few credentials of little merit over three disparate fields. I am being intentionally harsh, as people can self learn or switch fields, what I am not seeing is an expert in any field or a renaissance man capable of excellence in any one field. A factual chronology lets the reader draw the conclusion. It would be better to list Gonzola Lira followed by a supportable chronology and then let the reader decide if he is author (of three books few have read), a film maker (of a single film few people have seen), or a pundit on media outlets (few people pay attention to). Those are my conclusions trying to research the substance behind the hype after going to every link on this entry. Who am I to judge! If the fellow was a commentator on CNBC I might use the word Pundit. Factually, I was a guest on CNBC and I am not a pundit or guru. Unfortunately, pundit is similar to guru and lacks professionalism. A key point in 2014 is whether or not his opinions materialized to fact. In 2014 we have a statement by Lira reiterating his opinion of 2010, I think this is more relevant. The 2014 reiteration of a 2010 opinion means that he still has confidence that his prediction will come to fruition. By having a chronology of the lynchpin prediction we establish a track record while at the same time acknowledging that what he has to say is both relevant and possible. These kinds of opinion pieces are dangerous because they remain operable until disproven. This is the ways conspiracy theories work whereby a position gets put forth that becomes impossible to disprove. Additionally, what was popular in 2010 is not popular today as it relates to Lira. The initial prediction and follow on result (which is a reiteration on his part) is more relevant. There is a bias in puffing up a live person
By far this would be the cleanest, unbiased, and most neutral biography; (I am not harsh here because my opinions about Lira don't not count! NPOV)
Gonzalo Lira (born February 29, 1968) is a Chilean-American with genealogical ties to one of the founding fathers of Chile, José Miguel Carrera.[1] In 1985 Lira obtained a preparatory education at St. George's College Chile and in 1995 he graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelors degree in history and philosophy.[2]
Lira authored three novels, Counterparts a commercial thriller published in 1997, Tomáh Errázurih a coming-of-age story published in 1998, and 'Acrobat, another commercial thriller in 2002.
In 2000, Lira was a story consultant on the video game Soldier of Fortune.[3]
Lira co-wrote, produced and directed the film Catalina’s Kidnapping, a Spanish language thriller in 2006.[4]
Starting in 2010, Lira's economic and political opinion pieces were prominently featured within blogs such as Zero Hedge,[5] Naked Capitalism,[6] Seeking Alpha, Jim Puplava's Financial Sense Newshour, and Business Insider;[7] Lira appeared on Russia Today in January 2014 whereby he reiterated his popularly read 2010 assertion in Zerohedge that hyper-inflation would eventually cause the demise of the US dollar.[8]
I would suggest that it be reverted back to the above. As a long time Wikipedia reader, this is not a quality article as written. It detracts from the confidence I would have on the basis of neutrality and objectiveness.
173.68.144.130 ( talk) 18:48, 24 September 2014 (UTC)173.68.144.13 173.68.144.130 ( talk) 18:48, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
Few changes need made to Lira so that it would find NPOV and these changes are not too great Suggest you consider the notes on the talk and take a step back from ownership and bias Best if you made the revisions, be a good sport
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 02:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 02:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Minimal changes as of September 29th. Lets close this issue and concern with these changes as documented in talk.
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. The allegation that an editor with whom you have a content dispute is engaging in vandalism is a personal attack, and a serious one. Content disputes are not vandalism. If you have been in Wikipedia long enough to know what vandalism is, you have been in Wikipedia long enough to know what is not vandalism.
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Hello, I've opened the dispute for Gonzalo Lira here. I have no opinion either way on this matter. I suggest that before you make any reverts or additions on Gonzo Lira you should divest them in that discussion. WP is a medium of consensus, so any edits or reverts from here on should be discussed, each item and it's source. I hope I can help you both to come to some type of agreement. JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 06:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
"Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered users, from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of material from a user page is normally taken to mean that the user has read and is aware of its contents." [3]
As far as I am concerned the issues can be solved here
You will find that I have outlined what changes might need to be made to the Lira biography. I welcome your response and input to the points outlined within.
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 23:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 23:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
You must understand that neither I, nor most other editors deny anything. I have no idea who this guy is. And the purpose of Wikipedia is so I can go and find out more about him if I needed to. And If I did, I would like to know where this information came from. It's good that you added those sources, but if you're going to, you need to add them properly. Adding bare addresses creates unprofessional look to the article. Take your time, you are part of a project here-and to call my actions churlish- you need to realize that when you say that to someone who is just trying to improve wp, you may in fact cause them to become rude; people don't appreciate unnecessary comments like that.If you remember you are interacting with other human beings, you may suddenly find that editing, and life, have become easier for you.
Take care
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I'm sorry about that note I left, I had a dreadful day; And the word churlish doesn't sound so bad to me today as it did last night; It was the tiny dab of icing on the cake for me, and set me off. I just feel like a dolt now. JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 21:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi MILH and welcome to WP. You are a new editor so you may not be fully aware of all of WPs policies and procedures. There are hundreds of them and it takes time to absorb them. One policy is regarding civility and personal attacks. In this edit you made a personal attack on another editor which is forbidden. So a friendly alert and request to please refrain from this kind of behavior in future when interacting with other editors. Thanks. I look forward to working together to expand and improve WP articles and the project. Cheers!-- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:59, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
After doing a little further research I see that you have a history of personal attacks and threats including two attacks made after you were warned here on Sept 29th by User Robert McClenon. Please be careful and read WP:AGF. WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. Here is a listing of the personal attacks which I am referencing:
I have reverted your recent edit. Please do not edit war. Per the principles set out at WP:BRD please join the discussion on the article's talk page.-- ukexpat ( talk) 13:33, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive behaviour. Your behaviour is verging on harassment. Wikipedia prides itself on providing a safe environment for its collaborators, and harassing edits potentially compromise that safe environment. If you continue behaving like this, you may be
blocked from editing.
You are a single purpose account who refuses to engage in meaningful discussion with other editors on the
Gonzalo Lira talk page. Instead you have been attacking and harassing anyone who attempts to edit the article in accordance with WP policies and guidelines. Despite repeated requests and warnings you are now focusing your attacks on me
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And now this personal attack against me on the article talk page: Oct 19 - User Keithbob does not want to include that information. He's removed it multiple times. As to Lira being a pundit on television talk shows, there were several cited references to appearances he made. Keithbob removed them, and replaced those references with a "citation needed". Later, Keithbob removed the references to econ punditry Lira carried out, since there were "no citations". The same with Lira's econ writing, which had a significant impact in 2010–2012, but which Keithbob has (again) de-referenced and replaced with a "citation needed". My guess is, soon enough, those references to Lira's econ writing will also be eliminated.Thus Keithbob is deliberately denigrating Lira, so as to create the appearance that the subject is non-notable, and thus deserves to be removed from Wikipedia. I am unclear as to why Keithbob seems eager to vanish Lira from Wikipedia. Nevertheless, that is what he/she is doing. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
And another personal attack (allegations with no diffs) posted on the talk page of another user: Oct 20 - Keithbob wants to delete Lira as non-notable. He's doing it by removing the things that the man has actually and verifiably done, and by denigrating/downgrading things he's done until they're practically trivial—and hence make his entry worthy for deletion from WP. I don't know what to do—I also don't think it's fair. (I've noticed Keithbob does the same to other entries; his criteria seems to be that if he isn't aware of someone/something, then it isn't notable, and hence should be deleted from WP.) But whenever I try to roll back what he's doing, Keithbob is more aggressive in his cuts—and then attacks me. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 02:37, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings! I do a lot of vandalism patrol when I'm otherwise unoccupied, and this morning a kid from Jefferson County Public Schools (Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 204.98.2.30) was targeting the Pinochet article with stuff like this [1]. I usually just hit "rollback" and block the offender after they've been warned a couple times. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 18:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I just put them together because it looked neater and more worked on. I thought this because the Legacy was really short and not expanded much, but influences was, so I just combined them. It's perfectly fine split up though.
Yeah, like they say, learn something new every day. Glad you added that. Take it easy. willsy May 24 2006 10:04
Yes, it's one of those sentences that has been in the article for a while, but... I don't think anyone knows what to do with it because it's been in that section for so long, and there's no other place for it because the other headings are just so damned specific. No idea really, but I think the article could use another face lift. Not to brag, but you should have seen it before I gave it the look it has right now.
The article still needs a lot of work, glad you've taken interest in it, because I've really lost mine with some people with their bickering "this shouldn't be included", and "this shouldn't look like that". It's a lot better than it was, but God it could be a lot better and more professional.
Ever read Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman"? Just wondering, good book, got it yesterday.
willsy 10:37
Yeah, the Third Policeman is good, weird, but really good.
I don't know about Pinochet, so I wouldn't be able to tell about cover up and real truth. If you tell me where to look, etc... I might be able to help you more. willsy May 25 2006 8:27
[2] Please, no personal attacks. ☆ CieloEstrellado 19:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I said it was an irrelevant fact for an encyclopedia article. And other editors seems to agree with me. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you please prove how I am "smearing your reputation"? ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you please provide proof of this? ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually I was thinking about contacting an administrator myself. Please go ahead. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
How civil it is to not respond to my numerous requests to solve this in Talk? You only seem to care about reverting without discussing. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I have no problem with your "undisputed facts" as long as you can provide unbiased sources of information to validate them. Wikipedia doesn't care about original research or personal opinions. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Please be aware that there is a Wikipedia policy that blocks users who revert an article more than three times within 24 hours. I've noticed that you have violated this rule in the Alejandrina Cox incident article. Because you are a new user, I will not report this violation, but be aware that if you violate this rule again, I will report it. ☆ CieloEstrellado 15:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Which is the problem if she can speak russian ? our president not even speak english :-)) Jor70 11:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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MILH, here's some advice for the future. I didn't block you for edit warring in the Lira article because I found the IP's edit to be a straightforward WP:BLP violation. Therefore, your reversions were exempt. However, next time, mark your reverts as BLP violations so it's clear that's your motive. In addition, I would have taken the issue to WP:BLPN, not to WP:RFM. This is not a content dispute. Take care.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 19:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Res Ipsa loquitur - it speaks for itself, that by listing a resume-like-chronology, the profession will be inferred by the reader especially since there are "three attempts at professions" it cannot be assumed by the writer that any of them are meaningful or have continuity. With the revisions we don't know that St. George's College is a prep school (High School). We don't know that Jose Miguel Carrera was a founding-farther of Chile. Is it really relevant for a living person to have genealogical pedigree several generations in the past? I am related to several famous people but I don't list those people on my biography. We don't know what Lira's primary degree is. It happens to be a bachelors degree. A doctoral degree or even a masters being more of a credential. As written a reader gleams the false impression that he has a bachelors and a masters degree! There is an improvement in chronology which comes at the cost of continuity. (three books, one film, a a few opinion pieces). Do you list the books, film, and opinion pieces or the chronology. I personally feel that listing like credentials together by date would be firmer. Eponymous is "a person giving his name to something" as endorsement. His blog is self authored! Editorially, This would be the same thing as saying that "The peas on menu are tasty, when in fact they are just peas." The approach of the entry in total is self aggrandizement which is not acceptable. The linked source of the blog counter requires establishment of an id and password, If we were talking about statistics for Wikipedia, a top site on the internet, then supporting statistics would be warranted. Here they are not. The linked source is "marketing" of a live person to provide credibility where there is none. Opinion pieces would be more accurate to describe his participation in Internet based media outlets. Continuity in blogging appears to be sporadic both in 2010 also in early 2014. I cannot imagine his blog being a vocation of any kind. Frankly I don't see a vocation of any kind. I see a few credentials of little merit over three disparate fields. I am being intentionally harsh, as people can self learn or switch fields, what I am not seeing is an expert in any field or a renaissance man capable of excellence in any one field. A factual chronology lets the reader draw the conclusion. It would be better to list Gonzola Lira followed by a supportable chronology and then let the reader decide if he is author (of three books few have read), a film maker (of a single film few people have seen), or a pundit on media outlets (few people pay attention to). Those are my conclusions trying to research the substance behind the hype after going to every link on this entry. Who am I to judge! If the fellow was a commentator on CNBC I might use the word Pundit. Factually, I was a guest on CNBC and I am not a pundit or guru. Unfortunately, pundit is similar to guru and lacks professionalism. A key point in 2014 is whether or not his opinions materialized to fact. In 2014 we have a statement by Lira reiterating his opinion of 2010, I think this is more relevant. The 2014 reiteration of a 2010 opinion means that he still has confidence that his prediction will come to fruition. By having a chronology of the lynchpin prediction we establish a track record while at the same time acknowledging that what he has to say is both relevant and possible. These kinds of opinion pieces are dangerous because they remain operable until disproven. This is the ways conspiracy theories work whereby a position gets put forth that becomes impossible to disprove. Additionally, what was popular in 2010 is not popular today as it relates to Lira. The initial prediction and follow on result (which is a reiteration on his part) is more relevant. There is a bias in puffing up a live person
By far this would be the cleanest, unbiased, and most neutral biography; (I am not harsh here because my opinions about Lira don't not count! NPOV)
Gonzalo Lira (born February 29, 1968) is a Chilean-American with genealogical ties to one of the founding fathers of Chile, José Miguel Carrera.[1] In 1985 Lira obtained a preparatory education at St. George's College Chile and in 1995 he graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelors degree in history and philosophy.[2]
Lira authored three novels, Counterparts a commercial thriller published in 1997, Tomáh Errázurih a coming-of-age story published in 1998, and 'Acrobat, another commercial thriller in 2002.
In 2000, Lira was a story consultant on the video game Soldier of Fortune.[3]
Lira co-wrote, produced and directed the film Catalina’s Kidnapping, a Spanish language thriller in 2006.[4]
Starting in 2010, Lira's economic and political opinion pieces were prominently featured within blogs such as Zero Hedge,[5] Naked Capitalism,[6] Seeking Alpha, Jim Puplava's Financial Sense Newshour, and Business Insider;[7] Lira appeared on Russia Today in January 2014 whereby he reiterated his popularly read 2010 assertion in Zerohedge that hyper-inflation would eventually cause the demise of the US dollar.[8]
I would suggest that it be reverted back to the above. As a long time Wikipedia reader, this is not a quality article as written. It detracts from the confidence I would have on the basis of neutrality and objectiveness.
173.68.144.130 ( talk) 18:48, 24 September 2014 (UTC)173.68.144.13 173.68.144.130 ( talk) 18:48, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
Few changes need made to Lira so that it would find NPOV and these changes are not too great Suggest you consider the notes on the talk and take a step back from ownership and bias Best if you made the revisions, be a good sport
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 02:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 02:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Minimal changes as of September 29th. Lets close this issue and concern with these changes as documented in talk.
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
Please do not
attack other editors, as you did on
Gonzalo Lira. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please
stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. The allegation that an editor with whom you have a content dispute is engaging in vandalism is a personal attack, and a serious one. Content disputes are not vandalism. If you have been in Wikipedia long enough to know what vandalism is, you have been in Wikipedia long enough to know what is not vandalism.
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23:27, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I've opened the dispute for Gonzalo Lira here. I have no opinion either way on this matter. I suggest that before you make any reverts or additions on Gonzo Lira you should divest them in that discussion. WP is a medium of consensus, so any edits or reverts from here on should be discussed, each item and it's source. I hope I can help you both to come to some type of agreement. JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 06:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
"Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered users, from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of material from a user page is normally taken to mean that the user has read and is aware of its contents." [3]
As far as I am concerned the issues can be solved here
You will find that I have outlined what changes might need to be made to the Lira biography. I welcome your response and input to the points outlined within.
Lfrankbalm ( talk) 23:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC)lfrankbalm Lfrankbalm ( talk) 23:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
You must understand that neither I, nor most other editors deny anything. I have no idea who this guy is. And the purpose of Wikipedia is so I can go and find out more about him if I needed to. And If I did, I would like to know where this information came from. It's good that you added those sources, but if you're going to, you need to add them properly. Adding bare addresses creates unprofessional look to the article. Take your time, you are part of a project here-and to call my actions churlish- you need to realize that when you say that to someone who is just trying to improve wp, you may in fact cause them to become rude; people don't appreciate unnecessary comments like that.If you remember you are interacting with other human beings, you may suddenly find that editing, and life, have become easier for you.
Take care
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03:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm sorry about that note I left, I had a dreadful day; And the word churlish doesn't sound so bad to me today as it did last night; It was the tiny dab of icing on the cake for me, and set me off. I just feel like a dolt now. JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 21:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi MILH and welcome to WP. You are a new editor so you may not be fully aware of all of WPs policies and procedures. There are hundreds of them and it takes time to absorb them. One policy is regarding civility and personal attacks. In this edit you made a personal attack on another editor which is forbidden. So a friendly alert and request to please refrain from this kind of behavior in future when interacting with other editors. Thanks. I look forward to working together to expand and improve WP articles and the project. Cheers!-- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:59, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
After doing a little further research I see that you have a history of personal attacks and threats including two attacks made after you were warned here on Sept 29th by User Robert McClenon. Please be careful and read WP:AGF. WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. Here is a listing of the personal attacks which I am referencing:
I have reverted your recent edit. Please do not edit war. Per the principles set out at WP:BRD please join the discussion on the article's talk page.-- ukexpat ( talk) 13:33, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive behaviour. Your behaviour is verging on harassment. Wikipedia prides itself on providing a safe environment for its collaborators, and harassing edits potentially compromise that safe environment. If you continue behaving like this, you may be
blocked from editing.
You are a single purpose account who refuses to engage in meaningful discussion with other editors on the
Gonzalo Lira talk page. Instead you have been attacking and harassing anyone who attempts to edit the article in accordance with WP policies and guidelines. Despite repeated requests and warnings you are now focusing your attacks on me
via my user talk page. Please stop the harassment and limit your posts to discussion of content on the article talk page. This is your final warning.-- —
Keithbob •
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15:02, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
And now this personal attack against me on the article talk page: Oct 19 - User Keithbob does not want to include that information. He's removed it multiple times. As to Lira being a pundit on television talk shows, there were several cited references to appearances he made. Keithbob removed them, and replaced those references with a "citation needed". Later, Keithbob removed the references to econ punditry Lira carried out, since there were "no citations". The same with Lira's econ writing, which had a significant impact in 2010–2012, but which Keithbob has (again) de-referenced and replaced with a "citation needed". My guess is, soon enough, those references to Lira's econ writing will also be eliminated.Thus Keithbob is deliberately denigrating Lira, so as to create the appearance that the subject is non-notable, and thus deserves to be removed from Wikipedia. I am unclear as to why Keithbob seems eager to vanish Lira from Wikipedia. Nevertheless, that is what he/she is doing. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
And another personal attack (allegations with no diffs) posted on the talk page of another user: Oct 20 - Keithbob wants to delete Lira as non-notable. He's doing it by removing the things that the man has actually and verifiably done, and by denigrating/downgrading things he's done until they're practically trivial—and hence make his entry worthy for deletion from WP. I don't know what to do—I also don't think it's fair. (I've noticed Keithbob does the same to other entries; his criteria seems to be that if he isn't aware of someone/something, then it isn't notable, and hence should be deleted from WP.) But whenever I try to roll back what he's doing, Keithbob is more aggressive in his cuts—and then attacks me. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 02:37, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gonzalo Lira is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Several editors have tried to caution you about your edits. Please try to listen to them. I don't think that you want to blocked from editing as a disruptive editor. Robert McClenon ( talk) 02:56, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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