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In view of your role in DRN I'm asking you how I should proceed with a content dispute on the article Perpetual Virginity of Mary. The problem from my perspective is that the other user won't engage in discussion on talk without being forced to do so by my reverting his edits - otherwise he just ignores me. This obviously isn't ideal. The time has come for some third-party mediation, but what would be appropriate? Achar Sva ( talk) 23:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
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The filing party threw a boomerang at a kangaroo that wasn't there. The filing party is lying motionless on the ground, and someone else can pick up the weapon and use it more wisely. Robert McClenon ( talk) 19:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you were the second to revert my edit (see also user's talk page), but please note that in German Perspektive is the correct form. If you don't speak German, you might rather consider refraining from editing German content. Drkazmer Just tell me... 08:29, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Something weird seems to have happened at Raza Samo; you nominated it for deletion via Page Curation, but the page appears to not have been properly created. Right now, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raza Samo is just a oneliner from the creator. AngryHarpy talk 06:48, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
I thought that I had seen a controversy about that article before. I had. I found that I had mediated it in August 2021, and then was thinking about how to respond this time. The documentary film is largely about athletes, which I am not. However, then, unrelated to my thinking about that controversy, I thought it was time for my daily exercise. When I came back from the pool, I saw that you had closed it as one-against-many, and the only real choices had been between that and an RFC. But you are right that this was a case where moderated discussion was unlikely to do anything except restate viewpoints. Thank you. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I was wondering why you undid my update on the Memory Alpha article? I don't really understand how a link to the wiki the page is talking about in considered "inappropriate" or why an update of the page count is "unneccessary". Both seem relevant to the topic of the page. I added the link there to help people to get in contact with the relevant people on MA rather than the old founders who have nothing to do with the site anymore. This has caused some issues in the past and even relatively recent. 109.135.30.140 ( talk) 17:12, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for your comments on my request for dispute resolution regarding the Saint Peter article. I am still getting my feet wet and was not aware of the WP:3O option; if I had been aware, I would have requested that instead, since despite its short length the discussion appears fully stalled.
Much appreciated, Fureto Fureto ( talk) 19:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
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The fact that you repeatedly referred to the disruptive editing as a "consensus" shows you are not here arguing in good faith. The conversation did not "go stale," there was no one interested in discussing the issue in the first place, evidence of the lack of notability. I've been the one pleading with those two to discuss the issue instead of edit warring. If you have a problem with the edit war, take it up with those insisting on it instead of those insisting on discussion and finding a consensus. And I would implore you to discuss the issue instead of just going " I"m going to revert it to my preferred version and if you do anything about it I'll report you." I've reverted that section to how it was before I got involved in hopes that we can come to a solution instead of any more edit warring. Also, since the article is nominated for deletion- I would encourage you to instead contribute to that discussion and see how it plays out rather than continuing to edit war and threaten others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSnowyMountains ( talk • contribs) 18:40, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
Just a friendly suggestion: I don't think the ping-pong match you both are engaging in at the ANI filing is helping either of your cases. I think it would be best to let other editors review the information and draw their own conclusions at this point. I'm not an admin and this isn't an order, just advice based on my own past experiences. Cheers. DonIago ( talk) 15:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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Your close is as good as another. I have suggested that the English Wikipedia should provide links to the Help Desks for other language encyclopedias. We sometimes get nearly incomprehensible help requests that are about something that was done in some other language encyclopedia, and this seems to be one. There was a link to a page on the Hebrew Wikipedia, and I have no idea what it said except that it had recognizable CE years, and that it looked like Hebrew. As you probably know, Hebrew is written from right to left, and is written using an alphabet, and that is about what I know about it. (Greek and Russian are written from left to right, and are written using alphabets.) That was the only edit that editor had made. Maybe someone will help them on the Hebrew Wikipedia. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:08, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
... come dangerously close? Well, please take me to ANI and make the case that Wikipedia values coldly polite POV pushers more than content creators who upon being hounded by a group occasionally lose their cool. Academics who have spent a lifetime thinking about precis writing are of no value. The thing though is I won't participate in my trial. I hope you manage to block me for a week, a month, perhaps a permaban. Give the lie to Jimbo's celebrated interview in the NY Times, "The Encyclopedist's Lair," whereupon being asked What is the Greatest misconception about Wikipedia, he replied, "We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing." You won't have any problem garnering support for a ban. All the Hindu nationalist POV pushers, the India-POV pushers, have been waiting in the wings for years to drive me away. All the best, Fowler&fowler «Talk» 02:46, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
I have yet to see a single inaccurate judgement about you that I have made. You just keep proving them right. You don’t want to be judged- stop judging others. Nightenbelle ( talk) 16:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
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An editor whose native language is not English shouldn't criticize the details of the use of the English language by an Anglophone American.
By the way, I notice that both SDC and Checco refer to exposing the rules for selection of political parties. They clearly mean providing an exposition of the rules. They aren't aware of the connotation in English, which is all right, but maybe they should realize that English has subtleties. I understand that Italian also has subtleties. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:07, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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I agree with you closing that dispute quickly as premature. I just wanted to comment that I think that editor may wind up being banned. There are a few more issues that you may have noticed (but didn't mention because you didn't need to). First, the filer is a self-promoting academic, and self-promoting academics have a long track record in Wikipedia of flaming out. Second, the topic area is subject to ArbCom discretionary sanctions, which make it easier for admins to ban disruptive editors. I will watch the topic area, but I don't expect that there will be mediation. It may be "interesting". Robert McClenon ( talk) 04:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
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My edit was 100% constructive! Excuse me, why would you revert my edit?! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:42, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Stop reverting my edits! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:52, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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The revisions you just undid were to fix erroneous changes. Democracy Docket (DemocracyDocket.com) is a news site. Someone edited it based on a recent article that mentioned a project (Democracy Docket Legal Fund) of a different entity. I just want the wikipedia entry to correctly refer to the news site and not the Hopewell fund project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.69.166 ( talk) 18:31, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Ah, pardon me, in your haste to delete stuff, you removed the 3 cases that had the correct citations to Mr. Elias arguing them. Please look at the citations https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1262 and you will notice on the right side of the page the text " Marc E. Elias for appellees " etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoryGuy ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
For Cooper vs Harris https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-1504 text: " Marc E. Elias for the private appellees "
For Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections text: "Marc E. Elias for appellants"
I'm restoring the cases and the links that you inadvertently removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoryGuy ( talk • contribs) 22:37, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your reply, on the [ [2]]. As you closed the dispute and did not give me chance to reply - I will reply here.
1. You are using WP:SYNTH to come to a conclusion that is not clearly stated in WP:RS
No, I am not trying to do that. You say that it is WP:SYNTH, but I am not asking to combine material and made the conclusion. Both secondary sources ( https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/) and primary source Jean Chardin into Persia explicitly state information on their own, without the need to combine them. Why this should not be at least mentioned in the article? Even if we drop primary source, secondary source is providing clear conclusion.
I still do not understand why provided the primary source and secondary sources do not count. Are they so unreliable, that they can not be mentioned even in-line? Besides, the current article mostly refers to the https://iranicaonline.org as a source, why this source is acceptable/reliable, but https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/subjects is not?
2. consider this your second warning
I really shocked, I am the one who is accused and I am the one who gets a "final warning". Is it how it should work?
1. The user LouisAragon [ [3]] on the talk page replied with direct accusations. I did not accuse him, just let him know how things that he wrote looked to me and asked him to stop that.
2. Another example, you closed the dispute with the comments part of which has no connection to the dispute, but isn't it an accusation of me in nationalistic editing and threatening me with ANI? How nationality is related? Consensus will be reached either to include or not to include provided sources. Why is everyone dropping the main subject of discussion and focusing on nationality?
Does not the above two fall under WP policy [WP:ASPERSIONS] and [WP:NPA] either?
P.S. I'm not trying to push my agenda, I am trying just to understand. The above things, which I wrote, I am doing with all respect to you and the work you did.
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Nightenbelle, thanks for comprehensive explanation. Robert McClenon Thanks for professionally sharing your view, I highly appreciate that.
Nightenbelle, I did not mean to debate, It is more like conversation to understand decision. I will bring screenshoots of the page from Encyclopaedia of Islam. There more details and references to sources, and I just want to know your opinion on that, if it is still not counts as reliable source?
P.s. honestly, im not an nationalistic editor. Im editing only for few weeks, and the only aim of mine is to improve articles. Im doing edits when on my free time and I physically cannot focus on more than 2-4 articles, because im also spending time to find and read the sources (which is time consuming). Should I not do edits on the articles about which Im reading and doing my own research only because that others will see something negative in that? I mean if I propose something valid and which will improve article, does nationality staff really matter? --
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But anyways, thanks for spending your time to explain! Have a good day! -- Abrvagl ( talk) 05:20, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Nightenbelle, you rollbacked multiple edits I made to the page, which are all sourced. The claim that "the high school was an all-white school until the 1950s" is sourced in the "History" section of the page. I can easily source that, but could you please undelete all my edits, which are sourced? NaturalSoundsYEAH! ( talk) 18:54, 10 February 2022 (UTC) All you have to do is add the sources. That's all I'm asking. I can't restore an edit unless it is sourced- so I'm sorry, you need to re-add the information including a source for the controversial edits. Nightenbelle ( talk) 19:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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As you have probably seen, it is now at WP:ANI including my summary. It looks like a case where an administrator was out of line and is slowly apologizing. At least, that is what I think. I am going to my daily swim workout, and will be back in a few hours. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Well, as you may have seen, other editors have taken the case to WP:ANI, and I have thrown out the idea of topic-banning both of them for three months. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:23, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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Heja, I asked you for help with the Daniel Lee page ages ago and now it seems that people are deleting important contextual information to drown the information. I fixed it, but am worried that without a lock company propaganda will continue and am more convinced than ever that the last incursion was actually a Botega Venetta Employee. The totally deleted all information from Botega Venetta, so I readded it there once more, I expect it will quickly evolve into another edit war, it seems Botega really cares about it's image in Wiki. talonx 77.13.166.64 ( talk) 18:42, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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Are we both being a little unpleasant today? Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Were there three absurd cases that needed closing today? Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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I read the Teahouse discussion. You could have said, "But wait! There's more. It gets worse!" The question is whether Flahistory needs to be blocked for a combination of conflict of interest, article ownership, and competency concerns. I will think about that this evening after doing more important things, such as swimming, and reading the Bible publicly. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:42, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Yeah….. it’s my birthday weekend. I don’t have time for a trip to ani- too busy wallowing in self-pity at turning 40. Nightenbelle ( talk) 22:07, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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or whatever, out of touch with the Internet.
There have been eight DRN cases, of which three were opened for mediation, and five were closed without being opened. Of the three open cases, one was closed as abandoned by the filing party, who didn't follow up and provide details. (That annoyed me.) One I closed as failed because the other editor has reported the filing editor as a sockpuppet. One is awaiting statements.
Of the five that were closed without being opened, two were closed for inadequate discussion, one for inadequate discussion and other defects, one for other defects, and one for being an overall mess. I may update this in the future. Robert McClenon ( talk) 05:47, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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I am unfortunately not really surprised that the dispute fizzled out. It seems that much of the problem is that two of the editors do not like each other, and are being civil but are not working effectively. There may be some history between Kvng and Hipal of which I am not aware; I don't know. The other problem is that it appears to have been largely a tagging dispute, and tagging disputes are essentially stupid. There shouldn't a quarrel over whether to remove a tag, but over whether the article should be improved, and if so how. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I wonder whether they are going to attempt an RFC, or discuss effectively, or discuss ineffectively. I don't wonder that hard. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I do take issue with a sentiment that all declared COI contributions are garbageare disruptive. I never said anything remotely like that, nor demonstrated it. Quite the opposite, but perhaps not in the discussions for this specific article. Then there's
but is not being given any respect, which is worse. -- Hipal ( talk) 18:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
2 non-employee accounts agreedConsensus is not a vote, and ignoring policy (such as NOTNEWS) does not make for consensus. -- Hipal ( talk) 16:59, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
MANY undeclared SPAsI've refactored my comments on the article talk page, striking out "likly UPE". I can look further. I may have assumed the editing by the two identified UPEs was indicative of a larger problem.
because you don't like it[14] We disagree. You've made assumptions that are wrong and not in good faith. I will continue, but please strike out. -- Hipal ( talk) 17:32, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
The Nova Scotia dispute is another one that I think is being handled ineffectively by the participants. I closed it after no response. Then the filing editor asked me on my talk page to reopen it because he had been unable to access the Internet for several days due to travel problems. I told him to restart discussion on the article talk page. He has also made one post to another editor, and either has lost interest or is back off the net. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
You closed this due to no response. I wanted to make sure you noticed that there is/was ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Summary_of_dispute_by_Hipal. It doesn't appear to be particularly constructive discussion so maybe not the kind of response you need. ~ Kvng ( talk) 21:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if you pay much attention to WP:AN, which is not the same as WP:ANI (which I think is its brattier child). Did you see the trip that I was taken on there a few days ago? I had warned an editor for suggesting that another editor was lying, with a Level 3 AGF notice. The other editor got upset by this, which I can understand, and then asked me on my talk page what the issue was, but then immediately also reported me at WP:AN. They forgot to notify me. Another editor did. By the time I was able to start writing my own comments, the Original Poster was blocked for personal attacks (not so much on me as on the other editors). Sometimes those boomerangs are fast. Robert McClenon ( talk) 04:12, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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If you happened to be away from your screen for a few hours, you might not have understood what happened at DRN. An editor filed a dispute about a Taylor Swift song. It had not been discussed at the song talk page, so I closed it. The filing editor then reverted my closure of the case, and changed the title to Taylor Swift, saying that the discussion had been at Talk:Taylor Swift. I closed the second filing because the editor has also filed at the edit-warring noticeboard. So that is sort of two closed cases.
Also, I asked for a comment from the administrator who had revdel'd the copyvio material, and the admin agrees with my analysis. Because the editor had been copying the report of Blinken's remarks from CNN, the account of the remarks was copyrighted. If they find a report of Blinken's remarks on a public domain site, such as a government web site, they can repost them, attributing to the public domain source. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:53, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hello! This is Laura from Icertis. I'm returning here because I'm somewhat at a loss as to what I can do next to improve the Icertis page. The dispute above has fizzled out, for the time being, and the page is now in pretty bad shape, with three tags and not much content. After Hipal and Kvng went back and forth, a third editor came through and deleted a sizable chunk of the Technology section. They didn't leave a summary on one of their edits, so I posted to the Talk page asking for further clarification, but didn't get a response.
I know my role in contributing to the Icertis page is secondary. I'm a COI editor, so I make suggestions and then independent editors review and implement my ideas. That seems totally fair to me. What I'm having trouble with is that I'm not getting feedback that I can use to strengthen the quality of my edit requests, and the material I'm putting forward. And at the same time, I don't want to nag editors for that feedback. I'm also struggling with generally knowing how to approach the tags issue, since editors have disagreed. I know everybody here is a volunteer, and I want to be respectful of people's time.
You struck me as eminently reasonable, in that big melee above. Do you have any advice as to how I should proceed from here? I'm truly not trying to turn the Icertis page into a promotional brochure. I just want it to feature accurate information about the company and what it does. Any suggestions you might have on how to make that happen would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks! Icertis Laura ( talk) 18:39, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
The ANI appears to have been archived without action. It was brought by someone who is not a party to the DRN. As a judgment call, I think that if it can be resolved by DRN or by RFC, that is a better solution than pie-throwing. Robert McClenon ( talk) 15:47, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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The other problem with the request that you just closed was that they had top-posted it. I didn't even see their post at first (after you had closed it), because it looked like the last post to the article talk page was seven years ago. I have left him a note telling him to use the software the way it is written, so that he posts to the bottom.
The speed of light thread is incomprehensible. If there is no further action on it within 24 hours, I may close it as incomprehensible. I really am not sure whether the editor is a troll (I don't think so) or is scientifically deluded (a crackpot) (more likely). Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
The one about the Uyghurs is one of two topic areas that those two editors are quarreling about, with another dispute over another Central Asian people at Third Opinion. The basic problem is that they are enemies, and that one of them has a vendetta against the other one, saying that they are a sockpuppet of a banned editor, but CheckUser says that they are unrelated. They will end up at WP:ANI. Maybe one of them will report the other, or maybe a third party will report them. I don't know if there will be a survivor. Robert McClenon ( talk) 02:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
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Magnolia hasn't replied to SusanLesch on the city guide dispute. If they don't reply within a few hours, I will ping them. If they still don't reply, the dispute has to be closed, but I expect that they will reply. I will leave it up to you whether then to take that dispute as a follow-on or to leave it to me because you have earned your pay on the Minneapolis dispute. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:01, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi @Nightenbelle! I’m glad you’re jumping in on the Accountability Software discussion. I’ve been alarmed that the page was rewritten completely a few days ago in such a way that it misrepresents what accountability software is used for. The editor took a new news story about a church misusing the software and is making it appear that the *purpose* of the software is to misuse it in that way! It’s really bad and I’m concerned he’s not interested in constructive discussion. If I post a comment he generally ignores it (like now - it’s been 6 hours). He usually only comments if I make a change that he or the other guy reverts back, but he never addresses all of my comments.
I really try to give the benefit of the doubt, but he *appears* to have an agenda rather than wanting an even-handed accurate article. Could use whatever help you can bring! I’ll take any suggestions as well. Thanks in advance :). Keithgreenfan ( talk) 00:08, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your resolution of the MSNBC dispute resolution thread. Can I ask your advice on how I should have handled things? I've been around for a few months and lurked as an IP editor before but I still feel like there's rules and norms that I'm not aware of or don't fully understand (yet don't want to break!). Or would it be better to ask at the Teahouse? I don't wanna make it seem like you're roped into explaining things just because you closed the thread lol. Jasonkwe ( talk) ( contribs) 20:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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The reasons for the rejection of the article were stated as:
1. WP is not a how-to manual.
2. Also- needs more 3rd party independent references to establish notability.
Neither of these assertions are valid. Please reconsider.
"WP is not a how-to manual." This article does not contain any how-to information. There are no procedural instructions at all. It may seem technical as I combined the WD16 article and the WD16 ISA article together as the ISA by itself is not notable enough for its own article. Presenting the WD16 ISA is important as it is superset and expansion of the well-known PDP-11 ISA.
The WD16 ISA portion of the article is presented in exactly the same format as the existing PDP-11 ISA article. In fact, that article is credited. The PDP-11 ISA article has been on Wikipedia since 2009: /info/en/?search=PDP-11_architecture
"...needs more 3rd party independent references to establish notability." Remember that this is a nearly 46 year old processor design. Of my nine cited references, I reference FIVE contemporaneous documents including two magazine articles about this processor. The WD16 was certainly notable if magazines were writing about it at the time. Furthermore by 1981, the year the IBM PC was introduced, 5,000 multi-user computers were already built using this processor. These systems cost from $10,000 to $15,000. ($32,000-$48,000 in today's dollars) Most of the documents referenced by the Wiki article are notable enough that third parties have posted them in the internet.
The company that built its business using the WD16 processor to build those 5,000 computers is notable enough to have a Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=Alpha_Microsystems
The core technology of the WD16 is notable enough to have its own Wikipedia page:
Other processor variants using this technology have Wikipedia entries:
/info/en/?search=Pascal_MicroEngine
/info/en/?search=PDP-11#LSI-11
The WD16 is a necessary article of a historic processor that is related to the articles of Pascal Microengine, MCP-1600, Alpha Micro, Western Digital, and LSI-11.
Please reconsider your decision and move the WD16 article to mainspace.
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Aiwass First, I vaguely recall a rule that the discussion should continue for at least 48 hours before filing here, but where is such a guideline written?
Second, I was about to close it because the filing editor had not listed other editors who had taken part in discussions. I think it is sometimes worth mentioning that. Sometimes the editor who has made one comment may be a voice of reason.
Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 12:05 am, 18 October 2022, Tuesday (22 days ago) (UTC−5)
I'm not sure where it is written, but our page does say "The dispute must have been recently discussed extensively on a talk page (not just through edit summaries) to be eligible for help at DRN" So even if that doesn't give specific length of time- it does say extensive. The time line guide is just my own put there as a general idea of what "extensive" means- its not meant to be a hard and fast rule. Maybe we should give a set time line though? We could set it up as either a length of time or number of posts.... but there will always be those few that are exceptions to the rules where you get two users arguing back and forth a million posts in an hour. Nightenbelle (talk) 9:03 am, 18 October 2022, Tuesday (22 days ago) (UTC−5) Yes, we should clarify what the minimum time and number of posts is. I will think about this. Robert McClenon (talk) 1:23 am, 19 October 2022, Wednesday (21 days ago) (UTC−5) I tweaked the wording in the Header page, and may be making other tweaks if necessary. Robert McClenon (talk) 11:07 am, 3 November 2022, last Thursday (6 days ago) (UTC−5)
You closed the request Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Padre Pio because you say discussion has been ongoing for less than 24 hours. May I ask you to reconsider? Unfortunately, discussions about the lead section have been going on for nearly two weeks and all attempts to improve the lead section have been reverted a dozen times by the same user over catholic point of view. First discussion dates back from 18 October in Talk:Padre Pio#Changed introduction of the article. Please also see the history page as proof. Honestly, I really don't see any possible outcome without someone reviewing the changes. SanctumRosarium ( talk) 18:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
I thought that the editors in the Reparations dispute were starting to get out of control, and that you would take action to get them under control or tell them to control themselves or whatever. They needed a rebuke. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Some weeks ago you agreed to mediate the dispute between me and another user at Independence referendum. After you closed it as failed, I made one of the changes that I saw as a good compromise, and the other user has not reverted for four weeks now, so I think the dispute has been solved by “silent consensus”. Thanks for your help. Rsk6400 ( talk) 09:42, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
They haven't replied, and you first asked them more than three days ago.
I didn't know that the apostrophe in the second person plural pronoun went where you put it. I thought it was y'all.
The usual statement of the Schrodinger experiment is improperly anthropomorphic, and is insulting to the cat. If the cat is alive in the box, then she knows that she is alive. If the cat is dead, the cat knew briefly that something was wrong before she died. So the experiment is misrepresented.
The two disputes that I am cleaning up may not be that difficult. They may have done all of the insulting in advance, and may be ready to discuss details. Robert McClenon ( talk) 02:34, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings.
Sorry to bother you, but I don't know what to do now. I expected an actual mediation, a conversation between all parties, not a ruling without any way to give details; the problem takes more than 2000 characters to explain.
I see now the 2011/2013 citation of Daily Mail is an absolute no-no here, despite
Wikipedia:Deprecated_sources#Acceptable_uses_of_deprecated_sources clearly stating: "In particular, reliability always depends on the specific content being cited, and all sources are reliable in at least some circumstances and unreliable in at least some others. Citations to deprecated sources should not be removed indiscriminately, and each case should be reviewed separately. While some deprecated sources have been completely eliminated as references, others have not. [...] Additional exceptions may be specific to individual sources as summarized in the RfC: for example, the 2017 closure of the Daily Mail RfC mentioned that participants said it may have been more reliable historically," and,
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources stating about YouTube: "Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability," which is the case of that Daily Mail citation, which contents came from the
Associated Press. Anyway, I had already offered to cut it, and I will, no need to bite my head off. The Big Problem was, and still is, if you read my full edition and check the way Gerard took it down, is that he deleted not only the Daily Mail only citation, but everything including the Investigation subsection, which was based on reliable sources only, the Funeral, idem, and even internal quotations from three reliable sources in the Early life section, unrelated to the October 18 edition, all in 8 minutes flat. How can I know if he isn't going to block me if I re-upload the edition, only mentioning the tabloids without citations as
Michael_Jackson#Increased_tabloid_speculation_(1986–1987) does? His alacrity gives me reason to feel threatened.
Respectfully, I ask you, did you read both versions of my edition before giving your ruling? And the notes I left on the Talk page? Is the lone citation to the Daily Mail the one and the only problem you see? Because Gerard doesn't think that. That's why I asked for mediation; this issue is more than a single citation, and I expected wider, deeper advice.
The funny thing is that Gerard and I are essentially in agreement. The example from his Talk page I gave you shows he deleted a citation from the reliable Kyiv Post because it was based on an unreliable source; a part of my edition was about ABC, NBC, etc., doing exactly the same... yet he deleted everything.
In all my years here I never had the need to request mediation; I had never met an administrator who deleted almost a whole section leaving a misleading stump instead and considered that the best action. If I re-upload my edition, obviously without that one leprous citation, and he takes everything down again, which is the next step? Do I request mediation again, hoping that someone will read the edition, give advice, and mediate, or should I request another kind of intervention? Thanks.
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We know that not commenting on the other editors isn't a new rule, but I see that you had to state it to them as if it were a new rule so that you could hit them over the head with it. Robert McClenon ( talk) 23:55, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
It looks like a difficult morning when the participants don't listen. Maybe they need some also, but two days ago, I read "Eat your own food" to 150 people. Robert McClenon ( talk) 15:17, 15 November 2022 (UTC) |
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Hello Nightenbelle! I recently saw some of your comments at the Craffael.09 WP:ANI thread talking about how more volunteers are needed at the dispute resolution noticeboard, and after reading a bit about it all and becoming rather interested, I would like to start helping out. I was wondering if you could give me any advice for when I mediate my first case. I understand it's a difficult process, and it's hard to explain it all, but it would really help if I could get a few tips from someone who has been working in the area for a while.
Many thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 08:05, 21 November 2022 (UTC).
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In view of your role in DRN I'm asking you how I should proceed with a content dispute on the article Perpetual Virginity of Mary. The problem from my perspective is that the other user won't engage in discussion on talk without being forced to do so by my reverting his edits - otherwise he just ignores me. This obviously isn't ideal. The time has come for some third-party mediation, but what would be appropriate? Achar Sva ( talk) 23:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
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The filing party threw a boomerang at a kangaroo that wasn't there. The filing party is lying motionless on the ground, and someone else can pick up the weapon and use it more wisely. Robert McClenon ( talk) 19:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you were the second to revert my edit (see also user's talk page), but please note that in German Perspektive is the correct form. If you don't speak German, you might rather consider refraining from editing German content. Drkazmer Just tell me... 08:29, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Something weird seems to have happened at Raza Samo; you nominated it for deletion via Page Curation, but the page appears to not have been properly created. Right now, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raza Samo is just a oneliner from the creator. AngryHarpy talk 06:48, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
I thought that I had seen a controversy about that article before. I had. I found that I had mediated it in August 2021, and then was thinking about how to respond this time. The documentary film is largely about athletes, which I am not. However, then, unrelated to my thinking about that controversy, I thought it was time for my daily exercise. When I came back from the pool, I saw that you had closed it as one-against-many, and the only real choices had been between that and an RFC. But you are right that this was a case where moderated discussion was unlikely to do anything except restate viewpoints. Thank you. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I was wondering why you undid my update on the Memory Alpha article? I don't really understand how a link to the wiki the page is talking about in considered "inappropriate" or why an update of the page count is "unneccessary". Both seem relevant to the topic of the page. I added the link there to help people to get in contact with the relevant people on MA rather than the old founders who have nothing to do with the site anymore. This has caused some issues in the past and even relatively recent. 109.135.30.140 ( talk) 17:12, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for your comments on my request for dispute resolution regarding the Saint Peter article. I am still getting my feet wet and was not aware of the WP:3O option; if I had been aware, I would have requested that instead, since despite its short length the discussion appears fully stalled.
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Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021. Current and upcoming events
Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before " Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports
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It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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The fact that you repeatedly referred to the disruptive editing as a "consensus" shows you are not here arguing in good faith. The conversation did not "go stale," there was no one interested in discussing the issue in the first place, evidence of the lack of notability. I've been the one pleading with those two to discuss the issue instead of edit warring. If you have a problem with the edit war, take it up with those insisting on it instead of those insisting on discussion and finding a consensus. And I would implore you to discuss the issue instead of just going " I"m going to revert it to my preferred version and if you do anything about it I'll report you." I've reverted that section to how it was before I got involved in hopes that we can come to a solution instead of any more edit warring. Also, since the article is nominated for deletion- I would encourage you to instead contribute to that discussion and see how it plays out rather than continuing to edit war and threaten others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSnowyMountains ( talk • contribs) 18:40, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
Just a friendly suggestion: I don't think the ping-pong match you both are engaging in at the ANI filing is helping either of your cases. I think it would be best to let other editors review the information and draw their own conclusions at this point. I'm not an admin and this isn't an order, just advice based on my own past experiences. Cheers. DonIago ( talk) 15:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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Your close is as good as another. I have suggested that the English Wikipedia should provide links to the Help Desks for other language encyclopedias. We sometimes get nearly incomprehensible help requests that are about something that was done in some other language encyclopedia, and this seems to be one. There was a link to a page on the Hebrew Wikipedia, and I have no idea what it said except that it had recognizable CE years, and that it looked like Hebrew. As you probably know, Hebrew is written from right to left, and is written using an alphabet, and that is about what I know about it. (Greek and Russian are written from left to right, and are written using alphabets.) That was the only edit that editor had made. Maybe someone will help them on the Hebrew Wikipedia. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:08, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
... come dangerously close? Well, please take me to ANI and make the case that Wikipedia values coldly polite POV pushers more than content creators who upon being hounded by a group occasionally lose their cool. Academics who have spent a lifetime thinking about precis writing are of no value. The thing though is I won't participate in my trial. I hope you manage to block me for a week, a month, perhaps a permaban. Give the lie to Jimbo's celebrated interview in the NY Times, "The Encyclopedist's Lair," whereupon being asked What is the Greatest misconception about Wikipedia, he replied, "We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing." You won't have any problem garnering support for a ban. All the Hindu nationalist POV pushers, the India-POV pushers, have been waiting in the wings for years to drive me away. All the best, Fowler&fowler «Talk» 02:46, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
I have yet to see a single inaccurate judgement about you that I have made. You just keep proving them right. You don’t want to be judged- stop judging others. Nightenbelle ( talk) 16:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
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An editor whose native language is not English shouldn't criticize the details of the use of the English language by an Anglophone American.
By the way, I notice that both SDC and Checco refer to exposing the rules for selection of political parties. They clearly mean providing an exposition of the rules. They aren't aware of the connotation in English, which is all right, but maybe they should realize that English has subtleties. I understand that Italian also has subtleties. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:07, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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I agree with you closing that dispute quickly as premature. I just wanted to comment that I think that editor may wind up being banned. There are a few more issues that you may have noticed (but didn't mention because you didn't need to). First, the filer is a self-promoting academic, and self-promoting academics have a long track record in Wikipedia of flaming out. Second, the topic area is subject to ArbCom discretionary sanctions, which make it easier for admins to ban disruptive editors. I will watch the topic area, but I don't expect that there will be mediation. It may be "interesting". Robert McClenon ( talk) 04:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
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My edit was 100% constructive! Excuse me, why would you revert my edit?! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:42, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Stop reverting my edits! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:52, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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The revisions you just undid were to fix erroneous changes. Democracy Docket (DemocracyDocket.com) is a news site. Someone edited it based on a recent article that mentioned a project (Democracy Docket Legal Fund) of a different entity. I just want the wikipedia entry to correctly refer to the news site and not the Hopewell fund project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.69.166 ( talk) 18:31, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Ah, pardon me, in your haste to delete stuff, you removed the 3 cases that had the correct citations to Mr. Elias arguing them. Please look at the citations https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1262 and you will notice on the right side of the page the text " Marc E. Elias for appellees " etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoryGuy ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
For Cooper vs Harris https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-1504 text: " Marc E. Elias for the private appellees "
For Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections text: "Marc E. Elias for appellants"
I'm restoring the cases and the links that you inadvertently removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoryGuy ( talk • contribs) 22:37, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your reply, on the [ [2]]. As you closed the dispute and did not give me chance to reply - I will reply here.
1. You are using WP:SYNTH to come to a conclusion that is not clearly stated in WP:RS
No, I am not trying to do that. You say that it is WP:SYNTH, but I am not asking to combine material and made the conclusion. Both secondary sources ( https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/) and primary source Jean Chardin into Persia explicitly state information on their own, without the need to combine them. Why this should not be at least mentioned in the article? Even if we drop primary source, secondary source is providing clear conclusion.
I still do not understand why provided the primary source and secondary sources do not count. Are they so unreliable, that they can not be mentioned even in-line? Besides, the current article mostly refers to the https://iranicaonline.org as a source, why this source is acceptable/reliable, but https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/subjects is not?
2. consider this your second warning
I really shocked, I am the one who is accused and I am the one who gets a "final warning". Is it how it should work?
1. The user LouisAragon [ [3]] on the talk page replied with direct accusations. I did not accuse him, just let him know how things that he wrote looked to me and asked him to stop that.
2. Another example, you closed the dispute with the comments part of which has no connection to the dispute, but isn't it an accusation of me in nationalistic editing and threatening me with ANI? How nationality is related? Consensus will be reached either to include or not to include provided sources. Why is everyone dropping the main subject of discussion and focusing on nationality?
Does not the above two fall under WP policy [WP:ASPERSIONS] and [WP:NPA] either?
P.S. I'm not trying to push my agenda, I am trying just to understand. The above things, which I wrote, I am doing with all respect to you and the work you did.
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Nightenbelle, thanks for comprehensive explanation. Robert McClenon Thanks for professionally sharing your view, I highly appreciate that.
Nightenbelle, I did not mean to debate, It is more like conversation to understand decision. I will bring screenshoots of the page from Encyclopaedia of Islam. There more details and references to sources, and I just want to know your opinion on that, if it is still not counts as reliable source?
P.s. honestly, im not an nationalistic editor. Im editing only for few weeks, and the only aim of mine is to improve articles. Im doing edits when on my free time and I physically cannot focus on more than 2-4 articles, because im also spending time to find and read the sources (which is time consuming). Should I not do edits on the articles about which Im reading and doing my own research only because that others will see something negative in that? I mean if I propose something valid and which will improve article, does nationality staff really matter? --
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But anyways, thanks for spending your time to explain! Have a good day! -- Abrvagl ( talk) 05:20, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Nightenbelle, you rollbacked multiple edits I made to the page, which are all sourced. The claim that "the high school was an all-white school until the 1950s" is sourced in the "History" section of the page. I can easily source that, but could you please undelete all my edits, which are sourced? NaturalSoundsYEAH! ( talk) 18:54, 10 February 2022 (UTC) All you have to do is add the sources. That's all I'm asking. I can't restore an edit unless it is sourced- so I'm sorry, you need to re-add the information including a source for the controversial edits. Nightenbelle ( talk) 19:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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As you have probably seen, it is now at WP:ANI including my summary. It looks like a case where an administrator was out of line and is slowly apologizing. At least, that is what I think. I am going to my daily swim workout, and will be back in a few hours. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Well, as you may have seen, other editors have taken the case to WP:ANI, and I have thrown out the idea of topic-banning both of them for three months. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:23, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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Are we both being a little unpleasant today? Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Were there three absurd cases that needed closing today? Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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I read the Teahouse discussion. You could have said, "But wait! There's more. It gets worse!" The question is whether Flahistory needs to be blocked for a combination of conflict of interest, article ownership, and competency concerns. I will think about that this evening after doing more important things, such as swimming, and reading the Bible publicly. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:42, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Yeah….. it’s my birthday weekend. I don’t have time for a trip to ani- too busy wallowing in self-pity at turning 40. Nightenbelle ( talk) 22:07, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 [a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. [b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
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or whatever, out of touch with the Internet.
There have been eight DRN cases, of which three were opened for mediation, and five were closed without being opened. Of the three open cases, one was closed as abandoned by the filing party, who didn't follow up and provide details. (That annoyed me.) One I closed as failed because the other editor has reported the filing editor as a sockpuppet. One is awaiting statements.
Of the five that were closed without being opened, two were closed for inadequate discussion, one for inadequate discussion and other defects, one for other defects, and one for being an overall mess. I may update this in the future. Robert McClenon ( talk) 05:47, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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I am unfortunately not really surprised that the dispute fizzled out. It seems that much of the problem is that two of the editors do not like each other, and are being civil but are not working effectively. There may be some history between Kvng and Hipal of which I am not aware; I don't know. The other problem is that it appears to have been largely a tagging dispute, and tagging disputes are essentially stupid. There shouldn't a quarrel over whether to remove a tag, but over whether the article should be improved, and if so how. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I wonder whether they are going to attempt an RFC, or discuss effectively, or discuss ineffectively. I don't wonder that hard. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I do take issue with a sentiment that all declared COI contributions are garbageare disruptive. I never said anything remotely like that, nor demonstrated it. Quite the opposite, but perhaps not in the discussions for this specific article. Then there's
but is not being given any respect, which is worse. -- Hipal ( talk) 18:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
2 non-employee accounts agreedConsensus is not a vote, and ignoring policy (such as NOTNEWS) does not make for consensus. -- Hipal ( talk) 16:59, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
MANY undeclared SPAsI've refactored my comments on the article talk page, striking out "likly UPE". I can look further. I may have assumed the editing by the two identified UPEs was indicative of a larger problem.
because you don't like it[14] We disagree. You've made assumptions that are wrong and not in good faith. I will continue, but please strike out. -- Hipal ( talk) 17:32, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
The Nova Scotia dispute is another one that I think is being handled ineffectively by the participants. I closed it after no response. Then the filing editor asked me on my talk page to reopen it because he had been unable to access the Internet for several days due to travel problems. I told him to restart discussion on the article talk page. He has also made one post to another editor, and either has lost interest or is back off the net. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
You closed this due to no response. I wanted to make sure you noticed that there is/was ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Summary_of_dispute_by_Hipal. It doesn't appear to be particularly constructive discussion so maybe not the kind of response you need. ~ Kvng ( talk) 21:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if you pay much attention to WP:AN, which is not the same as WP:ANI (which I think is its brattier child). Did you see the trip that I was taken on there a few days ago? I had warned an editor for suggesting that another editor was lying, with a Level 3 AGF notice. The other editor got upset by this, which I can understand, and then asked me on my talk page what the issue was, but then immediately also reported me at WP:AN. They forgot to notify me. Another editor did. By the time I was able to start writing my own comments, the Original Poster was blocked for personal attacks (not so much on me as on the other editors). Sometimes those boomerangs are fast. Robert McClenon ( talk) 04:12, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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If you happened to be away from your screen for a few hours, you might not have understood what happened at DRN. An editor filed a dispute about a Taylor Swift song. It had not been discussed at the song talk page, so I closed it. The filing editor then reverted my closure of the case, and changed the title to Taylor Swift, saying that the discussion had been at Talk:Taylor Swift. I closed the second filing because the editor has also filed at the edit-warring noticeboard. So that is sort of two closed cases.
Also, I asked for a comment from the administrator who had revdel'd the copyvio material, and the admin agrees with my analysis. Because the editor had been copying the report of Blinken's remarks from CNN, the account of the remarks was copyrighted. If they find a report of Blinken's remarks on a public domain site, such as a government web site, they can repost them, attributing to the public domain source. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:53, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
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After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
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Hello! This is Laura from Icertis. I'm returning here because I'm somewhat at a loss as to what I can do next to improve the Icertis page. The dispute above has fizzled out, for the time being, and the page is now in pretty bad shape, with three tags and not much content. After Hipal and Kvng went back and forth, a third editor came through and deleted a sizable chunk of the Technology section. They didn't leave a summary on one of their edits, so I posted to the Talk page asking for further clarification, but didn't get a response.
I know my role in contributing to the Icertis page is secondary. I'm a COI editor, so I make suggestions and then independent editors review and implement my ideas. That seems totally fair to me. What I'm having trouble with is that I'm not getting feedback that I can use to strengthen the quality of my edit requests, and the material I'm putting forward. And at the same time, I don't want to nag editors for that feedback. I'm also struggling with generally knowing how to approach the tags issue, since editors have disagreed. I know everybody here is a volunteer, and I want to be respectful of people's time.
You struck me as eminently reasonable, in that big melee above. Do you have any advice as to how I should proceed from here? I'm truly not trying to turn the Icertis page into a promotional brochure. I just want it to feature accurate information about the company and what it does. Any suggestions you might have on how to make that happen would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks! Icertis Laura ( talk) 18:39, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
The ANI appears to have been archived without action. It was brought by someone who is not a party to the DRN. As a judgment call, I think that if it can be resolved by DRN or by RFC, that is a better solution than pie-throwing. Robert McClenon ( talk) 15:47, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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The other problem with the request that you just closed was that they had top-posted it. I didn't even see their post at first (after you had closed it), because it looked like the last post to the article talk page was seven years ago. I have left him a note telling him to use the software the way it is written, so that he posts to the bottom.
The speed of light thread is incomprehensible. If there is no further action on it within 24 hours, I may close it as incomprehensible. I really am not sure whether the editor is a troll (I don't think so) or is scientifically deluded (a crackpot) (more likely). Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
The one about the Uyghurs is one of two topic areas that those two editors are quarreling about, with another dispute over another Central Asian people at Third Opinion. The basic problem is that they are enemies, and that one of them has a vendetta against the other one, saying that they are a sockpuppet of a banned editor, but CheckUser says that they are unrelated. They will end up at WP:ANI. Maybe one of them will report the other, or maybe a third party will report them. I don't know if there will be a survivor. Robert McClenon ( talk) 02:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hi @Nightenbelle! I’m glad you’re jumping in on the Accountability Software discussion. I’ve been alarmed that the page was rewritten completely a few days ago in such a way that it misrepresents what accountability software is used for. The editor took a new news story about a church misusing the software and is making it appear that the *purpose* of the software is to misuse it in that way! It’s really bad and I’m concerned he’s not interested in constructive discussion. If I post a comment he generally ignores it (like now - it’s been 6 hours). He usually only comments if I make a change that he or the other guy reverts back, but he never addresses all of my comments.
I really try to give the benefit of the doubt, but he *appears* to have an agenda rather than wanting an even-handed accurate article. Could use whatever help you can bring! I’ll take any suggestions as well. Thanks in advance :). Keithgreenfan ( talk) 00:08, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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The reasons for the rejection of the article were stated as:
1. WP is not a how-to manual.
2. Also- needs more 3rd party independent references to establish notability.
Neither of these assertions are valid. Please reconsider.
"WP is not a how-to manual." This article does not contain any how-to information. There are no procedural instructions at all. It may seem technical as I combined the WD16 article and the WD16 ISA article together as the ISA by itself is not notable enough for its own article. Presenting the WD16 ISA is important as it is superset and expansion of the well-known PDP-11 ISA.
The WD16 ISA portion of the article is presented in exactly the same format as the existing PDP-11 ISA article. In fact, that article is credited. The PDP-11 ISA article has been on Wikipedia since 2009: /info/en/?search=PDP-11_architecture
"...needs more 3rd party independent references to establish notability." Remember that this is a nearly 46 year old processor design. Of my nine cited references, I reference FIVE contemporaneous documents including two magazine articles about this processor. The WD16 was certainly notable if magazines were writing about it at the time. Furthermore by 1981, the year the IBM PC was introduced, 5,000 multi-user computers were already built using this processor. These systems cost from $10,000 to $15,000. ($32,000-$48,000 in today's dollars) Most of the documents referenced by the Wiki article are notable enough that third parties have posted them in the internet.
The company that built its business using the WD16 processor to build those 5,000 computers is notable enough to have a Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=Alpha_Microsystems
The core technology of the WD16 is notable enough to have its own Wikipedia page:
Other processor variants using this technology have Wikipedia entries:
/info/en/?search=Pascal_MicroEngine
/info/en/?search=PDP-11#LSI-11
The WD16 is a necessary article of a historic processor that is related to the articles of Pascal Microengine, MCP-1600, Alpha Micro, Western Digital, and LSI-11.
Please reconsider your decision and move the WD16 article to mainspace.
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Aiwass First, I vaguely recall a rule that the discussion should continue for at least 48 hours before filing here, but where is such a guideline written?
Second, I was about to close it because the filing editor had not listed other editors who had taken part in discussions. I think it is sometimes worth mentioning that. Sometimes the editor who has made one comment may be a voice of reason.
Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 12:05 am, 18 October 2022, Tuesday (22 days ago) (UTC−5)
I'm not sure where it is written, but our page does say "The dispute must have been recently discussed extensively on a talk page (not just through edit summaries) to be eligible for help at DRN" So even if that doesn't give specific length of time- it does say extensive. The time line guide is just my own put there as a general idea of what "extensive" means- its not meant to be a hard and fast rule. Maybe we should give a set time line though? We could set it up as either a length of time or number of posts.... but there will always be those few that are exceptions to the rules where you get two users arguing back and forth a million posts in an hour. Nightenbelle (talk) 9:03 am, 18 October 2022, Tuesday (22 days ago) (UTC−5) Yes, we should clarify what the minimum time and number of posts is. I will think about this. Robert McClenon (talk) 1:23 am, 19 October 2022, Wednesday (21 days ago) (UTC−5) I tweaked the wording in the Header page, and may be making other tweaks if necessary. Robert McClenon (talk) 11:07 am, 3 November 2022, last Thursday (6 days ago) (UTC−5)
You closed the request Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Padre Pio because you say discussion has been ongoing for less than 24 hours. May I ask you to reconsider? Unfortunately, discussions about the lead section have been going on for nearly two weeks and all attempts to improve the lead section have been reverted a dozen times by the same user over catholic point of view. First discussion dates back from 18 October in Talk:Padre Pio#Changed introduction of the article. Please also see the history page as proof. Honestly, I really don't see any possible outcome without someone reviewing the changes. SanctumRosarium ( talk) 18:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
I thought that the editors in the Reparations dispute were starting to get out of control, and that you would take action to get them under control or tell them to control themselves or whatever. They needed a rebuke. Robert McClenon ( talk) 16:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Some weeks ago you agreed to mediate the dispute between me and another user at Independence referendum. After you closed it as failed, I made one of the changes that I saw as a good compromise, and the other user has not reverted for four weeks now, so I think the dispute has been solved by “silent consensus”. Thanks for your help. Rsk6400 ( talk) 09:42, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
They haven't replied, and you first asked them more than three days ago.
I didn't know that the apostrophe in the second person plural pronoun went where you put it. I thought it was y'all.
The usual statement of the Schrodinger experiment is improperly anthropomorphic, and is insulting to the cat. If the cat is alive in the box, then she knows that she is alive. If the cat is dead, the cat knew briefly that something was wrong before she died. So the experiment is misrepresented.
The two disputes that I am cleaning up may not be that difficult. They may have done all of the insulting in advance, and may be ready to discuss details. Robert McClenon ( talk) 02:34, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings.
Sorry to bother you, but I don't know what to do now. I expected an actual mediation, a conversation between all parties, not a ruling without any way to give details; the problem takes more than 2000 characters to explain.
I see now the 2011/2013 citation of Daily Mail is an absolute no-no here, despite
Wikipedia:Deprecated_sources#Acceptable_uses_of_deprecated_sources clearly stating: "In particular, reliability always depends on the specific content being cited, and all sources are reliable in at least some circumstances and unreliable in at least some others. Citations to deprecated sources should not be removed indiscriminately, and each case should be reviewed separately. While some deprecated sources have been completely eliminated as references, others have not. [...] Additional exceptions may be specific to individual sources as summarized in the RfC: for example, the 2017 closure of the Daily Mail RfC mentioned that participants said it may have been more reliable historically," and,
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources stating about YouTube: "Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability," which is the case of that Daily Mail citation, which contents came from the
Associated Press. Anyway, I had already offered to cut it, and I will, no need to bite my head off. The Big Problem was, and still is, if you read my full edition and check the way Gerard took it down, is that he deleted not only the Daily Mail only citation, but everything including the Investigation subsection, which was based on reliable sources only, the Funeral, idem, and even internal quotations from three reliable sources in the Early life section, unrelated to the October 18 edition, all in 8 minutes flat. How can I know if he isn't going to block me if I re-upload the edition, only mentioning the tabloids without citations as
Michael_Jackson#Increased_tabloid_speculation_(1986–1987) does? His alacrity gives me reason to feel threatened.
Respectfully, I ask you, did you read both versions of my edition before giving your ruling? And the notes I left on the Talk page? Is the lone citation to the Daily Mail the one and the only problem you see? Because Gerard doesn't think that. That's why I asked for mediation; this issue is more than a single citation, and I expected wider, deeper advice.
The funny thing is that Gerard and I are essentially in agreement. The example from his Talk page I gave you shows he deleted a citation from the reliable Kyiv Post because it was based on an unreliable source; a part of my edition was about ABC, NBC, etc., doing exactly the same... yet he deleted everything.
In all my years here I never had the need to request mediation; I had never met an administrator who deleted almost a whole section leaving a misleading stump instead and considered that the best action. If I re-upload my edition, obviously without that one leprous citation, and he takes everything down again, which is the next step? Do I request mediation again, hoping that someone will read the edition, give advice, and mediate, or should I request another kind of intervention? Thanks.
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We know that not commenting on the other editors isn't a new rule, but I see that you had to state it to them as if it were a new rule so that you could hit them over the head with it. Robert McClenon ( talk) 23:55, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
It looks like a difficult morning when the participants don't listen. Maybe they need some also, but two days ago, I read "Eat your own food" to 150 people. Robert McClenon ( talk) 15:17, 15 November 2022 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are in UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Sent by Baffle gab1978 using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello Nightenbelle,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
Reminders
Hello Nightenbelle,
The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.
Reminders:
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen ( Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page. Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here. August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:55, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello Nightenbelle,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.
Reminders:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)