Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 02:30, 5 February 2007

goethean is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

Archives: 2004 2005 2006

goethean

goethean, I am not harrassing you, please stop making such abusive remarks about me or my character. I am learning how to edit, so yes I make mistakes, sorry I can't be perfect. So actually, you please leave me personally alone. I will only talk to you on relvant[REDACTED] issues and edits. I am free to do so, this is wikipedia?? Clearly on your own user talk page, there is a history of antagonizing fellow wiki editors adding to the fact u have been partied to many arbitrations and revert edit wars...ForrestLane42 03:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

User:ForrestLane42

I've noted that you accused ForrestLane42 of harassment for going through several attempts to have Chicago Humanities Festival deleted. I know that you and ForrestLane42 don't exactly agree on the topics you share knowledge of, but I must advise you to assume good faith. It's not as if ForrestLane42 was attacking other articles that you might have created. He initially took the opinion that Chicago Humanities Festival was worthy for deletion; then he seemed to have trouble figuring out how to get it deleted. His steps—from blanking the page, to tagging it for speedy deletion, to listing it on AfD—seem to simply be a fairly inexperienced editor getting his bearings regarding how Misplaced Pages works.

You may or may not disagree with my assessment. However, I will advise you to be less confrontational in the future. Cut down on the accusations and concentrate on rational discussion. If ForrestLane42 does something similar in the future, refute his arguments with solid facts and rational points. If his motive is indeed harassment, this will quickly become apparent, and other editors will side with you. However, if you continue confront him every time he makes an edit, you may begin to come off as something of a jerk, even if you are entirely correct in your actions. Take the high road.

On the other side, I am advising ForrestLane42 to employ talk pages far more often, keep his cool, present his arguments clearly and completely, and to make inquiries when he has questions about Misplaced Pages procedures, so as to minimize misinterpretations of his actions. Larry V (talk | contribs) 07:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

All right, you seriously have to chill out. Even if ForrestLane42 did intentionally look through your contributions and choose Chicago Humanities Festival to pick on, there really is no way to prove this. Action taken upon one article does not constitute harassment. In addition, he seemed to honestly think that the article was unencyclopedic; this does not appear to be intentional disruption. Further actions on articles that you are involved in may qualify as such, depending on the circumstances.

Putting the everything else aside, you have done nothing so far to mitigate the dispute. While ForrestLane42 has at least accepted my suggestions on improving his editing, you seem to be intent solely on proving ForrestLane42's malfeasance. This is hurting Misplaced Pages more than helping it. He may or may not be harassing you, but until it can be proved, cease accusing ForrestLane42 of wrongdoing. There is next to no evidence for it, and you are just being uncivil and creating an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion.

I will be advising ForrestLane42 to forgo his desired "apology."

Larry V (talk | contribs) 21:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

He may or may not be harassing you, but until it can be proved, cease accusing ForrestLane42 of wrongdoing.

That is why I asked User:ForrestLane42 a simple, civil question: How did he happen upon Chicago Humanities Festival? He could easily have responded with a simple answer, confirming or disconfirming my suspicions, or he could have ignored the question. He chose instead to evade, and to disingenuously claim that the question was an attack on his reputation. Unfortunately, you, User:Larry V, seem unable or unwilling to distinguish between incivility and a simple, ordinary, quite obvious question. This is potentially about a user nominating an article for deletion in retaliation for me making edits that a user didn't like. It is extremely unfortunate that you feel that the best response is to scold me. — goethean ॐ 21:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I "scold" you only because you are the far more experienced editor (over three years of experience), who should know better than to continue "feuds" like this. I'm not sure that ForrestLane42 knows any better, having only a month of experience on Misplaced Pages. I can see that your question was intended to make a simple query, but I can also see how an agitated, distressed editor such as ForrestLane42 could misinterpret its somewhat pointed style as indicative of a bad-faith accusation. I can also see how an inexperienced editor could perhaps attempt to delete an article in retaliation, ignorant of the explicit Misplaced Pages policy against such actions. Then again, one doesn't have to know Misplaced Pages policy to figure out that such an action would be somewhat unethical in any sense, so that wouldn't really be excusable, if it were the motive.

In any case, I'm not trying to blame either of you; I'm trying to mediate this conflict, and all I'm asking is that you, as the senior editor, provide an example by not escalating it. I'll be asking other editors for their views of the situation in an attempt to get a better view.

Larry V (talk | contribs) 09:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your candor. — goethean ॐ 17:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

F.Y.I.

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center (3rd). Best wishes, Travb (talk) 23:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Nonviolent Communication

I noticed that you contributed to the Nonviolent Communication article at some time. A friend just recommended NVC to me because I am trying to mediate for Sri Lanka related articles. I really love it - I'm just devouring the eponymous book, but I am still very inexperienced. Moreover, applying the techniques to Misplaced Pages-style communication has its own challenges. Therefore, I could use some help from people who have more experience with NVC. You could help Misplaced Pages, Sri Lanka, the nonviolence movement and me greatly by looking at some of my edits and giving me honest feedback on User talk:SebastianHelm/NVC. — Sebastian 19:43, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

"butchered" SQL entry

Actually, I'm fairly comfortable with removing the SQL entry on the grounds that it isn't really a misnomer. But as it stood, if "butcher" means "bring in line with known facts", it needed butchering. -Dmh 22:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Epic of Evolution

Hi Goethean,

Why have you removed the article on the Epic of Evolution? I am new to Misplaced Pages and don't understand the process of it's deletion. 67.174.179.59 05:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)Momosean 05:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

i again. I looked over what happened. It seems that at 17:06 on Dec. 20, you proposed the article be deleted. 5 minutes later you deleted all but a stub. 4 minutes later you rewrote it into something that was vastly different that the original. Then, with this totally different version, 2 others voted to delete because it wasn't notable. One said it was neutral and one voted to redirect. These comments were made after your edits created a non-notable stub. Their tone also sound like they were based on major revision of yours and not on the original article. Is this what happened?Momosean 07:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

mediation

This user page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you might try contacting the user in question or seeking broader input via a forum such as the village pump.

Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation/OpenNote is deprecated. Please see User:MediationBot/Opened message instead.

reverted your edits on Zen

Freedom skies has reverted your edits on zen by the way Kennethtennyson 03:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

"Reverted Goethean's apperent vandalism"

political bias and wikipolicy

(Personal attack removed)

Why would you retract what that person has confronted you with? Afraid of people seeeing it. ForrestLane42 06:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

Hy po cr i te . — goethean ॐ 19:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, we are all hypocrites, are you just content on wasting your time on harassing me and showing my errors? The difference in why I removed those edits, is that they are irrelvant and were sent as advice on what not to do, the question still remains why you afraid of people seeing it? Should I just post it for you? ForrestLane42 18:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

Thank you for his blog, I intend to look at it myself. I can certainly sympathic to your cause. ForrestLane42 17:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

I just took a glance at his blog, which shows for the first time, something we seem to have in common which is our political views. Who would have guess? But regardless, political POV should not be included in any wiki articles. ForrestLane42 17:54, 23 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

Yes, its true, but he can't go on abusing this. Bring it to the attention of LarryV, sys adminstrator beore he does it to you and me. ForrestLane42 19:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42

Request for Mediation

A Request for Mediation to which you are a party was not accepted and has been delisted. You can find more information on the mediation subpage, Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation/Zen. For the Mediation Committee, Essjay (Talk) This message delivered by MediationBot, an automated bot account operated by the Mediation Committee to perform case management. If you have questions about this bot, please contact the Mediation Committee directly.

Zen

The Bodhidharma paragraph is mutually agreed upon after extensive discussion and though I would like to have a stronger mention I'm content with the neutral version of the paragraph. I'm sorry for reverting your edits and my apologies if you took offence. _{Freedom skies| talk}  16:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I became involved after objections from other editors on the misleading introduction. The Taoism introduction was misleading, my friend. I incorporated Duomlin's paragraphs in the article and mentioned Taoist influence. I even refrained from the mention of Hinduism to accomadate the other party. The mention of Bodhidharma was crafted and modified by neutral third party after a full scale dispute on Bodhidharma. _{Freedom skies| talk}  17:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Kenny vandalized the Indian martial arts and Bodhidharma articles. His past actions and intentions are covered in detail on the Indian martial arts talk page and the Bodhidharma talk page. Kindly do take a look for yourself. _{Freedom skies| talk}  18:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Reopening of arbitration

I have reopened the arbitration case concerning this article for review Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Waldorf education/Review. Fred Bauder 15:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:CRYSTAL

Does this violate WP:CRYSTAL? What evidence do you have that he will announce on this date, because it is highly likely that the article will be speedied. Real96 19:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget this as well...WP:NOT#SOAP This article should be deleted as is is just a bold face political advertisement. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.44.39.2 (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

RFC Link

On the Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/User conduct page you pointed the link for ForrestLane42's RFC page at JJay's RFC page by mistake - it's fixed now. exolon 00:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Anatta

Thanks for your help reverting the aggressive changes to anatta lately. This is the work of User:Attasarana, who usually edits under a variety of IP addresses beginning with 4. He's not generally worth paying very much attention to, due to a casual disregard for civility, 3RR, and other community norms, and due to the fact that the sources he cites tend to be questionable (such as in the examples I mentioned on Talk:Anatta). I'm going to go on a wikibreak for a while，so I'd appreciate it if you could check his contributions now and then if he pops up—he concentrates mostly on anatta, but sometimes also targets other pages too. It would be great if you could help keep an eye on that. Cheers, Nat Krause 02:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)