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This page has been created in response to the increasing numbers of editors who are harassed or threatened, on-site, off-site, or in ] because of editorial actions they have taken on Misplaced Pages. The real-life harassment is usually possible because editors have inadvertently given out too much personal information about themselves, perhaps incrementally, without realizing that an unfriendly person would be able to synthesize the information, or because they felt they had no reason to preserve their anonymity when they first joined Misplaced Pages. This page has been created to support editors who could risk being harassed or threatened, on-site, off-site, or in ] because of editorial actions they wish to take on Misplaced Pages. The real-life harassment is usually possible because editors have given out personal information about themselves, perhaps incrementally and inadvertently, without realizing that an unfriendly person would be able to synthesize the information, or because they felt they had no reason to preserve their anonymity when they first joined Misplaced Pages.


The list below consists either of editors who are certain there is no information on Misplaced Pages that leads to their real-life IDs, or else who are willing to deal with the consequences that difficult edits can lead to. '''Editors on the list should feel free to remove their names at any point without giving a reason.'''
Misplaced Pages editors may be subject to the following types of abuse:
* being banned or blocked for their off-site activities
* being banned or blocked without due process
* being called a "troll"
* being contacted at home
* being contacted at work
* being harassed or intimidated by abusive administrators
* being falsely labeled a sockpuppet of a banned user
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* having defamatory statements placed on user pages
* having defamatory statements placed on talk pages
* having defamatory statements placed in articles written about them
* having editors and administrators of Misplaced Pages pry into their real lives without consent or consultation
* having people make fun of their usernames
* having their employers contacted
* having their parents contacted
* having their personal data, including geographic location, IP address, and other affiliations, published on Misplaced Pages pages
* having their real names revealed without their express consent
* having their blog or website labeled an "]" and links to it suppressed
* invasion of privacy
* mocking
* offline stalking
* verbal humiliation
* verbal insults
* verbal threats of physical violence
* verbal threats to family and/or pets
* other negative consequences


Editors who are on this list and who like userboxes might like to add {{tl|User difficultedits}} to their user page. This adds the following userbox:
Misplaced Pages does not provide enough warning about these risks to its editors. Knowledge of such harmful activities is contained on pages which are unlikely to be read by most editors.


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The list below consists either of editors who are certain there is no information on Misplaced Pages that leads to their real-life IDs, or else who are willing to deal with the consequences that difficult edits can lead to.


==List==
Any editor who encounters an abusive editor or administrator or who is being harassed on account of previous editing transactions with such a person, or has a whole clique of them ganging up on them, can contact one of the editors on this list and request that they intervene in the situation.
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# ] 03:20, 4 October 2007 (UTC) -- They left out "alien abduction with anal probe" from the list of horrors that await editors. (Addendum: That comment made more sense earlier, when there actually ''was'' a long list of alleged awful things that could happen to an editor who triggered the wrath of the wrong people. ] 20:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC))
# ], ] 17:42, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
# Threats? And what? ''']''' 18:44, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
# Survive the hate machine, survive anything. Fine. ''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 23:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
# Most definitely willing to make the tedious and/or difficult choices here. — ] 10:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
# There are days when every edit I make is difficult ]. — ] 12:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
# I thought this list unnecessary but today I see otherwise. ''']''' (]) 04:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
# Sue me, see if I care.--]<sup>]&middot;]</sup> 01:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
# I have a stressful job, and by comparison, few things on Misplaced Pages seem so bad. ] (]) 22:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
# Since no one can possibly locate me, and even if they did, me and my collection of Glocks wouldn't care, I'm in :) ''''']] ]''''' 03:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
# ]&nbsp;{{toolbar|separator=dot|] | ] }} Not to confuse "difficult edits" with "] edits" of course...]&nbsp;{{toolbar|separator=dot|] | ] }}04:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
# If an editor should ever feel threatened enough that they need another person to do an edit, I'll do it if I agree with the edit itself. ] (]) @
# Me ... Mainly because I've been bombarded in the past with mails for unfairly removing spam links. --] (]) 08:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
# 1) Got nothing to loose. 2) Cowardice and wiki-career ambitions have become a plague on Misplaced Pages. 3) There's a need for it which goes beyond #(2). 4) Of course "difficult" edits /= "stupid" or "disruptive" edits. 5) Non Eastern Europe related edits only.] (]) 09:37, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
# ] (]) 02:47, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
# I deal with enough nutters in real life that dealing with on-line ones won't phase me... --<strong><span style="color: #96C8A2;">K</span>orr<span style="color: #96C8A2;">u</span>ski</strong><sup>]</sup> 13:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
# ] (]) 04:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
# ] ] (]) 08:57, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
# I like a challenge! <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ADFF2F 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;color:#000000">]]</span> 10:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
# You cannot find me, I use different IP/proxies (they are not open proxies!). ;) ] (]) 10:00, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
# I am happy to help out on Railroad topics and early American history issues as public works and internal improvements, etc. ] (]) 19:47, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
# I'm willing to help! ] (]) 18:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
# —&nbsp;''''']'''&nbsp;<small>]</small>'' 01:13, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
# ]<sup><small><b>] ]</b></small></sup> 09:33, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
# Why not? ]<sub> JJP... master?]]</sub> 23:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
# What is the point of Misplaced Pages if we ''don't'' make difficult edits? <span style="color:green">]<sup>]</sup></span> 05:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
#] (]) 17:18, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
#I wasn't aware of this list until now, but have been making "difficult" edits before in terms of reverting prolific vandals, LTAs, etc. and am still willing to do so. ]<sup>]</sup> 00:23, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
# If it must be done and it's within reason. Cheers! <!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 22:58, 27 April 2022 (UTC)</span>
#"Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) <span style="white-space: nowrap;">—]&nbsp;<sup>(]·])</sup></span> 23:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
#You want a difficult edit, leave it to me, I’m LTA resistant up to a level of 50 LTAs. ] &#124; ] (he&#124;him) 15:58, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
#WARNING: This user is armed with vandalicide, trollicide, sockicide and who knows what else. Please be careful while approaching her. — ''']''' {] • ]} (she/her) 15:13, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
# I'm willing to help. ]&nbsp;<sup>]&nbsp;]</sup> 14:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
#Death and hard edits - ] <sub>] ]</sub> 17:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
#Challenges await. You are already volunteering for a better and more balanced society. ] (]) 10:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
#] (]) 21:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)


==See also==
Even if you are on the list yourself, you might still want to ask another editor to take over in a situation where you have been personally threatened and would feel safer if more than one editor was involved. '''Editors on the list should feel free to remove their names at any point without giving a reason.'''


'''Policies'''
Editors who are on this list and who like userboxes might like to add {{tl|User difficultedits}} to their user page. This adds the user to ] and also the following userbox:
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'''Essays'''
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# ] 13:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC). '''''Workers of the Wiki, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your Cabal!'''''
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Misplaced Pages contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Misplaced Pages's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.		Shortcuts
For the analogous administrators' page, see Misplaced Pages:Admins willing to make difficult blocks.

This page has been created to support editors who could risk being harassed or threatened, on-site, off-site, or in real life because of editorial actions they wish to take on Misplaced Pages. The real-life harassment is usually possible because editors have given out personal information about themselves, perhaps incrementally and inadvertently, without realizing that an unfriendly person would be able to synthesize the information, or because they felt they had no reason to preserve their anonymity when they first joined Misplaced Pages.

The list below consists either of editors who are certain there is no information on Misplaced Pages that leads to their real-life IDs, or else who are willing to deal with the consequences that difficult edits can lead to. Editors on the list should feel free to remove their names at any point without giving a reason.

Editors who are on this list and who like userboxes might like to add {{User difficultedits}} to their user page. This adds the following userbox:

This user can, and will, make difficult edits if needed.

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  1. *Dan T.* 03:20, 4 October 2007 (UTC) -- They left out "alien abduction with anal probe" from the list of horrors that await editors. (Addendum: That comment made more sense earlier, when there actually was a long list of alleged awful things that could happen to an editor who triggered the wrath of the wrong people. *Dan T.* 20:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC))
  2. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Pedophilia Article Watch, RichardWeiss 17:42, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Threats? And what? tomasz. 18:44, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
  4. Survive the hate machine, survive anything. Fine. Will 23:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  5. Most definitely willing to make the tedious and/or difficult choices here. — Moe Epsilon 10:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  6. There are days when every edit I make is difficult . — CharlotteWebb 12:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  7. I thought this list unnecessary but today I see otherwise. DGG (talk) 04:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
  8. Sue me, see if I care.--Michael White 01:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  9. I have a stressful job, and by comparison, few things on Misplaced Pages seem so bad. Kansan (talk) 22:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
  10. Since no one can possibly locate me, and even if they did, me and my collection of Glocks wouldn't care, I'm in :) fr33kman -s- 03:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
  11. Unionhawk (talk · contribs) Not to confuse "difficult edits" with "stupid edits" of course...Unionhawk (talk · contribs)04:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
  12. If an editor should ever feel threatened enough that they need another person to do an edit, I'll do it if I agree with the edit itself. I dream of horses (T) @
  13. Me ... Mainly because I've been bombarded in the past with mails for unfairly removing spam links. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 08:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
  14. 1) Got nothing to loose. 2) Cowardice and wiki-career ambitions have become a plague on Misplaced Pages. 3) There's a need for it which goes beyond #(2). 4) Of course "difficult" edits /= "stupid" or "disruptive" edits. 5) Non Eastern Europe related edits only.Volunteer Marek (talk) 09:37, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
  15. Petri Krohn (talk) 02:47, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
  16. I deal with enough nutters in real life that dealing with on-line ones won't phase me... --Korruski 13:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
  17. Varnent (talk) 04:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
  18. Clockery Clockery (talk) 08:57, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
  19. I like a challenge! —M@sssly 10:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
  20. You cannot find me, I use different IP/proxies (they are not open proxies!). ;) Pandakekok9 (talk) 10:00, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
  21. I am happy to help out on Railroad topics and early American history issues as public works and internal improvements, etc. Risk Engineer (talk) 19:47, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
  22. I'm willing to help! Smd75jr (talk) 18:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
  23. — Newslinger talk 01:13, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
  24. ~Oshwah~ 09:33, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
  25. Why not? JJP...MASTER! JJP... master? 23:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
  26. What is the point of Misplaced Pages if we don't make difficult edits? ThadeusOfNazereth 05:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
  27. aeschylus (talk) 17:18, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
  28. I wasn't aware of this list until now, but have been making "difficult" edits before in terms of reverting prolific vandals, LTAs, etc. and am still willing to do so. Patient Zero 00:23, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  29. If it must be done and it's within reason. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakescientist8000 (talk • contribs) 22:58, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
  30. "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) —Compassionate727  23:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
  31. You want a difficult edit, leave it to me, I’m LTA resistant up to a level of 50 LTAs. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:58, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
  32. WARNING: This user is armed with vandalicide, trollicide, sockicide and who knows what else. Please be careful while approaching her. — ~delta {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:13, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
  33. I'm willing to help. Rusty4321  14:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  34. Death and hard edits - Readingpro256 talk to me contribs 17:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
  35. Challenges await. You are already volunteering for a better and more balanced society. Ahri Boy (talk) 10:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
  36. Nemoralis (talk) 21:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

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