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Request for comment

Hi there, recently you edited the page La Luz del Mundo, which at the time has only 3 editors working on it. We have been trying to make the page as neutral as possible but have gotten into certain disputes. One of the editors accuses two of us of trying to make the page a publicity page for the church, which is false. Anyway, this editor reverts most edits to the Controversy section (which I recently changed to Criticism according to WP:CRIT). Two of us believe that a source (The Revista Academica) is not reliable, but the other editor insists that is. Please have a look at the talk page Talk:La_Luz_del_Mundo, particularly this section Talk:La_Luz_del_Mundo#RfC:_Is_Revista_Academica_a_reliable_source.3F and give us your input. Thank you. Ajaxfiore (talk) 21:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what to do

Hi, Another editor has begun to edit La Luz del Mundo article. He came on the talk page as a 3O editor and oddly requested opinions from all three current editors of that page. After receiving only two, he oddly accused the only editor that has edited multiple articles, Ajaxfiore, of having a single purpose account based on my comment that RidjalA and I mainly edit the LLDM article...which is really strange since that would make me and RidjalA the real WP:SPA's (Note:I have been attempting to spread out to other articles). This is his comment on the talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:La_Luz_del_Mundo&diff=522433367&oldid=522431560 before he proceeded to section blank the following:

1. Half the Controversy and Critism section
2. The architecture section
3. The discrimination section
4. The history section
5. removed sourced material from the Belief and Practices section
6. removed most of the section lead
7. Changed the infobox by removing sourced information

I honestly do not know what to do. RidjalA isn't responding and Ajaxfiore mentioned that he "quite" the article. You were the first thing that came to mind after I alerted RidjalA of what happened (on his talk page). What should I do? What can be done? How can I get RidjalA and Ajaxfiore to return to the article to edit it? Fordx12 (talk) 01:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

RidjalA responded to me here http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:RidjalA&diff=522571033&oldid=522568288 Apparently he threatened to ban me and says that the 3O editor is an admin and PhD dissertations are not viable wiki sources...one of this makes sense...I really need someone to help me out here. I contacted you because you edited in the article's talkpage. Fordx12 (talk) 02:00, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

• Is User:RobertRosen your 3O editor? He is not an admin.
• WP:Identifying reliable sources says of PhD dissertations: "Completed dissertations or theses written as part of the requirements for a PhD, and which are publicly available, are considered publications by scholars and are routinely cited in footnotes. They have been vetted by the scholarly community; most are available via interlibrary loan. Dissertations in progress have not been vetted and are not regarded as published and are thus not reliable sources as a rule. Masters dissertations and theses are only considered reliable if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence."
• It looks like dispute resolution has been initiated. There are editors there who can help the involved parties come to an agreement. A word of advice: the goal there is to resolve the content issues, not hash out interpersonal disputes, so try not to get dragged into accusations and counter-accusations.TheBlueCanoe 12:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism procedure

The rules are generally four warnings then a block request. If you had bothered to read the IP's talk, you might have noticed a communication, followed by a fourth warning then a block. Cheers Jim1138 (talk)

Your Vote at the Arbitration Committee Elections

TheBlueCanoe,

You recently voted in the Arbitration Committee Elections. In accordance to the Request for comment on the election process, you must have made 150 edits in the main article space of Misplaced Pages before November 1st in order to be eligible to vote. According to a recent count, you only have 109 such edits.

If you believe we are in error, or there are other circumstances, such as a number of edits across multiple accounts, please let us know.--Lord Roem (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you so much for your help with my first page. I really appreciate the changes you made. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. Robert Michael Murray 23:23, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure. It's great to see new editors creating quality work. Merry Christmas to you! TheBlueCanoe 18:32, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

You know this guy?

Hi Blue Canoe. Today several edits appeared on my watchlist by a new editor, User:Lostromantic. When I checked his contribution log, I found a couple things that gave me pause. First, he's almost exclusively editing articles I created. And secondly, one of his very first edits after creating an account was to leave you an apparently unprovoked, abusive talk page comment. Just wondering if you know anything about this. I've had the experience of being wikihounded before, and I don't take kindly to it—especially from people with an apparent predilection for userspace harassment. Homunculus (duihua) 01:24, 28 December 2012 (UTC)