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Arbitration enforcement appeal by Ivan Štambuk

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Appealing user

Ivan Štambuk (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Ivan Štambuk (talk) 13:37, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Sanction being appealed

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Sandstein was notified here by EdJohnston.

Statement by Ivan Štambuk

I have 45 modern English dictionaries installed for Abby Lingvo and not a single one has derogatory or offensive label next to the definition of the word nationalist. nationalist is not a national epithet either (that would be Croatian or Serbian). Croatian nationalist means "They have Croatian-centric view and I do not agree with it". I asked User:Shokatz where exactly does he see personal attacks but he ignored it. I'm troubled by the blocking admin not being a native speaker of English but German, and the negative connotations that the word nationalist (that also shares the root with Nazi) existing in German but not in English. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 13:37, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

1. Sandstein apparently thinks that everything not being a compliment is ipso facto derogatory. There is also another possibility that hasn't crossed his mind: neutral. No English dictionary has (derogatory) or (offensive) label next to the definition of the word nationalist. However, in Sandstein's native language the word nationalist does have a derogatory undertone. Here is the link to the definition of Nationalismus in the most authoritative German dictionary (Duden), where it has a label (meist abwertend) which translates into English as "mostly pejoratively". In German it's used as a pejorative, in English it isn't and it belongs to the neutral register. I suspect that Sandstein mixed two entirely different usage contexts for otherwise related words with the same meaning, in two different languages.
2. It was not my intention to make any kind of personal attack. If you look at my edit history you can see that my behavior has been nothing short of exemplary. I have never heard anyone complaining about being offended by calling them nationalist. More often than not, it is I who is on the receiving end of abuse which sometimes provokes abrasive responses. If someone said that they are offended I would've stopped.
3. Sandstein's condescending comment about me apparently failing to understand something (what?), justifying the "educational" component of the block by such lack of understanding is borderline insulting. Perhaps Sandstain trains his dog by taking punitive measures when puppy does something wrong, but may I remind him that we're dealing with human actors here that are not Fachidioten with blinders that only respond to Pavlovian stimuli dispensed by the master with his block stick. An administrator should not be making such comments when blocking other users. They shouldn't probably be thinking of editors as offenders that ought to be subject to corrective measures (blocks) for their infractions (policy violations), but at least they could keep it to themselves.
4. OK, let's say I crossed the line with nationalist name-calling. I didn't mean to use derogatorily, but I can accept that it is not an appropriate conduct. But what does that have to do with ARBMAC and the excessively long block? As I far I can see the guidelines on the WP:PA require posting a message on user's talkpage and seeking mediation. None of that happened. PA is a community-approved policy which takes precedence over anything ArbCom decides, or any admin "broadly interprets". A week is something that trolls and bad-faith editors get. Surely it's too excessive?
5. This whole circus is a result of content dispute with the user who submitted the enforcement request. It was not made in good faith and his ulterior goal is to remove me from editing a set of low-importance articles that are currently not in a NPOV state. He also submitted a sockpuppet investigation against me with evidence such as last-year's sarcastic comment of mine on a sister project, as well as edits that I made years ago. With all that in mind, I must say that Misplaced Pages community has become very effective at giving partisan editors tools to target undesirable editors - a Byzantine collection of policies which admins overzealously enforce without a second thought, and without thinking of a big picture. Admins in fact are incentivized not to involve themselves, which basically gives the enforcement gun to POV-pushers which are intimately acquainted with all the glorious details of the relevant wikilese. I urge admins to think outside the policy-enforcing request-observing mode and think whether blocking me in any way helps to resolve the pending content disputes. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 21:37, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Statement by Sandstein

The block was a response to personal attacks as described in my response to the enforcement request, above. WP:NPA, a core conduct policy, requires editors to not make comments about another editor's person, rather than about the content at issue. This prohibits editors from calling each other nationalists, or any other kind of -ists. This applies especially if editors do so, as Ivan Štambuk did here, in a dismissive and confrontative manner: it is clear from the wording and tone of Ivan Štambuk's comments, as cited in the enforcement request, that they used the appellation "nationalist" in a derogatory sense and certainly not as a compliment; and this was also how the term was understood by the editor at whom it was directed. Because this appeal indicates that Ivan Štambuk does not understand this, the block continues to serve the purpose of preventing similar interactions by Ivan Štambuk. The appeal should therefore be declined.  Sandstein  18:39, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Statement by Shokatz

Since I was involved in this and the user specifically refers to me I will reply. You have repeatedly labelled me a "Croatian nationalist", while I have warned you (as have others) several times that such behavior is unproductive and personally insulting and derogatory, yet you have continued to do so even on WP:ANI. I consider it a blatant ad hominem personal attack, especially in the context and the manner in which you used it. Not only have you used "Croatian nationalist" you have also labelled me "POV-pusher" and similar other derogatory terms which clearly implies that you have meant it in a manner implying I am some extreme nationalist, impartial and unable of NPOV. If you really have 45 English dictionaries you should definitely know that the term nationalism is in modern-day context associated and synonymous with Chauvinism -> . If you really think that you haven't done anything wrong then you really need to re-read some of the Wiki policies such as WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. Shokatz (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm familiar with Wiki policies on incivility and I always try to be civil in discussions. Your whole case on my alleged incivility builds upon the misguided interpretation of the term nationalism which is not derogatory in English language. None of the links provided define it as such. Yes it can be argued to be semantically close to chauvinism, but chauvinism is a pejorative term, nationalism isn't. There are many related terms which overlap semantically, one having pejorative connotations, other one being neutral. I've asked you where exactly do you see personal attack and you failed to respond. Ignoring Serbian POV on the article on Gundulić is POV-pushing regardless whether you perceive it as such or not. One week block is way to excessive for calling somebody a nationalist. Balkans-related talk page discussions abound in liberal usage of that word by multitude of involved editors, and no one ever felt hurt about it. What is even more appalling is the enforcing admin's inability to see the larger picture - i.e. you ignoring your fellow Croatians' provoking insults at me, while at the same time pushing for a POV in articles, and using completely unrelated policy to get me blocked. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 17:22, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Let me just state this and then I am done with this -> I am not going to discuss semantics with you, in fact I am not going to discuss anything with you since this is your appeal on the block and you should deal with that. Your issue now is with the admin who dealt with this case. I don't think it will help you in any way if you constantly try picking fights with me (even on your appeal...really?!?) and especially you implying that the admin in question is somehow involved in some grand conspiracy against you or even worse "pointing out" his or hers alleged "inability", quite the opposite. Shokatz (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I haven't implying anything, let alone any kind of "conspiracy" - you're imagining things. Just like you imagined that I am a sockpuppet of PaxEquilibrium/PrvadRuss which will prove false. Paranoia is BTW a common characteristic of nationalists who see fifth columns and domestic traitors in every corner.

The only "fights" I have with you are on talkpage discussions on which you persistently push pro-Croatian POV, disregarding and belittling important Serbian sources. Of course I'm going to pick those fights with you - if I don't do it nobody will. It's a topic of minor importance - not like Ustashi or Croatian language which have high exposure - so normal editors don't care and nationalists can numerically overwhelm and push their POV into those little articles.

Yes it's either inability or disregard. In any case blocking someone for a week for calling someone a nationalist, and doing it by invoking a policy (ARBMAC) that doesn't even deal with personal conduct is a joke. If blocking admin doesn't understand that then he shouldn't be an admin. ARBMAC also seems fundamentally broken - created by a decree to give godlike powers to admins in arbitrary topics, and arbitrarily expanded in "maintenance motions" (as one ArbCom member described it). It should be repelled because it's being abused by nationalist gangs who eagerly collect "evidence" to block rare NPOV editors such as me or User:Slovenski Volk who rather take time editing articles than waste it making enforcements, sockpuppet investigations and debates where interlocutors such as yourself simply dismiss sources because they are not Croatian (or whatever). I can't even blame Sandstein, he's probably acting in best faith and "keeping order", but this block is such a travesty. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 19:12, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Statement by (involved editor 2)

Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by Ivan Štambuk

The use of the term nationalist as in the supplied diffs is indeed problematic, and continues even here in this appeal: "Paranoia is BTW a common characteristic of nationalists who see fifth columns and domestic traitors in every corner". This, clearly, is personalizing the dispute. Ivan was warned here that "Any comment that attributes bad motives to an editor or otherwise insults an editor is going to draw a block". I don't know how you could receive that warning and then expect to be able to say "The problem with nationalists such as yourself is that they believe that their own particular interpretation of history is the 'truth', and the rest is pseudoscience, nationalist quackery etc." However, I disagree with Sandstein's claim that any labeling of a group with an -ist term would be problematic. It was here, but it wouldn't necessarily be. Also, I agree that Sandstein's quote from WIAPA, "national ... epithets ... directed against another contributor", is not quite relevant: a later line from WIAPA is more to the point here: "Criticisms of, or references to, personal behavior in an inappropriate context, like on a policy or article talk page, or in an edit summary, rather than on a user page or conflict resolution page. Remember: Comment on content, not on the contributor." I don't have any problem with the term in general, but Ivan was grouping people together ("They have Croatian-centric view and I do not agree with it"), ascribing negative qualities/etc to them, and using that broad generalization in a discussion about content. Don't do that. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 22:25, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Have to agree with the above here. Ivan received a fairly clear and obvious warning, linked to above, about personalizing the dispute, and apparently did so anyway. Calling another editor a "nationalist" regarding a content dispute clearly qualifies as such. It may or may not be the case that Sandstein behaved less than optimally as well, but that is irrelevant to the matter of the block of Ivan. Based on the evidence presented, I have to say that I personally don't see what would seem to me to be the required evidence to overturn the sanction applied. John Carter (talk) 01:02, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

After reading Ivan's appeal text, and having been caught in irritating arbitration processes before myself, I read all of the diffs referenced critically. My clear and honest impression is that Ivan does seem to be working towards NPOV, making constructive arguments, as evidenced in his primary statement (regarding the lack of primary evidence for a writer's self-identification as Serbian or Croatian, and the fact that the modern political geography did not yet exist and therefore categorization either way is rather ridiculous, and that dual categorization is a viable alternative to bickering). If the cherry-picked complaint diffs cannot succeed in giving a more negative opinion, then I think this is an essentially frivolous accusation and his appeal is valid. The root of this whole issue appears to be the use and interpretation of the term nationalist, where in fact replacing this term with the Wiki-ese word 'partisan' would remove the offense and generally clarify the comments that appear to lie at the root of the offense here. As someone writing a history book, I think the entire argument about national identification of a dead person before one or more of the modern states even existed is ridiculous - the person should be identified with the policial state in which they lived at the time, and bracketed statements like (located in modern Country) are the full extent of post-facto national referencing that would appear to be useful or defensible. Capiche? prat (talk) 11:31, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Nope, using partisan instead of nationalist does nothing to remove the offense: "Paranoia is BTW a common characteristic of who see fifth columns and domestic traitors in every corner"—that's not any better. It's not constructive to talk about others you disagree with like this during a content dispute, even if you're right. Simple use of the word nationalist isn't really a problem, you are missing the point. I'm glad you've found that Ivan is generally working constructively toward NPOV/etc, but this kind of thing is not OK. 1 week might be excessive, but you're missing the point if you think the simple use of the word nationalist is the only problem here. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 20:59, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Result of the appeal by Ivan Štambuk

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• I'm not seeing any case for unblock here. Ivan's effort to justify his rhetoric is unconvincing: "I am getting overrun on this article by several Croatian nationalists." The underlying issue is whether Ivan Gundulić, a famous 17th century poet who lived in the Republic of Ragusa, should be called Croatian, Serbian or anything else. The article has been fully protected by User:Callanecc per a complaint at ANI which is evidence that the dispute is serious. Ivan Štambuk's personalization of the dispute appears to be battleground editing. EdJohnston (talk) 03:39, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
  • I think Ivan wasn't personalizing the dispute, just talking about it in ways that other people interpreted perhaps differently to his intent. I can't see any deliberately non-constructive comments or edits here, only discussion using the term nationalist where perhaps partisan would have been more wikippropriate. I really can't believe there's even a discussion on this issue, as it's blatantly obvious to me as a historian that the entire underlying issue is absurd and the list of supposedly inappropriate edit diffs clearly shows Ivan sharing this perception and pushing for real evidence. I see no cause for enforcement and in fact I would rather suggest the accuser should be put in place for raising obviously frivolous arguments about name-calling on a ridiculous issue in a language with which they are not natively familiar. prat (talk) 11:34, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
    • By way of example, we could draw a parallel to the similarly geographically located issue of whether Marco Polo should be viewed and categorizaed as Italian or Croatian. Factually, he was neither (neither yet existed), but could be viewed from certain circles as both. The current Marco Polo page re-asserts the popular and factually incorrect simplification that he was 'Italian'. Well, I guess from that logic I am from Gondwanaland. prat (talk) 11:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

      The content issue is 100% irrelevant. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 21:09, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

    Prat, how is this not personalizing the dispute: The problem with nationalists such as yourself is that they believe that their own particular interpretation of history is the "truth", and the rest is pseudoscience, nationalist quackery etc. (here) Does changing nationalist to partisan even help, at all? I'm not seeing it. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 21:09, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• Can this appeal be closed now as moot? Ivan's one-week block has expired. EdJohnston (talk) 13:45, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Kafkasmurat

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Request concerning Kafkasmurat

User who is submitting this request for enforcement

EtienneDolet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 22:07, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

User against whom enforcement is requested

Kafkasmurat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Sanction or remedy to be enforced

Misplaced Pages:AA2#Standard_discretionary_sanctions

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

Kafkasmurat is a denier of the Armenian Genocide and displays a disruptive editing pattern that is overtly nationalist. Although the user is entitled to his opinions about 1915, he has nevertheless spilled his WP:POV all over Misplaced Pages articles.

The user has a long history of disruption dating back to 2007. In his first three edits as a Wikipedian, the user blanked the entire Armenian Genocide article with an edit-summary that calls it an "unnecessary article" and has edit-warred over it bypassing the WP:3RR limit (DIFFS: ). Surprisingly, the user was only given a 3RR warning.

After taking a break, the user has returned in December of 2013. He continued his disruption even after he receives a formal warning:

Removes sourced information on the Armenian Genocide

• 17 February 2014 Edit summary: "Controversial subjects with bad intentions"
• 17 February 2014 Removes external link of Armenian Genocide on the Genocide article page with an edit-summary "Irrelevant Link..."

Incivil and racist remarks:

• 21 February 2014 "All of this users' edits are anti- Turkish editions."
• 17 February 2014 "Deletion is an ill will. You should stop harming Turkish related articles."
• 18 February 2014 "You always contribute anti-Turkish additions."
• 26 December 2013 "Article consists of hate speech by Armenians."
• 23 December 2013 "Armenians stop manipulating Misplaced Pages"
• 23 December 2013 "Any matter offenses to Turks ( even terrorism) gets support by the user"

Copying and pasting information about genocide denial in numerous articles to make a WP:POINT:

• 26 December 2013
• 26 December 2013
• 29 December 2013
• 29 December 2013
• 31 December 2013

Misuse of sources to make a WP:POINT

• 21 February 2013 Complete misuse of source. Adds that Soghomon Tehlirian was 'a terrorist in public opinion' even though the source makes no such conclusion. In the talk page of the corresponding article, Kafkasmurat repeatedly says, "When did terrorists become assasins?" and "How can you make a hero from a psychopath?" (DIFF: ). Clearly, this recent edit was guided by his personal convictions. The source itself is highly questionable since it appears to be an essay of an undergraduate student given to his professor as a class assignment. To top it all off, there is no edit-summary.

P.S. The FORUM-like edits on the talkpage were reverted by Drmies with an edit-summary by him stating "language not really appropriate for talk pages of articles". If this language is inappropriate for talk pages, I could safely assume it is inappropriate for articles as well.

Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)

1. Warned on 23 December 2013 by Drmies (talk · contribs)

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

The disruption the user has caused the past month is considerable. Although he has already been blocked for his conduct, he continues to disrupt Misplaced Pages extensively. Most of his edits are driven by his own personal opinions and often times fall contrary to the general consensus Misplaced Pages has instilled. I propose that Kafkasmurat be banned from all topics related to Armenia and Turkey.

@Kafkasmurat: I advise you to remain WP:CIVIL in your conduct towards me and to remember WP:NOTTHEM. My edits are not "black propaganda edits" and neither are they "anti-Turkish". I have already advised you awhile ago to stop saying that I'm anti-Turkish. You continued immediately after and now you're continuing to do it again.

@EtienneDolet: I remain nice to every thing. It's up to your perception. I've been contributing for 9 nears(especially tr.wiki). Political attitudes like yours, kept me away from En.wiki. I don't harm any information. I don't want to ban or forbid anything. We need to tell possibilities for reliability.--Kafkasmurat (talk) 13:37, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

@ErikHaugen: All the diffs I provided are actionable since they were made after the warning on December 23. There are, however, an exception of two diffs (the ones of 23 December) which were made minutes before the warning. I provided them nevertheless to show that the user disregarded the warning and continued his uncivil remarks towards his fellow editors. I am also very well aware that the 2007 diffs in the introduction of the report are non-actionable. I provided those diffs to show the consistency in his disruptive editing pattern from past to present. Étienne Dolet (talk) 03:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

@Kafkasmurat: I have already advised you not to use phrases like "Political attitudes like yours" towards your fellow Misplaced Pages editors. So please stop lashing out on me. Remember WP:NOTTHEM and WP:CIVIL. As for harming of information, we will have to let the admins decide that. Étienne Dolet (talk) 18:05, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

@EtienneDolet: Lashing out? :D You've rummaged everything about me, complained, reverted and i am the lashing one. Congratulations on your discoveries. --Kafkasmurat (talk) 18:23, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

Discussion concerning Kafkasmurat

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Statement by Kafkasmurat

Hey, i lost hope on Misplaced Pages with a 24 hour block: because of saying something at talk page. After that i tried to make minor adjustments while reading. Everything i did have trusted references. The user who complained about me, Étienne Dolet, has hundreds of black propaganda edits. All of this users' edits are anti- Turkish editions. That's meaningful. I should remind that blocking or humiliating users don't prevent anything. Only break down the hope. Thanks for objective reviews.--Kafkasmurat (talk) 22:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Statement by (username)

Result concerning Kafkasmurat

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"Sanction or remedy to be enforced" just links to the arbcom case, I'm assuming Misplaced Pages:AA2#Standard_discretionary_sanctions is meant. I'm not seeing much of anything recent in these diffs; i.e., since the warning in December. Maybe the "You always contribute anti-Turkish additions" line, but I'm not sure there's anything we can act on here in this forum. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 22:34, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

There's also the "Article consists of hate speech by Armenians" comment on December 26. That's a bit stale, but together with the response to this request, which alleges "black propaganda" on the part of the complainant without evidence, I get the impression of a WP:BATTLEGROUND attitude. Considering also that the response is so poorly written as to be almost incomprehensible, I get the feeling that Misplaced Pages won't lose many good contributions if we enact a topic ban. (Disclaimer: I have made content edits about the topic of the Swiss court cases concerning Armenian genocide denial in the German language Misplaced Pages. I don't think that makes me involved here, as I've never interacted with either party, but I'm mentioning it just as a matter of transparency.)  Sandstein  18:45, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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Interfase

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Request concerning Interfase

User who is submitting this request for enforcement

Hablabar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 03:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

User against whom enforcement is requested

Interfase (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Sanction or remedy to be enforced

• Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

• 25 February 2014 Unfounded accusations in vandalism while having full knowledge what vandalism is not because Interfase was warned by Sandstein (and put under sanctions) not to use frivolous accusations in vandalism

• 25 February 2014 Continued unfounded accusations in vandalism, disregarding a reminder to review what vandalism is not

• 26 February 2014 Continued unfounded accusations in vandalism and displayed battleground attitude, disregarding a reminder to review what vandalism is not

History of warnings and sanctions:

• Put under indefinite 1RR in AA2 16 October 2014 by EdJohnston (talk · contribs)

• Warned on 25 February 2014 by Hablabar (talk · contribs)

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

User:Interfase has a long history of edit warring and unfounded accusations. As of late he was in dispute with me, User:Divot and User:Roses&guns, among others. On October 16, 2014, not so long ago, Interfase was put under sanctions for his conduct through a complaint filed by User:Yerevantsi. Among reasons to enact sanctions administrators cited unfounded and repeated accusation in vandalism. User:Sandstein explained to Interfase what is vandalism and what vandalism is not . The sanction has apparently had zero effect on Interfase. He continues disregarding WP:NPOV, fails to meaningfully engage with other editors, and above all continues to accuse his discussants in vandalism. Plus, his latest edit displays a battleground attitude ("Go and put this warning on your talk page …).

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It looks like the request has merit. The background is apparently that Interfase introduced content to Azerbaijan on 17:06, 24 February 2014. Hablabar undid this addition with an edit summary indicating neutrality concerns. Interfase undid that removal on 11:39, 25 February 2014 with the edit summary "WP:VANDALISM. Don't delete information based on reliable sources". Then there were some more back-and-forth reverts by others, and the talk page discussion mentioned in the complaint.

Considering that the previous warning to Interfase not to refer to content disagreements as vandalism (see WP:NOTVAND) was not successful, and that inaccurate accusations of vandalism are personal attacks (see WP:NPA), I am of a mind to impose a topic ban regarding Azerbaijan on Interfase.  Sandstein  10:26, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• I began reviewing this before seeing Sandstein's comment. I came to the conclusion that this appears actionable. Interfase's accusations of vandalism are false, which constitutes battleground behaviour. Futhermore, Interfase has been duly warned. This is sufficient for a sanction to be considered. As the 1RR already in place hasn't solved the problem, I think a topic ban is probably the only way to go. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 12:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

• Just as a clarification that the OP's reference to October 2014 is meant to be 2013 instead. But yes, I agree there's merit here and we probably need to go to 0RR and/or topic ban. - Penwhale | 17:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)