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User:81.157.239.31 reported by User:ThePlatypusofDoom (Result: No violation)

Page

Omar Suleiman (Imam) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

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

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 18:38, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable. 3rr does not relate to removing inaccuracies for a BLP so I can remove this as many times as i want. I will report you if you keep adding it"
2. 18:35, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
3. 18:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
4. 18:30, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 736616405 by LoloLui (talk) YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
5. 18:21, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 736614919 by LoloLui (talk) YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
6. 13:36, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 736577831 by LoloLui (talk) YouTube Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
7. 03:56, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Facebook daily mail are unreliable"
8. 21:11, 27 August 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 736472104 by LoloLui (talk) all sources (eg Facebook) are unreliable"
9. 16:48, 27 August 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 736434624 by LoloLui (talk) no it isn't reliable"
10. 02:32, 27 August 2016 (UTC) "Facebook daily mail unreliable"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 18:31, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on Omar Suleiman (Imam). (TW)"
2. 18:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on Omar Suleiman (Imam). (TW)"
3. 18:35, 28 August 2016 (UTC) "Final warning: Removal of content, blanking on Omar Suleiman (Imam). (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

I only repeatedly removed the material as it is biased for a BLP as it contains potentially libelous material that is very poorly sourced. Misplaced Pages rules state that:

The following actions are not counted as reverts for the purposes of 3RR: Removing violations of the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy that contain libelous, biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced contentious material. What counts as exempt under BLP can be controversial. Consider reporting to the BLP noticeboard instead of relying on this exemption.

On the other hand User:ThePlatypusofDoom has repeatedly added (at least 5 times in less than an hour) poorly sourced libelous material into a BLP. The sources he uses are: Youtube, Daily Mail newspaper, http://www.peaceandtolerance.org/, https://tifrib.com, etc....

I messed up. But, it looks very sketchy when an ip is removing large chunks of content with borderline sources, especially when they are reverting a non-ip.ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:10, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I messed up. I thought that trifib was an RS. Also, isn't a video of something that happened a decent enough since? ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:07, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

• The Wordsmith has fully protected the article. I rather hope that this is the only action in relation to this series of events. -- The Voidwalker 20:27, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

• I spoke to ThePlatypusofDoom already and made it clear that per WP:BLPREMOVE talking needs to happen now before adding it back in. Assuming nobody starts up again I don't intend to take further action. The Wordsmith 20:32, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

The protection has expired and once again an attempt was made to add libelous material from bad sources into this blp by User:LoloLui. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.239.31 (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

• No violation A valid case for WP:3RRNO here. NeilN 13:50, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Giorgi Balakhadze reported by User:Turnless (Result: )

Page: Javakheti (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Giorgi Balakhadze (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: User talk:Turnless#Tskhinvali Region

Comments:
This user is removing valid information of transliteration of the name of the region to the relevant name in Armenian, as the majority of the region is Armenian. Yerevantsi provided sources of why the name is relevant, but that did not stop the user from continuing to edit war and removing that information. I am no longer going to revert as that would lead me to breaking the 3RR policy as well. The user is also edit warring on South Ossetia by installing his preferred name for the region which is not nearly as common and usually only used by Georgia for official reference to the region. Everywhere else on the article the region is referred to as South Ossetia as that is also the article's name. He was the one who started a discussion on my talk page by telling me to use the talk page for his POV information that he is adding, that is the discussion that I linked above. In that discussion, I also mentioned his edits on Javakheti, and warned him that he will be reported if he continues removing valid information and edit warring however, that didn't stop him from doing so. His last revert also says to stop changing the information until a consensus has been reached despite the fact that he was the one who made the new changes by removing the information that was already present on the article. This user has been blocked before for edit warring (see block log ) not only on the English[REDACTED] but, to my recent realization, also on Commons, where he was indefinetely blocked until not too long ago . The user has also just started a discussion on Javakheti after once again removing the information from the article. Starting a discussion is good however not when it is paralleled by the user's continuous push for his preffered version of the article, despite already being given arguments and sources. --Turnless (talk) 19:52, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I've explained to you to use talk page but instead you were reverting, so if you report me and you have good faith you should report yourself as well. I asked you but you can't provide why we should bold neighbor country used name and show it as common name when it is not common in English speaking world. I've removed only bold text and no single source, you can't provide any proper argument why you want to promote that uncommon name and now instead of reaching consensus try to act unfair and report me here (you should report yourself too). Now about Tskhinvali region interested persons can read this discussion User_talk:Turnless#Tskhinvali_Region, you are providing your view instead of fact, Tskhinvali region is a common name and used not only by Georgia but by many international organizations. --g. balaxaZe★ 20:02, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

You started the discussion after your continuous reverting. Both Yerevantsi and I have clearly said why your removal of the information is invalid. I still commented on your discussion anyway regarding the relevancy of the name. As for the Tskhinvali region, I have already provided a link to the discussion, and explained the situation. I don't see why I should report myself as I have not broken the 3RR policy and have responded to your comments, despite your obvious ignorance to them as you are continuing to revert to your edits anyway. --Turnless (talk) 20:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

My reverts were because you were reverting so you were engaged in edit-war, also I was first who mentioned that we were near of edit-wars but you decided that only me is edit-warring. No my only will was to leave things unchanged to discuss, to reach consensus and only after that to make changes, but you were simply reverting my edits I didn't saw any attempt to compromise, after Yerevantsi's edit I made compromise because his sources proved that thing what I've left.--g. balaxaZe★ 20:18, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

If you really wanted to reach a consensus you would do that without continuing to revert to your edits, as once again you were the one who removed the information that was already on the article. Your will was not to leave things unchanged as you continued to revert. Your "compromise" was still removing the transliteration and only leaving the sources which makes no sense as that is still what you were pushing for. --Turnless (talk) 20:24, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

The one who first reverted other users edit it was you. I made a change in the article since there was some wrong details, your edit were controversial to mine and instead of consensus you tried to achieve yours by reverts, I know this stuff and that's why I asked for discussion and consensus (also warned that it was close to edit-war), you had no single attempt to consensus this says everything.--g. balaxaZe★ 21:00, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I provided links to all of your edits and reversions. It can be clearly seen that you first made an edit of removing valid information, which you just called wrong details, which I have reverted providing an argument in the description. That followed with you reverting me once again, then Yerevantsi reverting you and providing another argument with sources for why the name should be used, you have reverted that too. That lead with me reverting you once again, however you kept being consistent with pushing your version. We went back and forth another time and that is when I stopped as I did not want to go against Misplaced Pages's 3RR policy. You had a total of 4 reversion plus the edit that you started with. I also once again want to point out that you only started a discussion after your reverts and still pushe for your version being in place. --Turnless (talk) 21:08, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Yeah now I see that you have no single drop of Good faith since you are lying, I didn't reverted Yerevantsi but after his edits made compromise you still didn't provide appropriate argument why you want to put that name as common in English. Before the report you could reach a consensus with me as I am ready to add transliteration after Armenian name but no you want to do everything like you wish.--g. balaxaZe★ 21:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

You did not have a compromise, it was just you reverting back to your change but with the sources provided by Yerevantsi, so no I am not lying. I warned you not to continue edit warring before I reported, but that followed with you reverting once again, which is why I reported you. --Turnless (talk) 21:24, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I don't know if you believe but I missed your warning (believe or not up to you). Yerevantsi provided sources which say Armenians use this name and that all, the main issue was untouched why we should bold that name and to put it equal to common name, both of you had no argument regarding to this. I was ready and I am to put transliteration of Armenian name (without bold) we could reach consensus but you didn't left any chance. You looked at the talk page only after revert and report that shows your attitude, I opened talk page at 18:44 you appeared at 19:44 after everything. I was ready for discussion before your last revert but you preferred revert. Also I want to mention WP:HOUNDING issue because you appeared in both articles after my edits, having no single contribution before.--g. balaxaZe★ 21:56, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Either way, I did warn you, the fact that you did not see that only implies you were ignorant to my comments, which also shows by the fact that you keep repeating yourself. You still continued to revert and push for your change on the article even when you started a discussion, despite the fact that it was you who first started removing information. I already commented on your accusations of me hounding you. I have paid close attention to the Georgia and its two breakway regions articles after the two discussions we had, which once again you abandonned. You are always active on those topics so don't be surprised if I notice your edits there. --Turnless (talk) 22:10, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Giorgi Balakhadze's editing is disruptive to say the least. His POV-pushing is very apparent. --Երևանցի 22:13, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

What is my POV pushing when I am editing with argument and try to receive your counter-evidences, as I said above I was open for discussion and for compromise. I can say the say about POV pushing of Turnless, it is clear from his talk page discussions. At this moment my view was the same as in Misplaced Pages policies so don't call it POV. If you put something as equal to common name that you should have good explanation why (not just because there is Armenian majority).--g. balaxaZe★ 06:30, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

You kept reverting and pushing your changes. The fact that the region has an Armenian majority is a very valid explanation for including the Armenian name in the article. Since you brought up my talk page discussions, there are two titled POV pushing. One has a question mark after it as it was me who called the user out for POV pushing, nevertheless a long discussion went on and the issue was resolved. The second being odd as it was quite short and random and I received them after the opposite of POV pushing but changing to more neutral wording. All that can be seen in the discussion. Either way, those discussion are quite irrelevant to this issue. Your view is definetely not the same as Misplaced Pages polcies as this is why you were reported for violating the 3RR policy and continuing to edit war. It's a shame you still refuse to see that. --Turnless (talk) 06:50, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Do not try to represent everything like you wish, you also kept reverting and pushing your changes. The fact that the region has an Armenian majority is a very valid explanation for including the Armenian name but not for bolding it making as second name, and common name of the article see differences?--g. balaxaZe★ 08:34, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Shame is that you see only your opponent's "edit-war" (to achieve your goal) while you are hiding yours.--g. balaxaZe★ 08:36, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

The quotation marks around "edit-war" in the above comment demonstrates Giorgi Balakhadze's attitude towards edit-warring: one of continual denial or a lack of understanding. Their statement saying "I am not edit warring :)" is further demonstration of this. This is despite a block just one month ago. CMD (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

CMD what would you say if I report Turnless as well? I knew that we where close to edit-wars and warned him and I opened talk page but no one appeared there. So who is real edit-war maker me or him? I was ready for discussions instead of reverts!--g. balaxaZe★ 14:12, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

That previous issue was in connection with you and that's why you mentioned it, I can repeat my words that, that time you reverted not only copyvio text but other information as well. And I wrote down everything there but I will not comment admins decision... I know where are lines of edit-war and I try to not cross them, I had big experience with that and in this case I warned the user to not stat edit-war. No need in more comments, I wrote everything now I'll wait for result, if admin read all this and will have more questions I'll answer to him/her.--g. balaxaZe★ 14:17, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Turnless' actions are up for scrutiny here as well, as are those of every participant. Your unwillingness to contribute more than one substantial comment in Talk#Georgia (country)#Military image is not a positive indicator for your readiness for discussion. CMD (talk) 14:34, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

I try to be very careful with edit-wars and never break the 3RR rule, which Giorgi Balakhadze did break, which is why even when he continued to revert another time I exited the conflict. I also did participate in the discussions he made however, he still pushed for his edit despite of making them by continuing to revert. His continuous blame for my actions rather than understanding why this report was made really shows his attitude to this issue and his lack of willingess to cooperate. Even in his last comment, he talked about wanting to report me as well, despite not having reached breaking the 3RR policy, rather than understanding his personal fault in this conflict. --Turnless (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Lamg123 reported by User:Jytdog (Result: )

Page: Philippe Cousteau Jr. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Lamg123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: diff

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. diff Aug 14
2. dif Aug 14
3. diff today
4. diff today
5. diff today
6. diff today

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: link

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: diff and see content above that here from their Aug 14 visitation. Comments:
The above "attempt" at resolving the content dispute lacks any good faith attempt at resolving it. I think a boomerang block may be required here. Edit wars are two sided, in this case both parties are in the wrong. EditorDownUnder (talk) 16:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

I have an obvious stalker: Special:Contributions/EditorDownUnder. Jytdog (talk) 21:07, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Please discuss content not contributors. Rules apply to you as well. EditorDownUnder (talk) 10:45, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

• The article still has policy violating content; I left off after three reverts; Lamg123 kept going and has added yet more policy/guideline violating content while this is pending. The content includes PROMO violations including for example "an Emmy-nominated TV host, author, speaker, social entrepreneur, producer, and a prominent leader in the environmental movement." in the lead, and for example violates RS by using IMDB as a source, and other issues. The editor is not open to learning how WP works. A newbie editor had taken over an article by edit warring; I am looking for a block on Lamg123 so they learn to respect the policies and guidelines and the article can be restored to a policy/guideline compliant state. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 19:38, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:91.122.2.106 reported by User:DVdm (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

Page: Binding energy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 91.122.2.106 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: as ip 91.122.0.253 (talk · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: not this time, but see Talk:Binding energy#Synergy. User was invited to go to talk page twice per edit summaries. Never responds. Was blocked for same kind of edits before. See also Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Saint-Peterburg at Binding energy again. Other instances:

• 91.122.0.253 (talk · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 91.122.11.68 (talk · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Comments:

• Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks NeilN 14:40, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User: 91.230.25.109 reported by User:Toddy1 (Result: Blocked)

Page: Flag of Ukraine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Page: Ukraine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Page: National colours of Ukraine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 91.230.25.109 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Flag of Ukraine

Previous version reverted to: 12:22, 27 August 2016 insert File:Western ukraine flag.png

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 09:45, 28 August 2016 revert Iryna Harpy
2. 10:13, 28 August 2016 revert Dr Zimbu
3. 08:49, 29 August 2016 revert A D Monroe III
4. 09:41, 29 August 2016 revert Toddy1
5. 11:15, 29 August 2016 revert Iryna Harpy

Ukraine

Previous version reverted to: 14:43, 27 August 2016 insert File:Western ukraine flag.png

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 09:50, 28 August 2016 revert KGirlTrucker81
2. 10:17, 28 August 2016 revert Dr Zimbu
3. 08:52, 29 August 2016 revert KGirlTrucker81
4. 11:16, 29 August 2016 revert Toddy1

National colours of Ukraine

Previous version reverted to: 13:58, 27 August 2016 insert File:Western ukraine flag.png

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 11:21, 29 August 2016 revert Iryna Harpy

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 09:35, 29 August 2016

Post on user's talk page.

There is a attempt to resolve the edit war at Talk:Ukraine#Ukrainian Flag: blue and yellow or yellow and blue?

Comments:

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Acroterion (talk) 11:30, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Purrhaps reported by User:GeneralizationsAreBad (Result: Blocked 24 hours)

Page

Archangel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

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

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 16:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "My contributions are neutral, relevant, significant, verifiable, reader-empowering, perspective-balancing, intelligent-summary facts, vital-to-full-understanding info. Please note: An encyclopedia ...is a type of reference work or compendium holding a"
2. 14:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "My edits empower the reader & are verifiable & vital to full-understanding."
3. 11:54, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "Your bias shows."
4. 11:41, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "You can't undo just because you disagree. My edits are relvant, vital, & verifiable."
5. 11:34, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "Not undue weight. They are the biggest publishers in the world, in "all" languages."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

3RR warning: . Attempt at discussion by Jeffro77: . Edit-warring over scriptural interpretations regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and archangels. GAB 16:11, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours NeilN 16:15, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Scottperry reported by User:NewsAndEventsGuy (Result: )

Page: LaVoy Finicum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Page: Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Page: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject US Active Armed Movements (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Scottperry (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Notice: I notified Scott about this filing here
Action requested: (A) one-week block and (B) posting DS notice for US politics on Scott's talk page

EVIDENCE

Edit war at article "LaVoy Finicum"

• Aug 27 18:20 Scott's bold Edit (series) at LaVoy Finicum
• Aug 28 01:47 Reverted EditSummary- good faith but this isn't "background" and besides we already have a section (see 'works')
• Aug 28 04:38 Scott's un-discussed re-revert EditSummary- Finicum's having written a story that seemed to closely describe the aims that the "revolution" that the Malheur Occupation attempted to achieve was relevent. Please see talk
• Aug 28 04:49 Scott started a thread to discuss

Warning 11:20, 28 August 2016 (UTC) Custom EW and GAMING warning at Scott's talk

Edit war at article "Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge"

• Aug 27 17:43 Scott's bold edit (series)
• Aug 28 02:18-51 Reverted (series), see VersHistory for reasons in EditSums
• Aug 28 04:04 Scott's un-discussed re-revert EditSum- The fact that Finicum wrote about an impending failure of the US gov, and the fact that Cliven, Ammon's father had just led a similar standoff are quite noteworthy and are not irrelevent. Please see talk.
• Aug 28 04:16 Scott started a thread to discuss

Warning 11:33, 28 August 2016 (UTC) Custom EW warning at Scott's talk

Edit war at "Misplaced Pages:WikiProject US Active Armed Movements"

• Aug 28 19:06-22:36 Scott's bold edit (series) to start drafting project page

Warning Aug 28 22:22 Scott reminded that a single undiscussed re-revert is an edit war

• Aug 28 23:07 through Aug 29 00:42 Reverts and other attempted improvements (series) Note that many edit summaries in this series cited Misplaced Pages policies, etc to explain the basis for the changes
• Aug 29 00:46 Scott's un-discussed re-revert EditSum- Restored to pre-NewsGuy edits

Warning and Request 00:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC) I asked Scott to self-revert to keep me from filing this complaint and again reminded him that a single undiscussed re-revert is an edit war

Scott's refusal (verbatim) Aug 29 01:00

Childish...

Per your own definition, an edit war is when you revert someone's stuff without any explanation on the article talk page. You have now reverteted my edits three times without any such explanations on the article talk pages, and you reverted my edits before I restored them. Who is edit warring. If you would like to engage in a logical discussion about the edits, instead of all of this puffery about edit wars, please, by all means, I am awaiting your logic on the talk pages in question. And please do not delete the Project page rules until you agree to the rules themselves, which boil down to Transparency, Honesty, and Collegiality. Attempts at coercion via procedural maneuvering instead of true logic and reason in a friendly manner.... how sad. Scott P. (talk)

Example of anti-AGF attack Aug 29 01:13

...I generally find little integrity, with most editors preferring to attempt to use procedural maneuvers to make their voice the "loudest" in any given article, rather than listening to simple truth and logic. Due to the general lack of Transparency and Integrity, I also find little Collegiality, just like your attempt just now to maneuver me into silence by repeating the "edit war" mantra over and over again on my talk page, instead of actually talking logic and reason in a friendly manner with me. Please don't try to squelch this project page just because you may not like it or the values it stands for. Or do you? Thanks, Scott P. (talk)

DISCUSSION and CONNECTION TO PAST HISTORY
My initial attempts to "discuss" were to provide short and substantive reasons in many edit summaries, maybe not all, but many. These were ignored. We could Discuss on the talk page, but first Scott needs an admin to teach Scott how BRD works. In my view, past words have fallen on deaf ears. Only a block will register (maybe). The problem is that Scott's acts and comments treat WP:BRD in a way that is best described as WP:Gaming the system

1. B = Bold Edit

2. R = When others revert without first getting consensus they are cheating, but no matter....

3. D = Just start a discussion and immediately restore the reverted text before anyone has a chance to reply

Scott is a long time ed who has never been blocked, but has presented troubling behaviors in the past. For example, Scott was warned about gaming the system like this in April 2015. He was warned about edit warring by Bbb23 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) at EW noticeboard Oct 24, 2014 14:22 and Scott reacted rather badly. He believes that 3RR means he gets 3 free passes and today he's apparently still under that impression even though he was told otherwise last year.

In addition to the above examples, Scott incurred a (failed) community community ban proposal in June 2015. During a pending ANI, Scott apparently made a series of edits at another user's talk page and these were enough to invoke the proposal. While it was being discussed, Scotts remarks were WP:Suppressed, and so with disappearance of the DIFFS the proposal was withdrawn.

I only bring up the past problems to highlight the fact that Scott hasn't been blocked before. Someone even noted that fact when opposing the community ban. It is my hope that a first block now will go a long way towards education for the future, which is consistent with "prevention, not punishment".

And we need prevention. In the present instance, Scott is on a mission to inspire discourse that changes US politics (see last paragraph of the DIFF). His mission is based partly on OR and confirmation bias, where he interprets a work of fiction, a turn of colorful rhetoric from a WP:PRIMARY source, does a bit of WP:SYNTH involving some dates, and comes to rootin' tootin' conclusions, yet somehow I am the bad guy when I insist on quality independent RSs. To purge his universe of the likes of myself, Scott has taken WP:OWNERSHIP of a new[REDACTED] project that he created, and he is only admitting certain people after they apply and he emails them.

Ironically, as I put the final touches on this posting, Scott added a comment to LaVoy Finicum

16:48, August 29, 2016‎ EditSum - "apologist" Text: " Are you an apologist for armed takeovers of federal property then? You are certainly acting like one here, in so far as I can see. "

16:53, August 29, 2016‎ To his credit, he replaced that text, but the fact that he posted it in the first place is further evidence of a deeper issue here.

CONCLUSION
Help please. The project would be improved, and hopefully Scott will get the message, if he is blocked for a week. Also, I know this is the EW board, but would some uninvolved admin please give Scott the DS alert for US politics? I already gave one to myself.

PS I am posting as Scott says he has to get to work, so please give him plenty of time to reply before taking any action.

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:09, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Scott Perry's reply to NewsAndEventsGuy (News Guy)

I will attempt to summarize News Guy's sizable 6-page treatise just above. (Yes I printed it out so I wouldn't miss anything and it came to 6 pages!) It appears to me that the entire treatise primarily revolves around two fairly simple sentences which I added to the LaVoy Finicum article here, and which sentences News Guy appears to strongly disagree with. I must apologize, but all of the other 98% of his treatise appears to me to still primarily be an attempt on his part, to remove these two sentences from the article. Answer the question he raises about these two sentences first, and the rest will probably fall into line. As I understand it, due to the fact that News Guy has a personal theory that Lavoy Finicum did not intend to start any kind of a revolution, he feels that no mention should be made in the background section of the LaVoy Finicum article regarding Finnicum's recent apocalyptic novel, or of his news release regarding the "Oregon Freedom Revolution." In Finicum's news release, he described the Malheur occupation as a "revolution." In Finicum's novel he also described an American "revolution" which seemed to parallel the Malheur occupation in many respects.

It is my understanding that Misplaced Pages is designed to present the best information possible with as little editorial bias as possible. It seems to me that News Guy instead prefers to withhold the best information possible, and instead to present our readers with his undocumented theories (thus editorial bias) about what News Guy believes Finnicum must have "really meant" when he described the Malheur occupation as a revolution.

I do not fully understand why News Guy has preferred to write a six page treatise on why these two sentences should not be allowed in Misplaced Pages, when all he would have had to do, as I have asked him to do, would have simply been to have documented and supported his own personal theory (that Finicum didn't really mean what he said), rather than attempting to inject his own unsupported theory (which theory appears to myself to be almost directly supporting and strengthening Finicum's odd belief system) into the article without any documentation whatsoever. I have yet to know why News Guy is so concerned to seemingly try to get WP to effectively support a man who essentially wanted to start a revolution, by his own recorded and documented admission.

Scott P. (talk) 21:59, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

(A) Absent from Scott's reply is any mention of the WP:Bold, revert, discuss cycle, which is the cornerstone of this filing. Indeed, it is his lack of appreciation and comprehension for BRD that begs for an educational one-week block to benefit the overall project going forward.

(B) On the back side of an educational block, I hope to see Scott's other problematic behaviors (GF and NPA vios) abate, but would not be surprised to find ourselves at AE.... but first someone needs to give him the DS alert on US politics.

(C) The scope of the content dispute is much broader that Scott has described, and I'm prepared to talk at article and project talk about those matters. This isn't the place and since that's all he said above, I don't plan to reply here unless an admin asks.

(D) Once back at project and article talk, the BRD process can only be expected to function if Scott understands how it works and why it is vital. Hence my request for a block to wake him up on that score.

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 22:18, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

BRD states that one should only resort to "reverting" another editor's work after having attempted to consider whether the information in question could be modified instead, which you have not yet anywhere considered, and that afterward you should attempt to engage in a discussion with the other editor. I have repeatedly asked you to provide even the smallest amount of evidence to support your theory that Finicum didn't really mean what he said, and my request for discussion on this lack of citations on your part has been consistently ignored. BRD was not meant to be a license for anyone to delete anything with which they disagreed, without having to provide any supporting citations, supporting why they disagreed with any given edit. Scott P. (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

1. That sort of thing is for an admin to evaluate because.....

2. Excusing your own non-BRD by concluding my reverts were in bad faith or somehow unqualified for BRD is the stuff of WP:Wikilawyering.

3. These three articles were playing out at the same time, and you moved the debate to the project page, where I reverted a ton of unfixable stuff per the principle that even project pages must comply with policy. You restored all of that without discussion in a blazing display of project WP:OWNERSHIP.... and when I asked you self-revert to prevent this filing you replied quite colorfully with the quote in my opening post.

4. You've tossed out several NPA and AGF vios my way

5. Paradoxically, you're complaining about my reverts on the basis that we're not communicating. Gee, I wonder why that is?

6. ADMIN: I'm not attempting to fold the NPA and AGF problems into this. Maybe later at another venue. I still think Scott needs a BRD wakeup call first and am hopeful that will also reduce the other behaviors.

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:13, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps we should just wait for a neutral party's observations concerning our obvious difficulty in communicating with one another? Thanks, Scott P. (talk) 23:19, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Sounds good. Admins? NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:40, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

It seems to me that perhaps either you, or I, or both of us could stand with a little better understanding of the intended application of our BRD policy. I have just gone over to that policy page, found the last major conbtributor to that policy, who is User:WhatamIdoing, and invited him to come over here to help us through our little disagreement here. I don't believe I have ever intereacted directly with this user before. He appears to post on WP on a nearly daily basis these days. Apparently this Admin-discussion may take a few days to get resolved. I am hoping that this user might be able to help us both to gain a better understanding of this policy. Thanks, Scott P. (talk) 01:13, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Anyone can join us, but we really need an admin to explain to you that there is only one R in BRD. And by the way, I am what you call "a BRD editor" myself. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 01:26, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

@NewsAndEventsGuy and Scottperry: this is a content dispute. I highly doubt any admin is going to find the related behavior on either side odious enough to merit use of tools. The bickering here reflects poorly on you both - you are both experienced enough to know better. Please re-read WP:EW, WP:EDITING, and (most importantly) WP:DR, then come back to the article talk page and discuss like adults. And WP:BRD is an essay, not policy. VQuakr (talk) 01:30, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

That may be; I am quite proud of my BRD at the super hot page Talk:Global warming and intend to bring the same integrity to these other pages. That's hard to do when another ed does BRRD. I'll be glad to use the article talk pages when we're all on the same BRD page. I might even be persuaded and might even compromise. But we need a commitment to BRD first, not BRRD. There's a heap of NPA and AGF stuff here too, I figured BRD was the low fruit to try first. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 01:33, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

I've edited policy in earlier days too. But I am looking forward to WhatamIdoing's input. If I am proven to be mistaken in my understanding of the way WP policy has changed over the years, then all the better. In my 13 years of editing here, I've never seen it applied the way you are wanting to apply it now. At least for myself, the main thing is for both of us to have the best understanding possible of this policy. Scott P. (talk) 01:42, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, since I've been invited to express an opinion, then I will say:

• BRD is not a policy.
• BRD is strictly optional. You do not have to follow the BRD method. The first paragraph of that page says, "The BOLD, revert, discuss cycle (BRD) is an optional method of reaching consensus.... In other situations, you may have better success with alternatives to this approach."
  • Normally, I'd add here that in BRD, there are no rules about who has to start the discussion. BRD says that the person who engages in discussion is the person best following BRD. That discussion can be started the person who did the first revert. But in this case discussions have already been started, and the fact that the discussions started shortly after the re-revert rather than shortly before it is truly unimportant.
  • B-R-R-D-ANEW is not "following BRD" either.
• There are other alternatives to BRD, and sometimes they are more effective than BRD. See WP:BRD#Alternatives if you don't know what they are. WhatamIdoing (talk) 09:48, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Bgc7676 reported by User:James Allison (Result: )

Page

Big Brother 18 (U.S.) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

Bgc7676 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 19:29, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "/* Voting history */"
2. 18:07, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "/* Voting history */"
3. 17:34, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "/* Voting history */Leave it omg"
4. 17:02, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "/* Voting history */Don't test me rn"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 19:18, 29 August 2016 (UTC) "Final warning notice on Big Brother 18 (U.S.). (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

The user continues to ignore all warnings and discussions in the Talk Page. They also continue to make edits that have been reverted by numerous editors Chase (talk) 21:09, 29 August 2016 (UTC).

User:Xenophrenic reported by User:Etsybetsy (Result: )

Page: Genocides in history (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Page: Genocide of indigenous peoples (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Xenophrenic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

also older diffs of the same matter

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

I'm starting by noting that three editors oppose his edits and that concensus against him has been pointed out to him. The main matter at hand across both articles is mainly about a fringe case of Amherst. Two smallpox blankets were given to natives with the intended purpose of infection. The edit warrer tries to paint this singular case as the cause of the smallpox epidemic which has raged on from times of Columbus, completely fringe. Pretty much all sources cast heavy doubt on the effectiness of the two blankets. I could have pointed that out as well but tried to instead just point out two testimonies of the native encampment already having been infected. The edit warrer keeps removing a mention of this.

The second matter is the syphilis splashback. As the natives were infected by smallpox, so was a strain of syphilis brought back to Europe which killed millions. Pretty much all sources support a brought strain being the cause. It's not 100% clear that syphilis never existed in Europe before, but it's clear the killer strain was brought. This is a tiny mention only to illustrate the Columbian Exchange and to point out the unintended epidemics on both sides. Etsybetsy (talk) 20:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

User:Prestbury+2000 reported by User:Betty Logan (Result: )

User being reported: Prestbury+2000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Page: Zombi 2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Page: Il coltello di ghiaccio (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Page: Don't Look Now (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

This is a newly registered editor (4-day old account) making sweeping unilateral changes to plot/cast sections across multiple film articles. So far he has reverted three editors (myself, Grapple X and David J Johnson across three different articles. He has also continued the edits at other articles.. The editor is doing this on the pretext that it is "established practice" (which it is not) and all three of us have pointed out it is counter-productive to remove the names from the plot summaries (where they are useful) and group them together as a bare bones list. MOS:FILM only advises this as a solution in the case of stub class article. I tried to discuss this with him at the talk page of one of the articles, but he has been extremely antagonistic there and on my talk page. Betty Logan (talk) 21:45, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

I am tied-up with personal matters at the moment, but would just like to add my support and agreement with Betty's comments above, also the reported "editor" is engaging in personal abuse, as well as 3RR. David J Johnson (talk) 21:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

• The editor has declared his intention to "quit" Misplaced Pages: . If he carries through on that it will be a waste of time investigating the case. I suggest keeping it open for 24 hours and if he returns and starts edit-warring we can can resume the case, and if not it can just be closed. Betty Logan (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Reporting a user for edit warring at DataCore software

User:NISMO1968 reported by User:Behaver (Result: )

Page: Template:DataCore software
User being reported: Example user (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I need your kind attention. Thanks ---Behaver (talk) 06:48, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Freshly registered User:Behaver brought back recently deleted by User:Seraphimblade article called DataCore software but now using modified name, lower case "s" in "software", old one is here DataCore Software. He's engaged in a fake edit war and is canvassing Special:Contributions/Behaver. NISMO1968 (talk) 07:02, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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