Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive138
Neo.[edit]
| User:Neo. is topic banned for three months from anything to do with religion or politics in Gujarat. EdJohnston (talk) 17:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC) |
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Request concerning Neo.[edit]
User:Darkness Shines completely transformed the article 2002 Gujarat violence from one violating multiple policies (particularly, WP:NPOV, WP:RS, and WP:BLP) into one that, while not perfect, was at least minimally compliant (see this sequence of edits). User:Neo. reverted, failing to even recognize DS's concerns, making an unfounded analogy. From that point forward (July 6), Neo and a few others began a series of "defenses" on the talk page, most of which failed to address policies, and in Neo.'s case, crossed over into tendentiousness. The problem begins in Talk:2002 Gujarat violence#POV pushing by User:Darkness Shines, where Neo attempted to argue that WP:PRIMARY (including WP:BLPPRIMARY) don't apply here, despite the fact that they apply everywhere in Wikipedia (see [1]. He goes further and says that academic sources are "academic crap" and "conspiracy theories" "written to make money". He continues to hold this position in Talk:2002 Gujarat violence#Edit request on 6 July 2013, in which he asserts that such violations are "minor problems" that Darkness Shines is using to divert admins. Later, Neo erroneously states that verified information may not be removed from an article. On July 8, Neo added what he claimed was an RfC...but the phrasing was so extremely biased that I removed the tag and indicated that such a leading question was unacceptable. On July 9, Neo stated that my and User:The Rahul Jain's only reason for being involved in the article was because of "prior disputes on Jainism articles"; actually, TRJ had a dispute with Neo., which I stepped into because, as with this article, Neo was attempting to keep an older version of articles that violated policies in spite of TRJ's improvements. My reason for involvement in this article was originally as an uninvolved admin responding to an edit request that I became aware of because it was discussed on a user talk page I watch. I've since explicitly stated that I consider myself WP:INVOLVED and am not taking admin actions on the article. Neo. repeated this claim on July 15. On July 10, Neo. insinuated that RegentsPark, the previous protected admin who had protected a version resembling DS's preferred version to stop an edit war, and chose the current version as the WP:WRONGVERSION, would come back to the article again to intentionally choose DS's version to favor him. On July 11, Neo. proposed a new change to the article, which quite obviously violated WP:NPOV, later, User:Maunus noticed (and I confirmed) that Neo was misrepresenting the sources, either through lack of comprehension or deliberate POV pushing (see Talk:2002 Gujarat violence#comments and Talk:2002 Gujarat violence#31 convicted, we know already). During this whole shebang, Neo. filed two WP:ANI complaints. Both were dismissed as being at best a misrepresented content dispute and at worst "baseless" and WP:IDHT/WP:STICK. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive803#Admin Qwyrxian and WP:ANI#GANG on 2002 Gujarat violence. He also made similar accusations at the Noticeboard for India-related topics (see WT:INB#Wikiproject India and GANG), which included an accusation of tag-teaming, and was closed as not appropriate for the noticeboard.
@Sandstein: The warning on July 9, left on the article's talk page, is sufficient to meet the warning requirements of sanctions; all that is requires is that editors be aware that sanctions are in place on an article, not that a personal, templated warning be left for that person specifically. There are certainly actionable diffs after the July 9 date; most notably the tendentiousness displayed in proposing and making editors waste time in arguing about a blatantly POV recommended change to the article. While article space problems are more "obvious" than talk page one's, WP:IDHT and WP:TE problems on talk pages can drive away good faith editors and be equally destructive to the encyclopedia. Qwyrxian (talk) 22:14, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Discussion concerning Neo.[edit]Statements must be made in separate sections. They may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator. Statement by Neo.[edit]This whole ArbCom concept is new to me. I use mobile. Please give at least 24 hours to study this concept and write my side. Until decision is made, I will not edit any article related to Gujarat, politics or religion. Thanks. neo (talk) 18:55, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
It would take very long and very long post if I try to analyse every edit of all users. I may left out something but let me use Occam's razor and try to be short. I will talk about things happened before yesterday's edit by User:Utcursch. Additional comment by Neo.[edit]I am giving Human Rights Watch[2][3], United States Department of State [4], European Parliament[5], Amnesty International [6], Social Science Research Council[7], United Nations Human Rights Council [8], TIME magazine [9], Wall Street Journal [10] as sources. I am attributing quotes to sources. I am ready to bring more hundreds of sources. But the arguments like this by Maunus that "Sources talk about attacks against muslims after Godhra, hence I can not use those sources for Godhra incident to show attack by muslims on train" and on this argument attempt to reject all thousands of sources is outragious. Making a team, inserting non-neutral contents and then forbidding any user to include other side of the story, pulling down Rfc to gag my mouth, such things are very serious matter for the wikipedia. If Admins disagree, then better to block me. I can't stand this nonsense. neo (talk) 11:20, 17 July 2013 (UTC) Was I supposed to comment on the statement of Qwyrxian or was I supposed to make statement on the issue? neo (talk) 14:20, 17 July 2013 (UTC) Comment by Neo. on Qwyrxian's statement[edit]Much before User:Darkness Shines started replacing article, I had told him to propose his changes on article talkpage.[11] But DS ignored it and started replacing article. I objected and told him on article talkpage to self-revert. Div999 supported DS, while me, Solomon7968, Shii raised questions.[12] But as DS went on replacing article, I reverted all his edits except this one concerning BLPPRIMARY. It is never restored till date but Qwyrxian keep talking about it again and again. On that false assumption he reverted my edit[13]. Qw had no idea what DS is doing, when I pointed out he did second mass revert.[14] If there was ever BLPPRIMARY in my revert removed by DS, Qw should give diff, otherwise he should stop raising this issue again and again which potentially misguide users.
Statement by RegentsPark[edit]I concur largely with Qwyrxian's analysis above so I'm not going to repeat all the diffs here but do wish to make a couple of points. Neo needs to be aware that the way Wikipedia works we collaborate on content. What that means is that sometimes editors may agree with each other while at other times they may disagree. However, in each instance of agreement or disagreement, the way forward is always through specific content suggestions and specific sources to back up those suggestions. Wholesale reverts with broad accusations of POV violations and/or tag teaming are not only not helpful but are also disruptive (cf. [27], [28]). Neo needs to realize that pointy RfCs, assumptions of bad faith, and large scale reverts are not the way toward becoming a useful editor on Wikipedia. --regentspark (comment) 15:23, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Yogesh Khandke[edit](1) I agree with user:Sandstein that a content dispute has been brought to this venue, as evident from the arguments put forward by the nominator and the counter-arguments presented by Neo. (2) The revision history statistics of 2002 Gujarat violence indicate that there have been 3857 edits made by 1073 users, made over a period of almost 10 years.[29] What kind of evidence does the nominator have in support of his claim that DS has completely transformed the article from one that had multiple issues to one that is compliant? (3) In a subject so subjective and controversial, the article would reflect the views of the consensus. Do DS's 128 edits made in 45 days, the third highest to the article, reflect respect to wp:CONSENSUS, where is the evidence that Neo's edits overturn that consensus? (4) So the nominator's claim that "There are certainly actionable diffs after the July 9 date; most notably the tendentiousness displayed in proposing and making editors waste time in arguing about a blatantly POV recommended change to the article." does not apply in Neo's case. Neo is prepared to discuss and act according to the rules as declared in his edit on "11:08, 11 July 2013 (UTC)" in which he informs that he would refer the matter to DRN or RFC/U.[30] (5) Neo is trying to discuss, he has less than 12 edits to 2002 Gujarat violence, DS has 128. RegentsParks needs to provide evidence why he considers Neo unwilling to collaborate. (6) I suggest to Neo that he ought not to use words/phrases like "nonsense" or "block me", he may consider looking at the path user:Mrt3366 had to take, he has to trust the system, there isn't anything personal against him. (7) I suggest that Neo shouldn't comment on the motivation of other editors in making edits, and not make personal comments about them. (8) There have been allegations by the nominator that edits made by Neo are actionable, evidence for the same simply indicates a content dispute, Neo has expressed willingness to set right any behavioural issues the community may find in his edits, he has demonstrated sound understanding of the principles of good editing by his statement that he would stay away from "sanction areas" pending his appeal. Administrative action on Wikipedia is "coercive and not punitive", I therefore do not see any reason to ban or block Neo, if any advice is necessary to be given to Neo, it may be given, Neo has demonstrated that he would take it to heart. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 03:29, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Sitush[edit]@Yogesh, you say that In a subject so subjective and controversial, the article would reflect the views of the consensus, referring to the number of people who have edited. Not so: there is a world of difference between people who contribute to articles and people who do so in a policy-compliant manner. I suspect that there are far more Indian contributors to Wikipedia than there are Pakistani contributors but, regardless of that, WP:CONSENSUS favours those who comply with policy and it is the formal definition of "consensus" here. If your argument or contribution does not comply with policy then it should have no bearing on the outcome.Articles such as the one referred to in this instance are prone to often-extreme Hindu-Islam, India-Pakistan POV-pushing and friction. That POV issue is in large part why the sanctions whose enforcement is being requested here were introduced. I have no opinion on the request itself, having deliberately tried to keep a low profile and having no desire to get sucked into yet another aspect of the increasingly disruptive "Indo-Pak", Hindu-Muslim palaver that has been getting a higher and higher profile in all the wrong places over the last few months. From my own experience of Neo. elsewhere, it does not surprise me that the behaviour has ended up here, but beyond that I really do not want to get involved. - Sitush (talk) 23:46, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Darkness Shines[edit]I have asked this question of Neo. and another editor on the talk page of the article this pertains to, as Yogesh Khandke is so sure of Neo. being neutral, tall me YK, is this [35] within our NPOV policies? Are the sources used in that section, used correctly? Darkness Shines (talk) 01:14, 21 July 2013 (UTC) @Yogesh Khandke: It is a simple question YK, is that section neutral? And is it an accurate reflection of the sources used in it? Darkness Shines (talk) 09:57, 22 July 2013 (UTC) @Yogesh Khandke: You have said in your first statement "What kind of evidence does the nominator have in support of his claim that DS has completely transformed the article from one that had multiple issues to one that is compliant?" Other than the BLPPRIMARY issues and PRIMARY issues I had fixed that section is an example of what the article looked like before I rewrote the most of it. You say "Neo is trying to discuss" But he was not, his first post about my changes were an accusation of POV pushing and a demand I self revert, even though he claimed above in his initial statement that he was "AGF" of myself. His second post on my changes were to call the sources "academic crap which make up stories long after the incident." and that these academics are " conspiracy theorists tends to screw straight forward cases and publish books to earn money", even though he says above he has no access to them, and not once did he ask for quotes or clarification on the sources. Does that sound like as you say, "Neo is trying to discuss"? So onto the section, and the question nobody seems willing to respond to. Is that section written in a neutral manner? A simple yes or no will suffice for that one. And as you seem unwilling to look at the sources here are a few from that section, are these sources used correctly and in line with out NPOV policy. This is the first source used in the section[36] The second[37] The third[38] Darkness Shines (talk) 10:46, 22 July 2013 (UTC) @Yogesh Khandke: I told you in my edit summary why I reverted you, I do not want you following my edits, if you would like me to explain why this is so I will be more than happy to. You never responded to my question, was that section written in a neutral manner? And when compared to the edits I had done to bring it in line with policy then was Neo. correct to revert that work and call the sources used "academic crap"? Darkness Shines (talk) 16:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Statement by (username)[edit]Result concerning Neo.[edit]This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the section above. Neo., to clarify, this is not a hearing by the Arbitration Committee, but a request to administrators like me to take action under the Committee's delegated authority, see WP:AC/DS.I don't readily see anything actionable in this submission, or to convince me that this is not mainly a content dispute. The warning allowing us to impose discretionary sanctions was issued on 15 July. Anything earlier is not actionable in the context of this forum in my view. And there is no later dated diff in the evidence submission. Additionally, writing poor-quality content (not that I say that this has necessarily happened here) or making mistaken arguments in discussions is not a violation of Wikipedia's conduct policies, and therefore not in and of itself sanctionable. But writing non-neutral and unverifiable content is, as is engaging in personal attacks. Neo. should take care in the future to adhere to all important policies as outlined at WP:5P, and not make sweeping accusations of misconduct without adequate evidence. The countercomplaint by Neo. is too confused and insufficiently supported by evidence (in the form of explained diffs!) to be actionable at first glance. Sandstein 21:40, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Concur with Ed the wider scope will help reduce spill over from this conflict elsewhere. Support 3 month ban from "anything about religion or politics in Gujarat" broadly construed--Cailil talk 23:32, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
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Request for removal of adminship[edit]
| Not actionable, see the enclosed explanation. Sandstein 21:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC) |
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User:GiantSnowman has abused his Admin privileges many times and I have come to request that he be stripped of these powers. Although he may have very well likely abused his Administration many more times, I have been witness to three occasion, twice being the victim. 1. GiantSnowman was trying to remove information I but up on the Arsen Beglaryan article despite it being backed up by sources. I pointed out the source and he stated "No, I have looked at the sources - as I have stated (far too) many times". When I asked what kind of sources he wanted, he said "Something more than run-of-the-mill/transfer news - an in-depth piece(s) or interview in national media would suffice.". After that I pointed out most links were interviews. After that he let the page be. Thus, he showed that he has a failure to communicate, which violates WP:ADMIN. 2. GiantSnowman deleted the opinion of another user on an article for deletion page. Although the user's large comment was messy, it was still contributing to the discussion and the user was acting in good faith. The user voiced a complaint to ANI over this. GiantSnowman had shown he has Bad faith adminship and again had failure to communicate. 3. Most recently, GiantSnowman had blocked me for a month over supposedly violating a ban, which had actually expired over 2 weeks ago at the time. The block was removed a few days later and there was instant general consensus to remove it. The reason for the block was one other Admin's suspicion, who was unaware the ban was over. The other Admin was better, and did not jump to a block without knowing full details. GiantSnowman, however, instantly placed a block not even 5 minutes later without even checking that the ban in question was over. The other Admin soon realized his mistake and left the discussion. Despite the only small lead towards the block having recalled his claims, GiantSnowman still refused to remove it, and so I applied it in WP:AE and a number of different Admins immedietly and unanimously agreed to remove the poorly placed block. GiantSnowman had, for a third known time, violated Failure to communicate and had now violated Repeated or consistent poor judgment on WP:ADMIN I call upon Wikipedia's superiors to strip this Admin of his powers, which he has demonstrated time and time again he can't be trusted with. TheShadowCrow (talk) 21:31, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
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Arbitration enforcement action appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
Procedural notes: The rules governing arbitration enforcement appeals are found here. According to the procedures, a "clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors" is required to overturn an arbitration enforcement action.
To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).
- Appealing user
- TheShadowCrow (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – TheShadowCrow (talk) 04:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- Sanction being appealed
- Removal of sports exemption from WP:ARBAA2
- Administrator imposing the sanction
- Bbb23 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- Notification of that administrator
- The appealing editor is asked to notify the administrator who made the enforcement action of this appeal, and then to replace this text with a diff of that notification. The appeal may not be processed otherwise. If a block is appealed, the editor moving the appeal to this board should make the notification.
Statement by TheShadowCrow[edit]
On July 25, User:Ymblanter was under the impression I had violated a ban, not knowing at the time that it had expired 2 weeks previously. User:GiantSnowman, who has a history of not even bothering to look things up (not my words) immediately put down a block without even bothering to see the ban was expired. User:Sandstein had then came in and confirmed that I had not violated the expired ban (which he applied), but did claim I violated my current ban of WP:ARBAA2. I told him he is wrong, and he admitted that he was indeed wrong and I had not violated said ban. Even though the block was clearly based off a an expired block, GiantSnowman refused to remove it, which denies him of sympathy admins would later give him for "not knowing about the sport exemption", even though this has nothing to do with WP:ARBAA2. I filled an appeal on my talk, and it was soon moved here, where I couldn't add to it. Despite that this wasn't related to the WP:ARBAA2, as you can see in the last link the admins talked about it as if it was and assumed that, proposed by User:EdJohnston, removing the sport exemption would simplify things, which made no sense at all. Despite the block being based on a expired ban, it took the admins 5 days to decide to lift it, with the sports exemption gone. Ownership of the ban was given to User:Bbb23. It previously belonged to User:CTCooper, who was in favor of lifting the block. Bbb23 agreed to putting the exemption back. However, he hasn't, and has been really unresponsive to my requests to do so, more or less not upholding the task placed upon him. So now I'm here, requesting I am returned what was taken from me.
And I really hope no Admin is going to close this right away and refuse to comment. I get a bad feeling that is going to happen. TheShadowCrow (talk) 04:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- On the contrary, me and another user pointed out only facts on why the article should be moved, yet you and GS simply refused to move it, despite the most common name being clearly identified as Hovhannisyan.
- But you're being off-topic. Ymblanter, were you not under the impression I had violated an expired ban? TheShadowCrow (talk) 17:47, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- All the blocks that led to this were removed early and yet I'm the one causing a disruption? TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:58, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
- "Generally speaking, that occurs momentarily immediately succeeding a block. TSC’s conduct is an unending series of episodes in which he acts irrationally."
- Because I've essentially been blocked since the 25th. So far this ban has been an unending series of "sanction TSC and don't bother to explain why." B, you yourself has threatened to block me on the grounds of talking to you. I have been given no voice at all. Why wouldn't I be pissed?.
- All the admins have basically said "he shouldn't be given anything because he's bad and has created a mess". That is not true. This mess is also the admins fault for how they have handled things. The main question remains unanswered: Why did the AA2 ban have to be changed when it was not the reason for the block?
- User:Ymblanter should admit that he was under the impression a two week old ban was still active. User:Bbb23, User:CT Cooper and User:EdJohnston need to comment on the AA2 being unrelated to the situation. TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:58, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Bbb23[edit]
Statement by Gatoclass[edit]
I'm not sure whether or not I should comment in the "Results" section since I participated in the related case, but I will repeat here what I said there, along with some additional observations. TSC's last two blocks were overturned, meaning that his last endorsed sanction was, if I'm not mistaken, in December last year. Since then, he has authored over 100 articles about Armenian sportspeople.
TSC came to attention again recently for a couple of edits seen as violations of his ARBAA2 topic ban. One was for initiating a discussion about the correct name of an ethnic Armenian sportsperson, the other was for a copyedit to the page of a category seen as coming under ARBAA2. Both these blocks have subsequently been overturned, but in the appeal against the second block it was decided to rescind TSC's previous exemption from Armenian-related sports articles, meaning he is now prevented from editing such articles.
After a brief review of the evidence, I still cannot see any justification for the removal of TSC's editing privileges regarding ethnic Armenian sportspeople. This topic area is clearly an area of interest to him and he appears to be contributing useful content there, so what purpose is the ban supposed to be serving? The two blocks for two edits in the exempted topic area which supposedly violated his ARBAA2 ban area have both been rescinded, so in effect his editing privileges in the sports-related area have been removed for offences that were subsequently deemed either nonexistent or dubious, which hardly seems to be a just outcome to me. I could also point out that the two alleged offences which attracted the now-rescinded blocks were at most minor or technical in nature, and IMO might have been better responded to with nothing more than a word of advice or caution, per WP:AGF.
Withdrawal of a user's editing privileges, particularly for an indefinite period, is a serious step that should never be undertaken without due cause, and I am simply not seeing it in this case. Gatoclass (talk) 06:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- @Sandstein, with regard to STC's very confrontative and exhausting attitude towards any administrators interacting with them, I am obliged to concur to some extent with this observation, however, it's well known that users recently placed under sanctions, particularly sanctions they regard as unjust, will often react with a considerable degree of hostility, and a principle often cited on this project is that users should not be subject to additional sanctions merely for reacting inappropriately to their placement. With regard to TSC's apparent difficulty in understanding the meaning and scope of topic bans, he can hardly be accused of such when his last two blocks were rescinded either because reviewing admins agreed with his interpretation of the scope of his ban, or else concluded that his interpretation was not unreasonable. Additionally, I fail to see how his recent sanctions-related requests can be described as "misguided" given that his last two appeals were both successful. Gatoclass (talk) 06:57, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Bearman's evidence has reminded me that TSC's editing of Armenian sports-related pages over the last six months has not been entirely trouble free. I'm still not sure that a ban is the best response but can see why others might come to that conclusion. The user might benefit from a mentor, but I'm afraid I can't put my hand up as I don't have time to take on more responsibilities at present. If and when TSC is permitted to return to editing in the topic area, I would suggest a mentor be considered as he clearly has some way to go on the learning curve ATM. Gatoclass (talk) 05:20, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Ymblanter[edit]
I noticed that TSC did not provide the link to the discussion from which their recent troubles started. Here it is: Talk:Khoren Oganesian#Requested move 2. This is not a long discussion, and everybody can check that TSC is not prepared to follow Wikipedia policies, and resolves to personal attacks instead. I should also add that I personally first came across TSC a year ago, when I they were persistently adding the category Category:Armenian judoka to Arsen Galstyan, wh o is accidentally an Olympic Champion competing for Russia. My attempts to remove the category resulted in this discussion, where at some point TSC stated that I should find sources that Galstyan does not have Armenian citizenship. My general impression is that discussion anything with TSC is baseless. The only argument they accept is a warning of an imminent block based on arbitration restrictions. I am afraid the arbitation enforcement should be kept in force, or, at the very least, they should be placed on a 1RR rule or smth. Otherwise they will be discussing any edit to death not really being succeptible to any arguments based on Wikipedia policies.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:25, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by BearMan998[edit]
I've had several run-ins with TheShadowCrow on BLP pages of Armenian athletes. Typically, I found that TSC will make pushy and POV edits on these articles. One such incident resulted in a 3 month topic ban on April 11, 2013. This can be seen here. Not only did TSC make a pushy nationality related edit to the Gegard Mousasi article, TSC then went ahead and made misleading edits on the Karo Parisyan article by manipulating what the sources actually stated. As a result, TSC was topic banned from BLP and Armenian related articles for 3 months starting on April 11th. However, TSC immediately broke this topic ban on April 22, 2013 as can be seen in this thread. In fact, there were some egregious violations of the topic ban including one to change the name of an Armenian athlete (Khoren Oganesyan) on another page when TSC's attempt to have Khoren Oganesyan's name changed on the main article failed. Based on recent history, I just have not seen TSC being able to edit Armenian related pages with a neutral point of view and it seems that TSC can not work within the boundaries of policy with regards to these articles. BearMan998 (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- Speaking of the Organesian requested move, after TSC failed to get consensus to move it, TSC went to the closing admin and tried unsuccessfully to get it moved against consensus anyway as seen here. When that didn't work, TSC starting changing Organesian's name to TSC's desired spelling on other pages as seen here. BearMan998 (talk) 17:38, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by uninvolved IRWolfie-[edit]
It appears TSC is attempting to wikilawyer here by smearing those uninvolved admins that he has interacted with. Considering the lack of WP:CLUE this entails, as well as the attempt to wikilawyer on this page by deleting the comments of other editors, I would concur with simply closing this discussion, and implementing the proposed topic ban from making further non-arbcom appeals for 6 months, IRWolfie- (talk) 18:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'd also support an extended block considering the sheer WP:POINTYness and lack of WP:COMPETENCE of TSC replies here: User_talk:TheShadowCrow#August_2013. IRWolfie- (talk) 18:30, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
- Note that TheShadow Crow is attempting to delete BearmMan998's statement: [40][41][42]. Also can people write in their own statement boxes instead of each others before things become a mess. IRWolfie- (talk) 17:54, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- Reverted, warned and fixed. Sandstein 17:57, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- I've now blocked TheShadowCrow for 24 h because despite warnings they've continued to mess around with the statements of others in this thread. Sandstein 18:04, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Result of the appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
- This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.
TheShadowCrow is subject to an indefinite Armenia-Azerbaijan topic ban, which they do not appeal here. Rather, they ask that sports topics be exempted from the ban. However, they do not provide any reason for why that exemption should be made in the light of the reasons for the original topic ban. For that reason, the appeal should be declined. Moreover, as any who follow this board and WP:RFAR may attest, TheShadowCrow has recently been engaging in what I can only call a misguided campaign of wikilawyering against perceived failings by administrators (of which the tone of this request is an example), while failing to address in their voluminous submissions their own conduct that is the basis of all restrictions that apply to them. As I have indicated in a previous appeals discussion, TheShadowCrow's apparent difficulty in understanding the meaning and scope of topic bans, coupled with their very confrontative and exhausting attitude towards any administrators interacting with them, would result in any exceptions being very difficult and time-consuming to manage. For this reason, too, the appeal should be declined. Additionally, considering the volume of recent misguided sanctions-related requests by TheShadowCrow, I propose that they are restricted from appealing their sanctions to any authority other than the Arbitration Committee more than once every six months, including this appeal. Sandstein 06:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- Gatoclass, with regard to your opinion that "users should not be subject to additional sanctions merely for reacting inappropriately to their placement", I am of the opposite view. Users sanctioned for inappropriate conduct should instead show through exemplary conduct that the sanctions are no longer needed. As to your other point, that the appeals were granted has nothing to do with TheShadowCrow's understanding of what a topic ban entails, but rather with the (in retrospect perhaps inappropriate) leniency of the administrators involved. Sandstein 18:13, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- TSC is very close to an indef block outside of this ban for considerable point making behaviour. His actions leading to sanction under his topic ban were utterly inappropriate (see previous thread) and the purpose of the exemption was rendered moot by them. In short there is no way that TSC should subject to anything less than a full topic ban from Armenia-Azerbaijan pages.
I'll support Sandstein's move to restrict TSC's use of boards to wikilawyer, and I agree direct appeal to arbcom once in 6 months is enough. But I also will state that if TSC's tendentious behaviour continues normal administrative intervention to halt it may occur without further warning--Cailil talk 12:08, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- To be precise, my proposal is to limit appeals to any authority other than the Arbitration Committee, such as on this board. We probably can't limit appeals to ArbCom, although they can. Sandstein 18:15, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
I’d like first to address the issue of whether I am WP:INVOLVED. I was the administrator who offered an opinion and closed the last block appeal by TSC. As part of that closure, I found there was a consensus that the block exemption was properly rescinded (User:CT Cooper, the admin who had implemented the exemption, had rescinded it). I don’t believe that evaluating a previous block appeal makes me involved. In addition, contrary to TSC’s claim above, I am not the admin who imposed the exemption. As already stated, CT Cooper did. The ban for which I took "ownership" was the current indefinite ban, originally imposed by The Blade as a six-month ban back in September 2012 (I think that’s the right month), and later extended indefinitely by CT Cooper. A discussion among several admins occurred on User:EdJohnston’s talk page as to what “ownership” meant in this context, and it was agreed that it simply meant that TSC could come to me with questions he had about the ban. It did not mean that I had the same privileges as a normal sanctioning admin, that I could unilaterally undo my sanction. Indeed, it was clearly agreed in that discussion that the only way TSC could eliminate or otherwise reduce the scope of the ban was through AE. The only other possible basis for finding me involved is TSC’s “harassment” of me, for which he was warned by User:Seraphimblade. I do believe that it would have been unreasonable for me to block TSC for that particular disruption, but that’s the only narrow exception I see in my interaction with TSC, which has been otherwise purely administrative.
There are no merits to this appeal. Indeed, it is frivolous. Since being unblocked, TSC has done nothing constructive on Wikipedia. Last time I checked he had made only two article edits since being unblocked. The rest of the time he has spent, to put it bluntly, screaming at just about everyone. I advised him after the last unblock that not only was I not going to alter his ban on my own, but also that there was a clear consensus that he should wait at least three, if not six, months before appealing any aspect of his ban. He has refused – and continues to refuse – to accept that. TSC’s statement here that "Bbb23 agreed to putting the exemption back" is false. If you click on the link, it says exactly the opposite of what he says.
Unlike User:Gatoclass, I do not view TSC’s conduct to be similar to that of an editor who was just blocked and has an emotional reaction. Generally speaking, that occurs momentarily immediately succeeding a block. TSC’s conduct is an unending series of episodes in which he acts irrationally. Many of his outbursts, which I will not expand on here, are blockable in and of themselves, and he has been fortunate not to have been blocked until his behavior in this forum.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- I would like to clarify that I did not in any way intend my warning to TSC to suggest that Bbb23 was improperly involved, and only gave it because Bbb23 had expressed discomfort with personally taking action in that one particular case. The reason for the warning was that after the original discussion had been closed and Bbb23 had clearly indicated that the ban would not be lifted and the discussion was no longer welcome ([43], [44]), TSC made an additional profanity-laden demand [45], after which Bbb23 made quite explicit that the discussion was closed [46]. TSC followed this by adding another section adding the same question, and edit warring over its removal [47], [48]. To be sure, administrators are required to be willing to explain and be open to questions on their decisions, but that doesn't mean they have to put up with an unlimited amount of abuse and filibustering after they've done so, and Bbb23 certainly had been very patient with explaining what had been done and why. I don't see any reason, based upon what I've seen, to believe that lifting any portion of any ban on TSC is a wise idea. In fact, what I've seen convinces me of exactly the opposite. Seraphimblade Talk to me 02:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
- Given the extraordinary level of disruption caused by TSC I'm going to move from warning to suggesting an indefinite block. One to last until TSC agrees to stop his current behaviour. This doesn't need to be under WP:AA2 it can be a normal sysop action. The conduct of this user is so far beyond the pale that I don't agree a Mentor is a good idea (as suggested by Gatoclass above). This is a WP:Competence issue and we can't help this person if they are unwilling to help themselves. The first step to helping themselves is agreeing to stop. The second is acknowledging past misconduct (but I would not make unblocking dependent on that acknowledgement - TSC just needs to do it for his own good). The third is editing collegiality elsewhere on WP--Cailil talk 12:51, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
- It's not all that extraordinary, really. But I'm not objecting to an indefinite block, per se, because it appears that TheShadowCrow does not have the social skills and attitude needed for productive participation in this collaborative project, and has shown no interest in contributing anything outside of the topic area they are banned from. As discretionary sanctions blocks are only authorized for up to a year, anything longer would need to be a normal admin action. Any block so imposed should be made in addition to the appeals restriction discussed above. Sandstein 13:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
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Procedural notes: The rules governing arbitration enforcement appeals are found here. According to the procedures, a "clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors" is required to overturn an arbitration enforcement action. To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).
Statement by User:Neo.[edit]
Statement by User:EdJohnston[edit]
Statement by Cailil[edit]Neo is not actually providing an objective basis for over turning here. The level of warnings received by Neo on July 8/9th was extraordinary. As detailed in the above AE thread, Qwyrxian notified Neo that the area was under discretionary sanctions[64] and this was followed by stern warnings from by Regents park and Bbb23 that a block was imminent. As detailed above 3 sysops (myself, Future Perfect and Ed) saw Neo has having sufficient warning for sanction. His behaviour was untenable, and Statement by Qwyrxian[edit]I do not understand this request. The enforcement action was taken less than a week ago. The reasoning was clearly laid out, and supported by several uninvolved administrators as well as a number of involved editors. Neo offers no new evidence, nor really any novel reasoning. I'm unclear why he thinks AE should reverse the properly instated topic ban, except because he doesn't like it. I do want to respond to one of Neo's points, where he says, "As I have tried to include my contents only once, I think the appeal by Qwyrxian was to restrict me from article talkpage." Yes! That is absolutely what I was trying to do. Your points on the talk page were tendentious and disruptive. They were preventing positive, consensus-building steps forward, because you kept repeating the same non-policy compliant suggestions and arguments. Further, you continued to cast unwarranted aspersions on other editors. Thus, your participation on that page was a net negative to the project. Statement by (involved editor 1)[edit]Statement by (involved editor 2)[edit]Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by User:Neo.[edit]Result of the appeal by User:Neo.[edit]
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Arbitration enforcement action appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
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Procedural notes: The rules governing arbitration enforcement appeals are found here. According to the procedures, a "clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors" is required to overturn an arbitration enforcement action. To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).
Statement by TheShadowCrow[edit]On July 25, User:Ymblanter was under the impression I had violated a ban, not knowing at the time that it had expired 2 weeks previously. User:GiantSnowman, who has a history of not even bothering to look things up (not my words) immediately put down a block without even bothering to see the ban was expired. User:Sandstein had then came in and confirmed that I had not violated the expired ban (which he applied), but did claim I violated my current ban of WP:ARBAA2. I told him he is wrong, and he admitted that he was indeed wrong and I had not violated said ban. Even though the block was clearly based off a an expired block, GiantSnowman refused to remove it, which denies him of sympathy admins would later give him for "not knowing about the sport exemption", even though this has nothing to do with WP:ARBAA2. I filled an appeal on my talk, and it was soon moved here, where I couldn't add to it. Despite that this wasn't related to the WP:ARBAA2, as you can see in the last link the admins talked about it as if it was and assumed that, proposed by User:EdJohnston, removing the sport exemption would simplify things, which made no sense at all. Despite the block being based on a expired ban, it took the admins 5 days to decide to lift it, with the sports exemption gone. Ownership of the ban was given to User:Bbb23. It previously belonged to User:CTCooper, who was in favor of lifting the block. Bbb23 agreed to putting the exemption back. However, he hasn't, and has been really unresponsive to my requests to do so, more or less not upholding the task placed upon him. So now I'm here, requesting I am returned what was taken from me. And I really hope no Admin is going to close this right away and refuse to comment. I get a bad feeling that is going to happen. TheShadowCrow (talk) 04:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Bbb23[edit]Statement by Gatoclass[edit]I'm not sure whether or not I should comment in the "Results" section since I participated in the related case, but I will repeat here what I said there, along with some additional observations. TSC's last two blocks were overturned, meaning that his last endorsed sanction was, if I'm not mistaken, in December last year. Since then, he has authored over 100 articles about Armenian sportspeople. TSC came to attention again recently for a couple of edits seen as violations of his ARBAA2 topic ban. One was for initiating a discussion about the correct name of an ethnic Armenian sportsperson, the other was for a copyedit to the page of a category seen as coming under ARBAA2. Both these blocks have subsequently been overturned, but in the appeal against the second block it was decided to rescind TSC's previous exemption from Armenian-related sports articles, meaning he is now prevented from editing such articles. After a brief review of the evidence, I still cannot see any justification for the removal of TSC's editing privileges regarding ethnic Armenian sportspeople. This topic area is clearly an area of interest to him and he appears to be contributing useful content there, so what purpose is the ban supposed to be serving? The two blocks for two edits in the exempted topic area which supposedly violated his ARBAA2 ban area have both been rescinded, so in effect his editing privileges in the sports-related area have been removed for offences that were subsequently deemed either nonexistent or dubious, which hardly seems to be a just outcome to me. I could also point out that the two alleged offences which attracted the now-rescinded blocks were at most minor or technical in nature, and IMO might have been better responded to with nothing more than a word of advice or caution, per WP:AGF. Withdrawal of a user's editing privileges, particularly for an indefinite period, is a serious step that should never be undertaken without due cause, and I am simply not seeing it in this case. Gatoclass (talk) 06:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Bearman's evidence has reminded me that TSC's editing of Armenian sports-related pages over the last six months has not been entirely trouble free. I'm still not sure that a ban is the best response but can see why others might come to that conclusion. The user might benefit from a mentor, but I'm afraid I can't put my hand up as I don't have time to take on more responsibilities at present. If and when TSC is permitted to return to editing in the topic area, I would suggest a mentor be considered as he clearly has some way to go on the learning curve ATM. Gatoclass (talk) 05:20, 3 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Ymblanter[edit]I noticed that TSC did not provide the link to the discussion from which their recent troubles started. Here it is: Talk:Khoren Oganesian#Requested move 2. This is not a long discussion, and everybody can check that TSC is not prepared to follow Wikipedia policies, and resolves to personal attacks instead. I should also add that I personally first came across TSC a year ago, when I they were persistently adding the category Category:Armenian judoka to Arsen Galstyan, wh o is accidentally an Olympic Champion competing for Russia. My attempts to remove the category resulted in this discussion, where at some point TSC stated that I should find sources that Galstyan does not have Armenian citizenship. My general impression is that discussion anything with TSC is baseless. The only argument they accept is a warning of an imminent block based on arbitration restrictions. I am afraid the arbitation enforcement should be kept in force, or, at the very least, they should be placed on a 1RR rule or smth. Otherwise they will be discussing any edit to death not really being succeptible to any arguments based on Wikipedia policies.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:25, 2 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by BearMan998[edit]I've had several run-ins with TheShadowCrow on BLP pages of Armenian athletes. Typically, I found that TSC will make pushy and POV edits on these articles. One such incident resulted in a 3 month topic ban on April 11, 2013. This can be seen here. Not only did TSC make a pushy nationality related edit to the Gegard Mousasi article, TSC then went ahead and made misleading edits on the Karo Parisyan article by manipulating what the sources actually stated. As a result, TSC was topic banned from BLP and Armenian related articles for 3 months starting on April 11th. However, TSC immediately broke this topic ban on April 22, 2013 as can be seen in this thread. In fact, there were some egregious violations of the topic ban including one to change the name of an Armenian athlete (Khoren Oganesyan) on another page when TSC's attempt to have Khoren Oganesyan's name changed on the main article failed. Based on recent history, I just have not seen TSC being able to edit Armenian related pages with a neutral point of view and it seems that TSC can not work within the boundaries of policy with regards to these articles. BearMan998 (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by uninvolved IRWolfie-[edit]It appears TSC is attempting to wikilawyer here by smearing those uninvolved admins that he has interacted with. Considering the lack of WP:CLUE this entails, as well as the attempt to wikilawyer on this page by deleting the comments of other editors, I would concur with simply closing this discussion, and implementing the proposed topic ban from making further non-arbcom appeals for 6 months, IRWolfie- (talk) 18:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
Result of the appeal by TheShadowCrow[edit]
TheShadowCrow is subject to an indefinite Armenia-Azerbaijan topic ban, which they do not appeal here. Rather, they ask that sports topics be exempted from the ban. However, they do not provide any reason for why that exemption should be made in the light of the reasons for the original topic ban. For that reason, the appeal should be declined. Moreover, as any who follow this board and WP:RFAR may attest, TheShadowCrow has recently been engaging in what I can only call a misguided campaign of wikilawyering against perceived failings by administrators (of which the tone of this request is an example), while failing to address in their voluminous submissions their own conduct that is the basis of all restrictions that apply to them. As I have indicated in a previous appeals discussion, TheShadowCrow's apparent difficulty in understanding the meaning and scope of topic bans, coupled with their very confrontative and exhausting attitude towards any administrators interacting with them, would result in any exceptions being very difficult and time-consuming to manage. For this reason, too, the appeal should be declined. Additionally, considering the volume of recent misguided sanctions-related requests by TheShadowCrow, I propose that they are restricted from appealing their sanctions to any authority other than the Arbitration Committee more than once every six months, including this appeal. Sandstein 06:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
I’d like first to address the issue of whether I am WP:INVOLVED. I was the administrator who offered an opinion and closed the last block appeal by TSC. As part of that closure, I found there was a consensus that the block exemption was properly rescinded (User:CT Cooper, the admin who had implemented the exemption, had rescinded it). I don’t believe that evaluating a previous block appeal makes me involved. In addition, contrary to TSC’s claim above, I am not the admin who imposed the exemption. As already stated, CT Cooper did. The ban for which I took "ownership" was the current indefinite ban, originally imposed by The Blade as a six-month ban back in September 2012 (I think that’s the right month), and later extended indefinitely by CT Cooper. A discussion among several admins occurred on User:EdJohnston’s talk page as to what “ownership” meant in this context, and it was agreed that it simply meant that TSC could come to me with questions he had about the ban. It did not mean that I had the same privileges as a normal sanctioning admin, that I could unilaterally undo my sanction. Indeed, it was clearly agreed in that discussion that the only way TSC could eliminate or otherwise reduce the scope of the ban was through AE. The only other possible basis for finding me involved is TSC’s “harassment” of me, for which he was warned by User:Seraphimblade. I do believe that it would have been unreasonable for me to block TSC for that particular disruption, but that’s the only narrow exception I see in my interaction with TSC, which has been otherwise purely administrative. There are no merits to this appeal. Indeed, it is frivolous. Since being unblocked, TSC has done nothing constructive on Wikipedia. Last time I checked he had made only two article edits since being unblocked. The rest of the time he has spent, to put it bluntly, screaming at just about everyone. I advised him after the last unblock that not only was I not going to alter his ban on my own, but also that there was a clear consensus that he should wait at least three, if not six, months before appealing any aspect of his ban. He has refused – and continues to refuse – to accept that. TSC’s statement here that "Bbb23 agreed to putting the exemption back" is false. If you click on the link, it says exactly the opposite of what he says. Unlike User:Gatoclass, I do not view TSC’s conduct to be similar to that of an editor who was just blocked and has an emotional reaction. Generally speaking, that occurs momentarily immediately succeeding a block. TSC’s conduct is an unending series of episodes in which he acts irrationally. Many of his outbursts, which I will not expand on here, are blockable in and of themselves, and he has been fortunate not to have been blocked until his behavior in this forum.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
This is getting old now. It's clear that there is no consensus to grant the appeal. I'm therefore closing the request as declined, and with the restriction as discussed above. This is without prejudice to any action, such as a block, that individual administrators may additionally wish to undertake. Sandstein 10:09, 8 August 2013 (UTC) |
MarshalN20[edit]
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This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below. Request concerning MarshalN20[edit]
@Question to all: I've seen that everyone is saying that my behavior was inappropriate. I'd like to know when and how was it inappropriate. Since I'm not going around criticizing or accusing Marshal of this and that, I'd like to know how did I violate anything. --Lecen (talk) 00:42, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Discussion concerning MarshalN20[edit]Statements must be made in separate sections. They may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator. Rather terse statement from The ed17[edit]Marshall's actions are getting ridiculous. Is he or is he not topic banned? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:15, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by MarshalN20[edit]The actions taken by Lecen and The ed17 are clearly a response to a recent motion passed by the arbitration committee (see [77]), where I am allowed to edit the history-related section of the Falkland Islands article. Neither Lecen or Ed want me to contribute to the encyclopedia (see [78]) due to a personal grudge they have against me.
@Ed, if this is "a response to posting about Lecen", then there is nothing that the enforcement board needs to do. There is no formal interaction ban between the two of us.--MarshalN20 | Talk 16:52, 14 August 2013 (UTC) @Ed, I have not "skirted" anything, and again your tone (in both of your response to me) is that of mockery ("I'm just rather saddened" and "hah, I see what you did there"). This enforcement request is a serious matter. Your conduct is unbecoming of an administrator.
Statement by Cambalachero[edit]The dates and times of the edits seem to confirm MarshalN20's version of the events. See MarshalN20's contributions and Lecen's contributions. MarshalN20 made the reported comment on August 12, 15:48. He realized by himself that he may have been breaching the ban, and removed the text and asked to ignore it on August 12, 19:06. Lecen made his first comment about MarshalN20's comment (at AGK talk page) on August 13, 09:01. Meaning, MarshalN20 fixed his comment in the evening, and Lecen noticed the comment the next day in the morning. That leads to an interesting concern. If MarshalN20's comment and Lecen's report took place the same day, this report may be considered as something similar to an edit conflict (MarshalN20 writes something he should not write, Lecen notices it and prepares a report, MarshalN20 realizes the mistake and fixes his comment, and Lecen finally sends the report, unaware of the change). But the time skip from one day to another does not allow to consider that scenario. Lecen must have seen MarshalN20's comment in the state he left them in the night; in fact in his first comment to AGK (this one) he does not seem to have noticed the (already deleted) comments about Lynch. It seems as if he found the original comment by checking contributions, and deliberately skipped to comment that MarshalN20 had already noticed the problem and had already fixed things. Still, if he has a good and sound explanation for the reason of the absence of this detail in his initial report, I would be open to give him the benefit of the doubt. In fact, Lecen may prove that he made an unintentional mistake the same way MarshalN20 did: by fixing it. He can admit that he somehow did not realize that MarshalN20 had already removed the problematic text, ask for a speedy decline of this request, and nobody will ever suggest that he tried to mislead anyone. Cambalachero (talk) 03:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by (username)[edit]Result concerning MarshalN20[edit]This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the section above.
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SonofSetanta[edit]
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This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below. Request concerning SonofSetanta[edit]
Violation of WP:1RR:
Discussion concerning SonofSetanta[edit]Statements must be made in separate sections. They may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator. Statement by SonofSetanta[edit]This is frivolous. I want to nominate Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland for deletion. The first tag I posted was for speedy deletion and carried the instruction that it should not be deleted but rather that editors should join the discussion. I reverted its removal once as vandalism and placed the 1RR tag on the talk page and warned the editor who removed it by placing a {subst:uw-afd1|Article} notice here [91]. (I didn't think he was an admin at first). I could not understand why it was deleted a second time so I made an enquiry of the second editor here [92] (not realising he too was an admin). I changed the tag I was using for the third attempt and reverted User:Mo aimn because I believed his removal of the tag to be vandalism. Meanwhile I requested assistance from a sysop here [93]. In the interim a discussion had taken place at Talk:Shoot-to-kill_policy_in_Northern_Ireland#Tags, a section I had started when I first tagged the article for deletion. At that discussion the second editor replied and User:MelanieN gave instructions for how to nominate the page for deletion. I went to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2013 August 20 and followed instructions but appear to have made a mistake as the nomination appears in red, not blue, so I left a further message for [[User:MelanieN]. In the meantime I read a little more on the process for nominating a page for deletion and it seemed to be that I needed to place this tag {subst:prod|reason goes here} on the page for deletion, so I did. It has now been removed by Mo aimn. This is the first time I have nominated a page for deletion and it's obvious I have made mistakes which I have tried to sort out. There's nothing deliberately disruptive about what I've been doing and I apologise if I have caused any upset, but I'm still none the wiser about nominating the page for deletion. User:Psychonaut has not been involved in any of the discussions which have taken place which leads me to believe, as he's not a sysop or a mentor, that he is following my editing history with the intention of disrupting my enjoyment of editing by filing frivolous complaints at every opportunity, this is the second in a week. Being on the receiving end of WP:WIKIHOUNDING like this is less than funny. If Psychonaut had wanted to help he could have sent me a message at any time rather than waiting until the time was ripe for a complaint. I had considered coming to this board to find a sysop to help me but I was afraid of WP:BOOMERANG which happened last time I asked for help here just a few days ago. I was hoping to keep my name off the board for a while longer. SonofSetanta (talk) 16:01, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
@Sandstein. It is very inappropriate of Mo aimn to drag up the histories of my other identities as it was he under the identity of User:BigDunc, along with a cabal, who caused most of the disruptive editing I got dragged into as a novice and led to me being banned. Unlike Mo aimn I have placed links from my user page so that sysops can see my previous editing history. My block log looks like that of an infant compared to his. SonofSetanta (talk) 16:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC) *@Sandstein, Psychonaut's complaint from last week is here [94]. I've got to finish up now for today because I'm tired. confused and more than a little upset. I hope you don't ban me while I am away. SonofSetanta (talk) 16:54, 20 August 2013 (UTC) Fresh Statement by Son of Setanta[edit]With a clear head I am making this fresh statement. I got very confused and upset yesterday evening and wasn't thinking straight. This complaint is not about edit warring on a troubles article. The fact that it is on a troubles related article is coincidental. This complaint is about me learning a new process which should have been enjoyable, leading to productive discussion because that's what the info said would happen. I would nominate the page and then discussion would take place. I'd never asked for an article to be deleted before. When I first tagged the article as {db-nonsense} I did so after reading the choices open to me, believing it was the correct one. I also opened a discussion on the talk page of the article as that was the thing to do according to the instructions. Just afterwards at at 14.26hrs I transferred the headers for {sanctions} and {Troubles restriction} to the talk page of the article as they were missing. I had no doubt I was working on a 1RR article, something I am very familiar with. When Peridon reverted me so quickly I took it as vandalism and responded as such, reverting him and leaving this warning message for him. That was my first revert. While I was doing that Shirt58 reverted me again. I did not revert him. I messaged him here and asked him what the problem was. It was Peridon who answered on the talk page of the article and at my own talk page, pointing out I had used the wrong tag. So I found a different one and used it instead. I didn't realise at that point that Peridon and Shirt58 were admins from AfD as I had never been involved there before so I left a message for Cailil here [User_talk:Cailil&diff=569404259&oldid=568927484] asking for advice on the subject of nominating pages for deletion. While I was doing so Mo ainm reverted me on Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland. I immediately reverted him as I saw this as disruptive vandalism. That was my second revert. I didn't believe Mo aimn had any right to delete the tag and felt he should have joined the discussion if he had any points to make, the page wasn't going to be deleted immediately. I noted at this point that Mo aimn had also followed me to Cailil's page and posted a disparaging message [User_talk:Cailil&diff=569404917&oldid=569404259|here]. I then checked the discussion on the article talkpage [[Talk:Shoot-to-kill_policy_in_Northern_Ireland#Tags|here] and noted that MelanieN had left advice about how to properly nominate the page for deletion at AfD. I went to AfD after first deleting the message on Cailil's talk page with the summary "removed my comments - another editor has solved my problem" as per here [95]. I filled in the deletion request at AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion but made a mistake and the text of my entry showed red instead of the blue the others were in. After reading a bit more I decided to use the tag {subst:prod|reason for deletion} in the hope that it would register my request on the AfD page - it didn't. While I was reading further instructions Mo aimn deleted the {subst:prod|reason for deletion} tag. After which Psychonaut advised me on my talk page that he was reporting me here for breaking 3RR, something which Mo aimn had already threatened to do here. In summary: I only made two reverts in total. I knew I was working under 1RR but felt that undoing vandalism was exempt. I didn't find out until later that Peridon, Shirt 58 and MelanieN were AfD admins but Mo's revert was definitely both provocative and vandalism. My third tag I felt was entirely justified as a result of instructions received from AfD admins and I believed myself to be safe in using it. I am very firmly of the opinion that, had Mo aimn not intervened with his vandalism I would only have had one revert and the issues I had nominating the page for deletion would have been resolved under the guidance of the AfD admins who turned out to be a very friendly trio. The situation was under control and I was following instructions. Ok, I was getting them wrong but I would have got it right eventually. It appears that Mo has me on his watchlist however which is why he followed me to that page and to Cailil's. The same must be said of Psychonaut. He wasn't involved in any of the discussion regarding my attempts to tag the page for deletion. He must simply have me on his watchlist and chose his moment to open this malicious complaint which, as I have pointed out and others have noted, is his second attempt in a week to get me in trouble - see here. I am requesting of sysops Don't come down like a ton of bricks on me. I've done nothing wrong. Ultimately all I did was to make errors in my first attempt to nominate a page for deletion. If I'd been left in peace to make my own mistakes and get corrected and guided by AfD we wouldn't be here now. I took part in civil discussions with admins from here downwards, here, here, from here downwards, and here, as well as leaving my request for Cailil's assistance which I later deleted as per here [User_talk:Cailil&diff=569404917&oldid=569404259]. @Cailil. I note your comments and ask you to read mine. I haven't engaged in any disputes with anyone. For the first time since I started editing Wikipedia I am settling in as a member of the community without being abused by editors who want a WP:BATTLE and as a result I am trying new things, like copyright, creating articles, nominating images for deletion and now nominating pages for deletion. The mistakes I have made when trying these things haven't always gone down well and that's why I'm in your eyeline so much. Not everyone on Wikipedia is helpful. I would be grateful too if you'd note that I heeded your advice and connected all of my accounts together which is why Mo aimn is able to illustrate my block record from the previous two. Should I still be held to account for these when my behaviour has improved so dramatically? SonofSetanta (talk) 07:03, 21 August 2013 (UTC) This is the sort of civility and help I get from Mo aimn User_talk:Mo_ainm#20th_August_2013. SonofSetanta (talk) 07:21, 21 August 2013 (UTC) @Sandstein. I've just noted your assertion that I am using this identity to avoid scrutiny of my old block logs. You are incorrect. If you examine my userpage you will see quite clearly on the right hand side there is a group of two small infoboxes with the heading "In my salad days, when I was green in judgement" The two infoboxes clearly detail my old accounts and if you follow the links to those old accounts you will see they both clearly link back to the account I am now using. The same cannot be said of Mo aimn although he has made some progress towards it when he changed his userpage yesterday at 15.40hrs in preparation for making his accusations against me. SonofSetanta (talk) 08:15, 21 August 2013 (UTC) Last plea[edit]@Sandstein. I have several more comments based on your latest entry below but first I wish to correct another error. Yesterday you said I had failed to provide diffs for the previous attempt Psychonaut made to have me banned. As I explained to you in my fresh statement I did. I have highlighted the entry above in bold type but for the absolute avoidance of doubt I repeat it here [96] again. It was from the ANI board and the reason I took so long to find it yesterday was because I though this was the ANI board when replying. I wasted 20 minutes searching for an entry which wasn't here.
I see six editors or admins (I'm not sure which) posting in support of what I've written here, including the three admins from AfD. What is it you still think I have done wrong, other than making a complete ass of myself over a process I had never used before? What similar disruptive conduct do you think will occur? I put it to you in all sincerity that, while I may make mistakes, which everyone is entitled to do, I learn from them and do not repeat them. Take for example the issue of copyright: I felt aggrieved at the way it was handled by the copyright patrol people. How so many of the images I had uploaded were wrongly tagged for deletion. I saved those by reading up on copyright, listening to what I'd been told and by interfacing directly with OTRS. I've continued to upload images every week since then and although I made further mistakes was able to sort them out in a collegiate manner - no disruption. I learned from the mistakes I made. I started a new article last week, Wolfe Tone Societies. Psychonaut went overboard in his treatment of it in my opinion (shared by others, including sysops) and when I asked for help at the ANI board I was treated to a display of WP:BOOMERANG and an attempt by Psychonaut to have me banned for incompetence when all I wanted was for the article to be restored so I could fix what he was complaining about. No disruption on my part and no repetition of the error. Now we have this complaint, again by Psychonaut, even though he wasn't involved in any of it - why? The AfD admins and I were on the verge of sorting it out, only thwarted by Mo aimn. He wasn't involved either until he decided to step in at the very end - what was his purpose in doing so? Why did he delete a tag which would have been removed by me anyway once I had been advised by the AfD admins? Was it just to provoke me into reverting him? I saw it as deliberate vandalism/disruption and that entitled me to revert him without penalty. I'm no wikilawyer but I can find so much in the various advice pages and essays which suggest that anyone who makes a genuine mistake shouldn't be jumped on from a great height, which appears to be what you have in mind for me. I need to ask you why? The edits I make on the wiki are productive and all the edit warring of 2010 is gone, primarily because the originators of those incidents are no longer posting, except for Mo aimn. The recent issues with copyright are gone. What is left? A bit of out of character incompetence on my part from yesterday afternoon which could have been sorted without Psychonaut wasting everybody's time and effort here. You say my explanation isn't credible. Why is that? Why am I not allowed to make a mistake on a new procedure? Do you think I am lying to you? If so what possible motive could I have for that? I would do anything to keep my name off this board and the ANI board at the moment, so why would I take such a stupid risk? What are the "many things" I have done wrong? All I did was make mistakes trying to tag an article for deletion and I apologise for that, sincerely. What advice are you going to give to stop me making a mistake in the future when I encounter something new, for this is where my recent difficulties arose - new procedures? How would a topic ban or block prevent me from making similar mistakes? I think it's very unfair of you to say that I've been posting since 2008 and should know all the basics. I was editing for two months in 2008 as User:GDD1000 before being hounded off the wiki. I had one block. I lasted for four months in 2008 as User:The Thunderer and did my best to fight my way through it - it didn't work, they got the better of me every time and that's when I picked up my bad track record. I have only posted for several months per year in this identity since October 2010 for exactly the same reasons. It's only been since 12th March that I started regular posting, making approx 2750 edits since then out of a total of 3776 in this identity, my longest period ever, with only one block for the stupidest of mistakes in that period. So where's the five years I've had to learn the basics? I make it 12 months in total I've been actively editing over 5 years. I'm going to ask you again to throw this complaint out. All this about me being a disruptive editor is the biggest load of codswallop I've ever heard. Advise me by all means, I'd welcome that, even slap me on the wrist, but please don't remove my editing privileges for the area where I am most productive and most useful. For once please let everyone see that sysops on this board can't be hoodwinked by the weasel words of experienced gamers. Let me settle into the wiki community the way I've been doing since 12th March. The results have been excellent and very noticeable. BTW - Mabuska is correct. Mo aimn/Big Dunc was blocked for 1RR breach at Irish Bulletin - diff here [97]. SonofSetanta (talk) 14:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC) Voluntary withdrawal[edit]I have spoken to several other editors and admins today to inform them that I am voluntarily withdrawing from all articles which concern the Irish Troubles. One admin has recommended that I announce this here. I have realised that, despite all the good work I've done since May on certain articles, I've become tired and apt to make too many mistakes. I am considering WP:WIKIBREAK but at the moment haven't decided for sure. I have informed one admin that I intend to start work at Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and will probably do so straight away to see if I can get absorbed enough to do a good job. I ask one thing from sysops here. Is it possible, from a military history perspective, to occasionally work on the UDR articles where I have a real passion, without arousing suspicion that I am straying into Troubles articles again? SonofSetanta (talk) 15:38, 22 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Mo ainm[edit]In fact Sandstein if you check SoS has had sanctions imposed on him in The Troubles area since 2008 with his previous accounts Blocklog for "GDD1000" and Blocklog for "The Thunderer" Mo ainm~Talk 16:23, 20 August 2013 (UTC) @ HighKing, SoS pinged Cailil after he had received a 3RR warning on an article he knew was under 1RR. Mo ainm~Talk 16:49, 20 August 2013 (UTC) @ Cailil in response to your talk page, where have I called for sanctions to be imposed on any editor? And as I said knock yourself out with your punitive block if thats what you feel will enhance the project. Mo ainm~Talk 18:30, 20 August 2013 (UTC) @ Mabuska seeing as you're adding you 2 cents why not go look for that diff that Sandstein is talking about below. Mo ainm~Talk 21:32, 20 August 2013 (UTC) @ Mabuska, No you will find that what Sandstein has linked to states "Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to the decision authorizing sanctions; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines." Also I was never blocked for edit warring on an article. Mo ainm~Talk 22:17, 20 August 2013 (UTC) @ SonofSetanta, It's never your fault, every single time you have received a block it was because of another editor. Mo ainm~Talk 07:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC) @ Mabuska I have no blocks for edit warring that weren't overturned by blocking admin within minutes. Mo ainm~Talk 07:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC) As it appears SoS can't read what was in the diff he used to show that I was blocked for 1RR this is what it also says after the block "Block lifted, as there was confusion about the definition of 1RR (per day or per week)" as the blocking admin made a mistake thinking it was 1 revert per week and undid her block of me. Mo ainm~Talk 10:55, 22 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by User:MelanieN[edit]I happened across this situation, where it appeared that SonofSetanta was trying to get an article deleted but not going about it the right way. I tried to help him by explaining the three deletion processes, and I offered to post it to AfD for him as a neutral third party, without making a recommendation myself.[98] However, I was not aware that there were any sanctions that would apply to the article. Should I withdraw my offer to forward the article to AfD?
Statement by User:Peridon[edit]I think SonofSetanta didn't understand the 'nonsense' criterion and he wouldn't be the first by a long way. He also seemed to be confusing the non-removal instructions on the AfD template with the 'you may remove if...' instructions on the CSD tag. I've tried to explain all this to him now, and I hope he does a bit of studying in the deletion processes. He may have a point about the article having faults, or this might be PoV or misunderstanding too. There is a discussion on the article talk page at present (and I'm leaving it those who know or think they know - I know I don't know enough about the subject to contribute in any other way than procedural guidance). Peridon (talk) 16:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by User:HighKing[edit]I don't agree that an indefinite Topic Ban is an appropriate restriction for this occasion. The Troubles is a difficult topic at the best of times, and we should try as hard as possible to encourage editors to edit within the bounds of the rules. There's a difference between editors that show no signs of learning, at all, and editors like SonOfSetanta that are active, engaging, slip up now and then, but appear to be learning. For the most part, this particular issue had already been dealt with (and accepted by SoS) before this report was filed by Psyconaut. I don't think there'll be a repeat of this behaviour, so I'm not sure what a Topic Ban will achieve, other than to lose an active editor who appears to be contributing well to articles. --HighKing (talk) 16:27, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Michaelzeng7[edit]MelanieN, I doubt a neutral deletion nomination would provide any benefit to this situation. This topic was placed under a ton of scrutiny in the past, and the fact that the article is still here means something. You did well in your explanation of the deletion processes, however. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 16:35, 20 August 2013 (UTC) I do not think a topic ban here is appropriate. From what I can see, SoS has a misunderstanding of Wikipedia's deletion policies and guidelines, and he is learning, albeit slowly. I agree largely with what HighKing has stated. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 16:47, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Statement by Cartoon Buffoon[edit]
Statement by Psychonaut[edit]I agree with HighKing and others that SonofSetanta was confused, at least initially, about the deletion process. However, he continued to add deletion tags after being instructed not to five times in three different places (in edit summaries of the article, on the article talk page, and on his user page). I saw no other explanation for this than intention to edit-war. Cailil is mistaken in his statement that I've been repeatedly involved in threads aimed at banning SonofSetanta. I work mostly in copyright cleanup, and arising from this work I initiated one prior WP:ANI thread suggesting that SonofSetanta be blocked for persistent copyright violations and associated edit warring over the course of a month [99]. Cailil may be thinking of the previous ban proposal on WP:ANI, in which I did not participate. User:Kim Dent-Brown's "back off" quote has also been removed from its context:Well, I've identified further problems and have posted a proper report with diffs, though in this case it seems WP:AE rather than WP:ANI is the correct venue. It seemed to be an open-and-shut case to me. Had I known the WP:1RR threshold here was so high I wouldn't have bothered… I have no personal dispute with SonofSetanta—I don't edit any of the same articles he does, nor have I edited any Troubles-related articles (to my recollection). In my capacity as a WP:CP volunteer I have occasionally checked his contribution history here and on Commons to fix obvious copyright violations (of which there have been many), which is how I came to notice the edit warring. This sort of monitoring is routine, and indeed expressly sanctioned by Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding, with which I am well acquainted. For some reason people seem keen on imputing malicious intent where none exists, so I don't plan on participating in any further administrative threads about this user, though will continue to tag unambiguous copyvios if and as they arise. —Psychonaut (talk) 19:52, 20 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Mabuska[edit]Some editors get it quicker than others. Others need more of a helping hand. Hounding in the way Psychonaut is doing it isn't helping. Psychonaut seems to employ as little diplomacy directly with SoS and just seems to like slapping tags and filing reports - Psychonaut's first action in regards to this issue is this AE and subsequent notification for SoS. Surely to avoid the chance of being labelled a stalker, Psychonaut should maybe have asked an admin to check it out and see if was worthy of AE first of all? Mabuska (talk) 21:16, 20 August 2013 (UTC) Mo ainm is well acquainted with the 1RR as they have notified many editors of it previously, so do they need a warning recent or past when they know so well of it? For Mo ainm himself warned SoS of 1RR at the bottom of this version of SoS's talk page. Mabuska (talk) 21:26, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
@Mo ainm - You can't say you didn't know about the 1RR in regards to Troubles articles.
In response to SonofSetanta's plea, I would have to say that it should be able for him to make non-Troubles related edits to that article as most of it appears to be non-Troubles related. Mabuska (talk) 21:50, 22 August 2013 (UTC) @Someone not using his real name: "and might be explained by Mabuska's own partisanship in matters related to Northern Ireland" - really? I will request evidence for your claim at your talk page to substantiate this claim from an editor that as far as I aware I have never even spoken too before and has only been active for a few months, a period I have been largely inactive for. Mabuska (talk) 22:41, 23 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Someone not using his real name[edit]SonofSetanta has been editing Wikipedia for at least five years using multiple accounts, but he still seems to struggle with the basics, including copyright, edit warring, etc. I would support a WP:CIR block even if his actions in the latest incident were in good faith, but it's pretty hard to keep assuming that at every faux pas he makes. I don't see any hounding by Psychonaut; the accusations leveled against Psychonaut by Mabuska reek of bad faith and might be explained by Mabuska's own partisanship in matters related to Northern Ireland. Furthermore, seeing the combined insistence by Mabuska and SonofSetanta (and of the sock Cartoon Buffoon) to nail Mo ainm on clearly pretty frivolous charges, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that SonofSetanta is simply playing stupid. The posts by SonofSetanta on the article's talk page show a clear if rather pathetic attempt at wikilawering in order to delete that article by any means. This is simply tendentious editing by SonofSetanta under the guise of playing stupid when he is infringing the rules, but at the same time he is demanding that others be sanctioned for lesser misdeeds. SonofSetanta is an agent provocateur if there ever was one. Someone not using his real name (talk) 22:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by (username)[edit]Result concerning SonofSetanta[edit]This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the section above. Contrary to what the request suggests, the discretionary sanctions remedy does require a prior warning in a specific form, see WP:AC/DS#Warnings. However, such a warning was previously provided at [100]. SonofSetanta's conduct here, edit-warring to add a "nonsense" speedy deletion tag ("a page that is patent nonsense, consisting purely of incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history") to an article that obviously does not meet that definition of nonsense (Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland) is manifestly disruptive. The sanctions log indicates that they have been previously been the subject of four separate sanctions for topic-related disruption going back to 2010. If no other uninvolved administrator disagrees, I'll impose an indefinite topic ban with respect to everything related to The Troubles. Sandstein 15:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
The discussion so far has confirmed my initial assessment that an indefinite topic ban is appropriate. As Seraphimblade said, it does not have to be indefinite and can be reviewed after several months of unproblematic productive editing in other topics. So closed. Sandstein 06:59, 24 August 2013 (UTC) |
Arbitration enforcement action appeal by SonofSetanta[edit]
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To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).
Statement by SonofSetanta[edit]"The overwhelming consensus at the arbitration page was that a mistake had been made by me, something which I maintained throughout. Two of the three editors who had been involved confirmed this as their opinion: User:MelanieN and User:Peridon (who is an admin). My belief at that time was that I was undoing vandalism and that was over-riding WP:1RR. I was getting to grips with it and had moved to the article talk page until the unexplained intervention of (User:Mo ainm) whom I have experienced unpleasantness from before and who can be seen to clamour for a ban against me throughout the proceedings. He made two swift reverts on a 1RR page without explanation. I note also that Someone not using his real name, who is in fact User:One Night In Hackney, and who has been the subject of many AE cases regarding The Troubles. I hope that any involved sysops will regard whatever these two say as WP:WEASEL and in particular the pursuance of a grudge under WP:BATTLE, particularly as both have gone to some lengths to hide their previous editing history as per WP:CLEANSTART (both have been topic banned from Troubles articles in the last year). I therefore put it to you that, although I made a genuine error on a new procedure, the mistake was compounded by the intervention of someone who was determined to take advantage of the situation, WP:WIKIHOUNDING. Much has been made of my inability to cope with new tasks on the wiki. I accept that as correct. Once I learn something however I don't repeat mistakes as is evidenced in my approach to the problems I had with image copyright in the days leading up to 5th July 2013. I would still say the approach of copyright patrollers was less than sympathetic and I was very much thrust into a learning curve I wasn't ready for. However, I applied myself to it and there are no such issues remaining today. This includes going back over two previous identities and making sure that all copyright issues were dealt with, including the many frivolous ones. My previous identities have come in for scrutiny. As of 7th August 2013, as per the advice of a sysops, all three accounts were clearly linked after I made it absolutely clear that I was the owner of those accounts. Notwithstanding the above, which I believe clearly exonerates me from any deliberate disruption, I made a clear statement on the AE case here [107] that I was withdrawing voluntarily and indefinitely from all articles concerned with the Troubles. I am firmly of the belief that my current personal disposition makes me unsuitable for editing articles where partisan views create an atmosphere in which collegiate discussion and the pursuance of academic accuracy take second place to establishing a political WP:POV. I had requested that the article at Ulster Defence Regiment and all articles relating to it with Ulster Defence Regiment or UDR in their title be exempt from this withdrawal as to me the continued editing of these articles falls squarely into the sphere of Military history and my success as an editor on all articles concerning the UDR is without doubt, having raised the main article to B Class, narrowly missing an A Class recently and now up for WP:GA. I repeat my offer of voluntary restrictions now, suggesting that it, as a self imposed sanction, gives me more scope to prove over a long period of time that it is the interests of Wikipedia I have at heart and not a personal agenda. I request that this topic ban be overturned and instead I will enter into an indefinite voluntary withdrawal agreement from Troubles articles. Should I ever feel able to return to these contentious areas I agree to do so only under the supervision of my mentor User:Mabuska and with the permission of a sysop. Whatever the outcome of this appeal I request again that all articles concerning military history, and in particular articles concerning the Ulster Defence Regiment, be exempt from any voluntary or imposed restrictions so that I might give my best to Wikipedia." Someone not using his real name[edit]Withdrawing these comments after further reflection.
Pop-up users[edit]I want to distance myself from whoever is taking advantage of this situation to appear as a pop-up user. This has nothing to do with me. I have called for no support from anyone and any comments which appear in my favour are unsolicited. I ask whoever is doing this to stop and realise the damage you are doing to my case. SonofSetanta (talk) 14:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Advice[edit]I see all the advice which has been written and have taken note of it. I certainly appreciate Cailil stepping in again on my behalf. SonofSetanta (talk) 14:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Outcome[edit]My appeal is sincere. I am a hard working Wikipedia who just wants to get on with editing. It means a lot to me to be able to occupy myself here. I made a mistake is all. I repeat my request however that, whatever the outcome of this appeal, be it enforced or voluntary, that my topic ban does not exclude me from editing all military articles, including the Ulster Defence Regiment articles. Is this reasonable of me? SonofSetanta (talk) 14:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC) 5 Years?[edit]I note that a few editors are saying I have edited for five years. This is totally incorrect. In a five year period I have been active for 12 months which includes my current identity. All of this can be confirmed from my editing history. SonofSetanta (talk) 15:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC) @User:EdJohnston. Ed please note the text above concerning the length of time I have been editing. I also take exception to you stating that I was involved in a "Battle Royal" over copyright. I had some copyright issues, some concerning images uploaded in 2008 which had been on articles ever since without complaint. I took advice from Cailil and sorted them all out. It was over a in a couple of days. I have complaints about the way it was handled by and the lack of advice from copyright patrollers but I applied myself to it and learned. Where are the copyright issues now? No thanks to you of course. I approached you at least twice for guidance and you're yet to reply. I see you give me no credit for actually taking the time to learn about copyright and sorting the issues, nor do you note that all bar one or two of the images I no longer wanted to keep are still there showing that there was no real problem to start with, including the one (yes, just one) the row was over. No doubt you'll reply that I was "admin shopping" but you'd be wrong. I usually turn to Cailil but knew he wasn't there because of real life commitments so despite leaving him a message I knew I should find an admin who was currently active. That's why I approached you and User:Black Kite. What is all this about really? Why are you arriving now to beat me with a metaphoric stick. I KNOW I've not got the demeanor for articles on The Troubles which is why I don't want to edit there anymore. Ulster Defence Regiment however is a military unit and while it may have been involved in the Troubles I have been editing there since May with no issues at all - outwith a copyright patroller wanting to remove a NFU image - a request which has been denied him by admins. SonofSetanta (talk) 17:19, 25 August 2013 (UTC) @User:Cailil. I hear what you say but I've been editing on the UDR articles since May and have had no problems at all except for one copyright patroller who wanted to delete the image File:The Yellow Card.jpg. That image has been "kept" by an admin. Showing that the copyright patroller's opinion wasn't one shared by others and that I was right to introduce the image in the first place. No infighting regarding the content. No WP:BATTLE and no edit wars. Why shouldn't I continue to edit where I've had no problems? SonofSetanta (talk) 17:28, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Sandstein[edit]The appeal should be declined as superfluous, because the appellant offers to observe a "voluntary and indefinite" abstention from topic-related articles. Because this would be largely identical to the topic ban being appealed here, an undoing of the ban would not amount to any substantial relief for the appellant. To the extent that other editors may nonetheless wish to review the ban on the merits, I refer to my comments in the original discussion and recommend that the ban be maintained. The appellant's allegation that Someone not using his real name, who commented in the discussion about the request that led to the ban, "is in fact User:One Night In Hackney" merits closer attention. The appellant should provide evidence for this allegation. If they cannot, it may be grounds for further sanctions per the principle enunciated in Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds#Casting aspersions. If the allegation is true, it may be grounds for sanctions against Someone not using his real name for misusing multiple accounts to avoid scrutiny. I have informed Someone not using his real name about this thread. Sandstein 16:33, 24 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by uninvolved Black Kite[edit]
Statement by Someone not using his real name[edit]
Statement by Lukeno94[edit]
Statement by One Night In Hackney[edit]Comical. The idea that Someone not using his real name has to prove his innocence from a frivolous allegation is turning things backwards. If SoS thinks he's a sock of me, go ahead and file an SPI. I would say more on this subject, but it's probably more amusing to see how this plays out. 2 lines of K303 18:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC) Statement by Mabuska[edit]SoS does make a great contribution to UDR articles etc. I would let them edit these military articles as long as the edit has nothing to do with the Troubles. SoS has a fan club who will no doubt raise a breech. Having said that if SoS was allowed to do a voluntary withdrawal from Troubles related issues, they would need in my view have to seek a proper appeal to be allowed to edit the area again. Just asking me to help and an admin for permission would not qualify as an agreement by the community for them to start editing there again. So a voluntary withdrawal would be kind of fruitless. Mabuska (talk) 14:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by SonofSetanta[edit]Result of the appeal by SonofSetanta[edit]
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