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==Welcome - Waldorf Discussion Continues HERE== | |||
'''This is my talk page. I reserve the right to delete any content I don't want here.''' | |||
There has begun, what I expect will be an endless stream of comments from people who are disappointed that I haven't folded up my tent regarding discussion about Waldorf. Their comments, some of which are very personal - even regarding my family - can be found in the history of this page which I am using as an informal archive. I am immediately deleting any such comments from the face of this page unless they present something valid and worthy of debate here. Anonymous comments will be deleted as well. | |||
] applies to this page if it contains content which relates to ], ], ], or]. ] 20:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
==Corruption of Waldorf-Related Articles Since I've Been Banned== | |||
'''I'll start a list here of the major developments in the Waldorf-related articles. Please stay tuned as I will be expanding this list regularly.''' | |||
*HGilbert (a Waldorf teacher) now ]s the Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy articles | |||
**Discussion with him on the talk page is now futile - he changes whatever he likes, whenever he likes. | |||
**Sourced statements that Anthroposophy is a religion have been deleted. | |||
**Criticisms of Waldorf have been removed. | |||
**Religious activities have been downplayed. | |||
**Brochure language has flourished in Waldorf Education article. | |||
**At least one editor has thrown up his hands in frustration and stopped trying to fight HGilberts aggressive POV edits. | |||
**Today, he's attacking the "Reading and Literacy" section. He has called for a re-write on every section that has anything critical to say about Waldorf. | |||
**New editors (Waldork for one) have started arriving to replace information that has already been removed by agreement. "Gee, I didn't know..." | |||
*Professor Marginalia (a member of the fanatical AWE) now ]s the PLANS article | |||
**The POV tag has been removed from PLANS article now without resistance. The article still reads like death threats were made by PLANS. | |||
*HGilbert and Venado now ] the Rudolf Steiner article | |||
Update: TheBee and HGilbert have been busy today reverting very reasonable edits in their typical fashion. Whenever something doesn't sound Waldorfy enough for them, they revert. | |||
*Single-subject editor ] argues today against ArbCom ruling by stating that Anthroposophical sources are required to describe Anthroposophy, and has argued that Misplaced Pages does not give enough coverage to Anthroposophy (like 30+ articles here isn't enough). Almost incredibly he whines: "It's not the same thing to write a minority subject page than it is to write a majority subject page. Even though Misplaced Pages generally encourages usage of secondary sources, it is not wrong to use minority publications on a page about themselves. When writing a minority subject page there is a risk ending up to write it only as some majorities see them. That is not in accordance with NPOV -policy. It sais in Misplaced Pages:Attribution that secondary sources should be used wherever possible, however, in many cases on a page like this it is not possible. I've been going through policy pages and arbitration decisions and I don't think there is any reason why anthroposophical publications couldn't be used to state views of anthroposophists here." He also leaves a message on Fred Bauder's page with this edit summary: "Since there is no reply after this comment of mine, I hope it's ok I make a small change. No new comments." So here we go once again... Nobody left to stop this Anthroposophy propaganda machine it seems. | |||
*Today, HGilbert has decided to pervert the Lucifer and Ahriman section of the Anthroposophy article by changing the content and title to say "Christ vs Lucifer and Ahriman". How incredibly misleading this is - to disguise the delicate balance between Lucifer and Ahriman that Steiner established. It was never Christ vs Lucifer and Ahriman, but a balance between all three impulses that Steiner described. More dishonest nonsense intended to mislead readers. | |||
*Another big surprise - new editors are arriving to introduce more brochure language referenced to Anthroposophical sources. Today's edit by Martzd24 is straight ot of a brochure and is referenced to Jack Petrash. Let's see if our pro-Waldorf editors will notice this and revert the edit (LOL! - yeah, when pigs fly...). | |||
*As predicted, Jack Petrash has remained safe and sound - a clearly Anthroposophical source | |||
*User Bellowed has arrived to remove all remaining criticism of Waldorf and Steiner. Huge sections of racism have been wiped out. The articles are back to their former brochure-like status. | |||
*LOOK at brilliant idea. Now, based on the comments that say the article seems contrived - these Waldorf-inspired editors want to remove and isolate ALL the criticism of Waldorf to a single section. INCREDIBLE!!! | |||
*The following statement is all that's left of Steiner's views regarding the Jews: "Beginning around the turn of the century, Steiner wrote a series of seven articles for the Mitteilungen aus dem Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus, a magazine devoted to combatting anti-Semitism, in which he attacked the anti-Semitism of the era." This is the Anthroposophical version of halocaust denial. Steiner was an anti-Semite - yet all the material that demonstrated this has been removed. Again, Misplaced Pages suffers for allowing Anthroposophists to control these articles. | |||
*The ENTIRE Rudolf Steiner talk page has been archived. Nobody visiting the article will be aware of any discussion or debate regarding the contents of the article. | |||
*TheBee is not going through and removing references to Professor Sven Hansson and his article that discusses Steiner's racism. Unfortunately, the only way to restore this is to continually revert his edits. | |||
If this or any other user page consists of material which relates to the Waldorf Schools it falls within the terms of ]. If the page concerns ordinary user issues, if does not. ] 22:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
==MeatPuppetry?== | |||
RookZERO wrote: | |||
::::: Let me know which sections should be changed and how in my talk page. The current state of the article is very poor. (] 20:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)) | |||
Nonsense. I was banned from Waldorf-related ARTICLES, not my own user page. Can you please point me to some rule that says my user page is considered an "article"? Otherwise, please allow me to restore it. '''--] 01:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Apparently some people believe this is a solicitation of meat-puppetry. ] is some discussion about this. For the record, I have not compiled a list of edits I would make. I certainly may produce such a list right here on my talk page - why not? That's basically what I'm describing above anyway, when I say stuff like "The ENTIRE Rudolf Steiner talk page has been archived. Nobody visiting the article will be aware of any discussion or debate regarding the contents of the article." and "User Bellowed has arrived to remove all remaining criticism of Waldorf and Steiner. Huge sections of racism have been wiped out." - so what's the difference - other than our friend Bellowed wants to be sure nobody finds this page. Kinda like the Egyptians running around defacing statues. Sad, isn't it? '''] 15:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)) | |||
* Forgive my butting in, but the specific remedy in the Arbitration proceeding states: ''1) Pete K is banned indefinitely from editing ], ], ], ], and related pages or their talk pages.'' The ruling makes no mention of "articles", but does mention "related pages and talk pages". By the exact semantics of the ruling, any page discussing Waldorf would be "related". - ] 01:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
Just for the record, I'd like to say that my intentions were to leave the link up forever until it became apparent that you wanted to make a meatpuppet. You told RookZero that you would compile a list of edits for him to make, which is undisputable meatpuppetry. I wanted to put a stop to it before it got much more out of hand. ] 14:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
::No, I believe user page is not related. The dictionary definition of "related" is "being connected; associated". User page with mention of something is not "associated" with that thing. ]<sup>]</sup> 02:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::He made it related. ] 02:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
::::Please consider ]. ] 02:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::::I don't quite understand how a user editing a user page has anything to do with said users ban from wikipedia articles and talk pages. The reason for banning users from articles and their talk pages is due to purported violations of wikipedia policy which is hampering wikipedia. Editing ones own talk page to express opinions about articles is totally unrelated to the articles themselves. It's quite a stretch to prevent a user from editing his own talk page because he expresses opinions about other articles on it.] <sup>]</sup> 02:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Well, my friend, you have not "put a stop" to anything - other than apparently your imagination run wild. Maybe it would have been wiser to actually wait until you had some '''actual evidence of meatpuppetry''' - like me feeding someone an edit that they made. What we have, instead, is your hysterical fears that someone other than you and people who support your views will edit the articles. '''--] 14:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
This is incredible logic Fred. I made my user page related to Waldorf so that makes it an article? I didn't think this situation could get more ridiculous... but you've proven me wrong once again. It's a USER page - I'm using it. Once again - please point me to the rule that says I can't do this. The ban was related to Waldorf articles and their talk pages. I am free to discuss this material on ANY USER page including my own. '''--] 02:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
And one more thing- I would appreciate if, in the future, you wouldn't question my intentions so readily. The link was up for a good time and I always figured it would be good if people saw your POV, especially in light of everything else. But the record shows clearly that the link was removed only after you made headway into meatpuppetry, so, again, we'll let people decide for themselves. ] 17:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
What was on that page was pure soapbox and for an editor who has been instructed to get down from that soapbox its obvious why Fred did what he did. Good call. ] <sup>'']''</sup> 05:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Yes, we absolutely SHOULD let people decide for themselves. There was no meatpuppetry going on. Anyone can see this. Why not restore the link and stand behind your words - if you intend for people to decide for themselves? Frankly, I'm about to go the the administrators to complain about you fooling around with the tag placed there by the arbitration team anyway. You might save some potential troubles by restoring the link yourself. '''] 14:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
::Nowhere in the initial arbitration does it mention "getting down from a soapbox". It simply says he's baned from a specific article and related articles.] <sup>]</sup> 06:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
::For the record, I'm not questioning your intentions - I know exactly what they were. '''] 14:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Please see ], ], and ]. ] 10:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
On RookZERO's talk page you wrote: | |||
<blockquote>"Hi RookZERO, Thanks for asking for my input. I'll try to get a list of changes that can be implemented in the Waldorf, Steiner and Anthroposophy articles for you by next week - I'll need the weekend to work on it..... Good luck! I'll put a list together for you soon."</blockquote> | |||
:Sorry, Fred - none of your examples applies to what I did here. NONE. There was no outcry from the community - just YOU. You have stood by while Waldorf teachers, with a known (to you) conflict of interest, have removed all critical views from the Waldorf articles day by day - over the comments and efforts of lots and lots of neutral editors. What has happened here is shameful. They are, indeed, using Misplaced Pages as their soapbox and as advertising for Waldorf. Everyone who reads those articles has the same comment - that they read like Waldorf brochures. They're now getting ready to remove the NPOV tags. That is where your attention should be focused Fred - it's an inappropriate use of Misplaced Pages to distort material in such a way. | |||
You told him that you would feed him edits on your behalf. That is meatpuppetry, plain and simple, and that's why I took the link off. ] 16:04, 17 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
:You have banned me - the only editor who was willing to work endlessly to challenge their efforts and to bring material that refuted their claims. I thank you for this - as it has made my life much more simple to not have to fight this fight 12 hours a day. Furthermore, you have singled me out for aggressive editing and have not applied the rules fairly to those aggressive editors - despite community outcry that they were just as responsible for the problems. Misplaced Pages has become their soapbox. | |||
:No, that is NOT meatpuppetry. That is discussion of edits - like is done on talk pages and User pages EVERYWHERE on Misplaced Pages. I have not been banned from discussing edits. I am acting completely within what is available to me here. You've got NO business messing with the links put up by the Arbitration Commission, friend. It's your choice whether or not to restore the links - and my choice whether or not to bring it to the attention of the Arb Com. I'll give you a few minutes before filing a formal complaint. '''--] 16:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:Again, none of the rules you are suggesting apply here actually apply to my user pages. As Wikidudeman said, I have not been instructed to get down off a soapbox - nor am I on a soapbox. I've presented, on my Biodynamics page, well-researched material about Biodynamics and the Nazis. I have presented on my Steiner Quotes page material that is direct quotes from Steiner. All sourced. I'm allowed to do this - and it is certainly not getting on a soapbox to put information here - in fact, it is my intention to make it easier for other editors to access it. If there is something in Misplaced Pages policy that says I can't do this, please show it to me. So far you haven't been able to justify your actions. I'm not on here as a troll or a vandal, I'm here working within Misplaced Pages policies despite your obvious distaste for my way of doing things. These pages are allowed and there is no Misplaced Pages policy nor ruling that would prevent them from being here. '''--] 13:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
And the ruling here seems to agree with me: | |||
While the related content should be removed from the userpage, actually banning the user from editing it seems like overkill. He should, of course, be banned from putting the content back. --] 14:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
<blockquote>Pete K is prohibited from editing articles about Waldorf education and related topics and their talk pages. This does not mean that he is prohibited from discussing Waldorf with other editors on their or his talk pages (although forcing himself on someone else's talk page without an invitation and getting wound up would be a problem). If someone wants to ask advice he can give it. Note however that editors making edits on behalf of a banned user run the risk of being banned as proxy editors (i.e. being placed under the same article ban). It would be a judgment call for an admin to ban and a risk for the third party editor. The article ban was put in palce because ArbCom decided Pete was a disruptive editor. If a third party editor takes Pete's advice and the disruption resumes that's an easy call to ban. However, there is no specific prohibition against Pete discussing Waldorf on his or other editors talk pages. (Such a ban would be impossible to enforce anyway, as discussions could be carried on off-wiki by chat or email.) Hope this helps. Thatcher131 04:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)</blockquote> | |||
:Can you explain why the content should be removed from my userpage? What Misplaced Pages rule supports this action? '''--] 16:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
==What Does A Waldorf Brochure on Misplaced Pages Mean?== | |||
There was the first of what I believe will be many new contributors on the Waldorf Critics list only yesterday. She visited Misplaced Pages and realized what was written here was "too good to be true". Digging deeper, she realized there is controversy in the back pages of the Misplaced Pages articles. ] is a link to that comment: | |||
:what kind of a parent would i be if i didnt look at the other side. | |||
:everything i had read for many hours sounded too good to be true about the | |||
school so i specificly researced and found places where the "critics | |||
lurked". i went to wikipedia and read the controversy that they are having | |||
over the antroposophy site. | |||
And people are coming to Misplaced Pages for straight answers and they look at the mush in the Waldorf articles and realize it can't be true - just as I predicted. Then they dig deeper and find sites that are critical of Waldorf - the get the WHOLE story. Misplaced Pages has lost its credibility and the Waldorf articles are one place where this is most obvious. Nice job! | |||
::]. You are not banned from having normal user pages, just pages concerning Waldorf Schools. ] 17:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
is how we are going to deal with it apparently... by removing the critical material so users won't be so confused. By removing the critical material, readers won't be tempted to look for anything controversial in the discussion pages. Score another one for the Waldorf propaganda machine! | |||
:No, I'm not banned from having pages concerning Waldorf schools Fred. I'm banned from editing Waldorf-related articles and their talk pages. That's all. My user page is neither of those. Please show me ANYWHERE where it says my user pages are affected by any of these bans? Otherwise, please accept that you are wrong about this. '''--] 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
==HGilbert Defends His Actions== | |||
:: As someone with no dog in this hunt, I have to agree with Fred. The arbcom does not mention "articles" specifically, it mentions "related pages and talk pages". I looked at the previous version of your user and talk page, and they were both virtually Waldorf articles, just not up to article standards. You can have a normal talk page. You just cannot have a talk page that is used to continue your Waldorf jihad. I would also remind you to refrain from making personal attacks against Fred. It is particularly not very smart to attack an arbitrator. I just looked at your block log, and you are not currently blocked. I suggest you forget about Waldorf, at least here on wikipedia. Perhaps you can start a blog with all of your info, and you can have an innocuous and neutral link to it from your user page. But this path that you have embarked on is not going to end well if you continue pushing this. (Just my humble outsider's opinion.) - ] 19:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC) '''Further observation''' - ] referst to your situation as a "topic ban". That's pretty clear that the intent of the arbitrators is that you are not to be editing about the '''topic''' of Waldorf. - ] 19:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
Today, HGilbert has decided to pervert the Lucifer and Ahriman section of the Anthroposophy article by changing the content and title to say "Christ vs Lucifer and Ahriman". How incredibly misleading this is - to disguise the delicate balance between Lucifer and Ahriman that Steiner established. It was never Christ vs Lucifer and Ahriman, but a balance between all three impulses that Steiner described. More dishonest nonsense intended to mislead readers. | |||
:The source is Willmann, chapter titled "Christ as the center of humanity's evolution". ] 23:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
Yeah, so what? The point is not that you found a source - the point is that it is wrong - it's not in alignment with Anthroposophy and that somebody has misinterpreted Steiner is not surprising (half the Anthroposophists I know don't "get" Steiner either). Lucifer and Ahriman are never depicted in Anthroposophy as "the bad guys" - they are described as necessariy impulses for the evolution of humanity, just as the Christ is described. It is not Christ against Lucifer and Ahriman, but all three working in conjunction. Why not just be honest and stop finding sources that echo the distorted view you want to present here? '''] 14:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
::"You can have a normal talk page. You just cannot have a talk page that is used to continue your Waldorf jihad." Who says? And where is that said? And what constitutes a "normal" talk page? Is there a "normal" guideline here? I've seen some very creative user pages and talk pages. Are those within the "normal" limits - and how does one know if they have crossed from "normal" to abnormal? None of this is defined at Misplaced Pages - and that allows arbitrators to shoot from the hip when they dislike a particular user. When this happens, it is absolutely proper to request some clarification based on the rules of Misplaced Pages not loose interpretations of rulings that don't apply. "Topic ban", again, has to do with articles, not user pages. BTW, I haven't issued any personal attacks. '''--] 19:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
==Waldork shows up to discredit me== | |||
::: As I have already said, it is clearly the intention of the arbitrators that you no longer edit on the topic of Waldorf. So it's pretty simple. In your case, the line is the topic of Waldorf. Don't edit about Waldorf, and you should be just fine. Edit about Waldorf, and you might find yourself blocked, per the ruling. I don't see why you find this so hard to understand. Is discussing Waldorf really so important that you are willing to give up your rights to edit anything on wikipedia? Perhaps to you it is, but for me, no single topic is worth losing my account. Anyway, I was just trying to be helpful, and clarify a little more specifically what I assume Fred is basing his actions on. I would have probably done the same thing as him if I had been in his shoes. So, I will shuffle on now, good luck. - ] 19:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
'''Note:''' I have deleted the beginning of this discussion because Waldork has brought discussion about my family. (S)he continues to do so in the following discussion despite several requests to stop. | |||
:::Do you understand what EDIT means? It's not about creating a user page, it's about EDITing articles. I am banned from editing articles. I don't dispute that. I am NOT banned from creating my own user pages. If there is some need to ban me from doing this, the ArbCom should make that decision. Nobody else. '''--] 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Yeah, I know you would appreciate it if I left your family out of the discussions, but she was always unconsciously in all of your hate-filled arguments, and, with the current discussion page, continues to be. I really don't mean offense; I'm really only trying to shed some light from an outside perspective here. I mean, honestly, Pete, Misplaced Pages has been your life for some time now, and that time has proven wasted. Now that you've been seen through and are no longer allowed to post, don't you think that therapy might be more productive than continuing to waste time hating?] 14:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I'm inclined to remove this comment because, first of all, it's full of crap and my family is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. If you want to shed some light - first find some light my friend. This isn't about hating anyone - AT ALL. It is about a dishonest institution behaving dishonestly. That would be YOU GUYS, not me. Thousands of parents find out about Waldorf's true agenda each year - the hard way and at the expense of their children. Many of them leave quietly - a few don't leave so quietly. As to my time spent here - it has been EXTREMELY productive. The pro-Waldorf editors are on constant watch now by the entire Misplaced Pages community, their agenda has been exposed, their missionary work to promote Anthroposophy through Waldorf has been exposed, their dishonest treatment of Steiner's own works has been exposed, and they have been exposed for the disingenuous, slimy characters they are. Furthermore, the dishonest Misplaced Pages arbitration process has been exposed - this one in particular was conducted not in public as any arbitration should be conducted, but through private emails. It was corrupted from the start - from behind closed doors. I have not been "seen through" - on the contrary, EVERYONE ELSE has been seen through, thanks to me - and they don't like it. It will take a lot more than some stupid ban from Misplaced Pages to silence my voice, friend. That LOTS of families have suffered at the hands of Waldorf is very real. If you are who I think you are, then you know what my kids have been through as well. Shame on you for pointing fingers at me - and from behind a coward's disguise. I'm not the one who needs therapy friend. '''] 15:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
I am glad to see that someone clearly saw that this discussion page was being used in clear violation of the ArbCom's intent. I'd also like to point out that Pete K used this page as a means of attempting to have other editors make edits for him that he couldn't make. Here is what he wrote to user RookZero after RookZero responded to the polemical statements made on Pete K's discussion page: | |||
Haven't been seen through? Wasn't it your very mentor who recommended a ban on you for your complete disregard for truth? Yeah, you've been seen through, and that's why you're banned. Well, I guess you're not totally banned...you'll always have this page. ] 15:51, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
<blockquote>Hi RookZERO, Thanks for asking for my input. I'll try to get a list of changes that can be implemented in the Waldorf, Steiner and Anthroposophy articles for you by next week - I'll need the weekend to work on it. You've got your hands full, I see, with HGilbert - he's not about to let you change HIS articles without a fight. He has already chased away many editors who hoped to produce an NPOV article. But, I also see some help has arrived so I'll produce a list for your review and hopefully people around here will see the extent to which the Anthroposophy propaganda machine is at work here. In looking at your edits, I find your points to be very well taken. HGilbert will find one or two sources that support his agenda and claim them to be universally accepted truths. When a claim is critical of his agenda, he makes sure it appears that a single crackpot has made the claim (as in the case with the recent edit on Hansson). Generally speaking, to get these articles into an NPOV will be impossible as long as HGilbert is here. I would recommend keeping track of his edits and as he starts showing a pattern of aggressive reverts and edits, bring it directly to the ArbCom. They are aware of his tactics and need to be reminded to keep an eye on things. Also, editors in your camp (looking for a NPOV article) include Fergie, Lumos3, Wikiwag, Henitsirk, and Lethaniol - and of course any editor who doesn't want Misplaced Pages to appear as a joke when people read these. Good luck! I'll put a list together for you soon. Pete K 02:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC) </blockquote> | |||
And Pete, just for the record, despite my name, I have absolutely no affiliations with Waldorf whatsoever. I simply want to post here to show you why you were banned and hope that you might consider therapy for your emotional issues. ] 16:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Also, I'd like to point out what Jimbo Wales said about userpages: | |||
:I've been banned from Waldorf-related articles. I can post anywhere else on Misplaced Pages - although I may get myself banned completely at some point (get it - I don't really care). My mentor, Lethaniol, comments below. No disregard for the truth on my part - EVER. If you think that's why I've been banned, you need to read the entire proceedings, friend. You're talking out of your posterior - and that would be a total disregard for the truth on your part - right? But then, truth becomes relative when we enter the world of Waldorf ... right? '''] 16:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
* ] statements: | |||
{{cquote|''libelling people on userpages is a bad idea, and in fact, using userpages to ] or ] is a '''bad idea'''}} | |||
:::::::::::::::- Jimbo Wales, Misplaced Pages co-founder | |||
And I'd like to point out that Jimbo Wales said this about a regular user using his userpage to make polemical statements. Certainly, he'd think much worse of a user like Pete doing what he did after being banned from making these polemical edits. ] 19:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
Lethaniol wrote: "A recent collapse in Pete K's editing standards i.e. edit warring and attempts to add in inappropriate sources, has lead me to conclude that he cares nothing for Misplaced Pages. Hence I believe it is in Misplaced Pages's best interest that Pete K be indefinitely banned." and "If you are at all in doubt for the need to speed this review up, please see this statement by Pete K ." ] 16:25, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:There's nothing polemical about honest criticism of a corrupt system. There's nothing polemical about presenting both POV's. Jimbo Wales would agree with that. '''] 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:Yep. Get it. Once the witch-hunt was underway, and there was no doubt I would be banned, my "editing standards" changed. I will be posting a lengthy discussion here about exactly what happened and why, but here's the short form: The pro-Waldorf editors here outnumbered me about 6 to 1. I had to devote between 12 and 18 hours a day verifying sources and correcting edits. It became impossible to keep up with the onslaught of dishonest editing - so at that point I made a decision to just edit aggressively by reverting the dishonest edits and supporting consensus editing. Unfortunately, the pro-Waldorf people again didn't care about consensus and had an overwhelming majority - so they just continued to promote dishonest material. The Dutch Commission report, for example, was CONTINUALLY discussed for 6 months. It was simply an effort to wear down the opposition... and it worked. So yes, when I stopped devoting the time it took to keep these editors honest (an impossible task), my editing standards went way down. At that point, the arbitration re-opened on a trumped up and completely false charge of libel which caused the entire process to go to email. I wasn't interested at that point in producing another arbitration defense (having just been through the arbitration process a month earlier) - so I didn't defend myself against all the BS that the pro-Waldorf editors produced. I was ready to leave anyway - and having lost respect for the Misplaced Pages dishonest arbitration process, there was no reason not to expose Misplaced Pages's flaws along with Waldorf's. Lethaniol knew what was going on - and I made it clear I would not defend myself in the proceedings. I also made it clear I had lost interest in Misplaced Pages and that's what he pointed to with his statement. We BOTH wanted me to be banned - and the sooner the better. There is nothing secret about this fact. '''] 16:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
I should also clarify that RookZero saw PetK's problem (that he couldn't make edits) and asked Pete for a list and that he'd make those edits for him AFTER reading Pete's statements on his userpage: | |||
Pete, from the very first day that you came to Misplaced Pages there has been nothing but a lack of regard for telling the truth. You would have written that Rudolf Steiner cooked newborn babies and served them every Christmas dinner is only you could have found or created a site to back up such a claim. You cleaned up your act somewhat when your mentor came along, but the fact is that liars can only tell the truth for so long before they revert to their old ways. ] 16:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
<blockquote>::::: Let me know which sections should be changed and how in my talk page. The current state of the article is very poor. (] 20:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC))</blockquote> | |||
Pete responded to RookZero's request with the quote that I posted earlier. ] 20:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I have never told a lie here - EVER. Nor have I EVER told a lie anywhere else - on any forum or in any public or private venue - anywhere - EVER. It's easy to make these claims from behind a disguise. Show even ONE lie that I've produced here. Otherwise, rest secure in the knowledge that YOU are the one who is here lying. Please stop wasting my time and know that I will soon be deleting this discussion if you are only here to produce unsupported prattle. Put up or shut up... it's that easy. Show where I have lied - or apologize. '''] 17:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:Actually, I'm allowed to interact with other editors about Waldorf topics. Let me re-state - the ban is a topic ban for editing Waldorf articles and talk pages... Nothing more. My user page is exactly appropriate for those kinds of interactions. '''--] 20:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Wow. I think removing content on a user page is a bit harsh. Sure, the content here could be seen as polemical, but I wouldn't say it was too offensive or damaging to Misplaced Pages as a whole. | |||
Weleda had a rather dark history at the hands of Anthroposophist, Franz Lippert. In the Dachau concentration camp during WWII, SS-officer Lippert conducted experiments on prisoners for the purpose of testing Weleda products - among them freezing prisoners to death in order to test Weleda anti-frostbite ointment. <ref>http://www.w-reich.de/hdoeng11.htm Weleda</ref> | |||
The ] state that a user page is "about you as a Wikipedian" and is meant "to facilitate communication among participants in its project to build an encyclopedia". Note: not a policy, just guidelines. The ] states that "inappropriate user pages" are subject to deletion, however nowhere in that policy is "inappropriate" defined. In the ] it states "There is broad agreement that you may not include in your user space material that is likely to bring the project into disrepute, or which is likely to give widespread offense." I can't see that this user page met either of those criteria. | |||
Nobody believed that, Pete. It wasn't credible and you knew it. You were being bloodthirsty, as you always are, and you lied in order to make an attempt at destruction.] 17:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
PeteK was banned from editing **articles**. I can't see that giving opinions on his user page has anything to do with the arbitration findings. "Related pages or their talk pages" to me means articles alone, not user pages. | |||
:LOL! Nonsense. Franz Lippert WAS an Anthroposophist (documented) - he WAS at Dachau during WWII as an SS officer (documented) and indeed several sources (only some of which I listed) documented his tests on freezing prisoners for Weleda products. It is absolutely credible and supported by several sources. As you seem to be intent, however, on namecalling on my talk page, and as it has become clear you are here as a troll to throw a lot of BS at me and waste my time - I'm going to delete this discussion. If you have some complaints about me - make them on your own talk page. I'll give you a few minutes to respond before deleting this section. Bye Troll... have a nice day! '''] 17:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
About the policies/guidelines that Fred quoted: | |||
Your addition was reverted by even a neutral party. It was highly inaccurate and everyone knew it. Too bad that you still don't.] 17:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
*]: This policy applies to articles only, though it is a **guideline** for user pages as well. | |||
*]: I assume that Fred doesn't think that PeteK was violating this policy regarding file storing or dating services, so he must be referring to the personal web page section, which states that pages "may be used only to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia" and should provide a "foundation for effective collaboration." One could argue about whether PeteK's opinions promote effective collaboration, but I do not see how he is violating the letter of this policy. | |||
*]: This **guideline** states "If the community lets you know that they would rather you delete some content from your user space, you should consider doing so...If you do not cooperate, the inappropriate content will eventually be removed, either by editing the page (if only part of it is inappropriate), or by redirecting it to your main user page (if it is entirely inappropriate). In excessive cases, your user subpage may be deleted, following a listing on Miscellany for deletion, subject to deletion policy." I don't see any history of deletion requests, or listing this page on Miscellany for deletion. Correct me if I'm wrong. ] 02:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Thank you Henitsirk. You are exactly right on each and every count. There is no justification within Misplaced Pages nor within the ArbCom ruling for this action. Thank you for pointing this out so thoroughly. '''--] 03:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:There are no "neutral" parties in these articles. But thanks for the opportunity to revisit this topic | |||
The ArbCom ruling says "pages", not "articles". You can banned from editing any page which is related to Waldorf, if you put something related to Waldorf on your user page, then the ban includes your userpage. When there is a dispute as to the interpretation of an ArbCom ruling, I think the interpretation of an Arbitrator takes precedence - that's only common sense. --] 14:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
http://aventurien.canalblog.com/archives/2006/10/27/3010722.html | |||
:So you're suggesting that by placing something about Waldorf on my user page - I'm banning myself from editing my user page. Gee... like that's not absurd... LOL! There is no "interpretation" required here. The application of the ArbCom ruling to user pages is ridiculous and clearly misguided. One arbitrator does not an ArbCom make. '''] 15:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
The head gardener of the anthroposophic joint-stock "Weleda" (which to this day produces anthroposopic medicine), the anthroposophist and SS-officer Franz Lippert, was 1941-45 assigned to the KZ Dachau, to take care of the medical herb garden of the concentration camp, where the prisoners were "exterminated by work." Weleda was involved in medical experiments in the KZ, e.g., prisoners were frozen to death to test the Weleda anti-frostbite ointment. These experiments were performed by the KZ-physician, anthroposophist, and SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr. Sigmund Rascher. His father had been a leading member of the Anthroposophic Society at its center in Dornach, who, of course, had sent his son to a Waldorf school. As a kid Rascher even met Steiner himself at Dornach personally (6). | |||
::Yes, that is effectively what I'm suggesting, and yes, it is indeed not absurd. Why wouldn't the ArbCom ruling apply to user pages? Is a user page not a page? --] 22:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
It's not a page that's "related" to Waldorf articles - regardless of what's on it. It's related to the user. The content of the page is a the user's discretion - not the ArbCom's. My pages violated NO rules and NO ArbCom decision. That's exactly why Fred has now opened a new review to get them to change their decision to include my user pages. Meanwhile, he acted unilaterally to violate the rules of Misplaced Pages and to circumvent the responsible process of getting clarification before wiping out my user pages. He's already backed off the "obnoxious" (by his own words) headings he put on my pages, and now he's having to get the ArbCom to agree with his actions. Clearly, he was out of line. Some people should avoid the keyboard during full moons. '''--] 00:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Rascher was of equal quality to his colleague Mengele, an unbelievable pathological sadist, who not even begrudged his victims the delicacies of their last meal, so that in 1945 he was, because of embezzlement, shot on orders from Himmler. At the time Rascher still was a special favorite of Himmler, if not his personal friend, he submitted to Himmler in August 1942 his own invention: the gas chamber. Here one has to know that it was one of Steiner's teachings that potassium cyanide (like in the insecticide "Zyklon B" used in Auschwitz) from an occult point of view not only destroys the body but also the soul.(3) Thus Rascher aspired to a truly anthroposophic "final solution" (6). Ravenscroft proudly claims that Himmler, as a follower of Steiner's bio-dynamic farming, used anthroposophic "pest control of rabbits, rats, and sub-humans" (Ravenscroft words) to drive away the remaining Jews from the European continent by means of ashes from the KZ-crematories homeopathically dispersed in the air (15). | |||
:"Some people should avoid the keyboard during full moons." | |||
3. Waldorf Schools | |||
::I quite agree, Pete. Actually I think some people should avoid keybords at all times. | |||
According to Haverbeck's Handbuch zur Deutschen Nation (handbook on the German nation, 1986) many elements of Waldorf education became in 1936 part of the then inaugurated official Adolf-Hitler-Schools and Napola-Schools (National Political Institutions to form the future Nazi élite) (6). Indeed, the leading Nazi pedagogue Alfred Bäumler liked Waldorf schools very much and, e.g., the educational concepts of the Nazi pedagogue Magdalene von Tiling were quite like those of Steiner's (20). | |||
:'''] 07:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:::''"I quite agree, Pete. Actually I think some people should avoid keybords at all times."'' I couldn't agree more. Perhaps we should start with people who can't even spell KEYBOARD. '''--] 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
*(3) Bierl, P.: "'Vom Dämon besessen'" ÖkoLinx 16, Juli-September 1994 | |||
::::You mean '''keybords'''? That's Swenglish. You must learn it if you plan to visit Sweden some time. Everyone here speaks it in one or other form. Not understanding it, you're toast. '''] 19:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
*(6) Flensburger Hefte 3/91, Heft 32: "Anthroposophen und Nationalsozialismus," Flensburg 1991 | |||
*(15) Ravenscroft, T.: The Spear of Destiny, York Beach, Maine 1991 | |||
*(20) Ulrich, H.: Waldorfpädagogik und okkulte Weltanschauung, Weinheim 1986 | |||
'''--] 17:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Are you here for any reason other than to harass me Sune? Buzz off please...''' --] 20:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Fact is you were using half-truths to propogate your lie. This was seen through by even a neutral party. Here's the other half of the truth, from www.thebee.se: | |||
::Harass you? You mix things up, Pete. I was here first. You joined Misplaced Pages last year to harass and bully me, not the other way round: your and part of your of it. The one behind 99% of the personal attacks and harassment has always been you. At the end of the arbitration review, you even got your long time support admin Durova to wash her hands of you for your way of violating Misplaced Pages policy and attacked and ate Mr. Bauder for lunch. Forgot already? '''] 22:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)'''. | |||
] 18:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::LOL! Well, it's nice to see how you spin this stuff Sune. One last blast of your BS... for old time's sake. Totally fine with me. If you REALLY think I joined Misplaced Pages to harass and bully YOU... you really should, seriously, get some help. LOL! Enjoy your playground... I'm on to bigger and better things. '''--] 00:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Oh, and as to your claim that there are no neutral parties in Waldorf articles, that is yet another lie. The person who REVERTED YOU in this case was your mentor. Well, on second thought, he's actually not a neutral party...he's on YOUR SIDE!!!] 18:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:The motion is to clarify the ruling, not change it. You've refused to accept Fred's interpretation, so he's gone to get the interpretation of the committee as a whole. He's not trying to change the ruling. You say the contents of a user page is at the user's discretion - could you cite a policy for that? As for the contents of a page not be relevant when determining if it's related to a particular topic or not, that's just plain nonsense. --] 11:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I've deleted the portion of your post that references TheBee's nonsense. I'm not hosting discussion for propaganda here. TheBee has NO support for his accusations against Peter Staudenmaier, BTW, and has been repeatedly shown to be completely dishonest about what he has written about Staudenmaier (I proved his claims to be lies right here on Misplaced Pages) and the discussion I posted above is not by Staudenmaier anyway - it's from someone else, and supported by sources. You're wasting my time little troll. '''--] 18:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:::Fred's interpretation is exactly that - an interpretation. He has no more inherent ability to interpret words than I do - NONE. That's why a clarification is necessary and should have been attempted BEFORE he wiped out my user pages - which was an outrageous and rude action that was taken without regard to the rules of Misplaced Pages. He should know - it's his job to know the rules... yet he can't provide a single rule that supports his action. Now he has to go back to revise the ruling ex post facto. This is just a case of an arbitrator gone wild - pushing his authority over someone (me) who challenges it. Fred's behavior, in this instance, has crossed the line. My behavior was within the rules of Misplaced Pages... so now, it's time to change the rules... right? '''--] 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
OK fine, but you should know that this is exactly the type of LYING that I've been talking about. Your arguments cannot stand the test of the other side so you go on and delete them. This is exactly why you were banned in the first place. | |||
::Just as clarification: My comment did refer to Mr. Bauder. Thanks, '''] 14:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Well, anyways, I can't piss on a dead man's grave forever. So I'll leave here with your recent posts and deletions because it is a perfect portrayal of the weasel you always were. ] 18:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Well, I'm glad you finally acknowledged what you were doing instead of "I really don't mean offense; I'm really only trying to shed some light from an outside perspective here." You have come here to discredit me - and the best you can come up with is to call me a liar without support. When challenged to support this claim, you changed it to "half-truths" and as support for this, you posted unsupported crap from TheBee's website - which is KNOWN to be false and malicious - and I certainly don't have to air it here. You showed up here with nothing - and you left with nothing except your tail between your legs. Have a nice day. '''--] 19:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
::LOL! I just figured out who this was... '''--] 19:12, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
==Motion in arbitration case== | |||
Changed it to half-truths? No, purposely telling one side (ie half truths) is equivalent to lying, only actually much worse than an outright fabrication because it appears to be true to a lazy investigator. | |||
Please take notice of ] ] 17:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
Thanks. I noticed it earlier today. '''--] 18:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
And as to "You showed up here with nothing - and you left with nothing except your tail between your legs." All I can say is that you showed up here with nothing but hatred, you couldn't substantiate anything you ever said, and now YOU have nothing to show for your wasted efforts. On the plus side, perhaps anyone who ever looks into the Steiner-related articles further will see quite clearly that anyone who stands up and yells and cries about anything that has to do with Steiner might as just sit down because, as you have so clearly shown, they don't have a leg to stand on. ] 21:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Pete K has his finger on the truth when he says "You have stood by while Waldorf teachers, with a known (to you) conflict of interest, have removed all critical views from the Waldorf articles day by day - over the comments and efforts of lots and lots of neutral editors. What has happened here is shameful. They are, indeed, using Misplaced Pages as their soapbox and as advertising for Waldorf. Everyone who reads those articles has the same comment - that they read like Waldorf brochures." I can attest, from personal experience as well as extensive research, that the Misplaced Pages articles on Waldorf, Steiner, and Anthroposophy are deeply flawed and biased. Misplaced Pages needs to work out procedures that protect it from such inaccuracies—they undermine the encyclopedia's credibility. To verify my credibility, you may visit my Web site at http://homepage.mac.com/nonlevitating/one.html. -- Roger Rawlings | |||
:''"Changed it to half-truths? No, purposely telling one side (ie half truths) is equivalent to lying, only actually much worse than an outright fabrication because it appears to be true to a lazy investigator."'' The truth only has one side. | |||
The administrators are not interested in content here Roger... Somebody has to straighten the deck chairs on the Titanic... '''--] 02:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:''"All I can say is that you showed up here with nothing but hatred, you couldn't substantiate anything you ever said, and now YOU have nothing to show for your wasted efforts."'' That's not true at all. I have lots to show for my "wasted" efforts. For one thing, TheBee can no longer link to his propaganda websites like he used to - so now Misplaced Pages won't be a launch-pad for his personal vendetta against critics. And, as I said, the community knows now that some people here are dishonest - like HGilbert, for example, who wasn't up-front about the fact that he's a Waldorf teacher with a conflict of interest. Lots of other Waldorf teachers editing these articles aren't honest about their affiliations with Waldorf either. So, thanks to my efforts, people are keeping an eye on them. That's a huge accomplishment. Hopefully, I have emboldened other editors here to not allow TheBee and HGilbert to walk all over them and to ] the articles - and now that HGilbert and TheBee are on notice, they will have to tread lightly when such disputes arise. That's another great accomplishment. Sure, the articles have gone back to the brochure language they contained before I arrived, but this was expected. A new wave of critics will arrive to take care of this and the wounded and now thoroughly exposed Waldorf regulars won't survive the next assault. So yeah, I've accomplished quite a bit. | |||
I would like to commend the arbitrators for their decision and for sticking to their principals, despite recieving a constant stream of insults and attacks. I would also like to point out that the pages are very balanced. HGilbert may be a Waldorf teacher, but he is fair, and he is not allowing any reasonable and proper criticism to be removed. In addition, he is working actively to get the NPOV tags removed so that we have neutral articles. Afterall, neutral articles are in Misplaced Pages's best interests. ] 17:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:''"On the plus side, perhaps anyone who ever looks into the Steiner-related articles further will see quite clearly that anyone who stands up and yells and cries about anything that has to do with Steiner might as just sit down because, as you have so clearly shown, they don't have a leg to stand on."'' No - that wasn't shown at all (are you sure you're not from a Waldorf school - you don't seem to be able to read very well). The big problem here is that Steiner's own words aren't allowed to demonstrate his own problematic ideas - like racism, anti-Semitism and so forth. And people who have delivered material that points out problems with Anthroposophy and racism, for example, have seen that material deleted off-handedly by the aggressive editors. There is lots of material that supports Steiner's own racism that cannot be used because it is an Anthroposophical source. In fact Anthroposophical sources are the best sources for showning EXACTLY this, as well as other stupid ideas like Lucifer and Ahriman in the classroom, the temperaments and how they are used, eurythmy and its true purpose, and so forth. When Anthroposophical sources were denied by the ArbCom, that closed the door for lots of damaging material relating to Steiner - and most of it written by Steiner himself. That just represents a narrow set of rules for Misplaced Pages - it has nothing to do with whether people who have read and understood Steiner have a leg to stand on when the state plainly what he said and believed. Just because Misplaced Pages has made rules about what constitutes "knowledge" doesn't mean those rules are universal or should be universally applied to any other environment. That's why information contained on Misplaced Pages is, in many cases, completely different from other reliable sources - not just in these articles but throughout Misplaced Pages. '''--] 22:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:That's hysterical! This place is too funny. You believe that removing the NPOV tag is what results in neutral articles? :) ] 22:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
When Steiner's own words are taken out of context, which is what you loved to do, that's when you create grey half-truth-lies, which, as I said, are actually worse than pure black fabrications. But, of course, you are going to discount the wisdom behind Misplaced Pages's policies because you are intent on stomping your feet; And, no, you know what, you can call it whatever you want, you can say that I'm just trying to discredit you, but what I'm really doing is trying to put one final stamp on what you did...so that the one or two people who might one day stumble across your page will see you for the deluded liar you are and will judge your Anti-Anthro stance accordingly. Have a nice life outside of Misplaced Pages.] 00:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Diana, don't insult me. Obviously, it's not the mere act of removing tags that results in that. HGilbert is working to get those articles neutral. He's compromising, he's asking for suggestions and input from others and he's making whatever edits he can, within reason, so that we can eventually have tag-free articles. ] 03:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I've never taken Steiner out of context. In fact, it is the Waldorf people who have taken Steiner out of context. Steiner was exactly what I have said - someone who believed in physical racial differences and connected those differences to some races being more advanced than others - and he called this idea (along with some other ideas) Anthroposophy. That is the honest truth in ANY context. The people here have to disguise the use of the word "individual" for example, to pretend that Steiner meant something different than what he said. I've pointed this out in detail several times here. There is no honest context in which Steiner wasn't a racist. The problem is that today, being a racist is a bigger deal than it was in Steiner's time. Steiner felt truly justified in his racism and believed it to be spiritually supported. That's the truth plain and simple. But choose your next words carefully because you are apparently here only to insult and not to discuss or debate - so next time I hear a personal attack I will be removing this entire dialog to make room for honest debate (not name-calling). '''] 00:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
That will NEVER happen Bellowed. The articles are NOT neutral. Everyone knows this. People unassociated with Waldorf continually write on the talk pages to express how one-sided the articles are. They're BROCHURES for Waldorf. NOT NEUTRAL. And as long as HGilbert and TheBee are owning them - they will NEVER be neutral. Why? Because HGilbert is a Waldorf teacher - and he's NOT NEUTRAL. TheBee is a former Waldorf teacher and a current Waldorf activist. He's NOT NEUTRAL. I don't know who you are - but you're NOT NEUTRAL either - clearly evidenced by your edits. And now Misplaced Pages, through your collective efforts has become NOT NEUTRAL on these topics. '''] 05:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Like I said, HGilbert is a Waldorf teacher, but he really makes a good effort at being neutral. He's not just a one-sided editor, which is why he wasn't banned from editing on Steiner-related topics. I'm not going to let you portray a good and honest and selfless man like him as a dogmatist. ] 19:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
You could always dish em out but apparently you can't take it. And how is calling you a liar names? You are obviously a liar; you distorted reality constantly, twisted words out of their proper context, and I don't know if it's because of the isolation or the recognition that you wasted your time trying to destroy the good reputations of others all because you hate people who were close to you with such passion, but you should stop whining and grow some thicker skin here, because anyone on these pages who have listened to your constant stream of insults already has done just that. ] 02:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Notice of arbitration ruling == | |||
::At the risk of finding myself on the receiving end of vitriol - let us suppose that everything Waldork says is true...why come here then? For what purpose? Isn't it a little unseemly and un-] to gloat on someone else's talk page? It seems to me that you are spending an awful lot of time here yourself to be writing the things you're writing and levelling the accusations you're leveling. Moreover, what you are doing here is very much on the ]. Indeed - if this were ''my'' talk page, you would find yourself on ] very quickly. As it is not, I will leave it to Pete to decide how to deal with you. | |||
Please take note that the ] has adopted the following motion: ''"] applies to user pages with respect to content which relates to Waldorf education, PLANS, Rudolf Steiner, or Anthroposophy."'' Please be guided accordingly. This notice is given by a clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. ] 16:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
::So have a care friend, that you do not set your first days here, off on the wrong foot. Cheers! '''- ]''' 03:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:So he's now banned from his own user page, by virtue of stuff he wrote on it? I am trying to understand. His user page became off limits to him right after he mentioned Waldorf on it, because that caused it to become a page "associated" with the Waldorf articles? Hilarious. Can other people post on his user page? What will happen to his user page? Can *I* talk about Waldorf on Pete's user page? Maybe we need another committee ruling? Perhaps we could all pretend his user page doesn't even exist, and never did. I won't be surprised if the next time I check back, it *won't* exist, and mentioning its prior existence will be a bannable offense (especially if you mention it in the presence of particularly venerable members of "ArbCom"). This place is like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole.] 22:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
::P.S. As I am on record as being strictly against personal attacks and have recently earned the respect of no fewer than two admins in the ArbCom proceeding, I would ask you that you please strike your own epithets and apologize to Pete. Your conduct is inappropriate. '''- ]''' 03:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::This cannot be correct Diana. The Misplaced Pages arbitrators would never produce a ruling like that. To ban me from editing my own user page if it contains material about Waldorf would mean that ANY editor could place material about Waldorf on my user page, and I could not only be in contempt of court (Arbcom) by responding - it would mean I would be violating this decision by removing the offensive Waldorf material because that would be editing a Waldorf page that is my user page. What could be stupider than such a ruling? That can't possibly be what this ruling means... or could it? '''] 05:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Thanks Wikiwag. Let her flap her gums - she's only making an ass out of herself (as usual). | |||
:::I think now the Waldorf content has been removed, it shouldn't be a problem if you edit your userpage (it is no longer related), as long as you don't put it back. If anyone else puts such content there, you should be ok to remove it, although that would probably be in violation of the letter of the ruling, but I doubt anyone would seriously complain. --] 13:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
*''"You could always dish em out but apparently you can't take it. And how is calling you a liar names?"'' Pardon me? LOL! | |||
*''"You are obviously a liar;"'' So "obviously" that you can't produce ONE INSTANCE where I have lied. I'd be happy to extend my offer to anywhere, any time - show me ANY INSTANCE ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET WHERE I HAVE LIED and you will have my permission to call me a liar. You cannot because I DO NOT LIE - EVER. My credibility is too important to me. I haven't been banned from Waldorf articles for "lying" as you claimed above, but for aggressive editing and violating some of Misplaced Pages's rules. You seem to have no trouble lying about me. | |||
*''"you distorted reality constantly, twisted words out of their proper context,"'' Fine - show me ONE INSTANCE of when I have done this then. You can't. It's easy to make such claims without supporting them. Anyone reading this will surely notice. | |||
*''"and I don't know if it's because of the isolation or the recognition that you wasted your time trying to destroy the good reputations of others all because you hate people who were close to you with such passion,"'' I'm not isolated, FYI, I'm surrounded by people every day and have lots of places on the internet where I post - so you're making up this isolation thing. Furthermore, I haven't destroyed anyone's reputation - they, themselves, have done this through their own dishonesty. I'm just here pointing it out. Below, for example, I'm letting Harlan Gilbert's own words demonstrate his view of reality. People can draw their own conclusions. | |||
*''"but you should stop whining and grow some thicker skin here, because anyone on these pages who have listened to your constant stream of insults already has done just that."'' I'm not whining - I'm here discussing Waldorf. You're here discussing ME. That's not appropriate and I'll probably delete this discussion tomorrow but I may decide to keep it because of the thorough ass you have made of yourself. '''--] 04:41, 27 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
::::Ah, but the Waldorf content hasn't been removed - We're discussing Waldorf above. What does this mean? I can't engage in discussions about Waldorf on my user page. Previously, administrators who have reviewed the ArbCom decision have said I'm free to discuss Waldorf with other users. Now, you guys are saying I have a gag order on the topic. I can't discuss Waldorf ANYWHERE on Misplaced Pages - right? And I did exactly WHAT to warrant such a punishment? Agressive editing... that's it - oh, and pissing Fred off. It doesn't get more obvious than this. Shame on you guys. '''] 15:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Yeah Pete, you keep threatening to delete it and I'm sure you will. You'd love to conceal from everyone what your REAL motives always were. That's the only reason you'd delete it, though you'd claim it was to make room for real discussion. ] 13:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
Let's not get hysterical. The content has been removed from the User page, but it is starting to creep back in here, so the discussion of Waldorf in particular should cease here. If someone adds info to your user page Pete, you can certainly remove it without fear of punishment from ARB. And yes, it appears that you are not allowed to discuss the subject anywhere on WP. That is the ruling and the subsequent clarification. Absent any content on Waldorf, you are free of any editing restrictions anywhere on WP. It's not the end of the world. Surely there are other subjects that interest you? - ] 19:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:LMAO! So you think I would spend 10-18 hours a day - over the past 8 years - trying to piss off {personal info removed}. Who in their right mind would believe this? Odd isn't it? Your statement is, again, nonsense that you have invented to try to discredit what I have to say. It's a cheap shot without any basis in fact. IOW, you're lying again. | |||
:Um... am '''I''' getting hysterical? Do '''I''' fear punishment from the ARB? I think you may have me confused with someone else... the ArbCom, for example, seems to be hysterical here. Who ever heard of such a ridiculous "punishment"? All because Fred is running the show and doesn't like the content I've brought. If you want to look back at what brought this on, it's clear enough - Fred removed the content I posted, despite it was from a reliable and completely acceptable source, and made the claim that I was breaking a rule about Biographies of Living Persons. He didn't like the content so he whisked it away - no explanation, only a claim that I had made some libelous claim - again, nothing to back up that statement either and yet, no retraction from Fred. Nothing but a witch-hunt here... and now a gag-order so that I can't discuss these things. Fred's conduct has been obscenely unfair here with regard to how I have been treated. The other arbitrators fall in line behind his lead like baby ducks following mama duck. This is poisonous to Misplaced Pages and a shameful distortion of what Misplaced Pages is supposed to be. I'm not a vandal, I'm not a sock-puppet, I'm a published author here editing articles with content Fred doesn't like. That's my only crime here. Sure, there are hundreds of articles here I could participate in - but I won't, not because I'm unable to, but because I won't lend my name to a process that is so completely corrupt. Enjoy your shame. '''] 21:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:My problem is with Waldorf. NO SINGLE PERSON is worth the time and energy I have put into exposing Waldorf. It's a convenient but ridiculous claim you and Sune use to excuse the abuses in Waldorf that I bring to light. Those abuses happen daily and they are supported by the Waldorf community. Those abuses happen to children and families around the country and indeed throughout the world. They are very real and I have experienced them first-hand and in some cases I have stopped them - first-hand. Abuse continues to flourish and the massive attempt here at Misplaced Pages to cover up the truth about Waldorf should demonstrate how fragile the Waldorf house-of-cards is. | |||
:: I was referring to DianaW with the "hysterical" comment. Sorry. But I think you are lucky that you didn't get indef banned over this most recent kerfluffle. The ARBcom made it clear that you are not to be writing about the W subject on Misplaced Pages. You don't agree, and that's fair. I would probably be just as pissed about it as you are, but you are kicking at anthills here. - ] 21:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
If kicking at anthills is what it takes to break up the hive mentality here, that's what I need to do. '''--] 05:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
'''Waldork was permanently banned from Misplaced Pages after this discussion.''' | |||
==Now My User Page is Protected== | |||
==HGilbert's Book== | |||
And so, I can't even edit my own user page. Gee I'm running out of options... '''] 03:51, 16 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Here's a peek into the mind of Harlan Gilbert. Notice how everrything is presented as FACT and completely unsupported by references. | |||
:That's what sooner or later happens to bad guys/social suicide candidates - at Misplaced Pages. You've insisted on asking for it, repeatedly going for a permanent ban. No need to play surprised. '''] 08:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Gilbert, Harlan. At the Source: The Incarnation of the Child and the | |||
Development of a Modern Pedagogy. Fair Oaks, CA: Association of | |||
Waldorf Schools of North America, 2005. | |||
::I'm going out of my way in these final exercises to show how corrupt Misplaced Pages is. And I've done this. Showing your tactics here in detail, Sune, will make a nice chapter for my book. This was a great demonstration of how Waldorf/Anthroposophy works to silence the truth and I've documented every word of what happened here. I don't need to do anything more here - there will be many, many people right here at Misplaced Pages reverting your nonsense forever. Enjoy your life as a Misplaced Pages editor, loser, I'm out of here. '''--] 14:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
From the Foreword: | |||
Don't let your book get to be too big Pete. Because if it gets its own Misplaced Pages article, just remember that the Arb Com ruled that your ban extends to all things Waldorf. Too bad, because you won't be able to make edits to defend your own article while I have all the fun in the world lying and slandering something YOU love. ] 15:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
"Given the seven-year developmental phases each phase of life must go | |||
through seven definable stages of development, each of which | |||
corresponds approximately, at least in normal development, to one | |||
year of human life. These seven stages must be archetypal in nature, | |||
in other words, the physical body, the life and rhythmic organization | |||
and the organization of consciousness (as well as the further members | |||
of the human being) must all need to go through the same principle | |||
sequence of development." | |||
:I'm not interested in your childish taunts. Enjoy your new career... both of you. '''--] 17:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
"In the course of this study, it became necessary to examine also the | |||
incarnating child's preparation in the spiritual worlds, which can be | |||
seen as essential a part of the process of incarnation as are the | |||
earthly phases of childhood." | |||
Not interested in childish taunts? Just today you said:<blockquote>Enjoy your life as a Misplaced Pages editor, loser, I'm out of here. '''--] 14:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)'''</blockquote> | |||
Preface | |||
Man, Pete, less than one day...you sure grew up fast. ] 22:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
:More childish taunts. You're the one that needs to grow up. '''--] 13:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
"This work is grounded in the fundamental research into the nature of | |||
the human being and into human development--especially child | |||
development--of Rudolf Steiner. I would like to declare my debt and | |||
thanks to the life and research of this founder of a new | |||
'transcendental science,' uniting the power of thought and | |||
philosophical integrity of the transcendental idealists who preceded | |||
him with the practical, world-oriented nature of modern science." [p. | |||
15] | |||
Haha, Pete, don't take it so hard. I'm not trying to be sour here; There's two types of people, those you love and those you love to hate, and just because you fall into the latter category doesn't mean that you won't be missed. Your very clever insults, your everyday antics, your rebellion to authority..I have to say that I always watched your page wanting to see what you just did because, while it might have made me mad, it was at least entertaining. I'm glad for the very brief time I got to know you on Wiki and wish you the best in the future.. except for smearing Waldorf.. and, perhaps, in a future internet endeavor we may meet again. Cheers. ] 23:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
"Above all, a spiritually-based education calls upon and calls forth | |||
forces of initiative and capacities for inner transformation in | |||
children, teachers, and parents alike. The real evidence of spirit at | |||
work lies in the ongoing process of transformation and development | |||
that it stimulates in the individual, the social fabric of family and | |||
community and in the institution itself." | |||
:Waldorf smears itself, friend. I just reported the truth... and still do. '''] 14:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
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"e find in every organism a typical rhythm of life and manner of | |||
growth which no change or exchange of its physical substance can | |||
modify into a new and viable pattern. The buttercup may be bred or | |||
genetically altered to have a scarlet flower, but will never become a | |||
rose; a mouse may be given long ears, but will never be made into | |||
even a miniature elephant. It has been one of the greatest | |||
achievements of modern genetic science to have discovered through the | |||
detailed mapping of the genetic structure that the fundamental | |||
determination of an organism's nature, overall form and manner of | |||
growth is not to be found in the genes." | |||
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"Just as a plant can only grow -physically- by taking up substance | |||
from its -physical- environment, to which this substance then returns | |||
after its death, so must there be an environment of -life-substance- | |||
(formative potential) from which the life organization of an organism | |||
is drawn and to which it returns after its departure from the | |||
physical form. | |||
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inexplicable and in apparent contravention of all physical law." [p. | |||
23, emphasis in original] | |||
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Sentience | |||
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animals--when sentience seems to withdraw from the living and | |||
physical aspects of an organism. In sleep, for example, a sentient | |||
oganism's consciousness is seemingly in abeyance, or at least | |||
strangely inaccessible. The capacity of the sentient nature to depart | |||
from and return to the life-imbued physical body is further important | |||
evidence of the independent nature of the sentient organization; if | |||
the latter were merely a product of the lower organizations, so long | |||
as these lower organizations were present, so would sentience | |||
necessarily be." | |||
== Arbitration request regarding you == | |||
"We can identify qualities of sentience which are characteristic for | |||
every type of animal; thus we have the wily fox, fearful rabbit, | |||
voracious wolf, phlegmatic tortoise, and so forth." | |||
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"It has been a frequent misconception to assume that the determining | |||
organization here is the physical body. In fact, both the animal's | |||
behavior and its physical form are manifestations of the underlying | |||
sentient organization. The animal bears a sentient organization, a | |||
life organization and a physical body, whereby the latter two (the | |||
animal's life and form) are given shape under the influence of the | |||
sentient organization. | |||
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"The sentient organization, too, must be drawn from and return to | |||
somewhere. If this is not the world of life or phycial being--in | |||
which case the sentient organization could not leave for sleep or | |||
death, but would necessarily remain bound to the lower | |||
organizations--there must be a realm of sentience with an objective | |||
reality of its own." | |||
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The Path to Spiritual Experience | |||
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on the nature of one's own consciousness...only by seeking what | |||
underlies this content do we arrive at an awareness of the processes | |||
which give rise to it--which processes are revealed as emanating | |||
(originating) from spiritual beings; finally we become aware of the | |||
beings themselves." | |||
"The principles which the soul uses to transform its initially | |||
subjective experience of the outer world, on the one hand, and the | |||
ideals which it becomes aware of as not originating in either the | |||
outer world or the subjective inner life, on the other hand, are both | |||
impressions from a world which lies on the other side of the void of | |||
consciousness. This is a world of equal objective reality to the | |||
outer world of physicality, life and sentience, but whereas we have | |||
no direct access to the objective reality of these outer worlds, such | |||
an access -is- possible to the world of spirit. | |||
"The three realms of the spiritual world correspond to the three | |||
realms of the outer world, but whereas the latter's content is | |||
organized and formed, the spiritual realms' content is that of the | |||
creative activity, life and beings which lie behind the organization | |||
and forms of what we experience as outer reality. These spiritual | |||
realms are as real as those of the minerals, plants and animals, as | |||
real as are our physical body, life and consciousness. They are | |||
neither abstract nor derived from but rather creative of these more | |||
familiar worlds. They are accessible to a consciousness which passes | |||
through the gate described above, the gate of the void of | |||
consciousness." | |||
The Nature of Human Development | |||
"The nature of the human being is immutable. The capacity to | |||
incarnate this nature in the resistant material of its earthly | |||
expression is, by contrast, only gradually achieved through | |||
evolutionary development. ... All evolution and development are thus | |||
the expression of an interaction between the spiritual-cosmic worlds | |||
and earthly existence. ... volution and development manifest over | |||
cycles of time. They follow universal patterns in these cycles. | |||
"One of these archetypal patterns particularly relevant for the | |||
current study is a seven-fold developmental metamorphosis. In order | |||
to establish an earthly manifestation of a spiritual principle, seven | |||
stages of development are required. These stages are successive steps | |||
of incarnation into an earthly form. ... Without understanding the | |||
origin of development and the nature of developmental cycles, our | |||
understanding of human development can never go deeper than an | |||
empirical description of the outer characteristics of this | |||
development. Through the approach taken here, the inner nature and | |||
motive force of human development and evolution can be comprehended | |||
and their outer characteristics given their proper context." [pp. | |||
36-37] | |||
The Guardians of the Threshold | |||
"Before the Mystery of Golgotha the goal of spiritual progress was to | |||
completely free oneself of individual karma. The individual could | |||
then live completely out of an din the service of the objective path | |||
of world destiny, and was in fact no longer bound to return to | |||
earthly existence. The sun path of voluntarily taking on others' | |||
karma interfered with this goal and was a rarity only known and | |||
followed by certain exceptional individuals." [p. 214, note 31 to | |||
page 65] | |||
"Three aspects of destiny are thus united in the sheath-building process: | |||
"* universal karma as a microcosm of the spiritual sphere brought by | |||
the Greater Guardian, the star path of destiny. | |||
"* individual, unresolved karma from past lives brought by the Lesser | |||
Guardian, the moon path of destiny. | |||
"* and the sacrifices of those souls who take up the task of serving | |||
as another soul's guardian--and thus become in a sense the equal of | |||
the other two guardians in this sphere, the sun path of destiny." [p. | |||
65] | |||
Kindergarten for the older child | |||
"Nature stories and fairy tales can begin to include | |||
transformations. The Grimms' story -Mother Holle- is appropriate | |||
for this age, for example." | |||
" Plot and character development in stories are not yet | |||
appropriate, however." | |||
First Grade: Curriculum | |||
"Drawings can be approached as an expression of a soul-imbued | |||
reality; the quality of the color and form employed here is | |||
intimately related to and determined by the soul experience of the | |||
child. It belongs to the cultivation of inner and outer experience to | |||
work out of pure colors, and not to muddy these, and to use -areas- | |||
of color rather than solely lines or outlines." | |||
" Outlines as depictions of objects are conceptual additions to | |||
the world; they do not exist in the reality that we perceive. | |||
Allowing color areas to express the content is more true to both | |||
sense and soul reality, which are full and rich in character." | |||
Second Grade: Methodology | |||
"The children should now always understand the meaning of what they | |||
are writing and speaking (in the first grade, it is sometimes enough | |||
if they understand that they are practicing writing). This holds for | |||
other subjects, as well." | |||
Second Grade: Curriculum | |||
"A human being in contact with the world of archetypes lying just | |||
above the world of normal ego consciousness can rise above his or her | |||
separate ego, becoming saintly. The archetypes of the animals also | |||
emanate from this world. Thus, a human being unconsciously influenced | |||
by this world can fall into a one-sidedness which is characteristic | |||
of the animal realm. This one-sidedness then has something | |||
archetypal, but also something animal (beastly) about it. | |||
"Legends of the saints and animal fables bring out these two | |||
possibilities, respectively. Both saint and animal are in contact | |||
with the realm above the human realm: the one rises up to this realm, | |||
the other descends from it. It is this -archetypal- quality which one | |||
seeks to express in the second grade. The detailed study of the | |||
actual life and activity of foxes, mice or ants, for example, or a | |||
more biographical approach to the lives of the saints, both belong to | |||
a later stage of the child's development." | |||
Third Grade: Curriculum | |||
"he Old Testament...gives an awareness that the human being is of | |||
divine origin and is guided by God in his relationships with his | |||
fellow men and women as well as with the realms of nature." | |||
Fourth Grade: Curriculum | |||
"In the fourth grade, the children's attention is drawn to man's | |||
differentiated nature as head, middle (rhythmic) and limb being and | |||
then to how different animals each emphasize one of these aspects." | |||
Sixth Grade: Methodology | |||
"Images of the fixed, physical world can now be employed and | |||
cultivated. Working from direct observation of this world becomes | |||
appropriate for the first time. Previously, observation was | |||
stimulated by the material presented; this now begins to reverse | |||
itself. Sensory observation in all respects is to be cultivated." [p. | |||
130] | |||
"We begin the study of -history-, the description of events as they | |||
took place in the physical world, leaving behind the world of | |||
-mythology-." | |||
Sixth Grade: Curriculum | |||
"In order that mankind, having lost all its earlier awareness of | |||
higher worlds, can find the way back up, a guiding impulse must be | |||
found in physical existence itself. In order to make this possible, a | |||
spiritual being carrying this impulse entered the physical world, the | |||
realm of death. This is the turning point to a new consciousness: the | |||
Mystery of Golgotha, and this event must find an adequate expression | |||
in the sixth grade." | |||
The Pedagogy of the Transitional Period | |||
"The form of the history lessons cannot yet depend upon drawing upon | |||
the pupil's full waking consciousness (clear analytical thought), | |||
however, until the soul-sentient organization has reached its | |||
maturity in the third year of its development . | |||
Therefore story and image are still appropriate rather than a more | |||
intellectual approach; symptomatic moments of history and | |||
representative figures can be thus presented to bring about a | |||
transitional stage of historical awareness. The capacity for making | |||
judgements is now present, though it remains dreamy and applies more | |||
to feelings and imaginative picture than to clear analytical thought, | |||
to which healthy awakening comes after this transitional time. | |||
"In the sciences, to the sense-observation of natural phenomena is | |||
now added a history of scientific discoveries, bringing the | |||
representative movements in scientific thought and technological | |||
discovery in a descriptive or biographical form. (The theoretical or | |||
abstract comprehension of these will come in the following years.) | |||
The phenomenological approach of the sixth grade is thus applied to | |||
what is potentially a more theoretical content in both history and | |||
science." | |||
About spiritual geography in the 12th grade curriculum: | |||
"...examining the special contributions of the periods of history and | |||
various regions of the world, e.g. how religious impulses and a | |||
tendency towards unity, or even homogeneity, arise in the East; | |||
social impulses and cooperation develop out of the Center; | |||
technological advances and differentiation, even competition, are | |||
characteristic of the West; impulses of the West and East intermingle | |||
on the Pacific Rim. Another example is the North's tendency towards | |||
individuation, abstraction and industrialization vs. the South's | |||
tendency towards community, concrete experience and agriculture. A | |||
spiritual history and geography of the world thus arises." | |||
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:'''YAWN''' '''] 20:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
::Hey man. Sorry I've been absent. Frankly, I got sick of the whole thing and had to take a break. I wish things had turned out differently. Good luck with everything. Cheers! '''- ] 22:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
:::Ditto, I wish things could have turned out differently. Against what you might think, I have been proud to be your adopter, and I wish you all the best in the real world. So long, and thanks for all the fish! Laters from the Leth - 00:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::Also sorry this has happened to you. This ruling seems excessively harsh and offends natural justice. An indefinite ban is like a life sentence and does not admit the possibility of anything new happening in the future. Looking through the evidence I cannot see why the committee thought your behaviour was worse than others involved. ] 09:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::You tried to put up a robust defense against some clearly biased editors, and encountered a great deal of incivility and aggression as a result. I am surprised to see that you have been banned whilst your painfully unwikipedian 'opponents' still have free reign over the articles in question. Maybe this ban is a good thing: Misplaced Pages operates on reputation, so if you establish some goodwill by productive edits on other articles, you will find that when (not if) you return to the Steiner articles, you will have a lot more credibility/status/respect to your name, which will work in your favour, especially during arbitration.--] 17:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Thanks Fergie. I think I've already burned too many bridges - and that's fine with me. I'm not interested in the Misplaced Pages process that much any more. It would be better if left to the public to govern their own behavior. Once the selected administrators and arbitrators start displaying bias, it becomes evident that the views here must necessarily be slanted. The criteria for becoming an administrator or arbitrator ensures a certain disdain for people like me who will aggressively debate. '''--] 17:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)''' | |||
Thanks everyone. Once it was clear that I was being targeted, it made no sense to put up a fight. It doesn't seem right that such a small group of arbitrators can control this process and ultimately what a reader reads when they come to Misplaced Pages. It sours the whole environment and obviously, Misplaced Pages has come under a lot of criticism for exactly this lately. The good news is, I've learned that it's impossible to make a difference here - that no matter what, the people who are here in the Waldorf forums are more organized and more devoted to presenting their spin on things - and they will work endlessly to do just that. Everything critical has already been removed and there's a constant hammering to use Anthroposophical sources. It's digging a hole in the sand - the sand eventually wins. But I did what I could - and I may do a bit more in time - we'll see. Good luck to you all! '''] 04:54, 24 March 2007 (UTC)''' |
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Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Waldorf_education#Pete_K_banned applies to this page if it contains content which relates to Waldorf education, PLANS, Rudolf Steiner, orAnthroposophy. Fred Bauder 20:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
If this or any other user page consists of material which relates to the Waldorf Schools it falls within the terms of Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Waldorf_education#Pete_K_banned. If the page concerns ordinary user issues, if does not. Fred Bauder 22:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Nonsense. I was banned from Waldorf-related ARTICLES, not my own user page. Can you please point me to some rule that says my user page is considered an "article"? Otherwise, please allow me to restore it. --Pete K 01:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Forgive my butting in, but the specific remedy in the Arbitration proceeding states: 1) Pete K is banned indefinitely from editing Waldorf education, PLANS, Rudolf Steiner, Anthroposophy, and related pages or their talk pages. The ruling makes no mention of "articles", but does mention "related pages and talk pages". By the exact semantics of the ruling, any page discussing Waldorf would be "related". - Crockspot 01:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, I believe user page is not related. The dictionary definition of "related" is "being connected; associated". User page with mention of something is not "associated" with that thing. Wooyi 02:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- He made it related. Fred Bauder 02:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, I believe user page is not related. The dictionary definition of "related" is "being connected; associated". User page with mention of something is not "associated" with that thing. Wooyi 02:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- I don't quite understand how a user editing a user page has anything to do with said users ban from wikipedia articles and talk pages. The reason for banning users from articles and their talk pages is due to purported violations of wikipedia policy which is hampering wikipedia. Editing ones own talk page to express opinions about articles is totally unrelated to the articles themselves. It's quite a stretch to prevent a user from editing his own talk page because he expresses opinions about other articles on it.Wikidudeman 02:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
This is incredible logic Fred. I made my user page related to Waldorf so that makes it an article? I didn't think this situation could get more ridiculous... but you've proven me wrong once again. It's a USER page - I'm using it. Once again - please point me to the rule that says I can't do this. The ban was related to Waldorf articles and their talk pages. I am free to discuss this material on ANY USER page including my own. --Pete K 02:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
What was on that page was pure soapbox and for an editor who has been instructed to get down from that soapbox its obvious why Fred did what he did. Good call. Spartaz 05:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Nowhere in the initial arbitration does it mention "getting down from a soapbox". It simply says he's baned from a specific article and related articles.Wikidudeman 06:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Please see Misplaced Pages:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox, Misplaced Pages:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog.2C_webspace_provider.2C_or_social_networking_site, and Misplaced Pages:User_page#Removal_of_inappropriate_content. Fred Bauder 10:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, Fred - none of your examples applies to what I did here. NONE. There was no outcry from the community - just YOU. You have stood by while Waldorf teachers, with a known (to you) conflict of interest, have removed all critical views from the Waldorf articles day by day - over the comments and efforts of lots and lots of neutral editors. What has happened here is shameful. They are, indeed, using Misplaced Pages as their soapbox and as advertising for Waldorf. Everyone who reads those articles has the same comment - that they read like Waldorf brochures. They're now getting ready to remove the NPOV tags. That is where your attention should be focused Fred - it's an inappropriate use of Misplaced Pages to distort material in such a way.
- You have banned me - the only editor who was willing to work endlessly to challenge their efforts and to bring material that refuted their claims. I thank you for this - as it has made my life much more simple to not have to fight this fight 12 hours a day. Furthermore, you have singled me out for aggressive editing and have not applied the rules fairly to those aggressive editors - despite community outcry that they were just as responsible for the problems. Misplaced Pages has become their soapbox.
- Again, none of the rules you are suggesting apply here actually apply to my user pages. As Wikidudeman said, I have not been instructed to get down off a soapbox - nor am I on a soapbox. I've presented, on my Biodynamics page, well-researched material about Biodynamics and the Nazis. I have presented on my Steiner Quotes page material that is direct quotes from Steiner. All sourced. I'm allowed to do this - and it is certainly not getting on a soapbox to put information here - in fact, it is my intention to make it easier for other editors to access it. If there is something in Misplaced Pages policy that says I can't do this, please show it to me. So far you haven't been able to justify your actions. I'm not on here as a troll or a vandal, I'm here working within Misplaced Pages policies despite your obvious distaste for my way of doing things. These pages are allowed and there is no Misplaced Pages policy nor ruling that would prevent them from being here. --Pete K 13:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
While the related content should be removed from the userpage, actually banning the user from editing it seems like overkill. He should, of course, be banned from putting the content back. --Tango 14:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Can you explain why the content should be removed from my userpage? What Misplaced Pages rule supports this action? --Pete K 16:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Waldorf_education#Pete_K_banned. You are not banned from having normal user pages, just pages concerning Waldorf Schools. Fred Bauder 17:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, I'm not banned from having pages concerning Waldorf schools Fred. I'm banned from editing Waldorf-related articles and their talk pages. That's all. My user page is neither of those. Please show me ANYWHERE where it says my user pages are affected by any of these bans? Otherwise, please accept that you are wrong about this. --Pete K 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- As someone with no dog in this hunt, I have to agree with Fred. The arbcom does not mention "articles" specifically, it mentions "related pages and talk pages". I looked at the previous version of your user and talk page, and they were both virtually Waldorf articles, just not up to article standards. You can have a normal talk page. You just cannot have a talk page that is used to continue your Waldorf jihad. I would also remind you to refrain from making personal attacks against Fred. It is particularly not very smart to attack an arbitrator. I just looked at your block log, and you are not currently blocked. I suggest you forget about Waldorf, at least here on wikipedia. Perhaps you can start a blog with all of your info, and you can have an innocuous and neutral link to it from your user page. But this path that you have embarked on is not going to end well if you continue pushing this. (Just my humble outsider's opinion.) - Crockspot 19:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC) Further observation - Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Waldorf education#Enforcement by block referst to your situation as a "topic ban". That's pretty clear that the intent of the arbitrators is that you are not to be editing about the topic of Waldorf. - Crockspot 19:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- "You can have a normal talk page. You just cannot have a talk page that is used to continue your Waldorf jihad." Who says? And where is that said? And what constitutes a "normal" talk page? Is there a "normal" guideline here? I've seen some very creative user pages and talk pages. Are those within the "normal" limits - and how does one know if they have crossed from "normal" to abnormal? None of this is defined at Misplaced Pages - and that allows arbitrators to shoot from the hip when they dislike a particular user. When this happens, it is absolutely proper to request some clarification based on the rules of Misplaced Pages not loose interpretations of rulings that don't apply. "Topic ban", again, has to do with articles, not user pages. BTW, I haven't issued any personal attacks. --Pete K 19:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- As I have already said, it is clearly the intention of the arbitrators that you no longer edit on the topic of Waldorf. So it's pretty simple. In your case, the line is the topic of Waldorf. Don't edit about Waldorf, and you should be just fine. Edit about Waldorf, and you might find yourself blocked, per the ruling. I don't see why you find this so hard to understand. Is discussing Waldorf really so important that you are willing to give up your rights to edit anything on wikipedia? Perhaps to you it is, but for me, no single topic is worth losing my account. Anyway, I was just trying to be helpful, and clarify a little more specifically what I assume Fred is basing his actions on. I would have probably done the same thing as him if I had been in his shoes. So, I will shuffle on now, good luck. - Crockspot 19:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- "You can have a normal talk page. You just cannot have a talk page that is used to continue your Waldorf jihad." Who says? And where is that said? And what constitutes a "normal" talk page? Is there a "normal" guideline here? I've seen some very creative user pages and talk pages. Are those within the "normal" limits - and how does one know if they have crossed from "normal" to abnormal? None of this is defined at Misplaced Pages - and that allows arbitrators to shoot from the hip when they dislike a particular user. When this happens, it is absolutely proper to request some clarification based on the rules of Misplaced Pages not loose interpretations of rulings that don't apply. "Topic ban", again, has to do with articles, not user pages. BTW, I haven't issued any personal attacks. --Pete K 19:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Do you understand what EDIT means? It's not about creating a user page, it's about EDITing articles. I am banned from editing articles. I don't dispute that. I am NOT banned from creating my own user pages. If there is some need to ban me from doing this, the ArbCom should make that decision. Nobody else. --Pete K 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I am glad to see that someone clearly saw that this discussion page was being used in clear violation of the ArbCom's intent. I'd also like to point out that Pete K used this page as a means of attempting to have other editors make edits for him that he couldn't make. Here is what he wrote to user RookZero after RookZero responded to the polemical statements made on Pete K's discussion page:
Hi RookZERO, Thanks for asking for my input. I'll try to get a list of changes that can be implemented in the Waldorf, Steiner and Anthroposophy articles for you by next week - I'll need the weekend to work on it. You've got your hands full, I see, with HGilbert - he's not about to let you change HIS articles without a fight. He has already chased away many editors who hoped to produce an NPOV article. But, I also see some help has arrived so I'll produce a list for your review and hopefully people around here will see the extent to which the Anthroposophy propaganda machine is at work here. In looking at your edits, I find your points to be very well taken. HGilbert will find one or two sources that support his agenda and claim them to be universally accepted truths. When a claim is critical of his agenda, he makes sure it appears that a single crackpot has made the claim (as in the case with the recent edit on Hansson). Generally speaking, to get these articles into an NPOV will be impossible as long as HGilbert is here. I would recommend keeping track of his edits and as he starts showing a pattern of aggressive reverts and edits, bring it directly to the ArbCom. They are aware of his tactics and need to be reminded to keep an eye on things. Also, editors in your camp (looking for a NPOV article) include Fergie, Lumos3, Wikiwag, Henitsirk, and Lethaniol - and of course any editor who doesn't want Misplaced Pages to appear as a joke when people read these. Good luck! I'll put a list together for you soon. Pete K 02:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Also, I'd like to point out what Jimbo Wales said about userpages:
- Polemical statements:
“ | libelling people on userpages is a bad idea, and in fact, using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea' | ” |
- - Jimbo Wales, Misplaced Pages co-founder
And I'd like to point out that Jimbo Wales said this about a regular user using his userpage to make polemical statements. Certainly, he'd think much worse of a user like Pete doing what he did after being banned from making these polemical edits. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 19:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- There's nothing polemical about honest criticism of a corrupt system. There's nothing polemical about presenting both POV's. Jimbo Wales would agree with that. Pete K 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I should also clarify that RookZero saw PetK's problem (that he couldn't make edits) and asked Pete for a list and that he'd make those edits for him AFTER reading Pete's statements on his userpage:
::::: Let me know which sections should be changed and how in my talk page. The current state of the article is very poor. (RookZERO 20:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC))
Pete responded to RookZero's request with the quote that I posted earlier. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 20:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I'm allowed to interact with other editors about Waldorf topics. Let me re-state - the ban is a topic ban for editing Waldorf articles and talk pages... Nothing more. My user page is exactly appropriate for those kinds of interactions. --Pete K 20:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Wow. I think removing content on a user page is a bit harsh. Sure, the content here could be seen as polemical, but I wouldn't say it was too offensive or damaging to Misplaced Pages as a whole.
The user guidelines state that a user page is "about you as a Wikipedian" and is meant "to facilitate communication among participants in its project to build an encyclopedia". Note: not a policy, just guidelines. The deletion policy states that "inappropriate user pages" are subject to deletion, however nowhere in that policy is "inappropriate" defined. In the user guidelines it states "There is broad agreement that you may not include in your user space material that is likely to bring the project into disrepute, or which is likely to give widespread offense." I can't see that this user page met either of those criteria.
PeteK was banned from editing **articles**. I can't see that giving opinions on his user page has anything to do with the arbitration findings. "Related pages or their talk pages" to me means articles alone, not user pages.
About the policies/guidelines that Fred quoted:
- Misplaced Pages:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox: This policy applies to articles only, though it is a **guideline** for user pages as well.
- Misplaced Pages:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog.2C_webspace_provider.2C_or_social_networking_site: I assume that Fred doesn't think that PeteK was violating this policy regarding file storing or dating services, so he must be referring to the personal web page section, which states that pages "may be used only to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia" and should provide a "foundation for effective collaboration." One could argue about whether PeteK's opinions promote effective collaboration, but I do not see how he is violating the letter of this policy.
- Misplaced Pages:User_page#Removal_of_inappropriate_content: This **guideline** states "If the community lets you know that they would rather you delete some content from your user space, you should consider doing so...If you do not cooperate, the inappropriate content will eventually be removed, either by editing the page (if only part of it is inappropriate), or by redirecting it to your main user page (if it is entirely inappropriate). In excessive cases, your user subpage may be deleted, following a listing on Miscellany for deletion, subject to deletion policy." I don't see any history of deletion requests, or listing this page on Miscellany for deletion. Correct me if I'm wrong. Henitsirk 02:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you Henitsirk. You are exactly right on each and every count. There is no justification within Misplaced Pages nor within the ArbCom ruling for this action. Thank you for pointing this out so thoroughly. --Pete K 03:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
The ArbCom ruling says "pages", not "articles". You can banned from editing any page which is related to Waldorf, if you put something related to Waldorf on your user page, then the ban includes your userpage. When there is a dispute as to the interpretation of an ArbCom ruling, I think the interpretation of an Arbitrator takes precedence - that's only common sense. --Tango 14:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- So you're suggesting that by placing something about Waldorf on my user page - I'm banning myself from editing my user page. Gee... like that's not absurd... LOL! There is no "interpretation" required here. The application of the ArbCom ruling to user pages is ridiculous and clearly misguided. One arbitrator does not an ArbCom make. Pete K 15:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, that is effectively what I'm suggesting, and yes, it is indeed not absurd. Why wouldn't the ArbCom ruling apply to user pages? Is a user page not a page? --Tango 22:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
It's not a page that's "related" to Waldorf articles - regardless of what's on it. It's related to the user. The content of the page is a the user's discretion - not the ArbCom's. My pages violated NO rules and NO ArbCom decision. That's exactly why Fred has now opened a new review to get them to change their decision to include my user pages. Meanwhile, he acted unilaterally to violate the rules of Misplaced Pages and to circumvent the responsible process of getting clarification before wiping out my user pages. He's already backed off the "obnoxious" (by his own words) headings he put on my pages, and now he's having to get the ArbCom to agree with his actions. Clearly, he was out of line. Some people should avoid the keyboard during full moons. --Pete K 00:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- "Some people should avoid the keyboard during full moons."
- I quite agree, Pete. Actually I think some people should avoid keybords at all times.
- Thebee 07:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- "I quite agree, Pete. Actually I think some people should avoid keybords at all times." I couldn't agree more. Perhaps we should start with people who can't even spell KEYBOARD. --Pete K 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- You mean keybords? That's Swenglish. You must learn it if you plan to visit Sweden some time. Everyone here speaks it in one or other form. Not understanding it, you're toast. Thebee 19:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- "I quite agree, Pete. Actually I think some people should avoid keybords at all times." I couldn't agree more. Perhaps we should start with people who can't even spell KEYBOARD. --Pete K 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Are you here for any reason other than to harass me Sune? Buzz off please... --Pete K 20:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- Harass you? You mix things up, Pete. I was here first. You joined Misplaced Pages last year to harass and bully me, not the other way round: your plan and part of your implementation of it. The one behind 99% of the personal attacks and harassment has always been you. At the end of the arbitration review, you even got your long time support admin Durova to wash her hands of you for your way of violating Misplaced Pages policy and attacked and ate Mr. Bauder for lunch. Forgot already? Thebee 22:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC).
- LOL! Well, it's nice to see how you spin this stuff Sune. One last blast of your BS... for old time's sake. Totally fine with me. If you REALLY think I joined Misplaced Pages to harass and bully YOU... you really should, seriously, get some help. LOL! Enjoy your playground... I'm on to bigger and better things. --Pete K 00:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
- The motion is to clarify the ruling, not change it. You've refused to accept Fred's interpretation, so he's gone to get the interpretation of the committee as a whole. He's not trying to change the ruling. You say the contents of a user page is at the user's discretion - could you cite a policy for that? As for the contents of a page not be relevant when determining if it's related to a particular topic or not, that's just plain nonsense. --Tango 11:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- Fred's interpretation is exactly that - an interpretation. He has no more inherent ability to interpret words than I do - NONE. That's why a clarification is necessary and should have been attempted BEFORE he wiped out my user pages - which was an outrageous and rude action that was taken without regard to the rules of Misplaced Pages. He should know - it's his job to know the rules... yet he can't provide a single rule that supports his action. Now he has to go back to revise the ruling ex post facto. This is just a case of an arbitrator gone wild - pushing his authority over someone (me) who challenges it. Fred's behavior, in this instance, has crossed the line. My behavior was within the rules of Misplaced Pages... so now, it's time to change the rules... right? --Pete K 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- Just as clarification: My comment did not refer to Mr. Bauder. Thanks, Thebee 14:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Motion in arbitration case
Please take notice of Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration#Pete_K Fred Bauder 17:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I noticed it earlier today. --Pete K 18:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Pete K has his finger on the truth when he says "You have stood by while Waldorf teachers, with a known (to you) conflict of interest, have removed all critical views from the Waldorf articles day by day - over the comments and efforts of lots and lots of neutral editors. What has happened here is shameful. They are, indeed, using Misplaced Pages as their soapbox and as advertising for Waldorf. Everyone who reads those articles has the same comment - that they read like Waldorf brochures." I can attest, from personal experience as well as extensive research, that the Misplaced Pages articles on Waldorf, Steiner, and Anthroposophy are deeply flawed and biased. Misplaced Pages needs to work out procedures that protect it from such inaccuracies—they undermine the encyclopedia's credibility. To verify my credibility, you may visit my Web site at http://homepage.mac.com/nonlevitating/one.html. -- Roger Rawlings
The administrators are not interested in content here Roger... Somebody has to straighten the deck chairs on the Titanic... --Pete K 02:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to commend the arbitrators for their decision and for sticking to their principals, despite recieving a constant stream of insults and attacks. I would also like to point out that the pages are very balanced. HGilbert may be a Waldorf teacher, but he is fair, and he is not allowing any reasonable and proper criticism to be removed. In addition, he is working actively to get the NPOV tags removed so that we have neutral articles. Afterall, neutral articles are in Misplaced Pages's best interests. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 17:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- That's hysterical! This place is too funny. You believe that removing the NPOV tag is what results in neutral articles? :) DianaW 22:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Diana, don't insult me. Obviously, it's not the mere act of removing tags that results in that. HGilbert is working to get those articles neutral. He's compromising, he's asking for suggestions and input from others and he's making whatever edits he can, within reason, so that we can eventually have tag-free articles. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 03:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
That will NEVER happen Bellowed. The articles are NOT neutral. Everyone knows this. People unassociated with Waldorf continually write on the talk pages to express how one-sided the articles are. They're BROCHURES for Waldorf. NOT NEUTRAL. And as long as HGilbert and TheBee are owning them - they will NEVER be neutral. Why? Because HGilbert is a Waldorf teacher - and he's NOT NEUTRAL. TheBee is a former Waldorf teacher and a current Waldorf activist. He's NOT NEUTRAL. I don't know who you are - but you're NOT NEUTRAL either - clearly evidenced by your edits. And now Misplaced Pages, through your collective efforts has become NOT NEUTRAL on these topics. Pete K 05:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Like I said, HGilbert is a Waldorf teacher, but he really makes a good effort at being neutral. He's not just a one-sided editor, which is why he wasn't banned from editing on Steiner-related topics. I'm not going to let you portray a good and honest and selfless man like him as a dogmatist. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 19:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Notice of arbitration ruling
Please take note that the Arbitration Committee has adopted the following motion: "Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Waldorf education#Pete K banned applies to user pages with respect to content which relates to Waldorf education, PLANS, Rudolf Steiner, or Anthroposophy." Please be guided accordingly. This notice is given by a clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 16:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- So he's now banned from his own user page, by virtue of stuff he wrote on it? I am trying to understand. His user page became off limits to him right after he mentioned Waldorf on it, because that caused it to become a page "associated" with the Waldorf articles? Hilarious. Can other people post on his user page? What will happen to his user page? Can *I* talk about Waldorf on Pete's user page? Maybe we need another committee ruling? Perhaps we could all pretend his user page doesn't even exist, and never did. I won't be surprised if the next time I check back, it *won't* exist, and mentioning its prior existence will be a bannable offense (especially if you mention it in the presence of particularly venerable members of "ArbCom"). This place is like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole.DianaW 22:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- This cannot be correct Diana. The Misplaced Pages arbitrators would never produce a ruling like that. To ban me from editing my own user page if it contains material about Waldorf would mean that ANY editor could place material about Waldorf on my user page, and I could not only be in contempt of court (Arbcom) by responding - it would mean I would be violating this decision by removing the offensive Waldorf material because that would be editing a Waldorf page that is my user page. What could be stupider than such a ruling? That can't possibly be what this ruling means... or could it? Pete K 05:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- I think now the Waldorf content has been removed, it shouldn't be a problem if you edit your userpage (it is no longer related), as long as you don't put it back. If anyone else puts such content there, you should be ok to remove it, although that would probably be in violation of the letter of the ruling, but I doubt anyone would seriously complain. --Tango 13:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, but the Waldorf content hasn't been removed - We're discussing Waldorf above. What does this mean? I can't engage in discussions about Waldorf on my user page. Previously, administrators who have reviewed the ArbCom decision have said I'm free to discuss Waldorf with other users. Now, you guys are saying I have a gag order on the topic. I can't discuss Waldorf ANYWHERE on Misplaced Pages - right? And I did exactly WHAT to warrant such a punishment? Agressive editing... that's it - oh, and pissing Fred off. It doesn't get more obvious than this. Shame on you guys. Pete K 15:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Let's not get hysterical. The content has been removed from the User page, but it is starting to creep back in here, so the discussion of Waldorf in particular should cease here. If someone adds info to your user page Pete, you can certainly remove it without fear of punishment from ARB. And yes, it appears that you are not allowed to discuss the subject anywhere on WP. That is the ruling and the subsequent clarification. Absent any content on Waldorf, you are free of any editing restrictions anywhere on WP. It's not the end of the world. Surely there are other subjects that interest you? - Crockspot 19:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- Um... am I getting hysterical? Do I fear punishment from the ARB? I think you may have me confused with someone else... the ArbCom, for example, seems to be hysterical here. Who ever heard of such a ridiculous "punishment"? All because Fred is running the show and doesn't like the content I've brought. If you want to look back at what brought this on, it's clear enough - Fred removed the content I posted, despite it was from a reliable and completely acceptable source, and made the claim that I was breaking a rule about Biographies of Living Persons. He didn't like the content so he whisked it away - no explanation, only a claim that I had made some libelous claim - again, nothing to back up that statement either and yet, no retraction from Fred. Nothing but a witch-hunt here... and now a gag-order so that I can't discuss these things. Fred's conduct has been obscenely unfair here with regard to how I have been treated. The other arbitrators fall in line behind his lead like baby ducks following mama duck. This is poisonous to Misplaced Pages and a shameful distortion of what Misplaced Pages is supposed to be. I'm not a vandal, I'm not a sock-puppet, I'm a published author here editing articles with content Fred doesn't like. That's my only crime here. Sure, there are hundreds of articles here I could participate in - but I won't, not because I'm unable to, but because I won't lend my name to a process that is so completely corrupt. Enjoy your shame. Pete K 21:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- I was referring to DianaW with the "hysterical" comment. Sorry. But I think you are lucky that you didn't get indef banned over this most recent kerfluffle. The ARBcom made it clear that you are not to be writing about the W subject on Misplaced Pages. You don't agree, and that's fair. I would probably be just as pissed about it as you are, but you are kicking at anthills here. - Crockspot 21:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
If kicking at anthills is what it takes to break up the hive mentality here, that's what I need to do. --Pete K 05:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Now My User Page is Protected
And so, I can't even edit my own user page. Gee I'm running out of options... Pete K 03:51, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
- That's what sooner or later happens to bad guys/social suicide candidates - at Misplaced Pages. You've insisted on asking for it, repeatedly going for a permanent ban. No need to play surprised. Thebee 08:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'm going out of my way in these final exercises to show how corrupt Misplaced Pages is. And I've done this. Showing your tactics here in detail, Sune, will make a nice chapter for my book. This was a great demonstration of how Waldorf/Anthroposophy works to silence the truth and I've documented every word of what happened here. I don't need to do anything more here - there will be many, many people right here at Misplaced Pages reverting your nonsense forever. Enjoy your life as a Misplaced Pages editor, loser, I'm out of here. --Pete K 14:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Don't let your book get to be too big Pete. Because if it gets its own Misplaced Pages article, just remember that the Arb Com ruled that your ban extends to all things Waldorf. Too bad, because you won't be able to make edits to defend your own article while I have all the fun in the world lying and slandering something YOU love. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 15:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not interested in your childish taunts. Enjoy your new career... both of you. --Pete K 17:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Not interested in childish taunts? Just today you said:
Enjoy your life as a Misplaced Pages editor, loser, I'm out of here. --Pete K 14:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Man, Pete, less than one day...you sure grew up fast. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 22:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
- More childish taunts. You're the one that needs to grow up. --Pete K 13:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Haha, Pete, don't take it so hard. I'm not trying to be sour here; There's two types of people, those you love and those you love to hate, and just because you fall into the latter category doesn't mean that you won't be missed. Your very clever insults, your everyday antics, your rebellion to authority..I have to say that I always watched your page wanting to see what you just did because, while it might have made me mad, it was at least entertaining. I'm glad for the very brief time I got to know you on Wiki and wish you the best in the future.. except for smearing Waldorf.. and, perhaps, in a future internet endeavor we may meet again. Cheers. |3 E |_ |_ 0 VV E |) 23:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
- Waldorf smears itself, friend. I just reported the truth... and still do. Pete K 14:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Pete_K for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Professor marginalia (talk) 18:46, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Pete K (2nd) for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. EPadmirateur (talk) 04:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, too funny, the professor has put a Nyah-nyah on the poor guy's user page. What is this, kindergarten? "Sockpuppeteer"? Might you be starting to take yourself just a trifle too seriously, Professor?DianaW (talk) 01:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
June 2014
To enforce an arbitration decision, and for evading your topic ban using IP sockpuppets, you have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month. You are welcome to edit once the block expires; however, please note that the repetition of similar behavior may result in a longer block. If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing arbitration enforcement blocks and then appeal your block using the instructions there. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:32, 3 June 2014 (UTC)Reminder to administrators: In March 2010, ArbCom adopted a procedure instructing administrators as follows: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" ). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped." Administrators who reverse this block without the clear authorisation described in that procedure will be summarily desysopped.
Arbitration request regarding you
Hi Pete K, this is a courtesy notice to inform you that the motion proposed regarding you has been passed by the Arbitration Committee and the amendment request has been closed and archived. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:06, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:11, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Notice of Fringe Theories Noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Fringe theories/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--Shibbolethink 18:16, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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