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==PerspicazHistorian==
==Biruitorul==
{{hat|{{u|PerspicazHistorian}} is blocked indefinitely from mainspace. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 03:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC) }}
''Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.''
<small>''This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below. <br />Requests may not exceed 500 ] and 20 diffs (not counting required information), except by permission of a reviewing administrator.''</small>
===Request concerning Biruitorul===
; User requesting enforcement : ] <sup>]</sup> 18:57, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


===Request concerning PerspicazHistorian===
; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|Biruitorul}}
; User who is submitting this request for enforcement : {{userlinks|NXcrypto}} 15:53, 19 December 2024 (UTC)


; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|PerspicazHistorian}}<p>{{ds/log|PerspicazHistorian}}</p>
;Sanction or remedy that this user violated : ]


<!--- Here and at the end, replace USERNAME with the username of the editor against whom you request enforcement. --->
; ] of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it :


;Sanction or remedy to be enforced: ]
All edits are clearly within the scope of an Eastern European topic ban.
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; ] of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it :
# - Forced labour camps in Communist Bulgaria
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# - Romanian politician
# - Romanian city # - removed "discrimination" sidebar from the page of ] (fascist ideology) even though the sidebar was inserted inside a section, not even the lead.
# - Romanian politician # - tag bombed the highly vetted ] article without any discussion or reason
# - Romanian journalist # - attributing castes to people withhout any sources
# - Romanian politician # - edit warring to impose the above edits after getting
# - Romanian artist and Christian apologist # - just like above, but this time he also added unreliable sources
# - Romanian director # - still edit warring and using edit summaries instead of talk page for conversation
# - filed an outrageous report on WP:ANI without notifying any editors. This report was closed by Bbb23 as "{{tq|This is nothing but a malplaced, frivolous personal attack by the OP.}}"
# - Romanian politician
# - Romanian filmmaker
# - Romanian politician
# - Romanian philosopher
# - Demographic history of Romania
# - Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti (nationalist issues)
# - Armenia–Portugal relations
# - Romanian city
# - Romanian politician
; Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required): # Not applicable
;Enforcement action requested (], ] or ]) : The editor is already under a topic ban, so a block is now in order.


; Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any :
; Additional comments by editor filing complaint : Biruitorul has been ignoring the topic ban since January 2010, and has increased his breaches of the topic ban in recent days. Many of the edits are judgement calls on his part, and as ] has stated in the past (to me actually), topic ban means topic ban, and other editors are available to take care of such things if they are required. There are no ], so one can only assume that Biruitorul has no good nor sound reason to be blatantly ignoring his topic ban since January.
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*Already 2 blocks in last 4 months for edit warring.
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I do not see any positive signs that this editor will ever improve. So far he has only regressed. ] <small><small>]</small></small> 15:53, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
; Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested :


:While going through this report, PerspicazHistorian has made another highly problematic edit by edit warring and misrepresenting the sources to label the organisation as "terrorist". This primary source only provides a list of organisations termed by the Indian government as "terrorist" contrary to ]. ] <small><small>]</small></small> 03:12, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
===Discussion concerning Biruitorul===


*PerspicazHistorian is still using sources (see ]) and wishing to move ] to ] which is a blatant POV. ] <small><small>]</small></small> 04:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
====Statement by Biruitorul====


; Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested :
====Comments by others about the request concerning Biruitorul ====
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Russavia, could you please briefly annotate your list of diffs with what article they concern, and why that article falls within the topic ban? For example, for your second listed diff :], Romanian politician" would suffice.--] (]) 19:38, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:It appears the only question is whether Bulgaria(ns), Romania(ns), Armenia(ns) or Georgia(ns) would fairly fall under the topic "articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban." A wide construction of Eastern Europe suggests that all reasonable interpretations of the term would be used, and according to our own ] article, there are several competing definitions, many of which include some combination of Bulgaria Georgia, Armenia, and Romania, especially the Eastern Europe as Eastern Bloc definition. The diffs cited above run from February to May of this year. It is my conclusion that there has been a clear violation of the topic ban, and Biruitorul knew, or should have known he was violating the topic ban. Based on the length of the violation, I am leaning towards a 1 week block, and would like to hear from Biruitorul on this matter quickly.--] (]) 21:10, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


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: Most of the diffs in the list above are uncontroversial cleanup edits, such as removing spam (, the majority are in fact a series removing this one link), or removing misplaced opinion pieces . With such edits, I personally don't care if they fall under the letter of the law; I just couldn't be bothered enforcing a ban on those. What might be more problematic is content edits like this , regarding the relations between ] and the ], something that likely has some potentially contentious ideological import. ] ] 21:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:::Note concerning the Ion Antonescu edit: what Biruitorul did there was not a contentious ideological import under any definition. He effectively reverted an edit which had several manifest problems, only one of which touched the Antonescu-Iron Guard relationship. Before the diff, another editor had manipulated sourced content in various (good-faithed) ways, including by claiming youtube as reference for the relationship in question, by adding a Jewish wife that Antonescu only had in conspiracy theories started by his adversaries in the same far right pool (knowing that many nonpolitical but non-attentive readers will take at face value), and by replacing commas in numbers with dots (because he simply was not aware of the differences between the Anglo-Saxon and continental systems). The edits in question did degrade the article as Biruitorul's edit summary notes, and no political spin on his part can be deduced from that. Whether or not one is right to perform such edits under a topic ban, I'd argue that they too fall under your (Future Perfect's) definition of "uncontroversial cleanup edits". ] (]) 21:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
::I disagree, at least in this case. Some topic bans are wide because they are trying to totally evict an editor from a topic area, because their judgment is suspect, or their presence is inherently disruptive. The desired attitude and behavior is for topic banned editors to realize that anything that occurs within those articles is no longer their problem, and should be ignored.--] (]) 21:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:::I agree with your assessment and the proposed block. Taking into account the number and duration of the ban violations, I also suggest restarting of the one year topic ban from now, under the discretionary sanctions provision of the ''Digwuren'' decision. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 21:25, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


===Discussion concerning PerspicazHistorian ===
*Hangon, Biruitorul had previously requested an ArbCom clarification, and the Committee expressed some . --] (]) 00:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
<small>''Statements must be made in separate sections. They may not exceed 500 ] and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator.<br />Administrators may remove or shorten noncompliant statements. Disruptive contributions may result in blocks.''</small>


====Statement by PerspicazHistorian ====
===Result concerning Biruitorul===
*By far I am also concerned how my edits were forcefully reverted without a proper reason despite providing enough references. Please check how I am getting attacked by them on ] Page.
:''This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators and is not to be used to conduct discusson or debate. Comments by non-admins, and any discussion or debate will be moved to the section above.''
I didn't know about the three-revert-rule before ] told me about this: ].
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Please grant me one more chance, I will make sure not to edit war.<br>
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*In the below statement by LukeEmily, As a reply I just want to say that I was just making obvious edit on ] by adding a list of notable people with proper references. And according to ] it is clearly said: "Edits from a slanted point of view, general insertion or removal of material, or other good-faith changes are not considered vandalism." It was a good faith edit but others reverted it. I accept my mistake of not raising it on talk page as a part of ].<br>
*As a clarification to my edit on ], it can be clearly seen that I provided enough reference to prove its a terrorist organisation as seen in this . I don't know why is there a discussion to this obvious edit? Admins please correct me if I am wrong.
:@], Yes I read about 1RR and 0RR revert rules in ]. I now understand the importance of raising the topic on talk page whenever a consensus is needed. Thank You ! ] (]) 07:16, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::Yes, I will commit to that. ] (]) 13:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC) <small>Moved comment to own section. Please comment, including replies, only in this section. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 13:19, 20 December 2024 (UTC) </small>
:At that time I was new to how AFD discussions worked. Later on when ] was marked for deletion, I respected the consensus by not interfering in it. The article was later deleted. ] (]) 11:54, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*Hi @] , I just checked your user page. You have 16 years (I am 19) of experience on wiki, you must be right about me. I agree that my start on Misplaced Pages has been horrible, but I am learning a lot from you all. I promise that I will do better, get more neutral here and contribute to the platform to my best. Please don't block me.
::''<small>P.S.- I don't know If I will be blocked or what , according to this enforcement rules, I just want to personally wish good luck to you for your ongoing cancer treatments, You will surely win this battle of Life. Regards.</small>'' ] (]) 12:23, 21 December 2024 (UTC)<small>Moved comment to own section. Please comment, including replies, only in this section.] (]) 15:30, 24 December 2024 (UTC)</small>


*1) I just asked an user @] if the page move is possible. What's wrong with it? I still have not considered putting a move request on talk page of article.
== Pmanderson ==
:2) Many of other sources are not raj era. Moreover I myself have deleted the content way before you pointing this out. Thank You ! ] (]) 06:29, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
::even @] is seen engaged in edit wars before on contentious Indian topics. ] (]) 06:37, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
:::as mentioned by @] before, <sub>Please discuss at talk, not here; we don't deal with content here</sub>. You can discuss content related topics on talk pages of articles rather than personally targeting a user here in enforcement. ] (]) 06:42, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
::::@] I once filed a to find it @] is a sock (out of a misunderstanding, as all were teamed up similarly on various pages). I think he felt it as a personal attack by me and filed this request for enforcement. Please interfere. ] (]) 06:47, 29 December 2024 (UTC) <small>moving to correct section ] (]) 13:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)</small>


*Hi @] @], In my defense I just want to say that
''Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.''
:1)Yes I usually edit on RSS related topics, but to ensure a democratic view is maintained as many socks try to disrupt such articles. Even on ] page, I just edited on request of talk page and added a graph. I don't think its a POV push.
===Request concerning Pmanderson===
:2) My main interest in editing is ] and ] topics.
; User requesting enforcement : ] ] 04:31, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
:3)There have been certain cases in past where I was blocked but if studied carefully they were result of me edit warring with socks(although, through guidance of various experienced editors and admins I learnt a SPI should be filed first). I have learnt a lot in my journey and there have been nearly zero case of me of edit warring this month.
:Please do not block me. ] (]) 14:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
*@] I beg apologies for the inconvenience caused, thanks for correcting me. I will now reply in my own statement section. @] I am a quick learner and professionally competent to edit in this encyclopedic space. Please consider reviewing this enforcement if its an counter-attack on me as mentioned in my previous replies. You all are experienced editors and I have good faith in your decision-making capability.] (]) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*@]@] I have edited content marked as "original research" and "mess" by you, I am ready to help removing any content that might be considered "poorly sourced" by the community. Please don't block me.] (]) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*@] This enforcement started for edit-warring and now I feel its more concerned to my edited content(which I agree to cooperate and change wherever needed). After learning about edit wars, there has been no instance of me edit-warring, Please consider my request.--] (]) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*:@] I am not a slow learner, I understand the concerns of all admins here. I will try my best to add only reliable sources, and discuss content in all talk pages, as I already mentioned ]. ] (]) 12:55, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*::@]@] I think admins should focus more on encouraging editors when they do good and correct when mistaken. I have made many edits, added many citations and created much articles which use fine citations. The enforcement started out of retaliation by nxcrypto, now moving towards banning me anyways. I started editing out of passion, and doing it here on wiki unlike those who come here just for pov pushes and disrupt article space(talking about socks and vandalizers on contentious Indian topics).
*::The article ] doesn't only has issue on citations, but the whole article is copypasted from the citations I added. I just wanted to point that out. Remaining about ], I am currently pursuing Btech in cs from IIT delhi, idt I am a slow learner by any means. Still, happy new year to all ! ] (]) 14:01, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
*:::@] You mean to say, "<sub>The ''prasada'' is to be consumed by attendees as a holy offering. The offerings may include cooked food, ] and confectionery sweets. Vegetarian food is usually offered and later distributed to the devotees who are present in the ]. Sometimes this vegetarian offering will exclude prohibited items such as garlic, onion, mushroom, etc. "</sub> is not copy pasted by website? Is this also a wiki mirror website? How would you feel if I doubt your competence now? ] (]) 14:47, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
*::::@ ] I just asked others to share their opinion in the enforcement. With all due respect, I don't think its wrong in any sense. ] (]) 15:13, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
*:::::To all the admins involved here,
*:::::* I agree to keep learning and apologize if my previous edits/replies have annoyed the admins.
*:::::* I have not edit warred since a month and please see it as my willingness to keep learning and getting better.
*:::::*Please give me a chance, I understand concern of you all and respect your opinion in the matter. But please don't block me from editing from main article space. I promise that I will abide by all the rules and will learn from other editors.
*:::::] (]) 15:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)


====Statement by LukeEmily====
; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|Pmanderson}}
PerspicazHistorian also violated ] by engaging in an edit war with {{u|Ratnahastin}} who reverted his edits and restored an article to a stable version by admin. Also, I want to assume good faith but it is surprising that PerspicazHistorian claims that he did not know the three revert rule given that he has more than 800 edits.] (])


====Statement by Doug Weller====
;Sanction or remedy that this user violated :
I'm involved so just commenting. I don't think this editor is competent. I had to give them a community sanction caste warning as they were making a mess of castes. See this earlier version of their talk page.]https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:PerspicazHistorian&oldid=1262289249] and ]'s comment that "It was very unwise of you to keep moving ] to article space when it has not passed review. As a direct result of your actions, a deletion discussion is taking place, and when this is complete and the article is deleted, you will be prevented from recreating it. ] (]) 14:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC)" There have also been copyright issues. I strongly support a topic ban. ] ] 11:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*] - The original prohibition on editing style pages and talk pages was lifted, after a few weeks because of bad behaviour.


:::I won't be involved in the decision. No more treatments for me, just coast until... ] ] 12:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
; Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it :
# on a MoS talk page about a proposal to merge several outlying MoS pages into an existing MoS page.
# ] at ] -
#:Refers to User:Gnevin as a "", in addition inferring that other editors on the page are bullies.
#:Refers to MoS as ""; Calls for sanctions for anyone who supports the merger; "Spotty reception"; "a falsehood",
#:Refers to other editors at WP:WTW as "".
# and edit at WP:PEACOCK under guise of reverting vandalism
# at WP:WTW
# at WP:WTW
; Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required):
* .
*, and has responded that he believes his "restriction has lapsed". I think the user knows very well that the ArbCom restriction was for 12 months (i.e., until 14 June 2010).
;Enforcement action requested (], ] or ]) : Extension of the restriction for a further six months, to expire on 14 December 2010 contingent on good behaviour during the remainder of the restricted period. Strike-through of the edits in question at ].


====Statement by Toddy1====
; Additional comments by editor filing complaint : The user has breached the ArbCom restriction. Furthermore, he has shown in the breaching that he is incapable of behaving according to ], on the MoS pages and elsewhere, using a strategy of inflammatory attacks on editors and on the MoS itself. I note a long history of blocks for edit-warring, including one , on 15 December 2009, although rescinded on the promise to stay away from the article in question. <s>I note also that, oddly, rollback tools were granted on 4 January, just a few weeks after that event.</s> '''' (Please refer to previous WP:AE report).
This is another editor who appears to have pro-] (RSS) and pro-] (BJP) views. I dislike those views, but find it rather alarming that Misplaced Pages should seek to censor those views, but not the views of the political opponents. Imagine the outrage if we sought to topic-ban anyone who expressed pro-] views, but allowed ] to say whatever they liked.
; Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested : .


A lot of pro-RSS/BJP editors turn out to be sock-puppets, so please can we do a checkuser on this account. And to be even-handed, why not checkuser NXcrypto too.
===Discussion concerning Pmanderson===


If we want to talk about ] when editors make mistakes, look at the diff given by NXcrypto for "Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested" - it is the wrong diff. He/she did notify PerspicazHistorian - but the correct diff is .
====Statement by Pmanderson====
I followed an invitation to comment from ], which has nothing to do with MOS, on an issue concerning three pages which have nothing to do with MOS, attempting to merge them into a MOS page. When I did so, I did not realize the target was a MOS page, I also thought that the restriction had lapsed (I'm not counting the days until I can continue with MOS, which is the intent of the restriction); but I will abide by any decision relating to ].


A topic ban from Indian topics would be unhelpful, unless given to both parties. Misplaced Pages is meant to be a mainstream encyclopaedia, and BJP and RSS are mainstream in India. Loading the dice against BJP and RSS editors will turn Misplaced Pages into a fringe encyclopaedia on Indian topics.
However, I hope the decision will be to leave things alone. The restriction arises from a date-delinking case; this is a completely different issue.


I can see a good case for restricting PerspicazHistorian to draft articles and talk pages for a month, and suggesting that he/she seeks advice from more experienced editors. Another solution would be a one-revert rule to last six months.<span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:10pt;color:#000000">--] ]</span> 13:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
This complaint is an abuse of process, attempting to Wiki-lawyer a loosely phrased reestriction, which will expire before long, into an area it was never intended to cover; similarly, the merge proposal is an attempt to bull through a change which has no consensus, and which will have the effect of expanding MOS.


====Statement by Capitals00====
Both of these flaws are endemic to MOS's way of conduct and to its regulars; is Tony's real objection to somebody pointing out this creeping imperialism? Or is it being reminded that MOS ''is'' widely (and justly) despised outside its Mutual Admiration Society? (Which is why I will not discuss the "guideline" if this merge passes; I will simply ignore it.) ] <small>]</small> 05:02, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I find the comment from {{U|Toddy1}} to be entirely outrageous. What are you trying to tell by saying "{{tq|Misplaced Pages is meant to be a mainstream encyclopaedia, and BJP and RSS are mainstream in India}}"? If you want us to entertain those who are in power, then we could never have an article like ].


You cannot ask topic ban for both editors without having any evidence of misconduct. Same way, you cannot ask CU on either user ]. It is a high time that you should strike your comment, since you are falsely accusing others that they "{{tq|seek to censor}}" this editor due to his "{{tq| pro-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) views}}". You should strike your comment. If you cannot do that, then I am sure ] is coming for you. ] (]) 15:20, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
:I observe that those calling for extended sanctions and removal of my comments are the other participants in the date-delinking case (who were also sanctioned); this is a small clique, attempting to remove the traces that people disagree with them.
:The claims of idyllic harmony before I arrived are false: there was already a protest, led by PBS, against participants in the RfC presuming to declare it closed (after only a few days) and against wide dispute. In fact, this appears to be why Slim Virgin asked for outside voices in the first place. ] <small>]</small> 14:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
::You observe incorrectly. I am calling for the removal of your comments and I was not sanctioned in the date-delinking case. <font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;" size="2">&nbsp;]</font><font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:blink;" size="2">]&nbsp;</font> 22:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Really? How did ArbCom miss my opposite number? I may propose an amendment. ;-> ] <small>]</small> 00:06, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::::They didn't "miss" anything. (Unlike yourself) there's a good reason why I didn't receive sanctions. <font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;" size="2">&nbsp;]</font><font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:blink;" size="2">]&nbsp;</font> 01:13, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::As much as you may want to make this look like some sort of 'Get Mandy' agenda, I suggest that the problem is little bit closer to home. At issue, IMHO, is your unrelenting dissing of others' views almost wherever you go, or so it seems. ] ] 01:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:::I don't have to ''make'' this look like anything; I have provided diffs, and let others see what they look like. The way to make it look different is to act differently. ] <small>]</small> 02:48, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
::::That would include not accusing others of lies and falsehoods would it? <font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;" size="2">&nbsp;]</font><font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:blink;" size="2">]&nbsp;</font> 06:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Tony has been attempting to gather together all my past actions; the result has described by third parties as well as myself. This continued effort to silence an inconvenient voice is really deplorable. ] <small>]</small> 15:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
:, by Gnevin (the proposer of this RfC) is at least indicative of the true purpose of this complaint. ] <small>]</small> 18:11, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
To AGK: I have no intention of using this matter to recall any of the acting admins, if that simplifies matters. For what it's worth, I have not commented at ], and don't intend to do so either; on Carcharoth's talk page suggests that the matter has been settled, and that my intervention has been helpful. ] <small>]</small> 19:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


====Comment by Greg L==== ====Statement by Vanamonde93====
{{U|Toddy1}}: I, too, am baffled by your comment. We don't ban editors based on their POV; but we do ban editors who fail to follow our PAGs, and we certainly don't make excuses for editors who fail to follow our guidelines based on their POV. You seem to be suggesting we cut PH some slack because of their political position, and I find that deeply inappropriate. Among other things, I don't believe they have publicly stated anywhere that they support the BJP or the RSS, and we cannot make assumptions about them.
What I just read, , is as follows:


That said, the fact that this was still open prompted me to spot-check PH's contributions, and I find a lot to be concerned about. is from 29 December, and appears to be entirely original research; I cannot access all of the sources, but snippet search does not bear out the content added, and the Raj era source for the first sentence certainly does not support the content it was used for. ], entirely authored by PH, is full of puffery ({{tq|"first to sacrifice his life for the cause of Swarajya"}}, and poor sources (like , and , whose blurb I leave you to judge), from which most of the article appears to be drawn. ], also entirely authored by PH, has original research in its very first sentence; the sources that I can access give passing mention to people whose names include the suffix "appa", and thus could perhaps be examples of usage, but the sources most certainly do not bear out the claim.
{{cquote|…restriction re-widened to include the pages and talk pages of all MOS and style guidelines due to continuing disruption.}}


I will note in fairness that I cannot access all the sources for the content I checked. But after spotchecking a dozen examples I have yet to find content PH wrote that was borne out by a reliable source, so I believe skepticism is justified. We are in territory where other editors may need to spend days cleaning up some of this writing. {{U|Bishonen}} If we're in CIR territory, just a normal indefinite block seems cleanest, surely? Or were you hoping that PH would help clean up their mess, perhaps by providing quotes from sources? That could be a pathway to contributing productively, but I'm not holding my breath. ] (]) 18:00, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
Quoting PMAnderson: …{{xt|which have nothing to do with MOS}}… perhaps. It is, however, quite clearly “style guidelines”. Moreover, we once again seem to be seeing “continuing disruption”, which is what happens if one accuses an experienced editor who has been around since 2005 with “ over a style guide issue (]) when it is quite clear that the edit PMAnderson reverted was over a legitimate difference in opinion and couldn’t properly be regarded as vandalism by any stretch of the imagination.


:Thanks Bish: I agree, as my exchanges with PH today, in response to my first post here, have not inspired confidence. . ] (]) 20:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
The reason for the topic ban on PMAnderson was to take a source of both the fuel ''and'' the spark from venues where debate was ongoing that were hot-button topics for him. The ban was widened because the scope of topics that were obviously hot-button issues proved wider than first thought.


====Statement by UtherSRG====
As for PMAnderson’s protestation {{xt|This complaint is an abuse of process, attempting to Wiki-lawyer a loosely phrased reestriction}}… I find he doth protest too much. The ''extended'' topic ban (“the pages and talk pages of all MOS and style guidelines”) is sufficiently clear. The motives and reasoning underlying the restrictions are even more clear.
I've mostly dealt with PH around ]. They do not seem to have the ability to read and understand our policies and processes. As such, a t-ban is too weak. The minimum I would support is a p-block as suggested below, though a full indef is also acceptable. They could then ask for the ] when they can demonstrate they no longer have ] issues. - ] ] 20:05, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


:Based on , I'm more strongly leaning towards indef. - ] ] 12:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
As to the entire last paragraph of PMAnderson’s statement… (endemic flaws, the “regulars” on MOS, “creeping imperialism”), I frankly don’t know how to respond to that. ] (]) 06:13, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
::They now indicate they believe the article they edited was copied from one of the websites they used as a reference, when in reality the website is a mirror/scrape of the Misplaced Pages article. I believe we are firmly in ] territory here. - ] ] 14:25, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:I have a suggestion: he (and others) could stop attempting to take over policy pages, acclaiming seriously disputed proposals as consensus, and generally conduct themselves in accordance with policy. ] <small>]</small> 14:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
::: is a mirror of the Misplaced Pages article. - ] ] 16:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


===Result concerning PerspicazHistorian ===
:* Quoting PMAnderson: …{{xt| conduct themselves in accordance with policy.}} Interesting. Tony has no restrictions on his editing style guides and MOS-related pages and talk pages; it is OK for <u>him</u> to be there. Tony has one ''single'' block to his record and ''that'' was an accident the blocking admin took back three hours later. Tony, who is an experienced wikipedian, has a long record of knowing how to contribute in a collaborative writing environment without being uncivil and disruptive and engaging in <p>Tony also takes care, when coming to venues like this, to use the truth and nothing but the truth in his posts. I find it unfortunate and telling when PMAnderson writes {{xt|I did not realize the target was a MOS page}} when it was so easy for the inviting editor to come here (as she later did) to point out that began with {{xt|There's a proposal to merge several pages as part of a project to streamline the MoS}}. It appears to me that PMAnderson brings both the fuel ''and'' the spark to the style-guide coal mines and we simply don’t need that. ] (]) 15:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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::::Please see ]. ] <small>]</small> 18:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


{{u|PerspicazHistorian}}, can you explain your understanding of ] and the ] rule? I'd like you to read thoroughly enough to also explain wny someone may be edit warring ''even if they aren't breaking 3RR''. ] (]) 21:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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I do not mind a sincere and civil vote by Pma, and I think people would have overlooked a genuine 'technical violation'. However, it goes way beyond that: he charges into a discussion &ndash; and on-going rewriting work &ndash; which has been going on in a very cordial, collegial and enthusiastic manner for some weeks, without apparently having read through the exchanges, and then proceeds to insult those who have given their hard work to consolidate the mess which resulted from gradual evolution. I find the repeated pattern of unprovoked ] and ] unacceptable. Even here (above), his rhetoric is belligerent, and I note his vitriolic attack ("''creeping imperialism''") of Tony for filing this case. His anger-management does not seem to have improved a lot, if at all, since the dates case.
:@], that explanation of edit warring is a bit wanting. An edit war is when two or more editors revert content additions/removals repeatedly. Even a second reversion by the same editor can be considered edit warring. Best practice -- and what I highly recommend, especially for any inexperienced editor -- is ''the first time'' someone reverts an edit of yours, go to the talk page, open a section, ping the editor who reverted you, and discuss. Do you think you can commit to that?
:<small>Re: your question on why your "obvious edit" was reverted: we don't deal with content issues here, only with behavior issues, but from a very quick look, the source is 50 years old, and using a list headed "TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS LISTED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE OF THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967" that includes a certain organization as a source that the organization should be described as a terrorist organization is ]; in their ] NXcrypto provided an edit summary of "Not a reliable source for such a contentious label. See WP:LABEL." Please discuss at talk, not here; we don't deal with content here.</small> ] (]) 11:28, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::I'm seeing this as a CIR issue. I'd like input from other admins, if possible. I'm a little concerned that setting a tban from IPA is just setting a trap. Maybe a p-block from article space would be a kinder way to allow them to gain some experience? ] (]) 13:28, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
:::@], have you seen how many times I or others have had to move your comments to your own section? This is an example of not having enough experience to edit productively. Please do not post in anyone else's section again. ] (]) 16:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
::::I do agree we're in CIR territory, and the concerns expressed are completely valid. I don't think this editor is ill-intentioned. They just don't seem very motivated to learn quickly. Well-intentioned-but-a-slow-learner is something that can only be fixed by actually practicing what you're bad at. I'd prefer an indef from article space which gives them one more chance to learn here before we send them off to mr.wiki or Simple English to try to learn. Not a hill I'm going to die on, though. ] (]) 11:36, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::@], like Uther I have major concerns about the edit you made yesterday, which included replacing a citation needed tag with these sources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Significance of Different Type of Prasad in Hinduism For God |url=https://www.ganeshaspeaks.com/predictions/astrology/prasad-food-for-god/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=GaneshaSpeaks |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Is Prashad |url=https://www.swaminarayan.faith/articles/what-is-prashad |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bhuj |language=en}}</ref> The first is a company that markets astrology services. The second is the site for a religious sect. Neither is a reliable source for explaining the concept of prasada in Wikivoice. You made this edit ''yesterday'', after you'd confirmed here and on my talk that you understood sourcing policy.
:::::The reason for an indef from article space is to allow you to learn this policy: You would go into article talk and suggest sources to fix citation needed tags. Another editor would have to agree with you that the sources are reliable before they'd add them. ] (]) 12:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
*A tban from IPA for PerspicazHistorian would be a relief to many editors trying to keep this difficult area in reasonable shape. However, Valereee makes a good point about 'setting a trap': it's doubtful that PH would be able to keep to a tban even if they tried in good faith. I would therefore support a p-block from article space. ] &#124; ] 16:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC).
*:{{u|Vanamonde93}}, no, I don't really think PH can usefully help clean up their mess; I was following Valereee, who has been going into this in some depth, in attempting to keep some way of editing Misplaced Pages open for PH. It's a bit of a counsel of desperation, though; there is very little daylight between an indef and a p-block from article space. Yes, we ''are'' in CIR territory; just look at PH's ] for NXcrypto being "engaged in edit wars before on contentious Indian topics": one diff of an opponent complaining on NXcrypto's page, and one diff of somebody reverting NXcrypto. What do those actually prove? That NXcrypto has opponents (big surprise). So, yes, as you suggest, I'll support an indef as well. ] &#124; ] 20:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC).
*Is there a length of time proposed for the p-ban or would it be indefinite? ] (]) 17:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
*:I would say indefinite; not infinite, but I'd be wary about letting them back into articlespace without some kind of preclearance. ] (] • she/her) 18:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
*It looks to me like there is a consensus for an indefinite partial block for PerspicazHistorian from article space. Unless any uninvolved admin objects within a day or so, I will close as such. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 06:31, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
*:Given PH's recent slew of requests on multiple admin talk pages, yes, please do. - ] ] 12:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
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He may ] that the broadening of the arbcom restriction was a result of previous disruption; to say it is "loosely phrased reestriction" (''sic'') is stretching credulity to the extreme - the wording is, I believe, crystal clear. There seems to be a serious disconnect between his statement that he wasn't aware it was a Style guideline, and that editing restrictions placed upon him had lapsed already. is the one which Pmanderson voted on. The very prominent {{tl|style-guideline}} tag at the top of the page is difficult to miss. The MOS tag has similarly existed on ] since at least .
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==LaylaCares==
In view of the zero improvement in his behaviour, I believe a six-month extension to the topic ban to be entirely appropriate, to prevent further disruption. ] ] 06:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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===Request concerning LaylaCares===
:But all was not harmony before I arrived; there was already a protest, led by PBS, against participants in the RfC presuming to declare it closed (after only a few days and against wide dispute) - and I see it continues without me. In fact, this appears to be why Slim Virgin asked for outside voices in the first place. ] <small>]</small> 14:55, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|LaylaCares}}<p>{{ds/log|LaylaCares}}</p>
::Your participation was notable by its inflammatory nature, and the sooner you admit that, the better. ] ] 01:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


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*When it is confirmed that Pmanderson has transgressed his sanctions, I would request that all of his comments at ] are removed. To not remove his comments makes a mockery of the arbitration process. <font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;" size="2">&nbsp;]</font><font style="color:Navy;background:#C2D1F0;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:blink;" size="2">]&nbsp;</font> 06:08, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


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Pmanderson provides a reasonable explanation for what is only a technical violation, if a violation at all. And his comments, if read in context, are only barely objectionable. ] 09:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
:What ever about his claim that the edits at W2W where accidental ''When I did so, I did not realize the target was a MOS page''. This can not claim such a defence ] (]) 10:59, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


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# EC gaming


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Just a point about Pmanderson's statement that he was responding to a request for comment posted on ], and didn't realize it was connected to the MoS. I was the one who posted that request, and it's clearly connected to the MoS. I wrote:


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<blockquote>''']'''. There's a proposal to merge several pages as part of a project to streamline the MoS. One part of the proposal is to merge ], ], ], and ] into a new page, ] (]). Fresh input would be appreciated at the RfC. </blockquote>


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<font color="maroon">]</font> <small><sup><font color="red">]</font> <font color="green">]</font></sup></small> 12:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Pretty obvious case of EC gaming. Account created on Nov 17, 2024, then about 500 mostly minor edits followed by the first substantial edit ever was the creation of on Dec 17 (subsequently moved to draftspace).''']''' <sub>(Please ] on reply)</sub> 08:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)


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====Comment by Tony1====
*WRT Sandstein's and Shell's posts below, can you please let me know when the matter has been decided, and whether it's up to me to re-file this at ArbCom as an application for amendment (or if ANI, which part of ANI)? ] ] 14:05, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


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===Discussion concerning LaylaCares===
By editing ] and ], which are labeled as being part of ], Pmanderson has violated the to "the pages and talk pages of all MOS and style guidelines" by {{user|Shell Kinney}}, an arbitrator. However, I'm not sure abount the binding nature (and hence the enforceability) of this extension, because the Arbitration Committee's decision does not authorize discretionary sanctions by administrators (which could include such a ban extension) and nothing indicates that the ban extension is the result of a (public or non-public) vote of the Committee, either in the course of the original case or an amendment motion. For this reason, I am asking Shell Kinney to clarify whether his ban extension was made in the exercise of the Arbitration Committee's binding dispute resolution authority.
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*If Shell Kinney indicates that it was, I intend to enforce it according to the decision's enforcement provision; the conceivable question about whether a ban extension decided by an individual arbitrator is '']'' would then be for the Committee itself (or Jimbo Wales) to review if they are seized by any appeal. This is because we as editors are not authorized to review whether an arbitral action is in conformity with the ].
*If Shell Kinney indicates that it was not, the ban extension is void and this request should be dismissed. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 16:57, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
:Shell did not become an arbitrator until the start of this year, so I can't see how a sanction she imposed in 2009 could possibly be under arbcom's authority. I do have concerns about Sandstein's proposed action, though. As a procedural matter, his proposal means that we would be overturning Shell's enforcement action, without either consensus or authorization from the committee. It could be argued that the action was not taken "pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy", but this potential is quite troubling. As a philosophical matter, sanctions normally stay in force until they are successfully appealed. We should discourage users from testing their sanctions in the hope that they would be found invalid. No appeal has ever been made in this case, and I'm almost minded to think that to the extent there are any objections to Shell's sanction, they have been forfeited. I'm not sure if we should reach, nostra sponte, an issue that no one in this request addressed. ] (]) 22:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
::I see the point you are making, and I agree that sanctions stay in force until they are successfully appealed. In this case, though, we are not overturning an existing sanction (such as an arbitration enforcement block), but we are concluding that there <u>is no</u> arbitration-based sanction that could be enforced, in particular because the (then-)administrator who extended the ban does not appear to argue that he did so under ArbCom authority. At any rate, sinply declining to enforce a decision (as I propose we do here) is not equivalent to explicitly overturning that decision, because even if we who participate in this discussion decline to enforce the decision, nothing precludes other administrators (or Shell Kinney himself) from enforcing the decision themselves if they believe that is the right thing to do.
::You are also right that no party has raised the issue of enforceability, but the absence of a complaint does not make the decision enforceable, and if we ourselves were to claim arbitral authority to enforce a non-arbitral decision, we would ourselves be misusing our administrator tools. We should, in such cases, apply the maxim of '']''. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 10:13, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:::But your proposal is not to simply decline to enforce - it is to declare Shell's action void. I fail to see how declaring that a sanction imposed by another administrator to be void is not overturning that decision. And while we are citing Latin phrases, my view is that the question of the validity of the sanction as an arbitration sanction, while legitimate in an appeal, is '']'' in an enforcement request and generally not subject to collateral attack - that is, for the purposes of enforcing it, it suffices that the sanction sought to be enforced is, on its face, designated as an arbitration enforcement sanction, and imposed and recorded as such by an administrator - and I'm especially not inclined to reach a question which no one has raised, to disturb a sanction that has remained in place for a long time. ]. Regardless, this is not a good place for a meta-discussion. Assuming that we should treat this as an appeal of the sanction imposed, I agree that it appears to be unauthorized by the Committee, and on that basis would agree to lift the sanction. If necessary, community sanctions can be proposed at AN/ANI, per Tznkai. ] (]) 23:42, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
::::No Latin legalese please. This is arbitration enforcement, not moot court.--] (]) 23:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
* Comment: When the ban remedies were moderated in August 2009, the three amendments made to Pmanderson's and others' topic bans explicitly adjusted the restriction from "'style and editing guidelines' (or similar wording)" to "style and editing guidelines relating to the linking or unlinking of dates". The ] of those amendments seem quite clear: only edits to MoS pages relating to date linking are to be sanctioned. Per Sanstein, in the absence of a provision for administrators to re-broaden the topic bans, this request does not seem actionable. Moreover, I am not seeing why Pmanderson's actions are at all of concern or at all might re-inflame the date delinking dispute. ] 23:24, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
*I chose to reset the ban to its original form () based on the committee's indication that their motion to tighten the ban (which originally included style guidelines) was conditional on good behavior and would be rewidened if the disruption resumed (). On reviewing the AE thread, it was clear that disruption had resumed; after leaving the proposed closure open for more than a day with no objections, I enacted the decision. As a side note, one of the Arbs suggested that the reset to the original ban extend beyond just this one participant. If you disagree that the behavior that caused the rewidening was disruptive, I could see the concern, but to void it at this late date because you think it was procedurally inaccurate seems a bit silly to me. Since there hasn't been a repeat of this type of AE thread for more than 7 months, it seems to have been highly effective in stopping the disruption. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:*Thanks for the explanation. I, too, think that the re-widening of the ban was most likely the appropriate decision on the merits. However, it was not an Arbitration Committee decision, and therefore is not a proper subject of an arbitration enforcement request on this noticeboard, which is dedicated exclusively to enforcing Arbitration Committee decisions (or sanctions issued pursuant to an Arbitration Committee decision). This matters because the community has conferred the authority to make binding dispute resolution decisions, including extensions of any bans, not on individual administrators, but solely on the Arbitration Committee (who alone may in turn delegate it further to administrators). I suggest that in order to make the ban extension enforceable, it should be submitted as a request for amendment as provided for in par. 4 of the you refer to ("Any party who believes the Date delinking decision should be further amended may file a new request for amendment.") <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 09:57, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::I think the solution here is to punt to AN/ANI. Appears to be a standard nasty editing dispute, but I wouldn't be surprised if a successful community sanction could be created.--] (]) 22:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
:::That may well be so, but does not resolve the question about whether Shell Kinney's ban extension should be enforced now or in the future. Since we do not seem to agree about this, only ArbCom can resolve it. I have requested clarification at ]. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 07:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
*Shell's comment above (''As a side note, one of the Arbs suggested that the reset to the original ban extend beyond just this one participant'') refers to a comment I made. I'm noting here that I made that comment as an editor, not an arbitrator. Still commenting as an editor, not an arbitrator, I would suggest that rather than be all formal and correct (as Sandstein is being), that an informal approach is tried here: just ask Pmanderson if he recognises that he made a mistake here, and whether he is willing to recognise and abide by Shell's extension? He appears to have said so , so if Sandstein and Shell discuss this with Pmanderson, this could all be resolved fairly quickly, and anyone disagreeing with what results could file something separately. ] (]) 03:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
:* That "all formal and correct" approach is more accurately the "covering our backsides" attitude. When you deal with this stuff regularly, people start to look for ways to have your tools taken away. At least an arbitrator can't be recalled by a disgruntled ex-sanctionee for deviating from the rulebook. Administrators active on AE very much can. ] 15:47, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


====Statement by LaylaCares====
== Kedadi ==
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====Statement by Aquillion====
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Question: Assuming it's determined that they gamed the extended-confirmed restriction, would the page they created be ]-able? I've asked the relevant question in more detail ], since it is likely to come up again as long as we have such a broad restriction on effect, but I figured it was worth mentioning the issue here as well. --] (]) 14:16, 4 January 2025 (UTC)


===Statement by Dan Murphy===
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Please look at ], written by the account under discussion. It's a hit job, originally placed in mainspace by this account. Anyone who wrote that shouldn't be allowed with 1 million miles of the topic.] (]) 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)


====Statement by starship.paint====
Kedadi is a sterile revert-warrior on any topic related to Albania, a sort of self-styled "gatekeeper". Virtually all his article space edits consist of reverts , often with a hostile or deceitful edit summary (the version he reverted to is anything ''but'' stable). He has been particularly disruptive lately, always joining in whatever edit-war involving Albanian editors is going on . Whenever the other Albanian editors reach their 3RR limit, Kedadi is always there for that extra revert. He also almost never participates in talkpage discussions, except only to cast a !vote. Seeing how he appears to be a revert-only account, with minimal content building and causing considerable disruption, some sort of sanction, whether a revert limitation or topic ban seems appropriate. This has been going on far too long.
I've edited Draft:Hamas–UNRWA relations, so Dan Murphy's link is inaccurate for the purposes of this discussion. For the version of Draft:Hamas–UNRWA relations with content only written by LaylaCares, . '''] (] / ])''' 10:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)


====Statement by (username)====
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His talkpage is a graveyard of warnings, notifications, conflict, and hostility, generally reflecting his contributions . He has been topic-banned before as well.


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===Result concerning LaylaCares===
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The situation on Albania-related topics has reached boiling point of late, causing an administrator to issue the following warning . I am content to heed this warning. It appears Kedadi is not (revert is ''after'' the warning was issued).
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*I agree that this looks like EC-gaming. Absent evidence that the edits themselves were problematic, I would either TBAN from ARBPIA or pull the EC flag until the user has made 500 edits that aren't rapidfire possibly LLM-assisted gnomish edits. ] (]) 17:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
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*I agree on the gaming piece and would suggest mainspace edits+time for restoration of EC. I will throw out 3 months + 500 (substantive) main space edits. ] (]) 17:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

*I agree with Barkeep but I'd up it to 4 months. I don't believe that a TBAN is necessary at this point. ] (]/]) 04:45, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
===Discussion concerning Kedadi===
*@]: I agree that the draft should be G5'd, but will wait for consensus to develop here. ] (]/]) 01:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

*:I don't think the wording of ] allows for deletion of a page that was created by an EC user. <small>(ECR also seems to forget that anything other than articles and talkpages exists, but I think the most reasonable reading of provision A still allows for G5ing drafts at admins' discretion if the criteria are met.)</small> That said, a consensus at AE can delete a page as a "reasonable measure that necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project". Deleting under that provision is not something to be done lightly, but I think for a case where a page's existence violates the spirit of an ArbCom restriction but not the letter, it'd be a fair time to do it. And/or this could make for a good ARCA question, probably after PIA5 wraps. <span style="font-family:courier"> -- ]</span><sup class="nowrap">&#91;]]</sup> <small>(])</small> 03:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
====Statement by Kedadi====
*I would just pull EC and require the editor to apply via AE appeal for its restoration. They should be very clearly aware that receiving such restoration will require both substantial time and making ''real'', substantive edits outside the area, as well as an understanding of what is expected of editors working in a CTOP area. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 01:22, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Athenean, thanks for letting me know about your request. Below I'll try to respond to your request and to the comments you made below.
*I see a clear consensus here to remove the EC flag. For clarity, when I proposed a TBAN above it was because removing this flag ''is'' an ARBPIA TBAN as long as the ECR remedy remains in place; it's simply a question of whether the editor get the other privileges of EC or not. I don't see a consensus on what to do with the draft, but given that other editors have now made substantive contributions to it, I don't believe it's a good use of AE time to discuss the hypothetical further. ] (]) 17:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

<span style="color: #008000">>''"Kedadi is a sterile revert-warrior on any topic related to Albania ..."''</span>
*Sterile? <sarcasm>Leave aside that my wife is not loving me for quite some time now, but those even are not my kids</sarcasm>.
<span style="color: #008000">>''"Virtually all his article space edits consist of reverts ..."''</span>
*It happens that I spend a lot of time in front of the computer by being a software engineer, and yes I am a ] on ] and ] related articles, and a lot of times I revert biased edits (like and ) but always in ] (Kosovo related articles tend to have much more biased edits because of the political status).
<span style="color: #008000">>''"often with a hostile ... edit summary"''</span>
*What about ?
<span style="color: #008000">>''"His talkpage is a graveyard of warnings, notifications, conflict, and hostility, generally reflecting his contributions ..."''</span>
*I have to admit, you are really picky on choosing words when you want to depict something in the most terrific way possible.
<span style="color: #008000">>''"He has been topic-banned before as well."''</span>
*Yes I was, in ] and ]. Almost all editors engaged in that discussion at that time got something similar because of a heated and never ending discussion regarding the political status of Kosovo.
<span style="color: #008000">>''"The situation on Albania-related topics has reached boiling point of late, causing an administrator to issue the following warning. I am content to heed this warning. It appears Kedadi is not."''</span>
*Did you check the time stamps. My was roughly one day before the .
<span style="color: #008000">>''"Kedadi has done nothing but revert, revert, revert, since he joined in 2005."''</span>
*See my response above.
<span style="color: #008000">>''"Never discusses, never compromises, never stops."''</span>
*Here is some proof that I've discussed: ] (apparently discussing with you).

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@ Admins dealing with this case: as ] stated, there probably are other editors who deserve a sanction a lot more than I do.

Cheers. <small style="background:#000">''']<span style="color:#fff;background:#f00">al</span>'''</small> 16:52, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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I just checked one of the latest performances of the reverting circus between the Greek and the Albanian crowds: ]. For crying out loud. {{user|Aigest}} removes some alleged fact-bites, giving clear reason for the removal.( and subsequent edits.) {{user|Megistias}} reverts him with an accusation of "vandalism" . Aigest explains on talk . Nevertheless, {{user|Athenean}}, {{user|Alexikoua}} and Megistias revert him in tag-team four or five times, in what is apparently a kind of automated knee-jerk reaction for them. On the other side, Kedadi joins in the fray, reverting once . Until, finally, the Greek team makes an effort to actually understand Aigest's point, and belatedly has to admit that he was right all along . I can certainly see a list of people who need some kind of sanctions here, but Kedadi isn't necessarily on top of that list. ] ] 20:02, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

:'''Comment:''' Kedadi has done nothing but revert, revert, revert, since he joined in 2005. Never discusses, never compromises, never stops. That's the difference. I heeded the warning given on ]. Kedadi chose not to. And for the record, the reason I reverted Aigest is because he clearly has no idea what he's talking about (blame it on poor English comprehension), as is immediately obvious to anyone who actually bothers to consult the source (which apparently does not include Future Perfect at Sunrise). And no, removing relevant, sourced information is not removal of "alleged fact-bites" (whatever that means), the reason given is not "clear" at all, and the only "automated knee-jerk reaction" is this . Contrast my posting on the talkpage with Kedadi's sterile, ]-style reverting. No response to my talkpage post, not even an edit summary, just an undo. ] (]) 20:24, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
::The passage in the source reads: ''A corrupt passage in Strabo which was probably derived from Hecateus, may help us; for it seems to record the combination of the "Peresadyes" and the Encheleae to create a powerful state. If so, the Peresadyes was the name of the dynasty at Trebeniste. The name suggests they were Thracians''...

::Please observe the conjectural nature of this: ''If'' a corrupt passage is correctly reconstructed, then there was a dynasty called Peresadyes; the name ''suggests'' that they were Thracians. In the most recent revert war, this becomes a plain statement of fact: that there ''was'' such a dynasty and that they ''were'' Thracian; a distinct over-reading.

::In any case, this appears to be settled (Athenean standing out), on the grounds that none of these were Dardani, and therefore the edit is also off topic. ] <small>]</small> 00:18, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

:::The content dispute on that article is indeed settled, Athenean included, if only because I couldn't care less whether the ] and ] are ], ], or ]. I have removed that article and others form my watchlist just in case. My only reason for reverting Aigest was that I assumed his edits were based on faulty understanding of the passage in his part, though in good faith. Considering the atrocious English of some of his other edits, I can be forgiven for thinking so . I ''was'' going to copyedit the article for grammar, but God knows I will probably be reverted even for that by the doughty tribal warriors that zealously guard this piece of what they believe is their heritage. Which brings us to the point of this AE report: Until revert-only accounts like Kedadi are sanctioned, articles in this area will remain in the sorry state they are currently in. 04:11, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree with FutureP and frankly I don't see any policy being violated by kedadi. In fact he has been very helpful in many projects like maintenance of WikiProject Albania. Like FutureP said he has made just 1 revert, while other users work in a kind of automated knee-jerk reaction without even trying to understand the situation. Kedadi made 1-2 reverts and Athenean who has made 3 reverts on ] reports him and asks for him to be topic-banned? '''For the record kedadi's last block was in 2006''' (while Athenean's just a month ago), so the statement "his talkpage is a graveyard of warnings" is a harrasive attempt to convince the community that kedadi needs to be topic banned.--<span style="background-color: maroon; color: white">]</span>&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 09:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

As FutureP noticed before what bothers me more is the automatic reverse by the above users especially Athenean and Megistias, without even trying to understand what actually others are saying. In ] article, Peresadyes (whatever their ethnicity might have been) were described as ''the forerunners of the dynasty of Bardyllis, and they were ]s'' supported by Cambridge reference. After checking out the reference it was clear that Peresadyes had nothing to do with Dardani, just like my comment while doing changes to the article. ''The reference is about Encheleae joining Peresyades, not Dardanians. Please be careful with the sources'' . As everybody can see from both my comments in these two changes, my concern was about their relation with Dardani which was not supported by the reference. I was automatically reverted by Athenean here and just have a look at our comments. Mine was "''Again the reference has nothing to do with Dardani, but it speaks about Encheleae joining Peresyades. Please don't misuse the sources"'' and Athenean comment was ''"No, the Cambridge Ancient History clearly states that the Peresadyes were Thracians. Please don't misuse the English language"''. Apparently Athenean doesn't have a clue about how the sources should be used in an article. With the excuse of bad English he still continued to argue about the ethnicity of Peresadyes while my concern was the link between Dardanians and Peresadyes and not the ethnicity of Peresadyes. I had to cite a full page from the book here and still I had the same problem which were solved later . What is more sad than funny is that the same problem existed before and Megistias response was the same ''rv vandalism'' while the other user (Lontech) made the same comment as mine ''"Your reference says nothing about dardani predecessors and your reference is not related to your writing"'' the response was again a revert

Seeing the whole story of Dardani we can notice that the worst things are:
#The misuse of the sources by Megistias (Reference not even did not supported the claim, but had nothing to do with it)
#The conjectural being said for sure (As ] noticed)
#the automatic reverse by the above users mentioned users (tag teaming), without even trying to understand what actually others are saying.

I don't see any fault of Kedadi in this case and like FutPer said others may need some sanctions here. ] (]) 12:24, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

I endorse all previous statements made from users that know well Kedadi's work: FPS, Aigest and ZjarriRrethues. I have never had a problem with ]. He is extremely communicative and his reverts are well founded. He performs an excellent job in maintaining the Albania Task Force and uses NPOV. I think that without him the Albania country Task force would have had no Albanians to maintain it in the last 5-6 months. Rather than trying to kick out excellent users, like ], ] should focus on building articles and improving them. I still have to see one single article started by this user and brought to Start status, however I have seen at least 20 reports of all colors initiated by him (and the target of which are Albanian users). These reports have several times attempted to boot from Misplaced Pages good users, such as Kedadi. Many times admins fall into the traps of these reports and Misplaced Pages ends up losing valuable contributors. Reporting users and asking for their topic ban is the last resort and should not be used losely otherwise it falls under ] and ]. I have been reported too many time by ] and I have noticed that in the talk page of Arbac ]. I would invite FPS to publicly mention those users who make unfounded reverts and I would also invite the admin to read closely the true edit warriors with close attention to the content. Again Kedadi's reverts are well founded and content based and he is far from deserving anything asked as outcome in this report. Thank you for your attention. --<sub><span style="border:1.5px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></sub><sup><small>]</small></sup> 13:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

:Just so people don't misquote me: I certainly didn't say I find Kedadi unproblematic. What we need is a measure against the rampant tag-teaming on both sides and across many articles. My suggestion: apply 3RR (or 1RR?) collectively to the two teams. I propose the following:
:Whenever any member(s) of the following two groups:
:*{{user|Alexikoua}}, {{user|Megistias}}, {{user|Athenean}}, {{user|The Cat and the Owl}}, on the one side
:*{{user|Sulmues}}, {{user|Kedadi}}, {{user|Aigest}}, {{user|ZjarriRrethues}}, on the other side
: are engaged in a dispute against any member(s) of the other group, reverts made by all editors within each group will be added up and counted together towards 3RR (or 1RR, if admins prefer to make it stricter.) Freshly created socks, IPs or single-purpose accounts that turn up to continue any revert war initiated between members of these two groups (such as {{user|Stupidus Maximus}}, {{user|TinaTrendelina}}, {{ip|92.75.21.131}} etc.) can also be counted in the same way. ] ] 14:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Let me get this straight, even if I am right at removing or adding smth to the article (just look at the ] example above), that will be dangerous because somebody might continue to not follow the rules?! One person should be accountable for its own actions and that is a fundamental principle. Assuming that everybody is the same within a specific nationalistic group, smells (excuse me FP) like racism. Returning to the example above I wouldn't put in the same level {{user|Alexikoua}}, {{user|Megistias}} and {{user|Athenean}}. While {{user|Megistias}} and {{user|Athenean}} didn't bother to get my concern, {{user|Alexikoua}} made only one rv and continued to talk in the talk page and after we agreed that I was right and right now the article is more correct(ref and facts are related). This is a good example that going nuclear on all participants regardless of their actions (right or wrong) is very wrong and unproductive. ] (]) 15:07, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

: In case I didn't make myself clear: I am, of course, not proposing that actual blocks for revert-warring should automatically be applied to the whole team indiscriminately. What I am saying is that if, for instance, you make two reverts and then Sulmues makes two more reverts over the same issue, Sulmues should be considered to have broken 3RR. Not you. ] ] 15:13, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I see but still I am not fully convinced, situations can be very complicated indeed. In the above example Athenean made two rv, Megistias one and Alex one so Megistias is the third rv and Alex is the fourth rv by the Greek team (sorry guys):). Sulmues made one, kedadi one and me also one mine being third from Albanian team:) and after agreed with Alexi on talk page I made fourth rv (if it can be called rv) and the things were solved before administrators entered into scene later . So in the end of the day by the proposed solution the persons ({{user|Alexikoua}} and {{user|Aigest}}) who tried to understand each other found a consensus and improved the article, should be punished?! That's why I think that one person should be accountable for its own actions and punishments should be for its own behavior. ] (]) 15:33, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

:I can guarantee that ] will file reports after reports until the last serious Albanian contributor that disagrees with the Greek side will be out of the Misplaced Pages project. I see that he is trying to gather evidence of my contributions in the Albanian project to file his next report against me (see my talk page where he asks me to translate what I have written in the Albanian project). I, Kedadi, Aigest and ZjarriRrethues are in his list and he won't stop until someone will ban ] from Balkan topics. His persistence of reporting as a sock or as incivil or as tendentious every Albanian contributor is noted. He has harassed many Albanian contributors with false reports and also admins who have to read his marathon accusations. On the Albanian side we are extremely poor in articles and all we think about is to write articles and improve them, since none of us has the time to report ] for harassment. User Athenean does not contribute, he thinks of reporting and has mastered that pretty well. The Greek task force has articles the Albania TF has . One of the reasons is that the Albanian editors get blocked and banned after reports of user:Athenean, which are often not carefully weighed by closing admins. If the closing admin does not take the time to fully understand the problematics of the Greek-Albanian issues, and it seems like FPS is the only to do it, Misplaced Pages will keep losing Albanian contributors and the Albanian topics will be covered only by the Greek team. I agree with FPS's proposal of imposing a 1RR rule per 24hrs, for the 8 contributors that he mentioned (I am one of them), and I find that reasonable. --<sub><span style="border:1.5px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></sub><sup><small>]</small></sup> 17:14, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

::This AE thread is not a forum for launching into diatribes against other users. You have once again crossed the line. And you are ''completely'' misunderstanding the essence FP's proposal. ] (]) 17:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Note: this still requires action. The reverting circus is still travelling; currently it's at ] and ]. ] ] 11:57, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

===Result concerning Kedadi===
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*Please provide evidence that the user has been duly warned of the existence of the discretionary sanctions prior to the alleged infractions. ] (]) 10:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
** . ] ] 11:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
***I propose to place Kedadi on 1RR for articles on Balkans-related subjects for two months. I will activate this sanction in a couple of days unless I see good subsequent reason not to. ] (]) 15:47, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
**** That's fine and dandy, but we still also need action on the more general issue, the whole ]. ] ] 16:26, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
*****Have the other editors been served with the decision and notified of this thread? ] (]) 19:47, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
****** Notified of this thread: yes, all. Warned of ARBMAC in general: I'm pretty certain they are all no strangers to ARBMAC, but I'd have to go collect diffs first if you insist. ] ] 19:56, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
*******I have never been under editing restrictions or warned of editing restrictions that may apply to me.--<span style="background-color: maroon; color: white">]</span>&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 20:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
******Okay, here's the list:
*******{{user|Megistias}}: Multiple entries in ] log between Jan 2008 and October 2009
*******{{user|Alexikoua}}: 3RR block and ARBMAC warning in July 2009
*******{{user|Athenean}}: was on 1RR parole between August and November 2009, see ARBMAC log
*******{{user|The Cat and the Owl}}: warned in July 2008 , blocked in Nov 2008
*******{{user|Sulmues}}: multiple previous sanctions logged; most recent logged warning on 19 March
*******{{user|Kedadi}}: logged warning on 8 April; previously topic-banned
*******{{user|Aigest}}: warned June 2009
*******{{user|ZjarriRrethues}}: the only one without a formal warning, apparently, but has been deeply involved in reporting and being reported on all the noticeboards since he started , , , ,
] ] 20:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

{{outdent}} ] has proposed a possible solution on my talk. I would invite comments on same. ] (]) 22:08, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
*Right, that doesn't seem to work. Therefore, {{user|Megistias}}, {{user|Alexikoua}}, {{user|Athenean}}, {{user|The Cat and the Owl}}, {{user|Sulmues}}, {{user|Kedadi}}, and {{user|Aigest}} are all limited to one revert per rolling 24-hour period on all articles relating to Balkans subjects, widely construed, until the end of June.
*Furthermore, they are required to discuss any reverts they do make on the talk page in a minimum of 50 words within 30 minutes of the revert. Breach of the one-revert restriction or failure to discuss reverts adequately shall be grounds for blocking for an appropriate period at the discretion of any administrator.
*All discussions required under this remedy must be posted in English.
*{{user|ZjarriRrethues}} has not been previously served with notification of ARBMAC so is not eligible for this sanction, but if he, or any other new user, shows up at relevant articles and starts reverting, they should be served with notification of ARBMAC and will thereafter be liable to be subjected to these sanctions without further notice.
*Appeals may be made to me, to ], or to ArbCom. ] (]) 10:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
*Points of clarification:
**Reverts of obvious vandalism (that is to say, edits which any editor who had never seen the page before would say are vandalism) are exempted as with all revert restrictions, as are reverts of obvious BLP violations.
**Reverts of banned users are '''not''' exempted. If one of the editors affected by this discretionary sanction finds an edit of a banned user somewhere on an affected page, they can either use their one daily revert or report the matter to ].
**If any new meatpuppets show up and start reverting, they are to be served with <nowiki>{{uw-sanctions|topic=b}}</nowiki> by any user (the ARBMAC decision doesn't require that users be served by an administrator, unlike some other discretionary sanction remedies). If they make any further reverts in the area, open a new AE thread or notify me, and they will be added to the list of users subject to this discretionary sanction.
*Anything else? ] (]) 18:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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==AstroGuy0==
== Ліонкінг ==
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I would add that Ліонкінг has recently used the "rv vandalism" edit summary to justify the removal of refs (including official census figures) and POV-pushing, restoring the "unreferenced" tag despite presence of sourced info: , , etc. That pattern becomes disruptive. ]]</i>] 21:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
# Asserts that "A majority of the perpetrators were Pakistani men" despite the cited source (freely accessible at ) does not mention the word "Pakistani" or any variant once.
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====Statement by Ліонкінг====
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Actually there is a hot discussion on it's ]. In this discussion is participating 4 users, including me and a plaintiff. The size of this discussion at this moment is more than 16,000 bytes and it's seems that parties soon will have a compromise (according to the last post of ] who summed the arguments of ] and ] from one side and my arguments from the other side. So to gain a compromise I've decided to stop renaming of this article. In renaming also have participated yet one pro-Azeri ] who even haven't give any statement in the Talk page.
Also I want to add that I and plaintiff applied to the skilled ] and we are still waiting for his help in this situation.
I believe that the plaintiff had specifically filed a lawsuit to try to resolve the conflict, which is now being actively discussed by dishonest means. I think that any renaming of the article until consensus is simply a provocation. Yours --] (]) 04:55, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:"I would add that..." it has mentiones Tuscumbia already. And You just repeat it the second time after him. I've give respond on this statement lower. Be more attentive.
:Please watch attentive on this . You can see how according to the Azeri sources, the estimate population was 65,600 in 1989. And compare it with official census of USSR, according to which the population in 1989 was only 47,339. The same year and the difference is 35%. I've just moved falsification of the Azeri source which claimed 65,600 persons and picked neutral authoritios source which claimed only 47,339. It's only one of my edits. Note: I have not even used any Armenian or NKR links. Why administrators pass through the fingers the falcifications of Azeri party? The purpose of these users is very simple - to push for political purposes Azeri point of view, which does not correspond to reality. And in this case they are prevented from doing me. So they decided that the best way to protect - the attack. --] (]) 21:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::Actually, I went with the Soviet source because it's dated; you're saying the Azeri source is dated 1989, but I see no assertion of that in the link. --] (]) 21:32, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:::It is dated in the article, but in the Azeri link there is no date. Anyway we actually know that the maximum population was 47,339. After the 1989 there was unstabile situation till to the 1992, when the Rayon became under the control on NKR self-defence forces. So I don't think that the population could grow on 35% during of 3 years of war. As a result it is a falcification, isn't it?. --] (]) 21:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::::I'm not going to assume one way or another if Azerbaijan falsified census data. --] (]) 22:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::But it is clear that they try to uphold in every way possible sources, which are misleading. They do not accidentally but intentionally, using all possible mechanisms: by a factor of prime rolling away, and my edits, even before applying for my lock, because I'm trying to break the wall of one-sided positions, built by users who openly support the view of Azerbaijan propaganda. Nothing would be so bad would not have been if they would not have been openly rigged and those which are directed against the Armenians. Take the same example. Azerbaijan said today that he has a million refugees. I Tuskumbia demonstrated that a maximum of 450,000. And then comparing the story about the Agdam region, we can see in the paper that in 1989, according to official census in the city lived 28.031, and according to official statistics of Azerbaijan - over 160,000 (!). If we go on all Rayons - everywhere there is juggling with figures. At least what this juggling is 20% in each article.


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I've just fullfiled this articles with real information from the last census which recognuse Azerbaijan and NKR - and I've cleaned a wrong information according to which there was an Azeri census after the war, because simply Azerbaijan don't controle this teritories. Thereafter, this user is simply rolled back all of my edits, and interjected obviously false promotional information from the source of the census of Azerbaijan. Compare please and his last . That is, he did it openly, and he did it not assuming good intentions. Moreover, he has done all of my edits on my contribution, as well as calls my opinions nationalist, though I do not even add a link to a census of the NKR, and add a link to a census of the USSR in 1989 - the last census, in which both nations have lived in the same area. But despite this user continues to destructive actions, and together with ], simply trying to throw me out of the project, lobbying their one-sided point of view, which is misleading.


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I meant that I do not expect more from him good intentions, as he calls me a nationalist, I take it as a libel and defamation, for which I think he should suffer legal punishment. Yours --] (]) 20:25, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:Right now we are witnessing how Tuskumbia brazenly trying to throw mud at me, calling me a nationalist sources, then showing other provocations. But it is just a note that I have not used the Armenian sources, I have only used data from a census of the USSR in 1989, and took them from an authoritative site, which is neither Armenian or Azerbaijani. Tuskumbia in turn accusing me of Armenian propaganda completely forgot that it was not I put the Armenian sources, and he sticks Azerbaijani sources that can not reliably indicate the population of the regions that he has no control over. As I have said, in the NKR census was conducted in 2005, but I inserted the figures from the last recognized and Armenians and Azeris to the 1989 census.


This new user seems intent on POVPUSHING regarding "Asian/Muslim grooming gangs" and making contentious claims that are not backed up by sources. ] (]) 03:44, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:Also ask to pay attention to the fact that Tuskumbia instead of neutral phrases like "fell under the control" uses "was occupied." I believe that this violates the rules of the neutral point of view. I did not write the phrase "has been released."


===Discussion concerning AstroGuy0===
:I would also like to thank Golbez, with whom I do not agree on some revisions (about this update, I talk to him again in the future), but I can not evaluate its role as a mediator with the Azerbaijani users. --] (]) 20:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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::Tuscumbia, first of all stop the speculations on the theme of my intentions. I've write already higher what I meant. You listen very well, but You don't hear Your opponent. Before saying smth read attentive what I've written.
::Secondly the discussion page of the name isn't here. It is ].
::Thirdly. Both of us agree that there is a falsification in the number of population. I've picked a neutral authoritius link of the census in USSR in 1989 instead of unproved info. You have deleted all my edits with proved links and after that who from us is a vandal? Instead of neutral link which I pick (this census was in USSR in 1989, so both parties recognise it), You have inserted an info from a web-site where are no information of source (census/estimate) and more than that there are even no info about a year. But the most interesting that the populations differs on 35%! But there were a period of only 2-3 years. More than that lower Divet has written that this web-site is not authorious. If You want to know why - read it is lower.
::And the last - stop speaking about International recognised Azerbaijan and unrecognised NKR. You mention it everytime. But wikipedia is not a politic organisation or Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Misplaced Pages is encyclopedia which help people to know the info they are interested in real situation, not in the papers. --] (]) 20:15, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


====Statement by AstroGuy0====
====Comments by others about the request concerning Ліонкінг ====
User {{userlinks|Ліонкінг}} repeatedly vandalizes the pages ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]. Here are his edits:
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While reverting the sourced information, he calls the previous addition of sourced information "vandalism" replacing it with nationalistic data thus decreasing the number of last recorded Azerbaijani inhabitants (according to census) of these regions and renaming regions of ] to Armenian names. Note that most of these regions are not even in the disputed ]. His actions are highly unacademic and highly disruptive. Moreover, he admits he will not assume good faith and implies he will continue his disruptive behavior, please see the diff here I'd say he does fall under AA2. Please take appropriate actions warning him or consider blocking this user from English Misplaced Pages. Thank you. ] (]) 20:09, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:The source used by Ліонкінг are from 1989 Soviet data. Those regions were occupied by ethnic Armenian forces in 1992 and 1993. In the period from 1989 to 1993, these Azerbaijani regions were populated with Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs who were forced out either from ] or from ] by Armenian troops, hence the increase in population and subsequent record of population increase from Azerbaijani authorities. Ліонкінг tries to decrease the number of Azerbaijani inhabitants in the region to reflect the Armenian propoganda which aims to lay claims on these regions basing them on false demographic data, by populating internet with the data using Misplaced Pages as a medium. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
::]. ] (]) 22:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
::KillerChihuahua, although this involves dispute over the sources, the reported user additionally inserted biased information and admitted he will not assume good faith because the information provided with sources does not fit his agenda - See here . How can one expect the editor ] after his statement? ] (]) 17:06, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Ah, thank you. I will read that carefully. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 19:19, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Ok, what I'm reading there is that he is saying the data added by another editor was from a country with no control (or, presumably, ability to conduct a census or headcount) in the area. This is not a declaration of bias or agenda. Then he states "of you I no longer expect the assumption of good intentions." This is more difficult to untangle. It appears to me he is either saying "I don't think you AGF, and I don't even expect it anymore" or he's saying "I don't AGF you any more." If the first - which I think most likely - it is a sad, but potentially reasonable, statement. If the second, then it is a bit more questionable but still not a statement that he's not AGF'ing for the reason you give - that sources "don't fit his agenda". Your linked dif does not support your assertion. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 19:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
::::KillerChihuahua, his bias was not in that statement per se. His changes come in a combo with adding data on NKR "administative division" and decreasing the number of the population. While the source he provided was the last Soviet data from 1989, the actual undated census information comes from Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan based on pre-1993 stats from State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic. The aim is to alter data and reduce the information on presence of ethnic Azerbaijanis in those regions and subsequently increase those of Armenians which are now free to relocate to the region and increase in numbers since these regions are under military control of Armenia/NKR. As far as his message is concerned, he reverts my edits with sources without the willingness to discuss them first on the talk page and calls it vandalism, to which I gave the reply and asked him to assume good faith. He then replied that due to the fact that I used words to his dislike, he will not assume good intentions. In addition to that he moves articles with de-jure (internationally recognized) geographical names to de-facto names such as this one . Again, the intent is to use Misplaced Pages as an encyclopedic source to remove Azerbaijani (internationally recognized) names and install de-facto (unrecognized by international community) names which contradicts to common sense: if the entity unrecognized by the world names the administrative units to its like, logically these names can't be recognized by the world community either. The practice is to recognize official names given by the sovereign state (see Dept of State, UN, PACE, etc). ] (]) 19:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


====Statement by Iskandar323====
I've gone through the articles mentioned above (basically, Azeri rayons currently controlled/claimed by the NKR) and removed all irrelevant (i.e. not about the rayon) and unsourced information. Hopefully this provides a baseline for better edits. --] (]) 20:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
This rather dated "Asian/Muslim grooming gangs" malarkey from the UK has recently been pushed on social media by a certain US tech billionaire and is now recirculating in right-wing social media and the blogosphere, partly in connection with UK politics, so this trend could flare before it dims. ] (]) 03:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:AGK, Ліонкінг , unless you mean administrative warning. ]]</i>] 14:29, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


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www.mct.gov.az - azerbaijani propaganda site that contains false information


===Result concerning AstroGuy0===
from www.mct.gov.az: "С 1988 года Азербайджан был втянут в вооруженный конфликт с Арменией. В результате военных действий в Нагорном Карабахе и прилегающих к нему районах - Кельбаджаре, Агдаме, Лачине, Джабраиле, Губадлы, Зангелане и Физули было оккупировано '''20% азербайджанских территорий''' (20% of territory), а количество беженцев и вынужденных переселенцев с оккупированных земель достигло '''миллиона человек''' (million refugees). "
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Tom de Waal. Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. pp. 285-286:
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On the Azerbaijani side, the total number of displaced people comes to about 750,000—considerably less than the figure of "one million" regularly used by President Aliev, but still a very large number. The number includes 186,000 Azerbaijanis, 18,000 Muslim Kurds, and 3,500 Russians who left Armenia for Azerbaijan in 1988-1989 (around 10,000 more Kurds and Russians left Armenia for Russia at the same time). In 1991-1994 approximately 500,000 Azerbaijanis from Nagomy Karabakh and the bordering regions were expelled from their homes, and around 30,000 Azerbaijani residents fled their homes in border areas. Azerbaijan's refugee numbers have also been swelled by around 50,000 Meskhetian Turks fleeing Central Asia.
:The second diff was before AG0 received a CTOP alert. I've alerted AG0 to other CTOPs that they've edited in, and I am going to warn them for their conduct in diff #1 without prejudice to other admins determining that further action is warranted. ] (]/]) 04:33, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
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:I also looked at the source, and it indeed does not in any way support the claim made; it does not mention "Pakistani" even once. This is a fairly new editor, but I think we need to make it very clear to them that misrepresentation of sources is not something we will tolerate. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 04:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Finally, it is possible to count the amount of what is officially recognized as Azerbaijan but that is under Armenian control. On 27 October 1993, Aliev said that "20 percent" of his country was occupied by the Armenians. Perhaps because Azerbaijanis did not want to contradict their president or because it was a powerful round number, this figure has been repeated by Azerbaijanis ever since. That is understandable. Less forgivably, it has also been used extensively in the Western media, including Reuters, the New York Times, and the BBC. The calculations that follow are still approximate, but I believe they are accurate to within one-tenth of one percentage point.
::Given that AstroGuy0 has already been issued a warning, I don't think anything further is necessary, and will close as such unless any uninvolved admin shortly objects. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 18:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
The Armenians hold all but approximately 300 square kilometers (km2) of the 4,388 km2 of the former Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region. (The Azerbaijanis hold the easternmost fingers of Martakert and Martuni regions. The governor of Martakert told visiting journalists on 19 May 2001 that the Azerbaijanis held 108.5 km2 of his region. On the map, the area of Martuni under Azerbaijani control is approximately twice that). This means that the Armenians occupy 4,088 km2 of Nagorny Karabakh, about 4.7 percent of the territory of Azerbaijan.<br><br>
The Armenians fully occupy five of the seven "occupied territories" outside Nagorny Karabakh. They are Kelbajar (1,936 km2), Lachin (1335 km2), Kubatly (802 km2), Jebrail (1,050 km2), and Z*ngelan (707 km2). They also occupy 77 percent or 842 km2 of the 1,094 km2 of Agh-dam region (this figure was given by the head of Aghdam region, Gara Sariev, at the front line on 19 May 2001) and approximately one-third (judging by maps) or 462 km2 of the 1,386 km2 of Fizuli region. The Armenians also occupy two former village enclaves of approximately 75 km2 in the Nakhichevan and Kazakh regions. (For their part, the Azerbaijanis occupy one former Armenian enclave of about 50 km2).
This means that the combined area of Azerbaijan under Armenian control is approximately 11,797 km2 or 4,555 square miles. Azerbaijan's total area is 86,600 km2. So the occupied zone is in fact 13.62 percent of Azerbaijan—still a large figure, but a long way short of President Aliev's repeated claim.
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===Result concerning Ліонкінг===
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*That is a principle, not a remedy. This report should be made to ]. ] (]) 10:06, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
**There are Amended Remedies and Enforcement, I've fixed that. I believe the recent activity is not subject to ordinary edit warring reports and falls within the AA2 case as Ліонкінг proceeded with meagre and disputed edit summaries. ]]</i>] 16:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
* This request is not actionable because, so far as I can see, Ліонкінг has not been warned of the existence of discretionary sanctions (and served with a link to the final decision). At this point an uninvolved administrator can place him on notice, but we are unable to do anything more. ] 12:01, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
:* Brandmeister: Sorry, I should have been more specific. Yes, I meant that he has not been warned by an administrator and served with a link to the discretionary sanctions. ] 19:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
* Suggest we close this, per AGK; also, this appears to be primarily a content and sourcing dispute. I'd like to remind editors that there are many reasons to choose one source over another - the date, the apparent reliability of the source, etc - which have nothing to do with promoting a particular view, or having any agenda. Avoid accusing your fellow editors of bias. Secondly, and slightly off the purpose of this page - and pls do not answer here - but have you all considered a compromise, such as ''"Sources differ on the population during (years). (Source) gives (number) as the amount, and (source) gives (number.)"'' ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 16:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
:* That is a very sensible suggestion. ] 10:46, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
* Closing request as inactionable. But I am placing Ліонкінг on notice. ] 23:33, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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== Incompleteness theorems ==

Per ], I'd like to request semi-protection of ]. Numerous IPs have been posting to the talk page recently, which was mildly tendentious but not worth any sort of enforcement action. However, today three IPs have edited the main article to expand on Hewitt's work. The use of numerous IPs matches the description in the section of the arbcom case linked above. The article was recently semiprotected for two weeks on Feb. 15 for the same reason. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 21:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

:{{done}} Semi-protected for 2 weeks. ] (]) 03:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

== Radeksz ==
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''Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.''
===Request concerning Radeksz===
; User requesting enforcement : ] <sup>]</sup> 09:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

; User against whom enforcement is requested : {{userlinks|Radeksz}}

;Sanction or remedy that this user violated : ]

; ] of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it : #
; Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required): # Not applicable
;Enforcement action requested (], ] or ]) : Block

; Additional comments by editor filing complaint : The AfD is clearly within the scope of the topic ban given to Radeksz. Even worse, is that it is an AfD involving one of his fellow ] brigadiers. Whether any comments in the AfD were warranted or not, this does not excuse the continuation of battleground behaviour by Radeksz, and moreso the use of personal attacks by calling an editor a ] is also not warranted. The topic ban was warranted because he has a history of such behaviour (see ]), and as such he is not welcome to edit any articles, or participate in any process discussion, relating to EE subjects for a year. That he has chosen to breach the sanctions put upon him on such an article is evidence of the contempt that Radeksz has for the topic ban, and as such should be blocked for a lengthy term of 6-12 months.
:Response to Tznkai. Your question is moot. The words "widely construed" clearly make it clear that this is covered by the topic ban. I was recently under a Russia topic ban and your question is a form of ]. Under my topic ban I knew that I would be unable to edit say ], an Australian of Russian decent, and if it were taken to AfD, I would be unable to comment in it. If anyone doubts this, I will defer the answering of this question to ], as this is what he made clear to me when he topic banned myself, and we need fair and equitable interpretation across the board...what's good for the goose, and all that. This article is no different, but it is worse given the special circumstances of the article being on one of the EEML brigadiers. --] <sup>]</sup> 09:27, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:Radeksz, you cannot moralise that this was all about "common decency" when you clearly used a ] against another editor. That is a hypocritical argument to use, and not one that should be considered. Also, ] is not policy, it's an essay hosted on MetaWiki, and linking to it is a personal attack, much like if I were to direct you to ]. --] <sup>]</sup> 09:47, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:] which is linked to below gives some light on this issue. As Radeksz got a warning for calling another editor an arsehole (something which was ban worthy), and was warned it would be severe in case of a repeat, surely a lengthy ban is warranted here. That Radeksz has retracted the comments, does not excuse breaking the topic ban (with personal attacks to boot) in the first place. --] <sup>]</sup> 11:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

It should also be mentioned that ] allowed Radeksz to edit a narrow number of articles ''solely to add references and to make such incidental changes as may be necessary to bring the article into compliance with the sources used''. in which he is adding material to articles outside of the remit of the motion is probably also against both the motion, and therefore in violation of the topic ban as well? --] <sup>]</sup> 15:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

; Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested :

===Discussion concerning Radeksz===

====Statement by Radeksz====

<s>Whoa, record timing Russavia, you managed to file this request before I had a chance to refresh my watchlist after posting that message. Kudos. Battleground much?

Anyway.

1) I stand by my comments made at the AFD. It was about time somebody said something. A public humiliation of an editor who is the subject of that article IS NOT something that Misplaced Pages should be about. Varsovian was violating ] on that AFD as anyone who's not an invested battleground warrior can see for themselves. Why couldn't he have just voted delete, stated his reason in a calm manner, and left it at that like everyone else on the AFD? Pointing out (gross) incivility is not necessarily incivil itself - else why do we even have a policy called "WP:DICK"?

2) I'm not sure how that article even falls under the topic ban? Because Ryszard is originally Polish? Even though he's really Canadian? Ok, fine.

3) Oh yeah - note I didn't vote or comment on the nature of the AFD. My comment only addressed the fact that Varsovian was ridiculing and belittling the subject of that article. As long as the article exists, BLP still applies, doesn't it?

4) If there was a Misplaced Pages article on the real life person behind Varsovian or Russavia, whoever they may be, if it got AFD and if somebody (even one of "my fellow EEMLers"; did I mention I haven't been on the list for 6 months and don't even have an idea if it still exists?) was acting the way Varsovian is acting on the Tylman article, I would say the exact same thing. If I had an article, I sincerely hope that someone would stand up and say it too.

Anyway, if this is a blockable action, then go ahead and block. Somebody needed to say something about common decency. I'll take a block for that.</s>

I stand by my comment made at the AFD. I don't think making it violated the topic ban since the article's about a Canadian artist who happens to be of Polish background. I didn't vote or comment on the nature of the AFD but addressed another user's flagrant incivility. Even then, BLP violations are generally excluded from topic bans and this was clearly a BLP violation though it didn't happen on the article itself.

Oh and I believe that usage of such terms as "brigadiers" was expressly forbidden during the case.

:'''Re to FP.''' Huh, I didn't even know about the Tymek thing (shows how much I'm in the loop). So yes, you're right, it does appear I violated the topic ban. Didn't think so, but I did (putting aside the fact that Tymek voted and I didn't).

:M.K's presence is not surprising here. I have no strategy or a favorite tactic. I saw one person trying to humiliate another and said something. None of the diffs M.K provides are aggressive or violations of the topic ban. The first one says something positive about an editor without saying anything negative about somebody else. The second one... . '''is not even made by me''' (!!!!), the third one just points out some rude behavior, and the fourth one is an open statement at the ArbCom page. Ummm, seriously - please don't be too busy to click these refs to see the veracity of M.K statements.
:I have no idea what he's talking about in his last sentence. And like I said, if this violates the topic ban, fine. I didn't think so when I made the edit, but apparently it does.

:And the battleground continues. And continues. And continues.

'''Note:''' Offensive portion of Varsovian's comment was removed by another editor with a reprimand . Hence, I removed mine as well .] (]) 11:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

'''Additional clarification''': Ever since the topic ban went into effect I haven't even been watching most related articles covered by the topic ban and I certainly had no idea what was going on with the Ryszard Tylman article. I can't even remember if I was aware that it had been nominated for the 3rd time. The only reason I checked in on it this, 4th, time around is because the nominator left a message on my talk. Probably would have been better if he hadn't.] (]) 11:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Contrary to Russavia, "don't be a dick" is one of the '''"the foundational principles of the policies and guidelines of the English Misplaced Pages"''' . The more extensive elaboration of course is here , but it is very common to just refer to "WP:DICK" in discussions. If refererring to "foundational principles of the policies of the English Misplaced Pages" is considered uncivil, perhaps that should be indicated somewhere, or the name of the policy and the policy page itself should be changed.] (]) 12:16, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Comment by M.K.====

This is Radeksz's strategy of assessing, borderlining and crossing but only so much that he doesnt get negative consequences, then some silence, then some border transgression.
The subject of the AfD was caught to be a member of the EEML clan. The EEML clan made travesty of Misplaced Pages, protecting one another in discussions and attacking their perceived foes,
among them Russavia and me. Tymek also tried to evade the topic ban on that article, ending in block.
Radeksz was even warned for transgression and '''"not to pull such stunts again"''' on the AE board
*But that was what he did
*Again.
*Again.
*And today also not to forget
Last but not least, EEML messages reviled that favorite Radeksz tactic, is to pretend “surprised” then caught misbehaving is still employed at full even at this page. ] (]) 10:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Comment by Loosmark====

:''Comment removed because it is unrelated to this request. Continued misuse of this forum as a battleground will result in sanctions. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 12:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)''

====Comment by Varsovian====
:''Discussion removed because it is unrelated to this request, see above. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 12:46, 30 April 2010 (UTC)''

====Comments by others about the request concerning Radeksz ====
For the uninitiated: what does Richard Tylman have to do with Eastern Europe, other than his origin?--] (]) 09:15, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:Oi. Alright. It is my ''strong'' suggestion that both of you amend your comments so they are restricted to answering the question "Does the Richard Tylman AfD fall within the topic ban." Keep it brief and polite please, pretend you've been hauled into court with a judge who is scowling at you over his glasses, exchanging glances with his bailiff.--] (]) 09:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:: Last time round, Sandstein determined it did: , . Personally, I agree with him. ] ] 09:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::: So we have a precedent, even if we personally disagree, of that individual being ruled as falling under the topic ban, and Radeksz being made aware of this, correct? And if Radeksz ''was'' made aware, could someone make clear to me when and how that happened? thanks ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 12:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::: He said he wasn't aware, and I'm inclined to believe him in that. If this report hadn't been hijacked immediately by the usual bickering from the usual two or three others, we could easily leave the matter at that, as far as I am concerned. ] ] 12:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::: He is now aware. I concur that is all that needed to have been done, and am not impressed with the sandbox sniping. Have you a suggestion on any action which might be appropriate? ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 12:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::Whether he was aware of the precedent does not matter, I believe. What matters is that the edit violates the topic ban for the reasons given and also because the person the article is about was apparently himself, as a Misplaced Pages user, involved in the ] case, which is why the previous AfDs have been a battleground. This is exactly the sort of page the topic ban was intended to apply to. I propose we apply the same enforcement measure as in the previous case, i.e., a 48h block. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 12:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::: Have you considered that whether he was aware of the precedent matters due to the debate about whether this topic falls under the ban or not. Clearly, you think it does. However, it is reasonable that others might not. It is capricious to block anyone for editing innocently; it behooves us to AGF. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 13:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::Good faith does not really enter into it. If the ArbCom prohibits a certain mode of editing, it is prohibited whether or not engaged in in good faith. Users who are subject to "widely construed" topic bans are responsible for understanding and abiding by their ban. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 13:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::::How does this article fall under the topic ban? ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 13:16, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::See my comment of 12:56 above. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 13:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::It does not answer my question. Are you referring me to your linked post of 16:12, 11 January 2010? ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 14:12, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::Yes. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 20:01, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

::::::::: Arguably, in an ideal world it wouldn't fall under the ban – that is, if Wikipedians' approaches to editing were determined only by objective real-world reality. However, this article is linked to the EEML-related disputes not through its real-world subject matter, but through its Misplaced Pages-internal personal ties. It has undoubtedly been a hotspot of editing disputes motivated by just those enmities that the EEML case was about. So I think considering it as within the scope of the ban is certainly in the spirit of the Arbcom ruling – and, frankly, Radek should have understood that, whether or not he knew about the Tymek precedent or not. ] ] 15:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

:(deindent) I agree with Sandstein on this. The reason that the same bunch of editors roll out for each round of AFD/Richard Tylman is not because of an interest in literature but in order to continue the same tedious battles that were the underlying cause of RFAR/EEML. To my mind this clearly falls within Radeksz's topic ban. ] (]) 13:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::About so called broadly constructed topic bans: Those broadly constructed topic bans are all, but impossible to understand. I know this from my own very hard earned experience, and from my own unfair block. Broadly constructed topic bans work as traps, and it is very, very wrong. Some ] are said to ''']''', while ] do not:)--] (]) 14:06, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

:Considering that Radek now understands this article is included in a topic ban (although the extension seems to be very arbitrary and hardly supported by the topic ban wording... and wasn't clarified to him before), and he has reverted himself (), is there a need to institute any ''punitive'' penalties that would only ''damage Misplaced Pages'' (considering Radek's daily helpful edits would be stopped)? Disclaimer: I am a friend of Radeksz, yadda, yadda. --<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]|]</span></sub> 16:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

We don't stand on precedent around here, and I am not compelled by arguments that rely on them. Those sort of principles only hold fast when we have an underlying political and social structure that justify and support it, like branches of government and professional advocates. I do think it is simple sense that topic bans should only be enforced against parties that ''knew or should have known'' they were breaching them. Topic bans are broadly constructed and interpreted when individuals have shown an inability to operate within a content area, either because of the content itself and/or ''the interpersonal conflicts they have with other editors in that content area''. Based on the context of the Richard Tylman article's meta history on Misplaced Pages as illuminated to me by the discussion above, I agree that Radeksz should have known he was breaching his sanction. Moreover, analysis of the ] indicate that Radeksz had narrow specific exemptions for BLP-related work, not a general one, and that the Richard Tylman article did not fall within them. The degeneration of this AE request indicates that the underlying issues of the EEML-related case have a wide and pernicious reach.

Mitigating that, Radeksz has in fact, reverted the offending contributions. This is the sort of behavior desired, the willingness to back off when it becomes clear there is an issue. If there is no objection from another administrator, I will block for 12 hours as arbitration enforcement.--] (]) 16:57, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:12 hours for violating his topic ban in two different avenues, and for launching into a ] by calling another editor a ], and this is after he got a stern warning for calling another editor an arsehole? Are you forgetting the personal attack aspects of what he did? You are joking, right? --] <sup>]</sup> 17:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::No. I'm not. I have ''one'' edit given as evidence to look at. That offending edit has since been removed. Radeksz now removed statements on the AfD don't look particularly more or less virulent than typical AfD fare. If you really want to make an issue of the "personal attack" I will widen my inquiry under my general administrator responsibilities and address similar behavior, and I will start, as I always do, by examining the complainant's behavior. I'll also note, that while the EEML non-interaction ban was placed on Radeksz (and others), and not on you, it would go a lot farther towards non interaction if you also didn't interact with them. I am completely disinterested in agitation based on a misplaced, retributive and vengeful sense of justice as I infer your statements to be resting on.--] (]) 17:30, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Your proposed action sounds reasonable to me. I agree that we should take the self-revert into account as a mitigating factor, but a block is appropriate to deter further ban violations. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 20:01, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Comment by Pantherskin====
Doesn't look like a big deal, Radeksz didn't even vote in this AfD and even removed his comment. No need to make a mountain out of a molehill. Although given the past history of this article and past AfD it seems natural to assume that this article and the related AfD would fall under the topic ban. But this comment was rather innocuous, and there does not seem to be a pattern of testing the boundaries of the topic ban, at least judging from Radeksz's edit history. ] (]) 12:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Comment by Dr. Dan====

One of the concerns that many people had who participated in resolving the EEML matter was that even with the relatively harsh sanctions imposed upon its members this behavior would resume again, or perhaps take a different guise, when the sanctions ended. And if that happened, we'd return to square one. As a target of this group, and as a result of having significant interaction with many of its members I can say that this continual game of "cat and mouse", this continual negative behavior followed by innumerable excuses and obfuscations has a definite pattern. A 12 hour block for this clear violation of the sanctions imposed on Radeksz following the EEML ArbCom is ludicrous
and is only setting the stage for future problems. The other day I noticed Sandstein placed an "indefinite" block on users Matthead and Spacecadet. It struck me as excessively harsh. I know of their lingering animosity, and the basis for it. I've had dealings with both of them. If the motivations for those blocks was "enough is enough" and only such a draconian block would help to make peace in the valley, then I understand the rationale behind the blocks. Presumably it had to shock both of them and also set an example of what fate may befall other editors who continue on a path that is considered detrimental to the Misplaced Pages project. Many of you at this page are aware of ugly incident that transpired not too long ago involving another EEML member. I believe it was dealt with fairly and properly. Radeksz's activities at the Afd may not be on the same par as those of user Jacurek, but it is significant to note that, 1. He wasn't supposed to be at the Afd in the first place, and 2. his remarks were not constructive, nor meant to be constructive. He obviously couldn't contain himself and had to call Varsovian a "dick", (now explained by him as using a "policy" of Misplaced Pages to make his point). I respectfully suggest that those who are able to prevent future transgressions of this nature to do so now and demonstrate that you mean business. 12 hours is not even an "ear flick" let alone a "slap on the wrist". ] (]) 15:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
*One can only hope that the 12 hour block was applied during what would be the normal waking hours of the subject of the ban. It would be a shame to disturb anyone's sleep pattern over such an insignificant violation of their sanctions. Especially because of all the "mitigating" factors. ] (]) 18:53, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

===Result concerning Radeksz===
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::Blocked for 12 hours for violation of topic ban, taking into account mitigating factors as described above. --] (]) 00:54, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
:::* 12 hours is too short for a topic ban violation. But I've arrived too late in the day to influence anything, so if there are no further comments to be made, we can probably put a {{tl|hat}} on this. ] 23:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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==Lemabeta==
== Supreme Deliciousness ==
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===Request concerning Supreme Deliciousness===


===Request concerning Lemabeta===
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(June 2009)
# - Made a draft on a European ethnic group, which they are currently barred from doing.
; ] of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation ''how'' these edits violate it :
# - Started a page on a Georgian ethnologist.


SD has a long history of tenatious editing and trying to remove Israeli content or de-emphasize Israeli & Jewish content:

His userpage, now deleted, at one point declared strong Anti-Israeli views and belief that Israel should not exist.

====History of trying to politicize non-political articles====
SD was warned and notified of the ARBCOM sanctions on June 27, 2009. These are instances occurring after that date.

:Created an article titled “Israeli theft of Arab cuisine” that was deleted as being POV and Soapbox (September 2009)

:At ]'s talk page he states that Israel’s “lack of true history and connection to the region, that they have to overcompensate in other areas, to create an artificial history and artificial identity: (March 2010)

:At Hookah's talk page: (March 2010)

: In the Hummus' talk page, SD states that properly sourced information about Israel and Hummus is “made up garbage in an attempt to steal Arab culture and claim it as Israeli, because Israel is a false nation that has to steal other peoples history, culture and food because it doesn't have any itself”. (July 2009)

:Removed photos from Falafel based upon their being from Israel, calling it undue weight etc. , (September 2009)

:Extensive use of “quotes”, in order to substitute rhetorical language in place of more neutral, dispassionate tone preferred for encyclopedias –] (September 2009)
:Insists on the inclusion of extensive use of quotes, even after it is pointed out that their extensive use is not recommended (March 2010)

====Dismisses sources based upon the fact they are from Israel or are written by Israelis and/or Jews. ====

:In discussions about articles on mountains in the Golan Heights and their sources, SD has dismissed sources written by Israelis and Jews as “not reliable” and “not neutral” (March 2010)

:States that sources that are written by Jews or Israelis about mountains in the Golan Heights are not WP:RS because they would “naturally support Israel”, but a source that refers to Israel as the “Zionist Entity” is OK (read the two comments above his comment too). (March 2010)

====Advice to other editors====

Suggests to other editors that they should undertake “doublespeak” to achieve results that may not be supported by consensus. Tells other editors that they should not (November 2009)

====Skirting CfDs====

Tries to skirt CfDs by creating new categories very similar to the one being discussed: and (March - April 2010)

====Games the system====

SD has repeatedly tried to change the names of Mountains in the Golan Heights from Hebrew to Arabic, trying different ways. The first time he wanted to change the names an RfC was opened on the Golan Heights talk page (November 2009). When consensus failed there, he then tried at the individual mountains 1). (February 2010) 2) (March 2010)

When there was no consensus for change on the individual mountains, this article was created (which I suggested, to condense small unsourced articles) but now it appears it will be used as a vehicle to attempt to change the mountain names again. (April 2010)

====Politicizes non political talk pages====

Supreme Deliciousness decided to re-arrange the long-standing Wikiproject listing order in several articles because of his belief that "Syria" should come before Israel on the article talk page and . (April 2010)

====Arbcom situations====

SD’s Anti-Israeli behavior has even come up in unrelated Arbcom cases (October - November 2009)

; Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required): Notified of Israel-Palestine Arbitration restrictions here (June 2009)

;Enforcement action requested (], ] or ])

Ban on articles pertaining to Israel or Jewish content. The length of such ban, being permanent or short term is up to the admin. However I would ask the Admin to keep in mind that SD’s anti-Israeli editing has been a long term problem, but most of the time he has managed to push the envelope just enough so that he flies under the radar. The majority of his edit history is related to trying to de-emphasize or remove Israeli content from articles, with very little in way of actual article expansion or creation.


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I likely filed this improperly, but to sum it up they continue to make pages in a scope they were banned from. ]<sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 20:25, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
SD often edits in cooperation with another user, ], whom I will also be filing a AE case on.
:On the bullet point, I’ve never filed an AE report before, and I wasn’t sure if “block” meant T-ban, p-block, etc., so I just picked whichever one made the most sense. ]<sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 21:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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:(Not sure if I’m allowed to reply here) I’ve never filed an AE report before, and I wasn’t sure if “block” meant T-ban, p-block, etc., so I just picked whichever one made the most sense. ]<sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 21:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
:: <small>Response to Bishonen. Moved from results section. ] (]/]) 21:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)</small>

::(RES to Bishonen) That's fair. When starting the AE, it only gave me nine options, none of which seemed to fit right. The third bullet ("Previously given a discretionary sanction or contentious topic restriction or warned for conduct in the area of conflict on DIFF by _____") didn't seem to fit, as the sanction wasn't for verbal conduct. ]<sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 22:05, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
===Discussion concerning User ===
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====Statement by User:Tiamut ====
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There is no problem with a user being anti-Israeli or anti-Palestinian (there are many here of both kinds and we edit alongside each other without huge problems everyday). Its not people's views that are problematic, but their behaviours, if disruptive.

I don't see anything disruptive in the work SD did on ]. I do think its quite silly to edit war over the placement of Syria and Israel wikiprojects (but as there are others edit-warring over this, I don't see why SD should be subject to a topic ban for it). I don't think SD meant to game the system with the category she created, but I can see why it might be interpreted that way. I also don't see how the advice she gae to other users is problematic. We shouldn't all say exactly what we believe here when its not related to article editing - that's called ].

I do agree that User:Ani medjool is a highly problematic user (and look forward to seeing the AE report Nsaum75 is going to file on that user, who has serially disrupted the I-P arena for some time now without any serious repurcussions). But I don't think the same is true of SD. She has made some good contributions to this encyclopedia. She's certainly not perfect and sometimes wastes her time on silly or unproductive things, and maybe even soapboxes a little from time to time (no more or less than others), but she generally responds to constructive criticism and has not done anything to undermine the goals of the encylopedia, in my opinion.

An NPOV encyclopedia is written by people of all POVs, some of whom may have POVs vastly different than our own. That's not a reason to topic ban them. Yes, its hard to work to bridge such gaps in perspectives, but much better to try, than to eliminate those we deem too far gone. Particularly when they are trying to hear what others are saying to them. ]<sup>]</sup> 15:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:You didn't even address supreme's behavior. And I have a hard time stomaching that your defending Supreme's behavior because "an NPOV encyclopedia is written by people of all POVs." Yes, that's true, but user's like supreme are actively violating Misplaced Pages policy because they can't control their own POV opinions. Creating articles like "Israeli theft of Arab cuisine" is clearly inappropriate and Supreme has long exhibited this behavior. Do you agree that that user's behavior is inappropriate or would you like to obfuscate and blame some other editor? ] (]) 15:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::Tiamut, you're right, there is nothing wrong with being Anti-Palestinian or Anti-Israeli, but when you let those feelings spill over into discussions about content -- let alone picking apart articles to reflect those sentiments -- it becomes disruptive. We are supposed to put our feelings aside and try our best to edit & contribute in a neutral behavior, but many of the talk page discussions and article edits made by SD are extremely contrary to that. ]<sup>]</sup> 15:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey Nsaum75. I'm glad to see that we don't disagree about what is at issue here, but rather only about whether there is sufficient evidence attesting to longstanding disruption by SD. @PlotSpoiler, I'm not trying to obfuscate anything. I stated my opinion regarding the evidence presented. The article on the Israeli theft of Arab cuisine was made a long, long time ago, when SD first started here. That she has moved on to writing articles like ] (which looks fine to me) shows just how far she has come. I don't believe in holding editors to task for things they did when they first started editing here. I see an evolution. If you don't, you are entitled to your opinion, as I to mine. There's no need for outrageous hyperbole. ]<sup>]</sup> 16:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
"She"? I'm a man. --] (]) 17:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:Sorry. I didn't know and just assumed you were a lady. I have a pro-female gender bias. ]<sup>]</sup> 17:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::The mountains article is currently locked due to edit warring over content], plus if you read the protracted talk page discussion and comments on other user pages about raising a new RfC, it gives the appearance that SD's true intent may be to force name changes to the mountains. Essentially this circumvents three-related RfCs in the past 6 months that found no consensus to change the article/mountain names from Hebrew to Arabic) --]<sup>]</sup> 16:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::I still don't see evidence that disruption on the part of SD is to blame for that state of affairs. At least two other editors were warned about edit-warring there along with him, and there have been colossal failures of ] exhibited on all sides. ]<sup>]</sup> 17:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::Other users are involved this time around, but it is SD who keeps trying to change the article names which then leads to a downward spiral of edit warring. I don't have a crystal ball, but I think the fact that SD keeps trying to find different ways to bring the issue up (especially within a short period of time) causes other editors to get frustrated. I'm not excusing everyones behavior (as Breein1007 can be battleground-minded as well), but in this instance, regarding the mountains, SD seems to be the primary instigator of the issue via his repeated attempts to find a way to change the names of the mountains. --]<sup>]</sup> 17:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
If it is me, then what is this: and who is the one edit warring against consensus? Why haven't you brought this up? And what is "circumvents three-related RfC" what was decided during those RfCs? --] (]) 17:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Statement by Plot Spoiler====
Supreme exhibits ''over the top'' ] behavior and the evidence presented shows that Supreme is incapable of ] edits when it comes to I/P articles. Creating ] articles like "Israeli theft of Arab cuisine" and that Israeli has hijacked everything else in Arab culture (hookah, falafel, etc.), regardless of the fact that over 50% of Israel's population is composed of Jews of Middle Eastern origin.

Supreme has long exhibited this POV and uncivil behavior and methinks it's time for a topic ban. ''Seriously''. ] (]) 15:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

:''Comment by ] removed. Added nothing but further battleground behavior.''--] (]) 18:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::You have my apology. Is it permissible to state that I think Plot Spoiler's behaviour is partisan and not innocent of the kind of thing which Supreme Deliciousness is being accused of? <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size:120%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;←&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> 18:47, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::If you have a complaint to make, file a report. Plot Spoiler's moral credibility is not at issue.--] (]) 18:51, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::I'll butt out. Personally, I do think that the "moral credibility" of those commenting on this page is an issue. <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size:120%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;←&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> 19:15, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::: ]? ] (]) 19:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::Certainly colleague, why not? I'm just a bit tired of the litigiousness in the IP area and seeing glasshouse dwellers indulging in rock-throwing. <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size:120%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;←&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> 19:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I prefer a ]. Bow chicka bow wow. ] (]) 19:51, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::::Oh dear, a case of mistaken identity. I've apologised on your talk page. <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size:120%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;←&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> 01:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

====Statement by Supreme Deliciousness====
What is the sanction or remedy that I have violated?

Many of the comments he have brought up and things I have done are comments and things from a long time ago.

At the Hookah talkpage, how do you explain this edit IP just removed the word "Palestine" and replaced it with "Israel".

Nsaum75 claims that "properly sourced information about Israel and Hummus".. It was about an Israeli guy without any kind of scientific research to back him up, was making up his own mind about what the bible said, basically re-writing the bible and drawing his own conclusion from it. And based on this they wanted to ad to the article that Hummus Is Israeli. And Nsaum75 calls this "properly sourced information about Israel and Hummus".

At the falafel article, Nsaum75 kept on adding several Israeli pictures into the article, that is not neutral. If there is anyone that should be sanctioned, its him for keeping on adding exclusively Israeli pictures in as many articles as he can, he show a strong pro-Israel pushing views, this is not neutral.

Many of these things he have brought up are content disputes where he or others have an Israeli pov and I a neutral worldview. I am not edit warring at any of these articles and I always talk at the talkpage.

About the '''"Dismisses sources based upon the fact they are from Israel or are written by Israelis and/or Jews."''' Yes I said they were unreliable for setting the ''standardized name in English'' for several reasons, they would of course use the Israeli name: Some of these Israeli sources have for example been written by the Chairman of the Israeli Golan Lobby and speaks about Golan as if it was a part of Israel. And several others including an admin have dismissed Israeli sources for setting the standardized name in English by just the fact that they are from Israel:

'''"Advice to other editors"'''
Ani Medjool had very strong language, and what I meant about that was that he might get banned if he continues, just like if pro-israeli editors hated Palestinians, but they cant show it cause they would get banned, so I told him that if he feel the way he feels he should be quiet about it. For the sake of the encyclopedia, to avoid unnecessary drama.

'''"Skirting CfDs"'''
This was never "skirting", it was a different category, and I accepted the deletion of it as the majority of people wanted it gone.

'''"Politicizes non political talk pages"'''
How is it neutral to have the Israeli tag first about an area that is by all countries on earth recognized as part of Syria? And how many edits at each article did I do this? 1 time.

'''"Games the system"'''
This is completely BS, if you look at all the neutral comments and sources, you can see that there was greater support for the standardized arabic names, not hebrew, look at the uninvolved comments, how many of these support the hebrew?

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Almost all the sources brought up for the Arabic were English, while almost all of them brought up for the hebrew were Israeli and some of them implied Golan as part of Israel, and also an article from the "Jewish Virtual Libray" that was sourced from Misplaced Pages. And the israeli side just said "no" to the change, so this is how there was no move of the articles. Am I not allowed to open a new RfC now?

The reason why the article ] is locked down now is because user Breein edit warred his own pov into the article, the names right now are hebrew first, because there was allegedly "No consensus" for the change, yet Brein changed the position of the translation to put the hebrew first without any kind of consensus, and its interesting that Nsaum75 do not mention this.

Nsaum also claims that "SD's true intent may be to force name changes".. no it is not and I told malik this on his talkpage that I myself had changed to the hebrew first and that I would not change it to the standardized Arabic as the discussion is now:

'''"SD often edits in cooperation"'''
This is a completely baseless attack against me, I edit by myself and with no one else.


I am not edit warring at any of these articles, some things I have said (most in the past), maybe I shouldn't have said them, but I always edit from a neutral pov, and I do not edit war and always talk at the talkpage. --] (]) 16:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

:Regarding photos and "pov-pushing": I think my edit and photographic contribution history speaks for itself. --]<sup>]</sup> 17:09, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

====Statement by Malik Shabazz====
In the interest of brevity I will make only two comments.

1) This week Supreme Deliciousness twice felt the need to rearrange WikiProject banners so Syria came before Israel, in one case participating in a revert war (although he himself made only one revert).

2) The above characterization of photos as Israeli is typical. Because of the ] behavior of Supreme Deliciousness and Ani medjool, ] has an image gallery in which "Israeli" photos of the food are "balanced" by photos from other countries. See ]. (The use of quotation marks indicates the silliness of describing a photograph as having a nationality.)

—&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub> 17:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

:To be fair, Malik, ] is originally an ]. I know its hard for non-Arabs to understand why it is offensive to Arabs when Israel claims it as its own, and that fact in no way justifies edit-warring to remove pictures of falafel from Israel from the article. However, there is a disproportionate focus, both imagery and text wise on Israel, in many articles on food items that are originally Arab. More pictures of these foods from Arab countries would be welcome, or conversely, when there is nothing Israeli-specific about the picture, there is no need to mention its from Israel. I believe you suggested that a couple of times, which was a good solution.
:I do think these discussions can be very silly sometimes, but I do understand why they occur and do think there is an undue emphasis on Israel in articles on traditionally Arab food items (and not enough information on other Arab countries like Syria, Lebanon, etc). I wouldn't want to see people afraid to discuss that (sensibly and without casting aspersions as to people's intentions) by getting the impression that it is somehow inherently disruptive in and of itself. ]<sup>]</sup> 18:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

::"To be fair," a "common theory" suggests that Egyptian Copts invented falafel -- much thanks they get for their compatriots, aye? See: ]. ] (]) 18:28, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::My uncle is an Egytian Copt who identifies as Arab. I realize some Copts don't. My comment however, assumed to include them. Sorry if I've offended anyone (particularly those Copts who don't identify as Arab). Anyway, this is not the place for this discussion. Sorry for bringing it up. ]<sup>]</sup> 18:38, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::And in regards to ''this'' report and not content, Falafel now has a gallery which is frowned upon and pictures chosen were purely for national issues and not to showcase the subject. Other editors won't even consider removing it because they don't want to reward the poor battlefield behavior that led to it. That is the epitome of battlefield behavior impacting the project nagativley. However, it was not just SD.] (]) 18:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


===Discussion concerning Lemabeta===
::Tiamut, I understand the resentment that some Arabs feel because "Israel's national food" was appropriated from their cuisine. And I agree that there is usually no reason to mention the place where the food was prepared (unless there are national variations). What I don't understand is how fine pictures such as ] or ] can be dismissed as POV images that cannot be used because they were taken in Israel. And unfortunately Supreme Deliciousness often is an instigator of the discussions concerning these "POV" photos. (To be fair, however, he is hardly the worst offender.) —&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub> 18:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Statement by Lemabeta====
====Comments by others about the request concerning User ====
Please keep your comments short, to the point, and restricted only to what an uninvolved administrator needs to know. I am perfectly willing (and able) to apply discretionary sanctions based on behavior on AE alone, and I will get creative.--] (]) 17:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC) Yeah, my bad. Didn't realize translation of a page of ethnographic group would count as a violation of my topic ban about "history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed" I recognize my mistake. --] (]) 20:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
:I am detecting a non-trivial amount of battleground behavior from Supreme Deliciousness, especially in this very enforcement request. However, the most compelling and disturbing behavior adduced here is nearly a year old. (The June 2009 edit seems to hit the high watermark for bad behavior). Then again, Supreme deliciousness' response does not engender confidence in me that Supreme Delciousness has shed his battleground mentality and is capable of assuming good faith when need be. I am currently most convinced by Taimut's comments above, but continuing to look into this.--] (]) 17:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::I am currently leaning towards a topic ban on all edits involving the names, origins, or visual depiction of places and things within the Levant region, (interpreted in all occasions to include all things that are described now or in the past as Israel or Israeli, Palestine, or Palestinian, Middle East or Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean). To be clear, this includes geographic features, whether areas are Israel proper, all of the cuisine in the area, and what order you put the non-English language in.
::This topic ban will run for three months or until I see one of the following: A comprehensive and good faith proposal for a neutral standard on what order to be submitted for the consideration of ], or a 3000 word essay on the meaning and importance of assuming good faith and avoiding battleground behavior.--] (]) 18:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Also, if anyone feels like Supreme Deliciousness is being targeted unfairly, please file additional reports pointing me at the other bad offenders.--] (]) 18:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::I'd prefer to see editors encouraged ''not'' to report each other (except for really serious rule violations). <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size:120%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;←&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> 00:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
A couple of questions: what do you mean by "A comprehensive and good faith proposal for a neutral standard on what order to be submitted for the consideration of ]" I don't understand what you mean. Also could you please point out ''precisely'' what sanction or remedy I have violated, and ''how'' I violated it and does this topic ban also include talking about these things at the talkpages? --] (]) 19:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:Certainly. I mean I want you to create a comprehensive guideline that can resolve naming disputes amicably on all Levant articles, and that you would after e-mailing it to me, submit it to IPCollab where it will hopefully be discussed, bandied about, improved and implemented. ] states that "Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages." ] states that "Misplaced Pages is not a place to hold grudges, import personal conflicts, or nurture prejudice, hatred, or fear. Making personal battles out of Misplaced Pages discussions goes directly against our policies and goals. Every user is expected to interact with others civilly, calmly, and in a spirit of cooperation" which you have failed to do, as seen by your behavior in your statement above, as well as several of the edits pointed out, specifically the June 2009 edit. The topic ban covers all edits, across all namespaces, including talk pages. There is a common sense exception which allows you to appeal this decision or contest a complaint against you without violating a topic ban.--] (]) 19:08, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::You said "topic ban on all edits involving the names, origins, or visual depiction of places and things",, so does this also include origin of people? --] (]) 19:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::No, it does not, because I saw no evidence you have issues with people as of yet.--] (]) 19:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::Tznkai, considering, that almost all of the things brought up in this request are 9-10 months old, how can you put this long topic ban on me? Can you show me one edit I have done that is not neutral? okey I know I have said some things that I shouldn't have said, but they are mostly from my past, and I promise I wont say those sorts of things again. The extent of this proposed topic ban ''"the names, origins, or visual depiction of places and things within the Levant region, (interpreted in all occasions to include all things that are described now or in the past as Israel or Israeli, Palestine, or Palestinian, Middle East or Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean). To be clear, this includes geographic features, whether areas are Israel proper, all of the cuisine in the area, and what order you put the non-English language in."'' is way out of proportion for what I have done, the improper comments I made are at the food articles so why does this proposed topic ban for example cover "geographic features, whether areas are Israel proper" or what order to put names? --] (]) 19:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


:Ethnographic groups and cultural heritage are '''related but distinct concepts'''. An ''ethnographic group'' refers to a '''community of people''' defined by shared ancestry, language, traditions, and cultural identity. In contrast, ''cultural heritage'' refers to the *''practices, artifacts, knowledge, and traditions preserved or inherited from the past''. But cultural heritage is indeed a component of ethnographic groups.
'''Comment''' - SD is currently under Arbcom restrictions that affects his abilities to change the ethnicity or nationality of people per this decision. ]<sup>]</sup> 23:40, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:My current topic ban doesn't cover talkpages. (and the remedie you link to didn't pass, another one did) --] (]) 23:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC) :So i don't believe ethnographic group should be considered as either history of the Caucasus or cultural heritage. ] (]) 20:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
::In my opinion, cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible) '''emerges from''' ethnographic groups but '''does not define the group itself'''. ] (]) 20:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
:::I think ethnographic groups fall under the category of Ethnography, or even socio-cultural antropology but for sure not cultural heritage. ] (]) 21:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
::::I understand, i already apologized on my talk page for this accident. I will not repeat this mistake again. ] (]) 21:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)


====Statement by (username)====
::My intent was to post to your remedy sub-section, that included all proposals. However you are correct in that you can edit talk pages. There is a method in place with which you can make changes to nationalities and ethnicities via article talk pages. Since you say you can change and edit not allow your personal feelings to impede on your editing style, perhaps a similar restriction to talk pages would be more effective here. It would allow you to prove to other editors that you can change, while still allowing you some participation in IP articles. Change takes time, and while you say most of your tenacious editing was 9 months ago, as of this past week you are still trying to push for major changes based upon nationalistic concerns (e.g. the order of wikiprojects, mountain articles, national park article titles) --]<sup>]</sup> 23:57, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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:::How is it "nationalistic concerns" to change the "List of national parks and nature reserves in Israel" so it also includes the occupied territories when the list includes the occupied territories and according to a general discussion it is clear that the areas are not part of Israel but occupied: Am I un-neutral? Was there something wrong with that edit? This is not my personal concerns or views, this is the entire worldview. What major push at mountain article? When I added the hebrew first and said I wasn't going to change it? or when I changed back Breeins edit warring of the translation without consensus? ? --] (]) 00:16, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
::::You only changed the order of the mountain names putting the original article name (hebrew) back first after a long and drawn out discussion. I was not addressing Breein1007 editwarring of the translation. Anyhow, I am leaving this up to the admins to decide. They can read the diffs, arguments and edit histories and decide for themselves. Its not necessary to import disagreements from other articles to this AE. --]<sup>]</sup> 00:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
***removing comment by Ani medjool ] (]) 21:08, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:"Also, if anyone feels like Supreme Deliciousness is being targeted unfairly, '''please file additional reports''' pointing me at the other bad offenders."--] (]) 19:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
***removing comment by Ani medjool ] (]) 21:09, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:You follow the instructions posted at the top of this page. And if you use "this jew" as an epithet again, you will be blocked indefinitely.--] (]) 19:16, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::Ok, unacceptable, uncivil behavior. 'Nuff said. ] (]) 19:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Tznkai, I think you should block Ani medjool indefinitely for the comments s/he made here. This is not the first time and s/he's already received multiple warnings for this. If you need diffs, I'll get them. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::I am seriously considering it, but I just gave a warning two lines above, and it seems a bit... tyrannical, to warn and then block before they've had a chance to correct behavior.--] (]) 19:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::S/he already got that a final warning just four days ago. Its okay to block I think. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:26, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::Since this is about SD and Tznkai has provided a warning we should drop it here for now. If he is not blocked by another admin in the next couple of hours I'll spend a few minutes to put a report together. Crossing the Ts and dotting the Is just so there is no question (at least in several editors eyes) as to what result is appropriate. Wow... Tiamut and I agree on something.] (]) 19:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::Some previous warnings to Ani medjool for the same kind of thing: , . These comments are totally unacceptable. A year ago, I thought the problem was a language thing, but its clearly a serious behavioural issue for which there is no resolution in sight. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


===Result concerning User === ===Result concerning Lemabeta===
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:Supreme Deliciousness is topic banned from all edits, across all Misplaced Pages namespaces, involving the names, origins, or visual depiction of places and things within the Levant region, (interpreted in all occasions to include all things that are described now or in the past as Israel or Israeli, Palestine, or Palestinian, Middle East or Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean). To be clear, this includes geographic features, whether areas are Israel proper, all of the cuisine in the area, and what order you put the non-English language in.
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* I don't see Lemabeta mentioned in the case itself, but they're currently under ] from "the history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed". ] (] • she/her) 20:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
--] (]) 00:31, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
*:To be fair, when you click above to add a new enforcement request, the template states:<br><nowiki>;Sanction or remedy to be enforced: ]</nowiki><br><nowiki><!--- Link to the sanction or remedy that you ask to be enforced ---></nowiki> ] (]/]) 20:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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*{{tq| Didn't realize translation of a page of ethnographic group would count as a violation of my topic ban about "history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed"}} @]: what did you think "the history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage" meant? I think it's pretty obvious that that an article on an ethnic group from the Caucasus and about an ethnologist who writes about that region is covered by your topic ban. ] (]/]) 20:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:Note that I've deleted ] as a clear G5 violation. I think ] is a bit more of a questionable G5. ] (]/]) 20:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:Your definition of "ethnographic group" includes the phrases "shared ancestry" (i.e., history), and "shared&nbsp;... traditions" and "shared&nbsp;... cultural identity" (i.e., cultural heritage). Your attempt to exclude "ethnographic group" from either of the two categories in your topic ban is entirely unpersuasive, particularly since your topic ban is to be "broadly construed". ] (]/]) 21:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:@]: this doesn't seem like a mistake to me, but I'm okay with a logged warning here. ] (]/]) 21:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:@]: This is about violating the TBAN. Per my response to leek, I think the issue is with the AE request template, which is a bit unclear. ] (]/]) 22:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:@]: I don't think a block is needed here, but the next violation, definitely. ] (]/]) 22:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*:@]: They were "reviously given&nbsp;... contentious topic restriction", the topic ban at issue. ] (]/]) 22:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
* {{re|Lemabeta}} Not every single thing you could write about an ethnic group would fall under cultural history, but that's not really relevant on the Rachvelians page, where the History section was entirely about their cultural history, even containing the words {{tqq| highlighting their ethnographic and cultural identity}}. There's a reason we use the words "]" on most TBANs, and a reason we encourage people to act like they're TBANned from a broader area than they are. (Consider: Would you feel safe driving under a bridge where clearance is exactly the same height as your vehicle? Or would you need a few inches' gap to feel safe doing it?){{pb}}This does seem like a good-faith misunderstanding, so if you will commit to not making it again in the future, I think this can be closed with a clarification/warning. But that's an important "if". If you want to argue semantics, then the message that sends to admins is that you don't intend to comply with the TBAN, in which case the next step would be a siteblock. <span style="font-family:courier"> -- ]</span><sup class="nowrap">&#91;]]</sup> <small>(])</small> 21:10, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*{{u|EF5}}, I don't understand your {{tq|"Previously blocked as a discretionary sanction or contentious topic restriction for conduct in the area of conflict, see the block log linked to above"}} statement, can you please explain what it refers to? ]? Lemabeta's block log is blank.
:That said, I'm unimpressed by Lemabeta's lawyerly distinctions above, and also by ]. I'll AGF that they ''were'' accidental, but OTOH, they surely ''ought'' to have taken enough care to realize they were violations; compare Voorts' examples. I suggest a block, not sure of what length. A couple of weeks? ] &#124; ] 21:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC).
::{{u|EF5}}, OK, I see. Blocks and bans are ], and the block log only logs blocks. ] &#124; ] 22:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC).

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    PerspicazHistorian is blocked indefinitely from mainspace. Seraphimblade 03:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Request concerning PerspicazHistorian

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    NXcrypto (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 15:53, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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    Sanction or remedy to be enforced
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    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. 17:57, 18 December 2024 - removed "discrimination" sidebar from the page of Hindutva (fascist ideology) even though the sidebar was inserted inside a section, not even the lead.
    2. 17:59, 18 December 2024 - tag bombed the highly vetted Hindutva article without any discussion or reason
    3. 10:15, 18 December 2024 - attributing castes to people withhout any sources
    4. 12:11, 18 December 2024 - edit warring to impose the above edits after getting reverted
    5. 17:09, 18 December 2024 - just like above, but this time he also added unreliable sources
    6. 18:29, 18 December 2024 - still edit warring and using edit summaries instead of talk page for conversation
    7. 14:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC) - filed an outrageous report on WP:ANI without notifying any editors. This report was closed by Bbb23 as "This is nothing but a malplaced, frivolous personal attack by the OP."
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    • Already 2 blocks in last 4 months for edit warring.
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    I do not see any positive signs that this editor will ever improve. So far he has only regressed. Nxcrypto Message 15:53, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

    While going through this report, PerspicazHistorian has made another highly problematic edit here by edit warring and misrepresenting the sources to label the organisation as "terrorist". This primary source only provides a list of organisations termed by the Indian government as "terrorist" contrary to MOS:TERRORIST. Nxcrypto Message 03:12, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
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    Statement by PerspicazHistorian

    • By far I am also concerned how my edits were forcefully reverted without a proper reason despite providing enough references. Please check how I am getting attacked by them on Chandraseniya_Kayastha_Prabhu Page.

    I didn't know about the three-revert-rule before User: Ratnahastin told me about this: User_talk:PerspicazHistorian. Please grant me one more chance, I will make sure not to edit war.

    • In the below statement by LukeEmily, As a reply I just want to say that I was just making obvious edit on Chandraseniya_Kayastha_Prabhu by adding a list of notable people with proper references. And according to Edit_warring#What_edit_warring_is it is clearly said: "Edits from a slanted point of view, general insertion or removal of material, or other good-faith changes are not considered vandalism." It was a good faith edit but others reverted it. I accept my mistake of not raising it on talk page as a part of Misplaced Pages:BOLD,_revert,_discuss_cycle.
    • As a clarification to my edit on Students' Islamic Movement of India, it can be clearly seen that I provided enough reference to prove its a terrorist organisation as seen in this edit. I don't know why is there a discussion to this obvious edit? Admins please correct me if I am wrong.
    @Valereee, Yes I read about 1RR and 0RR revert rules in Misplaced Pages:Edit warring#What edit warring is#Other revert rules. I now understand the importance of raising the topic on talk page whenever a consensus is needed. Thank You ! PerspicazHistorian (talk) 07:16, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
    Yes, I will commit to that. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 13:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC) Moved comment to own section. Please comment, including replies, only in this section. Seraphimblade 13:19, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
    At that time I was new to how AFD discussions worked. Later on when Satish R. Devane was marked for deletion, I respected the consensus by not interfering in it. The article was later deleted. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 11:54, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
    • Hi @Doug Weller , I just checked your user page. You have 16 years (I am 19) of experience on wiki, you must be right about me. I agree that my start on Misplaced Pages has been horrible, but I am learning a lot from you all. I promise that I will do better, get more neutral here and contribute to the platform to my best. Please don't block me.
    P.S.- I don't know If I will be blocked or what , according to this enforcement rules, I just want to personally wish good luck to you for your ongoing cancer treatments, You will surely win this battle of Life. Regards. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 12:23, 21 December 2024 (UTC)Moved comment to own section. Please comment, including replies, only in this section.Valereee (talk) 15:30, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    • 1) I just asked an user @Fylindfotberserk if the page move is possible. What's wrong with it? I still have not considered putting a move request on talk page of article.
    2) Many of other sources are not raj era. Moreover I myself have deleted the content way before you pointing this out. Thank You ! PerspicazHistorian (talk) 06:29, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    even @NXcrypto is seen engaged in edit wars before on contentious Indian topics. see1see2 PerspicazHistorian (talk) 06:37, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    as mentioned by @Valereee before, Please discuss at talk, not here; we don't deal with content here. You can discuss content related topics on talk pages of articles rather than personally targeting a user here in enforcement. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 06:42, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Valereee I once filed a complaint to find it @NXcrypto is a sock (out of a misunderstanding, as all were teamed up similarly on various pages). I think he felt it as a personal attack by me and filed this request for enforcement. Please interfere. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 06:47, 29 December 2024 (UTC) moving to correct section Valereee (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    1)Yes I usually edit on RSS related topics, but to ensure a democratic view is maintained as many socks try to disrupt such articles. Even on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh page, I just edited on request of talk page and added a graph. I don't think its a POV push.
    2) My main interest in editing is Hinduism and Indian History topics.
    3)There have been certain cases in past where I was blocked but if studied carefully they were result of me edit warring with socks(although, through guidance of various experienced editors and admins I learnt a SPI should be filed first). I have learnt a lot in my journey and there have been nearly zero case of me of edit warring this month.
    Please do not block me. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 14:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    • @Valereee I beg apologies for the inconvenience caused, thanks for correcting me. I will now reply in my own statement section. @Bishonen I am a quick learner and professionally competent to edit in this encyclopedic space. Please consider reviewing this enforcement if its an counter-attack on me as mentioned in my previous replies. You all are experienced editors and I have good faith in your decision-making capability.PerspicazHistorian (talk) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    • @Vanamonde93@Bishonen I have edited content marked as "original research" and "mess" by you, I am ready to help removing any content that might be considered "poorly sourced" by the community. Please don't block me.PerspicazHistorian (talk) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    • @Valereee This enforcement started for edit-warring and now I feel its more concerned to my edited content(which I agree to cooperate and change wherever needed). After learning about edit wars, there has been no instance of me edit-warring, Please consider my request.--PerspicazHistorian (talk) 08:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
      @Valereee I am not a slow learner, I understand the concerns of all admins here. I will try my best to add only reliable sources, and discuss content in all talk pages, as I already mentioned here. PPicazHist (talk) 12:55, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
      @Valereee@UtherSRG I think admins should focus more on encouraging editors when they do good and correct when mistaken. I have made many edits, added many citations and created much articles which use fine citations. The enforcement started out of retaliation by nxcrypto, now moving towards banning me anyways. I started editing out of passion, and doing it here on wiki unlike those who come here just for pov pushes and disrupt article space(talking about socks and vandalizers on contentious Indian topics).
      The article prasada doesn't only has issue on citations, but the whole article is copypasted from the citations I added. I just wanted to point that out. Remaining about Misplaced Pages:CIR, I am currently pursuing Btech in cs from IIT delhi, idt I am a slow learner by any means. Still, happy new year to all ! PPicazHist (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
      @UtherSRG You mean to say, "The prasada is to be consumed by attendees as a holy offering. The offerings may include cooked food, fruits and confectionery sweets. Vegetarian food is usually offered and later distributed to the devotees who are present in the temple. Sometimes this vegetarian offering will exclude prohibited items such as garlic, onion, mushroom, etc. " is not copy pasted by this website? Is this also a wiki mirror website? How would you feel if I doubt your competence now? PPicazHist (talk) 14:47, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
      @ UtherSRG I just asked others to share their opinion in the enforcement. With all due respect, I don't think its wrong in any sense. PPicazHist (talk) 15:13, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
      To all the admins involved here,
      • I agree to keep learning and apologize if my previous edits/replies have annoyed the admins.
      • I have not edit warred since a month and please see it as my willingness to keep learning and getting better.
      • Please give me a chance, I understand concern of you all and respect your opinion in the matter. But please don't block me from editing from main article space. I promise that I will abide by all the rules and will learn from other editors.
      PPicazHist (talk) 15:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    Statement by LukeEmily

    PerspicazHistorian also violated WP:BRD by engaging in an edit war with Ratnahastin who reverted his edits and restored an article to a stable version by admin. Also, I want to assume good faith but it is surprising that PerspicazHistorian claims that he did not know the three revert rule given that he has more than 800 edits.LukeEmily (talk)

    Statement by Doug Weller

    I'm involved so just commenting. I don't think this editor is competent. I had to give them a community sanction caste warning as they were making a mess of castes. See this earlier version of their talk page.]https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:PerspicazHistorian&oldid=1262289249] and User:Deb's comment that "It was very unwise of you to keep moving Draft:Satish R. Devane to article space when it has not passed review. As a direct result of your actions, a deletion discussion is taking place, and when this is complete and the article is deleted, you will be prevented from recreating it. Deb (talk) 14:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC)" There have also been copyright issues. I strongly support a topic ban. Doug Weller talk 11:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

    I won't be involved in the decision. No more treatments for me, just coast until... Doug Weller talk 12:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

    Statement by Toddy1

    This is another editor who appears to have pro-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) views. I dislike those views, but find it rather alarming that Misplaced Pages should seek to censor those views, but not the views of the political opponents. Imagine the outrage if we sought to topic-ban anyone who expressed pro-Republican views, but allowed Democrat-activists to say whatever they liked.

    A lot of pro-RSS/BJP editors turn out to be sock-puppets, so please can we do a checkuser on this account. And to be even-handed, why not checkuser NXcrypto too.

    If we want to talk about WP:CIR when editors make mistakes, look at the diff given by NXcrypto for "Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested" - it is the wrong diff. He/she did notify PerspicazHistorian - but the correct diff is .

    A topic ban from Indian topics would be unhelpful, unless given to both parties. Misplaced Pages is meant to be a mainstream encyclopaedia, and BJP and RSS are mainstream in India. Loading the dice against BJP and RSS editors will turn Misplaced Pages into a fringe encyclopaedia on Indian topics.

    I can see a good case for restricting PerspicazHistorian to draft articles and talk pages for a month, and suggesting that he/she seeks advice from more experienced editors. Another solution would be a one-revert rule to last six months.-- Toddy1 (talk) 13:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

    Statement by Capitals00

    I find the comment from Toddy1 to be entirely outrageous. What are you trying to tell by saying "Misplaced Pages is meant to be a mainstream encyclopaedia, and BJP and RSS are mainstream in India"? If you want us to entertain those who are in power, then we could never have an article like False or misleading statements by Donald Trump.

    You cannot ask topic ban for both editors without having any evidence of misconduct. Same way, you cannot ask CU on either user only for your own mental relief. It is a high time that you should strike your comment, since you are falsely accusing others that they "seek to censor" this editor due to his "pro-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) views". You should strike your comment. If you cannot do that, then I am sure WP:BOOMERANG is coming for you. Capitals00 (talk) 15:20, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

    Statement by Vanamonde93

    Toddy1: I, too, am baffled by your comment. We don't ban editors based on their POV; but we do ban editors who fail to follow our PAGs, and we certainly don't make excuses for editors who fail to follow our guidelines based on their POV. You seem to be suggesting we cut PH some slack because of their political position, and I find that deeply inappropriate. Among other things, I don't believe they have publicly stated anywhere that they support the BJP or the RSS, and we cannot make assumptions about them.

    That said, the fact that this was still open prompted me to spot-check PH's contributions, and I find a lot to be concerned about. This edit is from 29 December, and appears to be entirely original research; I cannot access all of the sources, but snippet search does not bear out the content added, and the Raj era source for the first sentence certainly does not support the content it was used for. Baji Pasalkar, entirely authored by PH, is full of puffery ("first to sacrifice his life for the cause of Swarajya", and poor sources (like this blog, and this book, whose blurb I leave you to judge), from which most of the article appears to be drawn. Appa (title), also entirely authored by PH, has original research in its very first sentence; the sources that I can access give passing mention to people whose names include the suffix "appa", and thus could perhaps be examples of usage, but the sources most certainly do not bear out the claim.

    I will note in fairness that I cannot access all the sources for the content I checked. But after spotchecking a dozen examples I have yet to find content PH wrote that was borne out by a reliable source, so I believe skepticism is justified. We are in territory where other editors may need to spend days cleaning up some of this writing. Bishonen If we're in CIR territory, just a normal indefinite block seems cleanest, surely? Or were you hoping that PH would help clean up their mess, perhaps by providing quotes from sources? That could be a pathway to contributing productively, but I'm not holding my breath. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:00, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

    Thanks Bish: I agree, as my exchanges with PH today, in response to my first post here, have not inspired confidence. . Vanamonde93 (talk) 20:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

    Statement by UtherSRG

    I've mostly dealt with PH around Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Ankur Warikoo (2nd nomination). They do not seem to have the ability to read and understand our policies and processes. As such, a t-ban is too weak. The minimum I would support is a p-block as suggested below, though a full indef is also acceptable. They could then ask for the standard offer when they can demonstrate they no longer have WP:CIR issues. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:05, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

    Based on these two edits, I'm more strongly leaning towards indef. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    They now indicate they believe the article they edited was copied from one of the websites they used as a reference, when in reality the website is a mirror/scrape of the Misplaced Pages article. I believe we are firmly in WP:CIR territory here. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:25, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    This is a mirror of the Misplaced Pages article. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

    Result concerning PerspicazHistorian

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    PerspicazHistorian, can you explain your understanding of WP:edit warring and the WP:3RR rule? I'd like you to read thoroughly enough to also explain wny someone may be edit warring even if they aren't breaking 3RR. Valereee (talk) 21:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

    @PerspicazHistorian, that explanation of edit warring is a bit wanting. An edit war is when two or more editors revert content additions/removals repeatedly. Even a second reversion by the same editor can be considered edit warring. Best practice -- and what I highly recommend, especially for any inexperienced editor -- is the first time someone reverts an edit of yours, go to the talk page, open a section, ping the editor who reverted you, and discuss. Do you think you can commit to that?
    Re: your question on why your "obvious edit" was reverted: we don't deal with content issues here, only with behavior issues, but from a very quick look, the source is 50 years old, and using a list headed "TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS LISTED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE OF THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967" that includes a certain organization as a source that the organization should be described as a terrorist organization is WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH; in their revert NXcrypto provided an edit summary of "Not a reliable source for such a contentious label. See WP:LABEL." Please discuss at talk, not here; we don't deal with content here. Valereee (talk) 11:28, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
    I'm seeing this as a CIR issue. I'd like input from other admins, if possible. I'm a little concerned that setting a tban from IPA is just setting a trap. Maybe a p-block from article space would be a kinder way to allow them to gain some experience? Valereee (talk) 13:28, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    @PerspicazHistorian, have you seen how many times I or others have had to move your comments to your own section? This is an example of not having enough experience to edit productively. Please do not post in anyone else's section again. Valereee (talk) 16:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    I do agree we're in CIR territory, and the concerns expressed are completely valid. I don't think this editor is ill-intentioned. They just don't seem very motivated to learn quickly. Well-intentioned-but-a-slow-learner is something that can only be fixed by actually practicing what you're bad at. I'd prefer an indef from article space which gives them one more chance to learn here before we send them off to mr.wiki or Simple English to try to learn. Not a hill I'm going to die on, though. Valereee (talk) 11:36, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    @PerspicazHistorian, like Uther I have major concerns about the edit you made yesterday, which included replacing a citation needed tag with these sources. The first is a company that markets astrology services. The second is the site for a religious sect. Neither is a reliable source for explaining the concept of prasada in Wikivoice. You made this edit yesterday, after you'd confirmed here and on my talk that you understood sourcing policy.
    The reason for an indef from article space is to allow you to learn this policy: You would go into article talk and suggest sources to fix citation needed tags. Another editor would have to agree with you that the sources are reliable before they'd add them. Valereee (talk) 12:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    • A tban from IPA for PerspicazHistorian would be a relief to many editors trying to keep this difficult area in reasonable shape. However, Valereee makes a good point about 'setting a trap': it's doubtful that PH would be able to keep to a tban even if they tried in good faith. I would therefore support a p-block from article space. Bishonen | tålk 16:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC).
      Vanamonde93, no, I don't really think PH can usefully help clean up their mess; I was following Valereee, who has been going into this in some depth, in attempting to keep some way of editing Misplaced Pages open for PH. It's a bit of a counsel of desperation, though; there is very little daylight between an indef and a p-block from article space. Yes, we are in CIR territory; just look at PH's recent supposed evidence on this page for NXcrypto being "engaged in edit wars before on contentious Indian topics": one diff of an opponent complaining on NXcrypto's page, and one diff of somebody reverting NXcrypto. What do those actually prove? That NXcrypto has opponents (big surprise). So, yes, as you suggest, I'll support an indef as well. Bishonen | tålk 20:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC).
    • Is there a length of time proposed for the p-ban or would it be indefinite? Barkeep49 (talk) 17:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
      I would say indefinite; not infinite, but I'd be wary about letting them back into articlespace without some kind of preclearance. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
    • It looks to me like there is a consensus for an indefinite partial block for PerspicazHistorian from article space. Unless any uninvolved admin objects within a day or so, I will close as such. Seraphimblade 06:31, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
      Given PH's recent slew of requests on multiple admin talk pages, yes, please do. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    References

    1. "Significance of Different Type of Prasad in Hinduism For God". GaneshaSpeaks. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
    2. "What Is Prashad". Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bhuj. Retrieved 2024-12-30.

    LaylaCares

    There is consensus to remove LaylaCares's EC flag. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Request concerning LaylaCares

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    Vice regent (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 08:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/ARBPIA
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    1. 13:54, December 17, 2024 EC gaming


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    Pretty obvious case of EC gaming. Account created on Nov 17, 2024, then about 500 mostly minor edits followed by the first substantial edit ever was the creation of this article on Dec 17 (subsequently moved to draftspace).VR (Please ping on reply) 08:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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    Statement by LaylaCares

    Statement by Aquillion

    Question: Assuming it's determined that they gamed the extended-confirmed restriction, would the page they created be WP:G5-able? I've asked the relevant question in more detail on the CSD talk page, since it is likely to come up again as long as we have such a broad restriction on effect, but I figured it was worth mentioning the issue here as well. --Aquillion (talk) 14:16, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    Statement by Dan Murphy

    Please look at Draft:Hamas–UNRWA relations, written by the account under discussion. It's a hit job, originally placed in mainspace by this account. Anyone who wrote that shouldn't be allowed with 1 million miles of the topic.Dan Murphy (talk) 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    Statement by starship.paint

    I've edited Draft:Hamas–UNRWA relations, so Dan Murphy's link is inaccurate for the purposes of this discussion. For the version of Draft:Hamas–UNRWA relations with content only written by LaylaCares, click this link. starship.paint (talk / cont) 10:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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    Result concerning LaylaCares

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    • I agree that this looks like EC-gaming. Absent evidence that the edits themselves were problematic, I would either TBAN from ARBPIA or pull the EC flag until the user has made 500 edits that aren't rapidfire possibly LLM-assisted gnomish edits. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I agree on the gaming piece and would suggest mainspace edits+time for restoration of EC. I will throw out 3 months + 500 (substantive) main space edits. Barkeep49 (talk) 17:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I agree with Barkeep but I'd up it to 4 months. I don't believe that a TBAN is necessary at this point. voorts (talk/contributions) 04:45, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    • @Aquillion: I agree that the draft should be G5'd, but will wait for consensus to develop here. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      I don't think the wording of WP:ECR allows for deletion of a page that was created by an EC user. (ECR also seems to forget that anything other than articles and talkpages exists, but I think the most reasonable reading of provision A still allows for G5ing drafts at admins' discretion if the criteria are met.) That said, a consensus at AE can delete a page as a "reasonable measure that necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project". Deleting under that provision is not something to be done lightly, but I think for a case where a page's existence violates the spirit of an ArbCom restriction but not the letter, it'd be a fair time to do it. And/or this could make for a good ARCA question, probably after PIA5 wraps. -- Tamzin (they|xe|🤷) 03:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I would just pull EC and require the editor to apply via AE appeal for its restoration. They should be very clearly aware that receiving such restoration will require both substantial time and making real, substantive edits outside the area, as well as an understanding of what is expected of editors working in a CTOP area. Seraphimblade 01:22, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I see a clear consensus here to remove the EC flag. For clarity, when I proposed a TBAN above it was because removing this flag is an ARBPIA TBAN as long as the ECR remedy remains in place; it's simply a question of whether the editor get the other privileges of EC or not. I don't see a consensus on what to do with the draft, but given that other editors have now made substantive contributions to it, I don't believe it's a good use of AE time to discuss the hypothetical further. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

    AstroGuy0

    AstroGuy0 has been issued a warning for source misrepresentation by Voorts. No other reviewers have expressed any wish for further action. Seraphimblade 06:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Hemiauchenia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 03:41, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Misplaced Pages:Contentious topics/Race and intelligence

    (Even though this isn't the usual R&I fare, I consider the intersection of "Race/ethnicity and sex offending", to come under "the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour")

    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. 03:19, 4 January 2025 Asserts that "A majority of the perpetrators were Pakistani men" despite the cited source (freely accessible at ) does not mention the word "Pakistani" or any variant once.
    2. 01:40, 4 January 2025 Describes the sex offender ring as "Pakistani" in the opening sentence when the cited source in the body says that they were only "mainly Pakistani"
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    Additional comments by editor filing complaint:

    This new user seems intent on POVPUSHING regarding "Asian/Muslim grooming gangs" and making contentious claims that are not backed up by sources. Hemiauchenia (talk) 03:44, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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    Statement by Iskandar323

    This rather dated "Asian/Muslim grooming gangs" malarkey from the UK has recently been pushed on social media by a certain US tech billionaire and is now recirculating in right-wing social media and the blogosphere, partly in connection with UK politics, so this trend could flare before it dims. Iskandar323 (talk) 03:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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    The second diff was before AG0 received a CTOP alert. I've alerted AG0 to other CTOPs that they've edited in, and I am going to warn them for their conduct in diff #1 without prejudice to other admins determining that further action is warranted. voorts (talk/contributions) 04:33, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    I also looked at the source, and it indeed does not in any way support the claim made; it does not mention "Pakistani" even once. This is a fairly new editor, but I think we need to make it very clear to them that misrepresentation of sources is not something we will tolerate. Seraphimblade 04:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    Given that AstroGuy0 has already been issued a warning, I don't think anything further is necessary, and will close as such unless any uninvolved admin shortly objects. Seraphimblade 18:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Lemabeta

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    EF5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 20:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Sanction or remedy to be enforced
    Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe#Final decision
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    1. 5 Jan 2025 - Made a draft on a European ethnic group, which they are currently barred from doing.
    2. 4 Jan 2025 - Started a page on a Georgian ethnologist.


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    I likely filed this improperly, but to sum it up they continue to make pages in a scope they were banned from. EF 20:25, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

    On the bullet point, I’ve never filed an AE report before, and I wasn’t sure if “block” meant T-ban, p-block, etc., so I just picked whichever one made the most sense. EF 21:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    (Not sure if I’m allowed to reply here) I’ve never filed an AE report before, and I wasn’t sure if “block” meant T-ban, p-block, etc., so I just picked whichever one made the most sense. EF 21:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    Response to Bishonen. Moved from results section. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    (RES to Bishonen) That's fair. When starting the AE, it only gave me nine options, none of which seemed to fit right. The third bullet ("Previously given a discretionary sanction or contentious topic restriction or warned for conduct in the area of conflict on DIFF by _____") didn't seem to fit, as the sanction wasn't for verbal conduct. EF 22:05, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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    Statement by Lemabeta

    Yeah, my bad. Didn't realize translation of a page of ethnographic group would count as a violation of my topic ban about "history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed" I recognize my mistake. --Lemabeta (talk) 20:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ethnographic groups and cultural heritage are related but distinct concepts. An ethnographic group refers to a community of people defined by shared ancestry, language, traditions, and cultural identity. In contrast, cultural heritage refers to the *practices, artifacts, knowledge, and traditions preserved or inherited from the past. But cultural heritage is indeed a component of ethnographic groups.
    So i don't believe ethnographic group should be considered as either history of the Caucasus or cultural heritage. Lemabeta (talk) 20:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    In my opinion, cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible) emerges from ethnographic groups but does not define the group itself. Lemabeta (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    I think ethnographic groups fall under the category of Ethnography, or even socio-cultural antropology but for sure not cultural heritage. Lemabeta (talk) 21:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    I understand, i already apologized on my talk page for this accident. I will not repeat this mistake again. Lemabeta (talk) 21:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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    Result concerning Lemabeta

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    • I don't see Lemabeta mentioned in the case itself, but they're currently under a topic ban imposed by a consensus of AE admins from "the history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed". theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      To be fair, when you click above to add a new enforcement request, the template states:
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      <!--- Link to the sanction or remedy that you ask to be enforced ---> voorts (talk/contributions) 20:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    • Didn't realize translation of a page of ethnographic group would count as a violation of my topic ban about "history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage, broadly construed" @Lemabeta: what did you think "the history of the Caucasus and its cultural heritage" meant? I think it's pretty obvious that that an article on an ethnic group from the Caucasus and about an ethnologist who writes about that region is covered by your topic ban. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      Note that I've deleted Draft:Rachvelians as a clear G5 violation. I think Mate Albutashvili is a bit more of a questionable G5. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      Your definition of "ethnographic group" includes the phrases "shared ancestry" (i.e., history), and "shared ... traditions" and "shared ... cultural identity" (i.e., cultural heritage). Your attempt to exclude "ethnographic group" from either of the two categories in your topic ban is entirely unpersuasive, particularly since your topic ban is to be "broadly construed". voorts (talk/contributions) 21:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      @Tamzin: this doesn't seem like a mistake to me, but I'm okay with a logged warning here. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      @Bishonen: This is about violating the TBAN. Per my response to leek, I think the issue is with the AE request template, which is a bit unclear. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      @Bishonen: I don't think a block is needed here, but the next violation, definitely. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
      @EF5: They were "reviously given ... contentious topic restriction", the topic ban at issue. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    • @Lemabeta: Not every single thing you could write about an ethnic group would fall under cultural history, but that's not really relevant on the Rachvelians page, where the History section was entirely about their cultural history, even containing the words highlighting their ethnographic and cultural identity. There's a reason we use the words "broadly construed" on most TBANs, and a reason we encourage people to act like they're TBANned from a broader area than they are. (Consider: Would you feel safe driving under a bridge where clearance is exactly the same height as your vehicle? Or would you need a few inches' gap to feel safe doing it?)This does seem like a good-faith misunderstanding, so if you will commit to not making it again in the future, I think this can be closed with a clarification/warning. But that's an important "if". If you want to argue semantics, then the message that sends to admins is that you don't intend to comply with the TBAN, in which case the next step would be a siteblock. -- Tamzin (they|xe|🤷) 21:10, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    • EF5, I don't understand your "Previously blocked as a discretionary sanction or contentious topic restriction for conduct in the area of conflict, see the block log linked to above" statement, can you please explain what it refers to? This T-ban? Lemabeta's block log is blank.
    That said, I'm unimpressed by Lemabeta's lawyerly distinctions above, and also by their apology for "accidental violations". I'll AGF that they were accidental, but OTOH, they surely ought to have taken enough care to realize they were violations; compare Voorts' examples. I suggest a block, not sure of what length. A couple of weeks? Bishonen | tålk 21:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC).
    EF5, OK, I see. Blocks and bans are very different, and the block log only logs blocks. Bishonen | tålk 22:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC).