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:: (translation): {{user|Ned Scott}} and {{user|Wknight94}} (an administrator, no less) have been stalking me today. They've been showing up at my bio , my mom's bio , pages about my company's products , articles related to a podcast that I appeared on, an AfD that I started , a stub that I created several months ago , the ] article , and now here (at ]) too. None of the individual edits was particularly out of line, but as a pattern, they're pretty creepy, and this edit in particular was pretty ballsy: . My guess is that they're following me around because they're upset that I've pointed out their disruptive behavior at ]. But guys, seriously, Misplaced Pages is a big place, go play somewhere else, eh? --] 03:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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:Stalking and looking at your past edits are two different things, as noted by ]: "''The term "wiki-stalking" has been coined to describe following a contributor around the wiki, editing the same articles as the target, with the intent of causing annoyance or distress to another contributor.''"


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:I was curious about you as an editor and as an individual, and looked at both your edit history as well as your web site. In the process of looking things up my habits as a Misplaced Pages editor stirred up, unrelated to our dispute. I was not doing any of this to annoy you, harass you, or cause distress. If anything I thought it would better help me understand you as an editor and would likely result in seeing you in a more positive light. There is nothing disruptive about this, and it's perfectly fine. Wikipedians (and most people on the internet) have a tendency to follow links and see where they will take them.
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:I'm sorry, but it's a little absurd to think that people won't follow links in articles or your web site. You are the one who's chosen to identify with your real name and confirm your identity. On your website, don't you want people to look at links and see stuff you've done? Is it really that strange to you?


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:Considering these were all valid and rational edits, I don't see what there is to be upset about. I don't see anything mean-spirited or anything intended as harassment.


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:I'm also a bit bothered that you keep taking this outside of the dispute. I am human, so I will honestly say I am frustrated with you, but I do try my best to separate issues. I don't see why this dispute has to define ''all'' of our interactions on Misplaced Pages. There are a lot of users who I respect and collaborate with who I have had heated debates with in the past. -- ] 03:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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:: Ned, your story changes so often, I find it hard to believe anything you say anymore. A couple days ago when I pointed out you were using profanity in edit summaries, you accused me of wikistalking and harassment.. At ], yesterday you accused me of personal attacks, while at the same time accusing me of being "immature, rude, and disrespectful." Today you're obviously spending time at pages that are related to me, but I don't buy the "just curious" story, considering that all your edits were negative and sniping types of edits, including flat out deleting one by redirecting it without any discussion or attempt at an AfD process . Then you try to defend your actions with a sweetness and light message about just being interested. Please also notice that there's a long list of editors posting to your talk page, pointing out that you have a civility problem. Perhaps you should think about taking a break from Misplaced Pages for awhile? Or, if you want me to believe the "curiosity" angle, how about making some ''positive'' edits to those articles you're so interested in? I'd be happy to give you references for anything you're curious about, and then you could add and fix things to your satisfaction, and we could work together constructively on something. --] 04:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
:::The verify tags, etc. were determined by me in about 20 minutes of reading pages which were no more than 2 links from your user page - so you needn't bother with the drama of stalking allegations, etc. Please read ] and ] before using such language. In particular from ]:
::::''This does not include checking up on an editor to fix errors or violations of Misplaced Pages policy, nor does it mean reading a user's contribution log; those logs are public for good reason.''
:::I'm curious how you view my activity any different than your admission to reading through my RFA for no discernible reason. Furthermore, it's interesting to read only to find so many articles related to you which similarly lack secondary sources. BTW, if ] were viewed as a precedent, some of these unverified or loosely verified articles might be worthy of ] - but I'll leave that up to someone else. —] (]) 05:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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::::What.. story? I'm sorry, but I don't see where I've changed my mind on anything or changed any story, so I don't understand what that is supposed to mean. I made '''two''' edits to articles that are somewhat related to you, and then found myself having to defend two non-controversial minor edits.
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::::One of those edits was a revert to an edit made by Jimbo Wales because the text violated a policy. How on Earth can you get made at me for that? Seriously?


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::::The second edit I don't see as negative at all. ] , it's about a group that maintains ]. I redirected ] to ]. The article had no content except for a member list, which didn't seem important. The article had not grown in about a year's time, and the list seemed like trivial information. It's likely a valid search term so an AfD would have been inappropriate. The talk page had one edit, by you, back in June, and didn't seem to be active at all. This seemed like a minor, non-controversial redirect, that in the end will improve the over-all coverage of this group and website by centralizing their information on one article. Not only that, but this group is loosely related to you, and it wouldn't make '''any''' sense whatsoever for me to use that article to somehow attack or harass you.


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::::That is not harassment, that is not stalking. However, you digging through my edit history in order to write me a direct message like the one you did, that is trolling behavior. There is a big difference there. I didn't write you a message or direct anything towards you. You were not a factor, at all, in those edits. You might have been a factor in me finding those articles, but that's about it.


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::::Do I sound nicer in my messages? Seems an odd thing to get mad at me about. I am going out of my way with my words right now, because you'll yell at me if I say anything ''slightly'' or anywhere near what ''might'' be considered uncivil. Maybe I was watching my wording too much and came off a bit phony. If so, I'm sorry, but you're over reacting here, and I'm really getting tired of defending myself from absurd accusations. -- ] 06:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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::If I understand the guide correctly, the correct course of action would be for you to move the question from the "Issues to mediate" section to "Additional issues to mediate". I'm loath to edit the latter section myself, since the page says "the initiating party should not edit the "Additional issues to mediate" section under any circumstances". Perhaps I'll ask Essjay or another MedCom member what the correct course of action is. —] <small>(] • ])</small> 03:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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:::I appreciate your concern — however, I think that what's important here is that we get the mediation started, rather than worrying about how the questions are framed. I don't really see a substantial difference of ''content'' between the questions "If a wide discussion of Wikipedians opposes a guideline developed by a WikiProject, which takes precedence?" and "Should WikiProjects be allowed to set reasonable guidelines for the articles within their sphere of influence, even if those guidelines are not in strict adherence to Misplaced Pages-wide guidelines?"; the ''issue'' being discussed is the same. I hope an member of the Mediation Committee can sort out the mess at the request page — I'd rather not muddy the waters further myself. —] <small>(] • ])</small> 04:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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:::::Ok, good. Because I found {{user|Chuq}} who had over two ''dozen'' edits to the discussion and yet was left out. —] (]) 04:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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::::::Actually, it wasn't Josiah Rowe I was curious about. It was your edit declaring "multiple posts" as a criteria that piqued my interest. Finding someone with over 25 posts still missing after that was peculiar to me. —] (]) 05:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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Elonka, is there any particular reason you haven't signed the RfM yet? You've edited the RfM page, but not signed your agreement. Surely your disagreement over the question framing isn't sufficient for you to want to sabotage the mediation? —] <small>(] • ])</small> 06:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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: Whee, it's been a whole, what, three hours since it was proposed, and you're already accusing me of sabotage? Breathe, man, breathe. :) --] 06:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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:: Sorry — I didn't mean to ''accuse'' you of anything, and "sabotage" was an infelicitous word choice. I just thought it was odd that you would edit the page but not indicate whether you agree to the mediation. —] <small>(] • ])</small> 06:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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:: ]. --] 23:01, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


== CIR issue with editor you warned once for lack of sources ==


See https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Proudbharati huge number of terrible changes, done in haste. ] ] 11:29, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
== Lost episode sources ==


:Ignore, I CIR blocked. ] ] 12:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
A question which mixes two of your recent issues, mall articles without secondary sources and Lost episode articles: Why do you find it acceptable that few (if any) Lost episodes have primary sources, let alone secondary sources, while, at the same time, it is so objectionable that malls do not have secondary sources, that you've brought several of them to ]? —] (]) 13:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
:Do you agree that the Lost episode articles need {{tl|unreferenced}} tags on them at the very least? —] (]) 02:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
::To my knowledge, no, it would not be proper to add {{tl|unref}} to the many thousands of television episode articles around Misplaced Pages, since by their very nature, the episode effectively ''is'' a reference. I think this has been discussed at the talk page of ], you might want to check there and toss in a question if it's a concern, or maybe at ]. --] 19:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
:::I'll think about that since there are still no secondary references. Given that, you may want to reconsider your stance against mall articles which suffer from the same problem. —] (]) 21:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
:::: Just to make sure I'm clear on this, are you saying that because you disagree with whether or not I add a {{tl|primarysources}} tag to an article on a shopping mall, that you are considering adding {{tl|unref}} tags to every television episode article on Misplaced Pages, to make some kind of ]? --] 21:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
:::::I am saying the two situations are almost identical. Your adding {{tl|primarysources}} to a zillion harmless mall articles - but not to the zillion harmless episode articles - gives the appearance that you ''are'' trying to make a ] (i.e., you have gone beyond the "consideration" phase). Unless you see some contrast that I'm not seeing, it seems you should be adding the tag to both mall articles ''and'' episode articles - or you should be adding to neither. —] (]) 22:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
::::::Very sorry if this is inappropriate for me to jump in and comment on what you guys were talking about, but I have a question about the subject matter. Does Misplaced Pages consider primary and secondary sources to be equally essential? I have no idea. If so, then I sort of see wknight's point (except that I don't think that any of us are really obligated to police everything that we possibly could because of time and interest constraints, and that we shouldn't judge each other for how we choose to focus our efforts, as long as our edits themselves don't violate wikirules). If not, then aren't they totally separate things? ] 22:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


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I wanted to check with you to make sure that I understand your exact concerns regarding TV:NC so that I do not misrepresent you. This is my understanding of your position:
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So, to sum up, do the three statements above accurately and completely represent your position on the issue? Thanks again. --] &#8249;&#8201;<big>]|]</big>&#8201;&#8250; 23:43, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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:Thank you, Elonka; that ''does'' help quite a bit. How about this for #2: "If there is a consensus among editors of a particular series (like Lost or Star Trek) that the series should follow a different naming convention, then it is appropriate to maintain a different naming convention for that series." Does that more accurately portray your position? --] &#8249;&#8201;<big>]|]</big>&#8201;&#8250; 00:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
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Just dropping by to say thank you for the copyediting of my spelling errors on various mediation pages; one drawback of being a very rapid typist (about 90wpm) is that my accuracy is shot. Thanks a bunch for checking up on me! <span style="font-family: Verdana">] ]</span> 03:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
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:: Ah, keep in mind that there's a difference between editing people's comments, and editing a guideline page. If I see a spelling error in someone's personal comment on a Talk/Discussion page, then I shouldn't change it. But if it's on a policy/guideline page, it's fair game for fixing. --] 19:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


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::It is possible that I missed your interpretation of Elonka's statement, but I don't believe she actually "threatened" anyone with being blocked. Maybe it is time to take a deep breath and view this in a new light. Thanks for seeing another POV!
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:::I appreciate your POV and input but five different admins have been involved in that discussion. None of them have mentioned the possibility of blocks and no one else anywhere has mentioned the possibility of blocks to my knowledge (if I have missed a communication somewhere, let me know). If administrators are not mentioning blocks and no one else is either, it is certainly beyond Elonka's authority to mention blocks. Furthermore, even longstanding administrators like {{user|Radiant!}} are performing these page moves and her "danger of being blocked" edit could be seen as being directed at all of them. It's inappropriate for a biased individual to use such language with no backing and only against people which do not agree with their bias. —] (]) 14:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

:::: Wknight94, I did not threaten anyone with a block, and it is obvious that I do not have the authority to make any blocks. I pointed out that continuing with controversial page moves could ''lead'' to a block, as was indicated by the ArbCom proceeding which Thatcher linked. Therefore, it is not a good idea to encourage people to proceed with page moves against consensus. Please stop throwing warning templates at my page every time you disagree with something I do, and please stop stalking my contribs. I've been trying very hard to be patient, and have been bending over backwards to ], but if you continue with this behavior, I will have no choice but to pursue further action against you. Knock it off. --] 16:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::That doesn't help your case at all. First how is anyone to supposed to know your "danger of being blocked" statement is referring to the ArbComm that Thatcher mentioned? Second, there were no blocks resulting from that ArbComm until ''after'' people ignored it and continued edit warring - so that analogy is completely flawed. Third, don't bother trying to claim ''you'' have consensus for not doing page moves. At best, there was ''no consensus'' to modify the TV-NC guideline so it would remain the same. Since moving those pages is in line with the existing guideline, it cannot possibly be considered "against consensus" - let alone be called a blockable action. Even if you had gotten full consensus for the exception verbiage, it was still just for exceptions - so the pages that were not tied to exceptions (i.e. most of them) would still be movable - and certainly not blockable. Fourth, my warning was not a template - it was handwritten. Fifth, I have that RFM on my watchlist (of course) so I'm not "stalking your contribs". Even if I were watching your contribs, I'd be perfectly within my rights per ].

:::::Bottom line, even if your block mention was not a threat, it sounded like one. Worse yet, there is no substance behind the statement so it sounds like an empty threat. You should know better. —] (]) 17:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

:::::: It is standard Misplaced Pages policy per ], that controversial page moves should not be carried out unless there is consensus for the moves. The ] is clearly listed as disputed, and there is ''much'' controversy on its talk page, to the point where there's even a note at the top of the talk page cautioning people that it's in "rapid archive" mode, plus a clear notice about an in-process mediation. To say that further moves would be non-controversial, is absurd. --] 17:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Page moves involving pages under some sort of exception guideline? I would agree (but even then it would be cause to undo the move, not block someone). But that little tag does not mean "no television-related articles in the entire system can be moved". No admin in their right mind would block anyone that moved a television-related article now and I think you know that. Saying otherwise is irresponsible, esp. among so many that have not been here nearly as long as you. You should be setting an example not making threatening-sounding statements that are patently false. —] (]) 18:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::::: Wknight94, your behavior is in clear violation of the policy against ]. You have been following me around Misplaced Pages, nitpicking my edits, and acting in an uncivil manner. Stop it. --] 18:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

== Tagging for wikify ==

Hi

I know you're an experienced Wikipedian and do loads of great stuff, including tagging articles without categories, etc. I notice you often add the "wikify" tag too. Often these articles don't need wikifying, especially when they are stubs (recent examples include ] or ] to pick two early ones from the list you tagged today.

If you tag them for wikfication they will be added to the wikify backlog, and someone from ] will have to come & remove the tag again. Even if someone has edited the article to add a category, which appears to be your main suggestion, they often leave the wikify tag. I guess I am requesting that, in order not to waste others' time, you make your tagging a bit more specific, and only add a wikify tag when you feel it's really necessary.

I'd love to hear your views on this. ] 22:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks for your explanation, which helps me understand the reason. Looking more closely at ], where the only real wikifying problem was the lack of bolded title, I see the title was fixed by ] when they categorised it in response to your tag, but unfortunately they didn't remove the wikify tag. The meaning of the wikify tag is a bit woolly, perhaps leading to a reluctance to remove it, in case others feel it was removed prematurely. Anyway, it's good to exchange views & get an insight into others' work. Thanks, ] 11:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

==Civility question==
Dear Elonka, I always respected you for your fine-tuned sense of detecting incivility. May I ask you for an opinion on the matters raised at ]? Was I offended, or am I overreacting?--<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]|]</span></sub> 22:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
: FYI, I have replied to you in private email. --] 22:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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== Straw polls ==

Dear Elonka,

I'd be happy to take a look at the situation you are referring to and offer some input. You should realize (and probably have realized if you read some of the arbitration discussions), however, that I had some intense disagreements with other editors on particulary the subject of removing other peoples' talk posts. Therefore, I am not a suitable person to ask if you are looking for a neutral "mediator". If you want input (or support, since you apparently have the same dispute with one of those editors), give a link where I can find the discussion. --] 21:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
:Dear Elonka, I have been reading through some of the links you supplied, but the situation is indeed very complex. One thing I do not fully understand is why you have not agreed to official mediation in this dispute. That is part of the normal dispute resolving process, and at least that way the whole dispute is looked upon by someone neutral. --] 11:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
:: Ah, I've agreed on the talk page of the mediation. The mediation page itself has been protected, since about 18 hours after it was created. --] 23:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

== How to avoid contrib stalking ==

I have ] watchlisted, so I saw your comments there and responded. Just today, I decided to check your contribs to see if you had taken similar action on other pages. As it turned out, ]. I am not in the habit of checking your contribs and I will not make it habit out of courtesy to you. However, I find your actions at ] and ] to be incredibly unhelpful to the debate at ], as none of us would be expected to find your posts those pages and be able to provide an opposing point of view. I repeat that I have no intention of stalking your contribs, but this pattern of posting related discussions on unrelated pages is practically an invitation for people to do just that.

I'm not saying that you don't have the right to bring up valid arguments on other pages, but I ask that you post a note at ] when it could impact the debate there. It would go a long way toward building good will and trust. <span style="color: #F06A0F">&ndash;</span><small><span style="border: 1px solid #F06A0F">]]</span></small> 04:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

:Again, I invite you to pick a representative article and put it up for RM. If the consensus is decided in your favor, I will support a moratorium on the page moves. Also, those moves have been documented at ], so your analogy is flawed. <span style="color: #F06A0F">&ndash;</span><small><span style="border: 1px solid #F06A0F">]]</span></small> 04:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

::] is not a guideline or policy. It is the recommended mechanism for determining consensus support for a move, which is all that is required. There's plenty of evidence that consensus support has been reached (chiefly the Lost RM), though I am fully aware that you disagree. It's ridiculous to demand that every one of these articles should be put up for RM, since the issues involved are essentially the same for all of them. Even a multi-RM would be infeasible, since it is practically impossible to find all the pages beforehand. Regardless, we have strayed far away from my original request, into areas that involve more than just you or me. If you have further comments you'd like to make, I suggest you bring them up on ]. <span style="color: #F06A0F">&ndash;</span><small><span style="border: 1px solid #F06A0F">]]</span></small> 04:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

==Your latest spree==

I'm fed up with this, Elonka. I disappear for a week and you embark on yet another spree of deletion attempts, although thankfully this time other people shut you down and told you to get consensus first. You're routinely abusing the speedy deletion criteria to try and get things deleted before anyone else can have oversight, and abusing the prod system to try and slip things through which you know have no consensus support. You were pushing it with the routine arbitrary attempts at AfDing articles without any attempt to determine if they were notable or not on your own (and which, in several cases, you later admitted you didn't want deleted after all). None of this is helping work out what to do with shopping centres - you're simply trying to wear down anyone who disagrees with you.

You've simply crossed the line, however, with the notability tags on ] and ] - two of the largest corporations in Australia (and in the latter case, globally), as you either well know or could have found out in ten seconds either by reading the articles or doing the slightest, most basic attempt at research via Google. I'm pretty tempted just to take this to arbitration now, citing this as evidence of your repeated violations of ], but I'm holding off for the moment on the basis that you seem to have stopped when all your last batch of AfDs were speedy closed and actually started participating in some sort of attempt to reach consensus. That said, I'm fed up with having to constantly keep an eye out for these sorts of stunts - if this sort of disruption is resumed in the future, an arbitration request will be forthcoming. ] 04:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

== Polling ==

I was told off-wiki that your latest angle in the TV dispute boils down to prosecuting people who oppose polls. Before you take that line of thought any further, let me remind you who it was that that poll against you. (]) 10:16, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
: Huh? "Prosecuting people who oppose polls"? --] 10:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

== Your family tree as a reference ==

As I'm sure you're aware, {{user|Jimbo Wales}} almost all of the content of one of your articles because your family tree web site is not a ]. I have found all of the articles below suffering from the same problem. Could you please determine which facts in those articles are sourced from your ] and either remove the facts or find more reliable sources for them? Please do the same for any other articles which use your web site as a source. If the ] gap is serious enough that ] himself made an edit to address it, surely you agree that it needs to be rectified. Thank you.
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