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*]. The phrase ''It is also the only current public school in the country to ban Indians (especially Vishal Ganesan) and black people and Mexicans.'' has been added and removed about 5 times. I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask, but what is the best course of action?
*, from an admin (the "log" referred to is, in fact, an RFC). *, from an admin (the "log" referred to is, in fact, an RFC).
*] ] Removes postings from talk page which contained references relevant to claims.


== Question of Wikiquette 07:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) == == Question of Wikiquette 07:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==

Revision as of 15:22, 5 July 2005

Wikiquette alerts are an option for a quick, streamlined way to get an outside view.

At the bottom of the list, just post a single link here to the problem or issue as you see it (for example, a single posting or section of a talk page). Label the comment neutrally and post the date but do not sign and do not use names (type ~~~~~). Alternatively, if you would like to get an outside view on your own behaviour, please post it here too.

Outsiders who visit the link are encouraged to make a constructive comment about any Wikiquette breaches they see. Postings should be removed after seven days.

This page is not the place to discuss any real or perceived Wikiquette breaches. Please use the relevant talk page.

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Jun 10

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Jun 16

This kind of misbehavior is only getting worse. To me, "only a Nazi would say what you just said" constitutes an ad hominem attack.

Jun 17

  • In Pontiac Trans Am, an anonymous user is repeatedly deleting one sentence without comment. Is this the best place to discuss this?

Jun 18

  • User:152.163.101.5 has added an advertising link 4 times to License plate (it has been reverted all 4 times), and is also vandalizing other pages with anti-Semitic, anti-liberal, and other vandalism. 22:41, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Jun 21

  • User:Zen-master Personal abuse, for instance: "So yes, I am accusing you both of being neo-nazis based on your posts on this talk page and based on the way you repeatedly defend or ignore the misuse of language."
  • User:Bloghate has been making VfDs of notable bloggers ( ) as well as the category Bloggers. This may be simply Disrupting Misplaced Pages to illustrate a point or it may be a trollish enjoyment of seeing each VfD's defenders get outraged at the nomination. It has been suggested that Bloghate is a sockpuppet in some war between Deletionists and Inclusionists.

Jun 22

  • i am not completely sure that this has gone unnoticed, but if someone has noticed it i dont think anything appropriate has been done about it. shawn Mikula was created on 2005 June 11, which as far as i can tell goes against wikipedia:votes for deletion/Shawn Mikula and wikipedia:votes for undeletion/deleted#Shawn Mikula. the most recent discussion of mikulitis i can find is in february and march of this year, regarding a user archiving the page in his user namespace (see user talk:anthony DiPierro/Shawn Mikula, among others). i dont believe that starting a Vfd is the right move here, especially since the page the template wants to create for a new Vfd already exists with the data from the old one. i couldnt find a better looking place than wikiquette alerts to start. if i am missing something or there is a better way for me to bring this to the attention of others, i would be interested in hearing/acting further.
  • Is it OK to drag old usenet discussions to Misplaced Pages? At Talk:John Byrne an editor first claimed that he is trying to prove popularity of the subject based on those discussions and then claimed he wanted to remind about the old discussions. I consider those as a personal attack. A name of the wiki-editor (me) was used as a search key to find the discussions so it clearly was not only about finding information related to the subject, but to find old comments posted by the specific wiki-editor. It seems like an attempt to discredit the Misplaced Pages contributions of an editor based on old comments the editor posted to usenet. 18:54, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • A number of recent external link additions by User:Skywalker seem to be PoV at best, spam at worst.

Jun 28

Jul 1

  • User:Jaberwocky6669 seems to be copying and pasting the same line into every one of today's VfDs, as well as submitting an inordinate amount for deletion (including such pages as WP:FUN). No attack meant, but it just seems like something's rotten in Denmark, so maybe someone can look into this odd behavior? Almafeta 1 July 2005 12:40 (UTC)
  • With the exception of one, one-character typo correction, virtually all of User:Leonig Mig's edits for two weeks have been directed at reverting or deleting the work on one user (and all have been pages recently edited by that user), including PoV comments and edit summaries and personal attacks. LM has previously been warned for making personal attacks against that same user, after that user Wikified some of LM's creations.
This is palpable rubbish. This user is obviously paranoid, and has a history of making paranoid attacks on people (see RFC for user:Nick Boulevard). We both operate with in a similar namespace and many of his edits I do not agree with, therefore I edit. He has a habit of splitting articles up into many small ones (i.e. A38 he split into A38 and A38(M) and he also attempted to make a stub article for every petrols station on the UK motorway system), the obvious thing to do is mark for speedy and wait for the comminity to decide the best thing to do. There is an ongoing VFD going on re: the service stations, and the consensus is to merge his scattered articles into one: very sensible- until he makes an accusation that I voted twice this morning. I editted to make more clear and he accused me of making paranoid accusations. Then he makes this one himself. All very odd, I question whether this user has the wikipedia's interests at heart, or is more interested in facile drama. Leonig Mig 1 July 2005 16:04 (UTC)
  • User:Mjgm84 (who also edits anonymously as User:195.137.109.177) has been constantly re-uploading the same image that was deleted over and over again, despite having been warned about it twice. The Nirvana article has had to be revert four times already to get rid of this image. He has made no response to discussion of it on the talk page. He has also changed several articles relating to Nirvana in ways that go against the Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style. Also worthy of note is that some of the images he uploads are never added to articles. -- LGagnon July 2, 2005 02:30 (UTC)

Jul 2

Jul 4

  • User:Nick on Hormone replacement therapy (trans) is apparently a medical doctor with a side-practise prescribing to trans people. He has written, and closely polices the page, based on how he himself prescribes, and uses reverts and, on the Discussion page, aggressive and repeated incivility ("spell check your edits and ensure they are grammatically reasonable before posting", "you got it from some nutjob pro-life website along with instructions how to bomb a family planning clinic", "false and misleading information posted by people like you", "you are a total nutter. Now, run along"), ignoring references and misrepresenting writings and motives to drive away other contributors. He openly admits this on the Discussion page. Since any different information might indicate he was not treating his own patients in the best manner, the whole article, which controversially advocates the use of substances for which there are safer and no more expensive substitutes readily available, without warnings on precautions and potential side-effects, is a personal and self-interested POV. How does one get around such an entrenched author?

Jul 5

  • Westwood High School. The phrase It is also the only current public school in the country to ban Indians (especially Vishal Ganesan) and black people and Mexicans. has been added and removed about 5 times. I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask, but what is the best course of action?
  • This ad hominem and falacious attack, from an admin (the "log" referred to is, in fact, an RFC).
  • User:Modemac Talk:Keith Henson Removes postings from talk page which contained references relevant to claims.

Question of Wikiquette 07:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have been informed that my edits, regardless of content, relevence, or reference will be reverted due to my not having created an account. My reading of some of the help sections haven't produced a definitive answer to if this is proper.

  • I can revert your edit with good faith based on the fact that you are just using your IP address as an identifier.

From Discussion here. http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:George_W._Bush#Tax_revenue_as_a_percentage_of_GDP -bro 172.149.84.231 07:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Slim Virgin has helped to clarify issues, I believe they are settled at this time. I have as of yet tried to edit though, so this may change. -bro 172.149.84.231 08:37, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Old discussions moved to /archive