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Incidentally

When is the inexplicable removal of the responses of scientists and scientific organisations going to be undone? I've discussed this on the talk page and there seems to be no significant opposition, and without recording that huge and ongoing response our article lacks the balance necessary to make sense of the subsequent vindications. The inquiry findings are unsurprising to those who are aware of this perspective, but have obviously caught many observers unaware. We need to permit the reader to see how the inquiries follow a path dictated by the scientific illiteracy of the trumped up charges, which were recognised very early on by those competent to do so. Tasty monster (=TS ) 01:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

FYI

Please see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Sciologos. You have been involved with this issue in the past, perhaps you could help with investigation. -- Cirt (talk) 19:46, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I posted a query, below your comment, at that page. -- Cirt (talk) 22:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

3 of 4

Quite right. -- Scjessey (talk) 19:51, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Morganna

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Angela Christine Smith

Are her expenses notable? Kittybrewster ☎ 11:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

WP:GS/CC/RE

I closed the climate change probation enforcement request against you as No further action needed. As noted in the discussion section, being more careful in your future editing would be appreciated, though. Regards, - 2/0 (cont.) 20:55, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. -- ChrisO (talk) 21:01, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

please restore cited material

You just deleted whole-sale entire paragraphs that were cited with the rationale of "completely rewritten section; serious BLP issues with previous content." Such extensive rewriting should be done by consensus, at least before deleting 5 paragraphs. Can you please restore the edit? This version was far superior and much easier to navigate. Now the SA section is one big cluster that is very hard to read. Wikifan12345 (talk) 00:41, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Please read my reply on the article talk page. -- ChrisO (talk) 09:43, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Richard Goldstone. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Momma's Little Helper (talk) 23:15, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I suggest you read WP:BLP#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material. -- ChrisO (talk) 23:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I've read it. the material you removed is neither unsourced nor poorly sourced, it was sourced to the leadign newspapers in Israel, as well as to the Jewish Chron. Momma's Little Helper (talk) 23:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You evidently missed the fact that the Chomsky paragraph is sourced to his own personal website, in contravention of WP:BLP#Avoid self-published sources, and the Derschowitz claim is simply defamatory. If you restore it again you will be taken to arbitration enforcement. -- ChrisO (talk) 23:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You've removed much more than the Chomsky paragraph, and the rest of your deletions were of material sourced to Yediot, Ha'aretz and the Jerusalem Post - all of which are reliable sources. I've reported you for edit warring. Momma's Little Helper (talk) 00:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Violation of WP:3RR at Richard Goldstone

Hi, you have violated WP:3RR at Richard Goldstone. I recommend that you self-revert yourself, otherwise I will be reporting you for edit warring. Breein1007 (talk) 00:30, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

The issue is at arbitration enforcement now - see WP:AE#Wikifan12345. I'm obviously not going to revert to a version that contains serious BLP violations. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, then I am forced to take it to the edit warring board. Also, I see that you have notified someone of the discretionary sanctions. You will notice that at the bottom of that message, it says that administrators are intended to be giving out that notification. Breein1007 (talk) 00:34, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Since Momma's Little Helper is a relatively new editor, s/he needed to be aware of those sanctions. That's now been done. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

As I said, the notification makes it very clear that admins are intended to inform editors of those sanctions, and then record the notification on the appropriate page. As you are not an admin, I will suggest that in the future you ask an admin to give the notification if you feel the user needs to be made aware. While we're on the topic, have you been made aware of the sanctions? If not, I think an admin needs to officially do that. Breein1007 (talk) 00:42, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I was involved in enforcing the sanctions as an admin. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:44, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Bishop Hill blog

Chris, I favor merger of this blog article to the Montford article, and I also believe that it is so lacking in notability that it needs to be stripped to its bare essentials in any merger. However, it is by no means a certainty that the article on this blog is going to be merged. There is even sentiment for merging Montford into this blog article. If this article survives, it needs to be a fair and balanced article, and currently it reads like hagiography. I hope you'll reconsider removing the description of the blog in that British blog book, as it adds balance to an article that sorely needs it. Thanks, ScottyBerg (talk) 02:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

request for arbitration

Hi, I see you are the leader of the Kosovo Wikiproject, I would like some advice on this : Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Districts_of_Kosovo_in_Serbia

I have created a bunch of issues to look into and would like some guidance. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Kosovo/Attention_needed

thanks, mike James Michael DuPont 16:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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Lloyd's of London

I feel Talk:Lloyd's_of_London#Slavery_Denial the slavery link does not merit the WEIGHT it is presently given. Please would you consider this, if time allows. Kittybrewster ☎ 13:16, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

-- Kittybrewster ☎ 09:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Seconded William M. Connolley (talk) 10:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

User_talk:110.137.33.20

Every edit by this IP seems to be a hoax + vandalism. They all need reverting and he needs blocking. All are unreferenced and unverifiable. Kittybrewster ☎ 13:13, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Vipera palaestinae

It makes no sense to list Israel and Palestine if you are assuming that "Palestine" refers to the geographical region. The source is clearly referring to the Palesitnian territories, and they simply made a mistake in their terminology. Just as you said about Goldstone, there is no reason why we should carry through a clear error from a source. This harms the integrity of our encyclopedia. Breein1007 (talk) 17:54, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I've posted a reply to the article talk page. -- ChrisO (talk) 17:57, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

You didn't post a response... you didn't address the issue. You just repeated something irrelevant. Writing Israel and Palestine is one of two things. A) Superfluous or B) Against NPOV policies. Take your pick. In any case, I responded on the article talk page. Breein1007 (talk) 18:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

You still failed to address the issue, and posting a notice on the No Original Research board is an interesting choice. Anyway, I won't be violating WP:3RR, but I hope you will consider the edit you have put into place and think carefully about whether or not you want your record to show an example of such POV-pushing. Because now that I have made it very clear to you that the author could not have logically been referring to Palestine as a geographic region, it is clear that you are supporting the use of the term "Palestine" to refer to the "Palestinian territories". Breein1007 (talk) 18:23, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm supporting nothing of the sort. The basic facts are not in dispute. The source clearly does not use the terminology you want to use; changing cited text to fit your own political views is emphatically not allowed. -- ChrisO (talk) 18:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Sources can be found that call the Gaza War a massacre. This doesn't mean that we refer to it on Misplaced Pages as such. Doing so would violate Misplaced Pages policies. Your edit does the same thing. Breein1007 (talk) 18:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

That's a complete different issue of conflicting POVs. One side calls it a massacre, the other has a different POV. I note that our Gaza War article refers to both POVs, as it should. That has nothing to do with the issue here, which is whether editors should be able to "correct" sources that they think are wrong. -- ChrisO (talk) 18:36, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

It is an identical issue, actually. If we used a source like Al Jazeera for info on the Gaza War, we would not call it a massacre, even though Al Jazeera does. The article Palestinian territories makes mention of the fact that some people refer to it as "Palestine". Just like the Gaza War article mentions that some people use the word "massacre". This has everything to do with the issue here. Breein1007 (talk) 18:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Goldstone

Hi Chris, I took a bit closer look at the article today. On its face I see really no particular issues with it, except there are some segments I think may be really too long -- so much exposition that at points it approaches repetitious. Classic signs of too much research to try to shoehorn into a format! Other than that, I don't particularly see any text that needs to be changed. But, with that being said, I am not really familiar enough with this subject to know whether there are any holes in the story that need to be plugged, either. That's why I am really hoping that the detractors at the article's talk page will make a genuine attempt at polite discussion about portions they dislike, with proposed changes. Maybe they'll be valid suggestions and maybe they won't, but in any case for now I will continue trying to entice them into productive discussions and hope it bears fruit. Thanks again. — e. ripley\ 02:19, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Notification: General sanctions and 1RR restriction on Richard Goldstone

You've probably had one of these before, but everyone's getting one: As a result of an arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee has acknowledged long-term and persistent problems in the editing of articles related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, broadly understood. As a result, the Committee has enacted broad editing restrictions, described here and below.

• 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, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
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• Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
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Generally, the next step, if an administrator feels your conduct on pages in this topic area is disruptive, would be a warning, to be followed by the imposition of sanctions (although in cases of serious disruption, the warning may be omitted). Hopefully no such action will be necessary.

This notice is only effective if given by an administrator and logged here. In accordance with these sanctions, the article Richard Goldstone is under a 1RR restriction. Details can be found on the talk page. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)