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Your accusations are unfounded and unsupported

My identity should be of no interest to you. I have done nothing but ask editors in that article to provide evidence to support their edits and at least try to act impartially. You call that disruptive? If it disrupts someone's agenda to push a particular point of view then that can only be a good thing. It has gone on long enough. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 13:46, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

I've presented evidence for investigation and you had admitted to editing under more than one ID. Otherwise you are not using the talk page and are running slow edit wars over long periods. Sorry that is disruptive. All of the material in the criticism section is properly referenced, I realise you are unhappy with that but that's life. You have made direct accusations of sock puppetry against one other editor without backing it up with an SPI so your "I have done nothing" statement is simply not accurate. --Snowded 13:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Good editing will be disruptive to POV pushing. I'm not saying that you are pushing a particular point of view but we're going to get editors with vested interested with an agenda to promote or disparage a subject. Only verifiable evidence will prevail over a long period. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Howdy Snowded, I've little interest in NLP stuff, but there's something suspicious about that IP. Sometimes certain socks who evade their bans, will pretend to get along with an editor (which they have gripes with), when they're really leading that editor on (per self-entertainment). GoodDay (talk) 12:08, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, behaviour matches these recommendations --Snowded 12:22, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

GoodDay wrote this: "Sometimes certain socks who evade their bans, will pretend to get along with an editor (which they have gripes with), when they're really leading that editor on (per self-entertainment)." I'm not "pretending" to get along. I am clear that I disagree with this editor. But that is a comment about a contend dispute, not about his person. I revert his or her edits when I do not agree. I ask for clarification and verification of evidence. I do want to be civil and respectful though. I intend that my edits are neither pro or anti NLP as I am aiming for impartial editing. If you think my proposed edit is biased one way or the other then tell me and I'll make changes. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 07:06, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Pull the other one its got bells on it --Snowded 14:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

BNP Ideology Box

Hi, cant believe im actually telling you after previous arguments, but it appears that the BNP ideology section has been deleated from the infobox, was this a mistake? Please do let me know as quick as you can as I want to move the sandbox over soon. Thanks U6j65 (talk) 19:04, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Snowded, I outlined the changes made to the sandbox version on the discussion page, mostly edits and rearrangements of titles excluding policy section. Please do get back to me with your suggestions, thanks U6j65 (talk) 15:28, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I didn't see the concerns I raised addressed. I will get back to it in detail over the next couple of days, in transit to the UK from Mexico over the next day --Snowded 15:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok, the main problem was the guardian section i remember and the lead, i deleted the line on 'rise in media profile' at your request and left the line 'All mainstream political parties in the UK are united in opposing the BNP' due to no citation being available, but am completely open to it remaining. The Guardian section i was unsure which parts to include and will follow your lead on this. Other small edits made was the transfer of 'claims of repression of free speech' into the opposition section and a structuring of that section which included the deletion of the veterans paragraph and a suggestion on the Nick Griffin page that it be transferred there. Hope this helps, thanks U6j65 (talk) 20:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Have you managed to come to an conclusions on this yet? thanks. U6j65 (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello again, I can see there has been another slow edit war on the BNP page, I could have jumped in but decided not to. Please Snowded can we try and sort our differences out properly without antagonising each other, there are about four or five users maybe slightly more that want to contribute to the page let try and get together and discuss each others points of view on the talk page. Ill set up a new thread but ill need your help and contribution in discussion as you are arguably the most active editor on the page. Thanks U6j65 (talk) 22:37, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I came to the conclusion that the proposed rewrite was more or less the same as the original and it would be better if people proposed changes to sections or more specific edits. Using the talk page is the most critical aspect and I don;t think you can find a case where I have not been willing to do that --Snowded 05:43, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I understand, all im saying is that the article has no direction at the moment and can only be given some by editors seriously getting together to first talk about the direction they think it should take. For my own part i think the article should be edited and structured along the lines of the sandbox to sorted it and add structure so that any further info/development can be added more accordingly. If we can all agree on that I think there will be less edit wars over new info in the future. Its goanna take everyone discussing it on the talk page for that to happen though, thats all im trying to say. U6j65 (talk) 12:41, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Citation needed tags

Rather than removing the citation needed tags why don't you just add the citation need inline. That way the information will be verifiable long term. Doubt the evidence that was added by recent editors given the recent failures to verify the sources on that article. Removing tags without resolving the issues does nothing to improve the article. The tags alert readers to where information has not been referenced properly. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 03:58, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Because the citations are already there in the text as you well know. And "recent failures" as far as I can see means "I don't like the source". Between that and your farcical accusations you have lost any sympathy/credibility --Snowded 10:46, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

You could flip that around and say that you want the source only because "you like the source". We both know that appropriate referencing and parity of sources is not achieved based on our personal likes and dislikes. I'll use the on statements that require third party verification and clarification. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 06:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

If you insert a tag then you MUST explain why on the talk page. If you don't do that they will simply be reverted. There is no independent third party verification unit in wikipedia, you need to read up on that tag again --Snowded 14:21, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Removing a tag without resolving the issue would be disruptive. You have been a reasonable editor in the past. If someone adds a verification needed tag, just verify the information or leave it until someone else can verify it or it fails. You should read up on the relevant policy. --122.108.140.210 (talk) 18:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

If the reference is there then you need to say what you need to see and you should read WP:SOURCEACCESS. Given that you have university library access you have no excuse, given that you can access the material the obligation will be on you to say why you think there is an issue. Flyby tagging is frowned on. --Snowded 19:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

edit war

You gonna give parrot of doom the same warning? didn't think so. Alexandre8 (talk) 22:20, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

You are the one not respecting WP:BRD. You know this, and you know how it will go if you don't listen. Use the talk page --Snowded 22:52, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Well I wasn't the original changer. Someone else was. I was simply maintaining his edit, which in my eyes, at the time was completely justifiable. If there is a lack of sources, I'm not breaking any rules editing the article. It would have been a different story if it had been new research ect. Alexandre8 (talk) 22:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

"original" has got nothing to do with it. You were edit warring and the sources are elsewhere in the article --Snowded 23:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I too posted a warning to Alexandre8. I have now noticed that Snowded's earlier one has been removed. Looking at the edits on my watchlist, I could see three reverts by Parrot of Doom and four by Alexandre8. The latter breaks the letter of WP:3RR. The former doesn't. Both of the editors who posted the warnings have taken the softer option of indicating what might happen after a fourth revert rather than going straight to the 3RR board to ask for a block. If I notice a fourth revert by Parrot, I'll give him the warning. I will take whichever of the two I first see breaking 3RR after their warning to the board.

A post such as the one that started this thread is a clear violation of WP:AGF Persistent behaviour of that kind can also lead to a block.--Peter cohen (talk) 00:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that, WIkipedia can be a lonely place and support is appreciated! --Snowded 13:02, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

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List of countries

Saw your comment at Talk:List of sovereign states#List of countries. I don't understand your argument in part of this sentence: "If we have a list of countries then it will need to include those countries which are not sovereign states, the current redirect avoids that problem." How would having a list of countries that lists countries be a problem? Daicaregos (talk) 07:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Will get back to it later today --Snowded 07:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Daicaregos (talk) 07:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

No hard feelings, notice the tea is black, I am a vegan. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 10:34, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! And if you want the best Vegan places in Singapore let me know, whenever I go there I get dragged to them as most of our technical team are vegan --Snowded 15:36, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite and graciously accpeting my regrets.Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

BNP

looked at all the sources to do with opposition to the bnp, and in none of them is there a mention of "unification". The opposition area goes into detail about who is opposed to who, and therefore do we really even need this line in the opening statement? Debatable. Let's keep the article neutral. Nothing "weasal" about my edit, I find that kind of rude. Alexandre8 (talk) 13:52, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

The lede summarises the material. All political parties oppose each other, the fact that all three condemn (alternative to unified) is significant. --Snowded 15:46, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Please check last changes. Hope you approve. Alexandre8 (talk) 17:49, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

WP:Wikiquette alerts#Dave1185

• Greetings, let me point you in another direction so you can have a better picture. User talk:28bytes#This is a thankless work. Best. --Dave 13:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I think you got a little carried away with all that templating. The IP's language is terrible, s/he may or may not be a sock. Whatever, its easy to discuss it on the talk page rather than templates and edit warring. --Snowded 14:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• Fact is, he started the name callings and for a newbie, if we can assume that to be true, even I didn't know what a template was back then, much less about him, hence the suspicions. Secondly, as you can see, I hold off reverting it because I realised that the link is now dead and other peeps cannot verified that the news report, which was actually quoting it as "explained" and not as "said", this was the source of our disagreement. And instead of him discussing the matter, he kept his name callings in the edit summaries after reverting me. Even most of his contribution history says that he is one ANGRY MASTODON. As concurred by an admin on my discussion page, what I did on his talk page was perfectly legit, the ISP template must stay, no matter, because it is owned by Misplaced Pages. --Dave 14:40, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

He has behaved badly and I have said so. However I think its better to miss a few socks rather than attack a real newby.--Snowded 14:45, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• To clarify, which part of this supposedly newbie am I biting? Honestly, that's a fair question and spoken without prejudice. --Dave 19:23, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Well with a non-functioning link you can't really call a one word change (especially when it means more or less the same thing) OR. The ISP template says that the edits were disruptive, which is stretching it. I would have thought it would have been a lot easier to just comment on the talk page and try and get a dialogue going. --Snowded 20:46, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• I, for one, would love to hold a constructive dialogue but his potty mouth preceded everything else until the extent I'm no longer receptive to his inputs/suggestions however smart he might think he is, and now to the point that I have totally no confidence in this particular anon IP's competence. IF he has an issue outside of WP and he brings it here, then he's in for a long, hard road ahead from other editors as well, not just me because today it might be me but tommorrow he could well be crossing swords with Jimbo instead. Who know? I wish him all the best, he's your baby now. --Dave 21:30, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• New evidence just surfaced, he is indeed one BANNED individual, see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Tasc0. --Dave 03:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't surprise me, it doesn't alter my opinion. Socks and IPs are part of life around here --Snowded 05:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

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