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Below is evidence presented by User:White Cat. For evidence presented by other users see Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Episodes and characters 2/Evidence.
I hope to collect more evidence over the weekend.

Some of the involved parties use cunning tactics

Assertion 1: Some of the editors who wishes to purge episode and character articles from wikipedia which they feel are "unnecessary"/"non-notable" work/vote in groups for this goal. In such votes rather than the community opinion, their group voting dominates the xfd. Outside-wiki communication may be the case or they may be simply watching each others contribution to find out which articles are being purged. This is particularly important because any ruling promoting "taking disagreements to afd" will likely result more of this behavior.
Assertion 2: Some of the editors who wishes to purge episode and character articles from wikipedia slowly remove content via arbitrary standards. First they trim articles that are decently long making it possible to merge them into a "list of character" or "list of episode" article. Then this 'merged' list article is also removed. Expanding content is strictly banned. For example on this diff demonstrates the lack of tollerance in expansion of the content even with out of universe material. The information on Bulbasaur, a formerly featured article is now a mere redirect is now confined to three paragraphs and it is not possible to expand it. It is rather relentless that not even featured articles or formerly featured articles survive from the wrath of editors seeking to purge all fiction related content. This diff implies Pikachu is next in line to disappear for being non-notable despite being the most well known Pokemon and perhaps the most well known anime character outside of Japan. WP:SPINOUTs and WP:STUBs are not banned so users remove anything useful to make way for an ultimate mass redirectification.
Evidence
Truth Be Told (Dexter episode)
Article: Truth Be Told (Dexter episode) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Total number of edits to the article since creation at 13:07 on 17 November 2006: 32
Involved users
Redirectifiers: TTN (talk · contribs) (7), Jack Merridew (talk · contribs) (1), Eusebeus (talk · contribs) (1)
Redification reverters: 74.101.140.220 (talk · contribs) (1), Clerks (talk · contribs) (1), VivianDarkbloom (talk · contribs) (5), Treygdor (talk · contribs) (1)
AFD? No.
Edits since first redirectification. Reverts of redirectification are in italics and reredirectifications are bold
Extended Evidence
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  1. 17:09, 25 May 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (Redirect per WP:EPISODE. Episode articles must be able to contain more information than a plot summary.)
  2. 03:11, 7 August 2007 74.101.140.220 (3,677 bytes) (Undid revision 133513551 by TTN)
  3. 09:01, 7 August 2007 David Gerard (3,665 bytes) (rm redundant per WP:SPOIL)
  4. 10:12, 9 October 2007 71.238.71.6 (3,652 bytes) (→Plot)
  5. 11:12, 9 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (rv)
  6. 09:42, 10 October 2007 Clerks (3,652 bytes) (I'm not sure why User:TTN would be deleting and redirecting this article??)
  7. 10:06, 10 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (See your talk page)
  8. 16:51, 10 October 2007 VivianDarkbloom (3,652 bytes) (rv vandalism)
  9. 12:08, 11 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (Restore redirect)
  10. 16:41, 11 October 2007 VivianDarkbloom (3,652 bytes) (rv vandalism)
  11. 05:59, 12 October 2007 Jack Merridew (37 bytes) (Restore redirect)
  12. 17:13, 15 October 2007 VivianDarkbloom (3,652 bytes) (Undid revision 164021380 by Jack Merridew)
  13. 17:41, 15 October 2007 Eusebeus (37 bytes) (Undid revision 164820294 by VivianDarkbloom)
  14. 16:43, 16 October 2007 VivianDarkbloom (3,652 bytes) (Undid revision 164826049 by Eusebeus)
  15. 17:56, 16 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (rv)
  16. 17:59, 16 October 2007 Treygdor m (3,652 bytes) (Reverted good faith edits by TTN; No reason given for blanking. using TW)
  17. 18:04, 16 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (See the May 25 summary "Redirect per WP:EPISODE. Episode articles must be able to contain more information than a plot summary.")
  18. 16:44, 17 October 2007 VivianDarkbloom (3,652 bytes) (Undid revision 165062613 by TTN)
  19. 19:07, 17 October 2007 TTN (37 bytes) (rv)
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Command Decision (Dad's Army episode)
Article: Command Decision (Dad's Army episode) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Total number of edits to the article since creation at 12:19 on 7 September 2005: 70
Involved users
Taggers: TTN (talk · contribs) (3), Jack Merridew (talk · contribs) (7)
Tag removers: Tim! (talk · contribs) (5), Catchpole (talk · contribs) (4), Jerry (talk · contribs) (1 - AFD closing admin)
AFD? Yes: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Command Decision (Dad's Army episode) (61 edits)
AFD Participants:
Participants with edits to the artice:
Other participants:
Edits since first tagging. Tagings are in bold. Removal of tags are in italic.
Extended Evidence
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  1. 18:11, 23 June 2007 TTN (3,015 bytes) (Notability not asserted)
  2. 02:01, 24 June 2007 Bobvila2 (3,108 bytes)
  3. 05:28, 24 June 2007 Tim! (3,364 bytes) (sourcing)
  4. 06:33, 24 June 2007 TTN (3,428 bytes) (Citations don't automatically assert notability.)
  5. 11:59, 6 July 2007 Tim! (3,364 bytes) (remove invalid tag)
  6. 12:59, 6 July 2007 TTN (3,428 bytes) (It still establishes nothing. Please look over some of the examples at WP:EPISODE.)
  7. 13:05, 6 July 2007 Tim! m (3,364 bytes) (Reverted edits by TTN (talk) to last version by Tim!)
  8. 06:29, 7 July 2007 Jack Merridew m (moved Command Decision to Command Decision (Dad's Army episode): not primary use; see Command Decision (film) - this should be disambiguation page or the film's page)
  9. 09:10, 7 July 2007 Tim! (3,468 bytes) (→References: more refs)
  10. 09:30, 7 July 2007 Jack Merridew (3,394 bytes) (tweak disambig links and add notability tag/cat)
  11. 10:47, 7 July 2007 Jack Merridew (3,411 bytes) (fix disambig link)
  12. 03:24, 9 July 2007 SmackBot m (3,426 bytes) (Date/fix the maintenance tags or gen fixes)
  13. 09:04, 26 August 2007 Jack Merridew (3,435 bytes) (added episode parameter to notability tag - I know - radio episode, too - but this gets better links into the template)
  14. 19:47, 1 December 2007 Cydebot m (3,377 bytes) (Robot - Removing category Episode articles not asserting notability per CFD at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 25.)
  15. 12:13, 18 December 2007 81.79.227.128 (Talk) (3,450 bytes) (→Cast)
  16. 12:14, 18 December 2007 81.79.227.128 (Talk) (3,530 bytes) (→Cast)
  17. 03:28, 9 January 2008 Catchpole (3,491 bytes) (has 3rd party sources)
  18. 03:54, 9 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,530 bytes) (Undid revision 183139990 by Catchpole (talk) - the director's book is not a 3rd party source)
  19. 07:49, 9 January 2008 Catchpole (3,602 bytes) (add another 3rd p reference)
  20. 07:53, 9 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,641 bytes) (your book would be about the show, not this episode)
  21. 13:06, 9 January 2008 Tim! m (3,601 bytes) (rv pointy edit warrior)
  22. 03:38, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,641 bytes) (Undid revision 183214573 by Tim! (talk) - do not remove clean-up tags without addressing issue; there are no 3rd party RS here)
  23. 05:13, 10 January 2008 Catchpole (3,601 bytes) (Undid revision 183361752 by Jack Merridew (talk) article is sourced)
  24. 05:24, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,641 bytes) (Undid revision 183369698 by Catchpole (talk))
  25. 05:26, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,687 bytes) (cite book)
  26. 05:26, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,710 bytes) (External links)
  27. 05:29, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,543 bytes) (→References - this book is about the show, not this episode; moving it to show's article)
  28. 05:54, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (3,920 bytes) (Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Command Decision (Dad's Army episode))
  29. 06:18, 10 January 2008 Colonel Warden (4,195 bytes) (Add cite as classic episode.)
  30. 06:22, 10 January 2008 Colonel Warden m (4,209 bytes)
  31. 06:29, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (4,235 bytes) (fix cite)
  32. 07:06, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (4,697 bytes) (undo self; putting book back, however it does not serve to establish this episode as notable; other clean-up, too)
  33. 07:18, 10 January 2008 Jack Merridew (4,695 bytes) (ISBN --> isbn, case counts, folks)
  34. 12:42, 10 January 2008 Tim! (4,657 bytes) (remove plainly wrong tag continually added by tendentious editot)
  35. 03:01, 11 January 2008 Jack Merridew (4,695 bytes) (Undid revision 183435324 by Tim! (talk); restore tag, it is especially relevant to current AfD)
  36. 20:58, 18 January 2008 Jerry (4,315 bytes) (rem afd - kept)
  37. 06:58, 19 January 2008 Catchpole (4,277 bytes) (notability asserted in article)
  38. 11:00, 20 January 2008 Nydas (4,260 bytes) (removed strange formatting)
  39. 03:33, 25 January 2008 UpDown (4,158 bytes) (→Cast: rem. odd nationality of actors)
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Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode)
Article: Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Total number of edits to the article since creation at 15:01 on 16 January 2007: 42
Involved users
Redirectifiers/taggers: TTN (talk · contribs) (1), Ned Scott (talk · contribs) (1), Eusebeus (talk · contribs) (3), Jack Merridew (talk · contribs) (2)
Redification reverters/tag removers: Matthew (talk · contribs) (5), Ckatz (talk · contribs) (1), TTN (talk · contribs) (1)
AFD? No.
Edits since first tagging. Tagings and reredirectifications are in bold. Reverts of redirectification and removal of tags are in italic.
Extended Evidence
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  1. 13:27, 11 August 2007 TTN (7,487 bytes) (Add merge tag using AWB)
  2. 18:55, 8 September 2007 Matthew (7,382 bytes) (Removed merge tag per established consensus.)
  3. 22:17, 9 September 2007 Ned Scott (7,487 bytes) (established consensus? I think not)
  4. 12:32, 10 September 2007 Matthew (7,382 bytes) (removed merge tag per established consensus at Talk:List of Farscape episodes.)
  5. 13:02, 10 September 2007 Matthew (7,372 bytes) (MoS fixes and rm. unsourced)
  6. 14:55, 4 October 2007 Eusebeus (39 bytes) (Redirect Episode to LOE per WP:CONSENSUS at WP:FICT and WP:EPISODE that real-world notablity must be asserted for individual articles)
  7. 00:27, 5 October 2007 Ckatz m (7,372 bytes) (Reverted 1 edit by Eusebeus; Rv. - that was *not* the consensus at all.)
  8. 11:01, 6 October 2007 Eusebeus (39 bytes) (Undid revision 162403351 by Ckatz (talk))
  9. 12:13, 6 October 2007 Matthew (7,372 bytes) (Reverted to Ckatz as per Farscape LOE talk page.)
  10. 07:05, 13 October 2007 Jack Merridew (48 bytes) (no progress in a week, restoring redirect - with proper anchor)
  11. 07:11, 13 October 2007 Matthew (7,372 bytes) (Reverted to 162694255 as per Farscape LOE talk page.)
  12. 07:16, 13 October 2007 Eusebeus (48 bytes) (Undid revision 164264953 by Matthew (talk))
  13. 07:26, 13 October 2007 Matthew (7,372 bytes) (Reverted to Matthew as per Farscape LOE talk page.)
  14. 07:34, 13 October 2007 Jack Merridew (48 bytes) (Undid revision 164266935 by Matthew (talk))
  15. 07:42, 13 October 2007 WJBscribe m (Protected Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode): Edit warring )
  16. 04:48, 17 October 2007 Tizio m (81 bytes) (cat)
  17. 06:24, 23 November 2007 WJBscribe m (Unprotected Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode): a compromise appears to have been reached)
  18. 12:32, 28 November 2007 DumbBOT (48 bytes) (removing protection category from a non-protected redirect)
  19. 12:51, 28 November 2007 TTN (7,371 bytes) (Bring back for now)
  20. 12:31, 12 January 2008 84.16.37.186 (Talk) (7,380 bytes) (In the last paragraph corrected "heart" for "brain functions".)
  21. 22:27, 30 January 2008 WRK m (7,381 bytes) (Typo fixing, Replaced: evalution → evaluation using AWB)
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Bulbasaur
Article: Bulbasaur (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Total number of edits to the article since creation at 17:55 on 1 January 2003: +2000 (I did not care to count after 2000)
Involved users
Redirectifiers/taggers: TTN (talk · contribs) (1)
Redification reverters/tag removers:
AFD? Yes:
Featured? Yes, former.
Edits since first tagging. Tagings and reredirectifications are in bold. Reverts of redirectification and removal of tags are in italic.
Extended Evidence
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  1. 14:14, 18 January 2008 Taiketsu (33 bytes) (Why should we keep one and redirect all of the others?)
  2. 14:17, 18 January 2008 Taiketsu (47 bytes) (←Redirected page to List of Pokémon (1-20)#Bulbasaur)
  3. 15:48, 18 January 2008 MelicansMatkin (19,266 bytes) (As is the case with Pikachu, Bulbasaur has notability)
  4. 15:56, 18 January 2008 Jéské Couriano (47 bytes) (A-huh-huh-huh. No he doesn't.)
  5. 16:59, 19 January 2008 Celestianpower (19,266 bytes) (As demonstrated repeatedly and very vocally over hundreds of megabytes of discussion, he most certainly is notable enough for an article.)
  6. 17:04, 19 January 2008 TTN (47 bytes) (Feel free to add sources to show it. The wikilawyering has gone on long enough.)
  7. 17:04, 19 January 2008 TTN (64 bytes) (Tag)
  8. 09:20, 20 January 2008 Celestianpower (19,266 bytes) (Yes, it has. The Wikilawyering from you /has/ gone far enough. Going against consensus and not considering interpetations of policy other than your own bhas never been acceptable.)
  9. 12:01, 20 January 2008 Daiyokonda (19,329 bytes)
  10. 12:25, 20 January 2008 68.36.207.89 (Talk) (19,267 bytes)
  11. 13:10, 21 January 2008 Taiketsu m (47 bytes) (←Redirected page to List of Pokémon (1-20)#Bulbasaur)
  12. 13:14, 21 January 2008 Taiketsu m (48 bytes) (Why should Bulbasaur can have its own page and the other's can't. Until the other's can have its own page, this one can't)
  13. 13:16, 21 January 2008 Nakon (19,267 bytes) (rv, WP:POINT)
  14. 17:37, 21 January 2008 TTN (64 bytes) (Redirect to the list. The consensus of the project was to merge all besides a Pikachu and a few others, which are going to be merged anyways. There is no actual argument to keep it.)
  15. 01:55, 22 January 2008 Matt Yeager (19,267 bytes) (actually, I find articles to be quite preferable to two-paragraph stubs.)
  16. 15:08, 22 January 2008 TTN (64 bytes) (Use and edit http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/Bulbasaur (Pokémon) if you want this kind of information.)
  17. 16:18, 22 January 2008 East718 m (Protected Bulbasaur: edit warring, figure it out somewhere else (expires 21:18, February 5, 2008 (UTC)))
  18. 08:46, 25 January 2008 Trialsanderrors (19,503 bytes) (Restore to start AfD, not a DRV case since no deletion occured)
  19. 08:52, 25 January 2008 PeaceNT m (Unprotected Bulbasaur: page currently at AfD, unprotect to allow improvement, if needed)
  20. 11:51, 25 January 2008 Uncle G (19,267 bytes) (Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bulbasaur (2nd nomination))
  21. 13:31, 25 January 2008 Trialsanderrors (19,503 bytes) (Ongoing)
  22. 13:35, 25 January 2008 Uncle G (19,267 bytes) (Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bulbasaur (2nd nomination))
  23. 13:38, 25 January 2008 Trialsanderrors m (19,503 bytes) (Reverted edits by Uncle G (talk) to last version by Trialsanderrors)
  24. 14:00, 25 January 2008 Barnyard animals (19,530 bytes) (try to fix the very first sentence which has become quite choppy)
  25. 14:07, 25 January 2008 Barnyard animals (19,505 bytes) (resolve the "joint venture" comment by AMiB)
  26. 14:07, 25 January 2008 Trialsanderrors (19,269 bytes) (Snowball keep, discussion continues on Talk page)
  27. 14:11, 25 January 2008 Barnyard animals m (19,275 bytes) (adjust links)
  28. 18:37, 25 January 2008 SpigotMap m (19,298 bytes) (Placed notability tag due to lack of third party sources. Article is sourced only with primary sources other then the lead paragraph which is the same for all pokemon articles and has no bearing here)
  29. 22:16, 25 January 2008 NeoChaosX (19,232 bytes) (→Anime: remove non-English, non-Japanese VAs per WP:MOS-ANIME)
  30. 14:29, 26 January 2008 Matt Yeager (19,209 bytes) (you must be joking)
  31. 14:33, 26 January 2008 MelicansMatkin (19,232 bytes) (not at all; there are few to no third-party sources currently in the article)
  32. 18:36, 26 January 2008 Celestianpower (19,531 bytes) (+a few bits from the "Pokémon Master Guide")
  33. 10:07, 27 January 2008 Colonel Warden (19,746 bytes) (Add cite)
  34. 10:10, 27 January 2008 Colonel Warden (19,774 bytes) (fork cite)
  35. 10:12, 27 January 2008 TTN (19,351 bytes) (→Conception and creation: Remove a trivial reference that basically describes the localization process.)
  36. 10:18, 27 January 2008 Colonel Warden (19,570 bytes) (add cite)
  37. 12:02, 27 January 2008 Barnyard animals (19,993 bytes) (Undid revision 187260568 by TTN (talk) replacing cite, discuss on talk)
  38. 15:17, 27 January 2008 TTN (19,908 bytes) (Remove unused categories)
  39. 16:21, 27 January 2008 RockMFR (19,993 bytes) (why remove these cats?)
  40. 16:39, 27 January 2008 TTN (19,908 bytes) (There are only ten or so other articles still in existence, and they are going to be merged soon. These have no more use.)
  41. 16:45, 27 January 2008 RockMFR (19,993 bytes) (rv)
  42. 16:59, 27 January 2008 Urutapu (19,908 bytes) (Revert to revision 187330124 dated 2008-01-27 21:39:54 by TTN using popups)
  43. 00:24, 28 January 2008 Sesshomaru (21,109 bytes) (Did major wiki-link updates, formats, and set up external links below. I'm using the articles Pikachu and Ash Ketchum mostly as reference)
  44. 05:35, 28 January 2008 Barnyard animals (21,401 bytes) (→In other media: references)
  45. 18:10, 28 January 2008 Sesshomaru (21,454 bytes) (→In other media: m)
  46. 19:16, 28 January 2008 Hiding (21,473 bytes) ({{cleanup-jargon}}, I do not understand the lead of this article)
  47. 20:13, 29 January 2008 71.131.30.16 (Talk) (21,479 bytes) (poison)
  48. 23:02, 29 January 2008 Crotalus horridus (21,997 bytes) (→Video games: added a third-party, reliable source)
  49. 23:02, 29 January 2008 Crotalus horridus m (21,996 bytes) (→Video games)
  50. 23:03, 29 January 2008 Crotalus horridus (21,996 bytes) (→Video games: moved source to emphasize it covers 2 sentences)
  51. 23:03, 29 January 2008 Crotalus horridus m (21,996 bytes) (→Video games)
  52. 01:27, 30 January 2008 Sesshomaru (22,142 bytes) (→Video games: wiki-links)
  53. 01:29, 30 January 2008 Sesshomaru (22,146 bytes) (→Anime: m)
  54. 02:22, 30 January 2008 Sesshomaru (22,188 bytes) (more major updates)
  55. 06:43, 30 January 2008 Hiding (21,572 bytes) (remove redundancies, irrelevancies and write for a more general audience at which Misplaced Pages is aimed)
  56. 06:46, 30 January 2008 Hiding (21,032 bytes) (rem unsourced fact and clean up for a more general audience, removing redundancies)
  57. 06:47, 30 January 2008 Hiding (21,040 bytes) (→Creation and conception: needs citing)
  58. 06:53, 30 January 2008 Hiding (21,067 bytes) (→Video games: {{deletable image-caption}})
  59. 08:37, 30 January 2008 TheUnknownCylon m (21,096 bytes) (→External links)
  60. 11:52, 30 January 2008 Sesshomaru (21,078 bytes) (minour corrections, a rationale has been provided for the image)
  61. 12:13, 30 January 2008 MelicansMatkin (21,015 bytes) (→External links: rv fansites)
  62. 20:08, 30 January 2008 Sesshomaru (20,996 bytes) (Removed tag per a response on the talk page)
  63. 23:58, 30 January 2008 SmackBot m (21,014 bytes) (Date the maintenance tags or general fixes, Replaced: date=February 2008 → date=January 2008)
  64. 00:40, 31 January 2008 124.148.73.215 (Talk) (21,081 bytes)
  65. 00:40, 31 January 2008 ClueBot m (21,014 bytes) (Reverting possible vandalism by 124.148.73.215 to version by SmackBot. False positive? report it. Thanks, User:ClueBot. (191963) (Bot))
  66. 06:27, 31 January 2008 Hiding (21,033 bytes) (re-add the jargon tag as the points are still not clear per talk.)
  67. 10:10, 31 January 2008 Hiding (21,117 bytes) (→Intro: rewrite per talk)
  68. 10:11, 31 January 2008 Hiding (21,111 bytes) (→Video games: first here is redundant with debut)
  69. 10:13, 31 January 2008 Hiding (20,875 bytes) (→Creation and conception: rewrite for clarity)
  70. 10:14, 31 January 2008 Hiding (20,856 bytes) (rem jargon tag pr talk)
  71. 13:14, 31 January 2008 Sesshomaru (20,834 bytes) (minour fix, cut double links)
  72. 00:28, 2 February 2008 Sesshomaru (20,435 bytes) (major overlinking corrected per Misplaced Pages:CONTEXT#What generally should not be linked)
  73. 15:07, 5 February 2008 Hiding (20,276 bytes) (→Creation and conception: rem unsourced statement per talk)
  74. 18:14, 6 February 2008 Celestianpower (20,435 bytes) (revert - source on talk)
  75. 21:24, 6 February 2008 MelicansMatkin (20,606 bytes) (→Creation and conception: ref added)
  76. 21:47, 6 February 2008 MelicansMatkin (20,628 bytes) (→Creation and conception: author added to cite)
  77. 09:31, 8 February 2008 Hiding (20,699 bytes) (→Creation and conception: archived)
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WP:POINT

Assertion: Some of the involved users are mass purging popular culture related material for reasons much different from what they claim.

Vandalism

“ Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Misplaced Pages. The most common types of vandalism include the addition of obscenities or crude humor, page blanking, or the insertion of nonsense into articles. ”

Above is a quote from Misplaced Pages:Vandalism. I'd like arbitration committee to review these mass blankings from the perspective of this official policy. Any deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Misplaced Pages should be treated as such. I feel what these editors are doing is just that.

Trolling

Assertion: Some of the involved users seem to be interested in conflict more than doing anything meaningful here. Comments they make are sometimes inflammatory and seems like "inflaming" or attempting to "inflame" seems to be the intention behind it.

Revert waring

Assertion: Some of the involved users had engaged in revert waring. In occasional cases they revert-wared in groups if they face resistance.

I am not going to insult arbitrators intelligence with more evidence on this. Other people have provided adequate amount of examples: #Evidence presented by John254

Not seeking consensus

Assertion: Nearly all of the involved parties failed to seek consensus and rather than making compromises or actually discussing the problem, they tried to brute force their way. The issue of purging episode articles lacks any kind of real consensus behind it even though some people make-believed themselves of such a thing. There is evidence of people ignoring opposing views for convenience.

Community ignored the issue

Assertion: The wikipedia community for the most part has ignored the dispute. Although the issue was taken to WP:ANB/I many times and as far as ArbCom before no true attempt to resolve the dispute was made by the community. No offense to arbcomers but the first RfAr was for the most part useless and non-binding and hence has failed to resolve or at least partially resolve any of the concerns raised. Also for example if you check the block log of TTN, he has been blocked once and only once despite being a frequent revert warior.

Real identity of Jack Merridew: Could it be Davenbelle/Moby Dick

I was talking to Tony Sidaway at his talk page on 13 February 2008 (as usual I won't be getting any timely assistance from Tony) and after I made that post a Jack_Merridew joined irc (#wikipedia) and soon after changed his nick. Out of curiosity I ran a /whois check and found out that his IP leads to Bali, Indonesia. Jack Merridew's earlier contribution has lots of edits relating to Indonesia and Bali. It is most evident on an earlier version of his userpage . I suspect a checkuser will place him in Bali, Indonesia.

Now Jack Merridew had a tendency of showing up in discussions not related to anything he is editing such as here. Please review his conduct there in the light of Misplaced Pages:Harassment and perhaps Misplaced Pages:What is a troll? as it may be applicable. Mind that this is consistent with Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Moby Dick#Moby Dick banned from certain articles

Edits too professional for a new editor

First edit of Jack Merridew (back then 'User:Senang Hati' meaning happy hearts in Indonesian or so Jack Merridew claims) was rather professional with wiki-linking, bolding of the first sentence, sectioning external links, categorization ()... He even picked the right stub template. He made other 3 professional edits to the same page. All this happened between 8-9 UTC on 11 April 2007. Page was nominated for speedy deletion at 12:45 UTC. It was speedy deleted. Jack complained and got the article restored. Jack placed a {{hangon}} template the same day after it was restored. He requested a username change 2 days after his first edit (his 17th edit) over COI concerns ().

All this leads me to believe this user had edited wikipedia prior to his first edit as Jack Merridew/Senang Hati.

Connection

Now why is any of this remarkable at all? It is the same geographic location (same city Bali, Indonesia) as User:Davenbelle/User:Moby Dick/User:Diyarbakir that had been blocked indefinitely for stalking me. The relevant cases are:

Furthermore. Jack Merridew's first edit was on 11 April 2007. His last edit on April 2007 was on the 19th. He resumed editing on 8 May 2007. So between 19 April and 8 May 2007 Jack made no edit.

Between 26 April and 2 May was the discussion on Moby Dick/Diyarbakir's conduct leading to the indefinite block.

So the last edit of Jack on April 2007 is 7 days prior to the block discussion on Moby Dick/Diyarbakir's conduct and resumed 6 days later.

Bot-like (automated looking) edits by TTN

Assertion: Some users such as TTN have edited in a bot-like (automated looking) manner. Pay close attention to the timestamp. Below are the edits of TTN between 20:58 and 21:11 (13 minutes). Source (I see no reason to link to these individually as this is merely a duplication of the sourced log.)
Extended Evidence
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  1. 21:11, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Rusty Trombone (The Loop)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  2. 21:11, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Bear Drop Soup‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  3. 21:11, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Trouble In The Saddle‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  4. 21:11, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Tiger Express‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  5. 21:10, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Jack Air‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  6. 21:10, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Pilot (The Loop episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
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  7. 21:07, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) List of The Inside episodes‎ (Fix) (top)
  8. 21:07, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) List of The Inside episodes‎ (Cut links)
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  9. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Thief of Hearts (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  10. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) The Perfect Couple (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  11. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Skin and Bone (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  12. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Point of Origin (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.)
  13. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) New Girl in Town (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  14. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Old Wounds (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  15. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Loneliest Number (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  16. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Little Girl Lost (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  17. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Gem (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  18. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Everything Nice (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  19. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Declawed (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  20. 21:05, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Aidan (The Inside episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
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  21. 21:01, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) List of Brothers & Sisters episodes‎ (→External links - Cut category)
  22. 21:01, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) List of Brothers & Sisters episodes‎ (→Season 2: 2007-2008 - Cut links)
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  23. 20:59, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) The Feast of the Epiphany (Brothers & Sisters Episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  24. 20:59, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Holy Matrimony (Brothers & Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  25. 20:59, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Something New (Brothers & Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  26. 20:59, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) 36 Hours (Brothers & Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  27. 20:59, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Two Places‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  28. 20:58, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Domestic Issues‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  29. 20:58, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) States of Union‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  30. 20:58, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) History Repeating (Brothers and Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  31. 20:58, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) An American Family (Brothers & Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
  32. 20:58, 9 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Home Front (Brothers & Sisters episode)‎ (Redirect per WP:N. Do not bring this back without adding real world information.) (top)
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