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here when you have some time (concerns a proposal to Verifiability policy) Thanks,Slrubenstein | Talk 16:59, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Warnborough College

I was surprised to see that this talk page had been deleted and restored in order to hide some deleted content. The article has long been the subject of intense interest by contributors who claim no connection with Warnborough, but seem to devote many waking hours to editing the article to place the school in the best possible light, as well as from contributors (such as User:Warnborough) who have a clear and acknowledged interest in either building it up or tearing it down. Due to this history, the deletion caused my antennae to go up, as I am ready to suspect shenanigans (for example, by interested parties trying to manipulate via OTRS)... May I ask what happened? --Orlady (talk) 17:54, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

There was an attempted WP:OUTING by one of the editors on that talk page. The outing edit was deleted, which necessitated deleting the entire page and restoring all but the outing edits. I've also notified an Oversight admin to review and oversight the deleted edit. Dreadstar † 18:20, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

(ec)You blocked Fladrif (talk · contribs) per WP:OUTING, and s/he is requesting an unblock. Looking at the deleted contribs of Talk:Warnborough College, I'm not see an outing. Could you provide a link to the diff that concerns you? Was it directed at Warnborough (talk · contribs)? User:Warnborough appears to be a role account (continuous "we"; see deleted user page) and likely should have a block on its own. - auburnpilot talk 18:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

You wouldn't be able to see the outing, as it was deleted. An oversight admin will be checking. As WP:OUTING states: "attempted outing is grounds for an immediate block." Dreadstar † 18:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, but as an admin and I can see the deleted content (not yet oversighted). The only name used by Fladrif on the talk page is a name used within the article. It's also a name previously listed on User:Warnborough's user page. I don't think this is a case of outing, especially with the wording of Fladrif's edit. - auburnpilot talk 18:27, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

lol...actually, due to the editing conflict, I thought I was responding to Orlady, who isn't an admin...sorry... :) Dreadstar †

This is definitely an outing incident. The editor was "guessing" the name of another editor participating on the talk page; the blocked editor even admits to it; and whether or not this same name is used in the article is irrelevant, and I'm thinking that even your comment about the location of the name is borderline WP:OUTING. If you want further details, I recommend you email me. Dreadstar † 18:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I have all the details I need, and am prepared to unblock per the user's comment on his talk page (see unblock request). If you feel I'm missing something, Special:Emailuser/AuburnPilot. - auburnpilot talk 18:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Email sent. Since the editor has shown remorse and has promised not to do it again, I won't object to you unblocking. Dreadstar † 18:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Responded to the email, but as your comment above is basically exactly what I said in the email, we seem to be in agreement. - auburnpilot talk 18:41, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Splendid. Dreadstar † 18:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)