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    Wlglunight93

    This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.
    Requests may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs (not counting required information), except by permission of a reviewing administrator.

    Request concerning Wlglunight93

    User who is submitting this request for enforcement
    RolandR (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 13:49, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Wlglunight93 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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    Sanction or remedy to be enforced
    Misplaced Pages:ARBPIA : 1RR violation
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. 07:17, 19 October 2014‎ Edit summary: "Undid revision 628418226 by 183.171.175.71"
    2. 07:36, 19 October 2014‎ Edit summary: "Undid revision 630205026 by Dr. R.R. Pickles"
    3. 05:23, 19 October 2014 Edit summary: "Undid revision 630195365 by 150.203.246.127"
    4. 07:33, 19 October 2014‎ Edit summary: "Undid revision 630204742 by Dr. R.R. Pickles"
    5. 03:03, 18 October 2014 Reversion of this edit by Nomoskedasticity
    6. 03:11, 19 October 2014‎ Repeated reversion (after 24 hours and 8 minutes)
    Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any
    1. 14:44, 6 October 2014 48 hour block for breach of 1RR
    2. 15:39, 10 October 2014 One week block for breach of 1RR
    If discretionary sanctions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts)
    • Previously blocked as a discretionary sanction for conduct in the area of conflict, see the block log linked to above.


    Additional comments by editor filing complaint

    Fresh back from a second block for repeated edit-warring in the topic area, this editor has returned immediately to the same behaviour, reverting scores of edits by many editors on many articles, including those on which their previous edits led to sanctions.

    Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

    Discussion concerning Wlglunight93

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    Statement by Wlglunight93

    Statement by AcidSnow

    Statement by (username)

    Result concerning Wlglunight93

    This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the section above.

    I should note that I'm in discussion with Wlglunight93 by email, so perhaps we can suspend discussion of a topic band pending the outcome of that discussion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:49, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

    Franek K.

    Franek K. is indefinitely blocked (as a normal admin action) and topic-banned from everything related to Silesia and Silesians.  Sandstein  07:27, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
    The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

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    Request concerning Franek K.

    User who is submitting this request for enforcement
    Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 21:15, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Franek K. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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    Sanction or remedy to be enforced
    WP:ARBEE. Request topic ban from anything to do with Poles and Silesians (possibly Germans too)
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

    Personal attacks, insults, battleground mentality, etc.

    1. 10/21/2014 "Polish shits and propaganda". Self explanatory. Ethnically based insults and personal attacks.
    2. 10/20/2014 I'll just quote it (it's meant to be insulting I think): "Please, teach a little - Misplaced Pages:Competence is required"
    3. 10/20/2014 Basically claims that any Polish or German sources are "propaganda shits".
    4. 10/19/2014 "I know, Polish education has a lower level than in Mongolia (...) but Polish circus please leave at home". Ethnically based insults and personal attacks. I'm guessing he just wants to insult Poles, but manages to insult Mongolians as well.
    5. 10/17/2014 Baseless accusations of "trolling".
    6. 10/17/2014 Baseless accusations of "POV pushing"
    7. 10/21/2014 Claims any source written by Czechs, Germans, or Poles ("occupiers") is unreliable. Evidence of a WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality, unwillingness to follow Misplaced Pages's policy on reliable sources.

    Claims "consensus", when they are the only person supporting a particular position. Against numerous users:

    1. 9/28/2014
    2. 10/17/2014 This is same diff as #5 above, but in addition to calling people trolls, once again Franek K. claims he has "consensus" (it's just him)
    3. 10/20/2014
    4. 10/17/2014


    Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any
    1. 1/24/2014 Blocked for 72 hours for pretty much the same thing on a related but different article.
    • Previously blocked as a discretionary sanction for conduct in the area of conflict, see the block log linked to above.:
    • Previously given a discretionary sanction for conduct in the area of conflict on 1/31/2014 by Kevin Gorman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA).
    • Alerted about discretionary sanctions in the area of conflict in the last twelve months. See above.
    Additional comments by editor filing complaint

    Franek K. is a WP:SPA who's active on articles related to Silesia and Silesians. Aside from the constant barrage of insults, personal attacks and accusations, discussions with this user always end up fruitless because of their habit of claiming that they have "consensus", even in situations where they are the only person supporting a particular edit, and multiple other editors disagree with them. This invocation of "you must get consensus" (to disagree with me) is a classic way of trying to WP:GAME Misplaced Pages policy by preventing anyone who Franek K disagrees with from editing articles related to Silesians.

    There's also a slew of diffs I could supply from the discussions at Silesian language, where it's more of the same - insults, personal attacks, accusations of trolling and POV, and of course, that he has "consensus" (despite the fact nobody agreed with him). It's sort of old stuff though, from Jan-March of this year. That incident led to Franek K. being blocked for 72 hrs by User:Kevin Gorman for "(editwarring and tendentious editing after multiple warnings)". It also led to a discretionary sanctions notification and a comment from Kevin which can be read to say that anyone receiving the notification is on a 1RR restriction on any article relating to Silesians or Silesian language. Of course Franek K. has failed to observed this restriction.

    It's quite possible that Franek K. is a sockpuppet of this indef banned user LUCPOL as they share the same obsession with Silesian separatism and also the same insult filled approach and insistence that any sources written by Poles or Germans cannot be used. However, that account is stale so SPI/checkuser would be useless.


    Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

    Diff

    Discussion concerning Franek K.

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    Statement by Franek K.

    I know that the matter concerns me, however, user Volunteer Marek this constant bickering, very many edit-wars (dozens) against dozens of other users, very many controversial editions in many articles concerning Polish, German, Silesia and related and against dozens of other users, also had many blocks. This is not case: Franek is bad and Marek is prude. I should wear a lawsuit against his actions, but...

    Returning to the case. My terms of "Polish propaganda" and other similar are not personal attacks. I live in Poland, I am Pole and a teacher at school and I know - most of informations by POlish authors about Silesians and Kashubians is propaganda. You did not even realize the gravity of the situation. Marek also live/lived in Poland and bases its knowledge on propaganda. For typical Poles, Silesia in Polish region (completely in Poland, which is inconsistent with reality), Silesians are Poles (despite the fact that half of Silesians live in Germany and does not even know the Polish language and in Czech Republic and a lot of Silesians declared Silesian nationality) and Silesian language is "gwara" (even not dialect, this is sub-dialect, Polish gwara miejska = English urban sub-dialect). Polish sources are meaningless, mostly based on an works from the communist era (1945-1990), and often against sources by authors from other countries or Silesians. I would like to even recalled that formerly in Wikimedia Meta-Wiki existed page of "How to deal with Poles", officially as humour but there is much evidences that the Poles were taught incorrect information, see also hundreds of edit-wars with Poles in the historical articles. I would like to point out that I also dealing with the Kashubians. I advocate a neutral point of view. User Volunteer Marek push only Polish version, for example: Silesians are Poles and dot. I support neutral version on based on Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view, for example: according to Polish side, Silesians are Poles, according to Germans, Silesians are Germans, according to many Silesians, Silesians is separate nation. Case of Silesians, Kashubians, Moravians is disputed, Misplaced Pages must show more reviews, not only Polish.

    Please see situation, for example Template:Slavic ethnic groups. For a long time there was a version of the article (commonly called a "stable version"). This is not my version, this version was before my coming, see history of changes. One day Volunteer Marek come and change template: very controversial change, changes Silesians in the Poles. Other users - in this case, I - reverted this very controversial change according to the Misplaced Pages:BRD and Volunteer Marek begin edit-war. Also user Tutelary reverted version by Volunteer Marek. This is only one example. What do I do? Franek K. (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

    @Sandstein: this is not battleground, see above. Poles, Germans, Czechs, Silesians, Kashubians and Moravians are parties to the conflict. User Volunteer Marek push only Polish version, for example: Silesians are Poles and dot. I support neutral version on based on NPOV, for example: according to Polish side, Silesians are Poles, according to Germans, Silesians are Germans, according to many Silesians, Silesians is separate nation. Case of Silesians, Kashubians, Moravians is disputed, Misplaced Pages must show more reviews, not only Polish. Franek K. (talk) 22:02, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

    Statement by (username)

    Result concerning Franek K.

    This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the section above.

    Based on the ethnicity-based battleground conduct, I think an indefinite block (as a normal admin action) and a topic ban is in order.  Sandstein  21:56, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

    The statement by Franek K. confirms my impression that they are here to use Misplaced Pages as an ethno-nationalist battleground. We can't write a neutral, collaborative encyclopedia with this mindset. Franek K. is indefinitely blocked (as a normal admin action) and topic-banned from everything related to Silesia and Silesians.  Sandstein  07:25, 22 October 2014 (UTC)