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Reporting @Juli Wolfe

Reporting this user @Juli Wolfe

Trying to delete articles that I've contributed to in bad faith. This user is disruptive and needs to be removed.

I donate to Wikipedia insane amounts of money and do not want to see users like this on the platform. Please delete and remove @Juli Wolfe Yfjr (talk) 19:50, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

First off, when coming to WP:AN you need to realize your own actions will be under scrutiny. Including where you called another editor a clown and tried to vandalize their user page. Philipnelson99 (talk) 19:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Philipnelson99 thank you for reverting back my talk page to normal. And thank you everyone for stepping in, This user @Yfjr has been using personal attacks towards me for no reason, and mentioning things like if I try and edit any articles that "he will have me removed from Wikipedia" saying things like that under my talk page. And if you take a look at my contributions I contribute very well and fairly to help make articles better and then this user creates this thread under the Administrators' noticeboard for zero reasons claiming that I am "trying to delete articles contributing to bad faith, and that I am being disruptive". Which you can see is clearly not true, my mission to to continue to to make meaningful contribution whereas this random user has no user page is, trying to say because of the use of their "claimed" donations they can enforce editors off the website, using personal attacks seen here calling me a clown, single handedly making edits adding certain images that are copyright violations under articles like Luca Schnetzler & Pudgy Pengins. It's safe to say that this new User @Yfjr is potentially a troll and needs to stop.

@JustarandomamericanALT @Phil Bridger @Schazjmd @Lepricavark @CambridgeBayWeather What should I do now with this thread noticeboard that the troll @Yfjr made under my name? Thanks guys, Juli Wolfe (talk) 02:51, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

You don't need to do anything further. It's clear that this was a frivolous report. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 03:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Obvious boomerang indef for incivility, given the diffs provided above. JustarandomamericanALT (talk) 19:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

(after edit conflicts) I have not looked into the matter, but I must say that the amount of money that you donate to the WMF (nobody donates anything except time to Wikipedia) is both unknowable and irrelevant to an editor's presence here. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This report seems a bit exaggerated. Juli Wolfe nominated a single article for deletion, and Yfjr's only contribution to that article was adding an image. Yfjr's comments at the AfD and Juli Wolfe's talk page are overly aggressive. Schazjmd (talk) 20:13, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

For clarity, I had warned Yfjr about personal attacks prior to their most recent edit at the AfD and this report. Philipnelson99 (talk) 20:16, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Support boomerang indef of OP for trying to use their purported donations to influence these proceedings. Yfjr, your sense of entitlement is pathetic to those of us who have donated countless hours of our lives to this project, a far more meaningful contribution than you will ever make. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 21:42, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

The single edit you made to Luca Schnetzler was to add an image that was a copyright violation. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 21:43, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello Yfjr, I must say that I simply have came across the article for "Luca Schnetzler" that was newly made simply had false information in the career part of the article, all I did was correct it. Making edits to Wikipedia you must have notable articles cited for things placed. And you decided to Report me for being disruptive? Is quite I must say outlandish. And not to mention you called me a "clown"? For what? Following the rules and making Wikipedia a better place?@Yfjr Juli Wolfe (talk) 23:38, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

You nominated an article for deletion because you “thought” that a fact is false, when it fact it was true.

It is shocking to see how many came to your support despite making my case very clear.

You have not done your research on Luca Schnetzler and made a false report and nominated the article to be deleted.

This should be punishable considering you never even took the time to review what you are reporting, thoroughly.

It honestly embarrasses me to say I’m part of this community after seeing the few people who were quick to respond in such a haste and unfair matter.

I will no longer be donating to Wikipedia and will be reporting all the users who took action to reverse my reports which were made in good faith.

I’m passionate enough about Wikipedia to stand and defend articles I’m passionate about and contributed to.

you will not take that away from me.

You deserve to be banned for your lack of awareness and thorough research before nominating articles to be deleted @Juli Wolfe

You are a literal danger to this platform, I am the one speaking up against you. You are not allowed to take this and turn it against me. 2001:1970:4DA3:D300:0:0:0:7C56 (talk) 17:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Fairly certain this is just @Yfjr editing logged out... Philipnelson99 (talk) 17:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

It honestly embarrasses me to say I’m part of this community you aren't a part of this community. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 18:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Wow! you are still here?.. Thinking logging out would we wouldn't know it was you... Listen this person or whoever you are working for or even if it's you paying for press WILL NOT get you on Wikipedia so you can continue trying... You are going against Wikipedia's rules!! And I wont stand for that as to why I opened up a "discussion" to see if it's notable. Since you made things worse gonna make sure you don't get it & I can definitely speculate that you are associated with that said individual in CA/LA wherever you/he is... Plus you are trying to use the use of your purported donations to go against certain rules, you thinking you are entitled to is piteous to those of us who have donated countless hours of our to actually make this website a better place. Juli Wolfe (talk) 21:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

In retrospect, the hypocrisy is a little staggering. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Honestly, this whole thing felt off to me after viewing the interactions between Juli Wolfe and Yfjr. Philipnelson99 (talk) 17:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

• Support boomerang indef. The donations' joke tipped the balance. M.Bitton (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
• Hasn't this cryptospammer been blocked yet? Why not? Phil Bridger (talk) 19:10, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
• I blocked Yfjr indefinitely. If Yfjr hadn't attempted to vandalize someone's user page, I could see starting off with timed blocks or even warnings, but the totality is just a bit too much, I think. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

• The OP target has been blocked for two weeks for socking. That said, the AfD has been NAC by an obviously involved participant, for incorrect reason. (Blocked for two weeks, not banned). The way I see it the close should be undone, and the sock vote stricken. I’d do this myself but I don’t think I’ve dug deep enough into it to be 100% sure, and I’m about to disappear for 3-4 days, so if I muck it up it’ll just make it harder to rectify. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

  I've reopened it. As you say they were involved and the nominator was not banned. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

  A short block (two weeks) for socking to vote in the same AFD is extremely generous. M.Bitton (talk) 17:19, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

  @78.26: The OP is Yfjr, not Juli Wolfe. --JBL (talk) 17:46, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

• @JayBeeEll: you are absolutely correct, I have rectified. Thanks. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

What's going on here?

I'm beginning to think that this whole thing needs more eyes. Juli Wolfe's talk page access should probably be revoked since she's using it to pursue a battleground campaign against DIVINE, who merits some scrutiny as well for trying to close the Luca Schnetzler AfD despite being the article creator. Meanwhile, with Juli blocked for socking, Bhivuti45 has taken up the crusade by opening Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DIVINE and taking two of DIVINE's article creations to AfD (1, 2). Curiously, Bhivuti45 had not edited in two months prior to wading into the middle of this dispute. At this point, it's not clear which of these editors, if any, are acting in good faith. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 19:27, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, I havent checked up on Bhivuti45, but I'm pretty sure that none of the other protagonists are editing in good faith. The fact that Juli Wolfe has been blocked for sockpuppetry doesn't mean that Yfjr and DIVINE have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

They seem to be parrying accusations of socking, meatpuppetry, and UPE back and forth. Maybe they are all guilty. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 19:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

This is honestly extremely worrying as there is a lot of missing context. Both articles are clearly notable and were instated at the same time.

The user @juli wolfe saw something in the article that she didn’t approve of.

then she nominated the article for deletion falsely.

this is what caused this whole ordeal.

editors should not be harassed whatsoever and these things need to be resolved more amicably. 199.7.157.86 (talk) 20:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

No, the article subjects are not "clearly" notable so there is no fault attached to nominating them for AfD, which is where things are usually resolved amicably. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:32, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

You can bump up the article i don’t have any issue but as a creator of the article its my responsibility to defend them. If it weren’t notable or didn’t seem to be notable i would have not created those articles. But the act which i have been around and the mental pressure which i am handling without any wrongdoings is really not that good. I cannot agree on upe just because of someone’s personal assumptions again and again if i haven’t especially done UPE and yes i also don’t know what’s going on here and why this personal attack on me. DIVINE 04:27, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

And about closing the AFD discussion: Yes maybe i did mistake there which i can agree on and two wikipedians told me about that i closed because the sock were block but i forgot to check the word where i was involved. I close that on good faith but another editor re-opened it which i don’t have any problem with. And about good faith i have contributed alot of my time to wikipedia while fighting with vandalism or reviewing new pages which i got award of too. But due to some dispute on ANI my NPR was revoked long back and due to that circumstances i asked my Rollback and PCR to be revoked. Thankyou if anyone need to know anything you can ping me now i will just be in peace with my personal life. Have a good day DIVINE 04:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

DIVINE, every day I review dozens of AFDs and while I know it is not a good feeling to have an article you created nominated for a deletion discussion, I'd estimate that 95% of the time it is not personal. An editor stumbles upon an article that they don't believe meets the standards of sourcing demonstrating notability which is expected of main space articles. That other 5% is when an editor notices that there is a possible problem with an editor's page creations and does target their articles for review but that is not what happened here. I don't know anything about your "personal life" and why you have brought that up or your revoked permissions or why you think a discussion on two blocked editors is a personal attack on you. Editors were saying that you shouldn't have closed that AFD but you were not the subject of the discussion here. It's fine to defend an article you created in a deletion discussion but this AN discussion was about two other editors (and possibly some IPs) and I thought had reached a natural conclusion was going to be archived soon until your recent comments. In a roundabout way, you admit that the AFD closing wasn't a good idea and so, if I were you, I'd step away from this noticeboard and go back to your own editing routine. If you were seeking support from your fellow editors on your work, AN/ANI is the last place I'd go to find that. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:04, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

• DIVINE has been a paid editor since oh so long ago. This just looks like rival UPE farms fighting, if you ask me. One of the editors DIVINE was coordinating with once upon a time, Ozar77, was determined to belong to the Vivek.k.Verma farm. Which group DIVINE belongs to or if they belong to any group, I do not know. But they have created articles for Nepalese subjects, Indian subjects and Western subjects. Now, that can happen with actors and musicians, sure, but minor businesses and businesspeople? I see that they even tried their hand at declaring one of their clients. What a coincidence that the one editor I had been accusing of UPE for five years happened to get a paid job! The harassment of OP with socks and IPs sounds familiar. The last time DIVINE was trying to get me removed from Wikipedia[1], there was an off wiki campaign to find out my identity with assistance from journalists and Nepali Wikipedia admins.(still live:[2][3][4][5],[6]) If you noticed that one of those gentlemen was named Prakash Neupane, you might find these interesting:[7][8] You may also want to search for "Prakash Neupane" at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gaurav456/Archive. Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
  • There's surely enough here to CU compare Yfjr with DIVINE. You will note that, when I was taken to ANI back in 2019 by DIVINE, it was over my dispute with Ozar77, not DIVINE. Who knows why? Maybe they just forgot to switch accounts.[9] — Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:34, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

    Doxing is a big NO! If you have any further evidence regarding socking, please post at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DIVINE. Regards, Bhivuti45 (talk) 17:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

    That's... not doxing. Sheesh. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 18:13, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

    Right, a failed doxing attempt[10][11]. Bhivuti45 (talk) 07:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

    My mistake. I thought you were accusing Usedtobecool of doxing. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• Lepricavark I am sorry you had this feeling but I am not here to carry a crusade against DIVINE or anyone else. I genuinely stumbled upon his AfD and shocked to see such a promotional article about a non-notable individual was created by an experienced editor like DIVINE. That was a red flag so I asked him to use AfC. Then Juli Wolfe pinged me on their talk page and provided me with the diffs. That grew my interest and I am pretty sure Yfjr is a sock and there may be more. So, far I only opened AfD for 2 of his articles that I think are not passing the criteria and opened a SPI case and informed about UPE on the Spam Talk page. If you find anything problematic then let me know. Bhivuti45 (talk) 17:45, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

  Your first edit back after a 2-month absence is timestamped at 18:47 29 March. You voted in the Schnetlzer AfD at 18:53, having already concluded that it was a UPE creation. Within three minutes, you were draftifying the Pudgy Penguins article. Now I'm aware that coincidences do happen from time to time, but your claim that you just happened to stumble across those pages is stretching the limits of my AGF beyond the breaking point. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 18:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

  I cannot help with that, sorry because what I did so far based on my findings, align with the guidelines. You are free to report me if you think I acted in bad faith. However, I am finding it surprising that a frivolous thread was open by a seemingly sock @Yfjr (after 7 years of absence) and now what @Usedtobecool has posted with diffs, specially[12] and [13], they don't merits some scrutiny for closing a AfD but a lot more for possible violation of Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use given the coordination with other UPE farms that are already blocked. Bhivuti45 (talk) 07:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Bhivuti has suddenly become very interested in AFD, participating in 36 different AFD discussions over the past 3 days despite never having participated in one before. (afd stats). Their participation speed indicates to me that they are highly unlikely to be interacting with sources, which is reflected in the bulk of their AFD comments being a couple words, saying that an article fails a guideline without saying how. [14] occurs 60 seconds after [15], [16] 69 seconds later, [17] 46 seconds after that, [18] 44 seconds later, followed by the Schnetzler AFD [19] 2 minutes and 34 seconds later. ~ A412 ^talk! 07:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Indeed, I am interested in AfDs now but I do check the sources, not in all cases but in some cases when I feel it is necessary after looking at the article's contents, for instance[20] or [21] etc. Bhivuti45 (talk) 07:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  This might be my last response here at AN per @Liz: suggestion while there’s many thing going on here and @Usedtobecool: have already concluded that there’s enough to CU me & YFJR or something whil SPI case is still pending against me and CU are checking. Usedtobecool filed SPI against me so long back, usedtobecool do have their own list of WP:RS Nepali sources which hasn’t been passed by anyone neither Wikiproject Nepal nor WP:RS (like that any editor from Nepal can come and claim the source to be eligible as most of them are in Nepali language). Still @Usedtobecool: is trying to connect with me somewhere or with someone per their personal assumption/opinion ( please listen to me again personal opinion) which can be seen here[22] while @UtherSRG: has responded them. While everyone is arguing here i want you all to check into deep about the previous contributions of Bhivuti45 and the articles they have created and the way they went missing after multiple users and administrators warn them to disclose their COI/UPE without any response & @GSS: might be watching out those problems mostly on Wikipedia. As @LEPRICAVARK: notified me on my talk page, i came here to response from my end. Also Bivhuti have filed case against me on wiki project Spam where i have provided link to their COI warnings before[23]. If administrators want to know something from me further please ping me or if I still feel suspicious to you: You can take any action which is preferable according to Wikipedia policy against me. Thankyou DIVINE 12:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  PS: Take “Arguing” as “Discussion/Discussing” DIVINE 12:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Some holistic solution is needed to closing numerous move requests for names of royals

Pending in the Wikipedia:Requested moves backlog now are a half dozen separate move requests, mostly multi-moves, encompassing 55 articles on the names of royal figures, all seeking to remove specific regional or national identifiers from the names (e.g., "Charles XII of Sweden → Charles XII"; "Pharasmanes III of Iberia → Pharasmanes III"). These discussions have all drawn heavy participation, and spirited debate. In my experience, any close is going to draw furious objections by those who disagree with the outcome, so I think it behooves us to come up with a plan for closing all of these. My reading of the discussions is that there is an absence of clear consensus for any of the proposed moves, but I am open to differing interpretations. BD2412 T 17:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I think just closing them all as no consensus would probably be for the best. I'm staying away from those moves though, since the last time I closed one of those types of moves I ended up dragged to move review. I doubt it will be much different for whoever ends up closing these. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 21:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

That is exactly my concern — that the discourse has become so divided that no admin will want to clear these out of the backlog. BD2412 T 15:09, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't really understand the issue myself, although admittedly I'm biased as I support the moves. The community held an RFC on this issue in the autumn, and the updated guideline is clear that such disambiguation isn't needed when the monarchs in question are already and indisputably the primary topic. Noting also that the proposed names are fairly clear WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE examples too. It's possible the consistent opposition means the RFC result should be revisited, but I don't think relitigating it in individual RMs is the way to do. The overarching point is that per WP:NOTAVOTE, move requests are decided not through counting heads but through evidenced and policy/guideline compliant comments. @BD2412 and EggRoll97: since you seem to think there's a case for closing as no consensus, please could you explain how the oppose !votes stand up when viewed through the lens of policy?  — Amakuru (talk) 15:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

While I am not here to argue for a specific outcome, I would note that WP:COMMONNAME (being argued by some opposers in some discussions) generally trumps technical guidelines. Of course, WP:COMMONNAME discussions then become focused on evidence of external usage, which these have not particularly, which is disappointing. BD2412 T 15:23, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Without wishing to get into the nitty gritty of the matter and having the argument spill into this page, I'd simply say that COMMONNAME arguments shouldn't be taken at face value if they come without supporting evidence. At Talk:Edward V of England I see opposers arguing COMMONNAME, yet when you look at an ngram [24] you see that the shorter form is overwhelmingly more common in book sources. I just think it would be an incredible let down for these to all be closed as "no consensus" when really what's needed is an uninvolved admin to cut through the WP:IDONTLIKEIT arguments and actually simply enforce the RFC that opined on this matter at WP:NCROY. Like where would we even go next if it's deemed no consensus? Would this invalidate the updated guideline? I have no clue.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The problem, frankly, is not the strength of the arguments but the strength of the divide. I think we need a community solution to close these in a definitive way, that leads to finality. BD2412 T 16:55, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

If someone is being a pain in the ass, they can be topic banned or partially blocked. Topic bans would require community consensus, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't think there is any specific editor whose behavior is beyond the pale. What I am certain of, however, is that editors on whichever side is deemed the "losing" side of the discussion will be certain that the close was wrong. I am also a bit concerned about uniformity across these myriad similar discussions. BD2412 T 21:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Another point that, IMO, will need to be taken into account is that a fair number of MRs to remove "of country", at which exactly the same arguments were made by both sides, have been closed recently (mostly moved, a few no consensus) and may need to be revisited in any "holistic solution". Rosbif73 (talk) 15:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Parallel drafts of Ramgarh Hill, Gandabahali and their talk pages

Draft:Ramgarh Hill, Gandabahali (now moved to Draft:Ramgarh Hills) also has a deleted parallel version. Its talk page goes with the deleted version, so I did not move it. The deleted version (created by an IP user at 14:20, 9 November 2023) needs to be undeleted. Also, Talk:Ramgarh Hill, Gandabahali (the talk page for the other version of the draft) needs to be undeleted and moved to Draft talk:Ramgarh Hills. GTrang (talk) 18:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

A quick look shows it’s been edited by several socks and several IPs who are probably block evading. Doug Weller talk 19:26, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

IP unblock request

Hi. Hope this is the right place for this, I was sent here from a help page. To briefly explain my situation, I am a high schooler and the only way, aside from my phone, that I can edit Wikipedia is through a laptop given to me by my school. The issue is that the school uses Securly to block unsafe websites which also functions as a VPN. I tried to make an edit a while back only to discover the IP address was blocked by User:Materialscientist with the reason given “Securly is basically a VPN, but likely limited to PCs of a given ‘school’” Looking through the edits from that IP address I don’t recognize any as mine so I think it was either blocked preemptively or after an edit by another user. I know that open proxies generally aren’t allowed but I read that exceptions can be made for editors who can’t edit without a VPN, though I’m not sure if I would qualify for that. I’ve since made this account (from my phone) and have made some minor edits on here (and a few on my phone and a few on my laptop before I got a block message again) but I have been quite limited as to what I can do on mobile. I hope you can see from my edits that I’m genuine in trying to improve Wikipedia and will consider my request.

Thanks, Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion (talk) 18:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion: This shouldn't be requested at AN, but rather by following the instructions at WP:IPECPROXY and emailing the CheckUser team. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 21:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah my bad. Thanks for the help :) Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion (talk) 23:38, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion: I can address some of that here. Securly (at least the parts that I'm familiar with) is only anon-blocked which means that logged-in users can edit. As for why it's anonblocked? Imagine funnelling all the kids in all the schools through a small set of IP addresses. There's going to be problems. That's why we need to raise the bar a little and require accounts. If you get repeatedly hit by autoblocks, caused by other people, repeatedly, you're going to need a bit of history to distinguish yourself from your vandal schoolmates. Otherwise, autoblocks are not usually too bad, and I'd say you have the opportunity to make some edits, if you're logged-in. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 00:03, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Huh, it seems to be on and off blocking me but I'm able to make edits here (laptop) again so I guess I won't stress about it. I can definitely see the issues with a bunch of high schoolers able to hide behind a VPN. I appreciate the help. Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion (talk) 01:49, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Kryako personal attacks

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On the Talk:Kingdom of Kush#Reference to "Noba Invasions", there were two editors, @Kryako and @Jedorton, both engaged in personal attacks. I have been notified by Jedorton who seems to instigate the incident. I warned Jedorton on his talk page, and on my talk they stated that they will not engage in something similar again. Although they still to amend their comments. However, Kryako doubled down and called the other editor a “racist” (among other words). I gave them a chance to rephrase their opinion without personal attacks but they refused. Giving their dismissal of basic policies and their refusal to back down, I recommend @Kryako editor be blocked for attacking another editor and not adhering to such basic principle. Same goes for the other edit if they did jot amend their comments. FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Both users are attacking each other in clear violation of the NPA policy, but it looks like it may be winding down, so I'm not sure blocking serves an effective purpose just yet. I've given them a final warning on the talk page that any subsequent attacks are going to result in an immediate block without warning. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 19:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Agree, they both retracted their comments. So, it is safe to assume they both realised their mistake, and we can consider this matter closed with that final warning. FuzzyMagma (talk) 09:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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Deletion discussion

I decided to join in on the fun of making "joke" deletion discussions for April Fools, making one for Loreen. It is currently on my talk page, can anyone move it to the deletion discussions and add the joke and April Fools templates? 92.249.183.225 (talk) 05:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

April Fools jokes are not allowed to affect articles.-Gadfium (talk) 05:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I've seen multiple "joke" deletion discussions, like one for one of the F1 seasons. - 92.249.183.225 (talk) 05:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

In my opinion, April Fools "jokes" on Wikipedia are inherently lame, not funny in the context of building an encyclopedia, and ought to be phased out based on social disapproval rather than administrative action. I have been around long enough to remember when the creepy sexist Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan character was commonplace throughout Wikipedia. We've outgrown Wikipe-tan, and it is time to outgrow crappy April Fools jokes, which are often puerile and rarely funny. Cullen328 (talk) 09:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

It's still creepy and I came across one yesterday, unfortunately. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

At least one of these happens every year that I have seen. Copyrighted song lyrics always end up in at least one joke AFD. v/r - Seawolf35 ^T--C 10:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps I possess some sort of unusually virtuous monastic constitution, but when I see a line drawing of a girl, I am not overcome by any sort of paraoxysmic passions, so I would object to a drawing of a girl being called creepy *ipso facto*. Perhaps it could more accurately be called "creepy to people besides JPxG" or "creepy to people unfamiliar with Japanese cartoons". jp×g🗯️ 12:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

[25] --JBL (talk) 00:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Rules for Fools. NebY (talk) 11:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Are people allowed to just open Wikipediocracy threads for backup in onwiki arguments?

TheSpacebook (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Per https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=13444&sid=6a36c41186b953e95c1930d77476b218 and the ongoing discussion at WT:BLP; it looks like the OP of the thread at said talk page (or at least somebody with the same username and writing style, and the user later admitted it was him) made a thread over at the ol' 'ocracy in which he said he was "requesting eyes on a topic". Now, I'm not saying Wikipediocracy needs to be burned to the ground or whatever, but I really don't think people should be allowed to blatantly call in air support from other websites like this.

What the hell? Is this blockable? It doesn't seem quite clear to me what the official guidance is here. It's one thing for somebody to have an account on another website but it's another thing for them to do it openly, with the same username, and be asking people to come back them up in arguments. (I mean, if this is allowed, let me know, because it would make my life and my own wiki-arguing a lot easier, but my understanding is that it's not) jp×g🗯️ 12:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Firstly "and call in air support" and "be asking people to come back them up in arguments." are complete misrepresentations of what I posted on the forum. I opened the post with a neutral request saying “Hello everyone. I’m requesting eyes on a topic on the BLP noticeboard regarding Wikipedia publishing the home addresses of notable individuals, and concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them.” They may well have disagreed with my argument and not backed me up, because I never asked anyone to back me up.

At no point did I try to influence anyone, I just requested they have a look; and WP:CANVAS says “Canvassing refers to notification done with the intention of influencing the outcome of a discussion in a particular way” and WP:MEAT says “Do not recruit your friends, family members, or communities of people who agree with you for the purpose of coming to Wikipedia and supporting your side of a debate”.

Neither are these apply, as I neutrally asked for eyes on a BLP debate I opened, and didn’t try to influence anyone. There is nothing wrong with airing valid criticism of Wikipedia, and everything I have said on that site, I would also say on Wikipedia, so I have no shame in using the same username, in fact I think it’s more commendable to do so. Furthermore, in a later post, I applauded others editors response to their common-sense approach the issue I raised. I am using Wikipediocracy responsibly to give light to valid concerns I have with Wikipedia, and not using it in bad faith. TheSpacebook (talk) 12:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

TheSpacebook, you've made no fewer than 15 edits to your comments here. You'd do better to work on your comments using a tool outside of Wikipedia (such as a word processor) rather than endlessly editing your material here and making it very hard for anyone else to chime in. --Yamla (talk) 13:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay. I think I’m done, I just don’t like being misrepresented, and painted to look like I act in bad faith. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

In my view, it's blatant canvassing. You posted your own POV to an non-neutral external site. I don't know how you can perceive that as a neutral request. Polyamorph (talk) 13:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC) changed from non-neutral to external, see WP:STEALTH

What the heck would a 'neutral website' look like? Who would determine whether it was 'neutral' or not? Clearly, Wikipedia is in no position whatsoever to make such a determination - that would be absurd. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The actual Wikipedia article for Wikipediocracy starts off with “Wikipediocracy is a website for discussion and criticism of Wikipedia.”. The consensus on Wikipedia is that it’s just for criticism of Wikipedia, which is what I did when criticising the doxxing of notable individuals. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

What the 'consensus on Wikipedia is' (whatever that is supposed to mean) is utterly irrelevant. Wikipedia is in no position to decide what is or isn't 'neutral' on external websites. Not ever. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:29, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I apologise to you and Black Kite for stating it like that - as you will see I struck the offending word. My point was only that it was blatant off-wiki canvassing. Polyamorph (talk) 13:33, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

As I said below, I only asked for them to look at the discussion when I said I was “requesting eyes”. At no point did I ask anyone to join in. The post contained the post they would’ve seen if they clicked the link anyway. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Are you sure you don't mean 'blatant off-wiki criticism'? AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

That's not what I see, I interpret the "request for eyes" as a blatant request for input. But YMMV. Polyamorph (talk) 13:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

My post was a criticism of Wikipedia, so I posted it in the appropriate location- a criticism of Wikipedia forum. How is this not the right place to post it? Black Kite said before “I am reminded of things like posting notifications of deletion discussions to relevant WikiProject pages (which would obviously have an interest in the article being deleted)”, so a criticism of Wikipedia forum is an appropriate place to notify criticism of Wikipedia. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I did it per WP:APPNOTE to post a notification in a centralised location to “draw a wider range of informed, but uninvolved, editors to a discussion”. Which part says I can’t post my POV in the post? They would’ve clicked the link and seen it anyway? All the same, it wasn’t in bad faith. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Per APPNOTE, the notification must be neutral. Including your POV is makes it non-neutral. APPNOTE also applies to on-wiki locations, it specifically mentions off-wiki communication as a form of WP:STEALTH canvassing. Polyamorph (talk) 13:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

However, WP:STEALTH is only “strongly discouraged”, and not “disallowed”, as per “other off-wiki communication to notify editors is strongly discouraged”. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

It's strongly discouraged. This means please don't do it. And please don't then argue semantics when you get challenged for doing so. Polyamorph (talk) 13:29, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

But also, I only asked for them to look at the discussion when I said I was “requesting eyes”. At no point did I ask anyone to join in. The post contained the post they would’ve seen if they clicked the link anyway. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:30, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

As I wrote above please don't then argue semantics. Polyamorph (talk) 13:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The notification was neutral, I didn’t ask anyone to join in , I only asked them to look; and it contained what they would’ve seen if they clicked the link. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh come on! It's hard to believe that you didn't think/hope some of them would take part. Doug Weller talk 13:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@Black Kite said below “I am reminded of things like posting notifications of deletion discussions to relevant WikiProject pages (which would obviously have an interest in the article being deleted)”, so a criticism of Wikipedia forum is an appropriate place to notify criticism of Wikipedia. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Your story is changing by the minute. Polyamorph (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

How so? I notified critics of Wikipedia to look at my criticism of Wikipedia, and didn’t ask them to join in. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

This entire thread seems to be based on the dubious premise that everyone at Wikipediocracy thinks the same, and will accordingly participate en bloc when called. As anyone who has actually read the endless debates on Wikipediocracy will be aware, this notion is absurd. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, whilst WPO is a criticism site, that does not mean that there is not also constructive criticism, and indeed it has helped to highlight improvements that can be made to articles on a number of occasions (disclosure: I post there). Black Kite (talk) 14:32, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The only premise is that there was off-wiki canvassing to a specific thread. The idea that it was not actually canvassing, and is in fact valid criticism, was only raised once AndyTheGrump mentioned it. I find that premise to be completely unbelievable. But as I said, YMMV. Polyamorph (talk) 14:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I refuted that this was canvassing (as this was the initial accusation) first in my initial reply, and in the reply on the BLP talk page. The subtitle in the BLP talk page is “The creator of this thread seems to have opened a thread on Wikipediocracy to canvass people to this discussion” TheSpacebook (talk) 15:01, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I fully agree, which is why I joined. I refute all labels that this was canvassing, as WP:CANVASS says In general, it is perfectly acceptable to notify other editors of ongoing discussions, provided that it be done with the intent to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus and that Canvassing refers to notification done with the intention of influencing the outcome of a discussion in a particular way and WP:MEAT says do not recruit people who agree with you for the purpose of coming to Wikipedia and supporting your side of a debate TheSpacebook (talk) 14:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Adding to my above comment, which was alarmingly deleted by editor @Randy Kryn: (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=1216704820&title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard&diffonly=1): Labelling this canvassing doesn’t apply here as the not everyone on Wikipediocracy share the same view on everything. TheSpacebook (talk) 14:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm a bit unconvinced by the use of "non-neutral site" there. Would it have been any different if, for example, they had posted it to WP:BLP/N instead? I am reminded of things like posting notifications of deletion discussions to relevant WikiProject pages (which would obviously have an interest in the article being deleted). We have long tolerated those types of things as long as the notification itself is neutral. Black Kite (talk) 13:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The notification was neutral and contained the text they would’ve seen if they clicked the link anyway. Furthermore, in my post I requested EYES, I didn’t request FINGERS for anyone to actually join in the discussion. I just asked them to look at it. TheSpacebook (talk) 13:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

You think that making a BLPN thread titled "Doxxipedia: The Publication of Living People’s Private Home Addresses" [sic] would not have neutrality issues? Even if didn't, there is a difference: BLPN is a part of Wikipedia and Wikipediocracy is not. People who see a bunch of editors showing up somewhere all at the same time, if they were linked from somewhere onwiki, have the ability to go find where they came from, and see whether it is neutral. Here, not only was the notice done on an external site, it was done on an external site with no notice. And Wikipediocracy is not only an external blog, but also external blog that frequently publishes invective about BLP policies. I am not saying they are always wrong, but it seems to me basically impossible to argue that they are neutral. I agree with Cory Doctorow's opinions in re most all copyright issues, but I think we all know it would be a crock of BS for me to start an argument about NFCC and then go link it to his blog's comment section with the title "CopyrightTrollpedia: Hysteria Over Fair Use". Yes? jp×g🗯️ 15:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Granted, the title was just used to be eye-catching. However, I think that Wikipedia should engage more with Wikipediocracy, and have some bridge- and make it generally more acceptable to use both (in good faith, which is what I’ve only ever used it for), to bridge the gap over between the sites and allow for dialogue so its not penalised on an Admin noticeboard. Wikipedia will only be made better if it allowed room for criticism. TheSpacebook (talk) 15:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipediocracy, and those who participate there, are under no obligation whatsoever to be 'neutral' by any particular definition - and certainly not by one coming from Wikipedia. Criticism isn't supposed to be 'neutral', whatever that is supposed to mean. It is, if it is any good, based around the principle that one ideally assesses whatever one is criticising first, and only then forms an opinion. If the opinion is that the subject one is criticising is a festering heap of ordure one should say so. Likewise, if one thinks that the subject being discussed is the most wonderful enterprise ever concocted by intelligent life, one should do the same. As for criticism of Wikipedia BLP policy on Wikipediocracy, I'd have to suggest that a great deal of it - almost certainly the majority - is focussed on the failure of the project to actually hold to the policy it proscribes. If anyone has a problem with that, I'd like to hear it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

What is 'allowed at Wikipediocracy' is solely determined by those who run the website. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry -- I mean "are people allowed by Wikipedia to do this", obviously the jannies of another site can run it however they please. Like, "are people allowed to take nominate pics at FPC they took while drunk driving" -- well of course the car and the camera allow them to do this, that's not really the issue, the issue is whether we do. jp×g🗯️ 15:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Are you asking whether Wikipedia contributors should be permitted to criticise the project on external websites? I sincerely hope not. I didn't sign up to a democratic centralist organisation, or a religious cult, as far as I'm aware, and if I have, I'd like to know where this is laid down in policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Surely you can see the difference between "posting on a website" and "posting on a website, and opening a thread on that website, to specifically draw attention to the thread on this one, that you also started, and also in both threads you are attempting to argue for a specific policy change"? jp×g🗯️ 17:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Simple question. If the posting in question had occurred on Wikipedia, rather than Wikipediocracy, would you still expect a new contributor to be blocked, rather than warned, for raising an obviously-valid concern over core WP:BLP policy? AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, if they had posted a "get a load of THESE dicks" thread to a part of Wikipedia that didn't show up in their contribs, and was at a different URL that wasn't linked to from here, populated almost entirely by outspoken critics of the BLP policy, this would seem to me like an unbelievably obvious open-and-shut example of canvassing. jp×g🗯️ 18:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

TheSpacebook is blocked for one week for canvassing by GeneralNotability, apparently as a regular admin action rather than a community sanction. --Yamla (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Blocked without discussion? While there is an ongoing discussion on this noticeboard? How exactly was this such an urgent matter that an immediate block was required? AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I speculate the blocking admin wasn't aware of this discussion. --Yamla (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Then how exactly did they become aware of the issue? This block stinks. Looking beyond some poor phraseology, unsurprising in someone new to Wikipedia, the essential point that TheSpacebook is making both on Wikipediocracy and here is that core WP:BLP policy regarding privacy isn't properly being adhered to. Blocking someone for that is unconscionable. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:49, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Methinks the lady doth protest too much... That is clearly canvassing, its a valid block. Why are you taking this to 11 when everyone else was calm and reasonable? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

According to the block log the discussion in this thread is cited in the rationale. I'm not sure what "per" means in the rationale. Does it mean the block is intended to be a community action? DeCausa (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Regarding 'taking it to 11', that would be ArbCom. Which might very well be appropriate if this can't be resolved any other way, since it appears that a contributor has been blocked for pointing out the way Wikipedia's own core WP:BLP policy regarding privacy has been given the run-around through creation of articles on people's homes. Blocking people for pointing out off-Wikipedia that policy hasn't been adhered to cannot possibly be in the interest of the project. Not under any circumstances. Never. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

They weren't blocked for that, they were blocked for canvassing. By "11" I was more noting the hyperbole and battleground behavior, which continues. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Started writing this earlier, before the block, etc. Hm. I was expecting something more sensational for WPO to be involved. IMO yes, talking about an ongoing on-wiki dispute on Wikipediocracy is bringing it to the attention of a group of people with some known beliefs/attitudes and thus against the spirit of WP:CANVASSING. But we have several long-time users who seem perfectly content to do so, and even to proxy for banned users who post there, so I'm not inclined to commence enforcing such rules with a relatively new user who probably didn't know better.

I haven't looked to see if anyone joined because of WPO (not that doing so would be easy to demonstrate), but if so, I'm more inclined to wag a finger at the group that should know better.

For Spacebook: WPO is where people go who find themselves aggrieved with this or that aspect of Wikipedia, and for those people I get it (if you have an axe to grind or venting to do, and you're not too far detached from reality, you'll probably get a sympathetic ear/encouragement, and people will lend a wiki-cynical hand to help you to contextualize your objections and perhaps event dig up personal information and mock the Wikipedians who were so very wrong at you), but at least wait until consensus forms against you.

Responding to Andy, that everyone at Wikipediocracy thinks the same, and will accordingly participate en bloc when called - for any venue someone considers to be canvassing, you will have members saying this. It is not required that everybody agree or everybody act to understand that there are a variety of well known biases inherent to the forum. I'd be curious to see what correlations there are between posts at WPO and its members' participation in relevant threads over time (that's a desire for someone else to do it, not expressing my own intentions, to be clear).

In this topic area in particular, from what I've seen WPO will generally err on the side of defending BLPs even where (or especially where) Wikipedia's BLP policy does not. Any sort of "get a load of this BLP-related BS on Wikipedia" seems likely to get some encouragement unless it's nonsense on its face -- and that's perhaps the closest I've ever come to giving WPO credit for something (even if being extra cautious on BLP also happens to provide an opportunity for moral highgrounding while simultaneously dunking on Wikipedia and/or Wikipedians). Of course, if the person is themselves a Wikipedian or associated in any way with Wikipedia, they are presumed incompetent/deleterious and their motives insidious, but I digress.

Now seeing the block, IMO it should be converted to a warning/admonishment/whatever clearly stating "yes this was canvassing. don't do this again". — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

That reads very much like a 'block for posting on Wikipediocracy' rationale. I don't believe for one minute that if the same 'canvassing' comments had been posted somewhere on Wikipedia itself the end result would have been anything more than a warning. Not for a new user, with an obviously-valid concern regarding core Wikipedia policy regarding WP:BLP privacy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

...? I said this twice, more or less, in the comment you're replying to, but I did add one of those after-the-fact, so to be unambiguous: I'm in favor of a warning for Spacebook and not a block. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 17:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Apologies if I'd missed that. I was getting edit-conflicts, and may have misread, or misunderstood. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:53, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

TheSpacebook has not requested an unblock, I assume that this block would be lifted shorty after they explained that they understood what happened and how to proceed. Blocks are to prevent ongoing issues, not to punish. I think in many ways this sort of block *is* "a warning/admonishment/whatever clearly stating "yes this was canvassing. don't do this again". " I would note that after joining wikipedia this editor made a beeline for the most controversial BLP issues of the day, Catherine, Princess of Wales like a moth to a flame and them made hundreds and hundreds of edits to the topic and related pages... A suggestion for an unblock would be to have them stay away from BLP until they find their feet and understand their way around. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

So when are we going to clear out Discord etc? If youse want to clear out the Augean stables, 'off-wiki canvassing' goes a fuck sight further than some public noughties-styled bulletin board. ——Serial Number 54129 17:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Hush. Do not state the blindingly obvious. If they can't see it, it isn't happening. And everything is wonderful in Wikipedia-land once more... AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I think myself, and all of the moderators of the Wikipedia Discord (of which I am not one), would love to be pointed towards instances of canvassing there so that it can be quashed (if such examples exist). Hey man im josh (talk) 19:29, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

This comments assumes a lot without actual history to back it up. Speaking from experience, I rarely, if ever, see canvassing occurring in the public channels on the Wikipedia Discord server. When it does, we're usually pretty quick to tell a user that it's not allowed. At which point, the user(s) usually delete the link they shared or a moderator removes it and gives a further talking to or ban if necessary. If you think canvassing is occurring on Discord then please do report it to the moderators. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I am also not a moderator on the Discord, but of all the complaints I can imagine about it, "the mods aren't strict enough about shutting down conversations that seem improprietous" is not one of them. Certainly, I have not seen any "fuck sight furthers". jp×g🗯️ 19:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• Given the current nonsense that's going on with ARBPIA and allowing external anonymous POV sources to post in arbitration, imagine my surprise that an Arbitator has blocked this person (and another Arb is involved in the block) for, er, posting externally. Oh, that would be ... no surprise at all. Disgraceful. Black Kite (talk) 18:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  On the face it of it, a one week block for that mildly non-neutral CANVASS at WPO by a newbie seems quite harsh. I suspect it's more to do with their WP:IDHT silly wikilawyering defence of the canvassing in this thread. Only GeneralNotability can say. DeCausa (talk) 18:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Yeah, it would be good to hear from them, since a block notice of "per this thread" doesn't exactly tell us their thought processes (and why a fairly neutral posting on an external site deserves a block, whereas we don't often block people for posting on-wiki canvassing unless it's particularly egregious). Black Kite (talk) 18:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Ah, I see from User_talk:GeneralNotability that they don't feel they need to actually bother to post to this thread. Strange one, though ... their first edit or admin action on Wikipedia for 6 days, makes you wonder how they found out about this issue, doesn't it? Black Kite (talk) 18:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  @Black Kite: 10 quid says... reading threads on WPO  ;) ——Serial Number 54129 19:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  which would be truly ironic :) Black Kite (talk) 19:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Having voted yes in General Notability's RFA, I would ask them to consider whether the effect of this block is not more likely to be that folks register at WPO under untraceable pseudonyms, rather than being upfront about who they are. Also I'd thought "more eyes" was Wikipedia-speak for "look at this"... Perhaps the understanding here is that it's a hidden homonym for "Moorize" calling Saracens everywhere to a holy, civilizing action (removing personal addresses from BLP)? -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 19:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I now see from GN's talk page that I was wrong - the block was purely for the WPO canvass and nothing to do with the user's poor response in this thread. Curious. Actually, really strange. DeCausa (talk) 19:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Just because I'm not talking doesn't mean I'm not listening. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• Once I hear from GeneralNotability, to make sure I didn't miss anything important, I plan to unblock. Blocking for a week when it appears from this discussion to be a grey area is unhelpful. So I'd suggest re-focusing away from whether it was a good block or not, and back to whether we want to clarify whether this is OK or not OK in the future. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  I've unblocked (this was possibly warning-worthy, but not block-worthy), so now they can participate in this discussion again. I am not saying they did right or wrong, I'm saying a block wasn't the answer. Also, they've committed to not revising so much text (to limit the number of edit conflicts for others). Floquenbeam (talk) 19:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you. As I said in my block review comment, notifying a centralised place where editors would be interested in the discussion is acceptable under WP:CANVAS. Wikipediocracy is not a monolith and has a wide range of differing opinions. However they are critical of Wikipedia, so a notification that I’ve critiqued Wikipedia is an appropriate place for it to be. I copied my original post to the forum, however they would’ve seen the post anyway if they clicked the link. I requested eyes, and I did not request fingers. I didn’t tell anyone to join in the discussion. I still think a dialogue should be made between the two sites to allow for Wikipedia to improve, and not a heavy handed approach whenever Wikipediocracy gets mentioned. TheSpacebook (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  While I don't think you should have been blocked and am glad that you are unblocked i think you should be reblocked if you maintain this nonsense. "I requested eyes, and I did not request fingers". Stop the ridiculous pseudo-pedantry - there's no difference, but that's not a problem. Fact is there is nothing wrong with requesting fingers anyway, so long as you do it neutrally. "concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them" is what you needed to have left out. You should acknowledge that you made the (minorish) error of not doing this neutrally and move on. if you don't you should be blocked. DeCausa (talk) 20:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Valid. I acknowledge the error that I made was that I wasn’t being neutral by saying “concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them” in my post on Wikipediocracy, about a BLP policy flaw I thought needed updating. TheSpacebook (talk) 21:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• The whole "we don't talk about Wikipedia except on Wikipedia" thing was supposed to have died back in the days of WP:ATTACKSITES. As I pointed out back then, it is unreasonable to expect outside criticism to kowtow to WP regulations, but it's conspicuously perverse to think that people making such criticisms aren't going to point at specific discussions. How could they not do so? I would say that the "requesting eyes" phrase invited a certain reading by the suspicious, but again, how could it not be reasonable on such a site to say, "take a look at this, and here's my opinion"? Looking at the WP discussion in question, I see no sign that any of the WPO regulars have been participants, anyway. I think the anti-canvassing policy is being misconstrued here, and I will also note that this is far from the first such discussion which has been pointed out on WPO, and yet nobody is regularly blocking its known members. There seems to be an element of newbie-biting to this, by the same token. Mangoe (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, it could be reasonable to do that, in the hypothetical situation you made up -- I maintain that it's not reasonable to just make a thread there specifically about a talk page discussion you just started, and then express your opinions at length. I mean, do you pledge to support me at AN if I go over the next time I'm getting my ass beat at an RfC amd open a thread called "[inclusionists/deletionists/FACers/anti-FACers/etc]s trying to mess everything up again"?

  (Parenthetical note in re the regulars not getting owned for this: first of all, I never see them do anything this egregious, and second of all, they do get owned, have you forgotten already the extremely dramatic defrocking of Beeblebrox?) jp×g🗯️ 20:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  I don't think the two are comparable. I've been an admin here for 17 years and I've posted at WPO for a decade, yet the number of times I've ended up at a discussion purely because of WPO I could probably count on the fingers of one hand (maybe two at a push). And of course, many of the regulars at WPO don't (or can't) post here anyway, so I'm unconvinced that trying canvassing there would be particularly useful anyway. Black Kite (talk) 20:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• Looks like blatant canvassing to me. The norm is to post stuff like that on-wiki, to article talk pages or noticeboards, and without commentary. I use the {{Please see}} template for this. Quite a few words have been typed about this, when all we really need to hear is TheSpacebook saying "I'm sorry, I won't do this again". Which really should have been in their unblock request. Instead, an unblock request that ended in Blocking me suppresses criticism in an authoritarian fashion, as a ‘warning not to step out line again’. was accepted. I thought I knew where the canvassing red line was, but perhaps not. I will watch this thread and re-calibrate based on its outcome. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  I’ve acknowledged it here: I acknowledge the error that I made was that I wasn’t being neutral by saying “concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them” in my post on Wikipediocracy, about a BLP policy flaw I thought needed updating. I won’t do that again. TheSpacebook (talk) 22:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  It's ironic that you chose that forum to raise doxing concerns when they just doxed the guy who blocked you. By my count that's three doxed arbs in the last few months, plus a fourth who had his photo posted and appearance made fun of. But tell me again how you went there to raise privacy concerns. Levivich (talk) 22:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

• I don't see any manner in which this isn't obvious canvassing and with a non-neutral notification to book. Specifically notifying a group well known for harassment of Wikipedia editors, doxing, and other such activities. It's not worth it to even bother at this point in interacting with the people over there, defenders by participants here besides. I tried a decade ago and then realized that the terrible people there, many community banned and serial socking types, exist only to try and make Wikipedia worse and to harm any editors they dislike, particularly if they can manage to dox them and cause real life harm as well. Silverseren^C 22:13, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
• (ec) A couple of quick notes:
  • it is my understanding that Beeblebrox was not removed for using Wikipediocracy per se, but for saying something that other arbitrators felt was inappropriate.
  • According to a poll at Wikipediocracy, most users there do in fact have a unblocked Wikipedia account. This is self-reporting of course, but perhaps food for thought.
  • At any given time there are usually more guests on the website than logged-in users. I know I used it before I joined to keep track of events in the Grabowski arbitration.

Apart from Wikipediocracy though, I think the canvassing policy could use some clarification. I was recently accused of canvassing for notifying another editor of an ANI about a Portuguese speaker because we are trying to enlist the help of Portuguese speakers. The accusation went nowhere, but I can't say at this moment that I know where the line is, so all the more reason not to block a new user over it. Elinruby (talk) 22:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I think:

• It's OK to post a neutral notice of the discussion at Wikipediocracy.
  • I don't recommend it, however -- it's probably not worth the ensuing aggravation.
• It's OK to discuss the issue at Wikipediocracy if one wants to.
  • Like editors here, there are a wide range of personalities participating at Wikipediocracy, some good, some bad.
  • A visitor can sort through the chaff and read some interesting insights there.
  • Regardless about what our official rules may currently say about editor behavior offsite, expect to be held accountable in the Wikipedia court of public opinion for comments made there that would cross a line here.
• It's a mistake to combine a notice with an opinion - that's canvassing.
• It can be expected that readers at Wikipediocracy will skew towards BLP privacy concerns, so one might try to make a case that's forum-shopping even if posting a neutral notice there.
  • Then again, I think the same could be said about the participants at WP:BLPN.
• A tactical error: TheSpacebook argued too much for their own good here. Sometimes you just make your case and leave it to others to have the last word. A bone can get gnawed an awfully long time here.
• The canvassing violation was mild and the editor pretty new. I'm glad this editor is unblocked now.
• Everybody needs to go participate in the BLPN discussion now. It's important.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 23:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Genuine question, I haven’t seen the nature of the discussion you are linking to so I don’t know its importance, but how is Everybody needs to go participate in the BLPN discussion now. It's important. not WP:CANVASSING? TheSpacebook (talk) 23:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Two answers:

1. It's hard to say for sure it's not because WP:CANVASSING is vague and somewhat vibes based.

2. But you can usually get a sense of the vibes by the chart at WP:INAPPNOTE.

Sorry this isn't more helpful, I agree that there should be clearer guidelines here. Loki (talk) 00:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I think the key difference is summarized best in this quote from A.B. "It's a mistake to combine a notice with an opinion - that's canvassing." Note that while A.B. said that the discussion was going on and encouraged participation you wouldn't be able to guess their opinion in that discussion from their comment here. If A.B. had instead said Everybody needs to go participate in the BLPN discussion now. It's important that you support the proposal. that would be canvassing. This is also not a forum where people would be predisposed to feel a sort of way about the issue. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 01:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Isn’t saying it’s important an opinion though? It’s the same as saying I think it’s important, and the phrase that was deemed objectionable in my case was concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them. At no point did I say concerns I have that this creates a security issue for them and doxxes them, so it’s important you support me. TheSpacebook (talk) 01:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

If it conveys an opinion about the outcome of the discussion which way does "its important" suggest you vote? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 01:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah. That makes perfect sense, thank you for clarifying. TheSpacebook (talk) 01:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

This isn't scientific but my own litmus test for canvassing are these questions: "Can I tell which way this person wants the discussion they're linking to to go from the notice," "Does this venue/forum/page seem like it would primarily frequented by people biased one way or the other," and "Is the scope of the notification reasonable?" (this last one is the hard one and builds off of the second one... For example placing notifications at WikiProject:Israel and WikiProject:MilitaryHistory but not WikiProject:Palestine for a discussion about the ongoing war in Gaza) Horse Eye's Back (talk) 01:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Just to clarify, my example does not involve Wikipediocracy (although I am a member there). Just me notifying one other editor on their talk page of an ANI discussion for which I considered them an interested party. I think clarification would be good. Elinruby (talk) 00:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Correction: I referred to a discussion at WP:BPLN above. I was wrong; the discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons#Publication of Living Individuals Home Addresses. My apologies, —A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 00:47, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay. Genuine question again, how is saying Everybody needs to go participate in the Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons#Publication of Living Individuals Home Addresses discussion now. It's important. not WP:CANVASSING, when you’re specifically telling people to participate? TheSpacebook (talk) 01:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Here's what WP:CANVASSING says:

"Canvassing refers to notification done with the intention of influencing the outcome of a discussion in a particular way, and is considered inappropriate. This is because it compromises the normal consensus decision-making process, and therefore is generally considered disruptive behavior."

I did not try to influence the discussion in a particular way. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 02:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• Like others, I am surprised this is considered a grey area. WP:CANVASS is about soliciting opinions on-wiki: there is a list of appropriate locations given in WP:APPNOTE. Posting off-wiki is (was?) an obvious red line, be it on Wikipediocracy, Reddit, Twitter, or some other site. It would be an issue even if a third party posted it, let alone the initiating editor. Add to that, even on-wiki, posting a request for input titled "Doxxipedia" is obviously not a neutral request, and this is already explicit in guidelines: "neutrally worded with a neutral title". Canvassing off-wiki should receive a very strong warning at the least, and if "is strongly discouraged" (and that for locations which are intended to be areas where just Wikipedia editors communicate) is somehow unclear or grey, it should be stated more plainly. CMD (talk) 03:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

While there is administrator attention on this editor's arguments and edits

May I request an administrator to revert the move of the article currently at AfD here from the street address at which it was created to its current privacy-violating title? The move was made during the AfD here by Spacebook; the AfD has been unbroken, but I believe the move created a BLP emergency by linking the occupants with the address. It's the new title that I think should be deleted. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

May I just clarify again that I moved the page, as WP:BLPPRIVACY states clearly that articles should not include postal addresses… If you see personal information such as… addresses etc. in a BLP or anywhere on Wikipedia, edit the page to remove it, because the article for both of the musicians previously read (which I have since removed the address) the couple bought [redacted the actual address], a house in Malibu, California, designed by the architect Tadao Ando, for $200 million. and linked to the property (which was also titled with the address). Furthermore, whilst the article had the address as the title, the body of the article had already named the musicians as the residents (not just the owners, they were named as the residents), saying The house was sold in May 2023 to Beyoncé and Jay-Z for $200 million, establishing a new record for the most expensive residence sold in California. So with the notable residents named in the article, it is in fact the street address title that you wish to title the article that is the policy-violating one, as per WP:BLPPRIVACY. I have also requested oversight for this address to be removed from all page history versions etc. TheSpacebook (talk) 01:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks to Primefac for reverting the move, deleting the new title, and re-fixing the AfD. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:06, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks to @Primefac for your fast response to the oversight emails I sent. It is greatly appreciated. TheSpacebook (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Are people allowed to just open Wikipediocracy threads for backup when they get blocked for canvassing on Wikipediocracy <redacted>

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Follow-up question based on the WPO thread started by TheSpacebook titled "Burning of the Space Book: Blocked for "canvassing" for notifying Wikipediocracy about a BLP topic I opened", where some guy did this and TheSpacebook's reaction seems to have been to post a clapping emoji. jp×g🗯️ 01:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Making a clarifying note, in light of TheSpacebook editing my comment and the section header(?) -- TheSpacebook did not explicitly quote the post doxing their blocking admin with a clapping emoji -- the dox post was simply (perhaps through a wild and unexplainable coincidence in no way related to them opening the thread to complain about them) the post two posts up the thread from TheSpacebook's clapping emoji. jp×g🗯️ 18:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

You’re still suggesting I implicitly doxxed someone. As I’ve said I’m against all forms of doxxing, on Wikipedia and on Wikipediocray. This is the sole reason why I suggested the BLP policy change to specifically omit the exact location data of notable individuals homes. I’m against Wikipedia doxxing notable figures and I’m against Wikipediocracy doxxing Wikipedians. TheSpacebook (talk) 19:15, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

You made that post the morning after I opened this section, at the direct suggestion of somebody posting in it; prior to it being explicitly noted on AN that you had opened and participated in this thread, your reaction to seeing the dox post was (...?) jp×g🗯️ 20:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

At no point did I give the assistance for doxxing. I have not engaged with any doxxing, and I have not encouraged it. I am not responsible for others that do, and I have not reacted to any doxxing with a “clapping emoji”. I applauded the message that said I was unblocked, as I welcomed the decision made by the admin that unblocked me. I also gave that admin a barnstar to say thank you. TheSpacebook (talk) 02:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, as I've noted in many threads before about WPO, many of the editors involved there (that aren't community banned/sockpuppet masters/ect) are admins here. And use that to back themselves up and prevent any action taken against the doxing/outing/harassment done by the rest over there. Collaborators to said harassment, one could say, but they get mad and accuse one of violating civility for pointing out their willing involvement with those trying to bring IRL harm to Wikipedia editors. Silverseren^C 02:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

TheSpacebook, two things. First: please feel free to repress the need to respond to everything. Second, for the love of God STOP THIS. If you can NOT get your comment right the first time, use the Preview button and copyedit/proofread/whatever. And sheesh, you had to throw in another little bit? Stop. Drmies (talk) 02:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Apologies again. I’m responding to things that are about me or address me though. I said I’d stop editing my comments, but I am being blamed for engaging in doxxing, and it’s been alleged that I responded with a “clapping emoji” to a doxx, when I applauded the decision by an admin to unblock me, and also thanked them personally on their talk page. (Comment written and proofread in my notes app). TheSpacebook (talk) 02:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I’m responding to things that are about me or address me though.

That is not a reason to WP:BLUDGEON the discussion. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 18:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Is a post from a user, that also hasn’t engaged in doxxing, saying Floquenbeam unblocked TheSpacebook; and me replying with a clapping emoji as I welcome the decision, doxxing? Furthermore, saying assistance in doxing the admin who blocked them borders extremely close to a libellous statement, as I did not give any assistance to doxxing. I am not the administrator or owner to that site, so I can’t control what is posted on it. TheSpacebook (talk) 02:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I can't see that TheSpacebook was involved in any doxxing. WPO member Vigilant did the doxxing. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 03:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for reading this forum and not making things up such as: assistance in doxing the admin who blocked them and where some guy [doxxed an admin] and TheSpacebook's reaction seems to have been to post a clapping emoji. I’ll say it again, I responded with a clapping emoji to a post saying Floquenbeamp unblocked TheSpacebook, which isn’t me replying with a clapping emoji to someone doxxing. TheSpacebook (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, so you created the thread to "get eyes on" the blocking admin, then some guy doxed them, then two posts after he did that, your engagement with the thread was to post a clapping emoticon.

I feel like "do not start threads to harass the blocking admin and then keep participating in them with approving gusto after a guy doxes them" is a pretty low bar, and you are not even willing to do this. jp×g🗯️ 03:22, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

This is a clear misrepresentation. I didn’t start the thread to harass the blocking admin, at no point did I mention their name. I started the thread to highlight that I was blocked for one whole week before the discussion had ended, which I was still debating on whether I had broken any rules. I don’t get involved with doxxing, so it had nothing to do with me. Your responses missed the context, so I’ll say it for a third time, I responded with a clapping emoji to a post saying Floquenbeamp unblocked TheSpacebook, which isn’t me replying with a clapping emoji to someone doxxing. To make it clear, I’m not involved with any doxxing, and have not encouraged or engaged with any doxxing. I’m not the site admin or the owner, so I can’t control what others post; so I have ignored all the doxxing (the only thing I can do). TheSpacebook (talk) 03:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Please may I also make the kind request that you stop blaming me for the actions of others? I feel as though I am being scapegoated here and being deemed responsible for the content posted on a website that I am not an administrator for and don’t own. Content of which that I haven’t engaged with and have ignored- as that’s the only thing I am able to do within my power. TheSpacebook (talk) 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

You clearly were not to blame for the actions of others. But you did open the thread. You would never have been blocked if you'd simply acknowledged the error you made in the first place and committed to not doing it again, instead your decided to argue. I don't agree with the block but part of being a responsible wikipedian is that you own your mistakes. You are responsible also for the second thread that you opened on WPO which resulted in some considerable nastiness. There is another option open to you, other than ignoring, and that is challenging the behaviour and making it abundantly clear it is not acceptable. As the initiator of the thread I would suggest that responsibility falls on you more than anyone else. Polyamorph (talk) 10:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I did start the second thread and you’re correct that I could have also challenged the behaviour. Let me make clear again, the main point of contention was the block and most people, yourself included, disagree with it and/or its length. Also, I am clearly against doxxing, as per the genesis of this issue being about notable figures being having their postal addresses on their Wikipedia articles. However, you started with You clearly were not to blame for the actions of others. but ended it with As the initiator of the thread I would suggest that responsibility falls on you more than anyone else. TheSpacebook (talk) 11:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the responsibility to challenge the behaviour falls on you more than anyone else, since you initiated the thread. I see we're going to go around in circles again though. Please just accept the advice and try to take responsibility for your own actions. As I've already inferred, if you'd done this previously, there would have been no drama, no block, no doxxing. Polyamorph (talk) 11:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I’ve taken your advice on board and I’ve condemned the doxxing in a post on the forum. Thank you for your advice. The thread has since been made private, but I said As the creator of this thread, I must come on here and say that I’m against all forms of doxxing, on Wikipedia and on Wikipediocray. This is the sole reason why I suggested the BLP policy change to specifically omit the exact location data of notable individuals homes. I’m against Wikipedia doxxing notable figures and I’m against Wikipediocracy doxxing Wikipedians. TheSpacebook (talk) 11:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• In the discussion on TheSpacebook's talk page, the following was said by @Newyorkbrad: As reflected in the current AN thread, how our anti-canvassing policy applies to off-wiki postings about on-wiki policy discussions is by no means clear or agreed-upon. Vagueness on that point is IMHO a more serious problem than anything concerning any individual editor or incident, so I think we ought to start a discussion on WP:CANVASS to make it unambiguous. --Aquillion (talk) 03:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Agreed. A large piece of the friction caused here are because of how vague it is. TheSpacebook (talk) 03:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  "The following behaviors are regarded as characteristic of inappropriate notification (and may be seen as disruptive)...Posting a notification of discussion that presents the topic in a non-neutral manner...Contacting users off-wiki", how should this be adjusted to make it more clear? CMD (talk) 05:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  I welcome that addition to the policy. But I would say something more clear like a notification that presents an opinion which takes one side of the argument, or something similar which minimises the room for interpretation. TheSpacebook (talk) 05:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  That is not an addition, that is part of the existing guideline at WP:CANVASS. CMD (talk) 05:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• I know this is not entirely related to the topic, but I'm ever so disappointed to see that several prominent members and administrators here are willing to participate in a forum that has doxxed several of our editors on a misguided crusade for "accountability". This is not the first time this has happened and won't be the last. While the doxxing itself is done by people from outside the Wikipedia community, participation there feels like tacit support. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 14:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  I agree with @Isabelle Belato. I was not aware that this particular website was still a thing, and am revolted at the thought of Wikipedians in good standing coordinating on-wiki business there (or at any other offwiki site). Sandstein 15:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Agreed, I've been uncomfortable with our own admins supporting a forum that allows such behavior for years. Yet, we're still here and they're still doing it. It's time for them to decide if that kind of appearance of impropriety is enough to either leave WPO or abandon their bit here. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 18:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• Why do we need to be naming the website, thread, and author of the doxxing? It's bad enough that it happens, but the thing deserves less visibility, and giving its exact location is the complete opposite of that. Canvassing or whatever, there's a victim here, and it wouldn't hurt some of you to think of how that person might feel behind the screen. Giraffer (talk) 15:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  We should just keep letting editors do this, and there should be no consequence for it, and we should just never mention when it happens because it's extremely cool and normal? jp×g🗯️ 18:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• I've redacted the false accusation made in the thread title. Going forward, I will consider blocking anyone, admins/OPs included, who reinstates a false accusation of doxxing. Several editors above have shown that this did not happen. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  The original post of this section also ends with a false accusation, I’d also appreciate if that could be redacted too, but granted it makes no sense now as the subtitle being redacted leaves it referencing nothing. TheSpacebook (talk) 19:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  I don't think I can stuff all the toothpaste back in the tube. Editing the thread title was, to be honest, symbolic more than it was practical. I'll assume JPxG will eventually, on reflection, publicly withdraw the accusation, as would befit someone with admin privileges. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  To be clear, the story here is: "I didn't endorse the doxing, I just went to the doxing website and opened a thread to complain about an admin blocking me, then somebody doxed him, then I expressed my gratitude at a different thing, then I was asked on the admin's noticeboard to justify this, and then after some prodding I made a post denouncing the dox post, then the admin resigned from the arbitration committee, although I maintain that I was in the right to open that thread, and I bear no responsibility for it, and I am 'against' the doxing in some nebulous way, but also maybe I will just go ahead and open more threads about other editors who piss me off in the future".

  Well, okay.

  I don't know how these things work, since I am not a longtime administrator who remembers the convoluted Silmarillion-like lore of Wikipediocracy (this JPxG fool doesn't even know that Féanor gave some guy from WR a bad TBAN in 2008 which means that some other guy on WPO doxing arbs in 2024 is actually a hero because British Mandatory Wikipediocracy's 1948 borders actually included AN alongside Crimea). That notwithstanding, I do not think it is a false accusation to describe "TheSpacebook's post in the thread two posts after a post" as "TheSpacebook's reaction" to the post. jp×g🗯️ 19:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Most of this is ridiculous babble, but the heart of it is: if you don't understand how something works, it seems fairly stupid to make serious accusations based on that misunderstanding, and then ignore comments from people who do understand it. I hope this is an aberration; i don't want you as an admin if this is your standard MO. Floquenbeam (talk) 20:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  To be more direct, then: do you think it is a "false accusation" [sic] (i.e. rather than an inherent ambiguity of the English language, or a potential alternate interpretation of my claim, etc) to describe "TheSpacebook's post in the thread two posts after a post" [sic] as "TheSpacebook's reaction" [sic] to the post?

  I have no problem amending a comment to give additional precision regarding a statement I made, but I do have a problem with being accused of deliberately lying and demanded to retract a true statement because it sounds similar to a false one. jp×g🗯️ 20:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Well, it's a fact that Spacebook's post was not reacting to the the post two previous to it. I am looking at the thread right now and Spacebook quotes the post that they are actually reacting to - which is five posts previous, and is simply a link to Floquenbeam unblocking them. Black Kite (talk) 20:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Yup. We don't always realize it but we all know how this works because we've all been there: you scroll through a thread, you read something, you hit "reply" and reply to it, your reply appears at the bottom, but you haven't yet seen what is below the post you're reading -- between the post you replied to and your reply. Then when you keep reading, you realize your reply comes after something else and now it looks bad in context. Levivich (talk) 21:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  I’m only just reading this, but thank you for attesting. I’ll post less in this thread from now on TheSpacebook (talk) 21:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  That notwithstanding, I do not think it is a false accusation to describe "TheSpacebook's post in the thread two posts after a post" as "TheSpacebook's reaction" to the post. what utter nonsense. The genesis of this issue is that I’m against doxxing and I want the policy to change. I reacted to the admin unblocking me, and also gave them a barnstar for doing so. THIS is a clear false accusation. TheSpacebook (talk) 20:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  If you don't stop posting so much, somebody is probably going to block you again. Levivich (talk) 20:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

FYI, there was internal dissension at Wikipediocracy before they “took the thread private” (requiring registration to read). —A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 20:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@JPxG with there being an internal dissension of the doxxing, how can you argue that me relying to a post that said said “Floquenbeam unblocked TheSpacebook” with an applause emoji, was me reacting to the doxxing? TheSpacebook (talk) 20:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• Stop. Anyone who can see the thread can see exactly what happened (as I've posted above), there's no need to keep repeating it. I'd take a break from this thread if I were you. Black Kite (talk) 20:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

  Well, I did open up a topic on the AN Incident page due do the serious nature of the allegation that was made about me. But you’re right, there’s no need to keep repeating here if everyone can just read it for themselves. TheSpacebook (talk) 21:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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Are people allowed to just open Wikipediocracy threads for backup when they get blocked for canvassing on Wikipediocracy in which, two posts after some separate unrelated Wikipediocracy user, who is not them, and is instead a different person, doxes the blocking administrator, they post a post, in such a manner as does not necessarily entail approval or direct response, consisting of a clapping emoji, formatted as a reply to a different post in the thread, but nonetheless making the casual implication (not the strict definition of implication as employed in formal logic) that they, the user who started the thread, did not see fit to comment on the post doxing the administrator?

Revised section title per feedback, in a way that clarifies with precision and hopefully does not generate further misunderstanding.

Follow-up question based on the WPO thread started by TheSpacebook titled "Burning of the Space Book: Blocked for "canvassing" for notifying Wikipediocracy about a BLP topic I opened", where some guy, who is not TheSpacebook, and is a separate non-TheSpacebook person, whose name and identity are separate from TheSpacebook, did this, and then two posts later, TheSpacebook continued to participate in the thread they created, in this case by making a post (again, mot formatted directly as a response to the dox post) consisting of a clapping emoticon. jp×g🗯️ 21:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Continued questionable editing by Orange sticker

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The above user flagged an article for deletion on 22 March. [26]

An admin decided that the deletion nomination had been incorrectly formatted and the article was again re-nominated for deletion. The conclusion was to re-direct the content to the parent Liverpool and Liverpool City Region articles. It was felt that there was no need for a separate article. [27]

I conceded to this as author of the article and was happy to agree that at this moment in time there was no need for a separate article.

The above user then resorted to delete whole sections from the Liverpool and Liverpool City Region articles without any consensus. See [28] and [29]. I reverted those edits and asked her to build consensus.

I feel that she has twisted the outcome of the AfD and has misinterpreted its conclusion. I understand that the outcome of the AfD was that there was no need for a separate article but to merge and re-direct its content to parent articles.

Unhappy with my edit reverts, the above user has now resorted to installing templates which attempt to discredit the content and citations. See [30] and [31].

I can assure the admins that I have very carefully selected these citations myself and have argued at length for their inclusion. The above user will not stop but to discredit their inclusion and I feel that she has twisted the outcome of the AfD.

I have previously flagged this user here but no action was taken previously. Her latest behaviour I feel should be given attention.

Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Note: previous ANI thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1151#Uncivil and biased behaviour by user Orange sticker. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't know whether to open a new discussion or re-open the old one. The last ANI report resulted in no action and was archived. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:43, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I am just linking it here for convenience in case anyone wanted to look at the previous thread. there isn't a way to re-open old discussions once they are archived. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

OK, many thanks. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I think you are probably in the wrong noticeboard for this complaint. But that being said I'd suggest the demonym section of that article deserves the citation check tag. It seems WP:UNDUE to spend quite that much space on the demonym, especially considering how many of the citations make only passing reference to the demonym. About all the citations really seem to say is that politicians would prefer a broader demonym and one activist citizen has been campaigning to make it kind of official but it seems most of the local citizenry can't be bothered. Simonm223 (talk) 13:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

That is why its inclusion has been very carefully worded. The above user is attempting to discredit its inclusion at every step of the way. There is also content which provided reliable citations. The term Scouser has its basis in the mid 20th century. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

This is clearly still a simple content dispute and, as on the AN/I thread I would strongly recommend addressing it as a content dispute. Please WP:AGF. Simonm223 (talk) 14:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The simple fact is that this user attempted to delete a whole section before consulting the Talk Page. She has now resorted to citing the harrassment guidance. This is casting aspersions on my contribution to the encyclopedia. I have already considerably taken on board the AfD. She may well dispute its credibility but the way in which this user is attempting to do so warrants attention. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Honestly, and as a dispassionate and uninvolved editor, if a section that long based on sources that weak were added to an article on my watchlist I might also use WP:TNT on it. Simonm223 (talk) 14:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The Liverpool demonym section as it stands now - is only being disputed by one editor - continuously. She already successfully had an entirely separate article on the subject deleted. She is persistent to continue this discussion. I thought there was a policy on Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass

I have already conceded that there is no need for an entirely separate article. But this user is content to delete any mention of other demonyms completely from the encyclopedia. Therefore, this is not a neutral point of view since there would be no mention that the Scouse demonym is based on the mid 20th century. There is a serious risk that the demonym section will not based on a neutral point of view if this user makes unreliable edits.Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

See her attempt to completely remove any mention of other demonyms that are steeped in historical fact. [32]

Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I am deleting parts that are not neutral such as those which include references to articles which are about the editor themselves, questionnaires they carried out, or interviews they took part in. Orange sticker (talk) 14:53, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry but has Liverpolitan1980 self-identified as a subject of the demonym section? Simonm223 (talk) 15:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

No. I'm not sure how to approach this without revealing someone's identity but I'm now seen clear evidence off-wiki that this is possible WP:COI/WP:ADVOCACY. Orange sticker (talk) 15:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I give up. I am deleting this account. Completely not worth it. All my contributions have been in the best of faith. It is clear that this subject means a lot to you Orange Sticker and you will resort to any length to achieve that. I am out. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 15:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm truly sorry to hear that, if you could address your bias you have the qualities of a really good editor. But obviously I've googled the term 'Liverpolitan' and it's not hard at all to see your many connections to it over the years. Orange sticker (talk) 15:29, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia that anyone can edit - WP:OWN.

This is the second time this user has tried to report me to admins because he doesn't agree with my edits. He also makes multiple replies to any comments I make and immediate reverts to my edits. I would like this editor to read WP:HARRASS and consider their actions. Orange sticker (talk) 13:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

This is not harrassment, but contribution. It is you that keeps deleting my contribution. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted any contributions that you have made that I find to be poor quality and in this most recent case, very lengthy discussions had taken place which reached consensus that the article I flagged for deletion failed numerous standards, such as WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, WP:COMMONNAME, WP:DICDEF and WP:FRINGE. Instead of improving your article, you copied parts of them to Liverpool and Liverpool City Region with the issues still present. I deleted these sections, you reverted my edit, I then added Template:Cite_check_section. You then reported me to this noticeboard. Nothing about my conduct warrants this action. Orange sticker (talk) 14:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

You have also copied another editor's comment on the Liverpool Talk page along with their signature.

This editor has not consented for their comment to be on the Talk page.

See...[33] Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

In actual fact, the editor's comment which you have re-posted - without their consent - agrees to a re-direct to the Liverpool article. He mentions that an WP:ATD has gained acceptance. The term "Liverpolitan" is now discussed among others. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Your assertion is also completely disingenuous. I have considerably reduced the inclusion of the Liverpolitan term and they have been significantly edited as per the discussion. I made it perfectly clear within the AfD discussion that I would take the most notable parts for inclusion in to the Liverpool article. You still seem very very unhappy about this. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

That was an error which I apologised for. I pasted the Admin's AfD decision into a talk page because you have read it, and the numerous comments in the AfD discussion calling for deletion or massive improvement to your article, and somehow are still ignoring all criticism. You have decided that there was nothing wrong with the content of your article, despite editors taking time to examine your many references one by one, and moved this content to other articles. Until you address the issues I listed above, your contributions on this subject do not have a place on Wikipedia, as agreed by multiple editors. Orange sticker (talk) 14:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Completely disingenuous. As you can see from my contribution to the AfD. I have considerably compromidsed on this. It is you that has not compeomised and continue to discredit the contrbution. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Admins and editors had to ask you to modify your conduct in the AfD discussion, and went so far as to hide two of your responses. I once again urge you to take a step back, remember that most editors are here to ensure Wikipedia is a high quality and trusted resource, and there are some topics which you might personally be too close to to be able to contribute to dispassionately and objectively. Orange sticker (talk) 14:32, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I am focussed on the subject - as are you. Of course the encyclopedia is open to anyone. It is you that is attempting to take my contributions off and are doing so persistently. As well as re-posting other editor's comments on to other pages with their signatures in tact - without their consent. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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Guy on some rap record label is obsessively adding himself to the page and reverting anyone who reverts him "vandalism"

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Not really sure how this works but take a look at Opium (record label)... this guy keeps adding himself in, seeming to use both an account AND ip address to do so, and his only 'source' is some apple music page he presumably made himself that claims hes on this very big well-respected rap label. He obsessively reverts everyone who deletes this nonsense. Im not sure hown this can be handled personally. Im not too experienced but I figure someone can step in so the viewers can not get the wrong information about this page 158.140.53.34 (talk) 17:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Blocked for either : 3RR, vandalism or promotional editing - take your pick. Amortias (T)(C) 20:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

The account that he made is over here at User:Snvrk.... this dude picked the dumbest rap name ive ever seen. On that account he was seen doing the same thing, shameless self-promotion and lying about labels hes not actually on. Even tried making a article for himself, if u read the history he was vandalizing the Opium (record label) page back in december, and kept trying to add himself back then too. So I guess this is repeat pattern

...Also look at his talk page he has been given SO MANY warnings and clarity to stop doing this stupid self-promotion. I know you blocked his IP but I think that account finally needs to be blocked as well since this dude doesnt take a hint

• Hmm I don't know if it's the dumbest rap name--I think it's kind of funny. Not sure why he's flipping off the viewer on his Insta but that's another matter. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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My joke deletion discussion got deleted for "vandalism"

Draft:Loreen april fools deletion. WP:APRILFOOLS literally says they're allowed, you just need to clarify it's a joke. 92.249.183.225 (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Feel free to consider the deletion a joke too. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		This is probs s'posed to be used on user talk pages but whatever. Made me laugh out loud.

Aaron Liu (talk) 00:39, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

The person behind this IP address has made 29 edits about this ridiculous nonsense. Imagine if that keyboard clicking and mental energy had been expended on something productive instead. Cullen328 (talk) 07:39, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Using talk page edits to gain Extended Protected Article editing rights

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• Wayfarer Pacifist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hello,

While browsing through several articles, I have noticed edits made by User:Wayfarer Pacifist. Upon closely examining their contributions, I observed that they have used hundreds of talk page edits to surpass the limit of 500 edits required to gain editing rights for protected articles. (Please take a look at their edit history Here.) I suspect that the user might be using a sockpuppet account based on their revert and editing behavior like an experienced editor.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. RWILD✉ 09:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

When you start a discussion about an editor at AN, you must notify them on their user talk page. I have notified Wayfarer Pacificst for you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 10:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• Revoked, though user is also CU indeffed, so really nothing else to do here. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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Request for administrative panel closure at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Where is Kate? (3rd nomination)

Hello! Following a discussion with Liz at my talk page, I have come to request whether three administrators might be available and willing to form a panel to close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Where is Kate? (3rd nomination).

I started the AfD at 21:48 UTC on 31 March, so it is due to close at the same time on Sunday 7 April. The AfD has attracted upwards of 80 !votes already, and follows similarly high participation at the first AfD, BLP noticeboard, deletion review, and second AfD. It has also been the subject of a popular Wikipediocracy forum thread.

Given the high interest in this AfD, and the rather split opinions that are reaching to different policies and guidelines, it would be a great help if three administrators who have been uninvolved in any of the prior discussions might volunteer to close the AfD as a panel. This will hopefully increase the community's confidence that any consensus or the lack thereof is correctly identified, and reduce the chance of the close being contested at deletion review. Many thanks! IgnatiusofLondon (he/him • ☎️) 10:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

• I support this proposal. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:22, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I should be available to help close. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 11:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Closing panels have not, in recent times, been less challenged than single admin closes and have not, to my knowledge, been upheld more even when challenged. A 3 admin panel spends a lot of time of 3 administrators to not only do all the work of closing the discussion, but also with collaborating with each other. Given that they are seemingly not achieving their stated purpose of more legitimacy I question the use of editor time, one of our most precious resources, on performing them. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

It also might not be needed; numerically it's 2:1 in favour of deletion, meaning there will need to be a huge swing in the other direction or some very strong keep arguments even to get it to a no consensus close (and no, I did nothing more than count heads, but there's still most of a week to go so it was pointless to do anything but). Primefac (talk) 14:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Except AfD closures are not based on votes but the strength of the arguments. microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 17:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Indeed; nice to see you read what I wrote. Primefac (talk) 18:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Apologies if it sounded dismisive. I know you qualified the statement, but there are AfD closures of no consensus in ones that garner the same ratio with a fraction of the participation. There were vote counters at the first AfD and at the DRV so it's possible I'm developing a twitch in regards to this. microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 19:11, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@Barkeep49, Sandstein, and Primefac: Even if three uninvolved administrators declare themselves available and interested in forming a panel to close the discussion, as Ingenuity has generously volunteered their time and energy to do so, would you still oppose a panel closure in principle? IgnatiusofLondon (he/him • ☎️) 18:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not going to tell people how they should spend their volunteer time. But I am opposed, in principle, to nearly all closing panels. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I am neither opposed nor in favour, I'm just saying that if the consensus is clear enough, a panel is kind of pointless. Primefac (talk) 18:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Ingenuity does not need two other people to help them close the AfD, they can do so on their own. Sandstein 19:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I agree with Barkeep49. With panels we get even more admin overhead for the same outcome. Additionally, panel closures are not provided for in policy, making them out of process. Moreover, calling for them in any slightly controversial case has the effect of delegitimizing single-admin closures. Sandstein 15:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

In the same vein, the RM at Talk:Where is Kate? § Requested move 23 March 2024 has reach the backlog section on WP:RMC. microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 17:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

I guess it would be better to close the RM only after the AfD concludes, or people may get confused and scripts may break. Sandstein 19:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Resignation

I resign my seat on ArbCom with immediate effect. To all those who voted for me - I'm sorry I wasn't the arbitrator either of us hoped I'd be. GeneralNotability (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Resignation

I am not sorry as it is your decision but please take care of yourself. Btw, i. Might the one who voted for you. DIVINE 16:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Harv errors

I can't seem to remember who showed me harv errors, what to install to see them, specifically to do when I was editing Tottenham season pages. (As I was creating harv errors without knowing!) It seems it maybe very niche topic, because I asked a question at WT:Football, because I could see an error message coming up on Jimmy Greaves on a book citation, related to somewhere on the article, but I couldn't figure out how to fix it. But I thought it was one of the admins that knew about them, that showed me. Any help to help me understand what's going on at Jimmy Greaves article, why I am seeing it, to fix it. Be much appreciated. Regards. Govvy (talk) 18:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Govvy. The script for seeing harv errors is User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors. I'm pretty sure the issue at Greaves is that the book citation doesn't belong in Further reading. You may want to create a "Works cited" section for it.

FYI, this sort of question would be best suited to the WP:Help desk. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, I tried adding harvid, not sure if I need to drop the nb or if I need to maybe switch over every harvard citation to sfn format. Govvy (talk) 20:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@Govvy: If you want, I could probably get around to swapping them for sfns tomorrow UTC if you want a hand; I've always found harvid clunky on its own. Up to you! ——Serial Number 54129 20:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

It's what FFF said: the {{citation}} target of a {{harvnb}} was in "Further reading" instead of somewhere else. I moved it to "Works cited" section. It would still have shown an error if the harvnb was an sfn instead; this was about the citation template being in the wrong section.

BTW I don't know who programs harv errors but it would be helpful if the error message gave the reason for the error. It's a good error (alerting editors when a citation is in the further reading section) but could be a better error message. Levivich (talk) 20:35, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@Levivich: It seems odd that it allows one header, but not another, yep, not exactly clear on the error messages, cheers btw. Govvy (talk) 21:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)