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compelling circumstances warrant the full Committee's action.

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Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Davidbena

The arbitration enforcement topic ban against Davidbena is lifted, on the condition of being mentored by Nableezy for one year. This mentorship means that Davidbena must ask Nableezy for approval before making edits to articles in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, broadly construed, and follow advice given by Nableezy. For clarity, the community topic ban at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions#Davidbena remains in place (removing it cannot be done here and requires an appeal at WP:AN). Galobtter (talk) 01:41, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Procedural notes: The rules governing arbitration enforcement appeals are found here. According to the procedures, a "clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved administrators" is required to overturn an arbitration enforcement action.

To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).

Appealing user: Davidbena (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Davidbena (talk) 03:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sanction being appealed: Topic ban in Israel-Palestine conflict, broadly construed

Topic ban from editing in the ARBPIA area, broadly construed, imposed on 29 January 2022, and which Tban was subsequent to a failed appeal in November 2019 (see here), imposed by User:Ymblanter, and which original ban was related to disruptive editing by me (as seen here), imposed by User:Euryalus. It is to be noted that an appeal was submitted in September of 2022 to rescind my current Topic ban (as shown here}, but that it too was declined.

Administrator imposing the sanction: Seraphimblade (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Notification of that administrator: The appealing editor is asked to notify the administrator who made the enforcement action of this appeal, and then to replace this text with a diff of that notification. The appeal may not be processed otherwise. If a block is appealed, the editor moving the appeal to this board should make the notification.

Statement by Davidbena

I am asking that my Topic ban be lifted, since I am fully aware now (finally) where I had infringed upon my own Topic ban (here), where it was stated explicitly that I was prohibited from making “any edits relating to post-1948 Arab-Israeli geopolitics, broadly construed, and regardless of whether an ARBPIA template is on the talk page,” but that I had wrongly taken the initiative (careless of me) to create a page entitled “Outline of Jerusalem,” following the Outline of Munich format, and which new page clearly discussed post-1948 Arab-Israeli geopolitics. There is no excuse for this flagrant abuse of my limited topic ban, although I was permitted under the same ruling to “upload or add historical photos or multimedia of or about pre-1948 Levantine subjects,” as well as to contribute “verifiable and reliably sourced information regarding Levantine archaeological research,” in addition to “make edits relating to geographical features of the Levant.” This generous leniency and freedom given to me by my peers rendered my judgment obscured, and I had forgotten the most important proscription, namely, not to engage in edits relating to post-1948 Arab-Israeli geopolitics, broadly construed. I can now say honestly that the community was right to censure me for this flagrant violation, after giving me so much freedom. I will not be upset if the community should turn-down my current request to appeal the topic ban. I feel ashamed that I had not noticed my own error, before it came to this. With that said, for the record, I personally bear no grievance toward any man, and I fully understand the need to reach a consensus with my fellow editors, especially when dealing with contentious topics such as this. As a religious Jew, I have since come to learn something that will, hopefully, guide my attitude here on out in the future, and that is this: for Jews and Arabs, the country remains eternally under special sanctity, and both peoples have historical connections to the land. This calls for extra sensitivities when editing pages related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

My fervent hope and desire is to add important historical data to articles in the ARBPIA area, and to bring some of these articles up to "Good Article" status.Davidbena (talk) 03:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Beyond My Ken: Can I kindly request you to explain to me what you mean by saying there is a lack of understanding as to "why they were Topic banned"? Do you mean by this my very earliest Topic ban when I contended with my fellow co-editors? Or do you mean the current infraction, where I overstepped my bounds by writing an article entitled "Outline of Jerusalem," and where I clearly violated my limited Topic ban and have since expressed remorse for doing so? If you mean my earliest Topic ban, I can expand on that as well. I cannot deny that the freedoms given me to edit in the ARBPIA area gave me a sense of confidence that I could edit without infringing my Topic ban, but, which, as I know now, was grossly mistaken. Secondly, how can an editor like myself show "evidence of a change in attitude or behavior"? Have I continued to show unstaid and skittish behavior? Please explain. I know deep down within myself that if I am ever given the opportunity to edit again in the ARBPIA area, I will be doubly cautious before making any edit. All that I'm asking to do is to occasionally add historical data to articles in the ARBPIA area, and to work together with my fellow co-editors to improve these articles. If given a chance, I'll accept that responsibility and will work to that end. If not given the opportunity, the work will fall on others to do, and I accept that too. Be well.Davidbena (talk) 13:59, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Selfstudier: Actually, before I started the article Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine I consulted an administrator for his advice (see here) who told me that I could make the article, without infringing my Topic ban. When it came to the RFC, the person making the RFC said explicitly that she thought that it does not fall under the ARBPIA category. This explains why I interjected there, only later to rescind my comment.Davidbena (talk) 14:07, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Cullen328: Will you be my mentor? If you agree, before I post anything to a Wikipedia article in the ARBPIA area, or else broadly construed with the Arab-Israeli conflict, with your permission, I'll first post the edit to your Talk-Page for your approval or disapproval.Davidbena (talk) 03:41, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Nfitz: I read your statement, and you stand to be corrected. I NEVER once in my life said that Palestine doesn't exist as a country. You have misunderstood my words in the defense of myself when I was reprimanded for creating the article "Outline of Jerusalem," and where I stated there that, because of my limited Topic ban, I thought that by avoiding the word "Palestine" in that article, I could escape condemnation, and no one would accuse me of engaging in a "geopolitical" and "contentious" issue when it came specifically to that city of Jerusalem, given my limited Topic ban. In fact, in many of my other articles on Wikipedia (prior to the enactment of my Topic ban), I frequently interchange between the words Israel and Palestine.Davidbena (talk) 03:56, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To Huldra: I often interchange between the two. As you know, I work with Palestinian Arabs, as many as sixteen, at my work place. I call them "Palestinians" because that is how they would identify themselves in this country. By the way, nearly all come from the West Bank, and two women from Hebron itself. Only one comes from Galilee. I call them "Arabs" simply for its common English usage, and because that is how they also identify themselves.Davidbena (talk) 03:19, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To Zero0000: I would indeed agree to that, say, before posting any comment to the ARBPIA area, I would ask the prior approval of my mentor.Davidbena (talk) 03:22, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To Serephimblade: As I wrote to Zero0000, I would fully and whole-heartedly agree to work with a mentor, meaning to say, before I endeavor to post anything to a Wikipedia article in the ARBPIA area, I will first seek the prior approval of my mentor. Nothing is better than receiving good advice.Davidbena (talk) 03:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Zero0000: Would you please agree to be my mentor? I will write the suggested edit in the ARBPIA area on my sandbox, and then link your name to the page for comment (either approval or disapproval)? Is that alright with you? If you can agree to this, I will gladly abide by the rule, until you or others feel that I am capable of editing in the ARBPIA area without obtaining the prior consent of my mentor.Davidbena (talk) 12:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Nableezy: Since my request that Zero0000 become a mentor to me has gone unanswered, and no one else has stepped-up to accept the task of mentorship for me (having also appealed to User:Nishidani), can I ask you to be my mentor for at least one year in the ARBPIA area? As I wrote to Huldra on my Talk-Page, I have no objection that you be my mentor for at least a year. I am eternally grateful for your kindness towards me. And while we might occasionally disagree on certain political issues, I, personally, do not have any wish nor intentions to aggravate tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict. My only interest at present is historical data. Any suggested edits in the ARBPIA area will be posted by me to my sandbox and your name tagged for either approval or disapproval.Davidbena (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For Your Information: See this here. I am posting this for the community's information, as it pertains to future edits while I am under my mentorship.Davidbena (talk) 12:14, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note to the Administrators: There seems to be some confusion as to what will be the extent of my freedom in editing in the ARBPIA area, once this Topic ban is lifted and I am put under the mentorship of our fellow co-editor Nableezy. Does lifting my Topic ban mean that, under my period of mentorship, I will be reinstated to my "limited Topic ban" where I could only make edits related to the history of Israel (such as when these edits are not related to the modern conflict)? Or does lifting my Topic ban mean that I will be free to edit in the ARBPIA area, including such topics as relate to the modern conflict, on condition that I receive the prior approval of my mentor? Please clarify.Davidbena (talk) 23:17, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Seraphimblade

With Davidbena, I think the problems we have seen have generally been an issue of negligence rather than malice. That's not to excuse them—editors subject to restrictions are still responsible for heeding them, and liable for the consequences if they do not. Part of that is either to stay well clear of any area which even might be interpreted as subject to it, or at the very least to ask for clarification and advice before doing anything that might be near the line. That said, if someone experienced were willing to act as an advisor/mentor for Davidbena during a gradual return to some of the area, and Davidbena were willing to accept such guidance, I could see that as a potentially workable solution and would not object to that. I do think that just wholesale removing this restriction (especially with the community restrictions still in place) is not something likely to end well for anyone involved; it certainly has not worked out well in the past. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 22:18, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just for clarity's sake, I would not object to the proposed resolution with Nableezy helping out. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 23:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Nableezy

I have made no secret of my fondness for David, and have tried to ward him off from shooting himself in the foot in the past, and thats despite having been asked to be banned by David in the past, in fact two of his more ardent fans are the only ones he's ever asked to have banned I think. But he is without doubt one of the most sincere people on Wikipedia, and I have never doubted David's honesty or good faith. His zeal was the only real problem. But I absolutely believe that he thought he wasnt doing anything that violated his topic ban previously, and even though it was obvious to me, and to everybody commenting at AE at the time, I remain of the view that good faith mistakes should be forgiven, and honestly think you all should have just gone with escalating blocks up to one month for those good faith topic ban violations. Yes, it was a topic ban violation. But who cares really, it had zero impact on anything, and anybody could have removed it and he would have left it alone if told to due to his ban. I cant honestly say I have any real confidence that he wont make another good faith error in abiding by the AN imposed ban in the future, but I just dont see how this is beneficial to any of the parties here, David or Wikipedia. So my view, unchanged over years and years, is David can be an asset to articles that need knowledgeable editors who research thoroughly and have access to some of the world's best resources for the Jewish history in Palestine/Israel, and we are just depriving ourselves of that asset for technical violations of a ban that has barely any real benefit to Wikipedia to begin with. And it be better if we didnt do that. nableezy - 04:37, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Or building off Zero's proposal, here, hows this as a proposal, have David commit to following some editor from the opposing side's advice on if an edit or comment is a violation of the AN topic ban. Ill do it, and if any editor raises an issue with an edit David makes and I tell him its a violation he commits to removing it no questions asked and disengaging from the topic. nableezy - 20:55, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidbena: Id be happy to if thats acceptable to the admins below. And while I definitely am not a model editor, I can certainly promise the advice I give David will be better than the internal monologue I follow. nableezy - 02:44, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just so Im clear, we're just talking about the AE imposed ARBPIA wide topic ban, the AN ban would still need to be appealed some time in the future, and the mentorship here consists of David agreeing to follow my advice on if a proposed or made edit is a violation of that AN ban and committing to self-reverting and disengaging for any topics that I say are violations. Right? nableezy - 21:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Isabelle Belato, Cullen328, Euryalus, and Black Kite: pinging the admins below to ask for the clarification requested in David's question at the end of his statement. nableezy - 20:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Isabelle Belato and Black Kite: but would the Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions#Davidbena remain in place or is that being discussed here? I feel like part of the confusion is that we have two overlapping bans, both using ARBPIA for part of its definition. Where are we going with mentorship? Pre-AE imposed ban or pre-AN imposed ban? nableezy - 20:43, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Zero0000

Like Nableezy, I'm one of those who generally sit on the opposite side of the fence to David on ARPBIA issues. And yet, like Nableezy, I see David as an asset to the project. To start with, David's knowledge of Jewish matters is spectacular. Second, David is good faith personified. The times when David violated the rules were more to do with his confusion about them than with an intention to be disruptive. And, yes, he does fail to understand the rules quite often, but I know from long conversation that he is genuine about it. This leads me to a proposal: give David a trial period with a mentor. During this trial period, David would be required to follow the mentor's advice, which would be mostly about policy and wikicraft rather than content. Zero^talk 20:40, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Isabelle Belato: Indeed, both David and the mentor would have to voluntarily agree to it. Zero^talk 21:17, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Huldra

I'm in two minds about this. On one hand; I like Davidbena; as far as I can judge: he is an honest editor, always polite, and better: he actually read stuff (like books!), he isn't one who just googles up some trash. (Incidentally: Nableezy, Zero0000 and myself were named the 3 top anti-Israeli editors on wikipedia, according to a now defunct off-wiki harassment site; that we all like Davidbena says something about his qualities.)
Sigh; on the other hand Davidbena, eh, tends to "loose his cool" when it comes to the IP subjects. In the 23 February, 2019 -appeal, both Nableezy and I voted for lifting his topic-ban ("with some trepidation"); less than two months later he says that we have "shown animosity towards me since day one" and reports us to AN (which spectacularly backfired, and got him topic-banned, again.)
I support the suggestion of a mentor, if Nableezy or Zero0000 is willing to do it, and I support a lifting of the broader topic-ban.
One question to Davidbena: Do you call Palestinian for "Palestinian", or do you call them "Arabs"? Huldra (talk) 22:25, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by (involved editor 1)

Statement by (involved editor 2)

Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by Davidbena

Statements must be made in separate sections. They may not exceed 500 words and 20 diffs, except by permission of a reviewing administrator.
Administrators may remove or shorten noncompliant statements. Disruptive contributions may result in blocks.

Statement by Beyond My Ken (Davidbena)

The appeal does not indicate any real understanding of why they were TB'd, nor does it provide any evidence of a change in attitude or behavior since their last appeal was turned down 6 months ago. I would urge the admins here to turn down this appeal as well. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Because I don't believe this page is clerked, I have moved Davidbena's responses from other editors' sections into their own section. If that was a faux pas, I apologize. Beyond My Ken (talk) 10:32, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Selfstudier

Recently, at Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine editor breached the tban and comments made in an RFC were eventually removed after an administrator explained the obvious.

Editor has a history of pushing boundaries and always seems to reach a point of not being able to edit neutrally in this topic area.Selfstudier (talk) 07:53, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Nfitz

In his response to Selfstudier above, Davidbena notes that he was told that creating the article Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine wasn't a violation. But what he is being criticized for by User:Selfstudier isn't anything to do with that page. It's the words of his talk page edit that are the issue, where he said that "the addition of "and" makes it appear as though we're talking about two separate countries, when, in fact, we're talking about a synonym for the same country". With your topic ban you can't opine (anywhere in Wikipedia) of your opinion about whether the area in question is one country, two countries, three countries, or 50 countries! That even today you don't see that, is very concerning.

In your title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=1151399666 ANI request yesterday (which was closed and moved here) you said that you "simply mentioned while editing that page the name of the current government over Jerusalem". Reading the earlier ANI discussion, it notes that your neutral article "Outline of Jerusalem" (that I have not and cannot see) never mentioned Palestine, even though it governs a large potion of the city. Even in your ANI appeal you imply that Israel governs the entire city. In my mind this suggests there remains a lack of understanding or sensitivity regarding the situation. And in particular there seems to be a lack of understanding that even mentioning who you think governs all of Jerusalem (a highly controversial topic) violates your TBAN.

With this lack of understanding of what the Topic Ban restricts, as recently as yesterday, I think the topic ban should continue, as making such a bold and controversial comments on Jerusalem, and the ~~assertation~~ insinuation that Palestine doesn't exist as a country, is only going to end up going badly.

On a personal note, I applaud the community for trying to work with the editor, rather than simply penalize the editor; it's not something that the community is very good at. Nfitz (talk) 22:36, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone clarify - I thought people weren't allowed to edit in another person's section (sorry, I don't appear here very often).

But to respond to the statement, I had meant to write "insinuate" rather than "assert". I'm not sure how else to interpret ".. makes it appear as though we're talking about two separate countries, when, in fact, we're talking about a synonym for the same country. Though that's secondary to the current request to lift the topic ban. That you ever mentioned the number of countries in your comment is a topic-ban violation, as far as I understand it. Nfitz (talk) 04:47, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Folly Mox

I'm moved to comment here by the beauty of – for lack of a better term – ideological opponents submitting statements in favour of lifting sanctions. This freak confluence of human compassion and commitment to encyclopaedic neutrality makes me want to see this appeal succeed. (For the record, my position on the ARBPIA topic area is wilful ignorance.) To that end, I have a few possibly bad ideas.

I see people talking about gradual reentry, without much commitment to taking responsibility for Davidbena's mentorship. What about a time trial where Davidbena would commit to a consensus-required voluntary page restriction on any article where his edits are challenged? Or a weakly rate-limited time trial such that he could make around k edits to the topic area per day, for some positive integer k? ([W]eakly and around so he doesn't get sanctioned for miscounting or forgetfulness.) Or 0rr? These sound pretty difficult to enforce, but Davidbena seems very open to the idea of feedback and education, and no one here seems to doubt his good faith, so I'm hopeful that enforcement won't be an issue. Folly Mox (talk) 05:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Onceinawhile

I am in support of David returning to this topic area. We disagree on many (most?) fundamental areas of the topic, but the disagreement is usually constructive, open-minded and honest. And source-based. None of us are perfect, but we need more editors on either “side” of this topic area who can talk to and work with each other. Good luck David. Onceinawhile (talk) 19:46, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by starship.paint

I have barely, if ever, touched this topic area. I am not sure if I've voted before on topic ban of Davidbena, but it's possible that I have. Nevertheless, if editors in this topic area, particularly and especially those who may be of opposing POV to Davidbena, are amenable to lifting the topic ban, then I will also support the lifting. starship .paint (exalt) 03:42, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Result of the appeal by Davidbena

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@Zero0000: We can't force someone to mentor another user, we would need a volunteer. I'm still reading the previous discussions, but if we had someone willing to mentor Davidbena, I could see myself giving them some rope. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 20:58, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Davidbena and Nableezy: My understanding is that this is related exclusively to David's topic ban from the Israel-Palestine conflict, as per the linked discussion by the appealing editor. If there are no objections, an uninvolved administrator should be able to close this soon. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 20:37, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am not willing to commit to a formal mentorship, but I do want to say that Davidbena is always welcome on my talk page and I also encourage him to visit the Teahouse or the Help desk when in doubt about any edit. I am impressed with the endorsement of the editor's knowledge and good faith by editor's POV opponents. That is a credit both to David and to the other editors who have made those comments This topic area is inherently very difficult and we need good faith, well informed editors contributing. Accordingly, in the spirit of Wikipedia:One last chance, I support lifting the topic ban. Cullen328 (talk) 03:29, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Davidbena, I have visited Israel twice and Egypt once, and own a number of books on the conflict. But I am far from an expert and do not feel comfortable getting deeply involved in this topic area. I lack the academic training and the motivation to do so. I am a generalist editor, not a specialist. I am happy to discuss Wikipedia editing at any time, but not to sit in judgment of all your Israel/Palestine edits. Cullen328 (talk) 05:29, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nableezy, my understanding is that only the restriction imposed in January 2022 is being discussed here. Thank you for your generous mentorship offer. Cullen328 (talk) 21:28, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support lifting the topic ban on the basis of the one-year mentorship proposal from Nableezy, accepted by Davidbena above. @Isabelle Belato and Cullen328: (or anyone else) any further views? -- Euryalus (talk) 03:10, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Seems fine by me. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 21:42, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still somewhat concerned that he will violate the community topic ban if this ban is lifted. His community restriction is quite complicated and easy to violate if he continues to edit in the topic area. But since we have Nableezy willing to mentor for a year and make sure he doesn't violate the topic ban, I support lifting the topic ban. I'm also heartened to see such good faith from editors of opposing viewpoints in such a contentious area. Galobtter (talk) 07:17, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm happy to see this happen with Nableezy as a mentor. Black Kite (talk) 10:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nableezy and Davidbena: Given the mentorship, I'd be happy for the ARBPIA tban to be lifted, I'm pretty sure that DB is under no illusions as to what would happen if there were to be any difficulties with this. Black Kite (talk) 20:34, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Emilimo

Emilimo is topic banned from pseudoscience. Galobtter (talk) 19:06, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Request concerning Emilimo

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Tgeorgescu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 09:55, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Emilimo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: WP:ARBPS

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

[1] 29 April 2023 — violation of WP:PSCI.
[2] 29 April 2023 — violation of WP:PSCI.
Seems a WP:SPA, see Special:Contributions/Emilimo (at least since 11 April 2023).

Diffs of previous relevant sanctions, if any

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Additional comments by editor filing complaint

@KoA: I meant they look like a WP:SPA since 11 April. They had some edits in other articles, but that was earlier. tgeorgescu (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

[4] 29 April 2023

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Statement by Emilimo

Statement by KoA

Tgeorgescu, it took me a second to catch what was exactly being reported without much background provided (and I'm a regular watcher at WP:FTN), but I'm guessing this report is because Emilimo has a history of trying to remove pseudoscience as a descriptor from articles, which violates WP:PSCI policy? Just making sure it's clear for admins that may not be as familiar with PSCI subjects here.

From what I can see at Stephen C. Meyer, David Berlinski, and Michael Behe with the edit warring going on, it does appear Emilimo is WP:NOTHERE in terms of pseudoscience subjects and some sort of preventative action would be needed so the community doesn't have to deal with it there. They're technically not a WP:SPA as Tgeorgescu mentions in the evidence, but definitely WP:ADVOCACY issues in the last month that likely warrants a topic ban from intelligent design subjects. That could be expanded if they cause issues in other pseudoscience/fringe topics. KoA (talk) 01:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Result concerning Emilimo

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A topic ban from at least Intelligent design is obviously warranted. Galobtter (talk) 05:44, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I’d make it all of pseudoscience at a minimum. And I’m wondering if the editor is fundamentally compatible with WP. Courcelles (talk) 16:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, a ban from the whole topic is warranted too. They have a lot of edits from before made to a wide variety of topics e.g. chemistry and programming, which look fine to me so I don't think we're at WP:NOTHERE. Galobtter (talk) 20:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
TB from all of pseudoscience. I agree with Galobtter, it looks as though they can edit ok in other areas. Doug Weller talk 20:20, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rayner111

Partial blocks from his biography at J. E. R. Staddon and Charles Murray - ordinary Admin actions, not AE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs) 09:32, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Request concerning Rayner111

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Generalrelative (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 20:32, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Rayner111 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

19:23, 4 May 2023 Inappropriate use of WP:PROFRINGE / WP:EXTERNAL link. This user is well aware that this is disruptive and WP:POINTy behavior given prior history discussed below. The link is to a piece by J. Philippe Rushton, one of the most notorious promoters of race and intelligence pseudoscience, whose views have been overwhelmingly determined to be WP:FRINGE, e.g. here.
19:45, 4 May 2023 Ditto.
20:20, 4 May 2023 Edit warring to re-add the same PROFRINGE / EXTERNAL content.

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Alerted about discretionary sanctions or contentious topics in the area of conflict, on 15 April 2023 (see the system log linked to above).

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

This user came to my attention after making PROFRINGE edits to Charles Murray (political scientist): [5], [6].

A glance at this user's talk page revealed that he has identified himself as the psychologist J. E. R. Staddon, and has been warned about COI. Despite this, even after the warning, it seems nearly all of his edits have been self-promotional (not just to his BLP; he's also gotten up to a lot of ref-spamming, e.g. here, here, here, and here).

The only exception to this COI editing appears to be recent edit warring against the consensus on race and intelligence. I attempted to engage with Rayner111 / Professor Staddon on his talk page (where, after an initial warning for vandalism, I realized that this was an elderly professor and attempted to explain the existing consensus). I also invited him to engage on the article talk page, which he ignored.

Instead, I was informed yesterday that he'd published an op-ed on the conservative website Minding the Campus, titled "WikiBias: How Wikipedia erases “fringe theories” and enforces conformity". In it, he misrepresents events to make it seem as though his edits were more reasonable, and appears to dismiss me by noting that my user page states that I use they/them pronouns. I was prepared to let that go, since R&I is a topic area full of trolls to whom I prefer to WP:DENY recognition. But seeing as this user has now come back on-Wiki to make the three highly inappropriate and pointy edits linked above, I see no other option but to seek sanctions.

For context on the IP editor's comment below, please note that they are just now coming off a 30-day block for disruptive editing in the R&I topic area (see this for context). They are now cheering Rayner111 on at his talk page, implying that those of us who enforce the R&I consensus are acting in bad faith. I would suggest that this IP could use a longer vacation if they are going to jump right back into the same behavior that got them blocked last time. Generalrelative (talk) 23:29, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Beyond My Ken but it's okay, I expected R&I opponents to come out of the woodwork when I filed here. I know that my own conduct is liable to be evaluated as well. My answer to the second IP is the same as my comment on Rayner111's talk page: Of course, the way we phrase the sentence is subject to debate, but not the overall thrust of the message. Murray's views on race and intelligence are indeed discredited, and we are required by the WP:FRINGE guideline to say so whenever we present them in article space. In this case, we are dealing with a centralized consensus (here). And at least four others besides me have reverted to restore the language in question: Skllagyook [7], Discospinster [8], Dr.Pinsky [9], and Tpdwkouaa [10]. Generalrelative (talk) 15:04, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

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Discussion concerning Rayner111

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Statement by Rayner111

Statement by IP editor

Just so I am clear, it appears Rayner111 included a link to Science Direct, which to the best of my knowledge is a reliable source and not subject to any kind of sanction. If I am wrong, forgive me, but I don't see what is disruptive about this edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1250:6d80:65a9:d528:c5d2:6e14 (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I must say, that I am disappointed in the above post. user:Generalrelative has the heart of a lion. They are someone I considered to be a formidable ideological opponent, if not a friend. We've had colorful discussions in the past, and I've never known them to stoop to casting aspersions. However, their summary of my post on Rayner111's page is exactly wrong. I stated that "intelligent editors are aware as to what is happening". I include user:Generalrelative in this group of "intelligent editors". As I explained on their talk page, although we may be political opponents, that does not mean we cannot be civil with one another. I certainly hope I am not wrong. 2600:1700:1250:6D80:9C24:DCBC:8EE4:8A20 (talk) 00:07, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note that this IP address was blocked for "Disruptive editing: Immediate return to prior editing pattern upon unblock". Doug Weller talk 15:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Beyond My Ken (Rayner111)

Since Rayner111 self-identifies as J. E. R. Staddon, they should, at the very least, be partially blocked (as an ordinary admin action) from editing the article about himself. He's made 45 edits to the article, 24.4% of the edits to the article, [12] contributing 8.4% of the article's content.[13] Because of his obvious COI, he should be limited to suggesting changes on the article talk page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:30, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning this report, I would suggest a topic ban from R&I. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning the second IPs comment below, the facts as presented appear to be incomplete and inaccurate. They fail to mention that there is a consensus on the article talk page, and I do not see the "8 people" claimed. Beyond My Ken (talk) 11:53, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is counting edits from over 2 years ago, which I suggest is rather WP:BATTLEGROUNDy. It appears to me that both of the IPs here are long-term warriors concerning this subject, something which cannot be verified because they are IPs. Their comments are also completely focused on Generalrelative, and not on the subject of this report, Rayner111 - this is not AN/I. I suggest that their comments should be ignored by admins when considering whatever actions might be taken here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Noting that the IP editor below (24.246.138.48) had made only the three edits to this report and has no history of editing to improve the encyclopedia. [14] The IP appears to be static, so it is unlikely that they made edits under a different IP number. I would say that it's likely that the IP is here due to canvassing outside Wikipedia specifically to argue in order to avoid a sanction to Rayner111. Their comments should be weighed with this in mind. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by IP editor

The background to this report is important. The disputed wording in the Charles Murray (political scientist) article was added by Generalrelative [15] without (initially) any discussion on the talk page. Rayner111 tried to modify Generalrelative's wording several times, and Generalrelative undid those attempts before making this report. Generalrelative also undid attempts by six other users to modify his wording: by user:Bartinny, [16] user:TankRe, [17] user:Oveclocked66, [18] user:Nrunje, [19] and two IP users. [20] [21] A third IP user challenged Generalrelative's change on the talk page, and his response to that IP user was dismissive. [22]

When one is restoring one's change that's been opposed by eight people in total, and there has never been a consensus for the change on the article talk page, it's disingenuous to claim, as Generalrelative claims above, that one's opponent is "edit warring against the consensus". Repeatedly restoring one's contentious change as others challenge it is also the opposite of how WP:BRD is supposed to work, especially in an article about a living person. — 24.246.138.48 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 09:07, May 5, 2023‎ (UTC).

Replying to above: the eight people are Rayner111, Bartinny, TankRe, Oveclocked66, Nrunje, the two IP editors who tried to modify Generalrelative's wording, and the third IP editor who objected to it on the talk page. That's eight total. Where is his change supported by "a consensus on the article talk page"? The only section there that reached a consensus is the one about whether to call him a white nationalist. [23] 24.246.138.48 (talk) 12:31, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please notice that while this report is open, Generalrelative has made this edit, [24] replacing the text "studies intelligence and believes in sexual and racial differences in intelligence" with "has also advocated fringe positions regarding sexual differences in intelligence" in another article about a living person. There has never been a consensus to use the term "fringe" with respect to Sex differences in intelligence. The source for calling it that is the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose views cannot be stated as fact according to WP:SPLC: "The organization's views, especially when labeling hate groups, should be attributed per WP:RSOPINION."

He also recently re-added text calling Murray a white nationalist, [25] again citing the SPLC, with an edit summary that distorts the result of the RFC about this label. Aside from keeping it out of the lead, the RFC result also states, [26] "On grounds of BLP concerns, the proposed text shall be kept out of the article for time-being unless a new consensus to the contrary over-rides this RFC."

Mind you, that's only what he's done in the past week. Over the past three years, he has made probably over a hundred edits like those, and several dozen editors argued against or tried to undo them. Rayner111 is only the most recent. 24.246.138.48 (talk) 20:58, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Result concerning Rayner111

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I've partially blocked him from his biography, leaving the talk page open for him to make suggestions. Still thinking about a TB. Doug Weller talk 16:31, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok. Looking into this a bit more, I'm not inclined to topic ban, but I am going to partially block from the article on Charles Murray. I'm doing this because Rayner111's doctoral supervisor, according to his article, was a co-author with Charles Murray on The Bell Curve. I know this might be controversial and I am not asking for any Admin who wants to undo this to consult me, but it does leave Rayner111 free to use the talk page and not topic banned. Note that this is not intended to be an AE action. Doug Weller talk 09:29, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Topic ban (Dev0745)

Malformed request. But I'm pretty sure that editing a conspiracy theory article to claim it isn't a conspiracy theory and is an actual thing, using tabloid sources, isn't an optimal way of editing. Topic ban seems reasonable. Black Kite (talk) 10:01, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, recently I got topic banned from editing India, Pakistan and Afghanistan related articles by Tamzin after editing article Love jihad conspiracy theory. She topic banned me by citing reason of verifiability and synthesis. But I am not convinced by her argument as I think I have cited reliable sources and not done any Synth. The sentence added by me were clearly mention in the articles. My edit link is here [27]. Can any uninvovled Admin review the TBAN decision. Thanks Dev0745 (talk) 09:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Iskandar323

Malformed request + content dispute. In my individual admin capacity, advised Salandarianflag to tone it down and to stop bludgeoning the related discussions. Abecedare (talk) 15:14, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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We had a conversation about the name of Caesarea and Iskandar323 dismissed my academic sources which reject the notion of a source provided by another academic Masalha, I provided why I was removing the source from the Caesarea page as there was sufficient back up to remove the source provided by Masalha as the book is subject to controversy and cannot be given as a fair source. As such I removed it until a compromise can be reached and not because I removed it based on my own personal opinions. I was then in away blackmailed to reverse it by Iskandar323 despite given the explanation I had listed for its withdrawal and if I did not back into his wishes, he would report me. Salandarianflag (talk) 13:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Further he also outright dismissed my sources I had in a conversation with him claiming that they were not credible without peroxiding a reason why. Salandarianflag (talk) 13:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As such I am writing this report because I believe I am being harassed for providing a source which is contrary to Iskandar323’s opinion. Salandarianflag (talk) 13:28, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Salandarianflag

For WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:CIR issues, Salandarianflag is indefinitely topic banned from the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed. Galobtter (talk) 00:13, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Request concerning Salandarianflag

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Onceinawhile (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 21:18, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Salandarianflag (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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Sanction or remedy to be enforced: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles (discretionary sanctions / 1RR)

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

1. 10:46, 11 May 2023 Removal of Nur Masalha source and related material about the use of the name "Caesarea Palestina" from the lede of Caesarea_Maritima

2. 13:09, 11 May 2023 Repetition of the above

13:20, 11 May 2023 notification by Iskandar323 of 1RR violation, and request to self-revert

3. 00:31, 8 May 2023 Removal of Nur Masalha source and related material about the use of the name "Caesarea Palestina" from the lede of Caesarea_Maritima

4. 09:28, 8 May 2023 and 09:31, 8 May 2023 (combined series of edits) Repetition of the above

09:47, 8 May 2023 notification by Onceinawhile of 1RR violation, and request to self-revert

If contentious topics restrictions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:CTOP#Awareness of contentious topics): 14:25, 2 January 2023 Notification by DougWeller

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

I and another editor have given this newish editor two separate chances to self-remedy 1RR violations, but the editor has ignored these opportunities. Note two other related discussions: (1) the AE filed by Salandarianflag against Iskandar323 immediately above, and (2) a discussion at WP:RSN.

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Discussion concerning Salandarianflag

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Statement by Salandarianflag

I am not going like this like a lamb to the slaughter and I will defend my judgements as such I the response I shall make, firstly I believe that the context in which the source was in was highly biased in that it basically said that Jews took over a Palestinian City, which is not true as we know that Jewish settlement was one of the first settlements in Caesarea, when I removed the context, I stated why because to say as such that Jews took over a Palestinian City is just historically wrong, when archeological evidence points to plenty of Jewish history in Caesarea, note the Roman Theatre which contains the name of the Jewish Governor at the time of Caesarea. As such to say that Jews took away a city which had been historically Palestinian is just wrong and as such I provided context as to why a removed a portion of the section and made modifications to it, it isn’t like I just wiped it out without exposing why either, which is why I feel that this report is just a personal nab, since these views don’t seem to align with others.

This isn’t as clear cut as you think it is because in most of these situations people removed context without providing an explanation but I provided an explanation and a source as to why I was removing it, further it wasn’t done with malice or ill wishes and I believe that the whole report should just be annulled as I had no ill meaning and provided a source which is this: https://www.britannica.com/place/Caesarea which clearly gives a source of defined Jewish settlement and that Caesarea was rebuilt by King Herod who was Jewish, so to say as such that Jews took over a Palestinian City is ludicrous.

Salandarianflag (talk) 00:09 12 May 2023 (UTC)

What do you mean by a topic ban? Salandarianflag (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I didn’t violate it since I provided context. Salandarianflag (talk) 23:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn’t online then, so I didn’t see. 81.103.179.43 (talk) 23:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
But it’s not in violation of 1RR as I provided context and a source. Salandarianflag (talk) 23:29, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe my edits were in good faith but if you suggest I topic ban then fine I don’t mind but I did provide a source from encyclopaedia Britannica. Salandarianflag (talk) 23:30, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How long are topic bans? Salandarianflag (talk) 23:31, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ScottishFinnishRadish:, as this is my first run in with 1RR and I don’t know about too much so I’ll will go over it, I did try to my make edits in good faith, I believe that a topic ban or block is too much, I’ll take a warning and I’ll try next time if I have any disputes to start a compromise discussion if I feel context is off in a certain area. Salandarianflag (talk) 00:53, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will comment in my section but I want to say that my edits were made in good faith because I felt I had sufficient reason from my sources. Salandarianflag (talk) 23:46, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I can honestly tell you that I didn’t see them then regarding those notifications as I was offline, as this is my first run in I am asking for a bit of clemency. Salandarianflag (talk) 00:08, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Result concerning Salandarianflag

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Looks pretty like some pretty cut and dry 1rr violations. I think a week-long page block and a warning is in order. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:36, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Salandarianflag, you were made aware of contentious topics and offered chances to self-revert. None of what you said is an excuse to ignore 1RR, and reads as if you don't believe those rules should apply to you. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:28, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm thinking that there may be a bit of a WP:CIR issue as well, which is another argument to keep them out of a contentious area. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:43, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Salandarianflag, editing in good faith or providing a source does not provide an exception to WP:1RR. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:46, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP:1RR was linked multiple times on your talk page when asking you to self-revert, which you still have not done. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:05, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I had offered Salandarianflag some gently worded warning/advise a few hours back in response to the AE complaint they had filed. Their response to this AE report indicates that none of that was taken aboard. In light of the persistent WP:BATTLEGROUND, WP:IDHT, assumption of bad faith, and arguably WP:CIR, issues I would support an indef topic-ban from the PIA area in place of (or, in addition to) blocking for the 1RR violation. Abecedare (talk) 23:24, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This. The battleground attitude displayed here is too much to be met without a topic ban. Courcelles (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
At first I was thinking a short page block and a warning to not repeat the behavior, but the responses definitely push me towards a topic ban. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:29, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Per Abecedare, a topic ban is warranted for these violations and the other poor conduct, and if not at least a 1 week block and a final warning. @Salandarianflag: see WP:TBAN. Galobtter (talk) 23:28, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Salandarianflag: please only comment in your own section above. Galobtter (talk) 23:29, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Salandarianflag "I can honestly tell you that I didn’t see them then regarding those notifications as I was offline" is so obviously false, not only did you respond at User talk:Salandarianflag#WP:1RR but you found your way to WP:AE too. Galobtter (talk) 00:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ghazaalch

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Request concerning Ghazaalch

User who is submitting this request for enforcement: Iraniangal777 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 15:10, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User against whom enforcement is requested: Ghazaalch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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WP:CRP: today Ghazaalch restored [28] a link to "MEK troll farm" to the P.M.O.I. (People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran) page with the edit summary "restoring some changes to the original stable version" (but "MEK troll farm" is not part of "the original stable version").

Ghazaalch had previously added this to the page [29], which had been reverted [30] (Ghazaalch's "MEK troll farm" article was deleted, as well as its many alternate spellings).

This is no isolated incident. For example Ghazaalch recently restored [31] "People's Holy warriors", also something he had attempted many times before ([32] [33] [34] [35] ) Ghazaalch was warned [36] to stop when I first reported that, and I have also repeatedly asked him to stop [37].

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Ghazaalch warned to "stop personalizing discussions" on that same page.
Their talk page also shows a couple of a lerts about discretionary sanctions in this are of conflict.
Participated in an arbitration request or enforcement procedure about the area of conflict in the last twelve months, on 22:49, 25 July 2021.

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@Ghazaalch:

Hogo-2020 reverted your "People’s Holy Warriors" edit
Then you restored it
Then I reverted it again
Then you restored it again this time using the misleading edit summary "Reverting to the version before the edit-warring" (which is similar to the misleading edit summary you used here when restoring "MEK sockfarm")
Then Fad Ariff reverted it again.

Neither Hogo-2020, or Fad Ariff, or myself were under WP:BLOCKEVASION (user:DreamBoat was). So your response about this means that (at best) you don't understand the policy. And the only reason I bring this up is because you recently violated WP:CRP when you restored "People's Holy Warriors" to the article yet again. Iraniangal777 (talk) 08:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ali Ahwazi:

What you're saying that I was "warned against filing unactionable reports" is also false.

What's more, there have been numerous warnings and explanations of policy already posted on Ghazaalch's talk page ([38][39][40][41][42][43]), article's talk page ([44][45][46]), and throughout these reports. Ghazaalch even was a party in the initial ARBCOM case back in 2021, and after all of this, he's still unable to understand policies.

You're also incorrect that I consider Ghazaalch to be my "opponent". I think his contributions to Shia related topics have been productive, but topics relating to politics tend have continual WP:CIR problems at best (see also for example here or here or his last response here about the Wikipedia:Consensus required policy). Iraniangal777 (talk) 08:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion concerning Ghazaalch

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Statement by Ghazaalch

The red link MEK troll farm was added by mistake and I corrected myself later.
I restored "People's Holy warriors" in July 2022 because of the WP:BLOCKEVASION policy that say Anyone is free to revert any edits made in violation of a ban or block, without giving any further reason and without regard to the three-revert rule Maybe I did not know much about wiki-policies in July 2022, but I did not want to violate any wiki-policy. This year (May 2023) I restored the material just one time (I had forgotten about the 2022 controversies after a year) and when I was warned and was reverted I started an RFC in the talk page.
This is the second time that Iraniangal777 brings the issue of reverting the "People's Holy warriors" to AE. Vice regent's statement in the first time apply here too.
It is a shame that some people could revert all your edits (even the sources you add, and the tags) in MEK article and you could restore none of them because of Wikipedia:Consensus required policy. But how could you reach the consensus? just look at some of the unexplained reverts done by only one user within a short period and the reasons they give for the reverts: [47][48][49][50]

Statement by Iskandar323

I'm not a personal fan of that 'restore', but this seems like a rather disparate and disjointed set of complaints, none of which amount to anything AE worthy. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:54, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Iraniangal777: You have already had one frivolous filing dismissed at this venue and @Fad Ariff: you have actively been specifically warned over such filings. I'm surprised to see either of you to so eagerly return here despite these cautionary tales of AE frivolity (not to mention Fad's impressive back history of WP:1RR violations, which I only haven't brought to this forum out of idleness). Iskandar323 (talk) 10:31, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Fad Ariff: Your behavioural issues in this area far exceed Ghazaalch's, and if you insist on prodding me further on this matter then I may very well summon the energy needed to bring your many behavioural shortcomings to light. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:12, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Fad Ariff

MEK troll farm does not form part of any recent or original version of the article, yet Ghazaalch added it claiming to be restoring the article to an original stable version. More:

1. During an ongoing RFC, Ghazaalch added tags to the article lead, which were reverted, but he restored them two more times: {1} {2}.

2. Ghazaalch also added to the article that "Abrahamian in his book The Iranian Mojahedin, describes the group as a cult that worships its leader, and writes that the Mojahedin were labeled a cult for both internal and external reasons: political and geographical isolation, the disappearance of the veteran leadership, the marriage of Maryam and Massoud, the prevention of internal critique (members' criticism), and a propaganda war against external critique, even if directed by the organization's members". When I reverted and challenged that edit, Ghazaalch restored it 3 more times: {1} {2} {3} (all WP:CRP).

3. Also after the last warning he received to stop casting aspersions, Ghazaalch recently said that "here are always some accounts that vote "No" without giving a plausible reason, and there are always some mediators that just count the votes while closing the RFCs". Neither claim (against "some accounts" or "mediators") has been shown to be true. Fad Ariff (talk) 11:02, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Iskandar323 If you want to discuss our content disputes or the baseless 1RR posts you have been leaving on my talk page, then please come to my talk page or begin a separate report and I will answer there. The discussion here is about Ghazaalch. Fad Ariff (talk) 12:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Ali Ahwazi

Neither Fad Ariff's statement, nor Iraniangal's one, is AE worthy in my opinion, specifically when they were warned against filing unactionable reports before. They could have posted a note on Ghazalech's talk page instead, to inform him of Wikipedia's policy. These kinds of reports, in my opinion, and as said by others, is an attempt to take out an opponent. Ali Ahwazi (talk) 12:19, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by MarioGom

I would suggest giving a chance to honest discussion and compromise. Rather than further attempts ([51]) at knocking out others with wikilawyering. MarioGom (talk) 21:58, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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