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Gamaliel (talk) 20:52, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the notice. I followed the link to "discretionary sanctions" - are there any more explicit restrictions than those outlined in "Guidance for editors?" I'm wondering for example how the restrictions for biographical discretionary sanctions differ from those for post-1932 politics, beyond applicable standard policies. D.Creish (talk) 21:05, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is no clear answer to your question, and no set of easily followed rules that applies. See WP:AE which has examples of the procedure used to consider claims that an editor should be subject to sanctions regarding either of the topics in the two notifications. The rather unclear cases currently on that page should not be taken as an indication that not much happens. Uninvolved administrators can choose to apply the discretionary sanctions as they see fit. It can be a bit of a lucky dip as to what the outcome is, but my guess is that there might be an unfavorable result for a new account that shows remarkable familiarity with the jargon required to push their case to insert WP:UNDUE material on a WP:BLP article. Johnuniq (talk) 04:05, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was unaware of the fact that she was related to this article and will refrain from editing it in the future. I'd only suggest that you make sure to keep the editor currently adding information from far-right tabloids to the page in check, as he seems to have a clear motive that doesn't appear to be in good faith at all. Reece Leonard (talk) 05:14, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NorthBySouthBaranof (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is at it again; this time there is a much more aggressive posture aimed at entirely shutting down my edits. Please note the "Result" suggestion at the bottom of the discussion.Your comment regarding this banning attempt would be greatly appreciated. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Nocturnalnow Ban Attempt Nocturnalnow (talk) 16:50, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You are involved in a recently-filed request for clarification or amendment from the Arbitration Committee. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Amendment request: American politics 2 and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the Wikipedia:Arbitration guide may be of use.

Thanks, Kevin (aka L235  · t  · c  · ping in reply) 20:08, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The amendment request for Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2 has been archived at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Amendment request: American politics 2 (January 2016). For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 14:41, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reading through your AE comment I noticed this part:

"And let's look at your BLPN posting, which ends with:

One of them, D.Creish, has made BLP violations on related articles as well.

There is no basis for this claim whatsoever. I notice I wasn't pinged either so I couldn't refute the false claim. Very disappointing. "

Even though I think the rest of your comment is erroneous, on this one you're right. I confused you with another user, CFredkin. Not sure why - same topic area, two capital letters, same time period, whatever. But yes, I was wrong. So I want to apologize for that comment. Please believe that it was an honest mistake and not made purposefully.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:05, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Volunteer Marek: I appreciate you starting a dialogue and want to accept your apology. Can you tell me why you didn't explain this two weeks ago when I made the same complaint on Activist's talk page? D.Creish (talk) 17:50, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Because I actually didn't realize I was making the mistake until I looked at the issue again recently. Your "correct the record" comment probably made me just roll my eyes and not take your words seriously.Volunteer Marek (talk) 18:59, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your explanation. D.Creish (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello D.Creish. You seem pretty savvy for an editor with so short a history. Have you had other Userids or editing history on WP prior to your current history? SPECIFICO talk 02:53, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, savvy in what way? D.Creish (talk) 03:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That does not seem credible. End of thread. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 12:12, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

About your question here. You have already been given personal notice of DS for BLP matters less than a year ago - it is on your talk page above. I provided notice at the article Talk page, to remind folks at the article of them.

About your question, you should have explored that when you first received the notice above.

To answer - BLP applies everywhere in WP, including article talk pages. The sanctions are applicable for actions made by editors everywhere that BLP is applicable.

Generally arbcom and the admins who work at AE require that an editor has been given notice of DS before DS can apply to things that editor does. You have been given plenty of notice. Jytdog (talk) 03:00, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The administrator who gave that notice was found by arbcom to have acted improperly in that topic area. Thus that DS should be viewed through the lense of an involved editor who had personal disagreements with certain viewpoints. Mr Ernie (talk) 03:04, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As the DS alert says, there is no "threat" in giving a DS notice. The thing that matters, is that a person received the notice. Jytdog (talk) 03:10, 24 August 2016 (UTC) Jytdog (talk) 03:07, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ec Thanks for clarification. Mr Ernie (talk) 03:17, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for the confusion, let me explain: I was recently editing an article (I believe it was Debbie Wasserman-Schultz) and the question arose as to whether DS applied to all BLP (in which case any editor can post a DS notice on a BLP talk page) or DS was only authorized for all BLP and by placing a DS notice an admin authorized DS for that particular BLP (in which case the notice can only be placed by admins.) No definitive conclusion was reached and it seemed like you might have the answer. That is why I asked the question. D.Creish (talk) 03:15, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Jytdog (talk) 03:21, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But I still don't have an answer. Looks like I remembered the wrong article - it was actually this one 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak, specifically this diff and the subsequent conversation. To add to my confusion I notice Mastcell's section on the Seth Rich talk page doesn't mention discretionary sanctions. D.Creish (talk) 03:26, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please re-read the comment of @MastCell: and undo your un-hatting the litany of BLP violating statements}} SPECIFICO talk 03:37, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Better to have this conversation on the article's talk page. If you have thoughts regarding the collapse/uncollapse please post them there so others may comment. D.Creish (talk) 03:44, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Again. BLP applies everywhere that there is content or discussion about living/recently deceased people. DS related to BLP are applicable everywhere that BLP applies. To use your language, DS are authorized for any discussion of living or recently diseased people anywhere in WP - everywhere that BLP applies. Generally before DS are actually applied to a person, admins and arbcom want to see that the person has been given specific notice that DS are authorized for whatever the specific subject matter is - there are DS on about 20 subjects now, in WP. You have been given notice of the DS for BLP subject matter, above on your talk page. Therefore DS for BLP violations can be applied to you at anytime, for edits you make that are covered by BLP, anywhere in WP that BLP applies (not just the Seth Rich murder article - everywhere that BLP applies) In case you are not aware, DS allows any admin to apply things like TBANs, blocks, editing restrictions of various kinds, to people who are disruptive. Actual application of DS is generally a last step after a person has created significant disruption and has been warned about that disruption; they are just not applied out of the blue. WP is not set up to "punish" people - the whole idea is that we give people lots of chances to stop being disruptive. DS are a kind of last resort for very contested subjects, and a shortcut at that last resort, since contested subjects seem to never stop breeding bad behavior. And again, the key thing is that person was notified that DS exist, so they know to be careful. People should be mindful of policy anyway, of course.... Jytdog (talk) 03:48, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict) I understand BLP always applies. My question is specifically about DS, whether BLP or otherwise. For example:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Does this mean every article related to post-1932 politics is subject to DS so long as the editor has received the above DS notice previously, on any article? If so, an experienced editor (Mr. X, above) says otherwise. Rather than take more of your time can you point me to a noticeboard that could answer my question definitively? D.Creish (talk) 04:00, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I don't see any statement from Mr X above. Jytdog (talk) 04:04, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The statement's in this diff which removed a post-1932 DS notice from an article talk page with the edit summary: Removing DS notice. Non-admins are not permitted to place articles under discretionary sanctions D.Creish (talk) 04:08, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Yeah Mr X is wrong about that; that article is obviously within the scope of the DS defined by arbcom above. The statement from arbcom is what authorizes the DS and defines the scope - you quoted an example of that above. DS alerts are notices of what Arbcom already said. People can disagree about whether some bit of content, or a whole article, falls within the scope that arbcom defined but the scope is defined by Arbcom - discussions to get clarification happen here: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment. But in our case there is no doubt that everything about Seth Rich falls under BLP and thus is within the scope of the relevant DS. Jytdog (talk) 04:12, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Now your notice on the Murder of Seth Rich talk page (and hopefully my comment in response) makes sense, thanks for clarifying. D.Creish (talk) 04:17, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great. I just want to be painfully clear. DS kind of hover over the subject matter for which they are authorized by arbcom. Whether any specific sanctions are put in place (for instance the gamergate "30/500 protection") depends on some admin taking action under the DS; the DS allows admins to take those kinds of general actions, or to take actions against specific disruptive editors, wherever DS are authorized by arbcom. Do you see? This is what Mr X seems to have been confused about when he wrote "Non-admins are not permitted to place articles under discretionary sanctions". Arbcom authorizes DS on defined subjects (as above "all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people,"). Only admins are allowed to take action under the DS; non-admin editors are welcome to notify each other that DS are authorized by arbcom for a given subject or that a given article is within the scope of DS authorized by arbcom. Jytdog (talk) 04:23, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly I'm less clear since having considered it. Taking the example of post-1932 politics, let's say as you suggest DS applies to all such articles and any editor can leave a DS notice on a relevant article's talk page. That puts what would seem to be an admin decision (which articles post-1932 politics DS apply to) in the hands of regular editors. I could tag for example borderline cases like Racism and Media Bias thereby immediately imposing a duty upon other editors in those articles to observe policy on penalty of DS. It seems like a non-admin editor should not have that ability. D.Creish (talk) 04:48, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am done here. You are not even reading what I am writing. What you write about "I could tag for example borderline cases like Racism and Media Bias thereby immediately imposing a duty upon other editors in those articles to observe policy on penalty of DS" is complete nonsense. Jytdog (talk) 05:03, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry you feel that way. I didn't intend to oblige you to answer my questions, only point to me to a noticeboard that might answer them. But thank you anyway for your time. D.Creish (talk) 05:07, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot impose anything on anyone - nothing I wrote led you to that. So in my view you are not even reading or trying to understand what I took the time to write. Bottom line here is that you need to make sure you understand BLP and you need to follow it. DS have always been authorized for BLP matters and you were notified of that months ago, so any admin can apply DS to you if you are continually disruptive on a BLP matter, including content about Seth Rich. Jytdog (talk) 05:19, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have edited political articles where DS also apply without issue. I try to observe policy strictly, which may be why my questions seem pedantic, but I don't expect to have issues on Seth Rich or elsewhere. D.Creish (talk) 05:30, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jytdog In re-reading your comments I noticed the link to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment. I had not seen that. My responses here were somewhat frustrated by consistent edit-conflicts; I assume this text was added after I composed my reply but before I successfully submitted it. It addresses one part of my question, so belated thanks. D.Creish (talk) 08:24, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are edit warring on Jared Taylor. You are removing text that has been stable for over one year ([1]). The material is not a BLP violation as it is sourced and the contentious label is attributed to those sources (and the material conforms with WP:LEAD). Your edits are becoming disruptive. Please review WP:BLP and see WP:CRYBLP. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:07, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, you are incorrect and your restoration without consensus is against policy. The "longstanding" text had three sources listed:

• A wordpress blog: http://mediamousearchive.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/student-group-h/
• A NY Times article (which, although usable, did not support the claims): http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/18/us/conservatives-voices-enter-clinton-s-dialogue-on-race.html
• A listing by the SPLC with no secondary sourcing.

New sources have been added but none support the claim that Mr. Taylor "promotes racist ideologies." I will be removing this text and if you restore it again, without supporting sources and consensus I will file a complaint at the appropriate venue. D.Creish (talk) 05:31, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wordpress is not used anywhere in that article. If you cannot refer to the correct references, I'm not sure what to tell you. Salon, ABC News, Fox News, SPLC, and Star News are all RS/notable. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:39, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are incorrect. Examine the version prior to my removal and you'll see the statement was partially sourced to a wordpress blog. I will continue to revert until you demonstrate sufficient sourcing on the talk page. D.Creish (talk) 05:43, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#D.Creish. EvergreenFir (talk) 06:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]