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Thank you! Sy9045 (talk) 06:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, and thank you. Antrocent (talk) 06:12, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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... rather than reverting. See Talk:Shooting_of_Michael_Brown#Police_report_about_robbery. Thanks. - Cwobeel (talk) 18:01, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please oh please read the talk page. The neutrality issues of the article have been discussed. I've worked with the author in question and we reached a mutual understanding until he changed the position of the article hours later. At least three editors have already called out the biased editing. I also find it mysterious why you're calling out my reverts when the other editor has at least more reverts (because he initially reverted mine). Sy9045 (talk) 05:02, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

3RR is a bright line rule. You are aware of the policy now, I take it. So please show some restraint. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:32, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I will. Thanks for the notice on 3RR. Sy9045 (talk) 05:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, these pages are always overly dramatic, the other editor is already aware of 3RR I believe. Its not my intention to template people - you haven't broken 3RR yet, but I don't want you doing so and getting blocked. I limit myself to the talk page whenever I can. I like articles that develop slowly and proceed carefully over a bunch of quick edits and reverts. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:49, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate that Chris. Thanks for being so courteous on this and the caution. The news updates on the topic are certainly rapid and I will use the Talk page more. You've been great. Thank you.Sy9045 (talk) 08:09, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This is such a lie. I reverted one time today. Please don't try to libel me.Sy9045 (talk) 04:20, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Libel? I'm posting this on your page because you appear to be edit warring, not because you're violating 3RR. 3RR is a bright-line rule regarding edit warring, but not all edit warring is 3RR. Please be civil, assume good faith, and work things out on the article's talk page instead of edit warring. Thanks! Dyrnych (talk) 04:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please don't play dumb with me. I'm reporting word-for-word what the leaked emails and the report uncovered. My edits are not vandalism according to Wikipedia's guidelines (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism). You seem to be the one who's trying to bury the leaked emails. Sy9045 (talk) 00:31, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sy9045. I wanted to offer my apologies. I saw your first edits, and I thought that this was vandalism. Afterwards, I did some checking and also thought that your sources did not directly quote the content you added. I checked with another user, and he pointed out that it did. I apologize for causing any controversy. It was good to meet you, nonetheless :-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:19, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is highly honorable of you, Oshwah. Thank you. I apologize for lashing out at you and wrongly thinking you had ulterior motives. I should have cited the source more prominently since it was somewhat buried. I apologize again and thank you.Sy9045 (talk) 01:22, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is forgotten :-) - Keep rockin' it! ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:26, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! You too :-) Sy9045 (talk) 01:28, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I answered your question about the source. Please WP:DISENGAGE. Ryulong is being incivil, but not making personal attacks. Moreover, the talk page should not be used to discuss other users, only the article itself. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:45, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He's making personal attacks. What if I accused you of belonging to the KKK?Sy9045 (talk) 04:47, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They're assuming bad faith, not making personal attacks. They did suggest you belong to the KKK or similar group. That would be a personal attack if they did. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:49, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When someone mocks you and accuses you of belonging to a "misogynistic" group, questioning your motives, you take that as a personal insult. The comment also showed that he's not being very objective.Sy9045 (talk) 05:02, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

One more comment about others on the article talk page as you did here,and I'll ban you from the GamerGate articles per Wikipedia:General sanctions/Gamergate. Dreadstar ☥ 04:53, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is outrageous. Ryulong's attacked me personally, which showed his clear biases. It is outrageous how you editors just removed the insult like nothing happened. What a joke and embarrassment to Wikipedia.Sy9045 (talk) 04:58, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Then do I suggested above and follow WP:CONDUCTDISPUTE processes, do not comment about others on the article talk page again. Dreadstar ☥ 05:01, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd strongly recommend not using verbiage such as "you think" or "you freely" as you do here, it may lead an admin to think you're talking about others. And, I think you are - despite my warnings....but I give you the benefit of the doubt this time. Dreadstar ☥ 05:33, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm really trying.Sy9045 (talk) 05:40, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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LOL. What an absurd and misleading statement. Please read the edits closely. Nothing was deleted. I just combined two of his bullet point paragraphs into one because I felt I could respond to it easier. I didn't even know that was a Wikipedia felony. I will stop doing that.Sy9045 (talk) 09:40, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't even know how Wikipedia works at times. I didn't know they were paragraphs of one statement. I thought each bullet point was a separate statement and something you could respond to. Sorry. I understand it now. Thank you for your advice.Sy9045 (talk) 10:18, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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You are violating Wikipedia policies by trying to bury information cited by multiple reputable sources without even an attempt to explain your reasons. You will be reported unless you stop.Sy9045 (talk) 23:49, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess WP:NPOV means nothing to you. The Banner talk 00:06, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Does it to you? Because the sources I cited employed those same JournoList members. Are you even trying at a discussion at this point?Sy9045 (talk) 00:10, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just stop this senseless edit war. There is no consensus for your version of events at all. The Banner talk 00:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't even read Wikipedia content removal policies. Take a 1 minute look at it.Sy9045 (talk) 00:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You should have read the stuff about reaching consensus, NPOV and the 3-revert rule. The Banner talk 00:43, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You should have read the stuff about justifications for content removal.Sy9045 (talk) 00:44, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LOL, you should have reached consensus before you rewrote the article. You were removing content too, remember. The Banner talk 00:54, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What content did I remove? You are just making up things at this point.Sy9045 (talk) 00:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Banner for some reason is lying about me on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism#User-reported. That is not my IP address. I have not attempted to evade any blocks. I have stopped editing since I was blocked. If you are an administrator and can check my IP address, you will see that. The Banner is lying about me and assuming bad faith. Sy9045 (talk) 11:17, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The revert is identical to all the six reverts you have made earlier on. So I do not believe you. We will see if the admins will believe you or me. The Banner talk 11:36, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, when they find out you have falsely accused me, will you finally stop harassing me? Editors like you have ruined Wikipedia. Sy9045 (talk) 11:40, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hahaha. Thank you Bishopssix!! Sy9045 (talk) 11:06, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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You made these additions to Taliban Five. The new material you added is not properly referenced. They are merely allegations. It is not the wikipedia's job to take sides. Sorry, but you did take sides by repeating the US allegations as if they were established facts. Geo Swan (talk) 15:14, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WTF are you talking about? Stop accusing people of having ulterior motives because you're too lazy to read carefully and check the references yourself. The reference was supplied in Politifact, WSJ and Time, which was properly referenced. It took no sides. It simply reported on facts. Read this: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jun/02/john-mccain/john-mccain-says-five-taliban-detainees-freed-bowe/ and this http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204136404577209391708596680. See this quote, "According to the documents, all five men were deemed to be of "high" risk to the United States and were recommended for "continued detention." (Politifact) and this quote: "Their identities are an open secret..." (WSJ). The Time text I added specifically said "According to Time...". Time is from a reputable source. In fact, both Time and the WSJ reported on the "suck it up and salute" reference (see http://www.wsj.com/articles/best-of-the-web-today-suck-it-up-and-salute-1401912754 and http://time.com/2818827/taliban-bergdahl-pow-release-objections-white-house/) Sy9045 (talk) 18:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AAGF -- Always assume good faith. Check again, I did not accuse you of "ulterior motives". I said nothing about your motives. I did say:

1. the material you introduced was not properly referenced;
2. the material you introduced was not written to comply with policies like WP:NPOV.

The individual paragraphs you added about each of the five men is unreferenced. Our readers are not mind-readers. Your fellow wikipedia contributors are not mind-readers. If Politifact, WSJ and Time are the references you used for those paragraphs then you should have referenced them in those paragraphs. Those paragraphs were not properly referenced. I am sorry if you don't like this point, but ask any fair-minded third party, and I believe they will back me up.

When you say another contributor should check your references more closely you can only be disappointed with them if they didn't closely check the references you supplied for the paragraphs in question. Sorry, since you supplied zero references for the paragraphs in question you have no grounds for complaint. Ask any fair-minded third party, and I believe they will back me up.

It is a fact that US intelligence officials made these claims. Time, WSJ, Politifacts can report the US intelligence officials claims as if they were established facts. Or they can report them as how US intelligence officials described the men. Either way, they remain mere allegations, not "facts". You lapsed from compliance with WP:NPOV by repeating the allegations without attributing them to a source. You lapsed from compliance with WP:NPOV by repeating the allegations as if they were a fact, not an opinion.

I am going to repeat -- I did not question your motives. I do question your compliance with WP:VER, WP:NPOV, WP:RS -- which might be due to inexperience, tiredness, or the normal human fallibility that I too experience sometimes.

Some people say "the best defense is a good offense". But this tactic is not really compatible with being a civil, collegial, cooperative wikipedia contributor. Our most important goal should be improving the overall quality of the wikipedia -- not defending our personal reputation. When someone voices a civil, collegial, policy-based concern to you I encourage you to make your first step to be considering whether the concern holds merit -- not interpreting it as a personal attack, to which you need to give an aggressive reply. Geo Swan (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You've got to be fricking kidding me right? The references on the five men were introduced BEFORE those men were described. See the references right before the men were mentioned ("The Taliban Five are listed as..."). There are FOUR references there from CNN, Telegraph, WUFT and Politifact. They provide the references for the 5 men described. Read them. Did you read them before assuming bad faith of other editors? Regarding Politifact, WSJ and Time, you can summarize their reporting as many other Wiki articles have been doing. Do you want to try a Google search of how many "According to Time" texts there are on Wikipedia. There are 8,700 results alone for that phrase. Should we remove those too? What a complete and utter waste of time we're even discussing this. Sy9045 (talk) 12:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I explicitly told you I was not accusing you of bad faith.

You are not addressing the points I made.

References for the paragraphs about the individual men belong in the paragraphs about the individual men. This is not complicated.

Listen -- we are all fallible. I am fallible -- and so are you. There have been lots of occasions where I added new material, that I thought was properly referenced, only to have someone tell me it wasn't properly referenced. When I was in the position you find yourself in I go and check the references I used. Guess what? Sometimes I lapse, and the other guy or gal was right. Sometimes I thought I had supplied a reference that backed up a passage I contributed, but, when I checked, I left that reference in a different paragraph. Because I hadn't added the reference to the paragraph in question that other guy or gal was right to voice a concern.

This is the situation you are in now. I don't think there can be any dispute that those paragraphs needed references. That means they were unreferenced. This is not an insult. This is not a personal attack. Could you please try harder to recognize that when other contributors voice a concern over one of your contributions they are not attacking you personally? Even if they turn out to be wrong, and you turn out to be correct their civil expression of concern was not a personal attack. Please remember that. Geo Swan (talk) 01:45, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was referenced in the preceding paragraph, which introduced the paragraphs. The summaries of each person was an aggregation of those sources. If you want the references to appear at the end of each paragraph (which I think is overkill), please do so. Otherwise, we do not need to waste any more time on something so trivial.Sy9045 (talk) 03:14, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Each paragraph needs references.

We don't, we can't, control how our readers read our articles. They may read just one paragraph, the one they think addresses the question that brought them to the article. The one or more reference that substantiates what that paragraph says should be cited in the paragraph itself. Geo Swan (talk) 04:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I saw this edit. This is not how we cite references.

Only one instance of the reference needs to be fully populated. Do you know how HTML tags work? Some tags are used in pairs, with the closing tag having a slash "/" at the beginning of the tag. <ref name="" /></ref> is an example of an HTML tag that is used in pairs. You repeated several references, full populated, WITHOUT giving the tag a name. What you should do is populate all fields in the {{cite}} tag of the reference once, and, in subsequent instances you place a slash at the end, as with the politifact reference -- <ref name="politifact"/>. Someone else wrote that politifact reference, didn't they?

Were you unaware that using duplicated, fully referenced, unnamed references, causes unnecessary and distracting duplicate entries in the reference list?

But the real problem with your work on these men is that you seem to have made no effort whatsoever to look to see if other authoritative reliable sources voiced an alternate point of view. There are alternate points of view, voiced by authoritative reliable sources, and, in my opinion, by not looking for those references, what you supplied did not measure up compliance with WP:NPOV. Sorry. Geo Swan (talk) 04:44, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Those are reputable sources. Time, WSJ, Politifact, Washington Post, etc. are all reputable sources. Those publications have all won Pulitzer prizes. There are many citations on Wikipedia that cite in my manner. If you want it corrected based on your own OCD tendencies, please do it yourself. This is your last warning. Stop harassing me now. Sy9045 (talk) 04:54, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't believe the incident section is necessary because it already describes what happened earlier in the article. Yours Truly (talk) 12:21, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I think so. The article of this type is usually very long and the intro just serves as an executive summary while there's almost always a section similar to "incident". If you read the incident section I added, I went into more detail (like the items the gunman used). Sy9045 (talk) 12:25, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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