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It's finally been kept. As you say, one wonders about the motivations of some editors. You should be able to edit the article with a free hand now. -- 101.119.29.53 (talk) 11:26, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

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The IP has just advised me that they are the person who was pushing a thesis onto the encyclopedia a few months back. You probably knew that. I think the best course would be to ask at WP:RFPP for semi-protection on the pages she/he is focussing on. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:59, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I had guessed that was the ID of the IP hopper, but thanks for confirming my suspicions. I'll apply for that protection...and prepare for the predictable accusations of censorship Thanks very much.__DrChrissy (talk) 03:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Barnstar for you

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		I, Epipelagic, award DrChrissy the Resilient Barnstar for enduring with the patience of Job the great affliction of the IP hopping troll. May your recovery be prompt and beyond doubt! --Epipelagic (talk) 05:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

I would like to second that award! I am One of Many (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Cheers people - thanks for the support - much appreciated.__DrChrissy (talk) 16:42, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Marian Dawkins

Why does this not mention her ex-husband? Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:57, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi. I think someone's User talk page is not the best place to raise such a question. I have no idea how many editors will be following my User talk page, but I am sure there will be considerably more following the Talk Marian Dawkins page, and I think you will get a much more representative response there. Of course, you can always make the edit yourself on the article. All the best.__DrChrissy (talk) 16:04, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, I'm interested in the psychology of how you can write an article on a subject who has an ex-husband in the encyclopedia, and not mention him. Do you not know the identity of the ex-husband, or do you think it's not important in a biography? Barney the barney barney (talk) 18:22, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Please take this discussion to the appropriate Talk page.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:35, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm asking you. Do you not know, or do you think it unimportant? Barney the barney barney (talk) 18:42, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Of course I know Richard Dawkins - what professional biologist wouldn't? As to whether he should be included on the Marian Dawkins article, I do not wish to make public my opinion on that just at the moment.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion

I saw the comment before you reverted and decided to ask the admin who previously range blocked the IP to consider the matter (see here). May I suggest that there are two reasons why our edit summaries should be bland. First, the matter will probably be escalated to a noticeboard again, and onlookers are notorious for seizing on red herrings ("that user failed to AGF in an edit summary!"), and that can derail a discussion. Second (and more important), is WP:DENY. If we engage with the IP, they will never go away because they will always want the last word, and they will continue for as long as they get attention. Some of my edit summaries have been wordy because they attempt to provide evidence that the IP has received an explanation, and they explain to onlookers why a comment was removed. In the future, I think we should be very brief, for example "offtopic" or "please use a noticeboard". Johnuniq (talk) 02:49, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Fine - thanks very much for the great advice - I will follow it. I guess I was just getting a little frustrated and wanting to stop good people like yourself being accused of edit warring because of 3 reverts.__DrChrissy (talk) 00:27, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, and you are correct that multiple editors are required to avoid one of them being singled out for edit warring. I guess you've noticed that a helpful admin has semiprotected the articles and talk pages so things should be peaceful for a while more, and all we have to do is be ultra boring when they return. Johnuniq (talk) 21:28, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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look Disruptive editing--CYl7EPTEMA777 (talk) 14:25, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

My edits can hardly be described as disruptive - we simply have a different point of view. In any case, my Talk page is not the place to discuss this. I will raise the issue on Talk:Talking birds which is the proper place.__DrChrissy (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hi DrChrissy, If it doesn't look like refspam to you then please review the other contributions from this editor and let me know what you think. Looks like promotional editing with a conflict of interest to me. Cheers,
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Hi. I see what you mean. I have not gone through all the contributions, but there is certainly a pattern there. Each edit on its own appears justifiable, but I agree the overall pattern does indicate spam. What do we do if an editor makes edits that on there own could probably remain, but overall show a pattern of misuse?__DrChrissy (talk) 17:50, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

I remove them and make contact with the editor on their talk page drawing attention to the pertinent policies and guidelines. I left one of the custom messages from Twinkle on their talk page that accomplishes this while also welcoming them. Using a level 1 warning from WP:WARN such as {{subst:uw-advert1}} would also work.
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I smelled BS and you fought to keep it.

Who's being destructive? PraetorianFury (talk) 01:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

The reference had been tagged as having questionable relevance. Without looking at the article, the relevance can not be assessed. You deleted the reference but left an edit summary as "irrelevant". When I looked at the reference, it is actually relevant, but it appears to me to be highly unreliable. So I deleted it on his basis rather than its relevance. I suggest you make your edit summaries clearer and more accurate - that way, other editors do not have to check references and clean up the mess.__DrChrissy (talk) 01:11, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

This is a simplistic view of what happened. I recognize how Wikipedia develops. A lot of our content comes from anons and new users who don't necessarily know how to write a good encyclopedia, much less how to write on Wikipedia. So frequently on the bottom of sections you'll see a completely disconnected sentence added by a new user that may or may not actually be useful content. This was the case here, and it was so obvious because the sentence didn't say anything. I recognized it as that and wanted to delete it. But people always get up in arms whenever you delete anything, calling it censorship or destructive... So WP:WEIGHT and WP:NOT are the applicable policies to mention, which I did on the talk page. "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information" - in other words, we shouldn't keep whatever trivial thing an anon randomly decides to add. The fact that it was an opinion piece on top of this should be indicative to you that you are being too hostile to deletions and not skeptical enough of material. PraetorianFury (talk) 01:41, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Your edit summary could easily have directed other editors to look at the reliability of the source rather than alluding to its relevance, as my edit summary did.__DrChrissy (talk) 01:55, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm saying I didn't know it was unreliable. But it was obvious that it was junk added by an anon or new user. It didn't say anything worthwhile, and that's why I deleted it. Bad material by a noob user. You assumed that the material was good, that buried in the source there was useful information. But that wasn't the case. I'm saying what I have been saying, deleting material isn't destructive. PraetorianFury (talk) 05:03, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

That is exactly right - I assumed good faith. "Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle on Wikipedia."Wikipedia:Assume good faith__DrChrissy (talk) 20:10, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

In an anon or new user you know nothing about and in restrospect did not know what they were doing, and whose content was obviously lacking, while you did not AGF with me despite my edit summary and talk page comments. Great application of policy there. PraetorianFury (talk) 02:25, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I struggle to see why you are being so persistent about this. If I have tracked the edits correctly, the sentence was cut and pasted from a related WP article. Again if I have tracked it correctly, this was done by an editor who I know well (on Wikipedia) and have the greatest respect for editorially - s/he is certainly not an anon or new user. The sentence said that emotions in dogs had been studied using a new technology. This sentence alone is totally relevant to the article. To have dismissed and deleted it removes/lowers the opportunity for other editors to actually research the material and decide whether it is a suitable source that clearly needs expansion in the WP article. I researched the source, assessed that it was not a suitable source, and deleted it from the article. It could still be argued that the sentence should perhaps remain because it IS relevant, but, IMO, the source does not include sufficient detail for expansion in the WP article. If it did, I think it would be highly relevant and I would have been happy to do the expansion.__DrChrissy (talk) 02:57, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Because I resent being called destructive when I'm cleaning up a mess made by another editor. You keep saying "it could be expanded" but you don't expand it. You were so sure that it was good content but you didn't even open it before throwing around accusations. You and Epipelagic have been talking down to me since my first edit even as you flagrantly disregard policy. Well now we have clear and indisputable proof. My instincts were right, and yours were wrong. There's more to contributing to this encyclopedia than a net positive character count. Remember that when you want to start a battle over the most mundance of deletions. PraetorianFury (talk) 07:55, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Reply deleted as contrary to Wikipedia:No naming editors. Yet again you are in breach of Wikipedia policy.__DrChrissy (talk) 19:24, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

To the editor who deleted my previous edit - this is MY talk page - do NOT delete MY edits unless you have good reason to and it should certainly be discussed with me prior to deletion. This is not an article page. Unauthorised editing of another Users Talk page is taken very seriously - please do not push me into reporting you.__DrChrissy (talk) 23:38, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

You don't get to modify a discussion on your talk page. Feel free to archive it if you wish, but my comments are well within policy. WP:No naming editors is an essay, and since you have consistently overlooked the actual description of an essay, I will paste the relevant passage for you:

Essays may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints, and may contain the advice and/or opinions of one or more editors. Consider these views with discretion.

There's a reason it doesn't say policy at the top. But go ahead, and take this to WP:ANI. Let's see what they think about you removing other users' comments.

I DO get to modify a discussion on my Talk page. "Simply deleting others' comments on your talk page is permitted, but most editors prefer archiving."" ..from Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. On these occasions, this editor reluctantly preferred not to archive because by using my discretion regarding an essay on naming other editors, it seemed the most appropriate course of action.__DrChrissy (talk) 13:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Please stop removing my contribution. A lot of text on wikipedia lacks a source and is not removed. I add a source, which can be considered low quality, but it is at least a source, and more worth than no source at all. Secondly, if a source is unreliable, there are templates for this. For example . Removing the whole section is a competely overblown response. Kind regards, Timelezz (talk) 02:10, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

This belongs on the Talk page of the article in question. Please take it there.__DrChrissy (talk) 02:17, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

I suggest dropping ANI for now. We are dealing with someone with no clue concerning Wikipedia, and the issues (after the cleanup by FPaS) are not sufficiently clear for onlookers to bother. I am watching, and action can be taken upon recurrence. For the future, it is not always helpful for the person raising an issue (you) to respond because it makes the matter look like a tiff between two users, and third parties do not want to take the time to get involved. Ping me if wanted; no need to respond to this. Johnuniq (talk) 22:51, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I take your point. Being accused of OR is hardly likely to get me a life-time ban on Wikipedia if it was incorrectly upheld! Cheers. __DrChrissy (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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You can probably guess my gamer tag.... Dbrodbeck (talk) 02:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

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Poultry

I am working on improving the article Poultry as part of the Core Contest. The reason I removed the paragraph on cockfighting was because it was suggested by the judges that it was off topic, and should be removed, see here. You will see that I have mentioned the subject in the first paragraph of the Chicken section so it had not gone entirely. The contest is due to finish today or tomorrow (there is some confusion). I would like to remove the cockfighting paragraph now, to please the judges, and you can add it back in again in a few days if you think fit. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks very much for taking the time to explain this to me. I have never heard about this competition before. I actually think the judges have got it wrong on this weighting issue. To be honest, it seems rather unusual to temporarily change a page to simply win money. If the change is made to better the page, then surely the change should be permanent. In the interests of civility and friendliness, I will not re-insert this section again for a few days as you have requested. Is this competition also the reason for the unusual detail about using eggs for vaccines?__DrChrissy (talk) 20:46, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

I added the vaccines paragraph because Snowmanradio suggested it should be there, but he is in fact not one of the judges. Opinions differ about what should be included! I'm stopping for the night now but I will do some more to the article tomorrow if the competition is still open. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:59, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Possible copyvio in one of your articles

I've noticed that the wording of one of the sections you have added is very similar to the source that was cited, so it needs to be paraphrased further in order to avoid copyright issues. Your contributions to Wikipedia appear to be constructive and helpful, but it's important to avoid paraphrasing non-free sources too closely. Jarble (talk) 16:40, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Not sure how that happened. I might have inserted the section and then got called away before completing my paraphrasing. Anyway, have a look at the section now and see if you are happy enough with it to remove the hat.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

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See ANI again, the user that initiated this is blocked for very obvious reasons. Acroterion (talk) 13:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

My good wishes

Hi DrChrissy! I see that the IP has been continuing to treat you very inappropriately. Speaking as someone who has had my own share of people treating me shabbily on-Wiki, I want to say whatever I can to cheer you up! Someone has some kind of inane grudge against the author of that source, and it suddenly turns into a crusade against you: there are some pretty maladjusted characters on "teh internets". One of my first such experiences, myself, was when an external website (the forums at Something Awful) organized a mass attack of IPs to go after me because, horror of horrors, I said that I didn't see the need to delete an image of a Japanese cartoon. I actually got death threats on my talk page because of that! Apparently, deleting an image from a Japanese cartoon was so important to a bunch of people that they thought it was worth spending over a month going after me. Anyway, I can look back on that and laugh. And they are all gone, and I'm still here.

You are an excellent editor, and very smart. I believe the other folks at ANI who all say that they are committed to blocking the IP whenever it shows its ugly face. Don't let the jerk get you down. Happy editing! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:35, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hear Hear! Dbrodbeck (talk) 20:58, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

I completely agree with Tryptofish and I'll keep an eye open for the IP troll and report it to an administrator whenever it pops up. I am One of Many (talk) 22:55, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you all for these good wishes. My faith is restored. I just thought one or two people needed reminding there are humans behind the keyboards, screens and characters.__DrChrissy (talk) 00:08, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Let me know if you want your talk page semi-protected. Drmies (talk) 00:28, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. Will let you know if that is needed but seems OK at the moment.__DrChrissy (talk) 00:31, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Johnuniq. Thanks for that speedy reversion. I hardly had time to read it! It is comforting to know there are good people out there. If this persists on my Talk page, I will take up Drmies' offer of semi-protection to save us all work we should be investing in more positive actions__DrChrissy (talk) 01:03, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

I've semi-protected this page for 10 days, which will probably have to be extended. I've also blocked the latest range used by your harasser. Acroterion (talk) 01:06, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you.__DrChrissy (talk) 01:08, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello DrChrissy, sorry to hear about your troubles; Tryptofish gives excellent advice, as usual. p.s. Hey Acroterion, are you sure the page is semi-prot? I still see the edit-button.... Maybe you should ask Acrozilla to do this particular job?  :-)   — 74.192.84.101 (talk) 03:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

• Wikipedia is a strange place, but it is very common that "badges of shame" are removed. With luck you won't need to become experienced with the nonsense seen at noticeboards, but your comment at User talk:CYl7EPTEMA777 is not helpful and should be removed. Other people are handling that side of things, and you should leave it up to them. Also, getting involved means you are opening the door for more abuse because people are entitled to respond to a comment, and there is no expectation that such a discussion could lead to anything productive. Johnuniq (talk) 01:21, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
• Thanks so much for the advice. I take your point and I will act on it. I can't but help getting frustrated with editors entering into such discussions/incidents without perhaps fully researching what has been done. Their default is to protect open discussion but this then trivializes the harm that has been done to the project and other individuals. Once again - thanks for the advice.__DrChrissy (talk) 02:50, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

You are a good person

Don't empower anyone by questioning that due to their remarks. History is replete with good people who were demonized by others, including one of my personal inspirations, Abraham Lincoln. While it is understandably frustrating, as long as you don't believe them, the opinions of petty people can't hurt you. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 14:38, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Doc. I'm John from Idegon and am a friend of Dennis's from WER. My father, who was a very wise man like everyone's father should be, had a saying that I think is appropriate here. "There are only two things in the world over which you have absolute control: Your own actions and how you let yourself feel about others actions."

That being said, I wanted to let you know that I have absolutely no interest in zoology or biology or any ology. What does interest me is helping new people here navigate the often scary roads in Wiki-land. And I wanted to extend to you an offer to stop by my talk page any time you feel the need to ask about technical or policy issue or simply have the need to vent. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 20:51, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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for your helpful edits to Badger culling in the United Kingdom. All the best—S Marshall T/C 11:59, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the "thanks". Much appreciated. __DrChrissy (talk) 08:58, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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I think it is inappropriate to state "I suggest you re-introduce the material and we then discuss it on the Talk page". Recently added disputed content must be discussed first and the objections must be addressed, before it is added back. LittleJerry (talk) 20:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

It is entitely appropriate as per Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. What is not appropriate is your unhelpful edit summaries such as "...unneeded" which suggest ownership of the page as per Wikipedia:Ownership of articles.__DrChrissy (talk) 08:39, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

No, the article states:"Do not edit war. The BRD cycle does not contain another "R" after the "D". Discussion and a move toward consensus must occur before starting the cycle again." LittleJerry (talk) 12:47, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with you - there is not another "Revert" after the "Discussion". The next step after Discussion is to make a "Bold" edit. I have suggested to the author that after our Discussion s/he places edited material, which you reverted, back into the article. I have not suggested a revert, so this is not edit warring, rather, I have suggested the next step in the accepted cycle.__DrChrissy (talk) 13:47, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

I too have concerns with LittleJerry's tactics and implied ownership of the Hippo article, but I also see that he has been repeatedly reprimanded in the past for similar actions with other articles. To reduce the harm he has caused in this case, I have added the summarily deleted paragraph and references to the hippo talk page and opened the topic to discussion. If you have any further ideas about the section, I welcome your input. Ctatkinson (talk) 14:47, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I fell foul of these tactics on the Elephant page sometime ago with sections of material I added deleted because the references were not in the correct format for that page...a rather non-colegiate approach. I will have a look at what you have written and suggest changes.__DrChrissy (talk) 16:07, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

I have stated twice why the material doesn't belong in the article and neither of you have explained why it does or addressed my objections. Another user has commented also. LittleJerry (talk) 23:44, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

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The reference is just one of the countless number of dubious free weight loss information sites. Also, I don't think it passes WP:RS in the first place. -SFK2 (talk) 10:54, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure why you think the reference does not pass WR:RS. The main reason I reverted your deletion was because the deletion left the section without any reference at all. The reference gives its own references, including the US Database, which the motivated WP reader could follow up. Without this, they might be unsure where to go. We could place a on the reference.__DrChrissy (talk) 16:27, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I've replaced it with the original USDA source. I trust you won't have any issues with that. -SFK2 (talk) 03:28, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

I have no "issues" at all with the replacement - good editing on your part. By the way, I think it is perhaps better that such discussions are had on the Talk page of the Article so that other interested editors may take part, rather than on a User Talk page which is likely to be seen by very few.__DrChrissy (talk) 11:41, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

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Hey DrChrissy, I'm asking assorted responsible editors I know to watchlist California Chrome for the next week or two - the horse is to run for the Triple Crown at the 2014 Belmont Stakes on June 7. The article is getting very high traffic for a horse article (over 250K hits this month) and we had some real PITA vandalism on both Derby day (where some troll posted - obviously inaccurately - that the horse died) and Preakness day (where someone who should know better went in and erased half the article in random places) plus the usual kiddie nonsense. So I'm just letting folks know that I'd welcome vandal-watching eyes. Feel free to offer comments on the article at its talk page too, it's a GA now, and I'm probably going to take it to FAC after the Belmont is over. Montanabw^(talk) 18:14, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Happy to oblige.__DrChrissy (talk) 09:01, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

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Hey DrChrissy. Responding to your recent edit, bundling citations is done for readability, generally because it's considered ugly by many to see rather than just and we generally try to maximize readability where we can. There are a number of choices to display bundled citations, including with and without bullets, as seen on the linked page in the section header. I prefer bullets when I do so as unlike the other citations, the bundled ones lack the blue caret (^) which shows a clear separation between it and the next one, which the bullet substitutes for, but it's no big deal (actually, it's not bid deal overall, though it would be unlikely to survive intact through a FAC without them bundled). So I do think you should re-bundle, choosing whatever format you prefer. By the way, your revert of the bundling placed spaces between the display of the footnotes, i.e., instead of. If nothing else, that should be fixed.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:59, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Because this is about the content of a specific page, I am copying it to Talk - Chicken eyeglasses so that other editors can also discuss.__DrChrissy (talk) 10:07, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

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