Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Omallystwin

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• Omallystwin (talk · contribs · logs)

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Statement of the dispute

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Description

This user has repeatedly reinserted an entry into Alton Brown (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) that appear to promote two webcomics and their author. Attempts to discuss issue on article talk page and with the user directly have been met with a defiant response.

Evidence of disputed behavior

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1. Insertion of questioned material: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15].
2. Response to questions about edits: [16], [17], [18], [19].

Applicable policies and guidelines

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1. Wikipedia:Disruptive editing
2. Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox
3. Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Undue weight
4. Wikipedia:Verifiability

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

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1. Talk page discussion: Talk:Alton Brown#JKR, Fred the monkey and Cubetoons
2. User talk page discussions: [20]

Users certifying the basis for this dispute

{Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute}

1. Allen3 ^talk 12:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
2. Travisl 06:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Other users who endorse this summary

1. --Falard 14:46, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
2. – flamurai (t) 05:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Response

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Outside view

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• Hard to read intent here. For one, the user appears to be a Single Purpose Account for the sole purpose of promoting the webcomic in question. I am going to err on the side of good faith here. It appears he is genuinely trying to provide a reference to Alton Brown's notability, which is in itself a noble gesture. From my point of view, he does not understand how to reference correctly, does not understand what he is doing wrong, and is getting frustrated with the actions of the editors who are removing his additions. On the other side, the editors are RIGHT to remove his edits, but perhaps some help in trying to intergrate the information in an acceptable manner rather than wholesale removal of the information would be good. This could be a good editor in the future. We were ALL bad editors when we started, it took some learning to get better. The difference in most of our cases was help from experienced editors, not simply removal of our work without proper criticism. --Jayron32 04:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Users who endorse this summary:

1. Jayron32 04:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
2. Addhoc 18:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

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