User:Aardvarkzz/Sandbox03

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Request for intervention against vandalism
On 29 August 2010, User: Wikiwatcher1 violated the rule posted in boldface at the top of this page, Before posting a grievance about a user here, please discuss the issue with them on their user talk page and launched a complaint Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive635 against my accurate, relevant and informative citations of movie reviews on pages about those movies. User: Wikiwatcher1 concocted a linkspam theory that those citations link to pages about the multi-volume reprints of Variety Film Reviews and Variety Obituaries, both of which have been discontinued and are out of print. Those pages were created by me, as I happen to own one of the world’s most complete privately-held collections of movie reference books, most of which have material not available online. My citations are the first step in adding information from the reprints to pages about movies and celebrities.

The complaint was quickly “Resolved” (with a large green check mark) against the suggestion of User: Wikiwatcher1 that my citations be deleted, at which point User: Wikiwatcher1 took it upon himself to begin systematically deleting most, not all, of my citations. These deletions are unconscionable and indefensible, with User: Wikiwatcher1 rationalizing his vandalism with excuses such as “obit already cited” or “already has valid source.”

Sometimes instead of deleting, User: Wikiwatcher1 moves my citations from a relevant place in the article to an irrelevant one. For example, User: Wikiwatcher1, moved my citation for the obituary of Charles Laughton from next to Laughton’s death date and occupation (information given in the obituary) to the statement about where Laughton was buried, even though the obituary says nothing about Laughton’s resting place.

At User talk:Wikiwatcher1, I warned that further such meddling and/or vandalism would result in a complaint by me against such activity, and I politely explained my motives and intentions. User: Wikiwatcher1 replied in a manner that appeared conciliatory, as if the matter was settled.

But now User: Wikiwatcher1 has deleted another of my citations (the Variety obituary of Paul Muni), and has demanded User talk:Aardvarkzz I explain why there is a link on each citation to the pages about the reprints. I do not owe User: Wikiwatcher1 such an explanation. However, I am informing Wikipedia that the links (which were the basis of the complaint by User: Wikiwatcher1 rejected by Wikipedia) take the interested user to a page explaining where the citations come from and where they are most likely to find the facsimile reprint text of the articles and reviews if one has the inclination to go to a library that has those series. Because the articles I have cited are not online, there is no better link than the ones I provide. The citations could link to Variety magazine, but the Variety website is not free and it does not have reviews and obituaries as far back as the ones I have cited.

User: Wikiwatcher1 at least needs to be informed that citations confirming information already cited is legitimate; i.e., sometimes several citations side-by-side refer to the same fact. Often my citations are the only ones about a movie or celebrity.

Please advise User: Wikiwatcher1 against further deleting or meddling with my citations.

Can you provide some diffs which indicate where you feel inappropriate removal / relocation of citations out of context has occured? Yes. Please see Special:Contributions/Wikiwatcher1. Following your resolution (29 August 2010) against the suggestion of User: Wikiwatcher1 that my citations be deleted, User: Wikiwatcher1 on 30 August 2010 from 03:18 to 04:15 deleted (in most cases) or moved (in a few cases approximately forty of my Variety obituary citations. This destructive and disruptive activity temporarily ceased when I started a dialog at User talk:Wikiwatcher1. However, User: Wikiwatcher1 demanded further explanation from me at User talk:Aardvarkzz, and attempted to prod me into making such explanation by deleting (19:25, 3 September 2010) my accurate and relevant Variety citation for the obituary of Paul Muni.

When the “polite request” by User: Wikiwatcher1 is accompanied by vandalizing a citation, it is NOT polite, and amounts to vandalism. I have already wasted several hours attempting to be polite with User: Wikiwatcher1, as well as several more hours undoing his vandalism and requesting intervention against it. Whether or not User: Wikiwatcher1 personally finds my citations informative is beside the point. There is nothing deceptive or misleading about the citations, and I ask you to instruct User: Wikiwatcher1 to tolerate their presence in articles about movies and celebrities, and that User: Wikiwatcher1 cease further communication with me.