User:Flow Ridian/sandbox


 * 1) I enthusiastically endorse this RfC/U. On July 23, Dan56 invited me to review his FAC for Of Human Feelings. Although I had never reviewed at FAC before, I thought I would give it a shot, as it seemed fun, and I like to help out where I can. Things went relatively well until near the end, when I identified Dan56's misrepresentation of a source in an attempt to assert that an A+ grade from Robert Christgau was the "ultimate accolade" in all of music journalism and criticism. Not to mention the fact that the section in question contained what I judged to be excessive information about Christgau and his rating system. Dan56 seemed incapable of compromise on this point, and our subsequent back-and-forth left me exhausted and demoralized about the FAC process in general. I had never before interacted with Dan56, nor had I commented at FAC, so I'm not sure why he picked me. Regardless, I felt like I went above the call of duty and tried to help him out. He demonstrated an inability to accurately paraphrase source material and an extreme reluctance to compromise. He eventually removed most of the questionable material, but not until Dcs002 joined a talk page discussion and agreed with my position that the source was being misinterpreted and misrepresented by Dan56. In my opinion, Dan56 has a severe issue with paraphrasing and with pushing a POV regarding Christgau. He is also insistent on specific versions of prose, where there is little or no room for suggestions from others. Most alarming to me was his willingness to resort to accusation of bias immediately after I raised the concern about the Christgau material, and as Harmolodix pointed out at the talk page, Dan56 twice accused me of hating jazz and Christgau here and here, even though I explicitly told him that I have a deep respect for both, which I think speaks to his issue with WP:AGF. Flow Ridian (talk) 22:49, 1 August 2014 (UTC)