User talk:Chip.berlet

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The editor formerly known as "cberlet."

Biased Editing is Unbalancing My Entry with Criticism...Again

Meanwhile, cited material about my work in reputable publications is being deleted and being replaced with syntheses of critical comments from a handful of my critics.

See Chip Berlet

Chip.berlet (talk) 23:53, 11 June 2014 (UTC)


 * You've involved in an editorial dispute. Several editors have responded to you on the article talk page and you've already opened up an RFC to discuss your concerns. An administrator (an editor with additional technical tools) is not required here. Mkdw talk 17:51, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


 * An administrator in the past has steped in and helped reframe the discussion for fairness and accuracy because there have been repeated attempts over 5 years to attack my reputation through Wikipedia editing that is biased, incomplete, and often just factually false. Several editors have been permanently blocked because they turned out to be sock puppets for the LaRouchite organization. Other editors have been suspended. This is not the first time this has happened. I know the system here but I also know the history here. Please do not dismiss my concerns with such a glib response. Administrator attention and comments on the talk page has calmed the discussion down quickly in the past.Chip.berlet (talk) 21:24, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Chip, if I may, I would like to clarify for you what it is sysops do here on Wikipedia. Perhaps this will clarify why a sysop is not required to balance and resolve your content dispute, but rather any editor willing to volunteer their time and effort. Let's first look at your initial request, "". Now let's look at the tasks in which a sysop can perform. They are as follows as outlined at WP:ADMIN: Based upon your initial request, which of these functions in particular will resolve your problem? The answer is they won't. What you need, as you stated, is someone to get the discussion back on track and to moderate the discussion. Fortunately for you, that task can be undertaken by any willing editor. An editor with the sysop tool is granted no more authority over moderating a content dispute as any other editor. We may benefit from having the tools to immediately block disruptive vandals or editors who are edit warring, but if you happen to see any of that activity, you can simply report it at WP:ANI and a sysop will investigate the violation. There are four steps, per the guidelines, in regards to content disputes where things like bias and use of unsuitable references are addressed. They are third opinion, dispute resolution, request for comment, or arbitration. All except for the last are generally moderated by editors. So please, do not mistake my assessment that a "sysop" was not needed here as being ill-informed, but rather substantive in that the help you are looking for can be offered by anyone. I closed the sysop help request since no specific technical use of the tools we possess was requested, and where only a sysop could provide assistance. Mkdw talk 08:43, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * to block user accounts and IP addresses from editing
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OK, thanks for clarifying this. Alas, another rime consuming interaction with the one thing Wilipedia can't seem to deal with: Wikistalking and Wikifanatics. Chip.berlet (talk) 11:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Right-wing politics and violence
Hi. A while back I created Right-wing politics and violence. Do you think you can help expand it? Or should it be merged somewhere else? Viriditas (talk) 03:15, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, it begs the question of why there is not a page on Left-wing politics and violence. But I poked around and see there are several articles on "XXXX and Violence" so I think keep it. I currently am on a deadline for a writing assignment, but I can add more material and more cites to other sources soon.Chip.berlet (talk) 12:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * But wait! An ideal NPOV solution would be to create a page on Political Violence with sections on Left Wing and Right Wing, and references to the existing pages on religious violence and also terrorism.Chip.berlet (talk) 12:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not overly attached to the stub. If you want to do something more drastic, have at it. Viriditas (talk) 09:23, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I will get to it in a week.Chip.berlet (talk) 11:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Wilcox
I rather thought the Wilcox claims properly stated as opinion would be no problem. One editor,alas, feels that the material violates WP:BLP and that there was a specific consensus against inclusion -- although, as I read it, as a journalist you recognize that opinions cited as opinions are of value to readers. shows him apparently trying to make a cause celebre out of what is, to me, a farily routine edit. He also posted some strong language on my user talk page  that there existed a specific consensus to remove any mention of Wilcox,    he accused me of not discussing anything on the article talk page, and   accuses me of violating WP:BLP, WP:NPOV, and unnamed "other policies." I think a word from an actual journalist might make him understand that no journalist wishes to have a totally bowdlerized article. Cheers. Collect (talk) 21:39, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I rather think the issue is that it is a cheap shot from Wilcox who has gone out of his way to say nasty things about me. I do not think your edits overall have helped contribute to an NPOV article. Just my opinion. Probably that is what got a note on your page. It is not hard to find more credible criticisms of my work if you have access to a print library or online scholarly database. Some of the critics are friends or colleagues. I don't mind criticism, but much of the criticism on my entry was by right-wing ideologues with a bone to pick. Hardly NPOV. Thanks for askingChip.berlet (talk) 03:11, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Otherwise, there appears to be no doubt that you are a candidate for journalistic sainthood . The interesting bit is that your defenders seem to think the problem is with your criticism of Wilcox!   That is what is sourced to the "Washington Times" AFAICT.   Cheers. Collect (talk) 11:46, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Your article
The activity is over all sped up. How do you feel it's going so far?Serialjoepsycho (talk) 08:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I think the entry is much improved, and I sincerely appreciate the efforts to make it better and more NPOV. I am awaiting interlibrary loan for some books with scholars with criticisms.Chip.berlet (talk) 11:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Just saw the comments on the Sandbox page. Sorry for being clueless, I will remember to check it for specifics.Chip.berlet (talk) 11:39, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * It would be a waste to lose any viable material that was there before. I noticed you copied that over there. While you can't edit directly this is not directly. But as I said my ability to verify is limited to the internet. Also I think would be a good idea to take any proposed changes to the talk page.Serialjoepsycho (talk)

Going Forward
It has been pointed out to me that ArbCom Discretionary Sanctions now apply to all biographies of living persons. I've templated the recent edit warriors. You can template any further edit warriors by putting blp on the talk page. If the introduction of bias resumes by notified editors, you can then go to arbitration enforcement and request sanctions, such as a topic ban. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:10, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Pointing out that a person criticized a living person and citing that criticized person's response is not in any way a BLP violation, and your gratuitous templating is not only unwelcome, it is far afield from the ArbCom decisions about BLPs. I suggest you read WP:BLP and note that it is not a "contentious claim about a person" to note that a notable person criticized them.   Also note that calling me an "edit warrior" is an abuse of WP:AGF and WP:NPA.  Further that your acts here are, IMHO, not indicative of collegial editing of an encyclopedia.  Cheers. Collect (talk) 12:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Cheers, perhaps you could compare your response posted here above in terms of tone to the comment posted above by Robert McClenon. These might provide some clarity. Chip.berlet (talk) 18:21, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I was at least trying to focus on the content, by reminding all contributors that the content is subject to special scrutiny. Are you, Collect, also focusing on the content, or on the contributors?  Robert McClenon (talk) 21:38, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I focus on the policy WP:BLP which is what we well ought to do.  I do not care who the editors are, nor do I care what the exact material is as long as it complies with Wikipedia policies and guidelines.  Cheers. Collect (talk) 22:11, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have read biographies of living persons. There was edit warring at Chip Berlet, and there were issues about the article at WP:BLPN.  I have not yet reviewed the details of who was edit-warring about what aspect of Chip Berlet's career.  If you read the details of the discretionary sanctions template, it is not "gratuitous", and it states that it does not imply blame, but is a reminder to use caution because failure to use caution may result in quick sanctions by uninvolved administrators.  The template is a reminder to cut out the edit wars and dial down the rhetoric, and, in my experience, discretionary sanctions templates do work for that purpose.  Robert McClenon (talk) 21:36, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

If you wish to examine my "controversial edits" I suggest you note, ,  ,   ,    to note some examples of material I find to be real problems on Wikipedia. Cheers. Collect (talk) 22:22, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have been admonished for rhetorical excess and have been trying to take a calmer stance. I think the point I take away from the comments by Robert McClenon is that all of us should do the same. I think that is reasonable.Chip.berlet 02:18, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Here is the Wiki standard to which we aspire: Balance Further information: Wikipedia:COATRACK

Criticism and praise should be included if they can be sourced to reliable secondary sources, so long as the material is presented responsibly, conservatively, and in a disinterested tone. Do not give disproportionate space to particular viewpoints; the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all. Care must be taken with article structure to ensure the overall presentation and section headings are broadly neutral. Beware of claims that rely on guilt by association, and biased, malicious or overly promotional content.

The idea expressed in WP:Eventualism – that every Wikipedia article is a work in progress, and that it is therefore okay for an article to be temporarily unbalanced because it will eventually be brought into shape – does not apply to biographies. Given their potential impact on biography subjects' lives, biographies must be fair to their subjects at all times.

Chip.berlet 02:21, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Books
You did if I recall claim to have written only 2 books. Your Biblio and article have 3 listed. Your biblio lists *(1987) Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party, ISBN 0-915987-03-1, ISBN 978-0-915987-03-0, Political Research Associates (1995) editor of Eyes Right! Challenging the Right Wing Backlash, South End Press, Boston; paperback edition ISBN 0-89608-523-6 (2000) with Matthew N. Lyons, Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort, Guilford Press, New York; paperback edition ISBN 1-57230-562-2 So I'm wondering which of these you don't think you are either the writer or that isn't a book. The 1995 book lists you as an editor. The 1987 has an article. It suggest that it is a report.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 06:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party is a bound report. ISBN numbers are issued for bound books and reports. ISSN numbers are issued for serials, even if sporadic. The distinction is important if confusing. I have two books in print: Eyes Right! Challenging the Right Wing Backlash, and Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort (with Matthew N. Lyons).Chip.berlet (talk) 03:24, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I made the change accordingly. I've also adjusted your biblio.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 04:30, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

I wanted to suggest an article for you
It has a kind of a Frost, the Road not taken feel to it. Confederados were CSA Confederates that emigrated to Brazil after the Civil war was lost. Slavery didn't end there until 1888 if I recall. Brazil is the 7th largest economy. The largest economy in Latin America. Large population. It's somewhat comparable to the US. How the Confederados differ just could be interesting.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 07:01, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds fascination, thanks. Chip.berlet (talk) 03:24, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question
Hello, Chip.berlet! I'm CASSIOPEIA. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 12:37, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kapya John Kaoma


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Nomination of Kapya John Kaoma for deletion
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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Kapya John Kaoma
I suggest you read WP:AGF and WP: UNCIVIL before making comments about other editors. Your comment about bias is not only unfounded, it is not appreciated and is contrary to the Wikipedia community guidelines. If you feel I am bias, feel free to report me to the Admin board.

I suggest you focus on the AfD and proving the adequacy of the article references and support. red dogsix</i> (talk) 19:54, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

See response on the main entry page for discussion of Kapya John KaomaChip.berlet (talk) 02:25, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Please direct all complaints about the entry for Kapya John Kaoma to that talk page and stop harassing me here. Thanks.

In ten years I have never used a Sockpuppet

 * I think what triggered suspicions was that a new user appeared out of nowhere to support a point you made on an obscure Wikipedia talk page. Do you know who this other person  is? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:26, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi NinjaRobotPirate (talk. I haven't a clue. I got up in the morning and went to the conference and then went to dinner, and then back to the hotel and fell asleep. I did answer a few e-mails, but otherwise was not paying attention to Wikipedia. I am almost 70 years old and no longer have the bandwidth. :-). Chip.berlet (talk) 02:08, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I personally would have interpreted the evidence as canvassing or recruiting offline friends, not sock puppetry. Beyond that, I'm not really sure what to say.  Maybe you might ask Bbb23 if he'd unblock you if you agreed to stay away from the AfD? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:56, 20 August 2018 (UTC)


 * And now we have (see above comments added by this account), whom I've blocked as a sock. @Chip.berlet, honestly, I don't know what to make of this. Note's comments are almost incoherent and full of signatures despite being only one post. The possiblities of what's going on are not great: (1) these are friends of yours, (2) they are your socks and you're screwing around making them look very different behavior-wise from you, or (3) they have nothing to do with you despite the technical evidence and the obvious interest in the same person. Normally, with another apparent sock introduced in the mix, I would increase your block length, probably to indefinite. Yet, I'm not doing that for the moment as this whole thing feels so damned odd.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:47, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * An alternative explanation is that some of my many political detractors are creating fake sock puppets to mess with me. It took Arbcom months to figure out that there was a concerted attack on my credibility on Wikipedia by LaRouchites and right-wing cranks. I finally got involved with a closed discussion on this type of harassment with other targeted editors and Jimmy Wales. This is not a new tactic if that is what is happening. Sigh. For the record, I have edited a page on a neonazi group with a neonazi--and we both behaved apprpriately within Wikipedia guidelines.Chip.berlet (talk) 01:36, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * So, are they doing so from the same or similar network as you too? SQL <sup style="font-size: 5pt;color:#999">Query me!  03:56, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I on a Verizon FIOS broadband as is much of the Boston area. We live in a house with a single dongle connection to a pole in the street. Our neighborhood alone has scores of connections to Verizon. Beyond that I do not know enough about how the Verizon network operates. I did post on my Facebook page the following:
 * Chip Berlet - July 25 at 2:06 PM
 * ===ATTENTION WIKIPEDIA EDITORS
 * ===The entry for the heroic human rights activist Kapya John Kaoma has been listed for deletion because he lacks "notability."
 * So a world-famous Black Christian minister born in Zambia who fights against bigotry and murder of LGBTQ+ people
 * in Africa is not notable? Please help by adding cites.
 * ...but this is hardly creating sock puppets. I have done it before for Wikipedia pages that needed work and have never been accused of creating sockpuppets. Chip.berlet (talk) 12:09, 21 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I think this explains pretty clearly what happened here. It's not a Wikipedia crime to ask for this sort of help. I am inclined to unblock. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 13:46, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Cheryl Blankenship


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 * Seriously, User:Gilo1969 I had just created the page on Cheryl Blankenship and was entering text when you tagged it for speedy deletion. Adding Black women well known in the US Civil Rights community is so unimpressive to you that you cannot wait for the full text of a page being created in real time to be finished? Seriously?


 * Hello Chip.berlet -- I've moved it to draftspace for you to work on further: Draft:Cheryl Blankenship Articles on living people must be fully sourced to reliable references from the outset. You might consider working on articles in your own userspace sandbox and publishing them only when completed -- I find it it saves a lot of hassle. Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 00:09, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Cheryl Blankenship


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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! - <kbd style="color: Red;">Rich T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 17:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I was not aware of that procedure. I probably should have been. Chip.berlet (talk) 11:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Source collective moved to draftspace
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Speedy deletion nomination of Source collective


A tag has been placed on Source collective requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, society, or group that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Source collective 2 (January 28)
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KylieTastic (talk) 22:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Block based on false information
Hello,

I edit under the name I have used since the late 1960s.

"Chip Berlet"

My birth name is "John Foster Berlet"

My use of the name "Chip Berlet" is not designed in any way to be an attempt at disguising my identity.

I believe the blocking editor acted in haste and failed to do any due diligence.

Please investigate this block.

Thanks for considering this request.

-Chip Berlet

birth name "John Foster Berlet" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Berlet This is openly stated online in the above page^^^

Source Catalogs moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Source Catalogs, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ~ Ase1este charge-paritytime 15:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, can you explain more about Source Catalogs? I am not entirely sure what it is and cannot seem to find anything about it on Google. It might very well be not notable, but if you have source, whether it be online or offline, please do so. Thanks. ~ Ase1este charge-paritytime 15:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Source collective
Hello! I note your comments at Talk:Source_collective. The page was not deleted, but moved to Draftspace (Draft:Source_collective and Draft:Source_collective_2) as it is not yet ready for main-space. Moving pages to Draftspace is well established policy on Wikipedia - you can continue to edit them there and then submit them to Articles for Creation when they are ready. Thanks! ƒirefly ( t · c ) 16:32, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Sorry. I misunderstood. . One of the criticisms was that "Source Catalogs" could not be found on a Google search. Since they were print publications published before the Internet spawned the World Wide Web, that is hardly surprising. Verifiable by a "Google Search?" Sigh.... I am over 70 and remember the days of the telephone-based BBS systems. Mine was called AMNET. :-)  See "BBS The Movie" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460402/  Chip.berlet (talk) 13:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:Chip.berlet/Political Violence


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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:31, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Source collective 2 (June 5)
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 Ken Tony  Shall we discuss? 15:32, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Source collective
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Concern regarding Draft:Source Catalogs
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Your draft article, Draft:Source Catalogs


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 18:01, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Question about a source
Hi. Regarding this edit, did you mean a different page number or source? Yes, the author helped edit that book, but the cited content comes from this opinion piece. Is it okay to remove the book and add the correct source? Viriditas (talk) 00:09, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Viriditas (talk) 00:19, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Frederick Gage Todd
Hello Chip.berlet,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Frederick Gage Todd for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Frederick Todd (US Attaché) (February 21)
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Fiddle Timtrent Faddle Talk to me 14:06, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Source collective


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 01:38, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you
Thank you for your contributions to Z Communications

Per: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Z_Communications&action=history Metro2fsb (talk) 06:27, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of List of lone wolf terrorist attacks for deletion
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