User talk:HResearcher/Blocked

Incorrect block
This blocked user ( [ block log] | [ unblock] | contribs ) has asked to be unblocked.

Note: no admin unblocked me even though my actions were supported by policy WP:BLP. --HResearcher 08:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Request reason: "The Barbara Schwarz article is about a living person and the Biographies of living persons policy must be adhered to. Specifically, unsourced or poorly sourced negative material should not be posted to the article or its talk page(s). Such material must be removed without hesitation. The three-revert rule does not apply to such removals. --HResearcher 06:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)"

Blocked editor: Please paste the contents of the block infobox (screenshot) below to help administrators locate your block in the logs. Administrators should not unblock without attempting to discuss with the blocking administrator (see the blocking policy). If this request is declined, it should be replaced with:  . DO not remove this notice from my page, I want it kept for documentation purposes. I have removed the category from the subst'd template. --HResearcher 08:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Note: no admin unblocked me even though my actions were supported by policy WP:BLP. --HResearcher 08:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

'''Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by William M. Connolley for the following reason (see our blocking policy): 3rr on Barbara Schwarz'''

WP:BLP states:

'''Editors should remove any unsourced or poorly sourced negative material from biographies of living persons and their talk pages, and may do so without discussion; this is also listed as an exception to the three-revert rule. This principle also applies to biographical material about living persons found anywhere in Wikipedia. Administrators may enforce the removal of unsourced material with page protection and blocks, even if they have been editing the article themselves. Editors who re-insert the material may be warned and blocked. See the blocking policy and Libel.'''

Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and negative in tone, where there is no NPOV version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion (see WP:CSD criterion A6).

Jimmy Wales has said:

'''"I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons." 1'''

He considers "no" information to be better than "speculative" information and reemphasizes the need for sensitivity:

'''"Real people are involved, and they can be hurt by your words. We are not tabloid journalism, we are an encyclopedia." 2'''

Regarding reversions made on August 5 2006 (UTC) to Barbara Schwarz
Apologies. I forgot to leave you the block message. Here it is

William M. Connolley 20:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * You also forgot to check the history of the article and WP:BLP. --HResearcher 20:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I will return after I get a professional response to my email about this. Don't hold your breath. --HResearcher 20:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)