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Edit warring
Please stop edit warring on Donetsk People's Republic and discuss country's description on the talk page per WP:BRD. — Czello 07:51, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * We are indeed discussing it extensively on the talk page (and on the parent page too), it is mainly Marek (who if you believe their perspective... is only involved himself due to WP:CANVASSING) who has been aggressively attacking the page in either removing everything or (when that failed) removing large chunks at a time. As they've got the POV that the entire article shouldn't exist at all! Is hard to work constructively to build up an article with a person who denies its existence. Mathmo Talk 13:37, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Donetsk People's Republic–Russia relations
The related page has been heavily deleted. I already have reverted the edit. You may help to maintain there. Beta Lohman ※ Office box 02:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Please don't engage in disruptive WP:CANVASSing.  Volunteer Marek   03:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Eh, User:Beta Lohman made 'one edit' (no other users, than myself) in a manner that doesn't exactly fall outside the scope of WP:APPNOTE. For you to then label it "disruptive" is I'd say hyperbolic and very much reflective of the intolerant bias you're pushing. Mathmo Talk 03:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * . I think the article is deleted based on a political disagreement. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 03:17, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Wasn't technically speaking a deletion, even if in practical sense it certainly could feel like that to yourself. Mathmo Talk 03:18, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Regardless of merits of redirecting the article, the fact that you "called in" help to edit war - Mathmo here - and they duly obliged by jumping in to support you is a violation of WP:CANVASS and WP:TAGTEAM. You've both now been alerted about discretionary sanctions as well as warned about canvassing.  Volunteer Marek   03:20, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't act like you don't have any mistake. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 03:23, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh? And what would those be exactly? Do we know each other? AFAICT we’ve never had any previous interactions so your statement is a bit cryptic. Additionally, why exactly did you come to *this particular* user’s page to help for assistance with your edit war? Again, it seems you two never had any other interaction either. Strange.  Volunteer Marek   03:54, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I can't pretend to read people's minds, but it is very possibly because I'd just edited the parent page and shown that I have a commitment to fairness and neutrality, thus in their moment of crisis when you were attempting to "delete" their lengthy article they'd been working on for a long time they looked to see who they could turn to for another perspective, as per WP:APPNOTE says is an appropriate notification. Mathmo Talk 04:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Why are you answering for them?  Volunteer Marek   04:17, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Because you're on my talk page? So I'm... talking with you. Surprise! Mathmo Talk 04:24, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ? Care to explain how you came to canvass THIS particular user?  Volunteer Marek   05:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * It's not a voting job. So your assumption doesn't exist. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 05:48, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * that’s not an explanation (tbh, don’t even know what that means) Why did you canvass THIS PARTICULAR user? Simple question really.  Volunteer Marek   05:57, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I was the most recent editor (who'd also shown neutrality on the topic, unlike yourself) on the parent page. Mathmo Talk 13:38, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, as the article has a plenty of removal. I think it has been unable to rewrite. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 03:21, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Is hard to assume good faith here with you that you claim it is "unable to rewrite" when all you've done was multiple attempts to blank/redirect that lengthy article, and when called out on that fact you're instead resorting to deleting out large chunks of the article, until it turns into a skeleton that you can finally delete away as you wish. You haven't been constructively building up the page, you've made it very clear you only wish to remove the article. Mathmo Talk 03:38, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Of course I want to remove it - it’s made up junk.  Volunteer Marek   03:54, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you going to ask the question, or another question? Besides, I think the source have mentioned the topic. So about the NPOV problem, is also solved.-- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 06:02, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Deeply ironically your own involvement in that page seems to only be because of WP:CANVASSING: User_talk:Volunteer_Marek, rather hypocritical of you to now come here and complain of that?! Mathmo Talk 04:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Don’t make non minor edits as minor
As you did here

 Volunteer Marek  02:02, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Apologies, was non-intentional, I didn't explicitly set it out to mark as minor. Never would have! Mathmo Talk 02:06, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Please refrain from WP:STALKing my edits.  Volunteer Marek   03:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Please don't throw out baseless accusations like that, as it is hardly shocking that I've got an interest in wikipedia articles to do with the current crisis which is going on right now when my own family history comes from Ukraine, so d'oh it's no surprise that I'm browsing and editing such topics! Mathmo Talk 15:29, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits
I see they have been reverted. 666hopedieslast (talk) 15:02, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * eh, some people don't see the difference between primary sources for notability (such as necessary for an AfD) vs additional background sources. Mathmo Talk 15:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Editors have a certain POV. *shrug* 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️ 666hopedieslast (talk) 15:49, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I do try my best to keep to NPOV! Helps when I see both sides as evil... there are no winners during a war, only losers. Wish this had never happened, yet here we are, on the path to WW3. Mathmo Talk 15:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi Mathmo, just FYI our WP:RS policy applies to every single source used and is especially strict when it comes to WP:BLP. Whether a source counts for WP:NOTABILITY is a completely different question. Your edit summary here "it isn't a core source for the article about establishing notability for him, this is just an extra bit of info being added. As he definitely was the first western journalist on the scene, you can add other sources as well if you wish)" suggests that you do not understand any of these. Please do not make disruptive edits like this in the future. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Constructively building up and improving an article is not "disruptive edits". And as WP:RS says itself "some sources provide stronger or weaker support for a given statement", clearly not all sources are expected to be off the same double plated gold standard as if it came straight out The Bible itself! And anyway, I later on added more sources for that statement, as it is hardly a controversial fact, so you could have worked with the article to improve it like I did rather than just deleting content from it. Mathmo Talk 16:18, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * It doesn't have to be gold plated, but tasikherbal.com isn't reliable for statements of fact let alone statements of fact about a living person. Nobody would ever mistake it for a reliable source. Of the three sources you added only Task and Purpose is a WP:RS, europereloaded.com and grid.news are not. So whats the problem? Are you not taking the time to identify reliable sources or are you incapable of identifying reliable sources? Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Also what in the world are you talking about vis-a-vis deleting content? I've never edited the page. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:30, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm referring to it being deleted from the article, as you linked to the edit history. (not saying you did that though) As for sources, yes I see you have your biases with a narrow exclusionist view on that (personally I prefer to be inclusionary instead), while there was that discussion on village pump about how we do need to tackle Wikipedia's sourcing biases. Mathmo Talk 17:10, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

3RR violation. Again
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You've broken 3RR on the Maisky Market attack (in addition to your incessant edit warring on other articles, as well as WP:STALKing my edits):. That's four reverts in less than 15 hours. Please self revert.  Volunteer Marek  18:48, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

BLP applies to all wikipedia pages... Including draft, user, and talk
Hi Mathmo, you reprimanded me just now claiming that BLP doesn't apply to drafts and I just wanted to let you know that is incorrect. Our WP:BLP applies to every single page on wikipedia... Be it in mainspace, on a talk page, on a noticeboard, in a draft, or anywhere else. See WP:BLP "Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to Wikipedia page ... This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a BLP, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages." Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 19:13, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you.  Volunteer Marek  03:27, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022
 You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring, as you did at Maisky Market attack. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Deletion vote on Tariq Hilal Al Barwani
You have requested deletion of the page for not being notable. Here is a valid source on a very recent contribution in the country which is among many more. Can I kindly request a due diligence and your kind review again by also sharing your vote once completed? In any case, I will respect your decision.

https://rssfeeds.timesofoman.com/article/117365-tariq-al-barwani-chosen-youth-ict-influencer-of-2022 TerryWiki12 (talk) 08:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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