User talk:NorthBySouthBaranof/Archives/2015/June

vandalism?
I reverted you because the IP post isn't vandalism of the PD page at all. Is there a reason why you are edit-warring? If there's a question, better to let the clerks handle it - that's their job. Karanacs (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a clear and unmistakable BLP violation targeting me, and I have the right to remove such at will. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Looks like we had cross-posted. There's a difference between vandalism and personal attacks, and an edit summary reverting an edit on the basis of vandalism didn't make sense there.  The content that was posted on the surface did not appear to be a personal attack - I haven't done the search suggested and have no intention of doing so. If you'll use more accurate edit summaries the problem will be avoided in the future.  Karanacs (talk) 19:45, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * It should be fairly obvious to any administrator of any experience that any reference to a notorious attack site is not appropriate use of the encyclopedia. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * It's not a website I'm familiar with. I don't hang out at ANI or AE much, if that's where it's been discussed.  If it's that awful, then, yeah, it needs to be gone.... but again, what's obvious to person A is not always known to person B.  Karanacs (talk) 19:51, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

I have emailed Oversight to expunge this. MarkBernstein (talk) 19:48, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

And I have taken the liberty of reposting your call to action at AE, very lightly edited, over my own signature after an IP editor removed it as a topic ban violation. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:02, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

While I understand NBSB's frustration, and note the IP as a likely problem child - the post did actually seem to be on topic and appropriate for an arbcom discussion about if off-wiki harassment (sexual or otherwise) is restricted to female editors. Gaijin42 (talk) 20:09, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


 * The post was a blatant attempt to exploit Wikipedia to publicize a scurrilous libel published off-wiki. If Wikipedia were to fail to make every effort to stop this, its complicity or negligence could well be culpable.  The IP, of course, is doubtless a Gamergate sock, Gamergate having apparently run short, for the moment, of useful zombie accounts to reanimate for such purposes. MarkBernstein (talk) 20:14, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


 * And oversight informs me they have deleted the offending material.MarkBernstein (talk) 23:01, 16 June 2015 (UTC)