User talk:Rathfelder

Medical dictionary definition articles
Hi! I see you're marking a number of medical articles for deletion because they are only dictionary definition sub-stubs without any longer-term promise of becoming proper articles. While I don't have a problem with that, as Wikipedia is not a dictionary, could you please consider marking these pages with move to wiktionary instead, where dictionary definitions are welcomed? -- The Anome (talk) 22:33, 13 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Certainly will. I didn't realise I could do that.  Thank you very much.Rathfelder (talk) 22:37, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

WP:NOE

Combining CfD nominations

 * 1) Start with one category.
 * 2) For every next category, add an extra 'propose' line manually.
 * 3) Copy the script of the CfD template from the page of the first nominated category to the pages of the other categories, but change |1= into |1=section title. Usually the section title on the CfD page is identical to the first nomination category. For example |1=Category:Malaysian obstetricians.

Hopefully this helps? It's not super user friendly, but it's not super complicated either. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:13, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Removal from categories
Why are you removing people from the American schoolteachers category entirely, rather than recategorizing them to the state(s) where they taught? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm doing both. They dont get in a schoolteacher category unless teaching was at least part of what makes them notable.   WP:NONDEF, "...not every verifiable fact (or the intersection of two or more such facts) in an article requires an associated category. Rathfelder (talk) 16:48, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Holocaust survivor and other categories
I reverted your edit at Henri Kichka but think that there is a bigger issue which it might be worth clearing up around the tree of categories around Category:Holocaust survivors and Category:Nazi concentration camp survivors which do not overlap very well. There were plenty of non-Jewish political prisoners held in concentration camps who cannot be described as survivors of the Holocaust which we currently define in the article as "the World War II genocide of the European Jews". This problem is currently replicated across the sub-categories, such as Category:Politicians who died in the Holocaust and Category:Politicians who died in Nazi concentration camps (currently a sub-category). I am not sure what the solution would be.—Brigade Piron (talk) 11:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)


 * The Category:Holocaust survivors had a note (which I have removed) which referred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum definition:


 * The Museum honors as survivors any persons, Jewish or non-Jewish, who were displaced, persecuted, or discriminated against due to the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political policies of the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. In addition to former inmates of concentration camps, ghettos, and prisons, this definition includes, among others, people who were refugees or were in hiding.


 * That embraces pretty much the entire population of Eastern Europe. Far too wide for categorisation. But categorisation is imprecise. I dont see how your reversion helps.  Henri Kichka was a Buchenwald concentration camp survivor.  That is fairly precise, and a subcategory of Holocaust survivors.  Categorisation is heirarchical, but it doesnt follow that everything in the lowest subcategory must always meet the full definition of the highest.  Rathfelder (talk) 12:04, 23 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply. I do not know anything about the definition you quote, but I can quite believe that the USHMM has a remit which extends beyond the Holocaust into other forms of political and racial discrimination during World War II - this would not be particularly unusual, not least since many such centres have subsequently extended their scope to deal with the Rwandan Genocide and other unrelated post-war events (USHMM among them). However, this does not distract from the fact that boundaries of the term Holocaust is not that you have cited. It is hardly a fringe theory to distinguish between different forms of persecution carried out by the same regime (even in the same camps) and attempts to blur the two are often negationist in origin (cf the "Polocaust" saga). My issue is how to address this problem, not whether it exists. —Brigade Piron (talk) 15:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I can only talk about the articles we actually have, and they are at least 95% about Jewish people (as defined by the Nazis). There are not enough about non-Jewish people to justify breaking down the sub-categories into Jewish and not, whatever words you use.  I'm really working on the concentration camp survivors and ghetto inmates.  I dont think I have seen any articles which describe non-Jewish people as Holocaust survivors, and I dont think including a very small number of non-Jews into the concentration camp survivors categories undermines the point you are making.  If anything I am concerned that there dont seem to be articles about the other groups who were persecuted.  Rathfelder (talk) 16:30, 23 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I cannot comment on this but I do not believe it to be correct. Category:Belgian people who died in Nazi concentration camps for example includes 7 names of whom only two are Jewish. However, it is a sub-category of Category:People who died in the Holocaust by nationality and Category:People who died in the Holocaust. Personally, I think the solution would be to create a series of Category:Holocaust survivors from Foo while keeping Category:Foo concentration camp survivors entirely separate and outside the Holocaust category trees. —Brigade Piron (talk) 20:04, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I havent looked at the categories of people who died. They may be different.  But equally Belgium is rather different from Eastern Europe. One of the main points of the subcategories as I see them is that the deal with how people survived, or not.  A very different question from nationality.  And nationality in Europe between 1933 and 1945 is quite problematic in itself.  Rathfelder (talk) 20:39, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think nationality would have to refer to pre-war nation states ("Holocaust survivors from Poland [in the United States]" rather than "American Holocaust survivors", for example). do you have a perspective on this? Perhaps we could open this for an RFC.—Brigade Piron (talk) 10:18, 24 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I certainly think what we have now is a bit of a mess. But I'm not sure what we could put to an RFC. Partly its a mess because in reality its very messy.  Full of contested definitions.  Rathfelder (talk) 12:38, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The USHMM may use a different definition but I believe the common academic usage of "holocaust survivor" is for Jews only, restricting the word "Holocaust" to the genocide of Jews as opposed to other forms of Nazi persecution and crimes. Also, requiring RS to state someone is a holocaust survivor is also necessary per WP:V. Pre-war nationality is likely more defining than post-war. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  01:38, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The article, Holocaust survivors, to which we have to adhere, uses the wider definition. "the term includes anyone who was discriminated against, displaced or persecuted as a result of the policies and actions of the Nazis and their allies and, in addition to Jews who were uniquely targeted for complete annihilation, it includes those who were persecuted as a result of the Nazis' racial theories, such as the Romani people and Slavs, along with others who were seen as "undesirables" such as homosexuals, or for political reasons, such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Communists."Rathfelder (talk) 08:16, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * For the record, the definition at Holocaust survivor has now been changed by consensus. It's clearly the categorisation now which is the issue. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It still includes " non-Jews who also experienced collective persecution under the Nazi regime " - much of the population of Eastern Europe. And most of the articles are categorised in Category:Nazi concentration camp survivors.  Only those without such details are in the residual Category:Holocaust survivors. Rathfelder (talk) 17:27, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

People from Foo
Hi, I note you have been removing "People from City" categories for a number of Belgian articles without discussion. At Oscar Michiels, you said this was because the Category:Royal Military Academy (Belgium) faculty fitted into Category:People from Brussels and I assume the same logic underpins your other deletions. This does not follow at all. It is perfectly possible to teach at a Brussels-based institution without coming from Brussels. At very least, this kind of change to the entire purpose of the category tree should have been discussed! Please revert so it can be dealt with constructively. —Brigade Piron (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Throughout the encyclopedia "People from a city by occupation" includes employees of organisations based in the city. "From" is completely ambiguous.  But being born in a place is not, in itself, defining.  Categories are supposed to be defining.  If members of the faculty are notable that is sufficient to make them people from Brussels.  Categories are heirarchical.  People should not be in Category:People from Brussels if they are also in a subcategory.  Please see WP:SUBCAT.  Rathfelder (talk) 16:19, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I've been editing Wikipedia for almost a decade and have never seen a "People from Foo City" category working as you claim - from may be ambiguous in some senses I accept, but it is obvious that a person does not become from a city simply by virtue of holding a post there. Again, please revert and gain consensus per WP:BRD. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:24, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Most "People from City" categories have plenty of people who were not born there. It's where they did whatever made them notable that matters.  See Category:Academics from London, Category:People from Los Angeles by occupation or Category:People from Berlin by occupation.  I'm following a very well established policy.  If you think "a person does not become from a city simply by virtue of holding a post there" perhaps you could explain how they do become from a city?  Rathfelder (talk) 18:31, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Here from Wikipedia talk:Categorization‎. In general, I have typically seen "people from city" used to classify people who were *born* in that city, and "people from city by occupation" subcategories used to split large unwieldy categories (still of people born in that city). Categories used in this way should definitely not be removed. They may also reasonably be used for people with strong non-birth associations with a city, but that does not justify their removal as birth categories. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:01, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Birth is not defining. By occupation from a city clearly does not imply being born there.  I am not removing categories.  Quite the opposite.  But categories are heirarchical. WP:COPPLACE says, very clearly  "The place of birth, although it may be significant from the perspective of local studies, is rarely defining from the perspective of an individual."Rathfelder (talk) 20:13, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * In fact, the place of birth is so clearly defining that a large number of nations use it as the primary determinant of citizenship. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * And some dont. But nationality and location are not the same thing.  Rathfelder (talk) 21:51, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Additionally, the location of childhood plays a large role in determining most people's later lives, not to mention such fundamentals as the dialect that they speak. This may or may not be the same as the location of birth but most biographies don't distinguishing carefully. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:53, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I find it difficult to see how these considerations bear on the categorisation of the Royal Military Academy (Belgium) faculty. They were clearly people whose occupation was in Brussels.   Rathfelder (talk) 21:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Again, I see you are going ahead with edits to this effect in spite of the discussion here. Regardless of the merits of your argument, this behaviour is verging on disruptive. As for your claim above, it is perfectly possible to teach in institution in City A while never living there. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:37, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * To say a person is from a city does not mean that they were born there, not that they lived there. It is where they did what made them notable. I am following well established policy.  If you want to change that policy this is not the place to do it.  Rathfelder (talk) 17:42, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

I completely agree with Brigade Piron. We have usually used these categories only for people who were born or grew up in a city (i.e. are from there in the usual sense of the term). Changing this to people who may have lived or worked there for a bit is fundamentally changing the whole system of categorisation. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:42, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You may have done that, but plenty dont. Look at Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty, a subcategory of Category:People from Los Angeles by occupation.  How many of those 846 people were born in Los Angeles? There have been plenty of discussions of this issue and it it is clear, and agreed, that "from" is ambiguous.  Rathfelder (talk) 20:13, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that, as is often the case, there may often be a divide here between practice by North American editors and by European/Commonwealth editors. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:18, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * And how many of Category:Academics of the University of Oxford were born or grew up in Oxford? Plenty of editors do not understand the categorisation system, but that does not entitle you to disregard them. Rathfelder (talk) 13:40, 28 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Insofar it is desirable at all to categorize people by populated place at all, it is completely reasonable to have Category:Academics of the University of Oxford as a subcategory of Category:People from Oxford. Biographies are interesting from an encyclopedic point of view because of special things that people did or achieved in their life. If teaching at Oxford is the primary reason why people are notable they should be in an Oxford category if any at all. While we also categorize people by place of growing up, that is less relevant - it is (usually) not what makes people special. In any case "from" is ambiguous enough to allow both place of notability and place of growing up. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:53, 18 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree with and . While users are free to apply such categories in a way that recognizes birthplace and/or place of growing up, I don't see any reason why the concept is not flexible enough to include people who lived in the city because of their occupation. A person can be "from" multiple places. I've seen it used in all these ways quite a bit in WP categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:51, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Withdrawn proposal
Hey, when you withdraw a proposal that did not meanwhile gain support from any other editor, like here, it is ok to speedily close the discussion yourself. The procedure is very simple: Instructions are more elaborate on this page. Don't feel you have to do this, it's just nice if you would. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:46, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * insert a blank line after the section title and put this bit of script withdrawn ~ on this line
 * put this bit of script underneath the discussion
 * preview whether this looks ok
 * save if it looks ok
 * and do not forget to remove the CfD tags from the category pages

Marc Guéhi
I understand the reasoning; however, multiple nations seem to have a category 'XXX emigrants to England' which include more contemporary persons. There are also some cats for 'XXX emigrants to the *Kingdom of* England' applying before 1707. Based on what you say, seems the categorisation project might have a bit of tidying up to do. Also, what about 'English emigrants to XXX'? Eagleash (talk) 19:36, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

It is indeed a mess. I think it reflects English people's confused ideas about nationality. I thought I'd start with some of the smallest categories.Rathfelder (talk) 19:37, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I suppose the various subcats will need to be put up for discussion, could be best to bundle if possible. And... then there's 'expatriate (occupation) in England'. Then we come to things like '19xx establishments in England' should that be UK as well? I've seen several instances of articles being moved to the subcat. It's definitely an extended area for discussion and will probably need to be enshrined somewhere as policy; subject to consensus. Eagleash (talk) 19:58, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Indeed its a big job, which I have been avoiding. I'm pleased to find we agree.  I think it will be controversial, but I think the migration case is strong.  Migration is about changing nationality.  Rathfelder (talk) 20:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * That's one use of it... someone needs to tell all those birds flying south for the winter, that they are now South African... Google search results FWIW. Eagleash (talk) 20:45, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Nondiffusing categories
If Category:British women academics is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:British academics, then presumably Category:Black British women academics (which you've just created) should be a non-diffusing subcat of Category:Black British academics? My head starts to spin about these, and I'm not confident enough about the syntax to just change the code myself. What do you think? As it stands, Carlene Firmin doesn't appear in any parent categories of Category:Black British women academics. Compare Category:African-American women academics, which is non-diffusing subcat of two parent cats, as are Category:Native American women academics and Category:New Zealand Māori women academics. Pam D  23:18, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

I think we need male categories to justify removing the non-diffusing women categories. I think I have managed this with the various categories of singers, but there is a lot more work to be done. Its clear that very large numbers of editors do not understand non-diffusing categories, so we should try to reduce their use. And this problem is even worse when you have intersections of two sorts of non-diffusing categories. Rathfelder (talk) 08:36, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

AWB
Are you familiair with AutoWikiBrowser? It surely helps with tagging a large number of pages simultaneously. Or else I can do it for you after you created a list of categories to be tagged. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

I'll have a try. Rathfelder (talk) 17:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

November 2022

 * It wasn't just categories though - you used both accounts at a fair number of AfDs, and in at least one regular article talk page discussion. It's good to see you acknowledge how inappropriate this was though, and I think the idea of staying away from categories for a while is a good one. How about this: accept a one-account restriction, and TBans from categories in general, and from deletion discussions, which you can appeal in six months at AN. That will give you a chance to find other areas to work in, Does that sound fair? Girth Summit  (blether)  10:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * That seems very fair. But I dont know what TBans are.  Rathfelder (talk) 10:07, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * See WP:TBAN. It would mean that you can't edit about categories (no creating them, no adding articles to them etc), and you can't contribute to deletion discussions. This isn't a technical restriction, like a partial block, it's something that you agree to abide by, and if you're found breaching it then you'd end up blocked again. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:12, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Can the Tban be more precise? What got me in trouble was working through hundreds of articles in overpopulated categories and dispersing them into sub-categories which I created.  That is what I think I need to stop doing, at least for a while.  But if I go back to actually working on individual articles I would like to be able to put a new article into categories, and move an individual article into a more appropriate category. And I would like to be able to object to PRODs, as above. Rathfelder (talk) 10:19, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Let me have a think about that - I'll need to have a closer look at the editing. I'm going out for a walk, but I won't leave you hanging too long. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:41, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * After looking at the CU data and the edits, I would not unblock with any more narrow of a restriction than Girth Summit has proposed. Vote stacking is a big deal. I would not feel comfortable letting you back into a topic area where you did that -- Guerillero  Parlez Moi 12:37, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Categorisation is not really a topic area in itself. I would not get involved in Categories for discussion, but if I cant put new articles in a category that would be a problem. Rathfelder (talk) 12:53, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not expecting to create loads of new articles. Would it work if I asked permission if I felt I needed to add or change a category?  Rathfelder (talk) 15:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, thinking this through, I find myself in the same place as : I think you need to step away from categorisation for the moment. That is not going to be compatible with your holding the autopatrolled perm, so I would pull that before unblocking - when you create new articles, an NPP reviewer will look at it, and they will add some categories. A topic ban from categories will mean that you can't add articles to categories, or change the categories an article is in, create new categories, or even discuss categories with other editors - essentially, you'd have to act like they're not a thing. It can be done - TBH, it's the way most editors seem to act most of the time. After six months of uncontroversial constructive editing, you could apply to have the TBan lifted, and the autoperm right reinstated.
 * As for deletion - it's deletion discussions I'm worried about. I would not mind you removing PROD or CSD tags, but when it comes to any XfD discussion, you'd have to avoid it. If you wanted to save an article from deletion, you would be allowed to improve it by adding more sources. If you accept this proposal, let me know. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:41, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * That is perfectly fair. Thank you.  I could use the talk page to make suggestions about categories?  I think I need to be very clear about exactly what I can and cant do. Rathfelder (talk) 18:18, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * No - you cannot mention categories on talk pages, or anywhere else. Like I said, you have to act as though they don't exist. This needn't be permanent - build up some trust again, and you can request the ban be lifted, but for now you will need to act as though nobody nobody on Wikipedia has ever had the idea of assigning articles to categories, and you haven't thought of it either. Girth Summit  (blether)  18:41, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * OK. I will have to manage my frustrations.  Rathfelder (talk) 18:48, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * As you will have seen, I have accepted your unblock request. I have logged your editing restrictions at WP:Editing restrictions. They are in the 'Voluntary' section; that doesn't mean that it's optional for you to follow them, it just means that you entered into them voluntarily as conditions for being unblocked. And you are correct - this is about demonstrating that you can manage your frustrations. Let me know if you need any clarifications. Best Girth Summit  (blether)  06:50, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Rathfelder, thank you for message to me above – apology accepted. I am also concerned about your use of the sock account to defend AFDs (1, 2, 3) for articles that you had created about medical organisations. In the first case at least (DrDoctor), you had also used the sock to expand the article. Is there anything that it would be appropriate for you to disclose at this point about your interest in this field? I don't want to be mean or to add an unnecessary further TBAN that would exclude you from an area where you may contribute beneficially, but this is a prompt in case there is anything else that you may need to come clean about. – Fayenatic  L ondon 22:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I havent any commercial interests in any of those organisations, if that is what you mean. I have been a representative of patients' interests in the NHS in Manchester for more than 30 years in various organisations, and I am particularly interested in IT applications in health - and I think Wikipedia needs to cover digital health better. I still think DrDoctor is significant enough to merit an article, but I have to accept that I lost that argument.  I hope when I am able to return to such discussions I can manage not to be abrasive, because I'm sure it doesnt help to win arguments. Rathfelder (talk) 23:16, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying – this is helpful to dispel lingering suspicions. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:50, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I am actually quite a public person. If you Google Martin Rathfelder you will see my past history. Rathfelder (talk) 13:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Unblock review
Hi - I've requested a review of my decision to unblock your account. Please take a look at AN when you have time, I've explained why there. Best Girth Summit  (blether)  18:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 18:56, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Community ban
You have been banned by community consensus per this discussion. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 20:45, 20 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, Rathfelder,
 * How can you be banned? I need to look at this discussion. I'm shocked. Liz Read! Talk! 01:44, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Rathfelder!


Happy New Year! Rathfelder, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Unblock request
{{unblock reviewed | reason=I feel very much discredited, which is perhaps only right. Even reading Wikipedia is quite upsetting. I would like an opportunity to reinstate myself and show that I have learned from my mistakes and wont repeat them. I still think I can make a positive contribution.

Process
I was not clear how, or indeed if, I was supposed to respond to the community consensus discussion. I didnt feel I was able to put my case.

I feel that the decision was an excessive punishment as far as the WP:BANPOL is concerned. I fully accept that I have done wrong. I recognise that and I would like an opportunity to explain how it happened and show that I have learned from my mistakes.

I had been attacked several times, generally without reasonable cause, and I have not felt much support. I dont feel that the collaborative approach is very effective. Very few projects seem to be operational. It is completely open to individual editors to be confrontational. On one occasion I was threatened with an immediate block because I was said to have committed three copyright infringements. It was true, but they were spaced over three years, were all minor, and one was in respect of material I had written myself. I was very sorry to find that said that I had been abrasive. That was certainly not intended, and I have done my best to be supportive to other editors. However I have increasingly felt threatened, for example by those who express disbelief that I might not be aware of some policy which they find important, and by those who say that because I did something it should be treated with suspicion. That, of course, has been considerably exacerbated by this block.

I am asking for a more balanced approach. I have put in a lot of time and effort over the last ten years and I think I can properly say that the things I did wrong were a very small part of that. I still think I can make a positive contribution, though I would have to work hard to build up trust.

If I was allowed to return I would propose to continue to avoid categorisation altogether. I would certainly avoid the articles which got me into trouble. However I have done very little BLP editting and I dont think any apart from Alex Scott-Samuel have been controversial. Biographies of living people understandably attract more attention than most other articles and I have been very careful with them.

History
I started editing in December 2006 primarily working on the history and organisation of the NHS. I did start Socialist Health Association, which was the organisation I worked for, and clearly I had a conflict of interest, although I was then very inexperienced and did not appreciate that was important. In fact the article was almost entirely historical, and I had priviledged access to its archives. I dont think there was anything controversial in it until 2019.

Mostly I worked on articles relating to British healthcare organisations. I didnt do much work on categorisation until 2013, but after 2019 I did a lot of that. The huge majority was completely uncontroversial - adding articles to existing geographical and historical categories and developing existing categorisation schemes.

I was blocked and accused of vandalism while I was creating Dewrance & Co. Ltd, without, as far as I saw it, any justification and without any opportuity to discuss it. I created User:Harry Boardman in December 2016 as an insurance policy. I havent used that since August 2019, and I lost the password so dont have access to it, which is why I didnt mention it.

I created User:Bigwig7  in August 2018  also as an insurance policy. I used this account to create Alex Scott-Samuel‎ in February 2019. I fully acccept that this was wrong and I had a conflict of interest. I didnt see it as an attack page. I took some trouble to include his academic work. At the time there was a great deal of media coverage about him, almost entirely hostile and I did try to produce a more balanced view. He was the chair of the Socialist Health Association of which I was the only employee but what he did to me was a very small part of what drove the extensive coverage of his activities in the media. There were battles over the Socialist Health Association article but I kept out of them. Only one significant contribution was from me, and that was defended by other editors, not me. I didnt make any significant edits after 2019 because I realised this was a mistake.

I should add that User:BarleyButt is nothing to do with me, although they have edited both those articles.

I now see that what I did was dishonest. There is no reason for me to do such a thing again. I am now retired and have no employer so there is not likely to be such a stressful situation again. My user name is such that it is immediately apparent to anyone who I am. That is not generally a problem, but it was in that situation.

I am quite upset to be accused of acting "as though he's superior to the community for so long, "  I dont feel superior. I am well aware that there are plenty of editors who know a lot more than I do, but I often dont feel much sense of community. There are areas where I have more experience than most editors and I have tried to be helpful, but they are mostly rather out of the way.

I would say in my defence that my actions actually had little effect. I dont think any decisions about categorisation or deletion were altered by my piling in, and my edits on those two articles were all referenced to reputable sources and survived subsequent discussions in which I was not involved. After things settled down in my personal life I decided to keep away.

I value Wikipedia and I have devoted considerable time and attention to improving it over the last few years. I have contributed quite a lot of photographs and I have made financial donations. I maintain my subscription to the Health Service Journal primarily to inform the coverage of NHS articles. I ask that the things I have done wrong should be considered in the context of the things I did which were right. I am happy to accept any restrictions which are thought appropriate. Rathfelder (talk) 14:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC)|decline=Appeal declined by the community (permalink). Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:22, 25 January 2023 (UTC)}} Rathfelder (talk) 14:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * This is a WP:CBAN. Per WP:UNBAN it needs to be be appealed to WP:AN. Do you want this appeal copied there? Meters (talk) 21:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes please. I did find the procedure hard to understand. Rathfelder (talk) 10:47, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. See Administrators' noticeboard Meters (talk) 11:34, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Rathfelder (talk) 18:34, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I cant respond to the discussion, but if the appropriate period of blocking is six months I am content to wait. Rathfelder (talk) 18:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Copying your reply to AN thread. Meters (talk) 20:05, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I dont understand what edit other projects means. If the idea is to resestablish trust, how can I do that if I am banned? Rathfelder (talk) 08:49, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You are banned from English Wikipedia, but may still edit on any of the Wikimedia Foundation's other English projects (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects). You may also edit articles on other languages' Wikipedias if you are fluent enough. Meters (talk) 09:07, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Among those is Simple English Wikipedia, but only if you can write simply. Take note: In most cases, a user who broke the rules on another project is not blocked unless they also break the rules on the Simple English Wikipedia. They can be blocked if they break the rules here even once, and do not need the same amount of warning as a new user.  starship  .paint  (exalt) 12:55, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * OK I will have a try at simple English. Not strong enough in any other language. Rathfelder (talk) 14:23, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * By now it is obvious that this unban request will fail. If it wasn't clear enough from others' comments, some found your unban request lacking because they felt that you did not properly acknowledge that (1) harm was clearly done, and (2) that harm was solely caused by you. Less excuses, more remorse and apology needed, next time. Good luck.  starship .paint  (exalt) 11:37, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you Rathfelder (talk) 18:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Unblock
Checkuser data shows no evidence of recent block evasion. Note this user is banned by the community, not just blocked. I'll politely suggest the above request has absolutely no chance of lifting the ban. It'd be a stretch even if the user voluntarily suggested a topic ban, as outlined in the community ban discussion. If, nevertheless, an admin sees fit to take this to the noticeboard, please ping me so I can participate in the discussion. --Yamla (talk) 20:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I am quite happy to accept any restrictions thought appropriate- BLPs or health. Rathfelder (talk) 20:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I think I need an administrator to help me ask for my request to be unbanned. Could you help me User:Girth Summit?Rathfelder (talk) 10:14, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I just spotted this, and I hope you don't mind a comment from me. While socking is part of the problem, that in itself doesn't come close to the full reasons you were blocked. You were primarily blocked for what you used your socks to do. And you have completely failed to address that. I see no chance of an unblock until that happens. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:58, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I did that really because I was trying to defend the work I had done for the Socialist Health Association for the previous 20 years.  I did a lot of edits on that page, but they were, until the last few, about the history of the organisation and adding to its list of distinguished members - largely before I was involved with it. They were not at all controversial.   I was unfairly sacked and my opponents started using Wikipedia against me. The row got into the media. I accept that I should not have done that.  I wont do it again as I cant see myself being in that situation again - now being retired.  I dont really have any conflicts of interest which might arise.   But I cant see how else I can address the issue.  Advice would be very welcome. Rathfelder (talk) 09:19, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I think accepting that you were wrong to use Wikipedia the way you did while involved in a real-life dispute should go a long way towards it. So I'd suggest maybe adding that into the unblock request itself? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:20, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Rathfelder (talk) 14:17, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Do I need to do something more to get this considered? Rathfelder (talk) 08:53, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You need to do as Boing! suggested and expand your unblock request. You don't need to make a new one- just edit the existing one(you need to open the edit window directly to do that- using the Reply feature won't work). 331dot (talk) 14:57, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I'd support an unblock now. It's clear that Rathfelder was editing at a personally stressful time, and that he understands what he did wrong and won't repeat it. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:43, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * An account of Rathfelder's socking is at Wikipediocracy. Bigwig7 also weighed in at cfd discussions to support Rathfelder: eg this one (Apr 2021) and this one (Nov 2022). Rathfelder may have retired but will still feel unfairly outnumbered at cfds. The other sockpuppet was User:Harry Boardman; we have all 3 editing Alex Scott-Samuel. Perspicax (talk) 12:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I am planning to avoid cfds, at least for a while. I think I got too involved in them.   Rathfelder (talk) 14:44, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I think that Rathfelder's constructive edits on simplewiki show that they can be constructive without having problems, and I would support an unblock. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:56, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Does the decline of the block mean that it has to be addressed to the community asking for its removal, or a "lifting of the ban"? How would that be worded and submitted so Rathfelder can come back home (cook the fatted calf upon Rathfelder's return, dibs on the wishbone). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:01, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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Category:Venezuelan leprologists has been nominated for splitting
Category:Venezuelan leprologists has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Polish leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Polish leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Peruvian leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Peruvian leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Norwegian leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Norwegian leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Mexican leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Mexican leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Israeli leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Israeli leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Irish leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Irish leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Leprologists by nationality has been nominated for merging
Category:Leprologists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Burmese leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Burmese leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Belgian leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Belgian leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Argentine leprologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Argentine leprologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Brazilian geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Brazilian geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Cypriot geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Cypriot geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Puerto Rican geriatricians has been nominated for splitting
Category:Puerto Rican geriatricians has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Dutch geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Dutch geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Filipino geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Filipino geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:New Zealand geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:New Zealand geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Norwegian geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Norwegian geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Pakistani geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Pakistani geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Polish geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Polish geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Russian geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Russian geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:52, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Slovenian geriatricians has been nominated for merging
Category:Slovenian geriatricians has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:52, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:2020s Japanese superhero films has been nominated for merging
Category:2020s Japanese superhero films has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kailash29792 (talk)  05:58, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Australian geriatricians has been nominated for splitting
Category:Australian geriatricians has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 03:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Research institutes in Puerto Rico


A tag has been placed on Category:Research institutes in Puerto Rico indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. AusLondonder (talk) 22:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:20th-century Panamanian men has been nominated for deletion
Category:20th-century Panamanian men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 16:19, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:21st-century Panamanian men has been nominated for deletion
Category:21st-century Panamanian men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 16:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portuguese Macau has been nominated for renaming
Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portuguese Macau has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 18:12, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Moldavia has been nominated for merging
Category:14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Moldavia has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 18:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:15th-century Maltese philosophers has been nominated for splitting
Category:15th-century Maltese philosophers has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 18:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Credit unions of Belize


A tag has been placed on Category:Credit unions of Belize indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. AusLondonder (talk) 23:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:21st-century Taiwanese men has been nominated for deletion
Category:21st-century Taiwanese men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:20th-century Taiwanese men has been nominated for deletion
Category:20th-century Taiwanese men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:20th-century Algerian men has been nominated for deletion
Category:20th-century Algerian men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:21st-century Algerian men has been nominated for deletion
Category:21st-century Algerian men has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:Mental health organizations in Pennsylvania has been nominated for renaming
Category:Mental health organizations in Pennsylvania has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 23:31, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Category:18th-century German male violinists has been nominated for renaming
Category:18th-century German male violinists has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 03:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:Tuvan independence activists has been nominated for renaming
Category:Tuvan independence activists has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 04:22, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:14th-century French Sephardi Jews has been nominated for splitting
Category:14th-century French Sephardi Jews has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:16th-century Castilian rabbis


A tag has been placed on Category:16th-century Castilian rabbis indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 15:55, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:20th-century Spanish Roman Catholics has been nominated for deletion
Category:20th-century Spanish Roman Catholics has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 18:03, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:People with acquired Cypriot citizenship has been nominated for merging
Category:People with acquired Cypriot citizenship has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:03, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Kurdish microbiologists has been nominated for merging
Category:Kurdish microbiologists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 23:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:1st-century bishops of Carthage has been nominated for merging
Category:1st-century bishops of Carthage has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:District 1 of Zürich has been nominated for merging
Category:District 1 of Zürich has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Solidest (talk) 22:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Factology


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Nomination of Montreux Healthcare Fund for deletion
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