User talk:Sormir

Dear Sormir,

In late November I went in and updated a bunch of info on the Wikipedia page for Ulli Lommel. I noticed that yesterday you went in and made numerous changes to the page. Normally I wouldn't care if another user made changes to copy that I had posted (this is Wikipedia, after all), but many of the statements you made were inaccurate, decidedly nasty to the subject and borderline defamatory. One of the guiding tenets for Wikipedia editors is that they maintain a neutral tone when editing pages, something you clearly did not do.

In the first 5 paragraphs alone I noted numerous problematic and/or negative comments. - "Ulli Lommel's famous father was without doubt the calling card he used to enter show business." [This is pure conjecture.] - "...a wild young woman who marries an older man (Curt Jurgens). This theme permates Lommel's oeuvre and spills unceremoniously into his private life, which was filled with several marriages." [This is both negative and inaccurate.] - "...a dreary Bavarian sex comedy..." [This is a matter of opinion.] - "Adolf and Marlene...an unfunny comedy" [Again, this is strictly a matter of opinion.] - "A major subplot involves a journalist (played by Lommel) who cannot seem to arrange a meeting with Warhol -- a dull time waster." [Once again, it's a matter of opinion whether this subplot is a "dull time waster."]

Later in the article you make statements like, "Instead of developing as a director, Lommel after "The Boogeyman" made movies that mocked his earlier films..." and "Lommel's lack of organization as an artist reduced him to making cruddy genre films." Yet again these are merely your hateful opinions dressed up as authoritative critiques.

Then there's the overwhelmingly negative tone you've inject throughout the entire article.

It's clear from your vicious re-edit of this page that for whatever reason you hate Ulli Lommel. That's fine. Plenty of people don't like his work, and they have the right to express their opinions. There are any number of outlets on the Internet where you can do just that. (Check out the IMDB discussion forums about his movies).

But re-editing a Wikipedia page to deliberately make someone look bad simply because you don't like him or his work is totally inappropriate. Because of the level of hostility in your re-edit, I suspect you are somebody who worked with Ulli, had a falling out with him and are now trying to get back at him this pathetically childish way. You obviously have an axe to grind, but don't use Wikipedia to do it.

Once again, our wholesale editing of the Ulli Lommel Wikipedia page to reflect your bias was highly inappropriate.