Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 189

Anjana Om Kashyap
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Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

The dispute began when an editor decided to mass revert all contributions from a banned account including older ones. In the process, they removed reliably cited additions. I did find the addition to be aggressive in its style which I attempted to tone down but the other disputee wants it outright removed. The dispute is regarding the inclusion of misreporting by the subject of the article. The subject is a journalist.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

Talk:Anjana Om Kashyap#Reception

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It would be helpful to have additional perspective on the dispute considering its just between two people.

Summary of dispute by Aman.kumar.goel
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The negative content was added by a sock which I reverted. Tayi Arajakte made his first edit to the article by restoring the sock without an edit summary, and after discussion on talk page Tayi Arajakte ultimately wants to restore this section. Discussion has so far observed the points that the text in question: 1) is from 2 years ago with no recent coverage per WP:NOTNEWS. 2) lacks any relevance to the biography of the person by being completely one-off incident per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. 3) Unless the journalist is generally treated as a fake news peddler, this type of content does not belong here per WP:NPOV. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 04:56, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Summary of dispute by Tayi Arajakate
Just to clarify, this section isn't the one I intend to restore but rather a modified version of the same. The sock made a fair few constructive edits alongside BLP violations, the particular disputed edit in question was made earlier and in exclusion of their problematic edits. The content is relevant to her reception as a journalist in the same vein as the incident in Anjana Om Kashyap is. The inclusion in its extent itself is minor and a bare summary and as such does not violate WP:NOTNEWS neither is it an indiscriminate collection of information. For WP:NPOV, I have repeatedly asked if there is positive reception of her, I personally could not find such reception. Tayi Arajakate Talk 05:45, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator Notes

 * 1) Volunteer Note: Hello and welcome to the DRN. I will be your DRN volunteer and I will do my best to help guide this discussion to what I hope will be a great ending for all parties involved. I have officially opened the discussion for other parties to comment in the section right above this one. I will monitor the discussion throughout the day and provide guidance if I see anything going in a way it should not be. As a reminder, please remember Civility is in effect at all times. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 09:15, 11 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * 2) Volunteer Note: I have pinged both editors on their respective talk pages to please engage in this discussion. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 18:59, 12 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * 3) Volunteer Note: I am currently waiting on a response from Tayi Arajakate in the First statements by editors section below. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 21:32, 12 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * Please give me some time to review the comments and the discussions and I will respond with my second comments and open up a second comments by editors section. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 22:19, 13 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * 1) Volunteer Note: I have issued a 24 hour notice to Aman. If they choose not to partipate or does not respond within 24 hours, this case will be closed as a failure. Otherwise, they should be addressing the questions posed to them. Editor was active this morning. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 00:02, 15 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * I have received the Second statements from editors. Please give me time to evaluate them. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:15, 15 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * 1) Volunteer Note: I have added Fourth statement and pinged both editors. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:56, 20 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * Can someone email me I have a question for you and I do not want it public. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 21:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * 1) Volunteer Note: I have pinged Amal to provide feedback in the possible resolution section. Galendalia (talk) 18:49, 23 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Anjana Om Kashyap discussion
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First statement by moderator
I will try to moderate this dispute. Read and follow the rules. Do not engage in back-and-forth discussion. Be civil and concise. Be civil. That is the fourth pillar of Wikipedia. Be concise. Overly long statements do not help communicate, even if they make the author of the long statement feel better. Comment on content, not contributors. The objective of this discussion is to improve an article, not to talk about editors. Now: Will each editor please state, concisely, what they think the issues are? I do not have knowledge of the subject area. I expect you to provide me with the knowledge. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 21:03, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

First statements by editors

 * To answer the question below asked by Galendalia, this subject is a journalist of a popular news channel. Since this journalist is one of the most popular face of the news channel (called Aaj Tak) it is fairly obvious that their reportings are scrutinized big time. If any important incident has occurred concerning the subject then it would get coverage by multiple reliable sources, more than WP:NOTNEWS. This is why I noted the importance of the policies in my comment above that why those policies matter when it comes to adding content about this subject. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 19:09, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * To further expand on what AKG has already said, and to present my argument regarding the dispute. The channel, the journalist works in is popular but it is unlikely that journalists themselves will be subject of attention from secondary sources. For instance, routine events are unlikely to be covered by secondary sources or for the matter even her channel which is a fairly reputable one, at least that is so in her case. She has however received a degree of attention almost exclusively in the form of negative reception. Note that this issue had been discussed in the past (Talk:Anjana Om Kashyap). One form of such reception is that she is occasionally reported by fact-checking organisations as having "misreported" or aired stories where her reporting are found to be not factual and as such are relevant for inclusion as part of her reception. The disputed edit additionally contains reference to such a specific incidence of misreporting which had received more than normal coverage and from multiple reliable sources, and hence a single line summarizing it is not unwarranted either. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 12:28, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Second statement by moderator
Hello! So the first thing I have noticed is the article does not follow the correct format per WP:MOS so if someone can get it corrected, that would be appreciated. However, read my statement and responses below, please.

As far as the dispute at hand, per this section in WP:BLP secondary sources must be of high-quality. With this section in WP:BLP a person should not be notable for only one event in order to have their own page and should be merged with a major article in Wikipedia. So with that being said, I wanted to get some clarification from both of you please.

In each of your statements in the section below, please state clearly the following answers for me and use your own words without referencing any WP policies:

Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 06:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * User:Aman.kumar.goel: You stated "it is fairly obvious that their reportings are scrutinized big time" which reads as a POV to me. Can you please clarify and/or present references that show she is indeed being scrutinized?
 * User:Tayi Arajakate: You stated "she is occasionally reported by fact-checking organisations as having "misreported" or aired stories where her reporting are found to be not factual". Why do you feel that since this is occasionally reported that "the journalist could not be a subject of attention from secondary sources?"

Second statements by editors

 * Aman: A basic search in Google News for "Aaj Tak" "Om Kashyap" would show more than 30,000 results. This at least proves the point that the reportings by this journalist are frequently scrutinized by media sources. If any incidents have a huge impact on her biography or they are otherwise important, then they can receive coverage from multiple reliable sources more than the very one-time coverage. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 09:39, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Tayi: The journalist, herself has been covered by secondary sources only to a limited extent. For instance, she gets mentioned as a news presenter of the Aaj Tak channel from time to time but exclusive coverage of her as the primary subject is hard to come by. In my observation at least, this isn't out of the ordinary as journalists in general even when highly visible are not likely to receive attention akin to celebrities unless in exceptional cases. Therefore, when she does get such exclusive coverage they are unlikely to be of a routine nature. Even in the reports from the fact checking organisation, she gets so much as a name mention with the misreporting attributed to her and these are not very frequent although not negligible either (which was the intention behind using the word occasionally). One such incident had however been more broadly covered by such organisations with more detailed reports focusing on her coverage. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 08:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Third statement by moderator

 * Volunteer Note: I understand both of your points. I have opened an RFC on the articles that were linked to by editor Aman. Some of these sources seem off to me, so I am letting the source verifies vet these before the discussion continues. The RFC locations are as follows:
 * 1) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
 * 2) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
 * 3) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
 * 4) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
 * 5) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
 * 6) Reliable_sources/Noticeboard

As these are RfC's it will take at least 7 days for the consensus to see if these media can be reliable or not. For now, I am placing this on hold and once I get the feedback, I will ping the editors. No further discussion at this time. & - If you have any comments or knowledge of these sources, I would appreciate the input.

Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 19:29, 15 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

I have not forgotten about you. I am awaiting feedback from other parties to continue this discussion. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:33, 19 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Fourth statement by moderator

 * 1) Volunteer Note - After extensive research, I can verify that Anjana Om Kashyap DOES NOT meet the requirements for WP:BLP due to the following:
 * When I google just the name (without the TV source) she cannot stand on her own. This is a requirement of BLP.
 * All subjects of the BLP
 * The sources provided are not considered reliable as they are opinionated against the journalist.

- Please read my fourth statement as there is only one option I can really see to be done:
 * 1) CSD the page and add the journalist to the television station article unlinked

Editors, in your appropriate spaces in the fourth statement by editors, please state the following:
 * Put a tick ✅  to signify you are in agreement with the CSD and adding to the station page
 * Put a tick ✅  if you are in agreement but have one, and only one, contestation to this
 * Put a tick ❌  if you do not agree with this proposal and add why you think this is not the appropriate change
 * The Second portion for all editors (newline) What are you willing to compromise with.

Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Fourth statements by editors

 * Aman: I am not exactly sure if the subject meets WP:GNG. If this were to be nominated for AfD then I would completely refrain from participating there. The Print, Caravan, Scroll, etc. cannot be really used for establishing a subject's notability. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk)


 * Tayi: ❌ The sources provided even in the article itself makes her notable enough for WP:GNG and WP:BASIC. I do not even agree that every source that has covered her is opinionated against her but even if they were that doesn't make them necessarily unreliable(WP:BIASED). If there are such concerns then the statements from the sources can be given in-line attribution. From what I can see, a google news search would mostly shows results from her channel Aaj Tak (which comes up in script as आज तक), with ThePrint occasionally mentioning her name in its oddly frequent coverage of television news coverages. Of the unreliable sources that I can see there's ummid.com and "The Logical Indian". As I have said previously it is difficult to find sources which cover her exclusively but some of them are already present in the article.


 * Concerning the dispute itself, I don't mind if the sources used are given attribution or even the section merged with Miscellaneous. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 18:45, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Tayi: Please present a valid argument on how the articles you cited prove that she is notable following these guidelines (note I am asking these to get a better idea of your thoughts so please give thorough explanations and not just summaries):


 * 1) State exactly how they are reliable sources:
 * 2) State how exactly you see this as significant coverage:
 * 3) State exactly why you think these sources are intellectually independent of each other considering the sources you cited are all from the same 3-4 sites:
 * 4) Read Notability_(people) and explain how they can be considered a creative professional without meeting any of the requirements listed:


 * I don't think she can meet WP:JOURNALIST but that is an additional criteria. I do believe she meets WP:BASIC. From the references on the wiki article of her's, she has been covered as the primary subject in articles by The Caravan, Scroll.in, The Quint and The Telegraph (Kolkata). I would consider it significant coverage if the primary subject of any publication's coverage is the subject in question.


 * The Caravan is an 80 year old premium prestige magazine, which is owned by the Delhi Press which is a reputed mainstream publication house. The Caravan was also the first and primary magazine to be published by the Delhi Press. Scroll.in is a fairly new digital news outlet which was founded by Samir Patra who was previously in the animation industry and by Naresh Fernandes who is a reputed senior journalist previously associated with the Time Out (magazine), Times of India and The Wall Street Journal. The Quint too is a newer digital outlet which was founded by the founders of Network18, a mainstream mass media conglomerate; for instance the group has partnerships with CNN and CNBC for news coverage. The Quint itself has a joint venture with Bloomberg L.P. The Telegraph is a 38 year old mainstream newspaper launched and owned by the ABP Group, which grew out of the Ananda Bazar Patrika, a venerable 98 years old mainstream newspaper. The Telegraph is in a way the English iteration of ABP which is a Bengali newspaper.


 * The coverage is from a diverse range of high quality sources and they are all intellectually independent of each other, they don't even share the same market in cases. Even the less established newer publications have backgrounds and relations which affirm their reliability. It's just that the overall coverage is low which means only a limited number of publications have covered her significantly.


 * In addition, for the disputed material itself, I am primarily citing AltNews which is a fact-checking organisation that has recently achieved critical acclaim. It is also certified by the IFCN . Tayi Arajakate  Talk 02:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Volunteer Note: I have posted a notice on the talk page of Aman to urge participation. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 16:14, 21 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Fifth comment by moderator
Editors &  - I have to say this is a rather complicated one. My job above all else is WP:BLP. I am not convinced that this journalist meets the requirements as the sources are very few and of the ones listed throughout this discussion most are all part of the same ownership and therefore only count as one source. Most of the sources also only seem to add a POV or talk briefly about the falsifications she makes on her newscasts. I do not see any compromise coming out of this based on all the discussions above. I am leaving this open for 24 hours to seek any comments from moderators &  to add any comments that may help. After that time period I will put this discussion over to AfD with an option of merging to the news channel in which she reports for. No more comments from editors at this time please.

Fifth comment by editors
- I see that you are not requesting any more comments but I've to say that I'm quite perturbed by this response especially on how you come to the conclusion that most of the sources used are part of the same ownership considering I explicitly mentioned their ownership and showed how they are independent of each other. Tayi Arajakate Talk 05:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I apologize you feel that way. I looked at all the sources you provided and the sources in the article. You are only focusing on one thing and that’s the sources of information. I do not feel the sources are of high enough caliber to warrant any notability or any variation thereof . The sources are short paragraphs or short articles that describe her but there is nothing notable on her, as is the case for most news station journalists. I spent hours researching the sources and scouring the internet to find anything of substance that would warrant her nobility but I could find none. I have also asked other moderators to chime in with their input before any action is taken. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 05:43, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I focused on the sources because you were expressing doubt regarding them and that is what you inquired me about. They all qualify per WP:NEWSORG which can most certainly be used to determine notability. My main concern still is with the assessment that they are all under the same ownership which is just plain false, on which you still haven't clarified. The dispute resolution has also gotten detracted from the original dispute altogether towards a notability argument, one can put it to AfD but that would be a separate issue. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 06:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Possible resolution proposed by moderator
So I’m going through the entire discussion again. Even though she does not meet nobility guidelines as dictated by BLP, I think that maybe adding the information in a general format such as “..... has been reported to have....” and citing the articles. However, there should not be the same issue listed twice in the article. Of the citations in the article the first two are written as opinion pieces based on the way they are written (one mentions how she was thinking, which no one knows what or how someone is thinking). I would say it would be ok to list them in the Miscellaneous section with the proper attributes including if they took the article from another source.

What are your thoughts on this?

Possible resolution discussion
Tayi: In that regard, I'd agree to a sentence stating something like "According to fact checking organisations such as AltNews, Anjana Om Kashyap has misreported news on certain occasions." in Miscellaneous section.

Also if you are referring to article of the Caravan where it says she was "worried about the state of television news" in the first paragraph, that's based on a conversation with her at the specific moment, illustrated with quotations from her in the same paragraph. Most of the rest of the article is about her history and reporting which constitute objective information. This form of writing is literary journalism which is what the magazine is known for. An opinion piece on the other hand is solely the personal opinion of a writer on a subject. Tayi Arajakate Talk 08:20, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * thank you I’ll wait from a response from Aman. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 08:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC) '''DRN Volunteer

Aman: I am fine with "According to fact checking sources such as AltNews, Anjana Om Kashyap has misreported news on certain occasions.[ref][ref]" Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 20:54, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Resolution Reached
Thank you both for being civil and working through this process. The resolution reached is that it will be placed in the miscellaneous section and including the "according to fact-checking organizations such as......." I am very proud of the work and civility you both portrayed in this discussion and even better is a resolution that was reached without escalation. Thank you. Keep on editing! I will now close this case as resolved. Galendalia (talk) 21:09, 23 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Event of Ghair Khumm
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Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

I repeatedly warned user Alivardi not to bring in inappropriate information which not only could, but also WOULD stir-up conflict where the sensitivity of this topic is reflected by the numerous vandalised edits of the article about Twelver Shia Muslims being a branch of "shirk" meaning polytheism and sometimes other attacks are made such in the past edits about "raping boys". Checking the edit history it is further evident that I am not the first to remove this piece of information. He has failed to see the consequences of such actions and I was willing to continue discussing why I disagreed with him on this issue however he only kept reverting my removal of the sensitive information and directed me towards a discussion resolution. I finally told him that we need to seek compromise in order for the disagreement to work as opposed to a dispute resolution. After I recently made an addition that I thought we could both agree on he just reverted it back again and gave me a notice of warning on the administrator page in regards to a 3-revert violation policy and so I have decided that he will not listen and a dispute resolution is best.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Physics7

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

It might be the case that he is more open to a compromise that I have suggested or any similar one if someone else speaks to him and about his lack of co-operation.

Summary of dispute by Alivardi
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Event of Ghadir Khumm discussion
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 * Volunteer Note - There has been discussion on the talk page of the filing editor, but not on the talk page of the article. Discussion should be on the talk page of the article, where other editors may be able to provide third opinions.  Discuss at the article talk page, Talk:Event of Ghadir Khumm.  I am leaving this request in place to allow the editors, and any other editors, to discuss on the article talk page.  Robert McClenon (talk) 00:51, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Public Service_(EP)
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Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

For several months now, I have attempted to update and post information of unknown/non-famous musicians that was in a local non-famous kiddie punk rock band that has not performed and has no intentions of re-uniting for over 40 years. The reasons for rejecting this information is actually a violation of my freedom of speech. I wish to have someone in your organization review my posting attempts since 2018 and let me know how I am in violation of Wikipedia's publishing policies. I was going to contribute to Wikipedia like I have in the past, but since I have been trying to make these updates - I am starting to sense that some of the contributors on the Wikipedia board are too overly zealous.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_(EP)

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Just let me put the relevant info about the band members and a quick history of how the band formed. it's really not a big deal.

Public Service_(EP) discussion
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Industrial and organizational psychology
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Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

I am a long-time contributor to WP with more than 12,000 edits. I regret that I approached the Noticeboad previously but did not follow through. I was hoping to work out a compromise. I wrote in the industrial and organizational (i/o) psychology entry that occupational health psychology (OHP) is partly descended from i/o psychology as well as health psychology and occupational medicine. The idea that one discipline contributes to the emergence of another discipline is found in many places in WP (e.g., health psychology's relation to clinical psychology). I used the appropriate citation to support what I wrote. User:sportstir almost daily reversed my edits until WP editor WhatamIdoing indicated that what I wrote was appropriate. Sportstir, then instead of eliminating my edits, modified my edits to make it seem as if OHP is wholly descended from i/o psychology and eliminated any reference to health psychology and occupational medicine. Such an edit gives a distorted picture.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

Talk:Industrial_and_organizational_psychology, Talk:Occupational_stress

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Another neutral editor or other neutral editors could review the dispute and arrive at a decision we can abide by. I would like a decision regarding the dispute Sportstir and I have regarding occupational stress as well.

Summary of dispute by Sportstir
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A bunch of editors all worked to appease Iss246's many demands that only his wording is acceptable. We all decided on the wording and developed consensus but Iss246 kept overturning the consensus and put his version back in against the consensus. Sportstir (talk) 05:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I've also noticed Iss246 plays tricks as well as creating new accounts like brand new editor Ophres that then suspiciously comes into the discussion to support Iss246. They have also lied about me following them. I have only encountered Iss246 at these couple of articles. My problem with Iss246 is not so much what he is adding, although there seems top be an agenda, but the way they bully other editors and demand only their wording be used and no one else can change it or add to it.


 * I would really like to hear from other editors like Psyc12. It is Psyc12's wording in both articles, not mine that Iss246 has an issue with. I repeat. I did not write the edits that Iss246 keeps reverting. They were written to appease Iss246' demands and to resolve the conflict and I just put their suggestions into the article. I admit this guy Iss246 has pissed me off and I'm really not invested in these topics but I saw him bully other editors to get his own way and play games to get anyone blocked who objects to any edits they make. I should have walked awy earlier and thought these issues had been resolved but 6 weeks later Iss246 came back to the article to go against the consensus. Sportstir (talk) 08:43, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * User:Sportstir is now accusing me of playing a trick by creating a sockpuppet named Ophres. Not true. What goes around comes around. I think Sportstir is acting like the now-barred Mrm7171 (who went by other names too), another WP editor who also followed me around, undoing my edits. I think the more important matter is to get closure on the i/o psychology edits and the occupational stress edits. Iss246 (talk) 17:19, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Summary of dispute by WhatamIdoing
I have two thoughts:


 * 1) There seems to be some "territorial" behavior going on (not just on Wikipedia).  Some people seem to feel like these related fields are in competition with each other, so some people from one field feel like they should downplay or avoid mentioning the competition.  Wikipedia editors are encouraged to WP:Build the web between related articles (even between subjects much less closely related than this).  If you are accustomed to "silo" thinking, then our methods of contextualizing and linking broadly probably do not come naturally.
 * 2) It would probably be appropriate at this point for Sportstir to carefully think back and let us know if there might have been any previous accounts at the English Wikipedia, and especially whether any of them are blocked/banned.  This whole discussion, and this whole effort, sounds very, very, very similar to the one that ended a couple of years ago with a series of CheckUser blocks.  There is a process in such cases for getting permission to edit again, but creating another account and pushing the same problematic viewpoint isn't it.

WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:27, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

OHP is not in a rivalry with i/o psychology. I wanted to point out that OHP is descended from i/o psychology and two other fields. That is not a rivalry. I have a source for that fact.

Regarding the issue of a banned WP editor. Sportstir reminds me of the banned Mrm7171, who also shadowed me very closely. Iss246 (talk) 00:41, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * WhatamIdoing did you notice editor Ohpres who only joined Wikipedia with a brand new account and username to boost Iss246's version and then made identical edits and opinions to Iss246. Is that allowed? To create a new account in the middle of discussion and pretend it's a new editor? Is that allowed WhatamIdoing? Sportstir (talk) 05:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Summary of dispute by Psyc12
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I am confused. I suggested a compromise that I hoped would resolve the conflict about the I-O Psychology article between ISS246 and Sportstir, and I thought we all agreed. PatriciaMoorhead actually made the edit. Today I see that the edit has been reverted and the article is back to the disputed way it was originally. I agreed with ISS246 that the article should link to the occupational health psychology (OHP) article with a brief mention, and I agreed with Sportstir that this is a tangential issue, and it is not worth going into detail about which disciplines led to OHP--that can be covered in the OHP article.

I suggested replacing


 * With the development of Karasek's demand-control model and the University of Michigan's person–environment fit model in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new discipline, occupational health psychology, emerged out of i/o psychology and both health psychology, and occupational medicine.[45][46]

With


 * The I-O concern with worker health and well-being overlaps with the emerging field of occupational health psychology (OHP). [Spector, P. E. (2016) Industrial and Organizational Psychology Research and Practice 7th Ed. Hoboken, NJPsyc12 (talk) 20:10, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Sportstir, I propose another compromise. It is in two parts. One part is in the i/o psychology entry and the other part is in the occupational stress entry.

1. In the i/o psychology entry, I propose to modify this sentence: "With the development of Karasek's demand-control model and the University of Michigan's person–environment fit model in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new discipline, occupational health psychology, emerged out of i/o psychology and both health psychology, and occupational medicine.[45][46]"

I would rewrite that sentence as follows: "In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new discipline, occupational health psychology, emerged out of i/o psychology and both health psychology, and occupational medicine.[45][46]"

2. You wanted to place "particularly" in before "industrial and organizational psychology" in the following sentence: "A number of disciplines within psychology are concerned with occupational stress including clinical psychology, occupational health psychology, human factors and ergonomics, and industrial and organizational psychology."

I wanted to avoid naming one discipline above all the others, which the word "particularly" would imply. Because I do not want readers to think that i/o psychology was the one preeminent field in research on job stress, I would leave the sentence without the word "particularly."

And then I turn to the opening sentence of the occupational stress entry: "Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job."

As you know, I tried to change the expression "psychological stress" to "psychological distress." I would not make the change.

The compromise allows both of us to get some of what we want. Iss246 (talk) 19:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Iss246 this was the edit that Psyc12 made on 15 February as a compromise to appease you and we could all resolve this.[] Psyc12 wrote "Restated to better reflect what sources said, while acknowledging prominence of IWO psychology" Please stop now falsely saying I was the one who made the edit and the wording "particularly" I just agreed. Psyc12 has again reiterated that position. Sportstir (talk) 01:43, 6 May 2020 (UTC)


 * User:Sportstir, it does not matter who made the edit. Singling out i/o as preeminently more important than OHP, ergonomics, human factors is not sourced. I am offering a compromise. Iss246 (talk) 03:15, 6 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Iss246 the only editors who have commented here on actual content and us resolving this is you, me and Psyc12. I have gone with Psyc12's suggestions to appease you. However your compromise is virtually the same wording that you demanded of us before and you keep putting back in the article against consensus. This applies to both the articles we are discussing. What do you want to do here as you are the only editor who is supportive of your wording and I'm confused why it matters so much to you to be frank? I thought the wording Psyc12 suggested was perfectly good in both articles and well sourced too. Can I suggest letting this go? Sportstir (talk) 11:31, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Sportstir, WhatamIdoing commented here too. Why don't you reach out to Psyc12. Ask Psyc12 to respond in more detail. I will reach out again to Ohpres and PatriciaMoorehead. We need more input. Iss246 (talk) 19:32, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Summary of dispute by Ohpres
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I conduct research on occupational stress. I find iss246's edits to be balanced. I'm not sure I understand Sportstir's obstinacy. It is not controversial that Occupational Health Psychology emerged out of several disciplines/areas of research, including occupational medicine. What is so problematic with this observation in Sportstir's eyes? We should be able to find a solution rapidly.

Summary of dispute by ‎Patriciamoorehead
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Industrial and organizational psychology discussion
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 * User:WhatamIdoing - Are you a principal in this dispute, or are you trying to resolve the dispute? If you are trying to mediate or moderate the dispute, you can be added to the list of volunteers.  Robert McClenon (talk) 03:32, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Robert, I only know about this dispute because Iss246 requested a third opinion from me. I do wonder whether it would be more pointful to have a chat with the CUs at this point.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:46, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

User:WhatamIdoing and user:Robert McClenon, I would appreciate if you and some other WP editors intercede and help resolve the disagreement between Sportstir and me. Thank you. Iss246 (talk) 03:14, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * User:WhatamIdoing - This is not SPI. If you think a CheckUser is needed, please file a sockpuppet investigation.  Robert McClenon (talk) 03:31, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

First statement by moderator (Psyc)
I am willing to try to moderate this dispute if the principal parties agree that they will accept me as the moderator. Please read the rules. Be civil and concise. Overly long statements make the author feel better, but do not make the other parties any better informed. Comment on content, not contributors. That means talk about what you agree or disagree about rather than who you disagree with. Respond to my questions in the section for statements by the editors. Do not respond to each other. Do not engage in back-and-forth discussion when answering my questions. If you want to engage in back-and-forth discussion, do it in the box I have provided. I am not an expert on the subject matter, and do not intend to do research on the subject matter. It is up to you to provide me with any answers. Now: Each editor should state, in one paragraph, what they want either changed or left the same in the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Sportstir and anyone else - Tell me what you do want, not what you don't want.  Enter it in the section for your comments, not for my statements.  Robert McClenon (talk) 14:36, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Robert McClenon, I apologize if I said this already, I accept you as a moderator of the dispute outlined here on the Noticeboard. Iss246 (talk) 21:26, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

First statements by editors (Psyc)
User:Robert McClenon, I would like a much shortened, last sentence in the section occupational health and well-being in the i/o psychology entry to read as follows: "In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new discipline, occupational health psychology, emerged out of i/o psychology and both health psychology, and occupational medicine. " I would also like the last sentence of the second paragraph of the occupational stress entry to read: "A number of disciplines are concerned with occupational stress including clinical psychology, occupational health psychology, human factors and ergonomics, and industrial and organizational psychology." Thank you. Iss246 (talk) 17:05, 7 May 2020 (UTC)


 * There is not just myself who disagrees with Iss246's wording as at least three independent editors have commented on the talk pages. We have all made concessions and changes to make this editor Iss246 happy yet they still only demand their wording and ignore the reasoning editors have provided. At what point does an editor step away and accept consensus Robert McClenon? Sportstir (talk) 22:38, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Second statement by moderator (Psyc)
User:Iss246 has proposed a rewrite of the last paragraph of the Historical Overview. Is it correct then that the difference of opinion is that the other editors want the Historical Overview left as is? Is that the difference of opinion? If so, please explain, in one paragraph, why it should be changed as proposed, or why the change should not be made. If you disagree about something else, state what. Please be clear and concise. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:59, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * User:Robert McClenon, the other editors are not of one mind. WhatamIdoing and Ohpres agree with me. Psyc12 agrees with Sportstir. I only want two things. One is that the i/o entry notes that OHP is descended from i/o along with health psychology and occupational medicine, which I sourced. Sportstir wants to leave out health psychology and occupational medicine making it seem that OHP is wholly descended from i/o, which is wrong and would mislead readers.


 * Second (this was part of a compromise I offered Sportstir regarding the i/o edit), I would also like to strike the word "particularly," which Sportstir had modified the words "industrial and organizational psychology" in the the last sentence of the second paragraph of the occupational stress entry because the word "particularly," in the context in which Sportstir inserted it, made it seem as if i/o psychology plays the dominant role in research on occupational stress. The three papers Sportstir cited to justify using the word "particularly" do not give i/o psychology the dominant role. The dominant theories in occupational stress, the demand-control model (Karasek's theory) and the effort-reward imbalance model (Siegrist's theory) were developed by sociologists. A third, and almost as prominent theory of occupational stress, is conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll's), which was developed by a clinical psychologist. I am for small edits that are more consistent with our best estimate of what the truth is. I would like to add sociology as one of the disciplines concerned with occupational stress but I hesitate to do that while in the midst of a dispute with Sportstir. Iss246 (talk) 20:45, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * WhatamIdoing did not agree with your wording Iss246 only that we could consider adding a comment about your area of work. The only editor who agreed was this brand new editor Ophres that started a new account in the middle of our discussions and then edited exactly the same way as Iss246. So there are at least 3 other editors who disagree with Iss246. Psyc12 also put the word "particularly" in the occupational stress article not me yet you try to make it seem as if I did. The current wording in the industrial organizational psychology article that the majority of editors apart from Iss246 was also written by Psyc12 but Iss246 tries to state it was mine.


 * This is Psyc12's edit and I agreed with it as a compromise to Iss246. IO psychology's concern with occupational health and well-being overlaps with the emerging field of occupational health psychology. The article is very long as it is. Weighing it down further with irrelevant material is not helpful. Sportstir (talk) 23:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Third statement by moderator (Psyc)
Do not tell me what you think other editors think. Each editor should provide their own proposal, in Third Statements by Editors, of what you think the last sentence of the Historical Background should say. Do not reply in the section for the moderator. Reply in the Third Statements by Editors, but only for and about yourself. One proposed statement per editor. After we get the historical summaries, we can talk about why we want them. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:10, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Third statements by editors (Psyc)
I propose two things.

1. The i/o entry should not, as Sportstir proposes, make the claim that occupational health psychology (OHP) derives from i/o psychology because such a claim would mislead readers. The genealogy of OHP is this. OHP is descended from i/o and health psychology and occupational medicine. I have sourced that information. Sportstir wants to leave out health psychology and occupational medicine making it seem that OHP is wholly descended from i/o, which is wrong and misleading.

2. My attempt to compromise with Sportstir on the above matter involves the occupational stress entry. The second paragraph of the lead includes a list of fields in which researchers have studied occupational stress. The list includes clinical psychology, OHP, human factors and ergonomics, and i/o psychology. Sportstir insists on (a) deleting human factors and ergonomics and (b) placing the word "particularly" in front of i/o psychology. I would like to retain human factors and ergonomics because human factors researchers do much to enhance workplace safety and reduce stress. I would also delete Sportstir's word "particularly" because that modifier makes it seem as if i/o psychology plays the dominant role in research on occupational stress. He cited three book chapters regarding i/o but none of them indicate that i/o plays a dominant role in research on occupational stress. All disciplines mentioned play a role. I am reluctant to indicate that one is dominant.

To underline my point. The most prominent theories in occupational stress research are the demand-control model (Karasek's theory) and the effort-reward imbalance model (Siegrist's theory). Both theories were developed by sociologists. A third, and almost as prominent theory of occupational stress, is conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll's), which was developed by a clinical psychologist. In view of the above, I would like to add sociology as one of the disciplines concerned with occupational stress. Iss246 (talk) 22:34, 10 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Stop pretending I was the one Iss246 who made these edits. It was Psyc12 and other editors who disagreed with you. I have tried to put those consensus developed changes into the article. I still don't see the relevance in your edits and you also keep putting your wording into the article while it is on the noticeboard and your version is against the consensus on the talk pages. Is occupational health psychology an area of psychology? I have looked it up online and it is not mentioned as a specialization in psychology? Maybe Wikipedia psychology editors would be able to help here too as anyone who has ever graduated with a psychology degree realizes and knows that organizational psych is the area of psychology which deals with organizations and stress interventions at the organizational level. The changes Iss246 is trying to make seems contrary to what any psych grad knows. Sportstir (talk) 23:28, 10 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I am not pretending anything. Sportstir instigated these changes, which will mislead readers. 01:15, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Fourth statement by moderator (Psyc)
Comment on content, not contributors. Do not discuss who has said what. Do not say who you disagree with or what you disagree with. The objective is to get the right text for an article in Standard Written English that will be read by readers, and will not be signed. It is only the wording of the article that we are discussing.

Now: Each editor is requested to provide their own wording for the last sentence or last paragraph of the Historical Summary. Just that, nothing else. Put it in the space labeled Fourth Statements by Editors. Sign your proposed statement, but it is a statement about a branch of psychology, not about the other editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:23, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Fourth statements by editors (Psyc)

 * You are the only editor pushing for this wording and delete any other editors who have tried to reason with you or change your preferred wording or oppose your changes and adsditions. Quite amazing really is your persistence against the consensus. The record shows that it was Psyc12 made the change at the occupational stress article concerning the word "particularly" as I said and their comment to justify their edit was "Restated to better reflect what sources said, while acknowledging prominence of IWO psychology" Please stop adding your preferred wording back in while we are discussing it here. Can you please respond to the questions I asked you as well regarding this field of occupational health psychology you are involved in. As I said I've googled it and apart from Wikipedia no other universities or other sites list this as a psychology discipline. I know Google isn't the best though lol so I just want to understand why Iss246 you believe your edit in the article is justified? Sportstir (talk) 01:31, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

The last sentence of the Occupational health and well-being section of the Industrial and organizational psychology entry should read as follows:

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new discipline, occupational health psychology, emerged out of i/o psychology and both health psychology, and occupational medicine.

The last sentence of the lead in the Occupational stress entry should read as follows:

A number of disciplines within psychology are concerned with occupational stress including clinical psychology, occupational health psychology, human factors and ergonomics, and industrial and organizational psychology. Iss246 (talk) 01:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Would us leaving out the section on occupations in the lede of the occupational stress article altogether be an option here I wonder, as it seems to be causing a lot of unnecessary conflict. That would eliminate Iss246's insistence the word "particularly" is taken out. We could discuss occupations in the body of the article itself if need be. Sportstir (talk) 00:10, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * In the industrial organizational psych article I propose Psyc12's wording IO psychology's concern with occupational health and well-being overlaps with the emerging field of occupational health psychology. This would then redirect to the occupational health psychology article. I agree with other editors like Psyc12 in that if we include this sentence surely the mention of other specialist fields like occupational medicine and health psychology are not relevant and should not be included. Sportstir (talk) 00:17, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

The occupational stress entry is relevant. It is part of the compromise I proposed to Sportstir. Adding the word "particularly" in the occupational stress entry inflates industrial and organizational psychology, which is a discipline within psychology that does not need inflating. As the i/o entry already shows, i/o encompasses a great deal. I should know because I made more than 100 edits in cleaning up the i/o entry before Sportstir arrived on the scene. Unfortunately, almost all Sportstir's activity on WP is to criticize me (e.g., claim that I am a sockpuppet) and try to reverse a small fraction of the edits I made on WP. He hardly does anything else on WP. Iss246 (talk) 02:49, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Please stop focusing on me and criticizing me and tell me why we need this sentence in the lede at all as I suggested removing it so no occupation seems better than another. Can you outline the reason you believe it is so important Iss246? Can the moderator also please ask Iss246 to focus not on me but on my question so we can resolve this? Sportstir (talk) 04:35, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Sportstir, I am not focusing on you personally, only editorially. We need the sentence in the lead to identify for readers the disciplines that are concerned with occupational stress. I would be okay with moving the sentence to a location elsewhere in the article as long as we don't indicate that one discipline is more ("particularly") concerned with occupational stress than another discipline. I would also delete the references, which are all book chapters that don't bear on which discipline is most concerned with occupational stress. Internal links around the disciplines are sufficient to make the point that each discipline is relevant to occupational stress. Iss246 (talk) 19:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Fifth statement by moderator (Psyc)
Comment on content, not contributors. Each of you has your own space now. Put your proposal in there. You may sign another user's statement to agree with it, but you may not disagree with it. You may state why you support your statement. Do not disagree with another statement. The disagreeing is getting in the way of establishing what we are arguing about. Just state your statements.

By the way, if anyone refers to another editor in their statement, I will consider requesting a one-way interaction ban. So don't say who you disagree with, and don't say what you disagree about. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:20, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Proposal by Sportstir
Would this work? IO psychology's concern with occupational health and well-being overlaps with the emerging field of occupational health psychology. Sportstir (talk) 02:22, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Sportstir, what is your current view regarding deleting the word "particularly" from the last sentence in the lead of the occupational stress entry? Iss246 (talk) 19:15, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

This is my current view. Also the references other editors put in seem good. Sportstir (talk) 22:02, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Proposal by Iss246
In the the i/o psychology entry I mentioned the connection of i/o to occupational health psychology (OHP). The genealogy of OHP is that it is descended from i/o, health psychology, and occupational medicine. I have sourced this. It is not unusual for a WP entry on a discipline to indicate that the discipline has roots in another discipline or helped give rise to another discipline. What I want to do in the i/o entry is to indicate the OHP has roots in i/o psychology but not exclusively in i/o psychology. Two other disciplines, health psychology and occupational medicine, have also contributed to the emergence of OHP. Cognitive stress has an impact on mood and contributes to the development of a mood disorder.

Sportstir edited a sentence I wrote for the lead in the occupational stress entry such that he added the word "particularly." With his addition, that sentence reads, "A number of disciplines within psychology are concerned with occupational stress including clinical psychology, occupational health psychology, human factors and ergonomics, and particularly industrial and organizational psychology." The problem with the addition of "particularly" is that the sentence suggests that i/o psychology is the leading discipline within psychology concerned with occupational stress when there is no evidence that it is. He cited three book chapters but none of them indicate that i/o is the leading psychology discipline studying occupational stress. I think it is better to list the disciplines and not play favorites. Iss246 (talk) 02:36, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Maybe we could talk about clinical psych being involved only with individual therapy once a worker has developed a psychiatric injury. Also I cannot see anywhere in the article that ergonomics is involved with work stress? Sportstir (talk) 22:07, 17 May 2020 (UTC)


 * User:Sportstir, thank you for your quick response. While ergonomics is more generally concerned with the impact of work-related physical stress, which is indeed a dimension of occupational stress that has been underplayed in the occupational stress entry, ergonomics is also concerned with work-related cognitive stress. In addition, ergonomically-oriented research on long work hours and shift work reveals a link between those conditions and depressive symptoms.


 * You are right that clinical psychology has dealt with occupational stress in the context of treating individuals who have been seriously harmed by occupational stress. By the same token, clinical psychologists also have played a role in research on occupational stress. For example, the researcher who developed conservation of resources theory is a clinical psychologist. I add that the developers of the demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models, influential theories of occupational stress, are sociologists. I recommend that we mention the disciplines involved with occupational stress research without singling any one of them out as a discipline that dominates the others. Iss246 (talk) 13:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Sixth statement by moderator
Can the word 'particularly' be deleted, as proposed by User:Iss246?

User:Sportstir - Do you have proposed wording about clinical psychology and stress and ergonomics?

User:Iss246 - What do you think of the proposal by User:Sportstir?

If you want to discuss with each other rather than with me, use the large space. Just be sure to be civil, but you knew that.

Robert McClenon (talk) 01:06, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Back-and-forth discussion
User:Sportstir, as per the suggestion of user:Robert McClenon, I want to be civil and make a proposal. Regarding the sentence with "particularly" in the occupational stress entry, I would agree to delete not just the word "particularly" but the entire sentence then add perhaps two sentences to the section on occupations. In that section I would mention that the investigators in the disciplines human factors and ergonomics, clinical psychology, sociology, and occupational safety and health conduct research on job stress. I would not need to add citations of which there are many. Instead, I would rely on internal links.

Given that I would remove the abovementioned sentence from the lead, I would like you to agree to my including the sentence on the genealogy of OHP, mentioning that it is descended from i/o psychology as well as health psychology and occupational medicine.Iss246 (talk) 01:26, 18 May 2020 (UTC) .

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 * I would be interested in Iss246's reaction to my proposal and questions. I also thought we were talking about 'occupations' in the section being discussed in the occupational stress article not research and theories? I cannot see why there is a need to be focusing on specific occupations involved in occupational stress at all, but if we do attempt to include it we should only be talking about occupations. I have also proposed specific wording for both articles and am not sure if there has been a reply. Sportstir (talk) 12:35, 19 May 2020 (UTC).


 * User:Sportstir, my replies are below. I provided a much briefer rewrite of the section on occupations and explain my proposal. I began formulating the rewrite on May 20 and wrote it on May 21. Iss246 (talk) 16:39, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I think it would be informative for readers to know what professions are concerned with occupational stress. If we were writing about clinical psychology

readers would know that there are clinical psychologists. If we write about occupational stress, there are no profession with a cognate title. It would be helpful and informative for readers to learn what kinds of professionals are involved in research and practice vis-à-vis occupational stress. I add that we would not be "focusing." We would spend perhaps at most one or two sentences identifying those professions. Iss246 (talk) 00:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

I am a job stress researcher. I support the edits iss246 wants to make.


 * The occupations section of the occupational stress entry should describe professions that deal with occupational stress in research and/or practice. It already does some of that. That section would be an apt place for readers to find out about those professions. We should keep the section brief by supplying internal links to the articles about the relevant disciplines. We can rename the section, something like "Disciplines concerned with research and practice involving occupational stress." Iss246 (talk) 13:54, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

With regard to the occupational stress encyclopedia entry, I recommend discarding the section entitled “occupations” because it could be misinterpreted by readers to refer to stressful occupations when the purpose of the section is to cover professionals whose goal is to reduce job stress. The replacement section does not select one group of professionals as being more focused on occupational stress than another group of professionals. I propose to replace the current section with the following briefer section. Note that the replacement title of the section is more apt. Iss246 (talk) 03:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


 * That doesn't make any sense. If we cannot use the wording other editors like Psyc12 wrote I think we need to leave this section out completely. Proposed wording seems like synthesis of material. For instance saying sociologists help organisations alleviate occupational stress is simply untrue. If we cannot provide 'weighting' to each occupation, which it seems we cannot, then leave discussion of occupations out completely in the occupational stress article. Sportstir (talk) 00:33, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Robert McClenon and user:Sportstir, can we resolve the disagreement at hand? The disagreement revolves around the occupational stress entry and the industrial and organizational psychology entry. (A) I would like your assent for the brief, neutrally worded description I wrote regarding the professions involved in research and practice vis-à-vis occupational stress. The brief description would replace the current section on occupations. I placed the description above. I would also remove mention of the professions in the lead of the article. (B) This pertains to the i/o entry. In view of the fact that other encyclopedia articles mention that some disciplines give rise to other disciplines (e.g., clinical psychology --> health psychology), I would like your assent regarding my briefly mentioning that occupational health psychology is descended from i/o psychology along with health psychology and occupational medicine. Iss246 (talk) 02:54, 25 May 2020 (UTC)


 * It should be noted that a number of concessions have already been made at those two articles and I am against the changes for the reasons I've outlined. I've proposed we use another editor's exact wording which I've copied into this discussion previously. It seems to have made the most sense and is backed by the sources. I think some acknowledgement of these facts is needed here. Sportstir (talk) 11:37, 25 May 2020 (UTC)


 * My wording is backed by sources, both from scholarly publications and sources in other Wikipedia articles. (A) Occupational stress has been researched and treated by professionals who identify with these disciplines: occupational health psychology (see the sources in the WP article), industrial and organizational psychology (see the sources in the WP article), sociology (Tausig, M., & Fenwick, R. (2011). Work and mental health in social context. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-0625-9), human factors and ergonomics (Feuerstein, M. Nicholas, R.A., Huang, G.D., Dimberg, L., Ali, D., & Rogers, H. (2004). Job stress management and ergonomic intervention for work-related upper extremity symptoms. Applied Ergonomics, 35, 565-574. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2004.05.003), clinical psychology (Firth‐Cozens, J., &  Hardy, G.E., (1992). Occupational stress, clinical treatment and changes in job perceptions. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65, 81-88. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1992.tb00486.x), and occupational safety and health (Murphy, L. R. (2002). Job stress research at NIOSH: 1972–2002. In P. L. Perrewé & D. C. Ganster (Eds.), Research in occupational stress and well-being, Vol. 2, Historical and current perspectives on stress and health. (pp. 1-55). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science.). (B) Occupational health psychology is descended from i/o psychology, health psychology, and occupational medicine (Everly, G.S., Jr. (1986). An introduction to occupational health psychology. In P.A. Keller & L.G. Ritt (Eds.), Innovations in clinical practice: A source book, Vol. 5, (pp. 331–338). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange.).


 * So let us stop this dickering and allow me to go ahead with the edits, which I carefully justify. I have additional sources but I don't want to overload this page. I appeal to User:Robert McClenon and other interested parties. I would like to proceed. Iss246 (talk) 15:10, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

I am a job stress researcher. I support the edits iss246 wants to make. Ohpres

Professions That Address Occupational Stress in Research and Practice
Professionals from several fields conduct research on the causes of occupational stress and interventions that prevent or treat occupational stress. Other professionals are practitioners who consult with organizations regarding how to make the work environment less stressful or to treat individual casualties of job stress. These professionals come from a number of fields including occupational health psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, sociology, human factors and ergonomics, clinical psychology, and occupational safety and health. Iss246 (talk) 03:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

2020 United States House of Representatives elections
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

This is a very minor point that has agreement in the talk page however a single user keeps reverting my edits and therefore I am requesting a third opinion.

On the page the Libertarian Party has been listed within the infobox including with a column for the number of seats needed for a majority (217, they currently have 1 seat, as a result of a defection) and the number of seats required for a majority is also contained within the opening paragraph on the page.

I think it is misleading to list the Libertarian Party alongside the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the same light as these main parties for the following reasons:

A - The number of districts with candidates running, as per the page itself, is 52, meaning it would be impossible for the party to make the 217 gains suggested B - The party elected zero representatives in 2018, and they only have 1 representative as a result of a defection, listing them on the page makes them seem as notable as the two main parties and gives too much prominence to the party, when clearly they are not in the same size as the Democratic Party and Republican Party

I made this argument on the talk page and got full agreement but one user keeps undoing my edits and recently wrote "I will not say this again, do not remove this information." when reverting the edit, hence why I am requesting a third opinion.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

I discussed the issue here: Talk:2020 United States House of Representatives elections and received agreement from all users who commented that my change made sense, but the other user in question continued to revert my edit multiple times.

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Review and action the minor changes I proposed or provide agreement on whether Libertarian Party warrants inclusion in infobox and opening paragraph, including with a "seats needed for majority" box, despite above objections and consensus on talk page.

Summary of dispute by RaySwifty18
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Moderator's First Statement
Hi, I'm nightenbelle and I am willing to moderate this dispute. are you willing to discuss the dispute here? I've read the discussion on the talk page, and I don't understand why a clear consensus is being ignored, RaySwifty18- could you please explain your reasoning for restoring information against a consensus? I'm sure you have a valid reason- and perhaps explaining it will help understand and find a compromise. Nightenbelle (talk) 15:47, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Participants Statements
There shouldn't be a reason as to why the seats need info should be removed. The libertarian party is now a party in the house of Representatives. They are now reflected on the the page as a party participating in the 2020 house elections. Because they are a party not limited to a single or a few states. For example if the Vermont Progressive Party had a seat in the House, they could not possibly gather enough seats to gain the majority due to being only based in one state, similar to the Scottish National party in the UK and how they are noted as only being able to contest seats in Scotland, and is noted that they cannot contest enough seats to gain the majority. However the libertarian party, is not restrained to one seat. It does not matter what whether we think it's unlikely they will gain enough seats. By that logic we should apply it to the republican party since it's unlikely they will take back the majority since the house has not flipped since the 50s. The fact remains it does not matter if we know it's unlikely they will get enough seats, we are not in the place to say what is or what is not likely to happen. That is why we should leave the seats needed for the libertarian party. - RaySwifty18 — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaySwifty18 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, so I still think that even mentioning the Libertarian Party in terms of seats needed to win a majority or in the heading is still causing them to get undue weight despite the fact that they are unlike the other two main US political parties, given they have won zero seats at every single US congressional election ever, and in addition are, as pointed out, not standing in enough seats to win a majority anyway. Not only is it physically impossible for them to win a majority, but no commentator thinks they will win a single seat, therefore including the reference to the defector and the party in the infobox is, in my opinion, still giving them undue attention Guyb123321 (talk) 18:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator's Second Statement
So, I have a question for - Doesn't having the libertarians, or any other minor party who wins a seat (as usually happens once or twice each election), in a box separate and different from the two major parties also draw undue attention to them? Although, I definitely see your point that adding them to the top box would provide a lot of attention to the 1 person from that party who has a seat.

While I definitely see your reasoning for not wanting to give them undue weight, I also can see 's point that all parties be represented in the same way. Is there a way to streamline/standardize how minor parties are listed? So that they could have the same information as the larger parties, but maybe not a photo of their "leader" until they are large enough to merit an officially recognized leader (which, I agree, will probably not happen this election)? Nightenbelle (talk) 13:58, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Participant's Statements
Hi there - no one has reverted the page for a while now and I think a consensus has been established via the talk page that the Libertarian Party should continue to have it's 1 member in the infobox but without reference to "seats required for a majority" - happy for this case to be closed Guyb123321 (talk) 14:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Marvel Anime
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

I am attempting to split the "Marvel Future Avengers" series into its own article. Its information is currently listed on the Marvel Anime page, despite not officially being part of the "Marvel Anime" line of television shows. Another editor is disputing this, claiming insufficient sourcing and notability, and repeatedly removing information and citations to a news source approved as verifiable by WP:Anime.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Marvel_Anime#Future_Avengers_spliting_off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RRArchive405#User%3ASpshu_reported_by_User%3ACyberlink420_%28Result%3A_No_action%29

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Examine the "Marvel Future Avengers" section of the article, with the episode list intact, and determine if it is suitable to be split into a separate article.

Summary of dispute by Spshu
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Marvel Anime discussion
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 * Volunteer comment –, I see that on the article's talk page you've stated that you posted a request for a moderator to take a look at the article and offer their opinion. That is not, however, how this noticeboard operates. Rather, the purpose of this noticeboard is to moderate discussions so that editors in a dispute can work together toward consensus, or in the event that we can't come to a consensus, further steps for dispute resolution can be recommended. If this sounds useful, we can leave this discussion open, otherwise let me know and I can close it. At this point, the remaining alternatives to discussion here would be to continue discussion on the talkpage or to open an RfC (there's also WP:3O, which is explicitly for soliciting third opinions, although it's not clear whether that option is appropriate here, as additional editors also offered opinions on this dispute about a month ago and 3O is exclusively for disputes where only two editors are involved). signed,Rosguill talk 21:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * That still sounds like it could be useful. Currently, Spshu is trying to rework the page into a catch-all for all anime projects featuring Marvel characters, rather than a page for the specific "Marvel Anime" branded line of media projects. I fundamentally disagree with this decision and instead think the page should remain exclusively focused on the "Marvel Anime" branded series, with no more than a passing mention of other anime projects. As such, dispute resolution would prove useful in deciding the best course of action for the page. In addition, I will open up a RfC entry for Future Avengers to fulfill the original intended purpose of determining whether the article should be split. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 21:45, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , just two quick reminders. 1. DRN is purely voluntary, so if Spshu does not want to participate here then you need to proceed to other methods. 2. Don't open the RfC until we've concluded whether we're going to have a discussion here, as we don't want to have the same discussion in two places. signed,Rosguill talk 21:48, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Understood. I have retracted my RfC. I have already invited Spshu to participate in the discussion, but have currently received no response. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 21:53, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

List of Perry Mason episodes
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Another editor has added some information to the list of Perry Mason episodes ("victim", "accused", "murderer") that I strongly feel harms the article (in fact, it was so ugly and out-of-place looking that I initially thought it was vandalism when I first reverted it). It looks strange - no other episode list article has that sort of information just dumped into the episode list without including some sort of context (like an episode recap) that the user has to deliberately read through to glean the info...the way this is laid out, anyone who's using an episode list just to find air dates or episode titles can't help but also see a spoiler. The other editor disagrees that it looks odd to have these bits of info tacked onto the list and claims that it's OK to add spoilers. Technically, it *is* OK to add spoilers, but it doesn't mean one *should*. A bit of an edit war has ensued. I've requested an RfC on the talk page. No one is participating. Other editor won't discuss on talk pages and only communicates via revert comments. I've requested a temporary edit lock on the page.

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Talk:List of Perry Mason episodes

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This is a simple disagreement between two editors about what should be in the article. No one else seems to be participating. I'd like some neutral third parties to weigh in.

Summary of dispute by Zeus Maximus
My client, Mr. Zeus Maximus, is a scientist. He likes facts. He likes complete information. Mr. Maximus was adding factual, non-biased, non-plagiarized, pertinent, episode-specific, properly-spelled content to the article in question, as well as disambiguating existing code, adding missing actors, and correcting spelling errors. Mr. Maximus does not remember if he corrected any punctuation errors. One contributor was editing contemporaneously with Mr. Maximus, without complaint. Then the plaintiff shouted 'Spoiler', and much of Mr. Maximus' work was vandalized. Mr. Maximus reverted the vandalism, and indicated where to find wikiPolicy concerning spoilers. I new cry arose, 'Not Pertinent', and more of Mr. Maximus' work was vandalized. Mr. Maximus again reverted the vandalism, and poorly imitated how the article's subject may have responded to such a charge. A new cry came, 'Ugly', and nearly all of Mr. Maximus' work was erased with an offer to 'talk'. Mr. Maximus 'listened' to charges of spoiler, awkward, strange, and unwanted. Mr. Maximus invited the plaintiff to offer a different format, gave reasons why spoilers may be wanted, asked where the spoilers should be otherwise placed, and invited the plaintiff to start a new article for the spoiling, impertinent, unwanted, ugly content. Mr. Maximus 'listened' to a rehash of displeasure again. Mr. Maximus pointed out how central to each episode the spoilers are, and invited the plaintiff to contribute in other areas. Mr. Maximus 'listened' last, then reverted the work instead of filing a vandalism report. A Request for Comments was called for by the plaintiff, but little time was allowed to elapse before Mr. Maximus' work was again vandalized. Mr. Maximus reverted the vandalism, offered to not add to the article until the dispute was settled in exchange for a halt to the vandalism. The cry changed to, 'Does not belong', and the plaintiff vandalized the article again. Mr. Maximus reverted the vandalism, while admonishing that Creating is more work than Destroying in a further effort to preserve the work already done. The triple-header cries of 'Inappropriate, Ugly, and Vandal' accompanied the next round of vandalism. Mr. Maximus committed his final rever-sin with an order to 'STOP destroying salvageable material'. Mr. Maximus was handed more vandalism, formal charges, and a wikiWarning. Mr. Maximus acknowledges the merit of the wikiWarning. Mr. Maximus begs the wikiCourt to keep in mind that the vandalized work includes not only the spoilers added to the article, but disambiguations fixed, missing actors added, and spelling errors corrected, as well as any punctuational changes that Mr. Maximus may not remember making. One creates, another destroys. Which does the wikiCourt wikiWant? - Perris Masonicus, counsel for Zeus Maximus (talk) 00:20, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * - Exhibit A: Example of SPOILERS in a mystery TV Series Episode List

Furthermore, being as Mr. Maximus feels that he has been grievously aggrieved to the point of grief in this entire matter, Mr. Maximus hereby makes a counterclaim for damages in the amount of, but not limited to, the following:
 * Immediate unblocking of article List_of_Perry_Mason_episodes;
 * Immediate reversion of article List_of_Perry_Mason_episodes to a recent version acceptable to Mr. Maximus;
 * Immediate expungement of all wikiCharges, wikiPenalties, and wikiFines against Mr. Maximus, without prejudice, except for his Edit Warring wikiWarning, which Mr. Maximus fully acknowledges;
 * Immediate placement of exonorative statements, acceptable to Mr. Maximus, appended to all accusations, accusatory statements, and wikiCourt proceedings for the preceding 30 days prior to this action against Mr. Maximus;
 * Immediate elevation of Mr. Maximus to Wikipedia Administrator status; and
 * WikiCivil Damages in the amount of an immediate change of the plaintiff's Wikipedia User Name from Dharmabumstead to Un_Dharma_Like_Bummerstead for a period of no less than the time it takes the plaintiff to complete synopsii, acceptable to Mr. Maximus, for all entries for article List_of_Perry_Mason_episodes.

- Perris Masonicus, counsel for Zeus Maximus (talk) 04:24, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

List of Perry Mason episodes discussion
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 * Volunteer Note - The filing party has filed a request for dispute resolution and a Request for Comments. One of them will have to be withdrawn.  A dispute cannot be in two places at once.  If neither of them is withdrawn, this thread will be closed.  Waiting to see if the RFC is withdrawn.  Robert McClenon (talk) 05:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I've withdrawn the RfC. Thanks. Dharmabumstead (talk) 17:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I've made contributions to the List of Perry Mason episodes article, and I would prefer that the names of the victim, accused and killer not appear in the table. I think it's excessive detail for a list article, especially since no plot summaries are even present. This level of detail doesn't appear in episode lists for comparable series, such as List of Murder, She Wrote episodes and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 4). Two standalone articles have been created for notable individual Perry Mason episodes — "The Case of the Restless Redhead" and "The Case of Constant Doyle" — and articles like these would be far more suitable places for this information. — WFinch (talk) 16:38, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Robert McClenon for facilitating this discussion.

There are several things I'd like to put forth:


 * This is not a Perry Mason roleplaying forum. Making everyone wade through reams of weird, unfunny character schtick to try to figure out the point (or if there is one) is not helpful, and displays a certain lack of judgement and respect for the process.
 * Wikipedia articles aren't meant to serve as a platform to demonstrate one's trivia knowledge; they're supposed to be useful. Additions should have proper context.
 * Editing Wikipedia articles for quality and clarity and fairness very often includes removing material, for a variety of reasons. This is not 'vandalism'. Reverts to an article doesn't mean the reverted edits are "destroyed".
 * Reverts should be expected - especially if it's a controversial change that others might not agree with. This shouldn't be taken personally. Discuss it in the article talk page rather than through revert comments.
 * "But I worked a really long time on this!" is insufficient reason not to revert changes to an article if it's inappropriate or lacks proper context.
 * Instead of making a bunch of changes all at once, consider making smaller, more granular commits. This makes it easier to revert material the community doesn't want and keep the good stuff.
 * Spoilers are indeed allowed in Wikipedia articles, but like any other piece of information, spoilers should be presented in the right context. Reading all of Spoiler turns up this: "editors should make sure that an encyclopedic purpose is being served. Articles on a work of fiction should primarily describe it from a real-world perspective, discussing its reception, impact and significance". And also this: "note that this does not mean such information must be included, either. Wikipedia is not a textbook, instruction manual, or video game guide; it should contain information appropriate to an encyclopedia article on the subject". A viewer who might be "confused by a twisted plot or a red herring" is not going to be helped by simply dumping "Victim", "Accused", and "Murderer" in the episode list without including any context. Without the proper context (like an episode recap), this information is useless...which is probably why almost no other 'list of TV episodes' article on Wikipedia does this...
 * ...except for Columbo, which (for those patient enough to have waded through the "comedy" skit above) was cited as an example of an episode list that includes "murderer" and "victim" information. For those who've never watched an episode of Columbo, that show is unique in that it "popularized the inverted detective story format, which begins by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator; the plot therefore usually has no "whodunit" element, and instead revolves around how a perpetrator known to the audience will finally be caught and exposed (sometimes referred to as a "howcatchem")."
 * I have less of a problem with having "victim", "accused" and "murderer" being included as part of an episode recap separate from the list, although even there I'm not sure why that would be necessary. The two standalone articles mentioned by User:WFinch manage to give a cohesive plot synopsis without gratuitous use of spoilers. Again, think about what makes an article useful to most people. Just because you can include spoilers doesn't mean you should.
 * It'd be really great and useful to see short, one-line plot synopses for each episode (sans spoilers) as seen on episode list articles like List of Simon & Simon episodes. It'd be better still to also have standalone articles for every Perry Mason episode with in-depth plot recaps. The framework is already in place for this.

Thanks. Dharmabumstead (talk) 20:50, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Looks like instead of participating in this dispute resolution process and working to come to a consensus with others on the existing List of Perry Mason episodes page, he's just cloned it and started his own. Dharmabumstead (talk) 23:38, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

AerisWeather
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Tried to update the Wikipedia page long ago but have seen many, many reverts back to the old company, I and many others use this API vendor (as the brand has shifted focus) and are interested in contributing to documenting it publicly.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Spshu#Updating_AerisWeather_page

Most discussions have taken place on Spshu's user talk page. This user has a long history of edit wars/reverts and ghosts/reverts when they don't get their way.

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Request spshu stop frequent reverts to dated content when new content is sourced and included.

Summary of dispute by spshu
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AerisWeather discussion
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Christopher Langan
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A libelous and poor source has been forced on the page by an editor with a bias. It should be immediately removed.

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The talk page for Christopher Langan

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Remove the source immediately

Summary of dispute by GorillaWarfare
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Looks like we've crossed noticeboards a bit, I didn't realize this was here until BMK mentioned it in the section I created at ANI: Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I don't have much to add here that I haven't already said at the article talk page or at ANI. It seems that this user has decided that based on their dislike of the author's opinions on Langan, The Baffler is an unreliable source (and "libelous", "slanderous", etc.). This goes against previous agreement to include the claim in the article with in-text attribution: Talk:Christopher Langan/Archive 5.

I will also add that the user's claim that I "forced" the source onto the page is provably untrue. I became involved with editing the page when a pretty major edit war broke out on February 23 (my edit history on the page) and then began helping to maintain it not too long after. The Baffler source and these claims were already in the page when I started editing it, as well as even more critical commentary about Langan, some of which I helped to remove because it was poorly sourced. This is also easy to prove; my first edit to the page removed a claim that Langan advocated for eugenics, with the edit summary remove -- such strong claims need reliable, third party sources. It appears these are being interpreted as his beliefs through reading his publications on the subject; that is WP:OR. GorillaWarfare (talk) 04:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Summary of dispute by Beyond My Ken
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The status of the source in question (The Baffler) was determined to be reliable in a previous discussion on the talk page, with the editors there also concluding that the opinion should not be expressed in Wikipedia's voice, but with attribution to the source That is how it now appears in the article:


 * "Journalist Justin Ward in The Baffler also wrote that [Langan's "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU)] "isn't particularly scientific—or original", saying it was rather a repackaging of intelligent design."

There is no indication that CTMU is anything but a WP:fringe theory without scientific support.

The filing editor offers absolutely no evidence to support their claim that The Baffler is libelous, defamatory or slanderous (all claims that have been made on the talk page), except for the existence of the opinion in question. The editor's argument is circular: they disagree with the opinion, therefore it is libelous, defamatory or slanderous, therefore the source is libelous, defamatory or slanderous and must not be used. They have been told that Wikipedia follows WP:RS in determining whether a source is reliable or not, but this seems not to have made an impression on this new editor. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:40, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Christopher Langan discussion
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Rachel Reeves
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Reeves is a member of the UK shadow cabinet, which is appointed by the Labour party leader. Her title is called Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; but since the minister she is shadowing is Michael Gove (Chancellor of the Duchy and Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office), multiple secondary sources called her Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office while the Labour Party's website only described her as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office was held by another MP (Helen Hayes).

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Talk:Rachel Reeves

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I think we need a third opinion on using the primary source or the secondary source when it comes to the title of a person in an organisation.

Summary of dispute by Alex B4
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Summary of dispute by LeedsOwlNew
I believe this evidence proves Reeves is the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (SMftCO). The post is a member of the Shadow Cabinet (SC) and the UK Opposition's equivalent to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Helen Hayes is a junior Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (CO): Thank you, LeedsOwlNew (talk) 00:55, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Reeves' official UK Parliament profile confirms her as SMftCO. Informed by individual MP's offices, it is published by the UK Parliament, who also use it for Hansard, the parliamentary record. Hayes' profile describes her as "Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)", like her current junior colleagues and predecessors (Blomfield and Cat Smith ; and Matheson, Laura Smith  and Platt  respectively).
 * Reeves has been referred to specifically as the SMftCO in the media. Examples include the biography for Reeves for the 9 April edition of BBC Question Time, being introduced and referred to as the "SMftCO" in separate live Channel 4 News interviews on 19 April and 7 May, a 28 April article in the Financial Times, and an 11 May interview for the Evening Standard.
 * Junior Shadow CO Ministers can be colloquially referred to as a "SMftCO" in addition to the official SMftCO. The previous SMftCO, Jon Trickett, led a team of junior Shadow CO Ministers referred to as "SMftCO" in separate party website articles: they referenced Matheson and Laura Smith in February 2018, Platt in July 2018, Matheson in September 2018 and Platt in June 2019, etc. Similarly, senior and junior government and opposition shadow ministers with a CO portfolio can be all colloquially referred to as "Cabinet Office Ministers" or "Shadow Cabinet Office Ministers" for quick reference due to the length of their titles.
 * The Labour Party website does not provide complete information as a primary source. The Shadow Cabinet page lists Hayes as "SMftCO" but this does not determine she is the official SMftCO. It is not exclusvely a list of SC members. Instead, it includes Hayes and all junior members of the Opposition frontbench. A 9 April party press release also supports this, listing Hayes as a junior Shadow CO Minister. Like both of their omissions of Reeves as SMftCO, both the SC list and press release are summaries and do not include other SC Ministers' full titles, including for Rayner, Lammy and Cat Smith, for example.

Summary of dispute by PinkPanda272
There has been a dispute running for around a month on talk about Reeves' position in the Shadow Cabinet. Myself and favour adding the position of Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office to the infobox. Various Reliable Sources including Channel 4 News  and BBC Question Time  state that she holds this role, as does her official profile on the UK Parliament website. (and to a lesser extent ) are against this, citing the Labour Party's list of Shadow Cabinet members, which states that Reeves only holds the position of Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the other position is held by Helen Hayes. This is inaccurate for two reasons, firstly that the website omits several positions (for example, David Lammy is Shadow Lord Chancellor in addition to Shadow Justice Secretary); and secondly that according to Hayes' parliamentary profile, she holds the position of 'Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)' - not 'Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office' -, denoting that she is a junior minister shadowing the Cabinet Office, and does not hold a seat in the Shadow Cabinet.

I feel this is conclusive evidence to prove that Reeves does hold both positions. PinkPanda272 (talk/contribs) 08:56, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator's Note 1
Hi, my name is Nightenbelle and I am volunteering to mediate this dispute. First, I would like to ask that the filing editor please place a notice on each involved editor's page informing them of this DRN per the instructions at the top of this page. Second, I want to congratulate everyone involved for the most civil passionate discussion on a talk page that I have read. You all are to be commended for your decorum. I think I understand the issue, if not what a shadow Cabinet is exactly, I'm sorry- I'm American and this is not a concept we have here, but I will be researching it more today to become better informed. Are there any other, past or present, members of the shadow cabinet whose titles on the parliament website and other sources did/do not match and how were those handled? That could provide some type of precedent for this situation. If not, would either side consider adding the word "(assumed)" or something like that after the contested title to indicate that she has assumed the role in the press even if it has not been officially awarded her? Nightenbelle (talk) 16:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I have added the necessary box on the users' talk space and on the article. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:21, 21 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer


 * DRN Volunteer note to moderator: There was a comment placed on my talk page regarding this dispute if you would like to copy it over. Thanks Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 04:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)DRN Volunteer

Participant Response 1
For the benefit of, here is a bit of background on how the system works: The largest party in the House of Commons (currently the Conservative Party) forms the government, whose leader is the Prime Minister. The PM and senior ministers form the Cabinet. Each senior minister has a brief or portfolio relating to a government department (like Education, Health or Foreign Affairs). The second largest party (currently the Labour Party) forms a 'shadow' or 'alternative' government, with the party leader elected Leader of the Opposition. They form the 'Shadow Cabinet', where each member normally shadows a member of the Government (similar to an understudy in a theatre production). In the USA it would be equivalent to majority and minority leaders in Congress, except that the majority leader (the Prime Minister) is also the head of the Executive.

Sometimes the government minister's and the shadow minister's titles don't quite match, a good example is Andy McDonald, who is Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections, despite there not being an equivalent position in the Government. In the case of Rachel Reeves, there was also the additional problem that Reeves' position didn't exist in the last Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn. So when Keir Starmer became Leader of the Opposition in April, he decided to remove some of the positions, and replace them with others. I'm sure it made perfect sense at the time, but it causes a lot of bother for Wikipedia editors like ourselves! The last Shadow Cabinet member to do what Reeves does now was Jon Trickett, who held the joint positions of Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Lord President of the Council. In Starmer's reshuffle, nobody was named Shadow Lord President, but Reeves was named Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (a brief that does have a Government equivalent, Michael Gove, but hasn't been used to describe an opposition role since 2010). This leaves the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office position stuck in limbo, as we can't decide whether to trust the (although incomplete) Primary Source, or the various Secondary Sources that say something different.

The only similar situation I can think of relates to Gove, who was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (i.e. the position that Reeves is shadowing now) in July of last year. Speculation was that Gove would take the Cabinet Office post as well, but in the end it went to Oliver Dowden. The problem with comparing our situation to this is, that the ambiguity was sorted pretty much within hours (despite a minor edit war) as the official list of appointments, as well as various other reliable sources were then published, which all agreed with each other.

I am happy with qualifying the position with '(assumed)' or '(de facto)' if a clearer comparison can not be found. Thanks, PinkPanda272 (talk/contribs) 10:12, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Apologies for not leaving a message notice of every involved editor's talk page and I really want to thank for doing so. It was my first time filing a DRN request and I was not aware of that instruction. To make things simpler and less repetitive, I just want to say that I would find the de facto idea acceptable. NYKTNE (talk) 14:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Hi, I've never interacted with the Dispute Resolution system on Wikipedia before, but I think I may be able to provide some useful information as I have worked in the office of a former member of the Shadow Cabinet. My WP:COI deceleration is available on my userpage.


 * Rachel Reeves was appointed as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to shadow Michael Gove who is the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Second Johnson ministry. Gove also holds the role of Minister for the Cabinet Office - this is not disputed.


 * Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a new shadow cabinet position created this year by the new Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. However, the duties of this role were performed by Jon Trickett as Shadow Lord President of the Council. Trickett also held the position of Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office - again, looking at the talk page for Reeves, this seems not to be disputed.


 * As the functions of the role Trickett held are almost identical to that of Reeves, it seems to me that his page can be used as precedent to also include Reeves' position of Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office in the infobox.


 * Hope this helps. PoliceSheep99 (talk) 03:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator Statement #2
Would any of the other participants like to comment or express an opinion on adding "de facto" or another suggestion? or ? Nightenbelle (talk) 15:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Participants Statements #2
I would like to provide an extra piece of information from the UK Government. In this correspondence, the Cabinet Secretary did not recognise Reeve's portfolio as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office. -- NYKTNE (talk) 10:36, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * - I don't think that a header on a letter proves much, generally only the most important or widely used title will be used, hence why Sedwill doesn't describe himself as Cabinet Secretary, Head of the Home Civil Service and National Security Advisor at the top. PinkPanda272 (talk/contribs) 19:30, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I know that only the main title of a person is used in most circumstances, but Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office are roles of the same rank level, meaning that they are used together as we can see on Gove's letter. -- NYKTNE (talk) 05:54, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator's Statement #3
Okay, No one has responded to the proposal of adding the words "de facto" to the controversial title. Is this an acceptable compramise or should we be looking for another? Nightenbelle (talk) 20:50, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Participants Statements #3
I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this as I'm not formally involved, however I just wanted to make a comment. Helen Hayes is currently displayed as the incumbent Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office under Keir Starmer.PoliceSheep99 (talk) 20:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation
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I find the discussion cannot go further if other editors are not involved. There has been evidence of using opinions as fact by some users.

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There are only two editors in this discussion and it is a rapidly evolving subject. I think more editors need to add their point of view.

Summary of dispute by CaradhrasAiguo
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National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation discussion
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 * Can someone remove me from the parties list? I hold no personal opinion in this dispute, I merely enforced WP:BLPTALK in relation to accusations one person made on the talk page (and recommended that the other editor come here to get impartial eyes to resolve this, as they're new here). — Coffee  //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 22:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC) ✅ Galendalia (talk) 22:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

I would add that it would not be surprising if someone would think these activists belong to WP:FRINGE, as China has been accused of actively waging a disinformation war against Hong Kong protesters. Your argument doesn't stand. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 23:05, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Can you come here and include your reasoning so that we can move on? Do you think you want to add as to why you thought that Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Marco Rubio were and  and that they should be relegated to WP:FRINGE? PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 00:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello. I am not really sure how DRNs work but I hope this is the right place to insert this remark. I unfortunately edited the mention of the article in question without noticing that it was subject to this procedure; in it, I mentioned, in the abstract, the opposition and pro-Beijing camps as a whole; I hope neither party will object. Since I have accidentally edited it, I suppose I should add my position. I do not see how WP:FRINGE relates to this case. Wong is being quoted not because he may or may not be right—that's a controversial normative question of the sort encyclopædias probably oughtn't to attempt to resolve—but because lots of people do agree with him and will act on what he says; we should cover him just as we cover the views of other political entities. Even if we were all to reject what Wong does, even if we were to see him as a Nazi or something, it is still worth noting that there's a long page on Nazi racial theory (to be clear, I don't think that of Wong.) Valid grounds to remove Wong's views might be e.g. that he is unimportant and not covered in reliable sources—of course, such an impression would be manifestly incorrect. Docentation (talk) 20:05, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , you are totally allowed to talk here, although in the future it would be best practice to put your statement under a header like mine below. I am preety sure that neither party will object to your additions as they do not appear to be related to this case. O-dog222 (talk) 02:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I see; thank you. I have added a remark below.

First statment by moderator
Hi, my name is O-dog222 and I am volunteering to mediate this dispute. , would you like to discuss here? Also, could one of you please provide a short discription of the content dispute? O-dog222 (talk) 14:56, 25 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, I will provide you with the details of the dispute. I wanted to add a HKFP reference to the page which contained multiple reactions on the law. But dismissed the whole article and removed it from the top saying in his commit message: " Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Marco Rubio should not be cited in the lede and especially not without WP:ATTRIBUTION". In a later talk post he added: "Those three figures are all, and, in the case of at least Wong, have . WP:FRINGE mandates that Wong's opinions be relegated there, to the fringe.". Where the redacted words where inappropriate. He later changed his phrasing to remove Marco Rubio's relegation to WP:FRINGE but insisted that "Law and Wong, as "pro-democracy" activists, have been noted in their refusal to condemn violence. WP:FRINGE mandates that Wong's opinions be relegated there, to the fringe". I disagreed with his statements because 1. In my opinion the article contains many reactions that are very relevant and 2. Activists often refuse to explicitely condemn violence in demonstations, I can find one specific case but I will assume that it is pretty widespread knowledge for now.(personal opinion) It is a tactic that is often used by media and politicians to discredit activists. I myself participated in the 2012 Quebec student protests and this kind of rethoric was widely used by the government in place at the time : "Charest admonished the students and said the social disruption is unacceptable. (...) I find it unacceptable that one student association refuses to condemn violence".. All of what I wrote is my basic argument as to why Law and Wong statements should not be relegated to WP:FRINGE, which I actually find kind of offensive. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 17:24, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you !


 * Its been a while now... did not answer. Can we move forward ? PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 20:57, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Inclusion of reference to pan-dem camp as a whole, and analogy
I thought my edits might be dispute because, as far as I can tell, the dispute is as follows: the article needs to mention criticism, but the question is which critics it should explicitly identify and which it shouldn't—in particular, whether Joshua Wong should be identified. Presumably if one is of the view that Wong should not be included because he does not repudiate violence, the pan-democratic camp could be accused of this too. If one interprets WP:FRINGE as precluding inclusion of people who do not repudiate violence, one would also object to my edits. That is why I explained that I do not think WP:FRINGE applies in this way. In particular, Wikipedia does not have normative beliefs on political disputes, and therefore has no metric to determine how ‘fringe’ a political movement is based on its beliefs. Instead, the question is whether Wong is sufficiently prominent to appear in reliable sources. Evidently he is, and so his views should be covered. I think that there's a confusion here, e.g., between an article about medicine and an article about a political dispute. In the article about medicine, we are trying to describe some ‘truth’ about the medicine, whether it works, etc. as well as what people think about it. In an article about politics, the truth we are trying to describe at Wikipedia not what the ‘correct’ way of resolving the political dispute would be, but rather a good understanding of how exactly that political dispute develops, what each side thinks, their tactics, etc.—a historical (true) narrative, rather than some truth about whether a policy was a good one or not. Docentation (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Moderator Comments

 * Note from DRN volunteer: I have added Coffee as the editor was involved in this discussion as well. Galendalia (talk) 21:18, 23 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer
 * Note from DRN volunteer: Per request of editor I am removing them as a party to the discussion. Galendalia (talk) 22:17, 23 May 2020 (UTC) DRN Volunteer

Quentin Crisp
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

There is an ongoing dispute over whether the pronouns used in this article should be changed to "she/her" to comply with MOS:GENDERID, or whether this does not apply because the subject of the article came out as transgender posthumously.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/talkcolonquentin_crisp

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Clarify whether or not the pronouns should be changed.

Quentin Crisp discussion
When you say "ongoing dispute", you mean that you, who have no other edits to WIkipedia, have made that change three times and been reverted each time. As far as I can see, you have not cited a reliable independent secondary source to substantiate this change. You based it on a piece in Pink News, which is generally unreliable and which does not support the change of pronouns (which would require explicit statements from the subject using female pronouns in self-reference, which are absent from the primary source Pink News cites). Guy (help!) 16:58, 27 May 2020 (UTC) Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary.
 * Volunteer Note - We once had a similar dispute, except that it was about an eighteenth-century person who had lived as both a man and a woman. The resolution was that pronouns were not used.  The person was always referred to by proper nouns.  Robert McClenon (talk) 05:50, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Volunteer Note - There doesn't seem to have been enough discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:50, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Brightest Blue
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

The issue is that user livelikemusic is disregarding factual evidence and information from existing, linked Wikipedia pages. They are refusing to allow officially released singles to be listed as such on their corresponding album's webpage. Their logic is that the singles were released so far prior to the release of the album that they are not considered "from" the album. However, each of these singles is included on all versions of the album and should be listed as singles from the album: Close to Me (Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Swae Lee song), Flux (Ellie Goulding song), Hate Me (Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld song), Worry About Me, and Power (Ellie Goulding song). The user livelikemusic only believes the latter songs should be included as official singles due to their recent releases and due to some outlet's reference to "What About Me" as the lead single (which is in contrast with official press releases—please see the Talk page for cited evidence.]] Whether or not the song in intended lead single does not negate the fact that it is an official single from the album. Lead singles change retroactively all the time, and the songs in question were each an official release, from the album. This makes them de facto Singles from the album.

Additionally, please refer to Dua Lipa (album) as evidence that officially released singles from an album may be released years prior to the album's release, but they are nonetheless included if they were official (non-promotional) releases.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

Section: Inclusion of pre-released singles

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Please inform user livelikemusic that they cannot undo changes to the article Brightest Blue which identify the aforementioned official singles as being singles from the album.

Summary of dispute by livelikemusic
Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker.


 * No offense, but this is a tad bit pre-mature. The discussion was only opened earlier today, and has predominately only pertained to myself and the editor who filed this. No other editors have come into the discussion, therefor, an evolved discussion has yet to be had, and I have made my intentions known that I am awaiting for additional editors. This is not a dispute that needs resolution at this point; also, the accusatory station of "Please inform user livelikemusic that they cannot undo changes to the article Brightest Blue which identify the aforementioned official singles as being singles from the album," is a bit rude. I've made my position known, and that user has made theirs known, and I've simply stated I am awaiting further discussion from other editors who do edit within Wikipedia to bring in their own opinions and viewpoints. Also, please note, notice was never placed on my talk page (and to do so at this point would be redundantly unnecessary).  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 23:26, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Please note: This discussion has been open less than 12 hours, and there has been a secondary editor voicing their own opinion, which is in opposition of what the filer believes; Other editors, known for their editing in music-related articles, have been alerted of the discussion; surely more time to allow for a more thorough discussion should exist for DRN is sorted to, no?  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 00:31, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

The statement “No other editors have come into the discussion” is a lie, as I recently got involved. Unless he’s trying to suggest that me and Falconer are the same person, which we aren’t. 2601:48:8100:9740:F469:9EC6:7F1A:5D80 (talk) 23:34, 27 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Per the Infobox album template: "For complex release scenarios where it may not be obvious that a single was released as part of the marketing and promotion of the album on which it appears, seek consensus on the talk page for the album." Per the user ending in 5D80, here and on the article Talk page, it sounds like we have a consensus. This is why I opened the dispute. User livelikemusic is refusing to accept that two editors believe the aforementioned singles are official releases from the album. Falconerjmoosey (talk) 00:08, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

hello. i am willing to volunteer to solve this dispute, if you would be ok with that. Clone commando sev (talk) 03:06, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Brightest Blue discussion

 * Volunteer Note - Be civil and concise. Follow the instructions of the moderator, User:Clone commando sev.  Robert McClenon (talk) 05:41, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Clone commando sev: Please give instructions to the editors.  Tell them how you will be moderating this dispute.  Robert McClenon (talk) 01:12, 1 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Volunteer Note - I will try to; assist with the solving of this dispute, assess the involved users stories, and (maybe) solve this dispute. please discuss the dispute in the appropriate section. Clone commando sev (talk) 03:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Big Machine Records
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

Hi I registered big Machine Label group ,LLC under a fake name called Scott borchetta I would like the content of this page permanently changed were it says DreamWorks executive Scott borchetta changed to David Gould. And also the founder changed to David Gould. Thankyou for your help.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

talk:bigmachinerecords#removal_of_scott_borchetta_from_infobox

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

Can you's permanently change the data and put a lock on the page for me please.

Summary of dispute by Wikipedia
Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker.

Big Machine Records discussion
Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary.

PodShare
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

Please see the PodShare Talk page for an overview of the dispute. Summarized: I am user 'Zedembee' and disagree with user 'Ambrosen' over the neutrality of the page. We're just going back and forth on this, adding (Ambrosen) and removing (me) a NPOV tag on the page. Could a third-party please take a look? Thank you so much, Zedembee.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:PodShare#Response_to_deletion_of_advert_tag

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

A third-party review of the article, and an evaluation of whether the obvious bias in Ambrosen's comment on Talk page shows debilitating partiality as an editor.

Summary of dispute by Ambrosen
Eh, honestly, I don't really care. If Wikipedia needs a puff piece on this kind of organisation, it can have it. I still say it's not NPOV, but, eh.

PodShare discussion
Moderator comment You guys need to stop reverting each other's edits as per WP:3RR. Is everyone involved willing to participate in this case? I can offer my help if you can first settle on a version without reverting everything. Feynstein (talk) 21:36, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Happy to observe a cease fire. Please note: "This kind of organization" in Ambrosen's comment above. There is a derogatory undercurrent in this language. PodShare is a legal business in good standing whose status as a matter of public interest is reflected in the broad and sustained international coverage it has received (with that coverage cited as the basis for every assertion in the article). "This kind of organization" perfectly captures why I doubt Ambrosen's impartiality as an editor and chose to repeatedly remove the NPOV tag he posted. Grateful if another editor could pitch in on the question of this bias. Thank you. Zedembee (talk) 21:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * To answer your question: given the bias I have just called out in Ambrosen's comment (with further bias in Ambrosen's comments on PodShare Talk page, in which Ambrosen calls the company "exploitative", a value judgement for which Ambrosen offers no source), I believe the page should be left without a NPOV tag for now. The text as it stands now is the text in which Ambrosen detects non-neutrality. If the text is found to be non-neutral by a third-party editor, I agree the NPOV tag should be posted and I will not edit this particular article any further. Thank you. Zedembee (talk) 21:52, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

I can moderate if everyone involved wants to participate. Do you want to be involved in this dispute, or do I consider that it can be resolved in the talk page? Feynstein (talk) 22:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Happy to discuss this with Ambrosen civilly and with an open mind. If we could drill down in particular on the specific language Ambrosen finds to be promotional in the article, that might help. Zedembee (talk) 22:11, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks Feynstein. I'm sorry to waste your time like this. I'm entirely disinterested in the subject of the article, which is why I thought I'd flag it as not being reflective of the way I'd seen the company talked about. But I'm afraid that's the limit of energy I can put into this. Zedembee's aggressive stance has carried their point of view here.Ambrosen (talk) 00:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Ambrosen refers to "the way I'd seen the company talked about" but cites no references. Wikipedia isn't the place for hearsay and hunches. It's an encyclopedia. I'm not sure my stance amounts to aggression, but certainly I have been forceful in pushing back against Ambrosen's repeated unexplained/seemingly unwarranted tags, because the waste of time for which Ambrosen apologizes to Feynstein has also been inflicted on me., I'm not sure if this is an impasse or no. I remain of the opinion that the article should be evaluated by a third-party so that we can resolve this definitively. Zedembee (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2020 (UTC)


 * To speak to 's concerns: while I was researching for part of the page, I did come across commenters on social media and YouTube personalities who asserted the company to be, among other things, "communist", "socialist" and "capitalist" (I'm not sure how it can be all at once, but there you go). However, I excluded these views from the article after considering the Wikipedia Documentation on Questionable Sources, specifically:


 * "Questionable sources are those with a poor reputation for checking the facts or with no editorial oversight. Such sources include websites and publications expressing views that are widely acknowledged as extremist, that are promotional in nature, or that rely heavily on rumors and personal opinions. Questionable sources are generally unsuitable for citing contentious claims about third parties, which includes claims against institutions, persons living or dead, as well as more ill-defined entities. The proper uses of a questionable source are very limited." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Biased_or_opinionated_sources


 * I wonder if these are the views heard? Thank you. Zedembee (talk) 01:36, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

It's ok, it's not a waste of time if it helps a page grow according to the policies. I will be closing this case since it's not a dispute anymore. If you still want to help, you or can file a notice on WP:NPOVN to see that this article follows the standards. I don't want to be involved but for sure it's important that pages also respect WP:PROMO. I tried to find a noticeboard more suited to this kind of stuff but WP:NPOVN seems the only one I can find quickly. Thank you all for your cooperation. Feynstein (talk) 12:49, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

FLAT EARTH
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

ADDING MATERIAL

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Flat_Earth

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

helpping

FLAT EARTH discussion
Moderator comment I am willing to moderate this dispute, but you would need to explain it in more details in the dispute overview section and add the users involved to this case. I also think there might be lacking a bit of discussion in that case. Feynstein (talk) 16:39, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

The edit in question was placed under its own top-level header, out of any context. It was WP:SYNTH, collecting snippets from three sources, two of which were dubious. It ignored the context of Islam at large, where earth’s sphericity is not generally disputed. An editor involved in the dispute allowed that the material, better supported, might fit into the Modern flat-earther’s section. At this point, User: Baratiiman declared they were no longer interested. Strebe (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I will follow through with the OP and see what's what. Feynstein (talk) 21:29, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

List of lynching victims in the United States
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

Users have attempted to add modern day events to the list of lynching victims in the US over the past few years. These have been repeatedly removed for various reasons ranging from formatting to not meeting the agreed-upon definition of lynching.

However, in recent discussions it has been raised that no consensus has ever been reached on the Wikipedian definition of a lynching, however the Talk page has identified one widely accepted definition (used since the 1940s and proposed by the NAACP) and one that went unopposed, but not specifically agreed upon in the discussions. The page is now locked while a consensus is sought.

One editor has repeatedly removed additions claiming they do not meet the definition of lynching, however when it is pointed out that no Wikipedian definition exists and the events do, in fact, meet the two definitions above, discussion devolves into arguments about signatures, punctuation, and accusations of bad faith arguments (WP:AGF). Attempts to refocus the conversation are fruitless and the editor states they are under no obligation to reach one. While that is true, it is their opposition to additions that led to the protection of the page, so it seems that they should be expected to participate or allow the page to be updated. Otherwise, we are looking at WP:STONEWALLING.

Repeated attempts to get said editor to provide their definition so it can be discussed (WP:CON) and applied to the article have been ignored.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

Talk:List of lynching victims in the United States

Talk:List of lynching victims in the United States

Talk:List of lynching victims in the United States

User talk:John from Idegon

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How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

If the editor who takes issue with the accepted definitions of lynching cannot provide one to be discussed, the article should begin using either the most widely-accepted one (NAACP) or the one that went unopposed in the Talk page (The Crisis). Further, if we are not to use the accepted definitions, a reason should be articulated as to why we're deviating from academic discussion.

Under the proposed definitions, multiple modern events qualify as lynchings. They should be evaluated and added.

Summary of dispute by Jacona
A number of edits by IPs have recently been adding non-lynchings to the list of lynchings. There is a definition of lynching in the article, which is somewhat vague. The IPs have been insistent that they should be able to add anything to the article, including repeated addition of Trayvon Martin, a young black man who was murdered by a single hispanic man acting alone. There is no possible way this meets any reasonable definition of the word. They have also, in my mind quite rightly, added Ahmaud Arbery. As there were some people removing this name, I attempted to start a discussion about whether it was a lynching, but was unable to achieve much. Then the IPs started aggressively adding entries, including Martin, and repeatedly accusing myself and others of censoring any 21st century lynchings. It has been very frustrating to communicate with them, as nearly every comment they have made has been dishonest. This should be a very easy dispute to resolve, but these tactics have frustrated every attempt at reason. Jacona (talk) 12:15, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

First statement by moderator
Hi!, I am and I am willing to help you with this dispute if you accept me as the moderator. Try to keep it clear and concise, and try to bring one issue at a time. The issues should be stated in a single question for clarity. Try to agree on which questions to address and in what order. Please discuss the content and avoid shooting the messenger. Please be aware of the the rules and refer to them if you are unsure. I would prefer it if you used the subsections I will be providing for your discussions. If it gets too much into a back a forth discussion please stop and wait for me to assess the current messages. I am not an expert in the field and I don't pretend to be one, so I will need your help for explanations on more particular concepts I might not be aware of. For now, can everyone involved write a short opening statement including any recent development. Try to keep the relevant discussions here, it will make everyone's life easier until we can find a solution. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 00:32, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

First statements by editors

 * This is entirely premature. Discussion has barely begun. Perhaps OP doesn't realize that this takes time. How many years did we argue whether it was "The Beatles" or "the Beatles"? This discussion started 8 May and went dead a week later. Two (?) IP's who don't even know enough to sign their posts showed up and started bludgeoning the discussion. I've joined today, and my next step will be to notify projects and previous participants from the talk page. This will solve rather easily with more voices. John from Idegon (talk) 02:10, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Echoing the above. The ip starting the dispute has made only a couple of posts, mostly false assumptions. Then they posted a notice accusing me of stonewalling because I didn't answer them within minutes. They appear to believe consensus should be achieved within an hour or so. I'm happy to discuss on the article page, and if they were to take time to discuss in a reasonable fashion, would find that for the most part I agree with them. Unfortunately, they are posting from a myriad of different IP addresses, although it appears to be a smaller number of editors. If a discussion on the talk page cannot achieve consensus, reconvening here makes sense. I am hopeful other editors will take the lead there, because I am preoccupied by family events and work at the moment. I will certainly check in and participate.Jacona (talk) 13:29, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * This debate has been ongoing for years with no resolution. There is an accepted academic definition of a lynching and no articulated reason why we are not using it. There is a second definition proposed on the Talk page and no articulated reason why we are not using it. In fact, there is yet a third definition on the talk page and no articulated reason why we aren't using it (Status quo stonewalling). Recent events meet all three of these definitions, however we are still being told we need to discuss more, but the editor in question is only bothering to take time to discuss punctuation and signatures (Status quo stonewalling). When pressed to discuss a new definition, no proposals are made or even hinted at (Status quo stonewalling).


 * The editor in question was also one the first to violate WP:3RR without taking part in discussion (Status quo stonewalling). This certainly led, in part, to an admin locking the page and getting involved (Status quo stonewalling).


 * There are numerous sections in the Talk page where a working definition is proposed, but the editor participates in those discussions only up until someone proposes a definition. The question is then restated in yet another Talk section (Status quo stonewalling) and the editor returns to repeat the same behavior. If said editor wants to be deeply involved in moderating what this page documents, they need to take part in the discussion that they're citing to block updates to the page.


 * Finally, both of the other participants in this dispute have repeatedly made reference to the fact that I am not an identified user, which is a choice I'm making due to the politically volatile nature of this discussion. There is no rule stating I must be identified to take part in discussion and that does not mean my input is either invalid or incorrect (Status quo stonewalling). Both have made claims that I'm arguing in bad faith (WP:AGF), despite clear and concise questions about the definition that is being used to justify reverts.


 * This only discusses the procedural problems around what has blocked updates to that page for years now and avoids debating the depth of how well specific incidents meet a given definition (or all three). If we need a Wikipedian definition, let's settle on one - spend the time you're using to discuss quotation marks to discuss a definition. If not, there should be a very good reason clearly documented that explains why we're not using the academically-accepted one. 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:40 (talk) 14:04, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yet another IP. Are you the same editor who made the comments above or someone new? It is very difficult to have a conversation when every comment is made by a new voice, it's an incoherent mob of people shouting.Jacona (talk) 14:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Second statement by moderator

 * From what I saw of the talk page, there seemed to have been an extensive discussion. It's true that I didn't look at the timestamps, but It felt enough for me not to close the issue. I was also unsure to open it because of the IP users. I would prefer if everyone had at least a talk page to get notifications. It think it would be a good idea for the IP user(s?) to get named accounts (at least temporarily for the length of this dispute resolution) as soon as possible, it would make discussion easier to follow because we can't be sure if it's the same person commenting or not. You can use the latest IP you used for anonymity if you want. I am sorry but I can't comment on etiquette following, I must stay on the subject matter, as I am not an administrator. I have seen that the discussion is continuing in the talk page. Would you rather I close this issue until you think the discussion is mature enough? I would need somewhat of a concensus in order to be fair to everyone involved.


 * (Please take this only as suggestions, I am using my knowledge of WP and logical reasoning to propose compromises). As for the subject itself, per WP:PRIME, wikipedia is here to summarize the world's knowledge. I think that if a definition exists in peer-reviewed litterature, but is being contested in some other peer-reviewed litterature, both definitions are definitely valid. I think it should be noted somewhere in the page which definitions are being used to compile this list. If multiple definitions exist and it causes ethical problems to use one in combination with the other, I think that separating the lists into sub-sections would be appropriate. Example: Definition1 = (a, b, c) Definition2 = Definition1 + (d, e, f), etc. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 18:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Second statements by editors

 * Resuming discussion on the Talk page was done outside of the bounds of the DRN and I've requested it stop until we resolve the issue here. I would prefer to continue a moderated discussion here and then continue discussion, potentially with a request for comments, once a path forward is agreed upon. I understand that my request is not binding and that the page is not mine to control discussion on. Everyone is free to discuss as they wish, however I'm not going to participate until this DRN is closed.


 * I am currently not open to creating a new user for this discussion as people historically have been and presently are faced with threats and acts of violence for taking part in the discussion. My IPv6 network prefix has remained consistent (I am posting through my mobile device) and until we end up with an issue where someone impersonates me or becomes disruptive, I'd like to keep it that way. This is not strong anonymization and I'd like to avoid the technical setup that goes into tying an identity to this safely. As an aside, my home connection and normal WP user are used mostly to correct spelling/recipe errors on articles about sandwiches and fast food. You're not missing much by not being able to identify me.


 * how are you going to be identified by anonymously registering? The only thing it would do is make the conversation more orderly and understandable. Are you opposed to that? Jacona (talk) 19:52, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Please quit responding directly to me. The DRN rules you agreed to when starting participation in this process state "...that is, do not reply to the comments of other editors." I already suggested we consider moving towards a RFC, however according to Dispute resolution requests/Guide this is considered an escalation within the WP:DR and we should attempt to compromise via a DRN first. Your continued personal attacks are not helping the process along. I do not have to create a new user if I don't want to. Please stop. 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:50 (talk) 20:26, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * The scholarly article cited in today's discussions (which I have not participated in, see above) is the same article I brought up previously, and I support its inclusion. Unfortunately, the definition from that article is already being challenged based on the age of the definition, however we are not a primary source - we don't create or editorialize these types of definitions as we please, we pull that information from existing sources whenever possible. 80 years old or not, the established definition is the established definition and that definition was agreed upon by Wikipedians on the same Talk page as the most widely accepted over a year ago in February 2019.


 * I'd love to read and discuss other scholarly definitions. However, even in the discussions started today, there was no well-sourced competing definition proposed, simply starting over at a blank slate (the same blank slate started in 2018 and 2019) to create our own. I'm open to discussion of multiple definitions being allowed and specified on the page, however I think we'll find, extremely quickly, that most (if not all) of the entries on the list were classified using the existing NAACP definition from 1940. 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:63 (talk) 18:54, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * New participant I have added myself to this case as a participant, since we already have a moderator (thank you). My comments will be brief, since I will be asking the participants to be concise (and the statements are already too long).  The statements here are long, but long statements often primarily help the person making the statement feel better.  Be concise.  I think that what we need is a definition, and that what we need to do is to send a proposed definition forward to the community via a Request for Comments.  We don't need to discuss at length to try to reach a compromise; we need to formalize a definition.  If there is an accepted academic definition, then we should propose it, and if anyone else has a different definition, offer it as an alternative.  Robert McClenon (talk) 19:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that's exactly what we need. Jacona (talk) 19:50, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Per Dispute resolution requests/Guide this is considered an escalation within WP:DR. Should we not try to finish the mediation here first? 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:50 (talk) 20:26, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Third statement by moderator

 * Thank you for participating, this is appreciated.
 * As was already told, please try to keep it concise. I still don't have a clear grasp of the issue because of the long paragraphs. Do not consider this as criticism, just try to help me here.


 * I don't know if there's already a clear historic of disputes regarding a definition for this page. If there are historical accounts of talks and earlier concensus I think we should try to respect that. This obviously poses a problem when new definitions appear. What I want to point out is that I'm not sure that a WP:RFC would be appropriate so soon if there is new discussions arising from recent events or research in the field.
 * I agree with the use of the IP usernames as long as it stays homogeneous (like 200.200.01 and 200.200.02 are ok for me since they approximately point to the same person). That being said, please keep your comments towards the subject matter.


 * I want to conclude that Wikipedia should not be the place where the "real" definition is decided. This is not up to us as editors. If there are multiple reliable definitions I think they should also be presented. I usually don't like relativism myself, but in that case we need to think about our readers and we must try not to "hide" reliable and relevant information on the basis that WP editors had a consensus on which definition to use. I don't think we represent the scholars in the field and I think a WP:RFC would ultimately be a bad idea. Since this is quite a tense subject I suggest that the definitions should come with a "more than usual" standard of reliability and number of references. Don't forget that we are here to WP:BUILDWP and not to favor one reliable expert point of view over another. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 21:44, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Third statements by editors

 * The most widely accepted definition is the one formed by Tuskegee & the NAACP in 1940. This has been proposed in the Talk page multiple times. In Talk:List of lynching victims in the United States, an editor who studied this field states that is the most widely used definition and that statement has not been refuted. As we have scholarly articles citing it as the leading definition, a purported scholarly editor citing it as the leading definition, and it was the definition used to identify nearly every other entry in the list, I propose we use it. 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:24 (talk) 00:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Quick comment : I don't like the use of "widely accepted" without references, unless its basic common knowledge. The fact that that one guy claim's was not challenged is not really a valid explanation. Please, even if its tedious, can you provide references? As I have no way to know if this is actually the case. Thanks. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 00:52, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's a scholarly article on the long debate around the definition of lynching which culminated in a conference among anti-lynching groups in the 20th century. This is the language that was used to write anti-lynching legislation in the US, though it was never passed federally. War of Words: The Controversy over the Definition of Lynching, 1899-1940 by Christopher Waldrep - The Journal of Southern History Vol. 66, No. 1 (Feb., 2000) The competing anti-lynching campaigns of the NAACP, Tuskegee, and AWSPL are, at least as far as I have ever read or been educated on the subject, considered the "common knowledge" thought leaders in the space. I don't know of much debate on the definition past the historical one documented in the above source (and I've looked for quite some time at this point). 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:62 (talk) 01:48, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Your reference is behind a user login wall. People don't have access to it. Can you find one that's open? Also, I probably used inappropriate wording, but your goal is to discuss with and  in the hope of reaching a consensus. I was trying to say that an involved editor had no way to see your reference. I will try to avoid this wording. I will wait for the other parties to comment here before making another statement. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 18:47, 5 June 2020 (UTC)


 * There is a lot of stuff at the talk page section mentioned. It would be greatly helpful if the definition the IP refers to were posted here to remove uncertainty.Jacona (talk) 19:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Statement by Robert McClenon: One of the editors provided a link, but, as noted by the moderator, the link is to a paywall, which is of no value to us. I think that the most useful step would be to propose one or more definitions. If there are multiple definitions, then (as noted) we can identify which definitions any particular listing satisfies. I suggest that the moderator collapse any long posts that do not clarify. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Fourth statement by moderator
I agree with 's proposal and I think that the next step towards resolution would be to list the different definitions here. I would appreciate for the next statements to be in the form of:
 * : brief description (listing it satisfies and other relevant information) + reference
 * Brief discussion on the validity for inclusion
 * Brief discussion on the validity for exclusion (if applicable)
 * Further brief discussions
 * : etc...
 * etc...

Please try to keep it concise and to reference "open source" content. If you are unhappy with the way I collapsed the earlier discussions you can reply to me under this sentence. PhysiqueUL09 (talk) 20:47, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Fourth statements by editors
Proposed by Robert McClenon:

Britannica: Lynching, a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:57, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your definition. Do you think you could also include the relevant definition for a mob? It seems like it's also the source of the dispute. I hope the definition of mob is consistent across dictionaries. Feynstein (talk) 13:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Fourth statement by Jacona
Thanks for your proposal, Robert McClenon. This definition is an improvement, but still leaves some ambiguity. The middle portion of this definition ("under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender") is a definite improvement. A small but extremely important difference between this definition and the one in the article is that the article uses the term group of people and this definition specifies mob. Either term leaves ambiguity; "mob" is likely to be interpreted as many more people than the current wording of "group of people". This is the core of the dispute, as the IP or IP(s) have insisted that an encounter between two individuals on a dark street with no one else present to participate or witness, as in the case of Trayvon Martin is a lynching. One person constitutes neither a mob of a group. Can there be further clarification of what the word "mob" means? Or is the ambiguity needed?Jacona (talk) 13:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * To be clear: this is acceptable to me, even without perfect clarity on the definition of "mob" Jacona (talk) 18:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Definitions of mob

 * Collins: A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. "Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob". "The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering". Synonyms: crowd, pack, collection, mass
 * Merriam-Webster: A large and disorderly crowd of people. Especially one bent on riotous or destructive action Feynstein (talk) 14:03, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I think here that the words "large" and "disorganized" or "disorderly" involves somewhat of a riot. I also think that to be consistent with the Lynching page, the same definition should be applied. Maybe we could ask for editors that work on this page to come help? Feynstein (talk) 15:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * And I think one important thing to add would be the presence of uninvolved witnesses. As a mob, by definition, is bound to attract attention. (I'm just trying to give some fuel for your argumentation, sorry for the many posts. You can disregard my involvement if you think it's inappropriate. I will make an official statement when the discussion has evolved). Feynstein (talk) 15:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Interpretations of a large crowd

 * The best course of action in a scientific mindset would be to look at the confirmed lynching cases and establish statistics on the number of people involved. I'm thinking about looking at pictures of these events and counting the people present? To be very rigorous we should identify a minimum number of people using the standard deviation of those numbers. Namely, the minimum should be Mean - StdDev (I'm sorry I'm a physicist, this is probably a professional deformation). Feynstein (talk) 14:13, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Update: I tried to do it... but this is too gruesome for me, I'm sorry. I don't feel comfortable looking at those pictures. Feynstein (talk) 15:31, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Uninvolved editor comment: The use of "mob" or "disorganized crowd" as a factor in describing lynchings is ahistorical. Many events that any reasonable historian would consider lynchings today were well-organized, especially in the Jim Crow era.  There are several book-length studies of lynchings, including Pfeifer, M., The roots of rough justice: origins of American lynching, Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2014. and Rushdy, A.H.A., American Lynching, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2014 that demonstrate that lynch mobs spanned a spectrum of organization from pre-existing groups executing well-planned attacks to spontaneous riots.  An old definition from that era that is still sometimes used by academics today is one from African-American minister Francis James Grimké:  "...the summary execution of an offender, or supposed offender, without due process of law, by a self-constituted and irresponsible body of men."(The Lynching of Negroes in the South: Its Causes and Remedy, Francis J Grimké, Washington, 1899)  The essence of lynch mobs is in the last part of that definition, which otherwise comports with the definitions from the usual dictionaries above. Lynch mobs are self-organized; they are not put together by another group or authority as, for example, a posse is.  Lynch mobs are also irresponsible; they do not recognize any other authority other than the mob itself and they do not have to answer for their actions as an organization (prosecutions for lynching have always been of individuals). Adding these qualities to the above definition avoids disputes over how many people are a mob or how violent does a mob have to be or how organized is a mob. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:43, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Fifth statement by Moderator (Attempt at resolution)
and Since we can't get a hold of the IP user and there was an agreement on one definition in the sections ahead, do you agree to resolve this dispute and carry on at the talk page? You can reply directly under here. Feynstein (talk) 22:02, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree. Jacona (talk) 12:55, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Fifth statement by editor
I agree that we can close this as resolved at this point. I don't really like the Britannica definition, because it is fuzzy and so permits continued argument over whether particular cases should be included in the list. However, I think that moving the discussion back to the article talk page is in order. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:52, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Jason Altmire
Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute Users involved Dispute overview

The user appears to have a relentless desire to discredit the article subject by wholesale removal of legitimate, sourced information relevant to the career this public figure, as well as by addition of unsourced information designed to be negative in nature, including the use of non-standard and pejorative Wikipedia subject headings. His edits are in some cases petty and in others blatant attempts to remove legitimate content favorable to a subject he dislikes. When engaged about this on the talk pages, he ignored the concerns and reverted the article back to his original malicious version.

Rather than go round-and-round with repeated edits, restorations, and reverts, I believe dispute resolution is the best course of action. In reviewing the user’s edit history, it is clear that this his longtime approach, making me skeptical that engagement on the talk page will result in change.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:EdwardsCluaser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Snooganssnoogans (Comment 32)

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

I have no desire to drag out this process and will accept the decision of this independent arbiter. I’m confident that, upon review, you’ll see the disruptive nature of the user’s edits. In any case, I’ll accept the decision. I’ve not filed a dispute before, but I believe, given the user’s history Of this type of behavior, this is the appropriate course of action.

Summary of dispute by Snoogansnoogans
Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker.

This is an article that has had endemic COI problems. The editor above, created in January 2020, exclusively added obscure and poorly sourced content that sought to bring attention to Altmire's accomplishments (e.g. emphasizing "leadership", "breaking through stalemates", authoring hugely important reports), as well as to remove RS descriptions that could be construed as non-positive (which is exactly what COI accounts do). I removed all the bits that would never meet WP:DUE, removed puffery language and explained why each bit was removed in this series of edits. I also strongly suspect that the editor above is a COI account. Aside from all the puffery and whitewashing, who adds links to 10+ years old bills from .gov websites, and is able to recite on the spot the page numbers where Altmire is mentioned in a book (past COI accounts on the page also added links to books where Altmire was mentioned)? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 13:36, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Jason Altmire discussion
Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary.
 * Volunteer Note - There has been discussion on the talk pages of the two editors, but no discussion on the article talk page, Talk:Jason Altmire. While discussion on user talk pages is helpful as a way to resolve content disputes, it is not a substitute for discussion on an article talk page.  The two editors might be the only editors following the article talk page, but there may be other editors following it also.  The editors should discuss on the article talk page to see if any other editors join in.  This thread will be on hold to permit discussion on the article talk page.  If discussion is lengthy and inconclusive, this thread can resume.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:36, 30 May 2020 (UTC)