Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Brett Kimberlin

Brett Kimberlin
20 July 2013

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 Brett Kimberlin page currently has no mention of the fact that he is married and has two children. This is a normal, biographic detail that is getting surprising pushback from two editors, goethean and Bbb23. I do not care what the sourcing is for this, the format of the mention (lead paragraph or in a personal life section), but came to this page looking to debunk the theory that it's impossible to modify the Brett Kimberlin page in a civilized manner without Team K coming down with ridiculous objections to and resulting in threats if you persist, an idea that I started off thinking was absurd and foolish and could be easily knocked out by a simple addition of basic, biographical information which should not be controversial in the least. It's not like the page couldn't stand any improvement. There's no mention of a number of notable facts in Kimberlin's life on the page currently.

Kimberlin and Mrs. Kimberlin are currently in court in Maryland so filings are available, there is a news article with a family picture from 2007, and there's a blog storm going on (as usual) surrounding the guy. Surely something will pass muster. Well, not so far, as all evidence has been rejected and edits have been squashed via reversion instead of looking to improve the material to the point of acceptability all around.

Have you tried to resolve this previously?

I have tried to revert, to alter sourcing, to alter text, to place text in alternate locations.

How do you think we can help?

I have no idea as I've never done one of these before. I would like us all to play nice and work together to find out how the blazingly obvious fact that this guy is married and has kids can be properly included in the article, failing that, sanctions on those who won't play nice would seem to be in order to allow the material to go in without further harrassment.

Opening comments by goethean
Please limit to 2000 characters - longer statements may be deleted in their entirety or asked to be shortened. This is so a volunteer can review the dispute in a timely manner. Thanks.

Opening comments by Bbb23
Please limit to 2000 characters - longer statements may be deleted in their entirety or asked to be shortened. This is so a volunteer can review the dispute in a timely manner. Thanks. The filer couldn't come up with reliable sources to support the assertions.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:24, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
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