Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/15 December 2005/Chav

Archstanton/chocolateboy edit war

 * Request made by (please sign below):

--Archstanton 16:08, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Status: New request


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Chav and Talk:Chav, it appears that chocolateboy has been following me round to revert edits made by me in other articles too.


 * Who's involved?
 * chocolateboy and myself


 * What's going on?
 * I'm having trouble with one individual editor called chocolateboy who is very protective of 'his' page on Chav. First I was accused of 'spamming' by adding a link that does not remotely fit the Wikipedia definition for spamming, although I conceded that the link did not particularly merit inclusion and let that go. A couple of days later, I added a contribution to the "chav" page that he promptly reverted out, claiming that it was 'bogus' and unsourced. It was in fact sourced from the BBC, which was clearly cited, and the matter of it being 'bogus' was purely his POV. An "edit war" ensued and again I conceded, posting a conciliatory message in the talk page (see 'Stereotype'). His response was rude, patronising and inflammatory. He said he made the edit because "I don't like spam", which was utterly irrelevant to the edit in question. By dredging up past issues that were irrelevant to the discussion in hand, he was indicating that he was motivated at least partly by a personal grudge. He also commented that I had "been on for a fortnight and had already been in two edit wars". Actually, I have simply changed my name and have been a Wikipedia editor since early 2004 without incident. He forgot to include that both of those edit wars were with him and he appears to have a long, long history of edit wars.


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * Having looked at chocolateboy's talk page and other contributions, he seems to have a history of overbearing and belligerent behaviour towards other Wikipedians, recently taunting someone else who complained about his POV edits with "bring it on" (see 'Chav and Ali G' in User talk:Chocolateboy). I want it to be made clear to him that nobody "owns" Wikipedia pages and told to sort his attitude out or have his ability to make POV edits limited or revoked altogether.


 * If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?
 * I'm happy for it to be conducted in the open. However, I can be contacted via my talk page or via email if it makes matters easier.

Mediator response
Dispute appears to be over; closing Dan100 (Talk) 16:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)