Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-08-08/John Dillinger

Where is the dispute?
Article John Dillinger

Who is involved?
Just a list of the users involved. For example:


 * User:Wildhartlivie
 * User:Little Professor

What is the dispute?
Wildhartlivie claiming ownership of article John Dillinger, as evidenced by frequent reversions to his own version of the article (6 reverts to his own version so far this month:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=306923038&oldid=306915019

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=306346351&oldid=306345023

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=306332470&oldid=306327208

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=306270579&oldid=306265823

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=306222634&oldid=306200431

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dillinger&diff=305995100&oldid=305992902

and inappropriate use of comments within the article to discourage editors from interfering with his proposed version of the page[], without any consensus being established or even discussed on the article's talk page.

Also incivility towards other editors when he has been cautioned on the above matters

What would you like to change about this?
Offer education to user Wildhartlivie regarding WP:OWN, inappropriate use of hidden comments within the article to maintain his proposed version of the article rather than discussion on the talk page, and reminder of WP:CIVIL

For the record, I will not participate in mediation regarding this. I am not operating outside of policy or guidelines, and told the other editor to stop approaching my talk page and peppering me with templates despite the fact that I've repeatedly tried to discuss with him, or explain to him, the difference between ownership issues and removing unsourced content, reverting unhelpful edits and trying to contain runaway trivia additions. The editor has never tried to discuss anything in regard to his accusations against me and instead persistently reverted any messages to his talk page under the guise of "rv rant" and "rm rant #2". An administrator, Garion96 reverted his removal of the hidden note on John Dillinger, calling it a "helpful hidden comment". He then removed my WP:3RR warning under the edit summary of "per WP:CIVIL". Two weeks later, the editor pops in to leave an ownership template on my talk page, citing the same diffs above. I left a response, admittedly less civil than before, telling him to stop plastering me with templates and also explained each and every diff he posted above, and also informing I now consider his behavior toward me as harassment. He then posted another template on my talk page regarding personal attacks, and reverted the post to his page under WP:CIVIL as well. I was in the process of preparing a report to WP:AN/I when I received his note that he had posted this. When I informed him this was not WP:AN/I (despite his having said that was what he was doing on my talk page) and I would not participate in mediation, he then posted the contents from this page to WP:AN/I. Sorry to have bothered you, but this editor has never participated in any actual discussions regarding anything on Wikipedia in over 2 years and mediation involves discussion. This is an WP:AN/I issue. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

How do you think we can help?
As aboce