Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Reddi

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Statement of the dispute
User:Reddi has decided unilaterally to edit articles without explaining his edits and defying the community aspect of Wikipedia regarding consensus, assuming good faith, and the rules of engagement.

--Joshuaschroeder 22:14, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Description
User:Reddi has decided to revert without comment any contribution made by editors with which he disagrees on the Big Bang, Plasma cosmology, Ultimate fate of the universe, and the Quasi-steady state cosmology pages. In particular, he has refused to respond to requests to address issues on the associated talk pages of these article, insisting that I am a troll and not worthy of a response. Despite other editors asking for him to respond, he has refused while continuing to edit. He has ceased assuming good faith and has circumvented the policies of wikipedia concerning seeking consensus and negotiation.

--Joshuaschroeder 22:14, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Evidence of disputed behavior

 * | Evidence of not only failure to assume good faith, but accusing one editor of trolling and explaining his refusal to respond

Plasma cosmology

 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment

Quasi-steady state cosmology

 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment
 * | User's only response to the objections to his conduct

Ultimate fate of the universe

 * | Edit made without comment
 * | Edit made without comment

Big Bang

 * | Edit made without comment

Applicable policies
{list the policies that apply to the disputed conduct}
 * WP:FAITH
 * Talk page guidelines
 * Consensus
 * Writers' rules of engagement

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
(provide diffs and links)
 * | Attempt to get response on QSS page
 * | Attempt by Joshuaschroeder to get response on Plasma cosmology talk page
 * | Attempt by Art Carlson to get response on Plasma cosmology talk page
 * | Attempt to get a response from user directly by Joshuaschroeder
 * | Attempt to get a response from user directly by Art Carlson
 * | Attempt to get a response on Ultimate fate of the universe talk page

Users certifying the basis for this dispute
{Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute}

(sign with ~ )
 * Joshuaschroeder 22:14, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Art Carlson 22:27, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know if User:Reddi has reformed, but at least he has kept quiet for a week. --Art Carlson 16:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Joke137 22:47, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Other users who endorse this summary
(sign with ~ )
 * Christopher Thomas 01:01, 22 November 2005 (UTC) (Endorsed with respect to Big Bang; I don't follow the other talk pages.)
 * Fredrik | tc 20:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC) (same as Christopher)
 * William M. Connolley 22:57, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Art LaPella 23:47, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Robert McClenon 15:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This editor also has a habbit of steamrolling edits that contradict his POV on Iraq-related articles. 172 20:02, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Dan | talk 18:25, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Response
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The poster of the RfC is probably more guilty of the accusations than the accused. This is ridiculous. Jon 02:32, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Outside view
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Outside view by DDerby
I'm not convinced of Joshuaschroeder's good faith. However, that is irrelevant. As per the policies above, Reddi needs to assume a user is acting in good faith unless it is extremely obvious to you and others that he isn't in a particular instance. Joshuaschroeder had a good reason for this edit, and Reddi should have recognized that. You can't just revert all of JS's edits or get into revert wars with him. Endless reverts get the 'pedia nowhere.

You can't just dismiss an established user even if you think his edits are consistently problematic. Do what I did with a recent user who I perceived as POV-pushing: revert problem edits once, but no more, and always give an explanation. If there is a dispute, hash it out on the talk page, and get the input of other editors. If there is a systematic problem, tell the problem user specifically how he needs to improve, cite policy or accepted practice, and get outside input or go through mediation or something.

Users who endorse this summary (sign with ~ ):
 * 1) DDerby- (talk)  09:02, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Discussion
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