Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Viogfernos

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Statement of the dispute
Repeated reverts of constructive editing by other users, citing vandalism, after warnings and explanation why this is inappropriate. Uncivil and abusive on discussion pages and in edit summaries; dismissive of attempts to restore peace or discuss articles rationally and civilly.

Description
User:Viogfernos has repeatedly reverted constructive edits to articles Alex Sanders (Wiccan) and Francis Barrett, giving the reason as "rv vandalism" in the edit summary. This includes several times following my request for him not to and User:Jkelly explaining why this is problematic in WP. Dispute seems to have arisen after a tag was added to an article, and he has since been uncivil and abusive, and dismissive of attempts to rationally discuss article contents or otherwise restore peace. Seems to be reverting obviously reasonable edits as "vandalism" simply for the sake of personal vendetta.

More recently has vandalised Fuzzypeg's user page and reinstated the vandalism multiple times using sock-puppets in violation of WP:3RR.

Evidence of disputed behavior

 * "Closure statement - To prevent more boring silly bother from ABusers"
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 * "n'er do well"
 * There are some other edits to Alex Sanders (Wiccan) that User:Jkelly reverted with a cloak of invisibility — I don't know how to retrieve diffs for these.
 * Recent vandalism to my user page which I didn't even notice until now: . This vandalism has been repeatedly reinstated by obvious sock puppets User:62.128.179.4, User:61.254.127.92 and User:PenultimateBoris . User:IVIagic seems to also be a sockpuppet, judging from this edit.

Applicable policies and guidelines

 * WP:CIVIL
 * WP:AGF
 * WP:VAND (Viogfernos' mislabelling bona-fide edits as vandalism, also outright vandalism of another's user page)
 * WP:SOCK
 * WP:3RR

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

 * My (User:Fuzzypeg's) request for him to not label my edits as vandalism.
 * User:Jkelly's request to not mislabel edits as vandalism. He continued to label others' edits as vandalism and spam.
 * User:Jkelly's explanation that Viogfernos' contributions are good, that he is not under attack and should adopt a more collaborative spirit.
 * Peace attempt by Fuzzypeg, response was dismissive.

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


 * Fuzzypeg ☻ 00:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Other users who endorse this summary

 * Durova 15:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Response
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