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Raj Senani

You are right. I moved this obvious autobiography to user:Drsenani. Guy (Help!) 12:16, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

They've managed to pollute Wikipedia with their self-published research on many Wikipedia articles, for example the further reading section in Nullor, nullator, norator, and other less conspicuous edits. Bright☀ 04:38, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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Stop picking fights with Beyond My Ken. Given your recent drama with him at ANI, this edit war you started certainly looks like a personal vendetta. If you continue to target BMK, administrators will have no choice but to block you from editing and/or ban you from interacting with him. Consider this a final warning to stop harassing BMK. Wikipedia is much more enjoyable when we respect other editors, seek consensus, and edit in harmony. If the only way to achieve this is for you to completely avoid interacting with him, so be it. My advice to you is avoid interacting with BMK and focus on enjoying editing. Let us put this behind us! Thank you, Malinaccier (talk) 18:17, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I am not targeting BMK. It happens that he is disruptive on many articles. I am not targeting him for WP:OWN any more than I am "targeting" Drsenani for WP:COI. When I come across the problems they create, I fix them.

While I am not actively seeking him, it is trivial to come across an article he edits, and frequently such articles have WP:OWN issues, where BMK reverts any edit to his article. Resigning to shaking my head at his entitlement and moving on may be more enjoyable now, but it is detrimental to Wikipedia in the long run, and perpetuates his disruptive behavior. Bright☀ 03:34, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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February 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. If you need guidance on how to create appropriate pages, try using the Article Wizard. Please refrain from creating large amounts of "List of X characters" pages without any secondary sources. Per WP:PRIMARY, "do not base an entire article on primary sources". These belong in a fan wiki and not Wikipedia. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 15:43, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: This is regarding what? I haven't edited anything today. And I haven't created any articles without sources. Bright☀ 18:47, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: it appears you have posted a stale warning with a false claim of creating pages with no secondary sources. Bright☀ 18:52, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

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12 Monkeys - Please hold off on reinserting your material

I understand even if I don't agree with your perspective, but looking at the edit history for the article right now I feel you're edit-warring. Please don't reinsert your edits without a clear consensus in favor of doing so (your RfC is a good step along that path, though I feel you may have jumped the gun). If you continue to reinsert your edits without a clear consensus I may feel I have no choice but to escalate the matter. I'm not trying to threaten or intimidate you...you've been here ten years, so I assume you have an understanding of the edit-warring policies and 3RR. Thank you for your understanding! DonIago (talk) 15:30, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

The problem is that "clear consensus" doesn't mean local consensus. When an editor makes an edit against policy, it can be reverted because the policy represents consensus. When an editor makes an edit that is backed by policies and guidelines, it can't be reverted on the grounds of "not needed" or "no consensus". The guidelines represent consensus. If you disagree with them, you need to get consensus.

Like The Old Jacobite said, my edit is supported by guidelines, but he feels it's unnecessary. Oops. Consensus by mob. Bright☀ 18:30, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Either way, if this were to go before WP:3RN, I doubt the feeling would be that you had sufficient justification for your repeated reversions, as you're not reverting clear vandalism and there's clearly an ongoing debate, that you're aware of, as to whether the material you wish to include is appropriate. Therefore, best to wait until such a consensus emerges, I think. Certainly for edits like this, there is no deadline, given that we're talking about a film that came out well over a decade ago. DonIago (talk) 05:40, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes I am aware of the trigger-happy admins on WP:3RN that would block someone for improving an article according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines rather than deal with a well-known editor who WP:OWNs an article. I am attempting to change that. Bright☀ 13:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

It seems a little self-righteous to claim that you're improving the article when other editors have expressed a belief that you're not improving the article, and I hope it's understandable why "I'm improving the article" isn't a valid justification for edit-warring, but as you seem to take my point, I think I'm done commenting further on the matter. DonIago (talk) 05:24, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

The guidelines and policies specifically call it an improvement. It helps the reader see that the plot summary is faithful to the primary source. The other editors WP:JUSTDON'TLIKEIT and can't articulate why, except Masem who's been trying, each time from a different angle, but he's grasping at straws. The policy and guideline are explicit and straightforward. This is an example of mob rule, where, despite existing policies and guidelines, editors who WP:OWN the article do not "approve" of changes and give flimsy excuses. Bright☀ 06:21, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Done here. If you're so convinced your edits are correct, re-insert them without a clear consensus you can point to and we'll take it to WP:3RN and let them decide whether you were edit-warring or not. Otherwise, it seems you do care about getting a consensus before reinserting your edits, in which case I don't know why you're arguing with me here. DonIago (talk) 04:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Because you say wrong things, like without a clear consensus despite a policy and guideline that encourage this edit; other editors have expressed a belief that you're not improving the article which is a belief that wasn't articulated except by "not needed" which is against Wikipedia policy; consensus you can point to I can point to the policy and guideline, but sadly as stated above, WP:3RN would be more than happy to block me for standing up to WP:OWNers who WP:JUSTDON'TLIKEIT and don't have a policy or guideline to stand on. That's not consensus, that's mob rule. Bright☀ 16:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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Per [1], you are topic banned from discussion of sourcing of plot sections for one year. By implication, BrightR is also restricted from disputes over plot sections that centre on sourcing. No breaching experiments, no pushing the boundaries. I think that is the lightest touch we can go with here - you're not prevented form editing int he topic area or even from adding or editing plot summaries, only from argufying over sourcing. Guy (Help!) 08:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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I believe that...

...you have been warned by administrators in the past about following me around and attempting to provoke disputes with me. You seem to have done the same thing on Exhibitionism. If you continue to do this, I will be forced to bring your continuing WP:Harrassment behavior to the attention of administrators. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:19, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Please follow MOS:IM and stop reverting with WP:OWNBEHAVIOR reasons. If you think this dispute is unfair and targeting you personally, please feel free to read MOS:IM again and see if it mentions you at all. Bright☀ 07:23, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

User:Beyond My Ken, I was wondering why you feel I'm chasing you around, so I looked into your recent contributions. It appears your bad edits and ownership behavior are on a large number of articles so it's easy to bump into them. You're currently forcing your preferred layout (images over headers, custom image sizes, custom tag placement; all against consensus) on:

• striptease
• lapdance
• ogopogo

...and you're engaging in ownership "status quo" undos in countless others. People have been telling you to cut it out for ten years and you've been on AN/I about it at least three times, I think it's time for you to listen. Maybe you wouldn't feel so hounded if you just stopped undoing articles to "status quo" (which is always your preferred version) instead of using consensus. Bright☀ 08:43, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

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Retrocausality

Hi there, from your friendly kook. You might like to revert this edit of mine, in which I deleted some kooky stuff, oh dear. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 22:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Steelpillow for the record I don't call you a kook, I said you side with the kooks, meaning the parapsychologists who offered up the unreliable, isolated study. Bright☀ 13:15, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Whatever you meant, making personal remarks in an edit comment is a dangerous thing to do, you should keep them for the talk pages or to yourself. There is a policy or guideline about that somewhere, but I am guessing this is not the first time you will have been reminded of it. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:49, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

It's not a dangerous thing to do because it wasn't a personal remark. You called the skepticism of parapsychology "negative" so it's reasonable to assume you think of parapsychology is positive, or that you side with them. They are demonstrably kooks. Bright☀ 22:18, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Your assumption is unreasonable. I used the term "negative" in the sense of "adverse" - in denial that the subject of the article is a real phenomenon. Please do not load your own values onto other people's remarks, but assume good faith and take time to think through what a rational and balanced editor might be trying to say. But that is by the bye. Nobody reading your post-rationalisation here will see it as anything other than wriggling and logic-chopping. For your own sake, please do not put kneejerk personal criticisms into edit comments, it really will get you into trouble one day. You may take my remarks as you find them, they are intended to inform not to attack. I will not be watching for a reply. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 09:09, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

That still reasonably gives the impression you side with them, no value-loading necessary. Bright☀ 12:47, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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Whatever it is, it doesn't remove the requirement for a citation. Bright☀ 03:10, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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re {{Better source}}

How come, in this case? Herostratus (talk) 10:14, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

First, see actual usage of the template where it is used inline with the text, not at the footnotes section. Second, because "it interrupts the flow of the article" is not a valid reason to hide that the content is being disputed. It is much more important for the reader to know that the reference is bad/faulty/inaccurate/insufficient/disputed than for the reader to have their flow uninterrupted by such matters. Bright☀ 10:22, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

OK. I hear you. Herostratus (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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