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*{{tq|These nominations were mared with divisive arguments proved to be untrue}}
*:Your evaluation is what's proved to be untrue. As to the diff provided over there, [[User_talk:David_Eppstein#Bogus_yourself|discussions have continued over Eppstein's t/p]] in the regard). There is not any one objective truth in these spheres.
*{{tq|Likewise, it is easy to find stubs about pornographic actresses. The overall effect of confining women to stereotypical gender roles needs not be underlined.}}
*:The community has [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=889368900#Re3js3W69CrMinNGtLdWyYrnnKzHR26vu4BIO already deprecated] PORNBIO as a SNG and massive influx of deletion nominations have been since [[Special:Diff/895996848|predicted]].
*:Troutman opted to delete Phelps whilst !voting for the deprecation of the SNG. DGG asked for heightened restriction of PORNBIO whilst opting for deletion of Phelps and later, even restored it. Two/three others opted for deleting Phelps and keeping the SNG. In short, there's not much of a co-relation.
*::There's no hidden agenda of the community and the final outcome certainly proves that your inference from a weird comparison is awfully wrong.
*{{tq|The artificial nature of the events unfolding on the English-speaking Wikipedia is also apparent when contrasted with other Wikimedia projects.}}
*:The last time I checked, the sister projects (and even other language versions) were editorially independent. Why shall you compare apples and oranges?
Rama is cherry-picking favorable opinions and presenting them in a light of being a trademarked truth whilst (again) failing to recognize the (lack of) consensus notwithstanding some blatant mistruths. He's once again blaming the overall circumstances to be targeted and intentionally misogynistic.
In short, it's the 2010 saga and IDHT behaviour. He did not understand consensus, do not understand consensus and will not understand consensus. [[User:Winged Blades of Godric|<span style="color: red">∯</span><span style="font-family:Verdana"><b style="color:#070">WBG</b></span>]][[User talk:Winged Blades of Godric|<sup><span style="color:#00F">converse</span></sup>]] 17:50, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
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=== Soldier of a foreign army ===
A Wikipedia admin is supposed to act on behalf of the community that granted them their status. User:Rama has stated in many places that Rama's actions were dictated by [[https://undark.org/2019/04/25/wikipedia-diversity-problem/]]. [[User:Pldx1|Pldx1]] ([[User talk:Pldx1|talk]]) 17:01, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
=== Re Fae ===
* I am not convinced that [[User:Fæ]] is acting as the lawyer chosen by [[User:Rama]]... or even that Fae's words are endorsed by Rama.
* The following [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=894673918]] has been written by Rama, here and not by some op-ed somewhere else.
* Asserting there were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FCase&type=revision&diff=895131604&oldid=895099217 nearly 30 references by solid institutions, US Navy, ONRL...]] is simply shameful. These 25 references were listed and commented at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Clarice_Phelps_(2nd_nomination) AfD2]], refer to the corresponding [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarice_Phelps&oldid=890845280 article]]. The Navy documents (7,8) don't ever mention Phelps. The ORNL documents about Te237 discovery (10,13,15,16) don't ever mention Phelps, and she is not on the photo of the team of 50 credited of the work at ORNL. The story is then enriched by 11 PR docs emitted in a PR context (75th anniversary, YMCA, outreach) 14,18,19,06,11,22,21,20,24,23,25 where Phelps is only one of the many... and the focus is not Te297. Therefore we don't have 30 solid references, but a fake reference list, in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Wikicology/Evidence&oldid=720085693 Wikicology]] style. Page numbers (or time for a video) are never given: characteristic behavior. [[WP:Verifiability]] must remain the basis of everything here, and an admin is not supposed to go against this policy.
* Following the chain ref21(05:31) -> ref06 (Phelps) -> laziness+inventivity -> shouting out of loud when caught red handed, leads to a good resume of this hoax. [[User:Pldx1|Pldx1]] ([[User talk:Pldx1|talk]]) 13:28, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
==Evidence presented by Cryptic ==
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=== Rama was a soldier of a foreign army, not ===
* [https://undark.org/2019/04/25/wikipedia-diversity-problem/ The Undark blog] exists and was discussed on-wiki. This does not prove anything about Rama.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?type=revision&oldid=896278720&diff=896278779 Rama's statement, mentioning twitter] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red#External_links|WiR official twitter account]] It has also been implied that in some peculiar way, suffered from bias because they follow people on twitter, and Rama mentioned it was an embarrassment for Wikipedia recognizing the "real world" impact ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/894664956 diff]). These types of repeated narrative which encourage the policing of any Wikipedian's off-wiki social media accounts actively damage Wikipedia. Arbcom could usefully rule on whether promoting the policing of real life social media accounts is "evidence" or "conspiracy theory".
=== Rama did not participate at second DRV ===
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_talk:Clarice_Phelps&oldid=894689719#Comedy diff] Rama stated "you are also letting far-Right talking point slip", which in the light of the language of the unsupported dismissive allegations of ''"politics and social justice"'', ''"shooting yourself"'', ''"discrimination"'', ''"commander-in-chief"'', it is understandable why someone would accurately describe the phrases as far-right talking points.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_talk:Clarice_Phelps&diff=894674799&oldid=894673741 diff] "suspiciously selective enforcement of notability criteria", well Rama has hardly been the first to believe there are systemic selective enforcement norms, compare with the concerns raised this week [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1009#User:Netoholic at ANI] where AfDs have been created because of paying special attention to a member of the WiR project (based on reading the statement by the creator of those deletions), consequently ''by definition'' there are patterns of selective enforcement. Wikipedia does suffer from systemic bias and even if that boils down to the known fact that in the sample space of reliable sources, they suffer from selective bias, that still means that enforcement of notability criteria is problematic. There has been some [https://twitter.com/WikiWomenInRed/status/1126127118495244288 recent analysis discussed], and despite perceptions statistical bias might be marginal, but this has yet to be published by WiR or friends. In the meantime, Rama's observation of current patterns is just that.
=== Rama is a racist and a misogynist (?) ===
* (Yet to find the evidence) The allegations published on this page of "Rama's comment is either filled with their own racism and misogyny [...] or their excuses are simply false" appears to have been accepted as fact, but I am unable to find any evidence in Rama's contributions. Correction, the allegations have been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FCase%2FRama%2FEvidence&type=revision&diff=896356460&oldid=896335261 removed from this page] without clerk action.
==Evidence presented by Rama==
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==Evidence presented by CyrilleDunant==
===This arbitration case was not brought forth in good faith===
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It seems to me quite impossible for Rama to prove their good faith: they acted in some way which may or may not have been correct, but was given no opportunity to consider the circumstances or reverse their actions. This is critical as the scope is strictly limited to the actions of the accused: they pressed a button, and almost instantly after found themselves in front of the ArbCom. And as per the link above, the users demanding arbitration actually believe Rama acted in good faith, if foolishly.
===The timeline to the arbcom shows Rama was not engaged assuming good faith===
at 07:38, the page was undeleted.
at 07:50, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:TonyBallioni&diff=next&oldid=894665718] discussion on the undeletion starts
at 08:13, Rama was notified he had stepped on toes
at 08:05, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:TonyBallioni&diff=next&oldid=894665718] talk of Arbcom.
at 08:19, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ARama&type=revision&diff=894668584&oldid=894667509] Rama is threatened by [[User:Serial_Number_54129]].
by 08:24, there is a discussion on the admin's noticeboard of which Rama is notified
at 08:31 [[User:Serial_Number_54129]] pushes for the arbcom [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=894669741]
at 08:51, Rama responds (negatively but politely)
at 08:56, Rama is threatened (again) by [[User:Serial_Number_54129]]
at 09:46, the case is brought to the arbcom [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case&diff=894675925&oldid=892329942] by [[User:Iffy]], who did not participate in any of the previous discussions.
As an aside, the evidence removed by the clerk, coupled with the excerpt I have given indicate coordination. I was under the impression this was frowned upon.
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===Rebuking some of Fae's "evidence"===
Briefly, I think it wise to dismiss Fae's claim that {{tq|in the light of the language of the unsupported dismissive allegations of "politics and social justice", "shooting yourself", "discrimination", "commander-in-chief" ...}}.
:Unsupported dismissive allegation of:
:*politics and social justice: Rama has cited both political significance [[special:diff/896278779|(loaded with political significance)]] and to Wikipedia's irresponsible defiance against social justice([[special:diff/894673918|1]]) to justify their actions. It's demonstrably supported.
:*shooting yourself: Not what I said. I said {{tq|shooting yourself in the foot}}, a common English phrase meaning {{tq|inadvertently make a situation worse for oneself}}. No idea how this relates to far-right-ism.
:*
:*commander-in-chief: I'm not the only person to assert this either. Alanscottwalker refers to {{tq|content dictator}} above, and an arbitrator received flak from two participants here for using the phrase {{tq|diversity terrorist}}. All similar in vein in intended meaning. In full what I said was {{tq|... but unlike you I don't behave like commander-in-chief of Wikipedia and so accept that others will have different views and that a consensus will form accordingly}}. I again have no idea how this relates to far-right-ism. {{tq|... it is understandable why someone would accurately describe the phrases as far-right talking points}}. Of the two that I can relate to politics, both are easily proven. The other two I can't make fit into any definition of politics.
I did note Fae's comment (veiled threat) elsewhere that {{tq|anyone making a flawed summary would be quickly picked up on it anyway, we have plenty of boomerang spotters around}}. "Flawed" doesn't cover Fae's presented evidence, it's much closer to ''targeted premeditated dishonesty'' to [[special:diff/895586168|borrow]] from Fae's preferred rhetoric. [[User:Mr rnddude|Mr rnddude]] ([[User talk:Mr rnddude|talk]]) 23:25, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
===Rama was notified that they had stepped into an acrimonious dispute, contrary to the above assertion===
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===Rama, in their own words, engaged in (politically motivated) activism===
*{{tq|I understand that this disregards the previous Deletion Requests, but doing otherwise would amount to a dismissive and defiant "Wikipedia is not for Social Justice" attitude, which would be irresponsible and deeply suspicious}} - [[Special:diff/894673918|09:25 29 April 2019]]
*{{tq|The overall effect (deletion of women and people of colour, attempts to stall initiatives that promote diversity, inhibiting prominent women contributors) seems targeted}} - From Rama's evidence.
That Rama has a strongly held belief is not relevant. That they used their tools to act on those beliefs, that they refused to reverse or reconsider their actions when it became apparent that it was controversial, and that they repeatedly cast aspersions against Wikipedians (ongoing), however, is. It is demonstrative of a temperament fundamentally unsuited to holding the tools. [[User:Mr rnddude|Mr rnddude]] ([[User talk:Mr rnddude|talk]]) 23:25, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
===Rama has repeatedly cast aspersions===
*Key
*Other diffs containing aspersion casting: [[Special:diff/894673918|1]], [[Special:diff/894674799|2]], [[Special:diff/894760070|3]], [[Special:diff/895125486|4]] and [[special:diff/896278779|5]].
*I also note that two Arbs switched stance from decline to accept as a direct result of Rama's responses
:*{{tq|I found Rama's statements on the matter concerning rather than reassuring}} - PMC
:*{{tq|My concerns regarding Rama's responses are growing}} - SilkTork
{{tq|Arbitrators should therefore rule in my favour on Good Faith grounds}}. The emperor has failed to notice that they lack clothes. [[User:Mr rnddude|Mr rnddude]] ([[User talk:Mr rnddude|talk]]) 23:25, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
==Evidence presented by Sitush==
===Rebuttal of Fæ===
{{u|Fæ}} says under "Rama was a soldier of a foreign army, not" that {{tq|The Undark blog exists and was discussed on-wiki. This does not prove anything about Rama}} but Rama's own evidence, presented after that of Fæ and in the bit later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FCase%2FRama%2FEvidence&type=revision&diff=896305146&oldid=896303019 remove by a clerk as out of scope], included {{tq|Off-wiki, at the same time (3 May), the Twitter account whose tweet had made me aware of the incident in the first place went private « due to harassment » }} I'm not sure of the significance of this "foreign army" concept, introduced in evidence by {{u|Pldx1}}, but clearly Rama was first alerted to the situation off-wiki and not from seeing the Undark piece discussed on-wiki.
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Clarice_Phelps&offset=20190429134620&action=history initial bunch of edits] following restoration came from {{u|Victuallers}} from around 30 minutes later. They probably had the article watchlisted from the previous incarnation, as I did, but even if not I don't think I'd describe them as part of a "foreign army"! - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 01:49, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
=="Evidence" presented by GerardM==
<span class="history-deleted" style="color:#565656"><span title="Content was removed as out of scope">(Evidence submission removed)</span></span> [[User:GerardM|GerardM]] ([[User talk:GerardM|talk]]) 10:28, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
: {{Note2}} I have removed this evidence submission, which dealt with content issues outside the scope of this case. This is an action by an arbitrator that should not be reversed except on [[Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee|appeal to]] the full committee. <span class="nowrap">[[User:AGK|<span style="color:black;">'''AGK'''</span>]][[User talk:AGK#top|<span style="color: black;"> ■</span>]]</span> 11:55, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
=="Anti-evidence" presented by SN54129==
==={{reply|GerardM}}===
Please note {{tq|Evidence must include links}}. Your "evidence", such as it is, does not and may be removed. It could, therefore, also be seen "as an example of unacceptable behaviour"; as you yourself point out, "making accusations is not a zero sum game"... [[User:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">'''——'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">''SerialNumber''</span>]][[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:#8B0000">54129</span>]] 10:39, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
*{{reply|CyrilleDunant}} Repeatedly stating that I "threatened" Rama with Arbcom is an [[WP:ASPERSION|aspersion]] which you should withdraw; I merely told them—twice—the likely unintended consequence of their actions as I would any inexperienced editor. It is a shame, but maybe unsurprising in the circumstances, that while complaining of a supposed lack of [[WP:AGF|good faith]] being shown to Rama here, you show as much to me. I would have thought it was clear (as it was to me at the time) that—far from being a threat—this was useful and perhaps even beneficial advice; [[special:diff/894675925|this diff]] rather suggests it should have been heeded, does it not...? [[User:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">'''——'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">''SerialNumber''</span>]][[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:#8B0000">54129</span>]] 14:38, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
==Evidence presented by Hydronium Hydroxide==
===Rama received sufficient notice to avoid this case being requested===
A number of assertions above deal with the possibility that the Arbcom case request was launched prematurely. Although the request was launched just over two hours after Rama restored the page to mainspace, Rama had '''plenty of indications''' in that time that an Arbcom request was very likely unless they reverted their actions. Rama's <u>posts and actions</u> in that time confirmed that they intended to leave the article in mainspace. All times are UTC on 29 April 2019. All unsourced points appear [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1008§ion=64#Restoration_of_Clarice_Phelps at the ANI]:
* 07:38-07:39: {{noping|Rama}} restores article [[Draft:Clarice Phelps|Clarice Phelps]] and its talk page[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/Rama]
* 07:42: Rama removes AFD and notability tags from the article, but does not otherwise modify it from its pre-AFD state[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Clarice_Phelps&diff=894665061&oldid=890930157&diffmode=source]
* 07:56: {{noping|Serial_Number_54123}} adds a G4 speedy tag to the article[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Clarice_Phelps&oldid=894666200]
* '''08:13: {{noping|Sitush}} protests the restoration'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rama&oldid=894667509]
:* '''08:19 Serial_Number_54123 agrees with Sitush and warns of the likelihood of Arbcom''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rama&oldid=894668584]
:* '''08:23: Sitush raises the issue at WP:ANI, and asks what to do.'''
:* 08:24: Sitush notifies Rama [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rama&oldid=894669178]
:* '''08:31: Serial_Number_54123 indicates that Arbcom should be used'''
:* <u>08:51: Rama responds at length in their first edit since 07:42 confirming that restoration to mainspace was and remains their intention</u>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rama&oldid=894671267]
:* '''08:53 to 09:25: Editors {{noping|Ymblanter}}, {{noping|Mr_rnddude}} (who also recommends keeping the article), {{noping|Lectonar}} (implicitly), and {{noping|Icewhiz}} affirm Rama's actions as Arbcom-worthy.'''
:* 09:03: {{noping|Fæ}} contests the speedy deletion[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_talk:Clarice_Phelps&oldid=894671862]
:* <u>09:25: Rama responds at WP:ANI in their first post since 08:51 again confirming that restoration to mainspace was and remains their intention</u>
:* '''09:32: {{noping|Fram}} recommends that Rama re-delete the article to avoid Arbcom, and use DRV instead'''
:* <u>09:34 Rama also contests the speedy</u>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_talk:Clarice_Phelps&oldid=894674799]
:* '''09:36: {{noping|Amakaru}} warns that if Rama doesn’t revert themselves that "escalation" (ie: Arbcom) is likely'''
:* <u>09:41-09:42: Rama posts and follows-up at ANI</u>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=894675436&diffmode=source][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=next&oldid=894675540&diffmode=source]
* '''09:46: {{noping|Iffy}} opens the Arbcom case[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case&oldid=894675925]'''
In short, [[WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT]] is not a great defence. <span style="font-size: 80%;color:blue"><sup>~</sup>[[User:Hydronium Hydroxide|Hydronium<sup>~</sup>Hydroxide]]<sup>~[[User talk:Hydronium Hydroxide|(Talk)]]~</sup></span> 12:11, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
==Evidence presented by {your user name}==
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