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'''Wikiquette assistance''' was an informal process, [[Special:PermanentLink/10842811|set up in March 2005]], available to editors who felt that they were being treated uncivilly. There was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)&oldid=512742266#Closing_Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance discussion among the community] about its effectiveness, and a consensus was formed to eliminate the Wikiquette assistance process. This page was formally [[Special:PermanentLink/512745599|marked inactive in September 2012]].

Wikiquette alerts are an option for a quick, streamlined way to get an outside view.

If you require assistance with resolving a content issue, please see [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]].

==Procedure==

At the bottom of the list, just post:

*A '''single''' link to the problem or issue as you see it (for example, a single posting or section of a talk page).

*Label the comment '''neutrally''' but do not sign and '''do not use names''' (type <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>, which gives only a timestamp).

*Please avoid embarking on a discussion of the points raised on this page. Carry on discussing it wherever you originally were &mdash; editors responding to posts here will come to ''you''!

For a similar noticeboard which was also discontinued and marked historical, see [[WP:PAIN]].

If you would like to get an outside view on your own behaviour, please post it here too.

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===17 May 2006===

*[[User:Panem|{{{2|Panem}}}]] ([[User talk:Panem|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Panem|contribs]])

**This user is some kind of radical activist, i can only say threw his edits, persists on adding content to articles that are far from [[WP:NPOV|NPOV]]/[[WP:POV|POV]] and are vios of [[WP:NOT|NOT]], as fhr the specific parts of NOT i would say, Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought #1,4,5, and Wikipedia is not a soapbox #1. The five articles that i have come across him on are, {{lx|1=|2={{ucfirst:Indiana County, Pennsylvania}}|3=Talk|4=talk}}, {{lx|1=|2={{ucfirst:Indiana, Pennsylvania}}|3=Talk|4=talk}}, {{lx|1=|2={{ucfirst:Homer City, Pennsylvania}}|3=Talk|4=talk}}, and {{lx|1=|2={{ucfirst:Homer City Generating Station}}|3=Talk|4=talk}}, and {{lx|1=|2={{ucfirst:Indiana University of Pennsylvania}}|3=Talk|4=talk}}. The user has added inform that is hardly presented in a NPOV form, stating ''"the truth will make you stronger"'', several times he has made claims that are not [[WP:V|V]], and that some of the source that he has used are, impo, questionalbe at best. On at least two articles,Indina, Pennsylvania and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the user has added information who relation to the article questionable. Attempts to either challange his edits, remov them on POV grounds, or improve them have been met with acusation of censorship. Apparently these are not the only articles in which this user has had similar issues come about sue to his editing. --[[User:Boothy443|Boothy443]] | [[User talk:Boothy443| trácht ar]] 04:25, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

:Note, this editor i belive has also edited under ip of [[User:71.253.57.234|{{{2|71.253.57.234}}}]] ([[User talk:71.253.57.234|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/71.253.57.234|contribs]]). --[[User:Boothy443|Boothy443]] | [[User talk:Boothy443| trácht ar]] 04:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

===18 May 2006===

*[[Talk:Bi-Digital_O-Ring_Test]] Problem regarding content of the page. Scientific evidence being ignored; group of editors ignoring rational argument with obvious major anti-topic biases: intention seems to be to use page as forum for dismissing topic rather than providing informatiom. All attempts at reason and balance being ignored and even 100% neutral information like when, what , where etc being automatically deleted counter to protocols. Discussion on what is scientific or not, etc.

===19 May 2006===

*[[User:TruthSeeker1234]] continually refers to other user's edits as "vandalism" on [[Collapse of the World Trade Center]] in both the edit summaries and on the talk pages. This has been brought up before on this page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#12_May_2006] and he has been warned on his talk page. Today, despite all this, he refered to another user's edit as "vandalism" in the edit summary[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collapse_of_the_World_Trade_Center&diff=54068749&oldid=54010876].{{unsigned|DCAnderson}}

::Who wrote this, and what do the below links have to do with me?[[User:TruthSeeker1234|TruthSeeker1234]] 12:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

*I am a first time viewer of this site, and very dissappointed to say the least.

The writer of the aritcle linked below does the same thing as the post above me mentions (refering to edits as vandalism and asking to be able to freeze them out), and, well, if I am understanding the rules here, please just go to the following links and reveiew all of the notes. thank you. I will keep checking in for a reply.

The factual errors are serious and the writer's attitude disturbing. He appears to have a history of conflict on this sight and has been repremanded by editors for blatant bias and hostile language in his srticles, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:70.128.224.128

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Katefan0#Remarks_from_User:70.128.224.128

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

===21 May 2006===

* Desperately seeking constructive guidance at [[Philosophy of mathematics]] beginning [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philosophy_of_mathematics&diff=54212379&oldid=54206376 here] on the proper use of {Verify} and {Drmmt} tags, what to do about a user who automatically reverts or deletes new material before beginning his own edits, proper application of [[WP:VERIFY]], [[WP:ATTACK]], etc. 15:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

:: Addendum. I thought that a ''modus vivendi'' had been reached, but apparently not. One user continues to act as the self-appointed judge and jury of every contribution, but mostly just executioner. Some guidance, please. Thanks, 20:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:: Update. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philosophy_of_mathematics&diff=54847600&oldid=54841170 Reference point]. Continuing personal attacks. Nobody who knows my efforts in WP is justified in charging me with trolling or vandalism. Please, help. 11:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

* The article: [[Chigwell, Tasmania]] continues to have discriminatory remarks (calling the majority of the population of a lower socio-economic class), which are common beliefs outside Hobart's northern suburbs. I have edited this page twice, once wiping it completely (the discriminatory remarks were put back up) and the second time I have included facts sourced from people who have lived in the areas all their lives and the Council's Mayor. It might not sound quite NPOV but it's far from saying it's the best place to live. Please keep an eye on it to see that these discriminatory and small-minded remarks are not put up again.

===22 May 2006===

*An article called [[Missing Protestor]] was created at approx 23:30 on the 19th. It was then 'prod'ed at approximately 09:00 AM on the 20th. [[user:Will Beback]] deleted the article, in breach of [[WP:PROD]] at approx 11:30 AM. [[user:Will Beback]] has declined to replace the article, also in breach of [[WP:PROD]], despite being asked to do so. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Will_Beback#Missing_Protestor] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Will_Beback#User:AmazingRacist]

*[[Longview Baptist Temple]] continues to be edited by an anonymous user who alternately blanks out criticism and posts attacks of the critical viewpoints. Consensus has been sought on the matter and these edits have been reverted, but repeated attempts to contact the user and get this activity to cease have been unsuccessful. 22:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

===23 May 2006===

*An article about Websites using the title Universe Today was vandalised by someone trying to monopolise the page. Nearly all references to other Universe Today sites was removed. I reverted the page back so it displays all the major ___domain extensions again. Attempts to contact the user have been in vain. I even tried leaving messages at his message board but was banned. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_Today]

===24 May 2006===

*An article about Arveragus, a character from The Franklin's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, appears to have been "abused" and displays a lot of misinformation, especially regarding the portrayal of the characters of the tale and their "distinguishing features". I thought it best to leave to someone with more experience. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arveragus]

*The article about English Rugby Union player Martin Johnson has been re-vandilised by ADMIN duncharris. Duncharris has replaced a neutral description of a controversial issue with his own very non-neutral rendering of events and on the talk page described his edit racistly as reverting 'Irish Whinging' (the fact I am not Irish has apparentlu escaped him).

I have posted talk items to discuss this issue with Duncharris however as he seems to have a history of this sort of thing in many articles I dont hold out much hope of reaching an agreement. What options are open to deal with a wikipedia admin that routinely abuses his position

===26 May 2006===

On [[Talk:Mail-order bride]], editors have been trying to decide whether to remove or keep two sections--'''Demographics''' and '''Personal anti-fraud measures''', which appear to violate [[WP:NOR|original research]] and other policies. A long dispute has arisen over the factual accuracy of the demographics section, but the entire dispute ignores whether or not the section is original research, which was the original question. A contribution from someone who understands the policy on original research would be much appreciated. There's a vote going on [[Talk:Mail-order_bride#Vote|here]].

===27 May 2006===

See: [[Talk:Memel (disambiguation)]]: Should '''Memel''' redirect the main topic of the city of [[Klaipėda]], or are its other meanings well enough known in English that Memel shoudl redirect to [[Memel (disambiguation)]].

:Memel does not mainly refer to the town, as [[User:Philip Baird Shearer|Philip Baird Shearer]] claims, but to the river, which is '''at least 50 km away''', and described as a border in the [[Treaty of Versailles]] as well as in the ensuing [[Memelland]] crisis. Also the river is quoted in the German anthemn [[Deutschlandlied]] as an eastern border of German language, so '''redirecting to the wrong place''' would insinuate a claim for more territory by the German author than he actually intended (and did). I've discussued this issue politely since [[User:Philip Baird Shearer|Philip Baird Shearer]] unilaterally moved the article from [[Memel]] to a mere, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Memel_%28disambiguation%29&diff=55393393&oldid=55331982 shortened] [[Memel (disambiguation)]], have disproven his claims twice, and yet he is insisting on it. Judging from this, he either does not understand the geograpical and historical context, or he is intentionally trying to marginalize a German expression, trying to redirect it to one from other languages which at best covers half of its meaning - Klaipėda is hardly an english word, unknown to EB1911 and the expression used by '''Lithuania, the aggressor''' in the conflict of 1923. Naming the 1923-1939 [[Memelland]] "Klaipėda Region", as Wikipedia currently and wrongly does, is already very POV, and [[User:Philip Baird Shearer|Philip Baird Shearer]] tries to push that even more. '''Memel (without disambiguation) deserves an article of its own at least [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Memel_%28disambiguation%29&oldid=55331982 like this].''' --[[User:Matthead|Matthead]] 16:53, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

===28 May 2006===

[[User talk:Ace Class Shadow|Ace Class Shadow]] has been putting down other editors in his edit summaries and talk page messages. Attempts to resolve edit warring have gone unresolved, as most users that oppose this user decide to go on a short WikiBreak for things to cool down. Attempts to mediate disputes with the user have failed. Comments, please? 01:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

===1 June 2006===

[[User:GeorgeMoney|George Money]] has been reporting hundreds of users valid external links and information on different pages he has bookmarked as vandalism. He himself has been considered a "vandal" and has been warned and banned several times from many organizations and sites. He is overall a "spammer" and needs to be stopped. Information and External Links that deserve to be displayed on the wikipedia sites are not being displayed to the public because of this user. Consider banning him from wikipedia permanently. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GeorgeMoney/nms#Please_Stop Examples of George Money being accused of being a "vandal"]]

===2 June 2006===

Could someone please look at the problem on [[Laura Ingraham]] involving user [[User:Haizum|Haizum]]? The history of the dispute is spelled out on the Talk page, as well as (unfortunately) my own User page, where Haizum has left several profane messages (now deleted but part of the history). On the Talk page, Haizum is attributing quotes to me which are false and defamatory. I have made thousands of edits on Wikipedia and have never encountered something like this. What can be done? [[User:Sandover|Sandover]] 20:18, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

===2 June 2006===

Sandover is misrepresenting my comments and more importantly, POV pushing in the [[Laura Ingraham]] article despite repeated (and deleted) attempts to introduce context. I embrace his request to involve an Administrator. [[User:Haizum|Haizum]] 21:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

:For the record (from Wikipedia admininistrator [[User:Sceptre|<span style="color: #369">Will</span>]]): "'''Haizum has been blocked for edit warring and incivility. If he isn't prepared to accept the subjects official site as a reliable source, it's teetering onto vandalism.'''" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=56568523&oldid=56567484] A big thank you to Wikipedia for resolving the problem. [[User:Sandover|Sandover]] 06:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

===4 June 2006===

*[User:209.125.200.34] ([[User talk:209.125.200.34|talk]]

*[[User:209.125.200.34|{{{2|209.125.200.34}}}]] ([[User talk:209.125.200.34|talk]]

This user has vandalized several articles[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/209.125.200.34] with juvinile remarks and has intentionally submitted false information for three months. Some of the user's most blatant vandalism include edits to John Kerry's article[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&diff=prev&oldid=51542760], Homosexuality[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality&diff=prev&oldid=49290119], Meat[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meat&diff=prev&oldid=49471632] and BMW[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BMW&diff=prev&oldid=47952419]. That is only a small sample of the vandalism caused by this user. The user has been warned several times but the IP address continues go to unbanned. This is a serious offender who does not give impression of stopping any time soon.

===4 June 2006===

*[[User:65.190.64.197]] [[User talk:65.190.64.197|talk]] has engaged in an ongoing revert war for the last month on [[Longview Baptist Temple]] which has been interspersed with overt vandalism. Repeat warning have been issued on the user's talk page, but this has not solved the problem. - 23:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

===5 June 2006===

* [[John Obi Mikel]] - more eyes would be appreciated at this article, regarding the insertion/removal of claims with/without supporting references. More details on [[Talk:John Obi Mikel]]. Familiarity with [[WP:NOR#Synthesis_of_original_research]] would be useful as it may apply here. 11:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

* [[User_talk:TheCoffee#Slow_learner.3F]]

:''Before deleting an image, make sure of the following:

:''The uploader has been alerted on their talk page to the imminent deletion of their image.

:''Images cannot be undeleted, so be cautious about deleting.

:True or false? 18:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

* [[Lindsey Graham]] - Repeated POV insertions & reverts by [[User:72.242.65.58]] 18:59, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

===6 June 2006===

* [[User:Swainstonation]] and [[User:Ceejayoz]] involved in a disagreement via talk pages, Ceejayoz wishes to disengage due to edits such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ceejayoz&diff=57109374&oldid=57109320 this when asked to sign posts] but Swainstonation persists in talk page edits such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ceejayoz&diff=57166664&oldid=57162907 this]. 14:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

* At [[On the Jews and Their Lies]], [[User:Doright]] inserted new material. [[User:CTSWyneken]] adjusted the note formatting, added a quotation, removed some seemingly POV and OR statements and generally rearranged the section. An exchange of reverts has resulted, including one possible personal attack. See [[Talk:On the Jews and Their Lies]].14:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

====6 June 2006====

* At [[Atkins Diet]] there is a user [[User:BrianZ]] who added his site Atkins All the Way to the Wikipedia. He had it removed by [[User:GraemeL]] and was told that his site couldnt be there because he was self promoting a site. After a bit this user removed all of the other External Links under the guise of stating that he was removing Peta sites. Since then he continuously removes the sites from the External Links section even the ones that are relevant.

I tried to talk to him. I tried to mitigate it through arbitration but nothing seems to work.

He tends to post smoke screens about the issue at hand and to be honest I think most people there are either sick of the issue or are just ignoring the whole thing which is what he wants.

He has lied numerous times and have personally attacked me on more than one occasion starting with an post of user GraemeL s talk page.

I am not sure who to contact with this. But would like someone to make a decision about this soon.

===8 June 2006===

[[User:Mwhs|Mwhs]] (who appears to also contribute as [[User:70.152.161.175|70.152.161.175]]) has been adding disclaimers to the top of [[Mami Wata]] (an African goddess, though Mwhs disputes even this) essentially dismissing the article's anthropological approach to the topic and stating that "[the article's] overall depiction of Mami Wata known to those born and initiated and trained to serve in its priestess- hood is considered suspect." Judging by [[:Image:Mami2.jpg|this image]] uploaded by the user, this person is apparently affiliated with a Mami Wata-worshipping group in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who host the website [http://www.mamiwata.com mamiwata.com]. I am sympathetic to the point of view of those who actually worship this deity, but all attempts to reason with this person are being ignored. See [[User talk:Mwhs#Mami Wata]] for the discussion. Other users have branded this person a vandal, but I have been trying to reason with them. In particular, the disclaimers placed on [[Mami Wata]] seem to violate [[WP:NPOV]], [[WP:VERIFY]], and [[WP:CITE]]. Help in getting this person to engage in a dialogue is appreciated, but if they refuse, administrative help would be needed (as an active disputant, I must recuse myself from administerial duties regarding this person). A similar notice has been posted at the [[Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board|Africa-related regional notice board]]. Thanks. 17:29, 8 June 2006 (UTC)