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At the very least, can we get more admin involvement on the lab leak page so trolling like [[Talk:COVID-19 lab leak theory#c-Dinglelingy-20250114224000-Bluethricecreamman-20250113044500|this]] doesn't disrupt things even more? [[User:JoelleJay|JoelleJay]] ([[User talk:JoelleJay|talk]]) 07:12, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

====Statement by (username)IntrepidContributor====

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I have been observing BabbleOnto and while there are valid concerns about bludgeoning, I think the proposed sanctions are too much. His engagement in the Covid lab leak topic is driven by commitment to WP:NPOV, which our articles fail to adhere to, and he made the mistake of arguing with editors who were never going to listen (resulting in what looks like sealioning on his part). He's not only editor to raise issues in the topic and engage in good faith discussion, only to find themselves pulled to AN or AE disputes after staying out of the seasoning traps and refusing to capitulate to threats. In a parallel AN case concerning another editor in same topic, I suggest there may be possible off-wiki coordination [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Suspected_off-wiki_coordination_in_COVID-19_lab_leak_topic], but it can also be on-wiki ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=1263378781]).

One need only cross-reference names from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:COVID-19_misinformation/Archive_9#RFC_to_fix_this_once_and_for_all Feb 2021 RfC], checking those that voted for labeling COVID-19 lab leak as conspiracy, with the names of complainants here. Contrast all these old timers with the steady stream of tens if not hundreds of regular editors complaining that our article fails NPOV, and see that their gentle approach doesn't work [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:COVID-19_lab_leak_theory&diff=prev&oldid=1269612343]. Our chief complainant is already preparing his next case [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Palpable#I_may_file_for_WP:AE_sanctions_against_you], and this might not be his first.

I suggest that administrators consider a 1 to 2 month topic ban for BabbleOnto to provide opportunity for him to correct his approach, while staying alert to the tactics of POV editors trying to draw them into content debates to influence outcomes.

[[User:IntrepidContributor|IntrepidContributor]] ([[User talk:IntrepidContributor|talk]]) 14:46, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

===Result concerning BabbleOnto===