Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Personal attacks

This page is intended to get attention quickly when dealing with personal attacks. It is not intended to serve as a form of mediation or a type of RFC. Only Personal attacks are dealt with on this page, on their own merits in accordance with Wikipedia's No Personal Attacks policy For editors who want a personal attack situation reviewed: Consider that in most cases, ignoring the attack is better than requesting sanction against the attacker. Do not report people if you are likewise guilty of hostility towards them. Make sure the user has actually commited a personal attack. (Please note that "personal attacks" are defined only under the WP:NPA policy. If a statement is not considered a personal attack under the intended spirit of this policy, it does not belong here.) The editor must have been warned earlier. The {{npa2}}, and {{npa3}} templates may be appropriate for new users; for long-term editors, it's preferable to write something rather than using a standard template. Reports of unwarned editors may be removed. If the behavior hasn't stopped, add the following header to the New Reports section of this page in the following format: ==={{User|NAME OF USER}}=== replacing NAME OF USER with the user name or IP address concerned, with a brief reason for listing below. Be sure to include diffs. If an editor removes the IP or username and doesn't handle the matter to your satisfaction, take it to the editor's talk page or the administrators' noticeboard, but do not re-list the user here. NB - Due to misunderstanding of these instructions and/or mis-use of this process, comments not in strict adhereance to these instructions WILL be removed. This page deals only with personal attacks under the policy WP:NPA. Reports deemed to be inappropriate for this page are liable to be moved to an appropriate venue where one exists. For those reported on this page: A reviewer or an administrator will review each report on this page. In dealing with the report, the contribution history of the reported user shall be checked along with the diffs provided in the report. Where no personal attack is evident, then no action will be taken - however, should an administrator see that another seperate issue is evident, appropriate action or advice for that issue may be taken/given at his or her discretion and in line with wiki policy. Reports on this page stand on their own merits in accordance with Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. As such, disputes and discussions over reports are not suitable for this page except for such comments left by admins or reviewers describing their actions and/or findings. If you notice your account reported at this page, please trust that the administrators and reviewers dealing with reports will deal with it in an even-handed and fair manner on the basis of policy alone. If you feel strongly that another "side to the story", issue, or another piece of information is missing from a report please refrain from posting here, and instead leave your comment on your talk page under the title NPA Report or another other clear and related title. The reviewing party will see this message and take it into account where applicable. For users handling assistance requests: For each of the users linked here, open their contributions and check for personal attacks. Also check if the users have been sufficiently warned for the current personal attack and whether they've continued to commit personal attacks after being warned. Note that there is an important difference between a user who makes many good contributions and a few personal attacks, and a user whose last edits are (nearly) all personal attacks or other conflict. Do nothing, warn them again, or, if you are an adminstrator, block the user in question as you think is required. Explain things carefully to the user who listed the attacker if you feel there's been a misunderstanding. Move the report to the Open Reports section and give an update to the status of the report. Delete old reports that have been dealt with. Please consider adding this page to your watchlist to make life easier for non-administrator RC-patrollers.

New reports

Killerman2 (talk · contribs)

Take a look at this. This idiot should be banned for a long time, if not for ever. Thank you.--Barbatus 12:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Specific diff: [1]. Last NPA warning at 20 July 2006; just gave him {{npa3}} then. Latest attack seems racist-based, so maybe a warning isn't required to block. History of race-based attacks (see last NPA warning). Note, Barbatus, please do not make personal attacks (like "idiot") yourself. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 12:53, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

User proceeded to blanking my warning...classy. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 13:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Open reports

Izzy Dot (talk · contribs)

Admin assistance is requested at Wikipedia_talk:Naming conventions (television) to help maintain a civil atmosphere. Some of the participants (most notably Izzy Dot (talk · contribs)) have been engaging in verbal abuse and sexual comments: "You'd fricken nuts or retarded to even suggest..." [2], "pelvic thrust" [3], "Did some homo just accuse me of being a fucking sockpuppet" [4]. Note that Izzy Dot is also behaving in an uncivil manner in other venues as well: "WHAT THE FUCK... "You just 'puss' out" [5]. Repeated warnings to his talkpage have not seemed to help. Admin Josiah Rowe (talk · contribs) has threatened a block, which assistance is appreciated, but since Josiah is directly involved in the debate with Izzy at WP:NC-TV, it probably wouldn't be appropriate for him to do a block, so I'm requesting a neutral admin as well. Specific editors causing concern over personal attacks and incivility are Izzy Dot (talk · contribs), Ned Scott (talk · contribs), and Ace Class Shadow (talk · contribs). Thanks. --Elonka 02:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I would also be accused of being non-objective but, for what it's worth, I was going to block Izzy Dot myself until I realized that Josiah Rowe was an admin. I deferred to his final warning but I would recommend a block - possibly a long one. —Wknight94 (talk) 03:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

24 hour block on Izzy Dot. Post diffs for other editors and post again if problems resume. Durova^Charge! 12:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

The_Kinslayer (talk · contribs)

Very long history of personal attacks on the talk page, furthermore, has stated he does not take the personal attack policy seriously. I count several personal attacks at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#General_Mayhem alone, not to mention the ones mentioned on his talk page. He has already been warned several times. Rizla 19:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Please provide diffs per the instructions above. Shell ^babelfish 20:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[6][7][8][9] These are only the latest abuses. Please also see his talk page for his flippant responses to the warnings + past violations. Rizla 23:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

72 hour block: 24 hours for WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL plus an additional 48 hours for contempt of site policy. Durova^Charge! 01:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Jaakko Sivonen (talk · contribs)

User Jaakko Sivonen (talk · contribs) has removed content from the page of another user and made a strong personal insult. [10]

The edit comment is Finnish for 'f_ck you' or 'f_ck off'. JdeJ 09:38, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I forgot to add that the user had already been warned once before after this attack om another user. [11] JdeJ 12:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

• Due to long history of similar problems and very recent warnings, I've blocked Jaakko Sivonen. Shell ^babelfish 17:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

NazireneMystic (talk · contribs)

Please warn user NazireneMystic to refrain from personal attacks and remove offending material from the Talk:Ebionites page (from [12] to the end of the talk page). This user posted his user page Here I will show evidence of notibility and VfD proceedings of a deleted stub Articals for deletion log for Ebionite restoration movement complete with to meatpuppets and one admin that may had been duped by User:Ovadyah|Ovadyah on the talk page along with numerous personal attacks against myself and another editor (eg. seeArtical POV and [13].

If reading about your actions feels like a personal attack change your actionsNazireneMystic 08:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

This user has ignored repeated requests to respect Wikiquette guidlines posted on the talk page and has been given two prior npa3 warnings about personal attacks, Good faith? and meatpupppets. Thank you. Ovadyah 03:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I dought there is a guidline wikipedia has that you not only break every day but lawyer around them to use them for reason contrary to what they were meant for from what ive seen if an action were taken against me compaired to what ive had to put up with from you it would be like getting a speeding ticket at the Brick Yard 400NazireneMystic 08:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

This user was also asked to stop one last time on talk page again after receiving the second npa3 warning[14]. Ovadyah 04:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Ovadyah,

You can ask me to stop exposing your wikipedian lawyering tactics 1000 times but I do not care. If I did not almost daily point out how your tring to dominate the Ebionite artical with extreme POV it would had been totaly over ran months ago. Your upset because someone is calling you on your endless crap. If I were a nice guy I would had been ran off the artical long ago like you did to keith ackers who is actualy listed as a scholar and source for the artical if who ever is reading this realy cares to learn whats been going on contact Keith for one and he might tell you how these wikipedians have been acting and be sure to take the time to go through the archive pages so you can see the wild tactics used so far to push Ovadyah's POV its been quiet an experience here at wikipedia. If ovadyah is sensitive then Ovadyah should not be ingaging in such thingsNazireneMystic 08:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

This user constantly trolls my contribution logs. I am changing my request to a warning and a temporary block. I have also invited several editors involved in the Ebionites article or AfD to comment. Ovadyah 08:44, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you invite the other meatpuppet?NazireneMystic 08:59, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I alerted co-editor Loremaster, Alecmconroy from RFC, and admin Jayjg to the notice, if they wish to expand on my comments. Ovadyah 14:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Neither of you are behaving very well in this instance. Ovadyah, please provide specific diffs. Proto::type 15:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

As no warning (other than some unnecessary ones from Oyidah at an earlier date) were issued, I've warned NazireneMystic for this edit, which was unacceptable. I would hope that unless he/she continues making edits of this kind, the matter is now closed. Proto::type 15:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Administrator blows referee whistle - this is not the place to conduct a dispute. 24 hour block issued. Durova^Charge! 01:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much. It should be noted, however, that this user has already evaded the block by copying his talk page to another alias, User_talk:SpiritualEbionite. Ovadyah 01:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The other account hasn't been used since 11 November and the move occurred before I administered the block. Suggest you follow-up with a suspected sockpuppet report. Post again here if problems resume. Durova^Charge! 01:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I will. Thanks again for taking care of it. Ovadyah 13:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

This is but the latest wikilawyering act by ovadyah. tring to make it appear as if I evaded a block when I did not. Since noone here understands the difference in a person attack and aksing people to explain their wiwilawying tactics I gusee you will also not understand what a socketpuppet your going to file a socket puppet report now? baised on what? My first edit using that account mentioned That I was NazireneMystic and opened it because I forgoet my password. This it tipical of him thoe Isee you sugected the socketpuppet report with out seeing any evidence of such but didnt say anything about a meatpuppet report after I Laid out the evidence on the talkpage of the artical the meatpuppetry affectedNazireneMystic 03:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Donnachadelong (talk · contribs)

User:Donnachadelong often makes insulting or derogatory comments to me or other editors. He was warned three times about this. 1 2 3

right-wing wreckers and POV-pusher – other "right-wing wrecker" he is mentioning is User:172

clearly you do have a problem understanding plain English

Are you deliberately dense or just plain stupid?

God some of you people talk rubbish.

eltist right-wing wreckers

You're like the Mormons with their post-mortem conversions.

hilarious and brainwashed

bleedin' minority who dig up graves

hypocrit

-- Vision Thing -- 22:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

31 hour block. Durova^Charge! 01:01, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Absolute bullshit Intangible 12:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Please post only new incidents subsequent to a block. Also, take care how to word a post so it doesn't have the appearance of an unintentional insult. Durova^Charge! 01:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

John Spikowski (talk · contribs)

This user attacked me and the PanoTools Group several times and this is now my third PAIN. The latest attack can be seen here [15]. As you can see on his talk page he already got several admin warnings [16], [17], [18], [19] including a Personal Attacks - Last Warning [20] for his older attacks which you can find in this history [21], [22]. As you can imagine we (The members of PanoTools.org) are really tired of this person. Please help. --Wuz 02:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and left a 48 hour block for violations of WP:CIVIL. Suggest Wikipedia:Dispute resolution: it's unlikely that civility blocks alone would resolve this issue. If the person seems unwilling to compromise then try a user conduct WP:RFC. Durova^Charge! 03:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Snowolfd4 (talk · contribs)

A vandal who has vandalized my page twice with personal attack phrases and also other pages many times has been caught. Poor guy he forgot to turn off his signature script and the user is none other than a registered user who previously vandalised the Velupillai Prabhakaran page - SnowolfD4. Note the ones below:

1). Please check this topic "F..ing Demalu, we want you all dead. Your and your NCSLC bull. Need some good 'ole lynch. --snowolfD4( talk / @ )". He has vandalized my userpage and talk page with foul language and racist remarks. He had to do two changes, one with his signature and the other with his signature removed and both of them from this IP 208.101.4.34. He is caught redhanded trying to vandalize pages with his signature turned on by mistake.

2). His post in my talk page which is clearly personal attack/vandalism

3). FYI, the user has already been blocked thrice in Wikipedia. He has resorted to using abusive language and 'Demalu' means 'Tamilians' and he basically wants all 'F** Tamilians to die, which quite evidently is a bad racist remark and also my WP:NCSLC project closed, which goes completely against Wiki policies.

4). Please notice that the same IP/User has involved in anonymous IP Edits Killing Wiki editors, abusive language and blanking out in another page and also killing of all Tamilians in another usepage as evident from his contributions page

I kindly request you to step in and take stern action so that it can be avoided in the future. Thanks, and expecting your prompt action to maintain Wikipedia norms. If he is continuing even after three warnings including a 24-hour block, I think he is really going berserk. Thanks Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 17:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

• IP is already blocked for a long, long time. Since its possible that someone copied the signature (his IP address wouldn't have the sig in its profile) I would suggest using checkuser to confirm whether he uses the same IP. Shell ^babelfish 17:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. However I note that checkuser seems to be for verifying Sockpuppets and not the Username/IP match. I am not too familiar with this, can someone help me in this regard? Moreover this seems to be a case of open-proxy as one of the IP is from Pakistan and the other from Australia. Kindly provide inputs. Thanks Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 17:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I have done a checkuser procedure I don't know if I have done the right thing. I kindly request an admin to help me with this procedure or possibly figure out the relationship between the signature left on my userpage by the user and the IPs he has used. Thanks and looking forward to this mess being cleaned up soon. Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 18:06, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The checkuser has been completed - none of the accounts suggested link to the IP address and the administrator wasn't able to find an account to link the IPs to. Shell ^babelfish 18:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Shell, I just checked in the checkuser page and it has not been marked as per any of the templates mentioned in the page. Could you please confirm it? Thanks for your help! Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 12:45, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Dmcdevit stated they appear  Unrelated. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 12:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)