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The page was semi-protected to protect against vandalism, but the rationale is nonsensical. The protector wants the editor to prove a negative that little information exists about Tomasz's time at Ball State. It's counterintuitive and the protector has failed to address the issue, or advise how the negative can be proven to their satisfaction, while abusing the ability to protect a page. 2600:1007:B038:CB63:B170:D925:2BE5:C0DB (talk) 03:55, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
No, the protector (me) does not want that – no-one is under any obligation to prove anything. The protection is to prevent people (or perhaps just one person?) from adding unsourced negative content to an article about a living person (my protection rationale was not "vandalism" but "Persistent violations of the biographies of living persons policy"). Wikipedia content is built exclusively on what is reported in independent reliable sources, nothing else. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:04, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
You might want to review the comments you made on November 3 and 4. Those statements, demanding sources for comments explicitly stating that little (if any) information exists, undercut your present assertion that "no one is under any obligation to prove anything." You demanded proof. The edit was then modified to clarify in light of your specific request. Then you arbitrarily locked the page. The lock icon states that it "was protected to prevent vandalism." While you may cite another reason in the notes, it really doesn't matter; your assertion was an abuse of power. You want evidence to support a negative and there won't be any way to satisfy you. 2600:1007:B038:CB63:B170:D925:2BE5:C0DB (talk) 16:00, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
