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Please notify the people you have named

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Regarding your new report: WP:AN3#User:NorthBySouthBaranof et al. reported by User:MicBenSte (Result: ). Please leave notices of your AN3 complaint on the talk pages of these four people. See the red-letter advice in the header of WP:AN3. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 17:25, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done now. Had overlooked it stupidly enough. MicBenSte (talk) 17:34, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Hasteur (talk) 15:09, 17 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Re: Radical feminist sources

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The issue of those sites being considered RSs for the sake of the GG article has been discussed to death and back on its talk page at least fifty times by now. There's a place where you can bring them up for discussion by the community as a whole - I forget where it is, unfortunately, but I'll go check. Random (?) 02:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Here we are. (Heads up, though: Gawker Media's been put through that a few times already, as have issues related to GG in particular. I'd search up those cases before posting anything new, if I were you. That said, and even though I stopped supporting GG a while ago, I strongly agree with you about many of those sources, and highly recommend bringing up your concerns.) Random (?) 03:00, 27 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Also

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If you see another incident like what happened on Christina Hoff-Sommers, WP:ANI is generally the place to go. There are more specific noticeboards for certain things (outright vandalism, for example) listed in the "Are you in the right place?" box, though - look through those first. Random (?) 04:15, 27 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

An Invitation

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@MicBenSte: Per my user page, I am the author of Matthew Hopkins News. The site has from time to time sourced national news stories, and my work has been retweeted even by some major celebrities like Richard Dawkins. I have recently written some articles critical of misconduct on Wikipedia, for example here.

I am currently considering follow-ups including deep concerns about Wikipedia:Wikibullying. Some users who have received several warnings have been allowed to continue in their misdeeds and may pose a threat of emotional harm to the vulnerable.

I am also a Wikipedia user and editor. I am keen to oppose ethical lapses and I agree with you that the GamerGate article, for example, could be less biased. I am setting up a private venue for like-minded to meet and discuss these issues and consider you suitable. If you are interested, please email me via the address on my blog, giving your Wikipedia and Reddit user names. Vordrak (talk) 18:51, 16 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Personal attacks

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Regarding this. In particular "I notice the same with e.g. Sommers page where feminist trolls are subtly vandalizing the page (including Strongjam)". Please don't make personal attacks. Also, if you're going to accuse me of wrongdoing you should provide evidence to avoid casting aspersions. I've never even edited the Christina Hoff Sommers page. — Strongjam (talk) 23:51, 30 August 2015 (UTC)Reply