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Forsyth's speedy deletion

Forsyth's is officially one of the most important buildings in Edinburgh, and from any number of perspectives - architectural, sculptural, social - it deserves its own wikipedia page. I was astounded it did not have. Perhaps you could explain your arguments for speedy deletion. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Delfin Le Dauphin (talk • contribs) 18:32, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Delfin Le Dauphin: I have removed the speedy deletion tag based on your comment after doing a search. It was added because there is no claim of notability in the article and no references.

You need to establish why is notable and provide references with in-depth coverage of the subject by multiple independent reliable sources. If you don't know how to add references, this guide might be helpful: Help:Referencing for beginners. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

How to thank in wikipedia ?

Since I don't know how to thank people in Wikipedia (as you did for me about the Coriolis force article), I thank you here for thanking me. If you could explain to me how to do I would be grateful Carlo Colussi (talk) 14:49, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Carlo Colussi: My pleasure. Just go to the view history tab and you will notice that at the end of each edition entry there is a "Thank" blue link. Just click it. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 20:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Una circunstancia inesperada

Hola Crystallizedcarbon:

Te escribo este mensaje para comentarte que últimamente he estado establecido la fórmula de consenso en los artículos de políticos catalanes. Y en todos los artículos a los que les apliqué el consenso, utilicé este resumen de edición: the country of citizenship of the subject should not be removed from the lead for ideological reasons. The consensus formula should be used: "Spanish politician from Catalonia

Pero sucedió algo que me ha dejado un poco preocupando: un administrador llamado Czar me ha dejado el siguiente mensaje en mi página de discusión:

Hello. What guideline are you referencing to make these mass changes across dozens of biographies? MOS:CONTEXTBIO states to use the region most commonly used in reliable sources and for individuals in the periof of the Civil War, this most often was "Catalan" not "Spanish".

En ese momento lo que pensé hacer fue responderle con el último resumen de edición que tú usaste en el artículo de Antoni Gaudí:

This is a consensus solution. MOS states that the country of origin should be used in the intro. The Spanish from Catalonia or Catalan from Spain was proposed in an RfC on the matter as a intermediate solution

Eso fue lo que le puse por respuesta, pero no sé si con eso haya sido suficiente para convencerlo, porque como tú mismo me dijiste, eso no es un consenso escrito. Por eso pensé que esa sería la mejor respuesta que podía darle. Pero aún así quisiera preguntarte, si no es mucha molestia, si tú podrías por favor comunicarte con ese administrador (teniendo en cuenta que eres un usuario más experimentado que yo) para confirmarle eso. Además, también me preocupa realmente que puedan bloquearme en caso de que mi respuesta no haya logrado convencer a ese administrador... ¿Tú crees que puedan bloquearme por eso? Te agradecería sí pudieras responderme. De antemano, muchas gracias. Aziyade Gil (talk) 04:34, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
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Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Happy April 1

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What the?! Happy April Fool's Day! Thanks for your contributions to improve the dissemination of free knowledge to humanity! North America1000 16:03, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

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Lynbrook Highschool

Yo stop reverting the Lynbrook Highschool Wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1150:778F:A0F6:DC6:4573:F2A8 (talk) 20:57, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Please stop vandalizing the page. If you wish to edit constructively you may do so, however if you continue to vandalize you will be blocked. Taxin609 (Talk To Me) 21:04, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Taxin609: Please remember that if you post in my talk page and you do not ping or cite another user or IP, even if indented, the message seems to be directed to me. I am assuming that the message above was directed to @2600:1700:1150:778F:A0F6:DC6:4573:F2A8: and not to me. right? Regards --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 21:05, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

@Crystallizedcarbon: Yes it was, sorry about that. Taxin609 (Talk To Me) 21:17, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

@Taxin609: No problem, that's what I thought, just clarifying. Cheers and keep up the good work. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 21:22, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Crystallizedcarbon,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 820 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 860 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

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he is a landlord

https://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00025284_2017.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.18.115.31 (talk) 18:17, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Please read our policy on original research. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:21, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Crystallizedcarbon,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

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Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 14324 articles, as of 10:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

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Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

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Correcting Age

Hi, for Melanie Chandra's profile, the AP article age contradicts age listed in several press articles, including most recent (June 8 2022) Harper's Bazaar: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a40207988/six-indian-american-women-who-are-charting-their-own-creative-path/ KRs21SK (talk) 22:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello @KRs21SK: can you please provide links to those other press articles. The source you cited only gives the age which would allow to determine the year, but it does not give the date. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 12:32, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

sure thing!

https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160104/entlife/160109705/ (has her listed as 29 in age on Jan 2016, which supports her being 36 currently, thus a birth year of 1986).

The following sites support this birth year and provide the birth date:

https://www.tvguidetime.com/actress/melanie-chandra-height-weight-net-worth-age-birthday-wikipedia-who-instagram-biography-337418.html

https://prabook.com/web/melanie.kannokada/2064279

https://thepersonage.com/melanie-chandra/

https://wikinbio.com/melanie-chandra/

https://www.celebsfacts.com/melanie-chandra/

https://www.listal.com/melanie-kannokada

https://deadorkicking.com/melanie-kannokada-dead-or-alive/

https://happyhappybirthday.net/en/age/melanie-kannokada-person_gqeeylu

https://starsunfolded.com/melanie-chandra/

https://www.celebrityhow.com/melanie-kannokada-age-height-weight-husband-net-worth-bio/ KRs21SK (talk) 21:57, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you @KRs21SK: The Daily Herald is a reliable source. Since we have two, we can justify the year, the rest of the links are not reliable sources, but I was able to find a local newspaper that lists both and could be valid: Today in History: Today is Monday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2022. Please feel free to change the date using that link along with the Harper's Bazaar as references to source it. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 12:28, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Sounds great, will do. Thank you! KRs21SK (talk) 15:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Crystallizedcarbon,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

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Chris Kempczinski

Hello. I hope you are well. I am an editor with a COI with McDonalds and other Wikipedia pages connected to McDonalds, including that of the company’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski. I recently posted an edit request to Talk:Chris_Kempczinski# Early life and Career sections. Since you are on the list of participants in the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Brands/Members, I thought you might be interested in taking a look at my edit request, and hopefully implementing it if you believe the edits enhance the article. Thanks for your consideration, MattMcDonalds (talk) 17:54, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

@MattMcDonalds:  Partially done. Please see Talk:Chris Kempczinski. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:52, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

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New Page Review queue December 2022

Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

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Gurbaksh Chahal Page

Is there a reason why the page that you helped control to status quo Gurbaksh Chahal has been massively edited negatively again by User:Chisme after you and others had warned him for not trying to add negative content and removing positive content back to the page?

It is clear with all of the warnings he has received, that he is clearly getting paid for this task. Please look into this and help revert his changes.

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61.238.106.82 (talk) 11:11, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Despite what the Hong Kong IP asserts (Hong Kong being where the subject lives), nobody pays me to edit Wikipedia articles. All my edits are voluntary, not mercenary. I've kept an eye on the article in question because so many attempts have been made over the years to white-wash it. Chisme (talk) 21:09, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

So Chisme attacks the very user who just informed Crystallizedcarbon of disruptive edits on this page that you have been told many times not to disrupt. However, when the page is not being monitored by that many other editors, you continue to re-add your negative context to the page, over and over. You are aware that Wikipedia does not conceal your edit history or previous editors' warnings about editing on this page? Perhaps other editors should get involved again to look into your disruptive practices on this subject over the years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.238.106.82 (talk) 13:39, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

All contributions I make to Wikipedia are documented from reliable sources. I have written and edited articles on Wikipedia for many years. I do not engage in "disruptive practices" or "disruptive edits." Crystallizedcarbon alerted me to your comment on this page, which is why I responded to your initial comment. Case closed. Chisme (talk) 00:05, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

You have a history of disruptive editing to this page that dates back to 2014. And the user talk pages share only your account that has continuously advocated for either removing content and adding negative content to your liking.

Case Opened

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gurbaksh_Chahal/Archive_1

https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Chisme&page=Gurbaksh+Chahal&max=500&server=enwiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.238.106.82 (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

While we're on the subject of your "disruptive" editing practices, your major change began in (Banning by Twitter of BNN accounts), so much so that you dedicated an entire section to banning a "set of Twitter accounts" to as much importance as "Personal Life and "Career." While there is no mention of BNN on the Career or Intro pages to begin with to qualify for that "weight". That was the start of your disruptive practices, which began on July 2nd of this year and then you continued to delete content and add negative content in the months that followed. The previous link, which dates back to 2014, details the history of your disruptive practices.

https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Chisme&page=Gurbaksh+Chahal&max=500&server=enwiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.238.106.82 (talk) 17:15, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello @61.238.106.82: Please remember to assume good faith. You can be critical with the contributions of other editors, but you should never resort to personal attacks. Hello @Chisme: I removed the content you added based on the court ruling as it is a primary source and its direct use is discouraged. If it is covered by a reliable secondary source in the future it could be added back. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:49, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

User:Crystallizedcarbon All of the new edits from @Chisme: are still there. You should revert back to your edit which was https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gurbaksh_Chahal&oldid=1101575541, as it was only then the disruptive edits began from @Chisme:, you can see from yourself on the edit history and his prior history that I have already shared.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gurbaksh_Chahal&action=history

-https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Chisme&page=Gurbaksh+Chahal&max=500&server=enwiki

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gurbaksh_Chahal/Archive_1

I am sorry @61.238.106.82: If there are no serious issues I prefer to not get involved again in this article as in the past it has taken a lot of my time. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:53, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Actually there are serious issues now, Chisme, has added all of his negative comments to the already controversial Domestic Violence section that was in status quo for years. And further removed the status quo of Personal Life, Career.

I believe as an independent neutral editor that helped achieve the status quo, it's only fair to revert it back to it, rather than achieve the negative rhetoric. 61.238.106.82 (talk) 12:27, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Dear @Crystallizedcarbon:

As I've just seen the changes now, I believe you missed out the key changes that were "added" by @Chisme:, as part of his long-history of adding to this page in this topic. As already shown in disruptive edit history, his only mandate has been to magnify these changes over 10 years. https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Chisme&page=Gurbaksh+Chahal&max=500&server=enwiki

You can see for yourself the changes for the status quo of July 31, 2022 and the changes he altered shortly after that.

July 31, 2022 Edition by Crystallizedcarbon

Domestic violence and battery conviction

In August 2013, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (SFDA) charged Chahal with committing acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend.[74] Chahal proclaimed his innocence[75] but nevertheless entered into a no contest plea to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of battery.[76] He was sentenced to three years' probation, ordered to pay a fine, and compelled to undergo a 52-week domestic violence training course along with 25 hours of community service.[76] Subsequently, he was fired from his position as CEO of RadiumOne[77][78] (Chahal alleged that his guilty plea was coerced by the board of RadiumOne).[79][80]

In 2016, after he committed acts of domestic violence against a second woman, the San Francisco County Superior Court found Chahal guilty of violating the terms of his September 2014 probation.[81] The court sentenced him to one year in jail; he resigned from his position as CEO of Gravity4.[81] The California State Appeals Court upheld the verdict in April 2018[82] and Chahal served six months in San Francisco County Jail.[83]

After a lengthy debate on not changing to this disruptive editing, Chisme added edits after July 31.

Domestic violence and battery conviction

Chahal was arrested in 2013 and charged with 45 felonies following an attack on his then-girlfriend.[76] Video footage of the assault, taken by a camera in Chahal's bedroom ceiling, showed Chahal smothering the woman with a pillow and hitting and kicking her 117 times over a half hour period.[77][78]

In August 2013, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (SFDA) charged Chahal with committing acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend.[79] The video of the incident was ruled inadmissable in the case as there had been no warrant for its seizure.[78] Chahal proclaimed his innocence[80] but nevertheless entered into a no contest plea to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of battery.[81] He was sentenced to three years' probation, ordered to pay a fine, and compelled to undergo a 52-week domestic violence training course along with 25 hours of community service.[81] Subsequently, he was fired from his position as CEO of RadiumOne[82][83] (Chahal alleged that his guilty plea was coerced by the board of RadiumOne).[84][85]

In 2016, after he committed acts of domestic violence against a second woman, the San Francisco County Superior Court found Chahal guilty of violating the terms of his September 2014 probation.[86] The court sentenced him to one year in jail; he resigned from his position as CEO of Gravity4.[86] The California State Appeals Court upheld the verdict in April 2018[87] and Chahal served six months in San Francisco County Jail.[88]

Also, the @BNNBreaking Twitter accounts appear to be back; is it worth having Chisme edit this page so that an entire section, normally reserved for "Career" or "Personal Life," is dedicated to discussing Twitter accounts for a company that is not even mentioned in his entire bio...and are now back?

P.P.S. @Crystallizedcarbon:, since it's quite obvious of @Chisme:'s pattern that we've seen and his hatred for the subject. It will be quite amusing for you to keep the BNN reference up, as I'm hoping you look at this a form of neutrality.

Here are just a few instances I found of "Wikipedia" Pages using subject's BNN Network as a "reference", when creating Wikipedia's page. I think maybe that might be enough to just state the intent behind every edit of @Chisme:'s 10 year edit history associated with this page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/January_2023 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Fallecidos_en_febrero_de_2023

Also adding @TheSandDoctor: on this thread, as I believe after reading the archives, he has informed @Chisme: of his disruptive practices on the page, and has told him to stop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.238.106.82 (talk • contribs) 13:41, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

I have removed the Twitter ban on BNN news section. It may warrant inclusion if BNN news is a notable part (covered by multiple reliable sources) of the subject's career. If so a subsection should be added to the career section for BNN news with the content from the sources and then the ban could be appended back there. I removed it just because it does not merit a section and would need additional context within the career section if BNN News is indeed a notable part of his career. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 17:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Re-reading, I still stand by my comments from 2018 and wonder why this essentially reversed back to the state it was in mid conflict. As in 2018, the whole "117" thing doesn't deserve a spot in the article unless strong consensus is formed -- of which it appears none has been to my knowledge for any of the re-additions -- given that it is only "allegedly" and never used/proven in court. We aren't in the business of being sensational. I hate to see history repeating itself; this is a quagmire I thought was behind us, as I am sure you did as well Crystallizedcarbon. When it comes to BNN specifically, I have no real opinion here. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 06:55, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit

Why cant Jake be added to this??? He's from brisbane so shouldn't he be on here? Woni3verse (talk) 18:41, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Woni3verse: this edit has some problems. First, you inserted an empty ref at the top, second you added an external link in the body of the article which is also wrong. Even if you wanted to use it as a reference it does not meet the independent reliable source requirements. To add Jake, he should first have a page here so notability is established. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

oh I see, I find it kind of unfair. I understand though, Only one member of Enhypen has a page here. I will keep this stuff in mind for future edits I make, thank you very much!! Woni3verse (talk) 18:56, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Woni3verse for understanding. I have left you a welcome message with some useful links. If you have any doubts, please feel free to ask. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 19:43, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Disruptive Edits to Gurbaksh Chahal Page

@Crystallizedcarbon:, Creating a separate thread to let you know of this disruptive edits from @Chisme:.

July 31, 2022 Status Quo by Crystallizedcarbon

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gurbaksh_Chahal&oldid=1101575541

Domestic violence and battery conviction

In August 2013, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (SFDA) charged Chahal with committing acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend.[74] Chahal proclaimed his innocence[75] but nevertheless entered into a no contest plea to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of battery.[76] He was sentenced to three years' probation, ordered to pay a fine, and compelled to undergo a 52-week domestic violence training course along with 25 hours of community service.[76] Subsequently, he was fired from his position as CEO of RadiumOne[77][78] (Chahal alleged that his guilty plea was coerced by the board of RadiumOne).[79][80]

In 2016, after he committed acts of domestic violence against a second woman, the San Francisco County Superior Court found Chahal guilty of violating the terms of his September 2014 probation.[81] The court sentenced him to one year in jail; he resigned from his position as CEO of Gravity4.[81] The California State Appeals Court upheld the verdict in April 2018[82] and Chahal served six months in San Francisco County Jail.[83]

Edits of Domestic violence and battery conviction Section by Chisme

Chahal was arrested in 2013 and charged with 45 felonies following an attack on his then-girlfriend.[76] Video footage of the assault, taken by a camera in Chahal's bedroom ceiling, showed Chahal smothering the woman with a pillow and hitting and kicking her 117 times over a half hour period.[77][78]

In August 2013, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (SFDA) charged Chahal with committing acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend.[79] The video of the incident was ruled inadmissable in the case as there had been no warrant for its seizure.[78] Chahal proclaimed his innocence[80] but nevertheless entered into a no contest plea to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of battery.[81]

He was sentenced to three years' probation, ordered to pay a fine, and compelled to undergo a 52-week domestic violence training course along with 25 hours of community service.[81] Subsequently, he was fired from his position as CEO of RadiumOne[82][83] (Chahal alleged that his guilty plea was coerced by the board of RadiumOne).[84][85]

After 10 years, Chisme continues to add disruptive edits to this page, by adding material that has already been removed by previous administrators.

Here was Chisme additions between your "status quo" changes, by adding:

Chahal was arrested in 2013 and charged with 45 felonies following an attack on his then-girlfriend.[76] Video footage of the assault, taken by a camera in Chahal's bedroom ceiling, showed Chahal smothering the woman with a pillow and hitting and kicking her 117 times over a half hour period.[77][78]

The video of the incident was ruled inadmissable in the case as there had been no warrant for its seizure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.238.106.82 (talk) 17:15, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Adding, @TheSandDoctor:, to showcase how Chisme's disruptive edits have not changed. Please restore to status quote version of July 31, 2022. 61.238.106.82 (talk) 17:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

(duplicate answer to duplicate thread) I have removed the Twitter ban on BNN news section. It may warrant inclusion if BNN news is a notable part (covered by multiple reliable sources) of the subject's career. If so a subsection should be added to the career section for BNN news with the content from the sources and then the ban could be appended back there. I removed it just because it does not merit a section and would need additional context within the career section if BNN News is indeed a notable part of his career. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 17:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

As far as the domestic violence section I prefer to leave it to other users to determine. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 17:17, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

I need to remind you one more time to please asume good faith of other users. Chisme has a long history of contributions to this project. You may be critical with his edits using arguments, but please avoid doing personal attacks. Please notice that all your edits with this IP have had this article as their single purpose. Please review WP:SPA. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 17:31, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Your intervention today in Societat Civil Catalana - English version

You will see that another editor deletes systematically texts I introduce just because they do not please him. You restored it rightly today at 20:16 but "95.17.250.138" deleted it again and thus against your restoration. What can we do in these circumstances?

Mariano 211 Mariano211 (talk) 22:01, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Mariano211: If the IP continues edit warring I will ask for semi-protection of the page. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 08:47, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I really appreciate your efforts because what IP is doing is simply intolerable and damages Wikipedia reputation. What does ‘semi protection’ mean exactly? 2A02:A03F:643B:D100:C813:15C1:53F5:33E9 (talk) 09:49, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

I have answered to both of you yet you don't reply anything and don't want to discuss anything. You keep removing reliable sources and don't want to provide political context for an organisation is prominently political. I have provided explanations in the talk page and you don't want to answer anything. Mariano keeps edit warring and instead of going to the talk page he removes content, multiple times. 95.17.250.138 (talk) 19:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Please go the Talk Page and you will see my detailed answers Mariano211 (talk) 10:18, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

In addition, my last edits yesterday evening contained already a quite detailed explanation of why I was introducing the changes Mariano211 (talk) 10:20, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Crystallizedcarbon, I'll take care of the references in the right form over the weekend. Thanks! Mariano211 (talk) 14:03, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

You will see that I did as suggested, but IP immediately deleted my text and introduced another one disqualyfing my sources, today at 16:42. It seems like IP is in possession of the truth/Wikipedia and he/she behaves as a censor of the opinions and sources he simply dislikes. What can we do to avoid this situation? thanks for your help! Mariano211 (talk) 17:14, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Mariano211: you can add content and then reference it from the reliable sources, making sure to provide due attribution and keeping balance. The points within activism are not the right place as it is just a list. You may want to neutralize the last paragraph of the section where it presents only the view of ERC by presenting alternative views with attribution.

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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)