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User:Geraldshields11/sandbox/Dalminia edit

Dear fellow Fashion Project editor, I am working on a major rework of the artice about Damiani (jewelry company) at my sandbox User:Geraldshields11/sandbox/Dalminia. Please would you add comments or suggest edits on that sandbox page. Thank you in advance. My best regards, Gerald Shields Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:49, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

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ANI report edit

Why have you failed to try to resolve the dispute with the user on talk pages before filing an Incidents report? (A last resort, not first.) Why did you fail to inform the user about the report you filed concerning them, despite the bold red font at the top of the ANI page instructing you to do so? Sorry, this does not look good. El_C 18:23, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

After almost ten years, I would expect you to know the difference between a user page and a user talk page. Anyway, I fixed that for you. El_C 18:27, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Dear El_C, Thank you for fixing the notification. l have never complained about a user before. l don't edit much, quite frankly, l find Wikipedia to be not very usable. This is not a first resort, there was extensive talk on the talk page of the article. It's been about 3 months of discussion at this point. My concerns about the user in question is clearly discussed on the Administrator attention page. l didn't see anyone stepping in when the user was making edits that l was participating in the discussion of without discussing it on the Talk page, gaming the guidelines, displaying clear bias, and presenting himself as some sort of moderator. l do notice myself getting admonished for doing something that doesn't misinform the public. l find that the problems people often cite about the reliability of information on Wikipedia are completely avoidable. --Ellesmelle (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Fair enough. But what you need to realize is that ANI is for incidents that are: a. require immediate attention; b. involves disputes which are intractable; c. relates to behavioural rather than content disputes; and finally, d. usually requires evidence in the form of diffs. This is why your report is problematic, because it failed on pretty much every single one of these fronts. You do, however, have dispute resolution resources at your disposal (a more suitable noticeboard than ANI, the Dispute resolution noticeboard might be a good fit), so my suggestion to you would be to take advantage of these. Because I just don't see your ANI report going anywhere beneficial. Oh, and the user in question is a she, FYI. Hope this helps. El_C 21:39, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
@El_C Thanks for the information.
l did not know anything about this user (including her sex/ gender) beyond behavior that l observed, l did not read the profile. On the complaint, l used 's/he' because yeah, l don't know if this is a man, woman or otherwise. l still do not know, when s/he tells me l will use the preferred pronouns. l do not see how it is relevant to this issue otherwise.
This is a behavioural issue, not a content dispute. So regarding failure on all fronts, l disagree. Over the past 3 months, the user misrepresented herself as a sort of moderator of this article to me and another user involved in the discussion-- not that l ever believed it, but others might. S/he also gamed the guidelines, for examples, s/he applyied poor source as a reason to prevent edits unevenly. In that process, s/he clearly injected a consistent, observable bias into the article. S/he also proceeded to make edits of content being discussed without discussing it on the Talk page. As for the actual content, l did make edits and am continuing to do so, (every time l make an edit l discuss it.) So no, this is not a content dispute, this is a consistent, empirically observable behavioral issue.
l am sure the above would be supported by diffs beyond talk and edit history, if that is required.
l looked at the article's log page and noticed that, in the past, you took administrative actions; l assume you have interest in maintaining the article just like this user. l do not doubt that. Taking ownership is important, but degradation into control erodes the already compromised integrity of this site. Editors have responsiblity toward the public. The user's biases in opinion and application of guidelines are clear. She continues to do so. l need to see that s/he understands what is wrong and would stop. l do not see that happening without intervetion. --Ellesmelle (talk) 23:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
I did not remember having taken administrative action on that page. I have protected thousands of pages, I can't immediately recall the context for each of these. Yes, if you claim there's been behavioural violations, I would have to insist on evidence in the form of diffs. I corrected you because you had said "presenting himself". El_C 23:08, 16 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

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