User talk:Mackan79/Archive 2

Reverts

The issue has been discussed ad nauseam on the Talk: page for weeks before you showed up. I don't need to constantly repeat arguments I made there weeks ago. Also, please read the big yellow box at the top of my Talk: page before posting there. Thanks. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Zionism

I'm back from my wikibreak. I haven't been following that article; it may not be a topic I particularly care about, and I don't know what's new these last two weeks. If you are still having problems reaching some sort of detente, and you think you are right and just outnumbered, you could try an WP:RfC and possibly rake in a few impartial editors. -- Kendrick7^talk 06:31, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I looked. I guess y'all worked it out; I didn't want to seem unresponsive anyway. -- Kendrick7^talk 08:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Jews for Jesus and Jayjg

I think you may have something concrete to post on WP:ANI against Jayjg if you wish to pursue it. Your comments on his talk page was clearly regarding his conduct, and should not have been deleted. But then again, much of his behavior in this dispute has been regrettable, even though I agree with the point he is trying to make. I hate the tactics though.

Here's an example of our position, if a group of 5 mathemiticians formed an organization that now states that 2+2=5, should the article say that "most people" disagree with the conclusion? Granted the view should be presented but is it not misleading to make something obviously false appear plausible? In this case, the situation is much more dire, because very few people understand various religions and how they relate to each other. Because Jesus was a Jew, many people reading the article may believe that a claim of being both religiously Jewish and Christian is possible. With that said, since JfJ does not make this claim, I don't believe the references to Judaism are even necessary in the article. Ramsquire ^{(throw me a line)} 20:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Isarig

Have a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Incivility, disruptive editing, and stalking-like behavior from Isarig. What do you think? Abu ali 20:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Unprotect

Hi, can you tell me whether I filed the request on Anti-Zionism wrong, or was it an inappropriate request? I'm not very familiar with the procedure. Thanks, Mackan79 16:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

No, you filed the request correctly. I just rejected it; see the rationale I added to the WP:RPP request. -- tariqabjotu 17:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey Mackan! Forgot to wish you a Happy New Year!! What did you get yourself into here? lol I'm in my own mess right now regarding the use of the swastika in the Hinduism welcoming template. MetsFan76 18:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah you are right. I was seeing red at the time and misused some words. Moshe just jumped into the discussion and clearly stated that he has nothing to add except that I am being uncivil. He just wanted to defend IZAK. When I responded to his comments, he disappeared. Too much drama in here sometimes!! =) MetsFan76 15:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Incidents

I have to say I have been watching with some interest the back and forth you've had at Religious antisemitism. With a completely different user, I've had a similar experience ... and am currently hoping other people begin participating in the article or the talk page. Just thought I'd let you know I empathize with this "process." Kind Regards, Keesiewonder 19:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

An update; I ended up filing an AN/I and a checkuser. The checkuser result was declined. The AN/I was basically ignored, accidentally archived by a "bot" and then the bot error noticed by an admin who resurrected the AN/I. The story goes on ... but bottom line is the user with whom I was struggling has now been blocked indefinitely since they are thought to have been the reappearance of another previously indefinitely blocked user. Just thought I'd let you know that the process can work. Keesiewonder ^talk 11:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Anti-Judaism

Were I you, I wouldn't particularily wikistress over religious anti-semitism at this point, though once I finish the article I am currently working on, I'll try to back you up. -- Kendrick7^talk 05:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

ah, never mind. It seems the problems have already started. -- 06:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

At some point; unfortunately I'm busy reverting vandalism to anti-Judaism. :sigh: -- Kendrick7^talk 06:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Judaism and Religious anti-Semitism

If you require any assistance in dealing with these people I am more than happy to assist. KazakhPol 23:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Edit warring

You've made multiple reverts in at Folke Bernadotte recently. I know that you are an experienced editor and you know that edit warring is unacceptable. It fosters bad feelings and prevents proper resolution. You ought to be using dispute resolution like mediation when in a conflict, not aggressively edit warring. Dmcdevit·t 17:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

For continuing to revert anyway, I've blocked you for 72 hours. You've already violated 3RR at this same article once before, and it was just unprotected. Please stop. Dmcdevit·t 17:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Dmcdevit, please see my comment on the 3RR page. This is an extreme mistake. Literally, this was my only reversion on that page in 30 hours. I would ask, in any fairness, that you unblock me and allow me to respond fully. On Folke Bernadotte, there have been three editors who have been trying to protect the page against Amoruso's extraordinarily brazen and persistent revert warring. In all seriousness, you have no idea how hard we have been trying to respond to Amoruso's comments and work cooperatively in protecting the page, as policy requires. I appreciate your sentiment that we need to cut out edit warring with all sincerity, but I can't tell you the extent to which we have attempted to follow reversion policy on that page, and how arbitrary this block would be. Best, Mackan79 18:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Mack!!! I can't believe you got blocked! Was Slim reverting as well? Email me if you can't respond on here b/c of the block. MetsFan76 18:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey, if you can message Dmcdevit just to ask him to read this and respond, I'd very much appreciate it. The block was literally for my only edit in 30 hours. Again, I appreciate his sentiment, but I think he did this much too hastily. Thanks, Mackan79 18:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok I will message him right now. MetsFan76 18:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

It's done. MetsFan76 18:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

None of this is a avery good reason for reverting right after I warned you, at the same article you've been warring at before it was protected a few days ago. And you have 3 reverts in 30 hours, not one. [1], [2], [3]. How can you possibly say that "I appreciate your sentiment that we need to cut out edit warring" when your responses to disagreeable edits are repeated reverts after warnings and protections? Dmcdevit·t 18:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I thought the rule is 3 reverts in a 24 hour period except in cases of blatant edit wars. Mackan79 was not the only one taking part in this. I see SlimVirgin guilty of reverts as well but only got a warning. Why are they being treated differently? MetsFan76 18:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll look again [See below, your assesment includes reverts that were not mine], but I just want to say first that I didn't know who you were when you left this message, or that there had been a 3RR report filed, or that this had anything to do with it. I would not have made the edit if I understood the situation. I had just come back from being away for nearly 24 hours. I did receive your message, but I assumed you were a friend of Amoruso, since I had only edited the page twice, I believe, in the last several days. This was a mistake, but I don't think it warrants being blocked. I'll look again at the history and your other points. Thanks for the response.Mackan79 18:24, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Mackan....I also asked Dmcdevit why you were blocked but not SlimVirgin as you both were in the edit war. MetsFan76 18:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Mostly, though, I just want to make clear that I wasn't actually repeatedly reverting in any short amount of time, but making absolutely every effort to work cooperatively with the other editors.Mackan79 18:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, well the anonymous user there you linked to isn't me. I reverted Jan 14 at 1:44AM[4], Jan 14 at 7:06AM [5], and then not again for 34 hours, actually, until Jan 15 at 17:24[6]. So it was actually a total of nearly 40 hours, before which I hadn't edited for a number of days.Mackan79 18:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't matter who I am; that has no bearing on whether you should have edit warred or not. However, your assumptions there perhaps show why your attitude is wrong. SlimVirgin was treated no differently. I warned five editors. The only one I blocked was the one that reverted again after my warning. I'm concerned that you are treating it as if you are entitled to any number of reverts as long as they are under 4 in 24 hours. That is not correct. Dmcdevit·t 18:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Dmcdevit...while I respect your handling of this, don't you think 72 hours is a little harsh? Any chance of bumping that down to 24 hours considering he is the only one being blocked? I would greatly appreciate it. MetsFan76 18:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Mackan79 was blocked for 24HRS for 3RR on this same page which is probably the reason the block is longer. Amoruso 18:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

MetsFan -- one other thing, would you mind letting User:Jd2718 know about the situation? I don't think he realizes I was blocked. Thanks again.Mackan79 19:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok no problem. But it looks like Amoruso wants to start trouble with me now. MetsFan76 19:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. Mackan79 19:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. You owe me a barnstar!! LOL MetsFan76 19:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

No kidding :)Mackan79 19:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think Amoruso likes me =( See what happens when I defend you!!! LOL MetsFan76 19:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Dmcdevit, I appreciate your conern, truly, but there has to be some sense of fairness here. I assure you that I do not think I am entitled to make 4 edits in just over 24 hours, or to edit war generally. Here I made 3 reverts in 40 hours, with the one at issue coming 34 hours after the last, and in conjunction with a number of other supporting editors. I also appreciate that I should not make negative assumptions, but I also think you have to understand how hard I've been trying to deal with Amoruso in good faith. This has been extremely difficult, but I have tried again and again and again. I understnad the logic of what you did here, but I have to think you'll see that this isn't the best solution, particularly since unlike those involved at 3RR, I had no idea what was going on. I am very glad that this has all received attention, and I assure you that I will not make any further reverts in this dispute except by seeking oustide mediation, etc. Thanks again for your responses. Mackan79 18:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

"I did receive your message, but I assumed you were a friend of Amoruso, since I had only edited the page twice, I believe, in the last several days." - this is a very disturbing comment to me. Amoruso 19:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

One other comment: having seen the discussion on Dmcdevit's talk page, SlimVirgin's comment is inaccurate. I did not know about the warning, or about the 3RR report. All I knew was that an unknown user had left a message on my talkpage telling me not to edit war. Not having edited the FB page for 34 hours, I didn't take this seriously, and I subsequently reverted Amoruso's edit for the first time in 34 hours along with another explanation. After seeing the warning on the 3RR page, I was considering reverting myself, but responded on the 3RR page first. I was then immediately blocked, as Jd points out. Mackan79 22:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand why you didn't take it seriously. That is not a persuasive argument. You should not have been edit warring whether or not you had been warned, so it doesn't add up. Prohibition of edit warring is simply policy. You are free to email unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org for another administrator's opinion, but I feel I've explained myself well enough, and that we'll keep going in circles if this goes on. Dmcdevit·t 23:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Dmcdevit...this is ridiculous. 72 hours is uncalled for! MetsFan76 23:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Dmc, I reverted today one time, for the first time in 34 hours. I really don't understand how you think this was some sort of flagrant violation. I hadn't edited the page for 33 hours! I have never heard that a person could be blocked in this way. It's completely contrary to everything I've seen on WP. In fact, it's contrary to a discussion on the 3RR page right now saying SlimVirgin was fine to revert 3 times in an hour and a half, because there is no 2RR rule. I'm simply saying: If I had understood that you had drawn a line in the sand, this would be completely fair. But I didn't understand that. It was not clear to me, as it had been made clear to Jd, Amoruso and others. Under the circumstances, I think this makes the block very unfair.

Regarding your page, I was blocked once for 3RR, the only time I've ever been blocked, and the block was lifted. The block was an extremely complex situation involving another user who entered the page to quarrel with me. It was the first time I had ever been blocked, and it was lifted. As to the page protection, that was put in after anonymous users showed up some weeks ago. It wasn't to stop an edit war. Will you please give me another chance here? I think you've made your point very clearly, and I accept it, and I embrace it. This has already taken a lot of my time, I'd really appreciate not having to go through a huge additional amount of effort to deal with this.Mackan79 23:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

• Pardon me for butting in. You were unblocked not because of any "extremely complex situation" rationale; I unblocked you on the condition "If you'll stop edit warring (and I do not care who else has been edit warring), I'll unblock you," and only because I happened to be feeling particularly charitable. As I said in the unblock notice, "I've decided to cut some slack this once." No reason to hope you should get that charity again. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 23:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Jpgordon....that 3RR that you were referring to regarding Mackan79 also included other people which you failed to warn and/or block as well. It doesn't matter if you were in a charitable mood; its about being an admin and looking at both sides of the story which you are failing to do again. MetsFan76 23:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Just to be clear again, SlimVirgin has decided to make me her nemesis since I first arrived on WP[7]. I don't know if Jd knows this. I would hope whether I'm blocked wouldn't rely on her assesment. Mackan79 23:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Jp, did you look at the situation? I reverted twice in 34 hours and 3 times in 40 hours. I never reverted twice in a row, but did it along with several other editors. I have read that this is exactly what people are supposed to do! Now I'm being blocked for 72 hours? I really have no idea why I'm being singled out like this, except that Dmc issued this warning. But how is that fair when only some people knew what it was? Seriously, even if you think I acted inappropriately here, was it something that called for me being blocked, for 72 hours? I honestly had no idea I was acting inappropriately, reverting someone after 34 hours and with concensus on the talk page. Should I immediately have called for a mediation with Amoruso? I understand your strong opinions about this, but I really don't even have any idea what I was supposed to do here. Mackan79 23:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Just for the record, I would like to state that your block is an outrageous and unjust act, which is absolutely typical of the way decent people get treated round here. Be strong and don't let these individuals grind you down! Best wishes... Abu ali 09:36, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Re your mail: I think its all been discussed above. 72h is quite long, but you were specifically warned William M. Connolley 09:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. The problem is simply that I wasn't warned; the note on my page gave no indication of its nature. Unlike others involved, I had no idea a 3RR report had been filed, and since I didn't recognize Dmcdevit's name, and hadn't even edited the page in 34 hours, I couldn't make any sense of it (The message told me not to aggressively edit war, which I hadn't remotely been doing, so honestly I assumed it was a friend of Amoruso). Obviously if I knew about Dmcdevit's warning, I never would have edited the page.

This leads to Dmcdevit's point, that I shouldn't have been edit warring in any case. But then I'm simply wondering: for 3 edits over a total of six days, is a 72 hour block really called for? That's literally what I did -- you have to go back 34 hours to find my second revert and six days to find my fourth. I agree the ultimate question has to be whether I got a fair warning, I simply don't see how it can be said that I did. Mackan79 14:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Of course you were warned. You seem to be saying that because you didn't know it was an admin who could block you, you could ignore the warning. Thats not right. I think 72h is a bit high, but until you stop this stuff about "not warned" I don't think you'll make any progress. If you show some contrition and promise to leave the article alone you might well get somewhere William M. Connolley 14:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely I promise not to continue reverting on the page, although I'd very much like to continue in the discussion. I understand I should have taken Dmcdevit's comment more seriously, and I won't make that mistake again. I simply thought it was fair pointing out that the warning I got wasn't quite the same warning that what was seen by the others, since otherwise what I did would indeed have been extremely brazen. I should have taken it seriously anyway, though, and again, I assure you that I won't make the mistake again. Mackan79 15:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Added, just to be totally forthright: I'm hoping I don't have to promise never to edit the page again based on these mistakes. I do promise, though, that I know I'm marked, and that I'll be extremely careful to follow the advice I've been given to use conflict resolution in any dispute rather than reverting. Also, I'll certainly let others do any dirty work in resolving the current dispute on the page. Thanks, Mackan79 15:24, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Noted William M. Connolley 17:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

user:jd2718

Thanks, I got the message. I knew you would probably be blocked (though I was a bit surprised about 72 hrs). Dmcdevit's warning was pretty clear. Not a big deal in the long run, as annoying as it may seem now. The article is being improved. Zero has been very good digging up solid sources. We will continue to resolve, bit by bit. The issues remain undue weight, and reliable sources, and both are pretty clear. Sit tight, and we will return to the talk page, where most of this should be hashed out anyhow. Jd2718 19:32, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

72 hours is a bit extreme to say the least. MetsFan76 19:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. The problem is simply that I had no idea I was being warned, because I had no idea about the 3RR report or any of that. I simply got a random message on my page telling me not to edit war, which I wasn't doing -- I hadn't reverted on the page for 34 hours, and even then I had only done it twice in the last several days. Honestly, since you guys had made the last several reverts, I figured it was my turn, in the spirit of spreading reversions of this type out, as I have read is recommended. Again, though, for you guys this is perfectly fair, but for me this was completely a trap, coming and editing a page after 34 hours and then finding out that some final line has been draw that I had no idea about. Plus, this wouldn't be half as annoying except that, as you know, I have been going to extreme lenghts to respond to every comment that Amoruso leaves on that page. Mackan79 19:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Amoruso isn't worth the aggravation so don't sweat it. Maybe we should edit some Pokemon articles in the meantime =). Btw...I sent you an email. MetsFan76 20:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Not a bad idea :) Are you sure you sent the email? I didn't get it yet. Mackan79 20:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I just re-checked and it never sent. Gmail is funny today. I resent it now. MetsFan76 20:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

OK, I shall unblock you. Be very good in the meantime. Leave the article alone and if you engage in talk make sure its constructive William M. Connolley 10:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome!!!

No problem!! Glad to see you have been unblocked. I don't really agree with the admins telling you to stay clear of editing the article but hey...win some, lose some. I'll be waiting for my barnstar!! heh heh!!!MetsFan76 14:25, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Merging Anti-Judaism and Religious Antisemitism

Hi Mackan79 -- Just thought I'd disappear for a few days after causing a small wheel war over whether to 3RR me. Your assessment of the situation seems correct; I haven't taken a look yet at the latest discussion. I don't have a problem with the existance of an article on religious amti-Semitism; despite claims by Slim on Talk:Antisemitism, I'm not trying to claim no such thing exists. But they way she seems to want things portrayed is to make anti-Judaism out to be entirely synonymous with this specific form of anti-Semitism which fairly pejorative and innaccurate, as if Christianity were just a 2000-year-old anti-Semitic canard. To paraphrase a guest I heard on the Daily Show yesterday, I don't think its our job as editors to be the "hangmen of history". -- Kendrick7^talk 20:34, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar!!!

Thanks for the Barnstar!!!!!!! heh heh =) MetsFan76 21:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• While she does have her own article on here, Judith Steinberg Dean probably isn't considered notable alumni just because she married a governor. She isn't listed on Albert Einstein College of Medicine notable alumni list at the university either. Btw...how's things going? =) MetsFan76 21:39, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Scandinavia

I've been to Iceland ... Would like to go to the other Scandinavian countries ... Thanks for your note. Keesiewonder 01:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

?

Being an attorney you must understand that Abu's the style of Abu's comments cannot be tolerated on wikipedia. Cheers. Culverin? ^Talk 09:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Expertise in New Antisemitism

Read your comment on the talkpage with interest. What the Antisemitism and New antisemitism articles probably need is a historian of ideas. Perhaps we should tag the page with such a request.Itsmejudith 16:03, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Repeated Request

Hi Avraham, I'm simply wondering if you've seen my repeated question about the Folke Bernadotte page. I'VE ASKED YOU NOW FOUR TMES, each politely, if you'd be willing to unblock the page. An entire week has gone by, with you continuing to edit daily. I'm not really sure what you're doing, but it comes across as not entirely civil. DO YOU NOT HAVE A POLICY OF RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS? If you would please respond, I'll be happy not to ask again tomorrow. Thanks, Mackan79 16:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Where have you asked? If it is on the article page, I do not believe I have that "watched", although perhaps I should. As I wrote on the top of my user page, the best way to reach me is via e-mail, Further, it is much more likely that I will respond to my talk page, as I am doing now . Take a deep breath and assume a little good faith, and you'll find wikipedia a much easier place to handle. I'll take a look at the aforementioned page now. -- Avi 17:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

PS - Any admin can unprotect if they feel that the issues have become quiescent. That is the reason we have WP:RFPP#Current requests for unprotection. I notice that you did not use that either. No matter, I'm looking at Folk now. -- Avi 17:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, I see now. I missed your edits because of some stuff I was involved in with deletions and Heart of Mary. You are correct, I apologize, I did not notice your edits. -- Avi 17:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Unprotected. Good luck. -- Avi 17:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. I do my darndest to be civil and polite, and it took me a bit by surprise when you said "four times". But you were correct, I did miss them, and I in no way shape or form meant to be rude. Once again, thanks for understanding. -- Avi 17:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Godwin's Law

Are you familiar with this? You might want to revise your remarks on Talk:Antisemitism. -- Kendrick7^talk 06:08, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm just saying, you could make your point without bringing up Hitler. By the corrolary to Godwin's law, you automatically lose the discussion by bringing up Hitler first. I'm semi-serious. -- Kendrick7^talk 06:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

reply about voice type

I replied to your question on User talk:NewYork1956. Paul 22:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Bjorling

Vocals were Jussi's instrument. Tenor is not an instrument. NewYork1956 04:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

What the hell difference does it make? Voice and Vocals are the same damn thing. NewYork1956 05:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

All these other Opera singer's pages have "Vocals" in the same place: Maria Callas, Erna Sack, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mario Lanza, Lauritz Melchior, Franco Corelli, Enrico Caruso, Pilar Lorengar, Alfredo Kraus, Licia Albanese, Kathryn Grayson, Hermann Prey and Jan Peerce. Why should Bjorling's be any different? It would look stupid if they're all different. Do what ever you want. I don't even like Bjorling, I just thought he deserved a better page, and I'd like to think that it is now compared to what it was before I touched it.

- NewYork1956 06:05, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

--- Actually, I agree. I've chanhed them all on all those articles. NewYork1956 23:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Adam Keller court martial deletion review

Hi Mackan79, Hope you are well. I was wondering if you had any arguments to add to the discussion on undeleting the article on the Adam Keller court martal at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 January 26? Best regards Abu ali 10:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know

The WP:POINT reference in my edit summary was not referring to your edits. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Slim arbitrarily changes your RfC

Thought you should know: [8] CJCurrie 04:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Inquiry report on NAS

Hello Mackan

Thanks for trying to improve the way that the report is dealt with in the article and sorry you were summarily reverted. I have been trying to step back a bit to examine why the article would refer to this report and what bits it would refer to. I would really appreciate your view on this and then afterwards maybe we could turn to how it should be done.

The existence of the inquiry is clearly significant to the Antisemitism article, as it was a response to a real and perceived rise in antisemitic incidents and antisemitic discourse.

So, to what extent is the fact of this inquiry and its report relevant to the article New antisemitism, the purpose of which is to explain "new antisemitism" as a (contested) concept? Only tangentially, one might argue. Although the inquiry was set up in response to a rise in antisemitism, only some authors, not all, identify that rise as new antisemitism. If the article is about "new antisemitism" as a concept not as a phenomenon, then it is hard to say that the inquiry is relevant.

There is however, an overriding argument in favour of the use of the inquiry report as a source in the New antisemitism article. Because the recent rise in antisemitism (occasioning the inquiry) has been accompanied by a large amount of discussion of the term "new antisemitism", then the report will necessarily address questions that are at issue in that discussion (for example, the newness of this recent antisemitism, whether all criticism of Israel is antisemitic, the extent of antisemitism on the Left and among Muslims).

Since the fact of the inquiry’s establishment is pertinent to the article, the article should briefly summarise, in the report’s own terms, the context in which the inquiry was established, the purpose of the inquiry and what its recommendations were.

Next, the debate around "new antisemitism" as presented in the article, suggests a number of questions on which the inquiry's views are relevant and should, if possible, be cited. Some of these would seem to be:

• How does the report define the term “antisemitism”?
• What does it say about the term “new antisemitism”?
• What does it say about whether criticism of Israel is antisemitic?
• What does it say about antisemitism on the Left?
• What does it say about antisemitism among Muslims?
• What does it say about a coalescence of views between the Right, Muslims and the Left (or any two of these)?

These are not exhaustive and it goes without saying that the report is a reliable source in WP terms and can be drawn on for further factual information. These could include points that the report makes in passing so long as the general argument of the report is not thereby distorted.

I would be very interested in any comments you have on the above. This is complex territory of course. An example of another contested concept treated rather more straightforwardly in the encyclopedia can be found at Homosexual agenda.Itsmejudith 18:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Itsmejudith, thanks for the comment :) I don't have time to respond much, but I think we're very much on the same page. I almost posted a longer talkpage comment about how we really need to be clearer about what is being said and /why/ it's being said in that section. Currently, it's just some tidbits, in basically random order. I was trying to make the line of thought clearer with my edit, as I think I explained.

Anyway, basically I totally agree. I'm not sure I have other insights... did you want to go about changing it more dramatically? I was trying for something relatively minor just to make it a little clearer. Thanks for your thoughts, Mackan79 23:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

attempts to have me banned

See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#personal_attack_and_abuse_of_personal_userpage. Maybe you can intervene and ask this individual to calm down? Abu ali 11:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

IJV

That's a good idea Mackan. I won't have time to work on it this afternoon, but will this evening. We can draft something between us. Best,--G-Dett 18:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

New antisemitism

Thanks. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 17:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

3rr?

It has already been rejected; please review WP:3RR. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

What a surprise. MetsFan76 03:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

It's actually pretty weird all the time. I'm barely even editing anymore; just a few vandalism reverts here and there. It's people like Jayjg and SlimVirgin that make it a very uncomfortable environment on here so I figure: let them play God in here while I go out and enjoy life because when they shut down their computers for the night, they are no different than you and I =) MetsFan76 03:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

klug

I've followed your suggestion, please comment on the New anti-semitism page. Also, I've forgotten my password so this is a new account. -- Tira

The Original Barnstar
For your civility in the Mediation Committe case, WP:RfM/Jews for Jesus, and for helping to solve an important dispute efficiently and sucessfully - and making my Mediation easier :) - I, Anthony, award Mackan79 the Original Barnstar. Well done!
Kind regards,
Anthonycfc ^{[T • C]}

Sockpuppet

Well done sir!

I confess. Tewfik and I are one and the same. In fact, the conspiracy goes even deeper than that. As it happens, all the Jewish-Illuminati-Department-of-Homeland-Security Cabalists are in fact multiple personalities of a DARPA-sponsored orbital artificial intelligence satellite that became self-aware during the first years of the Bush administration? Why do you think we had to orchestrate the whole "war on terror" if not to distract the public from the terrifying reality that an evil zionist robot is controlling wikipedia and despite their considerable resources, the federal government is powerless to stop it.

I'm curious to know how a Washington attorney has time to do all this investigating. I deduce from your user page that you must, in reality, be an agent of the Bush administration, most likely working for a successor organization to the Office of Special Plans at the DoD, but conceivably the black intelligence unit of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I gather that your mission is to infiltrate the noble and ragged band of anti-Cabalist wikipedians and then undermine their credibility by spreading absurd accusations against their opponents.

P.S. Did you know that Hugo Chavez and Alan Greenspan have never been seen in the same place at once? Its because they're the same person.

Yours, GabrielF/Tefik/Jayjg/Slim Virgin/Jimbo/Top-secret world-controlling self-aware AI floating 400 miles above Kuala Lumpur

I can appreciate how wanting to find a connection can lead one to see what isn't there, and I don't blame you for that. However I do take offence at your 'respectful' description of me as a dedicated edit warrior with a combative style, and I question what type of response you imagined that that would elicit. Tewfik^Talk 08:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Whoa. Mackan, I'm not going to even touch this one lol. MetsFan76 11:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Better you not MetsFan, you may find yourself in Guantanemo. GabrielF 13:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Care to explain that GabrielF? MetsFan76 22:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Guantanamo's just a decoy. The Arab guys making all the torture allegations are paid actors. The real prisons are much more sinister. You see, a few years ago we realized there just weren't enough geeky 14 year-olds to perform all the boring little tasks like sorting stubs, adding infoboxes, converting references into the right template, that sort of thing. We also had a problem with uppity editors thinking they could expose the cabal. So we decided to kill two birds with one stone. Now, if you speak out against the cabal you get shipped off to a secret Romanian prison where you're forced to categorize and wikify articles on Pokemon and romance novels. Why else do you think the templates were designed so sadistically? I mean, come on, do you think someone with even a modicum of empathy would design a system where you need to know the names of 15 different templates to build a succession box? GabrielF 23:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow...whatever you are smoking, pass it around. I know of a few editors and several admins that would benefit from your hallucinogen. MetsFan76 02:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I found myself in a situation on February 21 where I was writing a response to GabrielF's explanation of Tewfik's revert. Sorry, I found that odd. Should I not have? I'm also sorry this has now escalated to wild personal attacks. In any case, I guess the first thing is to see what checkuser says. Mackan79 17:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't say that I understood your last comment, but more importantly, having again reviewed your original notice, I'm very confused by 'evidence' like you pointing to the first seven months of my editing as proof that myself and GabrielF never edit at the same time, when I edited 1, 7, 1, 35, & 35 times respectively for each month of the first half-year, with only the 7th month being reasonably active at 397. Perhaps you should rethink your position? Tewfik^Talk 19:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought your presentation of the facts was fair and accurate Mackan79. There was nothing in that presentation that alleged a "Zionist" network conspiracy of some kind. Just a simple description of editing behaviour for two new users you encountered in a heated multi-editor war that struck you as odd. I agree, it is odd (though for disclosure to outside readers, I should mention that I was just recently blocked for a 3RR violation after Tewfiq reported me). I don't think that necessarily means one of them is the other's sockpuppet, but a check user might be in order. I find the strange anon comments here very disturbing, and they seem designed to scare people away from discussing a totally legitimate question regarding these users identities based on what you've presented. With respect. Tiamut 17:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The question is not "totally legitimate." These are editors in good standing. As for them supposedly being "new," GabrielF has been editing since December 2004 and Tewfik since November 2005. Tiamut, please stop with the conspiracy theories. You were blocked for 3RR because you violated the policy, not because the person who reported you is a sockpuppet. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Why is Tiamut being reprimanded here? Shouldn't it be done on his talk page and anyway, he is entitled to his opinion. MetsFan76 22:38, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I meant new to the page in question, (GabrielF at least) not new to Wikipedia. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I am not disseminating "conspiracy theories". I gave my assessment of the presentation Mackan79 made at GabrielF and Tewfik's User pages and the subsequent commentary here. As for the circumstances of my block, you would know wouldn't you, being the one who issued it [9]. I shared that information for reasons of disclosure, to be honest about any biases I might have. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Tiamut 17:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way, after reviewing the history of this page, I realize that it was GabrielF himself, and not some anon who posted the offensive and conspiratorial tripe on this page [10]. That means I would definitely recommend a user check. Any user who mocks and misrepresents the straightforward presentation of your concerns at his talk page [11] in such a fashion should be investigated a little further. Is there an impartial administrator out there who could help us out here? Thanks. Tiamut 18:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

So everybody on one POV lines up to say that this makes sense? Since when is checkuser a punitive measure? Tewfik^Talk 19:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Agree with Tiamut. An appropriate response from GabrielF would be to explain the anomaly Mackan79 graciously pointed out. Instead he concocted a wild conspiracy theory and then tried to "plant" it on Mackan79. The ridiculous ruse seems to have been enough to dupe Slim; hopefully others will read more carefully.--G-Dett 19:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I maintain that the graciousness of my response was commensurate with the graciousness of the accusation. Same with the absurdity. GabrielF 23:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Report created here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/GabrielF

This really does make sense. .V. _[Talk|Email] 22:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Mackan, didn't I tell you to be careful not to blow your cover?? Someone already figured out who I work for, you got to be careful. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me Please review me!} 22:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

checkuser results

Here are the results of the checkuser. [12] GabrielF 03:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks Mackan for the link

I am sorry that you had to put up with so much abuse for asking a question with a valid basis, given that the clerks at checkuser did see fit to check it out. Some people seem to have difficulty understanding the difference between straightforward inquiries on bizarre editing behaviour, and conspiratorial accusations. Had GabrielF merely responded to your question with the same civility you showed him from the beginning, perhaps it would have never gone to a check user. Live and learn. Happy editing Mackan79. Tiamut 14:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

In the section below I explicitly show how Mackan's accusation was not a harmless inquiry but a string of "conspiratorial accusations" as you put it. There may have been a "valid basis" for Mackan to ask me why I had left that edit summary, and I would have been happy to respond if thats all he did. Instead, he accused me of a year-long fraud, violation of several of our most core tenets, etc. I do not believe that making such absurd accusations against two users in good standing demonstrates "civility" at all. Nor do I see why I should "put up with [the] abuse" of having someone twist productive edits into something sinister. Mackan interpreted a night of counter-vandalism work as an attempt to orchestrate a coverup. In fact, this whole accusation arose because I chose to participate in the discussion of a controversial edit's merits on the article talk page rather than continuing an edit war by reverting blindly. GabrielF 15:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Mackan79's suspicion that you were a sockpuppet of Tewfik's or vice versa was sparked, as he explained by a series of reverts that you and Tewfik made to the page Anti-Zionism in the midst of a heated edit war. The edit summaries for the reverts seemed to be inconsistent with the edit summaries for the talk pages, if I recall correctly. Instead of immediately accusing you of wrongdoing, Mackan79 looked further into your and Tewfik's edit histories. Based on that review, he seemed to think that there was something more to that original anomaly, and he articulated his concerns in toto. You may have been offended by the length of the presentation because it seemed to imply your guilt, but I believe that Mackan79 ws just trying to be thorough and not make accusations without foundation. Instead of responding to his concerns, you posted that garbage above (which you have yet to apologize for). You could have easily responded to just the first part of the accusation - i.e. the part about the weird edit summaries in the reverts at the anti-Zionism article, which you only later explained were due to your edit getting lost in a system glitch - and that might have been the end of the matter. Instead, you took the low road, if you will. IMHO, if you're going to demand an apology from Mackan79 for thinking there was something more to the system glitch than there actually turned out to be, I think it might be nice if you offered one up yourself for thinking there was more to his presentation than an honest mistake. (System glitch, remember?) With respect. Tiamut 17:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for an apology

Mackan,

Yesterday, when the checkuser proved your wild accusations to be completely unfounded, I had hoped that you would apologize of your own initiative. When I read your response to the results of checkuser I was a bit surprised to see that you hadn't. You have made demonstrably false accusations against me, and while I don't think there's any point in pursuing the dispute resolution process over this, I would like you to apologize for them.

Specifically you said that I:

1. Created a sockpuppet account
2. Maintained this sockpuppet account for seven months, never editing both on the same day
3. Engaged in counter-vandalism work on 2006-05-26, the purpose of which "would most likely have been orchestrated with a friend (or alone) to cover your tracks"
4. Am a "dedicated edit warrior" (along with Tewfik)
5. That the sockpuppet I created (Tewfik) used a "combative style of editing"
6. Used this sockpuppet to violate 3RR
7. Used the sockpuppet "bolster the appearance of support" - you pointed to six specific cases and hinted there might be more
8. Used the sockpuppet for vote fraud - you point to four specific instances (In fact I am surprised that we haven't voted the same way on more AfDs since I participate in AfD debates very frequently)

These are all very serious charges, and I think that looking back now it should be apparent to you how absurd they are. I would have had to carefully maintain two separate accounts for over a year, editing each heavily. In that time Tewfik accrued over 7,000 edits and I probably had about 3,000. You said that my explanation of the anomalous edit summary was "convoluted", but surely it is considerably more convoluted to assume that the anomaly was caused by a massive year-long conspiracy rather than a software glitch which anyone who frequently reverts vandalism has doubtless experienced a number of times.

Yes, I will use the word conspiracy here. You specifically raised the possibility that I had "orchestrated with a friend" a cover-up attempt on May 26. Further, it is no excuse for you to suggest that I was wrong to suggest that your accusations were a conspiracy theory because a conspiracy requires multiple plotters and you only hinted at the possibility that there were several of us. You attributed an unexplained event to a massive campaign of fraud purported by a mysterious force. The term "conspiracy theory" seems perfectly apt.

Your accusations were absurd and I responded to them with the seriousness that they deserved. Was I poking fun at you? Absolutely. I thought it was a better idea than unleashing a string of NPA and AGF warning templates. Was my response a personal attack, as you claim? I guess you could conceivably see it that way, but I think that explanation misses the point. I was trying to get you to rethink your accusations and see if they made sense. I chose to respond with bemusement rather than defensiveness. Maybe I'm a poor satirist. I did not, however, call you an anti-semitic conspiracy theorist as you say. The only thing I actually accused you of was being a secret agent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I also identified myself as a rogue artificial intelligence with multiple personality disorder.

Regardless, you initiated a formal request for an investigation for massive fraud against two highly-experienced users in good standing on the basis of flimsy "evidence". As a lawyer you should know that this is unjust and insulting. I imagine you might feel pretty angry if a law enforcement agency obtained a search warrant for your home because they thought an odd but perfectly explainable situation was evidence that you had committed a crime. The right thing for you to do here is to apologize.

Yours, GabrielF 15:23, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. You might also consider whether, perhaps, you should be taking wikipedia a bit less seriously.

I was actually in the process of commenting on your page, which I did. In any case, I think you miss a few basic points here. 1. The basis for my request was not flimsy, but apparently an extremely strange coincidence whereby you actually believed you were explaining a revert that only Tewfik had made. As I've said several times, I was actually responding to the comment at the time, and trying to figure out why you were explaining Tewfik's revert. Only after my bringing the checkuser report, and after me specifically quizzing you on your explanation, did you suggest that the real cause of this was a computer glitch. Yet you couldn't muster to offer this explanation when I asked you on your page? 2. If you weren't attempting to accuse me of being an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, you might indeed want to work on your satire. 3. Suggesting that you could have coordinated with a friend to cover your tracks is not accusing you of a conspiracy. 4. I didn't perform the checkuser.

Of course, I understand that you were insulted, and I'm sorry about that. I tried to avoid it, but I also recognized it was probably inevitable. If I had simply asked you without any evidence if you were sockpuppets, though, would that have been less insulting? Personally I have found this more insulting when done to me. Mackan79 17:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate your apology. Yes, the edit in question was odd and if you had asked me about that edit it would have been a reasonable question asked in good faith. It is not correct, however, to suggest that insulting me was inevitable. You could have said: "Gabriel - I noticed that you left an edit "explaining your revert" when you hadn't in fact reverted. What happened?" Maybe you did this on the article talk page and I didn't see it. The problem is that you did "throw out accusations". Read over your original post to my talk page. The title is "sockpuppetry", you interpreted a session of counter-vandalism patrolling as a cover-up attempt, you attacked both my and Tewfik's style of editing, you threatened "a checkuser and any subsequent remedies", etc.

Your characterization of my explanation as an "extremely strange coincidence" is not accurate. Maybe you don't do a lot of counter-vandalism work or edit high profile articles. I frequently find that I revert a vandal and then look at the article history page for a link to the vandal's talk page so I can leave a test message only to find that someone has beat me to the revert.

I guess I found your accusations to be so absurd that it didn't seem worthwhile to refute them. Even if I had explained the odd edit summary, would you have believed it? You didn't later. And then what was I supposed to do? Go back through a year of edits for both myself and Tewfik weren't the same person? And was there any evidence I could have presented from my edit summary that you would have accepted? You, yourself found one instance where we were editing at the same time and interpreted it as a cover-up attempt. Honestly, I don't think that I should be expected to painstakingly point out the flaws in your argument for you when I have no reasonable expectation that you'll believe me.

I don't really understand why you say you didn't perform the checkuser. You submitted a request and someone did it. Am I missing something? Also, I am not new to that page. I found 13 edits in a quick search of my contributions. I've kept it on my watchlist forever.

I don't think you're a conspiracy theorist. I do think that you explained an odd incident with a conspiracy theory. I will make a deal with you: I will assume that this was an unusual case and you typically don't jump to such conclusions about people if you will assume that I'm generally funnier. GabrielF 17:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey Mackan, not for nothing, but did you see who did the checkuser on this guy? MetsFan76 17:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

JPGordon is another one of my sockpuppets. GabrielF 17:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha!! Trust me, if JPGordon had a sense of humor like you, Wikipedia would be a much more enjoyable place. =) MetsFan76 17:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Quite obviously! (Forgive me GabrielF, but if you're going to insist on continuing with your mocking and ridiculing tone, I also claim the right to make logical leaps of judgement that portray the words of others as intimating more than they actually are. At least within the confines of this page, for the time being.) Tiamut 17:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Tiamut, I keep seeing you trying to stir things up between other users with wild conspiracy theories. Please stop it. I'm certain that GabrielF and Mackan can sort this out without your intervention. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

• You know SlimVirgin, I am really getting tired of your harassment of me, as I expressed to you on your talk page: [13] .You have accused me of being a conspiracy theorist at least twice now, based on the most spurious of evidence, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AMackan79&diff=111868104&oldid=111863183, and now above. Would you mind ceasing and desisting? Thank you. Tiamut 19:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, I can see how your comment was intended to be a joke, although you might reconsider the perils of internet-joking/sarcasm/satire-on-highly-charged-issues. Regarding the rest, I think it's a lot of misunderstanding. I actually made quite some effort not to sound accusatory, but simply to present you all of the evidence so that you could comment on it. I also thought I should actually make the argument, though, so you'd know what it was. One component of that, for instance, is that the first time the two of you edited together, it happened to be done in the way that most likely would have also been done to cover somebody's tracks. E.g., if somebody were trying to cover their tracks, that's the most likely way it would look. I guess that was a coincidence, but it was also relevant, no?

As to the report, my point is that the checkuser wouldn't have been exercised unless the clerks deemed the claim credible. One reason they did, I imagine, was your explanation: computer malfunction? I'd wager there are a lot of people sitting in jail with better excuses than that. The point is, you didn't have to convince me you weren't the same user, but simply to convince the checkuser admins. I think you probably could have done that if you would have tried. I'm actually glad if you were joking, though, so I'm also happy to move forward. Mackan79 19:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

In the future, I will consider my responses more carefully. Other than that, I'm not sure there's much else to be said.

Your last paragraph reminded me of a story I heard this week. There's a substitute teacher who is facing 40 years in prison because kids in her class inadvertently went to a website that triggered so many pornographic pop-up ads it took over the computer. The teacher was convicted even though she physically blocked the monitor with her body. The police expert didn't check the computer for spyware/adware and concluded that somehow she did it deliberately. The defense expert found that the computer's spyware protection was badly out of date, but he wasn't allowed to testify because the defense didn't give the prosecution adequate time to respond.[14]

I'm not trying to make a point or anything, except maybe to say that its best to avoid misunderstandings. GabrielF 19:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, and if I had it to do over again, I would simply have asked you first. I actually heard that program, and thought it was interesting. Thanks for talking this through, Mackan79 20:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

• You're reading a lot more into the acceptance than makes sense. I'd suggest apologizing and dropping it immediately. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 19:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Jp, I'm sorry I seem to have a knack for unintentionally annoying you. My experience is that where a judge makes a ruling, the players get to speculate on why. I think my speculation was pretty benign: that the ultimate explanation, of a computer malfunction, was not exactly conclusive, and probably a fair case for where checkuser would appropriately be used. Maybe that had nothing to do with it, but it at least would have seemed like a good reason to me. I didn't think I was misrepresenting you. In any case, I already apologized to both of them. Mackan79 20:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

To one of the few people on here that deserves this =)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		I think the only thing left to do after all this is laugh lol MetsFan76 22:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah it was strange. I'm still scratching my head over that one. MetsFan76 14:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Unjustified additional blocking

Hi - please see talk:Gillian McKeith. Thank you. Jooler

Your stalking

Mackan, please stop following Jay and myself around the site. You have no interest in Gillian McKeith and had probably never heard of her until you saw the recent 3RR block. Whenever one of us performs an admin action that you think you could cause trouble over, you duly turn up. Whenever there's a little dispute brewing that you think you could make worse, you're there like a bad penny. Please stop, or I'll initiate dispute resolution. Many thanks, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 20:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

What are you playing at now? You're restoring comments from someone who has issued a death threat! You ought to be banned from this site. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:58, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, you could have told me that. I would be fine removing his comment if that's true, but I think we should also remove the section, which was inappropriately placed. Would you be ok with this? I'm fine leaving the discussion here. Mackan79 23:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Slim, Mackan wasn't stalking. Someone informed him about the 3RR block so he is entitled to speak his mind. Leave him alone. MetsFan76 21:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

He did, and I didn't even say anything negative. [15]. I initially saw Jooler's block on the 3RR page, which I follow, and where it struck me as unfair that Jayjg would block him for "playing dumb." Beyond that, I'm sorry you're continuing with the antagonism, SV, this time regarding my alleged stalking of another user, despite your continuing appearances on my talk page for no apparent reason other than to harass me (or even make this same accusation against another user... [16] [17]) If you'd like dispute resolution, though, feel free. Mackan79 22:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Mackan. I see Slim is back to tossing out baseless accusations. It's a shame really. She never apologized for her behaviour with me after the 3RR, even though I asked her to: [18]. If she keeps it up, maybe you should open a dispute resolution process. I was advised not to because it would be viewed badly because of her block of me. But this ongoing pattern of acting like WP:AGF applies to everyone but her is getting really tired. Tiamut 22:39, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Your note

Hi Mackan, I removed only the message from the anon-IP who is part of a pattern of threats. I did leave your comments, and all other comments by regular editors, regardless of their position. I think the section as a whole can stay, as this is SV's opinion, and if you feel it is incorrect you need to iron it out with her. Given that SV is a respected senior admin here, with significant contributions to the project, I think it would be inappropriate for me to just delete her message. Crum375 23:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the threats, I think it would not be appropriate to make that public. Regarding SV's claim of being stalked, would you mind simply avoiding her, and in particular could you avoid turning up at articles that she regularly edits but that you have never edited? It would seem to me to be easy for you to prove that you are not stalking if you have no, or much less, interaction with her. Crum375 00:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Discussion moved to Jayjg's talk

Hi Mackan...I moved the discussion from my talk page to Jay's page as it seems he wants to get involved (God knows why). MetsFan76 00:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

As an attorney

I thought you might find this article interesting : Jaggi Singh. Tiamut 15:05, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion Mackan79. I also noticed that I mistakenly left a website link in the intro that was getting blocked for spam (I placed it there again to go to the spam listing page and thought I reverted it out, but I guess I didn't). So I'm going to back there and clean it up. I hope you won't mind if I remove the link from your comment on my talk page too. I don't want us to get mistakenly accused of spam generation. Tiamut 21:10, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Allegations of Israeli apartheid

This is in response to the note you left on my talk page. I have discussed the lead of this article on the talk page a number of times. I looked at the article and found that the lead had been gutted for no good reason and with no consensus -- and, in fact, over the objections of me and others. So I reverted it. In fact, I just did it again a few minutes ago. By the way, I would prefer if future comments regarding my edits to the article would be put on the article talk page and not my talk page. I hate responding to comments in this manner, it is so cumbersome. Thank you for your cooperation. 6SJ7 17:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Attacks on Jayjg and SlimVirgin

I took a look at your history of edits and can really find no reason why Slimvirgin or Jayjg should apologize to you. SV has a point in wondering why you keep appearing at articles she's editing and that haven't interest you in the past; and there is no question you have a strong interest in topics and people that are in opposition to Israel. You should avoid giving the impression of Wikistalking.

It also appears that your first comment on Jayjg's talk page included this invective[19]:

Are you aware, incidentally, that you and the others on that page are being extremely combative and difficult? You are clearly violating many Wikpedia policies regarding working together, discussing matters, and avoiding edit waring. Have you simply become jaded to the point where you don't feel that following these policies is possible or necessary? I find it offensive.

And to Slimvirgin, after a long series of exchanges[20]:

Disegarding your snide insults, did the Jewish ethnicity really evolve in 1200 BCE? Was that the first time they formed an "aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages"? Is that what the source says? I'm not sure why you think this is obvious.

Following this is a long series of edits that endlessly belabor nuances in service of a pretty explicit point of view on your end, especially on the articles Zionism and New Antisemitism, with occasional forays into Folke Bernadotte, Edward Said, Alexander Cockburn, and other topical issues. And then a bit on the Eurovision song contest and Swedish topics. I think SV and others would be forgiven if thinking you have a relatively narrow focus and an agenda. --Leifern 14:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Maybe he deserves an apology because both SV and Jayjg have been incredibly rude to him since Day 1. Both of them find a need to revert anything Mackan states because they disagree with it. He has tried in the past to be reasonable with them but they refuse to be civil. So yes, he deserves an apology and both, SV and Jayjg, should try being a little bit more humble. MetsFan76 14:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Leifern, after going through your user contributions, it seems that your focus is just as narrow. MetsFan76 14:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

What?? In the last couple of weeks I've finished an article on Ripple Rock, gotten involved in a dispute on a Norwegian bishop, expanded an article on Josef Rosensaft, wrote a long new article about Edwy Searles Brooks, in addition to the usual distractions on Israel, antisemitism, etc. I have 6 DYK articles, none of which are related to this issue. --Leifern 18:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Congrats. MetsFan76 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment, MetsFan, which I appreciate. Just make sure you don't say anything hasty here, which is a rather delicate situation between several editors. Many thanks, as always. Mackan79 14:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry. I won't go overboard, but honestly, these guys are completely out of line now. I will step aside. MetsFan76 14:44, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Leifern, I simply find it amazing that you view this situation as an attack from me on Slim and Jayjg. I am asking Slim to apologize for what is, I believe, a gross misstatement of anything I have done on Wikipedia, and which I believe she knows. I am currently in the process of responding to Jayjg, which will explain the history of my interaction with Slim, as well as respond to your comments above. You have also taken my comments to Slim far out of context. I will say I have actually seen you to be a thoughtful editor in the past, so I hope you will seriously consider my response to Jayjg and SlimVirgin. Mackan79 14:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Leifern, your "investigation" into this longstanding issue consisted of evidence in the form of two isolated diffs - one labelled "invective",[21] which is actually a reasonable inquiry by Mackan79 into a series of Jayjg's actions at an article and the other,http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:SlimVirgin&diff=prev&oldid=95231261 an example of a difference of opinion. On the basis of these, you indict Mackan79 of "harassment". It would be funny if it weren't so disturbing. Tiamut 14:38, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I certainly never accused anyone of harassment. I merely pointed out that SV and Jayjg's complaints are understandable and they owe Mackan79 no apology. (Aside from the silliness of leaving an offer to apologize open).

As far as I can tell Leifern's analysis is accurate. Harassement and wikistalking are unacceptable. To then compound that by demanding an apology is galling. JoshuaZ 15:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

(I might point out Leifern that while you say you never accused anyone of harassment, you titled this section: "Attacks on Jayjg and SlimVirgin" and JoshuaZ comments just above show I'm not the only one who interpreted your post as such (though I definitely don't agree with JoshuaZ's off-the-cuff assessment). Tiamut 18:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree JoshuaZ. Like I said to Leifern, though, I sincerely hope you'll carefully consider my response to Slim and Jayjg. Respectfully, Mackan79 15:20, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Mackan, you've got Leifern defending Jayjg and Slim here. Observers will likely have noted that Leifern is not exactly a fan of Jayjg's -- rather the opposite. So far, every attempt you've made to impute malfeasance to others has failed (such as your pointless RFCU against two established editors); you need to step back, consider your own actions, and perhaps move on to editing in some area where you won't be in conflict with them. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Jp, you've acknowledged making hasty comments to me before, and I think you've done so here. As I said to JoshuaZ and Leifern, though, please consider my forthcoming response, and if you feel that I am to blame here, then by all means say so. Mackan79 15:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't need to consider your response. I've been following your drama pretty much since you got here, and you are indeed to blame. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Best in these situations is to disengage for a while, Mackan79. When it gets that personal, it is not a good thing and it escalates out of proportion as evident from your comments. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 15:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Jossi and JPGordon, you're both entitled to your take on Mackan's editing career, but do bear in mind how the present crisis precipitated. In the midst of polite discussion about the preferred format for a formal mediation, Slim interjected a lengthy personal attack on Mackan including strong insinuations that he's an antisemite.[22] Mackan has since asked for an explanation and/or apology, but Slim is demurring, saying she'd like to discuss substantive matters now and that Mackan is wasting everyone's time – as if it were Mackan that had derailed the train of content mediation into the swamp of personal resentment. If Slim wants to explain her post, that's fine; if she wants to apologize, even better; but she can hardly blame Mackan for wishing to resolve an issue regarding his reputation that she was the one to raise.--G-Dett 16:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok this is starting to get out of hand. How many more people are going to say Mackan is wrong?? Why does everyone need to jump in? Mackan79 is not all to blame here. While he may make some controversial edits, that does not mean that he needs to get tagged-teamed by SV and Jayjg almost every time. MetsFan76 16:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

MetsFan76, are you again mixing in, then complaining when others voice their own opinions? Are you the only one allowed to comment on these things? I thought we already cleared this issue up; if you can comment on something, so can anyone else. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:16, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Jayjg, you are the last person that should accuse anyone of again mixing in. And no, we didn't clear up this issue because I mentioned on your talk page that I did not agree with anything you stated on my talk page. Of course anyone can comment; but this just seems more like people ganging up on Mackan rather then commenting. And watch yourself before you start throwing accusations at me of "mixing" in. MetsFan76 16:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

You mixed in when Leifern commented, and had no objection when Tiamut "ganged up" either. It's only when people with opposing views started commenting that you saw an issue with mixing in and "ganging up". Please try to exercise some consistency here. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Well when I see about 5 people giving someone grief, yes, I am going to respond. And I have always maintained consistency. I consistently disagree with you and really don't think you do anything productive here besides pushing your own motives. MetsFan76 16:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Metsfan, you seem to almost take pleasure in going out of your way to involve yourself in conflicts that have nothing even remotely to do with you.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 16:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

And I can very easily say the same for you Moshe. How does this conflict involve you? MetsFan76 16:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

It looks like we might need a dispute resolution process. There seem to be two camps on this issue, each accusing the other of various ulterior motives and pronouncing judgements. (I would note that User:Jpgordon's assertion that Leifern is no fan of Jayjg's doesn't bear out in my experience as they have tended to support one another's edits in articles I have had the privilege of co-editing with them.) In any case, how do we proceed from here? There are as many editors here who share Mackan79's take on the situation, as there are who share Jayjg's. Suggestions? Tiamut 16:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

(Actually, I got Leifarn and Liftarn conflated. Oops.) --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 17:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps everyone should simply move on to editing articles. This kind of drama is not helpful to Wikipedia, and there hardly seems any "dispute" to resolve, other than vague accusations. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow Jayjg..we finally agree on something. I sincerely hope you will abide by your own advice as well. MetsFan76 16:39, 16 March 2007

View Jayjg's previous words here MetsFan76 18:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Um, which I was in the process of editing, and which lasted all of two minutes before achieving their final form. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. But I liked your original statement better so I have linked it to my talk page for everyone else to see. MetsFan76 20:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Whatever. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

That's a mature response. Maybe that it is why many editors on WP have little respect for you. Try WP:CIVIL MetsFan76 20:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm writing my response to Jayjg's comments, which is unfortunately somewhat complicated. I hope people will withhold judgment on the entire matter till that time, if at all possible. Many thanks, Mackan79 16:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)