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If the article is too much...

...would you be interested in mutually refraining? I might be open to it for a specific time period. In your favor, this would mean you get to "quit while you're ahead", and there are probably others who would fill your niche anyway. If this isn't your thing, I'm not trying to bother you and hope you understand.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 15:22, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

(Responded to on Abortion talk-page.) NightHeron (talk) 16:23, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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Concerning the abortion article

Those edits to the abortion article were constructive because without them an abortion is being defined in an ambiguous way where it could also be called an abortion when someone induces a labor and the baby is born alive, or in a C-section where the baby is born alive. Those are not ever considered abortions. It is only an abortion when something is killed or is to die after the removal or expulsion. Does that make sense? U9y0x46md247bg5ivb7z (talk) 00:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

This has been discussed before (more than once). The consensus of editors supports the stable wording that you changed. No one mistakes abortion with C-section or induced childbirth, and no one mistakes "safe abortion" with a successful childbirth that is safe for both the mother and the newborn. So the additional wording is unnecessary. Moreover, it's a common tactic of the anti-abortion movement to use inflammatory words when speaking about abortion (like "kill a living fetus"). In accordance with the core Wikipedia policy WP:NPOV, we don't use that language in defining abortion. If you want to start yet another discussion of this, you can do so on the abortion talk-page (not on my user talk-page), but I don't think you'll find much support from other editors. NightHeron (talk) 01:38, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

I gotcha. I think there should be a way to differentiate abortion and C-section in a neutral way. I just know when I was a kid I literally read the encyclopedia, before Wikipedia existed! And so I wouldn't have known the difference. So I would not say that no one mistakes it, because the language that is "stable" is misleading to someone new to the topic, which is why what I added is constructive. I think constructive from you would be to think of wording, as I did, that differentiates an abortion from a c-section or an induction, instead of reverting my edit U9y0x46md247bg5ivb7z (talk) 02:22, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Please see WP:BRD and WP:Onus. When a change you make in the stable wording is disputed and you disagree, it's your responsibility to take the issue to the article's talk-page and seek a consensus of editors for your change. It's not someone else's responsibility to find a new wording. NightHeron (talk) 07:33, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

I didn't read the sources as they are all books I don't own. I apologize for the change and will assume you are correct. However, from my research that characterization by those sources is technically inaccurate as the question is about if it is homicide. However I did put back my other statement about the doctors of the Catholic Church --Tjpolega (talk) 00:18, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

@Tjpolega: Yes, the point those authors make is that Catholic writers in ancient times generally used "abortion" to mean termination of pregnancy after quickening or ensoulment.

Your two recent edits don't make sense. What do you mean by "taught this"? It's not at all clear what teachings are meant. Your most recent edit seems to say that roughly half of all fetuses that survive through the first trimester don't survive until birth, and this is definitely not the case. Please either correct or revert those two edits. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 00:43, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

I would also like to clarify in the beginning section the common misconception that abortion is usually only defined after the implantation of the embryo and not after conception. --Tjpolega (talk) 00:21, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Please slow down. The abortion page is an important article that is read by many people and watchlisted by many editors. Before making any more edits directly on the page, please correct the two that you just made. It would be best if you proposed edits you'd like to make on the article's talk-page and ask for comments by other editors, before adding them. Otherwise it's likely that your edits will just be reverted. The appropriate place for any further discussion is the abortion article's talk-page, not my user talk-page. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 00:43, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Can I ask a question to you, which parts of the abortion page did you edit? And what agena you may serve, if it is not too much of a question? Becuase from what I've seen so far, you strongly opposed some minor (or major in the eyes of many) changes, and the article is still twisted and contains high degree of misinformation. I think you stated on your page that you edited the involvement of Catholic Church in the topic of abortion. It seems solid. TruthseekerW (talk) 10:25, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

You can answer your own question, since the full history of the abortion page, as for all pages on Wikipedia, is there for all to see. NightHeron (talk) 10:32, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Sure. I'm diving into it. Please clarify your recent statement. " rv unnecessary insertion per NPOV" I don't understand much of it. TruthseekerW (talk) 18:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

I already answered that on the article talk-page [1]. You won't get a consensus of editors agreeing to the insertion of words that please opponents of abortion but do not improve or clarify anything. In any case, my user talk-page is not the place to discuss article content. That's what the talk-page is for. NightHeron (talk) 21:19, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

I think you have already shown your point of view. I wish you the best for the upcoming Easter, as I wish to everybody on my page. TruthseekerW (talk) 07:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

As stated in the link you sent me, it says: "engage in back-and-forth reverting, or start any of the larger dispute resolution processes.". So the least think I seek is edit warring, but reverting back-and-forth is welcome as we could both see. Would be great if you considered at least one contribution a contribution. It's very hard to assume good will. I'm sorry I'm writing this in there, but I could not write that on the history page of edits. TruthseekerW (talk) 07:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

The words you're quoting from WP:BRD are preceded by "you must not". Note the word not. NightHeron (talk) 07:41, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

There are two ways to understand this sentence. In the middle of the sentence there is a comma, so "engage in back-and-forth reverting, or start any of the larger dispute resolution processes" can be understood by some people as a remedy to alleviate the problem. I hope you understand. TruthseekerW (talk) 09:09, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

All I can say in response to that is to endorse the advice an admin gave you on your user talk-page after seeing some of your edits: "You may like to help at a Wikipedia in your language instead." NightHeron (talk) 09:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I only explained how other people could understand this sentence. I read it in a hurry, so I made a mistake, I admit it, but I take your words as a personal attack. You should rethink that and try to remember what you wrote about negative conduct of other editors and administrators when you wrote your first edits in this article. That is exactly what I am presented with here now.

God Bless and have a great Easter. TruthseekerW (talk) 09:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

It's not a personal attack to endorse the friendly advice given by an admin as part of a welcome message to you.

You have an enjoyable Easter holiday, too. NightHeron (talk) 10:01, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

What the heck is going on with this discussion? I'm confused. Valereee (talk) 17:22, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

After an initial thread from 2022, two other editors started different topics in 2024 under the same heading, one after and one before. I don't think any of the three threads led anywhere. I suppose I could blank the whole thing, or, better yet, before the end of the year I'll archive everything. Sorry about the confusion, and please let me know if I should do something about it now. NightHeron (talk) 21:27, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Ah, I see...people were inserting things. I thought I was seeing some sort of glitch because it all seemed like one discussion but the dates were all over the place. No, I don't think you need to archive it before you want just because one person got confused! :D Valereee (talk) 11:41, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Two merge requests at once on Reverse sexism

Looks like another one is taking place here: Talk:Reverse sexism#Requested move 17 May 2022. Odd that they were both started by different users on the same day. Generalrelative (talk) 14:57, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the user TTT who started the second one in violation of procedure seems to have a strong male-grievance POV, essentially an SPA (although I'm not sure of the exact definition of an SPA -- well, WP:SPA says it's whose edits to many articles appear to be for a common purpose, although that's clearly too broad). NightHeron (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

TTT proposed the merge request over a month ago at Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers. It was another user, Felix QW, who eventually created the merge request, presumably without checking whether there was already an open request. Seems like it really was just a coincidence, albeit an odd one. And yes, I do think TTT qualifies as an SPA. Note that they hadn't edited at all since commenting on that proposal back in early April and just now reappeared: Special:Contributions/TiggyTheTerrible. Generalrelative (talk) 16:50, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Spearman's hypothesis

I think this relatively obscure R&I article needs some serious NPOV work, and it would be good to have another set of eyes on it –– if it's not already on your watchlist. Generalrelative (talk) 19:06, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. It's now on my watchlist. NightHeron (talk) 20:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Generalrelative (talk) 20:41, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

In what way did this sentence not clear up anything?

I did withdraw my move request on reverse racism since I was unaware that the page was primarily about affirmative action and systemic discrimination rather than prejudice towards white people specifically for being white. However, while I think my name change was misguided, I still think the page doesn't make that distinction clear enough. I can see how the sentence doesn't clear anything up if it wasn't written well, but that source definitely does clear the difference up, and should be somewhere on the page. Unnamed anon (talk) 19:39, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

False Accusations Of Vandalism, Apparent Personal Interest in A Particular Page

Hello,

Please refrain from falsely claiming that discussions about an article are just forum talk or vandalism as you did at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abortion. The edit that you reverted was neither vandalism nor just forum talk. It was not adding some crazy falsehood to an actual article such that it could be vandalism. It was also not a discussion about general views on abortion such that it could be just forum talk. It was actually a comment on how we should be editing and writing the text on the article. Such discussion is classically what the talk pages are there for and I don’t think it’s appropriate that people who are acknowledged to be very interested in editing a particular article and also do it anonymously (as a stated on user pages) would be reverting discussions on talk pages claiming that their vandalism and forum talk. Such a thing would yield only to a non-encyclopedic article skewed toward non-factual or non-objective views. Annfrankenstein (talk) 23:52, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

@Annfrankenstein: Since I did not accuse you of vandalism, there were no "False Accusations of Vandalism". If you look at #6 of the FAQ at the top of the same talk-page, you see that many people before you have tried to push the same POV, and you'll never get a consensus of editors to agree to skew the article in the way that you want. Other than venting against Wikipedia, there seemed to be no purpose served by the edit that I reverted. NightHeron (talk) 00:07, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@NightHeron:

You used the term RV in the edit summary, which means revert vandalism and you also said you reverted it per WP not a forum, when I wasn’t using this as a forum.

So fine if what I’ve suggested has been suggested before and has not been implemented. This doesn’t mean that you should remove the suggestion. Maybe we should think that due to the suggestions like this constantly being removed there’s never been a good discussion on whether we should edit the article in this manner.

I’m having the respect to put my suggestion in the talk page. And someone who acknowledges on their user page that they’re primarily here to edit a particular article and that they also do so anonymously is disallowing people the opportunity to even make suggestions about how the article should be edited in the talk pages. Annfrankenstein (talk) 00:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@Annfrankenstein: "rv" means "revert" (see WP:RV); "rv vandalism" means "reverting vandalism". Your suggestion has of course been discussed at length, which is why it's one of the FAQ questions. There's never been a "good discussion" if by "good discussion" you mean one that comes to the conclusion you're lobbying for. NightHeron (talk) 01:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@NightHeron: OK, but you said you reverted per WP:notaforum. What I was mentioning was a suggestion on how we should edit the page, not a general suggestion about what I think about the topic. So your reversion based on that, combined with being someone who primarily edits a particular article you have interest in (and acknowledge also doing so anonymously) is quite improper. Also in your statements here you’ve stated on one hand that it’s necessary to remove my suggestion because the suggestion has been made many times and never followed — which in itself doesn’t make sense because perhaps the suggestion isn’t followed because people remove it. Then on the other hand you’re stating here that there’s never been a good suggestion. I think your actions here are improper. Why be so against someone putting something on the article’s talk page unless we don’t want people discussing differing opinions on how to edit the article? It wasn’t placed in the article but in the talk page where we should be discussing differing views about how to edit the page.

@Annfrankenstein: Your account info shows that you've been on Wikipedia a total of two days and have made 9 edits of which 4 have been to my user talk-page. So it's not surprising that you don't understand Wikipedia policies. There's nothing "improper" about editing anonymously. Nor is there anything improper about removing a talk-page edit by someone who, based on their own POV, attempts to start a new discussion of something that was resolved in earlier discussions and is listed as a done deal on FAQ. Wikipedia is a volunteer project, and editors who volunteer their time should not have to waste time relitigating the same thing again and again. NightHeron (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@NightHeron: Number of edits shouldn’t matter. What should matter is whether someone is following the proper policies and being constructive.

Wikipedia does have policies regarding having both an account and editing anonymously and/or through additional accounts. In most cases it’s not allowed though there are exceptions if it’s done with certain motives. What one’s motive is frequently can’t be proven. And to top it all off there’s a WP:breakeveryrule anyway.

There’s nothing listed as a done deal in the FAQ in this page like you said there was. As you mentioned Wikipedia is a project by volunteers and editors who volunteer their time should not have to waste their time relitigating things time and time again — which is exactly what they will do if every time someone makes a suggestion on the articles talk page it gets removed by someone else who has a POV that’s against it. It will mean that another volunteer will come to the talk page and think falsely that this has never been discussed and they will have to put it there only to have the cycle repeat itself when someone else removes it for not being compliant with their point of view.

If there were 100 suggestions each having their own heading on the talk page and suggesting the same thing then removing and/or combining would be a contribution to Wikipedia. Removing someone’s talk page contribution that differs from that of one’s point of view tends to starve healthy discussion on how articles should be edited. That is why I’m asking you not to do this.

(Response to unsigned edit): I've responded to your baseless complaint, and your continued complaining is repetitious and not constructive. This discussion is over. Please do not come to my talk-page again. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 01:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Edit-warring on Spearman's hypothesis

Hi NightHeron,

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly reverting content when you have seen that other editors disagree. I believe you have good faith, but to resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring even if you do not violate the three-revert rule should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Thanks,

BooleanQuackery (talk) 18:59, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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Talk: IQ

[2] Your reasoning that it cannot be called "recent" was enough to refute it, and it was not strictly necessary to also mention that Burt is a bad source. But I believe that the more mistakes you point out in what people from the left side of the Dunning-Kruger curve say, the more likely it is that they notice that they are on the left side of the Dunning-Kruger curve, and that they stop doing it. Just take no notice of me. :) --Hob Gadling (talk) 10:54, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

EO ice water

Please get talk-page consensus before making bold removals. You don't get to remove things you don't like when you want, and then demand a consensus to put it back in. Do better. KRLA18 (talk) 20:11, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

No, the stable version for the last 5 months did not have the incident, and after the removal back then there was a talk-page discussion that generally supported the removal. NightHeron (talk) 20:29, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Just popping in here to offer a bit of encouragement as counterpoint to the above. Please keep on being the grown-up in the room. Generalrelative (talk) 00:15, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Comment at Talk:History of the race and intelligence controversy

Hey, I just saw that I accidentally reverted a comment you'd made in reply to IP 191.106.134.79 when replying to their personal attack. Apologies for that. I'd suggest however that since they're copping to being Fq90, we should be deleting rather than replying to their comments, per WP:BLOCKEVASION. Thanks as always, Generalrelative (talk) 12:15, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

No problem at all. You were right to delete my comment along with the IP's. I'd been thinking of deleting the IP's disruptive edit, but I didn't realize it was block evasion and so didn't think I should remove a talk-page comment. NightHeron (talk) 12:26, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Lol, I suppose a stopped clock is right twice a day :) Cheers, Generalrelative (talk) 12:29, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

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History of abortion

The problem is that the sentence comes out of nowhere and has nothing to do with the history of abortion. So it's confusing and irrelevant.

If your concern is that someone might misunderstand what the article is about, then maybe a hatnote would be better? (Maybe something like {{About|the history of induced abortions|spontaneous abortions|Miscarriage}}?) —Ruakh_TALK 21:43, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

The average reader doesn't seek out hatnotes for information. In any case, this question should be discussed on the article talk-page, not here. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 22:21, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Re: "this question should be discussed on the article talk-page": Fair point! I've now posted at Talk:History of abortion#Random aside about the term "abortion". —Ruakh_TALK 01:50, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Meant to ping you...

...here. Happy to discuss as always. Generalrelative (talk) 17:05, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@Generalrelative: I have no strong preference for having those citations in the lead. But I saw that they are in the lead of History of the race and intelligence controversy. Because fringe POV-pushers like to challenge statements about consensus, I thought that in both articles the citations in the lead might function like FAQs at the beginning of talk-pages, alerting editors that certain questions have already been discussed at length, and we do not intend to relitigate them. I might be wrong about that, though. NightHeron (talk) 17:40, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Yeah it's a tricky balance. I think the gist of the consensus was that providing *enough* citations for such a dense summary would get in the way of readability. And of course anyone who's skeptical can just read the rest of the article. Generalrelative (talk) 21:27, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

That makes sense. NightHeron (talk) 21:29, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Your reverting

Your revert here was thankfully corrected by another editor. I was indeed right that this failed WP:VER. Please actually read the sources before reverting and claiming "does not fail verification". Nothing in the sourced pages stated anything resembling "All of which would have been alienating and disadvantaging for Māori children". Thanks. Zenomonoz (talk) 01:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

It's a judgment call, and not at all obvious, whether or not the source is RS (I thought it was), whether or not it needs attribution (I thought it didn't), and whether or not that part is OR (I thought it wasn't). I'm of course willing to go along with the decision of a second editor, who agreed with you. Your message on my talk-page is unwarranted. NightHeron (talk) 08:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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@Mox Eden: I thought that the GOCE template on the article talk-page was enough. Sorry. Now I no longer see the article listed on the Requests page for Oct 2022. NightHeron (talk) 18:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@NightHeron: Do you mean the September 2023 section? Because it is still there and it will not get archived by YiFeiBot unless you mark it as done. Mox Eden (talk) 05:57, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@Mox Eden: Thanks. I found it and marked it "done". NightHeron (talk) 09:06, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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FYI

I opened up a thread at ANI over this account impersonating you: NightHeron1. Seems to be a ham-handed attempt to exploit your good name to add SPAM (pun not initially intended but endorsed ex post facto). Generalrelative (talk) 03:50, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Now indeffed. Nothing to see here. Generalrelative (talk) 06:08, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

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I'm trying. We're all trying. You're not making it easy. NightHeron (talk) 10:03, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

I have tried my absolute best to assume good faith in everyone else. Originally I made a mistake by assuming bad faith for another editor, but then I apologized and refreshed myself on the policy, and I recognize how it feels when people assume bad faith in me as well.

Just because we disagree doesn't mean either of us is maliciously trying to target someone else or ruin an article. DocZach (talk) 10:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

I agree. You're doing what you think is best. There's nothing malicious about your or anyone else's participation in the talk-page discussions of your proposals for the Margaret Sanger and Abortion articles. NightHeron (talk) 10:39, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. (sorry, I'm autistic btw) DocZach (talk) 10:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

No, DocZach, I am not being sarcastic. I really do agree with you about the importance of assuming good faith. When I was a relatively new editor, like you are now, some experienced editors treated me poorly, so I know how unpleasant that is. NightHeron (talk) 11:21, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for working with me on improving the Margaret Sanger article.

I appreciate your willingness to compromise on disputes we had about the Sanger article. I am glad we could come to an agreement. Thank you for your help and contributions. DocZach (talk) 01:15, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Likewise, I was pleased that we could focus on what wording would improve the article, rather than on what would agree more with our own personal viewpoints on the topic. That made compromise possible. Thank you for suggesting very reasonable edits to the Margaret Sanger article. NightHeron (talk) 04:51, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

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It also includes various other pertinent sections, but I will spare you the detail for now.

I'd like to hereby formally ask you to fully retire this account if possible. Simply stating that this is a legit sock is not a Get Out of Jail Free card for either one of your accounts in the face of arguably many - and be they soft - infractions of WP:NPOV in particular. Biohistorian15 (talk) 08:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

• That's a pretty bizarre accusation. I have no idea what kind of scrutiny you're accusing me of wanting to avoid, or how I'm deceiving anybody. That statement on my userpage has been there for over 6 years, and this is the first time anyone's accused me of such things. As I clearly state in the first paragraph, I use my other account "only to edit articles that are directly related to my profession, and there will never be an overlap with the topics that I edit as User:NightHeron." In writing about technical issues related to my profession, I'm glad to have others know who I am, for example, if they wish to discuss the topic with me off Wikipedia. There is never any chance that I'll be harassed or threatened with violence in real life because of edits in my true-name account. That is definitely not the case for edits on topics like race and intelligence or (to a lesser extent) abortion. In the last paragraph of my userpage I describe an incident that shows why it's a good idea to edit race-related topics anonymously. I'm very glad that Wikipedia allows this and has a strong policy against WP:OUTING. NightHeron (talk) 11:18, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

  As far as I remember, WP:OUTING (solely your main acc. that is...) does not actually apply in the case of a purported WP:VALIDALT. And especially so if your designated role, so to speak, is to exclusively edit - and sometimes quite aggressively, might I add - no less than every single content area of interest to right-wing readers whatsoever.

  I don't really intend to do so, even if policies are, indeed, on my side. There may e.g. be ways of dispute resolution that involve third-party admins verifying some claims about your main account etc. if need be.

  Now, I cannot command you to do anything, but it is a suggestion you might want to take seriously. Biohistorian15 (talk) 19:41, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean by your claim that "WP:OUTING (solely your your main acc. that is...) does not actually apply in the case of a purported WP:VALIDALT." Please explain, and please also supply a source. If you are trying to argue that WP:OUTING does not apply in my case and are threatening to out me, please be aware that Wikipedia takes a dim view of such combative behavior.

Your 2nd sentence (stating that my "designated role, so to speak, is to exclusively edit [...] no less than every single content area of interest to right-wing readers whatsoever") is demonstrably false. In fact, it's absurd. NightHeron (talk) 22:04, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I guess it's not too surprising Bh15 was blocked as a sock. --JBL (talk) 18:02, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, JBL. I'd been wondering why I wasn't being bothered anymore by Bh15. NightHeron (talk) 20:19, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Update, FYI. Hopefully they find something better to do with their time than pursuing the totally inappropriate discussion above. --JBL (talk) 22:29, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

@JayBeeEll:: Thanks for the update. Yes, I of course share your hope. Editors like that can be a huge time sink as they become more adept at wikilawyering and navigating noticeboards. NightHeron (talk) 23:12, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

After a month of stuying AN/I and AE filings, I am, in fact, now very adept at "navigating noticeboards", thank you very much.

Please hat the strange discussion between you and JayBeeEll above for the time being.

I was reading along here all this time as I had originally subscribed to the thread. Biohistorian15 (talk) 23:19, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

I am, however, not interested in bringing you there as of now. Just to make that clear: I will not be taking revenge against anybody because of my ban. If I were to do so in the future, it would be based on a new and careful reading of the policies mentioned above. Biohistorian15 (talk) 03:41, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Re: taking revenge. I hope your careful study of Wikipedia policies includes the insight that Wikipedia does not operate by one editor "taking revenge" against another. Wikipedia is a collaborative project. In general editors learn how to work cooperatively and harmoniously with one another even when discussing contentious issues about the content of articles. NightHeron (talk) 07:03, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

That is legit exactly what I just affirmed with my comment. Are you trying to WP:BAIT me here? Biohistorian15 (talk) 07:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

No, of course not. NightHeron (talk) 07:27, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Might be of interest to you

...if you're still interested in the topic: "How Psychedelic Research Got High on Its Own Supply" today in the NYT. It's quite an informative read. Cheers, Generalrelative (talk) 17:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, I saw it, and in fact suggested on the Psychedelic therapy talk-page that the NY Times piece be mentioned in the article. NightHeron (talk) 17:46, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh cool :) Generalrelative (talk) 19:23, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

See this

[3]. The last post, by a blocked sock. Doug Weller talk 18:58, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, Doug, for alerting me. After reading what's going on there, I don't think there's any need for me to respond or participate in that discussion. Of course, the accusation is utterly false. This is the third time this type of ridiculous accusation has been made against me. It all began in 2020, when I initiated the RFC on the fringe noticeboard to determine, in relation to edits on the Race and intelligence page, whether there's a consensus that the belief in genetic differences in intelligence along racial lines is a fringe view, not supported by mainstream science. (My deciding to work on the R&I article was entirely in response to the SPLC article interviewing you.) After 5 weeks and participation by about 50 editors, when the RFC was closed in favor of the fringe designation, a small number of editors who were fervently opposed to this appealed the closure to ArbCom. In that discussion one of those editors (an IP-editor) spun out a cockamamie conspiracy theory about me, claiming that I was a "false flag" right-wing editor pretending to be left-wing so as to goad Wikipedia into taking a position that would be so unreasonable as to discredit Wikipedia. ArbCom rejected the appeal, and that editor was sanctioned for that attack.

The second silly accusation against me was made on my user talkpage just last month by none other than our friend BH15, who accused me of using my WP:VALIDALT-compliant non-anonymous account in order to avoid scrutiny. That account is used only for edits in my own professional area, which is never the topic of NightHeron edits and never involves politically controversial edits. My numerous edits in such areas as Race and intelligence and Abortion are where I need to edit under a pseudonym. The third absurd accusation is the one you alerted me to by user Emil Kierkegaard. NightHeron (talk) 23:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it's all nonsense. Not surprising at all, sadly. There are a lot of great people on Wikipedia, but also some very unpleasant ones. I'm not sure who BH15 is. Doug Weller talk 07:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

The conspiracy theories originate from a group of far-right fringe academics (Emil Kirkegaard, Edward Dutton, Woodley of Menie, J. O. A. Rayner-Hilles, Captain Occam) who are all involved with the International Society for Intelligence Research. Several of these are banned on Wikipedia so they resort to getting others to use IPs or create new accounts to harass or promote conspiracy theories against who they term "far-left" or "woke" editors. False charges of socking or sharing accounts seems to be their latest grift. On Kirkegaard's website I am listed with several other users as one of these "woke" editors making political edits (even though 90% or more of my edits are on animal ethics, vegetarianism or dietetics).

One of these recent IPs that has close connection to Kirkegaard was recently blocked [4]. That IP admitted here to owning another IP [5]. Their 84.212 IP has not been blocked [6] so I presume they will go back on that again. Nothing good comes out of their editing but harassment and misinformation. I regret getting involved in an SPI a few days ago. Unfortunately I have now become a target from this far-right fringe group. After these IPs or accounts are blocked they will just employ another gullible dupe to use another. I have no interest in race and intelligence; from what I have seen it does seem to attract some unpleasant characters. Psychologist Guy (talk) 02:30, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for that interesting information. NightHeron (talk) 09:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Data about gender differences in gender violence

I don't see how my edit on the page would be misleading, the topic was gender differences and that was data about gender differences in IPV. If you think it would be more informative to know the percent breakdown of men vs women murdered by their spouse/partner (even if that was not the topic of the paragraph) you can find and add this data, but in the meanwhile why not to keep these important and, until proven otherwhise, not misleading data?

I didn't mean to edit-war, I have less than 200 edits and it's the first time I'm in this situation, I'm sorry if I started with the wrong approach. Fab1can (talk) 13:53, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I asked you to take this to the article talk-page, where other editors are likely to comment (I didn't mean my user talk-page), as WP:BRD says to do, rather than continue reverting (which would be edit-warring). The reason why the wording of your edit is very misleading is that it suggests an equivalence between women-on-men violence and men-on-women violence (or even that there's more of the former), whereas in reality the men-on-women violent incidents tend to be much more serious. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 14:24, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I wrote on the article talk-page too after I read in a more accurate way the WP:BRD, I'm again sorry for not following the correct procedure Fab1can (talk) 14:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

No problem, no need to apologize. NightHeron (talk) 15:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

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