User talk:Richwales/Archives/2015-10

BLP violation

Would you be able to explain why that edit is a BLP violation, as I was reporting about a controversy (the DHS editor) instead of the "affair" itself. Considering that I in no way implied that there was an affair going on and only stated that the editor was the one writing such, it seems unfair to oversight an edit when the rest of the oversights on that page were legitimate BLP violations and were linked back to sources that were questionable (and should thus have been rightly oversighted). I can see why being overly cautious would work in this situation, but a few editors went in and edited McCarthy's page, and ended up finding a way to fit it in (namely moving it down the page and re-writing my awkward prose), instead of removing it altogether. I'm just a bit thrown since this is the first edit I can remember that was legitimately oversighted, as I am also well-aware of the BLP policy and tried to write it such that it would not get oversighted. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Discussion is happening. I'll get back to you later today. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 18:12, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

No worries, and thanks for getting back to me on that so soon. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:29, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

The consensus of the experts was that your edit didn't need to be hidden — because the allegation in question has been so widely reported — so I removed the suppression (oversighting). Someone else has subsequently added material similar to yours, so I didn't reinstate your edit as the latest version. If you feel the most recent version of the article is incomplete and should be expanded or rewritten in some way, by all means go ahead and edit it as you see fit; however, anything said about the allegation needs to be extremely well sourced, it must be made clear that the allegation is at present unproven, and any denials by the accused parties must be reported (again, with citations to high-quality sources). — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 21:44, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that, as I just was curious to see what would happen. I do agree that I should have sourced that more, and I ended up writing a more convoluted version in the end, instead of something simpler. Thanks for letting me know how that went as well, as I really appreciate the work that you and the other oversighters and administrators are putting into this site. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Kawakita v. United States

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Noting the SPI which showed that Pizzole did indeed sock - might you now examine "recent edits" by Pizzole including what might be improper AfD nominations and PRODs sans notifying anyone else involved, and his comments thereon? Thanks. Collect (talk) 18:39, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

There aren't improper AfD nomination. Articles are poorly sourced and with very little text. Nothing notable until consensus. (Pizzole (talk) 18:42, 24 October 2015 (UTC))

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Problem fixed. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:12, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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