User talk:PailSimon

Taiwan has an RFC

Taiwan has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. STSC (talk) 02:06, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Des Vallee (talk) 11:13, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

DS notice

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Eastern Europe or the Balkans. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

My very best wishes (talk) 22:13, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Uyghur genocide has an RFC

Uyghur genocide has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Mikehawk10 (talk) 23:26, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Identity politics

This message is about this edit. It's not acceptable to attribute statements of large bodies to particular people, and especially not to describe those by their nationality or color. It may be acceptable to add a descriptor when it's immediately relevant to the context and that reliable sources describe them as such in that context. —PaleoNeonate – 05:05, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

User:PaleoNeonate the statement was not attributed to a particular person, but an NGO. Citobun (talk) 05:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

The source itself did the attribution that I was talking about and you're right. I'm sorry about this and support your edit Simon, —PaleoNeonate – 08:23, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia processes and aspersions

I noticed a stalking WP:ASPERSION in the edit summary for Special:Diff/1005357589. It seemed hasty as I watch over 8k articles and the edit history of dozens of users including some that I highly respect (and mine for some consistency in relation to my recent editing). Watchlists and editor history are there for scrutiny and patrolling (WP:RCP).
In any case, per policy, such criticism should be done either at my own talk page or at an administrator's noticeboard like WP:ANI (per WP:FOC and WP:SUMMARYNO they're inappropriate at article talk pages or in edit summaries). As for WP:CONSENSUS and WP:BRD, editors are expected to seek consensus for their changes at the relevant article's talk page instead of reinstating their edits. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 11:21, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Editors are also expect not to stalk other editors.PailSimon (talk) 13:52, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

@PailSimon. Sorry, but that is exactly what you do, already on 4 pages:

1. [1] (this is a BLP violation by you),
2. [2],
3. [3] (after this [4]),
4. [5],[6].

Please do not follow my edits only to revert them. My very best wishes (talk) 14:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@My very best wishes: Its evident that I edit Eastern Euro political articles, please refrain from conjecture.PailSimon (talk) 15:18, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

You never edited these pages before, and made reverts very soon after my edits (the timing). That still might be OK, but your reverts are rather questionable in terms of policy, especially #1 where you restore a contentious claim about living person, and the text is referenced to a blog, an opinion by Illarionov (not a good source) and other questionable sources. Please take this warning seriously. My very best wishes (talk) 15:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I suppose virtually every article on your watchlist you have also edited?PailSimon (talk) 15:26, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hmm and what about this edit summary and this frivolous warning to an editor with a clean block log since 2014 and who edited the article first? —PaleoNeonate – 11:04, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: You need to beware of WP:WIKIHOUNDING.PailSimon (talk) 11:23, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

That is not an appropriate response to otherwise substantive comments (déjà vu). El_C 19:02, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Apollo The Logician

Somebody thinks you are a sock puppet of a banned user.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Apollo_The_Logician Just wanted to let you know you seem like one of the good ones.64.229.118.174 (talk) 18:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know.PailSimon (talk) 17:21, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

David Miller

Hello I notice you undid my edit on David Miller. I hope you are aware that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia with diverse editors. You labelled my edit which provided multiple citations as "UNDUE". I hope you realise that this can be seen as an act of vandalism and you should refrain from repeating this action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durham Analytica (talk • contribs) 17:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

February 2021

Please stop your disruptive editing.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. NoonIcarus (talk) 14:01, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Uyghur genocide, you may be blocked from editing. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 08:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Laocon (talk) 17:37, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Gulag, bonds

Hi. What kind of bonds could Gulag inmates buy (referring to this edit)? bonds links to a disambiguation page. If it's bond (finance), it's not immediately obvious to me how that would work in a gulag, so maybe some extra explanation may be useful. Lennart97 (talk) 21:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@Lennart97: The source says "Up to 1937 free men and inmates, though never politicals, were used as armed guards. Camp newspapers and bond drives existed until then" so I assume its financial bonds and unfortunately it does not elaborate.PailSimon (talk) 21:56, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I've changed the link. 'Bond drives' suggests war bonds, but of course there was no war up to 1937; on the other hand, in the Soviet Union I could imagine this kind of drive in peacetime, too. But yeah, if the source doesn't elaborate there's now way to be sure. Thanks again. Lennart97 (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#PailSimon.  // Timothy :: talk  18:42, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

• ANI diff. Drmies (talk) 17:04, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

March 2021

You have been blocked from editing from certain pages (Uyghur genocide) for a period of 1 month for persistent edit warring and disruption per ANI discussion. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Black Kite (talk) 21:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Drmies (talk) 16:57, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  _signed, Rosguill ^talk 02:25, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Note that as the above block was implemented as the result of an ANI discussion, it is a siteban and cannot be appealed to an individual admin like a normal block. Unblock requests will be copied to WP:AN for consideration by the community. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 02:31, 9 March 2021 (UTC)