Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-12-05 Censure for not changing Existing Content

Wikipedia Mediation Cabal
Article	Telelogic SYNERGY
Status	closed
Request date	Unknown
Requesting party	IBitOBear
Parties involved	User:WarthogDaemon
Mediator(s)	Alan.ca
Comment	Requestor did not respond in 5 days.

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Mediation Case: 2006-12-05 Censure for not changing Existing Content

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Request Information

Request made by: IBitOBear 05:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Where is the issue taking place?

Telelogic SYNERGY

Who's involved?

User:WarthogDaemon and someone else (didn't know to save the ID)

What's going on?

I'm a noob. I was adding a (critical, but balanced) review of the Synergy software on the referenced page (see submitted text on the attached discussion page) (Oh Wait, it seems you cannot as it was removed from that "talk page" mysteriously). I've saved the text locally on basic principles. On the first pass I did it wrong (it went in under my IP address instead of my login) and was rejected for "External Linking". The rejection arrived in about eight seconds which was not enough time to read the added material. I didn't *ADD* a single link to the page, let alone an external one, I just left the Blatant Advertising in place and added my content in the middle. I went back after correctly logging in and pasted my review back in (thinking I had made a procedural error) and this WarthogDaemon person jumps down my throat for "edit warring" and threatens a ban. When I asked what was wrong with the *part* of the article *I* submitted I received no response from WarthogDaemon.

What would you like to change about that?

I think taking the hair trigger off the ban threats would be good, and I'd like to know if my contributions were rejected for anything other than failing to expunge the (currently existing and freshly restored) blatant advertising. I also think it would be nice if the reviewers actually read or did a diff on the page submissions before rejecting them. I'd also like an explanation as to why the existing ad is ok, but the critical review isn't. In short I'd like to know what exactly happened on the other side of the tac-nuke and to wonder aloud about over-zealous moderation. 8-)

Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?

I have no need for discretion in this matter.

Compromise offers

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Discussion

While using the talk page of the article in question to solve a dispute is encouraged to involve a larger audience, feel free to discuss the case below if that is not possible. Other mediators are also encouraged to join in on the discussion as Wikipedia is based on consensus.

This seems like a conduct dispute, not a content dispute. As far as I know, the Mediation Cabal does not involve itself in conduct disputes, as this is only informal mediation of disputes. You might want to try to talk to the editor again, and if it fails after numerous tries, you might want to file for a Request for Comment on said user. --²¹⁰physicq (c) 00:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, we don't publish reviews, critical of the subject or otherwise (WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought). While threatening a ban or block based on good-faith contributions is a bit much, they are correct that the material does not belong on Wikipedia. You may wish to submit such material to any one (or multiple other) of the sites which take reviews. Thanks! ~Kylu (u|t) 19:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)