On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:25 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:27:53 GMT, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > >> Last word, in case the inference is unclear. We're dealing with a >> sophisticated serial infringer on Wikipedia. Correcting erroneous >> information, which is proper to do, is unlikely to be achieved via an >> edit war. Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Any progress would >> only be made by showing Mr. Gerard's own conflict and his bad will >> (not hard to do), and escalating it within the the formal Wikipedia >> appeals process, patiently dealing with the ministerial types to whom >> bureaucratic process is dear. Since Dennis does not want to discuss >> this on the list, feel free to contact me offline if anyone wishes to >> discuss this further. > > > When you're putting together a plan for marketing efforts concerning a > Wikipedia article, it may help if you don't leave prima facie evidence > of your coordinated effort on a public mailing list. > > Editing with a conflict of interest is not specifically disallowed by > Wikipedia policies, but ideally it should be avoided. Note example on > the talk page, where a list participant properly noted his involvement > when this was brought to his attention. > > Relevant guideline: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest > > You should note also that a "conflict of interest" does not mean a > differing opinion, and also that improperly founded accusations of COI > are held to constitute personal attacks and should ideally be avoided. > > There are those (e.g. Jimmy Wales) who believe public relations > efforts on Wikipedia should work to the "bright line" standard, where > you don't go near the article at all, and certainly don't try to > coordinate an off-site attack on a Wikipedia contributor because you > believe they are not helping your marketing. This is something the > project, and the Foundation in general, should probably consider. >
You are not reading very well today, David. I'm not talking about, "a plan for marketing efforts concerning a Wikipedia article." I'm talking about an effort to bring together evidence of your conflict of interest as well as your tendentious editing (much of which I have already collected over the past few years) and use that to lodge an appeal, via official and public channels, to get a topic ban imposed on you on Wikipedia articles relevant to this infringement. Cheers. -Rob > Cheers! > > > - d. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
