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Lev Yashin

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Sourcing format

Hi. Please see WP:CITEWEB to learn how to format sources correctly. Thanks. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 04:07, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

I second that. Please do not just put URLs in the prose, read and apply WP:CITEWEB. --Jaellee (talk) 09:03, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

List of 2018 FIFA World Cup controversies

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Murder of Adam Anhang

I began this article some year ago, because I felt it was an important story to tell. I might remove the label of Black Widow from the introductory paragraph. While it may be true that some consider her with this label, it has been often attached to women who murder their husbands. I did not see it as a universal label. If you have an attribution of who called her that, you might include it later in the article. I think its early prominent position seems to overemphasize her behavior in a way that other editors will find biased. I have no other concerns with you entries. Thank you for your contributions. Rococo1700 (talk) 15:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Great job initiating the article, as it is of major significance as the case stretched 13 years and 3 countries. I agree, maybe we should move "Black Widow" and the NBC report to legacy. FobTown (talk) 15:28, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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What’s with leaving bare links in articles?

Not filling in the source properly leaves it open to link rot. Add the title, publisher, date, etc.Rhys Mayall (talk) 21:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

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Add Major League Soccer here

Look FobTown stop changing the article on championship ring. The MLS is not one of the big four I understand but soccer ⚽️ 🥅 is the fastest growing sport in the United States. The MLS Cup is an important championship game so please FobTown accept the MLS Cup championship ring here. It has to stay here in the article. Also I will never ever remove any other article here. I also believe that the MLS Cup is just as important as the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, the NBA Championship, and the World Series.talk User:NYC6x7x 14:25 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Sorry User:NYC6x7x, its not what you believe, but rather it has to be consistent with Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, where MLS and CFL are mentioned but not accorded the same status. FobTown (talk) 03:16, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Wrong FobTown I will continue to edit because you are 100% wrong. There is nothing wrong with the MLS Cup ring here. Also the MLS will grow to 30 teams or even higher within the next several years before the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Soccer ⚽️ 🥅 is the fastest growing sport in the United States 🇺🇸. So let us keep it to my format. Restricting to the big four leagues is wrong. talk User:NYC6x7x 10:05 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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I'm not sure what you're trying to do on 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. As has been said on the Talk page, you need to participate in Talk, as you have been invited already, for the edits you've repeatedly tried to enter on the page. You can reach the talk section here. Sleath56 (talk) 04:02, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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Your edits on 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic

You have consistently made edits which are pushing a POV (WP:NPOV), using sources that don't support or weakly support your statements and have even went to twist what the sources say simply to push that POV. For example, you've tried to say that the Russian "regime has a history of 'manipulat[ing] medical statistics for political purposes' in which your language obviously shows that you're intentionally attempting to avoid NPOV (thanks for that) while you twist the person's words, as she said "the state is ready to manipulate medical statistics for political purposes" while the source has nothing about this apparent history you were trying to claim. You've also tried putting this under the "misinformation" section where this does not belong - alleged cover-ups by the governments in their response still belong in their own place which is appropriately named. But, despite explaining the issues with your edits, you simply revert without any reason.

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Stop being combative

This is the second time I've had to deal with you. Stop being combative and adding irrelevant information, it wastes my time having to revert your edits until you give up and go find some other page to troll and other editors to annoy until you are blocked. It's tiresome. -- Ace*YYC 15:10, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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Highway 7187

Please revert your changes regarding Highway 7187:

1. Even as you mentioned in your revert, it "is" (was) an internal designation. It does not merit the WP:UNDUE weight of mention in the lede, bolding (which FYI should almost always only be done in the lede), or repeated referencing, because other than a handful of MTO employees and us highway geeks, nobody has ever heard of it by that name.
2. As I mentioned in my revert, Highway 7187 was a temporary number for the section of freeway between Highway 401 and King Street. It no longer exists, as evidenced by not being in the mileage logs (link to "current" (2016 tables)), and by the Ontario Highway Network GIS files, which can be viewed at this link or downloaded via ArcGIS.
3. You're inserting unsourced material. Highway 401 is a featured article and must be kept to a higher standard.

Regards, Floydian ^τ _¢ 22:53, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

The use of Highway 7187 in the Highway 401 article was meant to clarify the confusion, since the Highway 8 designation moves to King Street (with its traffic lights) instead of continuing on the freeway to Highway 401 eastbound (to Toronto). I also made it clear that 7187 is clearly mentioned as the unsigned freeway bypass.

In the QEW article it mentions that Highway 451 is the internal MTO number.

Highway 7187 does exist for internal administrative purposes as recently as 2004.

That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7187 in the City of Kitchener lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 401 and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 8 and the roadway known as King Street. 13. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 8 in the City of Kitchener lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7187 and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7.[1][2] FobTown (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it existed until between 2008 and 2010. You can access old mileage tables back to 2004 using the internet archives. It's there in 2008, but gone by 2010. The 2010 tables have a new entry for Highway 8: "8 | HWY 401-M/C FRWY IC -END OF NA | 6.0 | NEW". The QEW article makes a single mention of the internal designation (although it shouldn't be bolded in the article). - Floydian ^τ _¢ 23:16, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

That doesn't conclude that the MTO has stopped using Highway 7187 for internal admin. Contrast to Highway 400A which was eliminated as an internal admin since that segment was redesignated as the southern end of Highway 11.

I'm okay with not mentioning Highway 7187 in the Highway 401 article to avoid details, but it is important to mention Highway 7187 the Highway 8 article since Highway 7187 terminates at Highway 401 while the Highway 8 designation continues on past Highway 401 via King Street and Shantz Hill Road to Cambridge. FobTown (talk) 17:12, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Umm... you're using the exact same source from an earlier year to try and claim that it is still used for internal purposes (by the way... do you know what those purposes are? Nobody is walking around in the MTO offices saying "Hey can you send me the drawings for Highway 7187?", it's for ledgers and tables, inventory purposes). You have been provided with plenty of proof to the contrary, and have none to show that it is internally designated beyond 2004. It is not important enough to mention 5 times (two of which you've used 7178 incorrectly), it's barely important enough to mention once. It deserves a redirect. I've given you the link to download the GIS (or KML for Google Earth) of the official MTO highway network for 2020! This is what "Highway 7187" says. The Shantz Hill/King Street/401 interchange is part of Highway 8, the portion through Cambridge is not. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:07, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Actually, here are the distance tables for each year from 2004 to 2012. 2008 is the last year it appears. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 07:02, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

In that case I suggest explaining when/why Highway 7187 was in use for internal admin purposes, and then when/why Highway 7187 was no longer needed (in a similar manner to Highway 400A) once Highway 8 though Cambridge was downloaded to local authorities. FobTown (talk) 15:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

No, it's not important enough to go into a history about the designation that was never used, never posted, appears in no newspapers, history books, contemporary articles, etc. etc. etc. Highways under construction get temporary 7000 designations routinely in Ontario. I can see you have a very strong attachment to this number, but your efforts would be better spent improving the topic at large rather than focusing the article onto some minute detail. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 17:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Its not a minute detail as Highway 7187 existed for over 20 years. Highway 400A has its own separate article. FobTown (talk) 18:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Other stuff existing isn't much of a case, especially when you compare a 7000-series designation with a 400-series designation. This is an issue of giving undue weight to the 7187 designation... I could go into how the rest of the edit you are reverting is unsourced but that's beside the point. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:09, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Allow me to chime in if you will. Unless I'm incorrect, (or my chartplotter is) the road designated as 7187 is today around 2 km in length from where the off-ramp of Highway 8 joins King St. E. to the interchange of the 401. AAMOF, that distance isn't even mentioned in the Highway 8 article. ("...a short distance"). Seeing as how that 7187 information is used internally by the Ontario DoT and isn't afforded any longer to the public at large, I don't believe that the piece of road designation to be of much encyclopedic value at all. Regards,   Aloha27  talk  01:03, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Flower of Evil (2)

Hello, I would like to inform that I have reverted your edit with the same reason as explained earlier. Here > User talk:FobTown#Flower of evil. The way you have written the reception section is not not a correct or I would say a good way. Please see articles like Crash Landing on You, It's Okay to Not Be Okay, and Hospital Playlist for your reference. Thank you. -ink&fables «talk» 09:40, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

The fact that you were reverted again without any explanation or discussion for the second time is quite rude on FobTown's part. I'm getting the impression that asking nicely is a foolhardy approach unfortunately. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 14:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

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It seems that you and Floydian have had disagreements about content added to Ontario highways, most recently Queen Elizabeth Way. If QEW were not a featured article, I personally would not have issue with your additions about types of interchanges. But it is, so extra scrutiny is needed to make sure every fact is cited to a reliable source and that includes interchange configurations. While I have no reason to doubt that what you added is true, you have to cite it. –Fredddie™ 04:34, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

The interchange descriptions have been in the article since 2019, and there was no loss of featured article status for the intervening time. In addition, I've noticed in other highway articles that they have used stack interchange and parclo interchange without having to source, this is just describing the highway. FobTown (talk) 14:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Parclo is a fairly generic term for any partial cloverleaf interchange. "a hybrid of a parclo and a Semi-directional T" is not a generic description. Just because your additions went unnoticed for a period doesn't mean that they are acceptable, and "other articles do it" is not a valid rationale. At any rate, I'm happy to deal with unsourced statements elsewhere with the same lack of prejudice. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 15:10, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

If it is clear what type of interchange it is, then being descriptive is better than using the generic interchange/junction label. As a matter of fact, I actually prefer some of the detail that you've used in other articles as long as it isn't contentious: The Highway 427 express lanes and ramps connecting to Highway 401 are constructed around the Richview Memorial Cemetery.[7][8] Highway 427 passes through the sprawling Highway 401 interchange and becomes displaced approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) to the west. That is why I mentioned QEW's split carriageways at the Highway 420 interchange. FobTown (talk) 22:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

You aren't being descriptive, you're adding original research. Your points, while duly noted, have been repeatedly refuted and you continue to just revert. Therefore, what you are adding is contentious! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 14:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

On the Ontario Highway 400 article, regarding the segment The 400/407 junction is the only four-level stack interchange in Canada.[9], the Road Atlas does not actually support this statement nor the type of interchange but I'm not planning to dispute it, nor do we have to go to the MTO to compare the 400/407 design with all other 400-series interchanges or stacks from CALTRANS to prove it is a stack interchange. FobTown (talk) 15:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Nor do we need to list road fan interchange terms in general. Your edits are contentious, numerous editors have pointed out the issues with these edits, and numerous policies and guidelines have been provided as reasoning. Tossing out other vaguely similar examples is not making a case for your edits.

As an aside, as a civil engineer I have never even encountered the term "semi-directional T", so I will certainly argue that it is a WP:NEOLOGISM. Even CALTRANS doesn't use the term.(PDF, page 8). - Floydian ^τ _¢ 16:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

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Undue on Peng Shuai

Why do you keep trying to include information that is clearly undue. The entire "disappearance" has been proven to be untrue, yet you insist on having opinions of Sports Illustrated journalists and a random lawyer demonstrably being completely wrong without any opposite angle. This is undue. And I have asked you three times to discuss it yet you haven't. All my warmest wishes, ItsKesha (talk) 07:14, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Independent organizations have still not been able to verify Peng Shuai's status as of 23 November 2021, in particular the IOC call has faced skepticism, so her disappearance/detainment isn't resolved yet. FobTown (talk) 14:21, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

You are free to find and add sources to incorporate the opposite angle, but if you don't succeed then don't take the lazy way out and claim undue. FobTown (talk) 14:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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Please do not remove paragraphs of reliable sources, citations, and legitimately sourced edits without discussion first. Please do not say one thing in your edit summary but do something else, or say one thing only but go on to do 9 other things in silence. I find your unreasonable changes to be very disrespectful and disruptive. GeorgiaDC (talk) 17:57, 25 November 2021 (UTC) Your reversion [3] deleted about 4835 bytes, that's almost 4000 more bytes than my edit of the intro; in the process you removed references such as Deutsche Welle, SET News, United Daily News, their corresponding sourced edits, as well as souced edits referencing the New York Times and the Guardian. GeorgiaDC (talk) 23:08, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Have done nothing of the sort. BTW your edit obfuscated the situation (and removed reliable sources, citations, and legitimately sourced edits without discussion), of course I had to revert it. [4] FobTown (talk) 22:36, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

They were in the body already. GeorgiaDC (talk) 22:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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Peng Shuai edits

Thank you for repeatedly reverting edits without good reason and inserting non-NPOV content. What would Wikipedia do without you? Best wishes, CurryCity (talk) 20:29, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

In case you didn't get the hint, here's your edit changing the intro in ways that violated WP:BLP and adding statements that amounted to synthesis. Moreover, these attempts were not disclosed in your edit summary, which also misrepresented the previous edit when it already characterized Peng's appearance as in state media only and her denial as apparent. CurryCity (talk) 22:54, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Do not revert wholesale [5] [6]. Change only the parts you need and write edit summary accurately, thanks. CurryCity (talk) 19:50, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Reverting constantly all recent edits on Peng Shuai

FobTown, why do you constantly remove all edits without even a single reason given? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peng_Shuai&diff=1062312460

I Added in the The timing of her writing the post immediately after her break up, which explains trigger of her Post and type of situation she was in, where she felt prompted to make that post. In only a short sentence. You keep reverting without giving any acceptable reasons. I added in to Talk for you to discuss. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Peng_Shuai#Add_in_timing_of_her_post_or_not,_in_lede?

And when the China watcher made a claim. Which btw is largely unverified claim that's borderline pov pushing. But that's another matter. I wrote that the China watcher "claimed". To give readers an understanding that it was a claim. Yet you revert that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peng_Shuai&diff=1062195973

Also I expanded Peng's quotes. The information is well sourced and nothing wrong with that edit. Yet you reverted that too.

I have warned you multiple times before to give a reason when reverting my edits. Otherwise it appears you are gaming the system on 3 RR rule. I don't wish to report but settle this on Talk civilly or on here. But I will have to report your edit warring if you continue to simply revert so much edits and real information, without giving any reasons. WesternChristianitytestballi (talk) 22:40, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

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Several other editors don't agree with your restoration of the Feb 9 version, as it places undue weight on the Winter Olympics interview. FobTown (talk) 01:59, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

The problem with your story is that none of the "several other editors" exist so far. You're the only one insisting on inserting your new version of significant changes to the intro. CurryCity (talk) 06:17, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Your edit summaries have been misleading, especially [7], where it somehow suggests that you supposedly reverted new changes, when in acutality you have been the one making changes to stable version. CurryCity (talk) 04:42, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

You removed mention of censorship from the lead, all while trying to give undue weight to two staged interviews. FobTown (talk) 14:08, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

That doesn't explain your drastic changes removing an entire paragraph. The sentence caught by mistake when removing redundnat refs from the intro has been restored. CurryCity (talk) 04:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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In addition to the sources in my contribution, see these links here suggesting that China's debt trap caused Sri Lanka's economic crisis and resulting protests.[8][9][10][11] You are free to also make a case that China's lending was not a debt trap. FobTown (talk) 15:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Irrelevant to protest page. Its not an analysis of debt source by countries, only a background and debt includes all countries thus it is WP:UNDUE and irrelevant to go after specific countres or cases specially considering none of the protests here involved China. Allegation of Chinese debt trap is already mentioned in the economic crisis page and there is no need to bloat it further, maintain due weight. The page is also not about the existence or countering of a Chinese debt trap. Avoid misinformation like Sri Lanka leasing Hambantota port because it was unable to pay its loan. We had immediate maturing ISBs in 2019 which was why the government decided to lease it. It is already mentioned in multiple foreign sources like this sources. Thus avoid adding debunked misinformation. Thank you. - UtoD 15:57, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Suggesting it is a debt trap isn't misinformation, and its important to have both points of view if they are available. You only provided one source which was the Lowry institute. FobTown (talk) 16:10, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

It is misinformation to claim that Hambantota port was leased because its loans couldn't be paid. It is also WP:UNDUE and irrelevant to the Protest page due to multiple reasons I mentioned above. I did not add the Lowrey source or the content it adds, however I believe the existing section addresses it enough specially considering what you call "both sides" is misinformation about the Hambantota port lease its just WP:FALSEBALANCE. These pages are NOT about China or "both sides" explanation on existence of Debt trap. Avoid WP:POVPUSHING about China in these pages. - UtoD 16:39, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

An NPOV (neutral, unbiased) article is an article that complies with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by presenting fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without bias all significant views that have been published by reliable sources. And in this case we have reliable sources for one side suggesting it is a debt trap. But you are not permitting other views other than the one that supports your desired conclusion. FobTown (talk) 17:57, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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Edit warring about two articles concerning Sri Lanka

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It appears that you have resumed the edit war at 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis since your May 28 block. Due to your extensive prior history of blocks, some for as long as a month, I am considering an indefinite block of your account. Is there any reason why I shouldn't go ahead with this? EdJohnston (talk) 14:23, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

See also the further comment by User:Qiushufang at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:FobTown reported by User:UtoD (Result: Both blocked). EdJohnston (talk) 14:29, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

I was getting frustrated with User:UtoD because they considered the opposing viewpoint I was trying to add to be misinformation, even though that view is backed by ABC, Guardian, NYT, etc. Also note that Debt-trap_diplomacy#China looks at both viewpoints, but User:UtoD says that only one viewpoint is valid for the Sri Lanka articles based on the CBSL report. The Talk discussion is going nowhere as User:UtoD claimed the high ground with the WP:ONUS and WP:UNDUE tags.

Suggest that User:UtoD and I stay off Sri Lanka articles for 2 weeks, while the previously-uninvolved editors look into these. FobTown (talk) 15:01, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

I do not believe there is any point to a temporary article block for Fob, whose behavior is consistent and tendentious. Prior history on other articles (ex. Sri Lanka, Peng Shuai) per above and below indicates that Fob has no issue returning immediately once the current block or issue has been addressed. Qiushufang (talk) 18:27, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm not pushing anything outrageous nor controversial. As in Talk:Peng_Shuai#Request_for_comments:, I had agreement from the majority who voted not to highlight select interviews to avoid POV pushing. User:Thriley saw that my "edit is sourced from two reliable 2022 news reports" and supported it [12]. FobTown (talk) 20:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

I'll admit that I was edit warring with Peng Shuai which started as a one-on-one with another editor, but that was resolved thanks to bringing in third-party editors on the Talk page to build consensus. Right now the Sri Lanka edit war and Talk page is a one-on-one with User:UtoD, which isn't constructive in resolving things. I feel that I should get a chance to participate in discussion with other previously uninvolved editors giving their views, and this is more likely to reach a consensus. FobTown (talk) 16:52, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

An observation from a previously uninvolved editor on the edit warring noticeboard in response to User:Qiushufang: Actually, I think that FobTown tends to edit in subject areas that are often full of editors pushing non-neutral point of view. There really needs to be more truly neutral editors involved in these controversial topics. Thriley (talk) 19:21, 31 May 2022 (UTC) FobTown (talk) 20:58, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: I don't really feel like adding more to this user's Talk page but certain things need to be said. Just look at the beginning of this section (wlink 2). Right off the bat they went straight back to arguing points that had been resolved already as if no previous discussion had taken place, not to mention the fact that even the ones they choose to engage in are mostly initiated by the other side first. Constantly re-hashing old points, misrepresenting facts or mischaracterizing the nature of the argument, in effect stonewalling but without appearing so. What eventually follows or occasionally serving as the opener (diff 1) during a discussion about content is always the shift of focus toward the other editor's person (diff 2)(diff 3), as if repeatedly quoting unsubstantiated or out-of-context comments from third-parties is not frowned upon as much as coming up with their own aspersions. As for the above quote (diff 13), I wonder whether so many editors that have showed up to this Talk page actually have an issue with POV or whether the real reason lies elsewhere. Of course FobTown don't quote the other side of the story (diff 4). I'm both duely impressed and jaded about all of this, but had there not been this latest row over Sri Lanka articles, it wouldn't have surprised me if they were to double-down on their reverts (diff 5) with minimal or superficial Talk engagement. CurryCity (talk) 11:36, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

The dispute over the lead of Peng Shuai was resolved once we got other editors to give their view in Talk:Peng_Shuai#Request_for_comments:, where the majority voted not to highlight select interviews in the article's introduction since it was potentially POV-pushing. 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis seems to be a more serious case of POV-pushing, as User:UtoD refused to include a viewpoint supported by reliable sources (ABC, Guardian, NYT) and has characterized it as misinformation, even when another third party editor saw nothing wrong with it.[13] FobTown (talk) 12:36, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

"once we got other editors to give their view" - you mean when other editors stepped in to stop the perpetual edit warring? Until the page was locked on March 18, your last edit to the talk page was on December 28 (diff) - Floydian ^τ _¢ 11:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

You didn't read the content at all but reverted [14] just because you had past disputes with me. That intro paragraph highlighting the French interview was potentially POV-pushing, so the onus was on its backer to justify it on the Talk page. The intro paragraph removal was confirmed by the discussion/consensus at Talk:Peng_Shuai#Request_for_comments:. FobTown (talk) 13:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

You're deflecting. The ends do not justify the means that you go about to achieve them. And despite several editors reverting your changes, you still kept reverting to your preferred version until the protection of the article finally forced you to not discuss your opinion solely in edit summaries. Is unsourced information that you constantly add and restore to Ontario Highway articles for weeks or months also part of your supposed fight against POV pushing? - Floydian ^τ _¢ 11:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

For Ontario Highways, I don't mind if you tag one of my facts with a source required (as in Ontario Highway 427), as you have access to ProQuest and other historical Ontario Ministry of Transportation archives (as in Ontario Highway 402), I merely want other readers to be aware that these upgrades happened to the road. FobTown (talk) 12:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

If you don't have a source, post on the talk page, or ask me like you did with Highway 402. You can't just add stuff to good and featured articles without a proper source! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 12:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

By their logic, FobTown added "potentially POV-pushing" material as well (diff 12). Onus and rules apply to us but don't apply to them ... another major deja-vu. CurryCity (talk) 07:34, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Wrong...this edit [15] removed the two alleged interviews in the introduction (which was potentially POV pushing), and this was upheld by consensus in the Talk:Peng_Shuai#Request_for_comments:. FobTown (talk) 20:05, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

There was no consensus for you to add "in response to foreign inquiries" and the citations already in the body (wlink 5). Somehow it doesn't surprise me that you're using an Rfc about one element to justify all your re-wordings of the intro. This is exactly the kind of behavior I'm talking about, misdirecting, gaslighting, conflating ... I didn't even want to join in at first, but FobTown's denialism has enabled them to double-down, and their ad hominem (implied or stated) is just no longer acceptable. CurryCity (talk) 03:36, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Once again I have to fact-check FobTown. On Feb 21, they removed an intro paragraph from Peng Shuai without discussion or consensus (diff 6), starting an edit war over Wp:Due. There wasn't an Rfc until April 13, which somehow began with FobTown's changes as the base version. They're now re-framing their months-long involvement, under Pov as a fictitious excuse. They also went on to revert a different part unrelated to the Rfc (diff 5), again without discussion or consensus. Double-check the Sri Lanka issue, but I don't think it's fair to dismiss all editors who have disagreed with FobTown as POV-pushers. FobTown makes various attempts again and again, mischaracterizing arguments along the way, until one sticks, as if that makes up for everything else being called out. CurryCity (talk) 07:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

That intro paragraph highlighting the French interview was potentially POV-pushing[16], and its removal was confirmed by the discussion/consensus at Talk:Peng_Shuai#Request_for_comments:. For the body truncation [17] this was the work of User:Fyunck(click) with the agreement of User:Horse Eye's Back after discussion at Talk:Peng_Shuai#Body_overbloat,_again, and I've endorsed it. FobTown (talk) 13:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

No one at the Rfc said the there was any POV-pushing though, except perhaps by you. Maybe the problem is that you see other editors as either ideological opponents to be discredited (diff 2)(diff 3)(diff 7)(diff 8) or as potential recruits to your cause, to be pinged at the very last minute to help you out with Talk (diff 9) (diff 10). Do you have agreement yet or not? Is it another gaslight like with Peng Shuai (wlink 3)? Or maybe you know that once again support would somehow show up for you down the road? CurryCity (talk) 07:34, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Also reverted me in Feb at another BLP (diff 11) over a reason that a meticulous editor like FobTown shouldn't have mistaken about. Who's the one pushing POV I wonder? After I opened Talk for them, again, they were nowhere to be found (wlink 4). CurryCity (talk) 07:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Sri Lanka economic crisis

Why are you removing all my edits? You are pushing your pov that Chinese debt trap is real despite the lowly institute have argued there that it wasn't a Chinese debt trap. So you have to be impartial and not push your pov. I see on Talk you are also arguing with several other commenters on that issues, which means you don't even have consensus. Simpleshooter99 (talk) 02:57, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

We do have plenty of sources suggesting that it is a Chinese debt trap so that viewpoint should also be included. The Lowry Institute viewpoint can remain but its POV to say that viewpoint is correct. FobTown (talk) 03:01, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

June 2022

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June 2022

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Please, do not remove maintenance tags without resolving the issue,

1. Bloomberg article doesn't say anything about a debt trap. There it fails Wikipedia:Verifiability.
2. "Various commentaries" is a clear WP:WEASEL.

I mentioned this in my edit summary. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 16:30, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

The other sources I placed in the article did support "debt trap", while various commentaries is because there is a wide range of sources using that term (ABC, Bloomberg, India times) FobTown (talk) 16:36, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

So you can easily reference those articles, I am sorry, what is stopping you from citing them? If you do not provide sources it still fails verifiability. Your words of saying so are not good enough for the readers. Please, cite those articles then.--Chanaka L (talk) 17:41, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

The references/citations were already in that paragraph, although closer to the bottom. Have directly added the citations to the ends of those sentences. FobTown (talk) 19:33, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Fob has displayed similar behavior in other areas as well in trying to diminish the authority of sources which they disagree with while wording others to be more authoritative. See [18]. Qiushufang (talk) 20:43, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

You are repeating the Debt Trap article content, even other causes of the Sri Lankan economic crisis don't have that big a section. FobTown (talk) 21:57, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Ignoring the points made here and others in the talk discussion at the article to perpetuate argument is called WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. Qiushufang (talk) 22:42, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

That isn't ignoring, you two are making that section so bloated so its WP:UNDUE FobTown (talk) 23:52, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

You ignored 1) suggestions to section the content or create a new article 2) Simple's offer of third party dispute arbitration 3) your behavior as mentioned in the above comment related to WP:WEASEL. Instead you deflected to a comment on the length of the article, which is neither the topic of this section or a new topic that has not been covered at the talk page of the relevant article. Your reversions here and here feigned ignorance of a suggestion I had made at the talk page weeks ago and only implemented after your continued edit warring with Simple. You neither acknowledged this nor stopped your edit warring. Your response was feigned ignorance and a copy paste response. This is textbook WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. Qiushufang (talk) 00:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Canvassing

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Thriley is one of the third party editors that volunteered to look over the dispute last time. FobTown (talk) 22:06, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Given how we have already extensively talked about this some time ago. It's apparently unlikely that we can ever come to an agreement that Sri Lanka's port was not at all leased to pay off Chinese loans..so I suggest we settle it via third opinion. Because you are not willing to even compromise in calling it a claim/opinion and just adamant it is a fact. Despite I keep telling you that too many reliable scholars now debunks it. Hence I think it's best to resolve this with a third opinion. Simpleshooter99 (talk) 22:01, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

This article needs several experienced editors with long histories of NPOV to oversee it, especially now with the current situation. FobTown isn’t canvassing, FobTown attempting to seek those kinds of editors out. I think both of you should attempt to get new eyes on the article in the coming days. Thriley (talk) 03:22, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for defending me, as well as avoiding taking a stance this time as well as last time. FobTown (talk) 03:32, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

@Thriley:, Fob has ignored other users like Simple seeking third party dispute resolution here. They have run into disagreements with multiple users on the same article and over multiple articles. They ignored my suggestion on creating a new article or section for the disputed topic and then did not comment until I had done so. No other editors took issue with the change until Fob reverted it twice [19] [20] while feigning ignorance of an ongoing discussion and consensus making process at talk. Fob copy pasted their arguments with different users at different parts of talk: [21] [22]. Also displayed WP:OWN by stating what version of the article they are willing to keep [23]. This is not the behavior of a user acting in good faith and I am confused as to what basis you lean in supporting them. Even if Fob is not convassing, I do not see any other editor in the article's history going to another user's talk such as mine to specifically ask for their aid. Such behavior is probably indicative of their standing relative to other users. Qiushufang (talk) 21:03, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

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I thought that you are were supposed to be a neutral third party like Thriley, guess you are in cahoots with Simpleshooter99. FobTown (talk) 02:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Can you explain how adhering to WP:UGC on a contentious ongoing topic is being "in cahoots" with another user? You have mass reverted on 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis: [24] in response to removing a blog as a source. Being a "third party" does not mean ignoring anything one party does that is obviously detrimental to Wikipedia and against WP. I am firmly in the camp of an indefinite block for you as you have not shown once that you are acting in good faith and have continued the same tendentious editing behavior as described several times by multiple users on this talk page. Qiushufang (talk) 02:38, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Come to think about it you've been quick tenatious in WP:COATRACKING on Debt-trap diplomacy battles [25][26], similar to what you've done on 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, so I could report you for such behavior on both articles.

To avoid accusations of WP:COATRACKING, all we just need on 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis is a short summary of the external debt and debt trap [27]. FobTown (talk) 02:48, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

WP:COATRACKING is an essay opinion, not a policy, and you are deflecting from your behavior again. Qiushufang (talk) 02:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Like WP:UNDUE, you can't just ignore WP:COATRACKING if you are getting reverted repeatedly by different editors on Debt-trap diplomacy. FobTown (talk) 02:57, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

I encourage you to report me for WP:COATRACKING and see what the result is. Qiushufang (talk) 03:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

FobTown, your last revert is very disruptive, undoing a lot of copy/edits, and grammar fixes by other users. Please be thorough in reverting.--Chanaka L (talk) 03:06, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

My bad, have retained most of the current article but placed Debt Trap back inside External Debt, to avoid WP:COATRACKING and WP:UNDUE. This will preserve most of the other copyedits and grammar fixes, without going overboard on the debt trap debate which can be linked to its own page directly. All of the other causes like tourism, agricultural crisis are much shorter. FobTown (talk) 21:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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        You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war  according to the reverts you have made on 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

July 2022

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Amigao has a unreasonable tendency like yourself to remove any well sourced information that is positive on China. She or he had even removed BBC surveys of African perception in this article. [28] You have a tendency to do just about the same on that page [29] and currently been blocked for edit warring on a very similar topic. Do not canvass and call editors to join discussions when you are aware of them sharing the same bias as yourself. You are however free to use (third opinion) noticeboard if you want someone to join the discussion, which I welcome and encourage you to do so. Simpleshooter99 (talk) 02:30, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

I have to agree that this looks like canvassing. FobTown, please be careful not to give the appearance of selectively soliciting participation from people who you expect will agree with you. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 09:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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You mass reverted my edits with a single sweeping reason. [30] You then proceeded to do the very same [31] [32] [33] and also my last edit was appropriate for lede yet you keep constantly reverting. [34] If you are going to revert or remove my edits in that article, discuss at Talk [35] but don't just revert or alter my edits constantly, and engage in edit warring. Simpleshooter99 (talk) 03:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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July 2022

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for edit warring, as you did at 2022 Sri Lankan protests.

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Request reason:

I do expect to serve a ban but it shouldn't be indefinite; a couple users have defended the content that I've been trying to restore.[36][37] FobTown (talk) 19:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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You are blocked for violating WP:EW, after being blocked over and over and over again for edit warring, but have not addressed this in your unblock request. Yamla (talk) 19:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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