PursuingTruthNotPolitics
October 2022
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Pseudoscience discretionary sanctions alert
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You have shown interest in pseudoscience and fringe science. 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.
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NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:06, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- Please confirm: I have been issued ‘discretionary sanction’ notice for attempting to correct the error on the post for Stephen Meyer, characterizing him as practicing ‘pseudoscience’. He is an eminently qualified and recognized scientist.
- If it has been determined, that my post was in error, it begs the question: who read my edit to determine my contribution was not true and where is the review posted?
- Absent the review, the issuance of the discretionary sanction serves only to chill the conversation.
- In the alternative, is the review of my edit yet to be determined? 2600:1006:A014:CBB0:D94E:E13B:AEA8:D0CA (talk) 00:59, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- Please review Wikipedia:Reliable sources, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons which is the basis of your edit removal and also Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden which is on you. Cheers, - FlightTime (open channel) 01:09, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
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