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Greetings Sennalen. I have just started an AE sanctions request against Bloodofox for his edits at Falun Gong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Request_for_Sanctions_against_Bloodofox_for_Disruptive_Editing%2C_Activism_and_PA.

I am notifying you as you appear to have recent interactions with this editor on this page, in the relevant discussions. Thank you and cheers. HollerithPunchCard (talk) 02:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

CLEANSTART account?

Is this a WP:CLEANSTART account? I have the impression that you have edited in this topic area before. Newimpartial (talk) 20:05, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I have not edited under any name for a year at least. I've edited in many controversial topics. Sennalen (talk) 20:17, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Were you eligible for a clean start? No relevant sanctions, etc.? Newimpartial (talk) 20:18, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I stopped only for lack of time. Sennalen (talk) 20:21, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

How long has it been since you edited Marxist cultural analysis, Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, or one of their Talk pages? Newimpartial (talk) 20:37, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Evidently, more than five years ago. Sennalen (talk) 20:57, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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Just in case my earlier ping did not go through. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Proposal 1: indefinite BLP topic ban (Æthereal) (non-admins can comment/vote). Also, happy new year! starship.paint (exalt) 16:20, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

User Review

I'm but a lowly IP editor, and somewhat of an SPA. But I feel Sennalen is still WP:NOTHERE for the right reason, and have seen them be very WP:TEND in their edits, and their approach to forming consensus. They have a big ego, and are more focused on being right, than on their goals and what they're trying to achieve here on Wikipedia. This is purely a subjective personal opinion. I may be wrong, but I thought enough about it to make this entry here. No doubt it will be removed to the history of this user talk page. It's a small protest, but a protest all the same. Sennalen - concede quicker when you are wrong. Re-affirm other more when they make a valid point (whatever it is)... and make sure to do a lot of self-care when you're on here. These arguments aren't everything. Often, they reveal more about YOU as a person, than about the content of Wikipedia. --124.170.170.79 (talk) 02:31, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I was wrong here[1] but that RfC closed without further discussion. Sennalen (talk) 02:41, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Nothing to do with my experience with you, not even on the same topic. --124.170.170.79 (talk) 01:25, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Here's how I think you should approach on the talk page, something like "Hi, I'm a wandering copy editor. I wish to make these changes to this section, to improve readability and clarity." - My whole problem with you, is that you approached claiming there was an error in this or that, that so-and-so source was misrepresented. When all those reasons were shot down - you went and made your (harmless) changes anyways. You need to approach and explain yourself better in my opinion. There's no point in creating multiple talk page sections to hash out issues if you're not making substantive changes. --124.170.170.79 (talk) 03:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate the concern, but there was OR in the lede. (There's still OR in the lede, but we're a step closer to fixing that the right way, per WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY.) I got hit with a lot of verbiage aiming squarely at the bottom half of the hierarchy of disagreement, which I patiently coached people through refining. I don't resent it, since the final product is stronger than where I started, but you're right that it took far too much talk page activity to get there. If you want to take someone to task for that, start with the people who objected so strenuously yet vaguely to a harmless change. Sennalen (talk) 03:30, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm glad you at least see the problem, even if you seem completely unwilling to acknowledge that miscommunication takes two parties, and we're talking about you now. Perhaps, if you had have explained it as a harmless change from the start - things would have gone smoother and not required so much talk page activity. Perhaps then I wouldn't be on your talk page now. At any rate, just a suggestion, I don't want to extend this in the same regards. Best of luck on your return to Wikipedia, may your actions be clearly stated, and your arguments based in policy. --124.170.170.79 (talk) 07:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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cultural Marxism

If you want to use any of the sources at User:Tewdar/sandbox/page2# before I get a chance, feel free. Attribution is appreciated. They're not quite citable yet, but you can probably work it out. Tewdar (talk) 18:20, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your work on COVID-19 lab leak theory. If I knew how to give you a star I would do it. Springnuts (talk) 22:45, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

I hate it when an article is just a ball of claims in random order. It honestly wasn't much effort to knock some sense into it. Sennalen (talk) 00:33, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Wanted to add my big thanks for your excellent work! JustinReilly (talk) 07:25, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Popcorn time

Can't wait to see the reaction to this edit 🍿  Tewdar  15:47, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Apologies, apparently I haven't been paying attention - looks like that section has been there for a while...  Tewdar  15:51, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

No, I added it today. Some people will probably be unhappy, but it's a prominent theme in quality RS's we are already using. Sennalen (talk) 15:55, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

That probably won't affect the number of complaints. It never stopped anyone before now, anyway... 🙄  Tewdar  16:47, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

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How to kill the hydra

I've heard you have to chop off all the heads at once. Oh well, at least it made me laugh. I do like "Potemkin article", by the way. I might have to steal that one. 😂  Tewdar  19:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

AE doesn't have to go straight for the jugular to have an effect. A filing lets offenders know that patience for their antics is finite. It also leaves a paper trail for the next time. Sennalen (talk) 21:58, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Sure, honey. Newimpartial (talk) 19:39, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

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Marxist cultural analysis merge discussion

Does this proposal, by any chance, precede another proposal on your part to expand the scope of the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory article to discuss supposedly "real cultural Marxism"? Asking for a friend...:p. Newimpartial (talk) 22:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

No. I have processed all of my bookmarks for things to add. What that means is it will soon be time for WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY, and the lead should not mis-lead (see what I did there) the reader into thinking conspiracy theories are the only use of the phrase "cultural Marxism". That should only take a sentence to clear up. Sennalen (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

And what would that added sentence achieve that is not aleady achieved by For "cultural Marxism" in the context of social theory and cultural studies, see Marxist cultural analysis and, for that matter, the first paragraph of the Frankfurt School section? It looks to a bystander as though you were creating a new problem (undoing a prior solution) in order to propose a different (not better) solution more to your liking. Newimpartial (talk) 23:21, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

It would achieve being in the lede, which neither a redirect message or a body paragraph do. WP:SUMMARYSTYLE Sennalen (talk) 23:29, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

If I wasn't clear, its not that the lede needs a single sentence added. The lede needs to be rewritten entirely to be consistent with the body and the reliable sources. Sennalen (talk) 23:33, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

If you are starting a project of rewriting the article lead by trying to merge away an article from which it is disambiguated right before the lead opens, that seems bass-ackwards to be. But what is your lead paragraph proposal, anyway? Newimpartial (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

It's not written. I might not get to it for months. I'm just telling you my plan for the article, since you asked. Sennalen (talk) 23:44, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

I just reviewed the lead section again, and I'm not seeing any noteworthy inconsistencies either with the article as a whole or with the underlying sources. I'm afraid you will be wasting your time. Newimpartial (talk) 23:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

I've asked for advice on your recent tactics across multiple pages on the Administration Notice Board.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. 203.220.137.141 (talk) 07:15, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Talk page violations

After casting aspersions on the editors who universally rejected the merge proposal you started as having based their !votes on "gut reaction" rather than informed disagreement [2], I warned you that this was a violation of our policy against WP:ASPERSIONS [3]. You then respnded by doubling down [4], pretending that the problem was that I was offended, rather than that you had acted offensively. I see that there is currently a case involving your conduct before ANI. I do not have the time to process what appears to be a very heated discussion there. But I can see from the small glimpse I've witnessed at Talk:Cultural studies that you will need to amend your behavior if you wish to continue editing Wikipedia. Generalrelative (talk) 23:34, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

The problem was never that you were offended. The problem is you did not take the time to read and understand the matter at hand before offering an opinion. By your own description you're continuing to do the same at ANI. It's fine if you don't want to spend time on it - WP:NOTMANDATORY - but you should consider withholding your comments until you have time to process the information. Sennalen (talk) 23:43, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

I have not weighed in at the current ANI thread, nor do I plan to. Your behavior at the merge proposal alone is enough to see that you are not meeting the WP:CIVILITY requirement for editing Wikipedia. And now once again you have without evidence claimed that I based my !vote on something other than reasoned disagreement (i.e. that I "did not take the time to read and understand the matter at hand before offering an opinion"). I can insist that I did take the time to read and understand –– I can even let you know that I am a professional academic in a relevant field who knows this literature well –– but that is beside the point. Your continued insistence upon casting aspersions will result in sanctions sooner than later. That's frankly all I care to say to you. Generalrelative (talk) 00:05, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

There's absolutely nothing derogatory about "gut reaction". Your hypersenstive reaction combined with self-important pseudo-Administrator puffery is the incivility you should concern yourself with. Since you know the literature so well, maybe you could work on improving articles in the field instead of tilting at culture war windmills. Sennalen (talk) 01:33, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Your revert at Collaboration with the Axis powers

You should reverse yourself.

It is not ok to parachute into an article you've never touched or commented on, and start reverting in the name of consensus, in an article nobody is working on. In so doing you restored poorly sourced possible BLP violations to an article that's been publicly mocked in academia, wasted my time, and disrupted a solution that *had* already been reached with another editor, ie that I would copy the material to the redirect. So I'm asking you to make that right. I see you've said that you aren't actually a new editor, so I won't insult you by explaining that deleted text is still in the history. I will however offer you a bit of unsolicited advice that nonetheless think you should consider: there is no prize in Wikipedia for the speed of your reactions. You should read other editors' comments more and revert less. And undo this particularly ill-founded reversion. Elinruby (talk) 09:03, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

You do not WP:OWN the page. The external attention on the topic is exactly why the area needs new uninvolved page watchers. Blanking a section of cited material while discussion is ongoing is what's not okay. Now that another page actually holds the text, it's more appropriate to proceed. Sennalen (talk) 13:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

See, the part about WP:BRD that you aren't understanding is that reverts are supposed to be followed by discussion. In which you seem completely uninterested. So who is trying to OWN the article? In the interest of trying to explain this to you I am ignoring the ridiculous assertion above that I am somehow responsible for the condition of the article when I came to it seven or eight days ago. Have you read the text you are shoehorning back in? Have you looked at the freaking references? You clearly haven't looked at the history if you think I created the pointy piece of whatever that it was at that time. Do you realize that you actually disrupted a consensus of the users who were actually editing the page? Not just dropping by to impose their preconceptions?

One more time: if you aren't going to help, please get out of the way. Your assertions above are ridiculous on their face. I was invited to help with Vichy on the page just before the Village Pump post, and well after the creation of the problems the journal article describes, whose criticisms you are validating. You restored references that fail verification and allegations of collaboration against a number of people, sourced to an article that says the Polish government is wrong to call them collaborators.

You are mistaken and should revert yourself. Elinruby (talk) 01:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

There was discussion, with a consensus that the material should be on a new page before being deleted from the old page. It's on a new page, so you can delete it if you want. Why are you still arguing about this?

Also, the claim you said failed verification is right there behind the link on the ref. Check on that, and follow up on the artcile talk page. Sennalen (talk) 01:38, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

You're telling me what to do again. Which is especially annoying when it's something I have already done, and this is twice now. Believe it or not, it is friendly advice when I say you should slow down and read more before you react. I really suggest that you remove your error yourself. Elinruby (talk) 04:20, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Good point

I re-read your point about Fluvoxamine and the post on SBM which appears to end in a poem and seems to ignore the now vast literature of Fluvoxamine article reviews and meta-analyses, which carry statements such as "In this systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis of 3 clinical trials, which accounted for varying prior probabilities coupled with a frequentist sensitivity analysis, there was a high probability (94.1%-98.6%) that fluvoxamine was associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization" [5]. A more standoff-ish review meanwhile came up with: "Based on a low‐certainty evidence, fluvoxamine may slightly reduce all‐cause mortality at day 28, and may reduce the risk of admission to hospital or death in outpatients with mild COVID‐19. However, we are very uncertain regarding the effect of fluvoxamine on serious adverse events, or any adverse events." [6], and one was a firm: "Current evidence does not indicate a significant effect of fluvoxamine on the rates of hospitalization, mechanical ventilation, and mortality of patients with COVID-19 infection." [7], but then we have this from Nature: "As we discussed in this article, the mechanisms of action of fluvoxamine for COVID-19 are complex. Given the roles of sigma-1 receptor in the early-stage of virus replication and ASM in virus entry, fluvoxamine would be a potential prophylactic drug, reducing clinical deterioration in COVID-19 patients. Importantly, it should be taken in persons with COVID-19 as quickly as possible after SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmation. From the limited clinical data, fluvoxamine may be the most attractive candidate for early-stage COVID-19 patients." [8], and another from the Journal of Infection: "In conclusion, treatment with fluvoxamine did not decrease mortality and hospitalization rates in patients with COVID-19 but due to the imprecise CIs, a large possible benefit cannot be ruled out. The sensitivity analysis showing a statistically significant reduction in risk of hospitalization further reinforces this point and is highly encouraging. To strengthen these findings, further large-scale RCTs, especially for longer-term outcomes, are needed." [9]. Altogether a mixed bag for sure, but not one altogether with the SBM shit-slinging. One SBM line was : "No real, single, mechanism of action.", which seems directly contradicted by source 4 above. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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As per your expressed desire, I don't believe you're here for the right reasons.

Your desire to create one infinitely long article, which you've expressed | in your essay here, and you enact via a bias towards merging articles (unilaterally at times) - doesn't cohere with the expansion and cataloguing of human conceptions, events, things and ideas, which encyclopedia's are designed for. Your conduct when you attempt to force your views into reality, also doesn't align with Wikipedia's ethics of consensus and community building. Ergo, I don't believe you're here for the right reason, which should be to BUILD an encyclopedia, not to tear it down through the subversive removal of individual bricks, turning them into pebbles, and placing them on "parent articles" as you put it. Wikipedia is supposed to be expanded, not contracted. 220.235.229.181 (talk) 02:24, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

You completely missed the point of that essay. It's not a call to merge articles or actually create an infinitely long article. The point is to not be stingy about context and background sections. Sennalen (talk) 02:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

March 2023

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on COVID-19 lab leak theory. 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.

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@VQuakr: I think you need to reflect on your own responsibility in contributing to an edit war by reverting authoritative academic sourcing with the sterling edit summary "rv irrelevant". I hope you will prompty visit the talk page to explain why the lab leak of a novel virus is irrelevant to the paragraph about novel viruses in a section on lab leaks. Sennalen (talk) 21:44, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

If you intend your novel inclusions at COVID-19 lab leak theory as a case in point for your infinite article theorem, perhaps this might be an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which this approach differs from the community norms embedded, for example, in WP:ONUS and the best practice WP:BRD. Newimpartial (talk) 21:50, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

I know community practice often departs from the text of policies and the aim of building an encyclopedia. Were that not the case, I wouldn't need to write essays. Sennalen (talk) 21:54, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

It's astute of you to recognize the essay applies, though, so thanks for that. Sennalen (talk) 22:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Responsibility shift declined. The onus is on you to establish consensus for your proposed addition per WP:VNOT. VQuakr (talk) 21:57, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

@VQuakr: You cannot decline responsibility for WP:REVEXP. Discuss some substantive reasoning, or if you don't want that responsibility, then restore the page. Sennalen (talk) 22:06, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

It's in my edit summary. Feel free to @ me in the talk page discussion thread if you disagree. Also, WP:REVEXP is an essay so "cannot per" language is silliness. VNOT is a policy. VQuakr (talk) 22:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Experienced editors should know the difference between policy, guideline, and essay are not bright lines. Essays often explain the application of policies, and policies often endorse essays. WP:Reverting is certainly one of those. Regardless, if you are only swayed by policies, WP:Edit warring includes:

• When reverting, be sure to indicate your reasons.
• Avoid posting a generic warning template if you are actively involved in the edit war yourself; it can be seen as aggressive.
• Once it is clear there is a dispute, avoid relying solely on edit summaries and discuss the matter on the associated talk page

Note that WP:DETCON (also a policy) says, Consensus is ascertained by the quality of the arguments given on the various sides of an issue, as viewed through the lens of Wikipedia policy. Sennalen (talk) 23:05, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

An essay authored by one and only one editor, however, runs the risk of documenting an interpretation of policies that may not be shared by any other editors (unless, of course, other editors begin to cite the essay in question). Newimpartial (talk) 23:12, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

WP:Reverting has 19,873 incoming wikilinks. Sennalen (talk) 23:21, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Yup. So establish consensus on the talk page rather than edit warring. VQuakr (talk) 23:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Marburg

The way that conversation is going, I don't think anything good will come of it. I think it's time to move on. Losing an issue is OK. Adoring nanny (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't see that it all. With the exception of one disruptive editor, it is a functioning consensus-building discussion. Sennalen (talk) 12:05, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Closure at Murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German

Sorry but your closure does not reflect the consensus reached in the discussion. The final substantive comment was "Let's leave it at this, as it's pretty obvious that there's no consensus on adding the current suspect's name to the article." On the various admin boards where this was discussed, the reasons for not naming were seen to be valid. Please reverse your closure. Thanks. Lard Almighty (talk) 17:42, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Consensus is WP:NOTUNANIMITY, nor is it having the last word. The user in question mainly expressed a concern about not implying guilt, and that was reflected in the close. I disagree with your assessment of the dispute resolution boards, which I discussed below. It's possible there were threads that I missed. If you have links I'd be happy to review them. Sennalen (talk) 18:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I would respectfully request you reconsider your closure there, especially couching it in terms of "the community," as it seems to me there were sort of 3 or 4 editors in favor of inclusion and 3 or 4 against inclusion. Especially as written, it looks to me a bit like a WP:SUPERVOTE, but reasonable minds can certainly differ on the matter. Have a nice day either way. Dumuzid (talk) 17:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't want to cloud this person's talk page, but I would just point out that consensus isn't a vote based process - it is about trying to determine a fair middle ground.

The middle ground argument would be to name (in favor of the editors who asked them be named) BUT include their plea of innocence (which was the counter argument) since they are innocent unless/until proven guilty. I believe the user ruled in favor of the middle ground.

For an admin opinion on a similar instance, please see Crimes committed by low profile individuals

Either way, have a good day to you both @Sennalen & @Dumuzid.

Awshort (talk) 17:52, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Handling of any plea was outside the scope of the closure.

I would disagree that a closure should seek a "middle ground". It should try to satisfy the source and policy-based concerns of as many participants as possible, but if the soundness of one argument is overwhelmingly superior, the closure should overwhelmingly favor it. Trying to invent a compromise is one of the principal ways of implementing a supervote. Sennalen (talk) 18:16, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

WP:DETCON Consensus is ascertained by the quality of the arguments given on the various sides of an issue, as viewed through the lens of Wikipedia policy. A proper close of a complex issue should involve some investigation by the closer into relevant policy. That by itself doesn't constitute a supervote. The close was based on the arguments of participants, not any preference of mine.

Most of the arguments against inclusion were of the form of "WP:BLPCRIME exists", without much detailed consideration of how to interpret that guideline and balance it against competing interests. A recurrent theme in opposition was that the article should not impute guilt, and I emphasized that in the close. That goal is compatible with naming the suspect.

The dominant themes among noticeboard participants were the overwhelming RS coverage and the degree to which avoiding the name was impeding article construction. Sennalen (talk) 18:12, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I agree the close comes across as a WP:SUPERVOTE and should be reversed. The close does not summarize the arguments and just simply states its been long enough (?) and The community is finding continued inability to use the name to become disruptive to the process of building an encyclopedia which I an not sure what that is based on given the last real comment was back in January. S0091 (talk) 21:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I picked the phrase "the community" to indicate some reactions at BLP/N. In retrospect, that was over-broad so I struck that phrase. Noting the amount of time was by way of preamble and not the basis of the finding. Since the effect of BLPCRIME is not to prohibit mentions entirely and indefinitely, I WP:DISCARDed bare mentions of the policy that did not countenance some kind of neccessary or sufficient conditions that could enable inclusion. Concerns based on WP:LIBEL were mis-applied. Arguments based on WP:N (including WP:EVENT) would only pertain to page creation. The pertinent reasoning in the discussion was about the depth of sourcing and the potential for real-world harm that can arise from BLP problems, such as by bringing attention to victims. In this case, the sourcing was held to be good, and the potential for harm was held up only as a negative comparison to say that this situation is unlike those situations. Sennalen (talk) 22:25, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I've asked for additional input at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Closure_review_for_Murders_of_Abigail_Williams_and_Liberty_German Sennalen (talk) 22:40, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that, Sennalen. S0091 (talk) 22:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Just wanted to say in all good faith: thanks both for stepping up and being open to review. I respect that quite a bit. Happy Friday. Dumuzid (talk) 14:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

+1. Thanks again Sennalen. S0091 (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I would also like to thank you, and how you handled the whole process. You commented on all concerns addressed to your talk page regarding the closure, gave your reasonings, and were respectful to everyone involved whether they agreed with you or not.

Awshort (talk) 16:49, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for a good close

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		Good close on People’s Mujahedin of Iran. Your work is very much appreciated. Fad Ariff (talk) 12:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I misspelled "thanks" five times while writing this, because I need coffee. Sennalen (talk) 12:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Looks like you need one of these as well

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Thank you. This also serves as evidence of your awareness, in case you resume your campaign of removing reliably sourced content based on your point of view. Sennalen (talk) 23:13, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

As you know, AndewNguyen was recently blocked in part for repeatedly making that same baseless accusation against me, for example here. See the part of Moneytree's block rationale that listed Misrepresent edits from users on "the other side" to make it seem like they are editing against policy. You may disagree with that block, but it was overwhelmingly approved by the community, and this is a project guided by community consensus. Unless you have new evidence to present, it seems to me that you are openly flouting our policy against personal attacks. Generalrelative (talk) 17:15, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

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Cultural marxism close

Is there any point in keeping this conversation, which is clearly getting into Wikipedia:Dead horse territory, open? I know involved closes are frowned upon but come on. I’m just trying to save everyone’s time here. Dronebogus (talk) 16:28, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I plan to make edit proposals on those themes later today. Sennalen (talk) 16:47, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I’d recommend starting a different thread, and letting me close the current one as dead-horse-flogging that is going nowhere extremely fast per WP:IAR. Dronebogus (talk) 19:10, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I do not agree with that characterization of the thread. Sennalen (talk) 19:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

How is one user saying “but OED” over and over and everyone else going “um, no” over and over in response not flogging a dead horse? Dronebogus (talk) 19:17, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Maybe you agree with some of what OP said but their methods are extremely annoying, unproductive and disruptive and you shouldn’t be facilitating them. Start your own thread so it doesn’t look like you’re jumping on the WP:SEALION bandwagon. Dronebogus (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I closed the thread because it was fubar. Trying to make any progress on consensus in that poisoned well would be difficult. A new discussion is a much better way to proceed. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:41, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Sennalen, I should mention to you that Dronebogus has been harassing me directly and deleting my post on another user's Talk page.[10] Even if the message was in WP:CAN violation, as he claims (although it's not), that is not an appropriate way to behave. By the way, he also has at least one noticeboard dispute open regarding disruptive behavior. [11]

I might be the only one ;) but I look forward to your contribution to the discussion. XMcan (talk) 20:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

• I’d like to apologize for your getting dragged into a proxy-conflict here. Dronebogus (talk) 21:51, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

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You appear to be due for one of these. Generalrelative (talk) 17:34, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

When I brought complaints to AE about a user with very similar patterns of behavior to yours, arbitrators were of the opinion that cultural Marxism does not actually fall in the post-1992 American politics contentious topic area.[12] Sennalen (talk) 17:46, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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The Dangers of "writing the infinite article"

I think the two sections of the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory talk page I've just created ("Lazlo Pasztor an actual "Nazi" employed by The Free Congress Foundation?" and "Background section focuses on the wrong topic"), do perhaps speak to problems that may be encountered when "Writing the infinite article" on a conspiracy theory topic. It can risk taking some very questionable ideas, sourced from very questionable people, and merging their telling of events with pages or sections intended to be factual an accurate. There's often good reasons why topics and pages are separated.

I just thought I'd mention that on your talk page, as I know we've butted heads on the philosophy side of things - but that currently we seem to be on reasonable terms. I know you appreciate reasonable criticisms, and I think this is something to be wary with the writing of infinite articles. That is to say; I think it's a reasonable criticism.

I also know your essay isn't necessarily saying that all topics should be merged, so I hope you appreciate that there are times when two articles or topics with seeming overlap, have good reason to be kept separate and clear from each other. 60.241.181.126 (talk) 13:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the collegial sentiment. Sennalen (talk) 17:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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