The Moderationater

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July 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Fred Trump, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ZimZalaBim ^talk 16:17, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Fred Trump. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. The post you removed was not a personal attack but you called it one. Doug Weller talk 16:25, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

That's because it was. --The Moderationater (talk) 16:14, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 16:26, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Whatever the case, there is clearly a sinister left-wing bias on Wikipedia's policy, one which I will be addressing through formal channels. If this bias is part of the discretionary sanctions then Wikipedia is guilty of institutional political bias. --The Moderationater (talk) 16:14, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

What "formal channels" are you referring to? Doug Weller talk 16:29, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

No response? I need to know. You were unfortunate to bump into a sysop. Doug Weller talk 07:30, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Whatever official channels are available on Wikipedia. Are you threatening me, Mr. Weller? --The Moderationater (talk) 13:38, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Channels. Maybe WP:NPOVN would be the best. It's not what we call dispute resolution, nor something that needs WP:Administrator involvement. So discussing it as a violation of WP:NPOV would be your best best. You aren't going to get the discretionary sanctions changed and they are aimed at disruption by editors from all sides (they aren't about content but about disruption within content areas). Actually maybe you are lucky, as I've been involved in all of this and helped develop some of the discretionary sanctions. I'm not threatening you, but I am sayin don't be disruptive. Doug Weller talk 13:56, 13 July 2022 (UTC)