[WikiEN-l] Anne Milton (was Re: Attack blogs in WP:LIVING articles)

Fri Dec 8 12:41:20 UTC 2006

Guy Chapman writes:
>What I said was that *you are a party political activist editing 
>articles on politicians, and frequently in a way which causes conflict
>with other editors*. That does not imply that you are either right or
>wrong, only that your style of editing, combined with your known
>interests and choice of articles, causes conflict.  

I think disingenuousness is unbecoming, Guy, and your meaning was quite
plain. The point you have been making has not been about "right or 
wrong" but about your insinuations, for which you have been unable to
produce any actual evidence, that I am advancing my own POV. You refer
to "my known interests" when what you mean is the POV you perceive me as
having. However, your perceptions have been and are wrong. That is 
very objectionable. I doubt you or anybody else can accurately discern my
opinions from reading my edits.

>See also above, where your use of a deliberately misleading edit
>summary is used to make accusations against others.

No it isn't. I was just having a light-hearted joke with the edit
summary (no-one could write a long article about 338,171), and commenting
that it would be no bad thing if speedy patrollers should look into 
things a bit more before jumping to delete. That's an implicit criticism
but I wouldn't go further than that. It's a mistake I have made myself
once (Catpiano).

>Nor do you appear to know who your friends are - I was against any
>sanction when you edited Peter Tatchell in defiance of your ArbCom
>ban, for example, and I unblocked you as soon as you undertook to stop
>the edit war on this article.

Given all you have said about me, you have a strange definition of 
'friend'.

In every case where I have been blocked, the situation has been resolved
in favour of the position I was advocating. If I come across as forceful
in making a case, this is because I believe the case has great force.
I am also undeterred by the prospect of being blocked. You can actually
change that approach in an instant if you want to.

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