Billy7

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Again, welcome! Endercase (talk) 20:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert for articles and content relating to GamerGate and gender related disputes and associated people

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have recently shown interest in (a) GamerGate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. 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 any page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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Doug Weller talk 19:39, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions apply to edits at talk page

Hello, I'm Doug Weller. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Gamergate controversy that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 10:40, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

That sort of edit can get you topic banned or blocked. Please don't repeat it. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 10:41, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I realize it wasn't very civil, since it was a reply to a not very civil, condescending person who thinks it's ok to call people who have differing opinions "little gators", censor their replies and close their threads with the justification "This is a waste of everyone's time". What would an appropriate reaction to such an immature admin/mod (or whatever he is) be in your opinion? Considering my main motivation for that post was to let people know my replies to them were censored by this nice fellow. Billy7 (talk) 13:18, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

We don't have moderators, and WP:Administrators such as myself have no authority over content. There have been no Admins on that talk page since November. You have been using the page as a forum, something new users often do as they are used to webforums where you can discuss a topic. I don't know what he meant by "little gator", "litigator"? Anyway, it was going nowhere as it was clear you weren't going to get consensus, and such threads should be closed. There was no censorship, everything you said is still in the history. Having said that, I can delete text so that only Admins can see it and even delete text so that most of them can't. It's necessary sometimes. We're a private charity and free speech doesn't apply here. Doug Weller talk 16:44, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Oh, guess I mistook him for one then because he deleted my replies and closed my thread, nevermind. By "little gator" I would assume he most likely meant "Gamergate supporter" since that would make sense in this context. I have to admit though I don't get the whole "no forum" thing, don't talk pages have pretty much the same function? Talk pages are for discussing the article just like forums are for discussing whatever the forum is about, aren't they? Billy7 (talk) 18:10, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

I've just noticed your reply. Talk pages are indeed for discussing the article itself, just not the subject of the article. They are meant for specific suggestions on how to improve the article. Of course many new editors think they are just another forum and post accordingly. Your comments about Wikipedia at Talk:Scientific racism are forum type comments and you need to avoid making such comments - please. Doug Weller talk 14:05, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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Acroterion (talk) 00:17, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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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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Acroterion (talk) 00:17, 3 March 2019 (UTC)