User talk:Kirsten07734

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I was defamed in some remarks on a page's history. I sent a message to the address listed for "incorrect information about myself," but have received no reply. How should I have gone about getting those remarks removed?

The page in question is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_service_dog (the history section)

What happened: A friend told me a link had been removed from the page. I went to the page and returned that link, with a comment about wanting the page to show a more balanced view of the topic instead of one group's agenda. I later found the friend had also edited the page. A revert war ensued between my friend and user:PSDS, and I was accused of doing a lot of things I didn't do. My name is smeared all over the history in a defamatory way. I especially resent this since I'm the one who talked sense into my friend and got her to look up the appropriate procedure for dealing with the disagreement. I did the right things, yet I am defamed. How do I fix it?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Kirsten07734 03:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

When you refer to history is that in the edit summaries or in a section of the article. (just answer here I'll respond here) Gnangarra 03:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I can see in the edit history the comments you are referring to. There is nothing in the edits that would enable this person to establish an identity of the IP who edited the article. Under GFDL requirements wikipedia is required to retain the edit history if each individual edit so as to be attribute the edit. That said there would be circumstance under which a specific edit can be removed I'll establish whether this applies to the summaries in question. Please be patient with me as it'll take a couple of hours to resolve. Any other questions please leave a note here or my talk page I'll answer them as well. Gnangarra 04:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much!!!! If we could just xxxx out my name, I'd be thrilled. The rest of the comment doesn't matter to me.216.106.51.106 04:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
All done those edits are now removed from general view an admin can still view them. Also User:PSDS hadnt made any those complaints allueded to in the edit summaries, actually PSDS has only ever edited that article. Please contact me if you need any help. Gnangarra 11:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Gnangarra, thank you. This is a huge relief to me. BIG HUGS! You're the greatest! Kirsten07734 20:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

User:D261mail put a comment on your user page itself, and I removed it. I hope that you don't mind. Sarrandúin [ Talk + Contribs ] 21:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

No, I don't mind at all. Thanks. Kirsten07734 01:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)