Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Nunh-huh

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[edit] Statement of the dispute

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[edit] Description

Nunh-huh (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) has been uncivil towards Daveydweeb and others, and misused rollback and violated WP:ASR/WP:POINT over Mock Duck. The problem with this user's incivility extends back prior to this incident. Administrators are held to higher standards and are expected to uphold policy, not break them. We all know what happens to admins who go bad. Misuse of rollback: It is clearly forbidden for admins to use rollback on good-faith edits, and such misuse of rollback in the past have resulted in cases against admins. Granted, he has since admitted that manually reverting it would have been a better solution. WP:ASR: User repeatedly adds a statement to an encyclopedia article, saying "The original AfD discussion should be linked to, if indeed it exists." This is added even before the article intro, and not even commented-out. If a regular user were to repeatedly do this he'd likely be blocked for WP:POINT, but this admin even used rollback to ensure this line stayed in place. – Chacor 13:16, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Evidence of disputed behavior

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  1. [1] - incivility very clearly on this user's talk page.
  2. [2] - rollback misuse (which he has since admitted could have been handled differently)
  3. [3] and the above rollback diff for WP:ASR/WP:POINT.
  4. [4] More incivility.

[edit] Applicable policies and guidelines

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  1. WP:CIV
  2. WP:ASR
  3. WP:POINT

[edit] Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

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  1. [5]
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[edit] Users certifying the basis for this dispute

{Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute}

  1. – Chacor 13:21, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. – Nunh-huh's behaviour is pretty distressing to me, since my original edits were made entirely in good faith (and came with an admission of confusion to Nunh-huh, my new admin coach User:Yanksox, and the admin that deleted the page originally, User:Cyde). My subsequent remarks, made in an attempt to defuse the situation, were met with cynicism and incivility, and I'm disgusted that such behaviour could come from an administrator. Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 13:23, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  3. – Nunh-huh's attitude surprises me more than a little. His response to the comment I made on the Mock Duck AfD was terse and borderline-civil, while his reply to my reasoning seemed aimed to deliberately misinterpret my words. I am disappointed that some administrators appear to adhere to such low standards of civility. I'm usually prepared to chalk things like this up to a bad day, but this seems to be a continuing pattern. riana_dzasta 13:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other users who endorse this summary

  1. Nothing that merits desysopping or anything nasty, but that's a silly use of rollback that is always going to cheese people off. A little more civility would also be nice. Moreschi 16:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response

I tried to explain to Daveydweeb why the tag he used for the page was the wrong one, but evidently failed. I'm sorry for the distress this caused him. I've already said I should have used a manual rollback. As far as I can see, there is no continuing dispute here. ""The original AfD discussion should be linked to, if indeed it exists."" was not an addition to the article, but to the tag preceding it. I take Yanksox's advice to heart, and will endeavor to improve my edit summaries and elaborations. - Nunh-huh 13:32, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Users who endorse this summary:

  1. Nunh-huh 13:32, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Outside view

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[edit] Outside view by Yanksox

Nunh-huh has been acting properly in terms of speedy patrol and revisions. However, the means of doing this is a tad bit excessive and abrasive. He could use more helpful summaries and more civility/elaboration. But with that aside, he is not abusing the tools, he is using them how they are intended. Yanksox 13:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Users who endorse this summary:

  1. Yanksox 13:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Outside view by Homunq

I have no view on the dispute itself. I do see that the dispute seems to have been exacerbated by the tone of Nunh-huh's comments as it developed. I came here from talk:woman, where I happen to be on the same side of the issue at hand as Nunh-huh and greatly appreciate their vigilance, but I have still noticed that Nunh-huh is both opinionated and non-conciliatory. Nunh-huh, you have a right to your opinions, including your opinions about the intelligence and motivations of other editors, however, given your status as an administrator I would prefer to see you make some attempt to offer an olive branch. Weasel words in articles are bad, but weasel words like "It appears to me..." and "I may be wrong but..." in discussion / edit summaries (before any occurence of a word like "troll") would be enough, on their own, to solve this whole problem as I see it (though you may find your own way of offering an olive twig).

Rather than endorse this view, which is more like unsolicited advice really, please just endorse Yanksox above.

[edit] Discussion

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