User talk:Beckyvolley

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[edit] Clean Diamond Trade Act

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[edit] 3RR

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Thank you --Kim D. Petersen 17:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You seem to have a misunderstanding of wikipedia. I am not making multiple reversions in an edit war. I have made some changes that fall fully within wikipedia guidelines that have been improperly reverted without discussion. In some of those cases, I have made smaller changes that I was certain would not be objectionable to a non-biased review. You cannot personally dictate what you want included or excluded to promote a certain point of view, this is an encyclopedia and not a bully-pulpit. Burrying relevant, sourced contributions that any reasonable person would agree belong in an encyclopedia article on a subject in a mountain of requests for mediation/arbitration/discussion is disengenious and counter to everything that wikipedia stands for. Beckyvolley 18:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Please read and understand WP:3RR - it doesn't matter whether or not your reversions are relevant/implementing NPOV or any other thing. When you are getting reverted more than once - then its time to take it to the talk pages. As it stands you are above the 3 reverts - but the rules also say that you have to be warned before community sanctions - so now you've been warned.

As for your edits. The article that you are putting this into is not about that kind of information - it belongs on the personal pages of the various "scientists". I sympathize with your opinion on some of these people - but its simply not the right place to put this info.

The funny thing is that the page (imho) is pretty WP:NPOV - as can be seen from the various comments on the Talk pages. You can divide the sceptic comments into two categories there: 1) the ones who believe that its an honour to be on the page - and think that we should lower the limits for who should get on... 2) Those who think that its a "freak"-show where we are trying to smear the people on the page. Read the Talk pages - comment there - see if you can get a consensus for your edits. Please. --Kim D. Petersen 19:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I guess by your description above, you and I are in the same boat with the reversion problem, you seem to have a penchant for removing people's work without always discussing first. No worries, the article will balance out over time. Beckyvolley 22:53, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes - but the difference here is that i am aware of the 3RR rule (as you are also now) - and can therefore be blocked for violating 3RR. (which btw. is entirely proper). Please do not tag (putting such a 3RR notice on peoples pages) unless you think that they are not aware of the rule. Thats considered rude and inviolation of WP:AGF.

Wikipedia has a lot of rules - and we all have to learn them. In this case - when i reverted your edits without discussing them first - is because of WP:BLP which states that contentious information such as that which you inserted should be removed first - discussed later. --Kim D. Petersen 03:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)