User talk:Per Honor et Gloria

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Mongols

Hey, PHG. I have placed another response on Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance that you should see. Also, I think you should cease editing the article (like everybody) until we get discussion going on the talk page. This article is wrapped up in too many disputes to be helped by any editing whatsoever. Everything hinges on dispute resolution, so all editing ought to just be halted until that occurs. I am trying to work out an acceptable process that all involved/interested parties will accept. Your help would be appreciated and remember: consensus will be necessary to get that annoying accuracy tag removed and to stop a recurring edit war. Srnec (talk) 05:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello PHG, I concur with Srnec. I would really like to get down to resolving some of my concerns.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 21:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Franco-Mongol alliance

I've noticed that the recent discussion on the talk page seems to be upsetting to you. I understand how difficult it is to see others condense a great deal of what you've written; I know I've had a few gut wrenching moments when I've looked back at articles where I contributed the majority of the original text. After careful consideration though, I've realized that other editors aren't trying to destroy what I've created, they're trying to improve it. Sometimes, I've needed to go back and engage the editors about some errors in the changes they made or discuss further improvements to the article, but I've done that by talking things out with them, not reverting their edits.

What can we do to help you feel comfortable discussing the article and changes with other editors? The past few days of edits by both sides of the dispute just haven't been productive as they could have been and I hate to see everyone spinning their wheels waiting for this to play out. Shell ^babelfish 23:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I've been asked to take a look at this; if it were a group on each side, or doing so wouldn't hamper ongoing work on the article, I'd probably just protect and force discussion. As is, this seems to be kinda disruptive. It's regrettable that a more mutual compromise hasn't been reached, but is there something that could be done to stop this edit war? Perhaps we could create two subpages, one to continue work on each version, while the debate continues? (Currently my talk page is under a bit of a vandal attack, so feel free to reply here.) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I already added a RFPP request, so if you do protect the page you might want to update my request. That being said, I think both Elonka and PHG are being a bit disruptive. I really don't feel Elonka had a consensus to make the change to the shorter article, especially given how decisive this has gotten, and PHG has probably made the problem worse by making the article even larger. I really like your idea of sub pages to work out differences, but I think a page protect might be a good idea to "force" the editors to work on the sub pages. But that's just my opinion :). Justin ^chat 08:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Blocked for 24 hours

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PHG, I am sorry that it has had to come to this given your history of quality contributions, but it appears that you did not heed my earlier warning about your conduct at Franco-Mongol alliance. The issue was called to my attention again yesterday by two separate editors, and after having reviewed the article and talk page history, as well as the AFDs of the POV forks you created, it is apparent that you do not wish to work with other editors to improve the article. Your recent actions there have been deceptive, biased, antagonistic, generally disruptive, and show that you are increasingly trying to express ownership of and manipulate the content. It is for those reasons I have decided that a 24 hour block is in order. If you, or a reviewing administrator wishes to know exact instances of these charges, please post here as I will have your talk page on my watchlist. Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 14:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ioeth. It's just unbelievable that you can let a user such as Elonka impose her personal version of an article inspite of the fact that she has no consensus whatsoever (Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#False claim of consensus). I am only upholding Wikipedia's rules here that if there is no consensus for a change, the status quo should prevail. Please take action against the initiator of this disruption, not the one who is trying to correct it. Regards PHG (talk) 20:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

PHG, once you come back from your 24-hour block I hope you'll investigate ourdispute resolution procedures. I think it would really help out the process! Have a great day. Wjhonson (talk) 21:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

PHG, if you are not the initiator of the disruption, I doubt that multiple users would have come to me yesterday independently to bring the situation back to my attention. Elonka, as it turns out, was the last one to do so. Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 21:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Those editors were not neutral parties.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 21:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Without looking at the situation very closely, I don't think that an unannounced block against a well-established and normally highly productive and valued editor is the right approach. This is exactly what WP:RFCs and page protection are for. It's weirdness of the highest degree that we actually allow SPA's and purely disruptive editors multiple chances until they are finally dragged before the ArbCom, but do not extend the same consideration to someone like PHG. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 21:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree. This is unacceptable.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 21:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

PHG has been recreating deleted content after AfDs, and he's been adding unverifiable, original research to the encyclopedia at an alarming pace. He's been on notice for a long time that this behavior is unacceptable. Jehochman ^Talk 21:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you elaborate on "...notice for a long time that this behavior is unacceptable", because everything else you mentioned is highly subjective.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 21:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I can elaborate by showing any administrator all of PHG's deleted contributions. It will be evident that he is gaming the system to get around consensus. Jehochman ^Talk 21:47, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Elonka is hardly the only editor to have trouble working with PHG. Other users and I have tried talking to him on several occasions and met with initially with polite stonewalling, then evasive answers that fail to address the points raised, next accusations of "being polemical and systematically banding together, [1]" and finally silence. I have been hesitant to edit the article itself because a glance through the history show that PHG not only began the article but has made dozens of edits almost every single day from its inception on 26 August 2007. All major edits by other editors or attempts at condensation have been speedily reverted. I see a severe ownership issue here, even apart from PHG's remark here [2] reminding us that "I created this article and most of its content." Kafka Liz (talk) 23:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

(Outdent) I agree that there is a possible failure to strive for consensus. An RfC on this issue would be most productive to the project. If PHG does not want to create one, than other involved editors should. The situation should be presented *neutrally* and not with bias toward any editor. Wjhonson (talk) 21:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree. An RfC is needed to stop the pattern of adding unverifiable information to Wikipedia. Jehochman ^Talk 21:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Certainly, and I'm sure all editors will agree that if such a blank assertion were presented as an accurate intro-summary, they would be poisoning the well. The entire RfC would be pointless. So hopefully there is some editor who thinks they can present a truly *neutral* view of the situation as the RfC opener. Wjhonson (talk) 22:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

We have already tried multiple steps in WP:DR, without effect. RfC,[3] talkpage consensus-building, polite messages to PHG's talkpage from multiple editors (see above threads, and talkpage history), ANI threads, and even a try at mediation.[4] Even with all these efforts, PHG's behavior just continued to either stonewall or escalate, including camping on "his" article in violation of WP:OWN. He has also inserted biased information into about 50 other articles,[5] which is going to require weeks of cleanup effort. Most recently PHG was creating multiple POV forks, nearly all of which were deleted by overwhelming consensus at AfDs.[6] But instead of heeding the AfDs, PHG responded by creating other POV forks (which have also been deleted), continuing to edit war, and he has most recently been flat-out using deceptive edit summaries, such as saying he's "reverting" an article when he's actually inserting more and more biased information that was never in the article in the first place (50K of information!).[7] He's been doing these reverts every day for about a week now, around 5-6 a.m. GMT.

It saddens me, because I agree that PHG has indeed done a lot of good work on Wikipedia in the past. But over the last few months his behavior has become, for lack of a better word, bizarre. So we can't deal with him based on what he used to do -- instead, we have to deal with him in terms of how he is behaving now. When all other good-faith efforts to deal with a disruptive editor have failed, it is unfortunately necessary that we just have to remove the disruptive editor from the project. Now, if PHG could acknowledge that his behavior has been a problem, apologize and promise to do better, meaning no more deception, no more edit-warring, and a promise that he's going to seek talkpage consensus before inserting controversial information into articles, then I would be willing to give another try at working with him. But so far his actions over the last few months have shown a pattern of someone who is completely unwilling to work in a good-faith fashion with other editors towards compromise. In which case, Wikipedia really isn't the right place for him. --Elonka 22:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I cannot agree that your above is necessarily an accurate presentation. Any RfC or Mediation should be broadcast for uninvolved parties to review. It certainly appears like there are broader guideline and policy issues here which should be brought forward to a larger community. As for consensus building, multiple parties are at fault. Attempts to pin the blame on a single editor are not going to achieve a wide acceptance.Wjhonson (talk) 23:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

(ec) While I agree User:PHG was being disruptive, I think the consecutive reverts by User:Aramgar, User:WJBscribe, User:Shell Kinney and User:Elonka weren't helpful either. I truly don't feel there was a consensus to revert to Elonka's shorter version of the article (although, I've stated a more concise version would likely be better).

What I'm failing to understand here, is why my request for page protection was ignored until another admin blocked PHG. Then an involved admin responded to my WP:RFPP commenting that the issue was "one disruptive editor that has been blocked," resulting in denial of the page protect. The blocking admin noted that he read the talk page, which should have clearly indicated that this controversial issue has no standing consensus. Clearly, User:PHG is guilty of POV pushing with his reverts, but I think that (to a lesser degree) Elonka's version of the article is also POV.

IMHO, this could have been handled much better. The WP:RFPP should have been granted, and User:PHG (among others) should have been warned about baiting, flaming and ownership. The fundamental problem here, is that neither side is willing to compromise on anything, and it's resulted in discussion turning into a flame war, turning into a revert war. It's clear that PHG was disruptive here, but I have to question the validity of the claim that he's the only disruptive editor involved in this.

So, I must again ask that the article be protected (in it's current version, whatever that is) and those editors wishing to, may create subpages and work on their versions from there. The current action has done nothing more than make a heated debate more heated. I doubt that was the intent, but it's clearly the outcome. Justin ^chat 00:18, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps people who are a bit more involved (for the record, I've touched the article *once*) and understand what's been going on for the last four months have a bit of a clearer picture of what the problem really is. For instance, see the last reply to Wjhonson on my talk which goes in to detail about some of the problems, or the message I left for Ioeth that resulted in the block. The other "side" is compromising, collaborating and has made scads of improvements to "Elonka"'s version since it was put in place and we all managed to get along just fine. Elonka has been perfectly happy to even make suggested changes herself and hunt down source improvements when requested. Other editors are waiting on some reference material to help flesh out or tighten up other sections. There's even a strategy to hammer out any remaining disputes over the article. All of this looks rather productive and its going along in a congenial manner.

Meanwhile, despite the fact that everyone else is actively working on the article, PHG walks in every day and reverts all the work to his preferred version. He is the only editor who is refusing to compromise and has been unable to join in the discussion productively. Somehow, when I'm looking at 6 or more editors working in one direction and one editor reverting any and all changes for four straight months, I don't see a two sided problem. Why would we full protect an article actively being worked on in good faith when stopping one editor will stop the revert war? That's certainly what the protection policy suggests for these sort of situations. Shell ^babelfish 00:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I also question this block since it appears this was an editorial dispute with stubbornness on PHG's part offset by stubbornness on the other side. There does appears to be a lack of consensus extending beyond just PHG, although PHG's comments on the article talk page seems to overstate the extent of the lack of consensus. When I compare PHG's behaviour with our Blocking Policy's requirements, I just don't see disruption anywhere close to the sort of stuff the policy describes. Furthermore, this block appears to be a one-sided step since no opposing editors were sanctioned.

I submit that the appropriate way to address this is through our dispute resolution mechanisms, not the stigmatization and marginalization of one side of a content dispute. An RFC bringing in outside editors might be a good start. Note that I "don't have a dog in this fight" and I am not saying PHG is right or has always done the right thing; I just want to see the proper processes followed here. --A. B. ^(talk) 00:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

There's been an article RfC, discussion on the talk page, discussion on PHG's talk page, warnings on PHG's talk page from uninvolved admins and even a stab at formal mediation. What area of dispute resolution would you suggest? Formal restrictions from the community or ArbCom would certainly be more restrictive than a 24 hour block... Shell ^babelfish 00:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Shell, the very fact that two other editors involved with this article, Justin and Eupator (Ευπάτωρ), disagree with this block:

1. Tells me he problem extends beyond one problematic editor.
2. Indicates that there's more than one side to this story.
3. Confirms for me my assessment that this block was a mistake.

Please read WP:BLOCK again -- I do not see "failure to come to consensus" as one of the allowable reasons for blocking (unless arbitration's involved).

--A. B. ^(talk) 01:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll also add that blocks are supposed to be preventive, not punitive. I don't see how this 24 hour block has prevented much of anything. "Cool-down" blocks are specifically precluded by our policy. --A. B. ^(talk) 01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

A.B. thanks for the outside opinion, but let me try and get you to look at it from a different perspective.

• First, WP:BLOCK does cover this, specifically the section on "Disruption." PHG has been coming in to do a revert every 24 hours, like clockwork. The block prevents him from continuing with that practice, for at least one day. The block is also a useful deterrent, per WP:BLOCK, to try and prevent such behavior in the future: "Blocks sometimes are used as a deterrent, to discourage whatever behavior led to the block and encourage a productive editing environment."
• Justin is only peripherally involved with the article. He's posted a few times on the talkpage over the last week, but I do not feel that he understands the extent of the situation
• Eupator is also a newly-involved editor in the situation, and I would point out both that he is already under ArbCom restrictions for this topic area, and that he was specifically (and recently) canvassed to come in by PHG.[8] So I would take Eupator's comments with a grain of salt.

Elonka, just letting you know that I reserve the right to use your continued personal attacks directed towards me against you in the future.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 23:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• PHG's behavior has been in clear violation of WP:OWN for months now. He has been editing tendentiously, and fighting a battle against anyone else who would edit what he often refers to as "his" article. We can supply multiple diffs which show PHG saying things like, "I am the primary editor. I created most of the content." Which "most" was often true, because he would be systematically deleting anything that anyone else added.
• Good faith is gone, because PHG was deliberately lying in edit summaries.[9] See WP:AGF, and that's one of the specific examples of where good faith no longer has to be applied, is as soon as a user starts blatantly lying: "Actions inconsistent with good faith include repeated vandalism, confirmed malicious sockpuppetry, and lying."
• When all other attempts at dealing with a disruptive editor have failed, and it is clear that the editor has every intention of continuing with the disruptive behavior, then a block is appropriate. --Elonka 01:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

(Outdent) I do not feel that the above summary is an entirely accurate view on the situation. Regardless, there appears to be a breakdown on any attempt to reach consensus, to such an extent as to involve peripheral editors in the spillover. In that situation, an RfC is what is called for to elicit wider community involvement. Warnings, blocks and other forms of focus on one editor with a productive history, make the situation look, to outsiders, as a concerted attack to silence an opponent. Surely you would have no issue with a wider community RfC where all side could present the situation in a fair and non-threatening venue. Wjhonson (talk) 02:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Wjhonson, I find your presence here highly suspicious, considering that you have never edited in this topic area, and that I was recently cautioning you about unethical behavior in a different dispute. It is my feeling that your suggestion for an RfC is not a genuine attempt to help resolve things, but because you want to escalate this dispute.

Right now the article talkpage is humming along just fine, with multiple editors working together in a cooperative manner to resolve any last remaining issues with the article. I don't see that another RfC is needed, and indeed, I think that an RfC would just become the "Dispute du Jour" and bring no actual benefit. It is instead my hope that when PHG returns, that he will opt to work in a good-faith and cooperative manner with other editors, towards the goal of providing a neutral article which accurately depicts the consensus of modern scholarship. Which is why we're here, right? As long as he does that, no further escalation of dispute resolution should be required. --Elonka 02:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect. Right now the article is the basis for escalation which is counter-productive to the project. In that situation an RfC is standard operating procedure. My call for an RfC is not because I want to escalate the situation, but because the situation calls for impartial observers to comment on it. And contrary to your assertion, you had an opinion that something I had done off-Wiki was unethical, and I had the opinion that it was not. None of which has any bearing on the issue at hand. PHG may have been working all along in a good-faith manner. Characterizing the situation here is not working toward the betterment of the project and serves no purpose except to drag other uninvolved editors into it because it has gotten this far without finding common ground. I really don't think you of all people, want to pull out the history drawer. I suggest that the focus should be on this article, so I don't have to wander across driblets spilling over into other areas on a daily basis.Wjhonson (talk) 02:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Franco-Mongol alliance

I have filed a request for arbitration where you are named as a party. Please feel free to make a statement. Jehochman ^Talk 15:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

PHG, I think your best bet right now, is rather than going to multiple user talkpages with demands, that instead you focus on preparing a statement for the ArbCom case, which you can post at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Franco-Mongol alliance in your own section. Right now the Committee is debating whether or not to accept the case, and your statement would probably be useful to them. For examples of statements, you can read what other editors are posting. If you are unclear on ArbCom procedures, please let us know, and assistance can be provided. --Elonka 10:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Elnoka recall request

Hi. Please rephrase or withdraw the word "perjury"; it is not an acceptable term here, on several fronts. Thx. El_C 18:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed - "perjury" isn't mentioned anywhere in policy, and Wikipedia is not a courtroom. Frivolous recall requests like this undermine the entire process. Orderinchaos 23:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:EducationalScores2003

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Poverty in India

PHG, in your talk page this user has made wild accusations on me. I will request you please read the relevant sections on Talk:Poverty in India to give you an inside in this user and to understand who is incivil. You please read the texts like these [10], [11], [12]. The Bodggaya beggar image is more appropriate than others because:

• You may know, many beggars live a condition like this, many of them have various disabilities.

There is no "typical" definition of poverty, or beggar. There are abled beggar, disabled beggar. The purpose of the article is depicting poverty. The other beggar images which this user want to place deleting the Bodhgaya beggar image are not good quality, one is B&W, and the other depicting a beggar girl in Ladakh. But my objection here is that Ladakh is quite different from rest of the country because of its geographics. Majority Indians live in plain. And this Bodhgaya beggar image is showing poverty at its most extreme level. It is not right to conceal the situation of poor men like this, it is the truth, the reality. This image touches the heart of the reader, which is a real situation. Yes not all beggars are disabled, but is this an argument? On the other hand it also can be said that not all beggars are abled. Our job here is not to understand who is abled, or who is not. But to find a good image which is representative of many.

• This user is repeatating his arguments and has taken a densive position by his ad hominem attack on me. Any one do not agree with him, here I am trying to depict poverty, and he is labelling me as Indophobic. There are other editors who honoured me for my contributions. The only reason given against this image that "since all beggars have not messed up legs, this image is undue". But it is an anti-individualistic argument. So what if not all beggars do not have messed up legs? The fact is that such secenes is a reality and it would not be right to conceal it. Such scenes exists, it is the truth. If it is reality, if such scenes exits, then an article depicting poverty i.e. "the condition of lacking full economic access to fundamental human needs such as food, shelter and safe drinking water", only those images should remain which clearly illustrate this fact.
• This user has informed many partisan editors, like User:Bakasuprman about the image. This user also informed this to banned Hkelkar socks. I will also request you check this user's contributions. Please remember the article is not about India, but the article is about poverty. This article is not depicting India, depicting poverty in India. So such image is not deriding India, it is illustrating the poverty in India. This image, I think, will be very appropriate. Your right judgement will be appreciated. I have told you why I am supporting the includsion of this image. Regards. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 06:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Licensing issues

Hi, after reviewing about three dozen of your pencil sketches I've found a serious problem that appears to apply to just about the whole collection. Fortunately it's a solveable problem. Multiple levels of copyright are involved so I'll address this with bullet points.

• Original historic artworks - all public domain.
• Photographs of those historic artworks - copyrightable. Since the original artworks were three dimensional, angle and lighting and resulting shadows/tonal balance comprise a significant creative contribution on the part of the photographer. (Photographs of two-dimensional artworks are non-copyrightable reproductions, but your sketches were all based upon coins with raised surfaces, bas reliefs, and other three dimensional works).
• Sketches based upon those photographs - derivative works of the photographs, unless multiple original photographs were drawn upon as inspiration to create a sketch that's significantly different from all of them.

Out of 30+ sketches of yours reviewed so far, every one I've been able to verify fully is a derivative work of a copyrighted photograph. Nearly all of the rest are sourced to photographs in copyrighted books. A couple of instances are indeterminate, such as this author where your description is incomplete and it isn't possible to tell which of two similarly titled books by the same author served as the basis for your sketch: the public domain 1921 work or the copyrighted 1951 book.

So unless I'm very mistaken, these sketches of yours should all (or nearly all) be transferred from Commons to Wikipedia where fair use material may be hosted, and have the license tags changed to copyright/fair use. Things are tense onsite right now so I'm coming directly to you; this looks pretty straightforward to regularize. Best wishes, Durova^Charge! 21:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi again. You've made dozens of edits since I posted this query. Do you intend to respond? Durova^Charge! 19:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I have blocked you on Commons for 3 days as a result of this. Please take that time to re-upload the images to Wikipedia, so that they can be deleted when this is done. Regards, ^{commons:user:giggy} dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 05:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Archive Your Page

Seriously my friend. You're going for the world's record on number of sections! Have a great day! Wjhonson (talk) 23:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Cilician Armenia

Thanks. I already had some info prepared in my user sandbox and when I saw you at work I decided I'd finally add it. I'll try not to read on your toes though and I'll let you do your stuff first. Then I'll see if I can add anything else from Hovannisian. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 17:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Misinterpretation of sources

PHG, I am concerned with your recent creation of the article Viam agnoscere veritatis, as you appear to be using it once again as a Coatrack to push this POV about a Franco-Mongol alliance. The sources that you have listed on the article do not make any mention of Viam agnoscere veritatis, and the description that you posted of the document does not have any resemblance to what is actually in the Latin!

As I am sure you know, many editors have expressed strong concerns about your editing in the topic area of the Mongols, and the relations between the Mongols and Europe:

• Many of the articles that you have created, have been deleted as POV forks
• You have engaged in edit wars to maintain your preferred version of the Franco-Mongol alliance article, which edits have been reverted by multiple other editors
• You have been cherry-picking and misquoting sources
• Many other articles that you have edited, have also been identified as containing biased information, and now other editors are having to waste time cleaning things up: Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#List of articles for review
• You have engaged in deceptive editing practices, such as saying you were "reinstating" an older version of an article, when in actuality you were using the revert to insert new biased information which had never been in the article in the first place.
• Many editors have issued statements saying that something needs to be done about you, as you may have seen at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Franco-Mongol alliance

But even despite all the concerns that have been expressed, you are still continuing to add more controversial and biased information to Wikipedia.

PHG, I didn't want to take this step, but I feel it necessary to ask you to stop editing in the topic area of the Mongols. You have engaged in many valuable endeavors on Wikipedia in the past, and I do not want to see you completely leave Wikipedia, but I think it is best if you just stop editinnything related to Western-Mongol relations for awhile. Will you please voluntarily abide by my request? If not, I am afraid that there may be further consequences, such as further sanctions on your behavior and editing privileges. Please, stop this before it gets to that point. --Elonka 01:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Elonka. Just because I have discussions with you surely doesn't mean I should stop edit on a given topic. Just evaluate articles for what they are. Viam agnoscere veritatis is fully referenced and legitimate. Stop slandering and making false accusations, just discuss specific facts you would like to challenge. I'll be glad to have the discussion. PHG (talk) 11:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, this has gone beyond Elonka's request. I assume you've read the comments on the Arbitration request; there are many editors who feel that you are having difficulty following Wikipedia's editing policies when it comes to this topic. You have been very unwilling to heed the concerns of other editors and engage productively on the topic; you seem unable to consider that if this many editors feel there is something wrong, perhaps there really is something wrong. Wikipedia is a collaborative project which requires editors to work together and if you can't do that due to your strong feelings on this topic area, it would be better if you chose to work on other topics where you do not have similar problems. Ignoring other editors and their discussions simply isn't an option. Shell ^babelfish 11:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

PHG, it is very clear by the talkpage discussion that there is absolutely no consensus to revert back to your longer version with serious source and POV problems. Please revert yourself instead of continuing to disrupt the article. Shell ^babelfish 14:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Could you please tell me which rule you keep referencing to justify your reverts? Shell ^babelfish 14:22, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

So in other words, there is no such rule. The status quo is maintained in deletion discussions when no consensus can be reached, however, this method does not extend to editorial decisions. The other major problem I see is that there is certainly no consensus to revert to the version you prefer, in fact, even those who do not specifically suggest keeping the shorter version mention that perhaps an entire rewrite is necessary. Continuing to revert to your version is not going to change the fact that editorial work on the article is going forward. Please stop trying to force your will on all of the other involved editors and work with us. Shell ^babelfish 14:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

No, I'm sorry, but what is happening to the article is not a deletion; article deletion is clearly defined in our deletion policies. What is happening is simply ongoing editorial work and improvement. It is very clear that you are upset at having your work edited, but this editing is part and parcel of submitting content to Wikipedia. There is absolutely no standing in Wikipedia policy or other community consensus which allows you to continue reverting against all other involved editors. Shell ^babelfish 14:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Viam agnoscere veritatis

PHG: There are two serious problems with the abbreviated Latin letter you have posted at Viam agnoscere veritatis. I have transcribed the full text of the letter on the talk page. How do you account for the discrepancy of date between the citation of the letter and the text of the article? How do you account for the fact that this letter mentions neither persecution nor an alliance? It should be clear even to those with no Latin that this letter was carried by a certain Laurentius of Portugal. This Laurentius departed Rome in 1245 about the same time as Ascelin of Lombardia and Simon of St Quentin left for the East by another route. Aramgar (talk) 23:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I echo Aramgar's concerns. And there are already multiple editors complaining at the article talkpage, but for the record I'll say it again here. PHG, what you did was take bits and pieces from different history books, and because of your innate bias, you made the assumption that they were talking about the same thing, and then you wrote a Wikipedia article as though they were talking about the same thing, and in the process you wrote an article that not only violated WP:NOR and WP:UNDUE, it was just plain wrong. This is not the first time that you have done this. Further, as should be painfully obvious to you and anyone else following your activities, you are deliberately ignoring everyone's good-faith cautions to you. I am also disappointed to see that despite a clear consensus at Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#Consensus poll, that you are still trying to edit-war there in defiance of the talkpage.[13]

It is my opinion that you should be blocked from Wikipedia, and that the block should be kept in place until you can at least acknowledge that you understand the problems that your behavior has caused. It is also my opinion that unless you can promise to stop disrupting, that the block should not be lifted. However, that's not my call. I'm obviously involved in this dispute, and as such, I should not use my admin tools. But I can and will make recommendations. In short, I am really tired of having to follow along behind you and clean up your messes. You are damaging Wikipedia, you are expressing every indication of someone who's going to keep on damaging Wikipedia, and since you will not stop voluntarily, you will have to be stopped by force. --Elonka 01:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I will be on the opposite side, seeking every means available to stop the application of force to silence dissent. Our goal is not to smother editors with whom we disagree, but to find common ground. Some editors refuse to make a significant attempt to seek common ground and instead throw out threats whenever there is disagreement. That is disruptive to the project and cannot be tolerated. Wjhonson (talk) 02:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Wjhonson, you are not a neutral observer, can you please stick to your own disputes, rather than stalking my edits to find someplace else that you can stir the pot? PHG's actions have been enormously destructive to the project, and I'm disappointed that you would be willing to tolerate such behavior. We have tried every possible means of finding common ground. Request for comment, mediation, and months of talkpage discussions. PHG refuses to compromise, refuses to acknowledge any consensus that disagrees with his own opinion, and further, continues to insert false information into Wikipedia. Enough is enough. --Elonka 02:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Wjhonson, I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the situation. I don't think Elonka is trying to stifle dissent: numerous editors have tried hard to work with PHG and met with absolute inflexibility. His ownership issues seem to have made it impossible for him to collaborate with other editors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kafka Liz (talk • contribs) 02:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Kafka as you can see Elonka claims I'm "stalking" her, which is completely untrue as you can see from my own contribs list. She claims falsely that I'm stirring the pot, when it's herself that starting throwing out threats. She claims falsely that PHG's edits are "enormously destructive". That kind of language is prima facie evidence that she is unable to find any common ground with PHG and will not. The claim that "every possible means" is false. I do not see that occurring. That PHG refuses to compromise is false. That there is such a thing as "false information" is not in accord with project guidelines. We do not report the truth because we report sources, not truth. Reviewing PHG's comments to others, it's fairly plain that he can work with others, he just chooses not to work with others who resort to attacks and abuse and insults. I think Elonka should leave these pages, her approach is not helping the situation. I've been monitoring this page, not all of Elonka's contribs. I'm monitoring this page in order to stop the very sort of attacking that was posted. Period. I don't have a care about the content issue, but I'm not going to sit by and let a valued editor be addressed by threats.Wjhonson (talk) 03:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Elonka is grasping for a way to describe a host of issues in a small space. I'm not sure what you should call it when an editor misrepresents sources, attempts to disrupt consensus building activities, creates POV forks, reverts instead of discussion, reverts against consensus... the list goes on. Whatever you'd personally like to call it, feel free, but don't defend it without knowing the full extent of the last 6 months worth of history on these issues.

Wjhonson, you are developing a habit of defending editors despite their poor behavior, like the recent ANI thread in which you argued against many administrators that a spammer and troll didn't deserve a block. Its always a good thing to make sure that the little guy isn't getting picked on, but please take a bit more care to know the back-story before making your choices. Shell ^babelfish 03:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm developing a habit of preventing useful editors from being attacked by threats. Turning around, when I defend PHG and attacking me on baseless charges, is no way to try to win my sympathy. It is however reminescent of a few choice events from the past. This has to stop. User talk is not the place to issue threats over these sort-of long running content issues. I have seen talk of his behaviour, but no specific diffs are presented to highlight exactly where he did anything wrong. We have RfC/U as I've mentioned several times, issued over a user's conduct should be taken there, not here. The wider community can then weigh in, while few people watch any particular user talk page. I've been following the back story a bit, I commented on it, in the recent ArbCom case. My perception of what occurred matches some editors, and not others. That does not make my perception wrong, nor others right, just different. Dickering this out on user talk is not the appropriate venue imho. If Elonka or anyone else wants to file a RfC/U on PHG then they should do so.Wjhonson (talk) 03:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, thanks to Elonka, you have a great deal of material to peruse below and as you should be aware, if you're reading things like you say, there is a case before the ArbCom about PHG's behavior, so dispute resolution is being followed. If the fact that we have the courtesy to discuss matters with him and try to stop him from further hurting himself is to be held against us in your opinion, then so be it. Shell ^babelfish 08:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

No Shell, I'm all for discussion and courtesy. That is how wikisociety should ideally operate. His behaviour on content issues should be brought before the relevant boards and mediators if that's an issue and then all sides can be given a fair and impartial hearing. Thank you for maintaining a cordial atmosphere and I will try to read through the diffs that Elonka has so graciously provided. They would probably do more good however in an RfC/U or at the ArbCom Evidence page.Wjhonson (talk) 09:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

(outdent)Hi Wjhonson, I stand by my comments regarding the difficulty of working with PHG. To respond to your remarks above, can I ask that we set aside whatever tension there may be between you and Elonka? I don’t have any comments to offer regarding ”stalking” or “stirring the pot;” I just wanted to point out that Elonka is not the only editor to have had trouble working with PHG. :) Are you really claiming that every single editor who has voiced concern with PHG’s tactics has “resort[ed] to attacks and abuse and insults?” My observation of his interactions with others and my own personal experience has shown me that his offers of compromise and collaboration seldom bear fruit. This conversation, for example, started with a good faith question by Aramgar regarding factual inaccuracies in the Viam agnoscere veritatis article. All other comments by Elonka, Shell, you and me aside, I think it’s telling that Aramgar never received an answer.Kafka Liz (talk) 21:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Kafka Liz for your cordial remarks. I have no problem setting aside any past issue between myself and Elonka. In point-of-fact, I'm not actually watchlisting any of the articles with which she is involved, to my knowledge. I am however watchlisting this page, and a few other editors talk pages, with the sole intent of keeping the DR system on-track. I do agree that other editors have had problems with PHG, as you do agree that other editors have had problems with Elonka. This is not a one-way street, it never was. Every editor has their own way of approaching DR. The job of mediators is to ensure that no one editor strays too far off the approved path. I do not dispute that scholarly questions might arise, as Aramgar posted above, in a cordial manner. In fact I'd be willing to review it and submit it to soc.genealogy.medieval where several experts there can actually read Latin and understand nuances like this. The additional response however was a little too rough-edged. I'm sure Aramgar would have no problem backing up his own position by citing sources and we can work with that situation. Dredging up all old battles and positions on each and every question, is not helping reach consensus — I suggest that approach stop. Each new question should be treatly newly, from a scholarly perspective, not as a new battle in a long war.Wjhonson (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Wjhonson. Thanks for getting back to me. Your comments seem fair, although I suspect Aramgar may be a bit miffed by the implication that he can’t read Latin, since he is paid to teach it. You are certainly welcome to submit it to the soc.genealogy.medieval list for outside opinions if you wish. :) The source is the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, and although I don’t have the specific page or manuscript numbers on me, I do know that there is more than one letter known as the Viam agnoscere veritatis. Kafka Liz (talk) 22:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello Wjhonson: I have posted two of the letters at Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis. When I first asked PHG the questions above, he was making inaccurate claims about letter #102, which is also known as "Dei patris inmensa." Since that time, I have located and transcribed letter #105, "Cum non solum," to the same talk page. I am still looking for a third letter in the series. You are of course welcome to show them to other Latinists not involved with the Franco-Mongol walled garden. Aramgar (talk) 23:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the remarks. I have no knowledge of Aramgar's credentials and we should not be examining credentials in the debate. I'm not implying that Aramgar can or can't read Latin, as I myself can only read every third word, and that badly, and I have no knowledge of Aramgar. I think it's fairly common for partly-literate people to badly interpret Latin, esp. if some other source is their intermediate source. I see it quite a lot, and that's why I check with other experts on certain tendentious issues, like always translating "nepos" as nephew, when we now know that it's meaning has changed over time, for example. By the way, I would highly recommend that Aramgar consider posting his transcription's to Wikisource. We are badly in need of more material, it's a very underused wiki.Wjhonson (talk) 20:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I didn't thow in enough smiles to establish a light-hearted tone there. :) It wasn't intended as an attempt to establish credentials or anything quite so formal. I just wanted to express that although he is well-versed in Latin, I understand why you might want to check with uninvolved sources. That's all. :) Kafka Liz (talk) 20:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Diffs

For anyone reviewing this page, who for some reason has neither the time nor inclination to actually review the related talkpages for themselves, here are relevant diffs which indicate some of the problems with PHG's behavior over the last few months. For a few paragraphs that summarize the content dispute, see User:Elonka/Mongol quickref. For the user conduct issues, see below:

• PHG has been exhibiting WP:OWN behavior on multiple articles, most notably at Franco-Mongol alliance, an article which he has increased in size to around 200K. He has been systematically reverting anyone who attempts to condense it. He never violates 3RR, but instead does reverts every 24 hours:
  • January 20, 06:17 (reverted by Shell Kinney)[14]
  • January 21, 05:33 (reverted by Elonka)[15]
  • January 22, 06:07 (reverted by Elonka)[16]
  • January 23, 06:00 (reverted by WJBscribe)[17]
  • January 24, 05:16 (reverted by Aramgar)[18]
  • January 25, 05:07 (reverted by Aramgar)[19]

  (page protected from January 26 - February 3)

  • February 3, 13:57 (reverted by Kafka Liz)[20]

• A clear consensus has been confirmed at the article talkpage to condense the article: Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#Consensus poll. PHG, however, continues to deny that there is consensus, and continues to edit-war, trying to revert the article to his 200K version.[21]
• PHG has been creating many POV forks and WP:COATRACK articles, into which he is continuing to put biased and highly questionable information. See Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#List of articles for review.
• PHG ignored the results of an article RfC
• PHG ignored the consensus about the article's introduction sentence
• Several of PHG's POV forks have had to be put through XfD to be deleted:
  • Franco-Mongol alliance (1258-1265) (includes "Franco-Mongol alliance (1265-1282)" and "Franco-Mongol alliance (1297-1304)")
  • Mongol alliances in the Middle East
  • Template:Mongol alliances
  • Franco-Mongol alliance (modern interpretations)
  • Mongol conquests and Jerusalem
  • Mongol raids on Jerusalem (1300) (new title created by PHG in an attempt to dodge an earlier AfD)
• Many editors have taken the time to post at PHG's talkpage, expressing concerns about his behavior: (Elonka)(Geogre)(Adam Bishop)[22](WJBscribe) (Ioeth)[23] (Aramgar) (Kafka Liz)[24](Srnec) (Eupator) (Shell Kinney)[25] (Luna Santin) (Jehochman) (Orderinchaos) (Durova) (Dihydrogen Monoxide)
• PHG has engaged in deceptive behavior, such as saying he was "reinstating" an article, when in actuality he was using the edit to insert information that had never been in the article in the first place (inserting nearly 50K of information).[26]
• PHG was blocked for 24 hours for disruption and edit-warring.[27][28]
• Many editors expressed strong concerns about PHG's behavior, in statements at a Request for Arbitration: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Franco-Mongol alliance

We now have dozens of articles which need complex cleanup, and PHG is continuing to cause more problems on a near daily basis. Most recently, see Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis, where he is being criticized for original research and misinterpretation of sources. An attempt was made to cleanup the article, but PHG simply added the information right back in.

All other appropriate dispute resolution techniques have been tried, without success. PHG refuses to even acknowledge that his behavior has been a problem, and he simply continues to argue and edit-war.

The thing that is of most concern about all this, is the longterm damage that PHG is causing to Wikipedia. The really dangerous part to Wikipedia, is not just that PHG is defying other editors, but that he seems to have a talent for inserting biased and false information into Wikipedia, and making it look well-sourced. With all of these problems that we have discovered just in his work about the Mongols, I think it is very likely that similar problems will be found in other of PHG's efforts as well, but it is going to require someone actually digging in and looking at the sources to find the truth and identify the areas that need cleanup. For example, it was recently discovered that he has been uploading dozens of images which are copyright violations. Again, this is going to require hours of cleanup time.

In summary: PHG is one of the more dangerous types of editors that we can have on Wikipedia. He inserts false information into the project, in ways that make the information difficult to identify, and difficult to remove. He refuses to work towards consensus. He ignores all good-faith warnings. He wastes the time of many other good editors, who could be spending time on far more productive pursuits than having to clean up after him. I do appreciate that PHG has done some good work on Wikipedia, but I do not think that this balances out all the damage that he is causing at the same time. It is my opinion that unless he agrees to change his behavior, that he should be removed from the project. --Elonka 07:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I looked at the first set of diffs and they are disappointing. From the beginning, the short-version vs long-version has been a content issue. This sort of reverting is not bad behaviour. It represents a long-standing content issue, which should be taken to a wider community level if the editors cannot find common ground. That is standard procedure, we have many boards for it. There is an awful lot of WP:KETTLE in the above which doesn't help your argument, it hampers it. I'm certain you could come to some sort of agreement if you really think about putting the project first. I'll take a look at the rest of the diffs in a bit. Wjhonson (talk) 09:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you seek PHG's permission to use his talk page to showcase this? It's unconventional, also speaking about him in third person, etc. El_C 09:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

This is a most unhelpful line to take and I'm surprised to see you not only commented here, but felt necessary to bring it up in the arbitration request. I suppose you didn't read above where those editors talking with PHG had been specifically asked for diffs to evidence their claims? As for unconventional, full RfCs have been held on user talk pages before, so while not incredibly common, its certainly not unique. Shell ^babelfish 15:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

No matter how guilty all of you maintain PHG is, he nonetheless deserve a say about his talk page being used in this way, for such lengthy expositions that are not directed to him but are about him. I reiterate that it's highly unusual and just looks bad. Thx. El_C 21:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Just a few days away, but Elonka's mad circus of accusations continues... Oh dear, have you seen this "PHG is one of the more dangerous types of editors that we can have on Wikipedia"??? This is simply ridiculous. I just think she is beyond her mind at not having her way for once. PHG (talk) 09:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Arbitrary break

I looked at the next issue which was related to the list of articles for review. It's quite exemplary that a list of interconnected articles was created. It makes the whole process easier to track. In regards to the section on whether the Mongols captured Jerusalem, I found the involved discussion very interesting. We can all see that Peter Jackson's remarks can be paraphrased in several ways. Saying according to Peter Jackson... is certainly one way of stating it. That is not deception, bias, or destructive behaviour, it's just one way. It is quite common in scholarly debate, to start with a statement that may not quite be acceptable to all sides, and work toward a statement that is more acceptable. To state, from the outset that a person is behaving badly, when they possibly are not, doesn't help. The statement could be expanded to "Peter Jackson, while discussing current rumours and reports, states that some of these say blah blah blah". Focusing on the content issues and not on bashing the editors should always remain of paramount import.Wjhonson (talk) 22:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

One issue I've not really understood about this whole situation, is why some editors are so resistent to the simple idea of splitting the article into pieces. Obviously some editors have so much detail that they want to go into minutiae. I don't see that as a problem. I see that as a great boon to our project. If there really are a great number of sources, giving greatly different testimony, I see no reason not to create mountains of data if it's really that interesting that we have a team of 12 editors working on it. Saying that some of the existent article is so highly biased as to be useless seems to be, in effect saying, that some scholars are worthless to the project. I will never believe that. Each editor involved here has contributed greatly to the project. Each one. Not just some. There is a way, no matter how difficult it might be to perceive it today, for all scholars to live together. The easy way is to find reasons to exclude some. The hard way is to find ways to co-exist. What I've seen so far is normal scholarly debate on sources. The fights at soc.genealogy.medieval can get much more aggressive than anything I've seen here. And yet we're all still alive. Wjhonson (talk) 22:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not going to go further into content issues, because I want to remain as uninvolved as possible in this situation. I would note however that issues regarding what is, or isn't a reliable source, what is or isn't undue weight, what is or isn't neutral point of view, what is or isn't verifiable — should each be taken to the respective Talk page of that policy. Re-running multiple times, the same under-current of issues through the same list of editors, who have formed competing armies (if you will allow me that characterization), doesn't actually assist the editors to come to consensus on the basic issues. (Please forgive me for that long run-on sentence.) I would suggest that the editors, in a situation where say an Armenian source might be considered non-neutral, seek outside input from editors who spend most of their time monitoring just such issues. It's a much more productive situation, than bickering at each other over the same points.Wjhonson (talk) 22:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, — Rlevse • Talk • 22:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC), note User:Thatcher is the clerk, not me, I'm just opening for him. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Quo usque tandem abutere, PHG, patientia nostra?

PHG: for three days I have been raising questions about the accuracy of the article Viam agnoscere veritatis that you created. Since then you have continued to edit the article, and I have heard no response from you nor received any acknowledgement of my concerns. This morning I awoke to find that you had once again reverted Franco-Mongol alliance to your prefered version. Your action ignores the consensus at Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance, suggests that your edits have priority in the article, and overwrites recent work by good faith editors. Moreover your prefered version includes pages of disputed material rejected by the other editors. My concerns about Viam agnoscere veritatis are but one small part of this. PHG, it is time to engage with the other participants in the Franco-Mongol discussions or withdraw from this area completely. Aramgar (talk) 13:50, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Block 1

I have blocked you for edit warring at Franco-Mongol alliance. I warned you about this. The two votes you added to the poll would be vote stacking--the talk history clearly shows the two people did not participate and you offerred no proof thereof when I asked it. The poll had a consensus for the short version; and you more than double the size to almost 200k in one edit, way beyond normal article length. This diff show you are openly not acknowledgeing other editors' opinions. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

japanese painting

Hi, as I see, you put Image:DejimaAstronomy.jpg on commons. Do you have additional information about it? Because on de.WP it was claimed that it depicts Philipp Franz von Siebold and his family, and I don't know how to verify this. -- 790 (talk) 10:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Mediation and ArbCom

PHG, I see that you want to list certain of our conversations in mediation, in the ArbCom case. This is generally considered bad form, but I wanted to suggest a solution. Even though all communications in mediation are supposed to be privileged, I would be willing to waive this right and allow the mediation discussion to be public, if both you and our mediator agree. However, this would also mean that I would be able to provide diffs of things that you had said in mediation, where I felt that you had said things that were misleading (such as about a certain passage in Latin). It's up to you though. My first reaction is to avoid any mention of what happened in mediation. But, if you want to open things up (and Tariq is okay on it), then we can lay it out on the table for everyone to see. Let me know what you think, --Elonka 18:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Your arbitration evidence

Your evidence includes the statement: There is currently a discussion with Durova (another of Elonka's friends?) about handdrawings from picture of ancient artefacts. References to my policy objections regarding another Wikimedia website are, at best, premature. Your suggestion that I act upon partisanship rather than policy is inappropriate. I do not manufacture imaginary objections to please Elonka.

Please weigh the possibility that I may know what I'm talking about. I have 15 featured pictures at Commons and I operate a restoration workshop for vintage images. An impartial administrator took my concerns seriously enough to block you for three days there, which is a strong indication that those 54 uploads of yours probably are policy violations and not business as usual by Commons norms. You could pursue the reasonable solution of transwiki that would let you continue to use all of these sketches at Wikipedia legitimately.

Since part of the arbitration case against you concerns the legitimacy of your use of sources, it is to your advantage to take a conservative approach. Instead you have refused to cooperate and named me in your formal evidence in a way that invites rebuttal, and I have a rebuttal drafted. I would very much prefer if you withdrew the reference to me from your statement, so that there isn't any need to post what I've written. I will wait one day. Durova^Charge! 22:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Just as a small note in PHG's defense, he is currently blocked, so couldn't change his evidence even if he wanted to. You might want to give him more than a day. --Elonka 23:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I hadn't noticed. Then I'll wait 24 hours after the block expires. Also, to PHG, I have asked Elonka to modify her evidence statement also. To the best of my knowledge, those sketches of yours weren't copyright violations, but were uploaded to the wrong site under the wrong license statement. Per commons: Commons:Derivative_works#Casebook:

Photographs of three-dimensional objects are always copyrighted, even if the object itself is in the public domain. If you did not take the photograph yourself, you need permission from the owner of the photographic copyright (unless of course the photograph itself is in the public domain).

Durova^Charge! 00:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Dispute tag

Hi PHG. Sorry about the delay - the phone rang before I got to post on the talk page. :) Regarding the Latin of the texts, there are several Wikipedians who read Latin, so perhaps you could find one you trust to confirm the letters' contents for you. Kafka Liz (talk) 14:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Aïbeg and Serkis, yet another coatrack

Your article Aïbeg and Serkis seems to be yet another coatrack for your Franco-Mongol enthusiasms. Aïbeg and Serkis are historical figures associated with Franco-Mongol diplomacy, certainly. The problem rests in the repetition of these problematic statements:

In his communications to the envoys, the Pope...in the response he remitted to them deplored the delays in establishing a general alliance between the Christians and the Mongols. Runciman also states that Aibeg and Sarkis returned to the Mongol realm in November 1248, "with complaints that nothing further was happening about the alliance".

Similar statements have been removed from Franco-Mongol alliance and Viam agnoscere veritatis, and the secondary sources to which you refer have been questioned by other users (Talk:Viam_agnoscere_veritatis#1248_letter). Furthermore, the Latin of the letter in question says nothing at all about an alliance (Talk:Viam_agnoscere_veritatis#22_November_1248:_Viam_cognoscere_veritatis). If what Grousset and Runciman have to say about the letter is demonstrably untrue, we should cease to invoke them on this issue. Aramgar (talk) 17:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, neither Runciman nor Grousset do specifically mention Viam_agnoscere_veritatis, and they just mention communications and responses to the envoys. Therefore your argument does not stand Aramgar. You can't have it both ways, since you already insisted that Grousset and Runciman's statements should not be connected to Viam_agnoscere_veritatis. I am getting tired of your partisan accusations. PHG (talk) 18:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

On what if not the letter are the statements of Grousset and Runciman based. Come on, PHG, are you not a little curious? In addition, I do not see how an interest in the subject matter, a regard for factual accuracy, and respect for Wikipedia consensus can be construed as partisan. Please refrain from ad hominem attacts. Aramgar (talk) 18:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Come on. Don't talk about ad hominem attacks, you have proven a master at them. These quotes from Grousset and Runciman were specifically deleted by you and your friends from the Viam agnoscere veritatis article because they were not formally connected to Viam_agnoscere_veritatis. They are, however formally connected to Aibeg and Serkis, that's why they fully deserve to be in this article. PHG (talk) 18:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

On what if not the letter are the statements of Grousset and Runciman based. Aramgar (talk) 18:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, and I have no intention to do original research to second-guess the statements of reputable historians such as Grousset and Runciman. PHG (talk) 18:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I did not delete referenced material: I substituted a better and less controversial reference (Rachewiltz) for the suspect ones you so cling to. Aramgar (talk) 19:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:NPOV, all significant views should be mentionned, and this is non-negotiable. You cannot delete proper secondary sources because of your own interpretations, or your wish to privilege only one point of view. This is a strong disservice to Wikipedia and goes against Wikipedia editing rules.PHG (talk) 08:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Motion at arbitration

FYI, I have filed a motion at the Arbitration case, that you should cease creating articles in Franco-Mongol related topics while the case is open. If you would like to participate at the thread, the link is here. The general consensus is that you should stop voluntarily, so that a formal motion does not need to proceed. Will you agree to this, to voluntarily avoid creating any further articles in this topic area for awhile? Thanks, Elonka 01:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't think this is the best solution. Nobody should ever feel forced to stop editing wikipedia unless they are a blatant vandal. If content and accuracy is questionable it should be discussed rationally and an effort to produce an article or series of articles which people can basically agree on. I don't know all the details but it looks like the situation has been blown out of proportion but I urge you to try to remain calm and remember that there are editors who have seen a lot of good work from you in the past of which you should remain proud of, Just hang in there ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:53, 16 February 2008 (UTC).

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Theophilos.jpg

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Mediation

Hi Tariq. I just notified Elonka that I gladly agree to her proposal to open up the content of the Mediation about the Franco-Mongol alliance. Best regards. PHG (talk) 15:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not quite ready to agree to that. -- tariqabjotu 04:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Please stop the personal attacks

I know that Arbitration can be a difficult thing, but please say your piece there instead of attacking Elonka across a number of talk pages. Spend some time finding diffs that support the accusations you're making and present those in the arbitration case. Shell ^babelfish 08:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Sources

What she got back to me about tallies with what you found. Thanks! Ealdgyth | Talk 16:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hi PHG. I am aware of how she uses the phrase. My use of it was merely a sly reference to the subtitle of her 1979 article. My apologies if this was unclear. On a side note, I am touched by your confidence in my dedication to pursuing you. :) Kafka Liz (talk) 14:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

A Great Work with the Point of view of the Buddhists about the Crusades

Hello PHG ! You did a Great Work concerning the Battle of Baghdad and the franco-mongols alliance ! Dont considerate the bad reactions of these Catholics from Poland who dont have a scholar background and know nothing about the real history of the Buddhist Hulagu. Dr. Dominique Boubouleix, Dr. EPHE in Sorbonne, Dr. Litt. CIU, Chancellor of the CIU London. My page : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Boubouleix PS forget Please my poor english which sounds bad —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr Boubouleix (talk • contribs) 15:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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Please respond to Brad's request for information in a separate section. Interweaving comments in Elonka's section, especially when you are splitting one comment by her into several, so that they are not signed, is confusing. Do not edit another party's evidence; use your own section. I tried once to fix this but you either did not notice or ignored me so now fix it yourself. For long, detailed analysis you may wish to instead add a section to the evidence page and link to it from the workshop. Thatcher 19:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I see that Thatcher just mentioned this to you. Please stop commenting in other people's sections. Thanks. Shell ^babelfish 21:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

PHG that is my user space you're editing and evidence at that. Either abide by my wishes or comment elsewhere. Shell ^babelfish 21:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Buddhist content of Battle of Baghdad (1258) deleted twice in one day

Hello,

My name is Geir (Gehrhardt).

Only the Buddhist material of the article has been deleted massively, without any explanation.

Urgently come to it's talkpage, kindly, so as to prevent the whole page being emptied. Thank you, you will find my entry there.

Geir Smith (talk) 09:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

My version of Wikipedia gives clear reasons for its removal, eg "Removing personal essay, original research, gibberish." and "deep revert of off-topic unencyclopedic essayistic rambling" -- its basically stuff from Geir Smith's personal website, pushing his personal version of reality (his words from his talk page). Clearly POV and Original Research. Geir Smith is also actively recruiting other people to join Wikipedia to push his views.--Dougweller (talk) 12:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello PGH,

I saw your contributions on Buddhism, and thank you for it all. I'm French from the last forty last years of living here, and am shocked at the mob-lynching going on at Franco-Mongol Alliance's Arbit. page. I talked about it at the Buddhist forum where the Dalai Lama has his followers at Phayul.com and said that a scholar being dragged through the mud by the people on the street was really shocking. I saw that you lack support: and at that forum there are many scholars reading so I hope to bring you support shortly. I also made a straw vote with you and Sponsianus's votes and we came up to a five majority. I thus hope to attract many more than this. I'm sending this to several places now as this letter will reveal the extent of the problem by it's explicitness and be useful, I think.

I have also written a lengthy explaining letter to the Buddhist French forum of Buddhaline that is close to my own lineage of Buddhism Ngor, the main sect of Sakya, as you must know what is, what with your being a well-read person on Buddhism, as I'm sure you are. The article that was the reason for my removing from Wiki and the deleting of all its Buddhist material is now up and running and can be consulted for all purposes at http://geirsmith.org/ShambhalaBaghdad1.html Please feel free to contact me at geir.smith@yahoo.fr I'll be ready to make the problem of underrepresentation of Buddhist voices on the Arbitration page be made known on all Buddhist forums, if this seems interesting to you, and this we can talk about between us if you kindly contact me.

Geir Smith —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.138.39.105 (talk) 18:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

http://forums.phayul.com/index.php?showtopic=1895&st=120&start=120 will give you a better idea of what Geir wants.--Doug Weller (talk) 19:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Current conduct

Hi,

A quick comment, please read and digest.

At Arbitration, all conduct is taken into account. That includes noting that you are spamming a hostile note against another user to multiple people's talk pages, for example, as you have done today.

Whether right or whether wrong, your conduct is what is at consideration at RFAR. Whatever the other issues may be, this is clearly within the bounds of what we would consider "disruptive conduct". This is not a view on the content or the issue, but purely that it is not okay, whoever does it and for whatever reason they do it. I suggest cordially, you take advice and desist, now and permanently, from it.

Written as a personal note.

FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 20:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Quick check... should one read your comment to mean, "I don't see anything I've done wrong", then? FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 21:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Viam agnoscere veritatis

I'm not sure who is making up what anymore. In fact I'm pretty much convinced you are perpetrating an elaborate hoax, so I'm not going to retract anything, I think I'll just ignore the whole thing from now on. Adam Bishop (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Personal attacks

PHG, your comment here to Aramgar was out of line, a violation of Wikipedia's policy on "No personal attacks", where you implied that his edits are destructive.[29] That is absolutely not the case -- Aramgar is one of the more constructive editors that we have in this topic area, and his ability to translate medieval Latin is extremely valuable. That you would say anything to try and antagonize him off the project is appalling to me. Please try to adopt a better standard of behavior. --Elonka 20:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Image source

PHG, regarding this image that you uploaded it in November, I see that you neglected to indicate where that you got it from. Could you please let me know the source? I would like to verify the title. According to my records, Baldwin did not "cede the Temple of Solomon" to the Templars. Instead, he allowed them to setup their quarters in part of his royal palace, including the Al Aqsa Mosque, which the Crusaders referred to as the Temple of Solomon since it was built atop the ruins. But it wasn't the actual Temple. --Elonka 06:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure. The book where this reproduction can be found is Les Templiers, Patrick Huchet, p.21, ISBN 9782737338526. The French caption is "Baudoin II, roi de Jerusalem, cede l'emplacement du Temple de Salomon a Hugues de Payns et Godefroy de Saint-Omer", which indeed would mean that the location of the Temple was given to the Templars rather than the Temple itself. I let you find the proper English expression which could reflect that. PHG (talk) 20:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. BTW, I was just curious about something. Though you live in France, and use French sources, it seems that most of your work is on the English Wikipedia, not the French. If you don't mind my asking, why is that? Especially for complex topics, wouldn't it make sense to work in your native language first? --Elonka 20:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

A stupid and a good reason. The stupid one: my computer doesn't have accents, so it is nearly impossible to type French. A good one: the English Wikipedia is much more developed, and therefore much more interesting to work on. Regards PHG (talk) 21:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. One other question... Any idea what's up with this? Do you know any of these people?[30] They seem to be referring to both of us quite a bit. --Elonka 21:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I've started to see these messages a few days ago (I received a post above). I had no knowledge of them before that. PHG (talk) 22:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I re-read these threads... it does seem that some people are getting really pissed about the way you have been bullying me these pages, Elonka... PHG (talk) 10:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

So, just checking, you don't see anything wrong with what they're saying? --Elonka 19:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm certainly not saying that, but I do believe there is a lot wrong with your own ways. Cheers :) PHG (talk) 19:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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Hi FayssalF. I would like to share with you some updates about Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Proposed decision. It has just been made clear that a large part of the accusations made against me were based on a false claim being made by Elonka and Aramgar about a name "Viam agnoscere veritatis" being used for a multiplicity of Papal bulls Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis#Untangling (arbitrary section break). Both were making a false claim, intentionally of not, and have been using this claim to motivate a multiplicity of editors to make depositions against me (here, here and the numerous "Viam agnoscere depositions of the Workshop page such as [31]). It's clear that the discussion heated up (on both sides) but it turns out I was right to dispute their misrepresentation of historical facts. I challenge judgements which are based on such false evidence and manipulation. Another recent case of Elonka obviously misrepresenting sources has been exposed here Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance#Introduction. All my contributions are properly referenced from published sources, and if sometimes we can have differences in interpretation, nobody has been able to identify a single case of fabrication of sources or whatever (as demonstrated in User:Ealdgyth/Crusades quotes testbed, embedded responses [32]). I am asking you to think twice before believing the accusations of such editors. Elonka is well known for throwing endless accusation at someone and spinning the truth in order to get support [33]. Please view Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Proposed decision for a update of these issues. Regards PHG (talk) 16:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I am discussing this case with some of my colleagues arbitrators. Thanks. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 15:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance

This Arbitration case is closed and the final decision has been published at the link above. PHG (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing articles relating to medieval or ancient history for a period of one year. He is permitted to make suggestions on talk pages, provided that he interacts with other editors in a civil fashion. PHG is reminded that in contributing to Wikipedia (including his talkpage contributions, contributions in other subject-matter areas, and contributions after the one-year editing restriction has expired), it is important that all sourced edits must fairly and accurately reflect the content of the cited work taken as a whole. PHG is also reminded that Wikipedia is a collaborative project and it is essential that all editors work towards compromise and a neutral point of view in a good-faith fashion. When one editor finds themselves at odds with most other editors on a topic, it can be disruptive to continue repeating the same argument. After suggestions have been properly considered and debated, and possible options considered, if a consensus is clear, the collegial and cooperative thing to do is to acknowledge the consensus, and move on to other debates.

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Block

user:PHG is under a restriction that he "is prohibited from editing articles relating to medieval or ancient history for a period of one year. He is permitted to make suggestions on talk pages, provided that he interacts with other editors in a civil fashion". This restriction became active on the morning of 14 March, which PHG surely knew (being a close follower of the case). It was brought in the context of articles that covered a wide range of historical topics, sevarl of which focussed on the core dispute area of Franco-Mongol alliance and other related history.

• Jean-Paul Roux is a historian specializing in medieval history. He is a "specialist of Turkish and Islamic culture" who has written widely on Turkish and Mongol historical topics. On 14 March between 10.35 - 10.57 PHG made edits to his article. Jean-Paul Roux is undeniably an article "related to medieval history" in the sense that (for example) World of Warcraft is not. The aim of the edits was to insert a point of view specifically related to Mongol history, and glowingly positive towards Roux' work as a source.

• David Morgan (historian) is an article created by PHG at 10:44, March 14. It reads "David Morgan is an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wrote several books on Medieval history, particularly the subject of the Mongol Empire." This is also an article "related to medieval history". It was created in relation to the writings on the Mongol Empire, and to support the Medieval history edit added to Jean-Paul Roux. (Additionally, it is not clear whether Morgan was notable or meets WP:PROF, or just added because he was a favorable reviewer.)

• Turning to other matters, I am concerned by this edit. It represents the case in bad faith. It describes it as "Some users indeed managed to impose edit restrictions on me"... "a few users banding together"... "huge on-Wiki and off-Wiki lobbying) to throw false accusations"... "witch hunt". In fact this was a case where your view was in a clear extreme of minority, and the Arbitrators who are independent and checked the source data themselves formed a view on your conduct. It is disturbing that you have not comprehended that your view was not forced out by "a few users" so much as agreed in error by a wide part of the neutral community and its most senior dispute panel.

• I reviewed your talk page contributions at Talk:Edward I of England, Talk:Louis IX of France and Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248). At present they are fine, but be careful to respect consensus if one forms, per remedy 4 "PHG reminded: collaborative consensus". I cannot judge if these "fairly and accurately reflect the content of the cited work taken as a whole" but they discuss removed texts and at present I am willing to condone them on that basis. The discussion is mostly reasonable. The one exception is at Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248) where you describe an edit by Elonka as a "blatant untruth" and state to her that "I am afraid you keep inserting untruths in Wikipedia just to try to make a point that you are right" [34]. This is uncivil and bad faith. Someone asks you whether "obvious untruth" would be better and you then comment "Certainly not. 'Obvious untruth' is a comment related to the content, not to the user" [35] (although in fact you have corrected it), indicating the original comment was directed at the user not the content. You then repeat your view several times over.

PHG - this breaches several points of your ruling. It is in breach of Remedy 1 (do not edit topics related to medieval history), in breach of Remedy 1 again (permitted to make suggestions on talk pages, provided that he interacts with other editors in a civil fashion), I have not evaluated Remedy 2 (must fairly and accurately reflect the content of the cited work taken as a whole) but note others have found this not complied with in the past, and hope that you will not seek to breach Remedy 4 (it can be disruptive to continue repeating the same argument. After suggestions have been properly considered and debated, and possible options considered, if a consensus is clear, the collegial and cooperative thing to do is to acknowledge the consensus, and move on).

As a result of your multiple breaches of remedy 1, I have blocked you for 48 hours, and noted this at the Arbitration page.

FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 20:04, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

FT2, you misread the edits (your point No4) and are making a false accusation against me. It is me (not "somebody") who asked if "Obvious untruth" would be better. Then, after Shell's accusation of Personal attacks, I simply denied and explained that this was not the case because I was commenting on content, not on the user: "Certainly not. 'Obvious untruth' is a comment related to the content, not to the user" [36]. Please check again: your analysis and conclusions are erroneous. Please kindly correct your accusation.

I also think you are making a very narrow interpretation of Remedy 1: Jean-Paul Roux and David Morgan are modern historians: these articles are about the modern people in question, not about ancient history or Medieval History in themselves. I think it is quite unfair that you should take such a drastic measure for such a disputable case.

In view of these issues, I am asking you to cancel your block and remove it from the log. PHG (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

As you can see, considerable thought went into the review. The expression "related to" is not accidental in the remedy. Given the edits, these mainspace matters were not just about the historian, but were also "related to" editing on "medieval history". you did not, for example, add articles on modern historians specializing in Aztec history, or Modern Indian history. These were specifically related to medieval history - one was to add a glowing review of Mongol related matters, the other related to the first. The incivilities were plainly uncivil. You "sort of corrected" one of them after being asked. This does not change that you were uncivil multiple times in breach of the ruling. The other points are concerns that I have noted so that you do not infringe those too.

In short - it's well founded.

As I said, rather presciently I fear... "It is disturbing that you have not comprehended (etc)". It seems the same pattern you showed on the article, is the same pattern you showed in our last discussion when I warned you that you would hit problems, is the same problem you hit now. Please pause and digest this. I feel, myself I have explained as best I can, what seems self evident. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 21:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi FT2. Since you are an Administrator of high standing, could you kindly just check Elonka's long-standing claim that "The name Viam agnoscere veritatis may refer to one of the following papal communications from Pope Innocent IV to the Mongols in the 13th century: Dei patris immensa, Cum non solum, Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248)" in the Viam agnoscere veritatis article? This claim is unreferenced, and its proponents have been incapable of providing a single source for it. As far as I know, it is unsupported by any scholarly source, and Viam agnoscere veritatis is only used for the 1248 letter. I am taking this to heart because I have been attacked extensively for my creation of the Viam agnoscere veritatis article on the ground that it refered to several Papal bulls rather than one, which, as far as I know is totally unsupported. I have always known that on Wikipedia unreferenced statements can be removed, and I think this should be the case. Could you intervene so that Wikipedia rules be applied to all in a fair manner? Please see [37] for a similar view by a user of good standing. PHG (talk) 22:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Short answer - I don't think that's the best idea. My concern here is conduct. I note that a bare 3 days ago, a restriction was set on what you might edit, and how you might conduct yourself. ArbCom rulings are usually fairly tightly enforced, as the last resort in a dispute. I get the strong impression that the view of the community as a whole (which includes myself and ArbCom) on the content matters was that your representation of cites, and factual balancing and interpretation in the articles concerned, was often problematic. Apologies. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 05:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I am afraid your interpretation of issues with content matter is mistaken. I was wrongly accused of creating refs that did not exist, and proved that all I referenced indeed existed. I was wrongly accused of misrepresenting sources, when all I did was merely quote what the sources say, and claims of "misrepresentation" are at best a matter of disputable interpretation. I was wrongly attacked for creating Viam agnoscere veritatis, based on the false claim that it designated several bulls, which it does not. What's wrong with calling "untrue" a statement which is actually untrue? There's nothing incivil in that. It is only normal that I react to false claims being written on Wikipedia. Conduct is not independent of content matter: standing against the false statements of a few, even if sometimes vocally, is not a bad thing, especially when the falsity is obvious: this is for the sake of Wikipedia. It is not because a few editors agree to say something that it makes it true, when it is obviously not (that is the definition of Wikiality). Please kindly review the issue at hand. PHG (talk) 06:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

PHG, whether you agree or not, you are under remedies and restrictions which will affect your permitted editing. You are under these because as a community and committee the consensus is that your editing has led to it. You may agree, or disagree, and that's fine. But you may not breach them, even if you disagree.

Last, Remedy 4 is important too ("It can be disruptive to continue repeating the same argument. After suggestions have been properly considered and debated, and possible options considered, if a consensus is clear, the collegial and cooperative thing to do is to acknowledge the consensus, and move on".)

FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 12:09, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

So, basically, you are knowingly turning a blind eye on a group of users agreeing to write untruths on Wikipedia? The claim that "The name Viam agnoscere veritatis may refer to one of the following papal communications from Pope Innocent IV to the Mongols in the 13th century: Dei patris immensa, Cum non solum, Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248)" in the Viam agnoscere veritatis article is simply untrue and is not supported by a single reference, and you accept that it remains in this encyclopedia? (see Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248)) This is obvious Wikiality and you are condonning it? This was used to attack a user unjustly, and you don't even try to redress the wrong that has been done? This is a very sad thing for Wikipedia really. PHG (talk) 20:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Request to amend Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance

This is a courtesy notification to alert you that I have filed a request to amend the above-linked case. Please see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Request to amend prior case: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance for more details. Daniel (talk) 10:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Request for further ArbCom sanctions

Since you are still violating ArbCom sanctions, I have requested another block. You can see my report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement#User:PHG. --Elonka 23:36, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

False accusations, misrepresentations and harassment again. Responded to on the relevant page. PHG (talk) 08:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Please see Talk:Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. 82.20.19.200 (talk) 12:07, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

PHG - apologies for bothering you about BCE/BC issues at a time when you seem to be under pressure from other editors (possibly for no good reason, I haven't looked in detail at the sitaution). It seems to me that you shouldn't be banned from editing history articles. What a childish proposition. Good luck. 82.20.19.200 (talk) 15:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

There are problems that arose, regardless of blame or fault, that made collaboration in editing far too disruptive. The user is allowed to make suggestions on Talk, and any user who verifies his sources and suggested use of them can then incorporate them in the article, so, really, all that has happened, in theory, is that a writer now has an editor or editors. This could be a good thing. However, it does appear that there is a deep reservoir of bad feelings about this editor, so implementing the theory may be difficult. --Abd (talk) 20:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing

As you are fully aware, an Arbitration ruling at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance, you are prohibited from creating or editing Wikipedia articles related to medieval history for a period of one year:

PHG (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing articles relating to medieval or ancient history for a period of one year. He is permitted to make suggestions on talk pages, provided that he interacts with other editors in a civil fashion.

Your creation of France-Japan relations (19th century) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), now deleted, is a violation of this ruling. Further to the material at WP:AE#User:PHG, I have blocked your account for 60 hours, and annotated the case's log of blocks accordingly.

PHG, you are simply not permitted to edit articles related to medieval history—that is a simple fact. It is imperative that you refrain from doing so, and similarly from creating such articles: the end result, as you have discovered several times now, will be a withdrawal of your editing privileges as a response. Please do not try other's patience again on this matter. AGK § 19:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

That article, on the face of it, was not related to "medieval or ancient history," so I fail to see how it was a violation of the ruling, but was, instead, an example of what ArbComm actually encouraged. As a non-admin, I cannot read the deleted article. If the article contained references to ancient history, the remedy would have been to remove those references to Talk and warn PHG about using new articles on history -- not ancient or medieval history per se -- as a device for inserting comment on ancient history bypassing Talk. (The offense would then have been marginal, thus a warning instead of a block, becoming a block if repeated.) Accordingly, I request that PHG be unblocked.--Abd (talk) 20:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

This is ridiculous! What has France-Japan relations (19th century) to do with Medieval History?? The 19th century has nothing to do with Medieval History as far as I know! Even the background material mentionned in the article only starts in 1545, with the first contacts between Japan and the West, which is not Medieval but Renaissance (the Medieval period typically end in 1492). Please revert this delete immediately, cancel the block and clear the block log, as this is totally unfair and against the Arbcom ruling. Thank you. PHG (talk) 20:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Totally inadequate block. I am restricted from editing Ancient History or Medieval History article, but France-Japan relations (19th century) has nothing to do with that!! Since when is 19th century Medieval history?? Please cancel immediately this unfair block, reinstate the deleted article, and clear the block log from this totally unwarranted action. PHG (talk) 20:30, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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The block is appropriate. PHG, the ArbCom ruling is clear, you have to stop working on history articles. You are allowed to participate at talk. What you could have done in this case, was to post at Talk:France-Japan relations (which I'm sure you knew about, since you created that one too) and say that you wanted to suggest an addition to the article. But instead, you created a new article, which though it said "19th century" in the title, was obviously just a WP:COATRACK. You inserted information about medieval history into the article, and then copy/pasted a bunch of information from other places to flesh it out. You've also done multiple other things which were block-worthy:

• You re-created one of the pages that had been deleted via MfD: User:PHG/Franco-Mongol alliance (full version),
• You are continuing to argue at multiple article talkpages, in defiance of consensus (see WP:AE#User:PHG)

This kind of behavior is disruptive, PHG. You have to stop. Please, can't you find some non-history area of Wikipedia to help out in? --Elonka 20:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Elonka, you are being totally unfair: I am restricted from editing Ancient History and Medieval history: what has France-Japan relations (19th century) to do with that!

Your other reasons are similarly wrong. As explained on WP:AE#User:PHG, I am not arguing against consensus at all. Actually numerous users are of the same opinion as mine. I am simply exercising my right to discuss on Talk Page. You have absolutely no right to harass me for that. PHG (talk) 20:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

PHG, if you will look at the ArbCom page where the arbitrators were discussing the decision, you can easily see that they were unanimous on the principles and remedies. These arbitrators are not random editors, they are experienced Wikipedians who had to pass a rigorous review and community-election process to get where they are. They have the trust of the community. They are our best and wisest. And they deal with arbitration cases every day, so are quite experienced in filtering through evidence, determining who is telling the truth, who is lying, who is exaggerating, who is misinterpreting. And after each of them independently reviewed the evidence, and reviewed the analysis of the sources, they still all came to a unanimous decision about your behavior. They unanimously agreed that you needed to be topic-banned. They unanimously agreed that there were problems in how you worked with other editors. They unanimously agreed that you were not respecting consensus. So are you saying that you genuinely believe that every single arbitrator there was wrong, or somehow mis-led? Or are you even capable of acknowledging any flaws whatsoever in your own behavior? I would genuinely like to see you take a hard look at your own behavior, and try to figure out how you might be able to do better in the future. If you could do that, it would be far more helpful than you simply continuing to insist that you are right, and everyone else is wrong. --Elonka 21:04, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

It is much more simple than that, I am only asking that the Arbcom ruling be respected and not abused: I am currently being blocked for creating France-Japan relations (19th century) on the ground that I am restricted from editing Ancient History and Medieval history: but 19th century history has nothing to do with ancient or medieval history! The block is therefore totally illegitimate, and it is quite amazing that you would condone something like that (although I'm not suprised). I should be unblocked immediately and the article should be un-deleted so that I can go on working on it. PHG (talk) 21:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

PHG, without comment as to the merits of this block, I'd also like to see things work out. As I stated at arbitration, for instance, you're a talented amateur photographer with highly encyclopedic tastes. Maybe it's hard to trust Elonka after all that's passed between you (or even hard to trust me); would you be willing to seek formal mentorship with an impartial Wikipedian? I'm mentoring an editor who's been through arbitration under a completely unrelated case and he often bounces ideas off me in advance of posting--it's a way to help keep things productive and on track. He's not perfect and neither am I, but it helps. And when he has a bad idea (occasionally we all have bad ideas) he knows I don't have any other agenda when I tell him so. If this is an idea that interests you, I'll start a noticeboard query and see who responds. You'd choose whoever you think is the best match. No obligations, just a positive suggestion that might help move things forward. What do you think of it? Durova^Charge! 21:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

PHG, please stand by as I contact the blocking administrator about this block. Sandstein (talk) 22:50, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

How long is this going to go on? Both sides are interpreting the decision narrowly. PHG is going to go on creating and editing articles that are technically not covered by it, and those opposed to him will jump on any reason, no matter how tiny, to block him, until he is blocked for good. Is that the goal here? Or is everyone trying to make him so frustrated that he leaves on his own? Adam Bishop (talk) 23:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Adam, I'd have a lot more patience for PHG, if he wasn't creating new problems, as fast as we were cleaning up the old ones. We still have dozens of other biased articles that are in the process of cleanup. Also, Adam, take a look at what PHG created. We weren't jumping on it for a "tiny reason". It was another coatrack, that was effectively a copy/paste of information that was already in France-Japan relations, plus some "context" about 15th century Christian persecution in Japan, which does not appear to be backed up by reliable sources. There was no need for a new article in the first place, and per the ArbCom ruling, instead of creating a new article, PHG should have just made a suggestion for new content at Talk:France-Japan relations. Further, if you take a look at the existing France-Japan relations article as it stands, you'll see another article (created by PHG) which is full of original research and unsourced information. This isn't just us nitpicking about his content, this is us trying to reduce the flow of bad information into Wikipedia. And I'm getting pretty tired of having to spend half my wiki-time on "PHG cleanup" duty. There are other things I'd rather be doing. If you'd like to help with that task, be my guest. You know where the list is. How about merging PHG's duplicated articles Christianity in Asia and Roman Catholicism in Asia? --Elonka 00:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I have looked over two articles from the list at Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance and neither had wrong information in it that I could find and all major points were backed up by my independent review of sources (all of them available online for 3rd party review). "PHG cleanup" duty isn't that hard. I'm afraid that legitimate concerns with some of PHG's editing patterns have morphed into belief that everything he has ever done must be tainted with inaccuracy and unreliable sourcing. I refused to support PHG at the ArbComm because of the former, but I could not support the other side because of the latter. Srnec (talk) 05:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Statement from the blocking administrator Hi folks. My apologies to all, especially PHG, for the delay in getting back: I'd went offline before seeing Sandstein's message on my talk page, essentially missing this thread. I will firstly state that the specific boundaries of the ArbCom ruling—"medieval" or "ancient" history articles—which is probably why I've had some prodding as to why this block was made. My primary platform was thus: PHG has been shown to duck under the ruling, by editing in history-related areas, whilst simultaneously gaming by editing in the renaissance period—technically, just after the medieval time frame. The purpose of the ArbCom ruling was to send out a clear message to PHG: your approach to editing needs to change. PHG has edited in completely the opposite direction of this: a quick look at the WP:AE thread shows rehashing of expired disputes, which is serving no purpose but to disrupt the improvement of articles. My block was a counter-disruption measure (see the blocking policy), and I truly hope PHG heeds that message. Hopefully this clears up some of the confusion. AGK § 00:09, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

The Renaissance period is not covered by the ban imposed by ArbComm and so should not be used against PHG. Let's keep to the letter of the ruling.

The purpose of an ArbComm ruling is to "send a message"? They should have just used PHG's talk page, instead of laying out a policy on enforcement of an editing ban...

With regards to some of the issues brought up at AE, the direction of discussion at Talk:Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248) seems to be moving a different direction thanks to PHG's harping.

We who are not the object of intense scrutiny should be less hasty to judge. Srnec (talk) 05:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)