It seems to me that your conclusion ("There seems to be a consensus that, while perhaps not perfect, the new text is an improvement") is not a correct summary of the discussion. I provided a number of reliable sources that allowed me to come to a conclusion that this text in not an improvement, and these my arguments have not been refuted. Although I and TFD didn't write 'oppose in bold, we both opposed to the proposed changes, and, taking into account that our opinion is based on reliable secondary sources, I have absolutely no idea what your decision to implement this change was based on. (Especially taking into account that one of the users who voted for proposed changes did that in extremely insulting and uncivil manner, which was especially intolerable taking into account that he has already been warned per WP:DIGWUREN. I think your decision was based on just simple vote count, and I respectfully ask you to self-revert.--Paul Siebert (talk) 02:03, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Users engaging in disruptive/unbecoming behavior in Talk:Trypophobia discussion
Hello. I'd like to ask you to take a look at users on the page Talk: Trypophobia.
Backstory: There's several problems going on with the page discussion, even before I got there, such an admin users musing on self-experiments they were doing and telling others not to discuss a topic which was subject to controversy (mainly concerning whether to keep the lead image there). I made a reply that I thought there was systematic bias in editor's decisions to keep the lead image where it was. Users were somewhat offended that I'd make references to implicit bias and connections I made about their page activity; some of that offense may have been justified. In any case, I was directed to open a dispute resolution to reopen an RfC from 2018, and after spending a while reading rules about discussion, I opened an ANI because I didn't think my request for a review of implicit bias would fit under any other dispute resolution action. I contacted the single person who went against the RfC consensus, Pengo and asked them for their feeling on what happened in that RfC and relayed my takeaway from that discussion to the other discussions. During the ANI, I was addressed by several non-admin users who did not identify that they weren't admins, mostly responding in a negative way, some of whom had previously participated in the Talk:Trypophobia discussion. They convinced me to close the ANI, and I started preparing to open a new RfC. One of my actions, in response to a recommendation in the ANI, was to open a request for review on WT:Med. Another user joined on to the discussion who had previously participated in Talk Trypophobia. While several people have replied in support of my position on other pages, none have been willing to visit the page and work on dispute resolution, so that my responding to 3-5, in my opinion, highly negative users has compounded my frustration with further issues.
Current problems: A user who was previously uninvolved made a post on Pengo's page asking us why we saw bias in the original RfC and replied with indignance several times. Now that user is accusing me of misinterpreting Pengo's position on the other talk pages, breaking a quote I made there in a way that I think was intended to create contention. The same user from pengo's page, Acidsetback, and another who came from the ANI, ScottishFinnishRadish, began, in my opinion, mocking me for suggesting that we ask a researcher for a picture which is less likely to cause a reaction in people with trypophobia. The latter user posted a picture of a wolf to mock my idea, saying that the wolf probably wouldn't cause a trypophobia reaction. Lastly, the user who responded when I asked for help on WP:Med, @WhatamIdoing, I believe is now working against me, arguing against my points, creating research time for me, and repeatedly implying that my pursuit of the issue is a waste of time. I think this is a problem in that I asked for help on WP:Med pursuing the issue I was concerned with. If a user on that page believed my concerns were unfounded, they should have told me there rather than join in on the page to actively work against my line of inquiry. Now User:ScottishFinnishRadish is saying I should open an ANI if I want to pursue my misgivings about users behavior, but they seem to think I'll be banned or reprimanded if I do so.
Any comments you could provide or if you could look in to these issue would be helpful. I don't know. I don't believe these users are willing to work together, and have pre-determined that their thoughts on the subject are correct. I'm, to the best of my ability, done working on that page for now because of the resistance from these users. Thank you. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 14:03, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, @IronMaidenRocks. Unfortunately, Laura has only made one edit during the last year. I'm not sure that she will see your message. You'll probably have better luck with your conversations with Pengo and Isabelle Belato. Also, you may want to review the guideline on Wikipedia:Canvassing, which is likely your main structural obstacle if you want to prioritize the views of editors with the condition over editors without the condition. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:49, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @WhatamIdoing. Thanks, I noticed that. My thinking at this point is that I might not need to notify an administrator if I get feedback from an expert opinion and some users refrain from antagonistic activity on the page and surrounding discussions in further responses. So I might just wait for feedback from someone who has academically studied the condition before doing anything more on the topic.
It's not a priority for me, at this point, to contact users who have the condition. I'd rather have the feedback of such people than direct them to stock the RfC. Also, resolving this issue is not the responsibility of individuals who have the condition. If you'd like to help and think it pertinent, especially given your proximity to WP:MED, you could try to reach out to such communities. That would inevitably save me time, if it came to that, and would necessarily ease over the minor complaint I had about your participation in the discussion so far. I wouldn't envy you, because figuring out how to gather a efficacious sample of opinions and feedback in that case seems like a daunting task. But maybe there are already Wikipedia polices in place for that. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 23:21, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think that Wikipedia policies and practices are opposed to doing that. It's okay for an individual to ask another individual about something, but soliciting a "biased" group of people is frowned on. I suspect that the rules were set up to deal with political fights ("My subreddit has a hundred members, whihc is better than your little subreddit") and not with this much more reasonable use case in mind, but those are the current rules. WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:25, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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