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James Madison

I've re-started the Noticeboard for EW on James Madison with indirect reference to your comments to Freoh on the Talk page there if you could look at it. ErnestKrause (talk) 16:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay will do! XeCyranium (talk) 02:54, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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How very prolific you have been, old fish! So very glad you've joined us. MatthewDalhousie (talk) 02:04, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thank you, that's very kind of you to say. XeCyranium (talk) 02:06, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The RfC close version (that you have reverted twice already) is here with the rationale provided by the closer here. I would appreciate if you would self-revert rather than making additional reverts while launching accusations at other editors. Newimpartial (talk) 20:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And the RFC closer specifically said there was no consensus for the wording apart from the mention of Canadian. If the version you'd been edit warring arguing for hadn't been in place during the close it just as easily would have not included Québécois, because again, there was no consensus for its inclusion. XeCyranium (talk) 20:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The RfC closer said, In the circumstances I feel that should make the minimum possible edit, which is to insert "Canadian" before "Québécois". I'm choosing not to remove "Québécois" because I can't see a consensus to do so. You are, in effect, reverting the close without formally challenging the close.

Also, you referred to STONEWALLING in your edit summary here - WP:STONEWALL describes repeatedly pushing a viewpoint with which the consensus of the community clearly does not agree, which doesn't describe the situation on the bio page in question AFAICT. Newimpartial (talk) 20:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The close didn't decide whether to delete or include it, it left it as is because in the closer's own words there's no consensus to include or delete. From my point of view, you're arguing in favour of something that has no consensus for and guidelines against but think that because it was the first edit after the RFC it is now set in stone and cannot be changed, despite the closer's own words to the contrary. If the RFC had found it must be included then it should be, but it didn't do that and endlessly reverting every edit for months on end single-handedly does not change that the RFC supports neither position. XeCyranium (talk) 21:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As for the stonewalling, I'm not sure how else to refer to you reverting dozens of edits for months on end to keep your newly made preferred version intact, and then saying that it is the "status quo" because you've refused to let anybody else's edits remain for more than a handful of minutes, including a citation bot's (which you did eventually undo). XeCyranium (talk) 21:48, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

XeCranium: as stated above, this was never my "preferred version"; it was simply the version introduced as part of an RfC close. Nobody thinks that version was (or should be) set in stone, but it should be replaced only by a new version that has affirmative consensus. Your preferred version, which you reverted to three times in 24 hours, does not. Newimpartial (talk) 18:27, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't revert to it three times, I'd try counting again if I were you. And again, when there's no consensus in favour of the sentence you desire and the majority of editor's on the page argue, with actual guidelines as a base, that it should be changed your insistence on forcing your own version is just tedious. XeCyranium (talk) 23:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I already stopped doing those types of edits after the first signal. You can stop now. Amoxicillin on a Boat (talk) 17:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know, that's why I removed the message. Before you left this one :P XeCyranium (talk) 20:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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