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This is a page for working on Arbitration decisions. It provides for work by Arbitrators and comment by the parties and others. After the analysis of evidence here and development of proposed principles, findings of fact, and remedies, please place proposed items you have confidence in at Requests for arbitration/AI/Proposed decision.

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Locus of dispute
1) Disputes between and other users including the two users who brought this complaint,  and  mainly concerning articles about critics of Scientology, Keith Henson and David S. Touretsky.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * This is probably a rather incomplete rendition of the difficulties which involved several other users and a history of acrimony. Fred Bauder 12:07, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * Systemic bias is a major contributor to the problem underlying this basic dispute. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The basic dispute is regarding the POV editing by a small demographic of the Wikipedia community who refused to allow my attempts to apply NPOV articles about 2 notable critics of Scientology. In the Keith Henson and David S. Touretzky articles I attempted to NPOV the content by presenting the scientology side of the story. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Throughout the NPOV dispute, personal attacks, reverts, refactoring, removing of messages and other problems surfaced as symptoms of the basic dispute. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Many of my properly attributed edits were refused and reverted with claims of consensus by the small demographic of the Wikipedia community. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep who filed this RfArb was not involved in the original dispute and has apparently taken sides with the small demographic POV editors by scrutinizing my actions while ignoring the blatant violations by the POV editors who refuse to allow me to apply NPOV. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This RfArb has been a filibuster to slow down the NPOVing of the mentioned articles and has wasted considerable time of everyone involved, meanwhile the small demographic of Wikipedia editors have been left alone to continue their POV editing. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep has constently tried to influence everyone involved with his POV regarding policies and guidelines related to personal attacks. His action focuses on symptoms of the dispute rather than the basic dispute as I have outlined. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * A new RfC, Mediation or Arbitration should be filed to take an impartial and thorough look at the basic dispute. The symptoms should also be addressed, but the basic dispute should not be ignored. --AI 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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Mutual disrespect
2) Interactions between and other editors are characterized by mutual disrespect, including personal attacks, see

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 * I stopped making personal attack after the RfC on Dreamguy, some of the other users continued to make personal attacks. I have no respect for those who did not reform their actions yet continually tried to correct me. --AI 06:33, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Refactoring by AI
3) has removed dialogue a number of times from article talk pages in what he describes as refactoring  , this behavior has included edit warring on talk pages  . In contradiction to No personal attacks he has adapted his own idiosyncratic version of the policy which he has attempted to apply. This has interfered with communications with other users ,.

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 * My decision to refactor was based on the current state of WP:NPA which stated that we may remove personal attacks. My refactoring of messages beyond personal attacks was based on my misunderstanding of refactoring. See my entries at Wikipedia talk:No personal attacks. Using "idiosyncratic" referring to me is a personal attack and should not be in an arbitration which is based largely on personal attacks. I had to revert so many times because so many users were reverting my refactoring even when I removed actual personal attacks. --AI 06:39, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Proposed remedies
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

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AI prohibited from "refactoring"
1) is prohibited from removing dialogue of any sort from any talk page or rearranging any talk page, including material which, in AI's opinion, constitute "personal comments" or personal attacks. This does not apply to his own user talk page.

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 * Removing your own personal attacks can make others' reactions seem exaggerated. Fred Bauder 15:35, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

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 * I can accept Fred Bauer's comment regarding this, and I understand that this does not prohibit me from removing my own past personal attacks. --AI 06:40, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Guideline suggest we remove our own attacks first and then those by others. I was doing this. --AI 02:42, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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Analysis of evidence
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AI's interpretation of remove personal attacks and civility
User:AI has used a very idiosyncratic interpretation of civility and associated policies

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 * AI's policy suggestions on Wikipedia talk:No personal attacks are welcome. Unilateral adoption of his own suggestions as policy is improper. Fred Bauder 13:56, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

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 * Further evidence can be found at Requests for arbitration/AI/Evidence. --MarkSweep 16:18, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I have spent considerable time this last week helping to sort out this misunderstanding of WP:NPA. See Wikipedia talk:No personal attacks. --AI 07:38, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is another personal attack: "idiosyncratic" --AI 07:38, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am counting each instance in which I am referred to as idiosyncratic as a personal attack by the writer of this entry (Fred Bauer) and such personal attack should be considered by impartial arbitrators using the current defition and proposed definition of "personal attack." --AI 06:44, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Censoring of comments on talk pages
to censor comments on talk pages.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * Removal of dialogue Fred Bauder 12:54, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * Please see Requests for arbitration/AI/Evidence for a chronology of events in which AI attempts nine times to remove one portion of a comment written by NicholasTurnbull. --MarkSweep 16:22, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That was not intended as censorship; can anyone please point out what I was "censoring?" --AI 07:39, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That refactoring was of personal attacks regarding my attribution. Refactoring of the entire statement was based on my misunderstanding of the guideline WP:RPA. Things were happenning fast, I didn't have adequate time to study the guideline fully and I was outnumbered by a false consensus of systemic bias: Scientology critics and supporters in Wikipedia. --AI 00:06, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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Edit warring
He has engaged in edit warring, and

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 * Edit warring over the content of talk pages is unacceptable as these histories showed on August 3. The 3rd link is no longer any good, but could be presumably be found by searching in the backlog. Fred Bauder 14:05, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

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 * Those are merely symptoms of an underlying problem, though a revert war on a talk page is remarkable in and of itself. Part of the general problem is that AI remains stubbornly persistent when opposed by a group of other editors. --MarkSweep 16:40, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The third link should point to the WP:ANI archive: Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive36. --MarkSweep 17:30, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Some other users involved also engaged in edit warring and they should also be corrected. --AI 07:41, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3RR violation was not 4 reverts, 3&4 are one revert. Otherwise, yes I agree that was engaging in edit warring.
 * What Mark refers to as a group of users is highly systemic bias: anti-scientology POV contributors. --AI 07:45, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Failure to communicate
attempts to contact him are rebuffed with him saying that he is unwilling to engage in any further communication on user talk pages.

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 * Please see Requests for arbitration/AI/Evidence (Attempts to control the conversation) for many other problematic aspects of AI's interactions with the community. --MarkSweep 16:26, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Also note that this is not merely about failure to communicate (there could be harmless explanations for that), but about AI's explicit refusal to communicate (see the quoted statements where he says that he will not engage in further discussion and that messages left for him will be ignored). --MarkSweep 20:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * This is not entirely true which is why I think it is an intentional lie. I communicated with many, many, many users on many, many, many controversial articles for months before this, and I even helped mediate some articles related to Muslims and the Bosnian Genocide. --AI 07:14, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep is only limiting his evaluation to evidence that works against me. --AI 07:15, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In the early history of the DST article, which was just prior to this "dispute" there was a coordinated effort to make the DST article look good for DST (POV) and bad for Scientology(POV). USENET activity also suggested this effort was coordinated. --AI 07:16, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Certain users tried to "stop" my contribution with their attempts to overwhelm me with repeated personal attacks, opinions and interpretations of Wikipedia policy. A tag-teaming effort was used to create a false sense of consensus. I viewed it as possibly a campaign by DST/anti-scientology supporters here at Wikipedia. --AI 07:19, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Certain users insisted that I obey their interpretation, I engaged in several exchanges with them in personal talk pages but they refused to consider my point. I told them I would not communicate with them any further when they insisted on trying to influence my understanding of certain policies/guidelines. --AI 07:21, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Some who continued to make personal attacks, their remarks contributed to my refusal to continue communication. --AI 02:45, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
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Discussion on talk pages
Attempts to debate him on article talk pages are reverted by him as "personal comments/attacks".

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 * Please see Requests for arbitration/AI/Evidence, and this diff in particular, which to me shows that AI's attempts have caused disruption and confusion. --MarkSweep 16:32, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I have never seen a policy that enforces a user to engage in debate over irrelevant tangents or over personal attacks. --AI 07:48, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * and are based on my misunderstanding of refactoring, not avoidance of any relevant debate. --AI 07:25, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * , and  contained personal attacks and as I explained above, I removed the entire statement because of my misunderstanding of refactoring. --AI 07:49, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree that my attribution to RFW is spurrious. RFW a secondary source and is highly substantiated. RFW is more credible than many of the references used by the anti-scientology pov "systemic bias members" in Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard related articles. --AI 07:53, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The comment by [User:Antaeus Feldspar] is a subtle personal attack referring to Scientology technology used to help a person understand a concept. Refactoring of personal attacks is allowable as stated in WP:NPA. --AI 07:56, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Mark's comment regarding personal attacks, refactoring, etc is just his filibuster tactic to avoid the basic dispute --AI 02:49, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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Labeling of communication as personal comments
What AI labels "personal comments" by others are not so much comments about him (those would be personal comments), as they are comments directed at him, for example, reminders to respect NPOV, which are perfectly acceptable and only natural on talk pages.

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 * Note that the "personal comments" strategy is just one among several others that AI has used to silence those who oppose him. He has also accused others of "biting newcomers" (i.e., him), "original research" (for expressing an opinion on a talk page), straying from the topic (when he himself is off-topic), etc. He will use any kind of Wikipedia-specific buzz-word, policy, guideline, etc. without respect for their conventionally understood meaning and intent. See also Requests for arbitration/AI/Evidence. --MarkSweep 16:48, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * There is considerable disagreement within the Wikipedia community over what is a personal attack. Mark's conclusions are based on his opinion and not on actual policy. I agree that a couple of my refactorings were mistakes and should not have been removed, but the bulk of my refactoring was of personal comments/attacks. MarkSweep ever-present attempts to influence this arbitration with his opinion rather than letting facts and policies speak for themselves is noted. This "habit" of MarkSweep's addressing new users and enforcing his opinion is that basis for my decision to inform him that I would not communicate with him any further on the subject. --AI 00:14, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
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14 July 2005
I notified User:Modemac with questions about his POV contributions in Keith Henson.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * Yes, reasonable request. 'Henson is a critic of Scientology whose actions resulted in his being convicted under an obscure California law regarding the act of "interfering with a religion."' could possibly use more detail, such as citation of title of the law. Fred Bauder 15:09, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

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 * The wording and use of "obscure" is POV which supports HK's case and works against Scientology's charges. It should be noted that the jury decided Keith Henson was guilty. After the case Keith Henson fled the country to avoid the judgement. --AI 08:07, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Modemac made personal attacks in his talk page as a reponse to my messages.

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 * ": Flunk, get your TRs in. --Modemac 09:10, 15 July 2005 (UTC)" certainly an expression of contempt, perhaps a personal attack phrased in Scientology jargon. Fred Bauder 15:09, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

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 * It is a personal attack implying my TR's are out. To understand the statement one has to understand what TRs are. TRs are a set of communication Training Routines. If my TR's were out I would not have confronted Modemac on this. Using "flunk, get your trs in" in this medium by non-scientologists is simply hominem, this is not a Scientology Training Academy. --AI 08:24, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Irmgard is correct that it is a critical remark, but with all due respect Irmgard is incorrect that it is not a personal attack. If Modemac would have said that I get an F on my "contribution" to his talk page, it would have been slightly more "acceptable"... :) --AI 08:24, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Irmgard's "translation" is incorrect.--AI 02:54, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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 * The translation from Scientologese to Wikipedianese (including hints and insinuations) would be "Don't get emotional, you are not neutral either" - surely a critical remark regarding the behavior in the current talk, but IMO not a personal attack. --Irmgard 21:47, 4 August 2005 (UTC) (Sorry, forgot to sign last time)

15 July 2005
I notified Modemac again with questions and arguments about my dispute of his POV contributions.,

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 * An inquiry yes, but contains implied personal attack. Fred Bauder 15:35, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

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 * Yes an inquiry, and I agree that my comment about his being a propagandist was a personal attack. However, evidence can be collected which would prove my statement, but I am not going to take on that task here, that will be the subject of another arbitration regarding Scientology articles and systemic bias by anti-scientology pov contributors. --AI 08:29, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Modemac made personal attacks in his talk page as a reponse to my message.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * Again, open contempt and possible personal attack expressed in Scientology jargon. Fred Bauder 17:11, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * The tone of the debate was very much influenced by AI himself. Prior to July 19, there are numerous examples of AI posting incivil remarks, making personal attacks, etc. This is not under dispute, and I specifically did not bring it up in my complaint because I'm trying to give AI credit for attempting to reform his behavior. In fact I would ask the ArbCom to not impose sanctions on AI for the personal attacks he made prior to about July 19 (of which there were plenty), since he did go around and remove his own incivil remarks. That's a positive sign, and punishing him for it would send the wrong signal that no good deed goes unpunished. However, this only makes sense if others are given the same consideration. I would opt for "forgive and forget" regarding the personal attacks that were made up to about July 21. --MarkSweep 17:52, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Same as above, just a Flunk. Like me telling another user he gets an F on his contribution or message. I believe it is inappropriate in Wikipedia discussion to use such constructive scientology criticsm unless between two scientologists, for an anti-scientologist to use it on a scientologist is ad hominem. It is very subtle, but the intent is pretty obvious to me, the scientologist. I take it as a personal attack, other scientologists would agree especially coming from a critic of scientology which modemac has at least a 10 year history of. --AI 09:22, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Modemac's telling me to file a KR is fine but highly irrelevant in Wikipedia and therefore ad hominem.
 * Regarding Irmgard's comments below: Irmgard's comments are mainly acceptable to me and his last sentence demonstrates how Modemac's statement is a subtle personal attack. Thanks again Irmgard :) However, the interjection "usually a very minor fault" is not true. "sometimes a very minor fault" might be more correct but Flunk is used for just about any error in training. And yes, Modemac's personal attack is minor as far as I am concerned. However, considering my disputes with Modemac, I think he should be a part of this arbitration. This RfArb has been somewhat of a filibuster preventing me from getting impartial mediation regarding the actions of Modemac and several other anti-scientology/critic supporting POV editors. --AI 09:22, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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 * Flunk, again. Flunk is used to tell the partner in Scientology practical exercises that he has done something wrong (usually a very minor fault), so it's very common use in Scientology and not insulting . File a K/R: Write a knowlegde report: all Scientologists are expected to write a knowledge report to the ethics department, as soon as they perceive some wrongdoing (can be anything from coming late to blaspheming Hubbard) and for a Scientologist, this counts as a serious warning to not repeat the action - in this context it is, of course, ironical, because Modemac in all probability does not care about knowledge reports written about him to Scientology ethics officers. The insinuation is, that AI believes that Scientology rules work in any case and should be applied everywhere, also here in the Wikipedia context, and that reality is - alas - different. --Irmgard 18:46, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

18 July 2005
User:NicholasTurnbull leaves subtle personal attacks implying that my sourcing is spurious and I do not "maintain" a NPOV in Talk:David S. Touretzky.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * questions the adequacy of Religious Freedom Watch as a source for the article David S. Touretsky, see article on David Touretzky on Religious Freedom Watch which contains scurrilous attacks on David Trouretzky. Judging by the links this site appears to be affiliated with the Church of Scientology. Apparently IRC logs were also advanced as a source by AI; again, the adequacy of these are questioned. AI is requested to follow NPOV and not use "spurious sources". I don't see "subtle personal attacks" here unless one considers the implications resulting from use of the sources AI advanced. Fred Bauder 18:04, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

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 * This is getting close to the core of the specific complaint, as it is this comment (portions of the last two paragraphs of a long and thoughtful comment by NicholasTurnbull) which AI has attempted to censor (nine times, as outlined in my evidence section linked above). Note that Nicholas does not "imply" anything – he says directly: "your attribution of comments is spurious"; and asks politely: "Can I please ask you to try to maintain a neutral point of view". There is absolutely nothing incivil about any of this. --MarkSweep 17:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Regarding Fred's comment above: I believe it has been established on the article's talk page that there is no primary source for the IRC logs, the only alleged secondary source is RFW (and mirror sites), which does not give any dates or further information. A number of editors have argued that, therefore, "quotes" from those IRC logs cannot be included in the article. This has not deterred AI from creating a user subpage with those alleged quotes at User:AI/Touretzky quotes. --MarkSweep 20:00, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Regarding another point in Fred's comment (I don't see "subtle personal attacks" here unless one considers the implications resulting from use of the sources AI advanced.): I think it's clear that "you're using bad sources" does not mean "you're a bad person". Polite criticism is a Good Thing and cannot be construed as a personal attack against the subject of the criticism. --MarkSweep 20:00, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * 1. This comment by the arbitrator (User:Fred Bauder) is based on Nicholas Turnbull's inconclusive opinion of RFW's IRC logs.
 * a. The arbitrator (Fred Bauder) has limited his evaluation of RFW to the PDF on David Touretzky. There is also this http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/touretzky3.html on David Touretzky.
 * b. RFW is a substantiated secondary source and contains a tremendous amount of undisputiably verifiable documentation of other persons in addition to David Touretzky.
 * i. RFW contains dossiers on more than 50 individuals. For example, Rick Ross' and Keith Henson's dossiers contains reference to numerous verifiable official documents which are undisputible. References: http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/false_exp/RICK_ROSS_AND_THE_ROSS_INSTITUTE.PDF http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/henson_cn4.html
 * ii. RFW's presentation might be somewhat POV, however, most of the evidence provided is thoroughly verifiable such as court records, police records, medical records, etc. See the PDF on The Rick Ross institute.
 * c. RFW has provided circumstantial evidence which demonstrate the authenticity of the IRC logs are authentic.
 * d. RFW's affiliation with Scientology is irrelevant unless the arbitrator is suggesting a general bias towards Scientology or Scientologists.
 * Considering the validity of the bulk of RFW's data, it is a substantiated secondary source and referring to my attribution as spurrious is unsubstantiated. --AI 10:53, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * 2. Regarding Mark's first comment: RFW is a substantiated secondary source, see my arguments above. I took "spurrious" as referring to my attribution. --AI 11:01, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3. Regarding Mark's third comment: That is Mark's opinion and his POV regarding the definition of personal attacks which is still being pounded out. If "your using bad sources" cannot be proven, then it may be viewed as a personal attack unless the definition on the blocking policy is going to mention on this type of comment. --AI 12:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Despite my opinion that NichalasTurnbull's comments are personal attacks, I responded to his posting in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * AI does see the post by NichalasTurnbull as a personal attack, "Addressing my personal activity is irrelevant to this article and with my recent education in Wikipedia policy, my understanding is that it is also a violation of policy." This is not in accord with No personal attacks which sets the threshold considerably higher. Questioning of the adequacy of sources cannot, in the context of an encyclopedia, be considered a personal attack. AI's statement, "RFW is a notable critic of David Touretzky. RFW's credibility is equivalent or greater than many critics who are attributed as sources for "critic claims" in other controversial articles." is not reasonable in light of the scurrilous nature of article on David Touretzky on Religious Freedom Watch. Fred Bauder 18:04, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * And that is precisely the core of the specific complaint. The only editor who thinks that NicholasTurnbull's comments are personal attacks is AI. Nobody else has concurred with AI's opinion, and at least five editors have voiced opposition. Despite all this, AI insisted that an inapplicable, controversial guideline would allow him to remove NicholasTurnbull's reasonable comments. --MarkSweep 17:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Also note that AI's "response" isn't really a response to the substantive issues raised by NicholasTurnbull, but rather an attempt to avoid having to debate him on substance by switching to a meta-debate ("Addressing my personal activity is irrelevant"). --MarkSweep 18:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:
 * The arbitrator's (Fred Bauder) misinterpretation of WP:NPA is noted. Nowhere does it state that "the threshold" is "considerably higher". The only thing closely resembling an official definition of a personal attack is "Comment on content, not on the contributor" and the examples given in Examples. Considering the plain english of "Comment on content, no on the contributor" the threshold is extremely low and entirely contrary to the arbitrators opinion which gives slack to users regarding personal attacks and opens the door to abuse. The arbitrator's (Fred Bauder) opinion which condones violation of WP:NPA is noted. Yes this is one of the core disputes but personal attacks is not the root of the disputes. Difference of opinion and misinterpreations of WP:NPA which should be addressed in discussion on that policy's talk page. Using a vague policy to attack a user who refactors personal attacks is a further indication of systemic bias on the part of the user who requested this arbitration and the arbitrator making this comment. --AI 00:25, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * My actions were not an intentional avoidance of debate as Mark is trying to claim. --AI 11:34, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

19 July 2005
User:Marudubshinki corrected mispelling in my posting to Talk:David S. Touretzky and left personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * True enough, AI's contentions regarding computer surveillance were referred to as "paranoid ravings". The scurrilous nature of article on David Touretzky on Religious Freedom Watch is noted.
 * Comment by parties:
 * Marudubshinki edited my comment which contained no personal attacks and he left a personal attack upon me. --AI 13:12, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * RFW has documented scurrilous statements by DST and has provided circumstantial evidence to demonstrate the validity of the IRC logs. --AI 00:27, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I reverted Talk:David S. Touretzky to remove Marudubshinki's personal attacks and to correct Marudubshinki's editing of my postings(corrected my mispelling).

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * Reverting to and complaining about correction of misspelling is silly. People have opinions about formatting, no fault there to either party. The statement, "1. Don't touch my posts even to correct a mispelling." is out of place in a wiki where correction of spelling is a routine activity to be expected. "6. Your opinion about RFW's criticism makes no sense, but reminds me of my opinion that RFW should sharpen the hatchet. --AI 02:06, 19 July 2005 (UTC)" amounts to embracing slander as a weapon. Fred Bauder 20:12, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is particularly telling: AI does not want his own comments edited by anyone ("Don't touch my posts even to correct a mispelling[sic]"), yet he sees nothing wrong with editing other users' comments. --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The unprofessional tone by the arbitrator (Fred Bauder) is noted. --AI 13:17, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The arbitrator's (Fred Bauder) tendency towoard bias is noted: The arbitrator offers his opinion that suggests it is okay to edit other people's posts while supporting opposition of a user's use of refactoring personal attacks which is supported in plain english in WP:NPA --AI 13:17, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is not a court of law and the arbitrator (Fred Bauder) is violating [Wikipedia:No original research] regarding "slander" in regards to RFW's substantiated claims which are supported by circumstantial evidence. --AI 13:40, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Regarding Mark's comment. I see nothing wrong with others refactoring any personal comments I have made, but I still do not want anyone to edit my other postings without my permission. --AI 13:46, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I refactored Talk:David S. Touretzky.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * He removed a personal attack but also several paragraphs of dialogue. While the removal was justified it should have been done without removing legitimate dialogue. Fred Bauder 20:28, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * AI is hiding behind jargon: he did not "refactor" the talk page, he removed comments. --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Mark is hiding behind jargon. --AI 13:58, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Official policy is written in plain english, definitive, to the letter, and yet still disputed? --AI 13:58, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The comment that I did not "refactor" is innacurate. I refactored but also made a mistake in removing too much. User's who cannot make such distinctions should not be admins. And users who like policy to be flexible where it supports their case but who like policy to be strict when using it against others should not be admins. --AI 13:58, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I refactored Talk:David S. Touretzky.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * AI's characterization of this diverges from what is revealed by examination of the edit. He removes a more or less reasonable request on these grounds: "[removed personal comment]", meanwhile he removes two posts by himself made in response Fred Bauder 20:46, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * Again the "refactoring" amounts to removing the portion of NicholasTurnbull's comment mentioned above. --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The comment that I did not "refactor" is innacurate. I refactored but also made a mistake in removing too much. User's who cannot make such distinctions should not be admins. And users who like policy to be flexible where it supports their case but who like policy to be strict when using it against others should not be admins. --AI 13:58, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * In some cases I removed my personal attacks and attacks by other users, and in some cases I removed any resultant uncivil discussion thread. --AI 00:36, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I refactored Talk:David S. Touretzky and left a rebuttal to Modemac's claim that RFW is a hate group.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * AI's refractoring removes some nasty dialogue, "sub-genius, tremble in the presence of a true genius." is particularly ridiculous, and declares that RFW is not a hate group. Fred Bauder 20:46, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * In this "refactoring", AI removed some of his own personal attacks and incivil remarks. I should point out that the occasionally acerbic tone of the debate was very much influenced by AI's prior behavior. AI had posted numerous incivil remarks before, which apparently sparked some of the responses. However, that's not what's at stake here at all (incivil remarks were indeed made by many editors posting on Talk:David S. Touretzky, and AI was a major player in that game). Rather, what's at stake is that AI is attempting to use a guideline on removing personal attacks to censor comments which only he alone views as personal attacks. --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Re AI's claims about "official policy" below (see also Wikipedia talk:Remove personal attacks): First, the status of various policies and guidelines is not the central issue here. It is irrelevant whether personal attacks can be removed or not, because Nicholas's statements were not personal attacks. Second, WP:NPA links to WP:RPA and summarizes this by saying that personal attacks may be removed. However, because WP:RPA is the more specific guideline, WP:NPA cannot be interpreted to mean that any and all personal attacks can be removed, when all it does is provide a pointer to the relevant guideline. --MarkSweep 00:22, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * My comment was simply a personal attack which is unacceptable in Wikipedia. --AI 00:00, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep's evaluation is illogical. What sparked the dispute was the biased attitude of several users who refused to recognize that RFW was mostly substantiated. I agree that my personal attacks did not help to defuse the dispute, but my personal attacks were not the beginning of the dispute. --AI 00:00, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep's hastiness to pass judgement without considering all relevant facts relating to the dispute is noted. --AI 00:00, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * WP:NPA states twice in plain english that users may remove personal attacks. Mark is in disagreement with official policy. --AI 00:00, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Comment by others:

I refactored Talk:David S. Touretzky.,,

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * "Refactoring" is not descriptive of the edits which removed a critical comment by another user; then a complaint by himself. The third edit removes extended dialogue involving several users. Fred Bauder 11:57, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * Again, removing portions of NicholasTurnbull's comment. --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The arbitrator's (Fred Bauder) incompetence is noted. Refactoring explains at least one of those edits precisely. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * In other comments by me (above), I have already explained the basis of my decision to refactor and I have already explained my mistakes in refactoring. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac reverted some of my refactoring at [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Note how it is AI who "refactors" and others who "revert". --MarkSweep 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In other comments by me (above), I have already explained my mistakes which resulted from my misunderstanding of refactoring at the time. And yes they restored (by revert) comments which i viewed as personal attacks. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep's comment is unecessary. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I notified Modemac, asking why he made/restored personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is evidence that I did try to resolve the dispute. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is evidence that MarkSweep lies in his "confirmation" that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I reverted [Talk:David S. Touretzky] to restore my refactoring with edit summary reference to policy about removing personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This was based on my misunderstanding of refactoring at the time as I have already explained in comments above. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac made personal attacks in his talk page as a response to my message.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is a personal attack by Modemac, not exactly the same as but similar to other ad hominem attacks from Modemac wherein he uses Scientology terminology. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac reverted my factoring of [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * I have correct my misunderstanding of refactoring and accept Modemac's revert as valid. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

NicholasTurnbull reverted my factoring of [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * NicholasTurnbull's revert restored his comment which I take as personal attacks considering the evidence and my comments above regarding my view that RFW is a highly substantiated secondary source which present significant circumstantial evidence which would prove the authenticity of the IRC logs. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I reverted [Talk:David S. Touretzky] to restore my refactoring with edit summary reference to policy about removing personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This revert is based on my misunderstanding as explained in my comments above. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I notified Modemac with a warning.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This evidence is self-explanatory and proves that MarkSweep has conveyed false witness against me in his "confirmation" that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac restored personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Self-explanatory. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac made uncivil comments and personal attacks in his edit summary.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Self-explanatory. --AI 01:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

20 July 2005
Modemac restored personal attacks.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Modemac filed a request for mediation.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Please refer to the full RfM. Here we see some of the same behavior from AI as in the present RfAr: accusations of dishonesty, hiding behind policy, etc. The most troubling aspect is that AI believes that "This request [for mediation] is an attempt to discredit me" rather than an attempt to resolve a dispute. --MarkSweep 18:14, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Here is the RfM: Requests for mediation --AI 01:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Modemac was avoiding the actual dispute which was over RFW. Here was my initial response to Modemac's RfM. I asked for the mediation to proceed and changed my mind because I felt Modemac's statement was an avoidance of the actual dispute over RFW. However I still welcomed the request with my change that I tolerated the request.  Ed Poor declined the request and suggested RfC. MarkSweep took itupon himself to advance it to RfArb even though Mark wasn't involved with the initial disputes. This RfArb is a result of MarkSweep's overeagerness and apparent misunderstanding of the dispute resolution policy which states that RfArb is a last resort. Considering the vast amounts of time wasted on this RfArb, MarkSweep and the arbitrators who have accepted his request for arbitration have massively hindered productivity by their off-policy decision. This "cabal" and several other major problems regarding systemic bias with Wikipedia are the basis of my tentative decision to quit Wikipedia. --AI 01:40, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweeps comment contains more evidence of his inability to fully evaluate a situation. --AI 01:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Modemac posts to [Talk:David S. Touretzky] that he has filed a request for mediation.,

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I post a message to [Talk:David S. Touretzky] questioning the basis for dispute.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

NicholasTurnbull reverted my refactoring in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I made a contribution to David S. Touretzky with an edit summary which clearly expressed my changes.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I reverted to restore my factoring in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

User:Joolz reverted my refactoring in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

User:MarkSweep reverted my refactoring in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I notified MarkSweep with my explanation of my refactoring. In light of Modemac's RfM, I told MarkSweep I would not communicate with him any further unless he was a mediator.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * There was no mention of the RfM in AI's message (plus I don't see how a pending RfM would stop AI from talking to a third party); but that is beside the point. Look at the end of AI's message: "If I am acting contrary to Wikipedia policy, I expect more civil explanations of my violation with proof of my offenses. Until then, I will apply the applicable Wikipedia policy regarding personal attacks. Unless you are a mediator, I will have no further communication with you on this." What AI is saying here that he will only stop when the objections against his actions are voiced in a civil manner, yet at the same time he refuses to engage in a civil dialogue aimed at getting him to stop. In my opinion, AI is just hiding behind policy and/or a false sense of propriety (apparently, it's not Ok to talk about the RfM issues, but it's Ok to continue the behavior that led to the RfM). --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep responded on his own talk page with his opinion.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep's first contribution to [David S. Touretzky] consisted of partially reverting my contribution.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep notified me with his opinion as to what defines "personal comments."

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is not just my opinion. AI's removal of NicholasTurnbull's comments was opposed by at least four other editors. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep notified me that he will file a request for arbitration against me.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * AI omitted one crucial step here, namely his response to my attempt to explain the scope of the personal attacks policy, which was simply: "As I have already told you I will have no further communication with you on the subject. This particular message will be ignored, take your opinions to Wikipedia talk:No personal attacks." That is what prompted me to file the RfAr. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep filed a request for arbitration assigning me as Party 1 and himself as Party 2. His statement contained a personal attack describing me as idiosyncratic and he states that I have explicitly refused any communication from ordinary editors.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Anyone can read what I wrote and decide whether my statement of the complaint is or isn't a personal attack. There's no point splitting hairs of "any communication", which has to be understood in the context of the dispute. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep's second edit to [David S. Touretzky] was in response to database errors or an edit conflict with me.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Jdforrester filed a 3RR report on me.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Jdforrester notified me of the 3RR violation.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I notified Jdforrester the 4th was not a revert.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * AI is again splitting hairs. Fact is that he removed the same portion of NicholasTurnbull's comment at least nine times in total (see my section on the evidence page). By my count, there were five total deletions (including the four reverts) of NicholasTurnbull's comment within a 24 hour period. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Jdforrester notified me expressing his disagreement about the 4th revert.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I notified Jdforrester about the disagreement.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep notified me with his opinion about personal comments, calling his opinion a "clarification."

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is a duplicate entry; see MarkSweep notified me with his opinion as to what defines "personal comments above. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Jdforrester notified me with an explanation that he has not abused any previlidges.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I responded to Jdforrester's explanation and redacted some of my misunderstandings.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

When I tried to edit, I was informed by the server that I had been blocked for 3RR violation. User:Snowspinner statement was something to the effect of "blindly trusting Jdforrester". I never received notification from the admin to my talk page. Simply blocked. I appealed to Snowspinner with an email. Admin never responded.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * AI had already been warned on his talk page by Jdforrester. --MarkSweep 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

21 July 2005
MarkSweep notified me that his request for arbitration had been filed.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is not under dispute. I fail to see how this, or the rest of this section, is relevant to the specific complaint that AI has engaged in persistent, illegitimate attempts to censor or remove other user's reasonable comments, or the general complaint that AI is using policies and guidelines as part of his tactics to silence those who oppose him. --MarkSweep 17:39, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I reverted to restore my contribution to David S. Touretzky.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep's third edit to [David S. Touretzky] was a revert of my restoration of my original contribution.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Anon user (User:128.2.222.123 ammon.boltz.cs.cmu.edu) edited David S. Touretzky making some changes but also added some POV.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

22 July 2005
MarkSweep reverted my refactoring on [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * I restored NicholasTurnbull's legitimate comments which AI had censored. --MarkSweep 20:53, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

I partially edited Anon user's (User:128.2.222.123 ammon.boltz.cs.cmu.edu) changes.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Relevance? --MarkSweep 20:53, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep reverted my refactoring on [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * Again, all I did was restore NicholasTurnbull's comment. --MarkSweep 20:53, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep attempted to delete one of my user sub pages with VfD.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * I still believe that User:AI/Touretzky quotes must disappear, per Libel, and because it recreates highly problematic content that was rejected from article space. It has been pointed out to me, and it's perfectly clear to me in hindsight, that a VfD was the wrong way of accomplishing that. During the VfD AI indicated that the page was intended to be temporary and that it could be deleted under certain circumstance, but he has not requested speedy deletion yet (which is possibly for user subpages when requested by the user). --MarkSweep 20:53, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

22 July 2005
MarkSweep's fourth edit to [David S. Touretzky] was a restoration of content which was deleted by me accidentally due to a database error or edit conflict. I was never in support of removal of that content.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Joolz reverted my refactoring at [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

User:Calton makes personal attack in [Talk:David S. Touretzky].

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I posted a comment to Talk:Keith Henson about Keith's explosives background. No one answered my comment as of 25 July 2005.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

I changed [Keith Henson] according to my comment.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Marksweep reverted my edit without discussion, only a brief comment in his edit summary.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

Because I agree with him partially I did not revert his edit, but only restored my contribution that he deleted.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

24 July 2005
User:Touretzky edited [David S. Touretzky] and left an edit summary "no such post as "scientific director"; my degrees are in CS"

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

[User:Touretzky] edited [David S. Touretzky] again.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:

 * Comment by others:

After a few other contributors reverted my edits on [Keith Henson], I restored correctly attributed content.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * For what it's worth, "correctly attributed" does not equal "unbiased". This had all been discussed on the talk page. --MarkSweep 18:59, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * MarkSweep demonstrates is ability to be illogical. If a murderer's article states he is a murderer, one could claim it that "correctly attributed" does not equal "unbiased". --AI 00:49, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

Having still not answered my comment regarding disputed content, MarkSweep reverted my edit to [Keith Henson] and left the edit summary "rv: take it to talk".

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This is AI's filibuster tactic: I can only interpret his statement to mean that he thinks it is the case that editing cannot proceed unless every last one of his comments has been addressed to his satisfaction. This despite the fact that his comments had been adequately discussed before and he had only met with opposition and no support for the disputed description. --MarkSweep 18:59, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep's fifth edit to [David S. Touretzky] was simple wikification and a "valid" removal of link to amazon.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * I do not see the relevance of this. There is no dispute here. If I were forced to make one up, I would object to AI's use of scare quotes when describing my changes as valid. --MarkSweep 18:59, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

31 July 2005
MarkSweep makes a contribution to [David S. Touretzky] yet he also deletes my contribution.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * This issue was discussed on the talk page. What I removed was a biased statement.  In a nutshell, Touretzky is referred to as a "free speech activist", and AI wants to include a passage from the court transcript in the MPAA v. 2600 case in which the judge, acting on an objection from the plaintiff, excludes one minor part of Touretzky's testimony where Touretzky apparently voices his opinions on the scope and application of the First Amendment. Touretzky was present as an expert witness on the expressive use of computer code, and the judge doesn't want to hear his non-expert opinion on the First Amendment. The judge said essentially the same thing to another expert witness too, as he should have. This is completely standard and unremarkable. AI's description of this was as follows: "Although most of Touretzky's testimony was accepted, the Judge refused to admit Touretzky's testimony regarding freedom of speech and noted that Touretzky was not an expert on the first amendment." I don't see that this is a fair description (the article says right away that Touretzky is a computer scientist, not a lawyer; the routine comment by the judge was taken out of context and creates a misleading account of Touretzky's testimony and expertise), at least one other editor, User:Kelly Martin, agrees with me, and nobody agrees with AI on this. --MarkSweep 18:47, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I have already justified my inclusion of the judges quote. However, these comments by Sweep and JesseW are perfect evidence of systemic bias resulting from un-informed "dupes." --AI 00:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:
 * At least two other editors agree that the statement is irrelevant and misleading; i.e. Kelly Martin, and myself. JesseW 20:19, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

1 August 2005
MarkSweep reverts [David S. Touretzky] based on his POV about my contribution, yet his revert removes more than he mentions.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * While I don't see how this is at all relevant to the present complaint, let me point out that another editor, User:Kelly Martin, had also discussed the disputed sentence on the talk page and arrived at the same conclusion, namely that the passage that AI attempted to add was biased. The only other thing that was removed in my revert was a change from "Dr. Touretzky's research interests" back to "Research interests", which I was about to rephrase anyway. --MarkSweep 18:31, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This isn't relevant to MarkSweep's point of view, this is MY complaint about MarkSweep. In my opinion MarkSweep is a sophisticated but duped sociopath. --AI 00:44, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

MarkSweep rewords a section of [David S. Touretzky], his most significant edit as of August 1, 2005.

 * Comment by Arbitrators:

 * Comment by parties:
 * The only relevance I can see is that AI is trying to suggest that since my prior contributions to this article were not significant in his opinion, I should or should not ... do what exactly? This is pure rhetoric. --MarkSweep 18:31, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, AI does seem to think that only editors who add text (no matter how flawed) should be allowed to delete/revert: . --MarkSweep 23:23, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:

General discussion

 * Comment by Arbitrators:
 * Definite progress Fred Bauder 15:49, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by parties:
 * Thank you Irmgard, and everyone: I'm not suprised by the many instances of systemic bias, but don't forget about . --AI 00:41, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment by others:
 * I'd like the arbitrators to also consider the change of attitude AI showed in an unrelated case: Compare the messages of June with the message of August 7.  --Irmgard 20:36, 7 August 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/AI/Proposed decision

all proposed

Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or abstain.
 * Only items that receive a majority "support" vote will be passed.
 * Items that receive a majority "oppose" vote will be formally rejected.
 * Items that do not receive a majority "support" or "oppose" vote will be open to possible amendment by any Arbitrator if he so chooses. After the amendment process is complete, the item will be voted on one last time.

Conditional votes for or against and abstentions should be explained by the Arbitrator before or after his/her time-stamped signature. For example, an Arbitrator can state that she/he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were passed.

On this case, 1 Arbitrator is recused (David Gerard) and 4 are inactive (Mav, Theresa Knott, Sannse, Nohat), so 4 votes are a majority.

Proposed wording to be modified by Arbitrators and then voted on. Non-Arbitrators may comment on the talk page.
 * For all items:

Motions and requests by the parties
Place those on the discussion page.

Proposed temporary injunctions
Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support") 24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

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1)

{text of proposed orders}

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=Proposed final decision=

Template
1) {text of proposed principle}

 * Support:

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 * Abstain:

Wikipedia policies
1) All users are welcome to suggest changes to Wikipedia policies such as No personal attacks. However suggested changes or interpretations do not become policy unless they are adopted by community consensus.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:04, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:21, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Article talk pages
2) Article talk pages are intended for discussion of editing and sources cited in the article they are attached to. In the course of such discussion, such dialogue may properly include information about editing behavior.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:04, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC) (I've rephrased it slightly to make this more clear)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:21, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Remove personal attacks
3) The remove personal attacks guideline (and the application thereof) is controversial. It has often been abused by malefactors, and may not have community consensus. . It should, at most, be interpreted strictly and used sparingly.
 * Support:
 * →Raul654 21:09, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 19:05, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Account which exhibit the same pattern of behavior can be treated as one user
4) In instances where a user or small group of users with the same behavior pattern have used a number of accounts, for the purposes of Arbitration, they may be treated as one user.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 19:05, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 17:53, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Users who are in a legal dispute with Wikipedia
5) A Wikipedia user who is involved in a legal dispute with Wikipedia may be banned until the legal dispute is settled or resolved.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 23:41, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 17:51, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

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Locus of dispute
1) Disputes between and other users including the two users who brought this complaint,  and  mainly concern articles about critics of Scientology, Keith Henson and David S. Touretsky.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:08, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:49, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Mutual disrespect
2) Interactions between and other editors are characterized by mutual disrespect, including personal attacks, see

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:08, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:49, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Refactoring by AI
3) has removed dialogue a number of times from article talk pages in what they describe as refactoring  , this behavior has included edit warring on talk pages  . In contradiction to No personal attacks he has adapted his own idiosyncratic version of the policy which he has attempted to apply. This has interfered with communications with other users ,.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:08, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:49, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Editing on David S. Touretzky
4) AI has repeatedly edited the article on David S. Touretzky, a critic of the Church of Scientology, to include material disparaging of him.

 * Support:
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 20:35, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:49, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Sockpuppets
5) has edited from a number of anonymous ips which may include:      (blocked proxy)   , see Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/AI/Proposed_decision and recently.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 19:05, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 22:53, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 20:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

AI's dispute with Wikipedia
6) states that he is involved in a dispute with Wikipedia, declaring his intention to "destroy Wikipedia" by "legal means",.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 23:32, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 20:10, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Proposed remedies
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

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 * Support:

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

AI prohibited from "refactoring"
1) is prohibited from removing dialogue of any sort from any talk page or rearranging any talk page, including material which, in AI's opinion, constitute "personal comments" or personal attacks. This does not apply to their own user talk page.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:11, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:50, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

AI prohibited from CoS articles
2) AI is prohibited from editing any article related to the Church of Scientology. If they should violate this, an admin may ban them for a short period (up to 24 hours). For repeat offenses, they may be banned for up to a week per violation.

 * Support:
 * →Raul654 21:09, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 21:49, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:50, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:50, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

AI restricted to one account
3) shall use that account and no other for editing. Extended editing by any anonymous IP which exhibits the behavior associated with User:AI shall be considered to be the edits of AI for purposes of application of this decision.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 19:05, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 22:53, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:07, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 19:54, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:50, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

AI banned pending final resolution of legal disputes
4), under any user name or anonymous IP, is banned from Wikipedia pending final resolution of all legal disputes with Wikipedia.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 23:44, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:05, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 19:54, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:50, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Template
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 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Enforcement by ban
1) may be briefly banned if they removes any dialogue from any talk page other than their own user page. In the case of repeat offenses a ban may be up to a week.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 15:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * →Raul654 17:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 20:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 21:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Enforcement of sockpuppet ban
2) Should edit under any other user account or for any extended period as an anonymous IP they may be banned for a month, and up to a year in the case of repeat offenses.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 19:05, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 22:55, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 17:47, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 19:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

Enforcement of ban pending resolution of disputes
3) Pending final resolution of all legal disputes between AI and Wikipedia, any edit by AI under any user name or anonymous IP may be removed immediately by any editor.

 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 23:47, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:04, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 19:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose:

 * Abstain:

=Discussion by Arbitrators=

General
The decisions I have proposed address only the problems cited by those who filed the request for arbitration. There are obviously other problems, for example, POV editing. Fred Bauder 15:16, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Motion to close
Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support") 24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close.

 * move to close ➥the Epopt 14:59, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * fine by me. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:40, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose as with Fred pending resolution; thereafter, accept. James F. (talk) 22:56, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Now happy to close. James F. (talk) 23:35, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Neutralitytalk 01:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Fred Bauder 20:11, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Jayjg (talk) 19:49, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Now closed. James F. (talk) 22:15, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

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Harry Alan Towers

Harry Alan Towers (19 October 1920 – 31 July 2009) was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbeck. He produced over 80 feature films and continued to write and produce well into his eighties. Towers was married to the actress Maria Rohm, who appeared in many of his films.

Background
The son of a theatrical agent, Towers was born in Wandsworth, and became a child actor after attending the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. He then became a prolific radio writer while serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II becoming head of the RAF radio unit on the British Forces Broadcasting Service attaining the rank of Pilot Officer.

In 1946, he and his mother Margaret Miller Towers started a company called Towers of London that sold various syndicated radio programmes around the world, including The Lives of Harry Lime and The Black Museum with Orson Welles, Secrets of Scotland Yard with Clive Brook, Horatio Hornblower in which Michael Hordern played the famous character created by C. S. Forester, and a series based on the Sherlock Holmes stories, featuring John Gielgud as Holmes, Ralph Richardson as Watson, and Orson Welles as Professor Moriarty.

Based on his radio success, in the mid-1950s he produced television shows for ITV such as Armchair Theatre, The Golden Fleece, The Boy About the Place, Teddy Gang, The Lady Asks for Help, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Suicide Club, The Little Black Book, The New Adventures of Martin Kane, A Christmas Carol, 24 Hours a Day, Down to the Sea, Gun Rule, Dial 999 (TV series) and many others.

On 7 April 1956, Billboard magazine announced J. Elroy McCaw's WINS in New York made a deal with Towers for deejay Alan Freed to do a special taped 1/2-hour rock 'n' roll record show on Saturday nights over Radio Luxembourg, which beamed to most of the countries of Free Europe.

Vice activities
In 1961 Towers, with English girlfriend, Mariella Novotny, (real name Stella Capes), were charged with operating a vice ring at a New York hotel, but he jumped bail and returned to Europe. Novotny, in her statement to the FBI, claimed Towers was a Soviet agent responsible for providing compromising information on individuals for the benefit of the U.S.S.R. Lobster Magazine ran an article in 1983 citing sources who alleged Towers was linked with (among others) Stephen Ward, Peter Lawford, the Soviet Union, and a vice ring at the United Nations. Hearst Corporation newspapers had already mentioned Towers's name in a 1963 article featuring coded references to a liaison between a pre-White House John F. Kennedy and Novotny, a known prostitute. The charges against Towers were dropped in 1980 after he paid a £4,200 fine for jumping bail.

Film career
Towers began producing feature films in 1962, sometimes writing the screenplay. Towers filmed in various countries such as South Africa, Ireland, Hong Kong, Bulgaria and others. A number of his films and scripts were based on the works of Sax Rohmer, such as Sumuru and the popular Fu Manchu series of five films starring Christopher Lee. He also adapted the novels of Agatha Christie (And Then There Were None and the Miss Marple series), the Marquis de Sade, and the works of Edgar Wallace. Towers produced three separate film versions of And Then There Were None, each set in a different locale.

He frequently collaborated with director Jesus Franco during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Towers had a hand in writing and/or producing numerous films directed by Franco, including 99 Women (1969), The Girl from Rio a.k.a. Rio 70 (1969), Venus in Furs (1969), Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969), Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970), The Bloody Judge (1970), and Count Dracula (1970). Franco also helmed the last two Fu Manchu films The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) and The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969).

In a letter from the New York literary agency Albert T Longden Associates, discussing the Sax Rohmer estate, reference was made to Towers producing a sixth Fu Manchu movie, The Children of Fu Manchu, for release in 2009; if the project existed, nothing came of it.

Death
In his last months, Towers was working with Ken Russell on an adaptation of Moll Flanders. He died after a short illness in a hospital in Canada on 31 July 2009.

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East–West All-Star Game

The East–West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to emulate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, using Negro league players. Newspaper balloting was set up to allow the fans to choose the starting lineups for that first game, a tradition that continued through the series' end in 1962. Unlike the white All-Star game which is played near the middle of the season, the Negro All-Star game was held toward the end of the season.

Because league structures were shaky during the Great Depression and also because certain teams (notably the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays) sometimes played entirely independent of the leagues, votes were not counted by league, but by geographical location. Hence, the games were known as the East–West All-Star Games. Votes were tallied by two of the major African-American weekly newspapers of the day, the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier.

The Games
All games were held at Comiskey Park in Chicago unless otherwise noted.

1933–1939

 * Batteries:
 * East: Sam Streeter (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (L), Bertrum Hunter (Pittsburgh Crawfords), George Britt (Homestead Grays) and Biz Mackey (Philadelphia Stars), Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
 * West: Bill Foster (Chicago American Giants) (W) and Larry Brown (Chicago American Giants)
 * Notes:
 * Bill Foster pitched a complete game for the West and Mule Suttles hit the first home run in East-West history.
 * The West squad used only its nine starters for the entire game.
 * The starting lineups reflected an imbalance in voting, as seven West starters came from the American Giants while five East starters were from either the Crawfords or Grays.
 * East first baseman Oscar Charleston (Pittsburgh Crawfords) received the most votes, with 43,793.

 * Batteries:
 * East: Slim Jones (Philadelphia Stars), Harry Kincannon (Pittsburgh Crawfords), Satchel Paige (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (W) and Bill Perkins (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
 * West: Ted Trent (Chicago American Giants), Chet Brewer (Kansas City Monarchs), Bill Foster (Chicago American Giants) (L) and Larry Brown (Chicago American Giants)
 * Notes:
 * Three East pitchers combined on a 7-hit shutout.
 * Cool Papa Bell scored the only run in the eighth.
 * West pitcher Bill Foster received the most votes, 48,957.

 * Batteries:
 * East: Slim Jones (Philadelphia Stars), Leon Day (Brooklyn Eagles), Luis Tiant Sr. (New York Cubans), Martín Dihigo (New York Cubans) (L) and Biz Mackey (Philadelphia Stars)
 * West: Ray Brown (Homestead Grays), Leroy Matlock (Pittsburgh Crawfords), Ted Trent (Chicago American Giants), Bob Griffith (Columbus Elite Giants), Willie Cornelius (Chicago American Giants) (W) and Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
 * Notes:
 * The score was 4–4 after nine, and each team scored four runs in the tenth inning.
 * Mule Suttles hit a two-out three-run HR in the bottom of the 11th off Dihigo to win it.
 * West shortstop Willie Wells (Chicago American Giants) got the most votes, with 16,262

 * Batteries:
 * East: Leroy Matlock (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (W), Bill Byrd (Washington Elite Giants), Satchel Paige (Pittsburgh Crawfords) and Biz Mackey (Washington Elite Giants), Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
 * West: Willie Cornelius (Chicago American Giants) (L), Floyd Kranson (Kansas City Monarchs), Andy Cooper (Kansas City Monarchs), Ted Trent (Chicago American Giants) and Harry Else (Kansas City Monarchs), Subby Byas (Chicago American Giants)
 * Notes:
 * East pitcher Satchel Paige received the most votes, with 18,275
 * Alex Radcliffe and Cool Papa Bell each collected three hits.

 * The Western teams played a second All-Star game amongst themselves in Memphis on August 29, and split into North-South alignment. The northern teams won 10–7, with Bill Foster of Chicago getting the win and Ted Strong on Indianapolis homering (while hitting for the cycle).

1940–1949

 * Ted Radcliffe and his brother Alec contributed a home run and triple, respectively, and won $700 bonuses each, which they gave to their mother.
 * The game was nearly cancelled due to a player strike, as the owners upped the players' individual share from $60 to $150 before the game could go on.

 * Batteries:
 * East: Tom Glover (Baltimore Elite Giants) (L), Bill Ricks (Philadelphia Stars), Martin Dihigo (New York Cubans), Roy Welmaker (Homestead Grays) and Roy Campanella (Baltimore Elite Giants)
 * West: Verdell Mathis (Memphis Red Sox) (W), Gentry Jessup (Chicago American Giants), Booker McDaniels (Kansas City Monarchs), Eugene Bremer (Cleveland Buckeyes) and Quincy Trouppe (Cleveland Buckeyes)
 * Notes:
 * Satchel Paige refused to pitch in the game after a dispute with the promoters over money.
 * Josh Gibson was not allowed to play in the game, having been suspended by the Homestead Grays for "flagrant and consistent training violations".
 * Jesse Williams, Monarchs second baseman, had moved to that position this season due to an arm injury, made two hits for the West team, one of them a two-run triple in the second. Williams had 4 RBI for the game.  He also played errorless ball in the field.
 * Jackie Robinson, Monarchs rookie shortstop, was named to the West team. He went hitless in five at-bats, though he fielded flawlessly at short.
 * Quincy Trouppe had a single and three walks in four times to the plate.

 * The Western teams played another All-Star game amongst themselves in September, and split into North-South alignment of Chicago and Cleveland versus Birmingham and Memphis. The northern teams won 8–2.

1950–1959

 * Batteries:
 * East: Frank Thompson (Birmingham Black Barons), Andy Carpenter (Detroit Stars) (L), Harold Gordon (Detroit Stars) and Otha Bailey (Detroit Stars)
 * West: Isaiah Harris (Memphis Red Sox), Henry Mason (Kansas City Monarchs) (W), Charlie Davis (Memphis Red Sox) (S) and Juan Armenteros (Kansas City Monarchs)
 * Notes:
 * There were only six teams in the NAL this year. The West squad was made up of players from the Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, and Louisville Clippers, while the East team consisted of the Indianapolis Clowns, Birmingham Black Barons, and Detroit Stars.  The NAL was obviously struggling both at the gate and in its talent level, but the East-West Game was still a showcase of its young prospects for big league scouts.
 * Buck O'Neil managed the West team, while Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston managed the East. Charleston, who played in the first East-West Game in 1933, would die two months later.

 * Batteries:
 * East: Aaron Jones (Detroit Stars), Elliott Coleman (Birmingham Black Barons), Jo Misky Carpedge (Birmingham Black Barons) (L) and Otha Bailey (Birmingham Black Barons)
 * West: Satchel Paige (Kansas City Monarchs), Charlie Davis (Memphis Red Sox), Isiah Harris (Memphis Red Sox) (W), Enrique Moroto (Kansas City Monarchs) (S) and Juan Armenteros (Kansas City Monarchs)
 * Notes
 * Satchel Paige, described in nearly every news story as "ageless", returned to the NAL after his final stint with the St. Louis Browns and before signing with Bill Veeck's Miami team in the International League as the starting pitcher for the West. He pitched three hitless innings, allowing only one batter to reach on an error.
 * There were only four teams in the NAL this year. The West was made up of players from the Kansas City Monarchs and the Memphis Red Sox, while the East team was composed of players from the Birmingham Black Barons and the Detroit Stars.
 * Managers for the two squads were Buck O'Neil of the Monarchs (in his final season in the NAL) and Ed Steele of the Stars.

 * Notes:
 * Again, there were only four teams in the league. West squad was chosen from players on the Kansas City Monarchs and Memphis Red Sox and the East team from the Birmingham Black Barons and Detroit Stars.
 * Homer "Goose" Curry of the Red Sox managed the West team, while Ed Steele of the Stars managed the East.
 * Future country-western music star Charlie Pride was a substitute for the West team, playing right field and was credited with two singles and an RBI in two plate appearances.

1960–1962

 * Notes:
 * During the fifth inning, recent Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who played for the Monarchs and in the East-West game in 1945, was honored and given a key to the city and numerous other awards in the fifth inning. Satchel Paige and a number of other former Monarch players were also introduced.
 * This was the last East-West game. The NAL disbanded at the close of the season

Most selections
Three players were named to the East–West All-Star Game at least ten times: Alex Radcliffe (13, although he played 12), Buck Leonard (13, although he also played 12), and Josh Gibson (12, with 11 played). Other players that were named to multiple games were Leon Day (9), Neil Robinson (9), Quincy Trouppe (8), "Wild" Bill Wright (8), and Bill Byrd (8).

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1856 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1856.

Finds

 * First remains of Neanderthal Man found in the Neandertal Valley of Germany.
 * Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 discovered in Sweden.
 * Two busts of Antinous are found in Patras, Greece.

Births

 * 28 September: Edward Herbert Thompson, American Mayanist (died 1935)

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Lisfranc injury

A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus.

The injury is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin, a French surgeon and gynecologist who noticed this fracture pattern amongst cavalrymen in 1815, after the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Causes
The midfoot consists of five bones that form the arches of the foot (the cuboid, navicular, and three cuneiform bones) and their articulations with the bases of the five metatarsal bones. It is these articulations that are damaged in a Lisfranc injury. Such injuries typically involve the ligaments between the medial cuneiform bone and the bases of the second and third metatarsal bones, and each of these ligaments is called Lisfranc ligament.

Lisfranc injuries are caused when excessive kinetic energy is applied either directly or indirectly to the midfoot and are often seen in traffic collisions or industrial accidents.

Direct Lisfranc injuries are usually caused by a crush injury, such as a heavy object falling onto the midfoot, or the foot being run over by a car or truck, or someone landing on the foot after a fall from a significant height. Indirect Lisfranc injuries are caused by a sudden rotational force on a plantar flexed (downward pointing) forefoot. Examples of this type of trauma include a rider falling from a horse but the foot remaining trapped in the stirrup, or a person falling forward after stepping into a storm drain.

In athletic trauma, Lisfranc injuries occur commonly in activities such as windsurfing, kitesurfing, wakeboarding, or snowboarding (where appliance bindings pass directly over the metatarsals). American football players occasionally acquire this injury, and it most often occurs when the athlete's foot is plantar flexed and another player lands on the heel. This can also be seen in pivoting athletic positions such as a baseball catcher or a ballerina spinning.

Diagnosis
In a high energy injury to the midfoot, such as a fall from a height or a motor vehicle accident, the diagnosis of a Lisfranc injury should, in theory at least, pose less of a challenge. There will be deformity of the midfoot and X-ray abnormalities should be obvious. Further, the nature of the injury will create heightened clinical suspicion and there may even be disruption of the overlying skin and compromise of the blood supply. Typical X-ray findings would include a gap between the base of the first and second toes. The diagnosis becomes more challenging in the case of low energy incidents, such as might occur with a twisting injury on the racquetball court, or when an American Football lineman is forced back upon a foot that is already in a fully plantar flexed position. Then, there may only be complaint of inability to bear weight and some mild swelling of the forefoot or midfoot. Bruising of the arch has been described as diagnostic in these circumstances but may well be absent. Typically, conventional radiography of the foot is utilized with standard non-weight bearing views, supplemented by weight bearing views which may demonstrate widening of the interval between the first and second toes, if the initial views fail to show abnormality. Unfortunately, radiographs in such circumstances have a sensitivity of 50% when non-weight bearing and 85% when weight bearing, meaning that they will appear normal in 15% of cases where a Lisfranc injury actually exists. In the case of apparently normal x-rays, if clinical suspicion remains, advanced imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT scan) is a logical next step.

Classification
There are three classifications for the fracture:
 * 1) Homolateral: All five metatarsals are displaced in the same direction.  Lateral displacement may also suggest cuboidal fracture.
 * 2) Isolated: one or two metatarsals are displaced from the others.
 * 3) Divergent: metatarsals are displaced in a sagittal or coronal plane and may also involve the intercuneiform area and include a navicular fracture.

Treatment
Options include operative or non-operative treatment. One study claims that in athletes, and if the dislocation is less than 2 mm, the fracture can be managed with casting for six weeks. The person's injured limb cannot bear weight during this period. In the majority of cases, early surgical alignment of bone fragments to their original anatomical position (open reduction) and stable fixation is indicated. A 2005 study suggests that closed reduction and Kirschner wire (K-wire) stabilisation or open reduction and stabilisation - generally using screws to avoid the complication of K-wires and maintain a stable reduction - are the treatments of choice.

According to a 1997 study, for severe Lisfranc injuries, open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) and temporary screw or Kirschner wire fixation is the treatment of choice. The foot cannot be allowed to bear weight for a minimum of six weeks. Partial weight-bearing may then begin, with full weight bearing after an additional several weeks, depending on the specific injury. K-wires are typically removed after six weeks, before weight bearing, while screws are often removed after 12 weeks.

When a Lisfranc injury is characterized by significant displacement of the tarsometatarsal joint(s), nonoperative treatment often leads to severe loss of function and long-term disability secondary to chronic pain and sometimes to a planovalgus deformity. In cases with severe pain, loss of function, or progressive deformity that has failed to respond to nonoperative treatment, mid-tarsal and tarsometatarsal arthrodesis (operative fusion of the bones) may be indicated.

History
During the Napoleonic Wars, Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin encountered a soldier who had developed vascular compromise and secondary gangrene of the foot after a fall from a horse. Subsequently, Lisfranc performed an amputation at the level of the tarsometatarsal joints, and that area of the foot has since been referred to as the namesake "Lisfranc joint". Although Lisfranc did not describe a specific mechanism of injury or classification scheme, a Lisfranc injury has come to mean a dislocation or fracture-dislocation injury at the tarsometatarsal joints.

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Zawisza

Zawisza or Záviš is a Slavic name and may refer to:

People

 * Zawisza Czarny (1379–1428), known as Zawisza the Black, a Polish medieval knight and diplomat
 * Zawisza Czerwony (died 1433), known as Zawisza the Red, a contemporary of Zawisza Czarny
 * Artur Zawisza (born 1969), a Polish politician
 * Marcelina Zawisza (born 1989), a Polish politician
 * Oskar Zawisza (1878–1933), a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist
 * Záviš of Zápy (1350–1411), a Czech theologian and composer
 * Záviš, a name of Czech singer Milan Smrčka (born 1956)
 * Záviš Kalandra (1902–1950), a Czech historian who was executed by Communists
 * Záviš of Falkenstein (1250–1290), a Czech nobleman
 * Zawisza (Szare Szeregi), the youngest Scouts, known for their resistance work during the Warsaw Uprising

Other

 * Zawisza Bydgoszcz, a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland
 * Zawisza Pajęczno, a soccer club in Pajęczno, Poland
 * Zawisza Rzgów, a sports club from Rzgów, Poland
 * Zawisza Czarny (ship), the name of two sailing ships owned by the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association

Zawisza

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My name is Julien and I'm living in Switzerland.

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European green toad

The European green toad (Bufotes viridis) is a species of true toad found in steppes, mountainous areas, semi-deserts, urban areas and other habitats in mainland Europe, ranging from far eastern France and Denmark to the Balkans, Western Russia and the Caucasus. As historically defined, the species ranged east through the Middle East and Central Asia to western China, Mongolia and northwestern India, and south through Italy and the Mediterranean islands to North Africa.

Following genetic and morphological reviews, 14 populations (all largely or entirely Asian, except for the African and Balearic green toads) are now regarded as separate species. These species and the European green toad are placed in their own genus Bufotes, but they were included in Bufo.

Description
The spots on the back vary from green to dark brown and sometimes red spots appear, too. The underside is white or very lightly coloured. The European green toad will change colour in response to heat and light changes. Females are larger than males and can lay 9,000 to 15,000 eggs at a time. It can reach a maximum size (head and body length) of 10 cm, but growth to this size is rare.

Diet
Bufotes viridis eats a variety of insects and invertebrates, mainly crickets, meal worms, small butterflies, earthworms, moths, beetles, ants, spiders and caterpillars. There has also been a reported attack on a bat.

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