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This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Christian Science to Good Article status.

Well-meaning editors: Do not edit comments from others on this page. Thank you.

I have now reached the 244 "Thanks" level from "notifications" - getting an average of over 115 per year it appears. Thank you to all who have thought highly of my edits. Collect (talk) 15:52, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

From 2013 (and various unnamed editors): I have started to work on a composite of my history dealing with Collect at my talk page. It starts in late 2008 so it might take a while. I'll accept fellow editors deciding when they have more of the facts.

Had I known Collect was behind your request I may have declined. He has been sniffing my excrement for 4 years or more. I don't bother myself with him unless he shows up where I am working. Then I have to consider what is more important: dealing with Collect's dribble or continuing to talk and work with other editors. I detest him so much I usually just leave and go do something else in WikiLand

Sorry, But I'd rather have all of my fingernails pulled out than to get involved with those editors. Especially Collect, perhaps the most dangerous and dirtiest Wikipedia editor I've come across--only my opinion of course, which I feel I am free to offer on my own talk page? It is true that there are plenty of articles here that are more about numbers than about the truth, IOW, who ever has the most editors on their side can write the article.

I got here by looking at Collect contrbutions. (from a sock master)

This essay serves no purpose in mainspace other than to aggrandize its creator. I recall some quip about dressing a pig...I'll let those who want, finish the line.

Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense

Articles which make "allegations" make bad encyclopedia articles, especially when any sort of POV can be attached thereto. I suggest that articles subject to WP:BLP in any manner which make allegations be strongly constrained. This specifically includes use of opinions or claims that a person or persons bears "guilt by association" with any other person or group.

Quote of the day from an editor who seems to regard his own screeds as the epitome of "wit":

Twain is the perennial favorite of intellectual pygmies who believe a trite quote has the power to increase their stature.

I rather think his "wit" speaks for itself pretty clearly.

Some of my essays:

WP:Defend to the Death

WP:Midden

WP:Baby and Bathwater

WP:Wikifurniture

WP:Contentious

WP:Sex, Religion and Politics

WP:Editorially involved

WP:Mutual admiration society

WP:Source pH

WP:Sledgehammer

WP:Variable RS

WP:Wikipedia and shipwrights

WP:Repetition in Argumentation

WP:The task of an editor

User:Collect/BLP

User:Collect/þ

Some of the articles I have created:

etc.

From WP:Plagiarism

N Copying from an unacknowledged source
Inserting a text—copied word-for-word, or closely paraphrased with very few changes—from a source that is not acknowledged anywhere in the article, either in the body of the article, or in footnotes, the references section, or the external links section.

The above example is the most egregious form of plagiarism and the least likely to be accidental.

repeating for those who did not seem to read it the first time:

Articles which make "allegations" make bad encyclopedia articles, especially when any sort of POV can be attached thereto. I suggest that articles subject to WP:BLP in any manner which make allegations be strongly constrained. This specifically includes use of opinions or claims that a person or persons bears "guilt by association" with any other person or group.

Poring over 40K+ edits ....

On over 98% of articles where I have asserted BLP problems - there was no contest about it.

Sarah Palin is not a practitioner of Witchcraft,
Joe the Plumber is not a felon,
Prescott Bush was not a manager of Nazi slave labour camps whose living heirs live off of Nazi gold,
Johan Hari is not a worst journalist ever to live,
XXX is not "gay",
YYY (living person) is not "homophobia",
ZZZ (many) are not "Jews", etc.

as well as many hundreds of other articles, such as ones asserting groups of living persons support use of biological weapons to commit genocide, etc. Of those where an issue was raised and discussed, in about 80% of the cases it was determined that there was a BLP violation and my position was correct. My "poor BLP average" is 99+% in my favour. As for being biased on "US politics" issues, no evidence has been provided for that claim for one very good reason - I am not biased on US politics issues, and have edited articles on everyone from Communists to Fascists worldwide.

Clearly some editors have spent a great deal of time following my every edit, but did anyone note that it is the same editors each time?

I have now spent several full days on the preliminary stuff -- but so far not a single arbitrator has acknowledged the evidence I sent in months ago. Where no one reads anything, it is likely they will read anything in the future - or is it a matter of "our minds are made up ahead of time - don't bother us with facts"? ANEW complaints? In one case: My conclusion is thus that this is not a blockable offense, and Collect apparently acted in good faith, In another "both editors blocked" despite the fact the 3+RR was not on my part at all, and the BLP issue was later proven at AfD to be correctly raised, [1] notes that repeatedly removing fucking from a BLP where the problem had already been shown to be a BLP issue was not improper on my part, and so on. Collect (talk)

for lurkers:

Cinderella was a notorious crier - tears by the gallon.

Thus becoming the very first Grimm weaper.

On this day

As we hear Taps or The Last Post on this day, we should remember they descended from the same source - a call to innkeepers to "close the taps" so soldiers could return to their posts (taptoe in Dutch). What one does not hear though is Winston Churchill's comment about retirement and death:

I leave when the pub closes

When taptoe has sounded the last time, and the "last post" has been visited.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum

any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee John Donne

Quotation of the day. 9 February 2016

Star Wars marketing run amok

ecigs at Darth Vaper

major stores at Darth Maul

Dating service at Luke Shywalker

Tanning salon at Obi Wan Kenobi

So far no suggestions for the female characters ...

ArbCom Election Guide 2017

See User:Collect/ACE2017

Highly recommended candidates are Premeditated Chaos, The Rambling Man, SMcCandlish and BU Rob13.

The recommendations are based on answers to my questions only, and nothing else.

diffs easily verified by anyone looking at the MKUCR history

04:19 to 04:24 4 June three edits including changes to recent edits (reverts) after five edits by others.

16:03 to 18:29 3 June seven edits including changes to recent edits (reverts) after thirteen edits by others

03:01 to 05:57 3 June seven edits with two intervening edits by another, after three edits by others including clear reverts.

17 edits in roughly one day. And with at least three reverts by any count (even counting multiple reverts as a single revert).

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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

(cur | prev) 04:24, 4 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (109,924 bytes) (+2)‎ . . (→‎Terminology: ups) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 04:23, 4 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (109,922 bytes) (+22)‎ . . (→‎Terminology) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 04:19, 4 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (109,900 bytes) (+277)‎ . . (→‎Terminology: Added a source per My Very Best Wishes) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 22:44, 3 June 2018‎ AnomieBOT (talk | contribs)‎ . . (109,623 bytes) (+1,791)‎ . . (Rescuing orphaned refs ("Aronson" from rev 844275840)) (undo) (cur | prev) 22:19, 3 June 2018‎ My very best wishes (talk | contribs)‎ . . (107,832 bytes) (-1)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 22:16, 3 June 2018‎ My very best wishes (talk | contribs)‎ . . (107,833 bytes) (-3,329)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: rephrase: this can be summarized much shorter) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 21:36, 3 June 2018‎ Aquillion (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,162 bytes) (+9)‎ . . (partial restore of some minor edits no one has specifically objected to on talk. I presume nobody has a strong feeling that we must not link Barbara Harff, or that the typo of "byStéphane" is essential to the article.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 18:43, 3 June 2018‎ Smallbones (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,153 bytes) (-2,185)‎ . . (revert to last 6+7=13, verbose and opinionated) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 18:29, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (113,338 bytes) (+18)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 18:25, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (113,320 bytes) (+1)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 18:15, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (113,319 bytes) (+1,390)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: More about famine deaths. Sources added.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 17:10, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,929 bytes) (+210)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Do not understand why hyperlink was removed. Added an explanation of why Rummel's approach leads to inflation of figures) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 16:42, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,719 bytes) (+427)‎ . . (→‎Terminology: More strict definition of democide is provided, cited from the article authored by a close Rummel's colleague and renown genocide scholar.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 16:34, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,292 bytes) (+4)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 16:03, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,288 bytes) (+135)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Expanded Dallin's opinion) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 15:50, 3 June 2018‎ 7&6=thirteen (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,153 bytes) (+15)‎ . . (imprisonment -- that's what a Gulag is.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 15:27, 3 June 2018‎ My very best wishes (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,138 bytes) (-27)‎ . . (should be fixed I think - see talk; of course all these estimates were highly approximate and debatable) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 12:49, 3 June 2018‎ 50.49.143.77 (talk)‎ . . (111,165 bytes) (+4)‎ . . (→‎Political system and ideology) (undo) (cur | prev) 12:34, 3 June 2018‎ C.J. Griffin (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,161 bytes) (-1)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: removing space) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 12:23, 3 June 2018‎ Collect (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,162 bytes) (-236)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: reduce argumentation and "however" WTA) (undo) (cur | prev) 12:19, 3 June 2018‎ Collect (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,398 bytes) (-299)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: declaration of "importance" is made in Wikipedia's voice and would need a source and ascription as opinion) (undo) (cur | prev) 09:24, 3 June 2018‎ Fifelfoo (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,697 bytes) (-9)‎ . . (more citation fiddle (citation / bibliography)) (undo | thank) (Tag: Visual edit: Switched) (cur | prev) 09:13, 3 June 2018‎ Fifelfoo (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,706 bytes) (+116)‎ . . (standardise to [p]p. ##[figuredash ## | , ##][. | , | :] with lowercase for alpha pages. s.=>§. See also: and See: in citations to plain citations.
=> ; in list citations. Similar such citation changes of no content change to article.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 08:58, 3 June 2018‎ Fifelfoo (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,590 bytes) (+23)‎ . . (standardise to [p]p. ##[figuredash ##) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 08:37, 3 June 2018‎ Fifelfoo (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,567 bytes) (+580)‎ . . (→‎Bibliography: first three brought into style, figure dashes) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 06:16, 3 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (110,987 bytes) (-334)‎ . . (→‎People's Republic of China: trimming. We do not need separate sections for every paragraph. Also copyediting. "Subject to control at various times" is hardly enough to include here.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 06:06, 3 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,321 bytes) (-56)‎ . . (An outrageous claim with no source. The image itself is dodgy, but with a plain caption may be okay.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 06:01, 3 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,377 bytes) (+5)‎ . . (→‎Terminology: ce) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 05:57, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,372 bytes) (+651)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Added more sources and the reference to famine) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 05:30, 3 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (110,721 bytes) (-1,234)‎ . . (→‎Legal prosecution for genocide and genocide denial: too much detail. We haven't, and shouldn't, provide background info on any of the other incidents. That Stalin was declared responsible is enough.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 05:26, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,955 bytes) (+3)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 05:24, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (111,952 bytes) (+9)‎ . . (→‎Estimates) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 05:23, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,943 bytes) (-58)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: repetition) (undo | thank)(cur | prev) 05:12, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (112,001 bytes) (+774)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: More on Rummel and genocide scholars) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 04:58, 3 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,227 bytes) (-130)‎ . . (→‎Debate on famines: ce, unnecessary weasel word, format) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 04:06, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (111,357 bytes) (+888)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Criticism of Rummel added) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 03:01, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (110,469 bytes) (+4,184)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Added explanations about controversy per talk. Will add more.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 02:45, 3 June 2018‎ Holdoffhunger (talk | contribs)‎ . . (106,285 bytes) (-5)‎ . . (Remove double "the.") (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 01:46, 3 June 2018‎ UnequivocalAmbivalence (talk | contribs)‎ . . (106,290 bytes) (+86)‎ . . (→‎Debate on famines: Changing for clarity (previous phrasing made it seem like Churchill may have presided over both events listed. Also rewriting and expanding intro sentence to avoid synth/OR (source does not indicate that famine should not be viewed as state killings, rather that communists were not alone in causing famine.)) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 01:07, 3 June 2018‎ UnequivocalAmbivalence (talk | contribs)‎ . . (106,204 bytes) (0)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Simplifying numbers, listing thousands of thousands is confusing, this is more in line with formatting of other figures in same section) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 00:03, 3 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (106,204 bytes) (+2,316)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: Added modern data for deaths estimates in Cambodia and Stalin's USSR. Will add other data later.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 22:12, 2 June 2018‎ C.J. Griffin (talk | contribs)‎ . . (103,888 bytes) (+1,115)‎ . . (→‎Debate on famines: Adding dissenting scholars on this debate) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 20:15, 2 June 2018‎ Paul Siebert (talk | contribs)‎ . . (102,773 bytes) (+14)‎ . . (→‎Terminology: Actually, most authors cited here do not apply their terminology to all MKuCR. For example, Valentino does not include Afghanistan in his definition. Wheatcroft discusses only Stalinist repressions. Such a generalisation is an original research.) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 19:55, 2 June 2018‎ AmateurEditor (talk | contribs)‎ . . (102,759 bytes) (+22)‎ . . (→‎Estimates: added years of publication to encourage maintenance of chronological order going forward) (undo | thank) (cur | prev) 04:12, 2 June 2018‎ Vanamonde93 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (102,737 bytes) (+48)‎ . . (Undid revision 844013188 by Collect (talk) Seriously, Collect? A quick google search found a bunch of sources using that exact phrase, not to mention the critics already on the talk page.) (undo | thank) (Tag: Undo)

Good article reassessment for Joseph Widney

Joseph Widney has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:44, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]