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There is one piece of vandalism that wasn't corrected before being protected. In the article it says that outreachers "steak" to people and it should say "talk" to people. Josh2316 (talk) 18:45, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Since the article is currently under an attack by a user named the phantom 24 (changed a link to a google-drive source that attacks the founders and likewise actions), can this IP or account be blocked from editing or can the article become semi-protected? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominik Wiki (talk • contribs) 11:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
So changing a source, that should lead to a "the guardian" newspaper article to a google drive document that is a collection of accusations against the organisation and it´s cofounders is not vandalizing? Please check that User:Bishonen. I´m new to this, too, but i cannot imagine that this is regarded a legit action, is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominik Wiki (talk • contribs) 17:16, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And if you looked at the wiki article that you hid links to personal Google Drive folders in, it would become clear to you that Anonymous for the Voiceless has been a registered Nonprofit Organisation since 2018, according to reference 10 (https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/774df2336450879820ca344a292f1bbe),Thephantom24. Larshalt | talk 20:00, 29 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]
Just to also bring the points raised on Thephantom24s talk here: Anonymous for the Voiceless being registerd as a business is not mutually exclusive to it being a nonprofit organisation. Reference 10 from the article is in my opinion clear evidence that we are in fact looking at a nonprofit organisation. I apologize for engaging in an edit war, but all my first changes were only reverting clear vandalism (hiding links to Google drive folders in what looks like a Guardian newspaper article). I should not have made the last edit, but instead open this talk myself. I'll make sure to go through the guidelines for Wikipedia editors before making further edits on articles. Nonetheless, I think semi-protection for this article is needed taking into account that this is not the first time that vandalist changes have been made to it. Larshalt (talk) 15:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
But in this case, it actually was vandalism, wasn´t it? The change of the source as described in the previos comment of me is not only "beeing wrong". It´s misleading users, that want to get to the newspaper article to somewhere completly different. Please PM me or write here if i´m wrong and this was indeed no vandalism. Thank you! Dominik Wiki (talk) 20:07, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you are wiling to assume that Thephantom24's edits were made in good-faith, and not with a deliberate, malicious intent to harm the article. In the long run, disagreements on Wikipedia are best solved collegiately, by thinking the best (not the worst) of our fellow editors. If you do, it improves the chances that they will think the best of you if you make a mistake in the future. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 21:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]On Wikipedia, vandalism has a very specific meaning: editing (or other behavior) deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose, which is to create a free encyclopedia, ... Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. ... If it is clear that an editor is intending to improve Wikipedia, their edits are not vandalism ... avoid using the term "vandalism" unless it is clear the user means to harm Wikipedia
I don't think it is thinking the worst if I say that making a link that should lead to a newspaper article instead lead to a self-fabricated PDF document on a Google drive folder is vandalism, though. Larshalt (talk) 00:47, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And also changing the membership from "none" to "your soul" might be considered funny, but clearly is an attack on the page. If i get it right, vandalism does not mean you intend to destroy the whole wiki (-project), but is indeed if you are editing one article in a way an encyclopedia does not stand for. So i´m still at the point of view that most of the discussion here was not productive/constructive but only a good load of timewaste of all of us. Never the less, thanks for all who reacted *thumbsup* Dominik Wiki (talk) 18:43, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism". Wile blocking can be performed by any admin, to ban a user would require consensus in a debate at the Administrator's noticeboard. Considering that Thephantom24 hasn't edited the article since Bishonen intervened, I seriously doubt that a case could be made. I'm afraid that semi-protection wouldn't be helpful; it would prevent editors like Dominik Wiki from editing the article, while leaving Thephantom24 able to edit. I suspect that is the very opposite of what you intended. --RexxS (talk) 22:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Argh, RexxS, i even said "thank you" for your effort in my comment. Wasting time was not meant for your actions taken, but that it became necessary. I don´t think that there were any chance of an improvement for the article through discussion here, thereby a "waste of time". That all of you did react and also the outcome is a sign of a well working structure, in matters of "protecting the policies" it was about the opposite of a timewaste. Sorry if my words were not clear at that before, i´m not a native speaker. It all made sense in my head ;) Dominik Wiki (talk) 00:31, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
AV has no affiliation to the hacktivists at all, describing it as "not directly affiliated to" gives the impression there is an indirect affiliation. Therefor i cut out "directly". Dominik Wiki (talk) 09:07, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]