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The Death of Henry Jemmott moved to draftspace

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You have shown interest in the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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September 2021

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on James Flynn (academic). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
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@generalrelative No editors other than you feel that it is not uncontroversial for James Flynn to have argued that black parenting is inferior to white. Moreover, you have taken two words out of a quotation to make it inaccurate. This warning is entirely out of order and reflects only your personal opinion. Please read my comments at the talk page and reply. SteveCree2 (talk) 16:06, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Generalrelative (talk) 16:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for this @generalrelative. SteveCree2 (talk) 17:14, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Blocked

I've blocked you for 48h for edit-warring at James Flynn (academic) and personal attacks. See WP:GAB for your appeal rights.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:35, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Actually, SteveCree2, you do need charity. The charity of being reminded how to conduct yourself professionally, in a manner befitting a collaborative project. Which is the only way you'd be able to effect the changes you wish to see on any given page. Now I'll fuck off. El_C 22:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

@El C. Go and take a look at that Talk page now, mate. See how people have removed James Flynn's comments about black parenting and cultural inferiority as decontextualised, out of date, an unfair summary of his views. In fact, he wrote several books explicitly on the subject. Much of the the 2018 interview (on perhaps the most famous psychology podcast) cited (and now removed) is about these very views and he confirms them at length in the interview. He confirms that he was finding it hard to have his latest book published because it contained these very views. The James Flynn article is, quite literally, whitewashing of the very worst order. If a collaborative project leads to falsity and whitewashing then its not only unprofessional, it's worse than worthless. You really do need to think it through. Go and ask people not editing Wikipedia, and maybe not white, for their views. SteveCree2 (talk) 06:23, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

SteveCree2, it may well be a whitewashed piece. That would not surprise me. And if so, it's far from the only one. Countering systemic bias is a perennial problem on the project. But this is the thing: I gotta pace myself, and I learned long ago that engaging too much with users who approach Wikipedia's challenging learning curve in a Dunning–Kruger sort of way, rarely gets anywhere or advances anything. I will give you a piece of advise, then. On Wikipedia, usually the best sources win the day. But, if those sources are not compiled intelligibly and summarized concisely, the overall effort will often just get drowned out by the excess verbiage. And it'll be doubly drowned if there's significant vitriol accompanying any part of that process. In fact, almost always, the more vitriol there is, the more it will become the centrepiece of the dispute instead of the underlying contested content in question. I realize this may be difficult to immediately grasp without a wider lens, but it is what it is. El_C 11:38, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

You may not want my advice and I totally understand if you don't. You can choose to read this or not. I started out on Wikipedia trying to update some articles on my ancestors. I admit I came here for one reason, initially. I originally joined the Cherokee Wikipedia. I made a few edits but then joined the English Wikipedia. After updating the articles I wanted to I found myself not knowing what to do. I have been fighting all my life. I am a warrior, no doubt about that. I could have given up dozens of times but I love life and I love experiencing it so I fight. I brought that here. It started when a series of articles on the Lakota started popping up at AfD. Warrior mode kicked in and I fought even becoming uncivil for which I had to apologize later. After that I saw what I would call severe bias in all the different SNG's and the way editors and admins tended to keep what they like and tried to discard the rest. What had happened is I lost sight of the one precious thing I could hold on to as the results of all of my hardships in life. I understand people. I hear their unique songs and I can relate to them. It had become more about fighting a system I felt was significantly biased than it was about fostering collaboration. I threw myself into contentious situations. My uncivil actions never pushed over the line because I still believed in the line but it was damaging to those individuals I came into contact with. That is not me. I am damaged, not defeated and not defined as a victim, but working to heal and in the process I help heal others through knowledge and understanding. The world is sick, we all know it. We are all doctors and we are either pushing poison or pushing medicine. In regards to Wikipedia, we are here to build an encyclopedia in a collaborative way. The way we tackle what we perceive as biased content or biased behavior must go through the same guidelines and principles as everything else. We must assume good faith. We must remain civil at all times (this includes but is not limited to personal attacks). We must remember that Wikipedia is a free content project. Not gratis but libre meaning anyone can edit, including those with opposing views. We all must follow consensus though. Yes, I believe consensus can get it wrong and does in my view sometimes but I have learned we have to maintain that line even when Wikipedia gets it wrong. And we must do so with understanding and kindness. It isn't always fun, especially when every fiber of your existence says it is wrong. But I have also learned that if it has to be stated here the way I want it to be in order for me to feel some kind of fulfillment then I should just walk away permanently. I would not be here to collaborate but to dictate. Your points are valid and you are genuine. I have no doubt about that. Learn how to apply your knowledge and intellect with the goal of collaboration. Let go of frustration because its only going to hurt you in the end. --ARoseWolf 13:04, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

SteveCree2 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I was not edit warring. The case in question - see the James Flynn article - was left while an admin/editor took a look. Previously, reverts made by me were the product and consequence of discussion at the article Talk page. Following those reversions, the user I was discussing with appeared to agree. More seriously, the James Flynn page is becoming a serious whitewashing. The comments there now, following my blocking, are the worst kind of whitewashing and falsity. James Flynn's strong views about bad black parenting and culture extended from his equally strong view about there being little genetic basis to IQ variation. The passage now removed, which I wrote, provided citations to an interview (1) where he explains these views at length in 2018 and a wholly credible and professional Guardian interview/article (2) which in turn cites Flynn's own work. Flynn's last book was not published in the Uk - as he himself notes in interview (1) - because he wrote at length in it about black parenting and cultural inferiority. I was not edit warring. I do not think the evidence supports this. The admin/editor who looked at it substantially supported my position. Consensus is being abused in this case in a form of lobbying to keep Flynn's comments about race off of the James Flynn article. It is outrageous. As I have said elsewhere, if consensus leads to lies and whitewashing then it is worse than worthless. The block is technically out of order and a terrible indicator of what can happen at Wikipedia SteveCree2 (talk) 06:37, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You were edit warring. I also find your comments and this request demonstrative of an attitude that is incompatible with a collaborative project. I think that you were lucky that you were only blocked for 48 hours and should your behavior persist after the block expires you will possibly find yourself with a WP:NOTHERE block. I urge you to change course now. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 08:40, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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I'll add that taking the opposite approach of WP:NOTTHEM is never effective when appealing a block. Anachronist (talk) 01:26, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

@anachronist @EL C @bbb23 @331dot Thanks, all. Take a look at the Flynn article and see my evidence and reasoning. If collaboration leads to an apple being defined as an orange then it's worthless. The Flynn article is whitewashed fanboy nonsense. There's nothing I can do to change that. I've noticed that anything I try to edit which has anything to do with race gets immediately edited back by a clique. I've had a go at editing at Wiki but I conclude it's not a project with integrity. The pseudo lawyering and layered authorities (of white, male administrators) are absurd. There is no interest whatever in addressing racial bias. It's extraordinary and shocking. I'll leave Wikipedia to you folks. Cheerio. SteveCree2 (talk) 08:25, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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SteveCree2 (talk) 09:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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