QUOTE(Ottava @ Sat 1st May 2010, 12:36pm)
(quoting Lar)
"but WMC is not a very civil person. He does not suffer fools gladly. (and by his definition, many of us are fools) He has a history of baiting others he is in conflict with until they explode. I am not the only person who holds this view."
That right there is from you in the RfC.
. Once doesn't have to supply diffs every time one says something that is common knowledge.
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I've seen people without the protect of admin status be blocked for making such accusations without "diffs", even if hidden behind labels of "my opinion".
People without the protection of admin status get blocked for looking crosswise at an admin. So? Lar isn't one of those, he's a highly privileged member of the community. He can provide diffs, I could provide diffs, Diffs-R-Us, so, Ottava, get over it.
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If my ArbCom statement can say I violated BLP for a talk page statement that a guy wasn't a respected writer, then you making a comment about a person who has a biography on Wikipedia like the above is definitely a BLP violation.
Sad, Ottava. Incivility, boorishness, and various other offenses can easily be forgiven, but stupidity in the service of accusation is tough. A "BLP violation" is offending text in a "Biography," and that wasn't said by Lar in a biography. If a statement is sufficiently llibelous, it might be necessarily removed even from Talk or WP process pages, but those comments don't even get close. They are mild compared to what has been routine for WMC and his cronies. If you are not aware of WMC's history and regular practices, I'd suggest that you become aware before proceeding, you are trashing yourself.