Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Asmodeus

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• Asmodeus (talk · contribs · logs)

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Statement of the dispute

In brief, this user has been on a campaign of what can only be called bullying, for the past few months (since July). User:Byrgenwulf nominated an article on a "fringe theory" for deletion, and User:Asmodeus took exception to that. User:Byrgenwulf has written an account of the ensuing events, which he keeps here. User:Byrgenwulf believes that because he has over 60 references to back up what he wrote, his right to keep these notes falls under this ArbCom finding. Asmodeus, however, feels differently, as evidenced by [1] [2] [3]. In particular, he has been harassing User:Anville, trying to bully them into not linking to the document. It is up to the Wikipedia community, however, and not any single individual, to decide whether Asmodeus' ongoing bullying is something we need to tolerate. Hence this RfC.

Description

The most comprehensive description of Asmodeus' conduct can be found here. However, because that document is rather long, I shall summarise. Asmodeus has been personally attacking myself and others for months, and it needs to stop. Particularly worrying is the manipulative and deceitful manner in which he conducts himself. No doubt this very RfC is going to be rapidly filled with his polysyllabic screeds, attacking and lying about me and anyone who disagrees with him (but in such a way as though butter wouldn't melt in his mouth).

In short, there is strong evidence that he and another editor have been using Wikipedia as a soapbox to shill for various things (IQ clubs, fringe theories, etc.). When confronted or challenged about this, they respond by attacking the user who has questioned them, and trying their utmost to discredit that person by means of distortion, deception, misinformation, and sometimes even lies, all wrapped up in sarcasm and passing verbosity. Asmodeus' entire userpage reads like a personal attack on the members of WikiProject Pseudoscience and WikiProject Physics.

Asmodeus' most recent activities have been disrupting the Wikipedia:Fringe theories policy proposal, and using schoolyard bully tactics to try to suppress the record of his activities. This is a final straw, and what has motivated this RfC.

Evidence of disputed behavior

A tiny handful of hostile edits by User:Asmodeus:

• [4]
• [5] (note the edit summary)
• [6] (edit summary, again)
• [7]

Asmodeus has been blocked before for incivility, but the block seems to have done nothing to abate his behaviour.

Asmodeus also, as looking at his contributions list reveals, has editing only articles (and AfDs, talkpages, etc.) pertaining to his favourite theory, its inventor, its inventor's IQ clubs, and has caused disruption on the Wikipedia:Fringe theories policy proposal.

Read the document linked to above, and find over 60 references and a description of the full extent of the bad behaviour of this user.

Applicable policies and guidelines

1. WP:NPA
2. WP:HARASS
3. WP:CIVILITY
4. WP:SOAP

and possibly

1. WP:VAIN (read the document)

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

1. [8] by Byrgenwulf (talk · contribs · block log) — a request for civility
2. [9] [10] by Anville (talk · contribs · block log) — an attempt at compromise

Users certifying the basis for this dispute

1. Byrgenwulf 16:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
2. Anville 17:08, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Response

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Discussion

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