John Preston clergyman The problem with drive by linking such as you did here is that 2 out of 3 of the links are to disambiguation pages I ve fixed them That said the end result is that 2 out of 3 now point to an appropriate article and t other is a redlink Well you say problem I do linking and I do avoid dab look at my edit just before coming here On balance I can t see that that s a problem It s a division of labour and that is fairly characteristic of the way the site works Disambiguation Hi Just a reminder of the thread at Wikipedia talk Manual of Style disambiguation pages Consistency issue I think all the editors there are willing to be convinced we just need some specific and representative examples to keep the discussion focused I suggested the long blue disambiguation but anything long should be suitable Thanks Hmmm I m thinking a second blue link must serve an important interpretative function for the sentence fragment itself and one that is not served by the first as my version Could you respond at the thread itself Just replying to me on your own talkpage won t further the discussion If you could edit a long disambiguation page such as Mercury the example currently used in the guideline or Blue disambiguation into the style that you would recommend with a diff link showing the changes that would probably be the most clear efficient way to communicate your thoughts to everyone Thanks Intending to but suddenly there has been a lot else to discuss No problem I noticed that We re not disappearing anywhere and as you said a full debate over the matter could be very useful I ll just bump the thread if it gets close to being archived Questions I ve left a question or two for you Some deletions now have gone on on that page You did write there Sorry FT2 this block was not at all transparent I did ask Charles to comment but he is apparently off wiki for a time I am not accepting your pro forma answer as to how he found this I d like him to say how he found out about this incident because that may shed light on why this block happened There simply isn t good evidence here to show outing or a pattern of harassment The evidence should be placed before the block so as not to leave people guessing Please don t wheel war over this folks Take it to WP AN and discuss the matter to achieve consensus I was offwiki at 1 am UK time yes Where is the issue of transparency in WP HARASS by the way The wording on attempted outing is quite clear and unequivocal There is no required process at all and I don t know why you think WP AN has jurisdiction over the matter over and above individual admin discretion I m aware of two previous incidents where has used off wiki identity information casually in debates We were already discussing Mathsci s disruptive conduct relative to other incidents on the ArbCom list when I became aware of this event While we didn t want to act disproportionately before it seems clear that Mathsci is clueless when it comes to exactly those matters the harassment policy addresses The block was not disproportionate to the history and the idea that it must be lifted within hours without giving me any chance to put a fuller case is a ludicrous example of wheel warring You are aware that I had the technical ability to unblock Mathsci but I chose not to do so and instead asked you for explanations I have been trying to help Mathsci be a better editor If you have evidence of a pattern of abuse that would be of great interest to me because I am not keen to spend my time helping thos