Old lefty is not a personal remark it is a political categorisation The Old Left is a political category and is not related to the age of the person belonging to it When the anon editor denied he was an old lefty I accepted that as the above exchange shows Stupid deletion is not a personal remark either it is a characterisation of the editor s action You may disagree with me but that s another matter Why don t you mediate if that s what you re here to do on the substance of the matter the deletion of factual material from the article rather than wasting your and my time on trivia