Talk:United States congressional staff edits to Wikipedia

message: Is it worth mentioning the IP address that was recently blocked? The Wire The Washington Post Yahoo News Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:48, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with User:Axl:  I think this article should include a section that mentions that some IP addresses have been blocked after a clear pattern of abuse.  It could cite articles like those mentioned.  What do you think about also saying something like, "For more on this, see Wikipedia:Congressional staffer edits.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:50, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I just modified that section to use the word "block", previously absent in this sense in the article.  I hope y'all will consider that an improvement.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 11:14, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP address recently blocked 

message: Hi! In case anyone here is interested, there's going to be a panel discussion on Congressional edits to Wikipedia, ways staffers can be helpful and good community members, and issues of notability, neutrality, and conflict of interest. The panel discussion will be in one of the House office buildings in Washington DC on August 18 and is open to the public. RSVP and read more about it here. Thanks! HistoricMN44 (talk) 13:31, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitol Hill training - August 18 

message: Cross-posted from Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture: --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 21:29, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and have removed the section.  For anyone who is interested, the diff is .  Tiny edits made by a Congressional IP address that were quickly reverted are really of no lasting significance to the story of the report.  We have other places for things like that (e.g. U.S. Congressional staff edits to Wikipedia).  Dragons flight (talk) 17:04, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  In case anyone is interested, the news source was https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/542730852162351104 via [] via []. Mehmetaergun (talk) 20:48, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I was the one who added a section about it to this page (congressional edits); I didn't see anything on this talk page warning someone earlier not to, so I pulled a WP:BOLD. (I would have checked reliability better if I hadn't personally witnessed the event, but that's no excuse.) Dr. Fleischman reverted with "mashable isn't a reliable source, per past WP:RSN discussions. Let this bubble up in the mainstream media before re-adding." That sounds fine to me. Thanks and sorry! FourViolas (talk) 23:46, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

text: I didn't add anything to the article; I simply made two WP:Dummy edits, as seen here and here. Flyer22 (talk) 02:35, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, my mistake. FourViolas (talk) 04:49, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture  

message: I propose that Wikipedia:Congressional staffer edits be merged into U.S. Congressional staff edits to Wikipedia. These articles overlap and are needlessly duplicative, in that they cover the same subject, with the same scope. I volunteer to perform the merge via cut & paste, but will not do so without a consensus of interested editors. JohnValeron (talk) 01:01, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: These are in different namespaces, for good reason. This article is for general consumption and follows our content policies and guidelines. WP:CONGRESS is for consumption by editors and has lots of useful information that would never pass  content policies and guidelines such as WP:WPNOTRS and WP:IINFO. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 01:25, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thanks for the explanation. I withdraw my proposal. JohnValeron (talk) 02:12, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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