User:Will Beback/TM-Bigweeboy
Bigweeboy (BwB)
[edit]POV editing
[edit]Bwb has said that he's a neutral editor:[2]
Bwb has made edits regarding Natural Stress Relief, a commercial competitor to TM [3]
Bwb has spammed references to the Maharishi's non-notable commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita to multiple articles: [[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Bwb has argued against removing or reducing fringe views based on primary sources: [12][13]
Bwb has added dubious scientific or medical material based on primary sources that does not meet WP:MEDRS: [14][15][16]
Bwb has removed atrributions of POV material: [17]
Personal interactions
[edit]Bwb has made new and veteran users unwelcome: [18]
Bwb has removed sourced, negative material: [19][20]
Technique vs movement
[edit]Bwb deleted sourced material on the basis of it being about the TM movement rather than the TM technique: [21][22]
Bwb has argued against creating an article on the TM movement which could hold the deleted text: [23][24]
Plagiarism
[edit]Bwb has engaged in plagiarism:
Bwb copied text from an advertisement into an article making health claims: [27] (source:[28])
Statistics
[edit]As of February 20, 2010:
| ' | TM-related edits | All edits | Percentage |
| article | 1369 | 5261 | 26% |
| talk | 884 | 1460 | 61% |
| total | 2253 | 6721 | 34% |
Bwb ranks among the most prolific editors ot TM-related articles:
- second most edits to Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health
- second most edits to Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- second most edits to Global Country of World Peace
- second most edits to Natural Law Party
- second most edits to Transcendental Meditation movement
- second most edits to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda
- second most edits to David Orme-Johnson
- second most edits to John Hagelin
- second most edits to Brahmananda Saraswati
- second most edits to Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation
- third most edits to Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
- third most edits to Maharishi University of Management
- fourth most edits to TM-Sidhi program
- fifth most edits to Transcendental Meditation
- seventh most edits to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Bwb has been a prolific contributor to talk pages:
- fourth most edits to talk:TM-Sidhi program
- fourth most edits to talk:Maharishi University of Management
- fourth most edits to talk:Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation
- fifth most edits to talk:Transcendental Meditation movement
- sixth most edits to talk:John Hagelin
- seventh most edits to talk:Transcendental Meditation
Bwb's ten most edited articles (nine are TM-related):
- 387 - Transcendental_Meditation
- 159 - John_Hagelin
- 137 - Maharishi_Vedic_Approach_to_Health
- 127 - TM-Sidhi_program
- 124 - Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi
- 113 - Maharishi_University_of_Management
- 68 - Transcendental_Meditation_movement
- 65 - Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
- 56 - Maharishi_Vedic_Education_Development_Corporation
- 52 - Brahmananda_Saraswati (The Maharishi's guru)
Rebuttals
[edit]Bwb apparently took offense at being referred to as a "true believer" by another editor, and came to me for redress. I don't know what he expected me to do. I told him, basically, "if the shoe fits, wear it." "True believer" is a term commonly used to refer to hard core members of the movement, and has even been applied to Merv Griffin.[29][30][31][32] I don't see any reason that I should have regarded it as an insult requiring administrative action, and even if it were I would not be the person to act because I'm involved in the topic. Since becoming involved a year ago, I haven't used administrative tools on any of the TM-related articles, so my status as an admin is irrelevant to this case. In my role as an experienced editor, I've warned many editors on all sides about unhelpful behaviors, and in this case I left a not on Kala's talk page urging restraint.[33] Bwb accused another editor of being a sock puppet on the basis of making his first edit to a TM-related article, but didn't tell me who he thought the puppetmaster was. I merely pointed out that other editors, including TimidGuy and Olive, have also made their first edits to TM-related articles to show that it is not a meaningful piece of data when taken alone. I'm sorry if my words hurt Bwb, and I apologize for using an analogy (being covered in mud) which could be construed as negative.
Bwb defends his POV editing of the Beatles material in the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi article on the basis that no one objected at the time, and Kbob endorsed it. NPOV is not negotiable, and must be maintained even if no one objects.