User talk:216.234.145.123

I haven't made any "reversions" - each time I have tried to submit something acceptable to the censors, the latest of which I believed to be entirely reasonable. You guys are a bunch of nazis.

Edit warring

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on The Elements of Style. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 16:01, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, there is not yet consensus to include that blog post, as numerous editors have already removed it. If you want to include it, you must present your arguments for inclusion at the talk page (Talk:The Elements of Style#Leddy blog post) and gain consensus before adding it, otherwise you are considered to be edit warring (you have already reverted the article 6 times). rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 16:07, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because you have continued edit warring and not waiting for discussion, I have had no choice but to report you here. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 18:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours to prevent further disruption caused by your engagement in an edit war at The Elements of Style. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. NJA (t/c) 20:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now, this is just unfair - i've attempted again and again to insert something that is acceptable, and have asked that, in my inability to find something acceptable, that you yourselves put in something that does the trick. Again, you've allowed Pullum to take some serious shots at Strunk and White, and allow readers to take what he says as gospel. If you just do a google search on "Pullum criticism Strunk" you will see that numerous folks disagree with Pullum. I don't need to cite professor leddy's blog - the blog entries out there are numerous. Again, the point I want to have in the wikipedia entry is to point out that numerous people disagree with Pullum's assessment, cite to some examples, and leave it at that. It's not to promote an individual, or give credence to what a particular individual says. I don't think this is unacceptable. I find that your unwillingness to compromise at all is, unfortunate, and quite frankly, apalling, bullying, and excessive censorship.

Random blog posts (on non-notable blogs) and user-generated comments are not reliable sources (please read that guideline to see what I mean). Again, when this opinion is published in a reliable source, then you can consider adding it. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As for your being blocked...you were given ample chances to read the edit warring policy, which clearly states that you risk being blocked if you behave this way. Hopefully when you are unblocked you will abide by the guidelines and keep your edits to the talk page, instead of making controversial additions without waiting to gain consensus. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:16, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rookie mistake!

But, I think you miss the point - I should not need notable sources here. I am pointing out that there are disagreements with Mr. Pullum (and, quite frankly, some of the blog entry responses agree with him as well), and citing some examples as evidence of such disagreements. I am not asserting the factual truth of any of those who disagree with Pullum. I do not agree with everything Strunk says, and I don't agree with everyting Pullum says. But, do you see the difference? If I say that Tom Luginbill was ACC Rookie of the Year (which I did in his Wikipedia entry), then it is a fact that requires support. And, I cited to an article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution in which they report that. On the other hand, I cannot make a comment that many people disagree with Pullum, or that his criticisms of Strunk are without controversy, without providing examples of that can I? The examples are the websites I cite (and there are numerous other ones out there - including http://www.dailywritingtips.com/taking-another-look-at-strunk-and-white/ - by the way, the author of Untangling Tolkien also disagrees with Pullum - I don't take that as the truth, but the disagreement is there, whether he's a notable source or not. I hope you understand the difference. The fact that I am trying to support is that there is discussion, not that the people who disagree with Pullum are correct.

The website you linked to agrees with Pullum, so I don't see what it has to do with anything.

And again (I already said this at the article talk page, but perhaps you haven't seen it), everything has people that disagree with it. Wikipedia is not concerned with the opinions of random normal people like you and me, unless they in of themselves become notable (for example, if there were a New York Times article running "Angry mob of 1,000 tars and feathers linguist for criticizing Strunk & White; Barack Obama voices his opinion"). rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:48, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Elements of Style (redux)

Regarding this edit that you just made after returning from your block:

How many times to do I need to ask you to read the reliable sources policy? Forum postings by random people are not reliable sources and there is not any consensus for adding them.

And how many times do I need to ask you to read the policy on consensus? When you already know that your edits are controversial and you already know that editors have expressed concern with them, you should not be making more edits that you know are disagreed with. Again, if you want to include something, first suggest it at a talk page and gain consensus for its inclusion before you go ahead and add it. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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