User:KimvdLinde/SV-RfAR/NAS
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One of the pages owned by SlimVirgin is New anti-semitism, and editing that article is a nightmare. Ownership is asserted by effective wearing out other editors in long and intense discussions.
[edit] Example 1
I am only marginally involved in the article, but have followed it for some time after doubts about neutrality and conduct arose. I myself have only made 12 edits at the page itself, including the removal/fixing of faulty quoted material [1] [2]. The later 'quote' was presented as a conclusion in the report: "A British parliamentary inquiry concluded that ...." (contra http://thepcaa.org/Report.pdf: p.32., ยง 158) when it was nothing more than evidence that the inquiry heard and does not appear in the conclusions of the report. It was inserted twice by SlimVirgin image caption main text and was subsequently discussed extensively at the talk page: Accuracy in quoting. CJCurrie removes the image [3] around 16:30, SV restores it with modified caption still focussing on the evidence [4]. At 21:42, several removals and reinsertions and a long talk-page discussion (50-80 posts) further SV moves the image and changes it to a more appropriate caption[5].
The above example illustrates two major problems with this (and other) articles.
- WP:NOR: It is a nice example of quote-mining. Trying to present the evidence first as a conclusion in the report and presenting the evidence in the caption of the report as if it is the most important aspect (while it is not even a conclusion!) is a severe misrepresentation of the source.
- WP:OWN: The incident starts at 16:08, Sept. 7 [6] and heavy discussion (50-80 posts) at the talk page follows [7] and ends at 21:42 [8]. This example shows how people who want to change even a minor misattribution of a quote can get dragged into a heavy, 5 hour discussion, before something small is changed appropriately. This effectively leads to editors backing of and results in a de facto ownership of the article by some editors.
