Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Timneu22

Desired outcome

• That Timneu22 either change his manner of engaging in New Pages Patrol to conform to Wikipedia policies of civility and assuming good faith or cease to engage in New Pages Patrol. He should in the future respond to queries, particularly by new users, regarding his requests for speedy deletions and nominations for deletion. He should take more care in evaluating his requests and nominations including a good faith effort to evaluate the subject before making requests and nominations. If he says he googled the subject and found nothing, someone else googling the subject should not find 11,000 hits. User:Fred Bauder Talk 03:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• That Timneu22 accepts and understands that he is not alone in patrolling new pages, and that his lack of civility, accuracy, and concern for other users, reduces the community's confidence in his work. --Kudpung (talk) 03:34, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• That Timneu22 follow NPP guidelines and refrain from speedying or AfD-ing new articles created in good faith within minutes or seconds of creation.
• That Timneu22 remove self-awarded barnstars referring to "playing whack-a-mole" from his user page, as well as other references to "whack-a-mole", as these leave a very poor impression with new editors. --JN466 06:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• If Timneu22 refuses to discuss the issue further here and attempts to create another new anonymous account without resolving these issues, it is quite clear in that case, he/she may go ahead to replicate the same problems with the new account - given Timneu's parting comments to all and sundry. A clean start is only when the new account does not continue the same kind of behaviors and activities. If Timneu re-enters Wikipedia with a new user name without providing a response out here, it would be equivalent to evading scrutiny . Clean start is not a means to resume similar conduct while concealing a past track record. In this case, it may be clearly used for that. Therefore, the desired outcome also is that in case Timneu22 attempts to create a new account, Timneu22 reveal the same to arbitrators with a statement to the arbitrators that satisfies them that the issues raised in this RfC have been appropriately addressed. Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 07:11, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Evidence of disputed behavior

Applicable policies and guidelines

• Wikipedia:NPP#Patrolling_new_pages: "It is advisable to patrol new pages from the bottom of the log ... Working on the backlog eliminates complaints from editors that you tagged their page for deletion only two minutes after its creation. This should give the creating editor enough time to improve a new page before a patroller attends to it, particularly if the patroller tags the page for speedy deletion. Tagging anything other than attack pages, copyvio, vandalism or complete nonsense only a few minutes after creation is not likely to be constructive and may only serve to annoy the page author."
• Wikipedia:NPP#Be_nice_to_the_Newbies: "Throughout the entire process of NP patrol, it is important to remember not to bite the newbies. ... It is also important to assume good faith as much as possible, or, minimally to assume incompetence instead of malice. ... Please do not be too hasty with certain speedy deletions, especially those lacking context (CSD A1) or content (CSD A3). Consensus has generally developed that writers unfamiliar with Wikipedia guidelines should have ten to fifteen minutes to fix the article before it is nominated for speedy deletion."
• Wikipedia:NPP#New_pages_that_may_require_deletion: Speedy deletion is a tool which can easily be overused. Since speedy deletion removes a page without discussion, an article should not be tagged for speedy delete if there is any plausible reason that the article should be kept. In particular, an article should not be tagged for speedy delete using A7 for not being notable (in your opinion): an article does not have to prove that its subject is notable, it only has to pass the much lower test of asserting importance or significance (whether it actually is notable is a subject for an AfD discussion, not a speedy deletion).
• Special:NewPages: "don't bite the newcomers: cleanup tagging within minutes of creation can discourage new users. Consider using Friendly to welcome newcomers, and placing {{uw-draftfirst}} on their talk page if a first effort needs deleting; articles should not be tagged for speedy deletion as having no context (CSD A1) or no content (CSD A3) moments after creation, as not all users will place all their information in their first revision."

Evidence of failing to resolve the dispute

Users certifying the basis for this dispute

{Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute}

1. (edit conflict) --Kudpung (talk) 03:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
2. --JN466 03:21, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
3. Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 05:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
4. User:Fred Bauder Talk 03:04, 10 February 2011 (UTC) Procedural note: this certification has been placed at the bottom of the list as this user has substantially drafted this RfC/U; the certification itself is not in-line with requirements. The RfC/U was not deleted as minimum requirements have been met by the other certifiers. Ncmvocalist (talk) 10:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Other users who endorse this summary

1. Kaldari (talk) 04:08, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
2. Daniel Case (talk) 16:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
3. œ^™ 12:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by Seb az86556

While I don't entirely agree with the examples given under "hasty tagging," and while know from my own experience at NPP that when one spends a lot of time going through the list, stuff like that happens (I honestly would have tagged at least two of the examples myself), I fully agree that the reaction towards criticism, concerns, or inquiries is totally unacceptable. This user needs to realize that one is fully accountable for one's actions, be it at NPP or elsewhere; the way to go about this is to either defend one's decision in a civil manner, or to say "yes, you're probably right, let me have a second look." Both the flippant remarks and the nonchalant I-don't-give-a-damn-attitude are not right. User should either change their modus operandi or quit.

Users who endorse this summary:

1. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 08:42, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
2. Kudpung (talk) 09:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
3. --JN466 09:16, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
4. Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message}
5. œ^™ 12:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
6. --Perseus8235 18:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by WikiDan61

Talk about beating a dead horse. The discussion of this behavior at User talk:Timneu22 has already driven this user into an undesired retirement. I don't think anything that happens here will affect that decision, so why bother?

Users who endorse this summary:

1. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:22, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by Syrthiss

While I am not overly happy with Timneu22's behavior as outlined in this RFC, and of his habit of blanking talkpage discussions, I think that this entire matter has been handled with the all the sensitivity of a very large rhino. If it had been handled better, I think you might have had a chance of achieving the stated desired outcome. Handled as it was, there was very little chance of that and a large chance of driving Timneu22 off wikipedia. From the outside, I saw essentially this RFC started on the user's talk page, as well as a SPI founded on shaky evidence (and declined by a CU for that reason) and something that looked very much like an outing of Timneu22's real life identity (now redacted).

Users who endorse this summary:

1. Syrthiss (talk) 13:06, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
2. — Timneu22 · talk 13:15, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
3. I was beginning to feel like the only person who was standing up for him; I'm glad to see I'm not alone. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:57, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
4. Egg Centric (talk) 10:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by Whpq

I had a note left on my talk page informing me of this RFC. I am not involved except that the person filing the RFC added my "dispute" as one of the items. I would not characterize my example as a dispute. I left my message at Timneu22's talk page because I felt the AFD for Paco Yunque was extremely sloppy, after seeing other sloppy nominations from Timneu22. Yes, I was actively ignored but I chose to let the matter drop and pursued it no further. As such, I cannot certify as requested.

Users who endorse this summary:

1. -- Whpq (talk) 14:07, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by Thparkth

I am a relative inclusionist who thinks that very often new editors get a raw experience from the speedy deletion process, and too often new page patrollers treat speedy-tagging like a multiplayer first-person shooter. I have disagreed with Timneu22 many times, over the deletion of specific articles (it was me who removed his speedy tag from swim ~ listed above) and over speedy deletion policy.

Given all this you might expect me to condemn him here, but that's not how I feel at all. Timneu22 is most definitely a net benefit to Wikipedia. He is intelligent and articulate, he learns from his mistakes, and he is driven by a genuine desire to improve the encyclopedia. He is very productive as a new page patroller, and he actually has a pretty low error rate. He is also a significant contributor and a valuable voice in deletion policy discussions.

Of course he makes mistakes - who doesn't? - but overall his contribution to this project is very valuable, and it would be a real loss if he was chased away. So I would say to him, there's always room for improvement, but your contributions here are valued and appreciated. Please don't quit.

Users who endorse this summary:

1. Thparkth (talk) 02:32, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
2. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
3. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 15:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
4. Egg Centric (talk) 10:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
5. Marcus Qwertyus 07:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
6. Perseus8235 14:56, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
7. ScottyBerg (talk) 03:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Outside view by ScottyBerg

I've encountered Timneu22 several times with regard to CSD issues and new page patrolling, and I agree with the previous comment that he is a generally productive contributor. I was surprised to learn of this RfC, and dismayed that it's driven him off the project. I agree that he needs to calm down, but I think it's regretable that he has left.

New page patrolling is a wearisome task. I have done less and less of it. As a matter of fact, I find it hard to do for more than a few minutes at a time, even with Huggle. It's an endless battle and it's a losing one. I think that what we're seeing here is burnout as much as anything. That should have been recognized before this RfC was commenced with all guns blazing.

Users who endorse this summary:

1. ScottyBerg (talk) 03:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Move to close by Beeblebrox

Not completely outside as I have had several speedy deletion related discussion with Tim, but in any event, Tim has indicated a wish to simply retire, but does not seem willing to do so as long as people continue to comment here. So, if we stop posting here, the problem fixes itself. Not the best solution as we generally want to keep editors not drive them off, but it is the solution Tim has already agreed to. Therefore I would ask everyone to stop commenting on the outing or anything else, either here or on the talk page. If Tim should decide to return to editing at some future date we can re-open this RFC then, but continuing here now seems pointless as it is the only thing keeping Tim from completing his retirement.

Users who endorse this summary:

1. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
2. Saves any aggro Egg Centric (talk) 21:31, 13 February 2011 (UTC)