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Statement of the dispute
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Description
Although the "feud" between Shane and myself has already made a mockery of the RFC process, I feel like there is no other way to deal with this. I can no longer tolerate Shane's personal insults, or his behavior issues in general, and these issues must be addressed in a fair and open fashion.
Evidence of disputed behavior
I will begin by documenting Shane's personal attacks against me. I understand that our "feud" weakens my more general case against him, but I feel it's important to air our dirty laundry before moving on to broader issues.
- In Talk:Main Page/Friends Section, Shane attacked me for taking a strong position on the appearance of our links to other websites.
- In Battlestar Wiki:Featured articles/Debate for June 2006, he accused me of displaying favoritism toward an article I had created.
- In Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Peter Farago and Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Peter Farago (2) he initiated a string of frivolous attacks against me, in retaliation for my attempts to encourage him to pursue a more moderate behavior pattern.
- In Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship/Shane, he threatened to file another such RFC against me if my vote against his adminship were allowed to stand.
I believe that these actions amount to a concerted campaign against me which has clearly entered the realm of harassment. He has strained my considerable patience nearly to the breaking point, and I cannot continue to endure this sort of abuse without complaint.
What follows is a more general, and incomplete list of my criticisms of Shane as a contributor. These are all separate issues, but they also deserve consideration as we contemplate Shane's general pattern of behavior since joining us, and any possible remedy thereto. As always, I have done my best to separate the personal interactions above from the following criticisms, which I issue in my capacity as veteran contributor and administrator.
1. Shane has consistently refused politely worded requests to display common courtesy toward other contributors. Examples:
2. Shane has, on several occasions, edited other contributors user pages:
The Jzanjani incident last year clearly demonstrated the importance of maintaining the sanctity of these areas.
3. Shane has displayed belligerent ignorance in areas to which he is clearly unqualified to contribute:
4. Shane has frequently charged ahead in potentially controversial areas without first obtaining consensus or applying due diligence.
- He prematurely moved Bradley Thompson's contributions to an official sources subpage before his identity had been confirmed: [1]
5. Shane has cleared controversial entries from his user talk, in an attempt to obscure the record:
(This edit caused the entries visible here here to be completely de-linked)
Obviously the list above is hardly complete, and I have provided only a few examples of the behaviors cited. If other users endorsing this summary can think of additional incidents, please note them.
Applicable policies
We do not currently have any policies in place regarding most of these issues. On the matter of harassment and user page edits, I believe that the Jzanjani incident sets an appropriate precedent.
Belligerence and hostility toward other users should not be tolerated under any circumstances. I hope that we don't need a formal "be nice" policy in order for my other points to proceed.
Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
The above links contain several instances of users, including The Merovingian, Steelviper, Day and myself, who have attempted to resolve various matters.
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