User talk:Austrianbird

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Random attacks

First of all, vandalism is an action consciously and deliberately done to harm the project, not edits you don’t like. Never use the V-word in the context like Revision of User_talk:Tm; see w:WP:NOTVAND for details. Second, you may not order anybody on this site to “stay away” from anything. You have no necessary authority, first and foremost. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 16:09, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Warning

Stop edit warring now. (e.g. here). Jcb (talk) 18:38, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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COM:ANU

Hi, I am raising a thread on COM:ANU with regard to your recent dispute with Tm. Tm has been similarly advised, please discuss on COM:ANU rather than making further remarks on Tm's talk page which are clearly unwelcome. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 08:47, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked

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Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 08:48, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Also, insults, like in this edit comment is completely unacceptable. --Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 08:53, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Hundertemale hab ich user tm erklärt worum es geht, immer wieder und wieder. Wie kann es sein das ein User dutzende Male Artikel ändert ohne jedes Fachwissen? Und nun werden Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet für eine Woche gesperrt? Weshalb? Weil tm absolut kein Wissen hat über das Thema und im Gegensatz zu mir kein Wort Polnisch spricht aber ständig Artikel verändert? Schon alleine die absurde und unrichtige Überschrift "User Austrianbird and the Polish POW photo" zeigt wie hirnlos man hier agiert! Welches POW/ Kriegsgefangenenfoto? Da geht´s um ein Foto welches verurteilte ehemalige Aufseherinnen, einen SS-Mann und polnsiche Kapos zeigt und für ihre Taten hingerichtet wurden, und nicht um irgendwelche Kriegsgefangenen!!! Aber Hauptsache man sperrt halt einen User weil man gerade nichts besseres zu tun hat. Wie lächerlich seid ihr eigentlich??? Und dann steht da noch das Johann Pauls mit dem niedrigsten Unteroffiziersrang einen ganzen Totenkopfsturmbann kommandiert hat (chief of the guards)!? Auch ein völliger Blödsinn, er war Kommandoführer des Waldkommandos aber nicht Kommandant aller SS-Männer im KL Stutthof. Wie ungebildet muß man nur sein dies überhaupt nur in Erwägung zu ziehen das ein Unteroffizier der Kommandant über 3 Kompanien ist!? Aber Unrichtigkeiten zu verbreiten scheint hier wohl das Ziel zu sein. Man muß sich fragen warum der User tm nicht gesperrt wurde für seinen ständigen Vandalismus!? Kann wohl nur Freunderlwirtschaft sein alles andere wäre unlogisch. Gleiches gilt für die Bescheinigung die tm dutzende Male verändert hat ohne überhaupt fähig zu sein zu lesen was da auf dem Formular steht. Hauptsache er hat seinen Spaß daran es dauernd zu ändern. Einfach nur bedauerlich. User Srittau gehört blockiert für sein subjektives Verhalten bzw. als Admin abgesetzt. Und zu dem Typen (glaublich User Jcae) der da suggeriert das hat irgendetwas mit Polnischen Konzentrationslagern zu tun kann ich nur eines sagen:; Mein Beileid. Fachwissen null aber großartig maulen." Kein Wunder, ist ja ebenfals aus Portugal wie User tm. Austrianbird (talk) 10:08, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

This project is overwhelmingly run by non-experts and generalists, just like me. Haranguing fellow volunteers only creates a hostile environment where people are simply going to avoid the topic rather than assisting with improving it. Making the distinction between "functional prisoners" or prisoners of war who became "civilian workers" during WW2 and other prisoners of war is fine, but this can be a matter of logical discussion and evidence rather that revert warring and ad hominem language.

For controversial topics like this, it is simpler to leave it to the related Wikipedia articles on the topic and keep the description with the photographs as short and non-controversial as possible. As Wikipedia will already have thrashed out the debate and presented a neutral point of view article, there is no benefit in repeating the debates on Commons with a significantly smaller community to express alternate views.

As the versions of pl:Stutthof (KL) and related articles vary in content by language, it may be worthwhile linking to several as variations in presentation, and probably making the issues more accessible for different audiences of reuser.

If you want to make a generic proposal to consistently change language for all photographs with identified Kapos in them, your next step after being unblocked could usefully be to make a short and neutrally worded proposal at COM:VP or COM:VPP. With a consensus supporting the change, there will be no need for disputes or reverts.

Thanks --Fæ (talk) 11:34, 13 August 2018 (UTC)