User talk:Optakeover/Archive/2018/July

User:Shakiraeldorado

I took a look at the user's contributions, using this edit as an example. It's unsourced, it's grammatically incorrect, and its actual improvement to the sum of human knowledge is minimal. However, it is on-topic for the article in question and sounds relevant. You cannot categorically and unambiguously prove that the user wrote it with the specific intent to damage the encyclopedia. So you can't use AIV for it and need to go to a different noticeboard. I suggest WP:ANI. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: I see. Thank you for the clarification. Nevertheless, with regards to your reply on AIV, what I am saying is that "Failure to cite a reliable source" is an accepted basis for warning for persistent disruptive editing, and subsequent reporting on AIV, which leads on to a block. It is implied that persistent failure to cite a reliable source has to meet some form of policy, otherwise this would never work in AIV and this type of warning should not be given at all. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 15:56, 7 July 2018 (UTC)