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It was a long but needed break from the site, but I now want to return and continue contributing. Don't expect me to be as active as I was in the past though.

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Accepting since this is a user request block. 331dot (talk) 19:29, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Heritability

I'm having a problem with the IQ heritability wikipedia page that I wish you would help with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ

This guy has been trolling this page for several months. 213.233.150.88. I understand I have given him his first warning and once he gets to four warnings he can be banned.

He keeps citing a 200 dollar textbook for the definition of heritability that is not on the wikipedia page for heritabillity. He cites Alice Marcus and you can see that citation isn't on this page for heritability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability

So he is using this citation to edit the conclusions of the actual IQ heritabilities. Its a citation that no one can see, and his edits go completely against the way that the authors of the other citations on the IQ heritability page state their work and against the definitions of heritability from the wikipedia page.

He will state something like "IQ is x for those samples in those examined studies" It is literally a violation of population statistics. Population statistics are not valid for just the sample, it is valid for the population studied. He is literally lying there.

Hes reverted another change of another user as well several times, he keeps saying heritability is an upper bound and you can see on the wikipedia page for heritability that it isn't an upper bound it is simply an estimate. More lies.

His citation that he clings to is above the portions he is editing by several sentences. He posts the Alice Marcus (3) citation and several sentences later he is editing the conclusions of the actual studies on IQ heritability for vague reasons from a source that no one can see.

Citations 7-9 on the IQ heritability page literally state the the heritability of IQ is X. He is deviating from the scientists conclusions for political reasons.

I would recommend getting administrator attention at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents if this has been a long-term problem with a single user. I don't know very much about this issue so I can't help you. But please be calm next time. funplussmart (talk) 21:56, 13 October 2019 (UTC)


I don't think ALLCAPS will help me very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.210.51 (talk) 22:03, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

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@Dileot:. I replaced the text on your talk page with a welcome message with relevant information. You're fine, everyone makes mistakes. Feel free to message me if you have further questions. funplussmart (talk) 03:21, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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we're beating a dead horse

funplussmart we're beating a dead horse on Seneca Valley. I've requested page protection and reported the vandals. I also pinged an admin to see if I get them to act quick. let's stop reverting them cuz otherwise we'll just make them want to keep it up. Once some admin's can act it should calm. ToeFungii (talk) 21:44, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

@ToeFungii: Thank you for your reporting the situation. However, the integrity of the affected page needs to be maintained as much as possible. This is not to say that vandals and trolls being motivated by edit warring with users isn't a problem. You may wish to see WP:RBI and WP:DENY for what to do in those situations. funplussmart (talk) 21:48, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I was going for the IBRL (ignore but revert later). Fortunately i was able to find that thing to id an active admin and was able to get them to protect the page. hopefully that will stop the foolishness. Glad to have worked with you. I thought they had me on the ropes until you stepped in. ToeFungii (talk) 22:04, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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