Thread:Richard Monkey/@comment-26890527-20170402164945/@comment-258494-20170402193821

Richard Monkey wrote: Why have you blocked me for adding a supercentenarian claim to an article? If we can add Duranord Veillard, who was born in a country that didn't have birth registration systems in 1907, than we should be able to add Shivakumara Swami.

Also, you didn't give a reason for undoing my edit when you undid them. So naturally, I reverted them, and gave a reason why. And how do you know that Swami is a junk claim, apart from him being a religious leader?

You could have spoken to me about why we shouldn't add Swami before you blocked me, but no, you accuse me of edit warring (when you don't even give a reason for undoing my edits) and go charging in like a mad bull to block me. Greetings, blocks may be instituted to protect the Gerontology Wiki.

I had already told you: you should not revert "undo" edits made by Admins without discussing the situation first.

Second: your comment about "charging in like a mad bull to block me" sums up why you were blocked:

A. attitude..this isn't your Wiki. You make it sound like you are a student trying to get away with something when the teacher isn't looking. I'm not "charing in". I am here already, and I was online already when you had the opportunity to have a discussion, but chose to go the edit-war path.

B. deprecation...if we mix thoroughly dubious claims into the regular lists, it defeats the purpose of this Wiki. We designed the system to have cases properly categorized: validated, pending, unvalidated (possibly true...needs investigation), longevity claims, and longevity myths. You should understand that if the case fits the description of a longevity myth, even if the age isn't 130+, it should still be treated differently than, for example, Helen Turner, whose case is "technically" unverified (according to what is publicly known on this Gerontology Wiki) but for whom the probability of case validation in the future is high.

Even a claim from Haiti, which might have Catholic birth records, has more believability than religious/spiritual practice claims. You should know this.If you don't, that's why there are "experts" here to guide this Wiki. You should be listening to the experts, rather than challenging them and making little temper tantrums. Part of respect involves giving it. You give respect to me and I'll give it back to you. Saying things like "charging in like a raging bull" betrays your mindset to be not where it should be today.Ryoung122 (talk) 19:38, April 2, 2017 (UTC)