This is Supplimentary evidence in the GWE ArbCom case. This evidence is not intended to circumvent ArbCom word limits. It has two purposes. The first is to simplify the evidence given. In this respect, it is intended to make the substantive matters raised on the evidence page "clear" and separate from the "detail" that substantiate any claims or allegations. This is in response to my comments regarding KEC and MastCell wrt events at Talk:World War II reenactment. It will disentangle those comments made in respect to KEC from those that relate to MastCell and my subsequent allegation.
A second reason for this page is to provide context to the matters raised in evidence. I note that a lack of context could lead to allegations of misrepresentation. I believe it is quite inappropriate to deliberately misrepresent events for gain or for the detriment of another. I would rather not create the appearance of misrepresentation in consequence of not providing sufficient detail.
Combining these two reasons, I do not want to make statements that that are unclear or may be construed as a misrepresentation of greater context. Providing a few links and a "statement" may not "simply" establish the case being made. The purpose of this page then, is to provide the fuller context (as necessary for clarity and accuracy) while not "cluttering" the evidence statement with detail that may not be necessary.
For the most part, this page is intended to provide clarity where Arbs consider clarification or further detail might be needed.
Complex issues cannot be established by a couple of diffs. Such issues require much fuller detail.
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In analysing the spreadsheet data of KEC's edits to articles, Wehrmachtbericht (Wb) stood out, probably because of the size of the word. It appears over 700 times in edit summaries. Of these, 159 are edits to the Wb article.
As a significant but manageable set of data, it was investigated further. Observations consequently made are presented as a case study.
These are observations largely made with respect to process rather than content. I acknowledge that I have focused on KEC's actions by virtue of the nature of the case. Therefore, my comments are largely directed to their conduct. I have referred to other editors actions for context and in some cases, how KEC's actions might be perceived. That I have not commented on otrher editors actions in the same way as I have for KEC does not mean that I support the actions of other parties.
KEC has made extensive edits to the article. Of note are peaks of activity in December 2015 and from March - July 2016.
Of relevence, is that KEC removed from the article material dealing with a named reference in the Wb being considered an award with this Revision as of 21:31, 1 July 2016 The current version contains material similar to what was deleted.[1] inserted with Revision as of 08:44, 24 July 2017 citing Römer (p.131),[1] Murawski(p. 68) [2] and the decree by Walther von Brauchitsch[3].
See recent edit history. There was a minor edit skirmish with the editor who returned the material to the article with a reduction to that by KEC,Revision as of 03:38, 28 February 2018. That edit by KEC essentially deleted material attributed to Murawski.
KEC posted at the talk page with the comment: [Murawski] as a former propagandist, ... does not appear to be a credible source on the topic.
KEC then took silence as consent. Several reverts were made. Following a final revert by KEC Revision as of 00:38, 27 March 2018, KEC then removed the text: Römer stated that, for the German military, awards and decorations created an indispensable environment of incentives and willingness to risk ones live in combat.
, from what had been their preferred version, on 7 April 2018 with this edit summary comment: likely wp:coatrack - will preserve on talk
.
KEC appears to be demonstrating ownership tendencies.
KEC discusses a "named mention" being an award at Wb:talk Military commendation?. This discussion identifies a source by Klietmann (which KEC dismisses as a WP:QS) and the citation to the oiginal decree. The discussion is between KEC and one other.
The other editor concludes: Sorry K.e.coffman, but for me the question is already settled. These Wehrmachtberichte existed and the mentions there were considered an award, of the lowest level, I suppose.
In this discussion at MilHist, KEC (linking to Wb thread above) states: I've previously attempted to find sources on the Wehrmachtbericht as a military commendation, but was unsuccessful
[4]. In this post, they were then directed to Murawski.[5] along with some quoted text. In 2018, KEC removed text cited to Murawski on the claim that it does not appear to be a "credible source".
KEC has used Uziel[4] in their edidts to the Wb article including adding them as a reference and citing them Revision as of 09:06, 2 June 2016 here for example.
Uziel on Murawski says: "... the book provides good background ... it has several short comings ... " these related to access to wartime records held by the Allies. "His sources were limited ... [including] the bulletins themselves ... he was attempting to write a serious work of academic research, but without the most important records ...". pp. 12 - 13 My "quick glimpse" of Uziel left me with the impression that they refer to Murawski often, by way of analysis.
Note: KEC makes a passing reference to Uziel in context of Wb reports as awards at Talk:Erwin Rommel.
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On the basis that a mention in the Wb was an award for both individuals and awards, translated transcripts of mentions had been progressively added to articles over an extended period up to and for a short period after KEC commenced editing in respect to these translations. Initially, KEC added text that made it explicit that the Wb mention was from a propaganda source. KEC then commenced to remove the transcripts from articles, replacing them with a date summary of mentions. Apart from edits to the Wb article, most (all?) of the edit summaries with Wb in the comment relate to the removal of the transcript. Case studies (below) indicate the KEC has subsequently removed the date summaries of mentions from article. In the cases identified, the mentions have been removed with other material and comments do not explicitly mention the removal of the Wb date summary mentions.
KEC's first edits to bio articles were in December 2015 where they prefaced Wb translations with: The daily Wehrmachtbericht (Wehrmacht propaganda report) noted the following
across about 30 articles - example
With this Revision as of 05:33, 8 April 2016 and the comment: Rm WP:OR citing from a propaganda report
. Matters in respect to this are documented at #Erich Marcks, below.
KEC's next removal was at Erwin Rommel Revision as of 08:31, 30 May 2016 with the summary:Talk:Erwin_Rommel/Archive_5#Wehrmachtbericht_references
... It is citing [a] propaganda report, the Wehrmachtbericht. This appears to be either WP:OR or extensive quoting from a WP:Primary source. [it is citing ] a piece of Nazi propaganda that has no informative value ... I've seen these removed from articles such as in Bach-Zelewski.
Mentioned twice on the Wehrmachtbericht (21 June 1942 and 10 September 1943), as noted by KEC.same diff immediately below
We can see how the consensus continue to develop.
Update: please see discussion at NPOV noticeboard on the topic. According to feedback there, these quotations fail WP:UNDUE.
Note: KEC did not initially remove the transcript from Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski - Revision as of 06:12, 19 January 2016
... [it] is citing from ... [a] propaganda report, the Wehrmachtbericht. This appears to be either WP:OR or extensive quoting from a WP:Primary source. ... [It is] a piece of Nazi propaganda that has no informative value ...
According to feedback [at NPOV noticeboard] there these quotations fail WP:UNDUE
This was arrived at by consensus at Talk:Manstein#Wehrmachtbericht and Talk:Rommel#Wehrmachtbericht, as well as at this Talk page.giving these links.[7] and [8]
At Erich von Manstein, a Wb transcript was added on 31 May 2016 and reverted by KEC Revision as of 15:20, 1 June 2016
please achieve consensus on Talk page for this addition.
the topic had been raised at the GA level, the wording is accepted at various articles gone to FAC.
I reverted to ... [the date summary version] ... [it] was citing from ... [a] propaganda report, the Wehrmachtbericht. This appears to be either WP:OR or extensive quoting from a WP:Primary source. ... [t is] a piece of propagana that has no informative value ...Revision as of 15:21, 1 June 2016
According to feedback [at NPOV noticeboard] there these quotations fail WP:UNDUE
KEC initiated a discussion there on 30 June 2016.[9] The discussion continued until 20 July. The discussion opens with the following:
Many articles ... contain verbatim quotations ... the Wehrmachtbericht. It's ... (inherently unreliable) ... Nazi propaganda ... [that] does not belong ... on this basis alone. ... This appears to be either WP:NPOV or extensive quoting from a WP:Primary source. Or perhaps this is WP:NOR?
(Please see fuller text)
Keep in mind that neutrality is often dependent upon context.Also, per WP:FORUMSHOP:
Queries placed on noticeboards and talk pages should be phrased as neutrally as possible, in order to get uninvolved and neutral additional opinions.
they are reproduced within the articles as shown above
Yes, I see now ...and
I had seen the transcripts before I commented. These two editors then make further qualified statements where and when they might be used.
There are over 700 edits by KEC with Wb in the edit summary. There are nearly 160 edits to the Wb article and a small number to other articles directly relating to the Wb article. The others are to bio and unit articles for the most part. The majoriy of all edits (about 450) occur in June and July 2016 - of which, about 40 were to the Wb article. So, about 400 edits were to bios and unit articles. About 260 of these occurred in the two weeks either side of 20 July, of which, about 170 were in the week starting 20 July.
Over 300 of the edit summaries included the word "transcript", while over 80 included a link to Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. This accounted for all 415 edits to other articles (ie not the Wb article) in the seven weeks ending 20 July 2016. This was confirmed by reductions in article size and viewing of many edit diffs.
There are in the order of 30 cases where KEC's removal of the transcripts has apparently been challenged.
Transcript quotes were added Revision as of 10:50, 8 October 2011 KEC removed these: [Revision as of 08:22, 25 July 2016 Revision as of 08:22, 25 July 2016] with comment: Wehrmachtbericht references: Undue -- pls see Talk:Erich_von_dem_Bach-Zelewski#Wehrmachtbericht_report
No, no. I've checked and there was no consensus and still is no consensus for this.
By my count 11 editors were for the removal of the Wehrmachtbericht transcripts
Wehrmachtbericht references: Undue; see Wehrmachtbericht vs London Gazette)
What appears to be an SPA then removed the dates of mention: Revision as of 07:48, 15 February 2017
no consensus for the Wehrmachtbericht being a military award; the cat has been previously deleted
This discussion was started at MilHist on 11 August 2016 by an involved editor. In the opening gambit, it refers to the edit summary used by KEC to remove transcripts: Wehrmachtbericht references: Undue -- pls see Talk:Erich_von_dem_Bach-Zelewski#Wehrmachtbericht_report
I've previously attempted to find sources ..., there.
This is a thread at MilHist initiated by KEC on 2 January 2017 because of attempts to preserve the transcript translations on talk pages, which they oppose.
I don't support the inclusion of the Wb transcripts but I do believe that the date summaries of mentions should be included on the basis that they were decreed to be an award. However, there are instances where quoting the transcripts might be appropriate.
Such cases might be where the transcript, in the case of Rommel, where the transcript is in contradiction with the strength of defence at Tobruk. The transcript could be inserted to contrast "reality" with how events were portrayed by the Germans. As such, the Wb transcript might be used as a juxtaposition without requiring analysis on the part of an editor but allows readers to draw their own conclusions. This does rely on correctly identifying the nature of the Wb in such an instance. In the case of Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, a similar quotation may be made to contrast with what they were reported as doing compared to what they were actually doing. A comment raised at Talk:Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was that the Wb transcript appears euphemistic. This could be developed using an appropriate secondary source in conjunction with the Wb quote. These observation as to where such transcripts might reasonably be used are in direct contrast with KEC's position that: a piece of Nazi propaganda that has no informative value
.
My conclusions go to process and not whether they are ultimately justifiable.
KEC has made mass changes without gaining a broad consensus. Nick-D has made a comment that it would have been better to have sought a broader basis for their actions. This is significant to how KEC has approached this series of edits and many others. The opposition to KEC's edits, in my opinion, goes largely to how they have approached "issues" such as this, rather than what they seek to correct.
There is evidence that their approach has resulted in disruption where a different approach, as indicated by Nick-D would likely have been less disruptive.
KEC has mainly relied on local consensus at three articles. There is also NPOVN and the concerns noted above. The process used has an appearance of WP:FORUMSHOP and WP:OTHER. The discussions at the articles had limited engagement and do not give a strong mandate for the scale of action. There is also the matter of speed and that KEC has has made these changes en masse over a very short period of time, even as the discussions at the three articles was developing. I particularly note at Rommel, where KEC states: We can see how the consensus continue to develop
, yet they act unilaterally less than 20 minutes later. There is also the matter of the timeline over which the threads at the local articles developed. Viewed at their conclusion, they are stronger than through the time when they were applied.
KEC appears to have misconstrued WP:Primary source and WP:OR. Even representing the transcripts as WP:UNDUE and WP:NPOV appear to be a very strict interpretation and tenuous, given the lengths that they have gone to highlight the nature of their source in articles and where the transcript occurred. The use and misapplication of these guidelines give the appearance of wikilawyering when this is more simply a case of unnecessary detail.
The often silent subsequent removal of date summaries of mentions appears disingenuous.
There is also evidence of edit warring, in which I note that it is difficult to edit war with oneself. Also, while they have repeatedly referenced the correct BRD process where others fail, in their opinion, to apply it correctly, there appears to be evidence that they too have misapplied it.
As a case study, I believe this to be indicative of many other mass changes that KEC has made.
restore cited information
What is the purpose of this section in the article?
Undue, OR Wehrmachtbericht transcript
Selected by random number generator from the set of articles with Wb in comments
KEC Rm Wb transcript Revision as of 03:46, 25 July 2016 with comment: Wehrmachtbericht references: Undue -- pls see Talk:Erich_von_dem_Bach-Zelewski#Wehrmachtbericht_report. No revert/talk discussion Edit replaced these with dates of mentions.
No other talk discussions relevant to KEC.
Article created 2008. Peak size about 10,000 B, Current size 4,462 B. Wb transcript added Revision as of 09:47, 28 January 2014 and following edit.
Second edit by KEC was to tag article Revision as of 22:47, 17 July 2016 Article had several references but no inline citations except to Wb transcripts.
KEC made six more edits until the largest: Revision as of 23:37, 24 February 2017. This included:
As with all German armies on the Eastern Front, Strauss's 9th Army implemented the criminal Commissar Order. citing Stahel,2015,p. 28.
Mitcham, SW (2010) : Men of Barbarossa ISBN 978-1-935149-15-6. Men of Barbarossa From this, the place of birth could be seen.
Note: the use of "criminal" appears not to be verifiable per Stahel.
KEC rm Wb transcript unopposed Revision as of 20:58, 21 July 2016 with comment: Wehrmachtbericht references: Verbatim Wehrmachtbericht transcript. Replaced with dates of mentions.
Article is a stub with no talk page threads. Wb transcript added Revision as of 05:31, 23 March 2014 plus next 2 edits. Created 2010. Max size ca 9,000 B. Now 4,338 B.
immaterial propaganda
These articles were "chosen" because of the edit comments made by KEC and that they then related to each other.
Out of order that articles were reviewed. I came to this because of the edit summary by KEC: pls see Talk:Walter_Oesau#Wehrmachtbericht_transcript
in reference to removing Wb transcripts. Please see #Friedrich Geisshardt below. Six edits had this edit summary, including this article
The post linked in the comment, Talk:Walter_Oesau#Wehrmachtbericht_transcript reads:
The revision was not reverted and no further posts were made to the thread started on the talk page.
Max size about 48 kB mid-2016. Current size 39,129 B. The article was listed as GA in February 2009.
KEC made 19 edits and, bar two, they reduced size.
During his career, Oesau was mentioned five times in the Wehrmachtbericht. These were the daily propaganda reports ...[14]
link of dubious accuracy
not a grave directory[15]
sig unneeded for a jr commander
intricate detail for a non-senior commander ...
original research cited to a primary source
KEC's post at talk page:
The article contains seven citations to a self-published fan site:
In addition, it contains a citation to an fringe publication:
I'm sure that other sources used in the article can be unpacked in a similar fashion. Given the WP:QS sources, the level of detail in the article is undue. I tagged the article accordingly."
*Note: Comments per reliability appear to be unsubstantiated POV (ie, an opinion is offered but without substance). The point of comment: This also has complete list of his kills by dates
is unclear. luftwaffe.cz has a bibliography but not inline citations. It appears to be criticised for using what KEC describes as a fringe publication.
I looked at this article as it was the first I came across with the edit summary by KEC: pls see Talk:Walter_Oesau#Wehrmachtbericht_transcript
in reference to removing Wb transcripts.
Removal of Wb transcript by KEC Revision as of 03:03, 21 July 2016 The edit left: Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtbericht
Text of mentions in Wb was removed by KEC Revision as of 05:33, 28 May 2017 with edit summary: no consensus for the Wehrmachtbericht being a military award ...
KEC's Revision as of 06:53, 4 June 2017 adds tags: unreliable sources and one source.
KEC posts to Talk:Friedrich Geisshardt#Tags as follows:
The article is largely sourced to a WP:QS catalog of Knight's Cross winners:
Most of the citations are to a single page from the source (p. 51) so one wonders how the article could be a summary of that one page. In any case, I tagged the article accordingly."
Note: The statement of WP:QS is unsubstantiated in the post. There are 9 citations to Obermaier and 13 to other sources. KEC's characterisation of "most" is probably not accurate. I observe that earlier versions used additional sources but these have been successively removed by KEC
best practice
WP:Consensus applies to both removal and addition of content, as I understand it.[17]
Pls see MOS:FOREIGN: "foreign words should be used sparingly"; this is also unneeded as interested readers can click on the link[18]
agreed so it is only used once familiarize yourself with best practices
Foreign words should be used sparingly.A single use for a particular word/phrase would seem compliant. The statement appears clear enough.
BRD -- no discussion on Talk page; pls see: Talk:Friedrich_Geisshardt#Recent_edit
legitimateRevision as of 18:48, 4 March 2017
BMK makes the following observation in an ANI case unrelated to MilHist (ANI archive). I believe it is indicative of why KEC has experience opposition from within MilHist and what would have been a better approach. Through comments across the evidence provided in this case and links from evidence, I believe it reasonable to assert that there is a prevailing perception that KEC is confrontational by many (not all), which arises, in part, from this. This also goes to comment by Nick-D
Any normal Wikipedia action will
generally be considered to berun the risk of being considered disruptive if done en masse, unless there is a clear and widespread prior agreement that the mass action is acceptable. The only way to get that agreement is with some kind of centralized consensus discussion, which did not occur in this case. It's clear from this very discussion that views on the appropriateness of the tagging differ widely, and that, in and of itself, is an indication that Redban's bold edit was not, on the face of it, one that would have easily received a consensus agreement. Redban's mass edits should be mass-overturned, he should start a centralized discussion regarding the subjects he (or HW) believes should be tagged (and that discussion should not take place here), and Redban should take onboard the lesson that there was a better way to go about what he wished to do. Should he do it again, he should be considered to have been suitably warned, and should be blocked for deliberate disruption, and individual editors who take it upon themselves to re-tag these articles without prior discussion should be warned to stop and talk before acting. BMK (talk) 23:20, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
WP:BOLD (a guideline document) states: Also, changes to articles on complex, controversial subjects with long histories or active sanctions, or to Featured Articles and Good Articles, should be done with extra care. In many cases, the text as you find it has come into being after long and arduous negotiations between Wikipedians of diverse backgrounds and points of view. A careless edit to such an article might stir up a latent conflict, and other users who are involved in the page may become defensive.
WP:OWN (a policy document) states: While Featured articles ... are open for editing like any other, they have gone through a community review process as Featured article candidates, where they are checked for high-quality sources, a thorough survey of the relevant literature, and compliance with the Featured Article criteria. Editors are asked to take particular care when editing a Featured article; it is considerate to discuss significant changes of text or images on the talk page first. Explaining civilly why sources and policies support a particular version ...
[On Good articles] All editors are welcome to make changes and improve the article, but some discussion of significant changes is recommended ...
I would observe that KEC has generally ignored the above advice. The advice identifies the consequences of doing so. These consequences go to the heart of many of the claims and allegations they have made and particularly as they relate to or arise from editing of GA and FA articles.
KEC is generally polite; however, I believe that their language and style of discussion creates a strong negative impression in those that might have more than passing contact with them and are on the opposite side of a discussion. Their talk-page language has a strong editorial tone that is not conducive to an objective discussion (since editorialising is inherantly subjective. They make representations in such a way that they appear to be unquestionable fact. Where they do offer a basis for a statement, the basis is often a broad generalisation. Generalisations are inherantly subjective.
KEC frequently uses words an phrases that are a jargon (eg a pulp writer, known fabulist, apologist and Landser pulp). There are a number of issues that arise from use jargon. A lot of this type of language is very subjective in nature and is not conducive to an objective discussion. It also has derogatory and even pejorative connotations. There is a degree of transference that arises from such use. Such labeling by KEC in opposition to certain language or sources in an article is transferred in some degree to a person who opposes KEC's position. It is therefore a matter of civility, even if it is unintentional. Within groups, the jargon of group tends has the effect of excluding outsiders from the group. It is an issue with many professions at the interface with non-professionals, such as doctors and patients and between experts and novices within a profession or calling. It lends to an air of superiority and the negative connotations associated with that.
There is then the repetitive use of phrases within a thread and even whole passages across talk pages. Language is full of unwritten and unsaid meanings. "If I say something often enough, it must be true", even if it isn't. This sort of repetition can suggest weakness of argument on the one hand. On the other, it can convey an air of superiority through an unwritten meaning: "I said it before but you still don't get it" or "I said it before, so you should get it by now".
KEC frequently closes an opening gambit with: Please let me know if there are any concerns.
This is seemingly quite polite; however, if one does reply to raise a concern (and does so more than once, ie somewhere else), an unwritten meaning soon becomes clear. My first experience was at Talk:World War II reenactment. An unwritten meaning soon becomes clear: "I am being outwardly polite but your opinion doesn't count". KEC then (often appears to) make a reply which is often lengthy full of many of the negative identified above. Yes, we might all do this sometime too.
I am not saying this is intentional but it is how I see things and I believe that others probably do to.
Please see the edit history (last 500) and talk pages of Hermann Graf a GWE article and Junayd of Aydın. I have significantly copy-edited both articles. I have addressed many of the types of issues of language, POV, undue, detail, peacock words etc in both articles. In Graf, I may not have done everything I might have, but there were significant changes. It is a case of compromise and consensus. Also, others picked up on some things I didn't. The point is, that in both cases I was able to make significant changes that were generally accepted and without confrontation.
Comments by Euryalus as reviewer.[23]
KEC at Erich Hoepner had added (in part): As with all German armies on the Eastern Front, Hoepner's Panzer Group implemented the criminal Commissar Order.(Stahel,2015,p.)[24]
"Criminal" in this phrase was removed by KEC Revision as of 01:36, 20 April 2018
Observation: if Stahel had specifically referred to the commissar order as being criminal, there was no reason to remove "criminal" in the context. The conclusion is that Stahel does not. A search of "criminal commissar order" returned ten hits.[25]
The type of detail mentioned by the reviewer is almost exactly the type of detail that KEC routinely removes as "excessive intricate detail".
The comment by the reviewer per "criminal", and its insertion by KEC, might be viewed as an NPOV issue of the the type that KEC raises in this case. It, in part, supports my view that they have a POV and that the POV is less than neutral.
In a discussion of sources at MilHist ostensibly about reliability of sources (with the heading: WWII content: Otto Kittel, other GA/FA articles), KEC creates a subsection: Alternate history department.[26] This section is nearly 1700 words, with commentary (written in an editorial style: These are typical tropes in the "parallel universe" WWII content
) on posts made by one editor across many articles. The intent appears to be to ridicule the named editor in a very public forum.
At Talk:Waldemar von Gazen KEC makes this comment without substantiation: Williamson is non RS for the purpose of establishing notability.
This appears to be an unsubstantiated opinion. It may imply a reference to the wiki atricle: Gordon Williamson (writer) Revision as of 20:47, 4 June 2016, which was substantially edited by KEC (article before KEC)
KEC has inserted this: MacKenzie includes Williamson's books among the works that perpetuate the myth-making, revisionist tendencies in the treatment of the Waffen-SS, first put forth by HIAG, a lobby group founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951.
MacKenzie does connect present-day popular/militaria literature as continuing HIAG's revisionist tradition. --K.e.coffman[28]
{will add links to other articles of potential concern}
I have observed that KEC has frequently created pages or heavily edited existing pages that relate to sources, authors or publishers where they subsequently refer to same in support of their assessments, intentions or actions WRT GWE articles. Where I have viewed these, I have noted a tendency in such articles to belabour certain points or opinions beyond what I would consider reasonable to establish a sourced opinion or a balanced POV in the article.[6] From the case study of Williamson, the following become apparent to me:
I would observe, that while Mackenzie's work (see above) is of a scholarly nature and the material referred of weight, it is MacKenzie's opinion and not fact. See WP:NPOVS and specifically Reliable sources are never neutral. I make this observation in regard to how KEC has characterised and assessed comments by others in the course of the GWE case. In most cases, the issues raised by or attributed to other editors is in respect to garnering facts from a source and not opinion. This might include matters such as: date of birth, place of birth, dates of promotion, employment before the war, where somebody was at a particular time, that they were granted a particular award and even that the award was ostensibly for doing something particular.
KEC has referred to extracting such material as WP:SYNTH or WP:OR. The counterpoint; however, is how KEC would determine whether a scorce is reliable or not and whether or not everything derived from it should be discarded. This process might also fall to WP:SYNTH and here, KEC refers to this process by them as "analysis". The allegations being made by them then appears somewhat of a connundrum, if not a contradiction.
References
This section is taken from my statement at the case request and this post. That post dealt with interations between KEC and myself in the first instance and how these had been misrepresented by MastCell in one of their case request statement posts, in the second. The purpose of this section is to more clearly distinguish that which is specific to my allegation of misconduct made by me as part of the case. It is done to clarify that which is relevant to this allegation.
Annotations have been added in small text, except for the last two dot-points, which are from the original.
The last two points are from the original case request post and have been reiterated in direct evidence.
This is a direct copy of the relevant dot-point posted by MastCell.
LargelyRecyclable again removes the content, citing "Consensus both here and from discussion at MILHIST"; I see no such consensus in either place. Did the MILHIST coordinator provide "calming", objective input here? It looks more to me like they tag-teamed with LargelyRecyclable to remove properly sourced content on fairly flimsy grounds.