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Myself and another editor have concerns about inappropriate comments made about a BLP, where an editor has twice implied on the article's talk page that the subject has down syndrome based on their personal observation, here and here, and then doubled down on their claim on their talk page here. An inquiry about Revdel was made on my talk page here, so just asking for an extra set of eyes and your opinion. Thanks.— Isaidnoway (talk) 22:13, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hello Ad Orientem! I hope you & yours are well! In my travels fixing script errors I encountered the Runit Debbarma article. It has been nominated for deletion (discussion here) but unfortunately the editor who created the article, Brendonmotom, is resorting to constantly removing the deletion tags despite many warnings on their talk page. I even posted a polite message hoping to talk them round to discussing rather than edit warring but seemingly to no avail. Might need someone with more authority, like yourself, to nip things in the bud before an editor over there goes too far. Thanks if you are able to help! Take care, 14:33, 14 December 2025 (UTC) LooksGreatInATurtleNeck (talk) 14:33, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello Ad Orientem! Never mind! The editor has been blocked from editing the article for a couple of weeks after a report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Oh well, I did try to warn them. Take care, LooksGreatInATurtleNeck (talk) 15:17, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Good to hear everything is under control. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:51, 14 December 2025 (UTC)