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how do I request restoration of e-mail access? This is not an unblock request. That will come in July. I simply need to file a report. Thanks. Apteva ( talk) 23:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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pinged the blocking Admin. I was blocked simply because I was trying to explain myself ("Using email to send me a long manifesto of condescending tripe" - and for that I apologize - it will not happen again).
I dream of horses
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Request reason:
It has been about two years since I have not been able to freely participate here, so I have found other ways to help the project, mostly creating and translating SVGs. I will continue spending almost all of my time doing that but would slowly like to re-enter editing Wikipedia, using the standard offer. I have been spending probably about 1000 hours a year helping make Wikipedia better. I have created over 100 articles and over 500 images and diagrams. Some of these diagrams need to be included here to replace the older diagrams that they replace, like the diagram at the top of Energy in the United States, which still shows 2007 data. It will be several years more before I do anything here other than a small number of simple edits, and will proceed cautiously, in a manner that does not upset anyone here. That is not why I am here. I am here only and solely to make Wikipedia better. There are about 200 simple edits that I know of that can be done, and I typically come across 3 or 4 new ones each week or month, and would like to be able to click "edit" when I find them, instead of adding them to the backlog. One of the items I noticed was in an article that was viewed 6 million times more before someone else noticed it and fixed it. There is a backlog of over 6,000 SVGs that need to be created, and another over 6,000 that need to be translated, both of which I am working through, but if you see one that you want done, give me a shout and I will take a look at it. Thanks.
Accept reason:
Following your request, I'm unblocking your account on a WP:ROPE basis. PhilKnight ( talk) 21:02, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
@ AGK: - would you object to an unblock? PhilKnight ( talk) 20:37, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hope all goes well in your return. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 22:46, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. My long delay in returning was caused by getting involved in translations and creation of svgs. With a backlog of more than 6,000 of each I had no shortage of work to do. But I got started doing one file that required over 7,000 translations, and did not want to get distracted from finishing it, so have not even looked at this page since requesting the unblock. I just wanted to be unblocked when I was able to return, and now I have a list of maybe 200 edits that have been waiting, which having finished the 7,650 translations, I will be able to get started on. After I finish those, most of my time will still be spent on creation and translation of svgs, but if you have anything specific you would like to have me look at I am always willing to help. I will be requesting a standard offer so that all restrictions will be removed. For a number of years I have been spending about 1000 hours a year on Wikipedia and being blocked did not change that, it just meant helping in different ways that did not involve editing here. For the record there has not been one edit made to enwiki since the block (other than of course to my own talk page). Apteva ( talk) 22:34, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
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I have just made a new nomination for renaming categories for those U.S cities where the article doesn't include the state name. Since you participated in a recent discussion about this, you may want to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 6#Major US cities. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
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how do I request restoration of e-mail access? This is not an unblock request. That will come in July. I simply need to file a report. Thanks. Apteva ( talk) 23:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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. I have also
pinged the blocking Admin. I was blocked simply because I was trying to explain myself ("Using email to send me a long manifesto of condescending tripe" - and for that I apologize - it will not happen again).
I dream of horses
Apteva (
talk) 02:46, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Apteva ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
It has been about two years since I have not been able to freely participate here, so I have found other ways to help the project, mostly creating and translating SVGs. I will continue spending almost all of my time doing that but would slowly like to re-enter editing Wikipedia, using the standard offer. I have been spending probably about 1000 hours a year helping make Wikipedia better. I have created over 100 articles and over 500 images and diagrams. Some of these diagrams need to be included here to replace the older diagrams that they replace, like the diagram at the top of Energy in the United States, which still shows 2007 data. It will be several years more before I do anything here other than a small number of simple edits, and will proceed cautiously, in a manner that does not upset anyone here. That is not why I am here. I am here only and solely to make Wikipedia better. There are about 200 simple edits that I know of that can be done, and I typically come across 3 or 4 new ones each week or month, and would like to be able to click "edit" when I find them, instead of adding them to the backlog. One of the items I noticed was in an article that was viewed 6 million times more before someone else noticed it and fixed it. There is a backlog of over 6,000 SVGs that need to be created, and another over 6,000 that need to be translated, both of which I am working through, but if you see one that you want done, give me a shout and I will take a look at it. Thanks.
Accept reason:
Following your request, I'm unblocking your account on a WP:ROPE basis. PhilKnight ( talk) 21:02, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
@ AGK: - would you object to an unblock? PhilKnight ( talk) 20:37, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
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the voting page. For the Election committee,
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talk) 13:50, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
I started the second RM. I invite you for commentary. -- George Ho ( talk) 07:53, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
There is a policy discussion in progress at the Manual of Style which affects the capitalization of Sounds Like Teen Spirit, People Like Us, &c., questions in which you previously participated. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — LlywelynII 11:59, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Hope all goes well in your return. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 22:46, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. My long delay in returning was caused by getting involved in translations and creation of svgs. With a backlog of more than 6,000 of each I had no shortage of work to do. But I got started doing one file that required over 7,000 translations, and did not want to get distracted from finishing it, so have not even looked at this page since requesting the unblock. I just wanted to be unblocked when I was able to return, and now I have a list of maybe 200 edits that have been waiting, which having finished the 7,650 translations, I will be able to get started on. After I finish those, most of my time will still be spent on creation and translation of svgs, but if you have anything specific you would like to have me look at I am always willing to help. I will be requesting a standard offer so that all restrictions will be removed. For a number of years I have been spending about 1000 hours a year on Wikipedia and being blocked did not change that, it just meant helping in different ways that did not involve editing here. For the record there has not been one edit made to enwiki since the block (other than of course to my own talk page). Apteva ( talk) 22:34, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Davidson County Solar Farm, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Davidson County. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
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There's a new Categories for Renaming discussion going on about categories of US cities listed in the AP Stylebook. As you have participated in at least one of the more recent discussions in the subject, you may want to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 17#Seattle. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 20:32, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
I have just made a new nomination for renaming categories for those U.S cities where the article doesn't include the state name. Since you participated in a recent discussion about this, you may want to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 6#Major US cities. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
Note to all editors. Feel free to use this and customize it to your hearts content. Please leave a link if you see something that needs to be changed, and please first take out the parenthetical "some of it I wrote" if you can not find at least one word that you know that you added to one of the articles linked from the welcome message, and of course make sure the welcome message does appear on that users talk page. Also feel free to make a template out of this with options that will customize it for certain types of users, etc. My goal is not to get rid of bad editors but to help everyone become a good editor. You will probably have to take out the bit about getting edits to stick or reword it if none of your friends have mentioned this. People who have been blocked need something to do other than fume, and helping them learn to edit usefully can take considerable time. Often editors in their early teens simply lack the maturity to edit productively and will grow out of it as they mature.