"Somebody thinks something is wrong with this page"
Thank You! This is awesome, best Wiki laugh I've had all year, please hang onto that attitude. Dougmcdonell ( talk) 00:03, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
I’m surprised to find another echoer around here! — ((( Romanophile))) ♞ ( contributions) 05:29, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I have been asked to write up an editorial for The Signpost. It is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. If you have time, could you give it a quick look and correct any glaring errors you spot? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 04:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Thankyou for taking up the work to improve Wikipedia by ridding it of articles on non-notable beauty pageant contestants. This is difficult work, especially since it will at times lead to attacks from a group of people who defend these articles against normal standards of notability. Keep up the good work. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:11, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
here: .............................. TAKE THAT! (p.s. i couldn't find a potato L.S. inc. ( talk) 20:04, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Quixotic Potato,thanks. L.S. inc. ( talk) 22:55, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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you're a hard worker on Wikipedia and I appreciate it. L.S. inc. ( talk) 22:59, 10 February 2017 (UTC) |
Please, when you comment in an RfA, say so in the edit summary, - I thought until looking that you opposed ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:33, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Reverted the Stephen Miller page alters the tone back to biased. It should be neutral in Tone. Whether or not the National Policy council is anti-Semitic and white supremacist is obvious when you click that link. Thunderclap Thunderclap ( talk) 02:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
There was an ANI recently opened against me for contributing to AfDs. I am trying not to over react, but it is frustrating so I feel a need to mention it somewhere. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 03:59, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
"Can someone please fix the article Ralph Yirikian? Please ping me when responding."
If everyone who reads that request deletes a couple of blatantly promotional sentences, there'll soon be nothing left. I've done my bit. Maproom ( talk) 21:05, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
... about countering systemic bias. Not ready to join the conversation myself yet, but what you wrote was good. ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:56, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at Kudpung's talk page. 10:19, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 16:15, 23 July 2017 (UTC) |
Hey I want to report the user ( ZxxZxxZ ).
I saw some of his contributions and some suspicious things..
He removes things that offend his country ( iran ) and add lines that offend a country that is an enemy of his. From a qatari-owned news channel ( Knowing that qatar is an enemy of Saudi Arabia which means most likely it's fake news with the aim of offending Saudi Arabia) as his sources. For example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202
Technical Peace ( talk) 10:54, 17 August 2017 (UTC) Technical Peace ( talk) 10:54, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
" And found suspicious things " even though it's obvious Technical Peace ( talk) 10:55, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Alright
Sorry for .. I couldn't find any page to report a user in since I'm a new Wikipedian. Thanks Technical Peace ( talk) 21:10, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the criticism you posted at
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I wanted to give you a heads up on another piece I submitted to The Signpost at User:Bluerasberry/signpost_draft. If you have further criticism, I would appreciate your posting it if/when the article comes out. Thanks for your thoughts and the conversation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:51, 23 August 2017 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the detailed answer to my question about changing the caption color on my website. I really appreciate it! OldTimeNESter ( talk) 17:39, 28 August 2017 (UTC) |
Hi Quix, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 20:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
My talk page was lacking in cuteness :-) = paul2520 ( talk) 14:44, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for tidying up, the place looks much nicer now.
I found this fly on my windowsill and thought you might like to have it as a pet. →
I think they look after themselves, pretty much. nagual design 07:55, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm glad you got there first at Wikipedia talk:WikiCV and put such a well crafted response. I know I would have been somewhat blunter in my comments coming to the same conclusion as you. Nthep ( talk) 11:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Sorry. I couldn't find a potato. But this pie will do. Just pretend it's a potato. Hastiness ( talk) 19:41, 19 December 2017 (UTC) |
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I removed this discussion [2]. Looking a bit more, it seems the editor who brought up NeilN's comment at ANI was Vote X, probably also the editor at Jimbo's talk page. There are a bunch of other comment left by the IP which I've let be since I don't know enough about Vote X other than that they normally geolocate to the UK to say this is them, but possibly you do. Nil Einne ( talk) 06:05, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
So why the small? -- ToE 10:29, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
I need to apologize for failing to assume good faith in some of my recent posts.
By way of explanation (not excuse), I am a high-functioning autistic ( Asperger's syndrome) and sometimes have trouble with certain social interactions. In particular, I sometimes categorize people into two classes ("This person is my friend. Anything they do is to be interpreted as positively as possible" and "This person does not wish to be my friend. Anything they do is to be interpreted with suspicion") when in reality there is a continuum. It isn't rational, and when I catch myself doing it I apologize and try to avoid making that mental error again.
Again, I apologize. This is something I struggle with. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 23:05, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Thx tho Potato. HNY too!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShelbyLH ( talk • contribs) 07:06, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
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I love the Nederlands, two of my dearest friends live on Herengracht in Amsterdam (and I can pronounce it correctly). My favourite Dutch street name is Lijnbaansgracht. It doesn't get more Dutch than that :-) Guy ( Help!) 21:16, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
“ | The discovery of the cause of coeliac disease may also be partly attributed to the Dutch famine. With wheat in very short supply there was an improvement at a children's ward of coeliac patients. Stories tell of the first precious supplies of bread being given specifically to the (no longer) sick children, prompting an immediate relapse. Thus in the 1940s the Dutch paediatrician Dr. Willem Dicke was able to corroborate his previously researched hypothesis that wheat intake was aggravating coeliac disease. Later Dicke went on to prove his theory. | ” |
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Hi, why did you tag the article Interactive Brokers with {{ COI}} and {{ advert}}? I am a historical researcher; I wrote the article from a neutral point of view. There's no fluff, merely plain information about the company. If you don't agree with that, please provide examples. I had many others look at the article to ensure its neutrality, and ultimately, a totally uninvolved editor reviewed and published my draft of that page, the version live now. Can you please remove the tags, or explain in much further depth why you believe why the article "may require cleanup" or "contains content that is written like an advertisement"? ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 02:29, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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Request reason:
Can an uninvolved admin please take a look?
Decline reason:
Per your latest comment expressing the optimal solution is to wait out the block, I'm closing this without prejudice. After reading the lengthy discussion below, all I can say is, whether you like it or not, civility actually does matter on Wikipedia. It is possible to be both honest and civil; they aren't mutually exclusive behaviors. ~ Anachronist ( talk) 22:31, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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Sorry, that’s not how it works. You need to provide a giid reason for being unblocked, show insight into why you weblocked, etc. Doug Weller talk 08:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
I refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdramwhich is both funnier and more polite). Writing: "
In real life you would be very polite to me (and vice versa) so you are basically a keyboard warrior." is not a personal attack, it is factually correct information. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keyboard_warrior Note that ɱ made several personal attacks recently. ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 08:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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"The fact that an editor has posted personal information or edits under their own name, making them easily identifiable through online searches, is not an excuse to post the results of "opposition research".You posted the results of opposition research, and you did so in the context of an interpersonal dispute. This is not OK. This is what Alex warned you about, that you did not heed, and it was not the not heeding that led to the block. He was going to let you off with just a warning. Do you get it now? Jytdog ( talk) 16:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
This edit is as close as being a violation of WP:OUTING policy; I am sorry, but please do not make any edits like that again or I will immediately block this account for harassment.-- but he was trying to tell you were absolutely on the very very edge if not over. Calling that "bullshit" is just silly.
I've been beyond civil" made me laugh out loud. ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 16:41, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
@
Ɱ: In response to your email: I used Google. It was definitely you. Please stay off of my talkpage from now on. You are welcome back after you've posted a sincere apology. I recommend reading
Streisand effect. (((
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talk) 17:30, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Functionaries are discussing this matter. -- NeilN talk to me 18:11, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Cullen328 Let's discuss it 20:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
After discussion with other functionaries, this block has now been extended to indefinite for the following two reasons:
Harassment is not funny. It's not something to be wikilawyered about, nor something you can choose to overlook. Due to misuse of this talk page, I have also revoked the talk page access. Moving forward, please use Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System instead for any further unblock requests. In your rationale, you must show understanding of why you were blocked, in which Jytdog have summarized fairly well. A different administrator will review your UTRS request, and decide whether or not the block should be referred back to the community (at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard). Depending on your unblock request, if there is no consensus to unblock there, then we will be moving into standing offer territory. Alex Shih ( talk) 04:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Never mind, I found it. Hey Quixotic Potato, you are in a real bind here. I read your email, and I read the discussion here, and I don't agree that you were blocked out of revenge or so. I would love to disagree with Alex Shih but that's kind of hard, and I also agree (as did all the functionaries on the list who weighed in) that the LinkedIn comment was a form of harassment. Sorry.
Now, you said you wouldn't be commenting on people's real lives anymore (I am paraphrasing from your email); that is, I think, a bare minimum for folks to let you back in. I think I can tell you that there is a consensus that you've been guilty of harassment before--I don't know about that, not knowing you very well, but that is what I hear--and that is also something that you'd be well advised to address in an unblock request. Sorry, but these are the breaks. I hope you'll give this some thought and that we'll see you again. Alex, I'm sorry, but I don't really see the talk page abuse--as long as QP doesn't like insult people or leave racist remarks about shithole countries and stuff, can they get it back to formulate an unblock request? BTW I think also that AN is the best place to handle it; given the consensus among functionaries this shouldn't be decided on by just one admin (which is, my dear Potato, why I couldn't do anything other than leaving this message). Take care, Drmies ( talk) 01:46, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
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Handel's birthday was yesterday, he composed He was despised, and I made it a redirect in March 2012. For you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:41, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
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I got blocked because of @ Alex Shih:'s ego and the fact that that Wikipedian-in-residence has or had a undisclosed Conflict of Interest. I demand an apology from both. Of course nulla poena means nothing to them. I haven't edited for quite a while which means that Alex Shih is a net negative.
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This is dangerously close to a personal attack. You also spend the entire unblock request talking about another user's actions. You need to address your actions. See WP:GAB. However, note that I'm declining this on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. In order to be unblocked, this will need to be discussed over at WP:AN. You are welcome to make another unblock request which I or another admin will copy over to there. Please note, though, that you'll want a substantially different unblock request if you sincerely wish to be unblocked. Yamla ( talk) 13:44, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
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@ Yamla: To be honest I don't really give a fuck. Since Alex has already used the most drastic option that was available to him there is nothing he can do. Your proposal is of course a bit silly. You are saying that you are going to copy my request from a page that I can edit to a page that I cannot edit, and you expect me to want you to do that? No single admin has the balls to overrule an unnamed group of "functionaries", their conversation was held in secret, and they haven't asked me anything. They cannot understand the situation without asking questions. In order to fully defend myself I would of course have to provide proof of the undisclosed conflict of interest, which means I basically have to do the thing I was falsely accused of doing. Might be better to go to the press... ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 13:51, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
Note you were unblocked so you could raise this issue over at WP:AN. If you have no intention of starting a thread there, I'll have to reimpose your original block. -- Yamla ( talk) 11:37, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
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Miss you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:41, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
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I tried to give 2021 a good start by updating the QAI project topics. Hard to manage without you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
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"Somebody thinks something is wrong with this page"
Thank You! This is awesome, best Wiki laugh I've had all year, please hang onto that attitude. Dougmcdonell ( talk) 00:03, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
I’m surprised to find another echoer around here! — ((( Romanophile))) ♞ ( contributions) 05:29, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I have been asked to write up an editorial for The Signpost. It is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. If you have time, could you give it a quick look and correct any glaring errors you spot? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 04:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Thankyou for taking up the work to improve Wikipedia by ridding it of articles on non-notable beauty pageant contestants. This is difficult work, especially since it will at times lead to attacks from a group of people who defend these articles against normal standards of notability. Keep up the good work. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:11, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
here: .............................. TAKE THAT! (p.s. i couldn't find a potato L.S. inc. ( talk) 20:04, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Quixotic Potato,thanks. L.S. inc. ( talk) 22:55, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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you're a hard worker on Wikipedia and I appreciate it. L.S. inc. ( talk) 22:59, 10 February 2017 (UTC) |
Please, when you comment in an RfA, say so in the edit summary, - I thought until looking that you opposed ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:33, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Reverted the Stephen Miller page alters the tone back to biased. It should be neutral in Tone. Whether or not the National Policy council is anti-Semitic and white supremacist is obvious when you click that link. Thunderclap Thunderclap ( talk) 02:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
There was an ANI recently opened against me for contributing to AfDs. I am trying not to over react, but it is frustrating so I feel a need to mention it somewhere. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 03:59, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
"Can someone please fix the article Ralph Yirikian? Please ping me when responding."
If everyone who reads that request deletes a couple of blatantly promotional sentences, there'll soon be nothing left. I've done my bit. Maproom ( talk) 21:05, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
... about countering systemic bias. Not ready to join the conversation myself yet, but what you wrote was good. ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:56, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at Kudpung's talk page. 10:19, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at Kudpung's talk page. 10:52, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 16:15, 23 July 2017 (UTC) |
Hey I want to report the user ( ZxxZxxZ ).
I saw some of his contributions and some suspicious things..
He removes things that offend his country ( iran ) and add lines that offend a country that is an enemy of his. From a qatari-owned news channel ( Knowing that qatar is an enemy of Saudi Arabia which means most likely it's fake news with the aim of offending Saudi Arabia) as his sources. For example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202
Technical Peace ( talk) 10:54, 17 August 2017 (UTC) Technical Peace ( talk) 10:54, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
" And found suspicious things " even though it's obvious Technical Peace ( talk) 10:55, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Alright
Sorry for .. I couldn't find any page to report a user in since I'm a new Wikipedian. Thanks Technical Peace ( talk) 21:10, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the criticism you posted at
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-08-05/Special report. I know from experience that a large number of Wikipedia readers and contributors agree with your sentiment, as do most people who hear about the project incidentally.
I wanted to give you a heads up on another piece I submitted to The Signpost at User:Bluerasberry/signpost_draft. If you have further criticism, I would appreciate your posting it if/when the article comes out. Thanks for your thoughts and the conversation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:51, 23 August 2017 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the detailed answer to my question about changing the caption color on my website. I really appreciate it! OldTimeNESter ( talk) 17:39, 28 August 2017 (UTC) |
Hi Quix, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 20:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
My talk page was lacking in cuteness :-) = paul2520 ( talk) 14:44, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for tidying up, the place looks much nicer now.
I found this fly on my windowsill and thought you might like to have it as a pet. →
I think they look after themselves, pretty much. nagual design 07:55, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm glad you got there first at Wikipedia talk:WikiCV and put such a well crafted response. I know I would have been somewhat blunter in my comments coming to the same conclusion as you. Nthep ( talk) 11:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Sorry. I couldn't find a potato. But this pie will do. Just pretend it's a potato. Hastiness ( talk) 19:41, 19 December 2017 (UTC) |
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I award you the first Inquisitive Potato award. For your inquiring, curious, probing mind as you seek to make Wikipedia better and for the useless drama that seems to follow you around here as a result. Cheers, Kierzek ( talk) 13:43, 21 December 2017 (UTC) |
Here is a bottle of my fathers favorite drink,good American rye
Happy Holidays-- Woogie10w ( talk) 19:19, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
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I followed WWBToo to your talk page. I am a wikipedia reader from Germany. As a 'Nederlander' would you give your expert comments on paid editing disclosure under European Union directives at Talk:Hilary_Rosen. I am especially worried by wiki markup like hidden headers, nowiki markup and false header descriptors being used by WWBToo on this article's talk page to deceitfully suppress the extent and scope of employers advertising drafts which are being inserted into articles at WWBToo's request. 91.49.40.172 ( talk) 04:55, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas The Quixotic Potato!!
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:58, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
I removed this discussion [2]. Looking a bit more, it seems the editor who brought up NeilN's comment at ANI was Vote X, probably also the editor at Jimbo's talk page. There are a bunch of other comment left by the IP which I've let be since I don't know enough about Vote X other than that they normally geolocate to the UK to say this is them, but possibly you do. Nil Einne ( talk) 06:05, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
So why the small? -- ToE 10:29, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
I need to apologize for failing to assume good faith in some of my recent posts.
By way of explanation (not excuse), I am a high-functioning autistic ( Asperger's syndrome) and sometimes have trouble with certain social interactions. In particular, I sometimes categorize people into two classes ("This person is my friend. Anything they do is to be interpreted as positively as possible" and "This person does not wish to be my friend. Anything they do is to be interpreted with suspicion") when in reality there is a continuum. It isn't rational, and when I catch myself doing it I apologize and try to avoid making that mental error again.
Again, I apologize. This is something I struggle with. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 23:05, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Thx tho Potato. HNY too!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShelbyLH ( talk • contribs) 07:06, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
I appreciate your contributions regarding my topic ban as well as your thoughts on Arbitration Enforcement. -- MONGO 13:03, 10 January 2018 (UTC) |
I love the Nederlands, two of my dearest friends live on Herengracht in Amsterdam (and I can pronounce it correctly). My favourite Dutch street name is Lijnbaansgracht. It doesn't get more Dutch than that :-) Guy ( Help!) 21:16, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
“ | The discovery of the cause of coeliac disease may also be partly attributed to the Dutch famine. With wheat in very short supply there was an improvement at a children's ward of coeliac patients. Stories tell of the first precious supplies of bread being given specifically to the (no longer) sick children, prompting an immediate relapse. Thus in the 1940s the Dutch paediatrician Dr. Willem Dicke was able to corroborate his previously researched hypothesis that wheat intake was aggravating coeliac disease. Later Dicke went on to prove his theory. | ” |
— Dutch famine of 1944–45 |
Hi, why did you tag the article Interactive Brokers with {{ COI}} and {{ advert}}? I am a historical researcher; I wrote the article from a neutral point of view. There's no fluff, merely plain information about the company. If you don't agree with that, please provide examples. I had many others look at the article to ensure its neutrality, and ultimately, a totally uninvolved editor reviewed and published my draft of that page, the version live now. Can you please remove the tags, or explain in much further depth why you believe why the article "may require cleanup" or "contains content that is written like an advertisement"? ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 02:29, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
The Quixotic Potato ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
Can an uninvolved admin please take a look?
Decline reason:
Per your latest comment expressing the optimal solution is to wait out the block, I'm closing this without prejudice. After reading the lengthy discussion below, all I can say is, whether you like it or not, civility actually does matter on Wikipedia. It is possible to be both honest and civil; they aren't mutually exclusive behaviors. ~ Anachronist ( talk) 22:31, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Sorry, that’s not how it works. You need to provide a giid reason for being unblocked, show insight into why you weblocked, etc. Doug Weller talk 08:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
I refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdramwhich is both funnier and more polite). Writing: "
In real life you would be very polite to me (and vice versa) so you are basically a keyboard warrior." is not a personal attack, it is factually correct information. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keyboard_warrior Note that ɱ made several personal attacks recently. ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 08:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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"The fact that an editor has posted personal information or edits under their own name, making them easily identifiable through online searches, is not an excuse to post the results of "opposition research".You posted the results of opposition research, and you did so in the context of an interpersonal dispute. This is not OK. This is what Alex warned you about, that you did not heed, and it was not the not heeding that led to the block. He was going to let you off with just a warning. Do you get it now? Jytdog ( talk) 16:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
This edit is as close as being a violation of WP:OUTING policy; I am sorry, but please do not make any edits like that again or I will immediately block this account for harassment.-- but he was trying to tell you were absolutely on the very very edge if not over. Calling that "bullshit" is just silly.
I've been beyond civil" made me laugh out loud. ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 16:41, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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Ɱ: In response to your email: I used Google. It was definitely you. Please stay off of my talkpage from now on. You are welcome back after you've posted a sincere apology. I recommend reading
Streisand effect. (((
The Quixotic Potato))) (
talk) 17:30, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Functionaries are discussing this matter. -- NeilN talk to me 18:11, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Cullen328 Let's discuss it 20:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
After discussion with other functionaries, this block has now been extended to indefinite for the following two reasons:
Harassment is not funny. It's not something to be wikilawyered about, nor something you can choose to overlook. Due to misuse of this talk page, I have also revoked the talk page access. Moving forward, please use Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System instead for any further unblock requests. In your rationale, you must show understanding of why you were blocked, in which Jytdog have summarized fairly well. A different administrator will review your UTRS request, and decide whether or not the block should be referred back to the community (at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard). Depending on your unblock request, if there is no consensus to unblock there, then we will be moving into standing offer territory. Alex Shih ( talk) 04:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Never mind, I found it. Hey Quixotic Potato, you are in a real bind here. I read your email, and I read the discussion here, and I don't agree that you were blocked out of revenge or so. I would love to disagree with Alex Shih but that's kind of hard, and I also agree (as did all the functionaries on the list who weighed in) that the LinkedIn comment was a form of harassment. Sorry.
Now, you said you wouldn't be commenting on people's real lives anymore (I am paraphrasing from your email); that is, I think, a bare minimum for folks to let you back in. I think I can tell you that there is a consensus that you've been guilty of harassment before--I don't know about that, not knowing you very well, but that is what I hear--and that is also something that you'd be well advised to address in an unblock request. Sorry, but these are the breaks. I hope you'll give this some thought and that we'll see you again. Alex, I'm sorry, but I don't really see the talk page abuse--as long as QP doesn't like insult people or leave racist remarks about shithole countries and stuff, can they get it back to formulate an unblock request? BTW I think also that AN is the best place to handle it; given the consensus among functionaries this shouldn't be decided on by just one admin (which is, my dear Potato, why I couldn't do anything other than leaving this message). Take care, Drmies ( talk) 01:46, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
Storm in a teacupThis delicious cup of Rosy Lee is to remind you not to take things too seriously around here. I'm also baking a venison steak and kidney pie if you're hungry. I hope to see you back here soon. |
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Handel's birthday was yesterday, he composed He was despised, and I made it a redirect in March 2012. For you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:41, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
The Quixotic Potato ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I got blocked because of @ Alex Shih:'s ego and the fact that that Wikipedian-in-residence has or had a undisclosed Conflict of Interest. I demand an apology from both. Of course nulla poena means nothing to them. I haven't edited for quite a while which means that Alex Shih is a net negative.
Decline reason:
This is dangerously close to a personal attack. You also spend the entire unblock request talking about another user's actions. You need to address your actions. See WP:GAB. However, note that I'm declining this on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. In order to be unblocked, this will need to be discussed over at WP:AN. You are welcome to make another unblock request which I or another admin will copy over to there. Please note, though, that you'll want a substantially different unblock request if you sincerely wish to be unblocked. Yamla ( talk) 13:44, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
@ Yamla: To be honest I don't really give a fuck. Since Alex has already used the most drastic option that was available to him there is nothing he can do. Your proposal is of course a bit silly. You are saying that you are going to copy my request from a page that I can edit to a page that I cannot edit, and you expect me to want you to do that? No single admin has the balls to overrule an unnamed group of "functionaries", their conversation was held in secret, and they haven't asked me anything. They cannot understand the situation without asking questions. In order to fully defend myself I would of course have to provide proof of the undisclosed conflict of interest, which means I basically have to do the thing I was falsely accused of doing. Might be better to go to the press... ((( The Quixotic Potato))) ( talk) 13:51, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
Note you were unblocked so you could raise this issue over at WP:AN. If you have no intention of starting a thread there, I'll have to reimpose your original block. -- Yamla ( talk) 11:37, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
among the despised in the desert -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:44, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Miss you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:41, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
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missing Brian |
We miss Brian, and I miss you. Enjoy whatever you do! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:03, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Firmansyah (fooballer born 1984). Since you had some involvement with the Firmansyah (fooballer born 1984) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Regards, SONIC 678 19:20, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
pale globe-thistle above the Rhine |
Anna Blume died. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:22, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Seven years! |
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I miss you. If you still read here watch images 2021, with best wishes. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
I tried to give 2021 a good start by updating the QAI project topics. Hard to manage without you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
On this day in 1742, He was despised was performed for the first time, and when I wrote it in 2012, I didn't only think of Jesus. Andreas Scholl sang that for us, - you are invited to a Baroque stroll. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:18, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
miss you still -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:20, 30 December 2022 (UTC)