My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
Please Don't Block
Sounds like an admin bait
On 3/1/06, silaslynch@aol.com silaslynch@aol.com wrote:
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
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On 3/4/06, Will Sceptre Noble tintower@tintower.tk wrote:
Sounds like an admin bait
On 3/1/06, silaslynch@aol.com silaslynch@aol.com wrote:
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
My 2 cents:
1) The username is inappropriate.
2) The following http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jtkiefer&diff=prev&a... was rude but certainly not vandalism nor justification for blocking.
I would suggest using another username than 'Please Don't Block'. I doubt that such a username will reduce your chances of being blocked; rather, if anything, it would increase them. Furthermore, it suggests that you believe there is a reason you might be blocked. Don't do things that will get you justifiably blocked, is my suggestion.
-Matt
On 3/4/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest using another username than 'Please Don't Block'. I doubt that such a username will reduce your chances of being blocked; rather, if anything, it would increase them. Furthermore, it suggests that you believe there is a reason you might be blocked. Don't do things that will get you justifiably blocked, is my suggestion.
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As someone who monitors the new users log, I have to say that while "Please Don't Block" isn't offensive, it is a poor choice for a username because the unimplied message there is "Go ahead, I dare you." There are plenty of other usernames that you can have, but this particular one can just rub people the wrong way.
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silaslynch@aol.com wrote:
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
Please Don't Block
I'm actually glad that even though I've stopped editing I still watch this list so I saw this, I actually got a good laugh out of the message he left on my talk page and I find it funny that someone who leaves messages like that on people's talk page is the one telling me to get a life :)
-Jtkiefer
On 3/1/06, silaslynch@aol.com silaslynch@aol.com wrote:
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia
Why does this surprise you?
silaslynch@aol.com wrote in message news:8C80AEA0A7FB81D-1638-791C@MBLK-M39.sysops.aol.com...
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
If you were to walk around your local neighbourhood with a sign on your back saying "please don't throw stuff at me", how long do you think it would be before some wag threw something at you, and how much explanation for their actions would you require?
How long do you think it would take you to explain to such authorities as you might try to invoke in your favour why you were doing such a silly thing?
HTH HAND
On 3/6/06, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
silaslynch@aol.com wrote in message news:8C80AEA0A7FB81D-1638-791C@MBLK-M39.sysops.aol.com...
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
If you were to walk around your local neighbourhood with a sign on your back saying "please don't throw stuff at me", how long do you think it would be before some wag threw something at you, and how much explanation for their actions would you require?
How long do you think it would take you to explain to such authorities as you might try to invoke in your favour why you were doing such a silly thing?
Still wouldn't get people out of criminal culpability if they threw stuff at the person.