hideki yukawa wrote:
freestylefrappe sent me a msg to the following effect
on my talk page:
I suspect you are a sockpuppet of Aldirma's. [...]
You really shouldn't take this as an insult. It says "I suspect you
are..." and not "Clearly you are...". When people say something like
that, they're not making it up out of thin air; they usually have
grounds to believe this. They have a right to make mistakes every now
and then and be wrong about it. Since, as you state, you aren't a
sock-puppet, just continue as normal and everything will be fine. Just
don't be reckless, or else people might conclude that you are trying to
push an agenda, which in turn strengthens the belief that you may be a
sock-puppet.
However, in the offchance that you are not, if you go
back and look
at the different versions of the page you'll notice that he is trying
to paste in the entire Bektashi jokes page. Assuming good faith,
happy editing.
Note how the user is explaining to you rationally and calmly how they
arrived at their suspicion of you being a sock-puppet. They even
explained to you how you can prevent yourself from appearing like a
sock-puppet again. Lastly, they clarify that they are assuming your good
faith.
It was unfair of you to say this:
I suspect you start all your messages with offensive
accusations like
"I suspect you're a sock puppet of so-and-so."
because there is no basis for you to believe this, and it's just
polemics anyway, and not an attempt at helping improve the encyclopedia.
After this short exchange, Wikipedia indicated that I
was "blocked for personal attacks" by freestylefrappe.
I agree this action was a bit harsh, but I find it understandable.
Please note that "blocked" means temporarily (usually just 24 hours, I'm
too lazy to chcek now). Cool down for that amount of time and then just
come back and continue as normal.
I suggest that freestylefrappe didn't like
the fact that I pointed out his message implicating
users being sock-puppets is HIGHLY OFFENSIVE
I suggest that freestylefrappe didn't like the WAY you said it. You
didn't just say "it's highly offensive", you wrapped it into an
unncessary personal attack. (And he didn't implicate that you are a
sock-puppet, only that he is suspecting it).
Timwi