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Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement sanction

The following sanction now applies to you:

You are banned for six months from mentioning, pinging, or otherwise discussing BullRangifer or their edits, either specifically or obliquely, in any post related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, broadly construed. This ban does not include article talk pages or threads on admin boards or admin talk pages where BullRangifer's edits or behavior are specifically being discussed. Gratuitous insults, personal attacks, and casting aspersions are still prohibited on any page.

You have been sanctioned Despite a clear warning here, you almost immediately decided to do this.

This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Final decision and, if applicable, the procedure described at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the banning policy to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.

You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. NeilN 11:42, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

@NeilN: this is a dumb sanction and the stated purported rationale for it is dumb. Factchecker_atyourservice 17:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Also your statement of the sanction said "Gratuitous insults, personal attacks, and casting aspersions are still prohibited on any page" but I request you strike it as obviously false, given the circumstances of you sanctioning me.

Or perhaps change it to "Complaining about gratuitous insults, personal attacks, and casting aspersions is still prohibited on any page". This would require very little of the text to be changed, thus not very labor-intensive on your part, but would still capture the intended meaning. Factchecker_atyourservice 17:12, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

@NeilN: in 10 years editing WP I've never, until today, gotten a message indicating somebody else on a different device tried to log in to my account. Factchecker_atyourservice 01:40, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Happening to a lot of people today, happened to me as well. There is a AN thread on it here. PackMecEng (talk) 01:44, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Factchecker_atyourservice 02:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Nonsense

@SPECIFICO: if you actually believe this nonsensical claim that I've "violated" any sanction by explaining to Bull that no, I didn't hack his freaking twitter, after he suggested on an admin board that maybe I did, by all means get yourself to AE and file a case ASAP and I'm sure they will jump all over this very important issue and thank you for your extremely diligent hall monitoring and affix a gold star to the bulletin board in your honor to let everybody know what a helpful little admin sanctions gnome you are.
Otherwise, I think you know what to do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Factchecker_atyourservice 14:34, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

What?

You've archived all my displays of wit and inappropriate behavior? 22:04, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Atsme: I'll selectively restore it at a later time, this page is mostly for people threatening to have me blocked/banned/whatever. Factchecker_atyourservice 22:34, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

I noticed the pile on and sympathize with your frustration...but...you are in control of that outcome. When you feel as though you're about to fall off the wagon and say something that resembles a PA, bite your fingers, come over to my TP and discuss first. 02:03, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

There is no PA wagon, PAs are rampant. Respectfully, Atsme, there are several users that speak to you with undisguised contempt, regularly, not only without repercussion but without even a raised eyebrow by anybody else in the room. Have you read the essay I was complaining about? It was explicitly thrown in my face, but if you read it you'll see it is clearly about you too. I think you may have a case of Helsinki syndrome, as in Helsinki, Sweden. Factchecker_atyourservice 02:51, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Ok - I give up...I can't find the essay you were talking about - got links? 23:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

The thing is you cannot make a difference if you are banned. There are tons of issues with pretty much anything Trump related these days and the only way to bring them back to NPOV is discussion and consensus building. It is long, drawn out, and a pain in the butt but it is the only way. The snipes are common and constant, but don't actually matter. All they do is weaken the case of anyone making them, and if you just ignore them and make your points generally policy wins out. I have been here only a year and a half but that is longer than most new comers to American politics, went though the same stuff (and still do, heck go though my talk page and archives). Just be careful and do not respond in kind, you can see it now on several talk pages talks about civility and topic bans or blocks. PackMecEng (talk) 03:02, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Neil just recommended DRN. FCAYS, I think it's worth a try next time there's a content issue. Be patient and don't take the bait...you're too good a writer to be lost over a behavioral issue. There are no deadlines...be happy. 06:31, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

FCAYS, how very Scanda dare you! Helsinki is in Finland, ok!!? That's like comparing Eurovision chalk with Eurovision cheese. And I'm not even going to mention Athens. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:02, 6 May 2018 (UTC) ... sorry, did someone mention a wagon??

@Martinevans123: Not sure if you are playing along but it's a reference to a scene in a US action film called Die Hard where a goofy news anchor is corrected on the location of Helsinki. The joke was supposed to be explained by a youtube link which was disallowed, and I went with it anyway because I live on the precipice of social acceptability. Factchecker_atyourservice 03:34, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

As you should know, I treat this sacred encyclopedia with the respect it deserves and I never play along, even at home. You're best avoiding all that social media contamination. Yes it's a long way down. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC) ... often kinda sums it up here, I think.

In answer to certain questions posed on your talk page: Yes; No; Depends, why do you ask?

But, I think there has got to be a better format for this. Factchecker_atyourservice 00:17, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Hey!!!

Welcome back to the fray. 16:16, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Appreciate the note but I'm not "back" nor joining any "fray". This place is turning into a day care center. Factchecker_atyourservice 16:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Removing hats

Hi, I noticed you reverted the hatting here restoring a bunch of back-and-forth discussion to a voting section. Please don't do that again. ~Awilley (talk) 17:27, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@Awilley: I attempted to put the moved comments into the section the other editor wanted them moved to, but something was wrong with the formatting and I wasn't willing to spend any additional time fixing the formatting issue. You are more than welcome to move the comments yourself if you can do it without messing up the formatting. Factchecker_atyourservice 17:30, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Moving it down is fine, you just need to remove the hat and hab templates (including the double curly braces) ~Awilley (talk) 18:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

That would not have been proper since other comments were hatted. I simply copy pasted my comment text into the lower section. In any event, it appears the formatting issue may have been unrelated to the hat. Factchecker_atyourservice 18:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

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