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:Don't worry about it. Like so many things, it was a series of small problems that fed on each other. Sounds like we've got it sorted out now. ] ] 21:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
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== Happy New Year to you, RoySmith! ==
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Happy new year 2025, opened with ] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Thank you for DYK work! My ] is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- ] (]) 12:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Good morning RoySmith,

Thanks for closing ! I suppose it's a long shot, but since you commented on the BLP appeal, I'll give it a shot before going out for the day. By my count, the !votes were 30-21, and many on the support said they did not believe my edits would be unproductive to the enclyopedia and that the situation made an early appeal reasonable. As I said at my case, the emotional part is mostly the incredibly huge scope of the ban (not the anti-trans BLPs/ORGs, the rest that was collateral) and the increased harassment that resulted, so I'd really appreciate it if you use your discretion to allow me the limited exception as there's no evidence I'd do wrong there and a lot of the community willing to give me a shot for the full thing. I just wanna edit ] and the like over pride, and it would go a long way to making the ban feel relatively painless and non-punitive for the next few months.

I won't be able to respond for a while since I'm going out. Best regards, ] (]) 14:30, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

:@] I put in an effort to be restrained and professional in my closing statement. I'll be more blunt here. Just let this be. Really. -- ] ] 14:35, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
::I'm sorry, but you should honestly reconsider. The fact that the original ANI thread was filed by a sock should be enough to lift the topic ban. The fact that TheTranarchist is still TBANned, despite 1) the circumstances behind the ban and 2) the supports outnumbering the opposes (and yes, I know that Misplaced Pages is not a democracy) should be enough for that TBAN to be lifted. ''''']''''' <sup>(] / ])</sup> 17:43, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
:::As an uninvolved editor, I'm curious how you get a majority supporting undoing it @]. My most favorable to the supports count (giving full weight to moral, weak, and conditional supports) still doesn't get a majority and Roy, in his head count, found opposes outnumbered supports. ] (]) 18:11, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
::::While it wasn't a significant majority (my count seems to hover at around 20 on each side), the nature of the TBAN should be enough to revert it. ''''']''''' <sup>(] / ])</sup> 18:35, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
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Don't worry about it. Like so many things, it was a series of small problems that fed on each other. Sounds like we've got it sorted out now. RoySmith (talk) 21:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Thank you for DYK work! My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)