| Revision as of 03:04, 23 August 2024 editYngvadottir (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users50,694 edits →Periodic imploring: The man's right. Hope you're doing well, Guy. (This edit to a valued colleague is not an endorsement of the WMF.)Tag: Reverted← Previous edit | Revision as of 18:13, 27 August 2024 edit undoGuy Macon (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, File movers, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers59,290 edits →Periodic imploring: Reply to EEng and YngvadottirTag: RevertedNext edit → | ||
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| ^ He's right, you know. Whatever you're doing, I hope you're doing well. ] (]) 03:04, 23 August 2024 (UTC) | ^ He's right, you know. Whatever you're doing, I hope you're doing well. ] (]) 03:04, 23 August 2024 (UTC) | ||
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| :Not exactly doing well -- medical problems -- but I am optimistic about having a full recovery. | |||
| :I would love to go back to editing articles, but there is one thing stopping me. There is an admin who called me a liar and said that they can't believe anything I say, made up a new rule (I am not allowed to refer to certain individuals by their Misplaced Pages username) and, blocked me without warning for violating the new rule. I really was trying to do what I thought was the right thing and avoid offense, but of course if I say that I am lying. :( I would also note that the individual who I supposedly offended by calling them by their username never objected (I would have stopped if asked) but instead a third party well known for shit-stirring over political and gender issues reported me. | |||
| :I would have stopped the behavior and simply never interacted with that user again if asked. I always stop any behaviour that anyone asks me to stop, whether I agree or not. Far better to talk things over than going straight to blocking (for admins) or edit warring (for regular users). | |||
| :Whether I am right or not, it is my belief that this one admin dislikes me enough to make up another new rule and block me for it if I start editing articles again. If someone else was willing to ask them to step aside and let other admins deal with any misbehavior on my part, I could get beck to full editing. I would be glad to agree to having one of you promise to keep an eye on my actions and report anything I do that is against policy. I would also be glad to have another admin say that they will keep a close eye on me. | |||
| :What I am NOT willing to do is to interact with an admin who I believe has a personal animosity against me, and I am also unwilling to name them here or criticize them publicly and risk further enraging them. If anyone reading this is willing to act as a neutral third party and ask them to step aside and let other admins deal with me, please email me. I may not answer for a few days because of medical issues, so please be patient. --] (]) 18:13, 27 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
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A Graph of Misplaced Pages
Really interesing video:
I Made a Graph of Misplaced Pages... This Is What I Found
--Guy Macon (talk) 06:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Periodic imploring
Guy, I see you editing now and then. Can't you please come back for real? You're missed. EEng 21:08, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
^ He's right, you know. Whatever you're doing, I hope you're doing well. Yngvadottir (talk) 03:04, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
@EEng and Yngvadottir:
- Not exactly doing well -- medical problems -- but I am optimistic about having a full recovery.
- I would love to go back to editing articles, but there is one thing stopping me. There is an admin who called me a liar and said that they can't believe anything I say, made up a new rule (I am not allowed to refer to certain individuals by their Misplaced Pages username) and, blocked me without warning for violating the new rule. I really was trying to do what I thought was the right thing and avoid offense, but of course if I say that I am lying. :( I would also note that the individual who I supposedly offended by calling them by their username never objected (I would have stopped if asked) but instead a third party well known for shit-stirring over political and gender issues reported me.
- I would have stopped the behavior and simply never interacted with that user again if asked. I always stop any behaviour that anyone asks me to stop, whether I agree or not. Far better to talk things over than going straight to blocking (for admins) or edit warring (for regular users).
- Whether I am right or not, it is my belief that this one admin dislikes me enough to make up another new rule and block me for it if I start editing articles again. If someone else was willing to ask them to step aside and let other admins deal with any misbehavior on my part, I could get beck to full editing. I would be glad to agree to having one of you promise to keep an eye on my actions and report anything I do that is against policy. I would also be glad to have another admin say that they will keep a close eye on me.
- What I am NOT willing to do is to interact with an admin who I believe has a personal animosity against me, and I am also unwilling to name them here or criticize them publicly and risk further enraging them. If anyone reading this is willing to act as a neutral third party and ask them to step aside and let other admins deal with me, please email me. I may not answer for a few days because of medical issues, so please be patient. --Guy Macon (talk) 18:13, 27 August 2024 (UTC)