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Blocked for 3RR

September 2008

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): I'm not seeing edit warring at the article, and I believe this was a simple mistake after reviewing the contribution history of Scjessey and the filer of the original 3RR report. Wikidemon CENSEI is not completely innocent in this whole matter, and these type of reports and tenacious/gaming editing practices is becoming tiring. That said, I don't think that ceasing editing at Barack Obama is necessary, but please be aware of the sanctions that are in existence and save wholesale reverts for blatant vandalism. Cheers, seicer | talk | contribs 04:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC) Request handled by: seicer | talk | contribs 04:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I have left a note directly with the blocking editor suggesting that the block is a mistake and that the editing in question was routine, uncontroversial article patrol. The 3RR report itself is an over-the-top act of wikigaming by a problem editor. Wikidemon (talk) 00:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, Scjessey, as peculiar as this is, to eliminate any possible argument for the ongoing block will you kindly signal that you will not do more than 3 reverts per day on the main page, even unrelated uncontroversial ones, until and unless we clarify per the terms of article probation that this is okay? Thanks, Wikidemon (talk) 01:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I've been away from Misplaced Pages for a few hours, and this block has come as a complete surprise to me. I agree that this is a highly dubious piece of wikigaming, and this is clearly confirmed by the reporting editor's attempt to ensure the block remains - an agenda-based 3RR report, basically. Oh well. No real harm done. -- Scjessey (talk) 01:54, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Re unblocked

I'm glad you got unblocked. I'm sorry you experienced problems with an autoblock. I hope that my comments, with perhaps an overly-strict interpretation of 3RR enforcement, didn't have too much adverse effect on your ability to edit freely. ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 02:38, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

May 2009

Blocked

Hey. Because of your edit warring at the Presidency of Barack Obama article, you've been blocked (not by me). Edit-warring on an article group on probation that's in an arbcom case you're a party to.. well, that wasn't the best move, and it is something I'm going to look at while writing up the proposed decision. Wizardman 02:52, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I cannot see how that could possibly be described as edit warring, and the two edits I made occurred several hours ago. I received no complaint, and no warning. -- Scjessey (talk) 02:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): I would like to request an unblock. I pledge to avoid edit warring in the future, although I would like it to be understood that much of my work in this group of articles is "regular article patrol" reverting acts of vandalism and the like. I will voluntarily take a 24-hour wikibreak if an unblocking editor requests that I do so. I believe my edits (documented in the section below) have been unreasonably characterized as edit warring. I made only a single edit in the last 24 hours, removing content per talk page consensus (a discussion that is still ongoing). This block came several hours after my last edit. I was given no warning of any kind, and without the courtesy of a formal block notice I have had to improvise this unblock request. Request handled by: Toddst1 (talk) 13:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC) Unblocking administrator: Please check for active autoblocks on this user after accepting the unblock request.

Thank you for the unblock. Apart from this edit, I intend to keep my promise to take a voluntary 24-hour wikibreak. I will return to editing no earlier than 02:45, 9 May (UTC), which is 24 hours after the block was applied. -- Scjessey (talk) 13:33, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't feel that's necessary, but do as you wish. Toddst1 (talk) 15:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Block explanation please

(this note after edit conflict with previous section)

I have been accused of edit warring at Presidency of Barack Obama, and blocked for 24 hours. I have received no warning and no explanation. My last 4 edits to that article are as follows:

1. 21:05, 29 April 2009 (edit summary: "Reverted 1 edit by 128.240.229.68 identified as vandalism to last revision by QueenofBattle. using TW")
2. 22:08, 6 May 2009 (edit summary: "Undid revision 288296766 by Grundle2600 (talk) - this isn't Wikiquote, it's Misplaced Pages.")
3. 22:29, 6 May 2009 (edit summary: "Undid revision 288358928 by ChildofMidnight (talk) - rv quote again. "Consensus before contentious", CoM")
4. 23:19, 7 May 2009 (edit summary: "Undid revision 288570875 by ChildofMidnight (talk) - rv per talk page consensus that you must've missed")

I am completely at a loss as to why this block has occurred. -- Scjessey (talk) 02:56, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I actually pointed this out here and got this response. Soxwon (talk) 02:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I see. Well I think this is a bad block (although I would say that, I suppose). -- Scjessey (talk) 03:00, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Could be worse Soxwon (talk) 03:05, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

You reverted the same text three times, triggering a large revert war on the article. Edit-warring is a bad thing for the project, and you should know better than to engage in it. I don't care whether you reverted three or four times, the principle remains the same. — Werdna • talk 03:08, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I have just realized that User:ChildofMidnight has also been blocked for the same thing. I think that was also a bad block. We were in the middle of an active discussion about this on the talk page. I do not understand the logic of your heavy-handed approach. The lack of a warning, or even a courtesy notice after the block, is quite unreasonable to my mind. -- Scjessey (talk) 03:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Scjessey, Wizardman, is one of the arbitrators so I think you should pay some serious attention there. Personally, I think that the administrator Werdna was within the bounds of blocking policy. Whether you should have been blocked is perhaps a different question, but setting the content and consensus question aside for the minute you were at 3RR in 2 days, versus ChildofMidnight being at 4RR in the same period. Unblock requests that look like protests against perceived unfairness don't really work - you might take that as a sign to take things easy. Wikidemon (talk) 03:18, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

In light of Werdna's explanation above, the block is justified - perhaps not strictly necessary, but within discretion. Given the assurances in the unblock request, though, I'd support an unblock at this point.  Sandstein  09:03, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

That's just totally ridiculous, and especially unbelievable given that this is my own talk page. Shamefully bad block, Sarek. I have attempted to explain to Grundle why his approach is problematic, and you have blocked me for it. Neither a personal attack nor harassment. I will consider bringing up your block-happy approach at WP:ANI as soon as this bad block expires, because this is your second bad block of my account. -- Scjessey (talk) 15:17, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I've unblocked you, after discussion with Sarek. I agree this block was overly severe, given the phrase cited as the blocking reason, which occurred in the context of a legitimate spirited debate. Still, you'd probably do well to try to keep the rhetoric down in some other contexts you are involved in discussions. -- Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:41, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the review and the unblock. I will take on board your suggestion, and the suggestions of the blocking administrator and try to moderate my comments in future. -- Scjessey (talk) 15:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Though it's over now, I'd just like to second the view that this was a bad block, as there's really nothing uncivil in Scjessey's comment. And I say this as one who warned him about some recent incivility in the section immediately below this one about 10 hours before the block happened. Bad call here by Sarek I'm afraid. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 16:14, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

User:SarekOfVulcan/Recall criteria--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

? Wikidemon (talk) 16:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Just in case he felt it was something he needed to know.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Just offering my own two cents (I'm not sure if the recall link was for me or Scjessey or anyone who happened by), I certainly don't think this is remotely cause for recall. I just don't think a block was at all needed in this circumstance. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 17:20, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Me neither. I'm not interested in turning this into a big deal. I didn't like getting either of the harassment blocks, as I believed them to be unwarranted, but the good admin work that Sarek does far outweighs what I perceive as the bad. I do not see any reason to take this further, but I reserve the right to stamp and scream and throw my toys out of the pram at some point in the future. ;) -- Scjessey (talk) 19:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

RE : Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Obama articles

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above.

• Stevertigo (talk · contribs), Sceptre (talk · contribs), ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs), Scjessey (talk · contribs) and Grundle2600 (talk · contribs) are admonished for their edit-warring. Furthermore, they shall be subject to an editing restriction for one year. They are limited to one revert per page per week (except for undisputable vandalism and BLP violations), and are required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page.
• In addition, Scjessey (talk · contribs) and ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs) are topic-banned from Obama-related articles for six months, including talk pages.
• ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Scjessey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are not to interact with each other, including replying or reverting of each other’s actions. ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Wikidemon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are not to interact with each other, including replying or reverting of each other’s actions.

Non-compliance to the above are grounds for blocking for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling.

• Wikidemon (talk · contribs) is admonished for his part in the edit warring.
• Grsz11 (talk · contribs) and Tarc (talk · contribs) are reminded to be civil when dealing with hot-button and controversial situations.
• Baseball Bugs (talk · contribs) is reminded to be more civil when dealing with users and to not use talk pages as a forum.

The probation on articles relating to Barack Obama will be reviewed by a group of involved and non-involved editors and administrators to see how effective it has been. The process will last two weeks. After the two weeks elapse, the working group will provide their findings to us and the community, and will outline how the article probation will run in the future.

- For the Arbitration Committee, Mailer Diablo 15:38, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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		Thanks, Mom! Quartermaster (talk) 20:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Soxwon (talk) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!

ALLST☆Recho's Placenta Award Because life begins, and ends, with WikiPedia. Thanks for living. =) - ALLST✰R▼ wuz here @ 12:36, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Message from Scjessey concerning Obama-related articles

I have de-watchlisted all Obama-related articles (and talk pages) for the time being because I could use a break from them and a glorious summer beckons. Any editing of this group of articles that I do will be restricted to reverting or fixing vandalism/spam I have spotted while patrolling Special:RecentChanges. I'm happy to answer questions related to this group of articles, but I would prefer to stick to user talk pages for now. Keep me posted here if anything interesting happens. I will continue to monitor the Obama-pages ArbCom thang. -- Scjessey (talk) 14:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Update

It seems as if ArbCom is planning to topic-ban me from this group of articles for 6 months, which seems harsh and unnecessary. Of more concern is an inexplicable 1-year, Misplaced Pages-wide editing restriction, which will leave me unable to do my usual "article patrol" activities. The ArbCom process does not seem to include much in the way of discussion, so I was unable to defend myself or even get clarification for questions I had. Oh well. It is what it is. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:49, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration request

You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration#DreamHost and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration#Requesting Arbitration;
• Misplaced Pages:Arbitration guide.

Thanks,--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Obama articles arbcom case

I've requested an amendment to the Obama ArbCom case to examine and remove several of the findings of fact and remedies passed by the Committee. Your comments would be appreciated here. Thank you. Sceptre 13:58, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Broccoli slaw

I removed your ProD and fixed it up a bit. Bearian (talk) 19:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA reminder

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Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 02:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Amended remedy

The Committee has amended several remedies of Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Obama_articles, at least one of which mentions your name. You may view the amended remedies at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Obama_articles#Remedies.

On behalf of the Committee. MBisanz 03:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Discuss this

Requests for clarification

Please note that there are two requests for clarification of the Arbcom remedy, including one I recently filed, that may affect you. They are here and here. Thanks. Wikidemon (talk) 05:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Not a big deal at all and nothing you even really need to comment on it, but see my request for clarification to the Arbs here regarding the recent amended remedy. It's a technical issue but it was the source of some confusion so I'm asking for the matter to be clarified. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 20:13, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

RFAR

A request for arbitration to which you are an involved party has been filed at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case#194x144x90x118. Erik9 (talk) 05:23, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

RFAR opened

A request for arbitration to which you are an involved party has been opened at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/194x144x90x118. Erik9 (talk) 16:54, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Your wrongness

You have misinterpreted my edit summary, and misrepresented my actions as a result. I have replied in full on the DreamHost talk page. Please leave me alone and stop creating/augmenting drama. -- Scjessey (talk) 02:59, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

i've moved this thread here because i do not want you ever contacting me for any reason on my talk page. to clarify, i have no interest in ever, for any reason, discussing anything with you on my talk page. any further attempts to contact me will be considered attempts to provoke. if you want to discuss making articles better, do that on an article's talk page, not my personal talk page. do not contact me privately. i feel that you are harassing me. do not respond to this. Theserialcomma (talk) 03:35, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Simon, when someone says "stay the hell off my talk page", generally accepted convention is not to run over and post saying that you'll post there if you want to. At best, that message was a breach of civility. If there's some really compelling reason to post there in the future, fine, but "nyah nyah" is not a compelling reason. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

ChildofMidnight topic banned

As a party to the Obama articles arbitration case, you are notified as a courtesy of this amendment to the final decision.

By motion of the Committee at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification,

Remedy 9 in the Obama articles case is replaced by the following (timed to run from the date the case closed):

ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is topic-banned from Obama-related articles for six months, and any related discussions, broadly construed across all namespaces.

Discussion of this motion should be directed here.

For the Arbitration Committee,
AGK 12:53, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Regarding this I don't think vandalism reversions are described as an exception. So please be careful. Take these off your watch-list. If you don't, someone will. Thanks, Wikidemon (talk) 15:35, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I stand corrected - there is a vandalism exception and this is obvious vandalism. Still, do be careful! - Wikidemon (talk) 15:43, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Let's keep working together to make wikipedia even better.

Hello. As someone like myself who enjoys improving the Obama related articles, I thought you might like to know about a wonderful, reliable new source of information on that topic. The new book Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies by Michelle Malkin has 76 pages of endnotes, so everything in the book is well sourced and reliable. The book has also been at #1 on the New York Times Nonfiction Hardcover bestseller list for the past four weeks. First week at #1 Second week at #1 Third week at #1 Fourth week at #1 Given our past cooperation on improving Obama related articles, I am sure that you will be as pleased with this new book as I am. I know that you will enjoy reading it and using it as a source to help improve the various Obama related articles. Please keep up your good work here at wikipedia! Grundle2600 (talk) 16:45, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I assume this is some kind of sick joke. As you know, I am topic banned from editing Obama articles for at least another 3 months. Leaving that aside, there is absolutely no way I would consider using Malkin's printed vomit as a source for information, except in cases where it is necessary to cite her own comments. And please don't use my talk page to advertise her filth again. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:51, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

We are both topic banned - but that is only temporary, so we have time to think about what we have done. I will not mention that person or her writing on your talk page again. Anyway, when our topic bans expire, I hope we have a lot of fun improving the articles - we are both excellent editors, as long as we remember to avoid edit warring. Grundle2600 (talk) 19:43, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Wealth hater?

No, I want workers take home 100% of the wealth generated in this world, since that is the percentage they generate. The owners of land and capital generate nothing -- they merely extract a fee from the workers, which they are able to do because they hold titles to "private property" (either land, which they didn't produce; or capital, which was likewise produced by workers) are backed up by the guns of the state. They are violent extortionists, just like the mafia. Having your eyes open to reality is not "fringe"; it is simply driven into the shadows by the elite and their acolytes.