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Jamesmiko/PennaRican81 is editing userboxes again

I thought it was quite clearly said to Jamesmiko/PennaRican81 that he could not edit any userboxes. His most recent contributions seem to have breached the topic ban and userboxes were edited (creation, changes, etc). Did I miss something or he thought that he could get away with it? – Sabbatino (talk) 06:44, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Okay, I forgot about the appeal part. I request an appeal to the indefinite ban. Furthermore, Sabbatino should receive some kind of ban for this kind of harassment. S/he is not an admin and shouldn't be following me around on Wp. JmGonzo81 (talk) 14:33, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

I am not following you around. I was cleaning up my "Watchlist" and your sockpuppet investigation was in it so I decided to see if you were a good boy, but apparently you are not. The better question is how did you see my message here if I did not ping you? Looks like you are the one following me around. – Sabbatino (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Update: I was not aware that he was blocked again so now I understand how this message was located. Sorry for any inconvenience caused on your talk page ToBeFree. – Sabbatino (talk) 14:51, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Hm. I'd find accepting an appeal much easier if the ban hadn't been circumvented a few days ago... :/ Can you re-ask in 3 months or so? And then ideally at WP:AN, mentioning that I personally don't object to an unban but prefer a short community discussion to unilateral unbanning. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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Film LTA

Hello, and thank you for dealing with 107.77.237.71. 107.77.236.9 may be connected, and I see similarities to this LTA. Certes (talk) 22:16, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey Certes, thank you very much for the notification, and for tracking that case. Re-blocked. I'm not linking to the LTA page in my block reasons just in case they're doing it for this kind of attention. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:38, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

User:FDW777

User:ToBeFree has replied to this private email and requested that I repost it on his talk page.

Hi,

Could you please re-open my ANI about FDW777. The user is acting like a bully, and I don't appreciate the way you've closed it. The fact that someone asked if I had appealed suggested it wouldn't be unreasonable. I've contributed a lot to Misplaced Pages over the years, and I don't like the way that FDW777 is steamrollering over the work of myself and others. I don't appreciate being told that I have a 'Failure or refusal to "get the point"'. What is being ignored is that the behaviour of FDW777 *is* uncivil, and they've had a new article completely altered with their bullying enforcement of BLP policy. And it isn't "forum shopping" - I haven't raised their behaviour elsewhere repeatedly. I don't think FDW777 is helping to reach consensus. It seems that any efforts to question them are being shut down, though.

Regards, TT.--TrottieTrue (talk) 22:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback. FDW777's behavior may not be ideal, but the situation at hand is unsuitable for discussing the described behavior. This is because the core of the dispute is content-related and you have a strong content disagreement that is mixed into your ANI report. If you look at this in a week, you'll probably notice the issue that led to the closure.

The BLP policy is one of the very few policies that can be strictly enforced against pretty much all other concerns, including against administrative action: It's one of the very few "exceptional circumstances" named at WP:WHEEL, for example. Thus, any attempt to re-negotiate that policy after having been warned about misconduct in the area will inevitably look like IDHT behavior. If that discussion had continued with you throwing further accusations into the noticeboard, a less patient administrator would probably have blocked you, or a less patient community member would have proposed sanctions against you beyond the original warning (e.g. a topic ban). Such sanction discussions then quickly run out of hand as WP:BLP is deeply supported throughout the entire community, and as the community is relatively unwilling to invest time into repeatedly explaining the same BLP policy concerns to the same user again and again. The closure may have prevented a much less desirable situation.

For the same reason, I recommend against appealing the warning; I'm not sure if a warning can even be properly appealed. You have been warned, and that's it – the warning can practically not be taken back, as the information has reached its target. Trying to appeal it anyway just goes further into the IDHT area.

Again, FDW777's behavior may not be ideal, but for the next weeks or months, you have practically exhausted your means of drawing community attention to it. There's not much I can do about that except pointing it out and explaining it. The situation may well be unfair, but I can't make it fairer; I can only prevent it from escalating further to your disadvantage.

PS: I prefer public transparency/accountability to email discussion. If you agree with this principle, please write your original email message as a new message on my talk page, I'll publicly reply with this message 1:1 and you can continue to answer there then. I'd prefer not to (and will probably not) answer per e-mail if there are further questions. I'll happily answer any questions on my talk page, though.

Best regards
~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)