Duke of Seattle

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December 2016

Hello, I'm Hammersoft. An edit that you recently made to Reuven Rivlin seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! --Hammersoft (talk) 17:07, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is only being used for vandalism. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~ }}.  RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:14, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Duke of Seattle (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Hello RickinBaltimore, this is Duke of Seattle. I noticed that you blocked me again. First, edit war is true, but I would like to explain it. I made some edits without using talk page, which made you frustrated and consider as vandalism and edit war. I apologise if that distracted you. Second, for changing behaviour, I am changing. I just need more time to get used to productive edits. As a user who has access to protected articles, I would like to say that I am trying to follow Wikipedia rules, but if administrators keep block me, I cannot develop as a good user and I won't be able to make good edits anymore in Wikipedia. It is very disappointing because I thought you are going to give me chance to reform, but you just destroyed the chance. I think it will be better if you give me chance to develop. Thank you :) Duke of Seattle (talk) 17:18, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Obvious that this user is WP:NOTHERE, admits to socking in unblock request. Removing TPA as well. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:27, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

• Seriously? You post anti-zionist images to templates under a misleading edit summary [1], get a {{vandal4im}} warning over it, then go on a rampage against the edits of the person (me) who reverted your vandalism, undoing edits on more than a dozen pages...and you expect to be unblocked? Sorry, no. @RickinBaltimore: Recommend denying the request and re-blocking with talk page access revoked. This is just time wasting. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:21, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Hammersoft: I'm sorry, but if you see the reverting of your edits as "disrespecting" you, then you really don't understand the way we work here. Anyone has the right to revert any change you make, whether or not you personally think they are right, and the onus is then on you to seek consensus if you want to make the change again - and if you see the reverting of any of your changes as disrespect, then Wikipedia might not be an appropriate environment for you. I urge you to re-examine my recommendations and the policies to which I linked and to consider agreeing to my suggested changes in your approach. Just saying "I will highly respect the Wikipedia spirit at further edits" is unlikely to be sufficient - I expect the next reviewing admin would want to see specific commitments to specific behavioural changes. Duke of Seattle (talk) 17:22, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• Right. Your contributions speak for themselves. Good day sir. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:24, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Hammersoft: Yes, but when blocked you *should not* have been making any edits logged out at all, the only thing you should have been doing was requesting unblock from your account. What you should have done was engage in discussion *before* you got yourself blocked. It is not disrespecting to ignore block-evading edits and comments, it is perfectly proper. All you are doing here is repeating the explanation of the things you did wrong and telling us why you did them, with no apparent understanding of why your behaviour was wrong. Duke of Seattle (talk) 17:26, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

(EC) Again? This was the one, and only time, this account was blocked for vandalism (so this tells you're admitting to sockpuppetry). Additionally, the edits made were, to be blunt, offensive and had nothing to do with edit warring. Finally, you wiki-stalked an editor and deleted their edits. In short, no, this account will not be unblocked, and I'm removing talk page access as it's obvious this is nothing more than trolling. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:27, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)x3 I support denial of the unblock request and removal of TPA per Hammersoft. - Mlpearc (open channel)