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Removal of other editors' comments

Please don't remove other editors' comments as you did here. Next time you could be blocked for it. Equazcion 22:57, 13 Mar 2010 (UTC)

Your interpretation is mistaken, please see this previous edit. You'll notice I inadvertently duplicated another editors comments. I deleted only the copy, the original found above it never left the page.99.142.1.101 (talk) 23:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

You're right my bad. Striking the warning. Equazcion 23:07, 13 Mar 2010 (UTC)

It would be helpful to provide Edit summarys, especially when the edit could be misinterpreted. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:14, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. The recent edit that you made to the page Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you.  Mephistophelian (talk ● contributions) 17:34, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to note your edit summary here is inapropriate, in that you accuse me of gaming you by reverting your changes and warning your for 3rr. In fact, I have not reverted you once on WP:ANI - in fact, I have done nothing but clean up bad formatting that your revert war left behind. I take no opinion on if your section should be collapsed or not, but I do have an opinion that constant reversion by anyone is wrong. I would appreciate, but do not expect, and apology. Hipocrite (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Your appropriate condemnation of my edit summary was spot on. I should not have first and foremost taken objection to your warning which correctly and helpfully pointed out the very real pains that could have occurred from MY actions. Secondly I should never have enshrined my error in an edit summary where I am unable to correct that record. I will try to put as much thought and care into all my edits in the future as I endeavor to do now with my content and policy edits. I will copy this to my talk page, remove my flippancy and add an appropriate edit summary to reflect the error.99.142.1.101 (talk) 17:59, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

3rr

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents‎. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Hipocrite (talk) 17:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed ban

Please note that in the light of your sustained, systematic disruption of Misplaced Pages, your use of Misplaced Pages as a battleground, your harassment of other editors, your block evasion and your abuse of multiple IP addresses, I have proposed that you be banned from contributing to Misplaced Pages. Please see WP:AN/I#Enough is enough: proposal to ban 99.142.1.101. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

get an account

Hi, if you are going to get so involved then do the respectful thing and get an account. Off2riorob (talk) 01:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm actually trying to, I just need to resolve the rules regarding transition to an account...99.142.1.101 (talk) 01:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

You should be aware that not everyone shares Off2riorob's view. Some users find it unnerving to not be able to get a firm grip on the kind of person they're dealing with by being able to check histories and such, and may feel disrespected because you're not allowing them that access. Others will take what you say on its own merits and not care who you are. In the end, whether you register an account or not is entirely up to you, and you can basically get as involved as you want (as much as the software will allow) without registering. Equazcion 02:16, 17 Mar 2010 (UTC)

Equazcion is right, but I'll suggest that you'll get more respectful interactions if you have a pronounceable username. If it doesn't work out, you can go back to IP editing. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I actually view it as all in or all out - there would be no possible return. :) _99.142.1.101 (talk) 02:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

No such rule. If you use your account and IPs simultaneously, there could be problems, but if you were to formally, explicitly retire your account, there should be no problem. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:30, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Just noticed the thread above. If you regularly contribute, you can easily be recorded as using multiple IPs, which can come across nearly as bad as using multiple accounts. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:33, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll also add that editing from an IP is near useless these days, there's almost no one left that deals with a debate on its merits. That's not a knock really against the "Institution", I think what really happens is that people committed to a topic naturally gravitate there - and over time things harden. Look at the archives or edit history in articles where you meet strange resistance, I think we can agree that what one normally sees is a long line of individuals regurgitating the same debate to a small number of "resistance fighters" acting as a rear guard in defense of the article. Reality always trumps idealism. 99.142.1.101 (talk) 02:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Given the criticism you've received with regard to use of different IPs, I suggest that you register. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Arbitration

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• Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration;
• Misplaced Pages:Arbitration guide.

Thanks,