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	There's clearly something wrong going on here, to an admin have been inexplicably by another editor. What have I stumbled into here - please explain. ] (]) 00:35, 9 March 2013 (UTC)		There's clearly something wrong going on here, to an admin have been inexplicably by another editor. What have I stumbled into here - please explain. ] (]) 00:35, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
			:The problem is that your rash of edits changing the tags on DeFacto puppet user pages was so atypical that editors understandably assumed you are DeFacto. Tagging socks is something that generally is done by ] clerks or administrators (often clerks ''are'' admins). It's not normally even done by non-admin registered accounts, which at least have some sort of track record. You placed a comment on Reaper Eternal's talk page ''after'' you changed all those tags. Maybe if you had started by asking an admin about the tags, things would have gone better, but, even then, it's highly unusual behavior. BTW, I strongly suspect you are DeFacto, and that this entire post is a waste of my time.--] (]) 15:44, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

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March 2013

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Unblock request

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).

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Request reason:

None of my edits were disruptive. Here is the background to them all. I came across a disturbing piece of censorship on the user page of a suspiciously blocked user which I corrected.Looking at other supposed socks of DeFacto and digging deeper, I also found a bad block tag on another recently blocked user, so I corrected that too. Tracing back through the other socks and SPIs I found that there was no evidence to support "confirmed" on all of those users that I checked. So my edits were all constructive, to attempt to correctly apply the requirements of WP:SPI/AI. Or in what way am I mistaken? Shouldn't these things be done properly and seen to be whiter than white? 198.211.103.38 (talk) 00:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Edits made by by a non-admin editor, whether as an IP or via an account, which appear to usurp the responsibilities of an admin are by definition disruptive.--Anthony Bradbury 11:37, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

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Cover up?

There's clearly something wrong going on here, my comments to an admin have been inexplicably erased by another editor. What have I stumbled into here - please explain. 198.211.103.38 (talk) 00:35, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

The problem is that your rash of edits changing the tags on DeFacto puppet user pages was so atypical that editors understandably assumed you are DeFacto. Tagging socks is something that generally is done by WP:SPI clerks or administrators (often clerks are admins). It's not normally even done by non-admin registered accounts, which at least have some sort of track record. You placed a comment on Reaper Eternal's talk page after you changed all those tags. Maybe if you had started by asking an admin about the tags, things would have gone better, but, even then, it's highly unusual behavior. BTW, I strongly suspect you are DeFacto, and that this entire post is a waste of my time.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:44, 9 March 2013 (UTC)