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| == Banned == | |||
| Per the ], and I hate having to do this, but you are hereby subject to the following: | |||
| {{quote|{{user|Darkness Shines}} is indefinitely banned from editing Misplaced Pages. They may appeal the ban either to the community or to ArbCom no sooner than after 6 months from the ban, or 6 months from their last sockpuppeting, whichever comes later.}} | |||
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| Good luck.—] <span style="font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 00:37, 21 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| == Talkback message from ] == | |||
| :Where was the socking? I didn’t see it posted in the discussion. ] (]) 01:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{ping|Mr Ernie}} Although it wasn't mentioned in the discussion afaik, sockpuppetry was the reason for DS's first indef, per . An SPI can be found ]... not to mention made about a month ago. {{tps}} ]] 03:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| No worries ] (]) 22:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| {{talkback|User_talk:RegentsPark#Jstor|ts=21:26, 21 May 2013 (UTC)}} | |||
| ] (]) 21:26, 21 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :Do me a favour, DS. Don't sock from now on. Your style is very obvious and it won't do you or the project any favours. The sad thing is, you've usually been correct in what you've tried to do with articles but you react even worse than me when you get frustrated with the idiots etc. This can be a frustrating place because it is biassed in many systemic ways but you won't change anything if you can't take part. | |||
| == Keep an eye == | |||
| :Bide your time, perhaps spend it doing some research, and if/when you do decide to return perhaps start on some surely uncontroversial issues where the pov-pushers are unlikely to have an interest. I vaguely recall you helping me many years ago in trying to clean up a fairly marginal notability/promotional article about a herd of pedigree cows - surely even the SJWs or whatever cannot find harm in that sort of thing? - ] (]) 00:36, 22 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| ::Some sort of open sockpuppetry? A new trend on Misplaced Pages? -]] <small> 04:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC).</small><br /> | |||
| Keep a close eye on the article about ] and esp. User ''Soham321''; he is on a deleting spree. You're better suited to handle inexperienced, ''seemingly'' disruptive editors who don't like ]. I am banking on you. Thank you. ]] <span class="plainlinks"></span> 07:20, 22 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :*+1 to what Sitush said. You've done good work here, and could continue to do, but only if you wait out the terms of this ban. Do some research, prepare some things you'd like to write, go on holiday, learn Spanish, whatever. Don't sock; you'll be discovered and blocked in no time, the appeal period will be reset, and anything you've written is likely to be reverted with no regard for its quality. To be clear, I'm not saying socking would be justified if it went undiscovered, not at all. I'm saying it won't do you any good to try. ] (]) 06:46, 22 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| :*+2. I think I came up with a nice way to keep useful idiots like you within the system but it looks like we have a preference for polite POV pushers. C'est la vie. --] <small>(])</small> 23:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
| Asked Arbcom if there were any chance of being unblocked, they have said no and ask again in a year, as I can't see that happening this is the end, thanks to all. ] (]) 07:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK for Women in Sierra Leone == | |||
| : So long, DS. Future is future. Who knows what it will bring? Let us hope for better times! -- ] (]) 11:13, 24 August 2018 (UTC) | |||
| : Farewell - we wish you the very best of luck of your future careers. | |||
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| Hi, Darkness Shines. I came to this a little late, but you might like to know I've added a comment at ]. I think your question was a good one. ] 12:03, 22 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
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| ==2002 Gujarat violence== | |||
| Articles by Christopher Jaffrelot describe the riots and the violence. So does Edward Luce's 2010 book "In spite of The Gods", from which i will give you some tidbits about the violence and Modis alleged role. Hundreds of eye witness account describe police complicity in the violence. During the riots for example Modi came on television to say about the Godhra massacre that "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" - which many commentators including Luce sees as giving the green light to the subsequent violence against Muslims. Hundreds of people including many women and children were dowsed in kerosene and burned by the mobs, women first raped. Perhaps a reason that the police have not taken testimonies from any of those witnesses and that the testimonies against Modi and many others have not been accepted in court. The rioters seemed to have access to electoral registers that register religion of individuals, since they singled out Muslim homes with extreme precision. They were even able to pinpoint Muslim owned strores that had used a Hindu businesspartner and Hindu storefront to avoid discrimination.(Luce 2010:159). IN the 2002 elections according to Luce (2010:172) "open hatred ahgainst muslims was the sole theme". 200 Muslims are detained under the terror laws for participating in the Godhra train burning. Not a single Hindu has been arrested under those laws for the Gujarat riots. 200,000 Muslims were made homeless by the riots, and went on to live in refugee camps - Modi called those camps "child manufactoring factories", playing on the streotype of Muslims having large familys (Luce 2010 246). | |||
| The Supreme Court Investigative Team has been strongly criticized by academics like Jaffrelot for rejecting testimony of Muslims. In 2007 an investigative journalists published recordings of Hindu activists boasting of their own acts during the riots, and praising Modi for helping them and even for personally hiding some of them when they were sought by the police. The tapes have not been admitted as evidence by the SIT Investigation. The same individuals have even repeated the claims on record, but have not been accepted as evidence. During the violence the leader of the RSS Modis organization stated that "Let the Muslims understand that their safety lies with the goodwill of the majority". (Luce 2010:160-1). As for the tense relation between Sonia Gandhi of the Congress Party and Modi (who have called eachother "merchant of death" and "halfbred jersey cow" and "Italian bitch" respectively) is also interesting. After the violence Gandhi gave what is considered by many her best speech, in which she accused bthe BJP ministers of turning Gujarat into the land of Godse not of Gandhi. ] was a member of the RSS (Modi's hindu nationalist organization) who killed ]. This is just one book about the topic of communalist violence in Gujarat which I happen to have on my shelf. There are many others, and they tell very similar stories. The stories you will hear from most of the editors on the talk page is from blogs, opinion pieces in Indian news sources (which are apparently considered reliable for positive information but not negative in a crude misinterpretation of BLP policy (this article for example is by the BJP minister and lawyer who defended the assassins of both Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, hardly an unbiased observer)) and from BJP/RSS websites like this, you will not find it in peer-reviewed journals published outside of India, and you will not find it in respectable news sources. A month ago I also hadnt heard of Modi, but once I started reading the sources and found out that basically the pages on Indian politics are run by the Indian equivalent of holocaust deniers I could not let the article alone anymore.] (]) 21:45, 23 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| miss you still --] (]) 07:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC) | |||
| ::Here are some links to more sources. This source describes Modis television appearances during the riots, arguing that they were used byt the BJP for political purposes rather than for pacifying the rioters (This article makes a similar point ). This article argues that Modi's goverment of Gujarat is autocratic and curbs free speech of academics. This article analyses the 2007 BJP victory in Gujarat and the "moditva" phenomenon (an populist form of Hindu Nationalism centered around Modi and anti-Muslim sentiment combined with liberal economic policies) also mentioned in several other sources. This peer reviewed chapter in this book states outright that "The controversy around Modi arises from his personal and administrative support for the systematic killing of well over 2000 Muslims between March and May 2002, the investigation of which has been largely thwarted but which is basically beyond doubt." This article calls the violence a pogrom (as do several of the other sources I have presented) and analyses how it was rationalised and motivated by the Hindutva ideology that sees Hindus as selfsacrificing victims. There are soooo many academic sources that treat this topic and Modi, yet the article relies on news paper pieces and cherry picks only irrelevant details about Modi and leaves out all of the stuff that actually makes him a signigicant character in India and beyond.] (]) 22:05, 23 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| ::: I do not want to get involved in this discussion but Maunus let me tell you something more, it would be great if you do some more research, it was wrongly reported in the media that Modi quoted newton's third law of motion, I think it was reported in Times of India that modi quoted those words in an interview on Zee News, when SIT asked Zee News to give that video they were unable to provide one, later on it was found that Modi said that "There is some action taking place, let us not show some reaction. We neither want action nor reaction". A lot many Hindus were taken into preventive custody during the riots,many more killed in police firing. Show me one reference where Modi called Sonia an italian bitch apart from Luce's book as it is very apparent that it is filled with inaccuracies, there were many inquiries regarding the role of RSS in Gandhi's murder and none of them found any involvement of RSS. Lastly Gujarat has been home to many communal violence in past and if you look at any other violence in whole of India the conviction rate in 2002 cases is much higher. I am not providing you with any sources here as I have no intreset in having any kind of discussion which will not be helpful in developing our articles. Thanks -] (]) 07:50, 24 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Luce interviewed Modi and Gandhi several times, he is one of the worlds most respected journalists specializing in India, the book is published on a respected press. Maybe you should produce some sources that those statements are inaccurate instead of just claiming it like Yogesh always does when a source says something he doesnøt like. Then he usually finds some RSS/BJP blog or opinion column that supports his view and tries to make it seem as if he has actually supported his claim. If you dont wish to get involved in a discussion you should stay the fuck out of it, and otherwise you should bring some sources. It is complete disrespect for Misplaced Pages and for your fellow editors to respond to an array of more than ten sources with a flat contradiction. You should be blocked for your disruptive pov pushing, if wikipedia had any sense. But apparently it doesnt anymore.] (]) 12:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
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| *Here is an array of recent peerreviewed sources all of which report Modis quotation of Newton. Here are some non-peerreviewed ones . Here is the site where i believe Ratnakar gets his "information" - a radical Hindu nationalist advocacy website.] (]) 14:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| I noticed I have been accused of socking, I have not been and am logging in and posting so CU have recent date. ] (]) 14:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
| Yeah, that was me, sorry. 17:04, 18 November 2021 (UTC) ( hillbillyholiday at gmail dot com ) <!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| ::IP, instead of blustering, and wasting other people's time with claims which have been proven to be false, it may be better if you could get off your high horse and read the latest sources. Most of your problems seem to be because you seem to be unable to reconcile yourself with the latest developments and want to continue to live in the past, which was more to your liking.] (]) 04:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :I know, I saw your post on Wikipediocracy, please stop making up usernames which sound like mine. ] (]) 17:11, 18 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Erm, if I am such a wanker and need to stay off your talk page what makes you think it is OK for you to comment over here? ] (]) 17:23, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Err, sorry Darkness, I guess I also forgot to exempt you from that message. ] (]) 17:29, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Dude, you didnt participate in that thread/pissing contest on my talkpage at all, why would you think that you were included in the message?] (]) 17:30, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I started the thread? Not that I am worried about being called a wanker, I get called far worse all the time, hell at times I am a total wanker {{smiley}} ] (]) 17:33, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Ah, I see. The very first (unsigned) post was yours, and we were having a conversation until certain problematic elements appeared to throw around some nonsense. You are welcome to post relevant posts to my talkpage anytime, and whether or not you are in fact a wanker I am happy to leave to your own conscience. ;)] (]) 17:35, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| ::::@ IP. If you think the name "The Hindu" implies that the paper has any RSS or BJP or Hindu leanings, you are only showing your ignorance. It is a well respected and neutral source. And is certainly better than your obsolete sources which are making false, ''baseless'' claims. I think I must excuse myself from any further participation here, I do not want to abuse DarknessShines' hospitality and patience. IP, if you want to continue this conversation, you are welcome to do so on my talk page, even when I am a "wanker" for you.] (]) 18:03, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Could you show me the policy that says that news articles are more reliable than peer reviewed articles in academic journals? Or that academic articles from 2012 are suddenly obsolete because of the publication of an Indian Court report contradicts some of their claims?] (]) 18:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
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== your situation == | ||
| Dear Darknesshines I have a question about this source would this be enough for inclusion on the article? (check my edit on the train burning article) there seems to be a hell of allot of controversy of what really happened I think the other side of the story needs to be told to balance things out. ] (]) 11:31, 26 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| == I have unreviewed a page you curated == | |||
| It is now three years since you applied to ArbCom for a release of your ban. As you know,Have you given thought to applying again? I have no authority to undo thr ban, (as you know), but i do recall a number of positive interactions between us, and would be hapy to support any application that you might choose to make. ----]<sup>]</sup> 20:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC) | |||
| Hi, I'm Mrt3366. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, ], and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on ]. Thank you. ]] <span class="plainlinks"></span> 11:53, 26 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
| :Hi {{ping|Anthony Bradbury}}, I requested a review of the ban in March which the arbitration committee has declined. They have said I must wait a further twelve months before another appeal can be made, I appreciate the support but the only options are Arbcom, who have refused twice, an appeal to the community who for the most part voted to ban me. Perhaps one day I will be allowed back to the project. Take care. ] (]) 17:52, 4 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
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| It has now been four years since the community voted to ban me from Misplaced Pages. For the last two years I requested of the arbitration committee that I be allowed to edit again. However given it was Wikipedias editors who decided I had become a net negative, I believe it is those editors who I ought to need to appeal to. I fully admit to being short of temper, frequently drunk, and quite often profane to the extreme. But that was four years ago, and I have changed for the better. I no longer drink to excess . I am far calmer and not prone to losing my temper as I used to, perhaps because I drink far less, or maybe I've just gotten calmer with age. So I'm asking the community if they would allow me the privilege of editing again, should anyone have questions for me please feel free to post here. If someone would be so kind as to copy paste this to where a majority of editors will see it I'd be grateful. Thanks ¬¬¬¬ | |||
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| :I have one, why is this so important to you? ] (]) 18:02, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :'''Fails ] and ]. No search results at all. Being a inactive NGO enough for an article?''' | |||
| ::I enjoy editing and creating articles, it's that simple really. ] (]) 18:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::To expand on that, creating something that anyone in the world can access for free, well who wouldn't want to be allowed to do that? ] (]) 18:07, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{tpw|v}} <small>It's certainly ironic, considering the number of editors we have whose ''very successful'' wiki-careers are built around everything ''but'' content creation. Hey ho. ] 19:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)</small> | |||
| :::Admittedly, I'm biased. But, assuming that there aren't any red flags (socks), I'd support allowing DS to edit again. Agree that DS is aggressive and often (apologies, DS) sloppy in their haste to add content. But they have added a lot of useful content to Misplaced Pages and I consider DS a net positive. I should also mention DS's ability to identify nangparbat socks is unparalleled. --] <small>(])</small> 20:39, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::A Checkuser was recently run on my account, hilly Billy Holiday socked with a similar sounding username. I have no other accounts and have not edited since my ban. ] (]) 21:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| *Copied to ]. --] <small>(])</small> 22:26, 6 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| {{ping|User:Future Perfect at Sunrise}} FPaS, I have never been topic banned from Eastern Europe or US politics. My original account is banned from climate change articles, this one from India/Pakistan ] (]) 07:31, 7 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| : You were banned from EE in October 2011 under your "The Last Angry Man" sock account. (But yes, the other one was nominally "climate change", of course, "US politics" as such didn't exist as a discretionary sanctions area back in those days, but it was essentially the same thing anyway.) ] ] 08:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::I'd forgotten about that, but then it was in 2011 and only for three months, I had to search the archives to refresh my memory. I still don't recall ever being banned from editing American politics though, it's not usually my subject area. ] (]) 09:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
| I've now as no consensus. It hadn't been edited in almost a week, and it was generally pretty split, sorry for the wait. ]<sup>]🏝️]</sup> 18:30, 20 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| :Fair enough, I'll try again next year. Thanks to all those who took time out to voice their opinions. ] (]) 19:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| == Precious anniversary == | |||
| same, I think Misplaced Pages would be better with you than without --] (]) 06:27, 15 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :Thank you Gerda, perhaps next year I'll be allowed back. ] (]) 18:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
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Banned
Per the discussion at ANI, and I hate having to do this, but you are hereby subject to the following:
Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing Misplaced Pages. They may appeal the ban either to the community or to ArbCom no sooner than after 6 months from the ban, or 6 months from their last sockpuppeting, whichever comes later.
Good luck.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 00:37, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
- Where was the socking? I didn’t see it posted in the discussion. Mr Ernie (talk) 01:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Mr Ernie: Although it wasn't mentioned in the discussion afaik, sockpuppetry was the reason for DS's first indef, per this admission. An SPI can be found here... not to mention this comment made about a month ago. (talk page stalker) SkyWarrior 03:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
No worries Darkness Shines (talk) 22:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
- Do me a favour, DS. Don't sock from now on. Your style is very obvious and it won't do you or the project any favours. The sad thing is, you've usually been correct in what you've tried to do with articles but you react even worse than me when you get frustrated with the idiots etc. This can be a frustrating place because it is biassed in many systemic ways but you won't change anything if you can't take part.
- Bide your time, perhaps spend it doing some research, and if/when you do decide to return perhaps start on some surely uncontroversial issues where the pov-pushers are unlikely to have an interest. I vaguely recall you helping me many years ago in trying to clean up a fairly marginal notability/promotional article about a herd of pedigree cows - surely even the SJWs or whatever cannot find harm in that sort of thing? - Sitush (talk) 00:36, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- Some sort of open sockpuppetry? A new trend on Misplaced Pages? -AsceticRosé 04:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC).
- +1 to what Sitush said. You've done good work here, and could continue to do, but only if you wait out the terms of this ban. Do some research, prepare some things you'd like to write, go on holiday, learn Spanish, whatever. Don't sock; you'll be discovered and blocked in no time, the appeal period will be reset, and anything you've written is likely to be reverted with no regard for its quality. To be clear, I'm not saying socking would be justified if it went undiscovered, not at all. I'm saying it won't do you any good to try. Vanamonde (talk) 06:46, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- +2. I think I came up with a nice way to keep useful idiots like you within the system but it looks like we have a preference for polite POV pushers. C'est la vie. --regentspark (comment) 23:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Some sort of open sockpuppetry? A new trend on Misplaced Pages? -AsceticRosé 04:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC).
Asked Arbcom if there were any chance of being unblocked, they have said no and ask again in a year, as I can't see that happening this is the end, thanks to all. Darkness Shines (talk) 07:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- So long, DS. Future is future. Who knows what it will bring? Let us hope for better times! -- Kautilya3 (talk) 11:13, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Farewell - we wish you the very best of luck of your future careers.
JG
Malmsimp (talk) 09:10, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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| Seven years! |
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miss you ... today is the birthday of Claudio Monteverdi and Hans Herbert Jöris, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
miss you still --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Checkuser
I noticed I have been accused of socking, I have not been and am logging in and posting so CU have recent date. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, that was me, sorry. 17:04, 18 November 2021 (UTC) ( hillbillyholiday at gmail dot com ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharknɘss Dinɘs (talk • contribs)
- I know, I saw your post on Wikipediocracy, please stop making up usernames which sound like mine. Darkness Shines (talk) 17:11, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
your situation
It is now three years since you applied to ArbCom for a release of your ban. As you know,Have you given thought to applying again? I have no authority to undo thr ban, (as you know), but i do recall a number of positive interactions between us, and would be hapy to support any application that you might choose to make. ----Anthony Bradbury 20:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Anthony Bradbury:, I requested a review of the ban in March which the arbitration committee has declined. They have said I must wait a further twelve months before another appeal can be made, I appreciate the support but the only options are Arbcom, who have refused twice, an appeal to the community who for the most part voted to ban me. Perhaps one day I will be allowed back to the project. Take care. Darkness Shines (talk) 17:52, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Nice to hear you whatever you say. Arbcom ... - flowers and food if you like --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Request to the community
It has now been four years since the community voted to ban me from Misplaced Pages. For the last two years I requested of the arbitration committee that I be allowed to edit again. However given it was Wikipedias editors who decided I had become a net negative, I believe it is those editors who I ought to need to appeal to. I fully admit to being short of temper, frequently drunk, and quite often profane to the extreme. But that was four years ago, and I have changed for the better. I no longer drink to excess . I am far calmer and not prone to losing my temper as I used to, perhaps because I drink far less, or maybe I've just gotten calmer with age. So I'm asking the community if they would allow me the privilege of editing again, should anyone have questions for me please feel free to post here. If someone would be so kind as to copy paste this to where a majority of editors will see it I'd be grateful. Thanks ¬¬¬¬
- I have one, why is this so important to you? Slatersteven (talk) 18:02, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- I enjoy editing and creating articles, it's that simple really. Darkness Shines (talk) 18:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- To expand on that, creating something that anyone in the world can access for free, well who wouldn't want to be allowed to do that? Darkness Shines (talk) 18:07, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- (watching) It's certainly ironic, considering the number of editors we have whose very successful wiki-careers are built around everything but content creation. Hey ho. SN54129 19:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Admittedly, I'm biased. But, assuming that there aren't any red flags (socks), I'd support allowing DS to edit again. Agree that DS is aggressive and often (apologies, DS) sloppy in their haste to add content. But they have added a lot of useful content to Misplaced Pages and I consider DS a net positive. I should also mention DS's ability to identify nangparbat socks is unparalleled. --RegentsPark (comment) 20:39, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- A Checkuser was recently run on my account, hilly Billy Holiday socked with a similar sounding username. I have no other accounts and have not edited since my ban. Darkness Shines (talk) 21:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Admittedly, I'm biased. But, assuming that there aren't any red flags (socks), I'd support allowing DS to edit again. Agree that DS is aggressive and often (apologies, DS) sloppy in their haste to add content. But they have added a lot of useful content to Misplaced Pages and I consider DS a net positive. I should also mention DS's ability to identify nangparbat socks is unparalleled. --RegentsPark (comment) 20:39, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Copied to WP:AN. --RegentsPark (comment) 22:26, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
@Future Perfect at Sunrise: FPaS, I have never been topic banned from Eastern Europe or US politics. My original account is banned from climate change articles, this one from India/Pakistan Darkness Shines (talk) 07:31, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- You were banned from EE in October 2011 under your "The Last Angry Man" sock account. (But yes, the other one was nominally "climate change", of course, "US politics" as such didn't exist as a discretionary sanctions area back in those days, but it was essentially the same thing anyway.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'd forgotten about that, but then it was in 2011 and only for three months, I had to search the archives to refresh my memory. I still don't recall ever being banned from editing American politics though, it's not usually my subject area. Darkness Shines (talk) 09:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
I've now closed the discussion as no consensus. It hadn't been edited in almost a week, and it was generally pretty split, sorry for the wait. Moneytrees 18:30, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough, I'll try again next year. Thanks to all those who took time out to voice their opinions. Darkness Shines (talk) 19:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
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Precious anniversary
same, I think Misplaced Pages would be better with you than without --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you Gerda, perhaps next year I'll be allowed back. Darkness Shines (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC)