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Hey there

I am glad you finally got to register an account. With regards to your comment about going to arbitration, you should consider spending time editing articles. Especially, you should try to broaden your editing activities beyond race and intelligence. Arbitrators are not likely to look kindly on you for filing a request under these circumstances regarding this subject given your minimal editing history and it is also better if your become more familiar with the processes before you would attempt anything.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

I would like to broaden my editing, but I have very little time to spend at Misplaced Pages, and I think race and intelligence articles need me the most. Just a few days ago someone added obvious original synthesis in the race and intelligence article, and other editors agreed it was original synthesis, but nobody else cared enough to remove it. It would have stayed there for good if I hadn't removed it. (I had to wait until I was registered four days first.) Another reason it's demanding for me is that you and BlackHades don't participate in the articles anymore, which means there is nobody except me who cares about fixing these problems.

I also think that improving the article's content problems, like restoring the the removed sections about brain size and evolutionary theories, might not be possible until some of the conduct problems are dealt with first. Conduct problems include the strategy we've seen of removing content faster than it can be discussed, and also how little it takes for editors like us to get blocked or sanctioned. I don't know what you did to get a one-way interaction ban with Mathsci, but whatever it was it doesn't look like it was very much. I also predict Future Perfect at Sunrise is waiting for an excuse to block me again, and next time there might not be an admin like King of Hearts who changes the block settings. I want to do something about this situation before there's another block or sanction like that, because afterwards doing anything about it might not be possible for me anymore. I also want to do something about it before the issues surrounding the previous block are thought of as stale.

What I would like more is if someone else would request arbitration, but it seems nobody else wants to do that either. You can correct me if I'm wrong. Do you intend to just put up with being under a one-way interaction ban, even though it seems to have not been for a good reason? Akuri (talk) 03:46, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

One important reason to broaden your editing is that, even if your editing in R&I is generally good, the narrow focus would make severe sanctions more likely if you should make any misstep in the eyes of other editors in that topic area. I think the simplest answer is that you should do what you can to mitigate stress, and try to move forward. This sort of content dispute is very difficult to resolve quickly and attempting it can prove perilous for anyone, especially someone who has just registered an account.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 00:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Could you explain what you mean by move forward? You should know, while waiting for my account request to be approved I spent some time reading the history of arbitration requests and AE threads about R&I, including the numerous indefinite blocks and one-way interaction bans. The situation that led to my block has existed for a year, at least. It would be unwise to ignore it, because I'm sure it will affect me again sooner or later, even if R&I is not the only topic I edit. Akuri (talk) 00:18, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

At this juncture it would be more unwise for you to pursue it as a lot of "x-only" labels will be thrown around if you do pursue such things now. Sticking to less controversial activities for a while would make it easier for you to deal with more controversial issues later.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 01:16, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

How long do you suggest I wait? Remember I don't want to delay it so long that Arbcom will call the issue stale. I don't agree with what Mathsci said that I have to wait a year. 101.0.79.13 (talk) 02:04, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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