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Revision as of 11:18, 4 June 2006 by Nescio (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Hi, I don't think appealing to very narrow interpretation of rules and policies is going to help. I also think that there are editors out to keep Merecat banned (Nescio and RyanF for two) which is unfair, but is not helped by Merecat's continued behavior (suspected posting from IP addresses such as this one, etc.) And the continued coyness (referring to Merecat in the third person) is also off-putting, even though I am doing it too since none of the IPs has admitted to being Merecat.
Suppose Merecat edited anonymously from some Texas IPs, and then created the Merecat account because he was tired of being reverted as an IP vandal and wanted the credibility of a user name. That's no problem at all and shouldn't count against him. Unfortunately, Merecat couldn't contain his passions regarding the Rationales AfD and exposed himself as the Anon Texan. Even if no one had created "Anon Texan" as a tracking mechanism, the fact that three Dallas IPs jumped up to continue the talk page spamming would be a significant strike against Merecat.
Suppose Rex moved from Connecticut to Texas and decided to open a new account, having learned his lesson. That's fine too, and even encouraged by Arbcom member Mindspillage. Unfortunately, Merecat's passion over Rationales gave his opponents an excuse to run a checkuser and link him to Rex. Even though Merecat's edits to John Kerry were not disruptive, by admission of one of his opponents, they violated Rex's parole and gave people yet another reason to ban Merecat.
The continued comments on the case by IP users gives people the further impression that Merecat is more interested in being disruptive than in contributing to the encyclopedia. He may feel that certain aspects of the case were out of process, but the situation is what it is, and only important question is what to do next.
My recommendation to Merecat would be to admit to whichever allegations are true--that he used to be Rex, that he has edited from certain IP addresses. Apologize for spamming the third Afd after it was clear from Nescio's block (for spamming the second Afd) that such wouldn't be tolerated. State that he prefers to keep the Merecat account rather than the Rex account. Agree to only use one account (no more IPs) and agree to adhere to Rex's arbcom rulings. If he can get an admin to unblock him under those conditions, I would ask the same admin to replace the sockpuppet tags with a notice, "this account has been used in the past by Merecat but Merecat isn't using it any more) and to tag the Rex account "This user now uses the account Merecat and agrees to abide by all rulings and restrictions previously placed on Rex". If he can't find an admin to do it he can appeal to Arbcom by opening a new case following the example of Saladin1970.
Making the admissions and agreeing to be bound by Rex's restrictions would go a long way toward demonstrating good faith, learning lessons, agreeing to abide by community rules, etc. If under those circumstance Merecat is productive and civil and is still stalked by others, that will tend to show them in the bad light that maybe they deserved all along (but Merecat was so busy drawing attention to himself that obscured their acts).
On the other hand making those admissions and apologies might be difficult, in which case the best tack would be to abandon Merecat and open a new account. I'm afraid that continuing to defend the Merecat account without being willing to make those apologies will only be seen as further disruptive behavior.
Just one man's opinion. Thatcher131 23:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Can you amend this fallacious statement? You are well aware that Merecat (talk · contribs) and Morton devonshire (talk · contribs) were votestacking the 2nd AfD, to which I responded. Leaving out the names of the principal offenders, and the crucial "responded," you are misleading the readers of this page.
Nomen Nescio 11:17, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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