{{unblock|I have not harassed anyone, but I was indefinitely blocked for "attempting to harass other users". A quick review of my edit history will show no harassment whatsoever, and I am deeply offended at being reverted and blocked for calmly questioning an admin's reversion of my post at WP:AN.}}
- I think you got accidentally caught up in another user's block. I'll double check with the admin to make sure, hang on... Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I really have only two concerns:
- Metros' reversion of my comments at WP:AN and his/her talk page: I cannot see how these comments could be construed as harassment, and whatever assumptions are necessary to call my comments harassment are unbecoming of a sysop—I was banned for attempting discussion with an admin who reverted me!? I thought I was being quite respectful by avoiding a revert war.
- That I am able to continue to use my regular account and not have it autoblocked. This is a role account which I believes is legitimate as my normal account partially gives away my identity as would editing under my IP address. I fear what retribution 4chan's /b/ might seek against me should they discover who I am. From WP:SOCK, "A person editing an article which is highly controversial within his/her ... social ... circle, and whose Wikipedia identity is ... traceable to their real-world identity, may wish to use an alternative account in order to avoid real-world consequences from their involvement in that area."
- Now allow me to address this: I was reading the thread I linked at 4chan. I saw someone requesting that everyone post serious threats to Gavin Collins' talk page, and I decided it was worth pointing out. There is nothing funny about threats of physical harm. Dismissing me as one of the trolls without a second thought is insulting, especially after I make explicit efforts to help. Concerned anon (talk) 04:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I really have only two concerns:
- I just posted to WP:ANI suggesting an unblock. Assuming good faith here isn't hard; I understand why someone would want to use a sockpuppet for this purpose. Now because of an autoblock you can't use your regular account. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 05:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I had my eye on Metros' contribs and I saw that before you came by here. I can't see myself using this account again, and all that I really wanted at this point was to have this whole thing not affect my regular account in any way. I do want to say, after seeing Metros' post at the admin noticeboard [1], #1 above isn't really a concern for me anymore. Looking back, my terseness associated with the urgency I felt doesn't exactly make me seem that altruistic. I'm over it, and (indirectly) getting a rationale for my block has satisfied my concern. Oh, my apologies for your brain, it takes a certain amount of desensitization to endure that. Concerned anon (talk) 05:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thought you'd appreciate some 48 hour protection from this kind of nonsense.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 05:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I had my eye on Metros' contribs and I saw that before you came by here. I can't see myself using this account again, and all that I really wanted at this point was to have this whole thing not affect my regular account in any way. I do want to say, after seeing Metros' post at the admin noticeboard [1], #1 above isn't really a concern for me anymore. Looking back, my terseness associated with the urgency I felt doesn't exactly make me seem that altruistic. I'm over it, and (indirectly) getting a rationale for my block has satisfied my concern. Oh, my apologies for your brain, it takes a certain amount of desensitization to endure that. Concerned anon (talk) 05:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)