Flight709

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Happy editing! JarrahTree 11:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

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Graham87 (talk) 15:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

You've been editing far too quickly, recklessly, and suspiciously here. For instance, this edit to Matt Farley turned the text in to nonsense (and your other edits there were unnecessary). I would only support an unblock if you could tell us why you were editing at such a rapid rate and promised to slow down in the future. I have mass-reverted your edits. Graham87 (talk) 15:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I just noticed you created an article (I'm not going to link to it; people who need to know what it is can find it) and have deleted it as the work of a banned user. It is clearly not the work of a new user and may well be undisclosed paid editing, which is against our terms of use. You are completely untrustworthy and are not welcome here. Graham87 (talk) 15:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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).

Flight709 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

It's completely unreasonable to ban me for making edits "too fast"! My edits were legitimate, mostly adding citations and making minor improvements. The claim that I turned the Matt Farley article into nonsense is incorrect—I've reviewed the edit, and everything looks fine. All I did was include that he has written over "24,000" songs, which adds important detail about him. You argued that this wasn't necessary, but I disagree—very few songwriters have written that many songs, so it's a significant point.

I also attempted to create a new page for an underground artist who has enough coverage to meet the criteria. I spent considerable time researching and writing that article, and it’s disappointing to see my work for such a talented artist discarded. Additionally, you reverted all the improvements I made to the Tatyana Franck page, which I carefully researched. A responsible admin would have reviewed my edits before undoing them. Everything I contributed was properly sourced, and I believe I was improving Wikipedia.

To top it off, I was banned without warning and with no evidence of paid edits. If I made any mistakes, the right course of action would have been to warn me, and only block me if the behavior persisted. As a new editor, I may not be familiar with every policy. I just checked with a friend of mine, who has been an editor for years. He said he has never seen this happen before. He told me that Wikipedia is supposed to assume good faith, especially with new editors, and that banning new contributors over small issues hurts the platform. He also says suspected paid editors are investigated first with their IP, but that you didnt do any such investigation and its not the proper way of banning users suspected of paid editing.

I also should say that my friend was helping me with the instructions of the new page I submitted, so if you think I am not a new users, its because I got help. I would not have known what to do without such help. Is there any way you could reinstate my account and give me a chance to prove myself? If I made any inappropriate edits, please provide me with a list so I can avoid such mistakes in the future. Flight709 (talk) 19:33, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I wonder if it is your friend who is the blocked user who you were editing for. I also think you were rapidly editing to game the system and obtain the permissions needed to move the article to draft yourself. Assuming good faith does not mean ignoring our own common sense. Nice try. 331dot (talk) 21:28, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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Unblocked

Hi Flight709, I've unblocked your account. In the future, please combine multiple changes into one edit; the way you were making small changes very quickly can cause problems for those of us who maintain articles. However, somebody should have discussed it with you politely instead of immediately jumping to accusations and blocks. I apologize for the way you were treated. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 00:57, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. You are a very decent and understanding admin. God bless you. Flight709 (talk) 20:38, 15 October 2024 (UTC)