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editGood luck and happy editing.```Buster Seven Talk 23:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Please don't....
edit...do any more of this kind of thing. If you're going to contribute from this account please make it constructive. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 00:11, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, what's that? I should do it, but not with this account? Great idea! Thanks! PatheticManatee (talk) 01:30, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 08:12, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not going to make the accept/decline decision on this appeal myself. I'd prefer another admin to make the decision as a second opinion. I would just ask them to look at the contribs for this editor first - it's a short list and won't take long. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 08:32, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
PatheticManatee (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
What disruptive editing did I do? I made a proposal on the appropriate place for it (village pump). Some [expletive] didn't like it enough to give me some copy&paste bull on my user page, and I responded, on my own user page, in kind. Then she blocks my I.P. address. Either unblock it or have a third party block me. Let's go over these purported "disruptive edits" for which I've been blocked. I really [expletive]ed up the Anser Dine page, didn't I? That suggestion about merging two stubs on manatee species together, that was so clearly disruptive! User Kim Dent-Brown is abusing her powers on this site and preventing other users from making meaningful contributions to Wikipedia. [insert series of expletives expressing anger and frustration]PatheticManatee (talk) 02:15, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Decline reason:
Fails to address reason for block, which is an intent to troll rather than contribute. Implies socks will be used. NativeForeigner Talk 10:21, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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PatheticManatee (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I request that NativeForeigner be removed as admin. He failed to address my contributions outside a single instance at the village pump. My comupter died last night and I've got a new one, complete with new IP address. If I'm just a troll, I'm a damn stupid one for trying to appeal my block. I have been blocked for "disruptive editing" when in fact all I did was suggest the idea of a site-wide in-joke. I could've made disruptive edits without asking for approval first. Fuck you, anal-retentive bastards. (Now you can block me for calling you out for what you are.) PatheticManatee (talk) 06:17, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Decline reason:
Proclaiming admin abuse on a reviewing admin and continuing to insult admins in unblock requests will not get you unblocked. I have also revoked your talk page access. You can make a civil unblock request through WP:BASC. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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