User talk:Scjessey

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Blocked for 3RR

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 12 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule . Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. Nothing personal — consider this a short shock from the proverbial electric fence. Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Quartermaster chiming in on Obama article and Rezko edits (as well as other stuff)

You come across as an exquisitely honest editor regarding the Obama article. You're a good shepherd. I will tread lightly per your suggestions. Have a barnstar.

		The Anti-Flame Barnstar
		Thanks, Mom! Quartermaster (talk) 20:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

September 2008

I have left a note directly with the blocking editor suggesting that the block is a mistake and that the editing in question was routine, uncontroversial article patrol. The 3RR report itself is an over-the-top act of wikigaming by a problem editor. Wikidemon (talk) 00:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, Scjessey, as peculiar as this is, to eliminate any possible argument for the ongoing block will you kindly signal that you will not do more than 3 reverts per day on the main page, even unrelated uncontroversial ones, until and unless we clarify per the terms of article probation that this is okay? Thanks, Wikidemon (talk) 01:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I've been away from Wikipedia for a few hours, and this block has come as a complete surprise to me. I agree that this is a highly dubious piece of wikigaming, and this is clearly confirmed by the reporting editor's attempt to ensure the block remains - an agenda-based 3RR report, basically. Oh well. No real harm done. -- Scjessey (talk) 01:54, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Re unblocked

I'm glad you got unblocked. I'm sorry you experienced problems with an autoblock. I hope that my comments, with perhaps an overly-strict interpretation of 3RR enforcement, didn't have too much adverse effect on your ability to edit freely. ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 02:38, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:FAR for Barack Obama

Barack Obama has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.

I have nominated Barack Obama for Featured Article Review. You are welcome to participate in the discussion. Curious bystander (talk) 00:12, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

You misunderstood me, admit it

I did not use the word "idiot" once. I simply asked if you were stupid enough to consider the addition of a simple " " as being vandalism. If you were a thoughtful individual, you would have realized that all you had to do in this case to refrain from being considered stupid was admitting that you were wrong. I will point out that the preceding statement is another opportunity for you to exempt yourself from a categorical statement; just admit that you now understand. If you agree to admit that you now understand, you are a thoughtful individual. Since you did not live your entire life in America, you are not familiar with the law that I was referring to. The US Census Bureau has not always asked you what race/ethnicity you identify yourself with most closely. Once upon a time, it was actually based upon genealogical evidence (in order to prove a claim of racial minority status). With the new laws in place, anybody can legally be of any race they choose; all you have to do to legally become an African American (or German, or Swede, or Spaniard) is to simply say so during a census. Moreover, I was criticizing the frequent inadequacies of editors and the apparent interest in reverting contributions that disagree with the opinion of the idiot (example of actual personal attack). Whenever I make a contribution (with significant evidence) that happens to disagree with the political stances of you and your friends, I get shouted down and falsely accused of vandalism. I admit that I used the word dummy, but I did not mention any one person in particular in that statement; if you took offense, it is because you mentally group yourself in that category. I did not say "you are a dummy" or "you are an idiot," so where you came up with this ridiculous notion that my statements were a personal attack on you is beyond me.Gefreiter (talk) 20:14, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Moved comments at Talk:Bill Ayers

I moved one of your comments and one of Tom's into the Talk:Bill Ayers#Ayers and violence subsection in order to consolidate all discussion on that topic in one spot. I thought it would be helpful and didn't think you or Tom would mind, but if you do, please feel free to move it back. -- Noroton (talk) 15:49, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Please take another look at Weatherman/Terrorism RfC

This is a message sent to a number of editors, and following WP:CANVASS requirements: Please take another look at Talk:Weatherman (organization)/Terrorism RfC and consider new information added near the top of the article and several new proposals at the bottom. If you haven't looked at the RfC in some time, you may find reason in the new information and new proposals to rethink the matter. -- Noroton (talk) 02:33, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Stop behaving as though you WP:OWN the Talk:Barack Obama page. Prematurely archiving a productive discussion and striking through my alleged "personal attacks" is evidence of attempting to WP:OWN the page. Curious bystander (talk) 22:23, 23 September 2008 (UTC)