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Goldberg–Seymour conjecture

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Ways to improve You Xian Ku

Hello, Alexkyoung,

Thanks for creating You Xian Ku! I edit here too, under the username Boleyn and it's nice to meet you :-)

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Thank you for your kind response. I will look into it when I get the chance! Alexkyoung (talk) 05:16, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Other accounts?

Hello Alexkyoung,

Please do not edit anywhere else on Wikipedia until you have identified any other accounts that you have used or created. You can email me for privacy reasons and so that we can discuss. Thank you,
— Berean Hunter (talk) 23:43, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I have blocked you indefinitely for continued disruptive editing via an apparent series of sockpuppets, per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexkyoung. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:05, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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).

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

Request reason:

Hi, I just came back after a week of working on my Stanford thesis, and I have been blocked by Fut.Perf. for allegedly using multiple accounts, as detailed in his investigation above. I have not done anything this past week on wikipedia, and this is the only account I use; I do not use any sock puppets. User:Jarvis Maximus is my roommate at Stanford, so we probably use the same IP address since we live in the same room. FutPerf and ST47 even use words like 'alleged' and 'apparent'. I just do not have any sock puppets.

Still I understand that there is a huge resistance against my disruptive pov edits, which have been accused of being too pro-Chinese or pro-Semitic. Sorry, I was not aware of it at first since I am new here, and I can certainly work on that. In the future, so that the ban be lifted, I can do the following:

1. Since the main source of concern comes from Xinjiang, Tocharians, Tarim Basin and related articles; I will not edit such articles for 2 months (since I've only been around 2 months).

2. However a ban on all topics is unreasonable. My contributions to articles on mathematics, Buddhism, politically neutral topics, etc. have been positive.

3. As a US citizen and being an American myself, I find any thoughts of a ban on US related topics silly. Why can't I write about my own country? But to address the concerns of others, I will not edit the Foreign Interventions by the US article for 2 months. I haven't even edited anything in the past week. Next, I will not edit the Australia article unless it is something really neutral like a grammar mistake.

4. You can trust me not to edit these because I have not edited these articles in the past week, and at this point, with my graduate studies, I have lost interest in these topics.

5. In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am Jewish, so I should be allowed to write on such topics; ok I get I'm white so I will not touch the article on racial or ethnic discrimination for 2 months.

6. I am also a woman, but it seems this part of my identity did not cause some concerns. I've given so much of my identity away, but I felt it was necessary to gain your trust.

Sometimes I make edits without realizing others may disagree with that, so it is probably fair to have maybe three warnings (we can discuss this number if needed). After three warnings, if I violate any of the above, I will accept a further ban on those select topics of 6 months; but not a ban on all topics. Lastly these are effective July 11. Any edits to wiki articles made beforehand I believe should not count as ex post facto evidence.

The only thing I will not accept is a permanent ban. I have no sockpuppets so the reason for this ban, while understandable, is just not true. Lastly, I really invite you to look at my non-political contributions to wikipedia, and you'll find that they are positive. For the next 2 months, I will focus mostly on these non-political scientific articles because I can contribute a lot in this area hopefully without offending others. I really do want to help; and I am just a new user. Thank you for your time and consideration on these issues.Alexkyoung (talk) 10:26, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

This bargaining is familiar. Hmm... Where else might I have seen that recently... ST47 (talk) 10:33, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

TLDR: I'm sorry for some of those edits made before a week ago, but I do not have sockpuppets. I have made some proposals. I am just looking to move on and take this as a lesson for improvement. Please see some of my good edits as well. I am here to contribute to all of wiki, but have agreed to curtail temporarily (2 mo) some freedoms for the community.Thank you. User:ST47 declined my request above because he thinks the way I write is similar to others like Sven Karmanova. I do not know how exactly to address this other than saying that just thinking two pieces of text look similar does not mean they are written by the same person. Reading Sven's post, I may have been influenced by his writing, but we are not the same. Anyways, the checkuser even shows we use different IPs. I do not know what else I can do to or what further evidence can be provided to convince ST47 that I have no sockpuppets. But I was hoping we could actually discuss what I actually wrote, so I repeat my request below. Thanks. Hi, I just came back after a week of working on my Stanford thesis, and I have been blocked by Fut.Perf. for allegedly using multiple accounts, as detailed in his investigation above. I have not done anything this past week on wikipedia, and this is the only account I use; I do not use any sock puppets. User:Jarvis Maximus is my roommate at Stanford, so we probably use the same IP address since we live in the same room. FutPerf and ST47 even use words like 'alleged' and 'apparent', and the checkuser even confirms that we use different IPs. I just do not have any sock puppets. Still I understand that there is a huge resistance against my disruptive pov edits, which have been accused of being too pro-Chinese or pro-Semitic. Sorry, I was not aware of it at first since I am new here, and I can certainly work on that. In the future, so that the ban be lifted, I can do the following: 1. Since the main source of concern comes from Xinjiang, Tocharians, Tarim Basin and related articles; I will not edit such articles for 2 months (since I've only been around 2 months). 2. However a ban on all topics is unreasonable. My contributions to articles on mathematics, Buddhism, politically neutral topics, etc. have been positive. 3. As a US citizen and being an American myself, I find any thoughts of a ban on US related topics silly. Why can't I write about my own country? But to address the concerns of others, I will not edit the Foreign Interventions by the US article for 2 months. I haven't even edited anything in the past week. Next, I will not edit the Australia article unless it is something really neutral like a grammar mistake. 4. You can trust me not to edit these because I have not edited these articles in the past week, and at this point, with my graduate studies, I have lost interest in these topics. 5. In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am Jewish, so I should be allowed to write on such topics; ok I get I'm white so I will not touch the article on racial or ethnic discrimination for 2 months. 6. I am also a woman, but it seems this part of my identity did not cause some concerns. I've given so much of my identity away, but I felt it was necessary to gain your trust. Sometimes I make edits without realizing others may disagree with that, so it is probably fair to have maybe three warnings (we can discuss this number if needed). After three warnings, if I violate any of the above, I will accept a further ban on those select topics of 6 months; but not a ban on all topics. Lastly these are effective July 11. Any edits to wiki articles made beforehand I believe should not count as ex post facto evidence. The only thing I will not accept is a permanent ban. I apologize for some of my edits and will stay away from those specific articles mentioned. However, I have no sockpuppets so the reason for this ban, while understandable, is just not true. Lastly, I really invite you to look at my non-political contributions to wikipedia, and you'll find that they are positive. For the next 2 months, I will focus mostly on these non-political scientific articles because I can contribute a lot in this area hopefully without offending others. I really do want to help; and I am just a new user. Thank you for your time and consideration on these issues.Alexkyoung (talk) 10:26, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I've made these into checkuser blocks and continuing to discuss with her via email. Update: This page view is relevant. This user has also confessed to making the Alex K Chen account but refusing to admit that below. They are also more than 2000 miles away from Stanford and have not been editing from that location. I felt that their comments were misleading but any checkuser reviewing may judge for themselves. Additionally, they supplied me with a school email that appears to be faked, not with a school domain but with a gmail one so impersonation is quite possible.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:43, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Note to other users

Due to the current circumstances, during this time I wish to speak to administrators only. Thank you. Alexkyoung

* I am not an administrator, and I hate sockpuppetry, but, personally, I don't find the evidence made public that you are a sockpuppet master entirely convincing. In particular I think your assertion that you share a room, and a router, with a room-mate, who is also a wikipedia contributor, is credible.

I'd encourage you to give Berean Hunter permission to share the checkuser data.

I'd encourage you to ask your roommate if you can name them, so your pattern of edits can be compared with theirs, to see if there is an overlap.

I have had multiple individuals accuse me of being a sockpuppet, generally of Sherurcij. There were surface reasons for this suspicion: we both edited articles related to terrorism; we both lived in Toronto; and we both started contributing in October 2004.
But a deeper analysis would show we were not sockpuppets. We had different IPs; We did have genuine editorial disagreements; and, at the time two separate sockpuppet investigations took place, we both had about 70,000 edits under our belt - way more effort than a dedicated sockpuppet-master would make to put forward a charade 2 wiki-IDs were the work of 2 individuals.
The lesson there was the surface appearance of sockpuppetry should be balanced against the credibility of explanations for that surface appearance.
FWIW I think you and I have some underlying editorial disagreements. And, if your block is rescinded, I'll look forward to a collegial discussion of them.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 16:57, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- FWIW, I would never flat out assert someone was a sockpuppet without first explaining, on their user talk page, whatever it was that triggered my concern their edits suggested they might be a sockpuppet. I always give them a chance to offer an explanation for the kind of circumstantial evidence publicly offered in your case.
  Sadly, some people frivolously name people as sockpuppets when they disagree with them. Geo Swan (talk) 17:04, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks User:Geo Swan for sharing your sentiment. I appreciate it.Alexkyoung (talk) 18:20, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A heads-up

Even if you remain blocked on en.wiki, even if articles you started here are deleted, you still retain some rights to the material you contributed. The license we click on allows other wikis, including wikis not operated by the wikimedia foundation, to copy the articles you started, provided they provide attribution. You started: Al-Qaeda in China, Han–Uyghur intermarriage, Civilization state, Tamrashatiya, Opening of the South-North route, Restoration of Taiwan strait shipping, Guanbi policy, Tutte–Grothendieck invariant, Danqi Chen, Surface growth, Random cluster model, Deletion–contraction formula, Nash-Williams theorem, Maggie Chen, Intersective adjective, You Xian Ku. I ported them to an non-WMF wiki. See:

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 17:42, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Geo Swan. Hopefully I will be freed soon.Alexkyoung (talk) 23:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

This user is asking that their block be reviewed:

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

Request reason:

I have been accused of alleged sockpuppetry for users that seem to have been created to support my edits on Xinjiang and related articles. As a first time user having been only around for 2-3 months, I first want to apologize for my extreme naivete and carelessness in dealing with multiple accounts and calling up friends to support me on wiki. I have only recently been informed of what a "meat puppet" was and can only swear that I will never pull off such an underhanded move to deceive other users. I have greatly underestimated the integrity of wikipedia and am ashamed for my "newbie" actions and have to give great credit to my fellow wikipedia users and admins for catching my mistake. For this I wish to request an unblock so that I can return to contributing in a more positive and non-disruptive manner, fully aware not to abuse socks or meat and remain as transparent as possible when using multiple accounts.

Details:

1. User:General Lincoln and User:Sven Karmanova are friends. More than a week ago, I called them saying that I was being bullied and harassed on the article on Xinjiang, so when I messaged them (in real life) they confirmed they created their accounts and then supported me on the Xinjiang discussion. So while they might not be "sockpuppets" since they are different people, they are "meat puppets", and I take full responsibility for inciting friends who share similar interests and viewpoints to defend my edits. I have learned that wikipedia is not a place to canvass people, real or online, for support in such a deceptive way. This would also explain why they use different IP addresses from mine, but they would still like to continue editing after this is all over. Lincoln apparently even created his account a long time ago. CU can confirm that they edited from different locations from me.

2. Lincoln said he was using VPN because he was visiting Turkey. Sven did not tell me whether he used VPN or not.

3. I don't know User:Steph Goodwin but it doesn't seem he made any serious edits to articles I also edited. Update: Sven just got back to me admitting that Steph is his sock, which is why he was able to find Steph's comment on the Xinjiang talk page and respond to it. Sven says he does use VPN. Alexkyoung (talk) 17:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

4. Jarvis is my roommate and created her account User:Jarvis Maximus to support me on the same articles. The CU data can confirm that she and I were editing from a dormitory and on the same computer. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alexkyoung: "Also, the accounts, KidAd and MrSpruce are on the same IP and Likely from a technical perspective. The account NHaksar is the only other one on the same IP but using a different device." So apparently there are multiple users using the same IP address as I am?

5. Around two months ago, I did create the user account Alex K Chen because that is the name of a postdoc I met and thought it was funny to add the Alex K. However, this user was not created to support edits on any article; in fact it has made 0 edits, and I have no intention of ever using it. I apologize as I do not want to impersonate Alex K Chen, and one of the first things I will do when I get unblocked is to change that username by following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username.

6. I apologize if my language suggested that Jarvis and I were at Stanford University at this exact moment. We are not. Students usually take the summer to work at other places. And I just did not want to publish my real location. I am in fact conducting research around other institutions as CU data can verify.

Moving forward, Jarvis, Lincoln, Sven, and I have agreed with me to modify their editing behaviors and try to stay away from articles each of us edit to avoid being implicated of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. If their current users cannot be disassociated from mine and will be kept as sockpuppets, then they are willing to create new accounts and have a clean start. But before they can do that, we all need to be unbanned.

I have learned that editing on wikipedia is not a freedom or right, but a privilege and great responsibility, and that is why I must deeply repent for the sin of letting down my fellow colleagues. I wish to amend my wrongs--it won't happen again, but first I need a chance to demonstrate my renewed self and fealty to the community through unblocking. Thank you.

Alexkyoung (talk) 13:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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{{Unblock on hold |1=blocking administrator |2=I have been accused of alleged sockpuppetry for users that seem to have been created to support my edits on Xinjiang and related articles. As a first time user having been only around for 2-3 months, I first want to apologize for my extreme naivete and carelessness in dealing with multiple accounts and calling up friends to support me on wiki. I have only recently been informed of what a "meat puppet" was and can only swear that I will never pull off such an underhanded move to deceive other users. I have greatly underestimated the integrity of wikipedia and am ashamed for my "newbie" actions and have to give great credit to my fellow wikipedia users and admins for catching my mistake. For this I wish to request an unblock so that I can return to contributing in a more positive and non-disruptive manner, fully aware not to abuse socks or meat and remain as transparent as possible when using multiple accounts.

'''Details:'''

1. [[User:General Lincoln]] and [[User:Sven Karmanova]] are friends. More than a week ago, I called them saying that I was being bullied and harassed on the article on Xinjiang, so when I messaged them (in real life) they confirmed they created their accounts and then supported me on the Xinjiang discussion. So while they might not be "sockpuppets" since they are different people, they are "meat puppets", and I take full responsibility for inciting friends who share similar interests and viewpoints to defend my edits. I have learned that wikipedia is not a place to canvass people, real or online, for support in such a deceptive way. This would also explain why they use different IP addresses from mine, but they would still like to continue editing after this is all over. Lincoln apparently even created his account a long time ago. CU can confirm that they edited from different locations from me.

2. Lincoln said he was using VPN because he was visiting Turkey. Sven did not tell me whether he used VPN or not. 

3. I don't know [[User:Steph Goodwin]] but it doesn't seem he made any serious edits to articles I also edited. '''Update''': Sven just got back to me admitting that Steph is his sock, which is why he was able to find Steph's comment on the Xinjiang talk page and respond to it. Sven says he does use VPN. [[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 17:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

4. Jarvis is my roommate and created her account [[User:Jarvis Maximus]] to support me on the same articles. The CU data can confirm that she and I were editing from a dormitory and on the same computer. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alexkyoung:
"Also, the accounts, KidAd and MrSpruce are on the same IP and  Likely from a technical perspective. The account NHaksar is the only other one on the same IP but using a different device."
So apparently there are multiple users using the same IP address as I am?

5. Around two months ago, I did create the user account <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex_K_Chen Alex K Chen]</span> because that is the name of a postdoc I met and thought it was funny to add the Alex K. However, this user was not created to support edits on any article; in fact it has made 0 edits, and I have no intention of ever using it. I apologize as I do not want to impersonate Alex K Chen, and one of the first things I will do when I get unblocked is to change that username by following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username.

6. I apologize if my language suggested that Jarvis and I were at Stanford University at this exact moment. We are not. Students usually take the summer to work at other places. And I just did not want to publish my real location. I am in fact conducting research around other institutions as CU data can verify.

Moving forward, Jarvis, Lincoln, Sven, and I have agreed with me to modify their editing behaviors and try to stay away from articles each of us edit to avoid being implicated of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. If their current users cannot be disassociated from mine and will be kept as sockpuppets, then they are willing to create new accounts and have a clean start. But before they can do that, we all need to be unbanned.

I have learned that editing on wikipedia is not a freedom or right, but a privilege and great responsibility, and that is why I must deeply repent for the sin of letting down my fellow colleagues. I wish to amend my wrongs--it won't happen again, but first I need a chance to demonstrate my renewed self and fealty to the community through unblocking. Thank you.
[[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 13:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
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{{unblock reviewed |1=I have been accused of alleged sockpuppetry for users that seem to have been created to support my edits on Xinjiang and related articles. As a first time user having been only around for 2-3 months, I first want to apologize for my extreme naivete and carelessness in dealing with multiple accounts and calling up friends to support me on wiki. I have only recently been informed of what a "meat puppet" was and can only swear that I will never pull off such an underhanded move to deceive other users. I have greatly underestimated the integrity of wikipedia and am ashamed for my "newbie" actions and have to give great credit to my fellow wikipedia users and admins for catching my mistake. For this I wish to request an unblock so that I can return to contributing in a more positive and non-disruptive manner, fully aware not to abuse socks or meat and remain as transparent as possible when using multiple accounts.

'''Details:'''

1. [[User:General Lincoln]] and [[User:Sven Karmanova]] are friends. More than a week ago, I called them saying that I was being bullied and harassed on the article on Xinjiang, so when I messaged them (in real life) they confirmed they created their accounts and then supported me on the Xinjiang discussion. So while they might not be "sockpuppets" since they are different people, they are "meat puppets", and I take full responsibility for inciting friends who share similar interests and viewpoints to defend my edits. I have learned that wikipedia is not a place to canvass people, real or online, for support in such a deceptive way. This would also explain why they use different IP addresses from mine, but they would still like to continue editing after this is all over. Lincoln apparently even created his account a long time ago. CU can confirm that they edited from different locations from me.

2. Lincoln said he was using VPN because he was visiting Turkey. Sven did not tell me whether he used VPN or not. 

3. I don't know [[User:Steph Goodwin]] but it doesn't seem he made any serious edits to articles I also edited. '''Update''': Sven just got back to me admitting that Steph is his sock, which is why he was able to find Steph's comment on the Xinjiang talk page and respond to it. Sven says he does use VPN. [[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 17:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

4. Jarvis is my roommate and created her account [[User:Jarvis Maximus]] to support me on the same articles. The CU data can confirm that she and I were editing from a dormitory and on the same computer. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alexkyoung:
"Also, the accounts, KidAd and MrSpruce are on the same IP and  Likely from a technical perspective. The account NHaksar is the only other one on the same IP but using a different device."
So apparently there are multiple users using the same IP address as I am?

5. Around two months ago, I did create the user account <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex_K_Chen Alex K Chen]</span> because that is the name of a postdoc I met and thought it was funny to add the Alex K. However, this user was not created to support edits on any article; in fact it has made 0 edits, and I have no intention of ever using it. I apologize as I do not want to impersonate Alex K Chen, and one of the first things I will do when I get unblocked is to change that username by following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username.

6. I apologize if my language suggested that Jarvis and I were at Stanford University at this exact moment. We are not. Students usually take the summer to work at other places. And I just did not want to publish my real location. I am in fact conducting research around other institutions as CU data can verify.

Moving forward, Jarvis, Lincoln, Sven, and I have agreed with me to modify their editing behaviors and try to stay away from articles each of us edit to avoid being implicated of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. If their current users cannot be disassociated from mine and will be kept as sockpuppets, then they are willing to create new accounts and have a clean start. But before they can do that, we all need to be unbanned.

I have learned that editing on wikipedia is not a freedom or right, but a privilege and great responsibility, and that is why I must deeply repent for the sin of letting down my fellow colleagues. I wish to amend my wrongs--it won't happen again, but first I need a chance to demonstrate my renewed self and fealty to the community through unblocking. Thank you.
[[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 13:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
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{{unblock reviewed |1=I have been accused of alleged sockpuppetry for users that seem to have been created to support my edits on Xinjiang and related articles. As a first time user having been only around for 2-3 months, I first want to apologize for my extreme naivete and carelessness in dealing with multiple accounts and calling up friends to support me on wiki. I have only recently been informed of what a "meat puppet" was and can only swear that I will never pull off such an underhanded move to deceive other users. I have greatly underestimated the integrity of wikipedia and am ashamed for my "newbie" actions and have to give great credit to my fellow wikipedia users and admins for catching my mistake. For this I wish to request an unblock so that I can return to contributing in a more positive and non-disruptive manner, fully aware not to abuse socks or meat and remain as transparent as possible when using multiple accounts.

'''Details:'''

1. [[User:General Lincoln]] and [[User:Sven Karmanova]] are friends. More than a week ago, I called them saying that I was being bullied and harassed on the article on Xinjiang, so when I messaged them (in real life) they confirmed they created their accounts and then supported me on the Xinjiang discussion. So while they might not be "sockpuppets" since they are different people, they are "meat puppets", and I take full responsibility for inciting friends who share similar interests and viewpoints to defend my edits. I have learned that wikipedia is not a place to canvass people, real or online, for support in such a deceptive way. This would also explain why they use different IP addresses from mine, but they would still like to continue editing after this is all over. Lincoln apparently even created his account a long time ago. CU can confirm that they edited from different locations from me.

2. Lincoln said he was using VPN because he was visiting Turkey. Sven did not tell me whether he used VPN or not. 

3. I don't know [[User:Steph Goodwin]] but it doesn't seem he made any serious edits to articles I also edited. '''Update''': Sven just got back to me admitting that Steph is his sock, which is why he was able to find Steph's comment on the Xinjiang talk page and respond to it. Sven says he does use VPN. [[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 17:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

4. Jarvis is my roommate and created her account [[User:Jarvis Maximus]] to support me on the same articles. The CU data can confirm that she and I were editing from a dormitory and on the same computer. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alexkyoung:
"Also, the accounts, KidAd and MrSpruce are on the same IP and  Likely from a technical perspective. The account NHaksar is the only other one on the same IP but using a different device."
So apparently there are multiple users using the same IP address as I am?

5. Around two months ago, I did create the user account <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex_K_Chen Alex K Chen]</span> because that is the name of a postdoc I met and thought it was funny to add the Alex K. However, this user was not created to support edits on any article; in fact it has made 0 edits, and I have no intention of ever using it. I apologize as I do not want to impersonate Alex K Chen, and one of the first things I will do when I get unblocked is to change that username by following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username.

6. I apologize if my language suggested that Jarvis and I were at Stanford University at this exact moment. We are not. Students usually take the summer to work at other places. And I just did not want to publish my real location. I am in fact conducting research around other institutions as CU data can verify.

Moving forward, Jarvis, Lincoln, Sven, and I have agreed with me to modify their editing behaviors and try to stay away from articles each of us edit to avoid being implicated of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. If their current users cannot be disassociated from mine and will be kept as sockpuppets, then they are willing to create new accounts and have a clean start. But before they can do that, we all need to be unbanned.

I have learned that editing on wikipedia is not a freedom or right, but a privilege and great responsibility, and that is why I must deeply repent for the sin of letting down my fellow colleagues. I wish to amend my wrongs--it won't happen again, but first I need a chance to demonstrate my renewed self and fealty to the community through unblocking. Thank you.
[[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 13:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
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Berean Hunter

The previous unblock requests will remain uncollapsed as other checkusers will need to review. Obfuscation works as a negative for you and I'll revoke talkpage access if you do it again.
"According to Berean there are apparently even multiple editors in this single building. CU data can confirm." What? I'm not sure what you are talking about. Would you please provide the exact quote?
The Alex K Chen account will not be renamed. That is not an account under your control any longer and was not made in good faith. You are no longer the owner. We don't rename sockpuppets.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 23:57, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Berean Hunter

Sorry, I won't conceal the previous unblock requests.
In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alexkyoung it says

"Also, the accounts, KidAd and MrSpruce are on the same IP and Likely from a technical perspective. The account NHaksar is the only other one on the same IP but using a different device." So if they are using the same IP as me, then I'm guessing it's from the same building, unless I am missing something here.

I created the account Alex K Chen over two months ago and did nothing with it. It has made 0 edits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Alex_K_Chen), and it did not support me on anything. How was it not out of any good faith? Alexkyoung (talk) 00:05, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- It was not created as a valid alt account and was not labeled as required. It is not an acceptable humor account but may be an impersonation account.
  — Berean Hunter (talk) 00:29, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- User:Berean Hunter, when I created that account I did not even know what a valid alt account was and had no clue there were rules for username creation until very recently. I know you are very angry at me, and I really hope you recovered from that headache, but can you please assume good faith since unlike many people here who have been around for many years, even 15 years, I am really only a novice, like a child who stumbles her way into walking and with the help of wiki veterans like all of you? I want to continue walking to the point where I can run so that I can help all of you improve this wikipedia, but to smother a child when it's in its infancy is no way to do that. Please, part of the reason I wish to change the username (which I need to be unbanned to do so) is so that it is not an impersonation account anymore.Alexkyoung (talk) 00:40, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - I might be insistent and don't like some of the tactics that you have tried but I'm not angry. I've simply stated that you cannot change that account name. Basic operating procedure: we don't allow editors to change the names of sockpuppet accounts.
    — Berean Hunter (talk) 01:03, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ST47

@Alexkyoung: I received your email, but I will not respond via email. Further, given the details of this block, it can only be handled by a CheckUser who has access to the non-public information that was used to upgrade the original block to a {{Checkuserblock-account}}. (Even then, they would likely require community consensus for an unblock - which I, for one, would still oppose.) ST47 (talk) 00:16, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:ST47, I am so sorry to hear that. At this point, given my limited freedom to edit, what else I can do to change your or anybody's mind? I'm not even given a chance, and it's only been a few months since I started editing. I've looked at your standard offer but an infinite ban or waiting 6 months is still too much given that I've only been around for two, and it says only exceptional circumstances will merit a much quicker unban. Surely, can we please find a way to reverse this expediently? I really don't like begging like this in public because it's humiliating but can't you see how sincere I am? These are no crocodile tears. I am even praying to God to help me. Could you please spare me some sympathy? I'm so sorry and will never do anything like this again. If only I could be given the freedom to demonstrate this. User:ST47 and User:Berean Hunter I'm sorry. To anybody in the community User:Moxy, User:Citobun, User:Joshua Jonathan, User:JimRenge, User:Adoring nanny, even User:Nickm57 I apologize for those filthy edits and underhanded tactics. I'm not trying to canvass anybody here but I just need them to know how sorry I am. I withdraw any bad statements I made about any of you; I know deep inside you are all good people, and that is why I trust that you will have to strength to help reverse this total unban, and I wouldn't want any of you to be in the same situation. Any concessions you request, I am willing to discuss. I don't want this case to taint anybody's summer. Even Moxy I know you were trying to help me by providing feedback on how to improve my unblock request. User:Geo Swan I am so grateful that you helped preserve all of my article creations. This is no rant; I'm trying to put in words the deep shame I feel in my heart. Please, all I need in return is just some empathy. I'm just so sorry to everybody.Alexkyoung (talk) 00:30, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To any user, feel free to list how you wish me to change so that I can get back to editing, and I will help you address each concern.

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 *I created the account Alex K Chen over two months ago and did nothing with it. It has made 0 edits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Alex_K_Chen), and it did not support me on anything. How was it not out of any good faith? [[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 00:05, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 **It was not created as a [[WP:VALIDALT|valid alt account]] and was not labeled as required. It is not an acceptable humor account but may be an impersonation account.<br />&nbsp;—&nbsp;[[User:Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">Berean Hunter</span>]] [[User talk :Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">(talk)</span>]] 00:29, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 **[[User:Berean Hunter]], when I created that account I did not even know what a [[WP:VALIDALT|valid alt account]] was and had no clue there were rules for username creation until very recently. I know you are very angry at me, and I really hope you recovered from that headache, but can you please assume good faith since unlike many people here who have been around for many years, even 15 years, I am really only a novice, like a child who stumbles her way into walking and with the help of wiki veterans like all of you? I want to continue walking to the point where I can run so that I can help all of you improve this wikipedia, but to smother a child when it's in its infancy is no way to do that. Please, part of the reason I wish to change the username (which I need to be unbanned to do so) is so that it is not an impersonation account anymore.[[User:Alexkyoung|Alexkyoung]] ([[User talk:Alexkyoung#top|talk]]) 00:40, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
+***I might be insistent and don't like some of the tactics that you have tried but I'm not angry. I've simply stated that you cannot change that account name. Basic operating procedure: we don't allow editors to change the names of sockpuppet accounts.<br />&nbsp;—&nbsp;[[User:Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">Berean Hunter</span>]] [[User talk :Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">(talk)</span>]] 01:03, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
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