User talk:Freerow2

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--Ymblanter (talk) 21:09, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Blocks will be coming next for edit-warring. In addition, I am not going to take an accusation in ethnocide lightly Ymblanter (talk) 10:56, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  User:Ymblanter (talk) 11:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Actually, after looking better at your edits, of which zero are good, I decided that continuation of your ability to edit Wikipedia will not be beneficial.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:14, 23 March 2023 (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).

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Request reason:

Hello, I am a new editor of Wikipedia and am here to build a better encyclopedia. Bear with me as I am not aware of the policies and procedures here yet. I believe the block is not necessary as I am here to make productive contributions. I was surprised by user Ymblanter's blanket removal of my edits without civil discourse. Addressing the claimed issue of "zero good edits", I would like to point out that the following is a good edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitaly_Mukha&diff=prev&oldid=1136058637 . Vitaly was born in Ukraine to a Ukrainian family as the article states and I believe that justifies the category of Ukrainian Mechanical Engineers. With regards to the "nationalistic POV" claim, it is my position that my edits are trying to exhibit Ukrainian identity and ethnicity and are not about nations. Furthermore, I have not done any "name calling". Perhaps these words are due to an English language barrier issue. What I was trying to do was point out the documented tactic of suppressing Ukrainian identity and culture under the guise of eliminating "nationalism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor#CITEREFWolowyna2021 I'd like to state again that I am here to improve Wikipedia and have found excellent articles on Georgy Voronoy (https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Voronoy/ , https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3269 ). These articles themselves have great references which can be used to improve the Wikipedia page on Georgy. Thank you for your time. Freerow2 (talk) 14:35, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Your example of a good edit added a category that did not exist to an article, and so was an example of a poor edit. Yamla (talk) 18:11, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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@Yamla: I feel that you are biting the newbies and are coming down too hard on me. Can you please be more constructive in your reasoning. With regards to the edit above, I was not aware that category did not exist and that it needed to exist to make that edit. I am a new user. There was a subsequent edit that changed the capitalization of 2 letters which converted the category to one that did exist. I believe this is an example of a good edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitaly_Mukha&diff=prev&oldid=1136059288 Freerow2 (talk) 13:47, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

However, classifying the guy as a "Ukrainian mechanical engineer" is at best highly contentious, at worst plainly wrong.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:53, 26 March 2023 (UTC)