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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Gentlejackjones (talk | contribs) at 14:10, 25 May 2016 (→‎May 2016: Message to Acroterion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

December 2014

Information icon Hello, I'm Gloss. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Suzanne Collins seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Gloss 21:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Daphne, Alabama

Hi, I'm unsure why you removed the notable person entry from the Daphne, Alabama page. He attended Daphne High School and his parents hold a Daphne address. Perhaps a comment in the edit summary would help. JodyB talk 17:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jody! I removed the Islamic militant from the Daphne "Notable People" section because it does not appear that he is really notable in a way that relates to Daphne, although I understand he was born and attended high school there. Also, I'm not sure he's all that notable, in that he went to Africa, joined a fringe Jihadist group, and was then killed by them-- hardly the picture of a "leader" or an important part of that group's dealings.

I took him off the page again, but if you feel strongly that he should be included, I won't delete it again.

Thanks, Gentlejackjones (talk) 21:21, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey JodyB,

I read your relevant language on the Daphne talk page and it is soundly reasoned; I agree, now, that he is notable. Thanks for educating me on the processes of Wikipedia and on this unfortunate individual. Although I don't know how to undo my edit, I am in complete agreement with your re-addition of the militant and apologize for the hassle.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Gentlejackjones (talk) 23:12, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

May 2016

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  Acroterion (talk) 07:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I completely understand, Acroterion, and I'm sorry you had to be involved. I earnestly tried to seek a consensus, then resolve the dispute with [User: Meters] civilly and in good faith. These efforts backfired horribly, however. I truly appreciate your time, and defer to your Wikipedia prowess. I will learn from this interaction with Meters to determine how to best interact (or disengage) from such users in the future, but I would be remiss if I did not include a plea that you, or someone else, please look into her ongoing conduct towards our fellow Wikipedians/human beings. Gentlejackjones (talk) 14:10, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This user is asking that their block be reviewed:

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

Request reason:

I never violated the BLP rule or participated in edit warring. After I originally edited the page for [The Hunger Games], [Suzanne Collins], and [The Hunger Games] (trilogy) with a section regarding the similarities between that work and [Battle Royale], I got a message on this page from [User:Meters] unilaterally accusing me of disruptive editing and employing a Level-3 or above warning sign. She also deleted the entirety of my additions, claiming BLP violations on portions of the text, then moved the remaining text (again, unilaterally) to a different part of the article, deleting it entirely from the [Suzanne Collins] and trilogy pages. After I discussed the edits with her in my talk page (asking her to be friendly despite her hostile tone-- and apologizing for using sources such as Buzzfeed for some of my edits), I put a more well-sourced version of the article content I originally intended back into the three articles. She again removed the content from [Suzanne Collins] and the trilogy pages, and "issued" me a level-5 warning-- garbing herself in the apparent authority of a Wiki admin, which I earnestly posit is a position for which she would be entirely ill-suited. I again attempted to reason with [User:Meters], and again was met with derision. On her page, I asked her to stop "biting the newbies," and reminded her of Wikipedia's open policy and the "be bold" policy, and informed her that she was chilling speech and bullying less experienced users, and she deleted the posts without comment, telling me to "stay off [her] page." She then added more content to my page, harassing me regarding my editing and threatening to have me blocked. She continued by making pithy edits to the [Hunger Games] page, employing ad hominem attacks by calling me "weasely", etc. If anything, she was edit warring.(By the way, this seems to be her modus operandi: immediately "launch into" less-experienced users on their pages, ignoring the civility guidelines or even the guidelines for constructive editing, then crying foul if they respond to her on her own page-- presumably because she would like nothing more than to be an admin. This is like the neighborhood watchman/woman who will do anything to appear well to the actual policeman/woman.) I did replace my content on her page, as I wanted its content to be memorialized for this dispute, in the event that her refusal to meet me halfway in good faith continued (which it obviously did). I didn't realize that I could later get the content from her page in the dispute resolution process, because I never even knew about the dispute resolution process. On previous edits, I either accepted the more experienced editor's changes (see above) without negative comment, or actively thanked them for educating me (see JodyB interaction above). These editors were courteous, professional, and a joy to work with-- in stark contrast to [User:Meters]. I attempted numerous olive leafs to [User:Meters], but all were refused, rudely, the last of which was actually Wikilove from me to her (using a .png of The Treaty of Metre), which she deleted from her page and tried to use against me to the admins. Lastly, she edited my edit-warring complaint against her, which I'm not even sure is allowed, and misrepresented the entire account to the admins, which may have led to my current block. Please keep Wikipedia a place where new contributors are welcomed, not brutalized, new content is thoughtfully considered, not brusquely rejected, and where the exchange of ideas is open and free, not closed and muted. Thanks, again, for your time and attention.Gentlejackjones (talk) 14:05, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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