User talk:Calton

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It's clean-up duty, mopping up after the dishonest, incompetent, and fanatical. Can't imagine why you'd have a problem with that.

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User talk:AndreyVorobyov

Posting further gibes at him is disruptive. The dispute had been dealt with and is over, and you need to move on too. So stop it and leave him alone. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

March 2019

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for persistently making disruptive edits, refusal to drop the stick, and escalating a dispute that has already been closed. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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 ~~~~}}.  Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:58, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

• Don't say you weren't warned. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:59, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

  Reverting the comment (the "trolling") that was left over from the dispute was fine, but the dispute had already been closed after that, he had been warned about his behaviour, and he had moved on (and possibly left Wikipedia altogether). Heading over to his talk page two days later, trying to start the fight up again, and escalating the aggression with personal insults was absolutely not acceptable. We're supposed to be building an encyclopedia here, not fighting petty schoolboy battles, remember? Anyway, you know how to request unblock if you wish, but I would oppose unblocking you until you have regained a sense of perspective and agree to stop with your escalating anger and aggression. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:10, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

• I see that you have also been grossly uncivil with another editor recently...

• "You are incompetent or dishonest, neither of which is my requirement to fix for you"
• "Spare me the unctuous ass-covering. Your comment had fuck-all to do with anything I wrote, at all -- the word "redaction" should be a clue -- so either you were unable to do something as simple as read the edit history properly or you were attempting to obscure the issue. If you think this gives you some sort of moral high ground, you're sadly mistaken. No, did you have a comment on what I ACTUALLY wrote, or did you want to blow more smoke?"
• "Your comment had fuck-all to do with anything I wrote, at all -- the word "redaction" should be a clue -- so either you were unable to do something as simple as read the edit history properly or you were attempting to obscure the issue. If you think this gives you some sort of moral high ground, you're sadly mistaken".

No matter what the content dispute, those are are all examples of unacceptable incivility and personal attacks. I don't know why you are acting so aggressively these days, but it has to stop. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:52, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee:, you may want to keep an eye on this page. One wonders how this guy is only being blocked for 31 hours for that sort of language. ~ SashiRolls ^{t · c} 07:19, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

ILoveTheVoice

Why did you remove all of the contest from his page? ILoveTheVoice II (talk) 16:42, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Wikipedia user pages are not free web space for you to host your own fictitious material, and I have now deleted your new user page per WP:U5. Please see WP:User pages to learn what user pages are for. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:58, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Google LLC

Hello, I wanted to let you know that it is common practice to state the legal company name in the article, despite it being a common name or not. Common name is used for titles, not the start of a heading. You can refer to other company articles such as Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon (company). Cheers. –Wefk423 (talk) 12:59, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for a repeat of the aggressive interpersonal behaviour that led to your previous block. Further similar behaviour will lead to further sanctions, and if I'm the one who deals with it your next similar offence will result in at least a one-month block. To echo what I said last time, no matter what the content dispute, the edit summary "Again: no one left you in charge of ANYTHING, so no one is taking any orders from you. Suck it up, buttercup" is absolutely unacceptable. You must (in fact will, one way or another) stop the aggression and insults.

You know how to appeal this block if you wish to do so. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:33, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

• Looking back on some more of your recent edit summaries, I see escalating aggression, including sarcasm, "WTF", general snark, before reaching the level of outright personal insult. You really need to learn when to stop and step back. If you're in a bad mood, feeling frustrated, or whatever, the best thing to do is stop editing Wikipedia for a while. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:44, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee: And you need to grow up, Sheriff Respect-Mah-Authoritah. A bad block, of course, but that's a typical overreaction from you. Maybe you should try paying occasional attention to things that are actually happening instead of running interference for bad editors. --Calton | Talk 09:47, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

You know how to request an unblock if you disagree with my reason for the block. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:11, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Stop reverting edits

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. - I wont hestitate to request for an administrator's attention if you decide to continue, you seem to have a colourful history in reverting edits and being disruptive. I suggest you stop being aggressive. The talk page exists for a reason. Ineedtostopforgetting (talk) 09:44, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Postmodernism copyvio

Can you explain it to me how is that copyvio when there is proper attribution?Sourcerery (talk) 14:12, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

(passer-by) @Sourcerery It's because the copyright rules are tightened in wake of Articles 11 and 13 of the European new copyright legislation. Also since there is an ongoing "constitutional crisis" caused by a WMF ban you have to be extra careful these days. 202.126.216.142 (talk) 19:10, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Consensus

When discretionary sanctions are in place (WP:ARBAPDS), and there's no consensus for a change, the status quo is to be retained until a consensus is met. You should self-revert. Loganmac (talk) 12:39, 18 July 2019 (UTC)