User talk:Noetica

Retired

This user is no longer active on Wikipedia.

– except to appear at an ArbCom case, if requested

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Arbitration enforcement warning: Manual of Style and article titles policy

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The Arbitration Committee has permitted administrators to impose discretionary sanctions (information on which is at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions) on any editor who is active on pages broadly related to the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy. Discretionary sanctions can be used against an editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, satisfy any standard of behavior, or follow any normal editorial process. If you continue to misconduct yourself on pages relating to this topic, you may be placed under sanctions, which can include blocks, a revert limitation, or an article ban. The Committee's full decision can be read at the "Final decision" section of the decision page.

Please familiarise yourself with the information page at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions, with the appropriate sections of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures, and with the case decision page before making any further edits to the pages in question. This notice is given by an uninvolved administrator and will be logged on the case decision, pursuant to the conditions of the Arbitration Committee's discretionary sanctions system.

This warning is made as a result of the arbitration enforcement request made on 27 January 2013 concerning you. Please take care, in future disputes concerning the issues mentioned above, to comment on content and not on other contributors, as directed by WP:NPA and related Wikipedia conduct rules. Regards,  Sandstein  21:08, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Leaving Wikipedia, as promised

Sandstein:

I will of course be leaving Wikipedia forever, as promised. It is not a matter of great concern for me; I was quite ready for such an outcome the moment I realised you had taken it on yourself to deal with such cases. O yes, I can remember!

Shortly I will be arranging an orderly departure. There are a few areas in which I want to complete some contributions. Let me just say: I am dismayed, though not surprised, at your attempting to suppress legitimate contributions supporting me, in an action brought by Apteva (who is now under a topic ban and a block). You were silent about another commenter, who had come perilously close to a block and a ban himself. He had attracted a stern warning from bureaucrat MBisanz for the battle plan he had drawn up at Apteva's talkpage, which he noisily pursued in this AE action. So note: the only reason I might stay for a little while is to assist Ohconfucius, Neotarf, and SMcCandlish in an ArbCom case, if any two of them ask me to do so. The actions, biases, and involvements (present and past) of the following admins would need scrutiny:

• KillerChihuahua
• Cailil
• SarekOfVulcan
• Sandstein

And the actions of these other editors cry out for more attention, beyond what has been done in warnings, at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Apteva, at WP:AE, and at WP:AN:

• Wikid77
• Apteva

But you see, to me it all looks like a passing Mardi Gras pageant, or a lobster quadrille. Fantastic names, costumes, and posturings – none of which will mean anything to me soon. So much else to do!

Best wishes,

Noetica^Tea? 08:22, 2 February 2013 (UTC) (pro tempore)

Sandstein's misunderstanding of the AE issues and consequent bogus warning

You'll probably want to read and weigh in on User talk:SMcCandlish#Arbitration enforcement warning: Manual of Style and article titles policy, especially the second round, after Sandstein made it clear that he did not even know about the AN filing that led up to the AE request, and is thus missing almost all of the facts, background, context and history. The "you can now be blocked without further notice by anyone with a hare up their butt" warning we received was unfounded, unjust and invalid, and I'm not going to stand for being treated like a wikicriminal this way. I've devoted unbelievable amounts of time and effort to this project and I'll be damned if I'll be lynched for it. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 12:48, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

PS: Note that User:Neotarf just resigned editing over the matter, and I think you'd indicated, before this pointless boot dropped, a willingness to do so as well. I now rescind my criticism of you for taking that position. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 12:54, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure! Make no mistake: I'm leaving, for good. See above. The only reason I will stay on for a while is to support any ArbCom action by you, Ohconfucius, or Neotarf. That's what it would take to overturn the warnings issued to you three, and to deal with the abuses by admins listed above.

Just let me know what you intend. Meanwhile, I'll continue my process of disengaging gracefully from Wikipedia. Busy in the real world, so it might take a few days.

Noetica^Tea? 01:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Retired from Wikipedia

As promised above, Noetica is now retiring from Wikipedia.

For a little while I will keep email access open. I authorise Wavelength to manage this talkpage, if Wavelength is interested in doing that. I would prefer that it be kept very bare. I do not want notifications of any kind here, and would prefer that they be put quickly into Archive 7. I am not interested in responses to anything above on this talkpage. They can be archived also.

I will remain available for a short time to join any ArbCom case that is started to deal with matters arising at WP:AE. But I have no interest in appealing against any decision made there in respect of Noetica.

Noetica no longer exists on Wikipedia.

Best wishes to all! ♥

Noetica^Tea? 11:37, 3 February 2013 (UTC)