User talk:98.158.241.42

331dot "I am declining your unblock request because it does not address the reason for your block". Let me type this as clearly as I can: '''There is. No. Reason. Given. For. The. Block.''' Thanks, 98.158.241.42 (talk) 07:06, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * From the edit history of the blocked IP range, the reason is fairly obvious; there is extensive vandalism from this IP range. If you know nothing about any vandalism, you should request the creation of an account at WP:ACC to avoid issues like this. 331dot (talk) 07:09, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * So you're telling me I have no recourse for this block from almost a year ago supposedly for vandalism (though not from this actual IP which is blocked) except to request an account from a bureaucratic process which is, I quote, "severely backlogged. If you submit a request today, you can expect a response in approximately 6 months on average." Is that right? Does that sum up the situation? 98.158.241.42 (talk) 07:13, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Your other option would be to create an account in a different physical location with a different IP address from one in this blocked range. The delay in ACC is not due to a bureaucratic process, but to the fact that it is handled by volunteers working on their own time. You are also free to make another unblock request to see if other admins are willing to remove the range block that is preventing extensive vandalism. 331dot (talk) 07:21, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I appreciate that you are volunteering your own time to the laudable goal of helping build and protect the encyclopedia. I'd like to do the same, so I'm slightly less appreciative of one volunteering one's time to blocking an IP address that hasn't actually done anything. I'll try your advice. 98.158.241.42 (talk) 07:25, 19 October 2019 (UTC)


 * The "path forward" is untenable. To look at this less backwardsly (did you really just decline to unblock me because I'd failed to prove a negative?), do you have any reason to believe this "long-term" (read: a month) vandal still is operating from this range 10 months later? 98.158.241.42 (talk) 11:50, 19 October 2019 (UTC)


 * How do we know that you are not the target of the block attempting to get unblocked?(answer:we don't.) Unless you can do as Yamla asked and show that the block is not needed to prevent a LT vandal from operating, there is nothing more to be done here. You've been told what you can do, and if you have good faith contributions to make, those options should be no problem for you. 331dot (talk) 11:55, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Really? Do I come across to you as someone who would find adding "yeet" to articles to be super funny? What do you want me to do, track the kid down and bring you his scalp? I'm glad you consider waiting 6 months to be able to contribute to be "no problem"; I'm sure that's easy to say when you'll be spending those 6 months editing whatever you like. 98.158.241.42 (talk) 12:00, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * As I also said, you can travel to any other physical location on the planet with a different IP address that is not blocked and create an account for immediate access to editing. 331dot (talk) 07:27, 20 October 2019 (UTC)