User talk:Albert Sumlin

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Hello, Albert Sumlin, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Black Panther Party. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! John Vandenberg (chat) 02:22, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * This obviously isn't a new account. If this isn't HK then please disclose your previous accounts. If any admins have questions about this block then please email me.   Will Beback    talk    04:26, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not a new account, it's over a month old. I have no previous account. What exactly did I do that prompted so much hostility? Albert Sumlin (talk) 13:50, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There's no hostility. This is a routine enforcement.   Will Beback    talk    18:31, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Enforcement of what? Do you do this to everyone after their first month of editing? How do I get my normal status restored? Albert Sumlin (talk) 23:59, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I feel like I have blundered into a production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Once you are accused, there is no defense, including innocence. This is a very strange place. Albert Sumlin (talk) 20:57, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You are unblocked. Franz Kafka's The Trial might be a more appropriate metaphor. A Checkuser block would not have been productive for technical reasons. Although it is claimed that a pattern of behaviour is exhibited, the proper venue for that is WP:SPI, where an independent administrator would be able to review the totality of the evidence presented. Bear in mind, please, that I am not exonerating you from sockpuppetry, merely stating that the evidence against you is so weak as to raise a reasonable doubt. It may be that my decision will be countermanded on the basis of better evidence coming forth, but that's not a matter for me right now. Rodhull  andemu  23:53, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I haven't read "The Trial," but I'll put it on my list. It seems that I am still blocked, however, because of an autoblock put on my IP because I used it to create "The late Mr. Sumlin" with which I posted on the administrator board. But I believe that block to be temporary. Albert Sumlin (talk) 01:48, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * In the light of information now made available to me since I unblocked you, of which I was unaware at the time, I have reversed my decision and reblocked you for block evasion. I am convinced beyond doubt that this is the correct course of action to pursue, and you are of course able to pursue this in the usual way. However, I and other editors will feel free to reveal this technical and behavioural evidence provately to the Arbitration Committee, if required. I've no doubt this will end up on Wikipedia Review, but then, I need a good laugh right now since I learned today that a former girlfriend of mine died almost a year ago, and nobody told me. In the light of that, sockpuppetry here is an unbelievably selfish luxury. Rodhull  andemu  21:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * WTF? Your message provides a suitably incoherent ending to this bizarre saga. Having followed the link and read the plot summary, I agree that "The Trial" is a better analogy than "The Crucible." Albert Sumlin (talk) 22:33, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, either ask for unblocking or don't. It's unlikely to be granted by any Admin, on the evidence made available to me, so I advise you email ArbCom if you have a real issue with this. Rodhull  andemu  22:42, 6 June 2010 (UTC)