User talk:Blakey7

Your objection to having a Wikipedia entry about you
I have sent a report to an administrator who should take care of the issue. You can see the report here -- IRP ☎ 21:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And I have protected this article against all editing until this is resolved. Generally, you have no say on whether there is an article about you here. If you are concerned that the article is biased or contains inaccuracies, you may email us via this page, but you will have to satisfy that you are the subject of the article. Meanwhile, legal threats are not tolerated here and you will remain blocked at least until that is withdrawn. Thanks. -- Rodhull andemu  21:32, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, legal threats are sometimes perfectly reasonable. It's just that legal issues can't be conducted on-wiki. If you want to pursue legal options, you need to do that directly with the Wikimedia Foundation. We don't block you as a punishment, but to prevent action that might make the legal situation more complex.--Scott MacDonald (talk) 23:01, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Can I help?
I see the article, and fully understand your objections to it. I understand you are upset, and you have good reason to be. I'd like to help if I can. But you have a choice to make now.


 * 1) You can work with the community of editors to reach a resolution. Content on wikipedia is decided by agreement - but we do have a policy that demands that all our content is verifiable and neutral - especially content on living people. You can see the policy here. We could work to fix the article to an acceptable standard, with any bias or untruths removed. As for deleting, wikipedia doesn't delete on the request of a subject. (Imagine if George Bush asked!) The community generally agrees to delete only when it feels that a subject doesn't merit an encyclopedia article for reason of, well, not being famous enough. See the guideline here. We could see whether that might apply in this case.
 * 2) Your other choice is to pursue legal action. However, if you do that, you will need to take it up with the Wikimedia Foundation who own the site. If you want to do that you can, but you can't correspond with the community at the same time. We have to leave you to pursue your legal avenues, and can't allow you to edit wikipedia at the same time.

If you'd like to leave the legal avenue aside (for now) then simply say so, and your account will be unblocked and we can try to solve things internally.

I hope that helps, and I do understand this is unpleasant for you.--Scott MacDonald (talk) 21:57, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * In the interim, Blakey7, while you remain blocked from editing per our standard practice, I have made a notation that you are blocked temporarily pending resolution of the legal issues. I will keep my eye on this page for further discussion.  Risker (talk) 23:08, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

An offer to nominate for courtesy deletion
Hi, your e-mail should remain functional during your block. I have a standing offer to nominate biographies such as yours for deletion upon request from the subject. If you haven't already enabled e-mail, please do so and click this link. I just need to confirm that this request comes from the actual subject of the page. There's no guarantee whether the site will agree to delete the page, but I'll give this a fair shot. Best wishes, Durova Charge! 23:14, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: the article has been nominated for deletion by another person. Articles for deletion/Jon Blake (broadcaster).  Durova Charge! 00:30, 1 November 2008 (UTC)