User talk:Datgillyweed

December 2019
Your account has been blocked indefinitely because it is being used only for vandalism. Furthermore, your username is a blatant violation of our username policy, meaning that it is profane, threatens, attacks or impersonates another person, or suggests that your intention is not to contribute to the encyclopedia (see our blocking and username policies for more information). We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, but users are not allowed to edit with inappropriate usernames and we do not tolerate 'bad faith' editing such as trolling or other disruptive behavior. If you think there are good reasons why these don't describe your account, or why you should be unblocked, you are welcome to appeal this block – read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text at the end of your user talk page. Drmies (talk) 03:14, 16 December 2019 (UTC)


 * What areas of Wikipedia would you edit if unblocked? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:28, 16 December 2019 (UTC)


 * You need to request a new username - you cannot be called 'new username' - and, if I were you, I would answer HickoyOughtShirt?4's question above - what areas of Wikipedia would you edit if unblocked? Girth Summit  (blether)  14:50, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Would you like to comment? My thoughts are as follows.


 * The editor was indefinitely blocked without warning for one edit in user space.
 * The editor's explanation of that edit seems entirely plausible. "OK, so how do I edit Wikipedia? Let's make a test edit in my user space, to see if I get it right. What shall I write? Well, it doesn't really matter, as it's only in my user space and nobody else will see it, so let's just write the first thing that comes into my head." And if Wikipedia had been around when I was about 13 it is more likely than not that the first thing tthat came into my head to write as a test would have been soemthing pretty silly.
 * "Just the occasional edit that I notice needs to be edited" seems to me to be a perfectly sufficient answer to questions about what future editing is likely. That is exactly how I started editing Wikipedia, and I gradually moved onto other things. In fact my observations over the years have convinced me that is the best way to start. Editors who do that can gradually learn how things work, and any mistakes they make will be small ones that don't so much harm. By contrast, editors who start out with a grand plan to do something specific in a specific area very often get into problems, because they don't know what is acceptable, and make big mistakes which lead to big problems.
 * I am sure you must have some reason for regarding the user name as unacceptable, but I have no idea what reason, so can you clarify it for me? The best I have found from Google searches for variations on the user name is that "gillyweed" appears to be a word used in relation to Harry Potter as the name of "a magical plant that, when eaten, allows a human to breathe underwater". However, you must be aware of something else that I haven't been able to find. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 10:38, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * JBW, that is a kind of weed that I was unfamiliar with--I just knew the regular kind, hailed in all those usernames involving "420". Like you, I accept the user's explanation, and now that I am more educated (and since we watched all the Harry Potter movies over Christmas), I'm fine with the username as well. I do not want to make the user jump through any more hoops: they found their way to the talk page, and managed to construct an unblock request, and that should be rewarded. Thank you for your advocacy. Drmies (talk) 17:59, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm. There are several things there that I don't fully understand. "The regular kind?" I sort of vaguely guess that means that there is something well known in the part of the world where you live known called "gilly weed", "gillyweed", or something of the sort, different from the thing that I found by searching for the expression. If that is what you mean, I've no idea what it is. If it isn't, then I have even less idea. Nor have I the remotest idea what the reference to "420" means. However, I am pretty sure that you are saying that you don't object to an unblock, so I shall go ahead. JBW (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , the regular weed is weed, as in cannabis, not gillyweed. Cannabis is--well, it's explained here, Cannabis (drug). "420" pops up regularly in usernames--420 (cannabis culture). Drmies (talk) 00:58, 21 January 2020 (UTC)