User talk:Decolonizetheinternet

January 2023
 You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31h for disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. User:Ymblanter (talk) 09:53, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You have been sufficiently warned but did not amend your behavior. Time for blocks has come.Ymblanter (talk) 09:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You appear to have a conflict of interest here. I would advise that you abide by the rule you have set for yourself "Following this finding of fact in the arbitration case (unrelated to me) I have stopped all administrator activity in the areas I edit — everything related to the countries of the former Soviet Union..." as it's clear you are unable to perform an administrative role in this topic area in a dispassionate manner. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 09:43, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The other edits of mine you've reverted have also incidentally restored verifiable false information (in the case of Sheptytsky) and a whole chunk of unsourced original research and potentially libelous innuendo (in the case of Prince Bandar). Please reconsider your actions. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 09:48, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I did not restore anything unsourced. If you do not like the sources, after you get unblocked, start talk page discussions. Ymblanter (talk) 09:56, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * This is false. My initial edit summaries made it clear why the content I removed was either fraudulently sourced (re: Sheptytsky) or *extremely* poorly sourced (re: Bandar).
 * Regardless, you blocked me because I reverted you. Looking at your most recent blocks, it took me all of about 60 seconds to find you recently did the same to this user - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/A_big_sleep - for having the temerity to rv you on your chosen topic area. This is in clear breach of not only the limitation you claim to have set yourself, but of the principle of WP:INVOLVED in general. Please stop behaving this way. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 10:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking vandals and LTA editors is not a breach of anything. Once you get unblocked you can raise the issue at ANI, buty be aware that your actions will be scrutinized as well. Ymblanter (talk) 10:37, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You're trying to dissuade me from reporting you. You're abusing your privileges by performing administrative actions (blocking users who revert you) in articles you're INVOLVED in. And you know it. Hence your threats. Which of course have had the opposite effect, and have only served to make me more determined to report you. I invite you once more to reconsider your actions. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 10:44, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem, as I said you are welcome to report me. Let us see first what the reviewing admin says. Ymblanter (talk) 10:46, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not welcome, you've made sure of that with your block. You'll be reported once the 31 hours expire. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 10:50, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

The reason for the block is quite clearly stated above, as well as in the block log with the addendum "reverted sourced material without explanation, including articles in the discretionary sanctions areas". 331dot (talk) 13:51, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Didn't happen. Explanation was in edit summaries, and material was either fraudulently sourced, or insufficiently sourced for a BLP. Not to mention the fact that he made this justification post ipso facto - he blocked me immediately after I reverted his revert of my edit. He then reverted two further edits of mine out of spite. In not seeing this sequence of events, you're just being lazy. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 14:12, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * And I made a prediction, not a threat. I could be wrong, though I don't think so. 331dot (talk) 13:52, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't ask for your prediction/threat, but carry on. Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 14:12, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

A belated welcome!


Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Decolonizetheinternet! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:


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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:34, 20 August 2023 (UTC)


 * And here's a belated thanks :) Decolonizetheinternet (talk) 05:53, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

November 2023
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. User:Ymblanter (talk) 07:07, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * For a user with less than 200 edits we have had you enough. Edit-warring to restore BLP violations basically means you are not competent enough to edit Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:49, 7 November 2023 (UTC)