User talk:Dupledreux

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Blocked as a sock puppet
You have been. (blocked by MuZemike 19:41, 14 October 2009 (UTC))

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Hello,. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Equazcion (talk) 21:35, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Your case is awaiting a checkuser investigation. Your unblock request will be answered once that's completed. Equazcion (talk) 21:50, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That car metaphor is something I'll have to remember to wedge into conversation in the future. However, posting multiple tirades while you're being investigated isn't the best way to convince people you're not up to no-good. Equazcion (talk) 00:16, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Wow, sorry, I didn't realise that was a tirade, my social meter must be way off here. I will totally back off. Thanks Equazcion Mark Dupledreux (talk) 03:28, 18 October 2009 (UTC)Dupledreux

No, I'm not a sock or a tendi-whatever SPA. I'm a Newbie who didn't even know enough to indent his posts. Goodbye all. Dupledreux (talk) 03:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)Dupledreux

Response to email
I wanted my responses to be public, so I'm posting them here.

First of all, the domain of your email address or website most likely don't matter. Your address with your internet service provider is what's checked. Secondly, checkuser was never actually done. The case was closed because everyone thinks you're a sock based on your talk page behavior. I don't have the experience dealing with RJII as some other people here do, so I can't say whether they're being unreasonable.

That said, the admin who originally blocked you had actually recommended checkuser, before the case was closed. It's possible you could still have a shot at getting checkuser run. However, I didn't find your long posts about your political leanings and article suggestions all that comforting. Your account was undergoing an investigation and you didn't seem to be taking it very seriously. If your posts here are examples of what you'll be posting to talk pages and how you'll be handling difficult situations in the future, you might want to just invest your effort elsewhere.

G'luck - Equazcion (talk) 04:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Equazcion, you have been helpful, open, direct and honest.

On the contrary, I took it all too seriously and overreacted. Its all been pretty traumatic.

I thought the History of construction article would be a safe, productive place for me to work up a section. All the comments above were my own self-imposed conservative boundaries, limits of skill and self-criticism. (you don't need to answer, I've wasted enough of everyone's time already.)

I wish you and everyone well. Dupledreux (talk) 14:27, 20 October 2009 (UTC)Dupledreux