User talk:Factcolony

November 2012
To enforce an arbitration decision, you have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing arbitration enforcement blocks and follow the instructions there to appeal your block. Bbb23 (talk) 15:58, 22 November 2012 (UTC) Notice to administrators: In a March 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."

Arab-Israeli arbitration notice
As a result of an arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee has acknowledged long-term and persistent problems in the editing of articles related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, broadly understood. As a result, the Committee has enacted broad editing restrictions, described here and below.


 * Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
 * The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.
 * Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
 * Discretionary sanctions imposed under the provisions of this decision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard (currently WP:AE), or the Committee.

These editing restrictions may be applied to any editor for cause, provided the editor has been previously informed of the case. This message is to so inform you. This message does not necessarily mean that your current editing has been deemed a problem; this is a template message crafted to make it easier to notify any user who has edited the topic of the existence of these sanctions.

Generally, the next step, if an administrator feels your conduct on pages in this topic area is disruptive, would be a warning, to be followed by the imposition of sanctions (although in cases of serious disruption, the warning may be omitted). Hopefully no such action will be necessary.

This notice is only effective if given by an uninvolved administrator and logged here.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:02, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Factcolony, per WP:USERTALK, you may not remove "ArbCom-imposed edit restrictions currently in effect". As your block notice, and Bbb23's notice about the restriction, are part of such a restriction, you may not remove them while the block is in effect. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 16:27, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

 You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. Your ability to edit your talk page has also been revoked. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should read the guide to appealing blocks, then contact administrators by submitting a request to the Unblock Ticket Request System. Bbb23 (talk) 16:31, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * As Factcolony has sent an unblock request through to UTRS, wherein they claim that their account was compromised and they did not make the edits in question, I have changed the block to indefinite per WP:GOTHACKED. I have restored talk page access, however it will be revoked again should the blanking continue.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:31, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Ponyo, how do I undo this block and reverse the damage done to my account? I simply left my computer/account/revisions open here at home. I think this is really unfair. Factcolony (talk) 18:46, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * You don't really expect anyone to read all that, do you?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:55, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I just copied and pasted from where the edits in question began. But you know what? I've played by the rules. It's now time for me to open another account. There's not a thing you or anyone else can do about that. Don't worry about it. C ya. Factcolony (talk) 01:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)