User talk:Gammers

Joe Scarborough
Since you a new user, I want to make sure you are familiar with the 3RR rule. Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. --Tbeatty 15:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Gamaliel's Block
Whatever you choose to do here on Wikipedia, go for it, but please leave me and my username out of it. Gamaliel 16:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was reverting to an edition I thought was by you, but I looked and it was by User:GamaIieI. My apologies, however, I believe you went to the extreme in blocking me.

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Initial request for unblock
You were apparently blocked by user:bigtop, not user:gamaliel. I support the block as you're first edit was to support "Gamaliel's" version as user "gammers." The fact that it made gamaliel uncomfortable with your short edit history is enough justification for the block. This was too similiar and coincidental, not to mention confusing. Since you don't have a long history of edits, it seems appropriate that you pick a different username. And for your own edification, Wikpedia is a community. "Demanding" would require that you can make a demand on someone. The only place to do this would be to request an ArbCom ruling which is unlikely to come out in your favor over something as trivial as a username. It would be much easier and productive if you simply pick a new username. You are not "Banned" because you picked a bad username so you can continue to contribute to Wikipedia either anonymously or by creating a new username. Etiquette would require you to put a notice that the previous gammers is the new on your user or talk page.--Tbeatty 05:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, this is straight from the block log:    * 16:27, 2 August 2006 Gamaliel (Talk | contribs) blocked "Gammers (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite. Please, instruct me on why Gamaliel was authorized to do this.
 * Futhermore, user:bigtop is not an admin. I would appreciate further independent review of this case.