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Happy editing! Cheers, Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 15:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * My fellow Canadian, this is not your first account. You don't just find RfAs and oppose them from just being a reader. -- Amanda (she/her)  18:27, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree that You don't just find RfAs and oppose them from just being a reader—but I wasn't just a reader. As I explained on my user page, I am formerly a longtime IP editor who decided to register an account. Registering an account after having been an IP editor in good standing is not possibly sockpuppetry under any definition of the term. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 18:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Creating an account just to vote in RfA is a standard tactic used by sockmasters all the time - you likely know this if you've been around a long time. If you wish, since I am a checkuser, you can send me an email with this long term IP you have been editing from, and if it checks, I'll unblock. -- Amanda (she/her)  19:51, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @AmandaNP As I described here, it's a dynamic IPv6 assigned somewhere--there isn't a single IP. My edits look like they were probably broadly in the 2605:8d80::/32 range, but a comprehensive list of exact IP address is going to be hard for even me to determine. My current IP, as you will be able to easily confirm, is a static Bell Canada IP. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 01:56, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not trying to be difficult here, but that's Rogers from Coast to Coast - there is no way I'll be able to sort though to identify your edits. Can you remember 1, just 1 article you have edited in the past, and find the IPv6 address that relates to that? Because there are several abusive editors on that large /32 that I'm sure are not you. -- Amanda (she/her)  04:16, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * These edits (bot aside) were mine. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 04:26, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * We crossed paths - wouldn't have declined if I had seen you'd responded to Amanda specifically. I'll leave my decline above, but if she's comfortable reversing her own block here, I have no objections. She's much more familiar w/ Canadian ISPs than me. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:38, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @TonyBallioni: Is there any chance that I can get the big red declined unblock notice changed because I have been unblocked? I'd like to keep my honour and dignity intact. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 05:04, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you can remove it since you've been unblocked, but I went ahead and did it for you :) TonyBallioni (talk) 05:20, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I can't believe it tbh. I can track your record far back along with some possible ANI activity which would make you aware of project space. I see no red flags on the range (logged in or out), no investigations that would hint you were involved, and a very focused topic area. I expect we'll see more from said topic area, but for now I'm going to unblock as I believe you've shown sufficient good faith that this may have been just misstep of creating a new account. -- Amanda (she/her)  04:47, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Amanda. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 04:52, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * But I know a man who can :)  2A02:C7C:36B1:FB00:55B5:4D2:F6DD:AD4 (talk) 18:48, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The IP associated with that block is User talk:107.190.33.254, which geolocates as a Teksavvy Solutions Inc. IPv4 based around Chatham, Ontario. The account (aside from RC) that was blocked was . I'm not RandomCanadian nor RandomCanadian's brother, nor any sort of relative; I have no relatives in Ontario. Also, if you're going to allege that I am someone I am not, at least do so with honour by logging into your account; your /64 doesn't really look like there has been much activity on it until dropping this comment randomly. God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 19:00, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The problem is that  'The encyclopedia anyone can edit'  was meant, way back then, to refer to articles, without needing academic qualifications in their topic area, rather than tinkering under Wikipedia's hood. There should be a rule requiring new users to be extended confirmed before commenting on RfA and some Wikipedias have now banned IP editing altogether.
 * Anyone can say they've been around for a long time as an IP but it can't be proven; very few IP are static these days, especially since using smart phones or simply travelling a lot with a laptop from one free WiFi hotspot to another. 'I've been an IP for a long time' is a well worn cliché.  A new user is a new user. That what counts here and there's something decidedly odd about creating an account with the second edit shortly after being a very early RfA vote - and getting it wrong. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:13, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * So I should be blocked, in your opinion, because I opposed your RfA nominee? Is that what I'm hearing from you? God keep our land glorious and free (talk) 01:20, 2 January 2023 (UTC)


 * You were hearing from me exactly the same concerns voiced by the admin who blocked you. I looked in here because your vote had disappeared. Don't try second guessing people. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:12, 2 January 2023 (UTC).