User talk:Grumbles180-co


 * There are no redirects from the Draft space to the main encyclopedia space. This is why it seemed like vandalism to other users, as people often vandalize using the words of bodily functions and products.  What useful edits do you want to make if unblocked? 331dot (talk) 10:48, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * (sigh) You might have been better off discussing those bogus warnings rather than deleting them, dismissing them, and charging onward. What other edits not involving scatology might you make?-- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 13:25, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry if the Draft space was the wrong place. I was instructed by the automatic welcome message that the Draft space was the place for making new edits without having to worry about them being perfect first time, without having to worry about affecting the main encyclopedia, it even said the Draft space wouldn't be indexed by Google.

So given that I was following the instructions, making an edit in Draft space (the very place for new users to make new edits that might not meet the mustard of the main encyclopedia??) I did not expect to be immediately (literally within seconds) slapped in the face with a delete notice and informed with a copy and paste message that I'm an abusive vandal. Sure, I did not take those warnings seriously because I thought I was following the instructions correctly and they seemed like ridiculous robotic messages like the kind you get for filling out a captcha wrong even when you know you got it right.

Look, I can accept that I made (with all good intentions I add) a mistake, and that I didn't and probably still don't understand all these procedures on where things are supposed to go. Hands up, I'm new here. But I still think that being banned outright forever with no explanation (beyond an ambiguous copy and paste message) of what or why my edit was bad is a vast overreaction. Grumbles180-co (talk) 17:11, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * So, if unblocked, what edits do you think you might make? SQL Query me!  18:25, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't plan to make any edits for a good long while. My first attempt clearly went wrong despite me thinking I was following the instructions given. Once bitten twice shy, as they say. Probably in the future I would like to make small edits like correcting a typo if I see it while reading an article. I often see them but never correct them, I'd like to do that. That's about it really, just small corrections as and when I see them while reading articles. And I'd like to see the ban overturned just because I think it is excessively harsh for a first timers mistake. A week (or month?) long ban would be more reasonable than a forever ban. Thanks Grumbles180-co (talk) 18:35, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

poop in teh 'pedia
Alas, it was all moot from the start. We already have it as not a redirect, but a disambiguation page. There are other, non scatological uses for the word. And you be astounded by the amount of vandalism involving scatology that we revert each day. It is a sore subject.-- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 13:29, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Question
Could you please tell your past history of editing Wikipedia. You can use email for any details that are not intended for public. Materialscientist (talk) 23:54, 26 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Many years ago I'm sure I clicked edit and wrote something stupid into a random article because I was dumb and didn't understand the value of Wikipedia at the time. I imagine a lot of peoples first interaction with Wikipedia goes something like that. But I couldn't tell you when or what because I just don't remember it would have been so long ago. We're talking maybe a decade ago on a school computer. I don't think something so old should be used against me? At least I hope not. And to be clear I would never do something like that nowadays. I'm never going to be someone who crafts whole articles from scratch but I really do want to help out on here some day because I read a lot and even downloaded that Kiwix Offline version for reading without an internet connection. There are a lot of small errors and typos that pop up I think I could help out with fixing in the future. I really don't want to be banned forever from ever helping out just for such a silly mistake. Even changing the ban to a year long ban would be okay with me, but forever seems so harsh and unreasonable. Thanks for your time. Grumbles180-co (talk) 07:04, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Why do you edit through open proxies? Materialscientist (talk) 00:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Should you really be telling everyone that since it's private information and puts me at risk? Wikipedia (and many other sites) is blocked at my work which is the only place I have internet access. Wasn't aware that was against the rules since I made an account everything is under one name. "they are not the intended targets and may freely use proxies until those are blocked" it says that on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proxy page Grumbles180-co (talk) 09:08, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Whatever.
It was obvious from the start you were just playing me along for your amusement. Hope you had fun.