User talk:H00ver

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism, and if you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. Fireplace 15:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

It has become apparent that your account is only being used for vandalism, and so has been blocked indefinitely. Kusma (討論) 15:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe there was a misunderstanding about my initial edits. They were not intended to be vandalism in any way, shape, or form, it was more intended to capture the spirit of Uselessjunk. What started off as me merely attempting to contribute to a page became upsetting when Fireplace began deleting everything I added. I merely responded in the same manner as Fireplace--he seemed to feel it was appropriate to delete my contributions without good justification so I felt I would respond in a similar manner. It seemed that Fireplace was making it a personal vendetta against anyone who added information to the Uselessjunk page. I would ask that you please consider lifting the block with the caveat that should I do anything further to be considered vandalism in any way, that you block me permanently. I apologize for my reaction, I let my temper get the best of me.

Also, I would like to point out that "HooverUJ", who was accused of being a sock puppet and blocked today, was not being a sock puppet. He truly is the owner of UselessJunk and should definitely be allowed to post comments relating to his own website. I ask that you please reconsider this block. Just because an individual has a similar username, that alone should not be reason to block someone.

I have always been under the impression that people are allowed to contribute their own views on items at Wikipedia. I now realize this is not always the case as obviously my comments were not appreciated on the Uselessjunk page. I would have responded in a less hostile manner if Fireplace would have provided me with some comments as to why he was removing the content and would have allowed me to retort prior to his edit. I realize this is not an excuse in itself, so I apologize to Fireplace and to Kusma and ask that you consider unblocking me with the condition that if I should ever again do any editing you consider to be of a vandalous nature, that you then block me permanently.

Finally, policy states that "disagreements over content are not 'disruption', but rather part of the "normal functioning of Wikipedia" and should be handled through dispute resolution procedures." I would like to point out that Fireplace didn't seem to follow the resolution procedures as they are outlined. If he had, the situation may have never escalated to the point that it did. I ask that this be kept in mind during review of my request.

In advance, thank you for your consideration on this matter.

NOTE: I should also mention that the blocked IP address is not my personal IP address so I am certain you will be blocking more users than just myself. If nothing else, I would suggest that you block my user ID, not the IP you have blocked because that would not be fair to other current/future wikipedians.

Thanks again!


 * I have blocked your username, not your IP addresss. I blocked you because your contributions to the Uselessjunk page seems like completely unencyclopedic useless junk to me, and so I think it was fine to delete them. Your deletion of something Fireplace wrote in retaliation was rather counterproductive. Please try to write neutral and encyclopedic, and you shouldn't have problems like this again. I will unblock you now, but would like to remind you that Wikipedia is en encyclopedia, not a free speech zone, and so you shouldn't just contribute your "views", but neutral and well-referenced factual content instead. Oh, and as you haven't been welcomed in the way you should have:

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