User talk:HowToDoLife

September 2016
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Sockpuppet investigation
Keri (talk) 20:37, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

--UTRSBot (talk) 15:46, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note to reviewing admin; see this note on the talk page of the sock account. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:35, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
--UTRSBot (talk) 17:44, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi. And thank you for giving back my TPA! I have a question though. If I'm unblocked, will I have to use that account? I was hoping to use The Duke of Nonsense account, as this has the most written articles, and the permissions required to help this project the best way I can. Your help will be greatly appreciated. HowToDoLife (talk) 18:13, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * My view is that I do not see any reason why you should not be able to choose which account you wish to use and I have seen precedent for this. Just Chilling (talk) 19:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

That's great! Well in that case, if my appeal is successful, I will be happy following a one account restriction (if put in place) with my User:The Duke of Nonsense account. As that has the tools necessary to help this project the best I can. Thank you so much. HowToDoLife (talk) 20:04, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

A standard offer appeal requires that you do not edit for six months prior to the appeal. By your own admission above, you last edited on Sept 28 which would make six months still two weeks away. This whole time on Simple English Wikipedia you’ve been saying your date of first eligible appeal was March 10 but you’re ignoring your account that edited here in September 28. I’ll let others view this, though, to decide if two weeks is worth denying this working taking it to WP:AN for a full appeal discussion. only (talk) 21:32, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


 * I apologise, it's just that I forgot this account existed until recently, hence my previous Standard Offer date. As my life has been busy, so no time for editing. I will be happy to wait the extra two weeks if you want. Thank you. HowToDoLife (talk) 21:40, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I do find it odd that you had 3 accounts that edited after September 10, and you forgot about them by the end of December. only (talk) 23:20, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


 * For all intents and purposes, this should be treated as a checkuser block which should be referred to the Arbitration Committee: . I would suggest you leave the unblock request open or it be placed into pending and send an appeal to ArbCom. For ease of review, here are the accounts:
 * If you have any comments you'd like to add (as blocking admins)? Mkdw  talk 23:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if it makes a difference but Just Chilling did ask for a checkuser to examine the UTRS request. User:DeltaQuad did respond to it.  only (talk) 23:22, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * My involvement here was to revoke talk page access for wilful abuse of the unblock template. But look, that was two and a half years ago. My main concern now is with the account, and the claim that this user had to set up the sockpuppet account, which is a serious concern to providing a path toward unblocking. I have no objection to consideration (via ArbCom or WP:AN, though I concur it should probably proceed via ArbCom) proceeding two weeks early. I take no firm stance at the moment on whether I think this user should be unblocked or should remain blocked. Frankly, I'm of mixed opinions. But I'll leave on a positive note. This user appears substantially more mature than 2.5 years ago. --Yamla (talk) 23:56, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * CU blocks are not appealable only to arbcom. If ArbCom previously declined and put a date on next appeal, it should be noted in the block log. But the blocking/CU policy allows review by other checkusers, and frankly most times are more experienced than most CUs on the committee and can save the committee valuable time with the amount of appeals I know they receive. If Arbcom wishes to take up their own review, they can, but it doesn't preclude the community. That's why I authorized a TPA restoration because it had been a while since the block. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks DQ. My response was not meant to imply it could only be appealed to ArbCom. I hadn't looked at the UTRS appeal to see you had expressly directed it here. I am not aware of any instances during my time where ArbCom has used the block log to record a declined appeal by ArbCom nor was I aware that was even a practice on Wikipedia because of WP:COOLDOWN. It seems odd to me (though not everything we do I necessarily think is the best way to do it). I will bring it up with the committee. In terms of this unblock request, I am fine if someone wants to unblock with the recommendation of including a one account restriction for one year. Mkdw  talk 00:48, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello all once again! Since I've haven't had anything in the past three days, I am wondering how everything is going with my unblock case. Your help will be appreciated. Thanks.
 * P.S: Congratulations to a successful RFA User:DeltaQuad, I wish you the best of luck with the mop! HowToDoLife (talk) 20:02, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi there once again. I'm once again curious on the progress of my request, since I've haven't had anything in a week. Your help will be appreciated. Thanks. HowToDoLife (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi there once again. Does the pin thing work if you're blocked? As I haven't had anything despite pinning everyone twice. I'm curious on the progress of my request. Any response will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. HowToDoLife (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * CU blocks are not appealable only to arbcom. If ArbCom previously declined and put a date on next appeal, it should be noted in the block log. But the blocking/CU policy allows review by other checkusers, and frankly most times are more experienced than most CUs on the committee and can save the committee valuable time with the amount of appeals I know they receive. If Arbcom wishes to take up their own review, they can, but it doesn't preclude the community. That's why I authorized a TPA restoration because it had been a while since the block. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks DQ. My response was not meant to imply it could only be appealed to ArbCom. I hadn't looked at the UTRS appeal to see you had expressly directed it here. I am not aware of any instances during my time where ArbCom has used the block log to record a declined appeal by ArbCom nor was I aware that was even a practice on Wikipedia because of WP:COOLDOWN. It seems odd to me (though not everything we do I necessarily think is the best way to do it). I will bring it up with the committee. In terms of this unblock request, I am fine if someone wants to unblock with the recommendation of including a one account restriction for one year. Mkdw  talk 00:48, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello all once again! Since I've haven't had anything in the past three days, I am wondering how everything is going with my unblock case. Your help will be appreciated. Thanks.
 * P.S: Congratulations to a successful RFA User:DeltaQuad, I wish you the best of luck with the mop! HowToDoLife (talk) 20:02, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi there once again. I'm once again curious on the progress of my request, since I've haven't had anything in a week. Your help will be appreciated. Thanks. HowToDoLife (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi there once again. Does the pin thing work if you're blocked? As I haven't had anything despite pinning everyone twice. I'm curious on the progress of my request. Any response will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. HowToDoLife (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2019 (UTC)


 * I have no real opinion on this block, and would defer to Mkdw's views here. I don't particularly think you're going around to the village pumps/equivalents of other projects and asking them how to get unblocked here in the weeks and months before this unblock request was particularly helpful, and actually think it was likely disruptive to those projects, but I'm not sure if that indicate you're likely to cause disruption here going forward.My general view on standard offer requests is that they should be declined unless the person requesting the unblock can demonstrate that the potential benefits to the project outweigh the known risk of disruption that led to the block to begin with. I'll let another admin decide whether or not you meet that standard. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply! The reason I posted that there was to ask questions about how to do it, I was not being disruptive, as my talk-page access was blocked (which was my own fault), I was just wondering how to make a difference. Thank you. HowToDoLife (talk) 21:08, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Other projects tend not to like when en.wiki drama is posted on their pages. Thinking back on this, as Mkdw has said he is fine with unblocking, and I remember that you were constructive with one of your previous accounts, and you seem open to feedback, I am willing to unblock you as meeting my criteria on the condition that you may only have this account for 1 year. If you agree to this, ping me and I'll unblock. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:11, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh thank you so much! I hope this isn't a big ask, but do you mind unbanning my Duke of Nonsense account, and I'll be more than happy following a one account restriction from that. It has the permissions required to help this project to the best of my ability. As according to Just Chilling, I can pick the account. So, that'd be great if possible, thank you so much! HowToDoLife (talk) 21:16, 25 March 2019 (UTC)