User talk:HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld

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 * Interesting name you have. 💵Money💵emoji💵 💸 15:33, 19 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Cheers! 'Interesting name you have too :)
 * , it's the last song on The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld. Drmies (talk) 17:17, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

June 2019
Hello, I'm CLCStudent. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to SEPECAT Jaguar have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Thanks. CLCStudent (talk) 17:57, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks for letting me know. As it happens these were both minor corrections which I anticipate any Indian or European English writer would indeed see as constructive, and both appear NOT to have been undone. How curious. 'Sounds like there may have been a misunderstanding somewhere along the line, but hopefully no harm done.HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld (talk) 09:39, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert
--Ymblanter (talk) 09:25, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
May I please draw your attention that you are edit-warring at Kaliningrad falsely claiming that you have consensus for these changes. Please stop immediately. Editors who can not stop edit-warring get blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:27, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm going to gently suggest that you check the mirror there, Yaroslav. There is a clear consensus that European English is appropriate for this article - and you're the one making destructive edits which are not positively contributing to good-quality content. That's not good behaviour, and I think you know it. A wise move would be to step back, take some time out and, perhaps, get some guidance from a seasoned editor.HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld (talk) 17:57, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Ymblanter (talk) 18:41, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You seem to be on a campaign to change articles to British English even when others disagree. I see you have been doing this since August. The next admin to study the edit warring report will be tempted to block you for failing to seek consensus. There may still be time for you to promise to cease making English style changes until you have obtained consensus on at least one talk page in your favor. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 00:22, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Your analysis is incorrect, Ed. I do appear to have been on the receiving end of bullying behaviour from an editor intent upon abusing his position, however.

Edit warring at Kaliningrad
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. The full report is at the edit warring noticeboard. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 14:44, 28 September 2019 (UTC)


 * This appears to have been a serious abuse of the reporting procedure by an editor who wished to claim 'ownership' of an article rather than collaborating in good faith with fellow contributors. Unimpressive, to say the least.HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld (talk) 14:43, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

ANI topic
Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, at your service--Ymblanter (talk) 13:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

October 2019
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:00, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

I have blocked you this time with no expiry since it seems you are intent on continuing your campaign of changing disparate articles to use "European English", despite having been both warned repeatedly and recently blocked in attempts to get you to stop. Your misleading edit summaries that these edits are "improving readability" and "fixing spelling errors" suggests you are trying to enforce British spellings for no constructive reason. If you wish to be unblocked, please read WP:ENGVAR, in particular the retaining the existing variety subsection, as well as the tendentious editing guideline, and then explain what you intend to do differently if your account is unblocked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC)


 * May I please remark that the "new account" you might set up will be blocked on the spot for block evasion, and will be easy to trace since it will likely engage in the same type of disruptive editing.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:02, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Clarifying that I now see where your name was criticized; as I indicated, I can't say I disagree. 331dot (talk) 10:25, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the time to respond, 331dot. I see your point about the name being a little on the long side (hindsight is a wonderful thing), although I think you're also right that it's a side issue here. The fundamental problem is that the account has come under attack from an editor who appears intent upon imposing their point of view, rather than as a result of misbehaviour on my part. The 'pattern of disruptive editing' was on his or her part rather than mine; I am endeavouring not to make that point too directly as I doubt that allowing things to get personal helps, but a look at the talk page re Kaliningrad will give you a good flavour of their behaviour. In short, I fear that this was a block placed in bad faith. I don't want to have to 'work around' it for the simple reason that administrative tools and powers need to be used responsibly and with thought for the impact of over-zealous enforcement. Bullying puts off volunteers, and with voluntary input the content of Wikipedia suffers. As this is the only forum currently provided for a sensible discussion, a second look would be appreciated.HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld (talk) 15:42, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

There is very clearly no consensus on Talk:Kaliningrad. Nor were you blocked by the other main party in that discussion ; you were blocked by. --Yamla (talk) 11:07, 11 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Blocking admin comment - indeed I am the administrator who enacted this most recent block, not Ymblanter. I reviewed the discussion and have reviewed it again by request, and I find that the blocked user's argument that there is consensus to use European English in the article is blatantly false. It should also be noted, and was noted by a WP:3O reviewer, that "European English" does not exist as far as Wikipedia is concerned: all of our templates referring to "European English" are redirects to British English. Here is the order of interaction from my view: (I will refer to HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld as "Hugh" because the chosen name is too long to type repeatedly)
 * On 27 August 2019, Hugh changes one section of the article to British English. He is reverted, but restores the edit insisting "this is a European city so naturally uses European spelling" (see above note about European English redirecting to British English), and is reverted again.
 * The following day, Hugh opens a talk page discussion with a statement declaring that the article would now use European English. After Ymblanter points out that users making unilateral decisions without discussion is not how Wikipedia works, Hugh requests a third opinion with a not particularly neutral statement.
 * The day after that, a 3O reviewer reminds the two editors that WP:ENGVAR dictates to maintain the existing variant of English in use until there is a discussion and a consensus is reached to change to a different variant. As no discussion has occurred, and the reviewer does not understand why a Russian city would have ties to British English, 3O sides with retaining American English because it is the variant in use. Hugh responds that his argument does not refer to British English but to European English. The 3O reviewer reminds him that, as far as Wikipedia is concerned, they are the same thing.
 * Hugh does not edit for a month.
 * When Hugh returns on 24 September, he makes a series of edits changing Kaliningrad to British English, and only after finishing those changes continues the talk page discussion, responding to the 3O reviewer as though the reviewer had neither observed the equivalency of British and European English nor sided with the use of American English in the article (WP:IDHT).
 * Hugh is reverted again, but continues making changes to the article and insists that the discussion established consensus to use British English (it did not; if anything the discussion established consensus to use American English).
 * On 28 September Hugh is blocked by for 72 hours because of his incessant edit warring.
 * After his block expires, Hugh leaves two messages again insisting that they are right and accusing Ymblanter (and maybe also EdJohnston) of WP:OWNing the article, and a week later goes on a spree of changing randomly selected Russian topics to use British English (using the Use European English template, which as was pointed out to him, is a placeholder for Use British English). He also managed to get in a thinly-veiled racist comment about Ymblanter's English proficiency (WP:NPA) which does not endear me to his cause.
 * On 8 October Hugh is blocked again, this time by me, and indefinitely. You can see my advice below the block notice above, in particular to read the ENGVAR guideline, acknowledge the "retain the existing variety" rule, and explain what he intends to do differently if unblocked.
 * All of Hugh's unblock requests to date have been some form of continuing to insist that their edits are correct and have consensus, that European topics should use British English (by way of "European" English), that he is the victim of bullying or other improper behaviours by everyone he has interacted with during this dispute (WP:NOTTHEM), and that he intends to continue his campaign to change Russian topics to British English whether he is unblocked or not (implying intent to evade his block through the abuse of multiple accounts).
 * For these reasons, I recommend declining his latest unblock request, and if there has not been a remarkable change in attitude and acknowledgement of the issues in the next one, I also intend to revoke talk page access. I'm through explaining this. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:48, 11 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I am similarly 'through' explaining why this sort of abuse of privilege is inappropriate and unhelpful behaviour. The editors involved have been noted, and future, similar, misconduct will result in formal complaints. No further purpose is served by endless discussion here, however. This account is thus closed.HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld (talk) 14:49, 14 October 2019 (UTC)