User talk:MCM0313

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Hello, MCM0313, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 21:05, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
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inre your question
Not silly at all. I stoped by for another reason and can offer an answer. The simple way to add a citation but not have a link appear in the text is to either add it in the external links section of an article or (and I believe this is what you seek) to physically add it into the ref or footnote section right below the words  "" , but simply not use the  " "  which are used to bracket inline citations. See WP:CITE.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 20:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! MCM0313 (talk) 21:55, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

March 2012
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Mom (Futurama). Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 16:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Wow.
I'm blocked because an admin "doesn't believe my defense." Check my edits---I'm not the same guy. I honestly don't know what to do now. I don't want to have to create a new account because I'd already made some progress as an editor. MCM0313 (talk) 16:39, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * See APPEAL. JohnInDC (talk) 17:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * JohnInDC, thank you. MCM0313 (talk) 17:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Fine, keep me blocked.
I can see when I've been defeated and nothing I can say will change your minds. But just for the sake of argument, consider this: if I were "Yummyanaljuices" (technically, he'd be my sock puppet, not the other way around, since this account was created first), what good would it actually do you to block me? The editing done under this account has been overwhelmingly constructive and productive. There's virtually no risk of disruptive editing. Blocks are meant to be preventative, not punitive---that's Wikipedia policy. What are you preventing by blocking this account? It's been proven that this particular account has virtually no pattern of destructive behavior. Blocking my one legitimate account wouldn't do anything to keep me from socking further---I would need only to go to a wi-fi hotspot, since this laptop changes IP addresses based on wireless routers. In fact, one could argue that blocking this account would serve to encourage further problem behavior, as my one means of being constructive has been eliminated, and the frustration would likely motivate a person to try to get revenge---by further vandalizing and sockpuppeteering.

You know what? Fine. I admit it. You're not going to go against anti-socking policy, so I may as well just say it. Most of those listed under the sock puppet investigation are actually me. But I do know for a fact that CheckUser makes mistakes. "Poptartsrock9" is not me. I have no idea who it is, but apparently CheckUser says it's me. ("N---let" isn't me either, but that wasn't CheckUser.) I saw no edits made by this user, so there can't be any disruptive behavior. Just unblock him/her (the other one can stay blocked because it's clearly offensive). Don't punish someone else for my misbehavior. Unblocking them would be no risk to you---like I said, I could conceivably set up a new sock account tomorrow. If I want to vandalize, I can go to another IP and do it. Just unblock them. MCM0313 (talk) 01:09, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * No. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:57, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Fine, be a jerk. That user is not me, though, and likely did not intend to vandalize.65.29.214.20 (talk) 15:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

To User:Kuru
Let's not make this personal. I can understand, though, if you guys need proof of my good intentions, based on past behavior. Tell you what: I'll go away for six months, as is standard policy, and then do the whole second-chance-petition thing. If there's any evidence at that time of recent sockpuppetry, or if my proposed edit is seen as unconstructive, then you can keep me blocked and it will be only fair. So, see you in May. MCM0313 (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)