User talk:McHale

March 2023
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. 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:. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:39, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll be blunt. To have your first edit in 5 years be to make an anti-semetic trope? No thanks. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:40, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what you're talking about. What anti-semetic trope did I make?  100% of my edits have been legitimate since the day I started and I've never received a warning for anything. McHale (talk) 18:38, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The change I made was adding the name of the muffler shop he ran which is "Owner/operator of Mountain View Muffler." How is that anti-Semitic? McHale (talk) 18:45, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * On that edit, if you look at the page go to the reference section where the name Solomon is. The multiple parentheses are a noted anti-semetic slur. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:06, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

I don't know what I'm missing here but adding specifics to the name of a business shouldn't be an issue for anybody, regardless if he's a controversial person or not. A quick look at my previous edits have all been in good faith so I don't understand what's going on. The fact that I haven't logged in to Wikipedia in five years shouldn't be a factor. If you must know I suffered serious health issues and modifying Wikipedia wasn't high on my list. McHale (talk) 19:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Ponyo Thanks for the explanation for the block. Up until now, I didn't even know there was anything going on with parenthesis for some alternative meaning. I don't hold any anti-Semitic viewpoints and wouldn't have done that. Up until now, I didn't even know that meant anything, not until I just read the Wikipedia entry. Based on the time/date of my initial edit I was at work when I made the change and wikipedia keeps me logged in once I logged in (I only log in if I see something that needs to be added/edited). Some clown in my office hopped on my PC when I got up from my desk and did that as a joke. I'm terribly sorry and embarrassed that it happened. Why would I use my actual legitimate account to do something stupid like that? If I wanted to do that as a joke I'd have made an edit without logging in from any number of office locations we have so it wouldn't be tied to my account. Thanks for your consideration. I really would like to continue to participate in Wikipedia as it was intended. McHale (talk) 22:34, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I am concerned with a few things here. For one, the edit that led to the block was ONE edit. The change in the name of the business was on the same edit that the parentheses were on. This wasn't a 2nd edit that added those. So either you didn't finish the edit, and walked away before hitting save, or this is a lie. Secondly, you now have admitted your account was WP:COMPROMISED. At this point, we cannot confirm you are who you are, so an unblock will be highly unlikely. RickinBaltimore (talk) 01:51, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Would it make sense to make a terribly offensive edit like that using a LONG established account, one that I'd like to continue using for legitimate purposes, knowing full well that a change like that would surely get me blocked? And why would I make a legitimate change at the same time?  It's not like I created a brand new account using an obviously fake email address, threw up a bunch of racial slurs, and waited to see how long it would take before they were removed.  Honestly, I had no idea what the parenthesis thing even was until today. I find that kind of language and behavior offensive and inexcusable.
 * Since this account is registered to an email account couldn't verification be done using the email address? All of this would seem like an awful lot of trouble to hijack someone's account just so they can make legitimate edits to Wikipedia entries, especially if it were reinstated knowing that it would be quickly blocked again for any type of misuse. McHale (talk) 04:32, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

331dot I wouldn't call my account compromised. First, I didn't know the parenthesis thing happened and deducted from the time/date it was done at work. I work in an open office environment so when my PC is on and unlocked someone can do something if I'm not right there. Nobody has my account credentials. Nobody has taken over the account. I foolishly left my computer unlocked and someone made the changed while I was making an edit. It was a silly prank in their eyes. McHale (talk) 13:32, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You may make another unblock request for someone else to review. Once a user says someone else operated their account, we no longer can be sure that the current operator is the original operator. You can say that no one else has your credentials, but maybe you are the usurper telling us that. We don't know. This is why compromised accounts are rarely unblocked. Again, you will need to follow the guidance at WP:COMPROMISED and attempt to convince a checkuser no one else has access to your account.
 * Even if I believe you, if you operated your account in a careless manner, such as leaving it available for someone to use, as you did, that's reason to block you. 331dot (talk) 15:49, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The other difficuly you have is that the trope occurred as part of another edit, meaning that mid-edit someone gained control of your account and added to your otherwise legitimate edit. 331dot (talk) 15:52, 11 May 2023 (UTC)