User talk:Parkway28

April 2010
Your recent edit to the page Andy Turner (athlete) appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any tests that you wish to make. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. McGeddon (talk) 07:21, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

August 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Sam Allardyce, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.
 * Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Sam Allardyce was changed by Parkway28 (u) (t) making a minor change with obscenities on 2010-08-25T17:07:43+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 17:07, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted.
 * If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer was changed by Parkway28 (u) (t) making a minor change with obscenities on 2010-08-25T17:10:27+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 17:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. the wub "?!"  17:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

This is the final warning that you will receive regarding your disruptive edits, such as this edit you made to Chris Waddle. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing without  further notice. the wub "?!"  17:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Unsourced edits and vandalism
I have reverted all of you edits regarding Antony Costa as they were unsourced. You have a long history of making dubious edits, and others have been outright vandalism. If you make another edit like this you will be blocked from editing. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:36, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

February 2014
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November 2014
Hello, I'm Widr. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Band Aid 30 because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Widr (talk) 16:30, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism Warning
Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Band Aid 30. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Piandme (talk) 19:27, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for vandalism. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:32, 24 November 2014 (UTC)


 * "One day, he will grow out of this 'gay' phase and after he has gained the suitable amount of attention he craves, he will probably settle down with a nice girl, buy a small cottage somewhere and a couple of dogs" and "He first pretended to be gay in 1969 and four days after arriving he spotted a sticker on a lamp-post in Oxford Street advertising a meeting of the London Gay Liberation Front (GLF) which he thought meant 'happy'" (said of Tatchell) sounds pretty homophobic to me. Squinge (talk) 09:43, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, there's nothing racist about calling Robert Mugabe a cunt. Squinge (talk) 09:47, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Following that non-answer from Squinge, is there a moderator out there who would actually care to engage in open debate and actually answer some of the questions I have raised? Anybody that might actually know what constitutes homophobia rather than satire? Still waiting for an apology from Huon for deeming me a racit too.


 * Whether your vandalism was sexist or not is completely beside the point. Non-sexist vandalism isn't permitted either. Also, expecting a definite end date for an indefinite block isn't reasonable. That you seem to be defending your vandalism is to me only an indication that we'd have to expect more of that kind from you if you were unblocked. Huon (talk) 11:37, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Huon, If it is beside the point, why do you and other moderators keep referring to it? All I have done is respond to unwarranted accusations of homophobia or racism. You accusation of racism has been discredited by another moderator and following that, I would expect an apology. I would also like you to show me exactly where I have defended my vandalism? All the way through, I have apologised and admitted fault, so I would be interested to know where you have found this defensive statement. I have raised questions which have been ignored and engaged in sensible, mature discussion. The responses I have then received have been dismissive and irrelevant. Can you please respond to my points about how one can go about convincing moderators that one has changed their ways when they are unable to edit? I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Parkway28.
 * Your unblock request is, in essence, a repeat of your earlier unblock requests. In this context, I have revoked your talk page access. PhilKnight (talk) 18:13, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Talk page access revoked
 Your ability to edit this talk page has been revoked as an administrator has identified your talk page edits as inappropriate and/or disruptive. ([ block log] • [ active blocks] • [ global blocks] • [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/autoblock/?user=&project=en.wikipedia.org autoblocks] • contribs • deleted contribs • [ abuse filter log] • [ • change block settings • [ unblock] • [ checkuser] ([ log]))

If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should read the guide to appealing blocks, then contact administrators by submitting a request to the Unblock Ticket Request System. If you have already appealed to the Unblock Ticket Request System and been declined you may appeal to the Arbitration Committee's Ban Appeals Subcommittee. Please note that there could be appeals to the unblock ticket request system that have been declined leading to the post of this notice. PhilKnight (talk) 18:11, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Just FYI, I have restored talk page access in response to a UTRS appeal. Beeblebrox (talk) 08:07, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Parkway28
 * So, you basically admit that you have been evading your block. Can you tell us for how long have you been evading the block? Can you show us the exact edits you made while being blocked?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:39, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. I have been nothing but polite and good-natured all the way through this process as a look at my talk page will testify. I have repeatedly come up against antagonistic and borderline aggression from various moderators and although some have been polite and constructive, some, including you, have been unhelpful and pedantic. I have told you what I changed- I made an article on the 1988 FA Cup final more balanced and accurate. Go and have a look, I talk about Wimbledon in the Southern League and remove some inaccurate ramblings. How did they get past an editor? Why did nobody check them? How did a loose cannon like me spot them? There's a failure in your system somewhere. I have been polite and good-natured, admitted mistakes and served a blocking period. Every time, there's been something else, so forget it, now. I've tried, I've been decent and all I've had in return, is condescending, pedantic responses which neither acknowledge my efforts to state my case rationally, nor even answer my requests. I would really have liked to have engaged in discussion but now I'm actually unfussed about coming back to Wikipedia if this is what it's all about and what is acceptable public relations. I would take a complaint against you further, just because I think your tone and comments are needlessly threatening but I'd rather crack on with finding factual inaccuracies in your cricket and football pages. Rest assured, I will find them. Can you advise me please on what I should do when I find them, please? I look forward to hearing from you. Kindest regards, Parkway28 (talk) 20:47, 16 February 2016 (UTC)Parkway28

I can accommodate an unblock - you've told me what work you want to do if unblocked, so that's one question already answered. However, I'd want consensus with the blocking administrator,, first, and I want you to understand that this time round you must make an effort to get on with others. If somebody accuses me of homophobia or racism, I just think "what an idiot" and ignore them without committing fingers to keyboard, and this is something I recommend you do as well. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:19, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Ritchie333 for your message and for taking the time to consider my views. I appreciate your help and I will follow your advice and make every effort to make constructive, informative and responsible contributions. I am grateful to you for thinking about this matter and for your time. Kindest regards, Parkway28 (talk) 12:13, 17 February 2016 (UTC)Parkway28

- Ponyo was the blocking admin, I just revoked talk page access. PhilKnight (talk) 00:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll ask for comments as well, or we could take the unblock to WP:AN for consensus? Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)  12:11, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I find a number of things concerning about the unblock request, most specifically the fact that they've been socking during the block and their response to when he questioned Parkaway about the socking. "I have repeatedly come up against antagonistic and borderline aggression from various moderators and although some have been polite and constructive, some, including you, have been unhelpful and pedantic", "I've been decent and all I've had in return, is condescending, pedantic responses" "I would take a complaint against you further, just because I think your tone and comments are needlessly threatening" followed by what sounds like a threat to continue socking if we don't unblock, with a disingenuous "kind regards" sign-off. I do not support an unblock, though I obviously couldn't stand in the way of one if there was consensus at ANI.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:10, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Whilst, I thank you for taking the time to read through the matter and appreciate your views, I don't think it's fair to say that I've threatened to continue to sock. I said that I would continue to read through different football and cricket pages, which, let's face it, are wide open to partisan abuse, daft-edits and general bias. I then asked what I should do if I find some factual inaccuracies which need editing or removing. I think that's fair enough, it's not a threat to continue but clearly a request for direction. I can accept that the tone of the response might not have been wonderfully accommodating, but I was immensely frustrated at what felt like another piece of nit-picking and pedantry. I had again, been polite and constructive in my request, admitted fault from previous mistakes and stated my case and intentions clearly. I felt that had been ignored and the actual nuts and bolts of the matter had been skirted over in favour of a frivolous, point-scoring, caught-you-out display of power by a moderator. As for being disingenuous, if you were to look back at my posts, that is how I sign them off. That is how I write, that is the way we end our writing in my part of the world. I'm honestly, committed to coming back in a constructive manner, to help out and be positive, I've made that clear and I've been banned for over a year, jumped through enought hoops and would like to be reinstated. I appreciate your time on this matter and help so far. I'm slightly worried about how to sign this off now. So, I'll go for the neutral and traditional 'Cordially', Parkway28 (talk) 08:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)Parkway28

Thank you for your post and for taking the time to state your opinion. In response to your comments, I think I have already covered my reaction to the post byVanjagenije. I have admitted that perhaps I didn't respond in the most accommodating manner and stated my reasons. I accept that their request was entirely reasonable but also will point out that the tone read like there was an element of point-scoring there, or that was how I interpreted it, I'm happy to stand corrected, if wrong. I have written all through this debate in a polite, constructive manner and have remained civil so I would like to remind you of that once more.I have surely demonstrated an ability to write and communicate with editors in a mature, good-natured way, as this page itself shows. In answer to your question, please look at the 1988 fA Cup Final history. Mine are the most recent edits. There are a few on 12th February, they improve it in a more balanced,  factual way. I have also made a change to an article on Schifflange, a town in Luxembourg. I am again the most recent editor on 15th July. I wrote why I changed it too. Since my block, I have spent time away from the editing side of things as my heart wasn't in it for long periods of time. Since I have thought about why I want to return, the desire to get involved again in a constructive and productive way has tempted me out of the cave of editorial despair. I am committed the cause and as a look at this talk page shows, I have spent a great deal of time, pleading my case in a reasonable, polite manner. Thank you for your time, kind regards or cordially, Parkway28. --UTRSBot (talk) 22:35, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Vanjagenije made a perfectly civil request for further information about the editing you have made while evading the block. You have responded with absurd accusations of being "threatening", "pedantic", and so on. That does not encourage me to think that you are likely to be able to edit in a collaborative way with editors with whom you disagree if you are unblocked. However, it may be that among the edits you made while evading your block there are examples of you collaborating successfully with other editors: if so, it will help your case if you take up Vanjagenije's invitation to tell us exactly what edits you have made while blocked, as we will be able to see that you are able to get on with other editors. Also, if you give us that information we will be able to see how you have done useful editing, such as how you have "made an article on the 1988 FA Cup final more balanced and accurate". If you have done what you said, then telling us which edits were yours can do nothing but strengthen your case for an unblock, so there is really no good reason for you not to do so. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:14, 24 February 2016 (UTC*


 * Nevermind, I misread "in editing exile" as "editing in exile". Sorry! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 13:59, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for taking the time to read and reply. I would edit your mistake, but I've got that whole exile and banned thing going on. A bit like a latter day Idi Amin, but without the killing and homophobia.


 * After nearly three years I am willing to give you another chance. However, rather than unblocking you immediately I will wait to see whether any other administrators have any opinion to express. In particular, the blocking administrator and other administrators who have declined your earlier unblock requests or commented on them may have something to say, though, in view of the long time that has elapsed, it is likely that some or all of them will have forgotten about you and won't wish to comment. They are Ponyo, Huon, Only, PhilKnight, Ritchie333, and Vanjagenije, not counting one who has since left Wikipedia. (My apologies if I have missed anyone else.) The blocking administrator has said that he won't be around until at least Thursday, Sept 7th, so you may have to wait a little while, but after being blocked for so long a few more days can't be a big deal. However, if your request has not been dealt with by a week or so from now, please feel welcome to ping me. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:18, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I am very skeptical about unblocking this editor. Should they be unblocked, their edits will need to be watched very closely. They seemed to believe that improving articles with some edits would permit them to slip in some vile vandalism with other edits, something they refer to as "frivolous". They have been doing so for years before they got blocked. I just re-checked their edits, and if there was a significant addition or removal of content, chances are it's vandalism, or at best an addition of dubious, unsourced content. This includes multiple football-related articles, a topic Parkway28 has held out as containing his best contributions. To me their comments regarding that disruptive conduct seem rather flippant and dismissive. They have since have described the block as "draconian" and "unfair", as if fairness required "supposed miscreants" who politely apologize to be allowed to continue as if nothing had happened. Huon (talk) 21:11, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Given that Parkway28 was vandalising Wikipedia, including repeatedly triggering an abuse filter, via logged-out edits for two hours leading up to this unblock request, I don't support an unblock. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:50, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that information, Jezebel's Ponyo . In that case, there is obviously no question of unblocking. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:46, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Unblock request
While I have redirected you from UTRS back here to make your unblock request, I'll remind you that you need to address the reasons for your block, including your repeated block evasion to continue attacking Wikipedia while blocked. Simply claiming you were blocked six years ago is nowhere near sufficient (especially as you evaded that block, multiple times). --Yamla (talk) 19:43, 5 August 2020 (UTC) Thanks for taking the time to get back to me. To be fair, I'm done with the whole thing and can't really be bothered to go jumping through any more hoops. My life can go on without buggering about with this nonsense and bonkers indefinite, vanity, power-mad bans dished out from people who seem to revel in their unaccountability. Best of luck with the whole thing in any case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkway28 (talk • contribs)
 * Thanks for letting us know. I've revoked talk page access. If you change your mind, you are free to request reinstatement in order to make an unblock request, via UTRS. I sincerely wish you well, outside of Wikipedia. --Yamla (talk) 20:26, 5 August 2020 (UTC)