User talk:Rmaness1

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Neither Bbb23 or I created that page. He was reverting what appeared to be vandalism by an IP editor. I was responding to your implied legal threats on his talk page (and yes, saying you have "adjudicators to represent me if I so choose" is an implied legal threat, and anyone would take it that way.)I have proposed your article for deletion, because you are a relatively unknown person who has requested deletion. If someone created an article about me, I would ask for it to be deleted too because unlike some, I think having a biography here wouldn't be a good thing for how I like to live my life. At the same time, you have no right to demand us to take it down, nor do you have the right to have free volunteer labour keep it up to date. We typically delete these as a courtesy to the subjects.I get how distressing finding an out of date page on the internet about yourself can be, but if you had simply explained this without implying that you were going to take legal action, we wouldn't be having an unpleasant conversation. Please explicitly clarify whether or not you intend on taking legal action against individual editors. Note that if you do, you will be blocked from further editing per our policy on legal threats. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:25, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * And Bbb23 has now blocked you for making legal threats, which was also appropriate here. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:32, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

May 2019
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making legal threats or taking legal action. You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia while the threats stand or the legal action is unresolved. 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:. Bbb23 (talk) 00:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Good God
Thank you for deleting the page, and I could care less about being able to edit Wikipedia. Any of my students who use the page as a source automatically fail because of the false or outdated information (i.e., my garbage site) it provides.

Goodbye forever and have a nice day Rmaness1 (talk) 00:49, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The page was not deleted, it was tagged for proposed deletion. You (well, not now) or anyone else, can edit articles on Wikipedia. We have guidelines on the information that's here. We rely on reliable sources and notability guidelines. If something about you, or anyone, is out of date you're welcome to fix it. Unfortunately, because some of your comments have been construed as legal threats, your editing privileges have been revoked. We have a volunteer group that you can contact with information about yourself that can be used to update your Wikipedia article. I do wish to caution you though that anything updated needs to be verified with a reliable source - see the blue link above. If you need any further assistance, you're welcome to email me or the OTRS group via the link above. Dusti*Let's talk!* 02:22, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Please stop
Look, I’m sorry if you felt threatened. You probably know how academia feels about Wikipedia. Having this outdated page as one of the first things that show up on a google search of myself is a huge burden to me professionally and as an employee of the Navy, the Department of Defense, and the US government.

Wikipedia is not a source of information that I respect, and it is not a public good. The fact that you are allowed to do this to individuals is something I will be looking into in terms of current law and will see if policy change is necessary (to be clear, this is not a legal threat). I am an academic who studies tech and am in the camp where better regulations to protect individual Americans, their privacy, and the power some webpages hold over us are necessary. The fact that you keep replying to me has just motivated me more. So please just see the deletion through.

I am sorry that we went down this path, I really am. But your reactions to a simple request to respect my privacy and my professional reputation, and the fact that we are still in a dialogue hours later, says to me that you are in need of serious regulation.

Have a great night Rmaness1 (talk) 02:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think you are checking your user page any more, Rmaness1, but you might try contacting Volunteer Response Team with your deletion request. Liz Read! Talk! 00:39, 9 June 2019 (UTC)