User talk:Rphysicist

Rphysicist (talk) 02:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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I have tried to reply, using "reply", but it does not seem to function, and instead says that I should use the full page editor using "edit source". How can I reply directly to:PhilKnight or talk?


 * Just post below - I'll see your message. PhilKnight (talk) 04:53, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

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The Rphysicist and J.Kepler accounts were both created in February 2018, and had been in continuous use, without any problems, since then. The KarlJacobi account has existed since 2008, and was used regularly since then. As explained above, these accounts focussed on edits within three distinct areas of concentration: 1) physics and science history; 2) gravitation and geometry; and 3) developments following from the works of Carl Jacobi. Keeping focus primarily on these three distinct topics was the main reason for maintaining three accounts. There never was any violation of Wikipedia policy in their existence or their use.

I chose not to be involved in the "sock puppet" investigation, because I knew that the other accounts listed were not mine. They had been created by a number of students and colleagues, however, who had kindly agreed to add further content to the article on Tau functions, covering topics they were most familiar with. The accounts had a similar description because none of these had previous experience with Wikipedia editing, so they all just followed the same format, naming their accounts after well-known physicists or mathematicians and describing their purpose similarly to how I had done in my own. None of this involved anything deceptive, or contrary to Wikipedia rules.

It is unpleasant to be wrongly accused, and expected, by anonymous "administrators", to give explanations, when nothing incorrect or illegitimate has been done. The various students and colleagues who did their editing using these accounts were all well-intentioned, well-qualified contributors, with no other motive than helping to complete an article on a major topic in the field in the best possible way. KarlJacobi (talk) 20:50, 26 June 2023 (UTC)