User talk:Sïleïni

Thank you for your contributions&#32;to WP:RD/S, but we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so please keep your edits factual and neutral. Our readers are looking for serious articles and will not find joke edits amusing. Remember that Wikipedia is a widely used reference tool, so we have to take what we do here seriously. If you'd like to experiment with editing, use the sandbox to get started. Thank you. Tevildo (talk) 21:03, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. 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. Alex Bakharev (talk) 00:00, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

I do not believe the block of User:Sïleïni was appropriate. The account had three edits, two to ask questions on the Refdesks and one to revert the deletion of one of his questions which was done without an edit summary. No one seems to think that his Humanities desk question was inappropriate (Reference_desk/Humanities) so this was not a vandalism-only account. I believe his Science Refdesk question was interesting and did make some reply (though the bottom line is that the answer to his question is unknown, but would be interesting to know). I have seen genuine vandals given warnings, short blocks and multiple chances by admins here - why is it so much worse to ask a question with a racial or potentially humorous interpretation? I would say the whole concept of "trolling" is unsuited to evaluating the operations of the Refdesk - good science (like human embryonic stem cells) is intrinsically provocative. There is only interesting and uninteresting, and you need to be willing to give a question full consideration before you can determine which it is. Wnt (talk) 12:59, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, I am unblocking you, as the first question might be asked in good faith. Please in future increase the ratio of productive edits (improving the encyclopaedia) to trolling. Good luck Alex Bakharev (talk) 22:06, 28 July 2013 (UTC)