User talk:ScouseShoota

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February 2019
Your account has been blocked indefinitely because the chosen username is a clear violation of our username policy – it is obviously profane, threatens, attacks or impersonates another person, or suggests that you do not intend to contribute positively to the encyclopedia (see our blocking and username policies for more information). We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, but users are not allowed to edit with inappropriate usernames and we do not tolerate 'bad faith' editing such as trolling or other disruptive behavior. If you think there are good reasons why these don't describe your account, or why you should be unblocked, you are welcome to appeal this block – read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text at the end of your user talk page. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:01, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Could you clarify the reason for the block? 331dot (talk) 00:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I responded to a UAA report about this. To the reporter, and me, it read like a threat of violence, as in "someone who shoots Liverpudlians". I'm American myself (though I know what Scouse means), so maybe I'm missing something; the closest equivalent I can think of would be something like "YankeeShoota". But the explanation above makes sense, now that I read it. Probably best if someone from that side of the pond takes a look, if I've misread I'll happily eat my chapeaux. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 01:05, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, that's kind of what I thought. ScouseShoota, I understand your meaning, but can you see that others might see it as very different than what you intend? 331dot (talk) 01:24, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Being from the precise same location across the pond myself, I would read the name "ScouseShoota" exactly as the unblock explanation suggests (ie someone who is "Scouse" and a "Shoota") and it would not have crossed my mind to think of it the way the UAA reporter apparently did. But, seeing as the name can be interpreted differently in other places (notably in one big place where they have lots and lots of guns), perhaps User:ScouseShoota could suggest a new name? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:41, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Just thought I'd add something concerning "ScouseShoota" vs "YankeeShoota". In the context of describing the people, "Scouse" is an adjective - the noun is "Scouser" - whereas "Yankee" is used interchangeably as adjective or noun. "Scouse", when used as a noun, refers to the meat and vegetable stew after which our people are named. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:03, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

@blade as far as I can tell it is for username violation > hard block

As I asked above, can you see that others might see the username as very different than what you intend? Literally tens of millions around the world read Wikipedia, many more than most other websites. 331dot (talk) 09:46, 17 September 2019 (UTC)