User talk:TheGracefulSlick

The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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Backlog Banzai
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark
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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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January 2020
no I do not. If I am somehow calling you “idiots” for reflecting on what I did wrong, then I apologize. I wish for another admin to review this appeal and if they come to the same conclusion then I will reflect more on the errors I made.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 00:29, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Unblock discussion and carry-to-AN discussion

 * I don't think we've ever interacted before. Hi, I'm Barkeep49. I'm curious what you make of the fact that your first unblock request sat unactioned for a day and what I should make of the fact that you decided to post the same appeal a second time without taking the (rather blunt but not exactly unfair) feedback offered to you by the first sysop to decline? Barkeep49 (talk) 05:12, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I figured it stood for a day because I submitted the appeal rather late at night; I never thought much of that, honestly. I understood what the first sysop said but I have to respectfully disagree with it, especially the “idiot” part. I kept the appeal as is because this was my honest reflection of my mistakes, not a ruse meant to insult anyone’s intelligence. If I made another statement, it would feel too much to me like trying to find the “correct” answer to being unblocked. That seems disingenuous to me. If I am wrong for thinking that, I can reflect and work on another statement.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 08:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I take it to mean CAT:RFU is perpetually backlogged. I for one am now incapable of parsing unblock requests. I find this request reasonable and have reason to believe there has not been recent socking, but I am living it to anyone with functional brain cells.--  Deep  fried  okra    14:24, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * fair enough on the backlog (I don't normally patrol these parts) and I found it reasonable too. Of course their last unblock request to the community was also reasonable which is why it was accepted. I agree with RegentPark's (and before that NRP's) decline. I was looking for some more frank acknowledgement of the ways they abused the community's trust repeatedly including in this very process. " avoidance of a promise I made to the community as a condition of an early unblock request" just doesn't come close to grappling with that for me even if it is factually accurate and nominally addressing that legacy.  Barkeep49 (talk) 16:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I will be unavailable for much till Monday pm, florida time. If anyone is to carry this to AN, it must be someone else.--  Deep fried  okra    17:06, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well it won't be me either. I recognize that TGS is right that if they had changed the wording from appeal 1 to appeal 2 that they'd have been criticized by some for that. Clearly I criticized them for not changing. That's the reality of the situation and it is, as they do acknowledge, one of their own making. I've already noted where I feel the statement comes up short and their reply gave me nothing to reconsider. Barkeep49 (talk) 17:36, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * clearly I should have discussed how I pleaded ignorance to conditions of my previous unblock when I knew I was obviously breaking them and attempting to manipulate the wording of the unblock to my advantage.I can try again in six months or so as I see I did not address everything I should have. Thank you.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 23:08, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm happy to open a Standard Offer thread for TheGracefulSlick. I came here now having just done a bit of a cleanup on Them (band) and thinking "What happened to TGS, this sort of stuff is right up his street?" and came here. It's been over a year since the last block, and it seems that the problems stemmed from a lack of clarification over what he should and shouldn't do. Obviously I have a bit of a bias towards unblocking TGS as we've done great work together on a couple of articles. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:32, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I would be happy to give it a try because I want to get back to helping. I have a lot to prove that I am worth another opportunity, and I intend to make the best of it.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's at Administrators' noticeboard, we'll see what happens. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  21:26, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate you sticking your neck out for me. I can tell the appeal will not go as I had hoped but at least it gave me some things to take away from it as an opportunity to grow. I will take the advice of users who recommended that I work on other projects. I am not sure where I will go because, in all honesty, writing articles is the one thing I was good at, but I will find a new way to help. Thank you so much for your faith in me. Hopefully someday I will be able to help out with that Them article. Take care.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 02:48, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Unblock request denied
Hey, I just closed your unblock request thread at AN as declined. The general consensus is against your unblock, still, I think you should contribute to other projects, so as to convince your peers that you can still be a positive contributor. --qedk (t 桜 c) 17:15, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I would certainly not discourage you from participating to other projects (Simple English, for instance, would let you still write content). But I'm not sure that will help you with being unblocked here and I would caution you about having that be your take away. There are going to be some number of people who feel you're out of chances and would oppose pretty much any appeal. Not a lot you can do there except acknowledge their right to feel that way. I think, however, there are some number of us (myself included) who could be convinced. I would read the thread before your next appeal - as painful as I am sure it is - and really try to address the concerns. For instance, could you lay-out a binding process you could use to re-establish trust? I'm reluctant to get into too many details because, at least for me, I need to know it comes genuinely from you and not through coaching or telling me (or others) what you think we want to hear. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:27, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the advice. I will not outline a process right now because I know it requires much more consideration—something I will do as I contribute in other ways over the next few months. I will certainly keep the thread saved and re-read it when the time comes. Thank you for your help and consideration.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Stay Graceful!Pincrete (talk) 17:47, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020
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