User talk:Timotheus Canens/Archives/2016/12

Casting Aspersions
You erroneously accused me at AE of making false or misleading claims (casting aspersions). I have asked that you either WP:REDACT your statement or provide proof that any of the items I brought to the attention of administrators at AE are false or misleading. Understand that it is my belief that you have obviously just not yet had the time to look into the matter fully and that I bear you no grudge for this mistake. I will be completely satisifed if you either demonstrate that any one of the items I mentioned was false or misleading, or if you admit you hadn't had sufficient time to look at it completely and were just going with the flow without doing the research. SashiRolls (talk) 15:27, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I will respect your ban from AE. However, obviously, if people there link to any of my work in mainspace in accusing me of bad faith, I will contact you personally before going to any other publication venues and will expect you to lift the topic ban if I am specifically targeted as has often been the case in the past.  (Johnuniq for example).  I have been trying to reform Wikipedia from within. It's normal I get some mud splashed on me. Y'all sure did make a lot of noise about TRM to distract from the bigger question ...  Floquenbeam, in case you were wondering why your close was undone... it was so this one wouldn't be.  I'm still waiting for evidence or a redaction obviously, but it looks like neither will be supplied. :-/--SashiRolls (talk) 22:28, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm quite confident that User:The Rambling Man did not reopen his case to distract attention from your case. It would probably be wise to do a modicum of research to find out what happened before making silly accusations like that. I note that in the process of complaining that you've been unfairly accused of making false or misleading claims, you just made a false and misleading claim. This would normally break my irony meter, but I've recently had two irony meters broken and don't have a third on hand. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:44, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * This "claim" is certainly not included in my statement at AE; it is just an off-hand comment expressing frustration with WP problems. Let's refocus on the essential:  I was accused of "casting aspersions" in my statement, which is demonstrably false.  --SashiRolls (talk) 09:15, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * aspersion: "An attack on somebody's reputation or good name". cast aspersions: "to make damaging or spiteful remarks". It need not be "false or misleading". T. Canens (talk) 09:19, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sourcing to wikipedia / wiktionary is not best practice. The online etymology dictionary (which borrows liberally from the OED) gives the following etymology for (aspersions):  "Modern sense of "a bespattering with slander" first attested 1590s."   Slander is likewise defined as being not true.  Merriam Webster (aspersions):  "a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation".  So if I've understood correctly I've been banned from commenting on AE cases not involving me for making true statements that are potentially damaging to someone's reputation.  Is this correct? --SashiRolls (talk) 10:52, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You are banned for making statements attacking others (regardless of the truthfulness of such statements) in inappropriate forums, i.e., unrelated AE requests. T. Canens (talk) 13:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Checkuser input needed
Came to you after picking some random entries at Special:Listusers with CU selected. Is there a CU noticeboard? I would have gone there, rather than coming to you (and a few other random CUs) directly, if I could have found anything beyond the clerks' page.

Would you please visit Templates for discussion/Log/2016 December 8 and offer input in the IPsockCheckuser section? It was nominated on the grounds of "This exposes Checkuser info to non-Checkusers", which makes sense, but on the other hand it's been around since 2008, so if it's truly a violation, it probably would have been deleted by now. I've voted "keep until we hear from some CUs", so hearing from you would be helpful. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 13:09, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I'll send an email to the functionaries' mailing list. T. Canens (talk) 13:15, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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Notice of appeal
Please see this appeal. Thank you. Mooretwin (talk) 15:00, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Topic ban
Does my topic ban imposed by you four years ago, extend to me contributing to two AfDs on Kronos and Pensee --Iantresman (talk) 13:01, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for missing this earlier; I think Drmies's advice on your talk page is sound. T. Canens (talk) 01:13, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

RfA
Sorry about that.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:41, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

A checkuser may be needed
This editor is bouncing around on accounts to attack me and is bypassing the protection on my talk page. I think a cu may be appropriate.—cyber power  Merry Christmas:Unknown 03:43, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked one sleeper but nothing else obvious. It's full of proxies though. T. Canens (talk) 03:51, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Any idea who this stalker may be. They are clearly stalking my contributions.  Is this sort of thing common in Wikipedia, to receive these kinds of absurd threats?
 * Also, User:MarnetteD was kind enough to point to Sockpuppet investigations/Jaredgk2008 if there is any connection.—cyber power  Merry Christmas:Unknown 04:02, 25 December 2016 (UTC)