User talk:VarsityBoi

November 2018
What edits have I made that are counted as sock puppetry and how can I resolve this problem? VarsityBoi (talk) 02:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)VarsityBoi

--UTRSBot (talk) 03:33, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Longhair - Can you please list the other accounts that are sock puppets of this one? Is there an open SPI for this block? Can you link me to it?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:09, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * If there's an easy way to search my block log for the string "boi" that'd find a heap. There's no SPI yet that I am aware of. -- Longhair\talk 09:11, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Longhair - I see the accounts, , (this user admits he was using the account to troll, but after you applied the block), and others that you've blocked as sock puppet accounts, but I'm not necessarily seeing a connection other than just having "boi" in the username (which is a common term in account creations of unrelated users). You do know that "boi" is used frequently in new accounts from unrelated people, correct? See Boi (slang); I handle accounts with this term all the time, but that doesn't make all accounts with that term a sock puppet based solely on that fact alone ;-). Am I missing something? Let me know if I am and I'll take a look; I want to make sure I'm seeing everything in the same light. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   09:19, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm aware it's a common string used in usernames, however those I've blocked where active or created at the same time the others were caught red handed trolling and vandalising. I watch the talk pages of every account I block and not one to date has spoken up asking what the block was for... I take aim with careful consideration and am certain very few innocents have experienced any harm. -- Longhair\talk 09:41, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Um excuse me but I asked what the block was for in the gap between my appeal request and the actual block notification, you just didn't notice or tell me. Also, let me get this straight. You (the administrator) blocked me (the civilian) because my username has the word "boi" in it? Jump to conclusions much? I had to get creative with my name because all variants of the username I was originally planning on using were either taken or too similar to others, so I chose to go with varsity because I run varsity cross country. I didn't put anything with XC because it was a) taken and b) a reference to a group of people and not one individual. So I went with a creative name that wasn't taken but still follows the guidelines. Now I understand that you have to at least check because of a rule of precedence, and I see the examples that {Oshwah} posted (if I didn't do the link to their account right it's because I'm terrible at HTML code right now). So please, explain why this happened, how I can remediate it, and how I can prevent this from happening in the future. Thank you. VarsityBoi (talk) 23:16, 6 November 2018 (UTC)VarsityBoi


 * I am sorry for my rant, I just reread your statement. Please only regard the actual questions and requests and not my tirade. Thanks again. VarsityBoi (talk) 23:20, 6 November 2018 (UTC)VarsityBoi


 * I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and acknowledge that I may have made a mistake here. I'm unblocking you shortly. Hopefully it'll be a smoother run from here. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 02:04, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for unblocking my account. VarsityBoi (talk) 15:00, 7 November 2018 (UTC)VarsityBoi