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William Robertson Desobry
Good day. I was reviewing your excellent article and noticed that the link on the Graves site goes to Robert Leahy Fair's gravestone and image, rather than Desobry's. Once that is fixed, I will create the page. Well done. Snowysusan 10:56, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind - I found the correct link and edited it so it goes to the right record. Cheers. Snowysusan 13:44, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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Blocked for sockpuppetry
Wwilloughby (talk) 17:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Fiction, pure and simple. Obviously you super smart folks have me mistaken for someone else. I made edits on this site in the last three months using multiple accounts? Then why in God's name would I ask to have this account unblocked? I was polite and respectful and waited several months hoping to appeal to someone with some IT skill who could read logs and make an intelligent decison. Last time I requested politely to have the block lifted I was told it was a hand wave. What a rude and disrespectful response. Respect is a two-way street. I am actually waving a hand at the monitor this time, but I am only using one finger. Care to guess which finger it is? Wwilloughby (talk) 22:21, 23 January 2013 (UTC) So, I decided to check and see if anyone ever reviewed indefinite blocks and to see if I could go back to making contributions to the web site. Seems indefinite in Wikipedia terms means forever. For a good time read the entry below from the blocks page. I was researching how to appeal the block again, and found some interesting information about blocks verses banns. So, as long as you are blocked, you can post here and rant, but if you anger the "cool kids" you get banned and can't even post here. Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, not to punish users (see Purpose and goals further). Any user may report disruption and ask administrators to consider blocking a disruptive account or IP address (see Requesting blocks). This all sounds very civilized, but the truth of the matter is there is a reason why Wikipedia is not accepted by a single university as a peer reviewed source for scholarly work. Peer review of work is labeled as bad, and collaborative work is not only discouraged, but punished. Ignore the noise about blocking is not punishment. It is a lie. No warning, no email, as long as you are suspected you are guilty. Oh I'm sure the original blocker felt they were doing nothing wrong. I'm sure the Nazis felt they were justified in trying to reclaim the Rhineland too, and we know how that turned out, don't we? The administrator probably even contacted whom ever the other offending party was, but was everyone contacted? no! Am I mad as hell, yes! Is there anything I can do about it? No. I especially like the threat about making too may requests to be unblocked. What the hell is that? So, a smart person would ask, why are you typing here if you know there is no hope of ever getting unblocked? Truthfully? I was working on a college paper and stumbled upon a bit of useful information on a page here, and though to myself. Hey I could edit that page and make it better... oh wait, I'm blocked for a crime I don't even understand for an offense that makes no sense. I won't bother you with professing my innocence. Group collaboration to create a better article is an accepted practice in most sharing environments. Not in this great forum though. Okay, so enough mindless rambling for one evening. Think I'll back to working on my paper. One day if I ever have the honor of teaching at a university I will remember this harsh lesson, and like my current professors "block" students from using Wikipedia. Threat? nope, just a fact I felt should document here to remind myself why I should log into the university library and finish my research there instead. Oh and one last note, I'm still waving that lone finger... no guesses yet as to which one it is yet. middle finger. Or I'd be banned not just block, because the difference is so much less punitive. smiley