User talk:XXeducationexpertXX

Indefinitely blocked for WP:OUTING violation
I have blocked you indefinitely for your WP:OUTING violation at Talk:Columbia University. I see nowhere on Wikipedia where this user has identified themselves by name and your linking to the website as you did violates our outing policy. I have suppressed the edits so only administrators can view them. As always, blocks can be appealed using the template. only (talk)


 * @Yamla: Actually I do understand. I say clearly both in my reason and in the responses below that I have now read the policy and was previously not aware of its details. I additionally apologized for not being aware of it. The purpose of blocking is not to punish people. It's to stop them from disruptive editing. Now that I'm aware of this sub-policy of Wikipedia's harassment policy it won't happen again. Please reconsider this review please. XXeducationexpertXX (talk) 11:30, 1 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Him posting that general information about himself that you quoted here is not an invitation for you to post a link that lists his name, email address, and phone number. only (talk) 03:53, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * only, I don't disagree and sorry that I wasn't aware of the policy - but to your above point – I find it more of a moral and not policy-based justification. As stated – I was not aware of this policy and wouldn't have done it if I knew it was even a thing. However, now that I have read the policy it is clear that there is ambiguity. I agree it should be updated if the unspoken rule is that sharing of someone's information should be proportional to what they've already shared. He had posted his own information so I assumed he was openly identifying himself. As stated in WP:OUTING "job title and work organisation" is considered personal information and he decided to post exactly that. XXeducationexpertXX (talk) 04:02, 1 October 2020 (UTC)


 * only and Yamla, I am respectfully asking you to deny the second unblock request. If you review the user's talk page history, he/she/they seem(s) to be on a mission to change university shields with doctored shields that are at odds with universities' visual identity guidelines. His/her/their abusive practice of outing someone who is trying to fix their error just shows that this user has no place in Wikipedia. Karl Montague (talk) 14:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I have already declined an unblock request from this user so can't review a second request from the same block. --Yamla (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)