Edit banned/Suspended - would like to edit again.

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Edited by Synchronicity on Jul 15th 2023 at 11:35:01 AM

How old are you?

Not sure that's an important question, Fighteer.

Portal2000: It is nice, that you think we are a site and all, but we're looking for people who can post examples and tropes that don't need quite as much fixing. Thanks for showing an interest.

NOTE: Some of these comments may appear redundant, but the thread reset wiped them out, so I'm starting fresh in a sense.

Moleman, a couple of things. One, it hasn't been a year, and two, "because I want to edit again" is not a valid reason to lift a ban that was because you weren't editing properly in the first place. Like I said before the thread reset, are you going to treat YMMV examples properly? Arbitrarily removing them was what got you in trouble.

Hammerhead, Eddie's been coming down pretty hard on people who make edits just to gripe about the staff. The rest of the mods and I support him on this. I'm not favorably inclined toward anyone who thinks that's an acceptable way to behave. But it was your attitude about it that rubbed the wrong way. You seemed to feel that "not letting people cuss out the staff" was some kind of abrogation of your rights. Now I'm willing to let you back but it puts us in a bit of a tricky spot because someone may see it as condoning that attitude. Can we call pax?

edited 23rd Dec '11 11:01:51 AM by Fighteer

Heart, you were Edit Warring a piece of Natter about the Redguards. That's against the rules and you should know it.

portal2000, I'm sorry for being abrupt with you. As I said above to moleman, "wanting to edit" is not sufficient. You need to observe proper grammar and style rules. I'm not going to let you edit unless you demonstrate the ability to edit according to the standards we require.

edited 23rd Dec '11 11:07:31 AM by Fighteer

woops

edited 23rd Dec '11 11:07:28 AM by FastEddie

Lots of people to reply to. [pant pant]

AUS, I've got a note that some of your old edits were tagged with the reason "edit wars are cool". The ban was a preemptive strike against the possibility that you actually feel that way. Do you?

If you ever have to add a third-level bullet, reconsider. That's been a cardinal rule of the wiki for a long time. Additional bullets should never "elaborate on" an example. If what you have to say changes or corrects something about the entry above it, try to incorporate it into the example. If it justifies it somehow, then reconsider whether it's necessary at all. Above all else, keep the examples short and sweet.

Now, I haven't been over to the Skyrim article (too busy playing the game). I find that pages, left to themselves, tend to accumulate natter. There may be lots of other examples that suffer from this problem, but that doesn't excuse adding more.

Understand?

No. In fact, its probably a good idea to avoid anything YMMV for pages related to your own works.

Alright, Hammerhead. We'll give you a try again, on the wiki.

"Simply" erasing the entire page!?

Page blanking is our #1 no-no. On top of that, you drag in notoriety? You just do not get it, or you do get it and are trolling.

bye bye

edited 23rd Dec '11 10:42:19 PM by FastEddie