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Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 30th 2025 at 11:56:51 AM

Kalle (Don’t ask)
#14226: Apr 4th 2017 at 8:36:55 AM

Hi, I'm really confused as to why I've had my editing privileges suspended? The last thing I remember trying to do was to cut list an old work of mine from the Pretty Cure fanworks index because I didn't want to have any trace of it on the internet anymore, but I was told I had to edit the page to fix it and then I couldn't edit anything anymore.

I try not to stir the pot intentionally, so I'm hoping we can work this out. :T

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#14227: Apr 4th 2017 at 8:45:41 AM

~Kalle: Per our policy, documented here, you may not delete articles for your own work, nor may you blank them as a means of getting them deleted. The primary reasons we permit work articles to be deleted are if: (a) they no longer exist in any form accessible to anyone, (b) they violate our Content Policy or other rules.

In the first case, it requires more than just your word. Copies of everything exist on the Internet, whether we want them to or not. You don't own your TV Tropes article and you have no say as to whether your work gets documented.

edited 4th Apr '17 8:48:06 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Kalle (Don’t ask)
#14228: Apr 4th 2017 at 8:57:47 AM

So even if I was the one who originally made the page, I still don't own it? That's... kind of confusing, if I can be honest. :c

Also the story wasn't even written at the time, so is it even worth it to keep a page for something that doesn't even exist beyond a few malformed character outlines? I'm not trying to be confrontational about this, I swear, I think it's just a lot of things changed here between the time I made that page and now.

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#14229: Apr 4th 2017 at 9:05:34 AM

We have never permitted authors to delete pages for their work. If it was never completed or published, then it should not have been made in the first place, or should have gone in Darth Wiki, where we keep Unpublished Works.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Kalle (Don’t ask)
#14230: Apr 4th 2017 at 9:19:08 AM

Then in that case, I think some attention needs to be paid to the Fanworks section of the Pretty Cure page because there are a number of similar cases to mine, where the fic was never written or posted anywhere but the page still exists. :/

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#14231: Apr 4th 2017 at 9:27:21 AM

That hardly seems unlikely. There isn't enough manpower to monitor every fanfic article to see whether the thing actually exists. Doesn't mean we permit rules violations. I'll release your suspension, and we can probably cut the article for your fic.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
BrownEmolga Since: May, 2015
#14232: Apr 4th 2017 at 2:13:56 PM

I am not sure why I have been suspended. I was editing a page for historical inaccuracies when someone reversed my edits and suspended me.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#14233: Apr 4th 2017 at 2:17:20 PM

~Brown Emolga

You were edit warring in Transgender Fetishization, and during that time, the edit reasons you made are in bad taste, to put it mildly.

vexer Since: Jul, 2013
#14234: Apr 4th 2017 at 4:17:09 PM

Hello, I recently got suspended over a minor Edit War in a YMMV page.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#14235: Apr 4th 2017 at 5:17:23 PM

~vexer

Indeed, you were, over an example for Anvilicious.

If someone contests an example you added or removed, what should you be doing instead?

vexer Since: Jul, 2013
#14236: Apr 4th 2017 at 5:23:28 PM

Taking it to the discussion page.

Agathaumas Since: Jun, 2012
#14237: Apr 4th 2017 at 9:05:06 PM

I was also involved in that Edit War. I take full responsibility for my actions, and for not familiarizing myself better with the editing rules. If it were possible, however, I would like to bring the topic to discussion.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#14238: Apr 5th 2017 at 6:30:48 AM

Vexer, you are correct.

Agathaumas, good to hear.

Lifting both of your suspensions.

edited 5th Apr '17 6:33:30 AM by Berrenta

BrownEmolga Since: May, 2015
#14239: Apr 5th 2017 at 12:18:18 PM

"You were edit warring in Transgender Fetishization, and during that time, the edit reasons you made are in bad taste, to put it mildly."

If that's the case. I apologize for Edit Warring and will avoid doing so in the future.

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#14240: Apr 5th 2017 at 1:04:19 PM

~Brown Emolga: What concerns us in addition to the edit war itself is that you insisted on including an edit reason labeling certain parts of the article as "Western imperialism". I'm not sure if you've been exposed to the Tropes Are Tools concept, but in general we are not making value judgments by stating that tropes are applied in certain ways in certain cultures. We are simply stating facts.

This is an important concept because we have another policy called Righting Great Wrongs: that is, if you're here to bring about a "correct" point of view to articles, you're going to very rapidly run into trouble.

edited 5th Apr '17 1:23:18 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
kquinn0830 Since: Sep, 2013
#14241: Apr 6th 2017 at 9:01:01 AM

I had my editing privileges suspended. What was the reason?

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#14242: Apr 6th 2017 at 9:06:27 AM

~Kquinn0830: Edit war on YMMV.Last Man Standing. You should know not to argue with people in the article, but bring it to our attention.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
BrownEmolga Since: May, 2015
#14243: Apr 6th 2017 at 9:09:23 AM

I'm sorry for accusing people of Western imperialism. I will avoid making such value judgments in the future.

kquinn0830 Since: Sep, 2013
#14244: Apr 6th 2017 at 9:10:09 AM

I wasn't arguing. A user was defacing the YMMV page and injecting their personal political beliefs into it. The only thing I did was restore it and pointed out in the edit reason that the page has a Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment warning.

mogo Since: Mar, 2010
#14245: Apr 6th 2017 at 3:26:39 PM

I would like to have my editing privileges restored. I let a few weeks pass after my suspension, and promise to both check my spelling and for redlinks before saving any edit, along with any other issues that need to be resolved.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#14246: Apr 6th 2017 at 3:49:26 PM

~Brown Emolga

Okay, so long as you don't go back to making such edits/edit reasons, I'll go and lift your suspension. Happy troping.


~mogo

This is the second time you are suspended for grammar-based issues, this time centering on word confusion. You may need to revisit the Get Help with English thread to ensure you use the proper form of certain words, like their, there, and they're.

In addition, there are issues with Word Cruft we need to address.

mogo Since: Mar, 2010
#14247: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:49:05 PM

SO basically, cut down on how much is in any entry, and try to make sure to use the proper there. I will make sure to do that.

kquinn0830 Since: Sep, 2013
#14248: Apr 6th 2017 at 5:36:04 PM

To clarify, this is what Zany Seamare actually put as their edit reason for their changes to the page.

"Mike, not sexist, homophobic, or racist? Hahahaha! What plastic bubble have you been living in? Not only does he show characteristics too sexist for anyone in the 2000s calling themselve a feminist, a racist joke is a racist joke, no matter what. And don't get me started on homophobia. He's just a typical conservative piece of shit, same as Tim Allen."

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#14249: Apr 6th 2017 at 8:48:58 PM

~kquinn0830

Sorry that I skipped you. We brought you here because you got involved in an edit war. While I appreciate that you wanted to enact ROCEJ, let us know firsthand if the other user violates that rule. Especially when they give an edit reason like that.

We'll chat with him once he drops by this thread.

creekery Title. from Somewhere. Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
Title.
#14250: Apr 6th 2017 at 9:48:19 PM

Why were my editing privileged removed? I tried to find out what I did wrong by going through all of my edits and cannot find what I did to deserve a ban. I haven't even made any edits for nearly 3 months now. Was it something I did way back when?

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