This is the thread we use to talk things over with people who have received a suspension notice. A lot of the time the notice goes out just so we can explain how seriously we take certain things, not because we want the person to feel bad and go away.
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 30th 2025 at 11:56:51 AM
I've just noticed that I've been turned off in posting in other pages other than this one...
If anything, I would like to sincerely apologize for any offensive comments I've made to certain users in other forums, I just don't like it when others say something that rubs me the wrong way, at least in my own eyes and may reply sardonically to them. But I swear to you that my purpose here is never hostility, it's not my intent, I just want to enjoy speaking and posting that's productive to the thread as long as it can be healthy in a good way. I just don't want to be reminded more of my previous behavior in the OTC threads which I know I'll never come back anyway but I don't want to see myself being negated to speak in the rest as well.
I promise to you that I'll control my behavior and words in the threads next time, please.
The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.~Luigisan98: Well, yeah, you keep accumulating incivility thumps. It's not the same kind of problem behaviour as in OTC but a nuisance nevertheless. You need to practice more courtesy and fewer remarks on other tropers.
~The Castaway Pariah: OK. Suspension lifted, but remember your terms.
@Adric de Psycho: OK. If you change your mind this thread is still here.
~TS Basilisk: Let's try with a question: When does one use a subbullet and when not?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I will try my hardest to be as courteous as the rules say so for now on, I promise.
i'm sorry if i posted rude comments on the forums and i promise that i won't do it again. i was suspended on this site for posting several posts on a short stime span and i promise not to do this again. i also promise to never break the forum rules again. i would like my suspension/edit-ban on this site to be appealed.
~boatman8 Edit war, blank, and I don't know what else. I promise I won't make any of those. I will avoid any controversial edit if I'm unblocked.
Still, there's something I've been meaning to ask. Is it possible to make multiple edits on a small time? I mean, sometimes I remember what I should write before adding or rewording comments
edited 8th Jun '18 1:36:07 PM by boatman8
Sub-bullets are for showing two or more examples of a trope being present within a single work. The main bullet (either the work's name on a trope page or a trope's name on a work page) is left as a title with bullets for each instance below it.
Sub-bullets are not for sub-tropes branching off from a super-trope (for example, my ill-advised entry on the Heavy Object page for Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty).
Third bullets are for additional context or analysis of an individual example and are not advised, both for being messy and being too conversational. It's better to fold any relevant facts into the original sub-bullet.
I did not think I was rude. Just the opposite — someone was being rude and I merely stated that his opinion was limited to him.
That is not rudeness. That is mature discourse.
Basically I had made few spelling errors and made a couple redundant pages due to confusion on my part which had my editing ability removed, but I think I have improved and would like to edit again.
edited 10th Jun '18 7:02:01 PM by Avenger09
~Avenger09: Basically you got the issues. Your post has somewhat poor grammar so I think you ought to request edits in this
thread for a while.
~Another Guy: That post was thumped, but no, you were being uncivil as well.
~TS Basilisk: A little amendment on the last point - you only use third level bullets when there is more than one paragraph to be written each with its own bullet point, and they are not for paragraph breaks. Anyhow, so as long as you keep this in mind I shall lift the suspension.
~Boatman8: Actually, the ban reasons were "Grammar issues, formatting issues, ZCE issues ".
~Wazzupguys: Technically, the forum ban was for bumping several old threads in quick succession with rather perfunctory posts. Also, while not the reason for the ban I'd like to note that we are sticklers for proper grammar and proper use of capital letters here, especially on the wiki.
~Luigisan98: Will need to ask my colleagues.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I'll be waiting...
I noticed that I was suspended. Is there any chance this could be lifted?
~Straguslore: Well, this is an older suspension but it's all still on file. I would ask what you were doing on Raven Hair, Ivory Skin but after four years that's probably a bit fuzzy.
"Yup. That tasted purple."Ok I'll leave the Solo YMMV alone and if I want to add anything I'll use the discussion page. So can I have my editing privileges back now?
I admit I have an obsession with editing. I went too far trying to get to my point about things to the point where it confuses the readers. I clearly don't deserve a second chance and I'm banned for life. But I just want to say that not everything I have done is wrong. There were things I was right about and things I wasn't. Maybe I should have thought twice before editing something. I cannot be forgiven for my antics and I'm okay with that. I just have trouble understanding and I need help. I am not asking to be unbanned. I just want everyone to understand me.
~Nadim: Er, actually what you did wrong was that you removed the %% from examples that didn't explain how they fit the trope on LethalChef.Live Action TV.
~Patriciovalencia117: OK, lifting the suspension. Regardless of whether you edit YMMV.Solo discussing a contested edit is the correct solution.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman~Luigisan98: I shall lift the ban, but we are not going to take kindly of any repeat. No personal attacks and no comments on other tropers, remember?
~boatman8: It's not really a matter of (lack of) trust; we simply want assurances or evidence that you'll resolve these editing issues.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Understood.
I remember there were some issues with formatting. I don't remember completely though. I'd like to see if I can come back though.
~straguslore: Well, it sort of has to do with formatting. As a memory refresher, it involved commented-out Zero Context Examples. If you see a %%, that means that the proceeding line is commented out. If an example is commented out, don't remove the comment markup unless if you got sufficient context to add. Understood?
I promise I'll be as good as possible. I need to fix some formatting from the D.Gray-man characters btw
I seem to have had my editing privileges suspended, and I honestly have no idea why that would be. I am requesting a reason for the ban, so that I can amend my behavior as appropriate, and asking that the ban be lifted.

Of course.
Understood.