User talk:Fan555
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Deletion tag
You can't delete a deletion tag without discussing it on the discussion page. Giving you a heads up Darkraider09 18:39, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
Blocking of your IP address removed
I have independently reviewed the cause of the blocking of your IP address against our no personal attacks policy, and find only a borderline cause for you to have been blocked at all, and absolutely no reason for you to have been blocked for an entire week. On the basis of that, and your apology to the offended party, I'm therefore reducing your sentence to "time served", and releasing your IP back into the wild. I would say, however, that I can understand mini-mitch's frustration with your language, as it did sail fairly close to an offence under the NPA policy. In future, I'd ask that you try to enumerate your frustrations in a discussion. The more specifics you can provide in a heated discussion, the less likely it is for your words to possibly be construed as a personal attack.
For instance, were you to say...
- I find your actions moronic in this instance because:
- they're counter-intuitive
- in my opinion, they make you look like a petulant child who hasn't gotten his way
- they're not obviously supported by the community
- the way in which you want to change things is not supported by book x, y and z
...then your use of "moronic" can't at all be described as a personal attack. You're giving reasons supporting the use of the word.
That said, obviously you wouldn't want to go into more obscene words. There's no way, for example, you can reasonably make the word "f*cktard" seem reasonable.
In any event, please do keep contributing here in a constructive and positive way. We are actually glad to have you around.
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Apologise.
I apologise for blocking your I.P account. I was very harsh of me, I did it stupidly in the heat of the moment. Please accept my apology and I hope there will be no hard feelings? Mini-mitch\talk 17:58, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
- That's shocking. Since you never apologised to me.
