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Re:Block message at User talk:Citic telecom cpc

I'm not proud to admit this, but I'm still learning about the username blocks and the different templates related to them. Consequently I've blocked more than a few accounts on username violation grounds using the hard block setting since there isn't a "use this for that" guide-box on the page, and since no one has has bothered to correct me I just assumed I was doing something right. As for the template, the only template I remember off the top of my head is the {usernameblock} template, and I dislike searching for 45 minutes to find the relevant template for a block, so I just usually end up using that one block and template combo. For the most part it has the intended effect, and like I said no ones bothered to point out I've been doing wrong, so I just got into the habit of using these two together. If I understood how the different functions were unique I'd write my own guide for my own reference when handling blocks, but right now I'm kind of flying in a WWI mindset: instinct and guts, with no guidance info. That I've managed to go this long without being corrected seems a little amazing, but if you know what block and template setting should go with which user's accounts I'd be happy to do some homework to improve my understanding of the process. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:20, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Skanderbeg page

Hi,

I wish to report abuse on the page of Skanderbeg, which is the National Hero of Albania, (widely acknowledged as Albanian medieval hero by historians, writers, various governments and cities erecting statues and other acknowledgments), by serbian users who abusively try to claim a slavic origin for him and his people, by diminishing his legacy or putting claims of the war between Skanderbeg and Ottomans not as a war between Albanians and Turks, but between Albanian themselves and other similar nonsense, which are contradictory even within the Wikipedia article itself. I tried to erase such sections, but was instead accused of putting an edit war. I understand that the edit should have some rules, however such claims over renowned figures and facts (such as Albanian identity of Skanderbeg and its cause, acknowledged by the whole Europe on its time and later centuries) threatened by some anonymous ethnicist users, should be restricted by Wikipedia.

We are also talking about Albanian national Hero (not some regular historic figure) and anti-Albanians should not be involved in harming it.

For further references, please refer to the changes I have made to the page. Hoping in your understanding and assistance, Thank you Marsel KonomiMARSELIMADHE (talk) 13:50, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

@MARSELIMADHE: I had already blocked your account for edit-warring before I saw this edit, but being told that your editing is motivated by a nationalistic wish to promote your view of someone you call a "National Hero" is interesting. That aside, however, you were edit-warring. Wikipedia's policy on edit warring is, basically, "don't edit war", not "don't edit war unless you are convinced that you are right". Indeed, it would be completely meaningless to have an edit warring policy which exempted any editor who was convinced that he or she was right, as in most edit wars everybody involved thinks they are right. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:13, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Saurabh Dey

Hello! A page you recently deleted (Saurabh Dey) has been recreated for a third time... Seems like a clear case of WP:SOCK as the new creator has zero previous edits. are you able to tell me who created the page the last 2 times? I want to file a sock report but don't know who the previous creator(s) were. Thanks! --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 15:41, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: There's no sockpuppetry, as the same account Cyberjusticeman has created the article each time. That account is due for an indefinite block if it does the same again. The "zero previous edits" is because all the previous edits have been deleted. Even though a non-admin editor can't see what the deleted edits were, you can check whether there are any deleted edits or not by clicking on the "Edit count" at the bottom of the editor's contributions page. For this editor, that will take you to this page, where you can see that there are seven deleted edits. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:29, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Ananda Shankar Jayant

Hi mate, I have re-created the article on Ananda Shankar Jayant, a page which you recently deleted. Feel that the person is notable for her four major awards as well as for her other activities. Please have a look. Cheers !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 17:50, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

@Tachs: The article you have created is far better than the one I deleted. Good work. Thanks. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice words.--jojo@nthony (talk) 06:13, 26 August 2016 (UTC)