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[edit]Hi Raining Parade! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.
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Happy editing! Crossroads -talk- 19:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Additional welcome
[edit]Hey Raining Parade, I hope you’ve been enjoying your time on Wikipedia so far.
You said you previously edited anonymously, I was wondering if you would feel comfortable disclosing the IP address you used to edit under? You’re under no obligation to do so; I’m just curious. WanderingWanda (talk) 21:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
April 2021
[edit]Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.
If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should review the guide to appealing blocks, and then appeal your block by adding the following text below this notice:
{{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}}
. Note that anything you post in your unblock request will be public, so you may alternatively use the Unblock Ticket Request System to submit an appeal if it contains information that must be private.Administrators: Checkusers have access to confidential system logs not accessible by the public or by administrators due to the Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy. You must not loosen or remove this block, or issue an IP block exemption, without consulting with a checkuser or the Arbitration Committee. Administrators who undo checkuser blocks without permission from a checkuser or the Arbitration Committee may be summarily desysopped.
Statement regarding Flyer22Frozen
[edit]Earlier this year, the Arbitration Committee dismissed a case involving Flyer22 Frozen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) after receiving a credible report that that editor had passed away. Members of the community expressed condolences and Flyer22 was added to the "Deceased Wikipedians" page [1].
The Arbitration Committee subsequently received off-wiki correspondence alleging that Flyer22 had not actually died and explaining the senders' basis for reaching that conclusion. The Committee takes this issue seriously and looked into it as thoroughly as we could within the bounds of appropriateness.
We must ask editors to bear in mind that while the Arbitration Committee can be privy to some evidence that cannot be shared on-wiki, such as checkuser findings, the scope of our responsibilities and authority is still limited. We are a committee of volunteers who are elected to help solve disputes arising on a website. Our authority and responsibilities do not include conducting forensic investigations off of the site. For example, in connection with the current allegations, someone sent us documentation purporting to reveal the identity of Flyer22, and suggested that we investigate, perhaps even reaching out to that person and members of their family to determine whether and when the identified person had passed away. It would not be appropriate for the Arbitration Committee or anyone else to do these things, and we have not and will not do so.
It is, however, possible to take action with regard to the SPI relating to accounts that have edited in recent months. The following have been blocked following traditional SPI investigations:
- ApproximateLand (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Bio Flex (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Daner's Creek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Film Bio Legacy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Gender Roamer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Kaseey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- LearnerB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Raining Parade (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- RandoBanks (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- RazTazz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- ReaperRoe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Ren Ten10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
The editing by these accounts is improper independent of the circumstances concerning Flyer22. Accordingly, these accounts have been blocked. The person or persons behind these accounts is required to cease editing. Any concerns about further accounts may be posted to an as-yet-to-be created SPI page that the committee should have posted shortly, or e-mailed to the Arbitration Committee.
This is a difficult situation for many Wikipedians. Some key facts still are not known, and behind every username there is a real person. We ask that everyone please treat it with sensitivity, proportionality, and decorum.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Beeblebrox (talk) 23:04, 18 August 2021 (UTC)