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Sincerely, scope_creepTalk 18:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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before the question. Again, welcome! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you. — Wug·a·po·des 04:44, 11 March 2021 (UTC)![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Appointment_green.svg/48px-Appointment_green.svg.png)
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Blocked for sockpuppetry
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AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
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Hello Wikipedia, I see there is some confusion about my account so I would like to clear that up. I am an incredibly casual editor, so I’m sorry if I didn’t read up on all the proper protocols when I created this account. I also don’t know if it’s normal, but I didn’t receive any notifications on my Wikipedia account about the investigation until I had been blocked!
While working at Aquila Polonica Publishing I found some incorrect info while using a Wikipedia page for reference. Since it was such a niche subject, I made an account to correct it. I interacted with an editor there and we made the changes successfully. When I did this, I did not understand shared accounts were not allowed.
Later a coworker of mine wanted to make a few changes to another Wikipedia page. Since I had vaguely associated this account with Aquila Polonica Publishing and the changes seemed simple enough, I thought it would be ok to share the account with my coworker so they could make the changes. We were informed that it is inappropriate to share Wikipedia accounts, and when that occurred I promptly logged for a username change that followed Wikipedia’s standards. My coworker still wanted a Wikipedia account for their own personal use, so they registered as a separate user.
While I am not much of an editor, I do use Wikipedia a lot as a reader, especially of Polish history. When I read the arbitration page, I decided to make a post because it seems like it could deeply impact my ability to read. I would also like to point out that while tataqp and I fall on the same “side” on the arbitration, we have some different views on the matter.
Anyways, I am sorry for the misunderstanding here but I can assure you that tataqp and I are two different people that do work together, yet both want to interact on Wikipedia as individuals with different opinions. I hope the admins can understand this situation, and I would be happy to explain anything else about this. AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing (talk) 20:12, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
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Procedural decline only as this block expired some time ago.Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 19:23, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
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- Non-admin comment. User:SubjectiveNotability/User:GeneralNotability, the blocking admin, noted on their talk page that "I have no objection to another administrator unblocking them if they accept the explanations offered by the two editors.". Interested editors, including "AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing", are welcome to read the entire discussion at User_talk:GeneralNotability#Question for context and some thoughts on best practices. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:42, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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Can you please expand on how you found the arbitration page to begin with? Were you contacted by e-mail about this page? A forthright and honest response will go a long way in building trust here.--Bob not snob (talk) 08:26, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Okay Bob not snob. Let's get a shot at building some trust here and continue this [1]. Did you have any other accounts on Wikipedia before Bob not Snob? - GizzyCatBella🍁 13:13, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- GizzyCatBella, please take the side discussion about Bob not snob elsewhere. SubjectiveNotability a GN franchise (talk to the boss) 17:27, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Hello Bob not snob. If an admin requests it, I would do my best to remember how I found the Arbitration page. AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing (talk) 16:03, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- I asked a CheckUser to check if e-mails were sent.--Bob not snob (talk) 19:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, I am happy to help with anything, as long as I feel it is useful to this investigation Bob not snob. While I have your attention here, I want to take the opportunity to briefly clear up a misunderstanding I've spotted (I can't currently post on talk pages anyways). As per my username, I am associated with Aquila Polonica Publishing. I think I've seen you express that we might be something of a vanity press, but I assure you we are not. By the definitions on Wikipedia, we are small but definitely don't fall into that category. We do not receive payment from our authors, take lots of time to ensure manuscripts are up to our standards, and distribute copies to retailers like Barnes & Noble and Amazon. If we were a vanity press, we would have a lot more titles in our catalogue ^^;. I hope that clears something up. AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing (talk) 19:39, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- I asked a CheckUser to check if e-mails were sent.--Bob not snob (talk) 19:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)