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:Note: we actually can't see your email unless you email us. And the name in email itself doesn't mean anything. I can prolly register Barack.H.Obama@gmail.com or similar with a bunch of email providers. Steam appears to display users' previous public names, so this is the original account name. Still, the looks of you jumping into an article as if you've just edited it while this was your first edit ever is slightly suspicious, I admit. And looks similar to the modus operandi of Sju hav's previous sockpuppets. {{ping|Berean Hunter}}, do you think there is a room for reevaluating this block? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] ([[User talk:MaxSem|talk]]) 02:07, 24 May 2015 (UTC) |
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Evidence Which Suggests I am not Sju hav
- Based on the sockpuppet investigations page, Sju hav is presumed to be Norwegian. I am a natural-born American citizen and can easily prove this.
- Additionally, Sju hav likes to edit the Norwegian wikipedia apparently (hence why he is presumably Norwegian?). I have not touched the Norwegian Wikipedia, ever.
- Apparently the reason for suspicion was that I edited the Fall of Saigon page first, which Sju hav had previously used sockpuppets to edit extensively. However, my edits to that page were actually reverting changes made (likely) for political reasons around Black April (specifically, a user had changed Fall-->Liberation and added language about Vietnamese "collaborators" to describe the South Vietnamese). These diffs can be seen here (my first edit). It's worth noting that I just reverted the article to a previous state, which was easily found by checking previous diffs. I did not add any new content because my knowledge on the Fall of Saigon is extremely limited -- I simply made edits to a page that I thought needed edits.
- My second edit was used as evidence by 4ing to show that I was an "experienced user." To be totally honest, I don't really see how this edit suggests that I have experience. I have lurked in the past and I am familiar with how to use Wikipedia and the MediaWiki platform generally. Also, I literally just ripped most of that from the Fall vs. Liberation debate on that talk page (NPOV and all that).
- 4ing also stated that the edit had similar orthography to this edit by 20yardsaway. These are both very small edits, and 4ing correctly points out that we both used two hyphens prior to our signature. However, I don't think this is a terribly unique thing. However, I want to out an orthographic difference that I think is critical: 20yardsaway places his period after the quotation mark in that edit. (so that it appears: "...American evacuation".(Todd, p.366)). Even in that second edit on the talk page, I place my comma inside "Fall," as such. Furthermore, without knowledge that I would have to be writing this defense page, I later made an edit on the Love Land article which corrected that exact orthographic mistake.
- As I stated on the past page, I made a few edits to Wikivoyage over a year ago. As an example, this edit which is for my hometown's page. This is the sort of information that Sju hav (to my limited knowledge) would have no interest in or knowledge of. More recently, I asked a question on the Vietnam talk page as I am planning a trip there.
Editing Intent
I know that my edits appear somewhat random, and clearly the fact that I chose to make my first edit on the Fall of Saigon page is what led to this suspicion in the first place. As of now, most of my edits are focused on fixing minor errors I come across in articles. If you look at my small number of contributions here, that will be confirmed. Part of the reason I have not made more significant contributions is that I am still a college student so I don't feel like I have a significant enough expertise in anything to contribute substantively. However, as I am beginning to enter upper division classes in both physics and computer science, you will likely see me contributing to articles on those subjects in the future (assuming that I am unblocked). Actually probably not physics as much because I sort of feel like you need a PhD to really contribute there, but you get the idea.
Use of the "GeneralPericles" Username on Other Sites
I use this username across a variety of sites (mostly gaming accounts), and I can verify my identity on any one of those. A couple of examples:
- My Steam account
- My Nexus Mods account
- I can't figure out to link to it, but it's my Origin account name, too.
- As I mentioned on the other page, My WikiVoyage account
Confirmed Email Address, Linked to Real-World Identity
I realized I had not confirmed my email address prior to this posting, so I just confirmed it now. As an admin will be able to see, my email address contains my real, actual name. If need be, I can provide a link to my Facebook profile or also provide my university email address to verify my identity.
Final note: editing from university account
Finally: if it does appear there is something funny with my IP activity, this is because I am at university and so I am editing on my university's connection. I can provide the name of this university to an admin if you need to confirm this with me further.
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{{Unblock on hold |1=blocking administrator |2=I listed a bunch of evidence against my being a sockpuppet [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive#Comments_by_other_users_50|at the sockpuppet investigations page here]]. However, all the most important info from there has been copied to this page. After going through [[Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block]] and briefly looking at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive]], I have decided to reorganize the evidence here to help best make my case. I am a new user, so if I do anything wrong or if I am not providing the right information, please set me on the right track. I am trying to work in good faith. '''Evidence Which Suggests I am not [[User:Sju hav|Sju hav]]''' * Based on the sockpuppet investigations page, Sju hav is presumed to be Norwegian. I am a natural-born American citizen and can easily prove this. * Additionally, Sju hav likes to edit the Norwegian wikipedia apparently (hence why he is presumably Norwegian?). I have not touched the Norwegian Wikipedia, ever. * Apparently the reason for suspicion was that I edited the [[Fall of Saigon]] page first, which Sju hav had previously used sockpuppets to edit extensively. However, my edits to that page were actually reverting changes made (likely) for political reasons around Black April (specifically, a user had changed Fall-->Liberation and added language about Vietnamese "collaborators" to describe the South Vietnamese). [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018128 These diffs can be seen here (my first edit).] It's worth noting that I just reverted the article to a previous state, which was easily found by checking previous diffs. I did not add any new content because my knowledge on the Fall of Saigon is extremely limited -- I simply made edits to a page that I thought needed edits. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018456 My second edit] was used as evidence by [[User:4ing|4ing]] to show that I was an "experienced user." To be totally honest, I don't really see how this edit suggests that I have experience. I have lurked in the past and I am familiar with how to use Wikipedia and the MediaWiki platform generally. Also, I literally just ripped most of that from the Fall vs. Liberation debate on that talk page (NPOV and all that). * 4ing also stated that the edit had similar orthography to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AFall_of_Saigon&type=revision&diff=657187325&oldid=643474478 this edit by 20yardsaway]. These are both very small edits, and 4ing correctly points out that we both used two hyphens prior to our signature. However, I don't think this is a terribly unique thing. ''However, I want to out an orthographic difference that I think is critical:'' 20yardsaway places his period after the quotation mark in that edit. (so that it appears: "...American evacuation".(Todd, p.366)). Even in that second edit on the talk page, I place my comma inside "Fall," as such. Furthermore, without knowledge that I would have to be writing this defense page, I later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Land_(South_Korea)&diff=prev&oldid=663648245 made an edit on the Love Land article] which corrected that exact orthographic mistake. * As I stated on the past page, I made a few edits to Wikivoyage over a year ago. As an example, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Renton&diff=prev&oldid=2651372 this edit] which is for my hometown's page. This is the sort of information that Sju hav (to my limited knowledge) would have no interest in or knowledge of. More recently, I asked [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vietnam&diff=prev&oldid=2786927 a question on the Vietnam talk page] as I am planning a trip there. '''Editing Intent''' I know that my edits appear somewhat random, and clearly the fact that I chose to make my first edit on the [[Fall of Saigon]] page is what led to this suspicion in the first place. As of now, most of my edits are focused on fixing minor errors I come across in articles. If you look at my small number of contributions here, that will be confirmed. Part of the reason I have not made more significant contributions is that I am still a college student so I don't feel like I have a significant enough expertise in anything to contribute substantively. However, as I am beginning to enter upper division classes in both physics and computer science, you will likely see me contributing to articles on those subjects in the future (assuming that I am unblocked). Actually probably not physics as much because I sort of feel like you need a PhD to really contribute there, but you get the idea. '''Use of the "GeneralPericles" Username on Other Sites''' I use this username across a variety of sites (mostly gaming accounts), and I can verify my identity on any one of those. A couple of examples: * [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041065899 My Steam account] * [http://www.nexusmods.com/games/users/9830011/? My Nexus Mods account] * I can't figure out to link to it, but it's my Origin account name, too. * As I mentioned on the other page, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:GeneralPericles My WikiVoyage account] '''Confirmed Email Address, Linked to Real-World Identity''' I realized I had not confirmed my email address prior to this posting, so I just confirmed it now. As an admin will be able to see, my email address contains my real, actual name. If need be, I can provide a link to my Facebook profile or also provide my university email address to verify my identity. '''Final note: editing from university account''' Finally: if it does appear there is something funny with my IP activity, this is because I am at university and so I am editing on my university's connection. I can provide the name of this university to an admin if you need to confirm this with me further. Thanks. I hope my cooperation will help undo this block. |3 = ~~~~}}
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{{unblock reviewed |1=I listed a bunch of evidence against my being a sockpuppet [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive#Comments_by_other_users_50|at the sockpuppet investigations page here]]. However, all the most important info from there has been copied to this page. After going through [[Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block]] and briefly looking at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive]], I have decided to reorganize the evidence here to help best make my case. I am a new user, so if I do anything wrong or if I am not providing the right information, please set me on the right track. I am trying to work in good faith. '''Evidence Which Suggests I am not [[User:Sju hav|Sju hav]]''' * Based on the sockpuppet investigations page, Sju hav is presumed to be Norwegian. I am a natural-born American citizen and can easily prove this. * Additionally, Sju hav likes to edit the Norwegian wikipedia apparently (hence why he is presumably Norwegian?). I have not touched the Norwegian Wikipedia, ever. * Apparently the reason for suspicion was that I edited the [[Fall of Saigon]] page first, which Sju hav had previously used sockpuppets to edit extensively. However, my edits to that page were actually reverting changes made (likely) for political reasons around Black April (specifically, a user had changed Fall-->Liberation and added language about Vietnamese "collaborators" to describe the South Vietnamese). [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018128 These diffs can be seen here (my first edit).] It's worth noting that I just reverted the article to a previous state, which was easily found by checking previous diffs. I did not add any new content because my knowledge on the Fall of Saigon is extremely limited -- I simply made edits to a page that I thought needed edits. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018456 My second edit] was used as evidence by [[User:4ing|4ing]] to show that I was an "experienced user." To be totally honest, I don't really see how this edit suggests that I have experience. I have lurked in the past and I am familiar with how to use Wikipedia and the MediaWiki platform generally. Also, I literally just ripped most of that from the Fall vs. Liberation debate on that talk page (NPOV and all that). * 4ing also stated that the edit had similar orthography to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AFall_of_Saigon&type=revision&diff=657187325&oldid=643474478 this edit by 20yardsaway]. These are both very small edits, and 4ing correctly points out that we both used two hyphens prior to our signature. However, I don't think this is a terribly unique thing. ''However, I want to out an orthographic difference that I think is critical:'' 20yardsaway places his period after the quotation mark in that edit. (so that it appears: "...American evacuation".(Todd, p.366)). Even in that second edit on the talk page, I place my comma inside "Fall," as such. Furthermore, without knowledge that I would have to be writing this defense page, I later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Land_(South_Korea)&diff=prev&oldid=663648245 made an edit on the Love Land article] which corrected that exact orthographic mistake. * As I stated on the past page, I made a few edits to Wikivoyage over a year ago. As an example, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Renton&diff=prev&oldid=2651372 this edit] which is for my hometown's page. This is the sort of information that Sju hav (to my limited knowledge) would have no interest in or knowledge of. More recently, I asked [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vietnam&diff=prev&oldid=2786927 a question on the Vietnam talk page] as I am planning a trip there. '''Editing Intent''' I know that my edits appear somewhat random, and clearly the fact that I chose to make my first edit on the [[Fall of Saigon]] page is what led to this suspicion in the first place. As of now, most of my edits are focused on fixing minor errors I come across in articles. If you look at my small number of contributions here, that will be confirmed. Part of the reason I have not made more significant contributions is that I am still a college student so I don't feel like I have a significant enough expertise in anything to contribute substantively. However, as I am beginning to enter upper division classes in both physics and computer science, you will likely see me contributing to articles on those subjects in the future (assuming that I am unblocked). Actually probably not physics as much because I sort of feel like you need a PhD to really contribute there, but you get the idea. '''Use of the "GeneralPericles" Username on Other Sites''' I use this username across a variety of sites (mostly gaming accounts), and I can verify my identity on any one of those. A couple of examples: * [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041065899 My Steam account] * [http://www.nexusmods.com/games/users/9830011/? My Nexus Mods account] * I can't figure out to link to it, but it's my Origin account name, too. * As I mentioned on the other page, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:GeneralPericles My WikiVoyage account] '''Confirmed Email Address, Linked to Real-World Identity''' I realized I had not confirmed my email address prior to this posting, so I just confirmed it now. As an admin will be able to see, my email address contains my real, actual name. If need be, I can provide a link to my Facebook profile or also provide my university email address to verify my identity. '''Final note: editing from university account''' Finally: if it does appear there is something funny with my IP activity, this is because I am at university and so I am editing on my university's connection. I can provide the name of this university to an admin if you need to confirm this with me further. Thanks. I hope my cooperation will help undo this block. |decline = {{subst:Decline reason here}} ~~~~}}
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{{unblock reviewed |1=I listed a bunch of evidence against my being a sockpuppet [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive#Comments_by_other_users_50|at the sockpuppet investigations page here]]. However, all the most important info from there has been copied to this page. After going through [[Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block]] and briefly looking at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav/Archive]], I have decided to reorganize the evidence here to help best make my case. I am a new user, so if I do anything wrong or if I am not providing the right information, please set me on the right track. I am trying to work in good faith. '''Evidence Which Suggests I am not [[User:Sju hav|Sju hav]]''' * Based on the sockpuppet investigations page, Sju hav is presumed to be Norwegian. I am a natural-born American citizen and can easily prove this. * Additionally, Sju hav likes to edit the Norwegian wikipedia apparently (hence why he is presumably Norwegian?). I have not touched the Norwegian Wikipedia, ever. * Apparently the reason for suspicion was that I edited the [[Fall of Saigon]] page first, which Sju hav had previously used sockpuppets to edit extensively. However, my edits to that page were actually reverting changes made (likely) for political reasons around Black April (specifically, a user had changed Fall-->Liberation and added language about Vietnamese "collaborators" to describe the South Vietnamese). [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018128 These diffs can be seen here (my first edit).] It's worth noting that I just reverted the article to a previous state, which was easily found by checking previous diffs. I did not add any new content because my knowledge on the Fall of Saigon is extremely limited -- I simply made edits to a page that I thought needed edits. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fall_of_Saigon&diff=prev&oldid=660018456 My second edit] was used as evidence by [[User:4ing|4ing]] to show that I was an "experienced user." To be totally honest, I don't really see how this edit suggests that I have experience. I have lurked in the past and I am familiar with how to use Wikipedia and the MediaWiki platform generally. Also, I literally just ripped most of that from the Fall vs. Liberation debate on that talk page (NPOV and all that). * 4ing also stated that the edit had similar orthography to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AFall_of_Saigon&type=revision&diff=657187325&oldid=643474478 this edit by 20yardsaway]. These are both very small edits, and 4ing correctly points out that we both used two hyphens prior to our signature. However, I don't think this is a terribly unique thing. ''However, I want to out an orthographic difference that I think is critical:'' 20yardsaway places his period after the quotation mark in that edit. (so that it appears: "...American evacuation".(Todd, p.366)). Even in that second edit on the talk page, I place my comma inside "Fall," as such. Furthermore, without knowledge that I would have to be writing this defense page, I later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Land_(South_Korea)&diff=prev&oldid=663648245 made an edit on the Love Land article] which corrected that exact orthographic mistake. * As I stated on the past page, I made a few edits to Wikivoyage over a year ago. As an example, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Renton&diff=prev&oldid=2651372 this edit] which is for my hometown's page. This is the sort of information that Sju hav (to my limited knowledge) would have no interest in or knowledge of. More recently, I asked [https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vietnam&diff=prev&oldid=2786927 a question on the Vietnam talk page] as I am planning a trip there. '''Editing Intent''' I know that my edits appear somewhat random, and clearly the fact that I chose to make my first edit on the [[Fall of Saigon]] page is what led to this suspicion in the first place. As of now, most of my edits are focused on fixing minor errors I come across in articles. If you look at my small number of contributions here, that will be confirmed. Part of the reason I have not made more significant contributions is that I am still a college student so I don't feel like I have a significant enough expertise in anything to contribute substantively. However, as I am beginning to enter upper division classes in both physics and computer science, you will likely see me contributing to articles on those subjects in the future (assuming that I am unblocked). Actually probably not physics as much because I sort of feel like you need a PhD to really contribute there, but you get the idea. '''Use of the "GeneralPericles" Username on Other Sites''' I use this username across a variety of sites (mostly gaming accounts), and I can verify my identity on any one of those. A couple of examples: * [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041065899 My Steam account] * [http://www.nexusmods.com/games/users/9830011/? My Nexus Mods account] * I can't figure out to link to it, but it's my Origin account name, too. * As I mentioned on the other page, [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:GeneralPericles My WikiVoyage account] '''Confirmed Email Address, Linked to Real-World Identity''' I realized I had not confirmed my email address prior to this posting, so I just confirmed it now. As an admin will be able to see, my email address contains my real, actual name. If need be, I can provide a link to my Facebook profile or also provide my university email address to verify my identity. '''Final note: editing from university account''' Finally: if it does appear there is something funny with my IP activity, this is because I am at university and so I am editing on my university's connection. I can provide the name of this university to an admin if you need to confirm this with me further. Thanks. I hope my cooperation will help undo this block. |accept = accept reason here ~~~~}}
- Note: we actually can't see your email unless you email us. And the name in email itself doesn't mean anything. I can prolly register Barack.H.Obama@gmail.com or similar with a bunch of email providers. Steam appears to display users' previous public names, so this is the original account name. Still, the looks of you jumping into an article as if you've just edited it while this was your first edit ever is slightly suspicious, I admit. And looks similar to the modus operandi of Sju hav's previous sockpuppets. @Berean Hunter:, do you think there is a room for reevaluating this block? Max Semenik (talk) 02:07, 24 May 2015 (UTC)