Request for arbitration enforcement
Please see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Request concerning Eric Corbett. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 18:57, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
July 2019
If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing blocks (specifically this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Please copy my appeal to the [[WP:AE|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] or [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]. Your reason here OR place the reason below this template. ~~~~}}
. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily. You may also appeal directly to me (by email), before or instead of appealing on your talk page. Sandstein 06:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted the following procedure instructing administrators regarding Arbitration Enforcement blocks: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."
Please also take note of what I wrote at AE: "The block may be lifted, either by myself on appeal or by another administrator, if Eric Corbett explicitly and unreservedly commits to observe the topic ban in the future, such that, in the administrator's judgment, the block is no longer needed to ensure compliance with the topic ban. To be clear, this does not require Eric Corbett to agree with or like the topic ban, ArbCom, or me. It just requires him to agree to comply with the ban as long as it remains in force." Sandstein 06:49, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- More harassment from Sandstein I see. Stick by your guns, Eric, and deny them the pleasure of seeing you submit to the plastic court and their pompous ruling. I know you will. CassiantoTalk 07:55, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Sandstein: It'll be a cold day in hell before I ask you for anything, much less bow to your authoritarian style of "management". But I would like to say just one thing, which I wasn't allowed to say at the RfA that caused this storm in a tea cup. The reason I object to the WiR project isn't because it's attempting to address some gender imbalance in Wikipedia's biography articles; on the contrary, I see that as a worthy goal. The reason I object is because it's using the gender fallacy as a smoke screen to protect poor articles that ought not to be written at all, or at the very least written properly. There, I've mentioned gender again, so do your worst and see exactly how little I care for you or for what Wikipedia has become. Eric Corbett 18:06, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- This is regrettable. Compliance with ArbCom decisions is mandatory, even if we disagree with them. Because you have made clear that you do not intend to comply, the offer to have your block lifted early is withdrawn. Be advised that subsequent blocks are likely to increase in duration. To prevent further disruption for the duration of your block, I'm disabling your talk page access. Sandstein 19:51, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- User:Sandstein that was a cowardly, not to mention underhanded way to end a discussion. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 20:36, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Revoking talk page access for further violations of a topic ban using it seems perfectly appropriate to me. I fail to see how it is "cowardly" or "underhanded". Galobtter (pingó mió) 20:41, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Any chance you can go and backslap Sandstein somewhere else? It's highly inappropriate doing it on a page belonging to an editor who cannot answer for themselves. CassiantoTalk 20:58, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- We do indeed seem to be living in very strange times indeed. Expressing the most simple opinions now has to couched in the language of the most politically correct or, perhaps, politically stupid. The most simple stumble can now lead to Draconian punishments. Before long, even walking on eggshells will be offensive to Vegans. Giano (talk) 11:41, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Eric, you said "The reason I object is because it's using the gender fallacy as a smoke screen to protect poor articles that ought not to be written at all, or at the very least written properly", but you said it in the context of Valereee; as WereSpielChequers has already said, it doesn't take long to look at her AfD track record, and see she's quite amenable to !voting "delete" on non-notable women bios such as here, here, here, here and here. I agree with Iridescent that you're out of rope this time round; in particular, you've made one minor edit in mainspace in the last four weeks, so I can't even use the "but he writes good content" defence (compare and contrast with Cassianto, who I will give a free pass for doing lots of great work on Sophie Dahl recently, thus proving you don't need to be a raging feminist nut-job to write about women on here). In particular, dick-waving in front of Sandstein is just a monumentally stupid thing to do that is asking for trouble. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:35, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- Ritchie, you don't need to look at main space only. All edits show Eric was also present at the Raffald FAC, which was a follow up to his hugely helpful assistance at the PR. Editors of high calibre are not only active in the mainspace. - SchroCat (talk) 17:18, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- I know all about Eric's work at GAN / FAC having received several fruitful and constructive reviews from him myself. I have also on at least two occasions been almost beaten up for having the total and utter chutzpah for daring to suggest we shouldn't kick Eric out of the door because his copyediting skills are excellent. But I just sometimes wonder why can't he just focus on that and ignore suspecting admins instead of saying "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:59, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- Why should he? To ignore is to accept. Suspecting admins or otherwise should know better than to go around poking bears, and if a bear is poked, the poker gets bitten; pretty much as you've said elsewhere today about me. It it wasn't for people like Eric, admins would have nothing to administer and this place would be nothing more than a forum. CassiantoTalk 19:38, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- I know all about Eric's work at GAN / FAC having received several fruitful and constructive reviews from him myself. I have also on at least two occasions been almost beaten up for having the total and utter chutzpah for daring to suggest we shouldn't kick Eric out of the door because his copyediting skills are excellent. But I just sometimes wonder why can't he just focus on that and ignore suspecting admins instead of saying "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:59, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Time out for reading
Franz Kafka: Das Schloss | |
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... about alienation,
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Who will write the best short story Kafka style about the incident and its consequences, unresponsive bureaucracy and non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems, in short, about frustration? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- I see above another plot around the same themes, - not entertaining. Go outside, pick some wildflowers for your wife. I have the habit to count how many different varieties I see on a hike. 57 yesterday. Much more pleasure than being subjected to arbitrary whatever ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
At least some things never really change. You can avoid Wiki for a time, come back, and always count on finding at least the same level of bullshit that was here when you last visited.Intothatdarkness 02:48, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Adding: Thank you, Eric, for your help in the 2012 PR. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
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