April 2019
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Cassandra's advice
On 8 December 2018 I gave KidAd some very good advice. I repeated my advice on 26 January 2019.
For the third time, KidAd ignored my advice and now he is blocked until 25 July.
He simply will not stop editing pages relating to post-1932 American politics, broadly construed.
This will be the last time I post this advice. The next time I will recommend an indefinite block.
Here is my advice:
KidAd, you already know how to avoid violating your topic ban, The problem is that you are unwilling to do so.
Read the following very carefully. I advise printing it out, putting it on the wall next to your computer, and reading it every time you are tempted to read anything on Wikipedia. You might want to refrain from deleting my advice this time, but of course that is your decision to make -- it's your talk page.
Here is the advice that would have prevented the current block and all previous blocks:
Once your current block expires, stay completely away from post-1932 American politics until your topic ban is lifted.
No pages about post-1932 American politicians.
No pages about wives or children of post-1932 American politicians.
No pages about journalists who primarily write about post-1932 American politics.
No pages about post-1932 American political issues.
No edits on non-politics pages that in any way touch on post-1932 American politics.
Not on articles.
Not on talk pages.
Not on noticeboards.
Not on your own user page or talk page (you can discuss your block or topic ban on your talk page, but be careful not to stray into discussing post-1932 American politics)
Make no edits that will later end up with you saying "I thought it was OK because..." There is no reason that is valid excuse for violating your topic ban.
No exceptions.
No excuses.
If you have any doubt, stay away. If you really think that your edit is OK for whatever reason, it isn't.
Don't be that person who stands right on the line he isn't allowed to cross with his toes across the line. Stay a mile away from the line you cannot cross. Make it so that if anyone accuses you of violating your topic ban the unanimous opinion will be that they are crazy.
In fact, I advise you to stop reading any pages that in any way touch on post-1932 American politics. That way you won't be tempted to edit them.
You know what you did wrong. Don't do it again.
Free clue: "I didn't do anything wrong". "What I did was justified" "I really thought that the topic ban didn't cover this" and "The other guy did bad things" are all common excuses for violating a topic ban that don't work.
When I first started editing Wikipedia 12 years ago, my behavior was far worse than anything you have done. When I ran into opposition, I fought, and I really thought that I was right and they were wrong. Then an experienced editor took the time to calmly explain to me that if I learned the rules and followed them I could make the world a better place by building a better encyclopedia.
I still hope that one day you will be telling a similar story, but after repeatedly violating your topic ban, I have little hope in your case. I still would very much like you to change your behavior and become a productive editor. It's just that I no longer believe that you will, and in fact I no longer believe anything you write. Please, please, PLEASE prove me wrong. --Guy Macon (talk) 23:16, 23 April 2019 (UTC)