Account deactivation question from Megacheez
Heading added ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
I have denied any involvement in any incident that I have been involved in. If I am blocked permanently, is there a possibility that I can deactivate my account. Megacheez (talk) 14:10, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- There is no way to delete an account. You can blank your pages, but the history still exists. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 14:23, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- I don't understand what you mean by "denying involvement", as the ANI thread you seem to be referring to contains specific diffs of content that you have submitted to the encyclopedia, and you are being asked to provide sources for these contributions. There's nothing to "deny", just verifiability to be proven by you. Regarding your account, The Blade of the Northern Lights has already deactivated (blocked) it. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:14, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Issue
Hello there, ToBeFree. A problem editor PartTroix is trolling my edit history to pick an imaginary fight, based on a wrongheaded misconception of what Wikipedia is and on refusal to acknowledge the existence of any policies which I am linking, including WP:3RR. The surly and nonsensical comments in edit summaries and on my Talk page are absolutely WP:HOUND and WP:ICANTHEARYOU, maybe WP:TEND, and bordering on or violating WP:NPA. I'm not sure if it violates it because I'm not a snowflake but I'll take it in this case. I've issued two warnings today. It's pointedly blatant when he twice replaced someone's bizarre chat comment that I had deleted here. He's just instigating out of nowhere here, after somebody obviously replaced that stuff (once vandalized) multiple times. He accuses me of stomping anyone who disagrees with me, which is clearly projection from only his actions. I suspect WP:SOCK, maybe of Forward01, with several WP:QUACKs. It's a new account with all kinds of sudden activity, and some of the same mistakes which I can't remember ever seeing elsewhere. They both leave edit summaries as one-word or non-word gibberish, they both obliterate meaning by deleting mandatory commas, and they both recently edited Buzz Aldrin. Forward01 quit editing as soon as I warned him, and PartTroix started. "Troix" means "three" in French. He just ignored my prompt to disclose any other accounts. So I would appreciate it if you could be the one to revert the policy-breaking edits[1][2][3] and whatever else you do. They let ..just...anyone... edit this thing. Thanks. — Smuckola(talk) 22:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- There is no 3RR, wrong again. You have been on the site for 13 years. You only edit select articles and video games / comics as well. If your edits are improper you should expect people to say that. You don't like having anything addressed on your talk page or trying to establish consensus through polls on subjects' talk pages. Additionally overall you seem to think you are a guardian of sorts yet you are wrong on overall coverage. PartTroix (talk) 00:16, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) I agree with the socking part and have blocked accordingly. But, as it says on this page, you should have opened an SPI, Smuckola.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bbb23: Yes, as I now know in hindsight! I never have the sad opportunity to need to do SPI so Im not familiar with the requisite burden of proof, and I was thinking aloud about whether that's appropriate. Thanks a lot. Did you just smell that quacky stink, or did you run a checkuser test? Thank you! — Smuckola(talk) 01:19, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not a CheckUser.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:20, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bbb23: You're just a ducky super-sleuth, then. ;) Okay so considering that these are two new-ish accounts with feverishly trivial activity, and the last one's name connotates a trilogy, should I file a checkuser request to see if there's a third one? Or what? — Smuckola(talk) 04:39, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Smuckola, they have already been checkusered; see their user page. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 10:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bbb23: You're just a ducky super-sleuth, then. ;) Okay so considering that these are two new-ish accounts with feverishly trivial activity, and the last one's name connotates a trilogy, should I file a checkuser request to see if there's a third one? Or what? — Smuckola(talk) 04:39, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not a CheckUser.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:20, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bbb23: Yes, as I now know in hindsight! I never have the sad opportunity to need to do SPI so Im not familiar with the requisite burden of proof, and I was thinking aloud about whether that's appropriate. Thanks a lot. Did you just smell that quacky stink, or did you run a checkuser test? Thank you! — Smuckola(talk) 01:19, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Smuckola, Bbb23 and Drmies! Thank you very much for dealing with the sockpuppetry. I've had a confused first look and originally wanted to have a closer look at this tomorrow. It's relieving to see that others have already resolved the problem. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:56, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah it's so infinitely stupid and has wasted an unthinkable amount of my valuable time today. I come to your Talk page and I ramble on because I never know what's obvious or not, to another person from outside of the rabbit hole of infinite stupidity. It's hard to figure out how to help catch ya up, and not infect you with the stupid time-waster virus. Okay great, okay fine, thanks! — Smuckola(talk) 04:39, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
July thanks
Thank you for the inspiring kitten! - I'm doing many things besides Wikipedia and have pics from vacation days to offer Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hey Gerda Arendt, thank you very much! The combination of music, beautiful landscape photographs, butterflies, flowers and beautifully prepared meals is amazing! I happen to know some of the songs, but I've never been to the Swiss Alps. Visiting them remains a big dream for me, only walking from the Wupper to Lichtscheid (160 to 350 metres above sea level) provides me with some training, and the occasional visit to Winterberg in the Rothaar Mountains gave me an impression of the beauty of mountain landscapes. One day... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 10:41, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- For me, Alps it's also the exception, last time in 2015. Bernhard Hämmerli organised the tour, then and now. Sauerland was my mountain country when growing up, but also just a few times a year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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