User talk:EliasAlucard

GRBerry

At the request of GRBerry, posting this here; can anyone looking at this user also read User talk:GRBerry/Archive 10#SELF NOTE. Thanks! – iridescent 16:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any admin considering unblocking this user should first review the user's history and consult with me, the blocking admin. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 09:30, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So, Will, don't you think it's time for me to get unblocked? I noticed the discussion on GRBerry's talk page. Since you blocked me, I think it should be your task to mentor me, because it's pretty much you alone requesting this. EliasAlucard / Discussion 00:31, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How has you behavior changed since you were blocked? For what reason should you be unblocked? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 00:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I won't be discussing much on talk pages from now on. From now on, it'll be 90% pure edits, and that's all. The reason I should be unblocked is because I feel like improving some genetics section (e.g., this one, but some other ones too). I can't stand the poor quality (often barely cited too) some sections are in, and it frustrates me not being able to edit them. EliasAlucard / Discussion 00:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on the behavior that caused problems before. What did you do wrong then that you won't do again? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 01:15, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Admin, are you expecting the user you blocked to explain in length the mistakes he made in that tone? Gabr-el 23:08, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am. Can you suggest a better way of asking? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:40, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"What did you do wrong then that you won't do again" is rubbing it in the face a little - Elias knows well why he was blocked, he has implicitly promised not to do the same mistake again. Gabr-el 00:38, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm looking for an explicit promise. If he doesn't know why he was blocked then he can't easily avoid making he same mistakes again. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 00:52, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What "implicit promise"? Not even the slightest acknowledgment from him or apologies for having authored the vicious commentary here, replete with Holocaust denials and other garbage. Boodlesthecat ^Meow? 04:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I won't be discussing much on talk pages from now on - Implies that he will not be speaking with "vicious commentary" that you mentioned. He has also shown his intentions on what to edit, which is the Assyrian Genetics section. He has expressed self-control in asking the person who blocked him to mentor him. Gabr-el 04:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on the behavior that caused problems before. What did you do wrong then that you won't do again? — I got blocked for writing "Holohoax" during a heated discussion in which User:Boodlesthecat was involved (who, probably, will be blocked soon, for being a trouble user fishing for problems: Proposed mentorship for Boodlesthecat). During my almost one year block, I've had time to cool off, and reflect on my blocking incident. I've come to understand that, Wikipedia is, to some extent, fiercely opposed to free speech. In the words of User:Avruch on my talk page: “Wikipedia isn't a government, you do not have a right to free speech here”.^[1] (as if questioning and/or doubting the Holocaust was allowed by some governments). There is of course a double standard in all this. Wikipedians (mostly of Turkish descent) who question the Armenian Genocide and Assyrian Genocide, don't get blocked (and neither should they be blocked, either, because it shouldn't be a thoughtcrime to be of a different opinion on any historical event). This indicates that Wikipedia is fairly politicised as an Encyclopedia and in no way allows neutral editors on the Holocaust article. But I can't recall ever having edited the Holocaust article, and I'm not about to start any time soon, because it simply doesn't interest me enough. Looking back, at my so called "behavior", I think it was obvious that I needed a break from Wiki, and that I perhaps had gotten too emotional on the discussion pages. I've had my break, and it's been almost an entire year. Aside from that, in all my chutzpah, I think you owe me an apology for blocking me indefinitely. I also think it's your responsibility Will, to mentor me, if you can't find anyone else who wants to mentor me. You being the one who blocked me indefinitely, it's only fair the task should be up to you, because you seem to be the only one who is requesting this. What I won't do again is to raise any critical thought, opinion or dissidence against the Holocaust. This is apparently forbidden here on Wikipedia, and chances are you will get blocked indefinitely for it. I really ought to boycott Wikipedia out of general principle for this, and many established Wikipedians who understand the importance of free speech in this day and age, very rightly so, protested against my block. Now, all that being said, I promise to behave this time around, because I'm interested in contributing with high quality edits on several population genetics entries here on Wikipedia (I've been reading lots of genetics related articles on PubMed Central as a good waste of time, and frankly it's a annoying me that I can't improve some sections that are lacking in quality). EliasAlucard / Discussion 08:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]