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Wnt, I want to apologize, it seems you ran afoul of one of our automated abuse filters and were banned because of it. I've removed that ban now. We've had some problems with vandalism so we've put in place an abuse filter that blocks new accounts (younger than a certain age) if an article, talk page, or user page they edit contains the term "pedophile" in its new version. The theory was that users that new to the wiki are unlikely to have anything positive to contribute to the legitimate discussion of pedophiles in the community (like Draven) and were likely to be using the word for trolling and shock value, as previous troll [[Dan (troll)]] did. In this case that assumption seems to have been in error. I believe I'll modify the filter now so that it only flags the edit on that particular word rather than automatically banning. |
Wnt, I want to apologize, it seems you ran afoul of one of our automated abuse filters and were banned because of it. I've removed that ban now. We've had some problems with vandalism so we've put in place an abuse filter that blocks new accounts (younger than a certain age) if an article, talk page, or user page they edit contains the term "pedophile" in its new version. The theory was that users that new to the wiki are unlikely to have anything positive to contribute to the legitimate discussion of pedophiles in the community (like Draven) and were likely to be using the word for trolling and shock value, as previous troll [[Dan (troll)]] did. In this case that assumption seems to have been in error. I believe I'll modify the filter now so that it only flags the edit on that particular word rather than automatically banning. |
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I should note, however, that I'm going to have to delete your article [[Concept:Multiple temporal dimensions]]. I'm going to edit some of the wiki policy pages to clarify what might not have been apparent (you're the second user to make this mistake) but AnOtherWiki is really not a place for personal essays or theories about otherkin. [[AnOtherWiki:About#AnOtherWiki_is_not_a_website_or_blog_provider|AnOtherWiki is not a website provider or blog provider]]. What we're going for is really a blend of encyclopedic content and journalism documenting our community. If "Multiple temporal dimensions" was a concept or terminology embraced by a large number of otherkin, you could report on that (preferably with references/links) but developing and promoting the idea here is really beyond the scope of the wiki. I hope that won't dissuade you from continuing to participate here. |
I should note, however, that I'm going to have to delete your article [[Concept:Multiple temporal dimensions]]. I'm going to edit some of the wiki policy pages to clarify what might not have been apparent (you're the second user to make this mistake) but AnOtherWiki is really not a place for personal essays or theories about otherkin. [[AnOtherWiki:About#AnOtherWiki_is_not_a_website_or_blog_provider|AnOtherWiki is not a website provider or blog provider]]. What we're going for is really a blend of encyclopedic content and journalism documenting our community. If "Multiple temporal dimensions" was a concept or terminology embraced by a large number of otherkin, you could report on that (preferably with references/links) but developing and promoting the idea here is really beyond the scope of the wiki. I hope that won't dissuade you from continuing to participate here. |
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--[[User:Jarandhel|Jarandhel]] ([[User talk:Jarandhel|talk]]) 13:19, 30 July 2013 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 08:23, 30 July 2013
Hello, Wnt! Welcome to AnOtherWiki! I'm Jarandhel Dreamsinger, the admin here, and I hope you enjoy what you've seen so far. There are some resources to help get you started at the community portal. If you have any questions feel free to start a new topic on my talk page, or at the help desk, or come chat with folks in our Discord server. Actually, do that last one even if you don't have any questions, we love to meet new people! *grins*
-- Jarandhel (talk) 06:58, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Unbanned
Wnt, I want to apologize, it seems you ran afoul of one of our automated abuse filters and were banned because of it. I've removed that ban now. We've had some problems with vandalism so we've put in place an abuse filter that blocks new accounts (younger than a certain age) if an article, talk page, or user page they edit contains the term "pedophile" in its new version. The theory was that users that new to the wiki are unlikely to have anything positive to contribute to the legitimate discussion of pedophiles in the community (like Draven) and were likely to be using the word for trolling and shock value, as previous troll Dan (troll) did. In this case that assumption seems to have been in error. I believe I'll modify the filter now so that it only flags the edit on that particular word rather than automatically banning.
I should note, however, that I'm going to have to delete your article Concept:Multiple temporal dimensions. I'm going to edit some of the wiki policy pages to clarify what might not have been apparent (you're the second user to make this mistake) but AnOtherWiki is really not a place for personal essays or theories about otherkin. AnOtherWiki is not a website provider or blog provider. What we're going for is really a blend of encyclopedic content and journalism documenting our community. If "Multiple temporal dimensions" was a concept or terminology embraced by a large number of otherkin, you could report on that (preferably with references/links) but developing and promoting the idea here is really beyond the scope of the wiki. I hope that won't dissuade you from continuing to participate here.