User talk:Anselmgarbe
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Welcome to Wikipedia, Anselmgarbe! I am SarekOfVulcan and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:46, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Unfortunately Blueboy96 has blocked you in order to punish you for your exemplary reaction to being canvased off-site. [1] It seems obvious that you will be unblocked soon and can expect an apology. As you can see, this place is at times quite chaotic and we always need level-headed, mature participants, so I would be very glad if you decide to stay here in spite of this incident. Unfortunately we currently have a problem in our treatment of open source projects; a similar incident happened recently with Foswiki, so you are not alone. Last year there was a failed attempt to create a separate notability guideline for open source software; the German Wikipedia already has such a guideline. Hans Adler 13:59, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
OK, I take back the word "exemplary", as it seems that you have tweeted about the first AfD. That's known as off-site canvassing and is considered a serious offence in our community because it's a threat to the wiki's consensus building mechanisms. See WP:MEAT. This is a bit surprising at first, and I guess you simply didn't know about this rule. Hans Adler 17:25, 3 March 2010 (UTC)