User talk:Kenneth Kho

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Happy editing! Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 15:50, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome! Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 15:59, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Selfstudier (talk) 08:34, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:ECR

Please do not violate WP:ECR as you did here. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, I thought that did not apply as I avoided content. Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 13:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It applies to everything except constructive edit requests on article talk pages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:15, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Kenneth Kho (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I made an ECR violation as my edit stands at 485, that is sufficient ground for a block. However, I made the violation under the false impression that I was already an EC editor, I had received a congratulations two hours ago, that I was able to access the Wikipedia Library as I made 500 edits, but apparently that includes non en-wiki edits. As blocks are intended to be preventative, I don't think this block is needed anymore. Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 23:39, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

This is reasonable. Remember to to wait until you reach extended-confirmed on en.wiki. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:25, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) You missed a trick here, SKK: you should've made 16 edits making and polishing your unblock request :D SerialNumber54129 21:48, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Serial Number 54129 Admins Hate Them! See how they escaped EC restrictions using this one weird trick! Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 21:57, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ARCA statement

It is inconsistent with the policy on civility to call a fellow Wikipedian a sovereign citizen poisoning the well, as you did at WP:ARC. I have accordingly removed the comment that contains this remark.

I understand that subjective norms of what is and is not appropriate can be murky, but I wanted to let you know personally that this crosses a line. You can state that what the user did or did not do was correct or incorrect without using those unnecessarily-inflammatory words. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 19:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@L235 Thank you for pointing it out, I was about to ask whether the rpa was due to that phrase, on the one hand I felt the phrase was descriptive enough to use, on the other hand the phrase did not quite fit the bill, as here the grounds are "fairness" instead of "jurisdiction". I realized too that it could start an unnecessary back and forth, and I will not use the phrase again. Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 19:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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