User talk:Pickyproofreader

May 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a few moments to create a new account with a username that represents only you. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may ask for a review of this username block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this message. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:23, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, it appears that you are sharing this account. Generally, one account=one person. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmm, okay, sorry, I wasn't aware of that policy, and it does seem that I've broken it, so I can understand your block.

The Picky Proofreader is basically myself and my wife's hobby, and we tend to operate as one single entity.

In this case, I do not believe the account sharing policy violation would contribute to Wikipedias aims given our existing and future contributions.

We do have a website, so I suppose we're a website, and the username does coincide with that name. However we have been sharing an identity of "The Picky Proofreader" long before we started our website as a hobby.

I'd be happy to not have a backlink on this profile and for us to remain a contributer through here. This would ensure that wikipedia was not used simply as a link to a website and would not damage the reputation of wikipedia by doing so. It would also ensure that the block is no longer necessary since the hyperlink has been removed.

We have not self-promoted and made postitive contributions to 'Australian English vocabulary'.

We also have contributed to Wiktionary as the same username, and policy differences between Wiktionary and Wikipedia are somewhat confusing and frustrating.

We would be happy to abandon this user name and consider other ways we can contribute, but since both Debbie and I work in unison, it's likely that we would invest our efforts exclusively into Wiktionary.

Cheers, Paul and Debbie Moore - The Picky Proofreader

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

Request reason:

1:No interest in self promotion, 2:We have not self-promoted, 3:We have made postitive contributions to Australian English vocabulary, 4:We are two married people acting in unison with one profile same as on Wiktionary, 5:Small hobby website, 6:Happy to have no backlinks, 7:Doesn't seem to benefit Wikipedia in this case that a couple would be discouraged from contributing as a single entity under their long established joint identity, 8:Additional notes on talk page.

Decline reason:

As per the username policy, 1 account = 1 person. Shared accounts are not permitted. Feel free to keep this account, and create a second for the other person - call it "PickierProofReader" or something. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:17, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Right; as the situation is now resolved for the most part I'm unblocking. I couldn't find an active autoblock, so if you do find yourself behind one let us know on this page. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 03:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request handled by: —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)}

Unblocking administrator: Please check for active autoblocks on this user after accepting the unblock request.

Thanks Jeremy --The Picky Proofreader (talk) 19:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spent quite a while reading about link spam in spam policies, username policies and others. Now more familiar with the policies and they make sense. - Advised my wife Debbie User:Lesspickyproofreader that including an external link in the user page would be considered link spamming.

May 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Missile Approach Warning, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.

Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
Cluebot produces very few false positives, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made should not have been detected as unconstructive, please report it here, remove this warning from your talk page, and then make the edit again.
The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Missile Approach Warning was changed by Pickyproofreader (u) (t) deleting 16365 characters on 2010-05-25T00:05:17+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 00:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be a software error in wikipedia that occurred at precisely 00:00:00 and may have conflicted with a system process. The additional data submitted was accurately detected by Cluebot, however the original cause of the error seems to have been associated with a large amount of additional text being fed into the browser.

--The Picky Proofreader (talk) 00:10, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Yonk

The article Yonk has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Wikipedia is not a dictionary

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Steamroller Assault (talk) 15:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]