User talk:QuietOwl/Archives/2018/February

Unblocked

Your appeal to the Arbitration Committee has been accepted based on the explanation you provided and that the suspected sockpuppetry was the only reason you are blocked. Before editing Wikipedia, it is important that you are aware of and understand our policy on "meatpuppetry" (ensure that you follow the link and read the page). Meatpuppetry is where multiple accounts, but different people, work together or agree with each other by arrangement off Wikipedia. Recruiting editors off Wikipedia to support you is prohibited and will lead to a block from editing. The appearance of that occurring with Safe My Edit on Bbb23's talk page is the big reason you were blocked. Users on Wikipedia should act in their individual capacity, rather than editing under the direction or influence of others. If two closely connected users appear to be editing in a similar way they may be considered as a single user for Wikipedia's dispute resolution purposes, see WP:SHARE for more information.

To hopefully avoid a similar issue in the future I've noted on your user page that you share an IP address with Dsmatthews. If, however, your future editing gives the appearance that you are editing in collaboration with another user to support each other you will be blocked from editing again without any further warning. If you have any questions, please let me know. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:05, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Callanecc, thank you for unblocking me, and for warning me about meatpuppetry. However, I do not think my actions constituted meatpuppetry. Dsmatthews did not ask about, contact or even mention to me Safe My Edit. All the same, I will make certain I do not violate WP:MEAT in the future.

But why is Dsmatthews still blocked? I checked just now, thinking that since I was unblocked, he should have been as well, but he hasn't been. He hasn't done anything wrong, the only reason for the block was the accusation of sockpuppetry, which as you said above, it has been proven false. Could you please unblock him as soon as you can? The block is just punishment for something he didn't do, it does not prevent damage to Wikipedia, it in fact is preventing him from improving Wikipedia. QuietOwl (talk) 06:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

That's exactly the type of comment you should avoid making as it sounds like you're editing on behalf of Dsmatthews. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:02, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Callanecc: Sorry, I see how my question gives the appearance of that. But if something I do damages Wikipedia (or anything else!), directly or indirectly, don't I have a responsibility to ensure the damage is reversed? QuietOwl (talk) 07:51, 2 February 2018 (UTC)