User talk:House of Laughs

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{{Unblock on hold |1=blocking administrator |2=I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the above infraction. It was regrettably the result of frustration caused by the prolonged conduct of a single disruptive user (who has since been banned for persistent incivility towards multiple editors, including myself). As the source of that frustration has now been dealt with by the appropriate channels, I would also like to reassure administrators and fellow editors that this issue has no reason to re-occur.<br><br />I have been contributing to Wikipedia for over 3 years, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/House_of_Laughs almost 2,000 edits and a clean record up to now], so I regret not handling the situation better. This was my first time encountering circumstances such as this, so I have learned from the experience the proper channels for dealing with uncivil or abusive users in future.<br><br />For context, the offending user referred to above (who had already [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=125824397 previously served bans for such conduct]) had engaged in a pattern of disruptive and bullying behaviour over a period of several weeks (outlined in detail in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1222790951#Uncivil_user_across_multiple_articles_with_history_of_harassment_and/or_personal_attacks formal complaint submitted by another editor]). This included repeated unexplained reverts and dismissive or offensive comments towards myself and others in both the edit summaries and talk pages of multiple articles, including [[2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|this one]].<br><br />In my time contributing to Wikipedia, I had not previously encountered an individual behaving in such a way, so I was quite thrown on how to handle this matter. Generally, I follow the site's suggested [[Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent|right to remain silent]], for the very reason of trying to avoid hostile exchanges like this, as evidenced by the article's [[Talk:2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|talk page]] when other editors unsuccessfully attempted to engage with this user.<br><br />This is simply to explain the background to the frustration that I, and others, experienced with this individual over an extended period of time – it is not to condone becoming embroiled in an edit war as I did. I accept that edit warring is not the appropriate way to deal with these situations, so I wish to give my apologies to anyone who was affected by that.<br><br />I am also sorry for making a further edit to the article from a different account. It was, on reflection, an ill-advised attempt to try and prevent further disruptive reverts by the aforementioned user (unbeknownst to me at the time, they had already been banned for the persistent incivility outlined above). I acknowledge that, again, continuing to edit the article was not the right way for me to handle the situation, and I sincerely apologise for allowing my frustration with this user to get the better of me in this case.<br><br />I hope that my previous record, prior to this unfortunate episode, will demonstrate my ability to positively and productively contribute to Wikipedia, and am hopeful you will permit me to continue doing so. As explained, the person responsible for my frustration in this incident (which led to the above infraction) has now been appropriately dealt with, and the experience has educated me on the correct channels for addressing such behaviour, should I ever encounter a similarly disruptive user in future.<br><br />(Tagging @[[User:LouisOrr27|LouisOrr27]] should they wish to make a comment – we have both productively contributed to many of the same articles over several months and, like me, they were also subject to the uncivil and insulting conduct of the aforementioned disruptive individual.) |3 = ~~~~}}

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{{unblock reviewed |1=I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the above infraction. It was regrettably the result of frustration caused by the prolonged conduct of a single disruptive user (who has since been banned for persistent incivility towards multiple editors, including myself). As the source of that frustration has now been dealt with by the appropriate channels, I would also like to reassure administrators and fellow editors that this issue has no reason to re-occur.<br><br />I have been contributing to Wikipedia for over 3 years, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/House_of_Laughs almost 2,000 edits and a clean record up to now], so I regret not handling the situation better. This was my first time encountering circumstances such as this, so I have learned from the experience the proper channels for dealing with uncivil or abusive users in future.<br><br />For context, the offending user referred to above (who had already [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=125824397 previously served bans for such conduct]) had engaged in a pattern of disruptive and bullying behaviour over a period of several weeks (outlined in detail in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1222790951#Uncivil_user_across_multiple_articles_with_history_of_harassment_and/or_personal_attacks formal complaint submitted by another editor]). This included repeated unexplained reverts and dismissive or offensive comments towards myself and others in both the edit summaries and talk pages of multiple articles, including [[2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|this one]].<br><br />In my time contributing to Wikipedia, I had not previously encountered an individual behaving in such a way, so I was quite thrown on how to handle this matter. Generally, I follow the site's suggested [[Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent|right to remain silent]], for the very reason of trying to avoid hostile exchanges like this, as evidenced by the article's [[Talk:2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|talk page]] when other editors unsuccessfully attempted to engage with this user.<br><br />This is simply to explain the background to the frustration that I, and others, experienced with this individual over an extended period of time – it is not to condone becoming embroiled in an edit war as I did. I accept that edit warring is not the appropriate way to deal with these situations, so I wish to give my apologies to anyone who was affected by that.<br><br />I am also sorry for making a further edit to the article from a different account. It was, on reflection, an ill-advised attempt to try and prevent further disruptive reverts by the aforementioned user (unbeknownst to me at the time, they had already been banned for the persistent incivility outlined above). I acknowledge that, again, continuing to edit the article was not the right way for me to handle the situation, and I sincerely apologise for allowing my frustration with this user to get the better of me in this case.<br><br />I hope that my previous record, prior to this unfortunate episode, will demonstrate my ability to positively and productively contribute to Wikipedia, and am hopeful you will permit me to continue doing so. As explained, the person responsible for my frustration in this incident (which led to the above infraction) has now been appropriately dealt with, and the experience has educated me on the correct channels for addressing such behaviour, should I ever encounter a similarly disruptive user in future.<br><br />(Tagging @[[User:LouisOrr27|LouisOrr27]] should they wish to make a comment – we have both productively contributed to many of the same articles over several months and, like me, they were also subject to the uncivil and insulting conduct of the aforementioned disruptive individual.) |decline = {{subst:Decline reason here}} ~~~~}}

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{{unblock reviewed |1=I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the above infraction. It was regrettably the result of frustration caused by the prolonged conduct of a single disruptive user (who has since been banned for persistent incivility towards multiple editors, including myself). As the source of that frustration has now been dealt with by the appropriate channels, I would also like to reassure administrators and fellow editors that this issue has no reason to re-occur.<br><br />I have been contributing to Wikipedia for over 3 years, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/House_of_Laughs almost 2,000 edits and a clean record up to now], so I regret not handling the situation better. This was my first time encountering circumstances such as this, so I have learned from the experience the proper channels for dealing with uncivil or abusive users in future.<br><br />For context, the offending user referred to above (who had already [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=125824397 previously served bans for such conduct]) had engaged in a pattern of disruptive and bullying behaviour over a period of several weeks (outlined in detail in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1222790951#Uncivil_user_across_multiple_articles_with_history_of_harassment_and/or_personal_attacks formal complaint submitted by another editor]). This included repeated unexplained reverts and dismissive or offensive comments towards myself and others in both the edit summaries and talk pages of multiple articles, including [[2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|this one]].<br><br />In my time contributing to Wikipedia, I had not previously encountered an individual behaving in such a way, so I was quite thrown on how to handle this matter. Generally, I follow the site's suggested [[Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent|right to remain silent]], for the very reason of trying to avoid hostile exchanges like this, as evidenced by the article's [[Talk:2024 Women's Six Nations Championship|talk page]] when other editors unsuccessfully attempted to engage with this user.<br><br />This is simply to explain the background to the frustration that I, and others, experienced with this individual over an extended period of time – it is not to condone becoming embroiled in an edit war as I did. I accept that edit warring is not the appropriate way to deal with these situations, so I wish to give my apologies to anyone who was affected by that.<br><br />I am also sorry for making a further edit to the article from a different account. It was, on reflection, an ill-advised attempt to try and prevent further disruptive reverts by the aforementioned user (unbeknownst to me at the time, they had already been banned for the persistent incivility outlined above). I acknowledge that, again, continuing to edit the article was not the right way for me to handle the situation, and I sincerely apologise for allowing my frustration with this user to get the better of me in this case.<br><br />I hope that my previous record, prior to this unfortunate episode, will demonstrate my ability to positively and productively contribute to Wikipedia, and am hopeful you will permit me to continue doing so. As explained, the person responsible for my frustration in this incident (which led to the above infraction) has now been appropriately dealt with, and the experience has educated me on the correct channels for addressing such behaviour, should I ever encounter a similarly disruptive user in future.<br><br />(Tagging @[[User:LouisOrr27|LouisOrr27]] should they wish to make a comment – we have both productively contributed to many of the same articles over several months and, like me, they were also subject to the uncivil and insulting conduct of the aforementioned disruptive individual.) |accept = accept reason here ~~~~}}