User talk:Ostreicher

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

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Request reason:

I will agree not to file a lawsuit. But you have to agree to stop deleting every damn article i post. I am an actor and want to express this with the article about me and the article about our movie. Rhys Jewkes 04:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Decline reason:

We don't get to write about ourselves on Wikipedia. Period. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 04:24, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, but that kind of response is unlikely to have the result you desire. This is an online encyclopaedia, not a free webhosting service, and we have policies and standards regarding article content. Most significantly, we have

Now I understand why this place is so fucking shit. Because the Admins are fucking retards. Here is Danielle Harris's wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Harris she is a friend of mine. On there people have wrote more about her then I did about myself. Yet you guys have the guts to delete my shit and not other peoples. I had hardly nothing wrote on my page. All i had on my page was My name, DOB, Look at my movie dead by dawn and a list of upcoming movies.

Firstly, I'm not an admin (or a retard). And secondly, if this place is 'fucking shit', why are you wasting your time trying to get your material into it? I suggest you concentrate on your acting career, and employ an agent to look after your PR - you seem to lack the necessary skills for the latter at least... AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:16, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On there people have wrote more about her then I did about myself. - the key word being "people". Wikipedia is not a place to establish your autobiography, curriculum vitae, or resume. If you are notable, people will write about you. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:53, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing your talk page access

• You cannot misuse discussion forums to demean editors here on Wikipedia. From fucking retards to pricks, you've traversed quite some distance in your verbosity. I have withdrawn your editing powers on this talk page. You may still appeal this block by emailing unblock-en-llists.wikimedia.org or contacting the
  ban appeals subcommittee. In case you require assistance in emailing the functionaries, you can directly email me too. Thanks. Wifione ^Message 07:23, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply
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• So, let me see if I have this right: a new user comes around to edit in good faith, and gets frustrated when his work is deleted. He's blocked for legal threats, and then we refuse to unblock him when he retracts the legal threat. He understandably responds with profanity, and we take away his talk page access? Brilliant work guys, you solved the case of the angry newcomer. A pay raise and a banana sticker for all involved. Swarm ^X 20:15, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where does he retract the legal threat? He states that the withdrawal is conditional on him being allowed to restore his articles. In any case, even if he had, he seems utterly incapable of understanding how Wikipedia works, and is only here to promote himself. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough point that the retraction wasn't acceptable, but rather than explaining that to them, the unblock request is declined because, "We don't get to write about ourselves on Wikipedia. Period." That, for one, wasn't helpful in the least (and is in contrast to our very carefully worded

COI guideline). Secondly, looking through this user's contribs, I see nothing to suggest that this was anything other than a new user editing in good faith, and I'll remind you that their articles were deleted under A7, not because they were promotional. Thirdly, you stopped being helpful after your first comment here: snide, condescending remarks such as, "I suggest you concentrate on your acting career, and employ an agent to look after your PR - you seem to lack the necessary skills for the latter at least" (and for that matter, "why Swarm is commenting here, I've no idea") are rarely if ever going to be anything but completely counterproductive. Swarm ^X 20:46, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply

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It wasn't me that wrote "We don't get to write about ourselves on Wikipedia. Period". And why are you commenting here? If you think this wasn't handled properly, wouldn't it be better to bring it up where people are more likely to respond? As for 'snide, condescending remarks', you seem to have made your own... AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As AndyTheGrump suggests, it may be more helpful to address this at ANI, where there is already a thread:

WP:ANI#Threat of legal action. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply

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Wow— really? Swarm ^X 00:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]