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This project seems to be a project where the admins are entitled to behave poorly and condescendingly and with bad-faith toward other users with near-complete impunity...but I am not. And it's a project where bad blocks are allowed...but questioning those blocks or questioning other edits is considered "intimidation"Bassackwards.Purplebackpack8915:08, 28 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'm worried that there may be a tag team going on to bully and harass me off the project, between Theknightwho and Benwing. Ever since I suggested Benwing withdraw a bad RfD nomination that lacked context and at one point had five keep votes to only his delete vote, he's been incredibly confrontational toward me, frankly behaving toward me in the manners he and Knight accuse me of.Benwing has threatened to block me for a week on specious grounds. I obviously don't know their motivations, but it sure FEELS like the two of them have DECIDED that I need to be off the project, have singled out my edits for excessive scrutiny, and are willing to do or say ANYTHING to make that happen. And even if this interaction ban between Knight and I is in pass, Ben may just pick up where Knight left off in confrontation and bad blocks.

Obviously, it bothers me because I'd like to continue editing the project. It also bothers me that we have admins who don't deal with people well, and they each other's behavior slide while going after non-admins. And it bothers me that questioning the system seems to be, in Ben's mind at least, grounds for a block. And it bothers me that it's OK for an admin to criticize or bully a non-admin, but the other way around is blockable.Purplebackpack8911:53, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey, I see that you are very unhappy. I can understand your feeling. I would like to offer to help with finding and or creating some citations for words you work on. I saw your Mohammed entry, which was interesting to me. My goal is to give you a more positive experience of Wiktionary and for me to learn some new things. So let me know if there are any words you want some citations on, and I will try to do some. My goal will also be to avoid arguments and just enjoy building the dictionary. If not, no problem. Have a good day.Geographyinitiative (talk)16:00, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sure, feel free to share any resources related to that entry or any other I've created.Purplebackpack8916:20, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have added some citations to theUtah Beach andOmaha Beach articles .--Geographyinitiative (talk)16:32, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thisblocked user is asking that their block be reviewed:

Purplebackpack89 (block log •active blocks •contribs •deleted contribs •abuse filter log •user creation log •change block settings •unblock)

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Discussion was still ongoing and no consensus had emerged for a block of that length. We went from 3 days to 3 months? Blocks should be popularity contests and you shouldn't be blocked just because .Purplebackpack8919:33, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

@BD2412 @Chuck Entz @-sche What the hell happened here? And could somebody PLEASE give me an answer as to how MY behavior gets me blocked, but admins are allowed to be combative with near-impunity?Purplebackpack8919:33, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I gave you fantastic advice one decade ago, but did you listen? Nope… now look where that got you.

What I don’t understand is how you’ve been contributing herelonger than I have yet your attitude has not shifted one bit. I was only sixteen‐years‐old when I started editing, and it really showed when I overreacted to others, rapidly made dozens of edits without stopping to ponder the consequences, and sometimes even assumed ill faith for the sheer experience of it. I suspect that most other contributors wouldprobably agree with me when I say that I’ve matured a great deal over the years. I just don’t see that here.

So I don’t see the point in trying to offer you help again. All that I can tell you is that others’ negative opinions on you is only going to continue to mystify you for as long as you refuse to admit to any mistakes on your part. Don’t blame me; I didn’t invent reality. —(((Romanophile)))♞ (contributions)04:56, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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