PCHS Pirate Alumnus

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{{Shared IP edu test}}

It states that the school is interested in being contacted in case of vandalism. Unless you (the editor adding the template) has contacted the school, this is a BLP violation. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 02:18, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject:REHAB update

You signed up for WikiProject User Rehab

Hi there, I'm RDN1F. It's come to my attention that you've signed up for WikiProject Rehab, but since that time the project has retired. I've decided to take it upon myself to rejuvenate the project - but I could do with your help. If you are still willing to help mentor (or even give me a hand in bringing this project back!) leave a message on my talk page
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RE: Shared IP templates

Hello. You have a new message at Maryana (WMF)'s talk page. Maryana (WMF) (talk) 00:59, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Lexington Middle School

If you nom it for AfD, I'd support it. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:37, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

I just sent it to AfD. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 03:07, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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A kitten for you!

I hate you....

Khaledmehriz 2 (talk) 04:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Enbridge COIN

Hi, I have started a conflict of interest investigation on IP 161.141.1.1 as that IP is owned by Enbridge corporation and has been doing a lot of pro-Enbridge edits to the Enbridge article. As you have also contributed to that article I thought you might be interested to have a look. Cheers, Djapa Owen (talk) 16:20, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

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A question

How can you be an editor on Conservapedia and wikipedia? They're like polar opposites. Besides Rationalwiki. Fungal vexation (talk) 15:10, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

(Assuming good faith) No they're not. Wikipedia follows a neutral point of view whereas Conservapedia follows a conservative POV. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 15:13, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Not to mention one of them seems to value facts and logic most of the time. Fungal vexation (talk) 15:15, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

To each his own. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 15:18, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Okay, you seem like a nice person, I'll stop trying to aggravate you. Fungal vexation (talk) 15:31, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks :-) PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 15:37, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Please, spare me

Your philosophical lectures at WP:AN/I are not helpful. Please do not patronise, nor use such condescending language as "kiss and make up". We aren't children here. Is that how you speak in your place of work? RGloucester — ☎ 03:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

This didn't need to come here; it could have stayed at the AN/I page, but whatever. It was only a suggestion; you may take it with a grain of salt if you so choose. People in my place of work don't bicker with each other, undo each other's work over and over again, and go to manager both accusing each other of being wrong or being "Marxist propaganda mongerers" and "vandals," I had my fill of that in middle school. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

I was merely giving you a recommendation. It is quite right that I did none of those things. Instead, they have been done by this fellow, and I'm seeking redress. At my place of work, people are serious, they take themselves seriously, and they refrain from childish language. RGloucester — ☎ 04:09, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

At my place of work, people act as the professionals that we are and take our lack of childishness beyond language. Seriously though, what I see at the surface here is two people who think they're right, and instead of trying to reach some sort of agreement like adults or handling things properly, they start playing tug-o-war with an article a page as a rope and then proceed to accuse each other of personal attacks and vandalism at AN/I. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:17, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Then you are not seeing very far. This is part of a protracted struggle over the course of months from disruptive editors in Ukraine crisis-related topics, where I do most of my editing at present. A couple of days ago I was accused of being part of a pro-Ukrainian cabal. Now I'm a pro-Russian Marxist covering up a crime equivalent of the Holocaust. I've seen it all, at this point, and I'm not going to take nonsense any longer. I have better things to do. Farewell! RGloucester — ☎ 04:26, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

NJROTC, I've just come across the AN/I you felt you had enough of a grasp of to involve yourself in. Not only was your advice unconstructive, you managed to be WP:UNCIVIL towards the editor filing the complaint and, quite evidently, didn't bother to check the diffs properly, or even acquaint yourself with the content in dispute. Consequently, the ANI was closed by the reporting editor rather than having to face any more condescending suggestions and heckling from you. Only one administrator had the chance to weigh in, and other involved editors were denied the opportunity to discuss the new user's disruptive behaviour.

Considering that you don't edit in any controversial areas of Wikipedia, and that you insinuated yourself into an ANI regarding a new contributor to a WP:ARBEE area, I can't help but find myself wondering how you feel you are qualified to take over the incident report and harass the reporter. Essentially, you disrupted the process, did not assume good faith, and turned it into your personal battleground. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:07, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

I fail to see how choosing not to take sides in the content dispute (policy dispute, which ever you prefer to call it) constitutes assuming bad faith (I'm sure they both had good intentions), and I fail to see how suggesting the two editors discuss the matter rather than come to AN/I to try and get each other blocked/banned/topic banned/etc was disruptive, but I don't see the sense in arguing about it. Perhaps my choice of words could have been better, but I still don't see how anything I posted was WP:UNCIVIL towards any particular user. As for WP:BATTLEGROUND, I don't see it. What I see is a content dispute that made its way over to dispute resolution, which, IMO, is the proper place for it (either there or ArbCom, since ArbCom is involved in the matter). At any rate, it's history now. I see there's another thread over at AN/I now. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 17:19, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

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Re: Gilliam

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– Gilliam (talk) 23:09, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:PCHS-NJROTC. Would you mind if I delete User:PCHS-NJROTC/EDU? I know you mean well so please don't take offense. However, school IP Talk pages are highly visible and user warnings should be refer to official policies and not to subjective commentary. Alternately you can add Template:Essay at the top and stop adding it to user talk pages. Thanks.– Gilliam (talk) 07:45, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

User:Beach drifter is at it again, I see. Yes, this is indeed what happens when someone edits as an anon to do his dirty work and then gets away with it (and I fully believe the only reason he took responsibility for the IP's actions is because he knew it wouldn't end well if he didn't and a checkuser had to get involved). But that's ancient history now. That template was a WP:BOLD move, stating the truth, and I personally don't see anything wrong (or against policy) with it. Although school IP talk pages may be seen by thousands of users, I wouldn't consider them highly visible as compared with other pages on Wikipedia, some of which are seen by millions of people (the templates on school IP talk pages like {{Shared IP edu}} are a different story). While WP:OTHERSTUFF isn't the best argument, well, it does. I also distinctly remember another template that said something like "Why do you vandalize the wiki? You're just going to get your school blocked." But, if you don't like it, I'm not going to stop you from deleting it; it's not worth an edit war. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 14:18, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

By the way, I did link to policy in that template, both the vandalism policy and the blocking policy. Thing is, I would have linked to an official policy for dealing with schools, but there is no such policy. The only other appropriate policy I can think of to link to is WP:AGF, and if anyone thinks that's being actively followed for school IPs, they are delusional (the attitude towards school IPs by admins is that all schools are filled with immature students and therefore need to be blocked; indeed kids will be kids and they're not completely wrong, but that's still not following assume good faith). PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 14:36, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

See WP:SCHOOLBAN. Perhaps a single link to that page would give student vandals an idea of the consequences for their actions.– Gilliam (talk) 00:31, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

That page refers to a very specific type of problem, while those kind of IPs do much more than just that. I think linking to that may discourage good faith editors from editing their schools' articles as well, and there are a lot of good faith edits to school articles that come from school IPs. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 21:53, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

RE: 2014–15 Football League Championship

Hey man - yeah my edit was fine to remove. Would you mind reverting the 2014–15 Football League Championship page to the 17:03 version? Someone added an entry to one of the tables on the page which caused a massive formatting issue with everything below. My "test" was me fumbling around seeing if something would work to fix it. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.219.88.140 (talk) 18:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and undid the unreferenced addition that broke the table as a quick fix. Thanks for contributing to the encyclopedia! PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 19:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Global account

Hi PCHS-NJROTC! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 20:58, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

I don't remember what I used as a password for PCHS-NJROTC at Simple English Wikipedia, or even if I made that account. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 15:54, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Killing of Cecil the lion

I appreciate the nomination--I was waiting for that article to be created and for a storm like this to kick up. But given the outrage and the coverage, there was no way in which this was ever going to go toward delete: Jesus himself couldn't have pulled that off in the current atmosphere. I hope you understand my closing rationale. Best, Drmies (talk) 01:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks for the note. I see there was quite a debate going on over there. I'm normally an inclusionist, but if there was ever an example of NOTNEWS (in my opinion). Alas, this is not the consensus of the community. 76.6.194.216 (talk) 01:57, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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Clarification

Hello from Portugal,

about this comment which you removed (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:84.90.219.128&diff=697904018&oldid=697666143), just to notify you that I responded in kind, albeit it less aggressively. This Colombian punk has been subjecting me to vitriolic abuse for two years for a mere difference of opinions on the Quique Sánchez Flores article. Back in the day, several people agreed with my approach and the article had one name, now, after further new evidence, most people agree with his approach, cool with me for I know how WP works after nine years here.

But this will not be tolerated. Remove my message too if you will, I have vented all I had to vent. Happy 2016 --84.90.219.128 (talk) 18:46, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

• I have already reverted myself, but the "person", through other IPs, continues with the harassment. I will not stoop to his level now, a promise, only REVERT and IGNORE. --84.90.219.128 (talk) 19:17, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Your username

I almost hate to bring this up since you've had your current username for almost 10 years now, but I'm worried that your username might violate the prohibition in WP:username policy on usernames that represent the name of a group or organization (in this case, the Port Charlotte High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp). Your previous username, GO-PCHS-NJROTC, seems okay (as per the "WidgetFan87" example in WP:ISU), but your current username seems to be implying shared use. You might want to consider changing it, especially if you plan on seeking administrative privileges as you state on your user page. --Ahecht (TALK
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@Ahecht: Fair enough. How about PCHS-NJROTC Alumni? Or DMorris-PCHS-NJROTC? Go-PCHS-NJROTC sounds too much like something a cheerleader would say. I knew each and every one of the cheerleaders on the squad at my school and they were sweet girls, but it seems more of them than not vandalize Wikipedia vs contribute, so I don't want to look like a cheerleader. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages) Jesus Christ loves you!} 23:37, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Alumni is plural. You are an alumnus. But I came here to ask you to please remove the inappropriate religious proselyting from your sig. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:27, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps you like my new signature better? PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Growing tired of this project day by day.} 17:38, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

It is better strictly speaking, though it sort of seems like you are trying to make a point. HighInBC 20:07, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Buh da da dah da, I'm lovin' it! TJH2018talk 21:08, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I take it you're saying you like the signature, but why the otherwise random McDonald's reference? Thought you were a troll at first... PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Growing tired of the bullshit day by day.} 22:14, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Save a policy based reason, my suggestion would be to ignore flying pigs. John from Idegon (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Highland High School (Palmdale, California)

Would you consider removing your RfC? It really wasn't properly formatted (there was no specific point to be discussed). With an RfC in place, changes are not supposed to be made to the subject of the RfC til it closes. Which is 30 days. Other eyes are on it now...that should suffice. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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• @TJH2018: I shot you a reply. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Growing tired of the bullshit day by day.} 19:15, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:PCHS-NJROTC/MiddleEastBlock

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• Comment Note that I am neutral as to whether this page should be kept. However, I am nominating since evidently at least one user has taken offense. Safiel (talk) 04:30, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Government block

Template:Government block has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:03, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

And also:

• Template:Corporate block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Mosque block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Public terminal block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Christian church block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Jewish temple block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Church block (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

are Tfd'd. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:10, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Good to see you again old friend

I saw that you got elected to the school board. Awesome job. See you around. Chiigt (talk) 03:01, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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Rational Wiki

Can you explain why this site is not valid for citations? Who determines this policy? Is there a list of off-limits sources? RobP (talk) 05:09, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

In the words of @Fyddlestix:, "Rational Wiki is user generated. Our policy on reliable sources explicitly rules sources like that out."See here. Rational-Wiki fails WP:RS. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 18:09, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Will review this page! RobP (talk) 19:48, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you

I know it was a while ago, but thank you for the award. I know I used to annoy you, and it really means a lot to me. Sincerely, LBHS Cheerleader (talk) 01:58, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

No problem. Just please stay out of trouble. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:29, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Possibly helpful

Hi PCHS, I saw your post about open proxy check and did some searching. The only other IP used in the /24 range has been this one. I know the range is much bigger but this might point to your guy as this post combined with this block log indicates that it is the editor for this SPI case. I don't know if this matches to the person giving you problems but it gives you a direction to look. Also, you may try looking at the larger /16 range to see if you spot anything.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:15, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 22:52, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Regarding that discussion, since responding there might strike you as bludgeoning...

I've never read RationalWiki and I don't see how anything I said could be said to represent "fondness". So I'll stick with my idea that I've been misinterpreted. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I could be thinking of someone else, but today I have not the time nor the interest to hunt down who said what I was thinking you said, so you win. To be blunt, I really don't care about the petty details of who said what or even winning, I care about maintaining a quality encyclopedia, which is what WP:EL is designed to do (the WHOLE policy, which R-W fails in spirit, IMO). I try to be nice to him (and I know he can read this), but I honestly feel this is all about FCP wanting to "win", and that's not what WP is for. Have a nice rest of your day. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:21, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

You have repeatedly attacked my character and my intentions

I've made 5 edits to Talk:Vaginal steaming. You've made 33. I've made 1 edit to WP:ELN. You've made 8. Yet you repeatedly accuse me of WP:BLUDGEON.

I enacted your suggestion to move discussion to WP:ELN. Yet you repeatedly accuse me of WP:WIN.

I've added criticism (and pushed to add more) to RationalWiki. I've disclosed my COI on every post. Yet you repeatedly accuse me of WP:SPAMMER & WP:PROMOTION and threaten me with WP:COIN & WP:ANI.

I had hoped the discussion on Talk:Vaginal steaming would yield consensus on RW's status under WP:ELNO, WP:ELYES, WP:ELMAYBE. Instead it is bogged down with your back-and-forth and your incessant links to WP policy & "embarassing" RW pages.

I believe you are either [1] blinded by your bias or [2] acting in bad faith. I have resolved not to further interact with you.

Have a nice day. FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 16:23, 15 August 2017 (UTC):

I have to agree that you personally have not been committing WP:BLUDGEON, but others have (who may not even be Rat-Wikians, but for whatever reason have strong opinions on the matter). I'm sorry to hear that dealing with shenanigans from that site pouring over into Wikipedia for the past eight years (before I even knew that Conservapedia or Rational-Wiki even existed) makes me a biased person, but I care too much for the integrity of the encyclopedia to watch this kind of controversy happen over and over again. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 16:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Apologies for last night

I had a friend over last night and briefly showed them the wiki-drama. They must've [1] added the "trolling and then [2] got cold feet and undone the edits. I didn't even notice until this morning. I don't know why I'd troll you -- you'd just use the trolling as evidence against me. (I also don't know why I'd troll myself.) I genuinely wish to wash my hands of you, politely. FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 19:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm sure that's also what happened when you added the link to your own website after a previous discussion had just concluded that your links don't belong on Wikipedia, right? PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 21:16, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

No. I added that link because I thought it was relevant. You seem to ignore that Talk:Michel_Chossudovsky#RationalWiki_link was settled because of WP:BLPEL rules, rather than WP:EL rules. I cannot imagine why. FuzzyCatPotato (talk) 22:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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Could you help update some BLPs?

Hey PCHS, I'm looking for some help updating articles for Craig B. Thompson, José Baselga, and Joan Massagué Solé, who are all executives at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The articles' overall quality was a little lacking, so I've been working on adding content and supporting it with better references. I saw you're a member of WP:HOSPITAL and I was wondering if you could check out some of my suggestions, even if the articles are somewhat tangentially related. I've posted on their respective talk pages, as well as the WP:ACADEMICS talk page, but I've been having trouble getting any kind of feedback from anyone. I've got their respective sandboxes here: Thompson, Baselga, Massagué. If you've got the time to take a look, even at just one of the articles, I'd greatly appreciate it.--FacultiesIntact (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

@FacultiesIntact: I will see what I can do, but I'm awfully busy with school right now. A lot of the time when I'm editing it's when I'm at work and it's slow; I have ADHD and recent changes patrolling on Wikipedia stops me from pointlessly walking in circles, but the web filters there make research for article building practically impossible. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 03:22, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

No worries if you don't have the time! I wouldn't want to pile onto your workload. If you find a chance, that's fantastic, but I'll keep looking for someone who's got more free time on their hands.--FacultiesIntact (talk) 03:52, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi again! I've been working on some updates to Hedvig Hricak, another one of MSK's doctors. Do you have time to take a look? I posted on the talk page, but haven't found anyone who could help yet. As always, any feedback is appreciated!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 17:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

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Hey, I was the one making the constructive changes on the FPHS website. However one of my classmates that sits next to me saw me editing the page and decided to add his own (the addition of "Mike Hawk" which was a joke). I believe you were concerned with "Kelly Green" as one of the schools colors, however Kelly Green is an actual color. I was not vandalizing when it came to adding the achievements of the Cyber Patriot and Crew team, and I cited a source to it. I took your advice and created an account as to differentiate myself from the schools IP Address. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chef ardy (talk • contribs) 14:33, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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Re: WP:BITE

imo I think if one user did generally the same kind of edit after a warning is already given, a "more strict" warning should be added to let this user realized it is really inappropriate for its edit. Is my thinking incorrect? But I think I also should think maybe a few of my warning is too strict in this point... --Stang 13:53, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Stang: For one thing it's Broward County Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in the United States, so prior edits probably aren't the same person that did the most recent edit. For another thing, it's probably just some middle or high school kid messing around, not someone on a plot to undermine the encyclopedia; since they're not plastering people's names on articles or anything, I think one level one warning should suffice for now (usually with schools if someone posts something really bad I call and report it rather than go for a widespread block, but that's just me). PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:58, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

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Sorry

I am sorry. I did not realize that... I hope you can forgive me. I am just gonna take it that I was right. I hope to discuss my issues with you there. Sorry, Joshua --Kingdamian1 (talk) 01:33, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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As per the editnotice, there's a relatively recent restriction only allowing two questions per user on an RfA. You could probably get away with joining the first two questions together though. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 21:03, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 21:07, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

IP hard blocks soft blocks and sunny side over

Heya, Seemed like a conversation not-too-relevant to the RFA, so I thought we could continue here. If you're running into issues with hardblocks (it sounds like you have) - WP:IPBE is always an option. I 100% understand not wanting your IP to be out there - especially if it's possibly something that gives away an employer. If you have the need for IPBE, I am more than happy to talk privately about granting that right. I wasn't sure if you were aware that this option is out there - and any admin can grant it. Feel free to email me if you want - I'm happy to help. SQL^{Query me!} 02:49, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for that. Actually, I was aware of the process to get a hard block exemption, but fortunately the only time I ran into the problem was from a wi-fi hotspot, and I didn't have a great enough need to edit from there to request one or request the IP block be reduced to a softblock. Because I don't care to discuss the matter with the person in question and create unproductive drama (in my experience here, people get mad when I question their blocks whether it's on their own talk page or elsewhere), I'm not going to name him unless I have to, but I was looking over one of the CheckUser's blocks and I noticed quite a few hardblocks issued. I'm a checkuser on Conservapedia, so I can appreciate the need to sometimes hardblock, but I don't want to see average administrators start blocking IPs with thousands of users because apparently no one legitimately edits from there or few people legitimately edit from there. Just because no one edits from there now doesn't mean a newcomer might desire to start editing from there, and the harder we make it for newcomers, the less likely they are going to be bothered creating an account. Chances are, no one edited from my home IP a month ago because it belonged to someone else then, but that changed when it got assigned to me. I don't know if anyone else edits from my employer's IP or not, but it is softblocked and is shared by thousands of people. One good side effect of the softblock is that it nearly eliminates the chances of the IP being subject to an autoblock, but it also reduces the chances of us getting newcomers from there. Once upon a time, there were more than one person legitimately editing with accounts from Charlotte County Public Schools and the Charlotte County Library System, but now people rarely even edit from the Charlotte County Library System anonymously, and I doubt anyone else editing with accounts there either, so when we actually do get newcomers, I don't think we should be discouraging them. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 03:12, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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I appreciate the template message, but I am well aware of that policy. It was more out of laziness than anything else; the information was already cited in the wikilinked article, and the other companies listed there were not cited either. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 21:28, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Well, I have to plead laziness on the templating, too! I added a cite for the company you added, as well as for the other uncited ones. TJRC (talk) 22:18, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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Hi. No, removing warning templates from one's own talkpage is not generally considered disruptive.[1] Please see WP:REMOVED. Bishonen | talk 10:59, 23 September 2018 (UTC).

Thank you for that, @Bishonen:. I wasn't aware of that the first time I reverted him, but after he reverted my revert I reviewed the policy and I saw I was incorrect, hence why I didn't get after him for edit warring. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 18:11, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

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I went ahead and got rid of that so it would no longer be visible. Hope you don't mind.-- Deepfriedokra 20:32, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

(e/c)Yes, I put it there. I put that on there because Keegscee sometimes will do things like create articles about me or add my real name to the notable alumni list of my high school as a form of harassment (it doesn't really bother me though). I don't know if he does that with anyone else or not. My real name is published on my user page, so it's not a big deal. (Sorry I'm at work and got interrupted when I was trying to reply to you) PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 20:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks, you too. Dexter's playing on ShoTime right now, good stuff. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 02:23, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for quality article work around schools such as Port Charlotte High School and educators such as Steven Anderson (pastor), for "Preparation, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence" and "I'm in the mood to play along", - David, repeating (from 10 years ago): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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@Gerda Arendt: Thank you! PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 12:18, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Jokes

Please do not waste admins time with jokes.Slatersteven (talk) 12:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Both your ANI thread and your wp:spi, at least one user has already been sanctioned for wasting the projects time on pranks.Slatersteven (talk) 13:01, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I believe it, but I did not know that. Something along those lines should probably be added to Wikipedia:Rules for Fools, because that page more or less encourages it. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:03, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

"Jokes that are hateful, discriminatory, and/or are intended to make others feel unwelcome will not be tolerated", whilst it might be debatable if accusing someone of socking is not a violation of this, calling someone a Nazi is.Slatersteven (talk) 13:08, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Slatersteven, Joke? That was an WP:NPA deserving of a WP:BOOMERANG WP:INDEF wasn't it? Tacking an april fool to the end doesn't make it OK. Cabayi (talk) 13:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

That is why I warned him.Slatersteven (talk) 13:06, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Well I appreciate it, like I said I kind of feel like some of these pages encouraging these kind of things shouldn't exist if it causes problems for administrators. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Its kind of easy, if its an insult don't do it. Example [[2]] is an April fool that harm's no one. [[3]] would not be acceptable if made by someone else.Slatersteven (talk) 13:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Well, it was an overstep on my part, but I kind of assumed that Mr. Godwin wouldn't be offended by a pun on his own invention. If he were, well, that's the problem with assumptions. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Note I am not a Nazi, and anyway I was on holiday at the time and that was my twin brother, and I might have only been following orders anyway.Slatersteven (talk) 13:17, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I see what you did there. If this silliness on my part comes up in any discussions in the future I was on Mars and somehow my dog got access to the computer. Jokes aside, I've actually seen people try that excuse in discussions... PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

In the space of just a fw minutes, you've managed to get yourself formally warned for trolling by a Wikipedia administrator, bureaucrat and sitting arbitrator. That is...quite the achievement, even for today :D ——SN54129 13:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129, you make it sounds like I'm three different individuals at once. :p I wouldn't call it a formal warning for trolling, but more of a gentle request to troll without calling editors Nazis or spamming SPIs... Maxim_(talk) 13:36, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

So much for RfA for a while. ;) It's weird seeing template messages on my talk page when I'm used to issuing those kind of warnings. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:38, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Jimbo Cabal

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I've deleted the SPI, PCHS-NJROTC. There are many better and less disruptive ways to troll on April Fools' than calling someone a Nazi and spamming SPI... Maxim_(talk) 13:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I have no problem with the deletion. With this brought to light, what about some of these AfD's that I'm seeing that are WP:BLP violations? I just nominated two BLP-violating jokes for CSD. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

PCHS-NJROTC, I'm not entirely sure what to do about those two AfD and I'll leave for other eyes. There's traditionally more leniency for joke AfDs especially if they're set up such that they don't go into the main queue (in contrast with SPI). A few comments are decidedly meh-of-centre, but most of it is what we've put up with in the past. Maxim_(talk) 13:47, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I took the Donald Trump one to MfD to let the community decide. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

My guess is that if you're not that comedic, maybe don't show up to open mic night. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman (talk) 20:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

@Chris troutman: Actually I am, but I'm autistic, so... In a way that kind of seems like a personal attack, but I'm not going to make a big deal about it, although other people might. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 22:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Started watching dexter again

Hey buddy,

It's been a while. I started rewatching dexter again. It's just as good the 2nd time. Hope your lady friend has been treating you right. ;). Doggeedoggee (talk) 20:53, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

@Doggedoggee: Season four is my favorite, probably seconded by the season with Jordan Chase, but really the whole series is kick-ass. And I love my lady friend. ❤️ Hope you’re doing well with those snow storms in your state. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 01:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

PS, The ending was kind of sad. As a government employee myself, it’s a shame that Dexter didn’t marry Hannah before faking his death so she could receive his FRS benefits, what a shame those went to waste. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 01:41, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm watching the Jordan Chase season now. I was thinking to myself 'PCHS only likes this season because of Lumen' but then I realized you're a 'pardon my tits' type of guy! Ooooh doggy we would have a good time together at the bar. Doggeedoggee (talk) 04:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Lila was gross, I have no idea what Dex saw in that... Actually I go for the goodie two shoes types, like Rita. Have a nice day. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 18:27, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

I can't believe you reported me

I thought we were getting along? Why did you report my last account when I wasn't doing any harm?

I was just looking at the memorial you made for me at LTI. It's nice, but I really need to up my game. Some of those LTI accounts are legends! I guess that can be my 2021 goal.

Anyway, see you around.

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• @MaggieShagnasty: Does "Honeybear" know that you harass minors on the internet and continue harass said minors 11 years into adulthood, or do you keep that a secret like Dexter kept his activities from Rita? PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 20:51, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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Two years!

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Florida schools

Hi,

I'd like to help improve articles about Florida schools. Can you recommend where I should start? Bengdrip (talk) 02:06, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

@Bengdrip: A good starting place would be Category:High schools in Florida by county, find an article there that could benefit from updating, expansion, or clean up. Also, check out the links on the welcome template I'm about to leave on your own talk page for general information about contributing to the encyclopedia. Welcome to Wikipedia! PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 04:05, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Hurricane

I hope God kept you safe during the hurricane. TBomar93 (talk) 23:59, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

He did. Minimal damage to the house or my neighbor’s (also a believer) despite a tornado going between the two houses; no roof damage, no water damage, and despite the neighbor on the other side losing their roof. People I care about are also okay; lady I love in Fort Myers is okay despite that area being annihilated. Church infrastructure is relatively okay considering the locations of the different IFB churches, despite the rumors that one of the hospitals even is a tear down. God is good, and I praise him! PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 17:01, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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It's hard to know where silliness starts or ends sometimes in this rather odd place... you are indeed accurate in one point, but then cultural mores are so weird, from the perspective people who are not of some cultures see offence and stupidity in what are not in their culture, and so on... thanks for identifying the silliness, in fifteen years only two quite valid trout slaps is hardly a statistical tendency, but then... whatever that arose from - good hunting! may you find more to root out!! it seemed that your identification has seen the subsequent block, so well done... JarrahTree 00:49, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: No problem, nobody is perfect and I've had my share of WP:TROUT in my 15 years as well. I found this because I was reading the editing history of an article out of curiosity (I do that a lot), and that name jumped out at me because it was advocating gun violence, so I checked just to make sure it was blocked, but it wasn't. To be honest, I've seen worse though; doing RC patrol I've seen kids (or adults acting like kids) literally express in Wikipedia articles their desire to commit a school shooting (especially in the immediate aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, I immediately report those edits to the Foundation. Frankly, had I seen User:ShootThePolice two years ago when they were active I probably would have alerted the Foundation. But alas... happy editing fellow Wikipedian! PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 01:28, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Precious

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Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 71.215.117.14. I was just assigned this IP address after installing a new modem, which is on a dynamic range. It is no longer being used by a VPN provider.

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IPBE granted. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:00, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi NJROTC. I've granted IPBE for three months. The IP has been blocked several times over the last several months, but it's also dynamic so who knows. If you need it then, just ask again. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:00, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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I am looking to publish a new Wikipedia page. It is the Arlin R. Horton Sports Center (User:Wjenkins96/sandbox). I don't have any associations with the college, rather I'd heard about this facility through another website that ranked their waterpark as the #1 college campus waterpark. I saw that you took photos of the facility, and I have chosen three of them for the proposed article. The reasons why I think this would qualify for a Wikipedia page are that the arena portion has over 3,100 seats (more than sixty NCAA Division I arenas), and because the waterpark features were ranked #1 on the article that I found (as seen in one of the sources on the page). Also, their rival school has Wikipedia articles for both their soccer stadium and basketball court. If you are wondering how I got to a capacity of 3,196 for the arena, feel free to consult me and I'll explain. Wjenkins96 (talk) 18:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

@Wjenkins96: nice work so far! I don't really have any tie to PCC other than I considered going there a few years ago, and I was unaware of the specifics, but I do know it is a quite impressive facility. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 15:36, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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Food courts

Hey.

I stumbled upon the food court article while searching for other possible notable alumni or faculty at Port Charlotte High School. At first I was very confused but once I saw the photo I knew it had to be you who put it there, and as I suspected it was in fact you.

Coincidentally, I have also visited the food court featured in the first picture in Montréal. Because of you I have somehow visited and ate at 50% of the food courts featured as pictures in this article.

I just thought it was funny and I felt like sharing. Have a wonderful day/night! Raskuly (talk) 03:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Your name

Has your name ever been challenged? It would appear to violate our standards around impersonation... PCHS-NJROTC would appear to suggest that this account is representing the Port Charlotte High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps outfit and I'm wondering if there was ever a community consensus to give you an exception? I'm also wondering whether you have a COI with Port Charlotte High School based on the name and editing history. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:17, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

There is a declared connection on Talk:Port Charlotte High School and the connection is that I graduated from there in 2010. My original user name was GO-PCHS-NJROTC, which I changed because I later felt that was too promotional (and the change was approved at the time). I made the account years ago and selected the name because I decided I didn't want to use the same name I used at the time on other platforms because I did not want flame wars (which seemed to be common at the time) spreading across multiple platforms. I would have more of a COI editing school articles from Sarasota County because I work for them, and therefore they have the power to retaliate if I write something negative, although I can create another account for that under WP:SOCKLEGIT if I ever think I'm going to have any problems with that (or I can just go use a wi-fi hotspot somewhere and edit as an IP). I actually want to change my user name to "PCHS Pirate Alumnus" as it keeps me associated with the identity I have held on Wikipedia since 2008 while not giving the impression that I am a high school student or an ROTC instructor. I just have never gotten around to submitting a request for it, for the same reasons I haven't tackled numerous article building projects I want to take on. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 16:47, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I would get around to it, it still is a bright line violation of WP:ORGNAME. I would also warn against editing the Port Charlotte High School page directly, editors with COIs are supposed to make talk page edit requests rather than edit the article directly. Both together put you in some pretty serious jeopardy "A user who both adopts a promotional username and who engages in inappropriate advertising or promotional edits or behaviors – especially when made to their own user space or to articles about the company, group, or product – can be blocked from editing Wikipedia, and are often blocked much sooner than users who engage in only one of the two behaviors." Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:58, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I submitted the request as we speak. People with connections to a subject are encouraged, but not required, to use the talk page. Please review WP:COIEDIT. Whenever I am in question as to whether I am biased about something, I request a second opinion. For example, I really wanted to delete the bit about the transgender person suing Liberty University in a recent edit, but because I know there is potential for bias as a graduate from Liberty, I decided to mention Liberty's doctrinal positions on transgenders in a factual, straightforward manner instead. In the past I have been told by User:Spintendo that I was more cautious than I needed to be when editing The Gideons International (which I also have a connection with as an unpaid member). If I can make contribute to an article about an organization I am actively involved in without problem, I can contribute to an article about an institution I am 14 years removed from without problem. But I appreciate your comments. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 17:13, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

WP:COIEDIT says, "you are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly;" not "you are encouraged to use the talk page" so your characterization of it is inaccurate. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:43, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I am going to withdraw from this discussion now, which I find to be nonconstructive at this point. If you have an issue with my editing of an article, which brought it from start class to good article status, you are free to take the matter to WP:COIN (and probably get yourself a fish dinner as I have in the past for less-silly complaints). PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 17:50, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

The edit you made at Liberty University[4] I might actually bring to COIN, it seems like you added undue background which skews the paragraph in the University's favor. That is exactly the sort of edit that we don't want to be made. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:52, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Apologies

Wanted to drop a quick apology for my rv, appreciate your patience. My brain must not be functioning properly this morning - haha. glman (talk) 18:13, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Glman: It's okay, I've done my share of that, I call it "editing before coffee." The original edit is at WP:COIN now. (sigh) PCHS Pirate Alumnus (talk) 18:19, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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