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*'''It was entrapment.''' My Han-Nom article has nothing to do with diacritics, politics, and any other hot-button subject. Sino-Vietnamese characters get so little attention that I had to base much of the content on Vietnamese-language sources. I assume the group of editors who favored merger was assembled by IIO through email. Kanguole and Gaijin42, neither of whom otherwise has any particular interest in Vietnam, developed an odd interest in this obscure subject simultaneously. They also adopted the same curiously vindictive attitude. After an article gets merged, demanding that the author be blocked is not logically the next step. I assume the idea was to entrap me into violating the 3RR rule. Although I never actually broke this rule, I was blocked for “edit warring” all the same. According to WP:3RRNO, page blanking is a form of “obvious vandalism.” So I should have been able to revert without sanction.

*'''It was entrapment.''' My Han-Nom article has nothing to do with diacritics, politics, and any other hot-button subject. Sino-Vietnamese characters get so little attention that I had to base much of the content on Vietnamese-language sources. I assume the group of editors who favored merger was assembled by IIO through email. Kanguole and Gaijin42, neither of whom otherwise has any particular interest in Vietnam, developed an odd interest in this obscure subject simultaneously. They also adopted the same curiously vindictive attitude. After an article gets merged, demanding that the author be blocked is not logically the next step. I assume the idea was to entrap me into violating the 3RR rule. Although I never actually broke this rule, I was blocked for “edit warring” all the same. According to WP:3RRNO, page blanking is a form of “obvious vandalism.” So I should have been able to revert without sanction.

*'''Diacritics.''' In July and August of 2011, there was an RFC on diacritics with a very large participation. This RFC proposed that Wikipedia follow the style of Britannica and National Geographic. Although these two publications represent the most diacritic-friendly style models that the authors of the proposal could come up with, neither uses Vietnamese diacritics. Nor did anyone in the discussion suggest that they should be added.  I then rewrote the Vietnam naming guideline to reflect the apparent consensus. I also made various article moves to comply with this rewritten guideline. The changes I made to the guideline, as well as the article moves I made, were in effect for over two years.

*'''Diacritics.''' In July and August of 2011, there was an RFC on diacritics with a very large participation. This RFC proposed that Wikipedia follow the style of ''Britannica'' and ''National Geographic.'' Although these two publications represent the most diacritic-friendly style models that the authors of the proposal could come up with, neither uses Vietnamese diacritics. Nor did anyone in the discussion suggest that they should be added.  I then rewrote the Vietnam naming guideline to reflect the apparent consensus. I also made various article moves to comply with this rewritten guideline. The changes I made to the guideline, as well as the article moves I made, were in effect for over two years.

:The purpose of an article title is to tell the reader the English-language name of the subject. None of the relevant style guides or reference works support the idea of including diacritics in the English-language form of a Vietnamese name, as I discuss in detail here.

:The purpose of an article title is to tell the reader the English-language name of the subject. None of the relevant style guides or reference works support the idea of including diacritics in the English-language form of a Vietnamese name, as I discuss in detail here.