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→MylesP: An appeal from the blockee
::Thanks HenryS, you've supported me since day one, you rock!--'''<font color="#6698FF">J</font><font color="#E41B17">p</font><font color="#F88017">a</font><font color="#347C17">t</font><font color="#A74AC7">t</font>'''<sup>[[User:Jpatt| ]]</sup> 20:29, 17 November 2008 (EST)
::Thanks HenryS, you've supported me since day one, you rock!--'''<font color="#6698FF">J</font><font color="#E41B17">p</font><font color="#F88017">a</font><font color="#347C17">t</font><font color="#A74AC7">t</font>'''<sup>[[User:Jpatt| ]]</sup> 20:29, 17 November 2008 (EST)
:::He reposted it after being asked not to. Its clear some people are not here to contribute. [[User:HenryS|HenryS]] 20:33, 17 November 2008 (EST)
:::He reposted it after being asked not to. Its clear some people are not here to contribute. [[User:HenryS|HenryS]] 20:33, 17 November 2008 (EST)
MylesP has written to me (your e-mail is not enabled), asking for his case to be reviewed. He makes the following points:
{{QuoteBox|1. The piece was satirical in intent and not gibberish or vandalism}}I agree with this
{{QuoteBox|2. It is only a talk page, not article material}}This is true
{{QuoteBox|3. I did NOT repost it on the page after it was deleted and had no intention of doing so. I put it on MY talk page as a archival thing.}}
This is also true. I haven't seen where he was asked not to post it. He was told on his talk page to "try to keep discussion about ways to improve the article", but that doesn't preclude him posting it on his own talk page.
{{QuoteBox|4. I do not curse the Lord and am a practicing Christian who reads the Bible and is a conservative on quite a number of issues (such as using who and whom properly, and table ettiquette)}}
JPatt appears to claim that he posted it three times (although he is not clear that he is talking about this piece of satire), yet it appears to be true that he only posted it twice, once on the Obama talk page, then once on his own talk page after it was removed from the Obama talk page. JPatt also claims that he was "cursing the Lord" three times. Presumably the same three times, which means that it's actually only twice. But it's not clear where he did this. I suspect that JPatt is referring to the use of a word in the satire that begins with the letters g-o-d. I might agree that this word is considered offensive and should be removed, but I would disagree that its use was ''intended'' as "cursing the Lord".
When blocking someone, we really need to consider whether their ''intention'' was good or bad. If someone is doing something wrong, but with good intentions, it's not appropriate to block them. Advice, or a warning, is appropriate. In this case, I can't see evidence of a malicious intent in the original posting, and I can't see evidence of willful disobedience in reposting it on his talk page.
Given all this, I believe that a block, let alone a six-month one, is not warranted. All that might be needed is a warning about using that word, if that's felt to be necessary. Would you agree to lifting the block?
[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:34, 20 November 2008 (EST)
== You're funny Bohdan ==
== You're funny Bohdan ==
<sarcastic laugh>Ha ha ha ha that was the best ever.</sarcastic laugh> Now could you reblock me so that the block ends on midnight on Nov 21? I don't feel like doing the math ;-) Thanks, [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 12:56, 19 November 2008 (EST)
<sarcastic laugh>Ha ha ha ha that was the best ever.</sarcastic laugh> Now could you reblock me so that the block ends on midnight on Nov 21? I don't feel like doing the math ;-) Thanks, [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 12:56, 19 November 2008 (EST)