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'''To the Ban Committee''':

'''To the Ban Committee''':

I would like to appeal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner my ban of 23 August 2013]. I have [http://www.conservapedia.com/User:PeterKa/Arbcom a collection of supporting material], including my appeal from 2013 and testimonials from Bermicourt and Jenks24. Jenks reviewed this document and suggested that I express my willingness to accept a diacritics topic ban, which I am willing to accept. At one time, I was a top contributor. Following a year-long campaign against me by several editors, I was blocked and banned. An [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Han-Nom&oldid=563875554 article I wrote about Sino-Vietnamese characters] was the catalyst. Other issues involved include Vietnamese diacritics and a parody I wrote about the gender categories issue (made famous by Amanda Filipacchi).

I would like to appeal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner my ban of 23 August 2013]. I have [http://www.conservapedia.com/User:PeterKa/Arbcom a collection of supporting material], including my appeal from 2013 and testimonials from Bermicourt and Jenks24. Jenks reviewed this document and suggested that I express my willingness to accept a diacritics topic ban, which I am willing to accept. At one time, I was a top contributor. Following a year-long campaign against me by several editors, I was blocked and banned. An [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Han-Nom&oldid=563875554 article I wrote about Sino-Vietnamese characters] was used as a pretext. Other issues involved include Vietnamese diacritics and a parody I wrote about the gender categories issue (made famous by Amanda Filipacchi).

*'''How it all started'''. On [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scottywong/Admin_scoring_tool_results Scottywong’s admin hopeful list] for 4 March 2013, I have a score of 320. This is after 500 points were deducted on account of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3AKauffner MSGJ’s block] of July 2012. If you add these points to my score, I am ranked No. 12 on the list. (In ictu oculi is No. 184.) Up until this block, I had a clean record going back eight years that included tens of thousands of constructive edits.

*'''How it all started'''. On [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scottywong/Admin_scoring_tool_results Scottywong’s admin hopeful list] for 4 March 2013, I have a score of 320. This is after 500 points were deducted on account of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3AKauffner MSGJ’s block] of July 2012. If you add these points to my score, I am ranked No. 12 on the list. (In ictu oculi is No. 184.) Up until this block, I had a clean record going back eight years that included tens of thousands of constructive edits.

:IIO and I used to translate foreign language titles to English together. This partnership lasted until June 2012, when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GoodDay GoodDay was topic banned over diacritics]. The editors who had been involved in that case may have seen my case as a way to continue their pro-diacritics campaign. IIO has a surprising amount of time and energy to devote to following me around. He not only goes through my edit history to find people I have disagreed with in the past as well material to use against me, but he also sends warnings to anyone who might support my position. He is supported by Cuchullain, an admin with no interest in Vietnam or its diacritics. His complaint is that I had some sort of privileged status that I didn’t deserve. I was never even a rollbacker, I don’t know where this idea comes from.

:IIO and I used to translate foreign language titles to English together. This partnership lasted until June 2012, when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GoodDay GoodDay was topic banned over diacritics]. The editors who had been involved in that case may have seen my case as a way to continue their pro-diacritics campaign. IIO has a surprising amount of time and energy to devote to following me around. He not only goes through my edit history to find people I have disagreed with in the past as well material to use against me, but he also sends warnings to anyone who might support my position. He is supported by Cuchullain, an admin with no interest in Vietnam or its diacritics. His complaint is that I had some sort of privileged status that I didn’t deserve. As I was never even a rollbacker, I assume this is somehow a reference to the MSGJ block.

:After IIO complained that I had moved the Vietnamese city of Can Tho to a non-diacritic title, MSGJ blocked me. As I had made this move over nine months earlier, I was unblocked almost immediately by Jenks24. Several unsuccessful proposals to topic ban me followed. After I was blocked for opposing the merger of my article on Sino-Vietnamese characters, there was yet another ANI discussion about me. Although this was just a rehashed of old accusations, I was not allowed to defend myself this time around. So the result was a ban.

:After IIO complained that I had moved the Vietnamese city of Can Tho to a non-diacritic title, MSGJ blocked me. As I had made this move over nine months earlier, I was unblocked almost immediately by Jenks24. Several unsuccessful proposals to topic ban me followed. After I was blocked for opposing the merger of my article on Sino-Vietnamese characters, there was yet another ANI discussion about me. Although this was just a rehashed of old accusations, I was not allowed to defend myself this time around. So the result was a ban.

*'''It was entrapment'''. My article on Sino-Vietnamese characters has nothing to do with diacritics, politics, and anything else remotely resembling a hot-button issue. These characters get so little attention that I had to base much of the content on Vietnamese-language sources. Several editors involved had not previously made Vietnam-related edits, but nonetheless developed an interest in this obscure subject simultaneously. I assume this group was assembled by IIO through email. These editors had a 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 tempt me into violating the 3RR rule. Although I never exceed the three-revert limit, I was blocked for “edit warring” all the same. According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#3RR_exemptions WP:3RRNO], page blanking is a form of “obvious vandalism.” So I should have been able to revert without sanction. As a result of the merger, material I wrote concerning character encoding was moved to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_n%C3%B4m Nom] article. Yet most of the Sino-Vietnamese characters in Unicode have nothing to do with Nom.

*'''It was entrapment'''. My article on Sino-Vietnamese characters has nothing to do with diacritics, politics, and anything else remotely resembling a hot-button issue. These characters get so little attention that I had to base much of the content on Vietnamese-language sources. Several editors involved had not previously made Vietnam-related edits, but nonetheless developed an interest in this obscure subject simultaneously. I assume this group was assembled by IIO through email. These editors had a 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 tempt me into violating the 3RR rule. Although I never exceed the three-revert limit, I was blocked for “edit warring” all the same. According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#3RR_exemptions WP:3RRNO], page blanking is a form of “obvious vandalism.” So I should have been able to revert without sanction. As a result of the merger, material I wrote concerning character encoding was moved to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_n%C3%B4m Nom] article. Yet [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_charact most of the Sino-Vietnamese characters in Unicode] have nothing to do with Nom.

*'''Diacritics'''. In July and August of 2011, there was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_%28use_English%29/Diacritics_RfC 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 rewrote the Vietnam naming guideline to reflect the apparent consensus of the RFC. 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_%28use_English%29/Diacritics_RfC 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 rewrote the Vietnam naming guideline to reflect the apparent consensus of the RFC. 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.