User talk:JBW

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Self blocks

As your name appears on Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, you may sign at the newly revamped Wikipedia:Block on demand page, along with comments and a link to your requirements page, if any. I hope I did not err in sort of reviving that page. Thanks, SD0001 (talk) 15:53, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Stover

Hi, I kindly told you I was waiting to be unblocked so I could edit Eric Stover's wiki page and you went ahead and deleted it when I was still blocked thereby not giving me an opportunity to make the necessary edits. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Human371Rights (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 March 2015 (UTC) That editor is now renamed as KaleToTheChief[reply]

@Human371Rights: I suppose your "thanks" are supposed to be ironic. If, however, what you really mean is that you wish that I had not deleted the page Draft:Eric Stover, so that you could edit it, I'm afraid Wikipedia policy is that pages known to consist substantially of copyright-infringing material are deleted immediately. Also, if when you say that you "kindly" told me that you were waiting to be unblocked so that you could edit that page you are referring to the message you wrote on your talk page beginning "These are my first Wikipedia entries, and I thought I could use the law school's website..." then you posted that after both the deletion and the unblocking had already taken place. If at that time I had restored the deleted page, since I had already indicated that I knew that it infringed copyright, I would have placed myself in a legally indefensible position, as I would clearly have been deliberately and knowingly publishing a copyright infringement. Copyright is a matter of law, not something on which we are free to do what we like. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:02, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

69.63.114.3

Hello, Mr. Watson. I am here to inform you that 69.63.114.3 is no longer an open proxy. School administrators have instated authentication. I wanted to let you know. Thank you. Jamdor (talk) 12:38, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rope and little brother

Hello. Regarding this revert. I think what the IP was talking about is compromised accounts in the context of example #2, the little bother defense. The last section of that essay contains the statement:

"As you might guess from the existence of this essay, this is a very common unblock request, and is not accepted. In fact, if you are a registered user, this guarantees you won't be unblocked, because if true this means your account has been compromised and must remain blocked for security and attribution reasons." -Wikipedia:My little brother did it#Seriously, though...

That last statement contradicts the three most likely reactions listed at Wikipedia:Give 'em enough rope#Most likely reactions. I believe the IP was attempting to fix that contradiction. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 14:58, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I understood that. I still think the edit was not helpful though. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:32, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks fine. Agree the change wasn't helpful. I realize there are a lot of contradictions among our essays, this one probably among the least of anyone's immediate worries. Thanks. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 16:51, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page unprotection

Hello, request unprotection of an article talk page for creation and assessment / maintenance Talk:Hradyesh (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs) logs show you protected it in 2012, Teahouse reference Thank you. Optrimes (talk) 07:47, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Optrimes:

Done You should be able to create the talk page now. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:37, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]