Wookieepedia block appeal: Wetrosky, April 1, 2013Edit

Master Jonathan you have banned me from Wookieepedia because I deleted a page zombie ewok which I understand was in the Force Unleashed 3 article I deleted because just read it. It should be on the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Please lift my ban for I didn't know it was canon. Wetrosky (talk) 19:55, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

Please undo my block. I erased the page I was warned about because it said for the page to be deleted immediately and so I did and I only did it once look at the history of the page please if you don't believe me, and I deleted zombie ewok cause I thought it wasn't canon and it had no sources. People always get mad at me for that so I thought it was rule on every page. I am sorry I did it I won't delete a page again I promise. So pleas un ban me. Wetrosky (talk) 20:11, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

I might be willing to listen to you, except that you were warned not to blank pages yesterday. The reason why you blanked it is irrelevant; per the blocking policy, you only get one warning. The fact that you repeated the same offense, again irrelevant of the reason, literally one day after the initial warning means that it's going to take more than another warning to set you straight. Therefore at this time, I am not unblocking you.

Additionally, I will point out that simply blanking a page is never acceptable, even if you believe the page is fanon. If you feel that the page should be deleted, then you should instead tag it with {{Delete|reason}} so it can be reviewed by an administrator. Specifically note that blanking a page does not delete the page; only administrators have the technical ability to delete pages.

Master Jonathan ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 20:17, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

Why I didn't know that you aren't allowed to delete pages. I know that you aren't supposed to erase pages but, I thought I could to non canon please lift my block I mean just give me a second chance I won't do it again please. I won't do it again I swear I'll do anything. I didn't know. Wetrosky (talk) 20:23, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

I find the argument that you "didn't know" hard to swallow since you were explicitly told not to yesterday. That warning clearly stated, "If a page should be deleted, it should be marked with the delete template, after which an administrator can delete it." I'm having trouble understanding how anyone could legitimately read that and not understand that only admins can delete pages. Your argument just doesn't hold water.

Also, please sign your posts properly, that means typing just ~~~~ and nothing else. Don't manually type your username or a timestamp; those are automatically produced when you type ~~~~. (This isn't affecting your appeal; it's just mildly annoying me. :P) Master Jonathan ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 20:30, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

I read it but unfortunately I didn't know it meant to that extent. Meaning I found out that the first page I erased was bad. Its just I didn't know I could erase a Fanon like page. Could you just give me a second chance. Please I admit I didn't know it was bad. Just unblock me. I won't do it again. It's just that I don't know why you blocked me just cause I deleted obviously false facts. Could you please tell me what's so bad about deleting a page really not based on any real factsWetrosky (talk) 20:42, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

Because as stupid as it sounds, the Zombie Ewok is real. I know it, or rather the game listed as its appearance, doesn't have any sources listed, but we obtained the information from an inside source at Lucasfilm/Disney. It's just that our source has a bad sense of timing.

As for blanking (which is what you did, not deleting, which again only admins have the technical ability to do), there's two things wrong with it: First, it doesn't flag the page for administrator attention; an inappropriate page must be fully and technically deleted to remove the page history from the view of readers, which blanking does not accomplish. Second, a user that doesn't immediately see why it was blanked is likely to assume that the blanking was simple vandalism, leading to the problem page continuing to exist and not being properly brought to the attention of administrators.

Finally, after considering things here, I've decided to reduce your block to 1 day. Note that I am not unblocking you completely; the fact remains that you still continued to blank pages after being warned not to do so. In the future, the correct course of action if you at all don't understand a warning is to stop and ask the user, or any administrator, to clarify for you. Attempting to interpret it yourself is likely to lead to, as in this case, misinterpretation and a subsequent block for repeating the offense. Master Jonathan ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 21:05, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

Oh my gosh seriously this isn't funny I edited an Apirl Fools Article. Gosh dang it. It's an April Fools Prank I fell into. Okay very funny, Ha Ha. That wasn't a real article. Could you just unblock me c'mon please do it. I thought some person just made that article to troll people. Okay you got me. So please unblock me. That was a cruel, but funny prank. Wetrosky (talk) 21:08, April 1, 2013 (UTC)

As I said above, I've reduced the block from 2 weeks to 24 hours. The fact is that users are expected to be familiar with all of Wookieepedia's policies, and the vandalism policy clearly lists "Replacing the text of an article or a section of an article with blank text." as the first example of vandalism. It doesn't say that you can do it under certain circumstances. So the original offense is still there, just lessened in severity. Bottom line, if you aren't sure whether something is allowed, ask first. The saying that "it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission" doesn't apply here. Master Jonathan ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 21:14, April 1, 2013 (UTC)