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<nowiki></nowiki>{{unblock|reason=Apologies for taking up so much time before, have learned my lesson and would love to get back to contributing, no hard feelings.
<nowiki></nowiki>{{unblock|reason=Apologies for taking up so much time before, have learned my lesson and would love to get back to contributing, no hard feelings.


Most of the issues arose when
Most of the issues arose when I or another author added substantial new content, spent a long time over it, and another editor suddenly deleted it. I become verbose when I try to defend it from deletion.
* I or another author added substantial new content
* spent a long time over it
* another editor suddenly deleted it.
I become verbose when I try to defend it from deletion.


All this deleted material is now in other Wikis, such as Dorje108's Encyclopedia of Buddhism[https://encyclopediaofbuddhism.org], and my new Encyclopedia of Astrobiology[https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org].
All this deleted material is now in other Wikis, such as Dorje108's Encyclopedia of Buddhism[https://encyclopediaofbuddhism.org], and my new Encyclopedia of Astrobiology[https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org].


My plan if unblocked is to mainly focus on fixing errors. I will
My plan if unblocked is to do most of my substantial editing in my own wikis. If I do anything like that here, I will endeavour to find support of co-editors with diverse views first. I also recommend this to friends. Co-editors will also help with gray area issues of encyclopedic tone, notability, reliable sources and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view WP:NPOV]. This will help ensure that everyone is in agreement that the material is suitable for Wikipedia as the article progresses.
* do most of my substantial editing in my own wikis.
If I do any substantial editing in Wikipedia I will
* Endeavour to find support of co-editors with diverse views first. .
* Co-editors will also help with gray area issues of encyclopedic tone, notability, reliable sources and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view WP:NPOV].
This will help ensure that everyone is in agreement that the material is suitable for Wikipedia as the article progresses.


I will also continue to work on reducing my word count in talk page conversations, but if I avoid the situation where I defend material from deletion it's not likely to be an issue.
I will also continue to work on reducing my word count in talk page conversations, but if I avoid the situation where I defend material from deletion it's not likely to be an issue.
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It is not easy to know what to answer by way of the other points, because there was no consensus and the closing admin just said ''"Closing with a consensus towards an indef block, plus my own admin judgment in that direction"''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=855723651#User:Robertinventor,_again]. I will answer a few, please ask if there are more I need to reply to.
It is not easy to know what to answer by way of the other points, because there was no consensus and the closing admin just said ''"Closing with a consensus towards an indef block, plus my own admin judgment in that direction"''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=855723651#User:Robertinventor,_again]. I will answer a few, please ask if there are more I need to reply to.


I have never used Wikipedia for WP:PROMO. I added the Tune Smithy article in 2008, because it was cited to Sound on Sound similarly to other material in the topic area, before I discovered guidelines on Conflict of Interest. When I discovered those guidelines in 2011, I did a CoI statement.
* I have never used Wikipedia for WP:PROMO. My Tune Smithy article in 2008 was cited to Sound on Sound similarly to other material in the topic area. When I discovered COI guidelines in 2011, I added a CoI statement.


For the issue of commercial use, other editors were not aware that the Wikipedia license permits me to use its content in a kindle booklet, which I published in 2015, and only a couple of sentences were by other editors anyway.
* Commercial use - Wikipedia's license permits me to use its content in the 2015 booklet, only a couple of sentences were by other editors anyway.


For the non free content, editors were not aware that CC by SA permits dual licensing, so that as author, I can release the same content here under CC by SA and in my 2017 book under a non free license.
* Non free content - Wikipedia's license permits dual licensing, CC by SA here, all rights reserved in my book.


* None of the material was my own POV. The title of the deleted article came from an astrobiology conference sub session<ref name=modernmarshabitability>[https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2017/program-abstracts/topics/index.shtml#solarSystem Session Topics] - ArbSciCon 2017:
I have never put my own views into Wikipedia. I was endeavouring to express NASA's views in the deleted article, such as the views expressed in this short (less than two minutes) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-Ycp5llEI official NASA video], third on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/overview]. If unblocked I will keep well away from the topic of Mars astrobiology. I have no intention of appealing the Buddhism appeal either. Most of this material is from years ago.
*Theme: Solar System Sites
*Session: Mars
*Subsession: Habitability
*Topic: Modern Mars Habitability
*Summary:
{{quote|Recent discoveries on Mars, including recurring slope lineae, ground ice, and active gully formation, have been interpreted as indications for the transient presence of water. The potential for liquid water on Mars has profound implications for the habitability of the modern Mars environment. This session solicits papers that examine the evidence for habitable environments on Mars, present results about life in analogs to these environments, discuss hypotheses to explain the active processes, evaluate issues for planetary protection, and explore the implications for future explorations of Mars.}}
</ref>. The views I tried to express mostly came from NASA, as in this short (less than two minutes) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-Ycp5llEI official NASA video], third on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/overview].

If unblocked I will keep well away from the topic of Mars astrobiology. I have no intention of appealing the Buddhism appeal either. Most of this material is from years ago.


If you unblock me then I will be editing in my own wikis most of the time but I can usefully help Wikipedia fixing errors in the articles and in some other areas. This page gives an idea of the things I spot that I could fix, including four that other editors asked me to fix but I was blocked before I noticed their response [https://doomsdaydebunked.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Wikipedia_mistakes_or_omissions]. This has always been the main thing I do here.
If you unblock me then I will be editing in my own wikis most of the time but I can usefully help Wikipedia fixing errors in the articles and in some other areas. This page gives an idea of the things I spot that I could fix, including four that other editors asked me to fix but I was blocked before I noticed their response [https://doomsdaydebunked.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Wikipedia_mistakes_or_omissions]. This has always been the main thing I do here.

Revision as of 20:24, 24 April 2019

This is a draft for an appeal for my indef block in Wikipedia


Unblock request

This blocked user is asking that his block be reviewed:

Robertinventor (block logactive blocksglobal blocksautoblockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Apologies for taking up so much time before, have learned my lesson and would love to get back to contributing, no hard feelings.

Most of the issues arose when

  • I or another author added substantial new content
  • spent a long time over it
  • another editor suddenly deleted it.

I become verbose when I try to defend it from deletion.

All this deleted material is now in other Wikis, such as Dorje108's Encyclopedia of Buddhism[1], and my new Encyclopedia of Astrobiology[2].

My plan if unblocked is to mainly focus on fixing errors. I will

  • do most of my substantial editing in my own wikis.

If I do any substantial editing in Wikipedia I will

  • Endeavour to find support of co-editors with diverse views first. .
  • Co-editors will also help with gray area issues of encyclopedic tone, notability, reliable sources and WP:NPOV.

This will help ensure that everyone is in agreement that the material is suitable for Wikipedia as the article progresses.

I will also continue to work on reducing my word count in talk page conversations, but if I avoid the situation where I defend material from deletion it's not likely to be an issue.

It is not easy to know what to answer by way of the other points, because there was no consensus and the closing admin just said "Closing with a consensus towards an indef block, plus my own admin judgment in that direction"[3]. I will answer a few, please ask if there are more I need to reply to.

  • I have never used Wikipedia for WP:PROMO. My Tune Smithy article in 2008 was cited to Sound on Sound similarly to other material in the topic area. When I discovered COI guidelines in 2011, I added a CoI statement.
  • Commercial use - Wikipedia's license permits me to use its content in the 2015 booklet, only a couple of sentences were by other editors anyway.
  • Non free content - Wikipedia's license permits dual licensing, CC by SA here, all rights reserved in my book.
  • None of the material was my own POV. The title of the deleted article came from an astrobiology conference sub session[1]. The views I tried to express mostly came from NASA, as in this short (less than two minutes) official NASA video, third on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[4].

If unblocked I will keep well away from the topic of Mars astrobiology. I have no intention of appealing the Buddhism appeal either. Most of this material is from years ago.

If you unblock me then I will be editing in my own wikis most of the time but I can usefully help Wikipedia fixing errors in the articles and in some other areas. This page gives an idea of the things I spot that I could fix, including four that other editors asked me to fix but I was blocked before I noticed their response [5]. This has always been the main thing I do here.

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  1. Session Topics - ArbSciCon 2017:
    • Theme: Solar System Sites
    • Session: Mars
    • Subsession: Habitability
    • Topic: Modern Mars Habitability
    • Summary:

    Recent discoveries on Mars, including recurring slope lineae, ground ice, and active gully formation, have been interpreted as indications for the transient presence of water. The potential for liquid water on Mars has profound implications for the habitability of the modern Mars environment. This session solicits papers that examine the evidence for habitable environments on Mars, present results about life in analogs to these environments, discuss hypotheses to explain the active processes, evaluate issues for planetary protection, and explore the implications for future explorations of Mars.

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