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If I only answer correct charges, that's my complete appeal. However sadly there were many mistaken points. The puzzle is, which of them am I expected to answer? The closing admin just wrote: ''"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]. Though there was a consensus to block me in the sanction debate in August 2018, there was no clear consensus about what I was sanctioned for.
If I only answer correct charges, that's my complete appeal. However sadly there were many mistaken points. The puzzle is, which of them am I expected to answer? The closing admin just wrote: ''"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]. Though there was a consensus to block me in the sanction debate, there was no clear consensus about what I was sanctioned for.


I will answer the top seven charges briefly. Only the Buddhism topic ban appeal, and the attempts to defend material from deletion were new.
I will answer the top four charges briefly. I give the dates because most of this was about material I added long before the sanction debate in August 2018. Only the Buddhism topic ban appeal and my attempt to defend the Mars astrobiology article from deletion were new.


* '''''Contributing an article in 2017 that contradicts statements in Life on Mars[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars#Cumulative_effects] that the Mars surface is known to be sterile [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FModern_Mars_habitability&diff=prev&oldid=855472459], and defending it from deletion.''''' Please don't use Wikipedia as your only source. For another perspective watch this short (less than two minutes) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-Ycp5llEI official NASA video] and listen to what their planetary protection officer says about Mars organisms. That's the third video on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/overview]. I defended it from deletion not because I wrote it, but because the AfD deleted NASA's views on extant Martian life from Wikipedia.
* '''''Contributing an article in 2017 that contradicts statements in Life on Mars[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars#Cumulative_effects] that the Mars surface is known to be sterile [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FModern_Mars_habitability&diff=prev&oldid=855472459], and defending it from deletion.''''' Please don't use Wikipedia as your only source. For another perspective watch this short (less than two minutes) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-Ycp5llEI official NASA video] and listen to what their planetary protection officer says about Mars organisms. That's the third video on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/overview]. I defended it from deletion not because I wrote it, but because the AfD deleted NASA's views on extant Martian life from Wikipedia.
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* '''''Selling Wikipedia content on kindle in 2015''''' It was only a few sentences from a deleted section[https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Water+on+Mars&oldid=556727781&use_engine=0&use_links=0&turnitin=0&action=compare&url=http%3A%2F%2Frobertinventor.com%2Fbooklets%2Fpresentdaymarshabitats.html]. Some editors in the debate were unaware that Wikipedia's license permits commercial use[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_LicenseCreative]. I released the booklet under the correct license and attributed Wikipedia with a link back following their guidelines[http://robertinventor.com/booklets/presentdaymarshabitats.html]
* '''''Selling Wikipedia content on kindle in 2015''''' It was only a few sentences from a deleted section[https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Water+on+Mars&oldid=556727781&use_engine=0&use_links=0&turnitin=0&action=compare&url=http%3A%2F%2Frobertinventor.com%2Fbooklets%2Fpresentdaymarshabitats.html]. Some editors in the debate were unaware that Wikipedia's license permits commercial use[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_LicenseCreative]. I released the booklet under the correct license and attributed Wikipedia with a link back following their guidelines[http://robertinventor.com/booklets/presentdaymarshabitats.html]
* '''''Publishing part of a user space draft under a non free content license in 2017''''' Some editors were unaware that Wikipedia's license specifically permits dual licensing[https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-enter-into-separate-or-supplemental-agreements-with-users-of-my-work]. As author, I can release my content under CC by SA for Wikipedia, as an act of generosity on my part, and use the same content under a non free license elsewhere. This is what I did with some sections of my book released in 2017[http://robertinventor.com/booklets/If_humans_touch_Mars.htm]
* '''''Publishing part of a user space draft under a non free content license in 2017''''' Some editors were unaware that Wikipedia's license specifically permits dual licensing[https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-enter-into-separate-or-supplemental-agreements-with-users-of-my-work]. As author, I can release my content under CC by SA for Wikipedia, as an act of generosity on my part, and use the same content under a non free license elsewhere. This is what I did with some sections of my book released in 2017[http://robertinventor.com/booklets/If_humans_touch_Mars.htm]
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* '''''Using Wikipedia to promote my blog and give it credibility'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855490367] It was the other way around. I started my blog in 2013 with material deleted from Wikipedia. Telling my readers that the material was rejected from Wikipedia[https://www.science20.com/robert_inventor/blog/mars_sample_receiving_facility_and_sample_containment-116050] could hardy be further from using it to give my blog credibility! I never linked to my blog from Wikipedia articles.



I can answer all the remaining charges too. They also are mistaken. However this would take this well over the recommended 500 word limit, and it is already slightly over. I have provided responses in my astrobiology wiki - [https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Unblock_appeal_supplemental supplemental]. Here is a short summary of some of them:
I can answer all the remaining charges too. They also are mistaken. However this would take this well over the recommended 500 word limit, and it is already slightly over. I have provided responses in my astrobiology wiki - [https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Unblock_appeal_supplemental supplemental]. Here is a short summary of some of them:


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* '''''Using Wikipedia to promote my blog and give it credibility'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855490367] It was the other way around. I started my blog in 2013 with material deleted from Wikipedia. Telling my readers that the material was rejected from Wikipedia[https://www.science20.com/robert_inventor/blog/mars_sample_receiving_facility_and_sample_containment-116050] could hardy be further from using it to give my blog credibility! I never linked to my blog from Wikipedia articles.

* '''''Adding material on a topic in fringe medicine in 2015''''' Such articles are permitted, and they not required to follow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine) WP:MEDRS], see for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Lyme_disease Chronic Lyme disease]. The article[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moregellons_Lyme_hypothesis&oldid=661359802] followed the guidelines in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories WP:FRINGE]. My last comment on this topic was in [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/Robertinventor/1/Morgellons September 2016].
* '''''Adding material on a topic in fringe medicine in 2015''''' Such articles are permitted, and they not required to follow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine) WP:MEDRS], see for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Lyme_disease Chronic Lyme disease]. The article[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moregellons_Lyme_hypothesis&oldid=661359802] followed the guidelines in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories WP:FRINGE]. My last comment on this topic was in [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/Robertinventor/1/Morgellons September 2016].
* '''''That I was taken to ANI five times for the Buddhism sanctions'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855532245]. None of those were topic ban breaches. Three of these were failed attempts to ban me[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=775557776][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive869#Disruptive_talkpage_behaviour][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive869#Disruptive_talkpage_behaviour]. I had one limited topic ban, an extended topic ban, then a failed topic ban appeal. I have no intention to appeal again.
* '''''That I was taken to ANI five times for the Buddhism sanctions'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855532245]. None of those were topic ban breaches. Three of these were failed attempts to ban me[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=775557776][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive869#Disruptive_talkpage_behaviour][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive869#Disruptive_talkpage_behaviour]. I had one limited topic ban, an extended topic ban, then a failed topic ban appeal. I have no intention to appeal again.
* '''''Contributed material to Wikipedia that was mistaken, and including a quote in a footnote'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855691579] - I did make one mistake[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Perigean_spring_tide#Confusing_first_paragraph] but this is permitted under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold WP:BOLD]. The quote in the footnote[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawking_radiation&diff=prev&oldid=852418447] is permitted and is still there in the latest version of the article. The editor who claimed I acted improperly hasn't edited the article to 'fix' it [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/Yakushima/0/Hawking_radiation edits by user].
* '''''Contributed material to Wikipedia that was mistaken, and including a quote in a footnote'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855691579] - I did make one mistake[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Perigean_spring_tide#Confusing_first_paragraph] but this is permitted under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold WP:BOLD]. The quote in the footnote[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawking_radiation&diff=prev&oldid=852418447] is permitted and is still there in the latest version of the article. The editor who claimed I acted improperly hasn't edited the article to 'fix' it [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/Yakushima/0/Hawking_radiation edits by user].
* '''''Off wiki discussion of possibility of low cost lunar platinum in the construction industry like copper'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855691579] - the topic of high quality low cost platinum from the Moon is mainstream[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/205/1][https://theconversation.com/why-we-should-mine-the-moon-34285][http://www.thespacereview.com/article/555/1]. The idea that it could become as cheap as copper is highly speculative based on ideas for greatly reducing lunar export costs[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon#Launch_costs] and I discussed it for fun in this half remembered conversation years ago. It was nothing to do with Wikipedia editing; I didn't even know he was a Wikipedia editor..
* '''''Off wiki discussion of possibility of low cost lunar platinum in the construction industry like copper'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855691579] - the topic of high quality low cost platinum from the Moon is mainstream[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/205/1][https://theconversation.com/why-we-should-mine-the-moon-34285][http://www.thespacereview.com/article/555/1]. The idea that it could become as cheap as copper is highly speculative based on ideas for greatly reducing lunar export costs[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon#Launch_costs] and I discussed it for fun in this half remembered conversation years ago. It was nothing to do with Wikipedia editing.


For more details and several other charges see [https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Unblock_appeal_supplemental supplemental]
For more details and several other charges see [https://encyclopediaofastrobiology.org/wiki/User:Robertinventor/Unblock_appeal_supplemental supplemental]
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