User talk:BasketballAmericans

February 2020

Hello, I'm DuncanHill. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Alice Cooper (band) have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Thanks. DuncanHill (talk) 02:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at I'm Eighteen. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pls no ban I’m sorry BasketballAmericans (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. DuncanHill (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understood BasketballAmericans (talk) 02:59, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello, BasketballAmericans, and welcome to Wikipedia!

Your previous edits appear to have been experiments and have been removed. Thank you for your response and understanding. If you want to practice editing in the future, please use the sandbox.

Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 03:15, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Banned

Your account has been banned because it violates our username policies.©Geni (talk) 04:29, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can I request a new username? BasketballAmericans (talk) 18:18, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

BasketballAmericans (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

DatalyticsCapacitance (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

My username is apparently in bad taste despite the fact that I’m a person of color.

Decline reason:

Casting aspersions of racism is deeply inappropriate. On that basis and on the basis of your edit history, I am declining your unblock. You are welcome to make one more request to be unblocked but must now address your vandalism and personal attack. Be warned, you get one more edit; you may want to read and thoroughly understand WP:GAB before doing so. Yamla (talk) 19:19, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

BasketballAmericans (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

DatalyticsCapacitance (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I apologize that my previous request message was interpreted as a personal attack. I did not intend it as such, and I was only trying to draw attention to the applicability of Poe’s law in this instance. (Satire on the Internet, without context or some indication that the poster is jesting, makes it difficult to discern whether the poster was serious in their belief.) it appears that Poe’s law has struck twice, since I did not give any indication that my unblock request was also satirical in nature. As far as my vandalism, I do sincerely apologize for creating trouble for Admins/SU’s, and I had the legitimate intent to stop vandalizing pages before I was blocked, as evidenced the cease in vandalism between the warning I was given and my ban. I would like to contribute positively where I can and discontinue my deconstructive editing. BasketballAmericans (talk) 07:03, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

This unblock request has been declined due to your history of vandalism and/or disruption to this encyclopedia. However, we are willing to give you another chance provided that you can earn back the trust of the Wikipedia community. To be unblocked you need to demonstrate that you are willing and able to contribute positively to Wikipedia. You can do this by:

Familiarizing yourself with our basic rules.
Read our guide to improving articles.
Pick any pre-existing article you wish to improve.
If you have trouble choosing an article to improve, see this index of articles needing improvement for ideas. Once you have decided on the article you will propose improvements to:
1. Click the Edit tab at the top of that article;
2. Copy the portion of the prose from that article that you will be proposing changes to. However:
  - do not copy the "infobox" from the start of the article (i.e., markup like this: {{infobox name|...}});
  - do not copy any image placement code (i.e., markup like this: [[File:Name.jpg|thumb|caption]]);
  - do not copy the page's categories from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: [[Category:Name]]);
  - do not copy the stub tag (if there) from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: {{Foo stub}});
3. Click edit at your talk page, and paste at the bottom under a new section header (like this: == [[Article title]] ==) the copied content but do not save yet;
4. Place your cursor in the edit summary box and paste there an edit summary in the following form which specifies the name of the article you copied from and links to it (this is required for mandatory copyright attribution): "Copied content from [[exact Name of Article]]; see that article's history for attribution."
5. You can now save the page. However, if your edits will include citations to reliable sources (which they should), add the following template to the end of your prose: {{reflist-talk}}. Once you have added the template, click Publish changes.
Now, edit that content. Propose significant and well researched improvements by editing the selected portion of the article. Please note that we are not looking for basic typo corrections, or small unreferenced additions; your edits should be substantial, and reflect relevant policies.
When you are done with your work, re-request unblocking and an administrator will review your proposed edits.
- If we (including the original blocking admin) are convinced that your proposed edits will improve Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, you will be unblocked.

If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}" to your talk page. Thank you. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What constructive edits do you wish to make? 331dot (talk) 09:30, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have a lot to offer in automotive, mechanics, fluid dynamics, and electronics. I know how to research, rephrase simply in my own words, and properly cite my edits. I can also patrol recent changes for vandalism. BasketballAmericans (talk) 17:23, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]