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Voluntary step aside, for a time

Would you be willing to do that temporary "recusal" from the dash-or-hyphen dispute? If you are, I'd suggest putting your response at the admins' noticeboard; that way, the problem can be resolved sans sanctions and sans more drama. Cheers, and a Happy New Year, dci | TALK 04:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

It already is there, but I will take a look. Apteva (talk) 04:58, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Apteva, I would really advise avoiding further conversation within the topic ban discussion over at the Administrator's noticeboard. There are some editors who will support a topic ban just because they see you are defending yourself in the debate. And I do think the "Alternate Proposal" section is shooting yourself in the foot. You brought up the incivility on MOS debates in a discussion about topic banning you. Some editors will view that as attempting to deflect the conversation, so you may wish to consider striking the proposal.

As for defending you, right now there are enough editors opposed to the topic ban that you don't need to worry about it. The best thing you can do right now is to go back to improving articles. You have waded into a small portion of a much larger Manual of Style debate. My second suggestion would be to stop trying to get the policy changed regarding em dashes and dashes. Yes, it is silly having titles using em dash when every reader on the planet is going to type in a dash, but is it really worth getting blocks or bans over a few extra pixels? The policy is never going to change due to the widespread use, you need to accept that and move on. Now I don't mean to be blunt, but if you continue this it isn't going to end well. Best wishes, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 10:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Alas, things haven't gone well at the noticeboard, and it appears a topic ban may be the only possible resolution for the issue. I would still advise that you make an explicit statement - new one - that says that you will voluntarily abstain. dci | TALK 20:17, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for avoiding future MOS: Wow, I see others appreciate your widespread work on Misplaced Pages, so I too am happy to see you take the high ground and step away from the fight. I had thought that there were more mainstream editors aware of the issues, but another hounded editor recently noted the low pageviews of wp:MOS (stats ~MOS), as only 120 per day, but "~Manual_of_Style" gets 1,300 daily pageviews (stats). Evidentally, long-term editors (typing "wp:MOS") do not much care, but 1,300 newcomers initially wonder and click on "~Manual_of_Style" until they check it out (and eyes glaze over). I honestly did not realize that long-term editors forgetaboutit. So, I am glad that you have been moving on to the important stuff now. Whatever happens at wp:AN, you are thankfully out of that prior mess. -Wikid77 (talk) 07:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

• Manual of Style averages just over 1,000 pageviews per day, showing that it's pretty irrelevant in the WP scheme of things. LittleBen (talk) 08:28, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Asia topic

As a participant of the discussion Talk:Palestine#Requested_move regarding naming change of the page Palestine, you might be interested in discussion Template talk:Asia topic#State of Palestine on changing the title "Palestinian territories" to "State of Palestine" at Template:Asia topic. Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 22:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, but not interested. In general it is pointless to canvass notify me on issues such as this. Apteva (talk) 23:29, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Just in defense of Greyshark; this doesn't appear to be canvassing. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 06:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

True. But I regularly look over all of the proposed RMs so telling me about one is pointless. In this case it is more of a meta discussion of "Palestine" vs "Palestinian territories", of which I have really said all I need to say on the issue. But irregardless, I edit thousands of articles via WP:RCP and other than the hundreds that I return to regularly already, I have little to no interest in being called back to revisit any of the others. I see a lot of "I know you are interested" or "you might be interested" posts on other editors talk pages. For me, if I was interested I would likely already go there on my own. Apteva (talk) 06:47, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Notice of community sanction

Based upon community consensus at the administrators' noticeboard, the following sanction is in place with immediate effect:

Apteva is topic banned indefinitely from modifying or discussing the use of dashes, hyphens, or similar types of punctuation, broadly construed, including but not limited to at the manual of style and any requested move discussion. Apteva may appeal these restrictions by filing at the administrators' noticeboard after a reasonable amount of time has passed. Violation of this ban may be reported at the incident noticeboard and may result in a block from any uninvolved administrator.

If you have any questions regarding the specifics of this sanction, please feel free to ask. Seraphimblade 11:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

• Regrets: I am sorry that the decision was so quick, and more people were not allowed to investigate the whole situation. Perhaps many users in January do not have extra time, so the regulars are left to decide all, as January is one of those months. I see that vague claims in RfC/U were considered "evidence" so that is another loophole used. We need better guidelines for measuring consensus, and everyday I am thankful there are intelligent people who can make improvements. When Jimbo founded WP, he didn't just show the world knowledge, he revealed the alternative as well. So, I see many professors edit only as rotating IPs, to avoid a targeted username. Anyway, I will leave you in peace for a few weeks, because they made claims we were in a "conspiracy" or some other false crap, and you are still in danger, hence warnings to avoid wp:AN. In January 2010, they gave me both a topic-ban, plus a 30-day block, but I was able to edit German Misplaced Pages, Spanish Misplaced Pages, French Misplaced Pages, and Simple Misplaced Pages, which all need years of help. At this point, silence here is best. Good luck for now. -Wikid77 (talk) 06:51, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Though we've never met before, I just wanted to say - I admire your spirit. GoodDay (talk) 20:40, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Working out the details at Misplaced Pages:Today's article for improvement

The RFC for TAFI is nearing it's conclusion, and it's time to hammer out the details over at the project's talk page. There are several details of the project that would do well with wider input and participation, such as the article nomination and selection process, the amount and type of articles displayed, the implementation on the main page and other things. I would like to invite you to comment there if you continue to be interested in TAFI's development. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 02:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)