Thread:Fearless Diva/@comment-37689869-20181227232139

Hello,

I'm just inquiring about the block I received two days ago on my profile "Alpika" on the Choices wikia. I'm not quite sure I understand the circumstances on why I received a one month ban. I noticed the following message yesterday morning,

"Your username or IP address has been blocked.

The block was made by Fearless Diva.

Reason given: not bothering to check misc. chsracter page or properly formatting page

Start of block: 03:12, December 26, 2018

Expiry of block: 03:12, January 26, 2019

Intended blockee:

Block ID: #296

Current IP address: 120.147.207.228."

I imagine the "misc. chsracter" and "formatting page" is in reference to the page I made about Raife Highmore. To begin with, I've hardly had my account for a month, hence I'm still very new to the editing and formatting aspect of the wiki. Of course, I did my best to abide by the formatting guidelines and I even copied the layout of another character page. I imagine a newbie can be forgiven for whatever mistakes have been made for their first attempt, although I can't be sure of what those mistakes were exactly. If I'd knew what I did incorrectly, I'd be more than happy to correct them. I'm sorry it didn't seem up to your standard. After seeing the blocking notice I skimmed through the guidelines and policies page and I'm not quite sure I would have done anything exactly wrong to warrant a one month block without any warnings or constructive criticism? Forgive me again, but it seems rather excessive. For one, I didn't add any offensive, biased or incorrect information. I set out the formatting page using the template, guidelines, and another page as an aid, using the same headings and layout. If it's in reference to the "History" headline I added, I have seen such in several other Character pages, and the guidelines do say that they need not be strictly followed. The information I added didn't seem quite to fit the Personality section. I didn't add any information I was unsure of, and I only added the general and essential Category tags that I could be sure of.

As for the "misc. chsracter", I'll admit I had no idea what exactly you were referring to at first. It was only after some searching that I found separate from the "Characters" tab the miscellaneous characters article for The Elementalists and I saw that there was one for Raife Highmore. Of course I wasn't aware even such a thing existed and some more searching through the blog posts/discussions told me that it was a fairly new concept, that again is separate from the Characters drop down menu. It also does not come up on Quick Search by simply typing "Miscellaneous Characters" into the Search bar, nor does "Raife Highmore". If I'm honest it only seems like something that could be found if you already knew about it, which I did not. Again, maybe my not knowing does not justify adequately my mistake, but it seems a small and rookie mistake to make which I again stress, a one month ban with no previous warnings seems a bit excessive. Of course I'm sorry for making them and I'll be careful not to make them again but I still don't see how I've violated any policies to warrant such a punishment for making simple mistakes? Of course if I do add any pages from now on I'll be more careful which I suppose was the intended purpose of the blocking but the same result would have been achieved if I'd simply been sent a message pointing out my mistakes first. Further, I don't even know the exact mistakes I made so I'm not quite sure I can say they won't be made again? I was not careless in making the page, I did contrary to what you may think try to make it consistent with other pages and the guidelines. If I might add as well, given the foreshadowing and clear reputation of Raife Highmore, I personally would not label him as a miscellaneous character however that is just my opinion.

If it was not made already clear, I simply am looking for an explanation of the blocking. I do not mean to come off rude or impatient, it was just a blow to receive a block of such so suddenly. I'm not sure I can see that I've done anything wrong of such a magnitude I should be exempt from making any contributons for a month. I quickly checked the profiles of others who's formatting errors have been dealth with and I noticed you left them messages on their wall with tips and advice, yet I received no such thing. Thus, I'm interested to hear your reply and explanation. I look forward to discussing further with you. Thank you,

Alpika  