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==Dispassionate description or passionate persuasion?==
==Dispassionate description or passionate persuasion?==
--72.250.232.242 (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)----
--72.250.232.242 (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)----
I disagree. Most of your correspondents are real people; only those whose names end in 'bot' are automata. We do use standard forms of message, which we call templates; we do this in order to express a particular notion consistently and with the greatest clarity.
Now, with regard to norms; CobaltBlueTony asked you to explain your username, and explained why he made that request, but you did not explain. He then blocked you, which is a norm we have adopted to defend the encyclopaedia against hijacking for promotional purposes. You asked to be unblocked; CBTony unblocked you in order that you could change your username; you went back to editing and didn't, as far as one can see, make any attempt to change your name. Again, this appears to me to be outside of Wikipedia's norms. A final example would be the collection of text on this page; I've never seen another user talk page that looks like this. Comments made by a number of editors have been copied and pasted in a way that doesn't preserve the context in which the comments were made, and you've edited your own remarks in a way that damages the chronological sequence of the exchanges. All of these behaviours are outside the range of usual behaviour in this community; all of this is perfectly understandable. I wish you success in your endeavours and in finding a venue for your opinions. --AndrewHowse (talk) 20:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Agreeing to disagree. The exchange with CobaltBlueTony is a matter of record part of which is his admission that "the request to be unblocked did not in some way initiate the name change request automatically". A preponderant reliance upon automation leads to errors in judgement.--72.250.232.242 (talk) 20:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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