MatthewGoodfan101 blocked indef

[chad100]

MatthewGoodfan101 (T-C-L) has been blocked indef

03:30, 8 May 2020 Graham87 talk contribs blocked MatthewGoodfan101 talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) (Disruptive editing)

He has edited for ages, right from 2009 with 15K edits and no previous blocks — unbelievable.

[rhindle]

It'll likely be shortened since it's their first block. Probably won't be much drama beyond that but who knows.

[Ming]

Given that Graham87 (T-C-L) blocked him with no discussion or warnings, there will be drama.

[Earthy Astringent]

Given that Graham87 (T-C-L) blocked him with no discussion or warnings, there will be drama.

As there should be.

[Black Kite]

Given that Graham87 (T-C-L) blocked him with no discussion or warnings, there will be drama.

Not to mention being in an edit-war with him.

Look What You've Done (T-H-L)

Get the popcorn.

[Midsize Jake]

He definitely should have gotten a warning, maybe an AN/I report too, but as for the edit war itself... I have to side with Graham87 on this. Wikipedia shouldn't be making implied accusations of Beatle-plagiarism against pop bands without some sort of reasonable-looking external source to provide relevance or "notability." Unless there's an actual real-world controversy, that sort of thing should be left up to the listeners.

It also looks like Mr. Goodfan might have been trying to pull a fast one by adding a link to a PDF of an old issue of Radio and Records, as if that might be a source for the implied plagiarism allegation — only the PDF says no such thing, and doesn't even mention the song outside of some chart listings.

[Lankai]

Unblocked now by Graham87:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... Goodfan101

But no response here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk ... 01#Blocked

[Poetlister]

Unblocked now by Graham87:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... Goodfan101

But no response here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk ... 01#Blocked

Graham87 has now made a reply. Whether he'll face any consequences for making a block when he was involved is hard to say. Maybe one of the admins who are members here should make a complaint.

[Lankai]

Unblocked now by Graham87:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... Goodfan101

But no response here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk ... 01#Blocked

Graham87 has now made a reply. Whether he'll face any consequences for making a block when he was involved is hard to say. Maybe one of the admins who are members here should make a complaint.

Well he is "sorry" about what happened so it is fine. Everyone is allowed to screw it up once in few months without having a malicious intent. We have seen enough malicious non-admin users who get away just every time they are reported so this incident was not even a big deal.

[Poetlister]

Well he is "sorry" about what happened so it is fine. Everyone is allowed to screw it up once in few months without having a malicious intent. We have seen enough malicious non-admin users who get away just every time they are reported so this incident was not even a big deal.

And he undid the block himself with no obvious pressure (though maybe there was some behind the scenes). It's always good when an admin apologises and does the right thing.