Wikipedia talk:Discord

Waiting on appeal decision?

Hello. A year ago I was banned from the Discord. I opened an appeal which was never resolved and at the time told to cool off for a few days after what I had perceived to be personal attacks. It's been over a year now—can I be unbanned? Discord username is Dorktoast. The Pony Toast 🍞 (Talk) 07:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Reading that, it looks like it was never resolved because of you and a fundamental misunderstanding of why you were banned / an unwillingness to accept full responsibility. Being that the server is a place for collaboration and not just for socialization, and you've only made four edits in the past year, I'm not really seeing why you even want to appeal. I'm not really inclined to support an unban if you haven't demonstrated you're productive and proven you can behave. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

The appeal stalled primarily because you simply did not answer, so I'll repost the last question: Are you willing to drop any accusations made against other users in the server, and any requests for non-interaction made to other users in the server? Our space is not compatible with someone who refuses to listen, accusing anyone who provides advice / replies you disagree with of attacking / harassing you, and demanding that individuals you don't like not use the chat room when you're present. -- ferret (talk) 13:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I was kicked/banned from the Discord server again.

Today I was kicked from the Discord server again. I tried to rejoin but could not. (I was previously banned from 2022 but then rejoined in 2023.)

Could someone let me back in or explain why I was kicked?

Duckmather (talk) 22:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Duckmather: After discussion, you've been unbanned. It seems you were the victim of a technical glitch in which it appeared as though you spammed a poll 20-30+ times. Hey man im josh (talk) 02:57, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

@Hey man im josh: Thanks for the quick reply! I was really worried I accidentally pissed off everyone in Wikimedia again and would have to take an enforced wikibreak. (If I'm come off as too abrasive or rude to anyone, just let me know on my talk page.) Duckmather (talk) 05:07, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Shortcuts

WP:DISCORD and WP:DISCORDSERVER are not shorter than WP:Discord. Why list them? Nardog (talk) 02:34, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree. I've never quite understood why they were added. -- ferret (talk) 02:46, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Less of a shortcut and more of handling common ways to access this page. Leaderboard (talk) 09:13, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Visible all-caps links is a form of Wikipedia jargon. Jargon can be useful when it provides a compact way to refer to a frequently used concept. In this case, though, the redirect isn't any more compact, so I don't think its use should be actively encouraged. isaacl (talk) 17:04, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I think it'd be reasonable to list WP:DISCORD as a shortcut. Although I understand that some users might find this redundant, since WP: automatically expands out to Wikipedia:, making the shortcut the same name as the page. I'm not gonna lose sleep if it's kept off the page though. –Novem Linguae (talk) 12:22, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Ban appeal

Hello! I'm angerxiety, discord id 738447190527180891. I was banned about a year ago from the Discord which I inquired about here. I held off from submitting any ban appeals from then as per this talk's main page. "...moderators expect to see a recent and consistent history of good content contributions before considering appeals."

Responding to eariler comments

"The issue is that you didn't think what you put there was problematic at all. And if you deflect and cannot express why it was problematic, we can't trust it won't happen again." I fully understand that putting lyrics from a Nazi military march was especially problematic, considering it was placed in my about me/bio. Since it was placed in my about me/bio, it seemed to outside users that I expressed, participated or supported Nazi thought, which is completely incorrect.

"...and if so, can you elaborate on the meaning of it?" The reason I had the song lyrics in my bio I do not remember fully. All I can really say about that is back then I enjoyed German and these type of songs (military marches), which I expressed quite wrongly by using them in my about me.

"but in that case I'd also be interested in why you changed it." I stated this previously in the talk page section, although I believe the stated reason is erroneous. The true reason I changed it was due to a recognition of guilt after user Enterprisey had reminded me what I put in my about me. This also plays back to what user ferret said, which is that I didn't think the content I put in my about me was problematic. I recognize now that putting such content in a space intended to show information about a user is very problematic and forces assumptions from other users about me as a person. I will reiterate that I do not express, participate or support Nazi thought.

Recent contributions

Ever since May 19, 2023, I've made tiny but decent contributions to a few English Wikipedia articles, such as Nutaku, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Patrick Breyer, and George Arents/George Arents III. I'm much more active in the Simple Wikipedia, where I've made a bit more contributions as well as created a few articles. Angerxiety 19:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

This is under discussion. Leaderboard (talk) 17:15, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

A discussion among moderators resulted in a consensus to decline. -- ferret (talk) 14:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)