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Mr. West. There is a right and a wrong way to correct factual errors on
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as would any other editor who makes direct legal threats against editors after being blocked. If some other admin feels the removal of talk page access is no longer necessary they can restore that without consulting me. Emailing is hardly some burdensome step and has the added bonus of putting Mr.
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Please retract your legal threats and then let's see if we can get an established
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You have now run into two issues. First if you are Joe West you will need to confirm your identity and you will need to stop making legal threats. The first thing to do will be confirm your identity. Please send an email to
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play is to threaten legal action, however. It brings an instant block from editing and is like a red cape to a bull (sort of like arguing balls-and-strikes with a mother-oath thrown in) — highly unproductive. See:
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If you aren't going to leave my page alone, please remove it completely. I don't need anyone knowing anything about me ... and I certainly don't need anyone reading things that are not true.
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I personally agree his identity is verified at this point as well so that's no longer a concern. He can retract his legal threats either through VRT or the
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I constructively corrected the bullshit that was on this page... there was never a shoving match between Joe torre and West... I should know - I was there.
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send documentation without being requested to do so. Please note that the practice of blocking such usernames is to protect you from being impersonated,
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