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Hello, SarekOfVulcan,

I was surprised you indefinitely blocked this editor while we were in the middle of a discussion on ANI and no one had suggested a block, much less an indefinite block, just an IBan. So, I was surprised to come back to the discussion and find one of the primary participants blocked and unable to participate further. And "disruptive editing" is kind of a catch-all block reason that doesn't provide much detail on what exactly you found blockworthy. But I guess it has something to do with [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:ArthurTheGardener&diff=prev&oldid=1278620554 this diff]. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:41, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{ec}}As I said on ANI, their assertion that {{tq|I asked him to refrain, from kindness and courtesy, from commenting on pages while his case was being discussed at COIVRT}} was contradicted, several times over, by the first diff supplied. And their response to the IBan proposal with {{tq|If Arthur wishes to deny to the connection to his father here then of course I will accept that}} was doubling down on the harassment. I was trying to give the discussion time to work itself out, but those last couple of edits convinced me that it wasn't going to go well. As I said, I expect discussion to continue, I'm not assuming that my block is the last word on the subject. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:49, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

::For my part, User:SarekOfVulcan, I'm very grateful for your intervention. I've had quite a few of these circular discussions with Coals over the past few weeks, and I'm completely exhausted. Whether the discussion continues or not, at least it will have given me a little respite! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 20:10, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

I would suggest revoking TPA from User talk:CoalsCollective, as they've decided to return and simply cast aspersions again. Though they claim to be scrambling their account password, I don't know we should trust that. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 16:48, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:Well, if they keep going after this, definitely something to consider. Not needed otherwise. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:27, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

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