User:Robertinventor/otr500

Sincere and honest? I can do that. A bit of a relief to be asked. There's going to be some emotion in this...

"How can those with valid concerns be somewhat placated that you are not gaming the system or will fall into the well again when you get near it."

The experience of being blocked has been extremely painful for me on many levels. I'm fully committed to doing this the right way.

What I actually want at some point is to clear my name [needs some other way of putting it]. You don't get that by playing tricks or gaming the system, but I think I will do it by proving my worth through making good contributions, and that will take a long time. I have been told to stay away from WT:MOS for the immediate future until I can satisfy to others that I can make valuable contributions to Wikipedia, and possibly be allowed to edit that area down the road, so that's what I'm going to do.

"what are your plans to ensure that you cannot fall into a similar pattern that resulted in this?"

For the time being, my plans are to focus on topics from Wikinews and Eurekalert and update Wikipedia with content related to new events and work noticeboards like RSN. These are activities I think I've done with some success in the past.

I've also been told that if additional restrictions are placed, such as by the mentor, I have to agree to them or I don't get unblocked.

[THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY SAID, THEY GAVE SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS TO AGREE TO, YOU CAN GO TO THE SANCTION DISCUSSION, READ THEM AND DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO AGREE TO THEM - NOT A BLANKET THING THAT WHATEVER HE SAYS YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO]

[AT THIS POINT INSERT TEXT WHERE YOU AGREE TO HIS PROVISIONS IF YOU CAN]

"I have no doubt that someone will try to push your buttons and while ignoring them would possibly be a better option, reporting the incident "before" you get to a conflict would obviously be the best."

Yes that is a good plan. This is not likely to happen in my work on RSN and updating content.

But when I return to MoS then this can happen and a mentor will be a great help.

"If any of the accusations against you are untrue as you present then I can see you at least having an issue with that but I cannot see that you are just being railroaded so you have to understand concerns and that "something" was done wrong or disruptive at some point. "

[HERE YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING SPECIFIC]

Yes I do recognize the need for deescalation and work on dispute resolution. Here are some earlier incidents that I would handle differently now if unblocked

[LIST OF INCIDENTS]

While I don't necessarily agree with how some editors have characterized my past editing behavior, I do realize that I have to make some changes if I want to continue as part of the community.