User talk: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 he said. He gave a specific list of restrictions. Read them, and decide if you are able to agree to them.'''

If Yes, say "Yes I agree to all his restrictions" and that's it over.

If No, then we need to work on your reply. ]

'''[He said other things you need to reply to. This is him being very sympathetic. You need to reply to his most sympathetic comments as a priority. There may be other things you should also reply to but these two struck me as absolute top priority]'''

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.