User talk:Arccotangent

Welcome![edit]

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Potential conflict of interest[edit]

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I am a neutral editor. Stop seeing things in red. Please avoid cluttering my talk page with multiple warnings. Arccotangent (talk) 17:47, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Username issues / Wikipedia is not a platform for activism[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Arccotangent", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to imply that you are working on behalf of another party or are here to engage in WP:BATTLEGROUND activity. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:33, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My username was taken at random and does not represent anything. Stop packing my talk page with your unnecessary clutter (your last warning before being reported) ! Drop-kick your red pen into the trash can. Arccotangent (talk) 18:18, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, I misread your name as Arccotagent. Of course there have been no actions at all on the page previously or by yourself that should have in any way suggested to me that POV warriors are targeting the article about the ship in order to shoehorn in every possible detail about a potential crime. Accept my apologies. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:50, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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