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Have you ever used a prior account on Misplaced Pages? nableezy - 04:21, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't answer to you, friend. The Editorial Voice (talk) 04:22, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Im not asking you to answer to me. nableezy - 04:39, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, that was idiomatic. Let me put it differently: I'm suspicious of your motives for asking that question, and I'm not obliged to answer it. The Editorial Voice (talk) 04:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Well then, let me state my motives in the interest of allaying your fears. When I see a "new" editor demonstrate an odd tendency to, in rapid succession, edit a series of articles in multiple topics that I had recently edited, I on occasion get the suspicion that this "new" account is not actually a "new" editor. Then I look at their edits, and that suspicion is either lessened or heightened. If heightened, I ask the user in question if they are in fact a "new" editor. If the answer is no, I ask them what their prior accounts were. If those prior accounts do not make the use of this new account a violation of WP:SOCK I go on my merry way. Unfortunately, what usually happens is that people think they are smarter than they actually are and either lie or try to bluster it out, as though not answering a simple yes or no question makes it soooo much more difficult to figure out what that past account was. But its up to you if you dont want to answer, of course. nableezy - 04:51, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Let me be equally clear: I've reviewed your edit history, and I see that you only put this question to new accounts that express opinions that you disagree with. What's more, you just admitted that your question was intentionally deceptive, and that my perception that it was a veiled accusation of wrongdoing was accurate. I view your behavior here as an intimidation tactic, which, IMO, violates WP:CIVIL. Please knock it off. The Editorial Voice (talk) 04:57, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Intentionally deceptive? And you say I am violating CIVIL? No, it was not intentionally deceptive; it was a straightforward yes or no question. But since you've managed to review thousands and thousands of edits in the short time youve had this account, Ill get to work reviewing in more detail the ones that you have made with this account. Toodles, nableezy - 05:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Asking one question ("Have you ever used a prior account?") when your intention is something else ("I suspect you're violating Misplaced Pages policy; are you?") is intentionally deceptive. And I didn't claim to have reviewed your entire edit history; I stopped after finding this this this this this this and this. When may I expect my ARBPIA notice? The Editorial Voice (talk) 05:29, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Thats going back a bit. You had to go back something like 3000+ edits to pull that last one out. Thats dedication homes. To answer your question, I dont know yet. You may make it easy on me and provide the necessary clues that we wont even need to get to that. One can hope. But no, my intention in asking the question was to get an answer to that question. nableezy - 05:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Now that you've outright admitted your intention to not WP:AGF, I'm going ask you to stay off my talk page. Good bye. The Editorial Voice (talk) 05:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I was assuming good faith. I asked you a question with the assumption that you would give an honest answer. But, as you wish, bye for now. nableezy - 05:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)