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Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Zodiac. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Also it appears you have attributed to a source information that contradicts what the source said. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:30, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Your edit summaries

Please don't "be clever" with edit summaries, such as [1]. I'm not sure if the displayed text is what you were intending, but it is not helpful to other editors for edit summaries to look like that, with the overlapping characters and various sizes. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 03:07, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

①Are any of the characters illegible? ②Are You reading on an iPhone? Thecurran (talk) 03:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am on desktop, and see * typography: ᶞᵉʳᵉ∄ˣⁱˢᵗˢᴺᵒ page p͡f; instead ᶞᵉʳᵉ∃ˣⁱˢᵗˢᴬ page p̪͡f . Small characters like "ᵉ" are annoying at best, and the "there exists" symbols looked like they were overlapping other letters. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 03:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What I'm asking ᵐᵉᵃⁿˢ≡, " ①Are any of the characters You just pasted unreadable for your browser?". I ask this ᵇᵉᶜᵃ∵ˢᵉ when I view this conversation page on my old Android phone, everything looks crystal clear; both the "there exists no ◌ such that" character ∄◌ ∧ⁿᵈ the "there exists an ◌ such that" character ∃◌ have helpful ruby text around them as pronunciation guides for novice readers like this ᵈᵒᵗᵗᵉᵈᶜⁱʳᶜˡ◌ᴾˡᵃᶜᵉʰᵒˡᵈᵉʳ. ②BʸTʰᵉWᵃʸ, are You on an Apple of some sort? Thecurran (talk) 03:55, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're not understanding. Why are you using Unicode characters like "ᶞ" ("modifier letter small eth", Unicode 0x1D9E) and "∵" ("because", Unicode 0x2235) at all? User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 04:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It isⁿ¬ᵗ very polite to keep ignoring some1's questions. ③May we please try to keep polite ∧ⁿᵈ focussed? ④Do You regularly use all the symbols ≡, ∵, ◌, ∄, ∧, ∧ⁿᵈ ∃? Many ⁽ʷᵒ⁾ᵐ人ⁿ don't; ᵗʰᵉʳᵉᶠ∴ʳᵉ in answer to your question⓵, I use this ruby text ᵇᵉᶜᵃ∵ˢᵉ many users forget these powerful translingual logical symbols, so using diacritics as a pronunciation guide for such users is a kindness. BʸTʰᵉWᵃʸ, ①Are any of the characters on this talk page unreadable for your browser? ②What kind of OᵖᵉʳᵃᵗⁱᵑSʸˢᵗᵉᵐˢ, devices, platforms, ∧ⁿᵈ browsers are You using? Thecurran (talk) 04:45, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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You're clearly not listening to me; I'm not sure you've understood what I've said. Let's see what other editors think. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 04:53, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Warning Thecurran: You risk an indefinite block. See my comment at ANI. Johnuniq (talk) 06:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for disruptive edit summaries and trolling.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Giant Snowman 10:51, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

Ī'm trying to keep reprogramming my English dictionaries to keep up with everything the others dislike. I've removed all the æ, ɛ, ɪ, ɒ, ʊ, ʌ, ɑː, ɔː, eɪ, iː, aɪ, oʊ, uː vowels, to replace them with standard breve ∧(=and) macron diacritics ∧(=and) to make sure every logic symbol has a non‐superscript explanation, but Ī simply can't keep up with all the flaming from admins ∧(=and) reprogram all the English words in my phone's dictionary at the same time. Can Yoū please give me a few 日间(=days) to reprogram my phone? … ∨(=or) is it already too late? Thecurran (talk) 11:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Reprogram your phone, then come back and address your trolling at WP:ANI. Yamla (talk) 11:33, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Yamla, I'm not trying to vandalize or troll anyone and I wasn't yesterday. They asked me to stop using translingual symbols without spelling out every single letter, so I did. Regarding my apology to Girth Summit, which everybody else reads as trolling, I'll rewrite it: ▪︎without leaning too much on the English short vowels /æ/ ă, /ɛ/ ĕ, /ɪ/ ĭ, /ɒ/ ŏ, /ʊ/ o͝o, /ʌ/ ŭ, /ɑ/ ah, /ɔ/ aw, /ɜ/ ur, or /ə/ schwa; ▪︎without leaning too much on the English ≈long vowels /eɪ/ ā, /iː/ ē, /ɑi/ ī, /oʊ/ ō, /uː/ o͞o, /uː/ ū, /ɑː/ ahː, /ɔː/ awː, or /ɜː/ urː; ▪︎without leaning too much on the English consonant ≈digraphs /ð/ dh, /d͡ʒ/ j, /j/ y, /ŋ/ ng, /ɹ/ r, /ʃ/ sh, /t͡ʃ/ ch, /θ/ th, /x/ kh, or /ʒ/ zh; ▪︎without leaning too much on the translingual numerals 0 zero, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, or 9 nine; ▪︎and without leaning too much on the translingual scientific symbols ∧ and, ¬ not, ∨ or, ⇒ then, ∃ there exists a, ∋ contains, ∈ is an element of, ∀ for all, ⊃ is a superset of, ⊂ is a subset of, ≤ is less than or equal to, ≥ is greater than or equal to, ∥ is parallel to, ⟂ is perpendicular to, ∦ isn't parallel to, ∝ is proportional to, ≠ isn't equal to, ∵ because, ∴ therefore, 匹 animals, 人 capita, 分间 minutes, 时间 hours, 秒间 seconds, 日间 days, 年间 years, 个月 months, 个 wholes, 分 tenths, 十 tens, 厘 hundredths, 百 hundreds, 千 thousands, 毛 thousandths, 万 myriads, 糸 myriadths, ≅ is congruent to, ≟ is it equal to, ≡ is equivalent to, ≞ is measured by, ∣ is a factor of, ∞ infinity, ± plus or minus, ∓ minus or plus, ∷ as, ☉ Sun, ☿ Mercury, ♀ Venus, ♁ Earth, ☽ Moon, ♂ Mars, ♃ Jupiter, ♄ Saturn, ♅ Uranus, ♆ Neptune, ♇ Pluto, つ sets, ∎ end of proof halmos, 周间 weeks, 才 years‐old, ㊐ Sunday, ㊊ Monday, ㊋ Tuesday, ㊌ Wednesday, ㊍ Thursday, ㊎ Friday, ㊏ Saturday, ㋋ December, ㋀ January, ㋁ February, ㋂ March, ㋃ April, ㋄ May, ㋅ June, ㋆ July, ㋇ August, ㋈ September, ㋉ October, ㋊ November, 0ᵗʰ zeroth, 1ˢᵗ first, 2ⁿᵈ second, 3ʳᵈ third, 4ᵗʰ fourth, ∞ᵗʰ infinitieth, ㏠ˢᵗ the first day of, ㏡ⁿᵈ the second day of, ㏢ʳᵈ the third day of, ㏣ᵗʰ the fourth day of, ㏾ˢᵗ the thirty‐first day of, ㍘ midnight this morning, ㍙㏂ one o'clock, ㍚㏂ two o'clock, ㍛㏂ three o'clock, ㍤ noon, ㍥㏘ one o'clock, ㍦㏘ two o'clock, ㍧㏘ three o'clock, ㍰ midnight tonight, ◌ dotted circle placeholder, ≌ is all equal to, ≝ is equal to by definition, ½ a half of, ¼ a quarter of, ¹⁄₁ a whole, √ the principal square root of, ∛ the principal cube root of, ∜ the principal quartic root of, ↔ if and only if, ¾ three quarters of, ⅔ two thirds of, ⅓ a third of, ⅒ a tenth of, ‰ per mille, ㎤ cubic centimetres, ㍹ cubic decimetres, ㏂ ante meridiem, ㏘ post meridiem, … et cetera, ㎖ millilitres, ㎐ Hertz, ㏒ the (decimal) logarithm of, ㏑ the natural logarithm of, ㏖ moles, ㎞ kilometres, ℉ degrees Fahrenheit, ℃ degrees Centigrade or Celsius, ㎏ kilogram, ㎧ metres per second, – en dash, — em dash, 1ᶜᵉ once, 2ᶜᵉ twice, 3ᶜᵉ thrice, − true minus, ‐ true hyphen, = equals, ⿻ overlaid or the superposition, ~ is similar to, ∑ the sum of, ∏ the product of, ∫ the integral of, ≘ corresponds to, ∩ in intersection with, ∪ in union with, ≁ isn't similar to, ∉ isn't an element of, ≚ is equiangular to, ℂ the set of complex numbers, ℕ the set of natural numbers, ℙ the set of prime numbers, ℚ the set of rational numbers, ℝ the set of real numbers, ℤ the set of integers, ℼ half of the circle constant τ, ⅈ the square root of minus one, ⅇ the Euler–Mascheroni constant, Ϝ the scaling factor of, ∆ the difference of, ∿ a sine wave, ‖◌‖ the norm of, ∅ the empty set, ∟ right angle, ∄ there exists no, 回 (number of) times, ⊻ exclusive or, 々 , which equals, 曜日间 weekdays, ≈ is approximately equal to, I'll try to alphabetize the list tonight. Sorry but I'm exhausted. Thecurran (talk) 05:05, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

I have reprogrammed my phone. I honestly never intended to vandalize nor to troll anyone but I am sorry for disrupting so many editors. Can anything be done to resolve this? Thank You for your consideration and efforts. Thecurran (talk) 05:58, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I've unblocked you following the discussion below. If you have questions or concerns about what might be considered disruptive on English Wikipedia, please consider asking an administrator, or you could get advice at the Teahouse or Help desk. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:22, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See ANI May 2021 permalink. I don't know of a phone which posts gibberish. Is there any acknowledgement that the behavior is indistinguishable from trolling? Johnuniq (talk) 06:11, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When I go to:

Settings > General management > Language and input > On-screen keyboard > Samsung Keyboard > Smart typing > Text shortcuts;

a screen comes up that writes,

Create shortcuts for frequently used phrases. Type a shortcut to see it as a text selection. For example, you could set "example@samsung.com" to be suggested whenever you type "email."

When I use such a shortcut often enough it gets set by my phone's computer dictionary as the most correct spelling to which it autocorrects. It was very useful when I tried to do homework on my phone 20 months ago; especially since I grew up in a dyslexic family.

I acknowledged that I disturbed everyone and I apologized. Thecurran (talk) 11:38, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your latest edits seem to use standard English characters, which I think is a sign that you're ready to be unblocked. I'd prefer that you explicitly agree to only use symbols missing from a standard IBM PC keyboard in the specific circumstances that call for their use. For example, using mathematical symbols in mathematical equations, using the proper diacritics to write déjà vu, using € when talking about currency in euros, and using phonetic symbols only when writing how to pronounce Saoirse Ronan's name. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:44, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My text confused people and it looked like trolling to them. I was trying to enrich my edit summaries to make them more translingual but it confused people and upset them. I've stopped and I'm sorry. Thecurran (talk) 16:58, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's self-reflective and a good unblock request. But I was angling for an explicit statement like what I said above. I guess it doesn't matter. @GiantSnowman: what do you think? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:43, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ROPE? Unblock and if they start any nonsense again then re-block. Giant Snowman 10:06, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Go ahead and delete it. I stopped because I had some tragedies and I am no longer able to fix it. I am sorry. Please have fun. Thecurran (talk) 06:33, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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