User talk:Erictleung

This blocked user is asking that his block be reviewed on the Unblock Ticket Request System:

Erictleung (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

UTRS appeal #17595 was submitted on Feb 23, 2017 04:31:34. This review is now closed.

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Erictleung (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I believe I should be unblocked because of my genuine interest in contributing to Wikipedia, which has been misclassified as a false positive "puppet user". If unblocked I would continue contributing to the freeCodeCamp page, which most of my contributions have come from. Otherwise, my other contributions have been for Pan-Genome and Metagenomics pages. These two pages are in the broader category of Bioinformatics and Computational biology, which are more of my expertise. I have not contributed to them as much because I am still new at contributing to Wikipedia. I have been following freeCodeCamp since its inception and I am familiar with the impact it has had on the developer community. That is why I felt the strong urge to contribute for the first time to its Wikipedia page as I believed in its importance and place on Wikipedia. I suspect I was blocked because of the majority of my edits have been made on freeCodeCamp page, which has been imposed upon me in error. My activity is understandably "suspicious." I'm both frustrated and impressed that I was blocked. However, I have not been contributing to Wikipedia for very long and that page was new enough for me to experiment with making changes. I now have more experience with contributing to pages and have now found the Wikipedia:Community_portal page. This page shows other open edit opportunities I can contribute to and links to other pages on how to start contributing to Wikipedia. If I have misinterpreted my block overall, please clarify the block and I can update my argument. As I have mentioned, I am still new to contributing. I will try to make some time to go through the Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia page for more advice on how to edit correctly and effectively. Thank you for taking the time to consider this appeal and volunteering your time to Wikipedia. I hope you'll allow me to help contribute to the Wikipedia community. - Erictleung (talk)

Accept reason:

Taking a second look over the request and reviewing it in detail, there is a likelihood of this account being a sock, but not enough evidence at this time to hold that theory together completely, so i'm AGF unblocking. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 03:26, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@DeltaQuad: If I get this right, you blocked this account in connection with SRO and the edit filter police, but I don't see any behavioral connection. Is there some possibility that they are not connected? Vanjagenije (talk) 18:50, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to the ISMB/ECCB editathon!

Hi Erictleung,

Welcome to the ISMB/ECCB Editathon! We hope you find this a useful session, let myself or Kierano know if you have any questions. Thank you again for your improvements to computational biology coverage on Wikipedia, and if you're not already a member of WikiProject Computational Biology we encourage you to sign up! Amkilpatrick (talk) 12:38, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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	We drew two prizes at random, weighted by participants scoring during the ISMB/ECCB 2017 Editathon: you've won a prize, congratulations! If you could contact me via email ([email protected]) I'll arrange to have it sent to you! Amkilpatrick (talk) 08:17, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ISCB Wikipedia Competition: call for participation

ISCB Wikipedia Competition 2017-18: entries open!

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ISCB Wikipedia Competition 2018: entries open!

ISCB Wikipedia Competition 2018: entries open!

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8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: entries open!

8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: entries open!

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and WikiProject Computational Biology are pleased to call for participants in the 8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition. The ISCB aims to improve the communication of scientific knowledge to the public at large, and Wikipedia plays an increasingly important role in this communication; the ISCB Wikipedia Competition aims to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles relating to computational biology. Entries to the competition are open now; the competition closes on 17 May 2019.

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8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: a reminder

8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: a reminder

Hello, this is a reminder that the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and WikiProject Computational Biology are currently calling for participants in the 8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition. The ISCB aims to improve the communication of scientific knowledge to the public at large, and Wikipedia plays an increasingly important role in this communication; the ISCB Wikipedia Competition aims to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles relating to computational biology. Entries to the competition are open now; the competition closes on 17 May 2019.

For students/trainees: Entry to the competition is open internationally to students and trainees of any level, both as individuals and as groups. Prizes of up to $500 will be awarded to the best contributions as chosen by a judging panel of experts; these will be awarded at the ISMB/ECCB conference in Basel, Switzerland in July 2019. As in previous years, the ISCB encourages competition entries for contributions to Wikipedia in any language.

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8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: entries closing soon!

8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: entries closing soon!

Hello, this is to let you know that entries for the 8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition are closing soon! The ISCB aims to improve the communication of scientific knowledge to the public at large, and Wikipedia plays an increasingly important role in this communication; the ISCB Wikipedia Competition aims to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles relating to computational biology. Entries to the competition are open now; the competition closes on 17 May 2019.

For students/trainees: Entry to the competition is open internationally to students and trainees of any level, both as individuals and as groups. Prizes of up to $500 will be awarded to the best contributions as chosen by a judging panel of experts; these will be awarded at the ISMB/ECCB conference in Basel, Switzerland in July 2019. As in previous years, the ISCB encourages competition entries for contributions to Wikipedia in any language.

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8th ISCB Wikipedia competition: deadline extended!

8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: deadline extended!

Hello, this is to let you know that the editing deadline for the 8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition has been extended to 28 June 2019. We encourage you to participate and make the most of this extended editing period! Remember, prizes of up to $500 will be awarded to the best contributions as chosen by a judging panel of experts; these will be awarded at the ISMB/ECCB conference in Basel, Switzerland in July 2019.

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A cup of coffee for you!

The Datasaurus dozen article that you just made is really cool! What a cool way to demonstrate data visualization. Bluerasberry (talk) 21:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the cup of coffee! Much appreciated. I just found out about Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC earlier this year. I hope to be more regular :) Hope to see you there at an upcoming event. Erictleung (talk) 21:57, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Erictleung, you recently volunteered to review my proposal to recover some text about marketing mix optimization in the Marketing mix entry, thank you very much. In the Talk section, I have added a few comments to the discussion on this issue, as well as an alternative text I propose to add, which hopefully follows your observations. Could you give your opinion there as to whether I could add this new version of the text (or any modification of it)? Thanks again! EXPTIME-complete (talk) 11:48, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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a list is a list is a list, but …

None of the four items you recently added to List of lists of lists is a list of lists. Reverting. —Tamfang (talk) 22:30, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tamfang Ah, I appreciate the note and reminder! Erictleung (talk) 00:12, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are a good sport! —Tamfang (talk) 00:17, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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