Category talk:Requests for unblock

RFD discussion: July 2018–September 2019
I don't see the point of this category. We should just modify the template so it doesn't categorise. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 03:33, 10 July 2018 (UTC)


 * unblock has a nocat parameter that can be used when a request is declined. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 04:57, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
 * But that parameter is rarely used, and I understand why — it's a waste of time to go around adding that when nobody looks at the category in the first place. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:04, 10 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Kept, if only because it is mildly funny to see blocked users with bees in their bonnets whine to nobody --Mélange a trois (talk) 22:44, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

RFD discussion: January 2020–October 2023
I sent this to RFD and WF closed it somewhat prematurely, so I'm sending it back. My argument: I don't see the point of this category. We should just modify the template so it doesn't categorise. It already has a nocat parameter that is rarely used, and I understand why — it's a waste of time to go around adding that when nobody looks at the category in the first place. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 07:52, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, you can just go to Special:WhatLinksHere for this. I also noticed that at least one of the unblock requests I've checked has been resolved already. Not a particularly useful category, then. PseudoSkull (talk) 02:21, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * How can I find all these user pages using Special:WhatLinksHere? Fytcha (talk) 15:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The category is added by the template unblock. You can either click "What links here" in the sidebar at Template:unblock, or type "Template:unblock" into the search form at Special:WhatLinksHere. Either way, it's a good idea to add filtering of links, since what I just typed has added this page to the list. The main difference is that WhatLinksHere has no way to ignore those with 1. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:19, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I can use this feature a lot better now. Regarding the original discussion of whether to delete the category or not, what you've just said is pretty good reason to keep it, no? I've just noticed that Special:WhatLinksHere links 174 entries in the User talk namespace compared to the 113 entries within the category. I imagine the difference is a use-mention distinction for templates. Fytcha (talk) 08:07, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think this (or at least, some other parts of our unblock-request infrastructure) were created to appease global admins/crats who didn't know what to do when one particular blocked editor (Gtroy? or a certain one who has since been unblocked?) pestered them because admins here had blocked him, and they found that we didn't have a real request-for-unblock infrastructure. - -sche (discuss) 02:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe you're referring to this discussion. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:19, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, not useful. Ultimateria (talk) 23:38, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a potentially useful category if the resolved/obsolete requests are removed. I note that this project doesn't really have good methods for getting the attention of admins when this is required, for example, to make edits to protected pages, or to ask to be unblocked. So this category should be cleaned out and put back into use. This, that and the other (talk) 12:35, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I have added to all uses of the template on talk pages of users that were not currently blocked. J3133 (talk) 13:39, 25 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Failed RFD. Mostly because someone didn't like the passed RFD. I think I snipped away the categorization part at Template:unblock, but I probably actually broke sth P. Sovjunk (talk) 22:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC)