"Very much" is a very strong statement. It implies a drastic reduction in activity, for a man who has previously averaged 14 edits a day, is closing in on 100,000 total edits, has never had a month away from Wikipedia since 2008, and whose editing pattern is not just spread right across the day, but crosses very much into his sleep pattern too. No surprise of course to see that such a deeply problematic Wikipedia editor has a deeply unhealthy relationship with Wikipedia.Taken together I don’t see these restrictions as being challenging to follow, especially since I plan on very much limiting my Wikipedia activity in the foreseeable future. I believe that their imposition makes an indefinite ban unnecessary and hope you will agree with me in that regard. Thanks. Volunteer Marek 12:59, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
It begs the question, is he even capable of such a thing? Assuming as we must, given his strident and principled denials that he would EVER sock-puppet, this will be genuine time away, not time wearing a different Spidey Suit.
But if we take him at his word, would I be correct in assuming he plans to limit his activity for precisely twelve months? Which is the first available opportunity for him to appeal his forthcoming ArbCom sanctons....
In liue of a site ban, Marek is being restricted to "1 revert per page and may not revert a second time with-out a consensus for the revert". As we can all see, part of the fun in Wikipedia for Marek is edit warring, and while he also likes a good argument, it's never about consensus building for him.
He is also being banned from interacting with Levivich and Francois Robere, who between them have 50,000 edits and are interested in Marek's favourite things, Poland and politics.
Rather amazingly, and purely by accident I am sure, with one sing!e restriction, ArbCom got straight to the heart of what Marek's editing philosophy has always been. He isn't interested in consensus building, he's there to fight others to ensure his preferred version of history is the one Wikipedia tells, and he tries to win by any means necessary.
And through the interaction bans, this recognises that this need to win at any costs includes being an absolute asshole to his perceived enemies (who are of course in his eyes, all Icewhiz socks or proxies).
It seems rather obvious what Marek is thinking here.
He is thrilled that he has avoided the terrible stain that a site ban would be. It is so much harder to win on Wikipedia when everyone knows you're officially a low down dirty cheat. And as corrupt as some are, pretty much every Wikipedia Administrator has the good sense not to get the reputation of being protector and enabled to a formerly site banned editor.
He knows that for what he wants to do on Wikipedia, his restrictions would In effect be the same as a twelve month site ban, so he might as well act accordingly, setting aside his need to win for twelve months, and feeding his addiction by tinkering with uncontroversial articles.
He knows that ArbCom would probably be dumb enough to think twelve months of trouble free tinkering on articles that nobody cares about, would be enough to start the process of lifting his restrictions. Perhaps he is even hoping that his nemesis will follow him to the hinterlands and start picking on him, which he can then use to further his pathetic I'm the real victim in all this narrative to anyone gullible enough to listen, using that to bolster his appeals.
Hopefully by still being on Wikipedia, tinkering, he'll be tempted to skirt his restrictions and test their boundaries, thereby making it less likely he will successfully appeal them in twelve months, and more likely he will earn his much deserved site ban. The jury is out on whether he is that dumb. To be as much of an asshole as he is, he definitely has to have a problem with impulse control. But he also clearly has the smarts of an experienced and time served wikilawyer.
The two traits taken together well explain his prior history of sanctions and current situation, actually. He has always been destined for a ban, it's just a matter of how much other people have to suffer until it happens. It can take 15 years for some. The inevitable demise of a good but not perfect Wikiwarrior.
It is sadly way too much to ask of Wikipedia's Supreme Court justices to realise that if Marek is planning to spend the next twelve months purposely avoiding conflict and not demonstrating he can play nice with others, either in his preferred topic areas or somewhere completely unrelated, then he really is intellectually dishonest and purposely hasn't learned a damn thing from the case. So you really would be fatally undermining the Universal Code of Conduct if you started to wind back his restrictions on this evidence.
That is a crime against humanity that cannot go unanswered. One way or another, Marek will be made to suffer for your ineptitude or indeed corruption. For the avoidance of doubt, giving preferential treatment to an editor because In your eyes they are writing the correct version of history and you dislike the methods of those who dispute it (who let us remember, only resort to such methods because Wikipedia is rigged to support editors who are skilled at POV pushing and are born wikilawyers) is corruption. As in, you have been corrupted in your thoughts and in your deeds. You are weak.