`. ArkRe (talk)  **Regarding the actual creator of the article subject, for what it's worth (in case anybody believes that I act on his behalf or on his request) it seems that he is largely disinterested in the issues surrounding the articles and was unaware that the articles even existed until a month or two ago when a fan posted a link to them on one of his discussion forums; my edits were not made on his behalf and they do not reflect any requests or concerns made of his (in fact, I even contacted him following my block to alert him - as a fan - of the sockpuppet issue, and he expressed that he has no interest at all in the articles and has very little knowledge of Wikipedia's policies or what the terms ``socking`` and ``AfD`` actually mean [and I have his permission to repost my email from him to prove this, if required]). Overall, I am just disappointed that people who call themselves his fans have elected to abuse Wikipedia in the ways that they have. ArkRe (talk)   | decline=I am procedurally declining this unblock request because it has been stuck in limbo for over three months.  If you still wish to pursue this, you are welcome to file a new unblock request, but you might want to consider using our Unblock Ticket Request System instead.   }} Finally, please forgive the wall of text above. Unfortunately, it appears that formatting is not retained in the unblock template, and I would ideally like to present a better formatted appeal for the sake of readability. It is not my intention to overwhelm reviewing editors with a huge un-formatted chunk of text`