Thank you for adding your perspective I think I understand your point by nothing to sneeze at I took as meaning not a big deal but it s more a matter of principle Am I being blocked for asking someone to focus on the article s issues or for saying that person has a COI I don t mean to sound indignant but either way there are other ways of handling things but at least I should know what the deal is I mean the blocking admin accused me of making ad hominem attacks which I have most certainly not especually if one goes by the definition in the wikilink An ad hominem argument consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim It d be nice to know what exactly this admin saw as one