sorry but no the idea of a partial rather than site ban is that a user can probably be a productive contributor to the encyclopedia but needs to disengage from a particular area using various usertalk pages as a proxy for talk climatic research unit hacking incident would not serve that purpose if a user approaches you with a specific limited question it is probably okay though less than ideal to render an answer including reference to this temporary ban users who repeatedly make such approaches after being informed of the ban might be engaged in baiting attempting to game the system or otherwise editing disruptively thank you for seeking clarification cont