Parker Peters wrote:
The abject refusal of anyone to make any serious
enquiry into his complaint,
the ongoing abuse of his talk page when he tried to file for unblock, and
the continual abusive tactics displayed by many administrators in trying to
shut off further enquiry on the WP:ANI board aren't helping him to calm
down, either. They're more proving his accusations had some truth behind
them.
I think a point where we can agree is that I think many administrative
and cleanup actions (not just blocks, but speedy deletions, regular
deletions, and reverts) would go better if editors and admins were more
patient with strong emotions, troublemaking, and the confusion of
novices. In many cases, that could help people like "Samuel" to calm
down, and it can keep people from turning into enemies. That's part of
why I'd like to see more admins, so that each one has more time and more
patience.
On the rest of it, I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I'm open to
being persuaded that the current admin system is prone to the sort of
collusion and systemic bias that crops up regularly in police
departments. But this isn't the case that will do it for me.
The "other list" is called unblock-en-l, but
it's a joke and serves not as a
legitimate place of complaint, but a mere rubber stamp to certify the
"godliness" of admins, no matter how abusive an action they take.
When you (or anybody) write like this, I have to grit my teeth and make
a strong effort to find the useful content that lies behind the contempt
and acid words. If your goal is to get people to take your concerns
seriously, there are more effective ways to go about things.
William
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William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:William_Pietri