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>On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:36:05 -0500, JAY JG
wrote:
> > Wikipedia has a number of mechanisms for investigating cases of
alleged
admin abuse; WikiEN-l is not one of them.
In that case why does the automatic block message suggest that any
objection may be directed to this list?
" If you believe that our blocking policy was violated, you may
discuss the block publicly on the WikiEN-L mailing list"
Violating blocking policy is an abuse of admin status is it not?
As I understand it, that is to provide a means for blocked editors to
get the
attention of other administrators, since they are
no longer able to
post.
Jay.
I was unaware of any listing of admins or their email addresses or who
Jimbo was when I was blocked for the first and only time. I only knew that
the block was incorrect, and the email address for this list was the
easiest find, because it was referenced in the block process. There should
be a general list like this that a user can be referred to, because like
myself, his only experience at communicating with the wiki community may
have been talk pages, so he may have felt disenfranchised by the block.
Individual email addresses are not a good first line alternative because
who knows how soon they will be checked.
-- Silverback
Right. And that particular editor now had the attention of the list. It
seemed other list members wanted the parties in question to now start
presenting their evidence before the list, in preparation for who knows
what.
Jay.