Perhaps if you where as grown up as you think you are. You'd realise you just jumped nto the same trap, and of couse bosting about it on IRC doesn't help. From: Phil Sandifer &lt;sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Vile Triga and Matt Crypto. Date sent: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 11:49:58 -0500 To: English Wikipedia &lt;wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org&gt; Send reply to: English Wikipedia &lt;wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org&gt; <mailto:wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org?subject=subscribe> Yours John Bradley Loc: Flat 15/22 Gambier Terrace, Liverpool, L1 7BL, UK. Phone: +44 (0)151 708 7238 Email: john(a)ontobus.co.uk WWW: www.ontobus.co.uk

Hi. I was the admin who blocked Irate for 24 hours for his 3RR violation. In the interests of transparency, I am sending this email. Immediately after I blocked Irate, he emailed me, saying "You better explain yourself no, and list who ever else you have blocked". He came on to the #Wikipedia IRC channel and private messaged me with a similarly worded request. I explained that he had been blocked for his 3RR violation, and he did not dispute that he had broken the rule. He instead questioned my credibility, demanding that I block Violetriga and MattCrypto for their alleged violations of the rule. I explained that I had only just finished writing a message to his talk page, and I hadn't had time to examine any other users. This was only partially true, since MattCrypto had pointed me to the page, telling me he'd "used up all his reverts". I had neglected to check whether MattCrypto was over. Irate claimed that Violetriga had violated the 3RR on his or her own user page. Upon examining the entire situation, I felt it would be grossly unfair to block MattCrypto and Violetriga as a result of their actions. However, in an effort to remain unbiased, I listed those two users on the Admins' 3RR Noticeboard, for the other users to decide. Consensus on that page seems to be that neither of those two users should be blocked. I trust my actions were acceptable. ~Mark