[WikiEN-l] User banned, why?

Thu Feb 6 05:57:56 UTC 2003

StreetLawyer, is that you?

Saurabh

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"In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get killed."
	-- Eduardo Galeano, "Upside Down"

In message <3E41E19E.4060705 at njit.edu>, Jesse Alter said:
>Hey, I'm new to the list, and I hope to keep up a bit. The main reason I 
>subscribed was to talk about User:VeraCruz/Lir. I've been speaking to 
>them on and off of Wikipedia, and they seem like a nice person. We've 
>been speaking about various topics, and when advising me about 
>Wikipedia, he's taught me a lot about empiricism and NPOV. I've read 
>some articles he has contributed a lot to...
>
>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kuwait
>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_auxiliary_cruiser
>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail
>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mayhew_Wainwright_IV
>
>...and I've been fairly impressed. I asked him if he could help me with 
>a stub article I started, about Moulay Ismail, the Bloodthirsty. I had 
>been unable to find much information on him, but over an IM conversation...
>
>Him: are u talking about the prince of saudi arabia?
>Him: or the sultan?
>Me: This is a 17th century dude.
>Him: associated with Louis XIV ?
>Him: asked to marry the Princess of Conti?
>Him: did he have 800 children/
>Him: he ordered that the heads of 10,000 slain enemies adorn the walls 
>of the two great imperial capitals, Fes and Marrakech.
>Him: heh us hould include this conversation where i find info for u as 
>an example of how useful i am
>Him: Moulay Ismail enlisted over 25,000 Christian prisoners and 30,000 
>common criminals to build his pretentious city, and brought over 16,000 
>slaves from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in his military machine. By the 
>time of his death in 1727, the Black Guard, as it was known, had grown 
>tenfold and was one of the largest death guards in Morocco's history.
>Me: 800 children..
>Me: Yeah.
>Me: Geez man.
>Him: His grandson, Mohammed III, moved the capital back to Marrakech
>Him: most of Ismail's great monuments are still standing
>Him: Most of the fanciest tile work and wealth were stripped from Meknes 
>and used to build up other imperial cities
>
>and he also gave me a LOT of helpful links. *groan* I need to synthesize 
>all of that information later...
>
>I understand there were disagreements with other users. This is of 
>course bound to happen, and Wikipedia boasts its ability to resolve 
>those sorts of conflicts through its Talk page. This user is obviously 
>someone who has the potential to be a great contributor to Wikipedia. I 
>see no reason for him to be banned.
>
>Thanks,
>
>cprompt
>
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