[WikiEN-l] blocking policy violated?

Sat Nov 20 23:59:04 UTC 2004

Moments after I sent my initial reply here, my attention was drawn to 
other replies here, making most of my reply pointless. Don't panic; 
you've done the right thing by contacting us. :)

~Grunt (Steven Melenchuk)

R E Broadley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently discovered Wikipedia, and I am very impressed by the vast
> range of information, and by the neutrality of many of the definitions.
>
> I have only today started to contribute to Wikipedia, and made a few
> additions of links to some of the articles.
>
> I noticed that the definition of the September 11 attacks was claiming
> as fact some information that is widely disputed, and so a few minutes
> ago inserted information making it clear who claims these facts, and I
> was going to elaborate further with information on which facts are being
> disputed and by who, only to find that my IP address had been blocked by
> a user "Flockmeal".
>
> This user was claiming the reason for the block was "repeated vandalism".
>
> I went on to check what the blocking policy was, and then the Wikipedia
> definition of vandalism, to discover that by input was in no way
> anything close to vandalism. I was stating nothing than the facts, with
> no bias whatsoever. The entries I made were made entirely in good faith,
> and I am very disappointed that such abuse of the blocking policy has
> been made.
>
> Since the block, I have registered and now have a username and am
> contactable at my email address. I would ask that the IP address block
> be removed, and a discussion started as to why elaborating on facts and
> remaining factual can be classed as vandalism.
>
> Many thanks,
> Edmund Broadley
>
>
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