[WikiEN-l] Protest againt blocking

Sun Apr 10 21:28:45 UTC 2005

I generally don't try removing these things. Probably before you remove one
you should ask on the talk page if there is some continuing basis for it and
not remove it if someone comes up with something in a few days. However a
ban for one edit does seem severe unless there was something else. And yes,
a warning ought to be given.

A question though, were the editors of that article fighting over something?

Fred

> From: "Matthew Li" <li_ming20 at hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:11:46 -0700
> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Protest againt blocking
> 
> My IP has been blocked by RickK. The reason he gave me is repeated
> vandalism. According to what I have read in the blocking policy, vandalism
> exists only if the user edited a significant portion of an article into
> profanity or offensive contents or deleted the article. I never did any of
> those. I just merely erased the dispute template on the article "Nanjing
> Massacre". Even if this is "vandalism", how is it a "repeated vandalism"? I
> have only done once! I erased the template in the article because the
> article itself should not be disputed. I have posted comments in the
> disscussion page in the same article and people agreed with me. Unless the
> Wikipedia administrator is trying to repress voices that they don't like to
> hear, there is no reason why I should be blocked. If you don't like what I
> am doing, reply my comment or even send me a warning not to repeat what I
> have done. However, I have received none of those. If I am blocked merely
> because of the administrator don't like my opinion, then you are repressing
> the democratic voices of the people and shame on you!
> 
> AquaExecution, 2:11pm, 10 April, 2005
> 
> 
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