[WikiEN-l] Re: (fwd) bishonen exercises abuse of admin power

Fri Jul 1 08:59:37 UTC 2005

Bishonen did nothing wrong with the autoreblock -- it is an
_intentional_ feature of the system.  Equally, she is not obligated to
unblock you.  Nevertheless, she has.  That seems quite fair to me.

Sam

On 6/30/05, Nathan J. Yoder <njyoder at energon.org> wrote:
> > Oh, btw, I also see your next post to the
> > mailing list, where you have "figured out why it's doing it". Is that
> > your idea of an apology?
> 
> I wonder how many times I'll have to resend this totally on-topic
> e-mail before it finally gets through (not censored by the mod).
> 
> Let's put this response in a numerical list clearly outlining every
> totally relevent statement.
> 
> 1.  It's not an apology.
> 2.  It's an acknowledgement that either your did something wrong or
> there is a bug with the system.
> 3.  Are you going to apologize for your false accusation against me?
> The _only_ account under which I hit 'edit page' was njyoder.  Knowing
> this, you must retract your accusation.
> 4.  Since I have not actually violated the block, will you now remove
> it 24 hours from when it was originally issued (as you are obligated
> to)?
> 5.  I'd like specific examples of what personal attacks I used that
> warrant this block.  Note that no one has attempted to define personal
> attack yet because they know if they did the accusation and blocked
> would become completely unwarranted and make you look bad, as well as
> the other arbtrators in my case who _flat out refused_ to define it.
> 
> Simplying describing someone's behavior--calling them a hypocrite, is
> NOT a personal attack.  This has been a matter of debate on the no
> personal attacks talk page, especially considering the policy does not
> state what constitutes a personal attack.  The examples given on the
> "no personal attacks" page (the closest thing to a definition) are
> very different things from what I've said and you'd either have to be
> either incredibly stupid or very dishonest to state otherwise.
> 
> I expect a direct apology from you and a removal of the block
> immediatly.
> 
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> Nathan J. Yoder
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