I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton. Re: [WikiEN-l] Unreasonableblock of user Blair P. Houghton by adminCryptoDerk

Wed Mar 16 05:59:34 UTC 2005

Blair, I removed the autoblocks as well. You should be able to edit now.

I strongly suggest you brush up Wittiquette. I know how frustrating it can be to see what you view (and may be) unfair or inaccurate material in an article. Yet the (sometims almost goofy) courtesies of Wikipedia, surprisingly, go a very long way. Argue on substance, not personalities or characterizations.

Remmeber that cardinal Wikirule "No 'Roid Rage" ;-)

--C

> 
> Thanks, Jim.
> 
> I don't see my named account as blocked in the block list, but 
> there are two numbered accounts autoblocked (probably because of 
> the NAT serving the multiple computers on my IP) still listed 
> there, which may be why I still can't edit a page yet.
> 
> How long does an unblock take to work?
> 
> --Blair
> 
> Jim Cecropia wrote:
> > I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton so that he can defend himself 
> > in the appropriate forums on Wikipedia.
> >
> > The 3RR blocking is being extremely abused, IMO. We sometimes 
> > give actual anon vandals who trash articles more slack than some 
> > logged-in users that have an honest difference of opinion. I am 
> > an amateur body builder for 20 years. I am no expert but, like 
> > many who enjoy the sport, I've studied a good bit about it. 
> > Either the prior version or Houghton's version are accurate, and 
> > I believe Houghton's is a bit better written and more reflects 
> > the state-of-the-art.
> >
> > HOWEVER, I am not taking a position on which version should 
> > stand, just indicating that I know Houghton's version is, at 
> > least, not vandalism.
> >
> > The 3RR, as I've stated elsewhere, is a loose cannon which tends 
> > to favor the status-quo. If the there is a content dispute, the 
> > better solution is to protect the article for a limited time to 
> > get the combatants to hash out the issue in article talk. In the 
> > instant case, I notice that GeorgeStepanek, for example, numbered 
> > his reverts ("first, second, third") which telegraphs 
> > consciousness of the 3RR as a trap, then another editor who 
> > disagrees with Houghton picked up on the reverting.
> >
> > The 3RR page says that you will not necessarily be blocked for 
> > 3RR, it is admin's discretion. CryptoDerk used his discretion to 
> > block; I ordinarily will not get in the way of another admin's 
> > judgment, but in this case I've used my discretion to unblock.
> >
> > I caution Blair P. Houghton to take his arguments about the 
> > article to its talk page for now, and to argue about his being 
> > blocked in other forums.
> >
> > I also must state that, as Houghton infers, neither truth nor 
> > accuracy is determined by consensus, and that is NOT a comment 
> > specifically on the Weight Training article.
> >
> > -Cecropia
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