[WikiEN-l] Re: Unreasonable block of user Blair P. Houghton byadminCryptoDerk

Wed Mar 16 07:33:48 UTC 2005

I think we may have short-circuited the de-admin, RfC, ArbCom route. Sometimes a word to the wise (on both sides) is sufficient. I think everyone can now act in good faith. Hopefully, I will be proven right; stay tuned.

--C

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From: Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com>
To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Unreasonable block of user Blair P. Houghton byadminCryptoDerk
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:38:27 +0100

> 
> I think that Jimbo might have sligthly more pressing matters than 
> investigating himself all disputes on the english wikipedia. He 
> certainly do cares and would regret a lot that abuse is practiced, 
> but any investigation takes a lot of time. This is why an arbcom 
> was set. So that an instance can be delegated power by Jimbo and by 
> the community to consider such things.
> 
> So, for any such issue, you should first of all consider turning to 
> the arbcom, and trust the arbcom to take the right decision; and 
> see Jimbo as the final person you can go to when ALL OTHER means 
> have failed (to your opinion).
> 
> Ant
> 
> Blair P. Houghton a écrit:
> > [[Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship]] says to ask here, or Jimbo.
> >
> > Which I guess means Jimbo is the only one who counts.
> >
> > And he doesn't seem to care that admins aren't paying attention
> > to the voted-on criteria for blocking users, as it's not sufficient
> > cause to block an admin.
> >
> > --Blair
> >
> > Jack Lutz wrote:
> >
> >>> What is the usual procedure for having admin privileges stripped in cases
> >>
> >>
> >> of abuse?
> >>
> >> Apparently one must make an appeal to ArbCom or Jimbo, though note that only
> >> a few (2?) sysops have lost privileges on EN. See also the proposed
> >> [[Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship]].
> >>
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