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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