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

Wed Mar 16 14:00:17 UTC 2005

Most of the time (about 99,99% only), just talking, even if a bit 
heated, is the wise route :-)

ant

Jim Cecropia a écrit:
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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