I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton. Re:[WikiEN-l]Unreasonable block of user

Thu Mar 17 05:41:37 UTC 2005

--- Jim Cecropia <jcecropia at mail.com> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com>
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Blair P. Houghton" <blair at houghton.net>
> wrote:
> > > One of my favorite parts of the whole debacle
> was
> > > when GeorgeStepanek claimed I was a newbie.  His
> account is dated
> > > December 10.  Mine is dated January 1, but if I
> look around I can find
> > > edits I made over a year ago without having
> created a login.
> > >
> > > Quite the guffaw around my keyboard, I can
> assure
> > > you.
> > 
> > Jim Cecropia, please note this.  Your apologetics
> for
> > him can end now.
> > 
> > RickK
> > 
> Well, that's kind of a tepid smoking gun. I thought
> you were going to catch him admitting he was Usama
> bin Laden or something.
> 
> If you've read my posts, I've made two points: (1) I
> believe in engaging "problem" users, not banning
> them; I've said much the same about others users
> (172, GBWR, Rei come to mind) that I've been at
> polar opposites with; (2) 3RR is a new and abusive
> procedure in a Wikipedia that is moving to control
> minority users instead of improving the content.
> 
> Your post here illustrates part of the problem. If
> you can "prove" Blair is a bad guy (and assert that
> I am trying to "prove" him a good guy) you don't
> have to deal with the substantive issues. I think
> that's called a straw man, and a sort of convoluted
> way of begging the question.
> 
> --C

I think his emails speak for themselves.  He came in
here with a chip on his shoulder, he keeps making
attacks on even the people who are trying to work with
him, you keep saying, "He's just a newbie that we need
to make concessions to."  He objects to the idea that
he's a newbie and claims to have been around for about
a year and half.  He therefore knows the Wikipedia
philosophy of Wikiquette and assume good faith, and
yet he continues to write these nasty emails in which
he's the only person right in the entire world.

RickK

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