[WikiEN-l] DANG! I apologize. (was [username], indefinite block in order?

Mon Oct 17 15:11:52 UTC 2005

I can't believe I went back on my word so quickly.
Apologies, I clicked the send in my reply before
thinking.

I've learned my lesson.
                    -- Silverback

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> > I am not involved, and 172 supporting my RfB has nothing to do with it. In 
> > fact if you check the arbcom pages you'll see I opposed 172. 
> 
> You were involved, perhaps what you mean is that you feel you 
> were objective. I believe you thought you were, but in the real 
> world, actions can appear to be biased based on appearances, 
> so in procedural just appearances get emphasized, in lieu, 
> of have personal knowledge of the persons motives. 
> 
> > But after 
> > seeing all this crap he puts up with I think that I'll end up supporting. 
> > Silverback has been attacking 172, trolling, being a level 19 revert 
> > warrior, and is all around raising the stress for everyone involved. In fact 
> > he'll probably end up in front of the arbcom, and I'm tempted to 
> > indefinitely block just to save them work. He's turning into another Tern, a 
> > user who I block for a short period of time, whines on the mailing list, 
> > doesn't seem to let up anything, and will probably end up blocked 
> > indefinitely. I'm also really tired of the political hatred and right wing 
> > POV pushing by Silverback. Would anyone object to indefinitely blocking him? 
> 
> Procedural justice is a pain, it just slows things down, and worries about 
> stuff like the actual evidence instead of just "insightful" characterizations of 
> that 
> evidence as "crap", I note that when you blocked me you prejudged 
> issues that were the subject of an RfC. This form of "justice" has 
> been found to be unreliable, try following the procedures. 
> 
> You seem comfortable labeling people, perhaps we have 
> that in common. I don't take offense, it the label is slightly 
> off, I offer my own opinion of what of what the label should be. 
> BTW, I could have used your help on "right wing politics", 
> I couldn't get libertarian labeled right wing there. 
> 
> Here is how I respond to a mischaracterizion, even if it is 
> close to the mark. Note that it is more of a chuckle than 
> an "I am a victim" whine: 
> 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ACommodore_Sloat&diff=24803 
> 660&oldid=23841418 
> 
> Most other labelings such as yours were not worthy of 
> a response. Someone calling me "right wing" is just try to 
> distract from the merits of the issues. 
> 
> -- Silverback 
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