[WikiEN-l] Re: Violation of Blocking Policy

Fri Sep 16 16:41:56 UTC 2005

Brian Brockmeyer wrote:
>User:Arigold reported me on the Wikipedia:Administrators'
>Noticeboard/3RR for alleged violation of the 3-revert rule, which was
>not the case.  Phroziac, who handled Arigold's complaint, readily
>acknowledged that there had been no 3RR violation, writing:
>
>"Maybe I'm blind, but i don't see any four reverts from him that fall
>into a 24 hour period. However, that is gaming the system, and I have
>blocked him for 24 hours. In the future, please sign posts on pages like
>this with ~~~~ --Phroziac (talk) 15:20, 15 September 2005 (UTC)"
>
>By Phroziac's own admission, I did not violate the 3RR, yet he proceeded
>to block me anyway with no basis in Wiki's Blocking Policy.
>
>His claim that I was "gaming the system" amounts to nothing more than an
>affirmation that I did NOT violate the 3RR.  Even still, it lacks all
>merit, since there were merely 4 reverts in a 5 day span (19:36
>September 9 to 19:54 September 14, the date of my last reversion that
>precipitated Phroziac's block), which hardly evinces any kind of intent
>to manipulate and exploit the 3RR.  The 3RR prohibits 3 reverts within a
>24-hour window.  I made 4 in 100+ (interestingly enough, the same # as
>AriGold, who was NOT blocked).  Neither the 3RR was violated, nor its
>spirit, was violated.  Not even close.

Alphax wrote:
>>Actually, it was. You continued to revert without discussing why you
>>were doing so on the article's talk page, or the talk page of the other
>>editor who was reverting you. /That/ is why we have the 3RR

Actually, it wasn't.  You should familiarize yourself with Wiki's policies.  
The policy on blocking for "excessive reverts" reads as follows:

"Excessive reverts
Sysops may block users who violate the three revert rule by reverting any 
page more than three times within a period of 24 hours. In the cases where 
multiple parties violate the rule, sysops should treat all sides equally.
It is helpful to leave a notice of the block, with links to the differences 
that demonstrate the violation, on the user's talk page."

By Phroziac's own admission, there were no 3 reverts within a period of 24 
hours, and, hence, no basis for blocking.

As the matter does not fall under any other grounds for blocking in Wiki's 
Blocking Policy, and that policy is acknowledged as an "exhaustive list" of 
situations that justify blocking, Phroziac clearly abused his administrative 
authority by issuing a block in contravention of Wiki's Blocking Policy.  
The block should be lifted and Phroziac should be called to the carpet for 
his violation of Wiki policy.

--Brian Brockmeyer

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