[WikiEN-l] Blocked

Sun Sep 18 21:49:11 UTC 2005

And ON would be? As for the policy, note [[WP:IAR]]. We're all allowed
to ignore rules as long as it's reasonable for the situation, and you
can actually defend yourself on it and not look like an idiot. And I'm
not sure, but I think in the admin power policies, they say you
*SHOULD NOT* use them in articles/disputes/whatever, but not that you
absolutely must not. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong, but I tend
to ignore those and do what is right for the situation..

On 9/17/05, Brandon Hansen <buhansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've recently been blocked and I feel it is unjustified and against policy.
> 
> 
> This is how things went down:
> 
>    1. I added content to many WP articles using content from ON articles
>    and subsequently cited the ON articles as references.
>    2. These references were removed but the content left. I protested.
>    3. A discussion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Uriah923/OmniNerd)
>    was held to determine if the reference should be replaced and if content
>    should remain. It was concluded that ON articles are not worthy of being
>    used as references and that the content could remain. I conceded.
>    4. I opened discussions on four Talk pages to determine if some ON
>    articles could be included as external links. No links were placed.
>    5. I was blocked by Taxman, citing linkspam and disruption.
> 
> The block certainly doesn't make sense to me, and it seems to be
> specifically prohibited in the blocking policy, as Taxman was directly
> involved in the dispute. Hopefully, someone will read this and be able to
> objectively evaluate the circumstances. As I see it, WP has nothing to lose
> from me being able to hold discussions on talk pages to determine if certain
> external links are appropriate.
> 
> There are more details in a conversation I had with Taxman on my talk page.
> 
> --
> -brandon
> User Name: Uriah923
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