[WikiEN-l] Blocked

Sun Sep 18 22:34:32 UTC 2005

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.
> 

There is a reason that all the discussion was collected into one
place, to produce one consensus. After a decision was reached which
you didn't like, you continued to spruik your site on four separate
talk pages, presumably to try to get around this consensus.

Your behaviour falls within the bounds of link spamming, and
disruptive behaviour, and the block appears justified to me (although
I am not an admin).

-- 
Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com