On 9/17/05, Brandon Hansen <buhansen(a)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(a)gmail.com