I've been blocked for a month from Wikipedia for personal attacks. Now, I do grant
that a block was perhaps justified... but I also feel that a month is quite egregarious.
Yes, I had stated my intention to go on wikibreak, but that isn't to say that I had
not intended to come back from time to time, perhaps to comment on discussions or to
perform some RC patrol on occasion.
To be fair, I didn't necessarily handle the block appropriately, instead responding by
creating (and using some existing) sockpuppets and posting responses laden with even more
personal attacks to the relevant thread on WP:ANI. (Sockpuppets:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_Bl…)
However, I also believe that I had legitimate cause for upset, as I was responding in part
to being accused of being a neo-Nazi/racist/anti-Semite. The statements that I was
subjected to where highly offensive, and I responded in a very similar vein. This
isn't to justify my actions, which, in retrospect, where clear violations of numerous
policies, but nonetheless, I do want to make clear that, in part at least, my personal
attacks were a response to what I felt were also personal attacks.
I would like to request that my block be reduced to 24 or 48 hours, because, although I
can grant that a block was appropriate, I do not believe that a block of one week (the
initial length), or one month (the extended length after my response to an admin on my
talk page) is appropriate. I do grant that my actions with sockpuppets may have ruined any
chance at getting my block reduced to a more appropriate time frame, but I feel I must at
the very least request it.