[Wikipedia-l] I am a victim of the cabal and require assistance

Fri Jun 4 21:52:52 UTC 2004

I have been banned for trying to add the following two bits of information to the wikipedia: 

*This page refers to Saddam Hussein as "Saddam"; however, doing so may be extremely inapppropriate. See the section below: ==Hussein's Name==. As a result of this, the NPOV of this article is questioned.

*Hussein may not be a surname in the Western sense; however, as his children also bear the name "Hussein"; it would not be unreasonable to conclude that the Hussein family does use a Western surname, and that they chose Hussein as that surname.

**Saddam (pronounced "Sad-DAHM") is his given personal name; Hussein is his father's given personal name; al-Majid is a quasi-familial name, and al-Tikriti is his regional affiliation. It is common for Arab men to add the name of their town or village onto their name, this would give Saddam Hussein al-Awja. In many nations, he is most commonly referred to as Saddam Hussein or Saddam; however in Iraq, he is most commonly referred to by his formal presidential title.

**Some observers have argued that referring to the man as only Saddam may be derogatory and academically inappropriate; especially since it is often mispronounced "Sodom" or "Sa-damn". During the 1990 war, some people in the US began to deragatorily refer to Hussein as: Saddam Insane.

Referring to him as "Saddam" is sort of like referring to Pope John Paul II as "John"; or referring to Bush as "George". It is rude and disparaging, and the article must at least mention (in a visible location) that this issue exists. 

As a result Guanaco has banned me unfairly, over an edit war in which he was involved. He then proceeded to remove my vote from Requests for Adminship. He did all these things without warning, attempting to talk to me, or explanation -- I have clearly not met the threshold of "pure vandalism" and should not have been treated in this manner. 

It is questionable that I violated the three reverts rule, as he claims -- even if I did; a warning would be more appropriate, prior to banning me. Certainly Guanaco should not have been the one to determine whether I was in violation, since he was involved in the edit war. 

After successfully appealing to an admin via the IRC channel (where I was harrassed by several users),  I was then re-banned by RickK; who makes the unfounded claim that I am a sockpuppet account. I am not and these actions towards me are completely inappropriate. The sysops responsible must be desysoped, they must not be allowed to continue abusing their authority and attacking other users. 

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