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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