[Wikipedia-l] I was banned, why?

Tue Jun 29 02:18:04 UTC 2004

Well, let's see, Editing Saddam Hussein was from a Qwest IP from the 
same city your edits originate from. The username was associated with 
Red Faction, as you are. It was used in a window of time in which you 
were using Wikipedia, as you nominated User:Plato at about the same 
time. And, furthermore, Comrade Nick has said that you were Editing 
Saddam Hussein.

I'm pretty well convinced by that chain of evidence. I suppose if you 
wanted to prove otherwise you could ask a developer to check the IP 
addresses to see if they match up exactly - I only know they're the 
same ISP and region.

But I'm not going to ask a developer to do that, because, honestly, I'm 
already convinced.

-Snowspinner

On Jun 28, 2004, at 1:37 PM, moink wrote:

>> *Surely, Plato's say-so is not sufficent grounds to ban me; I'm
> rather confused as to how
> he can "admit" to my alleged crimes. Regardless, having reviewed the
> history of User:Editing Saddam Hussein -- I am at a loss as to how
> that account envokes the negative connotations indicated in the latter
> half of "A sock puppet is an additional username used by a Wikipedian
> who posts under more than one name. While they may serve legitimate
> purposes, sock puppets may
> be sometimes also used to deceive, for example by voting more than
> once in a poll or otherwise creating an illusion of broader support
> for an idea." *Apparently you feel that the account was used to
> sockpuppet against your admin request -- do you have any proof of my
> voting more than once in RfA? I doubt you will find any evidence to
> support your allegation; since, I am not User:Editing Saddam Hussein
> nor is that my sockpuppet.
>
> I do have to wonder how a user can "admit to" anything on another's 
> behalf.
>
> moink
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