[WikiEN-l] unwished corrections and unwished articles

Sat Jun 26 23:06:35 UTC 2004

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:52:28 +0000 (UTC), vesa.sihvonen at bolina.hsb.se
<vesa.sihvonen at bolina.hsb.se> wrote:
> 
> I have been graced with the following action:
> 
> > Your user name or IP address has been blocked by 14002.
> 
> > The reason given is this:
> > repeated vandalization by adding nonesistant world revolution link to a dozen articles.
> 
> > You can email 14002 or one of the other administrators to
> > discuss the block. If you believe that our blocking policy
> > was violated, you may discuss the block publicly on the
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> 
> I am convinced it's below the dignity of anyone put in this position, to argue over the understanding of "vandalism" and over Wikipedia's need (or
> alleged lack of need) of articles on World Revolution and Fall of Communism; and I do not think it is up to me to discuss the interpretation of your
> blocking policy -- but maybe it would be in your interest to discuss it? Maybe someone who take, or at least took, his or her engagement in Wikipedia
> somewhat seriously is receiving this mailinglist.
> 
> I do however question if actions and a policy that are blatantly contrary to how Wikipedia presents itself to the World Wide Web can be in the
> interest of a serious project. Like after the non-accepted corrections I tried to make April 10th this year, I can't help a resulting impression of
> this Wikipedia being or becoming more of a playground for ignorant but maybe power-intoxicated systops than a field for serious additions to an open-
> source encyclopedia.

Hi there.   It's not standard Wikipedia practice to add links to a
non-existant article to a large number of articles.  However, I don't
see much of an attempt to discuss the disagreement with you before you
were blocked.  I've unblocked you.  Try to make an attempt to get
along better with other users and discuss controversial edits on the
talk page of the article.

moink