[WikiEN-l] Abuse of admin powers by David Gerard and Snowspinner

Wed Jul 6 20:52:30 UTC 2005

I'd love to.

Unfortunately, Gerard has made perfectly clear that any contradiction of his 
behavior is punishable by summary banning from Wikipedia. So, I could 
theoretically revoke such a block, but (a) Gerard or one of his flunkies 
would just reestablish it anyways and (b) they would impose penalties upon 
my own account for doing so.

As he is one of Snowspinner's protectors, you're stuck.

Sucks to be this way but those in power don't care about policy unless they 
can use it as a bludgeon to smack someone with.

A. Nony Mouse

>From: Norath Norath <norath2005 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
>To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] Abuse of admin powers by David Gerard and Snowspinner
>Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:21:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
>User:Norrath was block by David Gerard for "admitted
>sockpuppet and role account". This account is indeed a
>sockpuppet of a user in good standing, created to
>protest other blocks caaried out abusively by
>Snowspinner. The account was declared as a sockpuppet,
>in accordance with Wikipedia policy (which does not
>prohibit this) and the only edits were polite
>questions to Snowspinner about why he did not follow
>policy.
>
>It is outrageous that admins block users simply for
>making legitimate requests for explanation from other
>admins about why they did not follow policy.
>
>Please help.
>
>Norrath
>
>
>
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