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

Wed Jul 6 20:54:09 UTC 2005

This is not a 'role account', nor can I find any
mention of a prohibition on them. This account was
blocked because it asked questions about another
administrator. Your actions only justify my legitimate
fear of raising these issues with my other account.
Norrath

--- David Gerard <fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:

> Norath Norath (norath2005 at yahoo.com) [050707 06:44]:
> 
> > 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.
>  
> 
> Role accounts are not allowed on en:. And part of
> declaring the sock is
> saying who it is. Edits aren't anonymous on
> Wikipedia and particularly not
> in the project pages.
> 
> (The account declared itself a sock and role account
> in an edit to
> [[User talk:Sam Spade]].)
> 
> 
> > It is outrageous that admins block users simply
> for
> > making legitimate requests for explanation from
> other
> > admins about why they did not follow policy.
>  
> 
> If you are another admin then I am Enviroknot.
> 
> 
> > Please help.
> 
> 
> You can tell my abusiveness by the fact that I
> disappeared this email when
> I saw it in the queue. Oh, wait.
> 
> 
> - d.
> 
> 
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