PS: [WikiEN-l] Blocked after making several edits - accused of "vandalism"?!

Mon May 30 23:09:12 UTC 2005

I likewise suggest removing this page from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction

"Don't be afraid to edit pages on Wikipedia—anyone can edit, and we encourage users to be bold! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Worried about breaking Wikipedia? Don't be: it can always be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best source for information on the Internet!"

Yeah, I did and was blocked. You might want to change that to "be careful and read the rules before you edit" instead.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005, 3:53 PM
> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Blocked after making several edits - accused of
> 	"vandalism"?!
> 
> I am new to editing Wikipedia and had never previously registered. I did not
> realise this was even a requirement to register in order to make changes to an
> entry. I was blocked after trying to make several edits to the page. I was
> unaware that editing a page was somehow an offense worth blocking considering
> that there is an "edit this page" tab at the top of the entry and that is what
> I was doing - editing the page. Wikipedia should remove the "edit this page"
> link for unregistered users if that is not what it is for.
> 
> I have been accused of "vandalism" and blocked:
> 
> "Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Brian0918.
> The reason given is this:
> numerous repeated vandalisms
> You can email Brian0918 or one of the other administrators to discuss the
> block..."
> 
> 
> Please take a look at my edits for "pornography" as of 5/30/05. I don't
> consider that my edits were "vandalism" nor do I believe that they meet
> Wikipedia definition given here:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dealing_with_vandalism
> 
> "for example someone replacing the entire page with profanity, or adding a
> page with useless or offensive content." 
> 
> I did NOT replace the entire page, use profanity, or add "useless" or
> "offensive" content. I added a feminist perspective which I considered sorely
> lacking on the site entry and I deleted content that I thought was offensive.
> If that is considered useless or offensive content then Wikipedia had better
> check its own "neutral point of view".
> 
> Also, as I am completely new to editing on Wikipedia, I was  unaware of the
> "neutral point of view" policy until later and I don't consider the entry that
> I was trying to edit to have been "neutral" as it was before I started to even
> edit it.  
> 
> I would like to be unblocked and be allowed to add a feminist perspective to
> the entry which I edited. I don't think the entry as it stands is "neutral". 
>  
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