On Apr 23, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Stephane Charette wrote:
<snip details of dispute>
My comments were reverted. Today, that user
posted my username on
WP:AIV. I've been blocked ever since by Royboycrash.
Happily, this error was quickly resolved:
* 18:05, 23 April 2006 Royboycrashfan unblocked S charette
(contribs) (Decided to simply unblock.)
* 18:05, 23 April 2006 Royboycrashfan blocked "S charette
(contribs)" with an expiry time of 12 hours (shorter block time)
* 18:04, 23 April 2006 Royboycrashfan unblocked S charette
(contribs) (shortening block)
* 17:30, 23 April 2006 Royboycrashfan blocked "S charette
(contribs)" with an expiry time of 31 hours (stalking/vandalism)
35 minutes blocked. It still shouldn't have happened, from what I
understand, but I hope that the quick resolution restored at least some
of S_charette's faith in Wikipedia.
Jesse Weinstein
I disagree -- not happily resolved. Here we are 9 hours later, and I'm still blocked.
Please see my talk page for details.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:S_charette
I'm quite dissapointed for the following reasons:
1) The {{unblock}} template has not helped me in any way; 9 hours after I was told I'd
be unblocked, I'm still blocked and still cannot finish off the school article I'd
started.
2) Why was I blocked in the first place? Are there rules to follow before a user is
blocked? Besides the fact that I'm not a vandal or a spammer (any check of my
contributions will confirm this), the WP:AIV page seems to indicate there are some rules,
such as:
-> 1) The vandal has been warned with the appropriate warning templates. If you
can't justify leaving these messages on a user's talk page, it likely isn't
vandalism.
-> 2) The vandal vandalized within the last few hours and after the final warning.
Even though neither of these conditions apply to me, a disruptive user who is unhappy with
my edit and posting my name on WP:AIV has now managed to have me blocked for the past 9
hours...and counting...
Isn't there anything that can be done about this? Do all users go through this
upsetting experience?
Stephane Charette