--- James Marshall <jsm(a)jmarshall.com> wrote:
My IP address is 24.4.202.208 .
<snip>
Now, without
warning, I've just
been told that I've been blocked by 40277. The
reason given is the cutesy
but meaningless phrase "Strike 3 bucko". Strike 3
of what? I'm not the
one violating policy here. Other people are. (Are
they blocked too?) I
haven't vandalized. Rather, others have been
deleting text with no
reason, which, while not technically vandalism, is
much closer to it than
anything I've done.
<snip>
I agree that this block was unjustified, especially
since the edit was not vandalism (POV, perhaps, but
not vandalism) and blocking sysop (user:Oberiko) made
no attempt to explain the three-revert guideline
before the block. I have undone the block.
Mr. Marshall, I hope this bad first experience won't
turn you off contributing to Wikipedia.
You seem to be a polite and reasonable person, not a
vandal by any stretch of the imagination, and I don't
doubt that you're capable of discussing disputed edits
on talk pages, as is our practice.
--Charles Podles ([[en:user:Mirv]])
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