On Apr 19, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Erik Moeller wrote:
I have been a Wikipedian since 2001 and a MediaWiki
developer since
2002. I was Chief Research Officer of the Foundation from May to
August 2005....
Clearly a trusted good faith user...
I have just been indefinitely blocked from the English
Wikipedia, and
desysopped, by user Danny, under the new nickname "Dannyisme", as an
"Office Action" for alleged "reckless endangerment" which was not
specified further. I have called Danny on the phone, but he said that
he was not willing to discuss the issue, and that I should instead
talk to the Foundation attorney instead. To my knowledge, this is the
first time office authority has been used to indefinitely block and
desysop a user.
Who has been kicked off Wikipedia due to an office action...
...There was no mention of WP:OFFICE in the edit
summary or on the
talk
page. Danny did not apply the special Office template, {{office}}, nor
did he use the "Dannyisme" account that he created for Foundation
purposes, nor did he list the page on WP:OFFICE. Instead, he applied
the regular {{protected}} template.
Given that Danny has now more explicitly emphasized this distinction
between his role as a Foundation employee and a regular wiki user, I
assumed he was acting here as a normal sysop and editor, and
unprotected the two pages...
...due to interfering with an office action that was not adequately
stated as such.
I apologize if this action was perceived as
"reckless", but I must
emphasize that I was acting in good faith, and that I would much
appreciate it if all office actions would be labeled as such.
Agreed. This seems like a simple misunderstanding, and I advise that
if the facts that Eric provides are correct, that he be reinstated in
full.
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Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch