Dear Wikipedia Administrators,
I do not appreciate the comments made towards my son earlier this evening while he was
trying to create a new page on your site. He is doing a project for his fifth grade art
class and wanted to put some of his information on your website. I am not entirely sure
what happened because one of your administrators blocked our computers e-mail address and
said my son was being a "pain in the ass". This language is far from
acceptable, especially since the boy is so young. I could not create a profile, as that
was what I was prompted to do, I assume because of the block placed on our "IP
address". I would however like this "danny" to at least apologize to my
son, the block can stay if it was placed for a reason, but certainly there is no
acceptable reasoning behind calling a fifth grader a pain in the ass. I expect to hear
from your staff promptly on this matter.
Sincerely,
Jacob Kingston
PS Here is part of what my screen showed my son:
Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Danny.
The reason given is:
pain in the ass
You can email Danny or one of the other administrators to discuss the block. You may also
edit your user talk page if you wish. If you believe that our blocking policy was
violated, you may discuss the block publicly on the WikiEN-l mailing list. Note that you
may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a Wikipedia account
and a valid email address registered in your user preferences.
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