[WikiEN-l] Re: [Fwd: Getting Unblocked at Wikipedia]

[Walter Vermeir]

Jimmy Wales <jwales at ...> writes:

> it. However, I am finding it impossible to correct the Wikipedia block,
> because without a username the only way to contact an admin is to edit
> their "talk" page, but I am forbidden from editing any page because of
> the block. A vicious cycle.

The dutch language Wikipedia has solved this problem several years ago as 
follows;

Put somewhere an external contact form online that you can use to send an email 
to your Wikipedia. The OTRS-contact email address can be used. For EN is that 
info-nl at wikimedia.org And link from the page that the blocked users see to that 
contact form. This way users who are blocked can easy request for an unblock.

This system works very well since the end of 2002 for the Dutch wikipedia. We 
also put the sysop who has done the block in CC if we grant the unblock request 
so that sysop knows why you have done the unblock.

Greetings,
[[w:w:gebruiker:Walter]]