[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 33, Issue 164

[Stephane Charette]

>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