[WikiEN-l] FeloniousMonk's admin powers

Fri Jan 27 15:32:32 UTC 2006

This seems to be ancient history. You were blocked for 24 hours for  
personal attacks which on investigation seem indeed to be personal  
attacks. Your block has been over for nearly a week now. Please just  
accept the lesson and avoid personal attacks and discourtesy in the  
future. I have not examined the entire pattern of your behavior, but  
be assured that new users are welcome here. I hope that after you are  
"broken in" you find this an agreeable environment for the  
exploration of established knowledge.

Fred

On Jan 24, 2006, at 6:57 PM, Itake wrote:

> Username: Itake
> IP: 213.67.50.30.
>
> I was banned by the user "FeloniousMonk" because he felt I violated
> wikipedia's civility code even though I was warned several times.  
> Not only
> is this untrue, but it is clear that the user in question has a  
> bias against
> me because he and I are involved in an ongoing AfD dispute.
>
> First off, I'd like to say that I did indeed violate the rules in  
> question.
> At that time, I wasn't aware that there even existed rules for  
> civil conduct
> on wikipedia. I was warned that my behavior was against the rules.
> I replied to the warnings on my talk page. I didn't even edit the AfD
> disputes any further, or violate the civil conduct rules again, but  
> then
> suddenly I was banned. So user FeloniousMonk is lying. I wasn't warned
> several times, I was told I violated it one time and continious  
> violations
> would lead to my ban. I didn't continue to violate it, yet I was  
> banned.
>
> Further, I belive the user FeloniousMonk should have his admin powers
> removed. He is quite clearly abusing them. I direct your attention  
> first to
> examples of uncivil conduct found on the wikipedia page about it:
>
> rudeness
> judgmental tone in edit summaries ("fixed sloppy spelling," "snipped
> rambling crap")
> belittling contributors because of their language skills or word  
> choice
> ill-considered accusations of impropriety of one kind or another
> starting a comment with: "Not to make this personal, but..."
> calling someone a liar, or accusing him/her of slander or libel.  
> Even if
> true, such remarks tend to aggravate rather than resolve a dispute.
> More serious examples include:
>
> Taunting
> personal attacks
> racial, ethnic, and religious slurs
> profanity directed at another contributor
> lies
> defacing user pages
> calling for bans and blocks
> First off, the users Feloniousmonk is grouping with fit in on  
> several of
> these criteries. Yet he didn't ban them. For example:
>
> From my user talk page:
> ::Both of you need an objectivity lesson. And Itake needs a  
> civility lesson.
> [[User:Daycd|David D.]] [[User talk:Daycd|(Talk)]] 17:05, 21  
> January 2006
> (UTC)
>
> ::: What's the matter, Daycd?  Can't you just feel that "Christian"  
> love?  -
> [[User:WarriorScribe|WarriorScribe]] 19:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
>
> That's it, you've pushed it too far
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? 
> title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ 
> J._Otis_Ledbetter&diff=36030780&oldid=36027828
> this time].  Continue violating [[WP:CIVIL|the civility  
> guidelines]] and you
> will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  --<font style="background:  
> #000000"
> face="Impact" color="#00a5ff">[[User:Cyde|Cyde Weys]]</font> 04:19, 21
> January 2006 (UTC)
>
> ::::: Interesting.  So you interpret Matthew 5:39 as not applying  
> to you,
> then? - [[User:WarriorScribe|WarriorScribe]] 01:05, 22 January 2006  
> (UTC)
>
> Delete pity we can't delete the author. — Dunc| ☺ 22:21, 19  
> January 2006
> (UTC)
>
> (last one was from here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ 
> Thomas_Ice)
>
> Secondly, the admin himself violated several of these principles in  
> a very
> serious way. As can be shown by his comments on the AfD in  
> question, he does
> not only have a serious bias that no doubt played a role in my ban,  
> but he
> also does some uncivil conduct himself:
>
> Delete Neither diploma mills nor their presidents warrant articles.  
> Another
> non-notable from our most prolific creator of articles on non- 
> notables,
> Gastrich. FeloniousMonk 22:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
>
> Delete. Another non-notable from our most prolific creator of non- 
> notable
> bios, Gastrich. FeloniousMonk 22:08, 20
>
> Your campaign here to promote your diploma mill is its most notable  
> aspect.
> Who knows, maybe they'll name a "hall" in your honor...  
> FeloniousMonk 22:33,
> 19 January 2006 (UTC)
>
> Delete Another tool off the diploma mill assemblyline.  
> FeloniousMonk 22:42,
> 19 January 2006 (UTC)
>
> Delete Though I was impressed with the fact that "he regularly reads
> academic papers at Oxford University." But since I regularly read  
> the Pixley
> Press and the ingredients on the back of cereal boxes and I don't  
> get an
> article here, why should he? FeloniousMonk 03:53, 19 January 2006  
> (UTC)
> The admin in question is quite clearly being rude, he's throwing  
> around
> accusations, he's doing blatant lying, he is taunting and he is being
> judgemental. In my opinion, he has violated more of these criterias  
> then I
> have. But because of his admin powers, not only does he escape  
> justice but
> all the users who favor his side of the argument and violate these  
> criterias
> seem to escape being banned aswell.
>
> Further, FeloniousMonk has just banned the User "Jason Gastrich" on  
> equally
> poor basis. In the wake of this ban, and before the ban, FeloniousMonk
> himself continued to violate Wikipedia rules and throw around  
> unfounded
> accusations. The admin FeloniousMonk is abusing his admin powers,  
> both to
> punish users he doesn't like and to influence AfD disputes in his  
> favor.
>
> I feel the entire AfD dispute around the Louisiana Baptist University
> articles is being handled very poorly, and it gets even worse when  
> admins
> like FeloniousMonk comes along to abuse their powers. I hope this  
> dispute,
> FeloniousMonk's status as an admin, and my ban all gets the  
> attention it
> deserves.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Itake.
>
> (ps. I didn't quite get the procedure for these kinds of things.  
> There was
> something about a mailing list, but I think that signing up to it  
> wasn't
> necessary? If my inquiries are going to the wrong place or so,  
> please tell
> me so I know who to send them to .ds)
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