[WikiEN-l] FeloniousMonk's admin powers

Fri Jan 27 05:24:33 UTC 2006

You're not the first to have problems with this admin
and you won't be the last one. I hold the same opinion
as you do when concerning Monk.

--- Itake <tchakolli at gmail.com> 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. â€” Dunc|
> â˜º 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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