On 9/13/07, Wily D <wilydoppelganger(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The short answer is: If I block someone, it's
not like I have to
respond to their emails anyhow. While it'd be nice to enable an
email address - if I'm not taking emails, it'd be better if that was
clear, rather than dishonestly letting them sit in an "in" bin
forever. Anybody's who's been blocked can request a review from a
second admin anyhow {{unblock|reason}}
WilyD
That's a rather hostile attitude to take towards the community of
editors, that you can block, and their response to the block doesn't
matter.
"Start by finding out when your block will expire....
If you do not wish to wait for your block to expire, you may contact
the blocking administrator via email to resolve the problem that led
to the block. To use this feature you must have a valid email address
registered in your user preferences. If, after discussing the matter
with them, you still believe your block is unfair, you may appeal the
block by requesting that another administrator review your block.
But it's a total lie that "you may contact the blocking administrator
via e-mail to resolve the problem." Becaue you can't contact the
blocking administrator via email and even if you can, they don't have
to respond, and they're rather smug about telling everyone they're
free to ignore you.
What's wrong with this picture? Just about everything.
So, in other words, it should say, "You may attempt to contact the
blocking administrator via e-mail" but the blocking adminstrator is
not required to have e-mail enabled, and might not respond to you, and
damn proudly not respond, either.
KP
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KP
Please don't misunderstand me. I pre-emptively offer to undo almost
every block it's realistic for I'm involved in. I mostly get
criticising for offering to unblock people, not block them. And I
don't think anyone's going to fault me for not listening, even if I
might not ever be won over. Roughly speaking, the attitude I'm
presenting there is not my own, but I acknowledge that it may exist
and then what?
My point is just that requiring admins to enable email so people
they've blocked can email them is pointless. {{unblock|reason}} is by
far the best way to challenge an inappropriate block. Then you'll get
someone who is looking to review blocks. Not all admins *do* respond
to every request of them, sometimes for good reasons, maybe sometimes
for bad.
Regards
WilyD