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<DIV>RickK (who was not involved in this dispute)<BR><BR><B><I>James Marshall <jsm@jmarshall.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">My IP address is 24.4.202.208 .<BR><BR>Today I added a phrase to an article which clarified an important point.<BR>Two or three people who don't want the phrase there have been deleting it<BR>all day, without giving a reason, and marking their deletion as "minor"<BR>(it's against policy to mark a deletion as minor). They have also lied,<BR>calling my edit "vandalism" when they know very well it's not (and anyone<BR>can see this for themselves).<BR><BR>I have restored the phrase each time. Now, without warning, I've just<BR>been told that I've been blocked by 40277. The reason given is the cutesy<BR>but meaningless phrase "Strike 3 bucko". Strike 3 of what? I'm not the<BR>one violating policy here. Other people are. (Are they blocked too?) I<BR>haven't vandalized. Rather, others have been deleting text with no<BR>reason, which, while not technically vandalism, is much closer to it
than<BR>anything I've done.<BR><BR>If I was blocked but the other users weren't, then user 40277 is misusing<BR>her/his blocking authority and violating policy; maybe some things need to<BR>be explained to her/him. In any case, s/he needs to do a better job of it<BR>than just giving the lame "Strike 3 bucko".<BR><BR>You don't need me to tell you that if the administrators use their power<BR>to promote their point of view, rather than to do their non-biased duties,<BR>then the whole Wikipedia becomes less relevant in the long run.<BR><BR>You can trace some of the dispute here:<BR><BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Ronald_Reagan&action=history<BR><BR><BR>If anyone is in doubt of the relevance of my addition, then I'm happy to<BR>explain it fully and give supporting evidence. So far, none of the<BR>deleters have cared for that.<BR><BR><BR>James<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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