Zoe, a Sysop on Wikipedia, has seriously abused her position of authority and
responsibility at my expense. I have a technical problem on my computer (see
User Talk: Moriori) that has caused some minor problems in messages that I
send. Zoe sent me a message on my user talk (User Talk: Felix Frederick Bruyns)
to tell me not to edit others' messages. I attempted, through a third party, to
communicate with Zoe and clarify the situation. That third party (User:
Dmcdevit), however, failed to communicate my message. I did not send my message to
Zoe directly because I had already responded to many complaints about editing
problems and since one of those complaints came from Dmcdevit, I attempted to
save time by sending only one message instead of two. In clear violation of
the "assume good faith" Wikipedia policy, however, Zoe sent me an official
warning accusing me of deliberate vandalism. I responded by telling her that I
would seek arbitration if she continued to lodge such accusations against me.
She, in turn, blocked me from Wikipedia and claimed that my editing problems
could not possibly have been accidental (Again, See: User Talk: Moriori). Her
official reasons for blocking me were the vandalism that I never committed and my
warnings that I would seek arbitration, which she termed "threats".
Furthermore, finding that I could not reach the administrative noticeboard to plead my
case and not having an individual e-mail address, I resorted to attempting to
start new accounts, but I was still blocked, at one point from my own user
page. In addition, because of my name changes, Zoe accused me of "spamming" and
blocked me for one year. My specific knowledge of her deliberate abuse of power
comes most of all, however, from these comments (emphasis mine): "I have a
very low opinion of spammers. Besides, I'm in the middle of several brush fires
and am quite irritable right now." (User talk: Dragons flight). This clearly
indicates that her abusive behavior towards me is unprofessional and
irresponsible and that she allows her moods to determine her decisions in her very
important role as a sysop, which I assert to be unacceptable. I understand that you
typically delete many messages of this type within twelve hours. I would
request, however, that you take a close look into this particular case, as Zoe's
behavior is causing me, an innocent user, to be the victim of the subjective
feelings of a sysop who obviously does not understand or does not respect the
responsibility of her position. I am not requesting that any punitive measures be
taken against Zoe, but I would strongly request that I be unblocked and
allowed to continue normal activities on Wikipedia. As for the editing problems,
shortly before Zoe initiated her inappropriate actions against me I had decided
to contact a computer expert within Wikipedia the following day to solve the
problem. I repeat, Zoe has abused her power as a sysop and used it express her
personal feelings arbitrarily in a hurtful way towards an innocent Wikipedia
user, and I trust that you will take appropriate action to stop her from any
further persecution of me or of any other well-intentioned users. Thank you very
much. User: Felix Frederick Bruyns