Am I the only one who sees a pattern to some of these sorts of emails?
First, they start off in Newbie Mode:
"Dear Mr Wales Sir,
I think this is the right email address to use to contact you. It's a bit strange to have to subscribe to receive all emails you get, just to send you one!"
Then, they get a little less newb:
"I started editing your encyclopedia two weeks ago. I have epilepsy and tourette's syndrome and accidentally typed some mild profanities (like 'MARK RYAN IS A DICKHEAD') on the talk pages of several users. Instead of being understanding and comforting me in my time of distress, several of your administrators said I was something called a 'sock puppet', which as I understand it means I've been using multiple accounts. I'm writing to tell you that you can't allow these administrators to do their thing any more, because I didn't do it! I trust you will remove them from their positions immediately."
And then they show their remarkably verbose knowledge of Wikipedia's internal workings, despite only being around for such a limited time:
"I took the offending admin to WP:AN/I and instigated a WP:RfCU against them. My RfC was closed early for some reason, apparently because I violated WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, in my edits to WP:BJAODN. But WP:CIVIL is only a guideline, not a policy."
Finally, they turn nasty:
"I thought this project was good, but then this happened. I have lost my faith in Wikipedia. I am going to Wikipedia Review, which I have found to be full of exceptionally well-balanced people who all had exactly the same experience as me! I hate Wikipedia now and want it out of my life."
And they say the thing they always say, but never seem to put into action:
"Goodbye."
No? I'm the only person who sees that a lot in emails on this mailing list?
~Mark Ryan