And it doesn't appear you are very well versed in the situation, either. So
let's just leave it at that.
--
-brandon
How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?
On 9/18/05, Stephen Bain
stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
>
> On 9/17/05, Brandon Hansen
buhansen@gmail.com wrote:
> > I've recently been blocked and I feel it is unjustified and against
> policy.
> >
> >
> > This is how things went down:
> >
> > 1. I added content to many WP articles using content from ON articles
> > and subsequently cited the ON articles as references.
> > 2. These references were removed but the content left. I protested.
> > 3. A discussion (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Uriah923/OmniNerd)
> > was held to determine if the reference should be replaced and if content
> > should remain. It was concluded that ON articles are not worthy of being
> > used as references and that the content could remain. I conceded.
> > 4. I opened discussions on four Talk pages to determine if some ON
> > articles could be included as external links. No links were placed.
> > 5. I was blocked by Taxman, citing linkspam and disruption.
> >
>
> There is a reason that all the discussion was collected into one
> place, to produce one consensus. After a decision was reached which
> you didn't like, you continued to spruik your site on four separate
> talk pages, presumably to try to get around this consensus.
>
> Your behaviour falls within the bounds of link spamming, and
> disruptive behaviour, and the block appears justified to me (although
> I am not an admin).
>
> --
> Stephen Bain
> stephen.bain@gmail.com
>