As for myself, most of the time emails are sent from people who are unfamiliar with our talk pages system, and for who it's simpler to send an email. Most frequent email being : "Why have you deleted my article ?"
Emails are also used by regular editors/admins who simply don't want to write some of their messages on my public talk page. This can happen during edit wars or other conflicts.
Last but not least, I've received emails from blocked editors asking me to unblock them because admin X had blocked them "unfairly".
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On 5/10/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
Mark wrote:
I (like to think I) have never gone around "contentiously banning people", but I receive emails about Wikipedia all the time ... sometimes even when I'm on wikibreak.
Perhaps I just have an open, inviting face?
Out of interest, what sort of emails do you get?
I get lots of emails because of Wikipedia - normally asking for hi-res versions of my photos - but that's independent of me being an admin.
Pete
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