Casey Brown wrote:
20:34, 1 February 2008 Beetstra (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Canada Basketball" (content was: '{{db-copyvio}} {{Articleissues |copyedit = January 2008 |tone = January 2008 |wikify = January 2008 }} {{Cleanup|date=February 2008}} {{COI|date=February 2008}} {{Unreferenced|date=February 2008}} '''Canada Basketball''' is the National ...') (restore)
The article we deleted by one our administrators, Beestra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Beetstra, because another editor had tagged it as a copyright violation from http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=110&id=161.
If Beetstra had taken the time to look he would have seen this was from a newbie. Even if it is a copyvio he should first have tried to explain things on the newbie's talk page instead of shooting first.
In addition to barnstars, perhaps we should also have a system of barnturds for admins who act within the strict rules, but without paying attention to respect for those who are trying to contribute in good faith.
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