On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:33 -0700, "Rob Smith" nobs03@gmail.com wrote:
What a joke. Verifiable? When I came to Wikipedia, nuclear scientists were on the Hollywood Ten list, and Joe Mccarthy was on HUAC. I got stalked, harrassed, defamed, and banned for trying to improve the entries.
No, you got banned for tendentious editing. Your version of "improve" was found to be out of line with how the community defines "improve".
You are not alone in this. I am sure Jonathan Barber thought he was "improving" Wikipedia by namechecking himself, promoting his alleged book and trying to change a whole area of content to more accurately reflect his POV. The community, with pretty much one voice, disagreed.
I don't think you're in the same class as Barber, far from it, but having read the arbitration case it is pretty plain that you were a long way from being as blameless as you make out here.
Guy (JzG)