I posted a msg in this thread about having a page deleted while I am banned. It has deterirated from there as people insisting the subject is the edit ban on Wikipedia, see the mail from MacGyverMagic/Mgm. Tackling some of these post is the issue.
The anthropomorphizing of the list is also a problem.
From: Phil Sandifer sandifer@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BAn Date sent: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:41:16 -0500 To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Send reply to: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org mailto:wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org?subject=unsubscribe mailto:wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org?subject=subscribe
The more interesting question, to me, is why you've come back again to a list that has made it clear that you're not wanted. I'd respond to the rest of your e-mail, but it was sufficiently incoherent.
Well, except for the part of there being no explanation. Perhaps you haven't noticed the general explanation for your sanction. See, you write abusive messages both via e-mail and on Wikipedia. You delete or yell at any attempts to discuss your behavior with you. You were given a chance to reflect and reform by Jimbo. You proceeded to launch more personal attacks, and the arbcom, to their credit, only gave you a three month ban anyway.
Instead of backing off and recognizing that you've been pissing people off, and that you're the only one who sees what's happened to you as a grave injustice, you went to the mailing list and began sending incoherent screeds. When you got banned, again, you failed to recognize that there was a point that you could get, and you returned.
And I'm sure, if you respond to this, it'll be with a flame. But, hell, why not try again. The simple fact of what's been going wrong for you is that your inability to take any clue, whether mildly or bluntly phrased, and recognize that your behavior is inappropriate. The fact that your reactions to these clues is to behave inappropriately aggravates the situation.
But if you want to, you know, get and stay unbanned, not repeating the behavior that got you banned would be a wise start.
-Snowspinner
On Apr 27, 2005, at 6:13 AM, John Bradley wrote:
Why have you banned me from the mailing list again.
Of course with no explanation. Just a continuation of the high kacking of wikipedia by fools and idiots. Who are quety happy to pervert the system to there won ends.
There in general cowardly actions are hidden behind a human sheild of wikipedia users.
Interms of social skills what does it say about someone who annony mously Yours
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